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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27 1908

OFFICIALS DIBAGREES

kong Lauds are offering at $93, Kowloon Lunds and West Pointà: are stnady'ni 5 446 czapeculvaly, Surogbal Landa,

Collan

was bald at Winchester House, E.C., on 28th in the neighbourhood of Tongshabour morning and evening, at the Imperial Temple, I parts and at the ximo tima spoké certain hot "f the wook under review, bas, been, but smail Hongkong Cottons' bavo Béliers at, Singsonder

en | occasion,

ANOTHER FIRE,

At gs.m. pasterday morning a fire broke out In the vicinity of the Shan Me bridge. Ths. house where the flames originated was com pletely gutted and the adjacent buildings also suffered some little damage.

23rd November.

market in now to have been

IMPERIAL CHINESE TELEGRAPHS.

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kong

Power an

orkar Tis: 62. Internationals Lava receded Milfs Esos have been sold in the to 71 56, and Las Kung Mows to: Tif, 21, Miscellanenas, Chion Bornton haya change and bands at St. Chiar Propidable contipas firm and can be placed and Electrica bars enquiries at 8 Light and and Ropes at $24 Ices are wank at Saga. dgulat at 55 Green Island Cements at

Wm. Pawells have declined to St. Watsons are in request at 5g ex the interim dividand of 30 cents per share paid to-day. Sumatras have slighty weakened and have sellers at The 1291 effected at-Thi, 900, 19 Langkats have advanced and salas hays been

YARN MARKET,"

COMMERCIAL

Chan sanguins, the Begadier-Geceral Wa WEEKLY SHARE REPORT. Ling Sino found that some parts of the magazine

Meters, Erich-Georg & Co. weekly share premises word le a dilapidated condition And repriaianded the officer to charge of the ma report of the gant Inst. yaadu polyi

The volume, of business transacted during wazine for neglecting repairs to the damaged words to him. The officer in charge, whose Rates, on the whole, have ruled steady to firm name is Chul Fai, remonstrated and an ex- for most stocks; in fact, in some faw iso ated change of words followed, with the result that cases showing slight improvement, but the Bilgadier General Wo strack Chal Chai has reluctance of holders to sell at present rates, therefore personally reported the case to the has prevented larger sator. The sterling du Viceroy and at the same tima tendered his remand rate of exchange.on, London closes is. dignation from his post. Standaa

1, while rates. on. Shanghai are T.: 75 fat CANTON HANKOW RAILWAY. B Bank T/T, and Tis. 25t for a three days A rumour is now current bere that H.E. sight Private Bill the rate in Shanghai ou this bang Chib Tung has made Total: Wong for three days' aight Private Draft, being The Ping Yau Superintendent of the Canton 75 Bar-silver in London is quoted 33 1/161, and Consols £74 7/16. The Bank of England's Hankow Rallway to relieva himself, as H.E, it unable to leave the Capital owing to the death rate of discount, remains a per cost, and the

ptivate market rate of discount 24 per cent. of the Emperor Kugog Hsu.

Bank Shares-A few small lots of Heng-

In their report dated 27th insient, MessiE, and Shanghai, bave been done at $8174 Phirozsha H. Patit & Co write DAN

closing with buyers $824, the London $930

Out last clicater was dated the 13th inst rate baving advanced to La los. 01. Nationals.

The first half of the interval that has since. have, buyers at $51.-

Marine Insurance Shares.-Unions sold and diline Briskness was not to be expected ow elapsed saw the Yarn market in a steady con are wabled at 5785. China Fraders can being to the program of bawasting operations in placed at $87).. Other stocks under this head the interior whice bab vestricted business to *ing are unchanged and without sales

comparatively narrow limitations. Fite lusurance Sharsa,Hongkonga sold, When in the early part of the 2- and are obtainable at $330. Chinas sold at further declined followed by an $10 and Stat, and are wanted at latter rate.

silver, importers were conf Shipping Shares-Hongkong, Caston and difficulty of having to raise them Macko Steamboats sold at $291, closing with

yaro in order to make good the differen Exchange. On the other band, Chinasa buyers 30% with sallars at $5; Shanghai reports buyers at feel their way cautiously and approach Tis, 38, while in London the quotationTM has

importers with hesitancy in meeting the en- dropped, to £1. tas od. for preference, and forced higher prices. As cargoes, continue to 109, od for deferred stinres, China and Man

arrive in fulfilment of past months" forward, | ilas, and Dopglugen are unchanged. Star Fer-

contracte dealers are operating among them-

now inue, Shult Transports, sold at 451, nad,

Quotations on the whole show an advance have buyers at 455, 30.; the London rate is 453,

over the figures'in lust" mail's circolar. The

continue in request at $to.

