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DEATH.

At Kuling, of typhoid fever, on July 20th, the Rev. CHARLES ROBERTSON, London Mission, Hankow, aged 34. "Called to higher service"

absolute powers were conferred upon the THE old Customs stations and grounds at Governor-General at Warsaw, and it was Cap-su-mun and Fu-tau-chau are to be dis- reported in the capital that M. de Flehveposed of.

would in case of fing disaster in Manchuria, M. C. Ferm, of the P.W.D. in Bangkok, has be invested with dictatory powers similar to gained a gom dai for a painting in this those conferred by Alexander II. opon Loris year's Paris Salon, Melikoff during the Nihilist movement in 1880. Taking all the things together, itMx, Nathan, general manager of the Kaiping seems beyond doubt th the late Minister's mines, has been indefatigable in the work of attitude towards the oppressed and disaffect dispatching the coolies for South Africa. ed people had long been fomenting a stern. retaliation, and when on Friday morning ouro, late Admiral correspondent in London telegraphed the news of his assassination, it was received with no considerable surprise. By reason of

In memory of the Hon. Sir Henry Keppel, the Fleet, a memorial brass has been erected in St. Mary's Church, Winkfield, Berkshire.

her reverses in the Noith Russia is threaten-A SAIGON correspondent, wrhing to a Tonkin

aboard.

A MOYABLE flour mill has just been sent from Odessa to the Far East. The mill is of very simple construction, and is carried on a mov-

able platform. This is the first time that such a mill has been used to meet the needs of the Russian Army.

PROGRAMME of music to be performed by the bond of the She Hood Foresters, on the new parade ground on Monday, at August, from $ to 6.30 pin..

· March......................!! Bands across the Sea" Overture......."Martha."

Sanka

Fotow.

Selectlo." Maritana"

......................Wallace. Gavolte........" Rosa May "...................................... Bradley. Selection......." The Cingalee"....konekton, Valie Lente..." Naila” ..................nome. Dožíkem. Regimental March..." The Young May Moon “.....

God save the King,

The Hongkong Telegraphed with internal danger, and keenly alive to paper, mentions that three bags of mail had tf.E. Tsea Ch'un-bauen, Viceroy of the Two

HONGKONO, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1904.

ASSESSMENT OF THE COLONY,

'The report on the assessment of the Col ony for the current year, over the signature of Mr. Arthur Chapman, printed in the Government Gazelle of the zgth inst., bears evidence of the expansion of Hongkong in the direction of house property. Last year, when Mr. Chapman's report was issued, the rateable value of the Colony stood at $8,750.000, while this year it has increased by about $1,150,000, showing on the whole

the situation the Imperial authorities are striving to crush it by a reign of police terror. An actual revolution in the Empire is not likely to come for many years; what happens and what must continue to happen is a series of disturbances directed against unpopular officials, but not against the dynasty,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

been stolen while being taken by ricksha from the railway station in Saigon to the central

post office.

THE Emperor of Russia has presented to the Grand Duke Cyril a gold sword with the in scription "For Valour," in recognition of his gallant behaviour when the Prdrop (vlovsk was sunk at Port Arthur

THEY appear to have been having quite inte. resting times in Bangkok. Ruins have flooded Tux'O. S. S. Myrmidon has been sold to the the railroads and caused a breakdown in the Setisu Kogio Kaisha for 145,000 yen.

THE Manshu Maru with her inspecting party on board arrived at Nagasaki on the 19th.

THE Taku Tug and Lighter Co., L.; have de clared an interim dividend of 3 per cent. for the first half of 1954.

telegraph system with the refit that there was "no Reuter" for more than four days. .'

A PICTURE by the late M. Verestchagin, re- cil of War, is reported in Berlin to have been presenting Admiral Makaroff holding a Coun. recovered from the floating debris of the Perro pavlovsk, on board of which it was painted.

Kwang provinces, it is stated in a Peking letter, telegraphed to the Throne himself concerning the revolt of the troops at Liuchon, Kyangsi province, with all details, and in curing himself of having failed in keeping Watchfulness over his troops in Kwangsi

faked to be severely punished by the Throne. In accordance, therefore, with the custom from time immemorial, in such cases, a decree was at once issued depriving. Viceroy Jiên of his | rank and titles but keeping him is office with the command that he himself head the army which is to suppress the mutineers.-N. C. D.

News.

