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CANION OPIUM MONOPOLY."

(10th Juna.)

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JUNE 10 1910

Opium Monopoly.

CANTON TRADE PARALYSED.

HEAVY SLUMP IN LO AL MARKET.

BRITISH MERCHANTS' PROTEST INEFFECTIVE

BANKRUPTCY COURT,

of his creditors).

·Hit Lordship-That would take two years! - Mr. Hinds-Ten years, your Lordship. Of course, debtor might be able to improve his prospects in which case he will no doubt in crease his moothly contributions

Bis Lordship-I have he jurisdiction av 1egards that. What is debtor's position?

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paid in London.}. When an act of bankrupicy | war committed, a person had no other remedy but to go to the Bankruptcy Toust. He could not very well sun. The deb ors had absconded. - Hir Lordship-1 don't think i cangrant tha Application on a more suspenslän of payment; If you like I will geist the amplication on the. ground that the other debtors absconded.

14 Hri Grist--I don't think your Lordship-will be establishing a precedent. Nine carry out of ten which coms into this Comt are brough forward on that groun),

His Lordship-I havank come across ›009 with the exception of oze..

*The application, was grauled.

ASSETS CONSIST OF CINEMATOGRAPH “

APPARATUS

Re. Wong Fung shek.

Mr. F. X. Almada said be appan ed for Mr. $1,800.91 and the stats were $5,140, consisting Cinematograph, furniture in the Salon Cla- ematograph and a debt of about $700 due from the Hongkong Government. A sum of $2,000 had also been deposited as security for the compradare.

* 9th inst," How often have wa protested against deliv

The Bankruptcy Court wat this morning, the berate repudiation of Treaty obligation? «Oaly

Chief Jusica, Sir Fiancis Piggott, prelidag, - a month ngo wa painted out as marnestly as WO

AWARDING HỒNG THÁI YALLED, could that the proclamations, issued, shortly

Re W. H. Embhriéy,” Mobi, Mavata “before by the Authorities of the two Kwang |

Mr. Hinds, who appeared on behalf of debtor, Provinces amounted to shameless tearing up

said that was a debtors pailtion. At the last of treaties and flinging the pieces in the faces

Que correspondant in Cantos informs sitting of the Bankruptcy Court, debtor was of our Government and our tradem. Nothing

be more clear than that a monopoly in the that, on the 7th iant, the oplum monopoly be questioued by the Oial Receiver regarding The monopoly as his affsire, from which appeared that his wife foreign «p.um treds, however disguiled under gan to be put in derse, unother game, is utterly barred by Treaty, and Previously reported, was granted by the Pro was his partner in the business of the "Wavet

ley" boarding-house at N1.43. Rgb nain Road. that po tax on foreign raw opium may be im-vidcial Government to Kwong Wing Yust, a

prominent firm of raw opium dealers, at whom He asked for an adjsurument in order to en posed, po malter- oder what pretente br

Leung Chin-long holder official rank, Savonable him to join debtor's wife with him and. description, her 'than the taxens hitherto specified by agreement. When attempted eight and a half dollars per ball of foreign, raw opium that had now been done. The assets amount. yekis ago in Canton an oplem monopoly war of imponed raw bolum in the two Kwang Pro- consisted of a life insurance policy and a salary Otto Kong Sing, The deb's amounted to must be paid to this firm by every purchasered to $715 and the debis to $6,400. The EBOÍS protexed- against by British merchants, hera and the Chamber of Commerce, with the result vinces. This increases the taxation at every of $150 a month, from which debiet was will: thad H.B. M. Quasil-General took up the matter cheat by Ssco.. Native dealers, who were buying to contribute $50 a month for the benzofaset of cloematograph apparatus is the Sales with the greatest energy. He was supported ing freely from this market a week ago, now by Sir Ernest Satow, who, however, had to

dare hardly buy, at all."Every purchaser of: refer the matter to the Foreign Offae, to 88.

the raw drug, no matter, from whom he pur certain what action His Majesty's Government chase it, must have a permit from the Kwong deemed it advisable to take. Sir Ernest on the Wing Yuan. "This monopoly coables that 3rd September, 1932, informed Me. C. S.Share, im to charge exactly what they please the Chairman of the Hongkong Chamber of for imported opium. Two months ago this Commerce, of his having relarred the question monope.y was to have been in force, but it has been delayed till now, The delay. to the Home Gorciamost. The Colonial Se- cretary of this Colony, then Mr. (now Sir) F. emboldened the native dealers to buy, as they H. May, wrate to the Chairman on the 2nd of believed the monopoly had been allowed to December, stating that "His Britannic Majes- drop. They bought six hundred chests from ty' Consul-General in Canton had been Hongkong during last Friday and Saturday, the 2nd and 3rd fontant, sijincreasing prices. successful in securing the final abolition of the tax as prepared oplam in the

