August 29, 1895.]
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
H.M.S. Leander left on Tuesday for home. The Governor has given his assent in the name and on behalf of the Queen to the River Steamers Ordinance, the Chopping of British Dollars Ordinance, the Trade Marks Amendment Ordinance, and the Merchant Shipping Con- solidation Amendment Ordinance. That we understand to be the meaning of Government Notification No. 364, but in the Gazette the notification itself has been omitted and only the Bills to which it refers are printed.
COMMERCIAL.
TEA.
169
The Chinese torpedo gunboat Fu Ting, built at Newcastle, arrived here on Thursday morning
A notification by the Acting Colonial Sur- geon that a sporadic case of plague bad occurred on the second floor of No. 3, Tsung Sau Lane
ments are 1,400 boxes at Tls. 11 to 161 par picul, CANTON, 27th August. The fortnight's settle- West, was received at the office of the Sanitary
showing no quotable change. The quantity of Board on the 21st inst. The patient was trans-
leaf coming down from the country is extremely ferred to the Kennedytown Hospital, where he
small, owing to the low prices ruling, a considerable died early on Sunday morning. Another
amount going into native consumption. There case from an unknown locality was admitted
has been a little more doing for the Continent on Saturday night and died the following day.
and Australia, but the demand is only tempor A notification by the Acting Colonial Surgeon that a case of plague had occurred on the 1st branch of the Navy League in Hongkong. The to 22,000 boxes at Tls. 9 to 23 per picul, mak-
Steps are being taken for the formation of a
ary, and the market is quiet all round. Scented Capers.-Settlements for the fortnight amount Floor of No. 28, Bridges Street, was received at objects of the League were set out in a lettering 172,000 boxes up to date, against
boxes to the same time last year. Of these ments more than one half is credited to one buyer, and consists principally of Teas costing Tis, 13-15 per picul. Prices generally have again ruled easter, except for Common, which remains fairly steady, there being no great quantity on offer. holdings are estimated at 35,000 bores, and consist largely of Medium and Fine Teas. Scented Orange Pekoes. We hear of no business in these, except for Australian orders.
the Office of the Sanitary Board on Monday afternoon. The patient, a boy eight years of age, was transferred to the Kennedytown Hos- pital and died at 5.30 p.m. the same day.
H.M.S. Pique arrived here on Sunday to relieve the cruiser "Leander, She is a twin-screw cruiser of 3,600 tons and 7,000 horse-power, and is commanded by Captain H. C. Bigge, and was commissioned at Devonport on April 3rd. On her way out she was ordered to Jeddab, where she remained two months, leaving that port on the 28th alt. The following is the list of officers on board :-Captain-Henry C. Bigge; Lieuts. -(G) John J. Graham, (N) Edmund P. F. G. Grantį Thomas L. Thrope-Doubble, Bertram S. Thesiger; Lt. R. N. R.-Charles W. Uwill (act.); Staff Paymaster-Arthur E. Tason; Staff Engineer Mathew W. Ellis; Sub- Lieut. Edward H. Donovan; Assistant Pay. master Sydney Benetts; Engineer-Francis E. Lamb; Gunner-Geo. Rodden.
A meeting of members of the Jockey Club in terested in the procuring of subscription grif- fins for the next race meeting was held at the Hongkong Hotel on the 21st inst. An offer had been received to supply Australian waler ponies, 13.1 to 14 hands. four to six years old, in Bound health and good condition, an average lot in the matter of speed, able to do three- quarters in 1 28 and a mile in 154 to 1.5%, at $200 each, the contractor bearing all risks up to time of landing the animals in Hongkong. The offer was declined, it being decided that no change should be made this year. It was resolved that Messrs. Ashley. Gore Booth, and Tomlin be asked to kindly act as representatives of the subscribers in Shanghai and make arrangements with the Horse Bazaar that the ponies supplied be autumn griffins, time under 1m. 40s. for three quarter mile, weight 10st., and in the event of the Horse Bazaar not being able to guarantee griffins of this autumn, and that the ponies shall not have been in foreign hands, the matter be referred back to the subscribers before settling the contract.
A private in the 53rd Shropshire Light In fantry has written to us from Calcutta under the nom de plume of "One of the Whitewash Brigade" asking what has become of the me- dals which were promised the members of the Whitewash Brigade and other helpers for ser- vices rendered during the plague in Hongkong last year. Naturally the men are very anxious about the non-arrival of the medals, but they can rest assured that they have not been forgotten and that the members of the Plague Recogui tion Committee are as anxious as the so'diers are to get the medals presented as soon as possible. Maybe by this time the medals have reached Caolutta and there is a probability that those residents in Hongkong who earned them will receive them in three or four weeks' time. At
from Admiral Sir Vesey Hamilton recently published in our columns and may be briefly des- cribed as the keeping up of a sustained agitation as to the importance of maintaining England's naval supremacy. At a meeting of the local branch of the China Association those present gave in their names as members of the League and Mr. E. W. Mitchell was elected honorary secretary pro. tem.
An important case will be heard before the Chief Justice on Friday. The plaintiffs are the Bank of China, Japan, and the Straits, and the defendants are Cheong Yau-po, Cheung Ya-king. executors, and Lam Shee, executrix of the will of Cheong Kai. The claim is for $100,000, alleged to be dne under a bond. Mr. J. J. Francis, Q.C and Mr. H. E. Pollock will appear for the plaintiff, and Mr. W. V. Drummond and Mr. E. H. Sharp for the defence. Mr. Drummond arrived from Shanghai yesterday.
