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ARRIVAD OF SIR FREDERICE AND LADY: LUGARD.

OFFICIAL", LANDING,

ANNUAL MEETING,

NOKONG

"AN ENJOYJULY

RAPHASATURD

FATMMENT

zoib ult

NOVEMBER

FARING, "AITER TEN YEARS"

ON THE

TIER:OE TRIBET

H. E. CHAO ERH-YUNG'S, REVORNSS

and Lady Lugard after a holiday at Homeed, the others present bring Mosura. R. McEwenight. Since their fast visk bite, n''number of sad turn out of its course the traffic of an entire some weeks ago of the l'alail ama bas ra dect the greatest credit on their designers, Chlo

The seventh ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the North China Iomance Co. Ltd. was held in the office of the company at Shanghai on 25th Och Mr. A. McLeod presid Dalglish, Harry de Gray A. Hide, 1 Jameson, and Wm. Mayeriak, Directors; C. M. Bain, H. Giller, J. Samson, A. C. Hunter. H. A. J. Macrray, and H. G. zimms, Secretary, representing 795 shares,

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refer to. Since wa last met we have had to rei

initial erfa:mance of the old and populer show There was a bumper house to wliness the knows as Karmston's at Canteway Bay But

maiter of nitiates and if last night the public valuable additions have been made in the missed some familiar faces, the gap was filled up by other artistes appearing a clever turns The retirement of Miss Nells dermaton Love whise mariage recoudy took place, from the Circus arena is a distinct loss to the clever, of young Harmstons, whose dinog and grace combination of equestrians consisting of a trip fol acts in conjunction with cas another will be greatly missed.mp

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Outside the Forbidden City is a broad and wonderfully picturesque moat,, a meat entirely covered at this season with huge fat lotus, water. Around the moat on several sides is inaves, and soft pink flowers floilog on the

dwelling place of loyal. Manchu Princes and gentlemen, and when only a very few foreign ore, professors at the Imperial University, a permitted to have homes-to-day.

The Imperial City is walled agals from the poorer Maschu familles in the days when the Tattar Lity, roserved to ordinary soldiers and recurity of the conquerors we got so substan- tlalimaven so substantial, I might sy—as it is to-day.

Chas Eth-fanak highways have not yet bea provided with Safeguards of this description, But the provision of this additional improve. ment le a matter of only a litle more times The Forbidden City in eking is a strangely A TRIBUTE BY THE FORMER JUNIOR MAN substantial, up-to-date structures of wood and The bridges, which are very numerous, em all

other walls. No community of the Wellen of Thibet, the favoured os, as our readers will los. There roads and bridges show evid constructed pleca, a ples of walls many with H. E. Wen Taung yao, former Juuler Amban stone, built, to all preurance, to last for can World would permit such an enclosure to ar ol as doubt remember, with a graphic description of the highest engineering skill, and re-

peror of China. Son of eaves, lives with the kind enough to supplement the information who carried but the actual work of construc city. This innermon city where the Em turned to Shanghat from the South, and been bere engineer culiers, and the Chinese moldiers wives, qunuchs, and soldiers bequeathed to him which he gave us is the former latervlow, with tion. The chief of these highways in that from by bis high walls of rectangular compass, whose a long and Interesting account of the conditionn Chiamde to Tachlealu. As there were no roads Beater length lies north and stulb, and we on the franter between Sitchuon and Thibet, le the country prior to the advent of H. E. Chro central roadway, overhung by many pagoda and the wonderful Transformation which fine Ech-fung, neither naturally were there any torped gates, marks the meridian of the sun been wianght to that wide and extensive resthouses, but these the energetic High prevent the crossing of Peking from east or ministration of H. E. Chao Lik-tung, the igb foratable buildings, on the lines to come for more than two miles these palice grounds region since it came under the vigorous ad Commissioner has also now provided.

Com Commissioner of Frontier Affairs, (F We exist of the famous Indian da bungalow, Tachen

are now to be found at shore Intervalı" along the highways They are » Irea to DANE THE FRONTIER REGIONBARU PERE

the use of all travellers without charge, save the this particular part of the boundary of Chine, expected by the caretakers, and which, we need The term frontier" as used in relation to price of fuel and the small cums which I

which, sense it is unbilly interpreted-but a | its payment is by no means compulsory a streich of country a thousand miles long and another important improvement introduced 200 miles wide approximately, batwren Toby HE. Chao Erb-fung, is the telegraph.. Pilve chieniu and Ohiamdo, separating the jurisdic to his arrival thern", was no telegrph. fo the The Ambits of Thibet. Over all this extensive his administration, telegraphic communicatlus tion of the Viceroy of Sircbuen from that of

