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THE RADES.

TRAINING MOTES AND COMMENTS,

5th Inst.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY FEBRUARY 12 1910

NOTES BY THE WAY..

THE AGE TO MARRY. *.

At the price distribution, of Qasen's, Collage the other day, Mr. T. K. Dealy, the Head- Local sportemen are eagerly engiged at pre-master, treated bis bearers to some decidedly sept to following up the form shown by the inspiring revelations of Chinese social illi „various ponies that are to be seen trainlog on wonder what effect those revelations must have the Race Course, in view of the near approach produced on the auditors? Among other things of the Jockey Club Race Meeting opening on the Headmaster told the charmed circle who bad the 15th instant, and observers of the game come to hearhimthat a Chloose youth was marrl- predict an excellent meeting this season so far agoabloat the age of 17. This fact in itself could not as quality of entries go, if only the gods are bave been very interesting but when the spanicer good and favour us with fine weather for the proceeded to state that during the year co6_of the boys took unto himself a wife at the trader, racing forival.

geof 13 years and a months and sootherscholar sstered the happy state at an age of but four-

furiously to think and several of the good folk must have towardly exclaimed "Oh, dear me, what's the world coming to Reminds one of the heaven-seat practice prevalent in India, whore, by means of orthodox rituals, Hic ‘o parents unite their children in au stemal bood of wadlock on their appearance if the world. This practice is sometimes attended with disastrouî'results; aspecially when one of the partles later on develops an independent character, Seems funny, doesn't it 7

FAR EASTERN ALARMISTS.

"UPIUM SUPPRESSION.

ANOTHER IMPERIAL DEGREE,

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The N. G. Daily News publishes the follows ing translation of an Imparial decree dated Peklog, 20th Janinary:

-MALAY RUBBER INDUSIRTS The price of rubber may fall largely. Bui

"ROMANTIC HISTORY,

ait le now belog produced at ri, a poued and A well-known Kassian military writer, M.

selling at g, there is obviously Jarge Mikbailofuky, contributes an article to the

margin to work on, And a lower price will PRESENT AND FUTURE, OF PRODUCT. Rusko Slova under the beading "The Japanes

mean, a greater consumption. Plantations Nightmare," in which he refetes the arguments Rubber," the very word beeromance in it, may become diseased. At proasat there is the of the aldemists regarding the alleged danger for fewer than two hundred years ago it was danger of white ants, of a small boring beetle. In the Far East and shows that Japan it thus samed from the power of Brasing load

and of several kinds of fungus. The plasters not preparing to attack Russia in the usar penell marks, the very least of its modern are not upalive to these dangers and my futuro. "A new campaign of conquest having

cologists ars hard at work locating and leolat- in view the object of driving us from the shores, and the "India" usually prefixed meant

the West Indies, not the East. Caoutchoucing these pesiver knows, and old planters in of the Pacific and the Amur basin,” says M.

Still, one never is the proper term. for the coxguisted and pro the Peninsula remember the coffee for slob for Constitutional Reforms, it is to be ob Mikbailalaky." from a strategic point of view pared latex from a number of trees, of which must be waged principally in Naith Manchuris, the Heves Brasiliensis is the chick Bat it is not on the shores of Pater the Great Bay. In our day the fate of a war is decided not a robber all the world-over-that-the-pro- The Hevea Brasiliensis is a forest tree frein by the capture of a cartala fortress or terri tory, but by a cliah between the principal the anormous batto of the Amazon. It grows forces of the opposing aldes. If the Japanes freely in most tropical countries, wild in our ampy, and fortifying their position o

duct will be known.

which destroyed the lodustiy. What was left fell before the enormous production of South before the enormous production of South- cut out plantation rubber? Hardly, consider the ease and certainty of producing planta lion rubberaadthe margin there is for improve-

With reference to the Regulations for oplum prohibition, drawn up by the Ministry of the Interior in conjunction with the Law Revision Commissioners and presented by the Commis, arved that oplum iuppression lo aveentially an Important matter to strengthen the Empl and that Dacross had been used in the pr vions reign commanding that oplum should be strictly prohibited. Regulations of prohibition have, at diferent times, bean leaned for general iterated, so that instructions and preventive mearates in the matter may be said to have been exhaustivo.

