April, 9, 1896.]
of
There were 1,564 visitors to the City Hall Museum last week, whom 137 were Europeans.
At the Police Court on Saturday, before Hon. Commander W. C. H. Hastings, a servant boy in the employ of Colour-Sergeant Waight, of Victoria Barracks, was charged with stealing his master's property. On the 2nd inst. a gold bangle was missed from Waight's room, and as the boy had absconded the police were in- formed and he was arrested at Hunghom. Not only was the bangle found in his possession, but also 52 which he had stolen from his master and a jacket and a pair of trousers belonging to a comrade of Waight. The prisoner was sent to gaol for four mouths and twenty-one das altogether.
he colonial revenue last year amounted to $2,486,228, being $207,700 more than in 1894. The expenditure was $2,972,373 (including $837,842 for public works extraordinary), an increase on the previous year of $673,277. The assets on
the 31st December amounted to $972,354. of which $573,000 was in subsidiary coins, and the liabilities to $414,980, leaving a balance of $557,374. The balance of the 1893 loan was $729,282, so that independently of the loan account the liabilities exceeded the assets by $171,908. Against this, however, should be set the value of the resumed area in Taipingshan, which does not appear in the statement of r assets.
On the morning of the 2nd April Acting Chief Inspector Mackie and Inspector Hanson each received the following complimentary letter from His Excellency the Governor : The Acting Captain Superintendent of Police having brought to my notice the arduous work already performed and still being performed by you beyond your ordinary police duties in connection with measures for the suppression of the recent outbreak of bubonic plague, it is my pleasure to convey to you an expression of my personal thanks for the zeal and energy which you have displayed and are displaying in furtherance of the public health and welfare.-WILLIAM ROBINSON, Governor."
The following returns of the average amount of Bank notes in circulation and of specie in réserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st March, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks, are published :-
Average
Specie in Reserve.
Banks.
Chartered Bank of India,
Amount.
Australia and China,...$1,520,295
1,000,000 2,500,000
Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation,... 5,447,285 National Bank of China,
Limited,
$12,962 212,000
Total. ..$7,380.542 3,712,000 By the P. & O. steamer Formosa on Tuesday His Honour Mr. Justice Wise, Puisne Judge, Mr. A. K. Travers, Postmaster-General, and Mr. H. C. Nicolle, Local Auditor, went home on leave. In consequence of these departures the following appointments are announced in the Gazette-Hon. A. M. Thomson to be Acting Postmaster-General, Mr. T. Sercombe Smith to be Acting Puisne Judge, Captain Hastings to be Acting Police Magistrate, Mr. H. B. Lethbridge to be Acting Captain Superin- tendent of Police, and Mr. E. M. Knox to be Acting Local Auditor. Mr. Travers, we believe, is not likely to return; he is in the fortunate position of being independent of the Service and it is reported that he intends to retire. He will carry with him the good wishes of the whole community. Mr. Wise and Mr. Nicolle we hope to see back amongst us in due course and in the meantime we wish them both a pleasant holiday,
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
Amoy
Foochow
309
BRITAIN.
1895-96
1894-93'
lbs. 7,146,099 760,843
lbe. 7,818,790 772,692
11.175,408 · 14,357,248
21,591,499
40,193,861
44,635,229
Winglok Street, which is a Chinese drapery | EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO GREAT store. A portion of the Brigade attended this fire and succeeded in confining it to the one building, which was completely gutted. The origin of the fire is not known. The building Canton and Macao was insured with Messrs. Siemssen and Co. in the Sun Fire Insurance Company for $10,000. There was a plentiful supply of fresh and salt Shanghai and Hankow.21,111,512 water, so that the firemen, who were under Hon. Commander Hastings and Deputy Superinten- dent Corcoran, lost no time in getting to work. After the fire was extinguished the ruins were searched and cash to the value of about $1,500 was recovered.
Evidence was
At the Police Court on the 31st March, before Mr. T. Sercombe Smith, C. Holdsworth, of the Mica Works, was charged with discharging firearms to the danger of the public on the 27th March. given by a ricksha coolie in the employ of Inspector J. Corcoran to the effect that he was taking Mrs. Corcoran for a 'rick- sha ride in the direction of Quarry Bay ou the 27th instant. Inspector Corcoran's dog was with them, and when passing the defendant's house the animal ran into the yard and com- Witness told a menced worrying the chickens. coolie to go in and fetch the dog, which he did. Defendant then appeared on the verandah with a gun, which he fired in the direction of the dog, the bullet striking the road a short distance in front of it. Mrs. Corcoran then came up in the ricksha and spoke to defendant. The dog was tied up after the gun was fired. was that the dog was worrying a guinea fowl in defendant's compound, and that defendant fired at it with the intention of frightening it. He saw no one in the road at the time, but directly afterwards Mrs. Corcoran came up in a ricksha, and stopped opposite his house. Had he been dressed at the time he would have gone down and apologised. His Worship convicted and imposed a fine of $10.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The defence
We (Singapore Free Press) hear that Mr. A. Kidd, surveyor to Lloyd's Register, has recom- mended the sale of the wreck of the steamer Spondilus, as she lies off Cape Varolla, as all attempts to get her off would be useless. The steamer has had the bottom knocked out of her for a length of 190 feet from the stem.
