June 3, 1899.]
THE PRITCHARD - MORGAN SZECHUEN CONCESSION.
RECEIVED IMPERIAL SANCTION
Notification has been received that the Agree. ment of the Pritchard Morgan Syndicate, for the mining rights of the above province, has been properly executed and has received Im perial Coufirmation.
Special passports, the first ever issued in China, authorising mining operations within the province, have been forwarded to the Syndi. eate's representative at Chungking and work in the direction of developing the rich lodes and reefs known to exist there will be commenced forthwith.-Shanghai Daily Press.
CIHNA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
461
Admiral Dewey is passing his time quietly | Silk have been made to the extent of about 300 at the Peak Hotel and now feels very well.bules on the basis of Tls. 507 for Gold Kiling He, however, does not wish to attend any public and the market is expected to go lower during functions he will have enough of them when the next week. Total contracts to date, including he gets home. As this will probably be his last Sam Filatures, are 27/30.000 bales. The Chinese cruise he will proceed home very leisurely, and generally predict a large crop, probably because is not at all certain when he will reach Now it suits them best to do so, and when they have York, as he will make several stoppages at covered their forward contracts profitably; the Mediterranean ports.
new crop will, we expect, be found to be only 10 per cent. larger than the season now drawing to à close. Yellow Sill.-Nothing doing. Arrivale, per Customs Returns, 20th to 26th May, are:
́es White, 30 bales Yellow and 263 biles. Wild Silk. Re-Reels And Hond Filatures-No business reported. Steam Filatures-Nothing doing. The export figures to date reach nearly 8,000 bales. Wild Silk-There is no business. Waste Silk.-Nothing doing.
In the Gazette of the 25th March were pub. lished Regulations made under the Prison Ordinance, which were substituted for all rules and regulations then in force. In last Satur. day's Gazette, that is, two months later, appear another set of Rules which are to be substituted for all rules hitherto in force. As the rules occupy forty-eight pages of the Gazette it would be a convenience to those who have to study them if the variations between the new and old ones were indicated.
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THE FOOCHOW TEA TRADE.
Foochow, 27th May.
On Thursday of last week Mr. G. W.King Business in the new seasons tea commenced on the 23rd inst. (following some early ship-offered for sale by auction inland lot No. 1.525 ments of Pakling Congou as usual and a few in Wanobai Road. which lot contains 4,54 18 contract chops of Panyong) and buying. has square feet. The annual rent is $57. The up- gone on steadily since. The settlements to date set price was $1,820, and the lot was knocked are reported at 40,000 half-chests Congou and down to Mrs. Nolan for $2,480. On the follow- 3600 cheats Flowery Pekoe. The Glaucusing day Mr. King offered for sale by auction calling in to-day for brick tea will also take about 1,100 tons of the new leaf for London. The Glenshiel is advertised to clear on the 2nd prox., the Ceylon a week later, and the Kintuck about the 12th. There is a ramour that the Java is to call on the 29th inst., but she has not yet been circulated. The Stobberg is to take the berth for Havre and Hamburg.
We learn that ou the opening of the port of San-tu-ao it was intended that the teas of the Panyong and Paklum districts should be brought to this market by steamers, but that the dis satisfaction and discontent of the small army of natives hitherto employed in carrying the tes to Foochow was so great that the new method of conveyance had to be abandone for the time being at any rate. The tea could not be left there to lose its market while a settle. ment with these good people was being come to and so the teamen had to give in, but no doubt some arrangement will be made later on. The notice given to the carriers was probably too short and it was only natural that they kicked at being suddenly deprived of their livelihood
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HONGKONG.
Mr. T. Jackson returned from the North on 30th May by the Empress of China,
There were 1,218 visitors to the City Hall Museum last week, of whom 132 were Europeans. During the week ended 27th May there were 143 cases of plague reported and 134 deaths. The total numbers reported from the beginning. of the year to the 2nd June are 581 cases and 519 deaths.
A notification appears in the Gazette for dividing certain portions of the New Territories into districts and sub-districts, made by H.E. the Governor under the provisions of section 3 of Ordinauce XI. of 1899.
At the Magistracy on Thursday moruing two Chinamen were charged with keeping a common gaming house and 10 others were charged with gambling. A Chinese constable said that at about 10 minutes to nine the previous evening
be visited the second floor of the house No. 7. Nullah lane, and found gambling goingon there with dominoes and dice. Sergeant Mao- Swayed produced the warrant and first two de. fendant's
's were each fined $50, and each of the others $1.
At the Magistracy on 1st Juus four men were charged with being concerned in an armed robbery at Yaumati on Tuesday night and stealing money and goods to the value of $75. Lau Tam said he was a coolie tallyman and occupied the watchman's house in a coalyard at 7, MacDonnell road. On Tuesday night be and two other men were in the house. They went to bed on the first floor and between eight and nine four men came upstairs. Three en- tered the room. One of the three had a revolver (loaded) in his hand and another a sword, and they threatened to kill him if he made a noise. Witness and the others, after having been beaten
Kowloon marine lot 43 at Mong Kok Tsui. The lot contains 90,800 square feet and the annual rent is $933. The bidding started at $13,535-the upset price and rapidly rose to $32,000, when, as the lot was necessary to him, for business purposes, Mr. Yeung Ching Ko of the Ching Toong ginger shop, beat down all competition by offering $40,0 10, at which price the lot was knocked down to him.
