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indict heavy losses on the owners or infringe the rights of Crown lassets,

I strongly recommend that where a compul- sory murifice of land and space is made to meet the requirements of the new Bill, fair-and reasonable compensation should be gican la every case. Section 155 of the Public Health Act, 1875, rends as follows: The urban authority shall pay or tender compensation to the owner or other person Immediately interested in aneh houss or "building for any loss or damage he roxy sustain in consequence of his hous, or injlding baing gs. back or forward, the amount of such compensation, in caso of dispute, to be settled by arbitration in manner provided by this Act; and Section. 308 prosides for full compensation to be paid to any person who sastains any damage by reason of the exercise of the powers of the Act, in relation to any atter as to which he is not himself in default, and so on.

I also submit, that all famages salained by any person on account of this destruction of

say eo in the joint report which is under con sideration, and that as he has not recommended a member of his own profession for the office it cannot really bi necessary.

I would like to add that the Sanitary Com. missioners in India are invaribly medical men officers of the Indian Medical Servies and their duties are not altogether dissimilar from those which have been so clearly laid down in paragraph 27 of the experts' joint report and in the Draft Bill.

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The President minuted: "I did not say that the Sanitary Commissioner should not be medical man, bai that wa hava double on the po'nt.'"

The Captain Superintendent of Police ale said that was his meaning,

The Presidens farther minuted" I agree with Mr. Osborne as to the prompt action which is necessary in dealing with the early ossen of plague, but I do not think the pover referred to should be conferred on one officer bat should be left to the Board or to a cummitee of the Board to perform,"

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that on the last casion when stowaways were discovered on the a.. Perla the chief offloor as proof that negligence on the part of the was dismissed, which tusy certainly be taken oflyers is not condoned.

feel that when that day's work is over, done to the best of our ability, whether it is a short day are not buried in a nameless grave, but that we or a long day we like to think, to feel that we

It seems clear to the Committee that there remain geven in the hearts of our comredes, that the is some kind of image of which

photograph could be taken are persons connected with this business us and sent to our loved ones at home. So I siders and abettors who are both able and willing perhaps

therofore, thought it would be very nice thing to pay occasional fins out of the large, profits

mere fine, to ourselves, the soldiers of the Hongkong Gar- not likely to prove a sufficient deterrents and indeed if we could get a little cemetery reserved accruing from it A

the rison, and I assembled the abliers together in the Committee trust that His Excellency, will,

liked agents, and especially on finding from same their different units, by zepresentatives, and after perusing the evidence of the steamship the lion, and they one and all agreed to it. case of an example laving been made of a ship I put the matter to them whether t Well, just at that point the Legation troubles officer whose ueglect seemed to have con- broke out at Peking, and both I and tributed to stowaways being concealed on board da roferred to in paragraph 3 of your letter my staff were up to our syes in work, and I cou- less the matter escaped my memory. Months of 28th May last), reconsider his decision and went by, and then-I think it was Colonel give instructions for the amendment of the Bertie, commanding the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Ordinance in the direction for making the came to me and delivered a message from the penalty ons of imprisonment with bard lab the the General might have forgotten his promise.simple fins-I have the honour to be, Sir, your men of his regiment. They said that although in addition to, or instead of, the infliction of a they had not forgotten it, and they begged that most obedient servant. ing subscriptions, and they were particularly it might be fulfilled. They were already rai Also there was submitted a communication anxions that the matter should go forward. I from Dr. Clark in which hastated"I think that felt then that there were no grounds for hesitat a clanse should provide that the individual meming any longer, and I went to the Colonial Public Works, whom I am glad to see bore to- bers of the Sanitary Board are not to be held Office and to Mr. Chatham, the Director of liable for the actions of their off cars and servante, and also a clause limiting the time within which sutions ona be brought in respect of matters of charge, and if any of them. suffer any nanecessary damage the authority shall condone under this Ordinanes and protecting pensate the owner for the same, and the amount public ulcers generally, in so far as they are of compensation shall be recoverable in, and protected at home, from actions in respect of in case of dispute shall be settled by, a court of their official duties." summary jurisdiction."

