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enthralled by her beauty, her glory and ber genius, France, France 1 mullered la hia favor one of those brilliant young men that the Ecole des Mines turns out every year to go teaching the world what.engineer ing realities the mathematical dreamers of WATSON & CO., Gaul cab produce. France, France he (Colonial Secretary), Hon. Mr. C.

cried, and when cold water was given him (Colonial Treasurer) Hon Mr. W. Chathars, "Merd Maman" he said, and other words (Director of huble Works), Hon, Mr. F. too dear" and secret for us to repeat We] Badeley (Captain-Superintendent of Police), look upon France with the longing eyes of a Hon. Mr. A. W. Brewin (Ragisting Genaral), lover, wo feel towards her as Cyrano de Ber- Hon. Mr. Hetry Keswick, Hon, Mr. Wel Yak; gerac did for his never to be forgotten Rox- CMG, Hoa Mr. L. Osborne, Hon. Mr. E. A ane; but every Frenchman sees his country Hewett, Hou, Mr. Murray Stewart, and Mr. C.

Clementi'(Clerk of Councils) with the eyes of a son, to him. France is a gentle eyed soft breasted mother. And we, who know and revere the women of France, As much as we love the laughing fighters and darlog sportsmen who have achieved the conquest of the air, we heartily shout to-day

• Vive la France]":

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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BUPPLY. BILL The Bill sutitled An Oʻdinanca to authorisa Oficer the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum of Three hundred and fourteen thousand five hundred and thirty-three Dollars and thirty two

Government- "that" ko kan cools, to defray the Chargek of the Year 1906,

mada funker representations: to: Passed through the second and third randings.

The second reading of the Bill entitled An waph on the subject in compliance with The minutes of the last meeting were read Ordinacce to amend the Tramway Ordinance, the request from the Hongkong Govora.

was not proceeded with.

meet The Walwupu admit that the course god confirmed, unlimi

ADJOURNMENT.

adopted by the Acting Governor-General of The Council then adjourned until Thursday, the Liang Kwang is illegal. The Chinese azet inst.

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FINANCIAL, MINUTES. The Colonial Secretary laid on the table Financial Minutes Nos. 45 to 59. It was #greed that they be referred to the Finance Committee. Jeg

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FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT

1901, w

TRAMWAYS,

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

A meeting of the Finance Committee was held immediately after the meating of Council. The repon (No. 6) of the Finance Committee the Colonial Secretary presiding. It was agreed was adopted:

that the following votes be recommended for adoption by the Council:-

· PAPERS, CA

The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excaliency the Officer Administering the Go

1908

1900

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been registe

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fered

This gives a total of 10,289 desde registered sin since the Ordinance came late operation. Ministry of Foreign Affairs has under. During the your 370 auctions of land were taken to Great Britain's representative at Pok-bald and 247'38 acres were sold. The figuras ing to telegraph to Viceroy Yuan at Canter for 199ß ward 275 auctions and 4.27" acres, to that effect,

*th The difference in area is accounted for by two It remains to be segn now whether His Ex- large lots which were sold in the neighbourhood cellency Yoan will still persist su tuoning of Castle Peak. his head against a brick walk

- A system of gravo registration came into force during the year. Quarrelı qulating to Since the naws of the Paking admission begraven have given much trouble and in many came known in Hongkong, loquiries have opce cases it was found impossible to come to any

A BUNDLE of nsparagus containing 120 beade vorment, laid on the table, the following aid of the vote, Medical Departments, B‚—@gain miisan foroplum. The maskot has bɖon gatisfactory decision. By the time that a

and weighing 1918, 601, which gained the champion cup at the Evesham Show, was sold, for £5....

