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In discussing the affairs of the Chinese, and urging their admission into the United States, Professor Sharp appears by special pleader in behalf of the Orientals. He recognises their intellectual limitations and their unavailability for American citizenship; he is strongly opposed to the wholesale admis sion of the Chinese into competition with the white labour of this or any country; but he speaks with high commendation of the industry and docility, especially of the coolie classes. and regards the service of these classes s invaluable in the fields naturally avoided by intelligent white labour except as a last means of livelihood.

MANY YEARS' RESIDENCE.

Professor Sharp bases his opinions on per sonal observations during eighten years' re- sidence in China and Japan, and an implicit confidence in the judgment of his brother, now dend, who for forty-two years was a large "em. ployer of labour in Hongkong, and heavily in- terested in the commerce of the Orient.

"The ordinary objections felt and expressed to Chinese labour," said Prof. Sharp, "are mis- taken and fallacious. That the Chinese are most industrious and make themselves mest valuable by their work no ane disputes; that their general admission into this country would bring down wages is also indisputable if they are to be allowed to engage in any and every kind of work. But there would be no such effect as this if the Chinese were confined to the field of absolute labour--in the field, laundry and household and other carefully specified occupations which white people. do

not care for.

There is a constant and pressing demand for Inbour in certain lines, which whites, with their superior intelligence and higher ambitions do 'bot attempt to supply. Large interests fre- quently suffer, and hardship is entailed upon whole communities for lack of this common labour, and it is here that the Chinese would prove invaluable. The present laws have the effect of admitting certain classes of Chinese, who establish direct competition with white merchants and skilful labour, but exclude the working Chinese from a vast and unoccupied field in which their efforts could not fail to benefit the whole country.

HAVE NO INFLUENCE.

It is urged against the Chinese that they send their money back to China. This objection does not hold good for the reason that they cannot save more than a tenth of their earnings, so that for every dollar sent back to China, cach Chinese leaves from $9 to $19 of his coin and labour in this country. Anollier objection is that the Chinese have à vicious moral influence; bat it is my observation that their influence, 50 far as it may extend to the whites of any com munity, is nil. They do not care to mix with the whites, but remain detached, and therefore have no influence beyond their own race.

Foreigners in the Orient at first conceive a dislike to the Chinese, chiefly on account of their unapproachability and personal habits; but when they come to know the race, such dislike invariably gives way to respect and con- fidance.

AMERICAN MONETARY COM.

MISSION.

A cable to the New York Sun from London, dated 19th june, says: The American monetary commission will start for Paris 19-morrow morning. The members of the commission are very much gratiñed by their cordial recep- tion in England. They secured from the British Government all the support they expected for the project of giving stability to the monetary systems of the various nations using silver.

The British committee has agreed to recom-. mend to the Government that it support the principle of the introduction of the gold standard in silver using countries on the basis of silver coin of unlimited legal tender power, with a Axed gold value. This recommendation will be made on the ground that such a system will promote the development of silver-using countries and stimulate the trade of nations using gold.

Great Britain showed at every step in the negotiations a desire to grant everything to the American commission which was consistent with public policy.

DESPERATE SITUATION ON S.S. "CHING IVO."

PASSENGERS THREATEN TO KILL OFFICERS. According to American advices the officers of the China Commercial Company's steamship Ching Wo, which left here on April 25th, have experienced a most exciting time at Manzanillo. The steamer Peru, which arrived at San Fran- cisco from Central America on June 26th, brought news of the strenuous experience at Manzanillo of the officers of the Ching Wo. An exchange says that that ship carried to Manzanillo as passengers from China 840 Asiatics. These Celestial labourers, brought from the flowery kingdom to labour at the deve lopment of Chinese concessionsin Mexico, came from the interior of the broad land and appear to have belonged to an "untamed species of heathen."

