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Entimations.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1893.

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At No. 4 Yangice-pos Read, Shanghal, on the sth last, the wife of ROBERT LAW, of a daughter.

DEATHS.

At Ichang, on the 30th August, Dr. W. PIRIK, Church of Scotland Mastos. Deeply regreiled,

would be harsh to require Mr. Mitchell-Innes to make good to the Colonial Government the full amount of the defalestion which occurred during his control of the Treasury, I most mark my sense of his shortcomings by directing that, a condition of bis remaining in the public service, he be required to pay into the Colonial Treasury a fine of $1,000 which may, if he you prefers it, be paid in such instalments as may think reasonable. It will also be your duty

At Shanghal, on the çih September, the infant morphing, andation, the preparations of to convey to him a severe censure from me on

Roven daya.

The trong hồng

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1893.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A BIC fire occurred at Nartal, near Foochow, on the and inst, destroying several hundred houses. A number of lives were lost.

H.M.S. Redpole relieved the Ast at Haukow on the 5th inst. the latter vessel proceeding to chang, where It is expected she will pass the [38 winter.

| his shortcomings in the conduct of his depart-

The Auditor.

Mr. Wed:hatiso and Mr. May must also be censured, but less severely, for their respective shares in the responsibility for what happened. I am glad, however, to add that I regard the blame which attaches to Me, May un compara-

iively alight, and I recognise that he showed zeal and capacity in other respects during his short tenure of the office of Treasurer.

Might I solicit the favour of this being rend before the Bill is presented to the Council.

Jno. D. HumphaKYS, General Manager.

goth August, 1893.

(IL) COLONIAL SECRETARY TO WATSON AND CO. Sir, I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date on the subject of the Morphins Ordinance. It was delivered to me in the Council Chamber when the torn eye General was speaking to the first read. Ing of the Bill, but in any case it would have been out of order for me to read it to the Council as requested by you.

G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.

(1.) DITTO.

and September, 1893. Six-In connection with the Marphine Ordin ance I am directed to lovit you to farmish mo with a list showing the medicines and prepara- tions which contain morphine and nevertheless are customarily sold by chemists in Hongkong to applicants without the prescription of qualified medical practitioner. It would be useful if you would also specify which, if any of such medicines, &c., could be used as an approxi mately equivalent substitute for preparations of morphine for purposes of injection, or would be likely to be used to satisfy a craving for morphine. P.S.-It is not intended to Interfere with the sala of morphine for purposes of bona fide

G. T. M: O'BRIEN, exportation.

Colonini Secretary.

Board, the Medical, Registrar General's, or any other Department, and the Capt. Superintendent of Police, on the subject of the consumption of morphine and the practice of administering or infecting preparations of maples by unquali fed persons, as well as a copy of any petition or memorial received from the Oplum Farmer, the corespondence which has recently passed between the Oplum Farmer, his agents or attorneys, and the Government, on the subject al the Morphine

their sale and administration, before proceeding with the second daughter of Edward and Marlon STEVENS, aged the Morphlee Ordinance al 1893 ment of the neglect to comply with the require injection and administration of morphine by 6. Further, as he has not justified his selection anqualified persons should no longer be par for the headship of a department in Hongkong, mitted; Government should adopt such steps as It will be necessary for me to arrange, il will put a stop to the evil, and the report of the | possible, for his transfer to another Colony, But Colonial Surgeon, dated rath July last, clearly | such transfer will not mean promotien, but I a how this can be done without taking away | trust that elsewhere and in the discharge of Thewa the rights of our chemists, or interfering with the different duties he will gain the confidence of freedom and the liberty of the subject. The the Government under which he serves, and But does what the Colonial Surgeon advices thus possibly build up a claim to prometios should not be done. When the hon urable and hereafter. learned Attorney-General moved the first read- lag he referred to the Morphine Ordinance as an exceptional messure. It is more-lt is a very extraordinary, and in some respects, an un- reasonable, and most objectionable measure. If passed to its present form the new act will without any notice sweep away the privileges and the rights which our duly qualified chemists have very properly exercised since Hongkong was a British colony. Home chemists have similar but ne higher qualifications than the dispensing medicine here, and the former continue to freely enjoy under the laws of the mother country the rights which this Bill deples to our qualified chemists in this Crown colony. On Saturday afternoon and yesterday we bave been supplied with several of the reports asked for, bus in view of its importance and that the Morphine Ordinance as now framed is absolutely antag- onistic and diametilcally opposed to the laws of England, I earnestly beg your Excellency to 9. I presume that Alves' security band has

I give the Council and the pubile the further been enforced so as to recover portion of the reports this moston calls for, for our guidance, ameant embezzled by bla, and I take the and in order that honorable members may have opportunity of asking whether this course was the opportuelty of studying the subject, and actually taken in the Barradas care, in accor- extending to it the dac consideration it deserves.dance with paragraph 11 of my predecessor's

Mr. Chater seconded the motion.

despatch No. 194 of the 11th of September, 1890.

