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THE INTERNATIONAL EIGHT- OARED RACE AT SHANGHAI, [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE "DAILY PRESS."]
SHANGHAI, 19th October. The Scotch crew won the International Eights at the Regatta to-day.
There were only two crews entered, the English and the Scotch. The composition of the crews us arranged at the date of last mail *advices Was as follows-English: Bow, Courtenay; 2, Carter; 3, Birt; 4. Phillippo; 5, Cooper; 6, Pitzipios; 7, Leveson; Stroke, Hide. Scotch: Bow, Fergusson; 2, Cumming; 3, Miller; 4. Sutherland; 5, A. Stewart; 6, Adamson; 7, H. Stewart; Stroke, McNeill.)
TAXING OF CHINESE MANU- FACTURES.
We give a translation of the Rules, as it reaches us from a Chinese source, under which Chinese manufactures are to be taxed The rules (nine in all) are framed by Sir Robert Hart and have been presented to the Tsungli Yamen for adoption. From the first of them we infer that they are meant to be binding on Chinese concerus only, but as as we understand that it has been proposed to levy a 10 per cent. ad valorem duty on Chinese manufactured goods generally (this we were the first to publish on the 12th of August), we think it important to give publicity thereto, for if foreigners are to be taxed they will most probably come under the same rules.
8. As to how the duty is to be levied on the manufactured goods and how it is to be ac- counted for and remitted to the Board is to be entirely left to the various Commissioners of Customs at the different ports, who shall report upon what way they may have devised for so doing, and they shall further, from time to time, draw up such regulations as may seem necessary under the circumstances of the dif- ferent places.
[October 22, 1896. THE OPENING OF HANGCHOWA
Beyond the fact that Hangchów is now an open port, there is but little after all to chroni cle in connection with the ceremonies of the 1st. The day was heralded with blasts of trumpets and much beating of gongs, and the Customs premises were adorned with some weary looking flags falling with an effortless sadness, limpy through the steamy ether. Officials came by the score to visit the Commissioner's and the silk filature establishments, both of which absorbed the august personages from
9. All licences, duty receipts, and transport-view, and left without a horde of ragged un- ing permits are to bear a stamp, to be decided upon hereafter, to make them legal.
It is further stated that, as some of the High Provincial authorities have had the Emperor's sanction exempting duty in the case of their manufactories, the Tsungli Yamen is requested by the Inspector-General to take steps with the view of getting the order countermanded, so that the ad valorem duty of 10 per cent. may be enforced universally upon whom it may concern. Mercury.
MR. DUDGEON'S MISSION.
Shanghai, 10th October. The doubts expressed in our editorial of Wednesday last as to the success of Mr. Dud- geon's mission are confirmed by the news that he left Peking on Tuesday or Wednesday last. If the co-operative policy that once flourished at the capital were still alive there, the other Ministers might, however lukewarm at heart in the matter, have been expected to lend their aid to Sir Claude MacDonald, and present a united front towards the Chinese, if only out of good- fellowship. But in the present state of things in Peking this caunot be looked for; and we fear that it will be found that the Chamber of Commerce will have to retrace its way, the unanimity which the various nationalities that are represented in the Chamber showed in despatching Mr. Dudgeon fiuding little or no reflection in the Corps Diplomatique at Peking.
The following are the Rules referred to :— 1.--Mills or factories established by Chinese merchants in foreign styled buildings, where foreign machinery or foreign methods are used for manufacturing goods, are to be reported, before erection. with all details as to locality,'|—N. C. Daily News. capital, and nature of the concern, to the nearest Commissioner of Customs, who will, with the local officials, inspect the spot, and, if practicable, issue a licence for their erection. Those already in existence will have also to be provided with the same such licence to be renewed every ten years, with a fee of Tls. 100
for each renewal.
2. All liceused establishments must have a
"Customs godown" attached thereto, where the manufactured goods are to be stored before being sold.
3.Goods about to be sent in to the godown should be passed through the Customs by an application giving number of packages, de- scription, and value of the goods,
4-All goods before leaving the godown are to be paid duty on, at 10 per cent. upon their value, for which a duty receipt will be granted, and after which the goods are at liberty either to be sold for local consumption or to be trans- ported inland or to coast ports or to foreign countries, as the case may be, upon application being made for a proper permit.
5.-The Customs may at any time inspect the buildings and machinery, and if the same are in any way endangering lives they are empowered to order the manufactory to be closed until satisfactory repairs shall have been effected.
6.-Factories situated beyond 10 li of the Customs of any port must be provided with au Customs apartment for the station of a Examiner to be deputed there. Owners of factories, however situated (whether within the limit cr not), may also apply for a Customs officer to be stationed there, provided proper accommodation be furnished and á súm be paid annually towards "defraying Customs expense." [The exact amount is not stated.-ED. S.M.] 7:-Factories in Treaty Ports are to have the lic nce granted them by the Customs of het port; those established inland, on the canal in Chekiang and Kiangsu, say
North of Kahsing` are under the jurisdiction South of Tanyang of the Soochow Customs. -West of Kunshan
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DEATH OF THE ITALIAN MINISTER.