country but ahr, thanks again to the vigour of

Affairs holds undisputed sway, rasponsible to tiously and easily with all parts of the world region the High Commissioner of Frontier may be bad from all the larger cevires, exped- 00 000 for bis Imperial Master in Peking. and in a minor degree, his brother: In Changin, H.E. Chao Eth-bson, the enlightened Viceroy of Stechen. The High Commisioner Though the greatest of the walls, that enclos. of Frontier Affairs and the Amban of Thibet, being everywhera fortified and in places where of each other, bat both are entwerable for their Ingabis Tartar city, in wonderfully formidable, H.E. Lien Ya, act in complete independence bulwarks run out as much as a handred feet Administration to the Viceroy of chusi and wide, the early Manchus attempted to encom which the High Commissioner rules is an the Government in Peking. The country over pass the wa le place again, so that even elevated table-land ranging in height from akiket gardener supplying the capital with vegetables and flowers, and fishermen who drop their sets in the Grand, anal, might be protect ed from the sanulis ef barbarian tribes. But at this they failed, Ingely because vaulty and line of defence, and only one side, enclosing to not necessity called for this, anaacassary outer the south a rectangular flank of many aguare miles, was finally encompassed. This is called the Chinese City, though to day the Chinese penetrate even the Forbidden City, bring casocillors to a mloor extent of the Manchu Prince whose will it law,

MANCHU AND CHINAMINU

Shortly after nine o'clock this morning Hongkong bad the pleasure of welcoming back to the Colony His Excellency Sir Frederick Ariangements were admirably carried out to give our popular Governor and the roles popular lady who accompanied him as royal a welcome.as posible after the protmeted stay. in the homtland and consequently Blake Pier presented a gala apoarance with its tastefal array of fresh, green palms and the red carpet read, the Chairman spoke as follows:

The notice calling the meeting having b which extended across the entire length of the

Before passing to the business of thismesting pier. Ortelde the pier, a guard of honour do there are some personal matters & would like 40 ialled from The spd Bufis, consisting of 100 rank and file, with Licoh Norman and Gould bearing the colours of the Regiment, cord the death of Mr. W. G. Hayne, our fondos

One of the new additions which we noticed was drawn up under the command of Captain Manager, Mr. Bayne was best known to you

last night was a skilful sharp-shooting act by aa Secretary hers and before that su Agent in Worblagion. On the pier itself, a large Yokohama. He devoted over 40 years of bie repeating siff as and pistales. The Sisters fixed

the Sisters Loulis and Angelina Batch, with | number of infeantial citizens awaited the a life to lks Company's interests and did yeoman rival of Their Excellencies and among the sarvicain building up your business lu tän Essal vártotis dominmiva objects from all sorts of the second, or Imperial" City, originally the implies `not merely a narrow dividing live-in: hardly say, is invariably, forthcoming although; gathering we noticed Lady and Miss May, Mr. Our deepest sympathy is extended to bis widow

diffcult positions and the remarkable precisión Mr, and Nut Shelton Hooper, Major-Gen and family. Me Lyall has been selected to 50l

characterizing thile succemalol : efforts greatly aral Anderico, Commanding the Forces in

astonished the audience. A filling Guate to the South Chins, Mr. and Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe. Mr. Lyall has been over 18 years is the Com

the post of Manager of the London Branch,

aci was witnessed, when a row of lighted can- Obav. Volpicelli, Italian Consul, Messrs. Ho

dis placed horizontally in a cabinet bad that Fook, Sia Tak Fas, Ho Kem Torg. Hispanglervice and we have every coolience flames extinguited by a series of quick, sec in his ability, and judgment as an poderwriter. centire shots with a repeating rifle. The Sistem Lordship Bishop D. D. Pemisal, Rev. Father. The Company has been unfortuna.s in losing Spada, Drt J. M. Atkinson, Sir Hormajae the services of Mr. W. F. Gray, our Hongkong

are indubitably clever in their lies. The Weir Mody, Hon. Mr. A. W. Browin, His Betour Agent, who died very suddenly at that Post

mza Troupe, comilsting of two indico and this F. "A, Hazeland, Paisna Judge, Masera. E. A.

geallemen, werd iplendid in their serial sɛ! | Irving, A. H. Harris, Hon. Mr. Murray Stewart,

in May last, whiin recently wa fout the serwicaF

and should be sten to be appreciated, Thi of Mr. Grant who jolted the Eastern suff about Sir Francis Piggott, Chief Justice, Capt. F. W