Owing to great depreciation of silver at Nanking consequent upon the scarcity of copper coins, H.E. Liu Kunyi has instructed the Pro- vincial Treasurer to at once provide funds for the coinage of copper cash. A sum of twenty thousand taels has pow been set apart from the Nanking Treasury for the purchase of machi- nery and materials, to effect which a deputy will be sent immediately to Shanghai. The coining will be done at the Nanking Arsenal as soon as the machinery is ready.-Mercury,
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
Amoy.
Foochow
Shanghai
1895-96.
1891-95
lbs.
lbs.
..14,685,055
19,447,739
6,066,651
4,626,655
29,020,320
25,796,160
49,761,026
49,870,454
EXPORT OF TEA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
1895-96 1891-95
Ibe.
lbs.
Yokohama Kobe
29,801,404 28,686,847
18,625,900 16,726,614
48.427,304 45,413,461
SILK.
CANTON, 7th April.-Tsatlees and Re-reels.- We have no business to report in these classes and prices are purely nominal. Filatures have dropped another $20 per picul and the lower level of prices has induced rather more enquiry. The general tone of the trade, however, remains very dull, and advices from the foreign markets con tinue unimproved. Sales include Mia King Lun and Kwong Shun Cheong 11/13 at $635/630, 13/15 at $623/620, Wing Wo Lan and Cheong Kee (Best) 9/11 at $622), Quin Kwong Kee 9/11 at $610, Kwong Ho 11/13 at $605, Po Lun Sang 10/12 at $590, How King Cheong 14/16 at $372), Yue Wo Cheong 18/22 at $517), King Wo Cheong 18/22 at 500, Yea Wo Lun 11/13, 13/15 at $510/500. There is no enquiry for America Waste is unchanged with a moderate business doing at former quotations. Stocks:-Tsatlee, 5/600 bales; Filature, 8/10,000 bales, reeled and unreeled, to close of season. We append quo- tations in Canton, with laying down cost in Loa- don and Lyons, Exchange 6 months' sight 2/24 and Fcs. 2.83 per Dollar:- Tsatleu
.No. 1 $490 No. 2 $175
Nominal.
No. 3 $400 No. 4 $140 No. 4 $430 No. 5 415 J Filature 1st class 11/13...$630 to $620 1st 13/15...$630 to $620 2nd
9/11...$615 to $620 2nd 10/12...$595 to $610
دو
13/15...$35 to $705
21
2nd
*
2nd
"
10/12... 558 to $59)
3rd 11/13 $500 t› $197 3rd
Referring to the strength of the Russian squadron in the Far East the Singapore Free Press of the 30th March says:- The Russian Long-reels Lacklow
Satow Suilau
13/15 $51 to $490
$465
$460
$130
cruiser Dimitri Donskoi left Port Said on 3rd March for China, and the Rurik, for the same destination, left on the following day. The Re-reeled Lacklow No. 1.55la curious thing is that these ships should be twenty- six and twenty-seven days out from Port Said, and they do not appear to have turned up any. where en route. We hear privately to-day, how- ever, that they are expected at Singapore, but not for some time yet.
It is reported that on account of the bad weather lately experienced in the Poyang Lake, Chinese junks have suffered very greatly from the affects of the storms. The inhabitants dwelling on those shores applied to the authorities of Kiangsi some time ago to place some small steamers or some launches for
Two fires broke out in the colony on the morning of the 1st April. The first alarm was given at five o'clock, when the Brigade turned out to an outbreak at 288, Queen's Road West, a two storey building occupied by a tobacconist and druggist. The fire originated on the first floor owing to the upsetting of a kerosine lamp and before the flames
extinguished the first floor was gutted and nearly the whole of the ground floor was destroyed by fire and water. The place is insured with Messrs. Siemssen and Co. in the Transatlantic Fire Insurance Company for $3,000. A quarter of an hour after the first alarm was given the second fire broke out at 3, Hankow and Shanghai...27,210,863
towing purposes on that line, but were un- successful in their efforts. It is, however, now reported that Chang Chih-tung has applied to the Throne for permission to do so, and in his application he has asked that no competition shall be allowed for fifteen years.-Mercury.
COMMERCIAL.
TEA. EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO ODESSA.
were
{
No. 2.$500 No. 3.$485 No. 4.$465
Grant-reel.
9/1
8/91
8/61
8/2
8/-
7/8
Mahang ...No. 1.$490 Punjum Books No. 3 & 4.$ 84 to $85—1/7) to 1/7 Punjum Waste
.. 73
Steam Vaste Extra ......$ 97 Market, Extra ...$ 77 No. 1 Gum Waste No. 2 Re-roal Waste Pierce i Cocoons
Settlements for the fortnight:-
1895-06.
-1/54
=1/107
=1/64
59 to $60-1/24 to 1/2} .$.50 $ 86
=1/8 ..$64 to $65-1/3 to 1/3/
=1/4
1894-93.
400 bales
150
For Europe... 500 bales For America .. For Bombay.
50
[& 10 piculs,
EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AND
JAPAN TO EUROPE.
Shanghai...
Cant on..
1895-96 lbs.
1891-95 lbe. 22,555,223
Yokohama
1895-96
189-1-95.
bales.
bales.
48,958
47,202
15,600
14,696
19 757
19,196
84,305
81,094
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