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The departure of the steamer Courtfield for South Africa was fixed for this morning Addram Ordinary business communications should be addresot when some fifteen hundred coolies were to

to The Manager.

have left the camp at L-ichikok and embarked on the steamer to leave here direct for Durban, It was found, however, that in consequence of the approach of the Dragon boat festival, which is being celebrated throughout China to-day, that coolies were not eagar to forego their, rejoicings, with the result that, up to last even camp. It has now been decided that the ing there were only about fifty recruits at the

Courtfield, which has alread› been disinfected, shall leave towards the end of the month.

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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, June 18, 1904.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. THE U. S. gunboat Wilmington, has left for

The HOURS of BUSINESS of the Manila.

HONGKONG DISPENSARY in its new

premises are as follows:-

WEEK DAYS... 8.30 AM to 6 PM.

8.30 AM to 2 P.M.

SATURDAY.

SUNDAY..........

10 AM. to

TP.M.

TEN cases of plague were notified since noon of yesterday.

H. E. the Officer Administering the Govern ment has accepted the resignation by Lieuten- ant F. Smyth of his commission in the Hong- kong Volunteer Corps.

A TRANSLATION of the law prohibiting the immigration of Chinese, Turks and Syrians, into the Republic of Panama is printed in the

Gazette.

Ir is notified in the Gasette that, at the ex- piration of three months, "The Queen's Hotel,

An Assistant will be on duty at all times Weihaiwei, Limited," will, unless cause is

lu dispense prescriptions.

shewn to the contrary, be struck off the register and the company will be dissolved.

THE S.S. TWEEDDALE."

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gust'Elchornis specioss flowered round the fountain. Its peculiar inflated leaf-stalks have long been a feature there, but this is the first time that its handsome mauve flowers have been seen. Throughout the same month the Chi nese red variety of Amaranthus produced fine patches of colour on the lower lerrace.

rain by which considerable havoc was wrought September began with exceptionally heavy in the gardens, among other things interfering with the flowering of the large night-flowering Caeus (Cereus triangularis) which promised an unusual profusion of flowers,

Aristolochia Gigas attracted much attention and In October the huge and unsigtly flowers of the beautiful Gordonia anomala produced lis usual fine show of blossomi. S.

TELEGRAMS.

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THE WAR. (Delayed in transmission.) JAPANESE TRANSPORTS

SUNK EUROPEAN OFFICERS ON BOARD. (From Our Own Correspondent.)

YOKOHAMA, 17th Juner.

10.28.a.m.

Pastura and fodder. The questions of cattle food has long been a difficult one and general ly speaking the only cattle that are kept to the Colony are a few hundred cows at the English and Chinese dairy farms and those used for draught purpoils in the Chinese villages,

In the English dairy farm guinea grass (Punicum maximum) has been used with rice straw, and silo has been tried. The Chinese village cattle have to find their own food as a rule along the s des of paddy fields and, in the summer, on tie hills. It is naturally a matter of much interest' to ascertain whether natotal maintain herds of bullocks in the Colony. pasture or some substitute can be found to

With the object of investigating this subject several expeditions were undertaken during the year to Lantao (this under special instruction) and other calities where elevated plateaux die rains which practically ceased after the November suffered from the early failure of offeret the possibility of permanent pasture. deway our of the second week in September. Out of the 52 square miles of Lantao 6 altain an altitude of 8oo. feet or more.

The feature of the New Gardens during The greater December was the profuse and persistent flow-maru and the Sado-maru have been It is now certain that the Hitachi- part of this liigh land consists of rock-strewering of a Bauhinia near the deer pen. The The mincowans of the Rand, have acquired connecting ridges. The valleys that ascend flowers at one arrest the interest. A tree of it

slopes surrounding the various peaks and their mysterious origin of the tree and its magnificent sunk by the Vladivostok squadron. the Wentworth estate, situate at the head of into this region are mostly rugged mountain Durban Bay for the temporary accommodation gorges densely clothed with native scrub, but the woods on Mount Davis from which it was

The fute of the Izumi-maru is. of 10,000 Chinese labourers to be imported for

was discovered betwean zo and 30 years ago in service in the Transvaal.

here and there the advantages of a few acres

doubtful. af level ground and abundant water are shewn

introduced by its finder into the gardens of the The Natal Government has decided to insti-by the presence of a small hamlet and a few

Pokfalum Sanatoriura and from there to the tute a system of identification amongst the paddy fields, coolies by means of finger-prints. It is felt necessary to make this measure to prevent escapes, and the Government is also promoting special precautionary legislation to deal with the new labour rs.

