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party, and the success of this system the United States Consular Courts in China, in Marine Courts of Enquiry, and elsewhere, is a strong argument in favour of the view. In any case it can hardly be imagined that legal wit is unable to devise any means of correcting the abuse undoubt- edly existing at presence; but the first im- pulse must come from the sufferers them selves.
PIRACY IN THE KWANG PROVINCES.
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subject.
The following minutes were appended : The President: Please circulate. I think, in view of the recent epidemic of smallpox, some recommendations should go forward from the Board on lines such as these suggested by the M. O. H. in his report."
Germans at Kiaochau have also under con- | tory-The Sanitary Improvements Sub-Com- recommendation on this sideration similar schemes. There are many mittee have made kinds of fruits which could be grown, and if this were done we should not only have better varieties than those already in the market (a most desirable consummation), but new kinds as well. We hope to see this recommendation of Mr. TUTCHER adopted, for the cost will only be small, the benefits derived may be considerable, and there will
Mr. Osborne: Depositing infante dying of infectious disease at the doors of a convent prevent all possibility
afford the infant
be one more small advantage from our pose of infection, and be legemus ering the source
session of the New Territory to set against it's heavy expeusés.
THE CRISIS: TELEGRAMS.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDEN (8.]
SHANGHAI, 28th April, 8 p.m. A great funeral procession took place to-day at Peking in honour of the three Teungli Yamen ministers murdered by
Prince Tuan.
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A Peking telegram brings news of an en- gagement between the Germans and Chinese out of the pass which they were holding, beyond Huailu. The Chinese were driven Ten Germans were killed and six wounded
An official statement to the effect that a
regency is established is regarded as the last effort of the Chinese Court to save its face and to throttle reform.
(Daily Press, 2nd May.) It will have been noted that our Canton correspondent's letters lately have been mainly recitals of piracies and the exploits of brigand chiefs. It is evident from other sources too that there has been a great revival in this great curse of the West River provinces, and that the fear of the law which Lr HUNG-CHANG inspired in the robber confraternity during his Viceroyalty in the Two Kwangs has now entirely passed. Burglaries of the most daring description, such as that chronicled by our correspondent, holdings-up of ships, and blackmailing of officials, military and civil, are once more rife. H.E. TAO Mʊ, though he has shown himself in many ways a wise and honour, able official since he came to Canton, does not seem able to cope which the situation, The disorderly elements which embraced the opportunity offered by the Triad rising
It is reported that Russia demands from last year, and were put down with their comrades in arms by the Imperial troops, China, in order to compensate her for the seem to have recovered their courage and non-signature of the Manchurian Con- taken again to the profitable pursuit of vention: (1) a rectification of the Kuldja brigandage by land and water. Arms-frontier; (2) a stip of Western Tibet; (3)
a concession of the Amur gold-inines. smuggling, we learn, is being carried on
Hsianfu despatches report that the busily at Wuchow and along the West River, and rumours are heard of another Empress Dowager was determined to degrade rising. There is a good deal of unrest in the Heir Apparent for improper conduet, the neighbourhood of our own New Ter. but that Lu Chuan-lin having pleaded for ritory boundary, and Samchun, that hotbed mercy his petition was granted. of disorder, which the British Government decided to leave as a thorn in our side, requires careful watching.
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We may sure that our local authorities are giving full attention to the matter, but the Chinese officials seem supine. Good results have been obtained before now by the co-operation of the British and Chinese, and we hope that at the present time the Viceroy at Canton may be urged to show more vigour, and may be assured that he can count on our help. Piracy has always been a serious menace to Hongkong trade, in spite of what Consular Reports may say, and disorders in Kwangtung are still more dangerous to us now with our new frontier on the mainland. A SUGGESTION FOR THE
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SHANGHAI, 2nd May,
HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD.
On Thursday, 2nd inst., afternoon, a meeting of the Sanitary Board was held. The President (Hon W. Chatham, Acting Director of Public Works) occupied the chair, and there were also present the Vice-President (Hon F. H. Medical Officer of Health), Dr. Clark (Medical May, C.M.G.). Dr. Bell (Principal Civil
Officer
of Health), Lieut-Col. Hughes, R.A.M.C., Mr. E. Osborne, Mr. A. W. Brewin (Registrar General), Mr. Fang Wa Chun, Mr. Chan A Fook, and Mr. G. A. Woodcock (Secretary to the Board).
