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SANITARY BOARD,

FORTNIGHTLY MEETING.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Sanitary Board was held last Tuesday afternoon, when the following business was transacted i

THOMAS' HOTEL.. - ||

The undermentioned letter, dated" 30th August, was received by the Secretary of the Board, from Massrs, Danisco, Ram and Gibbs, in respect of Thomas Hotal:-"Sir-We ,beg to apply, under saction 188 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, for permission to add a fifth storey to the building at the rest of Thomas Hotel, lo accordance with accom panying plan. The present building will be before putting on the new stoicy so lowered that the actual increase in height will be only about three feet,"

The M. O. H. minuted: The architect, Mr. Gibbs, tells me there are no bathrooms at pro-

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20 1907.

HONGKONG COTTON SPIN WEAVING & DYBING CON

MEETING ANNUAL

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THE DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITEDE.

||37|,864 tons dering 1905. These 6gurss, how- ever, are exclusive of Admiralty colliers and Government transporta. Referring briefly to the subject of education in the Wei-bai-wel territory, the Commissioner motes that there

„report" for "presentation to the shara, has been a considerable increase in the attend-holders at the twenty-fourth ordinary general

meeting, to be held at the offices of the Com pany, on Saturday, the 28th day of September, 1907, at moon, reads s—LA

The general manager have now to submit to the shareholders their report on the twenty- Yourth year's

The tenth ordinary honual meeflag of share holders in the Hongkong Cotton Spinning,ance at the Government Free School, the aver Weaving and Dyeing Co., Ltd., was held at the age attendance having risen to 53 as compared office of the general managers-Messes, Jardine, the staff of masters has been increased to three. with ar at the end of the previous year, and Matheson and Ch, 1/de-last Saturday after-

noon,

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MRW CHATHAM, CM; GUNS

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THE HARBOUR SWIM,

There were pirsent-Hon. Mr. Heary THE MURDER OF AN ALLEGED June goth, 19mne Company, endingofthe Most ed Order of saint Michael e the atart from the Folice Pier at 3 p.m..

Keswick (chairman), Sir Paul Chater, Mr. A. G. Wood, consulting committee Meirs, A. Shaw (uianager), P. S. Jameson (secretary), R. S. Piorcy, Lo Cheung Shui, H. Gittins, E. haw, H. C. Ross, Ho Yua Sang, C. H, Blason and Fok Kam Yim.

The police convering the meeting was read by the Secretary!

SPY.

· NITTER INDIGNATION AT VLADIVOSTOK.

The murder of the alleged Russian Mayeda, in Tokyo, has aroused strong in dignation at Vladivostok, where the decenied for many years acted as tencher of Japanese at

After paying

running expensas, promia of insuranco, remuneration to the consulting committee, and auditon fees, the amount at credit of profit and loss account is 117.488.15 which, with the consent *py,

of shareholders, th proposed to appropriate as follows

dividend of 8% on the capital of To pay the Compiny, aborbing $80,000.00 and to write off the balance of $37,488.15 from the values of the Company's properties on June 30th last hoped will be considered satisfactory, in vinw of continued keen' competition and consequent low rates of freight now existing, coupled with portion of the period under review. the high price of coal during a considerable

the Oriental festitute. The Daiyakaya Obriatus

to the tragedy: has

THE INVESTITURA:

AN EXCELLENT RACE. Amid a throng of the most notable and re-

[FROM HIM.B; "TAM!R"-WINE.“ presentative ladles and gentlemen in Hong

and the Hoot Me W. Chatham, c... was Considerable Interest was manifested in the invested last Wednesday evening, at Govern Harbour

d by the Chỉns Mail, Ld, ment, Bouse, by His Excellency, Sir Frederick last or Swim promoted Lugard with the

afternoon, when a large number of the Companionship of sports journed over to Kowloon to wit and Sales George. When the distinguished sharp, whilst a few hundred spectators astam gathering bad assembled in the Ball Room and bled between Murray Pier and the V.R.C. to his Excellency, supported by the members of see the finish of the race which was, indeed, the Legislative Council, had taken his seat on capital one, as the first three men finished with the daly

