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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
HONGKONG SANITARY
BOARD.
A meeting of the Sanitary Board wa- held on the 16th inst. in the Board Room. Hou Dr. J. M. Atkinson, P.C.M.O. (President), preside, ! D. P. W. (Vice President); Sir. C. McI. Messer, and there were also present Hon. W. Chatham, Acting Registrar-General; Captain F. W Lyons, Acting Captain Superintendent of Police; Colonel V. E. Webb, RAM (!..., Mr. Fau Wa Chan, Mr. Lau Chn Pak; Mr. HF. Polock, K.C.; Mr. A R mjan, Mr. E A. Hewett. Dr. W. W. Pearse, Acting Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Barnett, Assiet. ant MO.H.; and Mr. G. A. Wendenck, (Secretary).
THE BUILDING BILL.
have from time to time been made, as at Canton last China New Year but still the practice goes on briskly must be ad- mitted that it is very difficult for the various Governments cheeď to deal with the question satisfactory. Weapons disguised as biscuits, coined goods, etc:, have an excellent chance of getting through. In South Africa guns even got through in pianes! As long as the pecuniary temptation is sufficiently gh there will be found individuals and firms willing to take all the risks of arms-smuggling. Now it does not seem that China as empire is gaining advantage from this illicit importation of. arms. It was, it is true, freely stated as early as 1901 that great quantities of munitions of war were
Mr. POLLOCK said that, with regard to the pouring into China; but the accusation first motion standing in his name, viz.-"That facked substantiation. On the other hand, this Board suggests for the consideration of it bas for years been notorious that the the Government that it is desirable to amend brigands, or rebels, whichever we call them, paragraph 51 of Section 6 of Ordinance 1 of in Kwangsi and its neighbourhood have 193 by substituting the words 'pantry, been armed with weapons of more modern Passage or landing' for the words or pantry,'
he nuderstood that a question involving con- make than those borne by the Imperials.doration of this particular paragraph of the troops. In turn the charge has been made Ordinance was likely to be raised shortly before that these arms have been nuggled across the Police Magistrate, and until the decision of the Franco-Chinese frontier through Macao, the Magistra e had been given it would be After it had and through Hongkong. I can hardly be inadvisable to discuss the mailer. doubted that all three entries have been given, asub committee of the Board shon!!
I app Buted to fully
Sections 1 tried. Yet it cannot justly le sud that
133 and to of the Ordinanze and ake the authorities have so laxity. The
isto the Defarion of the ward
and situation is a difficult n The jaiz's to Le gained serm in the minds of the smugglers to exceed the dangers involved; and apart from nered the penalties upon those convicted of suggling we cannot suggest what chef the Europen Governments can take.
·· CONFUCIANISTCHURESTIANS.”
(Daily Press,
July 1
A rather strange story reaches us through Pahhoi, which in spite of its arangeness has the appearance of trail It seems that in a certain place not turfinia 1 trom Pakioi some villagers had a leg atais pending about which they 1994 htthe analy Not being entirely unshisticatej, ting thought it would be well to 25
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ely went to the previous from whoh jacple were mong turned on' in cose in need plaque and teas openly obvious flat pieties would not ga Ban die Trachle of taking à long journey and
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in- cluded in, particular Health Districts Nos 1,2,5,6,7,8.9, and 10. At the present time, he understood, there were only three blocks of obvation-houses in the Colony-one in the extreme east, at Bowrington, close by Causeway Bay; another in the central portion of the town,
European sympathy. They therefore we to the nearest Rowan Chole pried and offered to be couvert u a bok if he i would take up their cause. To his erelit, the priest refu-ed. The villagers then proceeded to a Protestin mission, offering the same terms. Again refusal met them. It might have been expected that they would have been brought to an end of their resources now; but it was not so. According to our information, they made up their winds that their only course was to start a new sect,
Bridges Stre t; and the third right away and accordingly they announced themselves west, near the Pokfulum Road. Those in the as the "Confucianist Christians," attempt the general purposes of the Colony, and
east and west were too far out, to ing a judicious blend between Easter.. and
in any future epidemic-uext spring, mest Western ideas. We have not heard whe-likely, when he feared there would be a recur- ther the sequel was a success in their legal rence of plague-steps should be t ken to affairs, but the story is interesting as have observatio (-blocks in the districts he had illustrative of the way in whic
mentioned, wh re they would
be readily Chinese regard the European missions and accessible to the s who wanted to make use of the material advantages of any form of them Christianity.
some
The syceo" shoes" of the Board of Raveune at Peking ware of course melted to a great extent by the beat of the rent fre, and when the vault was unearthed the filver was found in great masses, but the value was intact. The silver Was sent to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank,
The Straits Times heard ou very reliable authority that the bids for the Opium and Spirit Firms have, in one ins'ance at any rate, reached a figure exceeding $5,000,000 per annum, and indeed approaching $500,000 per month. The present holders pay but $263,000 per month.