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The first emigrant steamer to leave here for Du ban, with 1,054 coolies, is expected to reach her destination to-day.

PREPARING TO RECEIVE THE COOLIES.'

PRECAUTIONARY M.ASURES.

LIGHT ON CAP-SHUI-MUN.

It was mentioned in the Telegraph some months ago that, from the 1st July, 1994, a

Botanic Gardens and to the Roman Catholic farths are driven out daily on to the neighbour-probably not native here, but, so far, all efforts A small number of caule from these upland observed on these trees; they are therefore Cathedral at Canton. No fruit has yet been ing bill sides where they can obtain some to identify them with any foreign species have scanty food among the scattered tufts of coarse failed.

grass.

For purposes of grating the greater part of the high lands is useless, the growth of grass being coare and thin. This is fully recognised by the villagers who try to improve the vege-

Ia October 'the Superintendent took the opportunity offered by his journey to the nerib to pay a visit to Mr. W. H. Wallace's beautiful garden at Amoy the information which that gentleman most kindly supplied as to the

mare were Captain Campbell, Chief The foreign officers on the Hitachi-

Glais. Officer Sondson and Chief Engineer

MANSHUMARU'S” DEPAR-

TURE DELAYED,

which was to have conveyed Mar- The departure of the Manshumaru,

quis Kuroda, several members of

light would be exhibited from the Westemtation by periodical burnings. These, however, methods that have led to his remarkable success both Houses of Parliament, the

give little benefit and the inquirer is every-in certain branches of gardening should where referred to the Ngong ping, or "high of much value plain" as the only "green grass" in the island,

point of Ma Wan Island. It will consist of two white lights, vertically, six feet apart, visible in clear weather 1 mile, exhibited from a white mast, with white hut at the foot. Upper light 5.5 feet above high water.

THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS,

RETURNING FROM HANISHMENT.

The Ngong-ping is a plateau near Lantao Peak, which has long been used as a cattle pasture and upon which 40 or so head of cattle are left unten 'ed during the summer. It is too dry during the winter for grazing purposes. It is situated zi miles south-west of Tang Chung The June Criminal Sessions were opened It is an undulating plateau of about 300 acres Police Station and 3 miles east of that of Ty Q, this morning at the Supreme Court before the Chief Justice, Sir W. M. Gootman, when

covered with smooth, green turf. Its altitude Toang Hop was charged on indictment with

is about 1,200 ft. It is surrounded by high disobeying an order of banishment and return being to the south-east, and beyond these the

peaks, the highest-Lantao Peak (3,075 ft.) and His Lordship passed ce leaded guilty, country falls rapidly on all sides. Numerous and sentance, send ng rivulets rise on the hill sides and, after wind- accused to prison for 12 months with harding across the plain, plunge into rocky gorges Jabaur, The Court then adjourned till Mon towards the north-west and south-west. day morning.

The turf is almost entirely composed of one

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OTHER GROUNDS.

prave

Government Housegrounds. These grounds

were maintained as usual during the year.

Mountain Lodge grounds-The terraces on the north, south and west sides of the house were turfed during the spring.

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In the autuma extensive operations were commenced with a view to improving the appearance of the valley below the house on the south-east. This valley had contained a channel, and was unsightly from the windows vegetable garden drained by a straight central of the house. The object was to restore to it the natural beauty that it must once have pos sessed. The bottom of the valley was cleared of rank growth, and evenly graded on both sides down to a stream following the base of the east

Foreign Office officials, the foreign military attachés and war correspon- dents to the headquarters of General Oku, has been postponed.

THE VLADIVOSTOK SQUADRON.

SIGHTED IN THE NORTH.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

YOKOHAMA, 18th June, 11.48.p.m.

The Vladivostok squadron was sighted at daylight to-day off the

No. 15 of 1900 have made the following rule | AGRICULTURE IN THE COLONY kind of grass--Ischaenuum aristatum var. bar. siope. By the end of the year only the turfing coast near Fukuyama, a seaport in

which has been approved by the Officer Ad- ministering the Government in Council --8. Where the pension of a widow is commuted under section 23, the number of years' purchase

shall not exceed ten years.