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furniture, wearing apparel, and on, consequent upon measures taken to combat plague and other infectious dieases, should be

good and compensated. Sention 121 of the Publis Health Act above mentional provides for this, and Section 6 of the Infectious Disuse (Prevention) Act, 189, says:The bedding, clothing, and articles sha.l be disinfected by the authority, and shall be broughs isck and delivered to the owner free

These measures, it introduced, will mitigate the concealment of plague and other infections cases and the dumping of dead bodice..

(84) LAU CHOPAK. The following minnie by Mr. E. Osborne

was attacked :--

It seems strange that when the two sanitary experts, one of them a medical man whose

A letter was submitted from the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon relative to the proposed Public Health B

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Colonial Secretary. Hon. F. II May, C.H.G.,

A. R. LOWE, Recretary.

Hongkong, 24h June, 1902.

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KODAKS. FILMS.

AND ACCESSORIES

DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN GOOD WORK. PROMPT RETURN.

WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT SOLELY DEVOTED TO EXECUTING. WORK FOR AMATEURS, AND WE HAVE LARGER AND BETTER FACILITIES. FOR DEVELOPING AND PRINTING THAN, ANY HOUSE IN THE COLONY,

PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS STORE.

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Hongkong. 6th May, 1002 against stowawaye, sud, as the receiving, stow are extremely rare, yet heavy flues have besa ing, and discharging of cargo is under the chief inflicted on our steamers in instances where * Balive stowaways have oluded the vigilance of ships' officer's direction, in the hands

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Sir-We are in receipt of your latter of 20th ACHEE & CO., day to show the intercat he has taken in this inst., enclosing copies of various letters for our matter, and I should like to take this publir op- perusal, in connection with the question of

eaying to yeu that Mr. Chatham once agreed that a cemetery should be pensities on China stowaways from Hongkong portunity of

Being the principals in Hongkong, To BOLOG you it may seem that of our views thereon.

the recent case of the Kuifong, and the writora reserved for the soldiers of the Garrison of to the Philippines, and saking for an expression Dr. Clark also recommended that the follow the little plot of ground on which we satis of the first communication to you on the sub- of the matter, further thau to state our opinion ing addition be made to No. 2 of the Bye-lawa rather small, but when you come to see this for the Importation of Animals in the draft great cemetery nearly full, and remember that jeck, we refrain from entering into a discussion

ment's letter to you of the 20th ultimo, Pablic Holth and Buildings Bill" And all every inch of ground in it had to be cut away

The Governmentis of opinion that the foreign animals brought into the city of Victoris for from the side of the bill, I think you will alt on the points raised in the Hongkong Gosera- sale or slaughter shall be onurayed or driven agron that even if the plot is smail yot it was at once to the Government depots at Kennedy-gene.cas on Mr. Chatham's part to order that executive offers of the Kaifong, aeglected It should be reserved for us, the soldiers of the their duty, otherwise such a number as 184 stowawaya could not have bees secreted on board The PRESIDENT-If so momber has sny Garrison.

brow end travel on the vessel, asthing is Manila authorities, and these fines have beau thing further to say, I move that the report of forward again, and they arranged among them-without their knowledge. The Government,

convince easier for them then to urraige the stowage of paid by us without satisfactory proof being established for the punishment of stowaways life's study le sanitation and the other a civil the Committee and attached minates, the sylves to give monthly subscriptions-parely therefore, decline to alter the law as at presenti compradore and stevedore, who for art of the officers and boaan discovered on shore by the engineer, agree in recommending that the Saui- minutes of tise Veterinary Surgeon and the voluntary-in order that every poor

to him. The tary Commissioner should be a medical mau Medical Officer of Health, be forwarded to the who died here in Hongkong should have and those who assist them, antil it is proved to

aftting memorial raised

their satisfaction that the foreign executire cargo, while the officers' backs are turned, in forthcoming to officers of steamers have done all in their power such a way as to leave vacant spaces for the offenders had been carried by our vessels. accommodation of stowaways who come on The stowaways on being brought on board either. skilled in sanitation, the Committes should proceed to argue that he should be an engineer.

soldiers then were auxions tu give me s

to prevent the evil.

knowledge of the quarter-muster en watek secreted and fed them on the voyage, and the I think we should do well to follow the

larger sum of money, than I felt was wanted, yet the matter has gone un now.

