CO129-294 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [10-12] — Page 179

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Sir,

Enclosure 1.

Tung-Wa Hospital,

C.O.

176

32710

REC2

Rec'd 20 NOV 19

Hong Kong, 21st September, 1899.

I beg to annex

On behalf of the Directors of the Tung-Wa Hospital, I have the honour to request that you will be good enough to lay this letter before His Excellency the Governor at an early opportunity for His Excellency's favourable consideration.

2. Recognising the willing and much appreciated assistance which the Government has accorded to the various schemes of the Directors, they feel encouraged to approach His Excellency the Governor with the request that he may be pleased to recommend to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the free grant to the Hospital of the piece of Crown Land as shown in the enclosed tracing for the purpose of erecting a branch hospital to be styled the "Infectious Diseases Hospital."

3. ...

5. The reasons that have prompted the Directors in making this application are, that since the serious epidemic of plague in 1894, there has hardly been a year in which the Colony has been entirely free from the visitation of that dreadful disease. Hitherto, as you are aware, temporary ...

The Honourable J.H. Stewart Lockhart, C.M.G.

Colonial Secretary.

RAI.

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Sir, Enclosure 1. Tung-Wa Hospital, C.O. 176 32710 REC2 Rec'd 20 NOV 19 Hong Kong, 21st September, 1899. I beg to annex On behalf of the Directors of the Tung-Wa Hospital, I have the honour to request that you will be good enough to lay this letter before His Excellency the Governor at an early opportunity for His Excellency's favourable consideration. 2. Recognising the willing and much appreciated assistance which the Government has accorded to the various schemes of the Directors, they feel encouraged to approach His Excellency the Governor with the request that he may be pleased to recommend to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the free grant to the Hospital of the piece of Crown Land as shown in the enclosed tracing for the purpose of erecting a branch hospital to be styled the "Infectious Diseases Hospital." 3. ... 5. The reasons that have prompted the Directors in making this application are, that since the serious epidemic of plague in 1894, there has hardly been a year in which the Colony has been entirely free from the visitation of that dreadful disease. Hitherto, as you are aware, temporary ... The Honourable J.H. Stewart Lockhart, C.M.G. Colonial Secretary. RAI.
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COPY sir, Enclosure 1. Tung-Wa Hospital, C.0. 176 32710 REC2 Rest 20 NOV 19 HongKong, 21st. September, 1899. I not annexed On behalf of the Directors of the Tung-Wa Hospital, I have the honour to request that you will be good enough to lay this letter before His Excellency the Governor at an early opportunity for His Excellency's favourable consideration.; 2. Recognising the willing and much appre- ciated assistance which the Government has accorded to the various schemes of the Directors, they feel encouraged to approach His Excellency the Governor with the request that he may be pleased to recommend to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the free grant to the Hospital of the piece of Crown Land as shown in the enclosed tracing for the purpose of erecting a branch hospital to be styled the " Infections Diseases Hospital." 5. The reasons that have prompted the Direc- tors in making this applicati Lonjare, that since the serious epidemic of plague in 1894, there has hardly been a year in which the Colony has been entirely free from the visita- tion of that dreadful disease. Hitherto, as you are aware, temporary The Honourable J.H.Stewart Lockhart,C.M.G. Colonial Secretary.: RAI. I
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sir,

Enclosure 1.

Tung-Wa Hospital,

C.0.

176

32710

REC2

Rest 20 NOV 19

HongKong, 21st. September, 1899.

I not

annexed

On behalf of the Directors of the Tung-Wa Hospital, I have the honour to request that you will be good enough to lay this letter before His Excellency the Governor at an early opportunity for His Excellency's

favourable consideration.;

2. Recognising the willing and much appre- ciated assistance which the Government has accorded to

the various schemes of the Directors, they feel encouraged to approach His Excellency the Governor with the request that he may be pleased to recommend to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the free grant

to the Hospital of the piece of Crown Land as shown in

the enclosed tracing for the purpose of erecting a branch hospital to be styled the " Infections Diseases Hospital."

5. The reasons that have prompted the Direc- tors in making this applicati Lonjare, that since the serious epidemic of plague in 1894, there has hardly been a year

in which the Colony has been entirely free from the visita- tion of that dreadful disease. Hitherto, as you are aware,

temporary

The Honourable J.H.Stewart Lockhart,C.M.G.

Colonial Secretary.:

RAI.

I

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