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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1894.

THE NEW FRENCH PRESIDENT. M. Castle Pérler, in his message to the Chambers, savs that he belongs to no party, but to France; that he will follow the late ·M. Carnot in his devotion to duty; that he resolved not to seek re-election at the expiration of bis term of office; that he is penetrated with ▲ sense of the responsibility of his bigh office; and that he will not allow Constitutional rights to be disregarded.

THE FRENCH MINISTRY

PARIS, June 18th.

It is probable that M. Burderu will be charged with it

The Cabinet bar resigned.

reconstruction,

THE NEW PRESIDENT." The election of M Casimir Pesier to the

Presidency has been received with acclamation throughout France, and most favourably in all forelga countries, excepting by the Socialistic press.

THE RIOTS AT LYONS. Ricting has ceased and all i‹ quiet at Lyons,

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

No man is rich enough to afford to dispense with bis filends,

A concir may become a stenographer, as last oight's China Mail clearly provés,

Miss Jones-Is Mr. Qoner ever sober?- Tanque--Only after filing sileep |\ church !

A good care for a morning headache-don't from me I hasten to answer those portions of drink the night before.

your letter,

Berilo Blet-For der kerosene, ov kanse'!

The Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s steamship press of India ardeed at Amoy at 8 a.. to-day, and left again at 6 pm. for Vancouver, via Shanghal, Nagasaki, Kobe'and Yokohama,

· be 500,000 yes, and Prlace Mosi, and the Mital family will be among the leading shareholders.

and

WIS

Much last. Mr. high seas on the 13th off The work of a committee would otherwise be

In the Supreme Court this morning, before Acting Chlet lastice Ackroyd and a special jury composed of Mears, Chantrey Inchbald Rober Cocke, J. S Moses, J. R. Anton, D. RS4 H. N. Mody and M. Grote, Edison Crowe, chlef officer of the Nova Scotian shio Selkirk, was charged with the murder of a seaman named John Kennedy, on the

A. J. Leach, Q.C.

.C... Actine Attorney General, instructed by Mr. A. B. Johnson, Solicitor, prosecuted, Mr. T. 1.

CROWD Franch, Q Freud ended ant qulity. The hearing of C, appearing for 16s defence. The the case occupied the entire day, the evidence being similar to that given at the Magistracy: and eventually the further bearing was'adjourned antil so o'clock to-morrow maing.

I sent in two letters on the and Instant In con. nection with the subject no gader consi ler- Old Soak-Why did you upset the lamp last stian-one in the early morni e before 9 o'clock night?

the other late in the afternoon about 6 p.m., or latex.

The first accurately embedled and expressed the scope of the Permaneat Committee and was, as therein stated, their unanimous reply to yours of the 30th June, on the subject of the Lal- cbi-kok Hosplisi. Your letter of that date came to my hands, as you say, carly on Satu day. It was laid before the Permanent Committee at their meeting that afternoon

considered My. Salto Shinichiro late Japanese Vice-Minister proposed to draft a reply and send that draft point by point very fully and very carefully. I for Agriculture and Commerce, is recorted to he round for approval, but my proposal was neg engaged in the formation of a company at Osaka to carry on the joint industries of cotton spinning ived, and it was left to me to put into words the and weaving. The capital of the company is to Pinions of the meeting. At out feeling on

, my draft was:

was submitted to the members accepted (it

Saving

been sent in that moraing) as the correct expression of their views and opinions. Whether each member approved of every word I that was contained in that letter, or of the term onwaldern of every phrase, I really cannot say at liberty to state myself at and the individual members of the commitee even if I knew. The committee approved of It,

are not responible out of commlites for their. of opinion are merged in the opinion of the whole. words of actions is it. Any trifling differences

Impossible.

to my recond letter, have no copy of it but shall be much ob ired if you wil int ma lover, on well as I recollect, was authorized by Oly of that the Committes, the request to be informed if the letter, as alleged proclamation had really been issued-the rest of the letter wy, and was warded I think, as the expression my