We cannot do better than supply you with board at night and are secreted away with the will not or cannot point out the persons who 'punishment indicted on those who are brought while the officers are asleep. recommendations of the experts.

and funds have been paid. in steadily month extracts from the Chief Officer's report on the

Kaifong's case

We admit that we are to a great extent at to justice is not sufficiently deterrent to prevent April 3rd, 3 pm. Finished loading meir

the mercy of our native employees, but this we others making the attempt. proving the by month till Baally we had a cometery for all time, so long as it exists √ ballast tank, had tunk lids put on and gave | cannot provent. Force of circumstances compel lucrativeness of the business to the combination sum of money to euble as put up a larger mem oriel, which would, as it were, mark the as something reserved for us, the soldiers of stevedore orders to fill top of tank with cargo, shend with this matter, and we got as hand." April 4th, a.m. Went down below to have the Garrison of Hongkong. Well, we went and saw them myself preparing to do so. somo a momcrial as it was possible to get, but a look round, found all hatches on top of tank, when we cause to took over the accents I asked the sterodore if the top of tank was we found we bad rather overstepped our bounds, full and be said it was; they were then stowing

cargo on top of same. upon which another institution that I am proud to say I am associated with, the Boldiers Club3 p.m. same day. Cargo all on board except turned in, giving quarter. saw of $300 a few odd packages and ons bont. "At 8p. came forward and gave us a out of their own fands, to put us on our legs masters strict oniere to call me at once if they How Day sempans epe alongside with strange again. Now, ladies and gentlemen and sokliers

they saw no one.

The conjoint report referred to the Com- mitten defines the duties of the Sanitary Com mission as being thos of dealing with all nuisances and sanitary defects of whatever nature," while in the memorandum quoted by the committee is farther sisted ho should deal with official documents bearing upon the administrative work of the Department. All this can best be done, as the experts have clearly stated, by a medical man skilled in sanitary administration.

undesirable that

of

Mr. OsnoRNE-Then-we are not asked to adopt the report? Some of us might not agree with it in part.

The PRESIDENT No. We are only forward ing it to the Government and they will decide upon it themselves. The letter that was sent to us requested us to make any observations on the subject that we desired to offer.

Lt. Colonel House Ita Sanitary Commis

officers ? aloner is appointed, are there to be two medical Dr. CLARK-Yea, the Report recommends The President's motion was agreed to. THE DAIRY FAKE' PREMISES.

that,

sufficient

It would be most

A letter was laid on the table from Mr. A. the duties of the Sanitary Commissioner

sense overlap those should in any

Gibson, Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, recom- the head of the Public Works Departmending that the premises of the Dairy Farm ment, and I have no doubt the Government will arrange that such of the duties enumerated company, where rinderpest recently broke out

to hear me say that I am proud of being aa- in par. 7 of the committeo's report as bolong to among the cattle, he declared free from of the Garrison, you will not be surprised people in them, but they failed to do so, saying

infection, the outbreak new being at an end.

On the motion of the FRESIDENT, the pre-sosiated with these two things, the Soldiers Club, which contributed to this memorial, and our soldiers' grave, as we might call it, when you know that those two institutions bare been mises were declared free from infection.

carried out by the soldiers themselves without know well, from any ontside help whatever. the feeling I bave had shownto me in Hongkong, and from the feeling there is for the soldiers, that if I had gone out into the streste to ask for any sum of money I should have got it, but

that officer are kept distinct from the Sanitary Department, and there is in my opinion mach greater likelihood of harmonious intercourse between the two Departments if the head of ono is a medioni maa and the head of the other engineer, than if both are members of the same profession

LIMEWASHING RETURNS.

Ont of a total of 2,660 houses in the weatoru district of Victoria, 2.427 were limewashed during the fortnight ended 8th July.

...PLANS.

Plans were submitted for two water-close's There are matters referred to in this para- graph-which solely concern the medical man, and one arinal in the Hongkong Hotel.

On the motion of Dr. CLARK, seconded by the such as the preservation of the parity of the water supply (apart from constenotio al work), PRESIDENT, the water-closets were sanctioned and the arrangement of the usinal disapproved. "the maitary mai tenance of the severage,

MATSHEDS FOR PIGS, which Mr. Chadwick recommended should be

Because during the hot weather the sun shines handed over to the Board, "the construction of healthy houses, the reservation of openspaces," so strongly that it affects pigs walting on the

provision of "the abolitionic and private latrines Praya to be marked before being taken to the

cabicles without windows,"

cattle depot, orlain of the members of the Pig questions of insanitary property and so on. Guild have petitioned the Board requesting Professor Simpson has not recommended that the permission to eruut two matahels, cne on the beach near Cedogau Strust and the other in Forbes Street.

