THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. XLV.
pitome of the Week,
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, 25TH MARCH, 1897.
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We hear that the Takashima coal mine is flooded.
There were 3,590 Chinese in Yokohama fore the war; there are now 12,289.
The Japanese Currency Bill was carried in the House of Representatives by 151 to 96:
The Japanese Government, it is ste 'decided not to bring forward at
Session of the Diet the Bill for be-sidies to steam services between
China ports. There are no fu now that it has been decided t yen to the European and Trans-P the Nippon Yusen Kaisha.
The t
of a British Settlement at Soocho has been granted by the Chinese authorities and is adjoining the Japanese Concession, ext Mr. von Treutler, the Secretary of the Gering from the small foreign bridge, at the man Legation at Tokyo, has been appointed of the latter, to the Mito Bridge, beyond The Imperial Bank of China............................217 Chargé d'Affaires during the absence of the which is the American Settlement. The Opening of the West River ..................................................................
tractive Fire at Shanghai upreme Court s
i Hùng-chang and the Basso-Chinese Convention.214 The West River and the Burmah Frontier Question214 216 Raport of Rice from Kwangtung Best Education for Chinese .....................115 Jubiles Committee (............................................................................................. 215 acao and the West River Trade,,
216 Decline in the Purchasing Power of Silver in the
Far Eas
**********.. 218 Education for Eurasians and Europeans at Shang-
.216 hai and Hongkong ..............................................................................................
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The Shanghai Chamber of Commerce and the Hong-
kong Light Dues ......................................................................220 The Queen's Diamond Jubilee ............................................................................fin 220 Shipbuilding in Hongkong .................................220 The Murder in a Boarding House. Hongkong Football Shield Competition The Chiness in Formosa
The Indian Famine Relief Fund
The China Sugar Refining Co., Limited The Luzon Sugar Refining Co., Limited George Fenwick & Co., Limited
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The Straits Inîurance Co., Limited A....................................** China and Manila Steamship Co., Limited ........ Green Island Cement Co., Limited .............................................. Perak Bugar Cultivation Co., Ţimited
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It is reported that each of the Japanese Ministers of State has subscribed 100 yen towards the Indian Famine Fund.
Minister.
The Japanese are pushing their foreign trade. At Singapore a commercial museum of Japanese products has been opened at the Consulate.
The Mercury understands that Mr. Colin M. Ford succeeds Mr. Bullock in the office of Con- sul and Assistant Judge at the Supreme Court, early in April next.
Dr. Morrison, the Times correspondent and author of "An Australian in China," who was. 224 recently detained at Foochow by illness on his way North, was at last advices at Shanghai en route for Peking.
The Emperor's Audience of tile Foreign Ministers......225 An Outline of the Constitution of the Imperial Bank
of Chin
.226
ongkong and Port Na..........................................................................227
Shipping
MARRIAGES.
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On the 18th February, at St. Alban's Church, Streatham Park, by the Rev. G. Howard Wright, Vicar of Chilham, Kent, uncle of the bridegroom, assisted by the Vicar, the Rev. 8. M. Ranson, EDMUND JOHN MONSON LARKEN, only son of the late THOMAS Lancaster LaRKEN, of Foochow, China, to VIOLET MARIAN, only daughter of the late Mr. JOSEPH SENIOR, of Streatham.
- At Shanghai, on the 11th March, 1897, at the Imperial German Consulate General, by Dr. O. Stuebel, Consul General, and afterwards by Pastor H. Hackmann, Theo. Lic., at the Union Church, LAMA, second daughter of J. J. BUCHHEISTER, of Shanghai, to ED. WARNEKEN, of Shanghai.
operation,
DEATH.
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At Kaga Hospital, Tokyo, March 12th, after an BARTIN: HAIGH PRATT, aged 52 years est son of the late Mr. BENJAMIN PRATT, of Coventry, England.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
It is announced that his Imperial Highness Marshal Prince Komatsu will be sent to Eng land as the representative of Japan at the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Victoria.
Sir Claude MacDonald left Peking on the 17th March for a visit to some of the northern ports. One of our Shanghai dontemporaries also states that His Excellency is coming south and will visit the West River.
The Austrian man-of-war, Kaiser Franz Joseph F, under the command of Captain Von Yedina, was due at Singapore on the 23rd March. She has on board Baron Czikann, the new Austrian Minister to China.
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The Emperor of China gave audience to the Foreign Ministers on the 26th February and on the following day a banquet was given by the Tsungli Yamen. The German Minister did not attend the banquet, owing to an insult he received while leaving the audience. An apology was tendered to His Excellency, but arrived too late.
The Committee of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce at its last monthly meeting had The English mail of the 19th February under consideration the letter of the Hong rived, per P. & O. steamer Thames, on the kong Chamber on the light dues question and 2nd March (31-days), the American mail it was resolved to reply "expressing agree- of the 23rd February arrived, per 0. & Oment with the views put forward as to the im policy and, in the case of a Free Port, injustice stesmer Doric, on the 23rd March (28 days); of taxing shipping for the benefit of general
mail of the 1st March revenue.”
mer Empress of China, (22 days)
Car
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
Durin
A Seoul telegram of the 8th March, trans- lated by the Kobe Chronicle, says that the Korean police having arrested a Korean sm. ployed at the German Consulate without per- mission of the Consulate authorities; the Ger- man Consul protested, and eventually proceeded to haul down his flag, and announced tention to withdraw The Korean Queen" mother then took the roper steps to make the arrest
legal, and the incident has terminated.
of the King of Siam on the Diamond
I act an Regent
A Committee of the Japanese House has decided to atrike 17,000,000 yen out estimate for building new.
wwar-ships,
the
On the 12th March, the day upon which the clauses of the U.S. Treaty relating to patents came into operation, the number of applications filed by United States citizens for the registration of trade-marks, &o., in exceeded 100, of which, according to the Tokyo papers, 96 were successful in registration the same day Up to March there were registered 502 German trade-marks and 1 design, and -402 trade-marks and 1 patent.
obtainin
In addition to conferring on Mr. Detring the Red Button of the First Class, the Emperor China has promoted Mr. E. B. Drew to the Third Class of the Second Division of the Im- perial Order of the Double Dragon, and Mr. J.. H. Hart to the First Class of the Second Divi- sion of the same Order, and has given Mr. M. de Bernières the Civil Rank of the Class, and M. V. von Grot the Civil Ran the Third Class and Decoration of First Chi of the Third Division of the same Order these being in recognition of services rendered as Secretaries of Embassy when accompanying the Special Ambassador, H.E. Earl Li. NU. Daily News.
The official announcement of the conclusion of the agreement under which the Government have consented to open the River has been received in the colony. are to be three open ports, and four
are Wuchow tions. The open por
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of the river navigation, Samehui, junction of the Nort Kongkun, a town pos water frontage stations are Shuihing Samshui and
the Kongmoon
between Samshui and Maca
On Sunday, 21st February, 2000
Korea gra Seoul Independent, His Majest
prese
the
present greeting
went
audience
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