THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY OCTOBER
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LD, which than cost 6 francs ($230) a pound, was
ANNUAL REPORT.
The report for pression to the share- holder at the twenty-seventh ordinary manting, to be held at the offices of the company, on Friday, ayrd list at noon, renda s—and
The general agents and consulting committee beg to submit to the shareholders the final accounts for the year 1907.
strong incentive to the establishment of sugar factoriasy on January 3, 1812, Benjamin Deles- Paris, offered for the nett, a sugar refiner first time samples of antive sugar, with the assertion that the beat sugar industry was then under way, at Passy Translation made for the Literary Digail,
TRADEMARKS IN KURBA:
MOND
Chan
BANGK
ONG TRADE.
ATION:E
1908
To gap's Advertisements.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
STEAMSHIP CRAIGVAR." FROM TACOMA, VICTORIA, YOKO- HAMA, KOBE, MOJI AND MANILA,
tions ornament the plaza in front of the
in the Zoolog! Peking
There are altzea berths shown on the plan cat Gardens ontside the Shi A curious story is connected with them. A of the Bangkok harbour situated, midstreami cording to official reports these lions, the pro between the premises of Messrs, the Borneo, party of a temple in the western hills, were Co., Ltd. and the Bangkolem Band These burled, in 1860 on the approach of the Allied Arp now all occupied by steamers, which have Troops so the Summar Palace. Some time aurived here during the month, says the Siam after the operations of the Allied Troops in 1900 Oberer of rith alt. Such a state of things in foreigners learned of the existence of these hot a matter of daily occurrence. All there account is $512,671.13, out of which it is pro Korea were sending into the Residency. sculptures and through the connivance of Chi- vessels are waiting to take, cargo and meat of HE above Steamer havin† “Arries: Con posed to carry $38,671.13 to the credit of underwriting suspense acceust, which will thes
The matter was brought to the attention of an trade. Bome of these steamers have been more nese endeavoured to get, possession of them, { "them are ships:ön the Bangkok-Hongkong end in their Bills of Lading for countersigni atsad at 5411,990,47, and to pay a dividend of
official of the foreign office who rescued them, than 20 days in the port, or $14 per share absorbing $140,000.
* 1957. ACCOUNT.
The amount standing to the credit of this
'CONSULTING COMMITTEE,
A recent dispatch' from Chemulpo to the Japaneso Prais states that the Japanese in
Gearral applications for the protection of their industrial property in accordance with the terms of the recently signed treaty between the United States and Japan sogarding the protection of Meam.trade-marks, patents, designs, and coyright in
Korea, among the applications for registra tion wore found certain trade-marks identical with these owned by foreign firms, and as result of the discovery of this, fact the foreign merchants of Chemulpo held a meeting on
The Hin Sir Paul Chater, CM G., and F. Maitland, G. C. Moxon, E. Shellim and H. P. White rare, but being eligible, offer them. selvan for re-election,
AUDITORS:
The accounts hava bien audited by Messrs. W. Hatton Potts, and H. fercy Smith, F.C.A. who, being elegible, offer themselves for re- election..
2.
September 15 to discuss the question. It was then decided to send the following letter to the Director of the Patent Bureau in the Residency Gaveraly JARDINE, MATHESON & COLDIR,Ws, the undersigned, have the hon. our to inform you that it having been brought STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR 1907. 10 our notice applications have been lodged by
General Agents.
Liabilities.
Capital-10,000 shares of 5150
each $1,500,000 of which $50 per sbare has been paid up... Reserve fund pi Re-Insurance fund somiti mo Underwriting suspanso accrunt... Outstanding dividend....... Accounts payable..