Mr. RUMJAHY 8-conded.
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Mr. Hewer endorsed entirely what Mr. Follock hat said and tras od that if the sprepisal was adopted by the Governmeu
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be made woli in advance of any pus ible opid me, which, he agreed, would probably break out next spring
July 18, 1903,
MR. POLLOCK's QUESTIONS AND THE M.O,H,'8 REPLIES,
There was laid on the table the following letter from the Government relative to the printing of Mr. Pollock's questions and the M1.0.H's replies thereto :-
Colonial Secretary's Office,
2nd July, 1903. SIR.In reply to your letter of the 9th justant I am directed to acquaint you for the information of the Board that inasmuch as the questions by Me. Pollock were put and auswer.d at the public meeting of the Board and fully reported in the public Press, Gov. ernment sees no necessity to incur the expense of printing, as suggested, the questions and answers. I have the honour, etc.,
F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary.
The PRESIDENT said he might mention for; the information of the members that the whole question of plague procedure next year was now be ng considered by the Government, and he was sure if the Board approved of this motion, which be had no doubt the members generally would do, the matter
due consideration by the Government.
The motion was agreed to.
would
receive
SECRETARY, Sanitary Board.
Mr. Pollock affixed the following minute :-* The Secretary's letter, or a copy of it, should be attached to these papers."
WATER ANALYSIS,
Mr. F. Browne, Government Analyst, reported that the water analysis for Juno showed the water from the various public services to be of excellent quality.
FOOD AND DRUGS ANALYSIS.
The Government Analyst reported that during the quarter ended 30th June he had analysed 6 samples of whisky, I sample ofgin, 1 of braudy, 2 samples of beer and 2 of milk-ull of which were found to be geunine.
EXEMPTIONS AND LICENCES.
The PrestoENT, in order to expedite the the Board, moved with reference in the pastion of granting licences that under somjon 11. sula sextion 1, of Ordinanco. No. I of Prict, thes Board make the following Standing Order- 1. That applications for exemption from provision of oped spices required by tha Pulvie Malth and Building Ordinance. 1908. hny by brwarded for the consent of the Fiocorner in Council without a resolution to that effect in eneh vasa after the cicoulation of the papers to the members of the Board, pro- sided that there are no adverse miuntes on the gitealating paper under which the application kus hern circulated; and (2) with reference to "pplíutious for licences issued under Schedule
the Public Health and Building Ordinance that they may be issued withou" a resolution to that effect in each case after the circulation of the papers to members of the Baac provided also that there are no adverse minutes. The second proposal referred more
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peially to bake-house ail Lundry licences, It had bon the custom of the Board previously to ac in this way by making Standing Orders to this effect; and the reason he brought the matter up now was that the old resolution was made auder the old Ordinance, and a similar resolution bad not been made under the new O.dinance. Applications for licences were often received only two or three days after a meeting of the Board was held, and if the application was held over till the next meeting the delay was very considerable and affected the licences. It would be mure expedition if the Board agreed to the Standing Orders he suggested.
Mr. HEWEIT said the President's proposal had come
as a surprise to the Board It appeared to him that the questions involved were very important, and, speaking subject to cor- rection, he did not think it was altogether wise for the Board to relegate too readily their authority to committees or sub-committees. Under the Ordinance these powers had been relegated to the Sanitary Board, and they should uphold them. For himself he might.sy, with regard to making adverse or otherwise com- inents on these applications, when they cains. round to him he was busy as a rule, and he read them as fast as he coull and in most cases.
initial d them merely to show that he had *en them; but because he initialled a paper did not mean that le parsed the that
He always application without any comment. looked at it that these questions would be more or less discussed at the Board meeting. If he thought that these questions would not be dealt with at the meetings it would involve careful study of the questions at the moment; and probably what he had said was the view taken Board. by most of the unofficial members of the
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