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COMPRADORES AND FOREIGN

PROPOSAL TO BUSUKE "PROTECTION, PA

The following Interesting correspondence appears as an appendix to the annual report of the Chamber of Commerce to be presented to members at the annual meeting on the 23rd

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY APRIL

INCE.

(We do not necessually, endorse the optalous, expressed MYRAMI by Corespondents in this column);

THE MERCHANT SERVICES TO THE EDITOR OF TAM HONGKONG TELEGRAPH Sirle thit, ode country's hear of dire awakening, we are gravely concerned about the Navy, the Army; and the Territ rials. But, as usual never a word nor a thought of the do the Royal Naval Reserve. Herein lies the root minant factor of all the Merchant Service and of the question. It is not loss, of life in san quinary conflict which we need consider in the drit place, for we are confracted by the in. disputable fact that with our merchant ships cut off either wholly or partly we will, within the space of a wank or two, be faced by the lingering horrors of certain starvation. And in what position do the Merchant Service and the Royal Naval Reserva stand?

"OUTBREAK AT DAIRY TÄRK3B'

MEDICAL

THAFRICE IN STRY

CRISISSIMBATOONSMILLING" INDUSTRYŠ The rice milling Tudusity at Saigon In passi ing through striona crisis owing to scarcity. there is no dearth of the cereal in the country of the grain to the market. It appears thatit appears that but the cultivators are bolding on to that stock in the hope of realising higher prices from the millers, who are mostly Chinade,

For A long jima past these millars hard combined to force the cultivators into parting year, the milfera comer the Available stocks of with their grain at very low prices. Every paddy and afterwards dispose of them at enor mous profits, noud of which, however, falls to the cultivators, but

A special meating of the Sanllary Board was Commission at Shanghal, the Journal of Tropic

experienced in Kos Commenting on the International Opinm held last Tuesday afternoon, when a letter from al Medicine writes editorially: With the aboy

was produced by a Mr. Adam Gibson, Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, lition of the lumport of opium, and the home

graphic account reporting an outbreak of rinderpest as No 12 product restricted or dese away with, the drug

during the galact shed of the Dairy Farm Company's premise must rise in price to to great an axtant that

Gronicle, by Captain at Sassoon's Villa, Pokfulam Road, was laid on only rich people can afford to buy it, and thus

the Parang, now in There were present: Mr. R. O. Hutchison will soon become a thing of the past. This is

Having rand in several of the table for the consideration of the Bourd,"

the oplam Babit amongst the masses of Chips

writes t Acting Head of the Sanitary Department, Dr the ultimate hope of the Chinare of all the

counts of the storm which paired or F. Clarke, Medical Officer of Health, Dr. G. H. L. Fitzwilliams Mr. A. Stelton Hooper, Mr. Hands of China, for there can be no doubt

between the 6th and the 7th start, I 10kt Laut Chu Pak Mr. Ho Kam Tong, Mr. Acum ious economic detriment to the nation at large og REVOLT OF THE GROWERS topnected with the sea, and who ward madalynim

that, the oplum habit is a national vice of ser Gibson, Colonial Vetorniary Surgeon, and and to the individual in particular a moral and The cultivators have discovered this prac port during the passage, to get an account o It would internet your readers, especially abov Bowen Rowlands, Secretary

The 'letter readi;→

www physical danger. We hare in this Journal tice and refuse to mail their grain, with the con- the movements of the storm, and how it was Sanitary Department,

been accused of, dealing unsympathetically sequence that at the end of last month the felt at sea; and 1 herewith submit to you my seth April, 1909.

with the crusade against opium. This was not situation was very serious. The cultivators own experiences. EN Sir,-1 have the honour to report for the the case. The position we assumed was that would only sail paddy when driven to it by was at the time bound from Shade information of the Board that rinderpest has the Chinese were perfectly capable of taking want of money. The millers find themselves Yokohama, having loft the former pres broken out in No. Iz shed of the Dairy Farm Care of themselves that their form of govers-kind fik owing to their being hound by

mm on the 3rd instant. At the time of lesi Company's premises at Sassoon's Villa, Pokfumpt was a highly organlted that they could contract to supply the export finns with das weather prevailed, although the pers Tim Road,d