Mr. Chatham, izpported by Sir Paul roma dur yards of one another, while the Bixteen swimmers (out of pipsisen antrants) started, viz Gunner Andrew, R.G.A., Guinar Vernon, F.G.A., Gunner Ward, R.O.A., Gunnar Fleetwood, R.0.A., Private Reed, Middlesex Re H. M. S. Britomart, A E Themes, HM, 5. giment, Sapper Haller, K., 1. Stado, J. Howell,

medios, J. M. Roza Pereira, C. J. Cooke, R. C.

few

sent for the rooms on the top floor. The Board statement of accounts as read. The period (translated in the Jajan Advertiser) thus refers. The improvement in the year's working it is faced tire new Companion to his Excellency, 7'amar, A. R. Ellis, A. V. Barros, - P. M. Ra.

can grant a con/litional permit, Mr. Lau Chu Pak: Grant," The Hop, Registr General: Where are the presént latrines and bathrooms? When once. the fifth storey is added can we prevent it be ing turned into living rooms? »

¦'VEGETABLE' MARKET AT YAU-MA-Tİ,

"Sanitary Department,

Hongkong, 28th June. "Sir-1 have the honour by direction of the Board to recommend that a site at Yau-ma-ti be levelled and concreted for use as a whole

.sale vegetable market..

"There has been consummated something outrageous, unnecessary, savage in conception, cruelly barbarous in its details-Z. A. Mayeda modest and upright worker in the field of has been killed, our revered teacher. that science and of foreign politics, and with him has been extinguished the whole of a short alife devoted to the minute and difficult labour of teaching the Japanese language at the Oriental Institute. By many-sided ac- maintance with the field of philology and general his insular fellow-countrymen, he was a man development, standing a complete head above

Institute, where his services were deservedly who cannot be replaced at the Oriental valued and especially dear to students of the Japanese language.

The Chairman said:-Gentlemen, I pre sume you wish me to take the report and

covered by the accounts now before you been one of unprecedented depression for those interested in the yarn trade of the Colony. Sines nur last annual meeting most of the local native yara merchants have failed, and this coupled with the congested state of the trade, has been in a very large measure responsible for the poor result of the past year's working. Our stocke of Colton and yarn have been taken over at safe prices, and under the adverso circumstances obtaining during the past year I trust that you will consider the gain on working of $9,351.44 satisfactory. The Such a market is now a necessity in view condition. Towards the end of April last the

property all in first of the increased population of Kowloon and outlook was far from encouraging and we con there is no accommodation in the Yau-ma-ti orsidered that it was necessary to curtail the Mongkok-tsui markėts,

production. This we did b. reducing the number of spindles running." It necessitated dispensing with the services of about half of our work people, but the method has proved more economical than working short time, and we are continuing it. In former years we have been able to dispose of almost our entire production locally, but owing to the dislocation of the trade here, consequent upon the aforementioned failures, we have had to seek fresh outlets for our spinnings, and' with this end in view have introduced our yarns to the coast ports, where, I am pleased to say, they have been well received. It is doubtless bylous to you that an industry such as ours is largely dependant upon the prosperity of the country people, the principal consumers, and that anything affecting their welfare, such as

"Markets are a source of revenue and it is anticipated that the expenditure will may be large as the Hon. Director of Public Works

informed the Board that there is a site avail able at Yau-mali which has been partly pre- pared. I have, etc,

"The Ion, the

"(5d.), G. A. WOODCOCK,

"Secretary.

Colonial Secretary."

"Colonial Secretary's Office,

"Hongkong, th August. "Sir-Referring to your letter (No. 1553 of the 28th June last, I am directed to forward the enclosed plan showing an, area

The steamers and other properties of the company are all in first class order, but the expenditure for overhaul and repairs has been unusually heavy..

The west side of the wharf has been leased to the Hongkong, Canton and Macab Steam- boat Company.

The amounts appearing as "freight due" and accounts receivable" on 30th Juna have since been collected.

CONSULTING COMMITTEE.

Since the last general meeting, Mr. A. "And now be has been cut down, suddenly, Babington and Mr. W. J. Graston resigned unexpectedly by the wicked irony of fate, their seats on the Board and Mr. Robert She patriotiam-to this stupid survival and terrible invited to fill the vacancies. The Committee "Ignorant of the narrow feeling of national wan and the Hon. Mr. Henry Keswick were weapon of reaction and the subjection of free now consists of the Hon. Mr. Keswick, Mr. R. thought, he continued to serve pure sciencehewan and Mr. A. G. Wood, who retire in during the time when men to delirium destroy terms of the Articles of Association, but offer et each other on the fields of Maurburia, themselves for re-election. struggling for predominance in the Far East,

Science ruined him.