MR. W. R. McCallum, who took over charge of the interests of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank from Mr. Rickett in April last, left per ing, says the Foochow Daily Echo of 23rd 5.5. Halching for Hongkong on Friday morn

inst He was most popular and leaves many who will regret his short residence here,” Mr. McCallum is to be married to Miss Hunter in Hongkong on 2nd August, and we are sure that the best wishes of all the community are with them both for a happy and prosperous marriage. He is succeeded here by Mr. J.

TELEGRAM.

THE WAR.

THE BATTLE OF TASHICHIAO.

KUROPATKIN IN THE BATTLEFIELD.

HEAVY CASUALTIES.“

Mr. M. Noma, Consul for Japan, has for warded to us the following telegram :---

TOKIO, July 29th, 9.10 p.m. General Oku further reports, among other things, that, according to the statement of

the captured Russian Officers, General- Kuropatkin was present in the battlefield, and Generals Sakaloff and Condradovitch were wounded, and that the Russian casual- ties were about two thousand; our casualties amount to one thousand; and that our booties and prisoners are under investiga- tion.

LOSS OF $.S. "HIESANG?

RUSSIAN VERSION. OFFICERS AND PASSENGERS SAFE.

The following version of the torpedoing of the British steamer Hipsane was issued yes. terday afternoon by our evening contemporary, says the Shanghai Mercury of 5th inst., which appears to have special means of oblain- the Russian ing Russian information, as Consul-General, while denying that it is an official' account admits that it practically gives the version of the outrage that he has received:-

During the night of the 16th July, it being slightly foggy, the Russian guard-torpedo-boat ently coming out of the neighbouring Bay in Pigeon Bay noticed a small steamer appar-

(Foochow Bay) occupied by the Japanese.

The steamer had no distinguishing lights. The torpedo-bat fred a few blank shots so as to induce the steamer to stop; but without paying any attention to them, she continued to move seaward evidently trusting to disappear. in the fog.

a percentage increase of 13.03. The city of It is reported that the M.B.K. have bought the Victoria, the Hill district, the villages, as well Glenarincy and re-named her the Turkosan as Kowloon, Yaumati and Hunghom all | Muru. show appreciable advances over the valua tion for the period, 1903-1904. The largest of these increases is credited to the villages in Kowloon, that is, the remainder of what is known as Old Kowloon. This portion of the mainland is now assessed at a value of $259.955. as compared with $196,925 last ycar. The increase is, therefore, one of 32 per cent. Next in order, giving the highest per centages of increase, come Hunghom BUILDINGS. with 21.36 per cent, then Kowloon Point

with 20. 27 per cent and, successively, the Gompertz fined him Sta with the alternative of chai Gap to Wongneichong Gap. It has been 7HE UNITED ASBESTOS and only then made out that the vessel was the

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THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY 1841 ESTABLISHED 1841

Hongkong, 30th July, 1904.

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Hill district of Hongkong, 15.15 per cent, the city of Victoria, 12.32, Aberdeen 10.93; Yaumati, 9.co, and the villages in Hongkong 5.52 per cent.

In Victoria proper the value of land and houses for the purpose of assess ment is given as $8,342,470, being an in crease of nearly a million dollars over last year's assessment. Two hundred and thirteen fas new, or rebuilt tenements have been added

to the city rent roll, besides 40 improved tenements, with an aggregate rateable value of $438,495. Against that So assessments have been cancelled owing to tenements having

been pulled down or being in other respect unrateable. The net in crease, after the deduction, is returned at $405,065. In the rest of the Colony 316

2004 new tenements with 13 improved tenements,

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DRAWING-ROOM,

of the value of 8148,520, have come under the notice of the assessor, while 29 assess ments were cancelled. The net increase represents $127,295. On the whole, there

FURNITURE fare, the increase is such as to point to the continued prosperity of the Colony and the investment of a larger capital in property. That houses appear still to be in greater demand year by year is shown in the diminu tion in the number of vacant tenements which, according to the report under review, has averaged about 155 menthly, against 165 last year.

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THE ASSASSINATION OF M.

PLEHVE."

When M. Sipiaguine, the former Russian Minister of Internal Affairs, was assassinated in 1902, the late Viatcheslav von Plehve

SERGEANT Schmidt of the German Military Pasteur Institute at Tientsin died himself of hydrophobia on the 16th, after attending, a French soldier who had died in great agony A FILIPINO carried a "bolo" (native sword) around the town without permission, and Mr

14 days' imprisonment.

Mr. Olaf Nielsen, superintendent of the Great Northern Telegraph Co., Ltd., informs us that communication with Shanghai and stations beyond by the Great Northern Telegraph Co.'s cable is restored.

SEOUL has inaugurated the Military police system for the suppression of the Paoan society and the arrest of its members who are bent on

creating disorders, and also for the capture of bad characters in general.