Several deaths occurred on the Ching during the passage across the Pacific and at Manzanillo the vessel was detained in quaran-

Line for twenty-four days. This expected detep tion caused unlooked for demands to be made so the Ching Wo's camasissary and as the stay in quarantiae continued the simple diet served the coolie passengers was reduced in quantity. and limited in variety. The Chinese resented the detention and when to this exasperating imprisonment in sight of the promised land was added a simplification of diet they rebelled. At first there were only black looks and low murmurs, but as the cause of irritation con. tinued the discontent grew to open rebellion and culminated in demands made to Captain Young that the passengers be landed, backed up. by threats that failure to comply would result in the extermination of the ship's officers. That there was any actual engagement the officers of the Peru did not know, but that Captain Young considered the situation serious was evidenced by his sending to the authorities ashore an urgent appeal for assistance.

In response to his request a whole regiment of soldiers was sent from Colima to Manzanillo and on June 19, when the Peru sailed, the Ching Wo's passengers were being landed under military guard.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1903,

VESUVIUS is again in action. The lava is THE Chinese Government has decided to build moving in the difection of Pompeii.

the Teking and Chang Kia Kou line with its own capital and Chang Yen Mao has been appointed the Director General and Shen Tung Ho the asistant Director of same.

CAFT, and Mrs. Arbuthnot left for Japan by the N. Y. K sa. Kamakura Maru jesterday.

THE French armoured cruiser Afonicalin has arrived at Woosung flying the flag of Admiral Maréchal.

THE Japan Time calls Count Itagaki's new patty "a mixed gang of bribe-takers, ex-soshi and doubtful socialists."

DAME Deborab Bowring (85). of Heavitree, Exeter, widow of Sir John Bowring, has left estale valued at £13,892.

THE Chief Commissioner of Customs, Corca, announces the installation of four lighthouses in the Chemulpo district,

THE mafao who B-treated a horse near the Golf Club on 9th ult. was on Monday fined $50 or a month's hard labour.

ALL army and navy officers of high rank have been prohibited leaving Tokio“ during the vacation term this year.

THE following notification appears in the Fakir Muhammad retires on pension, Gosette:-The Hongkong Regiment: Subadar

An Indian constable was on Tuesday tenced to one month's hard labour for assaulting: a Chinaman on the 22nd instant at Samshuipo.

THE Pinang, Gazette states that Kang Yo We arrived at Penang on July 2oth by the Pentakota and is staying with Mr. Khoo Jar Tes

For having a quantity of raw opium in his house, without the necessary permit, & China- man was fined Sigo or three months' imprison-

ment.

FOUR persons convicted of bandolerismo in the Philippines have each been sentenced to four years' hard labour. They were notorious

bandits.

HH. THE Sultan of Kedah has again gener ously presented the Penang Turf Glub with a cup, value $zoo, which has been ordered from Hongkong.

THE Novi Kral (Port Arthur) asserts that Russia has informed the Peking authorities that residence of foreigners in Manchuria can not be permitted.

A DESCENDANT of Confucius and several noted Chinese visitors were to be entertained recently by Viscount Nagaoka and sqme other Japanese poets.

THE negotiations between the American and the Chinese Governments in regard to the apening of different places in Manchuria have been very successful.

HE. Wu Ting-lang, the late ambassador, at Washington, distributed the prizes to scholars attending the Cantonese guild school, at Shanghai, on sad ult.

The Bangkok Dock Company have been turning out numerous launches and vessels of various kinds of late, and many orders are still on hand. The Phra Yom, for use in the bar bour department, has just left the slipway.

An inquiry was held at Shanghai on 24th ult. before Mr. John Goodnow and Captain Ames. bury of the American Roanoake, when the testimony of Captain Jensen and others in con- nection with the stranding of the Carrier Dove was taken.

DURING a severe thunderstorm at Shanghai the main fuses at the Electricity Works were struck in six different places, and the dynamos were stopped for about half an hour, the whole Settlement beng without electric light for some time.

WHEN in Kobe harbour, a coolie employed on the Swedish steamer Lis, attacked and injured the chief officer with a hook. The police

were informed of the occurrence, but on boarding the steamer they found that the coolie had escaped.

