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Intimations.

BIRTH.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1005.

On 7th January, at Quinsan Gardens, Shanghai, the wife of C. P. Dawson of a son. MARRIAGE. Shanghai, by the Rev. A. J. Walker, M.A., On 7th January, at Uoly Trinity Cathedral, WILFRID FOX, younger son of Captain Wit A. S. WATSON & CO., P. Hamlin, of Greenock and Shanghai, to ROSE ELLEN, daughter of Waker Loxton of

DEATH.

LIMITED.

WINE AND SPIRIT

MERCHANTS.

Kobe.

At North Shields, England, on the 3rd inst., ELIZA BAINBRIDGE, the beloved wife of Capt. Bainbridge.

The Hongkong Celegraph

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1905,

THE CURRENCY PROBLEM.

The steady rise in the value of silver during the past few months has been attri- buted by experts to the war in the North, the Mexican monetary reformi, America's increasing trade with China, purchases by the Indian Government, and to the steady absorption of silver in the East. These are actors with which we are all more or less indirectly affected by reason of our BUILDINGS. | unstable currency and the hardships under which we labour as against the more 'favourable conditions of commerce

ESTABLISHED

1841.

ALEXANDRA

EXTRACT:

in

gold-using countries. Fortunately, the plaus of the Government of Mexico to bring about a change in her monetary system by going from silver to gold are gradually and steadily developing, and within the near future we may look to one of the greatest white metal producing countries of the world conducting its financial problems at a fixity - I HAVE TAKEN PLEASURE | of exchange. With the preliminary steps of that Government to effect this object IN PRESENTING YOUR BRAND, most of us are well acquainted. The two Monetary Commissions to study the fiscal problems in all its aspects marked the commencement of reform, and the floating of the Mexican loan of $40,000,000 in New York last November is regarded as a part of the carefully pre-considered plan for abandoning the silver basis without in any way disturbing Mexico's domestic or foreign

(WATSON'S CELEBRATED E.

BLEND) AS THE FINEST

SCOTCIL WHISKY 1 COULD

PROCURE."

commerce.

The bulk of the loan is to be employed in refunding purposes, while the balance will be expended in public improvements. In the sanie mouth A. S. WATSON & Co, another important step was taken to-

LIMITED,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS,

ESTABLISHED)—1841–

Hongkong, tih January, 1995.

ward the final consummation of this far- reaching plan in the introduction of a Bill in Congress discontinuing the coinage of the old style silver dollars for domestic use, al- though expressly permitting sucis coinage for One clause of the Bill provides use abroad, „that the dollars to be coined for expuration... shall not only be of the old style, hat [32 that they shall not be re-imported. For do- mestic use a new silver dollar is to be issued in place of the old dollars, as the latter are retired. This dollar, which will be distinc- tive in style from the ong now in circulation

suustantially guarantees to maintain in value at fifty cents in gold, by agreeing to receive at that value for Customs and taxes. This important provision will, it is confidently expected, result in rapidly

week

Jul

SIR,

we have this

distributed over 2,000

copies of our price list in Mexico and placing the country virtually on a gold basis. As far as domestic pur- in Hongkong.

poses go, the free and unlimited coinage of silver is therefore to cease upon the passage of the new law-a step the magnitude and importance of which can readily be appre

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the priceat home, the other countries exported | MAJOR" Nathan, of the Chinese gineering sugar to Great Britain. It seems, however and aiming Company, expects to leave Shang that the satisfactory increase in the foreign hu for Hongkong by the German mail on

feature concerning the movements of bullionmous ghost, taking the form of a man trade is accompanied by an unsatisfactory Saturday.

and specie. It is pointed out that, while we with a naked light in his cay, is reported from have imported 6,182,000 more than in Bruce's Level, Pontypool, w cre old workings 1903, and £12,974,000 more than in 1902, of oal, long since closed, have been re-opened: we have had to send away £8,235,000 and £19,105,000 more than in the previous two years. In other words, although we received no less than £40,606,000 in the first cleven months ofthe year, we exported £42,000,000, and so actually lost £1,400,000 on balance,

LOCAL AND GENERALS

GUNERAL. 5. Slade, C.B., is due in Hongkong at the end of the month.

