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SUPREME COURT.
12th September.
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joint assets aust be made under the express nathority of the Court. There will therefore be an order in the terms of the motion so far as it concerns this point. I do not think there is any need to direct au account to be taken of the IN BANKRUPTCY JURISDICTIONA
property of the arm of an inquiry to bomade BEFORE HIS HONOUR SIR J. CARRINGTON, as to the joint creditors, because I understand that the joint creditore have been requined by advertisment in the usual way to come in and
·C.M.G. (CHER JUSTICE.)
No. 5 or 1800. -RE HO PUT NAM AND LI SHING CHEONG, DEN. TORS, EK TARTE NO FIM TONG, & CHIDITOR. AND ALSO NOS. 6, 7, AND É, or 1900.
The Chief Justice,
ace gave judgment as fol
lows
319
By this motion certain execution creditors of the Kang Hing Shing Kos firm ask the Court for an order that an account be taken of the goods, chattels, and furniture of the firm und of the proceeds of 'sale thereof and of all other, if any, the moneys, effects, and property of the firm new to the hands of Dr. Bruce Shepherd, Offal Receiver, Interim Receiver, or Trustee of in the above mentioned bankruptcies or any them or otherwise, and that an inquiry be made as to whether there are nny and what joint credi- tors of the firms besides the applicants and what are the mundants due to such other joint credi- tors respectively, and that the joint nests of the firu (ufter paymost of the applicants" posts) be applied rateably and pari passt in or towards sutisfaction of the amounts due to the applicants and such other joint creditors, if my, of the firm, together with interest and costa in priority to all costs, expenses, and claims in the above mentioned hankraptales or any of them..
Notice of the motion wax, by direction of the Court, served on Mr. Bruce Shepherd, and on the 27th it. the motion was argued by Mr. Kence for the applicants and Mr. Monsey for Mr
The facts of the otse are not in dispute; the only question is as to the validity of the pro ceedings of Mr. Bince Shepherd is Official Receiver, and Interim Receiver, and Trustee
Bruce Shepherd.
with respect to the distribution of the assets of the firm.
iu
REVIEW
Tropical Discuses. By PATRICK MANSON, CG, H.D. LL.D, London, Caselland Co. IT is now two years since this first edition of Dr. Mauen's popular treatise on Tropical Diseases appeared. The fact that "a new and enlarged
EXPORT CARGO,
prove their claims against the joint estate. The edition" is already called for shows how well when every house has some or all of its eceppants/apports against the smalts of malaria. By woodware, 295 cases cassia 47 cases cigars, 207
order must be so drawn is to cover these pro- Ceoding.
The applicants and the Official Receiver must both have their costs in priority out of the joint estate,
Mesere. Monnssy and Brutton were fe Mr. Brace, Shepherd and Mr. J. F. Reece for the execution creditors.
LATE TELEGRAMS.
sppreciated by practitioners and the public this work has been. As the author, in his introdue tion, states, his book is net intended to compete with large or full treatises goaling with Eastern disences, such as Davido's and Hirsh's are, but if we may be allowed to criticise so vory able and useľal a Look, wo would say that it is too much of a compendium, a book to be recom-i meuled by the eremmer" to be " getup" for
oxunalnation,
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NOTICE TO MARINERS.
No. 119 (SPECIAL),”
CHINA SEA
water," and it is further stated that the danger: ronths a patient who showed di the symptoms of mboll water is that it leaves pools which of malarial poisoning, but in whom most care. brems broading-plages for mosquitoes. It has fal thermometrical observation taken thrice daily long been recognised that these conditions exist ever showed the least rise of temperature, 3st all through the Weet Point which, Kuce These blood, even on úrrival in England, was “Drainags and cultivation are our strongest the soldiers encamped there in the forties were warning with plasinòdia. decimated by malarla down to the present lay, down with faver, ha keen notoriously malarin their means enormans districts formerly useless infecta. Surface and deep drainage and the sad pestilential ura rendered healthy and produe training" of such water-comites are given as dye, and Drs Stephens and Christopher in the prophylaction, recommendations made by the very latest jamphlet on the darin disuases of Hongkong Commision in 1888. Perhaps the Africa point out the necessity of surface drala PW.D. will now take note and exert themselves, ige and. tu radical cure of pools, puddles On p. 115, in favour of the mosquitce theory, it and swamps as the most effective means of noticed that Mauritius, previously absolutely stamping out malaria. This furnishes a strong free from malarial disease, suffered from argument in the favour of the Jubilee Kool, severe epidemic of malaria due most likely to by means of which the D. P. W. proposes to Undoubtedly it is this very quality which has the introduction of a new species of mosquitos, abolish the malarial swamp at Aberdeen.
