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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD
WELCOME TO THE NEW MEMBER.
The PRESIDENT said-Gentlemen, as you are aware, His Excellency the Governor has appointed Mr. H. A. W Slad to cerupy the seat ou the Board vacated by the Hon. Mr. Hewell. I take this opportunity of welcoming him as a member of the Board. I think he 18 not new to the Board as le bas sit here before,
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
ELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVE TO
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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A special meeting of the Chamber Commerce WAN held (n March 17th in the City Hall for the purpos of electing a representative to take the place of the Hon. | Mr. Hewett, who will babsent from the colony Th› Hon. Mr. II. Koswick
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Lies glassily and peacefully; Upon its surface islets press Like Lotus-blooms in lazyness. The air with bird-made music thrills,
A meeting of the Sinitary Board was held Its echoes rapid running rills.
yesterday at the Board Rom The Hou. A silent sea-bird in the sky
Dr. J. M. Atkinson (president), presided, and Like happiness floats stealthy by,
there were also present Hou Mr. A. W. Brewin Those iambic cuplets, though somewhat Registrar-General), Captain Lyons, Mr. A. obscuring the picture as JEFFERIES OF Shelton Hooper, Mr. Fung Wa Chup, Mr. H. THOREAU might have painted it for us, serve
Humphreys, Mr. H. A. W. Slade, Mr. Lau Chu- to catalogue and commemorate, to tick off pak: and the following officers. - Dr. W. W. for six months.
Fearsa (Medical Officer of Health) Dr. 1 provided and there were also present Messrs. D. on each digit as it were, the items of the
Macfarline (Assistant Medical Officer of : R. Law, G. HI Medhurst, A. Fuchs, H. E. charming scene that gave the Hongkong Health and Mr. G. A. Woodcock, secretary. Tomkins, H. E. R Hunter, G. Friesland, E. pedestrian pleasure. They are not of the high poesy, any more than is the jingle beginning "Thirty days hath September," but they serve the same purpose. that, our heretical and never-to-be-admitte! postulate is, is about all that can be claimed for the most popular poems that be. Most of us like any reasonably decent poem or song about the skylark, because most of us remember the emotions with which we heard that bird of exaltation. We were happy without the skylark's song; the sougster did no more than give our happiness a voire.
Ah the joy of living When the days are long, When the air is throbbing With the skylark's song. That is simple, and straightforward, and clear as a moorland tarn in harvest-time, It is not poetry because it rhymes; but it is poetry, because it promises to stick. Now listen to Mr. MEREDITH, who, according to the article which started us off on this "is assuredly never more a poet subject, and never
more himself than when he interprets for us the song of the lark."
"For singing till his caven fills, "Tis love of earth that he instils, And ever wiring up and up,
Our valley is his golden cup.
And he the wine which overflows To lift us with him as he goes ;
The woods and brooks, the sheep and kine, He is, the hills, the human line,
The meadows green, the fallows brown, The dreams of labour in the town; He sings the sap, the quickened reins; The wedding song of sun and rains He is, the dance of children, thanks Of sowers, shout of primrose-banks, And eye of violets while they breathe; All these t'e circling song will wreathe, And you shall hear the herb and tree, The better heart of men shall see, Shall feel celestially, as long
As you crave nothing sare the goug."
THE MENDING ORDINANCE.
A letter was read from the Gramant dated 4th March forwarding copies of the Bill amen- ding the Public Health and Buildings Ordinar os 19.3. It read as follows: Sir, I am directed to forward for the information of the Board eight copies of the Bill amending the Pub'ie Health and Buildings Ordinance 19 3, which, was read a first time in the Coune: yesterday, and I shall be glad to receive any temarks which the Board may wish to make on the measure.
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Shelm (members of committee), (i. C. Moxon, E. H. Hinds, J. W, C. Bonnar, Ho Fook, Murray Stewart, II. W. Loker. A. 8. Cous land, J. S. Gabbay, If P. White, D. W. Craddock, A. Beattie, and Captain Clarke,
The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by routing the letter in which it wax s'ated that His Exceli-ury the Governor Lad been pleased to grant the Hae. Mr. Hewett leave of absence and inquiring w`om the e mmittea recomm«nded for the racaul set. Cha receiving that letter the e mmilton discuss-l the question and de- cided to call a mating in terms of the notice just read. The notice also said that nomina- 'tions must l...s in by a cert in time. There had been on y (14 memination handel in to the secretary and that was the nomination of Mr. Murray Stewart, pro, csed by the speaker aud
• son nd-d by Mr Law. In putting forward Mr. Murray Stewart as the representative of the Chambr. with the approval of His Excellency thos G voin r, it was quite nuncrossary for him to make a long speech, Me Murray Stewart ve to all E th in and ha was pericetly wel ku wis perf etly eertain, as loù pad they would be, to at in Mr. Murray Stewart they would have a representative who wodd bring to bear great ind ́stry in the dis erge of his duties hard who would also command great respect. He wou'd put forward the views of the Chamber absolutly fearl -ly With these few words he would propose at the Chamber suggest to His Exosten sy the Gowernor that the name of Mr. Murry Stewart replan that of Mr. H-watt <[I the Legislative as their presentativa Counei'.