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donation to the funds of the Hospitals:-A Zoroastrinn, $35.

Ir appears that a "claim" in Klondyke given by a generous miner so King Edward some years ago has become valuable, and unless the King goes to work it the claim may be "jumped."

THE Bangkok Times is informed that the THE French mail of the 13th December, was yet been definitely settled, and that it will composition of the Boundary Commission has delivered in London on the 11th inst...

not leave Siam for another fortnight-by the

Conger, are staying at the Hongkong Hotel.

MR. E. 11. Conger (U.S. Minister) and Mrs.)

MR. and Mrs. F., G. Figge have left England on their return to the cofy where they are due early in February.

Donaj on her next trip.

PRIAC Cling has received instructions froom! the Throne to have all important matters in the English and Japanese papers transloled.

By kind permission of Col. Coulfeild and officers, the Band of the 110th Muhraita Light Ialautry will play the following selection at the longkung Hotel, tomorrow evening, (Saturday), the 14th inst.

My Caryll Bohin Adams

March......" When the moon with Glory Brightens" Achuckle. Selection." The Earl and the Girl" key Valse Auf Schwingen der Liebe Song The light of the World Selection." The Belle of New York?............ Kerker

God save the King,

'Talers... La Son Rosa

..Waldtanfol

TELEGRAM.

Consular Telegram:] PORT ARTHUR SPOILS

BATTLESHIPS, CRUISERS AND DESTROYERS.

ONLY SLIGHTLY DAMAGED.

Mr. M. Noma, Consul for Japan,

THE latest dynastic plot story in Constantinople has kindly forwarded to us the fl takes a singular forur-that of the arrest of glowing telegram- woman and a foreigner. The prisoner, who is

qualified doctor in medicine, is a kussian lady named Sibolo, and she acted for years as medical attendant to the deposed Sultan Murad's harem. The ground of her arrest is that she maintains political relations with the Solian. It is a fact that she has been con- party attached to the heirs of the dead ex stituted Morad's literary executor, and passes. ses the memoirs drawn up by him after his deposition. These contain many compromising revelations.

Tokio, 12th Jamury,

p.m. On Thursday, General Nogi re ports that the delivery of the booty was completed, including the occupation of 50 O` permanent forts Principal among the booty taken over are 546 guns

whereof 6 are of large

and 343 small 140 medium,

calibro, 82,070)

VICEROY Tsen Chen Hauen has telegraphed to Peking that, in view of the approach of the Baltic feet to Far Eastern waters, special at UNMANIFESTED AMMUNITION. cannonballs, ammunition 80,000

tention shoul i be paid to such places as Chusan and Santaochu along the China co1st which are important harbours, and that this step partes from the s.s. Cranley, which has been should be taken so as to safeguard China's disinfected and fumigated.

No further cases of small-pox have been re-

THE editor of the Kokumin "himbun (Tokio)

neutrality rights.—Cinizers il Gavelse.

CAPTAIN OF "TÙNGCHOW"

FINED MAXIMUM PENALTY,

kilos, 35,262 rifles, and 1,920 horses, four battleships, not including the Sevastopol which was entirely

Frederick A. Parkes, master of the Bunk, two cruisers, and gunboats and 14 in number, ten Tungchow, appeared before Mr. II. II. J. destroyers answer to a summons for not having supplied

has sent us a bundleofinteresting paperadealing ball Club will meet the Taikon F. C. under Gompertz, at the Magistracy, this afternoon, in steamers, etc., besides 35 small ves-

with the recent operations at and around Port Arthur.

Tux Right Honourable James Lowther, form. erly Under-Secretary for the Colonies, has heen appointed Governor of Cape Colony to succeed Lord Milner,

THE Campaign with Kuropatkin," written by Mr. Douglas Story, forms the subject of most favourable criticism in recent numbers of TPs Weekly and Answers.

