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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH NOVEMBER, 1878. 529

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Notice respecting a Prize of £100 for an Essay on Hydrophobia is published] for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th November, 1878.

PRIZE OF ONE HUNDRED POUNDS.

FOR AN

ESSAY ON HYDROPHOBIA:

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

ITS NATURE, PREVENTION, AND TREATMENT

OFFERED BY

V. F. BENETT STANFORD, Esq., M.P.,

TO BE AWARDED BY THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON.

Conditions under which the above Prize is to be competed for :--

(1.) The Essay must be in English, or accompanied by an English translation.

(2.) The Essay must be delivered to the College on or before January 1st, 1880. (3.) Each Essay to be accompanied by a sealed envelope, containing the name and address of the author, and bearing a motto on the outside. The same motto to be inscribed on the Essay.

(4.) The Essay may be the joint production of two or more authors.

(5.) The Essay, if not published by the author within a year, to become the property of

the College.

(6.) The Prize not to be awarded unless an Essay of sufficient merit be presented.

The questions which are thought by the College specially to require investigation are:-

(a.) The origin and history of outbreaks of Rabies, particularly in the United Kingdom

and its dependencies.

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(b.) The best mode of prevention of Rabies. (c) The cracteristics of Rabies durin

which are associated with

commencement.

(d.) The origin of Hydrophobia in man,

gical changes tages, particularly in its

(e.) The chemical and anatomical morbid changes observed in the subjects of the disease, with special reference to those having their seat in the organs of the nervous system, and in the salivary glands.

(f.) The symptoms of the disease, particularly of its early stage, as illustrated in well-

observed cases.

(9.) The diagnosis of the disease in doubtful cases, from conditions more or less resem-

bling it.

(h.) The alleged prolonged latency of the malady.

(i)

The efficacy of the various remedies and modes of preventing the disease, which have been proposed, and what plan of treatment, whether prophylactic or curative it would be most desirable to recommend for future trial.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following abstract of the Returns of the Collector of Stamp Revenue, dated 1st November, 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

C. MAY, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th November, 1878.

Total Revenue 'athe month of October, 1878,.

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27

Increase,

Collected in 1878 up to October 31st,

in 1877

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Increase,

1877,.

$ 11,086.21 $ 9,914.63

.$ 1,171.58

.$107,768.41 .$ 98,161.57

$ 9,600