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CAGINCOURT REFLOATED ing Japanese authorities have now

to "apen a branch "cobsdiato, at Changsha, which was rec in accordance with: between Japan and China.

We understand that the efforts of the syndi cale formed to salve the sa, Agincourt, which| was driven ashore in a typhoon on the coast of Hainan Island, on the 1st August, have been, rewarded with success. be salving party, which left here on the 1th inst., in the Hallsong, have got her off the sandy bottom on which she was lying and after patching her sufficiently to enable her to be taken to sea she will be lowed to Hongkong and docked at Kowloon. The party will then turn their attention to the Baren - Gordon which was wrecked on Bombay Shoal on the 27th July fast.

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THE annual general meeting of the Hongkong Hockey Club was held at the Hongkong Club yesterday evening Mr. J. Barton occupied the chair. Mr. Barton, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, remarked that they spoke for themselves and there was no need to enlarge on them. They had a successful year and the Club was on a sound basis to com. mence the coming season, Mr. Kayyett seconded, and the motion was carried. Mr. Barton moved thai the following committee be elected en blan" Murphy (captain); L

T. Hooper; C. P. Chater; P. K. Kayyatt; T. C. Gray (Hop, Sec. and Hon. Treas.) This was carried. On the motion of Mr. T. C. Gray, seconded by Mr. Hooper, a hearty vote of

terminated the proceedings. thanks was accorded the chairman. This

The rates per quarter and por mounam, proportional. The daily tane is delivered free whom the addros in ABRAHAM Divenport has offered to sell to the accesible to mosanger. On copis sent by post an Manila Authorities 25 old Spanish cannon at additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage.the price of F 49,00 each, for use as ornaments The postage on the trookly imao to may part of the in the parks of the city. The municipal board | THE SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR. | E. Dannell, R.N.; Capt. P. G. Davies, A.O.D.,

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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1904.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE improvement of the island has been con- ducted in a rational manner, and Kulangsu bids fair to become one of the most charming little republic on the coast of China, says Mr. J. A. Van Aalst, ¡in his report on the tide of Amoy for 1903.

A SPECIAL code of signals has been provided by the collector of customs for the Philippine islands for all ships trading to and fes in the waters of the archipelago, and having their home port in one of the islands of the group. H.M.S. Rosario, sloop, came in from practice The code is numeral and will prave a boon to

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inter-island mariners.

THE German gunbout it arrived from Pak- THE adjourned meeting in connection with the Kowloon Cricket Club is advertised to take place next Wednesday at 9 p.m. in the Sea- Miss McLean, called the mother of Japanese men's Institute. The general prospects of the sailors, is dead-Reuter.

THE japanese have done good work in eradicating pirates round about the Liao river.

IT is reported that General Linevitch is on his way south with 50,000 men to attack General

Kuraki.

It is reported that there has been a stoppage of transport for four days on the Trans-Siberian Railway.......

WHEN the Hattan left Foochow on the 27th

inst., there were three French cruisers and four torpedo-boats in port.

COMMENCING from to-morrow week-day cars will be run on the High-Level Tramway every fifteen minutes from 6.45 a.m. to.7. a.m.

A WIRE to the Cablenews reports that the dock at Port Arthur is said to be totally destroyed and several buildings are in flames.

THE members of the Craigengower Cricket

A RUSSIAN REPORT,

carefully concealed from the public by the While the operations at Port Arthur are

Japanese authorities, this policy rather encour ages than otherwise the circulation of continu- ous reports alleging enormous losses on the part of the besiegers Abroad, the keenest interest is felt in the struggle that is now going on as it has done for months past, but nothing is really known of the true position. The fol- towing, of many reports published abroad, in | supplied by a Russian correspondent of the

Associated Press,

With each additional report from Port Arthur wonder increases, both at the persistence of the Japanese attack and the heroic stubbornness of the defenders of the fortress. The Japanese in the hope of shaking the courage of the us are literally throwing away thousands of lives,

sian troops..