After more than forty years of burial the gilt
has nearly gli appened but they are splendid object had are of a more se lite sculpinre than the liún and tiger scule eres commonly, seen in Chian. They are said to bu Indian. They remain to be accurately identified. ......At a small village on the Yellow River near the Lu-han railway crossing are being dug up from time to time large hollow bricks measur ing three and one-half or four feet in length by 18 inches or ac inches wide and 5 inches thick When struck they give out a mellow-ringing
The 11. Samtes, which arrived to-day, has taken the last berib down the river just above Bangkolam Bond and another ship, the sa. Drafar, is at auchur below Bangkolem
We learn that it is probable that most of these ships will have to remain here between two and three works before they can get suffi- cient cargo for leaving
The steamers Bolva and Freya Which left för Bingapore yesterday were not able to take full cargo. The holds of these ships, wore only about three quarter full
There is no doubt that there is a marked
Lsignees of Cargo are hereby requested to ture and to take immediate delivery of their
Goods from alongsides.
Carge impeding the discharge of the Vessel will be landed and stored at Consignees' risk and expears, high state
No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever, that
DODWELL & CO., LIMITED,
Bag" Agents. Hongkong, 5th October, 1908.
f19-10
POSTPONEMENT.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
and are called by the natives musical stagnation in the trade of Bangkok As a reFOR SWATOW, AMOY AND FOOCHOW, have two holes about at or 3 laches in diameter alt freight competition has been keen, stand bricks. They are believed by them to Japaanse subjects for the registration of trada,
in each and which might have bean for joining cents, before, has fallen to 15 which is Massiu,
**Freight to Singapore which was 22 dollar THE Company's Steamship marks belonging, to and used for many years
them together. They are orcamented with a Windsor & Co.'s rates for the N. D. L. line. by British, German, and other foreigo firms 50-5000 doing business in Korea, take leave to inquireReometrical pattere on the face and appear to Chinese firms were, we learn, the first to re- have been used as a fraixe. Chinese antiqueduce the rate. They lowared it to 17-cents
per pical..
1,,0.000,00-| whether it is the intention of your Bureau to
232,757.05 | grant such registration?
19,318.94 "As it is a subject of the very greatest im 11,244.00 portance to us, we shall thank you to kindly 218,742.96 favour un with a reply to, this question by Balance-of-working account, 1997 ——5aa0,674,49-|z8turu-of-mail, and thus obliga-Sir, Yours
faithfully.
A suelo,
53,084,734.08
Cash, oo corrent account with Hongkong & Shanghai Banking -Corporation, ............... .......5 45.371-44 Fixed deposits, with banks, io
-Hongkong,
***** 125,000,00 Mortgages on property in Hong».
kong and Shanghai, Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf and
Godown Co, Ld, debenturen,..., Shanghai Club debentures,
$154,528.52
66,666.67 -
13.333-33
Chinese Imparial Government
Lana, 1886,........
39.973.24
*
United States Bonds, (4% Loan,
.1925), Japanese Government Gold Loan. Japanese Government Deposit,
Consolidation Bonds, 555066.04 Imperial Bonds...... 23,993.35 War Bond. 17,794,35
WORKING ACCOUNT, 1997.
"CARL WOLTER & Co.)·
German Merchants.. "Holme, KinGER & CO.,
British Marchants.
NODEL EXPLOSIVE CO., LD., GLASGOW,
British Corporation.
"Per Townsend & Co., Agents. HENNETT & CO.,
British Merchants. "BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO Co., LD,
British Corporation, mith Mitchell, Representative.
OPIUM IN BOMBAY,
400,000,00 It, has been definitely laid down that not 47,009.83 more than fifteen thousand one hundred chests
Lesser and claims paid $1,938,836.93 Charges, including directors',
auditors and survey fees, agents' expenses; &orgalomani
Commissionsbakki2:5
Exchange SLAY+MT Balance as abovB .....................
ries who have interested themselves in these
bricks assign no date to them but suppose them be relics of soms ancient palace. They are-ve.y fine and specimens sent: so. Peking ara in perfect preservation. Some are larger than. those described. A meiropolitan official has two of these smaller ones in his house in Pek- ing and two larger ones at Tisatsin.
