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MAIL SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS.

THE TILAM WATER SUPPLY.

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 7ra, 1868.

THE-TYTAM WATERWORKS.

ter he made him responsible for the appearance of Sr. Marques. Wo have no doubt that had Sr.

from 17.11 to 16.14. The apparently small between the most bighly educated lady doc. asking war and oncluding, peace, and of cial museum of their own, which may

On Friday, the 2nd inst. the water from Marques bu plainly told of the position of his birth rate amongst the Chinese, we are per- for and the hospital assistant, but between entering isto treaties, but in cases affecting be considered an nid to and corollary

commercial the Tytan Resortole was turned on, and friend he would have givan himself up, for he The 2nd of November is a day worthy of Bunded, is due to defective registration, the hospital assistant, and the employment the existence of the Union, the advies of the of the spread of technical education. The

for the first time for any years past the is too gentlemanly to allow his frioul to suffer more than piscine note in the annals of coupled possibly to soins exton with lie of us doctor at all. The hill saver Grand Council is to be sought. Provision Imperial Institute will be *Hongkong. On Friday, the city of Victoris practice of infanticide; for notwithstanding goute when highly edusted women of any made for the administration of justice, museum for the whole of the British Eme colony can face the winter without the thay any penalty, on his acusat. But the efficar, en placed in praeation of an ample supply the disproportion in the more amongst the face will settle down in County villages and differences between villages to be settled pire, and it appears to us almost impossible con ester temine sad the acrtainty of naturally desirous to make matters safe for of water, sud there is now no fear that the adult population it is impossible to believe accept four huss for fes; and we want by the Grand Chief, whose assent to overrato its importance, Bat it will not seroity and discomfort. Whon the Hon. J himself, adoptad another plan to sasure Br.

hu and who, if unahle also

Blue necessary for the execution of any be a museum duly, but a bureau of infarts-Mf. Pries, the Surveyer-Gamerd, arrivo in Marques's rest. He preseded on a sham the case from the pubish to undertake those seriana,

a

many rents past. No longar will daily fights take place between the water

ed Sgures.

CODBUD.

one woman is six men, whilst among the to treat with the hundreds of minor maladice stoount of his belief. The national fing

3.25

#hich are yn 'musoh, Chinese thereens one woming to every

ed often lad $0.

and the Tred,

184

as record

KYRIE, 3400

coming winter will be chardcterised by the that lie birth-mté ein baya buen po small women who will do thus es, for the antenen of death or exilo.. The Catho- tion and ʼn meeting place for all, interested in † the colony in 1873 ho found the problem of visit to Br Yiarq1209, ud after some con- scarcity which has been experienced during twould seem to be of 1881 showed that treatment of which rich people rush up toli religion is 10 be the official reli. the dependencies of the Empiro That Mr. how to supply the growing city of Virbrierorastion invited the latter to come to the

individual is no direct

it may be taken for with, for oren at that time the Pakfolum gap-had to be simt up to the Commanding oficer. gling to get a backeï-full of struge amongst the European population there was London or Caloutta, are yet my competent gion; but no em is to be molested on Landht from erchant, will derivè with a sufficianty of water waiting to be dali iarracks te urder to sign the mport which with five stars, one at each corner and granted, but that it will be a substantial hans ply had boon found inadequate. After a care. To this Sr. Marques radily sceeded, in good toled out at the tanka,

ka, and no

no longer

doubt. It is not one of those ties in which of the antcay, the Tytan valley was found to heas placed under arrest. This macon trick on at of the only me that fulfilled, all the recare-the part of the so-called friend well deserves the will the painíal might be writingsed of men, meu, yet the European Birth rate is more neglect of whink more common, and in the middle. The Grand Chief and his fit to the nation callatiekly admite of no feal survey of the whole of the waterbeds faith, but upon his arrival at the barracks he

rendered

by the missionaries, an the Union to women, drops from the almost dried an explanation d defective

and children trying to scrape for than twice as high as the Chinese rate. The illness."We think something might be den Cospeil, in recognition of the services in sxact deblor and creditor account of cost monts. A sobome having bear worked on it general condemnation which all who have heard

And fed to render auch services

in Hongkong to im up wonten rende

them the ame rights as are possess and returns could be made up, but in voting was hoped that a comment might be made of it have already hosped upon his devoted head,

the modest au of

But Governor Honnessy was at and may be allowed to pass without Enthor £2,000 suggested as about 1977. confirmation it the facts that

the members of the Union, and they the mo either in cored by Talley on the other side of the inland a birther of boys were registered there were zo indicated by the above Medical Coleg authorised to by the fe of their nation, the contribution of this colony the Legis-that time appointed to the Govorament, and comment. Now foilawatha trist of r. Marquess..

only 133 of girls, whilst in the convents (bers nection with the Hongkong

of an incrsaeed supply water, the work was National Battalion aula Captain of the Colonial of annexion, and that the national colony in many indirect ways will receive was generally as to the court composed of four officers of

handsome return for the money. Won delsyod until he left. the colony. The mutter Regiment, who was serving as Major of the Sok a tribunal, formed as it was of four a candtric running tetrodliage for the most part) and suri 1d lege or by means of n'aparato Innitu. in condition that this intever to be laken lative Council, njoy rest assured that Lão forming forest opinion item, et at with heavy atrial by a pen or you online as the civilians will ang military man, cannot possibly The constitution of the Sedang

monarchy, hutbably thinking of what bas been said about of 1889 operations were actively commoneri along the hill side for thras miles. The of toys registered among tho birtba career than has been found to be the that of so bereditary absolute Kingdom is Mr. RYRIE poko of clap-trap be was pro-was then taken up again, and in the early part or

