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the present sanitary state of the Colony and what will be re-

quired in the immediate future

to place it in a tary condition.

satisfactory sani

consideration and will be re-

ported upon in due course or

being actively carried out:

are

by the Sanitary Board.

The question of improv="

the

on

ing

the vital statistics of the

great

I do not propose present occasion to deal in de tail with the sanitary affairs of this Colony, but I may

in

form you measures to which attention

that the various-

is called or to which reference

is made in the enclosures to

Athis despatch

are either under

consideration.

of

Colony is one which is of importance to the health the community, but which involves much difficulty ow= =: ing to the Chinese population:

whole being opposed to

as a

Western medical methods. I trust, however, that

when the

medical