stop the consumption of eplum by a stroke of Heavy deliveries of grain. They buy only just altarogan and night gave. Indicatio the pen, did they so desires, and that they had enough grain to most the contracts, But the weather, and the Zi-ka,wei Observatory re terminated. The hearty co-operation of Bri- The result in the millers soffer heavy losses Os the morning of the 3rd Government their desire to the British cultivators demand such high prices as to leave posted system of low pressure all over the Goverment to see the importation from ladis; the millors so profit at all, on the transaction continenta tain was obtained, the moment the Chinesa de owing to the rise in the price, and owing to reported as being to existence to the we clared themselves upon the polar, and at great their smaller output of cleased rice-working of the Lachus, travelling N Boy After 1 hind pecuniary loss the Government of India and of expenses standing the same all the time passed, to the eastward of the Baddiellblands. Hongkong have loyally assisted the Chines-LOSING BUSINESS à long-drawn cauerly swell so indicated this day, and hold the cultivators to blame for not at 50.00, and as Van Diemen's Strait was up- in their endeavour a

The Opinion, a Saigon newspaper, says that fact. The herometer at the time, however, each milli is losing about five thousand dollars showed an algas of immediate danger, belag readily selling at a profit Far watse are the preached, the easterly wall subsided. Chinese speculators who, until lataly, took ad- vantage of their ignorance and lack of busintas knowledge to swell the profits of the rice millers. The millers and the exporting firms, says that fournal, 'are trying to forca the Government to bring pressure to bear upon the callivators is sell their paddy at rates to suit the millers, The remark is made that it would be far better for the millets to change their methods, and to allow part of their buze profit to fall to the poor cultivators-Straite Zirica, S

There ware woven

and one calf in the

Dealing firstly with the latter we have a force ofserly twenty-five thousand officers and roen, all practically experienced merchant sammen, who seem to be looked upon in official quarters as a necessary evil to fact, it has been anid by people of considerable authority that, bat Reserve.would be abolished to-morrow on the 26th and removed to the Hospital shed. for outraging public feeling, the Royal Naval shed. One of the cow was noticed to be ill But to take the much more important ques- The disease proved to be rinderpest and the tion, that of the Merchant Service, the one remainder of the cows were also removed to barrier between life and death, and what the Hospital shed. The cow first attacked do we find? Nearly five Bundred aliens died last night. The remainder have been in commanding and officering British merchant oculated.

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Hongkong, Lath June, 1908. Dear Sir, We have considered the proposed advertisement you have submitted to us, sand imodaratand that you wish to be advised whether we consider the same would protect foreign firms being bound by the unauthorised acts of their compradores or of his employees, We do not agree that in all cases compradores are prima facle agents of their foreign employers and ea abled as such agents to perform illegal acts which would subsequently, become binding upon their employers. It would entirely da pand in each lastance how far the compradore had been expressly or impliedly authorised by the foreign firm and also on the course of deal ings between the parties. We are, however, of opinion that the notice as draws and as amend sed by us in red ink, would be held to be a suficiant rebuttal by foreign firm of such. agency

and would protect foreign firms in their dealings through their compradore with their Chiesse customers or contitulents provided that the terms of the notice wore.rigidly ad-

War of the We think, too, that with regard to Chinese

Mail constituents with whom foreign" firma bave breco doing business upon the old basis, it would be as well to bring prominently to their notice the change of conditions by banding to such Chinese constituents the notice or send-tial instructions are to be placed in the hands ing same to them through the post. We ad wise this because a Chinese constituent might fo the future say that he was unaware of the altered conditions, and relied upon the old course of dealing which had been going on between himself and the foreign firm.

hered to,,

The notice should be exhibited in English and Chineas in the compradore's offices and in the general office where it can be seen by everyone.

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ships, well over three thousand aliens serving in them as party officers, whilst the glorious (1) Red Ensign is farther stained by the fact that no fewer than 37,594 aliens are serving under it.

In war-time we are informed that confiden.

of the masters of British merchant ships. What is to prevent these instructions innocently fall- ing into the hands of an alien? The Admiralty bave never answered the question, which the Guild have put to them more than once.