Trio Frolic is another new lurn -and setar Lyons, Deputy Captain Saperintendent of

a year ago. Our boarliest sympathy is extend-

'shts of acrobatic dancing by two ladies anda ed, to Mr. Grant in her sad bereavement. Police, Licut Col. Chapman, Hon. MrW The report and accounts having bead to your bed as suurallas preniler, Society for

Rattleman. The Kavanagh Brothers, fadingly. Chatham, Hon. Mr. E. Osborne, Messis. Lau Cha Pak. Wong Kam Fak, Ng Hoa Chi, Lengual custom sad take them as read. The bands for some time, 1,think we may follow the

glers, have already made a eputation in the Fai Chi, O. W. Les-Jones, J. Wood, Dr.

Far East, and therefore their marvellous hand and Mrs. Jordan, Comm. J. Leiria, Cansal of the report and accounts, the declaration of a

Sbsiness before the meeting is the pissingling of eccentric Indian clubs and tennis rac for Portugal, and Dr. J. W. Noble.

Da Taxir Excellencies arrival at Blake Pier, placing of Tls, 63,000 out of the year's working

final dividend and bons to contributors, the quils, need not be described in detail. Novells, the "Mirthful Mimic,” has not soffered on the usual solutes were fired. The party astoms

whit since, the Circus': last visit heza is bled on the pler then shook hands with Thuir

to Sliver Reserve; the transfer of the balance

his capacity to produce the onhodex rounds Excellencies, after which the Guard of Honouring the Account for cog; and the election of

of working A/c to Underwriting Reizwa, clos. of the poultry-yard and other domesticated presented arms, a fox bars of the Nailonel Au: Directors and Auditors for the next working really a side-splitter, Piccolo and Fiori, the animals and bis · gait on the violin is them being played simultaneously. His Xx. calloncy inspected the men and shortly after

clever knock-about clowns, inroduced some wards holb His Excellency and Lady Luzard

The volume of builpass for the year nadar pracevded in chairs to Coverment Houis.

review shows some improvement compared clan wonders which went to show how auch Cap be accomplished by a dog with a le We were glad to notice that Lady Lugard

with 1929, but lossas especially during the latter

indoing. The barking of one of the agimus was looking very well this morofag. After the

part of 19. and begining of igra were heavy supposed to soprint the word "No" sound sarlons illaen through which her Ladyship satisfactory when we consider there has been I think however we may look on the out-torn us

ed almost human The dummy-clowns, Maks»|| recently passed, It is distinctly gratifying to

dow" is another decided acquisition, and as have Lady Lugard with us once more and we

little or no abatement to the revera competition his name would appear to suggest, be is quite wish bath Sir Frederick and Lady Lugard a

in ralds on better class risks, We ate continu.

weird and uncanny in some of his acts. Lick pleasant sojourn in the Colony.

ing our policy of conțervalive' progress which

Hayes complelerike comic'pinion of the pip has brought as to our present satisfactory fiagramme. His Ieventiva geaiut is responsible clat potion as the policy which we consider pays in the long no in these days when the Rudsit, the Tramp Cyclist, performs la for & aumbsz el perticality original acts margin of profit as nederdwriting account is so small. In maintaining and developing our

the circumscribed spaces of the arean what busineis, it is essential to be able to polat to

most people would require the aid of substantial reserve 'which are such ù feature

mbacle to accomplish in an amphi-theatre and of the Companies with which we are in dally

hidroli expression of **Very warm to-night"| competition, and we hope oure recommeoḍa-

* accompanied by the flinging away of bis tion to add to our rastives will meet with your

collar, of which article be ris an extensive approval shall be pleased to answer any

stock round his peck, Long before the coa questions to the bed of my ability."

clusion of bis performance, the area is simply litered with castoff collats. The eveulug' brilling performance of John Hougal, with hi antertainment as usual coccluded with the

five full-grown tigers and the fact of the per formance proceeding without a single hitch goes to show that the trafner has the brutal absolutely under his control. The Circus on he whole is well worth seeing..

APPLICATION FOR BAIL.

QUESTION BEFORE THE CHIEF JUSTICE,

1st inst Before the Chief Justice, Sir Francis Piggott, at the Supreme Court this morning, Mr. didon Potter, Instructed by Mr. J. H. Gardiner, made an appl cation on behalf of Wong Tal, a pri- toner confined in Victoria Goal, for bail to be granted. Koo. Mr. W.. Rees Davies, X.C, Al foray-General, instructed by Mr. H. L. Dea- nys, Sr., from the Crown Solicitor's office, ap. peared for the Crown.

