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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7 1008.

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No. 1 DOCK.

Length inside 614 ft. Width of entranos, top 85 ft.; bottom 76 it. Water on blocks, 97.5 ft. Time to pump out, 4 hours,

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No. 2 DOCK. Length inside, 875 ft. Widthlof entranos, top 60,5 ft. bottom 45.8 ft. Water on blooks, 26.5 ft. Time "to pump out, 8 hours.

HESE DOOKS are conveniently situated in Yokohama barbour and the attention of Captains and Engineers is respectially called to the advantages offered for Docking and repairing Vessels and Machinery of every description

The plant and tools are of recent patterns for dealing quickly and cheaply with work and a large stock of material is always 'at hapd; (plates and angles all being tested by Lloyds' survayam),

PANTEOPIUM TABLOIDS.

Dr. W. Graham Aspland, Poking, writes to. the China Zimasi-Kindly allow man to make an appeal through the mediam of your paper to a certain class of business-men in China, and to the public generally, upon the question of "Anti-Opium Tabloida,” ali

arrested and sent over the frontier to India heappeared at Grangtuo. Convention between Great Brita was sent with this letter, id which, was clearly stated that no main in Tibetan territory without mission. The polite rator to this authorities should have stopp long before he reached Shigat sidered, his presdeco undesirab sibility was theirs, and, more also responsible for came amiabla laste (mandarins in

I am urged to this the more from the fact that I have just had under my treatment a big official of one of the Chinese Boards for the cure not of opium smoking, but of "Anti-Op um

draws to retum by the rou

Tabloids," which he commenced to take a year ago. These tabloids, like many others I have examined, contain morphia in largo doses, and; alas for the nation to which I belong, they are sold and prepared by a British firm doing both wholesale and retail business here in Chips. How many tons of morphla tabloids are being sold in China at this present moment I would not like to venture to guess, but I am prepared to believe it is appalling.

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come. His raply consent to do soil supplied with and provisions for six months. Finding their visitor so obstinate, the Chinese tried trickery, Gow Delo) wrote "in the strictest confidence suggesting that application should be made the mandarins for permission to journay to ladi through Grante This was the last which Sven Hedis wanted, for, a o pula his filth Journey would then have come to an ignominious, sed before in bad accomplished half the work he wished to do. There remain. ed to him the last chance of bluffing, both Chin- est and Tibetaus. Ignoring Gow Daloj hu ad- dressed Thang Derin direct, pointing out that his Ladakhi servants being hillmen, would die if sent to India, and that man they wern British subjects the miodarin might":"flad__"binsself. involved in serious responsibility in respect of them. We are told that "the shot struck buy dally a dram battle of Japanese morphia || home;" a' pass var" made ont sanctioning: s

I am prepared to admit, what has been often stated of old, that companies and corporations have neither conscience nor soul, so that pub licity of facta is, all one can aimo at, un'il the Chinese themselves can be roused to take some action. Even in remote country villages morphia tabloids, and hypodermic syringes are frequently seen, and a condition of things Steam Lannches of Steel or Wood, Lighters, Steel Buildings and Rocks, Bridge which allows a Chinaman whom I know to Work, and sil klaḍs of Machinery are madejon the premises,

Two powadial Two Screw Towboats are available for taking, Vessels in or out of Dock, and for taking Salling Vestals in or out of the bay. The floating derrick is capable of lifting 35 tons.

Tenders will be made up when required and the workmanship and material will be (67 grains) imperatively calls for restriction if

not prohibition. granted.

