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Singapore and the Yangtsze valley. While no one will think of interpreting the declara tion in its literal sense we fear there are good grounds for asserting that British: trade in China remains almost stationary, while Ger- many, is continually plodding along with a definite intention and a definite aim in view, and is pushing her commerce ahead. In... deed the rapid rise to her present position in colonial competition is largely contribut- "ed to by, a "keen' appreciation of a policy possessing a most coherent design. Forty years ago hur interests in the Far East were practically nil a few sailing ships from Hamburg and Bremen fulfilling all her needs. Now her trade with China alone is enormous, while her annual total in

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1905.

less than they are today." So far as this contribution is concerned we are to the good in comparison with Singapore and as for a loan, we take it that, everyone will agree our Government is eminently respect; able and exceptionally 'well-regulated.

ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE.

We should imagine that quite a little futter will be caused in the servants' dove cous, and particularly in those supplying labour for big firms, by the substantial fint imposed at the Magistracy yesterday on a coxswain of the Hongkong and Whaja Dock Company who unlawfully absented himself from duty without the permissics of

THE CHINA SQUADRON

"AT YOKOHAMA.

[From Our Own Correspondent."},

Shanghai, 12th October, 2.15 p.m.

This man was inside the special car; and the † there was a roar from nearly a hundred lusty front of bis body from waist up was literally throat, shots were fired by the more nervous of blown to pieces, and his right arm below the the guards, who apparently aimed at nothing lu elbow was also blown off. From the peculiar particular, and this having given the necessary nature of the wound, it is thought that he was | warning in the supposed 'assassiù to clear out, carrying the bomb tied to his balt under his when a proper search was made in the vicinity coat, intending to stow it beneath the Dukes where the stranger was first soen, there was, seat, but that, while, stranging thing, in the of course, no one in sight. Under the circum- car preparatory to, his master's Arrival,, be stances it was but natural that there was not accidentally bumped Il agains; something. much sleep for the inmates of the prince's

There is hardly room for doubt that he had palace that sight; the mole se since never A most enthusiastic reception was behind him a strong secret so iety-the old within the memory of anyone in the palace had accorded to Admiral Noel on the conservative element, which is in the last stage there ever been a scare like this before...

arrival of the British China Squad of its existence. Since 1900 this party has been forced to witness its gradual retirement from the sphere of dominating influence, and has watched with jealous and fanatical haired the tine of H: E Yann Shi-kaj, and kindred spirits, whose visions of what China ought to civilited bountries ;---

TANIC IN THE PALACE.

[included in the Bill of £2,000,000 maker ample provision for the expenditure it is intended to cover The Bill is only an authority for me to raiso funds as occasion requires, and I will see, that honourable inembers are, informed when any.

loan is actually raised on that authority.. But The Bill was read a first,limesi

The Attorony General moved that Standing Order 38 be suspended in order to allow the second reading of the Bill

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The Colonial

seconded.

The Attorney General-Sir, I file now to

move that this bill be read a second time ron at Yokohama on Wednesday. The reasons which have led to the in- The blue-jackets were entertainedtroduction of this Bill have been stated by your Excellency to the House. The rouson in various ways during the day and why the Bill should be passed into law unside the mere unpretentious dwelling at night a dinner was given by Vice. at once has been just stated Eastern Asia averages, a very substantial' his employers. It is not often that such a be are in accord with the ardent hopes of all palaces of the various the Great Boards Admiral Bäron Yamamoto, Ministerut in the preamble and obviate the necessity

objects of the bill amo

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Owad soine Power the giltis gie us To nen uriels as ithers see us,

A speedy departure of the High Commission would be must opportune, because they could travel with a deeper sense of safely now, when the entire world is watching their movements and every one constitutes himself their gar dian, that if they were to wait till defeated for ces have an opportunity, to rally from their disappointment sufficiently to plan another such dastardly deed.