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The CLERK - It has tot been circulat d yet. Mr. HOOPER-Sir, I would ask looking at the importanes of this weich not only aff...eta sanitary measures but gous to the who's root of the constitution of the B ard. th d considera. - tion of the subject be postponed for a t'me. may say, speaking for myself and others in the colony who are interested in the ques ion, thd the Bill is being criticised by experts and I think information will be available to the mem- bars when that criticism is published which will simplify the matter very much when conta to disensa the technical wetions of the Bill. I would therefore ask that it hip stponed until the next mating of the Bard.
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Mr. HUMPHREYS seconded. The PRESIDENT It has only bain in the hands of members for four days and it is only reasonable that consideration should be pust. roned. I think it would be preferable tcrisa
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Mr. D B. LAW scinded, The CHAIRM Ag said that before putting the resolutioa 10 the meling members would perhaps like to hea- Mr. Murray Stowirt.
Mг. MURRAY FORWARD said that in accept-
a special afternoon to this so as not to intertore|ing the invitation of the Commutt to stand
with the ordinary busiu.......
Mr. HOPPER— Quite so
This course was agreed to.
LIMEWASHING OF HOUSES.
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Correspon·leuc» w:s submitted relative ;. limewashing of houss in Sarung Sla It be Philistine to say so, but we do į village, Kowlom.
may consider the interpretation given in the Mr. Shelton Hooper minuted There se-11- preceding quatrain more satisfactory. The to be some mistake as to the last time t'e joy of living-what else does the Larkhases were limewashed. The President saye express?
Tis love of earth that
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they have a hen done for free yous Ta Medical Ofi vero Hearth says in his minuto, dated September 13k, 17, they hav· hon whitewashed in a voar for the pas“ three years Mr. LAU CHU PAR-Geral cleansing with. out limewash'ig should be sufficient
The REST : AR-GENE AL I agree Mr. In for this year.
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The lim w shing pengen- fr th fort, igh:
•nde: Fd runy 20th showed il, at in the Estr district there were 3sh uses limoweh A. in the Cutral 111, and in the Wistera Dkt.
BASEMENT HYELAWS
instils." Quite so; that seems very much the same idea less lucidly expressed. It is, love of life, and the lark does not "instil that;
he expresses what is already instilled. That is a pleasant simile, however, which compares the mood of bird and man to "the wine which overflows, to lift us with him as be ." Both bird and man are intoxicated,
goes." with the exuberance of their own joy. But now note how the exigencies of proso ly lead Mr. MEREDITH iuto expressions clumsy nud halting and ineffective, if not absolutely alien to the theme. We see "the meadows green, the fallows brown," but not being, like the poet, in the "high mod" that must hunt for a rhyme to "brown," the lak's singing does not make us dream "of making them less oppresiv s labour in the town. Later on comes the awkward division of the phrase thanks of sowers," which in auy case is not right. "Hopes of sowers," thanks of harvesters," would be-only they would neither rhyme nor sepn. It is an admirable illustration, that, for serving our purpose, and here we may well leave the reader to follow up the line of thought for himself.
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of Health recomme ding amendment of the hose
A minule was submited'y t' »M» die :1 (){ficer
meat by-laws on the ground that as many of the basements were merely ground pre this off-et of the present by-laws was to dristic and he suggested
certain alterabots with a view to
MORTALITY STATISTICS,
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The mortality statisties for the week ending 2.b F-b uary gave the following tizare: The death rate in the British nd foreign emma.i y. was 7.9 per kun of the pulation as agsinë 164 in the corresponding week of the previous
The death rate for the who's Clou 21.1 as against 156 for the same week in 197 The population of the Col ny was estimated at 335,73
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for clection that day he did not lightly estimate the resp a sibili y a'taeling to the temporary o se patina of the seat in the Legislative Cean- eil. That responsibil y assumed in his eyes a dubl aspect. It involved the exposition of the views of the Chamber on purely commer、ial
matters as the ga wer to ...... focussed
at the del brations of
their committee. It also inv led the attentive ensideration of all legislative propos-ls affecti og in any way the i. tf the mmenity as a whole, They want- I, he took it; a delige it but they did
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m-r dologato They distin- guted him from that by the title of represeo- From the fact that the committee had fa ve put no question regarding his vi ws on current top es he took it that they, and he hoped those pres nt, believed in having a free and not a f.te ed man in fe p iti a.
The committee and that he un 'erstan[ nd woull en 'eay. ur prform “h- duties of the Chamber's delegate. For th
*ས་ presumably they had enfilence that he could usefully perform the funct ·02 of a critic (applau°F).
It ut lind confidence that they repræd in him. He had not hidden his opinions. They kuat ha viaxaan many matters and they e uld julg fairly will what his attitude wu'll on many
They know broadly the lines he was likely to ta» up Some of th in might Some of then might want 1a ku.. buy it was only right that
Home folk were every member shou`l v- nientely ticketed Tory. Liberal, or Social's", but here unless they happened to kuow a Dan it was not so easy to estimate his opinions. He t'e attempt to indicate his attitude His mind derived its bias in 1 esl matters jerking picical considerations fr.m retine aris ng out of the uniqas kituation of tuis e dong. H- was bisssed for instance in favour of maintaining the undivided
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