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Canton Opium Tax.

A CALCUTTA CONTEMPORARY'S

VIEW.

""' TELEGRAP!Ï" WRITE'S "STRONGLY `BUT NOT UNJUSTLY."

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY JULY 30 raro

MOBBIBS IN HONGKONG.

THIK RISK AND, FALL” (Special to the "Honghong Telegraph.""}

RUBBAR SHARES AS IN- PESIMANTS.

▲ BIGGER BOOM AHEAD.

PROSPECTS,

'SECOND' ARTICLE:

CHINA COASTING TYPES,

THE SKIPPER ASHORE,

(Special to the Hongkong: Telegraph "y ***If there is ons leteresting more than another who runs on the China Coast, he will undanbi edly be found in the personality of the skipper ashore. He is a man who wins the affection of all shoramen, for he comes to the port with all the yarns of the c'eran to which he belongs Sometimes the icfamation which ha bears is not generally informing, but at the same time when he harbours his vessel safely in part after passing through a simcuous time in, for instance, the Straits and Narrow Seas between her and Shanghai and bloge ti vessel in with her funnel sacmisled with sos-salt, we feel towards with such

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STRANDING OR THE "MONGOLIA.”

TEA SHIPPERS" ANXIETY.

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The Pacific Mail staamar-díongolia wa Aground off Selkes on Friday ((gik Instant), whilst on her way from Shimidra to Yoku- ama, reports the Japan Chronicle. It appears that the steamer with a cargo of 7,875 Bozes of tea on board, lah Shimizu at about 3 P ́and as she was proceeding off Suikanji zaur Okiten, aba map eground on a shot. All efforts to move the vessel being fruitless, says the cop- respondent of a Japanese paper, a requer, was which was in port at Shimidat, so render **- made to the commander of the warship Fakea sistance, but the request was refused on the

to help unless application were made in the Naval Office and parmisilon" racaived: #AN olker afort was made to reflost the vassal high tide, but ngela ended to failure. Somes anxiety was felt by those ou board as the reg

log exceptional returns. On the Kamuning estats 1 hear that some of the oldest trees KJO yielding to lbs of latex per annum, and soma of the 32-year-old Havna troan on another mi- poriant estate (whose praises my inadors are tried of heating sung) hava given 59, 60 und da There was a time when it was said that the A DISCRIMINATING REVIEW OF POSITION AND lbs. These are astounding figures, and must European comer to Hongkong had no kind Pof relaxation except that sort which can be

"give confidence to gepolás lávestors who hare supported tble Industry in search of high-yield found in the frequentation of hotel bars and In visits of discovery into realms where the

log securities possessing immanes stability Wa heave heard surprisingly little of late 'cocktail abounds. That time, however, must

cimbined with great development passibilities” Having shown that the Linggi Comra ye above quotation accords with what I hear, about the operation of the "oplum monopoly surely have passed away completely, far nowa could pay a dividend of 373 per cent, mest sur and i think at the general meetings of the old at Canton and its effects do the ludian to days we find that neatly every man in the Coit subber from now onwards in igro fell below er companies next year some startling coufirm Yennar. Hongkong papers just to band help a lony has Imported with him some hobby, in the

as a pound, I now propose to examine the tory evidence will be forthcoming," I am, so understand the true inwards of Chinese pursuit of which he passes away his spare time merits of Linggi and other companies with therefore, of opinion that Rubber shares are policy, writes the Indian Daily News (Calcutta) and renders life less miserable than it was rubber selling at the scarcely conceivable price still lovestment counters, and splendid coun landing article on the goth ult. This oplum before whes, be bad nothing to occupy his of is ód a sound gross. For the purpose of ters at that; and I, moreover, belave when monopoly is an old story. China has repeated-after-office thoughts" and did not know how this examination i am going to reiterate a their Investment days are done, they will mill ly in the past claimed the right to faim the

to kill time except by gnawing his thumb-anila

statement of mine which has been very ad- ba the playthings of the future Stock Market

