CO129-318 - Governor Sir Blake - 1903 [7-10] — Page 339

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TRECS

PE 29 SEP 031

Government House,

Hongkong, 28th. August, 1903.

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I have the honour to acknowledge the re-

ceipt of your Despatch No. 274 of the 28th. July enclosing a

copy of a question by Mr. Weir, M.P., with your reply.

2.

My Memorandum of the experiment, which was 35303

posted by the French Mail which left here on the 25th. instant

will have given you every information on the subject, and will

have shown you that the experiment was made with the cordial

co-operation of the Principal Civil Medical Officer and the

Medical Officer of Health and with the approval of the Sanitary

Board previously obtained.

3.

The observations of Mr. Weir after the

question had been answered do credit to his imagination.

A

is Counting two children for one adult as provided in the Ordinance

the average number of occupants in the 25 3 houses that comprised

the experimental block was 25. The largest Chinese tenement

house in the City, or four stories with a depth of 60 feet

will accommodate 62 adults.

4.

The total expense incurred was $1,951.18

for the erection of tanks and baths, $670.19 for the supply

of

of wood for boiling the water, $318.20 paid for accommodation

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

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