THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY JUNE 11 1909.
ALVICE ON WEARING APPAREL.
Most people will recall the days when on being appointed to a position in the Far East they had to consider the question of what clothing they should take with them. A more difficult problem could scarcely be submitted to the young fledgling who has never baan abroad and whose knowledge of Oriental con
Hongkong University
Scheme.
CANTON VICEROY'S MAGNIFICENT DONATION..
H...CHANG_JEN•CHUN'S ; LIVELY....INTEREST IN THE PROJECT...
Kowloon-Canton Railway.
EXPLANATION BY (THE GOVERNOR MISAPPREHENSIONE CORRECTED REOARDING
THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATEL
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dealing through the Crown Agents in preference ditions, hat;been gleaned from .those' writers ful.establishment of a university in Hong $3,38ɑ£6; be advanced out of funds' in the for other than strictly railway, purposes vick Fat eleven launches and, twenty dower
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are brought to the notice of His Excellency the fect of that preliminary, estimata which we are Governor by wlllinke steps to prevent its recurs all looking forward to.", By all means allow, tha rance.”. Ho alın wanted to know at whoseinsti- || Chief Resident Engineer and his staff as "gation thechange la question was made and the | opportunity to go aband, without Interferjog
reason for such change—very vital and important ||with-thale legitimate sphero of operations.* * points. Yal, la the and, he seeme to havs för- ktien all about them questions and tamely allowed himself to be fed astray by the Jahocent remark of the President that the matter would be represented to the Governor And so we are on anarer. the bottom of the mystery than before. If Mr. Hooper had pressed ble points some light might have been thrown..na this reprehensible-habit-of which the Government scams apamoured of to giving a lifting band Aunther matter which cropped-up at the mess who glory in bathing China in perpetuat, aus
shine and tropical heat.. In out a few cases, fing was that with seferance to the exhumation, the young emigrant has no friends an whom he of bodies for rejptèrmont in China, and once 'Again the question of the right of Chinese
can turn for advice. He has to rely on hit im Inter the remains of their relatives in, the *ination as to what will be required, and Colonial Cemetery, towards the upkeep of consequence is that not infrequently his, kit a which they pay their full share, was brought pass that could well be brought together. And the most grotesque conglomeration of useless We confess that we are somewhat surprised the worst of it is that a fancy, collection Is tom- to find that Mr. Hooper believes the civil
times more expensive than a really useful out- „Korvants have such a freling of repugnance ta fit.
Obiners that not only do they find them Eygiene has, in a recent number, taken up this The Journal of Tropical Medicine & Cobjectionable to lifs but they refuse to be usio-
sad proposes to deal with it in clated with them in death. Procy the horror) maoner. Mit „rumarks that it is necessary, in the first place, to get rid of some of the traditions which have gathered round the subject. A young man or young woman, mors especially a bride, is fre quenily besieged with advice as to the clothing The Editor, required. Assuming that he has among his The Hongkong Telegraph. friends, some who have been in the tropics, they will probably be consulted as exparts in the matter of equipment, and they all too.fre quently write out a list of anicles considered to be necessary, which is calculated to empty the fattest purse, and to tax to the utmost the available space for luggage. The knowledge these "experts" have we gathered from an ex- perience of, say, thirty years, previously, who voyages were longer, when tailway` communi- cation in tropical countries was almost ua.
of the civil servant iwling at the last trump he * found himselGlined up between two Chinamen}
No wonder that the Registrar-General object ed to be placed in that galloy. "Why do you ...speak for me?" he asked, M. Hooper: "Be cause I think you have feelings which most of us ars credited with," And to his honour the Registrar General answered: "I hope lemnol credited with such feelings." Let us hope that with respect to Mr. Hooper's suggestion the civil. servants as a whole do not hold those feelings of aversion to the Chicase in life as they are supposed to do when their bones, are rotting, otherwise much of the ill success, which has attended the efforts of the Sanitary Board in dealing with the Chinese on questions of sani» tation may thereby be adequately and fully explained.
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY,
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THE GOVERNMENT: BACTERIOLOGIST.
