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Telegrams.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH"

SERVICE

ADMIRAL SAH

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

[By courtesy of the "Sheurig Po."]

Peking, 16th August. An Imperial decree was issued on the 14th inst. appointing Admiral Sah Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Forces.

ADMIRAL LI CHUN.

RECEIVES SUBSTANTIVE APPOIN | MENT,

[By courtesy of her "Shrung: Po】

Poking, 15th August." Admiral L Chun has been con, firmed in the substantive appointment as Admiral of the Kwaugtung Naval Forces.

VICEROY SIK LIANG.

NERVOUS OVER JAPANESE

· NEGOTIATIONS.

[By courtesy of the "Sheung Po."]=

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY AUGUST 16, 1909.

THE GREAT FIRE AT "OSAKA.

THE DEVASTATED AREA. The result of a survey made by the Osaka Municipal authorities shows that the area devastated by the fire is 1,840 kan, or 30 che (21:10 miles) in length, from Kushia-machi, where the fire originated on the east, to the Nippon Spinning Mill at Fukush ma, on the west, and the widest part is 300 ken or 5 cho (one-third of a mile), from the Yangi bridge to | the premises of the Sampai Company, and the Barrowest 40 ken or 240 feel, covering a tola! -aren of 369 438 tsubo or 113 chó (about 305.3 acres).

*FINANCIAL EFFECT OF THE FIRE Referring to the financial effect of the great fire the Asak! has the following remarks:-*

The total loss to fire insurance offices in this. great conflagration will doubtless, exceed | ¥4,000,000, and the insurance companies will

TER ANTUNG-MÜKDEN- RAILWAY QUESTION.

ATTITUDE OF TOREIGN POWERS."

"KUWLOON-CANton railway.

-QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT.

the

To-day's Advertisements.

PUBLIO AUCTION,

to sell by. PUBLIC AUCTION, FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,

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saginger on whose advice the changes of the THE Undasigned have received Instructions Kowlood Railway were adopted which are alleged to account in part for the increased

Agents that advice was obtained; was the çast of construction; was it through the Crown'

estimated cost of the changes tested by inviting public tendere; whether he is aware that the purposes of the line are commercial; and whe ther any competent person has estimated that

principal or any interest-on-the-money spent the line can when working ever repay the

upon its construction?

In the House of Cornmons on July 20, Mr. According to a Tokyo dispatch to the Glone! asked the Under-Secretary for the Mainteht, the news that the Japanese Govero-Colouies it be will say who was the consulting mont bai decided to carry out the reconstruc- tion of the Astung-Mukdon Railway in defiance of the protest of the Chinese Government Information has reached Tokyo that a certain appears to have moved the latter Government. high official in Poking had an interview with Mr.tjuin, the Japanese Minister, and warned bita that in the event of the Japanese Govern mont carrying out the reconstruction of the batween Japan and China, in which case, railway by force, great trouble might ousue

nothing could be more unfortunate for the tw countries, The Chinese official asked wbeiber there was no way of arriving at a peaceful settlement of the difference by means of mutual concession. The Tokyo correspond. eat of the Osaka paper learns that the Foreign office, in reply, informed the Chinese Govern ment that the Japusers Govorament bad already decided on the course to be taken and the fact had been communicated to the foreign Powers, Moreover, the Imperial sanction and

·been obtained, and there was no room for the

18th August, 1909, at 11 am at their

WEDNESDAY,

Sales Rooms, No. 8, Das Vœux Road, comer of Ice House Street, A QUANTITY OF JAPANESE CURIOS,

AND CREPE, &&C,

TERMS:-Annal.

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HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers, Hongkong, 16th August, 1909.

