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the districts and 16. from the Convent during this period. Seven sick persons also have been removed to hospital by them. HEALTH DISTRICTS IX & X-Staff. 1 in- spector, 2 foremen, 2 rat-coolies, 6 boatmen. Work done by Inspector and one foreman :---
Disinfections
+4
Visit re rat-runs and defective con-
crete, etc.,
Service of notices (rats)
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(concrete)
Inspections of dead bodies
+
...501
}140
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correspondent's op.nion, however, the Germans would have pulled off the race anyhow, but by a smaller margin.
The Hong Pairs were won by the represents tives of Messrs Arnhold Karberg, who defeated Messra Varenne & Co. by 8 lengths. The latter crew, however, won the International | Pairs by 3 lengths, defeating British Colonials | (an Australian and a Canadian). The British were unable to enter for this race owing to the illness of their stroke at the last moment, The Soulls were won by Mr. Imhoof. who 'walked away from his opponent. The Double Sculls, with lady cox, were won by Mrs. Grantand Messrs. Leslie and Purnell, who rowed over the course, their opponents having søratched. The best race of the afternoon was the list, that between the Club and Committee, a very close thing and well contested. Bad steering on the part of the Club cox lost his boat some ground, and the Committee won.
Half-a-dozen launches, and as many house.
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be advanced is that, considering the fragua nature of the goods generally carried by theme janks, the liability of breakage is less on board them than on board steamers.
FATAL: EXPLOSION.
that
A fatal accident happened in the harbour about 11_a.m. on the 12th instant. An old piece of orinance burst on board a junk, killing twn men and injuring two others. The circum. stances in connection with the accident are as follow. The gun was, apparently, one of the orduary 12-pounders we used to see on the decks of junks-an obsolete weapon probably has seen its days of active service, but since left to rust for nobody knows for how It had bean. long in some obsoure corner. hoisted on board the junk again for motiva service, and for the purpose of testing it as to its usefulness, an ordinary charge of gunpowder was rammed in, but on firing, it burst.
Visits to tanks and bath-houses in His Excellepoy's block, daily and Miscellaneous Visits... ...388
1,047 The inspection and cleansing of the boats is also supervised by the inspector. The other foreman a d the rat-coolies do the same work as
THE NEW PREFECT. in other districts. The 6 bostmen-3 to each boat-remove bodies to the Plague Cemetery
Kwok Chi Chum, the Prefect of Limehow, and store and clothing to and from the Disin-boats, together with two large flower-boats, has gone into mourning owing to the death of fecting Station and Kowloon.
conveyed spectators to the scene. Refreshments his mother, and he will have to relinquish his were provided by the Club on one of the flower-office in consequence as soon as his successor boats, and everything was done both by the Club arrives, who, it is mentioned, will be, an official named Chi Ham Yê. This gentleman, and private individuals to make the afternoon a success. The races were started by Mr. Sutton, I am informed, was formerly a weiyuen in of the I M. C., while Mr. Hug acted as judge! Pakhoi some ten years ago. and Mr. May as umpire. To these officials, and to Messrs Gilchrist," Pustan, and Sutton (Seo, of the Clab), is due the success of a most enjoy- able afternoon.
HEALTH DISTRICTS XI & XII.-Staff. 1 inspector, 2 foremen, 3 rat-coolies. 3 artisans, 1 Chinese foreman, 11 Chinese coolies. The work done by the Inspector with one of his foremen comprises :-
Visits re rat-runs and defective
concrete, sto
Disinfections
Service of notices
Examination of dead bodies Removal of sick and dead
744 9
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169
9
9
1,021
In addition the inspector attends the Mortuary daily and superiatends its cleansing and that of the stores and quarters at Kowloon, One foreman and the 3 rat-coolies have been employed daily as already mentioned. The 3 artisans, 11 coolies and 1 forem in have had 9 disinfections to carry out an- in addition have had to supply the launc for removing bodies to and from the Mortuary, the sick to hospital, the cleansing of the Mortuary daily and the quarters and store- rooms at Kowloon,
GENERAL STATEMENT OF WORK DONE FROM NOVEMBER 6 TILL DECEMBER 1, This work bas been similar in character to that mentioned before, but in addition the plague inspectors have sapervised the general cleansing of the floors in Victoria and Kowloon, while the staff of coolies has been chiefly em- ployed in the distribution of soap solution to the people, cleansing, empty floors and looking after the water-tanks and boilers used in connection with the cleansing. The work of the artisans during this time has been of the same character as Las been recorded beforB. The following table shows the number of visits paid by the inspecto's and the number of floors which have been cleansed under their supervision in Victoria and Kowloon :-
Visits of inspection for rat-runs and defective ground surfaces
Bervices of legal notices
812 463
Inspect ons of dead bodies
37
Disinfections
2
Removal of sick and dead
10
Inspections of houses cleansed by
...7,458
the people ander the general cleansing scheme
Total... 8,782
CANTON.
THE REGATTA.
