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Paragraph 284.-This is not in accordance with fact as each Officer or Servant when appointed has a copy of the rules given to him, and many of them have from time to time been punished for a breach of them.

Paragraph 285.-What I tried to convey was that up to the appointment of Dr. PEARSE the Medical Officer of Health was more frequently in his office but that after the appointment of the Assistant Medical Officers of Health less office work was required and therefore there was more personal out-door supervision.

Paragraph 230. -- During the 8 years before the appointment of the Commission three Officers of the Department were tried in the Supreme Court for corrupt practices.

Paragraph_306.—I do not know what is meant by the statement that I was largely instrumental in formulating Ordinance 23 of 1903.

Shortly after my return to the Colony in 1991 I wrote in to the Government and strongly recommended that the Sanitary Board be abolished and a Sanitary Department be appointed and I am still of the opinion either that this should be done or that a Muncipality should undertake the anitary Administration of the Colony. I doubt very much however whether there are a sufficient number of public spirited citizens who have the interests of the Colony sufficiently at heart to undertake this.

Paragraph 317.-I deny that any such friction has occurred.

Parappaph 324.—I deny that there has been absence of system and discipline and to *Appendix prove this I attach a copy of the Standing Orders for the guidance of Officers. A punish- ment book is kept in which are entered all breaches of discipline.

Faragraph 351-[ do not know what is meant by ignoring the status of the Secretary. This reference to the one-man-system and indeed the whole paragraph is simply another way of stating the opinion of the Commissioners that there should be a Municipality.

Paragraph 368.--I fail to see that any proper objection can be taken to the meeting of the Inspectors referred to in this paragra¡ h.

Paragraph 395.-Foo Six does very little drainage work. Nearly all his work is by contract and is measured. SAM Iu (see answer to paragraph 139) and TSANG YING do a fair amount of drain work but so do CHEONG Hor, LAM Wo, LEE KEE, HING SHING, YEUNG YUK, and C. E. WARREN,

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Finally since my return to the Colony the work of the Medical Department has increased so much that I feel that I cannot with justice to myself continue to undertake in future the administration of two such large departments as the Medical and the Sanitary.

J. M. ATKINSON.

13th May, 1907.

MONTIL.

Appendix A.

Total shewing the number of cases of l’lague known to have occurred in the Colony for each month from 1895 to 1907.

YEAR.

1895. 1890. ' 1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. | 1001. 1902, 1903, | 1904, 1905. | 1906, 1907.

January, February,

March,

April,

3

Nil. 49 Nil. Nil. 125 Nil. Nil.

168 Nil. 316

9

1

67

2

7 14

29

Nil.

3

12

May.

2

344

3

June,

13

113

1

137 Nil. 468 101 534 421 92 514

25

54

115 94 160 27 272 40 326 -701 157 513 135 325 551 194 343

888

28

68

165

6

78 402 +22

194

87

175

July,

2

52 11

263 209

109 131

85

96

76

10

August,

4

25

1

86

80

27

50

19

8

September,

3

9

1

1

57

16

24

У

Nil.

October,

Nil.

2

Nil.

2

12

1

Nil.

1

November,

5

2

Nil.

2

1

5

December,

12 Nil.

2

2

5

Nil.

Total,.

44 1,204

21 1,320 1,486|1,087|1,651

572 | 1,415

510

304

892

+ Up to 14th.

1901-1903-3,638 cases, an average of 1,212.

1904-1906—1,706

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* Not printed.

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542.