THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. XLIV.]
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c. Leading Articles:-
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, 28TH OCTOBER, 1896.
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Prospects of Reform in China British Trade with China and Foreign Competition322
Alleged Torture at Manila.....
Plague at Bombay
The Outrage by the Chinese Legation
The Navy League and its Work
The Maxim Gua Company, H.K.V.C.
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The Present Condition of Affairs in the Philippines ...324 Supreme Court
Hongkong Sanitary Board
The Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce Hongkong Branch of the Navy Leagus
Reviews
Illegal Arrest by the Chinco Legation The Bennertz Case
Piracy and Murder near Green Island.. The Special Court of Taiwan Closed.. Cricket
Hongkong and Port News...
Commercial
Shipping
BIRTH.
The Indo-China S. N. Co.'s new river steamer Suiwo left home the 11th inst. for Shanghai.
Sir Claude MacDonald, in forwarding the Legation report on the foreign trade of China in 1895, draws attention to the differential freights charged to British ports as against foreign ports, greatly to the advantage of the latter.
Chang Chih-man, one of the four Grand Secretaries and a member of the Tsungli Yamen, has, we learn from the Chung Ngoi San Po, been permitted to retire, on his fourth applica- tion. He is about eighty years of
age. He 1.330 | belongs to the same clan as Chang Chih-tung.
Latest news from Manila shows that the
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331 Philippine rebellion is growing more serious and will not be suppressed without much 332 difficulty. Mr. J. W. Davidson, the special correspondent, states that torture has been used by the Spanish authorities to extract disclosures from persons arrested in connection with the
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On the 21st inst., at No. 3, Morrison Hill, Hong- kong, the wife of CHARLES W. SPRIGGS, Royal Engineer Civil Staff, of a daughter.
[2412 MARRIAGE.
On the 21st October at Union Church, Hongkong, by the Rev. G. J. Williams, THOMAS HENRY KINGSLEY, to ELIZABETH MAUD BUXTON. No Cards.
[2413
DEATHS.
At Greenock, on the 22nd inst., EMILIE, the be- loved wife of J. DIOKI. (By tel gram.) [2122 At the Peak Hospital, on the 26th inst., PETER FOSTER, aged 41 years. Late of C. I. M. Customs.
[2437 At Kobe, Japan, on the 15th October, 1896, JAMES BANNERMAN, late of Shanghai, in his 74th
year.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The French mail of the 25th September ar- rived, per M. M. steamer Ernest Simons, on the 26th October (31 days); and the American mail of the 30th September arrived, per 0. & 0. steamer Doric, on the 27th October (27 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
The departure of the cruiser Yoshino Kan, which vessel was to have left Yokosuka for Manila on the 13th instant, has been stopped.
The annual meeting of the Hongkong Branch of the Navy League was held on the 23rd October, when an interesting account was given of the work done during the year.
Reater reports that a Chinese doctor named San Yst Yen, alleged to have been concerned in the abortive attempt at rebellion in Canton last year, has been imprisoned in the Chinese Legation, London, but was released in response to a sharp note from Lord Salisbury.
The rice mill of the Ngo Chang Hoan firm Cholon was burnt down on the morning of the 18th October. The loss is estimated at 190,000, which is covered by insurance. This the second rice mill that has been burnt down At Cholon with
the past six months.
movement.
The N. C. Daily News says the Taungli Yamên signed with Mr. J. J. Buchheister on the 17th October a contract for two cruisers to be built by Sir Wm. Armstrong's company at Elswick. The same paper also says Messrs. R. Telge & Co. have contracted with the Tsungli Yamen for four torpedo boats to be built by F. Schichan of Elbing.
A telegram has been received by the Canton Government, we learn from the Chung Ngoi San Po, stating that an Imperial edict was issued on the 20th October appointing Sheng Taotai General Director of railway construction in China, on the recommendation of Wang Wen Shao, Viceroy of Chihli, and Chang Chih- tung, Viceroy of the Hu Kwang.