Agúre. No doubt with the fist "recoup charge is formulated and pressed home with after the war she forsees an organised attempt such force as was the case yesterday, and if on the part of Japan to flood China, Man only persons who have to engage Chinese

This prayer of Robbie Burns has long been churin and Korea with her own traders, whose buys would remember that the law provides the prayer of civilized nations, in regard to wares willnaturally have the preference: Possi ample punishment for impudent désertions Chin. It has now been answered, and the nt- bly there will be also a considerable curtail.astup might soon he put to such annoyances. tempts upon the lives of China's foremost offi- ment of the business now done by Germany in It will not be gainsaid that there seems to cials and seers, and the bursting of bombs will the Philippines and a certain squeezing out of be an impression anjong house-boys, coolies only increase the momentum of China'sawaken

ing-the sun-rise gun of which was the bomb Siam and the Dutch East Indian Settlements, and native servants in general that they can

at 12 o'clock noon on September 24th, and where much niore than the thip end of take a day off whenever it occurs to them the same gun sounded the knell of the con the wedge has, in natters commercial, al that the monotony of labour might be reservative element. From this time forward, ready been inserted. Indeed, it was not long lieved by a short holiday. But that is not the radical student, who is wise, will loyally since that an American statesman, Mr. Sena- KO, Mr. Hazgland laid down the law very support his Government. Party lines will be tor Beveridge, alluded to the fact that clearly at the Police Court yesterday after core more distinct, and China will become "the trade expansion of all other countries noon, and to impress upon the defen united in her peaceful struggle for a place in the Far East, had been insignificant indant, the error of his ways fined the ning the nations. comparison to that of our friend, competitor Coxswain co or three months gaol. and very good cousin, the ubiquitous gentle. It would be a pretty state of affairs if "man from the Fatherland, who has the good our servants could go Canton side' to sense and sound commercial instinct to adbury a grandmother or attend a sick father apt his wares to suit all tastes, who masters whenever they chose. They inconvenience all tongues with praiseworthy industry, and us enough as it is, and although the law whose notes for home consumption have often makes it clear what they may not do we proved ar interesting and valuable reading to have 'still the same old argables with the the powers that be as any consular report," "boys. They are gradually being roped in And it is because of our failure to appreciate and made to appreciate the fact that where those indispensabile aids to trade that Great they are receiving a moubly wage they have Britain continues to mark time' in, com to be alive to a keen appreciation of what is merce. Again and again Consular officials expected of thein. revent to the old story of the lack of adapte ability evinced by the British merchan ‘anxious to gain a footing in a new market, and as persistently are the suggestions ignored. There other and niuch more potent causes of British stagnation-il there be stagnation throughout the whole of: "The Far Easter and it might be well il our merchants. at home ::red] and reflected on some of the incastres being adopted by Germany to increase, their trade in the Orient.

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OUR SISTER COLONY,

(14th October)

Another Peking correspondent writes, under date of the 25th inst-Opinion here is, as your issue of to-day indicates, intensely excit ed over the outrage of yesterday. The wildest my part of rumours are is circulation, and the city threats are being made against for eigners, whose tenure here is to be a short one if the current report may be credited.

delight is expressed

The fear of reprisals seems to have pervaded the atmosphere of Peking during the last fow days, so that everyone is on the ger vive and panic larks alike within the Imperial

State amongst those whose conscience has of the Navy.. severely pricked him for past misdeeds is the

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subordinate members'

Chief

Empress Dowager's favourite eunuch, Li Lien-On Thursday Admiral Noel will ying, who is reported to have ben sa panic-lie received in audienco by His Ma striken since the starting events of the athult.jesty the Emperor, and an Imperial that he has not dared to leave the immediate precincts of the Empress Dowager's apan. luncheon will be given at Tokio, ments, and presented a most pitiable appear

ance when on the day after the bomb outrage Prince Ching's palace with a message. The his Imperial Mistress commanded him to go to

eunuch is said to have grovelled on the floor asking to be excused carrying the messige and declaring that if it was his fate to be blown up. by bomb he would prefer to he hoisted same- where within his gracious Mistress's night.

THE NEW DOMINION.

RUSSIA OPERATING MINES,

CHINESE ALARMED.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 10th October, 1.85 p.m.

It has transpired that the fact of Russians operating the mines in the New Dominions has impressed the

LEGRAMS. lower classes of the natives at the check which Lama with the extent of Russia's

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH "

SERVICE.