During there last two months the price had latten by $1,000 a cheer, but last Saturday it ross Two Kwang Provinces," Now our readers will note the phrase "prepared oplum," for

10 $ 1,035, and more new orders were coming in. Without warning the monopoly was sprung on the point on which, the Chisean louist in that

the dealers and became operative from the they are not taxing the_raw imporɑ in any

7th instant. Of course, this bas completely case they are breaking Treaty, for the mono poly in illegal, but if we simply consider this demoralized, the market, and the dealers can matter of the "prepared opium tax" wo fiod

not take delivery of what they have contracted that it has been suppressed before. And not to buy." They bought at a certain price, say only, in 1993 was it suppressed, but only last $1,035. Now they are called upon to pay au year it was revived, and finally abolished" additional $300 per chost to Kwong Wing Bgain, and this was again at the castauce of Yuen for a so-called "licence to sell opium H.B. M. Coarul-Ganeral. The native Au- again to anybody, or to preparo,it." The result is simply that no foreign opium can be'import. thorities do their best to obscure the issue and to call the thing by another name. "Oa ao; ited to the two Kwang trom Hoogkong except isn't a monopoly, it is only an exclusive right at the monopolist's price, and as that i to issue ticences to buy raw opium; and it fin't ladicrous, the trade is paralysed.

The Government of Ind a sold all this opium a.tax 'on raw ‘opium, it's only payment for the

'to the dealers. There are 4,000 chests of it 10 'ilcence to buy raw opium, and the amount of tho-payment is calculated on thy, amount of

Hongkong, and counting the total bera and in prepared opium which the raw drug could beedia there are 15,000 chesis of Bengal opiumin

Mr. Hiods-Wo's the manager of a shop. The Official Receiver (Mr. Fletcher) at this: paiet loformed the Court that debtor to his sum of *32,560.in petition had mentioned respect of sume furniture which did not belong to him. It was possible that, the bfe insurance policy also did not belong to him and that il was probably, mortgaged on a grester id.lo..

His Lordship Why was that done? 'Mr. Kinds-The furnituum was Included in si bill of sale. The necessary amendment his now, been made. ・・・

Hi, Lurdship — It's quite possibla, Mr.

"Fletcher."

The Official Recalvar-ve no objection, Of course, I shall apply to the Court to rescind the Receiving Order in the event of non- rayment.

The application was granted,

AAA QUESTION OF COSTS.

Re Chan k vẫn

Mr. Steavenson said that was an appli. cation regarding costs. The bankrupt was before his death the manager of the Chion Navigation Company and as such manager cartain property belonging to the Company was vorted in his name, As the property was Messrs. Deacon, Looker and Descouapplied for letters of administration. The idow at the time was staying in the country but at the request of the solicitors appeared in the Culogy, The Official Administrator and that, as the party was so grossly insolvent, no pro- ceedings in bankruptcy should be allowed, He now asked for costs prior to the bank. rupicy.

The Official Receiver-The application should sol be granted untass substantial assets can be hown. In a small case like this the order for Costs abould be madé'on Nummary Csart scale. Mr. Almada—I have no doubt Mr. Quo Kong, Sing will agres with Mr. Fletcher on the The appl cation wai granted, costa to be ag- question of costs. read upon between the parties,

THE ONLY· ASSETS A BUNKEN SHIP, Re: the Yes Fat Company.

Mr. Hinds said that was an application to withdraw debtors' petition in bankruptcy. A dord had been entered into between the

all the creditors to~~~ whom were do really large sums of money by the mortgages of the Yee Fat Company. All the creditors were agreed that they will not sue be Company atil after six months from the raising of the ship, it was agreed that debtors should withdraw their petition. The terms of the aginement were that payment would be. made in full as soon as the abip will baye been.

The application was granted.

INVOICES WHICH DISAPPEARED, Ro. Lam Cherng.

various parizers in the Company and

raised.

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CANTON DAY BY DAY.

FATAL: ACCIDENT."

[From Our Own Correspondent.]