Tho tam valley possesses an excullout inspira mach canadener in the mind of the ongineering skill, and advantago han beer or not, there is nothing in the returs to with young man willing to enter the college snerrusion is not neodarily direct, the the Instituto in condection with the watershed, and its topography is exceptionally publio in la trial of a breach of military dis

movement, WA

Whatever ney

the section pro- or against, the L-adapted for storage, the construction of upline. However, Sr. Marques's guilt placed be said of the latter, for, or perial Inalitate will have little direct effect dam about 500 feet lorg across the garg advicing a party of front

not in that connection that womitting of the formation of a lave over 29viding a pally of front tweety-five to forty upon it hold it worthy of support, but simply us aures extent, 120 feat daep in the midday hapisonment. Now, instead of bing ad impounding some four indred ulionilod by the only man who understood anything

springs on the hill sides. From the Tytam

splendid strony of water has been led into the town through

inke their

with

tion.

There would probably he dies uz he exhibited at the same Whether the infants recuived into lack of girls willing to enter on a medical bag be

the convents tre

time.

his

Buecer.

19

ig ble, with a white orosa de

perial Federation moveme

it

Im-

Finall matter in comparison with the main neglects to register à fa summoned and Alice Memorial Homvital. The Sotional the centre. Human sacrifion's most powerful instrument for the promotion gallons of water. It is the drashack./ut all of military discipline and whe voled for purpose of the warke, but it in bag which flood, but there is no qachinery to comtar dircumstances of the case, by and forbidden in the kingdom as is lb of commercial education and the diffusion of however, of heing on the wrong side of the the minimum penalty, two of the civilians stack

cannot escape observation in any notice of

registration amongst the Chinese, and great numbers of them not think it worth weila Registar-General's

office

religions are to be free, but

in fo be the ofisial

class for girls. We believe the Chinom the thehalis bearing arme pre

commercial intelligenes.

CORRESPONDENCE.

and certainly. the colony has got probably little evasion of the rézistration faction, and that sufficievitands could balta de included in the art warden M. og 1 We do not háð paredzos zapat ko for kiságaibay. Ka with daikter Múíded in Zalo

That?

1

fluence in the

little

2e longe will yield at least nineteen might be th his district to baze Courrierd Haiphong we find a letter from . ¦ rative, contains the material from which an

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Having

third in length and by a cendrit running

work bas been carried out consummate the con

be taken for granted that! the Missionary School would afford a good

king having taken of the lice of the conduit to make a show, but it may

to appoint as power splendid road, with the sides turfed and they are not registered before they reach recruiting ground. We hear that the Lan. king

family. The eldest the planted, where most of the residents now those institutions. If a Buropene who have don Missionary Society are sending out for any member of his fines Royal The na ignotice of a birth inserted in the newspapers Medical Missionary to take charge of the son is to be aisled

and the other one Princes. heis evening walk. The promenade is

might do more goo, wa think, in the par

sand. red star in

which has had to be pierce by tonuel mile to the marmant of forty days, expressing them doubt..do AD the undertaking. The total cost has been

doing out a lady dootor to practisere

alavery. All to native women and institute a medica!

and a third long to the Wengaling sile, selves at the same the willing to jucream it to to 80 £170,000, or, roughly speaking, a million

"with

whence the water in coureyed by a conduit three ninety days if it were possible, whilst the other , but smaller, it ap- the dollars, not a morali sister,

wiles long to the service reservoir ar the two were more seneíble in sighing with the Major. that the cost of similar works in deaths the mee is different, and there would bail the moremost with much stone. All mar

excited some speculation, and it has been found In establishing bis

sections, the dam. the tunnel, and the chudait. oxpressed by one Correspondents).

The design for the dam-for mos of the net they mtertainad onfriendly festinga towards, value for the money. An additional law bere ate it be with regard to nowly collected amongst the native community

THE SANATARY BOARD.

technical details we are indebted to the Sunayor Sr. Marqox. The pablie may now judge of thes supply of water had become an imperative born infante, many of whom are lefeat the alone to defray the necessary expanses of the MAYENEA, whose title, now is "His Majesty

TO THE EDITOS OF THE "DAILY PERUR."

General's raport prosented to the Legislative instics of snch a tribunak. Although Sv. Mar- esity, and would have had to be pro-convents, while some are possibly disposed stablishment and maintenance of such a MABI, King of the Sedangs," apponra to bove had the suppert of the missionaries, who,

DEAR SIR,In your leader of this merning Council some time ago-shows a wide pelostal ques was duly entered to the least number of vided and the

the expense been much greater. of by infanticide. With regard to registra-class as we suggest,

we gather, bare obtained considerable in

What may

be the you take objection to the opinion orpressed by or table of esment concrete twenty feet high, dan allow by the reputations, he may ulunb.- That we have got all that was required at tion of deatbe generally, bowever, there in he

the country. such a favourable rate adds to the indebted effective check on the statements given in ne

day that that body, in dealing with sanitary going down doop into the rock in search of good? Marques would see it: have been surround- ness of the colony to the Hou, J. M. PRICE, to the cause of death, and a case of psixou-THE FOUNDATION OF A KINGDOM. outcome of the movement it is impossible to me at the meeting of the Sanitary Boned yester stretching soress the bottom of the gorge ardedly be said to have ban unfairly tried. Sr.