9th inst.
these misleading for purposes of comparison THE SUNNING RAILWAY with other railways, in theʻyimatter of the' average mileage cost of construction. A very
·OFFICIAL OPENIMO, misleading impression la created-by-simply taking the total of the revised as mate
[From Our Ozon : Correspondent] and dividing it by the number of miles between Kowloon and Samchon. The product in start-
Canton, sth June" Hug, butli to the original
il twenty-two mileswAIL
On the grd Instast, the official opening care. to be added, the many miles of sidings which will be provided at the terminus, a much batter mony of the Banning Hallway was performed In accordance with notice previously given result would appour, Even so, however, justice fadarias (Chan, Mong Trant) who arrived at by the Tantal for the Development of Native the Colonial Secretary at a meeting of the wabidyoot yet be done. 114the whole cost of read with the greatest interest by those who ved
The following correspondence will be Legislative Council yesterday afternoon mo reclamation is to be debited to, the railways Kung Yick Fau with the Viceroy's capramenta. It is hereby resolved that a sum of same thought should be taken of the value of five, Hung-Hing Fal, and other? Oncial, on bare cherished, the ambition of the success
the land recialmed; some of which will be used board the cruises. Liang Kw from Canten, There were present in, the harbour of Kung custody of the Government for the purpose
for godowns and other, requirements of the kong. It further surves, to corroborate, the of construction of the Hongkong-Canton Rail.
Port scheme.. Hereafter that land should boats that came ever from Hongkong and Cans absolute correctness of the report, exclusive way, British Section, during the year 1959.” prove a valuable aust to the Colony, Con the official party and the invited guests arrived ly published in the Honghong Telegraph Excellency said: When I made a state
on. ton with guests on board.), Sharily after 9 km) about, fortnight, ago, as to the extent of meat to the Council at the last meating but one siderations of this nature ought not to be
1 observed that
overlooked, in viswing the matter broadly, the Head Office of the Railway in Suns the
at there was need this year to in
urge the desirability of viewing it broadly. ning city, where Total Chan Mongs Tung troduce a resolution approving the advance for Viewing it narrowly in light of post hoo
performed the ceremony and declama the Rails support which may be counted upon from the friendly Viceroy in Cantos
Colonial, Secretary's Office, Hongtong, funds for railway construction during the wisdom, while it may be, easy for some
way open. There were present at the caremoný, currant year, because the sum was borne on people to point to mistakes made and faults
besides Tactai Chan and the Vicarora KONK 11th June, 2000.
the annual estimates in accordance with the committed while it may perhaps not be Railway, H.E. Chung Fat Ste Mr. Kong Hong sentative, Hung the Director Swatow Sir, I am directed by His Excellency instructions contained in the now finance re- difficult to see how economies could have Yen, Mr. Leung Sei Shan, Mr. Chan-Wei Po, respondenca and to request you to be good I find the more correct procedure will be to any good reason for rushing to the conclusion Thres Provinces, Superintendent Lind, the the Governor to transmit the enclosed cor-gulations introduced by the Secretary of State.
been affected, there does not seem to be Mr. Shing Knei Wing, the Director of the enough to publish it in your columns..
troduce the usual "resolution this year but it that the cost is excessive lo I am, Sir,
will not be required next year. It has there doun. That an impression based upon this
deputy of the British, Conjul, ati Canton, the Your obedient Servant,
fore been included in the business of conclusion is widely held I know. I do not Magistrate of Sun-ui, the Magistrate of Hol the day. Since we have the railway" ques share it. I regret it. It is an unfortunate pibers. At the conclusion of the ceremony, Plog, the Magistrate of Sunding: and several C. CLEMENTI
tion before us again to-day I am glad to impression to get abroad. Therefore, as correct- Colonial Secretary take this opportunity of correcting a mis-
ing some of the minor errors, which make up
the-party Jeff Sunning-City by special train apprehension which has arisen in consequence the total sam, I welcome Your Excellency's consisting of nearly sixty cars, on the journey of what I said on previous occasions. My statement. (Applause)
to the terminas at Two Stan. ThomaIS BEVIDS | observations on the
teen stations along the line, and on) kurĪVAÏ NE r. The resolution was unanimously adopted. mislead the
nach. of theun fire-crackers were, lat” of, the to the tunnel., ats calcula Parative cost of
villagers crowding in large numbers to sea the quoted the words on page a of the Chief Council, because I myself was misled. 1
DEATH OF DR. WM. HUNTER.
