The second deed, for one mow eight sun six li and throe how granted on the '6th February 1855 to Mr. Edmund Deacon, for a small sum and the usual annual rent of 1,600 cash por mow, contains this stringent clause—That if the said Deac: (Edmund) hi after make over his or their in grand now rented, to another party, without reporting the same to his or their Consul and through him to the Taotai for the time being for their joint assent and concurrence, and for the "ne registration of the transaction in their respective records, or if the said Deacon Edmund, his heirs or assigns, shall at any time transfer or make over the whole or any portion of the above specified lot of ground, or shall build, or allow to be built, any houses or tenements of any kind thereupon for the occupation of Chinese, or let or permit the same to be leased or lot sions first had or attained; or if the so Deacon, Edmund, neglect to pay yearly ju advance the said low rent of fifteen hundred cash per mow, then, and in each of these several cases, this dead shall become null and void, and proprietorship of the said land, houses, and tenements shall revert to the lord of the soil." There also a special endorsement, signed by Charles A. Sinclair, Acting Vice-Consul in the same terms as in the deed conveying the other lot to Saul. Te will be soon that great precautions were taken by the Taotai, ihe granted the lots, tu keep them preserved as places of recreation.
In 1866 the lessee of some of the houses which had t built on the land refused to pay the 10. to Mr. B, J. Hogg, who thereupon brough an action in the Mixed Court; but as he vas table to slow that he had any title 3 to claim rent, the judgment of the Court was that the Coury would proceed to iw thor enquiry into the merits of the on Mr.
egg's shawms his eight! to appear British Consul and the Taotai gave judgment in favour of Mr. Hogg on equitable rounds altogether respective of title. In h, 1867, the Mixed Court gave a decision which released the defendant in a suit by Mr. Hogg from future liability. A little later on the members of the Fives Court agreed to pay a nominal rental under protest, which was recorded in the Supreme Court, and the dispute between them and the' so-called original shareholders subsided. In May Mr, Winchester and the Taotai heard an appeal against the judgment of the Mixed Court, and ordered payment of rent up to that time and new arrangements to be made for the future. The North-China Herald of that time held that the stipulations in the deeds made it clear that all right and title in the land had been forfeited by the erection of Chinese houses, and hoped that the Taotai would exercise his power to reclaim it, cause the removal of the houses, and grant 'a new deed in trast for the benefit of the community. This we need hardly say has not been done, but in the meantime one of the lots has been transferred from the name of Deacon to the Fives Court in the Municipal register and presumably at the Consulate.
'We acknowledge with thanks receipt of a valuable and interesting Chinese book from Mr. Li Kuei, of Ningpo, entitled 'Record of Chinese Goins,' published under Imperial Instructions in the reign of the Emperor Chien Lung. The work comprises four volumes, and contains sixteen chapters. The first thirteen consist of a Aetailed chronological catalogue of the currency of the Empire from the reign of Fu-hi [B.C. 2952] to that of Ch'ung Chen {A.D. 1644] the last monarch of the Ming dynasty. The fourteenth chapter is an account of the various coins of contiguous countries, and the last two are devoted to medals with felicitous inscriptions, peculiar or remarkable coins, amulets, and charms.
We acknowledge with thanks, from Professor A.. Billequin of the Tang Wen Kuan, a supplementary tao of his excellent translation of the Code Napoleon, the bull of which he was good enough to soud us some weeks ago.
have to thank Messrs. Kelly and for the current issue of the Chrysanumbernow beforeus, although articles that are of very little interest here, however valuable they may be to people resident in Japan' 'The opening paper, 'Mr. Palgrave on Shinto' by the Atev. G, M. Meacham is a reply to the former's article 'Kioto' which appeared in the December number of the Fortnightly Review. 'The writer takes for his text the well-known proverb, ne sutor subra crepidam and calls Mr. Palgrave to account for dealing with n subject of wh he, of necessity, Knows but little, 'The author of Kivto' founds © the dominant iden" on which the mythology and precepts of Shintd are based in the correlation if not the absolute identity of all natural and external forms, man included, with spiritual or divine powers; in other words, he believes Pantheism and Shintd to be ouo the same thing. Mr. Meacham this, and shows that the detri t6, so far from being Pantheistic are, effect, analogous to those of Christianity the pre-existence and self-existence of the Supreme God is plainly taught, as well as something very near akin to the Christian dogma of the Trinity. A smart rebuke is also Ndminiaterod to Bie, Palgrave for having written slightingly of missionaries and their associates, A. second instalment is of lassie we some account in reviews mer of ti ren Po owner of the laud, Subsequently Ue ditlerence betwoon Contusian ana Buddhist ial _picty, from which it appears that the former has reference only to the present life, whilst the latter sets forth clearly that it is the duty of children, not only to care for the present necessities of parents, but to be deeply concerned about their future condition, and to persuade them to become Buddhas in the future world and so attain a condition of eternal peace. The second of a series of 'Health Papers' by Thani la addressed principally to the Tokio Municipality, and contains some practical sanitary suggestions that might advantageously be carried out in that city. Under the head. of 'Notes and Queries' a fow samples of current thought in Japan are given in the shape of extracts on religious topics from various papers. 'The Vocabulary of 'Terms'
ined, but the critique on Chuang-not. It is probably suppressed through a wholesome dread of infringing copyright. We suggest this because the inst instalment given fed one to believe that the reviewer intended to reproduce the entire work in homeopathicdoses. A fow notices of books are appended by way of padding, from which, by the way, we learn that the lectures of Col, Ingersoll have been tran Inted into Japanese and are being largely circulated among young students. The flyleaves of the Chrysanthemum indicate that the publishers have a brisk advertising business.
The 8.8. Glenogle, which loft Suez on the 18th inst, made the passage from Cardiff to Port Said in the extraordinarily short space of nine days and ten hours, vigilant, with Admiral Willes arrived here from Hongkong Sunday afternoon about five o'clock.
The Hongkong Daily Press hears that the s, Dewcalion, now on her homeward voyage, has broken her shaft and put in to Aden for repairs.
Capt. Wilson-Walker of the s.s. Nagoya Maru states in his report:—On 26th inst., in Lat. 32° 14' N., Long. 127° 53' EH. we exchanged signals' and spoke with the American barque Europa from New Bod-ford on a whaling cruise, who desired to be reported.
We understand that the plans for the new dock to be constructed by the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company for the accommodation of the vessels of the British Squadron, have been approved by the A miralty, and the work is to be proceeded with at once.
We learn from the China Mail that His Excellency Lieut.-General Donovan and Mrs Donovan took their departure for home by the s.s. Khiva on the 19th inst, His Excellency has during his stay in' Hongkong won the esteem of all, and has been deservedly popular with those under his command. Mr, G. 8. Northcote, Private Secretary to the Governor, also left for home by the same steamer.
The same paper says that a jury which inquired into the death of a man who was supposed to have been shot by Chinese Customs' officers in the Lyeemoon, returned a verdict that the deceased died from a Wullet wound, fired from a boat manned by Chinese in uniform, while the boat i which deceased was' found was in British waters, The China Mait contains the following. Telegraphic intelligence is said to hat Deen received here from London to the cilect that no dividend was declared at the meeting of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China. No mention is made of heavy losses, and it may be that this measure is merely one of a precaution—y and recuperative nature.
The China Mail hears authoritatively from J pan that foreign intervention in 'a, Question will probably take ace very suen. It would appear, says contemporary, that Ulus decision has 1 boon by the restive state of the Corean people, who complain loudly of the
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