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The U.S. fagship Brooklyn arrived on the 3rd inst. from Manila, and the French light- draught gunbeat Avalanche from Canton.
There were no cases of communicable disease notified occurring in the Colony during last week. The Police regulations for the approaching Chinese New Year and the Race Meeting on the 26th, 27th, and 28th instant, are published in the Gazette.
The entries for the Hongkong Jockey Club's Meeting on the 26th, 27th, and 28th instant, are now published. The following are the numbers entered for each race:-First day, Wongnei- chong Stakes--19, Victoria Stakes-21, Maiden Stakes (Australians)-18, Valley Stakes (Aus- tralians)-22. Foochow Cup-7, Hongkong Derby (Australians)-22, Lusitano Cup-21, Compradores Cup (Australians)-21, Hong- kong Cup-19. Encouragement Stakes (Aus- tralians)-22; Lecond Day, Flyaway Stakes- 21. Great Southern Handicap-27, Garrison Cup (Australians)-20, German Cup (Austra- lians)-17, Navy Cup-25, Exchange Plate – 24, Jockey Club (Australians)-22, Tai Youk Fong Cup (Australians)-18, Professional Cup -16, Gymklama Stakes (Australians)—23; Third Day, Chinese Club Cup (Australians) - 24, Grand Stand Stakes-27, Challenge Cup 35, Ladies' Furse (Australians)-23, "Blake" Challenge Cup (Australians)---19, Parsee Cup 27, Waler Champion Stakes (Australians)-all winners, Consolation Stakes-30, Champion Stakes-all winners, Nil Desperandum Stakes (Australians) 24. Whero it is not otherwise specified the races are limited to China ponies.
The followig lieutenants have been promoted to be commanders, in recognition of their ser vices with the Naval forces in China: To date 1st January: George Holmes Borrett and John Frederick Ernest Green.
MISCELLANEOUS,
General Tung Fulsiang is said still to have a body of 10,000 veterans at his beck and call in Kansu, in regard to whom the Board of Revenue has just appropriated the sum of Tls. 1,045,700 odd for their pay during the procent
year.
The Japan Herald records that on the night of the 23rd ult. at the General Hospital Yokohama, Charles Emil Leopold breathed his last. He only a few months ago emerged from the Hongkong prison, where he had expiated the sentence passed upon him by II.B.M.'s Court for Kanagawa for obtaining large sums of money under false pretences. He was only 39 years old.
Mr. J. H. Longford, H.B.M. Cousul at Naga- saki, has issued a circular informing the heads of the various Government offices that Mr. J. T. Wawn, of the British Consulate of Kobe, has been appointed First Assistant and Pro-Consul at Nagasaki, in place of Mr. J. B. Rentiers, who has been transferred to the British Legation at Tokyo. Mr. Rentiers has left to take up his duties in the capital.
In his report on the trade of Szemao in 1899 Mr Acting-Consul Litton records the fact that in many of the Shan States the ancient practice of using lumps of salt for currency still obtains. Two mules out of every three seen at Szemao are laden with salt, the product of brinewells near Pusrh, which is distributed all over the Shan States. It is often used by weight for money.
A telegram to the N.-C. Daily News, date! Tientsin, 30th January, says: "News of a terrible tragedy is telegraphed from Peking The husband and wife are dead and a British officer mortally wounded, all by the former, through jealousy." A later telegram states that a Mr. Lindberg shot his wife and himself dead and wounded Lieut. Denning seriously, but the last-named was still alive.
All of us here know how thoroughly Admiral Seymour was justified in his request for a brigade of British troops at Shanghai last sum- mer, says the N.-C. Daily News. Well- informed Chinese believe that it is only the continued presence of the foreign force here that keeps Liu Kung-yi at Nanking. The Empress Dowager would have superseded him by one of her Manchu favourites before this, --but that she fears that his removal would be the signal for the dispatch of the foreign troops now at Shanghai to Hankow, en route for Heian.
