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TELEGRAMS.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH "-

SERVICE

Opium for China.

(From Our Own Correspondent)

BOMBAY, 3rd November; The P. & O. Co.'s mail steamer loft Bombay yesterday afternoon with about 1,100 chests of Malwa opium. Prices are as follows:-

Malwa (Now))

(Old)

(Oldest)

The market is firm.

(Router's)

Rs. 1,020

1,800

1,860

The North Sea Outrage.

LONDON, 1st November,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1904.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

SHANGHAL RACES,

makes assistance to locomotion very désirable it any time.The climate, for 9 months of the A meeting of the Legislative Council was year makes it' absolutely necessary to nearly

The results received yesterday, after we had haid this afternoon Present His Excel all of us. We are too much dependent gone to press, were kindly furnished to us lency the Governor, Major Sir Matthew Nathan, nur chair co,lies and they knowing|Mr. T. Fullough, and arons follows K.C.M.G, KE, Major General Villiers Hatton, heir value make what they can out of BRITISH NAVY CUP-Seven furlon For (Genem Officer Commanding) Hon. FH our necessities. They are quite light in doing

China ponies being grifins al date of entry May, C., (Colonial Secretary), Hen, Lio, for their la a most arduous calling, but we First prize presented by the of His H. Johnston (Colonial Treasurer), Han, Capt should be entirely foolish if we did not en Majesty's Navy, L.A. Birnes Lawrence, R.N. (Harbour Mas savour by every means in our power to ter), Hon, P. N. H. Jones, (Director of Public immove that yoke from off our neck as far as General Hon. E H Sharp, R.C, (Attorney always on the neck of the coolie, but the Works) Hoo,AW. Brewin (Registrar possible. It is usually supposed that the yoke General, Hed. Sir CF. Chater, CMG Hon ordinary householder who has many coelies to Dr. Ho Kal, C.M.G., Hon. Gershom Stewart provide finds that he also has a heavy burden Hon. W. J. Gresson, Hon. Wel Yuk, and Mr to bear. The whole of the residents of Caice 5. B. C. Ross (Clerk of Councils)

Road, Robinson Road, Conduit Road and The minutes of the last meeting were read Queen's Gardens will be benefited by this tram and if a family can save 20 or 30 dollars a and confirmed.

month it will be a very acceptable saving.

MINUTES.

FINANCE,

The Colonial Secretary brought forward financial minute No. 53, and moved that it be referred to the Finance Committee.."

The Colonial Treasurer seconded and the motion was carried. “

TREE FELLING,

The Hon. Gershom Stewart said that the Hon: K.Shewan was unable to attend that meet ing, and he had been asked to represent him in regard to the questions standing in his name to the row has the contract for felling trees and

carrying away the wood been let? is it for

mp sum or per picul?

The Standard says that Board of Trade Commissioners, sent to the North Sea to examine into the damage done to the fra lers which have not returned, have ascertain scertain ed that twenty suffered, some seriously

600 The Russian Baltic Flestar Vigo

The ships of the Russian fleet now at Vigo are the battleships Kulas Suparoff, Borodino, Orel and Imperator Alexander III,

Arbitration Treaty Between Great

Britain and America. President Roosevelt has announced that an arbitration treaty with Great Britain is being negotiated.

Admiral Alexeieff Leaves Manchuria.

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by the picul, is the weight being super vised and checked, and if so, by whom?

Why were not pub'ic lenders invited for it? The Hon. Colonial Secretary replied, submit- ting the following answers '

would go far to helping a man to educate one of his children. In advocating the new line by no means forget the debt

all owe to the old Company. This Company has done its work right weil, and after surviving great difficulties during the early | years of its existence has now emerged into in atmosphere of prosperity, it has carried us all with safety, regularity, and civility for many years, and we all owe a great deal to the old Co. It would be no ultimate good. to the general public if the new Co. by being per- mitted to come to the Queen's road and plant terminus at the door of the old company it the Peak, were to obtain such an advant- age as to enable it to wreck the old companý, In a few years we would be worse of than

