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Siberian Mail.

SERIOUS CHANGES UNDER TO CONSIDERATION.

FO BELIEVED FROM OVER-WORK..

and lost.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JULY 8 1010

CHANGKAT SEEDANG ESTATES.

LONDON VENTURES.

INTERESTED IN COPPER, OIL AND CINEMATOGRAFIS..

other Treaty Posts. The whole matter is a really difficult one,' and-merits the attention of our Government at Home Perhaps, however, the dabblers in Socialistic Sefence; (or is it only demagogic devalry?) who rule or misule the destinies of our Empire, may think it to pat the whole business in the hands of some ordin aryonsible and level-headed Criel Clerk of, say, the Foreign Office, and desire him to decida how fat one may go in requiring the nation to realise national responsibility and to pay for the beauty of belonging to an Empire on which the sun never of the matter great, manice, of British correspondence must pass through subsidised French or Gouin or Japanse or Russiab done to the Poi office employé by the long Post Offices, because for "pical reasons, waiting on Sundays for Siberian mails which they ruthlessly, undersell our· Postal Offices, gow, to the order of the' Portuguesa Gord statement of the company's position than in added to the equipment of the BirtaVAITO |

A rumour has gained currency which we kare bun unable to trace, but which on serious attempt at verification we find to be founded on Tact, abat His Excellency's OMUZ Vminis- tating the Government has taken à vay silve vlaw, of the

USELESS INJUSTICE

Kay or may not arrive at any hours,

The thesa upfortunate men who have to work from the time of going to early Oburch on Sunday morning to that dewy eve which in the ages of Faith was made musically vocal with the office of Complice, should now be relieved of work on the Sunday orrather only s portion of it, is a cause for gratification, for thôna of us who sen no reason why any breature should be over-worked...

THE NEW IDIA'

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OUR HONGKONG RUVĖNUE, ...)

THEVITADER DEFICIT"

surely somebody, somewhere, not altogether selfinly enganed to daily crawling to eflcial superiors, or coming to hiel when whistled for, may exhibit sufficient originality and energy to divisa a schemo which may inspire le the public a sense of shame at its wint of decent patriotism and of businesslike common squse, and which may at least accord with that first principle of business, "pay your way."

The report of the London Ventura Corpora- tion, Limited, states that the acconsts covering the period from October 23rd, 1908, the date of the registration of the company, to April 30th, 10royalew bet profit of 685,105, out of which the dlcictare recommend tde payment of a dividend of 123 per cent, ugual to of per share, free of income tax. This awidand will absorb 49,821, and will leave a balance to be carried forward to the revenuo account, subject to pay went of income tax, of £53.545.

concentration, plant has recently been

BULLION,

report

Messrs. Samuel Montagu & Co `dated London, Juneo, contains the following:

Gold, The attivals of bar gold amountad i $650,000, of which the Continent took 300,000, and only a very small amonot (6$7,500), Was required for India. The remainder expected to be sent into the Bank of England. ****

The following amounts were received by the Bank of England June 314,000 in bar gold

3175,000 in bangold. 1459,000 in bar gold,tran

73,000 in 'sovereigns from Aus 110,000 in sovereignt from Egypt.

97,000 in bar.gold.

FIRST ORDINARY MEETING, AND

The first ordinary general (or statutory) masling of the Changkat Serdang Estates, Ltd., was held at Singapore on 25th all at noon, Mr. C. Emerson presiding, Fat Man w

The Chairman, addressing the shareholders, of whom there were about filicen present, said: This, as you know, is merely a formal meet

called for the purpose of complying with the requirements of the Companies" Ordinance. The meeting had to be convened soon because ourtime would be causing out, bat yourdirectors would have been glad to be able to palipone it until they could lay before you more completo ponible at the present foncture. However, we will deal, so far af our information permits, with the more aaliens points connected with the company's position, Signal

Tascompany took over on or about February a fast, bat, unfortunately it was found imposet ble to secure the services of permanent man ager then and an acting appointment was made. Naturally, perhaps, during the interval which elapsed before the date when the present mana- yer took over, namely May 15, we ware largely making time and it was quite imponible to lay down a definite scheme of policy, because it was felt that it would be loadvisable to do so. Danng the last seven months of the period Floors and the maintenance of prices cumbar-

86,000 in bir gold,way 124,000 in bar galdada dis Withdrawals were made as paders ref

