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SANITARY BOARD
A special meeting of the Sanitary Board was held on December 29th for the purpose of considering the question of declaring Nos.. 11 and 12 sheds, Sassoon's Villa, Pokfulam Road, to be infected with foot and mouth disease. Mr. R. O. Hutcheson presided, and there were also present Hon. Mr. W. (hatham (Vice President), Hon. Mr. E. A. Irving (Registrar-General), and Dr. Pearse (Medical Officer of Health).
The COLONIAL VETERINARY SURGEON wrote as follows:--I have the honour to report for the information of the Board that foot and mouth disease have appeared in Nos. 11 and 12 sheds belonging to the Dairy Farm Company, at Sassoon's Villa, Pokfulam Road. The two sheds form together one building, divided only by a partition. The sheds contain 17 cows and three are infected. I beg therefore to recommend that sheds Nos 11 and 12 he declared infected areas under byelaw 12 of the Importation and Inspection of Animals Byelaws in schedule B of Ordinance 1 of 1903-1908.*
The PRESIDENT proposed that the building
be declared infected.
The VICE-PRESIDENT seconded, and the motion was agreed to.
A second letter by the COLONIAL VETER- INARY SURGEON stated-I have the honour to report for the information of the Board that yesterday afternoon the manager of the Dairy Farm Co. reported that he suspected that one of the cows in No. 10 shed, Sassoon's Villa, Pokfulam Road, was suffering from rinderpest. The shed contains 17 cows, one calf and one bull. Two cows have now contracted the disease. I beg to recommend that this shed be declared an infected area under byelaw 12 of the. In portation and Inspection of Animals Byelaws in schedule B. of Ordinance 1 of 1903-1908. -
A motion to this effect was proposed by the PRESIDENT, seconded by the VICE-PRESIDENT, and carried unanimously.
This ended the business.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE
On Friday 25th H.E. the Governor and Lady Lugard entertained H. The Maharaj Kumar of Sikkim, attended by Major O'Connor, to dinner at Government House.
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Lady Lugand's first At Home," since her return to the. Colony was given yesterday, and it is unnecessary to say that it was very largely attended. Lady Lugard looks well and received a constant succession of congratulations upon her recovery from the indisposition which obliged her ladyship to leave Hongkong for the summer. The orchestral band of The Buffs was in attendance at the "At Home." and with dancing hi the ball-room, and refreshments in the supper rooms and on the lawn, a pleasant couple of hours were spent.
On Tuesday His Excellency the Governor and Lady Lugard gave a dinner in honour of Their Excellencies the Japanese Ambassador and Madame Kato.
werr.. invited
The following guests Sir Francis and Lady Piggott, and Miss Oxley the Hon. Mr. May, C.M.G., and Mrs. May; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Pollock; Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Erskine, K.C.B., Lady and Miss Erskine; Commodore, Mrs. and Miss Lyon; Captain Erskine R.N Captain Marquis L. Visconti Captain Baron Meyern Hohenberg; HE. Major-General Broadwood, C.B.; Colonel Darling R.E.; Lt.-Colonel Chamier, C.M.G., and Mrs. Chamier; Captain Heathcote, A.D.C; the Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Victoria and Mrs. Lander; Mr. and Mrs. Funatsu: Comm. and Mrs. Volpicelli; Mr. Wilder; Mr. and Mrs. Scott.
LADY LUGARD. INDISPOSED. ·
We regret to learn that Lady Lugard has been confined to her bed since Wednesday through an attack of gastritis. On account of this all her Ladyship's engagements have been postponed.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND,
BELILIOS PUBLIC SCHOOL.
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PRIZE DISTRIBUTION.
On Dec. 30 was prize presentation day at the Belilios Public School, and Mrs. F. H. May distributed the prizes to successful scholars. There was a large attendance present, including Mr. E. D. C. WOLFE, the Inspector of Schools, and Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Belilios.
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After an excellent musical programme by the scholars, Mr. WOLFE read the annual report of the headmistress. Mrs. Tatcher wrote:- I have the honour to submit the eighteenth annual report for this school. There has been only one change in the staff during the year. One of the junior mistresses left to be married, and was succeeded. by Miss Annie Lesbirel. The increase in attendance, begun in 1907, was well maintained until the month of May. average During the plague epidemics the attendance dropped suddenly from 131 to and since then the figures have steadily in- In July matters began to improve
creased, making an average for the year of 106.5.as against 108 for the previous year. The fees received during the year amount to $167 in excess of those for 1907. The amalgamation of the Chinese and non-Chinose sections of the school in the beginning of the year has been reduction in the number of the classes made found to work admirably. The consequent
it possible to supervise the working of results show & much each, and the greater uniformity in the quality of the work through all the standards. The study of Chinese is a new subject. This class under Mr. Ngan, one of the vernacular masters, and in future all Chinese girls who desire to study English must at the same time advance in the knowledge of their own language until a certain standard has been reached. Of the five free scholars belonging to this school, one left to be married, and one has gone to Canton, so two vacancies have to be filled. Besides these, four girls from grant-in-aid schools were awarded a free education here, and the progress of all has been most satisfactory. After many years of inconvenience through the noise proceeding from carpenters and blacksmiths, shops in the immediate neighbourhood of the school, we have at last, thanks to the efforts of the Inspector of Schools, got rid of the nuisance and the relief is much appreciated by all con. cerned. As in former years Mr. R. E. Belilios has generously supplied six handsome volumes special prizes for English composition. The awards were made according to results of a special examination. The an. nual examination of the whole school by myself was begun on December 8th and the re- salts, especially in the lower classes, were very satisfactory. The report of the Inspector of Schools on his examination on the 14th and 15th December are not yet to hand.
