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ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE,

ANNUAL REPORT AND PRIZE LIST,

-aist lust, His Excellency the Governor, Sir Frederick Legard, presided this afternoon at the nequal dists.tution of prizes at St. Joseph's English College.

The Rev. Frother Director submitted his report for the year 1910, which has been on the bole a prosperous one for the College. The atiendasco bas been good and the boys have succeeded wall in the different exam hatlons. The highest monthly enrolment during the year was 401, "whils the average daily attend. ACI Wis 635. These figures show an improve an on last year, when the highest monthly entelment was 416 and the average daily at ten'a co 4o. The a tendance of the boys bas been regular throughout the year. Exc pt for a few typhoon days, ibera was no serious break in the regular classer.The Rev. Bother Director points out to Chibere parenia th necity of tending their children to school before the age of tetive; when this is done the boy succeed well and cony off many prizas. The staff has been strengthened during the year by the addition of two European teach- ers. All tie classes are now sticily is accord. ALCO with the requirements the Eduction Department, the hi hess number of pupils under the supervision of ney one teacher being 40. ' ho weekly testimonials and monthly ex- aminations conlisue to interest the boys vy much. This stimulus terms to beak the moco'cay of the ordinary class work, while H olo fit the boys for their fidal examinationr. The conduct of the pupils bas bren vary good. They try to please their teachers, and as a rale exhibit as excellen spirit. The Boarding De partment is in a prosperous condition, and the esbrti da corps ucivafog the boarders is ex- celfect.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY DECEMBER 23 1910

gious knowledge; F. Sato, Keography, male- QUARRY BAY MANSLAUGHTER | LARCENÝ BY A FILIPINO COOK. matics, penmaoship; F.ha Fai, mathematics; G. Carvalho, drawing..

C. Vas, bygitus,

CASH

"AENTENCE:"ONE YEAR'S HARD LABOUR.

"FLRADE"GUILTY ̃AT ́ASSIZES-TO-DAY::-

Class 4-G. Carvalho, general proficiency,

Igih last English, history, bygiene.religious knowledge;

gth lost. Before the 'Chief Justice at the Criminal Kworg Ming, mathematics, geography, pen

At the Crimiani Sessions this morning, be-Sessions this, meroing, A Filipino named mauship: A. Osmund, geography, religious:

ledge; F. Kennedy, mathematics, ptp-foto-the-Chief-Justice, Sir-Francis Piggot, Gregorio Tiangon was charged with basing on manship; K. Resario, bistory; G. Reich, Eng- French sailor Damed Paul Foitier was brought th November stolen a sum of acco peros and lish: F. Silva, drawing: A. 1 avates, drawing up on a charge of having committed maroo dollars, the property of Mrs. A. Hamas. slaughter at. Qany Bay on 5th December by On the ladictment belog read over to him in Class 3 (Oxford Preliminary)-Xong Chee, killing Chan Hile, a tickan coolie. The ac Spanish by Mr. N. G. Nolan, chief interpreter, general proficiency, arithmetic, English, mathe cared, through the Frotch Consul, M. Gaston the prisnuer pleaded guilty, matic, drawing, Erench; R. Ribeiro, Scip. Liebert, who acted as interpreter, tendered a ure, history, drawing; A. Stqucho, mathe plea of guilty. As recounted at the time of the matter, bygiere; F. Mesray, English, Scrip-fatal assair't, it appeared that the prisoner bat ure; . Messo, arithmetic, gougripby; H. been returning 1 to at night along with some Reich, geography: C. Baptista, hist i R. compa ions to his vessel lying at Quarry Bay, Beu galgnat, Sculpture; F. Banjo, byglene. when some troublà arose over the payment of the ricksha coolies and as a resol Potior stabbed his puller with a knife, causing the lattes death,

Cla's' (Oxfo a Janlor)-J, You oy, gen- eral proficiency, bookkeeping, mathematics, political econoay, English bistory; H. Osorio, tolitical economy, physical geography, about- bad, commercial knowledge: E. Horia", Scripture, physical geography: M. Mayer, Scripture, litory, teskkeeping; A. Baste, English; W. Ezra, maltematics.

SECIAL PRIZE LIST.

THE MONTE CARLO OF TAK FAR EAST.

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PROGRESS IN CHINA,

The following interesting article is from tha An article on Mucio (Macko: The Mento Paking Daily News of December gr

The Commission for the Study of Constitu Cails of the Far East contributed to the

tional Government has recently presented a November Travel and Exploration is of some

memorial to the Throne reporting the result of topical interest a the present Juncture in view.constitutional-preparation as re Dited by the of the recent revolution in Portugal. For different departments of the Central Govern Macia is one of the few zomaining fragments meat and the viceroys and governors of the of the great Fortuguese Eastern Empire. The various provinces. The commission, after quot- article, which is easymous, gives a great dealing the varions Imperial Decrsas issued and. of information on this sticktown plece of bearing up the subject of constitutional pic "Portugal in Chion"

paration, says that the preparat da to bọ mađa this year consists of fourteen items. The first. among them has been the convention of the Trachong Yunn which is still holding its or dinary session. The other items have to do with administration, civil affairs, finance, educa top, law and the judiciary.