A NATIVE was fined $500 at the Magistracy this morping for having a quantity of opium 10 bis possession. The drug was packed in paper parcels ready for sale. Another man was food 5100 for a similar offence,

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AT 11 pm on Thursday, owing to a leakage the electric light fittings, a small fira-broke out in the Japanese section of the Nanyang Ex- hibition. The damage done was only to the decorations and a few glasses. “

papers:-

-SUPERVISION OF MIDWIVES, A sum of four hundred and twenty dollars in Hospitals and Asylums, Personal Hmolamenter Alice Memorial Materalty Hospital, fees to Report on the Assessment for the year igr9 | lady doctor for supervision of midwives in CAIDS

of necessity.

Report on the Naw Territories,

1915,

Medical and Sanitary Reports....!

- EXECUTIVE · COUNCILİ, On the motion of the Attorney General, seconded by the Colonial Secretary, the first reading of a Bill satitled An Ordinance to relieve the Governor-in-Council of certain duties, was passed.

The Bill is substituted for Ordinance No. 29 of 1909.which was considered too extensive and was disallowed' at home. Its object is to vost in the Governor certain powers and duties 1 Dutch South East Borneo, in the Martapura which it is considered would be more advanta district which is famed for its diamonds, frestigeously exercised and performed by him alone than by the Governor-in-Council in whom they diggings have been discovered. The resulting

are now vasted, diamond fever has led to such a rash for digging: licences that their issue pow 'averages, ono thousand a month. So far the diggers have been fortunate.

TRADE and industry are in such a bad way in Tonkin and the colony is in such a back- ward state, that a petition to the French Parliament to mend malters is in circulation

for signatures. The petition prays for an Inquiry lato the present state of the colony with a view to devising means for restoring prosperity and removing grievances,

A NEW YORK despatch of July 7 says:—Granp Republic crowded with passangers took fire in A. S. WATSON & CO., the barbour here to-day and ran ashore at

LIMITED,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

Hongkong, 7th July, 1915. ̋

MARRIAGE.

On July 8, at Shanghai, Harold Balme, 1.2.C., England, L. R.C.P., second son of Paul Balms, Esq. Highbury, London, to Hilde Elizabeth, second daughter of the late T. W. Carr, Esq., Carlisle, England.

DEATH.

TORIA.

YOUNG PERIONI.

TRAINING NULLAHE.

stagunt for the past. fortnight. Even this morning Chinese dealers looked sakanca at Patua at $1,815 per chest, but this afternoon sales of both Faina and Babares have taken place at. 51,8a; and $1,790, respectively. We fears that contracts have been closed for 200

A sumy of fourteen thousand "saven hundred and thirty dollars in aid of the vote, Pabllcchosts of both klada.:: Works, Extraordinary, drainage, training nulláhr.

FISH BREEDING POND," A sum of two thousand five hundred and ninely-two dollark and eleven cents in aid of the vote. Public Works, Extraordinary, Mis. callaneous, fish breeding, pond constraction.

ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER.

A sum of five hundred and fifty-eight dollar and eighty-seven cents in aid of the vote, Judicial and Legal Departments, 0.-District Officer, personal emoluments, lecal allowance to Passed Cadet acting as assistant district

The Attorney Ganpral mɔved the first read-officer. ing of a Bill entitled An Ordinança to amend ibe Young Persons Ordinance, 1990.

POLICE.

A sum of two thousand six hundred and The Colonial Secretary seconded.

seventy-night dollars and sixty cents in aid of The Bill was road a first time, "

the vote, Police and Prison Departments, This Ordinance vests in the Court the dis-Polier, other charges, for the following two cretion of determining the age of an offender items —

under The Young Persons Ordianuco, 1909, Difficulty is frequently experienced in proving the age of an offèederi

CCPYRIGHT,

The first reading..of a Bill cutitled An Ordinance to amend the Law of Copyright,' was passed on the motion of the Attorney Brooklyn. The vessel was in a blass but General, seconded by the Colonial Secretary, succeeded in lending all her passengers and

