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such force at one time that Mr. Figg, on trying to enter the gate, was blown back to the telescope house. Mr. Holmes's house suffered omsiderably and his garden was completely wrecked, while in various other parts of the district the wind played much havoc with flimsy stractures, trees, &o.
On Thursday afternoon communication was restored between Hongkong and Gap Rock, after a breakdown of nearly twenty-four hours. It was learned that the lightkeepers were perfectly safe. The lighthouse itself had escaped the fury of the storm without the least injury, and the only damage done was the carrying away of the derrick and the twisting of w rail or two.
The Powan and the Honam, from Canton, report having met with a considerable quantity of wreckage in the river. The Powan left Canton on Wednesday afternoon at five o'clock and about eight o'clock anchored in the river, where she remained until Thursday morning.
A remarkable and very fortunate feature of Wednesday's typhoon was the small amount of rain that fell. In the typhoon of October, 1894, the rainful registered was over ten inches, and had we had anything like that amount on Wed- nesday the damage to house property would have been very much greater than it was, for when buildings become thoroughly saturated by a continuous and heavy downpour they are much more liable to partial or total collapse under wind pressure than when they are comparatively dry. According to the Observatory report the rainfall on Wednesday was only 1.67 in.
THE TYPHOON AT MACAO.
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THE HEUNGSHAN'S EXPERIENCES.
Captain Clarke, of the Hongkong, Canton
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3. The Honourable 3. Th Whitehead, a Member Council, the Eas 4.-Nathaniel Joseph Ede, Esquire. 5.—Thomas Jackson, Esquire,
the foretopmast went over the side, leaving only the lower foremast standing with the foreyard. When the storm abated the ship had drifted about forty miles. With the one sail left the vessel's course was directed towards Hongkong and on Friday evening to be a Commission for the purpose of institut. she arrived off Lamma Island, where she re-ing, making, and conducting such mained until Saturday morning, when she was I do hereby appoint you the said James Halda towed into the harbour by launches. Besides Stewart Lockhart to be Chairman of sud the passengers there was a crew of fourteen on Commission; And I do hereby appoint Aratho board. While the storm was raging the pas- Seth, Esquire, to be the Secretary to such Com sengers, consisting of men, women, and children, mission; And I do hereby order and direct that were almost paralysed with fear. They shouted for all or any of the purposes of this Commis- and cried and implored the captain, Mr. Santosion three members thereof inclusive of the Ferretto, to save them. The captain did all he Chairman shall be and constitute a quor could to allay their fears, but it was not until And I do further hereby order and direct that he told him that if they continued to make a the said Commission shall, for the purpose of noise the vessel would go down that they pacified making the said inquiry, have all such powers themselves.
as are vested in the Supreme Court of this.. colony or in any Judge thereof on the occasion-
any suit or action in respect of the following matters, viz. :--
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THE LOSS OF THE "ILTIS."
FURTHER PĂRTICULARS.
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SHANGHAI, 31st July. Details of the loss of the German gunboat Iltis have now come to hand. She left Chefoo on Thursday, the 23rd July, and the same day struck the rocks and broke in two. The bow remained above water, but the stern sank.
Eleven men were rescued from the bow on
Saturday and taken to the lighthouse. The remainder of the crew and all the officers went down with the after part of the vessel.
ANOTHER FORE HORE DIFFICULTY.
IN JEOPARDY.
DAILY PRESS."] SHANGHAI, 29th July. The Taotai proposes to sell the Shanghai
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The enforcing the attendance of witnesses and examining them on oath, affirmation, or otherwise;
The compelling the production of documents; The punishing persons guilty of contempt; The ordering the inspection of any property;
with power also, for the purpose of this. Commission, to enter and view any premises. examination of witnesses shall be held in private; And I do hereby further direct that every and I do further require you to report to me the evidence and your opinion thereon; and I hereby charge all persons in the Public Service to assist you herein.
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the colony in Executive Council, this Twenty- ninth day of July, One thousand Eight hundred and Ninety-six.
By Command,
F. J. BADELEY, Acting Clerk of Councils...
and Macao Steamboat Co.'s steamer Heungshan, | THE SHANGHAI BUND FORESHORE which left Hongkong on Wednesday afternoon on her usual trip to Macao, reports having anchored in North Lantao Channel and there experienced the typhoon. The squalls from the east and south-east were terrific between 8 p.m. and midnight, and one Chinese male passenger on board died from sheer fright. | Bund foreshore.. The lowest reading of the barometer was 28.80. At 8.30 a.m. on Thursday got under INSANITARY DWELLING COMMIS- | held at the Chamber Rooms on the 25th July--
weigh and proceeded towards Macao. At 9.15, off the west end of Lantao, a Chinaman was rescued in a very exhausted condition from some wreckage; he was the only survivor ont of a crew of ten.
