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A BANK HOLIDAY TRIP WITH THE YM.CA.
8th inst. The crowd which gathered on the Kwang tung yesterday for a trip to Mirs Bay was not what Mr. Chesterton would call "orthodox." It was not inflated with the dignity of its own im portance, which means to say that although a Y. M. C. A. gathering it was a Hongkong Y. M. C. A. gathering. It did not scramble hastily aboard; it meandered gently ever the gangway "all nods and becks and wreathed smiles." 4 carried a camera in one hand and, in the other, A low gay and callous youths ostentatiously A copy of that beautiful work, "A Clue to the Nobler Life. The ladies carefully concealed "The Delineator and displayed, "Bome Chat" which is, of course, delightfully innocuous Some few of the learned had burdened them. selves with charts of Mirs Bay, a place that we have all heard of and few seen. There was however, a total lack of formality, which spoke well for the Y. M. C. A. members, and their friends,
A RUMOUR.
Shortly after the Kwangtung started an ominous rumour grined currency. A passen. ger asked "How many excursionists are there? The answer was "A hundred and forty-seven," "A which? asked, another. "Why the steward told me there was only chow for too and there are only plates for 30 But as every single young man swore to him: self that he would be one of the 30 or 100, and each lady appealed to her cavalier to keep an eye on the eatables for her sake, the disturbing influence passed like a summer zephyr, la deed this little episode promoted the utmost good fellowship on board. The Briton who on ordinary occasions would have stalked the deck a la Ralph the Rover, casting stony glances at his fellow-passengers, could be seen button-holing diffident people with the stock remark-"Have you heard-?" and so on.
HALF RATIONS/
Being a Y.M.C.A. affair there was no "bar" of course, and thirsty people were ob liged to regale themselves with mineral waters; which was good for their health, if not for their tempere. then a strange thing happened. The water supply ran short. Everybody felt like a Robinson Crusoe at the news. We were put on half jucasures. At 12 o'clock the well was drying up; at 12.30 there was no more to be got for love or money-that is to say aqua puris. At 1, those who could afford it were quaffing lemonade with a gusto un- dreamt of in their philosophy. At 3 the minerals ran diy and then we started Tansan. People blessed the name of Wilkin- son for his discovery of Tansan. Fortunately Tantan held out'till the end of the journey.
THE RUSH FOR TIFFIN,
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At in time a small crowd edged towards the saloon. It was a cautious foreseeing party, which pretended to be looking for the moon. Then it made a dive for the seats and loudly called for tiffin. The rest of the passengers dashed for the few sents remaining. Two suc ceeded in getting in, but they were the only ones accommodated for the first round-the me- most that cry of "tiffin" went forth a huge host of people sprang from under the two or three small tables and clambered into seats. They had been in hiding, fearing to miss their one and only meal, and their ruse was successful. What a smug self-satisfied don't-care-il-l-de- have another lot they were--at least that was the thought of the queue outside whe waited impatiently for the "vacant chair." Then the outsiders began to clamour-"Look at them gorging themselves-come out of that you Gorgona, and make room for others "
GREAT WAITERS.
Fun apart, it was a pity that the passengers could not sit down all at once. But how could 60 plates ground 50 people? That was not the fault of the Y.M.C.A. at all. The catering had been left to other hands and we all had to take potluck. The luck was all right, but the pot wasn't big enough. One or two Y.M.C.A. men assisted the Chinese stewards. They scrambled into the oven and returned triumphantly with "Mirs Bay Mut- ton" or "The à la bouf." They ran races with each other round the deck, carrying plates in their hands and on their heads, until the humour of the situation dawned upon everybody and there was a general laugh As a matter of fact the tifin was a capital one in its way, but the insufficiency of plates dis organised things. Still everybody had his or her share, and what more could they expect?
By this time hilarity and joviality reigned supreme. There was none of that feeling--- "No, we don't speak; they dine in the middle of the day, you know." Or as they would ob- serve at home, in deprecation of sudden ac- quaintanceship" No, I really don't care to know them. They're the sort of people who say 'am instead of saying 'am, as it should be." MIFB BAY.
