forms, with its six appendices, a on the cependeney of Weibsiwei pamphtct of 59 pages. It may be noted here that seven other ai dices were sent home by the commissioner, but the Colonial beer Office has not printed them. Mr Lockhart begins by pointing out that while to most people Weihaiwei is the merest dot upon the map, the leased area really covers 285 square miles, with a population of about 150,000, while the continuous British sphere of interest covers an area of 1,500 square miles. That this population is administered by a staff of altogether fourteen persons, whose annual 982] salaries and allowances amount to only $40,278, and a native staff costing only $7,100 a year, testifies to the ease with which the Chinese are governed. Mr. Lockhart remarks: "There is in China a saying that the art of ase is to do nothing. While not attempting to follow such a short cut to successful ernment as that recommended in this saying, this Government has taken a8 its maxim Pas trap verner, avoiding meddlesome interference with Chinese affairs, which invariably breeds trouble, creates friction, and ultimately Teads to the creation of a large and expensive staff." It should be noted that there is also an Advisory Council, which meets occasionally, consisting of Mr. Duncan Clark, Mr. E. E. Clark, and Mr. F. Larkins, whose advice, we are told, has been found useful from time to time.
The revenue of the dependency for the year was $58,364, or $26,649 more than the estimate, a striking advance on the revenue collected in 1901-2, $22,000. The grant-in-aid from imperial funds, which was £11,250 in 1901-2, and £12,000 in 1902-3, has been reduced for 1904-5 to £6,000. The expenditure, including the laying of a telegraph cable between Port Edward and the island, was $166,430, and there was a balance of $89,000 to carry forward to 1904-5. A page is devoted to Public Works, principally roads, but it is interesting to see that a Court and police station are to be built, which will be good news for the newly-appointed Judge, Mr.F. A, Bourne. The police force consists of three inspectors, one native sergeant, six native " constables, and five detectives, and there is very little crime to record as far Prag ed ars serious casco having the resident population is con-
mitted by outsiders. it, Pockhart 0 and piracy com-
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