Tus China Mail has the following notice of Mr. J. G. Glass, who arrived in Shanghai last week:—A few days ayo, we chronicled the arrival of Mr. J. G. Glass, C.LE., -from India, The following telegram from January, gives a good idea of Mr. Glass's Programme for the next few month: Mr. J. G. Glass, C.LE., left Calcutta Saturday last for Shanghai, where his party of surveyors from India will rendezvous a few weeks hence for operations connected with the concession granted to the Peking Syndicate by the Chinese Gorernment. The following is an outline of the work they are to undertake from Shanghai. Mr. Glass and his party will go to Hankow by seamer, 600 miles up the Y.nzize, and then strike off to the north and beat up the Han river, also navigable for 300 miles. On reaching 'Siagyang they will work across country to Honan and strike the Yellow River, cross it and make Huaking on the north bink. Thence their path will be to Tsechou and Huhan in' the heart of the great coal region of the Shansi province. They will survey country in order to find a good alignment for a railway from Huaking to Siangyang, about 200 miles, and fora branch from Fuaking to Weyhei 70 miles. The object is to open out the coal, petroleum, and iron fields of ud bring them into direct com-with th waterways Central China and with the Grand Canal.
Tue following notes are from the China of the 23rd ult.:—"'The Indo-steamer Sultan. (Captain Ivke), pot into Amoy on Jo y 17th, carried yy arrived—yester from in consequence of her funnel having been
Amoy. She will be fitted with a new funnel immediately. The Dock Company. at Amoy rigged an improvised funnel to enable the steamer to make the voy Hongkong. The Sultan left Hongkong fon January 10, bound for Yokohama and Kobe, ad met heavy weather. The ship rolled very heavily and the stays giving way under the strain the funnel rolled overboard about three hundred miles from Amo.
"The new French mail steamer Tonkin arrived yesterday afternoon from Sai The steamer sustained aw accident to her propellers in the Suez Canal which considerably delayed her passage to. the Far East Both the propellers of the Tonkin wore'damaged. The four blades one propeller were broken and the four blades of the other were bent. At Suez two new pludes were put on the propeller with the broken budes and the steamer proceeded on the voyage making very good time considering her crippled condition. She steamed thirteen knots to Si and came up the China Sea soon at eleven knots."
We learn froma Hongkong contemporary that the Marine Insurance Companies held an informal Conference in London on the 15th of December, to see whether they could arrange to advance premiums, Tt came to nothing, and a step of the kind seems impracticable against the competition of We hare reccired Japan papers with dates from Yokohama and Kobe to the 28th and N: the 31st ult.—Lord Charles Beresford was received and dined at Yi a by the British communities of Yokohama and Tokio on the 23rd ult. Covers wore laid for 162.—The 0.S.K.S. Anping Marw went aground near the Pescadores on the 16th ult., and put into Makung for temporary repairs.
ord Charles left Yokohama by the America Maru on the 26th ult. for San Francisco.—Flanagan who was sentenced to imprisonment for life for murdering Mr. Lake at, Chemulpo escaped from the but was recaptured in 24 how has taken over from Russ planted in the Canadian North-West, 3,000 Caucasian nonconformists. They are in charge of Count Sergius Tolstoi.—According to the Kokumin, the scheme for the establishment of the Japan-China Bank has been very favourably received in Japan.—The accounts of the Nagasaki Hotel, La., for the past half-year show a net loss of $2,736.17, but there is no entry on the debit side of interest on debentures.
The following telegrams are from the Kobe Chronicle Tokio, 20th Jannazy.
Mr. Sone, the Minister for Agriculture and Commerce, purposes to grant foreigners the right of engaging in mining and_of holding shares in Exchanges. Cho Bill has been submitted to the Cabinet, and will shortly be introduced to the Diet. It is stated that Mr. Sone further proposes allow foreigners to hold shares in the Bank of Japan.
Count Katsu died last night from cou-gestion of the brei king, 21st January.
The work on the construction of the railway from Kiaochou to Tsinanfu is to be commenced next month.
Tokio, 21st January, Prince Li Shun-yo, the' favourite grandson of the Into Tai Won-Kun, has arrived at Yokohama from England.
'A dispatch has been received in Tokio, ich announces that the Hawaiian Administration Bill was simultaneously introduced to both Houses of the U.S. Congress onthe 6th of December. 'The provisions of the Bill, if passed, will go into force from July "4th next.' It is proposed to adopt the existing American Customs and Inland Taxation Laws for Hawaii, and Bills relating thereto have been independently introduced and have passed the Lower House, A. Bill relating to the immigration of foreigners into. Hawaii and also to the coasting trade will also be introduced.
22nd January, It has been hitherto believed that the United States Government would adopt special provisions applicable between Japan and Hawaii in the Administration Bill, but no information to this effect has yet reached the Japanese Government, There are no stipulations referring to the matter in the Tiuwaiian Administeation Bill now in the US. Congress, As the United States Government seems to intend adopting new regulations regarding the immigration of contracted labourers into Hawaii, the Minister for Foreign Afluirs sent a telegram yesterday to Mr. Komura, the Japanese Minister at Washington, asking for At a dinner given by the Tokio Cham-bor of Commerce in the Imperial Hotel yesterday, in honour of Lord Charles Beresford, most of the Ministers were present as well as Count Okuma and Count Itagaki. Lord Charles delivered a speech advocating alliance to secure not only an "open door" in China, hut the reform of the Chinese Empire, In conclusion his lordship spoke highly of the progress of Japan, and expressed a hope that Japan would show the same determination to protect individual rights under the new treaties as would be shown by Great Britain, Seoul, 24th January.
Messrs. Cho Pyong-sik, Min Ka-mok, and Kim Tei-kung, sentenced to transporta ion, were to-day discharged, in deference 1 to the Throne by Mr. Vu Minister of Justice.
Tokio, 26th January. ing strongly opposed the French demand on the Chinese Government for ostension of the Shanghai Settlement, it is reported that the Japanese Government has issued an instruction teits Minister to Peking ordering him to join the British Minister in this movement. The United States appear to be about to join Great Britain and Japan.
Nagasaki, 26th January.
Owing to the absence of rain. water has became very scorse, and the Waterworks have announced suspension of the supply from the Ist proximo.
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