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QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL
FUND.
OVER £12,00 SUBSCRIBED.
In connection with the Fund in aid of the Memorial to Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, a meeting of the Committee in charge of affairs was held in the Council Chamber on the 17th inst. H.E. the Governor presided, and there were present:The Hon, J. H. Stewart Lock- hart, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary; His Honour A. G. Wise, Acting Chief Justice; Hon. H. E. Pollock, K.C., Acting Attorney-General; Sir Thomas Jackson, Hon. C. P. Chater, C.M.G., Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, Hon. J. J. Bell Irving, Hon. Wei A Yuk, Mr. R. Shewan, Mr. A. White, Mr. F. Maitland, Mr. A. J. Raymond, i Mr. W. Poate, and Mr. Ho Fook.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY read the minutes of the previous meeting of the Committee, after which the Hon. C. P. CHATER read the Trea- surers' statement of accounts, which was as follows:-
Collected from the Government, 850,956; from the hinese community. $18,584.63; and from the European and Indian communities. $31,915.60, making a total of $130,500.23. Of this amount the sum of $12.428.23 has been collected to date. The expenditure is as follows:- Advertising subscription list, etc.-Daily Press, $9.19; ' China Mail. 89: Hongkong Telegraph, $4.50; leaving a net balance of $130,477.63.
Mr. CHATER added-It is proposed now, if agreed to by the members present, that the sum of £12.500 be wired home at an exchange of 1s. 11d., which will absorb $139,434.77. The balance will be sent by mail as soon as the account is finally closed.
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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
W. J. Newland
810
10 13
E. R. Hallifax Huang Ping T. A. Webster J. N. Macdongall W. C. Barrett W. A. Sims
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Total...
$130,600.23
* We regret that we are unable to publish the names of these subscribers (some 900 in number) in extenso, owing to the other claims
on our space.
A DISTINGUISHED JAPANESE;
IN HONGKONG.
General Fukushima. the leader of the Japanese troops in the Allies march to the Japan's leading men of the present day, left this relief of the Peking Legations, and one of Colony on Saturday, the 12th inst. by the Hong- kong Muru on his return to Japan.
He
[October 21, 1901.
sages of antiquity. His private affairs, he said were of small moment by the side of his coun- try's weal; just as in a storm at sea, it is the duty of each one to care first for the safety of the ship, before thinking of his own luggage, His Excellency then asked him if he intended returning to Shanghai immediately. He pro- fessed his readiness to follow His Excellency's advice in that matter, calling attention, how- ever, to the fact that advancing age and infirm- ities naturally made him desirous of home. The Governor left him quite at liberty to do as he pleased. promising at the same time the best protection, as long as he might choose to, remain in the Colony.
At the close of the interview, the visitor offered the Governor a printed account of his experiences from the beginning of his troubles, His Excellency received it kindly, and requested him to sign it in autograph, saying that he would send it home to Lady Blake, to be kept as a remembrance. Upon that the interview terminated with the usual civilities.
CONCERT AT KOWLOON.
Previous to his departure he called upon II.E. the Governor at Government Honse. was received at the tram station with a special
That charity never appeals in vain in this guard of honour of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, community, when once it has been demonstrated with band and colours, and proceeded to break-
that the object of that charity is a worthy and fast, when H.E. Major-General Sir W. Gas-bond-fide one, has yet again been exemplified in coigne. C.M.U.. the Hon. J. H. Stewart the gratifying success of the concert in aid of Lockhart. C.M.G. (Colonial Secretary), and the Hongkong Missions to Seamen which was Colonel the Hon. R. H. Bertie were among given on the 16th inst. in the bungalow of
the guests invited to meet him.
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General Fukushima first arrived here the 10th, and left the same night for Canton on a visit to the Viceroy, returning here on Friday afternoon. General Fukushima has been on a holiday, but whether there is any political significauce in his movements is unknown,
LIEN-SHAN.
AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW.
H.E. the GOVERNOR, addressing the meet- ing briefly, said he thought the Committee were to be congratulated on the result of their labours in the matter. The accounts just read showed that practically $130,477 had been sub-│H.E. THE GOVERNOR AND KING scribed in the Colony, and that was handsome indeed. In connection with the raising of that snm. His Excellency mentioned. the names of a large numbers of European and Chinese gentlemen, members of the Committee and others, who, he thought, deserved the thanks of the community-they certainly had his most grateful thanks for the way in which they had carried out their duties in connection with the Fund. It was his intention, he said, that day to wire home the sum of £12,500 as the amount of the subscription from Hongkong towards the Memorial Fund, and doubtless, when the subscriptions from the other Colonies became known, there would be no reason to feel ashamed of the subscription from this very important Colony in the Far East. His Excellency concluded by thanking again the members of the Committee for their work in the matter.
This was all the business.
