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Intimation.

'A. 8. WATSON & CO.,

LIMITED

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1845.

AERATED WATER

MANUFACTURERS,

SPECIALITIES:

DRY GINGER ALE.

FRUIT LIME

PAGNE.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY JULY 22

of the last three months, Clearly, however, but one can scarcely believe that in any in- this could not last, and before the end of the dustry so small a capital can continue to earn your share prices had in some cases fallen back so large a profe Freak capital must be at- to about half their former figure, the difference tracted-is, in fact, constantly being attracted borween the highest and lowest points of 1907-to this field, and before buying the shares of "heing extremely wida. Afterwards. came thr rec very of 1968 followed by the present boom, in which prices have been run up to fresh records, and the ground lost has been made good. Thus in the course of about two years the market has had two booms and one bad slump, quotations have varing enormously and for so comparatively small * market vary large sums of money must hva beed mnde and lost. The extent of the fluctuations can be shown by taking a few typical securities and tracing their price movements in the lass three years?

1907

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MACAO'S DELIMITATION.

R. XO YU KIM RECEIVES & telegram. FROM CHINESE IN MANILA:

[From Our Oion Correspondent.]

Caston 1st July..

WAI-WU-PU'S GIFT OF TLS. 10,000. FURTHER CHINESE SUBSCRIPTIONS. any company at their pressat premiums AD"

in the course of this afternoon, the Privato

Two days ago, the Imperial Special Com investor should satisfy himself that the return during the next few years will be very conSecretary to H.H. the Governor courteously is missioner, R.E. Ko Yu Him, appointed to con- siderably increased, so as to provide him at formed us that the Government was in receipt duct negotiations with the Portuguess Govern- ment on the delimitation of Macao, received a once with a larger yield and a protection of a telegram from Sir Jobs Jordan, British

Minster at Peking, to the effect that the Wai-telegrams from the Chiness residing in Manila, against more remote dangers.

wa-pu has donated the handsome subscription The telegram reads us follows :- of Tis. 10,000 towards the endowment and equipment fond for the proposed Hong: kong University. This latest gift from the Capital provides abundant proof that HE Chang Jen-chtin's sympathy towards the project has spread to Peking sad that the Chi. best Government's interest in Sir Frederick Lugard's scheme to benefit South Chine con tioues poabated...

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Six Claudo MacDonald, British Ambassador, is expected to return to Japan about the middle of August.

THREE weeks were awarded a mezdicant in igat Present, the Police Court this morning for soliciting for alma by exposing's deformity to his sight arm.

VICEROY ChangĺJĉa chủo has asked the Wai. 415/16wupu to take up the question of the Macao Boundary but that Board firmly refused the request,

H'est. L'est ́ H'est. L'est. I'ce. Anglo-Malay.....51$ 28. 4 25/31 117/31 st Bau Caves 1 19/16414 Bukkit kajab ...?4 ...41' st 31 71 Cons. Malay.. 42} 3/16 11 41 Highlands and

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Lowlands...2 5/16 18:13 Linggi

15/12 25/16.

Paling E 6" Selango

8 15/164

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ORANGE CHAMPAGNE;. STONE GINGER BEER.

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1. 9/16 11 Vallambrosa...31/32 1

1 MA For the sake of simplicity we quote wil the shares in fractions of £s, even where the dominal value is only 15:

It will be seen that, for the most part, prices are higher now than in the boom of 1907, and as it is generally agreed that the high prices of that year were overdone, we might assume that

REFRESHING. the present level of values is, ipso facto, con

Watson's

FRUIT SYRUPSTM

demced. But though caution is undoubtedly necessary, we must remember that in many points the position is more healthy now In the first than it was two years ago. place, the price of rubber is using instead of falling, and the buils' confidence in the

mixed with aerated or plain watermarket bas ao far beco justified; secondly, make excellent refreshing beverages Guaranteed to be made from the pure juice of sound ripe fruit.

THE Right Hon, Sir Claude MacDonald (Hi Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Tokyo), had audience of the King on 24th inst,

FOUR grass-cutters wero fined $7 each at the Magistracy this morning for trespassing and cutting grass in a Goverment plantation yesterday.

THEIR Majesties the Emperor and Empress, of Japan have presented You for the relief of the families of those who lost their lives by the fire on the steamer Tokai-mart off Kominato, Aomori prefecture, on the 5th instant.

