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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY AUGUST 17, 1909.

A. S. WATSON & CO., hood of their doing--the new scheme would be defeated. Nevertheless, the subject is LIMITED.

worthy of discussion, even although the op: ponents of the revised schedule of fees pay able for licencer ultimately find that they have been beating the air. At the present time the holders of certain hotel, licences pay the Government $2,400 for the privilege of dispensing liquor to the thirsty members of the community. That is a rather con- siderable sum taken in conjunction with the rent and taxes which have to be met, besides MANUFACTURERS. the expenses incidental to a business, which largely depends for its success on the "attrac tiveness of the premises, the personal service of the staff and the quality of the goods pro vided. But now it is proposed to have a sliding scale of fees based on the valuation of the premises, and in Victoria that scair starts at $1,500 per annum where the premises do not exceed $1,000 in value and runs up CHAM to 56,000 where the valuation exceeds

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$10,000 but is not more than $20,000, with an additional tax of $1,000 for every $10,000 or pait, thereof in excess of $20,000We do not know what the Government assessor will set as the valuation to be placed on the Hongkong Hotel or the King Edward Hotel, but we should not think that it would be anything under $20,ano, seeing that the

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LOCAL AND GENERAL. A RUMOUR is current that Yuan Shih-kai will be appointed to office again. VICEROY Chang Jea-chua took over the seal of his new office in Nanking on the ith inst...

We are officially advised that a sub-agency of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, was opened at Klang in the Federated

Malaya States on zotb ulto.

EIGHT boatmen and women, who were found obstructing the Wing Lok Street, Arsenal Street, and Eastern Street whatves with their sampans, were fined $5 each in the Police Court, this morning,

cil, although there may be slight amend port duty on, spirita ia, England, where shoult there be allowed to go free and un ments in its original terms: Consequently the publican's licence costs anything between fettered. As Mr. Osborne said: "Some of the fact that argument on the essentials £6 and Loo, but although there is no in-them-clubs merely in name--are in reality was postponed is no guarantee that even if port duty in Hongkong the cost of spirits is nothing more or less than drinking balls to a the unofficials' voted against the resolution as high, if not higher; here as it is in the very large extent. If the Government is bent io solid phalanx-which there is no likelihome country. The tariff of feas for licences on the further taxation of drink for the pur ensures that, and what it will be when the pose of raising revenue, it seems to me only tariff is increased by 100 to 200 per cent. consistent that the club should be placed on we do not venture to predict. All this goes an equal footing with the publican in this to show, we submit, that the reduced con respect.” Most people will agree with that sumption of liquor will more than counterba view, which is sane and seasible besides be lance the contemplated increase in revenus; ing fair and reasonable. How the matter and the Government instead of getting the will end will be learnt on Friday when no five lakhs estimated will actually obtain less doubt there will be a full dress debate on than the two and a half lakhs which are now the subject at the Legislative Council, but returned in the shape of licence fees. The we trust the unofficial members, impotent proposal that there should be a discrimina and tied as they are, will induce the Go- tion between the holders of licences in verament to take a more equitable view of Victoria and those in Kowloon and elsewhere the situation, otherwise we fear that future is eminently wise, but we rather fancy that events will prove how far the advisers of the the licence holders of Kowloon, even if Government have gone out of their reckon'

