(2) According to the Conditions of the Free Passage Scheme, an
officer who has completed 3 years service in the Colony is entitled to 2% return fares to the United Kingdom and as I have completed more than half this term since I returned from my last leave, I felt confident that the Government would grant me two single free passages,
(3) In support of my application, I would respectfully point
out that, (A) having completed more than half the prescribed term of 5 years, I should be entitled to at least half the bonafits I would derive had I completed the full term; and (B) that I am forced to retire on pension through fill health and through no fault of my own.
I therefore have the honour to apply that two single free passages to the United Kingdom be granted me, failing which, that I be allowed to serve the full term of 5 years, as at the present time, I have not the means to pay my ow
I have the honour to be,
The Honourable,
Director of Public W
Your bedient servant,
List of forrespondmoe attached ( dopies)
(1) dopy of Free Passage Jcheme.
(2) Petition to Hfw Exoellenoy the Governor dated\{3th July,
(3) Reply fron His Excellency the Governor through the Honcur-
able Director 80 Public Works dated 16th July, 1914.
(4) Reply to verbal request to be allowed to remain in Govern- ment service until qualified for a free passage to England
from Honcurable Director of Public Yorks dated 25th July,
Duplicate
Public Works Department.
Hong Kong.
27th July, 1914.
ke Right Honourable Lewis Harcourt F.0.
H.M,Secretary of State for the Colonies.
I have the honour to submit for your consideration the attached correspond moe which has passed between myself and the Oolonial Authorities with reference to my claim for the
single passages to England on being invalided from the ser-
2. Your petitioner, after more than 19 years Golonial s07- vice has been invalided through ill health and through no
fault of his own.
3. He herewith annexes a copy of the Free Passage Soheme for the purpose of showing that, absolutely no provision was
made for an officer being forced to retire, prematurely, through ill health and also to show the hardship which has fallen upon him through being forced out of the service.
4. It is only two years and eight months since petitioner returned from long leave, during which, he spent most of his savings, and under these circumstances, it can be readily understood that he has not had sufficient time in which to
save passage money for his wife and himself.
5. Your petitioner feels strongly the injusties of having
to pay these passages, in view of the fact, that he has served more than half the term that would entitle him to 24 full return fares to the United Kingdom, he therefore submits that his complaint is a just one and in placing the matter before you, feels that he will receive justios aj
your hands.
I have the honour to be,
Your humble à obedient servant
Public Forks Office.
Hong Kong.
26th July, 1914.
In reply to your verbal Bequeat to be allowed to remain
in Government Service until you have qualified for a free
passage to England under the Free Passage Schede, la Excellency
has decided that, in view of the medical reports upon the state
of your health, this carmot be allowed,
br.I.A.Wheal.
والتلاع 1
Yours faithfully,
så/ A.F ̧Churchill
Director of Public Rortsi
1.A.Whcak.
Public Works Office,
Hồng hồng,
16th July, 1914,
In reference to your letter of 13th instant, Hin Excellency the Governor has decided that freo passages to
England cannot be granted to you and your wife,
1 an, Sir,
Yours faithmlly.
ed/ A.F.Churchill,
Director of Public Works.)
From General Orders of the
Kong übtannserat. •
175, The Harbour kaster will bock all ́ssages which area paid for, by the Government and Heads of Departments should supply him withức all necessary information, including particular, as to age and ad of any children who may be travelling. The Harbour waiter must be / informed at the earliest opportunity if it should be necesarp to
cancel a passage already booked.
176. (1) A free passage scheme has beer daytsed, to the benefits of which officers on the permanent establishment who aren domfollad in a cold using country, and who hold one of the following' officeE, are eligible:-
List of officers entitija to Free Forsage Scheme.
P.T.. 15 overseers, 1st Class.
(2) the scheme is subject to the following conditions:-
After a period of 5 years service the officer to have 9 months leave on half pay. Gocond class (non mein passage will be provided by the Govorment in steaners to be selected by the Goverment
(3) During the year in which leave is taken and the propeding fear, any leave taken, beyond leave on medical groundhi, will be dequeted from the nine nks half-pay leave.
