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Quarantine in Hongkong.

OBSERVATION STATION.

ESTABLISHMENT AT LAICHIKOK

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY DECEMBER

CANTON FOR TOURISTS

THE WONDER CITY OF THE ORIENT

TAB CHINESE ROPA

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THE OPIUM

following 'regulations" for the setting afton felt sorry for the sprigs of nobility and fʻset aside by a court cabal aided by the help of t| Hung Chang. It will be-saan Prince Ching Surgoon was laid on the table Preek Gay There has bogn:no;lack of literature on the

*** No ordiassy dakcription cao do justice to the unique experiences enjoyed by the tourist who takan a trip to Canton and Macão in the course of blu wandering's in the Far East. We have of an Observation Station at Laichikoksarlauded stabilities who visit the Orient in Nedetention of persons arriving on board all the panoply of Western civilisation, whose

idea of pleasure is a

a trainload of coolios sod Tubjected to quarantine, are published caravan of belongings. How little they Aldi Ahe-Gasstte juures one

WTW These regulations are additional to the "ppreciate the innumerable delights, charms and wonders of such a fantastic city, as gasfaction regulations in Table Lamhe Mer Cauton, can only be realised by the ordinary Chant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance.morial whore pocket is not built on the mila, The place known as the Government Oh

servation" Blation" at Laichikok shall be set crase plan, and who must jostle and hustle with the natives as bast, he may, Canton, in Jabart'as s'place for the detention and seclusion

our opinion, has never been scoured from end -Pol (perecise, whether actually "suffering from **disease or not," arriving on board vericis sub-end by a single soul. Some of the authori

·Jected to quarantine.

'G. CLEMENTI, Clerk of Councils.

Council Chamber, Villatgard November, 1958.

Instructions for owners or agents of infected whsels from which the passengers or crew, o any of them, are removed to the Observation Beation at Lalchikok by order of the Health Officer of the Fort

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* If the Health Officer shall order tho, pas sangers and crow, or any of them, of "infected versal to be kept under observation at the Observation Station aforesaid the owners or agents of the said vessel shall provide :-

(a) All necessary boats for the removal of sach passengers and crew, or any of them, to "the Observation Station.

(b) All food for such pasenger and crew according to the scale in Schednie of these Instructions. SE

Such quantity or numbers as the Health Oficer of the Port may deem neccessary ---

(6) of lymph for the vaccivation of the said passengers and crow, if the vessel from which the said passengers and crew have been to mored is quarantined for small-pox.

(d) of disinfectants, not exceeding the scale for Chinese passenger ships, (Proclamation 'No. 7 of 6th July, 1904.) S

(d) of cooks, servants and scavenging coolles

(6) of water daily for cleansing or drinking GA) of karsins oil for lighting purposes at the rate of of a tio daily for every soo passeu

2. In addition the owners or agents afore- "unid will pay to the Government such charges as the Health Officer of the Port, by certificate onder his hand, may certily to have been in- carted by Government for police guard, surres, wardmasters, medicines, medical comforts; for the cleansing and diinfection of the vessel, or ...of the merchandiss on board of her, from which the passengers and crew have been removed; and for the burial of the bodies of any of the passengers or crew who may die in the Station,

рагровек.

gers and crew.

OPIUM IN CALCUTTA,

UNSATISFACTORY POSITION.

The opening in Shanghai within the hart an AS-As many of our readers do not clearly understand. The relation between the newly prot claimed Eraperor and his predecessor, as well as that between the late Emparós, and 126 Prince: OUTBREAK OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE: Wodke (Since postponed to Ist February 1999,

-TEB]:8, K. 7.] of the International Opium, Palun, we pablish a brief resumé of the genuclogy of the Imperial family of China, The Prince -- A special meeting of the Sanitary Board was Commission renders the linne in the form of a Palon's claim is based on an Imperial decres of 1854; appointing-hin fatberian the hair prai beld at the offices of the Board, at, 12.15 last Blue Book of a report by Mr. 9. Lwechy; i sumptive, by the Emperor Hien-fung, but on his demise, the Empress-Dowagers tom sucɛendad Saturday afternoon, when the following letter cillor of the Brition Legation in Pamugy on the to the throne," When the latter died without irove, Prince Pa'lan was the legal bais, but he was from Mr. Adam Gibson, the Colonial

