March 23, 1903.]
It is officially notified that the name of Mr. Fuckeera Abdoolla Areu li has been added to the list of no -officia! Justices of the Peace, The visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending 14th March were 275 non-Chinese and 79 Chinese to the former, and 72 Lon- hinese Bud,985 Chinese
to the latter institution.
A notification appears in the Government Guzette that His Excell ney the Governor has
been pleased to app-int Mr. Go shom Stewart pro.isionally, and subject to the approval of His Majesty the King, to be au unofficial member of the Legi lative Counel with effect from the 10th inst., during the absence on leave of the Hon. C, S. Sharp or an il further notice. The local representatives of Life Companies held a Conference on the 13th inst. and decided upon forming an Association to be named the Hongkong Life Insurance Agents' Association. The following gentlemen were present: Massre. F. Kiene (Equitable Life), W. J. G. Whiley (Sun Life of Canad1), Powell Graut (New York Life). Lefferts Kuor (China Mutual, H. M. Tibbey (Manufactures), E. G. Barrett (of Messra. Dodwell & Co., Agents, Standard Life).
'I he annual dinner of the Devonian Society, which was formed in the Colony in 1896, took place on the 14th iust. at the Hongkong Club, when there was an attendance of sixteen members. On the walls of the room hung a representation of the arms of the county, and portraits of Admiral Sir Alexander Buller, K.C.B., and Rear-Adm`ral Holland, past pre- sidents of the Society, he chair was occupied by Mr. R. K. Leigh (who during the ereuing was re-elected president of the Society for the ensuing year), and Mr. E. W. Mitchell filled the vice-chair in the unavoidable absence of Mr. Mowbray S. Northcote, the hon. secretary. After an excellent repast (in which of course a junket formed a distinctive feature) the toasts of "The King." "The County of Devon," ani "The Ladies-especially those of Devonshire were submitted end rece.ved with enthusiasm and with song aud speech--partly in the old dialect of the county-a very enjoyable evening was spent.
H.M. S. Amphitrite and Pique returned from practice on the 16th inst, and the tiolia h left for Weihaiwei.
The U.S. gunboat Helena left on Thursday
for Canton.
MISCELLANEOUS.
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On the voyage to Singapore from Hougkong the Hakata Maru had a slight fire on board. It appears to have originated in No. 2 hold, bat being discovered early was got in hand by the crew before much damage was done,
A Tientsin contemporary mentions that a gentleman just returned from home and who made both the homeward and return trips vid Siberia, speaks in the highest terms of the ser- vice of the express trains.
At the fourth annual meeting of the share holders in the Weihaiwei Land and Building Co., Limited, held at Shanghai, the Chairman (Mr. A McLeod) said that although the result of the year's operations could not be looked upon as quite satisfactory, it showed a decided im provement upon the previous year, for while in 1901 they had to carry a sum of Tls. 2,453.17 to the debit of profit and less account, they had been able in 1992 to place Tis. 1,582 66 to
the credit of this account,
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At Portsmouth last month the battleship Mare, a London paper says, made a world's coaling record." She took aboard 1,570 tons at an average rate of a fraction above 241 tons per hour. This is a great advance upon the record of 212 tous per hour established by H.M.8. Majestic a few weeks previously, but we should like to point out that it falls far short of the Terrible's record in the Far East, On August 4th last year at Singapore the Terrible took on board in five hours the grand total of 1,510 tons of coal, au average of 30: tous per hour. At Hongkong the Terrible's record was 272 (ons an hour, but here the coaling took place from boats moored alongside the leviathan while at Singapore she went alongside the wharf.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT,
Mr. Phipps, who is a partner of Mr. Carnegie is now paying a visit to Chins and Japan. He is accompanied by Mrs, and Miss Phipps.
The relation of all the countries in the world. to-day is similar to that of the Conflicting States" in Ancient China, the Shen Pao says. In Ancient China, each of the "Conflicting States" tried to agg.andise itself at the expeuse of its neighbouring states; but at the same time each was very anxious to ally itself with one or more of the other States in order to prevent i s own territory being absorbed by its neighbours. Such is exactly the case with all the countries in the world at the present day.
The R.8. Kutsang, Capt. Payne, arrived at Singapore from Hongkong on the 11th inst. with 597 Chinese coolies, men and women, and anchored at the quarantine station. About 7.20 p.a. three of the Chinese coolies, the Straits Times says, commenced fighting for a sleeping place on one of the batches. They soon came to blows and two of them assaulted the other oue, one of them kicking him in the stomach. The man who was kicked fell down and expired in a few minutes. The ship's officers arrested the two men, handcuffed them, and handed them over to the police.
The British North Borneo Heraid thus writes of the increasing Chinese immigration there The Governor is greatly concerned in the encouragement of Chinese se tlement, of the continuation of which great hopes are enter- tained, on the West Coast and active ste;s have been taken to encourage wholesale immigration of the agricultural class from North China. It is satisfactory to note that so far two lots of immigrants have been secured by the Govern- ment Hongkong agents onbering 298 and 41!, all arriving within a month of each other. They have been registered and are being allotted to the railway, Mr. Hatton Hall and one or two o hers, for railway work and planting.