greatest attention and can be disposed of at so Reflseries.Unchanged and without sales.

cent to $t over the prices ruling a fortnight; Mining Shares-Charbonnages ara wanted at $580,' Reubs sold at 67 to $71, closing with "No, zos,—A moderate business transpired in buyersal $7.40; the Hon skang Telegraph.0[17th | thamads only. instant, Prints a very interesting article about this mine, clipped from the Mining Journal The crushing for the four weeks anded 7th iowast, resulted in 1977, ounces of smelled

CALL ON SHARES POSTPONED, Sir Chun Cung Liang Chins, President of the Cauton-flankow Railway Company, has tele- abroad that the day for the closing of the, col lection of the second call of shares has been postpoped to the 15th day of the 11th mood, PRAHA ZNA, FATAL ACCIDENT. - Yesterday morning, a number of coolies were

tion work which were being conducted at the hack of the Five-Storeyed Pageda. All of a sud were buried in the debris with the result that ons of them was killed outright and five others wounded. Os learning of the accident the Fong Pin Hospital at once seat bands to the rescue of the wäfərtunate coolies,

CHINESE ENGINEERING ANDI, the past year show a falling off, there is no condolanceput account of the death of Their

donst that the advasingen of the port are bei | Méfenses" fin reply the Vicktor mnied that be. When qnking an inspection of the Wing MINING CO..

coming increasingly recognised. Perhaps 1 would receive themse

ROUSH BUNNENS BUSTENDED should have reached out, shareholders, that The seventh annual meeting of the Chinese ought to mention, inicis any rumour of it

During the last three days, the roth, zoth Reginaering, and Mining Company, Limited, there but been an outbreak of a form of plagued ariant, whewalificenciale nithe city

which

had to attend the service twice each day, alt MW. F. Turner presided. The sect caused a

disturbance is {-\iary (Mr. A. W. Barry) having read the notice supply."

to pay their respects before the Tablets of the Conyssing the meeting and the auditors repsit At regards the prospects for the current year, late Emperor Kussy Hats and the Empress thefto shareholders,

the report states that, notwithstanding the ad- 1224 Chaiman said :-Gastlemen-You will verse conditions of trade which still continue, Dowager, transactions of business ware entirely suspended in all yamens owing to the solema have lestat from the report and accounts, that the sales for the first seven months show a during the year with which we are dealing.our slight increase in tonnage compared with the profits experienced a check, as compared with same period of 1907-8. This increase in the those of the preceding year, but for reasons sales is accompanied by a slight diminution is which I will give you a'litile later we regard value, but so small as to be quite usappreciable. this chuck an dur.ip. cauzas of,

temporary

On the other hand, as I have already stated, character. The gross profit for the year, in the cost of production for the first seven months of the current year was appreciably lawer that cluding profil on exchange, amounted to 4923,285, falling off in and figures of that of the same period of the past year, with

LA BANK'S PREDICAMENT, // 18,000. The interest, 3,516, shows a falling which we are dealing. So far as our informa off of 1,200, owing to the diminishing som tion' goms, the profits earned during the current

·In consequence of the death of H. I. M. the at our disposal. The total to the credit of the year are at least equal to, and probably some profit and less account is £127.349. The what in excess of thoss of the corresponding Emperor Kuang Heu, great changes in the

The Imperial Chisese Telegraph Administrato Government are expected by the general pablic Actual profit shown on the account is period of the year preceding. The position la £189,848. Out of this, 10,000 has bees prowich we stand can be stated very shortly, here, which buvo now resulted in a consider-tion being now solely a Government concern, vided for the redemption of debentures of Thanks to the expenditure on capital accoude ble amount of trouble to the Cantoni Gorero the Ministry of Posts and Communications hau ment Bank (Kwan Yón Chin Chu). The Bank notified the public through the local authorities which 1, have just spoken, £25,000 has been our caput capacity has been very largely

has issued notes to the amount of over two here that from the 1st of the first moon sext carried to reserve for depreciation, and the incressed and is in fact now considerably million dollars for circulation in the markat. Chinese year, a deduction of aj par, cent. will balance, 134848, is carried to the balance, in excess of the demand. The develop

