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you to forward to His Excellency the Governor our recommendation, that if the "I- Ts'z" is to continue open, and be considered as a hospital any longer, that some efficient and responsible officer be appointed to control the place in a proper manner; or if the "I-Ts'z” is to be permitted to remain a receptacle for dying Chinese, that not only a thorough inspection, but properly framed rules shall exist for the future. We, how- ever, consider that a further continuance of the "I-Ts'z" in any shape is neither desir- able nor necessary in this Colony, and that a more suitable building be selected as a hospital for Chinese only, subject to proper inspection by the Colonial Surgeon."
HONGKONG.
No. 94.
SIR,
(Despatch from the Secretary of State to the Governor.)
DOWNING STREET,
1st July, 1869.
My attention has been called to a paragraph in the London and China Telegraph of the 14th June, relating to the existence of a native hospital in Hongkong to which it is said that Chinese emigrants are sent when their lives are despaired of.
It would appear that you have received from Messrs. STEWART and LISTER a joint report on the disgraceful state of that hospital which is said to be erected on a site granted by the Colonial Government.
I do not doubt that if such be the case you have already taken steps to secure that for the future the hospital shall be under the strict supervision of a qualified Govern- ment Inspector, but I should wish to receive from you a full report upon the subject.
I have, &c.,
Governor SIR R. G. MACDONNELL, C.B.,
&c.,
&c.,
&c.
FREDERICK ROGERS, for EARL GRANVILLE.
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No. 775.
MY LORD,
(Despatch from the Governor to the Secretary of State.)
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 18th August, 1869.
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your Lordship's despatch No. 94 of the 1st July, 1869, drawing my attention to a newspaper notice of the existence here of a native hospital to which it was said Chinese emigrants were sent when their lives were despaired of.
2. Your Lordship will probably be in receipt about this time of my despatch No. 726 (21st June last) which gives very full explanations on the subject, and also details the action taken by the Executive here. That narrative will, no doubt, have induced your Lordship to anticipate the eventual realization of much permanent good from the discovery of the abuses which had prevailed in the "I-Ts'z" or native hospital -or rather place of reception for moribund patients.