2,405,867 159,553 1903... 7,934,829. 118,152
To Hongkong.
1902... 19,616 766,474 2,364,987. 1993... 55,442 760,565 2,413,404
Then comes a short account ofa luncheon given by a number of his friends and fellow members of the A.A. to the Hon. John Barrett, on the eve of his departure as U.S. Minister to the Argentine Republic, at which a well-deserved appreciation was shown of Mr. Barrett's efforts in Eastern Asia. Some very interesting correspondence follows, comprising a memorial to the U.S. Secretary of State, signed by most of the leading American establishments here, advocating the separation in the U. S. Consulates in China of judicial from consular functions. The memorialists write very strongly; they say: "We earnestly deprecate the present system of Consular Courts in China as wholly unsuited to our commercial needs, and which are too often presided over by consular officials without judicial training or experience, and whose decisions fail in the respect and confidence which the decisions of an American court should command everywhere." The receipt of the memorial is acknowledged by the State Department, and the correspondence ends with a letter from the American Association of China to the A.A. A. ping the establishment here of a U.S. Supreme Court of China, following the lines of H. Supreme Court. The change, if made, will undoubtedly be welcomed by the foreign community generally as well as its American members, and in saying this, we do not wish to cast any reflection whatever on the present U. S. Consul-General.
Some other correspondence follows. "Observer" writes commending the work of the International Exchange Commission. Mr. Emil S. Fei-shi" writes on "Chinese Studies at Columbia University," in a letter very similar to that which recently appeared in our columns. Mr, David alter Yancey sends a very hopeful letter from Manila on the prospects in the Philippines. Then comes an account from the "New York Journal of Commerce" of an interview with Mr. James S. Fearon, which is too important to be treated at the tail of an article. Some notes are given from Lieut.-Col. Manifold's paper, which has appeared in our columns recently. There is an extract from the "North American Review," in eshape of Mr. A. S. Hurd's article on "The Growing Naval Power of Japan;" and a number of other extracts dealing with commercial topics conclude a very interesting number.
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