The French gunboat Aspic, while on a voyage from Bangkok to Hation recently, struck the Brown Rock, near Chantaboun, during the night. Fortunately she had only a few plates damaged and was able to effect temporary repairs by her own resources and continue her voyage. M. Defrance, the French Minister to Siam, and his family were on board, going to Cambodia to meet M. Rousseau, Governor-General of Indo- China.
Lient.-General Kawakami and his suite, who are going to Formosa shortly, intend to proceed to the Pescadores, after staying about three weeks in Formosa. The party is then expected to visit Amoy, Hongkong, Singapore, and An- nam for the purpose of making certain investi- gations. The Mainichi states that the investi- gations are connected with colonization ques- tions as well as military considerations. On their way Home they are expected to call at the Philippine Islands. The tour will last two months.-Kobe Herald.
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The Chih-nan-pao states that the Chinese authorities have not yet paid the compensation to which Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. are entitled for the loss of the Kowshing, but it is said that the Chinese anthorities settled for the payment in Peking yesterday (18th October) China Gazette.
From credible information we (Peking and Tientsin Times) learn that H.E. Li's sojourn in Peking is to be very short, as he is likely to be reappointed to his old post as Viceroy of
Chihli.
stands in higher favour with the Emperor and At the present moment the G. O. M.
Empress-Dowager than ever before.
The
Trade in Tonkin does not appear to be in a very flourishing condition at prosent Courrier d'Haiphong says:-The Customs re- ceipts for the present year are sensibly lower than they were in 1895. In 1895 the average receipts were $120,000 per month, varying from $112,000 to $125,000. For the nine months already expired of the present year the average will hardly be $100,000; in only two months has that figure been exceeded. The receipts for the whole year will therefore probably show a falling off of $250,000 as compared with the previous year. It may be mentioned that one Chinese firm, the Kong Yu Long, pays from $28.000 to $30,000 a month for import and export duties. This indicates the extent of the firm's business. Its Laokay branch has in its hands nearly the whole of the trade with
Yunnan,
With reference to Mr. Dudgeon's mission to Peking, the Shanghai papers are officially in formed that though in the
opinion of the Ministers generally the appointment by them of a Commission is not practicable, they have expressed a very unanimous opinion in favour - of the formation of a special Mercantile Com- mittee in Shanghai to report upon present taxation and its incidence and to make such recommendations as to increase or reduction thereof, and of the conditions under which amendments would be acceptable to foreign trade, whilst beneficial and equitable to Chins. The formal reply from the U.S. Minister to the letter of the Chamber of Commerce, of 17th September, is not yet to hand; but may be expected in a few days, and the composition of the Committee is under consideration, but we, are glad to say Mr. Dudgeon has consented to act as Chairman.
The Chungking correspondent of the N. C. Daily News writing under date of 2nd October says-One of the Lyons Mission, M. Duclos, an engineer, has had a disagreeable encounter with a soldier in the escort of a mandarin.. repairing to Thibet. The soldier rushed at him, and waved a drawn sword above his head.
appily the Frenchman kept quite cool. The authorities have since asked the French Consul here whether he wants the soldier's head, or hit nose, as atonement for such an unprovoked attack. In the end it has been settled he is to be bambooed, but M. Haas insists that the fact of the soldier's panistiment is to be pla about the country for the greater subsequent travellers. The memb Lyons Mission were to leave Che day, and we hear to our great regre spend a day or two here en rout
them, however, proc some of once more. It seems two other French M4A ang uxlisions are on their way here.
It is rumoured, in native official circles at Shanghai that H.E. Kung Chao-yuan, at pre- sent Minister to Great Britain, sent by the last French mail a memorial to the Throne asking to be allowed to resign his post owing to his inability to bear the climate of London, in con- sequence of which he has been repeatedly ill during the last two years of his office. H.E. has been three years Minister, and as his term has already expired, the chances are that his request will be granted, unless the Emperor wishes him to take a second term.-N. (). Daily News.
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