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-Sanitary Commissioner should either design or construct healthy busts or latrines, etc., bat that his advice shell be available to the Government and to the Hoard in regard to these and kindred matters, which the home Acis recognise as coming within the province of the medical expert. With regard to the question of plans, it will be within the Board's new works knowledge that all plans for have during the past six years passed through the hands of the Medical floor of Health (as is done, I understand, in the large cities at home, and it surely cannot be contended that it requires a civil engineer to decide whether a certain design is in ordance with the Public Health lawe, or whether the house, when erected (under exemption, perhaps, from some of these provisions), will be a sanitary are.

With regard to the bye-laws for the prevention of plague. roferred to in the com mittee's report, Professor Simpson speaks very strongly of the necessity for prompt action in dealing with the warliest cases, whether discovered in man or rat, and if the whole of the staff aro to stand idle awaiting the fortnightly raeating of the Board the boxufits to be derived from prompt action will be lost.

The Boud have themselves recognised this fact by delegating, during the recent outbreak, the whole of its powers under these bys-lans to the President and Medical Officer of Health.

On the motion of the PRESIDENT, it was agreed to inform the Government that the Board had no objection to the creation of these matahieds.

HEALTH OF THE COLONY.

The mortality statistics of the Colony for the week eaded Beth Jaus showed a death-rate of 16.8 per 1,000 per annum, sgainst 221 in the previons week and 33.3 in the corresponding week of last year.

This was all the public business.

and

MONUMENT. TO DECEASED

SOLDIERS.

His Excellency Major-General Gascoigne yesterday afternoon unveiled a mobninent in the Happy Valley Cemetery which has been created to deceased soldiers of the Garrison, and which stands on a plot of ground reserved for the graves of those soldiers who have died in Hongkong His Excellency was sonompanied by Lady Gascogne, and the interesting core- mony was watubed by about a score of officers an..equal amber af men, the civilian element, which included the Hon. F. H. May, C.M.G. (Colonial Secretary), and the Hon. W Chatham, Director of Fable Works, bring in the majority. The assembly, however, was of hundred. The band of the Roral Weleb Fusiliers was present under Bandmaster Moir, end on the arrival of the His Excellency played the voluntary, “Comfort O Lord" (Crotch)

The Rev. E. B. Good, H.MS, Tamar, the officiating clergyman, gave out Hymn 215 Brief life is here our portion," and when this had been sang and a part of the burial service real,

I immediately searched

That more stringent measures are necessary

us to employ native crens, and we would again which we foel sare exists. ask you to urge Gorernment to alter the pre- sent law, in order that we may be protected in dealing with much of the culprits as are ngainst the conspiracies of uur own native, brought to justice we have no doubt, and we servants who would quickly appreciate the risk would respectfully suggest that an attempt be they run of being concerned in crime punished made by the Police authorities to get at the Defarious business. Notwithstanding the fact We are, Sir, your obedient servants,

that the full penalty has on several occasione BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, by hard labour without the option of a fine man who are the "aiders and abettor this Agonta, China Narigation Co., Ld. besu imposed in the Hongkong Court, the smuggling of Chinese into the Philippinen atil! gces on, and under existing conditions we fear Secretary, General Chamber of Commerce.

will continue to do so. (Copy) The China & Manila Steamship Co. Id.

Hongkong, 26th Jane, 1902. The SECRETARY.

A. R. LOWE, Esq.

It is against the people who make a profit out of the successful, or unsuccessful, smuggling [ of Chinese as before mentioned that wo advocate most severe measures should be taken, and wo shall be grateful for any steps that your Manila.We Chamber may take for the nocomplishment of

