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HONGKONG.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR TO ENQUIRE INTO AND REPORT ON THE BEST ORGANIZATION FOR A COLLEGE OF MEDICINE FOR HONGKONG.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

HONGKONG, 15th July, 1896.

The Committee appointed by His Excellency the Governor to enquire into and report on the best organization for a College of Medicine for Hongkong have the honour to submit for His Excellency's consideration the results of their delibera- tions. They respectfully offer the following recommendations :--

1. That the title of the proposed College be "The Hongkong College of Medicine."

2. That a Governing Body be appointed, consisting of seven members-

The Colonial Surgeon,

The Principal Medical Officer of Her Majesty's Forces,

The Deputy-Inspector-General of Royal Naval Hospital,

The Superintendent of the Alice Memorial and Nethersole Hospitals,

and three others nominated by His Excellency the Governor

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and that the Colonial Surgeon be President of the Governing Body.

3. That the Colonial Surgeon be ex officio Principal of the College.

4. That the Government secure the services of a medical man specially qualified to teach Anatomy and Physiology, who shall be a member of the Medical Depart- ment of the Colony, be Lecturer on the subjects named, and act as Superintendent and Secretary of the College.

5. That the Lecturers on other subjects be appointed by His Excellency the Governor on the recommendation of the Governing Body, and that they each receive an honorarium for their services. The sum of one hundred dollars per annum is suggested as a suitable honorarium.

6. That the minimum period of study be five years; and that before commenc- ing study all candidates be required to pass au entrance Arts examination, not lower than that of the sixth standard of the new Educational Code (Hongkong, 1893).

7. That all professional examinations be conducted by independent examiners appointed by the Governing Body, assisted by the lecturers on the subjects under examination,

8. That qualified students be given the title of "Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery of the Hongkong College of Medicine," to be contracted "L.M.S.H," and be registered as qualified to practise under this title in the Colony.

9. That qualified students of the existing College of Medicine for Chinese be permitted to register, if they desire it, under the new Ordinance; and that present students of that College be received into the proposed College without preliminary examination, and given credit for such time as they may already have devoted to medical study.

10. That regulations for matriculation, curriculum of study, professional examinations, sessions, fees, &c., be remitted to the Governing Body, when it has been formed.