Mr. Fetter stated that under the Crown Office practice, where a man was in custody, the Court should be semmoned by writ of habeas corpur to show cause why ball should not be granted. Even when a prisoner pleaded guilty, there was inherent power vasted in the Court to grant ball. There were two ways of asking for bail, ons of which was when the Court originally exercised its fatisdiction to grant bill.

His Lordship-1 don't sen bow it can be decei by habeas corfus, because the custody is illegal. Proceeding, bis Lordship suited that the ques- tion of talony was a question of discretion. Connnel was appealing to the inherent jurisdic

tion of the Court

Mr. Potter coatended that the practice lo this Colony differed from that obtaining at Home. Lose there was an express formulaties. The Section was very wide. Even where s prisoner was guilty of treason, he could come before the Court and apply for bail, whether he had been committed for trial or not. Counsel proceeded to read the Section, which he fald removed all doubt as to whether prisoner could apply to the Court for ball while under remand. His Lordship said he was not sure whether the Section applied where bail had already bpen asked for before a Magistrato, who refused It for some reason or other.

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Nons being forthcoming the Chairman said I have now the pleasure to move that the Report and Accounts as now presented be accepled and passed,

Mr. Jameión seconded, and the motion was carried unanimously,

The Chairman propused that a final dividend of 7 per cent. on ibe paid up capital and a bonus of 15 per cent, upon contributory pre miums bs distributed,both payable at exchange 2/58; that Tis. 60,000 be flostorral to silver Feserve, and the balsace be transferred to ua. derwriting reserva account, closing the account för 1937

Mr. H. de Gray-seconded and this molisa was al pasied,

Mr. O, M. Bain proposed that Mestre., Mc- Leod, Dalgliesh, de Gray, Hide, fameson and Meyerink be re-elected Directors of the Com

pany, ced that the remuneration of the Direc tors be Tis, 6,000 perADEUM.

This was seconded by Mr. H. Giller, and unanimously adopted,

On the motion of Mr. H. A. J. Macray seconded by Mr. 1 Bimson, Me.srs, Wingrove and Aayter were re-appointed andijon for the ensuing year,

This concluded the business, and the Chairë man sanotaced that dividend warrants would be posted to-day.

OPIUM IN CHINA,

In bit annual repat pa the foreign trade of cial Attaché at Peking, writes with regard to China for last year. Air. W. P. Ker, Commer

opiam:→→

Mr. Potier said there was no reason why s Magistrate should not gr. at ball. He could do no avaa if prisoner had been committed for trial, Altar further argument, the application was refused.

RUBBER AS AN INVESTMENT.

OPTIMISTIC OPINION OF AN EXPERT. The London Financler of September 28 prints the following:-Rubber shareholders generally will dariva much encouragement from the cheer fal speech delivered yesterday by Vr. Keith Fraser Arbuthnot at the meeting of the United Sumatra Rubber Estates. This hich authority, who naturally declares blmsoffa firm balistor la rubbar, is of opinion that we are in for a period of high prices for rubber for some time to come, in the course of which the perform- ences of companies such as the Uailed, Lum. alea will do much to restore public confidence supply, by 5,100 chests. The starting point from which the reduction is effected in

The fact that there was an increase in the Import of ladian opium may surprite some who bare misunderstood the ariam zement un der which the Indias. Goverment agreed to effect as annual propertionate reduction in tho amount exported from India. The reduction which took effect from January, 1958, was based on the average import of indian opium into China during the three years ago1-of-namely, $1,000 a year, or about three-fourths of the total 67,oco chests (Patna and Benares, 48,000; average caport during the same period, viz., Malwa, 19.000). The arrangement is for thres years, with a conditional extension to ten years, and each year the maximum amount allowed to be exported is diminished by one-tenth of the amount assumed as China's former pormat

In an industry wall deserving of it. Rubber net 5,000 chests, but 67,000 chests, so that the coltivation, he contende, is an investment aggregate volumes of exports of opium from second to none, and one that will still bear to India is limited to 61,000 chasts ja 1908, 16.830 vestigation, lo proof of the statement bet elted the case of the United :umaira Estates'

cheste la 1909 and '51,704 chests lu igro." Thus which, when folly.matured, whit stand 'at lass

the number of chosis of Indian oplam shown. by the. Obinese customs raiuras to have been

than 50 an acre, &ccordingly, a crap at 500 imported into, China is 1999, 1, 42, 183 chests, lbs per acte will mean a profit of so per cent, for every shilling par Ib madı on the sale of

