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dependent as it is upon the business incidental to a great shipping port of call. The Governor observes with satisfaction that the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce are prepared to accept cheerfully the increased taxation that will probably be necessary to meet the heavy expenses of contemplated measures for the general improvement of sanitation.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
THE SECRETARY,
Chamber of Commerce.
31.The foregoing statements prove that the local Government has failed to give effect, save in a very qualified form, to the measures so frequently urged upon it by its own Medical Officers and other experts; its efforts, so far, have met with so little result, indeed, that the Colony is now suffering severely from the annually recurring visitations of plague and, in a lesser degree, of enteric fever and small-pox. The inadequacy of the measures adopted by the local Government in dealing with so grave a crisis may, we submit, be regarded as equivalent to a tacit admission on its part that it is beyond its Power, of its own initiative, to undertake the gigantic task which a thorough and efficient reform of the Sanitary conditions of the Colony, with the heavy expenditure and sacrifices attending it, would involve
The conviction has consequently been forced upon us that no really effectual measures will be taken to grapple with the Sanitary problems of the Colony and to arrest the progress of disease until an appeal is made to the responsible Minister of State for his intervention. These annual epidemics are pressing acutely on the Commerce and Industries of the Colony, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain labour, whether European or Chinese. This year the Plague has again produced a cessation of Emigration, and the loss to the Shipping and Trade generally through quarantine restrictions and other delays has been very great. Native workmen are leaving Hongkong in thousands, and there is not an important industry or commercial undertaking in the Colony, employing and dependent on Chinese labour, that has not suffered.
Under the circumstances hereinbefore referred to your Petitioners most humbly Pray that you will be pleased
this 25th day of June, 1901.
1.-To appoint a Commission consisting of a person or persons wholly unconnected with the Colony to proceed forthwith to Hongkong to investigate and report
(a) On the Sanitary Condition of the Colony; (b) On the measures to be adopted for the improvement of the City of Victoria and of the Colony as it at present exists.
2.That you will be pleased to attach to the said Commission some independent Sanitary Expert to advise.
3. That after receiving and considering the Report of such Commission, you will give directions for the Recommendations of that Commission to be forthwith carried into effect.
T. H. WHITEHEAD, J.P. (Mem. Legislative Council)
J. C. VICTORIA (Rt. Rev. Bishop of Victoria)
L. M. PIAZZOLI (Rt. Rev. R.C. Bishop of S. China)
NO. J. FRANCIS, K.C.
EDWARD OSBORNE, J.P. (Mem. Sanitary Board)
C. GERLACH, M.D.
WILLIAM HARTIGAN, J.P., M.D., D.P.H.
F. OSMUND STEDMAN, J.P., M.D., B.Sc. (LOND.)
J. W. NOBLE, D.D.S.
FREDERIC H. BOWERS, D.D.S.
G. MONTAGU HARSTON, J.P., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (LOND.)
R. MACBEAN GIBSON, M.D., C.M. (EDIN.)
L. R. BELL, D.D.S.
ROBERT LAMORT, M.D.
G. APACIBLE, M.D., B.A.
F. P. SOARES, P.M.
HERBERT W. BIRD, A.R.I.B.A.
CHRIS. B. THOMAS, A.R.I.B.A.
WM. DANBY, J.P., M.I.C.E.
A. DENISON, J.P., A.M.I.C.E.
L. GIBBS, A.M.I.C.E.
B. BROTHERTON HARKER, C.E.
W. H. WICKHAM, A.M.I.E.E., A.M.I.C.E.
R. K. LEIGH, J.P., M.I.C.E.
ED. ROBINSON, J.P.
H. W. SLADE, J.P.
H. A. RITCHIE, J.P.
W. HUTTON POTTS, J.P.
J. ORANGE, J.P., M.I.C.E., M.I.M.E., M.AM. Soc. C.E.
CLEMENT PALMER, J.P., F.R.I.B.A.
