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JAPAN'S TRADE WITH CHINA,

WARNING BY A JAPANKSE PROFESSO R. Writing on the comparatively lardy progiere

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY MAY 27 1910-

the Chinese. Whilst in China I was often. asked by my Chinese friends and acquain tances where such and such an article could be obtained or whether such and such a thing was obtainable in Japan. Many a Chiese who wished to purchase some

THE KUBBAR TRADE.

II-TAPPING THE TREES.

- BY H. M. TÒMLINSON. The Hevea Brax liensis (once called the

melbe, mid it in wald one in sight of them is THE German Mail of the 218 April bax THE O. E. and M. Ca. courteously Inform Us broken and lost on the aunge, Lower down been delivered in London.

that total output of the Company's ihree'mlash, stream the rubber is shipped on baletaos, large THE French Mail of the 16th April has been to 19.07487 tons and the saint during the period for the week ending 7th May, 19to, amounted besta, sharp fore and aft, capable of carrying Lan tons of rubber, and manned with perhaps

to 26,574.98 tons, when the tiver is bad, those vessels have to A dozen skilled bokimen. At every rapid met,

delivered in London.

A ROYAL malute was fired at noon to-day in THR General agent of the Shanghai Sumatid

of Japan's trade with China, Mr. Haltori Vao. costly, article from Japan mast have aither Siphonia Kiastica) is a forest tree in Amar 019, be unloaded and boat and cargo hauled over honour of Queen Mary's birthday,

who was formerly a professor in the Peking University, can'ributes the following to the Tailclys :-

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obtained it from an English or German mer. or else chout. This is entirely the fault of our traders, who, from thir igoera ce of the state of affairs. in the Middle Kingdom, bave hitherto totally neglected the matter of advertising among their

Chinesa customers.

WARNING TO JAPANESE MERCHANTS. The greatest blunder the Japanese of to-day commit la their dealings with the Chinesa is their failure to respect them as a nation. True,

A thorough knowledge of China is not men of position and knowledge are often better early so necessary to men already engaged in informed than to adiptaremptonus attitude it is to play the bare in the great field of com business as to our young men whose ambition towards these old valghbaars of cars, but the majority of the Japanese look down

mercial contests. I am one of those who fully upon the Chiness as Au inferior and up-approve of the decision of the busiest-men

civilised nation. Rcannot be denied, bowever, that compared with the madera Chinese, the Japanese of to-day are a superior nation; but what excuse have we for holding our heads bigh at wwe theirs merely on the strength af our gbi superiority? And what, good can we derive from a boycott ag sinst us on the part of Chinese as a consequence of our arrogant be haviour towards them? The periral of thes histories of the two nations.shows that the older Japanese civilisation owes its'origin.Limost en tirely to Chioa, nad it'sce as most ungrateful purposely to manifest discourtesy towards a people from whose ancestors we bare received so much favour god assistance.

CHINA'S PROG BEŞB.

with a view to inspecting commercial and other who recently arranged a tour through Chinn matters in that Empire. It into be hoped that their trip will be fallawad by many under takings of a similar kind.”—Japan Chronicis,

CHINA BORNEO COLD.

*VES HÚS "AUNCHED LIST YEAR.

We learn from the annal report on the har baur department, Sindeksu, for 1909, that tha Ching Boince Co. launched from their works the following:-

One sailing lighter for South Philippine Ouers, 150 tons carrying capacity, to fent

Que lighter for the Bakau Co. 41 tons carry

capacity, 50 feet long by 13 feet bzam, by 6 Two small Chinese craft of a carrying cap city of about to tons nach, being one for the Government, and one for tha Membikut Itubber Co, Ltd.

"With all peir wrogance, mos! Japanesting by zg feet beam by to fest depth of hold. have but scanty knowledge of Modern China. Little do they know of the progress Chian ha made or proiakses in nakennd they probably do not imagine the antha-isa for new knowleet 3 och depth of hold. ledge that prevails among the citiz⚫s of all grait cities in the Chinese Empire, especially in Pe ing and Tientsin. Owing to the vast- pess of the realm and the lack of suitable means, of communication, the new civilisation may make slower progress in China than it has done in Japin, but the present state this makes me think that its progrest hereafter any more rapid thau it. hitherto been

EDUCATION..

During the year the same compiny placed on their patent slip z launches and lighters or correct repairs and overhaul, and also 8 becamets, vx, 3.4. Normanhurat," Ladaam on two occasions, Petrel on two occasions, Sadak Ibarato, and thi. Ayola.

