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that there is scarcely an instance dur last ten or fifteen years of an important con sion having been appointed or of a public move-ling fang: - cong ment of any magnitude ng been s ted pointment as Chine without your services having been cheerfully The ceremony rendered. Such distinguished services deserve recognition, and we hope that this public ac- knowledgment by the Chinese community wi in a measure, assure you that many in this colony appreciate your worth and are grateful for your.exertions on behalf of the public.
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bassy o the ent to coth great as your een in the tort paths beyond question that you mportant and equally lasting Chinese Government by denying leasure of a trip to America in the interests of China may be the ved. (Applause.) It must be very As founder of the Alice Memorial Hospital, to you to know, if I am not mistaken, you have done a noble act for the relief of the The first time, although I hope it suffering poor, and that edifice will for ever the last, that a Chinese gentleman's remain a standing monument of your philan-
rendered to the colony havethropy and charity. sed in such an open manner. As one of the original promoters and is undoubtedly chiefly your founders of the Hongkong College of Medicine uable services that has brought for Chinese, you have assisted in the spread of gathering, but at the same timeWestern medical science among the Chinese, phasise the fact that the Chinese and the interest you take in that Institution, as or, at least, a section of them, evidenced by your holding the Professorial to be anglicised. That the Chi-Chair of Medical Jurisprudence up to the nity, more especially the juvenile present moment, marks you out as a staunch continue to adapt themselves to supporter and promoter of scientific education. Western ideas and knowledge, and that the In bidding you farewell, we desire to express Government and the general public should our earnest hope that you will achieve every
to give them their cordial support success in your new sphere of life, and we trust elaborate.
ration, is the sincere wish of all that ere long we may have the pleasure of wel. those who have the interest and welfare of coming you back again to Hongkong in good Hongkong at heart. (Applause.) Your de- health and in the enjoyment of happiness and
from us is a great loss to the colony, prosperity.
firs
gain to China (Applause.) I Sir, to read the address without attention to the fact that China king wise changes in her domestic and forei affairs in the year when the Queen's "Diamond Jubilee" will be celebrated. Let us hope that the reign of the Emperor Kwangen 7 be as long as that of Her Most Gracious by and that the benefits His Majesty will on the teeming millions of China, with the aid of wise and progressive counsellors, will far reaching and permanent as those which have marked the Victorian era as the magnificent ever recorded in the annals of the history of Great Britain. (Applause.) In onclusion, allow me to remark that we shall forward with certainty to the high position which you are sure to reach and which will reflect credit on the colony in which you born and on the Government Central School which you received your first educa- tion
(Applause.) Now, Sir, with your kind permission I will proceed to read the address.
Mr Ho Tung then read the address as follo
- Dr. Ho KẢI, M.B., C.M., M.R.C.S. the eve of your departure from this the undersigned, representing the ineso community of Hongkong, desire to our deep regret at the prospect of your m amongst us, and to thank you for able services you have rendered in general, and to the Chinese in both in your official and private
of your legal profession many sion from time to time to nnot but admire the ability has always characterized
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In conclusion, we beg to request you to accept the accompanying souvenir as a sign of our appreciation and esteem.
Mr. Chun Lai Kam read the address in Chinese.
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Hon. Ho Kai, who was received with loud applause, said Mr. Ho Tung and gentlemen, it is beyond my power at the present moment to find any appropriate expressions to thank you sufficiently for the very complimentary address that you have just presented to me. I am quite sensible of the great honour which you have done me in gathering together to-day to sent me not only with an address but with a very handsome souvenir. I am quite conscious that I do not deserve anything like the great kindness which you have shown, and I am un- worthy of most of the complimentary remarks which have fallen from the lips of Mr. Ho Tung and those that are, contained in your flattering address. During the past fifteen years I have done no more than my duty as a citizen, and I was forced, more or less, to under- take a good deal and to exert my utmost to perform my duty in the best possible manner. (Applause.) Of course, I do not wish for the Chinese in the colony who have received a European education-an English education, in fact and who have also had the benefit of a thorough education at home, to come back to this colony and not take any part in the performance of public duties. (Applause.) And I also wish in some measure to dispel the off repeated assertion of someone that the Chinese are more or less devoid of public spirit and patriotism. (Applause, You will pardon me, gentlemen, not making a long speech to-day. My heart is fall of grate- ful emotion and sentiment, and the very fact of that fulness will deprive me of speech not easy for me on the eve of my from this colony where I have spent happy years, to make a lengthy, ding farewell to so many dear
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Bible referred to the fact of His been educated in Hongko England, and his eventual cal late Governor of Hor nesey, recognised the qualit lency when he appointed Legislative Council and trate, in both of which ca given the greatest afterwards appoin Railway, and the chang to Japan to treaty. Aft
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His Excellency and his fitness to which he had been appoin went on to say that Chinese America were great and any quest commerce would no doubt be settled and satisfactorily by His Excellency, was thoroughly conversant with Bu mercantile methods. In replying address H.E. Wu Ting Tang thanked the signatories for their in presenting him with such & token of their appreciation on his ment to the important post of to America and assured them that he w his utmost for the welfare of the Chi every question in which their interests were
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HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD.
A meeting of the
Board was held at the offices on Thursday Hon. F. A. Cooper (Director of Public Works) presided, and there were also present Hon. F. H. May (Ca Superintendent of Police), Dr. Ayres (Co Surgeon), Dr. Clark (Medical Officer of 1 Mr. N.J. Ede, and Mr. H.McCallum (Secretar
MINUTES: The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed.
THE SANITARY MAINTENANCE OF OPIUZ
DIVANS.
The Board considered by laws, made under sub-sections 4, 12, and 13 of Ordinance 24 of 1887, for the washing, and sanitary mainten smoking ivans and for
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