THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
Vol. XLVIII.]
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 17TH SEPTEMBER. 1898.
No. 12.
From Canton we learn that the Viceroy's! The 31st August was observed as a general petition to be allowed to resign has been de.holiday at Singapore in honour of the coming .220finitely refused, but His Excelleyey has been of age of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland. A granted two months' leave for theirécuperation reception was held by the Consul in the morning of his health.
and in the evening the Dutch community gave a fancy dress ball.
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CONTENTS.
Epitome of the Week, &c.
Leading Articles:--
Li Hung-chang's Dismissal
The Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese
Customs
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The Chinese Customs and Hongkong's Distributing
Trade
The Political Position of Thibet..
Dr Mommsen on Anglo-German Relations. Cremation for Man and Beast
Hongkong Legislative Council..............
Supreme Court
Dismissal of Li Hung-chang........
The Situation in Manila...................
Congested Condition of the Yarn Market...
The Water Supply...
The Hongkong Hotel Co, Limited
Limited
8. C. Farnham & Co. Limited
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The Chamber of Commerce and the Chinese Customs 235
Great Eastern and Caledonian Gold Mining Co.,
Jelebu Mining and Trading Co., Limited
The Gymkhana
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The Hongkong Shanghai Cricket Match. Shooting
Hongkong Football Club
A French Journalist Makes Merry over the Kowloon
Extension...
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It is reported from Tientsin that at a recent inspection and trial by the Peiyang Naval Board Commissioners of the new German-built cruisers Haiyung and Haicheng, the speed attained by the two vessels was over 21 knots an hour, being more than the speed contracted for.-N. C. Daily News.
We understand that Mr. H. Hildebrand has left Shanghai for Shantung to complete the surveys for and begin the construction of the projected system of railways in that Province. We wish him all the success that has crowned his work in connection with the Shanghai- Woosung line, just completed.—China Gazette.
There is every reason to believe, in spite of doubts expressed by the home papers that .238 Captain W. M. Lang, R.N., is coming out to undertake the reorganisation of the Chinese 238 | Navy. We learn from a reliable source that Captain Lang will in all probability leave Eng- land some time next month, bringing with him a staff of some 35 instructors.-N. C. Daily News, The Paotingfu correspondent of the N. C. Daily News writes under date the 30th ult.:- The railway is in running order from Peking to Chocho, 190 li from Pastingfu, and the track is laid to a point 30 li this side of Chocho, and the track-laying is progressing at the rate of 3 li per day. One of the constructing engineers states that the road will be open to this point in about two mouths' time.
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Raub Gold
The Emperor of China Encourages Free Speech
Conscription in ‹hina............
Duplication of the Chiuusc Telegraph Lines
Reform at Peking
The Recent Typhoon.....
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Hongkong and Port News
Commercial
Shipping
BIRTHS.
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On the 11th September, at Swatow, the wife of S. J. GRAINGER, Imperial Maritime Customs, of a daughter, which only survived a few hours.
On the 15th September, at 41, Elgin Terrace, Hongkong, the wife of C. E. OSMUND, of a daughter. MARRIAGE.
On the 3rd September, 1398, at St. Joseph's Church, Shanghai, by the Rev. Father Rouxel, and at the British Consulate-General, by Byron Brenan, Esq., Consul-General, IvOR J. Troas to LILY MARY YEOMANS.
DEATHS.
At Nagasaki, on the 30th August, at p.ul.. JOHN D. MCPHERSON, late Chief Engineer of the
steamer Glenlochy.
At Yokobama, on the 31st August, at No. 62,
With a view to economising expenditure the office of Governor of Kwangtung is to be abolished, the duties of that office being amal- gamated with those of the Viceroy The de spatch aunouncing this decision was received at Canton on the 8th September and the change H.E. Hur is to come into effect on the 15th. Tan-wai, the Governor, has been ordered to Peking to await another appointment.
The demarcation of the Burmo-Chinese border during the ensuing cold weather may be re garded as certain, unless a rupture occurs
between Great Britain and China. There is much work to be done, and as the Convention
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We hear that M. Pavloff, who has been ap- pointed Russian Minister to Korea, will pay a brief visit to Sequl before going home on leave. M. de Giers, the new Russian Minister to China, will arrive here in about a month's time.