be made jo the rate for tesègraphic messagol an already reported from time to time, and sbeat. Adding a this the balance brought mant of our coal sales has not kept pach forward from last year, leur income tax, to with the great facilities for extraction owing these notes have so far proved to be in favour received at all Chinese telegraph offices. April 5 last, we have an available total of to the depressed state of trade, but when with the people and have been accepted with

out any trouble. But awing to the present state £159.414, subject to provision for the directors this depression passes away we are in a

of affairs, the people am now in a state of ung percentage. We paid an interim dividend psition to supply any demand that is likely to of 6d. per, share on May 1 ́last, amount

be made upon us, and to produce the coal at à | ¤ècessary alarm and fear that the value of the graphically loformed the railway abareholders cellars si latter figure, Indo-Chinas are wask ing 10 £7,000, and we propose that a lower cost than at any previous time in the notes issued by the above-mentioned bank will further dividend of 18. 6d. per share, free of in company's history. We are in a position to decline and the notes themselves become unec come tax, be declared to-day, making 15 per negotiate for large contracts with the certainty ceptable. During the last week, the bank had to day in cent. for the year, which will absorb a further ef being able to fulfil them, and to develop our pay out large sum of money ever

either silver, subsidiary Edlab or dollare for the sum of £75,000. The directors percentage sales further afield that we have ever done heredemption of a large amount of notes of that

mounts to £5.484, and there will remain fare. As matters stand today we can produco Milánca of 3.929 B. 8d. to be carried forward. | at least one-and-a-quarter million tons of coal bank presented from all sides. Thus the money engaged in removing earth from some excвva- l' ries sold at. Si4 for the old, and at:Sig for the selves with advantiga to opg another, NAG Thus, although our profits have been somewhat per annum, and when Contain works now in protected a little, but no, fear seed be felt so far reduced we are maintaining the same rate if gress at Libsi are completed in a few months'

vidend as in the preceding your. You will time, that output will be capable of still farther as the bank's credit is concerned, 'as the Pro- i deo the earth pù the top fell down and the men. od sellets, Union Waterboats have been and usùsí favourite spinnings of No, 109, attract the: have noticed that the amount set aside for re- increase. As regards the prospects of increased. serye for depreciation this year is £25,000, as activity of trade, it is of course impossible for compared with £40,000 in the preceding year.us to form any definite opinion on the matter That, however, was a very liberal amount which I may mention, however, that according to a had only been equalled in one previous year, cablegram received from our general manager and under all the circumstances we saw Do in the middle of September, the sales were necessity to disturb the rate of dividend merely likely to increase towards the end of that In order to set aside the same amount to rẻ month, and this anticipation has proved to be serve as last year. Coming now to the correct, the weekly sales for the last four weeks Causes of the diminution of profit; the male

idvised to us showing a considerable augmenta. cause is undoubtedly the fact that China, inn as compared with the correspondier in common with other parts of the world, weeks of last year. We are, therefore, not is suffering from a period of declining trade. without ground for hoping that the period of This declins is the case of China has-been-ex-depression-is-coming.to-an-end, and that an perienced considerably earlier than in Europa improvement is about to take place which, In the case of Chine it may be attributed di

whenever it occurs, will certainly be reflected rectly to the after effects of the protracted wat in the busincas of this company The Chair- mas concluded by moving that the report between Russia and Japan, and to the severa financial disturbances which occurred in the and accounts be adopted, and that a further United States in the spling and autumn of last dividend be declared of is, 6d. per share, mak- year, A

period of severe commercial depresing 45 per cent. for the year, free of income tax, sion net in China towards the end of 1937, and payable on Nov. 2 Mr. G. T. Symons second was accompanied by a foancial crisis of a very ed the resolution, which was unanimously serious character, all kinds of business and

adopted. industry being affected. Our general managol states that the effect of these conditions "reacted | on sil Chinese industries, and has been partie noticeabls in the stopping of the larger proportion of the brick kilos owing to want of money among the Chinese for building pos

This reason alone is responsible for a Poles considerable reduction in the demand for our coal. Other industries have been affected in the same way, and, generally speaking, it may be said that when business is bad the coal trade must be correspondingly affected.". This tate of things-has-controsed mare or fest" acutely practically down to the present time, Under these circumstances it is very satis factory to find that the lonnage sold during the year 1907-8 was.959,000 tons, as compared with 915,000 tons in the previous year, an increase of 44,000 tons.

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You will not bave failed to notice that our balance sheet at Feb. 29 last shows a marked

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The Chairman then moved "that Colone! Alberi Tbys, Messra. Charles Balser, Edmund Davies, and Emile Francqui be re-elected to the board of directors. Mr. Symons agai secondell, and the resolution was carried unanimously. The auditors, Messrs, Adnan, Dexter and Co., ware also re-elected, on the motion of Mr. Michael, seconded by Mr. Buisseret, A vote of thanks to the directors terminated the proceedings.-L. & G. Express.

