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THE BUNUKONG DIELY PRESS VINESDAY, GƠMBER,

the war shows no signs of taking an end, concluding my despatch with the follow- The Colonial SecErTARY reponded, and hospital, being regarded as sufficient at It is therefore, our obvious duty to husing words --- I am very anxious to sub- the Hill was then read a second time... the dispensary. In most cases the re band our resources and to increase them mut to you proposals for special taxation

Council then went into committee to questa were not even seen by a medical wisely as opportunity may offer, for no from which to furnish a special contri- consider the Bill clause by clauns, officer. The Apothecary states -- With man can tell what sacrifices the Empire bution from this Colony to Imperial War: To Clause 3, " Loan to be a charge on regard to prescriptions, once anything may not have to make before the goal Expenditure, and I hope to address you Batural Revenue," the following clause had been prescribed the patients could, of complete victory, which in common shortly on the matter. On the 24th was added: “The Governor shall appro as far as I could see, repeat tad libitum, with her valinat Allies she steadfastly February I informed the Executive priate out of the revenue and assets of and frequent cases occurred of the same keeps before her eyes, is finally reached Council that I proposed to make recon the Colony such sums as may be neces mixture having been supplied for six In the common effort towards that end mendations to the Secretary of state re sary to provide for the expenses of the to twelve months or even longer. Tha this Colony has taken no ignoble part gurding a War contribution, and under Rotation and management of the loan'

patient no doubt thought it was required. Referring to the financial side alone, the annual expenditure for the defence of the date the 28th February I asked permis On Clause 7, "Provision for Sinking and also took it, but it allowed of no Colony, and in connection with the War, son to impose, if Unoficial Members of Fund, the Brst two lines were altered, medical supervision. The Apothecary will this year probably amount to

the Legislative Council agreed, a special to read as follows:- The Governor | quotes the onse of a member of the $2,710,372, and is estimated for next year war tax which would have giten an shall in each year ending on the 30th Police Force who was supplied regularly at $3,017,707. She is about to present annual contribution of over $300,000 fr, day of November, appropriate out of the with malt and cod liver oil from the Imperial Government with a gift of Bonar Law pointed out certain objections revenue and assets of the Colony,

October, 1011, to June, 1914. He con- £3,000,000, and she may increase that to the scheme, which was ultimately thus changing half year to one sumed altogether 39 bottles of this mix- gift it adequate and satisfactory ways abandoned. At a meeting of the Excc year."

ture the retail price of which is $1.50 and means of finance can be found. Itt va Council held on the 20th April, I The following Clause was added to a bottle. I am informed that this par- may also suffice some who are ever ready informed the members of what had tran-Class 8 Application of Binking ticular article and various similar to driticise without first taking the pre-spired, and the question of providing the Fund-In case the sinking fund articles stocked at the Civil Hospital, caution of ascertaining facts, & very necessary ways and means for a contri- shall be insufficient for the payment of the which I may describe as medical com common failing in this Colony, to learn |bution was discussed at considerable principal moneys at the time when auch forts, are not stocked at all at one at that her contributions to Imperial War length, The matter was further discussed Payment shall become due, the Governor least of the leading hospitala in Funds and to War Charities are at prein the Executive Council on the 27th shall make good the deficiency out of the London. sent as follows:-

April and the 4th May. In the meau- revenue and assets of the Colony," British War Louns; £2,000,000, includ me I had been given to understand that Clauec 12, Exemption from duties and ing £90,000 in British War Expen- the Unofficial Members of both Conncils Taxes," was altered to read as follows diture Certificates, £73,000 in six per had the matter under consideration; and Bonds issued under this Ordinance, eent Exchequer Bands, and £20,000 towards the end of June they requested and the principal and interest represent in War Savings Certifientes,

me to enquire of the Secretary of State cd thereby, shall be exempt from all Charitable and other contributions to whether a lump sum of $3,000,000, to be duties and all Taxes now leviable, or Prince of Wales Fund

£3,500 raised by a local loan, would be acceptable which may hereafter be leviable in the

to His Majesty's Government. The Sinan Colony." cial position for the first half year was by this time known, and the outlook was distinctly promising. The revenue had exceeded expectations, and additional sms had been raised by increasing the €1,023 price of prepared opium, and by increas

3.0ced liquor dues, while a further amount THE RECENT PETITION. 1,500way about to be craised by the tobacco

the war:-

War Charities, administered by

the local committees, ..... The British Red Cross Society

13,000

Our Day subscription 1916. 1, with, I hops, a large addition this week, Bir Hebert Ho Tung to the Red

Cross Society... And also two neroplanes Tai Yau Bankane neroplane Community. of Hangkang--REVI

aeroplanes

The Belgian Relief Funds about The Belgian Red Cross Fund Motor Anbulance presented by Mr. Lau Chi-pak and others...... Motor Ambulance presented by the

ladies of Hongkong. The Navy League Star aid

Garter Fund

The Tobacco Funds, about...

