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lag the site. The public certainly were led to ballove that the offer of six lakhs was “a firm offer," and without making us "feel quite rich"! we certainly did-view with open grati fication the prospect of this sum being at the disposal of the Government for
A. S. WATSON & CO., the immediats proxecution of at least some portion of necessary" or desirable public works which eventually" will cost ten times that sum. It now appears that, as WO surmised some time ago, the offer was goi by any means as firm as at first had bass believed. Mr. Muriay Stewart informs us on excellent authority that the Standard Oil Company would not consider the purchase of that site a burlaoss proposition unless they could erect on it a building ter stories high. There is therefore no immediate hope of our getting those six bundred thousand dollars." It is quite possible that the sagacious gentlemen' of the Standard Oil Company, while not.io ibe smallest degree intimidated by the outery against its purchase of this grobud, may have boso sa disgusted at it us to think the site dear at such a price. It could be no part of their scheme to create excite- ment and ill-feeling. Whereas without trouble and fuss it may well have been warb six liths A Blend of the Finest Pure Malta that Corporation or another, that ground ples trouble and fuse may, well, be worth less Whiskies distilled in Scotland.
than half that sum. In the meantime the Go-
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VERY OLD LIQUEUR SCOTCH
WHISKY
GENUINE AGE
AND
FINE MELLOW FLAVOUR.
Robert Porter & Co.'s
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In PINTS and SPLITS..
vernment of Hongkong has assuredly on power, as His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has clearly explained, "to dedicate to the public are inch of land without the sanction of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and no expressions of pious hopes for the future by a former Governor or a Director of Public Works can bind the Government of the day. So the net result seems to be "na you were" except that there seem to be po six Jakhs in sight. The richer men or corporations are the more easily they get disgusted with -sentiment.
KÒWLOÒN BRITISH SCHOUL,
It is the undeniable right of every Britisher to growl. When his grow! amounts to do more than a grumble at not having anything really actious to growl at; we can pat him on
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
SAPONG Estate has finished the laying of its tennis lawns and one is now in use.
A SALUTE was fired at noon to-day in honour of His Majesty the King's birthday."
The Water Supply.
RESULT OF THE RAINFALL,
FIGURES FROM THE WATER AUTHORITY,"
CONSTANT SUPPLY RESTORED,
OPIUM ANE SÜQAR, N
'W YEAR'S "HONGKONG TRADE.
In his report for 1909, Lieut. C. W. Beckwith, superintendent, Imports and. Exports Office, writen as regards opium -
Eighteen thousand one hundred and sixty" THE postman-artist, Mr. Samuel Hancock of
threa permite for export and removal were Ilford, has been honoured by the Hanging As a'nat result of the copious ralalalt of you- 'issued from this office during the year balog a Committee of the Royal Academy, and *terday and 'this morning, the water stared la, 'decrease of 19 as compared with 1998, as picture of his is to be bung on the line.
the reservoirs on the Island has been augment» | follows :—
NUMBER OF PERMITS, &C. ISSURD.
QUIC
MR. Lease, the manager of Sapoog Estate, haied by seventy-eight million gallons more than left on a tour of inspection to the Dutch Indies the quantity in storage yesterday morning be- and the F.M.5. A rubber factory is in course for the welcome rais.". By this morning there of construction and he hopes to start tappius double that of yesterday, the figures being was in the rezervolts a 'quantity more thap on his retard.**
respectively, 147,000,000 gallons to-day and 69,000,000 yesterday. figures made available to us this forenoon by courtesy of the Director of Public Works, the Hoe, Mr., W. Chatham, C...
The Government of India have decided that quinine and other alkaloids of clachana when imported unmixed with drugs in the form of coated tabloids, tablets pills or caprales shall in future be admitted free of customs duty. WHILE playing in a slagle with Georga Sayer,” juo., over the North Berwick ald courao, Mr. W. Neilson, jng, sterck a lark of the wlog "with his driye on going to the twelfth bola, The ball struck a wall, and on sebounding bit the.bird, and it dropped dead'instantly, BELAWAN, the chief part of Deli, desires bar. but improvements but the Government is not disposed to do anything. The port is fast gaining importance from the increasing trade on the coast, yet the hatbaur is allowed to remain so shallow that large vessels can only ester at high tide. The shipping and mercan. tile communities there are moving to get the Government to appoint exparts to examine the
harbour.