Chamber of Commerce, Hongkong. Dear Sir, Stows ways to

thank you for copies of correspondence which

this end. We have the honour to be, Bir, your

obedient servants,

April 5th, 5.30 m. The 2nd engineer came to me and said be had seen a number of strange faces on board and did not think they belonged to the crew. the ship fore and aft, where it was possible to go, but found no one. When the crew and pas- sengers were all back from being disinfected the 2nd officer and myself searched the ship

the ship, and these things ovucerned ourselves, and I thought parts of the ship: I got the hosun and quur Swire that the penalty for secreting stowaways

masters and put them all out again and found 6 stowaways in different it was well to keep their entirely in our then made another search but found no more, banda, and I am very glad to think that and, finding such a sumber, naturally con these two institutions have been carried out cinded, there were no more. The deck was entirely and completely by the soldiers, and crowded with Chinese. I spoke to several and the soldiers only, Well now, shortly just to unveil this monument, which told them to go on shore and they either turned marks, as I say, for all time that hore we have out to be stovedore's tallymen, or passengers, little resting-place for every poor fellow who or friends of same. At the time the dato and died here in Hongkong, so that they might examining erw and passangers I had to send crew and passengers were mustered on dooit. feel they were not forgotten by their comrades pans away from the ship's side, and while officers and engineers searched the ship and nor by their country, and, as I say, I am more

9 the vessel sailed. could find no one. At p.m. prond to be sociated with this movement su I think I am with anything daring my stay in Hongkong. I would very much like now if one of the members of the sub-committee would say a few words just to mark their sense of the thing.

bave passed between Messrs. Butterfeld & We quite agree with Mesare. Butterfield & on board steamers bound to Manila is quite, The Secretary. Swire, the Government, and yourscires,

inadequate. For instance, a stowaway may pay as much as $30, $400 for a persage to the person or persons who secrete him, yet, should is forthcoming to implicate the "aiders and the stowaway be found and sufficient evidence MOET & CHANDON'S abettors," the maximum fine which can be imposed is $500, which they can well afford to Pay

Per pro. JARDINE, MATHES & Co., General Managers, Indo-China S. N. Co, Ld.

WM. A. CRUICKSHANK. Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce.

we propose

April 6th, am. The Captain came to me al aid he could hear voices down the ventilator ware immediately taken off and three stowaways leading in to main treandocks. The hatches were found. The Captain gave me orders to block the door loading out of No. 1 into No. 2 shifting oarge in No. 2'tweendecks and putting twendecks up, which was done at once by it up against the door.

Our steamers are always carefully searched before leaving part and before entering Manila, yet it is a very dificult thing to prevent one or two men secreting themselves somewhore aboard the steamers, especially when there are a big number of coolie passengers

"DRY IMPERIAL

CHAMPAGNE

PER 1 DOZEN BOTTLES'. PER 2 DOZEN -BOTTLES

$54.

$56.

BRANDY.

$30.

What wo most strongly object to is this, secret service people sahere in Manile without MARTELL'S THREE STAR that Chinamen are sometimes caught by the

ed as to where they have come from, they way say that they came over as stowaways from papers or passports and when they are question.

appears to be sufficient evidence for the sathori Hongkong in such and such a steamer. This ties in Manila, who immediately fine the steamer named by the Chinaman oven although he was not found aboard by them. We think if a two years, with hard labour, penalty was imposed that it would go a long way to check the stow

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., faithfully,

General Manager. away business, if not altogether stop it-Yours

Dram Major KIRKPATRICK, R.W.F. Excellency for his kind words and for the stepped forward, and after thanking His interest he bad ail along taken in the shame,

April 9th, Heard voices down ventilator explained that the cemetery was to be reserved for Encopean soldiers of the Garrison who died here, leading to top of main ballast tank, searched and that their names would be incribed in the again but found no one. The Captain then monument, which also bears the names of me asked me if I was sure the top of the tank was who died or were killed in North Chins and of fall of cargo, and I told him it was, also aguin those who perished in the fire in Tientsin asked the stevedore and he said it was properly Barracks last year.

The monument was then unveiled by Is fail. The oargo was then moved from off the thore was no carge on top of tank; searched the red, white and blue cloth which enveloped down below and found tins of hot chow sed EXCELLENCY, af torsome slight trouble owing to top of the tank, latches taken off, and found

This slight bitch drew from His it catching on to the supporting bamboo poles, water. The port toak lid was removed, and in the observation, aildressed to Mr. Custhan the starboard bunker the engineers found 28towanaye, Ikors were nine caught in Kanita who

April 10th. Searched ship and found more doesn't come as easily as yours did the other stowaways; seerobat ship but found no more.