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Mr. C. G. Alabaster, who appeared for the Crawn (instructed by Mr. H. L. Dennys, jan,

The gambling hells are in the Chinese of the Crown Sol'citor's ofüce), stated that the quater, and are by ne mora Laser at prismer was a cook who had been in the cm-regards exterior er interior. These gaming usually of anastery only pley of Mrs. Ramics and he had admitted hav- houses ing stolen from his mistress sum of 10.0 pesos and on the ground flser you will find no and soo dollars.

lighted and ill-ventilated room, some thirty fent by filly feet, the sole furniture of which is

With regard to the reorganization of tho ady a table about six feet square and four feet high.ministrative, system, the Commission presented Before the croupier, usually the proprietor, is a on the syth day of the nod moon of the and small pile of caih..In the middle of the table

year of Hsuan Tung (January, 1910) a mumo, is a large slab of xioc divided into four sections, lai to the Throne

and

4. The punters place numbered 1, 2, 3, their stakes on one of the sect ons, but the richer players are careful act to indicate the amount of the stake, and wrap their money up in rice paper, though even the most still coupler wild-fied it difficult, with so many eyes watching the matipalation of the cash, to add to his legitimate prefits by cheation.

His Lordship-Are there any exictuating circumstances?

Cours: None, except that he has p'e: did guilty,

His Lordship passed fentence of three years imprisonment with hard labour...

his Lordship-What is a paso wer.h? Mr. Alabaster said it was worth a little more The Attorney-General, Mr. W, Rear Davies, than ths Fongkong dollar. The whole amount K.C. (instructed by Mr. 11. L. Danny's, Acting stolen was about $1,500 The moucy was Crown Solicitos), appeared for the prosecutine; contained to a metal box locked up is a Sir Heol Berkeley, KC. (instructed by Mr. H. camphor-wood frank; this, the prisoner brake W. Losker of Messrs. Deacon, Locker and open, cxtracted the money and then decamped, Clats (Oxford Senior.)-L. Rabat, excel- Deacon), represented the accused man Next day he was ares by a friend of his mis: lence, bookkeeplog, Spanish, political eco- Sir Henry Berkeley, addressing the Benches, to whom he confessed the theft, at the nemy Prevest, excellence, bookkeeping.said that undoubtedly bis Lerdship bad readme time giving a list of names of persons French, political economy, English, Scripture; the deposit ons lu the case, from which it would among whom, he said, he had appar.issed the 1. Thus, excellence, physical geography have been seco that this unhappy may, the money. Prisoner gave six nares in all of mathematics, history, Scripture Cheong Kai, prisoner, found himself in this pretty seriobs persons who were said to bave been recipients sponsions, physical geugrophy, mathematics, position in which he now stued unda a charge of the stolen money in sums ranging fram classical Chinese, shorthand, typewriting; D. homicide, having, ut fortunately, been under $1,Coo to 515, and offered to point them out to Rosetio, history; G. Liston, Eaglish.

the influence of drink on the occasion lo questo Police. With this end la view, Sergeant tion. He was a very young nen-Counsel was Ogg west all round Kowloon with him for a instructed that he was only 24 years of age whole day, but the prisoner failed to find any and he had no exceptionally go character. of the parts whose names be bad given and 7 bis had been spoken to bo his Com gate contradicory accounts as well. So far, marding Officer and by the Lieutenant under the Police bad no: been able to trace them whose immediate notice he came.The affair either. occured, undoubtedly, as the man himself stated, when he was unconscious of what be was doing. That was no defence in law, but it was a matter that could be brought to the merciful coesideration of the Court inflicting. the punishment which must fall upon the sho:Ideis of the prisoner. The affair occurred at night after this man, and a me of his com panions bad apparently been visiting some of those pincer in the town where liquors of a med 1 pretected by a friend for resposas; maddening character were sold. Afterwards Cheung Kai; Mr. G. J. Sequeira, gold wa'ch for geral proficiency in Std. 7, J. Yau Loy; they went on board, the prisoner being helped gold medal presented by the College for ex-by his comrades, and knowing nothing of what cellence in Senior Oxford, L. Rabat; gold had happened. Next day when zumours formally opened this maroing in the Suprema medal presented by the College for excellence reached the ship of what bad occurred-that a in Senior Oxford, 1. Prevost; Roid med:1 prc- coolis had been killed-bere was no clear in- Court-the Chief Justice, Sir Francis Piggott, sented by the Collage for excellence in Senior diçi'n as to who had done the dead, but the Presiding. Five cases, Involving as many per prisover came forward voluntarily to his Cap-on, were down for hearing, the lit blog as Oxford, J, Thuan.

