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paid on a total of some 400,000. Haikwan tagls of goods." The report then goes on to say

No doubt other branches of trade continue simi. larly under the control of native organisatious or from other causes are so conducted as to fall wholly outside the purview of the customs. Hangohow, after all, is an inland city. Even if, which is far from the case, the customs dealt

with the whole trade on the Grand Canal, there

Of

[Angust, 11, 1900.

THE HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

LONG RANGE CUP AND SPOONS.

only a small attendance at the Range on Satur

Owing to the Volunteer parade there was

those competing, the Cup being finally won out- day last. Some very good scores were made by right by Sergeant-Majer Wallace, R. E., with the magnificent score of 100, including

* possible" at the 700 yards range.

BCORES. ⠀

600 700 800 Handi- To- yds. yds. yds. cap. tal.

THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND

foreign countries is entirely with Hongkong and Singapore, and shows a tendency to increase. The chief imports are bags, fans, and matches, and the chief exports beans and matches. The import and export of treasure for the year were:-imports, sycee to value £86,146, dollars £657; exports, sycee to value £207,816. shipping, Mr. Mortimore says "The sailing vessels entered and cleared under the Chinese flag consisted of 100 coal boats, 134 lorchas, and 345 junks under special pass. One British sailing vessel only of 1,650 tons visited the port. The steamers show an increase of 268 and 264 entered cleared over last year. The in- crease is chiefly due to the large number of ocean-going steamers which visited the port to load rice. No less than 180 vessels of this class came to Wuhu in 1899, an increase of more than 50 per cent. on the total of any previous year. The figures for ocean-going steamers for 1898 aro 64; for 1897, 66; for 1899, 112, which previous to this year had been the highest total. In the Chinese steamer total 206 steain launches are included. These vessels ply between Wuhu and Lu Chou-fu, on the north bank of the Yangtze. This is the only case so far of the right of launches to navigate the internal HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS. waters of this district being availed of, although I am informed that another Chinese company intend to run launches to Tai P'iug-fu`and also to compete with the above-mentioned launches on the Lu Chou-fu route.'

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would still be other land and water routes in every direction.

¡A certain amount of junk trade braves the shallows and tides of the Ch'ientang River, and a very considerable volume crosses that river by ferries to connect; by various canals with Hsiao Shan, Shaohsing and Ningpo. The branches of the Ch'ient'ang, again, afford water communication with the greater half of Chekiang and a part of nhui. The exported products of all this country in- evitably flow through Hangchow, but in addi- tion to articles (e.g., Fychow ies) given in the list of exports, it is notorious that this country yields many other commodities which command a wide sale in other regions. For instance, half over China one sees exposed in every provision shops hams which profess to come from Chinhua, an inland city of Chekiang, of which Hangchow is the only natural outlet. Thus all trade statistics about Hangchow are imperfect in a variety of ways. Of the import trade of the interior, the only part which the figure: enable us to follow to its destination is the relatively small amount of goods sent up country under Indian opium import shows a considerable the protection of transit passes; while, as has just increase, the total being the largest for the last been shown, large items of the local exports ten years. The import consists almost entirely equally escape inclusion in any published returns." of Malwa drug. The import of the native drug Omitting from cousiderations of space the declined, but Chinese merchants are reported minute details of the report, we come to Mr. to have discovered that the native customs dues Clennel's remarks on the foreign settlements being somewhat lower than the I.M.C. charges at Hangchow, from which we take the following and have consequently had recourse to native sentences: No foreign merceant as yet re- junks, which accounts for the decline in the sides at Hangchow, though the port is visited figures published: The import of cotton goods from time to time for commercial purposes more than doubled itself in 1899. English by foreign buyers of cocoons and others. sheetings show a large increase, but American One British merchant has a regu. sheetings are coming into the market. Indian larly-appointed Chinese agent at the settlement, yarn import shows an enormous increase, from and there are several drug shops and fancy 11,145 cwts.. valued at £28,328 in 1898 to 60,472 goods stores in the city that display the firm cwts., valued at £159,911 in 1899. English names of well-known foreign houses in Shang- yarn import, though still trifling, shows a slight hai. It will thus be seen that the foreign advance. Japanese yarn advanced from 10,305 community in Hangchow consists of mission-cwts. to 14,225 cwts. Woollen goods advanced aries and officials. If the inland towns of Shao- bsing, Chuch'i, Hsiaoshan, Tanghsi, and Kin- hsing be included there were resident in the district at the end of the year, 52 British sub- jects; 32 Americans; 32 Japanese; 11 Danes; 2 each of French, Germans, Spaniards, Nor- wegians, and Austrians; and I Italian. Of these, only the customs staff with the settle- ment engineer and chief of police live on the foreign settlements.

The settlements are two in number, of which one is specially re- served for Japanese. Both are situated at an inconveniently long distance from the principal parts of the town. The Japanese settlement is as yet wholly unoccupied, but on the other, or general settlement, a considerable number of Chinese houses have been, or are being, erected, though the only edifices in foreign style are the customs buildings and the police station. Of the 35 lots into which this settlement is divided, 10 entire lots, and portions of 11 others, have been taken up by British subjects, and all the remainder by Americans, French, and Italians. except those parts reserved for Chinese Govern- ment use.