MR.Mattukala, Chairman of the Kobe Chamber

of

Commerce, who sent in his resignation some days ago, has agreed to remain in office for the time being, in compliance with the request of Governor Hattori and other leading gentlemen.

AMONGST the delegates attending the Scienti fic Commission presided over by Dr. W. N. Shaw, F.R.S., Director of the Meteorological Office, to deal with the question of maritime weather signals, is Father Frac, S.J Director of the Zeka-wei Observatory, near Shanghai. SHAREHOLDERS in the Shanghai Gâi Co., Ld., are notified that a dividend of Tls. 3 per share (six per cent) has been declared, for the half year ended June 30, 1909, and dividend wate rants may be obtained at the head office of the Company on and after Wednesday, July 28,

the advantages of tanie over wild rubber have become more clear; and licily, a number of companies have since 1907 come to the stage of paying dividends, very large profits are being earned, and the output is being increased with -our-apparently,-endangering the strength of the market. All these are strong bull points, and co one who understands the industry will A. S. WATSON & CO., deny their force. But, on the other hand, in 1999.

LIMITED,

HONGKONG and KOWLOON. Hongkong, 15th July, 1909.

vestors and speculators must always bear in mind that present quotations discount a very considerable advance in profits, and that when

true basis, the yields will be far larger than are

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IT: has been suggested that students to be sent to the United States should be selected by the different provinces or that the Minimry

Following are further amouals collected by the Chinese sub-committes:~

Already acknowledged.......... 5181,603- . Kwok Shuichi, Saigonias...

Ma Pui-sang; Saiga

Chu Sui-chun..................................

To H.E. Ko Yu Him. The Portuguese have encroached on our territory, to a great extent. Fray sirensously maintain our claims and not give way to the Portuguese, so as to afford geater protection to our boundary rights. (S), The Kwangtung Merchants' Guild,"

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RICE DEALERS AT LAW.

JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF,

Judgment was delivered in the Summary Jurisdiction Court this morning by the Puisne Judge (Mr. Justice. Gomperta) in the case in which Hai Ching Kam, a merchant of 28, Tre Mi Street, brougbi an action against. Lam Sce Chiu, of 151, Connaught Road West to recover at and goodsTM the sum of $765 due for money leat delivered, made up as follows:

Money lant on the 9th March, 1908–$160, Money lost on the 27th March-$160. Monny, lent on the 19th. March-Ston Money: paid by plaintiff to defendant for the purchase of a | quantity of rice 'which defendant failed to

deliver-5345

There was a counterclaim for $1.941. Mr. Otto Kang Sing appeared for the plain- |tiff, while Mr. J. H. Gardiner represented the

defendant,

THE JAPAENsh army,

The claim was brought as the result of cars tain transactions between the litigants in the" SOME INTERESTING FIGURES,

course of last year. A Chinese witness be- The Blochi Shimbun giver some interesting longing to the Fook Ho Yung shop stated that particulars about the strength of the Japancia on the 29th March last year, be wont to plain Army. The figures, the Japan Mail writes in ti's shop on some businese and saw defendant the course of a summary, may or may not be asking plaiptif for the lean of Steo. Plaintif accurate, but we prasum's that they are a tolerat first refused to lend the money, but on be ably close approximation. Everybody is acing assured by defendant that the latter would

with

that settle the outstanding Accounts, be eventually quainted

the general fact the Japanese Army now consists of 19 agreed to let him have the amount. There was no receipt given for the sum, Daring the or Title Divisions, but

no information

course of his evidence, witness stated that the has hitherto been procurable about troops Our Tokio con.

usual way in which Chinese creditare approach. superhumáry to the above. temporary now tells us that those additional ed debtors for the settlement of an account was troops.comprise three brigades of field artillery, to speak the words “Will you pay the money?” four brigades of cavalry, two brigades und niné battalions of heavy artillery, one brigade of communications troops and three battalions of mountain artillery. With regard to the cavalry, two brigades hava still to be embodied, the bar. racks for their reception not being yet finished. This, however, is a matter of a few days. It is" further stated that the establishment of the cavalry in five battalions to one regiment and two regiments to one brigade. Turning now to the question of the number of troops actually under arms, in other words the number of men serving with the colours, the Fochi gives the the following figure, but does not claim absoluta) accuracy for them since they are in every caso' somewhat below the reality.

