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AN ESTATE DISPUTE,

CHAU MA'BRI V. FURG WA CHUN..

A somewhat interesting action was brought In the Supreme Court, last Monday, the Chief Justice (Sir Francis Piggaui) presiding. in this case, an application was heard on the part of the defendant (Fung Wa Chun) for an order that the statement of claim filed on the 31st November last be struck out on the ground that it discloses no reasonable cause of action. and that the action be dismissed with costs to be taxed and paid by the plaintiff to the defend. ant. The Hos. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K.C., who was instructed by Mr. G. Jackson, appeared for the plalati bila Sir Henry Berkeley x.c, assisted by Mr. Shenton (of Massis Deacon, Looker and Deacon) represented the defendant.

Sir Henry Berkeley said that the case was ons of defisse. The nature of the action was important, owing to a certain allegation is the statement of claim. Sir Henry's contention in brief was that the action was wrongly brought, se an actios of datlave could not be brought without the plaintiff owning property (In the shares), which was not the case ia the present action. Counsal leid great stress with regard to paragraph 3 of the statement of claim, which dealt with the question of gifts

The statement of claim razde as follows:- 1. The plaintiff is a married woman residing at No. 45. Csing Road.

*. The defendant il a goatleman residing at Robinson Road

5.In or about the month of October 1905, the plaintiff's husband, pe Chau Tang Shang, mado a gift to the plaintiff of go shares in the Canton Land Company, Limited, which shards were registered io hir name, and the said Chan Tung Shang in the presence of the platutiff banded to the defendant the certificates for the so shares and also certificates for 14 other shares in the said Company, which were lika- wise registered in the name of the said Chau Tong Shang and were the property of the plaintiff, and the said Chau Tung Shang at the same time requested the defendant to get the. çó.abures and 14 shares, in all 64 shares, trans. ferred out of the name of him; tha said Chau Tung Shang, into some other name and to de- liver the fresh certificates, together with blank transfers for the same, to the plaintiff on her request, which the defendant agreed to do.

4. In or about the month of December, 19a8, the plaintiff handed the certificates and blank- transfers attached thereto for 250 shares in the said Company to the defendant for the purpose of the defendnot holding the same in' safe custody to and for the use of the plaintiff, and re-delivering the same to the plalotiff on har request, which defendant agreed to do,

5. By

an agreement la writing dated Kwong Sul, 33rd year, rat moon, 20th day (14th March, 1907) the defendant agreed with plaintiff that he would within two months from the. data of such agreement deliver to the plaintiff the

· said 914 shares (erroneously described by the defendant in the said agreement as being 321 shares in the Canton Wharf Company),

6. The plaintiff bet repeatedly requested the defendant to deliver up to her the certificates and blank transfers relating to the said 314 *shares in the said Company,

7. The defendant, however, notwithstanding the matters aforesaid, and notwithstanding the sald agreement, has failed to deliver, to the plaintiff the certificates and transfera relating to the said shares or any of them and bas de- -tained- the" sama from the plaintiff and has

converted the same to his own ass.'

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY FEBRUARY 13 1909.

HONGRONO AND SHANGHAIS.

BANKING CORPORATIONS

ANNUAL REPORT

The eighty-seventh report of the court of directors to the ordinary half-yearly general meeting of shareholders to be held at the City

-3,638,31088

[ST STERLING`RESERVE FUNDI

·(investedin sterling securit

NER

THE MISHIMA:KÄRU,”

Hall, Hongkong, on Saturday, the 20th inst., To balunce fr500,000 @ox / $15,000,000.00 of ski Dockyard Co. d. Kobe, left on her at noon, is as follows:-

To the proprietors of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Mode

Gealleries, The directors have now to submit to you a general statement of the affairs of the Bank, and balance sheet for the half, year ending 31st December, 1908.

Hy

$15,000,000,00

balance 30th June, 1908, £1,500,000 @ex 2/

SILVER RESERVE FUND,

The net profit for that period, including $1,005,774.81, balance brought forward from last account, after paying all charges, deduct log interest paid and due, and making provi“ To balanco. sion for bad and doubtful accounts, amount to $5,044,125.65

The directors recommend the transfer of

MAILBOAT SENSATION.

