*[March 10, 1902.
It is true that the word control is used and that ordinances are carefully drawn, but, in view of Sir George Bowen's letter and of existing cir- cumstances at the time, we are persuaded that it meant neither more nor less than Episcopal jurisdiction. If it meant, as bas been said, other than this, there would appear to be no meaning in the word immediate; for how could anything be under the immediate direction and management of one person if, "beyond the question of legality," it were necessary to obtain the "consent" of another? Such an inter. pretation would reduce this section of the ordinance to a contradication of terms. More- over, we have strong reasons for stating that Bishop Burdon, during whose Episcopate the Ordinance of 1892 was passed, and under whose licence we worked here for four years, concurred with the opinion above stated, and acted or refrained from acting accordingly. We also have it on the authority of one who made the original draft for the Ordinance of 102, that control meant Episcopal control; and these exact words do stand in the Margin. In fact, the Gibraltar Ordinance, on which ours was based, contains the words:-
"All matters connected with the religious services shall be under the direction and management of the Colonial Chaplain, subject to the Episcopal control of the Bishop,"
and it appears to us as probable that in our ordinance the word "Episcopal" was omitted to save redundancy of expression, and the word "immediate" "inserted to secure for the Chaplain the direction and management of the
services.
Further, in the letter referred to above, the Governor expressed the opinion that "whenever a Church Body is instituted here the Bishop|| should hold a position analogous to that held by the Bishops in the disestablished Church in Ireland and in most of the British Colonies." It makes по difference that the Church of S. John is called a Cathedral because it contains the Bishop's official seat It is also the parish church, if we may so say of the greater part of the Anglican Church people in the colony.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
the Ordinance still gives to the Chaplain the; 'immediate direction and management" of the services in the Cathedral Church of S. Johu, in Hongkong.
HONGKONG.
Another lukong has been sent to prison for | two months for accepting a bribe. Mr. Hallifax tried the case in the New Territory,
A sudden death occurred on board a launch in the harbour on the 5th inst. Two Rus- sian women from Tientsin, who came down by the German mail steamer Sachsen and were transhipping to the Zafiro to go to Manila, were stepping out of their sampan on to the launch, which lay alongside the steamer. when one of them, aged about 36, suddenly fell down and expired, presumably from heart disease. The body was taken ashore and carried to the mortuary.
The return of deaths in the Colony during January last shows that 24 of the European- and Foreign community (16 civilians, 4 each from Army and Navy) and 345 of the Chinese community died during that month. Chest affections accounted for 124, and malarial fever į for 3. The death-rates in the principal regis- | tration-districts were :-- British and Foreign civil community. 20 per 1,000 per annum; Chinese, Victoria, land 14.7, boat 14.1, Chinese. whole Colony, laud 15, boat 13.2, land and boat 14.7; total civil community, 14.9. Stanley on its land population shows the very high figure of 58.5 per 1,60 per annum., owing to the occurence of deaths in a community of 820.
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Mr. Osbert Chadwick, the engineering expert on the Sanitary Commission for Hongkong, ar- rived in the Colony on the 8th ult, by the English mail. He left Marseilles on the 31st of January by the French mail, but transferred to the Oriental owing to the former's breakdown. In pursuing the inquiry into the sanitary condition of Hongkong, Mr. Chadwick will act in con- junction with Professor Simpsou, who has been here for some weeks. Mr. Chadwick for some years held the position of consulting engineer to the Hongng Government, so that he will face the task set him with full local knowledge as well as with his well-known engineering skill. He is a son of Sir Edwin Chadwick, K.C.B. He joined the Royal Engineers in 1864, retired in 1873, and has subsequently practiced as a consulting engineer, principally in connection with H. M. Crown Colonies. He received the C.M.G. decoration for services conuected with the Colonies.
COMMERCIAL.
CAMPHOR.
HONGKONG, 7th March.-Xo arrivals.
SUGAR.
HONGKONG, 7th March.-Prices are going down- ward, market being weak. Quotations are:- Shekloong, No. 1, White..
do.
