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There were 1,788 visitors to the City Hall Museum last week, of whom 177 were Huropeans. It is notified in the Gazette that Mr. H. H. Kirch has been recognised as in charge of the Austro-Hungarian Consulate.
Mr. M. D. Ezekiel has joined the board of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in the place of Mr. Moses, who has resigned on leaving the colony.
The appointment of Mr. W. E. Crow to act temporarily as Assistant Secretary of the Sani- tary Board and Assistant Sanitary Superinten- dent is gazetted.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND the holders of such notes, to rank with other creditors of the said Company against the assets of the said Company,
CANTON NOTES.
[May 1, 1895.
COMMERCIAL.
TEA.
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO GREAT BRITAIN.
1895-96
Canton and Macao
lbs. 88,830
1894-95 lbs. 112,560
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
1893-94
|FROM THE“CHƯNG NGOI SAN PO” Not long ago two military officers named Wang and Yang were ordered to come to Canton to It is notified in the Gazette that the Hon. F. bire soldiers by the Governor of Formosa. Most A. Cooper has been appointed President of the of the recruits came from the districts of Tung- Sanitary Board and Dr. Atkinson Vice-Pre-kun, Yun-ping, and San-oi. Owing to the con- sident.
clusion of peace the new troops were disbanded, Canton... but as they came from distant places they each
Amoy asked for three dollars for passage money to re- Foochow turn to their native places. Their request was Shanghai... refused. The soldiers were in great, anger and shouted out that if their request was not granted, they would beat the officer-in-charge. The latter told them that he would go to see the Governor to have the matter settled, but the soldiers would not allow him to go till he placed an officer of high rank to remain with them, for they thought that he would take advantage of the chance to escape. On the 24th inst. the military officer went to see the Governor, but the matter still stands unsettled.
The handsome billiard room of the Hongkong Hotel has been fitted with the electric light, the new illuminant being used for the first time on Friday night.
The appointment of Mr. J. J. Bell-Irving to be an unofficial member of the Legislative Council during the absence of the Hon. J. J. Keswick is gazetted.
The appointment of Commander Hastings to be Acting Captain Superintendent of Police with effect from the 1st May during the absence of Mr. F. H. May is gazetted.
:
1894-95.
lbs. 3,547,932
lbs. 1,349,193
..19,447,739
21,321,382
8,140,519
5,883,106
.25,783,527
24,176,828
66,919,717 62,730,465
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA:
ODESSA.
TO 1891-95 1893-91
lbs.
lbs. Hankow and Shanghai ...22,555,223 21,619,462 EXPORT OF TEA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
Yokohama..
His Excellency Ma Pi-in seems to pay strict attention to all the affairs of Canton, large or The Secretary of the New Balmoral Gold small. He always tries to find out what is Kobe Mining Co, Limited, informs us that the follow.necessary to be done and what reforms are advisable. He has discovered now that many of ing telegram has been received from Mount the gunboats on the Pearl river are too weak to be McDonald :-Crushing stopped for want of water; have been compelled to partially clean up, Mill running on low grade ore. Crushed 108 tons; obtained 70 ounces of gold. Mill returns will improve steadily.
The first monthly rifle competition for the cup presented by Mr. F. H. May to be competed for by members of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps and European members of the Police Force took place on Saturday over the 200 and 500 yards ranges. Sergeant McLellan was the winner with a score of 60 out of a possible 70. The cup has to be won three times, the winner of one competition to be penalised 3 points and the winner of two competitions 5 points. Ser. geant McLellan will consequently be penalised 3 points in the next competition, which will be over the 300 and 400 yards ranges. The firing last Saturday was also made the occasion of a match between the Police and the Volunteers. There were to have been' ten men a side and the high- est eight scores were to count, but unfortunately only seren men of the Volunteers put in an ap. pearance. he first eight scores of the Police totalled 426 and the seven Volunteers scored 331.
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relied on for the defence of the country and wishes to build several strong ones.
issued a notification to the effect that peace has A few days ago His Excellency Li Han-chang
been concluded and that the people need not be alarmed.
His Excellency Ma Pi-iu, having discovered that some fraudulent lekin stations had been opened on the Sai-kiang and Tang-kiang rivers, their dues rendering the price of firewood so high as to cause discontent amongst the people, immediately sent soldiers to break down the said stations and to arrest the deceivers.
News has just been received in Canton that His Excellency Tan Chung-lun, the new Viceroy of Canton, will leave Foochow on the 29th inst. for this port and be is expected here on or about the 4th proximo. The Magistrates of Nam-hoi and Pua-u are now in a great.hurry to make prepara tions for his reception.
MISCELLANEOUS,
1894-95 1893-94
lbs.
lbs. 28,777,616 28,623,687 16,879,951 17,213,605
45,657,467 45,837,292
SILK.