forecast. M. de MAYRENA days himself it questions, had commenced at the wrong end, in foundations. pen this podests! a mascayed by unfortunate ofenstances. the Surveyor-General, who was the creator ing may be stored as cholera, fever, or any

A short time ago a paragaph appeared in has caused much musement in France, and preparing and dealing with by-laws before it fund couarete wall, over sixty foot thick st have, bean sintered. He appealed to the Adminis the Court Martial and grant his release, but of the scheute and has er ably carried it to a other disssss with the name of which the

copy of which we bave on. successful iseud.

relatives are familiar. District registration the home papers about the establishment it must be confested one's Brat inclination on considered and decided upon the broad principles has been built to a height of 35 wet, taperingtrative Council to annul the decision of

the country beyond reading tlig account is to laugh. It is, how-on whinh it ought to proceed to legislate. You upward as it rigs, and divikal iste nine sans- During

ring the summer the supply of water officers with some medical training might be of a kingdom in

name every possible to our adventurer may prove pointed out that in all legislative bodies it is ive steps or atorsys each 10 feet high. The wall the petition, from Trtam will be practically limited, of I use in exercising a check on the turns Annam by a Frenchman of the

as its hosts a Bill, or, as it is termed in France, ing or interior being of cement concrsts with Justin, ho is the Pensierat of the Administra balb

ofierce instead of sympathisang with the peti of births add dealbe, for each officer of MAYRENA. In a recent number of the himself a second Esjah Brooks. His natusund for the discussion of any question to have has exterior faces of guite ansoury, the heart was so improperly tranet that the Chief and during the dry sonson it le loulated

himself entiriant- expected to make

with any discussion without having anything on in order to economize the use of gment. familiar

MATERNA

a fall scecunt of this entertaining story of adventure might be project of law, and that to open and procved large blocks of rabbia stone parked into the wussise Council in the absenes of the Bishop, took kons per day to cael cassumer, which is ly

paper as the basis of the discussion would be very Dammed up by this wall is a splendid shoot of toner. However, being a man of sound judg On arriving at quilt.op by quantity takes in England as the stan-negnissare of its

much like beating the wind I quite agren with water, with an ares of 2 acres and outlining ment, aul knowing that the petition and boon. dard mittaun, allowance, though many Such offers might also be of use in canes bono the Residency the

Quinbon to

you there must be some thing-relation, four hundred million gallons, safeicut to drafted by a lawyer and therefors Sr. Marques bill, draft by-laws-before there can well be any yield a supply per head of the pomlativa was not responsible for its shortcomings, his Towns have less. In addition to the Tytanation with the reporting of infectious diseases, official Rocuments onnected with this astah

useful discussion, but when a Bili is introduced about 20 gallons per day daing the dry Lordship confined himself to the object of the the Pokfolum supply, gielda maiter, referred to at the last meeting of lighment of the new kingdom M. DE MAY. supply there ing between four and five gallons per heart, the Sanitary Roard. They would, of course, IRENA found that the paper; had been apeake difficulty sised at the meeting of the into Parliament or into our own Logislative Conn. season. This added to tho Pckfoluminol other petition, and togoiter with the other members and the Glenealy and other aroiler supplies cos: maney, but in view of the large death him, and he accordingly sends to cut Sanitary Board on the latinet, with reference all the second reading of the Bill (the frat being sources of supply. 'will give a total of ever. 45 of the Alministration commuted the penalty to which together

another gallon por rate shown by the Regisitst-Greira's ing of

the principle of the Bill and generally disposes a solid and apparently as permanent as the the National Battalion must act pass without a head.

Thus the future allowance will heures, due to insanitary conditionHaiphong contemporary as autdöntie his. And it will be a long time before the increase efforts prepared for expenditure intory. In February, 1888, we are informed. to the compulsory reporting of infectious dis purely formal) is for the purpose of discussing gallous The dam is a massive pices of work nine days impriscament. The risen die of About twenty-five gullons per head per day.

much to our surprise, a Prussian mission er was suggested in these columne at an improve the public

health. wished to penetrate to the territory of the early stage of the discussion on the Public of the questions Is legislation on the particular living rock. The outlet is through a large main ittle consideration. The history of this florpa power conferred upon it to compel the re-tood on the lines laid down in this Bill It before reaching the tannal, passes thringh & Amoral That Gevorner having secured the is only after this second reading and general horse-shoe shaped garge basin. Near to dan anoiation of Macar by driving away the Chi of population brings it down to the standard The July-Septembar quarter is the most independent peoples of Indo-China and boist Health Bill. Nominally the Board bas subject necessary or excidiout Shall it pro controlled by a series of valves, and the water, dates from the Government of Sr. Ferreira do Bantam of nineteen gallone. When this unhealthy of the year, and the return for the P

the Pruisional Battalion, composed of all of less than five gallons which has show more favourable figures than those given thing be granted nothing. This mission then comraunicable diseases, but practically it is in Committees Unfortunately so far there the hill side is the overflow outlet, where the hill part of the Criostra's, and in axior to be butter bitherto been so carefully served out, the in the reture now before us, but a death rate addressed itself to Siam, where it obtain absolutely impossible to compel the Chinese is nothing equivalent in our procedurs at has been cat away to the level of the water, and able to most euergencies created what was called oscart and left for Battambang to a report, for the simple reason that they the Sanitary Board in this second radiogu iron girder bridge tracted across the calling to lian, aby to byur arms. The very five of the think, s defect tast mest be remedied in some The length of the tannel is about Corps envoys the meaning that it was not in extent of the boon conferred by the new of $3.88 percent, at any season of the year, ed an

it and in the absence of

of one, and the symptome Works on the

will be

of epidemie disease, in M. DE MATERNA requested to be allowed are unable to colony be easily un-end in the

way. The committoor now sitting wore ap 7,300 feet, or, roughly speaking, a little uurlor tended to han any permanency. In the cours, It in Fix for wils of time, when the fears of an invasion had passed derstood. The standard of niasteen