2, White. Shekloong, No. 1, Brown
do.
191
7 lbs. Bare at 83.45, 300 pieces Gold Horse at $3.40, 375 pieces 7 lbs, Red Stag at $2.924, 300 pieces 8 lbs. Red. Stag at $3.20.
METAL-Nail Rod Iron: 4,000 bundles 1,6 at $4.52 to arrive. Round Iron Bars: 84) piculs at
$4.45.
Bombay-Nos. 10 to 20s. English-Nos. 16 to 24,. 22 to 21, 28 to 32, 38 to 42..
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COTTON PIECE GOODS---
Grey Shirtings- 6 lbs.
per bale $78.00 to $119.00 114.00 to 120.00
White Shirtings-54 to 56 rd. 2.40
120.00 to 128.00
136.00 to 142.00 155.00 to
170:00
per piece.
2.10
to 2.20
7 lbs.
2.25
to 2.50
.8.4 lbs.
2.90
to 3.55
9 to 10 lbs.
3.70
to 4.85
to 2.70
68 to 60 3.15 64 to 56 Fine...
to 4.10
*
4.20 5.20
to 5.00
to 7.40
to 6,50
to 1.25
to 1.90
2.00
to 2.30
to 2.15
to 3.30
to 3.55
to 6.75
Book-folds 4.30
+
FX
Victoria Lawns-12 yards...... 0.73 T-Cloths-- 6lbs. (32 in.), Orly. 1.70 7lbs. (32.. ). 6lbs. (32 ), Mexs, 2.00 7lbs. (32 .. ).
2.80 8 to 8.4 oz., (36 in.) 3.00) Drills, English---40yds., 133 to 4.00
14 lbs. FANCY COTTONS—
Turkey Red Shirtings—14 to Į 8 lbs y
DAMASKS-
Brocades-Dyed..
Chintzes-Assorted
Velvets Black, 22 in. Velveteens-18 in
1.50
to 4.65
i
to
per yard
0.08 to 0.15
0.22- to 0.45
0.2! to 0.28
per dozen
Handkerchiefs-Imitation Silk 025 to 2.50
WOOLLENS-
per yard Spanish Stripes-Sundry chops.0.65 to 2.00 Habit, Med., and Broad Cloths 1.25
Long Ells-Senrlet, 7-10 lbs.
Assorted.
?
Camlets-Assorted. Lastings-30 yds, 31 inches
Assorted A Orleans-Plain
Blankets-8 to 12 lbs. METALS-
Iron-Nail Rod
Square, Flat Round Bar(Eng. Swedish Bar
Small Round Rod Hoop 2 to 11 2lin., Wire, 15 25,
to 3.00 per piece 6.50 to
8.10 6.60 to 8,20 12.00
12,00
to 32.00
to 16.00
8.00 to 9.00
per pair
4.00
4.30 to
to 8.50
per picul
4.35 to
6.90 to
4.75 to
5.90
to
8.50
to
2.50
to
Pig Non....
.35.50
to 36.50
Lead, L. B. & Co. and Hole Chop 8.40
Australian
to
8,30 to
Old Wire Rope
-
METALS
per picul Yellow M'tal-Müntz 14 20 oz.38.00 to Vivian's 14 20 oz. 38.00 to Elliot's 14 20 oz. 38.00 to Composition Nails...
..61.00 to Japan Copper, Slabs.
Tin...
Tin-Plates
$8.40 to $8.45 pel.
7,50 to 7.60 6.05 to 6.10 6.85 to 5,90 8.35 to 8.40 7.40 to 7.45
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73
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Steel) to SUNDRIES →
5.95 to 6.00
5.75 to 5.80 13.25 to 13.30 .10.25 to 10.30
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We are quite aware that we are only express ing an opinion, and we have no object but to arrive at a right conclusion which may be a guide to those who come after us; but we believe that the words "control of the Bishop," as used in this section of the Ordinance meant, in the mind of the original drafts
as well as in the minds of those who were responsible for the Act, and that they should still mean, Episcopal jurisdiction." Now, Episcopal jurisdiction is that which every Bishop exercises over the licensed clergy in his diocese and is the same in all places where the Church is, established or disesta blished. It secures canonical obedience, and it does not give a Bishop the right to alter or control.in any way the services in a particular church so long as they are lawfully conducted.
