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Telegrams.

'HONGKONG TELEGRAPH'

SERVICE,

PEKING.

PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES,

[By courtesy of the "Sheung_Po."]

Poking, 10th November. Owing to the prevalence of ra- mours in Peking every precaution is being taken by the police against disturbances.

PRESS REPORTS.

SUPPRESSION ORDERED.

[Bỷ courtesy of the "Shewing Fo."]

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY NOVEMBER

CANTON DAY BY DAY.

THE EMPEROR'S deathl

[From Our Own Correspondant.]

Canton, 16th November.

No official report has yet been received in Caston of the death of the Emperor and Em press Dowager of China. All the news have come from private sources. The inhabitants, are, therefore, in a state of suspensa had con-

tinued inquiries have been made to the High Authorities for encrmation of the news which is being discussed in every quarter of the city. The death of both Their Majesties following each other in such quick succession has filled the people with constaton tion who are yet unable to realise the situation oblaining to Paking. The authorities have, bowever, received telegraphic instractions from the Council of State at the capital that at the pre- sant conjuncture the officials are instructed to exercise vigilance to keep the public, peace and to take precautions in anticipation of emar gency.

LIANG TUN-IN RECALLED,

The Waiwupu has sent a telegram to Viceroy Chang for transmission to H. ELiang Tun-in, who was recently one of the special Commis

Peking, 10th November. In view of the unusual happenings sisters to welcome the American Fleet at Amoy and who is now on a month's leave to pay a in the Palace, Prince Su has proli-home visit to his native village in Bhuntak bited the newspapers in Peking from district. In the message H.E. Liang is recalled to Peking forthwith, as his services are urgent publishing reports likely to iucitely required at the capital. the populace.

THREATENED BLACKMAIL.

KWANG-SU'S SUCCESSOR.

PRINCE CHING'S RESENTMENT.

*

[By courtesy of the "Sheung Po"],

Poking, 10th November. The appointment of Po-yee as suc cessor to the late Emperor Rwang Su is contrary to the wishes of Prince Ching.

The moment he heard of the an nouncement he despatched a confi- dential tologram to Duke Lan on the existing situation.

[Renter's.]

-The United States.

LONDON, 15th November. Secretary Metcalfe has resigned and is succeeded by Mr. Newberry,

District Attorney Heney, the prosecutor __in_the_Municipal_corruption-scandals, was shot during the trial of Abraham Ruef on a charge of bribery.

Mr. Heney is dying

The Assailant, an ex convict, has been arrested.

Germany,

The Kaiser receiver Prince Budor at Kiel on Monday,"

The result of the interview is anxiously

awalted.

It is beginning to be understood that Frace-Buelow's assurances for the future given to the Reichstag were made without consultation with the Kaiser, whose approval of them is doubtful, '

The country strongly supports Prince Buelow.

Later, Owing to the sudden death by apoplexy of Count Huelsen Hacsier, the principal A.. D, C. of the Kaiser, His Majesty has aban doned his visit to Kiel and will return to Berlin on Tuesday, where he will grant an audience to Prince von Budlow.

The Near Eastern Question. The Near Eastern question is slumbering pending the negotiations regarding which contradictory reports are current, but it li believed that they are progressing fairly.

TYPHOON WARNING..

The following telegrams were received at the American Consulats-General from the Manila Observatory at 8.rg a.m., to-day'?-

November 16, 1958, at 6 pm, cyclone or typhoon S.E. of Manila, over or near southern Luxop moving W, or W.N.W..

The Likin Station at Ho Lik is in receipt (of a blackmailing letter from the notorious robber Lak Lan Ching demanding Sto,000, In the letter the rabber threatened to destroy the station premiser, if the sum asked for is not forthcoming. The Viceroy has been informed of the matter by the recipient of the letter and ba was requested to send soldiers to guard the station.

PROVINCIAL JUDGE.

THE RAUB MINES,

"KINIHO AND MILLING PRACTICE.

