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of
British Rule, and would not
cost the Government a farthing beyond the first outlay of the building . _ The tax and the profit on the praying patients
covering
the expense of the paufurs. _ A certain number of the resident practitioners might be appointed as the ordinary #Ocdical Attendants. _ Such
Appointments to be honorary as it is at home. An Ordinance might enable the Colonial surgeon
or
his deputy to sered into Hospital all Chinese labouring under contagious diseases to be treated, possibly by Chinese
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Medical Men, who would gradually
acquire a certain amount of European skill; - The Chinese would soon understand that the Government cared as much for them as for their European neighbours.
The details of the measure would require much consideration, but I
um convinced that the saving of human life would be incalculable.
The Community has
much
cause to rejoice at
the prospect of possessing another almost equally- important establishment in