CO129-348 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1908 [7-10] — Page 162

No. 194.

Hongkong.

My Lord,

160

BP 28 NUG 08

Government House,

Hongkong, 28th. July, 1908.

I have the honour to inform Your

Lordship that on the 10th. January, 1906, Dr. Ho Kail, Mr.

Wei Yuk, and other members of the Chinese Community of

this Colony made application to the Government for the

grant of a piece of land on which to build a Smallpox

Hospital. They desire such a Hospital because the majority

of the Chinese population prefer when suffering from

Smallpox to be treated in a native Hospital rather than

in the Government Hospital Hulk "Hygeia".

2.

This application was approved by

Sir M. Nathan, but the site originally selected for the

purpose at Kennedy Town did not commend itself to the

Principal Civil Medical Officer, and for this reason no

action was taken at the time.

3.

Subsequently, the application

was renewed by the Tung Wa Hospital, and on the 19th.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF CREVE,

&c

ultimo