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Appendix G.
Return shewing the Number of Rats killed each month this year and the proportion of Plague Rats found among them.
Month.
Total Rats. Total Infected Rats.
Remarks.
January,
14,427
115
0.8
February,
14,718
272
1.8
March,
16,513
593
3.6
April,
15,004
482
3.2
May,
15,228
865
5.6
June,
9.882
879
9.0
Appendix H.
(Translation.)
DEAR MR. FUNG WA CHUN,
We beg to state that, in May this year His Excellency the Governor and you having sympathy with the hardship of the people and pity in your hearts, have honour- ed us by taking the whole house of No. 83 Third Street and the ground floor of No. 1 Tak Sing Lane and turning them into hospitals and baths for the poor in First, Second and Third Streets. As to the rents from May last to the present time we not only dare not accept them but we appreciate highly the careful way in which His Excellency and you did the cleansing work with care and timely forethought tending the wounds of the people and allowing no detail to escape attention. Since the work has been done the plague in that district diminished gradually and has died out entirely at the present time.
We find that the people of that place are now living happily in their homes and pursuing heartily their business. They will never forget the kindness done to them. All this is due to His Excellency's and your merit in looking after the people with care and no avoidance of trouble. No virtue is of greater value than this. You are requested to translate this into English and submit it to His Excel- lency. This is our earnest request. We now intend to let out the houses to other people and we feel it our duty to report it. This is to inform you and enquire after your health.
Yours faithfully,
HONGKONG, 28th July, 1903.
(Sd.) YU SHAN TIN.
WANG TSUN SHANG.