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do work for the Board instead of doing my work. Moreover it will be difficult to differentiate between a cart load of refuse removed for the Board and ore removed for me as he uses the same carts and the same men. There is 8 chance of bis charging twice for the same work. As my dust boats have all been destroyed by the typhoon and my contract is about to expire, I beg to request that the Government may see ita way to buy dust boats at its own expense to enable me to carry on my contract for the pre- sent. The boats thus bought can be taken over by the new contractor at the cost price which can be made a condition of the next contract. In
conclusion I earnestly hop that the Board may be good enough to comply with my request. Yours faithfully, Leung In
The SECRETARY wrote to the Medical Officer of Health-You will see from the attached state- ment that the amount expended dariog September on the removal of rubbish was $1,041.71. Before deducting this amount from the amount due to the contractor will you please let me know whether any rubbish not sp-cified in the contract was removed and if so by how much should the $1,041.71 be reduced.
The MEDICAL OFFICER replied-I can find no reason for abatement of the amount to be deducted on the ground that any part of the work did not fall within the province of the scavenging contractor.
Mr. HOOPER minuted Where is the letter from the Government to the Board stating that tey hare settled it?
Mr. LAU CHU-PAR-I should like to know if the contractor's complaint that his work had been given to his sub-contractor was well founded. How has the matter been settled? It appears that things are now done in camera by the Sanitary Department,
The PRESIDENT-There was no letter from the Government to the Board. The information was conveyed by a minute from the Colonial Secretary in a C. S. O).
THE GRAVE QUE TION AGAIN
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
The matter is to be considered.
MACAO DEATHRATE.
At a death rata par 1,000 per annum the Macao mortality statisli's for the fortaight ending October 15th show a percentage of 315 and for the succeeding week 38.4.
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ment ? I think the Board is entitled to know yacht Cicely." Near it is the all the details.
of the end portion, of a wooden wharf. This work of Mr. R. Hemmings, is made to s scale of half an inch to the foot. The feature of this exbibit is the design of the bracing. The main beams run longitudinally. This enables the longitudinal braces to bo bolted to the beams as well as to the piles. The cross braces are bolted to the piles and to the 12" x 16 beams which serve as joists. This arrangement enables the bracing to be carried 12 inches higher than in the usual pattern. Another specimen of the same gentleman's handiwork is the model of a wooden wharf, designed for building from the Praya of Hongkong Harbour (Hongkong side).
ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITION,
SUCCESSFUL INAUGURATION.
Whatever doubt existed as to the success of an Arts and Crafts Exhibition in Hongkong bas now been dispelled. The opening ou Nov. 1st of a three days' exhibition disclosed a collection of specimens which showed that residents hare not allowed their aesthetic tastes to be altogether blunted by the commercial spirit or that the love of the beautiful has been lost in the pursuit of the dollar. Compared with other places, Hongkong may suffer, and the criticisms which have been lerellel at the Colony may be perfectly justified, but now something has been done to remove the reproach. The promoters of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition have met with such a ready response to their appeal that the City Hall will be the centre of attraction as long as the
miny beautifulan l interesting exhibits remain therein. Frankly, the relt is" magh more comm-ud- able than expected. Amateurs and professionals in both arts and crafts have given of their bast, and in cons quenes patrous will find much to admire in the specimens of art and in the spécimens of handiwork.
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Une factor in the success of the venture is that it has been well managed. The Secretary, Captain J. Marchant, has been au indefatiguable worker on its behalf, and the committee, of whom Sir Henry Berkely i chairman, has not been idle. Its members are: Sir H Barkeley, K.C. (Chairman), HE. Culonel ̊C. I. Darling. R.E., H.E. The Com
St. Andrew's Hall is occupied with paintings, photos and needlework, the woodwork and domestic furniture are shown in St. George's Hall, while gold, silver, and metal works are shown in the old Chamber of Commercs Room.
Making a tour of St. Andrew's Hall, one is attracted first to the photographic section which is under the superintendence of Mr. C. H. Gale. In the class for amateurs unaided portraits and genre) there are only three ex bibitors-Dr. Jordan. Mr. R. Mansfield, and Mr. C. H/Gale. The gold medal was secured by Mr. Gale for a study of a head in red chalk carbon, Mr. Mansfield taking a silver medal for his portrait of Dr. H. The latter has a clever study in the photograph "He quaffel a cup of good old sack to warm his good old nosy, The portrait in toned bromide by Mr. Gale is an artistic effort and certainly merits the silver medal awarded. Among the landscapes some pretty views are shown. Beverley Minister" by Mr. E. J. Chapman, awa ded a silver medal, is an excellent piece of interior work in carbon, while Mr. Gale has two very pretty carbon prints," Tai O” and “Cattle Study, both of which have been awarded silver medals. Mr. E. M. Xavier has been similarly honoured for "Evenfall," a bromide print. Dr. Jordan, who is the most prolife exhibitor in this sation, has shown a large number of Japanese views. Pozzemi,
In the section amateurs aided work. American, German, French, Japaues", Italian, portraits and genre) Mr. Fang Shui Wa gets a Norwegian. Russian,
silver medal for the first kitchen lesson," a Portuguese, Dutch, Belgian, and Austria-Hungarian Consuls; Hon.photograph of a group of happy Chinese children. Mr. H. E P.llock, K.C., Hon. Mr. Gresson, Dr. F. Clarke, Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, Massrs. J.-Y. V, Vernon, E. Sharp, K., S. T. Duna. C.'H. Gale, D. Sayle, L. Bird. E. Rim, and Ka Fai Shan; Dr. Jordan, Messrs. J. W. Bolles, Mihara, and Fung Wa Chun; Mrs. W. Bailey, Mrs. Marchant, Mrs. Trenchard Davis, Messrs. H N. Mody, Tomkins, Balloch, T. Takamishi. T. P. Cochrane., G. C. Moxon, H. Suter, H. Pinckney, E. Ormiston; H. E. R. Hunter, L. Engel, L. Berindoagu», Hon. Mr. Woi Yuk, Mrs. Ho Kom Tong, Chou Lup. Chee, Chan Kang Yu, Lau Chu Pak, and Chau Sui Ki.
