000
A Brazilian arrived at Tokyo a short while ago for the purpose of engaging Japanese labourers. For a time the Brazilian Govern. ment maintained a Consul at Kobe with the object, it was supposed, of encouraging the emigration of labourers to Brasil, but the result of these efforts appears to have been very small. Whether the present scheme will be more successful remains to be seen.
It is reported from Peking that, owing to the delay of the Court in returning to the Capital, there will be no Palace examinations held this year for the Chinshih (Doctor) and Hanlin degrees; but that the M.A. or Chujên examinations will be held at Kaifengin this year in the city examination halls. Apropos of the decree abolishing the Wenchang, the N.-C. Daily News says that there is reported to be much discontent and indignation amongst the great majority of officials, especially in the North, who also hold literary degrees, such as Hanlins, Chinshib, etc, at this apparent con- cession to reform and force of circumstances by the Government, and a protest signed by nearly 500 Hanlins. Chinshih, and Chnjen, amongst whom.are such men as the notorions Lu Chuan- lin. Ch'en Kuei-lung, etc., has been sent to Asian against the abolition.
The preliminary meeting of a foreign com- mittee to co-operate with the Chinese com- mittee in taking measures for the relief of the destitution caused by the floods in the Yangtaze Valley was held on the 3rd inst, at the British Consulate-General, Shanghai. The British, U.S., and French Consuls-General, besides other influential residents, were present. Very little was known by those present as to the actual condition of the people rendered destitute by the floods. It was decided before doing anything further to obtain reports from the consuls of the different nationalities at the Yangtaze ports, the commanders of the men-of war and the various missionaries as to the extent of the devastation caused. Suggestions were made that if the public be called upon for subscriptions that the money should not be distributed among the sufferers, but work found for them in the repairing of the dykes, eto. It was finally desided that should any thing be done, the Chinese and the foreigners should not together in the matter.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
A Newchwang telegram of the 30th August reported a case of plague at that port.
The Third Sea Battalion at Kisochan has been formed into a mounted infantry battalion. Captain F. G. Poole, East Yorkshire Regi. ment, has been appointed a Railway Staff Officer, China Field Force.
Mr. E. H. Barrows, Registrar and Chief Clerk of H. M. Supreme Court at Shanghai, will not return to that port. It is said that the post has been applied for by a son of Ad- miral Douglas, B.N.
to ten
According to the Comercio of Manila, Nicolas Herrero, the assassin of Police Captain Lara, has been sentenced to death, but the reviewing authorities commuted the sentence years hard labour. Captain Lara at the time of his death was the best and most energetic police official on the force and a terror to regues and insurgents. Herrero was supposed to have been his intimate friend. It was said at the time the assasination was instigated by the insurgent leaders who feared him."
The death is reported from Shanghai of Captain A. M. Bisbee, whose name is very familiar here. The late Harbour Master of Shanghai was born at Plymton, Plymouth Co., Mass., on the 22nd October, 1841. He gained his command at a very early age. In 1868, at the personal invitation of the Inspector-General, he joined the Imperial Maritime Customs as Divisional Inspector at Foochow. In 1877 he was transferred as Divisional Inspector to Shanghai and in 1888 under a new organiza tion of the Marine Department he was ap- pointed Coast Inspector. At one period he was in charge of the Engineering department and personally conducted the erection of more then one lighthouse. His latter career BS Coast Inspector and Harbour Master is well known. During its course he frequently acted as marine surveyor, president of Courts of Enquiry, and acted as the assessor in the Kingshing-Grosmont case and many others, was Chinese delegate at the Washington Maritime Conference in 1889. Civil Rank of the third class and the Double Dragon, third division, first class, were con- ferred on him by the Chinese Government on the 3rd September, 1885.
COMMERCIAL.
[September 14, 1901. EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AND JAPAN TO EUROPE.
1900-1901
1890-00
bales.
balea.
17,002
17,800
31,440
21,413
40,351
39,282
CAMPHOR
Shanghai Yokohama
Hoxoxoxo, 13th September.—No arrivals.
SUGAR.
HONGKONG, 18th September.-There is great of the Mid-Autumn festival and the prices are demand for Sugar in consequence of the approach going upward. Quotations are :~~
do.
do.
Swatow,
#
hekloong, No. 1, White...... $8.60 to $8.65 pcl.
2. White...... 7.70 to 7.75 Shekloong, No. 1, Brown 8.00 to 6,05 +
2, Brown No. 1, White..... 1, White..... No. 1, Brown 2. Brown Foochow Sugar Candy Shekloong
do. Swatow.
do.
1
#1
11
RICE.
7.60 to
5,85 to 5,90 P
8.50 8.45 to
7.05
#
5.85 to
5.90
**
5.70 to 5.75
"
.12.45 to 12.50 +9 .10.90 to 10.07
HONGKONG, 18th September.-The upward ten- deucy continues, market being brisk. Quotations
are:---
Saigon, Ordinary.
$2.70 to 2.76
3,90 to 3,95
4.15 to 4.20 2.75 to 2.80
No. 1 ......................................................
3,55 to 3,58
4.20 to 4.25 4.38 to 4.42
Round, Good quality Long Siam, Field mill cleaned, No. 2
Garden, White............ Fine Cargo
MISCELLANEOUS EXPORTS.