"Looking at the conduct of Z. A. Mayeda fanatical. fellow-countrymen judged him, from the narrow standpoint of patriotism, his branded him with undeserved contempt and with the appellation of spy and traitor, and to cap all undertook, a systematic hounding in the native Press, proceeding to the vilest

name.

AUDITORS

Chater and the Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, Com- panicas of the Order, late which Mr. Chatham was about to be initiated, marched in proces sion towards his Excellency, the assembly standing,

in the briefeat-words Sir Paul Chater intro The Governor presented Mr. Chaibass with a scroll and Statutes of the Order, making some-Witchell and L. Le Breton. laudatory remarks to the recipient,

His Excellency then took the distinctive

The officials who proceeded on the anch were:-judga Mr. A. Rodger, timekeeper:: emblem of the Order of Saint Michiel and

R. W. Pearson, and J. W. Bains (starter). Saint George and pinned it on the left breast

At the start the men divided late two groups of the newly-created Companion.

Mr. Chatham bowed his acknowledgmentsef hundred yards, ons lat branching off towards and went for all they were worth for a couple and the ceremony concluded,

FOG SIGNAL.

'ON THE GAP ROCK.

A notice to mariners in the Gazette states that on and after the tst of January, 1908, an explosive detonator will be fired every ten of the gun as heretofure. minutes. during the prevalence of log, instead

· ALLEGED. CHINESE SLAVE CHILDREN,

the Tamar, to take advantage of the current, whilst the other went in the direction of the Empran of China All kept pretty well to gether after covering the first quarter, Remo dios lending and going at a fast pace; but when Balf the distance was accomplished, Barros, Cooke, Thomas, Ward and Witchell were leading a good deal ahead of the others. Haller, of the Royal Engineers, was taken. out of the water in an exhausted condition. And Le Breton had also to be picked up, through getting a cramp. On passing H.M.S. Clio the swimmers were cheered by the sailors. When only about a couple of hundred yards from home the issue of the race looked doubtful as Barros And Cooke were: going strong with the trudgeon stroke, whilst Thomas was swimming in fing style with a good MANILA CUSTOM-HOUSE MEN AFTER SCHEME.

side stroke. On nearing the Victoria Recrea tion Club's slipway there was not the slightest At a result of careful investigation by Colonel doubt that the latter would be 'sure_winner, H. H. McCoy, acting collector of customs, as

ps.ha still looked fresh, Cooks and Hartos sisted by Hartford Beaumont, acting special started to spurt when nearing the Club, watch deputy, and John B. Amazeeh, chief of the im.ng each other (which is perhaps the cause of migration, the fiat has gone fork,

won an excellent race with only a couple of yards the local

to spare from Cooks, the second man, while ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1957, Chinese slave trade must cense. Young Chinese males are being brought into the

Barros, the third man, was only apolher couple To Dividend paid for

islands by the hundreds every year as sons

of yards away from Cooke. Poreira finished a of merchants, when as a matter of fact they are

good founb, Ward and Witchell fifth and sixth slaves sold by people in China to kcal Chinese close together, with Frivate Read, of the Mid- espectively; then came Remédios and Ellis and are forced to work in this city and the provinces without compensation.

dlesex Regiment, ninth, who swam all the distance with breast stroke. Two or three others finjshed some distance behind.

The accounts have been' audited by, Messrs. A. R. Lowe and F. Maitland (the latter acting | in the absence of Mr. W.-H. Potts). Messrs. re-election, „Potis and Lowe retire, bul offer themselves for

DOUGLAS LAFRAIK & CO., General Managers,

tinted pink which is available lor the purposes crop failures, rebellions, floods, &c, affect insinuations, and throwing mud at his good | PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR | Manila Gablanews of 14th inst., thaïays the the'r losing the rate) neglecting Thomas, .who.

of a vegetable market at Yau-ma-ti. ̧

am to inquire whether in the opinion of the Board it is considered advisable that a roof should be provided.—I am, ele,

(Sd), F. H. MAY,

"Colonial Secretary. "The Secretary, Sanitary Board."