"CANTON DAY BY DAY,

PRISONERS. ÉSCAPADE.A. [From Our Own Correspondent.]

Canton, 20th November.

On the afternoon of the rgth-instant, while warders were at their supper, eighteen prisoners their escape by climbing over the wall of the in the cells of the Shuntak Magistracy effected prison. It is feared that the magistrate in charge will receive severe punishment in consequence of this incident.

vincial Treasurer, on observing the circum- stances, has obtained a sufficient sum of money to meet all demands that may be predated for exchange.

„A HANDIOME" DONATION,

DISREGARDING "AN ‘ETIQUETTE;" For failing to observe the traditional custom.

H. E. the Viceroy Chang Jen Chun, at the of going into mourning on account of the death

request of his native subjects, has personally of the late Emperor Kuang Hot, four men were

donated a sum of $10,000 towards the funds arrested by the police. Tany were seed wearing coloured silk long costs in public for the relief of sufferers by the famine as well places and ware made to pay a fine at the No.s the recent floods in the province of Chill. is Police station yesterday.

PROVINCIAL JUDOR'S RETURN.

The Canton Provincia) Judga designate Wei Ching Tung is expected to arrive here about the 24th inst.

ROBBER CHIEF'S DEATH.

It is ascertained from a despatch from the Taotai of Yumchaw prefecture to the Canton authorities that the notorious insurgent chief Wong Wo Shun wis killed on the roth day of the 9th moon by the local residente and that his comrades have since fled over to the Strails Setilement and vicisity,

CLAN FIGHT.

A seriour clan fight has occurred in the Sheung Ha Kao village. The Brigadier Gen- eral of Kwangchow and the Puo Yo magistrate left here yesterday with a body of soldiers to re-

store order,

24th November

THE EMPEROR's death. On account of going into mourning for the late Emperor Kuang Hao, the Viceroy has issued a proclamation that according to tradi. tional custom no official visits should be paid to any temple of goddesses for one hundred days.

CONSULS' SYMPATHY.", Yesterday the foreign consuls at Canton, called in a body on H.E, the Viceroy Chang fen. Chua to express their condolence on the

Kuang Hsu. H.E. Chang, thanked them for death of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor their courtesy.

PROMOTION. OF OFFICIALS, DES

ARNS RUNNING,

Yesterday, the Canton-Hankow Railway Company was in receipt of a telegram from the Ministry of Posts Rud: Communications with instructions 10 institute a strict search of the luggage and persons of railway passengers in order to prevent the smuggling of arms and

ammunition,

The High Authorities have also received telegraphic orders from Paking to take vigilant action in checking the smuggling of arms and ammdbition into the South and to suppress dli Tumours that may crop up at the present juncture after the death of the Emperor Keang

Hau.

16:4 November,

STROJAN IMPOSTOR'S FATE.

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gold bring chinined from 5.306 taas of ore Crusbed; to this bas to ho added 174 ounces of wold obtained from plates at Bukit Komań, also rog ounces of gold obtained by cyanide treat- | meni during the last three months, making a total of 1,360 ounces of gold. Chinese E1- gineering and Mining Shares are weak at Els, 15.

Docks, Wharvey, Godowat, &c.---Hongkong and Whampoa Docks sold and have seliers at

592. Fenwicks, as well as New Amay Docks, are unchanged. Shanghai Docks have drop. bed in the north T: 77. Hongkong and Kowloon Whates have nollers nå $45. Shang- hai and Hongkow Whatves have dropped to Tis, 150.

Lands, Hotels and Buildings.-A small lot of Hongkong Lands fetched $91, but more, -shares are on offer. Shanghai Landi are quot- ed T16). Humphreys Estates sold and have buyers at 5g 30. Other stocks under ikis heading are unchanged and without any trans- actions.

No. 16-Nothing doing,

No. 123-Some selected threads changed hands at a trifle better price,

No 10-in request'at ́an advance of Sf to 51 per bile.

Nos. Br, and 64. -Nothing dolog. The Market closes stardy, Sales:-3,450 bales of No, ros, 60 balas of "No. 126, and 750 bales of No, zon; in all about

3.740 balst,

Arrivals-Per stemmers Namsane and Zum- ang (from Calcutta), and Ferdinand and rank. (from Bombay), af about 8,000 bales.

