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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH various directions, men who have thoroughly they advocate ho minting of a say alta coins proved their administrative ability, in com-age-taala of 98 touch or finecost and

sidiary coles of 85 touch. They do not fer to have realised that if silver, which is now mercial and administrative circles, and men who have grown grey ip service in Chinese. obfalnable at 22 or 238 stands at about that relationship between gold and silver in fixed,

SANITARY BOARD.

A NEW MEMBER.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 21909. and her annual profit at 62%, would be 414 million oz, which would, after deducting 5°. for cost charges give her at the end of three years to million oz. profit, on 200 million The first meeting of the Savitary: Board These facts, howeven do not make it certain figure when a gold basis is adopted and the oz. of sepurchased."That is a fairly since the Election took place at the Board's but afterwards goes up to 25 3 30d, every tael respectable profty even for China, but there offices this afternoon, when Dr. G. H. L' and subsidiary coin in circulaion will be put are many thing to be taken into consideration. Fitewilliams, the newly appointed member,

is

in

possibility of a substantial rise

ties, and rendered less keen their opinious as to the best methods of reform that should be introduced if China's to take her proper place in the comity of nations. While such tway be the case, it is unlikely that they have enormous sum the Indian Government hold | sycee, and dollars to better myantage to the the latter to benefit the Colony.

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ASTOR HOUSE.

INDEPENDENT WJER' SUPPLY,

Correspondence relative to dependent water supply for water closet to connétion with the above hotel was laid on the table at the mesting of the Sanitary Board this-after-

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to take up the question now that the Reform of upon. China's Currency, promised by Art. 2 of

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Telegrams.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

SERVICE

GRAND COUNCILLOR DENOUNCED

SON'S ALLEGED MISCONDUCT. [By courtesy of the "Sheung Fo"]

Peking, S1st January.

Luk Chiu-fum, one of the Grand Councillors, has been donounced for permitting his son to i himself and to receive bribes.

inisconduct

PRINCE CHING.

DESIROUS OF RETIRING.

[By courting of the "Bhoung Pë.”]-

Peking, 31st January. Prince Ching is displeased with the Prince Regent's in of dismiss-

The Prince himself is desirous of

| national currency throughout the Empire, currency on a gold basis had to buy their silver the Mackay Treaty, is shown, by the Memorial minute of the Director of Public Works dated retiring shortly, but the Prince Re

serve fund.

Mr. A. Shelton Hooper: -1 agree with the and Decree, to have catered the arena of practhe 21st January, 1909, which is as follows:-

am unable to say. It has been systematically gent urges him not to do so. tical politics.

tipulated by the Board for several years past and it should be possible to ascertain from your records when the condition began to be specified. I should think it must be six

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or seven years ago at least.

2,1 agree with your (H.-S. D.)"view, of the matter. The Board may be disposed to waive, The Hod. Regisstar-General:-Without go- the condition under the circumstancer stated,

independent water supply, the present ap pli- ing back on the principle of insisting upod as cation might be granted. It is only a substi- tution of good W.C's for bad ones already in axistence.

Mr. R. O. Hutchison (20.1.0)):-Can you

(D.P.W.) tell me when "independent water

PROVINCIAL VICEROY.

1).

NO CHANGE IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH.

[By courtesy of the "Sheung

Peking, 31st January. There is no intention to make any changes regarding the Viceroyships

in the North and South.

CHAN PIK.

that their views are always in conformity with the ideas of the new generation which A. S. WATSON & CO., has taken their places at the front, and it the melting pot and field is in the price of in calculating that amount, notably the com-made his first appearance, Mr. R. O. Hutchi just possible that in some respects continued silver is a contingency which cannot ignored, dition of the silver market. He continues: on, Acting Head of the Sanitary Department, The Chiness Government appear to read With from 50 to 100 million taals of the new delivered a shon, valedictory address, in which residence in England in retirement may have blunted and befogged their perspectivo facul. the introduction of a currency on the basis oil coinage current and legal tender among bank-ho.said that the last Election was more im- gold. That their dread is ill-founded is showners merchants, the Government Customs, etc portant than usual and took the opportunity of by the history of India which successfully pro the precurrency of mexican dollar and gresses with what is practically a silver car sycea would forced to its mere silver value congratulating Mr. Shelton Hooper and Dr. rency on a gold basis. In India it is repost and would be bought that value and reminted Fitzwilliams or their successful return. Ho ed that 1,800,000,000 Rupees are in circuls by the Government into legal currency. To trusted that the former would continue his tion-roughly 120,000,000 and against this enable the people to sell ther bolding of allver, good work and that it would be a pleasure to As a reserva af gold in India a max Imperial Mint China might impose to 10%, forgotten the many schemes of financial re- Imam sum of from ten to twelve million import tax on bullion silver. Lastly if in

