1910-08-19 — Page 9

The

NEW SERIES, No. 8201

CONTENT8.

Births and Deaths.

Loading Articles:

The Financial Situation.

Tariffs an Prices,

The English Language in Chion.

Oplum Restrictions.

The Tokyo Calamity.

Oar Sikh Police.

The Foreign Trade of China, Meetings:-

Legislative Council. Tos angie Rubber Co., Ltd.

Legal Intelligende:-

• Efalm for Money Lent. Principal $33-Interess $ 20. A Question of Mortgage, Habeas Corpoj Procendings, Λα Εκραμείνο Μarriage Feast. Forgery of a Bank-Note.

A During Crimisal

Kideopplag in Hongkong.

Rubbery with, Violence,

A Coolio Fracas.

+

Puisse Judge Disallows interest.

A Shari (2) Actida.

Balm for Damɔges.

Police:-

Attempted Suicide is Hongkong. Correspondenon: --'

The Indian Emigrast. Miscellaneous Artioles' and Reports

Hengkeng and Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd. Hargkong Gymkhani Club.

Desertion from 1.9, Cistic,

Chinese in Malaya,

The Colowyn Affair.

S.M.S. Life'e.

Notes by the Way,

Canion Day by Day.

Toping Estate,

Mophia Smuggling.

The T. K. K. and the P. M. S. S Co.

The Opium Imposts at Canton.

Dust and Water Cats,

Malaria ia Hong'enog. `

Tung Wa Fospital.

Interpor: Swimming Carnival. Headwaters Mixing Co.

Opium Smuggling.

Modern Piracy.

E. & A. Busters Ashere.

Harbour Collision.'

Central Market.

Cats and Plogue Priven inn. Robber Cultivation in the East.

Shinghal Swimming Championship

Raub Gold Mines.

Ali-American Boycott, Singapore Share Market.

The Opium Tax.

Canton Kowloon Railway.

flong bich gain in Trouble. Sepong Rubber and Tobacco, Vallambrosa Bubber,

Some Rubber View Points.

Well Known Chinese Plaster in Colombo..

China and Vanilis.

Building Collapse.

King Edward's 'Death."

The Future of Rubler.

Shaoghal Swimming Championship

Severe Storm in Kube.

The Siberian Mails..

Japanese Sugar. Industry, Chion and Portugal. Deractive Fira la K be. An Opium Copĺelecco, China Navy. Lokite,

The Anti Opium Movement, The Floo's in Japio.

Capitalin Rubber.

Extraordinary Cruelty. Local and Genaral.

Commercial:-

Weekly Share Report. Rubber Sharo Ma kei. Yarn Market.

Freight Market. Bullion. Exchange.

BIRTHS,

On August 8, 19, Shanghai, the wife of On Auzust 7, zg'o, at Kuling, to Mr., and Mrs. W. R. Boyd, a son,

R. Laird Warren, of a son.

On August 14, 191, at Shanghai, to Mr. and

· Mes, J. L. Chalmere, a ton,

LEATHS.

On Avgust 7, 1212, at Shanghai, Helene Chapeaux, the usloved sister of Marcel and

Albert Chapeaux, aged 30 years,

On August 13 13te at Shanghai, Alice dil Tya, the beloved daughter of Thos. Wm.

Tye, aged 15 yeus.

Hongkong Telegraph.

晚五十月七年二航袁

MAIL SUPPLEMENT.

(ESTABLISHED 1881.)

AUGUST 19, 1910.

FRIDAY,

In fact they play a highly important part in the life of this Colony-whether official, mercantile or financial. Butapart from those highly trained Chinens, there is a very numer ous section of the community who, although they may not boast & more or less perfect konwledge of English, still possess what can properly be described as a good working knowledge of the language. The use of pidgin English is not nearly so. pre- valent nowadays as it was only a few years ago and it is employed mostly by servants, small tradermen, chair-bearers and ricksha pullers. The teaching of English occupies an important place in the curricula

Shanghai Total gradually came into cir. Chinimen for the wages which are paid to culations. The available funds have been one iron worker in the mills of Pittsburg, and divided among such reliable Chinese banks our labour is only 10 per cent, more eficient as have been recommended by the Bank than theirs. So cheap is human labour crs' Guild.

