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Telegrams.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH”

SERVICE.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 21 1900

"PRINZ SIGISMUND" ATI MANILA,

QUARANTINE OFFICER REFUSES TO BOARD VESSEL.

Because the starboard gangway on the Gar man steamer Prine Sigismund was not lowered HUANGPU CONSERVANCY, | this moralog, Dr. F. H. McKeon, the quaran

tiae boarding officer, would not go on board the vessel, and the delay in holding the ship caused a loss to the company of 300, says the "Manila Timen of 16th fast.

SUSPENSION OF WORK.

FUNDS EXHAUSTED.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, 21st September, 4.30 p.m.

The Sigisment, in command of Captain Leve, arrived late last evening from Australian por's with a general cargo and four ra egers for Manila, and should have been buarded by leven o'clock this morning when all the other vessels then flying the yellow flag in the bay The Huangpu Conservancy work were inspected by the quarantine officer.

Dr. McKeon went to the Sigmund early, was stopped to day.

but as the starboard gangway was not down The Taotai alleges that the funds he refused to go on board, and after circling

around the vessel he went on to other ship' are exhausted.

and cleared them all, Coming back to the The matter has been referred to Sigman be was told, according to the ships officers, the passengers on deck and the Peking

Customs officials lying alongside in their launch, that the starboard gangway could not be lowered, and if he would not come ever the poit rail, a rope ladder would be lowered on the starboard side for him, which was done. "He refused this manner of going on board and rame ashore to b eakfast.

THE NAVAL COMMIS SIONERS.

ARRIVAL AT NANKING.

· [By courtesy of the "Sheung Po."]

Shanghai, 20th September.

T

The representative of Beba, Meyer and and Company, Ltd, the local agenis, came on shore and communicated with Dr. Haiser, Prince Shun Pui-lap and Admi-, chief quarantine officer, who immediately sent ral Sah Chen-ping, naval commis-out Dr. Hurley in the company's launch. In speaking of boarding vessels Doctor Harley gioners, were due at Nanking yester- told the reprereplative of the company that be had never insisted on the starboard gangway day.

in boarding. It is the role and usage on all Viceroy Chang Jen-chun return-government-vessels that the statboard_gang. y should be used for officials coming on ed to Nanking the day before in

board, but the merchant marice is bound by order to welcome the Naval Com-so such rules,

In the present case the starboard gangway missioners.

of the Sigismund was bro' en and lashed to the rail and it was impossible to use it. The boarding cfficer finally reached the vessel just before lea a'clock and the vessel was cleaved soon after that hour. This delayed he vessel over three hours in discharging cargo and in landing passengers. All this time the vessel was lying idla and the steve. dores' men were alongside. under pay, doing nothing.

Later, The Governor of Anhui Province arrived at Wuhu on the 19th inst. to welcome Prince Shun.

Nanking, 20th September. Prince Shun and Admiral Sah arrived here in the evening of the 19th inst...

PEKING KALGAN ·

RAILWAY...

MINISTER'S INSPECTION. [By courtesy of the" Sheung Po."]

Peking, 20th September. H.E. Shu Shih-chang, president of the Ministry of Posts and Com. munications, was to have started on the 18th inst. on a tour of inspection of the Peking-Kalgan Railway.

FINANCE.

COMPILING THE BUDGET.

[By courtesy of the "Sheung Pa."

It was impossible to reach Dr. McKeon at his office to fears his side of the affair, but Dr. Heiser stated to The Times that when he was informed of the delay of a vessel through pai being boarded, he immediately sent out abotber fficer to do the work. In speaking of the action of Dr. McKeon, Dr. Heiter stated that it was like a slap la_the_face to ask an officer to board a ship on a port side, and that Dr. McKeon might have some reason for not doing At the time he talked to the Times repre- sentative-Dr-Heiser-had-not-so-Dr. McKeon and heard his side of the story,

STUDENT INTE, PRETHRS-IN- THE PAR BASI,

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NEW REGULATIONS, ..

In the annual report of the Civil Service, Commissioners there is included an interesting correspondence with Sir Edward Grey in re gard to the scheme of examination for student interpreters in the Far East, Sir Edward Grey states that be has received a despatch from the British Minister at Peking recommending a re- visinf of the couiance examination, the desire being to epconsage candidates with a classical, Peking, 20th September.

ie, a university, education. In supporting The Ministry of Finance has the proposal, the Foreign Secretary wishes to -include, if possible, candidates from the Scot called upon all the Provinces totish universities, from which, he says, many furnish financial returns in antici-of the best Chios Consuls have come, as well as those from Cambridge University. He also pation of the compilation of the considers that competent knowledge of

French should be compulsory, ́budget.

