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to be applied to defraying the expenses of the Hospital. At present it was impossible to say what those expenses would be. The Committee had undertaken a great and responsible task, to give shelter, medical assistance, and comfort to all indigent persons who applied for it, and to give it without charge. On the other hand, they would have many of that numerous class of patients who would pay for more comfort, and he was glad to see the very excellent rooms they had to offer them. He had been most parti- cular in not interfering with the Chinese arrangement of details, but great power of supervision was reserved to the Government. The Hospital was to be inspected by the Registrar General, the Colonial Surgeon, and anyone whom the Government might appoint. Also lest the affairs of the institution should be mismanaged or the funds misappropriated, auditors could be appointed, and auditors had been appointed by the Government. Moreover, if it should happen that the Committee decline and neglected the duties which it had solemnly taken upon it, the Government could pass an Act vesting in the Crown the whole of the lands granted. He only mentioned these things because it was well to keep all possibilities in view, and not because it was at all likely that those who had shewn so much energy in promoting the work would fail to carry it on. He had just visited the rooms of the building for the second time, and when he remembered that with the exception of a few suggestions as to the drainage it was entirely their work, he was struck with the satisfactory manner in which it had been executed. There was no bad work here, whatever might be provided by contractors for Government buildings. Though he could have wished that it had been in the power of the Government to give them a more airy, and generally better site, still he could not say that the building was ill ventilated or ill lit, or in any way unsuited to its purpose. He only wished the Hospital recently built by the Government had as many well planned windows and doors in its rooms as this. If he had detained them with these remarks, he was now going to make amends by the last part of it, which would be of a peculiarly eloquent description. He had written it down that it might not escape his memory. They would remember that when he laid the foundation stone he had promised to exert himself to induce the Queen's Government to allow a large portion of the Special Fund to be devoted to the interests of the Chinese, on the one hand for relief of the sick and suffering, and on the other for the advancement of educa- tion amongst them. To-day they had to deal with the first part of the plan, and he was happy to say that he had met with great cordiality on the part of the Queen's Government when they understood the object which he wished to promote, and heard from him of the cordial co-operation which he had received of late from the respectable members of the Chinese community in promoting law and order, and protecting life and property in the Colony. There had been great improvement in this respect since his arrival in the Colony. The Chinese put greater trust in the Government than formerly, because they saw that the object of the Government was to do the greatest good to the greatest number. They would have nothing to do with class legislation. That is, they would not have customs here which foreigners regarded as uncivilised, and if any of these customs were an annoyance to foreigners they would not have them. But on all questions affecting material interests, on all questions affecting the interests of law and equity, the interests of commerce, the interests of humanity, they might be certain no class legislation would be sanctioned by the Queen's Government. There was a strong feeling among the Chinese to that effect: they were beginning to under- stand the Government and the Government to understand them better. Well, the Secretary of Stare had been good enough to say that from the Special Fund,—which was raised from an unfortunate propensity of the Chinese, which the Government had endeavoured to limit to certain places and had succeeded, and that being given up now hoped to put down gambling altogether by a scheme which was somewhat sucessfully in progress already-a large portion should be allocated to the improvement of the condition of the Chinese, while another large portion should be expended on the sup- pression of crime caused principally by a number of Chinese criminals from the mainland, and should be spent on the Police. The sum of $115,000 was to be given to this Hos-