The object of the. Bill is to amend the law of crew safely. The buzalog of the vessel. pre-copyright in this Colony. A local register is sented a startling spectacle and threatened for provided for books and dramatic pieces fiṛat a time to be one of the worst disasters of recent published in this Colony. The owner of the copyright of any book first published in this Colony as the law is at presènt has to register BAMBOOS from Indo-China are coming into under the Copyright Act 1842 of Stationers Hall demand at Nice, in France, for gardening purbafore he can enforce his rights against in poses. Bamboo supports and props have been fringers. Under this Didinance be may regia- found to be very useful. The article baxter either locally in the Oopyright Register or hitherto been imported by way of Hamburg, at Stationers Hall. The provisions of the Copy. But the Chamber of Commerce at Nice right (Musical Compositions) Acts 1881 and On July 7, 1910, at Shanghai, A. M. Wilson, favours the idea of importing fudo-China bam. 1888 which are extended to this Colony prowed! Marine Engineer, aged thirty years.

boos direct by sea route after transhipment at unjust use being made of carlier posciments Marseilles, German bandling being discontin

and give the Court a discretion as to the amount und The Chamber of Commerce at Saigon of penalties and fas to the costs to be awarded has been approached on the subject.

in proceedings for penalties for infringement. The sudden rise in wages arising from the hoary demand for labour in openlog up new rubber estates in Jara bas had a demor alising effect on the coolle clust there. It is said that, an increased wage does not put the natives to work moré. When a Javançic carpS The only adjective that John Bull could in five days what it formerly took him nine God when he wished to qualify "France" days to get, the usual result is that he knocks was a French one. He called her "belle," and remains idle for the remaining four days. This disinclination to work even when and a belle France" she is to her Baglish coalies are well paid, renders the labour ques lovers, For who have loved her more than tios in Java more difficult. The increase in wages now only begicuing will soon raise the we, and who have, long long ago, done her cost of production until it becomes burdensome more hurt? Alas, the English loved France on the smaller estates. Should the labor well that they wanted to keep her altoge-shortage once set in, the heavily capitalised

lie Jongkong Gelegraph

› HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1910,

«VIVE LA FRANCE!"

ther. But she was not a wanton. She was

CROWN, LANDS RESUMPTION.

|

Rent of stations, Becret service,

Total

.............51,178 69

1,500.00

......$1,678.63

NEW TERRITORIES.

A YEAR'S PROGRESS.

The reports of the district officers on" the Now Territories for 1gog were laid on the Le gistative Council table this afternoon, Mr. S. B. C. Ross writes on the north ein district

estate

I-ADMINISTRATION. :)

Certain changes were made during the year in the administration of the district.

Formarly the district was administered by a Police Magistrate who was also an Assistant Superintendent of Police and by an Assistant Land Officer. The Magistrats had to power to bear land cases and the Assistant: Land Officer had oo power to sit us Magiaunts. The collection of rent was supervised by the Police

Magistrate.

grave case came before the Court the feelings on both sides had become so ambie tered that all evidence gives was false, "ORD 'ars of graves can now sezicṭer themselvas and obtain a certificate to the effect that at the data of registration they were the persons untitlað to conduct the wonḥip at the grayo. It is hoped that this system of registration bill make it possible to arrive at some decialon "when" conflicting claims as to the right of worship ara made, pas

-956-PUBLIC Works, “

The section of the Castle Park-Sha Tau Kok road from Cattle Peak to Fing Shan was com pleted. The land required for the extension to Un Long was resumed and work was" menced on this section.

57,--DROPS, ETC,

bat somewhat late owing to lack of min. The The two rice crops ware good fa all districts pineapple crop to the Tenn Was district was good and pines were sold for from $4,80 10 400.picul as against $1.xo in 1908. The crop round Fan Ling was for some sexxon a complete failure.

There was a large reduction in the nam ber of railway coolies towards the end of the

year. The majority of these men came from the Kwal Shin district and In spite of the fact Is igoy the offices of Polica Magistrata, As that there were tome 3,000 on the various, tails sistant Superintendent of Police and Collectorway works no disturbance any sort took place. were amalgamated under the title of Distrier Officer but no separate deparmant was creat

PUBLIC- "RECREATION GROUNDS, A sum of four hundred and fifty dollars in aid of the vote, Public Works Recurrent, mised and the District Officer had stils 20 power cellaneous, maintenance of public recreation to hear land cases. The District Oficer was subordinate to the Captain Superintendent grounds.

of Police and the Treasurer while the Assistant Lood Officer was subordinate to the Land Officer..

PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS.

A sum of two hundred and seventy dollars in aid of the vole, Public Works Department, personal emoluments, for the following two lemez

Temporary Tracer inmem, sassoon:$210 Do., New Territories Allowance. 60

Total OEROINES S170 MERCANTILE MARINE OFFICE. ·· A sum of Nina, hundred and twenty-two Dallers (5912) in aid of the vole, Harbour Mastor's Department, B.-Marcamille Marine Office, Personal Emoluments, for the following two items!-

Clark,

Clerk, overtime allowance, 350

Tolah...$92a

BURVEYING INSTRUMENT,

The first reading of a Bill entitled An Oidia- socs to amend the Crowa” Lands Resumption Ordinance, 1999, and to make special provisionin aid of the vote, Public Works Department, A sam of four hundred and seventy dollars for the Resumption of Crown Lands of small other charges, surveying instruments. value for public purposes was passed pe the motion of the Attorney General seconded by the Colonial Secretary, C

The object of this Bill is to simplify the machipery provided" by the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance, 1930, in the case of land resumed for public purposes which is under the valus of Sçon. A power of entry before resumption given in the case of all

Ordinance and provision is made for the pay.

lands razumed, under this and the 'Principal

BUPREME COURT LIBRARY,

A sum of one thousand two hundred and ten dollars and sixty-three cants in aid of the vote, Judicial and Legal Departments, A-Supreme Court, other charges, for the following two

emplo A Librarysime manger $1,156,63||

Newspapers, e semongrass $4.00

Total, Minimum...$1,2[0,6]- INCIDENTAL EXPERSTE.

A aum_of_fony dollars in aid of the vote, Education, Department of the Director of

The general prosperity of the Territory la proved I think by the case and rapidity with which the collections are made by the fact that she old type of mud house has been practically abandoned and that a much better type of kodass is being constructed throughout the district and by the number of theatrical paren formances, unicorn and flyse dacces which, wele held during the year, th

SOUTHERN DISTRICES!) "The report on the southern district is, by Mr.

1.-REVENUE..

Early in 1903 the Assistant Land Officer was giran thu di̟le of Assistant District Officar and was mada subordinate to the District Officer and at the beginning of sero a new department | R. O. Hutchison; it states ́was created under the title of District Office, The District Officer and the Assistant District Officer have equal powers in all cases. They are both Assistant Superintendent of Folice and as such subordinate to the Captate Superinten. dont of Police. A certain continuity of policy in thus attained which was not possible under the old system.

The total revenus collected by the Assistant, Land Officer, Southern Distric, during the yet 1000 was $11,978.31 a1 compared with 8,317.07 in 1908. This does not loclide feas paid direct to the Treasury and other depart. mente, eg, for kerosene licences, spirit licences, licences under the Merchant Shipping Ordine. During the year 1919 Mr, Hallifax, the Dis. | ance, etc, and does not therefore represent the -trics Officer, acted from February is to March |roal revenue of the district. Increases are shown, | #3rd.. Tætteɖjas District Officer for the remain. der of the year. : air. Tratman acted an Assis tant District Officer from May 15th to December

*2==POLICE.

