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by the Board, which certificate must be in the form appended hereto, and presented at the time of embarkation when asked for.
10. The ambulance boats on returning to the waters of the colony shall proceed direct to the quarantine ground, there to be dealt with as the Sanitary authority may direct.
11.-All food required for the use of the persons on board the ambulance boats shall be put on board when they are at the wharf re- ceiving sick persons. None of the attendants or others on board will be allowed to leave the ambulance boats while they are in the waters of the colony without the written permission of
the Medical Officer of Health.
THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY'S CONCERT.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRÈSS AND
The Philharmonic Society gave its second concert on Thursday evening in St. George's Hall. It was unfortunate that the concert should have been given while a professional Company was playing, but that was not the Society's fault. The date was fixed some time ago and was arranged not to clash with the Willard Company's season as originally announced, but the Company afterwards altered its arrangements and ar- rived a fortnight later. The audience on Thurs. day night was probably somewhat smaller than it would have been had there been no counter attraction and even one or two of the chorus, we believe, were tempted from their allegiance by the attractions of the show in the Theatre. The audience, however, though not a large one. evidently enjoyed the high class entertainment provided.. Amongst those present was H.E. the Governor.
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rendered in the same excellent manner as the CATTLE DISEASE AT P(KIULUM. previous pieces. The orchestra is a strong and efficient one, composed as follows:--
1st Violin. Mr. M. Alsberg, Mr. J. G. Schroter, Mr C. Schroter, Mr. G. Sydny, Mr. Girault, Mr. L. Ruchwaldy.
2nd Violin Miss Humphreys, Miss L. Crawford, Lieut. A. 8. Cole, R.N., Mr. G. D. Campbell, Mr E. J. Lopes, Mr. B. Belilios.
Violoncello Mr. H. Ehmer, Surg-Major A. Hayes, D.S.O., Mr. E. A. Measor.
Bass. Mr. W. T. Pollard. Flute. Lt.-Comdr. E. H. Grafton, R.N., Q.-M. Sergt. C. Gornell, Mr. H. Kammel, Mr. Lindsay Crawford.
Oboe. Mr. J. Abrehart.
It is matter for deep regret that the colony has been altogether deprived of the benefit of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon's services for several months. Had he, or anothers duly qualified man, been within reach, it is more than probable that the greater portion of the Dairy Farm Company's herd would have been saved, whereas at present 160 out of 190 are dead, and the rest in great danger from the mortality around. It is also strange that no action has been taken upon the reiterated warnings of Mr. Ladds upon the im prudence of allowing cattle to be imported into the colony and forthwith mingled
Clarionet.—Mr. A. Cumming, Mr. A. E. with healthy herds, without any period of
Alves.
Cornet. Sergt. Burton. Tramboue-Lee.-Corpl. George. Timpani Lee.-Corpl. Gilbert. Piano. Miss Hitching.
The committee, to whom the community is indebted for arranging such an excellent concert, consisted of the following gentlemen: Mr. W. Danby, Mr. H. Ehmer. Mr. Geo. Lammert A. Cumming (Hon. Sec. for Orchestra), Mr. (Hon. Conductor), Mr. E. A. Measor (Hon. Secretary), and Mr. A. Sharp (Hon. Treasurer).
quarantine or inspection. The reports for the years 1888 and 1889 are missing from the Government Gazette, but in that dated 12th January, 1891, occurs the following passage →→→→
I regret to say, however, that I understand that no provision has been made in this year's Estimates for the reception lairs for animals upon landing, as recommended to the Govern- the Surveyor-General, the Hon. O. Chadwick, ment in the joint report of the Hon. and myself. This appears to me to be the first step which should have been taken, as all animals would then be landed directly into those lairs and kept under supervision (as at home) for a fixed period for the purpose of detecting any On Saturday evening the Hongkong Lieder-present or latent disease, before going on to the tafel, assisted by several ladies, entertained a
regular depots and possibly conveying disease large number of their friends at a concert at depôts and some reception lairs at the shore the to healthy animals. With the already sanctioned
system would then be complete."
CONCERT AT THE CLUB GERMANIA.
The Lieder-
solos in his usual able manner The ladies who assisted were Mrs. Brewitt, Mrs. Harling, Mrs. Heemskirk, Mrs. Marten, Mrs. Meier, Mrs. Niedhart, and Miss Lammert. tafel chorus was composed as follow:----
First Tenors-Messrs. A. Faber, C. Lammert, E. Mirow, El Munder, and C. Rombach. Second Tenors-Messrs. G. Atzenroth, E. Bischoff, G. Friesland, C. Jesumann, and A. H. Wester- burger. First Bass Messrs. J. Goosmann, C. W. Longuet, John Meier, G. Sierich, and E. Thouert Second Bass-Messrs. C. Georg, M. Grote, C. Plate, P. Stoppa, and J. Wacker.
The prog anime was as follows:-
1 THEIL. "Nachtzauler " Liedertafel.
Chor
Alt Solo....
Chor
Duett.
.....
"Arie aus Saul " Fran L. Harling.
Litolff. Frau J. J. Bysterus Heemskerk.
Abschied vom Walde "...Mendelsohn.
Gemischter Chor.
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Maying Alice Mary Smith. Fraul. Lammert. Herr Chas. Lammert. Das Fischermadchen Herr J. Wacker.
"Elma"
In his report dated 14th March, 1892, Mr. Ladds wiites: "I am about to forward to the Board a special report upon the importation of that opportunity to express my views upon a dead meat into the colony, and shall then take complete system of inspection to regulate the meat supply, as applied to the importation of animals whether alive or dead."