passing train and evinced arest interest in the Engineer's report which read as follows:-
band which played selections of music on one. The cost of the tunnol driving was very much reduced during 1908 due to better organi
of the cars all the way. At 4 pm, the guests 'were entertained to dinner la a'large matskød, zatian, made possible by coalies getting more
which was erected for the purpose.” ⠀ At the The death took place in the forenoos, to, trained to the work." These were followed by figures giving the actual cost per lineal foot for day, of Dr. William Hunter, the Government Bacteriologist. The decorted had-barn-siling-
reduction in the cost per foot of 108 percumbed to heart failure, at the early age of the years 1907 and 1908 and show a total
day when he was admitted in hospital and suc: cast, in favour of the latter years. Yet the report states that the difficulties ancountered thirty-three years, as stated, to-day. He leaves in the tunnel in 1908 were greater than early demise and with them the greatest sym- in 1907 and acconsts for the large increase pathy will be felt in their sad bereavement.
Dr. Hunter was appointed bacteriologist to over the estimates. I bad failed to obtain an explanation for this apparent contradiction, but the Chief Engineer now explains it by a December, 1901, and arrived in the Colony the Government of Hongkong on the 6th reference to his former report, which I had
the 27th February, of the following overlooked, in which it is stated that the so-call-year. He proceeded home on leave in Jaguary expenditure upon the metric gauge construction ed cost per lineal foot in 1907 included the last year and returned at the beginning of this.
A record of the deceased gentleman's career lines laid down at both facings of the tunnel, given in Who's Who in the Far East, from which, the erection of machinery, the accumulation of other similar items. In order to form a reliable timber and other materials at the site and many and proper comparison of the cost per lineal foot of tunnel between one year and another, such items should ofcourie bespread over the whole period during which the tunnel is under con struction. As a matter of fact the cost per linent feat was much greater in 1908 than in 1907 due ta'the difficulties described, the large consump. tion of explosives and a longor "lead, etc. It is only just to the engineers who began the tunnel work in 1907 under 'extreme difficulties with insufficient staff and plant and much sick cess that this fact should be clearly stated.. I am of course speaking of the Estimates laid on the table the other day. So far as these Estimates are concerned the only gross excess when all items are included on the original estimate of June, 1907, is in respect of the tunnel (applause) Nothing was further from my mind when '! was discussing the financial question in regard to the tunnel expenditure than to infer that ty blame was due to those pioneers on the has been greatly indebted if this impression work, to whyes strenuous efforts the Colony has been conveyed hy my words-a meaning
ali present for the success of the railway. conclusion of the banquet cheers were given by "It will be remembered that it is less than
known, and when the shops in the colony sup. Your Excellency describing the purposes heading, antorging and bricking in for each of for some time, but suddenly got worse yeater three years since the scheme for, building the
plying European commodities were few and far between. When a journey into a far country is mentioned, it matters little where We feel perfectly certain that everybody it aluated, school bookstories, and connected with the notable undertaking,known visions of primitive ways present themselves, as the Kawihurt-Canton railway will be and serve to determine, the steps to, be quite astisfied with the statemast made by taken. It is necessary to get rid of these His Excellency the Governor at yesterday's traditions. and to look at things as they are, meeting of the Legislative, Council. All: the
and not as they were even twenty years ago, suggestions that were made by an irṛespon. There are few places in the world where sible outside public as to tho apparent in equipment necessary for the environment in competence of the pinneer band of engineers which the traveller dr, resident may find him in surveying the route of the line and the pre-self cannot be obtained locally. The local tended absurdity of their estimates have been shops may be trusted to, keep and to supply wholly and absolutely refuted: The work
the most suitable material for, covering the the engineers since 1907 has been praised head, body, or feet. Even it the traveller pro of to the sick
the character of the workers has poses to proceed far foland to less frequented been proved to be irreproachable, the line, it parts, the stores at the landing-place may be has been showa, by inference, is to be an ex. depended upon for supply; to that the meters ample and a pattern to the railway engineers sity for an expensive and bulky equipment be: of the world, and if the estimated cost has fore leaving Europe is reduced to a minimum," mputed by leaps and bounds that has been That is certainly-sane-and-sensible advice due to factors which are easily explainable and How often have we seen travellers laying
open to the understanding of the meanett mind. True, the line is not of very great length, but after all 21 miles of railway track is not a sub ject that people can ignore, involving na
it does some of the greatest engineering problems that. bave ever confronted the most distinguished railway enginners in Europe god America. It is difficult, of course, for the pon-technical mind to comprehend a aithe of the intricate questions which boset those who were original ly concerned with the surveying of the railway route from Kasinos to Samchua, Fow pro bably, will understand how the survey of a tunnel could be accomplished by means of a pair of dividers on a map, but that only betrays their lack of knowledge so far as mechanical
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11th June, 1909. Sir,I have received Your Excellency's letter of June 9th informing me of your generous donation of $200,000 to the Fund for the Endowment of a University here and that you are collecting further funds for this purpose. The receipt of this letter fand also of the manifesto issued by of the University and emphasizing its value to China), has given me the liveliest plea- sure, since they afford proof that Your Ez cellency, whose first care is the interest of China, welcomes this scheme as one which will confer a benefit on the people and pro- mote friendship and co-operation in high objects between our respective nations.