Upenld Stock ----About 6,000 bales, an Uncleared Stock About 18,000 bulan: Exchange We quote to-day as follows —–—

lodia T.T

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Demand

at Rang cant.

158 London T.T. Sb. 1.830-3

Demand 1.8 3/1fd=$

Tis. 733==$100. Silver ... H azfd. per os.

ZO+DAVI EXCHANOR.

·Seliang

Loeden-Bank T.T........................

D. பசு,

damsad APTARN je,months' sight .......... France-Bank T-T. jan America-Bank T.T. Germany-Bank TIT: ise,

vdisea༠v་བཙན་ས་

130,

dem ad os 510hil-Bank TT, Singapore-Bank T.T. per H.

aran-Buck T.T. Fava-Bank T.T.

HE, LIANG TUN-IN. H.E. Liang Tuan/in, after completing his mission as special commissionar, to receive the

Cotton Mishanghai quotes: Ewon Tim American Fleet at Amoy, abiained nas rípoth's

67. International Tls, 5. Lao Kung Mows, leave and H.E, atrivad "bers to pay a visit to

Tis. 75, and Snaychees I'ls. 240. Hongkong his native home in the Shuntak district. But Camps are quiet at $0,The 13th-anaus before his leave expired, H.E. Liang has twice

meeting of shareholders in the International received telegraphic orders through the Canton

Criton Manufacturing Company, Limited, will Victroy from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs be held on 15h istant, und which date the recalling him to reum to the Capital [transfer books have been closed. The report service. H.E. felt here yesterday afternoon. by the gleamer Futsham for Hongkong enrouts

for the year, ended-goth-September, 198, ba just been received from the north, and we shall to Paking.

reler to same in detail in our next issue; the net profit amounted ta Tis 25,190.96, which, The other day a monk was arrested by the together with The 85.5 905, carried forward police in Faishan for obtaining moudy by false from last year, makes a total of 116-119,710.01.19 mannths' sight L/C,

at Credit of profit. and lost account. The di public pesce by pretending that he could bring rectors propose to write off Tis. 77,3 8, place petences from the villagers and disturbing the fortune to the people and drive away the evil Tia. 25 000 to reserve fund and carry forward spirits. The monk told the ignorast people-the-balance-of-1-18,17zot that he was endowed with extraordinary power in charms. The credulous gentry believed bim without any misgivings and asked him for his mysterious advice. When the monk was placed prayed in a body for his release, which was refus chains and under an escort of half-a-dozen ed and the mank was brought to Canton in police, to be dealt with accordingly.

Buyin

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471

#7 8 9/16. 5 months' sight LfU. `...........t/8-11/16 33 days when Francisco &, New, ré 4-Hoursa stubs – -30 Jay' tight Sydney & Malboume.,.1.8 kg/tó Sundry Manufacturing Companies-Hongmonths light France. 17 kong Electrics sold at $ & Dairy Farms are 6 monthe sight quiet ut $121. Gireen Island Cements have 4 months' sight Germany 177 beep dons and are on offer at Sio. O her stocks

Har Silver...

what it was the year before. This altered posi change in the financial position compared with tion is, of course, due to the very heavy capital, expenditure during that period. At the time

It is ascertained that Wei Ching Tung, has of the formation of this Company it was re-

been appointed to be the Canton Provincial cognised that, great as were the potentialities

OPIUM MONOPOLIRTS PETITION. of the Company's mines, the equipment was of

Judge and in coming to take up his appolat: very imperfect character; they were being

The monopolists of the prepared opium farm

the present Acting Provincial Judge Cheung worked in a hand-to-mouth fashion, and heavy

n questing them to modify the rule that Shik Fuz to be Acting alt Comptroller in capital expenditure would, be required to pro-

oplam smokers are allowed to buy opium succession to Ting Nai Yeng, who is about to vide them with an adequale eg ipment of a modera-type-so-that-they could be worked on only once for opium-licences, and to alloy be transferred to the post of Tastai of Lung:

promulgated-for-opium-licencos,-and-to-allow-chow on the recommendation of-the-Viceroy scientific principles. The total expenditusa

the licensees to buy opium more than ozce under this head amounts to about a quarter instead, so that they may not suffer beavy losses. of-million sterling, whilst the total expe- So far, the officials have not yet given a reply diture, since the formation of the Company kmounts to 185,894 If any justification to the positioners. It is not likely that the were required for this expenditure, apart officials will acquiesca in the petitioners' request from the profts which we are earning and and alter the rule as is desired. the dividends which we are distributing, it would be found in the enormous extent of the mineral resources of the mines which we are working apart from any consideration of our biber-rights in the Kaiping Basin. It is esti mated that the coal now exposed in the workings of the Tangshan, North West Shaft and Linsi Mines amounts to between,rine and Le millions tous. It (sfunker extimated that If two new levels were driven on the Tongshan abd North West Shaft Mines at depths of to metres each, and estimating according to the tonnage exposed in the existing levels, these

in Canton have patitioned the authoritierent. The Viceroy; bas proposed to appoint under arrest those who had confidence is him under this heading have not been dealt in and Hank of England rate .*.js

