We have had no mail the several matters noticed being that the receipta during the past year had not covered the expenditure, and that it had therefore' been necessary to apply the Christmas collection: to current exp but it was hoped that the deficiency would ultimately be made up by creased attendances, The subscription towards the tower and spire had already 1,000, and more was promubject of a. new and. larger organ was mooted, and this' with the amount spent on the decoration of the Cathedral at Christmas gave rise to conversation, in the course of which. it was augmented that. the cost of the organ and also that of future decorations would bp better met by special subscription than taken out of Church funds. The report and accounts were passed,; and the retiring Trustees, Messrs. Bell, Krauss, and Lemarchand, were The Municipal Minutes, inform ug that the Report for 1876 has been drawn ap redticed, igs not been loot sight, of.. The of allowing steamers to land and the Bund haa bon raised, by tion of Mosara. Fogg & Ca, to Paokong to. berth opposite.their, premises. The Harbour Master, has referred the i Council, and the Copneil for the Ratepayers.
We are glad to hent that, between $1,400 and $1,500 ware.realingd by. Wednesday i Lyceum, apd there will remai ided between the Hospital and the Reina taud that the boat of the Steam Tug an Jast issue.
A mait loaves for Europe to-morrow, by Amazone. to the effect that negoti pang is to be held on the 6th proximo, Not content with the verdict of the broken off; that the English Government tested aguinat Turkey being eve!
the Quoe: Speech at the o spoke negotiations bei in, progress ce "honourable? ptibilities of both Turkey must be regard Anbassadors were pre the opening of Parliament, Shareholders at two such Dr, Pichon has carried lis imaginary grievance against the Auditors and Agents of the French Gas Company, into the French Consular Court. He wants experts appointed to investigate accounts of the Company; and Messrs, Nachtrieb Leroy, and Mr. Morel declared responsible for having presented erroneous accounts We believe that the Now-Year Settling has gone off very fairly smoothly with the Chinese. to t holders for several years, to the prejudice of the Shareholders. The Court rejects the anit—Ist, because an The Race Club accounts for 1876 show a story position of affairs. The receipts were about Tis, 700 more th in 1875, and though the year closes some Tle. 700 leas in hand, the expense® hai n unusually heavy, through improvements made to the inner course, large outlay on now posts and rails, and increase to the Autumn prize list. There are now 188 subscribers, and there is a balance in hand of Tls. 1,933. The annual meeting is to be held on the 20th inst, The annual meeting of subscribers to HolyTrinity Cathedral was held Friday, at H.B.M.'s Consulate, The report presented some features of interest, among enquiry cannot be ordered into the books of the Company, without the Company being heard on the subject. 2ud, because, whether Messrs, Morel, and Nachtrieb Leroy & Ca. are responsible or not, they cannot be declared ay, in respect of a prejudice which is not established.—Tho decision, turn more or lesson technical points; but we trust Dr. Pichon will be content with. it, and will push the case no further. We think we may assure him that the Shareholders are perfectly satisfied with the explanations given by the Directors at the recent meetings, and are convinced that his ignorance of accounts leads him to misapprehend points which were clear to those-to'whom Mr. Morel's explanations were addressed.
'A.case of some interest was argued on Fri day before C. W. Goodwin, Exq., the Acting Chief Judge of H. B. M.'s Supreme Court, Tt was one betw Company and Mr. Robert Francis; -and was stated specially for the opinion of the Court, Mr. Francis was formerly a general merchant at Shanghai and Kiukiang, and at the latter port his business included the agency of the ©. N. Ca, Residing at Shanghai, he only occasionally a Kiukiang, where his business was conducted by Mr. W. H: Shaw; who signed the firm of R. Francis and Ca, per procuration.. [t.ia customary: for.the general agents of the company, Messrs, Butterfield and Swire, tq make advances, on their own account, to Chinese merchants, upon goods intended for shipment by the company's mors. In March, 1876, the Kiukiang agency was red from R. Francis and Ao. to R. Anderson and Ao; Atthe axine time Mr. Shaw. entered the service latter firm, but continued to repre is and Ca., which firm wont min, In the final accounts of the agency from R, Francia & Ao; igned by Mr, Shaw, Messrs, Butterfield: and Swire were debited with Tls.'6,078: as advanced to shippers, and Tie, 67> brokerage. Shaw, in the name of R,, Feancis & Ca., drew upon. Messrs, Butters. field & Swire " draft for these amounts, and the draft was @.:'y. honoured.: Sub sequently Messrs. And vson and Ca, dis covered that the mousy. represented to: have been advanced had not been ad~. vaneed, nor had the brokerage mentioned: beau. paid; and upon investigation the owy infgreuce to be.drawn was that Shan, who. has now left Chive, had appropriated the money to his own ura,—The question for. the Court to, determine was the liability. of the. defendant to refund the.deficiencios of his sub-agent, and the point. was lengthily argued by Mr, Wainewright and, Mr. Hafnen, who respectively appeared for the plantiffe and defendant, Their; arguments will be found reported on an: His Lordship reserved his here more careful, Rules proposed by the, Taotai, to meet the new conditions of Lekin taxation, Re-perusal of them only. confirms our first impression that they are; posal to stamp forei before landing would cause delay. in unloading; and the areas laid on the, stamp, would lead to constant dispute thereafter., stamp would not help to identify, goods offered for sal in the shops.in the, Settlement, because these are unpacked bales are free) to take. out some, goods that cannot be stamped on he seam of the packing, Lead for instance; and in such cases there would be danger of the: mark being obliterated and trouble ensuing from that cause, "As a matter of fact, foreign goods generally bear proof of their origin on the face of them; and any "stamp" identification is unnecessary. They are entitled to circulate
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