The late Lord Ritchie, when President of the Board of Trade, declared in the House of Com- moos that taking the question of a’war where the Royal Naval Reserve were called out, it would be to deplete British ships of British sea- We have inserted the final paragraph in the men and, instead of being partially manned by notice because of the almost universal custom foreigners, they would, under the then existing of compradores of using a receipt chop with circumstances, be altogether manned by foreigns either the foreign firm's name thereon in Eners. To be perfectly fair, I may say that the glish or its equivalent-to-Chinese, as-was-doce-percentage of alien neamen bas gone down To the Russe Chinese Bank case.-Yours, &c. little since then, but the difference is not worth

(Sgd), JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER. Hangkang General Chamber of Commerce,

Hongkong, 12th June, 1958. Dear Sir,With reference to the recent de: cision of the Supreme Court in the case of Li Yau 8am and Russo-Chinese Bank in which it was decided that foreign firms may be bound by sa undertaking of their compradore, within the scope of the business they are engaged in, my committes consider that some action should be taken by the foreiga firms employing com- pradores to ensure protection against the to ́mathorised acts of such compradores.

My.committes therefore propon, it sufficient Aupport be forthcoming, to insert an advertise

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ment to this end(draft of which is attached) in the Hongkong Government Gomelie and all the forsign newspapers of the Colony and the lead- ing Chinese papers in Hongkong and Canton for a period of one month,

If you agree kindly notify assent against your name on the accompanying schedule.

It is understood that the signatories will sach contribute their proportion of the cost of -“the advertisement-1 am,&c.

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E. A. M. WILLIAMS,

Secretar To the membam of the Hongkonna.ca

Proposed advertisement 'to be is the local foreign and native newspapers to be signed by foreign firms transacting business through their compradores and desirous of pro tecting themselves against fraud by the native employees.

NOTICE,

Referring to a recent decision of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, Li Yau Sam ", the Kusso Chinese Bank, we, the undersigned, beg to notify the public that no business transactions with us settled through the agency of ant respectiva compradores or their staffs will, ho recognised by us as valid unless approved of under the signature, in the English language, of our firm or of our miniger or accredited Kekistants,,!

the two sheds to be infected areas, under the Importation and Inspection of Animals Bye

I beg to recommend that the Board declare

|·laws.

I have, olcs

MAN ADAM” GIBSON,

Colonial Veterinary Surgaon. The Secretary, AB Sanitary Department,

an infected ares,

"JAPANESE STEAMSHIP.

COMPANIES.

in China, and it would appear that the Govers We hope the opium habit may be eradicated mant of China are doing all, they can to attain that end. It is reported that to sell opium in China; except by parsons licensed to: do so, is cow a punishable offences and anyone to be found selling equipments for oplom smoking is liable to punishment. This is as it should be, The meeting declared the shed in question and we can only hope that the enforcement of

the law will be equal to the occasion.

There are many cures for the opium habit to vogue, in consequence of the attempt to curtail the sale of the drug. Opium smoking is really the habit "to be fought, but unfortun- ately there are other methods of taking opium. AWAKENED INTEREST IN JAPAN,

Chaving opium in a habit followed to some of the Toro Kisen Kaisha, which shows a loss syringe has during the past ten years been The publication of the statement of accounts extent, but as a "core" the hypodermic of over Y80,000, has awakened a great deal of growing is favour and importance. When attention not only on the part of shareholders. The evile of opium smoking were being public of the company, but of financial circles in gonely brought to light some ten or fifteen years ral, and has affected the credit of capitalists in ago there appeared in several towns of considering,

Add to all this that the merchant service is notes that the board of directors of the dimpany inquiry it was found to be merely substituting the shipping business. The Osaka Blimpo China "curers of the oplum habit," but ou literally seeibing with insubordination and wo

are occupied in considering-what amounts to hypodermics of morphia for the cruder form of can the more realise the terrible perils to which we are exposing ourselves without any qualm of the disposal of new steamers. In add to the

a question of life and death to the company the drug taken by way of the opium pipe. The "carers" concealed the fact that the same drug fear or of consciesco, Mr. Lloyd George, when Bayo-moru and Buyo-marw, oil tank steamers, Id a different form was being utilized, and that President of the Board of Trado, told us not