Mr. Manbail's, Mr. Mody's, Meltrs. Jartoon summers, It must have given those proton accended in occopying Harbin, crushing America, cultivated in the Malay Pénisztin. mest in quality and method of curing. Fical guidance and this year warnings hara beeA KO-.-

For the main event-the Derby-there are several gables well represented, namely, dino, Matheson's, Mr. Ellis Kadoorie's and Mr. White's. Each of the stables mea- tioned his a good candidate in the running for the Blue Riband. On the form shown wn lately, Mr. Marshall's stable stands ahead of all "others la our opinion, either of his two ponies, Maple Tree and Persimmon Tree, Is it to win the Darby. They are well shaped, and are going well and registaring good time. Entered for the same event, Mr. White has n very shapely dark grey. Mr. Mody has a

COUPLE OF CREVE..

that promise well, Messa. Jardine, Matheson are also well represented, so that, on the whole the expectation is confidently antoniained that a bigbly inccessful meeting will result if the present good weather holds oui,

Mr. Elli Kadoorie has a very fine poby in Rubber Chief and if he can only manage to stay the Derby distance of one and a half miles he may come very near the mark. Still we stick to the opinion nirendy expressed that Mr. Marshall's einble shows up to the best advantage so far as the training is gone up to the present. Today's gallop and those to follow may, however, throw some new light on the subject, and one has got to remember always that a pany that has been backward in the earlier, stages of the training process may suddenly jump to the front in the same way as a forward pony will sometimes go as suddenly

off colour.

AMONGST THE OLD PONIES. so far, Messrs. Jardine, Matheson's pony Kirk- patrick. II. has been going in good form. Mr. Mady's Little Gem Ross and Spring Rose gre going nicely also, and doubtless they will show what they can do during the Race Meeting. Mr. Marshall's Palm Trea is going very well and should win some races. In Tarlar Chief. Mr. Kedoorie has got a good pbby and for the sake of the owner we trust that this pomiose will, win some races for him. In the ranks of the subscription griffins there are three or four very promising poles indeed. Mr. T..F. Hough has a very fine pony in Jadzon's Fame, who is moving very well and the owner confidently fancies Famp ability to wis the Valley Stakes. Another good griffin is Mr. W. J. Gressou's Blickmo Vale, who is a very fast three-quarter miler and stends an "excellast chance for the

VALLEY STAKES,

SENSITIVE SHANGHAI,

A somewhat boated contreversy has been rag- Ing in Shangbai as to the propriety or otherwise of the production of "An Englishman's Home at the Model Settlement by a visiting thes trical combination. The piece in question had the effect of raising a little borast's nest at other places besides Shanghai and I am not at all

Northprised that the good folk up is the

port should have taken umbraje at the fantastic play on the ground that the piece would have certainly had a distinct tendency of producing results farm barmonious anorg the members of the city's cosmopolitan com munity. But what must have undoubtedly struck the average observer was the comparative equanimity with which Hongkong received the piece in contradistinction to the hostile

reception accorded the patriotic play by our Shanghai. friends. Canit bathat the people at Shanghai are super-sensitive? No one who claims the slight. est acquaintance with playwrights and logic cao possibly do more than regard the pisce for what it is worth, and for this reason it seems Fɔmowbàl strange that so much hot ajr should have been expended over a patriol's harmless effusion. But the little incident only shows that what it one man's food is another man's polson.

CONSCRIPTION FOR HONGKONG, the authorities contemplate, the introduction Vague rumours have be filling the air that. of conscription" in the Colony. The rumours have been given rise to be the issue of cir culars from the Oolonlal Secretary to the vari nus firms to the Colony asking for the names of those assistants who had served aither in. the regulars or as volunteers at home or I don't know and i have no mGAGE DÍ abroad. knowing how far these rumours are true and whether the Government have for, tholt uží mate object compulsory service, but I do know that any attempt at conscription on the part Mr. Marshall has a nice representative in of Government would be least tolerated in a this class in Walnut Tree, who can travel the place like Hongkong. Up to the pitsant German Cup distance in fast time and will no

moment, Great Britain. has got seen fit toadopt doubt make a solid bid for this trophy. Mr.hat method of military service which has been Pizle of Shanghai possesses another sound con established by the world's leading nations and téstact in Man-man, who has been showing it would indeed be curious if the scheme so up very well, during the training days dod, if vigorously advocated by Earl Roberts were to fil and in good condition, ought to have a good be introduced first in one of the Empire's chance for the German Cup

dependencies. Whatever arguments believers in conscription may advance in favour of their pet, scheme, the fact remains that the knowledge that a man fights because be has to and not from a purely voluntary spirit tends to destroy the effective or

him, the weapon provided Volup teering is one thing and conscription quite noother. Of course, I am arguing on mere suppositions but if there is really something more in the circulars than meets the eye and if the fears entertained by a certain section of the public who may, rightly or wrongly, ba dubbed alarmists, were after all to fructify, then the people's voices will be raised in a form of protest before which even that following the famous peremptory order of the Secretary of State to immediately cinse the opium divaus in the Colony will pale into insignificance. May that day be far distant.