SEVACULATION OF WEHATWEL

NOT CONSIDERED BY CABINET. [ Fram Qur Dam Correspondent. |

tow has stated that the question of the evacuation of Weihaiwei by Great ritam,hus not yet been considered by the Cabinet,

CANTON-HANKOW RAIL,

THE PROPOSED LOAN

Shanghai, 9th Octüber,

3.10 p.m. Looking back over the year's work, of the Straits Legislative Council as reviewed by the

Replying to a request by the Governor on the first reading of the SupplyChinese Governinent, Sir Frnest Sa- fill last week, one cannot but feel, at first, inclined to wonder when our neighbours are going to be the happy possessors of a state dollar. H.E. Sir John, Anderson remarks that they cannot point to any considerable improvement in the trade of the Colony; the depression which set in last year has not yet come to an end, although he fell justified in declaring that there were signs that it was about to lift. Imports for the first six months of the current year amounted to one hundred and sixty-six millions of dollars, or rather more than sixteen million pounds, but, as the Singapore Free Press points out' the Colony's "days of leaps and bounds, which used to be a Jamilias figure of speech in former Budget speeches have gone, With a fixity of for a time at any rate." exchange a great increase in the volume of trade should quickly be brought about and a much more satisfactory budget presented. The revenue estimated for the fiscal year is $11,453,139, being $67,225 short of the original estimate, while the estimated revenue for 1906 is put at 49.479,064, which falls -short-of-the original estimate for 1905 by

$2,041,201 and of the terised estimates for

this year by $1,97.1,066. The estimates for 1906 shows a loss of $1,344,000 on the Sin gapore and Penang Opium Farm of whichsum $720,000 is the amount which the Government have allowed the Farms to defer payment of

BA BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

[From Our Own Correspondent.}

Shanghai, 9th October,"

3.10 p.m. hi connection with Viceroy Chang Chili-tung's railway schemes, the British [tiovernment] have agreed to lean the sum of Taels 10,000,000 at four and a half per cent for the perio l of twenty years.

The security for the loan is the tax visd on prepared opium collected Kwangtung, Hinan and Hupeh provinces.

E the Viceroy has agreed to the during the year. They hold ample security for demand of the British Government this advance which bears per cent interest, flat, in addition to the security, half and with the present low price of opiums of the foreign engineers employed on His Excellency says that the prospects the construction of the Canton-fan- the Farm have greatly improved, and they aced have no fear of receiving paynient inkow railway, shall be British. full of these advances in 1907. The estimated It is reported that the other half expenditure for the year reported on was of the engineers will be cóm; osed" of *11,360,240, but over and above this mount Japanese there have been added to the ébarges on the

The Chinese Board of Commerce Colony further charges (including re-votes) which up to date amount to 8963,620 represents that instead of the redemp. estimated actual expenditure, including | tion period being one of twenty years, works the execution of which has been post it be at the option of the Chinese poned, is now put down at $10,591,745 Government to redeem the luati at an showing an estimated excess of revenue over expenditure of $861,385, thus increasing the earlier period. estimated balance to the credit of the Colony- Pls one has been bonowed for the put at the end of 1905 by this amount. It was a pose of paying the J. P. Mergan S, ndicate the pointed out by His Excellency that while money due on the cancellation of the Canton Hanków rajiway agreement.—ED, #1, K, 7]

the estimated balance to the credit of the Colony on 31st December is satisfactory, this is partly due to the impossibility of carrying out some of the works' provided for in the current year, and to others not being completed, but mainly to the sale of the Malacca Railway. On the whole, Sir John Anderson regards with satisfaction the state of the Colony's finance. The estimated expenditure exceeds the probable revenue by $214,000, but the sum to be the voted for the completion of the railway to the decks is 8314,000, so that excluding that they should have had an

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THE PEKING OUIBAGE

CAPTURE OF THE ANARCHITS.

FIVE IN NUMBER.

Our local Chinese contemporary prints the following, telegram in its issue of the 7th inst., which it re- ceived on the previous day:

Peking. 6th October, 1905, estimated balance on the year of $100,000. The perpetrators of the bomb They would now open the year 1907 with outrage (on the special High Com

a balance of assets of some lifee and missioners have been captured.

a half million dollars, and with the prospect of a largely improved revenue from the re-letting of the farms, next year, and, he trusted, a stable currency. The Free Prest says the novel point is that the Cology is this year to go into the money market for a loan necessitated by the Colony's acquisition of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company's property. "Taliave a debt is to be really respectable, and every well regulated Government should have some indebtedness just for the look of the thing. It was the want of that that led to our resources being scooped for military Contribution, when our revenues were far

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the reform movement has received, and the hope is indulged in that the proposed mission will be abandoned.