The Director of Public Works minuted: It is estimated that the cost would be. $9,000. This would provide for a tiled root un brick pillars, the market being left open all round,

The M.O.H. 'I'recommend that a site, 160 ft by 60 f. (as hatched on the plan) be concreted, chandelled and roofed over (a light roof on columus would suffice) for this purpose, and that six water tanks, each eight feel by four feet and two.fast six deep, be

provided in the positions shown by the black dots on the plan. These tanks should be furnished with water taps, supplied from the main, and with outlet laps so that they can be frequently emptied and cleaned. They are for watering the vegetables. At present this is done in puddles by the roadside.

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The Assistant M. D. think it would be much more satisfactory to have a roof which- would keep off the rain and also the suh from the vegetables. At presentthe vegetable sellers meet "opposite" iny office in what in rainy weather is a swamp. ・

Mr. Humphreys: A roof should he provided. The Hon. “Mr. Hewell; This place should certainly be roofed over,

Mr. Lau Chu Pak: A roof should be pro- vided. I don't think it will cost much."

THE HONGKONG HOTEL. ›

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Hon. Mr. Hewell; Grant, subject to there being a sufficient water supply,

WELL. WATER.'

Dr. William Huster, Government Bacterio. logist, reported as follows on a sample of water collected from a well in Lamont's Lane: "The sample contained, approximately, so to 80 thousandcologies of micro-organisms per C. C. The colon bacillus was present in 1/100 of a O. C. Streptococci were also found. The water sample is non-potable."

MAIL CONTRACÍ.

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that

these evils of late, and we can only hopa also. China has had her full share of

a new era of prosperity is in view, Your consulting comittee has felt justified in proposing to you that $50,000 should be taken from the equalization of dividend fund for dis. tribution, and I trust you will approve. Before asking you to pass the report and accounts, I shall be pleased to answer any questions con. cerning them.

The results of the pursuit by this honest' exponent of public opinion were not slow to reflect themselves on the elementary pry cholgy of a savage nalive, by name Imamura, and gave true direction to the, hand of the murderer. Belonging to a nation where so strangely and fantastically intermingle the highest manifestations of European civilisation with the survivals of the early savage, races, he, with the cunning proper to the repre

of The Chairman proposed the adoption of the sentatives of this nation, contrived a plas

'national report and accounts) -

with the generosity vengeance Nol 'and daring of the Frenchman; not with the honest and open defiance of the Russian, did he seek to accomplish his plan, but with the barbarity of the Japanese, where murder from beltind is associated with the merit and honour of a Samurai.

Na questions were asked.

Mr. Blason seconded. Carried.

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On the motion of Mr. Lo Cheung Shiu, se canded by Mr. Fok Kam Yim, Sir Paul Chater and Mr. A. G. Wood were re-elected to the Consulting Committee..

Mr. W. Hutton Potis was re-elected the Com- pany's auditor for the ensuing year, on the motion of Mr. Piercy, seconded by the Mt. Cilins,

The Chairman-That finishes the meeting, entlemen. Thank you for your attendance |-especially on such"a" lind day,"

WET-HAT-WEI

The report. of Commissioner Mr. J. H. Stewart Lockhart on Wei-bal-wei for the year 1900 shows that the revenue collected during the year amounted to $76,777

compared with $105,934 during the previous year. The ex- penditure during the year amounted to $160,899, as compared with $149,120, the expenditure of the previous year, The Commissioner

states:

few

"Becoming acquainted with 7. A. Mayeda, he succeeded in winning his friendship and. learning of his speedy departure for Russia, did not delay amicably to kill him with a dagger stroke in the back, having invited him for this purpose to a mutual friend's.

Thus do the Japanese revenge,' and the avenger is the hero of the day; his name is ever on the, fips of every. Japanese and the papers sing dithyrambics to him and crown him with laurels.

"But the unhappy victim? The lifeless are silent. The innocent blood spilt vainly ap peals to the juistics of heaven; heaven returns no answer to the prayer and indifferently gares down from its inaccessible height; the groans. of the outraged spitit do not move it.

"Who will vindicate the victim's besmirched honour? Who will say a passionate word in its justification? Who will aathoritatively silence the Press, which with lackey servility humours the inseosate mob, forgetting its hon ourable duty to truth and eq my?

say-justice?