The respect existing amongst the Chinese for "ancient and holy" things explains the remarkable preservation of many monuments in China. Much however finds its billet in some common utility and monuments of rare value often disappear into walls and founda tions or are broken. up. The Chinese have Therefore found it necessary to rescue their
monumenis,
The ancient seats of leaming in China con. tributed to the preservation of antiquities. At Paoting fu, in the celebrated provincial college destroyed by French soldiers in 1901 was a collection of ancient stone mohuments. · It was
in one of the few structures left standing after
EVIDENCE THat the chinESE TREASURE ANTIQUITIES,
The freight for Hongkong has similarly fall- en from about go cents to 25 cents.
The above freights include lighterage from "Babykok Harbour to the outer anchorages at Anghin and Kobsichang which is 7 cents per pical
WRONGFUL ARREST ON BRIZISH SHIPS.
It will be remembered that a little while ago: the Foochow Magistrate had several criminals. arrested on board a British vessel without Grat potifying the British Consul and without having the warrant signed by him. The matter has been the subject of protracted negotiations be tween the Waiwupu and the British Ministerio Peking, but a satisfactory settlement seems to be within sight now. The Co-Director of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs at Foochow has proposed, with the approval of the Viceroy of the Mioche Provinces, that a suitable" apology
business oPPORTUNITIES
IN SHANGHAI.
A PESSIMISTIC ESTIMATE,
T
Captain Evans, will be despatched for the "HAIMUN," above Ports, TO-MORROW, the 7th instant, af 12 o'clock Noon
For Freight or Passago, apply to
"DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.;
General Managers." Hongkong, 6th October, 1908,
PUBLIC AUOTION.
1887
THE Undersigned have received instructions
the
to sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION," A
FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED, TO-MORROW (WEDNESDAY),
_7th October, 1908, 21 11 636, at their Sales Rooms, No. E, Des Voeux Rodd, corner of Ice House Street.
A. QUANTITY OF BOOTS AND SHOES, TERMS As usual,
•
HUGHES & HOUGH,
«Auctioneers.
Hongkong, 6th October, 1908.
OPIUM IN AMERICA,.
(293
In spite of the fact that the Chinese popula
was in 1878 the importation of smoking opium
Intimations.
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FROM US
VICTOR
per week.
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Into the United States has increased more than AUXETOPHONE
25oper cent. since then. In 1907 the importa tion of smoking opium was 15′′,000 pounds. These facts are only a faw of the startling featuren of the reports now being received at the State Department by the American commissioners to the international cougren to investigate and report on the growth of the opiam habit.
of opium shall be exported from Ladia to China | the troops had Guished the 1900-1.camp fires. this your, and further reductions in the amount-In the Confucian temple in Peking are pre-be-sant-to-the-British-authorities—Skanghai-tion in the United States is much smaller than-it ere promised in the future. It is curious, there served the famous stone drams of hallowed Times.. fore, that last year's exports should have been | age. 92,850.55 the highest for the last three years. The great
est amount of export in the last decade was ten $1,084,714.08
years ago when 25,875 chests were sent and Edkina says: "Part of the stones of the only a few hundreds less than this were sent white Pagoda hill lo the I-ho-yuan or Hsi-yuan in 1903. The following year, however, there in Peking were brought from a mountain in
"Shanghai is a pretty tight British corpora. was a large drop to 13,985 Aud ligato next year Honan province by the Kim Tatars. A large 100 and the America has very little show to a very little over fourteen thousand and in urn of earthenware for fish relic of the Mon-said Attorney E. A.. Douthiit in speaking of the 19.0 to 13,311 chests. Last year, owing to a gol period a feet 5 inches--in the I-bo-yuan town that has been his home for a short time, —79,237 63.