(4) The number of free passage will be limited to
Comompany additioncī passage money foing defrayed by the officer concerned.
(5) In case of an officer's death his family will be given a
free passage hone equivalent to 1 rali feres.
(6) officers domiciled in a gold using country other than the United Kingdom will have thousölvus to pay the difference between the actual cost of paceage and the sort of pasong to the United Kingdom, if the roper exneeds the latter. Officers holding offices mentioned in sub-seation [1} of this-General Order will not be paid any half-pay for performing the duties or any officer mentioned in the saze subsection.
Public Works Dow
Hong Kong.
13th July, 1914.
I have the honour to address you with regard to the paymen
of passages to England for my wife and myself and to resentfully request that you will forward this application to His Excellency
the Governor for his kind consideration? –
(1) When I was notified by Government that I would be invalided
from the service, I was under the impression that I would be entitled to two single' free passages to England, but was surprised when the Executive Engineer of my Department informed me that I would have to pay for these passages
(2) According to the Conditions of the Free Passage Schene, an
officer who has completed 5 years service in the Colony is entitled to 2% return fares to the United Kingdom wid as I have completed more than half this term since I returned from my last leave, I felt oopfident that the Govermeye would grant me two single free passages.
(3) In support of my application, I would respectfully pint,
out that, (A) baving completed more than half the preqeribs term of 5 years, I should be entitled to at least half the benefits I would derive had I completed the full ter
retire and (B) that I am forced to retire on pension through, health and through no fault of my own +
I therefore have the honour to apply that br free passages to the United Kingdom be granted me, falli which, that I be allowed to serve the full term of 5% as at the present time, I have not the means to pay
Iqnourable,
Director of 2GB110
I have the honour
Your obedient
( dopian).
(1) Copy of Free Passage Scheme,
(2) Petition to Hia zxoellemey the Governor dated 13th July,
(3) Reply from His Excellency tale Governor through the Honour-
able Director 05 Public Teşke dated 16th July, 1914. (4) Reply to verbal request to be allowed to remain in Govern- ment service until qualified for a free pimage to England from Honcurable Direitor of þublic Works dated 25th Julz, 1914
102,248).
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Ao 267. In May
Mr. #Alle 1/10/14 31. DaGiffin Ip
Sir G. Fiddes.
Sir H. Just.
Sir J. Anderson.
Lord Emmott.
Mr. Harcourt,
I have to back the
receipt of your despatch No
286 of the
forwarding
15 August
a memorial from
My J. A. Wheal wwhich he asks that he may
granted two sevile passages
blue weland arbeig invalided foran the Evice
2. I thaty
total caused Mr Wheal
to be informed that I
have received his memorial, but that I am unable to
intervene
arbs behalf
R. 7QCT.
37673 At Kaus
Mr J. A. Wheal.
HMllen 2/10/14
Samte to
inform you that he
has recă
from the
In of stay
memorial dated the
27 luck in which tam
ask that the way,
Sir G. Fiddes.
Sir H. Just.
Sir J. Anderson.
Lord Islington.
Mr. Harcourt.
(102,243). W
be granted
single passages
invalided form the
2. the Starcast
has considered yar
representations but he
regrets that
unable to intervene
an your behalf.
(Signed) H. J. READ,
for the Under Decre....
May Comp
Last previous Paper.
HONG KONG
Asst. Analyse.
In view of difficulti
Candidate
REG 2 OCT 14
scherming
engreds modification a
qualifications demanded.
M. Guffin
"It may the tree as of the
qualiter party. 5.
This will key
PS butil
Pussy Rol
Next subsequent Paper.!
110,243), Wt.17.476–39. 20,000. 8/1+. A.QE.W,
NO CONFIDENTIAL.
HONGKONG.
Reef 2 OCT 14)
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
15th August, 1914.