*84liont |, not a matter i bat can be regarded with equa- to forestall the mision and "ear it out," Cases: With goigh most of the dis. and we plnago at one into committeo. It in, curry.the road. felndes the requirements for domestic uses, nimity. The weekly returna prepved for bat A. CONSTARS refasid to giro bin only, are they wail acquainted, inmely, pointed, you will remember, at the very first mile und 2 thirl.

arown of the arch. When the work was cons-actually dissolved but no rigoret loreninent ter areas watering, fire extinction, and irri- the Sanitary B and show that the disease any offices contenance; be, however, all-pox. The suggestion of the President morting of the Beard and before any of us had and seven fest high from the floor to the away, the Corps el into desnetude. "It was not

for trades and sanitary purposes, and claiming the greatest number of victims, if owed him to go at bis own risk, and gare that he provisions as to compulsory reporting bad time or opportunity to consider what were

portion of the tunel would be through oft stull, This stato of things was ontinued till the time an allowance of two guilona for waste. From the partictars given in by the relatives are him assistance without appearing to do so, should be spplied to this disease alone was the best methods of proceeding, or to grasp menced it was anticipated that a considerable of its discipline and regulations was cbsorted.

Board M of view it is impossible to correes, is cannuption. The Sxaitarr) M DE MAYEUNA then left with ons Europeana ominently prstical our and night, safely fairly the nature of the work before no point Fanuary the value of an abundant cap- | miguL NILAVA Vatikago, we think, give some and twenty volunteers (natives, we pro bave been adopted by the Board forthwith, I do not think that you need despair of the at this expectation was not realised, hurigranite of tho con Governor Amarul-Coelho d'A

attempt to compel Chinees to report Sanitary Board, nor of the success of municipal prevailing throughout the outire length. The ral-lo. being excited with enthusiasm by the attention tele

tothis point, and endeavour to as-Same)

typhus, typhoid, dipthers, and so forth, institutions in his colony, sheld the colony losing was obstacted is the oath such gianltanse frst, song song, Volunteer Corps, sorgali ont is of pater, especially in place like Hong-

mortality from We are acebitomed to hear certain the ctise of

be futile, whereas with smaller be forinliste enough to get them. We areously. As the length was early accomplished the fading Provisional Battalion and gave it the amongst the missionaries

401 sil new to our work, the problems we have to and thatima approached for effooting the junction, named Veinnteor Pattalier. This Corps livel weil they ΤΟΣ

acquainted, and, deal with ire neither for nor simple, we are rathons beger, to fly about of our lion, and of a shorter life than its prefer, for in the plants of the want of cleanlinem amongst this disease. Overcrowding and defective letter from His Lordship the Bishop the Chiesa, both in their

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Bruns and theit ventilatios are asid by medical autheities to o

and he found in them valuable and habitual to the added a scarcity of water, it is not

be

Fiel

wust be

In

domestic

·

TRADE

wovement.

roikbeer.

THE SANITARY BOARD.

is compared with the miserable allowance the whole rear may therefore be expected to 100 Prussian flag. But M. CORETANG was aborting of all infectious, contagious, or argument that the details are gone into but separated from it by the natural contour of nesa Crioms or loppu.: feared troubles on the

gation,

the

*Creat

and without refusing any

whom

be bad

euroed with

Arrived

Would

se

houses, but when to the want of cleanliness be among the chief causes of consumption, they placed themselves at whatever the native Views may be an heavily handicapped by the constitution of the prospective divulty in the working parties find. course a few years after the diesolation of the

their own porrigi

they bave hitherto been in this colony. Now hardly be put down to those causes kera.

that tliere is a full supply the native popula

Tion

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may in the natural course of things.

be expected to make some progress to

FEMALE MEDICAL AID FOR CHINESE WOMEN.

wards a higher standard of clean-

liness than they have bitherto reached.

bardy people. Pass

but to

In the liquefaction of sewage and the flush. The support that has been accorded to the character pleasen rig god swimming on the native population on such we and of one of our officers, Mr. Cooper. We, as in the view of the island from the harbour, stund i the present National Battalion for the salo

May

on the fire almost as 6000 as it discovered. Medical Aid to the Women of Ladis, in

is, however, in its relation to domestic purpenes

Для

en-

skil in the use

bin:

at

community.

