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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND obtained." In Penang a similar course was followed with His Honour Mr. Justice Leach as Chairman. Mr. Hunter, Treasurer, and Dr. Freer, Colonial Surgeon, Secretary. the news which I have already and received from the latter is most encouraging. In Singapore, two Committees have been appointed; one consists of a sub-committee of the Singapore Branch of the British Medical Association with Dr. Galloway as Chairman; the other comprises four or five leading members of the Chinese community and has for its Chairman the Hon. Mr. W. Erans. Protector of Chinese. Both these Committees are doing all they can to further the objects of my mission and have already met with much I have now
come to Hongkong, gentlemen, and I hope that with your co-operation my efforts here to obtain support for the London School of Tropical Medicine will meat with at least as inch success as they did in Singapore and its dependencies.
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I have hitherto found
propose
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there to bring to the notice of influential and wealthy residents, and employers of labour, the advantages they have already derived from, and the aims and objects of the London School of Tropical Medicine; to point out to them individually the marked suco. ss with which, up to the present time, the School bas met the objects for which it was founded; to prove to them that the time has arrived when the accommodation is too small for wants; that the institution has extended almost beyond ex- pectation; that the additions and improvement already specified are absolutely and urgently needed, and to endeavour to his utmost to obtain their support.
Sir Francis possesses in an eminent degree the qualificatious necessary, to the successful falfilment of such a task. He was lately Surgeon-General of Trinidad, formerly Chief Medical Officer of Mauritius, and has served in tropical Colonies in the East and West Indies and West Africa for the last 30 years. His stay in Hongkong will extend to two weeks and his object is to get a grant from the Government for five years and to provide for all the medical men of the Colony going through the course and studying at the School free.
that it is most expedient to try and obtain the advice of my colleagues and others resident in any country that I may visit in regard to the manner in which I should proceed with my mission, rather than initiate my own manner of prosecuting it. aud I
The School owes its origin to the Right Hon. approval to follow the same course in Hongkong, Joseph Chamberlain, H.M. Secretary of State and I shall therefore conclude by asking yon for the Colonies, who, with the object of afford- gentlemen to favour mo with your views anding instruction in tropical medicine to medical advice."
officers in the Colonial service, invited the Committee of Management of the Seamen's Hospital Society to establish a School in con- nection with their Hospitals. Already it has done an immenso deal of good work and it is to be hoped that its effort towards exten- sion and increased usefulness will get the sup- port of the local Government. We notice that a number of gentlemen well-known in Hong- kong are connected with the School. Among the Lecturers on the teaching staff appear the names of Dr. Patrick Thomson. C:M.G., Dr. James Cantlie, and Professor W. J. Simpsor, and the first two are also on the hospital staff. The list of students who have passed through the School since 1st October, 1899, includes Dr. J. M. Atkinson, F. P. Stedman, and J. G. Thomson.
Professor SIMPSON, who spoke next, urged the claims of the School of Tropical Medicine and referred to the great services of Dr. Patrick Manson, to whom it was due that so much initial opposition had been overcome, and of Sir Francis Lorell, who was carrying on the work. He spoko of the oarly difficul ties of differentiating the diseases prealiar to the tropics and pointed out that now too, in default of special training. m dical men coming out to the tropics must suffer grint disabilities. These it was the function of the School of Tropical Medicine to Those who receive the School's training and come out to practice in the tropics, he said, will in the future be able to go back and give the benefit of their experience to the School.
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to the present time the School has met the objeo's for which it was founded, and to endeavour to obtain their support for its exten- sion. I accordingly started on this mission last | Octob. r and on my arrival in Bombay had to ascertain how I should proceed in the matter. At first I met with a good deal of disconrage mont. It was pointed out to me that things generally were in a bad way in that Presidency -plague and famine were prevalent-the cotton industry, almost the mainstay of the commercial world, was declining-many mills had already closed and many millowners were bankrupt -calls for pecuniary help had recently been very frequent for local objects and a list was thon being circulated for subscription to the Victoria Memonial "- these were all advanced as reasons why it was unlikely I shonk succeed with my mission in Bombay. How ever, after consultation with some of the leading members of the medical profession- European, Parseo, Mussalman and Hindoos- we decided to make an effort to obtain help for the School in that city. I commenced by giving an address on the subject of my mission to the members of th Profession at the Bombay University, and after some debate, resolutions expressing approval of the scheme and recommending it to the generous support of the Government and people of India were adopted. A small committee of medical gentlemon was ap- pointed to collect subscriptions, and after a few weeks stay in Bombay. I was able to remit to the bankers of the School. such a sam us was very aptly described by the Committee of Management as constituting the result of my visit there phenomenal. Encouraged by this, my next visit was to Cal- ontta where I peut the month of January, but there I did not meet with such support from the members of the Indian Morical Service as I did in Bombay, and on the whole the results of my sojourn in that city were not as satisfactory as one would have expected. I received much sympathy with and encouragement in the object of my mission from some of the lealing