I have the honour to inform you that in view of the dearth of candidates for the vacant post of Assistant Analyst in this Colony alluded to in paragraph 2 of your confidential des- patch of the 22nd December, 1913, I have considered whether a modification of the qualifications demanded of such candidates would not be advisable. Mr. Browne, the Government Analyst, whom I have consulted, informs me that candidates possessing the qualifications of Associate of the School of Mines are easily obtainable and assures me that a man so qualified would be quite capable of performing the duties required; in fact he considers that it would be in the interest of the department, if one man who has specialised in metallurgy were to undertake the assay work, while he and the lat Assistant Analyst carried out the analysis
of food and drugs.
I accordingly telegraphed to you on the 30th July as follows:- "With reference to your confidential despatch of *22nd December, 1913, if there is difficulty in obtaining suitably "candidate Assistant Analyst who is Associate of Institute of "Chemistry suggest that Associate of School of Mines should be "obtained instead as soon as possible", and I hope that the wider field of selection at your disposal will facilitate the selection of a suitable candidate at an early date.
Since writing the above I have received your
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P..
confidential
ma/24946
confidential despatch of the 15th July, 1914, intimating the
appointment of an Assistant Analyst.
I have the honour to be,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
Governor, c.
May Conf
Last previous Paper.
d. 26378
auf dd C'at
HONG KONG
Free Passay Scheme
REG 2 OCT 14
suggests that. P. 1. to be asked to allow
Kerr li book hassages on their steamers for obbies who are not entitled to face passages so as bi secure for officer's rebate on same terms as Co.
allows undis.
Mr. Suffin.
The anangement suggested
para 2 is infallibly fit any
conf. ubate of them for think it useless to approach tho to ht ? City told. protons.
A 3/10/48.
to misite
the Hait
Next subsequent Paporton passages
for fh to maintain the
(102,243). W217,475–57. 20,000. 8/14, A.CE.W.
sin full winstand y
to warders de
confidential
in order
character
of the rebate
on thick. (Carbon). It
work white worrying
I would negativn
firport and
(. A with
ath found
"rebate".
A/ had the 9/10/14
I think who
1. w. 14
now to incur A.
think the
five away
von fummnt, fatesmen preserve,
firqinal comf. cherocter of wh. it is important Ara
Are 13.0.14
Mr. Dixon has now drawn my attention to 16031/18
Eastern. Even if the Confidential * difficulty did
not exist there is no prospect of the Co. agreeing.
Reply regretting that we cannot proceed in the.
matter, since a similar proposal emanating from
Ceylon was laid before the Co. through the C.A. and
the Adm., and the Adm. replied that the Co. stated
that the proposal was altogether inadmissible
and that no advantage would be gained by pressing the
matter further, it being also desirable to avoid the
risk of taking any action that might prejudice the
present favourable Conf. terms enjoyed by the Govt.
Add that it is difficult to see how in my case
the proposal could be carried out without disclosing
the rebate, the conf. character of which it is impor-
tant to maintain unimpaired.
CONFIDENTIAL.
REG 2 OCT 14
GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
HONGKONG.
16th August, 1914.
NU OYDAN DA PENE
With reference to your confidential despatch of
the 23rd August, 1911, on the subject of the Free Passage Scheme,
I have the honour to suggest that the P. & 0. Company might now
be sounded with regard to allowing the Government to book
passages on P. & 0. steamers for Government officers who are not entitled to free passages, and to secure on behalf of such
officers a rebate on the same terms as the Company allows on passages booked under the scheme.
The working of the arrangement would present
little difficulty. The Government would book the passages and effect payment through the Crown Agents for the Colonies exactly as under the free passage scheme, while the officers concerned
would refund the Government the fares less the rebate.
It is scarcely necessary to state that this con-
cession would confer an inestimable boon on Government servants,
particularly those with families, upon whom the expense of pas- sages to the United Kingdom presses heavily. As it is, even officers with large families who come under the free passage scheme are not granted the reduction on the excess fares which
they have to provide.