The news has been carried far and wide in country districts, and a friend just arrived from A village, three miles east of the Chi-hua-

men.inforins me that Bazers have been drilling there secretly for months past, and that the in cident of Sunday is ascribed to the anti-foreign party in the capital.

The rumours in circulation recall the period prio in the siege in 1900, and foreigners walk. ing in any pari of Peking at all removed from the Legation area are being na freely reviled as was the case five years ago. The anti-foreign crusade carried on in the press by Messia. Hang Hsin-chai and J'ing Yi-chung, the editors of the "Ching-bun-jib-pao" and "Chung-wai- jil-pan" is proving very successful, as, indeed, was to be anticipated.

that the attack was specially aimed at Tuan- Fang off account of the indignation which the joint memorial drawn up by the Live Viceroys and bim akainat The

examination old

has evoked sysiem among the conservatives of China. Hsiao-Yingi too has long been unpopular in anti-foreign circles on account of his reform opinions. No douby, too, the presence of Yuan Shih-kni's son was another inducement to the perpetrators of the outrage.

The latest ten-shop rumour is to the effect

Another well informed correspondent writes: -It is being rumoured among the natives in Tientsin' city that the recent outrage was the

work of the Boxers, who are said to be rallying once more: 11 is asserted that their object was

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not so much the destruction of the Chinese Commissioners as of the foreign Mihisters, and' the British Minister in particular. I have this direct from a native source

Mr. Yuan Yuan-tai, the son of H.E. the

Viceroy of Chihfi, returned from Peking to Tientsin yesterday. He was accompanied by several Chinese facials,

A "Tageblatt" telegram from Paking of yesterday's date says:

power.

The Chinese being greatly alarmed, military have been ordered to bo posted in the territory.

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[In connection with the above wire the fol towing telegrain, dated from Peking, on 3rd inst, and printed in the N. C. D.- Nerus, is of interest:-It has been discovered that a certain Chinese official has privately sold a petroleum mine at Kuchien in the New Domisión la Rus sians and negotiations are now proceeding between the Waiwupu and Mr. Pokotiloff, thé Hussian Minister in Peking, in the matter.- 11,8. T.]

THE BRITISH SQUADRÓN

IN JAPAN.

BRILLIANT FUNCTION,

[From Our Own Correspondent.],

Shanghai, 10th October, 1.35 p.m. · Admiral Sir Gerard Noel, the commander-in-chief of the British China Squadron, held an At Home,' on board of his flagship, the Diadem, at Kobe yesterday.

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In the evening he gave a dinner on board of the Diadem at which a large company was present,

It was a most brilliant function. The squadron left Kobo to-day. [In regard to the naval assembly in Tokia Bay, various references to which have already appeared in our columns, a recent number of the Japan Mul! contains the following

In Chinese newspapers it is stated that Sun Wen is the instigator of the bomb outrage.

He-is-no-reactionary-but-is-a-scholar-and- paragraph- foliower of Kang Yu-wei, who lives abroad.

The great naval demonstration which is to take place in Tokio Bay will probably be in the middle of October," A powerful British Squadron will be present as well as a large part of the Japanese fleet. The occasion will mark the end of the war on sea. All the auxiliary cruisers will then be released and there will be a celebration in honour of the restoration of peace. A grand banquet at the Palace is spoken distinguished fellow commanders will be oblia of. We presume that Admiral. Tego and his

public and to receive the ovation which their

ANOTHER ATTEMPED OUTRAGE. According to a Peking newspaper another tempted bomb outrage happened on the same day as that which took place at the Machiapu railway station at the departure of the five High Commissioners for Tientsin. The second bomb train from Peking was pearing the former explosion took place near Fengtai just as the place. It appeared that some one had put a bomb on the rails outside the Fengtai station with the intention of blowing up the Peking countrymen long to give them.* train as it entered. Fingizi. Fortunately the bomb.prematurely exploded some two dozen feet or more in front of the train which was slowing down to enter the station, and no one was burl. No arrests were made.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.

details rega ding the recent bomb explosion at The Nanfangpag gives the following further Peking:-A foreign. detective, who has snade a minule examination of the bomb, finds that only three-fifths of its contents took effect. He believes, therefore, that the perpetrator of the outrage had Ivery likely concealed the bomb in his bosom, and while he was walking along the passage in the coach, his body accidentally came into violent contact with the coach-door, him Causing the bomb to explede, and killing him immediately. This, of course, is only a hypo

thesis.