-GONSOLIDATION-OR-

• $14,500,000,00 cubic feet and apparatus for the supply. | éight o'clock this morning, the affair was of the in haute but this Board has already been

$100,000 from the profit and loss account to By balance goth June, 1908 ..... $14,000,000.00 credit of the silver reserve food, which fund willBy transfer from profit and loss then stand at $14,500,000.

After making this transfer and deducting remuneration to director there remains for appropriation 15,129,125.65, out of which the directors recommend the payment of a dividend of two pounds sterling per share, viz ; £140,000 'and a bonus of five shillings sterling per share, vit: £30,000 amounting is all to $70,000 which at 1/81, the rate of the day, will absorb 53,123,891:57.

The balance $2,006,334.08 to be carried to new profit and loss account.

The

'DIRECTORS,

Honourable Mr. W. J. Greston has bean elected chairman for the year 1909, and Mr. H. E. Tomkins deputy chairman,

Mr. R. Shewan, Mr. E" Shellim and the Honourable Mr. H. A. W. Slade retire. In ro tation and being eligible for re-election offer themselves accordingly. The directors very much regret to have to record the death of their colleague Mr. C, G. R. Brodarsan last October. Mr. H. A. Slabs has been invited to fill the vacancy: this appointment requires confirma tion at this meeting.

AUDITORS.

The accounts have been audited by Mr. W. Button Potts and Mr. J. W. C. Donzar, who offer themselves for re-election,

E. SHELLIM, Chairman,

Hongkong, gib February, 1909. ADSTRACT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, HONG- KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING "CORPORATION.

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account

500,000,00

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·PASSENGER SHOOTS HIE WIFE, AS

Poking 4th February, Notwithstanding the number of mail steamers about the measures for the consolidation of The Board of Finance has sent in a memorial running to the Orient month after month; each The now NYK liner Alishima Maru, one bearing its quota of passengers from Europa, itance as revised by the Government Council on the draft measures of that Board,The gist dyniave to be ha costco any starting age of the memorial is as followsTELS Kawasaki of dy to be chronicled. To-day, however, maiden voyage to Europe last Thursday. The on the arrival of the Messageries Maritimes systems the consolidation of financial AIN

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prepare for constitutional government new craft is a twin screw three-decked steel steamer Salaria at Shanghal, news was received will be the foundation and if the Jurisdiction of vessel 46 fant in length, $6 feat beam and with of a horrifying casualty occurring aboard, refinancial afalsa is not clearly defined no regu $15,000,000,00 a depth of 36 feet 6 inches, displacing $5,800 ulting in the death of a young of the latter lations may be considered effective. The Board tons. She is propelled by twin screw triple band of her husband and the arrest of the does not wish to cause any dispute with the 51,000,000.00 expansion engines, with 7,300 indicated horse. The officials of the steamship company are not others. The report of the Changeucha, (the

power, and has 20 average speed of 16, unnaturally reticent in Information, but

giving

Government Council) says that the Board Is knots. She has a complete refrigerating by what can be gleaned from the passengers thereby auspicious of provincial affairs and is plant on board with a capacity of 3,100 who wers landed by the tender shortly after trying to take up the uniform system of faseco of 7,000 gallons of distilled water. She has

most painful description.

authorized to get all the reports on finance $14,500,000.00 every facility for the rapid handling of cargo Unill Singapore the voyage had been us

from provinces and provinces do not report of all descriptions sult for heavy weights; the eventful, but nine days ago, when the Salazie

them in time and thus the Board is not; able hs maidus cranes and derricks, one capable left that port for Hongkong, the passengers to get the actual condition of the finance of the of lifting fony tons. There is also a complete were thrown into the greatest excitement by Empire and therefore, though the Board has equipment of life boats, rafts and belts as well what then happened. The Salasta loft port the right to supervise the foxace of the empire the latest Bra-fighting appliances. There is shortly before tiffs time, and about kalf-past it is impossible to axarcise that right. For the accomodation for a large number of first and two o'clock in the afternoon, when many of the wake of the consolidation of Gnance it is neces second class passengers as well as a number of passengers were on deck and in the saloon, the sary to have an auditor's office but unless the Miserage passengers, The yeasol is lighted report of a volveri shot gave the alarm that proper system be adopted to, consolidate the throughout with electricity and the cabins are something was amiss in one of the cabins finance it is no use of having any regulations models of cosiness and convenience. The main For a time the utmost confusion prevailed, and for the object. Therefore the Board recom salpon is on the main deck and is beautifully then it was learned that a French passenger minds the following items furnished with all the latest improvements. had been put in Irons: by the officers and that All the foreign loans should be raised There are also a handsome drawing room, his wife was dead, shot by her husband, avid only through the Board of Finance and tha social bail, imoking rooms, barber's shop, photo-ently in a fit of madness. The name of the man, Walwapa after having received Imperial sance gapher's dark room, surgery, dlc.; the lutandey, who was about thirty-six years of age, was Mastios, in the name of the Board of Finance. galleys, pastries, bakery, etc. have all been sol, and it appeared that he and his wilt, a lady