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WE learn from the Cheloo Express of the 18th QUITE A sensition was created recently at the | GUNNERY-Lieutenist A. A.-M. Duff, of the alt, that work on the new bund at. Chefoo. is Japanese Theatre, Yokohama, where the | Majestic, has begun improving upon Captain pmgressing very rapidly. 1,100 feet of the sea Merchant of Venice and Sappho were given Percy Scott's mechanical appliances, and, if all one hears be true, other officers are applying wall have been completed on the eastern, and for the first time by Japanese mylists, when a yoo on the western end. There is to be an foreign child advanced to the stage and pre- their ingenuity in the same direction. It was opening left in the wall, 150 feet wide, for junks | sented Mms. Yacco with two bouquets of not to be expected that Captain Percy Scott's to take shelter in bad weather,

flowers. The novel, appreciative action cap- inventions spoke the last word that was to be tured the Japanese audience which cheered said on the subject. They had the marit of the file donor to the echo.

originality..

MANDALAY is going ahead with its electric tramway line, which, it is hoped, will be run ning cars before the end of the year. In this respect it will be in advance of Rangoon. The Mandalay Municipality hopes soen to introduce electric lighting, which Rangoon has been talking about for the last 15 years.

Ar the instance of Inspector Kerr, Wong Chung and Li Ko, masters of emigration hoarding houses, were fined $50 and $25 res-j pectively at the Magistraev on Wednesday for failing to enter the names, &c., of theit | boarders in register. The first defendant has been charged three times for a similar offence

MR. Stead states that if Russia evacuated constructing a new emporium three miles Newchwang she could starve out that port by further up the river at a place called Ink Special advantages would be offered to ships engaged in the import trade if they would stop al Inkou instead of going down to Newchwang A FIRE broke out in Gough Street shortly after THE Borneo Syndicate has received the fol-half-pas seven on Tuesday, and the Fire lowing telegram from Mr. Robertson (mining Brigad had considerable difficulty in getting expert in Bornen) referring to Manganese:

width of the lode is 11 ft.; lode well defined; under control. The first and second floors Jade shows every indiction of permanency was considerahiv damaged. When the roof were entirely gutted, while the upper storey to sin weight 1,000,"

fell in several Chinese narrowly escaped injury A PAINT scraper was charged at the Magistrace on Monday for stealing a gold watch and chain, value Seon, from Mr. Samuel A. Crosby, Chief Officer US.T. Ingalls, while in Kow loon docks yesterday. The officer stated that his ship will probably be here for the next six weeks and Mr. Sercombe Smith committed defendant for trial.

PENANG

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doing all it can to encourage Java- nese immigration to the Settlement and the Native States on the same footing as immigra- tion from India. 109 selected Javanese im migrants were expected to arrive for the Straits Sugar Company last week.

A WARNING telegram is published in a Tokyo paper, reports the Japan Gazette, to the effect that the naval authorities in Yokosuka last Tuesday night discovered a Russian taking soundings of that harbour, having arrived there by the last train of the day!

THE latest received copy of The King contains an excellent portrait of Miss Violet Brooke

Hunt, whose successful efforts in the formation

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SOUTH China ports are to be avoided by the Japanese training fleet which was recently reported as leaving Thursday island, and go ing direct to Manila, thence to Chemulps, The squadron is expected to reach Yokosuka the latter part of August. The reason assigned for the change of route is the prevalence of plague in southern ports

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WE are indebted to an influential home journal for the information that "despair reigns among our people in the Far East," regarding the Manchurian question. The only despair ap- parent in these paris during the past few months has been with reference to the low rate of exchange. Hongkong has no time to discuss political problems; at least not until the safety of the dollar is very seriously endangered

A BERLIN wire of 24th July reports that the Silver Committee assembled there has passed a resolution in regard to a unity of the Chinese coins. It is therein stated that it would be China and necessary that the exchange be- desirable to make silver coins legal tender in

American and Mexican committees are much tween silver and gold should be fixed. The satisfied with the reception which they have had in Berlin.

