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“...SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR
GAZETTE,
And Law Reporter for the Supreme & Provincial Courts of China & Japan
Vol. Ill SHANGHAI, SATURDAY, 23rd MAY, 1868. No. 73
CONTENTS.
Page.
Leading Articles.
The Port of Chingkiang ....................... 221
Co-operative Societies in China................ 222
Report of Meeting of Municipal Council in
Shanghai................................... 223
Page.
Report of Meeting of Electors on French Con-
cession....................................... 224
News of the Week .......................... 225
Commercial Summary, ........................... 227
Shipping, Quotations, Ac., &c.................. 228
NOTIFICATIONS
Prussian Consulate General-
H. B M. Supreme Court.
H. B. M.'s SUPREME COURT FOR CHINA
AND JAPAN.
"NTOTICE.—It is hereby notified that the sittings of
1\ the Court for hearing ordinary civil cases during
the month of June next, will be held on Tuesdays, the
2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd and 30th days of that month
respectively; and for Motions, Applications...”
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“...SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE.
British Consulate Taiwan.
HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S CONSULATE AT
TAIWAN.
WHEREAS it is provided by the 25th Section of the
Queen's Order in Council of 1865 for the Go-
vernment of Her Majesty's Subjects in China and
Japan that any person acting temporarily with the
approval of Her Majesty's Minister in China as and
for a Consul General or Consul holding a Commission
as such from Her Majesty shall, for and in his own
Consular district, hold and form a Court styled Her
Britannic Majesty's Court at Taiwan, or other Treaty
Port, aud it has seemed good to me to nominate and
approve John Gibson Esq., Her Majesty's Acting
Consul at Taiwan, temporarily to act for and on
behalf of Her Majesty's Consul at Taiwan as Consul
at that place and hold Provincial Court there or at
Takao and do all acts necessaiy to give validity to its
proceedings, in like manner and as fully as the said
Consul, within whose district the said ports of Taiwan
or Takao lie, could perform the...”
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“...May 23rd 18G8.
SUPREME COU RT & CONSULAR GAZETTE.
221
It is requested that only such communications as relate to
Editorial matters he addressed to the Editor, and that they
be sent not later than Friday. ,
Advertisements will he received till 10 a.m. on Saturday
No communications can he noticed unlessaccomj^aniedhy
the name of thewriter.
interne Court anb Coimthtr fceite
Shanghai, May 23rd, 18G8.
We learn that it is in contemplation by Her
Britannic Majesty's Government to do away
with the Consulship at Cliinkiang, and to re-
place it by an Assistant, acting under orders
from Shanghai. Without entering into the
motives which have induced this change we
must say we cannot but feel regret that the
step has been thought necessary, and hope that
further consideration will enable it to be delayed,
at least till the trade of the port has had a fair
chance of recovering from the mishajps of the
last fifteen years. In a recent number, we
drew attention to the extraordinary depopula-
tion of the...”
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“...<222
SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE.
May 23rd I8G6.
distance from tlie Southern Capital. All these
advantages are possessed by Chinkiang; a con-
catenation of misfortunes has hitherto pressed
heavily against the return of its prosperity ;
but we believe an energetic Consul with the
opportunities possessed by him of ready access
to the higher authorities, could, by sage advice
and counsel, advance considerably both local
and general interests.
In the paper which Mons. Simon contributed to
the Asiatic Society, and which was read before
the last meeting of that body, a subject of the
greatest interest, as illustrating the peculiarities
of Chinese life, was brought to notice, namely
the prevalence of co-operative Societies in this
country. We must confess to having expe-
rienced some slight feeling of disappointment
with regard to the paper, as we had imagined
that some light would ha^ e been thrown upon
those powerful organizations, the trading guilds,
and also upon the other numerous combi-...”
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“...possible," which recommendation
was approved by them and embodied in their
Annual Report," which was adopted and passed
by the Land Renters at the meeting of the 11th
instant,
It was moved by Mr. Maccall, seconded by Mr.
Yates and resolved.
300-—That on and after this date, no further in-
terment shall take place in the old or Shantung
Road Cemetery, English Settlement.
The following letter received from Sir Edmund
Hornby, Knt., Chief Judge of H. M.'s Supreme
Court in China and Japan, having been read to,
and considered by the Council,
Supreme Court,
Shanghai, 12^ May, 1868.
Gentlemen,
Permit me to hring under your notice two mat-
ters which greatly affect the good order of this settle-
ment, and the health, comfort and safety of its inhabi-
tants, and therefore peculiarly under your care I
allude to be intolerable nuisance caused by the Chinese
beggars in the principal thoroughfares, and the nume-
rous unowned and diseased dogs which abound in the \
streets. I should not call your attention...”
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“...<224 SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE. May 23rd I8G6.
302.—That the Police have orders to take charge
of all dogs found straying in the streets, and after
keeping them for 24 hours to destroy them if un-
claimed within that time.
A draft of the " Standing Orders" of *the Muni-
cipal Council was read.
It was moved by the Chairman, seconded by
Mr. Michie, and resolved.
303.—That the Standing Orders of the Shanghai
Municipal Council as now read, be approved, pass-
ed and adopted.
Various subjects were discussed, correspondence
laid on the table, considered and referred to the
notice of the different Committees.
Resolved, that this Council do now adjourn.
MEETING OF ELECTORS ON THE
FRENCH CONCESSION.