Club are so bright that Dr. J. H. Swan yester day entered for the Hongkong Cricket League, competition, entries for which closed to-day,

There were five desperate assaults on Green Hills on July 26th, the Japanese returning each On the 27th inst., a Chinese labourer, at work time with apparently inexhaustible reinforce in the Cement Works at Hunghom, sustained ments. On the final assault, however, the a nasty fall, from the effects of which his left Japanese broke badly, throwing away their arm and leg were so damaged as to necessi-guns, cartridge belts, and even their boots, to tate amputation of those limbs. The leg was facilitate their flight, and leaving 7,000 dead or

wounded. taken off at the thigh and the arm at the

elbow, but the man could not sustain the shock and died immediately after.

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PROGRAMME of music to be performed by the

Band of the 114th Mahrattas on the New Parade Ground on Monday next from 4.30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

PROGRAMME.

Wagner .Schubert

March from...." Rienzi". Overtura to...," Rosamunde Song.........."Q, dry those tears"..Teresadel Riego Selection from.." Rigsieus *

Verdi Melody...... ropes. Selection from..” Cox and Box

Gud save the King.

....Padervinki ..Sullivan

THE body of Mr. Kent Loomis, United States Official Messenger, who mysterious'y disap- peared from a German liner, has been buried in New York. It will be remembered that the body was washed ashore near Plymouth. In his funeral oration Dr. Francis, the Pres- ther the cause of his death is hidden in the depths of the dark blue sea or in the blackness of a man's heart." Some mourners spoke in plainer language.

The assault on Green Hills was repeated on July arth, and there were frequent hand-to- hand encounters.

The assaults of July 28th and July 29th, on the Wolf Hills, were not followed up, the Japanese being too severely shakea. We eva cuated Wolf Hills chiefly for strategic reasons, as the hills made the line of defences too long to effectually withstand the furious attacks of the Japanese.

THE ex chih hsien of Namhoi, Pui Chin Fu, who after his extradition from Matao was seu tenced to be decapitated by the high authorities at Canton, is still in the flesh, notwithstanding the fact that his passing was ranged for the 14th instant, and the announcement, that the Viceroy of Liang Kwang Would witness the ex- ecution to prevent seme doped coalie being substituted. It would seem that Pui Chip Fu has many friends. Advices obtained through Chinese sources seem to indicate that there would have been no trouble had be shared his higher rank. Furthermore had Puj been other ill-gotten gains with certain mandarins of

than a confirmed opium fiend he would not have missed tended to

to Saigon where he in dry. We are informed that in conve of an impeachment by a member of the Board of Censors, the execution of Pui was insisted upon by the Throne, but a "stay" was granted in view of local complica tions which might result,

CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LD.

Following is the report for presentation to the shareholders at the twenty-third ordinary general meeting, to be held at the offices of the general agents, on Friday, the 21st prox, at noon...

The assault of July 30th was made in the dark of night, in the hope of surprising the Russians.

1903 Account. The result of the year's work Sixty thousand men were hurled against ouring is a credit balance of 54451494-34, out of 13,000, but we drove them bock again and again at the point of the bayonet. It was another Shipka Pass. The Japanese poured in fresh battalions, and the slopes, covered with the dead and the dying, literally ran with blood. Our Thirteenth Regiment was forced from its position, but the Fourteenth Regiment came

Club open its season to-morrow at 2.15 p.byterian pastor, said: "We do not know wheup, and with the bayonet again dislodged the when the Captain's XI. will play the Vice Captain's XI.

TO-DAY is the seventy-second anniversary of the birth of Lord Roberts, late Commander-in-

Chief of the British forces, who was born in

Cawnpore, India, on September 30th, 1832.

THE ground of the Hongkong Cricket Club will be open for practice to-morrow, and the first match of the season is fixed for Saturday when the first XI will meet a team of all comers,

It is reported from Mukden that about twenty thousand Russians have entered the mausolea of the Chinesa Imperial family at Mukden and are now busily engaged in preparing trenches and dikes there.

victors.

which, and with the approval of the share- holders, it is proposed to pay a dividend of 34% ($17 per Share), to add $100,000 to the reserve fund, raising the latter to $1,450,000, place $15,000 to the credit of re-insurance fund, and to carry forward the balance of $150,494.34 to the current year's account.

1954 Account. To date the working of the office compares favourably with that of the previous year.

"HONGKONG

ICHISMEN.

