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are employed to watch and patrol about in the streets day and night. The pay of a soldier is $5 a month, and of a watchman $3, out which he has to pay $2.50 for food. S1 30 for a suit of clothes, 20 cents for a bamboo-hat, 30 cents for a pair of straw-shoes. and 30 couts squeeze to the mandarin under whom he serves, leaving 20 cents for him to spend for smoking. What can he do if he has a family? Naturally he
must combine with thieves to rob and share the booty. On the other hand, when a commaudant employs 500 soldiers he puts down on the list 1,000, or 1.500, so as to deceive his superior and pocket the squeeze Whenever a parade takes place he will employ street coolies to put on uniforms and thus make up the re- quisite number. of robbery, a soldier or watchman either hides Whenever an alarm is given himself or pretends to pursue tha thief. bring
off a blank shot or two to warn him of his approach; or when the robbery is finished and the thief gone he fires off two or three shots as a farewell salute to the thief. As an instance of this the following case may be quoted. By the rule of Chinese etiquette, when a marriage takes place the guests invited are to call upon the father of the bridegroom on the morning of the wedding and present their congratula tions, &c. On the loth ult. a wedding took place in Po Wa Fong Street, The house of the bridegroom was very finely decorated with red silk hangings, scrolls, and embroidery, and ten soldiers or "braves" were engaged, at fifty cents each a day, to guard the door against robbery. On the morning of the wedding a number of robbers, dressed very respectably, and seated in four covered sedan chairs in which were stored revolvers and swords. went into the house, and producing their revolvers and swords, over- awed its inmates, took all the jewellery and valuables that they could lay their hands on, and fled. Upon an alarm being given the braves at the door made a sham pursuit. and fired off three or four farewell shots. It was
no error that K'ang Yu-wei made in suggesting a radical reform in the army. The Chinese have a saying "Thieves are soldiers and soldiers are thieves.'
MAC 10.
[FROM OUR CRRESPONDENT.]
Macao, 16th April, Our Governor, Senhor Galhardo, and his family are in a great state of pr paration for the departure to Goa, whither Senhor Galhado has been transferred. The man-of-war Zaire will carry Senhor Galhardo and his family to your port ou Sunday, the 22ud instant, and thence they will take their passages on the 23rd by the French Mail. During the time until the arrival of the new Governor the colony will be under the Government Council. It is said that Senhor Barbosa will be Acting Colonial Secretary until the arrival of Senhor Alfredo Lello, who has again been appointed Colonial Secretary. Senhor Lello was sent away by Senhor Galhardo. The new Governor this colony is Senhor Alvaro Ferreira, who already visited Macao about eight or ten years ago, and was commisary on board a man-of- war in the port. It is believed that colonies under naval or engineer officers are better off than those under officers of infantry. Senhor Ferreira has been Governor of some of our African colonies and is now at Lisbon ou leave. Senhor Barbosa will be in charge also of the Legation in the Far East till the duly appointed official arrives.
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It seems that the plague is getting into the colony again, for more than seven or eight cases have been reported daily during the week, but it is to be hoped that the fine weather and the bright sunuy days will put
top to the mischief.
The number of foreigners received at the local prison from January to March last, says The Nagasaki Press, was fourteen, namely, three Russians and two Americans, convicted of theft; oue American, one Russian, two Eng. lishmen, two Germans, and three Swedes con- victed of assault and battery: During the period, a Russian, an Englishman, a Swede, and an American were released from goal, owing to the expiration of their terms of imprisonment.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
PEKING.
£77
THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAM-
SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
above company was held on the 14th inst, at noon An extraordinary general meeting of the
Messrs. R. Shewan, N. A. Siebs, D. Gillies at No. 9. Praya Central. There were present: and J. H. Lewis (Directors), M. Watson, A. Reid, R. H. Potts, A. Babbington, Fung Wah Chuen, and C. Ewens.
[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] Anw-iyon, a Censor, and also took the Em- Recently the Empress Dowager forgave
It is very strange for her to do such things. peror to her own palace, the Hue-ho-huen. seeing how long the Emperor and the Censor have been in her disfavour. In 1894 the Censor in a memorial requested her to retire to her palace without any further interference in the The CHAIRMAN said:-My remarks at the Hsu to have a free hand, in all political affairs.enlightened you as to the reasons for these government, and to allow the Emperor Kwang annual meeting last month will have fully For this reason be offended her and was banished resolutions, so I will not go over the ground have been the antecedent of Kang Yu-wei, the keep up with the expansion of trade with the to the north frontier. Thus he may be said to again. It simply comes to this, that we must
back freely, with a pretence of showing mercy, chief reformer; yet now she allows him to come Philippines or fall behind in the struggle we while she lives with the Emperor with a pre- passed by every one of our competitors, nor cannot keep still, for that only means being can we wait till the last moment to procure tonnage for our wants. We are bound to look ahead and be prepared to mi et an increased demand for steamers, and as it takes over a. year to build and bring out a boat from home, we feel that the sooner we begin the better. fand we owed about $100,000 on the Menmuir, After using up all our capital and reserve and we shall therefore when the capital is all called up, only have about $500,000, available. cash, so although a capital of $1,000,000 sounds large it does not mean very much to us after to get rid of its old boats, and replace them by all. The true policy for a steamer company is, new and modern vessels, and that is the policy we intend always to pursue.
