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“...couvened General Meetings of
the Land Renters.
Given under my hand and seal of office at Peking, this
thirteenth day of September, 1867.
RUTHERFORD ALCOCK,
H.Mfs Envoy Extrady. and Minister Plenipotentary-
and Chief Superintendent of Trade in China.
IT. B M. Supreme Court.
IN HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S SUPREME
COURT FOR CHINA AND JAPAN.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
THE BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1 861.
Shanghai, 17ZA October, 1867.
NOTICE is hereby given that a meeting of creditors
of the late firm of Messrs. Jar vie, Thorburn
& Co., who were adjudicated bankrupt on the 21st day
of February, 1866, will be held before Charles
Wycliffe Goodwin, Esquire, Assistant Judge of Her
Britannic Majesty’s Supreme Court for China and
Japan, at the Supreme Court aforesaid, on the 29t'A
(/a?/ of October inst., at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, when
the creditors’ assignees will submit a statement of the
whole estate of the bankrupts, as then ascertained, of
the property received and of the property outstanding,
specifying the...”
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“...SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE.
United Stated Consulate Swatow.
Imperial Maritime Customs.
Consulate of the United States of America.
Swatow, August ls£, 1867.
ADMINISTRATION upon the estate in China of
Joseph W. Hunt, late master of the Barque
Rover, appertaining to this office, all persons indebted
to said estate are requested to make immediate pay-
ment, and all having claims to present them for ad-
justment.
J. C. A; WINGATE,
U. S. Consul.
Imperial Maritime Customs.
CUSTOMS’ GAZETTE.—No. 6.
1^ April to 3Qtli September, 1867.
A.—Customs’ Department.—In-Door Staff.
May 4th, 1867.
G. II. Noetzli, Second Class Clerk, to be an additional
Deputy Commissioner at Shanghai for the Returns’
Department.
May 2\st, 1867.
F. N. May, First Class Clerk, Foochow, granted eighteen
months’ leave from 1st July.
Walter May, Second Class Clerk, to be Acting First
Class Clerk at Foochow, vice May.
A. Engelhardt, Third Class Clerk, to be Acting Second
Class Clerk at Foochow, vice Lay.
p. Jamieson, Fourth...”
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“...October 25th 1867.
SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE,
155
It is quested that only such communications as relate to
Editorial matters be addressed to the Editor, and that they
sent not later than Friday \
oqAdvertisements will be receioed till 10 a.m. on Saturday.
No communications can be noticed unless accompanied by
the name of the writer.
j^ugreme anb Consular feetie
Shanghai, October 26th, 1867.
To all who take a deep interest in the affairs of
China, and watch the progress of its commercial
development with careful attention, the Annual
Reports on Trade at the Open Ports which have
been lately published will be singularly wel-
come. After all we are here solely for purposes
of trade, and we may as a community Safely put
our hand on our heart and declare conscien-
tiously that we are not guilty of entertaining
any sinister motives. Before leaving for China,
or when on our way to this illusion-dissipating
realm, we may in excited moments have seen
visions and dreamed dreams,—shadows of...”
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“...156
SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE
October 2Qth 1867.
The Coast Trade shows an increase of about
Tls. 30,000,000 ; and this is a sign that foreign
bottoms are appropriating more and more of the
trade which can be conveniently done by them,
and displacing the ante-diluvian junks In the
Tls. 184,990,002 which is the estimated value of
the Coast and River Trade, it must be remem-
bered that the same goods are counted twice,—
that is as Exports at the port of shipment and
Imports at the port of landing ; and in case of
Re-exports of native produce, they are counted
four times, twice as Exports and twice as Im-
ports. Coming to the revenue which the Chi-
nese Government derives from Customs’ Duties
and Tonnage Dues, we find the total amount for
1866 is Haikwan Tls. 8,685,629, against Hai-
kwan Tls. 8,297,275 in 1865, a sufficiently res-
pectable increase, which is almost entirely from
opium, “ a branch of trade” in the language x>f
Mr. Dick, the Commissioner at Tientsin, “ while
it makes an...”
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“...October 26th 1867.
SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE.
157
land did so. 1 found her foTe and nlizen masts gone
close to ‘ eyes” of the rigging. She had a strong list aport
—between two and three streaks. Her port bulwarks
were gone and also her rudder. A jury jibboom had
been rigged. She had two temporary jib sails. I
concluded to try and save her. There was a nasty
sea on at the time and my boat was stove—a cutter
about 28 feet long. I do not know her Value exactly
Should think £46 or £50. She had Clifford lowering
apparatus. She is totally lost. That night we anchor-
ed Amherst Rocks. We got underweigh at daylight,
and we brought her into the Yangtsze River and an-
chored inside the Lightship.
The Dartmouth incurred some damage in towing
her. We got into shoal water and in consequence of
having the Siam in tow would not answer our helm
and came right up in the wind. We came at right
angles to the Siam, and the Siam struck and caused
the damage. We were drawing about 19 feet. We had
a Pilot...”
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“...158
SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE.
October 2tith 1867
less than half had been awarded to the salvors, and
where the services has been valuable, and he com-
mented on the case of the Thetis, 3 Hogg Ad. 14, fche
Martin Luther, 1 Swaby p. 287, and Clifton, 3 Hogg Ad,
117. The rule of giving a specific proportion of the
property saved had been abandoned even in case of
derelict. The Court would have to decide whether
the salvors were entitled to be paid the expenses in-
curred in consequence of the collision between these two
vessels, which appeared to him to have been caused by
the negligence of the Dartmouth. Two, or at the
outside three, thousand dollars wuold be adequate
remuneration.
Mr. Robinson on behalf of the ship said he would
endeavour as much as possible to avoid going over the
same ground as his learned friend (Mr. Myburgh). He
wished to draw the attention of the Court to some
authorities, much more recent than those referred to
by the counsel for the salvors, shewing that the...”
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“...October 26tk 1867.
SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE.
159
Some feeling has been imported into the case by the
conduct of both parties. The Bank clerk by a sum-
mary erasure of the entry in the Pass Book unjustifi-
able refusal to assist the agent of the Bank by such
information as it was in his power to give, injures his
own cause and raises doubts in the minds of the Bank
authorities of his bona tides.
Divesting the case of this feeling, I see no reason at
all to imagine that either party is wilfully guilty of an
intention to deceive. Some time has elapsed—more
than two months—since the alleged deposit was made,
and on no subject are men more tenacious or more
obstinate than on questions affecting their memory.
Mr. Walsh is certain he paid in $900 on the 12th
July. Mr. Ansell is certain he only paid in $450,
The Plaintiff contends that the Bank is stopped from
denying receipt of the money by the entry of the
Cashier in the Pass Book. The Bank, on the other
hand, insists that such entry...”
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“...160 SUPREME COURT & (
Working Account.
Dr. Tnels.
To Nett Premia, 1st Jan. to 30t h June 1867.... • 385,301,27
,, Policy Fees ' do. do. 3,208.25 '
,, Interest Account do. do. .... 7,675.32
,, Exchange Account do. do. 2,271.23
,, Commissions do. do. 614.87
Taels.. .399,070.94
Cr. Taels.
By Agency Com’sions, 1st Jan. to 30th June, 1867 15,291.86
,, Agency Charges, do. do. 2,643.08
,, Shanghai Charges do. do. 10,668.63
,, Hongkong Charges do. do. 5,235.34
,, Losses & Claims paid do. do. 212,482.26
,, Balance , 152,749.82
Taels.. .390,070.94
October 2&h 1867.
To Amount of Second Dividend of Tls. 750 per
Share, unpaid 30fch September,, 1867 ........
To Amount- of Third Dividend of Tls. 300 per
Share, unpaid 50th September, 1867 ......
To Amount of Fourth Dividen I 9 per cent on Sha-
reholders’contributions, unnaid 30th Septem-
ber, 1867... ..............‘ ..............
To Amount of Fifth Dividend of Tls. 50 per
Share, unpaid 30th September 1867 ......
To Amount of Sixth Dividend...”
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“...October 2Qth 1867.