Chan Wai-hang, Saigon..... Kong Cheong-wing, Saigon.. 1,000 Shani Lai-nam, Signal... Li Chung-cheuk, Saigon Li Tui-shi-tong. Saigon ..... Choy Sig-wood inordinates Cheung Shum-wao Brothers.. Yuan Man-chuen ....

2,000"

2,000 1,000

1,000

-1,000

1

1,000

1,000

1,000

боо

600

-Yu Pan-nam, ............... pres See Wo

600

500

Tai Shing Paper Mill. Chan Ching-hok,

500

Kwan Yik-taisuus ooroymianak, mi Wing Yue-shing momma me Kang Lee Contractor

300

300

Hip Os Co. Contractor......... Wing On Contractors ......... Wong Lap-kee ......................

Harg Wo cheong miqimi

300 ,300 300 200

200

Sun Kwong-hop.......

200

Kwong Wa-yuen

200

Ying Fat-yuen

200

Kwong Hung-shing ...................

200

Shan Sing-yuSņiem

200

Fook Tung-chan

200

200

200

200

Artillery

200

200

Enginaars

129,960 14,500 11,270 10,400

Commissariat..mrgreining. 9,240

200

Heavy Artillery....................................... Mountain... Communications troops -

5,600

Tung Hang-you............. Po Hing-chtong.............................. Chan Suidum Woog Pieg-in.. Francisco Tee Yat Shao Tso-tong

Total......$201,200,

*CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not becessarily endorse the opinions expressed

by Correspondents in this column).

STATE OF KENNEDY ROAD.

TO THE EXTOR OF THE HONGkono Telegraph,TM: Sir, I wish to draw the attention of the au (38 the industry is ultimately established on its of Education should select them by examina- tion. H.E Jung Ching, the President, how. ever, is in favour of neither of these sugges.thorities through the columns of your valuable. at the present time. As we pointed out in a re-tions, for by the first plan the unequal standard paper to the wretched state of part of Kennedy All communications Intauled for publication - in

ceul article, rubber companies' shares, will never of the colleges in respective province would Road, particularly that portion commencing "The HONGKONG TELEGRAPH" «liould be addressed to The Editor, 1, Ice loss Road, and--be-s-per-cent.investments, and yel_at_present prevent all the best students from being selected, from the Union Church for some, consi lerable

NOTICE

Infantry

·Cavalry

Total

1,610 2,000

i84,590

With regard to this total we may observe en pastand that in the number of men eligible for, conscription every year is 450,000, it would seem that about go per cent, of the whole are taken for service Taralog now to the jateresting ques- tion of the strength of the Japanese Army on s war footing, the Hock! pure it at 1,214,900, €X- clusive of 10,000 troops serving in Formosa; 15,000 officers serving with the colours, and a

Judgment was entered, as already stated, for the plaintiff an, the claim, wità costs and for the defendant on the counter-claim with

conta.

CANTON ELECTRIC LIGHT WORKS.

EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGE FOR N. W CONCERNS

From Our Own Correspondent.]

Canton, azst July, A merchant named, Ho Bhin. Ki and several others jointly submitted a pelition to the Tastal for the Development of Native. Industries re questing bim to grant them permission for the establishment of a gasworks in Canton, In reply the Tantai-refused-to-acquiesce in their- spplication on the ground that the Canton, Electric Light Works have recently been purchased from foreigners by the Kwangtung. Electric Light Company, Limited, which con cern has now the exclusiva 'privilege to supply light installations to the residents of Canton. No privilege can therefore be granted to other merchants for the supply of gas to the citizens which would be calculated to compete with the Kwangtung Electric Light Company, Limited.

SÜDDEN DEATH OF CAPTAIN" HOBHRIS.

News was received in Shanghai yesterday, says the N. C. D. N1309 of 17th Instant, of th# -

abould be nooompanied by the Writer's Name and quotations the return to be obtained from the The other plao, ho says, is ̈"opan"to"objection distanco up. Strangely enough, none of the very large number of officers and non-commis death of Captain Roberts, master of the G. N. S in that an exmisation by the Ministry must be large number of residents who frequently fioned officers whose names are borne on the innerofa,by thaagents bare,the Nippon Ye

Addres

Ordinary marino communications should be address!

to The Maurger. The Bitter will not undertake to be responsible for anj rejected M8.. nor to return any Contribution. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCE) DAILY--188 per unnain.

WEEKLY-135 per annum.