talo; and, although le did not remember hav. follows:-Hrz: Lyan, larceny; Paul-Pottier, mauslaughter; John Grant, firgery, etc.; Young done what was char; el, still, from all the Vau,armed robbery; Gregory Tiangon, tarcons circumstances related to him, he was certato that his must have been the hand which dealt Wong Tak, forgery; Wang Tio, larceny: Un OXFORD CISTIFICATES,

the blow; and wishing no suspicion to fall

Tam Hop, shooting with intent to murder and armed robbery; Fong Coni, forgery, Trolimitary-Xeong Chee, Henry Reich; upon anyone else be, had come forward pie R. Bourgeignat, O. Mars, R. Ribako, W. pa ed to take the blame upon himself in which Paul Pattier, a French sailor, was The only cases disposed of to-day were those White, C. Baptisin, F. Murray, L. Gomes, F. He had never for one moment codeavour. Yoang Po, Nam, L. Orizio, A. Sequeira. Ged to shield himself by any falsehood He charged with manslaughter and Gregory Tiaogeo, a Filipino cook, with larceny, la Baker, R. Baumano, F. Burjs, Lung Ping had tees all above board from first to last. He

had been contiteat through ponitest and both these cases, the prisoners pleaded guilty.

The Chief Justice made the following_on. Junior-Joseph Yau Loy, Henry Czaris, D. contrite-and confested he had done what he Brown, W. Ezra, 11. Mayer, H. Eolelho, Tang bad, not knowing what he was doing. Counsel nacement to the jurors in alterdates-Gen. tlemen of the panel, I bink it would be a con Che, Ko, A. Paste, L. Remedios, L. Ribeiro, askel his Lordship to deal with the prisoner venience not only to you but to the general L. Paskolan.

as irn'ently as vird cation of the law would Senler.-L. Rabet, Prevost, J. Thuan, Cheung permit under the circumstances. He asked public that the Sessions should be adj urned till next January, f ask yru gaotlemen to the Court to tale into recollection the tisti Kai, D. Resario, G.. Litten, L. Gootherts, R.

come again at ten o'clock on Wednesday, 4th mony of the Captain and Lieutenant as to the

January, excellent character the prisoner had borre up to the moment when unfortunately be gave way to the temptations of drick and brought himself into this serious position in which he now stood.

His Lordship the Bishop's prize for religious knowledge, I Thuan; H.E. Major General Anderson's prize for mathematics, Cheung Kai; Sir H. N. Mody's gold medal for English literature, P. Rrevost; Slr H. N. Mody's scholi rahip of $3, P. Seqarita; Mr. Bellios scholarship So for English (saior), P. Pravos; The results of the Oxford examination were Mr. Bellios eluship $13 for English very gratifying. There were presented (Junior). 1. You Loy; Mr. Delilios scholarship Benirr juriors and 16 preliminar es. Of $25 for English (juo), A. Basto: Mr. JPM these, 8 scalor, 1: jusicre, and 16 pret'in par Alves' scholarship S:5 for commercial know- les secured passes. Louis Kahat, Peter Prevost, ledge, H. Carrio Cathclic Ualou scholarship erdachim Th an obtained third-class hon- $15 for religions knowledge, P. Prevost; Mr. sur is the fenior, while Cheung Kai obsided. M. Basto's gold medal for shorthand, gold distinction to Classical Chiess and a cerifirate exempting him from responsions. Nearly all the boys secured a good pass in English.

The shorthand and typewriting classes still maintained their efficiency. During the year -several examinations were held and 24 certifi cates granted-18 fer shorthand and 6 to: type witing, Towards the end of October an examination was held under the anspices, of the Shortband and Typencing Commitice," There were pretested for sherthand speed certificates 16 boya-120 words a mintte-baing the highest speed-and for typewriting certifi cates to boys. The results have not yet come oland.

Hygiene his been well taught during the sear. The examinations in this subject pro duced on the whale satisfactory reṣulia. Ten boys were presented for the team competition,

but so far the results have not been modi

know. In compliance with instructions hom the Education Department, and in view of the fature University of Hongkong, hygiene bas bsen Included in the Oxford senior ad d`junior cariculum,

The library ID connection with the Oxford

Prizis for special merit.-A. Sequeira, R Baamano, Y Po Vam, H. Bourguiguat and Kweng Chee.

Kwan.

Byplist 1.

SHORTHAND CERTIFICATES.

