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REGISTRY EXPINS18.
The Officer Administering the Government recommended the Council to vote a sum of $478.55 in aid of the vote of $700, “Furniture and Incidental Expenses," Registrar-General's Department.
The vote was passed.
BEPAIRS TO BHAN-HAI P. O. The Officer Administe ing the Government recommended the Council to vote a sum of $175 in aid of the vote of $240, "Repairs to Post Office at Shanghai."
The vote was approved.
TREASURY EXPENSES.
The Officer Administering the Government recommended the Council to vote a sum of $300 in aid of the vote $6(0, "Incidental Expenses, Treasury."
The vote was agreed to.
CIVIL HOSPITAL EXPENSES.
The Officer Administering the Government recommended the Council to vote a sum of $1,239.59 in aid of the vote of $3,500. “Bedding and Clothing, Government Civil Hospital,"
The recommendation was approved.
TYPHOON TAMAGES.
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The Officer Administering the Government recommended the Council to vote a sum of $250; in aid of the vote of $6,500, Maintenance of Botanic Gardens, &c.," to cover the c.st of repairing the damages done by the recent typhoons and rain-storms.
The recommendation was approved.
SANITARY DEPARTMENT CHARGES.
The Officer Administering the Government recommended the Council to vote a sum of $11,700 in aid of the Sanitary Department's vote "Other Charges," to meet anticipated excesses on the sub-heads "Incidental Ex- penses, Scavenging City, Villages and Hill Districts," and "Electric Lighting of Central
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Market."
This vote was also agreed to.
BONUS TO FIRE BRIGADE.
The Officer Administering the Government recommended the Council to vote a sum of $500, being grant of a bonus to the members of the Fire Brigade.
The CHAIRMAN stated that during the drought there were several large fires which gave the Fire Brigade a great deal of work out of the ordinary. The Committee were asked to vote this sum as a bonus to the members of the Brigade.
The vote was agreed to.
LIUKUNGTAO POST OFFICE,
The Officer Administering the Government recommended the Council to vote a sum of $210, in aid of the cost of the Post Office at Liukungtao, from 1st August to 31st Decem- ber, 1902.
The vote was passed.
BACTERIOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.
The Officer Administering the Government recommended the Council to vote a sum of $8,478.13 to cover the expenses, for the current year, of the Bacteriological Department.
Abstract.
Persoual emoluments for Dr. Hunter,
17th January to 26th February at half salary, and from 27th February to 31st December, 1902, full salary £500 per annum...
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Allowance for quarters at $60 per month from 27th February to 31st Decem- ber, 1902
Cost of apparatus, £900 at 1/84 ...
Total,
The vote was approved.
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PLAGUE EXPENSES.
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD.
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A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held the 4th inst. in the Board Room,
Present:-Dr. J. M. Atkinson, Principal Civil Medical Officer (President); Hon. Dr. F. W. Clark, Medical Officer of Health; Hon. W. Chatham, Director of Public Works; Mr. C. VCI. Messer, Acting Registrar-General; and
Mr. E. Osborne.
NO PLAGUE AT AMOY,
Hon. Dr. CLARK laid on the table corris pondence showing that the port of Amoy was now fres from plague.
ERECTION OF BALCONIE“.
to the erection of balconies over Crown Land Correspondence was laid on the table relative adjoining Marine Lots No. 128 to 136, Wing
Lok Street.
The plaus submitted were in accordance with the regulations in force within the Colony, it Wo ks in a minute attached, but on the motion was pointed out by the Director of Public of Mr. OSBORNE, seconded by Mr. MESSER it was agreed to refuse the application.
THE DEA3 H-RATE.
A return was laid on the table showing that the death rate during the week onded 231d August was 36.8 per 1.000 of the population per aunum, as against 36.3 in the previous week and 27.0 in the corresponding period of last
year.
LIME-WASHING.
The lime-wasting return for the fortnight ended 30th August showed that 885 houses in the Eastern District had been to treated.
ANALYSE OF WATER.
The report of Mr. F. Browne, the G vern- ment Analyst, for the month of Augus, bore that the results of analyses of the public water service showed the water to be of excellent quality.
PLANS FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS
DEPARTMENT.
Plans were submitted from the Public Works Department for (1) the extension of Wanchai market, (2) a temporary market opposite the Sailors' Home, (3) a temporary market adjoining the new Harbour Office, and (4) details of stalls for the above markets.
The plans wer; passed, as amended.
THE TSIMSHATSUI MARKET.
Mr. OSLORNE While we are on the subject of markets, sir, I should like to ask the Director of Public Works if he can give us any information as to the Kowloon market, the site for which was prepared some time ago?
Bou. Dr. CLARK-Why not move that the Government be asked ?
Mr. OSBORNE Very well. I beg to move that the Governm at be asked to proceed as soon as possible with the Tsimshatsui market.
Hon. Dr. CLARK seconded, and the motion was carried.
his was all the public business.
THE HEALTH OF HONGKONG.