Until an Ordinance to regulate the sale of ra I have observed with some surprise the polsons is introduced bere anyone in addition to confusion of mind exbiblied by Mr. Mitchell-chemists can sell all or any of them, including Innes and others as to the relative responsibll-preparations containing morphine, excepting. itles of accounting and auditing officers. Mr. only the prepared aptum for eating or smoking, which is the monopoly of the Grvetement Oplum Mitchell Innes, for instance, showed a disposi tion to advance a theory that it is not the daty Farmer and is prepared chiefly from Indian of the Treasurer but the duty of the Andkor optam contalning about eight per cent. of sload to see that the Government is not defrauded morphlas. of revenue. The proper view of the responsi bilities of a Treasurer was set forth more than once, viz.: (1) in Lord Knutsford's despatch of the 11th of September, 1890, to which reference has just been made (2) in the Fincas Atch No tions, and (3) quite recently is my despatch 70 of the zist of Apell last.

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A REGULAR meeting of St. John's Lodge, No. 618, S.C., will be held in Freemasons Hall, Zetland Street, bis evenfor, at 8 30 for go'clock precisely, Visiting brethren are cordially invited.. THE Shanghai native paper Hupao advocates that all American citizens be expelled from China and all American goods be boycotted through- out the Empire, as a retaliation for the Geary

Act.

THE statement published by a Japanese native Paper to the effect that the Meriageries Mari- times Co, bad concluded a contract for coal with the Hokkaido Baitan Guml, has been, contra- dicted

OUR Shanghal contemporary the Afrcury staten that during the late heavy rains and floods at Peking 515 chong of the walls were washed away, and it is estimated that it will cost at the very least Tis. 465.com to repair the damage.

IT is reported from Ningpo that the town was partially flooded by the sea on the morning of the 3rd inat, the high tile being caused by the fierce gale, experienced there on the preceding day. The water was kate-deep in several of the

streets.

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Ar the German Consulate-General. Shanghai, on the 5th last, Franz Herman Gaschütz, a native of Saxony, convicted of forging documents and signatures by which he secured nearly $500, was sentenced to three years imprisonment with hard labour. He will serve his time in Germany, THE Japanese Minister of Finance is reported to be so favour of establishing a gold standard In the country and to be preparing a scheme for submission to the Cablast. The Tokyo papers seem to take it for granted that, even if the report is true, there is no chance whatever of the proposal finding favour with the Government. THE Sydney Morning Herald's Thursday Island correspondent wired the other day, as an Important extract from Hongkong papers, that #the directors of the Agra Bank, Limited, have decided on wlthdrawing from bualness at Hongkong." A goodly number of eventful years have come and gone since the Agra Bank was associated in business with this colony.

The Colonial Secretary opposed the motion, which on a division was lost, fr. Keswick alone supporting the mover and seconder.

The Attorney-General moved the second reading of the Morphlaa Blil, which he explained had been so reconstructed that the European chemists and druggists had no longer any objection to it.

Dr. Ho Kai seconded the motion.

Mt. Chater said that in view of the explana- Hons given by the Attorney-Gr veral he had plessare in supporting the motion.

Mr Wallehead cordially endorsed the semasks of the Senior Unofficial Member.

The second reading was then carried un- animously.

Council went into Committee on the Bill At 4.30 p.m. the further discussion was adjourned until Monday, September 18th.

THE TREASURY FRAUDS.