TYPAWRITING CERTIFICATES.

class is a source of great benefiɛ to the boys, At pratent it contains close an 600 volumes. The College received a large number of new F da Luz, J. Thuen, J. Silvs, P. Prevost, books during the year, and although it is still H. Orlo, Cheung Kai, R. Bapikta, II. Mayer, could wish, it may be said that it admirably Yau Loy, B. Botelho, D. Brown; A. Castro, H. far from being as complete as the Rev. Director. Lopes, D. Roza, L. Ribeira, G Litton, fulfils the purpess for which it was established. Reich, F. Merjay.

White solicitous for the morel and Intellectu.I Zévalopment of the pupils, the Gollere staff Also took special interest is their physical edccrim. Football teams are organised, and games ara regularly played at 'au:away Bay, The first and second teams are very promising this year, but as long as the boys warn eon. 6.al to the very limited recreation graund attached to the College it cannot be expected that the resti s on the field should be soyitlag bat mediocre..

CHINESE DEPARTMENT,

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Hu, Chinese drawing, Frithmetic; Fung Wing, peamanship, drawing; Li Chebug Wai, religious knowledge: Tam Wing Kwong, Ohi 1ere; Lam Chaun Dat, Penmanship.

REPORTS OF LARCENIES,

A FORMIDABLE LIST.

rothirst;

THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

-TRIALS ADJJCRNED TILL JANUARY:

Igth jost.

The Crimical Sessions fo: December were

COLLISION IN THE HARBOUR.

EMBODYING A ROUGH SCHEME upon which the official reorganization should be based. When the Imparial sanction was. being obtained, coples of the draft were stul to the different departments inviting their opinion thereon. Their views having been obtained a

revision was made to the scheme which camis to consist of fourteen articles and fourteen tables. The revised scheme was presented to the one for approval on the 4th day of this moon (December), and will be enforced when Imperial Decree to that effect shall have been issued. Closely copm cled with this matter la BORNICO EXAMIbation, and for the the preparation of the regulations for the civil

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GRADATION OF OFFICIAL SALARY,

When all the stakes bave been told down and the ire taket by this time is quite conceala by little beans of celos, and the liste pill-fike pellets which contain the stakes of the more cautious gamblers, suspiclots of the dexterity of the croupiers la manipulating the cash the croupier calls out the Chinese

dicates this as well by covering his own beap equivale:t of Meesteurs, in jeu est fait. He in. of cash with a brass bowl, and begins slowly The Commission is of opinion, however, that as official salaties could "not be fixed with- and deliberately to draw cut four cash at a time, with a chopstick in each baod. His out the reorganiz tion of the official system movements are purposely deliberate, so as to being fint eflicted, it is proposed that the re impress the puotes with the fact that "there vised tfficial system ba first enforceds and the is no decepifot. Uimately the beap is re-regulations for the gradation of salaries are, to duced to ore, two or three cash, or nething remales. The winging stakes are at once paid in the prepation of bree times the stakes (less the banker's commission of 10 per cent, to' those who have backed the wlaning num- bers 1, 2, 3, or 4, the later number only, win ning when no cash ramaiss in the heap after division.-L. & C. Express,

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GRENIER'S RUBBER MÄNUAL.

The ports q" Grenier's Rubber News, un excellent fortnightly magazine that made its fint apparance furtata mouths age, have now published a Rubber Annual, which may be read with considerable profis by all osa interested in the lúdustry. Many piss of the indusly are treated by those who have made a careful sudy of thei: subject, and among the tedings of chapters may by noted A Ratecspect of 1910, The Early Finance of the Rubber Industry, The Rubber Market in rora; while number of Estats

watten up in an interesting way. A chip ter devo eitɔ "The Rubber Flinting Industry" explains various phases of estate development, and shows by picturas what on es a'c at various stages in its history should and should not lock like Local Directors and Agen's mig t well insist upon quartedly photographs of portions of the younger estates an ieteiktha lytbe stan dexis cat in this anicle, The Rubber Angual is profesely illu trated with excellent reprodas tions of photographs, and it can be cordially

Messrs. Charles Grenler & Son, Koala Lumpur, at Saag each (Straits Currency)

In conclusipo, Counsel made an appeal for LARGE, JUNK RUNS INTO A STEAM-LAUNCH, recommended. Uepies can be ob air ef from clemency to that side of the Court la wh'cb- mercy was administered,

17th inst. His Lordship, in passing sentence, asid'it; A collision occurred to the harbour shortly Í, da Luz, P. Prevost,'Į. Thurd, L. B:slo, F. was with very great regret that for the second after 11 o'clock this afternoon. While a large Kacog Po Nam, L, Rabat,

time with is a very short period, a foreigó sea-junk was making for the praya wall alon, side- man had coms before the Court charged with Douglas ller a ateam-launch was sopo ong homicide. It was exceedingly painful to the iu the direction of Blake Eler. The accident Court to have to pass sentencs in this case

took place opposite the Douglas-Pier, when the which would be seriously prejudicial to the coxswain of the launch tried to cross the junk's prisoner's career of honourable service to his baw instead ber stera. On doing so, tha castry. He had pleated guilty to the offence junk ras into the launch and tore the awning of homicide and he had done right in confess at the stern, carrying away three or four pieces ing his crime. His Lordship felt that he was

of canvas Fortunately, the launch did not justified in extending to him the clemency of capsize, otherwise the Europass on board the Court by passing the smallest possibla son.

