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HOW TO OVERCOME THE BAVAGES OF THE MALABIA, PARASITE.
THE HONGKONG DALLY FRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 14TH, 1910.
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The question whether the world a supplies of A Golden Statue should be erected to the petroleum are anything comparable to these of discoverer of a moens of banishing Malurination as to the exhaustion of the coalfields of ecal is one of raxy considerable interest. Spoen- from the Tropics."
this planot bas often attracted attention, and at time it has led to a soare. When the sanual output war well under 250 million tops people told that the rate of consumption was too high, and that we should all shortly be shivering before empty firogrotos. We are now mising about 1,001 million tons annually and there supply About three-fourths of this suorineus serious anxiety about the continuause of the quantity lins been the result of the development of the last thirty years. In other words, three as yours a
In those striking words, a short time ago, a distingalaboa mau once again drew attention to subject whose importance, as every resident in the Tropics in only too well aware, it is impos- sible to exaggerate,
Great as are the strides preventive medicine makes every year, so long a time must necessarily laps before Malaria fun ba banished from the
lant that it is destined to affect untold millions of His Majesty's subjects with its souts rigors, pernicions aflor effects for many years and its THE SWATOW DRAWN WORK Co. to come, and to cause fatalities likewise reaching
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The multiplication of oil companies during the past few years is a remarkable feature of the sitastion. The number registered during the past ten years is seventy four, and of those ne many se forty-two have been registered within Aftoon montis of the pretentumo Clearly, then, the positiomede demand- ing considerablə
and discrimination. on the part of intending investors. It does not, however, of course, necessarily follow that been floated and then about to be fosted may ranny of the new concerns, that hive already not live their attractions for the spaulative investor. From all that has already been asid in these articles concerning the prospects of the oil industry, it must be patent that the point to which the investor should direct his attention is not only the chances of the cams rany is an oil-producer, but the extent to esily be seen that, given good maringement which the company is capitalised. Is will and moderate capitalisation, a number of new oil companies might easily give good returns to shareholders, especially having zegard to the in the previous 300 years over increasing demand for the product Oa not find any such tremendous addition to the which, ander the most favourable conditions, In looking over the petroleum figures we do the other hand, a company avbricapitalised, quantities produced in the earlier stages of the would only be able to pay very small dividends trade. The Russian output reached 2,893 to shareholders would conceivably earn no knows, Malaris is due to spara toos in the year 1901, and in 1907 the output reduction in the price of of As in the rubber million gallons, or say, abont eleven milion profits at all it there should be some slight site whion foods on the Hemoglobin or native was 2,164 milion gallons, or about 83 million market, so in that for oil shares, discrimina substance of the red blood corpasoles, destroying andere production stood still for tion should be the watchword of the investor, and it and them until the bleed becomes poor, and about six years, between 1896 and 1901, and has it will be either to the exercise or to the the patient suffers from Ademia. Unless this since made considerable progress, rising from abandonment of that quality that he will have destruction is ohooked, the condition degenerates into what is called Chicharia an impairment of 2,427 million gallons in that year to 5,811 million to attribute either gains or losses arising out the vitality of the tuues of the nervous, mus probably at a slightly higher rate. The total of producing companies -Eaming Standard.
allons in 1907; while at the present time it is of the present activity in the shares of oil- sales, mental, ofrealatory digestivo, respiratory the two great producing countries is now and other systems of the body. For this reason, 30,000,000 tons per annum. The other petaruleum the patient Bazars Irom a long flist of norveus, mental and physicalymptons, like was of producing countries are Germany, Austria, Roumania, Japan, Canada, British India, Java, these countries is relatively, quite insignidean The total quantity of onda petroleum Happily all these deprasong conditions can produced by all these places taken to be banished by the use of Sanatogen, which is as gether in 1903 was 570 million gallons or, say, potens a remedy for them as quinine is in com- about two million tons, and in 1937 it amounted Mzigos produced by the saxly attacks to 1,100 million gallons, or about 4d, million tons. baling the
Sanatogon is a chemical combination of this quality Austria and Ronnauio giyeuro-phosphate of sodium, the active principle Smatra supply, of which a good deal has beez produced more than half. The Jaya and of the nervous system, with milk proteid, the herd, increased in five years only thirteen great body building element of milk. Thus combined, they form a substance which is readily million gallons. As has been stated, the trade scluble in water, and so easily assimilated that recognis only three dile-namely, Amerioan, it is absorbed within an hour after it has botically justified by the figures quoted. It will and Roumanian, and this view is prac taken. To its remarkable power in Malars, he readily recognized that in such ofraumstances tribute has been paid by a large name of a combustion of Russian and American can, phystrinus with a wide experience of theravages always control the business in mineral oils until of this accurge of the Tropics.
Ous of the leading physicians in the whole of development takes place, of which a present the United Provinces of India saya: I have of prices therefore deponds to some extent upon there is little or no expectation. The stability much pleasure la certifying to the value of Sanatogen in cases of Malavin, Entonio Fuver, the entente cordiale between these tri produe Dysentery, and other exhausting diseases, In
iug countries. no single stance have I been disappointed with ment of oil property in the Russian district There is at the present moment a new develop- its results. I can honestly affirm that many of known as the laikop region and there are people my worst cases owed their recovery to Banategen who believe that thisdistrict will in the course I cannot speak too highly of its value."
