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emorial should, if possible, be wel aging to the Queen. We know that it is not possible to take Her Majesty's pleasure upon the matter, but at the same time we are not without ample means of forming an opinion as to what mode of celebration would be most agreeable to her wishes. And it should be steadily borne in mind that there is a strong personal. element in this celebration. For we are not only desirous of celebrating a reign which is un- paralleled for length and splendour in "our rough island story" but we are also eager to do honour to the angust lady who has Bo admirably filled the throne during that long reign, and whose conduct and high qualities of mind and of heart have won for her the veneration and affection not only of her own subjects but also of the whole civilized world. I venture, then, to lay it down as a necessary condition of a really appropriate memorial that it should be in consonance with the character and sympathies of the Queen, or at any rate that it should not be entirely dis- sociated from them./
In the next place, the memorial should be general in its character, that is to say, it should as far as possible appeal to the sentiments and tend to promote the happiness of all classes of the community. It may be admitted that this is a somewhat difficult ideal to strive after, in a community composed of such heterogeneous elements as is that of Hongkong, but still I cannot help thinking that we should endeavour, as far as may be practicable, to attain to it. -
Lastly, the memorial should be of such a kind as to command a large amount of sympathy and support, both in a moral and material sense, from the people of the Colony. It is clear that the memorial must in the main be erected by means of funds derived from public subscrip- tions, and that memorial will have the best chance of being carried to a completion which is most likely to appeal to the generous feelings of those members of the community, whatever their
race or class may be, who are both able and willing to contribute subscriptions. ཨཀཱནྟི
Assuming that these considerations are ger mane to the matter, let us apply them to the several proposals now awaiting examination, by the sub-committee.
First, with regard to the procuring of an oil painting of Her Majesty, I suppose everybody will agree that this is a desirable thing in itself. But its cost will not be considerable, and as you, Sir, point out in your issue of this morning, it may be regarded as merely
an addition to the principal memorial.” The same remark applies, although I think in a less degree, to the suggested completion of the Queen's statne. I should myself have been inclined to think that this work might very well wait until the Praya reclamation has been carried out and the principal business, houses have been transferred to the new ses front. It will then, no doubt, be felt that the statue should be worthily completed, and measures will be taken accordingly. At present. it stands as the solitary of an empty wilderness.
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of support, and I desire to respect. But, if we apply of suitability which I have venture down, can it be said to satisfy them would venture to affirm that it has any whatever to the character or tastes Queen P that it is, in a personal sense, way an appropriate memorial? Then, as to the extent to which it will benefit the general population, I presume it will mostly be used by people who ride in carriages or on horseback or on bicycles. These, after all, constitute but small section of the well-to-do classes of the population. For the great bulk of the inhabit ants of the Colony the proposed road might just as will be situated in mid-China. But the last suggested test is, I think, the most damaging to this scheme. For when the subscription list comes round, who is going to subscribe freely for the con- struction of the road? Who will be moved by feelings of sentiment or generosity to pay for an indeterminate number of feet or yards of macadamised or concreted roadway? Is it not the simple truth that, as you, Sir, said some time ago, if such a road is wanted, it is essentially a public work which should be taken in hand by the Public Works Department, with funds provided by the Government of the Colony? You may depend upon it that if this scheme is adopted, the feeling to which I have now referred will be very evident in its operation when the subscription lists go round. Does. anybody think, for instance, that the Hong- kong and Shanghai Bank would or ought to subscribe one penny for a road round the island ? A project of benevolence is, or at any rate might well be, another matter.
There remain only the proposals for (1) the erection of a Women and Children's Hospital in connection with the Civil Hospital, and (2) the establishment of a Hospital for Women with a Training Institute for Nurses in connexion therewith.
It appears
me that either of these proposals would, if adopted and carried out, constitute a fitting memorial of the Jubilee. They will, no doubt, be considered in com- bination. But, in my humble opinion, the second is the more valuable of the two, because the Nurses' Institute is more wanted than even the Women's Hospital. And this proposal | best satisfies the conditions to which I have adverted above. In the first place, no one can doubt that the establishment of such a Hospital and Institute would in an especial degree be pleasing to thẻ Queen and worthily com- memorate her personal career. Besides the instances in support of this position which "A Woman" in her letter, I see were cited by in The Times that the memorial in Ireland is to take the form of an Irish Nurses, Queen's Commemoration Fund, In the next place, it would be a work of beneficence which would directly tend to promote the health and comfort of all classes and races of the com- munity. It is difficult to exaggerate the blessing of skilled nursing in sickness, and the want of it which exists in this Colony. And, lastly, the soheme is fairly sure of adequate public approval and support. It is an open secret that it has been put forward by one of the leading ladies of the Colony, who is always ready to lend her help to deeds of benevolence, and it is also well known that it has received the cordial adhesion of a large number influential ladies. These ladies will, no doubt, take a
pleasure in furthering the inception and successful working of the scheme by any means within their resources and power, and will win over their friends to do the same.
It will, I hope, not be thought out of time for me to have made these observations. The view which I take on this point is that proper, and indeed expedient, for the advocates of the schemes which are now before
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