would have performed an unrehearsed immer. tence which could be givan in a case where

sion. The accident was directly due to the life had been taken deliberately, even though carelessness of the launch Coxswain. onder the iveces ef drink. His Lordship passed/sentence of twelve months' imprison. further clemency which the prisoner might meat with bard labour, remarking that apy hop for would depend upon bi: owa conduct and be clemency of the Crown,

Mr. F. Lorria, manager of Messrs. Musso and Company, reports to the Police that a kold birclet with diamonds attached valued at $20 was stolen from a desk in his bedroom at No. 7. Fader's Hill. He suspicts his cer vana of having commited the theft,

Kurcpean lady had her hand bag snatch- ed from her hard on Saturday last in Queen's

Road.

INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS WITH ROOFING MATERIALS..

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THE PROVINCES 'UF CHINA.

"MÁTIONAL REVIEW" ANNUAL.

We beg to acknowledge receipt from the National Review Office, Shatghat, of a copy of that'journal's Anenal, which is being issued to subscribers only, in handsome quarto sza with bra d covers, The Ansul bears the title "The Provinces of Chios" and its pages con- tain also a history of the first year of e.1.M. Hsuan Teng asd an account of the Gavera meat of Chica, Co'enet O' D. Bruce signs his name to a very readable precs. The min?Re- meat of the Nation: Review are to be con

gratulated on their pollication, which is replete with information invaluable to all who have ioterests in China and in China's trade. Tae publishers intend in fature to publish the Apnual at each China New Year,

The Province of China: Shangbal. The Nation & Review Office, 1910,

follow.

Under the category of civil affairs there is the local government system to be introduced during this period, that is, the first period of the third year of constitutional preparation, in the more flourishing cales and towns. A City Council is to be established at each of the cities and towns described in the above, antil even towns of misor importanca shall have their local councils. Szechuan provinco kas achieved tha best result in this matter and municipalition have been es ́ablished in over seventy of its “ cities and towns, and they will be established within this year in six y moto of the cities and towns. Next to Exechuan may be mentioned

Kiangat, Hupai, Shensi and Kuangsi, which hava all attained good requi:s la thin matter.

Census taking is another "pra, paration torba, made in this period. Having reported the number of houses in the Empira at the end of last year, the number of in- hablants is to be ascertained, according to the order of the Mincheng Fu, at the end of the ob moon (ovember). As some of the reports we still not fer.heem'ng, a soparato memorial will be presented jalmily by the Cam inission and the Micheng Ps thereanal. With regard to the census taking in Kuang-tung, a memorial has brez pue: ea ed by the Canton Viceroy to the effect that troubles having oċ- curred in the Tapu distict on account of the country prople misunderstanding and object jag to inc absifing of house-numben, it is prayed that the taking of bicepses in Kuang. ung be difered unt the police system and elementary schools sh.il bave been extensive- y established in the several districts and towas. Anolber item to bo accomplishod within this year is the

ORGANIZATION OF POLICE FORCE in the Ting, Chow, and Halen of the different prov.n es. Only two provinces have so far rep.tted that police bave been introduced in all the Ting, Choy and Hsien, and they ara' Szechuan and Heilongkiang. Its not possible to extend the police system in Kirin. In the

Szechuan provinco there are about one hundred end thirty-two Ting Chaw and Elsien, where Police forces have been organized, and in Heilungking the police force has been main- tained in mest places ahead of the prescribed time. As Kind bad begun to organiza polica forces at a comparatively earlier date, there ara 18,700 odd regular police constables. There are in addition some 20,600 policemen In res acıyo, The other provinces have not fully accomplished all that they should do, but they all raport that police will be crganized in nử the Ting, Chow and H isa at the end of this. year, or in the near future,

Ai to the REORGANIZ>TION OF THE FINANCIAL BYSTIM, ort Empire there is the budget which has aliedly been completed, indí, being submitted tothe Tzacheng Yeao. Thod fi rast provinces

bain conformity with the blini forms prepared by tag Tachi Pa and approved by the Throne. The budget is indeed the most importart bu.inds of a constutional goverament. The question of drafing town, for the lerying of local taxes is another item conf.osting" tha Financial Ministry,

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"In the month of June the Director of Educa- sion visited the College and, having reported very favourably on the disciplire, organisation and it shuctios, he orce again declared the school to Le "thoroughly efficient."

