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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 562.

The following revised Scale of Fees required to be paid by patients at the Government European and Chinese Lunatic Asylums on and after the 1st of January, 1898, is substituted for that published in Government Notification No. 531 of 30th November, 1897.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th December, 1897.

SCALE OF FEES.

CIVIL OFFICERS.

Salaries under $40 per month, .

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from

$40 to $60 per month,

$ 60 to $ SO

1

J. H. STEWART Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.

0.15 cents per

diem,

0.20

";

0.50

0.75

17

??

.$2.00

$3.00

#1

..Free.

over $100, as Second Class Patient,

17

$ 80 to $100

13

};

+1

$100, as First Class Patient,

less than $20 per month,

Wives of Civil Officers will be charged on the same scale,

Inspector of Police,

European Constable,

Indian Constable,

Chinese Constable,

POLICE.

70 cents per

diem.

21 17

21

17

17

27

13

OTHER PATIENTS.

First Class.

$6.00 per diem. If any extraordinary attendance is desired, the extra cost to be added.

Seamen.

Second Class.

European (a) Local and such others as may be approved

by the Governor,

$1.50 per diem.

...$2.00

(b) Lunatics landed from ships on order or

guarantee of Consuls or ship's agents,...$3.00 Asiatics-Sent in from ships on Consular or ship's agents'

Asiatics,

guarantee,

$2.00

F

Third Class.

.$0.50

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Enclosure II.

PUBLIC MORTUARY, HONGKONG, 31st January, 1899.

SIR,I have the honour to forward to you, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, the enclosed report on the Public Mortuary for the year 1898.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Dr. J. M. ATKINSON,

Principal Civil Medical Officer.

JAMES A. Lowson,

Medical Officer in charge.

PUBLIC MORTUARY,

What I have to report on this institution at present must be mainly statistical as the more im- portant remarks must be combined with those on Plague, which will be treated later on.

Drs. BELL and THOMSON were in charge until I arrived in the Colony from leave on January 13th. From that date I remained in charge until July 29th, from which time till September 20th I acted as Principal Civil Medical Officer, Dr. THOMSON taking charge of the Mortuary. After October 3rd Dr. THOMSON and I exchanged duties to a certain extent, and he remained in charge until the end of

the year.