They have to turn handed there that many things that we do by It over for circulation by other banks machinery they do by human muscles, be with the result that the whole market caure it costs less. That mill has only been has felt the benefit of it. Steps are being open a couple of months. How long do you taken to make an early settlement of the think it will be before they are putting steel affairs of the three insolvent banks-Cheng rails into this country? How long do you Yuen, Chiao Kang and Chien Vu, but their think it will be before they begin to put accounts are a complicated that the pro- cotton textiles into this country, or boots cess is not an easy one. Mr. Chen, whose and slicer, if we have no protective bankruptcy brought on the present situation, tariff Senator Lodge points out that in is still in the custody of the Mixed Court principle there is no difference between the Magistrate who is preparing a statement of exclusion of cheap labour and the exclusion of nearly all the higher schools of China, Mr. Chen's obligations and assets. There of the products of that labour.. To the mat- and to the middle schools of the open ports are some other banks which are solvent, butter of the tariff rates of Japan, that country not only is Boglish: taught but Western sub. have refused payment of bank orders, but it is only following the lead of other protect-jects are taught in Bagileh in many govern is understood that infmediate payment willed countries by creating a barrier calment and private schools controlled by Chi- be made as soon as the condition of the culated to encourage her own indus et Even conservativs institutions like failed banks is discovered. The Committee trics-and-to-lead to a betterment in the Shantung Union College of Weibsien, of the Bankers' Guild as well as the officers the living conditions of the working and Trinity College of Ningpo, have at of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce are classes. Such an endeavour is deserving of last, we read, been compelled to yield to busily engaged every day with the Taotai all commendation. She is only following English. On the whole, it may safely be and his deputies to trying to unravel the out the trite Scottish maxim which counsels concluded that, despite the somewhat con- difficulties of the accounts of the three the keeping of "our own fish guls for our flicting views to which we referred at the banke. This is not the first occasion upon own sex maws" From our point of view, beginning of this article, the study of English which our Northern neighbours have fallen the only regrettable feature of the new scale by the Chinese shows, no signs of a back into evil straits. We have sufficient cool- of duties is, that it is bound to strike a ward tendency, but, instead, is making sub- dence in the ability of the men at the helm harder blow at British import trade into, stantial headway, and promises to be tere to tide over the difficulty and with the Japan than will be the case with that of any pursued even more ardenity in the years to wonderful inherent revitalising power of the other country. Both Germany and the come. merchants and traders that a way will be United States of America, for instance, by found for them to emerge from the present reason of their protective systems are in a difficult situation if poorer yet, nevertheless, position to enter upon a bargain with Japan wiser meu:

concerning the institution of mutual trading concessions, and that they in common. with other protected countries will do ro may be regarded, we think, as a fore- goue conclusion. Great Britain, on the (15th August.) The question of trade tariffs is one which contrary, has nothing to offer in return for the granting of such a concession, Surely already affects Hongkong to a considerable the anomalous situation into which the Mo degree and bids fair proper foto bother Country has been put in this instance very strongly upon the prosperity of our port." As is already known the new japanese tariff by the inanity of her own laws will impress upon the people as well as the politicians at is destined to deliver sevice blow upon the Home the desirability of the creation of some defcusive agent in the way of Tariff taken for granted that fougkong merchande Reform which will make her standing which enhanced Japanese import duties amongst the trading-countries of the world spell for all. When this matter was mooted

2 more worthy one than it is at prescot and some weeks ago in the British House of enable her to meet such imposts as the new Commons, it was stated by one member that Japanese tariff with the assurance of being ia posscasion of power, to come to some "the public utterances of, Japanese states-arrangement which would conserve the recently. Froin the different Consular re-

home industries and her work-people. status quo and protect her foreign trade, her

TARIFES AND PRICES.

export of Great Britain, and it may be

will share in decreased volume of

men indicate that it is not necessary to negotiate questions affecting the pro posed tariff with Great Britain, as this country has nothing to offer in ex- change for concessions." This statement puts the whole thing in a nutshell. Great Britain under Free Trade has nothing to offer as a quid pro quo when it comes to the establishment of an international tradal arrangement. If Great Britain was in a position to say to Japan at this juncture: "We intend to put a duly of 10 to 15 per cent upon all Japanese silk imported into this country, but in retura for concessions on our collon and woollen exports to your country we are prepared to made corres ponding concessions on your silk goods," the

whole face of the situation would be mater

ially altered. But under the existing order of things Great Britain is not in a position to treat with Japan on an equality of fooling, for her markets are free to all foreign importa. The new Japanese duties on textile goods will be on an average two and a half to three times greater than the existing rates, and in some cases much more. Thus, on woollen army cloths the new rates vary from four to nearly six times the amount of the old. On grey shirtings, of which Japan imparted more three-quarters of a million sterling in 1908, the new duty is rearly tripled. Fome idea of the extent to which Eritish trade will be affected may be gathered from the fact that in 1908 Great Eritain exported to Japan cotton and wool len goods to the value of £2,500,000 of which probably at least £500,000 represented wages paid to British workpeople. It is therefore of the utmost importance that con- cessions should, if possible, be obtained ca the duties on these goods in order to pre vent a great slump in employment in the populous manufacturing districts of England.

