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A S. WATSON & CO.,|sion of the demon. It is very hard to say on what principle our own forefathers used the whip and the straw-strewn cell. Pro- bably it was partly a survival of a demono- logical belief, partly ignorance, and partly the brutality of the age. It is said that the Chinese are two hundred years behind us in certain of the essentials of civilization, much as shtruiam. If so, and we think it is so, all three of these causes would still operate in Chiat io maintaining needlessly harsh and heartless treatment of the diseased in mind. Their condition is indeed in cost cases appalling. Poverty has much to do with this disease; it is frequently its cause; and is always a ghastly aggravation of

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The directors have the pleasure to submit to shareholders, their report, with a statement of accounts, for the year ending. 30th April, 1910.

The celt opralog of the boats, after paying

ACCOUNTS.

The amount at credit of prößt and loss nes count, after paying for repairs, allowing for directors and auditor's fees and placing $5,850.00 to credit of insurance fand, is $36,159 14 which, with the approval of share. follows:- holders, it is proposed to appropriate as

ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE.

FEAST OF THE FOUNDER

and St. Joseph's College, the Feast of St. Joho Yesterday, at the Roman Catholle Cathedral Baptis De La Salle, founder of the institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools," was at 12.15 p.m. Saturday, 2111 May, statesi--- celebrsted with sil the eclat and solemnity which the occasion demanded. In the evening a special service was held in the Cathedral in the presence of a large number of the College. During the service Rev. Father all working expouses and providing for a loss past and present pupils of St. Joseph's

Spada, acting Rector of the Cathedral, | of $13,288,18 on subsidiary coins, amounted to preached an aloquent panegyric on the $41,875.05 as against $38,563,58 the previous grant popular educator of the 18th century year." and the founder of the system of education which obtains in nearly all counties at the present day. In the course of his sermon the Rev Preacher said that St. John B.plist De La Salle was one of those men whose names mark of the progress of civilization, and a testi fitand out on the pages of history (as a lord,

mony to the lasting character of their work, St. John Baptist De La Salle was burn at a time when the education of the ma510) was considered destructive of the frame. work of spçiety. It wasn time when educa. lion was the inheritance of the rich, aluse, and the poor man's son had su more tight to aspire to the benefits of education than be kad to make his voice board in the council of the pation. St. John Baptist De La Salle estab lished schools where rich and poor alike could enjoy the usteld benefits of a good education, and where young men could receive the necessary training to at them for the grea: `baitis of life, Belőre his death, there were no fewer than thirty large and flourishing educational establishments conducted by the Brothers. The little plant, which 200,years ago flourished on the fertile soil of France, is to-day an immense tree which spreads its giant bran

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7,500.00 1,X514

$ 36, 59.14

• Mr. E. Shellim joined the Board in place of Mr. G. Friesland resigned,

Mr. J. W. C. Boñoar; Mt. J. Bandow and the. Hon. Mr. H. Keswick joined the Board in place of Mr. E. Bellim, Bir D. F. Chater,

In some half-civiliced countries lunatics "OF ALL THE WORLD'S GREAT panlon rushed up in her night attire, but not when harmless are semi-contemptuously

so that lady from Hongkong, who in a twink- ling dressed herself and appeared, jewel-case regarded as under Heaven's special guidance