AT the annual convention of the National Editorial Association held, last month, at St. Louis, Mr. John Ferguson of Ceylon was in- troduced as the oldest newspaper man in Asia, and the oldest member of the Association. He was born in Ireland, and for forty-three years has conducted a newspaper in Ceylon, says an exchange. He made a brief address.

AT the Theatre Royal yesterday evening the Fanny Stanley Opera and Dramatic Company gave the popular Irish drama The Collen Bawn. The night was very sukty and the attendance was consequently a small one. The perform

was good all the members of the

ance

FURNITURE troupe drawing praise for their acting. To

DEALERS.

DRAWING-ROOM,

DINING ROOM,

and BED-ROOM

ELECTRO-PLATED,

GLASS, and

FURNITURE.

CHINA WARES. PASTEUR'S MICROBE-PROOF

FILTERS,

ROCHESTER LAMPS,

WHITE TURKISH TOWELS.

COUNTERPANES.

COOKING RANGES,

KITCHEN UTENSILS, and

HOUSEHOLD REQUISITES. PHOTOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT.

DEVELOPING and PRINTING

UNDERTAKEN for AMATEURS.

GOOD WORK.

PROMPT RETURN.

Hongkong, 8th January, 1904.

E. C. WILKS & Co., MARINE SURVEYORS,

CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND

NAVAL ARCHITECTS.

COLLISIONS and Damages Surveyed.

Salvage Work.undertaken.

night the company will give a varied entertain- ment, consisting in a vaudeville, songs and dances.

The Superintendent of the Botanical and Afforestation Department writes an interesting report on agriculture in Hongkong, during

1901. He says:-

batum. This grass is nowhere recorded as one of economic importance, but closely allied species of the same genus are highly valued as fodder grasses in India. Like them it pro- duces a close and luxuriant growth of soft and nearly smooth leaves. The manner in which it is eaten by the Chinese cattle proves it to be an excellent pasture grass under suitable con-

In February the crop of sugar-cane obtained from cuttings procured by the Government from the Straits Seltiements and Honolulu was tings were offered to farmers in the New Ter ready for cutting and distribution. Tocco cut-ditions. ritory without charge, and nine applicants were supplied with various quantities through

the Police.

100

80

Mr. Li Pak's estate at Castle Peak which takes the place of a Colonial experimental farm, produced 15 mow of these canes in 1901 besides 45 mow of Chinese varieties, and the percentages of sugar given below show the

canes hitherto grown in the Territory:- former to be a valuable improvement upon the

Weight Weight Weight of Cane. of Juice of Sugar, Honolulu,...................... 100

55.0 Province Wellesley 100 $1.0 Chinese

48.3 Some difficulties were encountered in bring. AN altogether novel plea was put forwarding the sugar to a marketable condition; the recently in Philadelphia where a man was charged with setting fire to a gramaphone manufactory. He said that the manufactory in question was constantly employed in turning oul records of "Hiawatha" and he was so sickened with the constant repetition, that this song made his life a burden to him, and he thought the only way of remedying matters was to burn the manufactory.

PROGRAMME of music to be performed by the band of the 1st Sherwood Poresters on the

new parade ground on Monday next, the zoth instant, from 5 to 6.30 p.m.

...........Wagner ....... Huieldien ........Auite Myrddleton ........Cacyll ...Phelp.

March........" Rienzio"..... Overture...... La Dame flanche " Selection... "The Bohemian Girl" Sketch. By the Swaare River Selection. The Cherry Git!“. Vale. The Choristes".

Reginental March-The You May Noon. God save the King.

THE Tokio Chamber of Commerce, too late we fear, has seat to various Chambers of Com. merce in Europe and America a circular stating that it is perfectly safe to travel in Japan in spite of the war, and inviting tourists to visit the country. This is a sensible step to take, but the end in view could have been accom plished much more easily and much more effectually had the numerous war correspon- dents in the capital simply been allowed to do their work without being bampered by anybody else than an intelligent and sensible Censor- Ex.

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THE launch of the Kwangches, light-house tender for the Korean Gustoms, took place at the Kawasaki Dackyard on the 15th ult. at o'clock in the afternoon. The prin- Ship Designs and Specifications prepared.

cipal dimensions of the ship are:-Length over all 233 6; length between perpendiculars. Agents for the Construction and Sale of Steamzzo"; breadth moulded, 30' 0"; depth mould- ed to upper deck, a1;"; depth moulded to Contract for New Tonnage on reasonable terms main deck, 13′ 6′′ height of deck erections,

with First-class Builders.