The P. & 0. Company would benefit, I think, by the new arrangement, as the reduced rates would probably cause officers to travel by that line, who are now attracted by the
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,
تمرین هشتم
somewhat cheaper rates charged by foreign lines, particularly the Nippon Yusen Kaisha.
If you consider that there is any likelihood of
the P. & 0. Co. agreeing to the proposal, I should be glad if you
could instruct the Crown Agents to approach them.
I have the honour to be,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
Governor,&c.
37797/14
thase re back the rest
Ang hay Cach. gg. comfl. dep of the 150
24r. Robinson 17/10
Cowell Hell 19.10.14
Sir G. Fiddes.
Sir H. Just.
Sir J. Anderson.
Lord Emmott Islington.
Mr. Harcourt.
Ang with signed proposing
that the Pro Company
int he approached with a new to avarging for
passages & he taken the Govt. for offers not suhtles
& free passages. 2. I met that I cannot
proceal in the matter since, similar proporal emanating from liston
Laid before the Company through the C.A. tatl
1 & the R.C.d the Admiralty
who mist me that the
Company stated that the
proporal was altogether madmissible.
3. The Indships and that no avantife to be joined by memining the mater for ther it hung denille Lavoid the risk of taking any as tion that might
prejudice the present favourable confidential terms enjoye
the Ent.
4 Imany add that it is
Difficult tame how
amy case the purporal
the cured at without disclosing the rebate, the
conf. chamartha Lakich
it is important to maintain
Aman paired
at previous Paper.
Next subsequent Paper.
HONG KONG
REG 2 OCT 14
Redemption of Canton holis
Bends two repools by Consul. Mencal at Canton. Inancial situation w Prvorce has aveatly improved.
Hi Suffon Cottin Si 9 7.275
• Copy/to 70 compl. 23.
Ite anointy oth puttin
Atas Laurits way t
30,243). WL.17,476-$9. 20,000. 8/14. A‚ŒE.W.
convertitle
6. W. In
0.10.14 * 10-10-14
A CONFIDENTIAL.
Rus 2 OCT 14
GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
HONGKONG.
15th August, 1914.
'July, 1914.
August, 1914.
In continuation of my confidential despatch of the
22nd July, I have the honour to transmit the enclosed copies of two interesting reports by His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton on the redemption of the notes issued by the Kwangtung Govern-
The accuracy of the official estimate of the amount of these notes in circulation came as a surprise to me and, to every one, I think, who had enquired into this matter. With
regard to the small number of forged notes presented for redemp- tion, however, it must be borne in mind that as tenderers of such
notes were held responsible for their possession a very great
number of forgeries may not have been presented.
It is not for me to express an opinion upon Mr.
Jamieson's strictures on the action of the Hongkong and Shanghai
and Deutsch-Asiatische Banks, but it is right that I should say
that the Manager of the former institution denies that his Bank
collected large parcels of notes when redemption began. His ver-
sion is that the Bank of China by throwing obstacles in the way
of encashment of the new notes issued in exchange for the old
notes, (and it is not denied, I understand, that the cashing of the new notes was at the commencement discouraged), shook the confidence of the public in the new issue and induced a desire for exchange of the notes against silver which might never have
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,
arisen had confidence in the issue been firmly established by giving every facility for meeting every request for encashment promptly.
Wherever the blame lies the result is regrettable. I had hoped that once confidence had been established in the new issue the bulk of it would have remained in circulation. This, I know, was the hope of the Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank whose Institution has nothing to gain by a restricted native note issue of a really sound character. As it is I am informed that the 85,664,000 of the new issue not encashed is not really in circulation, but is held by Chinese Banks and other large holders. It may perhaps come into circulation later.
Whatever happens in that respect, there is no doubt that the removal of the depreciated note issue has greatly improved the financial situation in the Province.
I have the honour to be,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
болад may
Governor,&c.
I.M. Consul-General, Canton, to K.M.Minister,
Confidential.