"EDUCATION IN SHANGHAL

TZ JEWISH SCHOOL.

craft are inst yearly in trying to shoot the rapids, and wherever a rapid occurs there ashore under the woods one finds the cemetery whore the boaimen who fail are placed, if their bodies the found. The rubber, as it flats, and is marked with the awper's inliðals, is often recovered.- Morning Leader,

ayıb inst.

NO CAUSE for anxiety.

that there is at present no immediate cause for We are informed by the Colonial Secretary anxiety as to the water supply.

. There was on the 23rd instanta total of 112,000,000 gallons in the Hongkong tourvoirs, which amou its to four weeks' supply.

kind of rubber tree, may still be obtained from the authorities. Labour there, so the company, prospectuses inform us, is cheap and plentiful The process of collecting the rubber and pre paring it for export, is, it is generally know, so crude as not to be called an art; the sim plett means and utensils, only are accessory, and if not immediately to band,

ard. insignific ant in cost.

Theo, while rubber can command in high HONGKONG WATER SUPPLY. a price, it does seem a simple matter to an English investor (when thinking the matter over with the promises of the last bow company before him) to ice large and easy dividends far a small outlay. But others, it should occur to him, bave thought so before, this boom started. Naturally, there have been foreign rubber enterprises in Amur soia before this year; and sigual failures." I is due affair to own a rabber lorest had a freat one to make pay, Labour, 100, is not pleatiful i Amazonia; it it very scarce indeed; li has to be imported to the rubber grunds, often at great cost. And if labour really. rubber grounds of Peru sod Blivia, 'it appears, ' is cheap and plentiful in those farther an be face of it, to be a most dubloas position there, and ens perhaps that cannot last, when it is better know. The rabbar, in fact, is alt bought at Mausos and Para. from the native collectors and traders by British and American merchan ; and if those merchants, shrewd a way to got the staff without intermedia men of business on the spot, had seen

rics, when it was to easily đó be goi, then they would have got it. But they still leave that side of the business to be Braz lines, who are the only people, it is generally admitted out there, to make that side of it pay. But there is no doubt a parive owner would sell even a paying estate for more than it was worth.

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THE RUBBER HUNTERS

UNIVERSITY FOR CANTON,

VICEROY YUAN'S PROPOSAL.

Viceroy Shu-hand is proposing to establish a Provincial University in Canton, to which candidates who have already, obtained their First or Second Chinese Degrees, or are of the rank of District Magistrate, shall be admit ted. It is proposed to limit the course to fire

study as will fit students for various official years, and to provide such special courses of

postinns throughout the Provinces. It is not intended that this shall be a rival to the Peking University, but that it will seek to provide courses specially adapted for Provincial uses., -Shanghat Times.

CEYLON'S OPIUM MONOPOLY.

INDIAN CRITICISM.

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MEEERS! A. S. Watson & Co., Ed., pay a divi dess

1 of three per cent for 909...

As President Liang Tun-yen of the Waiwaps tension of leave. is spluing blood he will ask for a farther ex-

THE eighth and alnih cases of plague this year both Chinese-have occurred at Tung Loi Lake.

THE total gold export from the F. M. S. for four months of 1010 was 7,532 ozs. The duty collected was $5,601.8.

at the Magistracy on Monday morning for co A NATIVE was awarded six months' Bard labour turningfrom banishment.

A CHINESE was fined $75 at the Magistracy.on Monday morning for having 1 tael and 7 mace of prepared opium in his possassion. OUR Canion, correspondent writes that the Chatos Sell-Govainment Society has made a representation to the Provincial Deliberative Council urging the Council to take immediate steps to put a stop to the gambling evil engen- dered by the Shaù Piu lottery in Canton. THE Sourabaya Journal hears that misfortuna continues to dog the British New Guinea Snowy Range exploring expedition. Of the escort which mustered tea soldiers, two, have died, and four 'bavo' been' invalided, The Indian coolies with the expedition, are alleged to be imuthuous and insolent.

A CHINESE dispatch says that the villagers in the village of Libstian, Chuchafu, Che siang, have combined in a rislog to oppose the pro- posed opium probibition. The Governor has Instructed the Prefect of Chuchowfu to proceed to the scene of disturbance to restore order and to bring the offenders to task.

JUDGMENT was delivered lu Seoul on the 18th lost, is connection with the attempted assassi gation of the Premier of Korea, Mr. Yi Mạn. von on December 23, 1958. The Korean who ticked the Premier was sentenced to death one for fifteen years.

