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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PŘESS AND
{May 13, 1907.
typhoon. Of the above total 26,611 are males, Noa-Chinese commanity. The Police had great | foot of the Kam Sham hill may
and 16,133 females. I believe that these figures are as nearly as possible accurate, as the task of enumeration was carried out by the Police with great thoroughness
The following is the number of boats report ød sunk or wrecked daring the typhoon:-
Sunk. Wrecked. Total,
be
difficulty in inducing some people to fill up the traced to the fact that the Viceroy recently schedules, and were often unnecessarily kept ordered an official to examine the stock of waiting. A few persons refused to state their gunpowder in the magazine. The official in ages until pressure was brought to bear, while charge is said to have sold a lot of it, and being others gave frivolous answers to the questions unable to account for the decreased stock, on the schedules. There were no prosecutions arranged the explosion. Only one of his under the Penal Clause of the Ordinance. The subordinates survives, a petty officer who total cost of the census was $4, 85.20, including | happened to be away at the moment. This man the honorarium of 8500 to the census officer. is detained to testify at the trial.
Passenger Boats
71
83
154
Cargo Boats
209
491
700
Trading Janka...
49
181
230
Harbour Boats...
28
92
120
Fishing Boats and Junks 16
467
48)
CANTON.
*
373
1,314
1,687
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
Steam Launches (sunk
or wrecked)
34
The number of persons reported to the Police and Harbour Departments as missing was 1,347.
28
by fire.
A DARING THREAT.
This has been communicated to the Viceroy, and immediate steps were taken to The British afford the necessary protection, Gunboat Moorhen proceeded to Fatshan.
SOLDIERS IN CANTON.
Provincial
During the incumbency of H. E. Shum, a fund for the purpose of forming a body of soldiers to preserve peace in the streets of
was deposi'ed with the anten
His Excellency Chon Fu. Judge, and now seeing the benefit of this plau, has ordered the Provincial Judge to convene a meeting of the gentry in this matter. additional sun of $20,000 to be placed to the
May, 2nd,
The British Cousul was in receipt of a letter It is to be feared that the figure is very much on the 29th ultime, from an English medical below the mark. Boats which were lost with institution in Fatshan, regarding the threat all hands, as a very large number were, of a notorious robber that unless Taels 500 are not likely to have been reported. Also were paid, the whole building would be destroyed the greatest 'loss of life was among the crews of the small craft, which are classified passenger and harbour boats, yet the total number of lives reported lost in vessels of this description was only 139. The total loss of life in the boat population of the Colony at the lowest estimate was probably at least 5.000 It is safe to assume that nearly all the brata returned as " wrecked were total losses, and did not appear among the craft enumerated at the present census. Un the other band a great many launches and lighters had been raised again by the 20th November, and figure in the onsus return. The latter include a number of new boats of every description, but especially cargo boste, which were brought in from places
At the beginning of this year one Wa Chi ontside the Colony to make good some of the typhoon losses, 'I he boat population found along 8an left here for Hongkong to engage the southern shore of the harbour numbered mining engineer to proceed to Kinngchow, to 12,260, composed of 7,651 males and 4,69 open a coal mine. This gentleman has lately females. Along the northern shore the numbers returned to Canton with many were 8,502 males and 5,134 females, total 13,636. reports. The mine is immensely rich in cos! In the rest of the harbour the numbers and thickly surrounded by trees, but it is enumerated were 3,067 males and 1,143 females, in an isolated place and there are obstacles in total 4,210. The total Bost Population of the the way of working it. It is regarded, however; Harbour (excluding Shankiwan) is, therefore, as a profitable scheme. 19,220 males and 10,886 females, making a total of 30,106. In 1901 the number was 28,529, | Strong measures are being taken by His The Boat Population of the Hongkong Honour Lan, the Pan Ya magistrate, to stop the Villages is as follows :---
Shaukiwan Aberdeen Stanley
·
1906 1901 6,306 5,439 5.637 5.251
695
881
12,638 11,571
The total number of boats of all classes at Shaukiwan is 781, at Aberdeen 965 and at Stanley 95. In 1901 the number of boats enumerated at Aberdeen was 947, and at Stanley 119. The Shaukiwan boats appear to have been included in the totals for the Harbour. A number of boats belonging to these three villages were lost in the Syphoon. The number of European, American and other Non-Chinese children between the ages of 6 and 15 years (inclusive) is 1,363 and of Chinese 31,553, Of the latter total 6,860 are males, and 14,693 females.
fund.
There is an
COAL MINE IN KIUNGCHOW
INFORMAL PETITIONS,
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favourable
illegal practice of presenting petitions by proxy. On the 1st inslaut six persons were found guilty of this offence, and were ordered
to have 100 stokes of the bamboo.
THE NEW BUND.
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A CURRENCY LOAN.
The Board of Reorganization has negotiated a loan of $20,000 with the Board of Customs for the purpose of coinage of silver dollars,
TYPHOON IN SAMBHUI.
May, 7th.
A destructive typhoon visited Samshui on the 4th inst. Ten houses collapsed, killing hree persons and injuring another. Seven lives were lost among the bost population and more than 200 junks were destroyed. The damage is now estimated at about $10,000.
