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Public Institutions of Hong Kong; and
I submitted some observations on the present state and requirements of those Institutions; and respecting Public Education in this Community.
I have now to report that I have also given close attention to the sanitary condition of this city and Colony. On my voyage from England, I perused Mr Chadwick's able and exhaustive report, and the other voluminous official documents already published on this subject. And, during the last three weeks, I have conferred very fully upon it with the Executive Council, and with the chief officers of the Government. Above all, I have visited personally every part of this city and its neighbourhood, penetrating into even the foul and squalid lanes and alleys of the Chinese quarter.
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I have already seen ample proof of the force and accuracy of Mr. Chadwick's statements as to the urgent necessity for the immediate adoption of stringent sanitary