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clear, however, that Korea cannot be left to herself, or the country will prove a continued source of danger in consequence of repeated faction intrigues and palace disorders. The remedy is difficult to find; but it is something. that a statesman of the experience of Count Inouye should suggest a joint protectorate by the powers, as it is at least an earnest that Japan has prudently abandoned all designs of extension in this direction-Kobe Chronicle.
HONGKONG,
Yesterday there were signs of a rainy Christmas, although during the week the weather was charming and the temperature pleasantly warm. On Wednesday a man was sent to gaol for ten years for dealing in forged bank notes. The annual meeting of the Hong. kong Benevolent Society was held on the same day, and on Thursday the Sanitary Board met. On Sunday a meeting of Chinese was held at the Tung Wal Hospital to protest against the Light and Pass Ordinance, and on the following day the Committee of the hospital called upon his Excellency the Governor, who suggested | various improvements in the management of the hospital and also spoke strongly about the charge made at the meeting on Sunday that the Chinese were subjected to " class legislation."
H.M.S. Caroline arrived here on Sunday from Amoy.
Nominations for the Hongkong Derby close on Saturday next.
Mr. R. Shewan has joined the Board of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.
There were 1.691 visitors to the City Hall Museum last week, of whom 176 were En opeans. H.M. despatch vessel Alacrity, with Admiral and Mrs. Buller on board, arrived here on Mon- day from Manila.
The death rate last month was, for the British
and Foreign community, civil population, 21.4. and for the Chinese community 30.2.
On Thursday night the Hongkong Chess Club played the Club Lusitano at the Hongkong Hotel. The Hongkong Chess Club won by five games to two.
At the meeting of the Eothen Mark Lodge held on Wednesday afternoon Bro. Capt. P. R. Simmonds was elected Worshipful Master for the ensuing year and Wor. Bro. Gourdin. P.M., Treasurer.
At the regular meeting of the Victoria Preceptory, held on Friday night, Sir Knight J. Kirkwood was elected Eminent Preceptor for the ensuing year, and Sir Knight F. W. Watts was elected Treasurer.
On Friday evening a successful smoking cou- cert was given in the Staff and Departmental Sergeants' Mess. Several songs were given in a creditable manner, and the evening's entertain- ment proved most enjoyable.
News has been received from Canton that the Provincial Treasurer, who received instructions from Peking by wire a few days ago to act as Governor, died in his yamen on the 17th instant at midnight. He had been ill for some time and had not taken over the duties of Governor.
It is notified in the Gazette that in addition to Christmas Day, the 26th December, and the 1st January, which are public holidays by Ordin ance, H.E. the Governor has been pleased to ap- point the 2nd January to be observed as a holi- day in the Government departments. The Police Magistrate's department is excluded from the operation of the Ordinance as regards the 26th December.
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A circular relating to the * Ouseley "scholar- ships in connection with the school for modern Oriental studies is published in the Gazelle. The examiner in Chineso next year will be Mr. W. A. Pickering, and the examination will take place at King's College, London, probably early in July, The scholarships were esta- blished in 1892. Hitherto there have been no competitors in Chinose.
A fire broke out at nine o'clock on Saturday night on the premises of the Hongkong Print ing Press, 11, D'Aguilar Street. A lamp fell from the second floor ceiling and several reams of paper caught fire. The occupants put out the flames, the services of the Fire Brigade not being called. The damage amounted to $100, which is covered by insurance in the Queen Fire Insurance Company.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
As will be seen by Reuter's telegrams, Mr. John Worrell Carrington. C.M.G.. Attorney General of British Guiana, has been appointed Chief Justice of Hongkong in succession to Sir Fielding Clarke.
H.E. the Governor has given his assent in the name and on behalf of the Queen to the following Ordinances :-The Stamp, Ordinance Amendment Ordinance, the Appropriation Or- dinance, the Widows' and Orphans' l'eusions Ordinances Amendment Ordinance, and the Fire Inquiry Ordinance.
The following telegram has been received | by the Governor from Her Majesty's Minister at Tokyo and has been communicated to the Chamber of Commerce:-- 17th December, 1895. | Governor, Hongkong. Medical inspection of ships ceases from to-day-Satow The telegram has reference to restrictions placed on vessels arriving at ports in Japan from cholera infected districts in Korea and Formosa
At Manila on the 10th inst. tenders for the coustraction of a lighthouse teuler were opened. There were thirteen tenders, including one by the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, Limited, and one by the Osaka Shipbuilding Co., the remainder being by British and Con- tinental concerns. The Committee appointed to adjudicate upon the tenders decided that none of them complied with the conditions and that the whole were therefore inadmissible.
From La Revue Express of the 24th October.. a daily paper published at Port-au-Prince, we learn that Seuor Ortiz de Zugasti, the Spanish Consul, who is leaving Haiti, was prior to his departure fêted by the Cuban colony there. During the proceedings a despatch was received conveying tho regrets of the head of the state at Senor Zugasti s leaving, together with a hand- some watch with an appreciative inscription, Senor Zugasti was formerly Consul for Spain at Hongkong.
The Times of Ceylon says:Mr. Chamber- lain's refusal to listen to the prayer for a re- duction of the military contribution to be paid by Hongkong-recently fixed at 17 per cent. of the revenue-shows that the Treasury and the
Colonial Office between then have made up their minds to screw all they can out of the Crown Colonies, and we think Ceylon is lucky- that is, on the supposition that the 7 per cent. is all we are to be called on to pay--to have got off so well.