Mirs Bay proved to be a vast amphitheatre with nothing particularly striking about it ex- cept the breeze. But people gathered in knots and every now and then somebody would cry excitedly "Oh, I say, look at that rock." We all looked and gazed and wondered that there should be such a thing as a rock in existence. We all thought tocks had been cleared away by Act of Parliament. One man caused a great sensation by shouting--"I see a hole in the rock" whereupon we borrowed each other's glasses and again wondered that there should be holes in rocks. Not a soul recited poetry! The young men with charts endeavour. ed to locate that rock or this firsure, but the nearest they got to it was a creek which seem. ed to be somewhere off Chefog,
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A WORD FOR THE BRIPPER.. The amateur master mariners we bad on board were legion. Whenever they felt tired they went up and told, the captain where he was, and explained to him the mysteries of boxing the compass. The captain took it all in, like a man-a Y.M.C.A. man at that-and
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ladies of course, fended for themselves. They † To Dividend account!—
bombarded the galley, stormed the kitchen, I helped themselves to sugar and milk and came away with a soupcon of tea, happy after the fray, Some drank out of cupa--ak ; the fortunate few. Some had tumblers and some were content with wine-glasses. But it all afforded subject for talk and consequently as an impromptu entertainment was a great success.
SUMMING-UR
Hongkong was reached about 6 p.m. The outing had been an unqualified success. Thi Y.M.C.A. and especially Messrs. Jillage and
their faces by crawling through ovens and Moss, who worked like hatters for the good of the crowd-even going the length of blacking things after dainties-have to be congratulated on the result of their enterprise, and, if they only take the catering into their own hands next time, the trip will be the "greatest draw on earth.” After all, withour the incident of thing of its charme, so it is not quite certain the plates the outing might have lost some- whether the experiment might not be repeated aven down to the last detail of yesterday's ex- cursion.
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI.
BANKING CORPORATION.
Eightieth report of the court of directors to the ordinary half-yearly general meeting of hareholders to be held at the City Hall, on aturday, 19th insi., at noon;→→
To the proprietors of the .....
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Cor-
poration,
Gentlemen, The Directors have, now to submit to you a general statement of the affairs of the Bank, and Balance Sheet for the half- year ending 30th June, 1903.
The net profits for the period, including $.493,408 75, balance brought forward from st account, alter paying all charges,, deduct ing interest paid and due, and making provi: sion for bad and doubtful accounts, amount to $3,711,062.18.
The directors recommend the transfer of $500,000 from the profit and loss account to credit of the silver reserve fund, which fund will then stand at $8,500,000.
- After making this transfer and deducting remuneration to directors there remains for appropriation $3,196,062.18, out of which the directors recommend the payment of a dividend of one pound and filteer shillings sterling per share, which at 4/6 will absorb $622,232.23.
The difference in exchange between 4/6, the rate at which the dividend is declared, and /to), the rate of the day, amounts to $871,111.21.
The Balance $702,728.85 to be carried to new profit and loss account.
DIRECTORS.
Mr. H. E. Tomkins, the Honourable Mr. W.
Gresson and Mr. E. S. Whealler having resigned their seats on leaving the Colony, the Honourable Mr. C. W. Dickson, Mr. G. H. Medhurst and Mr. F. Salinger have been invited to fill the vacancies; these appointments re- quire confirmation at this meeting,
Mr. H. A. W. Slade has been elected Chair man for the remainder of the year in place of Mr. Tomkins, and Mr. A. Haupt succeeded Mr. Slade as Deputy Chauman.
AUDITORS.."
The counts have been audited by Mr W. Hutten Potts and Mr. A. G. Wood, who offer themselves for re-election.
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H. A. W. SLADE,
Chairman,
Hongkong, Sih August, 1905.
ABSTRACT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. 30th June, 1905. Liabilities.