In well within the limit. The slight fecrasse rubber, bus, if the crop costs par lb to pro for by the Increasing scarcity of native opium over the import for 1908 is easily accomated, daco, and sold far as per lb, the profit would be

qual to 50 per cent, while a solling price of due to the enforcement of Chiness autopiam legislation, The 'walastion in the customs statistics which is based on the quarterly average gif. value at each port, fails to indicate the gentral zlan which has taken place in the market price of all kinds of opium, and which

35 would represent profit of top per cent. What other industry, we may well ask, can show such a splendid ritem on capital, even under com paratively unfavourable conditions?

HOCKEY MATCHES.

QUEEN'S COLLEGE #2, R,E.

The Queen's College Hockey team met the Royal Hagineers in a friendly game of hockey yesterday afternoon. A good game was put top by the bɔgy, although their opponents proved the victors. The Sappers opened the score, The came molted in a win for the Royal

· Englacers by y goals to 2.7

$.0.0.25V.M.C.A

was played yesterday afternoon #glong flackey/Olab ground and ** wipolantie 8.0.0, by one goal fathom, kojas played with only 9.

„MAHRATTAR

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A FIRM IN DIFFICULTIES..

DOZEN ACTIONS AG INST PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT.

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Education and the encouragement of industry are also matters which have deeply ungated. His Excellency's attention. After what has already been written we need scarcely referto the alter absence of schools along the frontier There are now 75 institutions de this charicles prior to the advect of the High Commissioner, fouribing in the region, which he adminin rem-including a corporation attended only aproed woollen mills and tanneries, and by girls. In the fadustrial department he has 200 foot at Batang, whose . E. Chao Erb engaged experts to teach, the prople wearing fang bis bis yamen, to 15,000 feet at Litang, and tanning which in a cosatry no, rich in while Tachleniu, the gateway of Thibet" asks, and berdi as the Thibetan frontier ara The country, which is only now beginning to be fose them. He is also using every effort for the it is termed, is 9,000 feet above the sea-level, ladustrias with ibo rosiest possible future ba." developed, was quite wild xud desolate when promotion and improvement of agriculture. Before he arrived the only crop cultivated was Chao Erk-long assumed ofice. There were no

whtai, jo few, spare patchet. The Thibetans pade, no telegraphy, no communications of any

ate absolutely no vegetables Bul now. His kind, and no crops, save a roughly cultivated

Excellency, has introduced the cultivation of rice, which besides proving a great bion to the Chinese soldier and settlers in the counter, in also belog gladly welcomed by the Thibelins former meages diet of badly baked hesten. as providing a most welcome addition to their

cakes,"

wheat.

THE PEOPLE,

abant one million in number, were in a coo Many Interesting talen (could be related of dition of the lowest metal degradation and the many walls of ild Peking; but it is my practised. What women had husbands at all material misary. Palyandry wis generally purpose here to tell of the foreign encroach. ments, which have reached, against the will of had five or six, brothem as a xule; but vast the Palace and the people of China; the very numbers of women remniced anmaried, be gates of the Forbidden City Indeed, within coming either Inmates of puoneries or manlal A stone's throw of the Chain Men, the great servants in the households of their more pro. Front Gate, the railway trains from Europe, sperous neighbours. Undersbase circumstances having come through the outer walls, arrive the populatice showed every sign of becoming and take their departure again. From the extinct bifɔre the lapse of many years, kod the Chien Men stretches to the cast another com faw visitors who panairited the country were pound, the smallest, yet the most formidable fovariably impressed by the apparent bops and important porkops of all. On one side, the lessness of its prospects. The only satisfactory. soetbern, this compound is flanked by a section feature about the people's condition was their of the Tarter City great wall; on the cast, fito physique and their agreeable, chory dis- north, and west by much lower but likewise positions under the most depressing conditions.. battle-mented defences, and a narrow trencb,

Their superior stature and build are accounted far partly by the fact that the day after children are born their mothers carry them to the nearest stream and plaege them into the water, aven in the depth of winter when the temperature is afiar down to rs or so degrees below sera. In fants which surviva this heroic ordeal, are then in eared thickly all over with grouse and ex- pored for myiral hours every day of their young lives in the opao air, so that they may grow up strong and birdy and fit to dily all weathers, which the majority of them are cor- tainly well able to de. They are very good tempered and mild mannered and as their fan gunge is the same throughout the entire region and easy for foreigners to acquire the written language is Sanscrit—ther make a very favour" able impression upon all foreign travellers that visit the country.