THE French Consul at Dupeh is to receive the Double Dragon order of 1st class, 2nd division for his speedy settlement of the late irouble there with converts, says the fih jih.

THE Tientsin native Chamber of Commerce has been granted a woydon seal by the Board of Commerce, and the Directors of the Chamber are instructed to fetch it at the end of this

month.

His many friends will be pleased to learn that the Emperor William has conferred the Order of the Red Eagle upon Dr. Eckhardt, Consul: General for Germany in Tientsin A lelegram

to that effect was received on Christmas day.

A BILLIARD tournament, between members of the Chinese branch of the V. M. C. A., for a

valuable silver cup, is being arranged in tnke place shortly. Entries will close on the 15th inst. The cup has been presented by Mr. Lim

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à CHINESE merchant has petitioned for the establishment of a company for the monopoly of bricks, tiles, lime, etc, for building purposes, to supply all the government requirements at a reduced rate, but to pay no tax. It is said

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to the Harbour Master, on arrival in this post, sels which are usable after minor a manifest of the ammunition he had among his repairs have been effected. cargo on board, and for bringing such carge into the harbour without notice to the harbour

TO-HORROW afternoon the Hongkong Foot Association Rules at Happy Valley. Kick-off at 4.15. The following will represent the Hongkong Club. Gaol F. H. Kew; Backs: G. E. Morrell and W. G. Leckie: Halves: H. C. Gray, Lieut. Macdonald, and E. F. Ancott; Forwards: R. Macpherson, H. H. Taylor, W. H. Williams (capt.), C. Humphreys and Jplained to him, said that he admitted the facts. Captain Parkes, on having the charge ex.

Clark.

A DEVELOPMENT of American trade is the shipment of refined California oil in bulk from the Pacific coast to the Far East. During the

week die Standard Oil Company has shipped 1.400,000 gallons per tank steamer Housa onic to Shanghai, this being the first shipment in bulk to China. The Chinese market has hit herto been entirely supplied by Russian oil, or with case of shipped from American Atlantic ports,

MR. A. J., McClure, the prominent member of the S. C. C., several bis connection on Saturday with the Hungkong and Shanghai Bank, and sailed for Yokohania where he intends jo.ning forces with his brother, as a Block and shares broker. Lie will prove to be a great loss in cricketing circles as he is a fine all round cricketer, Ilis genial presence will be much _missed_at_the_bank-where-his-never failing courtesy was always in evidence.

HAVING settled (as recorded in these columns the other day) the arrangements for the study of Japanese by military officers, the authorities

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now wroed their attention to the best

way of encouraging the study of Chinese among members of the Burmal Commission. to give a "language reward" of 2,000 rupees In accordance with this, it has been decided to any officer of the Commission who passes

authorities,

A boarding officer from the Harbour fepart ment said that there were 250 tons, of

him this as soon as he went on board. A ammunition on the ship. The: Captain told manifest must be furnishet to the Harbour Master of all cargo on board. This was not

done in this case.

The Captain said it was only stress that and fresh water, and it was not intended that drove him to Hongkong. He was short of coal the ammunition should appear in Hongkong; he only came here as an absolute necessity.

His Worship said that it was a serious matter; the quantity of ammunition was large and he would inflict the maximum penalty. The defendant was then fined $250/

"TRUTH" AND FREEMASONRY,

Freemasonry with us is a very harmless association of persons who like to disport themselves in curious dress, to dine together, and to indulge in solemnly repeating in their lodges a more or less ancient ritual. They have secret signs and a pass-word by which they make themselves known to each other, and beyond a knowledge of the ritual (which very few of them really do know) they have no secrets. The pass-word is "Roas." The sign is in the shape of a right angle. When making it the hand ought properly to be drawn across the throat, but this is

an examination in Chinese according to the not necessary. The ritual consists of a long. standard laid down by the Home Department.

account how a certain Bimam Abif, when

SHIPPING JETSĀM.

