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SANITARY BOARD.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY JULY 13 1957.

A fumber inspection ought to be made in each case after a month or so

The fonnightly meeting of the Sanitary Board The Hon, the President: Yes, a further in was held in, the Board room. last, Tuesday,spection is mide monthly: watil the over afternoon, when the following business was crowding is abated. A MART transacted

STANDING ORDERS.

The following minute by the Crown Solicitor regarding the additional rules of debate was submitted').

Any members may join in the discussion of any question in which he is or may be pecuniarily interested, but he may,, not vote upon such question, and shall withdraw before the question: put to the meeting.

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in any of doubt as to whether any member is or may be pecuniarily interested in any question before the meeting the member shall withdraw and then the meeting shall decide whether he is so interested or not.

Mr. Shelton Hooper minuted+~

+ I take it that the Board is anked to make the proposed

DELIREWASHING.

-During the_foraight ended July 4th, 1997, 59 houses were cleapted and limewashed in the City under the supervision of the sanitary

official.

WATER SUPPLY,

The report of the Government Analyst on the samples of water analysed in the month of Jane was submitted, and showed the water to 26 as usual of excellent quality,

TURKIBLE EXPERIENCE UN THE HIGH SEAS

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TANJONG PAGAR DOCK COM

PANY LIMITED;

FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS)

under the Ordinance fell due to be paid on 4th The $28,322,452 23 the exact het sum which July was by mutual arrangement settled up yesterday by dual but common action, in Lon. don and Singapore, says the Singadoza, firia. Press of and inst.

Mr. W. A. Greig of Mossts. Boustead & Co. and Mr. Graham Paterson of Messrs, Paterson Simons & Can ́two. Directors, attended at the

addition to the Standing Orders under section EIGHT MEN WASHED OVERBOARD BETWEEN for the financial arrangements, by which the

zace,

-14 of the Public Health (and Buildings Ordin

but as our power; is limited to making Standing Orders for regulating its procedure at its meetings," it appears that to make an

calling upon any of them to leave the coom would be illegal. «

ADEN AND COLOMBO.

Treasury together with Mr. Rasair; the Se creisty, and received payment by cheque of the $10,159,562.23 which it had been agreed should be paid in Singapore; on receipt It was at once banked. A great raced of praise is due to those responsible dual payment and distribution have been carried out, which arrangements have been rendered more difficult in so much as at the Inst hour amendments were made providing for ments of Straits Leap. As stated, the fonds were paid over yesterday, and on the same day cheques were issued to nil members for Interest under the Ordinance up to 30th June, and to-day cheques for the distribution of the $28,000,000 will be issued in Singapore and London, shareholders should thus lose on in- terest on their capital funds,' 'It is a smart piece of organisation and one which would entail much foresight and tect in dealing with the Crown agents and local Government,«

"We are courteously informed that the com- lots shareholders, applied for and received allotment of Strafe Loan to a total of £58,000.00 which includes of course a large slice for the F.M.S. Government holding.

The experiences of Capt. Von Dutten, of the Hamburg-Amerika liner Scandia, which ar order disfranchising any of its members of rived at Colomb on June 22 from Hamburg, on for members to receive part payment by aliol her way to the Far East, seem to have been of a most sensational nature during the voyage between Aden and Colombo.

Capt. Dobren has sent in the following report to the Master Attendant:-

|00|| Near Secolch, we had a very severe storm from S.S. W., with heavy cross sea. enormous sea spread over the poop; wasked eight Chinese six deck passengers and two firemen overbeard Stopped and turned the ship. Saw no signs of the men.

* THE PRESIDENT'S MINUTE: The following minute by the President relative to question No. 2 asked by Mr. Shelton Hooper at the last meeting, was sub- mitted: The case referred to by Mr. Shelton Hooper of the tenant of No. 476 Queen's Road West having been prosecuted in December 1956, for the rrection of cubicles without the previous service' notice, falls under Part 11 of the Ordinance, and the prosecution was instituted with the sanction of the Building Authority The house was a now 'one just completed, in which the erection of cubicles is absolutely prohibited by the Ordinance. The other three simmonses mentioned by Mr Hooper were taken at the same time for the same offence in the same block of new buildings.

His Excellency, in the paper No. 15 of 1907, was referring to Sanitary Board. "nuisances, this was in connection with a building nuisance, and service, in connection with such buisances, of a notice is not compulsory..

