THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
VOL. XLIV.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c..........
Leading Articles :--
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, 10TH SEPTEMBER, 1896.
The Rebellion in Manila.............................................................................. Stagnation in China .......................................................
Chinese Tariff Revision
Pakhoi and Rival Trade Router
Amoy and the Tea Trade
The Telegraph in Human
The Japanese in Formosa ....
The Increased Telegraph Charges,
Safety for Passengers .........................
The Rebellion in Manila
Change of Ministry in Japan
Death of Capt. McEuen....
Affairs in Form06) .................................................... Supreme Court
The Opening of the New Ports..........
Shanghai and the Mail Contract
The Increase in Telegraph Rates
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The Empress of Japan has contributed 1,000 yen to the Illis relief fund.
Recent serious floods have done great damage to the completed portions of the Siberian Railway, and caused great distress amongst the inhabitants.
At an extraordinary general meeting of the New Balmoral Gold Mining Co., Limited, the firm of John D. Humphreys and Son were 192 appointed General Managers of the Company.
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The Proposed Increased Taxation on-Silk Filatures ...198
1 The Gaelic
Desastrous Flood at Kobo
Another Great Earthquake in Japan ........ Great Floods in Siberia
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Destructive Tidal Wave and Floods in Manchuria......199 H. G. Brown & Co., Limited:...
The New Balmoral Gold Mining Co., Limited
Golf
V. R. C. Aquatie Sports...........
Correspondence
Telegraph Construction in Hunan
Mesura, Bennertz & Co.'s Stenmers
Hongkong and Port News... Commercial
Shipping
BIRTH.
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Mr. H. Kopsch, Statistical Secretary to the Inspectorate-General of Customs, has been ap- pointed Postal Secretary, to superintend the inauguration of the new Chinese postal service.
The Shanghai Chamber of Commerce has addressed the British Minister protesting against the tax of ten per cent. ad valorem proposed to be levied on the products of silk filatures.
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Mr. Chang Chih-ynen, private tutor to H.E. Chang Chih-tang's sons, has contributed leader to the Chih Nan Pao, in which legis- lative councils of the foreigu type are advocated
for the Government of China.
It is reported that the Shanghai Taotai bas .202 | granted permission for the formation of a native company to establish waterworks in the native .205 city of Shanghai. The capital of the company .207 already raised amounts, it is said, to Tls. 20,00),
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The following Masonic appointment is an- nounced as having been sanctioned by His At Kulugu, Amoy, on the 30th August, the wifRoyal Highness, the M.W.G. Master-That [2025 Bro. Lewis Moore, Dep. Dist. G. Master of Northern China, be Dist. G. Master in succes- sion to the late Bro. John Irwin Miller.
of THOMAS MORGAN Boyd, of a sun.
DEATH.
At Shanghai, on the 4th of September, 1896, BEK- JAMIN PEEL (LOUGH, Upper-Yangtze Pilot, aged 48 years.
ARRIVALS OF NAILS.
The American mail of the 8th August arrived, per P. M. steamer Belgic, on the 5th September (28 days); and the English mail of the 7th August arrived, per P. & O. steamer Rohilla, on the 6th September (30 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Hangchow and Soochow are to be opened to trade on the 26th September.
Mr. H. F. Brady, of H.B.M.Consular Service, has been transferred from Kiukiang to Chin- kiang.
On the 28th August, the Rev. William Muirhead, D.D., of Shanghai, completed the Jubilee of his residence at that port.
The Singapore Legislative Council has voted a sum of $3,500 to be expended in surveys for a railway between Johore and Singapore.
A disastrous fire occurred on the 26th August at Benten-machi, Hakodate, by which some 2,700 houses in about ten streets were reduced to ashes.
No. 11.
The Japanese Government is said to have arranged to put on the London market the new industrial and other bonds, to an amount of thirty million yeu. The scrip is said to have been taken there by Mr. Hayakawa, of the Finance Department, who proceeded to London recently with the President of the Yokohama Shokin Ginkin and others. Kobe Chronicle.
A Tokyo press despatch of the 21st August says:-The estimate of the extraordinary ex- penditure for the Governor-General's Office of Formosa in the Budget for next year has been decided at eight million yen, of which five millions are to be applied for the construction of railways. The estimated expenditure for the regular steam services to Formosa is placed The investigations of the at 1,200,000 yen. cost of the proposed reconstruction of the harbours of Kelung and Takow have not yet been completed.
The north-eastern provinces of Japan were visited by another great earthquake on the 31st August. The town of Rokugo was entirely des troyed and other towns severely damaged, and many lives were lost. While this disheter was occurring in the north the southern parts of Japan were suffering from a severe typhoon accompanied by unusually heavy rain, which caused disastrous floods. The typhoon struck Kobe on the night of the 30th and the heavy rain caused the Minatogawa river to burst its banks, flooding, a great part of the town and involving a loss of life estimated at 200.
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Mr. Bibby having been requested to report ou the
Rin" lode of the Jelebu Mining and Trading Co., Limited, his report, which is long and of a technical nature, is published in the Straits Times. He says the " Rin Lode Mine is not sufficiently developed to warrant the The China Gazette says:-We understand
erection of crushing machinery on it, and to do that orders have been given by the Imperial 80 would only lead to trouble and disappoint- Government for the erection of fully one hun-
ment. The prospects of the mine are exceed. dred new likin stations in the Kianguan pro-ingly good, but more development work will vinces. Our friends the mandarins are evidently laying themselves out for a fat harvest from the infant manufacturing industries in this part of China.
The suggestion of the Viceroy Chang Chih- tung to turn over the Hanyang Iron Works and Hupeh coal and iron mines to Sheng Taotai and make them a commercial enterprise, having been reported upon favourably by the Board of Revenue, received the Emperor's Rescript sanctioning the same on the 22nd of July last. -N. C. Daily News.
It is stated that the reconstruction of the harbours of Kelung and Takow, which it was intended to commence next year, has been postponed, on the recommendation of Professor Burton and Dr. Ishiguro, Engineers of the Home Department. They require a year to make full investigation, chiefly in studying the effects of the currents and the weather.
The rebellion in Manila continues, but owing to the supervision exercised by the Government over telegrams it is impossible to obtain any detailed information. The Captain of the Redpole considers it necessary to remain there, which shows that the position is serious, and advices have been received to the effect that the import trade is suspended and that no more consignments should be sent.
require to be done before the Company will be justified in going to the expense of putting up crushing machinery. He believes that in the Rin Lode Tin Mines the Company has a valuable property, and all it requires to make it so is to thoroughly open it up by drives on the course of the lodes and to test it below water-level in the settled country.
The Peking correspondent of the Mercury writes:-A little diversion has occurred in foreign society life. The whole intelligent world has heard not merely of the Peking Reform Club, but of the Peking Club-non-Reform This last is European. It has a first-class bar and the latest periodicals. Last winter the- French Minister issued the order to his nationals to have nothing to do with this Club, as it was too English. The Russian Minister joined the movement of the active Frenchman. Thus it was
that there came a split in Peking Club life. The few European Christians, in spit of the cheap drinks, failed to harmonize. But the latest piece of information, which has come floating to our ears over the pools of slime water, is that the French Minister has seized on an early hour in the morning to slip across the street from his Legation to read the papers at the Club, before anyone else appeared. The Committee heard of the transaction and took the matter in hand. Col. Denby was also drawn in a8 8 kind of peace-maker or sweet oil for any wounds
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