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HONGKONG SANITARY

BOARD.

HD HONGKONG DAILY PRES, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24mm, 1916.

about rather than & Sub-Committee of this Board, and he was sure that no mem- bers of the Board greatly tiesired to go round and solemnly inspect these pots and pans. (Laughter.)

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Hongkong Sanitary Board was held yesterday, the Head of the Department

The PRESIDENT said that the reapons (Mr. G. N. Orme) presiding. There were bility for drainage through houses or niso present-The Hon. Mr. E. A. streete or open spaces lay with the Public Hewett, C.M.G., the Hon. Mr. S. B. O. Worke Department. So far as the Ross, Messrs. P. W. Goldring and Ng Sanitary Department could, their duties Hou Sze, Dr. Francis Clark (Medical were to see that these spaces were scaveng Officer of Health), and Mr. W. Bowen-ed and kopt as clear of refuse us possible. Rowlands (Secretary).

In regard to Kowloon, that was a growing place, and the Public Works Department Mr. GOLDBING rose to move the resolu- were not willing to make final arrange tion standing in his name, viz,

ments in regard to drainage. They were (2.)~~That a sub-committee of the Board continually urging the PW.D. to fill in be appointed to consider the ques theso open spaces and improve the tion of the down pipes, sido | drainage.

*NULBANCES IN TSIM SHA TSUI,

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channels, privatles walls, drains, Lient. Colonel GonDON HALL asked serrers and open sprats in the Taim there were not an order prohibiting the (.)That such committee do consist of

WEST RIVER FLOOD RELIEF. REPORT ON THE THIRD DISTRIBUTION:

The following reports have been sent to us for publication:--

THE FRENCH CONVENT.

FINANCIAL RESULTS OF THE RECENT ENTERTAINMENT

The Rey Mother Superior of the Frosch Conrent sends us the letter

A further instalment of relief-money printed below, giving the results of the was promised for the first half of Janu-entertainment recently given at the Con- ary. Unfortunately the state of Mr. von in aid of the various war charītics.

The Rev. Mother desires to than the A E. Wood's health would not permit of his undertaking more up-river work as following for the kind assistance they that time. I was therefore deputed to Save The Electric Light Co. for fout- lights and coloured lights free of charge, assist Mr. Tong Yat Teum in the distribution

Mr. Xaviery Hongkong Printing Press for the programmes, the Forestry Department for the Ioan of planta for decoration Mr. Anderson for loan of piano; A Ling & Co. and Hung On & Co. for chairs tree of charge. The Rev. Mother Superior wishes also to thank all the ladies who kindly, helped to selling the die we

Mr. Tong and I left Hongkong on the 12th January, Messrs. Chau Siu Ki and Lam Houng Lun accompanied us a fas ne Canton, where we met representatives of the Provincial Relief Committees and disenged the work of the funds. We left Landon for the West River the following

boat 870,240 in Chinese subsidiary coin, Towage and protection were provided by the gunboat Lung Soung

the Head of the Sanitary Depart throwing of pots and paas about in open afternoon, taking with us in our house of tickets, also Mr. Young Fee for $30 ment, the Director of Public spaces In Military circles people had to Works, the Assistant Medical smash such things up before throwing Officer of Health for the time them away. boing, and two other non-official members of the Board to be selected by the members and (2.) That such committee do make their

Tho PRESIDENT said that if people dumped these things on Government

Of the $70,240, 861,400 represented a fresh remittance from Hongkong of

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first report within one month from ground they could deal with them if 250,000 converted at $122.80. The re

detected, but he could not say in every caso. A man throwing a pot into the street and thereby causing a nuisance could be dealt with under the Act, Ultimately the matter, was adjourned sine die.

CEMETERIES.

This was agreed to

APPLICATION FOR WATER-CLOSETS. Application was made to erect two water closets on the first door of No. 11, Queen's Road Central, Marine Lot No. 2. section A (Mercantile Bank),

mainder was drawn from the balance of previous remittances. In addition to further instalments of the money allotted to the reconstruction of broken embank- ments, this sum included the first instel- mont (612,350) of relief to Wan Ki,"

banks damaged but not actually breached.

As on previous occasions, the money was distributed at three centres, viz.:-fam Chau, Shiu Hing and Sam Shut, the recipients having been warned by letter to meet us at these places. The Provin- cial and District Anthorities again did all in their power to ensure the safe.. passage of the money to its various destinations.

During the distribution we

eceived | several petitions for relief from embank

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and Mr. Laa Tak Po $20. Special thanks are due to the Misses Liebert for the fing design on the programmes and for disposing of tickets and programmes to the amount of 6300.30 and to Miss L. Thomas and Miss R. Boans, who by their

talent musical

greatly contributed towards the success of the performance. And last, but not least, the Rev. Mother Superior expresses her gratitude to Lady May and all who encouraged the children by their presence at the performance.

Hongkong, 23rd March, 1815. Reverend Mother Superior,

French Convent..

