a destitute persons and incurables making their way to the Hospital from Canton and elsewhere, if the testament and general management of the institution obtain, as I hope it will, a favourable and widely spread reputation.
I need only add, that vigilant supervision is intended to be maintained over the account and expenditure by Auditors appointed by Government, and who at present are the Registrar General for the time being, and the Superintendent of the Central Schools.
The Ordinance (No. 3 of 1870) under which the Committee is incorporated, seems to me to contain every useful and requisite power for facilitating the action of the Committee of Management, whilst equally useful powers for controlling and preventing abuses are reserved to the Executive.
Certainly, if the spirit, and business-like aptitude for conducting the undertaking, which has been hitherto exhibited by the Committee, be continued, it seems highly improbable that the intervention of Government will be needed for a long time. Nevertheless, the more continuous and frequent the supervision maintained by officers of the Government, whether daily or weekly or monthly, the more improbable...