native medical gentlemen in Calcutta and with their assistance succeeded in obtaining a few fairly handsome donations and was able to bring to the notice of the public the advantages all residents in tropical countries are likely to derive from the work that is being carried on in the School. From Calcutta I proceeded to Ceylon and there again I met with the samo objections and difficulties that were said to exist in Bombay in successfully prosecuting my. mission. I succeeded in obtaining from His Excellency the Governor the promise of an annual grant-in-aid for five years to the School оп the condition that six stud nts from Ceylou may be allowed every year to avail themselves of a course of study in the School without paying the usual fees. A Com- mittes was appointed with Dr. Allan Perry. P. C. M. O., as Chairman and local representa tive of the School, and I am informed that in due course he has good reason to believy that substantial donations to the chool will be forth- coming. I then proceeded to the Straits Sei tlements and Federated Malay States and am glad to say that my visit there has proved very successful His Excellency Sir Frank Swet tenham, as Governor of the Strai's Settlements and High Commissioner of the Federated Mal y States, has promised the School au annual grant-in-aid of £200 for five years un conditions similar to those proposed by the Ceylon Gov- erament. His Excellency further decided to place the Directorship of the Kuala Lumpur Medi al Research Institute in the bands of the committee of management of the London. Schcel of Tropical Medicine, who will in future Sir Francis Lovel', C.M.G., arrived by the select one of its students who has distinguished | P. O, 88, Sumatra, in pursuance of his mis- himself in research work and bestow upon him sion to awaken Colonial interest in and obtain this post, which practically amounts to a sekolar- additional funds for the Loudon School of ship tenablo for 3 years with an annual salary of 750, with fro furnished quarters. I look upon this as the most important asset that the School has so far obtained. I travelled through the Federated Malay States and sue- ce:ded in getting the support of the Residents, from whom I received much valnable help; a committee consisting of Mr. W. Cowan, Protector of Chinese, as Chairman, Drs. Wright an Edgar and several lading members of the Chinese community, was appointed to collect subscriptions in the state of Perak, and up to the present very satisfactory results have been
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Dr. CLARK then rose and proposed the ap
Sir Francis Lorell fisited the Straits and pointment of a small committed to act on behalf | Malny Peninsula before coming to Hongkong. of the School, suggesting the names of Drs. Hole is satisfied with the result of that vi it, Kai, Rennie, aud Atkinson, with power to add to their number.
Deputy Inspector-Gieteral DREW seconded the proposal.
Dr. ATKINSON, in accepting his appoint ment, spoke of the advantages promised by the School of Tropical Medicine and proposed that Dr. Rennie should act as speretary for the Hongkong committee.
Dr. Ho Kat added his support to the School and promised the support of the leading Chinese. Dr. RENNIE, accepting the position of socrotary of the committee, spoke of the need of getting to work at once.
Dr. HÄRTIGAN then proposed the health of Dr. Clark, to which Dr. CLARK made a brief and suitable reply, tuishing by asking Dr. Atkinson
to make an announcement.
Dr. ATKINION rose and stated that the body of Dr. Patrik Manson's son had arrived in Hongkong that evening and that the funeral would take place at 5.3) p.m. on Monday. Ho spoke of the sympathy felt for Dr. Manson and said that the pall-bears on the sad occasin bu Bir Francis Lovell, Professor | would
Simpson. Dr. Rennie, Dr. Hartigan, Dr. Laing, and bimself.
The gathering then dispersoil.
Tropical Medici se, So far the School has been self-supporting, but besides the funds which are so urgently needed for endowment, a debt of £1000 still remaining upon the School Buildings has to be avtin.nished, and improvements and additions have to be taken in hand at once, if the efficiency of the teaching With these objects in is to be maintained. view the Committee of Management resolved to depute an experienced member of the medical profession to proceed to tropical and other countries, especially those where diseases peculiar to hot clima es prevail,
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whicb, he thinks, will add materially to the resources of the School. In the Federated Malay States he spent a fortuight, and suc- coeded in getting the wealthy Chinese interested in the School and the work it is doing for the alleviation of tropical diseases. In Perak a strong Committee has commenced work, and a fair sum has already boen collected; there is every reason to hope that the total will reach $5,000. At Knala Lumpor the Medical Ke- Search Institute was visited. The High Com- missioner. Sir Frank Swettenham, has arranged that the Institute comes under the Directorship of the School. This is practically equi- valent to a scholarship, tenable for three years, of the value of £750 with furnished quarters. Sir Frank has also agreed to a grant of £160 a year for five years from the Federated Malay/States and a similar sum from the Colony to the School. At Penang a committee has been formed, of which Mr. the chairman and Dr. Freer Justice Leach
the bon, sec.. to collect subscriptions, and their labours are likely to be successful, handsome sums having been subscribed by Chinese and European firms. It is hoped that the Penang subscription will not be less than $5,000. In Singapore there are two committees at work, that of the British Medical Association, of which Dr. Galloway is President, and one pre- sided over by the Hon. W. Evans. Half a ozon firms have consented to give $200 a year for five years. The Tanjong Pagar Dock directors have resolved on a donation of 100 guineas, and there is every indication that bere also a substantial sum will be obtained for the School. The general result, Sir Francis thinks, will be that when the Cmmitless have finished their work, the School wil be richer by some £10,0.0
The National Zeitung, in an article on the Whangpoo Conservancy, complains bitterly that Germany is inadequately represented on the Conservancy Board and refers to the pre- dominancy of the Anglo-Japanese interést.
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