THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
VOL. XLIII.}
CONTENTS.
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, 5TH FEBRUARY, 1896.
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Epitome of the Woek, &c.
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Leading Articles :—
England, France, and Siam
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The Position of Foreigners in Japan after Treaty
Revision
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Proposed Registration of Native Doctors and
Midwires
The Opening of the West River
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Collapse of the Chinese Reform Association, Germany and the Transvaal
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Reported German Occupation of Quemoy.
The Opening of the West River
Captain Ballentyne's Case at Saigon.
Supreme Court...
Hongkong Sanitary Board,
The Recent Rains and the Water Supply.
Boycotting a French Steamer Line
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
The West Point Building Co., Limited..
The Kowloon Land and Building Co., Limited
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The Wanchai Warehouse and Storage Co., Limitesi
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China Fire Insurance Co., Limited
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The Punjom Mining Co., Limited.. Raub.....
Hongkong, Canton, and Macao Steamboat Co., Limited
and Reduced
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Jog
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Victoria Recreation Club.-Gymnastic Competition ...113
Cricket.....
Royal Hongkon- Yacht Club, Hongkong Golf Club
Correspondence :———
Raub..
Punjom Mining Co., Limited
England, France, and Siam
Collapse of the Chinese Reform Association,
Anti-Opium Crusade at Ichang.
The Russian Minister Insulted
The Shanghai Branch of the China Association Hongkong and Port New, Commercial Shipping
MARRIAGE.
At Kobe on the 25th January a serious fire occurred on board the N.Y.K. steamer Tenshin- Three Japanese lost their lives by suffocation while working in the 'tween decks.
maru.
At the general meeting of the Shanghai Land Investment Co., Limited, to be held on the 11th February, a final dividend for the year 1895 of 43 per cent. (making 7 per qent. for the year) will be proposed.
The Chinese at Singapore propose "to follow the excellent example set them by their com patriots in Hongkong "-(the phrase must be credited to the Straits Times)—and establish a Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
The Russian Minister while out riding at Peking was stopped by a mob, who were with difficulty restrained from proceeding to actual violence. The cause of the demonstration is said to be the opposition of the people to the railway scheme.
The Raub concession of the Malay Peninsula Prospecting Co., Limited, has been concelled, owing to its not being worked. The Raub Australian Gold Mining Company holds its 114 concession
direct from the Goverment of 115
Pahang and is in no way affected by the can- cellation.
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The half-yearly meeting of the Hongkong, Canton, and Macao Steamboat Co., Limited. was held on the 31st January, when the report and accounts were adopted. It was announced 116 by the Chairman that two new steamers had been ordered in anticipation of the opening of the West River.
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On the 23rd November, at the Catholic Church, Newmarket, county Cork, by the Rev. J. Mac Swiney, P.P., GÉORGE HENNESSY, Inspector of Police, Hongkong, to SUSANNA, youngest daughter of the late BARky Tayton, of Lisdangan. [379
DEATHS.
On the 31st December, 1895, at Stamford, Lin- colnshire, after a long aud painful illness, SELINA ELIZABETH, the dearly loved wife of GEORGE HORSPOOL, of No. 1, Rutland Place, Stamford, late Deputy Superintendent of Police and Assistant Superintendent of Fire Brigade, Hongkong. [373 On the 1st February, 1896, at his residence The Rest," Macao, JOHN ROBINSON WHITE, late of Hongkong, aged 65 years.
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ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The French mail of the 3rd January arrived, per M. M. steamer Melbourne, on the 1st February (29 days).
- EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
The annual meeting of the West Point Building Co., Limited, was held on the 3rd February, when the report and accounts were adopted.
Captain Ballentyne, of the steamer Flintshire, who was sentenced to a term of imprisonment at Saigon on a charge of assisting two French soldiers to desert, has been acquitted by the Court of Appeal.
No. 6.
