met on the 22nd instant, but the business before it was neither very interesting nor important. The only feature worth recording was the vote of $9,036.25 to meet expenses incurred by the Government of the Federated Malay States in respect of Messrs BE. D. C, Wolfe and 8. B. C. Ross, two cadets the Hongkong Government had taken over and whose expenses they were bound to make good. Mr. Chater naturally wanted to know something about these young men, and in reply to his enquiries, it was stated that they joined the Hongkong service in January and were now in Canton studying the language.
'mE BROUGT company have given several more highly successful performances at the 'Theatre Royal, but the unusual heat and mugginess has lessened the attendance somewhat. The distances to be traversed here by theatre-goers, namely from the Peak by some, and from Kowloon by others, and from' East Point und Quarry Bay by'still others, tells against all caterers for the public amusement, and the theatre is now also quite inadequate for the wants of the com-
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