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

Colonel Seely: The railway is being con- structed throughout in accordance with, the advice of the consulting engineers, Sir Jaba Wolfe Barry and Partners. It is the custom for correspondence between the Colonial Office and the consulting engineers to pass through the Crown Agents. As the line was being con- structed on the departmental system, it was obviously out of the question to invite lenders io. THE Company's Steamship respect of part of it; the line is being made la

"AUSTRALIENTM“. the interests of the trade of Hongkong, and

· FOR SHANGHAI, KOBR AND YOKOHAMAI

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be compelled to dispose of the Government bonds held by them in order to settle the claims. To the event of such a large amount of bonds being disposed of at once, the bond market will be affected. This course being disadvantageous to the companies, they may bonds gradually at an opportune occasion, draw money from the banks and dispose of the

The banks suffering direct loss from the fire Japanese Government to maka sey concession, it la concidently expected that either directly or Captain' 'Riquiarsi will be despatched for the

business connections at the scene of the din.

are the Kitabama and the Nippon Saving Baoks, their Dojima branches having been deply coatie now left for the Chinese Gov. directly through the increase of trade with the stroyed. The only other, banks having lige This intimation was transmitted on the 4th in paid for the money expended ou construction, eroment was to accept the Japanese demand. Interior of Chias, the Colony will be amply re-

aster are the nonbera branches of the Yamagu-ant, and the Government is now awaiting a

CHINESE 9EAMEN, Replying to Hr-Havelock Wilson Mr, Wins. chi and the 24th Banks. The total damage reply before lauoching an ultimatum, sustained by the banks is thus not very

Mr. Nakamura, President of the South Manton Chórchill said that the number of Chinese large. Even in the case of the Kitabama Bank, churian Railway Company, who is now in amea of all ratings who were engaged through the financial depositary of the Dojima Rice Tokyo, is awaiting the lastructions of the Gov. the mercantile marine office at Poplar during. Exchange, the amount of advances made to

erament. "It is believed that his departure from the quarters ended June 33; 1998. and June 30, sufferers in the devastated district is estimated Tokyo will be the signal to commence opera. 190 was 15 and 493 sospectively. 18 order Peking, 15th August. Dal 10 exceed' Y1,000,000, while the ads for the reconstruction of the railway into avaid misapprehension he should like to

sances made by the Yamaguchi, 34th, and

add that the figures for Papier were quite ex- Viceroy Sik Liang has memo-Nippon Bavings taken together do not exceed

ceptional. Taking the figures of the engagement rialized the Throne pointing out the Y3,000.000. As the notes on which advances

of Chinese seamen at the principal ports of are made are endorsed in most cases by the

the United Kingdom for the first six months difficulties in his way for conducting dig men in the business centre of the city,

of the present year, and comparing them with negotiations with Japan and expres- and other notes are secured by property, the

these for the first six months of last year, it -loss to the banks will be slight

appeared that there was practically an increase, wing the fear that he might be : incom-

the total being 1,173 compared with 2,127. petent to discharge his duties:

After perusing the memorial the „Princo Regent proposes to appoint H.E. Tang Shao-yi to assist Viceroy Sik.

The Regent has instructed Prince Ching and Teai Cheuk to consult Grand Councillor Chang Chili-tung as to the expediency of the proposed appointment.

THE PRESS.

CENSORSHIP REMOVED.

[By courtesy of the "Sheung „Po."]'

Peking, 15th August. Some time

BLO the Board of Civil Affairs instructed the Police.to stop the Press from making references to the negotiations proceeding with Japan in regard to affairs in the Three Eastern Provinges.

It

in now proposed to remove the embargo.

CHINA'S FINANCES.

...

A PESSIMISTIC MEMORIAL,

[~~[By couriery of the") Sheung Po"]

Peking, 15th August. A memorial has been submitted by the Ministry of Finance pointing out that every economy should be practised in view of the unsatisfac- tory condition of the finances of the Empire.

The memorial has been shelved.

ORIENTAL TELEPHONE.

COMPANY.

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Manchuria.

The correspondent, adde that the fercigo Powers raise no objection to the course to be taken by the Japanest Government, because it is authorised by the Peking Treaty, and the connection of the service on the main line of the South Manchurian Railway and the Chinese Eastern Railway has now been arranged. When the jeansformation of the Antung-Mukden Railway is complet Auxcope by way of Fasan wil be established. The Japanese Government has not the slight- Cit atention of using the Antung. Mukden ling for its private purposes, and the transformation of the line is intended merely for the purpose of realising the open-door principle in Man- churia. This has won for the Japanese Govern meet the sympathy of the foreign Powers. For this reason, it is not expected that they will very strong grunds for her objection. [This support the canse of China, unless Chios has correspondent is evidently of opinion that the foreign Powers koow nothing of the actual wording of Article VI, of the Piking Treaty.]

