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THE 'HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY,

the opportunities afforded to abuse that' prvi- Įne s-throu, li the hon, member for the Chuis. lege were too great.

A FACTITIOUS OPPOSITION,

ber of Commerce. He would be very glad to know whether the hon. member in the exercise of his profession had drawn those petitions

Sir Henry said he did not want to hurt the

and was to be remunerated for advocating the feelings of any one, but he was bound to say that the result of his inquiries into the opposi-prayer contained therein. tion to the Amendment had led him to the conclusion that it was factitious rather than

real. The opposition was not reaily that of a consumer; the real opposition came from. the illicit dealers and not from the consumer, who, so long as he could get the pills and wine at a reasonable rale, it mattered not to him who sold them. He put it to the hon. members that the illicit dealers had no claim to protection from the Council.

The Colonial Secretary seconded the motion The Hon. Dr. Ho Kai ruse to oppose the measure, and observed that after listening very carefully to the speech of the Attorney General a few of his objections to the second reading of the Bill had vanished, and on nne point only was he determined to oppose the measure. It was

The Hon. Pollock, in replying, said he drew up the petitions proless onally on be half of the paries, and had forwarded

There was no secret them to Government.

With regard to the other ques- about it. tion he should have thought it was hardly necessary and hardly proper that such a question should be put. He need scarcely say that he thought all those who had foi lowed his pahic career in this Colony would know that he did not accept pay, and had no intention of accepting pay for appearing in that Council and for the views he might express therein. He thought it would be obviously improper for him as a member of that Council to accept any fee or reward or gratuity what Devir in respect of any views which he night prepare in a professional capacity the petitions sent in, and he thought it would be found he acted perfectly right in doing so. The petitions were addressed to the bon, members of the Council, and he did not know whether they were circula.ed or not, but it rather seemed to him that they were not. He did not see them on the table before him.

The Colonial Secretary: That is irrevelant. Mr. Pollock: The Colonial Secretary may call it irrevelant, but i think, Sir, that the cor seems to me that, if Youn Excellency desires rectness of it cannot possibly be denied. It

AN UNBIASSED OPINION

the right way to obtain it is by allowing the official and unofficial members to be free to vote in this matter exactly as they like. That again I say that it is most unsatisfactory that is the clear solution of the difficulty, and, sir, this Bill should come before us in this manner. The whole matter ought to be thrashed out, and Hon. Gershom Stewart supported the Go altogether oppose the second reading of the Bill. vernment and thought it quite fair to protect the Opium Farmer in his monqoly. If they multiplied the places where op un could be secretly indulged in they would do a bad thing for the Colony. The Government should keep control over the habit.

The Attorney General said he had nothing to withdraw in anything he had previously said. What he had said was that owing to the afficit intruduction of opium into the Colony nwing to the faulty language in the definit on and preparation thereof in the Cology, and of prepared opiunt, the Opium Farmer required could give. That was the long and short of it. is learned and hon. friend (Mr. Pollack) took a narrow view of the matter. Possibly he was unconsciously biassed because he was con suhed professionally by those who objected

MAY 18, 1904.

of specie over its import was over 41,080,000 yen. Holders of the convertible notes of the Bank of Jupin have been converting the notes about 80,000,000 yen. This phenomenon is nothing very unusual and need not be viewed with the Bank and the specie reserve thus fell to with anxiety, as it always occurs at the begin- ing of the year, but in the latter half of normal years the opposite phenomenon general and a correspondingly large amount of specie is imported from America and Europe to ty takes place, as silk and lea are exported

ion and the Russo-Japanese war, Japanese inpan. This year, with the St. Louis Exhibi- trade with the U. S. has greatly increased and therefore the present heavy export of specie into the country at a greater rate than ever. will soon be reversed and gold will pour back

about the heavy export of specie and it is However, many people in japan are nervous now thought wise to set such nervous people at rest. The Japanese Government accord. ingly decided to raise a foreign loan, though

The loan seems to have been warmly wel would have been very easy to raise the loan

comed in London and New York, while even amongst the Japanese public.

in Shanghai many offers have already reached

the local branch of the Hongkong and Shang.

Above the 340 Level: 2 stopes; lode 80 in. wide and worth 6 dwt.

Above the 240 Level: 3 stopes; lode kg in. wide and worth 7 dwi.

To-day's Advertisements.

