THE
Hongkong Weekly
AND
China Overland Trade
VOL. XLIII.]
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c..
Leading Articles:-
Loyalty and Prosperity
Li Hang-chang and his Mission
The Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese Im-
port Duties
A Spirit Farm as a Source of Revenue
Incendiarism and its Suppression.......
Unveiling the Queen's Statue.-A Magnificent Cere-
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Press
Trade Report.
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, 4TH JUNE, 1896.
mony
..480
Outrage at Nanking
.461
Supreme Court..
.462
The Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce
.463
Alleged Embezzlement
The John Baizeley Abandoned
The Activ Floated
The Robbery and Murder at Wanchai.
Improved Water Supply for Shaukiwan
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Improvement at Mong Kok Tsui
Quarantine against Chinese Ports at Singapore
..465
The Plague at Kowloon....
Mr. Danby and the Sanitary Board....
..466
Attempting to Bribe a Sanitary Board Inspector
.487
Review...
.467
Meanderings of a Melancholy Maniac.
.468
The Punjom Mining Co., Limited..
Hongkong Golf Cleb
Hongkong Rifle Association
Hongkong Volunteer Corps
---Intercolonial Shooting Matches...
.468 .469 .469 ..469 .469
Correspondence
The Rule of the Road on the Whangpoo
Perilous Voyage of the Federation
Hongkong and Port News....
Commercial
Shipping
BIRTHS.
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It is stated that the Russian Government has decided to appoint a paid Consul in Shanghai.
A Tokyo press despatch of the 12th May There have been no fresh cases of plague at Anp ng since the 7th inst., but the garrison troops have been temporarily withdrawn.
says
A collision occurred at Chinkiang on the 25th May between the Indo-China steamer Taksang and the China Mining Co.'s steamer Kungping, by which both vessels sustained some damage.
The Hongkong Chamber of Commerce has addressed the British Minister at Peking pray- ing that the Chamber may be consulted before any agreement is entered into for the increase of the import duties in China.
Telegraphic reports have been received of the wounding of a German officer in the employ of the Viceroy of Nanking, in consequence of which two German gunboats have been seut to Nanking from Shanghai.
The Fire Insurance Association of Shanghai has voted the sum of $150 as a reward to the detectives and others who were instrumental in securing the arrest and conviction of four of the incendiaries concerned in the fire of the 470 10th of March at Miller Road, Hongkow.
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At the Hongkong Criminal Sessions on the 29th May the trial of Tsan Tai Chap and Lan Wai Chiu, charged with setting fire to their .475 premises at 48, Praya West, was concluded Both prisoners were found guilty and they were each sentenced to twelve years hard
On the 29th May, at No. 2, Peddar Street, the wife of A. PIERF. MARTY, of a daughter. [1302 At the Government Civil Hospital, Hongkong, on the 2nd inst., the wife of J. CoYLE, of a daugh- [1326 On the 2nd instant, at "Wellburn," the Peak, the wife of HERBERT GEORGE DOWLER, of a daughter. [1331
ter.
DEATHS.
On the 26th May, at 2, Victoria View, Kowloon, CHARLES, son of CHARLES and MARTHA CATHERINE GRANT, aged 3 months.
[1273 On the 26th May, at 4, West Terrace, MARIA JOSEPHA ALVES MACHADO, aged 54. (Singapore [1272 papers please copy.)
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The English mail of the 1st May arrived, per P. & O. steamer Kaisar-i-Hind, on the 30th May (29 days); the American mail of the 5th May arrived, per P. M. steamer City of Peking, on the 31st May (26 days); the German mail of the 4th May arrived, per N. D. L. steamer Prinz Heinrich, on the 2nd June (29 days);
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The annual meeting of J. Llewellyn & Co., Limited, was held at Shanghai on the 28th May, when the report and accounts adopted. The net profits for the year amounted to $4,317, equal to 3.60 per cent. on the capital, as against 1.29 per cent. the previous year. The balance at debit of profit and loss account is reduced to $11.267.