A GREAT kidnapping case has just been coo- cluded in the Siamese Court at Bangkok, Nei Cham being sentenced to fourteen years' hard labour for kidnapping nineteen children: Four accessories were sentenced to three years' hard

labour each.

THE policy of keeping down, as far as possible the number of high ventilators on the upper decks of our fast-steaming warships is one which still occupies the close attention of the

constructive department and the gunnery officers of the Navy,

A YOUNG Japanėse, just arrived in the Colony, was placed before Mr. Gompertz this morning for selling "sake," the wine of his country, without a license. Mr. Goldring, solicitor, appeared for the defence, and applied for a short remand which was granted.

A MAN, whose body was the subject of an in quest at the London Hospital had suffered from-Diver's paralysis, laryngitis, chronic nephritis, rheumatic fever (six times), yellow fever (in China), malaria (twice), enteric (twice), and double paeumonia. After all this he died under an operation at the hospital.

A STANDING joint committee of tea producers

guard their common interests and meet fre

MONDAY being a Bank holiday there will be no issue of the Hongkong Telegraph on that day, but in the event of any important cables being received the news will be published in an express which will be sent to subscribers.

"BLACK'S LINK" is to be the name of the charge of the E, E. A. & C. Telegraph Co and proceeded without slackening her, speed, a

recently completed road, running along the north shoulder of Mount Cameron, and the south shoulder of Mount Nicholson, frons Wan-

handed over to the Government by the Military authorities and is now a public road.

THE LC. steamer Hangsang arrived at Shang hai on 24th inst., from Newchwang and Cheloo and reported as follows About six miles after leaving Newchwang Bar she passed through a quantity of white painted splintered wreckage, also saw a boat's oar and what appeared to be an air bed. This wreckage extended for four miles. We also sighted a Mine (contact) about 1 miles to the westward.

A SEMI-OFFICIAL contradiction is given in Berlin to a statement published in London that Germany has leased Aunting Lake, in the Upper Yangtse Valley, for trading pur- poses. Germany, it is said, does not entertain any wish to take this step, and the entire story is unfounded. German trade on the Yangtse, As a matter of fact, has considerably declined during the past 18 months, and the trade of numerous German houses is rapidly passing into Chinese and British hands, says a Berlin wire.

THERE should be some good sport at the Theatre on Monday, when 'Ted' Smith, of the Eclipse, is to meet 'Jim' Christie in a twenty- round boxing contest. It will be remembered ther J. Barke threw out a challenge which Christie accepted and the 'go' was to have taken plate on Bank holiday. The former, however, fell sick with the result that his stakes had to be forfeited. Four other matches are down for decision and the evening, if not too hot from a climatic point of view, should prove enjoyable.

!

McArthur who arrived from Amoy by s.&. Haithing with Mr. W. Knight who takes

is 'old resident' receives a very bearty welcome as

in this Port.

ORIENTAL AGENCY, LD.

Then the torpedo boat getting, nearer fired ten shells at her, but as the steamer still

torpedo was fired which struck the steamer's. stern. She sank in less than 25 minutes,

The torpedo-bost immediately approached

British steamer Hipsang.

The crew and passengers consisting of seven-

Following is the report for presentation toy Chinese, six Britishers and ose Russian, the shareholders at the eighth ordinary annual were taken off and put on board the torpedo meeting to be held at Messrs. Dodwell's offices boat. on the stb prox.;---

The general managers have now the plea sure to lay before the shareholders the accom- panying statement of accounts for the year ended 31st May, 1904.

ACCOUNTS.

The balance at the credit of profit and loss account, after writing off $429.33 for deprecia- tion and bad debts and including $19.44 brought forward from last year, is $20,360.23 which it is proposed to appropriate as fol- lows:-

To place to reserve fund............$5,000.00

..pay a dividend of 15 % on or-

dinary shaies......... **** 5,940.00 general managers' remunera.

tion........................nadanum 2,000,00 pay a further dividend of 7%

"

on ordinary share: .............................. 2,970.00 "pay $19.70 per share on 103

founders' shares ............. 2,970.00 » carry forward to new account 480.23 $20,360.23

AUDITOR.

The Accounts now presented have been au- dited by Mr. W. H. Potts, who, being eligible, offers himself for re-election,

DODWELL & CO., LD, General Managers. Hongkong, 25th July, 1904,

HAMBURG TRADE WITH THE EAST

Consulnéral Sir W. Ward writes on the

Amongst the Chinese twelve were wounded. and two were drowned. The wounded have been placed in hospital.

