Your explanation:
SUPPERMENT TO THE "HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.” Tapers connected with the application of the would perhaps be too limited to justify Causeway Bay, and hugone the obiel manu-Įtion in the gas daring (88) vis ?1, rug. space between them vilah serves as an open and takes a long time to wear off generally at One can understand a tabasso pips that will laef Canton-Honkong Wa-Hop Telegraph Company general coudnsions being drawn from them, faclaring portion of the city. In connectioning in age from 10 to 38, 401 having smoked drain. In ons oase the space between tee hates least franty for hours. In the flow. Aga the half an hour, tako paly a few asconds to load, Fonuses profound sleep, and if wil in a poisonous van; bolag smoker myself, but tho oglum the late Boriss tiun buchour to laid os hut the same can hardly be said with esgard with the reclamation, we now ghd to see that opium for periods varying frous tro to thirty was but 8 inches wide, and it rancived the fills paliat is talkades and marry perforio, all and will allow you to read, write shil'ló a kau the 'table bas for its object to elicit from to the figures rotorring to the China80, OB dredger isso ho preurs for the work,yenes in quantitips' varying from half from windowa dok honans hooking into it eorts of odd auties; as the effects progress it'dred ather things at the mais time; at least
"Something similar.
off the delicice and antics cost again. The what pleasure ho derives from the habit, ali regarding treyst deaction arson high deaths frost the same causes among the Chi- and it will, of course, also, be alived for the to 15 mace por day, so that the data, before only at sini found in Joré, Lawy, one, coms and death. As the slooplase paases swakar is, a sompiata posle to me to find out
opening from Ladder Street As the arcange- has been arrivod at with regard to the spellationene in 1870 there were 319; the number purpose of dredging the foreshore along the bim on which to found a conclusion are of which I have referred to, in arder that the oclony then rose steadily rear by year until in 1879 Fraga, tore especially balwoon Pedder's pretty comprehensive character. Hasing all most of the hears is characteristic, it is shown pupil of the eye is always largely dilated, and can see in it is a waste of time and money.
an appearsuse of insanity, the patient being kept
1H FLOODS ON THE YELLOW may be ressuad from what I consider to be a part it reached the alarming total of 1,478; in Wharf And the F. and O. Oflea, where at thess dain before him, Dr. AYEES 9373 in Fig. 44, chces & Hers a drain certainly this symptom remains long after all others have
RIVER.. tion of very great fioredit. The Carton-Hong 1880 and 1881 the number was not much low tides the contents of the sewers are left I have not found any cases of disease went down iute the gully, but what bossms of it disappeared. In feudis it is also used to produce kong Teleurspl Company is, as everyone knows, abors a iboisand, but last year it again rose to reek add festar under a tropical qua, among them that could be attributed to afterwards could not be discoveral.
in the habit of oplam
The slops from the upper onok kouens are under the inlass of the drug for works and
P. B. C. ATLES, obedient Servant. Sach
Colonial Bargeon.7. smoking," carry more weight than that of the medicosted with plastor. Feuquently this is inside missionaries, who only have the opportunity the honse in winch case it delivers its flow into
Colonial Becretary, 1 of observing isolated cases and who are mere the fear of the cook house below, se in the case The Honourable W. H. Masb, C.M.G
At other times it is put culaide the homo. sabject to doception on the part of the of the house shown in Figs. 1,5, Sheet 1 patients than the Colonial Surgaon can be.
As the upstairs lodgers have no convenienco for Phe ovidence must, we think, be accepted gotting rid of Fabbish, dush is affoil into the as conclusive, wa fail to detect any law in dewu pips, phoking it to Josie and entarata the
rendering ronidoace along the water face most unpleasant and inaalabrians.
exclusively o Chizess sumpany, formed for theto 1,215. Dr. AFREA BOYS - That this clann | giving off the most vickening odours and their indulge evidence most necessarily conducted down by a pins of conġà oarthenwarevachs-I have the honour to be, Bir, your most
of casos should be ateadily inoraheling gear after year is proof enough that there is some thing radially wrong somewhere, and Mr. CHADWICE's and my own reports of the state of the Chinese honsce in this city give suf fcient evidence that there is every reason to believe witch of it in oaused by the foul and
"
PROPOSED NEW GAOL.
THE EFFECT OF OPIUM SMOKING ON THE HEALTH.
CHI-WAN YO, Get July, When I promised you an sodonut of the Yellow Rave: Good, did not know Isboa ba able to make my word good so soon as this. The probabilities of a flood were based upon our hope of the summer rains, and the ineffectual efforts of the officials-wurking upon the Rivor. The foils have no doubt planned well and joints. For the game reason the hasse drain
In his report for 1882, Dr. Ayres, Colonial worked hard, and more work has really bson deno also is frequently obstracted."
These, among the numerous other defaste is Surgaon, thus refers to
como, and the Eivar has been deadingly, low Table a list of the opiam smokers Notwithstanding all this I have now to raport
h the approval of the entiro mercantile comanwholesome state of these dwellings, to last meeting of the Legislative Council the it. Dr. AYERS Considers opium amoring in walls with filthy faid, oozing from its imparteos
parpose of ecumenting Canten with the opposite side of the harbour. by a land ljus of al ctric telegraph, and for the further object of connet ing Canton with the maritime esbles which have their fermings in this port. I beliers the non pany's application for support to the administra tion of your predecessor met with & promise of
It is with much regret we notice in the very onelial support, and I believe that promise
Essionates of Public Works laid before the munity. The Company subsequently applied to At last, however, something is to be done t
except in so the Chamber of Commerce for sapport in romedy the defective sanitation of the Colony. sum of $400,000 sat down as probably hav-teolf a must karmless practive, application to the Ueverniront for permission The varian enggestions
recommended by Mr.ing to be expanded in the near future for a far as it leads to oxtravagant expenditure ou to lay a cable notes the harbour. The Chan-Ther
and expensive sa a babit those bu Idings, ars what for years the Sarveyor smokers admitted to gaoid health of opiam thank thought, but tho summor rains have not ber, in the fret plane, mote to the don CHADWICK are to be carried out at an eatinaw Gael. This projsat line now been on the part of the brand winner. He says: pany throw it its manager del mug with that the in a considerable one, but the object, to be forlucutely is hae, no far, boon kept in the ibera is no denial, and in order to proeute-General ond myack bar ben protesting against, reverent loto by Gaol astig porting themakros a fool, with a brock or breake in the Risor mats
through salding whether the mated total of $1,000,000. The amount the tapis for the past anven years, but. That it Lees-Firstly, that all moesgos conveyed var attained amply justifies the expenditure. In disain of possibilities. While there is no this oxury, un 088
daily. It gives their age, anmbor of years they' ment to perpetuate. the line would be sent at a acilors tail: one of Mr. Pator's letters laid on the table at doubt the scheme itself had the hearty con- Chinaman must deprire himself and bis petitioners have received sanation from Govorna osment of one and pass on how that have already proved serious sad the drager
Mr. Chadwick further anya, regarding the
have contracted the habit, their consumption of is not over. On the 24th and 25th of June the Ri secondly, as to whether all lines of nineitimas the recent meeting of the Legislative Council currenes of Sir JOHN Pora HuRNESSY, he family of many comforts and necessarive.