· opium revenue. This has been soughỉ to be | and going out of doors to look for company versely criticised -vamely, that a yield of over on acconut of their speculative merit slone; sa i bim ́as a brother and greet him as on. It „ground that it was impossible for the' wabakly] done by granting a monipɔly to some person, wherewith to imbiba strong liquors. generally a larger denter is loreign opium, whe

expected from healthy trees planted in good the present but to buy on every reaction, as I Iba partida per sonum may be reasonably that the genuine holder has nothing to do for is permitted to levy a certaĵo duty per ball of foreign raw oplum, about seven dellars. The

soil when over 10 years old. I emphatically have from time to timin said befors. Yes, if that we in the course of this article propose to effect of this tax is to raise the price of opium

us contradiction by any competent authority, bay some made this statement before, and I challenged Malaccas are at, say, 15.and they drop to 13, deal although it must be admitted that the per chest to 300 dollars. The incidence of the

and it may give your readers confidence in my more, and so ga till, sooner or later, but none of life what time he is commanding a bina they drop again to, my, si, bay | Ancient Marioer toxos out to be in the prime tax leviablo (presumably at the option of the farmer of the oplum revcone) has varied from

pablished recently by a competent authority" snow-ball has become a snow-man, statements if I gles you the fallowing opinion, the less purely, the day will come when your Coaster. On the whole, the Uhlas Coast Com

mander is decidedly young and can hardly be time to time, and from province to province." We are only concerned about its effects on the

on the spot-namely, the aditor of the BraitsA GAUGE OF FUTURE VALULE. styled a vateran of the son unless one considers Indian sarcnues, The grant el a monopoly of

Times"-to whom' appeal was made. This in

the endless fights that he has put up against the this nature is barred by tresty, and from 1902,

average-(note upon the average," and read kat, but I must now conters my inability part in getting his vessel through the viciss! what he estimates can be obtained upon the I would tell them when to get out of this mar-ardcons contests in which be has taken his I have previously loformed my readers that dreaded typhopas of the China Staged the many When a monopaly, was first grooved, the Britan

mark, learn) from a Europeat-magd Rubber has surpassed the expectation of the ades of the big wind." Goverament, through the Consul-General, kós

For no scoor does the Scotsman, for in-state- affectivaly pro ested' against, an arrangement which socks, however unintentionally, to penalthe formation of a golf-course. The Ecglish- stance, arrive in the Colony then he sets about

Yield per acre of most optimistic, so that the task of warning holders in time for them to get out and ai ise Indian opism, The Chinese bave always

the same time not warning them too soon claimed to act within the strict letter of the newly arrived just as naturally laras to the Treaty, but they have again and again beenying out of a cricket pitch.

forced to yield to British proasure, what the Chlaste say is that in parating the levy of a tax on "prepared" opium,—that is always the pratance-treaty undertakings not to tax raw oplum are not infringed. We may perhaps state the position in this way. Suppard Chips under takes not to tax imported cotton, ned procceda to impose a certain lax opon yarn on the footing that so much cotton was required to spin so much yarp, and when ibe measlest breach of treaty in pointed out, replies that only yum is taxed and not raw cattor, the position would be nu all fours with the presept taxition of raw opium from India. As we have suid, British interesis were never in the past premiued to bo sacrificed by Chineso pretences in this regard, and re notice the Hongkong papers are full of biller complaints against the supincocus which bas permitted the latest move in the monopoly mongering lice to make, so much hoad-

way.

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Io Hongkong the day of these things appears to have pased away. No longer cap the

CULT OF THE IDLE

be made the subject of mirth by the Sons of Han, who by the way are vary prone themselver to Ionelaity or inaction in their hours of feisure, Nor is the reason far to scok. The French pation in one of their inimitable bowe mots tell takes with him his prejudices and bis-ontional as that wherever an Englishman travels be Rabitudes. in Hongkong wa cau batily ab serve the strength of this argument.

of a toonis: court. But after all theia may be considered in the light of tecreations apart from what may.