MH Loks weites (in the Mining Journal

ccpt.

1908.

Today's Advertisements

A S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

Iseration, oxidation, and agitation similar in that produced by a centrifagal pump. This brought the second residan down to 918 "dwts,, 59 per cent, extraction, and finally to 8.17 dela, or 63.5 per cent. Do a working This mine is interesting as bring possibly the oldest in the Malty States, It is situated in this extraction was brought up to 68 per the State of Pabang, and the claims cover an now append details of another experiment arok of twenty square miles. The ground is

en concentrales. Assay value, 32.56 dwls of the year 1908, of Thiity Couts pir AN INTERIM DIVIDEND on Account covered with ancient workings, which, report length of treatment, -7.33 days. The product Share, will be payable at the tongkong and says, warn the work of the Siamess is inconsisted of concentrates from the present mill Shanghai Bank, Hongkong, on and after the midst of the forest, and is reached by pulp, and contained & farge quantity of anti-FRIDAY, 27th November, 1908, on Warrants service of molot cam from Kuala Lumpur, fifty mony. The firit two solutions carried no gold, to be obtained at the Company's Offices. miles away. The ore is obtained from three showing ferrous hydrate or some other oxy Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Shangbai, op main shafts, the principal being Bukit Koman, sen absorbing substance. Continuous wash and after the same date. which is over 600 ft. down; the others are ings with weak solutizos, and afterwarde with Stope and B kit Malices. A great deal of 15 par cent. KCy, were very effective, and gave surface is put through the mill. This contains an average of a dwis, of gold per ton until shredded gold, presumably washed from the extraction stopped. A second treatment was line of reef on the hill tops.

The reef may be described as a quanzitie, lenticular, inter-bedded vein, and contains scheelite, antimony, bismuth, and ársele is the form of arsenical pyrites:

resorted to, and the final extraction was af high as could reasonably be expected. The solutions came off clear, and the leaching was good. As there was no acidity, no lime was added. “

"The Dividend will also be payable at the

CLOSED from TUESDAY, the 24th instant, The REGISTER OF SHARES will be until MONDAY, the sath instant, both days inclusive, during which period no. Transfer of Shares will be effected,

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers. Hongkor, 17th November, ver

A

Canton.

Intimations.

NETHERLANDS LLOYD OF AMSTER

DAM AND BATAVIAN

T AGENTS, of the above: Company, are SHE Undersigned having been, appointed

prepared to accept Fire and Maries Risks us Current Rates ·

„CRUZ, BASTO & COLL Hongkong, 11th November, 1408 975

THE IMPERIAL COLONIAL CLUB

THE

THE above Club is formed chiefly for COLONIAL såd OVER-SEAS. MEM- centre of Clubland), opposite the Green Fark. BERS; it is situated at No. 64, Piccadilly (the)

The Club has a Bridge Section, Reception,

Dining, Ballard Room, Sisking Lounge, Reading Room and Librarygr

Ladies are eligible as Members, Entrance Fes, Five Guineas, Annual Sub- [97scription, Five Guidaas

FOR SALE

FULL-GROWN CHINA TIGER

cantly trapped in the neighbourhood of

For further particulars apply by letter to-

C. P. K., Clo Hongkong Telegraph.

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[995

I think caustic soda might with advantage be used to dissolve organic matter and avoid a heavy loss of cyanide. This experiment was a wards treatment on 100 lbs of ore Final rasidue,+ 1.24 dwts. = 95 per cent, extraction. The extraction, obtained from 373 tons of con- per cent,; average number of days, 7.77; aver. Hongkong, 17th November, 1903. age charge, 941 dwts,; the highest extraction. boing 93 per cent, and the lowest.608 per

́matter of considerable interest; It is an ore centrales and buddlings treated equalled 77.1

The reef, which was of considerable width, 'in usually in slate formation. Often a bind of antimony is intraded in the midst of the reef matter, which reaches a foot in thickness; this at times causas considerable trouble in amalga- maken. That scheelite is found here is a body of quite a fair size, and the Government geologist, Mr. scrivenor, stated that it is rarely, it ever, found associated with gold ore, being usually seeo among granite. reported to have been worked for tia.