-THE SECRÉTARY OF STATE'S DECISION,

Downing Street, July 6th, 1893. SIR- have given very careful consideration 10 your Confidential despatch of the s6th of April last reporting upon the serious defalcations which have occurred in the Hoogkong Tressury, and enclosing coples of the Report of the Came mitoners appointed to Inquire into the matter, and of correspondence with Public Officers arising out of that Report,

2. It appears from these papers that Alves, the late First Clerk n the Treasury, embexiled in the course of the five years, 1888 is 1891, pearly $63,000 of public money, and the circumstances which enabled him to do this are very clearly. explained by the Commissioners, to whom the Colonial Government is indebted for a very careful and clear Report. I concur in their THE band of the 1st Shropshire Light Infantry conclusions as to the persons who, by neglect or will play the following programme at the Officers' omission of duty, allowed the frauds to be Mess, Murray Barracks, this evening, committed. Omitting the names of minor delinquents,

the officers chiefly to blame were :— - mencing at 8 o'clock:-

| (1) The late Mr. Lister/for authorizing Alves to sign receipts, for engaging a Shroff who could not read English, and for taling to cause the Rent Roll to be made up at the proper time, although this omission was brought his notice by an Audit clerk. (ii) Mr. Wodehouse (sometime Acting Tres

surer, for neglect in pot causing the Rent Ralls of 1887, 1888 and 1889 to be made up at the proper time.

Overture." Pretender"

...Kaken. ho Soul's Awakening"...G. P. Haddock,

Mayerboar Salectic... Le Prophète

"Acclamations"

WAIWAIN,

Southworth,

Valve.......... Selectico..." Nadgy "in Пойта ..........." La Mulster

MONSIEUR JEANRENAUD, superintendent of police at Tientsin, narrowly escaped assassina. tlos on August 30th. Whilst walking outside the Settlement, a man suddenly muhed at him with a big knife and inflicted a serious wound fa the abdomen. Aktough fala! with loss of blood M. Jeanrenaad succeeded in getting kame, and Is now slowly progressing towards recovery. The would-be murderer escaped,

FREEDOM of 'be press, like Tapanese law, in sti!! an auksown and unreliable

quantity in Dat Nippon, The Japs" are badly in want of a new Libel Act, based on the principles recog. alsed by Great Britain and the United States. The other day the Osaka Court of Appeal affirmed the conviction of the editor of the Kyoto Mainicht for fasulting (adverely clucising) Ministers of State, and sentenced him to three months major imprisonment and to pay a fize of ten you.

LEGISLATIVe council.

(1) Mr. May, who acted for a short time as Treasurer, for similar neglect, to which his attention was drawn by the Auditor, Mr.

Nicolle.

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(iv) Mr. Mitchell-Innes, for not causing the Rent Rails to be made up although his attention was similarly called to the matter by Mr. Nicolle; for (alling to make himself acquainted with the manner in which pubile business was being conducted in his Department, and for misreading and not enforcing the Instructions laid down for the

conduct of business in his Offer.

(♥) Mr. Nicaile) for not reporting in writing to the Government the neglect of duty on the part of the Treasurer and Acting Treasurer, bich prevented him from daly discharging kl duties ne Andlier..

8. Asregards Mr. Nicolla's share in the matter. I shall not anticipate the Judgment of the Comptroller and Auditor General. It must, however, be recognised that his position was a dealt one, and that as a new comer to the Colony, called upon to faireduce and carry out a system to which there was strong local hostility, it was intelligible that he should have shrunk from what might seem to athers a need-(V.) WATSON & CO. TO COLONIAL SECRETARY, lessly sigid interpretation of his dultes; and, after all, it was to him that the discovery of the frands was ultimately due. "

I trust that it has now been made perfectly clear to the public service of Hongkong that the Audit of Revenue by the Local Auditor is Intended, not to relieve the Treasurer of respon- sibility, bot to secure the performance of his duty, that the Treasurer is responsible for the collection, receipt and safe keeping of Govern ment money, that, if the Auditor finds that the revence is being defrauded by the public, it is prima facis evidence of neglect or laxity of day on the part of the Treanter, and bat if the Treasury staff ignore financial regulations and embezzle public funds, in course ellher of receipt or of payment, Itisthe Treasurer who will, unders in exceptional circumstances, be held pecantarily responsible for the accruing loss.

September 10th, 1893.

Str. I regret very much that I have been unable till now to reply to your letter of the and instant on the subject of the Morphine Ordinance, but the delay has been unvoldable as your ques- tions involved much enquiry and thought, and it was not till yesterday that i had collected all the facts and was in i posliion to place them fairly before you,

sold by the Government Opium Farmer and bis licences.