Captain Bradley, the officers, and passengers were conducted to Port Arthur, where an; ex- amination is being held into this sad occur rence which has caused the greatest sympathy amongst the Russian officers.

-THE KWANGSI REBELLION.

Viceroy Tsen Chen Hsuan started in the afternoon of the 14th of this moon (eleven days ago) to personally suppress the Kwangsi rebel- lion, and all the affairs of the province are in the temporary,charge of the Provincial Trea- surer Hu. The Viceroy has decided to make his first station at Chinchow, and all the im- portant despatches will be sent to him there. From Chinchow he will advance according to circumstances. He has ordered that. Tis.. 400,000 of taxation should be got ready for him, which will be directed towards meeting the daily expenses; this amount will probably be obtained by a change in the price of the Government fields. It is worthy of note that a Viceroy very seldom goes forth to suppress a rebellion Eastern Timei,

AN ASTROLOGER'S PRE- DICTIONS.

RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR AND TIBET.

According to Pandit Ram Narayon, the famous astrologer and Jogshastri- of Cawn-

collected upwards of £700, exclusive of certain

Agreement to save us from a conflict with our amounts which have got to come in from Bur. disturbances and general scarcity of money friends across the Channel despite President malt. In the Straits Settlements the special throughout the Chinese Empire, restrictions of Loubet's eulogy of the new entente cordiale,

SIR Francis Lovell, who has just returned to England from his second mission on behalf of Hamburg trade with China as follows:-

The impoverishment of a large portion of the London School of Tropical Medicine, has Northern China, still due to the late warlike pore," we need not look to the Anglo-French

was appointed his successor as a recognition in India and Ceylon has been formed to sale: commissioner received a particularly hears credits formerly granted by Chinese banks to The Russo-Japanese war, the scer declares, is

of his services in Finland and as a demon-

questly. It consists of Messrs. Roberts, Fraser and Bryans, representing India; and Mesars, Talbot, Rutherford and Bosanquet represent

dent of the London School, who is in charge welcome from Dr. Daniels, the late superinten

of the research. laboratory at Kuala Lumpur, and who is returning to England in about a year's time at the conclusion of his term of office. On his first and more extended mission Sir Francis, apart from special grants and de

prevailing in the southern parts of the country the inhabitants, and also the continued unrest all contributed towards preventing the import trade of China from being able to develop, as had been hoped in Europe after the conclusion of the military intervention. The export trade from China was, on the other band, unfavour

half and will terminate by the end of 1906. to rage for a further periad of two years and a China is to remain neutral throughout, but Russia is to succeed in enlisting the active aid. of France and Germany, the result of which is to bring Britain and the United States to the assistance of Japan and to precipitate a Cos-

stration of the purpose of the bureaucracy to continue the policy marked out for itself. He was declared to be a conservative, and his task was to restore order and suppressing Ceylon. peasant and factory labour agitation. By what means he pursued his policy for the initiation of the Russification in Finland memorialized the Throne that he is fully pre-nations, secured for the school the directorship ably influenced by the gradually increasing tipential war in which we are to be successful. UNDERTAKEN for AMATEURS. | may be judged from the fact that The Times, pared to receive bis full share of punishment if of this laboratory, which is of the value of price of silver. The results of last year's bust of the, two original combatants we are told

DEVELOPING and PRINTING

GOOD WORK,

PROMPT RETURN. Hongkong, 8th January, 1904.

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

CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND

NAVAL ARCHITECTS.

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SINCE the capture of Luchow, Kwangsi, by the Kwangsi rebels, Viceroy Tsen Chen Hsuan has

ness of the German coasting scamer lines in Chinese waters are likewise stated to have been unprofitable. The aggregate value of the exports from llamburg to China, consist ing chiefly in sugar, aniline dyes, textile manu- factures, hosiery, iron manufactures, and ma chinery, and miscellaneous articles of industry, was last year £2,404,834, against £1,619 799 in 1901, whilst the aggregate value of the imports to this port, consisting chiefly in tea, gall nuts, hides, peltry, feathers, bristles, antimony, ore, cassia lignea, plaited straw, and miscellaneous products, was £418,937, against £1,288,116 in 100%.