ACCURATELY DESCRIBED

as a hobby. The hobby, however, we meet every day in Hongkong life. It takes many

ear forms, la come cas" it is ale ost a gentleman well known in Hongkong ualque. To take one instance, there was who used to spead his week-ends in the Happy Valley hunting and catching butterflies Well, be oad the naturalist's les, developed to a very bigh degree, in pursuing his hobby, for there is no doub: that the Happy Valley pro vides some of the most beautiful specimens of these Butterers that can be found outside of Bornte. Still that was his hobby. He wrote a book about it afterwards, and the pressut writer helped him with his collection,

It may not be generally knows, but it is the

CIVIL SERVICE DILLET,

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be "would be able to make a living by following the trade. Wood-carving is a hobby al a that one frequently accounters in Houg song. It would surprise most people to learn how many fral-saws and bow much hard-wood find there way into many domestic circles in the Colony. To their credit, it must be said, that some of the ladies of Hongkong ara squally adept in the use of the saw with boir

husband,

Hongkong contemporary (Telfach, that one of our highest Government offi cials locally par es his spare time in the relaxa graph) writing in Joas leib says that the

tion of practising carpentery and I have been grant of the monopoly enables the firm cop- corood to Iavy what tax 1 pleader os import assured that if over he lost his ed opium. Two months i go this monopoly was to come le to lasce, but was for some

on of other delayed. How far the knowledge that this monopoly may danie icto force at any tima oporated to email the price of ladian opium at recent sales must be left to cɔujec- ture; but in any case, the moment ibu mono- poly became effective the trado suffered a serious check. The dealers that 2,035 dollars per chest now they are called upon to pay 300 dollars extra. Ou juba hotb thera wore 4,000 chests of Indian opium, id Heng- kong, 15,000 chests in Bengal, of the aggregata value of three millions sterling All this valu able trade has been hard bit by the action of the Chinese. Goveróment. The Hongkong Telegraph writes strongly but not upjusjty:

"The only thing for honest men, whether Chinese or sympathisers with China, is strictly to adhere to the plighted word 11 past agree ments and with urter sincerity to car yehem out. Then we shall see that our own great sacrifices and those of our Indian Empire have not been merely idiotic and falile:eur Chiment of a wicked class of wicked men. To rula vast trade interesis and encourage the reputation of Treaty simply in order that a certain section of persons in power in China may become rich op native opium, while the worst forms of drug vics flourish worse than ever, will be the triumph, the comic sbamo of the net result."

It is said as a matter of fact that every man most have his bobby, but is the East apparently this precept must be extended to the ladies as well. The keeplog of dogs is a delightful hobby. Sa is the keeping of pigenas In either of these two directions the follower of his or her hobby may coju money from it. Bot the inan whỏ has a hobby never appears to think of gain. He simply revels in the positit of bis favourite game irrespectives of cost or of the return which it may bring in.

officer whose bobby was the training of

There used to be in Hongkong a police

CARKIRA PIGEONS.

So enthusiastic was be in the matter, that bis name camaprominently before the military auth- orities here who were then experimenting stro nuously with the transmission of messages by means of those wanderful birds. He was asked to name his price for the pigeons, but instead he Nothing has transpired since this scathing handed them over free of charge, unwilling to condemnation was passad to justify its modifisell bis pets for a price. The experimental calion,

TYPHOON, SHELTERS.

MONGKOKTSUI, BREAKWATER.

The following references to the typhoon shelters in Hongkong harbour appear in the report of the Director of Public Works for 1909 Just published:-

Dredging for the foundation trench of the breakwater was costiened and was peaily come pleted. The quantity dredged during the year was 256,000 cubic yards, of which 297,000 bad been done by the end of July when the dredger was placed in the Hands of the Govaromest Marine Surveyor with a view to the execution of any necessary repairs,

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Byi g. however, proved disastrous, as never a one returged from Shanghal where they were liberated, and their loss was accounted for by the depredations of the huge hawks which in fest the China coast.

EUROPEAN.DOGS.

Every man is puturally or ought to be a lover of dogs; and when ona comes to think of it there are very few households in the Onlony that do not count at least one canine fricad amongst its members; but in the keeping and caring for a number of dogs one can always fnd à delectable hobby,

Aga of tree

10

Yield par tree.

Lbs.

+

G 7

120 trees,

Lbs..

90

130

340

360

460 720 840

Two years ago 4 lbs per tree was considerad Today 7 lbs is considered reasonable 1 And by experts to be a reasonable expectation two years bence I think expectation figures will be farther pushed up as experience is gained with the older class of tends

J

́ ́INCREASINO® FÁODUCTION.;

propose to go one better. I will content my. However, for my present purposes. I do not self with the above-given yields, and I have. certainly made concession enough to critice is fixing rubber some six years hence at is d poned gross. Again taking Linggis se aù example, it will be noted that, when this time comen silità trees will be över.in years 'old. The Linggi's yield for 1907 was 550,000 6, and the average yield per tree, including some 40,000 trees which were only tapped for the Grst time for six months, was 3.5 lbs, or hall of what can ultimately be expected. The were over 400,000 trees yet to come into chairman at the last moeting stated that these tepping, so that in six years' time the yield should be:-

Lbs.

