May 29, 1895.1
Nine German non-commissioned officers left Shanghai for Nanking the week before last, the Mercury states, and seven more are to leave in a short time for the same place. These are the first of a large number engaged in Germany to instruct the new Chinese army, and it is in- tended to form an instruction camp some dis- tance outside of Nanking, where the troops to be raised will be drilled.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
The Orient Lodge of Mark Master Masons was consecrated at Shanghai on the 20th inst. The N. C. Daily News says the Orient is the first Mark Masters' Lodge which has been opened in the Far East under the English Constitution, but this is a mistake there being two Mark Masters-Hodges working in Hongkong under that constitution.
Hankow Tea.
Settlements Stock......................
Arrivals.
Kiukiang Tea. Settlements Stock
Arrivals
1895.
413
1894,
304,191 1-chts. 207,841 1-chests,
73,454
73,633
377,645
1895.
281,474
1894.
137,753 -chests. 92,369 1-chests.
72,204
54,624
146,993
209,957
23
The entire business to date as compared with the number of days last year is as under:
1894.
1895.
For London and
America...... 60,000 -chests. 46,000 1-cheste. For Russia 381,944
254,210-
300,210
>>
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A Frenchman named Paternelle, residing at
Captain Henry Webber, late of the Irene, has Soctrang, Cochin China, was attacked in his been presented, on the recommendation of Li house by a band of robbers on the night of the Hung-chang, with the Chinese decoration of the 10th inst. He held an official appointment and Double Dragon, Div. I., Class 3, for "in the was also the proprietor of a rice farm, on which face of danger carrying provisions and muni- he was residing at the time.
tions of war. in his vessel." It was supposed
The owners of the he had in his house money realised by the sale of vessel have also presented him with a valuable his orop. The robbers took all there was and pair of aluminium binoculars for valuable ser- inflicted some injuries on M. Paternelle, but vices rendered." In connection with this, says these fortunately proved not to be serious. The the N. C. Daily News, the rapacity of yamên men were afterwards arrested and the stolen
runners and hangers-on may be mentioned. money recovered.
Among the recipients of the Chinese honours are a number of foreigners who have made them. selves useful to the government during the war, but when the decorations have been banded to EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO GREAT them, the rascally yamênites bave insinuated that they, being without pay, expected a present for their trouble, and when they did not get it they tried to fleece those Chinese whom they thought would induce the receivers of the de- corations to give them a douceur,
As the Naniwa was leaving Nagasaki on the 21st inst. she unfortunately collided with the
• Shell" liner Turbo, while the latter vessel was laying at anchor off the Oil Tanks. The Nan wa struck her a glancing blow on the upper part of the stem, bending it. breaking and buckling two plates, besides doing considerable small damage. We (Nagasaki Express) have been unable to ascertain the extent of her own damages, but she appears to be injured some- what about the bridge. She returned to port. probably to have the necessary repairs effected. A pseudo doctor who has been, living on his wits has been run to earth at Saigon. He gave the name of Jourdin and represented Limself as a doctor in the Chilian navy He said he arrived in Japan by the Chilian man-of- war Esmeralda, which was purchased by the Japanese Government, and that he was on way to France. Ho had very little Inggage with him, but it included a large num- ber of decorations and some surgical instruments, which, when he tried to pawn them, he was recommended to take to a butcher. He had been in Saigon some little time and was finally arrested on a charge of being an impostor and swindler, on which he was sentenced to three months' im. prisonment,
This is possibly the same man that imposed on the Tientsin community a few months ago.
his
441,914
3.
Canton and Macao...
BRITAIN.
1895-96
Ibs. 161,490
1894-05
lbs. 146,475
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA,
1895-96.
lbs.
405,204
1894-95
lbs.
58 672
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO ODESSA.
1894-95 lbs.
1893-94
lbs.
21,619,462
Hankow and Shanghai... 22,555,223 EXPORT OF TEA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED
Yokohama
Kobe
Whatever may be said to the contrary it is evident, says the N. C. Daily News, that the power of the Li party is rapidly on the decline | Amoy and the principal members are now sending in their resignations to the Throne, for the simple reason that they have been made to understand that unless they do so they will be denounced and thus be liable to dismissal. The first case in point, of course, is the ex-Viceroy of the Two Kwang, Li Han-chang. We also know that the Viceroy Li himself has sent in his resignation to the Emperor, but so far has not received his Majesty's Rescript deciding one way or the other. Apparently, both the enemies and sup. porters of the old Viceroy are waiting for the result of Li Chin fang's mission to Formosa before commencing the fight for power in earnest. And now comes the news wired from Peking to the effect that by a decree of the 21st inst. the Emperor had allowed Chon Fu, Provine al Judge of Chihli, to resign his post. This official is well-known to foreigners in the North as during the war held the post of Chief of the Military Secretariat in Manchuria. The story is told of Chow Fu when entering Monk deu, the ancestral home of the Tsing dynasty in September last year, that he was ordered by the Manchu guards at the gates to leave his sedan chair and pass the ancient palace of the dynasty on foot, as no subject was allowed by law to do so riding in a sedan chair. Chow u absolutely refused to consent to this and trasting in the 250 cavalry which protected him he or dered his chair-bearers to "go ahead." The Manchu guards still attempted to oppose the ingress of the Chinese, but were either pushed aside or trampled down in the scuffle that en- sued. In consideration of the fact that he was the favourite protégé of the Viceroy Li (this was just after the battle of Pingyang) and was, moreover, in command of 4,000 Huai troops. the Tartar-General of Moukden, Yü Lub, dared do nothing against this haughty Chinese official and was forced to pocket for the time being this insult. offered to the Manchu dynasty.