The 8.4. Chilli from Wakamatsu, în Lat. 21° 18′ N, and Long. 114° 55′ E, signalled the British ship Forrest Hall of Liverpool which wished to be reported all well.

On the occasion of the approaching departure of the steamship Fathosuer for the Philippines, where she will be engaged in survey work, a number of guests were invited by the Hong kong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd., to visit the vessel and inspect the interior. The vessel has been completed in an unusually band- some manner, and is undoubtedly a credit which was issued to the visitors, the vessel to the builder. According to the statement

is 152 ft. long, 144 ft. between perpendiculars, 25 ft. moulded breadth, and 12 ft. 6 in, deep, of nine feet. There is an electrical equipment She has a speed of ten khots and has a draught

on board, including a search-light, fans, etc The vessel is schooner-rigged and all the ne cessories are up to date, the officers' and men's quarters being particularly airy and roomy. The vessel is built to Lloyd's certificate 100 A t and should prove a valuable, addition to the surveying craft in Eastern waters,

regular monthly carge service between, Ant- The Messageries Maritimes arb. to open a werp and the Far East in January with four steamers of 12,000 tons each, which have been specinily built for this trade.

A quartermaster, named Burke, belonging to the F. & C. s.$. Coromandel was recently charged at Shanghai with assaulting Capt. G. M. Montford, master of the ship. In the dock accused behaved in a crazy manner, and as evidence sendered showed that his conduct tag was adjourned to pe mit of an examination ahoard had been exceedingly strange the hear being made into his mental condition.

The Hamburg-American Line Directors have

driving the old style dollar out of circulation permission will be granted.--l', and T. Times. Intending candidates for this gratuity who pass employed in building Solomon's temple, issued a statement, endorsing British grievances

Should you by any ciated. The coinage of the old style dollars

chance not have

ceived one, kindly

or send for it.

We consider it

re-

THE Navni Primya quotes official figures and reports that :-From 20th February to 13th Nov. the total receipts into the exchequer of the Society for strengthening the Russian Fleet amounted to 12,014,713 roubles, and orders were issued for 10,697, 320 roubles in values.

THE record of cargoes of Manchester goods to ladia and the Far East has of late proved so generally unfavourable that the marine com- panies in London, Liverpool and Manchester

to take effect at the beginning of next year.

an elementary test will be given an oppor unity of spending twelve months in China for the purpose of improving their knowledge of

The language.

was thrown down from a scaffold and killed by the fall, and the members of the lodge declare their regret for the untimely end of this mythical mason. When a person becomes a Freemason he has to stand blindfolded in a lodge, with one leg and one arm bared, without any coin or metal on his person, and with o rope round his neck. He swears to keep the

not he may be buried between high water and secrets of the "craft," and hopes that if he does

low water. He keeps the secrets religiously, for the very good reason that there are no

simply a mutual aid or benevolent society. practises charity to its poorer members, and maintains many useful charitable institutions. Beyond this, it does nothing but dine, and wear aprons and other such personal parapher. nalia on festive occasions.-Truth. The above

and interesting to the voinitiated.

call imported in Mexico, and will therefore he recently agreed to a revised scale of premiums, ern Provinces, India, and he will visit the secrets, Freemasonry is, in fact, with us

AN EYE-OPENER

THE Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine are sending two medical expeditions during for exportation will naturally be confined to

the present month to West Africa. The first the demand for them, which is not expected

will visit Gambia, Konakry, and Sierra Leone, to be very great, particularly in view of the

and the second will be in charge of Colonel fact that these dollars can no longer be re-

Giles, late Sanitary Commissioner, North West

useful only as a circulating medium in the

Gold Coast, Lagos and Nigeria. The object silver standard countries purchasing them.

ive of the expedition will be to study the dis A decline in the rate of exchange between

tribution of biting insects, to which in Africa New York and Mexico has been brought

large proportion of prevalent disease is attri- about by the proposed measure, with the refused, partly on the ground that the capitales. The Liverpool School of Medicine al-will be found amusing by those of the Craft,

butable, and the study of the question of do mestic anti-malarial measures in various colo- result that certain industries are seen to be of Tls. 200,000 is not enough, and partly be adversely affected for the time being. But cause the local officials have opposed it on the such great changes as those proposed by the ground of fengshui, Mexican Government cannot fail to have