Veterinary pluus question in China singularly opportuas. the grandfather of the new Emperor; and also that the late Emperor and the Prince Chun

Sanitary Board Officer, subject' at any moment during the last two ath November, 1908 years; but most writers, and certainly all pahlic are some of the Empress Dowager's sister

Emp. Kien-king, 173641796,

Sir, I have the honour to report for the speakers, have of necessity been obliged to Emp, Kia Keng, 1796-18201

Information of the Board that foot and mouth content themselves with such data no they have disease exists at No. o shed, Sassoon's Villa, been able to collect more or less haphazardly Pokfulam Roadei ter's

STAR Quite recently a more systematic attempt to . The shad contains fifteen cows and three of coliste information from various provinces was them yesterday were suffering from the disease.made under the auspices of the Chion Inland Ebeg therefore, to recommend that the shad Mission; and while there was ampla intersal, be declared an infected aron under Section 12 | avidence of the impartiality of the compilation, of the Importation and Inspection of Animals-such'a record, was always liable to be adjudged Bye-law of Ordinance 1 of 1903-1908-I have, a coloured by "anti-opuim prejudices, In

gauging Ve ADAM GIBSON POPPY CULTIVATION

Emp. Tao Kuang (1821-50).

Pr. Ying died young

ties have no doubt ideas that certain districts “exlat in the midst of this vast conglomeration: of hovels, mansions, matsheds and yameni, but nobody would take his solemn davy ibat he could point out any · particolar spot with exactitude. Of course there are estic leaders of the cringing tourist for the guides, the plump, imperturbabie, ma Pr. Taniche,(1) however big a man may feel on board the magnificent vessels of the Hongkong, Canton

and Macao Steamship Company when enroute Pr. Pu Lan (3)

Emp. Hien-fang 1851-1861 M. Daw. Empress Truhsi

Emp Tùng Ch 1862-1875

no issue

"Prince Ching (17th 100)

Prince Ching

Fr. Obing

Fr. Kung Pr. Chun (the present)

M. Empress. Dowager's Sister-

Fè. Taal Chan - d-mâr-Pc. Chun mother of new

Emp.

Emp. Kuang Hsu

Pr. Chup, who mar, daughter of Prince Ching (3)

Pu

Emp.Nov. 14th, 1958.

The Secretary,

Sanitary Board, The meeting declared: the shed in question to be an infected area.

„MONUMENTS IN CHINA,

--AM-IMPERIAL, TOMB ----

to the capital of South Chind he is but a very (1) Adopted as heir by Emp, Hies-fong, in decree of 1854. (2) Went to England for the the Ming Dynasty, is at Nanking. One of the small sprat when he finds himself in a Chinese. thoroughfare measuring three feet wide and Coronation. (3) Went to St. Louis Exhibition.-Singapore Frat Praia. evary Chinaman in sight yelling his loudest well, there are the guides who generally select the

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THE JAPAN CHINA RAILWAY AGREEMENT.

HSINMINTON-FAXUMEN LINE NOT INCLUDED,

CURIOUS TELEGRAPIE ERROR..

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THE EXTENT OF GROUND UNDER

a casual observer, who is asked to retain in kia, mind's eys the area planted in the sameʼdis- trict a year or more agő, máy wall ba misledy albelt unwittingly, by personal bias. For this reason it is unfortunate that the task of yauginim the progress of opium suppression · should depend for the most part on unscientific

signs of Europeans travelling in the prote The tomb of Chu Hung-wa, the founder of estimates, but in the absence of statistics, we can only rely for our information on impres monoliths is being gradually destroyed by Before the International Commission meets a carious visitors pounding it with a stonn_to valuable' guide for its deliberations will have HEAVY SENTENCE ON A MERE IL Some Ancient monuments of the Liang toms, whoan Commissioners and inland postal

hear a supposed metallic sound come fromban

been prepared by the Imperial baritime Cass CHILD.

