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SHELL TRANSPORTS,

DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

Messrs. E. S. Kadoorie & Co. courteously. Inform us that the Shall Trosport and Trading Co., Ld., have declared a dividend of 20. 6d. par abars for 1989 and is, on account 1910.

ARRIVAL OF JAPANESE CRUISERS.

*A RELATED GUARD OF JIONOUR, This morning, the Japanese cruisers Ass and Styr Arrived in Hongkong from the South and

siluted the port. In the afternoon, Rear Admiral Jichi, commanding the Japanese Training Squadron, paid an official vitit to Goverment House, where he was received by H.E. the Officer Administering the Govern meni Bir Heary May, K.G.M.G. The Admiral wax accompanied by Captain Suzuki, com-

mauding the Boys, and Flag-Lieutenant Shimomura

Aathe Naval purly stepped on shore at three o'clock the customary saluto was fixed, but 'some hitch of other appears to have occurred

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY JUNE 7 1910.

118 COLONIAL CEMETERY.

INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE AT, THE

MERTINO-OF-THE SANITARY BOARD,

The following correspondence was laid on the table at the meating of the Sanitary Board

this afternoon.

The SuccayThe report of the Select Committee dated ar/17/ng did not Indicate clearly the separate portions of the Colonial Cemetery and aside for the Naval and Military Commissioned Officers and the Civil Servant (Sec, a of the report dited 20/12/09) The matter was therefore refered back to me and by me to the Committee. On the 26th lost, the

Committee visited the Cemetery and agreed upon the sections indicated on the attached map as the best divisions under paragraph a of the original report. It will be seen that the portion reserved for the burial of Navel ad Military Commissioned Officers and Civil Servants is divided into two portions, ons of which is partly filed and the other not yet occupied. The Committee is of opinion that the portion already partly oc cupied should be reserved as Irmerly for Naval and Military Commissioned Officers

RUBBER

The following extracts are taken from the London and China Expres of May 13 (—) *^ "The market' for Para has been doll, and business is difficult in the absence of sellere Fine Hard on the spot is quoted ros, sid, valdo May-Jose delivery sold at 101, 51 1. to 101, 74, and buyers. June July at 10s, 7d. to 10, closing 103.9d, value, and July-August at vor. 7d to to od. Soft Fize, May-Juna tor. Sid, value, Jane-July sold at sos. 48, closing 101,6d; value. The receipts of Pals this month are 293 tont. Plantation is quoted at about tos.gd. to 111, 5d. for good average sheet.

Mesars. George White and Co. report on May 6:-The total receipts at Paid for last month were 3520 ton. During the whole month of April last year the total was 2,340 tops, and 3.310 tons in 1908. The following are the crop figures-Receipts at Paid, July 1, 1909, 10 and April, 1910, 35,780 lons ditto July 1, 1908, to cad April, 1939, 34,180 tone,

"A Belgian correspondent, writes: - In your number of March 29 last you mention that the Kuala Lumper Flanters' Association resolved to get the London brokers to send à ton of ench kind of rubber to the Exhibition. The

INTHE STATISTICAL FOBITION, Mesure, Gow, Wilson and Stanton porti The rubber statistics published on May 1 show the visible supply for the past three years, |as under ££

tons"

1950 1909 51745 1905...2,375 decrease for temo of 1,715 tons as compared shortness is in American fizures, which show with 1909. Another ramaikable, Instanca) of the stock of Cauchs and Fara together as only 90 tour, against a total of 975 tons for the corres ponding period last year. The landings in England from June 30, 19:9, to April 30, 1910, amount to 14,520 tons and deliveries 14,05e tons, whilst American figures show deliveries 1700 tons against landlogs of only 16,600 to, and the Continent has delivered 2,540 tons glost an import of the same amount. Such gures as the foregoing clearly show the de and for rubber is unabated, and the nervous- apparent last week would never have come about if people had only takes the trouble to study the position of the raw article more carefully, b

THE SHARE MARKET. have just experienced, and the approaching Owing to the national shock which wa holiday season, business in the Rubber Share

To-day's Advertisements.

INDO CHINA:STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.

FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG and SINGAPORE,

"HE Company's Steamship,

T

"FOOKSANG":

having arrived from the shore Ports, Consignees of Cargo by her are hereby informed that their Gands will be delivered from alongside.

Cargo, Impeding the discharge or remaining on board after 4 PM, the Bib lost, will be landed at Consignee's risk and expense.

No Fire Insurance will be effected. - * Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

JARDINË, MATHESON & Co., LD, ve General Managaru. Hongkong, 7th June, 1910

| INVER·" LINE OF STEAMERS "LIMITED,'*'

[436

FOR NEW YORK VIA SUEZ CANAL.