71 a rates per quarter and per mense, proportions Subscriptions for any period-less-than-one-month .* will be charged as for a full month. The dally is in delivered free when the addrei accesible so mesenger. Poek sutscribers can have their copie delivered at their residences without any extra charge. On copies sent by pos an additinal $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage,, The postage on the weekly in to any part of the

world in 80 cela par quarter,

Bingis Coples Daily, ten cente, Weekly, ¿wenty

ate cents (for cash only).

DEATH.

divider d-paying companies varies kom 1 to 53 per cent. Consolidate Malay, for example, with a $7 per cant; dividend, yields about 31 per cent; the Federated Selangor, whose last interim dividend was at the fate of to per cent., returns, at recent prices, less than 2 per cent., while the Malacca Rubber preference shares Rive a yield of 21 per cent, All these, of producing companies that course, have pid a dividend, but the shares of others, such as the Bate Cives, which have so far made no distribution, stand st a very cous'derable premium. in anticipa. tion of dividends of 30, 40 or 10 per cent. Perhaps the clearest way of showing the position of the market is to contrast tha.no.

On July 16, 1909, at Shanghai, Roberto minal value of the companies' capital with the Gastro Marques, aged 37 years.

Aggregate market value at secent quotations, and so ju the following ble we take 15 different concerns, and slate in each case the premium at which the capital stands

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1909,

RUBBER SHARKS,

In view of the récent "rubber fever" which

ing article extracted from the fîconomist of June 12 will be read with avidity by those who have ventured into the new form of enter prise :-

Share.

Nominal Marker Fre

Value. Yake, lama.

1/2

£ 7:

Malay 1 455,007 147,500 350 Damaniant 102,500 307,500 Federated

100

(Selangor) £27,000 127 800 481 Highlands & Low.`

lands.........1. 182777 536,90 194 23.000 104,500 373

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at Peking where it, is hardly likely that all competent students could attesd. therefore, propose that examinations should be

so the road for purposes of exercise bave thought fit to seek relief through the medium of the Prets. The object of this car. held at the chief ports, such as Shanghai, respondence is to bring to the notice of the Public Works Department that that part of Kennedy Road already alluded to is strewn Hongkong, Tiantian, Hankow, cic. THE death occurred at Vancouver on June 18th with a plentiful supply of ting pieces of stone, of Captain Charles W. Seal, after a long iliness. which renders walking not only tortuous but Captain Sent, who will be remembered by the effectually prevents many enthusiasts-from- older residents in the Far East, was taken sud-making use of the road, which they otherwise deply ill last Christmas Eve while visiting in Los would. In view of the fact that Kennedy Angeles, but although he recovered sufficiently Road is the only suitable stretch of level

morning walk, and to return to his home in April he gradually ground for a grew weaker until the end came peacefully its superior attraction to other places owing to the fact of its being centrally sit last month. The late Captain Seal was born in London 56 years ago. Many years he served Dated, this is a serious state of affairs and is a in the Castle line and with the Pacific Steam cariods reflection on the powers that be. The Navigation Company, but in 1891 he entered authorities will doubleas take steps to remove the service of the CPR., joining the Empress this puisance and thus evable residents to make, of Japan in England on her thaiden trip to use of a privilege which they have enjoyed for a long time. Thanking you for this insertion, Vancouver, on which steamship be was for

Yours, etc., many years chiel officer. He remained there eight years, and then retired from the sea,

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PEDESTRIAN.

Hongkong" 22nd July, tang. LECIORKS ON THE EMPIRE,

LANTERN SLIDES OF THE STRAITS AND HONGKONG.

reserves. We may bere recall the facts that when Japan entered the lists aguiast China in 1894 the number of men serving with the colour was 60,000. This was increased to between eighty and Dinety thousand is the first post bellum reorganization, and now the gumber is about doubled in the sequel of the

recent war.

TREATMENT OF DYSENTERY,

A CHINESE METHOD.

M. Matignon describes a method of treating dysentery contained in Chinese treatises on me dicine 3,000 years old. It consists in utilizing the bark of the Ailantus Glanduloss, which has become almost as common in Parisian avenues as the chestnut or lime-tree,

morter

Kaiska. Death, which took place on Tuesday last between Kube and Nagasaki, was due to kid. ney trouble, Captain Roberts tork command of the Minnesota. at Seattle from Captain Austin, who was well-known in this port, and was on his first visit to the East in command of the

charge of the Shawmut, of the Boston S. Mimuseta. Captain Roberts was formerly in

S. Ca The Minnesota lest Seattle on June 19, and will be dispatched from Woosung, for Masila on Monday next. Mr. Ravens, the first officer, is in charge.

