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CANTON.
(PROM OUR CORRESPONDENT,|
Canton, 7th June.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT. stations are established at Bunsanbo and Tokanbo, under the charge of Mr. Fujie, an expert. Last year 1,830 yen was appropriated to "this department, and all the arrangements required were completed. This year 3,50 you has been
A RIVER OUTRAGE, commenced. People of the island who are
A few days ago a pirate chief, nicknamed interested in tea-cultivation say that the plants, "the scarred dog,” and six of his comrades took given mannre, produce more leaves, but they passage in a boat to go home to Pak Nai. It lose the natural flavour of the Formosa tes, so happened that a few soldiers and the captain that they are unfit for making the best Oolong of the Hee regiment were also there among variety. If the results of the experiment be as
the passengers, Upon a private informier anticipated, the production of tea can be doubled, telling this captain that there were pirates on and as it is intended to use machines for pre-board, he captain ordered his soldiers to make paring the leaf, the result will be a reduction in search among the passengers for arms. The the price and in the manufacturing expenses. pirate chief, having heard of it, pulled out his Formosan tea may compete in price with revolver and shot the captain dead. the tea market of the world. The expenses informer was also killed, while some soldiers appropriated to the four agricultural experiment were wounded and others jumped into the al stations in the island amount to 24,259 yen.
water. The pirates ordered the pilot to take the boat to the shore, when they clearep out.
position, it is reported, of chief engineer. One of the main points laid stress on by France for some time past, in any discussion of the differences with Siam, has been the fact that practically there is only one Frenchman among the many foreigners in the Government service.granted, and the testing of manure has been It may therefore be hoped that the new appoint ment can be taken as indicative of a somewhat better understanding between the Governments. The Siam Free Press is informed that Siam has granted to Japan a largs and important conorsion of land, in the neighbourhood beyond the Sapatoom Race-course, Bangkok, for the purpose of establishing a school for the develop. ment of sericultural industry in Siam. Other concessions to the same ration are very much "in the air," also, and this is only a harbinger of those that are to follow, by all accounts. No more handy place could be alloted to the hardy and industrious Japanese for establishing their base of operations, than the neighbourhood of Sapatoom, and once the colony is firmly rooted in that fertile soil it will take deep hold, while extending its branches far and wide. It is a sign of the times, continues the Free Press, when we hear that Captain de Richelieu, who has so lòng beer connected with the Royal Siamese, Navy and who rendered invaluable service to the King and country in that Department for a long period, and also another prominent offl- cial, Captain K. de Lerche and some other European officers, are resigning from service in the Siamese Navy. These gentlemen deserve well of Siam, having rendered yeoman service to her King, and now they retire for some reasons better known to themselves Fut what is strange, we hear that their places will not be filled by other Europeans. From this we may conclude that the beginning of the "Orientalisa- tion" of Siam is near at hand.
DEVELOPMENT OF FORMOSA. The Osaka Asahi publishes an interesting letter from Taipeh, as follows:
Seven years have now elapsed since Formoss was acquired by Japan. The first three or four years were spent in investigations, and it is only recently that practical experiments were made and public works started in earnest. The time has at last arrived for carrying out the schemes proposed, and the authorities are now ready to sid in the promotion of industrial enterprises. Beside the works under local governments, which are to be carried out with the aid of the local taxes, the principal experiments under taken for the present fiscal year by the authorities of the Governor-General's Office relate to the sugar, weaving, porcelain, A and sericulture industries, in addition to the establishment of a. station for train ing aborigines, the improvement of tea manufacture, the
of tobacco, and the establishment of an agricultural experi- ment station. A sum of 149,700 yeu has been appropriated for the encouragement and im provement of the sugar industry for the present fiscal year, and the regulations relating to the official organisation and function of the Sugar Bureau are already drafted, and are expected to be published shortly.
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MACAO.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
Macao, 8th June.
THE HEALTH OF THE COLONY.
It has been suggested to me that my last communication, published in your columns on Tuesday last, might have led to some mis- conception as to the actual state of the public health of Macao, without certain amplifications. In deference to the feeling which has been created and with a view to dissipate any fears as regards the healthiness of the city, as well as in justice to the tradal interest, such as it is, of the port, I have obtained and now give publicity to the most authoritative statement in reference to the recent mortality amongst the population of Macao. Up to the present the only Europeans who have fallen victims to cholera are two men of the land and mari- time police, an artilleryman, and a Sister of Charity. In all these cases no report was made when the first symptoms of the disease manifested themselves, and recourse in each case was had to medical aid only at the eleventh hour. The percentage of recovery when the sickness is taken in hand in the early stage shows that the disease is easily tractable by the administration of the right specific. Europeans, Macaenses, and Chinese living in proper conditions of comfort and hygiene have enjoyed perfect immunity from attack. immediate, causation of the recent mortality from choleraic complaints is set down, as at first reported, to the contaminated water obtained from wells, after a long period of drought, in the quarters inhabited by the poor and ignorant class of Chinese, whose usual apatby neglects the ordinary principles of sanitation, to the But those who detriment of their own safety. took timely notice of the warnings issued by the municipal authorities, by having water boiled before using it for potable purposes, have been singularly free from attack. In this respect, I learn that the hotels and all public institu- tious exercise the most careful supervision over the water supplied to and consumed in those establishments. The general death-rate com- the corresponding period for previous years is very favourable, in spite of the number of deaths from cholera.
