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wained 157,110vner. Taalaj ep that läit your we ware still ahead of the former year by abma 23: million "tasis. Japan, tanka" next to" Great Britain alone. the nations exporting goods

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THE Admiralty bars appointed T. J. S. Lyns to the Kinsko, addiile all, and in command, on recom undated.

55,000 which in the falling: "members of the L'egislativa. Council had; rate of agch nge will no nathing. l'aiked for Bible was iba pikia, lucid, and tike $600

delalled ranaif they had bean led to expect there is undoubtedly a general desira on Why, the parlodical report by the manager of the pair of all sensible members of the Rants is as clear as the soonday sus in com, to the Celestial E-pire, ale imports of Japanese the object of health and the best methods of guarding agaidht disense is of perennial inters A. S. WATSON & CO., community that the railway from Kowloon to puriain with the Resident Engineo's statement. products by China boʻng set down.at, toughly, Miguna

Canton should be completed at as early a date to be meantime, a succession of events had 571 million taels, which was about three and a

Lit, not because people are really concerned Ar as torenitore held at Buckingham as possible, that dealin in tempered by a foul- arisen which withdrew attention from the railway half millions less than the value of the goods with health problems but owing to the perpetual on 21st ult. Mr. J. Ball, Chief loterpreter ing that up to the present there has been on works and for the space ofald, or eight months taken

qedi sigaam of advice with, which they are regaled. – Hupreme Court of Hongkong, received the "the "prev{"aïyır, a fact excessiva degree of secrecy observed as to the we have been systematically kept in the dark sup

burdenegant From the lining of the topee to the aples of perial Service Order. will be variously attributed", All [196 fionncial positum of the construction works, regarding what is being done on the feminiular, the continent of Europe, Russis excluded, bros there are candid, critics with per COMMANDER C. T. Berrett, who will canimls.

thepries on the subject. And the oldet mer sien the sloop Clio, is a smart Never once has the community, the people Nothing in the way of cows has been profared, could only account for 31 million taeli as the

who has made a hobby of the subject is about years' experience in DAVA) EffİTS. who have to pay the piper, been taken into the and, if there is anybody outside the charmed | cost of the goods I thded by the

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the deadliest sort of incubus that one could Commander of the your, 1903, and bus served cwfidence of the Government. Under Sir shicle who known whether the Canton-Kowloon | trias of the Weil' to Chium That i WAS

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meet in a day's march. He has theories on the previously in Chinese water. Matthew Nathan the progress on the railway | railway si sdff in course of construciled, or | tion of almost exactly five million tials on the

subject of rising, buçan talk learnedly about the. The house coolie in the employ of the Harbour. was as so lulqusly concelled us if the waik whether it has been abandoned allogither,

allogether, year preceding, alih ughli I was an increase of were the private and particular hobby off the he he must either begfed with the know two and a half millions over 1915. Of that danger of using too much soap in the bath tub master (Comdr. Basi K. H. Taylor) who was Goverers and the Public Works Department. edge of Old Moore or have been bors a spiaggregate, Germany was responsible for of dampness is houses, the origin of continual distbedience to lawful orders, wai, his knowledge of the habits of the mosquito, the charged to the Police Court, yesterday, with Vail sums of money 'were appropriated without ituslistic medium, lo a mouth, as we have said, goods in the value ol, 16 millions 2018, even the formal sanction of the Legislative, the Estimates in all probability will be placed Belgium to millas and a half. France 3 the skin which he careful y avaldi himself— LIEUTENANT W. L. Fielding and Lieutenant

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pany was spent. To ask for information was )'Exreliency the Governor is doubtless even now gery one and a „ball", millions, and so opish Association, One Manil, medico, we appointed 'Cade's 'in 1907 and 1905, and here.