-OSAKA ELECTRIC LIGHT CO. The investigations into the damage sustain. ed by the Oska Electric Light Company were-raugbly-complated-on-the-morning-ed, connection by rail-between Japan and of the 4th instant. The pumber of houses supplied" with" lights in the street totally swept away numbered 2,246, with 7,482 lights, while the number of houses supplied with light in the streets partially destroyed was 3,907, with 7,6t lights. In the latter case, about 46, per cent of the total number of houses have escaped. In these circumstances, the number of ligts for which the subscription is lost will ceipts of some Y10,00 per month. A further loss of the company is in the posts, wires, other apparatus, and fans, with a value totalling YO53 The board of directors held a meet -ing-on-the-4th instant to receive the report of damage, which it was decided to include in the loss for the present period.

be about 11,300, which means a loss in the se

THE LO S OF THE TREASURY, The effect of the fire in diminishing revenue from laxes has not yet been ascertained. Ac-

A Tokyo dispáln_in_the_Duales Shimpo-re- purts that 'disseusion has arisen between the miliary, and civil parises in the Goveromsat regarding the China question, the military party alleging that the attitude of the Foreign Office is jaclined to be too yielding. It is reported cording to the law, income tax payers losing a that Government will acknowledge the sover quarter of their estimated income may demand eignty of China-over-Chientao, and give way a reassessment, and the same applies to on the takumea Railway question. This is payers of busines tax who lose one-half of the considered by the military party as a humilia Dicka hevenue inspection Bureau estimates amount on which assessment is based. Therion to the Empire, and they allege that all the

the total loss of revenue, including that from the sake and soy taxes, at berwees Y30,000 and Y4c0,000.

LOSS OF SAKE BREWERS,' Three sake brewers have lost their residences and godowas and four others their residences alone. About 1,700 koku of saké has been destroyed.

Mr. Shinde Kaichiro, a soy brewer who has -been-burat-out, bas-lost-about 2,500-koku of ̈ roy. When the soy held by over 40 soy shopt destroyed is added, the tolal quantity lost may be found to be not less than 3,000 koku.

THE OSAKA WAREHOUSE COMPANY, The warehouses directly owned by this com

pany have all escaped undamaged, but, the godowns at Dojimal leased by the company from Yr. Abe were burnt down, together with the

co tents, consisting of about 5,000 tubs of black sugar and a quantity of rice and beaot, valued

at about Y80,000. They were all'insured.

DOJIMA RICE EXCHANGE.

The damage sustamed by the Dojima Rice Exchange is estimated at Y33,000 for the building and furniture, but the building being insured for Y30,000, the actual loss is not more than Y5,000. When the revenue from commis. |sion lost on account of the suspension of busi~ ness (for a week) in added, the total loss will be about Y6,000.

OSAKA GAS COMPANY. The prec-se loss of the Osaka Gus Company bas-not-yet-beeo-ascertained. The gas mains are laid underground and are undamaged, while the fittingiTMlazide the houses belong to the subscribers. In these circumstances, the loss of the company is comparatively small. At present it is estimated at about ¥50,000,

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underia cings projected in Manchuria at the cost of blood are about to vanish like'a dream The military authorities were strongly opposed 10 the moderate attitude originally taken up by the Foreign Office on the question of the Autung-Mukden Railway, and it was because of pressure brought to bear that the views of the Foreign Office have been changed and the proposal has been made to reconstruct the line by furce:—Japan Chronicle.

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JAPANESE SUGAR BXCISE LAW,

MOVEMENT FOR AMENDMENT,

SIBERIAN POSTAL ROUTE TO CHINA. Mr Holt asked the Postmaster-General if his

attention had been called to the statement of the Acting Consul-General at Tientsin-con zailed_in. Consular Report No. 4,375, Annual Series, that letters addressed via Siberia reach Tientsin in a little more than balf the time without specific direction as in route; and if taken by letters posted in the United Kingdom this is correct, whether he will assist British trade by forwarding, by the quickest toute all letters not specifically addressed?

is about half as long as by other soutes. The The Postmaster-General: I am aware that the lims of transit to Tientsin by way of Siberia question of making greater use of the Siberian route for letters in engaging my attention.