different A communication would be entitled to pass their we are informed that a portion of the sanitary wished the wow gaol erected on a
consumption of 15 maos. a day mean an oalth of the Chiness, Hazparisroad opinn per diem weight on admission, and for ver, which was so very low a few days before, was messages over the land line of the Company plant for which he requisitioned is intended tre from that now
expenditure of $1.20 daily, or $438.00 a year, medical teu who bare venetisod in Urine have the four fellowing weeks. if detained so long. repcried fall and overflowing. I did not believe frection in Stonecutor's Island, this say: 230. One wace, or eight coats worth, roer dad the opinion that typhoid front cost Nons of that wers over parmitted to have opiume, but 1 anson and paintal evidence of, the leve its waarentess that all reasonable regulations of the to be
e employed in
ustive teuemouts or groups of
bole in the insanoluded from this that the Alth and stake Hongkang Government with regard to the able of certain
38.40, a pretty hole- models to he Colonial Office, but the plan for the month)
bo by the would be carried out. The manager gave prompt tonements which will be set up as wo
the requisite grates, and the Charbor of the rest of the Chinese houses in the town. new building was persevered iu. The Downcome of a man who earns say six dollara awith which the Chines surround the wires aro
conrad the first serious break that I heard of.
here was on the gonth wide, now I hear of the Commeren thee wrote to the Government, warmly Whether the betting up of these models ing Street Anthorities bare some rather month, and many smoke that amount who not only harmless, bat sven beneficial; that they
but I acon heard of several both above sul below, superior the application of the Company of would of themselves have much effect is absurd theories on the size of the airing carn & good deal less than six dollars a lave discovered the true art of living, and that onted to chair hadigenon in the hould be to The country was gaplely fooled. The break Ae near as I can make out 110 lbs. is abont country north of the river being fooded, though drmission to lay a onble across the harbour. Itful but an improvement in the con- yards and the number of oubic feet of month." This is an objection to the practice/they should be a flawed to do in Hongkong AS
"It will therefore be well to examine the svid.the average weight among ordinary Chinos pri.it is diffoalt to get exact information yet. One front carprise the announcemeat that the struction of Chinese tenetasute leurgently re-air to be given to each prisoner in his of opium ameking, but it is an objection of they do in the City of Kowloor and elsewhere.inking. Howe Garornmant and declined to coreent quired and no time ought to be lost in bring coll, which do not fint quite sufficient a very different charactor from that taken to will shoe fare to the application, and gave no reasons for thairing the proposed new Building Ordinance fulfilment in Victoria Gaof. Accordingly by the Anti-Opium Society, who contend ones on which those onlusions, are based, and sonors af all classes remired into Gaol if any morsing, four days after the break, I wont out refusal. I think the decision is a most deplors forward. Mr. CraDWICK, in bis report, after the present prison is to be pulled down and that Hingland, by her connection with the to see whether, annording to the soanty statistics thing I think this averago is rather above than to ac for myself. I tried to got to the river or
really guilty of bin ene, od, to use Chinese expresion, is sal referring to din style of Chinese
a new one on a much larger scale is to be Indian opium trade,
nouit would he presumptuous for wasterners to in largest aizaand well developed as regards musola,
it is rare to son the sales turned above 130 lbs. hired at high prices to remove valuablet from tão says
Tha opinn smoker is of all classes, the greatest homies that wore threstaned. Multitulos had the one band we have a British minister at Pokin
With_ragard to the sheance of ontain dis-mokers are gen who era afford the expense, fed to a low hill near by, and no danht my asing every sport to indade the Chinese Gorerne The type of house in Hongkong is quite ing is a large and well built pile, the cells poker has the advantage of the smoker berfors with their time-honoured sticks."