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could only find Chisere purchasers of goods to remembi, delivered himself of a lengthy the extent of 2,7 o sieli," it is quite evi-'entité on the question whether it was advisabla that the boycott had a serious effect on the for wise to indulge in the morning bath, and export made of the United States so far as the barguments were an furcible that he all but vinced his readers.fr, b.bly they would Chinese Empire is concerned, for whereas in co

object d in the hole-and-corner methods purs that which says "To Canton-Kowlouo rail-1905 the Chinese accepted goods valued at have been convinced if they could have decided

10 lavite some debulous explanation which explained nothing. Nobody suggested that there was any banky-panky business behind this extraordinary and entirely unwarranted serve on the part of the Government, butevery body concerted with officialdain strongly

sued War' it to be wondered at that strange rumoure were current regarding the doings at the railway, of inexplicable "delays and "dopticated operations rendered re cessary by defective original plans, and the consequent abnormal enhancement of the es timated cost? The people of Hongkong are but human and if they had to find the money

on the table the Legislative Council His

putting the finishing touchestother. We would earnestly suggest then that His Excellency, in fulfilment of his promise, will see to it that's complete record of the estimated expanditure on the railway during 19.84949 is provided in the Estimater, Such a happy-go-lucky system

way, so much" will not do. What is wanted is a clearly-defined and explicit account of how it is proposed to spend the monies which the Council will be called upon to vote for this work. In other words, an itemised statement of experditure, from which those who read may are. We trust that His Excellency will re- cognise the force of this suggestion, which, when

44.436, on taels, in gay the value of the in the end whether he was in favour imports had fallen to 36,923,000 laels, which it may also be stated was less than half the value of American exporta to China in iços Against dirret imports from British India the sum of 3913.000 taels is marked, and that is the last

the bath or against it, but as robidy coilu be certain what his conclusions were people went on bathing, or refraining from bathing just as they had been accustomed to do previously, The latest health docior of the amateur of the big figures. From that sum there variety has been airing his views in that hi, hly sudden drop to 9 million from lado-Chins, interesting publication The Journal of Trepinal 6 millions from the Dutch Indios, millions Medicin and Hygiene, and to tell the truth his

mot bee previously east of Suez

Tux reorganisation of the Times under (he new proprietary bus bogus. While the new proprietors include Lord Rothschild, and hold Cromer, the cunnalling interest, a contempor ary states, is in the hands of Lord Northcliffe, the chief proprietor of the Daily Mail. Tux Chinese authorities : Chiestao bave de sided to discontinue the embargo on certain As a result of this decision the negotiations with Japan have been resumed and in view of the recent rains all fours on the part of Chida of a possible famiae have been removed.

to build the tailway they naturally tell that they all is said and done, is the simpla com from Singapore and the 'Strai = generally, one viewa are wonderfully sane. Indeed, they to be made as to the disclosure of the fact that

were entitled to some reasonable statement mi

from Canada, down to 6s which was the words by anybody who has spent four or five and a half millions' from Korea, oce million might have been stated in almost the same

value of the goods sent to Caina by all South years in the Far East or in tropical countries, the neighbouring Colony of Macão was respon them, and the only wonder is that be, thought America. We had almostomitted to mention that Tacre is nothing rash or revolutionary about

to his own pledse. Everybody appreciates the to the character of the work proceeding and fact that His Excellency is at this period of the success sit ined. But the list Governor Hongkong's history being required to sustaip was adamacı; his idea appeared to be that the burdens which were unknown to his predeces inxpayers should coualder it sufficent honoursors, and that he has to beat the bust of any to be allowed to pay without asking' embar..|"mistakes committed b (jhare who came before, Prassing questions. Pe carried through that him, that the framing of the Estimates is a

tesible for a by no means inconsiderable the of fit to publish them, unlass i be that policy with a high hand which on very rare, colossal task if the Colony is to make both ends Bressions was "called ' by the unofficial mem-mret at the end of the fiancial year, but' we

bers of this Lexislative Counci', ard up to the day of his departure the public know as much about the British section of the Canton-Kow. loon sailway as they knew of the North Pole. Whatever they fearned was gleaned through the medium of casual visitors who were nonble ja judge, or from disgruntled workmen who Had a very powerful reason to put the worst

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submit that this question of the construction of the railway and the cost of the work is of prime importance and should receive that chief place among the items as the Extimates to which it is entitled.

