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TELEGRAMS.

"HONGKONG TELEGRAPH”.

SERVICE.

Opium for China.

(From Our Own Corrachaydeni.}

BOMBAY, 16th July. The P. & O. Steam Navigation Company's steamer left Bombay yes- terday afternoon with about 1,000 cheats of Malwa opium. The prices are →→

Malwa Now....., Rs. 1,240

Old

1,310 * 1,440

Oldest ...

(Reuter's.)

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The King's Visit to Ireland.

Losuos, 14th July,

The Dublin Corporation, after four hours of stormy proceedings, has decided by 40 to 37 votes, not to present an address to the King on his forthcoming visit.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1903.

THE “REBI” COLLISION CASE,

The action arising out of a collision, which-j ́occurred between the Fun Kwon. Hop fishing junk and the s.s. Rudi was continued at the Supreme Court this morning before the Chief Justice, Sir W. M. Goodman and Capt.

Beetham (8.3. Tartas) as assessor.

Mr. M. W. Slade instiu ted by Mr. H. Gedge, of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Master)

appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. E. H. Sharp, X.C., (instructed by Mr. H. W. Looker, of Messi, Deacon and Hastings), represented the defendants.

Capt, Almond continued his evidence and, examined by Mr. Sharp, said that the ubi ould not have emshed through the junk as alleged, for when he saw her after the collision

both her masts were standing with sails ret. A part of the upper part of the stern was splintered. Upon arriving at Hongkong he made a thorough examination of the Rubis lows and found a wavy line scratched on the port side. There were no other marks whatever on the

ship.

After the adjournment for tiffin, Mr. F. H Sharp addressed the Court on beh If of the defence. He stated that the case, of course, turned entirely, from his point of view, upon the question of the junk's lights, and he would not trouble his Lordship with any considerable The Unionist Fren Traders.

recapitulation of the evidence on the matter. At a meeting of the Unionist Free Traders That which had been said by the witnesses under the presidency of Sir Michael Hicks for the Rubi, he thought was exactly in accord Beach, it was unanimously decided to take.nce with the account of the occurrence written steps to obtain a full debate in the House of ❘ in the official log at ten o'clock the same morn. Commons on Mr. Chamberlain's fiscal pro- ing. The defaults charged against the Rubi posals before the end of the Session. were of a vague and indefinite character, and no wrong maneuvre on the part of the steamer appeared to have been suggested. In fact, the allegations amounted to nothing more than the statement that a collision had occurred, which prima ficir, unless prevented by the junk's defaults, it was the Aubi's duty to avoid. De disputed that the evidence showed the Rubi had been recklessly navigated, and said that the allegation regarding the lookout was, in a sense, another random allegation. Regarding

Preferential Duties. Correspondence between Great Britain, Germany and Belgium, arising out of Canada's preferential duties in favour of the Mother Country, shows that if other Colonies, notably South Africa, give preference to Great Britain, Germany proposes to impose a higher tariff on all British imports.

LATER..

the evidence aga'st the junk, Counsel dwelt on the question of lights, observing that according to the local Ordinances she failed to carry, in the territorial waters, a "Fright light visible all round," while, if she had been outside

and

He

WAR FREPARATIONS IN PORT ARTHUR:

..

for GEORGE LYNCH.]

We anchored at the harbour's mouth last night, and were about to go in this moming when a Russian naval officer, came on board and directed us to wait until the afternoon,

after the ather, warships began to come out The reason soon became apparent, as, one through the narrow entrance, the last, a bat'le- ship of 12,020 tons, saluting the admiral. They anchored in a line outside under the almost

· AMERICAN" COTION MANU-

· FACTURERS

AND EXPORT TRADE.

INDIA'S YARN IKADE

WITH CHINA.

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Bom- Bomanjec Dinshaw Fetit, said in the in- The fact that American cotton manufacturers bay Millowners' Association the Chairman, Mr. terests of the trade I am constrained to go over the same ground as lydid last year, and that is the closing of the Mint, the results of which have had a very deterrent effect on our spin- ning industry. This procedure on the part of Government has had the direct effect of lowering

are increasingly interested in the subject of extending their foreign markets is indicated by the fact that one of the principal papers read before the recent meeting of the Southern Cotton Spinners' Association at Charlotte, NC., was devoted to this subject. It was prepared by Mr. Laurus Loomis, of the well known firm

Catlin & Co., and treated the subject in a very interesting and instructive manner. After calling attention to the rapid growth of Ameri- can trade in cotton goods in the Philippines, Mr. Loomis pointed out that still greater pro- gress might be anticipated as soon as steam- ship lines are established plying frequently

To-day's/ Advertisements.