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CAPTAIN. Casey, who we note recently died in longkong, was formerly well-known as n local skipper, among his commands being the Flevo, and the Pontianak, He bailed from Scotland but wo believe became a naturalized american citizen when employed some years ago under the Ụ. S. Govardmoot. A mad of the kindliest disposition, he had not enjoyed the bast of health, latterly is death will be much regretted by his many sea-faring friends in this port. At the time of his death be" was skipper of a Canton river steamer-Straits Times.
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Such were the official
WATER AUTHORITY INTERVIEWED.
Notwithstanding that the day in e'dica non and the Government Departments are sup posed to be closed, the sxecative officials of tha much-maligned P.W.D. have been early up and about to ascertain the conditions of the widely scattered reservoirs as a result of the glorious rain with which the Colony has been blessed during the past twenty-four hours, When we directed one inquiry to the Hon. Mr. Chatham at an early hour this morning for offi cial statistica concerning the rainfall and its effect on the water supply of the Colony, the Director of Public Works had not then received. the returns; but no sooner were they available about an hour later, our representative was kindly given the figures by Mr. H, T, Jaçkman, Mr. Jackman informed us that the storage of executive engineer in charge of the waterworks.
water in the reservoirs yesterday morning was, in round figures, as follows;—
Tylam.......... Tytam Intermediate..... Tytám Byewash, Wong-nei-chung Pokfulum...............
Total
Gallons 9,000,000 $9,000,000
. Nii. Nil. 1,000,000
69,000,000
6061
1908
187 141
Landing Permit, (Opísm) i..........as
337
Export
Removal
Landing Permit, (Opium Skins)
"
Export -
11
Removal
737
289
Memo of exports to the Commissioner of? Chinese Customs. Memo of exports to the Superintendent.of]
Raw Opism Department, Macao .......
"A daily 'memo of exports to Macao and Chinese ports was supplied during the year to The Commissioner of Imperial Maritime Cus toms and a daily memo of exports to Macao was supplied to the Superintendent of Raw Opium Department of Macao,
One hundred and twelve surprise visits were 'paid to godowns during the year.
MORPHINE, COMPOUNDS OF OPIUM.
AND COCAINE,
COMPOUNDS cr OPIUM,
Owing to the great distance separating the
The amount of morphine, compounds of You having aboard bid vessel usmanifested reservoirs from one another the reading of the opium and cocalos imparted and exported dur- cargo consisting of 183,318 kilos of opium, A. gauges was made between 6 and to o'clecking the year is as follows:-
ibis morning when it was ascertained that the Frazer, master of the steamship Ruði, is to for- feit to the government of the Philippine Islandsupply bad been very considerably augmented, thanks to the intermittent down pour of yester. the sum of P. 5oo. In case of default of prompt payment, a warrant is to issue for the arrest and detention at the Rudi. The bond for the is desired, has been fixed at P. 3,000. The above is the decision of the deputy collector of customs in, the case of the customs authorities against the steamer Rubi, growing out of the
release of the vessel, in the event such clesie
day and the more or less constant fall last night and the early hours of this morning. As already. stated during the twenty-four hours the storage Imported bad beau mcreased by 78,000,000 gallons, thus of freedom from all anxiety of a water famine Difference placing the Colony in the comfortable position Exported with all its concomitant evils,
A. S. WATSON & CO., the back, so to speak, and say, "There, there, diddums deal and he wags his tail agaid.. LMTIED,
but it does sometimes happen that eves in that administrative Uropia, a British Crown 128 colony, there is a real abuse, nod a-geróide stizare, the latter part of last month, of a large morning, was as follows:-
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he Hongkong Celegraph
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1910.