Canton, 28th May,

THE MINT

As an Imperial edict has been lamed adopt-" ing a new standard of coinage which will be ublform throughout the empire of China, the Canton Provincial Mint' will stop work alld- gether on the 6th instant panding the recalpt of farther instructions.from Peking

NAVAL AND MILITARY EXPENDITURE, S Yesterday morning a passenger junk on her The total amount of exaenditure incurrad trip to. Casion from the Tang Kas district by the-frovincial Govaramout of Kwangtung carried a cargo of a large quantity of fireworks. for the nwy and army during the last Chinese -At about 11 ami, when she was passing the | year was 3,300,000 taels as reported by the

Mio Fa Shan hills,, the fireworks terilad and Military Department. au explosion resulted owing to the carelessons on the part of one of the passengers who accid, entally dropped a barding cigarette butt. The passengers on board became panic-stricken and some of them threw themselves overboard to the hope of escaplug death by fire. Of those passenge' a four were drowned. Ten others were seriously injured on account of the explosion, and of the latter and expired before the junk

arrived in Canton.

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| RELIEVING · DISTRESS, AUTO Arrangements have been made by the com 'mittees of the different. Charitable fortitutions, with the co-operation of the officials, to carry out the scheme of distribution of cheap rice in Canton to supply the wants of the people. A sum of about $100,000 has now been secured from various sources and is available for the purpose, Mak Hio Piog, and Lo Fu Shas have been selected to be jointly in charge of the relief work, beneath

** THREATENED 'FLOOD. The West River has rinon considerably dur ing the last few days. The Tastaj of Shiu-Hing sent a telegram yesterday to "H.E. Viceroy aan, requesting him to warn the people In Canton and in the neighbouring districts to take precautionary steps against foods.

~COLLAPSE OF¬A WALLS

On the 25th lastant four persons wets engaged in the work of removing the debris aofs shop which was destroyed by fire a week age in Taing Yuen Street. While they were so amployed the remaining wall of the shop sud- denly collapsed, burying the coolies underneath the debris. Assistance was promptly rendered: to extricate the unforiutuste men. · Whas rou-

CHEAP DISTRIBUTION OF RICE.:.

8th lost,

Four large matskeda' are being erected in four different quarters in Canton: one in tha Southern suburb noer the bund; ons in the Western suburb; one at Wong She and one in Honam, for the purpose of the cheap dia- tribution of tice as one of the relief meituras against famine, va deput

MARKET HILD UPD Ag official report has reached Ganton that" on the 2nd instant a gang of robbers comborlog about,a hundred attacked the market-place ot Wing Ping, in Bamahol district, and ransacked. sixteen shops in all, carrying away with them mouty and valuable proposty assessed at ten thousand dollars besides kidoapping five per- 2008; 4 med and i woman. The robbers entere ed the market about 10 p.m. and did not Isave till 3 a.m. in the following morning. The local militiamen offered no realmence to the robbers, an the latter ware well equipped with arms and' ammunition.

ADMIRAL LE CHUN..

Admiral Li Chun, who received a nasty Injury" on the 6th altimo as the result of a colllilon between his bicycle and a ricksha when op his way to inteng to attend the opening commosy of the Lok Shin Hospital; is reported to be in a serious condition, his right arm having boom fracia ed. Admiral Li is now attended by two medical men.

VICEROY'S SECRETARY.

9th just Expectant Prefect Lo Chun Sang has been

coed they were found to be severely injured.appointed H. E. the Viceroy's chief secretary, Two of them are in a precarious condition and there is little hope of their recovery.

HEUNGCHOW;

The Provincial Treasurer, Chan Kwai Lin,

cbow be made a free port in order that it may successfully compete against Macao. Treasurer Chan has now submitted the matter for the Viceroy'a re-consideration.

accession to Total Shum Taog Fong, who left here for the North about two months ago.. and the post has remained vacant ever since.

YLOOD FEARED.!.

