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THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. XLV.
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China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Work, d...............................................................................................................341 Leading Articles :- 1
Hawaii and Japan
The Chamber of Commerce Meeting
Shanghai and its Government
Publio Expenditare...
Hasty Legislation ...............................
Public Companies and New Issues of Capital The Diamond Jubilee Memorial
Hongkong Legislative Council
Signor Cattaneo's Concert
Further Relaxation of the Night Pass Law........ Supreme Court
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, 6TH MAY, 1897.
The annual meeting of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce was held on the 28th April.
The Indo-China steamer Yiksang, which went ashore at Iwayaki, has been got off and ..342 taken to Nagasaki.
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A meeting of the Hongkong Legislative ..344 Council was held on the 3rd May, when some ..344 discussion took place with reference to by ..345 laws made by the Sanitary Board and sub- mitted for approval. A number of Bills were read a first time.
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Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce Secret Meetings of the Unofficial Members of Connoil ..353 Dr. Ayres and the Police...................................353 Arrival of Mrs. Carew in Hongkong The Colony's Finances
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Hongkong Volunteer Corps and Ambulance Work ...354 A Wrecked Steamer on Fire.
The Sugar Market in Japan
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A Tokyo telegram of the 23rd April says:-- The outbreak of bubonic plague at Tainan is spreading very rapidly. Twenty-three fresh cases were reported on the 22nd and 23rd. This has brought the total number of cases up to 68 since the outbreak was reported.
The Arbitration Court in, respect of the Korat Railway dispute has been sitting for some weeks past in London. The Siam Observer hears that a telegram has been received in Bang- .357 kok that the Arbitrators have disagreed, and have .357 had to appoint an umpire, choosing German
railway expert for the purpose.
Indian Famine Relief Fund
Diamond Jubilee Celebration at Tamsui
Olivers Freehold Mines, Limited
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The North-China Insurance Co., Limited
The Stowaway Ordinance
The Law as to Flogging
Olivers Freehold Mines, Limited
New Balmoral Gold Mining Co., Limited
Co., Limited
The Fiksang Floated
Hongkong Golf Club
Hongkong and Port News...
The Laou Kung Mow Cotton Spinning and Weaving
Shipping
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
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General Fernando Primo de Rivera, on his arrival at Manila to take up the appointment of Governor-General of the Philippines, ....359 issued an address to the inhabitants referring to the rebellion, and also a decree offering a free pardon to all concerned in the movement who present themselves before the 17th May.
Very discomforting news reached Foochow by telegraph on 21st April regarding the Rev. James S. Collins of the C. M. S. missing; and as he was on his way from Yeng Ping to Kucheng it is much feared that he was ing him is awaited with the greatest anxiety.
The American mail of the 1st April arrived, per O. & O. steamer Coptic, on the 30th April
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A temple at Tientsin was destroyed by fire on the 18th April. A festival to which only women and children were admitted was in progress at the time and large number lost their lives, the estimates varying from thirty to a hundred
being able to make spurious silver dollars and Owing to the counterfeiters of Foochow subsidiary coins in close imitation of the some- what crude specimens issued by the provincial government, the authorities have decided to buy foreign machinery for the purpose and will recall all the coins at present in circulation in that city. The machine-made silver money is very difficult to imitate with the limited means possessed by the people.-N. C. Daily News.
Tientsin reports concerning the railway between that city and Peking announce the near completion of that line and that it has been decided to despatch three trains daily from each of the starting points. The fare will be 2,180 cash, or at present exchange about $2.40 per trip for each person, who will be allowed beyond that weight will be charged for. H.E. 200 catties weight of baggage. Any baggage
Hu Yü-fên, Governor of Peking and Director- General of the road, was expected to arrive at Tientsin from Peking on the 20th April, travelling by train on a tour of inspection. N. C. Daily News.
