THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
VOL. XLIV.]
CONTENTS.
Epitoms of the Week, do..................................................
Leading Articles :—
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, 31ST DECEMBER, 1896)
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Celebration of the Sixtieth Year of Her Majesty's
Reign .............. Taxation of Foreign Manufactures in China .....502 Mr. Wu Ting-fang
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The Education of European Children in Hong-
kong...
The Sanitary Board Question.
Spain and the United States
Supreme Court
The Military Contribution
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The Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce Christmas Concert at the Government Civil Hospital...512 Prize Distribution at St. Joseph's College Arrival of the Torpedo Destroyers...
Hongkong and the Philippine Rebellion
Oxford Local Examinations
Smallpox in the Colony
Hongkong High Level Tramways Co., Limited George Fenwick & Co., Limited
Railroads
The Tonkin Frontier Traffic Regulations
The Punjom Mining Company, Limited Cricket ....
Hongkong and Port News......
Commercial,
Shipping
MARRIAGES.
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Three hundred people lost their lives in & fire at a native theatre at Fobehow on the 10th December.
Mr. E. T. Williams, who has been a resident in China since 1887, and is said to be a most competent Chinese scholar, has been appointed Interpreter at the U.S...Consulate-General, Shanghai.
General Polavieja was sworn in as Governor- General of the Philippines on the 13th Decem- ber, the function being attended with great ceremony. General Blanco, the retiring Gov- ernor-General, left by the Leon XIII. on the 20th.
A cotton mill of about the same size as the Lao-kung-mao Mill is now being constructed by the Japanese on the Yangtsepoo Road, ..614 Shanghai, and should it turn out a success it ...514 will, the N. C. Daily News says, be followed by
.514 | two others, each as large as the Ewo Mill.
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A special despatch from Peking reports that ..516 Liang Cheng, a Cantonese, one of the returned ...517 students from the United States, a Secretary of the Taungli Yamên with the rank of Taotai, is designated to replace Huang Chun-hsien as Chinese Minister to Berlin.-N. G. Daily News.
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At St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, on Tuesday, 29th December, 1896, by the Rev. R. F. Cobbold, ERNEST KNIGHT CHANDLER, to MARIAN, widow of the late Mr. William REID, of Sydney, N.S. Wales.
[2978 At Shanghai, on the 17th December, 1896, at the Imperial German Consulate-General, by Dr. Stuebel, Consul-General, and afterwards by Pastor H. Hack mann, Theo. Lic, at the Union Church, ANNA, eldest daughter of Professor A. WITTROCK, of Celle, to C. BERTRAM ROSENBAUM, of Shanghai.
On the 18th December, at H.B.M.'s Consulate General, Shanghai, by Sir Nicholas J. Hannen, Con- sul-General, and afterwards at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges M.A., PHILIP ALEXANDER HARRINGTON, eldest son af Alexander CHAMBERS, of Leytonstone, Essex England, to MARGARET MARY (MAGGIE), eldest daughter of Edward BELBIN, of Shanghai.
DEATHS.
A further despatch has been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies in reference to the Hongkong military contribu- tion. Mr. Chamberlain declines to accede to the request of the. unofficial members that the amount should be again fixed at £40,000 a year instead of 174 per cent. of the revenue.
The Manila Comercio of the 21st December 85y8 that according to official statements small groups of insurgents have tried to eat the rail- way at different points in the province of Bala can, but have been beaten off and dispersed by patrols of the Government troops, five of the rebels being killed and six taken prisoners.
It is reported from Tokyo that the compila- tion of the statutory Customs Tariff has been
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A large "deal" in Japanese bonds is reported to be under negotiation. Baron Rothschild, it is said, has nearly completed negotiations with Consolidated Bonds to the value of over three the Nippon Ginko for the purchase of War and million sterling.
The erection of the new International Cotton Mill at Pootung is now so far advanced that smoke was seen issuing from its tall shaft for the first time on the 17th December, some of the boilers having started working. A great portion of the machinery has arrived and has been erected, the rest being expected at. an early date.