stowaways down after between decks, having to day, the remark applying to the unveiling

the best. the Consanght statue. The monument is of Hongkong granite, stands about fifteen feet high, inscription, "Sacred to the memory of soldiers and is surmented by a cross. Qu one side is the et decorum est pro patria mors and on another, graves of soldiers who have died in Hongkong." This enclosure in reserved exclusively for the The other two sides of the monument are taken up by the names of soldiers of the Garrison The ceremony concluded with the voluntary who died here and in the North. by the band," Chorale," by Novello.

of

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KING EDWARD VII. LIQUEUR SCOTCH WHISKY

$20. PER DOZEN

P. 8.-On the last occasion on which we had Baid they had travelled on our 5.8. Perla. Three said they had travelled over in the cabin store- room, the remaining six said they came in the coal buskers. On the strength of this wa SPARKLING REDBURGUNDY dismissed the chief officer from our service, as we thought there might have been some the steamer carefully searched, although we wust admit that with many Chinese passengers MEDORS GUICHARD, POTHERET & Co on board it cannot be easy to detect stowaWBYK.

The Chinees members of the Board should bear not large, and probably did not number a couple who died in the service of their connizy. Dulce Going down again on top of the fresh water slackness in carrying out our orders of having

in mind that if the Sanitary Commissioner has this power be will probably find it necessary to order house-to-house visiting in only one direct and one brack of buildings at a time, whereas the Board's resolations have hitherto covered

large areas for the reason that a fortnight must elapse before farther authority can be given. unless special meetings of the Board are held. Moreover, the Board has power to attend or revoke these and any other bye-laws, so under these circumstances I think the scheme of the experta should be given a trial.

PHILIPPINES.

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We are requested to publish the following correspondence on the above subject--

Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce, Hongkong, 18th July, 1902.

Sir,

ir, I am directed to acknowledge receipt replying to the Chamber's letter of the 15th idem of your letter of the 28th May last (No. 1.176)

8. T. C.

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"April 11th, Captain, officers and engineers come out of their hiding place on account of searched ship fore and aft, but found no more. Lank forward could see no signs of anyone hav right up to the deck. Commenced to

to pali down ing been there, the carge of Bour being stowed

the stracted room built and fall of stowaWAYS,

Hongkong, 28th June, 1902, Bame as in the after between decks. To build ng

Sir,We tag to acknowledge receipt of your cargo and found, three tiers in, & property con- a balkshead world take about half an hour, and could be done without anyone knowing, and letter of 20th inst., enclosing copies of corres quite impossible for anyone to find it out with pondence that has passed between your Cham

pensities on stowaways by vessels to HIB EXCELLENCY said-Soldiers of the

on which subject you wek of chow with them, biscuits, &o. There was Garrison, of all the things in which I have

from 15) to 2030 tons of space left in the between Philippine Island

us to express OLLY been identified at Hongkong, I think this CHINESE STOWAWAYS TO THE out pull ng down the cargo. They had plenty her and the Cokmial Secretary relating to the

decks which made it very east for them to build

We cordially endorse the opinion of Mosera, The following minute was by Dr. Clark, soldier cemetery is the one that gives me most

up such places." Medical Offer of Health-

The above states in detail what steps were. Butterfield & Swire as to the adequacy of the present Colonial Ordinance dealing with slow- in saying this. prey believe that I do not The report which was referred to the com.pleasure to feel that I am associated with, aud

taken by the foreign executive officers to dis

aways. Such Ordinance no doubt satisfactorily. mittee definitely states that, in the opinion of forget that I have had but a very small part is the soldiers' It i

cover and, eject stowaways from the vessel both experts, the Sanitary Commissioner should indeed to do with it.

the inauguration, and was sufficient to deal with be a medical man, and moreover it clearly work, the soldiers of the Garrison. The officers

during the time of loading and prior to her met the requirements of the time of its departure from Hongkong. The facts defines his duties. The committee have, how-have helped, as the officers always will do in

Philippines by { ever gone to #1 early memorandum, penned anything that meets the wishes of the men, but

Government there bas by Professor Simpson few weeks after his it was the soldiers entirely who carried out

report are corroborated by the master of the the cams of minor offences which called Zor at the time, and we have no reason to doubt the acquisition of the

the American_ arrival in the Volany. aad in which the the thing. Ferimps it may interest some suggesting an amendment of the Ordinanca Kaifong, and by the British engiusors on board its existence, but we contend that with appointment is first mooted for further inform of those who have lately come to the

contained in the third paragraph of your letter, In addition to

labour which has raised wages to a point which ation. It is only fair, however, to state that, at

case connected with the soldiers' cemetery and

private enquiry into that time, Professor Simpson was not acquainted

sidered that the abuse complained of wea and, after carefal examination, were enabled tempts Chinese who are prohibited from enter

