Hongkong, Nov. 17.
Local shipping companies Learn with relief that the boycott of Bri tish shipping in Canton has Tee Transportation Gi have with drawn their decision not to load or unload vessels flying the British flag. Pickets have also disappeared from the waterfront. Why thi change ig brought about cannot yet Perhaps the cargo coolies find that their business is on Arrangements are now being] made to carry out the promise of the Government that part of the revenue derived from the new ternal production and consumption tax would be used for the benefit of the strikers who have been unable to get back their former positions. Over a peried of one month, the tax bureau has taken in $200,000, at the port of Canton alone, and it ig estimated that when the other ports ave heard from the final total will show that more than $500,000 has been derived by the Government from its new 28 per- cent. revenue- scheme. Out of the first month's revenue, an amount will be set aside stificient to pay $10 each of the strikers, to whom the nuoney will be paid before the 20th of this month. So far it has not been definitely' determined how the Dalance of the money promised to the strikers will be paid, but the Government has pledged' itself to Pay each of them a total of $100.
The Strike Commitee has been the downward trend by refusing to handle cargoes from British vessels and that no good purpose will served by discriminating against aforementioned steamers. Some of the local shipping companies are ondy to accept roads consigned 10
The Hongkong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company has agreed to reinstate the workers and sailors who went on strike in July last year. At first the Company refused to do 0 because has already engasced new men for the work. But these strikers in Canton succeeded in foreing intending passengers to boycott the Company's vessels, with the result that each steamer carried less than 100 passengers on orary Now that the former work: taken back, the boycott of there stamers will be lifted.
So far very few cargoes are taken to Canton of rice versed, because the public appears still. sceptical jand desires to wait for a few days when conditions ordered by atfonalist Government {0 carry on jointly with the Bureau of Public Safety an investigation fos thy mater of compen-
Colony is still suffering from post boycott depression. In the al sence of further outbreaks, it wil iten run. She files the Chinese ting. Tt is expected that she will carry) Dassengers and cargo without interference. She will be commanded by 12 German captain s0 as to suit the sentiment of the public in Canton.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.