THE REGISTRATION OF TRADE MARKS. ORDINANCE, 1898. - APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF

TAUSSIG, of No. 215, Schonbrunner-

TRADE MARK. TOTICE is hereby given that GOTTLIEB strasse, Vienna, Perfumer, has on the 23rd day of September, 1902, applied for the Registra tion, in Hongkong, in the Register of Trade Warks, of the following TRADE MARK;—

N

A design of flowers with a star in the centre containing a basket of flowers with an S on each alternate point of the sIAT and the words Toilette Selfen and Par- fumeric Fabrik, Gottlieb Taussig, Wien, and in the Name of GOTTLIEB TAUSSIG who underneath the basket a monogram ĜT,, claims to be the Proprietor thereof.

The Trade Mark has been used by the applicant since about 1882 in respect of the

PERFUMED Soap in Class 48

the exchange in China; the fluctuations of which are so varying in their character as to upset the most careful calculation. We ought, there- fere, to devote our serious attention in trying to devise means whereby a factor that, handi- caps us could be successfully stemmed and It would not help us to merely nullified. From the drift of Government policy, we see no likehbood of the Mints being opened again, and rather than agitate for a measure which is hard to obtain, we must by a concerted movement, suppo ted by substantial and irrefu table facts ask the intercession of Government establishment of a steady exchange for Chiua A in devising such measures as may lead to the

whatever that equivalent reasonably be.

perpendicular cliffs, which were crowned with forts, or rather batteries of big guns, for Nature has practically constructed the fons, and has only left the engineers some levelling and tunnelling to do. They then commenced some manœuvres. There were two flagged buoys anchored outside the line, and one after an- other the vessels passed between them and and regularly between American ports and record our complaint at a meeting like this. following Goods:- went off at full speed to different points of the Manila, and when the harbour improvements. horizon, leaving lives of heavy smoke fan-

under construction and projecte make shaped from the harbour's mouth, that dwin-

Manila the shipping centre of American died away and then disappeared ahogether. business in the Orient and a successful Three hours afterwards they began to appear rival to the great distributing parts of again, first a blot of smoke, increasing to a dense streaming cloud, and the white streak Hongkong and Singapore. After discussing of water waving from their bows and stern. It churia with reference to the trade in cotton at some length the existing situation in Man- seemed to be a speed test, and some of them goods already enjoyed by American manulac- were going at a terrific rate as they returnedturers, Mr. Loomis endorsed the recommenda- the flags.

When we were allowed to go inside in the afternoon, on passing through the narrow por als of the harbour one saw at once what an impregnable retreat Russia has got in the Pacific. On the right-hand side eight des troyers were lying beside the wharves and in docks, and torpedo-boats seemed to be every where in each crevice of the harbour. There were ten, I counted, as we entered, but during the days following I seemed always to be com- ing on others in unexpected places.

At the inner side of the fort on the right-hand in progress, and the summit of the Gibraltar- like rock was blue-spulted with Chinese coolies. On the opposite side dredgers were extending

side of the entrance most elaborate work was

the anchorage, and the result of their labours.

submerged mud which when they have done was apparent already over half the area of with it will be able to accommodate more ships than Russia will ever have in the Pacific. There was quite an astonishing amount of bustle and It was

altogether different from any other place to be found in the East. An overmastering energy seemed to be driving these streams of coolies that jostled and shouted and pulled heavy inads shrough the crowded streets, and even the coolie labour seemed insufficient-a line

tions recently made by Mr. Miller, the United States Consul at Newchwang, viz.: (1) The establishment of direct trade with Manchuria instead of through Shanghai and Hongkong; (2) that the United States urge the opening of Manchuria to the trade of all the world; and (3) that a new Consulate-General be established in that province.

Mr. Loomis also referred to the extreme im- portance of establishing American banking houses abroad as an auxiliary to the extension the branches already established by the Inter- of the commerce of this country, mentioning

national Banking Corporation and the Guarantee Trust Company of New York at various points in the Orient. In conclusion, Mr. Loomis strongly urged the desirability of passing Jaws favourable to the increase of the

American merchant matine, and especially the establishment of lines to the Orient-Dun's Magazine.