THEATRE ROYAL

Above the Intermediate (200) Level: 2 slopes; lode 40 in. wide and worth 7 dwt,

Above the 140 Level worth; I stope; lede 18 in. wide and worth 8 dw. This stope is now finished. Other bunches are being looked plied us with 250 tons during the month. for in this part of the mine. Bukti fellis 'sup- HENRY

FLANT AND MACHINERY. The pumps at Bukit Hitam have been raised to the surface, and the hoisting engine has been disposed of.

The electrical pumping engine for Koman has been delivered and is being erected.

The old pumps, engine and boilers at Ko- man are in their usual order.

A substation on Koman hill fitted with a

tolb motor and friction winding gear, to pull

lant, timber, &c., has been erected, and is ready for work.

Separate milling return and cost sheet ac company this.

Milling Return for 4 weeks ending 23rd April 1904.

Stamps working: 40.

quite true they should do all they could to pro. lay before that Council. He was asked to that protection which the Ordinance alone bai Banking Corpuration amounting in money day (21 hours) all due to clean up and repairs.

tect the public interest, but at the same time he submitted they should do so only without injur ing private interests, without inflicting muudue hardship upon those whom a measure of this kind would injure. The Attorney General had stated there were 83 finns concerned in' deal. ing with pills and wine, and that there were only five firms that were holesale dealers. It was a question of principle; fur whether it affected five firms, or 83, or 500 or one firm, the principle remained they were not justified in causing injury to that one firm in order that the revenue of the Colony might be increased or protected. It was like

ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL. As unofficial members of the Council, and as guardians of the rights of the public, they sho-ld strongly oppose legislation of that kind. The whole question as it laid with him was whether the trade in opium pills and wine was illicit or not. In his objecs and reasons appended to the Ordinance, the Attorney Genem! said the sale of opium was illicit and, assuming it was so, argued that they should do with R. Dr. Ho Kai, therefore, content. away ed that they should inquire whether the sale of The farmer was given opium was illicit or not. only the exclusive right of dealing in prepared opium and not in the exclusive dealing in opium. The importance of the one word would, therefore, alter the whole aspect of the case. He had not the power of dealing with a single ounce of raw opium. At one time he had, and it was owing to his dealing with the raw opium in the Caluny that the so-called blockade of Hongkong by the Chinese revenue cruisers was brought about. It was on account of this that two commissioners were sent down from Peking to treat with the Hongkong Government upan the question, and the result of the whole trans action was that the Opium Convention was signed, and thus an Ordinance was passed forbidding the dealing in raw opium by anybody without the full knowledge and consent of the government. At first the Opium Farmer's stack of the drug was limited to, chests a year and afterwards, he believed, it was reduced to 3,000 chests a year. Proceeding, Dr. Ho Kai maintained that the question of the increase in the amount of the tender of the present farmer shoukl not have been introduc ed into the discussion. It did not matter how much he paid for it, and now that he had got it finds there are sales of pills and wine which, they would assume, interfered with his business. The farmer now wanted new rights.

The Attorney General:-No. The Hon. Pollock :-Yes, new rights.

DUTY OF UNOFFICAL MEMBERS. Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, continuing, asked whether it was just for the legislature to assist people to define certain words in an ordinance, and to make those words include certain rights which were not contemplated by the wording of the meisure, it was upon that particular pria ciple that he founded his objection to the second reading of the Bill. If the Opium Farmer charged a certain fee upon the sale of the pills which, he understood, was very triffing--

The Attorney-General:-Small in the in dividual, but large in the aggregate.

Hon. Dr. Kai maintained that it would mean the total abolition of the trade of these dealers and all their goodwill would, by one stroke of the pen, be transferred to the Opium Farmer.

The Attorney Generi-You cannot use that term with regard to illicit dealing.

Hon. Dr. Ho Kai argued however that the Attorney General could not convince him it was illicit. He was open to conviction, and said that no onewould be a stronger supporter than himself. He held no brief for either party. If the Opium Farmer desired to know the exact purport of the terms of the Ordinance, when the cases at the Magistracy were dismissed he should have taken the matter to the higher Courts and ob tained the ruling of the judges. He regretted that the farmer had not thought it advisable for him to do so, and be doubted whether the Secre- tary of State for the Colonies would view with favour the Bill at present before the Council. He maintained that it was their duty, as unoffi- cial members of Council, and therefore, repre- sentatives who were selected to look after the tights of the public and also of individuals, be cause, after all, public rights were simply an aggregate of individual rights-to consider well before passing an ordinance, such as the one before them, which would add new rights to a concession or monopoly, and which would also impose great hardship, and, assuming the trade was not illicit, would have the effect of ex tinguishing the right of conducting any lawful trade in the Colony.

