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THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. XLIII.J
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China Oberland Trade Report.
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, 23RD APRIL, 1896.
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CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, do.
Leading Articles :——
Bir Claude MacDonald and a quid pro quo for
Chinese Concessions
Russian Designs in Korea and the Policy of Great
Britain
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The Opening of the West River and Famine in
Kwangsi
330
Municipal Government for Hongkong
,330 331
The Reconstruction of the Sanitary Board .........331 A Secretary of State for Asia and the Position of
Hongkong
1332
Li Hung-chang and his Refusal to Land at
Hongkong
Review.....
Supreme Court....
Sir Claude MacDonald and the Chamber of Commerce.334 Sir Claude MacDonald at Shanghai
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The Hon. T. H. Whitehead on the Reconstruction of.
the Sanitary Board...
Presentation to Mr. R. Cooke
Alice Memorial Hospital
The Stranding of the Eze
The West River
Brigandage in Kwangtung
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March arrived, per P. & O. steamer Ravenna, on the 18th April (29 days); and the Canadian mail of the 30th March arrived, per C. P. steamer Empress of India, on the 21st April (22 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK,
Sir Claude MacDonald left Shanghai for Tientsin on the 12th April.
A farewell conversazione was given at Tientsin on the 7th April in honour of Mr. and Mrs. .333 | Detring.
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The Restrictions on the Camphor Trade in Formosa ...340 The Sugar Industry in Formosa
A Home for the Aged and Infirm......
The Polo Tournament
"Crossing" at Polo
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The North China Insurance Co., Limited
Hongkong Volunteer Corps
The Rifle Brigade Sports
Hongkong Golf Club
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Royal Hongkong Yacht Club.....
Hongkong Rifs Association ...
Correspondence
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Li Hung-chang at Saigon
Li Hung-chang at Singapore
A Chinese Imperial Post Office Hongkong and Port News... Commercial Shipping
MARRIAGES.
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A case of plague has been imported into Yokohama from Hongkong. Another suspected case was found on further examination not to be plague.
In a fire which occurred at Shanghai on the 8th April in a house in Peking Road; owned and occupied by Tong Mow-ches, two native children were burnt to death.
A Renter's telegram states that a Korean envoy has been despatched to Russia for the pur- pose of raising a loan of $8,000,000, Korea giving the province of Hang Yong security.
A Colonial Department has been organised at Tokyo by Imperial Ordinance. Marquis Ito will act as Minister of the Department, and Baron Suyematsu will be the Vice-Minister.
So far as we (China Gazette) can learn there is not likely to be a single British steamer ..346 | going up to Hankow for tea this year; nothing but Russians or ships chartered on Russian account.
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At Shanghai, on the 6th April, 1896, rt H.B.M.'s Consulate by Sir Nicholas J. Hannen, Consul-General, and afterwards at St. Joseph's Cathedral by the Rev. Father Frin, Gertrude AdelE, eldest surviving daughter of the late HENRY SMITH BIDWELL, of Shanghai, to ALFRED DENNY, fourth son of the late
JOHN ROBERT LOWE, of Newstead House, near Stamford, England.
On 8th April, at Christ Church, Yokohama, by the Rev. E. Champneys Irwine, WILLIAM YOUNG SHOWLER, only son of Thomas Young Showler, of Bawtry, Yorkshire, England, to AMY GRACE, second daughter of JOHN RICKETT, of Yokohama.
At Shanghai, on the 15th April, 1896, at II.B.M.'s Consulate, by Sir Nicholas J. Hannen, Consul General, and afterwards by the Rev. II. C. Hodges, M.A., at Trinity Cathedral, JENNY ELEANOR, eldest daughter of GEORGE JAMIESON, H.B.M.'s Consul, Shanghai, to W. BRUCE ROBERTSON, of Shanghai.
DEATHS.
On the 14th April, at Mount Austin Hotel, ALLAN COUTTS, the dearly beloved son of HENRY ALLAN and EDMEE ALICE RITCHIE, aged 11 months. [962 On the 1st April, at Wuhu, JENS VIGGO THOR- WOLD LARSEN, Chine e Imperial Maritime Customs Service.