Mr. Tang E-chee applied for permission to mark cut a large grave 12 feet by 12 feet; modore, Rt. Revd. Bishop D. on section B of the Chinese cemetery at Mt. Caroline.
The SECRETARY wrote stating that the Board could not allow this, and the applicut then applied for permission to mark out thres grave spaces of the regulation size adjoining! one another.
Mr. LAU CHU-PAK minuted-Pending the selection of another site for a new cemetery by the committee, can't it bu 80 arran ed let the applicant have three grave sites in section B
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The Registrar-General- I do not think this should be granted. Space is very limited in the cemeteries.
The PRESIDENT-If the applicant has bodies which he wishes to be buried, well and good, but if not I do not think spaces should be granted "in advance ".
The application was refused.
CITY REFUSE DISPOSAL.
The scavenging contractor submitted au application relative to the supply of junks for the disposal of city refuse. He stated that in view of the difficulty perienced by the sanitary authorities by reason of the lost dust boats, he ventured to offer his services for supplying sea worthy junks with the necessary crew for the work. With his past long experience of the city scavenging work he could safely say that the lighter hired by the Government to take the refuse out to sss was far from sufficient to meet present require ments. He was prepared to supply eight sea-going junks of not less than 100 piculs capacity each to more along the Praya at the present boat stations for $3,500 a month. Such bousehold refuse as might be carted to the boat stations on the Praya would be carried on board by his meu aud taken out to sea off Green Island and dumped over board. He would not undertake the work for a term of less than three months from date of signing the contract, but was prepared to proceed with a week's notice.
Mr. Mansfield's portraits are perhaps the next best in this division. In the section for landscapes Mr. W. Nicholson is to be complimented on his series of typhoon pictures. They represent a real storm and two of them especially, 115 and 117, are the best storm pictures seen locally.
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is" Sunset in Hongkong Harbour" takes the silver medal. Another excellent photo is Evening Departure" by Chan Wing To. This also gains a silver medal, as does the group of pictures by Captain "with a kodak in North Verreker entitled China." They are technically perfect. Mr. P. R. Wolff's exhibit When nature is at rest is a pleasing one, and Mr. J. Gray Scott is to be commended for Before the Typhoon." Among the professionals, leading honours fall to A Fong. His protrait of a lady's head is awarded the gold medal and his portrait of a man's head the silver medal, though the latter is perhaps the better study. In landscapes the silver medal goes to Long Hing for his "Des
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Voux Road Central” which is an excellent
The rich colouring of the East is emphasised at the entrance, where a bazia with stalle gives a picturesque effect. Flags and banners lead up : the stairway to the artistic circular canopies at
at the top.
On the landing a teak sideboard catches the eye. On the left hand are Mr. Alfred Carter's models of a portion of Chinatown which be designed to illustrate and elucidats the ex-overcrowding and congestion in the city. On
photographers, while screens the walls are hung photos by local professional photograph technically and is well mounted. His are effectively sunset" and "sunrise," placed on the landing, placed further along. On the right hand of the are above the average, even for professionals. sideboard is another pleasing combination of
Mee Cheung's exhibit of Sir Henry Berkeley photos and screens. Looking upwards, the
is an excellent flash light photograph, which A. Chee has eg rests on the Chinese paintings and kike. might have been better moanted.
as that adorn the walls, and mounting a very fine screen, the figures on which are the steps one notes some interesting enlarged from photographs. This is awarded articles on the landing. There are a fue a silver medal. An enlargement on p.o.p., teak mautel lent by Mr. A. C. Little and designed by him-elf, and teak chairs designed by Mr. E. A. Ram, alongside bing screens and pianos shown by the Robinson Piano Co. and Messrs. Moutrie and Co. Mrs. Rowe has a fine specimen of poker work. Opposite is a rare exhibit a picture painted by Shim Hui Cho in the Southern Sung Dynasty in 12. The collection of which it formed part was kept in the Imperial Palace, but that picture was lost during the Boxer trouble in 1990, Mr. Ho Kom Tong is the lender. At the entrance to St. George's Hall the model yacht, "Brynhilde, carved out of yellow deal, attracts H. Gale, Sudy of a head; Mr. A Fong, attention. It is the work of Mr. A. H. Ough,portrait, Silver medals - Mr. R. Mansfield, and is built on the lines of the schooner portrait of Dr. H; Mr. R. Mansfield
Mr. LAU CRO-PAK-I understand the lighter is not sufficient to meet the present requirement and a nuisance is caused by the accumulation of ubbish on the Prafa. What arrangement is being considered by the Govern
a work of patience, by Pun Lan, is likewise honoured, another silver medal going to M. Mameya for a large portrait. There is a special class for hand-coloured photographs. Car- ma" by Dr. Jordon shows some pretty effects. There are one or two other exhibitors bat the bulk of the photos were sat in by Dr. Jordan. Among the miscellaneous photographs are a frame of excellent pictures by the Taikoo Camera Club, "Sunset" by the late Mr. H. W. Merrill, a radiograph of a lady's hand by Mr. C. H. Gals, and two pictures by Dr. Jones, R.N. The awards are:- -Gold medals—Mr. C.
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