SHENG KUNG PAO.

"PROPOSED DENUNCIATION,- [By courtesy of the "Sheung_Fo."]

THE MITSUI FIRM.

REORGANIZATION SCHEME,

KOWLOON-GANTON RAILWAY..

QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT.

Mr. Faller who replied said :-The expecta tion is based on figures supplied by the chief resident engineer.

Mr. Ginooll asked whether the chief resident engineer was a nominee of the Crown Agents.

Mr. Fuller. He is an officer appointed nuder.: the Colonial Office.

J

Mr. Giunell-Nominated by the Crown Agents?

Mr. Follar (with emphasis);—No,'/

The Japan Chronicle learn from a Tokio

On the 25th, ult., in the House of Commons, dispatch to the Oraka Arahi that on the oth Mr. Gianell ́asked the Under-Secretary for the instant an important conferant was bel i at the Colonies if he would say on whose opinion the Milsui Club, all the directos of the Mitani expectation was bared that the Kowloon Rail Bank and Mitsui Busan Kaiks being presout, way aver could, in addition to its working ex- as well as Margais Inouye. The subject compenses, repay the principal or may interest, où sidered was the proposed reorganization of the the money spent upon its construction. Mitani Grm's business. It was decided that the Mitani Bask and the Mitsu Bussan Kaisha should be modified from god kaisha (partor ship companies of unlimited liability) to a joint stock cadenaking of Imited liability (kaduahiki kaiska), by increasing the capital of each concern. The object of organization is 'o afford a wider range, of operations to eac'h' department, which will then be allowed to work independently of the eli laid dawn by the associated Missui family. The reorganiz Mr. Ginnell anted the Under-Secretary for tion of the concerns was proppsed some yours the Colonies whether he was aware that the ago. One of the principal objects of the visit consulting engineer for the Kowloon Railway to Europe and America in 197 of Mr. Masuda' was appointed at the instance of the Crown Takashi, general director of the Misai firm, Agents; that all correspondence between this was to study, the methods of organization engineer and the Government of Hongkong by which the business of fanciers in Eng passed through the Crown Agents hands land, France, Germany, and the United and their wishes: prevailed in all things; Stales was conducted and tho the means that the making of the railway, the order by which they protected their wealth Mring of material and equipment, the ap Masada studied the merbody adopted by sich pointment of the staff, and the provision of financial magester as the Rahschilds, Rockemoney for these purposes, "wore to the bands feller, and Carnegie, and bimed a plan of of the Crawn Agents, who exercised unlimited operations. In Japan commercial fi mor patronage, held a lien on the railway and op banks, in a partnership system of unlimited the lands of the Colony, and were regarded as liability capitalized by fantises are steadily owners of the railways and employers of the staff; and whether the Colonial Office would increasing. Of these the Sumitomo, Konoike Murai, and Murimura Brots are the prin fix any limit to the indefinite expenditure of cipal. Mr. Masuda found the tendency in money on this project,

Mr. Fuller: The answer to the first and third Europe and America to be is the opposite di section, business firms or by capitalized by parts of the hon. gentleman's question is in the financiers being transformed it joint stock con-negative. The correspondence between the ceras of limited liability-When a panic broke consulting engineers and the Colony-passes out, involving extensive circlu, fems establish- through the hands of the Crown Agents under ed on the principle of unlimited liability were infying real. With regard to the last part the great danger, as their businen was constantly expanditure will be limited to the amount ra increasing to magnitude, with corresponding quired for the construction and equipment of extension of their liabilitis. Mr. Masuda the line. thought it imponsible for Jipio to keep aloof from the general tread of fiance in the world; and it was now high time to reform the busi ness method of the Mitsui family and place their finances on a steady and permanent basis Mr. Hayakawa, General Dindor of the Mitsul Bank, and the other directs of the Mitsu firm endorsed the views of Hr. Mäxuda.

The Mitsui firm, contious the correspond eat, includes departments fie banking, foreign | trade, and mining, the busimus of each depart. ment being, conducted by directors,, acting` under the guidance of a council formed by the Mitsul family, which is empowered to rule in

Mr. Ginnall asked whether the hon. gentle- man could explain how it was his answer was in the negative, seeing that it was in direct con tradiction to a statement made on May 13th by the Governor of Hongkong.