The corpse of the miscreant is being pre- served in alcohol to prevent decomposition. A photograph of the dead man was passed around among the high officials, none of whom, how

ever, could reveal his identity.

what the experts say.

ed on that occasion to show themselves to the

The following items bear out the report which appeared in our columns several weeks since:-

INTERPORT SHOOTING.

_SINGAPORE'S SCORE.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Singapore, 13th October.

11.6 am

In the Interport life competition the Singapore team scored 800,

ANTI-FOREIGN RISING

'IN SHANTUNG.

· [From Our Own Correspondent.] -

Shanghai, 14th October,

2.45 p.m.

of my taking up the time of this Council by any explanations ar to the details of the Bill. It has long been the hope of every parton in- terested in the Colony that railway from Kowloon to the frontier would be built move the second reading of the bill,

The Colonial Treasurer keconded, and the bill was read a second time and afterwards considered by the Committee of the whole Council clause by clause when a few verbal amandments were made odi

to

Upon resuming, D.E. the Governor reported the Council that the Bill had passed through Committes with a few verbal amendments,sed The Attorney-General then moved the third randing of the bile AREAS

The Colonial Treasurer

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Bill read a third timoiyi qanddad H.E. the Governor moved that the Hill be now passed and become law.

Agreed, cg pa

The Council was adjourned until after the meeting of the Finance Committed

FINANCE COMMITEE

A meeting of the Finance Committed was hald immediately after the meeting of the "Legislative Council; the Colonial Secretary' presiding. The following votes were recom mended for adoption by the Council :-

EDUCATION.

A sum of $53 in aid of the vote, Education

incidental expenses.

The German Minister at Peking. reports that he has received advices from Shantung of an anti-foreign other charges, Belilios Public School, for rising having broken out in that Pro- vince.;

THE NAVAL REVIEW

IN JAPAN.

[From Our Own Correspondent.].

Shanghai, 14th October, 2.45 p.m.

LANGUAGE: ALLOWANCE.

A sum of $600 in aid of the vote, judicial and legal departments, Land Registry Office, for Now Territories,--other charges, for language allowance to Mr. J. R. Wood, Assistant. Land Officer, who has passed the exantination in the Cantonese dialect.

DAMAGE BY RAINSTORM.

A sum of $2,350 in aid of the wote, Public Work Extraordinary, for fainstorm damages.

MISCELLANEDUS.,

It has been definitely decided to

A sum of $soɔ in aid of the vote, miscellane hold an Imperial Naval Review inous services, for printing miscellaneous papers, Tokio Bay on Monday, 23rd inst.

THE KOWLOON RAILWAY.

A GOVERNMENT LOAN. -

MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

13th inst. A meeting of the Legislative Council was held this afternoon. Present:—His Excellency

the Governor, Major. Sir Matthew Nathan, KONG, R.E., His Excellency Major-General. Vitiers Hatton, Hon. Mr. T. Sercombe Smith (Colonial Secretary), Hon. Mr. L. A. M. Joba. ston (Colonial Treasurer), Hon. Sir II. Spencer Berkeley (Attorney General), Hon.

Mr. Basil Taylor (Harbour Master), Hon. Mr. W. Chatham, (Director of Public Hon. Mr. A. W. Brewin (nregistrar- Works) Chater, C.M.Q,

Dr. Ho Kai. CHO, Hon. Mr. R. Shewana Hon. Mr. Gershom Stewart, Hon. Mr. C. W. Dickson, Hoa, Mr. Wei Yuk, and Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher (Clerk of Councils),

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COST OF TELEGRAMS, A sum of $1,000 in aid of the vote aa miscoly laneous services, telegrams sent and received by Government.

