September 18, 1895.]
Superintendent of Police, with fifty Sikhs, who had instructions to capture the man dead or alive. The expedition returned on the 3rd Septem- ber, having discovered Mat Sallie's compong (native village) at Tambonger, in Paitan Bay, where he had the place stockaded and was other- wise strongly fortified.
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The villagers having been demanded to deliver Mat Sallie replied with a few shots. Hostilities then commenced in earnest, and after a rather smart skirmish Mat Sallie and his men were completely routed, With the small force at his command Mr. Jones did not consider it prudent to pursue the enemy into the jungle. After looting the compong it was destroyed. On our side one Sikh was badly wounded. The casualties of the enemy could not be ascertained; they were no doubt heavy, for over 500 shots were fired. Further steps to be taken to secure the marauder are being considered.
The Spanish cruiser Marques del Duero, Captain Carlos Delgard, carrying the flag of Commodore Don Juan Gustadi, arrived from Sulu on the 4th inst. in search of twenty-five mutineers, who had escaped from the Island of Cagayon. It appears that the soldiers stationed at Tavo-tavo (Cagayon Sula) mutinied and shot several of their non-commissioned officers: Twenty-five of the men escaped with arms and $1,000 in a small boat and from information re- ceived the Spanish authorities had reason to believe they were in hiding at a village named Silam in Darvel Bay. The Spanish commodore therefore called in here to obtain permission from the Government to search the place in question for the runaways. The Spanish cruiser left for Silam on the 5th in company with the Government yacht Petrel, with twenty Sikh police under the command of the Superinten- dent, Mr. Jones, to support any action the com- modore may think necessary to arrest the twenty-five mutineers,
TIENTSIN.
7th September.“ A private letter from Peking states that the number of deaths from cholera in the capital
amounts to 59,000.
The El Dorado on her last two trips has taken 165 griffins to Shanghai and the Wosang, expected at the Bund to-morrow, will take for ward other thirty
We hear that Lieutenant Taylor, R.A., of Hongkong, is here on his way to Mongolia with an Australian mare he has brought up with a view to an experiment in horse breeding.
In Peking we learn there is great regret amongst foreigners and Chinese that Li Hung- chang has had to give up the Viceroyship of Chihli, and a general consensus of opinion that his downfall has been caused by his having fol- lowed during the war the advice of a notorious Customs Taotai and his satellites. It is to be sincerely hoped that the new Viceroy will take warning and judge each question carefully by himself uninfluenced by the counsels of this successor to Machiavelli.
The wounded Hunan and Hupei soldiers who, having come from Shanhaikuan by train, were sent to the French hospital in the French Settlement for treatment, have been successfully cured. Being grateful to the hospital, one honourable tablet, on which the four characters En Shih Wo Chun (which means kindness to our soldiers) are carved, and another tablet with the characters" Yi Yu Hua Ping" (which means Chinese soldiers have been cured with success), have been presented to the hospital by the above-mentioned soldiers, and have been placed or hung on the top of the hospital door.
Sheng Taotai, with the approval of His Ex- cellency Wang Wên-shao, has decided to estab- lish a foreign University at Tientsin, with which there will also be connected a Preparatory Department. It is expected that Preparatory Schools, similar to the one established here, will be opened in other localities of North China, and they will be, to a certain extent, under the management of the Tientsin University. Be sides a general scientific course, the Uni- versity will provide special courses in civil engineering, electrical engineering, mining, mechanical engineering, and law, for which ex- pert foreign professors will be engaged, to be assisted by native professors and teachers of
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
COMMERCIAL.
Canton and Macao.
TEA.
BRITAIN.
1895-96
lbs. 3,999,383 Foochow Shanghai and Hankow ...14,130,427 10,834,979
221
foreign education. The University will be under the contol of Chinese directors and a foreign President. It is understood that the directors will be the Hon. Wu Ting- EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO GREAT fang and Ts'ai Chao-chi, Esq. The poši- tion of President has been accepted by Charles D. Tenney, Esq. Three classes of the Preparatory Department and the lowest class in the College will be filled this autumn by ex- aminations, soon to be held by Mr. Tenney, in Tientsin, Shanghai, and Hongkong. One of the foreign professors has already been sent for, and will arrive in Tientsin before the closing of the river. The University will occupy the "Po Wen Shu Yuan ". building, which has been secured by Shêng Taotai for this purpose.- Peking and Tientsin Times
MISCELLANEOUS.
saki called the Nagasaki Observer and Daily A small daily paper has been started at Naga- Reporter. The Rising Sun and Nagasaki Ex- press has also commenced a daily issue under the title of the Nagasaki Shipping List.
The Kobe Chronicle learns that the German steamer Fidelio was transferred to the Japanese flag on 30th ult. and re-named the Hokomaru. The buyer is Mr. Hachima Kanesuke of Nishinomiya, who is said to have paid £10,500 Messrs. Sennett & Co., the late charterers of the for the vessel. The sale was conducted by steamer.
Major Hughes has sold his fine steam yacht, feature of Kobe harbour of the past year or the Satanella, which has been so familiar a two, for $10,000. The purchasers are the tended for the local trade at Nickolaieffch. Amoor Steam Navigation Co. and she is in
The company is expecting a few steam launches from England and Belgium for the same trade.