We frequently hear that the race is and letter case in band, cool and ready for and protection. When at all troublesome degenerating, add that the men and women anything. The fire proved, like that on the they are looked upon as devil-possessed, of to-day are deficient in the physical cour Gorden last week, not to be dangerous and are tortured with a view to the expul-age and self-control which distinguished the after all. When her scantily clad cabin com. heroes of the Crimea and the Mutiny, and panion expressed wonder and admiration at those who will be remembered in English His the calmness of our Hongkong lady, the tory for ever as the men of the." Birkenhead latter remarked simply that if she had to be drill." The soldiers and marines of that ship drowned she preferred to be drowned tidity had indeed learned their drill. Obedient and decently, and properly dressed, in to the word of command they stood at their steady of undressed before a lot of posts and bravely sank in silence, hat ali people! His present Majesty very shortly the women and children might be saved. before his accession conveyed bis sympathy We rejoice in the stern test of discipline and to the relatives of the late Miss Isla Stewart, manliness to which, not soldiers, but sailors | Matron of St. Bartholomew's Hospital," He and civilians were put in the recent wreck of said that he had known Miss Stewart for the Pericite. Letters and papers from West some years, and fully realized what a great Australia tell us the whole story. It has in power for good she was. That Indeed they it nothing of the agonizing tragedy of the arc, she and her like. It is only a few years Birkenhead disaster. It is a record of com- ago since a French nursing sister who had plete success in saving life. But the success nursed la military hospitals and tended the it. When a Chinese pauper becomes a was entirely due to the exercise of those wounded soldiers of France în every war for, madman his lot is unspeakable. The kind-qualities which we so admire and respect the past fifty years was decorated with the ly and charitable among the people-and in those who gave their lives for others in Legion of Honour. Miss Florence Night we beg our readers to understand that, many the Birkenhead, and the slightest panic or ingale and all her successors under the Royal Chinese are most kind-hearted and pitiful to shirking might have caused a dreadful loss Red Cross are deservedly honoured both in others-du what they can for these unhappy of life. The Pericles was apparently in

peace and war. THIS SEASON'S PRICES : outcasts, but there are many reasons why perfect safety. She was about six miles PER DOz. this is bound to be very little. There is, away from Cape Leeusin off the Southern for one thing, the native dread of responsi coast of Western Australia, The weather info Cents.bility, which will make a man fear leat he be was fair, and though a heavy swell bad Soda Water (Bombay bottles) ...60. saddled with an additional encumbrance to afflicted many passengers with sea-sickucas; provide for. Individual effort therefore is the rea was not rough. Very suddenly, at Potash, Selizer & B. P. Soda 60

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this unhappy class. Anjasane member of struck an uncharted submerged rock, and a poor family is likely to endure every con though the captain headed her for shore ceivable variety of human ill. The native in the hope of beaching her, she filled charitable associations of Canton, unable to rapidly. No wonder, her three holds in the cope with the evil, have done much to educate forward part were toro right open. The official opinion, and the present, Provincial engineers and every one in the engine room Authorities are not unwilling to establish a | and stokehold stayed at their posts and had Provincial Asylum. While they, and their already made up their minds that they had successors, and probably their successors to die, when, about twenty-five minutes after descendants are still considering the matter, the ship's striking the rock, the Captain an institution, unique in China, founded by called them all up. He and they were only that noble old man, the late Dr. John G. just in time. Fourteen life-boats full of Kerr, will continue to carry out his finest people had to row in the quickly falling work, the crown. of a laborious and useful dusk to a distant coast. It would be life, the care of the insane at Canton, in the tedious, if it were not superfluous to relate light of modern medical knowledge. The all

When the service was concluded, the Bishop, Refuge for the insane at Canton receives, the strong support of the local Authorities,

A CHINESE Who was arrested on the coasting accompanied by Rev. Father Spada, Rev steamer Kathleen with one revolver and 100 Father Augustio, and representatives of the and well it may. Dr. Selden, the Superio-

rounds of ammunition was this morning fined past pupils visited the College, Ray. Father tendent, tells us that patients from places in

so. Another man was charged with having Augustin on behalf of the Bishop proposed a China as distant as Chinkiang and Tientsin,

ao rounds of ammunition in his possession toast, which was suitably responded to by the not to speak of the Southern Coast Ports,

removing but was discharged.