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THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE·

IN CHINA.....

(16th August.)

The status occupied by the English tongue in China is a subject which cannot fail to be of perennial interest to all Britishers and Americans living within the Imperial dominions or upon their borders. One would have thought that the study of the English language in Chinese scholastic institutions was in the way of continuing to make greater strides than it has made admittedly in years gone by. We imagined that there could be no dublety upon that point. But wo-learo, from certain data lately compiled, that amongst those is a position best qualified to judge, there is not that unanimity of opinion which might have been expected to exist on this matter. Recently a large number of papers were sent out by an educational journal to numerous schools and missions in Chins, esking 'replice to ques- tions regarding the teaching of technical subjects. Evidently says the National Reniere, this subject did not command a great deal of interest, for only thiny five replies were received, None of the mission schools reported that technical subjects were being taught; and only three had to state that they were planning the introduction of such subjects. The opinion was expressed by fifteen that technical subjects should be taught in the Chinese language; five thought that the English tongue ought to be employ ed two were in favour of both languages being used and one added German; whilst fourteen gave no reply to this question. Of the total number of reports sent in, twenty

At the present time, Japan sends silk to eight stated that the interest in the study of the United Kingdom to the annual value English was increasing; five declared that,

OPIUM RESTRICTIONS! ·

·ZE JUAN

就九十月八英港香

a

SIS PER ANNUM, 20 SINGLE COPY: 35 GENTE.

day's issue of the Telegraph, the latest action the verge of development. Timely action of this high functionary has been the estab. Averted this danger. But the fact remainA lishment of an Opium Office at Samahut that the possibility existed for a time of the and the institution of a cordon of officers whole Sikh contingent refusing duty and extending along the coast from Swatow to thereby leaving the streets of Hongkong the West River in order to prevent the impractically unpoliced. This is not at it portation into the Province of any opium should be. The Sikh Police in this Colony upon which this illegal impost has been paid, work under radically bad conditions, just The cases of seizure which we quoted yes as the Europeans do, and this ebullition terday are palpably unjust, Under the of temper on their part is only a surface Chefoo Convention, the Customs transit cer indication of the spirit of discontent tificate for oplum frees the same from any that glows at white beat underneath. They, further tax or duty while in transport to the are poorly paid and badly housed, an anth interior, yet here we have lostances of man has attained N.C. rank he cannot be opium being confiscated by the Kongmoon aid to enjoy anything in the way of living Opium Office in spite of the fact that conditions that the vericas coolie in the import and lekin duties had been paid upon streets may lay clalin to. The action which it, that the papers were all in order, and they took on this occasion, if it shows no- that all the Convention requirements had thing else, shows their powers of organisa been complied with in the last degree. Not. tion and unity of purpose. One cannot but only that, for, as we have recorded already, help thinking whether or po the Flongkong in the case of the Suntong seizure of two trouble was a reflection of the trouble that chests of properly attested opium, the un- has occurred is the Sikh Police ranks in fortunate owner himself was arrested and Shanghai. In the Model Settlement, un taken in chains to Canton under an armed fortunately, the Indian custodians of the escort and only regained his liberty by sign peace do not bear a very good reputation, ing a bond to cover a heavy fine. In the and the prosecutions at present proceeding circumstances, it in little matter for wonder there tend to strengthen that view; but in that the British merchants interested should Hongkong things are different, we are glid have made instant complaint to the Chamber to say, and the Sikhs show up creditably of Commerce and to the Colonial Govern in the Captain Superintendent's reports from ment regarding this gross violation of their year to car. 'In" the latest issue of rights; and we trust that the consequent re- the Municipal Gazette of Shanghai, Col presentations which have been made to Pek- onel O D; Bruce, the head of the Police ing, both from the Colonial Office and from, thero, says:-" I regret to have to refer to an act of insubordination which occurred (17th August.)

the Foreign Office in London, will lead to an From the exclusive information which we elimination of the existing injustice under among a certain section of the Sikh Police were enabled to publish yesterday, it be which the opium merchants of Hongkong at a parade on July 15 last. But, in order, comes obvious that the British and the are at present labouring, with the trade in a if necessary, to correct any impression that such insubordination is general among the Chinese Governments are on the verge of a state of practical staguation.