-IHAT: “PINESI'Sİ18"
If the llos, Mr. Murray Stewart's sustained attack upon the proposed sale by Government of the plot of land in front of the Clubs had had
grievance. In such a case its almost always the poor and therefore apparently negligible class who suffer. We have more than obce very gently painted out in these columns that, in this ideal Colony of Hongkong, those who koow and have to bear what William Morris called
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The heavy Trouble, the bewildering curs,
That weighnuts down who live and esta por bread," are not being ideally served by the Education Department. The very parents whe should by most considered by it, are worse than neglected, they are peaulised. Yesterday evening we pa. blished a letter from 'a "British Pater" whu comi plaius, as it seemsta us with some reason, of what appears on the face of it to be the comparative
efficiency and wastefulness of the 'Kowloon' British School. It is admittedly au.expensive institution for a breadwinner, or what a French writer calls the Suugloflifeur" (struggle for
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quantity of opium concealed in cement barrels,
an investigation disclosing the fact that the stuff came to Mapila on the Rabi. Deputy Collector Stanley finds that the awacrs, agacts and master of the veival made an earnest effort to prevent the landing of contraband merchan
in fixing the Gion imposed upon the captain.- dise, which fact was taken into consideration
Cablenews American.
FIRES IN HONGKONG,
CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
There were 31 fires and 63 incipițat fires dar ing the year as agaiust 31 and 59 lu 1958,
The climated damage caused by fi.es was 5,48,838,90 and by tecipient fires $1,497.00 as against 1198,219.00 and $1,025,80 in 1908.
The brigade turned out 47 times during the year.
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the fire mains throughout the year.
1. There was a constant supply of wateria
F
In detail the quantity in the reservoirs this
7
-Gallons 40,000,000
Tytam Intermediate........ 70,000,000 Tytam Byawash Wong-nëi-chuug Poklolam
1,000,000
5,000,000
24. 3,000,000
„147,000,000
Total .......
THE RAIN-GAUGE"
registered at “Pokfülum 9.65 jachen, wille at Tytam it recorded an aggregate fall of 8.38 incher.
1998.
19og
Ib
Ib.
Ib.
Ib.
19,673 13,216.17 2,543.12
8,748 9859-1,613
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HONGKONG LIGHTHOUSES.
GAP ROCK, During 1900, wight "hundred and fifty-four. versals passed the station, all of which, were reported.
Three thousand five hundred and thirteen telegraph messages wore sont including weather reports for Observatory, and six hundred and fifty five meisagen "wate received, telegraphic communication being maintained, throughout. the year, with the exception of a hours' interò coption between I p.m. on the 19th ́and x, p.m.), `on the 20th October. There worn forty night hours and ten minutes' fog and the signal was fired thren hundred and four times. "Oa'sour .occasions the relief, was delayed by 'bad'
weather
WAGLAN LIGHTHOUSE. During the year ending December, 1909, two thousand one hundred and sixty-eight vessels
were reported, and in addition two thousand three hundred and forty-eight montagns were:
sent and seven hundred and sixty received. Owing to telegraphic communication being in. terrupted, seventy vessels were not reported.
Two hundred and oùn hours and twelve minutes of the log were reported from this station during the year, and the fog-guo was. "fired two thousand one hundred and eight
Úmas.
On six occasions the rollef was delayed by bad weather.
GREEN ISLAND. - During 10, 1,610 vessels were sigoniled and reported.
lo additipu 449 messages were received, and' 486 men'
Owing to telephone communication being Interrupted 13 different times during the year, 39 vessels were not reported.
RUBBER IN BORNEO.
· PROGRESS OF THE" INDUSTRY' LAST YEAR,
MUCH LAND AVAILABLE,“
Mr. A. C. Pearson, the acting commissioner of lands, Sandakan, kas submitted his report on agricultures in Pritish North Borneo, in 1909, and from it we extract the following ac count of the rubber industry in that territory —
ti is only during the last year or two that the *rubber boom" bas directly affected B. N. Increase. Decrease. Borneo, but the progress made in the industry during this period, is sufficient indication thay rubber has "come to stay." The only ostale which has yet produced is the Sokoog Estate,, originally the property of the North Borneo Trading Co., but sold by them-in-igop-to-the- Sekong Rubber Có, The prices obtained for. Sekong Rubber shewed that it could hold its own with any rubber on the market, the top figure sealised being 98, 78, per lb, for 40 cases
2417 3,357,11 - 930.12.