A Toxio despatch states that the prohibition the Russian authorities does not include beans. of the export of grains from Newchwang by The export of grains with the exception of beans was prohibited by the Chinese authorities; but the Russian authorities per have now prohibited the export of cereals; but mitted shipments. The Russian authorities this action, we are told, is not a violation of any part of the Treaty. Exchange, JOCKEYS and polo ponies appear to possess remarkable characteristics. If a jockey leaves off training and drinks a glass of port wine, he has been known to get 2b, heavier the next minute." so said a trainer in a recent lawsuit heard before Mr. Justice Lawrence. Mr. C. Sheather, official messurer to the Hurlingham Club, has now declared on oath that he has known a polo pony tvary 14 inches in measurement in five minutes.

THE gentleman engaged as chief assayer for the Bangkok Mint is Mr. J. W. Hinchley, who holds the diploma of an Associate of the Royal School of Mines. He has been acting as con sulting engineer and technical adviser for a is taking a course at the Mint in Landon pre- paratory to leaving for Siam at the beginning of August. The bar silver bought for Siam is now airiving.

THE Imperial mailas. Silvia, with time. expiren tands from Kinochow (of the East

the evening of f9th June. The returning men Asiatic station), arrived at Wilhelmshaven on were, of course, heartily welcomed by bands as well as by cheers of the crews of the naval ves- sels in the harbour, The Silvia took home 20 officers and 700 subaltern officers and men, be- sides five prisoners, who were landed first.

THE Universal Gatetie hears that a deputy of Tartar General of Kirin (Central Man- churia) is now in Shanghai with the object of purchasing 3.000 stands of modern rifles to take back to Kirin. This, continues that paper, is the second time a deputy bas. come from

Kirin Tartar General wants the arms to prepare Kirin to Shanghai to buy 3,"co trifes within the space of a few weeks and it is stated that the against the eventualities of war,

not the kind of man to let the grass grow under CAPT. Robinson, of the steamship Athenian, is

his feet, remarks an exchange. At least, if he Athentan arrived in Victoria, B. C., on Sunday, were a landsman he would not be. When the

21st June, it was found that one of the steamer's

condenser pipes was choiced with kelp. somewhat slow in arriving. So Capt. Robinson diver was straightway sent for, but he was pulled off his clothes and entered the water himself. Only once rising to the surface, for air, he managed to clear the pipe before the diver reached the scene.

A SEOUL wire of 16th ult. says: The Gover- nor of Wiju replied to the Government that the Russians at Mirokudo refuse to comply with the orders of the officials sent by him to effect the removal of the .telegraph posts.

The Foreign Department has now ordered the Governor to proceed to the place himself and sec to the removal of the posts. The Governor proceeded to the place the day before yesterday, and reported to the Government to-day that all telegraph posts between the Yalu and Mirolado have been removed. The report, however, is not confirmed by Japanese advices:

uf the colonial troopers' club were so fully THE silver medal of the Aeronautical Society couple of firms in London, and at present he ON 24th ult, at about ram, fourlang-sentence appreciated by the colonial contingents who went home for the Coronation.

THE Mindanao, the thirteenth of a series of small craft being built for the United States government by the Farnham Boyd & Company shipbuilding works, was completed last week and was successfully launched Saturday after- noon from the Company's ways

is not to be awarded in connection with an international kite flying competition on the Down's, near Worthing, as the stipulation of a minimum fight of 3,000 ft. was not fulfilled Mr. Charles Brogden came first with r.Boo and 1,600 ft., Mr. L. Cody being next in order with an altitude of from 1.400 to 1,500 ft.

We understand that Mr. Leo, d'Almada e Castro, who has most efficiently carried

Ir is reported in Peking that the W Wo Pout the duties of Acting First Clerk of has received a telegram from Asian to the the Supreme Court. will enter upon articled affect that three converts in Shensi have been service with Mr.K. Hall Button. The murdered and tha a French priest has been vacancy thus created will be filled by Mr. A. safely escorted to Sze-Chuen By Chinese troops, R. Sufiad, who is now clerk in the Registrar provided by the Governor of Shensi.

and acting second clerk of the Court.

The joint service of the Eastein Extension and Great Northern Telegraph Companies will be discontinued from the is Augu w' co IT is reported bat, amongst small shopkeepers cach Company will then have its own separate at Penang, there is a great prejudice against counter where relegrams will be accepted for Mexican dollar and that some dealers absolute-ransmission by either Company's lines. ly refuse to accept them.