The West River has risen considerably dur

made into." Quito so. it wasn' boycotting Alock of ab asmossed vajun «f'over three million | required to be" vested in the new 'Manager, already been ordered by the Court to produce is also in favour of the proposal that Haunging the week, being about eight feet above the ‚when not ́a huuian being would sell or give ä sterling: All this stock mast remain unclear. bite of bread or a drink of water to a loyaled for a considerable period of time or if farmer in Ireland,, It was only "exclusive promptly said must be sacrificed at a great tradiog." Now this particular monopoly and tax wara to have been inluil' forcs same-time

1031. la either case the next auctions

of opium to Calcutta will be very consider ngo, but the Chinese Authorities wanted to ably affected, and the ladian revenue will make very sure of their ground this time. So suffer acutely, Not only will the Indian they threw out many fealers, among them the

revboue ho ponalized by this violation of proclamations pgainst which we proleated at Treaty, but the importers, and therefore the the time, and still protest. The Hongkong trade of. Hongkong, for it simply means she Chamber of Commerce again interested itself gravest dansage to this business. The insurance in the matter, and H. B. M. Consul-Cie.eral, companies boro will feel the difference, and unlike himself in times past, appears not to

the shipping firms will experience loss, of have done so more than by merely referring freight Linnkers too will lose. "And who will the matter to Peking, and otherwise wash- 2e the batter for it? Nobody, least of all any. ing his hands of it. We sea

now that bady lotiongkong, which would be losing the. Poking, de, H, D, M. Légation there, is

tura over of about eighty-four million dollars a powerless to prevent a breach of Treaty

your were the opium trade to cease ....ogether,

We must remind our readers that the addition- fights which has been successfully resisted. and prevented in the past, So the long, un.al tax levied by this sudden enforcement of ko wearied, patient, persistence of the Chibere haslagal monopoly has been vigorously protested word down the half-hearted adherence of the British 'representative in Peking to the sid traditiod of defence of Treaty rights. Whe *ther with or without his consent, the Board of Finance has torn up the clauses of Treaty which probit fuither taxation of imported raw opium, and has authorised the two Kwang. Provincial Authorities in Oantou to go ahead with the levy of this tax which has so oltes back declared Contrary to Treaty and success

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|Hat Lordship-The only power. I bave put-

side baskruptcy proceedings is Under what section are you making the application ? ·

Mr. Steavenson-Under Section 59. Your Lordship has discretion in the matter.

"The Official Receiver stated that debtor had

two fifa policies, which debtor failed to do. At the last sitting of the ..Bankruptcy Coon it transpired that debtor had abtained $·0,030 or $240.0 worth of gands, which he shipped to America 'and made contradictory statements as to invoices. He would take up debtor's ex amination on that point.

The Official Receiver-Where are the in- voices ?.

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Debtor-A copy of the invoices was kept by my fokk I thought they were sale but the Where are the bills of ladig?--You did not

foli went to the country.

ask me that before..

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I'm asking you now, i They wore locked up in the drawer, were I'm asking you where they were?—The se countzat had them.

His LordshipWhat discretion hava 17 Mr. Steavenson-Under Section 59. Tos Official Receiver-I'm not inclined to they not? oppose the application.

His Lordship-0b}

The Official Receiver-If the application bad bees made before it would have been granted. There is no chance of a dividend being paid.

His Lordship--Where is ha widow ! Mr. Steavenson-I don't know. Ste came down from the country to sign the petition and then went away.

His Lordship-You know her Dame ? Mr. Steavenson-I koad her naive. An order was made by the Court that "the lesters of administration should be altered in the widow's 12716.

TEN PER CENT, PER MONTHS, Po.. Gomes,

This was a debtor's petition. Deblor stated

Against by ürnish merchants, and that only last year the Chamber of Commerce of Hong. kong succeeded through the king offices of the British Consul-General in Canton in getting it suppressed. As long ago as 1902 this same illegal levy was stopped at the instapce of the Consul General, supported by H. B. M. Mia- ister in Peking. It is only now, at last, that the Chinese have succeeded in what is no loss than a repudiation of their Treaty obligations. fully resinted by Great Britain in the paperied into Chine, and for the Chinese to

This is a tax levied on raw opium in During these two months the Provincia Authorities have dad ample time to grasp the call it a "prepared opla licence will not situation and realize the weakness evod to

ulier the fact. When the native dealer wishes prostration of the protesis of Batish traders

to buy foreign opium in order to boil in intoe was a ticket-puncher on the Star Ferry which against the total abandonment of their Treaty prepared opium be must go to Kwong position be accopied for the last tesive years, His wages weld $2 a day and when not on doly to buy. rights and against the brazen repudiation Wing Yutu for a "pacanit"

he did not receive any pay. About three years- of obligations by the Government of China. For this permit he has to pay at the rate of $24

ago, be' was it for a considerable period and This collapse or apathy cannot surely be a

for every ball of raw opium be wants. Toisis constitutional discove the Legationia Fel-

