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"CHURCH MISSIONARY
OTASSOCIATION.
of the above. Association was held College on Tuesday, August 15th ing resolutions were paased :..
this, mesting, agrees to form a Church Missionary Association for spreading missionary informs- fimulating interest in missionary work, soting funds for the support of Church
ry work in the Diocese of Victoria. That the Church Missionary Gleaner be sa the magasine of the Association and the circulation of local Missionary set be printed monthly giving details
carried on in the Diocese. Chat periodical meetings be held for the of giving information on Missionary and that an annual meeting of the ciation at which an Executive Committee 1 be elected shall be held in the month of as near as possible to the Day of tervension for Missions.
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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
THE FIGHTING BETWEEN THE IMPERIAL TROOPS AND BRIGANDS..
not, however, now to existed, though to a limited
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tant, for The Lang Hoi Po, a paper published at Can-years. The now departure consists in ton, in its inne of the 16th August gives an whereas, prior to the Inland Steamer account (apparently offcial) of the recent fight tions of 1898, the use of steamers to ing between the Imperial troops and the passenger-and-goods barges was limited brigands in the Baichia district. The follow- 30 vessels, and whereas these 30 enjoyed a sp ing is a rough translation ----
and exclusive monopoly on defined routes, for ** Particulars of the disturbances caused by which a quarterly license fee wES to the thieves and robbers in Lokakwai, Saichin, have provincial government, varying in juni been regularly published in this paper. On the between some 8300 and $1,200, according to 8th inst the braves under command of Colonel the value of the concerned (1.8., $1,200 to 34,800 Chiang had a fierce fight with the thieves at per year paid by each monopolist) on the other Hasha, when our army scored a victory and hand, at the present time, since the new regula. pursued the enemy straight through from the tions of 1898 were promulgated, the monopoly north to the south of their position. Our troops has been destroyed, and passenger barge what then divided, one division proceeding to Koton ever may employ any launch to tow it to and and the other to Tunghing, two of the princi- fro on its regular voyages between Canton pal encampments of the rebels, where they sur. and its destination among the many towns of rounded them and killed countless numbers of the West River, the East River, and the Delta. them. General Liu Yung fu (the Black The old fee was so heavy that no line could Flag chief) and his army have arrived and afford to pay it, unless it enjoyed a monop taken up a position at Lokakwai. The the privilege. On the other hand, se matter rebels on learning this dared not come are now, all that has to be paid by a launch That each member of the Association out to give battle. Their provisions are Tls, 10 for its privilege the first year,
an annual subscription of 32 to cover short and they cannot hold out long. A 2 annually thereafter; this if the expenses and the cost of the Maga-literary graduate of the first or second degres Foreign. It the Jannch is Chinese,
that further subscriptions and dona- named Hung Kai-chaug visited the camp of and elven-twelths of the launches-ars be invited to be applied directly to mis- Colonal Chiang to treat for peace on behalf of a monthly fee of $50 is levied on it by the onary work in the Diocase.
of the rebels. He said as an excuse for their vincial grvernment! this fee is nothing That the Lordship Bishop of the Diocese conduct that the disturbance orginated merely than a tax on passenger tramo., Ons wonders invited to accept, the post of President of the in a clan fight between the clans of Lo and that the launches concerned do not contrive to viation and that the following be asked to Kwan at Lokakwai and was not a rebellion, but avoid the tax by becoming Foreign owned members of the General Committee to that when they saw the mandarin soldiers according to a process with which many of us oat the work of the Association and to | coming they resisted and fought them. Onare familiar; but, as a matter of fact, the arrangements for the distribution of the the same day between two and three hun-Foreign Consular authorities set their faces collected, and that the said Committee dred of the mandarin soldiers were killed or sternly against fictitons ownership by their have power to added to its number-wounded, the killed including two petty military nationals, and the Chinese launches remain Committee All Clergymen who join the As-mandarins named Lee Loi-po and Ng Hee. Chinese and steadily pay the provincial tax. sociation. Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. France, Mrs. The man Hung is said to have been acting as The employment of launches to tow the Canton Gibbs. Mrs. Goodman, Miss Hamper, Mrs. adviser and provision purveyor to the clan of suburban passenger boats is gaining vague; fpwell, Mrs. Hoare, Mre. Piercy, Mrs. Val- Lo, who gathered together all the brigands at the coolie-propelled stern-wheeler is giving up Its lings, Sir Thomas Jackson, Hon. W. M. Good Lokakwai, and if this is true he is as culpable gang of pedal coolies, and hiring steam power; man, Hon. R. D. Ormsby, Messrs. J. M. Beck, as the other leaders. On the 9th inst. the and the popularity of the change finds no better
Bryer, H. R. Hardcastle, N. F. Hipwell. brigands did not sally out from their caves and proof than the Chinese, notices one sees ad G Pieroy.