MR. Segawa, Lapanese Consul at Newchwang reports that the Russian authorities at the place have prohibited the export of wheat from Newchwang after the 21st ult.

A DISPATCH from Washington says Russia has promised to consent to the opening of new treaty ports in Manchuria; the Manchurian question is thus satisfactorily settled i

THE electric time ball at the Yokohama Cus coms hatoba recently dropped about five minutes behind time. The reason is said by Yokobama contemporary to be that the sun must have made a mistake, certainly it was not as the fault of the Meteorological Department A MARRIAGE has been arranged, and will take place in India, between Captain T. G. Pea- cocke, A.V.D. Remount Department, India, eldest son of the late Mr. John Peacocke, of Limerick, and Zou, youngest daughter of the

kong.

COLONEL Ichioka. Major Koike, and Major Furumi have been ordered to visit Europe to witness the military manceuvres which are to take place in England in September next. Such manoeuvres as are now proposed, says a Tokio dispatch, being almost unprecedented in England, the Japanese Government has been specially invited to send officers to witness them,

M. ZYBIKOFF, the Russian explorer, who r cently spent a year in 1.hassa (the sacred city of the Tibetana) disguised as a lama, or priest, says that the population of the city is about 10,000. The army of Tibet consists of 4,000 men, but it is poorly disciplined, and the men are armed with bows. The guns employed are obsolete. The population of Tibet is de- creasing.

work on the Philippine Islands, has written an late Mr. Robert Crawford McMurdo, of Hong. THE total sum of money, to he paid by the

MR. JOHN FOREMAN, author of the standard

article for the Encyclopedia Britannica on the cause of the Philippines Rebellion."

ACCORDING to an arrangement made between Japan and Russia, the transmission of the mails from Tokio to St. Petersburg will now take

only 22 days inuend of 24 days, as hitherto.

Japanese Government during the next eleven years in connection with the extension and maintenance of the Navy is estimated at V170,000,000, The extension is estimated to cost Y100,000,000, and the annual sum for the upkeep of the fleet Y6,500,000, which will grad. ually increase to Y7,150,000 in the course of

THE SIn Wan Pao gathers that there are at present fifty-eight Russian warships including torpedo boals in Port Arthur, twenty-eight war. ships in Vindivostock and ten at Newchwang, while the Japanese navy consists of one hundred and ten warships at different ports of eleven years. the Far East.

FOR shouting "beat him" while an Indian

MRS. Bishop, the distinguished Eastern constable was arresting another celestial for THE following appointments have been made traveller, who has been seriously ill during the stealing a duck, a Chinaman had to pay $; oral the Admirálly :-Fleet-Surgeon, C. W. past year, is staying at Malvern, and took an go to prison for seven days with hard labour. Buchanan-Hamilton, 19 the Levithan, to date active personal interest in the important meet June 20; Engineer Sub-Lieutenant J. Wing hell recently on behalf of Korean missions. Baguley, to the Leviathar, to date June 24; The Church of England is making steady Midshipman, A. Gordon, to the Pengeance, to progress both in Korea and Japan, and no one date June 13,

has advocated the cause more effectively than Mrs. Bishop.

THE C. P. R. completed its fiscal year at the end of June, and showed total gross earnings for the twelve months of $13,880,300, as against 537,503,053 last year, or an increase of $6,377,747

THE P. M. S. S. Co.'s leviathan Korea, which left for San Francisco on Tuesday, bad the pames of passengers on her cabin listan exceptionally large number for this time of year.

AMONGST the last list of calls to the Bar we

note the following: Middle Temple, Mr. R. E. Belilios; Gray's Inn, Mr. J. W. Jones, Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court of Hongkong,

A PEKING dispatch to the fill announces that the search for "Reformers" has been resumed, and that two of the leaders have been anested in. Peking, and were decapitated on Sunday,

GENERAL Kuropatkin, in laying the foundation of a Port Arthur cathedral, said that Port Adhur was becoming inaccessible to all enemies, no matter how numerous or whence. they came.

THE London correspondent of the Pioneer telegraphed on July 101-Japan has demanded to be paid the difference between the silver and gold rate on the last instriment of the Chinese indemnity.