WAB lost, but later recovered from a palace and which he gave up to re-open offices in good crop and consequent low prices, the *137,0*9 64
exports totalled-16,837) chests and this would temple in the west city where its value was Honolulu, 1,848.88
seem to show that despite the Chinese anti- unknown and where it was used as a vegetable”. 527,671.13
opium crusade there is no less demand for the receptacle. It was bought by the Emperor for $1,774,619.21 drug, the only difference in different years 1,050 tacle! At another building in the Hsi- being that when ladian opium is dear, China yuan are eleven bells of the Chow dynasty $1,598,477.54 falle back on its own interior and cheaper found buried in the earb in Kiangsi province ...:216,104.67 product, returning quickly to the better class in the middle of the 19th century and conseliving in the place.
37.00 Tadian drug as soon as cheapness in thesequently about 2,000 years-old, *---
markets makes it possible. The average $1,774,519,21
One of the metropolitan officials who resides prices in Bombay during the year were Rs. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co, LD: 1,171 per chest for one year old and Rs. 1,357 near the Summer Palace during the sojourn of per chest for two year old opium as compared the Court at Wan-Shau-Shau discovered this -with-Rs.4,961-and-Re-1,474 por-chest-respect- || summer a large lomb just behind his villa-development-of-the Oriental-market-le-has- "BOME-PAGIS-ABOUT SUGAR.
ivaly daring_the_previous year. As a result of was one of the Ming dynasty and was the burial these larger dealings the net duty rose place of a edbuch. As it had a good deal of The free use of sugar as we know it is amaz
"from" alghty-two lakks"and"seventy-five-thon- fise sculptured marble about it was believed to dern phenomenon. Apparently the ancients sand to Dinety-three lakhs seven thousdad, be the tomb of a head eunuch. The marble were unfamiliar with it, in the form in which though the area under poppy cultivation | sucií »ss is dug out of the Western bills way it seems over there, for we' know that if the smokers at one-third of the entire population. we use it, and later it was merely an expensive luxury. Same interesting data about the manufacture, use and cost of sugar are given in Cosmos (Paris, May 2nd), as follows:-
Net Premis received, less returns
and re-insurances.
Interés!
Frantler Feas
General Agents.
CHINESE VANDALIEM.
was conously chipped and broken in a wholesale manode. Upon inquiry it was found that peasants came very early in the morning, gathered chips from these marbles and pulverized them to adulterate flour. Asked why they did not use lime stone or some other stone, and not spoil fios monuments, they answered
the grave-stone marble could be used without being detected..
Hamilien Wright of Washington, one of the The investigation is being conducted by Dr.
“The American' is pot rated very high in commissioners who bas his headquarters in the office of Assistant Secretary Huntington Wil- Shanghai; his own Government and his own people do not stand by him, and the climatic son of the State Department. Already he bas conditions are such, that a man would need posts that the importations of opium into the have a great fortune in sight to Justify hisnited States from 1992 10 1907 increased 1,000,000 pounds over the importation for a comparative period immediately preceding. It
facture of morphine. Of the manufactured has been ascertained also that about 75 par ceat, "of the importations are used in the msnu products of the drug only as per cent. get inte legitimate.uset,
"There has been a very general depression fered with the rest. Many firms have gone throughout the Orient and Shanghai has suf- out of business. The American merchant does not stand so very high because, in his-alleged
used lax-methods. As a matter of fact the American is so busy making money at home that I don't believe he cares, more then two cents about the Oriental market. That is the
good bonest: American once tackles a thing with earnest enthusiasm he can win.
was only 10,898 acres last year as com pared with 20,438 in the previous year, In all 17,550 cheats were imported and Irdged in the warehouse during the year under Cane sugar was made by the Chinese at a report against 14,733 chests during the preced very remote epoch, Is the West it was koowning year. Out of these and the balance of much later; Plioy, Varro and Lucan among 1,4261 chests in stock on the 1st April, 1907, the Romans, at the beginning of our era, Just"|"16,8571"cheats were exported toTM China,−114"|"that other stone was not the right colour-only-own-Government-does-not trust him,-the. make mention of it, and it was then known un- der the names of Indian sali,''Asian honey' and 'Arabien' or 'fodias juice. In scgo the Crosa" der, on their arrival in Syria, found cane sugar there for the first time, and it became part of the soldiers' ration, to the following centuries sugar cane was introduced into the Island of Cyprus, into the Nile Dalta, on the north shore of Africa as far as Gibraltar, into Sicily, and into the kingdom of Naples; then into Spain in the fifteenth century and thence into Madeira, and the Canaries, In 1644 the French took it to Guadeloupe and shortly afterward to Martinique and Louisiana. The Portuguese introduced it isto Brazil, and the English into Jamaice,"
Edkins says of this white marble that it le called "bang-pai-yu," au excellent stone for architectural purposes and for the rough sculptoring of the Chinese masons, but not fine and hard cúpugh for European sculpture Shangkat Mercury.
