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to the Government and it will have to provide | for this.
Chan Kwai, landlord of the property, was then called as witness and said-I was offered verbally by Mr. Palmer $2,600 for the one piece, | but did not care to sell as I had fitted it up to ase for my business. I bought it ive years ago -and-paid $2,200 for it with the house on it. The same year I also bought the corner house and paid $9,190 for it.
Hon. F. A. Cooper, Director of Public Works,
was then called as a witness and stated that he had examined the property 57, Square Street, and he found that the rentals returned for 1893-1894
amounted to $300 and that the ratals for the big house for three years were respectively $340, $320, and $300, and the little honse $140 for each your; therefore, calling the large house $300 and the small one 8140, the total rent would be $440 per annum; dednoting $0 for the sandry items embraced in the Crown rant and so forth would leave a not rental of $350, which, at twelve years' purchase, would amount to $4,200, from which should be deducted $40) that it would be neges sary to expend on the property to pat it in s sanitary condition.,
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said that his valuation had been made recently and that doubtless the houses had depreciated considerably through standing open and vacant since the plague. These houses, he also said, were supposed to be part of that block in which no onses of plague were reported.
This terminated the proceedings of the day and the Court adjourned until to-day (Monday). The Taipingahan Arbitration Board met again on Monday and gave its award in the five claims that were under consideration last week.
The Chairman stated the awards as follows :--- A. J. May (Leong Chi Woon) claimed $3,754, the Government offered $4,389, and the Board awarded $5,000.
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8. G. Bird claimed $6,600, the Government offered $2.691, the Board awarded $4,700
Chins Fire Insurance Co. (Tu Chiu Ham) claimed $7,150, the Government offered $5,355, and the Board awarded $5,800.
Clement Palmer claimed $23,000, the Govern. meat offered $8,662, the Board awarded $14,000. offered $3,339, the Board awarded $4,600,
Chan Kwai claimed $7,392, the Government
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Mr. Bourgeois, French Vice-Consul, occupied a seat on the bench:
Alexander Cumming Hutton Potts, clerk, Messrs. Rowe and Co., Canton, stated-On Thursday morning between 11.30 and 12 o'clook I went to the room of the deceased in the Hong kong Hotel. I knew he was staying there. The boy was sitting at the door. 1 knocked and got no answer. I left a chit for the defen dant saying I would be back. I thought I heard snoring, and believed the deceased was sleeping
I returned about 1940. The door was still looked. The boy was sitting on the floor. He had secured the key somehow. The boy opened the door. I entered. I saw the deceased lying
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in his bed with his head on one side, and a lot of staff coming out of his mouth. He appeared to have been very sick, and was looking ghastly. I at once rushed to the Club and went for the doctor. The Baron was alive, but was breath- ing heavily. Mr. Nicolle went with me to the Hotel. Dr. Hartigau came about five minutes after. The Baron was in the same position and condition as when I left. Dr. Hartigan sent me to his office for a bag; I also His Lordship-In order to facilitate the pro-went for Dr. Jordan, but he was out. gress of this inquiry and to bring the claimants this I saw the deceased at intervals until nearly The Baron re- and the Government closer together in the hope 2 o'clock next morning. that by so doing the Board will not have to in-mained unconscions all the time. About quire into every case, we beg to state that, quarter past 5 o'clock I received a message broadly speaking, the Board is of opinion that in to go down to his room and found he was dead. order to arrive at a fair compensation the rental I had known the deceased sight or ten days. He should be taken. The heavy fall of rentals told me his name was Baron de Grandmaison. from 1892-1894 must prepare claimants for He told me he had come from Saigon, and
was going to travel with the Prince d'Orleans. some loss, and we should in every future case have clear evidenes of the rental returns made later on. The Prince had seen Chins, he said, to the assessor for the last three years. From and he had not, so it had been arranged that he the rentals should be deducted ➡Crown rent; was to visit China and join the Prince later on, insurance 1 per cent. net; taxes; annual repair He did not say be had come to Hongkong for 5 per cent, on value of house exclusive of founda- medical treatment. He said he suffered from his
The Board will not overlook insanitary kidneys and had been treated for more than tions
year. He said he had not experinced pain for conditions or abnormal rents, but, on the other hand, the fact of forcible resumption will not be some time, but he was feeling ill again. Hə lost sight of. These are general rules, leaving dined with me at my sister's house at the Peak. to the Board full diseration to deal with each He said he was feeling great pain and I could see case on its own merits.
he was getting very ill. He said if he possibly could he must get some morphia. I went with him to Messrs. Watson and Co. He asked for morphine. That was about midnight of Christmas Eve. He said he was suffering great pain with his kidneys and that he had been in the habit of using this morphine himself. He was refused it at first. He then said if a doctor could be found he would prefer to be treated by him. He telephoned to Dr. Hartigan, who was out. and then telephoned to Dr. Stedman, who said he would be down shortly. I did not see him again. We got the morphine at the Dispensary, and were given the telephone numbers of Dr. Hartigan and Stedman? We telephoned from the Hotel. The Baron was given a small bottle (produced in Court).
Mr. V. H. Deacon-I appear for Mr. May, and I make application for costs.
His Lordship With these first five cases are not inclined to refuse costs, but we having given these general rules we reserve the right to refuse costs where we think the claim is exorbitant.
Mr. Deason-How many years purchase are we to value at ? Do you leave that for each case? His Lordship It may be for 12 or 14 years. Mr. Shelton Hooper, Secretary, Land Invest ment Co. I am mortgagee in Mr. May's case. and I would ask the Board to make out the ap- portionment.
