August 18, 1900.]
The coolie who murdered another coolie at the Government Civil Hospital last week is still at large.
At a meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute on 11th July, Mr. D. Warres Smith, late of Hongkong, was elected a Fellow.
The man who was injured by the bursting of a kerosine lamp which he was re-filling died at the Hospital on Monday.
Among the passengers who proceeded home by the last German Mail were Mr. and Mrs. Charles and family, of Tattersall fame at Shang-
hai.
For dredging within the man-of-war an- chorage on Tuesday a boat-woman was fined $25, or a month. A P.C. found her dredging olose to H. M. S. Argonaut.
The Hon. Treasurer of the lice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge. with thanks, the following donation to the funds of the Hospitals:-Ho Ngok Lau, $50.
The return of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending 12th August shows that 362 non-Chinese and 128 Chinese visited the Library, 179 non-Chinese and 1.857 hinese the Museum.
On the 15th inst. the British men-of-war in the harbour were flying their ensigns half-mast high as a mark of respect to Mr. Barnett, boat- swain of the Argonaut, who died at the Naval Hospital on Tuesday night.
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Information has reached the colony of the murder of a lady who went by the name of Miss Wilson, and who resided at Thomas's Grill Rooms. She recently went to stay at the house of the proprietor at a place beyond Macao, and one night last week the house was broken into by robbers and she was killed.
Of the 29 plague cases last week, 19 occurred in the City of Victoria and 10 in other districts. Apart from plague, there were only two cases of communicable disease, riz., of enteric fever, both in the City of Victoria, one of which ended fatally. Up to yesterday afternoon the total number of plague cases for the year were 1.040 and the deaths from placue 980.
The Hou. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals begs to acknowledge. with thanks, the following donations to the funds of the Hospitals -
Douglas S. 8. Co., Ltd. Hon. F. H. May
R. Houghton & Co.
$25 10 10
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
The Sketch for July 11th contains an ex- cellent full-length portrait of Major-General Gascoigne, C.M.G., Commander of the troops at Hongkong, and says of him :- Major General Gascoigne's career has been such that little anxiety need be felt as to his fulfilment of any part he may be required to take."
At the offices of the Public Works Depart- ment on the 13th instant Mr. G. J. W. King offered for competition five lots of Crown land at Mong Kok Tsui, Kowloon. Kowloon In land lot No. 1,101 was sold to Lau hin Ting for $5.710 (upset $5,550). Chinese houses are to be erected thereon. There were no bids for any of the four other lots.
At seven o'clock on the 15th inst. Sergeant Terret saw a boat come along the Praya with two men and a woman. The men got on to the Praya with the basket produced. He examined the basket, which the first defendant said belonged to him, and found that it contained ship's provisions. As they could give no satisfactory explanation as to where they got the goods he took them into custody. Mr. Hazeland discharged the second and third defendants, but fined the first $25, or six months.
About two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon Inspector Baker and a party of police raided house No. 5. Third Street, where they found a number of men playing pai kau. Sixteen of them were arrested and several escaped. Only the latter attempted to get to the next house by walking along the verandah. He, however, lost his footing and fell into the street, sustaining such injuries that he died shortly afterwards, Of those arrested two (the keepers of the house) were fined $50 each and the rest $3 each.
At about nine o'clock on Tuesday night P. Reid met Tai San at Sham-Shui Point with another man. The latter had an opium pipe in his haud, and he threw it down on the ground as he was about to search him, and Tai Sau stood in front of him. He was about to search the man when Tai San pushed him away. and he knocked them both down. The man who | had the pipe ran away, but the constable took the other man to the station. On the 15th inst. the man was fined $15, or a month.
A herdsman named Herman Singh was on the 13th inst. charged with allowing certain cattle to enter the water-works at Po Hang on the 11th inst.. when 28 cows were found in the water. The following appointments are notified in A fine of $100, or three months, was imposed. the Gazette: Mr. J. Dyer Ball to be Acting Another large Chinese acquisition of land in Inspector of Schools during the absence on the olony is reported. The whole of the leave of Mr. A. W. Brewin: Mr. A. H. Hollings. Humphreys Estate and Finance Co.'s property worth to be Acting Executive Engineer.at West Point, known as the Richmond Es- P.W.D., during the absence of Mr. J. R. Crook, tate, and comprising Inland Lots 1,216 and 609. Messrs. H. W. Slade and A. Bryer to be mem- has been sold to a Chinese Syndicate for bers of the Church Body in place of Messrs.$190,000. H. R. Hardcastle and J. R. Crook, resigned. The new Governor of Macao, H. E. Senor The Return of Stamp Revenue during the Horta e Costa, accompained by his staff and months of July 1899 and 1900 shows a total wife and child. arrived in Hongkong on Saturday. increase of $11,536.55 on last year. The main the 11th inst.. in the Portuguese transport items of increase are:-Probate, or Letters of Cazengo. He gave a private dinner at the Administration, $5,956.50; Conveyance or 8- Hongkong Hotel on Saturday evening, at which signment, $1,844.00; Adhesive Stamps $1,108,66; General Silvano and Lieut. Cavalhaes (who Charter Party $1,006.10. There are no notable accompanied him from Portugal), two officials decreases, the largest being: - Transfer of from Macao. and Consul General A. G. Shares, $625,00; and Policy of Insurance Romano and his Vice-Consul (Mr. J. J. Leiria) $203.85.
were present. Senhor Horta e Costa left for
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DIARY OF THE CRISIS.