Sikh Branch of the Force in this Settlement, THE TOKYO CÁLAMITY. it may be as well to recall the true facts disagreement as eerious as any that has o curred in the history of the opium trade:

of the case, That an insubordinate act and there has been not a few. Perfidious Albion has been credited at one time or an

From the accounts which have reached was committed on-parade has been al other with foisting her Hindustan products us of the terrible catastrophe that has be ready established in the British Court. of the poppy upon China to the detriment of fallen the city of Tokyo and its neighbour. It is perhaps not so generally konwa the Chinese people. Even her own nationals hood, it is apparent that a great misfortune that such insubordination was entirely have denounced the Mother Country for her is now pressing upon the very heart of Japan. confined to one sect of the Sikh Branch, of participation in a-trade-that-Exeter Hall. The floods which have devastated the Capital the number who were tried and convicted desetipes as nefarious and inhuman. But, and district have caused the loss-of-hun- for the said offence, by no means all had any as a matter of fact, the Chinese themselves, dreds of lives, the destruction of thousands of real desire to act in such a manner. A who are the most interested party, have dwellings, and the destitution of a vast por jority were led into the act by the intrigues tion of Tokyo's working population. Accord of cleverer men. To prove, if necessary, never had anything antagonistic to say against the import of the Indian drug-until log to our information, a great many of the how long it would be to impute whole dis flooded districts are suffering privations and loyalty to the Sikh Police in this Force, it ports upon the open ports of China any hardships almost beyond imagination, un may be of interest to point out that on the one can see that the Chinese who do speakable. Surely, it behaves us when our very evening of the commitment aborC, & consume opium prefer the Indian varieties ally is so sorely stricken to lead a helping large proportion of the remainder of the of Patna or Benares as against the band in the relief of this distressful state of Sikh Police Branch volunteered through things in Japan, whose sympathies towards their native officers and non-commissioned product of the poppy-fields of Szechuca or Shansi. It is not within the province of this the English people have been so often ex officers to do whatever overtime or extra writing to discuss the good or the evil that emplified in material ways. We have in our duty was necessary to replace the men who may result in consequence of addiction to midet a big community of Japanese and in had been locked up for subordination in the oplum habit, although in a broad sense fact a great deal of the prosperity of our port the British Gael." Colouel Bruce's reportin we may express the opinion that the smoking depends upon the Japanese shipping which serves in great measure to clear the air, of oplum in moderation is no less harmful frequents it. Therefore itis almost incumbent for in Hongkong the general consensus of than the consumption of alcohol in European upon our Government to take some steps opinion appeared to be that the Police e untries, or even than the use of nicoline. towards an alleviation of the terrible distress system of Shanghai was in a parlous stato The main point to be considered here is, that has fallen upon our friends in Tokyo, and that its replication might at any time bo In our idea, the proper thing for the Gor-foundisthia Colony. Major E. S. Hall report that Great Britain and China had come to an agreement with regard to the opium trade erdment of Hongkong to do at a juncture ing upon the condition of the Shanghai Sikh and that now China has allowed her Viceroy like this is to make an emergency vote for a Police in 1906 said:" I have gone at Canton to promulgate regulations which grant in relief to Tokyo, We all know that are entirely at variance with the established, our colonial exchequer is depleted at the understanding, thereby causing international present moment to a lamentable extent, bickerings and possible estrangement. When But surely we must remember that in times the late Emperor decreed that China was to of stress Hongkong has had occasion to depart from the opium habit and asked the Accept the financial aid of her neighbours assistance of the European Powers in estop. and of her distant relations as well; so ning importations of foreign opium into the tend a helping hand just now so far as our that it would be only right and fitting to ex country, there were many people-both capabilities go. The benevolent nature of Chinese and Europeaos-who, reading between the lines, foretold trouble brew our present administrative head is well ing. The crafty ones averred that known, and perhaps at the Legislative Coun- this Imperial decree was posted simply cil tomorrow 11.E. may see his way clear for the purpose of ousting the India to move for an emergency vote from the product and of encouraging poppy cultiva Treasury to assist in alleviating the teri tion in China. However, the Liberal Goy-ble distress that besets our friends in ernment then in Power at Home treated the Tokyo, It may be that there are official representations of the Chinese Throne as reasons for such a recommendation not utterly Bonafide and entered into an agreemanating from the official side of the ment whereby the imports of Indian opium Council, in which cas would be gradually extirpated, on the basis trust that some unofficial member of the of a ten per cent, reduction in cach year, assembly will take the matter up. If a extending over a decade. This, one would pubic subscription list were opened by His consider, was an eminently fair and equabic Excellency Sir Henry May, we feel sure that arrangement. It is an accepted axiom a liberal response would ensue, amongst civilised nations that the morals of a people cannot be rectified or made better