calculated as follows. It is laid down that was absent on duty, thus receiving no wake log, for, as we bave reco, our Minister suce every tael weight of prepared opium must be whatever. He was obliged to borrow money ceeded in safeguarding our traders' rights and

mude to pay 30-couts for licence." To to keep himself and his family, consisting of a Interests to the past this matter, I must get this money, it is reckoned that so much wife and two children. At first be borrowed have been communicated from Downing Street, raw opium will produce so much weight of 5515 bat with interest and renewals of promis where the men responsible for our Foreige prepared opium whes boited. According tory notes, the sum now amounted to $300. policy appear to have been hypnotised by the thesclore to that reckoning, every ball of wie borrowed chief from Indian watchmon with regard to Jagar Singh, he borrowed from ADII-opiune league and the Nonconformist saw opium should produce $71. Donscience." Portaps the explagation of their

it is just as if the Government of England him $50 and handed a promissory note for $75. attitude is that it is due to less scientiac were to declare that raw colton may not be He atto borrowed two amounts of $100 each Cause. They want votes, and every vote couple, taxed, but cloth may, and that one bale of andigare promissory notes for 5:50. The rate of interest charged wasten per cent, per monik, especially that of the Nuncomformist Coa cotton being calculated to produce when

His Lordsbip Ten par cent,, per month! science. You have only to mention the word woven Bay, 100-yards of cloth, and the

The Official Receiver-It's one of those cases "oplom" io some company, and everyone in tax on cloth being one ibilling per yard,

where they fall in the hands of Indian watch stantly looks as shocked as though you bad therefore every bale of contou must pay 100 naid something improper. If a Nation boldly billings tax. And then let the Government breaks one clause of a Treaty, it will break an deny that coiton is taxed, and assert that other, and another, and will manly continue merely the clot it is made oto is taxed, and to repudiate the most solemn obligations. The therefore she consumer of cloth pays the pretext that we should humbly and with a con- tax, not the cotton importer This is what iko trita spirit allow China to tear up treaties on

situation really, amonats to. It is outrageous- the pretext that they are in the way of her

ly hard on importers, and a gross violation of glorious career of reform and binder her in the

Treaty. good work of freting har people from vice,is a nausealing kind of cast. The only thing for MONEY LOẦN ASSOCIATION CASE. mencement. The matter would take some bonest meo, whether Chinese or sympathisers with China, is strictly to adhere to the plighted word, to past agreements, and with utter since- rity to carry them out; Then we shall see, that our bwo great sacrifices and those of opr·ladian Empire have not been merely idon and futila enrichment of a wicked class of wicked-mén. To rato vast trade spierasts and encourage te pudiation of Treaty simply in order that a cor- tala section of persons in power in Chipa may become rich on bative opiam, while the workt forms of dis 'vice Bourish world than ever, will be the triumph, the reproach, the comic shame of the net result. We must empaati cally repeat what we have earnestly declared already, that the method being adapted by the Authorities in repudiating past agreemeals and obligations in self immoral and even shame less, becomes infpitely more so when bypotti tically committed in the noble name of Reform and that personal advantage and enrichment should use the plea of salvation from the cores of the opiam habit is a peculiarly repulsive form of verbal proptitacion,”

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ALBIRE AZ YOKOHAMA,

ACTION TRIED ON ITS MERITS,

men,

Tea per cent, is rather reasonable (Laughter) They usually charge more than that, The public examination was closed and debtor adjudged bankrupt.

A FICTITIOUS' NAME. *Re Lam Pak Ling.

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The Official Receiver said that the Court should rescind the petition in that matter. Mr. Heti appeared for the petitioning creditor. The proceedings were improper from the com time to go into and he asked his Lordship to fir a day to take the case. Mr. Pofter would re- present the petitioning creditor, Theoriginalap. plication was made some years ago but for some 8th.inst Before Mr. Justice Hassland, Acting Paisne The petition was presented by petitioner's bro reason or other the proceedings were dropped. Judge, in the Summary, Court this morning, ther, who alleged a fictitions Dame, the o'her there was a cocticuation of the case in which party in the meantime keeping himself in hide Cadw Cham soed a young woman named Yusting. The debts amounted to $15,000. The Sum to recover the sum of Stag, for at iostal Court at the time ordered an account to he mauts due is respect of a 55 Money Loan Asso taken between the date of the applications and ciation, of which plaintiff is a promoter and de- the date of the granting of the application icadant a mamber. It will be remembered that The account was daly paid over and it at the original hearing of the action, the defence raised a point of 1 that the plaintiff company lover any interest in the Hop Kes firm. was found that the petitioner had no was composed of more than ao members and Debtor was a wealthy man and did bustness lo therefore could not recover,