Dynasty not far from the city should be pro officers have been instructed to collect all avail. tected and cared for as such old monuments able date about the cultivation of the poppy are rare even in Chine

and the consumption of opium and morphin, PAGODAS,

Their reports will be transmitted to the Statis Nanking was the site of the beautiful porce-tical Secretary, who will be attached to the lain pagoda destroyed during the Taiping Commission, and will represent the most com rebellion and famed in Longfellow's poem-plete and reliable evidence yet adduced on the part pertaining to the pagoda may be ex the whole question. In the meantime we bare tracted from its setting as follows:-

MR. LEECH'S INTERESTING AND INTERNE

INSTRUCTIVE REPORT, FOR

most characteristic streets for your delect tion and they know something about Caston. They know where the templesare and the places where you can buy Chinese sick-racks at fab

HOY OF TEN YEARS GETH THREE MONTHS, alous prices. They know, where the singlag In fact they

28th alto, boatsareand the river restaurants.

With regard to the fracas which took place koow over so many things, but even they do not know all there is to know of Canton; perhaps

The Japan Chronicle of 15th Nov, says As on Tuesday night at that beloved haunt of the they might have a fairly good idea of the place reported in our colunas yesterday, an agres- coolies-Causeway Bay full particulars of if they lived to the age of Methasalah... So that meal relating to railways in Manchuria has which we published in our last issue, sen the visitor who goes to Canton for a day or two been signed in Faking by Mr. Abe, Secretary fence was passed on the young hopefal who in the Japanese Legation, and Mr. Llang, of was the chief figure in the disturbance, al of preferably a week cannot expect to ex- plore the neighbourhood and return, with

the Chinese Post Office Department, Accord the Police Court this morning. The accused the reputation of a Sven Hedin. But what ing to the dispatch it appeared that the agree was a Hak-ka about leo years of age, and be ka will see in that time will be sufficient manal sanctioned the construction of the Hsin-was placed in the dock for the extremely to provide him with matter for wonder minsan-Fakumen lion, thus settling a question digulfed conduct of assaulting a Cantongse

which bas long been a bone of contention be; woman. until the end of his days. His reminiscences may not all backs, but they will afford his Iween China and Japan. We are now informed. The story, briefly told, is this. The wes grandchildren greater pleasure, by transporting that this announcement is incorrect, the line to man, who keeps a private lodging house, them to the enchanted realins, than all be constructed being the Heinmintun-Mukdan | was disturbed from her usual composure on the tales of the Arabian Nights put together line, which has not been a source of dispute. night in question by a great noise outside her The mistake arose from the inability of the house, and, thoning to the door, saw a crowd of People in Hongkong are to closely connected with Canton that its marvels do not touch them telegraph to transmit Chinese names accurate. Hak-kas, numbering some fifty odd, parsing In this case the one of her ledgers-who, by the way, is a Cho- after a while. They do not enthuse, and ly by Japanese kana. therefore it is all the more necessary that the

word, Skin-ho was, transmitted, which is the tonesa—for all they were worth. She asked traveller who really wants value for his money Japanese reading of the initial characters the child what they were up to. The youngster should know that there is a city adjs representing the fames Hsiantatus and thought this was too much for bin dignity. Up cent to this Colony which rivals the ancient Fakdmen, but lo happens to be the read went bis semper and down came his arm, which Bagdad. With this end in view, the Honging of the initial character representing Mukwould not have mattered so much had there

den also. The receiver of the message, not noi bean nu iron bar in his hand.

This ep oog, Canton Rod Macao Steamboat Com pany whose fleet of tourist steamets are thinking of this, naturally assumed that the peased the rowdies somewhat and they retired continually running between Hongkong and word referred to the undertaking which has without further trouble. Canton, have published a Handbook, which

beca so prominent, and registered "it' accord. has only to be seen to be appreciated. It is not ingly. merely a guide; is a record, for the photo. graphic reproductions are so numerous that there will be little left for the kodak-carrier to snap, unless he wisely takes side trips. The Handbook contains about a hundred pages, is admirably printed, and exceedingly well arranged.

Further details of the agreement are now to hand. The document is stated to form special protocol to the agreement signed in April last your relating to the Hsinmintun Mukden sed Kirin-Changchung railways. The substance of the new protocol reads as fol lowám

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This morning, Mr. J. R. Wood, the presiding magistrate, sentenced the boy to three months Bard labour. It is doubtful whether the child will again raise his hand on a woman after he has completed his contract with the Govern: meat,

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THE CHINESE THRONE.