Similar statements might be multiplied inde-of a few years rival that of Baku in pro- finitely, for thoseands of letters testifying to the pronounce any definite opinion upon this point. ductiveness. It is, of course, far too early to bonette Maluria sufferers have derived from So far as can be judged at prosent, the indica Sunatogen have been written by grateful patients tions are certainly very favourable, but the as well as by their physicians.
factor, and time must lapse before any decision permanence of the supply is altogether a hidden can be arrived at. It. some parts of the district It is probable that doen-boring will be necessary, and the results have yet to be determined. There are of course, ertain depp borings, la other petroleum Bells which pay, some wells going down over 3,100 feet; hat shareholders whenever any such operation la necesary. must expect to wait a while for their returns
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stamp out consumption in the British Isles will It is likely that the work of andeavouring to receive considerable impetus shortly by reason of a gonerous gift by Me Waldorf Astor. The council of the National Association for tho Prevention of Consumption and other forms of Inborenlosis renatrai or April 14th, a letter from that gentleman, inviting its co-operation in au important schemo for the extension of this tuberculosis and its prevention, in which the work of diffusing knowledge in reference to association is at present engaged
Details of the scheme were befors the com intimated his intention of making a substantial mittes, and it is undirstood that Mr. Astor has donation scheme which he is proposed The cottoil the sasoistion to carry on the adopted the scheme in principle, and appointed a committee to consider the matte
for sonte ten years. It was founded by a group. The National Association has boon in existence of medical mon, and was publicly inaugurated by a meeting at which the late King (thon Prince of activities have been largely confined to the en- Wales) presided at Marlborough House. Begent devour, through the medium of exhibitions, to bring home to the public means for the proven- tion of the disease. Tho
of these was Jaha Baras. Since then similar exhibitions held at Whitechapel, and was opened by Mr. have been held in Chelsea, Paddington, Marylebone, and other parts of London, as well and there is now one at 8t. Panoras, Popular as at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, leaturas on the subject are given, the leotarers having included auch authorities as Sir Willi un Broadbent and Dr. Theodore Willisus,
extension of the present work of the association, Mr. Antor's schons is understood to be in and will, it is hoped, not only plass Mr. Astor's own gift at their indiate disposal, but will result in the raising of further sums from the charitable public in furtherance of the work.
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY:
ME. LEVER'S MUNIFICENT GIFT,
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine re- Mr. W. H. Leror, the new chairman of the cently entertained the members of the Coun 1903...171,371,955 galle. 1908 168,349,458 galloil of the Liverpool University, and the pro. 1904 177,550,084 1909-146,817,883 1905 157,265,095 1910* 28,237,147 1906 151,241,479 · 1910† 112,948,588 1907.150,611,230
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fessors to a lunch, and sulmitted particulars of his gift to the University. He said that in notions he brought against nowepapers he so eure i damages of £91,000, and as he never in *3 months, estimated at the above rate.
tended the money should go to himself he hail decided to assist the University, He had ar +12 months, estimated at the above rate, ran od with the owners of the old Bluecoat It may perimps be safely reckoned that the School fir a lesse for a number of years, for average yearly import is sold during the yoar, £24,000, al during that time the University and hence the figures may be taken as rewould have the option of purchasing the school. presenting British consumption, excluding, of He also desired that the School of House and course, the consumption of Scotch oil The Town Planning, School of Tropical Medicine, tonnage of estimated imports for 1910 is about and the School of Russian Studies, should be of the seed oils, which on an average are his £60,000 worth of shares in the Bromborough 400,000 tons. It is less than the consumption assisted, and accordingly he proposed to transfer worth from four to five times as much, Port Estate Company to the University As weight for weight. Comparing there figures these shares were not now paying a dividend with the exports of burning oil from the ho had arranged that for ten years he would great producing countries, we find, that in gaurantee to pay 3 per cent, inaking £1,800 » the year 1907, when we imported 150 million year for ten yours, to be devoted to thires so 100ls. gallons of all kinds of illuminating out, the Ho proposed to call the Bluecost School, which United States oxported 754 million gallons, and was to be used for a School of Town Planning, Russia exported 176 millions. But the total Liberty Hall.Mr. Lover's gift represents an Production of orude oil in America was 5,811 aggregate of £102,000, Inillion gallons, and if this were all refired it should produce at least 1,200 millions of ills- minating oil Some of it, however, is used for large proportion of both American and Russian fuel without undergoing any refining process, A illuminating oils gous to the East-India, China, the Eastern Archipelago, and the Austra Bar Colonies Russian oil had a great vogns in this direction some years ago, and particularly in India, but this supply has been interfered with lately, and the Standard Oil Company has made more headway. The Russian export of mineral burning oil was much greater ten years sgo than it now is, being 401 million gallons 1901 Shareholders in the new Russian.com panies have to remember that ground has been lost in this great Eastern market, and
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