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composed of the Director of Public
Works, the Captain Superintendent
of Police. Captain Itastings.
and
D* Askinson, to make the nece
arran
gements
enabling
them
to deal summ
arily
may
arise.
with any epidemic which
9.
Your Lordship will observe
that every effort is being made.
·cessary.
Is in the event of
a
to prevent
a
repetition of last
year's experience,
recurrence of the pla gue
en
Hongkong. The Committee has
already made considerable progress
in it's work, and the erection of
piers, additional hospital accomo-
dation, and the preparation of
graves
have been commenced.
8.
also
made Bye.
The Sanitary Board has
This Fas
laws, which have
bees Camied
been approved by the Legislative
Council, for improving the Sani-
tation of the Colony, and for
and in addition dition
to the precautions described above,
a
Bill will be passed by the
degislative
Counal tomorrow
whereby it will be possible, should
such a
course be deemed advisable,
to restrict at once the immigration
of Chinese from infected localities.
Should the plague
10.
unhappily "visit this Colony
during the present year.
Jurie
not fail
in ablin
abling
thern