another vessel, the Joyomaru, widered from they were merely substituting the hypodermic long ago that there had been twenty-seven Rogland, is shonly coming out, bile a tank method for the smoking habit. Once having thousand desertions from British ships in a steamer of the same type is being, built at the got their patents accustomed to the bypodermic single year. Official @gures from the Board of Mitau Bishi Yard at Nagasaki. The present habit, the "curem reaped a rich pecuniary Trade tell us that, in the last official year, there position of the Namboku Petroleum Company harvest, as the secret of the "remedy" was Ware over twelve thousand cases of "failures and the imposition of Customs defy on crude carefully kept, and their victims were unmerci to join" on the part of, seamen and firemen kerosene oli bave rendered so many oll tankfully fleeced. A "care" of this nature is a serious From all parts of the world reports from cap. tains and officers of merchant ships reach mement of these now steamers will therefore slly worse than the disease) anyone acquainted

steamers useless to the company. The employ matter, for the "cure" in this instance is actu daily which, in regard to their crowd and other make the loss on the working of the company with the difference in appearance of the opium matters, disclose wholesale defiance of authori still heavier. It is, however, impossible to smoter and the slave of the morphia habil ty and utter contempt for law and order on dispose of them eally, and the company is administered by the syringe cannot but be board ship.

therefors in a fixe:

Impressed with the detrimental character of the flatter. The coolia who takes a few whiffs pf

These things are well known to the Board of Trade, the Admiralty, and to the Government But when they are urged to put matters right they remain inest and allow them to drift along into the inevitable whirlpool which is of our own creation. If others,pired here highest patriotis prlacinia Faresi

*Juggib* HUNT BLOOM

dinating the real issue of its fature safety to questions which appeal to instincis of Mammon alone. Was it not Froude who sald-

Take away the merchant fleer, take away the Navy that guards it, and the Empire will come to an end. Her Colonies will fall like leaves from a wilbered tree, and Britain will become Sea, for the future-atndents in Australia and onça more an insignificant island in the North. New Zealand universities to discuss the fate of in their debating societies."--I am, Sir,

Your-obedient scivanj

T. W..MOORE,

Secretary. The Imperial Merchant Service Guild,

19th March, 1909.

"OWNER. WANTED.

A chair coolie was taken to the Central Police Station last Monday with a silver cigarette case in his possession, on which appeared the follow ing inscription:Presented to G. S. Wade, by his colleagues at Dicky Kerr & Co.'s, Preston,

The public are, therefore, hereby warned to obtale for their own protection our signa ture, in the English language, or, the signature in the English language of our managers or accredited assistants, to all transactions. negotiated by them. with as through the agency of our respective compra. dores or their staffs, and no payment made to our respective Compradores or to their stalls will 13. 6. 07. The police are anxious to find the be recognised by us as being valid and bind-owner so that a charge may be brought against ibg upon us unless the receipt therefor, is the coolie. countersigned by our firm or our managers or “accredited assistants,

E. A. M. WILLIAMS, Esq.,

Secretary, Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce

Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce, To the Members of the

Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce.

LI YAU SAM P. RUSSO-CHINESE BANK.

With reference to the circular recently issued by the Chamber to its members covering draft of a proposed Joint advertisement having for its object the protection of firms and others against unauthorised acts of their compradores or pative staff, and requesting an expression of their opinion thereon, as the proposal has not received the support of the majority of the members the committee have decided not to proceed with the matter further.

EA MWILLIAMS,

Secretary. Hobgkong, 28th July, 1958.

DR. G. H. BATESON:WRIGHT.

A PROPOSED MEMORIA),,

OWNER FOUND.

zoth Inst.

That advertising is the soul of business in a fact which no one cac question. Last evening the Telegraph was pleased to give the police some assistance is a matter which required clearing up, and in that issue, under the caption of "Owner Wanted," appeared a paragraph stat- ing that the police bad arrested a coolle in whose possession was found a silver cigarette case bearing the inscription, Presented to C. S. Wade, by his colleagues at Dick, Kerr & Go's, Preston, 13. 6. 07." In less than (walya. hours the police had accomplished what they had wanted. The paragraph had reached the right quarter at the right time, for this morning the police received a communication from Mr. Hall, an employee of Quarry Bay Shipyard. Hs identified lbs case and furthermore added that he was present whee the presentation was made to Mr. Wade, who was now on a visit to Japan. The circumstances under which the memento came into the coolia's possession bas yet to be explained, the coolin alleging that he picked it up in the street.