The Building Authority, however, inform me that he has issued instructions to the effect that notices are to be served in all such cases in future, previous to prosecution.

I have forwarded a copy of this minute to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary for the information of His Excellency, the Officer Administering the Government.

Mr. Shelton Hooper minuted: His Ex- cellency evidently did no.grasp the recom mendation of the Commission, as itwas to meet the cases mentioned in the próvizo lo section 230 that the Commission made such recom. mendation.

PERMANENT TOMES.

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The report of the commitee relative to a site

· in Aplichau being used as a publiccemetery, for "tombs of a more permanent nature and larger than are allowed in the present Chinese ceme teries, was laid on the table. The report was as follows: Ofthe two sites suggested, Aplichau and Hsing Yi, the former is considered the best of the two, though it is difficult of access and racky, It has not been found possible to make regulations for a public cemetery of the nature suggested, and it is re commended that this site or another be leared by the Government as a cemetery to and or more private individuals who can satisfy the Registrar General that they are acting on be half of a sufficient number of Chinese residents in Hongkong, and who will undertake to be guided by the Registrar General in the manage ment of it.

An

The Times of Ceylon representative interview ed the skipper and gleaned the following parti culars of the occurrence. The Scandia had n fine passage as far as Suez. But the Red Sea was extremely hot. The Chinese passengers, seven-

In a conversation with the secretary wa were teen menand two children, who wereon their way

informed with a twinkle of humour that shars home, much against the, Captain't orders, alert

tra holders and their agents in lodging their scrip en deck. Everything went well up to Secotra

for examination and payment had shewn an Off the coast of Socotra the weather changed, and a terrific storgi sprang up. The wind was intelligence and celerity well above the finga

pore Average in company matters. We are blowing vehemently and the waves were mountain high. All on board spent a most not surprised!. anxious time. On Sunday,-at-about-2 o'clock in the morning, the storm was at its height, The Chinamen were again on the deck asleep, against the Captain's orders. Waves

AWEFT RIGHT ACROSS THE SHIP

taking av rything in their way. The ship's ra is were bent and bruken, and some of the found floating about later on. Fails and other equipment of the ship were. Six of the Chinese passengers and two firemen of the ship, men of the same nationality, were washed overboard with their bedding and mats. The steamer was stopped and turned. A most careful search was made for some hours, There were no traces of the unfortunate men,

The Chinese passengers were employees of The Hamburg-Amerika Line. The Captain of the Scandia is an experienced sailor. He has been engaged in the Far Eastern trade for over seventeen years, and is well-known at this part. Referring to the storm, he says: "I never experienced such a storm in my life"

"JAPANS TRADE FIELD IN, CHINA.

JAPANESE CONSUL URGES HIS PEOPLE

TOWARD VANOTZE DISTRICT.

U. 5. Consul Tonrawell Haynes, at Nankin furnishes a repon written by the Japanese consul-gen, ml at Tientsin, who urges that (Sd). A. W. BREWIN. Japah, direct its attention to securing trade in (Sd.) FUNG WA-Chun, the Yangtze districts of China. The advice (Sd) CAU CHU-PAK. given by the consul-general is worthy

emulation, and as the field is an inviting one WATER SUPPLY AND CONSERVANCY,

and presents great opportunites it would be Mr. Henry Humphreys submitted the fal

well for Americans to carefully study, its con- lowing minute on the water supply and conditions. The report of the Japanese consul.. servancy of the city: 'I'am in favour of allow.

general follows: ing waterclosets in all buildings that are pro- vided with, an ample, supply of water which is quite independent of the Government service. Especially am I in (avour when the houses are an the hill-side or at the. Feak. Under the present system a good deal of the sewage of the hill districts, which is supposed to be car ried away by coolies to the conservancy bonts,

The promotion of the Japan-China trade will, as a matter of course, involve no small amount of competition against foreign coup tries. Japan is a rival feared by foreign antions, owing to many reasons obvious to the most superficial observers, namely, topographi cally, its nearest in situation, the similarity of

SHANGHAI WAÌCH CLUB.

THE TAIREN CUSTOMS REGULATIONS

* A Tairan mesinge to the draft gives the provisional Regulations of the Customs House of the leased district of Kwantung, as published Kwantung. The Custom House was opened by General Oshima, Governor-General of on Monday, the fat instant...