the Imperial troops therefore did not proceed to on so many of the old stern-wheelers, which the attack. On the 10th inst. fighting read Steam-launch employed" The man- was resumed, but the particulars have not power boats appear to be as numerous as ever, yet reached us. H.E. the Viceroy is very much it is true; but we may expect to see them used concerned about the affair and has ordered the for short lines, and for, branch lines whers military commanders to keep him informed of passengers are few or where the water is too all that transpires. He has ordered the two shallow for launches. In time, perhaps, the small-steamers Hoian and Hoching and ten old passenger barges will be worn out and will slipper boats to serve as despatch boats. It will disappear, to give place to vessels in which the not be long before the disturbance is suppressed." towing power and the vehicle to be towed are The Black Flag regiments number about two: combined in a single craft-ie., the goods-and- thousand men.
passenger carrying steamer. Already there exist here two or three shallow steam barges, like those on some of the western waters of Americs, with the wheel behind; these run with passengers to Chenchune and Fatziman, places near Canton. At Fatahan the old fashioned coolie-pedal stern-wheelers and the swift little slipper-boats the hansom cabs of Canton and | vicinity-at_first resisted the rivalry of the steamer; and a strike against her took place, in which every boat of the old-fashioned sort on the busy Canton-Fatshan line participated. But the practical Magistrate of Namhoi, who went to the scene to quell the disturbance, sensibly advised those concerned to get launches and compete with their new rival on his ground; and they have wisely done should not omit to say in this place that are a few passenger lines served by lannohes alone, i.s., not by towed berges. It too long a tale to describe the routes, the tances, and the size and draught of launches, all which matters belong to my present theme I will only add here that the rules for duties likin on goods conveyed in steamers
THE SAICHIU RIBING.?
-DEFEAT OF THE IMPERIAL TROOPS. A Canton correspondont writes As slready reported, the Namhoi Magistrate, was sent to suppress the disturbance at bin and arrest the brigands. Upon his on the scene he found his force was not enough and he requested reinforcements. Viceroy in compliance with this request sent hundred men of the Ngai Regiment un- command of Colonel Shek Yük-sban and two hundred of the On Yung Regiment under ommand of Colonel Choi Chui.This force conveyed by four gunboats to Lokahwai, they were to disembark and maroh to , but when they landed they fell into an The enemy was in-strong force and had rty to fifty pieces of artillery. A ter- ight ensued and several hundreds sea to have been killed and wounded, the rial loss bring the greater. Upon news of defest of the Imperial troops being received the Viceroy His Excellency despatched the Black Fing chief, Lin Yung-fu. with his four regiments of Black Flags, to the rescue. These left on the 18th inst, by the gunboats Kwong-
Onching, Kiungui, and Kwong- troops slready in the field operations for the preseit,
of the Black Flags. set fire to nearly all the villages bourbood and ninety per cent. of been burnt. This is intended
authorities.
tarrify Another correspondent writes: Intelligence has been received in Canton of
rous and signal defeat of the Imperial
bandits in the West River dise
ody of about 500 soldiers has, in ut to pieces; about half the number on right and a moiety of the re- inded. The engagement took place lled Cot-kow, on the West River, and Aeroelymaintained, the Imperialists prised and surrounded. The rebels bont fifty to sixty men. A fresh sting of some 2,000 men has been 4 from Canton to suppress the insur They are likely to find all their work ont for them.
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It was the elders and gentry of Lokakwai who petitioned the Viceroy through the Namhoi Magistrate to send soldiers to suppress the brigands, and they also requested the Com- mandants of Volunteers in the different dis- triots to co-operate with the mandarin soldiers. The wounded soldiers have been sent back to Cauton for treatment.
The rebels are using Manser rifles and smokeless powder. Their flag is white with a yellow border.
The report that two of the rebel leaders (one of whom was named Wan Kow) were killed is contradicted
THE “TAIPING" PIRACY,
CAPTURE OF SEVERAL OF 'THE PIRATES.
A Canton correspondent informs us that eight persons have been arrested and are now detained in the Namhoi and Panyu gaola on a charge of being implicated in the piracy of the Portuguese steamer Taiping. INCREASE OF STEAM NAVIGATION
IN CANTON WATERS
Mr. E. B. Drew, Commissioner of Customs, in his report on the trade of Canton in 1898, says :-- The privilege of plying for trade in the interior creeks and rivers of China, which was granted to steam vessels of all nationalities, whether Chinese or Foreign. in March 1898, has been already pretty widely availed of in the waters of the pro- vince of Kwangtung. At present the number of steamers most of them more fitly to be termed launches--making use of this privilege is a little above 100. They are, for the most part, om- ployed, not to convey goods and passengers themselves, but for the towage of large Chinese barges fitted to carry both cargo and passengers, This equipment-barge towed by a launch-is
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barges on inland waters will at first little else than a statement of the kindred charges, with the likin tarif; the provincial authorities propose to scoord steamer-borne goods in inland waters fiscal treatment as they have all along hithe accorded to Native-craft cargoes. It is to be Ito hoped that after they have become reconci the rapid movements of steamer make no objections to a reduction in her of likin-collecting offces, and initial tax payment in lien of two pay the first two barriers passed. Indee system is what the new Inland Rules contemplate, but the change is reaching to be introduced at the without great confusion.
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