The prise-list is as follows:-

THE CZARS NAME-DAY. Class 8b-Hing Chung, Chinese, drawing,

According to old-style Russias calendar, ro. arithmetic; Chak Yan, Chinese, permarthip,

A school girl in Blake Garden was al'acted

day is the 5th of December, and being the a 1- Arithmetic; Cheong Lam, English, geography by thres men. Ose beld her from the back,

alversary of St. Nicolas, 15 21 o the name-day Alan Lem, geography, rermanship, drawing another placed his hands over her mouth to

of His Majesty the Emperor if Russia, in Fook Wab, general pri ficiency; Kwong Lok, prevent ter from shooting and a third party

Lonour of which event the Russian Consul, Mr. English, relivious knowledge; Ming Eol, rewrited a rattan bangla (from her wrist. Hav

V d'Oettingen, held an "at home" from iis knowledge,

twelve till one o'clock at the Consulate in China 8-Leung Yia Shup, general pro-ing committed the 'cottage, the cowardly onos

made tracks for s: fly:

The Executive Committee of the Firs-Brig-Queno's Buildings, Formal visits were paid by fdescy, geography, English; Kwong Wa

The Matron of the Victoria Hospital on

members of the Gassola Corps and many ades of ustria-Hungary have lately made som Shing, English, geography; Liu Kam Shing, Suralay last came across a Chisaman, who very interesting five-testu st Liar, which were other prominent local gentleman desirous of arithmetic, religious knowledge; Tseng Kwan attempted to spatch her hand-bag. With/great witoessed by the local authorities, reprezenta- cffering felicitations to His Msty through Tao House Beat Reduction Committee hava eiso each prepared a budget: which is to

presence of mind, she dared the reffin to Attackies of the Ministers for Commerce, Railways, he representative is Hongkong. herand after a while, the man disappeared. The bour, etc. Tre tests were carried out under hand bag was sivad.,

the personal direction of the Chief of the house with a bangle valued at $40 oder auucture had been erected on the banks of the A Chi ese woman while returtingo her Vienna Fire Erigade. A large temporary wrist, net a Chiraman, who came up to her Donau and its roof covered is equal propor end told Fer that a pearl in the bingle waytions with the following 7 different roofing oose and offered to re-stt it with the help of materials-aspha't, corrugated iron, ordinary some gum. The truring one (colistly puted ement plates, Durab lit Asbest Coment plates, with the valuable enicle, whereapon the man natural sliter, brick tiles, and ordinary tiles.

'Igth inst went into a shop and on leaving the establigh The building was then sat alight at the 7 differ-

There was a bumper house at the above on ment, he ran away with the bangle..

eat places simultaneously. The result of the

Saturday night in response to the auractive experiments way, that Darab lit" stond the

bill of fare which had been advertised. Miss test best. Only the places covered with this material coull stand the tremendous fico and Girl" written, by herself was, of course, the Vera Ferrace's charming seng entitl id. "Little Consequent currmous heat, and were perfectly pièce dy resistance and evoked vec.frous up intact after the fire had burnt its If out in about plaust. Her cow-boy song also proved a de- half an hour.

In addition to the officials mentirned above cided success. Miss Mas Montgomery and Mr. Chas, Castleman give a deli htful sketch there wers present representatives from many setting forth the amenities of matrimonial de Fire Brigades all ever Austin, Hungary, Ger:velopments. Later in the evening, Mr. Castle many, etc-Ncus Freie Free (Vienna),

"Durabilit" are The local Agen's for Messrs Siemsson & Go.

-THE PARLIAMENT BILL.

A D'AMATIC · DENOUEMENT.

Ca 7-Yaua, English religious kao ledge, arithmetic, general proficiency; Cheong Lam, arithmetic, geography, Entilsh; Dy Ben P.nz religious knowledge: O Kai Chnux: geography, English; Ping Chibg, drawing Tuj Kam, Chinese Yot Fook, dawng; Fog Mirg. geography; Lo Tong, peamanship; Lou Ctu penship.

Class 6-Lam Stu Kong, penmanship. arithmetic, Chinese, general prăficiency, 19 lig' u kuowledge; Chan Wes Lai, English, giography, aritbinetic; Paul Chan, ptography, rel gisus knowledge, bygiene ; Tâug Shu, Sang, peomimhip; Wong Sum, hygiene; Pak Cho Fal, crawlog: Lon Fook Ling, drawing; Ho Ko Io, Chinese,

ENGLISH DEPARTMINT.

BANANA GLOTH.

BIJOU SECNIC THEATRE.

RENT PROBLEM IN SHANGHAI, TAOTAL ISSUES A RESCRIPT.

Captaintare addressed a letter to the Chinese and for- Simmonds, A.DC. to the Govercor, Sr eign house-oners begging them to reduce the Frederick Lugard, convoyed His Excellency's present high reals, which the Chinese fiad im. compliments. Cris Nicolas 11. succeeded to possible to bear in these hard times, and assur the Throan in 1894, and is now in his 43ding then that they will be at liberty to raise year.

them again when trade is better.