NETOUR ACTIVE: GOVERNOR:

The Colonjal CM.), presided at

annual meeting of the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club bold last evaning at the Hongkong Hotel

There was a small attendance of members. The President, fresh from the *surprises " he had received, oratorically, in the Council, Chamber, earlier in the day, was seemingly unperturbed. Yachting was his favourite upan and in opening the meeting he said that H. E. Sir Matthew Nathan, the Governor, took," great interest in yachting. There was no time this season, however, for him to 'get 'a yacht, but he had been asked and had consented to be Patron of the Club. As a mark that they were becoming famous the Irish Internationa Exhibition had invited them to send some of their yachts, and he was sure they all wished they could be there." (Heat, hear.)

The meeting proceeded to the election of office bearers, with the following result:-Hon. F. H. May, commodore Commodore Dicken, R.N., vice commodore; Committee: Messrs. H. W. Bird, M. Slade, Hon. H. E. Pollock, K.C., J. Hastings and A. Denison, Mr. Ough, treasurer; Col. L. F. Brown, R.B., secretary Mr. Gale, treasurer; Capt. Watkins and. Mr. E. M. Hate- land, assistant measurers

The date decided on for the races, all public bolidays being avoided, wera:

Opening Cruise, October 20th: 1st Club race, October 30th; and Club race, November 6th ge 3rd Club race, November 20th: 4th Club race, December 4th 5th Club race, December 18th; 6th Club race, January 8th, 7th Club race,

9th Club race, February 26th, 20th Club race, January sand; 8th Club race, February 12th;

March 5th; rith Club race, March 19th 12th Club race, April and.

Themesting terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman

COOLIE TRAFFIC.

SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS.

Bn view of the interest which is now being taken in the emigration of coolies from various ports of China it may be worth while to give, a. short resume of the movements of some of the

Chinese during the past year From Amoy no less than 69,000 went to Singapore, 5,100 to Manila, 2,300 to Saigon, and 5,6co came to Hongkong, in all 97,034 med left the The general agents and consulting commit-northern ports. 27,000 from tee beg to submit to the shareholders the final 5,300 from Manila, 465, from Balon and accounts for the year 1903.

11,700 from Hongkong,-in all 66, 115, Chintsa returned to Amoy from abroad. The 6guid each year are about the same and the Commis- sioner of Customs at the points out that if each man took back Sroo it created for the district an income of more than six million dollan. The number of Amoy emigrants abroad is not less than 2,500,000 men; and if each one remits only $5 a year, It gives an income of more than ten million dollars with which the district can buy opium and foreign Inxuries. There are agents abroad who gather the remittances, thay bay bank drafts or postal orders for the aggregate amounts and their correspondents in Amoy make the

activity during the year, no less than 134,425 distribution. At Swatow there was unusual

native passengers leaving the port and 104,994 returning. To the Straits went 61,293, 10 Bang kok, 34,538, to Hongkong, 15,063, to Saigon, 11,499, and to Apia, 303. The figures show a considerable advance over those of previous years, and bave practically doubled them. selves during the last decade. Upwards of 15,000 natives went from Kiungchow to Singa pore, and 3,000 to Bangkok, while 5,179 da- parted from Fakhoi as against, 2,103 arrivals. Of these emigrants 2,308 were shipped in direct. steamers under the German, Hag for the port of Muntok, in the island of Banka, off

By kind permission of Lieut. Col. Iremonger. This was an awful sight. A volcano ofed and his appointment requires the confirmation

...Ord Huma.

As near as can be ascertained, this assault cost the Japanese 10,000 men. The Japanese losses since the siege began have been 28,600 men. The explosien of one mine wiped out

stones dismembered the bodies of the soldiers, while the sky was lit up with a purple glare and the mud walls of the Chinese village were thrown down by the shock. After this fight General Stoessel collected 20,000 Japanese

and Officers, the Band of the 95rd Burma fafantry will play die following programme at the Kowloon Hotel, during dinner, to-morrow evening (weather permitting):-

March........."Field Service" Overture......" Haydee "

terus an e-me.Auber, Selection......" Reminiscences of Laurence Kelly"„Godfrey, † rifles. Corner Soto.." Good-bye "D

.............Tuni Selection....." Way Down la Tennessee "...........Knowles, Valtt.........." Preller Printemps ".................Margin, Dances.......Hungarian“,

The Japanese installed twenty siege guns on the Wolf Hills August 8th-four of these are 12-inch gans. They have not yet reached our shore batteries, which are still out of range, but they have damaged the dry dock and the

WITH Masonic bonours the mortal remains of Mr. Lawrence Mallory, who died the day pre-railway station. vious at the Government Civil Hospital, were

The Japanese are mapping the town by laid to rest at the Happy Valley cemetery yes sections for the purpose of bombarding, and terday, the funeral rites being conducted by the they are assisted in this task by a Chinese Rev. F. T. Johnson, M. A. The Masonic cere-

engineer who recently deserted to them.

