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the Central Districts of the city proceeded it became evident that in granting permission for the retention of cocklofts in rooms partitioned into separate compartments, the practice hitherto followed of dealing with each case on its merits could not be successfully pursued, and that clearly defined conditions applicable to all cases should be drawn up for the guidance of the Executive.
17. The question as to whether the owner or occupier should be held responsible for com- plying with the law was also fully considered. In many cases the cocklofts are the property of the tenants; in others they belong to the owner. The Committee therefore decided to adopt the plan that had been found to work so well in the case of the illegal occupation of basements, viz., of serving the notice on both the owner and occupier. The notice on the occupier specified in schedule C to our last report was therefore discontinued and a new form, after meeting with the approval of the Attorney-General, adopted.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
vast improvement in the sanitary condition of the colony has unquestionably been effected during the last twelve months, but much still remains to be done. In our opinion no measure of sanitary reform calls for more prompt and vigorous action than that of clearing away the obstructions in back-yards and in the back parts of premises so as to provide a suitable and ade- quate area for the admission of light and air. This has been done already in many houses in the city. In Heung Lane the sanitary char- acter of the houses, in which cases of plague originated, has been completely changed by this simple and by no means costly structural alters tion. We submit that no consideration of de- partmental economy should be allowed to inter- fere with the early carrying out of this most desirable reform-We have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servants,
WM. C. H. HASTINGS, Acting Captain Superintendent of Police. W. EDWARD Crow, Assistant Secretary and Superintendent.
18. The conditions drawn up by the Com- mittee on the subject of cocklofts in buildings erected before and after the passing of The Closed Houses and Insanitary Dwellings Or. DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, dinance (15 of 1894), which, after submission to and approval by the full Board, were published in the Government Gazette and in the English
and Chinese newspapers, will be found embodied in the notifications included in appendix D).
19.-Up to date, notices with copies of the Board's conditions attached, to comply with the provisions of sub-section 1 of section 7 and sub-section b of section 8, have been served on the owners and occupiers in the case of 433 cocklofts and cubicles. So far this change of tactics has met with the best results, and it is confidently hoped that within six months all illegal cocklofts will have been removed.
BASEMENTS,
20.--A complete list of the basements illegally occupied on the 1st of April, and op the owners and occupiers of which notices have been served, will be found in appendix E. The return does not include the very large number of basements in No. 7 District which were closed during the epidemic of plague last year and which are among the worst in the whole city. Great credit is due to Acting Inspector MacEwen for the energy he has displayed in preventing their re-occupation as dwellings.
21.-Under our joint personal supervision the whole of the basements in districts Nos. 4, 5, and 6 have been inspected at night. In all 244 inspections have been made before and 140 after midnight.
LIMITED.
An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders in the Douglas Steamship Co., Limited, was held at the offices of the General Managers (Messrs. Douglas Lapraik and Co.) on Saturday at
noon.
[November 13, 1895.
selections, five out of the twelve items on the programme falling to them, and each piece was warmly applauded. Dr. Meadows was down for two songs, one in the first part and one in the second, and both were encored. For the first encore he gave "The Gallants of Eng- land" and for the second "True till death." We think the doctor has never been heard in better voice, and he sang with his usual excellent taste, except that in "Queen of the Earth" he took the time rather too slowly. Mr. C. H. Grace was also in good voice and was encored, giving in reply The arrow and the song." Mr. Spriggs, who sang "The last watch" has a tenor voice of good quality, and we hope to hear him frequently. Mr Grayson, R.A., gave humorous rendering of "Appy 'Ampstead" and as an encore sang "The Little Nipper." A plea- sant feature in the progamme were the glees by a party of ladies and gentlemen whose names will be found in the programme given below; both were described as glees, but the second was a plantation song. The following was the pro-
gramme :-
Overture
Song.
'PART I. "Ivan"
The Band of the Rifle Brigade. I
"The Deathless Army".
Selection ......
Song.
Glee
Dr. Meadows.
"Doris "
The Band.
"The Last Watch".
Mr. C. W. Spriggs. "Awake, Awake!'
A
Conterno.
Trotĕre.
Cellier.
Pin.uti.
H. Leslie.
Mesdames Clark, Craddock, Woolley; Boxshall and Cox;
Mr. J. H. Lewis presided, and there were also present-Hon. J. J. Bell-Irving, Messrs. D. R. Sassoon, A. Ross, R. Shewan (Consulting Committee). Capt. G. C. Anderson, Capt. Hall, | Messrs. A. G. Morris, J. H. Cox, C. A. Tomes, W. Parlane, H. Garrells, H. Crawford, W. Par- fitt, E. Georg, D. Haskell, F. W. Hall, and J. | Comic Song....... R. Michael.
Mr. PARFITT (Secretary) read the notice calling the meeting.
The CHAIRMAN proposed the confirmation of the following resolution passed at an extraordin ary general meeting on 21st October last:- "That the full stop at the end of the first para- graph of Article XIX. of the Articles of Asso-
Song.
Messrs. Mackay, Measor, Spriggs; Boxshall, Craddock, Capt. Young, R., Dr. Meadows, and Mr. Cruickshank, R.A.