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The weaving industry in Formosa has been found to be a lucrative business, and an experi-
It is a singular fact that notwithstand mentis proposed for the wearing of stuffs from the tissue of pineapples, ramie, &o., which are largely ing the prevalence of plague in Canton, exported to China. Funds for the encourage Hongkong, and in the island dependencies ment of the various local authorities, and the cen- (Taipa and Colouan) of Macao, the mortality tral authorities are considering the applications, of statistics for Macao proper show only two It is arranged that an appropriate subsidy fatal cases of plague for the current year. The second case recorded was on the 23rd March shall be granted this year by the Government for the encouragement of the manufacture of last; since then not a single case has come to porcelain, the cultivation of tobacco, and sericul- the notice of the sanitary authorities nor any ture. The establishment of the station for discovered in the course of the daily inspections. training aborigines in business methods. was Considering the analogy of the climatic and proposed last year, and has now been taken in other conditions of Macao with the neighbour- hand. The sum of 3,00) yen was set aside for ing ports, this immunity can only be attributed this purpose. The experiment station for the to the improvement schemes brought forward culture of vegetables by the Teraso tribe," by H.E. senhor Horta e Costa, seconded by under the jurisdiction of the Koshun local the municipal authorities, and carried out with government, was established last year, but only the ready acquiescence of a good-natured 1,850 yen was at first appropriated, the amount community, in various parts of the city which being increased to 7,625 yen this year. This formerly constituted hot-beds of the plague bacillus. With the resumption d relaying station is intended for the supply of vegetables of the Horts de Mitra the finishing stroke will for household use.
"Torperiments" for the improvement of the tea be given to the general measures of sanitary plants are still being made. The examination of | inprovements, and another bid made to retain imanure was taken in hand for the first time for Macso the enviable reputation of being the
■ November last. Tes-culture experimental sanatorium for South China.
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A WONDERFUL MACHINE.
The.
A certain inventor, by name Kwok Yuk-ying has invented a machine bow to discharge arrows, from. He presented a petition to the Viceroy saying the machine would be quite able to compete with foreign rifles in warfare. His Excellency ordered him to make an experiments trial of it before General Chung Hip, of the native regiment, on the parade ground. The invention was fired three times, and turned ont to be a failure!
A NEW EMBANKMENT.
Permission for the constructing of the em bankment of Wong Sha at the north-east of Shameen was granted to Lo Sew Ping, Kwok Nai Sum, and oth rs. They were to fill up the embankment to the extent of 30 chaungs (300 feet) along the seafront. Work was begun last year.
But instead of 30, cheungs the licencees have allowed the embankments along the sea front, to be filled up to 80 cheungo extent. The result is that the gentry of that locality have petitioned against them for obstructing river navigation. The Viceroy three weiyuins to make ordered investigations, and they reported that it was a fact that an obstruction of navigation has been caused. The licensees were ordered to remove the obstruction and pay a fine.
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SWATOW.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.}
Swatow, 6th June.
NAVAL MOVEMENTS,
H.M. torpedo-boats Hart, Fame, and Whiting, on their way from Hongkong to the North, called in here on the 4th inst, and left again
the following day.
CHANGE OF OFFICIALS.
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Taotai Ting Pag Chuan arrived here from Peking via Hongkong on the 30th instant Taotai Chüb, has been for many years attached Ting, who has come to relieve the present. to the now defunct Tsangli Yamen, and is supposed to be a very progressive and en lightened official. On the day of his arrival he afterwards to Chowchowfu. The retired Tsotai called on the foreign Consuls and proceeded Chüh will be leaving very shortly.
STATE OF USEEST.
In the four Hakka districts of Haing Ning, Ping Yüan, Ching Peg, and Cheng Lok, the people are greatly alarmed owing to the ap pearance there of members of the Triad Society. Those places being largely inhabited by fairly well-to-do merchants, it is said that the Triad gang approach certain houses and make demands for money. Those who pay up are handed a card which guarantees no further molestations, but those who refuse to comply with their demands are in constant dread for their lives. The officials are quite powerless to deal with the ponce-disturbors."
MISMAP TO THE. ICE-MANUFACTORY. Our local ice-manufactory has been very unfortunate since its erection here. Last year the water-pipes got corroded and the supply of ice was therefore stopped for the remainder of the summer. This year the company, had worse luck, as one of the cylinder-covers broke and the manufacture of ice cannot be continued. I hear new machines have been ordered from America.
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