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-out that Empire, in Government Service and in private
practice, each of them exerting a powerful influence
towards the eradication of the old superstitions and the
spread of sound sanitation and true medical knowledge.
Even in Great Britain itself large
annual grants are made by Her Majesty's Government to
many,
if not most, of the Universities and Medical Col-
leges for the promotion of their work. Substantial aid
is at present being given to Tropical Medical Research,
and to Institutions preparing men for the same; and of
Institutions with a wider basis, to take extreme instances,
the very ancient Scottish Universities and the very
recent University of South Wales are alike heavily
subsidized,
That the Court of the College of
Medicine for Chinese, therefore, should ask the Govern-
ment of this Colony to aid by the annual grant suggested
an Institution that has during twelve long years been
patiently seeking to prove its right to exist, in face
of many obstacles and much discouragement, by actually
turning out efficient Medical men, certified as fit
for the practice of their profession by competent inde-
pendent examiners, usually including the heads of the
Military and Naval Medical Services for the time being
in the Colony, that the Court should make such request,
and thata favourable reply should be forthcoming, is,
it is submitted, entirely in accord with British policy
and