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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND ·
March 16, 1901,
THE POLICE.
donald, for diligence in the discharge of duty, EUROPEAN CONTINGENT.—Inspector Mac- medal of the third class; Inspector Baker, for long and faithful service, medal of the fourth class; Inspector Ford, for long and faithful service, medal of the fourth class; Inspector Cuthbert, for diligence in the discharge of duty, medal of the fourth class. Singh, for diligence in the discharge of duty, INDIAN CONTINGENT.-Sergeant-Major Lall medal of the fourth class; Sergeant (617) Afsul Khan, for long and faithful service, medal of
mirrors, net-racks, lavatory basins, rugs, etc., should be carried out. (Hear, hear.) Hong | PRESENTATION OF MEDALS TO and upholstered with green haircushions. There kong, as he had observed in his last annual re- are four large cabins aft for reserved class hi-port, bade fair to become a great manufacturing nese, a women's room with eight berths, and a contre. Hongkong at the present moment was large compartment with six berths for second-
a great ship-building centre. From Bangkok
An interesting ceremony was gone through class Chinese. Separate lavatory accommoda- to Manila and up to Taku the launches built in at the Magistracy on the 8th inst.. when tion is provided for all classes. The saloon is a Hongkong were at the present moment work- detachments of European, Indian, and Chinese neat room furnished with polished teak and ing, and nowhere was there better work turned police paraded in the compound to witness the nicely upholstered. It is well lit up with elec. out. He hoped that, as Mr. Parlane had said, dant May, C.M.G. (in the absence of H.E. the presentation of medals, by Captain Superinten tricity, as is also every other part of the ship. these two ships were only the precursors of a Four large life-boats show that every provision large number of vessels of the same class, and Governor), to a number of members of the force. has been made for the safety of passengers. It that the trade of the West River would rapidly through various evolutions in drill, and after Deputy Superintendent Badeley put the men may also be noted that the telegraphic arrange- develop. He had no doubt that when the great they had been inspected, Captain Superin- ments between the pilot house and engine docks which were contemplated were completed tendent May, in accordance with a general or- room are very complete, there being fit- Hongkong would be the great ship-buildinger, dated 6th March, by His Excellency the ted an extra dial about the middle of the centre of the East. He thought Messrs. Governor, presented medals to the following:- Vessel's length so that orders may be trans- Fenwick and Company were to be con- mitted from the pilot house when necessary. gratulated on the success with which they Each standard is also provided with a pointer had carried out the contract in regard to showing the direction in which the engines are the building of these two ships. He echoed moving. The steering gear and compass are Mr. Parlane's hope that the firm would fitted in the pilot-house, the former operating have many other ships of a similar kind to con- two balanced rudders. On the main deck there struct, and that their construction would be as is sleeping accommodation for 80 passengers, successful as that of their predecessors. He but altogether several hundred deck passengers asked the company to join him in drinking can be carried on short runs. Here, again, a success to Messrs. Fenwick and Company and separate compartment is reserved for women, in congratulating them on the success of their while the crew are berthed at the forward end, work. The boiler room is amidships. The boiler is of the multi-tubular type, 13 feet diameter, and working at a pressure of 20 pounds on the square inch. For driving up against a strong current, or if using inferior fuel, an engine is provided which rotates a fan impelling air into the furnaces. A water indicator shows the pressure of air in the tanks. There is also fitted a large duplex pump for circula- ting water to the sanitary system and for general purposes, The galleys are situated on each side of the boiler house, one being fitted with cooking range and utensils in European style, and the other with rice boiler and stoves for natives. The engines indicate about 400 horse power. They are on the com- pound surface-condensing principle, the diame- ter of cylinders being 18 inches and 38 inches, with a stroke of six feet. The water for cir- culating is driven by a separate rotary pump, which easily maintains a vacuum of 26 inches. The dynamo and its engine, with an elaborate array of switch boards, are placed in the engine room. The paddle wheel is 17 feet in diameter between centres of floats, and revolves at full speed at the rate of 20 turns per minute, giving a theoretical velocity of 104 knots per hour.
On the return of the boat to Wanchai the company assembled in the saloon.
This was done, and Mr. Parlane having re- turned thanks on behalf of the company, the proceedings terminated..
OUTRAGE ON THE PRAYA.
EUROPEAN PARTLY BLINDED BY VITRIOL.
An outrage of an exceptionally cowardly nature was perpetrated on the Praya on Thurs. day morning about seven o'clock, the victim being Mr. G. Reek, leading man of store-houses at H.M. Naval Yard. Mr. Reek left his home in Morrison Hill Road about half-past six on Thursday morning to start the day's duties at the Naval Yard. His road lay along the soa front, and is the one he has always been in the habit of taking. When opposite the French Convent on the Praya, a quantity of vitriol was thrown with startling sud. denness in Mr. Reek's face. Happily, at the moment the vitriol struck him, Mr. Reek had his right hand to his head, and to this fact alone is to be attributed the fact that Mr. Reek is not now totally blind. As it was, his fore- head, and the upper part of the right side of his face, as well as right arm, have been severely burnt Mr. Reek, who saw no one about, at once hurried to the Naval Hospital, where it was found that the sight of one eye, the right, was almost totally destroyed. The left eye, and in fact the whole of the left side of the face, is practically untouched, this being due to the circumstance that the right side of Mr. Reek's head and body was presented to the parapet, the direction from which the vitriol was thrown. From the Naval Hospital Mr. Reek was taken home, where he is now confined.
