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a As I intimated in
iny
despatch Vu412. of the 19th December, W
1884, I am personally disposed to agree.
with thic
opinions respecting
against Cholera which
arc
Quarantine
now generally
held in England. Moreover, I doubt if
it would be prciatically possible to
inaristein au
oefficient Quarautive in
Hong Kong if Cholera
Avere
to become
epidemic at Canton, whence this –
island derives 1100
of its food supplies,
and on the adjacent portion of the
mainland of China, with which it
is in hourly
communication. However,
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the Executive Council, the Naval and
allilitary authorities, the Sanitary
Board, and the Principal Officers,
Medical.or
are all strongly convinced
of
the nccersity of a neodificat system of Quaraution, under the peculiar.
circumstances of "Hongkong, for the reasons:
holosure 21. stated in the Minutes, 7. Sept 1885-
dloeure
of the Acting
Colonial Scoretary (M& Stewart) and of 3. the Attorney - Several (+ 112 Callatby);
Sople usher, 1885.
and in the despatch N.2310 of July 22. ultime, addressed to you by
General Cameron while ho was
administering
the Government during
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