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Sir,
Enclosure to Despatch No. 44 of the 27th.
October, 1903.
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Kennedy Town Hospital,
Hongkong, August 19th., 1902.
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I have the bonour to inform you that at the present moment there are several qualified Chinese Students who would be able to take the place of the Japanese Doctors when they leave, and also to assist me in the duties of my Dapartment.
It seems to me to be necessary to address you
on this subject at the present time because Dr. Thoason informs me that if these newly qualified Students are not retained by the Government almost at once, they will certainly leave the Colony for good. Dr. Thomson has also pointed out that if we do not avail ourselves of these men immediately, we shall be unable to obtain qualified Chinese Students for at least two years. Therefore I have felt bound in the interests of the Colony to ask you whether it would not be better to urge the Government to ratain these available men with the least possible delay. From what I now understand, unless assistance be provided for in the shape of several qualified Chinese Students, it will be impossible to carry out some of the important measures pro- posed by Professor Simpson in regard to Plague,
I have etc.,
(83.) William Hunter,
The Honourable
7. 9. May, 0. M. H.,
Colonial Secretary.
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