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YOW LOONG SANG CHEONG

WING TY LONG

WING NAM

DER A WING

No. 254.

SIR,

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KWAN TAY HOO LOONG SANG LOONG TUCK LOONG TUCK HING

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 13th July, 1901.

I have the honour to forward a Memorial handed to the Colonial Secretary on the 11th instant to which over 1,000 signatures are appended.

2 As certain statements in the Memorial require examination I have request- ed the Colonial Secretary, the Director of Public Works, and the Captain Superin- tendent of Police to look into the matter and report. I shall forward their report for your information. In the meantime the Memorial, which I had not seen before writing my despatch No. 244 of the 5th instant, supports my statement as to the public anxiety that an expert report should be obtained upon the general question of the sanitation of the Colony.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

HENRY A. BLAKE,

Governor, &c.

1 and 2

The Right Honourable

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

&c.,

&c., &c.

No. 1764.

SIR,

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 18th July, 1901.

In continuation of my letter of the 6th instant, and in pursuance of the state- ment made in paragraph 2 thereof, viz., that directions have been given that a full report as to the action taken by this Government since 1882 in connexion with sanitation should be prepared and made public, I am now directed by His Excellency the Governor to forward for the information of your Committee the attached two reports, one by the Honourable F. H. May, Captain Superintendent of Police, on Sani- tary legislation, and the other by the Honourable W. Chatham, Acting Director of Public Works, on the Public Works carried out in pursuance of sanitary measures. 2. As was to be expected, experience has modified the views of some who in 1887 opposed Government proposals on Sanitation, but His Excellency thinks the two reports will satisfy the community that the Government has not lagged behind but has rather been in advance of local public opinion in this important matter.

3. However, much remains to be done, and in the meantime a large mass of facts as to the incidence of disease is being accummulated that may assist the Ex- pert, for whose services application has been made, in his investigation into the Sanitary condition of Hongkong.

The Secretary,

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.