While the Cathedral Chaplain here would by courtesy and most naturally confer with the Bishop in auy proposal to materially alter the services (especially in view of the Bishop's close connection with the Cathedral, and of his frequent help given there), as he would also naturally consider the wishes of the Congrega- tion, we affirm that the Chaplain is not bound to obtain the consent of the Bishop in every matter any more than the incumbent of any parish church is bound to do so a process which might be quite impossible on occasions when the Bishop happened to be away in some dis- tant part of his "diocese," and which would imply that the Bishop might himself demand an alteration in the services. However, by accepting a position under the jurisdiction of the Bishop the Chaplain puts himself into line with all other clergy having the cure of souls, and remains an integral part of the organisa- tion of the Church of England, subject to its lawful discipline and owing allegiance to his Ordinary. Thus, we confidently and emphati cally assert that, having regard to the circum-reported during the week are the following:- stances which preceded disestablishment here in 1892, the words "subject to the control of the Bishop" meant simply this: that a new civil chaplain should not be as his predecessors, the Colonial Chaplains, "free from episcopal jurisdiction;" and that, the Church Body's interpretation notwithstanding, this section of
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2. Brown Swatow, No. 1, White...
do.
1, White.... No. 1, Brown Swatow,
2. Brown Foochow Sugar Candy Shekloong
do.
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RICE.
HONGKONG, 7th March.-Prices are declining, the market being quiet. Quotations are:- Saigon, Ordinary.....
Round, Good quality Long Siam, Field mill cleaned, No. 2
Garden,
No. 1 White...... Fine Cargo
*
.........
$2.70 to 2.75 3.50 to 3.85 4.00 to 4.05
Quicksilver
Window Glass
Kerosene Oil...
.39.00 to
..68.50
8.00
to
per box.
to
per cwt. caso 5.90 to
per picul .171.00 to
per box.
6.50
to
per 10-gal. case
2.05 to.
VESSELS ON THE BERTH.
FOR ANTWERP.-Sunuki Muru (str.), Tumba Maru (str.).
FOR LONDON.-Ballarat (str.), Tamba Maru 2.95 to 3.00 (str.), Dardanus (str.), Ulysses (str.), Antenor (str.), Bombay (str.), Diomed (str.), Machuon (str.), Sanuki Maru (str.).
2.25 to 2.30 3.85 to 3.90 4.05 to 4.10
MISCELLANEOUS IMPORTS. HONGKONG, 7th March.-Amongst the sales
YARN AND PIECE GOODS.-Bombay Yarn: 50 bales No. 6 at $81, 50 bales No. 8 at $87, 1,100 bales No. 10 at 80 to $91.5, $91.50, 1,050 bales No. 12 at $92,75 to $96, 550 bales No. 16 at $100 to $108.75, 1,350 bales No. 20 at $102.50 to $117.50. Gray Shirtings: 300 pieces S1 lbs. 3 Dogs at $3.77]. T-Cloths: 300 pieces & lbs. C.C. at $3.55, 300 pieces
FOR LIVERPOOL. Tydeus (str.), Prometheus (str.).
FOR MARSEILLES.-Sydney (str.), Sanuki Maru Maru (str.), (str.), Konigsberg (str.), Tamba Manchuria (str.).
FOR BREMEN. - Kiautschou (str.), Sithonia (str.).
FOR HAYES AND HAMBURG.-Konigsbery (str.), Adria (str.), Saxonia (str.), Bamberg (str.), Segoria (str.), Armenia (str.).
FOR GENOL-Armenia (str.). FOR TRIESTE.Trieste (str.).
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