Director, Rev. Brother Christian. Everything send patients to this, the one Lunatic

must have pre.

was very successfully, carried out, and the day By value of boots, as per Asylum in China. Dr. Selden fightly is of sently regretted, for he only reached EIGHTY-four deportees atrived by the ss. Tiwas thoroughly enjoyed by all, opinion that "every Province ought to have his goal after a terrible struggle, in which he mahi from the Netherlands Indies yesterday and it's own institution of this kind." No nearly lost his life. But there appears to sanotberbatch of 24 undesirables From Singapore doubt in time every Province. will, but one most fine and admirable trait, though we have to think of the present. This Col-indeed where all were fine and admirable, ony is in debt to Dr. Kerr's Asylum. Paupert seems invidious so specially to designate lunatics are being constantly sent back to even the ladies. What can be said of them A. S. WATSON & CO., Canton from Hongkong, which otherwise that does not sound inadequate? Hurried

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the Instances of creditable and even splendid conduct on the part of all. The third mate noticed a life-boat some considerable distance away being badly handled and evidently in distress. Be jumped into the sea to swim to the under officered boat without his boots.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

IHE death is announced of the consort of Em. perox Hsien Fog at the age of seventy-seven. A LETTER was recently received in Kuals Lumpar addressed to "Mosits. Zeccharias and Co. Seinngor Straits, Borneo," Such is 'lame !

RINCE Tsai Tao, the Chinese Army Commis. ioner, has been selected for the conveyance of the condolences of Chios in connection with the death of King Edward VII,

ik Robert Biedon, KC.M., late Acting lo- pector-General of the Chinese Imperial Mari- time Customs, loft Shanghai for Tientsin and Peking on soth inst, by the C. N. S. Shingking.

is reported that the Russian Government has decided to build six submarines, at un estimated cost of about 50, loobles cach, Each submarins will be of about 500 tons displacement.

were landed from the s.. Glinogle this morning; The men have beep quartered at Tsim-tsa-te ui ̧ before being seat on to Chios.

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CM...and Hon. Mr. W. J. Gresson,"resigned.

lo accordance with the articles of association

Mr. J. W. C. Bonnar ketites, but offers himself for re-election

AUDITOR.

Mr. W. H. Potis has audited the «acconats ·

ches all over the world, sheltering under its now presented and offers himself for re-election. mighty arms all classes, and conditions of

J. W. Cr.BONNAR, people. The Rev. Pieacher concluded his

Chairman. sermon with a touching appeal to the great Hongkong, 14th May, 1910.2 patron. of youth, praying him to continue bis festering care of the work which he loved so dearly on earth, and which is still such a power for gond in this cold twentieth century.

After the sermon, a solomp benediction was

giver by Hit Lordship Mgr. Pozzoni assisted

by Rev. Father Augustiu, Rector of St. Joseph's Church, and Rev. T. Pun. The College chair mustered strong oo thin occasion, and was heard at its best,

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THE KING'S DRAT9.

DURATION OF MOURNING,

The following cablegram has been received by the Officer Administering the Government

THE other day, the Police authorities here re ceived a telegram from Rangoon to the effect from the Secretary of State for the Colonies: that a Burmese who is alleged to have abduct-Public mourning will continue until the 29th ed a four-year-old child had left the port. On July, half mourning after 17th Jane." arrival of the ship yesterday, the man was at rested and is at present confined at the Tsim

`ataui Police Station.

DEMONSTRATIONS OF LOYALTY,

London, roth May. A thrilling scene was witnessed at the pro- clamation of the accession of. King George V at B James' Palace..

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With the determination of breaking up the evit of sending obscene matter through the United States mail, the Postmaster-General, at Dense crowds were present, and at the con. Washington is seriously considering the advis-clusion of proclamation, they spontaneously ability of suggesting that hereafter all treaties raised a great shout of God save the King made, with foreign Powers shall contsio pro-and sang the National Anthem. The sound visions for the extradition of those found guilty of the tremendous cheering and the singing of the National Anthem solled from St. James's in of the offence.

the City,

THE KING'S MESSAGE TO THE NATION.