On the 31st ult, the week's figures for com ..$4,436.80municable disease in the Colony were:-Plague, 8 cases (all Chinese, 7 in Victoria), with 8 deaths; cholera, 7 cases (6 Chinese, 1 Australian), with 6 604.29 deaths; enteric fever, 3 cases (1 European, 1 3,437.04, Indian, 1 Chinese), with 1 death, puerperal
ferer, 1 Chinese case. ..$8,478.13
Another day free from plague was recorded at noon on Saturday. The record for the last eight days have been :-0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0.
The year's total is now 564 cases (6 Europeans, 539 Chinese, 19 other Asiatics) and 552 deaths
The Officer Administering the Government recommended the Council to vote a further sum of $60,000 in aid of the vote of $10,0.0 for | (4 Europeans, 533 Chinese, 15 other Asiatics). "Plagne Expenses "
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Miscellaneous Services."
under the hoading
PUBLIC WORKS.
The Officer Administering the Government recommended the Council to vote a sum of $556.00 in aid of the following votes:-
Public Works Department.-Other Charges, Miscellaneous. 1. Mounting plans and charts, &c.
2. Incidental expenses
Total...
The vote was approved. This was all the business.
$56.00 500.00
$556.00
The N.-C. Daily News gives the following account, from a Wuchow despatch, of how General Ma lost his life in Kwangsi:-It seems that the General, with a force of nearly 2,000 men, attempted to force the gates of a walled village, called Luoglai, in Wuyuan-hsien, but was received with such a hot fire from the body of rebels holding the place that in a few minutes General Ma and about eight of his men were shot down, in front of the gates. General Ma's body was eventually recovered, and his men retreated back to Nanning.
ALLEGED MURDER ON THE
"CHINGTU."
The 8.8. Chingtu which arrived in Hongkong on the 3rd inst. from Sydney was brought into n welcome notoriety during its stay in that city by two of its engineers being charged with murder. The accused men are Archibald Kerr (46). chief engineer, and Charles Pengelly (25), second engineer. It is alleged that on 1st July, when the Chingtu was only 15 h urs out from Hongkong, hey threw a Chinese coal-trimmer overboard, one catching him by the head and the other by the feet. All the witnesses for the prosecution are Chiness, members of the crew. Evidence was taken in the Water Police. Court at Sydney on the 8th ult., and the accused were afterwards committed for trial on 24th November. Both men were liberated on bail of 1,000 each, £500 of which was found by themselves and £500 by outside guarantors in each case. Mr. Kerr returned to Hongkong on the Chingtu, on the 3rd inst, but Mr. Pengely remains in Australia until the time of the trial. Both are trusted employees of the shipping company (Messrs. Butterfield & Swire), are well known in Hongkong, and bare wide-spread sympathy with them in the painful position in which they find them- selves. In their evidence the accused men stated that they had no recollection of the
missing man. There seems to be some ground for the beli f that the "missing man was never on board ut all—a thing which is very easily understood when one considers the system of signing on under false names and the ex. change of articles that go on among the coast- town Chinese. The time at which the accused are said to have thrown the man into the sea was half-past nine on the morning of the day after the ship left Hongkong. Twenty Chinese altogether signed on in Hongkong and they are of the most ignorant and physically useless class of Cantonese. It is to be hoped that the trial will show the whole story to be a trumped- up affair.
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THE WELLINGTON STREET ROBBERY,
On the 29th ult., as Mrs. Sheffield, wife of Mr. A. Sheffield, meter-inspector in the employ of the Gas Company, and residing at No. I. Prio y Lodge, Bonham Road, was proceeding up Wellington Street in the direction of Lynd- hürst Terrace, she felt a sudden tug at her watch chain, and turned round just in time to see a coolie making off with the article, to which was suspended the lady's gold watch. the whole being valued at about $140. Mrs. Sheffield screamed and ran after the thief, but would assuredly have lost sight of both him and her valuables had it not been for the prompt assist ance rendered by a European named Mr. Richard Plows and an Indian foreman in the employ of the Sanitary Board. Both heard the cries of Mrs. Sheffield, who fell during her chase, hurt. ing her knee slightly, and they set off in pursuit of the decamping thief. He ran down a side street or lane, but was being quickly overhauled when he threw the watch and chain into a pile of wood and sought refuge in a house. Mr. Plows made after him, and soon had bim under arrest. whilst the Indian searched amongst the wood for the watch and chain, which he recover- ed and handed to Mrs Sheffield. The thief was taken to the Central Police Station and charged
Before Mr. F. Hazeland at the Magistracy on Saturday, the 50th ult, the case against the coolie was proceeded with, The defendant pleaded not guilty, although caught red-handed.
Mrs. Sheffield described the theft, and was followed in the witness-box by J. J. da Silva, the Sanitary Board foreman who pursued and caught the defendant and, after handing him over to Mr. Richard Plows, the European who joined in the chase, searched in the plac, where the watch and chain had been thrown and restored them to their owner.
His Worship did not take any further evi- dence, being satisfied of the defendant's guilt.
The defendant in his statement said he was suffering from a disease and could not get any work. Footɛore and weary after a long aud fruitless search for a clansman, he was sitting down to rest when he saw a coolie running along the strest with a watch and chain in his hand.
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