Neither a Board nor provincial governmant supplied with the most up-to-date fittings. The considerably younger than himself, in fact

should be allowed to raise any foreign loan of various cabins bave been tastefully furnished scarcely twenty years old, were on their way,

Its own accord. The existing loans should be and leave nothing to be desired. The new to Saigon. Accompanying them was a young

allowed until the distinction of national and vessel is commanded by Captain A. E. Moses, child, one of their family of three, the other a careful oavigator and one of the oldest com two remaining at home. It is reported that cal taxes bas been properly decided. way 2.—The funds of all the Yament should be modern in the N. Y. K. servico,

Mrs. Massol, who with her husband 'iravel-

entrusted to the Board of Finance, and each led second class, had become very friendly with

yamen should not be allowed to receive any. a first-class passenger, also French, during the

revenus but through the Board of Finance and course of the voyage, and the theary is that this if there be any deficiency the Board of Finance fotimacy, evidently of a harmless nature, bad

will decide whether it will meet It." roused the husband's Jealousy. Before the Messrs, Noel, Murray and Cos report on the tragedy Massol was last seen about two o'clock drinking to the saloon, and shortly thereafter Shanghai Pleca Goods Trade sayışım

J. R. M. SMITH,

Chief Managon- J.COX-EDWARDS

Chief Accountant,

E SHELLIM, EDGAR G. BARRETT, Directors. W. HELMS,

We have compared the above Statement with the Books, Vouchers and Securities at the Head Office, and with the Returns from the various Brauches and Agencies, and have found the same to be correct.

Auditors.

W, HUTTON POTTS, J. W. O. Bonn, Hongkong, 9th February, 1909,

ACROSS "DHE, HARBOUR.

SHANGHAI TRADE,

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The exuberance of spirit shown by the trade be left." It was shortly before ihren o'clock that foreigners are complaining of, its bad effect on immediately after the holidays was not long- the revolver shot was fired, and it is stated that he came upon his wife in the company lived, the question of credit coming very pro of the passenger mentioned. Jealousy must minently to the fore. Sellers are not encour aging further purchases without some signs of have developed luto a species of madness their previous sales being paid for and taken within-the-next-few-minutes-for-accord-for the Board to know how to reply. away, a matter that is rendered difficult by the ing to a fellow passenger's, story he seems to have assaulted his wife and then made action of the Native Bankers, who are with-

after the man with a revolver. At this

HONGKONG AFLQAT, Right along the quay-side they lay in scores and hundreds, the little sampans; as thick as quitoes on an African swamp. There was one that caught my eye, quite a dot of a thing compared with the Ark, but indefinitely more sale at sea, She was about eighteen feet long with a four-foot six beam, Forard she was decked for five feet, the deck boards polished like a billiard ball. Then canto a seven-foot well where the paiseagers could sit, and be- hind this another little well for the pilot. There balding the issue of credits to the majority of 31st December, 1908.

sat the pilot, a thin, bony-chested woman, a thoir constituents on the plea that they are Liabilities.

little woman with merry oblique eyes and a swailidg auspicious days. So far only about Paid-up Capital.........$ 15,000,000.00 10085 dark blue pyjama suit; barefooted and twenty-five per cast of the applicants' bave Sterling Reserve Fund £1,500,000

bareheaded, her black oily bair shining like a met with accommodation, consequently there @ex 3/

15,000,000.00 raven's wing in the sunlight, To her back was is a full in the market. The early date in the Silver Reserve Fund

14,000,000.00 strapped a one-year old infant, so happy and Foreign Calendar on which China New Year fall is also likely to lengthen the period that 150,000.00 30 good, and with as yot just the suspicion of a Marine Insurance Account..

