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refusal to recognise certain titles held by foreigners. Mr. Hagiwara said the position was this. While foreigners under the old Treaties with China hal the right to purchase and own land in the Settlements, they had no more right, at least in the case of merchants, to own land outside the Settlements thin in Japan proper. During the Chinese régime, however, a number of foreigners purchased land outside the Settlements with official con- nivance, and especially became possessed of tracts of camphor forest. After the Japanese had taken over control of the island and things were settling down, the authorities demanded as one of the initial measeres of government The registration of all titl-deeds to land,, but when foreignere put in title-deeds of property outside the Settlements the authorities de- clined to recognise them. Such title-deeds the Government held to be an infraction of the old Treaty, while they were also invalid under the law of Japan. But the authorities, Mr. Hagiwara says, made no difficulty so long as foreigners nominally brought themselves into conformity with the law. For example, a considerable amount of property outside the Sett'ements had come into the hands of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, and in this case, with the object of bringing the title deeds into accordance with the law, a well-known barrister of Tokyo was made trustee under a deed by which all the profits derived from the property were paid over to the Banking Cor- poration concerned. Other foreigners made arrangements with Chiness or Japanese to act as nomina owners of the property, and only in cases where foreigners refused to take such a course did any trouble arise. Such is the statement made by Mr. Hagiwara. Whether it covers all the cases of dispute we cannot say. but it is at least interesting as showing the Japanese view of the title-deed question in Formosa.
HONGKONG,
The visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum were 185 non-Chinese and 94 Chinese to the former, and 75 1.on-Chinese and 1,738 Chinese to the latter institution.
It was reported on the 6th inst that a coolie had been killed on the previous day by a fall of stone in the quarry at Ma Ti.
The appointments of Capt. the Hon. H. W. Trefusis, Scots Guards, to be A.D.C., and of Mr. R. F. Johnston to be Private Secretary to HE the Officer administering the Government are notified in the Gazette.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
The police report the death of a coolie in the timber-yard at Kowloon godowns from injuries sustained by a log falling upon him
The resignation by Capt. D. F. Tulloch, R.G.A., of his commission as Adjutant in the Hongkong Volunteer Corps is notified.
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An International polo tournament is coming off very shortly. All four divisions of the United Kingdom are represented, but the Scots and Irish teams are at present very strong favourite. A prominent member of the 8. Andrew's Society was heard on the 3rd inst. to wager a new bowler" hat that Scotland would defeat Ireland.
We are asked to state that Sir John W Carrington's address during his stay at home
A number of bluejackets, more or less under is Inglewood, Weston Road, Southsea.
Gunners M. McIver, A. J. Mackie, C. E. the influence of drink, caused a disturbance in Herbst, and S. A. Seth, Field Battery, H.K.V.C, the lower floor of the Central Market on Friday have been promoted to the rank of bombardier. forenoon. They shied oranges at the stall- Lient. Col. G. H.Ferrier, Army Pay Depart-holders and their fokis, and then played foot- ment, has been appointed to succeed Col. S. D. ball with cabbages snatched from the stalls. Crookenden as District Paymaster at Hong. In all probability they would have "lurked kong.
till they grew tired of their sport, but the Chinamen became tired of it first, and, seizing bamboo poles, attacked the astonished sailors and drove them off the premises. jacket had his nose split by a blow, but his was the most serious casualty. He went to the Central Police Station to lodge a complaint of assault against the Chinaman who struck him, but the official on duty shrewdly guessed from the circumstances that the assault was not unprovoked, and sent the grumbling tar about his business.
Capt. E. H. Bayly, C.B., delivered a very interesting lecture on the 3rd inst.. before the United Services Institut on, on his experi- ences at Tientsin, interspersed with a number of anecdotes.
During the past week one case of bubonic plague was reported in the City of Victoria, the victim, a Chinese, dying The only other com- municable disease reported was diphtheria, of which there was one case (Portuguese)
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M. Droeze, Netherlands Consul-General, in- forms us that ships or vessels arriving in Netherlands-India from Hongkong are longer subject to quarantine, the port of Hongkong being declared to be no longer infected with plague. The prohibition of the importation of some articles is also cancelled, so that all goods can now be imported into Netherlands-India from here.
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H.M.S. Albion arrived on the 3rd inst. from Kobe
The German cruiser Hertha left on the 3rd inst. for Saigon, as did the cruiser Bussard. The French cruiser D'Entrecasteaux left for Tonkin. H.M.S. Terrible came into the harbour on She left Weihaiwei on the the 4th inst. 27th ult. The Russian battleship Sissoi Veliky The Bishop of Victoria has appointed the left for Manila and the German gunboat Tiger R v. W. Banister to be Archdeacon of Hong-for Bangkok on the thinst. H.M.S. Endymion kong. This office was in times past held by returned from practice. The French cruiser Archdeacon Gray, the Consular Chaplain at Chasseloup Laubat left for Tonkin. Canton; but it has now been vacant for many years. The new appointment, we are told, is rendered necessary by the present development of the Chinese Branch of the Anglican Church, both in Hongkong and in the Province of Kwangtung, which calls for a more complete ecclesiastical organisation than has existed hitherto.