SOMO TACOS.

The officers of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps have subscribed for a griffin yclept Recruit who is going very well at prosent although his finishes have not been very good, be ought to make a good show at the three .quarter mile distance, like the Valley Stakes for instance. Mr. F. B. Descos also bas a grey who has been going very well and ought to win

This morning all the stables galloped to gether for the last time before the Meeting, sa that a good deal remains to be said. Next week the stables will be going through their gallops separately, some perhaps on Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday; others on Wedges day and Sunday, just as the condition of the ponics goes; and the various stables may not be seen together again at the gallops, until Sunday week.

On the Thursday belare China New Year there will be no gallops ; on that day the ponies

USURY.

By the way, the lecture delivered on the

the belghs of Khiagas, the Friamur region, the lelands of Java, Borneo and Newly, there is the bogoy of Synthetic Rubber, in

Guinea, and is Burma, The primary climatic necessities are a temperature ranging hetween 73 deg. Fahr. and 9 deg, (in the shade), and rainfall of not less than Bo inches a year. The Malay Peninsula gives just those conditions, So do some of the other countries mentioned,

which not even the most confirmed passimist believes.-N. P. H. Singapore Correspondini,

LULLION.

Measca. Mocatta and Goldsmid's Circular dated London, January 7, contains the follow-

Sioce, the opening of the year when' wo gucled 24td, Silver bas remained very stendy, partly due to holidays in the Far East and partly due to the continuance of purchases for shipment to ladia. The purchases though large were satisfied by China sales and by rather larger supplies from America, Since the departure of the steamer the market bas turged rather weaker and we quote to-day 24 1/61.

Gold has been in demand for Parts and all arrivals have been taken for export. Since our East circular the Bank of England has obtained Lay0,000 in bar gold, but has lost £1,125 000 Soverergas of which 155,000 has gone to South America and the remainder to the Con- liceat to be forwarded to ladin.

would be cut off from Russia and would become an easy prey to the Japanese; the fall of Vlad vostuck would then be as unavoidablo ay was the capitulation of Port Arthur five years ago is it not strange, if Japan la preparing for, way, that she has done nothing to contribute towards

PLANTING and PREPARATION. ⚫ decisive success in the principal theatre of the future war? The reconstruction of the The dense tropical jungle has firas to be fell-ing:- Antung-Mukdes loe has only just been comed, and, when dry, burned. While this is nienced and cannot be completed under two or going on the nursery is growing from seed or three years. Moreover, this lice will yield from stumps, the baby Para rubber tree. This commensurate reisite only when a good portis is planted the best results are obtained if the laid out at this mouth of the Yalu which trees are planted soft by 20ft-and all the plant will req

require some years. The dapit of the to do for the next four years to keep chandel outside Antung is no more than ten the plastation in onder—some say by closu or eleven feet, and the whole cost is literally wooding, others by planting catch crops of choked with river deposits. A company was tapioca, sesamum or a wild passion flower-and watch for white ants attacking the trees, or formed in Japan only last year (1908) for the

fuogue. In four years the trees are big en Inying-out and exploitation of a seaport on the Yalu, and work has not yet beau commented, ough to be "tapped," which is done by cutting A railway from Gassan (North Korea) to Kirin through the outer back into the latex calls, but

with cars not to injure the trus bark. cutting through the Chang-pel rangs, which would enable the Japanese army, in the event A white milky juice exudes and is caught in of a march on Harbin, to avoid the long detoura cup. It la carried to a factory and there through Korea and the Yellow Sea, exists so coagulated by boat or chemicals till the juice far only on paper. If an attack on Harbin has turned into vegetable cards and whey," tok place to the present circumstances The "curds" form the "rubber" when it has the japanese army coold avall itself only been washed and rolled and dried, From the of a single-line railway, and would have white juice of a tree it is laroed into a valuable to make Dalny is principal bass. In this case article of commerce worth at times ten shilling

a poood. the enormous army concentrated on Har bin would find itself at a distance of 600 miles from the sea (a1, Khingan even 1,000 miles), and connected therewith, merely by a single, thread, as it were, General Oku is too kesh s strategist not to realise all the risks which would attend auch a position of the Japanels army a position which would be no better than was that of General Kuropatkin below the Liao-yang. Furthermore, in the rear of a Japanese invading force proceeding from Harbin westwards, the Amur and Ussuri our would remain, which hands, patrolled by a strong river flotilla of 28 gunboals and sight mine-layers. It may safely be said that the Japanese will not eva contemplate a move on North Manchuria uniil the Antung: Makden und Gentan-Kirin lines are finished.

