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the present sanitary state of the Colony and what will be re-
quired in the immediate future
to place it in a tary condition.
satisfactory sani
consideration and will be re-
ported upon in due course or
being actively carried out:
are
by the Sanitary Board.
The question of improv="
the
on
ing
the vital statistics of the
great
I do not propose present occasion to deal in de tail with the sanitary affairs of this Colony, but I may
in
form you measures to which attention
that the various-
is called or to which reference
is made in the enclosures to
Athis despatch
are either under
consideration.
of
Colony is one which is of importance to the health the community, but which involves much difficulty ow= =: ing to the Chinese population:
whole being opposed to
as a
Western medical methods. I trust, however, that
when the
medical