terest on the borrowed capital of 15 millions form which were submitted and came to pounds now reduced, after fifteen years' ex- caught, as the result of the obstinacy of perience, to two milions. This shows that it would be:-for the first year (45,000,000 at 41) China were to adopt a gold basis she need not 125,000; for the second year (£10,000,000 at Chinese officialdom to waive any portion keep a very, large gold reserve, or even mint 44) L450,000; for the third and subsequent of the benefits they obtain under the exist much, gold, Hier people, like the people of years (15,000,000 at 411 6675,000. This interest would be paid out of the 62% India, will continue 19. use silver in their or ing system. But the fact that the Chinese dinary dealings and foreign requirements will profit on the mintage. Against this,lus Government has made so many promises to be satisfied by hills in gold on different coun- terest will accrue to the Government on reform the currency and left those promises uieso China prices are now fixed in so balances in the China National Bank, say, 32 many different kinds of money that the addi- so that the difference will be roughly only about 1% against the Government. The pro- unfulfilled must have a blighting effect onion of gold would not disturb irade.

Chips could have no better opportunity posals outlined in this short Memorandum are

The Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett" minuted those who, hoping for a modicum of relief,

be taken as flaal, original, or authoritative; but Personally, I do not approve of the use of water found that the years went past without any. than the present for patting her silver currency put forward not with any idea that they should

The price of silver has never in, erdar

ather, with the hepa that they may be of thing being done. "Great things were ex-been lower than it is now at azd. Moreover, pected from the ratification of the Mackay the Indian Government, by reason of the last service to those, like the General Committee from the mains for flushing W. C. Il con

the Chins Association, whose duty it will be sider an independent supply should be insisteding Hsa Shi-chang treaty, by which, the Chinese Government year's famine, will be kept out of the market aa compalitor for the next year or two. pledged itself to inaugurate a uniform Other countries which have fixed their silver at prices ranging from 29 to 450. Japan did it but seven years have passed and there is at the ratio of 32 to 1, Silver at 22d. brings the

We understand that Sir Charles Dudgeon, Hule or no sign, that the authorities are ratio to 42 to 1, so China cas come into line with Japan, the Philippines, Indo-China, etc., by earnestly desirous of taking that crucial step,fixing any ratio she chooses betweco 42 and 3 the Chairman of the China Association, has which would, mean infinite possibilities for to and use the balance as profit for her re expressed his approval of the general theory China's future and place foreign business on

When China's currency is fixed on a sound propounded by Mr. Michach, but believes it Gershom a more satisfactory footing. In October gold basis she will be able to borrow in Europe Incapable of realisation, Mr. last, it may be remeinbered, a meniorial at a much lower rate of interest than she has Stewart has also approved of the principles hitherto been able to do. Her credit will be was presented by the Imperial Council to

improved and she will be able to repay her embodied, although he also considers the the Chinese Government suggesting that existing debts and effect a saving of at least scheme chimerical. The banks also are can- something should be done in the direction 4,00,000 thels a year in interest, a revenue indidly sceptical of its feasibility, but apparently It is not possible within the limits of this that cold reception does not discourage the of reforming the currency system and that itself op a capital of 100,000,000 taels memorial seems to have attracted attention Memorandum to propound an elaborate and author who is pursuing his self-imposed task in London. It certainly fired the optimistic detailed scheme with the suggesting that the with avidity. At all events, it is clear that Chinese Government should adopt. it en blac imagination of Mr. J. K. Michael, and when but it is quite possible to draft the rough nut Mr. Michael's sojourn in England is not all tlie China Association suggested that mem-line of a scheme the details of which may well play but that he still has time to devote to bers might submit their views as to what be left to experts to settle. It is therefore sug the larger problems which agitate reformers would prove the best method of carrying the Rested that memorial into effect; he was one of the first to draw up a memorandum embodying his ideas on the subject. It is certainly an in- teresting and complex document, Whether the reader agrees with Mr. Michael or not, he must admit that the framer of the scheme A. S. WATSON & CO., has been at immense pains to formulaté a "plan of operations," The only thing is that in our opinion Mr. Michael is far too ambitious and places far too much confidence in the utterances of the Chinese Govern but his, schume seems mrat premature. If the Chiiskuse currency Bystemisia be changed at all it must be by graduated and almost impercep tible degrees, not by the complete overturn of settled methods at a day's notice. In his memorandum Mr. Michael expresses his optimism in clear language when he says: A Memorial of the Government Council (ui I Cheng Wu Ch'u) on the question of a apiform national currency for China and au Imperial Decree dated the 5th October, 1908, have been published recently and as they seem to indicate that the Government of China are at last alive to the necessity of improving the economical position of their Country and carnestly bent on making radical change in their system of currency some personal views, derived from a study of the question extending over many years, additiouni 11.80 per quarter in charge for postage. may not be out of place at a time when a The postage on the weekly was to any part of the single false move may have the effect of

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BERTMS.