one debt, of which petitioner tried to ayold pay.. Judgment on partnership with his brother. There was only ment from the beginning. He pointed out to presentation: of any creditor rescind farmer his Lordship' that the Court might on the 18. proceedings:

the point of law was entered in favour of the plaintiff and it was then decided to try' the case on its merits, hance the present pro ceedings. Mr. E. Davidson, of Messrs. Hastings and Hastings, appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. D. V. Slearenson, of Mesus. Deacon, Looker, and Deacon, was for the defendant,

His Lordship quite agree with you, but don't see how an order cap.be rescinded what once a dividend has been paid.

The Official Receiver It's quite possible, The matter is to be heard la Chambers,"

ADSCONDING DEBTORE.

Who was the accountant? -Lam Yik. The self wast to the country, the place was seized under distrain and I never saw the invoices.

Why didn't you tell me of the invoices f-1 thought they were quite sale and that I would be able to produce them when the foåí returned from the country.

Did you employ remittances to repay da poxite P-1 was forced to do it,

So many remittances were sent you that you bad only $1,800 good debts? -There were still due over $15 000. -

Why didn't you mention it in your statement of affairs?--I did not. I expected to recover the $3,800..

You had no cash in hand?—No.. Kooning you could receive only $3,800 you obtained goods worth $10,000 or $10,000?- was expecting the other debts to turs up..

You just said that they wore had ?-Had the people not forced me to pay the deposits I would have had enough to go on with.

How I had enough.

The Official Receiver at this point informed bis Lordship that he was in possession of last year's books. The other books bad disappear. ed. A fire occurred at shop in Caspaught Road West. The fakts of the debtor ran out of,

the shop with the books and evidently got so excited that they cover returned with them again (Laughter).

IG VOL MUTINY.

Both ult

An official talographic report:received by the Viceroy from the magistrate of Teang Shing; district states that, on the 27th instant, there vicinity of the gaol, When the officials and braves" were busily eng iged in rendering arielance to extinguish the couf gration, the prisoners in the gaol availed themasives of the Opportunity and broke out in mutiny with the result that sixty ninn of the latter effected their ascapo. The gaol warder who tried to prevent the prisoners from escaping was brutally dons. to death and several aiber paity officials were 'wounded. On the following day three of the

pilioners were recaptured,,

was an outbreak of fire in the district city in the

RELINY MEASURES,

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It has been decided by the commlitees of the Charitable Institutions that the distribution of cheap rice in Canton will commence on the first day of the sia moon and be contioned until the end of the 6 h moon. To case of the first crop of rice being unsatisfactory, the relief measure will be extended another two months.. *...

LUNATIC ASYLUM..

The Viceroy ha cònggated to allow the building of the old Government Magazine al Sai Chuen to be utilised for the proposed labatic asylum,

DELIBERATIVE COUNCIL.

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normal level, and fear is entertained by the people in the neighbouring districts of Canton that floods might threaten the country.

CANTON VIGERÜY CASHIERED,

THE RECENT RIOTS,

Peking, June 6,

the Chinese New Year celebrat on H.E. Yuas Shu huo, the Viceroy of the Two Kwak, bas buen cashiered, but is allowed to retain office- N, C, D, Now!

In connection with the Canton riots during

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not necessarily endorse the eplalons expresad by Correspondents in this column,} KOWLOON BRITISH SCHOOL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "Lonskond TELEGRAFI, Dear Sir,-As a British Mator with a child at the above school I should like to state that my child was placed there about two years ago and was then, owing to varied circomitances, much farther bhiad than the average child at that age. With a little' assistanco regularly with the home lessons and the individual at- tention 'received at school I was delighted when I found at the end of the session that my child was almost on a par with the others and

the examination successfully.Andet B

"As to school hours. In the winter months when there are no compulsory holidays the school is open 5 days per week for 5 hours a day, i.. 25 hours. In the hoitast maath there

23 hours per week of 5 days. Therefore oppose we have one day off in a particular week in one of the hottest mouths there still remaio, 16 bourat schooling,

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The Canton Provincial Daliborative Coun- cil has decided that no matter whatever be the amount of the annual iontal of the Kwangtong salt monopoly, the surplus sum derived from It must all be sppropriated to make goodìo part the loss of the Provincial Goveromeni's revenue by the proposed abolitios of the gamevery bling farms throughout the whole province of Kwangtung, and that, moreover, the price of salt must be fixed at a certain rate, not to be increased at any time by the salt merchants, in order that it may not injuriously affect the peo-

́was at No. 4 and the fire broke out at No. 1.