777,951 last year, and that despite the eps of the commercial missionaries who, have been sent out by vilious States in the Commonwealth with the object of boomie Australion, products. Such a result certs nly calls for remark, and it would be decided.

A TELEGRAM to the Wich) Nichi stalas that resident Roosevelt has ordered, investigations

the authorities concerned have hitherto been. immigration companies across the Mexican tolerating the smuggling of Asiatice by various and Columbien blundaries,

day for burglary. "It was alleged that during Two coolles were arrested at Yad-ma-ti yeulor

the night of the 131b inkaut they loiced an entrance into 63, Station Sheet South, and". of the stolen property, it was stated, has been sole some 55 worth of wearing, appare. Part recovered. The accused were charged and

he fanghang If clegraph, brighter era seemed to have dawned. The un-seughly 416,50,000 teelt, an increase of some sinners of Commerce have to say on the that will lurexcat the young and foutish. Begin-favour, not dislike that of good quality: firolp

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the imports into China, having seat goods the he has sofortunately met a number of his value of no less than 5,841,000 tals. It is im- fellow-mes who are at variance with him and possible to conceive what has come ov Kas now seeks to clinch bis arguments by the power sin nds with the great Empire which she of cold type. In a sort of preface he shows, alemanded in the Pulico Court, today once essayed to chaperon, for last year the imit were; his qualifications to give advice an 1

Mait news from Peking says that the dren of ports from Russia ports in Europe had instruction on this all-important subject. "After the Queen's Own Cameran Highlanders, some dwindled to 18,13 talla as compared with having passed some months on the lathmus of of the man of which are doing duty at the 41514,000 taels in 1890s, nearly 2 millions in Tehuantopeç," he saya, "and then twb yours Legation, bax greally takes the fancy of the FORMINŲ IMPORIS IN CHINA. 1905 and 33,049. Luels in 1906. There is a on the Gold Coast of West Africa, 1 have just Celestiale. Some of the latter hate diso p’eked, and falling-off there. From Ru-sian ports in returned from the jungles about 400 miles up dan ken "taking the place of the time- „up the phrases and accent of the Highlanderi There are some exceedingly important des the Facifi, however, there appears CO.side foremost. Now, such a state of affairs ductions to be drawn from the analytical report steadily growing impul trade, the figures America. Fortunately I have never suffered

to be, the Magdalena River in Colombia, South honoured " me notaven" and 10 00. —L & C may be all very well under an autocracy but on the foreign trade of China during last year for the past four years being: 190-885,120 hom fever, and iny staff have kept singularly MK. Hobhouse, replying la s printed statement

Express. it is not nearly good enough for Hongkong. The report has all the weight and authority of tae's ;-19:6–531,595 taçlk; 1995-91,9,6 11e's: well after proper hygienic arrangements had to a question by Mr. Brigg, M., states (bai jde>-- What is a railway after all that all matters in the Statistical Department of the Imperial and 1904–53,254 canis, Aross the frontier been side. The first year in West Africa, total of the Peking indemnity payable by Chion connection with It should be wrapped up and Maritime Customs and may therefore be taken time which separates China from Husia these, owing to the incompleteness of these arranger was fixed at TIL 450,0:0,000, of which the swathed in the bords of privacy? What as being practically incontrovertible. To deal are no business transactions whatever. Ausmenis, many men died or were lovalided home British shara was Ti 50,0:0,545-about -secrets were there to reveal that they had with generalites in the first place, it in record tralia's trade with our neighbour continues to on account of malarial fever. Thy secord year 6250,00. Under the terms of the Protocol. to be so strenuously guarded from the publiced that in toy the aggregate volume of imports droop having fallen from a million and a half no 6-e died, though some were invalided. Inlog over the period to 1940 These annulifes the indemnity is to be paid by annguies extend. July 15, at West Hampa'zad, A. M. Mear? 5 might be all very well to say wis valued at 419,011,661 Haikwad tatlo, antaels, in 1995, pearly a million is 19 6, and the swamps of Teh santepec, bath north and ROBERTSON-WALKER 10 MADGE ROBERTSON, but the reputation of Sir Matthew Nathan increase of nearly a millin tails 1.the figures

