Hon. WoxG SHING mid that with esference
to the Burcayor-General's statement that Chi nose bonga bad na light or air, ky dould explain bow a. China shop was balit. In the lands ba tween Jorvpis-street and Quson's Road some of the shops were only 25 fost doop and they had the whole front opin and on the second floor had a larga opening sight foot by six on the floor -whink throw s· light on the counter on the back; besides which they had an opening for the stair case. He thought therefore there must be light enough and air enough.
Hi EXCELLENov-I do not know exactly. what raotian is before the Conasil; whether it fa the adjeomment for a fortnight as proposed by By hon. friend on the toft (Hon. P. Eyrlo), or whether it is the intention to oppose altogether, the second reading of the Bill.' I should like to know exactly what in before the Council.
Hen. P. BYRIE-Tlat tla sacord reading of this Bill be postponed for a fortnight.
I give the number of admissions to Hospital and deaths for the past ten years below :
Admissions, Deaths.
1877. 1878, 1879.
973
9
244
10
1.09%
8
1880.
2.075
19
1881,
1,115
1889 1883
1,019.
10 12
24
105
1007 1,100 ...1,607.
THE DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, JULY 9TH, 1887.
the fourtoon, and 879 in 1891, the highest num bar racordad; Simple Continued Fever 40 sssss In 1874 the lowest number, and 772 this year the highest number recorded.
1884, 1885. 1886. The sickam as will be seu exoseds that of the Government. any of the previous years.
There were no eason of Cholers last year.
GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL.
This establishment remains as described in my last anual report, but the ballding of the now wards is very far advanced, and will in e wouth or so be completed,
The adaissions to Hospital this year have exceeded all farmer Feare, chiadly caused by diensson of a malarial type.
Bovenly cases wereadmitted der observations There were 415 casos of fevers of various typer admitted, of these only two cases died showing that the type of fever was not very severe,
Fifty cases of dysentery wore admitted, of whom four died.
I EXCELLENCY-Is that esse I have not the slightest objection to the motion. I have all along contended that we must make a begin Ting I think I also stated that wo`wonkli sit at such intervals as went anit the on-only, and discharged. venience of hon, mambers and sim that the public might thus have nity of considering everything that
every opports
comes before ea at ook gitting With regard to this question of backyarda that is still so much harp sil upon, although it is not before na at the pre- sent moment you will see that slauso 79 inys whenever the provisions of the two preceding <laus-that is the two which relate to the ques- tion of backyards-osonot be adhered to without undur sacrifea of property, such provisions may be modified at the distration of the Governor in Council Our sole object is to obtain in every honse thorough ventilation and light, and if thes can be secured by any other means Gammervante 67
Fifty eight cases of diarrhea were admittel, of whom ons died.
The following table shews the number and position of that brought to Hospital for tha last six years.-
Pelice.
1991, 1852, 1893, 1881, 1835. 1830. 300 489 495 GOL Board of Trade. 117 116 118 60 109 183 Pro, paying Patients 106 266 GD 260 267 891 83. 1993 124 144
Destilates 222 220 5 71 270 22
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1,236 1,459 1,509 1,954 1,510 1,623 was ordered to pay a fine of $200 or be imprison. Houdan. Reoantly a private miusion to Baakin Union Insurance Sogisty of Canton, Limited-vauves siokuoas, nares and diarrhoea. If the mistake to let such matière paas Ear far of
Defendant admitted keeping the agsney and ed for six-mouths' with hard labour..
He was imprisoned.
The sacresas is chiefly noticeable among the admissions of police and private paying patients.
Thera is a ctnsiderable and sailefactory dini- antión in the admissions of Police cases.
The numbers of admissions and deaths in Hospital for the past ten years are as followe
Admiadona.
Deaths.
1877,
1878...
350
49
1.289
50
1879
1.071
35
1890.
1.055
41
1881,
1,236
49
1892.
1,458
60
1502
70
1,354
50
1,510
1883, 1884.... 1885.