liey do pay a quarter less than the fees ing. obtaining in Hongkong will not reap much benefit from the innovation. The Kow- loon Hotel or the Belleview Hotel for example are not liely to be assessed much under $10,000, so that instead of paying $2.400 per annum, they will be muleted in anything up to $6,000 or more." If they can afford to meet any such demand we shall be glad to hear it, but time will tell and we fearPRINCE Tsai Ho has decided to go abroad in the latter part of September to study the adversely, As for adjunct licences they constitution of the Davies of foreign countries, should be done away with altogether, for they are nothing more or less than. an inducement to the holders to evade the law and surreptitiously benefit. at reconstruction of the former is estimated to the expense of their neighbours. It cost not less than $nojono. Now it is a must not be understood that we are against well-known fact that as matters stand theic scheme as a scheme. We agree that holders of publicans' licences find it a diff. during a period of financial stringency the cult job to make both ends meel and it is consumers of intoxicating liquor should be only by the exercise of the most rigid called upon to contribute an extra quota fɔ REFRESHING. economy and pernorial supervision that the the revenue of the Colony. Iven the cop average licensee manages to keep his head sumers themselves are not against the basic ahove water. Yet the Government have idea of the resulution, but they hold with the temerity in suggest that not only will many others that the scheme as it stands the publicans-hotel keepers and atlier-preposterous. The belief that all publicius blithely pay the doubled and trebled in are rolling in wealth and that consumers of crease on the cost of the licences, but will liquor will pay any price rather than miis The local agent of the Chinese Engineering also induce the consumers of strong drink to their daily quantum is as old as the hills, and Miding Co., Ltd., informs us that the tota contribute to the Treasury twice as much as but so far as Hongkong is concerned we output of the Companys, three mines for the they did before. As the Governor stated, have no faith in that assumption. We beweek ending 31st July, 1909, amounted to

to about two and a half lakhs, and the in-of such an extortionate schedule the Govern

Our present revenue from spirits amounts Here, on the contrary, that by the enactment 29,511.33 tons and the sales during the period, to crease which we anticipate by this resolutionment is proposing to kill the goose that lays the will amount to from two to two and a half the golden eggs. A reasonable measure lakhs, probably nearer two. The Spirit would probably have a chance of success Farm in the Straits Settlements realises.cloge but in this case the Government have been on two and a halflakhs, and I think in all somewhat hasty in its determination to pen- probability there is a larger liquor consuming alise the liquor trade. We say nothing of the population in this Colony than in the Straits decline in revenue from house property Goos, & report was submitted by the Medical

AT the meeting of the Sanitary Board this after CO., Selements. We, therefore, may say in consequent on the disappearance of many Officer of Health relative to certain houses to round figures that consumers of liquor in of those who now hold licences, because be dealt with under Section 17s of the Public this Colony pay about half, or less than half, that is too obvious to need discussion. Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1993, Mr. A. what is paid by a similar section of the com- What the Government has aimed at in this W. Brewin submitted the following minute:- munity-in-the-Straits-Settlements-I-mention resolution is, to secure a certain sum (es- A report will be made of ibe temporary exemp (28 this suply as a matter of interest. I do not imated) at the least cost to self and with the granted to 219, Queen's Road Central,"

believe there is any opposition to the general out involving the inauguration of additional News from various parts of the interior at this principle that in our difficulties of revenue machinery in its collection. That shuts out season speaks discouragingly for this year's All communications intended for publication luwe should turn to the consumers of liquor the proposition to impose an import duty on rice crop, reports the Siam Free Fress. There The HONGKONG TELEGRAPH should be and impose a slight increase on the sale of alcholic liquors, because that would mean districts and if some places the crop is, com is by far too much water in many rice growing addrowed, to The Edilar. I, Ice House Hoad, and liquor in this Colony.". To say that the cost of the establishing of a costly preventure service plately destroyed owing to the heavy raids A licence which formerly was obtainable for which is out of the question. The argument which bave flooded many paddy plantations. $200 a month is but slightly increased when that Hongkong would thereby lose its re- Up to the present there is little hope of the the holder has to pay an additional $200 putation as a free port is, not worth consi-waters subsiding and the outlook is rather a month is to make an assertion which deration, for this is a domestic problem and will not bear examination. The presumpi has nothing to do with interport trade. tion of the Government is that people who With regard to the handing over of the are not total abstainers will drink as much liquor trade to a Spirit Farm, there is much to when the price of liquor is advanced by so commend such a scheme. According to lis or foo per cent, as they do now. We doubt Excellency the Gofernor, the objections are: it very, much, for a variety of reasons which first, from the gross amount which is col.