Maatschappij, Amsterdam:-Sold 450 balea, Tobacco Company, Limited, has received the following telegraphic, advice from the Dall'"'

tobreco

Guilders 0.55"

THE Parliament Delegates Association in Canton recently announced its formation at a large meeting at Halchu; attended by thous ands of people. More than Tis' 14,000 ważő collected from the meeting is support of the Association.

THE death occurred in Paris last month Baroness De Roaques, mother of Mr. May brick, who spent years is a British prison, The Brocess died in poverty, it is said, and wát -- authorities have been endeavouring to come. buried at the expense of non-relativas, French municate with Mrs. Maybrick, who ių sappered to be in America.

We have received from Mr. Mes Choàng hã excellent photograph of the late King, Edward Vil status with the floral tributas placed at the foot of the pedestal on the barial day. fà addition to similar prictura, Mr. Along sende as another showing the demonstra:lon of loyalty to Statue Square after the memorial service on the zoth lust.

RETURN of visitors to the City Hall Library' and Museum for the week ending the and May, 1910 (exclusive of Monday and Friday when the doors were closed)

Library Museum Non-Chinese

356 108 Chinese....is - 125" 1,545

Total......48 1,653

A CHINESE telegram says that Viceroy Sung Shou in Faries provinca has reported to the Throne that, in enforcing the opium probibl. tlon, poppy" plantation has been strictly pro- hibited and all poppy sprouts have been dea troyed. He reported that orders bad bean given to the Costoms to cartail the import of foreign oplum in accordance with the Treaty, The. Prince Regent was much gratified with the report.

under the Government's control including amongst us a Jewish :cboat of nearly one "sbarkivet, with a few small paim-leaf' may be required. It may be doubted whether indiwelve bfhis accomplices to podal servlinde, I tain establishment in the central district. The

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That the Chinese Govaromen attaches special importance to educațian is n factor that may be said to foretell like fituce of China, It has been decided to assist all Chinese students abroad attending such institutions as medical, technical, commercial, and nayigali.n schooli of the higher grade, wade, further, the build-

We shall be surprised if it does not comt logs and other equi, ma suts of industrial schools as news to many of our readers that there is technical, commercial, agricultural, deadralogi. hundred children., Such, however, is the fact cal, sencul ural, and other schools, will shortly

which we ourselves hive now learnt for the bs completed. The only drawback is that first time. We have, course, known that touchers—themist important factor in educa. thero was such ao institution in existence, but tion are badly lacking in number, the Govere our impression was that it was, quite small, meat fading it impossible to engage many Possibly this notion may have arisen from the fact Japanese or European teachers by reason of on that the Council hay:'only secently made some insufficiency of leads. The seture of the stud-grant to it for the first time, the amount being enis abroad after the completion of their studies microscopic, Tis, goo only, Inquiries have elice- "is therefore anxiously awuted...

ed a good deal of interesting suformation. The aunual prizegiving to k place yesterday, 210d iost, in the Moamne, tfall which was quite filled with children and their friends.. 'An excellent ramme was provided and carried out with great success, while in the speecties made, the main points in the history and needs of the school were brou,ht out. It appears that when started, a few short years ago, the number of pupils was five only. Now as we have said there are nearly a hundred. They dwelling house witbout play ground or extra are housed in the Swaid Road in an ordinary pace of any sort. This evidently is not e desirable conditio: of affairs, and the Com mittee ara sight in their determination to find more spacious quarters, if possible. How thermocy is to : obtined is the difficulty, usual readiness to aid, can du'a good deal, the for though the Jewish community, with its the burden is heavy. Why there must be a Jewish school at af is due to the fact that many of the children attending ato from homes either of the other schools: The matter is onl too poor to bear the burden. ni aducation at a religious but a fiaauci oog: Seeing this, we have little doubt that the Council will by and by be prepared to do a good deal more thao it does at present. Growth of numbers Deeds increased income, and the only question then to be settled in whether the work

