June 10, 1899.]
TRE NEW KER SINË FAM IN KWANG TU G.
We understand that steps are being taken to protest against the New Kerosine Farm in Kwangtung. A translation of the proclamation establishing the Farm recently appeared in these columns.
A hulk has been established at Samshui for the collection. The hulk displays notice boards similar to those usually put up outside official places.
WATER RETURN.
LEVEL AND STORAGE OF: WATER IN RESER- VOIRS ON THE 18T JUNE,
LEVEL.
1898.
1899.
Tytam.... 36ft. 1'in, below overflow 76ft. Sin. below overflow Pokfulam 2ift, 10in, below overflow 35ft. Cin. below overflow
Tytam
Pokfulam
STORAGE GALLONS.
1898. 142,430,000 15,700.000
158,130,000 23,810,000
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
Mr. Gedge-I object to bail.
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expiration of one month after such publication
His Worship-Whar section is be charged unless the person offending is proved to have under ?
Mr. Gedge-Seven of 65.
His Worship-What section ?
Mr. Gedge-I have not got the section. Mr. Hastings- I would ask your worship to fix very moderate bail. It is a very trifling charge, stealing a bank book of the value of five cents, I suppose.
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Mr. Gedge-I may have to amend the charge and substitute other charges afterwards.
His Worship-I will grant bail on $500 being deposited.
Mr. Gedge said there might be another and an exceedingly heavy charge brought against this man, and he might forfeit the $500 and go
away.
After some farther argument the bail was increased, defendant giving a bond for $1,000, and two sureties of $500 each.
PLAGUE PRECAUTIONS IN INDIA.
1899. 20,610,000 Mr. R. C. Wilcox. Secretary of the Chamber 3.200,000 of Commerce, informs us that the Government have received, and submitted to the Chamber for inspection, notifications from the Govern- ment of India ;-
Total CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND HILL DISTRICT DURING THE MONTH OF MAY. 1898.
Consumption 91,032,000
Estimated popu.
lation
195,000
Consumption per
head
per day...
15.0
1st, dated 13th March, announcing the en- forcement of the Venice Sanitary Convention regulations against arrivals fr- Hongkong at 84,209,000 gals. Calcutta and Chittagong.
1899.
200,500
13.5 gals CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN KOWLOON PENINSULA DURING THE MONTH OF
MAY. 1898.
Consumption 6.472,000
Estimated popu
lation......
25,700
1899. 8,146,000 gals.
26,900
Consumption per head per day
8.1
9.7 gals. The Government Analyst reports that the water is of excellent quality.
CHARGE
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R. D. ORMSBY,
Water Authority.
GAINST A BANK SHROFF.
At the Magistracy on Wednesday, before Mr. T. Sercombe Smith, Yaug Cheung Un, alias Yeung Kwa (aged 28), a shroff at the Houg- kong and Shanghai Bank, was charged, at the instance of Geo. Sexton, with stealing one Hongkong and Shanghai Bank book, the pro perty of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, in or about the month of May.
Mr. Gedge appeared for the prosecution and Mr. Hastings for the defence.
Mr. Gedge, in answer to His Worship, said he did not wish to go on with the case that day. He would prove the arrest and ask for a re- mand for a week.
Mr. Hastings said he agreed to that. Sergeant Collett said he arrested prisouer the previous evening at 32. Aberdeen Street, on the charge of stealing a bank book.
Mr. Hastings-Did you arrest him on a war- rent?
Witness-I had no warrant, but I had written authority.
Mr. Hastings-From whom ? Witness--From the Captain Superintenden' of Police.
Mr. Hastings-Have you got it with you? Witness--Yes.
Mr. Hastings-Will you produce it, please ? Witness produced the authority, and after examing it,
Mr. Hastings said-This does not contain any authority to arrest, does it?
Witness-I had verbal instructions to arrest accompanying that.
r. Hastings-That gives you authority to make a search only, not to make an arrest.
His Worship-You want a remand for a week.
Mr. Gedge-If your worship pleases. His Worship Remanded till Wednesday, the 14th inst., at 2.15 p.m.
Mr. Hastings-I would ask your worship for bail.
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2nd dated 18th March declaring Mecca and the whole littoral of the Hedjaz between Lith and Yambo, exclusive of both places, infected. and announcing the enforcement of quarantine against ressals arriving from those places at Calcutta and Chittagong.
3rd a further notification, dated 10th May, extending the area of the latter and enforcing quarantine against Lith and Yambo
AN IMPORTA T ORDER IN COUNCIL.