Thenduit is

Thus

the Government bus giren itself no farther

aualt one.. Referring at bear arms in bia nadeval character of dispensaries, however com- } absolutely powerless in these matters. We may entruation of narrow elongated tanks, each tank that everyone wib tecla de yangs » ko

from all the

He was no longer

of

to say

10g

that

is but with population living so wruth in the auxiliaries. Accompanied by the Rer. To the infectious nature of the disease, Board and by the fact that we are without the big each other in the heat of the mountain. The Hongkong Volunteers, it alse fall into & mori open air is that of Hongkong we should ther GuERLACH And the Mois "Banhats the Board, with such law in force, would powers and authorities vestul iu overy Sanitary result, however, showed that the skill employed bund sate, is regulations being no longer sa be in a position to take measures to arrest its Authority in England. We are absolutely on this section of the work had been us exact as forced, until the casation of the coalis trade. and having been accustomed to su ile raode of that filth diseases abould be as common se titus tlie právaloneö of the diseme could Randgana"-pative chiots, apparently spread the moment the first cae occurred, without power over the water supply ant theolewhore, and the centre line of the two soofione Thu prouibition of the coolia trade came on vey

advanced beyond the minion. The county would be voceivably possible to establish methods of distributions. We are not met with the greatest accuracy. Rehand of the ends, and suddenly also did those engaged in ́›

It wou

ounsalted about that most important sanitary annel is finished off with a handsome design of it themselves without awans of salsistence, they traversod was unknows, M. DEMANA dispensaries all over the city and campel question. We have nothing to say, no jurisdic-dressed masonry

Jikause. tion whatever, over the public roads, sowers, or Dearing the tonnel the witer enfem the con-life and many of them having been born and explained to the Sedange-the name of the chinese to port avery ease of dis'draipage of the colony. The adoption of duit, which runs along the billside for alongth of having grown up in the midst.of fans traße.

Le has become king--that whether infamous or not, 24. was suggested AND which of he bad come to formatal other Europe by the Registrar-General and Dr. Bo Kar, new system of main drainage has baan abso early three miles, being carried over the nnjnhs were unfit for any other kind of busines who wished to settle Seungst them. Hia

attempt to force Western medicine Intely determined on by H. E. the Governor on in mesalvemasonry agency. The bandorid. Pour son made its appearance, and the bene the recommendation of the Surveyor-Generales thus formed now constituto a striking feature voleres of a paternal government brought forh

to the who ware it need of it: scale as, that would be calcuinted to jug of the

of Kon- village expected a Hongkong College-of-Madicing anggests the ing on under pouring ba

to have a biglly beus question better something night not be the rivers he arrived at the

subject, nor are ever officially informed of of the other portions of the road and the woods "I was seeking a solution," aye opposition, and might not be unattended a Board, have never been consulted on the ing out in bold relief from the neatly tarfed slopes purpan of affording a means of livelihood

The matter equivalent a-gung, on the health of the colony, done towards selling ap ficit effect

the existence of the now system, or of its nature above and below. The conduit itself in a square talia traders were tesformed into which the Which in the past has offered much from stitution for the instruction of young women this farrator of his own aploita, "when the/ with BW should be led rather and charistor, so that we might at our rules and red brick culvert.3 feet wido, randered water figh defenders of the country,- against no en foul sawers. It will also prove of great in medical rejetée nnd the training of mid-chief of this village, whose name was Sus than drivon. If reporting be made com- regalatiers for private ársins inte it. The re-inside with cemont to pravoul leakage, and covered to it, Bo sentent, with their lost, and assistance in the artinelisu of fires, wives. A

inks recently been found it for ma by arranging au saequit memorandura

of the subre, Jivery soon, we think, recognise the reason-beed for subsoil dezinsge of Government funds in convert into tributaries all the mountain streams } trouble about the condition of the people. Tho of the mains will now always be fully published by Lady Durile in support of the arus. The people are very proud of their paladry only in cases of small-pox they will coat Farer Commission report strongly on the with granito sobe. Provision has boin loads to for, they wore sentent with their lot, and

sxisting shafts for the rentilation of the Bain ply by wayside feeders. charged and a trend of water can be thrown National Association for Supplying: Femalented only then challenged the victor, abieness of the regulation, but a law to compel the Western dlstriel, en the inutility of the that cross its path, and thas to augment the sul colony has been decaying from day to day for The eBraque ce s the need of such aid early It is,

evou in a After several

„pamoa I meceeded in tough persona to report in avery ease of illness: sewers in the same district, and on the immediate not built in an Avon or gradual inclina want of judustry and ammees, whilst the that the bounteons supply of had The need in China

Then as to the ting these Rewers. We, the Sanitary Board, are of date or led stras resembling con- that oppresses the people. ator will be the most appreciated. Hither less than in India

thus therefore that the National Battalion there is a degree of others, I secured confidence" He svald to the pative population has bees unable to Jifference, it is only

ft may be from a socialistic point order a private individual to drain bis land if he shoat a quarter of a mile long, and isch lower avail himself of the only relief and it is

is etposed of all sorts of man of view that the state should make prazision is going to build on it, but if he is not, we can't, than its neighbour by abost on foot. In case

ម obbin water in saticient quantities for what to the training of midwives Lady Dyrekis Frenchman, as that would have raised a

hatever that whatever

Sufer it doubt

mach regarded. absoluto we are accustomed to consider

There is no

diplomatic question, and he wand se, for the trantnont of all disease, we are afraid He may koep a whole Epg of Allen vs his pre: of a breakdoms at the outlet trorks at Tytam.