Cauton, 19th December. [FROM OUR OWN CREESPONDENT. ] The first day of the Canton Regatta passed off very pleasantly. A large number of specta- tors were present throughout, and, beautiful weather was enjoyed, while the surface of the water was anruffled by any breeze, except during the earlier races The result of the Interna- tional Fours was a great disappointment to the The British supporters of the Union Jack. crew was beaten by 3 lengths, The Germaus got away with a slightly better start than their opponents, and, taking the lead at once, led to the finish with a stroke of 30 to the British 27. No other result was expected by those in the know, for, owing to the retirement, through orooking" of No. 2 on Wednesday, an entirely new hand was rowing in the boat. ln your
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PORT ARTHUR.
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
Port Arthur, 8 h December.
THE PORT ARTHUR NAVAL CLUB. One of the centres of civilisation in Port Arthur is the Naval Club where naval officers of all nations, visitors passing through, and foreign residents, who comply with the usual formalities, are treated with great hospitality by the Russian naval officers. It is difficult to exaggerate the kindness the non-Russian meatr with here, The Englishman is especially well. treated and is especially able to feal himself at home on account of the large numbers of officers who speak perfect English, and of the friendly feeling towar is England that generally prevails.
The weather on the second day of the regatta was not as propitious as it had been on the first, A boisterous north wind interfered with the comfort of performers and spectators alike. Chief interest was centred on the Interport event, in which an interesting race was witnessed, It had been arranged that the winners of the race and Mr Imhoof's oraw International should compete against Hongkong. The race was rowed at, 2 p.m., and as anticipated the Hongkong B.C. crew won by 2 lengths, although their No. 3 was unwell. The Germans were beaten by mhoof's crew by 14 lengths, while the V.R.C. did not finish, their stroke when half the
There is a Ladies' Day once a week, on which "capturing a huge crustacean
occasion foreign ladies attend, and there is dano- distance had been covered. The form of the win. ners was much admired Koehler won from Kaning; and once a week there is a sort of family tzel in the Soulis race by a distance. There dinner at which all the officers and their wives were no other races of any particular inter st sit down to eat together. It is difficult to realise
the extent to which these two little "fixtures In the gig race, for which there were 6 entries
of the week contribute towards raising thə tōne Arnhold Karberg's ore won. The barber boats
of society in Port Arthur and exercising a with the same number of entries, caused some amusement. The barber boat is a kind of dug-out, salutary influence all around. It is difficult, and requires considerable practice to steer indeed, to imagine the moral condition to which properly. This race was won by Gater from this fortress might soon be reduced (mind, I am Destelan. In the Double Sculls Hongkong not saying that it is perfect as it is if the influence of the wives, sisters, and daughters of scratched, as Rouse was unwell. and Canton rowed over. The Cantoa Fours were won by the officers was withdrawn. Where such an Imhoof's crew easily, as their opponen's had enormous number of men “bursting” almost, if not rowed together before. The final race of I may use the expression, with vitality and high the afternoon was the Canton Double Soulls, woo spi its is gathered together in one place, regret- by Allers and Kuntzel (3 and stroke in the Ger- table excesses are bound to result if a civilising in- fluence is not exerted by woman; and therefore man boat). The interval between the races Was too long, but apart from this the second day I think that Port Arthur is very lucky in having was as enjoyable as the first. It is hoped that within its circle of batteries so many of the fair the regatta will become an annual affair.
sex, and that it is to be regretted that all the officers now coming out have been forbidden to take their wives with them on account of the lack of accommodation here. Even now, how- ever, Port Arthur holds a high, if not the highest, place in the Far East for the beauty of its womankind. This fact is not surprising considering that no city in Asia has such a large proportion of its population Europeans, and considering also that the climate is dry and bracing-a real "white man's" climate as they aay-and therefore more favourable to the preservation of female beauty than that of Calcutta or Singapore. may be, my own melancholy reflections in Port Arthur have convinced me that, in Russia at all events, the soldiers and th· salors gat The same view seems the pick of the ladies. to be entertained by other authorities—perhaps more competent to judge than myself was showing a newspaper correspondent from Pok-
PAKHOI.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.]
14th December.
JUNKS FOR THE STRAITS.
The annual appearance of junks to load for the Straits is represented this year by no less than eleven vessels, and it is said that three more will arrive in a few days to swell the number. Favoured by the north-east monsoon, which has already set in, these traders are con- fident that they will reach their destination within a fortnight. The bulk of the cargo carried by these vessels' consists usually of earthenware and iron paus. Five of the junks have already left, and the others will follow in s short time. As a rule three or four sale Why such a large amount of together. tonnag is not carried in foreign bottoms and propelled by steaia is a question that Maybe the long cannot easily be answered. discussed "preferential duty" plays · promin entart here. The other reason that could
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round town the other day and he waxed enthusiastic over the number of fair dames we met, but, as he came from Peking, his views ought not perhaps to have much weight attached If Port Arthur were not such an to them
an awful expensive place to live in and such
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