Steamship

THE

INVERULYDOR.

with regard to the time of landing, for the add Civil Servants jointly but that the western Show was opened last week by the King at the arkat is distinctly quiet, and it is, anticipated Captain Alexander, will be despatched as guard of honour and band of the Doffs did not parties should be allotted as follows:-Section#ame tima as the vew Dolonial Museum, Both that for a week or so transactious will be can.

arrive at Blake Pier until a quarter of an hour later, by which time the gallant Admiral and bis escort bad made their way to Government Hours in private chair. The guard waited at the Pier until the officer in command had been Informed by his Excellency's A. D. C, of the distinguished guest's departure, a.

The Aeo and Soya will remain in Hongkong until Saturday Dext.

WAIER RETURN,

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

CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER WORKS LEVEL.

1909..

19:0 54′3′′ below) 84° 9′′ below overflow Joverflow

Tytam... Tylambyc 24" 3" below

wash overdow

27' 9", below overflow.

34′ 1" below overflow

Tytam in. 20 (58′′ below) termediate Loverflow Pokfulum

f." 71" below 36' 9" below

overflow Joverflow Wong-nai. [, 24′ 5′′ balow) 43′ 31′′ below

chung... Loveiflow J overflow

STORAGE CALlong.

Tylan

1909. 73,910,000

Tytam byewash... 916,000

Tytaniidtermediate 99,017,000 Pokfulam

21,375,000

་

1910. 11,010,000 54,000 50,983,000 1,880,000 230,000 Total....... 203,767,000 74,193,000 Consumption of water in the City and Bill District during the month of May.

Wong-nai-chung 6,979,000

..

1903,

19:0.

"Consumption 118,870,000 121,426,000 gallons

Estimated)

ed] 208,560. 110,350 population Consumption)

per head per 18.3

18.6 gallons

Intermittent supply by Rider males in Ridar main districts during May in both years.

KOWLOON WATER WORKS

Kowloon) Gravitation Rofervoir

Kowloon Gra-

LEVEL

1969.

1910. 33' below) 17' 6" below Overlan Joverflow

STORAGE GALLONS.

19:0,

"

ara at Teraperen, close to Brussels.' I had a

to the Military; Bio the Navy; and C to the Civil Reivania (13 to be smaller than Aamples of F.M.S, Rubber. The day after my look at the show, and actually saw lots of or C as the requirements of the Navy are less visit I happened to look at a copy of the "New owing to the bon-residence of these forces in York Herald," Paris edition, and was oot the Colony during a large part of the year),

little astonished to fod a telegram from Singe ED. C. WOLFN,

pore announcing that the Malay planters were President and Chairman of Com, going to send 2 tons of rubber to the Show 1

mittee,

The importance of the rubber industry is A. SHELTON HOOPER.

indicated by the fact that, at the forthcoming LIEUT-COL. J. FAYRER,

International Congress of Tropical Agriculture and Colonial Develpmant, to be held in Brussels from May 20 to 23, several of the papers that will be read and discussed bave reference to this subjact, Thus Mr. J. B.

of tapping Castillon, (3), cover plants as a Carruthers will discourse on: (t), new methods

substitute for wooding. in rubber, cocoa, sad other cultivations) and P. Carmody will trost of the preparation of inbber, 20

27: 5, 10,

Acting P. M. O..

The following, is the report of the Select Committee appointed to select suitable sites for the special sections of the Colonial Cemetery to be fald out under bya-law 11-

1. Naval and Military Commissioned or

ficers,

. 2. Civil Servants.

A patent has recently been granted to a

above an 25th June,

Intimations.

THE

DAIRY FARM Uo.,

LIMITED.

Choice Australian

BEEF, LAMB, MUTTON,

and RABBITS.

The "ABAHI" Brewery la altuated nang

'the "BUITA SPRINOS.” These Celebrated waters are'n19d-lu thì mannfactura

our bears.