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At the Magistracy on Thursday Mr. E. A. Ram charged his boy with stealing curios and other articles of the value of 2 The property was put into a box by Mr. Ram, and recently the boy said he wanted a holiday in order to see his mother, who was ill Mr. Kam missed the articles and suspected the boy, who said he had not seen them. However, Mr. Ram searched the boy's cupboard and found the missing curios there. A sentence of four months imprisonment with hard labour was passed.
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James Harrigan, a gunner in the Royal Artillery, was charged at the Police Court on Monday with assaulting a Chinese clerk. The defendant went to a house in Fat Hing Street. and because he was not admitted he struck the prosecutor on the head with the buckle of his belt. In defence Harrigan said he went to the house by mistake when he was drunk, and he was thrown downstairs and kicked by, soveral Chinamen outside. He had to uso his belt in self defence; if he had not done so he would' have been "settled." A fine of $10 was im- posed.
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Another very successful smoking concert was given at the Institution of Engineers and Ship- builders of Hongkong on Saturday night. Mr. G. Fenwick presided, and the vocalists wore Messrs. Arnold, Russell, Waddell, Duncan, Mudie, Murphy, Kinghorn, and Crispin, all of whom rendered songs which created a most favourable impression on a large audience, and the pianoforte accompaniments by Mr. Isbell gave entire satisfaction. The smoking concerts given at the Institution up to the present have been thoroughly enjoyable, and as they are to be continued throughout the season there is every promise, judging by the high quality of the previous concerts, that the musical enter. tainments at the Institution will be among the best in the colouy.
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usually occupied by a swarm of the Chinese That part of the police court which is
'public' was on Wednesday occupied by ninety- four prisoners, who had been netted on the pre- vious evening. The Acting Captain Superin- tendent of Police received information that the coolies employed by Chinese contractor sou work in the Taipingshan area were in the habit of sleeping there every night, and it was decided police were very successful in this expedition, to make a raid and capture the whole lot. The
as no fewer than ninety-four were taken to the Central Station and lodged there for the night. When before the Magistrate they were defended by Mr. Ellis, who said that the men employed as watchmen.
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Detective Inspector.
watclimen Quincey pointed out that the were all asleep, and his Worship severely cautioned the men as well as the contractors and then allowed the prisoners to go.
The annual tea and gathering in connection with the Hongkong Temperance Union was held at the Soldiers and Sailors' Institute, Queen's Road East, on Wednesday evening. About a hundred and fifty sat down to the well spread tables, all branches of the army, as well as the men-of-war in harbour, being represented. The meeting that followed, presided over by Rev. G. J. Williams, was attended by a large As many and equally representative audience. of the military present will be leaving the colony next week the gathering was a farewell
dresses. the speakers giving words of kindly advice and warning to those who were leaving as well as to those who remained. At the close of the meeting a vote of thanks was proposed and warmly carried to the friends who had kindly provided the feed, and had contributed by their help towards an enjoyable and profit- able evening.
one for them as well as a welcome to these who had recently arrived. The programme con- At the Police Court on Friday a fireman wassisted of choruses, solos, recitations, and ad- fined $500 for smuggling $49 taels of prepared opium on the steamer Honam. The opium was ordered to be confiscated. It will be remem bered that there was a big seizure of opium made on board a Hongkong steamer at Saigou recently, and doubtless in the present case the defendant intended to secretly tranship the opium for another port. Masters and owners of steamers cannot in their owu interest be too careful in keeping watch over suspicious look- ing parcels.
On Monday night a dinnor was given at the Hang Fa Lau to celebrate the sprouty-first birth- day of Mr. Wong Shing. There were a large number of Chinese and foreigh guests, includ- ing the Hon. Ho Kai, the Rev. Dr. Chalmers. Dr. Bateson Wright, Dr. Thomson. Dr. Jordan, Mr. Badoley, Mr. Brewin, Mr. A. Seth, and Mr. A. J. May. A very pleasant evening was spent and the healths of Mr. Wong Shing, of the sons and grandsons, and of all the future generations of Wongs were drunk with great enthusiasm. The following was the bill of fare:-1, Bird's nest and minced chicken; 2, Boiled and fried pigeon's eggs; 3, Shark's fius (fried); 4, Stuffed chicken's wings; 5, Frogs and mushrooms; 6, Crabs and chrysanthemum, 7, Minced quail; 8, Conch and white mushrooms; | 9, Chicken and fried ham; 10, Shell fish and scallions; 11, Partridge griel; 12, Mutton an bamboo shoots; Pastry; Desert.
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At the meeting of the Victoria Lodge, No. 1,026 held at the Masonic Hall on Monday night. Wor. Bro. E. C. Ellis, who has been elected for a second term as Worshipful Master of the Lodge, invested his officers as follows S.W., Brò. G. P.'Lammert; J.W.. Bro. K; W. Mounsey; Treasurer, Bro. W.M. Wood; Secre- [,tury, Bro. A. O'D. Gourdin; S.D., Bro. W. M. Thompson; J.D., Bro. C. W. Spriggs; D.C., Bro. W. Taylor; I.G.. Bro. E. F. Mackay; Steward, Bro. G. H. Potts; Tyler, Bro, J. R. Grimble. The ceremony of proclaiming Wor. Bro. E. C. Ellis was performed by Right Wor. Bro. the Hon. C. P. Chater, District Grand Master, assisted by the Grand Lodge officers. Amongst the visitors present was Right Wor. Bro. Major-General Black, Past Dist., Grand Master of Gibraltar, who was chinéss received with the honours due to bino dis osi- was afterwards unanimously elect bring about member of the Lodge.
Aftand. During the closed a banquet was held settle). Titives- loyal and masonic toastguanged hands and we 8. 132 and Gold Kilings
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