CODLIES CREATE. BIG DISTURBANCE 'IN SINGAPORE,

POTTER'S SONO : "^\

Tura, turn, my whos! !" The human race, Of every longue, of 'every pinon. Caucasian, Copile, or Malay, All that inhabit this great ones)s, Whatever be their races or worth, Are kelndead and allied by bluth, And do of the same clay.

And yonder of Nankin, behold f The Tower of Porcelain, strange and old, Uplifting to the Latonished skies Its sinefold painted balconies, With balundyy of twining logvos, · And roofs of file beneath, whose eaves Hang porcelain bells that all the time- Ring with a soft, metodious clini While the whole fabrio is ablazo With varied tinta il fused in one Great mass of colour, like a ma Öf flowers illumland by,slie, sun,

Tum, tum, my wheel! What is begun A daybreak must at dark be done, To-morrow will be another day Tomorrow the hot furnace flamu “ì Will sensula tha heart and iry the freno, And stamp with honour or with slate These vessels made of clay.

No relics of this famous structure are traceable except a rubbish beap,

A brick recently picked out of the debris of the famed White Pagoda at Pa-ta-chu in the Westera Hilis, Dear Poking, destroyed by troops of the Allies in 1900, Eas this stamped Fescription:

"The Buddhist doctrine comes from the cause. I say there is a cause. The cause vanishes, do according to, this saying. "M\/

of which Sir John Jordan in a eqvering letter 12h Mr. Leech has devoted machycarp Spyw and attention to the preparation of this Report, and the conclusions at which he bas arrived muy be accepted as an sarada! attempt to form an im- partial estimate of the situation after an exhaus tive examination of all the evidence availabió." Even without this strong recommendation'un official memorandum of this nature, published under the authority of the British Foreign. Office, would be welcomed by the majority of those who are seeking for the most practical / methods of assisting China to free herself from the opiam evit..

Mr. Leech, writing. In June): statesibat since the and of November 1957, when the previous General Report on the Rail opiam movement was written, the two. most noticeable features have been the Central Government in the question, com- continued interest and energy shown by the pared with the growing apathy-evinced by the- provincial officials and their lack of sustained effort to eradicate the evil." In contrast to this, the Report continues, "there is the gratifying evidence from many provinces of the reduction of the area under poppy cultivation. This reduction, which varies greatly according to local conditions, seem to be as much a volon by self-interest and fear, as the result of official tary step on the part of the farmers, prompted exhortation or of desire to obey the autho orities? THE APATHY OF PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES. said to be noticeable chiefly in growing

It appears that there has been an enormous Increase in the consumption of opium la Cal entia during the official year 1907-8, but this "'does not mean that the drug has become more popular točally. It ir bought in order that it may be smuggled to Burms, the profits being *so great that Rs. 15 can be gutted on each poured. If, then, zo or 15. maunds can be "run" muggter during the your hir, profits will Superistada o 20,000 and Rs. 30,000. The Superintendent of Excise Revenue, Calcutta, --bellares that there are mes possessed of 20 elusive charmer, whether he has scaled the construction of the Kirin-Changchung besa community being in mourning for the fats remains to accust. The loss of this beautiful. Decred of November 1956 are stringently car

extreme canning and powers of organisation, who are working on a grand scale. They obtain' only a part of their supplies in Calcutta itself, going further afield into the United Fro- vinces, Rampur and Malwa where opium can be bought at cheap rates. If they are checked -in one direction by the police they turn to an- - other, for the demand from Burma is an Insistent on Thero aro regular routes by which • this : illleit trade is conducted: orê through Chittagong to' Arracan and another to Rangoon direct. The authorities only "knew of a certain number of the transac” tloni by the seizures made of the drug, and it is calculated that the figures must -be-multiplied tenfold to obtain oven an

· Approximate idea of the full extent of the operations, So far all the measures taken to stop the smuggling have been ineffective, and some means for checkmating the organised saccess, however, for the smugglers can afford gangs. There does not seem much chance of ito ay lame spins to all who help them, As to oplam smoking in Bengal itself, the the increase except la Calcutta and Orissa. la, Calcutta the opium dsas continue to "Nourish: they are now called clubs,, are in places difficult, of access, and only admit known and trusted customers. It is said