1836,
.1,420
79 The parastage of deaths to admissions was 4.86 a trite abore the average of the last ten
we want is to get for eso houso vertilation mad Eght, which are generally considered necessary as regards Chiuess or other people, and it was with this object that the classes mentioned were introduced. I have visited mary of there poorer glass st I visited thom in 1833, I havo visited them now in 1887, and I shall probably pay a few more risits to thom. A few of these bonus which in 1885 I remarked upon as being perfectly disgraceful, I find to my pleasure and sarprise romodelled voluntarily by the landlords very much to the benefit of the poor unfortunate epolies who had to live there, and I have no doubt that these improvsmonts have been carried out at a very amal loss, that the landlords do not rescire rauch smaller rents. People here sesiz to think sanitation is not required. They say Hongkong in so marvellously healthy, and thon they quote statistina. All Ioan say is I have boca going through these statistics very osre falls and find the death, rate is something
In the first place you mast years. hear in wind that a large portion of the Sixteen of the deaths wers from injuries population consists of adults between the received. ages ut 20 and 40. Young men oome here full of.
SMALL POT HORFITAL. health and strength to earn a livelihood beganse Eleven cases were admitted into the Suali they fun they can earn more baze that on the Fox Hospital, of whom one female died, most of their money they return. A large portion of the Chinese come here for a time only and then re-for Cholera caass, none ogsurred this year.
Thia Hospital is used in the er mer months tes to their untivo districts. A death rate, therefore, of 30 per thousand in comparison with Tablo VIII. shows number of dead bodies what it would be at home, 20 or 21 per thoussad, brought in for examination daring the different
call enormous.
From what I have soen I months of the year. The total this year was think the passing of this Bill would be to the in-13, of these 4 ware obfidren. teresis of all. As I remarked, I think, the other The recommendati ns I made last year that day, saitary legislation has waally been oar-there should be a resident Post Mortem atten- ried out under the influence of a pante. If we dant at the Mortuary has been sanctioned. carry anitary logislation here under a panic what would become of the landlords! I am afraid They would not roosive wash consideration. We ahliars always say "Prepare for war in the time of peace." and so it appears to me in this instance the proper time for carrying out sanitary legislation is now, not to wait uctil there is a panic. I do not think, really, it is ascessary for me to my more. All I pload for is. to go on with the Bi. I bave ssid all along "make a baginang." It is of us us folding our hands and doing nothing. On behalf of the Govern- mint and with the cardial wressmest, I am, -sure, of all my colleagues, I shall be most happy to accede to the motion that we adjourn the further onsderation of this Bill until this day fortnight.
there can be little doubt that the result of Mr. A corresyoudont, writing to the Times, says
oral question of the government and trade of. was undertaken by Mr. Frauda W Fox, who went out at his own expense for the purpose of onilesting on the spot information which would ́ be of service to him in devising a scheme for the restoration of pases and prosperity to the Sou dan. Mr. For has just returned, and he has put the information he has obtained into the form Chang Shui was charged by Inspector Swan. of report, which, the correspondent under- aton with keeping an agency, for the sale of tax-stands, will be submitted to the Foreign Offoe. On Tai Insurance Company, Limited -Tta. 148 haalth will resul.
Chins Tredore' Insurance Company's Sharus bowels are cleansed from this impurity with a
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REFORE ME. E. „MACKEAN.
TRZ-FA CASE.
fa tickets and was fined $5 or in default thros months' imprimantent with baril labour.
LAJCENY.
Lenag Acheung was consisted of stealing three jackets and other articles of clothing in all of the value of 34.56, the property of IP Akan.
His Worship sentenced him to six weeks' in. prisonment with hard labour.
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Straits Marine Insurance Company, Limited-
830 kom.
In this report he enters at length into details concerning secrapany which he proposes should be Canton formed, somewhat on the principle of tha Borneo | Company, but without any monopoly whatever. Honglong Fire Insurance Company's Shares-- leaving the tradenpan toall comes withthorest in- 1890 per share,
entions. He does not wish our Coverament to China Fire Insurance Company's Shares-882 commit itself in sy way nor doesbosnticipateany difficulties in the case of with ar Tarkay or Egypt. At the same time, it will be maintained by all capitaliste that it would be extremely unsafe for them to commit themselves to any risk, unfess the English Gorerumani gave them scmas sort of asearance of pectortion in one of nosessity. There is reason to beliera that some of the load- ing sheikhs in the inomaliste interior have ex- ment as to trade with reputabla. Englishmen. pressed readiness to siga soy reasonable agree
best method of opening up the Sonden would probably be te organiss am district committees of sheikhs, who shale advised and guided by Englishmen reading in wach e zint. Farther, that some 20 or 25 Buglisboon re-appointed-in- the first instance by the proposal Sencan Com rany sa their agenfe at the anticas or factories at the tribal parts the Red Sea coast, Sandan, and that three inspector-generals should also be appointed, whoan duty it would be to visit and confer with the resident agants, to in
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THE CHINESE CUSTOMS TAXING THE FOOU OP THE COLONY,
Hon. Word SHING rosstocall attention tothe fast that the Chinese Customs authorities at the stationsartside Hongkong wore lorying datieson salt ist brought into the Colony. The trade in salt fisit was of the value of $2,000,000 a year, and be found that salt fish were exempt from daly under the tresty tariff.