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wife of Jas. 19. Sullivan, 's daughter.

DEATH.

Japan), a pative of Switzerland...

For having a weighing machine which did not come up to the standard weight in his possen- sion, a shopkeeper carrying on business in Queen's Road West, was summoned by iss. pector Gourlay in the Police Court to-day, and Goed 550...

15,072 07 tons.

was a small but acute boy who asked for a pennyworth of pills at the local pharmacy. "Certainly, my boy," said the kindly chemist. "Shall I put them is a box for you to course," responded the customer, "do you think I'm going to roll 'em home?"

pessimistic.

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A PORT Arthur dispatch to Japan papers re ports that Brigadier-General W. H. H. Waters, C.M.O., General Officer Commanding the British Forces in North-Chiña, arrived there by the British dispatch vessel Alacrity on Tuesday, August 3. The following day General Waters was the guest of honour at a lunciseon given in we need not detail. If the Government delected you have to deduct the farmer's profits. the Officers' Club by General, Oshima, Gover sire to promote the cause of temperance it That is to say, you have to place a heavier nor General of Kwantung, Vice Admiral has gone the right way to work. We believe burden upon the community that is necess Tomioka, Commander-in-Chiel of the Port, that when the new tariff goes into force there ary for the sole purpose of revenue, whereas and other distinguished officers being preseul. will be such a reduction in the number of in the scheme proposed in this resolution bo

THE Mitsui Bussan Kaisha of this port has extra machinery of any kind is required. In commenced the selling of Fushun coal with those with indulge in stimulants either occa- sionally or habitually as will surprise even the second place, a Spirit Farm would, I be the fixed purpose of competing with the Kai- the teetotalers, to say nothing of the Gov-lieve, be unpopuler, still, I think there is ping in the local market, where the latter has ernment, and as that'reduction will mean much to be said for that form of collection long been enjoying the monopoly. Two thous. On August 1, 1909, at Shanghai, to the loss to the publicans they will have to in of duties. The farmer's profit, if the farm and tons of Fushun coal was recently imported Crease still further the price of their liquors, was combined with the Opium Farm, would from Newchwang and disposed of, and the That also means that many objectionable not necessarily be large, because the M. BK. claim that it has been appreciated by At Soschow, 1. Rubattel (formerly of Osaka,dens in the lower quarter of the city will be machinery is already to his hand and be the Chinese consumers. They are coatem banished out of existence, resulting in a would be able to tender high. But there is the plating larger shipments before the Line River corresponding decrease in the fee reluros practical difficulty that if the farm was given, closed, to navigation-Peking & Tientsin

Zimes.. the Govero to the successful tenderet for the opium there THz i calls attection, according to a traes legraph and the falsification of

ment's estimate of the revenue derivable would be no competition." But when we

lation is the Japan Gazelfs, to a very bril- from the sale of liquor. We have no idea delve further into the Governor's speech fiant star which may be seen ig,the eastern sky we discover that he has a sneaking regard at midnight. This is Mars, which is now ap- where the Governor obtained the infor- mation which led him to the conclusion that for a Spirit Farm, for he said: "As to the prouching our own planet. On September 18 there is a larger liquor consuming population unpopularity of a Farm, 1 don't think mythe distance between the two planets will be in Hongkong than in the Straits Settlements. self that is a very serious matter, if it were Without appearing to malign our neighbours properly understood by the Chinese, because It is safe to say that not for many months in the South we should say the reverse is actu- the search required in the case of spirits has any question of legislative importance ally the case, or at all events, there is nothing dots not involve a search of the individuated in studying, Mali, which can be easily dit- aroused so much interest among the general, to choose between the two Crown Colonies. nor does it involve the same minute and public of Hongkong as has been evoked by We remember a time when it was said of precise scrutiny of baggage as in the the proposed increase in the cost of liquor Singapore that hardly a single white resident search for an article so easily concealed licences. Everybody knew Dr at least as went home at night periccily-sober-which--as-opium. You will see from what I have rumed that the Government, in its search was of course, a vile slander--but certain said, gentlemen, that I hold no views on for methods whereby the revenue of the facts must have led to such a view being ex- this subject one way or the other; in fact, Colony might be augmented in order to pressed publicly. However that may be, the in my opinion, the argument in favour meet the loss entailed by the disappearance fact remains that Hongkong is quite as ter- of either method is very evenly balanced"