Tur petition of certain Chinese merchants to construct a railway from the Western Mills in Peking, for the conveyance of the coal has been

much influence upon commerce, and dur A INCTURE by Romney, of two children ing the months of these unsettled conditions walking, which, with two others, had been and many congratula-the variations in the course of exchange acquired by the late Mr. I. Tomlinson of will be wide and, perhaps, sensational. Re-Whitehaven for less than 20, was sold at tory letters we havelations between London and the Far East have Christie's on 3rd nit. for 6.50 guineas. The two other prictures brought respectively 20s, for long been disturbed by the interrupted and 40 guineas. A portrait by Natties realised demand for silver, while the preparations for 350 guineas, a Terburg 1,600 guineas, and a the Panama. canal payment have also con-portrait by Sir T. Lawrence 2,000 guineas. tributed to affect the exchange market.

received tell us it is so.

GREGOR & CO.,

WINE MERCHANTS,

34, Queen's Roud.

all

N.B --Please remember that

ORT Wines and Spirits bottled at home, and that they

BRITAIN'S FOREIGN TRADE.

Tariff reformers in Hongkong must have been greatly shocked ou opening their home papers yesterday and glancing over the Board of Trade returns for the month of November to find that British trade persists in flourishing. The figures for the period under review show an increase of nearly two mil-

ready have an expedition engaged in studying the sleeping sickness on the Congo,

A CHINAMAN from the New Territoy was charged before Mr. Hazeland this morning, with being in possession of arms, to wit, a long-sword, without a perin t from the Captain. Superintendent of Police. The defendant stated that he was a market-gardener, and kept the sword to keep away robbers who were always stealing his produce. This morning he heard a great backing of dogs, and thinking there were robbers about, he grasped his sword, and made a sortie to reconnoitre when he ran full tilt into the arms of a Chinese detective who arrested him. This case was remanded for investigation into his antecedents, and as in whether he was a proper person to whom ir grant the recessary permit,

KING Carlos has made a magnificent gift to the nation, which has recently arrived at the Natural History Iluseum at South Kensington. it consists of same most valuable specimens of deep-sea fish, all of them caught during King Carlos's recent cruise in Portuguese waters. They have arrived in several large picking cases, sent over from the King's special col; MESNEY'S MISCELLANY" is a quaint and lection at Lisbon. Some of the specimens are sharks of four and five feet long,

interesting journal, published weekly in Shang: hai, and priced at 30 cents a copy. The second namber of the fourth volume reached us this

morning, and although we have not had an opportunity of carefully reading it through we should imagine it to be a work of considerable importance for persons desirous of gleaning information on all matters relating to China and The contents of this number

bahiud a hired horse ridden by a comrade the Chinese

a

SHIPPING AND MAILS.

MAILS DUE English (Simla) 14th inst. American (Siberia) 14in inst. Australian (Tsinan) 15th inst Indian (Lightning) 16th inst/.../ Canadian (Empress of India) 16th inst. German (Roon) 17th inst. American (Guelic) 18th inst, German (Zielen)`rgh' inst. Indian (Skisang) 25th inst.

The ss. Germanicus arrived at Yokohama -on 9th inst.

The Boston Tow Boat Co.'s s.s. Lyra sailed

from Kobe on 12th inst.

The 5.5" Simla with the English Mail les Singapore on gtb inst., at 6 am, and may be expected here on 14th inst.

The H. A. L. 5.s. Andalusta from Hamburg left Singapore for this port on, raih inst, and may be expected here on rolb inst.

