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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
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COMPANIES.
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CHINA AND MANILA STEAM- SHIP CO.
shareholders in this company was held on The twenty fifth ordinary ganoral muting of
March 21st in the off308 of the general managers, Messrs. Showan Tomes & Co. Mr. Robert Shewan prosidod and there wore pro- sent Dr. Noble, Mesars. H P. Whit, A. V. Apeir consulting committee), Fang Wa Chan, A. G. Gordon, A. Bibington, A. Cordeiro,
and G. M-ffat (scrotary
wards of six centuries has naturally altered | present condition of the Chinese occupation. the external complexion of things, yet not! of these districts Colonel Brace has much to so much so that old Polo would not re-(8ay, but all of the same nature. Practically cognise, were he to travel the road once the occupation is little more than a farce. more, the several halting places, the inns, The last hope of the country was destroyed and almost the persous of the attendants. ́under the savage Tso T'sung'ang, who, sent The little change that has taken place is, by the Imperial Government to put down the however, decidedly for the worse; the roads rising under Yakub, the Atalik Ghazee," may be a trifle more rugged and unkempt; euded by depopulating the land and giving the sands of the desert have certainly over to the desert the already diminishing encroached more on the oases; where in cases. In even the old days of the Northern his days were struggling towns are now Wei and the Tang dynasties, Central Asia merely ruins almost effaced; and the clothes was a burden on the Chiness exchequer, of the fewer inhabitants are more dusty but was held for the purpose of the valuableng Shui Wa, C. Klinck, H. F. Campbell, overland trade which was maintained with The SECRETARY haring read the notice con- After leaving Khotan, or as he called it Porsia and the later Byzantine Empirevening the meeting, Cotan, Polo remarks that he arrived at a ! Turkestan itself in those days was a com- place called 'ien, round which have raged paratively fertile and fairly watered land, many controversies. Some there are who and was able to pay its own expenses of think it was a blunder of Marco's for l'ino, 'administration, a place the quidnuncs tell you was mention- ed by the monk, Yuen Chwang. Bat the place mentioned by Yuen Chwang was in Chinese written 媲摩, and this is ovidently morely a
writer's mistake for 昆摩 Kwen-mo, and Kwenmo is the natural transcription of Kiri-wa. Pin looks like one of the fanciful names, or rabber travesties of names given when certain emperors of the Tang divided out Central Asia into imaginary prefectures; and so may have been applied by Polo's informant to Kiriwa. From Pien, wherever it was, Polo scetus to have taken a straight
course to Cherchen. Now Cherchen is the
modified name of the most ancient of
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Central Asian cities; and goes back in myth as far as Troy itself. It was, in fact, the Tsung-yung of the Dect-le" of Wan Wang in the third book of the Odes," ¦ which according to the ballad was taken by Wan Wang after an arduous siege. Pol, then, instead, as the traveller has to do in modern times, of going round by Niya, was able to make a straight track, across what is now desert, from Kiriwa to Churchon.. But Cherchen in early Han times was called by characters in modern Chinese prongius ced Loolan, modified some conturies later to others now pronounced Shoushen; but the name itself was never changed, except
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Before the destruction of the Mongal; empire of Jenghis Khan and his successors, the wholesale slaughter by his troops of the inhabitants of these districts had already brought about in a great measure the ruin ¦
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The CHAIRMAN said-Giantlomen, Wo havo now to lay before you the report and accounts hands for 197, and, as copies have been in your for some time, we will, if you have no objection, the result of the year's work is so poor, and now take them as read. I much regret that
that wi cannot fren recommend the small dividend of $100 par sharo that wo paid last year, but shipping in common with other branches of trade is suffering from the general
of the country, which was never able to j depression in business all over the world, and
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recover the shock. The present Manchu dynasty has proved almost as destructive as the Mongols, and under the savage rule of Ts T'sung-tang has finally completed the ruin of the land. It is into these already deserted lands that the present Peking Government sends its officials with no pay except what they can wring out of a decayed peasantry. It is no wonder that Colon 1 Bruce found the fat.fications in utter ruin, the garrisons non-existent, and not single, piece of artillery in the country, from Keuwa to Lanchen. As Colonel Bruce warns us. Russia at the moment holds the New« Dominion in the hollow of her hand, and in.. the prescut ndition of Russia this TI AUS that her ariny, undeterred by any matave of prudence, is as likely as not at any motivat to pour into it and repeat the dreds of the Mongol troops of Jeughis.
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CORRESPONDENCF.