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liamy, one of the coroners of Suffolk, has brought
The Times of the 3rd Junaways—Mr. Vul
in one on to raian as many difficult questions as all the other corouers of England have dons in half a cautery. He has probably incrsued the discredit into which coroners in quests are sinking, and as may have raised, no doubt unwittingly, a suicion in some minds that something lew be kept back. He has done all this in a case which seemed simple and alaar. In the beginning of last month Bertha Wall, a pupil at the Ipswich High Sobool, was found drawued in a pond near Ipswich. The circum The following 6gures give the number of ad.stances of her death were such angeamed to call for misstone and the daily average number of pria marching public inquiry. The Coconer, however,qtire on the spotinto any cases of oppression and sonors for the past ten years. considerable increase in both cases this year
There is a very was of opinion that the inquiry should be condnet.justino, sud generally to sao that Liberty and od arivately. The jury formed a devided opinio brdor are maintained and justice is administered Total No. ad- Daily sporto the contrary, and declined to proceed unless throughout the provinces of the Soudan. Mr. mitted to ago No. of he admitted reporters. In consequenas of this For also suggests that the proposed Soudan Prisonere difference the inquiry was adjourned several Company should refrain from entering into any
395.29
times. In the meantime the Coroner took coun-commercial or trading operations direct with the 519.22 sel with the Lord Chancellor, and when the small rotail traders, but only, as a ralo, bay sad 76.13 Court must yesterday the former reat a somad sell through the leading native, inglish, Greek, $75.25 nisation from the latter, in which the course of and other local merchant is way the
action taken by the Cooner was approved. trading operations of the copacy will be great-Hongkong Rode Manufacturing Company, Li-PAINTS, OILS, VAE NISI Then Mr. Vulliaoy soms to have thou rat fit toy simplified and the risk of loses reluged to a mited-$35 per share. make raztarka abonf the litar of a local news-minimum. The expert and import tendo of the Hongkong and Muose Glaas Monafacturing Co., paper for commenting on his osaduct, atunst. Sondan before the late rebellion is compared to Limited-60 per cout. discount. ing that should take advice as to a criminal hive excuded two-and-a-half million pounds A. 8. Watma & Co., Limited-50 per cent. information being filed against biz for inter-ateling (£2,500,009) per suunm of which about
preminu foring with the course of justice. The soone-half, or £1,250,000, represented the value of Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., that followed is fortunately nunal in Coarte of the erports, and £1,250,000 that of the imports.
Limital-$145, sollera. justia. The Coroner asked the reporters to There is very cowson, Mr. Fox belinves, for sap- Singapore Insurano Company, Limited-$18 CHAMPAGNE "MONOPOLE" withdraw. They at first rafted Eventually posing that when poco sud order are restored
Jani.
1877, 1878,
3,564
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1873...
3.865
183)
3,630
1881.
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1882
2,498
1881, 1834
... 3486 4,023 18............. 3610 1883,..............$600
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The above figures show an ineroase of nearly one thousand prisoners as compared with last year, with an increase in the daily aremos of 141. Table IX shows the number of admissions to the Gaol Hospital, the diseases, and number of they withdrew, and way of the jurors was about and an improved government is established in Chinese Emperial Lasn t 1884 B-6 per cent. deaths. There were thirteen destha this year, to follow them. He was qucouraged to du so by the Soudan a great development in the arport tea from apoplexy, twa fram heart disease, two Mr. Sleigh, a represatatire of the Press: who and import trade will take place, and that Chinese Isparial Loan of 1834 C-8 per cent. from dysentery two from inflammation of the need the jury not to be intimidated by the it will assume much larger proportions than His EXOVLLENCY said that this was the first bowels, two from general debility, two from sui-Coronor. The Coroner, who had threatened to before the rebellion. A line of he had heard of it and his hon. friend ought to oide, and one constitutional syphilis of some years commit him for some other remarks, made at a conecting the Nile basin with a port on the have given notice that he was going to bring standing- the matter forward.