Total

£61.

Upon Council resuming,

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved that the Bill be read a third time.

The COLONIAL SECRETARY BCConded, and the Bill was then read a third time and passed.

HON: MR. POLLOCK-SIZ, I beg to give notice that I shall put the following questions at the next meeting of the Legislative Council, namely:

Immediately after his arrival in the Colony, Dr. Johnson began personally. to investigate the administration of the stores at the Civil Hospital On the 7th February, 1913, he wrote to the Super intendent: -“I notice that over 200 dozen bottles of various kinds have been issued during January. This is quite sufficient for the entire needs of the Army, Navy, and Civil hospitals of the Colony, and would even then be exceя- sive" Dr. Johnson set his face against the then prevailing practice of ordering. stocks of patent medicines, popular for a time and then discarded. With regard to this he reports Heaping up purchases, which are often not well-con- sidered ones, is not a sound policy. I have been asked for various proprietary medicines like A and B (it is neces is necessary. They are both capable at sary to give the names. Neither of these statements in paragraph 5 of the Des the most of relieving symptoms, and B, patch of H. E. The Governor, of the 20th besides being exponsive, is as nice as 3 May, 1918, to the Secretary of State for Returat to the taste. But they are of the Colonics on the subject of the recent no particular import, except to the pro- Petition for greater representation of the public on the tree live and log fire brietors, and It is a reasonable thing to Councils, namely: It is quite imprac-avoid the purchase of patent, and pro- ticable to apply the principle of election prietary urticles, which are, for the most to appointments to a body like the Execu- part, of: no special value." I may men. tive Council and it does not seem niecestion in this connection that about July, sary to set out the very obvious reasons 1915, the Apothecary, unknown to Dr. for which such a proposal could not be Johnson, compiled a list chiefly of patent | entertained" Will the Government stale drugs which had been in stock unused what are the reasons why each proposal for some time, and he asked the doctors could not be entertained?

connected with the hospital whether they could prescribe the articles in question,

I may also quote an extract from Rules in order to prevent waste. As far as the Apothecary remembers, none were used. for Economy in Prescribing," which ap peared last year in an article in the

tax; and the ingrenseri coat of commodi- 3,000 tics ordered from England was largely 400 counter-balanced by the rise in exchange; 100 a rate of 1/8 having been estimated for. With reference to the following

Large economies in expenditure had also 43 been made, while the high price of silver had largely reduced the cost of the 450 monetisation of subsidiary coins was

satisfied that the Colony was now in 1,000 position to make a substantial contribu: tion, and I accordingly, on the 27th Jane, addressed the following telegram to the Secretary of State: ce

"Unofficial Members of Executive and Legislative Councils wish to vote a special war contribution to them perial Government and have requested me to enquire if a lump sum of $3,000,000, to be borrowed from the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, or rais- bution of 21 per cent, on gross revenue ed by a local loan, or a special contri-

of the Colony, less the items not assess able for military contribution, would be preferred by you

Supplemented by a gift of tobacco from the men of U.S.S. Wilmington.

--Will the Government also atate for

Iative Council are Government nominees what reasons two out of the four non Chinese Unofficial Members of the Legis instead of being elected as Membere I will now hand a copy of my questions

to the Clerk of Councils,

I do not suggest that the Colony. hás done enough. In this small but import ant outpost of the Empire, we have been less affected by the War than other parts of the Empire, and it is, therefore, a clear duty to make real sacrifices in aid of the enormous work going on for the relief of suffering among our gallant troops and not merely to give of our abandanes.

In this War, men, and more men, are

and more men, required and it is right that I should The second afternative suggested was. again mention what has so far been done the one which I personally preferred, on by this Colony during the War Between the ground that an unqual contribution two and three hundred men have gone to of a fixed percentage of the revenue tfight. It is difficult to calculate the would be the sounder proposition, since exact number, as some have joined at it would fluctuate with the prosperity of home, but later on all the names will be the Colony. I purposely avoided indicat carefully recorded. The number may not ing in the telegram that the alternative seem large, but the Colony is small while proposal emanated from myself, in order her trade is big, and her trade has to that the proposal of Unofficial Members carried on and, if possible, extended. I can only repeat again, as 1 have severn? might not run the risk of being preju Was not the stock of drugs and dis 1815, 319, 204, 302, and 127 respectively,

diced. ::

THE GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL.

