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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
HONGKONG COLLEGE OF MED1- CINE FOR CHINESE.
In explaining the object of the meeting. HIS EXCELLENCY said-Gentlemen, we have met here to-day for the purpose of presenting diplomas to five successful gentlemen. I can only say that I esteem it a very high honour indeed, and it has been a great pleasure to me, to be asked to be the means of presenting these diplomus to the successful candidates.
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distinction), Lau Lai, Lee Yin Sze, Ho Ko Tsun, and Chan Fai Kwong,
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This part of the ceremony finished, His EXCELLENCY said-Gentlemen, as I said before, A meeting of the General Council and stu- it is a very great honour and a very great plea. dents of this College was hid on the 28th inst. sure to me to have been asked to present these in the Legislative Council Chamber, when diplomas to the successful gentlemen, and I beg H. E. Sir W. J. Gascoigne, K.C.M.G., Officer to congratulate them all with my whole heart Administering the Government, presented the
on the result of their labours. I know diploma of the College to fire students who have perfectly well it must have meant, as completed the curriculum of study and pas ed Dr. Clark has said, very hard and arduous the professional examinations. H. E. Major work for them, and indeed it is a most creditab'e General Gascoigne presided, and the others thing for them to have obtain d these diplomas. present were the Hon. F. II. May. C.M.G. Mr. Tee Han Kee has passed with distinction. (Rector of the College), Hon. Dr. F. W. Clark Well, all I can say is that I congratulate (Dean). Dr. J. C. Thomson (Hon. Secretary), him with all my heart. To have obtained Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, C.M.G., Dr. R. MacLeau a diploma at all must have meant по Gibson, Dr. Hunter, Dr. G. H. Bateson Wright, enormous amount of perseverance and study, Major Whitty, R.A.M.C., Major Clark, R.A.M. and to have passed with distinction is still C., Mr F. Browne, Mr. W. J. Tutcher, Mr. D. more creditable. I can only regret, though I Wood, Rev. T. W. Pearce, Rev. H. R. Wells, cougratulate him on his appointment to Manila Mr. A. J. May, Mr. G. Piercy. Dr. Wan Tun-I can only regret that for the tim› being his Mo. Dr. To Ying Fau, and students of services are passing away from the Colony. the College.
The other four gentlemen, I learn with great pleasure, are going to remain with us in various capaci ies, and I congratulate them with my whole heart on having won their diplomas. Gentlemen, it is indeed always a great pleasure to me, and а great honour, to take little share in showing the interest that I feel in this College of Medicine.
I can only say this, gentlemen-I speak entirely from personal feeling, and I do not profess that my views are those of everyone--I can only say that I think that of all followings and profesions in life in which a man can be useful to his fellowmen, that of the study of medicine comes first and foremost. (Applause.) I believe myself there is no profesion which brings about-which tends so strongly to bring about-the highest form of civilisation as that of healing the sick. I remember years ago I attended a church in Westminster S. Mar- garet's, in London-and I listened to a most interesting sermon from a very distinguished clergyman who had the moral courage to say just what I have said--that of all forms of religion in his opinion that of healing the sick came first. I can only say that 1 think that the more these gentlemen are sent forth into the world with a knowledge of medicine and with the power of doing good to their fellowmen, they are doing an amount of good which I think can be equalled by no other class of men in the world. Therefore, gentlemen, every oppor- tunity that co 1es to me of showing the interest I feel in this College of Medicine I gladly welcome, and I can only say again that I hope the example of these five gentlemen, will be followed by many others.
I believe myself that it will be the truest form of bringing about good feeling between all classes and all races. There is no better way in the world really of showing the good feeling that we entertain for all ranks and classes in the world. (Applause.)
dress of his class and with his queue coiled round his head. There was nothing in his appearance to excite either interest or atten- tion, and Mrs. Stephens passed him with no more than a glance, and had proceeded about a hundred yards when she felt rather than saw or heard that some one was coming up behind. some one whose feet made no sound on the hard road. She went on a little farther, and as her feelings of uneasiness increased she looked round from under her raised umbrella and Baw a coolie B short dis- tance away ----- -the coolie whom she had noticed following the other lady and child. Mrs. Stephens did not immediately stop or give any indications of alarm that might have had the effect of precipitating matters; she proceeded on her way for about half-a-dozen yards, then, as the coolie was drawing closer, she stepped to one side of the road, against the wall, with the intention of allowing him to pass. What followed was a confirmation of her suspi- cions of the evil designs of the coolie, for he also stopped dead and came nearer to Mrs. Stephens. She lowered her umbrella, and, pointing it in front, said “Go away." The injunction was obeyed, but the coolie returned the next instant. and Mrs. Stephens then saw that one hand was full of gravel, which he probably purposed throwing in her eyes, so as to blind her tem- porarily. His intentions discovered, the coolie lost no time in their execution. Mrs. Stephen's bag was hanging by its straps from her waist- belt, and this he made a sudden snatch at and caught hold of. Mrs. Stephens instantly and pluckily responded by striking him over the head with her umbrella, the steel head of which was bent to # half circle by the blows, and even clutched him by the throat. She held од for some moments, scream- ing to attract attention, but the coolie's superior strength told and he succeeded in wrenching away the bag and making his escape. He made a dash for the hillside, up which he clambered hurriedly. Not a soul was in sight on the roadway, but at the top of the hillside there appeared some coolies who stared first at the lady and then at the climbing crolie with the bag clutched in his hand. Not a hand nor foot diddered at, therefore, that nearly forty per they stir, and seeing that no help was to be expected in that direction Mrs. Stephens hurried back along Barker Road till she met a house-boy, whom she told what had happened. He went with Mrs. Stephens to the place of the robbery, and shouted to the coolies on the hillside to stop the escaping thief They ran for about a dozen yards, and, instead of catching him, which they easily could have done, came back! and asked "if the lady would pay cumsha.' Mrs. Stephens replied, "Yes, twenty dollars to the one who stops that coolie," and although this handsome offer had the effect of making them run another few steps, they soon gave up the chase and turned unconcernedly away. Mrs. Stephens and the house-boy went back again in the direction of Magazine Gap, and pear to Plantation Road met a lukong who, on hearing the story, ran aleng Barker Road and made a determined but ineffectual attempt to capture the impudent thief, now disappearing over the top of the hillside. He got clear away, and is still at liberty.