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CAMPHOR:
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HONGKONG, 2nd June.-The market is dull with # downward tendency. Quotations for Formosa are $60.00 to $60.50. Siles piculs.
SUGAR.
HONGKONG, 2nd Jun».—The market is quieter and rices show a s'ight decline. Quotationa
are:-
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Sicktoong, No. 1. White...$7.87 to $790 jei pel.
, White... 7.30 to 7.35 Shekloong, No. 1. Brown,.. 5.1 to 5.20
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Weare informed by Messrs. Arnhold, Karborg & Co., the local agents, that a new Company has been formed in Paris called the "Société des Docks et des Houillères de Tourane." with a capital of 3,500,000 franes. Of this sum Fes. 2,900,000 have been fully subscribed by the Fos Suzas Quely... - following Banks:-Comptoir National d'Es- compte. Société Generale, Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas, Banque de l'Indo-Chine, and Banque Internationale, 500,000 fully paid up shares will be allotted to the shareholders of the Société Francaise des Houillères de Tourane. and 100,000 fully paid up shares to Messrs. U. Pila and I. Balon for their expenses and services in connection with the floating of this Company. The shareholders of the Société Francaise de Houillères de Tourane will thus receive 1 share in this new Company for 8 shares of the old Campany on which calls are still due. The numbers of these have been published in the Hongkong Daily Press and notice has been given that unless the outstand ing calls are paid within two months these shares are forfeited and according to Freuch law will be sold by public auction in Haiphong. At the Magistracy ou Monday morning, before Mr. T. Sercombe Smith, & Chinese servant, aged 16 years, was charged with entering the bar at the Royal Artillery Sergeants' Mess, at Victoria Barracks, aud committing a larceny. Sergeant Roberts said that in consequence of money having been missed he entered the bar at about four o'clock that morning, using the legitimate key. He locked the door behind him aud sat down bebind. In about half-an-hour afterwards he heard a key inserted into the key- hole and the door was unlocked and immediately afterwards he saw a figure crossing the floor. When the figure got to that part of the bar where the change tray was kept he bent down The and the Sergeant heard money rattle. Sergeant then switched on the light, and he then saw defendant in the act of taking the money out of the change tray. When he saw witness he threw it back again. The Sergeant took him in charge and lodged him in the guard room. Defendant was not a recoguised servant in the Mess, and had no business in the Mess room. The key defendant used belonged to a room above. Defendant said he went into the room to lay the table. He was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment, and ordered to receive 12 strokes with the birch rod.
COMMERCIAL.
SILK,
MISCELLANEOUS EXPORTS. Per steamer Orestes, sailed on the 15th May. For London :-484 boxes ten (10,161 lbs. Con- gou and 140 boxes particulars unknown), 78 bales hemp, 300 bales waste silk, 100 bales fea- thers, 15 cases bristles, 3 cases curios, 8 packages private effects, 162 packages Chinaware, 10 casks syrup, 1 box cigars, and 6 boxes sundries. For London and/or Manchester:-250 bales waste silk. For Manchester :-175 bales waste silk and 7 cases cigars. For · Liverpool :- 6 boxes ginger. I box curios, 20 bales hemp, and 36 cases private effects. For Glasgow:-3 cases private effects and curios, and 2 cases steel plates. For Hamburg :-34 bales galangal-
SHA QнẠI. 27th May (From Messrs. A. R.
Per P & O. steamer Candia, sailed on the 18th May. For Liverpool :—1 case cigars from Manila. For Manchester:-155 bales
waste silk. For London --7,632 bales hemp, and 4
cases cigars, from Manila 340 boxes tea and 2 cases merchandise from Foochow, 92 cases blackwoodware, 262 oases Chinaware; 8 caees silks, 7 cases basket ware, 20 oases tea sticks, 4 cases feathers, 17 cases curios, and effects, 6 cases bristles, 2 cases essential oil. For London:-160 cases and 150 casks preserves, 992 rolls mats, 80 bales canes, 60 bamboo splits,
case piece goods, 80 drams paint, 9 pakages sundries, 1,201 boxes tea (25,221 lbs. Congon, and 182 boxes ten 3822 lbs. So. caper). For Marseilles -5 cases essence and ilang ilang from Manila, and 250 bales homp. Trieste:-80 boxes tea from Foochów.
For
Por German steamer Preussen sailed on the 24th May. For Singapore :-32 cases sundries. For Port Said: 45 packages rattan chairs. For Trieste :-4 chests and 2 packages tea. For Naples :-6 cases cigars. For Genoa:-750 baler waste silk, 20 bales raw silk, and 10 cases essen- tial oil. For Antwerp-170 bales bamboo scraps, 99 rolls matting. 64 bales feathers, 39 bales leaf tobacco, 17 cases canes, 12 bales bamboo tape, 4 cases sundries, and 1 case ginger. For Amsterdam:-12 boxes paim fans, and cases curios, For Rotterdam :-7 cases oigars, For Bremen -269 rolls miatting, 100 boxes and 100 bales cassia lignes, 23 cases sundries, 18 and 4 cases vigars, chests tea, 5 cases ginger, an
the used, were gagged and bound, ånd | Burkill & Son's Circular) —The tone of the Home | For London :-292 boxen tea. For Hamburge
defendants robbed the house. Other evid-markets is reported “quiet" with Gold Kiling at ence having been given the case was adjourned. | Fes. 32j. Raw Silk-Contracts for New Season's
626 bales feathers, 400 bozen tea, 90 §-obesta ten, 24 chests tes, and 1 case cigars,
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