London, 10th May. King Georce V has issued a Message to the nation in which he says that, knowing the feri. ings of his father, he hopes that the mourning will not interfere with the Whitsuntide holiday..

would be saddled with gumbers of them, to the boats without being given time in Sometimes as many as ten lunatics arrive in most cases to collect even a change of Canton at a time, deported from Hongkong, clothing, pay, even a head-covering, they The Colovial Government sends them to set an example of stoical patience and [8 Canton, caic of His Majesty's Consul implicit obedience. We feel a glow of General, who forwards them to the Chinese pride in the conduct of these people. Authorities with a note "Please receive ten They behaved bounily, as indeed Australians tunatics from Hongkong and kindly ack- always seem to do. We have never been in nowledge receipt." The Canton officials now that country, but the people there are our send on these unhappy.beings to the Re-own kitsfolk and sib; they are of the blood fuge. Formerly their fate was too dreadful of our dear England, and prove it on such for us to attempt to describe in these co-occasions as these, Witness the generosity Jumos. In our edition of last Saturday we and hospitality shown to these shipwrecked published an interesting bemorandum by Dr. people by the country folk from all round ALL the ships, etc. which were suck at the Selden, in which he gives us details of the the place where they landed. At least in this entrance to Fort Arthur at the time of the war work in progress and of present and Empire ruled by George V. (whom God | have now been removed, and the barbour may future needs. We most cophasize the save), blood is thicker than water, and we now be safely entered bath by day and night. usefulness of the Refuge by calling partien- feel ours glow with gratified pride when we Theis are still a'number of minor obstractions The rates per qenter and mensum, proportionatlar attention to the fact that of 239 patients read of the unselfishness of these gallant in the shape of timbers, stones, bid, under water, Subscriptions for any period loss than one month atlaitted, as many as 97 were discharged Australians, We repeat, however, that the and the recovoty of all this débris is expected The dully lane in delivered free when the address is cured, or 40 per cent. No wonder the conduct of the women is the most pleasant to take more than a year to corppleto.

accesible to memenger. Peak subscribers can have doctor describes the aim of this hospital as to think upon. Women are in many ways,

Ir is reported that the Uraga Dock Company their copies delivered at their residences without a part of the loveborn work of God for of course, inferior to neo, and there

bas secuted an order from the Government for any axtra charge. On copies ant by post, ma man." We endorse this, for surely such is nothing in this fact to pain any one additional $1.80 per quarter is charged for postage effort by man must be part of His work and or to be contradicted by anyone except a Shimonoseki Straits. The vessel will be of the construction of a dredger to be used in the The postage on the weekly issue to any part of the

wish. A sum of $39,000 in aceded to put decadent or a suffragette. But there are 1,200 tons displacement, and will coût ¥340,000, world is 30 Denis per quatter. Hingle Copies, Dally, tan cents, Weekly, twenty, the fefuge in a position to meet the in-qualities of mind and character in which is designed to dredge Boo tens an hour, and

five canta (for cash only),

creasing demands on it. The communlly woman is unquestionably finer than man.

to work to a depth of losty feet. The dredge of Hongkong has always been generous in a We do not go so far as to believe the will be the largest yet built in Japan. gond cause, and we feel sure that the appeal somewhat rueful declaration of a good old THE mysterious spotted disease which broke made by HB.M. Consul General, Canton, parish priest in England who interested his out at tsukus, Sembaku district, Osaka pics, and supported by the United States congregation by informing them that when fecture, last year, has found a second victim, at Consul-General, will find a lavish answer they, if any of them, got to Heaven, they Skka, where a tide boy named Yatu Matajiro, here,, Several thousand dollars are urgently would find hardly any men there, but nearly agedy, was taken ill on the sad instant, and At Shangbai, at 3.30 p.m. on May 10, 1910, and immediately needed by the Refuge, a all the blessed inhabitants would be women, died the following morning, hearty thirty appears from Dr. Selden's memorandum There was a distinct shiver down the back persoons have so far succombed to the disease, which, with H.B.M. Consul-General's sp. of many long black coats at this serious Apparently the disease a cerebro-mealogics peal, we published on Saturday. Hemit prospect. We are really of opinion, how-kobwa in Hogland as t spotted 'lavor." elegragances may be sent to: Dr. Selden, Superia-ever, that in some of the higher powers CHINESE reports say that the Anti-Opium and serviciiations

compared Commissions have decided to justnete's

BIRTHS.