LEGISLATIPR COUNCIL.
A meeting of the Legislativa. Council will take place on Thursday next, at 2.30 pm, when the following business will be transacted :---
chests to Zanzibar, of chests to Delagoa Bay and a chest to Mozambique; 1,016) cheats were sold for consumption in the Presidency (including the Native States) and 4641 chests were supplied to the Madras Presidency. The balance of opium found in stock is the warehouse on the 31st March, 1968, was 50g chests against a book balance of 1941 chesis-a deficiency, of ga chests which when spread over all the opium lodged in the warehouse during the year under report gives an average loss.of.26.tolas 133 graina per chest, against 9 tolas 155 grains in the previous year. The increase seems large tut is explained by defects in, the weighing system at Malwa and 1. Financial Minutes. (Nos. 57 to 50). the discontinuance of the system of allowing a 2. Report ofibe Finance Committes. (No. 16), quarter of a pound per chest for removal of Second trading of she Bill entitled An Ordin. leaf and dust which allowance would have re-ance to apply a sum not exceeding five milline dneed the shortage by tea tolaa per chest five boudred and seventy, thousand four hun. Bomboy Gazette,
dred and twenty-seven dollar to the Public Bervice of the year 1909, 10, 18 The probibition against the further export of Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordin. Maina opium from Rombay until the stance to extend a certain defisition in the Im Japuary, 199, must have been expected by potial Act styled the Evidence (Colonial Sta. 'local dealers in the drug, if they had bome in tutes) Act 1907, mind the remzike made in the Budget last March." 11 was these said :-"The exports of * Malwa oplang will probably reach the permis- sible maximum during the calendar year 1908, as stocks are believed to be high; and un- |der the 'new system there will presumably N.B.-A meeting of the Finance Committee
be a tendency to a disproportionate activity will be held immediately after the Council.
According to the Revinta, Scientifica. Indio- erials, as quoted in the note from which we have been translatiog, the cost of sugar at London and Paris from the middle of the thirteenth century, to the end of the nineteenth was as follows, the figures in the table being. altered to dollars and cents per poopd:...... Your London, Paris Year-London. Paris. 1260 $1.87
#54 $0.02 1300 2.27
$550 $5.83.
097
· 1359....... I.SE
£3755.17 1600...... 0.72 1400 210 Car | 1630 min): 10.73. 1420...
2.62 1700...... 1048
Equpérior 2500 0.48
2.50 1800 0.34
"As regards the price of transportation, in
Iggo li cost so francs (51) to asod 250 kilograms
(350 pounds) of ordinary sugar, from Antwerp
THE BUDGET REMARES.
Second reading of the BUI sutitled An Ordin- ance for regulating Theatres and other places of public resort.
