June 3, 1901.]
H.E. the Governor and party returned on the 29th inst. from Macao by the Stanley.
On the 25th inst. H.M.8. Glory left for Yokohama, while H.M.8. Bonaventure arrived from Kobe.
The transport Clavering left the harbour at about noon on the 25th inst for India, convey- ing a squadron of the Bengal Lancers.
The appointments of Mr. W. Crake to be Second Assistant Marine Surveyor, and Mr. R. MoEwen to be Inspector of Nuisances, are notified in the Gazette.
H.M.S. Hermione left on the 28th inst. for Shanghai, as did the Italian cruiser Stromboli. The hospital-ship Gwalior arrived on the 28th inst. from the south.
Apart from plague, the return of cases of communicable disease reported in the Colony during last week were:-Enteric Fever, 5 cases, 3 deaths (one case from the Harbour); Puerperal Fever, one case, one death, Chiuese; Small-pox, two cases, one death, Chinese.
Hongkong residents will be interes'ed to hear that Lieut. Higgon, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, has been appointed Staff Captain at Weihaiwei, in succession to Lient. Ball-Acton of the same regiment, who is resigning that post. Capt. Higgon will leave Tientsin for his new post very shortly.
By way of experiment, three hundred new rickshas-popularly styled first-class vehicles- are shortly to be run on the streets of the City. They are, we believe, to be limited to the use of Europeans only, as under the present system it is always open to question that the ricksha one may be seated in has not just been The Secretary of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce informed us yesterday that the Chamber had learnt from the Colonial Secretary that the Government has just received the following telegram from the Colonial Secretary, Singapore :- "Chinese coolie 'immigration prohibited by vessels sailing from
Hongkong after 29th May.”
In a short time the Supreme Court is to find temporary premises in a specially constructed mat-shed building on the ground facing the entrance to the Hongkong Club. As the Court's valuable library is to be housed on this spot, the mat-shed will be of a substantial nature. The Supreme Court building is then to be pulled down and the new Post Office will be erected on the site as soon as possible-none too soon, however, it will be generally agreed.
We learn that the Chinese inhabitants, especially women and children, have left the Colony in great numbers in the last few days, being afraid that if they are attacked by sick- ness they will not be allowed to return to their homes on the mainland. They are said to express fears that they will be removed to the plague hospital by force, whether they are really attacked by the disease or not. There seems no reason for the latter fear, but that is neither here nor there in event of a scare.
MISCELLANEOUS.
It is stated from Shanghai that a large piece of land with river frontage and deep water on the Pootung side, below the dock, has been secured by the Hamburg-A merica Linie for the sum of Tis. 100,000.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
The principal races of the opening day of the Singapore Sporting Club's Spring Meeting on the 21st inst. wero woh as follows:- Singapore Derby, by Mr. Howden's Gaylass, in a field of 7; Grand Stand Cup, by Mr. Tunnicliffe's Or, keus, only thres starting; Lawn Cup, by Mr. Howden's Deadlight.
Another street row is reported from Peking on the 28th ult. It appears that in Legation Street a German marine was fired at and wounded in the leg by an American sentry, as, the result of obstreperous behaviour on the part of the German soldier.
Secretary Long has cabled instructions from Washington to Admiral Remey authorising him to enlist five hundred Filipinos, principally for service as firemen and coal-passers on the small gunboats which are now doing river and coast service in the Philippines. Tho employ. ment of natives, who are better able to with. stand the tropical climate and the increased temperature of the fire rooms, will relieve the American stokers who have frequently become disabled and had to be invalided to the Naval Hospital at Yokohama.
A New York despatch, dated the 27th April, says:-Captain J. F. Merry, who was President of the Naval Board which went to Guam to select a site for a naval station, and to prepare a plan for the improvement of the harbour and the location of a town on its shores, is on his way back to his station at Honolulu, and will submit his report from that point. As soon as possible after his return he will enter into negotiatious with the owners of land at Pearl Harbour for its sale to the United States. The recent naval appropriation law appropriated $150,000 for the purchase of land.