Paid-up Capital, Sterling Reserve Fund, Silver Reserve Fund,
Marine Insurance Accouni, Notes in Circulation:-
Authorised issue
against securi ties deposited
with the Crown Agenis for the Colonies,...$1,000,000.00 Additional issue authorised by Hongkong Or. dinance No. 19
of 19:0, against coins lodged with the Hong kong Govl, 5.993-312.00
Current accounts,~~~
$10,000,000.00 10,000,000.00
250,000.00
*
1
115 per share
on 80,000 shares
-£140,000
Dividend adjustment a/c:-
Difference in exchange be tween 4/6, the rate at which the dividend is 'declared, and t/tol, the rate of the day, .............................. Transfer to silver reserve fund, Balance forward to next half-
year, «kÃ...
Cr.
By Balance of un
divided profits,.
31st Dec., 1904, $1,493,498.75 By Amount of net
profits for the
six months end.
ing 30th June, 1905, after mak ing provisions for bad and doubtful debts, deductiog all expenses and interest paid and due,...
2,217,653.43
874,111,11 500,000,00 1,702,738.B5
..
Cost of gear for air compressing plant.....
Les received for centrifugal pumps and salv age gear dispos ed of.........
$3,711,063.18
*
$3,711,062,18
1,050.00
2,377,274.00
12,866.66.
Cosmopolitan.
LIABILITIES, June 30th, 1905.
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THE WANDERER.
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ces of Shanghai, and the confidence which tuey display in the foreigners, whom they know, evind once more in the transactions of the International Red Cross Society, make us wish that the government of China were in their kaods instead of in those of the obsolete and ignorant officials at the Çapital,
· BY W. 'MONRO1ANDERSON.
I met him on the steerage deck of a mail boat lying in Hongkong" barbour. He was leaning over the rail, chewing a quid of tobac Large as the contributions of the Chinese co. His sallow face, prominent cheek-bones; have been, more money is wanted, and and long lonse limbs spoke eloquently of a life more than the foreigners here
can be 2,364,407.34 | in the tropics. He seemed to be very intent expected to spare. It is for this reason that on everything going on around him, everything appeals have now been seat to the Governors except the bustling passengers pushing along if Hongkong and the Straits Settlements, and the gangway with portmanteaus and packages to London, America, and Germany. The exo 300,000.00. of every shape and design. I leaned over thecutive committee of the Society "have just received a telegram from Newchwang in which the Commitice there unanimously appeal for a hundred thousand taels for relief of great and widespread distress, and it is evident that as the winter approaches, there will be further u gent appeals foraid, in which it will be impor ible to respond if we rely solely upon our local resources. While we may well hope that these appeals to the outside world will not be in vain, wo must be prepared to add to what we have already done, and it will have been seen that a public meeting is to be held here later on at which the claims of the Society will be urged, and the community will be again asked to assist in relieving the wide spread destitution and suffering amongst the inhabitants of Manchuria in the area directly affected by the war.-W. C. D. News.
By Shareholder for 50,000 shares
of Sie each, fully paid up...$2,500,000.00 Admiralty...
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loan.....£30,000, 0.0 Lass res
£ 4,117. 45 © t/to
Value of Cosmopolitan dock `as per læst statement....... Value of tugs, dredgers, laun-
rail myself, and the stranger turned his grey ches and lighters manmad 490,514.00 blus beady eyes slowly on my person. He said Sundry debtors' meanin 263,531-28 dothing, but went on chewing. It was half Value of material on hand... 1,798,781.86 way between Hongkong and Shanghai where he first took me fato his confidence. He did $ 5,117,240.48 --not like Englishmen at least he tried to make out be did not; but he loved the English min. ing laws. That expression of opinion led to mining talk. He had been five years in the Philippines away up when no other white man had reached. With two Moros he had eked out a fair living until fever got hold of him and compelled him to sell his claim. He was going back to Ohio with fifteen hundred dollars gold. He was sort of tired of being away from home and thought he would be glad to see the old place again. Sometimes the fever laid him out on the voyage, and steerage comforts do not tend to improve one's condition. He never complained, but went on chawing. At night 1,904,335.73 he would lie in his bunk and talk to me, and I always knew when the fever was gnawing his bones, for that was the time when he would talk of home. "Guess it's about time I was back home aglia. Git some decent nursing then. Just like to lie down on the couch and look away out through the window at the mountains." Another time he would tell me how he used to think of home when lying out in the rainy season in the fever swamps among the Moros. He had mined in Canada, Korea; 33,626.32 Australia, all over the States, and Chili; in 3,119.05 fact, he had wandered over the face of the 3,170.95 earth. His knowledge of the affairs of this world was almost complete. There was hard 37.814.44ly a subject that he could not discourse on with
payments 15,882.15.7
Marine insurance account
Sundry creditom.....