(To debror) Where did the fire occur?-ple's paren. The Deliberative Council hat sent a telegram to Peking on the subj ct. Ons Are you aware that the people on the next of the members of the Council has suggested flor and underneath (địd not run away?-The

that a representation should be submitted to the fimes came through the back of the house on Throne requesting Imperial sanction to abolish the second floor,

all the gambling monopolies in Kwangun from the 1st day of the gth moon this year. The attention of the Daliberative Council has also -head drawn to a prop sat for building a railw`y connectio, Canton and Hangchow. At the ex- Iraordinary meeting the proposal was diseasG-: ed, but no decision was arrived at.

They did not run away?—The doors were closed and I don't know whether they took the books out of the house or not.

How did your fokis get out of the house?- Through the roof,

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What happened to the books?-They got lost in transit.

You live on the 3rd fi 101 ?—Yes..

I'm informed you can't get to the roof?—You CID.

What are these two books?-One is a cash book and the other is a Indger.

Last year's?—Yes, The entries are first made in the cash book and then entered into the lodyar?—Yes. ↑

Among Chinesa accountants ihs word chow is generally used to indicate that the entries have been copied?-1 know noibing About an accountant's boižnosu,

You know enough of Chinese business7--

Yes,

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less from the cash book? That is yo....

No entries can be made into the ledger nu.

amination was adjourned.

Funber questions having benn asked, the ex-

ILLICIT CHANDU,

ANOTHER LAROE SEIZURE.

pay

The Singapore Free Prair of gist-ult, sayı:-- Yesterday afteroong the preventive staff paid a Mr. SteAvenida stated that the defence.

surprise visit to the Glenfallsch which arrived here last week bat was in quarantine for some sought to establish a total denial on the part of the defendant that she was present on the 16th

days. After searching through the ship they of March

made an important fed in one of the air chutes received way motiny from the plaintiff. She the plaintiff's shop, or that she had

is the 'tween decks on the main deck. They had nothing to do with the plaintif and had R. Kam Sug

found hidden away there forty tins of opium, 4560 bottles of cocains, ten fabils of chando only joined the Association because she was persuaded to do so by a woman, who lived in an interim Receiving Order had already been valda being estimated at $3,000

Mr. Grist said he appeared for the petitioner, and a poued and a half of morphin, abs total brothel at Sbek-long-tani and who had since ab. made. Debtor had already suspended par The Was Bin steamers, barn of late been conded on the 28th of March, Defer dant did ment. The debis amounted to $520.27 and the apparantly favoured vabicias for smugglers, as pol know any of the members of the Association assets was stallor's shop in Queen's Roadereas in Wes Bin beat recently that the large and had nothing to do with the plaintiff, She did the value of altogether about $13,500. Thhauls were made here and in Feng,

abilities amounted to $10,000.

The ship has left Singapore but on her re The Official Rocojversaid that the assals were turis action will be taken., considerably more than the liabilities, The other debtors End absconded, it was a stick on their part to get rid of certain partsors, 206 start business on reduced capital,

hi thep was at present held by bailin

His Lordship-y Idon't think I can grant in order when the insole are mborn the fabilities. | Mr. Grist Contended that the quistIOS/AN! abouts and liabilities had no bearing on Län: CATAM pramot case. "Thug Ware innumerable cissE Where au shillings in the pound wäre nitimatai

Outhength ultimo at about 11 pan, fire broke oubin the servant quanters of a house occupied by MAR Gallo, No. 41, Nakamura. For tunately the outbreak was subduld before great damage, was caused. On Investigation Fotorer rated and a mad and Voibil Tsara siated that a burglar forced so entrande und demanded money from her, but as she refered, be set bid to the house. not know the plaintiff and the statement that result of an examination by the police authorise bad received money from the plaintiff was tles, however, it was found that she had made absolutely false. The only witnesses she could false stalegjest, fearing that the outbreak might produce were those who were present at the ba atributos 10 haza; it is stated that the real meeting. She did not know any of the mem- CATEENILILO OR brejk is due to defective electric bass and therefore it would be useless to call Suéciittis, "Chough this is decled by the witnesses to give evidence. In fact, unless Kane, some particular thing happened on that part).