Many large junks foundered along the coast of Lantao and no doubt many lives have been lost. At Macao much damage has been done by the wind and sea. The whole of the Praya wall is more or less damaged and many houses have suffered, amongst others the Boa Vista Hotel, which sustained much damage to the roof. The -craft in the Inner Harbour suffered a good deal and some lives were lost in spite of the ample warning given by the Harbour authorities.
AN ITALIAN BARQUE IN THE TYPHOON.
The Italian barque Lothaire had a very excit ing encounter with last Wednesday's typhoon. The vessel was formerly a tea clipper trading between China and London and was very speedy, having won three medals for making fast trips. For the past fifteen years she has been engaged in the South American trade, and on the present occasion she was on a voyage from Callao, Peru, to Hongkong with one hundred and twenty Chinese passengers on board. She left Callao on the 16th May and experienced very good weather until twelve o'clock noon `on the 29th July, when the barometer began to fall rapidly and the wind gradually increased in force. The vessel was then about twenty miles away from Gap Rock, and the captain, Mr. Santó Ferretto, soon saw that a typhoon was approaching. The wind raged with terrific force, the barometer fell to 28.80, and for five hours the vessel had to fight against the full strength of the typhoon. At 2 pm she was labouring heavily and the ballast shifted to leeward. All hands were sat to work to trim the ballast, sbut: their efforts were quite ineffectual, and at 6 p.m. the ship was on her beam ends and all the lee side under water up to the hatches. The rigging was then cut away and the main and mizzen masts and
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SION.
The following Commission issued by H.E. the Governor in Council is published in Satur. day's Gazette:-
William Robinson,
Governor.
Whereas it is expedient that a Commission be appointed to inquire into the existence of in- sanitary properties in the colony and the means to be adopted to improve such properties and to abate overcrowding, with special reference to the following details, viz. :-
1. Whether it is desirable to resume in- sanitary properties, improve them, and then re-sell them
2. The means by which such properties are to be resumed and the compensation to be paid for same assessed.
3.-How the said properties should be improved and by whom such improvement should be carried out.
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4.-The means to be adopted for housing the occupants of any dwellings pending im- provement.
5.-The amount of capital required for resump- tion and improvements, how it is to be raised and how far it will be met by a re-sale, with any suggestions or recommen- dations the Commission may make on the subject.
Now therefore, I, Sir William Robinson, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Go- vernor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice- Admiral of the same, in Executive Council as- sembled, do hereby under the powers vested in me by Ordinance 27 of 1886, entitled The Com- missioners Powers Ordinance, 1886, appoint you—
1.-The Honourable James Haldane Stewart:
Lockhart, Colonial Secretary and a Mem- ber of the Executive and Legislative Coun cils.
2.-The Honourable Catchick Paul Chater, a
Member of the Legislative Council.
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THE HONGKONG GENERAL CHAM- BER OF COMMERCE.
At a monthly meeting of the Committee
Present: Messrs. A. MöConachie (Chairman), H. Smith (Vice-Chairman), J. J. Bell-Irving,. G. B. L cdwell, St. C. Michaelsen, N. A Siebe, T. H. Whitehead, and R. C. Wilcox (Secretary). The minutes of the last monthly meeting were read and confined.
TELEGRAPH RATES.
Read letter from Acting Manager in China of E. E. A. & C. Telegraph Co., dated 20th June, in reply to Chamber's letter of date announcing the reductions made in tariff of rates between Hongkong and the Straits Set-- tlements and elsewhere.
QUARANTINE AT MANILA.
Read letter from Colonial Secretary, dated 1st July, acknowledging receipt of Chamber's letter of 26th June on the subject of quarantine regulations at Manila.
POSTAL DELAYS.
Read letter from Colonial Secretary, dated 8th July, replying to Chamber's letter
of o
*29th June, stating that the question of the provision of a new Post Office is under the consideration of the Secretary of State and meantime the Government are thinking of "
[^arranging for temporary additional accommodation for Postal Department.
The Chairman said he understood it was proposed to take in the rooms in the Supreme Court building occupied by the Attorney General and Crown Solicitor and connect them with the Post Office This would g deal of additional space, but an increase in the staff was This opinion was generally
QUARANTINE Letter from Colonial copy of letter from Briti stating that quarantine that port on vessels a was laid on the table
THE RUMOURED DES HEURAISHËTARIF Read letter from July, acknowledgin of 19th May endl British Minister
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