DEAR REV. Morner-Children of our ago are generally without care, busy with our little studies and our sports; nevertheless, wo have the intelligence to understand aud Eampean erasis. kearts to love and sympathise in the present

That one word War has awakened in our young minds quite a world of idons which we have never before experienced,

We understand that war menus destruc- Ition, suffering, death; and that all this is

necessary to assure victory and

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Mr. GetaNo minute-Grantments just outside our relief districts in the apprection of our enemice, andNE. CRAWFORD & CO.

DE FITZWILLIAMS minuted,Grant. Those we duly forwarded to the Provincial

the date of their appointment. Mr. Goldring said that he under stood some reasons should be add ed. and therefore he asked for lenvo

the motion by adding at the end of Clause I on account of the accumulation of water and

The PRESIDENT minutod. That the refuse, the prevalence of mosquitoes, and the recurrence of certain throat affections Board hereby direct that the cemeteries in that district (Tsim Sha Tsui)," and at Aplican and at Tai Blek Ku shall be by eliminating Clauso II. Mr. Goldringeot apart for re-interments after exhuma said he had selected the case of Tsim Sha tion, and for the storage of the remains so Tsui for personal convenience, because oxhumed in pots. ho had made a thorough investigation of almost every bye-laue and channel in the district, and his intention would be for the Board to extend it to other districte, in which improvement might be even more urgently needed. The complaint made in that district was that the side channels did not carry off the water, the down pipes connecting with the side channels were broken, and the refuse in some of them was supply appalling Mr. Gold- ring instanced a case whore, on the occasion of a heavy rainfall some six weeks ago, the pipes were so choked that the water spouted over and practically rained the wholb of a garden and articles of clothing that happened to have been put out. After the rains had passed away * cartain amount of accumulations appeared in different hollows and spaces, and within a week mosquitoes were brooding in that place The mosquitoes came out of the places in swarms, and he himself went there and poured kerosine into the poole. Mr. Goldring weat on to refer to the nuisance caused AFFAIts nuted. Grant. by district which

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number of

of wells in this

Hon. Mr. HEWETT minuted I presume | Authorities. that they are for the use of Europeans?

We returned to Canton on the evening

List Coll GORDON HALL minutod. - ¦ of the 17th January, Would it not be better to hand all these

until the subject of W. Cs is Tai Fo, Hongkong,

cases over

settled i

Provisionally granted. Application was made to erect a water closet at Kowloon Dock.

MI GOLDRING minuted. This really should be granted. I have seen the place, and there can be no genuine objection.

Lient. Col. GORDON HALL minuted. -

This requires further consideration in my opinion.

DE FITZWILLIAMS minute-Grant, The Hon. SECRETARY FOR CHINESE

The Hon. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS

were used simply minuted. I agree with Mr. Goldring.

(Signed) D. W. TRATMAN.

March 3rd, 1916.

or

On February 2nd, Mr. Tong Yat Chun and I went up the West River to pay out further instalments for the broken damaged banks. The work is proceding in a satisfactory manner on the whole, though we had occasion to find fault with

or two places, and from one in pari- cular we have withheld any further instal- ment until cortein points are put right. The Magistrate of Ko Yin district is especially helping us by keeping an eye on the work done and reporting anything unsatisfactory. In a few cases we have seen reason to increase the original grant.

We pray for all those who protect us

we decided to act, to sing and to dance in order to be able to alleviate the sufferings

of the victims of the war

We owe the success of our little eater- tainment not so much to our own skill ag to tho kind assistance and the generosity of the many friends of the Convent.

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We simply did our best, and we are more than rewarded in being able to hand you, dest Reverend Mother, as the result of our shall be glad if you will kindly dispose of in performances the sum of $1,957.40, which we

the following manner :-

Lady May Lady Lugard

-8400.00 :300.00 Monsieur le Consul Général de

France....******

15000 600,000

The Ambulances and Belgian Ro fugees in care of the Sisters of St. Paul, France

957.40

Wo remain, dear Reverend Mother your respectful Children.

THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS.

and solely for the purpose of watering This case is quite independent of the We shall be going up again in a few days, conrą ORDERS BY LIVUT.-COL. A, CHAPMAN, V..

gardens, and mentioned one particular

well, near the old police-court, on pro- perty which he thought belonged, or had belonged, to the P. & O. Company.

Hon. Mr. HEWETT-Oh, dear, no Mr. GOLDRING referred to the open spaces, and said there was a space next to the post-office on which there was 811 accumulation of water which never seem ed to flow off properly. The gulley tracks nover seemed to be properly cleared. The speaker also instanced nuisances on open spacos in Victoria View, below the Water

general question,

Formission was provisionally, granted. Application was made to erect Due water closet at No. 1; May Road,

Mr. GOLDRING minuted. Grant, Lieut. Col. GOBDON HALL minuted. Discuss.

Mr. CHAN KAI MING minuted-Grant, subject to usual conditions.