south of the Tehuantepec Hailway, I lost no put of the sum is overdue,

ats being paid punctually and luty, and no daughter pfiats A, McIver, of Hongkong, 2

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an a military engineer was bound up in the of the preceding year, and considerably over

one, and only the natives suffsted from fever, On August 13 1908, at Shanghai, Mantz successful construction of the liar, but the in 300 million tele se compared wi hi ten years

in Colombia, ost of twelve men working for CHINEER gardeners grow a variety of murard, HANERN, wife of B. Hansen, I. M. Customs, erests of the laxpayers of Honglong are lenge, 1898, when the imp-ris, were valued at

"which is exceptional in the cabbage liko' ten months in the jungle, no one died, and only dimensions of its leaves, They are of aged, 53 years.

es more important than any oficial a reputa218,245,747 Laels. Of these imports last year

two men suffered from fever, and there only for yellowish green colour, as much as 16 in. longe tion, no matter how highly placed he may be, some million taels in value were rexagon

a few days each." From these circumstances be sometimes crimped like the savoy The With the coming af Sir Frederick Lugarda ed so that the actual imports amounted to ly interesting to learn what those C.mm's has compiled a table which contains good deal leaves ate boiled and eates as we do the com

mon cabbage, and they have a very agreeable official embers, led by the formerrepresenta. 6 milting tacis' worth over 1905. In ten years point. If Ching found it profitable to take sing with that most important question whether tops in spring, in India and other tropical Sive of the Chamber of Commerce, demanded the foreign import trade of China has, within a goods to the value of a milling and a half tela a man should become a teetotaler when he countries this cabbage-leaved mustard is a HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1908 that a full and can lele statement as in the few millions, doubled in valor, so that came from Australia in 19-4 why is it that she was leaves his native lind, the write says that hybly esteemed vegetable, and it is augmented

progress of work on the railway should be conception of the growing importance of the Content with half that quantity in897, especialmen accustomed to a moderate amount of tight be acclimatised in this country. HIS EXCALLENCY AND THE given, together with an account of the into per Chir ese, maries to merchants in Europe ty as her aggregate imports fasted of being of liquor at home, and a moderate moust abroad THE belief in the power for evil of Fengshui FAILWAY ESTIMATBN, in which the enormous suris appropriated and America may be realised. In America, the decile are actually on the increase it should stick to London gin that reads has had much to do in preventing China's vast Reference was made yesterday in another have stid-had been expended. His Ex-trade is appreciated at its true worth, but the exceptionally large and valu s were, cortes, so far as we know, gin is not at present a