"You will "Nover! It is wholly on the side of the crl. minal-the hero'; it must save him for the sake of the mob, for the sake of the 'honour! of the nation. You will say, perhaps, his friends or his unhappy wife?

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By

year ending 30th

June, 1906 ....... $50,000,00

Amount written off

for depreciation

for year ending

30th June, 1956... 11,209.45.

Exchange account Auditora lees Remuneration to consulting commitice for 12 months...... Remuneration to general man- agers for office expenses, for 12 months.....ivamvayra Balance......

Balance of profit and Inis ace

count, 30th June, 1996

General interest account .......... ......Interest-on-mortgage-account-

Coal account.

Profit on running the compa- ny's steamers during the year

600,00

10,000,00

Witchell swam throughout the race on his bick and did very wall, as also did Ellie who, though the youngest of the competitors, managed to beat many stronger, and bigger

During the fiscal year 1907,938 Chinese minors were admitted into the islands, of whom 124 $ 61,809.45 were over 16 years of age, and uut 35 were girls. 938-5 Several cases have conie to the attention of the customs authorities in which children imported as legitimate minor sons and daughters were 3,000.co subsequently found to have been slaves. Theen. The favourites, viz., Barros and Cooke, did case of Chan Hai Man has been made the sub-not come up to expectation, due no doubt to their ject of criminal prosecution.

keeping too close an eye on each other, thus The business of importing minor "sons" has repeating the mistake of Jim Witchell and N. asumed large proporilons in the port of Manila. Alver last year. The winner, A. B. Thomas, and so affects the figures that instead of a de. has a good stroke and proved himself to be an crease in Chinese population, which was the Excellent swimmer and the dark borse this obvious intent of the system of exclusion laws year, covering the distance in 28 minutes and 10 4/5 seconds Pereira also swam a good of congress, as also Art, 702 of the commission, $61,809.45 the number of arrivals grently exceeds the num-

race, as also did Gunner Ward, but the latter 1,922.51ber of departures..

did not come up to his.comrades (the Gunners') 47,854.82-

expectations, 1,005.00

117,488.15 *$192,805.75

Bo,212.07 $192,805.75

BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1907.

· Liabilities, Capital Account:

20,000 shares at $50 Underwriting account of the cam Reserve, lund.

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Sundry accounts payable. Unpaid dividends. Unpaid bonus

Profit and loss account

Assets,

Value of the Cu.'s

steamers;

No, the friends. of the deceased, a small group of students and officers, of the Japanese division-are con inconsiderable and power- less: the means for honest fight are weak; their cry of indignation and contempt will diz. away without trace, and will not stir the con science of the executioners, por summon the Add alterations since flush of shame to their faces exulting with binody joy.

"Drenched in their turn with the hog-wash. the Japanese Press, accused by it of espionage, have vainly sought support of the representa dogged at every step hy secret pursuit, they tives of their country in Japan-there it was not, there they prized too highly their peace of mitid, and far considerations of higher politics, they hardly care to spoil their digestion by meddling in this ticklish affair. Our diplomacy is ambiguously silent, hoping for a fortunate chance which has never yet saved it at a critical moment,

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kaitan, Batching and falmiin, as per läst report... 168-pco co-

made...

.760.00

$685,760.00

Lesk amount written off as resolved at last general meet. ing

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Value al buoys & moor-

Les

1.1 incontrovertible that a number of the alleged minor sans became clerks, porters, la bourers, coofies, etc., and thus entered into active competition with the Filipino people for whose protection the exclusion laws have been applied to these islands,

Mr. A. Rodger, chairman of the Victoria Recreation Club, at the conclusion of the race, pratented the winners with their prizes.

In doing so he remarked that the race. was one of the finest he had ever seen. The Chinn Mail had promoted the race in Hongkong, and the swimming was good. for the last two yearA ánd be encouraging to them to find such a large

it

must

Collector McCoy and his associates believe that the present liberality in the interpretation of the immigration laws so far as they relate to minor children has not only built up a slave trado, but is actually defeating the..salutary an interest in see an many specta purposes of the legislation as a whole and gives lors taking an interest in the affair, He $1,000,000.00 to the natives of these islands a shadow of seen many races in Hongkong across the har 264,638.79 protection against wage competition when it bour, but he had never before seen so much interest taken in one, and seeing that there was intended that they should have the sub-

was now so much interest among both specta 96,988,32 mance. 14,030 14 Present conditions virtually admit to the tore and competitors he hoped that this would 074 50 local labour market-large numbers of their be-an-annual event, It was certainly right

that long distance swimming should be encour 138 on most dangerous rivals and not only that, but 117,488 15 these rivals are young men who are in, or are "ged in Hongkopy, therefore he would ask approaching, their prime, and their competition everybody present in give three cheers for the promoters, who were also the donors of the $1,503,958.00 is most to be feared.

prizes.