At the Police Court this morning, he was charged with being possession of property supposed to have been stojan. An additional charyawan preferred against the accused, Shan Chak Leang,, by Mr. A. 8. Escofally, of y and out giving notice. A plea of not guilty on both 9, Zetland, Straat, for leaving his service with.. counts was entered, and the accused remanded.

the working of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha inopium from a pipe, or even a moderate but

According to Japanese papers, the profit on the present ball year is estimated to show connantamount of the drug in this fashion, may falling off to 30 per cent, from that of the pres fgood physique, capable of doing heavy coding, hell buze ENG

and apparently in robust health. On other band, the man who uses morphia losos weight, is physically unfit, and looks, oken with skin like parchment. The this habit in speedily acquired. The use hypothermic method may render a man. fat in any country a slave to lis con.. 20ING CHI-fus Pomado at the opium slave a more potent and less bjesome method of coming under, the in of the drug than by the way of smoking, for which much paraphernalia is required, and a considerable time is wasted before results are obtained.

TRIAL HEATS: OF COMPETITORS

aand inst. number of trial beats were run off under the Yesterday afternoon, at Happy Valley, direction of the Committee of the Hongkong Schools' Athletic Sports. The final hests will be run off on Monday. Yesterday's results are

ippended below :—

LONG JUMP..

H. E. Markar R. T. Rumjahn, A. Karrim, J. M. A Remedios, H. W. Peterson and Mal -Nai Shoung, ・・

Isidor Haas, 2-M. Piour,

100 YARDS FLAT KACE, First Heat

3-R. Ribeiro.

Second Heat: 1-A. Ho, -U. Hang 3-J. M. Braga,

Ban

Third Host 1-Wour Shan-Nia, 2-Hi Pereira, 3-E. Castrop-do

100 YARDS FLAT RACE

3-So Chin Hel.

First Heat 1-Ni Tai Ting, 2-L. Palissa,

Second Heat: 1-H. E. Markar” 2-Yau' | Fat, 3-Wong Pa Kie.

Hang Sand and A. Ho. (Dead Heat.)į.

Third Heat: 4-1. Haas, z-R. Ribeiro, 3--U.

120 YARDS FLAT RACE, First Beat: 1-R. Biseuil, 2-J. Gatierres, 3-F. Loureiro, 4-L. L. Lopes.

Second Hesti-G. White, 2-R. Remedios, 3-D. Remedios, 4-F. Bilva.

440 YARDS FLAT RACE, First Heat: -Lo Chiu Hoi, -Kwok Shlu Yan, 3-Ng Tat Ting, 4-M. Nai Shoog.

Second Heat: Yau Kam Fat, 2-Wong Po Kic, 3-Li Sau, 4-To. TOUR.

HIGH JUMP. Petersen, Tam Tiz To, L. Rabat, Yau

Mai Nal Cheung, Kwok Shiu Yan, H. Fat, He Wing Kiz.

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raised in connection with the suppression of There are several" points, which might be oplem; but the substitution of the more secret and rapid morphia hypodermic habit for the mora public and slower method of opium moking, as a means of obtaining narcdals, in one which is not without importance for those concerned in the attempt to free China of detrimental babit.

BRITISH NORTH BORNEO,

EFFECTS OF CHINESE ENTERPRISE

AND INDUSTRY.

The Standard of Empire refers to British North Borneo as follows:-

Our correspondent at Kridat tells us that the slow but steady success that, this little. Far Esstern British, Protectorate has won for itself firm economic basis upon which it stands to amongst its surrounding competitors, and the day is almost entirely due to the enterprise of Chinese merchants and the industry of Chinese labourers. It would appear that from the first forming of the British North Boraso Chartered Co, the directors, being men of experience in Easter matter, recognised-the-wonderful colonising and civilising abilities of the Chin ese, and encouraged their immigration by every

Kamber bounty that the aboriginal inhabitants, W.manifest. Ic Borneo natore is no prodigal in menor. The result of this sound policy in

having no necessity to work, have for genera 220 YARDS FLAT RACE A

tobs bees nócustomed to dread and despise it. First Heat H. W. Petersen, AR Samy, 3 A. Karrim