On May 9, 1910, at Shanghai, to the Rev. and Mrs. C. F. McRae, a son (Cameron Farquhar.) On May 10, 1910, at Shanghai, to, Mr. and

Mr. G. Burton Sayer, a daughter.

M. W. Teillenberg.

DEATH.

Elie Hongkong Gelegrap

HONGKONG, MONDAY, May 16, 1910.

AN APPEAL.

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tendent of the John G. Kerr Refuge for of the soul, wou.enare, Insane, Canton, or to H.B.M. Coosul-Gen- with us purblind men, extraordinarily, Government monopoly tur prepared opium in eral, who kindly expresses his willingness to gifted, and that there is no denying the fact the 7th moon, this year, and that privain traffic give further particulars and reports to any who that wherever patient endurance, silent cour-o lus'ding 'should taca'be promibited, it is desire them. In considering this claim on age, and self-denizi, as well as self-sacrificing talabced to pivaibit its 'import väikely in ma our practical sympathy we lay stress on two usefulness even to death, are needed in a yearą kom nuw, kná tüm British' Government All forms of human suffering call forth the facts-that the unfortunates deported from good cause, women are unsurpassed. We will be apprescued on the subject. Das report compassion of the charitable; blindness de- this Colony are sent to that Refuge, without aced aot search: far for historical examples, says that the import will be suppressed in the

4th year of 'Hisilan Tang: mands our 'commiseration; insanity excites which they would be flung into a prison with Au know by heart the stirring tale of our shuddering pily. In recent years a great criminals or allowed to perish in the streets the heroines of the Mutiny, of the Crimea, On the morning of the 2nd castant a fiúrikisha- advance has been made in the care and even and that in that Refuge not only are two of Coomassie, of Peking, of a hundred man picked up and bag as Minami-takanawa, the cure of the mentally afflicted, and by hundred and fifty of Nature's step-children other places overshadowed by Death's Shiba, Tokyo. He just no time in bapaix "no civilized Nation of Europe or America | humanely and even lovingly cared for, but wing ́ and racked with buman pain,-it-over to the police mathyrities, who opened are such cruel and repulsive practices to that every year one hundred fellow, human There is a hardly a man who cannot call the bag and found it to captain securities and lerated as flogging, starving and incarcerating beings (last year it was ninety-seven)--are to mind some instance in his personal ex antes to the value of You, The same day In dark cells those whose minds have become brought back from the realms of miser perience. A story is told of a Hongkong a man named Kato bussuie reported the loss hood, who are scourged with the phan-able delusion, from agony, peopled with lady who was roused one very early morning of a bag containing the sum in question. The toms of diseased loungination, are starving dreams, and are restored to the sweetness of on a mail boat by an alarm of fire. She was hag was daly returned and the finder introduced for kindness, and are imprisoned by barmnity and the kindly world of reasoning told she had only a few minutes'in which to to its owner, who presented him with the sam more awful for being cerebral and unssen, men..

got ready and to go on deck. Ifer corniche of Vasa stalkan of greasing, fore him londo

BALANCE, SHEET; 307H APRIL 19:0. Ztadslitior.

To Capital. -

11

10,000 shares @ Sto

each fully paid up $100,000,00 10,000 shares @$10,

each $5 paid up... $0,000,00

150,000.00

Reserve fund.......

65,000,00

Insurance fand..............................ak

35,830.89

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Unclaimed dividends...........................

1,035.00

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Accounts payable.....