No. of trees. Lbs.

550,000 2..ski rečni

1,100,00

400,209 x 7 do 2,80 1,000

3,900,000

or, say, 4,000,000 lbs,

Now it in an admitted fact that the cost of tble with estates far from being in full beating. production is approximating to is per lb, and It includes 7 per cent. brokerage na sales, st it will readily be a

• granted that the difference bas tween is Ed and ios in the selling price of the taw material will mean a saving of ad per ib and making a further allowance of a saving of id only at the estates come to full maturity and the labour becomes more skilled, I think it will not be unreasonable to expect that rabber from the botter class of estates will be placed on the London market before long at, say, 91 to od per lb. This will leave, do a selling price of is 6d, a profit of Bd to od par tb, and en ap 8d basis the Linggi profit and 'dívidend would work out as below

Profit 00 4,000,000 lbs rubber, at Ed..... £ 133,000 Dividend on invested fands DA

£370,000, at 4%

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Daduct 7% dividend due on 10.co

of Linggis Preference Shares.....

$4,823 £147,800

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If one only know as the present writer knows to what extremes the Skipper of a China, Coaster is sometimes put is facing soch diss ast1005 storms, one would feel all manner of reluctance in trying to criticisa kis

CARE OR INACTION

constitates an impossible task. I can tell them, however, when to think about getting out, nad for this purpose 1 hava piopared the follow. | " tog table of some 40 of the best companie, in such a contingency. When one men's giving the figure'at which the shares of anch cesso to be sounds per cent. securities, with the Skipper ashore, it is a very different robber selling at the low figure of is 6d a matter. The Skipper ashore is ball-fellow pound, similarly to the way Linggis warewell-met, and in the delights of a sojoure previously worked out. Tas present prices" on land he generally forgets all the dangers are those ruling at the time this article was through which he has passed and only res members that he has got to attend to his own and his friends' enjoyment,

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As a matter of fict the Skipper ashore gaps. rally makes a bee liga for the office of his general agent and there draws a sum ranging anywhere from $100 to $500 and makes up his mind to have a good time" regardless of what effects ain to follow. There are

... MANY SKIPPERS ASHORE in Hongkong who can tell one only what prices they have paid for whisky at a certain port say in Mozambique or on the East Coast of Africa; bat there are many others who constitute the best conversational company in the un iverse.

For instance, I have mot a Skipper ashore lo Hongkong who could hardly let you know the geographical position of the Zambesi or the Yang-lis without referring to his charts but would tell you to the fraction of a hair how much be paid for a case of beer or a bottle of spirits in whatever quarter of the globe that be happened to be in But this is hardly the type of the skipper ashore that I started out to describe. The men I had in my mind was more of the class of WABLA BAYRAMS the tramp master-a No. A. at Lloyd's-whe comes out to Easiera Sans la chattered steamers who may have to pick up cargo where

Inch Kenoch.

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ghlands and

*Jugra has a large scren, plated-with cocoanuts, the product from which-copra has increased in price some go per ceps. during the last six months, nod the price of which is steadily going up, and will contious to do so for some years to come. Competent cathorities

estimate that an estate planted with cocoanuts in suitable soil and climate will pay, af or five years, 100 per cent, on its capital,

THE NEXT BOOM. Java Plantations shares, `kt £253, stand to|| appreciate to £70. It is a well-managed ostate, and very few new issues stand on such good investment and speculative ground as this company's shares do, And, remember, I am 700ust writing today for the big lovestor; he has

menor enough to get sound and reliable in One of the most popular-perhaps the most popular-hobbles in Hongkong is the im£142,100 pet profit available for distribution am writing more particularly for the small in