UNDER DUTCH ROZB,

PROSPORTS OF THE WALAY IN SUMATRA, "The Locomotief, a newspaper published at Samarang, draws a comparison between Dutch and British administrative methods, as seen in-the-F.-M. and Sumatra, respectively, Fall justice is done to the wonderful strides made in the F. M. 5. through the tin industry and the people of the land--the Malays are the plantation enterprise, but it is declared that

least benefited. Our contemporary malotains that they are crowded out and thrust aside by hordes of forelgo immigrants-Chinese and Tamils-and that the Malay rulers bave very little voice in the government

Turning to Sumatra, not including Acheon, where war still prevails, it is stated in the Locomotief that the native chiefs and sultans are under treaties which expressly leave the native under their rule. The first charge on the fevenue is the civil list of the native rulers, the next is the salaries of the officials-while the balance is spent for the benefit of the native population in public works and improvements. This balance in 15 per cent. in Siak and as The

much as 90 per cent. in Langkat. foreigneis in the country are ruled direct by government, the natives only being under the chiefs of the land. The position of the native rulers is thus clearly defined and strengthened." The government, on the other hand, fas iho

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Above Forts on WEDNESDAY, the ritir fusta at or about 10

For Freight or Passage, apply to

F. DE CHAMPMORIN,

Agent. Hongkong, 16th August, 1909.

FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG AND

CALCUTTA,

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Taking Cargo on through Bill of Lading to Rangoon, Madras and Mauritius,

THE Steamship

""GREGORY APOAR," Capt. S. H. Belson, will be despatched for the above Ports on WEDNESDAY, the 18th instant, at Novo, instead of as previously advertised.

For Fraight or Passage, apply to..

DAVID SASSOON & Co, LIMITED, Agents. Hongkong, 16th August, 1999.

NOTICE TO ConsignEES.

FROM SHANGHAI, YOKOHAMA, KOBE

-AND-MOŃ:

"HB Steamship

THE

"GREGORY APCAR,"

having arrived from the above Ports, Consignedt will be delivered from alonguide. of.Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods

Cargo impading the discharge will be landed

the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Go- at Consignees risk and expopse into the hazardous and/or extra hasardous godowns of

down Co., Limited.

No Fire Insurance has been effected, Hills of Lading will be countersigned by

DAVID SASSOON & Co., LIMITED, Agapis

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Hongkong, 16th August, 1909.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES, THE P. & O. 5. N. Co.'s Steamer

"PALMA,"

FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, MALTA, PORT SAID, SQEZ AND STRAITS.

Consignees of Cargo. by the above-named

Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown vessel are hereby informed that their Gooda are being landed and placed of their risk in the Company''Godowas at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.

Optional Goods will be landed here unless Instructions are given to the contrary before 6 hours.

Goods not cleared by the sand. instant, at 4 PM, will be subject to rent."

No Fire Insurance will be effected by me in any case whatevere

Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowas for examination by the Consignee's and the Company's representative at appolated hour.

All Claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival here after which date they cannot be recognised..

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, Y

E. A. HEWETT,

Superintendent, Hongkong, 16th August, 1000,

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power to protect the natives from being ousted PASTEURIZED AMSTEL

and plundered by broad-minded immigrants as, it is averred, is the case in the F. M.S. The granting of concessions to Europeada is kept within strict bounds to check grasping methods,

PILSENER BEER.

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The leading japanese sugar interests are or- ganising a movement for the amendment of the Sugar Excise Law,reports the Japan Chronicle, It is pointed out that before the special war tax was raised in January, 1905, the sugar excise was Y on the first quality, Y,60 on the second, Y1.20 on the third, and Y2.8) on the fourth, the difference in the rate of tax on each quality being uniformly 65 sen. This arrangement was Gossidered fair. Since the special war-tax was raised, the-tax-has-been-gradually-increased, and now the rate mands at Y3 on fiest quality, Y5.50 on second, Y8.59 on third, and Y10 on fourth, the differences in

The sum of it all, observes our Semarang the rate on each quality ranging from contemporary, is that while the native rulers in THE HONGKONG CONCERN.