Shanghai and Yokohama; with the very important duties and functions of the memorial I propose to navail to-day. It from which it is evident the Government con- was very shortly after I curis to Hongkong the Public Works Department in connection that I found that the soldiers of the Garrison largely due to the neglect of the ships officers, to exonerate the foreign executive offioursing those Islands to go to great expense, and Messrs. KaLLY & WALSH, LD., Hongkong

frem blame. The fact is, we and they incur any inconvenience and risk of detection to

Shanghai; with the sanitation of the Colony, and the

who were buried in this cemetery wore buried and that po peralty had been imposed upon

were the victims of a carefully devised plot, obtain an entry, and we are convinced that catalogue of duties which is gooted by the Committee is given by him only to how what in any part of it-any part that happened them, the correspondence was referred to the Philippines tu be convenient, and not together. Well, gents of the three principal steamship lines which every mative on board the vessel was they pay large sums to a regularly organised Messrs. W. BREWER & Co., Hongkong and important matters lie outside the routine. work of the Medical Offer of Health.

I think we soldiers are all alike in one rospect, running between this port and the think, that the later report, 1, and I think perhaps that the public generally for consideration and report. "I have now the concerned sad an interested party. The native combination to be smuggled in, which co Messrs. A. DEATHON & CO., Amoy;

We need hardly state that the most strenuous Excellency the Officer Administering the hope wes there of discovering the plot when 60 of the Chinese crews and assistants on" buat | The " DAILY PRESE" OFFICE, Hongkong, and

were working against 07 None whatever, written two months after the preliminary does not quite realise what that is. We soldiers honour to enelasa, for the information of His crow number 60; the foreign officers 6. What bination note with the connivance and assistance Mesura, A. 8. WATSON & Co. Foochow momorandum, and with better knowledge give up our lives to our profesion, not certainly Government, copies of the replies by Mesers except by chance, and it was purely accidental of the various Government departments already for the sake of money we are paid to enable Batterfield & Swire, Moears. Shewan,

the Forage and led him to institute a search-Tayance of stowaways. Our vessels in many existing in the Colony, and moreover, after due us to live, but it is certainly not for money that

The first asmed letter, dated 24th June, recites haut from one part of the ship to the other that instances are searched by detectives lent to as consultation with the engineering expert sent we give our services in the first place; it is for & Co., and Messrs Jardine, Mathosen & Co. that the captain's inspicions were aroused on efforts are made by us to prevent the con out from England to collaborate with him, the honour and glory of serving our King at considerable length the steps taken to prevent took three or four days, awing to the conniven by the Hongkong Police Department, also!

our epantry. We have to take that carvice in stowaways being secreted on board, from which contains the more mature opinions on

It was not unusual, in the rush and crush of question," which is merely sketched in the any part of the globe; we may be sent to the Committen think the Government will be of the orew, before the entire lot was discovered thoroughly searched by the ships' officers prior WEEKLY PRESS. JULY to DECEM early report. The Board may. I think, rest good station and a healthy climate, or to satisfied that there was no negligence on the bad station and an unhealthy climate. It

bnaily occupied in their various duties that they saared that had. Mr. Chadwick thought an engineer was the proper person for the Sanitary in all in the day's work, and we soldiers, all part of the cfficers of the Lasfang. Messrs loading in Hongkong, for deck officers to be so Commisioner he would not have hesitated to of us, from the seniors to the juniors, like to Bhawan, Tomes & Co. mention, in their letter, have not time to be continually on the watch

It is

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this

Garrison to mow something of the facts of the relating to stowaways. In view of the remarks their adcuracy, we held an exhaustive / sprung up in these islands a demand for skilled

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the steamers on the Manila run.

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NOW READY. DOUND VOLUMES of the HONGKON to departure, again on the voyage ncross, and which

On sale at the Hongkong Daily Press Office Hongkong, 3rd January, 1902 withstanding that the occasions on lastly before arrival at the Philippines. Not-, 1001. With IBDRL. Price $7.50. stowaways are discovered on board our stommern