OUR SIKH POLICE, · on the instant by legislation. Even Chios

(18th August.)

of about million Were the on contrary, it was decreasing. In reply herself, in the matter of the con-

We sincerely

Their duties

Their

carefully into the condition of life and service of the Indian Branch, and am of opinion that they are adequately paid, well quartered and looked after. certainly are hard in inclement weather. Perhaps these could be lightened. deferred pay is good, I do not see that the have come to the with any since I have been' men have any cause for grievance. No men here." The same cannot be said regardlog the Sikh Police of Hongkong. They are neither adequately paid nor sufficiently quartered, and their living conditions are unutterably meagre. If those same condi tions are reasonably improved, the Govern ment will find in their Sikh Police contin- gent a far more valuable body of publie servants than they are even at present.

:

THE FOREIGN TRADE OF

CHINA

(19th August.) We have just received from the Chinese Imperial Markimo Customs a copy of the trade report for 1909 which, as usual, con- tains a plenitude of interesting matter and well repays perusal. In his report on the breign trade of China, J. L. Chalmera:

The Honghons Celegraph the Government, able to come to some to the question, flow teasy Chinese have cession of a national Parliament to her sul- A great deal of pubile interest lias born tematike that the year under review was cours

such arrangement as that indicated above, good working knowledge of English? the jects, has provided for. a probationary or eviuced lately in the troubles besetting the mercially a good one for China, since it was— MAIL SUPPLEMENT,

it would be satisfactory and profitable to both replica varied widely, For example, occ experimental period of nine years before Sikh section of the Pollce Force in Shang-marked by a large increase in her Customs ISSUED GRATIZ TO SUBSCRIVERS. countries. Japan would retain, to a large ex- mission teacher in a Province of the interior re-issuing her final decree for the convention of hai. It may not be generally known that a revenue, a notable expansion of exports,

tent, her profitable silk trade with Great Bri-ported "Possibly ten," whilst a confrère whose that assembly. As we have already said, very serious state of things existed in Hong. rapid industrial progress, and a revival of.... HONGKONG, Friday, August 19, 1910, tain, who on the other hand would retain the scholastic labours have the port of Chefoo the agreement arrived at as between the kong not so very long ago regarding our own the home trade. Those countries supplying bulk of her cotton and woollen trade with for their centre estimated the number in his British and Chinese Governments was Sikh Police. At the time of this occur imports to China had perhaps less cause THE FINANCIAL SITUATION. Japan. Such arrangements are constantly district to amount to some five or six hun eminently just. Concessions were made on rence, it was not considered advisable to for satisfaction in the year's results. The being made between protected countries, dred. To our mind, these two. replies re- both sides. Britain agreed to relinquish publish in the Press any account of the fric- low exchange, so important factor in (73th August.)