$3,711,06118
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Balance of profit
brought forward
...$10,000,000,00
STERLING Reserve fund.
To Balance, By Dalance 31st Dec., 1904, (in
vested in sterling securities), $10,000,000,00
SILVER RESERVE fund.
To Balance,.............
from last account $498,289.to Profit... ...................... 328,200.51
REVENUE ACCOUNT.
...$ 8,500,000.00
June 30th, 1905.
To Interest
500,000.00
By Balance 31st Dec., 1904, ......$ 8,000,000.00
Transfer from profit and loss
account,.....
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J. R. M. SMITH, Chief Manager. C. W. MAY, Chief Accountant.
H. A. W. SLADE,) A. HAUPT, E. SHELLIM,
Directors.
We have compared the above statement with the books, vouchers and securities at the head office, and with the returns from the various branches and agencies, and have found the
same to be correct,
W. HUTTON POTTS, Į
TTS, Andicom. A. G. WOOD, Hatigkong, 8th August, 1935,
HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LD.
Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co, Ld, to the The report of the board of directors of the ordinary half-yearly meeting of shareholders, to be held at the offices of the company, Queen's Buildings, Victoria, on Monday, the 21st inst, at 12 o'clock noon, is as follow:-
To the shareholders of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, Limited.
Gentlemen, The directors have now to sub- mit to you their report, with a statement of accounts for the half-year ended 30th June, 1905. The net profit for the six months,
alter paying interest due and all charges, amounts to............$328,200.51 to which has to be added the balance brought forward from last account
and from this have to be deducted— Directors' fees. Auditors' fees...
498,289.10
$826,489.61
$10,000.00 A2A 750.00
$10,750.00 8,000,000.00 leaving available for appropriation $815.7396
The directors recommend that a dividend for the half-year of 12% or $300,000, be paid to the shareholders, that $14,407.34 be written from the value of Kowloon decks, and the balance $501312.27 be carried to the new account.
During the past half-year we have installed' the electric drive in the boiler shop and bip yard with satisfactory results. Several more motors will be required for this department be- fore it is complete.
--------------- 15,997,312.00
$76,300,659.70
Silver, ********* Gold, £6,041,747
6. tid... 64,849,013 58
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-14 1,149,673.28
Fixed deposits,
Silver...$30,985,569 11 Gold, £5,167,426-
8. 118. 56,507,384-54
Bills Payable (including Drafts on
London Hankers, call loans and short sight drawings on London office against bills receivable and bullion ship- mente).m Profit and loss account, ...... Lability on Hills of Exchange to
discounted 4,179, 869 51, 94% of which £3,000, sár. Ed. have alace qui off,
Astats.
307,48%,953.65
17.358,365.69 3,711,062.18
Two new electric cranes have been fitted in the machine shop.
The new drawing office at Kowloon is practically completed and the entire technical staff of the company is now located there.
For some little time past the dredger Canton | River has been employed at Canton removing barriers for the Imperial Chinese Maritime Customs, for which work she is still under charter. Further employment at Canton is in
prospect.
In April last heavy guns were lifted from H. M. battleships Glory and Albion and replaced by other. The work was carried out by the Dock Company and gave the Naval authorities every satisfaction.
C. P. CHATER,
Chairman. Hongkong, 7th August, 1905.
Following are the accounts;-
CAPITAL-ACCOUNT.
June 30th, 1905,
ASSETS.