37798 RECO Rea2
I.B.M. Genaui**
July 25, 1914,
In accordance with the instructions sentained
in your telegram No. 18 of July #1 I have the
honour to offer the following observations with
regard to the redemption of the paper currency hither-
to in circulation in Kuangtung.
After having informed you by telegram that
the first day's proceedings had shown that it would be likely to go through moothly and without
disturbance, I had not intended to furnish you with an account of daily happeninga, as minor dif- ficulties which cropped up from time to time vere usually disposed of within forty-eight hours, but had intended to wait until redemption had been completed, so that you would be placed in posses– sion of a comprehensive report on the proceedings
in their entirety.
Siz John Jordan, G.0.1,E,, K.O.B., K.O.M.G.,
His Majesty's Minister,
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I must confess that the practical working out
of the scheme has largely stultified the pessimis-
tic views previously held by myself and others and
has furnished many surprises.
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The comparative accuracy of the estimate of
the number of notes in sirculation furnished by
the provincial government. The number was by thêm placed at $52,500,000 and, so far as one can see at present, not more than $55,000,000 are likely
to be presented. It is impossible to give exact
figures until July 25, the day on which the regis-
tration lists are to be finally closed.
The absence of forged notes, seeing that up
to date the chief cashier has only discovered $686
The Chinese out of a total of over $17,000,000.
can readily detect forgeries and are frightened to present them, as, at the Redemption Office they have
The forgeries to account for their possession.
are mostly in the $1 notes printed in Shanghai last
The ready aequiescence on the part of the holders, after preliminary protests in the local presa, in the rate of exchange fixed and the or- derly manner in which they conducted themselves.
The capacity and honesty displayed by the
although Chinese staff engaged by Kr. Tang, who,
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●stablished banking institution.
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dguodtia,odv,gosī .TM yd begɛzmo listu snertio
bevozq salt 'ayab wol a at,beaterðan tilaĴOS
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The fact that all imputations to which ex-
pression may previously have been given with re-
gard to the aetion of the Banque de l'Indo-Chine
and the Bank of Taiwan have to be withdrawn.
reports which reached me, and which I had every
reason to consider trustworthy, I was given to
understand that they were large holders of old
notes for speculative purposes. It turns out, how-
that prior to the commencement of redemption
the French Bank disposed of its entire holdings and the Japanese Bank had only $20,000 left. way in which the local agent of the Banque de
l'Indo- Chine, H. Gaudiot, who also acts for the
Russo-Asiatie and Yokohama Specie Banks, has car- ried out the spirit of the Finance Miniter's memorandum, forming enclosure in your despatch
lo. 19 of May 26 and the loyal manner in which he
has supported Mr. Boyd are beyond praise.
The attitude taken up by the representatives
of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank, who originally only held $450,000 of Canton-Kowleon Railway earn- ings, and of the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank. would appear that they are taking advantage of their position as delegates to further their in- terests as bankers, inasmuch as when redemption started, they proceeded to collect and make ad- vances on large parcels of notes, held by Chinese banks and others, and then sought to set off the
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new notes received in exchange therafor against
cash requisitions made on them in terms of the
above cited memorandum.