Some of the principal pharmaceutical prosars tions and proprietary medicines containing mor- phine-Solution of Acciate of Morphine; So- lution of Hydrochlorate of Morphine; Solution of Blotecanate of Morphine; Hypodermie injec tion of Morphlas; Morphine Lozenges: Mos pblue and fpecac Lozenges; Morphine Sup positories: Morphine and Soap Suppositarios Nepenthe; Tlacture of Chloreform and Mor. phine; Laudasam; Paregoric; Ammonisted Tincture of Opiens: Opium Enemx) Opium Plaster: Oplam Liriment; Extract of Oplum ; Liquid Extract of Oplum ; Confection of Opium; Fill of Ipecacuanba with Squil!; Pill of Lend and Optum ; Compound Pill of Soap; Aromatic Powder of Chalk and Opium | Campaund Powder of Oplum: Dover's Powder: Oplum Loxenges; Gall and Oplum Ointment, plum Wing: Syrup of Popples; Cholere Drops

War- Oplum Smoking Cures Asiatic Cordia!; borg's Tincture; Chlorodyne ; Kay's Emence of Linseed; Keating's Caugh Lozenges; Fowell's Balsam of Aniseed Locock's Wafers Black Drop (Savory and Moore's); Jeremie's Solution at Opium; Battley's Liq Opli Sed.

And preparations for dysentery and diarrècoa too numerous to mention.

I. D. FOMPHREYS, General Manager.

WATSON & CO TO THE HON. T. E WHITEHEAD,

Hongkong, 7th September 1893. Sir,--I am informed on reliable authority that a correspondence dating from about May last, has taken place between the Oplom Farmer and the Government which by a curious coinciderce

bas preceded the introduction of the Morphine

Ordinance. Will you be good enough as the member for the Chamber of Commerce and the representative at the Council of the commercial and trading Interests of this free port, to ask at the next meeting of the Legislative Council that copies of all the letters on the subject of morphine and i's preparations, their sale and administer- tion, which pasted between the Cplum Farmer or his Agents or Attorneys, as the case may be, and the Government, be laid upon the table before the second reading of the Bill

J. D. HUMPHREYS, General Manager.

The following reports on the Morphine ques- lion were laid before the Legislative Council this

flernoon :-

Hongkong, 24th May, 1863. SIR,-The Prepared Opium Ordinance of 1891, section 10, provides for the preparation and sale of prepared oplam, and the word "preparatlon" by the interpretation clause in the Ordinance is stated thus "the subjecting of opium of any

kind to any deg ee of artificial heat, for any par pase whatever, shall be taken to be the preparing of such oplum."

In the latter part of section 10 it is provided "that no medical practioner, chemist er drog- gist, not being a Chinese, er being sack and having a European or American diploma, shall be prevented from preparing or selling oplem bond Ads for medical purposes,"

In England under the Poison Act, 1857, and the more stringent ons recently passed, no one buta qualified chemist may sell any preparation containing morphine, de, any of the preparations of oplam or morphine. The chemist alone way sell such preparations and I beg you specially to note the fact that he can do so with or without the prescription of a qualified medical ธ | England," where a quail- practitioner. Yes, ded medical practitioner la qualified not only by law but in reality, the chemist is con- sidered the right man to be and is the only per- son entrusted with the sale of such preparation with or without medical prescription, while here

Withia the last few months a number of In this colony it is proposed by this Morphine Ordinance to prevent a qualified chemist from establishments have been opened in Hongkong, selllog preparations containing morphine without to which those who have acquired the habit of the prescription of some daly qualified medical opium-smoking have been induced to resort for practitioner. And this lo a place where a China the purpose of having a preparation of eplom bey wit

with less edocation than a Chinesa clerk in | administered by means of subcutaneous in- a chemist's office can obralo a qualification under jections. As the charge made for each injection Ordinance No. 4 of 1893, and where any Ignorant is very small, large numbers of Chlacadhe coolle who chooses to hang out a sign bound been induced to frequent these bouses, and we 11. I observe that it is stated in these papers calling himself doctor is qualified onder believe that considerable diminution in the that there is great pressure on the Treasury Section 2 of Ordinance 6 of 1884 "to practice receipts of the Farm arising from the axle of during the first few days after the dates at which medicine or surgery and to receive, demand or prepared oplans for local consumption has beet rents or taxes become due. I would suggest