As to the second personal opinion.

question, whe

whether the publicaties of the correspondence in the Dalty Press yesterday was #nctioned

hed by the individual members of the Committee, i deny the right of the Governor to ask the question or to get any answer to it. As I said before, no

each member and how be voted. The Committee were to be made into the individual opinions of approved of the publication, one of the members well as I recollect, when the question was put. Colonial Secretary's Office,

Permit me to ther to explain that the delay in Hongkong, July 3rd, replying to your letter of the 30th June, was STR,I am directed to acknowledge the receipt owing to a misapprchersion. The Committee of your letters of the 2nd Instant on the subject understood from the last paragraph of your letter of allowing the sick to proceed to the Hospital that no notification to the public of the at | Led-chi-kok, and in reply to point not that, Governor's determination to sanction the previous to the receipt of the letters now under removal of the sick to Lal-chi-kok would or could reply, all the information in the possession of be published until a reply had been received for the Committee. No one supposed for a the Government regarding the hospital in question had bern furnished By Surgeor-Major moment that a Proclamation on the subject was James and the Captain Superintendent of

wbo any suspicion on the subject, a communication reported favourably on the hospital. and it would have been sent in however late on Satur

When Excellency was requested by the of the sick, a few words in reply to your? general

therefore, bis day night, so as to stop it, if possible. Trrangements

the Chamber of

Having gone to for, may I be permitted to say Commerce to facilitate the remo

removal of

letter genera'ty, and In view of the repre

tings myde to bim of on the whole subject representations

: I. the urgency of the case, and of the fact that Mr. May's and Dr. James' repotis on the favourable reports of the Hospital at Lai-chi-kok Chinese Hospital at Lal-chi-kok were written at time when there was no idea of allowing the

THE GOVERNOR AND THE SANITARY BOARD.

DR. CANTLIE AND THE PLAGUE.

The following letter speaks for itself—

Bank Building, Hengkong, 5th July, 1894. To the Secretary,

The Sanitary Board. Sita period when sanitary bisme is bein bestowed broadenst upon ail and sundry, Isthif it may be well to consider what evidèger have before us as to the sanitary conditios of the Colour.

by

vided for these Jeds who have done and ure rúping such useful work!

Tost Office and Treasury rookeries bare Thoroughly disinfected, and will be closed;

fer good, in a day or two. The con bobusement of the Post Office building, "James' spectsi revoit, published lo simply shameful and a die- Government.

fenor has, we understand, made jepresentations to the Viceroy of Canton to the highly insxultary conditios of -zai-chi-kok pest-house.

The latest official returns are as follow:- From noon yesterday until noon to-day :-

New Death Disch, Rim,under cines.

cured treatmat

Hauplial ship Hygeia..... o Kernedy-town..

surface-crowdinmelling drains and so faith. Slaughter House! 10 12

A M. Brauch Hospital... 2 Private houses

Tots!.............. 14 19

0

19

137

Deaths reported from the outbreak (9th May) up to July 4th, noon, a 260 ; grand totui, 2,179

From noon up to 5 pm, to-day :-At Tung Hanse) new crae, 1; deaths since, xff; sent to Wah branch (including now only the Slaughter anton in janke, wif; total remaining under treatment at the Tung Wab branch, 72.

The epidemic of bubonic plague is ascribed 1990

public opinion to be due to the bad sanitary late, or, in other words, bad our sanitary con dition not be defective, we would not have hed the plague. This will scarcely tear the light of common sense or of scientificis vestigation, The epidemic is put down to ascr-crowding, and a bad drainage system, Choked draios,