6 95E+=>
102,894:2
1908
MORPHIL..
Increase
Decrease
Il Cases, to. Os Cases, 1b; Or.
293-7410
Cases: lb. Os Cases, Imported 2897,0537 Exported 384-9,129,2 282-7,735
COCAINE.
бабл
Casca, ib.
'Decrease
Cara. lb.
Tncrease
606%
Cases. Ib. Os
11=66 13
IMFORTS AND EXPORTS OF SUDAR.
Mr. Jackman, expressed his opinion that for The report of the superintendent of the Firs the rainfall recorded it might have been sup posed that a larger quantity would have been Brigade for 190g is as follows:-
in storage to-day. This would haya boon the case, but it must be borne in mind that the rup off has not been us long as one might be in clined to suppose, since the parched corduice of the ground before the first heavy downpours accounted for a considerable quantity belog taken into "the earth becorn the first steady streams could be collected in the catchment areas and flow in anything like their normal By this time. volumes into the reservoirs. bowever, we, nie given: to understand, the ground has beca already thoroughly soaked and any additional fall of rain will give a pro. : partionately largely accumulation of water in the reservoirs. It is believed that, by so-mor- row, there will be an appreciable increase both at Tytam and Poklulam and the fear of the British Colony being continued in short commons need no longer be entertained, for the present Dutch acason at least., . .
3. Three fires occured in the barbout during the year.
4. There was no prosecution for arson during :he year.
6. I enclose a copy of a repon by the engi. neer on the state of fire engines (anexo A),
7. The conduct of the brigáde bas been good.
CONSTANT SUPPLIED RESTORED
2-12
ia September lant.
An interesting resul: has been obtained from some 400 Para trees planted about 19oz on Pitas Estate, Marudu Bay, „These, Itaes·· were neglected and uncared for for years. When the estate was acquired by the present, owners, the New London Borneo Tobacce Co., attention was paid to them "and in 1959 they
wern tapped. Although planted much 100 clore together and in spite of the fact that they were handicapped by years of neglected they yielded from Bt to 100 lbs. if rubber per month, and the price realised for a late consignment was 81 8₫ per pound.
OTHÉR ESTATES,
SANDAKAN DISTRICT-Haj three estates planting rubber viz; Sekong, Si il de, Suogia Batany, and a fourth in prepration on the Kinabatangan, the vesturs being in the hands of the North Barned Trading Co.
DARVEL BAY. Only a commencement bas yet been made, hlr. Arensms having towards. the end of the year ácquired 1,000 acras, with a further ‹ption. The Kultur Syndicats have a. few acres planted up, and the New Darval Bay Tobacco Plantations, Ltd, have go acres clear- ed, 8,000 trees planted, and nurseries to the extent of 10,000 seedlings. This compaby is planting rubber on the Hilir Skali Estato, 6,163 Segama.
Return of sugar imported into the Colony of Hongkong by vessels of different nationalities during the year -
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American steamers ...... Austrian
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12
Chinese
13
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Danish French
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Bingle Coples, Daily, ten cants. Weekly, twenty lif.) to send bis clindren to. The poor man
five cents (for cash only).
has to pay rates (if he does not do su, directly, be sure that the rent includes them) and in addition he pays a far heavier school fee
5. There are 14 despatch boxes kept in difler. than any rate-supported Guvern school basent places in Victoria and 12 in Kowloon, B dif- any business to charge. The school ought Hereby telephones to which the Police can have therefore to be the best, or one of the best, in access to communicate with Central Station is
the event of a fire and 16 fire alarms, the Colony. We shall only deal with the specific complaint made by "A British Pater," at present. He says that last week 'the og gregate of school attendance was only nine 8. The pumps and other machinery for a now Our representative proceeded, to inquire German fours, and the week before" that fifteen hunting fire engine, furnished by Messrs. Merry. when the constant supply will be restored, Italian Compared with the twenty-five to thirty hours weather, were received during the year, and the Mr. Jackman kindly stated that, for certain, con- Japanese
week work done by the Grant-in-aid schools the hull constructed locally was dearing c.m.stant supply may be turned on to-morrow Norwegian Portuguesa morning to the high-level districts of the City this seems too hule. There are six working pletion at the end of the year under seview,
and the Peak, the supply in the Rider Main-Russian days in the week, and allowing Saturday a bali,
Steamer No. 1-Floating Fire Engine by Disirices, however, baing regulated as usual Swedish boliday we may reckon that ac ordinary boy Shand, Mason & Co.-This vestel has been It was just possible that the higher level dia. By Junki... "can do light school work, without buzting bimused at Fires and Drills during the year. The tricts may enjoy an uninterrupted supply again self very badly, for four hours a day during a Hull, Machinery, and Boiler are all in good o to-day; hot the official interrogated could not be week of five days and a half. This would make der and fit for service at Fires in the Harbour sure of that, Residents may rest in the comfor.