INCENDIARISM,
As a result of the frequent occurrence of incendiarism in the shop Yum Man Kee in the 7th Ward, 8i-kwan, a petition was presented to the No. 6 Police Station to keep a sharp watch for the guilty person. In the afternoon of the 4h, a maid servant was detected on the roof with a jar of kerosene and matches, and was arrested. She was found to belong to a family residence in the vicinity, and revenge was sup- p. sed to be her motive.
THE XPLOSION SCARE.
On the 5th instant H. E. the Viceroy went to see the Tartar General with regard to the removal of all magasines in the city to an isolated place outside Canton, after making sa inspection of the one exploded recently.
A BANQUET.
A
A banquet was given by Cheung Pei Sze in the house of the Chamber of Commerce The guests include all the Consals, the Viceroy, the Tarter General and bin two assistants, Provincial Treasurer and Judge, the 'Nam Hol← and Pan Yu Magistrates and many other offi cials. The Salt Commissioner was unable to be !present.
THE FATAL EXPLOSION,
May 8th.
Chan Wai Po of the “Fong Bin " Benevolent Bociety has allocated a large sum to be spent in recovering corpses from the ruin of the gun. powder magazine explosion. He has also taken photographs of all the unclaimed bodies, to be Taotsi wen, in drawing the Viceroy's atten-exhibited at the door of the various benevolent tion to the approaching completion of the bund, institutions for identification proposes the construction of an electric tram- way thereon. His Excellency has given the Nam Hoi and Pan Ya Magistrates instructions to discuss the proposals with the Board of Reorganisati n.
LIKIN EXTORTION.
The Viceroy, on receiving compaints from the North West River merchants of extortion and delay at Likin etations, has ordered two deputies to investigate.
KIDNAPPING.
A clever detective of the No. 9 Police Station made a search on the Wuchow steamer Sainam last Tuesday, and exptured four men who had to be kidnapped many boys from Wachow taken to Singapore and to be sold as slaves.
May 3rd.
FIRE.
A fire broke out on the evening of the 2nd instant in the Yuen Hing Shop, stooked with Wooden chairs, near the Viceroy's Yamen. The fire brigades turned out in full" force and soon All the differerent extinguisheg the fames. Civil, Military and police officials were also present to protect the Viceregal Yamon.
The total number of Police engaged in the taking of the census was 95, in addition to 49 Water Police seamen and 9 Chinese Sixteen engineers, coxswains and stokers.
assisted in Harbour Department boatmen enumerating the boat population of Aberdeen, Stanley and Shaukiwab. Messrs. Rocha and Franco of the Harbour Department with eight boatmen took part in the taking of the census | of the boat population of Victoria Harbour, and performed their duty to my entire satisfaction.
A DARING ROBBERY. Two Chinese enumerators were engaged by
About six o'clock in the afternoon of the 3rd Inspector Cameron for the census of the Kow lood City District, and five by Inspector instant a gang of robbers broke into the residenc McDonald for work in that portion of New of a man surnamed So in Po. Wah Street. Kowloon which is inoluded in the Yaumati | servants of the household managed to inform the Police District. A private interpreter, who police, who surrounded the house to arrest the was paid $10 for the work, was engaged to assist | burglars. The robbers however, got on the roof Inspector McHardy in enumerating the in- and fired a number of shots into the street habitants of the Peak District, I am glad to be kiliing a hawker of jom-sticks în i injuring able to report, that, as in 1901, the enumerators|passerby. No arrests have been made. met with no opposition or obstruction on the part of the Chinese population and the work progressed exobedingly smoothly. What little trouble there' was, was given, I regret to my, by thel disastrous powder magazine explosion at the
CAUSE OF EXPLOSION IN WING CHUNG
MAGAZINE
It is suggested that
The
of the
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MINISTER LIANG'S RETURN TO CANTON, "Sir Liang," the Chinese Minister at W.- shington is expected to arrive in Canton with his family very soon. It isătated that his term of office has expired, and that he returns to China to await another appointment.
EXEMPTION OF RAILWAN MATERIALS PROM DUTT.
Viceroy Chow has been notified by the Board of Agriculture and Commerce that no duty should be levied on materials imported into Canton for railroad parposes. This will also be the rule in all other railway districts of Chins.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO RICE FUND. At the conclusion of the banquet at the Chamber of Commerce on the 5th instant, very liberal contributions were made towards the fand for the cheap sale of rice to the poor. Messia. Herbert Dent & Co., Butterfield” and Swire, and the Bank of Indo-China, are the most prominent subscribuer,
CUTTING ELECTRIC WIRES. At a short distance from the School of Con- stabulary, in the North Gate, two men were caught cutting electric wires, and handed to the Polter
in
May 10th.
CHINESE PRISON REFORM.
The Nam Hoi Magistrate is anxious to teach__prisoners crafts and traden as is done Japan, and in parchasing' apparatus therefor.
SHUM AGAINST CHOU FU. A talegram received here you that ex-Viceroy Bhum bas Throne, pointing out faults of his/ at Canton. · His shief allegation i Ful too old to sccupy the position.
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