The jungin and the ses produce food in abundance for those who know the secrets of Second Heat: -H. E, Markar, 3-Ng Fat mature as the native does. Idleness and tomas Tung, 3-). M. A. Remedios.

dic habits produced piracy and rapine. Alitle Third Heat: 1-E. Castro, 1—1:"Hans, g---| Intertha Malay came, a koon trader, but scarcely R. Ribeiro,

less indolant or more honest than the Drakand 120 YARDS FLAT RACE.

the Bafow. His method of trade was such that First Heat: 1-T Kan, 3-To Trup, 3-if the native did not purchase the goods on the Young Kwang Chio,

Second Heat: I-Kwok Tai Sa, 1-Luk | burned and only saved his life by hiding in the terms offered, the ipiter usually got his village Кас 'Third Heat: 1—Tai Hang Hồng 20

Jungla Hang San.

man gained a foothold, sad there came to be some safety for person Fourth Hosts Wong Shao Nip, a-Ip and property, the Chinese trades began to spy Kwan.

Fifth Heats 1-Kwok Fook Hang, 2-Lal and business ability of the Chinese merchant ost-the land." Once estabablished, the integrity Wing to.

HIGH JUMP.

soon ousted the pirstical Malay, and with the exception of a few Indians, the Chinese have Ting, R. Anderson, J. Haas, R. Ribeiro,

A. Mahomed, C. Lopes, Rorino, Ng Tataa rivals in their trade with the nativas. The peculiar healthiness of Bandakan and some QUARTER-NILE.

other of the European settlements in British North Borneo is due to two causes. First, the constant sea breezes. (which) penetrate an

First Heatr x-H: W. Petersen, 2-Lo Ohio Ho, 3-Wong Tao Ting, Tiog, JJ M: Remedios.

Second Heat: 1-Hi G. Markar, 2-Ng Tat

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CHINESE MINIS, 3,

The following information relative to Chi- during the past-year (1908) from His Majesty's Base mints, collected from reports received Consular officers in the districts concomed, is given in the Board of Trade, Journal situated just outside the East Gate of the City, Canton.The Provincial Mint, which is is actively engaged (Aug. 4) in misting 1 daliai been flooding the market with subsidiary coins: and ao cent coin. Until recently the mint has about 80,000 have been turned out daily and the discount on these coins now (Aug. 4) stands from Hongkong and His Majesty's Minister in at over 8 per cent. Representations; however, Peking have resulted in a temporarily diminish ed output of 20-cent places, and an increased at present (Aug, 4) being struck, issue of 1 dollar pincas... Nó copper coins are.

by the Chengtu mint are dollars, half-dollars Chenglo-The coins being issued (Aug. 11) and rocent pieces, rupens and balf-rupens (all these silver) and zo and co-cash copper pieces, Copper pieces, unpierced, valge ono cash and two carb, wem soon to be issued.

Chiakinng The only mint in this district is at present (July (5) at a 'slandstill, and there is no indication when it is to be re-opened,

Foochow The mint at Foochow is in opera» tion (July 16), and turning out a cash pieces, The mint at Pagoda Anchorage is closed, and it is not likely that it will be put in operation again in the near futuro..

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"However, after passing throughs Van Die men's Strait (at noon on the isth), a more pro Dounced swall was met with with an increasing ESE wind, and the, barometer showed ind ca tions of falling, By noon the following day (the 5th), when in a position off Morne sam the widd had freshened to a moderate gale, with overcast sky, and the basemater stood at 29.66. From this time on to a pan, the weather became worse, and the swell, bad developed into a heavy E.S.E. sa, which camed the vessel to ship heavy spray over all By 6 pm. abe, barometer had fallen to 29.37, and 1-falt. sura the contra of a cyclonic storm was getting very close. By the indications the wind gave concluded (I may say hoped) that the centra af being inclined to vast to the southward, th would pass across the track 1 had already traversed. As the sky had now become. advisable to run back in the direction I should overcast, and thick with rain, 1 deemed ir in mibre readily escape it, should it pass to the find myself out of the frying pan, and into the eastward of my position, as I should possibly fire, or in other words on a les shore, and vary little chance of seeing it,

