THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. XLVI.]
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &o.
Leading Articles :--
The Defence of the Island..
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, 21st OCTOBER, 1897.
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Taxation and the Military Contribution 802 Alleged Dangers of Foreign Education for Nativos3 03 The Study of Chinese for Commercial Purposes ...303 Return Commissions
Chinese Exclusion in America Spain and her Colonies
Supreme Court
The English Mail in a Violent Storm
Hongkong Sanitary Board
Hongkong Defence........
The Loss of the Namoa.....
The Princess Charlotte and Victor Emanuel Figure
Hands
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Steel Jetties to be substituted for Solid Stono Piers ...308 The Diamond Jubileo Permanent Memorials .......308
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Miss McIntosh's Plaguo Services in Iulia
The Volunteer Encampment....
Cricket..........
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The Royal Hongkong Golf Club
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Union Insurance Society of Canton, Limited
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Canton Insurance Office, Limited.....
.312
Olivers Freshold Mines, Limited
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The New Balmoral Gold Mining Co., Limited
..318
Jelebu Mining and Trading Co., Limited
.313
Correspondence
..314
Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce
.314
.314
The Fire on the Mongkut....
The Bonnertz, Case....
Great Earthquake in the Philippines
Hongkong and Port News...
Commercial..
Shipping.
BIRTH.
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On the 14th inst, at the Peak, Hongkong, ths wife of HAROLD BAXTER, of a son.
MARRIAGES,
At Beauregard, Hongkong, on the 19th inst., by the Rev. Dr. Chalmers, J. L. CHALMERS, of the Corean Customs, to DAISY, second daughter of Alex- ander DAVIDSON, of Woodbank, Aberdeen, Scotland.
On the 3rd September, by special license, HARRY SAMUEL BICKERTON-BRINDLEY, of Awoicho, Tokyo, to ADA Bagshawe, of Leeds.-By cable.
On the 27th September, at Christ Chirch, Yoko- hama, by the Rev. E. Champneys Irwine, M.A., in the presence of Geo. H. Scidmore, Esq, Deputy Consul-General of the United States, ISABELL BUR- SON, daughter of the late JAMES NELSON BURSON, merchant, of San Francisco, to HORACE FRANK AUTHUR, of Yokohama.
At Shanghai, on the 5th October, 1897, at the Cathedral, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, M.A., Captain OWEN DIRS MERTENS, C.M.S.N. Co, to Rosa EMILY DEATH..
On the 9th October, 1897, at H.B.M. Consulate, Amoy, before C. T. Ganluer, Esq., C.M.G., H.B.M. Consul, and subsequently at the Union Church, by by Rev. G. R. Valling, Chaplain to H.M.'s forces, Hongkong, Tou GREAVES GOWLAND, eldest son of THOMAS GOWLAND, Newtown House, Rathgar, Dublin, to CORA MIN SAUNDERS, fourth daughter of JOHN CORNISH SAUNDERS, Amoy.
On the 14th October, 1897, at H.B.M.'s Consulate- General, Shanghai, by Sir Nicholas J. Hannen, and afterwards at Trinity Cathedral, by the Rev. H. C. Hodges, M.A., JOHN PEARSON NEWALL, to RHODA CLOUGH, both of Shanghai.
DEATHS.
On 21st August, 1837, at Bishopsthorpe, York- shire, Captain Walter H. THOMPSON, of aneurism of the heart
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
The English mail of the 17th September arrived, per P. A O. steamer Kaisar-i-Hind, on the 17th October (30 days); and the German mail of the 20th September arrived, per N. D. L. steamer Sachsen, on the 19th October (29 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
A formidable insurrection is reported to exist outside the Great Wall, at a place called Santsota, about 120 miles east of Jeho.
Baron von Heyking, the German Minister at Peking, and Baron von Czygan, the Austro- Hungarian Minister in Peking, are both ex- pected in Shanghai shortly.
A Japanese Imperial Ordinance issued on the 1st October announces that the one yen silver pieces will be withdrawn from circulation on and after the 1st April, 1898.
It is stated that there is no hope of saving from the cruel fate of death by the lingchi process the child who accidentally killed his mother some time ago at Kinkuei, near Soo- chow.
Income-tax returns in Japan are increasing rapidly. The last three years have witnessed a growth of nearly 70 per cent. per annum; the total estimated for this year is 400,000, yen greater than last.-Hyogo News.