We think that this report would be read with interest at the present time, and also that by the Surveyor-General, Mr. O. Chadwick, and Mr. Ladds, if the Government should see fit to publish them.
On the 30th March, 1893-"Dairies.-The dairies of the colony are at present in a very satisfactory condition, the sanitary arrange- ments of which are carefully carried out under the supervision of the Sanitary Inspectors A. M. Storch. | stationed in the various health districts. Dur
ing the past year no serious cases of disease .Handel. have occurred in any of these places, and this can only be viewed as being highly satisfac- tory, more especially when it is well known that rinderpest or cattle plague has been | unusally prevalent during this period the whole of the way up the coast, or say from correct Canton to Japan. I believe I am in stating that at Kobe the supply of milk was cut off entirely owing to the ravages of this disease amongst the cows. There is nothing to prevent a similar outbreak in Hongkong sooner or later, unless something is done to provide a proper inspection lair, to which all cattle should be driven direct upon landing, Fr. Kuhlau. there to remain at least twelve hours before being inspected and passed into the permanent depôts or elsewhere, This is the methed adopted in the United Kingdom and other countries, and even then occasional cases of disease escape detection and so cause wide-spreading outbreaks which are difficult to check; hence it will be easy to understand the risk run here with no inspection lairs at all. I reported to the Board upon the danger thus incurred as far back as 1888."
the Club Germania. The Liedertafel's concerts are always a rich treat and those who were present on Saturday enjoyed a most pleasant The programme opened with an overture
evening. Mr. C. Schwencke conducted the Des Freischutz," by C. M. von Weber, excel-choruses and played the accompaniments for the lently rendered by an orchestra of nearly thirty performers. Mr. C. Lammert then sang Blu- menthal's My Queen with good effect, but Mr. Lammert's fine tenor voice seems to have gone off" a little of late. The next item was a song by Mrs. Craddock, "The Old Countree (Pinsuti), which was rendered with much taste and feeling. Lieut. Commander E. H. Graf ton, R.N., followed with a flute solo, Gavotte l'Amour" (Langer). Commander Grafton understands his instrument thoroughly and his performance of the tuneful gavotte was much appreciated. An unaccompanied quartette by Mrs. Craddock, Mrs. Cox, Mr. Measor, and Mr. Crow, "Good-night, Beloved" (l'insuti), was the next item and was the one which seemed to please the audience most, an encore being in- sisted upon. The first part of the programme was brought to a conclusion by the Dance Suite from the incidental music to Henry VIII. (u) | Pianoforte Sojo..." Chant de la fileuse". Morris Dance, (b) Shepherd's Dance (E. German), which was performed in a very finished style by the orchestra and was loudly applanded. The second part of the programme consisted of Schu- bert's cantata The Song of Miriam," the so- prano solo being taken by Miss Lammert and the contralto solo by Mrs. Brewitt. The chorus numbered about forty voices, but was unfortu- ately rather weak in the tenors. Mr. G. P. Lammert conducted with his usual ability and the piece had evidently been carefully re- hearsed. The performance was a very credit. able one on the whole, though open to improvement in some respects. In the orchestra there was a lack of modulation and Sopran Solo 6. "Es blinkt der Thay” when Miss Lammert's solo passages fell on the notes of her lower register it was impossible for her to make herself heard through the volume of the instruments. In the higher register, however, her notes rang out sweet and clear and she sang with her Chor... "Goltes Rath und Scheiden"... Mendelsohn. usual taste and expression. Mrs. Brewitt's solo was also well rendered, more especially in the concluding portion, when she sang with more confidence than at the beginning. The chorus passages were all taken up firmly and Chor carried through with steadiness and force, and, with the exception of the weakness in the tenors above noted (due to the defection of two or three gentlemen who had been expected to be present), the parts were well balanced. The music of the cantata is bright and pleasing and the applause which Was given at its conclusion showed that the audience thoroughly enjoyed it. The con- cluding item on the programme was Hungarian Dances (Brahms) by the orchestra, which waS
Bass Solo
Terzett.
Fr. Schubert.
..Fd. Hilier. Frau Marten, Fran Brewitt, Frau Harling.
Chor..
a.
Pianoforte [jb.
C
Solu
Tenor Solo
Duett
II THEIL.
"Abendlied".
Liedertafel. "Al'erseelen"
Ed. Lassen.
Ant. Rubinstein.
} Chopin.
Frau M. Marten. Berceuse". "Fantaisie Impromptu Va. Frau J. J. Bysterus Heemskerk.
Gemischter Chor. "Frühlingsfahrt" Rob. Schumann.
Herr E. Mirow. "Der Engel"
Ant. Rubinstein. Frau Marten und Frau Harling.
"Wunsch"
Liederlafel.
Again on the 17th May, 1894---" Inspection of Cattle.-I regret that, so far, nothing has been done to provide inspection lairs to which Julius Witt. all animals should be conveyed directly upon landing, there to remain at least twelve hours before being inspected and passed into the permanent depôts or elsewhere. I reported On the 25th March Mr. Commissioner Hip-to the Board upon this matter as far back as pisley handed over charge of the Shanghai 1888 and in my annual report for the year 1852 Custom House to M. Rocher. This, we believe, I again referred to the subject, and pointed önt is the first time that the Custom House in that even where this method was adopted occa- Shanghai has been in the hands of a French sional cases of disease escaped detection; hence it Commissioner. Mr. Hippisley will proceed to will be easy to understand the risk attendant Tientsin and Faking in a few days-China upon the present system of animal inspection Gazette.
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