NoTHING has been heard of the robbers who stole goods to the value of Y17.com from the Osaka Exhibition, and now another robbery of gold and silver nuggets, valued at F6,250, from the For: osa Building, is reported.

VICEROY Yuan and Governor Chen Pih of Shengtien have decided to develop the gold THE number of text books required for ule in mines in Mibyan district and a deputy and a the various schools in Japan is 29,850,000, mining engineer have been sent to make the.

preliminary examinations.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Uỡ lo the end of June there were 53,183 con victs in Japan, as compared with 31,626 in 1902.

THE Venezuelan Government troops are be bieging the rebels in Ciudad, Bolivar, which is strongly fortified.

It is stated that Mr. John Barrett has been appointed, U. S. Minister to the Argentine Republic means)

THE Slangklang, the first of the Human Steam ship Co's boats, was to be launched at. Osaka on aand uit.

A MEMBER of the Censornte has boldly sent in a memorial to the Throne, denouncing the Empress-Dowager for staying too long in the Eho Park and urging her to return to the For bidden City at once. But the Empress Dow ager does not seem to take any notice of the memorial.

Commerce

THE L. & C. Express learns that a telegram has been received from Singapore announcing that the Crament of prohibit the importation Government has not seen its way to comply of Mexican dollars, presumably forthwith. The with the request.

the Foreign Office, of a report from H.M THE Board of Trade are in receipt, through Consul at Pakhoi, in the course of which it is stated that a light railway, one metro guage, is being built from Kuangchouwan to Meilu in This, the Cansul adds, is presumably the com- Chinese territory a distance of about 12 miles

trict te sotme point on the West River, which mencement of the line through the Yülin dis

planned by the Indo-Chinese Government. forms a part of the grand railway scheme

men contrived to make their escape from the British Consular Gaol, Shanghai. They gagged and handcuffed the warder on duty and took his keys. How they managed to reach the wander at such an hour is inexplicable. The men are all desperate characters, and as far ag we can ascertain the two Americans charged last year with stealing Mr. Derby's houseboat are among them. The police are making a diligent search for the fugitives, but so far have have been most carefully planned,-N. C. D. been unsuccessful. The whole affair seems to

News.

The Eastern Extension and Great Northern Telegraph Companies have notified that from to-day the present deposit system will ter. pon Yusen Kaisha have placed an order with have monthly accounts with either or both. Wr. (Kobe Herald) understand that the Nip- minat, but senders of telegrams, desiring to the Mitan Rishi Dockyard Ca., Nagasaki, for companies, are requested to deposit, in ad- two steamers to be called the Ceylon Aboruvance, with the Chartered Bank of India, (cop tons) and the Tango ako (7,200 tons) Australia and China, for the joint account of The former vessel is intended for the Bombay | both companies, and against the bank's receipt, line and the latter for the Seattle line. The an amount equal to the average cost of one company's new steamer Inkoo far is to be month'stelegramsforwarded by bath companies' finished about the middle of August. Captain lines Monthly accounts, payable on demand Arakawa, Commander of the Talegami Maru, and independently of the sald fixed deposits, is expected to take command of the new vessel. will be rendered by each company,

MR. W. Robertson, assistant engineer of the SOME mad brained or unk in the States has sent a hat round the wall with the label attached. Queen's Road Central, died suddenly about Fire Brigade, at the Central Station, in "Ship it on." It was despatched from Rich-

nine o'clock on Saturday night. The deceased, mond, Virginia U.S., in 1893, and has now

robust and hearty man, 31 years of reached Vancouver with its crown envered with who was tags and slips as "thick as the shingles on aage, was found unconscious in his bed about roof." Here and there are noted gems of the half-past eight Saturday evening. He was on an ambulance for conveyance to the Gov- expressman's wit, scribbled on all sorts and carried down stairs by his comrades and placed sizes of paper scraps as happened to be at hand, for instance; Fed and watered on the ernment Civil Hospital, but expired on the way," "Damazed at the risk of life and death, way from what is thought to be an attack of heat apoplexy. He was buried at Happy "At the owner's risk,” etc.