The Regulation reads: Article 1-On foreign articles imported from abroad or articles made of foreign mate rials, when imported into the interior, Customs duty shall be imposed..

Un foreign articles imported from Chinese open ports, when imported into the interier, import duty shall be impoled, when the official receipt for the duty cannot be produced.

ment.

nese open ponts have bean consumed in the When foreign anicles iniported from Chi- leased district, or re-exported from the leased district, reimbursement of the duty paid can be obtained from the Customs House of port at which the duty was paid only on presentation of the receipt of the payment of the duty issued by the Customs authorities at the port of ship

Article 11-On.

On Chinese articles Inported from Chinese open ports, when imported into the interior, upon presentation of the receipt of duly paid-on them, coafting-trade duty shall be imposed A

Article 11-On Chinese articles imported from Chinese open ports, in case of the absence of the receipt of the duty paid an'them, a sum equal to the import duty due on such articles shall be deposited at the Customs House. When any dishonest practice is discovered on the part of the importer, the money so deposit ed together with the imported goods, may be confiscated.

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Article VI. On articles made of materials imported from interior, or Chinese ports by sea when exported, expert daty shall be im The Shanghai Watch Club has been con.posed either on the material or on the articles demned as a lottery and all its mail matter remselves at the option of the exporter. has been excluded from the Philippinė mails,

Article VII-On foreign articles on which anyathe Manila Ciblenews. This action has been import duty has been paid at Chinese open, taken as the result of an opinion handed dewa ports, or on Chinese articles on which export by Acting Attorney General George R. Har duty has been paid, when re-exported from vry, at the suggestion of the director of posts Taire, no export duty shall be imposed into

Article VIII-On articles seat from or the interior in accordance with the transit regulations of the interior, transit duty shall be imposed in addition to export or import duty.

Articles IX. to. XI. are provisions relating to the importation or exportation of opium.

Article XIII-Arms, ammunition, and ex- plosives or their component parts, when Tm ported, shall not be discharged from vessels or landed before permission has been obtained of the Customs authorities.

who himself held the club to be a lottery with" in the meaning of the act of the commission. explains that the plan of the concern, as In his opinion the acting attorney general appears by the circulars it sends through the mails, is to secure agents to form watch clubs in different countries, each club to con sisl of 40. members, and every member must deree to pay weekly instalments of P'i each, er its equivalent.

A weekly drawing is held and the person holding the lucky number is forwarded a watch without further additional payments, or in de fault of winning a watch before the last pay ment is made, each member is given a watch upon making the 40th payment."

Some time ago the commission passed ai act prohibiting the importation and sale, the giving away, use and possession of lottery tickets and lottery advertising matter and makes it also unlawful to import isto the

lippine islands through the mails any such ticket or advertisement. The act does not define the word lottery.however.

This decision may not only affect the Shang bai Watch Club, but similar schemes in Manila by local enterprise which embrace the elements of procuring, through lot of chance, by the in- vestment fa sum of money or something of value, some greater amount of money or thing of greater value.

The acting attorney general holds that when such are the chief facts of any scheme, what ever it may be christcard, or however it may he guarded or concealed by cunningly defined conditions it is, under the law, a lottery.

"There is no question” says the attorney general in closing, that the scheme under consideration has in it all the essential elements of a lottery, namely; the use of let or chance,

Article XIV.-Arma, ammunition, and their component parts shall not be allowed to be transmitted into the interior or Chinese ports without a certificate issued by the Chinese au thurifies,

Article XV-The preceding two Articles shall not be applied to arms, ammunition, &c., for the use of the Japanese army, navy or police."

THE HUANGPU CONSERVANCY,

A MORNING'S WORK.