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had express notice of the Statute or Orde,;
(2.) That a prosecntion by or on behalf of a proseontor who is not a British subject shall not be entertained without the consent, in writing, of Her Majesty's Minister or Charge 'd'Affaires, who may withhold such consent, unless he is satisfied that effectual provision exists for the punishment, in Consular or other Courts in China Japan, or Korea (as the case may be), of similar acts committed by the sub- jects of the State or Power of which such pro- secutor is a subject, in relation to or affecting the interests of British subjects.
2. An offence against this Order shall be punishable with imprisonment for any period not exceeding three months, or fine not excued- ing £100, or both.
3.-This Order may be cited as The Chiba, Japan. an Korea (patents, &c.) Order in Coun- cil, 1899."
And the Most Honourable the Marquess of Salisbury, KG., one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein.
A. W. FITZROY,
REVIEW.
The Philippine Islands, A Political Geogra phical, Ethnographical, Social, and Commer- cial History of the Philippine Archipelago and its Political Dependencies, Embracing the whole Period of Spanish Rule. By JOHN FOREMAN, F.R.G.S. Second Edition, re- vised and enlarged, with Maps and Illustra- tions. Shanghai, Hongkong, Singapore, and Yokohama: Kelly and Walsh, Limited 1899.
THE first edition of Mr. Foreman's book was published in 1890, and consisted of 495 pages; in the present edition the number of pages has swollen to 653, the expansion being caused chiefly by the three last chapters, one dealing. with the Rebellion of 1896-98, one with thé The following important Order in Council, | American intervention, while the other con- which it will be observed extends to China, tains the Author's "concluding observations." Japan and Korea the provisions of the Mer-It is in these chapters that the public interest chandise Marks Act, 1897, and the Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Acts 1883 to 1888, appears to have escaped general notice. It was published at the British Consulate at Shanghai, by exhibition amongst Consular notices, on the 14th of April.
CHINA, JAPAN, AND KOREA (PATEN (8,, &c.) At the Court at Osborne House Isle of Wight the 2nd day of February, 1899.
PRESENT,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Conncil,
Whereas by Treaty graut, usage, sufferance, and other fawtul means, Her Majesty the hina, Queen has power aud jurisdiction in Japan, and Kores
Now, therefore, Her Majesty by virtue and in exercise of the powers in this behalf by The Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890," and otherwise in Her vested, is p'eased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered as follow :—
1.-Any not, which, if done in the United Kingdom or in a British possession, would-be an offence against any of the following Statutes of the Imperial Parliament or Orders in Council, that is to say -
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The Merchandise Marks Act, 1897." "The Patents. Designs, and Trade Marks Acts, 1883 to 1888."
Any Act, Statute, or Order in Conueil for the time being in force relating to copyright or to inventions, designs, or trade-marks; or
Any Statute amending or substinated for any of the above-mentioned Statutes-
Shall, if done by a British subject in China, Japan, or Korea, be an offence against this Order, whether such act is done in relation to any property or right of a British subject, or of a foreigner or otherwise.
Provided
(1.) That a copy of any such Statute or Order in Council shall be published in the public offices of the Consulates-General of Shanghai, Tokio, and Seoul respectively, and shall be there open for inspection by any person at all reason able times; and a person shall not be punished under this Order for anything done before the
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will at the present moment chiefly centre. The main body of the book, except that some of the chapters have been recast and that statis- tical information has been brought as far as possible up to date, remains much the same as in the first edition.
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As showing the change that has come over the spirit of war in modern times, it is interesting tnote what happened at the British invasion in 1762, which forms a strong contrast to the humane conduct of the Americans in their re- cent operations. When the British had eu- Mr. tered and taken pussession of Manila. Foreman tells 18, Guards were placed at the door of the nunneries and convents to preveut ontrages on the
women, and then the city was given up to the victorions troops for pillage during three hours. Zuniga, however, remarks that the European troops were moderate, but that the Indian contingents were insatiable. They are said to have com- mitted many atrocities, and, revelling in blood- shed, even murdered the inhabitants of Santa Cruz and Binondo, and, acting like savage vio- torious tribes, they ravished women, and even went into the highways to murder and rob those who fled. The three hours expired, and the fol- lowing day a similar a ene was permitted. The Archbishop thereupon besought the General to put a stop to it and have compassion on the city. The General complied with this request, and restored order under pain of death for disobedience--some Chinese were in conse. quence hanged."
Mr. Foreman's book is justly regarded as the leading authority on the Philippines, but it must be confessed it is sometimes difficult to follow him in the details of his narrative. Mark Twain in one of his books tells us of his read. ing a paragraph in a French paper about a badly falling out of a window, how his interest was excited to know what happened to the baby, and how unsatisfying the paragraph proved npon this important detail. A good many of the paragraphs of Mr. Foreman's book are equally unsatisfying. Take as a sample the following, on page 98" Draper demanded the surrender of Cavite, which was agreed to by the Archbishop
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