· FIRE. ·

Three days ago, half-a-dozen shops were 10 tally gutted owing to an outbreak of fire in the part of Kongmoon through the careless use' of kerosene oil The shops burnt down chiefly dealt in bamboo and wooden, articles; when these combustible goods were in the height of the conflagration, fears were entertained by the local residents that a large portion of the port would be destroyed, at the north wind was then blowing very hard.

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7 A WISE PRECAUTION."- *. It is ascertained that H.E. Viceroy Chang

mant and impressed upon him the critical state,

H.E. in of afisirs at the present moment. tructed the directer to take every precaution against any emergency, although everything is quicl in this city,

121st November.

MILITARY STUDENTS' CONDUCT.. Owing to the solemn occasion on the death of the Emperor, the people, as a rule, are not permitted to shave, their beads for a period of our bundred days. However, several military students have been found acting contrary to and handed to the Military Department to be this eʻiquette and bave therefore been arrested dealt with accordingly.

CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY,

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rates ne unchanged.

but can be placed now at 5:04. Langkats had Miscellaneous-China-Borneo sold at Sto,

Another big jump, and are quoted Ti■. 86x in shangbal according to a wire received just The Provincial Transurer has issued á pro- now; a fourth pod final dividend of Tis ja per clamation in which the present Pauru Mashare for the current book year, together with gistrate Choa Yu Chun has been appointed to Yumchow as Sab-prelect. It is not known at present who will be appointed to be Chou's

successors

ROBBERY."

on the art instant a daring robbery wa -committed in the Nam Shuí villaga in Sbuotak district, where one house was ransacked and the second call of shares of the Canton-one man named-So-Tas Pan kidnapped, Hankow Railway Company is far from being. folly subscribed for even up to the last day on For failing to observe the which the lists were closed. At a meeting held yesterday, by the Board of Directors of the Company it was unanimously agreed that the collection of the second call of capital should extended to another fifteen days, is, the

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·PRECAUTION AGAINST FIRE.

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In anticipation of the danger of the frequent occurrences of fine during the winter season, the Canton Police Authorities have formed fire brigade corps to be stationed in the west- ern suburb of the city..

A STORM IN A TEA-POT.

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OBSTREFEROUS CHINESE,

the traditional costom of mourning on account of the death of the Emperor Kuang Hsu, two men were arrested yesterday in Fashan for having shaved their heads, and were each fined $1.

VICEROY'S ANXIETY.

Io consequence of the present critical state of affairs as a result of the death of the Em Perox, the Viceroy has now lasued a proclama- tion to warn his wabordinates not to start any. rumours and to be careful not to absent them- selves from their dutiez.......

CANTON-HÁNKÓW RAILWAY. --

a bonus of Tis. ro per share, has been declared, payable 15th proximo; making in ali, Ti..50 per sbare for the fascial year; the transier books will be closed from the 8th to The 15th proxima, both days inclusive. It is further announced that oil has been found on the Company's concessíða at Soengei Rajab,jd Acheen.

Watson have buyers at $97; an interim dividend of thirty cents per share op account of the current year, will be payable on 27th instant, transfer books closing from 74th to goth instant, bath daya inclusiva.

In other stocks under this heading there in no change and no naies have been reported,

Reviewing the share boliness for the weak, Messrs. E. §. Kadoorie & Co. wilta on 17th Inst.:-

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LOCAL AND GENERAL"

4N" important extradițion" case is to be heard next Wednesday.

MANILA officially reports pund. The past weak cholera four cases paly

CAPT. T. G. Leah, R.G.A.,, has left Plymbarb, on translar to Hongkong

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AT 5.30 pm. last, Saturday the typhoon Black Cone signal poisted downwards and the Drum was hoisted.

The Paling and Tianssin Timis states that the Rement is aansnced of Major Nalban and-Miss Detring.