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reeds, and páčöioni baskets, baylatter, RED mado" of Interlaced bamboo; with apertures at | the side, “They are placed on the panigans, empty and filled with stones, jacketed with The progress of the Huangpu Conservancy brushwood, on board, so ar to obriato, the work is appatent to the most casual observer, difficulty of lifting them. Each gabhoni cans cargo-boals are builly employed between the At the lower end of Gough Island, too, the for from mera till night, lighters, launches and tains a ton, and a half of stones wh

for use Kajao Creek and the Inner Bar. By the Zinhstuks are put together portion of the

and of Mr. De Rijke Van der Veen, prese presentative this at the scene of the operations, yesterday, says the M. C. D. News. It is necessary to be up betimes when the tide is favoutasis, as the sink work has to be performed at high-tide, when the water is slack for about an hour. The Bist train from Shanghai took Mr. Van der Veen and the writer to Woosung just in time to sen the was reached the Conservancy Izunch had principal, work of the day. When Woosung already "Taft: the jetty for Cough Island, and there was nothing for it but to go out to her on

kindpers of Mimber of his staff, remad bottom, which is exposed at low tido; iu«

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paper spent

TŘE ZINKETUK.

morning

Scene

the course desired.

any causes have contributed to bandicap fulfilled their obligations in the supply of reads operations in the past. Contractors have not and brush-wood, and the foreign staff has been inadequate to carry on the work with the speed that might be expected. Only yesterday, the supply of reeds tan, short, and because the contractor had not fulfilled his contract it bould have been ready for laying this morn.. As impossible to finish the Zinkith that ing. The arrival shortly of twelve trained Dutch sinkers will greatly accelerate the work, as it is impossible to rely on coolie labour an less it is under the strictest possible supervis

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THE JAPANESE FINANCIAL SITUATION,

THE GOVERNMENT'S SCHEME,

It was recently reported that the Govern- "ment had decided to postpone the carrying out. of the proposed scheme for the purpose of partly rectifying the deficit in the revenue for next year, as the proposed issue of the Boods has been abandoned. It is now stated that the Government bas framed a financial scheme: for the present year with the help of the sur. plus from the special war fund. The success. ful issue of Bonds to the amount of Y80,000,000 and of Y30,000,000 for for last fiscal year,

pegged out, and wiept of brushwood are laid, reticularly, on it. The ivices are inde on the spot. Brushwood is interlaced and bound with wire "until what may be termed fascine cable: I made. These wieps, placed cross-wise, and length way and securely lashed together, ink, the the later toes, are filled up with Zinksluk. The interstices

layer, and finally more wirft; we or mbre reeds; then comes a "cross-layer” of brush. wood," Burmounted by another, no

morie, covere rows of stakes are driven in round the edges, and wattled together, to strengthen the Zinkkuk, which, when completed, is from, two to three feet deep. It is eney to understand that the Intoch, which goes by the name of Chuapoo, occupies the launch for nearly an hour, In

A quarter of an hour saw us alongside the task of towing so curbrous a raft into poiltiens and on boarding her I was introduced to Mr some places several layers of Zinkatuks will be Sweis, the expert in charge of the sink-work, a laid in others, one will suffice. The object of employed in the same work before him or restrain, the current, so that it shall follow Dutch gala whose father and grandfather were. thesd and the cabbions is gradually to train, The launch had already been up to Gough

the Island, and was on her way back to

ཝཱ -, ཨཱཝོ ! ence of the morning's work, towing the large CONCLUSION

While so much remains to be done it seems- Zinkatuk which was to be sunk. A fuller das cription of the Zinkstuk will be given later. I hardly appropriate to mention what has als must suffice to say here that it is a large, matt.ready been accomplished. For the work may (rass of brushwood and reeds, about two fee- bo szid hardly to have beguo. Nevertheless. deep, forty yards long, and fiftees yards broad. when the time during which the work hat pro- deal a great large cargo boat, laden with stone, was lowed ceeded is taken into consideration athwart the Zinkstuk to prevent the fore-end has been accomplished. The work proper Article IV-On Chinese articles imported followed in its wake, and a number of amalier and already the dyke through Googh Island from sinking. Four more stoneladon barges only began a week before Chinese New Year, into the leased districi by land when exported, craft, which had various duties to perform, has been completed. Zinkaluk work has been export duty shall be imposed, an

Article V.-On the products of the leased were in close attendance. Two bamboos, carried 4,000 feet further down river, gabbiant have been laid in considerable numbers at district, or asticles manufactured from the pro- projecting from the water, marked the spi

where the Zinkatuk was to be sunk, and as the upper end of the Junk Channel, and „ducts of the leased district or of materials "im-

the bank adjoining the loner, Bar Mark these were approached the tow-rope was ported from abroad, when exported, no export duty shall be imposed, provided that a certificat off, and at the same time two anchors has been strengthened and repaired. The next few weeks will see the beginning of cate of production, issued by the Japanese were let down on the side farthest away

from the bamboos. Two more anchors werd the restrainlog works above the Ship Chanite. authorities, is presented..