in an uutely uncoastaudional way as we especially, the value of the Chinese true that a 1904 the Chloe10imp wis were, like a free advertisement for somebody, and mineral wealib from being exploited, just as it.... retarded- railways for some time. A coires-v connection to the onerous and exceptionally rellency's teply was all that could be American exposters have been handicapped in pondingly high, but a decrease of 7;0,099 els fariously popular stimulan: in Hongkong it the case where the occupant of a small house pondent of the Standard at Shanghai noW NDIAY difficult task that must be occupying His Ex-desurd. Nahing was to be withheld from their dealings with the Middle Kingdom for in three years on a million and a half does may have the effect of giving a flip to the begund an engineer not to stretch, telegraph Collency the Governor in collaboration with those whose privilege it was to vote the money variety of reasons, which are well understood not speak well for the energies of the glorified brand-named. The difficulty always is to dis-wires across his dealing. In spite of he the heads of the Government Departments is requ red. Everything was to be laid bare fox fa Furope however, it would appear, as if the Australian commercial, travellers. The same cover the "miderate" amount, different people protests the wire was put up, and when, 'a' ftw! framing the Budget, which, in the usual course, their bet and their right to all ibformation manufacturers who rely on an export trade thing may be said of Canada. Last year having widely different ideas on the subject will be presented in the Legislative Council ia connection with the railway was to be ade-are contens to resi on their cars so far as China China was one of Canada's customers to the Teetotalers should remain teetotal "if they are next month, it is probable that no Governor quately recognised. Up to this time, it would is concerned, and this applies to Great Britain extent of 1,130,00) faels, whereas in 196 the not unduly weakened thereby," which is a very since the early days when the Colony was in have taken aq exceeriagly clever-individual to as well as to other countries, althou, b when value of the goods supplied by the Dominion equivocal statement to say the least" Here is the chrysalis stage has been faced with a more discover in the Estimates what provision had we mention Great Britain we are placed in the was 4,465,000' raels, and for the two years so important rule: Those accruomed to perplexing and intricate duty in accurfimo been made for the con-truction works, and set quandary of being unable to say what propor previous it was well over the two million drink in moderation should not suddenly be dating the expenditure to the revenue than that few huated in vin for the information which tion of British products is represented in the mark. Another table shews the value of come total abstaines on arrivind at a fevar which has fallen to the tor of Sir Frederick was concealed under the extraordinary heading Chineso imporis from Hongkong and the the direct foreign importe into each Customs tube." Cmment on that is unpeifiatus: Then Lugard. No matter what exigency schemes are of top-flective and charitable services and Sirahs. For example, it is recorded that last district, and to those who will read be he has a rule which shows that he knows noth the world in 1903-Aniweip 21,670,118; Hams, WWW PORN cleared at the six principal shipping point of 3 adopted to meet the special and peculiar needs the sub-beading of "charge on account of year. goods to the value of the buge sum of of the situation it is certain that the community pulic debt. The humourist whose skill 155,642,000 taels were, imparted from Hong-teresting reading. We have frequently referred moderation, combined with as many vegetables. 19,407,942, New York 10,380,953. Holterdar tween the lines it pada extremely in ing about Chiga at any rate: A maat diet in burg 20,120,198, Hongkong 19,833,666, London, will find simple rease? for cavilling. The burden was devoted to the task of playing will-the-king as compared with 144.936,000,12cs, op the taxpayer, already heavy, is certain to be wisp for the public benait eclipsed himself, previous year and 148.million in 925 Aas a port of call ar.d'how just our contenir in watercress, leltece and such weget Lies as are vanels which have been entered or cleared to the rapid strides which Canton.is making as can be conveniently fizested, expecially 15,324,480, The ab ve figures do not includs Increased is now directions for a variety of and his chuckles of satisfaction are yet audible Increase of more than 13 million tacts in a year that one of these days. Canton will wrest great reasons which are too familiar to our readers to Sir Frederick Logard promised that in future isoméibing tobosst about, and if we o. ly knew part of Hongkong's distributing trade to her

from or to places abroad at some other port la require repetition, but even if there were no there should be none of this bide-and-seek what countries were represented in the total self may be seen from the advances made an exceptional circumstances to complicate the business about the Estimates, and, going, and the proportion of each we might then moisily in her direct foreign imports. Last year situation, there would still remain the additional fanber, stated that a special report would be arrive at a better understanding of the relative the value of the foreign goods landed at Canton expenditure involved by the payment of extra called for from the Resident Engineer of the importance of each in the commerce ofas put st 19,820,200 waels as against 25,966,599 ved" and early to rise is, of course, another interest on the loan borrowed for railway coo- railway. This the air was cleared, and people Chjes. But even if all the countries on the