The mine in portions of the concession is

The country around is chiefly of a granite formation, and contains many tin mites.

*

The motive power is almost entirely electri- station on the Sempan zivor, from which point city, produced by Pelton wheels, at the power. the power is carried nine miles across the mountains to the mine. The three-phase system is utilised. As timber is expensive The Canton Provincial judge designate, Wei and very little of the forest timber is suitable Ching Tung, is reported to be a passenger-on-one can readily understand this means a the C M. S. N. Co steamer Chi Yuen from heavy reduction in corts, Shanghai jo Canton to take up his new appointe mgut; he is expected to arrive here in a few days..

CANTON HANKOW RAILWAY. ANKOW The other sections of the Canton-Hankow Railway, Ying Tui and Tam Yuen, have been completed and bave been opened for traffic to-day.

ROBBERS CAPTURED. With reference to the rubbery in which an old man sumamed Sin, in Shustak district, was k ́despped, and who died while in captivity and whose remains were redeemed for a sum of $5,000, two robbers concerned have been ar rested. While undergoing trial. they have disclosed the names of many other of their abg in connection with this case, an ances tral temple of the clan Wong was sealed by the officials.

THE THINASH, BOYCOTT,

'CARGO RETURNED TO JAPAN.

The crashing michisery consists of threa Hostingdon mills and forty stamps,

"

Mr. C. G. Wareford Lock established a0 electric hoist and also as accuically-driven Coroish pump, which is said to be one of the few in the world so driven. The only point where the water. is giving may trouble is at Stope and here a powerful Cornish pump of the plunger type deals with it very easily,''

CYANIDS PRACTICE."

Some account of the cyanide plant may be of interest, especially as it is situated on the only working gold mine in the country, and has for shiftsmen coloured meo. The plant was built entirely by Chipers, who did all, the Carpentry work, including the grooving and tongusing of circular eats; the Klings putting up the ma- chinery. The this mine is to ap- point a white man to take charge of each depart.

cant. These results were obtained from a small

FROM EUROPE..

THE H, A. L'Steamship

plant with a capacity for slimes equal to 200TH toos per month." The above plant, thangh any. thing but large, is sufficient to show what results could be obtained with a plant of greater capacity,

PRECIPITATION

The solutions' io. use

on

which assayed from to dwt, to 38 dwts

concentrates

sad carried from 18 to of per coat KCy after passing the boxes, varied from a few grains to pil. With lower-grade slimes, which contained free and fine gold. solutions were used down to cot per cent. KCy, which gave complete précipitation in the zinc boxes. In

there cases the zinc was coated with acetate

As miners the Chinese are found to be very

of lead. In dealing with stronger soiu ruitable; they work under a contractor in six-tions ho ačitate of lead was necessary, hour shifts. The surface work is divided be as good extractions were obtained. The sween the Klings, Malays, and Sikha. The scelate of lead had the effect of making the Klings have proved themselves to be very care-bullion very impura. Sodium cyanide was ful and reliable engine drivers; the Malays, used, the average-consumption being 1.60 lbs. soder a mandore, are responsible for the mill per ton, Large quantities of a white precipi work. The Sikbs are the policemen, while the tato occasionaly formed in the boxes. When day labourers are Klings."