£147,100 formation, provided be is not a milch com portation and breeding of

00 £90,000 shares is sufficient to pay a divi-vestor, and to him I say that overlmont at dena at the rule of 165 per copt. on the Or present prices in any of the above companies dinary paid-up capital, equivalent to 5 per is no more risky than invasimant in Console, .cent. on purchases made at the present price If there are market azomalias, in the Console will dat give you anything lite this shares of the above the reason is to be found retorn, and if rubber falls to the is 6d level in the difference between thait probable go by the bowed, and the supplies from Brar prices which still loom a 1oad (in spite of the many of the newer plantation companies, will production fa the few years of big raw rabber will come to a dead stop, for the lowest cost slight drop to 91 6d a lb), and is in some mes There is one mas.io Hongkong who fiods at which Braz la rubber in any quantity.can his hobby to the coltivation of tomatoek;

sure duet the slight difference in the mass be collected without loss is certainly not leas another whom I kaqw swears by his own

gemont and nature of the estate. Time will, than 34 per tv nt Brazilian' però, These no doubi, level them up to prices approxima The vessel was docked at Taikoo Shipyard lichtes; a third would take a sworn oath factors would soon create a shortage la sup- ting to the figures I have given, on the 9th of September for a complete.ever that so. Chiness gardener could beat bis.home.plies and send op the price of rubber to a Sigos are not wanting that the market will haul to her bull and, after coming out of duck grown cabbages or lattaces. When it comes more remunerativa level for a further period, remain quiescent for some considerable time, but whilst still in the band of the Shipyard Co., to the cultivation of Giwers, the Chinese are

extending over a sufficiently tong time to was driven ashore during the typhoon of the pretty hard to beat, yet there are in Kowloon make the sequel the consideration of the next rise in the heavy brigade for some six months and I do not look forward to any extensivo 19th October close to the Taikoo Sugar Resome Europeans who would be upon the generallion and not ours. So the genuine or so, Malaccas will no doubt have a spust, finery. Bho was sensated on the 30th October super-excellence of the productions of their ievastor, I would say, unless you can get a followed by Kuala Lumpurs and Jugra Estates and was found to be but lite damaged, the own gardens, planted and tended and brought safor 4 per cool oltimate investment, pro-and generally there will be periodic and spas extent of ber lejuries being a few bent plates up by themselves. In looking after a garden miting returns up to 20 and 30 per cent. main modic rises in one or two shares, chitfly in the which were taken off, straightened sed replac ed. She resumed work on the rgh November, prising that in Hongkong with its prolific soil a share, I claim no special vistue for Linggis,

One can get so much cujayment that it is aur while, I would not part with Linggis under 66 10 to 50 per cent, class, An autome advance in this class generally will not be improbable, after au interval of fully 3 months.

we have not got such a thing as a patch of It is only one of the big producers-that is all, but I think next spring share values will again An Ordinance authorizing the construction ground of which a man could take a plot to of the breakwater and other works was passed beautify by the cultivation of flowers. Such

considerably increase, so you can buy at your by the Legislative Council in November under things are common at Home where the copdi.

Jeisure, Do not be jockeyed, out of your the title of The Harbour of Refugo Ordinancetions are adversa. Surely in Hongkong where

shares, or you may not pick them up again at 1959,"

the condiliges are favourable a project like

the sauso price, but buy more on every fall. Negotiations were in progress with the len

this would prove entirely successful. If a pro-bearing on ali 1 bave advanced in favour of SECs of Kowloon Marine Lot 32 with regard ject like that were ever carried out, it would to the erangement of a reclamation adjoin; provide one of the most exquisite hobblas pos 30g shuir to which won considered sibin, for after all we have all been gardeners advisable to make on account of a dangerous at beart since Adam deived,“ rocky shoal near the Northern entrance to the refuge, but there had not reached a con clusion by the close of the year. 1900. Eillmates, $300,000 Total estimates,

Expenditure 4909. Expenditure, geha $172,72-55

* CAUSEWAY BAY TYROON REFUGE.

THE LABOUR QUESTION,

FORWARD SELLING.

| they have to run their vessels somatimes with

EMPTY BOTTOMS. These men make up the backbɔne of the British Marcantile Marine. They carry the cargoes of the world They brave the sternmost of the Western Ocena. They face the rigours of the Pacific. They will carry a chip, under sail or steam, alther across the Indian Ocean or weather, if their chatter patty tells them to do across the Gulf of Pechill, in desplie of any so, and yet demand little praise or admiraties for their accomplishment.