education of the Government misch if he likes, so long us he does not or in the event of any temporary, stoppage when the principles of morality are not requirements, and the European population this lives of thousands of women and infants cessarily have been sacrificed. Ha, however, for

of Hongkong is birdly auf. attempt to build. If it is Government ground, for repairs, those water compartments could has also suffered inconvenience and priva- are yearly sacrificed; and that a still larger bred his services as pomander-in-chief,

ciantly

Tangement. We can say nothing and do nothing. The Surbo bald as temporary sources of Hipply, and sea incioksha drivers are alaitted to the top. We are sure the pube will join with number of women are condemned le barren- which were accepted, and be reusised read somed for quo an arrangement. veyor General may baik hie drains, and sewers their contante retained or oked oatst will by Corp, and Indiansand Malays are not read

asia appointment ua in congratulating Mr. PRICE on his greatness and to a life of ill-health and suffering cesively the

It seems slaa, we think, tunt for the present as he pleases, ventilate them or pot as he thinks means of stop-planks a water gatra On the taunt. To call it by the uue of "national" work, and MORANG, the Resident by the vialagca and by the aggressive, oba villages of the distris. He then plage the Board will have to restrict the operation&t, joissa u whole district with sower gia, s: the top of the conduit a broad road is ben made is wilarly byurd, and to foros by law the enlist of its regulations Rg to the reporting of

of neighbourhood of the Caine Road West has been forming a charming promenade, which uxcitesest of all who are not otherwise employed is a In the case of Sr Marques, although he weat Engineer, and the staff generally, on the racter of the treatment they are subjected to, soldiers to bar the route akifu and workmanlike, we inhṛ also when, in nine cases out of top, geritlonass, in French explorar but a Sedang chiot opens to small-pox alone, and we fail to poisoned, and the Sanitary Board and ite offers tho admiration of very visitor to herology, and tyranny which should not be allowed to own fire.

air, Gle

Mid cleanliness, say artistic, cauer in which it has been patience, freshi

invasion The Prassinos beard quiet posing

You will say they may ro er higher zulhority.

The condait charges the water on to six thetane out of enplay, hea rentioman who try school and posessed more than efficient means of curried out.

nftarnoon. Mr. FRANCIS. would be ancient to bring them safely this new state of things and retired to the see why it should not have gone on wir is the can do nothing. They are in the presence of is now the favourite walk of the residents.

burineva yesterday

the Board has

their report dated percolate into the service resor, self-salence. It is rather hard to forse a go- Fever Commissionin through a common experiance if woman-right bank of the Mekong, saying that they u

have consider sent

to the Government in August a piece of work and containing a glamo equila in bis circumstances to mix with sech THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

kind. Some details of the trailment are/bad ferer, which M. DE MAYKENA SBY is not in of d and ought to erced at Present and remonstrate. Quite trae. But the filtaring bede, through which is tended to rectly held the post of teacher in z peklio given which show that in many cues it is as surprising, for he has had fever, too, and of the question broadly before proceeding last, represented that the subsoil drainage valeat to two days' supply, on the serving

still. and deaths for the third quarter of the pre-a total neglect of all eanitary principles.

The Registrar-General's return of births) cruel as it is absord and that in all there is bas chiefs of his villages asked M. ne to deal with the by-laws. With all respect of gertain lands in the Western district, which reservoir a large main losds down Carden Road poopla as described above, and grave resTION=

onos proceeded with, without waiting for radical wo karn that it is intended before long to lay fate of aur respectable but necesitous r sent year shows, if the figures are to be dr This is not a mere figure of speech, but MATENA to load them in war against the to the learned Queen's Counssi's knowledge were a source of malarial disease, should be at and joins on to the Pokfulare distribution. antibilities rest upon the Government for the pended on, that the health of the colony has statenénit of sotual fact, for whatever Jinraie. He gladly accepted. The Farais of procedure, we would venture to point out choses and cread whomas, and they report large datributing mains ulo, glong. Hollywood gosties in that Corps who might otharwal, if that in all legislative bodies and for the beegraven worse than it was during the same fobaerrace of the ordinary, lawe of health wore defeated. Then was extraordicaly present pose the Sanitary Board med that the work could be done ohesply. Read. As stated ahere, the water turned the Government afforded sufficient méans, learn period of 1887. The deaths during the three there may be at other times it is suspended rejoicing; the Sedang chiefs gathered around months on dod

and the 80th September or at the time of childbirth. Thusro ere told him and; baving all agreed, proclaimed him considered a legislature.body-it in vimal fordosity, and without reference to othar plane on yesterday, and in a few days. when the new numbered 1,600, ae-aguitilat 1,493 last year, that in health the Burtaan won is very Ring. He then entered into alliance with the discussion of any question to bavi sa its step towards training the partimlar bila Queen's Road pipe, the celony will at lest be in Mr. James Orange has had charge of the exe the anual death rato je given as 39.83 Cean in her dress and person; but in sick the neighbouring pedes. His authority basis & Bill, or, as it is trued in France, a of land indicated. May I poins cat, in con possnasion of its much needed aditional supply as against 1220. The estimate of popula ness wase is avoided, and no change of was recognised even by the Siamese chefe, project of law. To open and provead with lusion, that of the six recommendations of rater

extent, is capable of being carried out or even has ably carried but the plans of his chief, tho tigh on which this rate is calculated. is clothes for herself or on ber couch are allows and his alliance was sought by the Pravidont discussion withou, baring anything or made to the Government by the Fever Com

Alded by the Sanitary Bond. 1-The subsoil Hon. J.M. Price, Surveyor-General.