Mr. PARLANE proposed Success to the Sainam." He trusted the boat would be a suc- cessful and profitable craft to her enterprising owners, enterprising because as they knew these two ships were pioneers of commerce on the inland water ways of the Kwangtung pro- vince. He also hoped that they were merely the first of a fleet which Messrs. Fenwick and Company might have the honour of building for the same owners. (Hear, hear.) They had tried to make a good job of them and they hoped they would be a success. They would
No motive is known for the dastardly crime, always take a deep interest in their future and so far the police have not been successful in career. He might say that they were exceed-effecting any arrests, but it is sincerely to be ingly pleased to see His Excellency the Gover. hoped that such will not long be the case. nor there that day, (Hear, hear.) They knew Reek says he has an impression of seeing a hand the interest he took in the commercial and en- suddenly appear over the parapet, causing him gineering prosperity of the colony, and they instinctively to throw up his arm to guard his trusted to be honoured with his presence on
head. This statement indicates therefore that many similar occasions in the future. (Ap-
the vitriol came from one of the many native plause.)
boats moored alongside the Praya wall, and that there the criminal will be found. The police authorities are sparing no effort to trace the crime to its source.
His EXCELLENCY said that this had been a most interesting occasion for him. He had taken the deepest interest in that ship and her sister hip, the Nanning. He had seen them hoth constructed as day by day he had ridden along the Praya in early morning. He thought he knew that ship from her skin to her upper works, and heartily congratulated Messrs. Fenwick and Company on the work they had turned out. He had been all over the ship, and he thought she was admirably suited for the purpose for which she had been constructed. He hoped the day was not far distant when ships of that kind would be able to call at every port on the West River for passenger traffic without restriction. (Hear, hear.) He thought that that was a great desideratum, but it was absolutely necessary for the successful carrying ont of the business of this port that the inland navigation regulations as originally intended
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the fourth class.
CHINESE CONTINGENT.-Detective Sergeant U Po (who lost a limb at the falling of a house during the November typhoon), for diligence in the discharge of duty, medal of the first class; Constable (139) Li Choi, for long and faithful service, medal of the fourth class; Constable (812) Lo Chun Man, for diligence in the discharge of duty, medal of the fourth class; Constable (155) Ng Hon, for diligence in the discharge of duty, medal of the fourth class.
SPECIAL DECORATION —Indian P.C. (748). Sultan Bux, for saving life, received from the Belilios Trust a certificate, a bronze tar, and the sum of $25. The circum- stances connected with this plucky deed, as set forth in the inscription on the cer- tificato, are that on 20th January, while P.C. 748 was on duty at West Point, he saw & Chinaman fall from the Praya into the harbour. The man fell into deep water, and, being unable to swim, would undoubtedly have been drowned had not P.C. 748 unhesitatingly plunged into the water, and, swimming to his assistance, got him into a boat and thence ashore.
The presentation of this award concluded the ceremony, and the parade shortly afterwards dismissed.
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¡HONGKONG'S FINANCES.
Sir Henry A. Blake's report on Hongkong 1899 has the following section Finance" :---
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“During the year 1899 the Actual Revenue, exceeded the Estimated Revenue by $290,622.76 exclusive of the amounts derived from land sales and the water account. If these sums are included, the excess of actual over estimated revenue was $724,006.25. The expenditure ex- ceeded the estimate by $467,369.80. This is exclusive of the amount spent on Public Worka Extraordinary, which was considerably less than has been estimated. The total excess of actual over estimated expenditure was, therefore, only $288,520.56. The excess was due to expenditure in connection with the New Territory, which amounted to $233,000. Of this, 847,000 was expended on account of the Police Establish- ment, while $112,000 was spent on roads and Police Stations.
**The amount received from land sales
The death is reported on the 28th inst., under very large, being more than double the as-
painful circumstances, of M. F. Chalant, an old resident of Bangkok, and part proprietor of the Siam Free Press. After being seen apparently in the best of health during the morning, he was missed, and was found in his house in Windmill Road suspended by a rope from a beam. Everything that was possible was done forthe unfortunate man, but efforts were without avail. M. Chalant went out to Siam as assis. tant in the firm of Bonaville, and afterwards went into partnership with Mr. Shaw under the style of Shaw and Chalant. M. Chalant bought the Siam Free Press when it was sold by Mr. Lillie
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mated receipts from this source. The excess of actual over estimated revenue under this head was $417,824.72.
“Only $7.273.03 was derived in revenue from the New Territory, the collection of Crown rent which will be the principal source, of re- venue not having been begun.
The following tables show the heads of revenue and expenditure, from which it will be seen that the revenue for 1899 has exceeded the expenditure by $447,350.89. The figures are compared with those of the four previous and the results show that practically witho the imposition of any additional taxation
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