For Freight apply to'

· JARDINE, MATHESON & CO, LTD,

Agents, Heorkmi, 6th Junk, 1giả

1437

PUBLIC AUCTION.

develop weakness in face of the great shock siderably reduced. Any fear that shares would

was dispelled, for the under-tons bas been fairly good, while some slacks, notably Linggle, London Asiatics, and Pataliage, have been quite good. Some handsome dividends are now being deducted from pricas, and this THE Undersigned have received instructions will make quotations look decidedly attrac is. A feature in the carry-over" was that in more than one direction it revealed the existence of "bar" posļļions, This was notably the case in Linggi, where

small cootango ultimately, gave way to a backwardation of 6d. par abare. Perhaps none are more surprised at the buoyancy of the market than deniers, who, nevertheless, look upon the recent squabbin between rabber marchants and brokers with something akin to thankfulness, as having donn much more to clear the market of weak speculativs holders

3. Residents of more than 20 years' standing. Belgian chemistförthemanufacture of an artif. than any acilop; which they themselves could"

4. Residents of more than 7 years' sinoding. '5. Children, 6. Destitules. We visited the Colonial Cemetery on (be 4th instant and are of opinion that the sites indicated in each case on the attached map

Are the most sailable, and recommend that they be adapted and marked out on the final plan of the Cemetery required under bye. Jaw it,

*

3. As regards and "we are of.opinion that, as far as possible, this section abould be sub-divided in future and separate portions allotted to Naval Offices only, Military Officers only and to Civil Servants only.

3. With reference to 3, there appears to be a great deal of sock in the portion at prescot unoccupied. Should an extension on this account be necessary, we recommend that the two picue slabs on the portion of ground im- mediately below the terrace and indicated in red on the map be removed and the spice sliotted as part of the 20-year residents section.

44 and require no comment,

5. 6. The pation of land which it is suggest od to clear and terrace will suit very well, if necessary the old destitute section might be made availible after exhuming the present re- mains and re-burying them in one portion of

the terrace.

6. We further recommend that in order to meke more spice available for intermen's stone

cial or synthetic rubber having similar physical propertiesto Pará rubber. The main feature of the invention consists in the fermentation of peat or turf under such conditions that it is convert- od la part into a Listinous hydrocarbon mas having the chemical formula (05 H 6) 4. After passing through certain processes a substance is found floating up in the surface of the liquid, which is the artificial rubber. Whether the new product can be produced cheaply enough to compete with the natural product is open to doubt, but the process is certainly ingeni: us,

19

to sell-by, PUBLIC-AUCTION,. „FOR ACCOUNT" OF THE CONCERNED,

022

SATURDAY,

the fith June, 19toj sk 11 A.M., at their Salas Rooms, No. &. Das Vasux Road, pu corner of Ice House Strest, * Cases of ASSORTED MANILA CIGARS,

(in Good Order and Condition). TERMS ÁS usual.

HUGHES &

Auctioneers. Hongkong. 7th June, 1010,

COMMERCIAL.

Purity guaranteed. Nota Price List *----

"ASAHI" & "SAPPORO "

per case I don, QELI

$12.00

per ca é do pus

$19.60.

*To be obtained at all Retallers.

NOTICE..

NOTICE is bereby given that the Firm of.

some

time carrying on business as Pablic Account 4a8 anta at 5. Queen's Road Central, Victoria, Im

the Colony of Hongkong, and alsawkuru, is this" day dissolved by mutual content.

have taken. The tug-of-war betweep bears of the most activa za shares (who are said to be

Jaun. 7th, nour, under the thumb of certain jobbers in the

The following quotations, for rubber'sbares, American and other markets) and influential by wire, are supplied by Messrs. B. S. Kadoodle people in the Lans" is not falsked with yet;|& Oo. :-

gossip gnes for anything; but the bears are already lamed, and may be soosible enough to recognize that any further game in 20 element which is not theirs may leave them budly crippled,

THE MACAU FRONTIER

-DIFFICULTY.

"

TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE HAGUR TRIBUNAL.

Owing to the irreconcilable differences of opinion between the Chinese and the Fortu. güese authorities respecting the Macao Frontier, thority that the question will shortly be sub the Shanghai Timer understands on good at. mitted to the Hague Tribunal for arbitration. Preparations, to this and are now being made

THE PRICE CF RUBBER. Those shareholders in rubber-producin complies whoshikiew of what has recently, happened, may felf at all nervous 'regarding the price of rubber in the near future, might find some consolation if they delved a little below the surface and compared present prices with price of fine hard Path for the whole of fast sboa röling for the whole of 1909. The average year was 64. 91. per lb., light crepe jealising about ad, per ib. more throughout the period. For the first four months fine bard Parkin Peking and the Chinese. Minister to the is 91. id. par lb, while the average of light Netherlands will shortly be instructed. crops is 411, higher. We have purposely refrained form taking as a basis of comparison the high values secured for smoked sheet and other specialities, Park and light crepe both, being standard articles. It will be seen, there

A verdict was given on 6th uft. for the pe fore, that Para would have to drop to about gtitioner in the divorce sait in which Major Hops 3d. par lb. for iba vext eight months, fór