ever for the tendency of the traffic is to in- (1) Intwo ways, in the first, payments are crease all the time. I fully believe that the made in an indefinite number of small instal-Government would be doing what the community ments as the trees are selected and masked for will cordially endorse if they meet in a sympa. felling by the Forest Officers. About two-hetic spirit any application they may receive thirds of the estimated annual output are being from the old company for privileges to meet sold in this way. In the second a total prear fair grounds the new competition. ranged sum is paid for all the mature trees in If the Government were to allow the old Co. one block. About one third of the estimated come to the Queen's Road it would pro- bably solve that difficulty and is a concession year's fallings have been disposed of thus,

which justice and public convenience seems (2) The timber is not sold by the picul but by plainly to call for. If that is impossible, I Admiral Alexeielf leaves Harbin to-day superficial measurements which are made. and think it only fair that we should protect the supervised by Forest Officers and checked by pioneer Co. from being invaded at Victoria Gap. A terminus at the Umbrella Seat would the Superintendent of the Botanical and Affores give the new company the whole of the. Con- tation Department.

duit Road, Robinson Road, and Queen's Gar | dens district, and the monopoly of the western half of the Peak, which under the circum dances seems a fair division. That the old Company did not at the time of its forma. on make a stipulation that no opposition line should be placed alongside of it for y 25 years, (which it might have ob Ained) is a matter which commends it to our consideration at the present juncture. It

for Russia.

LATER

Great Britain and Russia. All the Russian fleet has quitted Vigo, leaving four officers, for purposes of the in- vestigation.

The whole of the British fleet is at Gibral- tar, cleared for action. Apparently these proceedings at Gibraltar, which made a sen- sation in London and Europe, partook large- ly of the character of a demonstration,

Lord Lansdowne last night issued a state ment that before the Russian Baltic fleet left Vigo, Russia had entered into an engage

ment that it would not interfere with neutral

commerce.

THE ORPHEUS SOCIETY.

A fairly enjoyable concert was given by the Orpheus Society in the City Hall last night before a small and select audience. The choir opened the performance with "The dream of dy," which was well executed, time and tech nique being very easily and accurately manag- ed, and, but for the smallness of the room, would have been a charming item. No, z wis a

(3) Tenders were publicly invited in Govern- ment Notification No. 60 (19th January, 1904), Government Gazette 1904, page 110.

Two contract were subsequently let without calling for tender as the first contractor could not handle the whole of the work

The llon. Gershom Stewart' on behalf of the Hon, R. Shewan also gave notice of the follow-should not now suffer for its forbearance then. ing questions:-

It seems probable that in the ultimate adjust ment of the various interests involved the War

With regard to Buoys and Lights will the Government take into consideration the advis-

ability of having the present fairway marked at night by automatic Light Buoya?

Are not the present two small white lights in | the Caprimun Pass inadequate ?

If they are, what steps have the Government taken to replace them by better?

THE NEW PEAK TRAMWAY.

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The Rings Landler.... Mr. Oswald's Blair Athol .........................

Time! min. 53 3-5 sec Mr. Beverly's Salem....... THE SHANGHAI STAKES-One mile and a half. For all ponies otherwise entered at this meeting.

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The Four Stars' Sphere Mr. John Feel's Polka........ Mx. Buxey's Rare Rose mupiscaaniwmam. 3

Time: 3 min. 23 4.5 sec.

THE RACING STAKES-One mile and a quar- ter. For China ponies that have never raced previous to rst January, 1904. Mr. Buxey's Marechal Niel Rose................ I The Columbia Stable's Coriander...............! Mr. Henry Marius' Adour .....mmän. 3

Time: 2 min. 46 2.5. Bec.

THE LLANA MIAU STAKES-One mile and

three quarters. For all China ponies. Mr. Dryaidust's Beancake......................I. The Ring's Amphion .................. The Two 0.B.'s Comanche....................3 THE SYORS STAKES.—One mile and a quarter, For China ponies being bonâ fide griffins at date of entry.

Mr. Stubbs' Asphodel Mr. Copenhagen's Narses....