Soop in sovereignt sat aside for

Straits Reserv

COFFER MINE IN MOSWAYA and a new form of direct smelting adopte Jane ed. The production of copper com

16,000 in sovereigos lót – South manced in April, and the managat antíĉi. pates that with his present small, plant he will be able to turn out about, ae, tons of bes-

The net infux dün

during the wack amonnia to semerised copper per month. Now that the 495

280,000 which arrived from Australis on the view of the further equipment waích, will: 4th inst201. Was set aside for the ladina cur- property has been brought to this stage, and in be ascessary balors it can produca on K-largo | rancy reserve as pre-arranged. S scate, the directors contemplate forming a Sliver-Dur recent circulars have so clearly separate company to take it over in the course indicated the factors at work, which in par _al the present year, an

opinion could hardly fail to render the market:

GUNBOAT" MAGAD"

DESCRIBED IN A TECHNICAL JOURMAL The gunbons Adace, it will be remembered, was built at Glasgow and sent out in sections and put together by the Hongkong and Wham pon Dock Co, Ld. Sho was launched at Kow- loon last year, the christening ceremony being performed by Miss Roçadas, daughter of the the Governor of Macao. A description of the eessa). appears in the engineering supplement to the London and China Express which repro duced the article from Engineering. The article. teadsin ve fakult

A shallow-drought gunboat has been recent ly buils by Messi. Yarrow and Con Gen meat, for revenue service in the province of Macao, the Portuguese colony in China. A is to be diminished and we are to pay ad- excepuonally light draught was required in order that the vessel might be able to steam in 'ditional taxos to meet an

the shallowest waters in that district. Af.or much consideration the mathed af propulsion adopted was that of twin-sciens working lo usbols fitted with Yarrow's patent hinged flap, by means of which the maximum efficiency it oblained under all conditions of load. The dimensions of the bull of the Maou are as follows:-

FC. 10. Length seperemmpuis, 130 0 Beam.........spartame 20

until the permanent manager had had time to Depth many story 49

familiarise himself with the ostate and make The draught, when carrying a load of 15 teps, was stipulated not to exceed 25 is, and reports, estimates and recommendations Your with this load a speed of it atatule miles per doctors have recently interviewed the manager #PROS1 ¿CTIVE OPENING,

bour had to be obtained. Both these condi. Mr. Magili, who is giving his chiel, attention | Trquié Nabber Helgias; Limited, Rabbat bafora anything like vigour can, ba haped togia..

at present to getting the estate clean, introduc. ing some systematic method of working it. The Notifications appearing in the current issue

THE HULL

chiol points of wières jet prosent appear to be of the Governmost warešto point to the early

is divided into nice compartments by night the question of census und output. A thorough

·prospective opening ni`tua fiue to traffic. One

The forward compart, coasoe is being made, but without, of course, uver the goature of Mr. E.S. Lindsey, Chef water-tight bulkheads. Resident Engineer, invites tenders for the sightment is usd as a chain-locker; the second and aming to close exactitude, the manager thinks the number of planted trees will be found to sell food, lust, and other earabics on the third-compartments as provision and stora pavicoger plaitorms, fran stalls so the third rooms; the fourth compartment contains the to be about 7,000. As to the yield from these, bg takes a lest sanguins view that that which class passenger waiting sheds and other portions magazine toom for the forward 'gun; the of the Kowloon-Cantum Ratimay promises, ap. fith companiment is the boltar-room; the was adopted in the report on the property which sixth compartment is the engine-room; the was circulated with the prospectus. Up to the proved by the manager.

seventh contains the magazine for the

present we have been getting roughly 3,900 alter gun; had the eighth and ninth compounds a month. Mr. Magill thinks that, in partments are fisted up as store rooms. The officers cabins are placed on the main deck of the responsibilities of that notoriously over- 1. The articles offered to be vended on platforward of the bader room, and cousist of a paid and bloated department the Post Office. forms will be limited to loud, fruit, rated wardroom and a separate cabio for the com- That persons should only bave to work cleveowators, teas, cuffie, milk and olhar Caldesa mander, both fitted up in teak, and lined inside hours a day seems a pity, and wa wonder why eatables and must be of the best quality obtain- with arslite, abalt the engine room is the the anthinking crowd do got dimand an ad- able. All articles of food will be subject to the petty officers cabin, with accommodation for ditional bour or two, together with a reduction daily inspectional the a ation manter or at any tight peuty officers. Tas crew ato berthed on the battery deck, white fitted up with lockers, sime by the medical authorities, aud articles in salary as a

mens tables, hammoses, &q r consumption will be rejected and saken unfit for charge of by the station master.