SHANGHAI, 25th April.-(From Messrs. Cromis and Burkill's circular).-London telegrams dated Kiling are quoted 7/6 and Blue Elephant 9/6. 23rd instant report the market "quiet." Gold
Raw Silk. The market continues quiet and except some purchases of Yellow and Wild Silka we bear of no business. Arrivals from the interior continue on a fair scale, but consist principally of Filature and Re-reels contracted for the American and Lyons markets. Taatlees and Taysaams.-There Yellow Silk-The have been no transactions. demand for Indian markets is fair for the time of the year. Prices show very little alterations. Arrivals, as per Customs Returns from the 18th to the 24th current, are 623 bales of White, 52 bales of Yellow and 17 bales of Wild Silk. Re-reels and Filatures. bales have been settled at Tls. 155 to Tls. 163 for
-No business reported. Wild Silks.-About No. 1 and No. 2 market cargo; also some Szechuen Tussah at Tls. 1164. Waste Silk.-The market is quieter and no business has transpired. Stocks of good material are very small. Pongees.-Nothing doing.
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Purchases include :-Yellow Silk.-Mienchow at Tls, 240, Meeyang at Tls. 225, Fooyung at Tls. The Japan-China Trading Company of Osaka 192 to Tis. 195, Wongchow at Tls. 175. Wild are reported to have purchased the German | Silk.-Tussah Raw at Tls. 155 to Tls. 163%, do. steamer Vorwaerts and re-christened her the (Szechuen) at Tls. 1164. Sankai Maru. She will be run between Japan and Newchwang, via Korea, Talienwan, Port Arthur, and Yeiko.
EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AND JAPAN TO EUROPE.
Yokohama
1894-95
1893-94
bales.
bales.
14,914
18,020
48,229
56,166
.........................../............. 20,258
22,491
Total to date
.83,491
96,677
TO AMERICA,
1894-95
1893-91
bales.
bales.
8,453
4,103
8,885
4,074
24,848
15,982
42,186
24,169
The supplemental charter granted to the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China is published in the Gazette. It requires the Bauk, instead of itself keeping a specie reserve of one third the amount of its note issue, to deposit We (Chronicle) understand that Kobe will legal tender coin or securities to the same amount henceforth be the headquarters of the Russian Canton with the Crown Agents or trustees appointed flest so far as Japan is concerned. Nagasaki for the purpose. The following is the passage has previously served the Russian fleet for this Shanghai in the charter referring to this subject:-
purpose, but the Japanese authorities complained And whereas in lieu of the proviso in the origi-that the harbour was too small, and that the nal charter whereby the said Company is bonnd to keep reserves of specie equal to one third of the notes in circulation at any time, which proviso we do hereby revoke and determine, we deem it expedient to make other provision for securing the due redemption of the promissory notes issued by the said Company, we do there- fore hereby further will and ordain that the said Company shall within three months from the said 29th day of December, 1894, deposit and thenceforth at all times shall keep deposited either with the Crown Agents for our Colonies in Lou don or with trustees to be appointed by the Trea- sury, or partly with such Crown Agents and partly with such trustees, coin being legal tender without limit in the Straits Settlements and Hongkong respectively, or securities to be approved by the Treasury, or partly such coin and partly such securities equal to one third of the maximum amount of the notes which may for the time being have been allocated to the Straits Settle- ments and Hongkong respectively, such coin or securities of such coin and securities to be held by the said Crown Agents or by the said trustees separately or jointly as special funds exclusively available for the redemption of the promissory notes issued by the said Company, and in the event of the said Company becoming insolvent to be applied accordingly, ao far as may be necessary, but without prejudice to the rights of
men-of-war lying there took up so much room as to greatly incommode the merchant shipping. EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AND JAPAN We understand that communication was made to the Russian Minister to this effect, and as the result of a personal visit paid by him to Naga- saki it was arranged that the headquarters of Canton............. the Russian fleet should be established at Kobe Shanghai..... We believe that all the commanders of foreign Yokohama fleets in the East have now agreed to the ar- rangement suggested by the Japanese authori ties, by which only two men-of-war of each nation are to lie at anchor in Nagasaki at one time.
"Looker-on" in the Japan Gazette says:--- The two Empress boats were in Kobe last week at the same time, lying close to each other. The Shanghai boat, the Empress of India, was leav- ing at midnight. At 11.30 p.m. half-a-dozen of the boys of Shanghai, having dined well, rushed up the gangway of the Empress of Ching, which was bound for Yokohama, and made for the smoking-room. A China hand, knowing most of them, followed. "Hallo, Smith," said one of them, upon his entering, "have you been over to Japan for a trip? Coming back with us?" Smith quietly replied that he was on his way to England. Then those Shanghai men used language, and moved swiftly. For the sake of people who dine out, or cannot read, it would be well if the Empress boats next time they call at Kobe were painted different colours.
CAMPHOR.
HONGKONG, 30th April.-There is a large de- mand and prices have recovered. Quotations for Formosa are $48.00 to $48.50. During the past week sales have been 250 piculs. Quotations for Japanese camphor nil.
SUGAR.
HONGKONG, 30th April.-Prices continue to ad- vance, in anticipation of a demand from the North. Following are the quotations: Shekloong, No. 1, White...$7.33 to 7.36 per pel.
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2, White... 6.87 to 6.90 Shekloong, No. 1, Brown... 4.82 to 4.85 2. Brown... 4.60 to 4.68 Swatow, No. 1 White... 7.28 to 7.30
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2. White... 6.77 to 6.80 1, Brown... 4.51 to 4.53 Swatow, No. 2, Brown... 4.32 to 4.84 Foochow Sugar Candy......10.67 to 10.70 Sliekloong
9.22 to 9.85
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