warrant for his committed for Boven days to ed Sea is, in Mr. Fox's opinion, a most Chinese Imperial (forernment 1885 Dellar Loan Table XI. shows the into of sickness and mor- Ipswich Gool. The jury protested against the important factor to be taken juta onnalderation, Hon. Word SHING gave notion that he would tality in the gast. The sickness is considerably inquiry going on in private, and it was only and its construction should be commenced at an
- par cant premium. sak a question at the next meeting.
less than last year, but there is a considerable under threat of being committed that they pro-early period, as it will tent more than any other Hon. A. F. MacEWEN said it was understood increase in the deaths, yet, the rate of sickness conded with the inquest, which resulted in assure to staaliorate the condition of the that when the Opium Bill was passed the Cusul mortality both to total and average is mich verlict of Found drowned." tom sistions would disappear, but instead of that less than last year.
No doubt the reporters were wrong in declin. they were now taxing the food supplies of the Colony,
There were no casca of any partionlar interesting to withdraw. The Coroner's Court is not in The dietary of the gaol has been reduced, so they law a public Court; ha may szcinde from it all His EXCELLENCY--When the Foreign don't faten up so much as they used, but they nes persons if he thinka tie; he may choose to carry Collectorate has everything in its own hands none the wares for the deprivation of their opium, on the inquiry with closed doors. Long ago it I am in hopes that all this will disappear. although the habit is entirely ignored, and they was dealded, if we mistake not, that an sation at £220,500, leaving a balanse of £395,000 for Hou. P. Bid the understanding was get to treatment-unless they are suffering from would not lie against s ueroner who ordered the directors' fees and general management and the Customs should not fax the food of this some bodily complaint. Colony.
removal of persons before the inquiry began profit, os proposed working ospital of £500,000. Mr. Bleigh, too, was wrong. He had no business: These are the leading points in the remarkable to interfere, and the Coroner was probably sebame proposed by Mr. For for the rescue of
GOVERNMENT LUNATIO ASYLUM,
people of the Soutan and Equatorial Africa. The cost of constructing this railway, Mr. Fox sets down at £950,000. From the land tribute, customs, monopolies, &., Mr. Fox estimates the annual avaliable ravenne of the many at £195,00, and the expenditure on administration
His ESCELLENCY-You may rely on it they The number admitted to this institution was shall not do anything adverse to this Colony.
Hon. Woxa BHING romarked that the tseen the same as last year, thres of thern within his right in committing him to prison the Sondnu fram acarthy and barrenness. If
were females.
for contempt in face of the Court. Fortunate practical mer find it practicable then Mr. For There has been considerable dificulty in soudly the point will not be determined, for late acght, mys the Times correspondent to be His SXCELLENCE said this was the first being them away to their native countries, even fast night Mr. Sleigh, un expressing regret reckoned among the great benefcetors of Africa.
when they are quite harmless in good health, for his words, was rolezand by the Coroner's and requiring very little attention.
was out of great value.
had heard of the matter.
Hon. Woso No said the nation only nommenced on July 1st
His EXCELLENCY-I usure you it will re- ceiro very careful attention................
ADJOURNMENT.
The Council adjourned until the 22nd turk
THE COLONIAL SURGEON'S REPORT FOR 1885.
The following extracts from the Coloural Surgeon's report, which was laid on the table of the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon;→→
Government Civil Hospital,
Hongkong, 17th May, 1887.
H. Sine intoadout of the Government Civil
POLICE.
TONG WA HOSPITAL.
order.
The jare, too, went out of their way and pat themselves in the wrong by making the portage of their task coadi tional on the prosting of reporters. They were
The total number of patients treated in this Hospital, which is entirely under the mange ment of the Chinese, was 2,048, of these 1,109 bound to do their duty, and it they were of
The number of out-patients treatol 122,292.