Now, what evidence hars we that the drainage system l

Is defective or the town overcrowded? Bad drales, by which is meant leaking drains with

an insuficient out-fall, cause a train of diseases of which diphtheila, tonsilitis, drafo throat, diarrbas, typhold, and such like are the chief. We had none of these present in epidemic form before the month May, 1894, nor have we ever had any of these diseases present in other than spadic cases during the past decade. Therefore amongst all this wrangle about this and that system of

drainage, let us be sure, before taking steps which may be tash, irrevocable and expensive, that we are rating to work on the really weak point in our sanation, I maintain that we bare no proof, from a study of the disease resister of the Colony, that we prevalence of disease which could have warded have any evidence of drain poisoning, nor any the community that the doinage system was wrong either in theory or fact.

am not of oplaton that the plague is a pro- duct

of evil drainage. It is caused by specific paligning, imported from Canton cly or the Kwangiang provinca, es yet unknown. It is not endemic in Hongkong, nor is it a product of a

part innocent of any drainage system,

THE POETS AND THE PLAGUE.

There is nothing new under the sun; even the plague is a twice toid tale. Any number of thoughts. Shakespeare my have had Brother writers have employed it to illustrate their Sharp, in bis mind when he wrote-

"A plague of all cowards, I say."— and it may be that he loves the princely house" when be indited the lines—

"A plague on both your houses." The Bard of Avon administers a mild rebuke

beaded, in the forceful words-

THE Canadian Pacific Raliway Co.'s steam hip

We have been requested to publish the following letter, addressed by the Government committer could possibly work if official enquiry bad drain, as it exists la contiles for the most 10 the Lal-chi-kek antbo-itles and Ka, the Long- Empress of China arrived at Vancouver rester to Mr. J. J. Francis, Q.C, Chairman of the day mornine,

Permanent Committee of the Sanitary Board, hospital at Lal-chi-kok:-

THE Agents (Mease. Dodwell, Carlil & Co tegarding the lately established Chinese plague of the Committre of five not being present,

ESTABLISHED AD 1841.

Inform us that the Northern Pacific Steamship MANUFACTURERS OF AERATED | Co's,steamer „Sikh, from Tacom*; left Victoria fer'thly port, via Yokohama and Kobe, on the 3rd Inet.

WATERS.

UR NEW FACTORY has been recently fted with automatic Steam Machinery of the latest and most approved kind, and we

Kre well able to compete in quality with the best English Makers.

The purest ingredients only are used, and the utmost care and cleanliness -are exercised in the manufacture throughout.

COAST PORT ORDERS,

whenever practicable, are despatched by first steamer leaving after receipt of order. For COAST PORTS, Waters are packed and

placed on board ship at Hongkong prices, and the full amount allowed for Packages and Emptles when recélved in good order.

Counterfall Order Books suppiled on Applica-

tion,

Our Registered Telegraphic Address is -

"DISPENSARY, HONGKONG,"

receive prompt attention.

The flowing is a List of Watern always kept ready in Stock:-

PURE AERATED WATER

SODA WATER

LEMONADE

POTASH WATER

SANITARY-SCIENTIST LEIGH on odoriferous vegetable gardens: "I think there in more anger to the be ple who eat the vegetables then to those living in the neighbourhood." Out

of the mouths of babes, e'c

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"Call you that Bicking of your friends? A plague upon such backing."** The missionaries who have prayed and sighed for the pro- Mongolian and then skipped to Japan, where they are now exhorting to admiring colleagues, are thus summed up

"A plague of sighing and grief! It blows a man up like a bladder." The Spanish Dominican Piecoration, which markedly present wib us. Phthisis (consumption) cd about half the death-traps in Tat-ping-

shan, comes in for the (allowing~

"The gols are just, and of our pleasant vices Make Instruments to alague us."

That bad drator may ga.avate the disease ОПСЕ it is set agolog every one believes, just as bad dralos may add to the death-rate of me isles or pneumonis If our dreits are bad, correct them; but 1st us be sure that it is a drala-pro, daced disease with which we are dealing The second cause of plague popularly assigned is over-crowdlog. The dies arising frem over- rowding pathies, typhur, dinhos, dysentery, reptic pneumonis and the like. I am not aware that any of there diseases bave teen we have

e in cammon with the test of man

of meat ind but we have nev

never been able to show that it is

ex ents to justify the con sach clusion that it is due to local over-cr ding Typhus fever is the direct product of over-

It krites de novo la sny persistently:

The old synonyms Gaol Camp Fever and anch like, betrayed its cello. The cl cumstances of its pr origla.