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lesser of two evils, and hove-to, keeping the vessel's head on to the wind and son, and the 5 pm, therefore, I decided on tha

engines working at a speed just sufficient to keep her from falling off. The barometer com› tinued to fall, and. by 8 pm. registered 29.33 increased to hurricanfame and simply shrinked, “ Between that time and 10 p.m. the wind had with avery now and then hears detonations, as if heavy artillery'wry_balng firede: So power ful was the force of the wind that it was with great difficulty I could get up and dgwa the bridge-ladder to record the barometer readings every half-hour,

"At 10 p.m. the wind veered to SE, and about 11 p.m. l'experienced what I never did? befors in all my seafaring career. The cantra of the storm must have passed almost over my positions placing the vestel as it were on its N.E. segment, and it fall dead calm, an calm in fact that I could hold a lighted match in my hand on the bridge. Although the air was par fectly still and breathless, I could hear away up if it the fiends of the infernal regions bed besa in the sky the wind howling and; shrinking as at loose.

although it seemed to be decidedly mixedi The sex was not dangerously turbulent, The barometer at this time registered 2498 the needle of the speroid distinctly oscillating; and the mercury la the mercurial baremater minutes, when the wind suddenly sprung up vitibly pumping. This lasted for five or ten

S.W., and before I am. (on the th) had remed from S.5.W. By midnight. it had shifted to through west to N.W. and the sky cleared as if all the cloud and rain had been swept away by magic.

Hangcha-For about two years no coinage of money, either copper or silver, has taken place at any of the Hangchow mios Prayious to bat ims there were mists, oni Raowa a the old midt in the northeast of the city, at which both ilver and copper coins were issued; the other, or new mint, in the north-west of Hangchow, truing only copper. In addition there were or had been, two other smail mints, one of which was a branch or annex added to the old Provincial Treasurer's Office. On the closing mjat and the other was connected with the

to have been an intention to remove the of the Hangchow Mints there appears at first machinery to Foochow, but it was never put into, execution. Bubsequently it was suggested that one or more of the establishments might be converted into an electric, light station bat By jam a strong. N.W. "init: had over- this also fall through. It seems that there is no

come the previous masterly swall --mid raised intention of resuming coinage in Hangchow.soa from N.W., the steamer was headed up to Kiangoan (Napking)—A new coin, a copper it, and as soon as a correct position was obtained one-cash piece, was first minted on June 30, from bearings off the Kil peninsula, which was 1908, but did got attain a satisfactory circula-, seen when daylight broke, a comras was set for tion, sama 20,000,000. pieces daly being pro- the sheltering influence of this point, and duced up to Sept. 3. The Viceroy at Nanking, thence on to Yokohama, which was: reached at the Governor of Hunan, and the Viceroy at 11 am. on the 8tb, after an experience I do not Wochang have obtained permission to use up wish to be in a position to record very often respective mints in the coinage of copper so the stocks of copper already in hand at their Cash pieces. The production of these copper 10-cash pieces facommenced at the Kingman mint with a daily output of 2,000,000 pieces, after having been in aboyance since April 30, cash pieces are still being coined, there being no 1948, while a certain number of the copper ons- fixed limit to the daily output. Whenthepresent stock of copper is used up, the mint will ceass works at the date of the report (sept. 3) the stock was understood to amouet to "about 20,000 pichis (840 tons), so that the closing of the mint was expected to occur towards the end of November or in December last, No aliver dollars have been produced at the Eisognan mint since October, 2005.

of a davitt spar which was broken through "No damage was done, with the exception sheer force of wind pressing the boat against it during one of the shifts of wind. The ship be haved admirably throughout, rising 'over. Logs asas which rose up before bar, threatening in and would easily hava pot to shame, many. their course to sweep everything before they of the present-day Teviathans, which one heard of often behaving in a much loss creditabla manner"YE

OPIUM PROHIBITION,

- VICEROY-TUAN VANO'S KEPORT"

still from March to November, 1008, and only at Nacking quoting table which was, sube Mukden.The Makdes mint was at a stande have received a report from Viceroy Tand Fang The Anti-Oplom Commissioners in Peking resumed working about the end of November, mitted to the International Opium Commi It coins small silver coins of the value of tension, which shows hat in less than three years and twenty cents, and about 400 lbs; of silver since, the anti-opiem campalga kas boed. sto smelted each day. The misting of copper wrted, sixty per cent of smokers have given colos bus ceased. The mint at Kirains is also working at present (Dec. 14), turning out colos smoking number over a million while the up the habit, “Officials,who-have-broken-dif of the value of top, twenty, and fifty cents