GREAT BRITAIN IN CHINA.

East would seem to be in a parious way just British commercial prospects in the Far

now, if the Times correspondent at Peking has correcity grasped the situation.

A facsimile of the Trade Mark can be seen at the Office of the Colonial Secretary of Hongkong.

Dated the 14th day of July, 1903.

8550]

DENNYS & BOWLEY,

Solicitors for the Applicant. WANTED AT ONCE.

Salary to an Efficient Worker.

N EXPERT TYPEWRITER, Good

Apply to-

JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER, 8, Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong, tóth July, 1903.

[8,80 WANTED.

A STABLE EXCHANGE. The establishment of a stable exchange is not the only desideratum to be wished for, for besides this impediment there are others in our way, namely, the fet that China competes OR a Consulate at 'akhoi a well educated CHINESE WRITER experienced in having ceased to be a consumes of our yarns Must be thoroughly competent to draft official with us by her local productions and that japan official business and able to speak Mandarin. since 1890 sends her extra productions to China..letters and despatches in Chinese. One with some knowledge of English or German In spite of these competitive facto.s which are

preferred. beyond our control, and hence irremediable, our yarn is in great demand as evidenced by the following figures:-In 1952 the yarn ex-

bales more than that in January 1901, the ported to China was 555,000 bales being 19,000

balance of unsold stock in January 1973 not being more than that in January 1902. The fluctuation of exchange is the only item

We

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Apply to-

GERMAN CONSULATE. Hongkong, 16th July, 1903.

FOR CHEMULPO, PORT ARTHUR AND NEWCHWANG, Calling at SHANGHAL.

THE Steamship

at 5 P.M.

"SULLBERG,”

Captain Meyer, will be despatched for the above Ports on MONDAY, the 20th instant,

For Freight or Passage, apply to

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE,

Hongkong Office. Hongkong, 16th July 1903

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can by representation to Government remedy, as the fixing of it would no doubt redound to the prosperity of our trade. In 1900 before this 'very Association as a means of sal- vation for our spinning industry, I dwelt on the utter urgency of turning our attention to the manufacture of yarn and cloth of finer THE AMERICAN ASIATIC STEAM- counts, whereby we could profitably divert a great portion of the yarn we are exporting to to a great extent doing away with the dis- China, to our own local consumption thereby

advantages of the foreign market.

SHIP COMPANY.

STEAMSHIP SERVICE FOR NEW YORK VIA THE SUEZ CANAL.

Great Britain and France. The National Fête celebrations in France yesterday were the occasion of numerous cordial demonstrations in Great Britain, and also of a banquet at Sydney at which the of those territorial waters, she certainly activity when one landed on shore. Governor, Sir Harry Rawson, toasted the did not exhi' it the regulation red Anglo-French rapprochement, the toast being green lights, as she should have done.

observed that, although he was-unable to say received with enthusiasm.

exactly how far south of the line the collision occurred, it was quite clear it took place a con- The Somaliland Expedition. The casualties in the Somaliland expedisi lerable distance southwards-two witnesses tion, from the beginning to the battle of within a mile or a mile an 1 a quarter of Pulay of fodder was being discharged by Cossacks. Sanguine expectations, with which we joined report, Mr. Sassoon J. David said (inter followed by the 23.

were cett ja on the point that they never go of junks near the 1.nding place with cargoes market, so far, has certainly not filled the Erego on the 1st July, amount to 17 British Officers, seven of other ranks and 339 natives. The cost of the expedition, from the time the War Office, undertook opera tions, is about £450,000 and the present cost about £5,000 per month.

A FORGERY CASE.

PRISONER DEFORE THE MAGISTRATE,

Island. Then there was the question of look- out kept by the junk, and with regard to this Counsel contended that if as they said they saw the steamer two miles away it was a case of what was termed a "deliberate suicide." He maintained that the junk alene was to blame

for the occurrence.

Mr. Slade dwelling on the veracity of Euro-

Every other few yards one passed Russian

soldiers to uniform-officers in their smart

ྃ་ ོ་

The China

CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE.