D

# MAJOR'S DIVORCE.

£1,500 DAMAGES.

| slabs in various parlions of the cemetery the plantation, companies only to maintain / Biddulph, R.F.A., asked for the dissolation of

which sie noi aver graves but which are not in the spice set spart for monuments be moved to the edge and under the oeatest adjoining bank

the dividends paid for 1909, without taking misconduct by his wife and the co-raspondent, his marriage on the ground of the alleged into account the increase in crops, which, Mr. Guy Estrange Ewen, a King's Mes vitation Re- 95,100,0:0 137,300,000 gallons and there replaced in position. The spaces according to "the monthly cabled return senger, sgainst whom damages were claim-"

servole

Consumption of water in Kowloon during the

♫

1909)

igra,

month of May- Consumption 13,816,000 38,645,000 gallons 87,750

Estimated

population J Consumption)

per head per dayanan,

91,500

8.7 9.9 gallons

The Government Analyst reports that the

water is of excellent quality.

W. CHATHAM,

Water Authority

MORE RED KÜBBER,

A STORY OF THE AMAZON VALLEY.

London, May 31.. Comapoodecco that has passed between the Aborigines Protection Society and Sir Edward. Gray, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has been published,

On May 11 the Society wrote that nothing that had accurred in the Congo equalled in horror some acte that were alleged to have been perpetrated in connection with the enforced collection of rubber, by a British syndicate in the valleys of the Putumayo and the Amazon. The evidence, it is stated, is too raveling to be published.

On May 19 Sir Edward Grey replied that the question was engaging the serious attention of the Government, and that he was communi- cating with the United States regarding the conru to be punued.----N. C. D. Nani,

There is also a town named Patumayo at the head of the river of the same name, which is a tributary of the Amaron-ED."

Events Coming.

1746) Thursday, 9th June.

Auction sale, con take Cost, Hugh and Hough'a godowns, To

Saturday:

Juno,

Hin Beamen's Institute Opening ceremony,

ferments.

the ground of her husband's alleged cruelty. ed. The wife sought a judicial separation on

tancia, a material drop in prices is very are highly encouraging. In the circum improbable, as the large Para recalpis are now

Mr. Justice Bargrave Donne this morning, over, and the receipts for the next few months6n alt., continued his summing-op. "To ually got more than sufficient to meet current & quitements,

OUTPUT.OF RUBBER.

thus et free will then become available for it 7. In conclusion, we are strongly of opinion that numerous terraces in the eastern portion of the Cemp'ery could at small expense be

In his concluding remarks, the jutge, ex...... made available for future "interments in-fleu of

pressed regret at the altitude of the co-respon- the expensive hillside terraces with retaining The rpd advance in rubber prices is bay. dent. The latter, when asked if he would have walls, if a judicious process of exhumations were ing a serious effect on many industries, and paid his visit to the petitioner's house had be, undertaken. In many of them there are only in none more than the electrical indus, known the petitioner was jealous „ked was very few monuments. There could all be patry, in which so much rabber is employed absent from home, replied that he would... together in na portion of the terrace as alg in the making of cables and other apparatus. "I don't know," added the judge, “where any remains which cannot be identified (each

society is going to be when a hasband objects to separate receptacles). Sultable slabs with

to a man's presence while he is at home, and the bead stoce nr mbers on them could indicate

that man, khowing the husband is jealous, goer the places of reintermeșt

dewa and stays at bis house in his absence.' I cannot use words too strong against Mr. Ewen. for that

in an interview with the editor of the "Elec'ví. cal Field representative of the "Morsing Post" was informed that there was no likeli hood at all of a decilue in rubber pricès, not withstanding, slight fluctuations. The boom may be regarded as genuine.” he said," "Iman much as the quantity, of rubber in the market. At the same time it did not prove bis gulli, „is far below the supply demanded by manufac- | only his indifference and callousness to public The Director of Public Works minted-tares and others. We are now approaching(peling and to his friend's feelings.

20.13.09.

(E. D. C.. WOLFE, 84. W. G. A BEDFORD,

LA. SHELTON HOOPER,

Presume that interments would be confined to the area already partly filed until it has been all occupied. To avoid confusion in future, I have allered the word "southern" in the report to "western" The pints are practically due east and west of each other and confusion might arise hereafter as to the position of the plots referred to if the word "ontbera" be ured.

ROYAL HONGRÓNG GOLF CLUB.