· Aberdeen,
To Value of Aberdeen docks, an
per last statement....
$313,950,366.80
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$44,223,878.50
Cash, Coin lodged with the Hongkong Government against note cír culation in excess of $10,000,000 8,500,000.00 Bullion in hand and in transit 111,864.56 Indian government rupee paper, 2,373,061,98 Cousels, colonial and other se
curities,.......................................... 11.575.537.66 Sterling reserve fund investments,
viz.
a brother. He believed everybody-s more genial, obliging and popular skipper could not have been found than the captain of the Kwangtung. Mothers looked upon him as a paragon of sailors when he patied the beads of their children and answered their queries. | £570,000 21 % consols The amateur captains.declared that he was the greatest seaman after Nelson and Vasco da Gama. While the young men and maidens made love under his very pose. A great skipper of a popular passenger boat.
THE FATALIST.
In some gull, Double Haven, the boat stopped and a few of the youthful indulged in water polo.Time's-up" hooted the whistle, but of course there was the usual fatalist who swam off after the boat began to move. Fortunately a lifebuoy was thrown to him, which he caught. The boat was stopped. A sampan sailed past the swimmer, bui refused to see him. There was excitement on the Hwangtung but eventually the foolish youth was dragged aboard none the worse for his 'spell in the water. He det sined the boat half. Can-hour and the skipper did not even admonish him. The passengers did, however," and the ladies said be should be spanked.
AN IMPROMPTU FARCE.'
Tea time was a great event. There were `nearly ten tea-cups on board and 150 people clamouring for tea. Everybody, except the
at 85
(of which_Ceyn,530, lodged with the Bank of England Special Londen Re-
£155,000 24% national
£484,500
war loan, at go...................... 229,500 325,000 other sterling securitie's, written down to....sa
286,000
£1,000,000 10,000,000.00
Bills discounted, loans and cre-
· dit...................................... 104,214,416,69 Bills receivable, ....................126,906,177.69 Bank premises..................... 1,038,489.62 $313,950,366.80
GENERAL PROFIT, AND LOBE ACCOUNT, : HONGKONO & SHANGHAI BANKING
Dr.
CORPORATION, 30th June, 1905.
To Amounts written off :--
Remuneration to director,... 15,000,00
Or
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Kowloon.
Value of Kow-
lone docks, as
....$ 100,000.00
par last state- ment............. $2,316,591,66 Less amount
since written' off 16,591.66
$2,300,000.00
Amount paid on account of new electric installa. tion......... Amount paid on account of ship yard machine shed and boiler shop extension
6,354,00
4,163.00
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Amount paid on account of new stone piers and wharves hars Amount paid on account of new drawing office... Cost of motors,
1,912.00
controllers,
switch boards, cable, &c. for now electric in stallation........ Cost of 2 electric
travelling cranes and new 'ma- chines for new fitting shop...... Cost of hydraulic boiler riveting machine for boiler shop....
5,420,00
20,233.00
26.904.00
11,360.00
H
Crown rent............ Fire insurance
........
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Ori
44,915.14
41,500,00
826,489.61
$5,317,340.48
Office expenses, salaries, station.
ery and rent of head office Drawing office expenses and
salaries
Telegrams
H
Legal expenses.
Marine insurance account Profitaru
elaquence and intelligence. I could see he 14,418.23 was ill, and at times the poor fellow could 1,870.41 hardly crawl out of his bunk. He seemed to 731.08 get more yellow every day, and his check 8,000.00 bones almost burst through the skin. "Don't 328,200.5 think I shell leave home ag'in. Guess mother won't let me suffer like this." When we left Japas and headed for Vancouver the wanderer was happy. He kept his eyes straight ahead, for he knew the States were there. "Bia away from home fifteen times now, but shan't go ag'n." He told me that about a thousand times,
$450,950.99
January 1st to June 30th, 1905.
By Nett earnings of the company's
three establishments5436,206.61 Towage, net earnings Dredger, net earnings Bonus on insurance premia, &C..