In this respect it appears to ma that the one great fault of British Skippers is that they ask tea little for the worth of the work that they do. One Skipper ashore, to whom I was talking the other day,gave a point to the opinion which I hold. Hatold me of an ex- parience which bad hech his, Ho, as mate bad been

ON BOARD & VESSEL which picked up a derelict-a French derelici

which had gone on fire inside the Morm bique channel. The crow had deserted bar and the French ship appeared to be hopelessly vassal sent a small party on board and with involved in the flames. However, the British great vigour these applied themselves to the work of extinguishing the conflagration, In this arduous work they were successful and the damaged salvage boat was gradually got through the Mediterranean

TO OIBRALTAR

TRE COLONIAL OFFICE AND

OPIUM.

"FREE FROM ONE BLOT."

According to the vernacular reports, the merchants who had shipped their fas on the Mongolia became greatly excited at the ***** of the accident, and hurriedly proceeded to have

forcibly blamed the navigators of the vac place where the steamer 13 strandadaki i seems that although they knew nothing as to the cause of the accident, they bitterly and avali alleging that they had not taken suficient Cam Evidently the tea-dealers of Shimiden know very little about navigation, and are ashware that the best and most careful navigator some „timas meet with an accident which no bimSALA |foresight could prevent. As naither passangari sel, nothing definite is known as to the case nor crew - have been allowed to laave the vas. f the standing. It is surmised, however, that as the place where the accident occurred has a bottoms of sand and shingle, the dimage if any, sustained by the steamer is slight

CHINESE FISHERMEN.

The calling of fisherman In these watges would not strike the present day land-lubber us a particularly dangerous ons, apart from 'sa occasional storm, but it is not so many years age that - serious trouble followed the lat of those whose livelihood was that of the toilers of the deep. Fights often took place p St Jobo's Island, Singapore, Pasir Pang, jang, ands off Pulau Jerejak, Paning. The quarrels in the Singapora water- wäre, ba- Iween the China and the Malay fishermina. The former would pat down their floating nete near a fishing sikke owned by Malay fisher' men who pay a considerable rovenus yasdy

stamp foos for licenses, and the Chinese after getting all the fish in their osts would decamp- in the darkness of the night-But the trouble: commenced when they were discovered by the. Malays, who took delight in cutting their floating nets and letting them drift away, and this action would be followed by reports being made to the authorities that the Maisys of Parit. Panjang or Paisu Braal had stolen the Chinese pets during the night. The Chinese fishermen in the Colony were formerly

A VERY BAD LOT and in addition, ward a nuisance to navigation. Fishermen on the China coast would go far out to sea in their Junk dsblog craft with nets out, right in the track of steamers. Ofttimes no lights were shown, and the crew being asleep, many a one has been ran down in this way, There is a story of a P. and O. skippar who on going up on the bridge early one morning looked round and said to the officer of thawatch “ What tims' did we ran that, junk down fast night? # The, officer la surprise answered, “We did not run down a jank sir," Tka skipparé- rigging then?" And sure enough there was "And what is that sall doing · In the: fors

a junk sali se evidence that a -junk had bean run down, and nobody on board was any tha wiser. Tongkangs sailing to and from Singa- pore and Penang do not show a light, although- they are supposed to do so. They koop an

THE SPIRIT OF THE DEEP

LIGHT COVERED UP. and when a steamer is seen coming towards – them they suddenly lift up the whits light, and it requires prompt action by the officer on. the bridge to avoid a collision, The fshirë man la the South Channel, Pasang, used to obstract the fairway, with' theất pats. and "pompong" fishing was very bad thare at one time, these men catching all the email and lond complaints were made to Govern fish, The Bikermen called them fish robbers.