Per Imp-rial German Mail steamer Konig Albert, sailed on the 22nd August, For Aden": —75 cases cassia, 15 bundles cassia, 1 case curios, 1 case silkpiecegoods. I case copperware. For Sues:-30 cases punjom silk. For Odessa:- 20 rolls mats. For Trieste:-200 bales waste silk. For Naples :-1 case onrios. For Genon : -956 bales waste silk, 412 bales raw silk, 63 pkgs. canes, 10 cases ataraniseed oil, 1 bor silk- piecegoods. For Valencia:-500 boxes cassia, For New York:-100 cases essentail oil. For Antwerp:-200 case cassia, 59 bales rattancòre, 50 cases tea. 15 cases camphorwoodtrunks, 6 rolls matting, 5 cases Chinaware. For Antwerp
An amusing and rather exciting story comes to us from Canton. It appears that certain young Britons, at present resident in that city, went up river on an excursion, taking with EXPORT OF TEA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED | and/or Hamburg and/or Londou:-75 bales
them shot-guns and revolvers in case there should be anything to shoot. Sport seems to have been scarce, for they whiled away the time by throwing some empty bottles into the water and taking shots at them. Suddenly the sports- men were surprised by the sound of a Norden. feldt gun and found a Chinese junk-gunboat was making target practice at them. They hurried toward the vessel, at what would have been imminent risk of their lives with most other marksmen behind the Nordenfeldt. Succeeding in boarding the gunboat, they complained to the captain. He at once produced a very old jingal, obviously not need for years, as the weapon used against them, and assured them that he had taken them for pirates. The incident is now closed, and international com- plications are not expected. The captain of the gunboat is said to have been degraded twice already for excessive zeal.
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Kobe
Yokohama
Hiogo
TEA.
STATES AND CANADA.
1900-1
1809-00 lbs.
Ibe. 18,442,501 17,908,375
0,639,385 10,328,281
28,081,976 28,236,858
SILK.
CANTON, 31st August :-Tutlees.- No settle- ments are reported. Re-reels.-In sympathy with the improved demand for Short-reel Fil- atures, offers in this clasa have been rather more inquired for, and these have led to a few sales at 800 to 1585 for Nos. 1 and 2. Latterly, a sale of No. 1 is reported at $610. Filatures— Have continued in good enquiry, but owing to the high prices now asked, business has fallen a shade quieter during the second part of the fortnight. The comparative lightness of stock, however, enables holders to maintain their rates, and the general tone of the market is very firmi. Short-reels.~ A very active demand has sprung up in high grades for America resulting in the settlement of 500 to 800 bales, The stocks of these Silks being limited, values bave rapidly advanced. At the close, there are no sellers even at thes prices. Business has also been done in 3rd class Bilks on the basis of $585 for 18:22 drs. Waste.
A Japanese named Nakamura Naokishi, aged 37, a native of Toyohashi, Mikawa, set ont on a round-the-world trip on the 16th ult. He ob- tained a certificate from the mayor of his natire place and also a health certificate from the President of the Toyohashi Hospital. He first aspended Mount Fuji and obtained the seal of the shrine on the summit of the mountain. He then went on to Nagoya, and arrived at
-Stenin Waste has advanced under the influenco Osaks on the 30th ult. His programme is of an active demand for Europe, which the to go to Fusan, rửi Kobe, Shimonoseki and
present rodnced stock here is inadequate to meet. Nagasaki, from there to Seoul, then down to
Sales of Extra Selected quality have been made Chemulpo, on to Taku. Tientsin and Peking, up to $105, and some holders are now asking Coming back to Taku, he will visit Shanghai | $110. In other sorts there is nothing to report. and Hongkong, and so continue westward. Nakamura has been abroad before. In 1887 | EXPORT OF SILK FROM CHINA AND JAPAN he went to Americs and walked along the
TO AMERICA. Pacific coast. He returned to Japan in 1893
and afterwards proceeded to Canada and
Hawaii in 1844, returning in 1899. He has Shanghai
not fixed any time limit to his present journey, Yokohama and will earn his travelling expenses by work-
ing as he goes along.
1900-1901 bales.
8,873
35,148
39,021
1899-00
bales
2.548 34,734
37,482
casiabudstems, 50 cases bristles. For Amster- dam:-100 cases preserves, 5 cases sundries. For Rotterdam:-100 boxes cassia, 4 bales mat- ting. For Amsterdam and/or Rotterdam :--14 bales rattancore, 3 cases sundries. For Lon- don:-50 boxes bristles, 4 boxes silk, 2 rolls
matting. For Bremen:-60 rolls matting. 28 empty cylinders. For Bremerhaven ;—4 cases Chinaware, 3 cases sundries. For Hamburg: 141 bales rattancore, 115 cases palmleaffans, 106 bales canes, 60 rolls matting, 40 bales feathers, 35 boxes bristles, 5
cases vermillion. For Hamburg and/or London:—20 cases essential oil.
COTTON.
HONGKONG, 13th September.-Superior staples were in demand at slightly reduced rates, closing weak. Stock, about 4,000 bales,
Bombay,
18.50 to 20.0) pieuls Bengal (New), Rangoon,
20.00 to 23.00 and Dacea, Shanghai and Japanese, ...23.00 to 24.50 Tungchow and Ningpo, 23.00 to 24,50 Sale: 1,200 bnlew.
YARN.
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Mr. P. Eduljee says in his Report, dated Hong- kong, 13th September.-Another brisk fortnight has been experienced, and a further improvement of 50 cents to $14 per bale has been established in approved spinnings which are very scarce and on which holders are still asking an advance on present quotations. Demand has continued to run on special chops of No. 10s, and 20s., while other tickets coming under the category of "good to best," but in little or no enquiry are pasted over for lower pricom. Common threads are almost neglected." Comparatively little has been done in spot goods, as the quality on offer is toɔ low for requirements, the majority of sales re- ported being in gooda “to arrive” from neighbour- ing markets and Bombay. Considerable orders have been booked for favourite spinnings for delivery within two to three months, and at the
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