CHANG LEUNO, the police aspect, does not struction. What that means was briefly cul waited expectantly for the information which lace of the earth had an equal share in the figures speak for themstival and seed no com- tepid or hot water in the afternoon. The writer od ignorance on his past will perhaps, cosa

taols in 1905 and about the same in 1,05. These recommendation, white you, should bitbe in know the law of meum and tum. This alleg. Raed by His Excellency at the Legislative they had long 'sought, and lived in hopes of exports from Hongkong,' which is, of course, ment whitever. As might be expected Shang-some to think that people bave Bething else dearly. Chang is a conlin, with quari Council wheu advocating the formation being able to pederstand the situation from the absurd, even if Great Britain's not the baishowsthelargest directtrado, the value of the to do but look after their stomachs and their other end of the city, to wit, Shau of a typhoon shelter at Mongkektui. O Resident Engineer's report. 'la dus course originating centre of the goods transhipped at fere ga producis landed altho Nonthera pont be bodies. They should keep out of the sun, sall in the Central Marke that occasion it was observed by the Governors that report arrived and a more inexplicable do Hongkong, still the mother country, is an ing 191,765,000 tuels, and no other place comes main only one year in a fever district, est a

an early hour yesterday mording, he "Naxt year we shall have to provide $150,000 coment it bet seldom bees our fate to see. easy first in the value of her exports to Chine, near it. Trentain is repuscuted by about 39 much of the food of the country

wear a pith helmet, take three meals a day, for some crabs. A basket conti extra for interest on railway construction, Perhaps à fer experts la railway engineer- although there is another reduction do the total. and these sums for the railway will go on ing might have been abis

as possible or 10 of that particular speci million sel Kowloon by 29,8zq,coɔ: taɛls; } shark's fins and bird's nest soup?-laka pianty

produced for lospection. steadily increasing until they culminate in head or tail of it and arrive at some Editale goods to the value of 37,563, 03-irale, half millions, Amay by asarly iz militions, changing them, whenever they beg a to show Ching and the crib bed

make Whereas last year China took from Great Swap by 17,039.0.0 tasty Lappa by '11 and of Rice, and wear as few clothes at pissible, holder had turned his back it 1913 when we shall have to create a sinking conclusion as to what had been done or left in the year previous she disposed of 78,738,000 Dairen by 10 miltions, Foochow by over 6 and sinine every day and aperients when acces in the hope of maklos fand on our borrowjogs. In that year, including undone or dona over again on the tallway, but taels' work, and in 1905, 86,171,000 tael, 10.

the marks of perspiration. For medicine, the alarm was raised and, Interest and sinking food, we may assume we we fancy that the majority of those who even that for the last two years, that is 10 becagaoting proceeds to caumerate the articles inceforth those who manage to cach colds: Biberoan

ball, elt. The report from which we have ty. It is all very simple and easy. In that to thief, rushed to the shall have to pay four and a half on one million stempted to find out what is was all about - 1907 and 1936 there has been stariing and three and a half on hilf a million must have risen from it more befogged than off in the imports received from Great Billain. steady falling

And it should. valuable guide or plague or dengan have, As] Marling. That will amount to a capital sum ever." This was not the sort of information that, Ins904, however, the

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eaten raw," The man who gorged himself on such delicacies of the market garden would find aimself at Happy Valley in no time at least the Medical Cficer of Health says so and he should be in a position to know." Early to

who had made so much ado, he completely changed his views, and saw in the wi'es power months inlor, twin sons were born to the mis

ful and benevolent Fengshui, who bad bleed. him with two 10-L. &a C F xpress Me Churchill, in reply to a question in the House of Commons by the Earl of Ronaldshay, supplied the following diateness of the foil tonnage of vesicle, which entorns, and

the respective countries on the same voyage, fibese, duplicate entries, or clearances could be included his figures for Londen would pro bably be increased to greater extent than those for the other parts mentioned.