The Commander of a certain foreign ship and a naval doctor of the same ship, who had been taking photographs in the port of Nagasaki, were sentenced to imprisonment for six months each by default at the Nagasaki Chiho Saibansho, and warrants for their arrest have been issued. This is the first occasion on which foreigners of importance have been sentenced to imprison. ment in Nagasaki since the new treaty came into force, and the foreign Consuls are reported to be watching developments. It is stated that the vessel with the accused will arrive in Nagasaki shortly. The Kobe Herald learos that the vessel in question is not a warship, but a vessel of the Russian volunteer fleet.
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The Rev. Timothy Richard has arrived, writes a Peking correspondent of the Mercury on the 20th ult., and is negotiating with the | Plenipotentiaries. For the present he will not go to Shausi. It is possible to conduct indemity negotiations with advantage in Peking. The common desire of the missionary boards is to make careful estimates, neither above nor below the actual value of the barat property, but the price of building materials is much higher than it was when the barnt houses were erected. This will necessarily tend to raise somewhat the amount of the indemnity claims. The universal feeling among the missionaries is to deal fairly with the Chinese Government." Mr. Richard has wired to Mr. J.W.Stevenson, Director of the China Inland Mission, that the Shansi Governor has given Tls. 40,000 for the benefit of the native Protestants, and that an escort has been provided by the Governor for a party to proceed to Shansi.
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COMMERCIAL.
EXPORT OF TEA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
1900-1
Yokohama Kobe
lbs. 939,523
939,523
SILK.
1899-00 lbs. 417,041
417,611
EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AND JAPAN TO EUROPE,
The Secretary of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce informed us on Thurs- day afternoon that the Chamber was informed by the Government that a despatch has been receive from HB.M.'s Consul at Swntow intimating that that port has been declared by Shanghai the Shanghai authorities to be infected with Yokohama bubonic plague.
We note among the arrivals of the week, says
CAMPHOR.
HONGKONG, 31st May.-No arrivals.
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do.
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461
'AP
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SUGAR. market being weak. Quotations are:---
HONGKONG, 81st May. The prices are declining, Shekloong, No. 1, White...... $8.80 to $8.85 pol.
2, White... 7.95 to 8,00 Shokloong, No. 1, Brown... 5.80 to 0.85 2, Brown 5.75 to 0.80 No. 1, White...... 8.70 to 8.75 1, White...... 7.85 to 7.90 Swatow,
No. 1, Brown 5.75 to 6.80 do.
2, Brown 5.00 to 5.05 * Foochow Sugar Candy.......................13.45 to 18.50 Shekloong
.........12.75 to 12.80
Swatow,
do.
12
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RICE.
244
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13
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19
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£
1
HONGKONG, 31st May.-No demands having downward. Quotatoins are:--- come from the mainland, the prices are going
Saigon, Ordinary.
1900-1901
bales.
53,002
26,726
1899-00 bales. 67,638 18,976
79,728
86,614
Siam,
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真事
Round, Good quality Long
Field mill cleaned, No. 2
Garden,
White.......
Fine Cargo
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No. 1
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.$2.40 to 2,45
. 3.45 to 3.50
3.53 to 8.CO
2,50 to 2.55
8.80 to 3.36
3-................................... 8.80 to 3.85 .............................................................. 4.20 to 4.25
MISCELLANEOUS EXPORST.
Per steamer Ferndene sailed on the 11th May. For New York:-243 cases blackwood vare, 470 boxes Chinaware, 1,594 pkges. merchandise.
the P. & T. Times, the names of the Hon. and EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AND JAPAN Mrs. Stewart Lockhart of Hongkong. The Colonial Secretary, we are sorry to hear, is on a voyage of recuperation from anterio. We are sure his many friends and admirers in the North will do everything in their power to Yokohama render his first visit to these latitudes both enjoyable and beneficial.