There can be no extenuating circumstances

The cost of Docking, and repair work, will be found to compare favourably with that associated with the sale of these "Auti-Opium of any port in the world,

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lar himself; a small escort of Chinese soldiers, was told off to guard the caravan ↑ and. Sven Media started once more on his travels, shap Tabloids," for I have not found one that con ing his course north-west. Sven Hedin's nar tained any antidotul drog—any stimulant, or rative shows that he was turned back on trying tonic ingredients, but simply morphis made to penetrate, northwards, and compelled to into a tabloid with ordinary household four, follow the route to the south wast, as indicated so that the sole is not accompanied with any. in bis pair. He failed for the second time to honest intention of relieving the suffering but reach the sacred, lake of Dangra Yum; but Seding that there is a big market for morphia, discovered Shura Tao, ons of the largest lakes, under the same of "Anti-Opíom" tabloids and, in Tibet. He then proceeded to explore the powders, foreign trading companies, who do" watershed of the Northern, Himalayas, and no trade in arms and ammunition, follow this ventured for a short time into Nepalese, torri- lucrative one under the heading of benefactors, tory by way of the Kore Fass.“ This excursion May I quote from the recent editorial of the led him to the conclusion that it would be a Chian Medinil Journal, for what is there said small matter by means of a canal to turn the... regarding "Patent Medicines" can more forci Brahmaputra lato a nontherm tributary of the⠀ Ganges, as the Pass is only some 300 feet. bly be applied to Anti-Opiam Tabloids ?

"Opium is subtly bad, but the trade in Fa- above the river. The winter was apparently tent Medicines' racks with fith and stinks to spent in mapping the northern branches and heaves with its gross and abominable selfish-valleys of the Himalayas, the caravan being nais. Immoral, like the rape of innocent and split up at Toschen. Seven Hedin kept only four horses and two mulas with him, the re- defenceless women, it plays upon the helpless,mainder being sent to Ladakh. Eventually his

the ignorant, and pollutes them. Greedy, un- *crupulous, pililers, plausible, it gathers to its camp was pitched on the shores of the Mauso rawar Lake for a month, and here the story in arms the great company of the feeble ones, and slowly robs sad poisons them. The press instalment being promised in the September "Harper's" ands for the time being, a second grows fat on it. Church papers make two ends number. From a sketch-map, which accom- meet thereon--the end of faănce and tail end of morals. Even the little minded doctor in panies the letter-prass, it would seem that his flattered by the attentions of the drummer; and route look him to Garok, whence wo bara prescribes he koows but what for the disease lately had news of him. The great discovery he knows not whaic. This grinning borror which he claims to have mada, is the existence feeling its way to the pockets and stomachs of 9f a gigantic chain of mountains traversing the millions of China. Chins has no pare diagonally the whole of Tibet. Other travellers- food law, and at the same time the Chinese are including Bower and O'Conner, have suspected the greatest race of medicine-takers on the face the existence of this-range-bat did not reRITAS of the whole earth, China is at present the very is extent. We are now told that it is one of easiest thing that the patent medicine trade the highest in the world, comparable only with has ever struck, and that is saying a great deal. the Himalayas and their kind. Sven Hedin China is already gorging patent-medicines. writes:-"The chain, known as Hin Chen And not only, is the best and the worst of the Tangls, which is situated north of the Tengri prigical foreign tribe of patent horrors 'upon Nor, was well known, and had been crossed by the market, but something even worse than Littledalo and several others, but no one kaaw that, the abundant Japanese imitation and that this chain stretched for close upon twelve attempt at the original horror, Now when a hundred miles to the west-north-west as I now foreign fake is guaranteed to cure positively an ducovered. It is a certainty that it also stretches absoultely incurable disease, and this fake is to the cast, and has a total - lungih of about two imitated and forged by a Japanese fraud, the thousand miles. The average height of thể resultant good to China we leave to fertile passos is some few hundred metres higher than imaginations. We are convinced that more in the Himalayss and about the same as in the harm--if this thing goes on unchecked-wil | Karakoram and Arkaingh,,. The newly-dis be done to Ching through patent medicines covered chain possesses no summits compara

blein height with those of the flimalayas, bat than opium bis ever approached the doing."..

several complex peaks covered with eternal spow, and glaciers. The traveller first crossed this range by the Sela Pass, 19,030 feet, mud be. DR. SVEN HEDIN'S TOUR.

