September 13, 1902.]
The Gazette notifies that information has been received from H. B. M. Consul at Foochow that the quarantine regulations there have been discontinued.
His Excellency the Governor's newly- appointed A.D.C.. Lient. J. B Arbuthnot, of the Scots Guards, is expected to arrive by the P. & O. s.s. Valetta to-day.
At a meeting of the United Service Mesouic Lodge on the 9th inst, the Worshipful Master. Mr. G. G. Burnett, intimated that .R.H. the Duke of Connaught, the Grand Master of the Order, had been pleased to confer the order of Past Grand Deacon of England upou Mr. E. ('. Rey, Deputy Grand Master of Hongkong and South China, in honour of the Coronation of His Majesty King Edward VII. Mr. A. Shaw, manager of the Hongkong Cotton Spinning, Wearing & Dyeing Co, Ld.. Ea-t Point, reported to the officials at Wanchai Police Station that one of his employees, a Chinaman 23 years of age, while working at a machine, was unfortunate enough to have his queue caught by the driving-belt, round which it wound. The man was diagged clean off his feet, but his cries attracted attention and the belt was disconnected in time. The only real injury he sustained was when he dropped to the ground, the fall resulting in a nasty scalp wound which necessitated his removal to the Alice Memorial Hospital.
Considerable progress, we are informed, has of late been made in the operations for raising the ss. Pakshan (1,976 tons) which sank in the Harbour opposite the Sailors' Home on 2nd June
She lies on her side in about fifty feet of water. Messrs. Morton & Gibson, who have undertaken the work of salvage, have found, contrary to general expectation, that the bottom is hard with only a thin layer of mud, the operations thus being rendered easier. But as it is, the silt has caused the divers some frouble. Meanwhile one of the two slings by which thefraising of the vessel is proposed to be effected lias been put into position and the other is almost through. When the slings are in position the vessel will be hauled over en fo an eren keel and then raised by lighters in the usual way.
Messrs. Morton & Gibson are to be cor gratulated on the expedition and success with which their venture has so far been at- tended.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sir Brooke Boothby, Bart., Secretary of the British Legation in Tokyo, has been gazetted Secretary of the Ir gation in Brussels.
Lim King Hui, a Chinese of: ome position and education, and three other men concerned the Penang ricksha strike, have been found guilty of rioting and sentenced to a month's im- prisonment each.
The result of the Warren Shield shooting competition in the Straits was a victory for the Malay States Guides (Gunner Co.), the Singa- | pore Volunteer Rifles being second, and two more companies of the Malay States Guides next.
The Tokyo correspondent of the Cologne Gazette is enthusiastic concerning a Russo- Japanese understanding, which he declares to be imminent, and asserts that Russophils in Tokyo include the highest in society and some ex-Ministers.
An edifying spectacle was afforded on the 6th inst. on one of the new sky-scrapers in course of erection on Praya Central. The incident was of special interest, in view of the anxiously awaited statement of the Gorerument dealing with the collapse of houses. Ap- parently the building contractor hd either failed to build the front wall according to the architect's plan, cr his work was in some way at fault, for a foreign overseer was {een ruthlessly demolishing part of the wall in question. At first the inspector used his bands and feet quite freely in knocking doy n the objectionable wal and, after a spell, indignantly finished his task with a trowel and crowbar. The No. 1 Chinese who came upon the scene nearly shared the fate of his wall. The interesting part of the iucident was the absolute ease with which the wall was taken to pieces. The cement (!) had dried-it was no doubt used on the supposition that it was stronger than our uoted local mortar and as each brick fell a shower of dust r preson'ing the cement (!!) went with it. (ne observer, who was a building expert, said the cement) was "made. in Germany and was rapidly becoming popular with the local Chinese because of its cheapress If our Lew five-story buildings are stacked up in this fashion one cannot wouder at the period- ical collapse of Chinese tenements. his is the house that Ah Sin, of Hongkong, built' will soon be as well known a legend as "the domicile erected by Jack," and the commanity should be devoutly thankful that even mild earth quake shocks nowadays are unknown to the Colony; the only force that really threatens destruction is the heavy saluting during the annual visit of the fleet.
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Rickshas at Penang are now being fitted with seat covers of khaki instead of black, the former colour. Cleanliness is said to be one advantage of the innovation.
A telegram received in Singapore on the 25th ult. states that the cholera is practically finished in Soerabaya. There has been considerable rain eastward, and the sickness is virtually over.
In their petition for the admission of Chinese labourers to the Philippines, for presentation to Congress, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce has the hearty co-operation and good wishes of all American business men, says the Manila Freedom. The Chinese do not desire to go there more than the Americans desire them to
come.
COMMERCIAL,
TEA.. EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT.
1901-2 lbs.
A Northern native paper hears from Hankow that the Government cotton mill has been leased to a Cantonese merchant named Hui Shanghai .. Chih-chen, who will restart it on the fifteenth day of the eighth Moon. With ref rence to the silk filature, the matter has not been decided.
The shop-girl has been introduced into Japan. The Mitsui drapery firm has hitherto employed men almost exclusively in the firm's shops, but it has now been decided to engage shop.girls. The girls to be engaged are to lie between sixteen and thirty years of age. The firm has shops in Tokyo, Osaka, and other towns."