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E. & O E. nongkong, 5th August, 1905,
8,776.04 5427-48 7,040 85 $450,950.99
W. WILSON, Acting Chief Manager.
THOS. 1. ROSE,
Secretary.
We have examined the books and vouchers of the company and hereby certify that the above statements are in accordance therewith.
THOS, ARNOLD, Auditors, H. U. JEFFRIES,}
HARBOUR FIRES.
A SHIPPING AGENTS' MEMORIAL.
The following letter has been addressed to Governor Hattori by the Kobe agents of Steam- ship Companies:-
His Excellency Governor Hattori Ichizo,
Hyogo Ken.
"Guess mother won't let me suffer like this. Reckon about two plates of porridge that sister makes will about put me right." The way he spoke of his mother and sister made me think, and think pretty hard, and I sometimes imagine mothers would be a kind of happy if they knew how the wanderer spoke and thought of them, By and by the great snow-clad mountains of the West rose up before us, and the expression on the miner's face was like unto that of a man standing at the gates of Paradise.
Before bidding my friend good-bye I naked him what he was going to do, and he replied: "Well, guess I just stay at home with mother about a fortnight, just want a bit of nursing, that's all. And then Well, then, take a run down to Panama. There's good mining down there."
And this was the man who would never leave home again. When I saw him last he was stepping into the train at Vancouver, and he was still chewing.-P.M.G.
THE INTERNATIONAL RED
CROSS SOCIETY. ·
SOME UNCONSIDERED TRIFLES
IN THE TRADE OF CHINA..
consult the published statistics of the trade of The few who are interested in such studies
China to ascertain the extent of the demand for the articles with which they are concerned. They find figures to show the quantities im ported commercially, but few there are who consider that, in China, nothing goes to waste, and that in gauging quantition it is necessary include, or to make allowance for, much to which no attention is paid in other countries.
At home the hardware dealer supplies you with dast pans, four scoops, hearth trays, and such like appliances, made of bright in or prettily lacquered and decorated flamboyantly in,gold; companies even are incorporated for making some one such article. Imparters know well that they would find no market for the thousand and one articles of tinware, or the many patented articles of nickel, which all the stores and add so much to the comfort and even dignity of life at home; some of them we do without, some law we can buy ready made, but for most of the others that we can. not do without we send our servant to order them made by the nearest tinsmith. Our (the foreigner's) wants are few, but the Chinese de mand is great; and while there is no large call for the imported finished product, the raw material must come in sufficient supply.
Tinplate, which the Chinese do not make, · was imported in 1904 to the extent of 18,526,000- Ibs, more than double the figures for 1903. This figure as shown in the statistics is not, however, the total quantity of timplate which was utilised in the industries of China. Héra nothing goes to waste, and we must add to the reported import the quantity which, as Gold: smith says "doth a double duty pay," not to the treasury, but in first serving as a package and then as the raw material of an industry. Kerosene oil was imported in 1904 to the extent of 16,000,000 cases. Taking the proportion of. case to bulk oil prevailing at Shanghai, thes $2,500,000 cases came in cin cans. Two such cans in a case weigh 41-ths, and from this source of supply we have 60,003,0co-lbs., of tinplate imported for Chinese industrial use. Cotton piece goods of the finer kinds are 'imported in Cisses protected by a tin lining, the weight of which may be put at 1zfilbs, per case, and the total at not less than 4,00,000-lbs For other
Your Excellency, We, the undersigned,sionaries in Manchurin which we have publish- import of 18 million-lbs. in the legitimate The letters from Mr. Webster and other mis. goods in tin-lined cases we may safely assume a minimum of 1,000,000-lbs. To our total agents of Steamship Lines trading to this port, beg respectfully to draw your attention to the
ed from time to time, and the letter from Dr.inplate trade we have therefore to add 65 frequency of fires, more especially where bales
Christie which we extracted a few days ago million-lbs, introduced indirectly; thus raising of cotton are concerned, but also amongst other
from the "China Medical Missionary Journal,"
the total supply for the Chinese demand to have given our readers some idea of the splen four and a-half times the figures given in the inflammable cargo, such as cases of kerosene oil, which have occurred both on board steam being done at the seat of war, but otherwise
did relief work that has been done and is still statistice. ers, in lighters, and on shore at this part.