The rumber of monomaful vaccination per- formed was 2,205.
HEALTH OF THE COLONT.
Fovern.
DEATHS FROM HYDROPHOBIA.
It is offloially reported that the total numbor
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
(From: Massas, Valeoras & Col's. Kazuzan) Jrady Thin
79,876 29.AM
59,130
Bronstar-l Barometer-Y., ale hl -
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COAST METEOROLOGICAL
REGISTER.
CHINA
7th July, 187,
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died, and 216 of those that died wore admitted opinion that the ends of justice had been defeat of persons subjectsi at the Pasteur Institute in STATION in a moriband condition.
ad they should have expressed their sanno of this Paris to the Pasteur treatment from the end of was in their finding or in a ridor to it. All courantober, 1885, to the end of December, 1880 281
ed seem to have lost their heads or their temper. was 2,683. Of this number, 2,161 had besa bit- | Inguag The number of patients admitted to the Small Bet we must be permitted to observe that the ten by animals known for bortain to have been longkong... The ass are mostly of the worst type, an-auems to have set the example of irregularity by 518 by animals suspected to have been made. NISTER Por wards was fifty-four, of these forty-two died. Coroner, perhaps, shows to least advantage. He mad at the time of biting, and the remaining vaccinated, and the majority children.
inreighing against a person who, if at fazit Of the 2,164 bitten by animals undoubtedly Kledij and as to that we form ne opinion-wes not be-mad, and treated socording to Postear's mo Fontork. f fore the Court. Is a Suffolk coroner ogoro-thod, 29 persons died, representing a proportion- anot that one may not comment on his pro. at mortality of 1.34 per cent. Of the 513 bitten Sir-I Love the bonour to forward my anual amongst the European and Amorisan residents obstructive of the course of justice, is the to Pastour's treatment, only two diedie, 068 Table XVI showe the rate of mortality soodings And if the comments be really by animale presumed to be mad and subjected report for the year 1896, together with the in Hongkong for the past ten years. tables showing the work done in the different
proper course to sold the culprit in his eb-1 per cent. Before the discovery and application The upmber and percentage are the highest no? The repart of the Coroner's mode of of the Pastour method of treatment the proper. establishment in the mediest department under that have ever been recorded oven in the conducting the business of his Court specks for tien of mortality from that disease among the my supervision.
I also forward the reports from preceding year when so many were recorded telf. It would be diffeait to concaire greater persoas affected by it was at lowest 16 par cest. from Cholera, of which there were no casasin 1886. want of taut, if not of qualities more important. It, then, the 2164 persous in the state described Hospital, the Superintendent of the Lock Hos pital, and the Government Analyst.
I give bolow the Tables of the death rates than has been slowa since the inquiry began a bad not been treated by the Pasteur method, for the past fourteen years”. I have been in the month ago. Whether the Coroner is right in the cases of mortality among them would hare Colony among the Europeana and China, as thinking that the investigation should be con-ban, not 29, but 346. That is to say of the { The admissions from the Tolice Force to Has registered in Hongkong, from diseases which ducted privately, it is not for us to say. The 2,164 parsons, 317 cwe their premat existence to pital show a considerable increase and have been may arise from filth poison. the largest Dunbar duitted fa the past six years. DEATHE AMONG EUROTRANS (British and Foreign.) is to be given to that circumstance. Bil tus to the most dangerous casos, we find that thore. Lord Chancellor agros wi's bim, and due weight Pastear's method. Looking, next, excisively The increase has been principally is the Chinese
jurors who know the facts think the contrary;
doods. waza de persone bitten by mad wolves, 186 portions of the Force so shown in the following
and on the face of the ease so far as published persons bitten on head or faca by animals there appears to have been no reLeon for making known to be mad, and 28-bitten 20 head or face this inquiry exceptional. If there were a danger by animals presumed to be mad. Of the 49 in that the ends of justice would be defeated by question seven diel, tz, a mortality of 14 per giring prometaro publicity to informationelicited cent. The mortality in similar cases hafore the in the foquiry-if some guilty person would be Pasteur method was 50 to 3 per cent. More- warned to make his wraps or do away with the over, three of the 48 persons had actually broken evidence of oxime, it would be different. The out in rabies before the application of the frost- | Coroner's decision to sit in camerd would then meat, and their deaths raay, therefia, be left out
command general approval-Bat there is no of account, thus reducing the mortality of this | Unrometer..........