This general settlement is an oblong piece of somewhat unhealthy, low-lying land-originally marsh or arable--extending about 2,000 feet along the bank of the Grand Canal, and 2,600 feet inland. Although it may very likely be all gradually sublet to Chinese occupiers, I should think it most unlikely that this settlement will ever be the home of a numerous foreign community."

about 35 per cent. Metals increase:l in value from £11.774 to €14,325. American kerosene advanced, but the Russian oil seemed to be obtaining a firm hold of the market.

Exports in 1899 nearly trebled those of the previous year, the expansion in the rice and silk trade chiefly accounting for this. The remain- der from the good rice-harvest of 1898 and another good harvest in 1899 enabled the previous maximum export of 1891 to be beaten by over 90,000 tons. Attempts by the Viceroy to increase the lekin charges on rice and to prohibit the export of rice in December were unsuccessful. The restrictions on mining pre- vent the export of coal reaching figures which it might otherwise reach.

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The mint at Nganking, which was started in 1897 for the coining of silver dollars and sub sidiary coins for use in this province, has been closed as a useless expense, in accordance with the recommendation of the Grand Commission- er, Kang Yi. The dollars struck at Nganking have always been circulated at a small discount as compared with Mexican dollars, but this dis- count is gradually decreasing now that the coins are growing scarcer."

THE ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.

CAPTAIN'S CUP - SILVER MEDAL FOR AUGUST.

Although the attendance of members was

44

100

19 31 31 15

96

31 31 33

.95

31 32 30

93

31 32.29

.92

21-28 23 20

92

29 32. 30

91

31 34 26

91

83

*S.-M. Wallace, R.E. 33 35 32 * Mr. Collins *Mr. Pidgeon. Ar.-Sergt. Blair Mr. Watson Hon. F. H. May Iuspt. McLennan J. Cramer, R.N. Corp. Hills, R.E..

31 28 24 * Winners of Spoons.

FIELD BATTERY-CARBINE COMPETITION:

The monthly carbine competition of the above unit was held at the Association Rangé, Kowloon, on Sunday morning, 5th inst.

It was intensely hot and glary, and the scores were therefore not up to the usual standard.

The following are the best scores:

* Gunner Baldwin * Dr. Burgess Sgt. Dr. Brown

* Gr. W. Stewart Gr. H. M. Bain Gr. J. H. R. Hance

200 500 600 H'op. Tl.

31 30 32 So. 93

26. 33 24

·83

27 25 27

79

28 29 18

75

22 22 13

12

69

7 68

25. 2412 * Winners of Spoons.

KOWLOON BOWLING CLUB.

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The popular game of bowls. was instituted in real earnest, for the first time in the history of the Colony, at Kowloon on the 4th inst. A small committee of the European residents over there banded together and, having obtained sufficient support from outside, rented a piece of vacant ground situated between Des Voeux Road and Kimberley Road at the Hunghom end of Knutsford Terrace. This ground in the course of a couple of weeks has been converted into a tolerably good bowling green, and its surroundings being of a particularly pleasant description, the green bids fair to be a popular resort of the members and their friends. A substantial club-house has also been fitted up, while through the generosity of a few of the members a number of sets of bowls have been given to the club. On Saturday after- noon the green was gaily decorated with flags and bannerettes, and the lawn was opened with a nice little tea-party. A good many ladies were present, and after a short speech by Mr. Ramsay, of Butterfield and Swire's, who has taken a leading part in inaugurating the Club, Miss Paterson had the honour of delivering the first bowl. After this quite a number of doubles and full sets were played, and with a liberal supply of everything that is good, a splendid afternoon

was spent.

On Sunday morning a workman was engaged in the demolition of the house known as "Bel- mont," in Lower Richmond Road, when a portion of the verandah fell upon him and caused serious injuries. The man was taken to the Tung Wah Hospital, where he died a few hours afterwards.

The 8.8. Glenfalloch reports

a that on the 2nd An ample supply of statistics accompanies the quite up to the average, the hot weather during inst., at 10.55 a.m., she observed a vessel flying report, based on the customs returns.

the competition days was evidently too much signals of distress, and bore down and stopped en- for the majority, very few cards being returned.gines alongside her at 11.10 a.m. She found her The winner of the Cup played a good round 4, 4, 5, 4, 3, 6, 5, 4, 5-40, and 5, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4-39.

WUHU.

CAPTAIN'S Cup. Mr. J. H. T. McMurtrie ... Mr. H. W. Robertson Mr. W. J. Gresson

Mr. Consul Mortimore's report on the trade of Wuhu for 1899 states that last year was the most prosperous since the opening of the port. The total value of trade has actually doubled itself, the net amount being Hk. Tls. 20,305,440 as against the general average during several years past of about Hk. Tls. 10,000,000. The increase has been mainly in foreign imports and in exports, native imports only advancing Mr. T. 8. Forrest... The direct trade with about 25 per cent.

(17 entries). POOL,

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(8 entries).

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79 0 79 99 13 86 109 16 93

86 0 86

to be Chinese junk No. 793, with a crew of 12men. bound from Sarawak to Hainan with a cargo of hardwood and Tongar bark. The junk was leaking badly and her main mast was sprung. The Glenfulloch took her crew with their personal effects on board and abandoned the junk with hatches open in position Latitude 7 deg. 23min. North Longitude 108 deg. 1min. 30sec. E. Among the personal effects of the crew were three rifles. The Chinchew reports leaving Sarawak on 3rd July,

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