·~Your example and generosity will be an incentive, to all, and your name will be identified with the founding of this Institu tion.
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With regard to the question of degrees Your Excellency may rest assured that it is our intention that the standard shall be fully on a par with that of Birmingham or other Arst class British University. So soon as I have been able to arrange details of this matter (which will take time) I shall have, pleasure in affording Your Excellency the
fullest Information.
I have the honour to be,
Sir, Your Excellency's most obedient Servant,
(Sd.); F. D. LUGARD,
Governor, &c.
His Excellency,
The VICEROY OF CANTON.
VICEROY CHANG TO H.E. THE GOVERNOR
OF HONGKONG.
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Hee, the Director and Engineer-in-Chief of the Sucning Railway was proposadby Mr.Chan Gee Railway. The whole line, about 44 miler, bas now been completed. The Railway is entirely a Chinese, concern, with a paid-ap, capital of some $2,805,coo, of which balanco al about
other eleven miler. No forsiga oagineers have $400,000 is to be carried forward, together with .a quantity of materials, for the building of an- been employed on the Railway and the mater als imported cama mostly from America.
DISPUTE BETWEEN TRADERS.
̧ ̧ CLAIM ON 4' NATIVE' BORROWING, MOTÉ,
the Supreme Court, last Tuesday afternoon. Another promissory note action was beard in
The claim was brought by Yan Yuan, a trader, of zzo, Des Voeux Road, to recover the sum of $651 from Tam Hin and the Hip Hing Lung
firm, of 5, Jubilee Street.---
Mr. Render Harris, of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist, appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. E. J. Davidson, of Messrs. Hastings and Hastings, represented the first defendant,
Mr. Justice Goimperis asked where the repre- sentative of the firm wat
Mr. Davidion replied that that Srm, had either changed hands or bad ceased to do husiness
Mr. Harris-The defendant, Tam Hío, haa' changed the name of his firm.
Aberdeen (Honours), F.R.1.P.H., London; Gov Hunter, Dr. William (Hongkong), M.B., C.M... ernment Bacterialogist, Director of Bacteriolo gical Institute, and Medical Officer in charge of the Govt, Public Mortuary Lecturer in Pathology and Bacteriology, School of Medicine Macduff, Banffshire, Scotland, 4 of late Rev. W.. for Chinese, Hongkong; 6. May 25, 1875, at in a stack of the mast unutterable rubbish at
Hunter, Macduff, Scotland; m. 1902, Meric Port Said for instance, refusing to hear any ar
Alice, d. of James Ras, of Culter, Aberdeen- shire. dua: Milne's lastitution, Fochabers; gumeut-on-the-subject? Only to find that on ar
Robert Gordon's College; King's College; rival at Singapore and Hongkong thele previous
Marischal College, Aberdeen; University of arquisitions are not merely ridiculous, but
Leipzig; University of Berlin, Germany; King's simply fit for the dust bin.. Take the case of the topeas sold at Port Said by the hundred.to
College; West London Hospital; most distin. innocent. striplings who would 'fain ape the
guished Medical Graduate, Aberdeen Univer travelled veteran. Nothing more ridiculous
Scholar, Aberdeen, 1896; John Murray Medal sity, 1896;James Anderson Medallist and could be imagined and oftener than not they
list and Scholar, Aberdeen and Middlesex Hos have to be disgustedly flung into the sau. The Journal utters a word of advice which in wall
pital, Lond., 1896;. Gansge Thompson Travel- worth noting by those about to emigrata: "A
ling Fellowship, 1897-99; Acting Medical and mistake frequently made is for the lntending
Surgical Officer, Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, 1896; Laboratory Assistant, Pathological De traveller to leave behind all warm clothing; an Sir,--The founding of a University “at overcoat, warm undervests, tweed suits, &c, Hongkong e, a project which it has been
Assistant National Hospital for Paralysed and it was originally for $731, but certain sumi had partment, Aberdeen University, 18971 Clinical "Mr. Barris said that the claim was for 3551. home as Your Excellency's carnest and benevolent
Epileptic, London, 1899-190; Laboratory As being, by the inexperienced,
been paid on account. The plaintiff declared ancessary for countries popularly, believed to be hat, such as India, China, or Japan. To greatest pleasure of the enthusiasm in sub-myself was misere desire, emphatically to College, London, 1900; Assistant Bacteriologist and saying that the Hip. Hing Lung firm was London Hospital, 1900-01; Director of Patto his, asked for the loàn to tide him over the naw such peresus it is imperative to point out that scribing and the favourable prospects of remove that misapprehension. I do not ig largo areas of these countries are colder than
success. I have myself ordered funds tend to again review the railway question, but logical Institute, Lond. Hospital, rooss Mem year.