PATRIOTISM OF THE CHINESE. Som Japaness speak, of the Chinese as bzing destiture of a purotic, piril True, the love of their country may not be a sything like the patrio:ism for which the Japanese are so well known, bay with the progress of the nation itself and the improvement in the educational system, their patriotam seems to have become stronger, and this tendency has been particular ly an icable in recent years. The Chinese Imperial Rescript on location lays special stress on loyalty, patriotism, and reverence to Confucius, Since the promulgation of this Re- 'script a few years ago, men of lettera have been strenuously endeavouring to inspire their coun. trymen with patriotic sentiments through the instrumentality of text-books, newspaper, sic. Until recent years a Chinese was not easily irritated by disparaging remarks about his cquolry, but to day such remarks would rouse a considerable amount of ill-feeling in him. This tendency is in itself'a matter that calis for careful reflection on the part of Japanese traders-in-Chipal—r—yeta

INDUSTRIES IN CHINA. "Even 1, who know sn little about indus.

tries, can see that sit branches of productive activity in Chian are mak ng remarkable pro Kress. Until recent years China relied on other countries for all glassware and matches, but now in Hankow and Peking there are fac 'tories for the manufacture of these useful arti

cles, though it appears that sticks for matches, which are scarce in that county, are imported from Japan. Even European-style wine and beer are brewed. If one goes into one of the restaurants in Peking and orders a bottle of bear withou specifying the variety or name of the liquor, he is stre't get Chinese beer. It is not very tarty, certainly, but there is a tendency in China to use beverages brewed at home instead of spending money on superior for eige liquors The same remark, may be up plied to tobacco. The tobacco prepared in Chinx and called Patriotic Tobacco com mand a large sale in Peking and the neigh bourhood, Formerly icles for school use and instruments used in physical and chemical experiments were first brought from Japan to Shanghai, whence they were sent to all parts at China, but articles of this kind ari now «maouf ctured in Peking on à lare scale. Not that those brought from Japan or Europe me Alonger in demand; indeed, being superior is quality

those made in China, they still command a large rals. But the fact cannot be ghored that many Chinese are willing to use home-made articles as much as possible, even if they are more expensive than foreign noes; and It appears that there are not a few stores wisere Japanese goods are purposely called home made articles. Thus practices are growing up in China similar to these of which complaint is made in Japan.) Inadequate as is my descrip. tion of the industrial progress of Chios, it will at least serve to show the zeal with which the patives are improving their varmus indusities

THE SAGACITY OF O`RMAN MERCHANTS,

"Unlike japanese merchants, the Germans in China, who are playing the most active part ju the commercint muggle in the Midata Kingdom, pay dus allestion (e the manners

doue is such as to warrant increased Aid feam "public funds. From what we have learnt, we are inclined to answer this is the affirmat.ve. Much voluntary work has been dune by the leaching staff to the past. Much is still done. But profesional help is more and mor; desired, and will cost more and more morez, Many of the children show the greatest aptitude la their studies, and that with less this three years instruction three girls have succeeded ia passing the Cambridge Preliminary exammation is ample proof bob of the skill with wa.ch they have been taught and oftheir own perseverance. The work beg doan evidently deserves ali support, und, we

rust, will get in-Shun, Mercury,

HIGHLANDS AND LOWLANDS.

The Ceylon Government, it appears, propose to establish a Government monopoly is the sale of oplum. No opium, of course, is grown in the island and the Ceylon Government we understand, have suggested that the Govern mout of India should furnish such supplies as

the scheme is altogether feasible, at least so far as the part to be played by the Government of India is concerned; but the proposal is not without its intersst as showing the fields open to Indian opium apart "from the Coins trado. Chipa, of course, is on the oily customer for Ladian opium which finds its way um ing other places to the Straits, Java and Formosa,pared for the defendant. Plöxer, May 5.

The map of the Amazons shows, along the banks of the southera tributary streams (che rubber world), a number of marks which ap. pear to indicate towns and villages, When actually voyaging such a stream one sees, at most of such painis, a small clearing-a sort of postico in the forest-in which is placed a large had substantial residence, where the proprietor

of the labourers grouped apart from it. Some statuesque palen trees are posed abour, The traveller is surprised to see little evidence of cultivation, except a few patches of baonces 3od a plot or tws of max; for he may have noticed, with wonder, the astonish ing fertility of this load when properly asked for its best, as at some plantations at Serpa, on the parent stroam. From behind ou the huts there will be rising a dease cloud of whuush smoke. They are daying rub ber there. Such cleaning, and they are met with contrat atly on the voyage, are the settle. ments of the rubber men, and they keep the map of the, Couarry in countenance. population of this land, where labour is so cheap and plentiful, spreads out to much Issela gor than one to the square mile. Little is grown here, and nothing is made, except rubber. To this world everything, even food, has to be im ported, nod pays a day of anything up to go. per cent, ad valorem. A high tariff wall dnes not en ourage industry in Brazil, and the com mon popls are, wonderfully poor in their land which could be rich in all tre nacessities of life, and most ut iis luxuries.