On the 9th October, with all befitting ceremonial, the Governor of the Straits Settle.
ments, acting on behalf of the Queen, invested the young Sultan of Johore with the dignity of a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St, George.
Since the opening of Soochow as a free port. three silk filatures, under Chinese management, have been established, and are already in good working order. Now two more will be erected shortly; one by Sheng Taotai's father, and the other by a Mr. Pang, the necessary capital for the purpose having been fully subscribed. Mercury.
Owing to the constant troubles that have thie year arisen between Roman Catholic converts and others at Nanchang, the provincial capital of Kiangsi, H.E. Weng, the Provincial Trea- surer, has recently appointed two officers whose sole duty will be in the future to settle all diffl- culties arising between Christian converts and their fellow residents, irrespective of sect, with in the jurisdiction of the provincial capital. 'N. C. Daily News.
The export of Japanese paper has steadily increased of late years. The year before last the amount exported represented a value of 457,700 yen. Last year an increase was shown At 72-B, Bluff, Yokohama, on the night of the of more than 80,000 yen. This year, up to the 28th September, in the 51st year of his age, JouNeud of August, Osaka merchants alone have SAMUEL ROBINSON, a native of Shrewsbury, Eng shipped something like 30,000 yen worth. The Mainichi estimates that if the quantity land, Outside Supt. Engineer, Nippon Ynsen Kaisha
On the 14th October, 1897, at No. 6, Yangtze-poo exported from Yokohama be added to this, the Road, WILLIAM ORTWIN, late Chief Engineer of amount for the eight months cannot be less the steamer Kiangkwan, aged 56 years.
than 600,000 yen.
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No. 17.
Native merchants at Shanghai and Hankow are much concerned about the recent increase of about 25 per cent. on rates charged for freight and passage by the three local steamship com. The new rates came into effect on the 1st of panies. between Shanghai and the riverine ports. the 9th moon (26th September).-N. C. Daily News.
Some time ago we stated that the Board of Revenue had presented a memorial to the Throne for the establishment of a method for collecting tax on native grown opium by the use of stamped documents. We are now in- formed that the necessary sanction has been obtained and that the natives in Wenchow and Taichow, in Chakiang, have been informed accordingly. The tax is fixed at Tls. 60 per picul, the non payment of which would prevent the owner from selling opium in or transport- ing to any other part of the Empire. The stamped document can be purchased at the Provincial Treasury, Chekiang.-China Gazette.
It is reported that the Imperial Household Department has lately memorialised the Throne asking permission to build a light railway between Peking and the Imperial mausolea. It appears that every time a member of the Imperial family or the harem dies it costs the Department some Tls. 300,000 to Tls. 400,000 to transport the remains to the mausolea, whilst in the case of a deceased Emperor or Empress Dowager no less than two million taels are Hence the idea of a railway is to save such usually expended for transport expenses, etc.
the Emperor will sanction the scheme.-N. C. exorbitant expenses, and it is believed that Daily News.
occurred on the 21st September in the Salu An extensive and violent sesmic disturbance Archipelago and the South China Sea. A new Mempakul and Lambeidan, fifty yards from the island was thrown up from the sea between Borneo mainland, opposite Labuan. The island is of clay and rocks, and measures 200 yards long by 150 yards broad, and 60 feet high. The islaud appears to be increasing in size. Along the Mindanao coast destructive earthquake accompanied by a tidal wave was experienced, and a number of lives were lost, At Sandakan, although it lies almost directly between the distant points at which the dis- turbance was most severely felt, only a moderate earthquake was experienced, sufficient to cause alarm, but not to do any material damage.
The wreck of the Aden is reported to have broken up and almost entirely disappeared. It has been thought, however, that a fair propor- tion of salvage might be recoverable, especially such dead-weight as copper, tin, etc., of which she carried a considerable quantity. Negotia tions have resulted in an agreement being concluded between the P. & O. Company and', two Aden firms, by which the latter have engaged to be in readiness to make a start at the earliest advisable moment. On Tuesday, the 14th September, the party left Aden for Socotra, where the attempt will be made jointly. Operations are impracticable until the cessation of the south-west monsoon, but an expedition of divers well accustomed to such work has been sent ont from England. They will form a miniature encampment, living in tents on the island, with moored buggalows to work from and use as lighters.—Madras Mail, #bts
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