AGOSTINHO G. ROMANO (Consul-General for Portugal)
J. J. LEIRIA (Vice-Consul for Brazil)
W. D. BRAIDWOOD, M.A.
J. A. SWANN, L.R.C.S., L.M., L.R.C.P., L.M.
F. MAITLAND, J.P.
J. H. COX, J.P.
W. J. McLOUGHLIN, P.H., C.H.
B. BYRAMJEE, J.P.
M. G. SASSOON, J.P.
E. SHELLIM, J.P.
A. J. RAYMOND, J.P.
C. S. GUBBAY, J.P.
D. E. BROWN, J.P.
R. L. RICHARDSON, J.P.
R. SHEWAN, J.P.
J. A. MCKAY, J.P.
G. W. F. PLAYFAIR, J.P.
CHAN A FOOK, J.P. (Mem. Sanitary Board)
D. MACDONALD, C.E.
A. E. GRIFFIN, A.M.I.C.E.
W. G. CLARKE, A.M.I.C.E.
W. POATE, J.P.
D. GILLIES, J.P.
C. S. SHARP, J.P.
T. H. REID, J.P.
A. S. GOMES, M.D., M.R.C.S.
W. H. SHIRRIFF, M.B., C.M., L.S.A.
B. FITZALAN HOWARD, B.A.
R. CHATTERTON WILCOX, J.P.
FRAMJEE H. ARJANEE, J.P.
C. W. DICKSON, J.P.
B. LAYTON, J.P.
F. HENDERSON, J.P.
G. C. ANDERSON, J.P.
J. C. COHEN, J.P.
D. K. ROHRMANN
WM. A. CRUICKSHANK
E. BRUCE SHEPHERD
A. H. RENNIE
ALFRED CUNNINGHAM
H. T. WILGREES
PHILIP W. SERGEANT
T. COCHRANE
J. A. LEE
J. J. JUDAI
GODFREY C. CO.
MASTER THOS. ARNOLD
A. CAMPBELL MACMILLAN
HENRY HUMPHREYS
E. NIEDHARDT
F. W. R. LEMM
E. D. HASKELL
W. H. RAY
A. TURNER
G. H. MEDHURST
J. D. AULD
G. R. EDWARDS
A. ELLIS
S. FULCHER
R. T. HEAD
W. PARFITT
H. P. WHITE
L. S. LEWIS
P. A. COX
A. A. SKELTON
T. HALL
C. J. TYNDALE-LEA
A. SINCLAIR
J. GALT
J. KIRKWOOD
J. R. WILSON
C. KLINCK
R. O. RUTHERFORD
H. JEWITT
E. O. MURTHY
F. P. DE V. SOARES
A. MCINTYRE
J. DOUGLAS
E. JOHANNSEN
C. BELL
J. I. ANDREW
W. S. BAILEY
J. ANGUS
W. McCLURE
D. MACDONALD
G. L. TOMLIN
C. PEMBERTON
H. PINCKNEY
J. HASTINGS
J. SCOTT HARSTON
C. EWENS
H. F. R. BRAYNE
O. D. THOMSON
W. J. HUMPHREYS
M. J. D. STEPHENS
V. H. DEACON
F. B. DEACON
F. C. BARLOW
P. W. GOLDRING
A. FAIRALL
A. BABINGTON
C. D. WILKINSON
E. J. GRIST
H. K. HOLMES
F. H. YEATS
E. F. GROS
H. E. TOMKINS
C. FITTOCK, JR.
T. G. WORCESTER
F. R. SMITH
R. FLINT
GEO. ECKLEY
E. A. KATSCH
E. G. BARRETT
E. J. LIBEAUD
A. E. WHEELEY
CHAS. E. MALIGNY
R. KOZHEVAR
JOHN PRESTAGE
H. HYNDMAN
F. GOMES
H. KUMMEL
F. LANDOLT
J. GRANT SMITH
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dependent as it is upon the business incidental to a great shipping port of call. The Governor observes with satisfaction that the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce are prepared to accept cheerfully the increased taxation that will probably be necessary to meet the heavy expenses of contemplated measures for the general improvement of sanitation.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
THE SECRETARY,
Chamber of Commerce.