The

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

Swatow has been declared an infected port,

SMALL pox has appeared on several estates is

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HLASTER blight is attacking the Darjeeling tex

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FIR John Jerdar, K.C M.C., the British Minister to China, has arrived in London on leave. ENGINERR Lien. E. 1. Jaques has been appurated to the Monmouth, to date. April 16,

THE Netherlands Trading Society has declared: a dividend of sins per cent for the year 1999, CAPTAIN C J. Eyre has been appointed to in charge at Hongkong, to date 14th ult. the Tamar, and as commodore, second class,

THE Elitors of the Strait_Times and Sing for Free Press and Me Wal.er Makepeace

have been created J. P's for Singapore.

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THE committee and members of the Craigan- power Cricket Club will be At Home" on Saturday, 28th inst, from 3.30 pm. .06 p.m. at the Club Pavilion, Happy Valley, Bowring- too end,

THE TAPPING AXE. forest, puzzled occasionally by trails which When ashore; une is, when essaying the header without applical purpose through the gloom, and lead one nowhere, except connecting the rubber trees on a "seringat," astray. These are the "estrade," or paths ne rubber estate. The workman, called "seringueiro," goes out with the tapping axe, an implement with a sharp narrow blade, called the "machadinha," and, carrying his formidable perhaps with his head and neck protected new vessels in 1904, but did current repairs to mschere to clear bis way of vines and linear, THE North Borneo Trading Co. laid down no' in mustio against the clouds of pium and their own and the Sekong Rubber Co.'s vessels. Usually he is this and sallow, and plainly INSPECTOR Cameron on Friday charged & uber biting files, goes to milk his trees. a victim to malaria, but though be looks a Chiasman before Mr. J. R. Wood for the tacitura and dark, I found him a very buman larceny of 130 from another Chinaman's per- map, most hospitable, and 'lendar with his

son. The case was remanded. children. With deft upward cuts ha mukes small incisions in the tree, and places against

GLENBALY shares changed hinds a $3 to-day, which the sip runs. The sap is not unlike a dividend. The shares are quoted at $3.50, she wounds the igeliobas, Rattle tre caps into 17th inst. This Enate, we hear, wel, 'soon' pay

vary greatly as the time when a tree will thick milk in colour and consistency. Reports selfers, in Singapore.-Peruk Pioneer. first give this latex, the quantity it will give, and The guillotine impied by the Court of Cassa. the period during which it will be productive, tion tion Fracce has arrived in Peking and give a huge discount to the trees estimate to i could not find out; and I advise investors to permission will soon be obtained from the

Tarone to use it for the execution of convicts be on an estate (which probably has been jui birely looked at from the outside) and the quantity each of those probable trees will pro- bably give in, a year. If you had seen the forests which optimistic surveyors raport on so confidently you would know what I mean.

A DAY'S, LABJUR. “ morning, sod in the early afternoon sech little Commocly the incisions are made in the

The cups are removed, emptied into a pail, and cup may be nearly full of the thick milky juice.

coagulated. With good luck and knowledge, the collection is taken to the barracao to be 34.737.43 tops, ten or twelve pounds of rubber could be collect ed on the day's sound. In a clay over wie arrow flue a fire of certain palua puts has been lighted. The seringueiro dips into the pail with in the smoke to evaporate the moisture. This a wooden paddle, and toros the adherent sap

rings of sarings, which is the name be gives to blade of his paddle a rough ball of concentric rubber: The trees are first tapped high up the truck, and the seringueiro works downwards but that will depend on the way the estate is He may be able to tap 15 trees during the day. HERE is a small district called Pulsi in favoured by nature. In some places the Chinese who bumper soo and work for gold, Kelantan adjoining Pabang it is peopled by Copgulation is done by means of a rotary spit Gold dast is their currency and the headman held over the smoke on two fuked sticks, is azid to own $10,500 worth of this precious These methods; with lada várzation, obtain throughout the valley of the Amor20s, and although from time to time more scientific" ON tha 16th fast,, M. R. S. F. McBain's racing methods and processes have been imported, stabis was sold by the Shanghal Borse Bazar, the rubber did not favour them. In soms ler. and the best prices realised were Valerian 'is. riitories A variety of rubber-bearing tree is cut 145. Vandyan Tam. 175, Vespanina Th. 390 and down and m ogled, itë Juices being then al- Varuna Tīs, 435- lowed to drip upon the ground, the gum and adherout foreige maller being then bundled together in ox bides and exported,

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week ending 14th May amounted to 19,008,3 THE total output of the Chiasse. Enginestior and Mining Company's three mines for the

tons and the sales, doring the period, to

THREE boatwomen were charged at the

Magistacy on Friday for lying alongside the Kowloon Godown wharf, thereby obstact ing the free are of the wharf by other vessels.