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Appy 'Amstead"
Mr. Grayson, R.A.
PART II.
"Tannhauser"
March...
Sorg
would I were a King”
Sullivan.
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Mr. C. H. Grace.
"Star of Bethlehem"
The Band.
Adams.
'Queen of the Earth"
Pinsuti.
Gatty. 1aryll..
Song
Glee
ciation be omitted and that there be substituted therefor the words' or in or towards the payment to the shareholders of such bonus or bonuses as. Secution the General Managers shall with the approval of the Consulting Committee think fit.
Mr. MORRIS seconded. Carried.
The CHAIRMAN-At the last meeting I men- tioned that it was our intention to pay a bonus of $12.50 per share. Since then we have re- ceived a petition from shareholders represent-
The District Inspectors, Messrs. Burnett, Reidie, and Hore, are doing their utmost to pre-ing 7,000 shares requesting that the bonus be vent their now illegal occupation.
PERMITS FOR COCKLOFTS AND BASEMENTS.
22.-In & memo. dated the 9th of July the Committee referred for the consideration of the full Board the question as to whether permits for the retention of cocklofts under section 7 and for the occupation of basements under s00- tion 6, should be granted to the owner or oc- cupier. We are of opinion that the fullest pub- licity should be given to the fact that the Board has unanimously decided to grant such permits to the landlord only.
GENERAL REMARKS.
$15, and we have decided to pay them $15 per share. Bonus warrants will be issued on the 20th instant. That concludes the business of the meeting. I thank you, gentlemen, for your attendance.
PROMENADE concert.
An enjoyable promenade concert, organised by members of the Church Extension Associa tion, for winter relief of the London poor, was given on the Volunteer. Parade Ground on Thursday evening. The cold weather of the early part of the week did not promise very well for the success of an out-of-door entertain- ment, but as the date approached the tem perature rose, and Thursday evening was mild and pleasant. There was a fair attendance, though not so large perhaps as might have been expected had the entertainment taken place little earlier in the season, or if the promoters had taken the public more fully into their confidence. The remark was made on the ground on Thurs day evening that all public movements should be franked by the name a responsible resident, In the and the opinion seems a reasonble one. advertisement of Thursday's concert no name appeared and though the particulars were no some who doubt widely known there were were not aware who the promoters were However, those who attended enjoyed a very pleasant evening. A neat stage had been prepared, the ground was decorated with lanterns and streamers, refreshments were pro 24.-The question here very naturally arises vided, and, most important of all, the music was what are the prospects of a recurrence of the good. The Band of the Rifle Brigade, kindly disease in the early spring of next year? Alent for the occasion, played between the vocal
33.-Although it may appear somewhat hazardous in the case of a disease like the bubonic plague, as to the origin and spread of which so little is known, we think it probable that the colony has now seen the last of the disease in 1895. The widespread fear that the outbreak
24 in Heung Lane was but the beginning of a formidable epidemic has happily not been realised. Twenty-six cases are known to have occurred; all died. If the particulars specified in appendix B are closely examined it will be found that among the later cases the disease showed no signs of abatement in point of virulence. The experience of this year would seem to demonstrate that the disease was nipped in the bud and an epidemic averted by the prompt removal and segregation of the inmates and the disinfection and cleansing of the in- fected premises. The drastic measures it was deemed necessary to adopt were fully justified by the nature of and the circumstances attending
the outbreak.
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Dr. Meadows. "Good Night "The Shop Girl” The Band.
CRICKET.
HIK.C.C. v. RIFLE BRIGADE.
9th November. The first match of the season into which an element of keen rivalry entered was opened yesterday afternoon. Owing to personal in- not at their full juries the Rifles were
the other hand, the Club strength on mustered a good all round team, deficient only in the matter of wicket keeping. With a closeness to time which recalled the happy days when the 58th and the Club were pitted against each other, a start was made at 2.15 p.m. Winning the toss Lowson deputed Firth and Campbell to open this they did with great caution, as the bowling of Lysley and Alexander was well on the spot, and the fielding was smart. After 30 was up Private Green, a new fast bowler with symptoms of a break, relieved Alexander and shortly had Firth dismissed by the long coolie, the retiring batsman having made a careful 14 out of a total of 46. The captain filled the vacancy, and was hard on the ball from the start, but shortly lost Campbell. who was neatly taken by Lysloy,off his own bowling: two for 58, of which the Pathan regiment man claimed 82, the result of sound cricket. Smith was the next comer, but his association with Lowson was short lived, as Lysley bowling at his best, beat the doctor with a good length breaking ball just as he was settling down; three for 69. Here a series of disasters befell the Club, Darby, Anton, and Ellis succumbing to Lysley and realising only 4 runs between them. Anton fell to a pretty catch at slip, while Darby and-- Ellis quite failed to cope with two excellent balls from Lysley, whose analysis up to this point showed 5 wickets for 33 runs. F. Maitland then partnered Smith, who was playing a quieter game than usual. A slight stand was made before Smith scooped a fast leg ball from
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