Among the arrivals by the Coromandel on the 5th inst, was Professor Simpson, one of the two newly appointed experts on the commission to enquire into the sanitary condition of Hong- kong. Our readers have already been made acquainted with the details of Professor Profes.or Simpson, Simpson's past career. who was accompanied by his wife, was met by the Medical Officer of Health, Dr. F. W. Clark; owing to the rough weather encountered by the Coromandel be just missed arriving before the departure on leave of Sir Henry Blake. We understand that Mr. Osbert Chadwick arrives by the next English mail.
The Hongkong Chess Club has commened a level tournament, in which all the members of the Club are requested to take part if possible, for the purpose of siding the committee in their The steam launch Tung Fut was exposed for task of reclassifying the players and ascertain-sale by public anction on Friday afternoon ing the strength of new members.
alongside Queen's Statue Wharf. There was a It is reported by the police that the steam large attendance of Europeans and Chinese. launch Cheong Ching ran down rowing boat The bidding was started by a Chinaman at No. 3632 in the Harbour opposite Winglok $2,000 and as the result of spirited competition Street West and capsized it, throwing the was carried to $5,600, at which figure the launch occupants, seven in number, into the water. was knocked down to Mr. A. R. Marty. The All were picked up by boats in the vicinity.sale was conducted by Mr. E. Jones Hughes of The The owner of the boat estimates the damage Messrs Hughes and Hough, auctioneers. at $100.
Tung Fat is only a few months out of the hands of Messrs. Bailey and Murphy, engineers, who have given her a thorough overhaul. Her length is 63 feet; beam, 11 feet 6 inches.; and depth, 6 feet 3 inches in centre.
Shortly after 7 p.m. on the 7th inst. fire broke out in a two-story Chinese shop and stores in Connaught Road, a little to the east of Salt Fish Lane. The Fire Brigade turned out promptly under Mr. A, Mackie, Acting Deputy Captain Superintendent of Police, and were successful in preventing the fire spreading to the neighbouring buildings. The whole tene- ment in which the outbreak occurred was, how- ever, practically burned out
At 6.15 pm. on the 4th inst, fire broke out in the carpenter's shop at 10, Sai Woo Lane, in the Western district, occupied by Wong Kwok. The Fire Brigade turned out under Mr. A. Mackie and were successful in confining the conflagration to the building in which it| originated. This was completely gutted, how. ever, before the fire was extin ruished, and an adjoining house, 24, Eastern Street, was more or less damaged by wator. The damage is es timated at $1,000 and is covered by an in- ́surance of $200) with Messrs. Meyers & Co. It is not known definitely how the outbreak originated, but it is supposed that an overheated! flue set fire to a number of books stocked on the roof.
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The Austrian gunboat Aspern arrived on the 6th inst. from Shanghai.
The Russian cruiser Dimitri Donskoy and gunboat Vladimir Monomach arrived from Nagasaki on the 7th inst. The German gunboat Iltis left for Macao.
H. M. S. Pigmy arrived on the 7th inst. from Shanghai. On the 18th the Austrian gunboat Aspern crossed over to Macao and the German gunboat Iltis returned from the same place.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dr. H. Campbell Highet, formerly of Singa. pore, has been appointed Medical Officer of Health for Bangkok in place of Dr. Nightin- gale, retired.
The Christmas i .ter-team golf con'est result- ed as follows:-Singapore and Perak 267 cach, Selangor 276, Sepoy Lines Club 291, Penang 96. On playing off the tie, Singapore beat Perak.
Colonel (Brigadier General) 'H. Pipon, C.B., Commanding Royal Artillery, China Field Force, has been placed on retired pay, and is granted the honorary rank of Major General in recognition of his services.
Thirty lighthouses are to be constructed along the coast of Corea. The total expenditure is A steam boat of estimated at one million yen. about 200 tons which is to be used for the inspec- toin of lighthouses is expected from Osaka shortly.
In connection with the rioting in Kayakijima colliery near Nagasaki, thirty-one arrests were made and the accused are undergoing prelimi. nary trial. The total damage sustained by the owners of the colliery is roughly estimated at over 10,000 yen.
H.M.S. Daphne arrived at Bangkok from Hongkong on the 24th alt, with Mr. Reginald Tower, the new British Minister Plenipoten. tiary, on board. He was met on landing by Mr. Archer. On the previous day Mr. Luiz Leo- poldo Flores, the new Portuguese ·Consul- General, arrived by the s.s. Deii.
The evening of the 2nd inst. was spent in a very pleasant manner by the postmen of H.M. ships now in harbour at a dinner and a smoker at the Hongkong Hotel. The tables were cleared after a first-cla's dinner had been disposed of, and toasts were drunk as follow King Edward VII;" The noble Corrs we belong Following these, to," and "Our Guests." songs were sung by Mr. Marshall, Talbot, Pte. Chellingsworth, Glory, Sergt. Lyall, Glory. Pte.
The newly built river gunboat Teal had a Goodwin, Glory, Lce. Sergt. Presland, of the Alacrity (who leaves for home in a short successful trial trip at Shanghai on the 3rd time,
encored), Sergt. Ash, inst. She left the International Dock, under Bramble, Gunner Pickworth, Goliath, and the direct supervision_of_Captain Baker of last but not
of least Mr. Mills, the H.M.S. Astra and Staff Engineer F. M. Bramble. Mr. Maishall then gave several Cottam, assisted by Engineer W. Toop, who very clever exhibitions in club-swinging, and was followed by Corpl. Martin, a clever come dian and a very good dancer. Sergt. Presland made a farewell speech, and a very enjoyable evening to all concerned ended with "God Save the King."
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