of His Excellency appear to be that Post Office servants should not be more hadden down than other honest workers, and that a Sunday delivery of Ictters is surely not much more Important in Hongkong than in London,

We might say much on the subject, but· KOWLOOS-CANION WAILWAY, as it has not bees and sunced officially, and as we know only of a benevolent intention on the part of a Governor was seems to understand the difficulties under which certain "departments of Bis"Jurisdiction are toiling, WO may only say that we heartily congratulate Sir F. H. May on the stern and practical view which he takes of public duty...

INOUBUE TO THE COLONIAL EXCHEQUER.

REPORTS OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED.

We announced on Saturday that Sir Henny May had taken an origloss and todsed a bithasto

UNHEARD OF VIEW

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@cvon mails

MEANS OF RETRENCHMENT in the finances of bis plutocratic Cot ony. To-day for iostance arrived to our certain knowledge. One cos. tained only two bundred and lurty-six bag: and another something over one hundred and twenty. All ran to scores of bags, "What a disappointing thing it is," eigboi a cynic d ob

"that the maijs hëra, åre fo' lew in Server, number and do not contain mare bags to be counted by hundreds insteads of scores," When our representative desired to know the views "of a Pou-Office clerk on the matter,' be found a courteous smile on the face of abe peropiting employd'of a Government so joutṛ- ous as seriously to contemplato a small, a very small focrease in the stall. The smile was all be got, or nearly all. A nice soft day, thank God," said the Irishman, when asked how he liked the wasther which had poured rain for a week, "Nice and warm to-day'!" said the mengkong Post Office clerk. But he had no time for more, be was too busy. We wout round as hour later to ask him if he could tell us how many hours later than usual the letters nerving by the, Siberian Mail would be delivered to day; the perspiring official could only snap out To day is not a holiday for the Pos: Office, and this is no time for idle persil age." However, poczistent laquiry has established beyond doubt the fact that several of the great business firms of Hoogkong have been informed that

NO SIGNALS FROM SIDERIAN MAILE

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The successiul fenderer will be required to deposit $20 per station security for good ba Laviour and compliance with the urders of the 'failway management,

2. All Gatables must be sold at the prevail ing market rates, and every vender must carry with him an adiburied ist of prices 10 bo penadically verdied by the station master, who

from time to time sigo aua date the list., 3. Each vander must have fixed in a promin sat place on the basket, or other vessel 'im which he carries the food and fruit, a notice at follows Chinese-

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Eaquire for price lisi signed by the station

master"

and must show the current authorised price list to any no desinog to see it,

4. Vendors must not noilily call out their wares as they pass up and down the platforms, 5. Voadors will not be allowed at stations while froup times are standing at the with out special sauction of the mannger, "

6. No batarot, huts will be allowed on the castway premises,

tious were fulažed,

THE ENGINE AND BOILER SPACES, and officers' cabins are protected by bullel- proof sidel plates, the baribing plate round the battery deck, and the comming lower being made of the same material. The test of these bullet-proul steel platos was that of being fired at with a Lee-Metlord nfs at ao yards range and at an angle of ga deg. without passtra tion. Rafis slots are arranged in all the cabins, so that an all-round rifia fire can be kept up i Addion to the file of ine large guns.

As the climate ui Macao to very not, double awaings were fiued over the, boat, with side curtains reaching well into the water in order to keep the living spaces as: cool as possible. In addition to this two

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So far as we can sas some time must slapta

covered by the accounts the corporation, acl-

cow that the market bar fällen into the infe suad or introduced on the market: Tabtive condition which we then anticipated, the ing on behalf of various parties, basomo, that there is little on which to comment Irquie Rubber Syedicats, Limited, Wess Company, Limited, Nyana Rubber Company. Limited, and thes Quds Rubber Washing Company, Limited. . In addition to which the Hovetley, Ten and Rubber Esstes, Limited, has been issued by the Acquistions Syndicate, Limited, in which syndicate the corporation holds one-fifth of the capital, in all the abora mentioned matters the corporation had only a participation with various other patties.