A mesting of the Sanitary Beard wasbeld it was 184,897. ed during the whole time of her illness. The of the Banbar Ratiugio confederation, Ar-paper as the basis of the discussion would mission only the fith, and that only to a very small qution of the works as Resident Engineer, and 183,157, while last

to the census taken in August, he be very much like beating the wind.

drainage of the Westen district is a purely Go-

où the 1st instant. There were present:-Dr. Thes- figures are probably lower than they malpractices of antire midwives are classified cording to

vernment work over which we bare no power

Ayres, Golonial Surgeon, President; on. ought to be, but eran laking the population de the results of ignoranco, carelessness, or had the disposition of ten thousand fighting

whatever. We'may make rales for the ebesil

Wong Shing, Mr. J. Stewart-Lookhur, Re- finits generally accepted figure of 200,000 vicious intention, all of which may be found men, and the confederation bad sa iny DE MAYLENA,

grar-Genoial; Dr. Canflie, Dr. Ho Kai Mr. death rate of 32 per in the Chinese midwife as well as in the Inmore. This," says M. we would still have

In the recent decussion in the Finance drainage of dwelling houses to be hereafter built,

The recent arrest and imprisonment of Sr. E. Mr. J. J. Fraisie, QC, and Mr. W. E Lucind; and

And whatever defect there may be dian, slough we believe there it wol atong makes twenty theuand mon that I cau

want. They want the district as it now ataudu The the Imperial Institute the Hon. P. RYSIK thoroughly and effectively drained. We have Antonic Maria Pereira Marques, on a range of Crow (Secretary)

The inntas of the last regular moeling and in the estimate of population it can only the Chinese the same unnecesary cruelty of throw jule Annam cr Cambodia in ose of Committee on the proposed contribution to but that is not what the Fever Commission affect 18 a slight ertant the comparison be treatment that is set out in the memerse-volt, it France deeds them."

an impression that Governor-General has been advised of all said thers as a great deal of clap.trap about say in it. II & III--The regulation of desertion from the National Battalion, les estud tween the returns for the same period of the dum before us. There

The SECRETARY read C.S.0.- deratsb two year. The proportionata increase in the women of China, leading more natural these circumstances and has the documents the institation; that if a manufacturer in earth outting in the future can only be dox't an outburst of popular indiguation against the of so ergone sealing were road and son the number. deaths bag been greater

ater lives, affer lessthan European wenien in child in his bands.. M, DE MATRENA thon potera Manchester or Leeds wanted to know what with be new legislation. Have the Government officer who, in a most reprehensibh manner, affrand.

12 establish the bis-goods were concussed in China, he would drafted or subgitted to the Legislative Couil forted the arrest, against the members of the

ing is entirely a question of Governmental as of the Battalion. This being a public guestion, to the vote for the continyent expenditureofthe stoong the European section of the popula- birth, with the bardy labouring classes, into an argul depondence of his take a different means of gaining informa- †any Bill with this object? No. IV.-Troe plant- disciplinary council, and against the constitation holifying that anaddition of $1,000 had been made tion thus any other. During the last quae urobably true, but as soon as we go a country,

which are those of whom Europese san most, torical and

chin accomplisine" I he would apply to some mercantile man optside our province entirely.

totion than by going to such an institution on. Water supply and its distribution is which calls for careful consideration, it should not Bard, and another forwarding copies of the While we are be dealt with in the heat of inourdescent pas Fecer Commission's report for the information tee there were 28 deaths of European, B. Chins it is almost as true ask nothing fram France, Beither fouay London or elsewhere who bad relations with asked to forcibly shut up this poor people's welle, sion by these most interested in it, but with a An urbaas of 55 per cont, in numbers; while it la in India; that the liver Jad, liv nor reward. I say the Budanga, an independ- the country or to the agent of the urin be we are not arch informed to what extent and obol appreciation of the surrounding fects of tho

clusiv

of Portuguese, au against 17 in 1887, the annual rate for the whole British and

thousand

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18, an engel the Ind

UB #gainst

18 and sougabe non-residents as against

The

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and

the social sons, the case is his own satisfaction, be

Having

the wrong

may be

THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.

or ideas.

The Government has taken no main has been connected with the present

AFFAIRS AT MAÇÃO.

(CONTRIBUTED).

A

som industry by which they would bring walth to the Colony whilst they themselvoa might be come worthy citizens. Lat the home Governani tabelis matter in to serious consideration and utoubtedly some improvement will he the result.

THE SANITARY BOARD,

of the members.

The Board went into committee and remed

Faleign community has gone up from 23.96 all I cozeideration of the by-lawr dealing with the

We know no belonged to the National Battalion, unwillingly trion diseases, umud to 27.02. Añouget the Forta is not only in childbirth, however, but in me alone. Hare you need of tan tbeesand gentleman, would order goods on a sampla he supplied with water for crusing, washing, of the National Battalion. Sr. Zarges, who compulsire reporting of infectious and con

that mon, to march on Aug or Dunbeds F I saw in so exhibition. No doubt úr. Évere cleaning, nad Bashing purposes. cases of illness generally any women, uniber of deaths was 22

sri

alatemoats to the made thing about it, and we are left in that state of though it may be thigh not in nativeThe PRESIDENT said it was question se tho

Cantor

iotin, or gold nines ? 1 can give you them." and at other places in tin, or

doit businers,

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at

increase to the perces to rend

National.