different from that is was on the neighbouring are
are aduitably coustracted, a
God, ings that for supplying the smoker with
sannot find that opinm smoking causes emudiation cable te various open porta along the io class population is mor
is moro densely packed to- Chius, and we know the obloquy with which
Bearing in
and advocated
ALY
and, thirdly, whither the Company would give it and in the drainage nod servonosition was not favoursbiy entertained of opium dally is equal (allowing 20 days to anknown there. It world appear that some have in any form, those who were sick wore treated on Near Lo-kon, five English miles from this city,
must say
ths Chamber received with
»
in
the merits of their casos, and some were in
rible condition of disease. There have been no
oaths among them, and I have not found any
the habit of opium
calated to bisaken the face of this colony.. Out in Hongkong and their overcrowdingated on another site. The azisting build. | soning the Chinese people. That i po available, the Chinese are so healthy a zaco that below the mark. Taking picked men of the at Imast to Lo-kou, bab could not. Boats wate
and the position, faw will deny, but it cannot be conteres, with due dolerance to the orporisnoed men meat te consent to the laying of an Englishland, and I am certain that the lower close to the Police Barracks, is good, the harmless luxury the brado is to be stienis. i who attast this fact, it must be observed that and are generally magro fat than muscular, but erished in the rains. The mud honses rapidly the Chinese Goverment is led beanse gether in Hongkong, sud worse provided much as in case of an outbreak assisted as inmoral. If the smokor chooses mainlnud no cital statistica are kept, and by far weight in this table, the change of diet on cater the water. Where the enrrant of noded water
grass;
could be promptly secured
to
their ovidence is not quite complete. On the in any way. In jedging from the reduction in gave way as soon sa their walls were soaked with it refuses so adopt Western matheds of pro-with appliances for cleanliness than they are mind the borrible outbreak which occurred spend inore than he can set that the greater majority die without onosalting.oning Gal must be tekan into consideration, and was not strong, the house would fell so it stood
and now wo have the spectacle in Canton." Comin menting on
on this, Dr. Ares some years ago in Singapore Gasl, the above misfortune to be deplored, but it cannot be European physician. Even in Hongkong the none of thegs men woes oraased from the regalse of the Government of this colony rain ing to lend its support to a mutarprise points out that the evil liss of late years beamed consideration is one not to be toured as a ground on which to baso charges gnater number of deaths are registered by Chl-dietary scale without good and efficient reason the roof supported by the rafters, ote, woul for its best the lavia come more accentuated by the increase in spised. The site selected for the projected such as these preferred by the anti-opium ne dostars, who with vary low exceptions (those other than that of epirin smoking as altor stand out of the water. At another time, I trained in England) do not distinguish these dis-of fact very few were excused at all, or had thair goined a high eminence and had a beautifal yok. which has
bases from others similar in their general charao labour reduced. Nearly all of thom had to un- end sight. As far as I could ees, sast and want, amble across this harkar, sotwithstanding the the number of storeys in Chinese houses, now gaol would almost certainly be the piece agitators.
teristics. Other medical mea, while admitting dargo penal dist, that is to say, in the month fact that reasonable guaruntes have been given
the rarity of trus typhoid fever, assert that their weights were taken they did two spalls of fs: the protection of the public. Sie I sax saly
malignant fesers, apparently filth fevers, are but five days each en rice and water only, as every pri say that I hope you will be able to give us some
tac comicon (DA. Dudgeon of Pekia, in his paper scner has to do every month under six months' im explanation which will relions us from a position
on the bits of Chinese in China, betwoan 1890 which I believe to be one, as it at present loads, cfnaticual and colonial.diagrace.
and 1853) sa this form of Sith disease is not unknown."
fas that I shared the view of the Government
other.
Bata
the
HEALTH OF THE COLONY AND SANITATION.
was water-water and trees, the clumps of ohms, the homes now being built three or four of ground above the Benham Road at its storeys high, instead of two as formerly, and junction with the Pokfulam Raad. In f
willows, and other trees in full leaf contrasting most beautifully with the wide or rather tang each storey is subdivided by costlofte. Mr. rour of this site it may fairly he urged that CHADWICH says:-Instances are to be it is healthy; but, on the other hand, there
where the outer wall of one found
property would
bo a nodessarily
deal of great
been thought that all would have lont Beeh, but my left to the wast was the Medicino Fal? is built so else to that of the adjacent house levelling to be done, which would not only
The report of Dr. Ayres, Onlonial Surgen,
prisonment. Under these conditions it would have retch of whiss. Nor was the land all laval On sarinnaly enough that is not so, oron in the essas rod with black-looking rock and a fox.coder The Hon. P. RVRIE-I rise to smoed the as to leave an inaccessible space between be costly but would also probably cause for 1884 appears in Saturday's Caretis. From
"Even asenrging the absence of certain fcrus of those who it might be apposed from their tres, with the ever present Temple on the top motion of my bos, friend of my right. I con them which serves as an open drain. In one fever in the neighbourhood. If it really be if we extract the following
The number of teaths among Europende vas of disease, sod n'omparative immanity from weight were accustomed to better food outside, aile our were two conical shaped hills, without ray bathe tombs of ancient kings. Between these seme time ago, when it was know, or narasted; case the space between two houses was but necessary to provide increased accommoda
racy 55 as compared with G4 in 1881. The percentage epidemics, there is no gruand for the assertion that loss of weight cannot be gut dara to deny atoms at all, apparently the work of 1382, and for it was aob sctually known, that the Great 8 inches wide, and it received the filth from ting for our criminals, then let the Magistracy, to the number of cosidents was 1.80, the lowast that the violation of the laws of health is ant privation of spinm.
three bills I could see waterfar to the west. On compound and the adjoining vacant piece of
prished, in China as elsewhere, with a general. The heaticat pokor was the fourth on the my right were the tall shineys of the Arsenal Northern Telegraph Company either had, or windows of gook houses lookin into which has been lying unproductive persentage of dostbe in the last ten years.
The rainfall last year was 73.13 izoles, the lowering of vital condition, and not only by list, bla daily consumption being 15 made or 160 tha place surrounded by water and appronobabio chimed to base, i monopoly of landing all write (Cleverly Street)." Referring
grains, he had bred su opium smoker: for 90 osly by boat. A little fartheron was the sure-loat sables on the cost of Chinn. I have been given to houses he says:-"The slope from the for some ten years-be utilised and a wingbatst aamber of days on which it rained 191 intermittent sepurges of epidemic disease." understand to-day, by a gentleman cornested appor wok bouses are conducted down of the present gol be built upon them. May, Jana, July, and Aarush were the mouths "It is stated that hitherto Hongkong has yours, he comes info Gaol weighing 10 s, Joss shaped Flower Hill," whoso black rooks stoot with the Great Northern Company, that that by a pipe of rough earthenware withedroat good chance of securing more ground was in which most rain fall, 60 inches out of the 73 osoaped the epibios which have affected other tot Toota walght at all, but in three weaks rises far up into the sky and leave an impression not read about ware floodud, and in some instanosa monopoly has been aband had, and they aslonger plaster. Frequently this is inside the house, lost in 1878, when the temporary Civil failing in these tooths. This is the smallest places in the orighbourhood. The settlement is to 110 Tus, at the end of the fourth week weigh to be forgotten. A dozen villages at its base and
bet 40 years old, and the subsoil beneath the ing the same, oypase the landing of cables by any company which case it delivers its Eow into the Hospital and neighbouring houses in Holly-rainfall in any one year since 1874
ize that the opiata smoker suffers the trees loce remained to mark the spot. Just It appears to Under &baso roumstances, Icardially apport
This year the Report of Mr. Chadwick, the city may not yet be sufficiently saturated with floor of the cook honse below. At other wood Road were burned down. The sits my hon. friend.
