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the amendment should make the lean than three months. It might be||
Three months is rather a long time. Hom. Dr. Ho Kar—I will make it six weeks; ROT
"On a division, the motion was carried by 7 votes to 4 for the amendment. For the motion thère voted Mr Shewan, Mr. Playfair, Mr. Thomson, Mr. Badeley, Mr. Wise, Mr. Rumsey and Mr. May; for the amendment Mr Dickson, Mr. Sharp Mr. Wei A Yak and Dr. Ho Kai.
The ACTING ATTORNEY-GENERAL intimated that he did not intend to proceed further with the Bill at that meeting.
PAWNBROKERS' ORDINANCE.
The ACTING ATTORNEY-GENERAL-IN moving the second reating of the Bill entitled am Ordinance to further amend the Pawn- broker's: Ordinance (No. 3 of 186, I may state that it mainly provides under Section 3 that all fees shall be payable yearly in advance, bat there is power given to pay thom quarterly. With regard to the fees themselves they are vɔry obsolete. They were fixed in 188) and we have raised them a little and provided that all fees shall be posted up in the shop; if they are not postel up the ligзns will be liable to a penalty. With regard to the time ah the expiration of which goods shall become the property of the pawnbroker an extension of three months, was desired. I have made it eight months except in the New Territory where it has been made twelve months, assimila- ting it to the time already prescribed in th3 neighbouring Chinese province
The COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, and the motion was agreed to.
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The Council went into Committee on the Bill anul considered it clatise by clause. On resuming, The ACTING Attorney-GENERAL 'stated that he would not proceed further with the
Bill at that meeting.
The Council adjourned sine die.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
A meeting of the Finance Committee was held immediately after the Council, the Colonial Secretary (Hon. F. H. May) presiding,
HOUSE ALLOWANCE.
The Officer Administering the Government recommended the Council to vole a sum of $120, being. 4 months' house allowance granted to Mr. M. Molver, Inspector of Junks, Harbour Department, at the rate of $30 per mensem.
The vote was agred to.
INCREASE OF SALARY. The Officer Administering the Government recommended the Council to vote a sum of $300 to meet, during the current year, the in- crease in salary of Mr. N. G. Nolan, Interpre- ter to the Magistracy.
The CHAIRMAN-This increase of salary to Mr. Nolan, one of the interpreters at the Magistracy, was recommended at the end of last year, and after some correspondence it has now been approved by the Secretary of State, and this sum submitted to you is to cover the increase of $25 per month for the current year.
The vote was agreed to:
KOWLOON SCHOOL EXPENSES.
The Offer Administering the Government recommended the Council to vote a sum of 24,357.6 to cover, during the current year, the salaries of Mr. and Mrs. B. James, the Master and Mistress of the Kowloon School:
Abstract.
Mr. James, half salary, from 3rd to ~19th February; full salary from 10th February to 31st December, at £330 per annum... Mrs. James, half salary, from 20th January to 19th February; full ́salary from 2 th February to 31st
· Dócember, at £90 per annum
Total
$3,411.03
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$4,357.86 >The› CHAIEMAN—This school, as you are ware was opened not long ago at Kowloon, and the salaries and other charges for keeping up the institution are to be defrayed by the Government. This was not provided for in the Estimates and therefore you are now asked to vote these = sums to cover the salaries of the andhs mistrem - for the current year.
was agreed to.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT. recommended the Council to vote a sum of | Board. There will be no objection that I c $509 in aid of the vote of $500 for Washing spe to the consideration of the matter by performed for the Government Civil Hospital. whole Board any, more than by three members
The CHAIRMAN-The Civil Hospital used of the Board. to get most of its washing done in the Gaol by the prisoners, hence only $500 was voted for washing. This year, however, owing to the shortage of water, the Goal could not do the washing, and therefore it had to be done outside at the increased cost of $500. That is
the reason of this vote.
The vote was agreed to, This was all the business.
HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD.
A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held on the 24th inst. in the Board Room. Present--Dr. J. M. Atkinson, Principal Civil Medical Officer (President); Hon. F. J. Badeley, Captain Superintendent of Police; Dr. F. W. Clark, Medical Officer of Health, Mr. C. Mol. Messer, Acting Registrar-General; Mr. E. Osborne, Mr. Fang Wa Chun, Mr, Lau Chupak, and Mr G. A. Woodcock (Secretary);
MRDICAL INSPECTION OF VESSKL8.
Mr. OSBORNE From information which I have received from the newspapers, sir, I beg to more that the Board recommend the Govern ment to proclaim Shanghai, Tientsin (including Tongku and Taku), and Saigon as places infected with cholera. The medical inspection of this port is such a very slight inconvenience for shipping-in fact, no inconvenience at all— that I think it will be no hardship for the Government to do as we recommend.
The PRESIDENT-Medical inspection is at present in force in regard to all vessels. arriving from Shanghai.
Mr. FUNG WA CHUN-If I remember cor rectly, sir, I think apme little time ago the Board decided to hard this report translated into Chinese to allow it to be discussed by the Chinese. As this has not been done I would suggest that steps should be taken to have? the translation made. I agree with Mr. Csborne that the whole Board should discuss an insport- ant matter like this.
