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Mr. BAIN said they were not discussing a hospital to cost $100 000, but a dispensary on a small scale might be managed.
Mr. FUNG WA-CHUN thought it was & splendid idea, as Mr. Bain suggested, to accept
the money.
The CHAIRMAN did not see how they could possibly accept the gift unless they were in favour of starting the hospital, and he did not see that they could start without first inquiring into ways and means.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PREŠS AND
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[April 7, 1906. enjoyed by the older institutions. The new gratulation in a year that has been financially Ho Mui Kwai Hospital is nearing completion, i bad The expenditure for repairs shows au and will be ready for occupation early in 19 6. increase of nearly $80) over that for the pre- The site of this hospital, lying immediately vious year. This has been owing to some to the west of the Nethersole and Maternity necessary alterations in the sunitary arrange- Hospitals, has been kindly given by the Hong-ments, and to the accumulated results of kong Government, and the cost of erecting and | deterioration due to climatic conditión2, furnishing the building has been a dertaken by a Mr. Wells has continued to act as honorary Chinese lady belonging to a well-known Hong-treasurer, and Mr. Loung Pai-chi kong family, whose generosity is highly appre- has kindly collected the annual Chinese ciated. During 1905, the number of in-patients donations. in the Alice Memorial Hospital was 379, in the Nethersole Hospital 329, and in the Alic Memorial Maternity Hospital 55. In the Alice Hospital, surgical cases formed 51 per cent. of the whole, ophthalmic cases, 30 per cent. end medical cases 19 per cent.. while in the Nethersole Hospital the surgical cases formed 34 per cent., medical cases 34 per cent., ophthalmic 32 per cent. Of the in-patients we mention the case Mr. FUNG WA-CHUN-I don't see that there of a man who was severely injured by the is any harm in accepting it.
Mr. LAU CHU-PAK said the members of the sub-committas proposed were also members of the committee of the Tungwa Hospital. A man could not servo two masters.
Dr. Ho KAI There is but one master they serve; that is charity.
Mr. BAIN-It seems to me that it is the duty of the finance committee as now assembled to accept or reject this offer.
Mr. LAU CHU-PAK-By accepting it this institution is bound to erect another hospital on similar lines on the other side of the harbour. I don't think we should accept until we find the means.
Mr. CHAU SUI-KI- How much would a new hospital cost?
The CHAIRMAN-About 840,000. It is pro- posed to build a hospital for 45 beds.
Mr. LAU CHU-PAK-The scheme is rather a big one, and I agree with the Chairman that a committee should be appointed to consider whether we accept the offer.
Mr. BAIN proposed as an aendment the acceptance of the offer made. to Dr. Ho Kai and that the matter of arranging how things are to be settled between the parties be referred to the sub-committee. From what Dr. Ho Kai had told them, the Tungwa and Alice Memorial Hospitals were working together harmoniously, and there seemed to him no great reason why they should not work together in a small affair on the other side. He considered it the duty of the finance, committee to accept or reject the offer made.
Mr. CLARK seconded the amendment, which on being put to the meeting was lost.
Dr. Ho KAI's motion, which was seconded by Mr. T80, was then put and carried.
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The CHAIRMAN said that before closing the meeting they should propose a rote of thanks to the staff of the Hospital for the work they had done during the past year. It was gratifying to notice that during last seven years the number of out- patients had increased 35 per cent., aud although there was not the same increase in the number of in-patients, still be had no doubt there was some very good reason for the failure. There was a section dealing with the Alice Memorial Maternity Hospital which although not referred to he did not think should be allowed to pass without remark. An increase of 45 per cent. in one year in the number of cases admitted should be described as more than satisfactory, and the outlook more than encouraging, and Dr. Sibree was to be congrat- ulated on the progress made so far. He noted with satisfaction that the midwives trained under the Hongkong Government attended to 23 cases outside the hospital. By the increase in cases out-of-doors the progress should be judged. Every place attended meant a diminution of suffering and perhaps a saving of life,
A vote of thanks to the Chairman ended the meeting.