OTO DOW

"FORM OF RÜNDER.

In the Amazon the rubber is taken up on a rod and smoked over a Gra, "the smoke of which contains acetic acid and creosote. Tras Para rubber still bolds his own in the markets

of the world, both for quality and quantity, hut the process of collecting it from the wild trees, the necessity of a'heavy onilay of the capitel on sleader security and the depletion of the mere casily worked forests, have caused the supply in fall short of the demind, with a rise in price from 31. a pound to nearly zos. a low months ago, and at the present moment 95, 8d. Flantation rubber can be made for a little more that a shiling a paund. Hence, given your plantation, the extraordinary prosperity of the Indestry.

Not many rubber factories are adopting the "As already observed. Japan has not yet Brazilian method of smoking, though experts completed the reorganisation of her army, consider that there is a great future in this ask which was begun immediately after the method of preparation, as giving the best war. Out of the new army divisions indicated. nerve, fibre, pull and strength" to the mar ia General Oku's programme there are sil kelable article. According to the method of wanting the roth and 20th, also seven battalions washing and relilog we get "block" rubber, of mountain artillery (mountain artillery first made at Laaadron Estates, May, Johore; is attached is only tres division), "cipe," which is long ribbons of rubber and nearly ball the heavy field artillery, formed by rollers revolving in opposite direct The equipment of the optry with the tions; "sheet," which is also a rolled rubber, new improved firearm inveated by. Gederal

nad biscuit" from the form of the coagulat Arinka began only last year and cannot being vessel · Serdp is the product obtained from completed yet. The reserves will be equip. the tree where it is cut, .ped with the, sew Krupp quick-firing gun. only from next year. The Japanese orders for artillery in Europe not long aga testified rather that the preparations of the Japanese were pot completed by a long way; a mora alarming siga would have been the cessation of the orders. The contingent of recruits, at it now known, ja dwindling rather than increasing, and in 1907 the pomber of men in the army numbered not more than 94,730 against 120,000 in

co6. Finally the ordinary and extraordinary. expenditure of the War Department amounted in 1907-8 to 10 million you, which was reduced to 107 millions in the year- 1958-9, while in the pensent financial year (1909-10) the expenditure has declined to 88 millio a ye Where, then, is there room for talking about Japan's strengthening of armamente?"

M. Mikhalloffsky "disceros the cause of the

PAST OF PLANTATION, RUBBER; sula till fourteen years ago. There are, here Heven was not planted in the Malay Penfu. and there, alder treas, one being twenty-four years old, and yielding golb. of rubber a year. Rich is the planter who possesses trees yield- 1 5 of rubber each year! If rubber went

down to half its present price, when they are lo full bring, the thirty-eight milllos trees already planted would produce rubber of the anormous value of £10,000,000 a year, of which £8,000,000 would be profit,

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Messrs. Samuel Montagu and Co.'s Oncular cated London, January 6, mys—

Geld.The arrivals of bar gold amoupled to £600,000, and an £200,000, was left over from last week, there was about £800,000 available far disposal. After allowing about £100,000 for India and the trade, the balance was purchased for France on the basis of 771 gd per oz, Std.

The following amounts were received by the Bank of England:

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Dec. 30, £170,000 in birgold. Dec. 31, 352,000, Jan. 1, 15,000 Jan. 1, 8,000

sovereigns, from Aus tralla Withdrawals were made as under:- Jan. 4 £14,000 in sovereigns set aside for Straits Settlements' Reserve.

Jan. 5, sopo ia sovereigns for $. America. During the week there hai been a not effiox of £384,000.

Silver. This week, owing to holidays in the East, there have not been quite so many buy lug orders, and the supplies have been ample to meet the large requirements of the Indian Bazaars for the January 7 steamer, which is expected to take about £400,000,

To-day, the Bazaar demand having been filled, the tour was a little weaker and quote

4 3/16d. for both spot and forward.