HONGKONG AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
by the inevitable wear and tear of age (10 THE LUNIOR OF modifying the local patois. The oldest, name was in fact Dardan, or Darshan.¦ almost identical with that of Troy itself -a
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Kowloon Cricket Club? The estimated cost of the trick is $24**), and through the generosity of our Vice President the sum of $250 has already bien subserili d. The Association has been no
Tog
track
should
BA The best
bee mad. We therefore,capture to maka an
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tho Manila trade with this place has been no exception. To show you how this trade has diminished 1 may till you
that the grows last year than they were two years ago warnings of the same two boats were $150,000
under precisely similar circumstances. such reduced income you that it is only by rigid economy that we are ab... to show even a small profit tø-day. We saved something in coal last year, and we to the lowest point
have reduced insurance
can
With realise
carrying a very large line for account of the Company against which you will notice we havo g36342,45 at credit of our insuranes acoust To strengthen this fund as much as possible wo propose to transfer to its credit the amount of $20k st present sisuding, at credit of rmerve fand. We have not attempted to economisa in crow's wages, in repairs to steamara, na wa I believe in having able and willing servanta whether they be men or steamers, and steamanra
if they are not well kept up soon run to piecor. ! To satisfy our Amoy frien'ls who are interestedl in the Company we wont tim Kubi several trips to Am J. but although they had engaged a fair quantity of Chinese passengers for Alatırla Chevy rej ions by the Holth LIK Offer and to other cause the numbers were
greatly reduced that the result was most din
Although I do not like to altempt to freest the future especially as regarde ship, ping matters which are more uncertain than [! I do not think that business can be quite
Hongkong March 24r1 POS Dear St.. - Will you be kind enough to allow name still preserved in that of the Dard us to make an appeal through your columns for mountains, and in Dardistan. In l'ol's 'funds in aid of the new cinder track which wa time, as to-day, a waterless desert soparated ¦ are new, making round the ground of the Cherchen from Shacheo at the entrance of China, and not the least interesting part of! Colonel Bruce's work is that where he relates his difficulties in traversing this recently constituted and its aunual subserițition howling desert. In this desert Sven Hedin.
18 so low that its funds are too @marily vary deceived by a tablet found on the site which small, but the Committee feel that It 14 read Levan, made the mistake of placing "essential to itx success that a proper ruck here the classic Leolan, which really was the site of the present Cherchen
pssible The mistake is easily explained without impuguing the veracity of either Mares or Dr. Helin We have above mentioned the fauer ful nomenclature uf the Tang sovereigns in their imaginary division of C'eu- tral Asia into prefectures of the Chinese empire; oue or two of these remain, as Ansi Cheo, the next city passed after Tuuhwang Fu, This is simply adopted from the name by which the Chinese of old knew Parthia, namely Ansi. Similarly they seem to have taken the name of the ancient prehistone land of lien, and given it to Kiriwa, while the ancient name of Cherchion was adoptel as the title of a new fort in this district, the Kushi of the classics, and made use during the military occupation of these regions which lasted for nearly a · Century and of which we find many tracce. Of the
appeal to the publie for contributi na of its construction We may pant out the present system of holding sports on football and other grass grounds is quite uusatisfactory and that as Hongkong is as well equipped in all other branche of sports that it is a pity that there should be no open track to theology for,
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Athletics.
Mr A I Sutherland Hon Treas (Tueen's Cdler will be glad to repaired castiona
Yours faithfully.
H. BROKE, LA. CJ, R E,
Chairman
HLGAARKET, {{ion Ser )
Mr }.
Barrett, Manao r .[ Mara {xwell
bea (a, bas
appointed Director of the Ingkong and Shanghai Bank during the absence from the Colony of Mr G i H. Medhurst.
bed this year, but on the other hand w eyngot expset any marked improvement in this particular trad- until general revival in easting freight sets in, and of that Chiera wem?
We need not. little indicativo at
pres cot however, be disheartened for the Company is ia in thone bad quite a sound position, and even times we have beɑ able to rodues our overdeft by kime *120v during
the year
Before moving the adoption of th" report 1 shall be pilonmod to answer any questions to the beat of my ability
There bing no questions.
The CHATKM0r proposed and Me GoRDON see adsl the ad ple of the report which was carriol quatim usly
Tharulting Committen wat pa alectal oɑ the motion of Mr
seconded by Mr Fox WA CHUS
Me CAME BILL. proposed that the auditors be Mr. FUNG SHUI WA Seconded, and re elected the motion wadcarries!
The CHAIRMAN — That concludes the basi -
Thank ¤-**, gratlem-o
{e your attend. I am sorry there u'au dirkland.
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CHINA SUGAR REFINING CO
The thirtieth annual meeting of the share. hotdorp in the abore company
was held va March 25th at the effi ve of the U-oseni. A goats,
& Ca Mease. Jardine Mathee-o
The Hoa Mr H Keswick provided, and there were also promat Sir Paul Chater Captain Clarke, | Homes
y P. White,
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