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On the 28th May, the day appointed for the celebration of the Queen's birthday, the statue of Her Majesty erected by the community of Hongkong in commemoration of the Jubilee of Her Majesty's reign, was unveiled by H.E. the Governor Sir William Robinson. Upwards of two thousand troops were paraded on the occa- sion and the ceremony was one of the most brilliant public functions Hongkong has ever known.
The report of the Club Hotel, Limited, Yoko- hama, for the year ended 31st March last states as follows:-Your directors are pleased to re- port that the working of the Company during the past year ended 31st March, 1896, has shown an improvement on that of past years. Your directors point out that the assets of the Company stand in the books at the original value, and that more than the sum brought down from last year's working has been spent in repairs and improvements. The gross profit for the past year is $22,379.38. After provid. ing for the payments for repairs, interest on debentures, and interim dividend of 3 per cent., and writing off certain sums for bad debts and for depreciation, there is a balance of $8,709.31, An Imperial decree has been issued authoris out of which it is proposed to pay a further ing the establishment of an Institute for anti-dividend of 4 per cent. on the capital and carry
forward $2,309.31 to the new account. toxin serum at Tokyo.
and the Canadian mail of the 11th May ar- rived, per C. P. steamer Empress of China, on the 2nd June (22 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
No. 23.
The Japan Mail says :-
The much discussed rumour about a contemplated expansion of the scope of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha seems to have been definitely settled. We are told by the Jiji Shimpo that, at the Council of the Directors held on the 20th May, it was decided to raise the capital from 8,800,000 yen to 22,000,000 yen; to increase the European ser- vice to two sailings a month; to order six more steamers for the line; and, lastly, to procure another batch of six steamers for regular ser- vice to America and Australia once every two months. The project will be placed before an extraordinary general meeting of the share- holders to be held in June.
The Directorate of the Tientsin-Peking Railway has issued a proclamation to the pro- prietors of land over which the railroad will received,authorising the payment of Tls. 10 per have to pass stating that "an Edict had been mou, and Tls. 8 extra for every mow of land which contains graves, irrespective of the number, on the land to be purchased by the Railway administration." Had this railway been built by a foreign syndicate prior to the war we should have heard of that official bug- bear, fengshui; bạt. what has become of this occult science now that the Emperor has sanctioned the matter and the mandarins begin to build over graves themselves ?-N. C. Daily News.
says:-
A Tokyo press despatch of the 10th May -The Treaty with Germany has now been received at the Foreign Office, and the Emperor is expected to ratify it in the course of a few days. It will then be sent back to Berlin, where the exchange of ratifications will take place, and it will in due course be promulgated- probably in July. The rumour that provision is made in the Treaty for the retention of the judicial functions of the Consulates is incorrect.
Referring to the statement of the Times, telegraphed out by Reuter, that Herr von Brandt, formerly German Minister at Peking, has been appointed adviser for Foreign Affairs to the Tsungli. Yamên with the rank of Minister, the N. C. Daily News says:-This news was published in the Shanghai Messenger some weeks ago, but there was never any foundation for it. Herr von Brandt is now on the river, and is to leave Shanghai finally for home on the 13th June.
A severe gale occurred at Kobe and along the coast on the night of the 20th May. Thỏ British ship Dundee, which was discharging in Hyogo Bay, dragged her anchor during the night and went ashore near the oil godowns at Wada Point. Two yachts, the Daisy, owned by Mr. Birch, and the Herga, owned by Messrs. Wilkinson and Gotch, broke away from their moorings and went to pieces on the western Camber, or near there, and other damage was was done. The Agapanthus, chartered by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha for the voyage to Europe. encountered the full force of the gale on her way down from Yokohama, and a good deal of damage was done about her decks. The P. & O; steamer Manila, which left Kobe on the 20th May, returned at five o'clock next morning with her cargo listed, the port quarter deck carried away, and the starboard boats smashed as well as considerable damage done aboard. The Federation had a dreadful time, an account of which will be found in another column.
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