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mind and body suited to a bed of sickness-

Under the present method

of conducting the Hospital the conventionalities and

habits

of

races are

duly

considered ; - the requirements of religious prejudices are sacredly respected: - the urgent wants of unforseen and rapid changes in the symptoms of disease are promptly administered to: and the heart burnings engendered by fruitless contentions are avoided. ; with what success a comparison with other Hospitals in Honghong will fairly porclaim-

ceremonies and

Nor is it possible that this liberal system of dieting

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give rise to dishonect_ collusion amongst those whose business it is to

carry

it iveto

effect; the supervision being manifold and vigilant. The daily supplies are weighed, inspected, and recorded by the Apothecary, whose proceedings

are

again carefully watched and checked by the Colonial Surgeon. The accounts in detail are then inspected by the Auditor General, and lastly by His Excellency the Governor who promptly calls attention

any seeming incgularity- Moreover, the system

to

if

is

it be

an economical one compared with the advantages resulting from it. Between January and December 1850-