COMMITTEE OF HEALTH'è report. The report of the Hon. F. H. May and Mr., E. Osborne, the committee appointed by the Board to report on that of the Medical Officer of Health for 1900, was as follows:-
"We have considered the annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1900, and have to make the following 10marks upon it: 2. Reduction of Excessive Height of Buildings. -The Sub-Committee of the Board which is dur-reporting on sanitary improvements has made a recommendation on this subject which has been forwarded to Government, after being adopted by the Board.
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3. Resumption of Insauilary or Obstructive Buildings. The same remarks apply to this question.
(Daily Press, 2nd May.) In Mr. W. J. TuTCHER's report on the Bo- tanical and Afforestation Department ing last year, some remarks with regard to. the New Territory are well worth serious consideration. Mr. TUTCHER advocates the establishment of an Experimental Garden, as there is, he says, a considerable quantity of agricultural land in the New Territory.
4. Urgent Need of Urinals.—In June last He strongly recommends the establishment
year & sub-committee consisting of the Medical of a garden of this kind for testing econ- Officer of Health, Dr. Lowson, Mr. McKie, omic plants likely to succeed in the district. and Mr. Osborne, made a report on this subject The Chinese themselves are not likely to and recommended sites for 13 urinals. This is take the initiative in introducing new indus- a subject which the Board shou'd continue to tries; but, be continues, if the Botanical and urge on the Government, as the need for more Afforestation Department were to show them urinals is becoming more and more pressing.
5. We are of opinion that the time has that certain plants could be grown with success, no doubt the natives would then arrived to put a stop to the practice of de- také to cultivating such plants. He points positing moribund infants at the doors of the conventa. A watchman on duty at nigh: out that the Japanese in Formosa have would be an easy means of preventing this already established experimental atations, somewhat barbarous practice. and the French at- Kwauchauwan, and the
6.- European Reservation in the New Terri-
much chance of recovery."
Mr. A. W. Brewin: “I do not see that the practice of taking a moribund Infant convent is any more barbarous than taking moribund adult to the Tung Wa Hospital. The Board had better clear its mind of cant and attend to it own business. A watchman on duty at the convent might prevent children from being brought there, but would not pre- vent them from dying..
Dr. BELL took objection to the remarks made by the Registrar General in his minute, which were practically to the effect that the Sanitary Board was to mind its own business.
Mr. BREWIN -Exouss me, I said members
the word "Board," which he took to include of the Sanitary Board. himself. It wis the business of the Sanitary
Dr. BELL contended that Mr. Browid' used
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Board to enquire into this matter. He had been told that the love a mother had for her children was one of the finest principles in human nature, but it seemed a curious thing that - mothers would let their children contract a dis- ease entirely due to neglect, and then do nothing* for them, till they ultimately died and were pitch forked anywhere into the street. If that practice was not, barbarous, he did not know what the word meant. An endeavour should be made to get these people to take their children, in the early stages of the disease, to places where they could be looked after, and where 75 per cent. might recover. In con- cluding, Dr. BELL reiterated that in his opinion the Registrar General was out of order in tell- ing them, in a matter of that so.t. to mind their own business. It was their business, and they had to mind it.
Mr. OSBORNE thought that one of the most striking passages in the Medical Officer of Health's report was the statement that out of 1,000) Chinese infants born in this colony only 72 survive for a period of twelve months. That statement, if it had not come from an official source, would hardly be credible, and he thought it their duty not only to endes- vour to rescue some of these infants from
death, but to trace the source of infection." stamp out That was the only possible way to st plague--to trace the source of infection, and so long as these infants were placed at the doors of convents by persons unknown, they could not hops to trace the source of infection. He believed with Dr. Bell that it was their duty- to take the matter up.
The PRESIDENT was of opinion that the desire was general amongst the members that stops be taken to put a stop to the practice, if it were at all possible. It seemed to him a very questionable expedient to put watchmen on duty at these convents at night, for the reason that if it became known to these "people that they ran the risk of being followed and having enquiries made about them, they would resort to the practice of dumping bodies in quiet streets or elsewhere. He moved that the Board adopt the annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1900, and forward copies to the Colonial Secretary, for the information of H.E, the Governor, and that the attention of the Government be drawn to the | ́marked fa'ling-off in the number of vaccinations
during the past two years.
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- Mr. OSBORNE thought they should do some- thing themselves in the matter without referr ing it to the Government. He would gor to place a resolution 1
the Board approach the ore the meeting
convents with they can offer sugge
ascertaining whether as to the best means of carrying out the gestions of the committee in paragraph the report.”
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Dr. BELL seconded, and suggest proposal bý embodied in the President's tion:
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