I will once more emphasize what I have al any portion of the British Isles, and as cold to be raised to the amount of $200,000.ready emphasised in every statement I have Neurological and Physiological Societies of said that that the document, which bis friend ber of British Medical Association, Member of Mr. Davidion here táised an objection. He as the most porthers ponions of Europe This sum is now provided, and can either made on the subject though I have apparently Great Britain; Fellow of the Royal Institute of called a promissory note was bot: so. It was The only question is, will that sage statement be forwarded at any time or draws, upon failed to make my messing clear, if I meet the eye of those for whom it is primarily by latter as required; whichever Your may judge from the comment of the local sion appointed by Government of Hongkong, the plaintiff must sue open an agreement or Public kiealth, London; Member of Commis only an ordinary Chinese Sorrowing dots, and intended? It is possible if the scheme which Excellency finds convenient. Besides this press-vis that the sain CBUSO "Bruce's Governor, Bruce's estimate! canuotio any the writer has in view proven' a' success, Butam endeavouring to find further..funda estimate" cannot to any sense be regarded to inquire lata. Excessive Infantile Mortality consideration in respect of which,the note.wAS
temporary, it is argued that the for
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Mr. Davidson—That's an de porisistatement, my Lord. The defendant was only engaged by the Hip Hing Lung as a foki, He was not
a parinet
engineering is concerned. But this much is ars often given away before red us purpose to set on foot, and I hear with the had never intended to give them although tant, Neuropathological Laboratory, King's that the defendant Tam Hin, approached him,
clear, that the original estimated cost of the ling was based on the simple matter of labour, and did not take into account the probable expenditure, requisite on such items station buildings and machinery, workshops, roads, boundaries, balast, rolling stock, salar les, etc. Not that these were deemed insigui ficant, but they were "purposely omitted" from the preliminary estimate. As a matter of fact, in the words of His Excellency the
sagse be regarded as nu extimate of the cost
of the railway, We are not very clear what it was an estimate of at all, but it certainly was an estimate of something or -other-and as to what the survey amounted to Me confess ourselver wholly in the dark, One thing appears to be beyond question, and that is that the survey preliminary was not followed and certain of Mr. Bruce's rough line" proposals ware not adapted. In any case, it is gratifying to learn that "the salient fact remains that however the various sums allocated under various beadings and whether intermediate eximates have or have not been faulty the original estimates for which alone the chief enginebrs are responsible bave nol been exceeded, when all items are included, excepting the case of the tunnel, which has ex ceeded the estimate by about go nad a quaiter million dollare against which there will bṇaşmall
to with by con-
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- THE HONGKONG' COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. fith it.
Mr. Harris agreed that the document was a borrowing pote. He argued, however, to amend the wilt to that of money fent.
This was allowed, and the case, continued. *Mr. Davidson said that the defence was that there was no cash paid over upon, the gulpg of the note. The $731 was the balance due for an illegal contract, to smuggle Chiness into the United States.
Mr. Harris said that, was a spacial defence
be an adjournment,
Mr. Davidson argued otherwise.
Mr. Harris said that the only, Intimation ha' bad received from Mr. Davidson was that he intended to plead durress.
The case was adjourned.