Auction are where a number of men are crowded into, and reside practically night and day on the same pot We have sever is this Colony had Typbus criginates amongst

mails, &c., which left Hangkorg on June 2nd for members of the Permanent Comm Police, to be issued as of the tame date. If we had had prevalent to s

THE IM S. S fo.'s steamer

Pers

San Francisco, via Ames. Nagasakl, Kobe, Inland Sea and Yokohama, arrived at her

destination on the 1st Ing

-two

A TELEGRAM from the Panjore Mine, received by the Secretary of the Company ible afternoon, states that the mill ran twenty-five days during had been received, he decided to acquiesce trick from Hongkong to go there, and their

Dwishes of the "mercantile community

Yded part.

evidence

platitudes of the Daily Mair anent the pingue George Canning foresaw the drivelling

when he dashed off "But of all plagues, goed Heaven, thy wrath

cab send, Save, save, O'save me from the candid friend !» Boker, the author of Francesca da Rimini, was not far from the mark when he said--

it needs a plague to show the purce-proud rich

the month of June, crushing 1,100 tona saded through its Cheraber, and sanctioned favourable report as to its sixte could have had of over her, by the prevalence of typhus How much their power is built upon the poor."

giving a yleid of 525 ounces of gold.

THE Snail is apparently painfully aware with what reserve the majority of its statements are received. As authority for its dental that neither Professor Anyams nor Dr, Ichigami bed suc- combed to the plague. it has to quote no less than two local medicos !

THE Hongkong Telegraph congratulates his

expressed

no bearing on that question, Surely the e question of whether it was, or was not, advisable to let the mass of plague patients go there, and whether it was suitable for that purpose was one that aught to have been referred to these

the over-crowded; It is not an imported disease. By over-crowding in Britia we understand less assignment then 300 cuble feet of breathing space in eat houses to each individual, But

different in ventilation and in architectural atraogemcals.

THE VICTORIA CROSS" ECLIPSED.

yesterday the and lastant, when his Excellencs special report before any action elemen for houses in Britain and in the tropics are totally INSTITUTION OF THE": ONGKONG TELEGRAPH"

was taken, or, to

For eight or noe mombs in the year the windows and dearz le aur Hongkong houses are hetde

❤ide open. The Chinese sirop in the verandahs,

Excellency Sir William Robinson upon blue removals of

the sick may be were, as reprecating the Sanitary Board, the

ORDER OF MERIT.

Rev. Mr. Thurga-What are you doing against Matoruperintendent of Police and Surgeon. before acilng on the aʼvice of the Chamber of tically sleeps in the "Chinamanqner, decided upon Instituting a series of

this terrible infliction of the plague?

Rev. Doolittle Dabba-I pray an extra fifteen minutes every day. What do you do?

Rev. Mr. Thugge-I've just worked a free

passage ticket for home!

ru

in our columns during the past

оп bir

lew

months) and

the removal of the sick to Lai-chi-kok on the same conditions as in the case of the former removals of the sick to Canton, His Excellence decision was communicated to you early on the 30th ultima. No reply was received unifl learned for the First time that the the Committee, who were known to bu keeping bospital at Lal-chi-kok is

close an insanitary

Watch on and who, to put their posl So long it remains is such tion and duties

the very mildest possible form

Fourth of July Honours. And all signed messages addressed thus wil prompt and considerate action in directing that the Tire Roangs has been drawn to the matter dealings with a purely sanitary question, or with ca L. The house not only during the day but after a careful mic:oscopic examination of our

bot the attention of the Viceroy of

of constitutional advisers of the Governor in hla in the streets, in the gutter-anywhere to get of virtue and the awarding of merit we have, Being ever on the qui vifve for the recognition Captain Crewe and the defendant in the alleged through H.B.M. Consul at Canton, and his the sauttery side of a mixed character, ball during the night, is or a to the air Selkirk murder case, he allowed to wear private Excellency trusts that the hospital will become political, balf sanity!