The PRESIDENT-The reason I made the suggestion for a committee is that as on pre- vious occasions when the Board. has bad to deal with important business of this nature, it was dealt with by a commitee, the committe reported to the Board, and then the Board -con- sidered the whole thing in committee. I refer to the Insanitary Properties Bill more especially.
Mr. LAU CHUPAK—I think the President is right. When the sub-committee send in their report the Board then discusses the report, and whether the Board will acc pt the suggestions sent in by the committee or not is the Board's business.
Mr. OSBORNE--I beg to move as an amend- ment that the report be discussed by the whole Board in committee.
Mr. FONG WA CHUN seconded.
On a division the motion was carried by 4 votes to 3, the minority consisting of Mr. Osborne, Mr. Fang Wa Chün and Dr. Clark. The Board was proceeding to deal with other business when
Mr FUNG WA CHUN said-You have not decided about my question whether you are going to have this report translated in Chinese or not.
The PRESIDENT-If you want that to be done I think the Board will make a recom- mendation to this effeo.
Mr. OSBORN-Only for scarlet fever. The PRESIDENT-But all vessels are examid
Mr. FUNG WA CHUN-I think it was decid- ed, so that if there was any cholera on board it would be found out; and as we have no officialed by the Board some time ago. It was the
intention of the Government too, I think. information at present of the existence of choi- -era at Tientsin and Saigon, it would perhaps be advisable for us to enquire by telegram from the Consuls for these two places if cholera is prevalent there..
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Mr. OSBORNE-I have in view men-of-war and transports coming down from the North- from Tientsin. However, I will alter my motion fo make it read that the G vernment be asked to enquire by telegraph if cholera is to prevalent at these ports, and, if so, proclaim them as infected with cholera.
The PRESIDENT seconded, and the motion was carried.
HOUSING OF THE POPULATION, The SECLETARY submitted a letter from the Colonial Secretary transmitting copies of the joint report of Profesor Simpson and Mr. Chadwick on the housing of the population in Hongkong and asking to be furnished with any observations on the subject which the Board desired to make.
The PRESIDENT--The Board have been recom- mended by the Government to make any sug gestions that they see fit with reference to this joint report, but as the report and the enclosed Public Health Bill have only been in our hands for some ten days I think it would be preferable for us to appoint a committee to consider this report and the Bill and report upon them to the Board. I more that a committee consisting of the President, Colonel Hughes. and Mr. Lau Chupak be appointed under Section 13 of the Public Health Ordinance of 1901 to consider and report upon the joint report and Bill. Colonel Hughes I have not spoken to about this, but if he is not willing to act I will suggest another member in his place.
Hon. F. J. BADELEY seconded.
The PRESIDENT-The best p'an will be for you to propose it.
Mr. FUNG WA CHUN-Very well; I beg to move that a general outline of the report be translated into Chinese for circulation.
Mr. C. McI. MESSER seconded, and the motion was agreed to.
ALLEGED ANNOYANCE BY SANITARY SERVANTS, With reference to a letter which had appear- ed, in a contemporary on the 28th inst. concerning the alleged annoyance of householders in Shelley Street by Sanitary Board · viriting parties, statements were submitted by the two Chinese medical students and the two English sappers who accompanied them asserting in effect that they had done nothing more than they were ordered to do by the Medical Officer of Health's instructions.
As a result of the enquiry mide, the Colonial Secretary reported to His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government that the search-parties did not seem in any way to blame,
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His Excelleney replied to this communication - as follows: -"I concur. Would it not be possible to inform the editor [of the journal concerned] that enquiry had been made as to the letter appearing in his paper with the result tat I was satisfied that everything had been
properly ?"
done
This correspondence was forwarded to the: Sanitary Board for such action as they might deem desirable to vindicate the search parties.
Mr. Lau Chupak minuted :-"I have heard many complaints of a similar nature. In any case the officers must be instracted not to interfere unreasonably and to behave with more consideration and courtesy.”
Mr. E. Osborne minuted-Prosecute the woman for obstructing the officers of the Board in the execution of their duty. Nothing like having the matter threshed out in public.
The PRESIDENT Do the Board desire to
take any further action in this matter? I may- say that Dr. Clark has given careful instruc. tions to the students employed, and there have been no complaints since.
Mr. E. OSB ENE—I think, sir, that the mat-`' ters dealt with in this report are far to impor tant to be left to a committee. However ably and thoroughly the committee may do its work there is e rtainly safety in numbers, and the probability is that if the matter was discused by the whole Board in committee we should arrive at better results than if it were discussed
The report was allowed to lie on ile table,,,iz by only three members of the Board, This
THE DEATH-RATE. is a most important matter, because on our
The mortality statistics for the week recommendations no doubt the Government will act, and I think that no recommendations 31st May showed a death rate of 85.5- on this report should go forward unless theypared with 24.0 in the previous week and 55,33 Administering the Government have been thoroughly threshed out by the whole in the corresponding week of the previous y
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