Reference is also made to the Macao trips but these are so well known that wa

The Chinese Government agrees to scarcely think it necessary to do more than borrow from the South Manchurian Railway mention the fact. All we can say is, that Company Y320,000 in Japanese money, which whatever the traveller may be, whether he is represents half the amount of the fund required travelling for pleasure or on business, whether for the construction of the section of the Fek he is world-weary or sick of life, Whether being-Mukdes Hailway vast of the River, and is flying from a rampageous spouse or chasing V2,150,000, being half the amount required for Popocatepetil or toved across the Gobi desert, Railway whether he is a youngster to whom the world is an open book or a hypochondriac, who has to face life with a bad liver, whether he is any of these things or not he mill, bas something to see to divert his thoughts at Canton, the wonder-city of the World: And he will gain bis first insight through the ma- dium of the Handbook to which we have referred. It costs only a few cents and is sold,

China town presents a deserted appearance today as most of the shops and business houses are closed in consequence of the Chi. Emperor and Empress Dowager, reports the *** Straite Times of 19th ulto.

Canton and Macro Steamship Company. we understand, at the offices of the Hongkong counts for the section of the Paking Mukder showing a disposition to be mischievous,

'FOREIGN INSURANCE.COM-

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The last sentence has been interpreted by Chinese as measing when the cause is vanished still 1 make this declaration." The left their foundation on a blast of gun cotton, brick was among thousands of its follows that The cause has vanished and the declaration pagoda has been lamented perhaps more by foreigners than by Chiasse.

indifference as to whethat "the"rufen" of "the

ried out or not. Generally speaking, smokers do not take out licences. Den, though off. at facially closed, are in many cases surreptitiously

During the late war in Manchuria at ha boo pagoda was destroyed for milltary reasona. This was the Pai-ta at Pai-ta-pu, south of Mukden. Singularly enough the several pagodas on eminences around Makdon were molested. But this one in the plain, was according to foreign observers, blown up on the Battle of Mukden. It was a landmark, but March by Russians in the withdrawal after small and relatively unimportant as a monu- ment. The Japanese troops used the bricks for mending roads, de Pagodas are not seen

t-seen north of Kai-yuan ia Manchuris. A pagode dated about 1878, quite a small one, is to be seen at Yi-la seventy. miles northeast of Mukden

(2) The interest on the loans in the preced.

Customs associated with such occasions ACS ing article shall bo 5 per cent, per quaum.

(3) The actual amount receivable by China being observed strictly in private houses and ålen at the Chinese Consulate. ́ ́Many rickuba shall be Y93 par V100..

(4) A Japanese shall be appolated Chief coolies are not plying for hire and even some Engineer for the Peking-Mukden line to the of the street hawkers are refraining from businat east of the Liao River, At first a Japanese ness. engineer working on the Peking-Mukden The general idleness among the Chinese in Railway shall be appointed to the post.

in many parts of the tows (5) It: being difficult to keep separate ac police, the today, is leading to trouble for the Railway east of the Liac River, the Japanese About three hundred coolies began to melest Government agrees pot to appoint a Japanese and rob hawkers and to steze trams, in South as Chief Accountant for the section of the line Bridge Road this morning.

P. G. Blyton hurried to the scene, and at in question. Instead of this'arrangement, the monthly instalment repayable of the principal tempted to scatter the mob with a broom, and interest on the loan ahall be regarded as which he wielded with considerable effect

THE IMPERIAL PALACE. AT MUKDEN............. It is reponed that a certain Censor has the monthly net profit of the line east of the till he received a blow on the leg, which crip. memorialized the Throne, to ipstract the Wai

throng finally scattered. for the formulation of the following rules in Japanese bank each month. China:, that foreign insurance companies regard to foreign insurance companies in shall not insure property outside the limits of the Settlements and Treaty Ports; 2, that in tion of Rule 1 and differences arising between the insurers and the assured, those differences shall be settled by the parties without having recourse to local Court; and 3, that the Life Insurance Companies shall not interfere with

tha Excise Department is still striving to find wu.pu to negotiate with the Diplomatic Corps Liso. River, and this is to be deposited in a pied him. Several arrests were made and the carded as amongst the most precious mona.British Concession at Chinksang will havA.