31.The foregoing statements prove that the local Government has failed to gi effect, save in a very qualified form, to the measures so frequently urged upon
it by its own Medical Officers and other experts; its efforts, so fe have met with so little result, indeed, that the Colony is now suffering everely from the annually recurring visitations of plague and, in a lesser degree, of enteric fever and small-pox. The inadequacy of the measures adopted by the local Government in dealing with so grave a crisis may, we submit, be regarded as equivalent to a tacit admission on its part that it is beyond its Power, of its own initiative, to undertake the gigantic task which a thorough and efficient reform of the Sanitary conditions of the Colony, with the heavy expendi- ture and sacrifices atteuding it, would involve
The conviction has consequently
been forced upon us that no really effectual measures will be taken to grapple with the Sanitary problems of the Colony and to arrest the progress of disease until an appeal is made to the responsible Minister of State for his intervention. These annual epidemics are pressing acutely on the Commerce and Industries of the Colony, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain labour, whether European or Chinese. This year the Plague has again produced a cessation of Emigration, and the loss to the Shipping and Trade generally through quarantine restrictions and other delays has been very great. Native workmen are leaving Hongkong in thousands, and there is not an important industry or commercial undertaking in the Colony, employing and dependent on Chinese labour, that has not suffered.
Under the circumstances bereinbefore referred to your Petitioners most humbly Pray that you will be pleased
I this 25th day of June, 1901.
1.-To appoint a Commission consisting of a person
or persons wholly unconnected with the Colony to proceed forthwith to Hongkong to investigate and report
(a) On the Sanitary Condition of the Colony; (7) On the measures to be adopted for the in- provement of the City of Victoria and of the Colony as it at present exists.
2.That you will be pleased to attach to the said Com- mission some independent Sanitary Expert to advise. 3. That after receiving and considering the Report of such Commission, you will give directions for the Recommendations of that Commission to be forthwith carried into effect.
T. H. WHITEHEAD, J.P. (Mem. Legislative Council)
J. C. VICTORIA (Rt. Rev. Bishop of Victoria)
L. M. PIAZZOLI (Rt. Rev. R.C. Bishop of S. China)
NO. J. FRANCIS, K.C.
DWARD OSBORNE, J.P. (Mem, Sanitary Board) C. GERLACH, M.D.
WILLIAM HARTIGAN, J.P., M.D)., D.S.M.
F. OSMUND STEDMAN, J.P., M.D., B.9. (LOND.)
J. W. NOBLE, D.D.S.
FREDERIC H. BOWERS, D.D.S.
G. MONTAGU HARSTON, J.P., M.R.C.O., L.B.C.F. (LOND.)
R. MACBEAN GIBSON, M.D., C.M. (EDIN.)
L. R. BELL, D.D.S.
ROBERT LAMORT, M.D.
G. APACIBLE, M.D., B.A.
F. P. SOARES, P.M.
HERBERT W. BIRD, A.R.L.B.A,
CHRIS. B. THOMAS, A.R.I.R‚A.
WM. DANBY, J.P., M.I.C.E.
A. DENISON, J.P., A.M.L.C.E.
L GIBBS, A.M.1.C.E.
B. BROTHERTON HARKER, C.E.
W. H. WICKHAM, A.M.L.E.E., A.M.I.C.E.
R. K. LEIGH, J.P., M.J.C.E.
ED, ROBINSON, LP.
H. W. SLADE, J.P.
H. A. RITCHIE, J.P.
W. HUTTON POTTS, J..
J. ORANGE, J.P., M.LU.E, M.I.M.E,, M.AM, S.C, E.
CLEMENT PALMER, J.P., F.R.I.B.A.