Other safeguards which the auther points out made the treatise so popular, but we cannot fail which was favoured by the numerous puddles
found overyy here. In the Walcheren expedition are that honnes should not be ton exposed, that to remember that the practitioner, for whose use and benefit it is intended, is not a raw student. It is an established fact that the soldiers who slept graes should be preserved, or it disturbed 70- straight from the Lecture-room and Hospital, oven a few feat above the ground escaped malaris placed, that exposed soil should be covered with be plucked, Lut a whilst those lying on the ground suffered rammed clay or cement, that "it la qowise to whos sole ambition is not fully qualified medical man who, let us hope, terribly. This would seem to bear out theauthor's have flower bode, vegetable gardens, etc., near has made the most of his time in special hes remark that morquitoes rise only a fer feet bedroom windows, or to tlley vnter from
as a fact that many persons sleeping in the ground in this vicinity of the house, or to keep NOTICE i la by sivon that is th pitals, or as assistant to private practitioners, or store ground, but en the other hand we know bathrooms or cook houses to flow over the in "taking out" extra courses, and whose um.
cond or third nors of houses are frequently water unchanged in tuba er water-batts for bition soars beyond a third-rate practice in a country-town or mining district, and who isdeter-attacked. The danger of disturbing soil (p.120 moequitous to breed in." The authors wo aimed to seek for me asdfame in the gorgeous particularly during the warm season, the fact have just quoted have proved that the neglect of that chills bring out the latent plasmodin, as these things and the filthy condition of the East. For sach, Ioannot helpthinking, a larger and more ambitions volume would have been evidenced by the occurrence of fover on return native hats are discause of the severe fum more appropriate and giren greater scopo to the to a cold climate, and the prevalence of fevers at favor found in Free Town (West Coast of The soil moreover should not be disturbed in The Liverpools, who escaped from the disaster author's well-known takat and evident industry.in draughty homes and expoed sites, seem to Africa).
As might be expected, owing to the interest of slow that the mosquitos theory hardly accounts at Leeuwkleof in the early part of Genval Bul- ler's advance, accuse the enemy of great trea- the subject, and widely dispersed nature of thefer everything: Thu author's statement that the sickly season, nor should werkman employ chery and brutality. They state that the Boersmally, Malaria occupies nearly a third part of malarial attacks are more common, more severo, ed thereos to allowed to sleep near their wore teen to deliberately kill the wonnie and
works, a hint which might be taken by that they treated the prisoners with great hard- ship.
NEWS VIA BANGOON.
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Bimla, 29th August. The following casualties inva coured in South Africa-Action near Vanwyksvby, on 21st August, 2nd Gordon Highlanders, killed, Lance Corpl. J. W. Robertson; wonndal and doing well, Corp. E. Harrison,
So many members of Lumsden's Hove are finding openings in South Africa that the Government of India hure been asked and have provisionally agreed to those of there that so desire being discharged in South Afrim and allowed to make their own arrangements as to stopping in or leaving the country.
London, 30th August.
A Bour deserter, who bas reached General Bullers camp, describe the position of General Botha's army as desperade. He states that they
are short of ammunition.
In the assault on Machadodorp Colonel Broadwood, commanding the 2nd Cassiry Bri- gale, hind his horse shot under him and was
It appears that there are oight partners the fire, four of whom, namely, Ho Pai Nain. Li Sting Chaong, Chan Sai Chen, and Cheong Kwai Clio, are, or at any rate wsze, resident the Colony, while the romaning four ura resimself hit in the leg, dont out of the jurisdiction of the Court.
THE PLAGUE.
timla, 29th August.