9,000.00 $676,760.0 i

$34.310.29

2,809.45.

ings at Swalow, Amoy Tameuland Hongkong, as per - Inst teport

amount written off as resolved at Inst general meel- ing .................

Lost on mortgage Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (current account) Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (fixed deposit) ... Freights due on 30th June, 1917 Bundry,Accts. Receivable from

Agencies, &c.... Unexpired tonnage dues. Coal Afc, stock in hand Cash in hand.

At first the great majority of Chinese.mer chants who applied for permission to bring minor sons into the island were from Manila, but now the p ovinces furnish the majority not- withstanding that the provinces contain the minority of the Chinese population.

This curious fact could-be-accounted for in the theory that the provincial Chinese mer chants' were sending for their sons os soon as the conditions in their respective providces were sufficiently settled to permit them to enjoy the society of their children without danger to the latter. It is more probable, how- ever, that it is because it is easier to prepare a fictitions case in the provinces where there are no immigration inspectors to carefully investi gate such cases.

Thuy it can be seen that nearly 1,000 Chi nese youths are being brought in every year to not only live in Manila,; but to seri'e' throughout all the provinces and in that extent stifle the commercial chances of the rising generation of Filipinos.

The three cheers having been accorded, Mr. W, Bains returned thanks, in brief.

Mr. Rodger then présented the prizes. In .. banding Mr. Thomas his prize, Mr. Rodger said he hoped that he would be able to push his way through life as he had pushed his way through the water that day (cheer) To Mr. C. J. Conke, the second min, he said:"You swam a good race, and if you only gol secand you swam, fast enough for first. If the other man had not been there you would have got the first (Cheers and laughter.) To Mr. Barros, the third man, he said am sorry you were not first, but keep on practising and next year you won't he far behind."

Three cheers were then given for Mr. Rodger, and the gathering dispersed.""

FIRE IN WING LOR SIREET,

Messrs. Palmer and Tuner, architects, wrote to the Secretary of the Sanitary Board, on the

The chief local event during the year was 30th utt as follows: Dear Sir-On behalf the disbandment of the Chinese Regiment, of the loagkong Hotel Company we begi apply to the Board for permission to crect aning to the decision of the Imperial Govern

ment to remove all military forces except a additional water closet on the ground floor of

marices from Wei-hai-wei. ''The dis the hotel in the present lavatory, at the north. east corner of the buildings; and enclosn a plan appearance of that regiment is in many ways Ia great loss to this Territory, Its behaviour showing the position and details of W.C., and

was always very good and the number of the formal printed application.

The two existing W.C.'s in this portion of Its sinartness and efficiency fully confirmed "black sheep" among the men was very small. the buildings are insufficient for the number using them. The outside public use them to a

the belief that under British officers a China man can, be made an excellent anidier, and the certain extent, in addition to the persons using

officers and non-commissioned officers who the bars, and a proportion of the huicl residents; and it is a common occurrence to find both responsible for the training of the men deserve great credit for the successful result of W.C.'s occupied and two or three persons their training and discipline, Disbanded sol waiting. The additional öne is much wanted.”

diers in Chinnave not a good reputation. The Sanitary Surveyor micuted that the

As they are genitally turned adrift with no water supply is adequate and there is no drain thing in their pockets, they are driven to find a nge objection. The section shows a "was living in a manner which frequently results out" basin, which is not à self-cleansing fitting,

Mr. A. Shelton Hooper and Mr. Humphreys Wei-hai-wei learned that: disbandment of the is crime. When, therefore, the inhabitants of miuuted: Grant.