VARLIGN DEVILS, ¡

Along the w.lls of this Furle euclo ure you will see gu ̧rdhouses at interv ja, » erp strange sold.ers, foka gn to the country, do saptive! duty night and day. And all ibu touses within, the enclosure you will see if you look down fto a the wall—are peculiar to tbh cos pound only, Yet no two of the great residences to be seen kera ata ximilar in design, nor are the soldiers at any two of the outer guardhouses the

SAMO.

f you start along the great wall from the held Men, you will dad, baubath the Cheie 59th ult. Men pagoda, a contingent of khaki clad fellows Before Mr. Justice Hazeland, Acting Puient with broad lexan bals and a banner, floating Jud,6, at the Summary Count this morning,er them, of start and striper,eneath the several actions wors mentioned against the next pagode, that of the_r_ata Men, at the Wing Shing firm, printers and bookbinders, of south east corner, fixen-haired men. In green 150 Wellington Street, for some amounting to unifom and green helmats pass near the flag | allio $1,370 for goods sold and delivered. Ar of the Fatherland, Bulmer Johnson, of Messrs. Dennys and Bar loy, and Mr. F. X. Almade, of Messrs. Almada and Smith, appeared for the plaintiffs and M. Reader Harris, of Masses. Wilkinson and Grist, represented the defendasta.

Mr. Harris asked for a stay of the actions A bankruptcy petition had been filed, the at sels being $1,300, realised by the sale of the property by the bailiff.

One must descend here and pais northward along the broad opas space preserved by treaty round this, the Legation quarter, for the other

walls enclosing the little compound, construct `ed-by-iba__foraigners themselves, are only madera defences, low and coimpoilog compar ed with the mighty pisa tha ancients built.

A faw hundred yards to the north floats the

succession and surping south again, the Russian. you will see the Italian and British flags in

defended by the French or Jopa ate, as their No section of the outer Legation walls is legations lió in the heat of the fortige quarter.

ARMAMENT, POUR. RIÉS.........

THEIR GOVERNMENT.

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ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS, One of H.E. Obro'i first proceedings in the country was to abpilsh, the regime of the "pative rolers. These predatory gentry ha trested with scanticeremony, sunding tim "packing with small pensions, and replacing them with specially selected Chinese officiala under whom the people now acknowledge that they are better off and happier than ever they were before in the whole course of history. He also sternly forbade the monks to levy sug more taxes and gave the people to understand that they were no longer under any obligation to render free servies to manku er nativo rulers or anybody else.. In place of the taxes walch they formerly paid to a multitude of oppressors they are now cilled upou to pay: thule now matters only one small, iax" (collected""In' kind") on arable lasd and a lze of one. rupee for avery pony or mule they pɔiness, and fall arapen for every yak or cow. The "com- mandeering of these animals, which was formerly, freely practised, la re longer par- misted, the Chinese authorilles paying half-a». rupio par day for every beast hired from tha people for transport purposes

Tas practice of polyandry is being firmly dis», couraged. Every couple about to marry must now appear before a Chinese official and rigin- for the centrict, otherwise they will receive no balp or protection in case trouble should arisa' belween them after marriage, Everybody also his orginal Thibetan nams and upions between is now given a Chloess saroams in addition to

people of the same surname or belonging to the sims clan are strictly prohibited. The people ara taklog vary kindly to the new iastutiilani- vaccination, which has been latroduced with to the list of which we may add the practice of

the very best rasulis, although it was only after His Excellency bad bared his own shoulder the operation that the people would consent to and shown them that he himself had undergone

well contented and preapeous population as the indications are they will be as wail-ordered,

any to be found within the conduas of the Chinese Empire.