Os completion of his term of service, Capt. | A fice of Sto was imposed to each jostance.

Almeida of the Pasco da Gama, the Portuguese. croiser now in port, will relinquish the com. to Lisbon on the 8th June next, mand of that vessel. Capt. Almeida proceeds.

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CIZAR FAI, Postman 99, was again brought up Wednesday on n charge of opening and detain before Mr. J. R. Wood at the Magistracy on ng letters. His Worship held that the offence had been committed and scutonced defendant To six months' hard labour, Mr. Gardiner ap

CHR Opinion, a newspaper at Saigon, complains

bitterly of the steadily increasing dearauSS of living and the difficulty of making both ends meet on the salaries going. Another trouble is the scarcity of small crasga, and copper cole for petty expenses, the annoyance of carrying about stocks of

TWENTY-four Chinese appeared at the Magip tracy on Thursday for smoking opiam in a cer

two keepers wore each fined $100 and "the" smokers had to pay $4 spiece. Another Chia- ele was food Sigo for having prepared opium in bla possession and a fortber $100 for selling the drug.

A CLEVER gambling raid was carried out at No. 2, Sal Yogn Land shortly after five o'clock on Saturday afternoon. A squad of lukonjs tion that gambling was being carried on in the and Chinese detectives on racalving Informa bouto in question climbed over the roof and dropped through a trap-door on to a squam where a number of people were Indulging in a game di fantan,with phas for counters. On Monday the two reators were each fond $75 and the rest Si ouch.

Two privates belonging to the Buffs appeared UNDER date Shanghai, 19th last, Masiri

before Mr. E. R. Hallifax in the Polica” Court on Monday for damaging property at Kow. ludo. It appears that the privatos sutered a house at Kowloon last night and smashed all the kitchen utensils. Tais morning, they wore each made to pay $5 compensation.

fra trees yielding the valuable gulta kaown by the name of jelutong are in danger of buing utterly rooted our in Dutch East Borneo owing to the reckless methods of the native collectors. Che Java Dode says that the officials there aré in favour of taking measures at once to stop this raidous way of collecting the guits.

19th-ait-Messrs Glendining and Co. sold a tha General Post Office on the question of the AT a sale of stamps in the Argyll Galleries on We have recently been in communication with' Haugkang, April 189%, 1. dollar and go cents, despatch, via Siberia, of printed papers from a mist borizontal pair, one stamp with_sur-

ports and places in China. We are informed charge, for £3; and a German Colonies, Kino. chow, 1905: dollars, carmine and black,applicable to printed papers are not accepted that packets prepaid at the rate of postage supero mint, tur La 29.

Whamlock & Co., write:-Our Homeward, Fraight, market remains lo mach the sa position as when last writing and beyond a few mloor changes in the tariffs there is nothing of interest to report. Coastwise Sluca Inst.. writing a few more vessels have been takes up. on a time-charter" basis, and there is now. practically no loose tonnage seeking employ- ment, at the same time the demand has also saboided somewhat, as the Native Authorities. have stopped all the export of cereals from the Yangture river ports and there is vary titila doing in coal-freights.

The first stage of the projected five years campaign against the aborigindo of Formosa has been concluded by the capture of two mountain fastnesses of these people, namely, Mayebarai and Yuta. Nothing is said as to the pdture of the resistance encountered or of the casualties on either side, from which silence it is perhaps fair to infer that the resistance offered by the aborigines was not very stabborb, SHANGH At experienced ona of the most savors thunderstorma of recent years on Eaturday night. The rain cams down in sheets, the thunder was terrific and tas lightning fishes were extremely vivid. Shortly before eight o'clock a bolt of lightning struck the lightning and of the Hongkow Bell tower and ran off into the ground. The tower watchman received a slight shock. The bolt as it struck the ground connected with the station telephone wires and started all the balls ringing.áforoury..