AGOSTINHO G. ROMANO (Consul-General for Portugal)
[J. J. LEIRIA (Vice-Consul for Brazil)
W. D. BRAIDWOOD, MA.
J. A. SWANN. L.R.C.S., L.M., L.RO.P1, XM.
F. MAITLAND, J.P.
J. H. COX, J.l'.
W. J. McLOUGHLIN, PH., CH.
B. BYRAMJEE, J.P.
M. 6. SASSOON, J.P.
E. SHELLIM, J.P.
A. J. RAYMOND, J.P.
C. 8. GUBBAY, J.P.
D. E. BROWN, J.P.
R. L. RICHARDSON, J.P.
R. SHEWAN, J.P.
J. A. MCKAY, J.P.
G. W. F. PLAYFAIR, J.P.
CHAN A FOOK, J.F. (Mem. Sanitary Board)
D. MACDONALD, C.E.
A. E. GRIFFIN, A.M.L.C.E.
W. G. CLARKE, A.M.L.F.E.
W. POATE, J.P.
D. GILLIES, J.P.
C. S. SHARP, J.P.
T. II. REID, J.P.
A. S. GOMES, M.D., M.R.C.S.
W. H. SHIRRIFF, M.B., C.M.LSA.
B. FITZALAN HOWARD, B.A.
R. CHATTERTON WILCOX, J.V.
FRAMJEE H. ARJANEE, J.P.
C. W. DICKSON, J.P.
B. LAYTON, J.P.
F. HENDERSON, J.P.
G. C. ANDERSON, J.P.
10. C. COHEN, J.1.
D. K. ROHRMANN
WM. A. CRUICKSHANK
E BRUCE SHEPHERD
A. H. RENNIE
ALFRED CUNNINGHAM
H. T. WILGREES
PHILIP W. SERGEANT
T. COCHRANE
J. A. LEE
J. J. JUDAI
GODFREY C. CO. MASTER THOS. ARNOLD
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A. CAMPBELL MACMILLAN
HENRY HUMPHREYS
E. NIEDHARDT
F. W. R. LEMM
E. D. HASKELL
W. H. RAY
A. TURNER
G. II. MEDHURST
J. D. AULD
G. R. EDWARDS
A. ELLIS
S. FULCHER
R. T. HEAD
W. PARFITT H. P. WHITE
L. S. LEWIS
P. A. COX
A. A. SKELTON
T. HALL
C. J. TYNDALE-LEA
A. SINCLAIR
J. GALT
J. KIRKWOOD
J. R. WILSON
C. KLINCK
R. O. RUTHERFORD
H. JEWITT
E. O. MURTHY
F. P. DE V. SOARES
A. MCINTYRE
J. DOUGLAS
E. JOHANNSEN
C. BELL
J. I. ANDREW
W. S. BAILEY J. ANGUS
W. McCLURE
D. MACDONALD
G. L. TOMLIN
C. PEMBERTON
H. PINCKNEY
J. HASTINGS
J. SCOTT HARSTON
C. EWENS
H. F. R. BRAYNE
0. D. THOMSON
W. J. HUMPHREYS
M. J. D. STEPHENS
V. H. DEACON
F. B. DEACON
F. C. BARLOW
P. W. GOLDRING
A. FAIRALL
A. BABINGTON
C. D. WILKINSON
E. J. GRIST
H. K. HOLMES
F. H. YEATS
E. F. GROS
H. E. TOMKINS
C. FITTOCK, JR.
T. G. WORCESTER
F. R. SMITH
R. FLINT
GEO. ECKLEY
E. A. KATSCH
E. G. BARRETT
E. J. LIBEAUD
A. E. WHEELEY
CHAS. E. MALIGNY
R. KOZHEVAR
JOHN PRESTAGE
H. HYNDMAN
F. GOMES
H. KUMMEL
F. LANDOLT
J. GRANT SMITH
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