There was a storm at Shanghai on the 5th inst. which did a good deal of damage to the trees on the Bund and along the outlying roads, but fortunately, says the China Gazette, no serious accidents have to be reported as a rosult which came half-way up the Bund fore- of the gale. There was a very high tide shore and regularly flooded some of the low-lying roads in Hongkew; the water rushed up at a tremendous rate through the drains, and in some places covered the thoroughfares to the depth of nearly a foot.
A native paper states that Li Hung-chang arrived in Peking on the 21st of August and took up his quarters in the Yenlang Buddhist temple, where he spent several quiet days with- out engaging in public business, until mid- night of the 27th. He then sent a memorial through the Privy Cabinet Office to the Throne begging for audience. On the morning of the 28th he waited for an Imperial order in Luk- hong Hall at the gate of the Western Palace, where he received refreshments. Later on he received an Imperial Order through the Grand Council to interview His Majesty. He at once. entered the Kim Chengtien, where he was per- sonally questioned by the Emperor concerning a short one, but it is said that the following day Chinese and foreign affairs. The interview was he sent to the Throne a long memorial, which hitherto has been kept privato.Mercury.
1894-95
lbg.
8,528,271
13,785,756
13,651,571
28,964,789
30,965,598
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
Amoy Foochow Shanghai
1895-96.
1891-96
•
lbs. 6,630,827
lbs.
9,354,600
6,045,150
$,431,032
.......................14,171,623
14,890,838
26,847,600
27,676,470
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO
ODESSA.
1895-96 Ibs.
Hankow and Shanghai...26,706,242
1894-95
lbs.
22,522,550
EXPORT OF TEA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
1895-96
Yokohama Kobe
1894-95 lbs.
lbs.
24,005,252 27,719,037
14,710,662 11,965,437
38.745,914
SILK.
39,684,474
SHANGHAI, 12th September.-(From Messrs. Cromie and Burkill's circular.)-London telegrams dated 10th current report the market "firm" at unchanged prices, viz., Gold Kiling at 8/3, Blue Elephants at 10/3. Raw Silk.-A fair business has been passing, and the market on the whole is firm. Holders show no disposition to sell under current market rates. Taatlees. Buyers have been able nbtain a stall concession on No. 5 grades, whereas the better qualties have been sold at unaltered prices. Gold Kiling have changed 427). Taysaams-The demand for coapse Silk bands at Tls. 345, and Blue Elephants at Tls.
prices paid show in some instances an advance. has continued throughout the week, and the Yellow Silks.-Continue in favour both for India and the Continent, but prices show no material alteration. Arrivals, as per Customs Returns from the 5th to the 11th instant, are 2,302, bales of White, 406 bales of Yellow and 189 bales of Wild Silk. Re-reels and Filatures.-Nothing doing in Re-reels. In Filatures further contracts have been made to the extent of about 400 bales in Tsatlees and Haining Croisés at full rates. Some business has also passed in market Filatures for the Continent. Wild Silks.-Remain in de mand at unchanged quotations. Waste Silks.- quantities of Szechuen Frisonets and Rat Tails Business shows some improvement, and fair whole bales) have changed hands at Tls. 18 to
Small transactions have taken place in Yuhong 20 for the former, and at Tls. 16, for the latter. pierced Cocoons 74 to 75 per cent. Silk at Tls. 67, and in Woosie pierced Cocoons 70 por cent. Silk at Tis. 58. Curlies are neglected and Tussah ma-
neglected. terials are not in stock. Pongees.-Are quiet and
Purchases include:-Tsntlees.-Blue Elephant at Tls. 4271, Yellow Elephant at Tls. 3971 Large Elephant 4 at Tls. 375, Gold Kiling at Tis. 345. Taysaam.-Gr. Kaning M at Tis. 3321, 9/22. Moss Green Stork I at Tls. 3361, do. Gold Bear Skeins Blue Goat at T's. 260, Mienchew at The. Extra 1 at Tls. 245. Yellow Silk.-Shantung
Wongchow at Tls. 181. Filature. Hon Kon- 255 to Tls. 260, Meeyang at Tls. 230 to Tĺs. 235, hang Haining 1 and 2 at Tls. 525 to 515, Buffalo chop 1, 2 and 3 at Tls. 510, Tls. 500 and Tls. 490, Raw at Tls. 132) to Tls. 152}. Market chop at Tis. 480. Wild Silk.-Tussah
About half-past nine o'clock on the morning of the 29th August a fire broke out in a stone godown belonging to Messrs. Eyton and Pratt at No. 77, Main Street, Yokohama. Information having been given at the Fire Station, Supt. Morgin and his mon immediately proceeded to the scene with a hose reel and steamer, but on their arrival it was found that the fire had been extinguished by the owners before much damage was done. The firemen, however, played water on the building for a few minutes. The fire, the Japan Gazette says, arose under rather peculiar circumstances. It seems Messrs Eyton and Pratt had arranged to sell by auction a number of rifles, and while these were being brought in Mr. Eyton, who happened to be on the spot, noticed a box being carried into the godown. He enquired" What is that?" and the coolie for reply dropped the box on to the floor of the godown. The box, as it happened, contained percussion caps, and the box no sooner | Shanghai reached the ground than its contents exploded. Canton... Fortunately there was no other box in the godown Yokohama or the results might have been much more serious.
EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AND JAPAN TO EUROPE. 1895-96 bales.
1894-95
bales.
23.466
14,438
$,808
4,040
7,843
11,162
37,117
29,680
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