Chinese Regiment was about to take place, they not unnaturally became somewhat ner vous, and were afraid that many of the men, having no regular accupation, would remain in the Tertiory looking for wask, and not finding any would resort to nefarious acts to eke out a living. But their fears proved groundless, for no trouble of any kind occurred. The men were treated liberally, having been granted a á bonus of three months' pay, and every assist. ance was rendered, to them to enable them to reach their homes. Thanks are due to General Ventris, who was general officer commanding. in North China; to Colonel. Bruce and Captain Dent of the Chinese Regiment for the ready mander in which they met the wishes of this Government in carrying out the disbandment. By the removal of the military from Wei-hil wei many buildings were placed at the disposal of this Government. Soms of these the Go verament have been able to utilise as Govern ment offices, a school, and a hospital, and others have been let. But there are still many buildings unoccupied of which it has not been Thus do the Japanese avenge." possible to make any use, and for which no To what end this unnecessary and savage tenants have yet been found. The disband. thirst for blood? For what this bacchanalia? ment of the regiment necessitated the appoint. For what this shemeless gloating over a help ment of a district officer and an increase in the less and weak woman, a' police. Mr. R. F. Johnston was appointed to worthy of a civilized country? Or do the Jap. gloating wholly un- the post of district officer. He resides in the anese once only wish to prove that having ficari of the Territory and is able to keep in taken a purely imitative route to the summit

close touch with the headmen who are respon civilization, they have not dared to penatrals to sible for the maintenance of good order in their the deep secrets of true culture, in order there villages. He also discharges the duties of to borrow the very best and most precious? magistrate, which saves people having to travel "Yes, it is so They have cared 100 little long distances to have their cases heard at Pon for the improvement of the spirit and of those Edward, as was necessary when there was only moral principles which so distinguish them through the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, and about railway sleepers and rails were ordered one magistrate.

from the European. The prejudices and moral Mr. Lockhart reports that the trade of Wei obliquity of a recent past are still too active in 40,000 sleepers will be delivered in Amoy in AN unemployed bricklayer named Tsang Trau, bai-wel still remains small, aud, under present the conceptions of the native, and only time October at St.15 per piece. The rails were said at 4. Took Bau Lang, was caught in circumstances it is not possible to be sanguine and gradual understanding of the true pro Mitsui Bustan Kaisha. Tis, 50,000 have been last Monday. The child was left by its mother ordered from Hanyang Iron Works through the the act of removing a gold mounted rallan regarding its future development. Thirteen blems of culture can obliterate the moral chest-

baogle from the wrist of a three-year-old child, prospecting licences were issued during the comings of a primitive existence and guard the

sent to the Hanyang Iron Works in kosilting on the curbstone outside the Central

time Viceroy Yuan Shib-kai renewed the year. The Weihai-wel Gold Mining Company, country from such, savage and disgraceful as a deposit against order,.-Shanghai Times,"

Market, while she went in to make a purchase, memorial, which met the same unmerited fata Limited, not having found its operations satis manifestations, for an enlightened country, as

Trang Trad noticed this and approached the Since his Excellency's prosence in Peking, ho factory, has cessed working and is now in the murder of Z. A. Mayeds and the altitude CAPTAIN H. M. Close, Royal Garrison Artlilery child, just as he was about to remove the his for the third time presented his memorial THE: ground of the Hongkong Cricket Club liquidation: It appears that fruit trees made of the entire Japanese public towards that has been appointed armament officer at Hong-bangle, Lam Taze Fung, a ciek, living at so, will be opened for net practica op Monday, satisfactory progress, but have not been long murder.

and it has at last met with success, as, an im the agrd Dataat. The opening match of the enough established to yield any large quantity

kong, Captain Close has been a gunner officer Connaught Road Central, who was passing at perial Rescript, has been issued commanding Sleep the eternal sleep, humble worker for for 11 years, and was amongst the likie band that moment, grabbed him and handed him that all the persons recommanded by Yusa Besson-1st XL All Comers will take place of fruit. With regard to shipping, during the science, and hope that in the fature history willful of regular troops which defended Kimberley over to a policeman. At the Police Court, on Shib-kai shall receive promotion in the manner. on Saturday, 28th, Members, wishing to parti- | twelve months 473 steamers, representing a brand with obfoquy the authors of thy death during the siege. For his services he was Tuesday, the thiel was convicted and sentenced suggested by the memoriallst. This cansed cipate in the above match are requested to sign tonnage of 363,202 tons, catered the port, au and restore thy tamished honour and good mentioned in despatches, and received the their hames in the Match Book at the Pavilion. I compared with 56a steamers with a tonnage of paine!"