7'6"; draught loaded, 14′ 6′′; displacement,

and Motor Launches.

Agents for Mesurs Allen & Sons Electrical

Plant and Centrifugal Pumps

A lige stock of Canadian Asbestos and 1670 tons. The ship will be equipped with

Asbestocel goods kept..

boilers, a speed of 14 koets being guaranteed, sets of triple expansion engines and two

The ship also carries one to K dynamo, and a searchlight of 18% diameter. Her armament consists of two Maxim guns and two-pounder Nordenf

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and planting of shrubs and trees on ite slopes remained to be done."

the natural thickets of Azalea and other shrubs A footpalb was also commenced through

that grow among the rocks on the west of the grounds,

The Colonial Cemetery. The gardening operations in the Cemetery were taken over from the Public Works Department in December...

Grounds around the Government Offices.- These were also taken over from the Public

Works Department in December.

Roadside plots.-There are 43 small plots of

prevalence of cloud and therefore of moisture, Two necessary conditions are probably the and the presence of flat ground. The rarity of this combination will explain the fact that, though the grass occurs occasionally through-ground, laid out from time to time as rockeries out Hongkong and the New Territory, there is no record of pasture similar to that on the Nyong ping in any other part of this district,

THE BOTANICAL AND AFFORES-

ZANON DEPARTMENT..

ANNUAL REPORT,

Botanical and Afforestation Department, has Mr. S. T. Dunn, Superintendent of the submitted his report for the year 1933 from which we cull the following items:-

BOTANIC GARDENS.

a few square yards to an acre. These have or planted with feros and shrubs, varying from 'been maintained during the year, and an addi- tional rockery at the junction of Peak and Robinson Roads.

Garden and Forest Nurseries-Five nur series are in use for gardening and forestry purposes outside the Botanic Gardens, viz, at Sookunpo and Kowloon for gardening and forestry, at North Point and Kang Hau for forestry alone, and at East Point for the culti vation of bamboos. The lack of sufficient

Botanic Gardens and forthcoming gardening nursery accommodation in connection with the

works in other parts of the town has necessi tated the setting apart of some additional ground between Garden Road and Albany nullah for this purpose.

HERBARIUM.

the island of Hokkaido-

THE TSAR AND THE WAR.

PREDICTION OF VICTORY, ..

The Tear is not going to the front at any journey, writes a correspondent, is as follows:- rate, this year. The truth as to his proposed

Immediately after the outbreak of war, Nicholas 11. expressed his determination” (o land became imminent, and to transfer tom- leave for the front the moment operations on

Duke Michael Alexandrovitch. The Emprési porarily certain of his functions to the Grand

strongly supported this proposal, but General Kuropatkin, M. Witte, and M. Pobiedonosiseff advised its rejection, basing their objections on the danger of internal unrest, which, they reverses in the field. Kuropatkin frankly told declared, would certainly follow continued

the Tear that his presence at the front would seriously embarrass operations.

has since been beset by the war party, The Tsar then abandoned the scheme, but,

his presence at the point of danger would lead Alexieft, Bezobrasoff, and certain Coult officials, urging him to go. They argue that

to

great outburst of popular enthusiasm, which would counteract the anti-war movement threatened among the working classes."

prices obtained were not satisfactory and much below the best prices of Chinese sugar. A however, the Castle Peak sugar from native canes was poorer in quality than that from foreign canes the fault was clearly in the manufacture and not in the new canes. The price in the focal Chinese market is said to years become so crowded by Chinese visitors. Management. The gardens have of late depend largely upon the reputation of the man in fine weather that it was deemed advisable to who superintends the process of sugar-making, restrict their use on certain days in order to and an experienced man would probably be provide opportunities of visiting them in a less well worth his salary of $1.50 to $2.00 per diem.crowded state by those desirous of doing so The experiments in other vegetables and for scientific or other purposes. Each of the fruits have been energetically pursued by Mr. two gardens was accordingly closed once a Li Pak during the year, and it is satisfactory week during August, September and October, to hear that the results, while of much value to admission being granted only to visitors pre-wei, Korea and Japan, and by Dr. Barchet of events to come. the Colony, have not been unremunerative to the owner. The most suitable vegetables for market purposes have proved during the year to be tomatoes, English cabbage, turnips, globe artichokes, and French beans.