in the most diplomatic of editorials, threw he should be found wanting when weighed in a year with furnished quarters, whilst Mr. doubt on the evidence that he did not send the balance, consequently he has been ordered Bomanji Dinshaw Petit contributed the princely the now famous déspach to the former to be cashiered, but his services to be retained, sum of 100,000 rupees, Governor of Bessarabia, which was held-Sin Wan Pas. responsible for police neutrality during the An enormous floating coal depot, the largest Kisbineff massacres. And in this connection in the world, has arrived at Portsmouth yester it will be remembered that the expulsion of day from the Tyne. The depot will hold 12,000 the St. Petersburg correspondent of that tons, and is to be moored in Portsmouth journal followed the publication of the editor Harbour. It will be fiued with machinery that ial in which the paper remarked on the will enable the biggest warships to fill their curious and unfortunate coincidence that, bebuakers alongside it. Being over 400 feet

long, the depot will accommodate the largest fore and during the butchery of the Jews at cruisers afloat. It is understood that the Kishineff the Governor conducted himself Admiralty intend to have built floating depots precisely as though he had received the that will hold as much as 20,000 tons of coal. non-existent despatch, and as though he were endeavouring to fulfil the orders which were the case of the British steamer Foxton Hall, not given him. Whatever attitude he may alleged to have been detained by the Russians have taken regarding the circumstances a Port Arthur when the war first broke out, a leading up to, and the actual slaughter itself; claim was made for a constructive total loss there is no room for doubting that the under the war policies, but this claim has now Agents for Messrs. Allen, & Sons Electrical late. Minister of Internal Affairs, was hated been withdrawn and underwriters will only be Chinese paliceman? Of course, the Company also lies over Japan:

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Salvage Work undertaken. Ship Designs and Specifications prepared. Agents for the Construction and Sale of Steam

and Motor Launches.

Contract for New Tonnage on reasonable terms

with First-class Builders. large stock of Canadian Asbestos and

Asbestocel goods kept.

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Telegram Address:

MARINEWORK" Telephone No. 358. Hongkong, 3rd May, 1904.

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and detested by all classes of Russians save the retrogressive party encircling the throne We have seen of late how rapidly the revo lutionary propaganda is spreading, and the

asked to pay for the damage, &c., actually suff ered by the vessel. The owners, by withdraw ing the claim for a total loss-the steamer has been repaired and is at work-are considered to bays taken a very reasonable and proper course

THE WEATHER,

"ONE of the pieces in the repertoire", says Mr. Percival Knight, of the Dallas Company, which has been a great favourite with audiences in the Far East is the Chinese Honeymoon. The play took very well in Tientsin, and we were very happy that the Chinese Honeymoon had scored with a Chinese audience. You can imagine what happened when a very sedale, wealthy and dignified Chinaman came and told us that he thought the piece a pretty one, the acting.good and the costumes appropriate, but-and he was wondrously courteous at the 'bui"-ho really. The following report is from Mr. J. L. Plum- doubted whether the Empress Dowager would mer, Chief Assistant of the Hongkong Obser- be quite over pleased if she knew that the vatory: character entrusted with the portrayal of the Emperor had appeared with the headgear which formed, part of the uniform of the

immediately incurred the necessary outlay in procuring a more a

more suitable headgear, and our Chinese critic, was delighted as much at his own share in the improvement as at our prompt acceptance of his suggestion."

On the 30th at 10am. The barometer bas risen at all stations, and is now highest in the Yangisze Valley. An area of high pressure also hbourhood of Hongkong and lowest in the

Gradients are moderate upon the China Coast and slight over the China Sea. Mode- ra'e. S. winds will prevail in the Formosa Channel and light variable winds over the northern part of the China Sem.

-- Forecast :~Light E. winds, fino,

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"Deither will gain anything rather am biguous prophecy, for Japan professes to be fighting to turn Russia, our of Mancher, and to preserve the integrity of China, Hot for any vain to herself. It would be more interesting. to hear if Russia is to lose anythings Port Ar thur, for instance. The astrologer is more defolte about Tibet and evidently the present negotiations are to fail for we are to defeat the Tibetans, conquer the country and annex it to the Indian Empire on or about the 18th April, 1905 Lord Carzon, it may be noted, is to re- turn to India and in retire finally from the Viceroyalty in the fatter end of 1996, when bo will be elevated to an exalted position. Is it written that he is to become Grand Lama?

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

MAILS DUE Indian (Laisang) ist proxe German (Prins Regent Luitpold) and prox. American (Korea) 8th prox. Canadian (Empress of India) 15th prox American (Gaelic) 18th proxi The C. & M. Co

Rubí left Manilá

on Saturday, at«iică.my and is dus here on Monday, at 1.30 pm

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The G. P. R. Co's 16. Affinian arrived at Kobe at 6a m., ba 28th inst, and left again at noon, same day for Yokohama, where she was due to arrive at 5 pm, on agih inst