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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 20, 1916.
No. 25.---Education, Ellis Kadoorie School for Indians,
Furniture, ...
No. 26.--Prison Department, Night-soil Buckets,
No. 27.-Harbour Master's Department, Raising, Renew- ing, Acquisition, and Re-arrangement of Moorings,
No. 28. Public Works, Extraordinary, Kowloon, Exten-
sions of Lighting,.............
No. 29.--Charitable Services, Other Charitable Allow-
ances,.
$
2,200.00.
1,450.00.
35,000.00.
400.00.
1,000.00.
His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council with reference to Minute No. 27. The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question--put and agreed to.
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee (No. 6), dated the 3rd August, 1916, and moved its adoption.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
QUESTIONS. Mr. POLLOCK, pursuant to notice, asked the following questions :--
1. With reference to the new allocation of Sisters in A Block of the Government Civil Hospital, which was made by His Excellency the Governor at the last Meeting of Council on the 3rd August, will the Government answer the following Questions, namely :-
(i) Did not Sister Kelsey, pursuant to permission granted prior to the said Meeting of
Council, leave this Colony on long leave, on the 9th August?
(ii) Have not the services of one of the Private Nurses been requisitioned for private nursing, so as to render her unavailable for Hospital work 2 During what dates between the 3rd August and the date of these Questions (21st August), have the services of such Private Nurse been required for private nursing?
(in) On what dates between the last Meeting of Council (3rd August) and the date of these Questions (21st August) have there been two Sisters on duty in the morning in A Block, namely;one Sister on each floor?
(iv) On what dates between the said dates has there been a Sister on duty, attending to
the operating theatre exclusively?
(r) Is not Sister Gorham, pursuant to permission granted to her prior to the said Meeting of Council, due to go away from the Colony on long leave on the 30th August, 1916 ?
(ri) When will Sister Sloan complete her present current period of 4 years' Service? (rii) Have the Government secured the services of any, and, if so, what Sisters or Nurses
since the last Meeting of Council ?
(viii) Has Sister Jacobs resigned from the Government Hospitals Service in this Colony ?
2. With reference to the re-arrangement of the Staff in B Block of the Government Civil Hospital, which was announced at the said Meeting of Council, under which re-arrangement the nursing of patients in B Block is left entirely to Probationers and Japanese Nurses, will the Government state the respective lengths of Service of the Probationers who are left in charge of B Block? And will the Government also state whether such Japanese Nurses, and, if so, how many of them possess a sufficient knowledge of English, written as well as spoken, to render them independent of the aid of an Interpreter into English, in the discharge of their duties? Are the Japanese Nurses in charge of the wards in B Block or are the Probationers in charge of such wards?
3. Was not the stock of drugs and disinfectants kept in store at the Government Civil Hospital considerably reduced by the present Principal Ciril Medical Officer before the War?
The Colonial Secretary replied.
A discussion then ensued with reference to the replies to the above questions.