times it is put outside the house. As the might thon have been pureliased for a minde. Nanitary Comissioner 201: out from England futh to make it a hot bed for disease sad an ass from the enforced deprivation of the beyond all this, with a strip of dry land between, His EXCELLENCT-In reply to the hon. member, I bog te atate that there is no objection upatain lodgers have no convenience for rate eum, new Police Barracks built thereon, to report on the sanitary condition of Hangkong, breeding greaad of filth poison. It is samowlak onstemed laxary it once than the tobnoco were tub swollen waters of the Huang Ho, which wbuigver to lay on the table copies of the cor- getting rid of rabbish, much is stuffed into and the present Barracks taken into the hus been received in the form of a Blan Book, premature to sasume that this happy immunity smoker. Many of them make no complaint at under the infitonca of unlight and distance, ap- respondenso ratarrs to. On the contrary, I the down pipe, choking it to leak and have always leon, throughout my long career rate the walle with filthy flaid, oosing from compound and converted into a wing and fatir contrme all I bave zaid in my reports will always aantinus, for the process of natural, there is no partionlar symptom caused by the peared like a silver band. We That opportunity pass from 1974 and proves that if I have option is slowly going on, it deprivation, which is common to all. There is The destruction be estimated, have had many of them spesially watoled. Yet obed the north city.wall in our place. I as a Colonial-Governor, is favode of the its imperfect joints. For the same reason of, ueword, but a top job ebula asl be penned to sok Apport of al siacmist is ins sat anchoaked connot fail to bring furia abandant certainly so loss of Loup to way estout, fock will it over to the funding was shunst oen, only be with regret that any Colorist can Consorning the amount of Typhoid or interio soocrding to statements made by the Anti-Boyarak largole of fresh bread going to therafa- greatest, der of publicity respecting public the house draïnalso is frequently obstructed." made out of the space availsòlo. A new bean without good and suficient grounds.. It fit in the form of misery end diseade." affairs which may be compatible with Those," says Dr. ABGE,
Fever that occurs among the Chinese in bind opiam Leaguo, they ought to have suffered gesonthe Hiland at Lo-k'on; but what are they among the Gaal is wholly unnecessary, and we hope took back on the past nine yours that have been
I know tle. That it is well known and recog bortares, but then it is the enatom of 6 mong so many? It is stranga that the break und the icterests of the public service. With regard to the watter of the We les To- oumerous other defects in these buildings. Sir Grosak Bower will be able to cravings wasted, and the many sealt sud valuable, ap legraph Company, I take this opportunity of are wist for years the Surveyor General and the Colonial Qies of the fact. The exfor-partnnitios afforded for improvad sanitation that nised by musclioat asan in soms of the Eropean Anti-epinm League to repeat and believe all the everlee last winter cecurred in several placu's stating that there is no objection on the part of myself have bean protesting against, and sior of the present Gaol as suggested would, in the last five geara hare not only beat thrown settlements is proved by thair reports. That if yarns they lent, and not laks very minok tronble which this time hare bitherto saped, and that the Colonial Government to that Company lay. which in defiance of our protest Chinoes we imagine, cost less than one-fourth of the way, but absolutely availed of to increase the is well known beau is also proved by the deaths about verifying them. Physicians of Hospitals of the places that were dry list winter are fooled in a cable from the present terminus at Kow. petitioners have received sanction from fo- sum set down for a new prison. More number and size of the anwholesome dwellings registarod among Europeans. That it la so by home are easily misted by patients, where the now Our rainy season has not commenced, and ns, after my Inspuutious of the Chinoso quarters hospital in Chim, sad pet to real the secounts Those in the foodel distriats were praying to, loon to this City distacco of about four miles. vernment to perpetuate," and the public in especially do we dopropite this proposed so graphically described in Me. Chadwick's rousity soquired I have proved in my own person, watobing is at any rate much better than in any on all sides the people are praying for ráju But the Imperial Government have given the mantine,
In the report he begins by a general deveria of Victoris iu 1875, I was seized with by the physicians themselves of how they have only s taw days ago The waters Are e sab. reports, have been kept in extensive public works of real utility now in tion of Hongkong, in which he states that, "like a very savare attack of this disease and was do bear imposed upon for a considerable time by suling, thonga it is time for them naturally to neation with the subject of telegraphio exten
the Europeans, few of the Chinsta are perms.firions for eighteen days. In my report for 1881, patients is quite suficient to show how easily rise. If heavy rains fall to the west of us, the sion shall be referred for consideration to the comparative ignorance of the danger which hard or about to be commenced.
tent sattore, bat only residents coming so I gave a table of the death rates among Euro-an old opium smoker aoald hatboozle a physi-suffering will be much greater. At present it is Sterntary of State for the Colonies, Becording was greeing up in their midst. Truly, ae
Hangkong to avail themselves of the facilities and Chinten, as registered here, from catacean in a China hospital. In the Gast it can anly local, and the officials have been vary ly. the late Administrator of the Gasorament Dr. ATEEE Pays, the colonista tave reason to! (Br. Marah) so referred the first application of be thankful for their escape from the
offered by British ruis for enraing money which may arise from filth poison pointing out, alse bo dono, but it if not an easy where they protapt in sending aid. But all they did that I which they propose to retorn to their owa conn. that in these disease there and many character are watched day and night by European Wardars now of onsite paly, thoes in and about In the Wa Hop Telegraph Company. The reply opidomics which have afflicted neighbouring was to this offeos Her Majesty'e Govern countries, but they have done nothing to:
try to end their daya amongst thote awa people." istice which may cause Chinese nativa doctors And this is the only Gaol in Chius that afforts on which is the river, port of the city. ment buvo tought it well, in view of the deservo such good fortune,
Rosing the benefit that it is saknowletres they turn one will soon I now give the such facilities for watching such a number of X, O. Daily Heini Correspondent Topsite from British rale, is it too much to ex- tablo of the death rate from these diseases as re-opiam smokers,
I am still of opinion that there are for mob present corapilantad oondition of telegraphic
peat that they should be required to conform to gistered for the past ten years, from which it will Arrangementà in Ükins, that the permission which has been applied for should not ho grant I have moontly forwarded, for fumarable consideration a second application from the Wa Hop Telegraph Co. That is how the matter stands now
́atriot instructions that all applications fa cón. Colouis! Surgeon' the suppression of the extravagance in view of the numerous and por
The Council adjourned sine die.