The announcement appears in the Bangkok papers that the tical is alvanced to 194 to the and will be maintained at that rate for three months, auless the value of the dollar in Singapore rises above 1,73, when it will be rised one saluug for each farthing above that figure. The Bangkok Times calls attention to the stringency in the supply of ticals at the banks and the difficulty of meeting the demands of the commercial world. The new mint.is not in working order and the o'd mint can only turn out 84,000 a day. Furthermore sixty millions of ticals, have been absorbed since last Angust. Business men aro-experiencing some difficulty in selling their gold drafts, while rice millers aud bankers re said to be in a quandary for coin. Our contemporary suggests that paper currency should be made compulsory for large amounts.
Our workly, contemporary O Patriota in its last issue, in one of the leading articles, states that the Club Uniao at Macao has been dissolved. naval offer during a ball given by the Club, Owing to gross misbehaviour on the part of a resulting in his own expulsion, all the members sent in their resignations. Considerable feeling has been engendered in this connection by the raising of the question of race. All the European officers joined hands in protesting against the decision of the Committee for expelling Lieut. Martha. As soon as the new Governor was informed of the resolution taken by the Committee at the general meeting, he sent for the President of the Club, the well- known lawyer, Mr. A. Pacheco, and ordered him to withdraw the decision taken by the Committee regarding the expulsion of Lieut. Martha of the gunboat Diu, under penalty of punishment. This interference by the Gover nor has, according to our contemporary, caused immense surprise among the inhabitants of Macio and to those abroad when they came to know of the occurrence. The members declin- ed to re-instalo the expelled member and resolved to dissolve tho Club. It is stated that during the geueral meeting of the Club for the purpose of dissoiving it, a body of police was posted onts de by order of the Administrador do Concelh`, A.D,C. to the Governor. "Some say it was a guard of honour for this particular occasion." It seems to be the general opinion that the Governor committed a grave error in interfering with the Committee of the Club in the exercise of its legal rights.
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A Calcutta tolegram, dated the 5th inst, says: -32,86) deaths from plague occurred in India last week-1,500 more than in the previous week. The principal increases have occurred in Bena', the United Provinces, and the Punjab. Decreases are reported from Bombay and Hyderabad. The mortality is 7,000 a week - higher than in the corresponding week of last year.
The work of rebuilding that part of the Nagasaki quarantine station at Megami which commenced. The contract for the erection of was destroyed by fire recently, has been
a disinfec ion house and temporary bathrooms is to be finished by the end of this month. The quarantine station will be finally ready in about six months time. Electric light is to replace oil lamps, and are lights, have already been placed at three points. ·
Mr. Napier has given notice of bis intention to ask the following question at a meeting of the Legislative (ouncil at Singapore: Aro the Government aware that Lo medical practi tioner whose qualification is a degree diploma or « licence of any Medical School of the United States of America or of the Empire of Japan is qualified to act as a ship's surgeon under The Chinese Immigrants Ordinance, 1902,' and that the working of Chinese immigration, and the law is causing considerable inconvenience to whether they will take steps to amend the
Ordinance ?"
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The Antwerp Métropole anncunces that Bel' gium has obtained a concession to the north of Tientsin on the right bank of the Pei-ho River. The German Shantung Railway traverses the concession; but the ground necessary for the construction of that line has been ceded to the Germans by Belgium, in return for the support given by Germany to the Belgian request for the marsh. The draining of the marsh, the journal adds, has been begun, and the plan of the roads to be made has been drawn.up. The Jurnal du Soir states that a Bill will shortly be introduced in the Chamber . regularising the concession in accordance with he provisions of international and Chinese law.
The Mani's Cablenews says that the trans- port Seward, used as a refrigerating ship by the quartermaster department, has arrived from goods conceale i in one of her forward bulk- Hongkong with eighteen packages of smuggled heads; worse, these packages were consigned to
army officials. The Scicard has been in Chica undergoing general repairs and when she customs officials, who lorated eighteen bundles of returned this afternoon was boarded by the China silk neatly and snugly packed in au
unlooked for place. The custom house being closed that afternoon the mator was ` not
officially made known; but the story leaked ont late at night and is essentially true, according to the best authority obtainable at a late hour. when it is finally sifted to the bottom, as no The matter will probably cause come remark doubt it will be, by the Collector of Custom The goods were seized.
Despatches received at New York from Rome, says a telegram in the Cablenews, indicate that the Vatican is gravely alarmed about the situation in the Philippines with regard to the religious war which is now on. It is stated that the reports received from the representa- tires of the Holy See in the Philippines are very pessimistic and take a despairing view of the situation. These reports are said to contain an appeal for concessions which will hold the people to the old church. A despatel from Rome states that in accordance with these appeals the Vatican has instructed the Aposto- lic Del-gate in the Philippines to use the utmost liberality in his dealings with people: to consider their vows with regard to the remoral of the Spanish friars and whenever it appears that the people of a town desire them to le..ve, that he withdraw them. Moreover it is directed that in the settlement of the land question, wherever, the titles of the orders are faulty, no attempt be made to defend such titles, but thist restitution be made to the lawful owners, The same despatch states that the Pope feels that his days are numbered and is very solicitous. that he should live to see the completion of the negotiations between bis representative and the Civil Governor of the Philippines.
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