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Hongkong College of Medicine for Chinese, hereby declare that-
having attended courses of lectures during a period of five years in the various departments of professional study required by the College, has been examined, and daly satisfied the Examiners, in each of those subjects; that he is qualified to practice Medicine. Surgery, and Midwifery; and that by Authority of the Court of the College he is hereby granted the title of Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery of the Hongkong College of Medicine for Chinese [L.M.S.H.1.
It wi'ness whereof we have hereto set our
signatures on this 28th day of August in the year Nineteen hundred and Two, being the year of the Chinese Cycle Yam Yan.
THE HEALTH OF HONGKONG,
The year's cases of plague now number 563 (6 Europeans, 533 Chinese, 19 other Asiatics), while the deaths Lumber 548 (4 Europaaus, 529
Chinese, 15. other Asiatics). Two blank days were reported during the week.
Last week's figures of communicable disease in the Colony were:-Plague 11 cases (all Chinese, 10 in Victoria), with 11 deaths; Cho- lera 18 cases, (2 Europeans, 16 Chinese, 14 in Victoria), with 15 d-aths, enteric fever. 1 European case.
The return of deaths in the Colony during July shows a total of 707, made up of 32 in the European and foreiga community (28 civilians, 3 Army, 1 Navy) aud 675 Chinese. 182 deaths were from plague, 136 from chest affectious. 28 from malarial fever, and 25 from cholera, Plague was worst in No. 9 health district, where 44 deaths occurred. The death rates in the principal registration districts were-British and foreign civil community, 34.2 per 1,0.0 per annum; Chinese, Victoria, land 31.6, harbour 20.1; Chinese, whole Colony, land 28.8, boat 20.6, land and boat 27.6; whole civil community,
27.8.
THE HUNAN MURDER.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
German captain bas generously offered to go full speed to Shasi and send my telegram from there. The British gunboat will stay and see me off under a full escort. On arrival at Chen- | cheo, if necessary, I will see to the burial of our friends in a suitable place. I will return to Changtel as soon as possible."
THE PONTIANAK FIRE.
The S. F. Press says:--
Capt Odink, of the Ban Fo Soon, which arrived here from Po tinuak this morning brings the news of a devastating fire in the town of Pontianak. He states that on Sunday afternoon, the 17th inst., the whole of the native town was destroyed by fire, in three hours over 1,00 shops being burned to the ground. Hundreds of people were rendered homeless and they were lying in disco solate groups on every piece of waste land about the town, with such remnants of their property gathered about them as they had been enabled to sare from the flames. The local fire brigade worked hard, but was unable to make much progress against the fire, which haring seized on several of the dry attap-roofed- and wooden-walled dwellings obtained a firm foothold, and although the steamers Ban Fo Scon and Sambas strenuously assisted the firemen with their lines of hose, they could do little to save the doomed quarter.
The damage is estimated at $1,0 0,000, and are Mesirs Ban among the greatest losers Seng, Ly Ah Sin, and Lim Kin Tjoen. Loss of life must have be›u heavy, but as the fire was still smouldering when the Ban Fo Soon left, the number of fatalities had not been computed.. The outbreak was due to the observance of an old Chinese custom. An aged Chinawoman was burning paper money under the coffin of a deceased relative in order to provide for the soul's comfort in pecuniary matters in the next world, when the flames spread to a build- ing near.
{August 30, 1902.
there are no signs of withdrawal, although the time for retirement is approaching, it means war. Japan will fight, there is no doubt of that, if Russia does not go. Both nations are well aware of this and Russia is rapidly streng- thening her garrisons of vantage, while Japan is quietly preparing to s'rike a blow, if necessary. If war comes, the first thing this continent would hear of (the journal we quote. from continues, evidently echoing General Dorward) would be the blowing up and destruc. tion of the big Russian railway, for even now there are at points of vantage Japanese engineers who are versed in explosives, ever ready for the The war signal that war has been declared.
would hire its scene of action on both land and saa, beginning no doubt in naval operations in the Yellow Sea, and concluded on land. Russia has now 80,000 men in the garrisons of Manchuria, and, as is the custom of the country, they will remain as long as they are permitted The policy of Russia, says Major-General Dorward, while it may not be admirable
to.
from the point of view of the fair-minded. certainly has its advantages. Russia always remains in control of any disputed territory, until by show of arms, it is obliged to recede, and then the back down is graceful and polite but goes no further than sary, and the Tsar's troops are ever ready to steal back again.
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General Dorward said Great Britain has her strongest garrison in North China at Shan- haikwan--the coast terminus of the railway to Peking, there being but 250 men at the Chinese capit-1 The force at Shanhaikwan will likely be augmented to five regiments probably mostly Indian troops. The Germans have about 800 men, and the French and Japanese about 500 men each. It may bo eventually that Britain and Japan will maintain a garrison of troops of both nations, Major. General Fukushima who was in charge of the Japanese force during the North China cam- paign, being now in London, it is said, making CAPTAIN PERCY SCOTT'S LOADING | arrangements to this end, among other things.
TRAY.