His Lordship - No doubt that will be made in note of your the forms of the Board. Give claim to Mr. Seth and it will be attended to.
The Board adjourned till Thursday next, at 12 o'clock.
At this point a general disonssion arosa be. tween the members of the Board and the repre- sentatives of the Government as to whether the Government had not represented the very worst side of some of these tenements, the Board say. ing that at the first session the Government had brought in witnesses concerning the worst zookeries in the colony and these they hardly thought fair average illustrations of the coolie lodging homens. The special cases to which the Board referred were three witnesses introduced by the Government at the first session, who testi- fied that one, a coolie, who lived at 44, Market Street, had one of these places to sleep in and paid only 25 coats a month. He said he earned 150 cash a day, when work was good, but other days only 80 or 40 cash. A coolie woman also appeared and said that she and her husband had a cookloft where they lived and paid 40 cents a month for the two. Another coilie, who was mors of a capitalist, deposed that he had a room for himself and wife and two chilleen on the ground floor for which be paid one doller a month.
Mr. Cooper then mid that the Government | sould produos say kind of specimens the Board might oare, to me, but that these were fair re- presentatives of that class among which the plague had been most destructive and who were the ten- ants of those cbnap overcrowded places sad were those it was most noosssary to guard against as they were the most apt to introduce and spread con- tagion. He then continued his description of the property and said that No. 57, Square Street, had three storeys, which by mezzanines had been converted inte six, and No. 65 had two storeys that had been made into four by the same pro- pess. The cubic capacity of No. 57 was 81,000 bubic feet, which it 8 cents a cubic foot for con- wiruation would make $9.30, but he estimated its present value at $698. The cubic capasity of No. 185 was 15,700 foot and would cost to json- strust $470 and its present value he estimated to bo $202. He thought the depreciation of No. 57 was fully 25 per cent, and that of No. 65 at A sad death occurred at the Honkong Hotel least 40 per cent. He estimated the value of the on Friday morning. Baron de Grandmaison, who ad who ground of No. 57 at $2 per square foot and of arrived here from Madagascar recevi
8 in his No. 65 at 31.80. He then entered upon a long intended joining Prince Henri d'O statement of the value of property all aronad travels in south-western China and t` surround. this property as found from sales and othering countries, but in consequence of iness came entries in the public records, showing that pro-ou to Hongkong for treatment, died in an over- perty in that vicinity varied from $1 to overdose of morphia, which he had been to the habit $5. He considered these houses were a bad case of overomwding, there being 46,700 cubio feet, which, less one-third for walls, fşoring, and other parts of building, farnishing and personal effects; left:31,000 cubic feet of air, which divided by 400, the amount specified in the new Ordinance, gives accommodation for 30 persons, which at $5 per head per year would return [$320, gross, loss 13 per cent. for taxes $41.60, collection expenses at 5 per cent. $16 tire insur. ance 1 per cent. on $ 4′0 $14, and 31 per cent. for repairs, making $120, leaving a net income of $200, which would make at a twelve years' walnation $2.400, but there were really other dednotions that should be made, re- dooing it to $2,340. There are cubicle and short floors that do not comply with the law and must be taken into account, which will cost something and will necessarily reduce the rentals. The floors also have to be covered with concrete. It would cost $400 to $500 to repair the houses as they now stand. He
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DEATH FROM AN OVERDOSE OF MORPHIA.
of taking hypodermically for ti relief of pain. It appears that he attended is theatre on Wednesday evening to see Miss Info Adair's performance On his return he rewired to his room at the Hotel, and in the morning was dis- covered to be suffering from the symptoms of opium poisoning. Medical assistance was sum- moned and he was attended throughout Thurs. | day and during the whole of the night by Dr. | Hartigan and Dr. Stedman, with two of the sis
ters from the French convent as nurses. All efforts to revive him proved, however, ineffectual, and he died about five o'clock on Friday morn- ing. The deceased gentleman was only twenty. six years of age and was in the enjoyment, it in said, of a private income of £10,000 a year.
THE INQUEST.
Mr. H. E. Wodehouse opened an inquiry at the Magistracy on Saturday into the circum- stances connected with the death at the Hong- kong Hotel of the Baron de Grandmaison on the 28th inst.
Dr. Stedman stated-On Christmas morn- ing, between 12 and 12.30 I was telephoned for. I went to the Hongkong Hotel, and went to the room of the deceased. I saw the deceased în bed. He said he was in pain, in the loins, and described his symptoms, but he did not then appear to be in great pain. From the des- cription he gave me I concluded he was suffering from gravel. The small bottle of morphine was standing on a chest beside his bed. The bottle, I think. was wrapped up when I Arst saw it and appeared to be full. He told me he had got it in order that there might be no delay when I came. I asked him how be had been able to get it, as I thought it was a curious thing that he had got it. because a doctor never goes to an urgent case without taking morphia with him. Hə asked me what the strength was compared with the French solution and I told him the strength and how many drops I was giving him. The strength was 1 grain in 10 drops; the ordinary dose would be three or four drops. The letters on the bottle denoted that the solution had been made up in accordance with the British Pharma- coposia. I should think there were 24 grains of morphia in the bottle. I asked him how much he had been in the habit of using, and he said one or two centigrammes. I injected three drops into the skin of the loin-ths of a grain. He told me he had a syringe, but I did not see it and used my own. I then left him before the morphia took effect. I saw him again about 11 o'clock- ten hours later. He said the pain had been relieved by the injection and that he had got
good night's sleep. I asked him if I should come and see him again and he said, " No; be
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