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Messrs. Common & Robson's Gratitude...... 3

Time: 2 min. 48 2.5 sec. THE SICCAWEI PLATE. One mile and a

quarter. For all China ponies. Mr. Bruce Robertson's Gadily............ Mr. Wingard's Algerine Mr. Willis E. Gray's Massassoit

Time: omitted.

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water springs, which were stopped as the exca... vation proceeded;

From the slip Me Dale conducted in over. the workshops which appeared to be fitted with every appliance required in a ship-building yard, a noticeable feature in the smithy being asicum hammer capable of welding an eight

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had revealed a tell-tale' mast projecting frum the sea-bed, or the corner of a wonden bulwark Two centrifugal pumps were employed to it was slow business clearing away the sadd 1o make measurement and survey. Special pump the dam; and keep it dry. The larger instrumani had to be employed,; for the ind pump (formerly used on the dredger) being a rises in cluudu when, diyera descend, obiiterat- elve-inch one, and capable of throwing rooing their view. In these circumstances, Fido tons of water per b

bour, the smaller one was madly decided against any premature attempt kindly lent for the occasion by a prosperous rasio & galleon until the preliminary survey work had been completed OSCOMES focal firm.

At the present moment, while this general Survey goes forward, a separate search party is seeking to locate one of the skipe known to have been sunk in clear water. Probably that could the others, and if all goes well, she could be raised with far less difficulty, and she is successfully discovered by the hydroscope and raised by the power of the elevators, then a grand assault will be organ ised on the other identified ships, and every 'effort.will be redoubled to secure the tresetre,

"I peek to find the easiest task to begin, ['upon,"anid Cavaliere Pino, Faving explained the situation. "With that once accomplished, we shall know how to overcome the difficulties good beginning, and I am more than salified, of the other cases, We have made a very:

and more hopeful than ever." Speye

inch shaft.

The present slip is capable of taking up only one vessel at a time, but the engineer is now arranging to adapt a method, by which the | single set of hauling gear and cable can be made to haul up two versels, fe, the first vessel is drawn up and then lifted by hydraulic power from the cradle, and placed upon a siding, leaving the cradle free, to descend the way to take up another vessel.

With their present yard and plant the China Borneo Company will now be able to under- take the construction of far larger vessels than formerly. The great advantage of building ship in North Borneo is that the timber used is not only of excellent quality for ship-building purposes, but it is cheap, and shipowners may rely upon obtaining strong sections, frames, keelsors, etc., unobtainable where timber is dear. We are plad to say that up to the pre- sent, all the boats built in our Sandakan yards have obtained a character for strength, which we understand is well deserved and which we have no doubt will be maintained by the China Borneo Company.

MASTER OF THE SEA.

("Express" Special Correspondent.)

Paris, Thursday, 15th Sept. "Do you not think it probable, Cavaliera TO-DAY'S RESULTS,

Pino, that in a short while you will become the THE COSMOPOLITAN CUP One mile and richest man alive?"

three-quarters. For all China ponies. Minheimer,......... Argante...... Comanche

Time, 4 min.

THE RACE CLUB CHALLENGE CUP. One

mile and a quarter. For China Ponies,

£

It was the first question that I put to the inventor. Pino latterly has been a much- 2 sought-after and a seldom-cen individual. 3 The fame of his inventions--his hydroscope, which allows him to view the bottom of the sea at any depth, and elevator, which allows him to fulse any sunken object by the power of compressed air-spread far abroad after the first account of them appeared in the "Express some time ago.

Griffins at date of entry. To be won at (wo consecutive meetings arthree times in all by ponies the bona fide property of the same

owner or owners. Rhone... Salem Algeon

Time, ti min.

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THE FLYAWAY PLATE. Seven furlongs, For China ponies (bat have run at this meeting. Coriander

Rosa.........

Time; 1 min 50 3/5 REC.