carried out to some distance on the other side, and an anchor was also put down at each end. By means of the anchors the Zinkituk was dually warped into position. Thirty or forty Coolies assisted in this work, under the super intendence of two Dutch foremen. The tow rope was cast off about 745 am, and a quarter of an hour's manoeuvring was sufficient to Bamboo poles were then pushed down to the bring the Zinkstuk juta, the correct position. bottom at each corner, and firmly lashed in position. The cargo-bos-came up and took up positions at each side and at the upper end. Then planks were let down, the coolies formed up in lines, and stones on the Zinkstuk itealf, were passed from hand jo hand until they reached the last coolio of the line, who flung them down on the brash. wood, It was not long before half the Zink stuk was awash, and the coolles then relited to the boats, with the exception of the foreman, who in his enthusiasm to carry out the instruc tion of his superiors ran koeodcep into the water, tripped up, and fell on his back, with a rearunding splash-a performance which was greeted by a chorus of laughter from his fellow. workers. The most fateresting part of the work was yer to come. The Dutch foremen took up their stations at the ends of the boa! that lay across the top of the Zinkstuk, and an a given signal commenced to heave the heaviest stones in the boat into the corners of the mattress. An indescribable din ensued. The coolies hurled oner on to the almost-the-present-year, has proved utter hopeless submerged Zinkstuk with a will, and for several duting the present fiscal year. In addition to minutes the yellow water hissed med splashed this, the dissolution of the Dama hat made under the shower of stones, while the coolie. it a matter of uncertainty whether added to the dia by yells. The end of the sation for the maintenance of the Russian pri- Zinkstuk badno sooner begun to sink than the boats closed in over it and stones were shower- ed upon it until it reached the bottom, about fourteen feet below. Half still remained float ing, and the coolies continued their efforts until a final shower of big stones took the other end to the bottom also. Then a cargo boat that had hitherto taken but little part in the fray passed over the spot, and delivered. another load of big stones, to keep the maitress in place. In all about sixty tons of stones, varying ia weight from twenty to one-hundred pounds each, were used. Nothing now remained but

A surplus of about Y40,000,000 will be shown accomplished, as they were buoyed, and the

added to a part of the serplan of the war fund fastenings were carefully arranged for the in the revenue this year, and if this amount is purpose.

available for next year-about 40,000,000- 'there will be a large deficit for next year. The The launch then turned upstream, and p-value of the works under the direction of the ceeded to the upper end of the junk Chaons),

War Office, which have been delayed, in The time for using Zindstuk in this neighbour and there are many works being carried out for hood has not yet arrived, but gabbiuni,

the Navy, the. Communications, Home (and bamboo baskets filled with stone, and Judicial Departments, including the construc rounded with brushwood, were preparing the bottom for their reception later. These bankets are about twenty-four feet long, cylindrical in shape, and about two feet wide. These are The fees for the special opening of the launched from pontoons, which are kept in position by four anchors, and can be moved as Customs Holire are as follows:-

-Before 6 am, to Haikwad tools. required by the use of capstans. The gabbioni From 6 pm, to midnight, to Haikwon are laid about seventeen yards apart, in parallel lines, and the intervening space, will later be tacle. 1.From 6 p.m. to dam. next day, 20-filled up with Zinkstuks also. Two of these pontoons were in use, each under the charge For Sunday-43 taels for the day and 20

of a European foreman. The work requires a tools for the half day; the same rates apply to considerable amount of skill, as it is undesir holidays.

able to leave any noticeable space between the Anicle XXVII. All communications read and when they are laid end-to-end. When lating to Customs business must be addressed the pontoon is in position two coolies are de

tailed to push bamboes into the bottom two or to the Superintendent of Customs,

Article XXVIII-The. word "interior" three feet away from its edge, in order to guide used in this Regulation means the Chinese the gabbiont in its fall. Then the remainder territory beyond the limit of the district leared of the coolies roll the gabbiani to the edge of the pontoon, and with a simultaneous yell, by Japan.