The market cannot fail to remain healthy in view of the continued diminution of stocks la India, Shanghai and London, to Shanghal

the stock of sycee is thirleen lace lower than last week, and la Bombay the daily offake remaias at 180 bats. It is fairly evident that ibe Indian "bear" accedat of this market hás almost, if not entirely, disappeared, and the operators formerly. "bear" bere have veered to the "bull" tack,

WATER RETURN.

Level and storage of water, in Reservoirs on the 1st February, 1910

CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER WORKS LEVEL.

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Many provinces have now reported the entire suppression of oplum plantation' and in differ. ant pans the number of people breaking off this kabit is gradually incrassing. It is neces sary at once and definitely to decide on a plas of punishment and warning in order that this. poisonous babe may be eradicated parmenent. ly. Os perusal of the Regulations proposed for opiam quppression, they are found fairly complete and minute in respect of penalties and fines, and these Regulations should be promulgated and enforced both in and out of The capitali

The Viceroys and Governors in the provinces whers opium plantation has not been entirely forbidden are commanded to order and suparip. tend the local officlils in taking steps to reduce the term of years in which poppy plantation should be prohibited with a view to eradicating in the provinces the evil as soon as possible. whem antire suppression has taken place, they should at all times investigate the conditions, and say rocrudescence of the evil should bo togarded as a violacion of the laws of the Goverment, and action, must be taken ac cording to the Regulations, for the punish. ment of the offences. All the Regulationa proposed by different Government offices In the capital and the variations is the length of terms of prohibition. proposed' by the, pro- . vinces which have been sanctioned by the Throne,, should becomą established Réguts. tions, and any violation of them should be puolibed accordlogly:

Should any high official in or out of Paking, who has control over local officials, dare to res lax bis efforts in thle matter or secretly to offend against the Regulations be will also be punish- ed. It is sincerely hoped that this chronic curse will be gradually eradicated and that the people will daily strengthian and flourish here. aften

NEWSPAPER COMMENTS,

Commenting on, the above, our Shażgħal contemporary welten :-

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In the formidable list of Imperial Edicts which we publish to-day the one dealing with the suppression of poppy plantation may attract special attention not unmingled with surprise, The edict announces that several provincas boys reported entire suppression of eplam- growing. In others, however, this desirable and his not quite bean gained; and the Viceroya and Governors of the backward provinces are accordingly commanded to take steps to shorten the tims within which the poppy shall cease to be grown. In the other provinces officials are warned to guard against recrudescence of the evil, and now penalties are held over the heads of all, high and low alike, who violate the law. The importance of the edict fies rather in what it implies than le what it says, "It was never supposed that ali provlaces had been equally successful in omdl. caling opium; that indeed would have been tog much to expect. But so many and stringent regulations hava slready baan lund, that the now edict would appear to be needless on any supposition but that the campaign lo los: advanced than the outside world has been led to suppose. It will be remembered that, after the year, the Indian Government will have to decide whether or no it is justified, by the pro gress made by China herself, in continuing the annual reduction of the export of aplam to Chins Not improbably the realisation of this fact has led the Chinese Government to beste itself; but the inference that fresh canrgy was needed li encouraging. According to oni telegram from Paking, unpleasant surprises await the British Colonlal officials on the tour through China. This statement in one respect appears to saticipato svants. In the the idea of an inspection of the provinces by Colonial, or rather ladlen officials bar sol, we believe, gone farther than the ange gestion put forward by Mr. Max Müller. But in view of the new adict, it is the mor urgent that that suggestion should be realized, We are not thinking of the Indian Govara. 82,000 most which is perfectly capable of taking cars of. Itself. But for the sake of the Chinese

• Total 455,016,000 490,598,000themselves it is of the utmost importance thit. Consumption of water in the City and dill the extent of opium suppression should be accurately knows and in the segrottaSię Impossibility of being able to depend on

Inspection statistics, an

by achlassed observers is the only somady. It provinciat indeed the campaign be abewa to have gost less deeply than we have been led to supposs, China will assuredly love no sympathy. Th undertaking before her is 10 vast that some disappointments are well nigh inevitable. Est if that undertaking is to be pashed to com pletion, it is indispensable that she should know precisely how she stands,