this occurred it was found to be necessary to increase the strength of this solutions by adding solid cyanide at the head of each box. This dispersed the precipuate, which only' formed when a weak solution was nid. The cyanide solutios became at times very loni, and experi. meats showed that it was advisable to increase the alkalinity by adding caustic soda to the "rump und wolld ̈tyanide at the head of the bar. To ensure a good precipitation an average of 85 tbs of lime was placed in the vat with each With solutions of the charge oftro lo 12 tons. strength mentioned in the preceding para graph, the boxes were kept fairly free from white precipitate kalimony. In this connexion it is interesting to notice how quickly when, powdered this is acted upon by caustic soda: The gold slimes were of low grade in the ex. of the Chinese merchants in Hongkong regardment. The current lailing's assayed 1.12 dwt. tractor. This, I think, is the usual experience ing the boycott and the disturbances are only, and they were too low grade and too full of when cres of this nature are dealt with, owing believed to have resulted Some of the good antimony to fiest. Both weak and strong solu-to the precipitation of base metal with the gold. were brought back to Japan by the N. Y. K. 8stions were tried after the tulings were water Owing to the midate quantities of almost in- washed, and in each cast no result was obtain-visible slimes which were not settled with the able. However, as shown below, when the lime, and which coated the zinc and stopped concentrates were separated by Willey tables, precipitation, it became necessary to introduce they were treated as slimes, and showed a 78 sand filters, which were very effective. per cent, extraction. In fact, the greatest

PAGITATION, trouble had been experienced in obtaining a It was found that a long agitation was not an payable extraction from the higher grade saode advantage, "a short agitation lasting one hour which had been allowed to accumulate. The producing, a kolution am rich in gold as one chief cause of trouble was found to be the anti-which lasted five hours. The usual proportion mody of which sufficient remained attached to, of silmes to solution was 1 to 3 small particles of quarzito-make the sands and concentrates véry refractory. The higher grade tailings were successfully treated under the conditions mentioned below.

A considerable quantity of marine produce was sent to Honghog from Kobe and Nagasaki by the N. Y K. 4. Kumaro Maru, One hund red and fifty logs were sent from this port The shipment was insoled to test the feeling

Yaw 1 Narv, which arrived here last Sunday, says the baffer id al 7th inst.

WATER RETURN,

Level and storage of water in reservoirs on the 1st November.

CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER WORKS.

LEVEL.

1997.

1908, 27" above Iro above Tytam... Loverflow

overRow. Tytamiye above] 631" below

wash overflow

Overflow Tytam for a si" above) 2′,6 above termediate LoveRow.

overflow

overflow.

Pokfulum (overnor

191" abbve] o rot" above Wong-naive" above).

chung... overflow

STORAGE GALLONS.

1907. Tytam

407,000,000 Tytam Byewash... 16,735,000" Tytom Intermediate 210,125,000 Pokfulam ant 69,910,000 Wong nai-chung 33,200,000

o' o* Level

1908.

BUDDLINGS.

Assays, 16:35 dwts,; extraction, 70.5. par cent.; residue, 4,81 dwis. ; treatment, four days; cyanide used, 1.05 lb. per ton; number of solu- tions run 04, 34. This sample consisted of finely-crushed sandy concentrates; it showed so 400,800,000 acidity ne refractory material. The strongest 13,939,000 10lution used was.07 per cent., anjithe averago 210,370,000 was considerably below this. The treatment 67,890,000 consisted in rugning through weak washes, which produced.66 per cess, and with second treatment this was increased to 70.5 per cent. The last three washes carried no gold. It should be noted that solution values went up after doubla treatment was used. Another sample of buddlingsgave the following result:-- Assay value, 16.80 dwis. tous 171; tons of solution run through. box 826; lima used, ga lbs., strength of KCy solutions, .05,15 per cent., oms often belog nil on a150y; final residue, 3,04 dwts, extraction, 8: percent.

30,337,000 Total....... 745,470,000 713,336,000 Consumption of water in the City and Hill District during the month of October.

1907.

1908.

Estimated) Consumption 744,174,000 150,125,000 gallons

population

205,710 207,510 Consumption per head per

23.3 gallons day.......) Constant supply during. October íg, bolb.

Cyclone or typhoon, S.W. of Guam'moving W. or W.N.W cel

Novemb 17th, 1.16 p.m.3. Cyclone or typhoon S. W. of Manila filling op.....

Cyclone or typhoon N. of the Western yeaM. Caroliner moving N.W.