Alessandro Bardi.
washed, half-fed looking fascals, who certainly gave the impression of having been imported direct from Shanghai, so identical did they appear with the rag-tag official retinues of that port. This chief evidences of new life in the port are the steam launches which now ply to and fro whithin the limits and bring numbers of visitors. The price of land has suddenly fallen again, being only $250 per mow for the front section, and about $200 for the other sections, but I believe no area of less than 6 mow is disposed of. The leases run for thirty years, and are for foreigners only. The work on the new Customs building goes on apace, and in a few days the walls of the first floor will be finished. It looks quite imposing. The foundation for the new cotton mill is also being dug, and the contracts for the machinery are signed and sealed, so we shall soon have another smoke stack, and another whistler to create diversion. All the farm houses on the front section are being pulled down, and the land is. ready to be taken up by foreigners. One section has I see been reserved near the south end of the Settlement for a railway station, which encourages the hope that progress will include the iron horse at some future date. There are no signs of electric light yet, but I hear that the cotton mill will be fitted with it for econo- my's sake. Some energetic person might utilize the silk filature boilers, as they were intended to work 500 spindles, and will actually have to work only 208, which will leave a lot of spare power for a dynamo.-Shanghai Times corre- spondent.
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THE RUSSO-CHINESE “SECRET TREATY."
Mr. E. Ghisi, Italian Consul at Shanghai, has received the news of the death at Peking Mr. G. D. Scott, Reuter's agent, kindly in- on Thursday night, 8th October, from dysen-forms us that he has received a telegram from tery, of the Italian Minister, Commendatore Peking, dated the 2nd instant, stating that Count Cassini, Russian Minister, left for home on leare on the 30th alt. He had waited a month, having refused to proceed until the Manchuria Railway Convention between Russia and China was signed.
The N. C. Daily News says:-Great and general regret was felt yesterday at the news, received by telegraph by the Italian Consul here, Mr. E. Ghisi, of the premature death at Peking at 10 p.m. on Thursday, from dysentery, of Com- mendatore Alessandro Bardi, Minister for Italy at Peking. Commander Bardi was only a little over fifty, Peking being his first post as Minister. He spent the summer at Chefoo, where he was a very popular addition to the society of that fashionable watering-place; he left it for Peking on the 25th ult., and it was not even known here that he was ill. He had
many friends in Shanghai, and will be greatly regretted socially, as well as in the official circle at the capital.
THE OPENING OF SHASHIH. The following despatch has been published
Legation of the United States.
Peking, 24th September, 1896.. Sir, I have the honour to inform you that the port of Shashih, in the province of Hupeh, will be opened, under the provi- sions of the Shimonoseki treaty, to foreign commerce on the 1st day of October next, corresponding with the first day of the 145th Customs quarter. You are directed to notify American merchants of this announcement.
The Yamên informs me that the date of the opening of Chungking will be fixed by the Customs later--I am, sir, you obedient servant,
CHARLES DENBY.
Thos. R. Jernigan, Esq., United States Consul-
General, Shanghai.
The Offertories of Sunday last in the Cathe North of Kahsing, under that of the Hang-dral on behalf of the Hospitals in Hongkong
and Pakhoi amounted to $269.87. how Customs.
[The native report is that the Emperor tried to postpone the signature of this Convention until after Li Hung-chang's arrival at Peking, but to this Count Cassini would not submit.— ED.]
A SALVAGE CLAIM.
In the Admiralty Court at Shanghai on the 9th October the hearing was commenced of a suit brought by the China Navigation Co., owners of the steamer Paotung, against the owners of the steamer Strathesk, to recover Tls. 20,000 for salvage services. On the 24th July the Paotung, bound from Swatow to Shanghai, sighted, the Strathesk (from Hongkong to Shanghai) in dis- tress, having lost all the blades of her propellor in a typhoon. The Paotung towed the disabled steamer to Woosung, the work being attended with much difficulty. For the Stratheak it was contended that the services rendered and the risk incurred by the Paotung were exaggerated, that the service rendered was towage and not salvage, and it was submitted that I'ls. 10,000, which sum was paid into court, was sufficient to satisfy the claim of the plaintiffs.
The hearing was concluded on the 10th October, and the Judge gave his decision at once in the following terms: I do not think it would be any use my taking time to consider the case further. I think the offer made by the other side is as much as could have been ex- pected, and I think it is about right: Whether it should be a little more or a little less I do not think it is worth my while or anybody else's to inquire. I think that Tls. 10,000 is a proper
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