I am not aware to what extent the group
banks, the Minister of Finance and yourself con-
sider the £1,000,000 advance as a reserve against
the new note issue, but, after a perusal of the
memorandum and bearing in mind my om preconceived
ideas on the subject, I venture to hold that the prinary purpose to which it should be devoted the formation of a reserve, and that, while the
encashment of notes presented by impatient er aus-
picious hälders cannot well be refused, the prac- tice should be discouraged as much as possible. The contention of the British and German banks on the other hand is that redemption shall take place dollar against dollar, in other words that the whole advance shall be thrown into, and absorbed by, the market leaving the new issue without a single dollar behind it, thus creating a reversion
This contention is based to the status quo ante. on their reading of paragraph 7 section (s) of the menerandum, which states inter alia that "all new notes paid shall be retained in safe custody
To act by the chief cashier of department B". literally in terms of this sentence would witk- draw all new notes from circulation and leave the market bare of a currency medium, because so far nost dollara received in exchange have been skip- ped out of the province. The only explanation,
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od♪ nikdw,tait bas jovrener a to nottamtoi edi
-eve so fasttaget yď betrosong Beton to tueadas ɔne
-sang sắt,beauter ad flew tonako srebidd avotołą
Voidismoq sa doum na bezazuoonih od blvods volt
no milaad mawred bas dattiza odt to moltantano adi
soniq wist Linda nokżquaber Jadź at band Tedto edt
edt tadt abzow redto aż „saflob tanlays tallob
bedroeda bas „odal avonds ed IIsda eomavba słody
a Juodšiv eunal ver edt gulvsel teizam si vyd
MCINTOver a galtaoro mudo „ti baldeď zaifob sigats
berad at moltne‡nos midt •BİNA QUR Butata edt of
to (a) solfosu 7 dgazzazaq to gulbaen niedi no
Ila" 3843 glia zetuk setato doidw,auhnstoned eit
ybotavo elan al benister ed Ifada king neton ven
faa Of .*8 tammtzaçəb to zeldaso toldo edt yď
-d‡iw blươw sonetzee akit to aæret at gifszetil
edt evnej bga qoltsÏVOTŁO Moti netoa wed IIs wash
tsi da ekuaɔed,miben yonetzuo s to exed Join
-gide deed evad égünńsze at bevlecei atsilob Jeom
moltansigre vino eɗT .esatvorą edt to tuo beg
of which I can think, for the insertion of this
clause is that, as there was objection originally
on the part of the Cantonese to accept notea bearing the characters 'Za Oh'ing' on them, it must have been the intention of the Ministry of Finance immediately to exchange then for other
notes less objectionable in appearance. cordance, however, with Chinese lack ofprevision
no such have been supplied.
I have done my utmost to persuade the two banks in question duly to honour requisitions for silver made on them, and at the ame time to retain in their treasuries the new notes received in exchange for their holdings without presenting them for encasham ment and thus depriving the Bank of China of their silver equivalent, until such time as the Central Government shall see fit to send forward a supply
of replacing notes.
The divergent interpretation of the memoran- dum has led to a certain amout of friction and has caused the Chinese delegates to express strong resentment at what is described as mala fides on the part of the British and German Banks. matter has been on various occasions referred telegraphically to Peking but at the time of wri- ting I do not know what ruling has been given or
The position is with- what solution arrived at.
out doubt a difficult one, and little can be urged against the argument of the banks that, had those
Chinese/
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no agail alam na bodizɔob at tady is tœsataoHOT
.ałosƐ mmeð has delfina edt to taaq odt
bezzelet saolasooo Buottav do neeď sad zettam
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Chinese, on whose behalf they are acting, redeemed
the notes themselves, they would at once have
casked then, as was done by the Provincial Autho~
rities within the first two days. I do not know
whether or not you will agree with my interpretation
but the object at which I am niming is the non-
presentation fer encashment, and the placing in eireu-
lation if possible of the notes at present here,
Tere the banks to treat these as ordinary currency until
the replacing notes arrive, after which they could be withdrawn and exchanged, confidence in the issue ran
To act otherwise would speedily be establisked.
is to place on the market a new issue without any
reserve behind it, and when this fact becomes publie property, a depreciation as great as that of the old issue would in course of time appear to be inevitable.
Assuming that no new notes were cashed the
position would roughly work out as follows:
014 notes – Bay
$16,000,000.
$35,000,000
.455 - nor notes
Against this place:
Original advance £1,000,000
Supplementary .. 250,000 say $18,500,000, a to- serve of cash against notes equal to 80%..
The holdings of the British and German Banka not yet fully redeemed equal (in new notes) about $5,000,000, which sum it is proposed to set aff against requisitions for silver, thereby reducing
FOSSITO/
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-xon sát el gatule am I doide ja tom¿do edź tud
reserve in cash to $7,500,000 and new note issue
to $11,000,000, a reserve of cash against notes
equal to 67%. Up to July 22 old notes redeemed amount to $17,402,249 ■ new notes $8,266,067, of
which, apart from banks' holdings, $5,776,250
have been encashed.