THE HEALTH OF HONGKONG.
сливед
by
they
report on
Officer of the Straits Settlements, Forma-1 British laws, instead of the Britieli lawa, against te soon that in the last six years thera hay boassists concerning which so much mónsauss kas
Bocording
Sherefore to
Herere.
Tyne
BEATS AMONG Curses.
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EMEUTE IN SHANOUAI.
THE EFFECTS OF OPIUM SMOKING,
(E A few weeks ago the annual report of Dr. ROWELL, the Principal Colonial Medical
In that document some interesting ECLAMATION OF CAUSEWAY DAY. tion was given regarding the health of opium the interest of the British people, being mate to considerable increase ta desthe from these causes, boca talised, or to many faiss impressions brou
smokers admitted ints the Singapore Gaal sonform to Chinees ideas? They do not come
1923 1874 1875 1976 1977 1878 1879 1880 1887 1859 isseminated as about opium eaing, which
It seems, from the accounts in the Shangbai harmless practice. I am not talking about the papers, that there Lave Ion demonstrations of Among the various schemes for the improve. We commented on this portion of the report horn with philanthropio ideas of bezenting the Esteric
143 11 ment of the Colony lately placed before the at the time, arguing that the information Colony any more than the Baropusas, but with Sapo aimed or 25 294 265, 354-471 705 373 105 576 from all I ran gather, seome in itself a most
Darbas 195 212 849 259 1 2018 30 565ousy squandered or families impoverished by hostility against the French in the Settlements the larary indulged in by the Bread winner in the part of the rowdy portion of the native per Council, the one for the reclamation of the it gave was evidence that the smoking of the sate desirs of realising a compotence and clearing out as soon as possible. One would bas.
Fever. no injurions effect upon
1778 1974 4673 1974 1977 1873 1879 1880 1991 1991 The came may be said of the gin drinker, but palotion. It had been rumoured that Gata day, foreabore at Cansoway. Hay not the least opium in iteslf
Baterias on the native population, that we had come here is confined. » di
21 1920. one can say that the gin bas no evil effect as the 14th July, the French Fête Day, was to bo impurant. For some years past the southe hoalth. The report of the Colonial nr. think, to hear the sympathy that has beer wasted
a poison itself on the gia drinker. I contend made the occasion of a riot and procautions were has now appeared, in of Hongkong mora geon of
as conquerors of a populous place, instead of Typhua............ dition of this swamped ban grote or which similar information is given regarding having contested a harron island late as pros: Barba76120010 13 that opinon smoking has no effect whatever on taken acordingly. This ramour was confrined and more intolerable, ewing to the per-
That this class of onses should be steadily in the opium sucker. Here we have given four when, on Saturday morning M. Binos, Sastiat- After being suppressed for several years manent suchorage of shoaleof small sampane the health of opiump smokers committed to perous Colony, le which every resident of every the publication of the Colonial Surgeon's there. It was no doubt due to the fearfully Victoria Gaol. And what is the effect of this nationality 13 more or less a bird of passage, creasing year after year is proof supugh that diferent prepamtions of opium to old opiare sudent of the French Polios, roosived information report has been recommenced. A eapple insarinry enndition of this Bay that White information? Persons addicted to the habit from the wealthiest merchant whether Europear there is samsthing cadically wrong somewhere, smakers. First, oplam na prepared by the opiam that there was to be an énisate on the Concessions. o be permissible for one section or the state of the Chinese hoasos in this city give auf sondly the opium farmor's prepared upiam with de la Forts de l'Est complained to 1. Binos that. mont to Saturday's Gable contained Dr. feild Police Station, once a healthy place, of opium smoking are spoken of by the or Chiasso be the poorset replie, It ought not and Mr. Chadwick's and my own reports of the farmer, which contains 7 per cent of morphin that arening Some women living near the Ru Anti-opiumists. victims," and en- the other of the commanity to cover the Co-Sciont avilaaoo that there is every taarati to 10 per cent of morphis added thirdly, similar some soldiers from the city had be there in the Ayers's report for 1832, together with its became very uabealthy, and fever cumotional pictures are drawn of the distrass {
This fact is dwelt
added; fourthly, the opiam former's propared The soldiers afated that they were ·303 strong, various annexes, and the pathlie is thus morg the inmates.
ing possession of the almighty Dellar more anwholesome state of these dwellings. placed in potsession of inferation as to the upon by the Colonial Surgeen in his recuffored by these "rictims" when they elintos past house for the purpose of canlis believe much of it is naused by the foal and prepared opian with 20 percent of morphis morning sad bad barentaard to feed thoir houses. This year yo have had cholera epidemics carry.oplom deprived of its morphin. Now the spit and that at night, as the Police would be on. health and sanitation of the place in which port, and denounced as the cause of the deavour to break themselves of the habit spondily than legitimately.