In seconding the adoption of the annual

alia] 2—

There is another subject that has been for years past ngilating the world of commerce, not only in Thula, sest ta ulinorwe 'wing pur we the world. I refer to the continuous decline in silver which has played such a great part in crippling our industry, and penalising our currency problem, I must say that it is beyond

grievously hampered our trade with silver question that the closing of the mints bas

cultural interest of India. I cannot therefore

pean and Chinese witnesses observed that on ac. they never go away. A friend of mine there where the shoe pinches. We are distinctly export trade. Without going deeply into the

count of the unusual difficulties native witnesses had to face it was practically impossible for a junk owner to win an action in the Cont

whose chief pastime is horse-riding told me it was simply extraordinary the number of new barracks they are building in various directions

THE Company's Steamship "VERONA,"

Captain Spiesen, will be despatched as above on or about SATURDAY, the 25th July, to be

BARON DRIESEN," Captain Laurent, on or about THURSDAY, the 20th August, to be followed by the s.5. "NORDKYN

Fur Freight, &c. Xpply to

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., General Agents. Hongkong, 16th July, 1903.

[7616 BRITISH-INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION

COMPANY, LIMITED. ·

FROM RANGOON, PENANG AND

SINGAPORE,

Mr. J. 1, Kemp at the Magistracy this after- unless they could prove, out of the mouths behind, the twenty-eight forts that crown the chants and financiers, as well as by the Govern- using countries, and adversely affect the agri-HB Company's Steamship

Chan Yik, a shop coolie, appeared before noon to answer three serious charges against him, as follows:-ist-Onthe 15th ult, demand ing and obtaining a registered letter by virtue of a forged instrument, knowing same to be forged; and--On the 15th ult, forging and ut tering a draft on the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China for the sum of $114 with intent to defraud; 3rd-On the 17th ult. de- manding three registered letters from the Post- master General by virtue of three forged instru- ments knowing same to be forged. Prisoner pleaded not guilty and was defended by Mr. J. Hastings (of Messrs. Deacon and Hastings). The evidence of a postman was heard. He stated that at 2.15 p.m., on the 15th ult., defendant went to the Post Office and asked for Wing Loong's letter. Witness gave him the letters, and defendant chopped and signed a receipt for them. About 2.45 pm. on the same day a feki from the Wing Leong firm called for their letters. Witness told him that some- body had already taken away the letters He then reported the matter to the No.

I who told him that, if anyone;"called again from Wing Loong for letters he was to arrest

ment.

more

vantage in the shape of indigenous colton, our

of the witnesses called for the ship, that they (the witnesses) were gravely inaccurate in their statements. He drew attention to the apparent inaccuracies in the evidence submitted by witnesses for the Rubi, and spoke on their residences occupy them under leases cial, as well as the political, question by deposition would have been worse than pre- various facts brought to the notice of the Court.

(Proceeding.)

JOHANNSEN.

At the Vagistracy this a ternoon before Mr. Kemp, Niels August Johannson, assistant ! spector of Markets, was charged on remand with accepting the sum of $to from Ip Chun. Wo Fam, and Lam Hing Shan, with a view to influence his conduct as a public servant, con- trary to section 3 of Ordinance 3 of 1899. The defendant was remanded till the 23rd inst.

CHINESE DECORATIONS FOR -FOREIGNERS.

ness in it all—P.M.G.

BOYCOTTING CHINESE.

momen. to hope for any assistance from carious. It seems useless at the present Gov.rament the fixt has gone forth, and we must do our best to keep our bids above water, while Government is calmly looking on

at the struggle. It will be also useless to picture to ourselves what might have been our present condition but for this fiat of Govern. ment Japan would have had no advantage over us in competing for the China market, while China itself would have found it very unprofitable to put up her own mills. As it is

"LALPOORAY.

of Cargo by her are hereby informed that their Goods will be delivered from alongside.

Cargo impeding the discharge or remaining landed at Consignees' risk and expense into on board after NOON of the 18th instant will be Godowns at East Point.

No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

·JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Agents. Hongkong, 16th July, 1003,

THE POPULAR

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the other Powers in siguing the Peace ProtocolTM two years ago, but this disappointment doubt- less is largely due to transitory causes, includ light-grey overcoats, or companies trampinging the great destruction of property and im through the streets with their simple w

poverishment of the people by the war, and soldier outfit and their bayonets always fixed.

