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ting the same jubilee, the Dufferin established the Dufferin purpose of furnishing competent medical aid to the women of that country. In the present year the principal, and it may also be said the national, mode of celebrating the Diamond Jubilee is the establishment, under the auspices of the Prince of Wales, of a fund for the better welfare 2-2
and more permanent endowment of the London hospitals
should be made their choice reservoir on the commended on the Quarr that the task of the water supply, has been greatly and the need of this connecting link been brought ab
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hough it would be out of place to criticise me for the construction of a road round 1, the utility of which I readily con- I take exception t› the statements made to its defensive value, because our troops uld move on the inner line, not on its circum- ference.
The "Queen's Link" could be begun and completed in this year of grace at a cost not exceeding $50,000.-I am, yours truly,
W. BLACK.
HOSPITAL FOR women and NURSES'
INSTITUTE. TRAINING The following is the letter suggesting a Hospital for Women and Nurses Training Institute :--
Hongkong, 30th March, 1897. Sir,-In response to the invitation of the Committee appointed by His Excellency the Governor to make arrangements for celebrating the completion of the 60th year of the reign of Her Majesty the Queen, I beg to suggest, for the consideration of the Committee, that the most appropriate permanent memorial in this colony. would be a Hospital for Women, with a Train- ing Institute for Nurses in connection there with
There is perhaps nothing in which progress has been more marked during the Queen's reign than in the care and treatment, and especially the nursing, of the sick. In recent years hos- pitals, both general and special, have been mul- tipled in the Mother County and in her Co. lonies, and attention has been more and more directed to the provision of trained nurses for the community. It may safely be said that in Her Majesty's dominions there are few, if any, cities or towns of 200,000 which do not number among their charitable institutions a Hospital for Women and a Training Institute for Nurses. It must be admitted that we have not in this colony kept pace with the progress of the times in these respects. No special provision is made for the treatment of the diseases of women and children. There is no system in operation for the examination and granting of certificates of competency to midwives. The case is nearly as bad with regard to the question of competent nursing for the sick. With the limited staff available it is diffenlt for a well-to-do European to make sure of obtaining the services of a trained, and efficient nurse. It is practically impossible for a poor person, especially for a Yet a little poor Chinese person, to do so. reflection will show that there must be a large number of women in this colony. who would be benefited, either directly or indirectly, by the hment of a Hospital for Women. It is evident that an institution for the and providing of skilled nurses would, very material degree, promote the welfare leviate the sufferings of all classes of the
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ing regard to the character of the Queen great and never failing sympathy sorrows of her subjects,, I memorial of her record reign te in a personal sense to Her Majesty than that to indicate, and there on which to rest the Queen's of the übjects in
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At present it does not appear to be necessary to do more than indicate the general outlines of the scheme which I am submitting for the consideration of the Committee. These out lines are as follow:-
can-
me
With our
public amusement realize how hard it of recreation in the some rooms int
the past eight years individuals but the native built house.
rent, have seriously hampered any beneficial results: exist, to do good, and to pay its own way in spite of these disadvantages seems a strong assuranes that with more suitable and commodious quar- ters it would be a more permanent influence for good, while it stands as a lasting m thereby crown its charity towards famine- of the loyalty of Hongkong, which in-stricken India by remembering the soldiers and sailors who hold for our gracious Queen the mighty empire over which she rules. —I have, sir, the honour to be, your obedient servant,
GEORGE R. VALLINGS,
Chaplain to the Garrison.
The fact that this Institute has continued to
1.-The Hospital and the Institute to be con- tiguous of one another; to be erected at some convenient site on the higher ground of the city; and to be under European management. 2.-The Hospital to contain beds; to be confined to surgical and non-infectious medical cases; to have lying-in ward, and to admit a limited number of children: Europeans and the wealthier Chinese would gladly pay, I am sure, any suitable charges fixed. 3.-The Institute to have accommodation,
cluding board and lodging, for resident nurses, to provide teaching and training, where necessary, for them, also for non- resident women under special circum. stances, to supply nurser for paying patients at a reasonable tariff of charges and gratuitously for the poor; and to be under the supervision of an experienced
matron.
4-The nurses to be of different nationalities. Chinese women are gentle and patient and do, in my experience, with adequate training, make excellent nurses. 5-A system of training midwives to be worked in connection with the Institute, when competent; candidates should receive cer- tificates, which should be recognised by
law.
One of the incidental advantages of carrying out these proposals. would probably be that suitable occupation would be found for a certain number of young Eurasians, of the clever and bright women, who at present find it difficult or. impossible to make an independent live- lihood and whose lot is usually a very sad one. Further, it may be hoped that nurses trained at the Institute will gradually go into the nearer provinces of the mainland, and help to spread amongst the Chinese one of the distinctive blessings of Western civilisation.
In conclusion, I think it may fairly be urged that the pride and thankfulness with which we all regard the life and work of our gracious Sovereign and her marvellous.
more fitting or more reign cannot find a beneficent outcome than the inauguration of a scheme which will help materially to increase the comfort and health, and con- sequently the happiness, of her loyal peo
It may not be out of ple in this colony.
woman to add that it seems place for a suitable that a woman's reign should be commemorated by something associated with women's work.
The short time allowed has made it impossible to prepare and send this letter to be read and signed by the ladies of the colony, but I enclose a résume of the above scheme which I have on deavoured to circulate, and also a list of those who were willing to give their names and sup- port.-I am, sir, your obedient servant,
A WOMAN.
A SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS”. INSTITUTE The Rey, G. R. Vallings writes as follows:-
Hongkong, 29th March, 1897. To the Hon. J. Stewart Lockhart, Secretary-
of the Jubilee Committee.
of
Sir
The need of an Institute for the 1150 diers and naval seamen, similar to those
many other parts of the
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Hongkong,
the Committee, I
PROPOSED COLLEGE OF MEDICINE FOR CHINESE
Dr. Thomson writes as follows:-
College of Medicine for Chinese,
Hongkong, 30th March, 1897 Sir, I have the honour, by direction of the Court of the Hongkong College of Medicine for Chinese, to request you to place before the Jubilee Committee the request of the Court that the Committee should make the celebration of the sixtieth year of Her Majesty's reign in Hongkong take the form of an effort to placo the College of Medicine for Chinese on
manent basis.
per.
The College was established in 1887 for the purpose of teaching medicine, surgery, and midwifery, in all their departments, to Chinese and such others as might be willing to avail Its government and the entire control and themselves of the privileges it offers. management of all affairs, concerns and pro perty connected with it are vested in a Court, consisting of the following
The Rector, elected by the General Council and the students every two years
An Assessor, nominated by the Rector The Standing Council of the College, pointed by the Court
The Dean, representing the Senate ; A Representative of the General Council A Representative of the Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals; İ
The Secretary, appointed by the Court. The Senate, consisting of the the College, deals, subject to the of the Court, with all matters
courses of study to be for professional examinations, and pline of the College. The General Con holding office or
the Licentiates of the College, of the College nominated by the Cour Council. It is a purely deliberative has
the Colle Court
for its function-the
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abers