a

The Chinese Cantalate, Bras Basah Road, was

class, this morning, all attired in and express besieged by throngs of Chinese of the batter respects to the Consul of the Emperor, and Empress Dowager

practice is widely prevalent, but is not the event of a policy heing taken out in with the South Manchurian_Railway_Company (their grief at the demise of the Emprior family history:sant from Paking-in-October the carrion of the Heme Government to:

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(5) The Chinese Government shall nominate the post of Superintendent Engineer, on the Japanese who shall be considered suitable for Changchung-Kirin line, and on consultation the Engineer, so nominated by the Government shall be appointed to the post. The throng of vehicles of every description arranged apart from this protocol, between the trams fluding it la possible to get through.

(7) The miser details of the loans shall be completely stopped traffic for a time, even the South Manchurian Railway Company and the

The Inds of a Chinese school, all is khaki representative of the Chinese Post Office Dewalform, were seen marching through town, this last year.

had a band of black about his left arm. Their (3) The approval of the Governments of the masters, who marched by their wide, where two countries shall be obtained before the white mauring in accordance with Chinese agreement goes into effect. It understood custom that the construction of the Changchung Kiria Railway will be undertake by the South Manchurian Railway Compady, and that the

Carly next year. work of construction will be taken in hand

"that "the conseqüence is that opium-making the litigation of the Chinese on the ground partment, according to the Agreement of April | morning, with banners at their bead: Each lad sum of $100 000 Mexican in restoring the place from the current year, it undertakes to reduce

`la more freely indulged in than when the pro- mises were under Government control; the smöker gets his materiala at nominal prices and is unrestricted, and Government sacrifices considerable revenue. The policy which abol. ished all State control has evidently not been 'n'success; but anti-opiumists would none the Hasi bo furious if Government were to attempt

to revert to the old conditions. All the same, the position is an unsatisfactory a one as can be imagined-Advocate of India,

SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL SUAC WALKING MATCH,

pete in the International Walking Match at Shanghali

Eugliab, W. S. Featherstonhaugh, A. E Gomith, J. S.D. Wade, N. Wabb. Reserve: J.

1. Wade,

that one or both of the litigants have insured their life with them.-Shanghai Times,

THE SIBERIAN RAILWAY.

·IMPROVED FACILITIES FOR TRAVELLERS,

Trans-Siberian Route at Kobo; Messrs. Samuel We are informed by the Agents of The Great

Samuel & Co, Ltd., "that, as a result of the 'conferences'sed negotiations between the Ins

ternational-Sleeping-Car-Company-and-the- various railway and steamship lines concerned, during the past year, special arrangements have now been made and are being put into

pened. Oplum shops are only spasmodically inspected, while Anti-Opium Societies are gradually dying natural death from lack of funds or interest, or both.

A," Though there are exceptions to this state of affairs in certain dis the coast provinces, Mr. Leech adds, it cannot tricis, due to enlightened officials, especially in

ried out the movement imposed upon them by be said that officials in general have fully car." the Court. This presentment of the situation is

-----NOT-VERY-ENCOURAGING but its accuracy is borne out by the separate so- cords of the several provinces. If we turn to tba measure of support given to China by foreigners in the cause of suppression we and that no dens oxist in any British Concession The Imperial Palaces of China may be ro-

and the few opium shops remaining in the ments of their kind in the world. The Im their licences withdrawn at the end of the year. In Shanghai, also ** wa...nhall clent appearance, and has put away in the house. The sympathy of Great Britain with perial Government has recently repaired the avcentral palace at Mukden preserving its an- shortly be fres of licensed opium-smoking Ancestral Hall there the records of the Imperial Chins in her crusade has been manifested by

all forms in Ceylon, the The Mukden Palace is much miller than say abolish opium

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND HONGKONG, palace at Peking and in more barbaric in structure and appearance. It was badly roland while the Indian Government has concluded and all the minor buildings had collapsed. an arrangement with China whereby, beginning The Manchurian Viceroy spent an estimated

by 5,100 chests annually the number of chests, to something like its original appearance.