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I have the honour to be,
Your most obedient,
kumble servant,
(signed)
J.T.Jamieson.
Consul-General.
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(bergia)
Mr. Jamieson to I. M. Minister.
H.B.M. Consulate-General,
August 7th,
In continuation of my despatek No. 30 Confidential
of July 8örd last, I have the honour to report that the redemption of the old paper surrency of the Canton pro-
vince was duly completed on July 51st.
The final figures were as follows:-
Provincial Hotes redeemed...
.$51,645,604.
How Noten issued ...
-$34,800.928 -
Reserve on July 51st
.$ 4,285,000.
Notes in circulation on July 31 $ 6,664,000. New notes cashed to August 1 ...$ 6,800,790.
The last lot of notes was presented about ? p.n. on
July 31st and was the property of Kang Yu-wei.
The following figures are interesting as showing
the accuracy of the various estimates.
The original estimate of notes in sirculation made by
the Provinsial Freasury was:-
Sir John Jordan, G.0.1.E., X.0.B., K.G.M.G.,
Kis Majesty's Minister,
„Tetainik .M .N of noneimat „ek
50 cent notes
$1,000,000
„KIRI „AFT dauguå
$1 notes
7,190,000
2,000,000
18,050,000
11,000,000
Is it ambiinod 08.ok dodaqnod yn to moitavattnos al edt tadt troqet of tuomod ødt evad I,tual brök vist to -ong rotund edt to yonottue toqaq kło edt to moldqueber .jalë pist do beteigmos tiub naw soniy
-savol[o] ea ezov Bežngil Iasi) HÁT
.000,388,♪ §.....
...bezsebet zatok Istoakvorg
... DOMBBi Botol wa I
tale viel go evrenei .000,488,4 ₺ 18 yirt no moitsiveria at Betoll
.CRT,008,8 ‡... I Jauguå at beduso netoa vel
ao .n.q ▼ tuoda bermonezą nav aeton to do♫ THAI HA
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‚astanituo Buottav sát to yosqveas edt
yd oban noktalvezie ai netoa to etomitum fanigizo oft
➡: BAV YIUBseYZ Imionivoz¶ edi
$54,240,000.
From this total however certain deductions have to
be made. of the $10 notes one million dollars worth were
printed but never issued by the Treasury, and of the $1 notes $200,000 worth were issued by the revel government ?
and not recognised as valid for redemption.
These de-
ductions left about $88,000,000 worth of notes to be accounted for, of which $51,645,504 worth have actually
been redeemed. The total forgeries only amounted to $1,567, a very mall proportion; and the notes redeemed
of whom only five were presented by 4,285 individuals
or six veze vámén. The danéminations of the notes pre-
sented were as follows:-
50 cent notes
$1 notes
# 926,987
6,595,785
1,912,424
12,308,620
9,901,850
51,645,6 604
..D.M.D.X
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„Todałałk a 'ydnetali si
Allowing for notes lost, destroyèd and emcelled an
unredeemable for lack of proper seala and numbers etc. it seems clear that but a vozy mall number of the old notes
can now be in existence.
000,000, $
000,081,
000,000,$
000,030,&
000,000, II ... ...