SHIPPING AND MAILS

- MAILY PUP

· Germán (Goeben) igth insti

Canadian (Empress of China) 19th inst. American (Amarics Maru) 2111 inst American (Siderfa) aath inst.-

The 2.3. Kumaric left Moji to-day, for Hong Lang.**

The C. P. R. Ca' ss. Emprats of Japan, left Yokohama on 16th inst, for Victoria and Vancouver

22.1

TONNAGE ESTIMATES.

I found that sf, after decastation, I'measured the cubic feet of wat slimes in the vat and divided by jocubic feet per ton of slimes) and deducted 33 per cent. of moisture, it gave an excellent agreement with samples taken when the vat was full and in agitation.

JAPAN.

The salient features of the next Budget have been andonnced. A sufficiency of funds has now been procured to enable more money to be devoted to "productive enterprises. Con- sequently, the total amount of the enterprises which were to have been postponed for ton or eleven years has cow been reduced from ¥200,050,000 to Y:68,000,000,0

"SCANDIA"

Captain von Düsrep, having arrived, Con- signees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Bills of Lading for couptorsignature by the Undersigned and to take immediate delivery of their goods from alongside.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before TO- DAYA

Į

Any Cargo impeding her discharge will be landed at consignees' risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hong- kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Com- pany, Limited, and stored at Consignens' risk and expense.

All Claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival bere after which date they canopt be recognised, ́

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods

have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain- ing undelivered after the 7th inst, will, ba subject to rent..

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 23rd isui., at 3 P.M,

No Fire Insurance has been effected, "

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE, Hongkong Office. longkong 17th November, 1908, (996

THE PACIFIC TRADE.

Upon the expiration of theït, charter to the Harriman interests, which will be in the early part of next year, it is stated that the freighters Nicomelia, Arabia, Alesia, død Numintia - will bo operated between Pariland and the Far East by the Hamburg-American Company, the owners. According to this authority" she Har riman people do not want them longer on ac count of the stand taken by the interstate Cam- mission, is forcing them to publish their rall rates and not to alter the tariff charges without giving a thirty-days' nolice.

The Seattle Post fatelligencer discussing the saw United Staton laws sayɛj

The Canadian Pacifi: is, the only trans- continental line which filed with the interstate commerce commission a schedule of rates to the Orient, covering boib rail and water, show- ing the proportionate charges for carriage in- land and for ses carriage. The schedule filed covers cation goods only. The company will shortly file other rates covering other schedules. The other transcatinental goads kavo decided to suspend their through rates indefinitely and file schedules covering merely the land rates [to coast points.

The effect of the raling of the interntale commerce commission on this subject, if it remains nomodified, threatens to turn all through business' to the Orient over to the Canadian Pacific lines. The American rail- roads are forbidden to give a lower rate for land carriage for goods destined for shipment to the Orient than is given forgoodă destined for bome SUCCESS OF THE NEW FINANCIAL POLICY.

consumption at the terminal points. If they --Tokio,- November should file the schedule required by this com The shares of the Oriental Colonization Commission, showing a lower rate for land carriage. pany have been over-subscribed twenty-five for through freight than for the freight destined for consumption at American tinues.

terminals, they would be compelled to bring down their local rates to correspond with the through rate. Apparently, they prefer to abandon their through business to the Orient. and let it go to the Canadian Pacific than 10 lower all their rater, as otherwise they would be compelled to do, ...The Canadian, Pacific opjoys this advantage. It is not under the jurisdiction of the interstate commerce commission. It can charge, if it WILFLEY CONCENTRATES RESULTS,

likes, a much lower jain to land carriage on These are obtained from the ore-now-being

goods destined for transhipment to the Orien crushed by the battery, The greater part of

than it does op similar goods, destined for its the sample would pass izo-mosh screen, and is

owa, terminals. Haying this advantage, it can black in colour consisting of a large proportion

keep up its local traffic, and still make as low of heavy metallic"particles and much iron The Grand Military Manoeuvres bagiglo-day | a rate as it desires tb do on through Oriental The original assayed ango dute. Treatment and will last for three days, in accordance with business, was carried on as under)—September 26, the programme already published. The Inspec- do' aa below | 1937-water wash (deutral). September 27— tion of the troops is fixed for Saturday, and will overflow