GAP ROCK CABLE.

A sum of $5,871.65 in aid of the vote, 'Public Works extraordinary, for repairs to Gap Rock cable,

Upon the Council resuming the Colonial Treasurer reported that the yotes had been passed by the Commities and he moved that the report be adopted,

The Colonial Treasurer seconded. An announcement by H. E the Governor on the subject of the Clock Tower is reported olac where in this issue,

KOWLOON CRICKETERS

TRANSACT ANNUAL 'BUSINESS,

*7gth inst.

Dr. J. H. Swan presided at the first guess! meeting of members of the Kowlean Cricket Club, held last evening at the Seamen's. Inasi«. tute, Kowloon. There was a representativa and confirmed.

The minutes of the last meeting were read gathering of Kowloon cricketers; and satislac

MINUTES,

FINANCE.

The Colonial Secretary laid on the table Financial-Minutes Nos, 43 to 48.and moved that they be referred to the inance Committee.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded. Carried.

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COMMITTEES.

H.E. the Governor appointed the following, Commluces:**

Finance Committee. All the members of the Council, with the Colonial Secretary as Chairman,

(chairman), the Harbour Master, Hop, Dr. Ho Law Committee-The Attorney General Kai, Hon. Mr. R. Shewan, Hon. Mr. Wel Yuk, Public Works Committee. The Director of Public Works (chairman), the Colonial Treasurer, Hon, Sir Paul Chater, Hon. Mr. C.. W. Dickson, and Hon, Mr. Gershom Stewart.

The British Consulat Nagasaki has informed the Nagasaki Press that H.M.S. Hecla (torpedo depot ship), accompanied by five torpedo-boating destroyers, will arrive at Nagasaki on October 13th and remain until the 27th. Admiral Sir

Gerard Noel, K.C.B. Commander-in-Chief of the China Squadron, will visit Yokohama, arriving there about October 6, and Kobe about 21st, with a Squadron consisting of the Diadem (agship), Andromeda, Hogue, Sulle, Affeaa, Renauenture, and six torpedo-boat destroyers. This squadron, or part of it, will visit Nagasaki at a later date, not yet fixed.

Household will give a banquet in honour of the

The Mainichi states that the Imperial

officers of the British and American warships

during the visit of the Squadrons to Japan, Among those who will be present at the banquet are the Crown Prince and all the other Imperial Princes, all the Ministers of State, the Foreign Ministers at Tokio, and a number of the highest Japanese Officials,

Admiral Noel, with the Diadem and three other ships, entered Chinampo on the 33rd vit, The British Squadron was warmly wel comed by the local Japanese residents-ED, II.K.T]

IN JAPAN.

HAILWAYS "LOAN ORDINANCE The Attorney General moved the first read

of a Bill entled an Ordinance for raising the sum of two million pounds by loan for the purpose, of defraying the cost of a railway from Kowloon and for other railway purposes.

The text

of the Ordinance, as read and amended, is as follows:-

Whereas it is expedient to give authority to the Governor to rise as occasion requires

loans not exceeding two million pounds in all for the purp-se of defraying the cost of a Rail: way from Kowloon and for other Railway pur

poses,

Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows

Be it therefore eancied by the Governor of

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Rail- ways Loan Ordinance, 1995.

tion was expressed with the result of their first season as a club. As the chairman remarked, considering its age, the Club was in a very satisfactory condition both in regard to its finances and the result of the year's play. They had done very well, he said, in coming out second in the League, although in his opinion they should have won the shield...

-THE REPORT, :.. The following was submitted and adopted :- Report of the K.C.C for 1994-1905; Matches played in the league 8, won 12, lost 6, drawn 9 points 36 Position in League and Dr. the best batting average in League matches. Freeman presented a silver cup to the Club for

This cup was won by Mr. Lightfoot with an average of 17.75.4 Mr. Logan of the Dock Ca. presented a bat to the.Club for the highest score. This bat was won by Mr. S. Lightoot with a score of 96 made against F.C.C. The Kowloon Cricket Club have to thank the fol lowing Cricket Clubs for the use of their grounds during the cricket season whilst the club was without ground, and they have also. to thank the same clubs for their hospitality.; Craigengower CC., Milkary C.C., Civil Service C.C. Parson C.C., and Police C.C. Our present membership is 80, but there is every pro bability of this being more than doubled in a few weeks now that we have been granted the "Cricket Ground" in the King's Park, Fecond.

