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Hongkong, 24th. March, 1904.

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sir,

I have the honour to inform you that while

Sir Frederick Treves, Sergeant Surgeon to His Majesty the

King, was recently my guest here the subject of the quality

of the alcoholic liquor purveyed in the local public houses

came under discussion between us.

2.

Sir Frederick expressed the opinion that,

judging by remarks made to him by Doctors serving on board

His Majesty's Ships on this Station and by some Military

Doctors,he

he was inclined to question the soundness of the alcoho-

lic liquor consumed by Soldiers and Sailors on shore at the

public houses which they frequent.

3.

Thereupon I placed in Sir Frederick Treves'

hands a copy of the Report of the Commission which enquired

into this question in 1898, a copy of which is now enclosed

for facility of reference.

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4.

The action taken on the Report has been,

as indicated in Sir Henry Blake's Despatch No. 15 of 20th.

January, 1899, to subject the alcoholic liquors sold in licensed 99 premises to more frequent analysis. The results have been the

same as detailed in the evidence given by the Goverment

Analyst before the Commission. In no case has the presence

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C., M.P.,

of

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