THE
Hongkong Weekly Press
AND
China Overland Trade Report.
VOL. LXVIII.]
CONTENTS.
Epitome
Leading Articles
Turkish Interests in China
An Abortive Rising
The Chinese Postal Administration Chinese v. Foreign Post Offices...
Macao Harbour
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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, 22nd AUGUST, 1908,
Mr. J. O. P. Bland, of the London and Chinese Corporation, is on his may to London, travelling via Siberia.
A sum of 5000 pesos has been guaranteed in Manila for bringing out from America a ...132 baseball team to play a series of ten games.
A Tokyo telegram to the Daily Press dated August 7th, states that the Vladivostook Court has ordered the release of the crew of the "Miye Mara," and their property; also of an American citizen named White.
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Some two million feet of Canadian timber .134 has been ordered for the construction of railways .137 in China. It is hoped that this may prove to .137
be the beginning of a steadily growing demand 137
for Canadian timber through the Pacific .138 .138 seaports.
Holland and Venezuela
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Random Reflections
134
The Cultivation of Native Opium
.135
Supreme Court
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Alleged False Declaration
Hongkong Sanitary Board
Kulangan (Amoy) Municipal Council
Pirates Again..
Canton
Macao
Hongkong
Commercial.
Suggested Tanning Industry for Hongkong
Arrival of the Governor of Macao
Shipping
DEATHS.
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Three more men concerned in the attempt to 139 poison the troops at Hanoi were publicly er. ecuted on the 7th inst at 6 am. One of the men, the cook, before he was taken from the prison declared that the brigadier (who WAS condemned with him) was the instigator of the plot.
On August 12th, at Eamburg, DOROTHY ANNA GOETZ, aged 8 months.
[1198 On August 16th, at Fetersfield Hante. EDгra FANNY, wife of the late ARTHUR ANDERSON, [1205 On August 17th, at the Peak Hospital, of heart failure, KURT BLOCK, aged 27 years. Deeply regretted.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Inspector A. Langley, on behalf of Mrs. Percy Langley, her brother and family, desires to thank their numerous friends for sympathy shown in their recent bereavement.
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ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
The English Mail of July 24th arrived per the 8.8. Malta on Wednesday, the 19th inst.
FAR EASTERN NEWS.
The Pakuan Railway Co. Ltd. (Siam) pro- pose to pay a dividend of 7 per cent. for the half
year.
The Spanish Consul at Shanghai has notified that he has withdrawn the protection granted to some sixty or seventy Chinese registered at the Spanish Consulate at Amoy.
Mr. Matsui, Councillor of the Japanese Em bassy at Washington, has notified Mr. Bacon that the Emperor has ratified the Arbitration Treaty between Japan and the United States. An advertisement of the Hongkong Jockey Club invites members intending to subscribe for griffins for the next annual race meeting to communicate with Mr. Hough, the clerk of the
Course.
In &
Government Gazette Extraordinary, issued on the 19th inst., His Excellency the Governor has proclaimed Amoy to be a port or place at which an infections or contagious disease prevails.
A Tokyo telegram to the Daily Press states that in Japan the New York Herald's cam. paign to promote an alliance between America and China is ridiculed, but it is generally regarded as unfortunate that this tara in at should be taken on the eve of the visit of the affairs
American Fleet to the Orient
His Highness Pu Luo, Prince of the Fourth Order and President of the Imperial Assembly, Fleet on behalf of the Chinese Government, has been appointed to receive the U. S. Pacific His Highness was Imperial Commissioner to the St. Louis Exposition in 1904 and lately Special Commissioner to return the visit of Prince Fushima to the Peking Court.
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Reports from Ichang to August 1st state that the water was failing rapidly, and the "Tungting' which reached Hankow on the 2nd inst. reported finding only 14' 6" water in the upper river. This is the lowest water. mark registered this time of the year for 31 years. In several places 8ft were to be found, and the river is unnavigable from Yochow and Iohang.
Surprises are about to commence, says a Hanoi contemporary with reference to the investigations of the Criminal Commission regarding the recent plot to poison the troops. A sensational arrest" has been made, and it is stated that the Annamites are beginning to understand that nothing will stop the course of Justice, and the “highest heads" will fall, if
No. 8
Mr. Hobhouse, replying in a printed state- ment to a question by Mr. Brigg, M.P., stated that the total of the Peking indemnity payable by China was fixed at Tls. 450,00,000, of which the British share was Tls. 50,020,545-bont £5,250,000. Under the terms of the Protocol ing over the period to 1940. These annuities the indemnity is to be paid by annuities extand-
part of the sum is overdue. are being paid punctually and fully, and no
Mr. Churchill, in reply to a question in the House of Commons by the Earl of Ronaldshay, supplied the following statement of the total net tonuage of vessels which entered and cleared at the six principal shipping ports of the world in 1906 :-
Antwerp Hamburg Hongkong. London
New York... Rotterdam...
21,676,118 20,120,198
***
19,833,666
***
19,407,942 20,300,958 15,372,490
The above figures do not include vessels which have been entered or cleared from or to places abroad at some other port in the raspeotive countries on the same voyage. Li
be increased to a greater extent than those for these duplicate entries or clearances could be included the figures for London would probably
the other ports mentioned.
A fire broke out between 9 and 10 p.m. on Sunday night the 2nd inst. in the German Legation Quarters, Peking. It started in the known as "Waldersee Kaserne." At the time Gun Shed of the German Barracks which is
of the fire there were six guns with amunition carts in the shed, and so quickly did the fire spread that it was impossible to remove them, only one gun, and one amunition cart being got cat. A certain amount of amunition was also stored in this shed, of which only twelve shrap- nel were removed; it was impossible to remove any more. About 10.30 the remaining shrapnel and the small arms cartridges exploded with s tremendous explosion, casting destruction everywhere. There were fears that the fire would gain to the large magazine, but fortunately this was averted by the hard work of the Austro-Hungarian Blue Jackets. All available assistance Legations and Chinese Authorities.
Way sent by the The German soldiers worked like slaves in the face of extreme danger and were ably booked up by the French Guard. These guards suffered forces the fire spread to the stables and cantesa most by the explosion. In spite of the united completely burning them out. By 1 a.m., the fire was under control, but it was between 5 anl The exports of opium from Bombay to China 6 s.m. before the fire was finally put out. during the past ten financial years have been Splendid order was maintained, the lack of very irregular. In the two years 1898 to 1900, water told badly against fighting the fire 1901 about 24 thousand. Then there occurred the other Legation Guards, nothing but praise about 25 thousand chests were exported, and in effectively. For the Detachments sent from
then occurred a rise to 25 thousand again in new building of the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank a sudden fall to 17 thousand in 1901. There for their hard and willing work was heard. The 1904, after which the number fall to 13 thousand suffered considerably from the explosion and in 1906-7, rising again to 17 thousand in 1907-8. heat. The explosion broke all the windows and The increase during 1907-8, appeared to be das hurled great burning beams upon the roof, these to the cheaper prices prevailing but with a view to restrict gradually the importation of Indian damage. The German Detachment had two were quickly removed, without any farther opium into China it has been agreed between killed, six badly woundel and twenty slightly the English, Indian and Chinese Governments wounded. The French Detachment bad two that the quantity of Malwa opium during the killed and eight men wounded. In all forty. calendar year 1908, shall not exceed 15,000 seven patients were treated at the Hospitals. chests. The total revenue in 1907-8 was 93The Doctors of all the Legations attended and lakhs against 33 lakhs in 1906-7.
did all in their power to relieve the mufferers,
necessary.
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