April 8, 1899,]
Discharged cured
284
143
Discharged relieved
129
47
Discharged on other grounds 18
12
Died in Hospital
15
19
446
38
In-Patients remaining in Hos- pital on 1st January, 1899
CHINA ÖVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
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Thomson added that in moving the adoption of A NAVY LEAGUER ON OUR FLEET
the report he would also like to include a vote of thanks to Mr. Mackenzie for the arduous work he had done during the past year. (Hear 921 hear.)
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136 operations under the influence of an anesthetic were performed in the two Hospitals during 1898, with results as under:-Cared 95, Improved 35, Died 6. In these figures no ac- count is taken of the dental operations, nor of a very large number of minor surgical operations such as opening of abscesses, reduction of simple dislocations and of fractured bones, removal of nasal polypi and other small tumours, &c., per- fomed daily in the out-patient department by the visiting medical officers, the house surgeons, and the senior students.
Daily exposition of scripture is conducted in the out-patient room in connection with every consultation, and in each of the wards there are prayers with scripture reading and exposition, while conversational work is systematically car. ried on among both in-patients and out-patients. This department of the work is under the supervision of the Rev. T. W. Pearce and Miss Stewart.
Mrs. Stevens desires to acknowledge with thanks donations of money to her Samaritan Fuud as follows :--
$55.00
Per Mrs. A. Bain Miss B. Stevenson, Ochiltree... £5.0.0 51.96 Dr. Jordan
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Ho Tung
Mrs. Fung Wa Chun
Wai Yuk
11
15
Burton, Glasgow
..£1.0.0
M
Bateson Wright
Belilics...
$1
Crawford
Per Mrs. Wells, Canton
. Rennie
17
Paulon
J. Jaffrey
Miss Jautrey
R. G......
Mrs. Kwan
10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.4) 5.00
5.09
5.00
5.00
4.60
.7/6=--
3.84
2.00 1.00
$203.40
Nurses' Fund per Mrs. Brown, Kowloon 31.50
$234.90
From Miss Jaffrey's Class in Johnstone E.C.S.8, for the support of a Leper Child sent from the "Nethersole " Hospital to Pakhoi, £1.0.0.
To many friends who have sent other gifts she also returns her best thanks and wishes it to be mentioned that fruit, flowers, toys, pic ture books, and old linen are always welcome and useful, and may be addressed to her at either of the hospitals.
The statement of accounts shows a balance credit of $1,259.43. At the commencement of the year there was a balance of $3,329.08 in hand. The donations as per donation list amounted to $7,311.44, in addition to which there were special donations amounting to $563.50.
Mr. MACKENZIE, in formally presenting the treasurer's report, said that notwithstanding the fact that they had a handsome balance of $1,200 to go forward with, they must not ran away with the idea that they had in ore: money than they conld do with.
Dr. THOMSON, in proposing the adoption f the report, said that the position of the hospitals was a very sound and respectable one. They had some $30,000 yielding permanent interes, the income from invested funds last year being $1,779.50, which was 8 very good, round nest egg lying by for their yearly expenditure. At the same time, while the hospital was in a satisfactory position, he thought they wanted to bear in mind that a great deal remained to be done. Hitherto the work had been carried on with the most rigid economy at every possible point. If more funds were available a great deal more satisfactory work could be done. If their wards were full, as they might be if they were free to take in all the needy cases which presented themselves, and if they were kept full, they would neceS- sarily spend more money than they did. Dr.
The Rev. T. W. PEARCE seconded, and the motion was heartily carried.
Mr. MACKENZIE, in returning thanks, testi- fied to the valuable assistance rendered to him by Mrs. Gibson.
The CHAIRMAN cougratulated Dr. Gibson on the great success which had attended his efforts during his first complete term of office as super- intendent Owing to their funds being limited they were not able to do quite as much as they would like to do, and in that connection he should like to repeat what he had stated on previous occasions when presiding at that and similar meetings, and that was that be thought Chinese, who were the people benefited by the institution, should contribute more largely than they did at present towards the institution. (Hear, hear.) As the population of the colony increased, and especially the Chinese population, he thought his friend Mr. Woug Shing would agree with him that the time had arrived when the Chinese should | come forward more liberally than hitherto, and he was certain that when the facts were more clearly laid before them than perhaps hitherto they would respond liberally to the call for subscriptions, especially when they bore in mind that it was their countrymen who principally benefited. They would all join with him in an expression of sincere regret at the death from plague of Dr. U I Kai, the house surgeon at the Nethersole Hospital. (Hear, hear.) The loss sustained by his death was a very great one. After alluding to the fact that Mrs. Stevens was taking a well-earned holiday, the Chairmau added that he thought they ought to accord their thanks to Mr. Lau Wai Chuen, compra- dore of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bauk, for acting as leader of the, Chinese committee in the collection of funds during the year, and seeing that be had performed his duties so sat- isfactorily be did not think they could do better than ask him to continue as the leader. (Hear, hear.)
This was all the business.