1910: 18' 11" below averflow

365 below averflow 271* above o' 11' above

Overflow 109 below) 9' 10" below averflow

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1907, 193,597, and 1908, 221,287lb., estimated Wong-nai. 34 10 blow) 394 below,

crop for 1900, 300,000lb,

The older companies began plasting in' 1896-7, as a rule on a small scale, In 1905 (bera

overfian

The estimated capital in the Malay Penin- lí

sula jorubber is £12,000,000. The rousshould

1909. be 66 par cent. That is exactly what indivi-

20 1. below dual companies are now paying easily, on their

Tytam...overflow

• below] pomizal capital. What wonder then that, as in Tytamllye. below the case of Datu Caves, the £t shares stand at wash. Loverflow nervousness of the Russian public principally 5; and the Highlands and Lowlands (Selan. Tytam in- will be rested, and the malons and riding boys above subject at the Using Church Literary in the agitation of the Conservative Press, Bor), which paid 15 per cent. for 1908, stand at termediate Loverflo will get the opportunity of enjoying the holiday Club by Mr. C. G. Alabaster the other evening which entertains dreams of revenge, and in 63 ? The growth of pradaction is shown by the Pakfulum After the previous day's gallops there may be was distinctly interesting and peculiarly applic supported to some extent in influential circles. Outputs of the latter company: 1905; 134,2851b; something to add to these notes by way of qualification, but meantime we are confident able to this Colony, The lecturer hinted that The public, in the wide sense of the term, are the Usury Laws might wit advantage be in- very badly informed in regard to this agitnilen, that they give a good index to the chances of troduced in this Calony. At the risk of being and fear that it has a substantial foundation. the ponies mentioned on form so far exhibited. accused of redundancy, some such lows are

"They cao grasp the healthy idea, however," VISITING JOCK HVS.

paiofully required to check and curb the ra- concludes this authority, "that nothing goods a great extension of planting. The last Tytam

two years have again shown an enormous | Tytam Byewash... 1,041,000 Amang tbe visiting jockeys from Shangbal, pacious avarice of the usurer. Something must

can come to us out of a new was,"

increase. The companies which were floated" Tytam Intermediate 208,651,009- jackay, who will ride at the Meeting are Mr. he dope to introduce a maximum rate of laterest.

la October this year disposed of capital of more | Pokfulum' ~42,680,000 Lawrence, who arrived on Thursday by the ss. The time hai come #bes the Colony's citzan

thue a million startag.

Wong-nai-chung 2,034,000 Arcadia; Mr. Burkill, who is expected to ar- urgently seed protectice from the lodian rive by the German Mail on Tuesday to ride vampires who darken this fair spot in the Dri- for Mr. Mody; Mr. Percy Crichton, to ride for tish Empire. The present conditions obtain Mr. F. B. Descon; Mr. Moller, to ride for the lng. In the Colony serve to intestify the Kadoodle stable: Mr. Pirie, also expected by truth contained in the axiom that law is not the German Mail next week; and "Mr. Vidi, | always justice, as the expression goes, who rides for Mr. Marshall's stable. -

FIRE ON BOARD gårman S.S. * HILARY."

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CHINA NEW YEAR,

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It is satisfactory to note that due precautions are being taken by the authorities for the pro. per protection of the public from the cracker Doisance, which is synonymous with China New Year. One's power of tranquillity is cer- HEAVY LOSS OF COTTON.

tainly not developed when one expects at any moment one of thets nelarious Arrange. Fire broke out on board the German steamer ments to the region of the ears and Euro- Hilary early this merging, and continued to peans are generally the victims of rage until early this afternoon, reports the Kola vulgar rabble. I was an eye-wliness last year Herald of 28th ult. The steamer arrived here of a little incident, which unhappily did not come within the cognizance of the Police, when the day before yesterday from Hongkong with

A European lady sustained somewhat serious a cargo of Bombay cotton transhipped to her there from the Italian Line .. Cafri. The work burns from one of these squibs. The perpetra- of discharging was started yesterday morn lors of the Awkward incident instead of assist- ing the lady as usual gave fall play to their ing and when the hatches were closed for the risible facolties and vigorously looked on and might everything seemed in perfect order. Nor was there any indication of may danger when it was plainly apparent that the doleful ex. Capt. Hatje retired to rest at ri,jo. At about pressions of a European passer-by ate the

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SON A WAN'S EXTRADITION.