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At a meeting of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps held on the 17th December, it was re- commended that Captain Mackenzie be ap pointed commanding officer, as suggested by the Municipal Council. Captain Mackenzie is the Superintendent of the Police Force and some difference of opinion existed as to whether the command of the two corps should be com- bined in one individual, but the motion was carried by 48 against 13.
The return to China of Mr. Detring is, we believe, principally connected with Li Hung- chang's embassy to Europe, that is to say, Mr. Detring, who was a close adviser of Li in Europe, is desirous of settling some outstandings of the tour, and meeting the ex-Viceroy. From time to time statements have been published crediting Mr. Detring with the most diverse intentions, in this country. One of the. latest and most circumstantial was the con- stitution of a powerful Bank in China, but on the best authority, we are assured that the report is incorrect. Mr. Detring's present visit is of the nature we have indicated at the commencement of this article, and is not likely northern ports to navigation. to be prolonged after the opening of the possible he will start for Chefoo, and then will As soon 25
travel overland to the capital, a journey of about twelve days. Having settled affairs, by the time Tientsin re-opens after the winter h hopes to be able to start for Europe, to enjoy is entitled.-N. C. Daily News.
At Nagasaki, on the 17th December, WALTER / completed by the authorities of the Finance, the remainder of the home leave to which the
CECIL NASH, 34 years.
At the Shanghai General Hospital, on the 17th December, 1896, JOHN ROGERS FRYER, aged 25
years,
At Shanghai, on the 20th December 1896, ALFRED DAVIS, a native of Oldham, England, late of Ewo Cotton Mill Shanghai, aged 39 years.
- At Shanghai, on the 20th December, 1896, P. M. PETERSEN, late pilot at Ningpo, aged 56 years.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
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The French mail of the 20th November ar- rived, per M. M. steamer Sydney, on the 23rd December (33 days); the English mail of the 27th November arrived, per P. & O. steamer Rosetta, on the 26th December (29 days); and the Canadian mail of the 7th December arrived, per P steamer Empress of China, on the 30th December (23 days),
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
torpedo destroyers Hart and Handy Mat Hongkon
on the 24th December.
Department and it has been referred to the Foreign Department. All the articles not enumerated in the tariff annexed to the new foreign treaties are specified in the new tariff: The highest rates of daty proposed are on wines and spirits and tobacco and cigars. The rates are between 30 and 40 per cent.
the duties
The Singapore Free Press says:-We hear on what we believe to be good authority that, in spite of statements to the contrary, H.M.8. Renown will come out to the China Station in 1897 as flagship. The Centurion does not return to England in April, but will be The China Gazette says:-A short time ago recommissioned at Hongkong with a n great fears were entertained that the local money crew, and on the Renown's arrival later in market would be exceedingly tight in the ensuing the year will take over from HMS Grafto Chinese new year. Fears of tension have now been removed, as Sheng Taotai has lent the
of second flagship, the Grafton Chinese banks 50 lakhs of sycee and Taotai Lubecoming again a private ship in the squadron
It is also understood that H.M.S. Powerful has supplemented this with 20 lakhs; the con-
perhaps the Terrible, but certainly one or the sequence is that the pressure on the local money market is considerably relieved and native inter- other, comes out to the Far East also. est has been reduced to the nominal 1 candersen. of the fact that the Russian cruiser - Roas
in order to maintain the naval balance in view At a reception given on board the Centurion improved Burik (the latter also being at Singapore on the 12th December a distress station), is presently to be sent out to ing accident occurred. One of the forms of Russian Pacific squadron The British entertainment provided was a shooting gallery. goes 22 knots to the Rossia's 20, carries 3,000 By a mischance one of the bullets struck a bolt at tons of coal to the latter's 2,500, and the target end and glancing upwards through power of 25,000 against the other a 15,00 the opening by which light was thrown on the target it pierced the side of Mrs. Bland. The lady was removed to her home and the bullet was successfully removed next day
main armament of the Rossa is four guns, while that of the Po
rus guns. In the number of quickfirą ship has the advantage.
forse-
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