launch it into the river, There is a large

The Russian joursal Dalyokaya Okraina splash, the pontoon rocks to and fro for half (according to a translation in the Japan Advers minute, and the foremen then gives the necessary reports that the following telegram has sary orders to bring the pontoon inte positi, been sent to St. Petersburg by the Superinten for the next effort

dent gl. the Siberian, Moscow-Kodrak, elc,

in direct communication with the ports of japan, of the expresses, which are passengers Shanghai, and the stations of the Chinese Eastern Railway to the West as far as the stations which lie beyand Irkutsk, on changing, being accumulated for the work shortly to be at Irkutsk do out receive from our staff the commenced off the Kajao Creek. The most berths belonging to them in the iberias traits noticeable ponian of the Conservancy work and are themselves obliged to search for their here is the dyke which has recently been places, or if they have families with them, to completed and extends from end to end of the take places lo different compartments. With island; the top is seventeen feet above low view to the elimination of these incon water-mark. The Zinksink, the sinking of veniences; aspecially in the case of cbung- which has already been described, is a con- ing for foreigners who do not understand tinuation of this dyke to the inner bar, and Russian; and for the guarantes, to the pass 4,000 feet of sinkstuk have been laid during the songer of the places belonging to them: the past two months. The effect of his dyke and following arrangement is mada:i-Thartrain, of the Zinksfwks, will be to divert the flood superintendent will talegraph from Kharkin.to tida into the

Junk Channel, which; the Station-master at Irkutsk the number of. present when the Conservancy work is completed, non-smokers, according to classes. One copy

willberths engaged, upper, lower, for ladies; for: 1,000 be the main channel of theʼriver,

Article XVI. to XXf. stipulate the procedure relating to the entrance or clearance of ships the Customs, and for the passage, through the Customs of goods exported ar-imported."

Article XXII-A Customs permit must be obtained for the transhipment of goods. Good transhipped without obtaining a Custome per mit will be confiscated, and the captains of vessels concerned may be fined according to circumstances.

Article XX I.-The rates of the duties im- posed on goods pasting through the Customs are as follows:

1. The import duty on foreign articles shall be imposed according to the amended import tariff of 1903, 2.-The duty on Chinese articles exported or imported shall be imposed according to

the old Chinese Customs tariff.

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suners, which amounts to Y45,000,000, and forms an important item of revenue for the financial scheme for next year will be received before the opening of the next session of the Diet. The deficit for next year, it is pointed out, can be paftly made up from a surplus of about Y30,000,000 from last year together with expenditura to be saved on account of the ment of War, Comm nications,; Home and delay in the proposed works under the Depart Justice, to the amount of about Y1,000,0001 but the balance of the deficit, amounting to HP Y70,000,000 can by no means be made

finds its way into the various nuflab of-the-customs, and manners, the identity of aesthetic | sad for a consideration to determine the tigh} be, dealt with according to the spirit of the to recover the six anchors; and this was easily without having recourse to the fajas of Bonds,

each case on its merlis,

HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS

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This club, as appears from its circulars, was organized by two Americans well known in Manila. H. J. Black, for erly of the burean of supplies, and B. Lichtig, formerly with Castle Bros. Wolf and Sons. The head office is in Shanghai and branches are in Hankow, Macao, Tientsin, Canton, Soochow and Hongkong.

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Asticle XXIV. Pratesis against confiscation or fine to the Separintendent of Customs shall Regalation of the mixed examination relating to confiication or fine; agreed upon at Peking on May 31st, 1868.

Article XXV. The office hours of the Cus toms House shall be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.. exclusive of Sundays and holidays, but the

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Article VI.-Before 6 am. and after 6 p.m. and on Sundays and holidays, no cargo shall be shipped, or discharged without the special permission of the Superintendent of the Cas tams. This rule shall not apply to passengers luggage and mails,

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CARDIORI..

tion of warships, the improvement of the Seoul- construction of the Central Laboratory and the wit railway, and several libes at: home, the reconstruction of prisons, none of which are yet taken-in-hand. And the Government pro-

Casles and conformity in the standard of living to ownership to something of greater value Colony. I am, however, opposed to the sys. These and other things place the Japanese in a than the amount paid for the lot or chance. I the dificulty in obtainive silent was position of advantage compared with other am therefore of the opinion that this scheme of the in obtaining sufficient water, and