recover reasonable charges in respect of such owing to this cause. Under these circumstances that it might be possible to classily the persons practice. liable to pay rents and taxes, and to arrange with the exclusive sale of poisons is to the law with reference to the sale of preparations The object of entrusting the chemist in Eng to the Government either some, modification of prevent their being used for criminal purposes. of opium, or else that a law might be farred It is well known that none of the poisons used making the sabentaneous injection of drugs, for such purposes here are sold by chemists, but except under certain restrictions and by a daly by the native herbalists and dragglits and the qualified medical man, a punishable offence. Government Oplem Farmer and his licences, We are informed that a large number of persona Under such circumstances these, have been seriously injured in their health by which ought, I submit, to have been having recourse to the places above mentioned, brought to your notice, I would ask you and as the practice is at the same time likely to whether it is advisable to proceed with affect permanently the revenue of the Colony s an Ordinance in so far as it applies to well as the present Opiom Farmers, we feel. qualified chemists which would prevent them, justified in arging you to bring the matter to the the only people who ought to be allowed to do serious attention the Colonial Government

Your most obedient Servants, so, from selling such preparations, and allow the

HAU FOOK COMPANY, qualified medical practitioner, including the sort

Opium Farmers, · referred to, to do so with impunity.

Colonial Treasurer,

them that they should make their payments at the Treasury during panicular we ks or on particular days, within a certain limit of time after the date at which the payments fall legally dos. Under present circumstances, these taxes cannot be fully collected in a shorter time iban three months, and the Government would not, therefore, as far as I can judge, be seriously damalfed by the proposed arrangement, which would have the advantage of obviating the pressure complained of.

13. It seems to me doubtful whether the shroffs at the Treasury, who receive public money, should be allowed to use piirate chops for stamping the receipts which are given to the public, and I should be glad to know whether chops could not be provided for them bearing, in addition to thele own personal devich, the Royal Crown or some sultable public emblem, A die-sloker would presumably healtate to execute such a chop if asked to do so by a private person, as the presumption would at once arise that he desired to possess himself of a forged chop,

13. It occurs to me, farther, that if the Receipts for Crown Rents and their counterfoils are, as no doubt they are, numbered, and if, when a rent la recorded as paid in the Reat Roll, the number of the receipt were entered in that record, the Auditor would have no difficulty in detecting any case in which a payment there recorded sa made had no tally among the coun-

terfalls or in the Cash Book,

14. In conclusion I note that it would seem from the evidence taken by the Commissionern that Alves' dishonesty was traceable to building

part, and that these specula culations on bis

were more or less matter of notoriety. I trast that the rules which were enclosed in despatch No. 192 of the 13th October last, are

for it

It cannot be too being rigidly carried out, soon understood in the Government service that lobbing and speculation in real property will be assumed to be incompatible with honest and honourable discharge of public duties.

would ask you in the interest of the colony as well as of the large local industry which is re presented by the chemists here to separate the chemists altogether from the application of the Morphins Ordinance until at all events you have all the facts before you and are not lemplog in the dark. I say in the interests of the colony because there can be no doubt as to the advis

to

wou'd ask you to be good enough to

Hon. N. G. Mitchell-Innes,

(MINUTE BV ASSISTANT REGISTRAR GENERAL) To the Registrar General,

Apparently the practice of inj ctlog Morphía has arisen only within the last few months.

Injections can be obtained at the following places :--

312, Queen's Road West-A branch open about a menth. 50 or 6o people go there a day. r, New Street-Opened a fortsight. Plenty patronage,

of

1st floor, a, East Street-Opened a wesku. 60 or 70 a day. Fee at above places, I cent a injection.

and floor, 18. Txipingshan, Street-Opened 3 |"weeks. Fes, a cents,

and floor, 10, Kwalwa Lane-Opened" in November. Number facreased from 10,10 40 a day. Fee reduced from's to x cent.

367, Queen's Road Central-Opened in March, Number of patients increased from 20 to 65,

98, Bontam Strand.-Opened 14 months, 40 on 50 a day,

43, Stanley Street-Branch of Kwaiwa Lang. establishment, About 60.