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CLASS V.
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Camilla Collaco, composition;- Wong Tin Tai, history and arithmetic; Hung Ah Nui, geo- graphy; Chu Mi Cheng, Li Yuk Wah, and Chung King Yuk.
Chan A Yuk, Chan A So, To Yin Fong and Yee Mui for Chinese embroidery.
CLASS VI.
Shin Tack Hing, composition; Chan Ah 80, Chan King Chan, Choi San King and Wong Sai Mui, general excellence:
CLASS VII.
Hon Fin Li, composition; Hon Fun Ching, Lo Yak Chan, Fred Silva, general excellence.
CLASS VIII.
Gladys Woolley, Rose Tain, Yee Mui, Kwok Fsang Kin, Ye Nui, Chan Pik Ham, Leung I Tak, Mary Tong, U Yuk Ching, Chu Mi Ching, Li Yuk Wah, and Chung King Yuk, general excellence.
Chan A Yuk, Chan A So, To Yin Fong and Yee Mui for Chinese embroidery.
To Yin Fong, Hung Ah Nui, Kwok Tsing Shan and Chung Cheung Tseung for study of Chinese.
Mrs. May was then presented with a bouquet and the proceedings terminated with cheers for her, for the Inspector of Schools, for the visitors and for the teachers."
The grateful thanks of the teachers and pupils are due to the following gentlemen, who, 80 kindly subscribed to the prize fund, and to Mr. excellence in composition. Hon. Sir C. P. R. E. Belilios for six special prizes given for
Chater, K.C.M.G., Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, C.M.G. Messrs. J. R. M. Smith, R. Shewan, E, Shellim, W. G. Humphreys, H. Humphreys, Butterfield and Swire, Jardine, Matheson & Co. Davis, Lane Gibb, Livingston & Co; Linstead Crawford & Co., Johnson Stokes & Master, Hughes & Hough, Bradley & Co., Melchers & Co., Douglas Lapraik & Co., Sam Wang & Co., See Woo & Co., Tak Cheong & Co., Messrs Lau Chu Pak, Ho Fook, Ho Tang, Tung Wa Chan, Chan Sin-Ki, Lock Hing.
A handsome volume was presented for good conduct by Miss Kathleen Sachse, an old pupil..
ST. PAUL'S COLLEGE PRIZE PRESENTATION.
His Lordship the Rt. Rev. Bishop Lander presided at the annual prize distribution at There were also St. Paul's College on Dec. 31. present the Rev: E. J. Barnett, the Rev. A. D. Stewart, the Rev. and Mrs, Bunbury, Mrs. F. H. May and a number of other ladies.
After an opening hymn and a prayer, the Rev. A. J. BUNBURY read the annual report, from which the following extracts are taken÷-
The ninth year of work of the C. M. 8. Training College has been marked by distinct progress both in the Boys' and in the Students departments. It is hardly necessary to remind our friends that we have here classes of students -boys, the sons of Christian parents, who are given a general education and of whom the most suitable are selected as school-masters in our schools in China, and men of at least 20 years of age who are trained as catechists. The chief hindrances to our work have been, first the limited character of the buildings of St. Paul's College, and secondly, the repeated attacks of beri-beri, from which this year, as in earlier years, the ollege has suffered.
Mr. WOLFE then remarked that not more than one third of the Chinese pupils attended the Chinese classes. The curious fact was that so few girls availed themselves of the op- portunity of acquiring a knowledge of their own language. It was absolutely useless. to acquire a foreign language till they know their own.
After they had acquired Chinese, and continued it at all events until there was no chance of their forgetting it, then it would be The former difficulty, limited space, will be time to learn English. He would not be partly removed by an agreement between the surprised if the Chinese class was made compul-Bishop of Victoria and the Church Missionary sory next year. The speaker concluded by reading his annual report.
Mrs. MAY then distributed the prizes to the following pupils:-
CLASS I
Scciety whereby the whole available room will be placed at the disposal of the College. The latter, beri-beri, is a complaint. which yearly seems to increase in severity in South Chins. Not this College only, but other educational Mabel Long, history and hygiene, and geo-institutions in Canton, Wu-chow, and Swatow graphy and map drawing; Ivy Lee Chooey, have suffered. Hitherto the complaint has defied general intelligence and grammar; Edith Mow investigation, and the report recently issued Thing, arithmetic and composition.
that the germ had probably been discovered will be welcomed by none more gladly than by the authorities of this College. To set against these difficulties we have the assistance of the Rev. A. D. Stewart, whose aid as Vice Principal is most valuable. In the students' class the course of study has been two years, and ́has recently been raised to three. The four men who were drowned with the late Bishop Hoars world have completed their course, had they lived, in January 1908. No men went out at
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CLASS II.
Agnes Lee, general knowledge, hygiene and arithmetic; Lily Rose, composition; Rose Ablony, grammar and map drawing; Felicita Luz, geography and history; [Mabel® Sheffield improvement.
CLASS IV,
Mabel Mooney, history and special for dili. gence; Emily Ah Wee, geography Angelina Xavier, arithmetic.; May Lesbirel, composition.