Mr. Chadwick, after describing the ordinarying off thousands in Japan and Maria, which smokor states that the first and third are "good," gaged elsewhere owing to the inclusioiss. are both within a week's journey of us. That that with the morphis extracted fairly good they would be able to carry out their taranta. they
live-information which us community evil. For the past few years, the road and for that purpose become patients af ought to be without. A
the Bay, which is much frequented, bas the missionary hospitals. In the ease of Chinese ses of Hongkong, writes, "A mo- tremendous amount past
traffe passing from there coquiries through this two with the 10 per cent of morphis added is at the East Station were undared to romsic of the disease a and misery in the world is been most unpleasant to all gifted with the opium smokers who outer Victorin ment's courtieration of the samples of the we have escapal, considering the amount of but rot so good as the first and third.? Namber In consequences of this the French Police
of sensitive olfactory nerves. The condition Gaol, however, the victime" are at once Chinese Dwellings which I hare givan-ex- this ignorans the publication of a
ignorance. In the como of the place is well and trule desnibed by the deprived of their pipa, and, perversely amples not selected for badness, bet fairly report, is so netbing for the Colonisto to bothaak-Bald to be not very good." Now the oplum in, so that in case of suy disturbanos they farmer's prepared epium containing 7 per cent. of a wise one, for soon after the illumination com- ཐམས་
ista, to a very sorians extent, both as to the nothing to deserve such fortune. medical reports is * & potent factor, opouing Surveyor-General in the concluding para-enough, they suifer none of the sortures presentativa-rill show that overcrowding ex. al for, but not to orow about, for we have doar smoker cannot detect any differenes between the might be ready to quell it. The pronation was to the Anti-Opium number of inhabitsals within a given subie Table XVI shiers the mate of mortality among morphia, and the same with 20 per cent. of mor-maned, about fifty soldiere came out of the city. the eyes of the public to orih to be guarded graph of his special
the subject, which,
they ought to do,
do. With the
space, and as to the provision of propar proper the foreign restants in Hongkong. The per- phis added, nor does he detest mush difference: They wore armed with some ugly-loosing was against in the particalar focalities to which He save:" I think it but just to the Sani-lation of evidence such as that aften of open space for light and ventilation, and contago to the population in less than any between those two and orium with all the mor-poun and appeared to have organized a plan at
Cilisere of the colony to record the fas
pbia extracted. That is to say be hardly reang-attack on the housegun which they had thresion 7 refer and exposing insanitary conditions tary
zises any difference between 25 per cent ofed vengeance in the morning. We have been which require roatification. The importance that the prosent toul and insanitary condi.forded by the raports of Dra. Axans and for givier fra acess to the building. Other Fions yest in the preceding tima.
Table XVII shows this work done by the morphia in the drug and none at all, ani dnes unable to ascertain who struck the first blow. Rowezz the anti-opiam eras ought soon to sanitary defeats are equally apparent. The type of these docoments is
was brought about by is generally recognised, of Causeway Bay was
Wo neither iguore nor wish to of house in Hongkong is quite different to that Inspectors of Nuisancon Now that a dlean- not recognize any differanos at all between 7 per bat the soldiers were seen in a band-to-band etion of the Gaverament in 1879, wear on
in us on the neighbrucing mainland, and I am
lingen nahément Ordinance has been passed, gas of morphia and 25 par cost which he cerchi with the French Police, who endearonrod and their suppression, except in Hergkong, the directing the fanitary Police, to intar, ignore the evidenta on the other side, such cartain cast the lower class population is more and a road ippainted with a fait staft of ofloers baly would do it te ate te to Eset the great to captare the marailers. Hye al shots quickly is a thing unheard of. Had Sir Joux PPE in HENNESSY bean still adrzinistering the Go." fere with the bost population when the latter in the dissionaries who dedansely packet together in Hongkong, and worse is look after tas sacitation of the colony, it is principle of the opiumi, morphia, in smoking found themselves lacked up, but got till they.
condition of
of tha verament of Hongkong there would on the foreshore and to form the bost villago patients who come under their obser, provided with appliances for cleanliness than to be hoped that in futeto years we may have seems, to vanish, certainly it in no way affects had inficted serious igrica on an informer and
would have began to establish themselves permanently
STA BOme slight injuries on a detective and cons to record an inproved state of things. It has the smokers. been little probability of the present
Now, what has been argued of late gasra is been a hard fight for the Surveyor Caneral- Ending its
into the Gants, for its which has been only
recently dislodged are gentlemen of intelligence and integrity:
Now, I have had opium saters under my care of the constables. With three of the soldierst port is entirely opposed to the prejudices of boat people have now all been turned it would be difficult to couesive that the ac-taat the gowholesero style of building in and myself for many years to proy) that the that functionary. Having quoted covoral way, but each boat has left behind it all counts they give are pure inventions, and Hongkong is paculiar to the Chiness, and there-state of slags so will discribed to Mr. Ch. In Gaols in Lelio ad Assace, and among Kha-were asptured thair weapons. Dad of the
the berth which from Mr. CHADWICH'S report, Dr.
it so long tenanted such a conception would also be extremely fore, theag bad enough a one storied build- wiok's report existed at all except in our impalassio crews on bestil chin, and if they had been in the jawbone of pony, with the tasth Dr. bedly, a four years' accumulation of repaguant the minds of those who knowings, they have been permitted to make them nations, and it was not until os cons ont deprived of their opium as the opinu smokers hats filed down, and honed round with sloth to make I can also upsate from, parsonal experience that could be used in four different waya, by o AYRES BY8" These, anong other rumer on the tide recedes and these gentlemen and admire their zeal three auf, tour:atorio, and eron then to sub-as Banitary Commissioner and sout in his report boin the aansaq neposy would have been seclous. Chinese fighting irons, ons being no implement
matter is and self-denying labours. At the same divide such stores by soak lofts. For whose that we were thought anything but sisemists, fermenting organic this expanse of
ઘરમાં ક ous defects in these buildings. Alf have also direct rays of the sun. the time aome allowance inust be insde for ako? Not for the sake of the Chinese popula.«zaggorating greatly what we bara described to have, naten opicm till Locald consume half sample notion of the arm. It's about two feat.