THE LAST 18ŠUR

made prior to the accounts being made up was the General. Oil and Finance Corporation, the course of the next few months, with more.Limited, the capital of which was subscribed systematic tapping, this can be materially in several times over. Toe company is under creased and he estimates that he will shortly be excellent ausgement, and there is very little Your doubt that in due course a handsoms profit will obtaining 4,000 pounds, or acar it.

result to this corporation from the option which its hold over reserva sbares. duractors note with pleasure that, since Mr.

Thera it, more Magill took over, the expanses of tapping bave:

over, every prospect that within the next been cut dowa, although the production has remained copstant.

faw wooks the issue of at least two important Altogether it may by said that the position oil companies will be made jointly by the two corparations. The directors took for a of the company is distinctly a good one.

conticuance of activity in the Rubber Market is usually the case with old estates, there was a great deal to do when the property passed and, acting under the best technical advice, under Eu opsan management, and it is to be they have secured a throo-fifths' interest in two wall-aid-out rubber estates in Java which are regretted that it was impossible for the reasons outland to inaugurato a policy of "thorough approaching the producing stage ao pur cause-money has been ramitted, and prepara at the commencement, but rapid prograss is

tions should ba completed for floating, the being made now and the visiting agent, Mr. Roight, of Jebong estate, expresses himself estates before the and of next month. The as much better pleased with the appearance corporation has also secured a two-thirds, of the estate now than at his earlier visits, interest in negotiations for the purchase of one may be added that the area at present under of the most imponant rubber plantations in the Fedorated Malay States: £60,000 deposit bas cultivation was about 700 acres,

been placed in escrow pending examination, and if the report in favourabls the flotation wili in due course be undertaken by the corporation, The directors have availed themselves of an opportunity of participating with an important

A question was asked as to the 1,500 acres of jungle laud for which application was to have been made.

The Chairman asid this was one of the points YARROW SPRINKLERS

they had left for settlemont by the permanent worg fitted above the awning over the battery manager, Mr. Knight, the visiting agent, had stated that he did not think some of this 1,500 deck, so as to keep the upper awding wet.

ucres was too suitable for rubber, and it was These sprinklers have been laaad to be a great 7. Vendors must be properly clatbed and success in tropical climares; as the evaporation also understood. Iho xiis range bad certain of the water um the Awaing tends to keep the rights over it. Mr. Magali recommended part wcer a special numbered badge. Vendurs not

space cool below. Another special and import being taken up, and that other mora sailable wearing the proper sumper badges of their stations will aut be allowed ou platforms, aut feature in this little vessel is the adoption land a stort distance from the estate should be of the Yarrow bow rudder for sacaring good acquired. The directors had given Mr. Megill Badges will be issued in vendurs by the railway

mana: lying power when going astera. Toties hand to act in conterence with Mr. Kaight to be feltfroad to the fatice on the expiation.of.

in this matter, and they expected a full report Yudde, can be quickly lowered when required for the licensed period.

8. Toe-licence will c.mmence from the going astere, und warn going ahead on hand. shortly, oa which the application for further opening of the railway until she goth of June,der is washipped, and the ruddar lifted well land would be based,

clear of the water and turned round agains: the bow of the ship, so as to be completely out of the water. Tas device is specially needed in all shallow-draughi vossols, whether-pro« palled by scroma or by à siera-wheel) because without it these velicis, when going astero are quite unmanageable.

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BUNGALOWS FOR SALE.

The second notification isumates ibat the may be made after half past two on Sunday

Government ate propated 10 dispose of certain afternoons. The staff of the Post Office will not therefore be liable to the bitter and

bulidings erected for the accommodation of undeserved. abnya to which, they have been

officers engaged on the constraction of the Kowtoon-Camion Kailway but no logger requir subjected to the past by persons who kucw

ed for that purpose. The buildingsla quainga nothing of the working of that grievously mis represented and misunderstood department. sind enter near the south of torit

Taco óf Bacon Hill T'aonel or at Tai Po The revenue is losing, actually losing, by the

On receip: of au application for any of the -Siberian mails, Steamers and railways-are-not-

Jots un the terms hureinafter set forth ur such other terms as may be arranged, accompanied by a dept of 5.00 in respect of each lot, such lot or lots will be put up to public aUCTION;—

TERMS.

CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS

and actually expect to be paid for carrying bags and parcels of valuabio mails. The ro sponsibility for the mufety of these packages. is very heavy one, and the labourer is worthy of his hire. When you can send a letter to London via diberia in very little more than a fortnight for only four cents you feel pleased. But when you realise that this cheapussu-means ibat instead of being a revanne producer the Post Office becomes a , revenue spender and that the money which should be available for public purposes from that dapariment will bave in future to be raised by additional taxation, and a tuxation which is almost sure to fall most baavdy on the poor and needy, it is higa time to Pstand steady and take a serious view.

- LETTERS FROM MANILA."

(i.)'Tha buildings will, in every case, bo sold outright. Toe purchaser to pay into the Uploa ial 'reasury" within 5 days of the date of asla the full amount for which the lot may have

been sold,

(1) the minimum area of land to be leased in the case of any of the lots will be 3,000 aquazo feel, but, if desired and if practicable, the area may be incraised to a'maximam ol 15.00 square feet. The bsundaries to every Cave to be determined by the Director of Public

Works.

(1) Crows Real for area of 3,000 square feet, $5 per room, nad for every additional 1,000

The rent to be 'square foot Si per unoum.

care.

́have been sant in.buadles here to Hongkong | calculated to the nearest-whole dallar in each

under cover, Then they have been re-posted with a wee four cent stamp to be sent to Loa don by the Sibarizu Mai Tair is really, Abough of course, unconsciously

'CHEATING" THE PUBLIC because it is against the articles of the Past Office Convention to begin, with, and because these letters ought..., to, pay much higher rais for their, caizisge if they are not to be conveyed at a loss. Why should Hongkong, suffer this lost? In future letters from Mania to Europe via Siberia will have to pay.

{av.) Torms. of lease'5 years. {v} A night-of-way to each lot from the Dearest public road along a route to be approv- ed by the Director of Public Works will be granted.

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THE ARMAMENT.'

consists of two.57 millimetre semi-automatic Hotchkiss guns aud· four d'§;millimetre rilla. bore autemine geos, with six poitiin so that threa can be drea mutaneously on one side. "The voterl Bigoted throughout by 1bs electricity, and carries a search-light top of the Conning-tower. There is a steam capstan forward for working the machors. Both steam and hand steering gear are filled for the two judders aft. It will be soon that these rudders are placed in exactly the centre of the tunnels, so that they receive the full effect of the sɩroam of water driven als by the propellers, and arn arrangéd in such a way as not to inter- 14-16, dinghies are carried in devils, fere with the working or ine hinged flaps. Two

THE MACHINERY

With reference to the mining land, Mr. Emsison sud the manager and not yet had time to go to this, and he did not wish to make a public statement in view of the Inquiries to be conducted,

Asked as to propojed extensions of plzaliog, the Chairman said it was impossible yet to give the details of a full schoms. Tha manager nad paty had time to make rough estimates and they did, not know how long it would take to thoroughly clean up the estate. They wished, however, to get the present planted area into thoroughly good order balore undertaking extensio08. As to extensions there was no definite policy at present, but they hoped to have a policy later on, based on the advice of Mosses, Maglii and Knight,

The Chairman also intimated that the quasi tion of repayment of part of th, purchase price for incorrect barn of production, was & matter. that had not bien lost sight of

In saswer to quother shareholder, who in quired whether the company had sufficient capital to work the now land, the Chairman said there was a fairly largo rosarva, sufficient consists of two sois of tuple-expansion surface.to meet immediato devalopments, but of course the quetian of paying for the whole fatare condensing.engines supplied with steam by a

development scheme was a matter, he thought, YATKOW WALDE-tube by:lor working neder forced draught on the closed stakehold system, and for consideration some years bence.

The meeting then closed-Straits Times, suitable for bajking either wood or coul, CLIEN doors uro also listed at the side of bɔɔlar-room casing, so as to allow bi working, the boiler under oxtural drauget the main and auxili-. ary lead-pumps are "fedepandent of the pro- pelting engines, and the food-water is passed ihrough a tilter, so as to prevent grease from getting into the boiler,

The rexiol was constructed at Glasgow, un- (vi) rurchasers must make their own arder the supervive of Lieutenant Antonio rangements, with regard to outwning a supply of water any supply, that may at prescut DO laid on will not be available.