ment, and it was made an offence under the

all their hard work, were awarded soms It is a peculiarity of Chinese Ethermen and Port Rules, with a fine of $500 or six months. lo the result the salvage party, after imprisonment, this having a deterrent effect, 12,000, whereas if they had gone to Marsailles instead they would have obtained something drowsing man. They will see a man drown

boatmen that they will never attempt to save a like £10,000 more to compensate the seamen for their labourn,

ing and calling for help, yat, like the Pharises of old, will pass, kim by quite close without However, that is a matter of the skippar afloat rendering assistance. Nor will they allow a which is not the theme of this article. Suffice it drowning man to catch hold of their boats, to say that the Skipper ashoro is a very different and they have been known to hit a man over scarcely find a male or an engineer on saying that they believe being from the Skipper afloat. One can the head with an oar, thule reason for this he-

cal boat who, to use, a sea-faring tormy, has any use for the "old man, yet as a raid the "old man," who has to pursue a rigidity of discipline, requires that man's life and to prevent the tempered with consideration, is, when he spirit having it would be to endanger their genial, most liberal-hearted, of the many peo- China "if you save a man from drowning you comes ashore, accounted to be one of the most own safety." Bazidos-it was the saying in old ple that one meets in a shipping port like will have to keep him for the rest of his life." Hongkong,

And it will be remembered that it was the say I cannot leave this subject without saying a.

ing In Europa in the time of the old Norse, word or two pa the labour question, as it may

| Vikings that "If you save. a man from drowne be safely argued that this has a very direct

ing he will live to kill you.” Dynamita daking is as bad sa "pompong"" fishing," "Taba good Rubber shares. Scarca labour and the I have now a word for the exita greedy

fishing in a ranalog stream, is a stalay sport increasing cost of it will necessitate a consider- shareholder who seites the opportunity at a

(Royal) and is only indulged in pecasionally. able amount of re-casting of the capital cost general meeting to object to directors' selling. In the course of the debate, in the House of Dynamite kills all the young dish and very per acre by companies unable to entice the forward part of their crop. To you say-in Commons on the 281b ult, on the vote for the few of the larger ones come to the surface, scilled labour from the older estates, and com- split of your remorse because forward sales Colonial Office, Mr. T. D. Taylor said he gave but remain stunned at the bottom and ar peting, one against the other for what I may which a month ago were obtainable at 12s are the Colonial Office fait credit for having wiped | dived for or lost. The Chinese fishermen are call the floating labour population. The Gorno longer possible, more or less due to your the British good.aims free from one bio', and MEMBERS OF A REGRET SOCIETY, erament already has its eye on the health ques own folls-Now you have had your lesson, that was the blot of the Government carrying on either the Ghee Hin or the Ghao-Hok, of HALF TANJONG PAGAR PRICES, tion, and drastic reforms will soon be the Gidertrast you will profit. by it. insist on your opium dens in Hongkong and the Straits Set which the great Trind Society of China is the It is not very long since we had occasion to oftheday. Thaicoulie hospital and dispensary, directors not selilag more than, say, half the themants: but he must ask them to go very parent. Some years ago's sampan man was answer a protest of certain local firms by resident doctors and other experies not contem-crop if you like, and by all means insist on much further. He was anxious to hear that the standing up in his sampan resting on his onen Deepening shallow area to dos foot below pointing out that the Trojong Pagar Dock plated hitherto, may be forced by the Legisla thair advising you as a shareholder as soon as Government really meant business. He want off the old Pier which was formetly; at the Ordnance Datum.-Reference was made in Board must run its repairing yards on business

tare inthe near future. The old companies can all contracts are complaind, but content your ed to see in our own Colonies, precisely the entrance to the Singapore River; whan, ka was - last year's report to the commencement of this lines, and compete for work precisely as

pay for these out of revenue without feeling the self with the reflection that the directors of all same policy adopted by Japan in Formosa and struck by lightolog and west clain through work, which was undertaken in accordance if it were a private owned concern, The

pl chor, say, Linggis, by the issue of 2500 the older companies know the game better shan the United States in the Philippines-samely the bottom of his boat. When als body was with the recommendation of the Public Works grievance was that it had been underbidding such purposes, while a newer company, Lur at 125 and soll at 8s, but if he cannot gal for refusing to register any more, and fixing a time photograph of the sampan on his back. Fast of extra share capital, could raise s0,000 for you do. A man cannot afford to buy forward the policy of angistering all existing smokers, recovered there was found to be a diadiace Committee (vide minutes of mesting held on

local firms, but if a particolar case of that 4th January, 1908). The work was nearly sort arose, it seems that others, which weardened by capitalisation and promotion profits, ward sales he joins the brigade that seizes every within which she babit should be pronounced of the oath of the Ghee Hok Society, was may completed, go,ous cubic yards of material belag very different complexión, might be quoted, may have to increase its capital to obtain the favourable opportunity to bang down prices against publicly and forbidded throughout ten thousand shundars wike me and removed during the year. A portion of this we have just received from an authentic necessary funds to carry out these reforms. and small blame to him for this, and evary the British Colonies He saw that Sir if disobey the orders of the Society,JiThin material, amounting i0 34,000 cubic yards, was source the following rather remarkable state: increased cost of labour will fall heavily on the la bis face when he was prepared to give you

