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HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Moorings in Victoria Harbour
Regarding Financial Minute 27,⋅ recom- meuding a vote of $35,000 for the raising, renewing and re-arrangement of moor-
ngs in Victoria harbour.
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HIS EXCELLENCY said--With gard
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No. ΣΤ I would like to say a few words. The sums asked for are required complete the payments for the purchase of the buoys and moorings in Victoria Harbour and for raising and Honourable renewing some of them.
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Members will remember that I addressed the Secretary of State on this subject in August, 1914, and received his ap proval of the scheme on the 6th October, 1911. The correspondence is printed in Sessional Paper No. 17 of 1914. Owing to financial reasons the carrying out of the scheme was postponed during the first half of last year, but in October last I was able to report to the Secretary of State that the revenue receipts were so satisfactory that I had sanctioned the carrying into effect of a portion of the scheme involving the purchase of twenty Cclass buoys at a cost of $85,000, and the relaying of some of them in the coal and rice anchorages at a cost of $5,000. A sum of $140,000 was also provided in the estimates of the current year for the purchase of further buoys and moorings and a sum of $10,000 for relaying some of them. The scheme has now been satis- factorily completed at a total cost of $252,437. With this sum 45 moorings have! been purchased as compared with an esti- : mate of $250,000 for 40 moorings. Great credit is due to the Acting Harbour Mas ter (Commander Beckwith) and the Act | ing Assistant Harbour Master (the late Lieutenant Davey) for this successful re- sult, but I would remind you that the suggestion to acquire the moorings was first made by Commander Basil Taylour in the year 1902. The sum of $30,000 now asked for is to complete the sum of $252,431 referred to and to provide a sum of $2,539, which will be used, in addition to the $5,000 for other charges, to com- plete the work of raising and renewing moorings.
Hon. Mr. Pollock, K.C., and the Government Civil Hospital
POLLOCK. HON. MR. H. E. asked the following questions:
K.C.,
1.With reference to the new alloca- tion of Sisters in A Block of the Govern- ment Civil Hospital, which was made by His Excellency the Governor at the last meeting of Council Q11 the 3rd August, will the Government answer the following questions, namely:
(7). Did not Sister Kelsey, pursuant to permission granted prior to the said Meeting of Council, leave this Colony on long leave, on the 9th August?
(i). Have not the services of one of the Private Nurses been requisi- tioned for private nursing, so as to render her unavailable for Hospital work ? During what dates between the 3rd August. and the date of these Questions (21st August), have the services of such Private Nurse been re- quired for private nursing? (iii). On what dates between the last
Meeting of Council (3rd August) and the date of these Questions (21st August) have there been two Sisters on duty in the morning in A Block, namely, one Sister on each floor!
(r). On what dates between the said dates has there been a Sister on duty, attending to the operating theatre exclusively?
(e). Is not Sister Gorham, pursuant to permission granted to her prior to the said Meeting of Council, due to go away from the Colony on long leave on the 30th August, 1916?
(vi). When will Sister Sloan complete
her present current period of 1 years' Service ?
(vii). Have the Government secured the what service of any, and, if so, Sister or Nurses since the last Meeting of Council!
(viii).--Has Sister Jacobs resigned from the Government Hospitals Ser- vice in this Colony?
2. With reference to the re-arrange-
THE COLONIAL TREASURER second- ment of the Staff in B Block of the ed, and this was agreed to.
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announced at the said Meeting of Coun- | eil, under which re-arrangement th nursing of patients in B Block is left entively to Probationers and Japanese Nurses, will the Government state the respective lengths of Service of the Pro- bationers who are left in charge of R Block? And will the Government also state whether such Japanese Nurses, and. if so, how many of them possess a suffi- cient knowledge of English. written as well as spoken, to render them independ- ent of the aid of an Interpreter into English, in the discharge of their duties! Are the Japanese Nurses in charge of the wards in B Block or are the Probationers in charge of such wards?
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Was not the stock of drugs and dis- infectants kept in store at the Govern-
(ivil Hospital considerably duced by the present Principal Civil
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Medical Officer before the War?
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(c) Mrs. Churchill was taken on on the 8th September as a temporal; sister. The question of her serv- ing was first raised about the 15th August.
(d) Miss Halley joined as a tempor- ary sister on the 18th September. She applied from Wichaiwei on 31st July.
(e) Mrs. Fraser joined on the 2nd October as a temporary maternity
nurse.
() Two Japanese Staff Nurses join-
ed on the 6th September. (viii) Miss Jacobs was transferred by the Colonial Office to the Feder- ated Malay States while on leave' 2.--Probationer Nurse Smith appoint ed 1st November,
1915. Probationer
Nurse Roberts on the 12th November, 1915, a 1 Probationer Nurse Meadows on the 4th April, 1916. As to the knowledge of English possessed by the Japanese as follow:
Nurses the Superintendent writes as fol lows: All of them possess quite a fair 1.--(1.) Yes.
knowledge of writing English and are (ii.). One of the private Nursing Sis-
able to do so intelligently. Nurses ters went out to a
Mishima, Sakamoto, case on 3rd August and remained with the unt the 12th September. The other private Sister available for hospital work. (iii) From August 15th to 21st. (iv.) From August 15th to 21st. (v.) Yes. Sister Gorham was granted leave to go as soon as she desired to do so and she went on the 8th September. (vi.) Sister Sloan complete's four years' resident service on the 13th December. She does not know at present whether she will in December or later.
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(vii.) The following Nursing Staff have been engaged since 3rd August:
(a) Mrs. McEwen was taken on as a temporary maternity nurse on the 21st August. She originally applied to be taken on the Staff on the 28th July, 1916, saying that she could not join before about 25th August.
(b) Mrs. Birnie was taken on on the 16th August as a temporary sis- ter. She applied on the 6th August. She resigned on the 20th September.
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and Tsuchimoto understand spoken English quite well, but the other two not quite so well. They all have some difficulty in reading the written language,“ At present they do require some amount of interpreting, but I have no doubt they will improve with daily practice in hearing and in speak- ing the language." Under date of the 8th of September the Matron reported as follow: I find they are improving daily and their nursing is excellent, Î am quite satisfied with their progress. The last two arrivals are very good in. deed and speak English quite well, they both appear to be well trained nurses, Dr. Moore expressed his opinion to me that the nursing has been done quite satisfactorily in B Block by these
nurses.
"As regards the nursing generally in B Block. Under date of 20th September the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital reported as follows:-"] have no adverse criticism to make on the work of Japanese Staff Nurses and Probationary Nurses. I know of no in stance in which patients have not been properly nursed.” Under date of 21st September Dr. G. E. Aubrey, Honorary Visiting Physician to the Government
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