Dations. It was customary among those enga dhe Shanghai Wateb Club when measured by also because it would be almost intpossible to ged in Chinese trade to complain about the high the standard of the authorities herein cited, is, make the occupants of Chinese tenemeritate of interest on mosey, but since our mone under the plan set forth in its circulara, a lot houses keep, the water closets. in a sanitary try relations are growing cosmopolitan condition. l'agree with everything contained nature we are gradu illy" energing.from this pure "and"simple and comes within the examination of goods shall be conducted from where another kind of work was in progress, said to amoun! tô Y30,000,000 or Y40,000ƒooj.

probibition of Act 1523."- in Mr. Crook's letter dated February 20th 1895. hampered state of affairs. Kees and pushing

Mr. Shelton Hooper minuted: Totally differ

as the Japanese are in business, the fact is that ent conditions obtain to-day to what existed in they have not yet done much toward the crea 1880 or even in 1895. We should deal with tion of practically profitable firms in these dis

tricte. The Hon, the Registrar General mi-meda

The reason, will amply show that the inac- How does the Hongkong of 1907 differ from tivity of our trade with 4 bine is to be attributed the Hongkong of 1895 ?

to the lack of real efforts on our part. My stay in north China, extending over six years, has enabled me to form prelly accurate opinions on our trade with Chips which has made a strik ing progress during those years. Not only in the volume of business done, but also in matters of shipping, Japan is proving her self to be a strong rival of England. The importation of timbers from the Yalu districts this year may have contributed a great deal toward the swelling of the shipping business statistics; but in general even in this point the law of progress is observed. In Manchuria, owing to our military exploits and to the able management of the South, Man. churian railway, business interests will be augmented in volume, but very little has beep done by the Japanese toward the development of business in the districts around the Yangtze

The report of the Commites consisting of Hon. Mr. F. J. Badeley, Hon. Mr. H.E. Pollock, Dr. F. Clark, and Mr. Ahmet Rumjahin, was sub mitted and was to the effect that exemptions from the provisions the Ordinance should only be made in the cases of hotels and large blocks of offices of European design, regard being had in every case. 10 the possibility of obstructing the fight from other buildings. In 'no caso should the height of the house exceed one and a half times the width of the street on which it fronts. Not more that six storeya were to be allowed in any case, and only the fnur upper storeys should be used for sleeping purposes.

The Hon, the Registrar General minuted: A report of the height to which buildings should be erected was made by a sub-committee of the Board in 1905. That repart seems to have

THE UNREST, IN KWANGTUNG.

The following Imperial decree dated the 1st inst, appears in the W. C, D. News

Owing to the recent unrest in the Ch'ingchow

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prefecture, caused by evil, characters posing the levy.of.certain taxes, we commanded Chow Fu, Viceroy of the Two Kwang provinces, to investigate the conduct of those officials whose actions in the matter created the unrest, so that they may be denounced and punished therefor. According to the telegraphed report of the silid Viceroy Chow Fu, now received, it appears that he instructed the Taotai of the Lien Ch'ing Intendancy, Wang Ping-en, to tale steps at once to reduce or stop the levy of taxes THE PROPOSED, SHANGHAI

It appears to methat the centre of our business wherever possible. Instead of obeying at once activity aught to be found in and about these the said Taulai procrastinated and at a:fals.

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been lost sight of lately. 1 suggest thing a copy parts of China which, with their dense popula-date issued proclamations on the foolish cohibition of foreign manufactures in Shanghai |

be circulated among the members of the Board, and that a copy of that report and other similar reports be put together and laid on the table for reference.

Mr. Shelton Hooper minuted's Each case should be dealt with on its merįja.

WILL FOR WATERING GANDENS.