pigtail with a tiny red ribaud tied at the end. usually occurs before business is properly re- Notes in Circulation:-

An eight-year-old boy sat for'ard with his three-sumed, the festivities in the country being con-handed over to the Freach authorities, who year-old brother holding short pieces of bam- tmued much longer than they are here, so that boo 'out over the water, from which dangled the nothing more of importance is likely to be lines and tiny hooks, Suddenly the bamboo dose for another two weeks, when it is hoped gave a jerk, and a silvery-looking sprat came the Native Banks will have definitely decided

on the courts they will follow. wriggling out of the water into little Wo-keo's left hand. And the youngsters chuckled and laughed and nudged ons'anolber,

Authorised issue

against securi ties and coin deposited with the Crown Agents for the. Colonies and their trustees Additional issue

authorised by Hongkong Or dinances •

gainst coins

$,030,000,00

*

lodged with the

H'kong Govt. 5,006,779,00

The plaintiff therefore claims:- ---1-Delivery by the defendant to the plaintiff- of the certificates and blank transfers for the ~said-314-shares or the valus of the tard vhares and the sum of 5500 as damages for their des tention or conversion.

2. An account of the menlos which'the de- fendant has received from the said Company ag dividends or profits in respect of the said shares, and payment by the defendant to the plaiatiff of the amount which may be found "dus ̄upon the taking of the said account,

3. Costs.

4. Further and other relief.

After lengthy citing of authorities, an order was mada to amend paragraph 3 of the state- ment of claim by laserting “power of attorney."

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Current accounts-

Silver 92,179,322.53 Gold, £7,835,95*

85... 90,013,930,34

Fixed deposits

Judging by the native market reports, not always very reliable, however, a fair amount of I called to the pilot. She rose, and shrieked reselling is going on between the dealers and down the quay. Her husband did a hundred-country merchant on a moderate margin of yards' sprint, and almost fell off the dock profit, if the prices are correct as reported, and. into the water in bif excitement to we give them with some reserve. Attention catch his faro. I stepped down into the hob appears to be confined chiefly to Manchester bing sampan and sat in the well., Just at the goods, although American maker can be ob last moment a baggard old witch of a woman tained below replacing cost from stock bére. jumped off the quay into the boat. It is diffi] cult to lose your mother-in-law even in Hong kong. Mr. Wo-kee called to the mother-in-law and pointed to the hatch forard, and she of the parchment face scrambled over my legs, crawl. 182,793,152.87ed through the hole in the little deck, and crouched down in the bow, a sort of Black Hole of Calcutta place. Wakes replaced the it. Sat on his mother-

10,005,779.00

Silver $60,741,375.15......... Gold, 41759,795

- 145. Od. vein 55,044,073-73-

Bills Payable (including drufts on..

London Bankers, call leans and short tight drawings on London office against bills receivable and bullion ship.. Profit and loss account............ ERUPTION IN THE PHILIPPINES, My on hills of exchange re

VOLCANO THROWS water.'

MUCH! DAMAGE,

The Lagoas volcano is in eruption and to Judge from telegraphic information received from Lucena, Tayabas, has already done, rela tively immanis damagé in its immediate neigh- bourhood.

It appears from the meagre details that have

so far béén received that the volcano has a large lake formed in its crater and that during the eruption, which produced a great noise, the entire leke was thrown into fie air and fall in the form of a cloudburst, or that the moun. talo was rest avader and the millions of tons,

of water in the lake rushed down the mountain sides and carried all before it♫

The frightful explosion occurred between eight and nine in the evening and shattered the sides of the mountain. The waters, rush ing at a terrific rate, swept away the rice fields and destroyed the roadways and tore out the

bridges in the town of Bariaya and_its_vicinity.-

No loss of life has been reported up to the prosent ser has the amount of damage been astimated. The shock and subsequent ones wern rogistered on the instruments of the Manila observatory but no details have yet been received by that institution as to the" extent of the craption or the damage that has been occasioned by it. It is believed however 10 b entirely local,

discoupled 43.783,112 65. ads of which £9,786,448′′ 187. 5af. - have ainte run off.