At the end of the year the force statiosed in the district consisted of & Europeans, 60 Indians and 24 Chinese. The waters of the district are patrolled by No. Launch with a

un compared with 1p08, in the amount collected, for avautund taxes in Now Kowloon and Crown Rent, the latter being dus to the transfer of the Hang Hau District from the Northern to the Senibera District The collection of rent from the Brose Quarry at Chi Lap Kok, Lantao Island, and of fees for forestry licences was transferred to this department in May, 1909, Fees for the registration of iradactions in land,

--LAND OFFICE,

crew of a Europeans, and 15 Chiseso. There have been imposed in New Kowloon since mare also 15" lodians quartered in the district || October, 1908. Na feen - are charged for tha during the year for 'railway · purposes." A Islands or the Hang Han Districts; reduction of the Egropska force was made on September 1st, by the withdrawal quthe Sar. geant from Au Tau Siston. Tais station is now

and is for purposes of disciplies under Sao Tiu,

In the Land Office 1,012 deeds warn yagistarać ed during the year. The following Table shows

a Maider, and that beatified virgin Joan of Are led warriors through arrowstorms to the at Salgon with the line to Singapore linked mest, of compensation in case of ad, absent Education, other charges, fncidantul expenses visited by (bo Ping Shao'and San, Tin Sergorate the number of deads segistered aluca 1905

will, it is thought, hav

have bad times, THE Messageries Maritimes Company intends to do away with the branch service connecting with the P. and O. mail. The idea is that the Tonkin malls should go in the P. and ́O, teamers direct to Hongkong From there,

GWELL.

PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS: The Attorney General moved the first yead

The Colonial Secretary seconded. Agreed.

KOWLOON ROAD, New De

ROWLOON WATERWORKE.

A sum of ten thousand to aid of the vote, Public Works, Extraordinary, communicatione, road extending along the north-eastera bound- they will be despatched to Tonkin ports. The Ing of a Bill entitled Ad Ordinance to amendaty of Kowloon Marine Lot 83 and Kowloon Tonkin homeward thail will then be forwarded teHongkong for despatch by the P. and O. the Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance, Inland Lot 1,178. service. By this change, the Indo-Chlua Gor. 1807. crament will save abi sut 300,000 francs a year few passengers and hardly any cargo, says an Tha M. M. Company's Totkin service carries exchange. The Chamber of Commerce at Saigon to which the matter was referred did not favour the idea, and as ed the M. M. Campany for further information. It seems that the exist ing service is of advantage to the public, though the company loses by it.

and Girls Ordianuco, 1897, by constituting the This Bill amends the Protection of Women Regisual General the legal guardiad of a girl is cases where the girl has bean parted with by the parent for the purpose of adoption or for money.

van of battle, and trampling down a melee of spears and swords, shattered her enemies rear guard, and wheeled and charged again The names of Dunois and Duguesclin, that almost superhuman fighter, Duguesclin, with Xaintrailles and other beroer of the days When France defended and saved ber hon our, leap at once. to our mind when she, pretty lady, appears on the world's stage on the 14th of July, with her cap of Liberty awry on her rebellious curls, and sweetly in vites us to remember that it is her fete day Leader of nations, paradoxical, de lightful, perfectly logical yet most absurd of all peoples. Athens not excepted, France in utterly feminine. She suffers horribly, but her offspring are the masters of the earth. Frenchmen can't colonise,"

This Ordinance has been found necessary in once growled a disgruntled Englishmen. A

We have pleasure in directing your attention view of the laying out of Crown land, the for Frenchman, it was that diplomatic model the to the continued prosperity of the Company as mation of new streets and the diversion of ex Count du Chaylard, who replied. Well, well evidenced by the increase shown in all isting stredis in various parts of the Golony "brünches of our operations. The fire premiums And England ? I think Norman Frenchmen have now, reached the record figure of and is based in a measure on the lumperial had something to do with the colonization | 43788,389, and for the ninth quinquennium in | Highways Act of 1835...

succession the b out of Folicy-holders in the pada bila LIQUORI ORDINANCE.

ROYAL INSURANCE CO.

PROSPEROUS YEAR.

Merizs Melchers and Co. Inform on that they bave received the following letter from their head-office of the Royal Insurance Co. Ltd., Liverpool-

The Attorney-General moved, the Colonial Secreinry seconded, the fint reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to provide for the stop ping up, diversios, turning, or alteration in levels of highways.

Carried, Mi

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A sum of thirty-two thousand dollars to aid of the vote, Public Works Extraordinary, Waterworks, Kowloon waterwp ko,

This was all the 'busluasa.

