This regiment, which has been detained here long after their time was up, owing to the war in South Africa, is at length to be relieved. Inote, froma telegram ina Ceylon paper referring to the distribution The Hongkong Land Reclamation Ca., Ld.
The statutory meeting of shareholders la this new Company was held on the 17th inst., in their offices, Victoria Buildings, 'The Chairman (Hon. ©. W. Dickson) said that the meeting was held in compliance with the requirements of the Companies' Ordinance. That having been done, nothing further remained for them to do, but he might mention without going into particulars that they had commenced work. UnitedjAsbestos Oriental Agency, The report for presentation to the shareholders of this Company, at the meetin, fixed for the 28th inst., has been issued. It is very brief, but extremely satisfactory. 'The balance at credit is $15,889.03, out of which, after payment of General Managers, it is proposed to pry a dividend of 20° per cent on ordinary shares, and $19.80 per share on 100 founders' shares, to place $3,000 to reserve fund, and to carry to new account the balance of $489.03, This is not bad for a little company.
Serious Landslip at the Kowloon Docks.
A rather formidable landslip occurred early this weak at the Hungham establishment of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Ca. Ld. The hills at the back, which have been cut away toa lange extent, are ofa very friable nature, and the pre= cipitous bank of earth and' rocks at the back of the new workshop containing the new 10-ton steam hammer recently erected at great cost and labour gave way suddenly, and came with a rush upon the building, breaking in the wall and overturning the hammer. Fortunately no lives were lost, as the foreman at work near the hammer had just previously observed that. the rocks above were slightly moving and had time to warn the workmen to run before the crash occurred. From the very nature of the disaster its magnitude can easily be conceived. It is said that a few months must elapse before the hammer can be replaced in position, as some of its supporting columns were broken, Matters might, however, have been much more serious, had not the mass of fallen earth and rock just stopped short of crashing into one of the lange boilers, which at the time had a full head of steam, in which case it would have exploded with great violence and thus almost certainty of causing great loss of life.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.