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and and Epizootic Plague." Hongkong, 1904 A Research into the Etiology of Beri- bari" (jolatly) 1906 ; # Reports of the Govern: only with a pair of dividers on the map-the The degrees to be conferred by the Uni- question was under discussion whether the railment Bacteriologist for the year 1903 to 1900 toclusive; numerous contributions to Medical. versity, however, are the subject of consider way should follow a route along the essiers or literature from year 1897, chiefly contained in able public attention, and while I am the western side of the pendant la des Journal of Anatomy," 1897, "Brain 1899 informed that Your Excellency's Goram issues as there upon which bis advice was
Journal of Pathology," 1900}, "Journal of ment proposes that it should be on a pargis figures 201 purporting to be a State Medicine, 1900 Centralblatt der with Birmingham University, I hope Your Ex-send were supported by no Curation Bakteriologie, 1901-05: Lancel" 1001-05. or quantities, etc. He purposely omitted cellency will be good enough to give me a large number of items, such as station "British Medical fournal, 1503.00 Jaar al te would ask for adjust told him so before, detailed, information on what has, been buildings and machinery, workshops, roads,
of Preventive Medicine," "Journal of decided, in order that I may publish it for boundaries, ballast, and items under plants Tropical Medicine, 1905. Club: Hongkong, the satisfaction of students and subscribers, including rolling stock, salaries, etc. The
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vote realigement adopted after a careful survey has exalted in a large saving over the cost which would have been involved by
The whole staff'. of the Lecturers of the following Mr. Bruce's rough lias. This first Hongkong College of Medicine in which the -estimate of the lice made by a-propar-Survey | late Dr.William Hunter was Lecturer on Pa was that submitted in June, 1907, which thology and Bacteriology, assembled to follow It did not the remains of their deceased colleague to the include many items, as I have more than once grave yesterday; and the students of the Cal- pointed out, which at the lime it was prepared age were also present to show respect to the were not settled. If these, be added and
memory of their departed teacher. also the cost of land resumption in the salghbourhood of the deep nen goods wharf, and the passenger station it will be found that the estimates have not been exceeded except in the one particular of the tunnel. In my recent statement to the Council The members of the Senate of the Honging from Australia on Sunday morning, Be
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[Card of VICEROY.].
SHINEER. CO.OPERATIONE
-Saring onthegeneratestimme the platayavolo ing?" Equipment lavcared by the cially Chinese Telegraph Administration, Tantsi mospted to eight million dollars,
"agn man-in-the-street probably fancies that meant that the larger the total sum required for the building of the railway the greater would be the saving on the original estimate. Well, we leave that point to those of our readers who care to grapple with abstrose problems. It will be remembered that when a certain Irish-
The Superintendent in Hongkong of the Wan Ho, telegraphed to the Ministry of Posts and Communications on the subject of a con- tribution by the local administration to the endowment funds for, the, proposed Hongkong University.
host suited for a warm climate is still an unrel-cellency's disposal to help towards the exary surve gameasaring the tunast for, ditance tled paint. "The Europead cannot adopt the penies of the University. standard set-up by the local natives, far not only is the amount to be worn impossible to imitate on account of its customary scantiness, but the texture and material of the clothing worn by the antive is more often a question of ex pediency and cheapness than of hygienic efficiency. The subject resolves itself into questions of the dryness or the moisture of the climate, whether one has to work indoors at a desk of to spend the day exposed to the sun, whether ant is to attempt to clothe oneself so as to reduce perspiration to a minimum, or, allowing for perspiration, what clothing, whoo thus wetted is calculated to produce the least tendency to chill therefrom,, In
abol, dry climate, the trousers and
"Pray shin. Europeans engaged io
out-of-door work, riding on horse back, is declared to be rational Bnd bygienic. It is different, however, when the climate in hot and damp, and the clothing, however slight, becomes saturated with per spiration. The question of material.cames then to be a problem af importance or man who went to America learned that it was in it yet sellad what that material should be. cheaper in the end to buy his beet by the bar. The availabis textures are wool, silk, cotton, rol than by the bottle, he promptly ordered la jute, or a mixture of these lo puy given gar a cask. Every time he bad a quafi he reckoned that he saved five cents, and so he went on characters, the coolness, and the general The advantages, the hygroscopic saving money at a furious rate. The Irishman, hygienic influencer of each have their adva- coriously enough, failed to understand when cates and their detractors, and one man upholds the cask was empty why he was out of pocket, ose form of clothing which his experience instead of being several dollars to the good, but declaras beneficial, whilst his neighbour finds that was really the result of his want of the comfort and health in another. The wealthy logical faculty. Now that all those who have native relies on silk; some Europeans declare been and are associated with the great under-woollen garments to be the best; whilst others taking on the peninsula have had their char-. cannot stand wool.next the skin and favour acters rehabilitated and whitewashed wa may
colton, or combinations of these with or wool There seems no foality, ka what, from the large experience, of British folk especially, should, one would think, be a settled axiom. Now how is it possible to get out of the diff culties apt forth by the Fournai)* It is proposed that in connection with an exhibition which it is intended to bold in London there should be stall or section devoted to the display of ral-
meat.