THE CIRCUS.

PERFORMANCE BEFORE DISTINGUISHED PATRONS.

1905

1005

19:7

1908

1909

63

1,031

Oban (sland,

The large number registered to the issue of lesses in Cheung The whole of the island was adjud to the Wong family, and it is let out so

I have set forth in Tabla 1, under the various beads, the some collected as revenus. The fotal collection at Tai Po amounted to $97,928.- 20 Bin sader to arrive at the real revenue from the district the loan collected by the water police for licences of varions descriptions under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance must be added. These fros sin paid to the Harbour Offen. Doring 1909 they amounted to $1,377. tenants on leases renewable avery 80.ihe gross rayague in cash is therefore All those lessen were zogintared in $103,300.00. : So sthing should moreover be

409 ac es of land, wore sold by credited to the district on behalf of the monopoly,

opiam and 5scues by privato trast

realised from those nator was $11415.00/1.

Doring 1909, 205 land cases, wird beard under the Land Ordiaanco, of execution ware issued and one person, was improved. 2002, 1sta BuALL DERTS COURT

were boafd Twelve cases

Last night, the Hippodrome Clicus para a delightful performance before a fairly large. audience, the outstanding feature of the occasion The annual sales of opium within the Terri being the visit to the well-known place of tory appear to mount to something like entertainment of His Excellency the Officer $57,8oo.co. Adminimering the Government and Lady Mayo difficulty was experienced to collecting and party from Government. Hense. The arrival of the diningulehed party was the revenue. The rent collection began on the annonced by the playing of the Nationalist July and the collection was completed in. Anthem, and thereafter the audience bed the pleasure of witnessing some of the two months, During the month of July alone choicest isemaynonymous with: a traval: $55,306.84 was collected." In the Sha Tin Dis ling show, It is scarcely necessary to trict the entire sum des was collected without enumerata in dotall the various tarap which tho jaane of any summons or warrant," "This is were gaps through with auch rare skills suffice.

Debts Court Ordinance of 1005 and a distra warrants were issued.

The new ford from Kowloon Cit

of that fertile country 1. And of course onafe Dapartment has been maintained at the A Bill entitied "An Ordinance to `Sanker to say that such items as the slack-wire act the first time that anything of, the sort has | pf.8hi

could only laugh and admit the perfect truth of his giba. France has eatoed her right to be called France, and not a Republic, or an Empire, or a Monarchy. Whether she wear "Heur de lys" embroidered on her skirt

whether she declares that the tricolor" And wooden shoes are good enough for her durs touch anything over which that wears the latter, or denly declares that she must to husband and that engin

ease, the six-horam enties by mixed equestrians Zarried out with the acme of natural grace and happened.

rate of 301, por centum per annum amend the Liquors Ordinance, 1900, was read

The total fonds of the Company now amount to 416 630,252, thus afferding Absoluts security first time on the motion of the Attorney Gen- the remarkable performances of the Oriols Rod The following Table shee for the guamates of our engagemenfa.

oral seconded by the Colonial Secretary, the Russian strong man Karl Kramer,the,

This Bill affects amendment in the Liquors high-class gymnasile display of the 3 ynom Cheer haard by the Police Mis

troppa of acrobats and last, but not least, the Onficance, iços, so as to give a similar rebate screamingly Tasay antics of the clowns wil all In the case of the Royal Naval Hospital and bear jepetition) :: Intender patrons, may yard as is granted to the Military Maries of the the Enginetes". Moss in His Majesty's Dock" Asinted of 's pleasant aranings

To-sight #m

TYPHOON WARNING,

from the Manila Observatory at the American The inlegram quoted below was received Consulate General to-day 1-mg/

Low-pressure area extending from the China [Sea to the Pacifio, across northern Luzon and the Baristany Chiapel. A real syphock may

Colouyer MaiCO

THEATRES AND

#Tha AttorasY!

Fines imposed

Parsons