The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-13

,ess than 1000 to Yokohama. and about
100 miles more to Nladivostok, at tne
eastern end Of the Trans-Slberlan
Railroad.
The Crown Colony.
Hong Kong is a crown colony. 1t was
coded to Great Britain by China IN
lS41, 1t has grown steadily since then.
and 1t is now a military and naval
station of tirst-class Importance 1t
is the Headquarters of the China squad
ron. comprising about sixty vessels
IN all, and it has an imperlal garrison
of $500 troops. 1t is ruled by a gov
1nn appointed ,, by the King of Eng
lana, and the man now in charge is
Sir frederick D. Lugard who made
himself famous as governor OF Nige-
ria. Sir Frederick receives salary
OF $4,000 year, and has u cabinet
and Legislative council to help him,
two OF whom are Chinese
How Hong I<onE Looks.
But let US take look at the human
side of the island. This little plock Of
land is surrounded by water. 1t is on
ly a hill of basalt schist and granite
washed by the sea. If a giant could
stand 1t on end it might he wnirled
around like top. Its base is so small
that railroad train could run around
1t In less than an hour, and it ends
IN peak 1880 feet high. The island
lies close to the mainland, and with the
peninsula of Kowloon it has a harbor
OF ten square miles, filled with shipping
iati numbers $4,000. and you come
lation numbers A5 600. ana Won come
to the island through a swarm of sam
pans worked by women, who stand IN
ana scull their boats much like the
sondoliers of Venice Some Of them
nave babies fastened to their packs.
ana inc little ones bob up and down as
their mothers bend to their oars. The
babies are held on by squares of cloth
Tied on by straps around the waists
ana necks of the mothers. The bare
tess OF the little ones stick out in
front.
A City of Pigeon Holes.
coming into Hongkong the noun
famous island towers high above you,
the upward slopes covered with green.
me shores are lined with buildings
iive or six stories high. with galleries
running along their fronts story above
story. These galleries are divided in
to sections, and the shores seem to be
walled with white pigeon holes rising
rom the edge of tho water AT the
loot are the warehouses and exporting
establishments, which take care of the
shipping, Above them are the ofllcas
NI.-A N"'AN''S pal VI Tue Guy, ana
still further back, climbing the hill,
the many white, cream and rose col
ored pigeon-holed structures which
form the residences. The buildings
extend from the sea up the mountain
FOR a distance of thousand feet or
more at an angle of almost As degrees.
streets have been cut out around tho
hill making the whole series OF ter
races, and these are bisected at right
angles by other highways and by
cog railroad which leads to the hotels
on the peak,
The business parts OF Honskong
would be fine anywhere. The Hong
kong Club cost $4,000 and the Hong
kong and Shanghai Bank has as fine
offices as any financial institution or
the United States. A new post-o fIice
Is now going up, and there are great
buildings rising on that part of the
harbor which has been reclaimed from
tho sea. The material Is granite and
the mortar is carried to the masons
by women who are paid about 10 cents
a day, Brick and stone and all sorts
of building materials are. freighted
has on her shoulders a pole with a
basket fastened 10 either end OF 1T, and
the baskets are filled with bricks or
stones. good lusty girl will carry
100 pounds at ono load, and bare arm
ed and bare legged she srunts as she
tolls her way up the hill. There are
lchildren carrying smaller burdens who
do liar work and who are still more