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tence of affection.
Some say that this strange act of hers is in- for her son, which she hopes to accomplish some tended to disguise her long desire for deposition day without arousing the public at all. If this prediction turns out to be the case, the most dau- is not far ahead; and the position of the Far gerous time in store for the present Emperor East will be still more serious and difficult.
INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND.
The Hon. Treasurer (Mr. R. T. Wright) begs to acknowledge with thanks receipt of the following contributions to the above Fund :--
Already Acknowledged
$33,137.85 Tarantula Society
200 151 100 10
D. S. Dady Burjor A. Fuckeera... A Ramjahn
Captain, Officers and Crew H.M.S.
Phoenix Ward Room Officers H.M.S. Tamar... Capt. Jones and Officers S.S. Honam... Captain and Officers H.M.S. Auroru Chueu Cheong & Co.
45.50
60
60
55
53
50
Collected on ground at V. R. C. Sports E. Robinson
25
M. N. Mehta
25
Louis Berindoague
25
20
15
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10
10
5
Comdr. Davison, H.M.S. Humber R. T. A. Levinge J. A. Roye
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G. de Champeaux Fred. A. Browne Robert Mitchell H. Ruttonjes -P. H.
Rev. R. F. F. Gottschalk Timpat
H. M. C. Elliott N. S. Tata... A Sympathiser
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$14,208 35
ALICE MEMORIAL AND NETHER-
SOLE HOSPITALS.
The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge with thanks the following donation to the funds of the Hospitals -- A Patient
Tai Shing Paper Ma E. W. Terry
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIM¡TED.
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No questions being asked the CHAIR. MAN proposed the first resolution, viz. "That the capital of the Company be increased from $30,000 to $1,004,00) by the creation of 14,000 new shares of $50 each. Such new shares to be offered to all such persons as are registered members of the Company on the Fourteenth day of April, 1900, in the propor- tion of seven new shares for every three old shares then held by them."
Mr. SIEBS seconded and the motion was carried.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed :-" That any · new shares which it shall be found impossible to distribute in accordance with the terms of resolution No. 1 without dividing them into fractions, shall be dealt with in such manner as the General Managers shall determine."
Mr. GILLIES seconded and the motion was carried.
The CHAIRMAN proposed-" That if any such new shares shall not be accepted by members in such proportion as is mentioned in resin- tion No. 1, the same shall be disposed of by the General Managers in such manner as the Con- į sulting Committee shall direct."
Mr. LEWIS seconded and the motion was car- ried.
The CHAIRMAN proposed :- -“That the sum of $98 000 be taken from the reserve fund of applied in the payment of $7.00 per share on the company and converted into capital, and he
the new shares."
Mr. FUNG WAH CHUEN seconded and the motion was carrie:l.
The CHAIRMAN proposed
That the $43.00 per share be called up in instalments of not inore than three months,"
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Mr. EWENS seconded and the motion was carried
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At noon on the 12th inst. an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in the above Company was held at the offices, 9, Praya Central Mr. R. Shewan presided, and there were also pre- seat: The Hon, C. P. Chater, C.M.G., Messrs. D. Gillies (directors), E. Georg, A, Babbington, F. Henderson, Fungh Wa Chuen, Sui Un, and Luk Yuk Kai.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by the the Hon. C. P. CHATER, the following resolution was passed :- Fhat the Capital of the Company be increased to $1,00,000 by the creation and issue of 50,0 10 new shares of $10 fully paid up."
The CHAIRMAN announced that this was all the business, and that due notice would be given of the confirmatory meeting.
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The CHAIRMAN announced that this was all the business and that dué notice would be given of the confirmatory meeting.
At Singapore on the 5th inst., a Government Gazette Extraordinary notified that the port of Manila was infected owing to the outbreak of plague there.
The Chiuo Shimbun has a rather mysterious to the Masampo affair. The mystery, says The uotę, eulogizing England's action with regard Japan Mail, consists in the fact that our con- England did. We gather that she was dignified temporary leaves us quite in the dark as to what and imperturbable, but that her officials kept their eyes very widely open, and that every graphed to the Government in London. * It is move made by Russia was most carefully tele- pleasant to find that the Chino is satisfied, but we wish that it would have enabled us to its satisfaction by being a little more explicit abont facts,
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