Iron' boops were imported in 1904 to the the work has been done so quietly and un- We are of opinion that these fires are often obtrusively that its extent and value have been
extent of 5,429,000 lbs. This again takes no to be attributed in coolies smoking pipes or hardly realised. The Shanghai Branch of the goods coming in bales; and which, being account of the hoops which encircle piece. cigarettes whilst discharging or handling these International ed Cross Society was founded, fastened only at the ends, are available for use' classes of cargo, although they are forbidden in the words of the prospectus issued in March in serviceable lengths of over two yards. Bales to do so.
1904; "for the purpose of enabling persons of all nationalities to join in the relief of suffering hoops around them, but who ever saw them come into Shanghai with from four to six such occasioned by the war between Russia and isave the importer's godown with more than Japan under the rules of the Geneva Convenone, or at the most two? In China they are tion. In particular it is considered that endeavours should be made to succour such non-combatants (whether neutral or belonging to one of the belligerent nations) as by reason of their proximity to the seat of war are in danger or distress." That the claims of the Society
Of salt-wood planks there were in 1904 have not been more strenuously urged on imported sat million square feet, valued at 1 foreigners in North China is due to the noble million taets. To this also must be added the to date no less a sum than four hundred liberality of the Chinese, who have contributed wood that comes in packages, much of which, we all know, is used as ordinary planking for thousand taels to the funds of the Society. In ordinary purposes. Of quarter inch planking the letter from the chairman of the Society. Mr. Kerosene oil cases provide 874 milion square F. Anderson, which we published last week, feet, and other small cases (soap, milk, fams, a short sketch was given of the good work that has been done in the past sixteenlion feet, giving 25 million feet of standard etc., alc.) may be counted on to give 13f mil-
As a remedy, we take the liberty of suggest ing that a stricter supervision shall be exercised over the coolies, that these men shall be care fully examined before they proceed to work amongst inflammable cargo, and that any pipes ar cigarettes that may be found upon them shall be taken away and only handed back to them when they leave work. The coolie' mas being properly carried out. ters should be held responsible for this system
For this purpose we beg that you will have Custome Bouse officials, police, water police, the necessary instructions conveyed to the and coolis masters and foremen,
We feel sure that the serious evil to this port which is resulting from these frequent fires, whereby the port is obtaining an unenviable notoriety in the shipping world, has received the attention of the authorities, but we are of opinion that if some such steps as we now tako the liberty of suggesting are adopted beneficial rescita will be shown:
Trusting that the seriousness of the situation will be sufficient excuse for our thus approach ing you,
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Your Excellency's Obedient Servants. [Here follow signatures] The letter is signed by Mesin, H. Ahrens & Co., Nachf., Agents N.D.L.; Cornes & Co., Agents "Ben" Line and Eastern & Australian SS. Co, Ltd.; E. Van Nierop, agent Java. Chine-Japan Line; G. Abily, Agent M.M. Co. C. Illies & Co., Agents Hamburg-Amerika Linie and Dampfschiffs Rhederie Union Dodwell & Co, Ltd., Agents Boston Steam ship & Towboat Co.; Standard Oil Co. of
Experienced and competent foreigners and now York; Shewan, Tomes & Co., 'Agecin American-Asiatic S.S. Co.) P. & O.S.N. Co. Chinese are in charge everywhere. The Samuel Samuel & Co.; P.M. Co, O. & D. S.,cotch and Irish Presbyterian Missions have Toyo Kisen Kaisha, and Portland v Asiatic placed their hospitals and mon at the disposal 5.8, Co.: Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Browne & of the society." Go., Agents Brish India S.N. Co.; Butterfield & Ewire, Agente Ocean 8.5. Co, Ltd., China Mutual-S.N. Co., and China Navigation Co., Ltd.; Jardine, Matheson & Co., Agents Indo China 8.N. Co., Glen" Line, and "Indra" Liner and Nippon Yuson Kaisha as Agents for Great Northern B.8. Co.