a

ot

Prava extension schemes The Sanitary Hard

The RearsTRA-GENERAL Bid that daring

and unfitumes for a military career cannot for inredes. From loquiries male, and speaking moment be considered as of any value. for the the from his own knowledge, he found that

self Ushio to punishment. His ples of aversion fading in any way to decrease they seemed to

U sen Todians, against cases, I

Qumat the neid for femalo medical aid erista. Atau at your disposal. Do you wish for iron, is correct is but the argumente in gaoranos. VI.-Sewers and drains. As I said service; committed a brüsch of the discipline at outing who were to be woude liable to

Tientais, and 15,4he total number of deaths in the British Chies there are lady doctors whose work bas He goes on to say that his is no empty favour of the Imperial Inalituto consist of before, the rakilo sewers and drains are purely of the Battalion in not reporting himsel? | famist the information in camo of disease sæœur.

I· misan · an affective volos-in the somo menthe, as le reunirod by the Regulations, come to any agreement on the subjout. and Foreign community being against had imest‐gratifying results. A similar Geld royalty; le bremstitution signed by all more than clap-trap nevertheless. The obiect Government work. Wo` have not a voies-of upon his rotara to Maso afforsa, absence of ring in a house. The Committed could not 6348 be suma quarter of 1887. Amongst existe in Hongkong, where a lady doctor the chiefs, he has governors, so arm, guns, of the Instituto is not so much to serve me monter The Fever: Commission urge the std in pot presenting himself at de tira de the Chinese the number of deaths was 1.623 might do much good, not only in aetural prac. in one word, an organisation. In conclusion sainpio rom for the everyday operations of Sanitary "Board" to exercise grant cars before lauding intimatious having beer bout him to the interval; he had given this question vary frem 82.80 to 34.24. If the surf rate rose tice herself, but also in the training of young he asks France to induce the country withic equatore us for this promotion of a goneral committing the community of Hongkong to the procent. For these emissions be made him-cam ful attention, and instead of the difticol ti-s

to render medical aid to their coun- 5th sphere, and to establish a protectorate, Erowledge of the commercial conditions or grout spease and to sortens sungitary problems

ladies employed which, Becording 4,

his view, je imperative the Expire. Although the Exhibition of a to the sewage nutfall in connection with the the population it would caturally show itself under the in the birth ratugar, but those, unfortunately geoaped in the following grade:-(1) Indy will be attended with grost advantage bath of peace that its projectors fondly hoped, it the water. As to the mabatitation of the double made subservient in his ecaroniente. A friend close of the by-laws were suknown to the bad a polent influence in the extension and system of drainage and sewerags in Hongkong of his, who is an Heer in the Battalion, advised Chinese. Small-pox they might take a knowl. furitbas theory, point in the contrary direcciCEALS (2) female seulstant argoons; (9) political and come etter are the Constitui. I promotion of international trade, un, infù- Į generally for the present system, or ho nyatan. him to report himself at headquarters, on a day at even in a case of sani pex it would be tien, for amongst the British and Foreign fental hospital assistants. The names are the County there were only 43 births list same sa thus given to men who, in the sion of the Banbar-Beungan Union, the cou-snice as eliérly manifest that similar ahi the Sanitary Board are in the same positiun when he (the offoar) would to a duty, as in-dilicult for a Chitaman as for ali: ordinery quer as against 45 in the same quarter of Garemnant Medical Servid, take not stitution of the Sedeng Kingdom, and bilione hive since been held by almost The Health Ordinance does net sanelion it, as specting offices, and Sr. Marques would be allow Faropean to say whether it was stoll-for

I convention concluded with the chief every civilized nation, and it is by an ex the Fover Commission seem to think (ses page 9ed to go free. This was on the 1th Cobobert With regard to sholera, they had o za 1887, while among the Chiness the falling respording degrees, the work female UE je remarkable, the bgered hiping 917 sa being prefixed: Lady Dovris ingole the of roubar alege. According to the Bibition that the French are about to of their reports). It has never been considered which was cheron as a propitione day being the knowledge of it, but the names they had for it boen taken down he was allowed to leare. But the bad wins infections or not, for all vomiting ad Eng 360 inet year. The annual rate bas objeoions that bare heen-rataal saainst the monition of the crion the Gin Our belebrate one are of the Republic by the Legislative Council, and the Board zover birthday of the Queen. Sr. Margus presoated core coty anteroas, and it would be wir oft Commanding officer was not of the ssnie mind asparging, was exdled cholera. He had taken the the inspecting officer; and aftercetuxing the lat- trouble to refer to a focabulary of dis for the whole papulation frous 8.76 mpliplication of inferior medical prode ( pa Matowa, melt) is appointed for Following out the idea underlying those Leard of is you except incidentally Yours very Limself as he was advised, and his report haring nli for them to say whether the type th 10 7.61, for the Chinese fra 8.25 to 7.30, tioner" by the cogent remark Nur muat lie, with the right to nominate his succes more ambitious undertakings many towns and for the British and Foreign community is be forgotten that the cheite does not lie or; to him also is entrusted the power of on the Continent ways established commer. Hongong, 2nd November, 1888.

Bigares were âne to an abnormal intresse in try-women. The medio Main Lodia are if France wiebes tá bald Appam, and which 1881 was sot followed by the unireront regular without a shadow of power ce suthority in low of the country in which he livershould not be most of the diseases montloped in the first

In

commercial." Appended to the

truly,

JNO. 3. FRANCIS.