Cash

Assets

115,785.448.88

5,644,125.65

batch-cover and sat -in-law

Wo-kee pulled at the rope, and the lug sail rattled up to the top of the mast, looking like a bat's wing, and as fall of holes as a tramp's trousers. The pilot jammed the lid on the steaming rica pot, took a sweep, and paddled hard aft, steering with her left leg. The two 549,874.49ittle-fishermen coiled up-their-lines, and pat a long sweep out on the stroke side; squatting behind it on the deck. The eight-year-old sat on the outside, gripped the sweep with both hands, shoved one foot against the gunwale, and clung to the sweep with the toes of the $384,033,430.80 other. His three-year-old brother, a tiny lat, hung on to the sweep like a moskey, and 551,759,923-38 pulled till his little heart nearly burst. They work them young in Ching, and no our goes on the parish for relief. The crew began to drons & sea dirge, a weird sort of measure. It sounded like "Work, for the night | coming" in Chinese, but in reality was an invocation to the sun-god to shut of a furnace or two and send a bit of good loss in the form of a cool breeze,

Coin lodged with the longkong Government against authorised and/or excess note circula tion 13,000,000.00 Bullion in band and in transit.... 5,450,265.90 Indian Government rupee paper 3,673.731.33 Cocsols, colonial and other se-

curities in................... 11,591,068.25 Sterling reserve fund investments,

viz:-

£1,208,000 14% Consols

at 82 ...........£990,560.

(of which Caux lodged with the Dank of England

Special Landon Re xcrvc.]

6255,000 21 % National

war loan, at 90. 219,500 £375,000 other sterling

securities written. down to.

ditsní

point it is not quite clear what took places but the probability in that failing to find the mau, he wreaked his vengeance upon his wife shooting her dead upon the spot. As apop ai the alarm was given the officer set to securing Maxsol; and for the rest of the voyage he was locked consider his mind affected.

I ap. It is believed that the doctors now On the Sulasie reaching Saigon Margot was

will deal with him. Fortunately he was travel. after the child, left friendless by the arrest of ling along with a friend who was able to look the father and death of the mother. As might be expected the affair created the greatest sensation among the passengers, while the particular passenger most intimately concerned with the tragedy was seen but little for the re mainder of the voyage to Shanghai,

The

3-The govemmani bankı’attached; to pro- vincial governments isane too much paper: notes, especially in Hupeh and Kiangan, and trade and asking if the state will guarantee the issus. But as provincial authorities have never reported on these matters, it is difficult Board considers that as the provincial govern«. ments have issued the notes provincial govern- ments are solely responsible for the issue and provide sufficient reserve and capital to justify therefore the provincial governments should the issue and credit thereof The Government Council has pointed out the importance of the state guaraniccing the issue but it is rather dangerous. From now it will be ordered that whoever the party be, any bank in existence should, report to the Board the date of establish- issued and the reserve therefor and the name mont, the capital, the amount of the banknotes

of the manager „within six months similar to the Bank of Communications,

4.All the revenue and expenditure of each province should be reported to the Board beforehand without any concealment. Unleas there be any urgent military expenses or aby urgent need it is not allowed to spend a cent of its own accord After the consolida tion of finance has been effected the repre sentatives of each province should be ordered to come up to Peking to decide on the budget,

The

Provincial Treasurer should report upon fraancial affairs from time to time to the Board of Finance.

A day before the murder, the passengers mara trosted, to another sensation; but fortu- nately of a milder nature. As the Spizzisc reached Singapore a Dutch gentleman cams out to meet his son whom he had not seen for some ten years.' As it was got permissible either for the former to come aboard or the latter to go ashore there seemed nothing for it but to wait until next day when the passengers would leave in the tender. This, however, did not seem to suit the young man, who dived from the deck to the water, a distance of some

'RAUB 'GOLD MINE.