nat packing material, they are irda, and serve tables of statistics; and to the st million lbs, to supplement the quantities published in the given there, must be added at least another a million lbs, from this source."
inch stuff, piece goods cases and other 'large "Over 100,000 refugees have been sent to
cases will give close on 30 million feet of three their native districts the Chinese railway and quarter inch and upwards, making 25 million steamer companies have co-operated generous feet of one inch stuff. To our sat million feet ly in the work, either granting free passages or regularly imported must be added fully 40 accepting greatly reduced fares. The Chinese million feet Imported in the shape of packing, Telegraph Administration send all telegrams much of which is used for purposes for which free of charge. About 150 cases of bospital supplies, thousands of piculs of grain, and last new planking would be used in other countries. These are the important items, but there are winter over 15,000 suits of wadded garments many others. Bottles come in containing wine, have been forwarded from there. Food and bear and spirits, drugs, confectionery, etc., but shelter have been provided for a constant none leave the country; they are all absorbed stream of refugees, and for thousands of wo for daily use, and will be found in every village men and children who are utterly destitute in the Empire. The common tin can after Branch societies engaged in active work having disgorged its contents of milk or dis hays been established in Chefoo, Tientsin, pois, will serve as a receptacle for fuids. Newchwang, and about a dozen other places Tarpaulin from bales of piece goods never in Manchuria, including Liaoyang and Muk goes to waste, but serves many uses from dea.
clothing down. The truilt is that this is the form of importation that China calls for-the very cheapest the floished product is not. wanted outside the fringe around the treaty parts which has taken on artificial tastes, Of Mr. Anderson goes on to mention that the cotton manufactures a full half is taken in the least inished shape, yara j ́wodliens are now Empress Dowager contributed Tie. 100,000, of
no more than the value of forty years ago of which half was given to form a Chinese ed
all iras and mild steel imported, three-sevantha Cross Society, and half to the Shanghai Inter are made up of plats cuttings, cobbles and wire national Society, Chinese, mainly in Shanghai, shorts, and old iron--the discards of Western have contributed Tis. 350,000, and foreigners markets; and even the window glass and con- something under Tis. 20,000. But it is not densed milk which come are usually in cases only the money that has been subscribed, but stencilled Chias quality." American flour the splendid way in which it has been dealt should, if anything, make its way on its merits, with, for which we have to praise and thank our Chinese fellow residents. The distribution of and yet the import is less than 5 million bage of goobs. each; North-Chiou, prefers: its own money has been practically left entirely to the favourless flour, and the only large demand foreign: members" of the executive committee:
comes from South China where returned -Whenever a sum of money, however large, bas been wanted in response to a telegram from emigrants have brought with them tastes ac
quired elsewhere. "the seat of suffering, it has been instantly
This, then, is the lesson which the home forthcoming. The executive committee a exporter must learn, that China is a land of gested that as Mr. Webster had devoted primitive wants.-H. B. Morse, of the T. M. his whole time to the Society's work, the Customs, infournal of the American Associat In addition to the above there was a slight Mission should be relieved of the expense ion of China fire on board the Knight Errant on the zist of his salary during the period for which July a lighter of cotton ex Juvernere was destroyed on April 9th; and there have also been incidents of fires on board lighters carry- jag karosana vit
To the letter is appended the following list of very serious fires which have occurred at Kobe during the past few months a
On the 8th March a fire on board the s.s. Alato.
On the 9th and 10th April a fire on board the sa. Germánicur..
On the 27th and 28th April a fire on board
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On the 6th July a fire on board theas. Volga. On the 9th July a fire at the Custom Com
pound Onohama.
he had to suspend bis regular mission
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work. The immediate reply was a cheque for Tux Matkichi states that the, Korean Emperor £350. The broad-mindedness, liberality, and is about to present guld watches to a number anfailing courtesy of the native merchant prin- of the Japanese officers and officials in Korea,
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