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The Rev. J. W. Stevenson, the Dapaty Director of the China Inland Mission, has for- warded to the Shanghai Mercury the following two letters, containing the latest informationphantly emerged, says :- and the present details concerning the reported murder of Messrs. Bruce and Lowis at Chencheo:-
The writer of "Notes by the Way in the Ocean Magazine, referring to the recent prize- firing out of which H.M.S. Ocean to trium-
Letter from Chang Pahshuen, native evangelist at Chencheo, to Mr. Quirmbach of Changteh, dated Chencheo, August 15th :-
I beg to inform you that the missionaries Messrs. Bruce and Lowis have been cruelly beaten to death in the Mission House by the peop'e of Chen choo. I myself was nearly killed. I received a serious injury in my left hand and my left cheek and indeed my whole body was injured. Three days preɣiously I exhorted the two missionaries to go to the Yamen of the Prefect named Wu for safety. They repeatedly said there was no cause for fear, but they said if you are afraid you can return to your family. They also said to the servant Wan if you are afraid you can go home too. The missionaries said this repeatedly.
We being powerless to help them, these two missionaries were killed. Through God's grace I have escaped. In the, city and district There is a very severe epidemic, and the e have been a very large number of deaths. It was rumoured that the cause of the deaths was distribution of poisonous medicines by the missionaries. Several hundred des eradoes gathered together, came to the Mission House and caused the disturbance. I specially send Mr. Bruce's servant, Wan Tao-sio, with this letter to Changteh that you may inform the Mission Director and also send some one here quickly from Changteh to bury the missionaries All their property has been noted. This is a special report."
The Loading Tray Competition was ous of the most novel items, and for the uninitiated it would perhaps be well to describe this invention of Captain Perry Scolt, C.B., which enables us to obtain, by constant practice, rapidity in loading six-inch guns. It consists of a spare six-inch breech block which is fitted to a dummy breecli of wood and iron, from behind which runs a tray or trough of wood. Thus the machine is, as far as the operation of loading is concerned, to all intents and purposes a six- inch gun. The projectile has to be lifted up. placed in the breech and rammed home, by hand, to the end of the trough; a dummy cartridge is next inserted, the breech closed, and the firing key pressed. The breech is then opened, the cartridge extracted and the evolution repeated as often as possible in a given time (two minutes). To ensure the projectile being rammed home sufficiently hard, only shots which reach the end of the trough are "allowed to count.
AN INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL DORWARD.
Major-General Dorward, on arrival last month at Vancouver, gave his views to a news- paper repres ntativa on the Russo-Japanese situation, especially in relation to the question of Russia's withdrawal from Manchuria.
Major-General Dorward (a Victoria, B. C. paper says) speaks interestingly of the present and future crisis in the Far East, in which all eyes are on Russia. Will Russia evacuate Manchuria, or not? A solution of this question solves another. and that is, will there be war in the Far East? Major-General Dorward says there will undoubtedly be war unless Russia “I am afraid the dreadful news given in the
evacuates Manchuria according to terms of the enclosed letter is only too true. The bearer to
agreement which the Anglo-Japanese agree- us is Bruce's cook. I start for Cheucheo to-
ment forced that country to make with China, morrow morning under official protection. I
He believes, however, that Russia will go after will investigate as soon as possible and then
seeing that Japan will not submit to her remain- make a full report to you. Two gunboats-ing. If Manchuria is not evacuated, however, one German and one British-are here. The
Extracts from letter from Mr. H. B. Stewart, dated Changteh, Hunan, Sunday. August 17, 1902:-
THE SZECHUEN TROUBLES.
The Chengta correspondent of the Sinwenpa● wrote under date 26th July
It having been reported that a Boxer rabble of some 10,000 men sud boys had assembled at Shibpan, a village about eight miles distant from Chengtu, with headquarters at a Buddhist temple called Lungt'anshih, a brigade of troops was at once sont out from this city to disperse the insurgents. Desultory fights took place between the troops and Boxers on the 19th, 20th and 21st July, during which there were quite a number killed and wounded on both sides, but apparently without much success on the part of the troops. At about 3 o'clock on the morning of the 23rd July, the Boxers suddenly made a great bonfire, the flames rising to a great height and illuminating the heavens round about. This was intended to entrap the troops, the Boxers thinking that the former would rush over to put out the sup- posed conflagration, when it was intended to fall upon them and so capture the modern arms and ammunition of the troops. Luckily Colonel Liu of the artillery commanding the troops, suspecting some such ambuscade, re- mained in his camp, preferring to wait until daybreak befors moving his men forward. Early that morning the Boxers began to march up towards the troops, who at Colonel Lia's orders first fired a volley of blank cartridges at the enemy, as a warning not to approach too
uear.
The Boxers, seeing no one of their uum- ber fall, were overjoyed, deceiving themselves into thinking that this was due to the power of their incantation and charms. Naturally there was great enthusiasm amongst them and another rush forward was made, to be again mel by another volley of blank cartridges. Here, decidedly, was another proof of their javulnerability; and when a third volley of blank cartridges was fired the Boxers had got up to within a hundred yards of the troops, confident of making an easy prey of them. Then came the turn of the soldies; their Mauser magazine rifles were now properly loaded, and by the time three rapidly fired continuous volleys had been sent at the advancing Boxers their ranks were decimated and the survivors were flying in and Japanese correspondents at Peking say disorder and panic-stricken along the plain.
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