The steamer Adelante, from Manila, has been fitted with new compound surface condensing engines and boiler by Messrs. Geo. Fenwick & Co, Limited. The cylinders are 15" and 291" diameter, with 16" stroke. boiler 8′ 6" diameter, 9' long, working at a pressure of 100 lbs. per square inch. On Monday the steamer made an official trial past Waglan Island and back, making a speed of 11 knots, which exceeded the expecta- tions of Mr. Jimenez, the Superintendent of the Company to which the steamer belongs, and gave him entire satisfaction.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Barcelona, the first of the five steamers which the Messrs. Pinillos Izquierdo and Co. are putting on the line between Spain and the Philippines, arrived at Manila on the 12th inst.
The Peking and Tientsin Times learns that Service, has been transferred from Tientsin to Mr. E. Gordon Lowder, of the I. M. Customs Hankow to fill the vacancy recently made there by the death of Mr. Russell Stokes.
A Foochow correspondent of the Shanghai Mercury writes:-As Mr. Stewart and his wife were from distinguished families at home, I pre- sume the British Government will press matters more than they otherwise might do. Mr. Stewart was a grand-nephew of the Duke of Wellington and Mrs. Stewart was the daughter of the accomplished medical practitioner in Dublin, Dr. Siniles.
Native
SHANGHAI, 23rd August.-(From Messrs. Welch, Lewis & Co.'s circular).-Black Tea. The prin cipal change in this market is the falling off in the demand for common Tea, and the consequent to Taels 12 a picul. In the grades above there is decline in the lowest quotation for whole-leaf Tea a disinclination to do business, whilst the Tea- men make little or no alteration in the prices they ask.
a pical. 18 to 21 14 to 18 174
Ningchow... 383 4-chts, at Tls. 18
The following settlements are reported: Keemun Hohow......1,058 Wenchow... Oonam Oopack
269
59
116 .1,680 307
12
"
ود
Total...3,813 1-chests.
"J
12 to 131 15 to 174
Steck.-21,856 half-chests, against 46,196 half- chests at same date last year.
Green Tea.-Pingsuey.-Prices remain on about the same hasis as at the date of our last advices, and there is no change to report in the demand. Local Packed.-There is not much passing in these descriptions, but Tea-men are not pressing their stocks. Country Teas.-As usual at this period of the season the major portion of the settlements grams from the principal consuming markets consists of these descriptions. Discouraging tele- checked the demand in the early part of the in- terval under review, but Tea-men showed some
bought at a decline of about 10 per cent under anxiety to realise and forced business by accepting lower offers. Moyunes and Tienkais can now be opening rates, but Teas under Tls. 20 do not show improvement in the make and colour of No. 1 As regards quality there is no Young Hysons, the defects in which we noticed in of a more general demand. Prices are not likely the early arrivals. The market closes with signs. to fall much more at present, as the current rates barely cover the advances made by the Broker hongs to the Tea-men, and they will make a stand to cover their advances.
the same decline.
1
1895-96
lbs.
1894-95
lbs.
3,753,104 10,612,140
3,161,950
Some thousand odd of General Nieh's disarmed | EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO GREAT Hupeh troops, we learn from the N. C. Daily
BRITAIN. News, mutinied at Tientsin on the 16th because they were defrauded of their pay, and murdered a general officer and a colonel. They were quickly surrounded, several were decapitated,
13,270,117 and several were drowned in their stampede Shanghai and Hankow ...13,607,820 12,912,927 across the floating bridge. There was no alarm
27,972,564 29,844,994
any rate as long ago as the 7th February Min the settlements at Tientsin.]
Allan Wyon, medallist, of Regent Street, London, wrote to Mr. T. Sercombe Smith, who is one of the honorary secretaries of the Committee, stating that the dies had been successfully hardened, and that he had com- menced to strike forty-four 18 carat gold medals and 622 silver medals. As soon as they were finished the recipient's name would be engraved on the rim. It was impossible to say when the medals would be ready for transmission abroad. Mr. Wyon is one of the leading medallists in Londor; he is chief engraver of Her Majesty's seals, and it can be taken for granted that he will turn out the medals in the most artistic manner. The work is not by any means an easy one and there is always a possibility of accidents happening during the process of stamping the medals, and therefore the date of their completion could not be fixed. We may add that the cast of the medal was exhibited at the Royal Academy this year and was much admired.
Canton and Macao Foochow....
Co., of London, as, the Hyogo News says,
The Pakshan, owned by Messrs. Bradley & EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED been sold to certain Japanese of Osaka, for
STATES AND CANADA.
1895-96. whom Messrs. Sennett & Cacted as agents. The ceremony of changing the flags took place | Amoy
lbs.
Jones, his chief officer, and chief engineer Shanghai on Monday afternoon, 12th inst., Captain Allan Foochow
Arnold taking part. The steamer has been re- christened the Sumiyoshi-maru
1894-95.
lbs.
5,394,600
5,785,884
*4,778,074
8,189,560
.13,462,043
12,859,735
23,634,617 21,835,179
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO ODESSA.
1895-96 lbs.
Hankow and Shanghại ...26,706,242
The N. C. Daily News says:-The unpre- cedented number of deaths through cholera and heat apoplexy this summer amongst the native population at this port has seriously alarmed the local mandarins, prayers and sacrifices being now offered by Mr. Huang, the Shanghai magistrate. at the temple of the tutelary divinity of Shang- hai and at the temple of the 'est God, both in the native city. Mr. Huang had to keep a fast and undergo purification of body before he could appear at the temples to beseech the protection Yokohama of the gods on behalf of his people, doing the Kobe journey from his yamen to the temples on foot as a sign of humility and earnest supplication.
1894-95 lbs. 22,521,578
EXPORT OF TEA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA,
1895-96 1894-95
lbs.
lbs. .19,829,925 21,572,243 11,388,829 10,634,292
31,218,154 82,206,585
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