SUPREME COUJRT & CONSULAR. GAZETTE.
161
Proposed by F. A. Groom, seconded by J. Tod.
Res. IV. That the Directors be requesed to consider
the question of establishing a special agent for the Com-
pany in London anil to lay before a meeting of Sharehold-
ers, a month lienee their estimate of the cost And advis-
abilty of such proceeding.
A great deal of discussion then took place upon the
advisability of eoming to a decision at the present
meeting, during which Mr. Bell read to the meeting
extracts from the minutes of two meetings of Share-
holders which had been held at the formation of the
present Company, and at which it was decided to
leave the Agency in Messrs. Ashton & Co/s hands for
the period 1866-1868. Finally Mr. Groom’s amendment
was put to the meeting and carried by 54 votes against
40. the latter being in favour of the original motion.
Upon a question raised by Mr. Owerweg as to the
validity of the proxies, the Secretary explained that
they were registered...”
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“...162
SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE.
October 2Qth {867
ruination to commit suicide. No pity is felt for the
unhappy men. Their bodies are removed by an under-
ground way, as it is thought the sacredness of the
main doors will be outraged by their being carried
through them. ”
Similar accounts are given by the Hankow Times con-
cerning the examinations at Wuchang, where it is assert-
ed about twenty persons died during their progress.
The same paper states that news of a doubtful charac-
ter has come to Hankow, describing a revolt, en masse,
of the people of |the prefecture of Paw Ting, notfar
from’Peking, upon which they are said to have marched.
The discharge of Mackellar & Co. Bankrupts has
been officially announced. We understand, however,
that it was appealed against, but that the appellants
neglected to appear till some few minutes after noon
on the 18th (noon being the final hour appointed) and
that consequently they were held to be too late.
We understand that the Committee of the...”
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“...SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE.
Imperial Maritime Customs.
Imperial Maritime Customs.
I.—To be Examiners of the Second Class (26) :—
* T. Parker,...........at Canton.
* G. Jones,................. ,,
J. Roach,................ Swatow.
C. H. Pike,.....,......,, Mwoy.
* G. Gue,................. Takow.
II C. Muller,........... ,, Tamsuy.
AV. Jenkins,............ ,, Foochow.
R. Moran,............... ,, ,T
* A. Sharpe,.............. Ningpo.
J. S. Murray,...........,, ,,
G. Tookey,..............,, ,, for North Barrier.
AV. Sanders,............,, Shanghai.
AV. Penning,............,, ,,
J. Fritz,...............,, ,,
C, G. Gram,.............,, ,,
AV. H Luther,.............. ,, for South Barrier.
* J. Lowe,................. Chinkiany.
J. Edwards,................ Kiukiany.
AV. Brennan,...........,, ,,
G. H. Polkingliorne,.... ,, Hankow.
* J. S. Armstrong,.....,, ,,
* A. B. Menzies,..........,, ,,
* J. IL Burnett,........... ,, ) for duty alternate-
* J. Fisher, .............,, ,, ( ly at Wu-sueh...”
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“...SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE.
Ships can be loaded in Sydney from coasters, with
the cost of freight, about 5/. per ton, added.
» By order,
F. W. BIN NEY,
Secretary.
Sydney, April 20th, 1867,
£. S. Omeo, Sydney, 17th July, 1866.
Gentlemen, „
It will be pleasing to you to know that tne cargo oi
Coals from the Wallsend Colliery supplied to the S. S.
Omeo for her intended vogage to Valparaiso gave great
satisfaction, not only to ourselves but also on the AVest
Coast, where we supplied the American steamer Vander-
lilt, and the British steamers Tribune, Sutlej (Flagship),
and Leander (Commodore’s ship); the Engineers of all
these vessels approved highly of them for Steam put-
poses.
I am,
Gentlemen,
Yours faithfully,
(signed) HUGH McMECKAN.
Melbourne, March 1st, 1867.
To the Secretary,
Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company.
I have much pleasure in stating that the Coal supplied
by your Company has given entire satisfaction, indeed
there is little or no ash, and I had never occasion to ask
the...”
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