Following it the result of work at Raub for the four weeks coding January 301-

There is still no particular news from the out-ports. Tientsin is doing nothing fresh in the way of piece goods, though there is some inquiry for yarns. Fature trade with Nawchwang continues to look pro... mising. Hankow is up in arms at a threaten ed increase in the rate of freight on her ex- posts down River, but it is hoped this will be twenty feat, and swimming to the boat where amicably erranged without upselling trade. his father was scrambled in and was taken It is much to be regretted that during the in-ashora. Next day he returned and took away torval rumours have been gaining ground that his trucks, etc.-Shanghai Mercury, one of the largest, and probably the oldest, Im- pbit firms of Manchester goods bero, was in difficulties, and that its suspension would cause a large quantity of merchandise to be thrown on the market. To this we are able to give an emphatic denial. Like the majority of the piece goods Import houses here the firm in question has certainly felt great their native constituents in repudiating or embarrassment through the action of many of ignoring indents they had made two to race years ago, the amounts expanded on duties and margins being enormous It is this that has almost “ruined the whole trade, and, wo have so frequently pointed out, soma safer sys. tom than that hithano prevailing will have to be adopted. Not feeling Justified in entering ties of goods on hand uncleared, and with into fresh transactions with such large quanti Leavy current expenses running on all the time, & bait had to be called but a straightforward statement of the situation has brought forth the requisite accommodation and the business will be carried on

Usual,

A set of "Provisional rules' far issue of

exemption. certificates for Import duty paid foreign goods carried on the Huning Railway between open ports has been issued by the Inspector-General of Customs, in compliance with the representations by the British Minister to free goods carried by rail from the im- position of likin at the inland barriers. To the lay mind they seem very cumbersome and cal. culated to defast the desired end. It is an open secret that since the Railway has been opened" the likin leviable on the alternative waterways

has been much relaxed at

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Then the sail filled, the boat heeled over, nearly tipping Wo-kea the third into the water The two boys drew in their long sweep, the little craft ripping, through the water at a fue rate. How we missed the shipping Hearon only knows. A destroyer steaming about three times the speed limit missed na by about a foot, and Wo-kee wished the gritaing lieutenant all sorts of fuck in Chinese so tropical that it al- most singed the beards off the stokers

Great junks that carried sail which would 279.940

have pleased the heart of Noah swept by us in grand array-low for'ard and about twenty £1,500,000

stories high aft. The stern view was that of a @ex 2/- 15,000,000.00 backyard appearance of a Lambath fodging Bills discounted, loans and cre

bouse, with some of the most awful cut-throats .................120,074,613.25 imaginable peering out of the tiny windows. The Manchester market is steady to firm Bank premises,....... Bills receivable ..........163,767,471.13 Coal, barges drifted by, crowded with coolies and is still receiving a fair supply of orders

3,706,357.46 chattering like shipwrecked monkeys; some from here. Fortunately, perhaps mot very.

squatting around the dicccloth, others, at the prompt abipment can be given, or there might $384,023,430.80 rice bowl working their chop-sticks like dred- bo another glut of goods here in the near gers and packing their mouths like pythons at fature. Cotton in Liverpool-bas remained a beanfeast.

fairly steady coming to-day 5.25d, for Mid-. Over on the Hongkong side the Peak roto American spot, and 5.04d, G. D. C. June/July, black and grand right away up until the crest Egyptian is down an eighth to 87/16d. The was lost in a dense ebony fog that looked like increased demand by spinners both in Europe the sky in Rades after coaling up, Theo the and the United States expected to keep dark came, and about, the harbour and along prices steady. The export of plais cottons Remuneration to directors...$ 15,000.00 the quay and over Kowloos side little lights, from Manchester lati month was unexpectedly To Dividend account;--

red and green and yellow, broke out like new-heavy, being 35,000,000 yards as against dividend £ per share

born stars. Across the water the great cruisers 16,000,000 yards for January last year, on 170,000 shares.

stood out like phantom things, their black belts punctured with scores of little white lights. Here was a fleet of torpedo craft, innocent black streaks in the moonlight, lying quiet and still on the waters like alligators spotting bait. One, more restless than the rest, whips round and churas ap the harbour, out of the harbour moyib, and into the silent night.

While the name of the volcano is given no. Lagoas it is believed to be the Banajo volcano,

magnificent cone rising to the height of 7,382 GENERAL PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT, HONG-

fest above the level of the sea and with a crater

700 feet deep. In 1730 a violent eruption loasen.

ed the water in this crater by the bursting of

the mountain sides, the resultant damage being. enormous. Since that time, it has been dorm; ant...

י.

At the same lima it may be one of the sub. ordinato cones one of which is Mount San Cristóbal and the other Masalacot. In the former, mountain are deep, circular ponds, probably extinct craters, and it might be the water from soms of these that caused the recent disaster.

