The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-10-16

tect the bearer that mo ol r luOp
shall be offered to '3 hiring " sons,
or hiring vessels for ne cargi2ge of
his baggage aud me,ehaudiee. - A
special clause pr4uaes est british
subjects profess;ae r teaching the
Christian religion aal. be > titled
to protection, and ..at sc long as
they peaceabIy pUraa. tier ralling
and do not offend against tte law
they shall not he pc-aecuteo nor in
terfered with. Finally, Article XII
recites: British subjects, whether
at the ports or other places, desir-
ing to build or open houses, ware
houses, churches, hospitals or burial
grounds, shall make their agreement
for the land they require at the rates
prevailing among the people, equit-
ably, and without exaetion on either
side"
Thus it would appear to the casual
reader that rather extensive privi-
leges are conceded by that treaty;
but the Mercury" proceeds to show
that the Interpretation adopted by
the British Government from the be-
| ginning was that the right of resi-
dence generally was not conceded,
and that the other places were in
tended merely to apply t. the imme-
diate outskirts OF the ports. To
such an extreme has this view been
carried that deeds Tor land IRE re-
fused to foreigners resident at
Shanghai in the Poashau district, al
though the boundary of that depart
ment comes within few hundred
yards of the foreign Settlement. The
same thing happens at all the ports.
At Chinkiaus natives have been re-
peatedly punished as criminals for
attempting to sci, and on the hill
sites in the immediate vicinity of the
port, the lane being only needed Us a
: health resort tJ scape the miasma
of the plains u timer ports SINH
lar means have adopted and in
all cases tie residence away
from the pug @ zen refused, ex-
uept in tie ease of missiona-
, ries under .s -.,ggsl clause. Even
at the ports themselves where British
subjects are permitted to rent land
in perpetuity they Go SO on terms
which practio,,'ly forbid then hold
ing it except lor purposes u resi-
. dence or as town lots. The ,,iinary
land tax payan!e by Chines3 ssna"t
in the fertile auds about 8 anglia
amounts to aoout 250 cash Per m0a
per annum. Foreign renters art
charged at the rate OF 500 which
, even at the present reduced rate o
" exchange, amounts TO no less sun
than 27s an acre, besides having t
buy the land in the first instance
Its effect is effectually to proven
the spread of the foreigner into th
interior, and to place him at so grea
disadvantage that competition Wit
the native cultiyator is out of th
question. Merchants in Shanghai
N with the objects OF improving th
quality of the silk exported, hav
u on various occasion sought to esIat
r. ish conditioning" establishment
k In the producing districts for tn
We purpose of drying the cocoons suf1
M GENTLY to permit Of their being sci
ID to Shanghai for filature. Thei raj
h. plcations have been steadily refused
M and one or two small establishment
.se tacitly permitted for a time hay
,s- been removed by express order. I'll
in same course has been adopted wi
regard to tea-friag establishment
,ai and the rule has been laid down til
hi although British merchants ma
ult under treaty, hire boats and 9th
las conveyances, and with the prote
av tlon of their passport may expo
he and sell their goods, they are n
,ed entitled to opcn establishments
ia their own nams, nor to permanent
,er rent or otherwise acquire premis
.ay for the conaUot Of their bushes
err unless at tbe o ,n ports. In 9th
tbe words. as the additions are impC
lb- sibe, there IS not a single forei
,tv trader to oy touud in China outsi
the the bare li,ri,, Of the open ports.
as Even strieler exclusion, continu
Did the "Mercury," from mining pri
the leges than frgn residential rigl
of prevails. 80 oryigner can own