On the 5th February, 1900, under a petition THE NEXT COMMANDER-IN.CHIEF. in Lankruptcy-No. 5 of 1900-agaimat Ho Pui
London, 30th Asgust. Now and La Shing Cheong, carrying on business
It is authoritatively stated that Lord Wolse under this styles of Kong Hing and Kungley retives at the end of October and that Lord Hing Chan other rains of the Kang Roberts succeeds him as Commander-in-Chief Shing Kee, the Official Rucairer, Mr. Bruce Shepherd, was appointed Interim Receiver of of the British Army. the slate of the debtors. Under this order the Offet Receiver took possession of the property of the firm in which the debtors were partners. On the 8th March, 1000, a receiving order was munda in respect
of the state of the land of the debtors.
On the same 8th March, 1900, petitions in bankuptcy-Nos, and 7 of 19,0-were filed agrant China Sul Chuen and Choong Kwei Cho respectively, and on the 6th April, 1860, receiv. ing orders were made in respect of their estates Of the 23rd Mar, 1000, a petition in bank rupte No. 8 of 1300 was presented
against By. order dated the 30th April 1900, and mads on the application of Ng Wai Chnen, ons" of tip non-resident partners of the army, the re- ceiving order made in Bankraptey No. 1994 in respect of the state of the Irra was res cinded and the Official Receiver was ordered to withdraw from possession of the said cetute
the tra
of
On the same 30th April, 1900, in Bankruptcy No. 8 of 1900, an order was made appointing the Official Receiver to be Interim Reviver of the catate of the firms t
in Bunk-
Os the Bed Elay, 1900, the runtsies Nos. 5, 6, and 7 of 1000, amely Ho Pui aur and I Shing Cheong and Chan Sai Chuen and Cheong Kwai Cho wire severaly adjilicatel Bankrupts at the Oficial Receiver was appointed Traton in each Bankraptoy.
On the 9th July, 1900, on the application of the four non-resident partners of the firm an order was made dismissing the petition in Bankruptcy No, 8 of 1000, and ordering the Offcial Receiver withdraw from possession of the catate of the fram
Bone correspondence then took place between Mr. Roces, as representing the non-resident partuors, on the one side, and the Ocial Recei
the book, and it is in the chapters devoted to ita consideration that most of the now matter introduced in this edition is found. The whole question of this genosis and mede of infection in Malaria has been accurately and persistently sted during the past two years, largely due
and more dangerous in young children than in adults is hardly borne out by facts. Children are certainly more sweptible, but few practitioners here will recall many deaths from malarial fever in children.
Another statement that a malarial patient to the impetus given by the newly-started is dangerous to his neighbours, since he may schools of Tropical medicine," which have spread disease (p. 121) if litten by the proper sent forth commissione to Africa, South Amer- mosquitos should be true in theory, but is not con- iss, Italy, etc., and have thus gathered valuable firmed by experience. The writer. for instance information, the gist of which our author kas has never known malaria spread through the embodied in his work. In the writer's student-wards of a hospital in this manner, or have days Tropical medicine" was as unknown enquiries amongst other eastern practitioners The Assortion wide in rapion to the average student as the North Pole elicited such facts.
his tecture have
A future considerable increase in the plaguer Saturn; now every up-to-date medical school the old edition va the authority of Grassi mortality throughout Ludia is reported, the total nimber of deaths in the past week having sea to 20, of which Mysore State reports 81, Mysore City having 188, and Bangabre City and Cantonments 21 deaths. Bombay City Toports 75 deaths. Bombay districts 160 Madras Fruideney eleven, Calcutta 84 and Bengal dis triots eighteen deaths. The remainder of India continues free.
tinde sat in that ten runding by in site and Liverpool have their post-graduate courses tinet and independent species of parasite is on the same subject. Buch of the endit for this now disproved by Ross's observations, which advance is due to our auther, who, threngh his show that the texting of these bodies are oficial connection with the colonial Office, has the formation of the flagellated body and been ablo to influence the ruling powers. certain spheres belonging to the special type Some thirteen pagen, p. 19–53, of now watter of plasmedial in which the crescent occurs.” aw introduced, giving more minuto directions It may be remarked that crescents ecur only for preparing and staining sides of malarial in the more severe forms of malarial fever.
There are numerous other interesting facts blood. Strangely Thin's hromatin and alum stain, used by the West African cusmission is noted in connection with what ziny be terried not mentioned. A very full description of the the theory of disease, but we pass on to the prac 1. Letter from the Colonial Veterinary Surphamodium in its various forms is given, togetical and probably more generally interesting geen relative to.an outbreak of Binderfest at
ther with the mode of trander by the mos-portica of the hook. the Government Depots, Kennedy Tork.
HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD.
A meeting of the Sanitary Board will be held to-day, Thursday, 13th September, at 4.15 p.za. ORDERS OF THE DAY.
G. A. WooncoCK,
Acting Secretary, AGENDA
1. Reports furnished by the Malaria Come mittee of the Royal Society, and Minste by the Medical Officer of Health."
qar
BUOYAGE OF NORTH CHANNEL ENTRANCE TO THE YANGTZE : ADDITIONS AND ALTERATION. is hereby that two new
SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
North Channel, vi
SHAWEISHAN BANK BUOY, A 10-1 spherical
enge, woared in foot of water, with foot conical, rut Buoy sarmonated by a black Shaweislun Ligthono bearing N. 90 W distant 2.86 miles.
CHI YAO BANK OUTER BUOY; A foot, conical, red Baoy surmounted by a black. inverted frustun eago, mopred in 23 feot of wator, with Drinkwater Point Light
Also that the Drinkwater Pant [Fairway] house bearing N. W., distam 7.11 miles.
been replaced by a red conical bay surmounted- Etoy, No. 28 in the latest pablished List, has by a black spherical care,
REMARKS.
military authorities, who last many
According to the latest soundings, the most soldiers employed in making the new battaies between 1880-00. Bad water should also be avoid. ed. Though there is no proof that malaria can be direct track, for vessels of heavy draught enter and 2 cables South of Sheweishim Bank Buoy, carried by this means, patices believe it can, and ing by the North Channel, is to pass between 1 impure water is the paradise of anopheles, sound atoor so as to bring the Busy to bear East the ignorant nativo may be sight. Sunttovers, by the time Shaweism Lighthease bears N.E., passing 1 cable south of it; from which point a chrysanthemums and the exalyptus globulas then steer for the Drinkwater Point Baoy are supposed to be useful because the mosquitoes course, runde goed, of N. Eye W., passing 3 object to their smeli; in fact, in the prophylax cables southa Chi-yue Benk Outor Buny, Lends fathoms a laid-channel course any bo steered is of nigris the mosquitos turns up everywhere soonest into deep water. After deepening to like King Charles's houd. The author log-fill abreast of Luchiao Lighthouse, uftor matises ou p. 113, that if you have no mosquitoes which the directions given in Notice to inataria is also absent. AtCapsuimoon lately Mariners No 116 (Special) may be followed.
severe outbreak of malalal fever occurred amongst visitors there and tie one good thing the enferens could say about the plaes was there were no mosquitoes--we never had to use tots." We gire the fact for what it is worth. Our author tells us (on p. 147) Mosquito nets mast invariably be used. Tea and coffee, very small doses of alcohol áre decidedly of servics." The writer's patients did not use the latter, hous
perhaps the fever.
Kesping the track shore described, the least
between the Intiar and Chi-yeo Bank Oator depth between the Sheweishnu Bank Buoy and the Drinkwater Point Baoy should be 20 foot; Bucy 21 fost, increasing to feet when abreast of the last named Bay.
All bearing given are magnetie and all depths are for low water of spring tides.
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspector:
Imperial Maritime Customs, Coast Inspector's Office,
Shanghai, 3rd Septeriber, 1900,
12385
THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST.
MONTHLY RECORD OF INFORMATION POR
PLANTEES OF
Sugar, Palms, Cotton, Cardamoms, Kola, Tea, Cacao, Cinchona, Cohe, Indistabber, Coca, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Fibrous Plants, and other Products suited for Cultivation in the Tropics. Published at Observer Office, Colombo, Ceylon:
The author points out that acclimatisation, 03- ful to avoid chills, etc., and slusation, e. adopt- perience i.e. not exposing oneel and being care Our author notes that in India many ossing the wisdom of others, together with on in- 2. Report of Sub-Committee on the Inspec.quitos to the human body, and the development
of one of the phases of the parasite in the returned as Ardent Fever" are really malarial, telligent adaptation of "hibits to climate are tor's Quarters at Cattle Depots.