A Macao correspondent writes to us:- On Saturday, the 5th inst., King Lien-shan, who
may be remembered as the Shanghai official who incurred the displeasure of the Empress Dowager a year and a half ago, had an inter- view with His Excellency Sir Henry Blake, and he has favoured his friends with a printed account of the substance of the conversation. The fact that, on ing to his deafness, all con- versation with him must be carried on by writ ing, rendered easy the adcurate reproduction of what passed between them. He states in a little preface that the interview lasted more than an hour, and that His Excellency treated him with marked affability, accompanying him out of the door upon his leaving, and watching him get into his chair. It may be remembered that King had to leave Shanghai on account of a telegram sent to Peking, in which. at the head of a long list of representative Chinese, he $50,070.60 protested energetically against the proposed 50,000 deposition of the Emperor in January of last 29,134.63 | year.
250
FINAL LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Amount already subscribed
Hongkong Government
M. Stewart
* Chinese Subscriptions...
Sir Henry A. Blake, G.C.M.G.
Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf &
Godown Co., Ld.
250
Douglas Steamship Co.
100
Hongkong & China Gas Co.
100
A. Fuckeera..
100
North China Insurance Co.
100
J. R. Michael
50
H. M. H. Nemazee
50
W. Bowdler
门
B. Byramjee...
Wai On Tseung
J. Brown
Dr. G. Apacible
Heurmann Herbst & Co.
Levy Hermanos
20
H. H. Gompertz
15
15
10
I'
10
10
10
E. N. Irving
10
A. H. Chinoy
10
W. J. Tutcher
10
A. Abwoo
H. R. Brayne
A. R. Griere
M. W. Scott...
R. Kozherar
B. E. Hanson
J. R. Wood
Parts of the interview were characteristic on the part of the Mandarin, and accordingly not without interest. His Excellency expressed his esteem of his visitor, on account of the latter's efforts in founding a school for girls in Shang- hai, as well as for his desire for the renovation of China in general. King gave it as his opinion, in answer, that the only hope for im- provement of affairs in China lay in the friendly interference of some of the great Powers. Nothing was to be expected, he continued, as long as the government was kept out of the Emperor's hands. Speaking of the prospect of the Emperor's return to Peking, he remarked that the Emperor was about as much master of his movements as King was himself in the Macao fortress. He went on to say that things could not go well in China, as long as was out of gear; for the principal wheel while such was the case, the secondary wheels could not run together. Chinese men of ability might accomplish something, if they could only work together.
His Excellency then passed on to speak of his visitor's private affairs, and asked if he would be able to get back his property confiscated at the time of his flight, King answered in & philosophic spirit, worthy of his masters, the
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the Hon. C. P. Chater, C.M.G., by St. John's Cathedral Choir. Perhaps of all tasks that of organising a charity concert is the most thank- less, for if the promoters from any cause are unable to get together a first-rate programme, which, in addition, must go off without the slight est suggestion of uncertainty or hesitancy, the audience is sure to be critical. People forget often the hard work that has to be performed to make even a moderate success of such function, and do not realise, it may be, that the result, if discouraging, is just as disappointing-nay, more so-to those respon- sible for the entertainment. These reflections, however, must not be taken as applying to last night's concert by the Cathdral Choir, for its success was undoubted. It could not well have been otherwise, however, for the Rev. J. H. France, M.A., the hard-working Chaplain to the Missions, found ready co-operation and assistance awaiting him on all sides. Just by way of show. ing what a great amount of "begging"-gener ous, whole-hearted begging-has to be done in connection with a concert of this kind, it may be stated that the Rev. J. H. France and Mr. A. Cunningham, who were responsible for the arrangements, obtained from the City Hall and from Mr. Ah Ling a sufficient supply of chairs to seat the audience, free; for the same price Messrs. Watson's, Limited, supplied the temperance drinks which were retailed on the grounds; the Egyptian cigarettes and several bundles of fans came from Messrs. H. Price & Company, also free; and Mr. Ah Ling, who had already contributed his share in the way of seats, further increased the indebtedness to him by lending the crockery for the dispensation of the coffee. The Robinson Piano Company
and the piano
the Hon. C. P. lent Chater the hall, the Hongkong Daily Press supplied the programmes gratis, and each of Hongkong's three papers advertised the concert on similar terms. The list is brought to a close by the mentioning of the fact that the handy man was not to be outdone in the performance of a good deed, and as he had no money to spare he came along, to the number of quite a dozen, and looked after the taking of the tickets, and so on.
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The concert programme was an attractive col- The lection of vocal and instrumental items. arranging of the part songs had been left in the capable hands of Mr. Alec Marsh, who is making his farewell appearance in Hongkong: ho leaves shortly for Canton, and after giving an entertainment there will proceed to Shang- hai. The opening piecewas a part song, "The Sea King," in which eight voices took part. This went off with an excellent swing, and was A pianoforte trio was the very well received. next item, the performers being the Misses King, Leykum, and Chunyat. The applause which greeted the conclusion of the piece marked the audience's appreciation of the
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