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Captain, Roberts was apparently a strangar in these waters as his name was not familiar to any of the pilets or officers at the Mercantile Marine Officers Association. But the Seattle Times writing under date of June 12 says:

Captain Roberts," whoTM succeeds ~ Captain' Austin, is. alto a well-known figure in local. The medicament is prepared as follows: marine circles. He was reared from cabin boy 50 10 63 grammes of ailautas to commander in the American linn and served From bark

in A are triturated

with in nearly all the boals of that company on the from 40 to

60 grammes' of water. The Atlantic including the St. Paul and St. Louis. grayish Liquid with a penetrating adour which is His first trip to this port was is command of thus obtained is strained through linen. A the Ohio, operated by the Empire Trans- very bitter liquid results which can be taken partation Company, subsidiary to the Ame- It is prudent to rican line, between Seattle and Alaska. He only be diluted with tea. administer it only in small quantities, from returned to the Atlantic Coast and in the New about 15 to 20 grammes a day; otherwise it York-to-Liverpool line made an excellent re- may give rise to toxic symptoms and abruptly putation, He again came to Bestile, in com stop the motions of the bowels: M. Matignon mand of the Shawmut, about five years ago, and has even seen a case of death resuttog under last spring delivered her to the government at these conditions.

New York, taking her round the Hern from Seattle,

VOLUNTEER CORPS, ORDERS.

SIGNALLING CLASS.

The Sign Free Preta of 8th - instant says:➡ Mr. F. Linpel Pratt, who has edited the Stam Observer to ably during the last couple of years, left. Bangkok to-day by the .s. Wong- Anglo-Malay £ 45,500 170,000 494 kot en route to Japan. During his stay in Sir Cecil Clementi Smith presided at a meet-,

17/6 905 608,000 571 Bangkok he made many friends who will re-

ing organised under the auspices of the Visual Batu Caves.......£ 22,900 108,500 394 gret his departure whilst wishing him success Committee fostered by the Colonial Office, or Ba u Tiga£60,000 94,500 17

in his future career. We understand that 4th alt, at Coxton Hall. He explained that it appears to have spread to Hongkong, the follow-Hakit. Rajsh. 65700 $16.900 675 he becomes editor of a new Japanese paper

was the Princess of Wales who originated the. Consolidated

which is to be started shortly in South idea of educating India and the Colonies to a

Before leaving Seattle on her present journey Manchuria, and Mr. Pratt's experience and knowledge of England by lantern pictures and An important recent addition to ibe Zoological ability as afoursalist, especiallyjo those regions, of educating the people of England to a know- Gardens is a wild ass of Mongolia, deposited the Minnesota was dry docked at Brimerton on will go a long way to insure the success of the ledge of the people of the Empire by the by the Duke of Bedford. It appears to have June 15 to have her port tall shaft sepaired. new enterprias. Yesterday, Mr. Fratt was the same method. Funds to carry out the idea been received at Woburn some years ago, with. This shaft was fractured, whilst en souls to The obvious strating point for a review of this

recipient of an address and a presentation of were raised by a committee of ladies, under the Mongolian ponies, and is stated to have 6éattle. kind it the beginning of 1997, whety fisa hard

beautiful gold fountain pen and pencil at the the patronage of the Princess of Wales, who been obtained as a colt in Kobdo, north-west of hands of the Staff of the Siam Obertar office, was present at the mesting, and the treasurer the Gobi Desert. It formed the subject of a Para after a long rise to gs, fd, per lb and a

Ladadron... . £1–191,395, 611,000 225 at a token of the esteem in which he was held. was the Countess of Dadley. Sir Cecil ex paper in the "Proceedings" by Mr. J. Smith, and long period of steadiness round about 51. began | Linggi...