H. E-Thank you. The question is simply made to define the hon. member's posil on.

Hon. Pollock :-I do not know whether these The Hon. May replied that they had been petitions have been circulated or not. seen by hon members.

A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY! Hoa, Pollock, continuing, said that one would have thought from the speech of the Attorney General that they either had not reached him, or had not been sufficiently considered by him because they had been told, by a great lourishing of trampets, of some wonder ful discovery, or alleged discovery, by the Government. That is to say, the Government was supposed to have made the wonderful discovery that some of the people who signed the petition were recently employed in the business of opium pills or opium wine. That question was dealt with specifically in paragraph

of one of the petitions. "Your petitioners have during the periods of years which are set opposite to their respective signatures been carrying on business in this Colony in (inter alia) ciber opium pills or opium wine or in both those articles. He should have thought the words inter ulin wele sufficiently explicit, although expressed in Latin and nut English, to convey to those gentlemen who signed the petition that they were not and did not purport to be solely or exclusively employed or engaged in the sale business of dealing in opium pills and wine, or anything else. The position taken up at the very outset was, that it was not their sole busin ss, but although it was not their sole business it was a business, and, as his bon, and learned friend, the serier member for the Chi-

to the Ordinance.

HIS EXCELLENCY'S STATEMENTS. Bis Excellency said the Government had been accused of ringing in. the til 10 inter- fere with the vested interests and thereby doing an injustice to certain traders in the Colony In the first place he claimed for the Govern ment the absolute right of dealing with a drug like opium in any way pleased, just as it was the undoubted right of the Government to deal with the sale of alcoholic liquors or the sale of arms in any way it pleased. It could not be denied that, owing to the increase of the arms license, the business of every arms dealer in the Colony had been absolutely closed; and it could not be denied that the Government had not increased the tax with ulice prepense. Well, no one said that these men had a right to be compensated for the business that they lost, or would anyone contend that dealers in

the opium farm come spiritous liquors should be compensated.

low had existence? Did honourable members know that in days gone by dealers in opium were licensed from the opium prepares Then the Government, to control the opium But no traffic, swept away all these licenses, and put

the business in the hands of one man. one claimed

into

the time that those persaus whose businesses were stopped should be compensated. And in the present case careful investigation showed that these producers whe had been dealing in these pills had no real claim for consideration. The sale of the opium alls and wine had now increased whilst the sale of the Opium Farmer's opium had decrea. sed. If they believed that the trade of those to avoid the upium habit there might be some dealers had increased because people wished

to something in the neighbourhood of £100,000 sterling-China Gazette.

COMMERCIAL.

SHARE LAST.

3.30 p.m. Following are further alterations in Messrs. Henjamin, Kelly & Ports' share quotations no

Canton Insurance... tied to us after the list had been printed-

Hongkong Fires

Chien Fires

Macao Steamboats... Indo-Chinas ... Kowloon Wharves Ilongkong Lands... Humphreys Estate...

RICE.

210 b. 310 b.

8 b.

2}\ს.

108h.

Period of work: 8 days less lost time 875 Ore mall: Kuman 2.963 tons, llitam 78 tons. ellis zalons to 3.300 tons; also 35 tons, old blankets were semilled to recover mercury, Mill duty: 3.07 tons per stamp per 24 hours. Ama un yield: 2,166 oz giving 707.307 2. nelted ld32 (

2 68%

Kulfi yield: 4 25 dwt. = 76.57%-of contents. Uulin fineness: 927 average.

Mery loss 9 lb. per 100 tons milled

3-47 or er oz. bullion.

Tails Assays: 1.30 dwt per tou - 23-43%

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contents.

Esti led Cust Sheet for weeks ending 23rd April 1901.

8.5

European & farin.

$329

1 b. 160 h.

12.15

Wages the Kaising

Surface

Anal 75

01.12.61

1 induct el santhana

Pettic

Writing under date, Saigon, 6th inst., Messrs. Wm G. Hale & Co. state --A rather violent hurricane has passed over here on the 1st inst... in part were lucky enough in sustaining no in causing considerable damage to property. Ships jury nor causing any, though three of then gut adrift. Native craft suffered heavily. A gond many rice laden lighters laying alongside vessels, of coming down the river, or in the Some of the rice mills, in Chelon, have suffered course of being loaded at the mills, foundered. heavily and a couple of them will be un- able to resume work hence, a fortnight or in the interior have also felt the effects of perhaps a month. Most of the smaller towns the storm, and damage done to native craft in the districts is said to be very serious. In con sequence of the said hurricane, shippers find it difficult to get lighters, hence steamers in port awa ting for cargo experience delay. Arrivals of paddy from the interior suffer also frein wan! of lighters. Telegraphic communications with since yesterday. Under these circumstances, we are likely to see prices for Rice keep up for some time.