CANTON REGATTA,

The V.R.G. Las picked their team for the Above Regatta which will take place in March. They are training hard and no doubt deserve a win. This is the oldest Club in the Colony and can only send a Junior Qrow down.

The Team will be composed of:-

·LA. Musso (Stroke),

L.E. Lammert...

J. A. S. Alves. N

Cruickshank.

3. A. Sells (Cox).

On the sist uit, the Customs officials at∙Banga), kok'mada a váry smart seizure of "ayg tuels of contraband "opium: on: board: the a. 1. Zosuk which aired from Hongkong

KONG AND SHANGHAI DANKING,

CORPORATION,

31st December, 1908.

Dr.

To Amounts written off-

Bones. per share on 120,000.sbares..........

£240,000 21.1/81=$2,775,923,61

£30,000

at 1/8!:=$346,987,96 To Transfer to silver reserve fund 500,000.00 To Balance forward to next half.

· year ..............

By balance of un

Gr.

divided profits, soth_».

June, 1905.....$1,005,774.81

By amount of net profits for the six montbrending stat December, 1998, after making pro- vision for bad and doubtful debts, day ducting all ex•' peases and in

· Cerest-paid and

The New York market is keeping very strong for domestics, 118, 5d. being the fatest price at which Pepperell drills were sold, but whether that was for China is not certain" it le to be boped not. Sheetings are also very firm and advancing, which should stop business for this. Colton is easier, 961 cents being the quotation for March "option" and

48 cents for July,

Bukit Koman.-Stone crushed, 3,774 tons gold obtained, gaz ounces; average per ton, 4,68 dwi.

Bukit Malacco.-Stone crushed, 1,793 tons; gold abiained, to ounces; average per ton, 1.22 awt. Extra from plates 315 ounces.

The extra from the plates may be taken as the final clean up in this particular for the Company's financial year which, enda on February 28.

The manager reporta an excessively heavy tween 11.30 pm on the 26th and am, on the deluge of rain on the sight of January 26, be 37th, 6.15 of rain fell at Bukit Koman. The result has been the partial flooding of the Com- pany's workings. As, however, in addition to the Company's ordinary pumps, additional pumping appliances are now at work it is ex- pected that the workings will soon be freed of water. The Manager further reports that returns are not expected to suffer as he has a reserve of stone on the surface.

FIREWORKS AT A FUNERAL.

OBJECTIONS TO CHINESE RITES AT

LIVERPOOL

Some strange rites performed at recent Chinese funerals in Anfield Cemetery, Liver pool, are described in a report from the city engineer, which was submitted to the Liverpool Durial Committed,

In one case the mourners, it was stated, ar- sembled round the grave and after, burning matches poured into ita quantity of whisky. Food and fruit were then placed in the grave and series of incantations were chanted

In another case a heap of paper was placed at the foot of the grave and set on fire. Articles of food, including cooked pork and chickens, were arranged on the grave, and a fusillade of Greworks concluded the ceremony.

The objection to the ceremonial lay chiefly In the litter of burnt paper which was left scat- tered around and in the noise made by the fireworks.

province will be provided by the Board to the 6.The form of faturas of finance of each Provincial Treasurers and if the report is des layed such official rasponsible will be saverely punished. Until the new, budget form is des cided by the board of Civil Appointments the rules to deal with such afficist will be effected arbres duly waserlound Sanykat Mercury, according to the existing rules.” The memorial

MANILA LOTTERY.

PROPOSED REVIVAL.

The Manila Cablenews-saya-1—A bill provider. of the insular lottery as conducted under the ing for the re-establishment in the Philippines Spanish regime, is now la preparation by one of the members of the Assembly. It is claimed for this bill that it will produce for the insular treasury more funds than any law on the statutes barring the intetaal revenue act. "

This is claimed for it in visw of the fact that-- the facome from that source in 1897, the last year of its operation, was $5,431,011 Méxican. currency, of which $1,347,753, or asʻper cent. went to the josular government, the rest being distributed to the winners expanded in the cast of operation and the prizes

The establishment of the Philippine lottery was gatherized by Royal order in April 1821 02 the basis of the lottary conducted in the Penins sula. It was not established on that date how ever and on April 6, 1828, another Royal order decreed socis action to be taken in the pre mines but it was not till August 1, 1833, that the lottery began to operate