XI. members had a poor opportunity of playing during the season. They played only three matches, all of which they lost. This sessen they will have both ground and many oppor Treasurer's report shows credit blance of tunities to play with other clubs. The Hon.

Mr. Cowan proposed and the Chairman 2. The Governor may as occasion requires seconded that: "Mr. H. Göyne Stevens be, rus borrow sums not exceeding two million elected, secretary. The motion; met with the pounds in all by the sale of Inscribed Stock unanimous approval of those present and in under the provisions of the General Loan and thanking the members for again electing him ascribed Stock Ordinance, 1893, 1972 to the position Mr. Stevens referred to the

3. The contribution to the Sinking Fund as necessity of maintaining the interesi in "chp', contemplated in Sections 7 and 8 of the said club and stated that the Colabial Secretary had Ordinance shall commence at the expiration of informad him that the Cricket Ground In the five year from the date on" which the interest | King's Park would be allotted to them year by in the Inscribed Stock to be issued under this year on condition that they kept Ordinance shall begin to accrue

state as a cricket ground To The Colonial Treasurer seconded...

As Mr G. H. May was unable to reula his - H.V. said :——-Gentlemen, I have called you office as treasurer, owleg to bis forthcoming

departure for home, Mr. CowaD WAL to the position

On the same day, Prince Shun was also slightly injured, and had to request for five days leave of absence. The shape of the wounds made by the shots in the bomb is either trian gular of square, which goes to show that the bomb is one of late invention. At least, this is

THE AFTERMATH. The following in from a private letter received from Peking and printed in the N. C.D, Aews: ~~The Japan Chronicle ways it is understood bomb explosion at Machiapu rail that his Majesty the Emperor will give a ban They are Mak Keung, Ka Cheungminus there seems to be a regular panic quet as the Imperial Palace some time this together forday for an extraordinary meeting is Wo, one Tseung and two others.

In Peking and the wildest reports are accepted month.. Invitations will be issued to the Crown pass this Railways Lean Bill of 1905 This as true by the more timid and credulous. It Prince and other Frinces of the Imperial bill, in addition to authorising me to raise funds is a fact, however, that on the night (Monday) Family, the Ministers of State and other high for the construction of the Hongkong section: following the outrage a stranger was seen turk officials, officers of the Army and Navy mem of the railway from Canton to Kowloon is also ing on the roof of a row of one-storeyed out- bers of the foreign Diplomatic Corps, and coonected with the agreement; which was an: houses, or servants' offices, inside the spacious officers of the British and United States Squa.nounced in the China Mail” of the 7th and The 'leking Correspondent of the China grounds belonging to the palace of Prince droos, which are expected to arrive at Yokoi also in the South Chion Morning Post ofthe | The meeting decide Times of September 27 says-Who threw Ching. As, since the explosion, the palaces hama shodly, ''

9th instant.” It is not in the public interest that again accept shop: the the bomb? Very strong circumstantial and residences of the chief princes and nobles "Atthe naval review to be held in Toklo Bayail 1. should dilate here, on the subject of that consentta, evidence points to one of Daka Tsai's servants and principal: Ministers of State in Peking the warships, including destroyers and torpedo: agreement the general terms of which have b being the tool of the traitors who planned the have special gaurds stationed inside the grounds boats, which took part in the late war will be since appeared in the public press, nor do Annihilation of the High Commission. It is to watch over the safety of the inmates, no present at the review, as will also the British think; llar this neces said that the Infernal machine had a time fuse, 1 Mooner was the uninvited nocturnal visitor's Squadron on the China Station, and the battle: ballava Honoura which was ant to go off half an hour after the presence discovered by a entry la Prince ships 141 (formerly Nicolat 1) and Sagami, knowledge of the train had left the station,

Ching's compound than the alarm was sounded, (formerly Pereiviel

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the man who actually threw the bomb was killed in the act...

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Mr. Goldring suggested that team tary be elected, leaving captain'to be made on the

The Chairman favours Permanent captain.