On January 3, 1909, 10 Mr. and Mrs. E. A Hamilton, C. M. Sa daughter, IRENE At Haakow, on January 17, 1909, the wife of

THEODORE,

LAURENCE B, BOYACK, of a daughter.

MARRIAGE.

On January 23, 1909, at Shanghai, Walter, BURT ANDREWS, 10 EDITH SARAH WATKINS, both of Shanghai,

DEATHS.

On January's, gog, suddenly, at Anodeid, Rothesay, JAMES HALL (late of Shanghai) in his 61st year.

On January 2zad, at Shanghai (of meningi tis) RICHARD CLAUDIUS COILER (DICK) HOOLEY, aged 8 years, dearly loved and only sad of Henry and Kathleen Hoolay.

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1. The Central Government should assume in the Far East. supervision and entire control over all the mints in the country.

2: The Government to issue a uniform coin- age of gold, silver, nickel and copper coins.

3. These coins should be in relationship one to another at a fixed ratio of exchange and legal tender-the smaller coins to be legal tender only to a limited amount.

4. Bank notes may be issued based on the coinage.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

SINGAPORE has been declared free.from quar- antine restrictions.

LIEUTENANT A. Gott, Inspector of Army 5 National Bank co-operating with influ-Schools, has arrived home from Hongkong, ential foreign banks should be established in and bas-been-detailed_for_duly_in: No_1_ different provincial centres for the purpose of District, Aldershot. exchanging, money and notes at a fixed ratic,

mints

6. China should raise a loan of say £10,000-PRINCE and Princess Duleep Singh have left a balfie. 19 8 W vit: London, Cruise in the Far East, which will probably last New York, Paris, Yokohama, Berlin and St for six months. Petersburg,

7. The 15 million credit should only be drawn on if required, interest being payable on the amount drawn.

3. Chion should have the option to redeem the whole or any part of the loan at any time after 8 years on giving six months' notice..

9. The security for the loan should be the control of the silver coinage and all the minis under Commissioners or representatives of each country participating in the loan.

ro. Chinn should purchase annually fontbree 15,000,000 worth of silver, sycee, or the mexican dollsis current in China to be melted for new silver coins, and copper and nickel for copper ned nickel china.

11. The new coins should be the sael, half fael, quarter tael, rmace and 5 candareens in silver; the cent and half cent in copper; and

THE Chinese Engineering and Mining Co.'s total output of the Company's three Mines for the week ending 9th January, 1909, amounted to 31711.91 tons and the sales during the period to 32,459,64 tons ; and that for the week ending 16th January, 1999, amounted to 24,755.70 tons, and the sales during the period

to 31.381.30 tons.

By direction of the Admiralty, half-crews have been selected at the Medway depot for passage to the Far East to join the armed shallow draught-gunboats Moorhen; Teal, Robin, Wood. cock and Sandpiper, which are employed en river service on the Chion Station. The ratings 13. The copper and nickel colos-chould-be-Tor Hongkong and Shanghai, and the Hawke the quarter ceat in nickel.

are to embark in the cruiser Hawke on January minted at a fineness which would give 30 per is also to take out relief crews for three of the cent or more profit to the Government.

destroyers on the China Station,

13. Assuming that she takes her purchases of silver at 244, China should mint her coins. at the ratio of 32 to say 29d which will give ker a profit of 17/3 per cent.

14. To avoid the contingency of silver going up in future years to 4ed (thus forcing the coins to the melting pot or to be exported as silver) China should mint the new coinage on the basis of 85% silver and 20% alloy for the tael, and 70% and 30% for the subsidiary coins, thus making practically another 25% profit on the purchase price at 34d.

Tug appointments are announced of: Lieu. tenants E. P. B. Pardoe to the Tainar, for duty at Lastructor of Musketry on the China Station; E. L. Cardale to the innke, to date January 5, and to the King Alfred, additional, for the fart, in command, undated. Engineer Lieutenants J. Kelly, to the King Alfred, for the Fams, A. F. Jones to the King Alfred, for the Virago, and A. E. Drought, to the Tamar,

jog, undated.

supply" started?