The Hongkong Celegraph

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1909.

THE COST OF LIQUOR LICENCES.

of the opium traffic, would pounce on the perate as any other place in the Far East, We should have liked to have had some

liquor trade, but, few dreamed that the which may not be saying very much but is at thing more definite on this point but in view drastic measures proposed in the resolution least an excuse for the proclivities of that of the fact that there is nothing to suggest submitted by the Colonial Secretary at the portion of the community which indulges in the adoption of either scheme in the resols. last meeting of the Legislative Council what is popularly known' as a reviver after tion we take it that the matter may be dis would be the form adopted by the Govern the day's work, and those who were tem missed as beside the question. The question ment. We may take it for granted that the perste before will be much more so in future, of the importation of liquor by clubs and resolution in question having been moved while those foolish for who drank to private messes is also a factor which must by the Colonial Secretary, Recoaded by the excess will have to curb their appetites be kept in mind, for grievous injury will cer. Colonial Treasurer, and, supported by His to accordance with the depth of their purtainly be done to the holders of licences Bxcellency the Govenor will pass the Courses His Excellency also spoke of the l when this new enactment comes into force

·BOATING PATÀLITY.

FRENCH SEAMAN DROWNED IN THE...”

HARDUR.

French mail ateamer Ernest Simens last bis

FATAL ACCIDEN? 'NEAR WHICHOW.

OVER SEVENTY-FIVE PERSONS DROWNED,

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

A Frenchman-a member of the crew of the

life in the barbour-yesterday. The deceased,

Canton, 1{th August. whose name was R, de Massima, accompavied

On the morning of the 11th instant, a launch by a few others, launched one of the ship's named Ho On, while leaving Weichow with a boats and went across to Lai-chi-kok for the number of passengers on board bound for, He purpose of getting some sand. On their way Yuen, capsized dear a place called Sun Ak backtothoship, the boat sprung a leak, and with Teal, about three miles distant from Weichow, in a few minutes became water-logged. Thowing to a strong current which was running at ciew took to the water and started out to swim the time. The passengers, numbering about a back to land, which was not so very far away. hundred, were thrown overboard, and cries of ⠀ This the deceased could not do. He be "Save life" rent the air. Unfortunately, no as came exhausted and sank;fter a few strokes, sistance was forthcoming at the time owing to the before anything could be done by bis com deserted stats of the place.. A number of those panions to save him. The rest of the crew who were precipitated into the water and were reached the shore and returned to Kowloos in able to swim either made their way to the river sampaus, where they communicated with the bank of caught hold of some drifting flotsam Water Police. The body of the deceased has and thus gained a place of ba'cty. These wore 'not yet been recovered.

only about twenty-five in osmbor, while the rest, who were unable to swim, were drowned. It was not until late in the afternoon that the Weichow Chamber of Commerce received la. formation of the catastrophe'and at once sent out a number of men to the scene, who picked up sixteen corpses. A large number of corpsas remain to be recovered,. A launch bas been chartered to craise about in the river with's view to recovering the dead bodies of the unfortunate victims.