The Dumber of ticketdyo be sold was fixed at 5,000, each to be sold for "one peso and divid ed into balves and quarters. Iqgthis lottery 266 prizes were distributed, valued at $1,750 one at $1,500, one at $500, two at $106,414 at $25 and 259 at $4, all in Mexican currency

The last distribution of prizes took place in Manila April 14, 1899. In 1890 the income of the government from the lottery was, in round numbers, $720,000 in 1891 it was $68, no in 1893 $765,003; in 1891 $329,005; in 1894

good; in 1895 $917,000; in 1896 $1,151,659 £... and in 1897 $1.357-753-

ROWING.

The second scratch four-pared raca of the Season'inaugurated by the Victoria Recreation Club will take place on the 27th February, and in spite of counter rowing attractions, a good en- try has been received. With the excaption of about seven or eight, the entire crews constitute griülas, many of whom promise to saru out good outsmen and seemetery keen an rowing Entries closed on Monday fast and the follow Ing crews were picked

There seems very little to pick between I was explained that in the second case the any of the crows, but MacKintosh's "men: Chicaman bad married an Hoglish wife who fought to give, a good account of thems belonged to the Church of England, She bought selves. The ather strokes bave also picked a grave in consecrated ground, and her hus. | some good paramen, and, as already said, it in band bad been buried according to the Church a most difficult matter to prophety, the likely of England ceremonial.. His friends afterwards winner. Bridger, Tata and" Barron AVG DOW performed their owa rites.

strokes, but being old oarsmen, do just as well, engineer to select a special site for Chiness A. R. Ellis (Bow)

The committee decided to instruct the city as their older rivals, cooled

funerals,

Everywhere fights; lights in- the sky, lights 2,006,234,08 along the quay, and on the moustain side, and The Yar market is not really properly open on the ships. Stars and masthead lights blinked yat. Raw cotton is firmer, the higher $5,644,125.65 ing and heliographing to one another through prices chocking business

billions of miles of space. Here NO ATG- ACTORS the harbour. All along the quay coolfe As regards Exchange, the report anys dockers lie balf naked snatching, a few briel After the issue of our last rates dropped an WITH reference to the proposed formation of a moments of sloep--their bars Chests running "eighthofapennyin response to a drop of (/16thu || naval squadron for Manchuria, the Viceroy, with sweat, and their patty faces turned up to in Bar Silver. As no demand for remittance H.E. Hell Shih-chang, has telegraphed to the the wonderful sky. In a quarter of an hour came out the market here remained steady, Grand Council proposing to build in the Gove they will be running up and down the gang. and although there was a farther decline on emment dackyards at Tientsin and Shanghai ways like rats, and slaving away for a few the solh alto, of a 1/16th in Bar Silver, Banks, two steel armoured gun-boats of 6ft draught cents toʻthrow on the dice, cloth at; midnight, were able to maintain rates at 2/4 T. T.. Since and eleven knot speed, alsa night smaller ven- "And then "Well, then, more work Work, then there has been a gradual recovery to 231 seli. The cast irrestimated st" about:"la"

work, work, motil the dawn comes like a ban. Ber Silver and exchange bore" 1/41, The 160,000 They will be detached for: duty,on- fro, blood red and blaring; Over, the red- hills | market locally has been-firm on the whole, as the Amer, the Surguri und; adanchuria watDIN, of Kowloom-Monto Anderson in Poll Hall them appears to be a fair continual supply, of A scheme will be formed to trils the nOCSESKIY

Mille, and Aardly any demand for remittances, alloggi sad Growi

RA. Carvalho (Bow)) A..A. Carvalho (2)........ "E. Gamblis (3) F. L. da Rosa (3) AA, H. Carroll (g)

FA. Mackintosh (Stroke), R. S. Bridger (8troke) W. J. Ostroll-(Cox) M.A. R. Bouza-Cox)

F. J.V. Jorge (Bow) E. Abrabam (Bow) AL. Alves (2) Forbes (3)

1. M. O. Lopes (3) Leumiro (3)

K. Tats (Stroke) A.V. Barros (Stroke)

U: Galluza){Cox) CK,B, Alvin (Cox);

HIERVAN PRA, Rodrigues (3)ND

RADHAN Pe-Ribsire i BAHARapp