2. It seems hard that when he is trying to put the improvements he has to put_a_fresh water supply when he is only using the same amount of water as before.

Mr. Adam Gibson-I can find no ruling is this Office re "independent water supply."

THE JAPAN BOYCOIT.

COUNT KOMURA'S STATEMENT

Tokio, January 26, Count Komura, Minister of Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, that the boycott of Japanese goods in South Chinn was practically ended.

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He added that he did not expect that any

anti-Japanese legislation by California alone would affect the relations of America and Japan.

N. C. D. Neos

A CONCERT will be given by the Chair of St. John's Cathedral in the City Hall on Friday,

PROBABLE REMOVAL FROM

OFFICE.

(By courtesy of the "Shaung Po").

Peking, 81st January.

The Commission appointed to in- vestigate the irregularities in the Ministry of Posts and Communica tions will submit their report on the

Chan Pik, the president, will be removed from office and his place. will probably be filled by either Wong Ku-sik, ex-Minister to the Court of St. James's; Liu Hoi-wan (Commissioner who concluded the Mackay Treaty), Prince Lun Pui,

MEMORIALS.

February ath, at 9.15 p.m. in aid of the Cathedral Organ which is urgently in need of or Prince Chop Chun. extensive repairs. The sum of £,009, roughly, is required. Sacred music will form the first part of the programme; in the second part, items of a lighter character will be in- cluded. Tickets may be obtained at the Robinson Piano Co, Ltd.

THE final match of the Lusitano Recreation. Club's eleven a side football competition, which was played to a draw on the 23rd ulto, will be replayed to-morrow afternoon at 3,15 at Cause. way Bay by the "B" and "C"teams captained to Messrs. J. M. Britto and F. da Rosa se spectively.

"B" "Team.-C. M. Alvei, A. V. Barros,

A. Corverth, J. F. Castro, J. M. Bristo, F. Soares, F. J. Barretin, B. S. Vieria, Af. Remedios, T.

Pereira and Alf. Bolelho,

FOLLOWING FORMER PRECEDENTS.

[By comitisy of the "Sheung Po"]

Peking, 31st January, The Prince Regent proposes to follow the example set up by the late Emperor in 1898 by allowing the people to present memorials direct to the Throne.

A certain Grand Councillor, how?

there will be a profit difference of 61% of ice for the Waiting, additional, ou recommission. G. Cordeiro, C. Lopes, P. Rozi, J. Souzi, P. ever, succeeded in dissuading him

which

should be spent in coining gold reserve coios (av, so tael, 5 tael, and 21 tael pieces.).

16. All China's currency should be fixed on the gold basis afforded by this reserve of gold

mism and caution in these opening sentences although the caution is not always exhibited | throughout the remainder of the memo

randum. He proceeds to argue that what coins. China is suffering from at present is: 1.

If that is not a complicated Utopian The need for a national uniform currency. scheme, then we scarcely know what to 27. The need for a fixed relationship between the different coins and sycee, i.e. between copper cash, copper cents, silver coins and sycee. 3. The need for a fixed relationship between China's confused currency and the

term it. It is as involved and far-reaching in its effects as anything that even Sir David Barbour could produce, but one point which might commend it to the Chinese Goyers ment is that which allows the central mint gold currency of the rest of the world. 4. a huge profit on the production of the pro- A gebeta depression of trade measurably posed coins. Nominally, of course, the

ALTHOUGH the Government has given a pledge that the oversea garrisons, such as Singapore, and Hongkong, are not to be re duced-ifiey have been already reduced to ibe lowest possible limit-pressure will be brought reduced in the name of economy, that more to bear in order to have the garrisons further

money may be available for faddisis to be substantially strengthened, especially in squander. The garrison in the Far East should

artillery, rather than reduced,

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from giving effect to the proposal,

THE COLONIAL CEMETERY,

REPLIES TO MR. SHELTON HOOPER'S QUESTIONS.