'to three weeks' hard labour, to be exposed in Tich' Llang to send in his resignation of the Queen's medal with two clasps'.

the stocks for four koure, and to be floggedy, Ministry of Warji:

In the House of Commons, Mr. Runciman moved that the contract-dated Aug, 7, 1907, between the Postmaster General "and the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company for the conveyance of the East India, China, and Australia mails for the period -from Feb. 1, 1968, to Jan. 31, 1915, be approved

Mr. Holt criticised the contract, and urged the advantages of the Siberian reute for the China trade.

Mr. Havelock Wilson raised the question of the accommodation provided for Lascars and the food scale in Peninsular and Oriental liners.

Mr. Runcimai, in reply, stated that the principal objection to the Siberian route wat The question of cost. With reference to the Lascars, the Goverment had no power to place restrictions upon the F. and O. Company. It was true that the Government paid a subsidy 10 the company, but the Postmaster-General drove an exceedingly hard bargain, and had succeeded in reducing the subsidy by at least 410,000 a year, and securing a reduction in the period of transit.

The Labour members, challenged a division when the resolution was agreed to by 93 to 19.

"The wife of the deceased remains. But what can this timid,, sickly woman do to save the husband, in order to wash away from him the shameful-mark-of-spy-and-traitor Under a burden of despair, scarcely re- covered from illness, without means, alone and unprotected, she, is now in the street either her own father, nor any of the hotels, none of her fellow country- men' wish to open to her the doors of their house; for them was too little the blood of the hosbaod alone; they cannot be satisfied with the bitter tears of a woman trampled in the mud-they demand a new victim, driving her to starvation or suicide,

of

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$31,500 84. 576,00.00 48,512.31

50,000.00 $1/75-73 64,387.69 1.235.8 2,038.40 1,847.86

$1,503,958,00

THE FUNKIEN RAILWAY,

Fahkien Railway Company, has ordered two A despatch from Amoy sintes that the

locomotives for the above named railway. pastdag & Co. and the other through the One of them has been ordered through MessZE.

Mitsui Bussan Kaisha in Amoy. Each is to cost 18,0:0 dollars.

The

ONE HOPA GUTTED.

Shortly after one o'clock last Monday mor ing a fire broke out at 8, Wing Lok Fireet, resulting in damage, approximately, to the ex- tent of $18,000. The ground for of the building was occupied by a fire crackels' dealer, the first and recond floors being used by one Li Fa Lan, a cloth merchant.

ha fire, which orig nated in the ground floor, was discovered the map on the look-out at No. 5 Polica Station and the alarm sent in. By the time the fire brigade, under Caplain Lyons, arrived on the scene, the whole building was envelop ed in flames. Fortunately, little or no wind was blowing at the time and, assisted by the heavy rain which was falling, the firemes- were anccessful in extinguishing the flames before it had time to spread to the adjoic-

Steps are to be takes at once by Collector McCoy to weed out as far as possible the fraudulent provincial cases. To begin with he has recommended to the governor-general and the commission that the age limit at which Chinese minors are imported to lowered from 21 years to 16 years, as it was formerly, An other plan to be put in operation will be the esforcement of a rule laid down

by Henry, C. Ide in 1905 that many of the so-called Chinese merchants are merely petty shop keepers and are not entitled to the minor sons and other privileges of merchants.

This single sole will cut out a goodly per centage of the slave trade. A third weapon will be a recent customs dec sion prohibiting the multiplicity of partnerships in a small business in order that every alleged partner may go to China and bring back with himing "building. Three

or four fake sona,

Still another possibility in this direction would be for the bureau of internal revenue to apply section bo of the internal revenue act, ness to register his nama, place of residence, which requires every person engaged in busi-

trade ar business whether alone or in a partner- ship, thus making frand less càsy ::

The whole building, how- ever, was gutted. The ground floor, as far: al. we could learn, was uninsured, while the se capd and third flors were insured for $16,000, covered by Mears. Fander Wieler and Com

pany.

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SOON after the Russo-Japanese War Viceroy Yuan Shih kai memorialized the Throne asking tor rewards for the civil and military officers who, under trying conditions, had been able to keep the peatrality of China intact in Man-

for report, was shelved by Tich lang. After churia and in Chibli. This memorial, when handed by the Throne to the Ministry of War

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