The report and balance sheet were as follows: -Throughout the year the number of cases treated has been well maintained. In the Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals the number of out-patients has been greater, while the in-patients have been somewhat fewer than during the previous year. The Alice Memorial Maternity Hospital is slowly but surely making progress in gaining the confidence of the Chinese, who are naturally cautious in adopting methods of treatment that, to them, are now, The work of the general hospitals has been known and appreciated by the Chinese for nearly twenty years, while the Maternity Hospital has been established only as many months. As the latter becomes more widely known there is no doubt that it will be accorded the same confidence that is at present
premature explosion of a charge of dynamite; one hand having been blown off and the other badly lacorated, besides having received severe wounds about the head and trunk. In spite of the grave nature of his injuries, and the fact that there is near the scane of the accident a large and well-equipped foreign hospital, this patient was brought by his friends to the Alice Memorial Hospital, the journey taking them three days and a half. The reason of this preference being shown to us
was due to the fact that B former patient of the hospital bappened to be present at the time of the explosion, and being so Wall pleased with the result of the treatment in his own case, be prevailed on the man's fiends to convey the sufferer to Hongkong. After recovery he, too, departed to bear witness among his friends to the benefits of western medical scienc. Two other patients, who have been several mouths in the Hospital and who have become followers of the Great Physician sinc› their admission, have borne cheerful witness to the joy that is afforded by the Christian religion even during a tedious and painful illness. Tuese patients, by personal testimony and by loaning to other patients books which they themselves have found helpful, have sought to bring into the lives of their fellow-sufferers the joy which is found only in the Christian faith. Of the deaths which have occurred in the Hospitals during the year, muny of the patients were in a moribund or a hopeless condition when received into the wards. In most cases the old story of seeking the foreign doctor when every other resource had been tried and failed. In the out-patient department the clinique at the Alice Memorial Hospital continues to lead. by a very large margin in the number of cases treated. This is explained by the fact that at this Hospital the cliniques are held daily, except Sunday; that both sexes ar: treated at each clinique; and that owing to its central location the Hospital is admirably situated for the convenience of out-patients. the cliniques at the Nethersole Hospital and at Yaumati Dispensary have been well attended.
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The total number of out-patients treated at these places was as follows —Individual cases, 15,071 total visits of out-patients 27,806, including 6,112 surgical dressings. Owing to the large number of cases the expense of work- ing the out-patient department is considerable. On reference to the balance sheet it will be
seen
BALANCE SHEET OF THE ALICE MEMORIAL AND NETHERSOLE HOSPITALS, 1905. Dr. 19 5-December 31, 、 To donations as per list
To donations Hospital Sunday To rent from college of medicine... To Refund of Belilios aud G vern-
ment Scholarships...
To amount received for deposit
Estate late H. M. Mehta Interest on :-
that we end the year with an adverse balance of nearly three hundred dollars more than last year, or $1,247.75 in all. This is more than accounted for by the smaller dividends re- ceived on invested funds. In 1904 on account of the earlier closing of accounts only half a year's dividends appear in the accounts. The amount received from investments in previous years has been $2,865. This year the income from these sources has been $2,202.50, a reduction of over $600. These investments do not promise any better for 1906, and we must therefore appeal even more strongly to our friends and to all who are interested in medical work for the poor to increase their efforts on behalf of our hospitals, either by increasing their subscription or by calling the attention of friends to the needs of this work. Several patients have given liberal subscriptions this year, and a number of friends have increased the amount of their dona- tions, and to them we would give special thanks. This year the donations have for the first time} exceeded $10,000, which is a matter for con-
H. M. Cooper fund ($500) Dorabjee Nowrejee fund ($500) Permanent fund ($9,000) ..... Belilios, medicine fund (dividends on 175 Hongkong and Macao Steamboat shares... Young bequest (dividends on 195
Hongkong Land Investment
shares)
To balance
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By balance, overdrawn Dec. 31st, 190 By salaries, wages, etc By food
By medicine, etc... By clothing Ky furniture By repairs..
By stationery and printing By Crown rent By fire insurance By telephone
y laundry..
By sundries (house surgeons accounts) By interest on overdraft By paid on deposit (H.K. & Shang-
hai Bank)
...
SUPREME COURT.
Monday, April 2nd.
$ 0.
10.221.03 656 31 60.00
210.00
500.00
20.00
20,00
540.00
350,00
1,852.50 1,247.75
$15,677,59
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973.02 4,551.10
1,687.66
4,151.70
245.61
39.95 1,4 2 70
538.02
53 52
108.50
300,00
239,64
1,054 68
8.49
500.00
$15,677.59
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
BEFORE Mr. A. G. WISE (POISNE JUDGE).
ALLEGED GAMBLING DEBT.
Li Kar-loung sued Li Kam-chun to recover the sum of $712.53, being principal and interest dus for money lent under two Chinese docu-
ments.
Mr. Otto Kong Sing appeared for the plaintiff, the defendant being unrepresented.
The defendant, who said he was a student, admitted signing the documents before the Court, but siid, the money was due for gambling.
His Lordship-Where have you been picking up the law? Did you learn it in a solicitor's office?
Defendant-No, I have not studied the law. His Lordship-Why, when you lost $16) at gambling, did you go and gamble again?
Witness-Another man induced me. The plaintiff was called, but denied that the defendant lost the amount claimed at gambling.
His Lordship-There will be judgment and costs for the plaintiff. If there is any truth in the defendant's story I hope this will be a lesson to him, and no doubt his father will 'give him a further one.
Wednesday, April 4th.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
BEFORE SIR FRANCIS PIGGOTT (CHIEF A JUSTICE).
WHAT IS A PLEDGE? Re Hing Sing Cheong ex parte the Hamburg Amerika Linie,