((vis) Porcbasuis must make their own se rogements for higbung, Klectric for which some of tus busgalawa uro fired up, will not be available.

MEKLIMAUS.

" DIRT CHEAP AT 105,"

Jervis d'Atnaugura, ol the Constructors' Depare mont of the Royal Portuganio Navy, and on. completion was snipped in pieces to Hongkong, and lequit underius angeerision of Lieutenant Manuel Jervis d'Amougui, coinmander of the vessel.

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THE OPIUM MONOPOLY.

'SITUATION IN INDIA.

Simis, June 13th. No official loțimation has yet reached the Government of India regarding the opiam mitaation, in Hongkong and Coins. Lord Morley is, of course, inquiring and he will no doubt put all the diplomatic wheels joto action but nothing authentic has yet transpired... fae leading opium merchants of Bombay have suggested the suspension of sales, bus Govere- modt has no invention of accepting i Tan THE CHINCHOU-AIQUN RAILWAY. suspension of sales, it is feared, will create a

ceraeria opium. NEGOTIATIONS IN RUSSIA, ···

London, June 15.

Simls, Junu sgth.

RHODESIAN FIRM

In the acquisition of a larga mining area in that connley, end an issue will eats in the early. future. A thorough examination is being made of the Harmony Ketate in the Northern Trass vani, in which the corporation bold a very valuable interess, very confidence is falt to the favourable development of the undoubted natural resources of this most extensive property now that railway communication is to ba

CINEMATOGRAPH ENTERTAINMENT. afforded. Noting the popular demand for

As long as the parity of silver remains divorced from the Ching exchange the sitas. iloa must be more or less artificial, and, although with receding prices of silver, the difference between the two is bogluulog to antrow, tha Chion exchange is not close en augh to impart confidence and vitality to our

market...

It is an effort, each day, to withstand Ika pressere of accomplating stocks; the premium of †1 og forward silver which was quoted on the 7th instant shows plainly that purchasers. must be prepared to pay for backing higher prices, if they would avoid the inconvenience. of carrying their proportion of the Incoming supplica

lo the meantime the quotations have fallen gradually to 24.9/16 for cash and act for's mor, which are 9.16 below those quoted a wank ago. The stock in Bombay including the bus still in bond to about 3,500 bars me than that on the 26th altima.. - A shipmenref £15,000 has been made from Quotations for bar silver, p. ox Std. Bink San Francisco to Hongkong. Rate 3 per cent."

3,24 11/16 Cash 244 2 1006. -

-21, 24/11/16, bir gold 14 4241 Juna

p. oz. std: 77/gd.

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6, 241

7. 24.9/16

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8, 24ł

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24 11/16 mos. French

Gold Valo 75/4—76/5

24 11/16 German Gold Coin 76/4-76/5,

24 9/16 U.S.A. Gold:

Cola 76/4-76/5;

247 nominal

Average for the wook 24.593 24.665, Messrs. Mocetta & Goldsmid report for the work ending June 10.

ory quiet

The silver markat hes symin bean very this wook and the price gradually dwindled to 241d aid 34 9/10d, quoted on the 8th intant

There has been no Eastern seiling, but fa addition to the usual amounts of acinal. Hilvar from the ameiters etc., there have been a law speculative sales made by operators who have beca induced to take an antsvourable view of the market ca account of the rather large com mitments.open for the rise. Taking

discount on cash silver of f 1. on the 7th instant. The last two days there has been a lightly firmer tendency mad. we quote 24 9/16d and 2485 with a quiet market.

The only inquiry tor Bar Gold was a limited demand for Russia, and the balance of this -week's arrivals have boon taken to the Bank

of Bogland at the statutory price.

China rates kava dot followed the decline in silver and are now almost up to London parity....... Stocks bave increased to a little ovat the corporation is developing an undertaking,000,000 and this was responsible for a of this nature, working to co-operation with the chairman of Klocuric Theatres, (1908, Limited, Four excellent side havo bend ac quired, and the fitting up of theatres therean iş Negonations are in rapidly progressing. progress with regard to eight other sites, and a further assan of capital ja teo National Electric Theatras, Limited, the company which has been privately formed in work inn business, is cons templated in the early fature. Since the data of the Dioceset 7:5, reserve shares have boon issued, adding a further sum of 16,150 to the available idaus of the corpɔtation; of which autogut £11,15 ) is an account of premium. The New York office has bann closed, as the directors did not consider that it justified the expanse optailed.