The Japanese Commercial Agent in Vladivo | stock r ports that the Governor-General of the Amur districts recently issued instruotions to the governors of the Siberian coast districts to the effect that foreigners not in possession of passports in accordance with Regulations are not to be permitted to enter the Amur districts aud that foreign residents there who may be in possession of an official certificate of domicile are also to be turned out of the country at the expiration of the term specified in the certifi cates unless they procure new oues from the authorities.
Count Matsukata, who has just returned to Japan with Prince Komatsu, does not Hatter the Trans-Siberian Railway. Referring to his recent journey over it, he stated, according to the Kobe Herald, that he experienced a great deal of hardship during the journey. The line was badly constructed and the carriages were dirty. It was a'most impossible for meu to travel in them. Radical improvements were urgently called for. As things are no one who had once travelled on the railway would ever dream of returning by it. If it was said that travelling by the Siberian Railway was better than sitting in a prison-house, he would have to admit that that was so.
H.M.S Arethusa left for home on the 8th inst. The British transport Uganda sailed for Calcut- 1a. On the 7th the U. S. transport Rainbow |
left for Manila.
The U. S. transport McLellan arrived from Manila on the 9th inst.
The German gunboat Luchs left for Chefoo' n. Thursday.
Mr. Acting Consul-General James Scott in his report on Canton's trade in 1901 writes, under the head of "Mint The dollar and its subsidiary coins are now in use among the Chinese throughout the province. The Canton Imperial Mint coutinues to coin about the same amount as in former years. The coinage of the dollar does not find favour with the mint authorities. There are two considerations and explanations thereof. Firstly, the dollar is a cumbrous coin, and therefore seldom carried by the common classes, who find 10-cent and 20-cent pieces more convenient for their petty purchases: secondly, the minting of subsidiary coins brings a much greater profit to the mint authorities, as they contain more alloy and less pure silver than the dollar.
Writing of the Hunan murder, the P. and T. Times says:-China's friends instead of shrieking for indiscriminate vengeance must try and bring home to the Chinese that as a civilised people they abase their honour by these atrocities: moreover they distinctly place a weapon in the hands of those who are ever urging that the outraged foreign government should take the law into its own hand. We have heard a wise man say that every missionary murder was a nail in the coffin of China's ex- istence, and truly the history of Kiaochau gires unhappy point to the remark. China's best friends wish her to come into line with modern civilisation in seeing these crimes in their true colours as a consummation of human atrocity: the cure lies in her own hands if she will but administer it.
Amoy and Formosa. Foochow Canton
1900-1
lbs.
370,022 7,123,495
292,550 5,786,785
7,405,517 6,079,335
EXPORT OF TEA FROM CHINA TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA,
1901-02 1900-01
10,444,757 6,578,505 3,300,083 288,491
13,744,840
6,866,996
Shangbai Amoy and Formosa.. Foochow
EXPORT OF TEA FROM JAPAN TO UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
Yokohama Kobe Hiogo
1900-1
lbs. 12,998,226
1899-00
lbs. 14,963,490
12,998,226
14,963,490
SILK.
CANTON, 28th August:-Re-reels. Business bas heen confined to 15 Bales each Nos. 1 and 2 at $7074, and 10 Bales each Nos. 1 and 2, Yeo Wo Hing's Pagoda at $720 average. Filatures.- Remain in good enquiry during the greater part of the fortnight but business is now to some extent checked by the high prices asked. Finest sizes continue in great favour but, being practically unbtainable, our quotations for these are purely nominal. It is reported that $920 are offered for Yuen Fung Seng 10: 12 held for $950. Purchases include; Kwan Wo On 9:11 3920, Yue Loong Hing 10.12 $910, Yut Cheong Wo 10/12 2890-$900, King Seng 11 13 $905, Yeo King $1/13 $880, Chee Chung Wo 13 15 $900, Wai King Wo 13 22 $765, Yu Ye Lun 18.22 $760, Yue Ye Cheong, Po King Wo and equivalent 224, 24/28 (150 Bales) $780, Best 3e Order have sold up to $830 for 10/12 (no atock), $770 for 11-13, 13/15, $750 for 13,15 and 725 for 14/18, Short-reels.-The demand for America has slackened off somewhat, but enquiry still holds in certain quarters and sales have been made at 88 for Kwong Wo Tai, $855/880 for Wing Hing Lun and Gold Lion, $84) for U Hau Cheong, and $830 for Kwong Sang Yuen 14/16. Waste.---Country prices continue to advance still. uninterruptedly and business is quite at a stand- The difference on most classes between
prices asked and offered is about $1 p. pel., with no present prospect of holders giving way.
Appended are quotations inCanton, with laying down cost in London, Lyons and New York. Exchange 6 months' sight 1/98, and Fes. 2.24 per
Dollar:-
CAMPHOR. HONGKONG, 12th Septeu ber.- No arriva`s.
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SUGAR. HONGKONG, 12th September. The prices are going downward, market being dull Shekloong, No. 1, White......$8.05 to $8.10 pel.
do.
2, .White...... 8.76 to 6.80 Shekloong, No. 1, Brown 6.05 to 6.10 Swatow,
do.
2, Brown
5.85 to 5.00 No. 1, White.. 8.00 to 8.05 No. 1, White... 6.65 to 6.70 5.80 to 5.85 5.65 to 5.70
Swatow, do. do.
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2, Brown Foochow Sugar Candy.........12.00 to 12.05 Shekloong
9.55 to 9.60
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