CANTON DAY BY DAY,

THE OPIUM CAMPAIGN.,

[Fraps Our Oion Correspondent |

Canton, 16th August. The Canton authorities have recently been more energetic than ever in the suppression of opium-smoking. The Government Auti-Opium Bureau bere bas notified the Magistrates of ali districts in Kwangtang that they will be held responsible for the closing of all opiumt divans in the districts under their respective jurisdic tions, so that if there are twenty divans or mo.e found' remaining open in a district, the name of the magistrate in charge will be placed on the record for neglect of duty; if there are fifty or more, he will be removed from office. A sum ber of detectives has been sent by the Bureau to various districts to make a tour of inspection in

this connection.

CANTON-HANKOW, RAILWAY,

With a view to avoiding troubles arising from the differences at present existing among the shareholders of the Caston Hankow Railway Company, Sir Chee Tung Liang Cheng, Presi- dont of the Company, left bere on the rgth instant on the steamer Choy Sang for Shanghai, en runde to Peking, apparently for the purpose of personally consulting with H.E. Chang Chih Tung on maiters relating to the line, and to nisk

for'special instructions in order te smooth over the strained relations among the shareholders.

WEST RIVER PATROL

After having made a tour of inspection of the waterways of the West River, Admiral Li Chua returned to Capton on the 15th instant. Ad-

miral-Li has now suggested further necessary' reformis in the patrol service in order to check wholesale committal of robberies.

FATSHAN INUNDATED. Owing to the heavy dawarush of water which has been coming diwa the West River, the towns of Faishat was inundated knee-deep with water on ibe 14th instant,

THE NEW VICEROY, The Canton Viceroy designate, H E. Yeap Shu Haun, has officially informed the Canton authorities by, wire that he arrived at Shanghai on the 13th. instant and bar applied for ten will not be able to assume charge of the Liang days' leave of absence from Peking, so that he Kwang Viceroyalty until about the end of the ib moon,

THE CENTRAL MARKET,

PROPOSED INNOVATION,

The following application „received by the... Sanitary Board for a "killing room in the Central Market to 'be used as a froit stall was laid on the table at the meeting of the Sanitary Board this afternoon-

Hongkong, 12th February, 1909. Sir-There are at present two vacant places in the Contral Market, formerly used for slaughtering poultry, but are now abolished which would be very suitable for the stalls where ladies could come tight in and choose what ever they wanted instead of standing ́outside op the pavement while a lot of coolíos stare at them. I know many ladies and gentlemen would like to taste the fruits but there being no respectable place in the market where one could do so.

Should I be able to obtain the above-men- tioned stall, I shall have them nicely fixed up with a few chairs' where. customers could sit and wail, while their vegetables or fruits are. being weighed. - Yours faithfully,

"เ (5d.) CHAR. HENRY KIM. $. T. DUNN, Esq.,

Supt., B. and F. Department.

Mr. Adam Gibson, Colonial Veterinary Sur gepp, wrote as follows-These rooms have ki ling rooms were erected at the end of the been practically unoccupied since the new

market, They are only used at fastival times. and then. are not crowded. I have already suggested in my reports on markets that one of, them might be closed. Fthink it might ba a good thing to let this as a stall for three yens at the average rent of the other fruit sisile, and at the end of that time its value would be better known. There are not too many fruff 'stalls."

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Mr. Ho Kom Tong minuted :—I think the C.V.B.'s recommendation should be adopted.

APPLICATION FOR EXHUMATION, Mr. A. Shelton Hopper-Tave there not

been some other applications to rent this killing. room for a fruit or vegetable stall before?

htton. Mr. W. Brewin "The poultry dealers who were turned out bave first claim.