Prior to the arrival of H.E. Chao Eth-fung to take over the administration of the country. on behalf of the Chinese Government, those amiable but ign:rant people lived under a system of two-fold oppression. They were oppressed and taxed by the "native rulers paity local tyrants who werd supposed to be answerable in some foo10, undefined way to the Government of Lhasis, but who, in prac. tice, wore held to account by nobody or nothing

were by far the most numerons and flourishing pressed by the lomates of the monasteries, which

proper sense of the word there was Dons. Crima institutions is the country, Government in the went uppaoished and asheeded; no attempt

The author of this remarkable frans/cima» Was made lodevelop the country, or to falitatetico is the younger of a famous pale of brothers, public worts and the people ware ullesly the e'dir of whom occupies the exalted office neglected except when the time came round for them to silly the exactions of their oppressors,

of V ceroy of Szechnen. The High Commie-d slader is now 65 years of ago, a isil, halo, strong; Mr. Harris-That's the end practice. Ifortidad, though quite absurdly leside some Butthese senons came frequently enough in all

and energe ic map with nothing in his appar would like to telerio the Ordinance, as I never may see long, polcled pikes, and sometimes folk to pay taxes to the native rulers on the cre of the gates, beneath the high. pagodas, you conscience. Not only had the downtrodden

Race to indicate that he has passed the prima beard the matter disputed belo:0

of life, except his hair and moustache "which" ancieɛt bows and arrows, such as would adora hand and the monasteries on the other, but

the labours and anxieties of the pail five years? Mr. Harris proceeded to read the Ordinance, the wails of a feudal European castle now a they had to render manual service to both which said that the Court could axercise show place. And, to draw as accu ste picture, whenever called span to do so, to provide Peklog, a man of the most progressivo come have completely whitened. He is a native of discretion to stay the proceedings on a back mast state that there are little more than show ponies males and yaks for their masters when vicions, and one from whom grout though ruptcy petition being filed.

Lite thingslin Peking to-day, for the Government Ever the latter chose to more from one part of Mr. Johoson-Perhaps my friend will tell u bas learned by hard experience the value of land to another, and to find quarters for the

his services to his country have been already who are the pariners ?

syan greater things are cosfidently “looked modern weapons."

military escons by which their palive rolars

for in the future-Shanghat Times, T were invariably attended upon their travels, ali free of charge,

Ki Lordship-Do you consent to judgment?" "Austriao Esgle ; ;ben, turning towards the east but their owa sweet will-add they wore op submit to the processo that in a fowɛythiM':

Mr. Harris-Ob, no, I'm merely aski ag fara stay,

His Lordship-What do you say, Mr. Job Mr. Jobar-lask to be allowed to go on with the case in the usual way. Because a bank ruptcy petition has been filed is no reason why Of course, the many Chinese walls, which the actions should be stayed. My friend is not surround the foreigners on every side, are also entliled to a SIRY,

Mr. Harris-There's no partner. Daa man who was the sole ‘partner is dead. There ar two of the deceased's sons and they are bath under eighteen, I'm entitled to a-stay, -

Mr. Johnson-It won't harm my friend I were to open the case.

His Lordship-Fill grant a stay of execution

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By event.

Mr. Harris---It won't do my friend any good to obtain judgment. It's obviously unfair for some padple to come frat

his case taken first they are the clerks who want Mr. Johnson-Ifanybody has a right to have shoir wages. Thats all Pas appearing for.

His Lordship-They'll get their wages all Mt. Johnson-But there's to enough? out of stonde vil be best to adjum the cais His Lordship-It's no use trying to get bread sine die,

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an wooden shutters,

THE COMING OF CHAO FRIL«FONG,C

CHINESH: SHAMEN”),

At intervals on the broad pavid top of the Tartar wall you will find guardsmen who be losged in former generations to the Mancha still receive allowances of the tribale tice that Erb-fung completely changed sil. this. About Clan, and, being descendants of the conquerors, But the providential advent of H, E. Chao.

The question of Chinese v. White chwi comes up periodically. It has arisan again in comes to the capital snnually. But these men five years ago the Junior Amban af Tibet respect of steamers on the Pacific. Captain W are now only peosiosers, without weapons, who Feng Chuan, was murdered by Thibolant est F. Andrews, who writes fzɔm Tacoman,ŝataita sometimes beg fr coppers from foreigners Batang and H.2. Hei Liang (New Viceroy of that steamers with none but Chinamen as patty walking or sidiog past their little paper-win tow. Manchuria) who at that time occupied the officers, deck hands, and fireman, pay dollar ed houses beneath the now nomansed pagodas Viceregalost at Chengte, actipg noder in-

for dollar to Chinssa what they would pay to the latter you perceive another mockery of slacted Chio Erb-fang, who was then one of as if the crow, ware white. This statetasit In falling with decay. And in the loopholes of fractions from the Government at Taking white man, and carry the same complement Anished glory the marcion of carnon printed the Totals in Szachuen, to lead a positive rightly challenged by Mr. We Allingain, The Timont Forbidden Cily, the city within Chae displayed such spergs and ability in the evidence of American shipownere, Pas mat

walan axpedition to the scene, if the murder. H.E.