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epartment will have a considerable say. It is and liberal-minded General Officer Com- comforting to know that we have a progressive

manding, who will I am sure help things ilong as far as possible provided that milit. Zodiac....................... 2. nry efficiency is not interfered with. The Government will, I hope, be able to Heer a middle course between undue protec tion of a vested terest and doing anything to deter other investors from undertaking a new and desirable enterprise. In leaving the matter in the hands of the Government (for it depends on the official vote whether this bill goes through or not) bath Companies have shown wis dom for the Government necept a responsibility which I am surethey will discharge for the best of the public interest which is to have both tram Before we go into committee on this bill, it ways running in an efficient and contented spirit.

CHINA BORNEO CO.

AN IMPORTANt developmENT OF ITS

BUSINEJS.

The advertisement of the new slipway at Sandakan, which appeared in our issue of the stride in the ship-building and repairing trade tst October, for the first time, marks a great

The Hon. Sir C. P. Chater C.M.G., in moving the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance for authorising the construction of Tramway within the Colony of Hongkong, said I was with great pleasure that he had to move the second reading of a Bill, which had for its purpose the making of a second quintette for 1st violin, Mr. F. C. Barlow, and tramway which would give access to the upper would help us to know whether the old com of North Borneo, says the North Borneo Herald, levels. It was not designed to compete with pany has applied for increased facilities and if the existing tramway, but to assist the public to whether the application has met or is likely of 17th ult.

to meet with favourable consideration.

H.E. the Governor replying to the query in-

their request was under consideration. had applied for leave to extend their line, and

violin, Mr. H. F. Hickman, viola, Miss Stilwell,

'Cello, Mr. P. L. Miller, and pianoforte, Mr. A. G. Ward. This was pleasing, and would have

in ascending to the upper levels by a more

We have obtained the following particulars from Mr. R. W. Dale, the engineer in charge

been more so but that there was just a thought convenital route than that followed by the exolved said that old Peak Tramway Company of the China Boraco Company's ship-building

too much piano in evidence. The third selec-explained the route proposed to be followed, isting Company. The honourable member then

tion, "The Curfew," was good but was a some. what dreary selection for this class of concert, though it showed the possibilities of the voices to perfection. Mrs. Gordon's rendering of Blumenthal's "Waly, Waly, up the Bank," was exceptionally good, while the glee "When Allen-a-diale" was fairly well rendered although the sopranos appeared rather too anxious to be heard. Jahnson's" If thou wert Blind' as rendered by Mr. W. E. Schmidt was a very popular item and this singer, elicited a vocifer ous encore. The first part concluded with the choir's singing "The Silen: Land" by Gaul, Pait two opened with the part-song "Good night,, thou glorious sun," a pretty selection, but somewhat too strong for the hall's capacity, and was followed by another instrumental quintette, excellently interpreted. Then came "The Red, Red Rose," in which the sopranos, voices were markedly in evidence. Mrs. Mait- land relieved matters next by her splendid delivery of "Daffodills a blowing" which brought forth an undeniable encore, to which she responded with that pretty little chansonette "Cuckoo" The choir then rendered" Daylight is fading," which was succeeded by Mr. F. L. Miller with the Cello solo "Romanze" by Goltermann, and the singing of "Go bye-bye," by Mr. G. H. Edwards, brought the function to a close.

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A QUESTION" OF SHIPPING SUBSIDIES.

The following letter, from Messis, Behn, Meyer & Co to the Editor of the Singapore Free Press, is printed in a recent number of that journal:-

DEAR SIR,-To do away once and for all with the story about the enormous subsiuy paid by the German Government to German S.S. Lines, we beg to inform you that the Nord- deutsche Lloyd is getting £300,000 a year for maintaining a fortnightly mail service to the Rast, a three-weekly mail service to Australia, and a six-weekly service between Singapore and New, Guinea, No extra payments are made for carrying the mails. The P. and O. Co., we believe, is getting a postal subsidy of

The Hon. Attorney General then moved that

the proposition be referred to the Law Com

mittee.

The Hon, the Colonial Secretary seconded, and it was agreed to.

IMIECILES.

ing of the Hill entitled An Ordinance to amend The Attorney General moved the third read: be Imbecile Persons introduction Ordinance, 1903.