At Hankow, on the 14th April, 1896, ANNIE E. GREES, the beloved wife of J. T. GREEN, I.M.C
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The American mail of the 21st March arrived, per P. M. steamer Belgic, on the 17th April (27 days); the English mail of the 20th
The materiel of the Compagnie Francaise des Tramways à Vapeur de Cochinchine has been seized at Saigon under legal process commenced by creditors in Paris and is advertised for sale.
Meanwhile the line continues to run as usual,
The Government having asked the Chamber of Commerce whether the Hon. T. H. Whitehead represents its views on the question of the re- construction of the Sanitary Board Mr. White head has. forwarded to the press an interesting correspondence on the subject.
It is stated that there are no less than a hun dred odd Japanese now in Soochow ready to open hongs, etc., to trade with the natives. Owing to the slow progress of the negotiations regard ing. the Commercial Treaty, it is reported that the proposed Japanese settlements at Hankow and Ichang will be deferred indefinitely.
The large
Some apprehension is felt as to the probability of an outbreak of piracy on the Yangtze and special precautions are being taken on the steamers running on the river. number of disbanded soldiers in the neighbour. hood, who seek their living by plunder, are responsible for the uneasy feeling that prevails.
Baron von Seckendorf, German Consul at Tientsin, was entertained at a farewell banquet by the German community at that port on the 11th April. Baron von Seckendorff will be succeeded in his post there by an old Tientsin resident, Mr. Charles Feindel, who has for some time past been employed by his Government at home.
No. 17.
M. Dubail, the French Consul-General, left Shanghai on the 8th April for Hankow on a mission in connection with the laying out of a French Settlement at the latter port.
The Tientsin correspondent of the Mercury says:-There is a Canton or Hongkong syndicate in Peking trying to secure permission for the Kowloon and Canton line, which, I learn, is likely to be built before the Hankow line.
It is reported in the Japan papers that the Osaka Shoshen Kaisha has decided to build ten new steamers at a cost of $2,012,000. Three of 3,500 tons, costing $300,000 each, are to ply between Kobs and Kelung; three of 1,200 tons and costing $156,000 each between Moji and the Loochoos; two of 1,200 tons and costing $130,000 each hetween Tamsui and Hongkong.
The following communiqué appears in the Rangoon Gazette:-Sir Nicholas O'Conor, the late Ambassador to China, has upheld the views of our Consul-General at Shanghai regarding the question of Indian opium taxation, and the Chinese Government have now practically con sented to allow the matter to rest in accordance with the views expressed by the Government. of India.
The cost of insuring municipal property at Singapore said to have risen from $120 to $716, consequent upon the recent increase in fire rates. The extraordinary difference in the figuros is suggestive of a misprint; but the Straits Times gives the amounts as they stand abore in two places, once in the report of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners and once is a separate paragraph.
A Reuter's telegram states that the new treaty between Germany and Japan completely abolishes extraterritoriality, but the Consuls retain legal functions in certain matters, notably in questions of succession and guardian- ship. A Convention dealing with patent trade marks is projected; meanwhile Germans are placed on an equal footing with the natives. Japan concedes reductions in the Tariff and Germany merely grants the "most-favoured
treatment to Japan. nation
The Shanghai Mercury says:-To give an idea of the increase in value of land in Hong- kew within the past three or four years, we note that land in the vicinity of the Rifle Range and along the macadamised Woosung Road outside of the boundary stones of the Settlement, which could have been purchased for about Tls. 200 to Tls. 250 a mow in 1891, and which was changing hands only a few months ago for Tls. 800 a mow, is now being. purchased for Tls. 1,200, and the owners are reluctant in allowing it to go at that price.
The Emperor, says the Messenger, has fap. proved a memorial of the Board of Revenue on currency. Gold, silver, and copper coins are to be minted in Peking. The necessary apparatus for a mint will be obtained from Shanghai. The English sovereign is to be a model for gold coins. The provinces will have each its own mint, but Governors are at liberty to have coins made for them at the Wuchang and Canton mints if they prefer it. Viceroy Liu at Nan- king has already sent to Shanghai for the re- quired machinery to supply the needs of his riceroyalty.
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