* fuet which can be readlify demonstrately amongst the most powerful safeguards against stomach of the anophele.
the microscope; hence the necessity of every malarial infection, and to support his argament practitioner in the east Teing able to examine he mentions the comparative immunity of Cai- blood and intelligently deduce his diagudis nese from fever. This hardly tallies with the
has now an assured position in its large therefrom-most important too for the patiset, Hongkong experience, where almost the fret servanture down with fover" and that
circulation in Ceylox, Southem and even. Cen as the treatment of the two forms of fever differ warning of a house hwing unhealthy is that theHE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST "Missuse he can catehes tew hoy" "or cook, too
tral und Northern India, the Straits Settlements, materially. He also points out that aphasia, sn
Of course the less healthy con- Buenatra, Java, Borneo, Northern Australie, affection of the brain, touring in malarial attacks, is due to parasites in the vessels of the cheo fent,"
planting settlements we hears had cordial ap brain, a fact already noted by Thin, who showed dition of servants' quarter may partly account Queensland, Central Amerion, Natal, Buritius on traftment, p. 131, a point of practicalproval of the publication and an encouraging some beautiful specimers in the brain of a for their greater susceptibility. In the captor and the West Indies. Fross all sub-tropical interest lony known to the writer is mentioned,
Report on the Plague Epidemi in Kobe and Osaka during 1899 to 1906
Statement showing Plague ases and deaths in Bombay Lity, from 17th July to 30th July, 1900,
Fortnightly lime-washing return.
5. Mortality Returns from Macas for the weeks ended 26th August and 2nd September, 1000.
Mortality Statistics for this Colony for bor, 1900.
An anophele, we must explain, is that species mosquitos which, as far as can be ascertain el acts as "host" to the plasmodiu, and may be recognised, as might be considered mitural in such a vicious animal, by standing on its head when at rest, in contra-distinction to its quieter brethren who, in. like circumstances use their legs like ordinary individuals. An other point of interest is that the female mos quitos is alone the "blood-sucker not unlike its human prototype!
Its favourite habitations are those nice little
patient from South Africa.
sasure of support. The English, Indian and
ver and Messrs. Mounsey and Brutton, the the weeks ended 25th August and 14 Septem- puddles which Chinese like to leave around fever, so coremon in Africa, occurs in South, viz. that quinine acts hist in solution, whils Culonial Press has spoken in commendatory
soliertors for the petitioning creators in Bank ruptcies Nos, Gaud 7 of 1900, on the other. From this correspondance it appears that, in compli Ance with the last mentioned order, the Oficial Receiver withdrew from possession of the estate of the firm in Bunkraptor, No. 8 of 1900, but remained in possession of it in Bankruptcies Nes, 8 and 7 of 1900 and presumably also in Bankruptcy No. 5 of 190 Is this corres pondence Mr. Reece protested tinst u sale which the Official Receiver proposed to make of the pools, chattels, suil farniture of the firm in those inst-mentioned bonkruptcies. The lo, however, took place on the 17th July, 1990 In
7. One application for licence to keep eattle. DISASTROUS FIRE AT YOKO- "HAMA:
A statement is made that Hamo-globinuric China. The writer in a long experience basta warning is covered against antipyra vol never met suck's case, except in those returned phentcetin, "which are auch abused in any malarial emtries," which in those days of tabloids and every man his own doctor " from Africa and infected there.
Au interesting fact is noted that, contrary
the most efficient remedy, but to what might be expected, rapid anemia should be noted. Cukine stil holde its is out of proportion to the number of plasmodia place us found in the block and an explanation is given its actual mode of action is as observa as that it is probably owing to the lowered hemo-ever" A small dose may start a malarial attack globizurie value of the blood corpuscles. The a conne of mineral waters or hydropathie treat- writer can support this view, baving lost a young ment have the same effect, and, the writer would patient g in a not markedly maalarious add, though it is not mentioned by the author,, than all the other causes mentioned pambined. coutain by any means Luprone plasmodia.