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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
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According to a correspondent of the N.-6. Daily News, several of the French Fathers were at Lackai on the frontiers waiting to re-enter Yunnan, but the officials refuse so far to give the required permission. The Customs officials expressed a desire to return to Mengtze, but the Taotai there advised them to wait until affairs in the North were settled. This same official seems to have spoken rather strongly to the French Consul, on hearing that he intended to reoccupy the Consulate at Mengtze The French problem in the south of Yunnan is a thorny one, continues the cor- respondent, which will tax the utmost efforts of officials on both sides to satisfactorily settle. While sincerely hoping that there will be no more bombastic M. François to stir up justi- fiable ferment among the people, it is absolutely necessary that the officials and people of Yun nan be inade to understand once for all that treaties with foreign countries must be re- spected.
It is stated, says the N.-C. Daily News, that the troops formerly under General Tung Fu
siang at Peking, some 10,000 in number, who were afterwards taken away from him at Hsian, in November Inst, at the time the said General was ordered to go to Kausu, are to bo placed under Viceroy Wei Kuangtao, transferred at the time from the Shen-Kun to the Yunnan and weichuu provinces. As Viceroy Wei has not gone south as at first intended, the placing of these extra troops under him means that his new duties will be to serve as a guard to the Refuges Court in its march to whatever city may be chosen as the future capital of the Manchu-dynasty. It is freely reported in Hsian that the idea of the Empress Dowager and her Grand Conncillor. La Ch'uan-lin, in sending for General Feng Tze-t sai and his 30,000 troops so far south as Kwangtung province, is due to their desire to pit these veterans of Feng Tze- tsai against the Allied troops, should peace negotiations be broken off, as is fully expected amongst the Conservatives at Court.
On 12th January, the P. and T. Times records, a band of mounted Manchurian robbers surrounded a foraging party, of the Jodhpore lancers and some Japanese infantry five miles from Shanhaikwan. One trooper escaped with the news, and Jodhpore officers hastened out with twenty men and arrived in the nick of time. In one house three men had been hemmed in, and the two romaining troopers were all but one shot dead, the house boing afterwards fired,
suffocated. Farther on three troopers were found defending three Indian coolies with only two or three cartridges remaining. Five Japa- nese were killed and nine of the Jodhpore mules. After a stern chase seven Chinese were killed, but unfortunately a second trooper was shot and one horse killed and a pony wounded. The rest escaped into a large village, from which such a hot fire was opened that the small force had to retire. The next day a force of 100 cavalry and 400 infantry and a company of Japanese went out, but the big village was deserted and the Land was probably in safety in the hills. The Maharajah is to be con- gratulated on the prompt action of the relief party.
COMMERCIAL.
CAMPHOR.
HONGKONG, 8th February. Still no supplies have come forward.
do:
No arrivals.
SUGAR.
ور
HONGKONG, 8th February.-The position of the market is nearly the same as when last reported. Quotations are:-- Shekloong, No. 1, White.. .$7.20 to $8.25 pel.
2, White. 7.25 to 7.30 Shekloong, No. 1, Brown 5.35 to 5.40
do.
2, Brown 5.25 to 5.30 Swatow, No. 1, White...... 8.15 to 8.20 "}
do.
1, White. 7.20 to 7.25 No. 1, Brown Swatow,
5.30 to 5.35 2, Brown
5.20 to 5.25 Foochow Sugar Candy. 12.20 to 12.25 .11.25 to 11:0 Shekloong
do.
19
+
23
[February 9, 1901
For Gonoa:-205 bales waste silk, 50 bales raw silk. For Trieste:-175 bales rattanshaving, 10 boxes essential oil. For Trieste/Hamburg: -200 bales broken cassia. For Venice :—125. bales broken cassia. For Antwerp:-150 boxes tea, 70 half-chests tea, 47 rolls matting, 16 bales feathers, 15 boxes Chinaware, 10 boxes palm- fans, 6 cases blackwoodware. For Antwerp. Hamburg-50 cases bristles. For Amster- dam:-25 cases teastick, 2 cases lanterns. For Rotterdam:-3 cases cigars. For London :- 90 boxes essential oil, 70 boxes bristles, 10 boxes vermillion, 5 boxes Chinaware. For St. Petersburg :-5 cases sundries. For Bremen :- 232 rolls matting, 1 case books. For Bremen/ Hamburg-40 cases Chinaware. For Ham- burg-167 bales feathers, 166 bales cañes, 11. boxes human hair, 9 boxes Chinapaper. For Hamburg/London :-30 boxes bristles.
