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information the enclosed copy of a report of a sub-Committee of the Sanitary Board relative to the steps which have been taken to prevent the spread of Bubonic Plague in Hongkong. Only 17 sporadie

this

cases

of the disease have occurred year up to date, and as Your Lordship will observe from the above report every sanitary precaution is being taken.

The prohibition of Chinese immigration from Swatow-

and

Enclosure 7th June, 1895 12 copies.

and the island of Hainan has now been cancelled, those lo-

calities having been declared to be no longer infected.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord Marquess, Your Lordship's Most Obedient

Humble Servant,

William Rober

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