The Taolai has issued the following rescript to the petition of the House rent R usien Commit ea:- havo again and again witten to the Senior Corsul and the Chamber of Commerce, and givin iostractions to the Mixed Court Mag s're to pirsade the Chinese and farsiga house-owners to reduce the rents. When the Mixed Court Magistrate reported to me about the E. D. Sassoon case I ordere) him to take the oppitunity of persuading the landlords to reduce the rents at the tria. Tent nts are huid pressed on i srs anxioss have their baiden fightened. Hat there is no meni of campalling the landlords to re dure the tents if they do not all egies to it I am an official if this place and share the sorrows of my propic, but all I can do is 10 ure my b:s; effaris to persuade the house owners to zzduce the rents, that the object you have is vice miy, acon be achieved. I will never put your matter out of my mind. You are to take note of and ebay this, and to tell all the merchan's to ro- main qu'e and await for me to persuade the Landlords to reduce the hepts. Let aoas dis- cher

man partially stunned the culieace, particular ly the Chiness portion of it, by driving an ugly-looking backin and other domesticated lostruments of torture into his skin and treating the matter with a nonchalance and sto'cal is difference which were not a littl: suprising, The pictures exhibited at the "Bijou" a: ell good.

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The Mixed Con Migistrats is written leger to the Chizes Louse owners asking them to bava compitsien on the long suffering people and reduce the rents.

The clabishment of elementary schools for teaching the people how to read is the item of constitutional preparation that has to di with education. Elementury schools to ba anablished in all the Ting, Chow, and Hsien oftba different provinces, Ezechuan beads the list of having the greatest number of-elemen- tary schools numbering noms two thousand six hundred and Chibli and Hupol'rank next having about one thousand schools of this kind,

Chakang and Shablan save a faze hundred, Kung:i about o'x hundred, Hozan, King, Fukioo, Kuangtung, Danao, Shearl Ged Kansu about this or foir hundied school each. The rest of the piovineca bave each

est.blished about one hundred. The greatest number of scholars altaading these schools, as in Chihli, Chekiang and Kopih, in over 20,003 and in the remaining provinces the number is poportionately small.

The Criminal Code having been prepared and r.vised by the Commissions concerned is now submitted to the rucheng Yuan and wili ba submitted to the Throne for promulgation after it shall have beso passed by the Assembly. the Cede consists of 405 anicles under to heading of General and Special Provisions.

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A specimen of cloth made from banana fibre, recently extibited at the fair it Chungking, bas been act by the British Consul of that place to the Board of Tride, says "Knowledge; it is prepared in Chien by enrolling the stalks of Class B-J. Strada, general proficiency, the binana when about a year ol3, and seam Erglish, relight us knowledge; F. Gomes, Eug.ing them over boiling water until quite soft. lib, religious knowledge; F. Leon, arithmetic, The green outer sin may now easily be peamanship; L. Ocace e so, arithmatic Dolly, stripped off by passing the sa'k through a per maeship.

mochloe provided with two b'u at scrapers, the Clas 82.-J. Remedios, general proficiency, residuo then containing the fire. The English, religious knowledge; P. Elms, Eng-material is next wrapped in cloth and ish; Lun Char, arithmetic, peamanship: Per hammered so as to separate the bre

The debite in the Horse of Lords on Lord kins Lang, ariibmetic; Ying Sia Ches, pen- and expel the moisture, and the fibres manship; M. Beltran, drawing; J., Seares, ate then pulled apart and spun into Lansdowne's motien inviting the producin dawing 1. Ror, religious knowledge.

threads for waxing. The method of seppra of the Fatliament Bill-hich embodies the

DR. LIM BOON KENG, Clas7.-C. Rees, general proficiency, Eng. tion is thus very similar to tha used in the well-known princip'es of the Voto Kreola

The establishment of Courts of valious grades fish religious knowledge; A. flatt, religions preparation ef rimie fibres. So far only a few tions passed by the Commons in April last-

With reference to Dr. Lim Boon Keng, we

in the provincial capl:als and treaty ports is know.eige, atography; F. Silva, Euglh, re lengths of cloth have brna woven, and she had a dramatic dénouement. Fresh from his

AN ITEM OF CONSTITUTIONAL PREPARATION, ligious knowledge; A. Leong, geography, J. price is therefore high (35 6d for a roll 15 visit with the Fremier, to the King, and fionthe (Sapere Fris Prais) now find that after all,

A NEW THEORY,

bearing upon the subject of the Judiciary All Thant, penmanship, drawing; 1. Alaratia, feet long by 3 feet broad), but with increased Cabinet meeting which ensued, Lord Crewe although he his assumed the appointments Brithmistic; Lambest Cao, arithmetic, penman. demand the price will fa'l and the material will announced that the Government would intro. under the Chinese Government mentioned the

Itaso Courts are to be established within this probably be extensively used in the manuf c th. Lopes, drawing.

