རྣམ་བསྡུས་པ་གལ་
COPY.
Conclosure 1.
Translation.
Re
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Rev 20 JUN 08,
The Petition of the undersigned members of the Second and third Streets Committees praying for the grant of a plot of
Crown Land on which to erect a Plague Hos-
-pital.
* 10 uke o
During the administration of Sir Henry Blake
His Excellency appointed the petitioners Street Committees. They
rented a house in Third Street to which all poor people infected
with plague were removed for treatment. The object was to give
confidence to the people and to make them willing to report any
cases of plague. Sir Matthew Nathan, the successor of Sir Henry
Blake, the Registrar-General, and the Chinese members of the
Sanitary Board also encouraged the petitioners to continue the
hospital. The people have always been glad to subscribe towards
its expenses as it possesses their confidence. It is however
impossible to establish a permanent hospital in a house that is
only rented, and in addition the house itself is in many respects
unsuitable. They therefore pray the Registrar-General to forward
to His Excellency their petition for a portion of the waste land
at the end of Third Street on which they may erect a Plague
Hospital with their own subscriptions.
(Signed by Chan Kei and thirty others.)