„re-crossed it by other paises, It is ̈relativaly fist and its characteristic is that it has only one The Pionvert Dr. Sven Hedin, in his approach-crest forming the waizished and is a single ing return to India, has been, narrowly pre- chain whereas the Himalayas and Kuon-las caded by ons of his own articles. The August, consist of several parallel chains, Syen fi edin.. number of Harper's Monthly contains a paper remarks upes the s'rangeness of this great diss in which the long-lost traveller summarizes. biscovery in the year 1907, considering how discoveries, and shows the route which he took thoroughly the world has been explored; and from Shigatse. It was from, that place that interest and curiosity will certainly be awaken- news was received in India from him some cighted in geographical circles respecting the Hin months ago, bis latters reaching Calcutta readi: Chan Tangla

ly enough by way of Gyantun and the Chumbl Valley. He now explains that the statement as to his intention to visit Lħassa, from Shigatse

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opened out by the Younghusband.” Mission had the least attraction for him

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even refer to the unexplored reaches of the Brahmaputra, where gigantic falls:ara known to exist, though at one time he was: credited with the ambition of solving the mystery consected with the great Tibetan river, It appears that he reached Shigatse from Leb' "at the expense of 100 caravan animals and twenty thousand rupees," taking six months over the journey. He was able to inke up bin residence in the heart of Shigatse town without hindrance from the Tibetans, ";" and this, at a moment when the country was being more her, matically sealed then ever before.” It was at a time when preparations were in band for the feast of the New Year, a period at which the Tibetans are top much occupied to see or hear anything else, Bat his troubles soon began He writes:The negotiation I carried on for a month and-a-half with the Chinese residents. in Tibet-Thang Derin in Lhasia-Lien Derin Amban of Lhassa, and Gow Daloj in Gyantas mena wall, as with two representatives of the Tibetan Government are so astounding that of themselves they would form an exciting chapter

in the account of this journey This #bosne bouche is kept for a future occasion, and wa have to contest ourselves with the more propaic side of the "At the outset, Gow Daloj.

that Aves. Hadio bid no

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A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY, This is the ses of researchand experiment, when a sakar. to`speak, is ransacked by, the sclesi sic for comfort and happiness of yam," lielas ce

•has indood made glant-strides daring; the pan. restury, and among the by pa means laast jun. (ortant-darsveries in essclicima comes that of

THERAPION.

This propagation lo unquestionably can of the most? genuine and reliable Falist Maćklass aver intra}}, ́n duces, and has, we understand, byen wand ta 'the,

Costisedial Hospitals by Ricord, Rowan, Jobari, Valpos Malonsouro, the well-knows Chimeg. Lang,and indessler all.akonra Engarded AL.Dalkaji pities in pach posttors, including the celebrated?:

· Pellemand; and stown, by whom is wha nome kite since allowly adopted, and thus it is worthy the attention of those who escadreu soch a remedy wa

lax there is no doubt. From the time of Aristotle's (downwards, aŭpodent ages, in, the zumov

· these diassier las (like the teska pilotary asone) been the object of search of some köpafu); generous mindst and far beyond the mere poire 1 such could var kave been discovered noć trans- myting the batar avataða íslo gold fi suraky that

· GOTOVÝ ĐỂ a remedy se potassi altoraplenish the lif

· Tag vergini of the confirmed reef in the ses CAM mád în tisa wihneno milacinally, spusAlly SANA MATAI,

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which may certainly gaak with; if yol kalce Tokonce ni, many of the discoveries of our day,Abe

(pinda," and the' sušenstvu and avitvi (waad that herbers crossed for the Changed

rour fitroduced acmance in prom fisk SE

inmadies that were formaly the sab raŠANO med est men," "Therapion y