for on the lower levels os shore..
table assurance ihat, from our conversation with Steamer No. 2.--Land Engine by Shand, the P.W.D. officials, everything that is possible Mason & Co.—This engine has been regularly is being done to minimise the inevitable' slight used at fires and drills for drivers. The ma- inconvenience to which the Colony had been chicery and boiler were overhauled in Decemput by the intermittent supply which has, for ber and are in good working order,
tunately, proved but of shortest duration only.
the net effect. of "frightening" the Standard
Oil Company into withdrawing from the pur, chase, he might be congratulated on his suc- capa în intimidating so powerful a corporation. The community of Bangkong might also be
congratulated on the presence in the Council of at least one unofficial member so formidable a to inspire fear into the richest, strongest and ablest-managed 'association, of money-making || twenty-two hours' work a week. Empire Day men. But we haya it, not only on the authori- ty of the Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett, but of our own knowledge, that the Standard Oit Com pany are not frightened of anybody, and further we diffar from that gentleman in that we also do not imagine them to be "frightened by the rapacity" of anybody, not even of the Trea- sury. Some one niso, said of tham, "ibay ́are quite frith enough and wicked enough
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ANNEXE A
Steamer No. 3.—Land Engine. by Shand. Mason & Co.-This spgins and boiler were thoroughly overhauled in April. ft bas bien regularly used at fires and drills for drivers and- is now in good worklog order.
Steamer No. 4-Laad Engins by Shard, been overhauled as required during the year Mason & Co.-This angina and boiler have
and are now in good order.
must have made a larger hole in last week than it used to make when it was the Queen's Birthday of our boyband, for it would seem, by this reckoning, to have swallowed up saven hours all to itself. As for the nine-bour weak mentioned by a “British Patet" we give it up. Niss hours divided by five and a ball equal one OoB' boar and seven-eleventbr—say ||bour and forty minutes' work a day,. Really to look after themselves." ! by "wicked this is too little On the face of it, as we said, was meant able and willing we agree. The there is ground for complaint, and we do not -natoral dissatisfaction of all interested in the wonder at some parents promising to sead Steamer No. 3.- Land Steamer by Shaod, Olub at having a huge, commercial bailding their children to a new denominational school Mason & Co.-This boiler was renowed in couting sight in front of it, lastead of enjoying, connected with one of the Churches" instead 1907, it was cleaned and tested le June, and as in their opinion it should, the pleasant proof to a school where so little work is done, has been regularly used af driits for drivers
and fires and is now in good working order,, spect of a well-cared-for opppppaco, might, we' What a silly state of'affaim this is, and how Manual Engines and Gear-All the manual MELILAP Estate is not planting tobacco this feel sure, fnd expressionia far more signataras idiotic to allow another school yet in its embry-engines aed Gear, hose, seole, ladders and season. This step has been rendered abaciata. than only ninety. Almost any private momboronic stage to oust the Govaramont natablish. supply carts have been kept in repair and arely essential by the fact that the area of rubber of the Club would be at least tempted to add ment not only from the position it ought to paw in good working order. All the bamboo planted End, owing to shortage of labour, goi -blu prótest to that of Mr, Murray Stewart: We hold, that is, the highest, but even to ibranten ladders have been replaced by 1st floor fire into very bad, condition, every available coolle having been put on to tobacco. A vast do not intend to recapitolaja this controversy, or to wipe it out of existence altogether. What is Fire Alarm.----The fire alarts of ja põínii ia, improvement has even now been effected, bai again point out that no serious reasONS › Wors the matter with this Kowloon British School? stalled last yout has worked very satisfactorily it will require strenuous and continuous efforts ever given for abandoning the uale and preserva | It cannot be want of fonde, What is it then 2. and is now in good order,
to bring the land into a propuratate agalu,
ladders.
