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No. 19.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH FEBRUARY, 1871.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Circular Despatch, of the 10th of December, 1870, from the Right Honorable the Earl of KIMBERLEY, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st January, 1871.
Circular. Ilongkong.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
DOWNING STREET, 10th December, 1870.
SIR, The Royal Humane Society are desirous that, in cases in which the Governors of the Co- lonics may make application for rewards, a fac-simile of the accompanying Form may be made use of in future, as a means of avoiding the delay which sometimes occurs from the necessity for sending for further information before a case can be dealt with.--I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant,
The Officer Administering
KIMBERLEY.
the Government of Hongkong.
Instructions to Claimants for Rewards of the Royal Humane Society, setting forth the particulars of the case of
who risked his own life in rescuing
from being drowned, at
on the
Pecuniary Rewards are limited to Cases only which occur in or near the Metropolis.
1. Name, Address, Age, and Occupa-
tion of the Claima it.
2. Name, Address, Age, and Occupa-
tion of the Person saved.
3. Time of Day, Date, and Place at which the Accident occurred, Depth of Water, &c., to be here stated.
4. The precise nature of the exertions nsert and risk incurred in Saving the Person, and other particulars.
5. What was the actual Time of Im- mersion of the person Saved, and the state of the Body when first rescued?
6. What was done with the Body, and
where taken to ?*
7. Who was sent for; who came; what was then done, and what kind of
treatment was adopted?
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This Paper to be accompanied by "Certificates of one or more Eye-witnesses," who should add their Profession or Trade after Signature, and state fully, in their own hand-writing, the precise nature of the Claimant's exertions, showing the actual risk he thereby incurred.
* Should the Patient have been taken to a Public House, a Certificate of the Landlord, verified also by the Medical Attendant, should be attached, and stating what accommodation was afforded.
The Petition, with the above details, as nearly as they can be procured, to be left at or sent to the Society's Office, 4, Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross, within Fourteen Days from the occurrence of the Case, if within Seven Miles of London, or within One Month, if the dis- tance from the Metropolis exceeds Seven Miles.
LAMBTON YOUNG, Secretary.
[Reverse.]
Copy of a Circular Letter addressed to the Society's Medical Assistants by order of the Committee.
The Committee, in returning their most cordial and grateful thanks to those Medical Gentlemen who have gratuitously given their time and attention towards the fulfilment of the objects of the ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY, beg leave to offer the following observations for the favour of their careful consideration.
However nearly the resuscitative process recommended by the Royal Humane Society may now approach towards perfection, much may yet be effected by close attention to those symptoms which occur during the progress of recovery, and the changes which may result from the means employed.
Many interesting restorations from apparent death have been communicated to the Committee with no other narrative than "that the means recommended by the Society were employed." But, in order to ascertain the real efficacy of the methods so adopted, a more minute history of the case would be very acceptable, especially with reference to the following data, viz.:—
The time of actual submersion.*
The appearance of the body.
Resuscitative process employed.
The first and progressive symptoms of returning animation.
Aud the time from commencement of the restorative plan to a return of animation.
* As it is seldom possible to ascertain this by direct means, the node by which the time of submersion is calculated should be also stated.
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