According to a Peking telegram to the N. C. Daily News the Emperor has given his appro-the principal protégé of the Viceroy Li and bation to the recommendation of the acting Viceroy of Chibli, Wang Won-shao, for the summary decapitation, whenever caught, of all the officers who had charge of the torpedo boats of the Peiyang fleet at Weihaiwei and who 10anaged to escape from that port ou pretence of attacking the Japanese fleet outside, but took to flight immediately up in getting beyond the forts and harbour, with the result that the whole twelve boats were captured or sunk by the Japanese, or destroyed and abandoned by the officers and crews during the flight. The com- modore of this torpedo beat squadron, Tsai Ting-kan, also known as Tsoy Chan, is specially included in this sentence. Ho is now a prisoner of war in Japan.
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COMMERCIAL.
TEA.
HANKOW, 20th May.-Business reported since the 13th inst. is as under
As a forcible argument for the immediate construction of railways from Canton to Peking, says the N. C. Daily News, the Chinese mau- darins should note the journey overland of a quantity of fire-arms and ammunition from Canton which recently arrived at Tientsin en route for the Peking Field Force. This was a cargo of 3,000 stand of Manlicher magazine rifles with their accoutrements and the regula- tion 200 cartrid es for each rifle. They were transported by boat from Canton on the 8th of December. 1894, to the Yuling Pass, whence be- gan the land journey on coolies' shoulders as far as Huk'ow, province of Kiangsi. From this point the journey by boat was recommenced via Poyang Lake, the Yangtsze and the Huai rivers up to Tsingkiangpu. Theu came another land journey, the cargo being packed this time in carts drawn by four horses or males, as far as Tientsin, where Ningchows they arrived "in good condition on the 2nd Khemuus.... inst. Nearly five full months were occupied with this journey, whereas had railways existed it could have been accomplished within ton days. Owing to the important nature of the cargo and the prepared relays of men, boats, and animals for it, this progress from south to north is sup- posed to have been a "record" passage. Had it been with traders merchandise the journey would have taken at least a month more.
1895.
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STATES AND CANADA. ·
1895-06 lbs.
SILK.
1894-95
lbs.
1,001,127
298,087
156,540
163,047
1,157,667
462,034
and Burkill's circular).-London telegrams to the SHANGHAI, 23rd May :-(From Messrs. Cromie 21st current report the market quiet and make no change in quotations. Raw Silk.-There have New Crop.-Is progressing favourably and the been no transactions in any sort of silk this week. silk worms are now mostly making the cocoons, which from several districts are reported to be good. The total yield of silk is estimated to be fully 10 per cent. more than last year. About the Yellow Silk crop nothing definite is known yet, but Chinese are confident that the result will be over that of last season. Muster balas of White Silks are expected by the beginning of ext the 16th to the 22nd inst, are bales of White, 107 month. Arrivals, as per Customs Returns from
bales of Yellow, and 881 bales of Wild Silk. Wagto at Tls. 254 and TIs. 211. Silk-Tussah Waste 1 and 2 has changed hands Frisonnets were taken at 181 and Nanking But- Common Szechuen tons 1 and 2 at Tls. 65. Pougees.No transactions. The new season's silk market was opened to-day, the following prices being paid for forward delivery:- Bird Chungling at Tls. 370, Mountain 4 at Tis. 370, Mountain 4 at Tls. 345, Gold Lion at Tls. 340, Gold Kiling at Tls. 310, Double Silver Elephant at Tis. 310.
EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINĂ AND JAPAN TO EUROPE.
Canton Shanghai Yokohama
Total to dáte
1801-03
1893-94
bales.
bales.
15,75-4
18,435
50,075
57,777
20,679
22,934
....80,508.
99,146
EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AND JAPAN TO AMERICA.
1894. Settlements 288,754 .chests. 172,088 4-chts. Consisting of the following Teas :-
per picul. 66,703 j-chts. at Tls. 14.00 to 75,00 | Canton.............. 22,783
26.00 to 70.00 | Shanghai... 6,905
17.50 to 19.00 Yokohama 500 96,245 35,135 47,893
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22
"
24.50 to 28.00
15.25 to 39.00
13.60 to 36.00
Ho-howa Wen-chows Oopacks Oonams Oonfaas
24.25 to 56.00 11.10 to 19.23 Seang-tams... 12,591
The following are statistics at date compared with the corresponding number of days from the opening of last season, viz., 13 days..
J
1894-95
1893-94
bales.
bales.
8,793
4,507
9,662
5,204
2
27,430
17,536
46,383
27,247
CAMPHOR.
HONGKONG, 28th May. The starting continues and prices are still moving upward. Quotations for Formosa are $72.00 to $72.50. During the past week sales have been 120 piculs, Quota- tions for Japanese camphor nil.
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