Shanghai
1890-00 bales. 19,360 32,286
TO AMERICA.
1900-1901
bales.
10,047
31,522
41,500
51,646
Per steamer Antenor, sailed on the 14th May. For London:-Tes 895 boxes (particulars un- known), 101 bales canes, 55 bales waste silk, 546 bags copper ore, 101 cases shell, 54 cas.s China- ware, 6 cases blackwoodware, 20 cases essential oil, 2 cases ginger, I case cigars, 10 pkgs, sun dries. For London opt. Hamburg: 284 bales
For Hamburg: -7 cases shell.
canes.
Per Imperial German Mail steamer Prins Heinrich, sailed on the 15th May. For Aden: -10 bundles cassia. For Odessa :-45 bales canes, 25 rolls matting. For Trieste:-100 bales rattanshaving, 5 cases staràniseed oil. For Genoa-241 bales raw silk, 151 rolls mat- ting, 6 cases blackwood, For New York:-5 boxes silkpiecegoods. For Antwerp: - 21 bales feathers, 14 rolls matting. For Antwerp and/or Hamburg and/or London :-92 bales feathers. For Amsterdam-20 cases tea stick, 8 bales bamboo, 7 cases Chinaware, 3 cases gingǝr. For Amsterdam and/or Rotterdam:-3 pkgs. cam- phorwood, 3 pkgs. san.ples. For Rotterdam:- 3 boxes Chinaware. For Baltimore: →→2 boxes Chinaware. For Bremen:-58 bales canes, 47 rolls matting. For Hamburg-50 boxes cassia- buds, 20 bales canes, 18 bales feathers, 17 boxes Chinaware, 18 boxes blackwoodware, 10 cases vermillion, 10 cases essential oil. For London: -3 boxes silk.
For Marseilles:-195 bales raw silk, 170 bales Per steamer Indus, sailed on the 20th May. waste gilk, 17 cases silks. For Lyons:-498 bales raw silk. For Milan :-15 bales raw silk. For London :-3 cases silks, 6 cases preserves.
Per P. & O. steamer Bengal, sailed on the 25th May. For London opt. Goole :--300 bales waste silk. For London:-2,857 pkgs. tes from Foochow. 225 boxes tea from Macao, 438 rolls mats, 10 bales raw silk, 18 cases 'Chinaware; 2- cases silks, 6 cases cigars, 1 case cuříos, 1 case grass cloth. For Manchester :--100 bales waste silk. For Rosario 200 pkgs. tea For Copenhagen -100 h/chests tes from Foochow. For Lyons: 605 bales raw silk. For Mar- seilles:-198 bales raw silk, I case curios.
MISCELLANEOUS IMPORTS. HONGKONG, 31st May.-Among the sales re ported during the week are the following:-
YARN AND PIECE GOODS.-Bombay Yarn: 25 bales No. 8 at $78·50, 1,750 bales No. 10 at $77′50 to 186, 650 bales No. 12 at £8250 to $99, 450 bales No. 16 at $93′50 to $97.50, 1,450 bales No. 20 at $96 to $107′50. - White Shirtings: 250 pieces Gold Elephant at $4:30, 1,000 pieces No. pieces D 70 at $4, 250 pieces No. 800 at $8.90, 200
800 at $4·90, 500 pieces Gold Goose at 2470, 500 pieces No. 600 and at $4-85, 2,000 pieces 8. Q, at 34-75. Grey Shirtings: 1,200 pieces 84 lbs. Blue Peach at $320, 600 pieces 8) Ibs. Blue Punch at $3∙15, 600 pieces 83 lbs. Plans and Sword at 13:20, METALL--Nail Rod Iron : 4,000 bundles 1 x at $4:35. Leads : 3600 pieuls new-mark at (8.35.
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