-N. C. Daily Mews.
A Peking telegram of the 3rd September, translated by the Kobe Chronicle from a Japanese vernacular paper reads:-A Convention has been concluded between Germany and China relating to Kiabchan Bay. The gist of the arrangement is that Kiaochau Bay shall be opened to the trade of vessels of all nations and the export and import of goods; that China may establish a Customs-house at Kiaochau; and that the import of goods from other parts of China (the coasting trade) shall be free from duties.
In connection with the projected visit of the Emperor and Empress Dowager to Tientsin, for which great preparations are being made at that port, a truly characteristic Chinese incident is to be recorded. The two new Chinese cruisers, which have recently arrived off Taku from Stettin, have been dismantled of their electric light installations, which has been taken ashore to be fitted up for the illumination of the tem- porary palace of the Imperial visitors. It is truly Chinese economy, and the chances are 10
to that some of the shore mandarins will find
ways and meaus to annex both dynamos and in-
stallations.-China Gazette.
The Russians are very auxious not to spoil sport for the rest of us by offering exorbitant prices for anything, which is a very promising and satisfactory beginning. They are offering Tls. 10 per mow for land around Nowchwang on which they propose to build storage godowns and buildings in connection with the railway. It is extremely inconsiderate under the circum- stances that several British merchants who happen to hold some of the land required should be asking from Tls. 200 to Tls. 5,000 per mow. It is impossible for Russia to play the game
Bluff: Mrs. W. H. HARDY, widow of the late Capt. | requires the demarcation to be completed within Properly if other nationals go getting in her
W. H HARDY, in her 34th year.
At the General Hospital, Shanghai, on the 8th September, 1898, Carlos J. da RoCHA,, aged 35
years.
ARRIVALS OF MAILS.
three years from the date on which it was
| begun, which was last December, there are now only two open seasons left.-Rangoon Gazette.
The story recently published in the Peking and Tientsin Times, that the French and Russian Ministers at Peking are doing their, best to The French mail of the 12th August arrived, prevent the promised increase of pay being per M. M. steamer Natal, on the 10th Septem-made to the Customs staff, is confirmed by the ber (29 days); the American mail of the 13th latest advices from Peking. This gross illiber- August arrived, per O. & 0. steamer Doric, ality is supposed to be an answer to China's on the 10th September (28 days); the Canadian undertaking that the Inspector-General of Cas. toms shall be a British subject.-N. C. Daily mail of the 22nd August arrived, per C. P. steamer Empress of Japan, on the 14th Sept- News. ember (23 days); and the English mail of the 18th August arrived, per P. & O; steamer Coromandel, on the 16th September (29 days).
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
On the 3rd September a fire occurred in the godowns of Messrs. Speidel & Co. at Saigon. The estimated damage was over $100,000, which is covered by insurance.
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Governor-General Otis has written to Consul General Wildman under date of August 31st, 1898, that Chinese labourers (skilled or un. skilled) formerly resident in Magils, and temporarily absent therefrom, will be allowed to return upon proper proof of such previous residence, which may be made by presentation of a Spanish cedula or certificate of the American Consul of the port from which the returning Chinese have sailed."
way in that fashion!-Peking and Tientsin
Times.
Fighting between the Spaniards and the Philippine insurgents is still going on in the outlying districts of Luzon. Under the heading of Echoes of the War" the Independencia, the new insurgent paper published at Manila, records "the capitulation of Laoag" and "the surrender of Aparri, the attacking force being in each case the insurgents and the defenders the Spaniards. At Laoag, in the province of North Ilocos, the garrison was composed almost en tirely of European Spaniards and it surrendered ouly after a loug siege. The number of pri soners taken was 250, not counting the civil element and the friars. At Aparri, in Caga- yan, it is said "the Spanish soldiers acknow- ledged with tears of gratitude the generosity of our army, which divided with the sick and wounded their daily rations." The insurgent loss is given as seven killed and thirty-one wounded. The Spanish loss is not given. With the fall of Aparri the insurgent domination of the - island is said to have been rendered complete.
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