HP SHUN-coopersmith-Hongkong" and, Whampoa Back Company, Limited-one catty copper-fourteen days hard.

two new levels would produce additional summqued the Director of the Military Depart-5th day of the 11th moon. server of over seven million tone. In the case of the Linsi Mina it is estimated that the O reg serves down to a depth, of goo metres amount to fifteen million tons, and that if two now. levels were driven they would expose further reserves of about seven million tons. Taking these figures, together, we arrive at the huge

·PRINCE ČRING ALIVE, - total of thirty nine million tons. You are @ware) from last year's "report that the in- The ramour that Prince Ching died on tha stallation at Tongshan came into operation18th instant has now been proved to be On April 16, 1907, and that unfortunate unfounded and it is quite true that. His Royal June 15, 1907. It was, of course, vafortuneta Highness'is still alive, as can be observed-fram director, whom maneis Wai Yu Trog, On Capital, if those sharabolders who persist in the 1-prevailed in these stocks, all of which are in.

within a few months afterwards, the con- a that, instead of receiving the benefit of our in- a joint telegram received here at I o'clock yes. Rave orders to lock him up at once foa.irapu rate the Company will invits other people to Chinas bava' buyers in the North at Tirakes · Interim duty at the Hongkong" and.

of in should is procuration issued yesterday

created capacity for output, the balance-abnet. Vase Soy Kal. The telegram swad addmssed

by the sales, Yuan Shi r therefore, shows the altered financial position "Liang Kwang Viceroy Chang" and the con- of the Company as affected by this heavy tenis radial amplia despre ben Capital expenditure at a date when we could stiuc iu. & give you are believed to have been hardly be said to have enjoyed any substantial obeyed and carried out accordingly, we are beablit from that expenditure. The total to inform you that the Palace and Metropolitan capital expenditure during the year was city are all quiet," Lippo, "Of this 46,337 was expenditure at

On the 10th instant, the Director of the The Canton-Hatkow Railway Company has Military College at Whatok, through some now advertised that after the expiration of the unknown case, had a dispute with a student of the subscription lists for it or the closing of that college named Chow Yee Ft The of for the second call

A quiet week has passed, and business has THE Fantow Daily News learns that in con been confined to a few stocks, but rates. geborenection with the native bank fallures the Han ally show a hardening tendency. Frong four mills have bean salked by order of

· Banks-In Hongkong and Shangbal' Banke

Laba Taolai the upward movement has been malalajätdį

after anies at rising rates from $530, cis-TELEGRAMS of confoleoce kave been re rate hat improved to £82.15/-. MOSTRA Edward VII, the German÷Emperor and the strong, and with buyers at $845 The London by the Emperor trim thalys Majesties. King

Marine Inxbeauces. A decided & coneus bas Emperor of Japan, espere p

-MR÷aúð - Mraz A, D. Brant left Shangbai on 18th ins", "for Poking where Mr. Brest, under-

Shanghai-Bank Iir some weeks.

wanted at $193, after sales at this rate, North desce. In a short space of time the other take up such nepaid-up shares in accordance

while Unious, in reponse, to an unsatisfied students in the College, seeing the director's with Article 40 of the Company's Regulations demand, have advanced to Sino at which rate-

a for shures have been sold. Yaugtszos.com rash action with their schoolmate, jointly pro- ceeded to take Tevange against the director. Ia

'sique firm at $167). doing so, some sights students signed a joint MESRA Grag & Co. stamp dealers, have a Fire tosurances-China Fires have improv petition to the High Authorities reporting the uppacked a beautiful: assortment of Christmased and am enquired fne at $102. Hongkong peli

and New Year cards which they barb on view particulars of the incident, and on the following, in their show rooms any. Des Voeux Rin Fires are unchanged at $3ro, day they all left the college, and, urged that

Shipping,China and Manilas bavo: Wonkes. Director Wal should be removed. The Director Central English hand-made autograph cards ed allahily, to 5.4. Hongkong, Canton and should appeal to those who do not care for has applied to the Military Department for - fu-

• the previous year. The expenditate on this in receipt of a Tolegiam from HL E. Yang consequently proclamation has been ivanedil'scraps, priced" very moderately," should.ml] Donglaven at $33.::Indos convivua out of favour: ending November 7, 1978, amoun1odka 21,2549! Chiog wang tao, as compared with 1,000 in the same day H, R. the Viceroy was structions as to how to deal with the tronbla sadij conventional word groetings, while the relief Macao S'e mboats have buyers at gia and total output of the three minet for the work head during the year now current wi}}, we !! SIB Seung, Viceroy of Chift, informing, blm { by the,l'epartment to recall those students to! Posl to the "collecting" "Instincts of our younel and ara, quoted at $17 and $17 for the prefer tons and the sales during the period to 87,816 70

circumstances mots

PERING QUIET.