And instead clothes during the lalter's trial.

of having 300 cubic feet of air is satisfactory as it was when visited by the Surely for the same reason his Excellency

decorations which will not only pale toto insigni- of heavca," Captain

During the

of season the lodows and de reficance those paterted by the Wise Man are no doubt lightly closed, but any one who has fasishly distributed by Marle I., of plous memory James When it is restored to its former Commerce on a matter wholly without their

but aics eclipse the brilliant gems to condition, bis Excellency desires such of the competence, however seriously affected their 30 a night to Chinese house in cold weather Our cook has not yet completed the various sick as may wish to go to be removed to it, and interests, might have naked the opinion of the

Will

have altered His nation of its westliating desigur, but the public have already and amy if the Permanent Committee still persist in thele Permanent Committee of the Sanitary Board power as the cold air pour down from htec proof of his undeniable genius as. An.

Ample refusal to co-operate in such removals, his who were, again I yield up all assertion of their the ill-fitting tiles on the roof or through the (vide the various sketches that have appeared Excellency reluctantly be driven to the legal position, familiar with the question in all seems of the floor aver head, necessity of having the necessary anngements all their time and all their energies to the therefore, requires to te cmdered fem a leest not go back

Its bearings and who were voluntally devoting The question of 3ro cable fest of air per head,

it inay ba taken for ted that

granted the the carried out independently of their assistance.

As regards removals of the sick to Canton, sanitary leterents of the community, and with standr int and not from the pre-conceived noʻlon justence. It was orlofation in this particular- bis Excellency has informed the Viceroy of the Two Kuanga that any sick patient wishing to go to Ceston may be removed under the same conditions as formerly.

The Governer declines to be bound by your Interpretation of the is regarding the legal and THE Governor of Tokyo and the Superintendent executive powers of the Permanent Committes

of the Spaltary Board.

His Excellency

↑ is advised that your interprete

The condemnation of Tai-plog-shan may be any are by affected by symptoms resembilation is incorrect, inasmuch as no such absolute

justifiable from over-crowding, but we must be measures to plague, and to take all necessary upon the baltais have been confered by law

проп

sure of the figures. In Bilaio L,ces pasons to pon Banitary Board or upon the Permanent

an ace is the sanitary limolt any number over With regard to your threat to resign your post. We learn from Shanghai that the Agent of the ton on the Permanent Committee, I am to state ing through any authorized hospital in Hongkong overcrowding.

outlets direct from their houses without pass that conalitates surfage crowding as distinc: from with the exception of the Rajab, “Faddy " MOJA, Yokohama Specie Back at that port feceived that ble Excellency, while appreciating your and without any notice to any one

Before burning Waters, as such Bottles are never used again by telegraphic instractions the other day from the services in connection with the plague, will the wharf to embarky one until they get to which seems to constitute the engel and Surgeon-Major James,

prodamation

anc- head office in Yokobama to call in bis loans place no obstacle in your ways should you desire tions,

enly I am bound to believe, the su:face-crowding re entire

of Bye-law No. 1 of the 11th of Say bini sul sedal to blend en sach member bye-dawa 5; 1 and 2. Whan his Excelerer

last and dispenses with the observance of approved the draits approved

In order to remove

SELTZER WATER

PURE TABLE WATER

LITHIA WATER

SARSAPARILLA WATER

TONIC WATER

GINGER ALE

GINGERADE.

No Credit gives for Bottles that look dirty or greasy, of appear to have been used for aby other purpose than that of containing Aerated

US.