THE Royal Engineer Variety Club are giving a grand variety entertainment in their theatre, at Wellington Barracks, to-morrow, Mondaymony was performed by the Hon. Sir Paut and Tuesday next. New songs, dances, and sketches figure on the programme, and an en joyable time is promised.

Up to the 16th instant, to,608 sick and wound ed soldiers had arrived in Tokyo from the front. The accommodation of the Tokyo Military Reserve. Hospital and the three branches already established having proved inadequate, another branch has been opened to receive the

men.

Chater, C.M.G. A very large assembly of masons followed the deceased to his last rest- ing place and the wreaths sent were both numerous and beautiful,

The Japanese fire an average of 8oo shells daily and they keep up their fire both day and night-Kobe Chronicle,

KIAO-CHOU,

A CURIOS STORY.

Consulting Committee.-Since the last meet ing Mr. J. H. Lewis has resigned his sent. To meet this vacancy Mr. H. P. White was nominat

of shareholders. The present members, The Hon. Sir Paul Chater, G.M.9., Messrs. D. E. Brown, F. Maitland, H. P. White and E. Shet lim retire, but offer themselves for re-election.

Auditors.--The accounts have been audited by Messrs. W. H. Potts and R. Chatterton Wilcox and their re-election is recommended.

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO.,

General Agents. Hongkong, 27th September, 1904,

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDINO 31ST DECEMBER, 1903. 'Elabilities.

Capital subscribed. $2,500,000.00

Amount paid-up.. Reserve fund

Re-insurance fund

Outstanding dividends ............ Balance of working account, 1903...

Arsets.

port the coast of Sumatra, and 23,583

came to Hongkong The passenger traffic at many other local ports included large numbers 500,000.00 of emigrant but no records appear to have 1,300,000.00 been kept, or, at least, were not available to

56739.01 the commissioner

8,996,00 445.494-34

$2,311,229.35

Cash, on current account with Hongkong & Shanghai Bank- ing Corporation Fixed Deposits, with banks, in-

Hongkong Mortgages and debentures, in Hongkong and Shanghai........................ Chinese Imperial Government United States Bonds, (4 per cent Loan, 1925)............................................. Japanese Government Bonds .... Accounts receivabln:

Loan, 1886 mi

11,657.54 215,000.00

89,361.26

THE WEATHER;

The following report is from Mr. J. 1. Plum- mer, Chief- Assistant of the Hongkong Obser- » vatory

On the 30th at 17.30 am. The barometer has fallen in Mid-China and over the southern part Eastern Sea, risen slightly in other directions. The anti-cyclone remains practically station. ary over norber Japan while thoak pressure: 400,000.00 area in the Pacific has moved somewhat to the $17,850.55

dorthward $19,090.90

48,268.50

$2,311,229-35

WORKING ACCOUNT, 1903, To amount brought forward from

fast account

$110,5596 To net premia received, less re-

turns and re-insurances. 1,696,91078 To transfer fees........... To interest...iuret

IT is reported in Shanghai mandarin circles that an application by the Russian Consul General to return to the Mandjour the rifles that had been taken away from that ship-when she was disarmed, has been granted by the Japanese Government, but on condition that,

Dr. Dillon in the new number of the Nine first, no ammunition for them shall be sup- teenth Century gives rather à curious account plied; second, no Russian sailors shall be of the way in which Germany came to obtain PHOTOGRAPHIC EMPEROR Nicholas has issued a manifeste allowed to carry them about; and third, and Kiao-Chau. One day, in October, 1897, the DEPARTMENT. determining the order of succession to the most important, that the crews of the Astolt | Kaiser and the Taar were playing lawn tennis throne. In the event of the Emperor dying and Grosevol must not be allowed to handle at Wiesbaden, both apparently forgetful of public affairs and the fate of nations. Be- before the Tzarevitch attains his majority the them. Emperor's brother, Grand Duke Michael, is to

tween two of the games the German monarch' become Regent, the Empress assuming the IT is stated that the strength of the Russian suddenly broached the question of the Far guardianship of the Tzarevitch. It is believed forces at Vladivostok, not including the gar- East, and having referred to his services in that the manifesto marks the curtailment of rison of the forts, amounts to about two enabling Russiato deprive Japan of the fruits of 145

the hitherto dominant influence of the Dowa divisions of the Siberian fusiliers. The troops her victory over China, asked his brother. ger Empress.