Surveyor-deasral and
anti-optation, but for the sake of a set of gamblers in axist in the way of overorowding Bith, and ounge daily, and I sau understand the fasola Tong and pointed at one end like a chic. There been protesting against; and, which in de-expread
is sickening boyond description, natur
natural biss in favour of the auti-opiam house property. The overcrowding bas been general ungleanliness in gastiers of the town. tion of that habit, and fully appreciate the dim-io orose har forming the hill, and shaped souza. Gance of our protest Chinese petitioners bare also doubt that it is the use of theory, and hearing in cind the existence of reprosonfox showing the prosperity of the seldom visited by Europenas. I have made unity of tearing it off have toysait smoked thing likes the letter B, with the pointe, which received snustanu fram Gorernment to par.azd petuate." The protesta" of the Surreyor the fore prevalent in the neighbourhood" this bias it becomes more easy to under- Colony, when it is a well known inot that thase long artists from Mr. Chadwink's report three ace of the plum farmor's prepared plum see shep, turned moro antwards. The preams! General and Colonial Surgeon in this sad It was high tire that the Government took stand how they can be deceived. Dr. crowds were procured by the speculatora e £ll because Lis opinions are not generally crown, within an hour without the slightest effect is sharp and shaped like an arrow-based, so Glint the watter in band, and the. Colony are in ATRES says Physicians of hospitals at these bousas Erea of rent, in order that they for people baring sufficient interest to read, have watobet other Europese to the same, as the weapon would be very dangerous in a crowd. matten wore, we can well conceive, debted to Mr. PRICE for turning bis altan- boase are easily minted by patients, where might sopranent them to purchasers is being oren if they had the chance, this yerninous they admitted to their mitonishment, with no. The soldiers are still fooked Up St the Fronth conated thale pulses oud book Station, notwithstanding that their offers have extremely distasteful to our opinionated er
Owe saali an increase of the population living any oue for decency, olfanliness, and order is their temperature, neither of which wore sitered sent to ask for their relesso. They wald' thog and the Uolonial Surgeon's report tion to it so promptly considering the the watching is at any rate much butter than tonaated, and to this ne much as anything we Blue Rook That the Chinese are as susipus is effect either. was for seremi years, in so far is the public other heavy works be aus in hand. The injany hospital in Chins, and yet in rend cite from hand to mouth as has appeared in the son suficiently well proved by the articlos baad have by smoking in the slightert degres, faxrue that some of the man had book klilei, and
Three made is equivalent to twelve pipes, and sated to know whether such was the ca reclain twenty-accounts by the physicians themselves of Sir Geonar
Surveyor-General proposento suppressed. were concerned,
of
norious sap, this
which how they have beau imposed upon for a con.at overcrowding. In 1874 the houses that appeared in the native apore. The caurtesy
were more than two stories high could he sasily when I assompanied Mr. Chadwick in his in a pipevery fira uinutes is certainly more than Binca vory visely refused to give the sellers ups. BOWEN, however,
us that he bas six area informa
will then be available for building purposes,
siderable time by patients is quite sufficient counted. Now it would be mash ausier to spotions, surprised him greatly; while making smoker would got through had ha to load for having determined to send them to the Mixed always bean, throughout his long career as a Colonial Governos, in favour of the gatti slope on the northern bank of the Causeway would hamperhoe
dredge the foreshors, and to make a to shew bow easily a old opium smoker rookon up those that are ust more thas two aquiries of the residents we were invariably binesil The Butual amoking is but these long Court to be there dealt with an icformer ho
pbysician
Ubing stories high.
offered seats and frequently tea. Such enquiries inhalations to each pipe, but the loading takes Was jujured received a serious blows the bead. publicity respecting public
“ bamboozling” "With all this overcrowding, and consequent as we male world have received bet sosat time. An old opinn smoker always prepared on fracturing his stall and several, bruises on bie est degree of affaire which may
Day be compatible with theen which beats can be hauled up. He cal-hospital If, however,
Leicjestvidence on the total cost of the
then we can only diet and discomfort, it is strange to find that, courtesy among the poorer class of Buropeans at pipes for us, and watched that they were fairly farm wblan caused it to swell to tie ite ustural reclamation thenry
Bigx interests of the public service. "The senti sulates that
its merits on the east of the tora particularly, there are home, even if we got off without insult and and properly smoket.
No opiam smoker among the Chinese smokes
Daring the performanco of the French Mazic- ment is an honourable one and may be taken scheme will be not more than $80,000, and deal with the
Mr. McCallum furnishes a vory interesting with the idea of procuring sleep being naturally Basily the same orening som roi thie ses gantstee that for the future, at least the land thus rendered available for anke On the one alde we bare that of the several hero lots aubuilt on, and it is surpris-injury. the administration of Sir GBOBOR may realise about 384,000. No doubt soms gentlemen in charge of missionary besing to lean that time has elapsed during which , due publicity will be given to the time will slapse before the fois are all sold,pitals, who describe the state of thin the legata were bound to build on them accord-report of the aralyses made this year. It is tired he way take a pipa or two before, going to stones from the Bae da Consulst the n
but having regard to the very great searcity patients who voluntarily walk their aid toiturs provided by law, bas bat besa cc forced something to loow that the water supply frem altop but with no fatention of helping him to sular compound, injuring several pronto ear
iny ecforced." Pokfulam in gasó, but it needs to be al altored sleep som sopraly. The French Folien sharged the Colonial Surgoon's as well other depart
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Au opin smoker vielte a friend who offers stone throwars and ased their words, the venit. of building sites, and the impossibility of with the ostensible purpose of getting them. Thus writes Mr. Chadwick, but then the Chinose I think it is rush improved by being wall build mental reports.
Turning to the report itself we and that say appreciable extension of the city west-selves cured of the habit of opium smoking de tot carp for low as a part ob portable instore Staring. The milk ansiynis in satisfactory. him a piso, and they lie ameking and chistting being that Hoe Chluase hand, to be perte ogita
email Baroposó hoans are not such profitable Not only is it largely dilated with water but it between the pipos fox hours, just as a Europasu
Arumbaroflors belonging to the Tran. the health of the European community has warde, it is absolutely certain that the land the progress of the various cases ie.
peparties as the unwholesome buildings in which is very doabifal where the water is obtained, and offers wins to a friend. The Chinaman does not de obtained leave of absence to spend the oven-
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and Bingapore. The men who voluntarily they include men who smuko
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a convenient handle. Two other weapons, are.