MORE CLARK 10URISIS COMING,

PLEASANT „ECOLLECTIONS OF LAST CRUISE

The receipts for the weak amount to £504,000- in Bars and Cɔin 'while the only withdrawal is 416,940 in Sovereigns for South America,

FÌRE IN HANKOW,

AWFUL TIME "AYLOAT.

The river steamsen which arrived in Shang." bai on aßib ul. brought particulars of the fire whics raged in Hunkow on Saturday morning. xays the DÃ mgħal Zimes. The fire in reported to have started on an oil jaak lying in the Han River about $ &m, which foally burning adeft, floated down diver amid the other junks, which in tre were set afire. Fas sparks started mora Janks burning, and some of these fi sating · in shoro, sot the hours on the river bank ablara Before this latter conflagration was stopped some three miles of river frontage kad basa devastated. There is reported to have been a

LARGE LOSS OF LIFE VERAN

The manager of the Imperial Hotel, Tokio the Advertiser repörts, has received word from Mr. F. C. Clark that he will ropunt his rounde the world craisa next year, bringing 1,400 of the better class of Americase to visit and ad- mire japan," Mr. Clark in the course of kia, letter adds Keverybody on 15240 fi cruises was more than delighted with their visit' manje

to Japan and everyone of them will always fo- in the confation both ashore and afloat. Soon member the warm reception and kind treaI- there was great confusion even among tha' ment they received throughout japan,”.

The following latter has also been addressed Ibrough Mr. Hayashi by members of the party. which was herb early in the year

Kobe Harbour, March 6th, 1910. My dear M&A, Kichibol Moraj

POKOHAMA ICH WÜRKS,

forèign steamers. Tas str. Kiangkwan, was badly scorched, but baving steam up, was able": to proceed to a place of safety. The str. Yohang tearu was without sidam, and only by the merest chasco did she manage to drift into safely, marrowly escaping collision with several We, the undersigned, members of the Clark man-of-war is fiating aut of the confusian,~ A Oraise Around the World, who were privileged steam lanach with nearly 200 passengers on to Visit your vary beautiful and artisue villa oz board caught afire, and many of her pai- Kioto and 10 esjay its hospitality through your songers were either burned or were drowned, worthy representativo, Mr. Hayashi, desire to Tas lanach-drifted alongside pussra, Butter}} express to you our nearliest thanks for your field and Swird's pontoon back, and set this kind courtesy, which we appreciate mostafire, the halk being completely burned out. „TWERTY CENTAVOS, PER HALY OUNCE

I fact there seems to have been an awful time higaly, Now this is not in the least usreasonable.

As we are siFADgers to you personally we Eight centavos for a postcard is not too much

until marly noon, by whics time the worst' recognits in your act appreciation of the cordial WAS DYAY. The Hankow Firy Brigade, with! either for those who use, postcards. The time

The opium sitnation in Obian is engaging friendship which exists between your nation the men-of-war's men, did yeoman service in bus come when the matter of post office char

the earnest attention of the Government of and ours, a sentiment which we most heartily checking the flamis, while all-thig, mimamI BES* ges must be settled once for mil. The four cent charge is not sufficient to pay a letter's

The Straité Tines is asked to quole the fol-

Mr. Willard Straight is in St. Petersburg dise India. The action of the Chinese authorities in reciprocata. We alsɔ recogaiza in your counity had real fire drill, and did much to prevent carriage. We in Hongkong ought to pay and

lowing letter from the Rubber World of Juas Cussing the Chincodo-Aigua milway scuome imposing a heavy tax on lading opium is caus demonstration of the kindly sentiments to further loss no doubt cheerfully will pay a fair price for

with ins Kassian authorities. He was reing serious alkim among the induential opium ward sil men which we know is a characteristic atar. Stanley Javóns ia biru remarkable faries the freight of any cargo, whether,il bi silk or

of valuations Bays that the Merlim.u sbarel coved today by too Minnier for Foreign, merchants both in Bombay and Calcutta. The of the Japanese people, pri p