NanchangThe only mist in the province people who have done so amount to three of Kiukiang, vix, that at Nanchang, the pro more are said to have: ceased to be smoker. vincial capital, has bean closed for more than Wilk reference to the mawage of pappy

millips and mom altogether &ye 'million or

machinery having been sold or become useless these have decreased by more than Shy per a year, and is not likely to be re-opened, the planted ground and the number of oplam shops, But when the shaped through neglect, and the premises having been'] center VERY DAY

converted into a yard for building steam launched depend

THE JAPAN SUGAR CO. SCANDAL

Tientsin-There am two mints in Tientsin which are at present (Sept 7) in operation, In the Central and the Tientsin Branch, both of accordance with an imperial adict, both mints cessed from last May to coin, ten cash copper

· DOMICILIARY SEARCHES, pieces. In order to keep the workmanemployed, however, they have continued to cola on cash

The domicillary searches in connection with

Korszaka Tokio, April pieces-some 30,000 10-40,000 a day and also the Japan Sugar Company scandal have bas silver dollam: the faliar operation being carried extended to Robe. Up to the present two fore ly, moreover, in order to clear of a stock lanmou la adoat that thit, proaccution in a on at a loss owing to fall in exchange; Recent mer directors,and's cashier, hävs bosa, placed. the Chinese market-gardener, who in for hand of over The 109,000 worth of copper, the A A rumour over pressing the jungle back. There Branch mint has resumed the coinage of te sequel to Sir Glands. Macdonald's edge of a settlement, where it is very cheap, per day, but as there is to market for these dhe paseat proceedings vegetable growers boy jungle land on the cash places, and turns out some 300,000 pieces as to the Premier, but abis add to cultivate. Thoras, the town they remain quiided. The question of mint brought by the abzubolders grows this land becomes valuable. So sharing one-tsal pieces or 7-amaces (equivalent:te stated, of pro land fanber out. Still, much more cultivation Wochit.The coppermint at EX remales to be done in Borneo. Thousands of war

an. April 24, 1905 AXCAPS acres of rich land are still untouched Roads misting of cus-cask pitom, of wat

extraordinary distance Inland), and second,

Efforts are belag made by two prominent citizens, ex-pupils of Dr. G.HBateson Wright, until recently headmaster of Queen's College, to provide some form of memorial in Hong- kong for the late principal of the first Govern

*TO `DE, RETURNED TO OWNER. ment school in the Cotony. Towards that

21st inst end a public subscription will be issued.com This morning, in the Police Court, before dusd only to past and present pupils of the Mr...H. Kemp,, the chair coolie, who was Collere.

Third Heat: -C. Lopes, A. Mahomed, It has not been definitely decided found in possession of the silver cigarette case," "V. Racara, the Pony as to what form the memorial will takes this belonging to Mr. C. 8. Wade, of Quarry Bay, Fourth Heat: 1-R. Ribeiro, -W. Slems will of ascessity be largely determined by the was brought up on a charge of unlawful possess son, 3-1). Pereira, “ amostat of maday.available when the subscripsion. The only witness. called for the prose-HALF-MILE. ----- tion list is closed.. It is also the intention of the cation was Mrs. Wait Sbe recognised the First Heats Tip Sham, 2 Lo Chiu Hoi, still it a good profit, and buy more jungle one dollar) was (Sept:7) onder discussion promoters of the scheme to convene a public case as that belonging to Mr. Wade, who left-H, W. Peterson, Rabat meeting of subscribers to the fund to discuso here on the 25th December: last for japsuj on the best method of commemorating the good the Chiys Mars: Belore Mr Wade laft the Morelos rendered by Dr. Wright in Hongkong Colony be reported that he had lost the case In the matter of education, especially. Among deep who were the principal spatha to, besti by the educational system, pursued by Theʻlka headmaster in the Colony

His Worship did not find the charge proved. and discharged the defendantis He, however, ordered the cigarette care to be returned to its

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