In his recent pilgrimage to Japan in the P. & O. steamer Ancona, G. Sharp took bir own milk with bla-ao third class Chinese product, bat the Dairy Farm's very best. We haven't heard how much the chief steward of the Ancona charged Old Philanthropy for 'corkage,'

General of Metropolitan Police bave issued notification to the inhabitants of Tokyo, caution- them, to immediately consult a doctor abould

messures for dialofecilon,

A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. the clustion be the Rate & question use of fame

The Hongkong Dispensary, Hongkong. The Shangbal Pharmacy, 24, Nanking Road,

Shanghai,

Botica Ingless, 14 Escolta, Manila.

The Cauton Dispensary, Canton.

The Dispensary, Foochow

The Hongkong Dispensary, Hankow,

The Hongkong Dispensary, Tlentain, London Office, 8, Fenchurch Buliding, E.C. Hongkong, 16th June, 1894.

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TO SUBSCRIBERS.

SUBSCRIBERS TO "THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH" `ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY

REMINDED THAT ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS

MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE,

The Honghong Telegraph

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1894.

TELEGRAMS.

THE SPIRIT DUTY.

LONDON, July 4th. The House of Commons has adopted the new duty on splits.

from Chinese clients as quickly as possible, as between Governments Japan

dangerously critical.

to put your threat into execution,

to

In conclusion I am to inform you that

of the Permanent Committee

of

STAGNATION in big black letters is written across

the colons; even business in the Police Court is dead.

they

whom the Governor had been repeatedly in com- munication on other phases of the same question, Agato permit me to point out a very serious, although, I presums, wholly unintentional mis

'atement in your letter now under reply.

You say the Governor

decided to acquiesce

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in the wishes of the me cantfie community expressed through the Chamber: and Banctioned the removal of the sick to Lal-chi-kok on the same conditions as in the case of the former removals of the sick to Cantor.

His Excellency's proclamation to the Chinese sarcitons the removal of the Lal-chi- kok

of

the

It was after doe abellence had been paid to the

arilct

intended that there of temperate climate requirements. We must should be four major decorations, each not be led away by the word "bubonic" typhus, a minor with it, but the

b carrying that this plague is of the nature of "over consequently a great deal has been left to the bactilarte got mixed up crowding" typbus. The disease with us is an

andiscretion of the cock. This is how he allow "imparted" fest, not one

one “originated" because them, but an passent it may be stated that drained we may be over-crowded we may be the precincts of a pawn-shop will be deprived of of ear filthy state. Filthy we may be; badly any recipient caught is flagrante deneto within but we have rolbing to paint fact for the his over-draft rights for the parlad of ten years :~-~-~-~- diseases register of the colony.

THE ORDERS.

MICROBE EXTRA VIRULENT, KA; Companion of the Order, Ho.

All members of the Sanitary Board shall be ex officio entitled to microbe decorations ad lib.

crowning paint is this work of reparation, let us

let us ank--is it because

MICROBE ORDINARY: His Excellency the Is evident, or is it

Gaverner, the Members of Council sod bin. an account of the disease record of the

other numere un

eun advisers, (Sallable Companions: Beighbourhood Both have to be carefully enquires into from for this bigh order bave bese difficult to pick out * scientific, that truthful standpsiat and not without giving too much offence to the recipients from the mere fact that the place

of the first patent, but after mature consideration diety. If dist is the cause of one disease, clear it away.

Brownle" and the Dally Dirge man have been but do

not confound what ailecs from

iolected.) tate of!

your latters under acknowledgment before all laws of the Colony, and the sick men were taken town with defeciva dralange, over were forwarded by you. doubts on this point, I am to request you to state from our authorised hospitals only.

for the Lofarmaiton of his Excellency whether Excellency cannot of course be bound by other members of the Permanent Commitet, or executive powers of the Sanitary Board, and its the drafts of your letturn were upbmitted to the my interpretation of the law regarding the legal

The Committee. He it

is bound to act on the opinion

Hi

|

and whether they approved of them.