Heryalty

Stotes

Cast þær kon krefst. priufte e capital své

Pat and machinery (Koman) i'vannhei

1.

Builtings Developiner Fanitur New main st

21.2 1.14

121

31-21

Bus.67

C. G WARNFORD LOCK, General Manager.

10-DAY'S EXCHANGE.

Selling,

London-Bank T.T.. Do. demand Do. 4 months' sight France-Bank T.T....... America-Bank T.T.... Germany-Bank T.T Tuba T.T.......................

Do. demand.....

Shanghai-Bank T.T.

nest, had pointed out, it was a question of orin. thing in their prayer, but His Excellency read the Cape, and interior, have been restored only Japan-Bank T.T.

ciple upon which a stand must be taken. A party had a perfect right to be rotected in a legitimate business, and he would presently show that this was a legitimate business. The Attorney General had endeavoured to make another point in stating that the trade in opium pills and wine was, after all, a comparatively small trade. Dr. Ho Kai had, however, very effectually driven him from that position.

INTERFERING WITH TRADE.

Why should a trade that was large in the aggregate and which was lawful be interfered with by the legislature of the Colony? He submitted there could be only one answer, and that was because the Opium Farmer paid a very large sum yearly to the Government of the Colony. That is to say, the Government have some fear, some apprehension that, unless some measure of this sort is passed to give the Opium Farmer rights additional to tho e he already possesses, the Gaverament are appre- bensive that the revenue may suffer some loss,

and because of that fear and because of that apprehension they propose to over-ride these people who have been dealing in opium pills and wine-they propose to take away their busines, which had hitherto been lawful and legitimate. The hon. member proceeded to refer to the Ordinance with a view to showing what protection was aff rd- ed to the Opium Farmer, and argued that no member of the Council, magistrate, judge or member of executive council could possibly say that the opium used for pills and wine had It was shown in the petition been prepared from dealers in opium pills or wine that they had been dealing for many years without let or lundrance and now they were to be classed as smugglers acting contrary to the laws to sell- opium in the way sold by the dealers, or an infringement of the opium farmers' privileges. In the case where the farmer prosecuted dealer, the magistrate could not possibly say that it was prepared opium the dealer was selling and he dismissed the case. If

THE HIGH LEGAL OPINION

extracts from leading Chinese papers which showed that the people bought the pills as a substitute for opium because the price of opium had been raised. His Excellency found that the sale of opium pills in the Colony was :alaptit

anne-and

9,000 BOTTLES PER YEAR, farge bottles costing twenty-five cepts, and small ones eleven cents. Thus the whole trade amounted to between two and three thousand this was the dollars per enormous and valuable trade with which the Government were accused of interfering. The only point of value that had been reference to the wholesale dealers in the miced in apposition was perhaps that with pills dealing for purposes of export. The retail dealers were trying to cut into the monopoly His Excellency did not know of the farmer. whether the Government would be able to arrange anything with the farmer, in the nailer of licensing these wholesale dealers who had obtained their valuable goods from Canton in bond and allow them to export their But he undertook, goods from the Colony. on behalf of the Goverment, to do something in the marter, so that no injustice may rest on themselves. (Applause)

A division was then taken, when the pro- position was carried by Ayes te 3 Noes, the minority being the Hon. Pollack, Hon. Dr. Ho Kai and Hon. Wei Yuk.

The Bill was then read a second time, and the Council adjourned sine die,

ATTEMPTED BRIBERY.

CHINESE CONSTABLE COMMENDED. -Now the plague is somewhat increasing in Hongkong, the lower order of Chinese "are exercising their brains to devise mens of disguising the fact that a case, fall or other. vise, has occurred in their houses, and cause- quently a considerable amount of dumping ul dead bodies is being done. Sometimes the dumping is successful, and the bodies disappear with the tide, and are never heard of again, But at others constables happen to be watch. This happened to Li Kim, f Queen's Road, proceedings, and the dumping scheme tails West, yesterday.

CHINA'S ENORMOUS OIL IMPORTS.