HIS EXCELLENCY-I promised at the hust meeting of the Council to give of the

more detailed reply to the third questions which wore put

| British Medical Journal — Avoid the use of all patent and proprietary medi- cines. The secret remedies and more secret remedies, published by the British Medical Association, has shown how ex- pensive they are without any compensat

ng merits.

at that meeting by the hon, member to the site of brandy in the Civil Hos Dr. Johnson paid partionlar attention nominated by the Justices of the Peace pital, the number of bottles supplied That question was worded as followsing it 1910, 408, and in 1914, 1973, 1914, time before, that if they cannot be

infectants kept in store at the Govers Dr. Johnson reports that he is quite satis spared for the front, able-bodied men, of

On the 11th August the Secretary ofment Civil Hospital considerably fed that no patient has been one particle whatever age, can, by joining the local State telegraphed tant be thoroughly apduced by the present Principal Civ to worse for this diminished issue. Dr. Volunteer Forces and making themselves preciated the desire of the Unofficial Medical Officer before the war

Johnson also terminated a practice under efficient, release men of the Regalar Army, Members to offer a considerable contri- It is necessary, as a preliminary step which hypodermic solutions were pro and so indirectly help to increase the bution to His Majesty's Government for to examine the conditions pertaining at pared in bottles containing a large num fighting forces. It is astonishing to me var purposes, and indicated that he the Civil Hospital, prior to Dr. Johnson's ber of doses, the syringe being filled from to find that after all the efforts that have preferred a lump sum contribution, appointment, in the matter of the con the bottle. The practice was wasteful be- been made there are still men holding 1, therefore, consulted the Unofficial trol and issue of drugs and disinfectants cause solutions became stale and were back. By means of the Registration of Members, and made enquiries as to the The keys of the store, nominanty in thrown away, The present praction is Persons Ordinance, which you passed possibility of raising such a loan as was charge of the Apothecary, were kept Jast June, a weapon has been placed in suggested, and in sousequence of the ad-openly on a hook in the dispensaryrg fresh single doses. He similarly to supply tabloids and ampoules contain- the hands of the Government whereby the rice I received I telegraphed to the Fiom 3 pm daily, until the following hames of many men apparently eligible Secretary of State on the 21st September morning, the dispensary was left in the prevented waste in the matter of chloro- for service, either in the Volunteer Forces that the Unofficial Members of both sole charge of three Chinese dispensers.4 oz bottles to the Operating Theatre in Form by supplying, as far as possible, ter in the Becial Police Reserve, have some to light. I hope the knowledge that Councils were unanimous in advising the Two of these slept in the hospital pre-place of 1 lb. bottles; surpins chloroform eir names are known may have the immediate issue of a loan of $3,000,000, mises, and all three bad free access to in the latter bottles having frequently desired effect, but if it has not I shall bearing interest at the rate of ma per the drug and disinfectant store. not fail to consider whether further cent, repayable in from five to twelve Dr. Johnson arrived in the Colony onbeen discarded on the plea that it had

deteriorated. who have gone to fight for King and and on the following day I received a January he brought it to the notice of powers should not be asked for. Of those years at the option of the Government, the 15th January, 1913, and on the 28th Country at least ten have, I regret to say, telegram from the Secretary of State ap the Government that 40 gallons of spirits Already falken. Among the mammes are proving of the proposals, and stating of wine, ordered by Dr. Bell, the Acting several who were accomplished in more that His Majesty's Government highly Erincipal Civil Medical Officer, on the than one branch of sport, and we may appreciated the generous attitude of the 18th December, and duly entered by the fell sure that they fought as sportsmen Hongkong Government and the Unofficial Apothecary in the stock-book as taken to the end, (Applause) Their gallant Members of the Councils

into store, had never in fact boen re-. deelle will not be forgotten, and I hope

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the drastic changes insisted upon by the The sudden upsetting of old custom, newcomer who had unwittingly excited then in the Colony because he had rancorous jealousy among certain persons accepted an appointment, offered to him by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, which many bad

that in due course a suitable monument minken provision for issuing the loan.ported that an examination of certain hoped would go to Dr. Bell, raid a

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will be erected to their memory, though in the thoughts and hearts of their friends and I am glad to be able to state that cases of brandy in the store showed that storm of disapproval and of indignation btre they already have won a Monu- the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking their contents and had been filled with various charges published on the house- various bottles had been emptied of at the Civil Hospital, and among the mentum Acre Perennina (Applause.) Corporation bus kindly consented to floot water, being re-corked in some instances tops against Dr. Johnson was the one It is proposed to take the second read it. They have also generously offered to with corks identical with those used in now again brought forward, that he was ing of the Supply Bill a fortnight, hence, forego the usual commission on such and in the meantime if the Unofficial transaction. It has been arranged that the dispensary. In reporting the in- improperly cutting down the hospital Members would like to have any further a considerable portion of the stock will cident of the spirits of wine Dr. supplies. I may say here that in my re explanations than have been given by me, be in denominations which will cable Johnson said I consider that the ference to the jealousy of certain persons or embodied in the notes appended to the small investors to participate in the loan manner in which the medical stores is do not silude to Dr. Bell, who bure Draft Estimates, the Colonial Secretary I may add that, with the concurrence of administered is not a desirable one and his disappointment most philosophically. and Treasurer will be glad to give them. Honourable Unofficial Members; it has that it is largely responsible for the was alleged in the first place that in TR COLONIAL TREASURER seconded, and been indicated to the Secretary of Stato present occurrence; and Mr. Thomson, ordering from the Crown Agents the the Bill was read a first time.