which have from time to time made an ap monarch whether he had any objection to Ger- pearance in North Korea are detachments of many occupying Kiao-Cban. A trained diplom. these fusiliers. It is believed the force atalist would no doubt have given an evasive THE shark-fin dealers' employees who were Vladivostok is being strengthened. No women reply. The Tsar, probably taken aback, gave charged with inciting others to strike, and are now living within the fortified zone of the a reassuring negative, and thus Germany ob. threatening to stop the dealers from carrying port, which is probably due to a notification tained a foothold in China. According to the By losses and claims paid ..... on their legitimate trade were again placed recently issued by the Commander advising same writer, Germany, once approached the By charges, including directores auditors and survey fees. before Mr. Wolfe this afternoon, when. His the people to be prepared to leave in anticipo. English Government with the suggestion that

agents' expenses, &c. Worship, after severely reprimanding the sixtion of the city being bombarded...

we should go halves in the despoiling of China. By commissions men, said he would make an example of them

The nominal ground for the proposal was the 63 exchange......................... accessity of preserving the people of Europe By balance as above, cách to six weeks' hard labour, and six beurs hibit at St. Louis Exposition is not such a

against the diszbolical designs of the in the stocks.

success as ons would have imagined from the Chinese. It was modenly suggested that fulcrum care and attention bestowed upon it before the Kiao-chau, would suffice, as a insular government. A San Francisco writer for Germany's future, action, while Eugland says that the islands have lost rather than might select her own bit of China, Lord benefited through the display, and in an article Salisbury tumed a deal ear to the proposal he concludes as follows-To sum it all up the The integrity of Chica was in itself a boon to dignity of what should have been one of the the people of Europe, and England, be said, greatest of displays its usefulness, to a large could not be a party to its violation. It is 8 extent is being sacrificed to the cupidity of a pity that the English Minister was afterwards few showmed, for whose immediate benefir-it | persuaded to depart from his own views, and would almost scem—this vast expenditure has to become a party to the appropriation of Wei been made.

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NAVAL ARCHITECTS.

COLLISIONS and Damages Surveyed.

Salvage Worklundertaken.

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.

as a warning to others and sentenced them ACCORDING to exchanges the Philippine ex

SEVERAL American war correspondents in

Tokyo who had nothing much else to do, were said to be learning Japanese. It was thought that they intended to try to get to the front in disguise. “A much more likely reason, thinks a London journal, “is that they want to be able to thank the Japanese military ceasor in his tongue for all the kind care he has taken of them. Their own language could, not con- [SEX | vay all they would like to say to him,"

A large stock of Canadian Asbestos and

Asbestocel goods kept. Agents for Messrs. Allen & Sons Electrical

CPlant and Centrifugal Pumps.

Telegram

MARINEWORK Telephone-No. 358,

Address i

Hongkong, 3rd May, 1904,

Oradients are very slight upon the. China Coast, and light variable winds will prevail in the Formosa, Channel and 1

S.E. winds in the northern part of the China Sea.

ForecasLight E. to S.E. winds, cloudy,

fair.

111,198.28 THE Mainichi publishes a Hakodate dispatch

• 7900 slating that the British steamer Crusader

4019 tong, was slo

Japanese warship $1,958.739 in the Tsugaru Stra

and taken $1,378,880.00 ZAR

Sato, Hakodate

Come from Po to have been

109.47 :153,056

1,822 445,494.34

4.958,739-42

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., BAYRAKANGeneral Agents.3 have compared the above statements with the books, vouchers and sucurities, and found the sale correct

NAVI SRI CHATTERTON WILCOX,

Auditor.

Note. Mr. W. Hutton Potts audited the accounts with myself and examined the securities, but owing to his departure before the Prepantion of the balance sheet could not append bis signature thereto, 13

Hongkong, 27th September, 1904

7is reported to have

and is presumedź Tadivostok,

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