Dr. FITZWILLIAMS minuted-Grant, Hon. M. HEWETT minuted,-Refuse, This was refused.

Application was made to erect eight Police Station, and on a space in frons water-clots at The Fire Magazine

Gap Road.

of which he had the misfortune to live. It was covered with broken pots and pans, in which rain gathered, providing receptacles for the mosquito larvae. It seemed to him that some measures should be adopted to bring the Public Works Department and the Sanitary Depart- ment into closer relations. They were not met by the Public Works Depart ment in the fair spirit. It would be much easier for the Board

if

Mr. GOLDRING minuted.-Grant Lient.-Col, GORDON HALL minated, Discuss.

Mr. Chan Kai Ming minuted-Grant, subject to usual conditions.

Dr. FITZWILLIAMS minuted-Grant. Hon Mr. HEWETT minuted.-Refuse,. This was refused. Application was made to erect twelve

and on on return a complete table of

payments will be published.

(Signed) A. E. WOOD.

March 1st, 1915.

Mr. Tong Yat Chum and I went up the river on March 9th to make final payments et Ko Yiu end Ko Ming. Mr. Mr. Joffe was fortunately able to accom pany us, and he brought with bìm. Mr. Mooney to make a survey of the spot at Fu Wan, where we hope Ister to build a new

We inspected Tay Kai Wai, the embankment from which we had withheld the previous payment, and as part of the work has bean conducted in an unsatisfactory manner, and we have reason to believe that insufficient efforts have been made to raise a local lovy, we reduced our total grant hy 85,000. Mr. Pun Pak Wa, the Magistrate of Ko Yiu, is having the re mainder of their work supervised. The Payments in our three districts have now

been completed, and total $285,580 iu

the P.W.D. met them and helped them waterclosets and ons trough closet in Canton cub. coin. The attached table

along. He felt that the matters be had mentioned should be thoroughly investi gated.

block of buildings on a Kowloon Inland Lot, in Hanoi Road.

Mr. GOLDDING minuted.-I approve of the water clusels but not the trough closet.

Lieut. Col. GORDON HALL minuted-I should like to discuss.

MOHAN KA MING minuted. I agree. with Mr. Goldring.

Dr. FITZWILLIAMS minuted Grant. Hon. Mr. HEWETT minuted,--Discuss. Tim DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKs

gives a detailed account. Our thanks are due to Mr. Pun for his help and hos pitality during the whole period of our work in Ko Yi district and to Mr. Lo Yan Yu, late divisional superintendent of police at Shiu Hing, who also has been energetic in going round the various embankments and enquiring into the pro- gresa of their work. In Canton we are ndebted to Mr. Tang Kwan Shan, Chief of the Land Polica, Mr. Tsoi Yu Nung,

Hon. Mr. HEWETT said he seconded as a mattor of form. He would like to explain that the P. & O, had no property in Kow- loon, and that so long as he was Superin. tendent they probably would not. The spraker emphasised the difficulty of keeping such a place as Hongkong even reasonably sanitary, They all know that insanitary places did exist, and minuted. I am in favour of permitting Chief of the Water Police, and Mr. Tung question brought before this Board to water-closets in such cases. In the case

of ordinary houses, one water closet for Pat Bhan, Divisional Superintendent of encourage careful personal supervision

person would receive the most earnest considera

Police, for the help they have given us throughout, en tion and support of the Board, because

(Bigned) A. E. Woon. they knew how difficult it was to control sanitation in a solony like this, where

any

cach house should suffice. It is not neces sary to provide a water-closet for each bedroom in a house.

This was adjourned.

March 17th, 1916.

An application for permission to erect The financial statement which has been

LEASE APPOINTMENTS,

L-HE. the Governor has been pleased o

appoint Capt. A. Riddell, 74th Pun- jabis, to be Inspecting Officer of the H.K.V.C. and H.K.V.R. with effect from 16th March, 1915. Lieut Crowther Smith is appointed to command the Right Sertion M.G, Că: until further notice, with effect from 19th March, 1915.

2-Gr. J. A. Hunter from No Section

HKVA to Engineer Co., date 22nd March, 1915.

LEAVE 3The undermentioned are granted learo

of absence, as follows:-Sapper J. J Vanstone from 21st March, 1915, to 1st May, 1916 Pte. N. J Austin from 22nd March, 1915, to 22nd May, 1915.

PARADES.

4-Farades for Wednesday, 24th inst..

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6.-Officers on duty Capt. Wood, Lient

Kennett and Lieut. Danby, Orderly Officer: Lieut. Kennett, Orderly Sergeant. Corpi. Bolton. Medical Orderly: Pie Thomsen, To furnish Guard-

At Volunteer Headquarters

7 p.m. to-day to 7 a.m. to-morrow:

Eight Section M.G. Co.

7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to-morrow No.

Section Artillery Battery. 7p.m. to-morrow to 7:0.m. 20th inst..

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