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"THE DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCES, 1873 AND 1892."
9. Ten steamers with petroleum in bulk arrived from Batoum during the year and discharged the whole or part of their cargo. 112 samples of oil were forwarded to this Department by the Harbour Master and were found to give off inflaminable vapour at temperatures considerably above the 73° F. limit laid down in the Rules and Regulations made by the Governor in Council on the 7th December, 1892, under the provisions of these Ordinances.
WATER.
10. 57 analyses of water were made during the year-16 for the Director of the Public Works Department and Water Authority, two for the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital, and 40 for the Permanent Committee of the Sanitary Board appointed to carry out the special regulations introduced by Government for dealing with the epidemic of Bubonic Plague. The majority of these waters, all of which were from shallow wells in the city of Victoria, were distinctly polluted.
11. Mention may here be made of the fact that as far back as 1884 attention was called to the danger incurred by the public in having recourse to shallow wells for the supply of water for dietetic purposes. In 1887 an analysis, of the water of every well known to exist in this city was made at the request of the Sanitary Board. 71 per cent. of the 328 waters submitted for analysis were reported as being "evidently much polluted.' The results of the analyses of the samples of water from the Pokfulam and Taitam reservoirs do not call for any special remarks.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Under this heading the following articles were examined and reported on, viz.:-
Two samples of slaked lime for amount of oxide and carbonate present; one sample of chlorinated lime for amount of available chlorine; two samples of sulphuric acid for percentage of real acid; an alleged plague remedy forwarded to His Excellency the Governor from Australia; powder (magnesium sulphate) found on a suspected criminal; a packet of powder (pepper) found on a man arrested on a charge of administering a stupefying drug for an unlawful purpose; two samples of disinfectants (carbolated creasote) for percentage of tar oils, tar acids, and water.
These investigations do not call for any special remarks.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
THE ACTING COLONIAL SURGEON,
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Enclosure 4.
W. EDWARD CROW,
Government Analyst.
Report of the Superintendent of the Government Vaccine Institute.
GOVERNMENT VACCINE INSTITUTE, 22nd March, 1895.
SIR,-I have the honour to submit herewith my report upon the work done at the Vaccine Institute during the year ending December 31st, 1894.
2. As anticipated in my report for 1893, the output has been considerably larger than for that year, and now that the place is in thorough working order-given a sufficient staff-the supply might be practically unlimited.
3. The lymph produced at the Institute has met with favourable notice from the medical profession generally, and Messrs. A. S. WATSON & Co. have freely availed themselves of the opportunity afforded to procure fresh active lymph at reasonable rates, i.e., thirty cents per tube.
4. 2,165 tubes of vaccine were sold during the year, and 835 tubes were supplied to the Colonial Surgeon for use in the various Government Departments and Hospitals.
5. After paying all working expenses there remained a profit upon the year's profit and loss
account of over 17 per cent. upon the original capital invested.
6. The instruments, furniture, and buildings are all in a good state of repair and amendment.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
THE COLONIAL SURGEON.
Your most obedient Servant,.
C. VIVIAN LAdds,
Superintendent.