who points ont it does not square),with tha cities, is no longer shrouded in the deepest condect of this mission, that he was appolused forth in the reports of the beatozu before the as all the foreign Ministers have been within rasted with the dots of introducing cival of the stipowaing witnesses batera, thail.com-- mystery. Many tomists of distinction as well. High Commissioner of Frontier Affairs and an American Marchant Marine Commissione. One Its walls Photographs of its palaces, impider all along the Isles marches.baten mission, was Mr. Frank 33 Waterhouse, Sparke gardens, and His jule jakas ara sold by Japan schoen and Thibot. That is the region over still increasing. Thas, at Amay, the price

The case was accordingly adjourned elsa diiend and German photographers, who obtained which he has ever since exercised who, en- ing of Transpacific steamers, he said that th

ordinary pay of the Chinese sallar, and access when he foreign armies wore in nouupa, lightened rule, over which la fact, he has reign- of foreign opium rosstrom Sgao a choit early,

tion. But you will and if you ride up to any ed a veritable Lord of the Marches. He found American fireman 45 gold spermoathy

fireman in 57 gold – paz y month in 1503 to $1,600 in juce and to $1,750, in'

of the gales of its plakatbed walk that even howling wilderness and be has transiimed of Chinese stoward instant sy holdi March, 1910, At Narking during the last two

its grounds are still forbidden to the ordinary it if not quite into a paradise, at last lotda per montbj of an American WATER AERIALADET years the price of foreign opium bus increased

mortal, perary tolerable place of residence for the mil. Sat geld per month, if Captain Gasil by nearly 50 per cent, while that of native

if you are a stranger and do not how Pak-in odd people who constitute its population. Transpacific steamer residanttea dauka opium bas trebled during the same period. Ichang tinder the cofaisance of the Imperial negotiations are still being carried on between the sacred gatas. A nervous gaining of the columas of a newspaper a fraction even of the have to be paid to white men Mos The amount of opium passing down through

We (The Shanghat Times) understand that direct your obedient ric shaw boy to one of It would be difficult to describe la fow a month as against $15 and $17.

ing, ton, well you may happen by accident to CIAO KRE-FUNG'S REFORMS, Chiqpsa sailors and draman, receive

Maritime Customs was almost exactly the samo

the Hongkong and Shinghal Bank and the |[n, 19:9 us in tp08, lidt all reports agree that

Ez presentatives of the Viceroy of the Liang, paid to as place at your approach-narrons | charges for the baiter which have been effects: Oxpiala Gaslick, we food aur there has been a vary greatly reduced producking Provinces with regard to the thres because the pigtailed soldiers do not like the id during H; E. Chua's administration. The ont få fold per month, par mat tloa fó Szechuka and YannaD,-`

million-fael load, and it is expicted that the basa på terning away foreigonis, in whom, most steining and important parhaps are thone: us to feed Americans from terms will be settled in a few days' timmefter ca. 1900, they stand in certain swa. – The which belong to the departureet of communica- menthae fia camina the receipt of the Total's Communication modern soldiers with approved walposs, will to the country & There is now rezain zelo plo

bardemra with his ancient sword, so woll as House When be arrived there were no ronds men than would suc forming them that the Viceroy had received an abs the orders of their officers with evident work of incollons/highways throughout the ofik Boche Maldona Imperial Edict captioning the raising of load aim Frederick Moore in the Daily New tire region. Carefully levelled, well construct Papias pala of iso, tillige tails by merchants fiam the presegeran z HongkongandShanghai Hank to be guaranteed yang

TYPHOON WARNING.

7 he istagram quoted below was received from the Manila Obasrvatory at the America Consulate General to-days-ap

she played on the Visayas moving W

Mr, Almada-—Yes,

TUE FINANCIAL SITUATION.

'IN SHANGHAIZA

by the Shanghai Ticial, the Chamber of Com RETURN of visitor to the City Hall Library merce held an Extmordinary missing at which

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auer Manils October 31, 4-45 p.m. -

Cyclone or Typhoon over the Eastern it was resolved that any merchant who he and Museum for the wask ending iba goth

sulinle property of goods and wished to borro". Symoney on the same, okosid mendikum,ibrou PALAKOLA Manila: Novamber i to km-re the Committee of kN DIA Mitsid; pl Oyclone bi ziyphocé over the Vitsjan (7) Faba Chramber of Commerce :

lands/moving.

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a stretchet comparing lavourably, li down the Blogas and straight accross the wide

volailty out o the Briti