Hon Mr E. Ar Hewett:—I agree with-the

Mr. Lau Chu Pak –Was this room” rot

FROM CHINESE PROTASTANT CEMETERY,

The follow.n, minut by MrE. D. C. Wolfe, Head of the Sanitary Department, relative to an application for a permit to exhume remains Registrar-General If my memory serves me, from the Chinese Protesiani Cemetery at Pak I think the rooms are very dark and 'not pati fulam for se-burial in a certais grave space is cularly will ventilated. If they are to be ered the Colonial Centery, was submitted at the as stores, it is possible some structural altera.. meeting of the Sanitary Board this afteroponins should be made Sin-Kai, is prepared to allow the latter to bury Mr. Chan Yui Tong, brother of Mr. Chat

the remains of his mother, Kwok Shi, 'la one of his grave spaces in the Colonial Cemetery, of it? where he has re-butied the remains of his own mother and other members of the family. Please circulate to the members of the Board, HUNAKONG UNIVERSITY FUND, who, i understand, are prepared to agree to this arrangement, though they unanimously refused Mr. Chan Sui Kai's application for a separate grave space at the meeting held on the 3rd August, 1993.

9th August, 1999.

Mr. A. Stelton Hooper, minated:-What is the depth of the present grave and what will

face and top of the coffin? be the minimum space between ground sur-

Medical Officer of Health: -Dath occurred in 1878 and therefore there is no objection to the transfer of the remains, 35.780,090 miles, being, 2,000,000 miles peater. Hoo. Mr. A. W. Brewin:-Approved, sub- than in 1907, when the previous shortest dis-ject to M.O.H..reporting no.sanitary objection, phenomenos, specialists are now busily occupi tance was recorded. Taking advantage-of-this-

tinguished from the other planets.

ONE of the most interesting exhibits in the risutal Gallery at the South Kensington Museum, and one which has recently received considerable attention from scholars, is a large. broasa bowl inscribed with ancient Chinese characters. The inscription, which was origin. ally inlaid with gold, refers to some important events in the history of the Chou dynasty, 1121-155 BC, to which period the bowl doubt less belongs. The facts recorded are in com. plate agreement with Confucius bistory, as se-

́A ̈MARRET OFFENCE,

saZ-WAN-HO MARET AS A SLEEPING PLACE.

This morning, in the Police Count, before Mr. F. A. Hazeland, thres coolies were charged with trespassing in the Sai-wan-bo Market, at Shau-ki-wan, yesterday. Inspector Collett, who prosecuted, said that the man were found asleep on empty stalls. They could not enter the market at night because it was closed, but they passed their time there during the day, and when they were not sleeping they were

corded by his pupil Teo about 500 BC. Some smoking and expectorating about the place. of the characters are extremely difficult to de- They had access in the avenue at the rear of cipher, even with the help of some of the ear the market, but would not go there. His fest Chinese vocabularies. This fact led many. Worship considered the offence ■ seriou scholars at first to suppose that the bowl was a

one. It was the drit cuts of its kind and ba forgery, but a recent examination of beth bowl imposed s fine of $15 each, the option being and lescription have proved that it is not only a month's hard labour each. The finst were geanley, but an important historia document i paid

required by the poultry dealers for storing pur

pose, and did they not offer to pay for the use

FURTHER CHINESE SUBSCRIRTIONS.

Following are further Chinese subscriptions to the endowment and equipment fond of the Hongkong University

Already acknowledged...$201,200 Ho Lai-dama eran Hung Kai-s Lum Yeeika,...nd Chan Kishan

Lei Bhak-ping........... Po Yick (contractor).

Yu Yuk-chi...'sirgauragaika H.E. Yeung Shu

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Chan Chan-cam .............

300

8he Tat-chorar a

250

Wo-Fat Opium.Shop................................

200

Chán Chik-man in molesign akt

200

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200

Ho Cheong woman mighty Toog Kesan Kwok fu-woon nemaks

Kwang Dip-loopg(shipbuilders) - 200 Wah Ter Yat-po...manacorger a Nam Tai-hop'.... Tubr Ti

Taun Wan Yat-po ......................... Man fu-wing monasteries. Hing Tai Hongczem se Yee Mai Company.............. Kung Hing Company .... Shan Shing...OMENTAR, Yes Hing

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Kwong Mas Loong *******

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Wing Lun: iron smeravani ddetom Stop On Company

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Sia Sla Cheeserinnen

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