.000,048,188
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.ebam ed
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.noitgmobes tol kilay as beningovem toa bas
ed of aeton to Edrow 000,000,88$ tuoda steľ naoitsuk
yllautos evad d‡zow 208,368,18$ dojdw to „zol betaʊOSDA
os betauoma ɣino seizegzol Istot edz
.beneeber moed
bamsebet sotoa sát bas :noldzoqong Liamm yrev a,188,18
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-ərq aeton add to adottanimemeð eft
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The only friction 'that occurred during the whole
of the redemption was that referred to in my previous
report vis: the endeavour of the British and German Banks (who between then redeened mone $10,000,000 worth of old
notes) to set off the new notes ácquired by them against
silver requisitions made on them under paragraph 7 sections (a) and (e) of the Prosedure. The British Bank actually
opened an account with the Bank of China with some
$500,000 of new notes. Then vien a requisition for silver was made on the local agent here by the Chinese 16- legate, the former presented them with a cheque drawn on the Bank of China, which the Chinese Beleġate refused to accept. The agents of the British and German Banks then threatened to present the whole of their new notes for encashment, and had they attempted to pur their words into deeds, the result might well have been to break the Bank of China before it had been two months in existence. must be remembered that no arrangements had at this time been made in Peking as regards this question, and it was not until July 18 that the Ministry of Finance agreed to the two Banks in question meeting requisitions by the tender of new notes in lieu of silver, the reserve being simultaneously increased by $2,500,000, and the credit of the Bank of China thereby maintained.
Apart from this somewhat unaccountable attitude of the British and German Banks during the progress of re- demption, no other hitch occurred in any of the working
arrangements/
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arrangements and great credit is due to everyone con-
cerned for the able manner in which redemption was effected,
especially to Mr. Boyd upon whose shoulders fell the
burden of making the arrangements under difficult condi-
tions for the practical working of bepartment A. The
Chinese belegate, Tang Ching-fang, has now returned to
I have the honour to be,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
(signed) J.T. mieson.
Consul-General.
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NO CONFIDENTIAL.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
HONGKONG.
15th August, 1914.
I have the honour to transmit the enclosed copy of
a letter from the General Officer Commanding the Troops, South China, on the subject of the status of the British Concession, Shamien, Canton.
The points about which Major-General Kelly is very naturally exercised are the lack of control of the movements of Germans resident in the Shamien and of a censorship of postal correspondence and telegrams there, very seriously prejudices the censorship in this Colony and is for other reasons undesirable.
I have discussed the situation with Major-General Kelly and His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton who visited Hongkong for the purpose and the conclusion arrived at was that it was not possible to suggest any effective measures for dealing with what is undoubtedly an unsatisfactory condition, by reason of the accessibility to the Chinese telegraph and post offices in Canton City which would render useless any censorship in the Shamien itself.
Similarly any attempt to restrict the movements of Germana residing on the Shamien would be neutralised by these residents removing to Chinese soil beyond the Shamien.
The view which Mr. Jamieson and I expressed to Major-General Kelly is that although the British Concession on the Shamien is the property of the Crown, held as it is under perpetual lease, it is not territory over which the Crown can exercise sovereign rights. It is not, therefore, British territory, but THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEWIS HARCOURT,
property of the Crown in the Empire of China, the residents upon which of whatever nationality enjoy extraterritorial rights.
The only step that it has been possible to take is to prohibit Germans resident in Shamien and elsewhere in the vicinity of Hongkong, from visiting the Colony.
I have the honour to be,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
Governor,&c.
Headquarters Office,
Hongkong, 12th Ausgust, 1914.
Your Excellency,
With reference to my conversation with Your Excellency and H.B.M.Consul-general at Canton, I beg that you will convey to His Majesty's Government the fact that I have pointed out that the British concession on the Shamien, Canton, is still at peace with Germany. That the German residents there are free to go and come as they like, that there is no censorship of letters or cables, that the German Post Office there is actually open though not mich used, that the German Consul is still there. I am aware that even if steps were taken to remedy this state of things it would be easy for the Germans to get letters and cables conveyed to and from the Chinese Post Offices in Canton. The same argument in a lesser degree would however apply to Hong Kong itself which is only a few mukt hours distant from Canton. If, as I am advised, a portion of the Shamien is British Terri- tory it is a puzzling anomaly that the status quo ante still
ashled home.
I most respectfully beg that my views may be
I have, etc.
F. H. KELLY
His Excellency
Bir F. H. May, K.C.M.G.,
Governor of Hongkong.
Major-General,
Commanding Troops in South China.