The Hon. Colonial Secretary seconded ad said that in seconding the motion for to remind honorable members that on the third the third reading of the Bill, he would like reading being proposed, the honourable mem. ber representing the Chamber of Commerce, dissented, thereby postponing the third read ing of the Bill until that sitting. The ground

on which he discented was that the Bill ex-

and the stations the promoter was prepared to appoint wherever convenient to residents on the upper levels. The cars and machinery.cm- ployed would be of the latest and best type. The promoter proposed to offer shares to the public, but at the same time was prepared to finance the whole work himself. By the provisions of the Bill it was stipulated that the scheme must be introduced by an unofficial member, and in undertaking to introduce the measure he felt strongly that it was one calculated to be of public value for three reasons. In the first place, when the present working tramway was completed, it created its popularity and success by degrees, and similar results would follow the constraction of this new proposed line. In the second place, Caine Road used to be the cluded Chinese imbeciles from the operation of favourite upper residential quarter, but as the the Bill, and His Excellency at the time explain. Chinese were gradually getting up to thated that it was done to meet the views of the Chamber of Commerce. Since, by His Ex- level, Europeans had been obliged to go cellency's direction, he had addressed a letter higher up. In the third place, as matters to the Chamber of Commerce, in which he stood there was but indifferent access to reminded thens of the representation received these higher levels, and they were depend- from their former representative, Mr. H. E. ent upon the mercies of the chair coolies, Pollock, in which the Government were urged to exclude Chinese imbeciles from the opera whom they had too frequently found both tion of the Bill. He also drew attention 10 exacting and very fickle. The new line, be the fact that their now representative on ventured to state, would do away with cross the Council had expressed a different view services, and would perhaps open, other places on the situation, and he (the speaker) asked what their wishes in the matter now were. He had on the higher levels yet. There was, he as received a reply that afternoon from the Cham sured His Excellency, ample room for the new ber of Commerce that Mr. Pollock had acted enterprise, and he ventured to propbesy that in on their instructions in endeavouring to crelude the near future a third tramway would be propa. Chinese from the operation of the Bill, and sed, giving access to the Magazine Gap District, that the Chamber still adhered to that view. He had faith in the development of the Colony, and did not hesitate to predict that this new enterprise would give remunerative traffic, and

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, The Attorney General moved the third read that without injury to existing traffic,

ing of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to enable The Hon, Gershom Stewart said:-1 rise to "The Trustees of Saint John's Cathedral Church second the second reading of this tramway bill, in Hongkong" to hold and deal with

properly and in so doing. I take the earliest opportunity for the purpose of promoting the work of the

Church of England in Hongkong and China. of stating what I have already told the promo

The Colonial Secretary seconded. ter that my support is firstly and chiefly to the

The motion was agreed to, without dissent. principle of the bill, in matters of detail I have

His Excellency adjourned the Council sine

The Bill was then read a third time and be- came law.

an open mind, and I by no means assert that | die; addit all the 128 clauses in this lengthy bill are per fect and incapable of improvement I reserve

FINANCE COMMITTEE.

A meeting of the Finance Committee was

and engineering department.

The slipway, which has been constructed by the China Borneo Company to the designs of

Mr. Dale, is situated on the shore to the West of Fort Fryer, near where the old Sandakan Pier used to stand. The site is a most favour- able one for the purpose in hand, owing to the unusual depth of water, at a short distance from high water mark, which will allow ocean steamers to come alongside the pier on which will be erected a 15-ton crane shortly expected from England.

vessels of 140 feet long and 400 tons displace The cradle is capable of accommodating

ment

On arriving at a yard, which covers two acres, we were taken by Mr. Dale to the slip the details of which and the system of haulage were carefully explained.

The cradle consists of a framework 145 feet long and 25 feet wide, to which are fixed iron rollers, which run upon steel rails, the rails being supported by rail bearers of Billiar which (in turn) rest upon cross sleepers of Billian. A foundation of rubble stone and at some places solid rock support the sleepers.