Valley on Sunday afternoon, the funeral being attended by the heads of the police and many of deceased most intimate friends.

The firm which has been commissioned to make a crown for Peter of Servia is of old stand.. ing, and has already produced five Royal THE net increase in the gross earnings of the crowns: those of the two Napoleons, Louis Pacific Mail Steamship Company for the year XVIII, Charles X, and Louis Philippe. The ended April 30th was $106,257. The company fact that four of these Royal customers lost paid during the year $1,170,202 representing their crowns in painful circumstances is not a all payments which became dueunder the con satisfactory omen. Meanwhile it is interestin: tract and for equipping the Korea and Siberia to note that "the sceptre of Peter 1" has ready for service. There was a shrinkage in already appeared in Pairs on picture post-cards. the company's earnings from an unusual com- The design is a sword impaling two heads, those bination of unfavourable conditions. The of King Alexander and Queen Draga

earthquake in Guatemala unsettled business there, a quarantine existed at some of the Mexican ports, the low price of silver reduced the exports to all countries on a silver basis and some business was diverted by the low rátes made by the Suez Canal lines.

FOOCHOW residents will learn with great regret ACCORDING to the story related by officers of of the sudden death of Mr. W. Graham, who the Occidental and Oriental steamer Gaelle the managers of the San Francisco shipping

was for long Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Co's representative at the por. Mr. Graham firm of Swayne & Hoyt, warmly commended

was a tea man and only left Foochow a few the survivors of the wrecked steamer Victoria, months ago for the United States. During the EVIL spirits are evidently easily influenced in and praised them for the courage and bravery early part of this month, when New York was this part of the world as, according to what displayed at the time that vessel met with disaster on Little Bamboo Island near Chefoo suddenly in the street, death being almost in- tive woman undertook for a couple of dollars

visited by a heat wave, Mr. Graham fell down transpired at the Police Court on Tuesday, a na- some months ago,

had was about to do so shortly.-L. & C. Er from sudden death at sunset! The young went stantaneous, from heat apoplexy. Mrs. Graham at the depreciated rate of exchange-to fortify a had not yet joined her husband in the States, young girl againstany bad genii thus saving her

prest.

Parted unwillingly with her coin and went away in peace, but mentioning the matter to her parents at Kowloon the police got wind of the transaction, nod although Mr. Thompson appeared at the Police Court in the interests of the spirit charmer, the exponent of magic was. removed to a spot where, for a month, she will cease from exercising her mysterious spell on ignorant Chinese girls.

THE Universal Gazette is informed that he agreement with a Britisher, assigning him the Treasurer of Achui signed on the 3rd ult. an

privilege of four districts, viz., Shou Chow, Ting Yuan, Wei Yoan and Tsio Hsien. The Con- THREE "Weary Willies of German extraction," cessionaire in question is not backed up by as one of our Manila contemporaries would official support, but he secured the valuable probably term certain unemployed representa concession mainly through his personal in- lives of the Fatherland, who were wanderingficence with the Auhui officials.. abroad without any visible means of subsistence, were sent to the House of Detention on Wednesday morning,

REGARDING the recent discussion in the Chamber of Commerce en the prohibition of immigration of coolies from Hongkong, the A CHINAMAN spent three hours in the stocks Straits Times says that in Singapore they have in Queen's Road Central at the foot of Battery little or no assistance to expect from Hongkong Path on Monday. He has also to undergo a term in the matter, "The only course left would of imprisonment with hard labour. On Sunday seem to be to impose a more strict quarantine evening be snatched a gold watch and chain on all vessels arriving thence and if Hongkong from a Frenchman, who was walking near suffers thereby it is naturally her own fault", Government House.

THE Shanghai Times, of 23rd uit, states tha, the Supac journalists will not be beheaded an whatever may be the action of the Peking' diplomatic body, inspired by the British Consul General, and the American Consul General of Shanghai they will not be handed over to the Chinese authorities.

