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Quarantine Regulations.

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The reference to the- insanitary condition of HongKong made by the Secretary of State, to which the Chamber of Commerce refers and in which it states it does not coneur, is based upon the report made by Mr Chadwick

in 1881.

The remedies

that

since

indicated by him have been taken in hand by the Government 1882 but they are so extensive and costly that it would

years

require

at least to carry

bory

them out thoroughly. One of the most.

1 important improvements to be

made with the view of removing

the

the local causes

tending to the

spread of contagious or infection : disease, is the reduction of overcrowding in dwelling houses. This is a difficult problem to deal with, as matters would not be improved by turning out

people in the

only be

streets, and it can

accomplished very gradually. The Chamber of

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Commerce might be reminded. that the question of precautions to be taken against the introduction of Cholera into HongKong is one on which the Imperial Government or the Officers Commanding the Naval and Military Forces are

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entitled