then acting as Colonial Secretary, com drugs and disinfectants required for that if the loan is a success it may be mented. The store system in the 1814 Dr Johnson sent in an indent WAR LOAN OF $3,000,000. possible to extend it with the object of Medical Department is evidently in aller than the customary one. This

adding to the Colony's gift. Gentle- The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the first men, this Bill was to have been brought the waste has been in the past, if this order for some eighteen months in nd- rotten condition. No one knows what was the case. It had been the custom to reading of a Bill intiluted, "An Ordin before you last Thursday week, but at ence to authorise the raising of a War the last moment a question was raised a report is taken as an example. The vence, and Dr. Johnson very properly Wm. Loan." In doing so he said: This Bill to whether the revenue devoted to the matter was fully investigated two decided to indent for shorter periods, appeared in the "Orders of the Day" paying of interest and the sinking fund Chinese officers were dismissed from the and to send forward supplementary re at the last meeting of the Council, but on the loan should or should not be service, and steps were taken to put the quisitions as the requirements became it was not proceeded with. I beg to apolo exempted from the military contribution, store administration upon a proper known. With regard to this indent the gise to hon. members for their not having At the request of Hon. Unoficial Mem- footing.

following minute by Dr. Bell is on been notified before-hand that the Billbers I communicated with the Secretary Medical Officer, although he signed

Prior to 1913 the Principal Civil record:---

25th October, 1913, would not be proceeded with at the last of State on the subject, and I have not orders for stores, was not consulted as meeting. Certain alterations were found had any reply. I believe that it is the Recessary at the last moment, and though desire of the Unofficial members that the to their issue which was under the we made attempts to deal with them there Bill should be proceeded with to-day, general supervision of the Superintend was not sufficient time to do so before the and when I receive the reply of the ent of the Civil Hospital. It was, and meeting of the Council. As a conse-Secretary of State, if his direction should it still is, the rule, that Government quenos, a special resolution was taken be that the revenue alluded to should be servants drawing less than £300 a year not to proceed with the Bill that day. exempted from the military comtribu- can obtain medicines free at the hospital I now beg to propose the first reading tion, it will be an easy matter to bring while those drawing 2300 or upwards of the Bill,

BIHIR, EXCELLENCY

forward a short Bill to effect that object. Were allowed to purchase medicines at approximately cost price. The term Honourable Members The question

The COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, and medicine" for the purposes of the of a contribution by the Colony to the the Bill was read a first time, and rule was supposed to denote & prepa Imperial War Funds has for a long time. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then moved the ration for the treatment of disease pre past had my most careful consideration, suspension of standing orders in order ribed by a Government or a private The financial outlook throughout the that the Bill should be taken through medical practitioner. The rule was not greater part of 2015 was not encouraging its remaining stage, at that meeting.

observed. Senior officers were not as 3- and, in commenting upon the Estimates The COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded. rule called upon to pay for articles for 1816, the Secretary of State for the The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then moved the supplied to them, and the term “medi- Colonies described it as most unsatisfac-second reading of the Bill. In doing so eine was extended to cover almost say tory. But towards the close of the year he said. After what you have said, Šir, articles in store for which a Government the position was much improved and in on the first reading of the Bill, I think servant might think it to ask. Pre January last, when addressing the Secret is unnecessary for me to say anything acriptions were not required, a written i tary of State at length upon the subject I therefore propose the cond reading zaquest, which was in some cases: în- mof the financen, I felt myself justised in of the Bill

itialled by a medical officer at the.

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I have been through the indent for drugs with Mr. Taylor and I think it has been drawn up carefully to meet our requirements. As far as I can see there does not seem to be any chance of our over stocking nor of being shura. in any of the more important items On the 11th August, 1914, shortly he fore his retirement on pension. Dr. Bell wrote:

Dear Dr. JonNSON,

With reference to our conversation this morning I beg to state that I have not discussed your administration out aide the hospital nor have I stated that you have hampered the hospital work by cutting down the issue of the equip ment. I also do not consider this you have so hampered the work.”—Youre truly

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