Crowding and the like. Keep clean the town and necessity for destructius by fire or for further then quietly consider whether thera existe any expansive and exper mental application of the

requirements,

first degree, and his missionary following a

THE COCKTAIL SHAKER : Granny Sharp in the

(This exra order has been given in recognition much of the metal is Granny will give them.

of Mr. Philanthropist Sharp's great act in mixing patients in the Glass Works Hospital,}

THE POST-OFFICE COOLIE QUARTERS.

Capt. Hastings provided there this morning, but had only a few trivial cases to decide among them being that of a seaman pamed Patrick Trayers, of the British ship Govainor also desires to be informed whether of kla legal advisers. I may cisim too absolute a sanitation of temperate climates to meet tropical temperance drinks for t e comatone plagu Herat, charged with assaulting the chief officer while under the influence of Independence Day Homes. Patrick's peaftence was fed in the toxiclare of $7, which amount was promptly produc`d.

A CORRESPONDENT In the North gives us an instance of how thoroughly China is prepared (?)

for war. A powerful fort has recently beno erected at Cheloo for the protection of the

the publication of the correspondence which power for the Sanitary Board, but oft

of this thing I appeared in the Daily Press of this morning am certain, and I feel equally certain that was sanctioned by the individual members of the no lawyer will advise his Excelleney to the Permanent Commlep.

I bave the honour to be, Sir,

Your most obedlant servant, (Signed) J. H. STEWART-1 OCKHART,

*,, ko. **,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

INCLOSUAR. Y

at a very heavy expense, and when the naval The Chairman of the Permanent Committee, review was held there the other day the o officiala soddenly discovered that it was

Was minus | any guns, As a salvie from the new fat was part of the day's programme, something had to be done, and accordingly a number of old fashioned guns waxa bastily put in place. This is only one example of numerous similar defects in China's const defences that could be moutiqued.

mit that his proclamation of Sa'urday ta

Your most obedient servant,

DISGRACEFUL STATE OF ATVAIRS. Owing to cates of plague baving occurred in the Post Office premises of which, strangely sutherlies--Dr. James and Mr. it, K. Leigh, enough, no report was made to the proper

contradiction of Bye-law 1 of the 11th May, 1894, and dieponses persons from the obser vance of the p

#provisions of Bye-laws 3 and 4 of the same date.

Thee Bye-laws have the force of law by the approved by bis Excellency only the other day,

provisions of Ordinance 6, 1904,

and notil they are revoked are es binding upon | had besas:als:log Dil Japiacze colicaence in members tard, were deputed to inspect and

his Excellency as pron any other person in the Colony, and although they may to revoked their of

canno. be dispend from.

attack

Extract from the report by the Captasu Supet | obrervance mistako wer, in my opinion, to the treatment of several Chinc's medical pisca on Tuezise the ad fast. and au

intendent of Police, dated 16th June

Chairman of

the

followin

quarters of the result

visitad the

JAMES CAMTLIE.

THE PLAGUE IN HONGKONG.

There are no important changes to chronicle in the progress of the plague since our report of last night. We regret to have to record the death for some years past. The unfortunate Doctor of Dr. Najahers, who has practiced in it is colony

of the Fermanent Committee of the their researches, and contracted a

revare alt pingas to which he succumbed yesterday.

report on the colle Complaints having reached ibis office relative establishment. These gentlemen A very g-are without previous communication with made to issuing the proclamation of

ta

Saturday,

students attached to the Alice Memorial plague of that visit Dr. James sent the follow

the Sanitary Board or its Committes without mede

reperit, who

of the Fermanent Commitport. who finds that

I be to report tout, la company with Mr. existing there

there young men,

to attend on plague patients, premises

and fospected the by coolles at the Hargkong Yemen have wired instructions to the

occuplai by the only course open to the Gove:n- remaining on duly nowa da of six I do not conulder that its existence constitutes ment is either to withdraw the Proclamation, or, stretch, day and night. Darlay the'r watches Viceroys of the Liang Kiang, Liang Kwang and