English, potatoes should be profitable in land plentifully supplied with water.

seating their cards. 6 opportunities were thus offered to the public of visiting the gardens under favoumble conditions and 627 persons (of whom 334 were Europeans) availed them. selves of them. The result is interesting as showing the small demand that there is at the present time for ap uncrowded garden. The again from to time to test the wishes of the privileged entrance should perhaps be tried

community.

Considerable talk is going on in society cir specimens from the Province of Yunnan, predencies. About a month ago the Tsar-made cles in St. Petersburg concerning the latest The incorporation of a large collection of development, of the Tsar's spiritualistic ten- sented some years ago by Dr. Henry, was the acquaintance of Mile. Zenoble Galaczky, a been collections presented by the Director of professes to be able to forecast the future by commenced. The chief recent additions have beautiful and accomplished Ruthenian, who

Mathew, 2.N., of B.M.8. Eclipse from Weihai, ties, which projects on a screen images of Kew from Yunnan, Staff Surgeon G. G means of a new metal with radio-active quali

Shanghai, from Ningpo; some collectionn made in the Autumn by the Superintendent at Palace five times during the last fortnight, is Shanghai, Tsingtau, Weibaiwel, Chefoo and reported to have convinced Bicholas II. that Mile. Galaczky, who was received at the

Peking

before the Japanese were finally defented. She projected on a screen a vague image, from the Russia would sustain disaster after disaster

distinguish Fort Arthur in ruins and his fleet luminous detall of which the Taar was able 10

being blown up.

projected, and finally the Japanese were sera withdrawing from Korea, with a victorious, Russian army crowning the heights behind,

A further series of Russian disastern was

In addition to this Mile Galaczky, professes

the introduction of better varieties and different These vegetables and a ready market because cultivation has supplied a want that the old fashioned methods could not meet. In the

During the latter part of the year two gar- case of produce already grown in large deners were used as Park Keepers to encour quantities in the Chinese nursery gardens age visitors to observe the Regulations of the cabbage, cauliflower, Chinese varieties of haviour of the Chinese werking men who visiting with partially trained. Chinese assistants is to inform the Tsat of everything that and sold at very low prices, such as Chinese Gardens. A marked improvement in the be turnip, lettuce prickly spinach, leeks and the Gardens. in 'large numbers resulted from sweet potatoes, there is no room for competi- this plan, thus rendering the Gardens more tion. As regards fruit, a quantity of melons attractive to other visitors. have been produced and have found a ready

and profitable market, in Hongkong. Guava, tions in August, by one of which visitors are Some amendments were made in the Regula wampis and papaws are too cheap to repay cultivation, but it is worth the consideration of now allowed to bring in their dogs on leash. capitalists whether the very cheapness of these

Improvements. One of the points brought and other fruits and also of some vegetables out by the occasional closing of the Gardens such as green peas does not offer opportunities referred to above was the comparatively small for a profitable tinning or preserving establish use made of the New Gardens by visitors. This ment is the Colony. A large amount of jams has probably been due in some measure to the sually in Hongkong and Manila and locallywas remedied is the autumn by the addition of and tinned vegetables must be consumed an- small number of seats there and this defect

ported preserves.' grown produce should easily compete with im 30 new ones. The opportunity was taken of opening up the trees and shrubs in frost of of the harbour. Some seats were also some of the seats in order to give good in Glonealy Ravine:

Hen

canning factory has been set up hitherto in It is a matter for surprise that no pineapple Hongkong, considering the large and increws ing amount of this fruit produced here, and with the example of the success that has st- tended this industry la Sing

to Visitai

A considerable amount of time was expended in numbering the whole Herbarium so that any ants as the quotation of the number from the sheet can now be found by the Chinese assist indices of the standard Floras of Hongkong and China. The specimens can now moreover be replaced with little fear of inatake. A specimen put away in its wrong place is prac tically lost in a Herbarium of any size so that the importance of this arrangement when work, obvious,

e between his Ministers, and it is alleged that Spcimens of plants, fruits and woods have she is being used by the Old Russian par

China. Specimente of Arginetia indica pre- Shanghai, Canton, Hainan and other parts of ends. ⠀⠀ been received for determination from Peking, an instrument for the fortherance of their own

pared with great care for the purpose of ex hibiting their parasitism were submitted for examination by His Excellency Sir Henry Blake of several occasions during the summer. in four cases the Aavitoria were itached to grass roots, it the fifth to the root of a thrub. for preservation in the Herbarium, vere His The chief contributors, of local specimens Excellency and Lady Blake and Colonel Bird

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