Y1.50 to Y3. The difference between the the F. M. S. are reduced the rank of mere The subscription list opened on July 13 and

rates ob crude and refined sugar, which puppets, and the Malays are left out of the closed on July 16, for an issue by the Oriental

was formerly not more than 60 sen, is reckoning, the natives in Sumatra are governed Telephone and Electric Company, Limited, of

now-Y3 and the demand for refiood sugar bax by their own chiefs and have the lion's share SPECIALLY £300 four per cent, redeamable debentura

begun to decline. The sugar producers in in the distribution of surplus_ravenue-besides stock at 86 per cen: ranking pari penu with

Japan Proper and Formosa have therefore being safeguarded against foreign immigrants £150,000 similar stock already issued, and con-

agreed to organise a movement for an amand and plantors getting the upper hand. stitating the balance of an authorised amount of

ment of the Sogar Excise Law as the first £100,000. The stock is repayable at par on July

step towards an improvement in the sugar mar 1, 1955, bui may be redeemed after July 1, 1910,

ket, it being evident that high taxation is dam- | "In whole or in part, og six calendar moniku*20» tica. The stack is secured by a trust deed opera

A meating was held a law days ago, at which ting as a first floating charge upon the whole

there were present Mr. Fujiyama, president of undertaking and assets of the company, bath a blow on the knitted goods industry. The the Dai Nippon Sugar Company, Mr. Fujita, present and future. The prospectus states that devastated area in the centre of this industry in | president of the Formosin Sugar Company, Mr. the company provides telephoole communica- Osaks, and about 139 sewing houses were burnt Kusakami, president of the Easviko Sugar Com tion in Madras, Singapore, Rangoon, Moul down. The season for the manufacture of win-pany (of Formosa), and Mesira Masuda and meio, and Mansitīns, and exercises a contar goods is now at its height. In consequence Abej-of-the-Yokohama-Sugar-Company,-—-in- trolling influence in the following companies: the goods have for the most part left the hands discussing the question, we lesio from the -The Telephone Company of Egypt, working | of the sowers and the quantity destroyed was Asahi that opinions were divided between the The Straits Times hears that a rumour bas in the whole of Egypt; the Bengal Telephons not very large, the total value not much exceed refiners and the producers of cruda sugar. The been actively circulated about a slump la robe Company, working in Calcutta; the Bombay the bands of the sewers was saved it must have former recommended that the rate on the second ber.

lug Ysco,000. If any portion of the goods in Telephone Company, working in Bombay-been-damaged by water, and is therefore a-total-quality-be-V5-50, that-on-the-third Y6, and that---WetStraits Times) do not know upon what the Ahmedabad, and Karachee; and the China and loss, Most of the producing factories have sa- on the forth Yy in order to diminish the tempt rumour rests, but it is probably a mere fiction Japan Telephone and Electric Company, work capad, and they are now ready to pask on pro ation of producers of crude augusto pass third circulated by the "Bears," as wo bavo every ing in Hongkong and Kowlooo. The shares duction. But the destruction of so many sewing quality for second, while the producers while reason to believe that any marked tendency of thus bald, with "debentures in the Bengal and the conflagration may result in the delay desirous of lowering the rate on refined anger change would have been reported to us from Telephone Company and the China and Japan of about a month in the opening of the winter | (founh' quality) and of banzfiting themselves | London.."

dophone and Electric Company, were valued goods season. The wages of operatives have indirectly by the consequent increased demand, in the balance sheet for 1908 at £345,703; while already gone up by 15 per cent. Moreover, the opposed the lowsting of the rate on the third not, thatafora, be suspected of undas optimie

We have counselled “ getting level," and will market for cotton yarn has advanced. The first the company's freehold promises in Singapore, sale of knitted goods this month, held on the quality for the reasons above stated. There when we say that although a slight reaction Rangoon, and Moulmein were valued at over - 4th lustant, was very active, the price going up sult lof the conference, will be laid before the may come at any moment a real slump is not

bwabont ro per cent--faßian Chromela,

Fisusce Department shortly,

. KNITTED GOODS INDUSTRY,

“ITH TOMBWABC or a colqcidence that.the dis." | aging the trade. astrous col fl igration" originated and' ended in

a knitted-goods store and that the fire has dealt

houses will doubtless interfere with thể-

supply

The Dutch Government have avoided the mistake, made in the F. M. S., of leaving-the weak and nuenterprising Maleys to be, as....it.| were, driven to the wall. The Dutch Govern- ment bave put aside the idea of federating the Sumatra Native State on the ground of its in- terfering with simplicity of administration.

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