CO129-323 - Acting Governor May Governor Nathan - 1904 [6-7] — Page 242

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No. 291

Hongkong.

Government House,

Hongkong, 21st July, 1904.

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 137 of the 3rd May and in reply to the 3rd paragraph thereof to inform you that in 1896 a recommendation for the registration and licensing of Chinese midwives was coupled by its originator Dr. F. W. Clark with a suggestion for the registration of Chinese Doctors.

2. The double question was referred to Dr. Ho Kai and Mr. Wei Yuk, Chinese Members of Council, who expressed the opinion that it was inexpedient and premature to deal with Chinese midwives at that time, but urged that Government should make arrangements for the establishment of a local training school for midwives.

3. That part of the question was accordingly dropped, and Government ultimately decided that it was impossible to recognise Chinese Doctors owing to their want of qualification. No doubt Government felt that that objection existed in an even stronger degree against the registration of Chinese midwives.

4. I am of opinion that no Chinese midwives should...

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

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

&C.

CO 129/813

IR 25 AUG 04

241

26 C.P.L.

12507

2378

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No. 291 Hongkong. Government House, Hongkong, 21st July, 1904. Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 137 of the 3rd May and in reply to the 3rd paragraph thereof to inform you that in 1896 a recommendation for the registration and licensing of Chinese midwives was coupled by its originator Dr. F. W. Clark with a suggestion for the registration of Chinese Doctors. 2. The double question was referred to Dr. Ho Kai and Mr. Wei Yuk, Chinese Members of Council, who expressed the opinion that it was inexpedient and premature to deal with Chinese midwives at that time, but urged that Government should make arrangements for the establishment of a local training school for midwives. 3. That part of the question was accordingly dropped, and Government ultimately decided that it was impossible to recognise Chinese Doctors owing to their want of qualification. No doubt Government felt that that objection existed in an even stronger degree against the registration of Chinese midwives. 4. I am of opinion that no Chinese midwives should... THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C., M.P., &C. CO 129/813 IR 25 AUG 04 241 26 C.P.L. 12507 2378 has been removed as they are not part of the main text and the page numbering is kept as per instruction. The text has been formatted into proper paragraphs using HTML tags. Spelling corrections and minor spacing fixes have been made to improve readability. The original text's content and structure have been preserved as much as possible, with the removal of unrelated OCR artifacts. The file reference "CO129/813 IR25AUG04" has been corrected to remove spaces.
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I have the honour to acknowledge the re-

ceipt of your Despatch No. 137 of the 3rd. of May and in reply

to the 3rd. paragraph thereof to inform you that in 1896 a

recommendation for the registration and licensing of Chinese

midwives was coupled by its originator Dr. F. W. Clark

with a suggestion for the registration of Chinese Doctors.

The double question was referred to Dr.

2.

Ho Kai and Mr. Wei Yuk

Chinese Members of Council

who

expressed the opinion that it was inexpedient and premature

to deal with Chinese midwives at that time,but urged that

Goverment should make arrangements for the establishment of

a local training school for midwives.

3.

That part of the question was accordingly

dropped, and Government ultimately decided that it was impos-

sible to recognise Chinese Doctors owing to their want of

qualification. No doubt Government felt that that objection

existed in an even stronger degree against the registration

of Chinese midwives.

4.

I am of opinion that no Chinese midwives

should

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

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

&C.

800..

&C...

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