relegate the subject of past estimates to the clarific precision
timbo of forgotten things. As Mr. Murray Stewart said: "Viewing it narrowly in light of post hoc wisdom, while it may be easy for some people to point to mistakes made and faults committed; wälle it may perhaps not be diff. cult to see how economies could have been affected there does not seem to be any good for rushing to the conclusion that the
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the utmost loformation that can be gathered, the members of the medical profession, Hyleg abroad are requested by our contemporary 10 send in particulars regarding climate, clothing worn, etc, in that part of the globe where they ura practising their profession, it The ideada an excellent ona nad'wa hapa that there will be
1,000 too
CHINESE JUBSCRIPTIONS... Amount already acknowledg•
--............................................$159,800 Yeung Chik-sang genre mist Sug Shingurjareki Chan Chi-cheung- Sang. Loc. drama ini me (00
Yest-kal Tsing Wa Hingis in Coppaught, Accated, Water:
PAULOTE
Kwong
Wing-thing. Trank Foo & Co. Shiu Fong Hong
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300
1.300
At a full moating of the Senate, at which this formal representation of the Medical Col. lege was resolved upon, the following Resold. tion of condolence with Mrs. Hunter was Placed on the recorde
kong College of Medicine desire to convey to the widow of the late Dr. William Hyster their most sincere sympathy with her la bor bereave
Dr. Hunter ban since his first arrival in this Colony in root been a most keen add sympa much good work to the fartherance of its ob thetic sapporter of the College, and has given fects. Through his death, the College has lost one of its most able, enthusiastic, and success ful teachers,"
DROWNING PATALIZY PAT
HANKOW
CONTRABAND'ON MANILA STEAMER.
OPIUM AND AMMUNITION, FOUND.
When, the steamer Changsha cleared for Hongkong and Japan, porta gastarday after- poon, reports the Cablennos American of 8th inat. she was minus a warled samrtment of contraband goods carried, aboard when arrive tween four and five thousand rounds of ammuni lion sol: appearing on the skip'a:papers and one can of opium ware discovered on board the vessel at ten o'clock yesterday, moralng by secret service agents, and taken saltosa... The Chiness sailor having the drug in his posessalon is under arrest awalling ftial, while the captain of the vassal and the Agents will incur the usual penalty for the carrying of ammunition in excess of that allowed to the ship's officers.
Receiving a note from one of his native agents to the “effect that a Chinese, member of the crew of the steamer Chanzika: had baen taken into custody for altampilng to sell a can. of prepared opiam to one of the secret Service spies, Aseimant Chief Keith immediately want aboard that vessel to conduct a thorough search in person. Chief Keith's intuition ind hims NODE plice into the focals, where, hidden s
In reply to Tapial Wan'a telegraphic in quiry, the Ministry in Peking bas authorised a subscription of 55,000, Added to the mount collected.opro: Wednesday the total Chinese amount is not far from reaching, the two lakhs heads between the estimates presented this subscriptions now aggregats $168,300. This criticised the variations under different which it is hoped, might be, raised, as the year and, thote laid on the table last year and Chipess portion of the endowment funds. said that though theis variations wereðun, meat..
