Lam reluctant to close this letter without a reference to the death of Mr. Richard Gowing, the Secretary of the Cobden Club. It is hardly too much to say that, of Into years, Mr. Gowing was the Cobden Club, for he carried on its work indefatigably and to grest extent inspired its policy. Notably was this the case in regard to the recent manifesto of the Club which nounced a reconsideration of its position and a new departure. In this was to be seen, perhaps, the influence of contact with the Free Trade party of Cunads. Sir Wilfrid Laurier had received the Cobden Club medal during' his visit to England at the time of the Diamond Jubilee, and Mr. Gowing, in a tour in Canada and the States undertaken by him in the autumn of the same year, took part in the memorable demonstration which marked Sir Wilfrid Laurier's return up the Saint Lawrence, and enjoyed several friendly interviews with that statesman and his colleagues. The modification in the strict tenets of the Cobden faith may be due to the te ing that something should be done to suit the specie! conditions of colonial free trade. Born at Ipswich, Mr. Gowing, in the course of an honourable journalistic career, for many years edited the Gentleman's Magusine and identified himself with the cause of public elementary education in the passing and carrying out of Mr. Forster's Aet of 13th January. formance of their proper duties.
Total number of persons coming under the notice of Police 1,689 Chinese dead bodies found in streets. Stray dogs captured 109
Foreign Vagrants.—A report by the Captain Superintendent of Police states that H.M. Police Magistrate has agreed to sentence offenders of this.class to hard Inbour whenever convicted.
Pure B. Parrissos, Captain Superintendent, Megat Arrest.—With reference to the case recently before the Mixed Court of arrest and punishment of a municipal night soil foreman in Sinza, it is understood that as a result of the trial, which took place on the 6th instant, the Mixed Court Magistrate has undertaken to issue a proclamation warning the tipao and residents of Sinza against any further interference Annual Meeting.—The date for the Annual Meeting of Ratepayers is fixed for the 9th BIarch, Wharfage Dues.—It is noted that the French Council endorses the amended procedure in regard to the levy of dues under a fixed rote of 2 per cent on the Customs duties, with the exceptions as specified.
The Meeting then adjourns.
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