Mr. Fuller: No, Sir.

.

Mr. Moore: As this is a very important malier to the constituents of the hon, member to North-West Meats, could we have a fuller réply †(Laughiar.)

No auswer was given.'

MR. J. O. P. BLAND.

DISCUSSION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. matters. Some of the rentrentatives of tha

The following, from The Times of Augast eleven branches if the Mitui family are men of ability, but they are not thoughly posted in 18th, gives the full text of a discordo in the business management. Sendimes the views House of Commons regarding the resignation of the directors are ignored, instructions being of Mr. J. O. P. Bìand ageot-general of the issued entirely ir campatible with the prevailing B.itish and Chinese Corporation. conditions of business-The_object_of_tbear-Waterton (Sussex, Horsham, Opp} 'present reorganization of the firm is doubtless asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to give a free hand to the directors of the whether he had received complaints as to the Mitsui Bank and the Mitsu Bonsan Kaiaba in manner in which the tenders for the isotsin. conducting their business. The great advan- | Pukow Railway- were being manipulated ages expected to secure from the reorganisation, whether in the case of tenders opened on June seem to have accelerated its adoption of the 17 for the 11 engines required by the Chekiang proposal. According to the income Tax. Law, Railway, the railway company handed all the

a partnership company which yearly reap anders over to ose of the tenderers to open net profit of over Yen roo, is liable to pay and adjudicate upon; whether he was aware income-tax at the rate of 2 per 1,000 of his that on the northern section of the Tientsin

et profit. The two Mitsulcocers have been Fakow-Railway, which was under German paying about Yen 500,000 tonally in income domination, none but German fenders were tax. When they are mide into joint-stock considered, whereas on the southern section companies with a limited liability, the rate which was supposedly under British domina of income-tax imposed will be reduced to tien, tenders were throws open to the world; 6 per 1,000 of net profit, is the case with whother, as a protest against the discrimina the incomes of juridical persons, so that the tion exercised and the apathy displayed by amount of income-tax pad by the two con- the British Legation at Peking, the Agent cerns will be reduced to sour one-third of the General of the British-and-Chinese Corpo present figures, enabling a saving of about ration, through whom all the existing rail Yen 400,000 per annum.'

the week of June 18th; and

Ay losos had been raised, resigned during under existing circumstances, he would say what action he proposed to take'in the internsta of British manufacturers in China.

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Mr. Masuda, General Director of the Mits proposed to retire from his office last year, but As regards the proposal that geometry or the proposal was not accepted by the Mitsui mathematics should be substituted for Euclid, family, Mr. Masuda is axious to reorganize Sir Edward Grey agrees to the omission of the two Sims into joint-lock compatier and Ruclid from the list of subjects, and proposes place the finance of the family on a steadier foun that mathematice should be introduced as andation, When this is accomplished in the event opilonal subject, although he consider that of the Mitsul Bank and Jusan Kaisha being The marks allotted to it should not be as high involved in bankruptcy though a financial panic, As in the cass of the examination for the the fortunes of the Mitsui limily will be safe. Mr. Masuda hoped to accomplish this work Foreign Office and Diplomatic Service,

before retiring from office, and now he has attained his object, be wil, as soon as the pro posed reorganization is effected, retire from active service, retaining his connection merely as an adviser..

The existing capital of the Mitsui Busian Kaishs, continues the dispatch, is only Y1,000,000 and yet the concern is doing business to the valus d'Y2,000,000 a year, which represents meaily quarter of the whole foreign trade of japto." It seems remarkable that the firm is enabled to conduct such

Peking, 20th September. It is proposed by various Censors

The Civil Service Commissioners, in reply, to send a joint memorial denouncing suggested that the object of encouraging can HE. Sheng Kung-pao, vice-presididates with a University education might-most

readily be attained by adopting the scheme of dent of the Ministry of Posts and examination in force for the home Civil Ser Communications, for alleged cor-vice (Class 1) and the Civil Service of India; and that the examination be held concurrently ruption and nepotism.

with the open competitions for these services in August in each year. Sir Edward Grey concurred in this proposal, with modifications as regards French and mathematics, and re- quested that the revised system should come

