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THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. XLVII.J
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China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &o.
Leading Articles:-
Sir William Robinson's Departure
The Currency Question
The European Property Market in Hongkong
The Belilios Reformatory .....
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, 2ND FEBRUARY, 1898.
The Courrier de Saigon records the return. of Mt. Oddera to Saigon from a shooting trip 69 in the plateaux of the Mois country during which he had shot thirteen elephants, bringing up his total record for these animals to eighty five, besides which he had four rhinoceros and three tigers.
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Li Hung-chang on Germany's Action at Kisochau 72 China's Mineral Resources....
Supreme Court
Hongkong Sanitary Board ...
The Departure of his Excellency the Governor
The Scotch Concert...
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The protocol between Great Britain and Japan respecting patents, trade marks, and designs, signed at London on the 20th October 75 last, is published in the Government Gazette. There is also published the convention between Great Britain and France relative to Tunis, which was signed at Paris on 18th September,
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The Navy League.
Hongkong Odd Volumes Society
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The U. S. Discriminating Duty and the Canadian
Pacific Line
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The Belilios Reformatory
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Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Hongkong, Canton, and Macao Steamboat Co., Limited. Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Co., Limited 80 Kowloon Land and Building Co, Limited
West Point Building Co., Limited
Dairy Farm Co., Limited
The Raub Mines
Cricket..
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Last week's mail was the last of the P. & O. Thursday departures and after the French mail to-day Saturday will be the day of departure for both English and French mails. There will be two French mails together, namely, on Wednes- ... 81 day, 2nd February, and Saturday, 12th Fe- 81bruary, the next P. & O. depature being on
Saturday, 19th February.
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The Hongkong Ice Co., Limited
The Punjom Mining Co., Limited
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Royal Hongkong Yacht Club
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Correspondence
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Russian troops on the Kirin Frontier Hongkong and Port News
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Commercial...kāīsi
Shipping
BIRTH.
A Seoul despatch of the 18th January, trans- lated by the Kobe Chronicle from Japanese vernacular papers, states that the Korean Gov- ernment proposed to send two Korean officials 86 (one being Chin Sho-kun, who when Foreign Minister opposed the engagement of Russian military instructors) to England, but the Fin- ance Department under M. Alexieff has refused to sanction the necessary expenditure.
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On the 30th January, at "Beryl," Kowloon, the wife of Captain-JACKRON, s.s. Loosok, of a daughter MARRIAGES.
On the 20th January, 1898, at the British Consul- ate-General, Shanghai, by Mr. G. Jamieson, and afterwards at the Cathedral, by the Rev. II. C. Hodges, M.A., SAMUEL CIILVER, to LCISE BLEE,
both of London.
On the 28th January, at St. John's Cathedral, by the Rev. R. F. Cobbold, ALFRED NORTON HUKE, to KATE, daughter of the Rev. ALEXANDER FRASER, Oban, Scotland.
DEATHIS.
At Kobe, on the 18th January, RICHARD M. SCHOFIELD (a native of Manchester, England); aged 74 years.
On the 23rd January, at his residence, No. 25, Kobe, KARL HEINRICH WILHELM DOBBELING (a native of Hamburg), in his 37th year.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
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Through the energy of General Tchêng Ki- tong, the Superintendent of the new Chinese Bund at Shanghai, it was brilliantly illuminated. for the first time on Chinese New Year's Eve with from 30 to 40. electric lamps, the ma- chinery running the lights being temporarily erected in a wooden building near the Taiping jetty, outside the East-gate. The electric light will probably also be introduced into the native city some time this year, together with the new waterworks, the foundations for which were already begun at the close of last year.-N. C. Daily News.
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According to the Japan Herald, Captain Thompson is organising & Klondike expedition, and the steamer Takasago-maru has been pur- chased for the purpose from the Nippon Yusen Kafsha.. The Takasagomaru was formerly known as the Delta, and belonged to the P. & O. Company. Her net tonnage is 1,287, and her nominal horse power 360..