This palace is said to contalo the finest China. This understanding, which is intended at present amounting to $1,000, exported to single collection of Imperial porcelain and to apply to the ten yours allotted for the eradica Chinese art works to be found in China, tion of opium, in this country, is subject to ra though the extent and value of the collection vision at the end of three years, if China shows FREE FIGHT AMONG CHINESE.

may be exaggerated, it is, however, the won-

no willingness or ability to reduce proportionate Eight Teochews were arrested in North Bost der of visitors. The collection has for years ly the production and consumption of Chineks Quay, yesterday afternoon, from among A been piled up in complete disorder in Bitla throng of over two hundred, who were engaged crowded buildings, uscared for though an opium and the importation of other foreign opiam. Farthermoto, all the Powers have now. In a free fight. They appeared before the molested even by invaders. Much has, per given their tent to the prohibition (to be en- Third Magistrate, this morning, on a charge of bapy, deteriorated and some things have doubt.forced from January 1, 1900) of the importation HORSK-RAGING. IN: JAPAN.

noting

No evidenco was given as to the cause of less been entirely destroyed. The embroi af morphin except for medicinal purposes. Wor

daries, paintings, carved Jade, porcelains, According to its terms of reference 3 disturbance, but bystanders state that it arose bronzes, etc., bave now been arranged in caini. TEXT OF NEW REGULATIONS, A

THE INTERNATIONAL OPIUM COMMISSION, over the refusal of sundry, traders to cease work and on shelves and in places convenient for in which China will be associated with the A Regulation for the control of horas races and thereby show their respect for the deceased exhibit. The Government intends to make the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany,

a museum open to the people,

Holland, Japan Aud. Portugal, will most Chiasso are doing.

to arrive at "definite suggestions of measures The Magistrate reserved bis decision till this The Imperial family records, erroneously which the respective Governments may adopt afternoon, ::,*

called the history of the dynasty, that have looking to the gradual suppression of opium Another version of the affair is that the riot lately been placed in the Mukden Palace, are cultivation, traffic and use in their Preters began by a concerted attack upon two shops in conveyed thither with great ceremony by Prince passessions, thus assisting China in her pure. Temple Street, Just off South Bridge Road, Li. His departure from Peking was one of pose of eradicting the evil in the Empire katha- kept by Cantonese Christians, because they had the events of the year and said to be his of the chief object of its deliberations, 11 willahus be not closed their shops. Twenty arrests were most dignified and elegant ceremonials that seen, is to confirm Chies in her well-doing i

foreigners have ever witnessed in Peking. A but to achieve practical results in this direction; 20th November, special train took the Prince and bis muite, it would appear from Mr. Looch's Report that and the precious records, on-jada, to Mukdes, the Commission would almost have to leave The arrival there of the party in described as academic discussions on the oplum question having been very showy: About five thousand and indicate to Chips practical immbod troops were drawn up to receive it: The Prince administrative reform fapité

Ave a reception to the Consular body. It was controversy on the subject China has will and Pal-ling, the tombs of the Mancha king of opium suppression: Th's eradication dom. These tombe, are in good preservation drug from foreign Concessions, and until now have not suffered from vandals, where not going to pat: top

smoking in this was Empire. N. G, D. Noct,

that nothing can'expaed THE ZEAL, OF THE CENTRAL

the

The following are the teams selected to com effect, whereby travollars will be able to secure was issued on the 16th November as Order No? | Emperor and. Empress, Dowager of China, as | palace A IMPERIAL RECORDS, TERE

direct connections and tickets from any of the I of the Cabinet. The substance of the Regula principal points in the Far East through to the tion is as follows principal points in Europe and to America, vid(1) No one shall be permitted to hold borse the Trans-Siberian route, and registered bag-races except race clubs formed in conformity gage will be checked through direct from with Article 14 of the Civil Code. Shanghai, Nagasaki or Tsuruge, to the ticket (3) Horse races shall be held twice a year destination in Europe, in bond, with examina regularly by each clob, and the number of days tion only at the Custom House on the frontier when racing will take place on each occasion of the country to which it is registered, thus shall not exceed four. avoiding any to checking or examination at in termediata points,

** B*Irish—V. Davies, P. J . Dunne, Con. Hamil Lop, G. Macguire, Reserves John Hamilton, Chinese C. F. Wang, Yu Ling, Shes, Ying Tab No, C. La Wang.