On p. 139 the ascessity of giving quinine blood deterioration, though the blood did not factor in producing a good barst of malaria
On p. 37, an ingenious explanation of the pro-
at, once in any stage of grave fever is duction of haemoglobinamia, is given, viz, that insisted on, a point whichshould be well digested, as to many "wise waren" and "old. bands on the breaking up of the plasmodiu, in the ord inary cycle of the fevera digestive agent, whith it that know everything" will shake their heads had previouelyned in absorbing individualbloud- corpuscles, is set free and then runs riotanica get at the doctor who orders quinino "hen the and attacks healthy corpuscles, setting free haemoglobin, thus producing one of the nost dangerous sequeles of xalaria.
the last letter of the correspondines, which is allowed a quantity of burning tolaeco asli to is not a mere carrier of maleriu but is necessary district, whose death was due to extremely rapid a good drinking bout will be a more efficient
dated the 18th July, 1900, Mesra, Mouussy
where the population is about all, in which the malarial gerin, to to the old tam, is a most dangerous facter, and the only explanation giyen is that black ophores exist in the soil, and that thes, though long defanet, are liberated by digging. Why then dous misleria disappear
malaria in Freetown)
On'p. 102, the author shows that our bodies
fever is o
terms of the T. A, as also. Directors of Publis Gardens from Sir Joseph Hooker, FRE, downwards, and so have all plantera.
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the
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the back premises of houses, or those neat quiet pools which the enthusiasticj amateur gardener keeps in front of his drawing-roon windows for ornement or use. The Japanese are more sensible. They also has their land On the night of the 1st iust a fire broke out upon the premises of the Elastic Light senpe gardens and miniature lakes, but in the Company's Works in, Tokiwa cho, Ithoms, Yo-latter they cultiver gold fish, deadly cezies kohama, resulting in the total destruction of of the mosquitoe larrae. This tasy quite well the premises and plant, valued roughly at yen count for the immunity of many unlarious-look 30,000. The fire, the Japan Tered says, 18 supposed to have starteden one of the rooms up ng places in the fovery land from paludism. stairs, where one of the firmen hal carelessly Dr. Munson states p. 28) that the eosquito and Brutton informed Mr. Raste that Bank utain on the floor. It spread with remarkable for its development, so that if there are no rupicios Nos, 6, 6, und 7 would be adminis rapidity, and when the oficiais, downstairs first mosquitoes there should be no malaria, but we received the alarm from the firemes, the upper tared strictly in accordance with the Bankruptcy deer of the building was a mass of lames. The know that malaria is just as adive when ma Ordinance. I understand this assurance to nine-room was sus converted into a roaring is not present. There are many stricts la mann that the joint estate of the firm and the terrace, and shortly after the outbreak an in- Iridia and Africa aula abited, not to mention eparate estates of the four bankrupt partners will respectively be administered in accordancepressive view of theinterior of the brick building the well-known fe of the Roman Campagna, with the chimney standing loft in the midst of with the les laid down in the Bankruptcy the flames, could be obtained from a great dis Ordinace, 1891.
Many persons vomit quiuino. as soon as If this impression is corrent, there is hardly twice. Superintendent Morin, with his bri. any point of sulstance in controversy be gade men, two hose reels auf stand-pipe, quickly proceeded to the one and started to combat
taken and the author gives numerons amedies twhen the parties, because the elts of Mr. the flame with water dean fron numerous Reece's clients, who are crediture of the joint hydrants. He was assisted by the other brigades.
to overcome this idiosacrecy, but surionsly enough does not mention the simplest mode of state, will not be prejudiced by the claims The safety of the Minatoza Theatre situated just against the reparate estates of the four behind the Electris Light Company's building. after cultivation Stephens and Christopher contain a defensive agent which kills malarin, all, is the hypodermic injection of quisins. It
state that bankrupt partners. But on the point of pro..
i.e., phagocytes, which being let loose eat up the is sterly an oversight, as a few pages further exiure Mr. Reece contends that the Official stono time entirely despaired of, but thanks to
on in connection with another mater it is Receiver as Trustee in the bankruptcies the excellent work of the brigade, it was eventual
a clearing with human, and these beasties just as we would bees. That noted. Enchining which is mentioned as being of the four insolvent parinety has ne saved together with the other neighbouring there is a marked concentration of anopheles plasmodis. Gur object should be to cultivato power to administer the joint estate of the hoses. The calm weather which prevailed and whorover firm without on order of the Court, for that the solid constraction of the Company's building especially native, dwellings is made which which promotes their well-being is warmth, useful for children, is also fregnently well borne purpose: On the argument of the motion he greatly helped the fireinen in their task; other leads to the spread of malaria. They put rest, good food, the comforts of u hospital and by salts, who canust retain the ordinary sited a number of cases in support of this con-wise à far greater calamity woull have been tention. Mr. Housey on the other hand relied inevitable, Estimates place the aggregate lear but as a still are potent factor that snopheles the removal of the patient from the dis- apon section 34 (3) of the Bankruptuy Ordinat about yen 30,000 only, this sing the cast of warn in the dirty native quarters and aggre- .trict or place where the opposing battalions quinine preparation. The use of ealisylate of Anco, 1891, which prescribes the mode in which repairing the machinery. Neither the building gate in dirty native villages" when the Europe are recruited; tonic influences, ie., goot air at houses will to almost free, and combat tho and cheerful society help the phagocyte, depres the joint estate of partners and the estate nor the engines are insured
"popular theory "that natives are less prone to sing influences, as a rotting, a surfeit, overe of partnera e respectively to be administered.