Temperature Laaggestion of any guoh risk; ibis in fact out of olies under the Pasteur tre stament to 8 per cent,
Huzaidi the question. Why, then, should not the inter- as against 50 per cent to 80 per cent, without Direction of with tigation be open to the public? We do not the Pasteur treatment. Of the 185 above spei-Force of wind....... Yeather men suggest the presences of a wish to keep anything fied, the number of persons who died was nine, or back or to shield any ons. The Coroner, it is 4.89 par vent., an against 89 per cent, without che' | Raia wa rather to be seemed, has honestly noted as he Pastear treatment. That is, out of the 186, 163 thought best, and the Lord Chancellor agrosa would hors died but for the Pastour treatment, with him. But will it he wonderful if suspicions whereas, with the Pasteur treatment, only nine people surmise that there is something which it died: Lastly, of the 23 above spenfield, only one is desired to conceal, or somebody whom it is do led-28., a mertaling of 357 per cent. For sired to screen f
sume mouths pust M. Pasteur lus modist his The pressedings at Whitton bring out is re-method, and in the most serious cape has applied, lief the perfections of the coroner's court. It not simple, but what he calls intensive treatment, is gaterally a aspless and not always a harmless Só that while out of 236 specially serious Lustitation. It has very much outlived ite or cases in which the simple treatment was applied, iginal objects. It is a superfinity when a ma nice died; in 50 spesially serious cases in which gisterial inquiry into the same fasts in certain to intensive Lenimantacia applied no mortality take place; and it is little suited for the purpose whatever followed.
table-
1881
....
1982...........
Europeans. Indiana
413 12 111
Chinese.
Years.
196
1983 1881 67 224 1895
13
133
It will be observed from this that the inSPARAG
203 743
1578
1874....
·S 1888.
13775
1878
of admissions was among the Europeans 14, In-
187
1978
dians 36, and Chinese 58.
1879
The deaths were, Europeans 8. Indiane 2, and Chiness
1830
1881
1682
1888
1530
1686
The Europeans suffer moet as is seen on the rate of sickness and mortality in Table II, tho Indian art in rate of sickness are the lowest, in rate of mortality the Chinese lowest, in rata of sickness are next to the Europeans iz rate of mortality.
All over the Talaud and the Kowloon parin- aula the sickes has fugreased in every station, and was principally sansed by Fever and Bowel complaats.
The admissions to Hospital and deaths from the Police Force for the past ten years are given below, this year has been the highest in number
Years
1879
of sick, and the highest to the namber of deaths-
1974
-1675
Admissions.
1676
Deaths.
187
1877
+18
#
1878
1878.
566
1979
1879.
.566
1240
1880
138
1501
19
19%
199
10
1989
1998
1.844
1893.
10
1835
1884...
.496
1985
1885..
y
1880.
602
14
THOOPS
Enteric
Typhus.
DEATH AMONG CHINESE.
Fecera
Simple
Typhos
Cholers.
Vomiting
30 225
parging.
1900 FASANNH38£29$2
$19
400
··812
Bua
844
of a preliminary criminal investigation. Rarely,
1,304
1,479
if ever, doss a protracted inquiry before a cozozor
... 1030
... 1,079
1,215
.1406
and a jury bring to light what could not hara
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METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER.
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3.-TETUBArms, the shade in degresa Pahrenacit.
- is pentage ofaturation, the Lmoidity of air saturatura with molten being 100.
*—Tereptowwe mg Van të two points.
6.-
OF race Marə nocording to Branfors Boafn. KÖR FRA W GABERTY 8. kise ngi 1. detachal Arizzling rain; P.Zag; G.gloomy B. kail, light- ning. Dragt; 2. paardag showero; Q.squaly; Bran 8.ADAM: T. Chunder: Yors and bundesdibe.
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In the Chipem Table only 9 ceses are recorded There is a very large increase in the amount of a Typhoid or Enteris type, whereas the largest which are forgotten because, fortunately, thor business man, who is an Englishman by birth. of sickness among the Troops, chiefly caused as number of deaths from simple continued fever is have in most cases the good sense not to put them His name begins with H, and every day he would
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