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In presenting the students who had passed all the professional examinations entitling them to the diploma of the College, the Hon Dr. FRANCIS CLARK, Dean of the College, said— I have the honour to present to Your Excellency Messrs Tee Han Kee, Lan Lai, Ho Ko Tsuu, Lee Yin Sze and Chan Fai Kwong, to receive at your hands the diploma of the Hongkong College of Medicine which these gentlemen have earned after a period of five years of study and tuition-both practical and theoretical and by passing the various examinations of our College. Our teaching and our examina tions are conducted in a language which is to them a foreign one, and which has first to be acquired by years of study in our English schools, and it is not to ba won-
The question that will naturally rise in one's mind, after reading the above, is-" Where were the police and although not iufre- quently these servants of the law and the public are hastily and wrongly condemned, there is in the present instance a strong element of justification for the query, for it is a notorious fact and a standing complaint of Pesk residents and others that many of the roads in the upper levels are ineffec- tively patrolled. With the exception of the lukong whom she met some distance from the scene of the robbery, Mrs. Stephens did not 600 a single policeman till she got near to Plantation Road Station, when she saw the back of a European officer. In the light of what has transpired and of what may reasonably be expected to coeur in the future, we think that the necessary remedial measures should be applied promptly.
-H.M.S. Terrible, which was expected at Colombo in time for the Coronation festivities, on her way home, only arrived on the morning of the 10th inst.
cent. of the students who are enrolled in cur College never attain to the dignity of a diplom; but are forced to retire on finding that the standard of our examinations is higher than they can ever liope to attain to. The achieve- ments, therefore, of diplomas by these five gentlemen is, I thick, worthy of more than passing consideration, and that men should yet he found to come forward in considerable num- bers to undergo such a course of training in Western medicine affords eloquent testimony of the wisdom and foresight of the founders of our College, of whom Dr Patrick Manson was one of the first and has always been of the most enthusiastic. (Applaus). have every reason to be proud of those who have successfully passed out of our College, aud rightfully regard them as the pioneers of Western medicine among their fellow country meu.
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Hon. F. H. MAY-Gentlemen, I beg to pro- pose a vote of thinks to H.E. the Officer Administering the Government for being so kind as to come here to-day and also for the kind words of sympathy with the College that he has just uttered. I feel sure that the mem- bors of the General Conncil very much appreciate the honour His Excellency has done them in coming here to-day, and feel very grateful for the support which his presence here to-day testifies to our College.
profession, and upon them we rely to demonstrate by their lives and by their work the fearlessness in danger, the dignity, and the unerring rectitude of conduct which should ever guide those who practice the art of medicine. (Applause.) Every well-wisher of the College will be more than glad to learn that the services of these five gentlemen have Prolonged applause followed the close of the already been requsitioned; one of them pro- Colonial Secretary's remarks, and at its con- ceeds at once to au official post in the brand-clusion His Excellency said-Mr. May and new Colony of our American consics-our near neighbour Manila-while the services of the remaining four are being retained by this Government, one for a dispensary in Wanchai, where he has already commenced work, and three as medical assistauts for plague aud for bac-| teriological duties. The students therefore who are still pursuing their studies need have no misgivings, for we receive many more appli- cations for their services than we are able to fill, and after all there is no place in the world where good men are so much in request as they are in the Far East. (Applause.)
The successful students advance one by one in response to their names, and received their diplomas from His Excellency, who, in con- gratulating each, sbook hands heartily with him. Their names are:-Tee Han Kee (with
gentlemen, I beg to thank you with my whole heart for the very kind way in which you hav received the mention of my name. Gentlemen, believe me when I say that what I have just said regarding the interest I feel for the College of Medicine is not merely, what we say in vulgar parlance, “talking through my hat." (Laughter.) I really mean what I say, and if you would permit me if the governing body of the College would permit me to offer prizes or any other thing they can suggest would be most desirable-well, gentlemen, I shall consider it a very great honour indeed. I beg to thank you. (Applause.)
The meeting then dispersed.
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The following is the form of the diploma:- We, the Dean, Lecturers and Examiners of the
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