SHIPBUILDING COMPETITION,

SHANGHAI-DOCK-CO-UNDERDID-HONG Toto force in the summer of 1920 the limits of an immense business wit only a few million

KONO TENDERS.

ga to be fixed at 21 to 24 instead of an to 24, the present limits. The latter alteration was suggest A short time ago tendons were invited for the ed by the British Minister at Peking. The for- Construction of one sangsing steel tow boat 140 mer limit, ba said, would not be unsultable to ft. long, 1,000 I.H P., and 14, knots speed, ra university candidates, and he thought it advis. quired by the Quartermaier's Department in able to encourage men to enter the service ar

so with the following results s

U. S. Dali-liberal education, especially in view of the fact Currency, very, that their first two years in Chips are spant

whether,

To-day's Advertisements.

HONGKONG CRICKET OLUS...'.

ANWBERS will be held in the Club HE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Pavilion on TUESDAY, the 18th September,

1909, 35 15 PM

By Order,

E A. M. WILLIAMS, Secretary, Hongkong, 21st Septembar 1100

(667

TOTICE is hereby given that Sealed

"No Todo all received at the Colonial Sacratary's Office unill Noon on MONDAY, the 17th September, 1909, for the LETTING OF CROWN LAND opposite the Confest Market, for 3 years from rat November, 19099

Esch tender must bear on the cover the words "Tender for Lease of Crown Land opposite the Central Market" and must be accompanied by a receipt to the affect that the tenderer bas deposited in the Colonial Tran- | sury a sum of $505.00 as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown if the tenderer refuses to carry out his tender and comply with the particulars and conditions of letting, should the tender be accepted.

Intimations.

CHEESE

CHOICE CANADIAN

STILTON:

60 Cents per lb.

THE

DAIRY FARM Co.,

LIMITED

Hongkong, 15th September, 1909.

Forms of tenders can be obtained from the PILSENER Director of Public Worky. Further particulats of letting as publisted in the Gazette of 17th instant can also be seen at the Public Works Office.

Hongkong, arst September, 100g.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

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THE Undersigned have received instructions

from . SMITH, Esq, to sell by, \'

PUBLIC AUCTION,

OD SATURDAY,‹

the 25th September, 1999, at 2,30 PM., within bis residence at Cosmopolitan Docks, -THE-WHOLE..._OF____HIS...

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE,

(Particalara from Catalogue).

A Steam-launch will leave Blake Pier at 2 pm. starp to convey intending Parchasers,

TERME-As usual,

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers,

· Hongkana. 211* September, rong'

KUSSIÄ ANU JAPAN,

1669

Tokio, 15th September.

The leading newspapers of Tokio believe that the reported anxiety at St. Petersburg concerning the sartament recently entered iato by Chios and Japan is entertained only by ill-informed newspapers, who, the Japanese newspapers claim; understood that the Kirin -Kuangchengtzo....railway would eventually be extended to Northern Korea sed connected with the Amur Railway

**

ASAHI

AND

1380

SAPPORO"

BEER.

LIGHT AND

REFRESHING

SUMMER

BEVERAGE.

In the meanwhile, the Japanese Press addu, Russia is endeavouring to extend her influence io Mongolia Japin does not object to the peaceful development of Mongalia by Russia, while Russia, it is believed, does not object to Japan's peaceful undertakings in Bouth Man OBTAINABLE AT— churia.-N. C. D. Nees.

POLICA PARS.

At the Magistracy this morning; before Mr. F. A. Hareland (First Police Magistrate) a native' was santerced to six months' bard labour for returning from bagishment,

Fifty dollars was the penalty a boarding- bouse keeper had to pay in the Police Court this morning for overcrowding his establish ment. Fifteen iomates in excess of the pum ber allowed by his licence were found is de fendant's house.

A Chinese amat was fined $5 by Mr. J. R. Wood-(Second-Police-Magistrate) _for_leaving the service of her mistress without giving

cotice.

!

Two chair cooles appeared before Mr. J. R. Wood for refusing hire while disengaged, They were each floed $5.

Messrs. GALDBEOK McGREGOR & CO.

n

H. PRICE & Co.,

"

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

VICTORIA DISPENSARY.

WATKINS, LTD.

FRENCH STORE,

KOWLOON DISPENSARY

AND

"EVERYWHERE

SOLE AGENTE:

THE MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA.

NOTICE.