The inclination from the engine house to the bottoni of the ways is of one in twenty-nine; and to draw the cradle with its load up this in- cline, a powerful hauling gear is provided, worked by an engine of jo horse power. The method of hauling is of the wire rope system, the rope which has a breaking strain of not less than 120 tons being coiled upon a large drum. The work in connection wirh the laying of the lower portion of the foundation below low water mark, has been a master of great care and anxiety to Mr. Dale. A cofferdam bad to be erected for this portion of the work keep out the sea water. The dam consisted of a double living of 12" x 3" planking, suitably supported and spaced from a ft. to 3 ft. apart according to depth, the space between being rammed with blue clay, which was obtained from Bura Hill half a mile away, and which proved exceedingly effective in keeping out the see when the dam was pumped dry. Owing to the sea bed on the Sandakan side of the dam

to myself the right of accepting, or if need be of then held, the Colonial Secretary presiding being composed of coral, it was found impos

Then at once shoals of letters poured upon him: people sought him out in Italy from all parts of the world. Editors craved articles; salvage companies, pearl fishers, sponge fishers, and fishermen proper clamoured for the right to use bis ivention. One Englishman offered Pino 5,000 for the use of hydroscope for a limited time off the Northumberland coast. An Italian newspaper offered to pay the price

of a new hydroscope-some £2,000-if only a

reporter might be allowed to investigate and

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Pino has the most implicit confidence in his companien, inventions for exploring the sea. Should he be successful at Vigo Bayk as he hopes, and should a few of the millions of money lying beneath the waves pass into his pocket, he will become a power in the world that will cause a good many peaceful more than to make fish the cheapest and revolutions." If his 'hydroscopes do nothing commonest of all fonds, that will be something.

To-day's Advertisements.

PUBLIC AUCTION....

*HE Undersigned have received instructions,

to Sell by

PUBLIC AUCTION, FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED, on SATURDAY,

the 5th November, 1904, at 2.30 PM, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Vœux Road, corner of Ice Louise Street,

A GREAT ASSORTMENT OF

JAPANESE CURIOS,

Comprising:

OLD SATSUMA VASES, INCENSE BURNERS, WALL PLATES, GOLD and SILVER CLOISONNE WARE, SILK EM;" BROIDERIES, OLD BRONZES, CUT- VELVET PICTURES, SILK-EMBROID. ERED SCREENS, KAKEMONOS, &c.

&c., &c.

Catalogues will be issued. TERMSAs usual,

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers... Hongkong, 3rd November, 1904. [1108

THE DAIRY FARM COMPANY, LIMITED.

OFFICE AND DEPOT-WYNDHAM STREET. "KOWLOON BRANCH:-57, ELGIN ROAD,

FARMS AT POKFOOLUM.

FRESH DAIRY PRODUCE.

ILK,

Small Bottle...................................... 12 Cts,

describe the work in Vigo Bay. But Pino MSterilized Milk, per Quart Bottle do

refused

hear any one.

Only when business called him to Paris the other day did he remember to send a telegram to the writer making an appointment in follment of an old promise.

UNTOLD WEALTH.

Ile did not answer at once when I asked the harvest of wealth be might reap; by nature he is the most unassuming of men. Then he said-

"The answer must depend somewhat on the concessions that I am able to gain. Sea treasure is not common property; every sunk. en ship has an owner somewhere. But if I have luck, if no mistakes are made in my business arrangements, I answer, Yes, I think I shall become the richest man. For I am certain of the power of my instruments; I am convinced that I hold the secret not only for finding all the treasures of the sea, but for recovering them also.

"At Vigo alone," he went on, "twenty-eight million pounds' worth of gold and silver is to be picked up with the Spanish treasure fleet that sank there in 1703. So the Spanish Government estimates. To recover this is the

has made contracts with the Spanish officials, "My business manager, Dr. Carlo Iberti,

giving us the right to seek for lost treasure in five other places-Trafalgar among them.

beginning, but not the end of my work.