Manager of the Maatschappij tot Mija-Boschen Landbouwexploitatie in Langkat, Ed. :-

Gallons

FAB following telegraphic Information has been received from the Sumatra - Director and

for transmission by the route of Siberia at the Agdacles to China of the Hongkong. Post Office, nor, it is understood, at Chinese Im- perial Post Offices, Thare seems to be a distinct anomaly here, because sach packages, other foreign postal agencies in China. The can be sent at the newspaper rate through

matter with a view to remedying such an authorities concerned "might look into the abord state of affairs, which leaves the Britisher. at a distinct disadvantage if he would patroniss his own nationals.-Z. & C. Express.

FIVE more of the Pacific Mall Steamship Company's Oriental liners will be equipped with United Wireless telegraph instruments at once, according to loformation given out at.. the offices of the United Wireless Talegraph company, says the Tacoma Ledger. The vessels to be equipped are the China, Siberia, Mongolia, Asla nad Manch aria. These steamers will have apparatus similar to that on the Korea of the same llae, These equipments will havÉĽRİ stoiage battery outfit to be used in case the liners power plant is put out of commission. It is as a result of the good wireless work done by the Korax that the Pacific Mail management) decided to fit all its big trans-Pacific liners with wireless5. The Korea now holds the world's record for wireless work, having re-

ntiles of water. -

Daily aggregate "output of Crude

Petrolabm ...... Crude Petroleum in Tasks at date. 330,peived and transmitted messages over 4,300

Kerosene made since the date of the

110,000

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Tuz mtrriage of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Bir preceding half-monthly telegram 99,000 Kerosene shipped since the date of the", k

Hedworth Lambton, who has just relinquish Kerosene in stock at Refinery at date

preceding hall-meathly.telegram 98,000

ed the command of the China Squadron, 54,000 brother of the Earl of Durbam, and Viscount, ess Chelson, widow of the late Viscount Chelsea (alder son of Earl Cadogan), took place quietly on 18th pit, at St. Paul's; Külghts- bridge. The service was choral, and the care- mony was performed by the Ray, H. E. Gamble, rector of Holy Trinity, Sloans-strost and the Rev, F. L. Bord, vicar of St. Paul's Lord Allogton gavo his sister away.. She was married In a costame of pale blue satin char, mouse, the bodice trimmed with cream face not, and having yoke of fine cream, while she also word a large pale blue straw hat,' adorned with a long pale blus ostrich feather and bar ornaments included a necklace of

In celebration of Primtore Day on 19th elt. the statue of the Earl of Basconsfield In Par. liament-square, London, was surrounded by

the Mother Country and her Dominions being floral. decorations, one of the chief being a re- presentation of a map of the British Empire,

outlined la rad Rowers and the rest of the map in Neapolitan violate and stocks. Round the map was the inscription, “Imparialism and Unity," whilst below there was inscribed "Ponce with Honour-in Memory of the Right Hao, the Earl of Beaconsfield, K. G. Died 19 April, 188-From Mr. R. Es Bellios," front of the monument, do the ground, was a box of primroses, the tribula of Mr. R. E. Boltios.

The report of the Highlands and Lowlands Para Rubber Company, Limited, gays The financier, sales that the profis for the year to December 34, amounted to £11 1,65), while with the amount brought 10,756, 15 Dow avail. able for disribution, The directors 12- commead the payment of a final dividend of 20 per cent, making 35 per cent, for the year, carrying forward 15,578. The revised estimate of the production of dry rubber for the year was 300,000 lbs. while the amount actually barvested was 346,159 lbs., being an increase of 123.97 lbs, on last year. It has been decided to form a separate company, steder the title of the Ayer Kusing. (F.M.B.) aliis contioued till he has upon the Rubber, Culpany, Linted, to acquire part of be ayer Kuning Block, the Highlands Com pany will receive as part of the parchi con which will subsequently be distributed to the aideration.54,66 shares of the new company, shareholders by way of bonus, while 72,000 shares in the Ayer Company ate to be offered to Highlands shareholders for subsception at and castoms of the Chinese, their cordilinashe rate of one share for every completa four al life and tastes. They import into Ch sa shares held. merchandise most likely to suit Chinese tasies, and go into the interior of tha country on peddling excursions. Moreover, theit goods are far superior to those sold by our merchants, who, from an erгOBODUS COD. viction that the Chinese preter cheap asticles, carry no articles of value for sale, but sit com/ @placently in their shops awaiting customers