The C.. P. R. Co.'s 3.5. Empress of India arrived at Kobe at 3 pm, on 11th inst, and left again at midnight same day, via Nagasaki

am, on 15th inst.

against the Suez Canal Company, whose mis. management exasperates the whole shipping world. It emphasizes the necessity of some thing being done, otherwise Russia, with het Trans-Siberian railway, and America, alone. development of trade in the Far East, which will reap the bulk of the benefit from the will follow on the close of the war,

It appears that on the day when Messrs.

H.M.S. Rosario in search of their ship, the loss Galbraith, Pembroke, & Co, the owners of the Shrewsbury, applied to the admiralty to send sheet at Lloyd's was an exceptionally heavy one, including two liners totally lost, besides à number of other vessels wrecked and numerous volved nearly £500,000. The Shrewsbury, minor casualties: Ahogether the losses in with her cargo, was valued at over £100,000.

The O. 5. K. S. Tachi Maru arrived at

the Ella Rocks on the morning of the and Shanghai from Hankow on Saturday evening. the C., N. 5. Kinling, which ran aground on having on board passengers transferred from

instant. The Tachi Aaru saw the Kinting aground on the rocks, two miles below Kicha at 5.50 a.m. on the 6th instani, and at the 10- quest of the captain of the Kinting stopped. and transhipped all the passengers and mails. The damage to the Kinding is considerable and it is not likely that she will get clear of the recks for some days to come."

The North German loyd has recently been paying particular attention in its local and coasting services in the Far East. For the Singapore-British North Borneo Line it has constructed two new freight and passenger steamers at the shipyard of Henry Koch in Lubeck. The vessels have heen constructed with the most modern appliances for service in tropical waters. They have accommoda tion for twenty first-class and nine second-class passengers besides native accommodation. They are of 1,500 tons net register, and have

speed of eleven knois,

a

thing of it by attempting to carry contraband Many British, shipowners have made à good to Port Arthur. There was, of course, nothing illegal in that. Shipowners are quite entitled to carry contraband if they like, but, of course, they run the risk of capture, with the loss of the vessel and cargo. In the case of the ship owner this is no risk at all. All yessels and cargoes have insured at the enormous premium of thirty guineas per cent, and this premium was paid by the Russian Government. The shipowner whose vessel tried to run the block- ade, therefore, stoud to lose nothing, but to gain a very handsome return on the venture. hid on board 4,000 tons of ammunition, and a large quantity of food. There was no doubt. that her cargo was really intelded for Port Arbur, and if she was successful the owners. beeld make an enormous profit. If she had been captured, the insurance of the vessel ånd her cargo paid by the Russian Government would secure them against loss,

lions in imports, over three millions in WE are sorry to learn that Mr. W. E. Allen o exports, while re-exports of foreign and the staff of the Chinese Engineering and Mining are colonial produce furnishes the satisfactory Company, has sustained a broken leg. It ac increase of £908,000. Half of the figures curred while out riding with friends on Boxing realised under exports was due to the rise in Day. He was dismounted and was passing do not cost more than local the sending out of cotton goods, while the when it lashed out with both feet and caused include Anglo-Chinese notes, commercial notes, for Shanghai where she is due to arrive at 6 Recently a large steamier left for China. She

largest growth in the imports was in the item the injury referred to. After some unavoidable military service in China, telegrams of the blings. In many instances of sugar. The vatur of that commodity im- delay medical assistance was obtained, and the week, progress in the Celestial empire, adven ported into Great Britain in November was injured man was removed to his quarters tures of a British privatees, a portrait of Ming their cost is considerably less!!£125,000 more than during the same period where we believe he is doing as well as can be Tai Tsu, a former emperor of China and founder of the previous year. The explanation of expected. He must however be confined to of the Ming dynasty, and a photograph of the -Hongkong, Fath January, 1,05," [33] this is probably that, owing to the increase of his bed for some weeks-P. & 7. Plikatą First Marquis Tsong.

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The Silk ex C. P. R. Co.'s, 63. Empress of Japan which left Hongkong on 14th. ult., and Yokohama on 23rd ult, arrived in New York on 12th inst, thus making a transit of 10 days from Hongkong and so days from Yokohama,