Then we are thinking of tending an elevator quite soon to l'ort Arthur, to raise the iron- clads lost there, valued even now at £20,000,000, I am told. Then, when 1 consider the fish in the sea that my hydroscope can reveal to us, the pearls, the coral banks, the sponges- when I remember the three ships, one big and

two small, that go down in the world's waters every day confess 1 can see no limit to future possibilities.

"But at present the treasure feet at Vigo is our one aim."

THE VIGO GALLEONS. Then Pino (went on to describe how in April Last he set sail from Italy to Vigo on his fine steamer, the San Clemente On board was the that had just been built to the order of the first big hydroscope-a beautiful instrument Italian company that has floated his inventions. Several smaller bydroscopes were on board, too, and a number of elevators, for there are very simple machines, Accommodation was found for a crew of forty-five picked men.

Arrived at Vigo, no time was lost in getting to work. Under the eyes of a warship, which watches the search on the Spanish Govern ment's beball, for the State is to receive zo per cent of all treasure recovered, the preliminary survey work has been going steadily forward since the beginning of May. And the work has prospered, for nine of the ancient galleons already have been identified.,

Of course, long before the-search actively began, every known fact concerning the trea sure ships had been collected for Cavaliere Pino. There is not a scrap of evidence in Spain bearing on the history of Vigo Bay that has not been sifted by Dr. Carlo Ibertí, the manager of Pino's company. Ite learnt the

advocating, any alteration which after due dis:The following vote was recommended for adopsible at the lower end of the dam to keep the whole story of the lost treasure fleet, the names

VICTORIA CAOL.

about £350,000 a year.

No subsidy whatever is paid to the Hamburg..cussion that may appear to improve the meation by the Council- America Line and the Deutsch Australische suro. I have no interest in either the old tram or S. S. Co., carrying about nine-tenths of the cargo between German, and Straits Seitle mente ports, nor is any subsidy paid to any of Norddeutscher Lloyd coasting linen

We trust that for justice's sake you will find space for this letter in your paper,

the new except as one of the travelling public. A sum of $448.41 for house allowance for the I advocate the construction of the new line any period from 2nd September, 1903, to 25th increateof mechanical transport is a public boon as Medical Officer of Victoria Gaol during the October, 1904, to the assistant surgeon acting Two of the greatest difficulties we have to cop. absence on leave of the substantive holder of tend with are the climate, and the question of the post. transport. The mountainous nature of the island 'It was agreed to, mem dias,

of the ships and their captains, and the amount of the treasure and the number of guna sach

dam dry at high tides, the sea breaking through on a fer occasions far below the structure of carried. the dam; it was then decided to flood the place is a certain extent, during high tides. This led to nightwork and stoppages during the day, which have prolonged the completion of the work considerably. Another difficulty met with was the unsuspected presence of fresh

BAFFLED BY SAND.

Cream, per Phial..................................... Buster Mik, per Small Bottle Fresh Dairy Butter, per Pati Australian Fresh Butter, per .......................... 70 Australian Cooking Butter, per ....... Coulommier Cheese, each...................

The Farms are wholly under European Managemtent and Supervision.

Hongkong, 3rd November, 1904.

(1195

NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS,

NEITHER the CAPTAIN, the AGENTS, TOE

the OWNERS will be RESPONSIBLE for any DEBT contracted by the Officers or the Crews of the following vessel during her stay in Hongkong Harbour-

SHEIKH, British steamer, Captain C. Jones-

Dodwell & Co., Ltd., Agents.

Intimation.

THE POPULAR

SCOTCH

IS

"BLACK&WHITE"

JAMES BUCHANAN & CO. SCOTCH WHISKY DÍSTILLERS. By Appointment to BM. THE KING

HRH the PRINCE of WALES

Ead the waters of Vigo Bay been clear would have discovered the ships long since instead of aandy, Pino's great bydroscope For the lenses of this sea telescope reflect all Supplied at all the LEADING CLUBS the objects in clear water within a wide range, and HOTELS,, and to be obtained from at whatever depth, Kven after the hydroscope | the principal Stores,

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Shipping Steamers.

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