BC, Young,

Portuguese-A. dellaço, C. Collaço, M. Gollaço, A. Diniz, jr. Reserve: F. D. Goodes. ¡Spacial #icker-books will shortly be issued, Geriniu, R. Bahlinson, P. E, F.Hofmaler, containing coupon tickets for each separate Lutenstein, F.; Martin. Reserves section of the entire journey, by any of the

K. Zimmer.

Various routes in with the och Alexandre, W. A. Brad, J. Siberian frise to Europe and also for stage or Scotch C. Birgie, J. Goodfellow, W. White places of interest in Japan, China, Korencial 41. Mackenna, Reserves | J. A. Mackenzie, charin, Siberia and the Far East generally, #Whyte,

This will be a distinctly new feature and of Individuals Amar Slagh, J. Noodt, B great convenience for all travellers, both to Russell, V. Tests AR Moores, P. J. Williams, Europe and locally in the Far East jud

Benavitch, S.“Pearlmann.

|| circular focal tours

made.

-- TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS RAISEDBA

2. FOXYDEFENCE, HİZ

(3) No borsai dseless for horse-breeding pur

shall be allowed to ran in the racontrol pasen

(4) Each horse-race company shall adopt its own regulations for races and submit them is Twenty: Chinese were before the Third the Directon of the Stad Bareas.

Magistrate, Mc Maurice Thunder, this morning, be teme it necesary foe Stedmpresum completata a part of big mision to visit the famour Fading work dat we alrations

(5) The Director of the Stud Bureau, when op charges of rioting in Temple Street at 7.30

borse breeding, may, partially subsidise the age to the amount of 13 to the property of clubs for the expenses of the races, Toh Sam Tin Three of them were also charged (6) All matters relating to the maintenance with voluntarily causing hurt to E.P.C. Blyton, of order and public morals shall be in the hands of the local authorities (in Tokyo the Metro kiti Thursday next, at 17,30 £10000

The bearing of the charges was postponed politan Police Bureau shall be the authority The three who were charged with assaulting

asked to fornish baiti of $400.00

Coach's the

• The connectioni with Vladivostok are:-*** (7) If a horse suce is found to be run in the E. P. O. Blyton were wonke other seventeen,

CHINA'8) SORROW..

AMOURMING IN JAPANURGALE

To Europe-Leava, Tauruga. 5.00 p.m. on circumstances referred to below, the authorities the sum of STRALING AN OTKngs which cost two cants and Fridays, Sundays and Wednesdays; 'arrive | may order it to be stopped or may take e proper $50 eaches with damaging property to the extent of a def. Vladivostok 11.00mm. on Sundays deadays Heps for the punishment of the race club is as It, to said that a subscription of Stoped as The Emperor of Japan, who returned to

wars the charges, Yau Kan, a tallyman, and Fridayas connecting with!

b: **Intendailonal" ́sponsible's

A he raised in five hours, yesterday, for the delence Tokio, yesterday, has innounced, to day, that (a) When the race club is found to violus of the Mccused; the local Chinese community the Court will go into mourn

“For: kwanly train on Wednesdays for Moscow) and the this regulation or in guilty of any other irs; feeling very strongly that they were justified in oda days from this dai

State train on Saturdays for St. Petersburg gularity

close Susing force to compel Hol Bam Tin

to shawar the Police Court, last Monday: derwear that Yauate the orange and was

Ein paying for it: a word or two

woso the hawker and Yan, whe

be bad bosa insulind, kicked

Yad was found not guilty on

but for the damage to the

Day: they hawker 85

train on Mondays for Moscow; the State"

From Beroper Arrive Vladivostok 9.20 .m.(6) When danger la found to be presents Airshop PERS

on Sundays and Thursdays from Moscow; Ba-matters relation to the races,

turdays from St. Petersborg connecting with (4) When it pe deamed nece "vussels leaving Vladivostok st's' pɔm on Sun action for the maintenance

drada ko. Singapore was dooded with handbliis, las

ald Caps for mo

days; Mondays and Thursdays arriving at Tau-pabila meral yet the race course his air moram

indulgend to hills,

Derial:

We

In the issue of threats and exhörtei

It is generally recognized that there estion on the part of educated regard opium is libed. The

owever, who have amoke

for

the apath