of export during the earlier part of the ph
G. CLEMENTI, Clerk of Councils.
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THOUSANDS OF WHITE"SMOKERS. 1,000 Chinamen, of whom 500 are smokers of In New York city there are said to be about
opium; another report places the percentage of
in Philadelphia there are 1,000 Chinese, fully one third of whom are addicted to the habit of smoking. These figures do not take jalo con. sideration the moderate smokers, of whom there aid many. The returns made to the commis:
sion
estimate that there are 5,000 white smokers New York city,
The sources of information upon which the commissioners rely are State pharmacists,mam/
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.....” As for a lawyer, our Court requires a special examination, while the British barristers are admitted on their home credentials, mais ao the start causes the Chinese business man to look with suspicion upon the Americas. If his
Chiness naturally figures that he should be on the lookout. So the American is handicapped. bers of the Americao Medical Association, Mr. Douthitt apparently omitted to state police reports, manufacturers of opium, che that foreign lawyers are admitted to practise in mists, druggists and boards of health. the British Court courtesy on more produc. One of the interesting facts, gleaned by tion of satisfactory credentials, exactly in the the investigation is that the users of the same way, that con American lawyers are drug among the Chinese population in the MUSICAL DINNER admitted, withon: examination la the Ameri- United States are anxious to give it up Can Court; so that the disadvantage which he and the young men are being strongly. Im- Bay! American lawyers are placed at in the pressed by Chinese medical authorities with American Court is simply non-existent. "It is the destructive influences of the use of opium. a case of mutual accommodation and facility. all-round. Ed., S. 7.)
"Furthermore the American businessman employ British barristers la preference of Ame riceus. 1 think the Pacific Kail and the
"ALARMING GROWTH, Standard Oil people are the only large Ameri-
When the commissioners to the international can concerns that employ American attorneys, Congress were first appointed they were in- "A man to start is business at Shanghal structed that the primary purpose of the inter must go into 's long fight to overcome pre-national congress was to consider the growth Judice, mad the fiercest of competition inten of the opium habit in the Far East. It occurred nified by the attitude of our own officials and to Do Wright that we might profitably Inventi, countryman. Some may think that spells gate the prevalence of the habit in the United Opportunity, but an for me life is too short to States. He set about getting reports from all the enter into any such struggle. The climatic large cities and up to this time the replies have conditions are bad, and the only happy pro been rather startling. He believes that it proves spect that offers itself to's civilized man is that conclusively that we have an opium evil at home of making a sufficient pile in a comparatively which demands our attention before we start abort time, to enable him to retire to some oat to reform the Orientală, blessed earthly bavan liko Hawaii for instance. He has not yet received full reports from Therefors prefar, to build up a business in New York city, and those that have come are Hawall and let some one else make the Shang. | condicting, but enough has been received to Indicate that in the United States, the use of
Chinese doctors have depised a core of the habit, which is being gesurally resorted to by the 10th inst., at 8 PM. victims of the drug. The efficacy of the cure has not yet been fully tested-
year. Budget provision has, therefore, bien | THE Correspondence Russo, Paris, publisher a jin There are now, I believe, three American opium as a habit has grownto an alarming extent to London, while the traniportation. of fifty made for 15,100 chests paying pase-duty." This | telegram from lis Et. Petersburg corespondenti, law firms doing business'ia: Shaoghaj.: Mr. | and thai itsgrowthis not among the Chinese real- kilograma (tto pounds) by sea from Venice to forecast has proved so accurate one, and as to the effect that a group of Siberian capitalists Tinssing, with whom I was associated for a donts, who, on the contrary, seem to be adopte Antwerp cost 14 france (34-80).
the full number of cheats has been exported, is negotiating with cartala. English banks with time, will remain in Shanghai I think Mr. Ing measures for stamping it out, but the pro- **MIE ls known that the ment of pointing out the Government have had no option, but to a view to the construction of a
Doct. | Brooka will return soon to the islands and 'go | "gress is among the whites, and what surprises sweet ungary principle, in 'heet, rost belongs to | isina ordem closing down the trade for the sexting the Trans-Siberian line with Oliver de Serras (1605), gardener to Henry IV: | four months. In 1909 there will be acurtailment possessions" "in" Centra The first bost-ingar factory, was established in | of the exports, and almilar steps will be taken in branch lines fol
the environs of Berlin by the chemist soccending years, uolers, it can be shown that during the Continental China is not carrying out her policy of abolishi
saian: from here to the mainland. - Mr. Höen I think bim: Is that it is not among the elems but in tha
will retum soon, I have
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in a messure responsible for the
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