FOR ONCE. and found the following conditions:

Two cellars in the basement of the main Hanzo and Hupes provinces to arrange without a danger to this colony, but I think it a good,

light formal low towi of weak delay for the levy of extra tages to cover the thing,"

and within its powers to fasue a

dre occupied by three and four for any

csolies other manz:shment anticipated cost of a war with Japan, and to

light Government Gazette

Requits out taim to

of the's own or ventilation; a third had some little light from to the

operation of sections

Frckets. 33 to FSC If the 201

́aradenty kad means it wenid a window, but all were below the level of the Orind resto Ing to the

ANTH, Festa

mugh, but'sa they are allowed strest in front, and I consider all to be andit for Hongkong, 4th July, 1894-

Executive

the fament its full control of it

only $1 per month an pocket-money and have a habitation. They should be evacuaică. SIX,I have the honour to joknowledge officera and of its notions fice from the operation to

The sites of the hospital and cemetery are well chosen, and de not seem en afford any danger to the bealth of the colony.!!

Extract from the report by Surgaon-Major

9th June:-

mad

the dendrat KM ***regations have been i to

of the fiw, and I must respectfully | practically crow'nde in sumber, have been | Leigh, I thin

Ir is rumoured in Canton that the Testng-ll-James, formfided by the Fermauent Committee, lion of its bearing on the

make it clear to the wealthy natives that liberal the following reply:---

We are requested by Mr. Francis to publlik

patriotic contributors to the

Imperial exobequer

obtaining much-coveted rank and tlty in

the present time will have no

1W5

that the

h

they have to they

may

Got matter

hours at a

bet

ment calidiaSKY, and were absolutely without /

unpleserat and

performing

urlag, whose dialos are apparently,

is within the walls, close at hand. is made unnecessarily uncomfortable and

untraper, it used by many in the dry geno Dr.

antside the door in the curritan, ・the Suppia. | En teammated froas contamination. the Alice Memorial Hospital, and is of as rous on lease in Japan, als place having been taken by Dr. Bayley of Beleven met very objectionable except as bel

Adres the yard are otbar coolla quaftere, the basement. These rooms are of thelo- and the hapless and halfenturyed students

the near future. This if true-and there appears receipt of your letter No. 1,145 of yesterday's of sey Hyelaws made by the Sepliary Beard, lety to and from the depo in rickshas, it and closed at once,

inconceivable tittle doubt about the accuracy of our inlerme-date in reply to two of mine of the and instant on and letting the Legislative Council pass auch dangerous day they PTE 森健 tian-indicate

Dinge:-That China | the subject of allowing the sick to omnis Orms | As for say awn attitude in the matter 1 shall:| objectionabis,

to the special laws as the c; als may render necesency, intends to wage war with Japan and entry it on | hospital at Lai-chi-kok. This letter to the bitter end if necessary; and that the to my hands after Ave w'clock yesterday afar. wait and see what course the Government think | tendent wealthy Chinese merchants who have Red chez noom mid fear the tell yesterday's to adopt. At present apparently, as I understand shores owlos principally to their objectida † mosting of the Permanent Committed so that it your letter, no sick are to go to Lal-chi-kok. to reasonable sanitary preventivo measures, cannot be laid before the members until their

I have the honor to be, Sir, The Budgetého prised through Committee Viceroy of Canton, who willfleece them unmercioustain matters osstalded in your letter which will shortly be beset by the "vultures" of the meeting this kherpong,' Maanwhile an then ure

Your most obedient servant, fully in the anime of the "Son of blødvon }" 1000 to require a personei supidkallion et reply

ING.). FRANCIS,

THE BUDGET.

by a majɛalty of thirteen-

no doubt take a holiday sigo i) same impeared in the basement, but they are at sala moment mant is thale frasimone la not spondily adostać. overcrowded, and a esas of plague has occurred Euroly some sort of refreshments outlā be pre- | 16 twe of them. Then, iij moenergy between.

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