satisfactory the were queation of method. In preparing estimates was not one which redect ed on British engineering skill. The rallent fact, remains that, however, the various sums allocated, under various headings and whether intermediate estimates have or have not been faulty the original estimates for which along "theychief”engivésre are responsibin” havATBOT been exceeded, when all items are included the case of, the, tunnel which has excepting exceeded, the estimate by, about,ong, and a quarter million dollars against which there will be semell saving on the general estimatn,
THE PRATE OF M. LA VERRIERE.... Mr. Murray Stewart, in seconding the Forber reports from Bankow state that M. adoption of the resolution, said should La Verrière, French Vice-Consul at Hankow, just like to say that I have listangs, to who was accidently drowned at Hankaw on the remarks which, have fallen from Your May 8, was hurrying on board the; G.N.9. Excellency with considerable,, setisfaction, 1 Xinling, when he fell into the tires. It appears hope they will effectually destroy the idea that that M, La Verrière and some friends intended the railway is costing this Colony early twice to visit Nangshikuse. The other members of no part of which was found to.ba antared upon much es it ought. As Your Excellency, has the party went on board the staamarin good the manifest of the ships store list, as required indicated, this erroneous impression arose from .ilme and wars not on deck when the steamer by the Philippias customs lazylodon muka mbis day * The Chmuska's officers, who wan, AT UNCH comparisons baids made between the pre- began to pull out from the pontops,, Just then elminary and the final detailed, estimate and if M. Le Verrière came hurried on to the pontoon acquainted with the rich Bent by stealth, pen
they were diffrent estimates for the identical and endeavoured to jump on to that inling fossed ignorance of the prestsspe of the ammnals trendy bean pointed out by when elie was a couple of yards from the postios aboard and in justice catheadh may be paid who, sought to combat
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accident secret service people aftriu bailayed that tha on the morning of the rat lubjani, ai dây zasolt actant construction, provides for develop, one of them threw the end of a rope to Mr. Letostly of lacressiogibeir revendej purchased the of a collision between the lanner and dashing, ment into a double Une in all bridgna, culvetis Varrière as he rose to the surface. He failed
:Australia: forsdisposalaat Rong- canridgest junk, was cóntindad bafors kr. 3. H. da folice Count, Lear Tesday afternoon! For further been pointed out that the prolite 8 tionnd the bipe om cars had been interrogated by the secretary
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drawn to the accident, meanwhile, and efforts served stoical silence. They had watu made to recover the body, without access, any for publication. Airline
The death of a La Venfora cant gloom. The cartridges and opium will over fankow, whare, he was very highly re in the aqual manner obna opened by all cineens of the community;
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cost is excessive in view of the work done. ment suitable for various parts of the world. That an impression: based upon this conclu In order to obtain as much advice on the sub- slop is widely held i know. I do not share it.ject, as possible and to provide inquirers with, I regret it. It is an unfortuante Impression to get abroad. Therefore, as correcting some of the minor errors which make up the total sum, I welcome Your Excellency's statement." What we all want. is to use the railway come pleted as good as possible. Let all bickeringe, recrimlastions and innuendoes be dropped, so
thair coming to Hongkong should be in a position to stasim launch, Fort Wo..for the mansjukhter wollen undivided attention to the work. “Ifiber to answer every little question on every petty | in the way of waaring apparel in this Colony, detail the operations must necessarily be de layad, wh
while those at the head of the project,
A COOLIE Ramed Chan Kwai wasiontenced to all be onnecessarily barassed. Whatever may three months prisonment. In the police bara been done ar falt undone
the past has | Court, last Monday morning, for the larcany of selblue to do with the present. The sooner. Topy drain geaton belonging to the Frollo Works the railway lin sonolog order the belter if will: Department: The grafer bit ramoved from be for the Colony, and the copper willshat meat Vanops parts of Queso's Rosa Central at night 'sive when its caIRIDH PONATE Càn form thể skhoi'time'
of clothing and rubbish under the banks, he fauad two large boxes containing ammunition for Winchester gase and several smaller cases Biled with loose cartridges for, sein, revolvers,
that shone responsible for the construction of 1,adequate,jaipopee. Certainly those, who are. The trial of its.coxswain, Ko' Kas,of the | those wat the preliminary eúimmain was for into the river. » No forsiguers saw the ball that their stalamentis given full credence by t the line may be in a position to Bus, tawa | learn in Louden what is requisite, and spitable, of,a boy maned Chap, Ken, lu Yan:maiti’Bay; | the requiramants of a singla, line; whereas the but there were many Okiness looking on and Chlosse crew, with so Orientalers on the oppor
her evidence, was taken, and tan cara ataip kdy ary estimates did not provide for land reclama- Jonged, Mr. Paw, Galdring supuared for the tion and land resumplim at the terminus, le hierce, rapaciore Laurier of the Wear Connection with the cost of land reclamation Police Statious watched the case for the police and resumption it should not be forgotten, that os ja jagoda it' lo iba tallway get maten zandart
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