The Capiala's Cup was played for, at the Happy Valley from the 4th to the 6th inst. with the following results —

CAPTAIN'S COr,

?J, G. 5. Gausden 95877

John Johnstone. 85 Captain Spirerenima 92 M. A. Marrayonu - 91 +5 86 S. B. Dutton......... 133 18 115

· POQL

†M. A. Murray 85 5408 A. W. W. Walkinshaw 79, 1c. 79 R. O. Hatchison J. Hooper

Winn Wan

do we find ? That up to the point for which between the respondent and the co-respondent, the end of the Pasá rubber year, and what The jury foned there had been misconduct

statistics are available Pard receipts how that the petitioner has not beco gulity of cruelty an increase of less than 1,800 tons on those and assessed the damages at £1,500.0

0,

Anglo-Javas '.............meni.Tlx, tổ Anglo-Malays....in

...25/9 Balgownies" kosinü.St Batu Tigas............ Bertanss

Bukit Kajunge.

:8/6

12/6 prem.

...105/

Bukit Rajabsservatoripener". Carey Uniteds... Castlefields

Changkat Serdanga. ......................... $18. Cheras Anas Mecha

....................$16 Damansara iyozniacziornozómarans $55/ Easter Internationali......30/- prem, Fed. Selangors in Glenealys minimis.Sy sellors Glenshiels va m

$35

Golcondas'.......................mit20|-· Golden Hope....men Highlands and Lowlands.......125/- Indragilisopus Inch Kenneth........................................ Jequies Jongiandors........

Kampning 2/4 prem. Kuala Lumpors

- Lanadrons (sally paid) ..................či

Landrons (ppd.). ..........................................

Ledburys... 209 .80/- 5719 London Asiatico..........................

* London Ventures

Merlimaus.

Pajams,..............................$18 sellers Pegobs..................$50 sellar Rubber Trusts:50/” prem

Sandycrofts............................................................539.

Seafields..................................... Sekong. ............................................30/ prem. Shelfords .......................................................................67/6′′ - Singapore & Johores.com 529 Sumatra Paras in socios12/9 Sangel Choks..............10. Sungai Kaparsimonies.18f- Tandlongsi Tangkakor namená25/· pram, Toċrangia.....................7/6 prem nom.

United Serdangs ...............quel20' United Singaporear surator.53 sellers United Sumairali

9/9 „United:Langkata mung anoinde

Pars Rubber...

mann9/2 per 1b,

Mr. H PEROY SMITH will continue to carry on Business at the above samad práv miansand. Mr. J. EL SETH at No. 4, Ics' House Streat.

Dited 31st, May, 1910,

Wilnest-

+

- H. FEROY SMITH.

J. HENNESSEY SETH.

C. E, H. BEAVIS,

Solicitor, Hongkong.

Hongkong, and June, 1910,

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SHOW ROOM AND STORE

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MR

NOTICE

R. LI HON FAN, à Chinese graduata versed in literature, has been a tischer to European officials and merchants in this Colony for over ten yakın.

He has a good method of training “Euro- peans to pass to the Chinese examination, and [is_possessed__ofɛa_fra; rate cortiścata 'ne a

Ubinesa texcher. He has also a good klaw»' fedge of Mandarin.

Those who intend fearning the Chinese language are requested to write came of Honghong Telegraphs office or direct to 39, Hollywood Road, and floor.

Hongkong, sed January; 1ęta,

HIN

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THE DEATH OF KING BDWARD, CLARETS.

of a year ago and of 3,500 tons of two years A decres nisi with costs, and the custody of The English deliveries are"greater | the children was granted, the damages to be by about yo tous only, but the Američan paid into count within fourteen days, deliveries by as much as 1,300 toas. As a The jury warn exempted for a period of five, matter of fact, this constry is by no means year. rubber-bost 70,000 tons is all-which it getting the proportion of the world's supply of

would seem to be entitled to by reason of the important position it bolds among manufac

EMPEROR OF CHINA'S CONDOLENCES, taxing nations. The United States took 60

The Emperor of China addressed the fol. per cant of the whole production fast lowing telegram to King George. The message year, and of the quantity imported in Was forwarded by the Obiners Minister to Sit to Great Britain about 35,000 tons Edward Gropa HIS AR more than one-half was re-exported to · It is with emotions of profound 'grief and other countries where higher pilcas warn ob- great distress, that I have received the and tainable, or

Plantation rubber is now intelligence from 1. Obing-long, our Minister getting a look-le, but although plantation rub- at your Majesty's Court, that; it has plaased

ber doubled its production list year a loop In- Heaven to summon His Majesty King Edward

terval of time necessarily must elapse before It. VI can rise to such a quantity as to hars a serious effect on the waild's supply, and consequently radace prices 1, have untimate

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