THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
VOL. LVIII.].
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
CONTENTS:
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Epitome
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Leading Articles :--
England's Fiscal Puļiky.
Manchuria
The Rumoured Imminence of War Canton River Traffic
Corruption in Government Departinents The Cubicle Question
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 1st AUGUST, 1903.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK
Dr. Yersin returned to Saigon by the M.M. steamer Tonkiu.
The U.S. cruisors Raleigh, Albany and Cin- cinnati are shortly expected in these waters.
Sir Ernest Satow, K.C.M.G. HB.M.'s 79 Minister to Peking, is expected here next 79 Thursday.
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The British battleship l'engeance arrived on July 26th from Lome for a three years' com- mission on this station.
The U.S. transport Sherman brought out 52 from San Francisco on her last voyage $1.500,00 $3 worth of the new Filipino pesos.
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Foreign Trade in Corgnud North Chira
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Hongkong Sanitary Board
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Health of the Colony....
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Sir E. Satow in Indi
Public Works in 1902
The lat Batt. Sherwood Foresters
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The Northern Crisis
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Requiem for the Late Pope Leɔ XIII
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The Inquest on Mr. Hector Samp-on
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Hankow-Canton Railway
Supreme Court
Correspondence
Canton ...
Notes from the Botanic Gardens
William Powell, Limited↓↓
Admiral Bayle will relieve Admical Marécha, who has been recallod, as commander-in-chief of the French squadron 10 the Far East.
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The Emperor of Japan has contributed 1,000 yen to the Welcome Society which is stated to have rendered valuable services to 10,000 foreign visitors to Japan.
and Great Northern Telegraph Companies will The joint service of the Eastern Extension
be discontinued from the 1st of August, from which date each Company will have its own separate counter where telegrams will be accepted for transmission by either Company's line.
The Mainichi says that the British Minister who was received in andi-neu by the Emperor on the 15thult, present d a representation regarding the opening of Wiju. The Minister received instructions from London to make the representation. The Emperor referred the Minister to the Foreign Minister on the matter." The French minister to Seoul was also rec. ived ia andience; but nothing has leaked ont regard.
Dame Deborah Bowring, widow of Sir Johning what transpired during his audience,
sa Bowring, a former Governor of Hongkong, has
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Police Court
The Currency of Indo-Chinu
Hongkong
Miscellaneous
Commercial......
Shipping
BIRTHS.
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The l'aiversal Guzelle is informed by its died at Exeter at the age of 85, leaving an estate | Peking correspondent that during the special valued at €13,392,
examination of talented men for public service, The heat on the 25th all. was searching, | those candidates that quoted phrases from or and several of the Sherwood Foresters had to followed the literary style of the work and fall out during the parade on the New Parada | publicstions of Kang Yn-wei and Liang-Chi- Ground. Twa were taken away in the chao were promptly plneked. The same treatment was accorded those that praisel the western systems of government to an enthn_ias-
ambulance.
Pirates attacked a Hongkong junk near the Bogue Forts, in Chinese waters, and stole arms 3 and clothing to the value of about $250. The pirates fired their riff is, lnf. only in the air, and no one was hurt.
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On the 17th July, at28, Nanzing Road, Heng- kew, Shanghai, the wife of MANUEL E. S. PEREIRA, of a daughter.
Captain Pitts, a passenger on the steamer Antenor, from the Far hast, was seriously ill on board with Bright's disease when the vessel reached Colombo, A local priest was sent for, as Captain Pitts was reported to be dying. On the 21st July, No. 25, Range Roul. According to the latest Japausa papers, the Shanghai, the wife of D. GOLDMAN, IM, Customs, | appointment of Marquis Ito and two other of a so11.
Statesmen to the Privy Council is due to the Emperor's desire to have them clos- at hand to consult with in the present grave position of
On the 20th July, at 3, Albany Road, Hong-| kong, the wife of A. PIERRE MARTY, of a daughter.
DEATHS.
On the 14th July, at Shanbaikwan, from the effects of an accident, ENRY RICHARD MACNER, Lieutenant, Indian Medical service, attached 30th Funjab Infantry, aged 27 years."
On the 18th July, the General Hospital, Shanghai, KARl, sq1||| Arthur Bietenhotz, aged 4 years.
Hongkong Weekly Press Dress
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ARRIVA OF MAILS.
The French mail of June 26th, per M. M. steamer Tonkin, arrive on the 27th ult., (32 days) and the English mail of the 3rd nl.. arrived per P. & O. steamer Valetta on the 31st nit., (28 days).
affairs.
We learn by the mail that the sudden death at New York of Mr. W. Graham, who for many yoars was Messrs. Jardino, Matheson & Co ́s representative at Foochow, was due t heat apoplexy. Mr. Graham feil down in the street, death being almost instantaneous,
According July 98th, the tandard says that the foxt of a a Reuter's telegram, dated
Convention between Russia and J.pan has been
published in Berlin; the Convention is alleged to have been signed when General Kuropatkin visited Tokyo. This al eged Convention was
published by certain Japanese journals a month ago and was subsequently described as a pare fabrication.
A Canton despatch to Shangbai reports that the sudden withdrawal by Viceroy Shum of so large a sum of money from Cant n-a million and a quarter_tao.s-for re ieting the distress in Kwangi, has caused a dearth of silver in the former city, so that native b nks and merchants are al. feeling its effects on trade. To such a degree bas the money market suffered that people have to pay interest on short loans at the rate of 12 per cent. per annum.
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tic degree and those that quoted the names of leaders of rebellions and rovolutions in Europe and America.
A Monkden despatch, the N.-C. Daily News says, states that the Chinese officials" in the varions cities and towns of the thres Munchurian provinces have received secret instructions from their Tartar Generals to raise as many able bodied mon as possible within their respectiv jurisdic. tions, whilst arms of modern make have also been distributed to the officials concerned. It is computed that the Chinesa anthorities in Manchuria have already distributed in sec et at
least 60,000 stanla of Muusers with 200 car-
tridges for each so that in the provincial capitals Monkden (Feugtien province), Kirin(Kirin pro. vince) and Tsugihar (Heilu goliang provinco there is quite a dearth in firearms of modern pattern. Whether these newly-enlisted men are for the purp ́se of assisting the Russians in the event of a war with Japan is stated to be an open question.
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Pirates are beginning to make their presence felt on the West River again. On the 27th ult. we reported the looting of a Hongkong junk near the Bogue Forts, in Chinese waters, and licensed ass-boat No. 295, has informed the now the master of another Hongkong cratf. police that on the evening of the 26th inst.. half-way between Canton and this; ̃port, was attacked by pirates in a fishing-
They junk.
fired shots from muskets across his bows, compelling him to heave to. The pass-hoat was then boarded by about fifteen of the pirates, who tied up the crow by the queues in batches of four, drove them into the hold, and kept them imprisoned there for over three hours under a guard of three men armed with revolvers the while the boat was noted. Cargo, money, and personal effects to the total. amount of $4,000 were stolen by the pirates, who, eventually sailed away in the direction of Canion.
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