10
1968 Тода
373
27
Tons
TAWAO-A commencement has been made ........... 161,317 175,133 in planting fara rubber by government, with a 723 2,314 view to the sale of an estate in the near future, 58,234 77.344 At the closs of the year soms 40,000 seedlings"
were growing in the government nursery beds. Kadat.-The yesult of the experimental tap. 7,103 22,824 61,119 ping oa Pitas Estate was so encouraging that
the company are extending operations, ånd -
102
3,254
36 have already so acies under cultivation with 8,85 large nurseries.
16)
294
71
11.
1,105 1,503
14
49
*,372
Total ... 250,469
Return of sugar imported into the of Hongkong dating the year, ;-
1938, Tout.
30
19:9. Tons:
From Belgium auragents
Chlna--*་་་1- 13,101
12,108 Cochin China..... __7.767.............5,919
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West Coast. The details of rubber planting progress on this Coast are given in an appendix. Besides these undertakings further land is being 2,801 applied for and taken up and there is little 171 doubt but that 1910 will soo both the áron of concessions and the area cultivated, consider. 339,684ably increased.
Interior. The inbber industry is rapresent Colonyed by the Sapong and Melalap Estates "both of -
which combine rubbar and tobacco.
MAONIFICENT OUTLOOK, Genari-The combined opinions of the various rosidents and district officers together with the result of prospecting by the survey department leaves no doubt that the rubber laod already alienated, represente but-a-small- 16 fraction of the total area available. On'the West: Coast 15,000 acres have been examined on the Weston line and reported on most favourably.. A stretch of some 25,000 to 20,000 acres on the 400 Un Putalad would form several magnificent 60 properties. Suitable land in large blocks is ra zported in the Tuaran district, a large plateau be
hind the Marudo Bay Estates only needs a road 41,930 H. Philippine Islands... : 50,492
to render il axtremely valuable as an Estats, Strait...
1,108
and the Tompassok valloy is stated by the district officer to contaio several thousand acres Total 350.459 339.664 of good laad, Taralog to the East Coast, the government survayor has laid out Best Tawas Ninety-one certificates of origin for export-adjoining blocks of 5,000 acres all good un- dulating land, well watered and reary of
» Garmany...stauran ue Java con comm 178,797 378,030
Londo
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Mauritius...
- Now Territories....
New York.........................
93
-350
129
772
RAIN AT THE GARDENS, In answer to our inquiry this morning, Mr. W. J. Tutcher, Superintendent of the Botanical and Forestry Department, was kind enough to state that the sain-gauge at the Botanic Gardens registered a fall of 9.83 inches between 10 am..
more than the aggregate for the past seven on the and just, and 10 am, to-day. This was
months. The rainfall recorded at the Hoog. kongObservatory, in Kowloop, during the same period, was 853 inches, The heavy rains have not caused any damage to the trees oration of sugar were issued from this office
daring the year 1909. shrubs in the Fublic Gardens.
Thirty permits for delivery of sugar which arrived in the Colony without certificate of origin' wäre Issued from this office during the year 1999) |
IMPORTA The return shows that during the year the amount of sogar reported was as follows i~~~.
1908. 1909. IdcreaEK,
Tons Tow
...
access, and the district officers of the Kingbats
gugan and Labuk are ready to point out autalubber land. The above to all large areas suitable for companies and there is an almost unlimited selection of smaller blocks of 500 to 1,000 acres suitable for private satorprins, "Ab "experiment" was made on, the Tenam Borneo Co's Labau Estate in the planting of Manihot Dichotoma, but this was abandoned bafore any of the soodlings;ware planted out. The few that still remain in the numery, bads show rapid growth... Elsewhere nothing but: Para Redbar in growną
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