A correspondent writes from Canton ander date the 20th January to the N. C. Daily News: --I was speaking to both the English and French Consuls to-day about the West River; it, but that there is a probability of the question they both say they know nothing definite about being settled about March.
Under the new service of the Messageries Maritimes there will be a direct steamer from Marseilles to the Far East only once a month, which will run alternately with a steamer from Bombay, connection with the latter being made at Colombo with the Australian steamer. The service will therefore be a fortnightly one, as at present, but with every alternate steamer
transhipment will have to be made at Colombo.
The West River party returned to Canton on the 29th January, having accomplished the journey to Wuchowfu and back in a fortnight, which was a much shorter time than was antici pated, considering that they had no tow and had to pole and track up against the current. The main difficulties and delays were, as was to be anticipated, in the shallow channels of the delta between Canton and Samshui, the place where the North and West Rivers meet and the head of the delta they then form
It is satisfactory to know that precautions are being taken at Canton to prevent a recurrence of the plague epidemic. There have recently been some sporadic cases. but the number of deaths reported is small. The San Sze have offered rewards for the picking up of dead rats that may be found in the streets, so that they may be buried at a distance from the city, and the Kwang Yan Hospital has issued a notice to the effect that plagne patients will be received The Anne Main, a British iron barqpe, Cap-in that institution and that two male and one tain Croal, has been totally wrecked on the Gotos. The Anne Main was a barque of 449 tons, built at Glasgow in 1867. She left Shanghai on the 17th January for Nagasaki, to load a cargo of coals for Shanghai. No mention is made of the crew, but it is anticipated
that all have been saved.
An organised opposition to the steamers of the Compagnie Tonkinoise having been estab- lished at Pakhoi and Hoihow a French gunboat proceeded to the former place to support the French Consul's claim for redress. The de- monstration proved effective and the Company's ressels are not now interfered with, but a claim for damages is still pending.
The annual report of the Wanchai Ware house and Storage Co., Limited, shows that the net profits of last year's working, including $1,418 brought forward from last account, amount to $11.706, out of which it is proposed to pay a dividend at the rate of eight per cent, absorbing $7,800, to place $2,500 to the credit of reserve fund, and to carry forward the balance of $1,406 to new profit and loss account
As an indication of the approaching realisa. tion of the Peking-Tientsin Railway, it is reported that large numbers of wealthy Chinese and Manchus in the capital have recently been buying up all land available within the vicinity of the terminus at Lukou Bridge in the western suburbs of Peking. Land in that quarter which was not worth ten taels a mow before is now eagerly bought up by speculators at more than fifteen times its former vulus-N. C. Daily News.
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female doctor have been engaged attend to the cases. The people are also recommended to keep their houses clean.
The annual report of the China Fire Insur-
ance Co., Limited, shows that at the end of 1894 the balance at credit of working account was $146.081, from which has to be deducted the dividend of $3 per share paid in 1895, 860,000.; claims under 1894 policies paid in 1895, $41.752: premia, etc.. $2,151; leaving a balance of $39.178. The directors propose that this sum be apportioned as follows :-$20,000 to shareholders as a final dividend for the year 1894 of 81 per share, and $19,178 as a bonus to contributors of premia. The accounts for 1895 show a satisfactory result so far, the balance of working account being $235,666. The directors propose that the usual interim dividend of $3 per share be paid.
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The Singapore Free Press says heard that there is a rumour that Sir Cecil
Clementi Smith, our late Governor, was offered, but declined to accept, the post of British Am- bassador to China lately filled by Sir Nicholas O'Conor, and now bestowed upon Sir Claude MacDonald. As to what may be the foundation for the rumour we do not have any definite information, but it may at least be said that the Colonial Governor who did not hesitate to take in hand the abolition of the Secret Societies would not be likely to submit tamely to the procrastinating tortuosities of mandarin diplo- macy, and would therefore have been well fitted for the post, bearing in mind also his acquaint- Jance with the Chinese, their language and
modes of thought.
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