With respect to the famine now raging in the eastern part of Szechuan, on account of which an appeal has been made by Szechuan merchants trading at Shanghai to foreigners there, an Imperial edict was, we learn from the N. C. Daily News, issued on the 20th April commanding that the sum of Tls. 100,000 be paid of Szechuan to relieve the distress. Simul- out of the Privy Purse and sent to the Viceroy
taneously, Western Hupeh adjoining Szechuan
(29 days); the English mail of the 2nd April | accidentally drowned. Further news regard is also visited by a severe famine and a further
arrived, per P. & O. steamer Rohilla, on the 2nd May (30 days); and the German mail of the 5th April arrived, per N. D. L. steamer Prins Heinrich, on the 5th May (30 days). ̧
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
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Mrs. Carew arrived in Hongkong on Mon- day last and is now confined in Victoria Gaol.
The King of Siam, before leaving for Europe, signed a decree abolishing torture in his King- dom.
It is proposed to levy a tax of $1 on immi- grants arriving at Singapore for the purpose providing funds for the building of immig- rants examination depots.
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A disastrous fire occurred at Hachioji, a town about ten ri from Tokyo, on the 22nd April. 2,500 houses were destroyed and over thirty persons lost their lives.
The 10th and 11th May have been fixed for the election of the new Shanghai Municipal Council. The present Council remains in office until the day following the election.
Encouraged by the success of the Tung Chin Yuen Cotton Mill, at Ningpo, another mill, the Mercury says, is about to be erected there by a native syndicate with a capital of $450,000 in 3,000 shares of $150 each.
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sum from the same source of Tls. 50,000 is also ordered to be paid to the Viceroy Chang Chih- Administration's recent indent for 11,000 tons province. The money noted above is said to With reference to the Imperial Railwaytung for distribution in famine relief in that steel rails and fastenings, we (Peking and be a portion of the result of the Palace econo Tientsin Times) learn that, Messrs. Carnegie mies inaugurated by the Empress-Dowager & Co.'s tender having been withdrawn, that and held in reserve as an Emergency Fund. of Messrs. Buchheister & Co.'s for Bolckow, Vaughan & Co.'s rails has been accepted; delivery to be made this year.
Mr. S. Shimizu, the Japanese Consul, informs us that he has received a telegram from Count Okuma, Minister for Foreign Affairs, inform- ing him that Prince Arisugawa will leave Yoko- hama by the M.M. steamer Sydney on 2nd May to attend the Jubilee celebration of H.M. the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. He will travel incognito under the title of Count Sawa.
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An inquest was held at Singapore on the 23rd April by the Coroner, Dr. T. C. Muglis- ton, to enquire into the cause of the recent sudden death of the late Mr. H. A. O'Brien, Acting Auditor-General. The evidence of the Government Analyst, supplemented by the evidence of those who saw the deceased after his death, was very brief, and the nature of that evidence has already appeared in our columns. The Coroner found that the deceased died from failure of the heart's action, accele rated by fever and by an accidentally self administered over-dose of morphia-Straits Times.
Daily News writes: So much has been said The Hangchow correspondent of the N. C.
pro and con (most of it-con) respecting the new Imperial Post that your correspondent ventures to refer to the subject with some diffidence. But where so much has been said against an institution it is only fair to speak a good word Whatever may for it where it is possible. have been the experience of those ports which were fortunate enough to possess local posts, Iam sure that most, if not all, of the foreigners in Hangohow will agree that the new Post Office is a great improvement on the old system so far as Hangchow is concerned. Our able and obliging post-master, Mr. McPhail, sees to it that our letters are delivered with the utmost promptitude, and so far as your correspondent and the mission with which he is connected are concerned, we welcome the new innovation and wish Sir Robert Hart every success in his latest venture. The only thing that we have to complain about so far is the very small weight allowance oz. for 2c. letters. It is scarcely possible to write a decent letter and keep it within the oz. limit. Perhaps some change will be forthcoming before long in this respect
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