Five thousand fresh troops had arrived the there would not be much cause for anxiety if we were still holding our own relatively to day I landed. I was told troops often arrived

other Powers. Unfortunately this is precisely losing ground and influence, it seems, and im perilling our future trade by the laissez faire policy which is being pursued by our mer.

environing hills. The most drastic and start-

This remark has reference ling of their various preparations is the order that the whole of the old town is to be traced, particularly to the railway development of help thinking that but for our meagre ad. having arrived from the above Ponts, Consignees All the men who have offices, places of business China, which lies at the root of the commer- which is the clause that they must clear out ai termining to a great extent the future channels of trade. It is true that British company six months' notice. This notice they have all promoters have obtained a fair share of the received. The old town is to be converted into numerous railway concessions granted by a huge barracks. A new town is being pre-the Chinese Government, but with few excep- THE BRIBERY CHARGE AGAINST pad for them, however, and the building of it tions, these concessions lie dormant, whilst is noke in progress of feverish activity other countries are successfully pushing for- about a mile from the old one. It is planned ward their lines and obtaining fresh conces on the broad and ample lines of Da'ny. As sions in districts, calcislated to prejudice our yet not many houses are completed, but the interesis and weaken our position even in the uprising walls mark the course of the future Yangtse Valley. The fact is (says the Birm streets. A big restaurant and official buildingsngham Post) that our financiers have, to use are completed, and the afternoons I was there a an American idiom, "bitten off more than they Japán is pouring hundreds of thousards of military hand was playing in an unverdant can chew, and committed themselves to larger bales of yarn annually, into China; and China park to an audience of half a dozen nondescript undertakings than they can conveniently float. is in her turn learning to manufacture her own. listeners. It would be laughable if one'did net With the exception of the Pekin Syndicate's thread. The only practical remedy for nur see the deep earnestness of underlying serious railway of ninety miles, which is now approach. exchange trouble with China would, I venture ing completion, from the coal measures in to think, be found in the establishment of a Henan to the Wei River, whence the coal will good standard by China, as suggested by so be shipped by water to Tientsin, little or noth. many competent authorities. The foreign' powers interested in the trade of that vast †ing is be done in the way of raway construc- and Chinese Corporation, who five years ago secured a concession for no important rail- way from Nankin to Siyang have done nothing yet to utilise the grant, which the Chi- nese Government now threaten to cancel. In some cases, it is the supineness of our capita- lists that is at fault. In others the stumbling- block is the Chinese Government. In illust ration of the latter difficulty, we are told that the corporation above mentioned bas recently enforced in some places A writer in the been refused a valuable concession, on the Labour Clarion, the official organ of the ground that it had already been purchased by ON trades-unions in this city, points out the a native financier, but the authorities declined to name the favoured individual or give any charged attitu's of Organised, labour Formerly the antagonism was expressed by information regarding the scheme; and the acts of persunal violence and abuse policy general assumption is that the native capitalist which, however much it might wony the Cbi is a man of straw acting as proxy from nese themselves, gained no new supporters of some foreign Power. In another case the the exclusion policy. The inbour unions, in claim of the Pekin Syndicate to build their struggles against capital, however, have railway from its coal mines at Shansi to the Yangise is discovered a weapon they are using effectively a necessary outlet, on against the Chinese. This is the boycott. opposed by France, in the interest of a Franco- The Broommakers' Union, for instance, has Belgian syndicate, although the right of the organised a campa go again.t those who handle syndicate to this easement has been more than Chinese-made brooms. One firm has bernce officially recognised. Meanwhile new boycotted while, on the other hand, a number concessions are being obtained in various direc of dealers have signed agreements to handle tions by Russia, Germany, and Belgium, in none but union-made goods. Other trades are every case, with Chinese Government guaran- adopting the same tactics, and that Chinese tes, and if only balf of them are carried out our laundryaten, admit that their business has been position in the Yangtse will be seriously com- seriously injured. It is predicted by be un promised The Royal adjuration to ourtraders ionists that, with only the usual sem active to wake up seems to be badly needed just now by some of our capitalists and railway enforcement of restrictive laws, they can now make business so unprofitable for Chinese that promoters, as well as by his Majesty's Govern- they will stay away.

ment's representatives in China,

him. At 1a.m. on the 17th ult defendant / by the Waiwupu to the Viceroys of the Peiyang irty years of agitation and twenty years of lion by British companies. Even the British Country can and ought to help her to "go.

returned and asked for Wing Loong's letters

which were then bonded to him. He signed and chopped receipts and was then and there' detained and taken to the Postmaster General

who snt for the Master of the Wing Loong firm and asked him if defendant was his fekt The master of the shop stated that he was not, whereupon a detective, who was then on duty in the office, was sent for and defendant, was removed to the Station,

A shroff of the Chartered Bank was sworn.