88,374 976,500 1,000 With his zumerous friends, we wish him all plained that a series of lectures had been pre- the author considered that it was the crop Eww to fall in price, and 'dropped more than as in Pataling in mĚ!), 21,500 233,400, 937

success and happiness in his future field of pared, and a suggestion was made to the three hemionus of Pallas, which came from Mongolia, Selangor

a 30,000 412,500 1,275

labour.

eastern colonies-Ceylon, the Straits Settla and was known to the natives as the Chigatal twelve months. The cause of this slump was

at the time a matter of some dispute, bat it Veiled Cerlang...£1 184,000 400,000 - 150

meals, and Hoogkong-ibai they should pro- (dziggetal). The general colour is pale sandy Val' mibi sa

50,000 $60,000 1,075 A MAZIVE dispatch states that Mr. Yang Shib-vide the necessary funds for the lectures in laws, the tips of the ears, mane, and dorsal deems now to have been certainly due to the

ying, a resident of Koangtung province, recent their own schools. The Governments of those stripe (continued down the tail) browo, American crisis, for, in spite of the increased pro-

1,116,263 6,196,600 409| ly int free an hereditary slave in his family, in colonies readily and 'generously responded duction, prices have recovered steadily ever since

Thus over a range of 15 companies a market compliance with an Imperial Order issued to the invitation. It was their fands that THE Wai-wa-pa latends to make the following trade in the United States began to improve, value of more than £6,000,000 has been built some time age on this subject, and further sent provided the first expenditure with which proposals to the Diplomatic Corps for the bet Anyhow, whatever the cause may have been up; the average premium is 409 per cent. the emancipated slave's great-grandson to the scheme was carried out. Lectores were ter regulation of the acquisition of land by the the value of rubber fell by nearly 50 per cent. the lowest premium is 57. par cent,, and the school on an equal facting with a boy from now actually in use in toe British Colonies and missionarios in the interior: that they shall in 1907, but, strangely enough, the market for highest 1,175 por cent. We are not concerned his, Mr. Yaug's, own claw. He reported this to in vine provinces of ludia. Mr. Mackinder, not purchase land from the people by force, but rubber securities was, for a large part of the hero with the merits of the particular com the Viceroy who eulogized his good ex-who was in charge of the work, then proceeded with their consent; 2, that they shall submit your, unusually active, and for the best-known paules or the attractivenes of particular ample and approved his suggestion that to show a series of slides on the scices and to all intended purchases to the local authorities proclamations should be issued ordering give a synopsis of eight lectures which had so that the latter may make inquirits as të shares record prices were obtained. For ex: shares, nor are we arguing that the general emancipation of slaves in many other fami- been prepared with regard to the Indian En- whether the land in question, is Government ample, Selangor Rubber, which had never level of values is necesarily too high. What we lies, who should report to the authorities pire. It had been necessary in the main to property or not; 5, that after the completion of out of the Colony for 12 months with effect before gene bayad 1911, touched sos 3d, whils would make clear is that with so high, a market in order to place the matter on records and make their own alldes, and Mr. Hogh Fisher the sale, they, shall apply to the local authorities Shalford Robber rose from 16s-94 to 228 zold, investors must make their choice very care that falling emancipation in the period of one had travelled many thousands of miles over the fortile deeds; that all land purchased by and Anglo-Malay from 34 10 5f; so that at a fully, and not buy blindlyt in the hope of a furyear, slaves should be permitted to petition the Empire in getting them. The lecturer gave a them shall for ever remain missionary proper authorities to establish their freedom. The delightful summary of the work done, and con- 7-5, that in the event of their being desirous time when the value of rubber itself was con- therries. The position of the rubber companies, Vicary desired the Provincial Treasurer, and ended by showing pictures of scones in Canada, to re-sall the land, it must be sold to the Chi tinually falling, the where market was enjoying whose combined output mus for some time, foods to consider, the question. According to Walawel, Hongkong, the Bitalie, and Cay- num ; and 6 that the local authorities shall

i power to veto all colonjabia purchases,” (that will bour comparison with the risa. sala comparatively small, is curtainly aroun

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At Headquarters at 5.30pm, on Wednesday, the 28th instant.

At Quarry Bay at 5.15 p.m. on Monday, the 26th, and Thursday, the zoth instant,

JOINED, Mr. J. E. Pereira Joined the Corps on the 20th July, 1900, assigned Corps No. 1,909, Rač posted to the Engineer Company,

Gunner V, Mcintyre is permitted to resign with effect from the noch instant,

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RESIGNED.

LEAVE

Sergt. 5. A. Sell is granted leave of absence

from this dates

Sergt. G. K. Brutton is granted leave of ab sence out of the Colony for 11 months, with effact from this date,

alCorph P. Landesty is granted leave of absence out of the Colony for 12 months with ́affect from this data,