RICE.
HONGKONG, 8th February:-There is no differ- ence in the position of the market as when last reported. Quotations are:- Saigon, Ordinary.....
Siam,
"
Round, Good quality Long
Field mill cleaned, No. 2 Garden,
White. Fine Cargo
"J
No. 1
$2.85 to 2.90 3.05 to 3.10
3.15 to 3.20
2.95 to 8.00
...... 3.25 to 3.30 .............................................. 3.75 to 3.80 4.65 to 4.10
MISCELLANEOUS IMPORTS. HONGKONG, 8th February.--Among the sales reported during the week are the following:--
YARN AND PIECE GOODS.-Bombay Yarn: 1,650 bales No. 10 at $8150 to $92, 650 bales No. $99, 1,200 balea No. 20 at $99-50 to $103. Long 12 at $89 to $9450, 350 bales No. 16 at $93 to Ells: 125 pieces 8 lbs. purple green Stag at $725, 125 pieces scarlet at $690, 125 pieces purple green Stag at $7-25, Mericans: 300 pieces 26 Crown at $2-921, 1,600 pieces 36 Stag Hunter C. C. at 53-40. Raw Cotton: 50 bales Ningpoo at $2450 CorroN YARN--
Bombay-Nos. 10 to 20s.. English-Nos. 16 to 24,...
22 to 24,.
COTTON PIECE GOODS----
per bale
.$79.00 to $112.00 ...114.00 to 120.00
120.00 to 128.00
**
*
13
28 to 32,. 38 to 42,..
136.00 to 142.00
.155.00 to 170.0
per piece
2.15
to 2.25
2.40
to 2.55
2.90
to 3.60
9 to 10 lbs. · 3.70
to 4.50
to 2.80
to 4.05
to 5.55
Grey Shirtings-6 lbs. 7 lbs. 8.4 lbs.
White Shirtings-54 to 56 rd. 2.60 58 to 60 3.25
15
#
64 to 66 4.30 Fine
5.20 to 7.90 Book-folds. 4.40 to 6.30 Victoria Lawns-12 yards...... 0.78 to 1.60 T-Cloths-6lbs. (32 in.), Ord'y, 1.75
7lbs. (32,,
2.00 6lbs. (32 ), Mexs. 1.95 7lbs. (32,,
}
to 1,90
to 2.25
to 2.20
2.85
to 3.70
to 3.60
4.25
to 7.10
8 to 8.4 oz., (36 in.)2.90 Drills, English-40 yds., 14 to
16 lbs.
> FANCY COTTONS—
Turkey Red Shirtings-1 to 1.55
8 lbs (
to 5.00
Brocades-Dyed
to
per yard
Chintzes-Assorted
Velvets-Black, 22 in.
.0.08 ...0.22
to 0.17
to 0,00
Velvetcens-18 in.
0.20 to 0.22
por dozen
Handkerchiefs-Imitation Silk 0.36 to 2.50
WOOLENS
per yard
Spanish Stripes Sundry chops.0.80 to 1.50 Habit, Med., and Broad Cloths 1.25
Long Ells-Scarlet..
Assorted..
to 2.50
per piece
Camlets-Assorted..
6.40 to 10.00 6.50 to 10.10 12.50 to 32.00
Lastings-30 yds., 31 inches
Assorted
8.00 to 20.00
Orleans-Plain
8.50 to 10.00
per pairl
por picul
4.15
to
to
Swedish Bar
7.50
to
19
Small Round Rod ........... 4.50 to
Hoop to 11/2 in.
....4.75 to
Wire 15/25..
.8.80 to
Old Wire Rope ...........
.2,50
to
10.00
to
33
METALS-
"
Iron-Nail Rod
MISCELLANEOUS EXPORTS. Per Imperial German Mail Preussen, tailed on the 23rd January. For Odessa:-92 tales
For Smyrna -10 boxes essential oil
canes.
Blankets-8 to 12 lbз.......... 4.00 to 18.00
Square, Flat RoundBar(Eng.)4.15
Lead, L. B. & Co. and Hole Chop10.40 to
Australian
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