THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
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VOL. XLIII.J
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China Overland Trade Report.
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY 18TH MARCH, 1896.
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CONTENTS.
pitome of the Week, &c.
Leading Articles :--
The Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Chinese
Official Interference in Hongkong
The Sanitary Board and Trade and Property
Dr. Rennie's Report on the Plague
The Chinese Customs Service
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Serious Outbreak of Cattle Plague
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The Hongkong Dairy Farm Co., Limited
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Bupreme Court...
Hongkong Sanitary Board...
Mr. Andrew's Case at Wuchow..
The Chinese Chamber of Commerce
The Loss of the Humber
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The patient from the steamer Wingsang, who was taken to the quarantine hospital at Singa- pore suffering with bubonic plague, died on the 5th March. No other case has been reported amongst the quarantined passengers.
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A serious outbreak of rinderpest has destroyed most of the cattle of the Hongkong Dairy Farm Co., Limited, and it is feared that the remaining animals will also be attacked.
At the annual meeting of the Shanghai rate- The N. C. Daily News says the widow of the payers held on the 10th March a resolution for late Admiral Ting, of the ill-fated Peiyang fleet, the adoption of electrical tramways was rejected. committed suicide on the 16th ultimo at Hofei,The papers received as yet do not contain a Anhui, on the occasion of the interment of the report.of the discussion upon the subject. late Admiral's remains.
The new Chinese loan of £16,000,000 has been concluded with the Anglo-German syn- 232 dicate, in which the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank is the leading member. The contract provides that no changes shall be made in the 232 Chinese Customs Service.
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The Loss of the Spondilus
The Disposal of the Bodies of Plague Victims
The Reported Trouble at Canton
Marine Court of Inquiry
The Police Report for 1895
China Sugar Refining Co., Limited
Goo. Fenwick & Co., Limited
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Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf Co., Limited
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Dr. Rennie on the Plague at Canton
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Correspondence
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Canton Notes
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Raub Gold
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The Magazine Explosion at Kiangyin
The Missionary Deputation to Peking.
An Overdue Steamer
Viceroy Liu Inclined towards Western Progress Hongkong New......
Commercial
Shipping
BIRTHS.
late war.
Japan is issuing bonds to the amount of .233 | 35,000,000 yen for expenses connected with the The bonds bear five per cent. interest and are for 100 yen each, payment being made in eight instalments, stretching over a period of eight mouths.
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In our Canton Notes will be found a statement that Wuchow has been declared a 240 treaty port. Although that statement is a little premature the fact of the China Merchants 240 establishing an office at Wuchow may be taken as very good proof that the opening of the port will not be long delayed.
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On the 12th March, at Canton, the wife of J. A. SUMMERS, Tung Wên Kwan, of a son. 1715 At Singapore, on the 3rd instant, the wife of J. F. LOBO, of a son.
MARRIAGES.
On the 11th inst., at St John's Cathedral, Hong- kong, by the Rev. R. F. Cobbold, assisted by the Kev, G. H. Davies, HERBERT H. Tuno, of Manita, youngest son of the late Rev. T. Todd, rector of Newton, Lincolnshire, to ADELAIDE, daughter of Daniel EARNSHAW, Esq., ('E., of Manila. [494 On the 12th inst., at St. Peter's Church, by the Rev. A. Iliff, FRANK MAYHEW RICHARDSON, of London, England, to MAY, youngest daughter of William HORTON, Hongkong.
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DEATHS.
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The report of Geo. Fenwick & Co., Limited, for 1895, shows a net profit of $23,755, to which has to be added $12,194 brought forward from 1894. From this amount it is proposed to pay a dividend of 10 per cent, or $15,000, and, after payment of consulting committee's and auditors fees, to placé $4,000 to reserve and carry forward $16,490.
The report of the China Sugar Refining Co.. Limited, for last year has been issued. Owing to the general depression in the sugar trade, the curtailment of the local demand by the China-Japan war, and the scarcity of water during the spring, the year's working resulted in a loss of $244,332, after an allowance of $50,000 made by the General Agents.