He said that on the 15th ult. defendant called at the Bank gave his name as Ley Yuen from the Wing Loong firm. He then produced a draft, and witness paid him $130 odd, and

received the bill,

Mr. Hastings then cross-examined the shroff and defendant was subsequently committed

for trial.

ACCORDING to advices recently received from Ceylon, Para-ribber is rapidly taking its place as one of the most important cultivations of the Island."During the past year 250,000 seeds were distributed from the trees in the Hentratgoda Gardens, from which good yields have been obtained. With these satisfactory observations, a note of warning is given to planters. It is important, it is urged, that the Ceylon raine in the London market as repre- senting the best quality of this rubber' should i... be maintained, and that carelessly prepared or inferior rubber should not be exported. Rub ber, it is hoped, will prove one of the most valuable of the crops, of Ceylon-Indian Scotsman.

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A circular dispatch has been recently sent

The San Francisen Argonaut says:-After and Nanyang administrations and, the various Chinese Ministers abroad stating in future legislation against the coming of Chinese whenever a foreigner is recommended for the labourers into this country, the Labour organisa decoration of the Double Dragon the star and lion have decided that there's a more effective document referring to same will be furnished method of restriction Exclusion laws have by the Waiwapu alone in order to secure always been unsatisfactory, because Eastern. uniformity of appearances, etc. It appears

sentiment against exclusion has prevented the enactment of sufficiently stringent laws. that the practice has been that when the Viceroy of the Nanyang (at Nanking) recom

Moreover, the defect of the laws that were mends a foreigner for the Double Dragon and passed have been intensified by the half obtains the consent of the Throne, the decor-hearted manner in which they have been ion is then made by some silversmith' in Shanghai while the commission attached to the decoration is written out by one of that Viceroy's secretarial staff, and that when a Chinese Minister abroad obtains from the Throne a decoration for a foreigner abroad the star is made by a silversmith in the country to which that Minister is accredited and the com- mission drawn out at his Legation, and so on. Naturally the decorations worn by the foreign recipients are often unlike either in size, make, or appearance, and the documents also different in many ways, Indeed cases have been known when complaints in this respect have also been received from foreign recipients asking that their decorations be changed for stars like those worn by certato others." (named) who it. seemed fad been decorated with the same kind of rank nominally. This trouble will "however, not occur again, as the dies for the decorations will, henceforth be taken care of by the Waiwupu and the documents attached to the decorations also issued by that Board. Everything will assume, that uniformity, which is no needful in things like these, th

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wit' gold using countries for the benefit gold," so that she might be brought into fine of the word's trade. A movement is now un foot to take advantage of the approaching visit to Jombay of H.B.M.'s Minister at Peking to express to him the views of this Association on this subject.

COMMERCIAL.

TO-DAY'S EXCHANGE.

LONDON, Telegraphic Transfer.......

:"

42

Kank Bills, on demand...1/8 3/16 Credits, 4 months' sight mit 9 D'ments 4 months' sight.......9€ ON BERLIN, (demand)

Ma 75 ON PAxis, Bank Bills, on demand........ 2 10

Credits, 4 months' sight.....2.20 ON NEW YORK, Bank Bills, on demand ...42

Credits, 30 days' sight'"" ON BOMBAY, Telegraphie Transfer......128

On demand.......

*** ON SHANGHAI, Telegraphic Transfer

Private o days' sight ON YOKOHAMA, T-T........ sovereigns, Hank's Buying Rate Gold Leaf 100 touch, por taef Mar Silver....

OPIUM QUOTATIONS. To-day's quotations are as follows

LAST YEAR........................ OLDESTESTATINY PATNA NEW BENARES NEW

OLD

'Persian (Paper),&:

(28)

KZT)

5:175 61.50

[1,040

1,085

(4 1,075 1,082 @700f8c0

SCOTCH

"BLACK&WHITE

JAMES BUCHANAN & CO.

SCOTCH WHISH","DUSTIZENS.

By Appointment: kaits

H.M. THE KING

and

HRH the PRINCE OF WALES

Supplied at all the LEADING CLUBS. "and HOTELS, and to be „obtaine

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO, Queen's Central

SK for ASAHI JAPANESE <BERK

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LAWG Glenalty.

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