A French company (the Société Française des Pétroles du Sze-Chun), and a Chinese com- pany (Pan-Fou) have the night of working the petroleum fields of the prov nce of Sze-Chien, in the Yang-tze Valley, on the extreme western never heard that anything particular has been. borders of the Chinese Empire; but we have done by ei her concern. The quantity of for- cign oil (Russian or American, or both) im ported into the provinces contiguous to the 184 it was nearly eleven million gallons, by Yang Ize-Kiang river is simply stupendous. In

in got the amount had risen to 91,176,07 1897 it was more than double that figure, and

Chuen (Chunking? at over two shillings per ga lons. This vil sells at the treaty-port of Sze gallen. Probably by this time the quantity annually imported into China (or, rather, into that particular province) is 10,000,000 gallons, or even more. John Chinaman should produce his own petroleum, as the Cape Colonists and the 'transvaalers will be doing presently if, as is "plenty of it" in our newest possessions- Ex Louis Botha asserts, and experts report, there

THE RAUB MINING REPORT.

The General Manager's Report for the month ending on the 23rd April runs as follows:

The nine measurements, and assay results of prospecting work, prepared by the mine manager, show a total of 295 It. for the period (4 weeks) under review, made up of 8 ft. sinking, 36 f driving, and 201 ft. cross cutting, as against a total of 275 ft. for the previous four

weeks.

MINES.

New Main Shaft-The filling of the shallow drives and cross-cuts around this shaft is being proceeded with.

Bukit Koman main shaft-Sinking has been resumed and 8 ft. has been sunk, making the total depth 52 ft. below the 340 it. level.

340 Level South. This has been extended 11 ft. bringing the intal to 171 ft. The end is much harder, and contains a lode 33 in. wide and worth of dwi.

34 Level North-Here we have driven, 1ft making the total 249 fr. The lode has increased to 9 f, wide and averages 3 dwt, per ton, thus showing improvement in both size

behind the opium farmer had thought the magistrate was wrong they would have taken the case to a higher court. The opium farmering

Li's brother died of a mysterious disease, and had got exactly what he bargained. The Or dinance would give him new rights, other than what he had tendered for. The petitioners recommended that a commission be appointed, to save the ordinary expenses of the funeral his house, carried the boy of his deceased if the Government were not satisfied with what rites, and to get rid of all traces of sickness in the petitioners stated. Now, there had been a

of secret investigation by the Registrar brother along the Praya, looking for some con- venient spot wherein he might get rid of the General.

Ilis Excellency:-1 hardly think you are ghastly remains. He found it. But Chan Ku,

Chinese Constable 342 was watching the pro-ad value. ceedings of Li, and when he saw the latter about entitled to use that term.

to dump the body he raised a protest. It was then that Li sinned against the law further He took out $9 from his pocket and offered it But Chan was incorruptible, and to constable Chan' to let him go and do as he wanted to his prisoner. Yesterday afternoon Li was instead of accepting the bribe, accepted Ll as placed before Mr. Gomperiz, at the Police Court and was fined $100, with the alternative of three months' lodging in Victoria Gaol.

Mr. Gompertz commended the constable for his behaviour in the maiter, and applauded his honesty and integrity, when instead of accept ing what almost amounted to a month's salay. and His Worship hoped that his ex imple would he charged the offerer with attempted bribery

position. be followed by others when placed in the same

Mr. Pollock said the inquiry, as far the Council was concerned, had been unofficial.

The Attorney-General: No. Mr. Follock do not agree with the Attorney-General in this as in many matters, Mr. Pollock further stated that the Govern ment should hold a commission of inquiry. 11 could not be said that an inquiry held by a head official was a satisfactory substitute for a commission. Mr. Pollock also referred to the subject of compensation, pointing out that it was an injustice to take away a man's business without compensating him. Yet the Govern ment proposed to take away these, eighty-three traders' rights without giving compensation, The Opium Farmer did not stand on his legal rights; he fund they were not sufficient and wanted the Government to alter his rights and privileges.

The Attorney-General: No!

Mr. Pollock proceeded to state that the Opium Farmer, as showing the weakness of his position offered in return to dole out certain Concessions. Later on Mr. Pollock referring to the official members said that the Govern ment came to the Council meeting with pro- judged opinions.