CHINESE THE FUTU^E "WORLD " LAYQUIGH duce the Parliament Bill at once, and take the other day, he is yet to proceed at a later data to

for. In a memorial to the Throbe the Minis Chu 6.-V. Barradas, general proficiency, ture of clothes for summer wear, The ultima e:cond reading on the earliest day conveni- London to join the Embassy there on Secretary,

Repudiating Esperanto ned ether ambitions ry of Justice stated that the Cour, will bs hygiene, geography.; M. Mehal, English, pen fibres are about fifteen inches in length and eat for the Leader of the Opposition, "We at first stated. The subsinative appoint

are prepared to pot this meature for the monta Dr Lim Boon Keng now holds me in "World" languages, l'aless Pietro Rivella established after judicial officials should, be selected after an examination to be held this minship, drawing; A. Osmund, English, arith- very strong. The twisted farm of the bottom

spector-General of Government Hospital, and put forward the theory, says a País co merc; e. Almeida, arithmetic, drawing; L. fibre recalis the characteris l'e twist of the cotton House to take or the House to leave it," Medical Adviser to the Ministry of the lateti 27. † rupandent, that the languige of the future adiging, and the es'abi shment (of them will bb Omoed, religious instruction; F. Warques, fibre, frem which, however, it may be disting declared Lord Crewo, who added that no

He is now at Kalangso, Amoy, with his family, | will be Chinore, ite resta hit contention.on

hastened, so that it will be accomplished within this year. Examination wrs beli on the oth gergi.phy, religious knowledge; K, Loboane, puished by net having the twists along he whele amendment would be accepted. In the courss

ygiere; S. Set, peamaust ip; F. Silva, Eng. fength. The jalated structure is similar to that of his speech the Marquis of Lausdowne de- but on Feb. 12th will pass through Dingapore the fact that the Chiocese characters represent by the "Desfflinger on his way to Germany, Ideas and not words, arguing that ideas ura

mcon, and sima púo candidates' wera chosen. 15 religiana knowledge.

faht liten fibre, which it also resembles in clared that if the various proposals dealing where he will ke Medical Delegate of the Im usiversal, and that the character which, for In the provincial capitals and in nearly all of

and with the Velo were to be swept away by a dis Clare 3b.-F. Rels, sceral proficiency, its general chemical characteristics

the realy poits Courts buva siready been, or Ecglish, mathematics, religious knowledge, behaviour toward different reagents. A solation, it would be not only a grave misfor-Berial Chinese Commasien to the lotcraational the Chirele,, represents the sun, might re hygiene, history G. Gotacco, religious know specimen of the pala yellow cloth, for which

The above is a summary of the memorial of tune bat a "vary wanto: affront to, Parlia Hygiene Exhibition at Dresden. He will be present the up for all the world. That is true, are in coric of being, organized. led drawing, bygiene, peamanship, gee the writer is fadebted to the Commercial ment. He expressed his ittiation of support- en seconded fired by appointments at chips comments a Pasit corcesp nd:nt, but that is the Commission for the Sindy of Constitutionof

not sufficient to avoid the sun being given a Eraphy: S. Johnson, English, mathematici, Intelligence Branch of the Board of Trade, ing the Eail of Rosebery's House of Lords which will be filled by acting officials, and wi Penmanship, history, geography, R. Baumano, was exceedingly icuzh and apparently very Reform resslations, and sold he would not the London Embas y. The appolatmest dfirent name, M. Rivela's statement is the Government.. Though the Commissionin simply sin ing the facts, it may be discernibly drawing...

durable. Is costalsed 10'5 per cent. of mois quarrel with the Commens' claim to plepon-as a role for three years, but it is anticipated more curious in view of the fact that a that Dr. Lim Boon Keng will remain in London | Commissien of Japanese savants 'is at present

between the ines that all the officials conceep- Clot ça.—11, Di Lor, general proficiency, ture, and yieldell, en ignitior, 1.7 per cent of derance in cases where purely financno only oed year, resursing to faklog ta resume atodying to means of suppressing Chinese ed are witboat, exception. quite cintestin Raghab hygiene, religious knowledges A. micoral matter, (sah), the latter figure belos alderations were involved. The complation was Xoong, geography, history, panmanship, draws very similar to that given by linen, which, agreed to, and the Paillement Bill was pre-charge of his regular duties as Inspector Gea charactere from IPPANCI

eral of Hospitale god Medical Advlieg, cunted and read a dzal jimin,'

I substituting a Wettra alphabet,

writing:""and effecting the renovationɛof the effaire to land.

Chlosen Empires logy F, Collaco, Koallab, history, bygłowo, roll,, paually contains about a'g per cent of maltor,