179, Queen's Road East-Opened a months, 104, Bonham Strand. Bs. Boobam Strand.

ablilty of stamping out at sees the dens for the administration of the hypodermle injections of morphine by unqualified persons, and it is there fore inadvisable to incur the risk, asy, the cer tainly, of delay by making the same Ordinance applicable to duly qualified chemists, who will assuredly are every lawful means in their rower bere and in Ergland to prevent such an Ordin ance from becoming law. And if f you secede to this I would ask you in applying the Ordinance to morphine injection dens to bear in mind that anyone has perfect a right to have and to use a hypodermic syringe upon himself without the intervention of i

fa qualified medical man as he bas

kolfe to cut bis cornS › have a corn” your

The

of the Ordinarce should application therefore be restricted to the morphine Injection dens where the use of shypodermia syringe upon sac's self or upon the pessons of others should be declared legal. As to mak ing the possession of a hypodermic syringe a penal offence it is absurd and absolutely non- ensical. These syringes are used for injecting solutions of the following drugs and chemlesia: Osele scld, Sclerotic Acid, Aconitine, Cocalan, Apomorphine, Silver, Antipyrine,

Attach, West.

la a notics by a hospital, in Canton, Atropine, Caffeine, Cantharidine, Hydrochlorate recommending the adoption of the injection of of Qainias, Hydrobromate of Quinize, Sulphate morphia, of Quinics, Codeiza, Colchicine, Hydrobromate of

The numbers given above cannot be reifed Conine, Cotales, Curara, Ergatins, Homatropin," on, Mercury, Hyoscine, Hyoscyanine, Iodine, The ostensible reason for taking Morphine is Morphine, Nitre Glycerine, Physoslermine, Pi- to get rid of the craving for opium; but eves if Crotonius, Pilocarpine, Sal Almbrotky Strych- a man down't want to do so he naturally prefers Bine.

spending 3 or 4 cents on morphia to 15 or 20 02 A man has as much right to 'bject himsell | oplem. with quinine under the skin sa he has to take it

coolle clase patronise these places. I inwardly without the prescription of a qualified should say that we will not be able to judge of the medical man or as any entomologist has to extent of this practice for another monik or so. inject a battery or any other insect with a The writer put the number of people at between preservative fluid through a medium which 7,000 and 2000, who were no doubt all babitual ander this Ordinance would let him to three oplum sackers,

A. W. Barik. months hard labour. This would apply to many travellers and iccal collectors.

Jane sih, 1893.

15. I am not aware that there is any particular reason why this despatch, and the despatch to which it is an answer, should be kept confidential but leave the matter to your discretion.

I have the honour to be, etc.,

RION. Governor Sie W. Robinson, E.C.M.G., &c.

THE MORPHINE ORDINANCE.

65, Third Street, 91. Queen's Road West,

WE announced a few days ago that the enter. prising firm of Jardine, Matheson & Co. had been successful in obtalaing the contract to supply 3. The officer to whom the heaviest amount 5,000 tons of fron-pipes for the prefected water.

Lier of bitme must be attributed is unquestionably works in Disks. It le now reported, however, Mr. Mitchell-Tones and I regret to observe that the "Princely House," for reasons best known that he has not improved his paitian by the to the Immaculate "bosses of that spotless zone and temper of his defence. He, no doubt, enterprian, are desirous of crying off their misapprehended the relative duties of a Tres.. bargain and have made an application to the surer and an Auditory but in considering the Osaka City Council to that effect. The Chir weight to be attached to this excuse, it must be Connell, keelag that the city will fucur a very borne in mind that, upon his appointment as heavy loss saless Jardine, Matheson & Co. Treasurer, he received special instructions as to carry out their contract, declines to accede to that the responsibilities and duties of his office, urm's modest request, and is repeated to have namely these conveyed in my predecessor's determined to take action agalast the contractors, despatch No. 104 of the 11th of September, to make them either falfil their agreement or pay Ego; and also that in the same years p heavy damages. The latter-day methods of Financial Instructions for Hongkong were the once emloent house of Jardite's can scarcely drawn up, which, if they had been followed be fally described as "princely,"

with

ordinary Intelligence, would have prevented the later defalcations, or at least have led to their earlier detection. Although Mr. Mitchell-Inner had, prior to The following very interesting cerdespondence being appointed Treasurer, no special financial | has bean forwarded for publication --- this afternoon. There were present H. E experience must be taken to have own well (1) WATSON & CO. TO COLONIAL SECRETARY

A meeting of the Legislative Council was held experience, an officer of his standing and