May 27.-Boxers burn station on the Lu-Han line. / May 28.--Boxers burn stations between Peking and Paotingfu. Belgian engineers – and other refugees start from Paotingfa to cutt their way to Tientsin. Fengtai station and works burnt. Railway communication with Peking interrupted. May 29.-Communication with Peking restored. May 30.- Guards for Peking Legations com-
menced arriving at Tientsin.
May 31.-First detachment of guards go up by
rail to Peking in the afternoon from Tientsin. June 1. -Supposed incendiarism at Tientsin. June 2.-Murder of Revs. Norman and Robin-
son. Paotingfu refugees reach Tientsin. June 5.-Railway intercourse between Peking
and Tientsin finally destroyed. June 7-Large allied force lands at Taku. June 9.-Detailed message from Sir C. Mac-
Donald to Consul Warren at Shanghai.. June 10.—Admiral_Seymour starts with 800 allied troops for Peking. Telegraphic com. munication with Peking ceases. June 11.-Murder of Japanese Chancellor at
Peking.
June 13.-Baron von Ketteler, German Am- bassador at Peking, murdered. Rioting at Yunnanfu.
June 14. - Fighting outside Austrian Legation
at Peking.
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June 15-Hinsang leaves Hongkong with 600 men from Hongkong Regiment and Asiatic Artillery. Chapels in Tientsin native city burnt.
June 16.-Admiral Seymour out off from Tien- tsin. Terrible takes 300-Welsh Fusiliers and Engineers from Hongkong.
June 17.-Taku Forts attacked and captured by allied warships. Chinese bombardment of Tientsin begins.
June 19.- Admiral Seyınour reaches a point 25 miles from Peking, but is compelled to
retreat.
June 21.— - Terrible reaches Tongku. First Legation (Austrian) at Peking captured by Kansu troops.
June 22.-Two attempts to relieve Tientsin fail. June 23.----Successful" third attempt to reach Tientsin. Chinese remain in force in the neighbourhood.
June 24.-All Legations at Peking destroyed
except British, French, and German. June 25.-First Indian transport starts for
China.
June 26.-Admiral Seymour relieved and back
in Tientsin.
June 29.--Message from Sir R. Hart reaches
Tientsin.
July 1-Condition of Peking reported des-
perate.
July 4-Last letters to hand from Sir C. [
MacDonald and Mr. Conger written at Peking. 44 killed and 88 wounded at the Legation to date.
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July 7.- Murder of all foreigners remaining
at Paotingfu. July 9-Nerbudda, first transport, reaches
Hongkong. July 11-Heavy fighting at Tientsin.
We have received from the Hongkong Print- Macao on the Adomastor at 10 o'clock on the July 14.-120 more Welsh Fusiliers leave Hong.
ing Press of D'Aguilar Street a lithographed copy of a "Marche-Polka" by Pereira Marquis. It is a very neat production, and does consider- able credit to the publishers, who inform us they are selling it at a dollar a copy. One half of the proceeds of sale, they state, are to be hand- ed over to a Society in Lisbon named A ssis tincia Nacional Tuberculosis" the President of which is H. M. the Queen of Portugal; and the other half is to be devoted for the benefit of the widow and children of the late officer, H. N. Carvalho of India.
The following are the returns of the average amount of bank notes in circulation and of pecie in reserve during the month ended 31st
June
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12th inst.
An American contemporary gives the number of Roman Catholic converts throughout China as 609,360.
The new Agent-General for New South Wales, Mr. Henry Copeland, the Sydney Tele- graph states, hopes to induce the Admiralty to establish stations for the supply of Australian coal to warships at Hongkong, Singapore, Colombo, and other ports.
We have received the Report of the Shang- hai Feather Cleaning Company. Limited. in Liquidation, to be presented to the shareholders at an extraordinary meeting at the office of the Liquidator, Mr. H. Lehma in, Shanghai, on the Banks.
Average Specié in 17th instant. The Liquidator in his report Chartered Bank of India, amount. Reserve. submits the final account. The profit and loss Australia and China. $ 2,683.108*$1,500,000 | account shows a debit-balance of Tls. 247,900.44, Hongkong and Shanghai
the loss on consignments to Enrope amounting Banking Corporation. 7,993,354 5,000,000 | to Tls. 67,367.92 and that on the whole of the National Bank of China,
Limited
Total
property of the Company, sold at public auction. 445,433 150,000 being Tis. 110,026.74. A proposal will be submit- ted to liberate the Directors and the Liquidator $11,121,895 86,650,000 from their responsibility.
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kong for North. Allies capture Tientsin native city with a loss of 775 men. General Yamaguchi leaves Japan for Taku. July 15.-General Gaselee reaches Hongkong. July 16.-Reported armistice at Peking. 62
deaths at Legations to date. July 17-Li Hung-chang appointed Viceroy
of Chihli. State of war on Amur River. July 18. Li Hung-chang arrives at Heng-
kong and leaves for Shanghai.
July 20. - Reported appeal of Chinese Emper- or to Japan. Alleged receipt of message" from Conger at Washington.
July 21.-Consul Carles receives Bir 6. MacDonald's letter of the 4th inst. I.M O staff safe on this date. July 22.-Li Hang-chang reaches Shanghai. Madras Light Infantry reach Hongkong. July 23.-Proposed Requiem Service at St. Paul's for Peking refugees postponed. Mur- der of 5 foreigners and many native Chris- tians in Shansi.
July 26.-Admiral Seymour with Centurion and
Alacrity arrives off Shanghai. Angust 1.—Admiral Seymour goes on visit to
Nanking.
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