ACCORDING to the Shanghai Times the rumour is current that a certain well-known and popular brewery in Shanghai is about to be turned into a limited liability company with the object of cutting out the lately formed Japanese opposition in supplying lager beer to the community. Some Tis, 70,000 worth of plant has been sent for and is expected to arrive very shortly. The total capital to be THE Six Wan Fao gathers that the report of called for will be close upon Tls. 200,000, Sir Robert Hart containing recommendations SAYS the Simla News of july and-No other A SERIOUS epidemic of cholera is raging in to the government in the future currency of Company, will oust the popular P. and O. from Monthon Pitsanuloke, Siam, at prescut in the Empire has been memorialized to the their mail contract,

A much higher rate of the district between the towns of Pitsanuloke Throne by the Waiwupu in sections, but it is speed will be the leading feature of the new and Utaradit. Some 250 deaths bave been not definitely known whether the Throne will contract, and the Company are evidently of reported from this cause since the 1st of July. carry out the proposals.

this opinion, for four new steamers are building, ranging from 10,000 to 10,500 tons, and from STEAMERS of the great French lines appear to AMONGST those invited to the State dinner al 14,000 to 15,003 horse-power. This will give be using Antwerp harbour more frequently the Colonial bice given by the Secretary of the Company to large steamers able to land than formerly Recently the Messageries State in celebration of His Majesty's birthday the mails in Bombay within is days of London. Maritimes boat Himalaya loaded a cargo there were Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, G...G., Sit. Every one with a sense of the benefits which for the Far and the man of the Com William Des Voeux, &C.Md Dr. Patrick socnue from, the contract remaining with the pigola Est-Asiatique Francaise, shipped a car. Manson, &.CMG, Mr. Hugh Clifford, c.a.C, P. & O, wishes that the Company will secure go of railway material för China,

and Major M. Cameron, C... [2] 12-in the contract and go on and prosper. -

THOUGH the export of rice from China is illegal and the local officials in Shanghai, Wuhu and Chinking, the thres great entrepots for the rice trade, are supposed no prevent it being sent abroad, we find that in the Japanese official Customs returne, just issued, no less than 247,000 piculs of Chinese grown rice were landed in Japan from these three North China ports in the year 1901. The returns for 1902 IN all dealings in China where money changes are not yet complete, but it is known that the hands a "squeeze" large or infinitesimal, is import of China rice was much larger. Who made (says the Shanghai correspondent of the is to blame for this nefarious trade?-China Morning Post), and in the collection of taxes or Gatelit,

money to be remitted elsewhere this difference usually amounts to a bulky sum, especially if THE Chinese bare assumed control of an its destination is Pekin, where the standard of industry in British Columbia, where they "touch or excellence is supposed to be of work a gold creek with modern hydraulic such a high grade that the local mandarins re appliances and no little success. The gold quire and get an ample surplus to meet all con- they obtain is worth $18.25 an ounce and the tingencies heard it once estimated by a exact amount they win is never told. That it high mandarin at the capital that about tVO- is considerable is shown by their staying by thirds of the whole salt tax of the Empire From one creek in the early was lost to the Central Government through the creek. sixties at least $15,000,000 was taken, but such "squeezes" as I have mentioned and the expensive methods of the administra after that the yield fell to about $10,000 & year. In 1902 it.rose, however, to nearly tion. Our recent Commercial Treaty with China sets forth the necessity of China $25,000 and this year it is expected to reach $50,000, most of which goes to the Chinamen, adopting a national currency, but it is only those who have transactions out here who A BRANCH likin station recently established really know what a boon such a departure at Lung Hai was gitacked by a gang of salt

would be to the community in general. It is smugglers a short time ago, and during the true that the advent of a universal Chinese tael row several soldiers, who were acting as guards, on a gold standard. will.sap the life-blood from were killed. The attack was made about the millions who earn their livelihood by jug, midnight and was rather fierce while it lasted, gling with the various coins in circulation at The smugglers were finally driven away by the present. In Shanghai one is "squeezed" in soldiers, but when they withdrew from the exchanging Wu-chang or Kwangtung dollars. scene, they took with them as prisoner, the deputy collector who was on duty at the time. A report of the affair was made to the magistrate of Chinkiang, who at once sent a body of men to recover, posible, the unlucky, deputy, Shanghai Timer

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