'second wash (aeuiral). Aaltation carried op be followed by a banquet given by the Emperor with a per cent KCy solution showed the to the foreign attaches of ten pationalities, presence of sulphides with acetate of load test among whom are General Feng Shan and This was continund until September 19, Sep. | another Chinesa ofiichy, and the Korean Minia. | destined for home consumption. This, the in- tember 30-aerating, followed by antations, ter of War.N. C. D. News, h

The return of consumption is subject' to error owing to the difficulty of accurate mea- surement whilst the extension works at Albany Filter Beds are in progress.

1905.

KOWLOON WATER WORKS. LEVEL. 1907. " ay to below OVRINIOW STORAGE GALLONE.

1997.

Kowloon) Gravitation Reservoir

Kowloon Gra

1908,

vitation Re-113,000,000 175,700,000 gallons servoir....... Consumption of water in Kowloon during the month of October-

1907.

1908.

09 per cent, and .06 per cent; KĊy. Con tinned until October 2; then recond treat

Marquis Katsura, the Premier, speaking at Osaka last night, declared that he was satisfied that the readjustment of the nation's finances and of the public bonds was contributing to the easiness of money and the restoration of formas economic conditions.

MILITARY. KANOUVRES..

S

SIAMS NEW COINAGE.

to Germany the government, as a matter of deliberate policy, to encourage the upbuilding of foreiga commerce, mates 'a' much lowar rate on the government-oward railroads on all goode destised for export than on similar goods

terstale commerce commission bas ruled in sub-

Funbar particulari from

"THE ORGANISING SECRETARY,

84, Piccadilly, W.

London, 19th August, 1908,

To Let.

TO LET

GODOWN NO 14, DUDDELL STREET.

Apply to-

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Hotel.

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HOTEL.

•Nemo me

Impune Lacessit.

ST. ANDREW's Day

SCOTCH

ON

DINNER

MONDAY,

the 30th Nov., 1908.

SPECIAL MENU.

stance, cannot be done' by Americas railroads. The 105th M. L. I. Band will play

Tharefors thora is fair prospect that most of

@Thì N,Y(K; 15. Kanigawa Maru, Europesa | Consumption "...23,350,000 29,458,000 galloon Solution then came off free from solphides diary colongs of this country in to be converteding on the other side of the continent, will barn- ment and'oxidation from 7am. tó logo A wa announced some time ago, the subst. the American exports to the Orient, origissi,

Ling, laft Kobe for this port ofa Moji and Shag Estimated

hal on 34th lost, and is expected here on agid

The Bilk er RM5. Emprutt of India, which tong on the 17thulu, and Yokohama von thu sóth mit, amivad in New York on

ing? a transit of

population Consumption

34,900,

per head par day.

gallons

* The Government, Anslyst reports that the

water is of excellent quality.

W. CHATHAM DA

Water Authority)

Special Selections of Musio during and after Dinner:

the

O E OWEN

The strong solution was then run off and a wask solution added, it

to the decimal system, and some Eve tons of after be routed entirely over foreign rallroad Weak washing was carried on till October 6, money includes beopre, nickel and silver coins, of on? interstate commerce

the new cent places arrived recently. The dow and steamshipg lines, not under the when two samples of slimes were taken and | and the two first mantioned variaties will have laws under which the commis washed, the result being a residus of 8.17 dwts; holes of varying dimensions in the centralny

put into circulation duria” this month, iga bla

It was found that by ordinary agitation 12.5 paris expected that, the bronte coins will be cent, was extracted up till the goch,... Then the The new com Ban extraction stopped... A new eritem was parted