A QUESTION OF COSTS.

sth last. Before Hon. Mr. W. Rees-Divies, K.C., Act ing Chief Justice, at the Supreme Court this morning argument was heard as to the costs in connection with the extradition proceedings in stituted against Sub A Wan, whose extradition for an alleged armed robbery committed in China has been demanded by the Chinese au- thorities for some considerable time. It will be remembered that Sun A Wan was several times discharged in the local Courts bat was Immediately re-arrested on leaving the pre- cietis of the Court on fresh charges and is at present confined in Victoria Gao) pending the heating of the charge against him before one of the local Magistrates.

THE PRESENT COMPANIES.

• There are thus three classes of companies: (1) The early companies, already large pró. ducers, such as Bukit Rajahi (Selangor), 110,081 pounds production in 1908 and met profit of 37,182, paying a dividend of 55 per cent; (3) companies Just beginning to produce in a large quantly, such as the Bato Tiga (Selangor), whichels cropping from 17,000 trees and (3) development companies, which have the land and have planted some of it, but cannot hope. to produce rubber for five years. The classes naturally overlap, and many estates are in all çlasses—for instance, the Malaċċa plantation, which estimates its yield at 750,000 pounds for 1910, rising to ten times that amount in 1915.

This corresponds to the growth of the rabber industry in the peninsuls—st a shiljings a pound, £1,700, eight years ago; in 1908, £700,000, and in the current year, £1,000,000, But since rubber has been miles abors 4. shil- Mr. Slade-My Lord, I think the questionings the value of Malayan plantation rubber should be taken up at an early date, because af

this year will be nearly £2,000,000. ason as Mr. Justice Gompere goes 'awiy,, !

FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY. anderstand that Mr. Hateland rises to the.

The Chief Justice 'opened an argument on the question of costs and after a somerbat lengthy discussion, It was decided to adjourn the case atria dia.

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STORAGE GALLONS.

1909, 200,420,000

PEOPL

FINANCES

1910. 243.350,000 352,000 201,384,000 ..44,660,000

* 1910.

District during the month of January.

1909. Consumption...136,288,000 138,939,000 gallons Estimated)

207,960 109,760 population Consumption

per head per day............. Constant supply throughout the city during January in both years.

24.1 21.4 gallons

KOWLOON WATER WORKS LEVEL,

Kowloon) 'Gravitation Reservoir

1909. 23"0" below -overflow

1910

below 13 below

overflow

STORAGE JALLONS.

1910,

1909, Kowloon Gra

vitation Re-156,200,000 219,350,000 gallons servoir......

Consumption of water in Kowloon during the Lest the rapid growth, of the trade month of January should frighten investors it should be ad-

1909. *! 1910,

THE CHINO-JAPANESE

BOYCOTT..

CHINESE KOOKING PARIAGE ́HY "MARU" BOATS,

a d'clock, howevor, he was awaked by the lady's ears was but scant sympathy fora ruined Bench. It will be a kopalese position (Leded that 1,580 tons supply produced in Consumption...28,038,000 23,660,000 gallons mars affair, one of the chief ways in which it

quartermaster on walch, who reported that dress and a burat complexion. It is to bs trust | ter). smoke was iscuing from the No 3 hold. Cap. Ed that incidents such as those will be con tain Hatje blow the steamer's whistle for about "picuous by their absence this year!"

CASPAL CRITIC.

CLAIM AGAINST HONGKONG BANK.

The bearing was adjourned for's fortnight.

GOVERNMENT SCHOOL FEBS.

AMENDED SCALE of Rates.

It is notified in the Gastils that His Ex- collency the Governor has been pleased to fix the following amended rates of feas,. payable by all pupils other than from scholars, to the undermentioned schools. These rains will come fato force immediately after the China New Year holidays:

Queen's College, five dollut per merken. Salyingpun District School

(a) Pupils in attendance prior to Sep

tember, 1999, three dollars per mensem,

an hour, we understand, before assistance of any kind arrived: Then the Water 'Police Janncs and a launch from the Kawasaki Dockyard Co. *arrived alongside. At the time of the outbreak there were 1,700 odd bales in the hold. After an examination the hatch was closed and etoam was pumped into the hold. Later the fire base CAPT. EWART AWARDED NOMINAL DAMAGES. Mr. Saunders gave judgment, last Monday was laid on also and the hold flooded. This afternoon smoke was still issuing from the hold morning, Inthe case of Capt. James Ewart, of the but when representatives of the agents (Mesin Sarawak steamer Kuching, who sought S5oo E. L. Van Nierop's Japan Trading Co.) left the damages, from the Hongkong and Sbangbal steamer Captals Hatje expressed himself Bank for an alleged breach of contract to the as aing satisfied that the 6re had been bank's fallore to honour his chegan when be had extingalibed. The Kawasaki Dockyard funds on deposit with them, reports the Straits also sent the salvage steamer Anuma Timarof ayth ult. The defence admitted that a Mars, but Capt. Hatje declined her services mistake had been made, but contended that saying that be felt confident the fire was only nominal damages could be, giran, Mr, ander control Happily there was no loss of Mundall appeared for the plaintif and Mr. Life nor was any ons injured, and the damage Carver for the defendants, to the steamer is sat, beilovad to be anxious, His Honour reviewed the evidence and sald mlthough, it will..dalay, ber here.wo or three that the plaintiff had proved no special dam. days more than was expected, The cotton, of ages. It was agreed that he was entitled to course, in badly damaged, mostly by war nominal damages: the question was whether and steam. Only 150 bales have bean destroy- | he could get more. This was not a case in nd by fien so far as has been ascertained at which the court would want to make an ex-The above fees are payable in Hongkong pescent. The Hilary is on a time charter to ample of the defendants He gave judgment bank notes or silver dollars only, and are not

for the pinintill for. Sao,

payable in subsidiary paltars.

(V.) Papilt joining in and after September,

1909, four dollars per mansom, Yaumati District School, threw dollars

par missem._-- Wants District School, threa' dollars

per mensem. Bolillos Public School (English: and. Chinasa aides), cas dollar per

: mensem...?

86,100

.90,900

Water Authority,

1908 is just it per cent of the world's sup. Estimated ply. This leaves an ample mardis 'for the

population tenfolding of the production in the next five Consumption yaars, without doing more than reduce the

per head per

10.5

8.4 gallons price to such an extent as will increase the usa

day of the rubber in hundreds of other ways, now The Government Analyst reports that, the impossible owing to the high price. There

water is of excellent quality. were in Malaya, at the beginning of 1909, 417

P. N. H. JONES, estates, with 762,408 scres, of which one-third are planted with rubber, the number of treas being 38,000,000. The average production to the tron was about alb; the average price for a MR. R. G. Edwards, who has been acting ac pound of cured rubber, 4 3d; the average cost constant of the Hongkong and Shaoghat Bank of production, Is.

ia Slugapore, bas, received instructions to proceed to Saigon to be in charge of the luter- eets of the bank there for some three months. It is expected that he will afterwards go on to Hongkong, to assume a still more responsible position in the Head Office,

There are 80,000 coolies employed on the plantations, of whom (0,000 are satires of India, 15,000 Chinese, 5,000 Malays and 8,000 Javanaie The land already occupied is a mere flexbite in the Malay Panintola-oze thousand square miļas out of 26,000, most of it available for rubber,

RUDDER AS INVESTMENT,' '

At present companies with a capital of six million. starling are valued on the stock markets at 17 millions. The older companies are, of course, at an advantage and can look forward during the next five years on receiving anything from 15 to 75 per cent, of their actual ospital

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THE Saigon Opinion bears that a new agree. meat between the French Government and the Messagerits Maritimes Company is under offi cial consideration at Paris. Under it, the Government will goamien a load of 35 millions: of francs to the company. It will also authorise the company to build several steamers in for sign countries to meet the needs of the Men sageries services,

5th inst. Since the commencement of the „Chineta boycott against Japan resulting from the Tatiu.

wat made manifest was the stoppage of sil Chinese bookings by the Japanesea passenger steamers running from the East to warlous pans of the world. Chinese passenger traffic- by the "Maru" boats connecting with American ports has been practically nil for more than year. There appear to be signe now, however, of a relaxation in this phase of the boycott, The Toyo Kisen Kalba su, Tojo-mans, which ailed yesterday for U.S. ponts, carried 'a quall; batch of Chinese passengers-the second for s considerable time--and it is expected that the traffic will revert to Its former normal conditirg before long. The first batch of over a hundred . passengers wont by a T. K. K, bost last week.

SEVEN Chinese, including a woman, appeared before Mr. E.R. Hallifax, Fint Police" Magle": traie, for gambling on the hillside at Aberdeen. The woman was flood $ay while the rest 2nd- each to pay St.

CHAW King was again placed in the dock if the Magistracy lato yesterday afternoon for alleged conspiracy with others whereby be obs taled the sum of $24,000 from John Hastags, under falsa praticas. · Defendant was remate, |éd until Mondoy neat,