but it is impossible for such a proposal to present the position of affairs to a nicely. finally the opium traffic-one of the most tlon between the heads of the Police De the flow of Imports, stood in the way of Advices by the mail from Shanghai to day emanate from a Free Trade nation. This It is only natural that the coast ports and fruitful sources of revenus of her Indian partment and their Sikh servants, on the that development which had not unreason- 'bring more reassuring news of the financial increased Japanese tariff scale briage home foreign possessions in the China seks should Empire and a very important asset in the ground that more harm than good wouldably been anticipated and gave additional situation in the Northern Settlement, which the shortcomings of our Free Trade în a be able ta boast more English speaking balance-sheets of her Crown Colonial possibly result. Happily, the trouble is now advantage to those native manufactures, such unfortunately, by reason of the intimate very decided way. It is certainly the most Chinese than the remote inland Provinces, possessions in the Straits Settlements and a thing of the past, so that we are at libertys Bour, cotton yarn, cotton cloth; iron; elon- tradal relations between. Hongkong and the striking illustration that has been provided But even in the interior there are Hongkong. On the other hand, China did to make comment upon it, the question with which foreign imports have now to northern port, has not failed to reflect its in-within recent years of the necessity for a unmistakable signs that the cult of the Eng not insist upon an immediate exclusion being no longer sub judice. It is not always compete. A great rise in the price of cotton fluence on local native financial circles.revision of our tradel regulations and the lith tongue is gaining favour amongst the of the India-grown product but agreed to its to the public interest that certain communal was further flung into the scale, as against The suspension of payment by two native imposition of some protective tariff. It is a educated classes, the study being fostered eradication being extended over a period of matters should be referred to editorially in the principal branch of the import trade,, commercial houses of good repute in Hong- melancholy fact, too, that Free Trade does not to a great extent by the missions Dow scat ten years. Had the conditions of this the local Press, and whenever the Govern- though its effect was in a large measure do kong was the dect outcome of the financial give us that which its advocates claim for it tered all over the Empire. It is interesting arrangement been faithfully carried out, ment through its departmental heads desires ferred by the system of contracting ahead stringency of the brauch houses in Shanghal;ic, lowness of price for the staple neces- to note that Mr. Cheng Ching yi of Peking, mostly all the material advantages obviously, that any particular matter, affecting detri with the home manufacturers. As regards for, so far as Hongkong business was con- aries of life. At Ifome, the rate of living has in giving an account of the proceedings at would have accrued to China. But what do mentally the public weal, should be withheld sgriculture, which in each year suffers in cerned, there was nothing to imperil the notoriously increased within the last ten years. the recent World Missionary Conference in we, find? Instead of carrying out to the from currency the Press are quite willing to some part of China from either too much or final stability of the houses that have since Io Hongkong we have a like condition of Edinburgh, states as a remarkable fact that letter her part of this compact, China through work amicably with the administrative powers. too little rain, every Province appeared to closed their door. The fear that other things.existant. The purchasing power of amongst that vast concourse of delegates her Viceroy at Canton Commits a grows In the case in question, matters have been have its share of distress, and the aggregate Hongkong, Chinese longs, having commer- our currency is becoming ameller from year from every quarter of the globe-of every violation of her undertakings, amounting smoothed over through the diplomalle agency damage to crops and consequent impoverish- cial intercouse on a more or less extensive to year, and when once the pilce of a com- nationality and colour-the English language not only to a severe blow to the welfare of of Mr. Badeley, the Captain Superintendent, ment was very considerabic.ffea and silk" scalo with Shanghai, might also be tottering modity has been raised on account of was the Esperanto for all. Here in Hong- accredited British merchants in Hongkong and of Mr. Wodehouse, Assistant Deputy, yields are reported to have been excorsion- may now be partially alleyed by the brighter the lowness of exchange it is never again kong we require no proofs further theo but to an indirect lasult to British pre- the latter of whom is practically in charge of ally abundant. Cotton, again, was šāvkoly. outcome at the latter port, as a result of the reduced however much the value of the those afforded to our oral and visual stiga. In deflance of all conventions, the the Indian Police.The actual cause of injured by rains in Hupeh, Hunan, (and timely susistance which the foreign and Ta | dollar may become cohanced. In a senses, in the course of daily observation, Viceroy calmly issues an order that all complaint was on the surface a trivial thing."Kixugai; and though the rice harvests seem Ching Banks have rendered to the Shaughat recent speech at Brockton, U. 8. A., to be convinced that the English tongue opium imported into Kwangtung shall be Two Sikh policemen were departmentally to have been satisfactory generally, the price Bankers Guild to avert general financial Senator Lodge in opposing any tampering is becoming more and more an import-subject, to an additional tax of $300 per punished for a minor offence, and in the of the staple rose on the Yangtzo In con cataclysm. During Friday and Saturday, with the Payne Tarifl, remarked:-The ant factor in the life of the Colony. Pure chest and enforces his unjustifiable de estimation of the rest of the Sikh contingent sequence of the summer, floods. Referuug so we learn from the columns of the local | Chinese have erected at Hankow a modern English-speaking Chinese employees fill the crea by the most unheard of and summary the conviction and punishment appear to to railway construction in China, Me Chic Fimis, there was a gradual return of con, steal rolling mill; the labour Is all Chinese, Junior appointments in the public service measures that can well be imagined. As have been considered unjustifiable and un- mers says?" Both the Chinese and British fidence as the money borrowed by the of course. They can hire in that mill fifteen and in the big merchant hongs they abound, was stated, in our special article in yester just, with the result that a kind of strike was on portions of the Cleaning Epaloon RAKY