An- the meeting of the 'Sanitary Board this, afternoon, Mr. A. Shelton Hooper, pursuant to notice, asked;~**

The Hongkong (elegraph due to the three previous needs. The Imperial Government has control and super- (near Hoji) of the Dai Nippon Sugar Refining scenes depicted on the canvas are distinctly any corpse in any Chinese Cemetery and forslu

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1909.,

was surped over to the new management, great popular form of entertainment. There are no improvements have been carried out in this

variety programmes, but the excellent films thrown nightly on the screen are both fastruc tive and amusing. The picture are up to a high standard of excellence and have a great (1.) Is it a fact that permission, of any officer. advantage over those to be seen in similar of the Sanitary Department or other Govern We learn from the Asahi that the Dairi Mill entertaloments elsewhere in the fact that the meat bar been granted for the exhumation of absence of a fixed relationship between the vision over all the provincial mints but Company has been exporting 5,000 to 6.000 clear and free from that shakiness which pre-re-laterment la the Colonial Cemetery, Happy vent the spectator from viewing them with any Valley, commonly known as the Protspiant different types of coin and the sycee has these are only exercised when the profits fall bag of sugar daily from its stock since it hampered both the internal and the exter below expectations or when a foreign Minis suspended operations recently. The stock degree of comfort, The Alexandra Cinamato Cemetery, since the pissing of the Public Health and Buildings Amandment Ordinance MR.‍], R, MICHAEL'S SCHEME OF al trade of China with depreciations and ter like Sir John Jordat makes representa refined, sugar and 4,000 baskets and to,coo The seventieth annust meeting of the Canton

now held by the mill is about 100,000 bags of graph is wall worth a visit. discounts of every kind, and the want of a tions against the depreciation of the sub. bags of crude sugar, the latter corresponding Medical Missionary Society was held at Canton and daten of each?

(2) If so, what is the number of such ceros,“ fixed relationship between the currency of sidiary coinage by the reckless flooding of to about 200,000 bags of refined. The total the Masonic Hall, Shameen, on Saturday, China and that of the rest of the world has the market. As to the security for the loan value of the stock is estimated at about the 30th January. The President, The Rev. permits and by what authority did he do so?

(3.) Who was the officer who granted the resulted in fluctuations between the values of 15 juillions sterling suggested by Mr. Y5,100,0:0,

(4) Has any portion of the Colonial Ceme tery bees reserved for such re-inièrments referred to in question No. 17.

The following were the replies ∙r. Yei,

CURRENCY REFORM.

Mr. J. R. Michael, whose Interpellations company meetings in Hongkong some

R. H. Graves, M.D. D.D., was in the chair and years ago, prior to his departure for England, of gold and silver of as much as 30 to 35 Michael, we fancy he is unduly hopeful if I consequence of frequent cases arising about 25 subscribers were present. The various used to brighten and lend at least passing per cent. within the last eighteen months, he believes the Chinese Government would through the people in the different provinces reports were adopted and the thanks of the interest to the deliberations of these usually After proceeding to advocate the adoption grant control of the silver coinage and all having surreptitiously sold land to foreign Society accorded to Dr, Davenport, Shelby, sedato gatherings, is still manifesting pro- of a stable currency on a gold bauls, follow the mints to certain commissioners or re-ers, cases which have often involved much McCracken, Kirk, and Mr. McGinn for assist. found attention in the doings of financial ing the example of Russia, India, the presentatives of the countries participating diplomatic friction as well as loss of interests, ance in the medical work of the hospitals to

13. Ona." The permit was issued on" Dicame affairs in China. His appearances at the Philippines, Indo-China and Mexico and in the loan. Indeed, that section (8) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has consulted Messrs. Fornell and Paget for generous assist ber 19th, 1908,

3. The form of permit was issued by the meetings of the China Association in Lon-suggesting the advice of foreign experts in indirect contradiction to section and the Ministry of Justice and the Commis-auce in connection with the buildinger to the dou have generally been marked by sharp political economy should be taken by China, would, in fact, remove from the Chinese sioner for Revision of Laws with a view to las auditor, and to Mra, Swan for her able services Registrar General, the M.O.H. baving no saule criticism of the work done by that body, and Professor Jenks being indicated as the Government that very control and super them to draw up a set of special laws against The retiring members of the Managing Com was a continuation of the practice that obsid

structing the Japanese professor engaged by in connection with the boarding department. | tary objections, The issuing of this permit hè han not been slow to indicate the course adviser preferred, Mr. Michael ṛemarks' vision which Mr. Michael has advo- this evil and injurious practice. A set of eight mhite, Mess. C. S. Faget, and W. Butler under the old byelaws. Printed copies of the Its energies should adopt. The China' As- The Memorial and Decree indicate that the cated. The writer goes on to say that. "If rules has been framed and Imperial sanction Wright, were reappalated, while Dr, J. Kirk new bys-laws were not circulated till Deceme

Chinese Government at present consider that sociation is composed of men who have had time has pes arrived for them to fix their China spends £5,000,000 a year, on silver will soon be obtained for their enforcement was elected to fill the place vacated by the Rev. bar goth, great experience in Ohing conditions incurrency on a gold basle, Morion by steps st. 384 per of the will buy 653 million on throughout the armpite...

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