On the 30th January, at Bury St. Edmunds, The Japanese Ambassador appointed to pro- Major THOMAS CARROLL DEMPSTER, A.P.D., late ceed to St. Petersburg to be present at the 28th Regiment, and formerly Acting Captain Super-coronation of the Czar Nicholas II. has left intendent of Police at Hongkong,
At Shanghai, on the 5th March, 1896, FREDERICK WILLIAMS WHITNEY, aged 39 years.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The American mail of the 15th February arrived, per P. M. steamer Gaelic, on the 14th March (28 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
The Times correspondent at Odessa states that the despatch of Russian troops to the Far East actively continues, although the force there already exceeds 90,000 men. "A Seoul telegram of the 27th February states that it has been decided, in accordance with the wish expressed by the King of Korea, to remove the Japanese troops from the vicinity
of the Palace.
Japan and is travelling in the French mail steamer Melbourne. His Imperial Highness Prince Fushimi No Muja is accompanied by the Marquis Tokugawa, several other nobles, and a suite of naval and military officers.
Proclamations have been issued at Canton with reference to the manufacture and export of fraudulent English and Dutch coins. We believe this has become quite an important industry, the low price of silver as compared with the rate at which the token coins of that metal circulate giving the counterfeiters a good profit without their having to resort to the use
of base metals.
In the fire at the Club Concordia at Kobe on the 3rd March the whole of the library was destroyed. This is the most serious loss that the Club has sustained, as, besides other depart ments, it possessed a remarkably extensive col- lection of works on Japan and many of these it will be impossible now to replace. The library is roughly estimated as being worth at least 10,000 dollars.
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The report of the Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf Co. for 1895 shows that after payment of an interim dividend of Tls. 8 per share in August the profit and loss account gives a credit balance (including Tls. 12,027 brought forward from 1894) of Tls. 51.673, which it is proposed to divide among the holders of the 8,601 new shares of the Company, representing 2,867 old shares-Tls. 18 per old share.
A Chantaboon correspondent of the Bangkok Times writes:The French contemplate the construction of a road between this and Bat- tambong, and the erection of a telegraph line along the route. Extra barracks are also being built at Paknam, Chantaboon, in anticipation of the early advent of more European troops from Saigon. The entire force of French troops at present in Chantaboon consists of ninety Europeans, all told, and 300 Annamite
atirailleurs.
The Viceroy at Canton has supported the Prefect at Wuchow in the statement put forward in the proclamation issued by the latter with reference to Mr. Andrew's case, namely, that after goods taken into the interior under transit pass have passed into the hands of Chinese purchasers they can be taxed by the native authorities to any extent, thus placing trausit pass goods in a worse position than goods not so protected. The matter has again been referred to Peking.
We hear from Chinese sources that the pre- sent Viceroy at Canton is meditating carrying out Chang Chi-tung's project of continuing facing the river. If this is done it will be a the bund along the whole length of the city
great improvement and a boon to all, facilitating movement of passengers and cargo. Another improvement would be a bridge connecting Cautou and Honam, which would save loss of life and free the river from obstruction by numberless small ferry boats.
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When the Nippon Yusen Kaisha was propos- ing to open its service to Europe subsequent to the war, says the Yorozu, foreign shipping firms were not slow in making preparations against this new competitor. Now that it has been decided to despatch the Tosa-maru, the English and determined front to oppose the N.Y.K. and have French mail steamship companies are showing a reduced their freight from 30 or 37 shillings & ton to 25 shillings, likely to be reduced further even to 20 shillings. This had been expected by the N.Y.K. and is not to be wondered at. But the opponents being the two great firms who have monopolized the Japan-Europe service for many years, the Japanese would do well to sacrifice their small temporary interests and sup- port the cause of the Japanese firm, so as to hold the monopoly in their own hands. If the new enterprise fails, it will be not only a loss to the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, but also a great disgrace as well as a great loss to the empire of Japan.-- Japan Gazette.
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