Hongkong, 19th August, 1893. the Governor, Sir W. Robinson Mr. G. T. aware that it is a Treasurer's duty to close and

Sir, I was informed yesterday that the Mor- M. O'Brien (Colonial Secretary), Mr. W. balance his books at the end of the year, and M. Goodman (Attorney-General) Mr. F. A that it is the duty of every bead of a department phine Ordinance which it is proposed to read the Cooper (Director of Puble Works); Mr. A. My to be thoroughly acquainted with the manner in first time to-day, aime at transfening the legil- mate business of qualified English cheming from themselves to medical practitioners in order to I gonez a list of "the medicines and prepara»: Mitchell-Jones (Colonial Treasurer); Capt. Rand to sailsfy himself by constaur M. Ramsey (Harbour Master), Mesa, CP Investigation that his staff conform Chater, T. H. Whilehead, J. Keswick, E is the rules and regulations. Further, faight Chinese from usleg medical Instruments for the qualified chemists under the law of Great Britals SHANGHAI Messi. Kelly & Walsh, Limited, R. Bellion, and Ho Kai, unofficial members. have been capicted that a gentleman who after subcutaneous injection of morphia. I would without the prescription of a qualified medical

respectfully beg to bring to

To the Captain Sapertetendent,Ir. «ecords your notice that the practitioner. Shanghai,

a comparatively, short service, had bean pro-

I know of ne preparation or medicine con- auch with extractions received from y su and Mr. moted to a new and important position, would sights of qualified chemists cannot be sightly have sought to justify the exceptional confidenes classed with those of coolies and other illiterate talning Morphlas that could be used as a cab. Backle we have made Ingabies regarding the use reposed in him by setting himself to master and Chinese,

The first reading of this Bili to-day it for the purposes of subcutaneous Injection, The injections of morphia are made with thu, Instead of acquiesiog in arrangements made by

be palale and enprecedented to make any though according to Dr. Ho Kal water can be object of curing persons of theis 'oplum-smoking kabits and the method is an93 10 have benz le predecessors, which, as it happens, bars comment upon the question 's far as it relates used affectively for this purpose, a proved to be defective, and assuming that these to qualified English chemists at the first reading. arrangements were being faithfully observed by of this Bill or until their side of the question and the information which they and they alme are Mr. Whitehead-1 beg to move, parmant to bis Kal. LUNGA MEN notice, that the Government lay on the tableAs to the action to be taken to the ear. 7 able to give bus been duly weighed and can coples ofany reports received from the Sanitary Flava te observe that whilst I consider that it ) nidered.

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...Messrs. F. Blackhead & Co. ...Messrs. Heuermann, Herbst &Co. ...Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, Limited ...Mesars, Lane, Crawford & Co. ...The Hongkong Trading Co. ...Man Ya Tong, Hollywood Road. MACAO.........bir. M. F. da Silva, Amoy andĮ FORMOGA...

Messrs. N. Moallo & Co., Lá FOOCHOW.....Mr. H. W. Churchill.

& NORTH- KAN PORTO

Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, Limited. JAPAN .............. Yokohama. BANGKOK The "Bangkok Times" Cffice. SINGAPORE...Mesra, Kqily & Walsh, Limited. PARIS and Mesura. Amédée Prince & Co.

LOSEDOSE

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH " OFFICE,

Fadder's Hil Hongkong, goth January, 1893/

Thompson (Acting Registrar-General); Mr. N, Go:jewhich the burlaess of his offen Jusly prevent a class of unqualified and ignorant'ètions containing morphins which are sold by

MINUTES,

The minutes of the laat meeting were read

and confirmed.

PAPERS,

form in.

(RIPORT BY THE POLICE,)

· CENTRAL POLICE STATION,,

19th June, 1893,

The Colonial Secretary 1d on the table a improve the silministration of his 'department," I take And I would therefore submalt that in i stitute for the solution of the" salts of morphiné ; of morphia infections.

mass of correspondence on the Treasury fraude, and papers referring to the morphine questions

MORPHINE,

· Any, preparation conisining morphine exo" ↑ Instituted by ons of Di. Kaar's students. In there for ex orail are could be used to saliai Canton. It was commenced in Hongkong craving for morphine. The only one likely to mora imili "soziq last year, but It in only be used, however, by the Chiosd as all events, within the last two or three months that wanid be, crude oplum or the propered opiunt) is her attained te ka peinens antenaire non

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