Book after apron o'too. The preacne of the
That it is easily and expensive as a habit milers attracted greyd of Chino who
atafactory, the death rate being 1.80 reclaimed must at no distant date become led and the misery suttered by the patients, hinure are compelled to live, and now hundreds the knowledge that numerons wells exist in the Repost his visitor to go off to sleep and suoreing sabora Many of them ordered dinner at per cent, which is the lowest for the lastry valuable. Industrial worka ure`steadi- the conclusion to ba drawn being that opium of Encopesas also. Those, opos run up as des- Colony, mors or las polinted, and siey of access, like a bag, any more than the European azponte the Calé de France on the Tang-king-pang and
17 is a
dificult to start be extremely smallest rainfall recorded 'sinoo 1874, al enterprise of the kind in Hongkong. tion to their the most slavish sub worth mentivain, bowever much they may be modo of olivating is loosinjarions to our systema | himself. 1y dry summers are exceptionally unhealthy, shoohl not proves great success, and there barge of the gaol hospitals otse under Iphia." Of lete y cars the Government have unde fargely of late. One man was brought loto the Juxury, aulesa o well to do mai, the Chinamap Yang.king.png" The malors west on with though it is generally supposed that There is really no reason why a rope work head wa have the evidence of the shove mentioned report, is safolently gra- ging by Datura hate orepped up very hare is as denial, and in order to provare this view the Caté from both sides of the uottoonpotion to theasia sewer and construct Gaal anffering from the effects of this drug must deprive himself and his family of many shait done without paying any attention. While, howevof, the health of the British are numerous Chinese manufactures their observation do so perforce and the honsa drain au is the front wall of the The prisoners in one case, after sentence, said comforts and navesarios, Amoniumption of 15 the crowd outside, and were enjoying them-
foreign community. (4judged by the f with allízale encouragement, might be started | death-rate, has been on the whole satisfac- here: Bowrington, as Mr. Price
Cons. The remainder of the drain has bean that, the Dature was the drag used, whian mage day messsan expenditure of $1.20 daily solves keartily, when flibir mirth was suddenly cents worth of opium daily is equal (allowing 30 advantage of the orowded state of the road; ibrew tury, information is given in Dr. ATRES'S
which shows that much of the disease traway is fairly started it is highly prob- sumption is very limitad. One and all are moss balliers. We are whatsoever is taken as plaut from the native herhaliste, that they sad days to the publ) to 198.20, a pretty hole in the stones through the windows of the Cafe opposite -all. taken up, sad when the arge quantities and men whose coeft to the uniontrollit intelligens of the Chi- grows Ercely in Hongkong. but they got the or $498.00 a year; say 530. Ons oo or eight brought to a data by ago 'rowdies, who, taking able that a demand may spring up in Bow. treated in the same way they are at one flue, gradient, or workmanship." to which these deaths are attributed was possibly due to insanitary surroundings. rington for houses. The clearance about lu deprived of their opiate; and the effet in "In Fobruary last (1892) a how drain was masterstod tan inomas of s man who earns say six dollars the tableware the clors werd ing Among the European somoncity, out of bu efected in Queen's Road by the Military practically nit. It appears to mo mays bolug sofatrastad in the following manner. The minorabad the symptoms of Dalcru polsoning month, and many smake cast atlount who sen brink strook a sailor in the mouth, catting his
AYANG that the
smoker auflera wars of brick on and did not creased be good deal than six dollars a mouth, lip severely. Other stones were thrown, which of 33-deaths, no less than 37 are Authorities will also naturelly render it ne- Dr.
chuste which may arise frons coasary for a sitollar sumber of dwalinge wuch less from the enforced deprivation of the file which for best the solo sobre con around the danger to life, and must burst vosy" solar, what. I have asid consentang oplum manhid the lamp in front of the Café and dia Tix,potoric Lover,
10 simple to be provided elsewhere. This reolamation the sccustomed luxury at once than the tn. Shoot IX. Under these circumstance, it need a decoction of iquoriss root wall sweetened with smoking in my roports bas dalt with fute ind rome asinge lugide the building. The sailors bacco smoker. Many of them make no ects. hardly be said that great proportion of bones are how Chinesa sugar was an mitdible, and Sores mown to metalf to be correct I have rushed out in a body, when the stond on this continued, 18 typhus, 1 diarrhea, 13. will therefore not only be a great muitary
tom ring are but elongatel cosapoole, we wreater that if this was mixed in the door of Da gaven nothing on heat man of the western French alde dispored; but the Chiguse of Eng.. The total of Asasha from these diseases improvement and be the means of improv plaint at all; there is no particular symport of their said contante altering into the sub- tora is distroyed its afloat. This no doubt is rages who would take to sunk a habit va aptum linh aldo of the smoke contigned topelt the Fronak- drive out of town, but in by the deprivation, which is commen the of papir.. with ens exception, the onsible in 1879 the end it will prove a romanerativo work to all. There is certainly no loss of sleep to bottom tud elu ustursi soil, are wal known alloy, the Rostoit vers et sequires you to maddle away more than an hour threw some inrlokabine into the orok Pouring being 38; the lowest number recorded is 24, and help to swell the revenue of the Colony, any extent, for I have bad mour of them Instances are to be found where the outer monly wad. In Indir for dragging in the same tossing a pipe in order to get five minute farther damage, the properof the Café deemed in 1875, 1876, and 1880. The gates for In the course of a few yours a considerable specially watched. The number of opium wall of sne groparty is heut so close to that of way as here, It produces quippense of india roke, for each pipe takes about are minutes to it best to close ble house for the evening-Dally the European population, standing alone, town will probably spring up in and round smokers coming under Dr. Arazs's observs- the odjenut house an to leave an intoossable dation, and this bitest is produced ary, sepidly load, and leer than thirty salonds to smoke News.
hained,
Jasmine in the denantion they made, which
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