A HONGKONG CLERK ARRESTED AI SHANGHAI,
In the British Police Court at Shanghai on the 28th March, Reginald George Hopkins, formerly in the employ of the Mutual Stores, Hongkong, was charged with the larceny of $1,000, at the instance cf the Hongkong police. Captain Pattisson, Chief of the Local Police, spoke to receiving a telegram from Hongkong as a consequence of which he gave instructions for the arrest of prisoner.
Chief Inspector Howard deposed to going on board the Austrian mail steamer Maria Valerie when she arrived at the lower limits on Monday. He at once recognised Hopkins as the man wanted, but no actual arrest was made until the steamer arrived at the wharf at Hongkow. When the vessel was made fast to the wharf he instructed Detective Sergeant Wood to follow the prisoner on his landing and ask him certain questions. This was done and satisfied him that the prisoner was the man wanted. Prisoner was afterwards arrested and admitted that his name was Hopkins. Ho made no reply to the announcement that he had been arrested on information from Hongkong for confiscated, two loaded revolvers being found stealing $1,000. His property was afterwards amongst bis property.
arrival of certain documents from Hongkong.
Prisoner was remanded for a week pending the
IN THE FAR EAST.
We have received from Mr. Claude Ley Kum sent to the Navy League, representing the Bri- a photograph of an oil painting, which he has
tish, American, Russian, German, and French fleet on this station, together with a copy of the following letter addressed by the artist to the Hon. Secretary of the Hongkong branch of the League:-
The China Gazette of the 27th March says:--- The Taotai's proclamation against Chinese out- side the Settlements insuring against fires forned the subject of discussion at a meeting of the local committee of the Fire Insurance Companies this afternoon. We believe the Consuls will be asked to intervene with the Taotai who issued the proclamation absolutely forbidding insurance, by way of answer to the representations of the Fire Insurance people, asking him to use his influence to prevent arson. He has certainly gone the whole bog and struck of Chinese fires. at the root of ninety-nine per cent, of the causes
To H. M. SLADE, Esq., Hon. Soc. Navy League, Hongkong Branch. Sir, I have the honour to band you herewith an oil painting pourtraying the various effective Foreign Squadrons now on the China or Far Eastern Station. In so doing. I beg to state that I shall be much obliged if you will kindly favour me with your good offices with a view of having the picture delivered to the head office of the Navy League in London. I beg to explain that the object I have in view in thus depicting the various effective vessels of the squadrons in these waters is to afford the numerous members and associates of the League in England au opportunity of judging jus how Great Britain stands in the matter of effective "fighting machines vis-a-vis other nations.
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In respectfully submitting this modest effort to render a slight service to the League of which I have the honour to be an associate, I trust you will permit me to give expression to opin- ious which I hold, and which I believe may now be of interest to many of the members and associates.
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I am strongly of opinion that powerful as our British fleet now is in these waters it is still a great deal below the standard which our enormous preponderating trade would seem to indicate as being both necessary and justifi- able. Our trade, great as it is at present and eclips-- ing that of any three other nations put together, is threatened with a cramping process caused by the establishment of "spheres of influence," hostile tariffs, and bounty-fed imports from Russia via the Trans-Siberian Railway. It is clear that we have not only to protect our com- merce at it stands to-day, but we should place ourselves in a position to insist on the " оред door" through all the ports on the coasts and rivers of China. Indications. are, unfortun- ately, not wanting that the quadruple alliance, so ably advocated by Lord Charles Beresford, has dwindled down, or may soon become at the most a dual alliance, namely England and Japan, for the "open door," instead of the United States, Germany, Japan, and England. Though the United States have much to gain through the maintenance of the integrity of China, yet it is to be feared that her difficulties in the 'hilippines and the tendency to set up protective tariffs in the new possessions, which a large section of the American press advocates, will tend to cause the States to shrink from taking up a strong position in Far Cathay, for some time to come at all events. Now, if my surmise is correct-and time will soon prove whether I am right or wrong-it standa to reason that Britain cannot be too strong on the seas, for by crippling hostile fleets we would render our enemies less able to push to a suc. cessful issue a selfish policy, and at the same time we could strike a blow which would lower their prestige with the greatest of all Asiatio nations. We ought to be in a position to whip. any combination that may be brought against
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in a recent speech that we have nothing to fear It has been gravely stated by Lord Salisbury
in the continuanos of our “splendid isolation so long as we, the whole British Empire, aro united. Truer words never escaped the lips of a British Premier, and I believe that, despite the enormous advantages which at least three firm stand for the integrity of China and the or four nations would reap as the result of a
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Open Door" for trade, that there are infiu. ences at work which make for the isolation of England. It is certainly wise to avoid, if posi- ble. entangling alliances. We are strong enough and united enough to work out the salvation of our great commercial mission-commenced with the loss of so much British blood and treasure -in the Far Orient by ourselves.
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In conclusion, sir, permit me to recall the opinion expressed by our late and able Hon. Secretary, Mr. H. E. Pollock, at the ban quét
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