Under date 3rd inst., the Yuopno cerrospon. Your traders should remember that among the

dent of the N, C, D. News weitung—in spite of magher Classes of Chinese there are many

A CHINESE report says that the Mioletry of the constant measures taken to stop the cultiva fan of fazutions habits, who would not hesi

tion of the poppy, io several of the valleys lying

Finance bar decided pot to alter the silver Tâte to pay double the ordinary prics for a

The subber is stored in readiness for a visit

that it will only take measures to control paper dollar and copper cant system in Chian, but among the great hills of Yunnan the people from the Hitla river steamer, which periodically to prove. darable article suited to their requirements. have persisted in defying authority. Ruanors plies down that river, as all the others, and pota According to general Chinese opinion, the have been squared by welcome gifts of money

currency and to fix on a moderate price for Ekarseteristics of articles Imported from

in to any part of the bank where a ball of gum Ax assistant in the Wing On Company was silver. The Ministry, it is stated, interds to Lambion, the Hon. George; and Mrs. Lamb-. Upan are chdapocii, inferiority of quality, and worth running a risk. A few days ago to the Manaes the rubber is graded by experts, and

and the high price of the drug makes it well is waiting transport Manaos or Para. As on Monday charged before Mr. J. R. Wood, close the silver and copper mints in all the ton, the Hon. D'Arcy Lambton, the Hon. Tlack of durability. It is unpleasant enough north-east of Tongchuanto a number of ren- bought by merchants for shipment to New larceny of six dozen boxes of Beecham's Pills, Faking Brauch mints will, however, be or- Lady Hardinge, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Char Second Police mangistrate, with the alleged provinces and establish a coniral mint to Francis Lambton, Sir Charles and the štos, for % Japanese resident in China to hear the attirer speak of goods imported from Japan as almost ready for harvest. The villagers resistor falls occor, as the Madeira, the rabber com journed,

Ders word seal to cut down some poppy fields York or Europe. On the river where rapids Mr. Gardiner prosecuted. The case was adganised in Szechuan, Hupsk, Kwangtung and les Hotham, Captain Grindel, R.N. Captain Inferior to those from Europes but he feels ed and fight ensued. Several injured and fog down from the headwaters is first carried on

Yunnan provinces, It is also stated that the Olluton Baker, R. N., Commander F.Ó. Lewis, more than disgusted when he hears the ustises two or three killed, la the report which has been vafis made of soft-wood reces, perhaps twenty Tax transit of Halley's Comet across the sun ing seven mace two candireens, with sub-ton and Mrs. Barrington. The wedding party unit of currency will be a silver dollar, weigh- | R. N., Mr. Parcy Bounelt, Mr. C. G. Barring." By that all inferior anicies como only from received. As this district borders on the part fact long and five feet wide, kept together with was not visible at Tokio. A remarkable sidiary coins of Billy cants, twenty and ten afterwards met at Lord and Lady Alington's of the country where the rebellion broke out, fibres, and steered by paddles... Beats for the phenomenon was the fallare of wireless tele, cents. One dollar and a half will be taken in horse in Portman-square; #bara luncheon wis BLASTUR MERITS'OF "ADVERTISEMENT.” the officials have become 'alarmed and soldiers crow are supported on bamboo poles, and the graphy in spite of the fun weather on roth inst, exchange for one taal, and a report of the served before the dapartere, of inn beide and

attest, adviies: Japantra merchants to have been sent from Yunanofa to Jha sesi.cf cargo is fastand beneath the sestratti and another.was the increased emapation of, scheme will shortly he made to the Thress for bridgroom for their honeymoon touri

rliesments or catulerunt amung - the disturbance,

“like this, called a bajen in' Bolivia, will carry (odlom,

OPIUM IN YUNNAN,

IOPPY CULTIVATION PERSISTED IN,

READY FOR SHIPMENT,

In the course of the Bankruptcy proceedings at the Supreme Court on Saturday, Mr. Almada informed the Chief Justice that he appeared for thirty-one creditors, whose dobis due to

them by a cerisin debtor he was in a position

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earla. Oclonci the Hop, William Lambton, brother of the bridegroom, was best man, 'and' among the faw rulailons and friends present at the church were the Duchess of Bacciancă, of Abercorn, the Earl of Durham, Lady Wolvar- 100, Lady St Oswald,, Lady Farquhar, Lord Ande Lambton, Hon. Claud and Mr. Lamb and Lady Robert Cecil, Lady Evelyn Baring, ton, Master Hedworth Lapablos, and Milas A.

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