Please accept our best, wishes för a long lila letters to our business correspondants or our

are worth 212, teir pace being now 73. 91, Ada, M. isvolany, according to the corros trade in at a standstift and, there has been a sweethearts at home. But it must not be forgot it is a strange thing that they should over pandent of the Daily Telegraph the difficulties heavy tall in prices which have not yet apparand for your conifased prosperity and Bap- ten that there are branch Post Officen dependent

that as the stocks are partly carried on bor

The ico-making and cold storage business! on that of Hongkong Shanghai alone sends Found Abus taal figure sa persi:eatly, high: do not appoke to to growing lots and no means eatly reached bottom. It is also not improbable pinesss.

which has been sucessfulty carried on at Yokb-str llierally thousands, tens of thousands of dollars fans and Lowlands teica about eight times have yet been found for weakening the force worth of letters by the Siberian Mail. Now if the spa price. Yet Highlands mud Low- of tun Kansian objectidu to the schemas, but rowed money, the money markets will feet the

hams for many years by mr. L. Stornsbrinkę, is Lunds have a capital filly per cent, bigger than the parties are soncayouning to find absolutely strain. If the Foreigs Office insists on a rigid maintenance of Treaty rights including an there branch post officer which are a drag on Merlimau, and in 1915 aerlimau, according to common ground for a workable agreement,

being registered in Hongkong-ns "a limited" and a nuisance to the' Post Office of this tables given by a Financiar correspondent, will

entira freedom of the wholesale trade in the Tokio, June 28th,

ability company, with a capital of Y. 130jodo, Colony, charge an increased rate for postage pass higalands and Lowlands in production

Treaty Forts the crisis may be passed without

divided into 2,090 “stares of Y.ro each. The Jiji Săímpo learns from London that any worno rosulis ihan tosses among the more on latter via the Siberian zouts, merchanis

and will be the accond largest producer- the Russian Marumatori hayo frankly declared | daring spacoisters. But it is folt that any weak. Bargains in cottos yata for export, which Only 1,100 shares are offered for 2 pablig who' soud' hundreds of, letters, by every math | Malnecas being the' first. Tas fact that the that lady are quabin 10 Coasenę to mir, Willard 'pots in coaïsting. Chinese “ogcroachments will bad báða at a standstul for some, time, wate: subscription, cothek new concern -WILIAM econdmy, will, as a matter of course, look out soibing from the savestment polat of view, is canister for Foreige, Affairs, expresied the the revenues of fadias Very large sacrifices are Osaka: Six hundred, bales of the blog and Bank Corporation and the

Merlimalt das not yet started producing is Straights proposals M. Isvolky, the Russian depress business generally and renously affect made for large quantity on Friday last in koown as the Yokohama Ice POETA CERAPIST, ÞÓST OFFICE Potestiality ie the thing. Surely Martimasis hope that Russia and the United States would already being made by ladis in Leg Tapid reduce Tatuma brand of sos, were sold for forward: Banking Corporation and se

"would be atts cheap at sbs, or 176, 10-day, 2 co-aparate sa viher antetprisce in the Far Hastion of its epiam exports without any prospect delivery in falz, Augustand September at prices whịch, may be Garman, French or Jupiunie, There are several Past Offices in Shanghai and BladeThe Russian Commission which has been of assistance from see home. Kichequer and ranging from Yist to Y:36:50. Two thousand the Gort Fork: Anyone of them may under RaTurn of visitors to the City lill Library investigating the Onacho digod tillway any, available trausler of the dwindling pro bales of the like fish, 15% were also sold, well the Briton For Once The Rositars and Museum-für-the-wank-ending-the-3rd--schimp has sassined the Government's viewed from the Jedien Ferenuse to the pocket but at what price is not publicly known. Th

N. C. D. NEDEN ZA KADAR Trader of Chian will mean,a blog to the prestige of the buyer me aid to be the Miisal Bawan not fuch Bhd Bastuess mad as not to seize July, 1910-⠀⠀

Prikol Indian" Govoransa: me the protector of the sabhoy and oibat Benk wąɛion Ballistuka auch a chance as to cause the whole of the busineis correspondance of the Far East to

409 117° C Am Australiab Syndicate is now patting down | Interests of the Indian taxpayeri, The Governe bargains as indicating a roviral-in, the noti

trial bares in, Lumut Harbour for tis, raich is ment of India is understood to have already of the export trade, a believed to exist there in the slinrial eine sa familia views Homes so the Secretary of Stais, yet (dosbifali ke

and who are therefore" obliged to consider

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