viel cálar date, it could not be proved what delen *ati sayek that | dant was doing on the sóth of March.::Datano.}} nició in quel "dast was not a woman of any money and ske

thu fancy) had taky joined the Association for the purpora,

THE UNREST IN CHINA

[FURTHER TROUBLE IN KUNAN,

in{the surroundio":

the

· PROPOSED MARKET,

st inst. The Taotsi of Constabulary, Lau-Wang Tin, has submitted a memorandum to the Viceroy suggesting the building of a market inside-the|| city close to the old Governor's yamen, The Viceroy appears id be greatly in favour of the proposal.

HEUNGCHOW,'

This is not including an extra hour almost day personally given by the Head. whiciously keeps some scholars blad to thoroughly understand and duish whatever work they have been unable to get through in the re.ular time allotted to the others. The said toächer "could" with' out compunction close at the 'stipulated time, but for saveral years has been accostomed thus voluntarily so give extra attention to the pupils, and now, having been promoted to ba bead teacher only, last month, continues this energase and unišlist practice : 1 foul it my duty to contradict the statement made by British Pater" about only nine hours' teaching. in, the week - previous to his letter, Your- comment about Empire Day reflects therefore on-hja, sjatemsuf, not on the school, for that wedk sixtcon hours! work wera donó, by all, and by some-of the-scholars with the hand: teacher," twenty hours, The'sumber of hours' work, daring the summer is regulated, by the Government doctor: who will not allow European children to work for too long in this; hot weather.. Ten children begin school pt. alas o'clock and -with a short interval for A light lunch at eleven continue till one--and some of them "remalo till" äffer two o'clock) dader the personal tuition of the head teacher. I am inclined to think the hours in hot weather- -qudd long enough.... As to its being an expan- sive school this would require being goaa INLO at great length, Safica.it to say that we kris. all aware of the fees charged when wa agron to send our children there, and we do soïaTİR. As a result of a memorial submitted to the is entirely a school for foreign children and Throne by Censor Chan Hing' Kwai denounce taught exclusively by British, teachers. There Ing the Croton Viceroy, N.E. Yuan Shu Heup, as an alternative for those who consider the fozs and a number of his subordinates for the excessive. A vory good school of mixed ciasnos alleged unsatisfactory manner in which they taught by the gentlest of teachers, very much. dealt with the mutiny.of the newly-trained cheaper and quite accessible, in the Italian troops in Canton, at the beginning of this Convent in Kowloon, I think you ought. to Chinese year, an Imparial Decres, insaed on know these facts, and that you should do fastics the 3 st May, commanded that the dereliction to the Headmistress, who, has only bisa ja ki of duty on the part of Viceroy Yean and Testal charge for one mooib, but whose capable Ng Sik Wing, superintendent of the Provincial teaching and unwearied diligence have Geraed Military Department, and Admiral Li Chun's the appreciation of many parents, and of aid-de-camp be throughly invartigated by Yours italy, e

A BRITISH MATER the Ministry of War with a view to condign

Hongkong, 9th June, 1910. S pusishment belog meted out to them. The same Decree ordered that Commander

STREET NAMES—AN OMISSION. Cheung Obs Pul and Captain Leo Ya Pai be

To the Editor of the " Konoxana Telagiari, arrested and sent to the Imperial Court pl Justice to be punished. It was add in the Decree that considerable regret is felt that of public streets special care Lai, taikur

SIR-1 understand that in the

in the naming many troops, who had been traised for waverel years, were disbanded at one time on, trivial.ave been intimately connected to pretext that did not justify their dimisilife of the Colony og Det Voir Rad

The promoters of Heungchow have petition. the local officials to apply for permission to rep cargojunks between that port and Shek Ki.. THE FEBRUARY MUTINY."

2nd lasti

have ? "connected" with tha

TANG SHAO-VIK

'R;binson Road or Chater Road: ^ It is reported that H.E. Tang Shạo Vi, who thoroughfare to my knowledge has i returned to the Sonik a month ago, and is now through being pamed after. rosiding in Canton, will probably procsed to koight, Sif Hormusjes Mo!”, Feting to re-enter official life in about 's for: tions to Hongkong, de, avt: red night's time

targed upon as this time of 's Director of Pablo Works

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