A QUESTION OF POSITION. The Hon. Pollock was about to rise, when HE. said that before the hon. member ad- drested the Council he would be very much

His xcellency: 1 object to that. obliged if he would inform them what his position was exicity. The Council bidre Mr. Pollock: I will explain.. This bill has

"been here-two months-

His Excellency: To meet the convenience ceived two petitions, one purporting to emanate from the general members of the Chinese of the bon member

Mr. Fallock: Well, it was pos poned, but I community and the other from the shop-don't think For Excellency is right in saying dealing in the opium pills and for my convenience. The official members of keepers wine. Both of them had been forwarded to this Council are not at liberty to express their

Council through somewhat ugurual chan. private and independent opinions,

THE NEW JAPANESE LOAN.

340 Level South: Crosscut East.-This was started during the month, with the object of seeing if there was any portion of the niain lode draped off to the hanging wall side; we have advanced 13 ft., but nothing has yet been disclosed.

340 Level North: Crosscut off No. 1 Winze -An advance of 21 ft. has given this a total of 3 ft. a bunch of mixed lode matter about 1 ft. dwt, and will be further developed. wide has been passed through; this assays 3

240 Level North. This has been extended

the "East Lode."

Singapore-Bank T.T., (ava-Bank T.T.

...193 19916

./9

.2.24

.432

THE

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TO-NIGHT (WEDNESDAY), May 18TH,

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"THREE LIFTLE MAIDS."

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A CHINESE HONEYMOON."

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Late Train after eat. Fiormance. Hongkong, 18th May, 1904.

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A Quantity of AMERICAN SHOES, 1.83 BICYCLES, CAMERAS, PHOTOGRAPHIC .1337

LENSES, APPARATUS and ..134 | GOODS,

71

881

.Nominal

..107

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1191

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45

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2.30

1.87

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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

HE SIXTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS in the above Company will be held at the Company's Office, No. 1, Connaught Road, at NOON, on WEDNESDAY, the 1st June, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, with a Statement of Accounts to 30th April, 1904,

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 25th inst. to rst jane, both days inclusive.

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND SINGAPORE.

"LIGHTNING,"

Cargo impeding the discharge will be landed at once, at Consignees' risk and expenso.

Cargo remaining on board after 4 P.M. of the 20th instant, will be landed at Consignees' risk and expense into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Limited.

dad fi, the month's work having been 26 ft. The THE Steamship dip of the country has changed to the west.

of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods The drive is now being kept to the east, to get through the disordered ground, and to pick up having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees

240 Level North: Drive in stope, on hang-will be delivered from alongside. ing wall branch.-o this has been added 9 it, making a total of 12 ft. The lode is 48 in. wide, and worth dwt, Driving has been stopped for the present, to enable us to com From what we can gather from various mence stoping on it.

240 Level South: Hanging wall branch. Here 27 (1, has been driven, bringing the total sources the new Japanese loan, which amounts altogether to £10,000,000 sterling, issued at 91 bearing 6 per cent, interest, will be for the term 104: . In the south and we have encounter- of 25 years with a first charge upon the Customs ed the "slide," at which point the lode ceases revenue as security. The reason for the issue to exist. Driving has therefore been stopped. the country against the convertible notes issued in. wide and assaying 4 dwt. In the south end the drive has been connected to the winze from of the loan is to safeguard the specie reserve of The north end is being continued on a lode 55 by the Bank of Japan.

the intermediate level, and sloping has been commenced

Since last year japanese specie had been continally exported abroad and this move

Cros-cut, for stope filling.~167 ft of this | ment is still in progress even now, From the

Stopes Milling stone is being raised from statistics before us, containing the figures dur- work has been done. ing the first three months of this year, fr, from January last te March, the excess of the export the following stopes;

Consignees of Cargo from SINGAPORE and PENANG are requested to take IMMEDIATE DELIVERY of their Goods from alongside, will be landed and stored at Consignees' risk and such Cargo impeding the discharge of the vessel

expense.

No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the undersigned....

SPECIAL BREAKFAST DELICACIES. PORK SAUSAGES......62 cts. per ib. FRITZ

......60 each.

Send to Deput for Price List.

Pass Books will be supplied to, and Monthly Credit Accounts kept with well-known residents.

LAU KUE TONG, Manager,

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Hongkong, 18th May, 1904.

Intimation.

THE POPULAR

SCOTCH

"BLACK&WHITE

:

JAMES BUCHANAN & CO.

SCOTCH WHISKY DISTILLERS, By Appointment boi

HM. THE KING

and

HRH the PRINCE OF WALES

Supplied at all the LEADING CLUB

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO, Queen's

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Central,

DAVID SASSOON & CO., LIMITED, and HOTELS, sed to be obtained Hongkong, 18th May, 1904.

Agents.

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