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The Queen Mother of Kores, wife of Tai Wonkun, has just died at the age of 80 years, and national mourning has been decreed in her honour: She was married at the age of 20 years and had two sons and two daughters, the present. King (or Emperor) of Korea being her second child. She never took any part in the political disturbances that have raged around her husband, but always displayed a truly benevolent mind in aid of those in distress.-. Hiogo News.
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There were ten candidates for the Shanghai Municipal Council this year, of whom the fol- lowing nine were elected :-
Prentice, J. Inglis, R. Fearon, J. S. Rohde, M. Hewett, E. A.! Anderson, F...
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Shellim, E. Welch, J. Stokes, A.-P. It will be seen with regret, says the N. C. Daily News, that the Rev. J. R. Hykes is the un- successful candidate at the Municipal election. Mr. Prentice is at the head, and Mr. A. P. Stokes, one of the new candidates, at the tail; but sometimes the tail wags dog.
shooting some miles this side, of Chinkiang A foreigner in the Chinese service was out recently when he came across a fort on the Yangtze, the armament of which was being rapidly effected. Being interested in artillery, he was about to go inside when he was met by the request to keep out. He represented that he was in the Chinese service, but was met by the request for proofs of his statement. He then represented that he was an Englishman and as such a friend of China. That's just the trouble," said the officer in charge. of the fort; "the Germans tell us that you are our enemies, you want to take the whole of the Yangtze from us, and we've got to be parti- cularly careful of you English." And soldiers were sent to watch the foreigner till he was out of the vicinity of that fort.-N. C. Daily News.
The Japan Mail states that a telegram has been received by the Standard Oil Co. at Yokohama, to the effect that the ship Alexander Gibson, which left New York on July 27th last for Yokohama with 75,850 cases kerosine, encountered a violent storm en route, and was blown ashore on a small island near Sydney, receiving considerable damage, but no casualties occurred. The Captain reached Sydney and cabled the head office of the Standard Oil Co. It is said that the repairs of the vessel will
The local branch of the Navy League have take two or three months to complete, and that sent a chart to the head office of what they con- some of the damaged cargo will probably besider should be the extended boundaries of
The Canadian mail of the 4th January ar- rived, per C. P. steamer Empress of India, on the 27th January (23 days); the American mail of the 28th December arrived, per O. & Ó, steamer * Doric, on the 27th January (30 days); and the
French mail of the 31st December arrived, persold by auction at Sydney. M. M. steamer Natal, on the 1st February (32-day's).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
H.E. Sir William Robinson left Hongkong yesterday on the expiration of his term of office as Governor of the colony.
According to native information from Fakien two German men-of-war were early in the month surveying the coast off Funing, which is known to Chinese as Sansa Bay.-China Gazette.
The Straits Times publishes the, following information as to prospective service movements in the Straits: Sir Charles Mitchell will arrive from India, ria Ceylon, about the 15th of February. Mr. J. A. Swettenham, Colonial Secretary, will arrive from Europe on the 15th of March. Sir Charles Mitchell will shortly afterwards sail for Europe, probably on hine months' leave. H.E. will return early in 1899, and will resume, for a year, the duties of governing the Straits. During the absence of Sir Charles Mitchell, it is expected that Mr. J. A. Swettenham will be Aeting Governor, and that Mr. Kynnersley will continue to act as Colonial Secretary.
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Hongkong. The map was made by the Public Works Department and a copy of it is now on view in the Hongkong Public Library, Bank Buildings.. The public should certainly see it. The present boundaries are marked in dark red and the suggested extensions are in light red. The acquisitions required by the Navy League include the whole of the numerous islets nesr Hongkong and the strip of mainland out off by a line drawn from the river month north of Starling Inlet to Tyshan Bay. Accompanying the chart was a letter strongly expressing the hope that the recommendations would be urged upon the Government. We hope the Hong- kong Branch of the Navy League will meet with every success in its efforts.
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