For these rUSIONE do not think that the blame to you, who have tried toʻshat the dogs | John Anderson bad said that if opium smoking man was a member of that ancipy and a DAA atilidad in reclaiming an area of foreshore ment The Satie Bandjor, formerly owned

was stopped the infection of morphia must be said at the time by some of the other bostase between Maries Lote 285 and foland Lot 1,588, by the Norddeutscher Lloyd and recently sold older companies, which already have sailed good money and a price which representada stopped also, Every opponent of the habit that it was the longeance, pf (Tapor extending to 99,570 square feet in area. Thе in her damaged condition, after stranding labour. Many companies, indeed, hava given thousand per cant profit on your product recoguised that the use of all dangerous druge upon him. A tiger legno inter reclamation is protected by a rabble mound

near Arjer, to a Hongkong purchaser, has just their labourers small land holdings-which is | Alex in The Financiar.

must be controlled by all civiland Gaverns BAUERNA STRANGE CATCH UMU the strongest of all ties between employer and 'faced with a pitched slope."

been completely repaired there by the Dock employee, where coolle labour is concerned THE president and member of the Bambay Colonel Sealy, in reply, said that the Govern- for a doberman, but such a captance

ments. company and electric light installed at a cost i and abore and beyond all this is the fact that † Yacht Club are giving a dinner to the captain | ment remained of tha asma oplalon with regard ] wade at Penang. “There were "Somayishing" of about $35,000 Hongkong currency, equal to about $27,000 Stralia. Correacy: The Tasjong my production figures are likely to be cacosdof the Lowther Grange. În recognition of his to the opinm quasion as wide he first ad stakes of Fulan Jersisk and one moralst Pagat Dock Board's estimate of cost of repairs, which will more than counterbalance any gallantry in connection with the rescue of the dressed the Hours on the subject. On that the fishermen, went out to see whit fas without electric Installation, was $70,coo Straks increase in the cost of isbour in the case of the rate The Austrian Lloyd Co desy that occasion the right hon. gentleman opposite there, they found a liya, siger in the currency ! Comment is needless, but one can

there was any scarcity of provisions which is (Mr. Lyttelton) said that the Government had evidently swam across from hardly be surprised that the Board failto secure PRODUCTION PROJBACTE

bome put by Here. Vredeeberg, a: Calcutta could not hero, down, less than they did. and had taken a rest at the Makiwa business of this kind, or that underwriters have To those of my crlikes who already look sale. - passenget, who arrived there on July 3... The was an agreed policy, therefore, and they look could mot not out again, us Trieste is now in dry dock for repairs, which od forward to continuity of that policy in specimen, was aplis athens liberty of quotior a pesquple from Truth will take a day or two orly. The Emperor the future in Hongiceng all the opism divans hacked it to death in that

Francia Joseph has telegraphed to the captains were now closed, thongs it was now mandful to 11 to the police mailon 1 The big producers are now making record "'of the Trista and Loukker. Grange his appis- prvalde compensation, part of which came out suunado, sia for the profits, and some of their trues era nawyielded clation and than ka med designA.

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HONGKONG DUCK CHARGES,

older estates.

pop. Estimates... Jógasa.Total Eulentos....974,90000 2009. Kapenditure, 3,000 90-Expenditure to 31/18/09.63.0000.- THERE is a strong feeling in Bombay, that something should be done to show la a tangl ble way the great admiration fell for the noble bravery of the captic and crew of the Lawther Grange, The Times of India translates this'] fealing an a desire to furnish each individual been obliged to setile so many claims for * con- ance at my production figures I would take the wlibis nouveals of the episode. It Advocates arctive total loss) as damaged vessels tu the maitar þalog taken up by the Chamber of Singapore, for instance the Netherion, New | of May 4th:- Commerce and offers to open its colomon to a Orlanan, Saris Bandier and Oscar 11,"--Stralis

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