3,050.04

·Balance of profit and loss

35,159.14

5311,075.07

Auris.

last account...................$147,000 By less written off........

10,000

-$137,000,00

By Accounts receivable

By Hongkong and Shanghai Bank-

ing Corporation.

By Hongkong and Shanghai Bank

3.650.37

4.189 80'

By

ing Corporation No. 2. accoupl · 1,035.00) Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Gedown Company, Limited, load.........

165,000.00

$311,075 07

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PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT,

To ordinary repairs and alterations.$ 9,904.82

„ Insurance food ...................... "Directors' and Auditor's fees: "balance

By balance from last account... By nett earnings of boats

6,850.00

1,100.00 .36,159.14

$ 54013.96

$ 3,125,43

(41,875,05 7,816,98

45.00 157.50

$ 54,013.96

INSURANCE FUND.

... $ $5,830.89

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By Interest........

By Scrip feesi..

By unclaimed dividends forfeited

His Majesty also requests that the rice meet. To balance forward ing at Ascot should not be abandoned, and, in

$ 55, 30,89 order to prevent many suffering from loss of

6,850.00 employment, he requests that the theatres By balance from last account........ $ 48,980,89 should be closed only on the day of the funeral. By profit and loss account ........... -N. CD News

$55,830.89

THE LYING-IN-STATE.

London, 11th May, Puliament meets on the 'syth instant to re- ceive the body of King Edward, which will then be borne to Westminster Hall, where it will test on a high catafalque, almost on the spol, wh so the body of Mr. Gladstone izy.

It is estimated that two million people wilį view the body on Wednesday and Thursday,

'KING' EDWARD'S LAST WORDS. In an interesting article on King Edward's last days the Daily Mall says that while at Biarritz His Majesty was repeatedly urged to "drap business and to keep to his bodicom, He |replied smilingly, “No, my back is to the wall

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These solicitations were renewed last Wednesday and Thursday, but without avail.

King Edward's last words before he became comatose were:" No, I shall not give in. 1 shall work to the end.”—N, C, D, Netta,, *);

THE YANGISZE INSURANCE

ASSOCIATION, LD.

An extraordinary general macting, of the Yangisto Insurance Association, Limited, was, held at Shabybai on Toth test. There were | present:-Messrs J. M. Young, H. J. Such,

C. W. Wrightson, C. H. Downing, Directper;" W. S. Jackson, Secretary; Chu Ching-shan, W. B, Buyers, V. H, Ford, F. B. Marshalis G Wailleamier and J. H. Brodhorst,

The notice convecing the meeting was road.. The Chairmṣo-As you are no doubt aware this meeting in called for the porpone of confirming the resolution which was passed at the extraordinary gendrat meeting of this As sociation held on April 21, 1910, which resolation, reads as, follows:-"That, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, of the Association be respectively extended,, altered and amende j | so se to read as shown in the print” signed # 57 On Monday, the 2nd Insient, an English in the purpose of identification by the Chaires a ventor gave demonstration In the Hippo. of this meeting and that such extended, ter drome, London, of the wonderful powers of aed, and amended Memorandum and Ar iclas toy airship constructed by bim. The airship of Association bo henceforth adopted • ■ the was marcarred feely by wireless telegraphy, Memorandom and Articles of Associad ion to moving to any point in the ball over the heads the exclusion of those heretofore per ailing Tmation shells from the airship at any point seconded by Mr. Such, I will now nuic lyon of the audience. The inventor discharged The resolution, is proponed, by myself. and The inventor operated the airship by means of kindly to vote on this

complicated electrical apparatus and a key board. In the event of the invention being applied to airships built on a larger scale and to sabmarines, it is considered that the prefast method of Wartare: will be completely revole biod. The invention is creating a trames, dous sausation.]ában Chronicle,

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The resolution was carried naanis iously. The Chairman:-- This special

having been carried dinamis require the sanction of the Court before it can be acted upon. business i have to being befo ・ 140 very much for your kitend/