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also in regard

to

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had better send to LGB with ref. to 27/10/00 & 41409/01, copies if available) of the quarantine Regs. contained in s. 39 of Ord. 31, 1901, explan that those are the Regs. at present force (having been brought into force under the Ordce. of 1891- the Ord. of 1901 not having been brt, into operat? as it requires amendt. in certain other points

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send this proof of Dr. Simpson's Report drawing attention to pass above referred

asking whether from of view of the V. S. C. they

to

the point

all.

any obyn.

to you. being advised to amend the Hongkong practice in

Simpson's

add that a.

accordance with

mendations, And

further copy of Dr. S. report.

(when completed & printed off) will be

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Government Hub NO. 02

Hongkong, 7th. October, 1902.

In reply to your Despatch No. 268 of the

28th. of last August, I have the honour to inform you that

Professor Simpson was consulted more than once by the Medical

Officer of Health and the Principal Civil Medical Officer con-

cerning the proposal to appoint additional Port Health Officers

for Hongkong, but that, as it was understood that Professor

Simpson preferred to defer expressing any opinion until his

final report on plague which he intended to present to the

Colonial Office by the end of last September, no recommenda-

tions have yet been made in this matter.

2.

In my opinion the system of Medical super-

vision of shipping best adapted to the local requirements of

Hongkong is the 2nd. of the 3 systems described by Dr. Bell

in his minute of the 22nd. July, 1901, which was transmitted

to you as enclosure No. 4 in my Despatch No. 345 of the 5th.

September, 1901. This is the existing system, and, in view of

the fact that another Port Health Officer has been appointed

and is on his way to the Colony, delay in the working of the

system should in future be avoided.

3.

In reply to the 2nd. paragraph of your

Despatch under reference I have the honour to inform you that

RIGHT HONOURABLE

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

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