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The Army and Navy and the Communica tinns l'epartments are said to be strongly oper posed to the policy of the Governm at, and the Financial Department it being much embar rassed as to the best means to be adopted for the drawing up of the Boancial scheme for

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COUGH ISLAND. ---- tion and rich fertile soil, are best calculated by bringing about a crisis by his to be a splendid market for our commodities duct. Furthermore when the desperadoes con hids fair to meet with a generous measure of in searching for monkey, which was lost "After passing a party in a sampan, engaged The mention of the name of China generally corned started in carnest to cause an insurree support in Europe, America and Japan, as well from a pile driver the preceding day, we land suggests to minds of the Japanese the two tion, the Tactal again showed incapacity as in British Colonies, the work of building up at the top of Gough Island, at the point where districts, namely, Manchuria and that ground by failing to strike at the "insurgents prompt- focal guarantee fand bas now been started, stacks of brushwood, stones, and stakes are Tientsin. It is true that there will be formed ly and so suppress them without further a grand market for our commodities, is trouble. Again, Ho Chang-tsing, the Act and the following sums have been guaranteed. Mancheria but it may take many years ing Major-General of the Feihal (Pakbois is suggested that the Exhibition should be An application was submitted to the linard before the people in Manchuria as farge Circuit, knew only how to "sland tight" within held in 1909, and consequently no time should for permission to open the well situated on

are taught and cultivated to take a liking his entrenchments, so that it enabled the lust fo securing the requisite guarantee Inland Lot 1,469, Wong-nei-chong, and to use

to our articles, whereas with the districts insurgents to have free hand and

encourage the water from it for gardening purposes, along the Tangize our position in exactly others to join them. This continued so long The well was closed some for domestic the opposite. At all events it can not be that it is evident that the said bfejor-General exhibition. because the water was used for

has been guilty of cowardice and incapicity purposes, but the house supply is now obtained. Rainsaid that it is beceficial to the cause of from the Government main.

Japan to make a thorough inveiligation of the We, therefore, hereby command, both Wang acy Mr. H.. Humphreys minuted: As the brew conditions prevailing there and persuade her Ping-do, Taotal of the Lien-ch'ing Intendancy business men to start and form business con of Kwangiung, and Ho Ch'ang-ring, Malor ery has the Government service laid on, and an

nections there at the earliest opportunity, General of the Pestal Circuit of the same the well is situated a good distance away it in

This being once fiber & Com not likely that the Chinese servants will go to the trouble of using the well-water for domestic worked up to such point of activity tilat gard to the conduct of Ku Yang-mou, Acting about one-half of the Chinese trade is secured Independent Sub-prefect of Chingchow, the purposes, instead of using the service supply,

• The best view of the Conservancy-work-is" is sent to the office of the International Sinep am in favour of the application being granted. by us, thes-Japan can maintain her own has been, guilty of neglect of duty, in that he power of the world, avin failed to take proper measures at the beginning. against the leading

obtained from the lower end of Gough Irland," Dny Car Company, and another remains w Mr. Lau Chu Pak: if not for culinary pure that case, her financial position will be greatly of the unrest and to report at once to bis

|| "whither we nowrepair. The Zinkryks, which are the train superintendent. A similar talogram. poses it should be granted. N

strengthened, I do not see any reason why superior officers the state of affairs within bia

a continuance of the dyku, ara viable at low | is further transmitted from Manchuria stati OVERCROWDING,

the japanese should trouble themselves about immediate jurisdiction. In a word the said Commandant Mauser, who has been serious, water, and some idea of their utility is realized concerning the passengen, who are life, During the month of June ach persons were visiting America or Australia to make their Ku Yong-mou has shown flagrant Incapacity, ly ill from concussion of the brain as the result when one notices that those neatest the shore, on the Kharbin Manchuria dectiona ordered by the magistrate's 10 Vacate over fortunes, there not a gold miss, discovered aspidity in the performance of bis duties, and of a motor-car accident on June 4thy was able which ware the first to be put down, are bom rival of the train at Irkutaksiko sentat crowded floors, according to the report of the by them, quille within the reach and scope of he is, therefore, hereby casbiered and dismissed to leave the Shanghai General Hospital on goth most embedded in mud. The same may be sendent transfer the pausah garing Inipector submitted.

their influence. Westward the star of business for ever from the Public Services for the up, and stayed for a day at the Hotel, das janid of the gabbieal, which form barder ce barths in the connecting Tralee The Hon. the Registrar General minuted: takes its way--Daily Comalar and Trade Re-rest let the said Viceroy, do what he has sug: Colonies. Allis recovery/Was not permanent wither side of the line of Zinksfuks. Al this" bilty this arrangemysel wil DE Are floors ever re-visited after, a prosecution | ·ports..

gested in his report to us,,,

and he had to return to hospital the next day, "Hand of the island there gre stacks of brush wood;... for passengers bound, for the East

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