It is not only human pedestrian, it appears.
The writer believes that quinine is the most But this sub-colien forms part of a section whe li relates to priority of payments in the who fear the bicycle. According to a writer in malarial disease because they are not so fra- fatigue, auzioty, grief. faveur the develop. distribution of the property of a bankrupt, and the August number of Cowell's little Folks it quently bitten," showing they are as liable toment of plasmodia. Our author in giving re- the words in the sub-section "the jain ostate strikes terror into the heart of the king of attack by mosquitoes, but do not show it, their commendations to the new arrival states that efficient drug, but cannot agree with the author of partners have reference to the property of basta Few tuet can over live lour placed in skin being les irritable. From these varitus one of the greatest cause of breaks down in the that argante is useless fever and only of bone- partnership, the members of which have been the awful situation in which Mr. A. B. Mere Matements it may safely te concluded. we have East is that he the new arrival) will persist in fit in the sequelae. In many cans, where
to learn about the genesis of dietetic habits appropriate to his native and adjudicated bankrupt This is not the case the African missionary and tureller, once here; there has been no adjudication against found himself, he says He was biking" one much mill
which seems to be a thrust at overeating, but a all the members of the firm int only against day on the main road, five feet wile, leading to malaria.
A point in this connection of much interest little further on he consoles us by stating going of them. The result then seems to be that Uganus, when, aring a corner anddenly, he under separats adjudications against four of saw, not twenty yards shroud, a big on crunch" the partners of the firm the Ollicist Receivering down and facing him. To his left was to dwellers in Hongkong is that malaria is the well-fed stand the climate host, eran mo has entered into possession of and has sold the steep rock, twenty feet high, bad if not imundoubtedly rampant in just such places as dezate excess is better then underfeeding, the African Commission describes. The which may be the reason that a British work joint estate of all the partners, that is, the pro- possible to climb To his right by a ravine: perty of the partnership: His conduct in soundred feet deep, at the bottom of which rannallabs at West Point, down the Peak Read, man will do twice, as much work as a native portion of the book with which this review A COMPEBUERSIVE AND COMPLETE RECO taking possesion and selling is not impeached river. He had to make up his mad what to do by this motion, but it is alleged that he has no
the brave man he was, he determined to ride Quarry Bay, at East Point bobind the old fever they cammot suffer from malarn. The warrant in law for proceding to a distribution go there. Taking his courage in both hands, between Magarino Gap and Aberdeen, at Many persons think that because they have not of the joint state without the express auction straight on. Ringing his bell and shouting at Police Station, now the Bay View Hotel, are aathor (p. 107) shows up this fallacy and points of the Court After a careful examination of the pitch of his voice, he drove on at his fastest just the typical breeding phees of anopheles out how the plasmodia may go through its regular the cases and authorities bearing on the point. The lion, dismayed at this weird figure, gate
* which are wvariably found xa mominit comes of rhythmical development without fever. I have come to the conclusion that this position one hideous yell and turned tai dying paule
streams
and peels left by the subsidence of the The writer had under his observation for is well founded and that the distribution of the stricken into the jungle.
J
Bods in the haemoglobinurio fevers of Africa is mentioned and it is a carious fact thas many of the nuchased fevers of Hongkong yield to t3 3n drig.
quinine has failed a combination of "Arsenic and Bark" (which outains many Alkaloids besides Quinine) has been found in ast efficient. which the author deals will be taken up later. but they have not the same local interst as the
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