cipale, be of only a trising amount. The only other item in the report to which I have not alluded is the paragraph which states that for pome time pas a divergence of views bas axiated between the Chinese Government

This morning, H. E. Viceroy Ching again mad the board of directors on the subject of the received a telegram from H: E. Liang Ting sight of the company is the Kaiping 4 Fun, a native of Canton and, formerly Provin ad that begotiations are proceeding with a cial Judge is Hopab, informing him that lewale amiring it an amicable expedient he has gone up to the Capital and thats or practicable, that we should enter into any found all was quiets and be further added that scialls on this subject to day, bat csapat no agitation should be permitted. Isays it without anying that the Board, on bo Fall, of the shareholders, have to recoguiss indebtedness to His Majesty's Feige Office for the support, which has bees accorded do 1bem in sha malgrance of the Company's righton Bazenzards the development of a las Fort of Ching-wang-tan, this has naintal lected her konurntable conditions

worth a visit,

THE Ministry of War has decided to establish an arsengl in Taijin (capital of Skant)); and is stated that Mr., Fang Tung he will be sp- pointed Superintending Engineer het. The Chinese Engineering and Minier Co.'s

i on banyd thu në

red and deferred abures respectively, Ekar Lone, that everything is now very quiet in Peking return to school and resume their work in three friepas. Gica's stars is curtainly Ferries old have been placed at 524, and the and the neighbourhood and that all alarmist days, on pain of being painted. Bo far the

new shares at Brg, kang d

·Tas÷Central Government-bay {pformed thr rumours as reported by the different Jogirable, trouble has not yet been satisfactorily settled,

Refineript Aslightly firmer tendency is Viceroys and Gorerbors of phorisces Scar should not be taken as trus.

PROPOSED CAMPHON INDUSTRY. Tan dispate between the Ham Sue Wing fem aportent in China Sugars which have been officials who are able to map the cultivations Total Vip Chin Yau, who was deputes of contractors and Mr. Taur Cape, secretary of sold at tr Perak Spears have advanced poppy in their districts, within one year

the Kowloon Cricket Club, has bong satisinde) to Tik, 99. Long us are offüing at Sao.

A rewarded: to the Yuklen previoce he lovestigate torily settled. It will be remembered that the Mining-Raphy has bear the medium of YOUR NOWAWAY manufacture of camphor there with a view to Ham Ses. Wing, 113 Des Viax Road Central, fair business at 57, while miles baro also taken con esterday at Canton, returned to ought to recover from Taug Chee the sum place (3:57) Chinese Enginestiegs have tried to obtain food,ost theit

el 5744,03 balance due la report of a contract strengthened to Tis, 153 with buyers:

the ORDREI Canton yesterday.

for the construction of the club House, and as Docks, Wharves and Godowns-Kowloon Police Court last Saturday by to $44403 for extra work doon. After several Where are quiet, and obtelpable at $45.png months each para weeks consolation it was decided this aftersoon Fong and Whumpor Decks can be had, at 591, restore (15th (matant) that $1440 should be deducted Shanghai Decks have suff red a fonbar decline AFTER farther, tevi je-arly from the claim for the azfinished work, the de-30 Tik 91 LE (which fa'e, there are, barese Captain Price Las found fandalit to pay plaintiff 5550 in respect of the Hongkew Wharfs hays claim, and $63 towards the costs. This was salem pravalle pagam nocepied by the otherside, and the cast was: 1 Lande, Hotels and Building en land into six Triday's list, "panding the are Hotels are him barem cat Wirid of the chegde

CONSULS' EXPRESSION OF SYMPATHY.

25th Novembar... PROVINCIAL JUDGE'S ARRIVAL., The Consular Body in Canton.hús;informed The Cantes Provincial Judge designats Wel the Viceroy that it is the latention of the reprs. Ching Tong arrived bare yesterday Chernoon sentatives of the different formign countries barn by the C. M. 8. N. Co.'s steamer Chijnen, edit so perically proceed to the imperiali/Temple on the sumpa day he called on the Vicardy to to odor their respects before the tablets of the report hip arrival: It is not certain whether onerer Kang Hut and the Empress this new oficial will take over churks of office kay on the paard in wiced and at the same, this month owing to the present solemn occas

to increase

eight lost

about 2,000