A Meeting of the Electors of the French Con-
cession took place at the Town Hall on Thursday
2Jst inst., Vcte. Brenier de Montmorand, Consul
General for France, in the Chair. Forty-one
votes, were represented by 37 electors. The
seance being opened, the Secretary read to the
meeting the Report...”
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“...May 23rd 18G8.
SUPREME COU RT & CONSULAR GAZETTE.
225
Mr. Bonneville in reply said he could not add
anything to the answer which on a previous oc-
casion lie had given Mr. Bernard respecting this
point, and read out from the minutes of the pre-
vious meeting the note taken in the Council's
book | upon which Mr. Bernard said there was an
error m the statement contained in them to the
effect that he had specifically objected to the sal-
ary of the book-keeper ; he having only raised an
objection to the employment of both book-keeper
and Secretary. Mr. Bonneville, however, said that
the minutes being signed by all the members of
the Council in token of their accuracy must be
held to be correct.
There being 110 further questions suggested by
electors,
The Chairman said that he desired to take
their sense upon the question whether a firm had
the right to vote when all its partners were in-
cluded on the voting list. This being put to the
vote, the opinion of the meeting was unanimously
expressed...”
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SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE.
May 23rd I8G6.
Committee of Messrs. Yates and Maccall ; and the
Watch Committee of Messrs. Heinssen and Miller. It
was resolved that no further interments take place in
the Shangtung Road Cemetery. A letter of some in-
terest and importance from Sir Edmund Hornby with
reference to Chinese beggars, expressing an opinion that
the Council had a prefect right to expel professional
beggars from the settlement, was read to the meeting,
and it was resolved to exclude them accordingly. The
Police were also ordered to take charge of dogs found
straying the streets, and to destroy them if not claimed
within 24 hours.
M. Outrey, the new French Minister to Japan, is
expected by the next mail, to succeed M. Roches, who
goes home. M. Outrey has been lately acting as Con-
sul General at Alexandria.
A miserable case of Chinese cruelty has been the
subject of notice in the local journals. A woman who
was lately sent into the city by the Mixed Court, for
cutting bits...”
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“...l^^^wigm
^mwmmtmgm:^-: mm & % mm mm
May 23rd 1868.
SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE.
227
On the Ningpo plain, ten mow of land will support,
comfortably, a family of four persons—half an acre
to a soul. China lias about 650,000,000 acres un-
der cultivation (exclusive of the colonial possession.)
Thus, due allowance being made for the less produc-
tive regions, the Chinese Empire is capable of sup-
porting a population of 250,000,000 more than it does
now, and this at the rate of one acre to each person.
But in the lecturer's opinion the enormous population of
China is chiefly owing to the intense desire of the peo-
ple for posterity, arising partly from the wish to pro-
vide for old age, partly to the clannish feelings of the
people, {their domestic habits, their social character,
and, above all, to their views of the relations and
obligations of the living to the dead—i e,, to ancestral
worship. The simplicity of the mode of life of the masses
of the people ; the paucity of domestic annimals...”
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“...SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE.
May 23rcl 1868
amlets—SS....................... 12.0.0 a 13.0.0
SSS ..................... 10.0.0 a 10.5.0
Lead.......-...................... 6.7.0 a 6.8.5
Iron—Nail Rod,.................... 2.5.5 a 2.6.5
Bar,.......................... 2.8.0 a 2.8.5
Opium—Malwa,.......................495
,, New Patua,... ...............468
Old ,, .................
Benares, New................
EXCHANGE :—
On London.—Bank 6m/s. 6s. per Tael
Credits, 6m/s. 6s. 0|d. ,,
Bills with doct., 6m/s. 6s. OJd. ,,
On Paris.—Credits, 6m/s., Fes. 7.624 ,,
Documentary. Do. Frs. 7.65 ,,
On Calcutta.—Bank 3 days'
sight, Rs. 304 per 100 Taels.
On Bombay.—Bank 3 days'
sight, Rs. 303 per 100 Taels.
On Hongkong.—Bank 3 d/s. 271 disct.
Private, 15" d/s. 27f ,,
BULLION:—
GoldBars, Pekin.—Tls. 169 per bar Tls. 10 weight,
Mexican Dollars.—Taels 74.1
Carolus Do. Taels 76.9
Copper Cash.—1,500 per Tael
FREIGHTS:
To London.—Tea per Ton.
chwang. 18th, Tony, Hongkong. 19th, Shanse, str., Tien-
tsin via...”
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“...SUPREME COURT & CONSULAR GAZETTE.
NOTICE.
I Have this day established myself at this Port, a s
Public Tea' Inspector and General Commission
Agent, under the style or firm of John Odell & Co.
JOHN ODELL.
Foochow, 13th April, 1868.
NOTICE.
rpHE interest and responsibility of Mr. Emil Maintz
t and Mr. James Wheatley, in our firm, ceased
011 the 30th ultimo, and Mr. Frederick C. Adams and
Mr. Leopold Kahn are admitted as partners from this
date.
REISS & Co.
Shanghai, 1st May, 1868.
AUSTRALIAN COAL.
NEWCASTLE WALLSEND COAL COMPANY.
Head Office, Sydney ; Mines, Wallsend;
Port of Shipment, Newcastle, N. S. W.
IN the Admiralty Report on Australian Coal, printed
by order of the House of Commons in J une 1862,
this Company's Coal was placed first for S team pur
poses, the report being—" very good in every respect."
A copy of the report is printed on the back of the certi-
ficate issued with each cargo.
II. M. Ships on the Australian Station are supplied,
under contract, with this Company's Coal,...”
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