Sir E. Gray-The answer to the first-part-68- the question is in the negative. As regards A MERTING of the No. 2 Company, Hongkong the third-paris-we have no realon to believe Volunteer Corps, will be held at Headquarters that articic-18 of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway on Wednesday, and inst, at-6:30;p.03.-—--- agreement has not been fairly carried out. That article is to the affect that the German Asistic Bank and the Chinese Central Railways shall act as agents of the Railway Administra tion during construction for the purchase of all materials; etc., from abroad; and that at equal rates and qualities, goods of German and British manufacture shall be given preference over other goods of foreign drigis for the Nor her and Southern sections respectively. The antwertpihe second part of the question is in the affirmative, but the Railway Bureau ultimately decided to purchase nothing. The irregularity in procedure referred to has already been made the subject of representation. As to the-

We beg to notify our Customers and the

will, from this day, be increased in proportion

Manila. The tenders ware opened on Augas! youngina is compatible with the completion of a of the bank. Lately is business relations minister at Peking has in any way neglected to the scale of Duties embodied in the Ordina

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mis, solely in acquiring a knowledge of the fan

guage. ;

yen of reserve fund, but the cause must be last two parts of the question, the resignation Public generally that the Prices of our Goods ascribed to the immable credit it enjoys of the agent general of the British and Chinese The Mitsui Bank is equipped with a capital of Corporation is a matter which concerns the Y5,000,000 and a reserie fund amounting to corporation alone. We have received no com Y13,000,000, but it is impossible for outsiders plaints from them, nor have wo. any reason. to to estimate the real efficlive financial power suppose that they consider that his Majesty's abroad have much increased, and foreign their interests in the Far East, I do not capitalists have ofter bus disappointed in an know of any case where Sir John Jordan has ance for levying Import Duty on Liquors which attempt to ascertain theral effective power of failed to display a zealous watchfulness over the bank, as it is conducted in a partner British Interests, and any charge of this kind

against the Britisk Logation antiraly found has become Law. The Shanghai Dock and In.

As it now deemed need and pajust. I know no more strenuous and It is interesting to note that Sir Edward Grey ship system. gineering Co, Ld.........$ 70,530 8

to increase te capital to the loyal public servant than Sir John Jordan, and Findlay & Combi á

objected to the proposals of the Civil Servicecessary 91.750 7 136,500 7

Commissionen to eliminate Spanish from the extent actually required for the business: 1 take full responsibility for his action. Lu any list of languagan which may be selected by can- the capital of both coname is to be expanded case which arises I am prepared to give fait Hongkong and Whampoa. Dock

90,017 7 didates, and adhered to the proposed limits of age to V30,000,000 each. The members of the support to well-founded British claims, it it ju Taikoo Dockyard and Engineer-

viz, 21-24, though the Commissioneri pointed elever Mitsul houses will be the shareholders' required patto him that few university students completed of the two concerns, whilethe directors will also their university course before the age 22, Fi. hold shares, but must alinquish them on re tiring from their positiin". "Aker the reorgani. nally, the Civil Service Commissioners drew up cation, the system of dealing with employes a memorandum of the new regulations, and the modifications which they proposed la the scheme of examination for Class I, with which Sir Edward Gray expressed himself as being to complete agreement. The new regulations will come into force at the examination to be Kod Butt APERAK

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ing Co, of Hongkong......... 82,000 · 11 · Riley Hargreaves & Co.................. 30,500 10 New Raginasting and Shipbuild-

ing Works, Ld. of Shanghai. 83,150:10, ~Thú N, C, D, News understands the tender of the Shanghai Döck' and Esgineering Co., Ld, has been accepted, this being the third melayanika väe kauniks in which the com- Singapore and

COMMERCIAL,

5 p.m.

Following are further alterations in Menn. prevailing in Europe and America--the soE S. Kadoorie & Co's shure list today - called profit-sharing syilem-will be adopted. Shanghai Docks in. The. 781 buyers

„TIK, 348 sales The mining departmen of the firm is excluded: Hongkew Wharfs

Tis. 1371/bayarı from the reorganisatios tod will be left to the Chinese Regineerings..ii.is, 17) malen direct control of the couídl of the Mitosi family.

116 bayam to andamtood that titulnouncement of, the

gos skles reorganisation is expeciać co we made about The goth (dstant.

„Sumatras, some

Langkats

New Price Lists will duly be sent out.

H. PRICE & Co., LTD., Wine Merchants,

12 Queen's Road Central,

Hongkong, 18th September, 1909,

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