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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT, 1954

on the Peak commenced at this time adding to the residential areas and providing the Colony with a salubrious retreat during the hot season.

The funicular tramway to the Peak opened up that desirable district in 1888, and extensive waterworks were carried out at Tytam, the original works at Pokfulam proving inadequate. The administration of Sir George Bowen (1883-1887) was particularly fruitful of public works and progress in several ways, and the names of Sir Thomas Jackson, Henry Keswick, and T. H. Whitehead are closely linked with the programme of commercial expansion which followed.

One of Hong Kong's most interesting contributions' to Chinese progress may be said to be the Hong Kong College of Medicine, founded in 1887. Dr. James Cantlie was the fons et origo of this institution. His son relates in his biography of Sir James Cantlie that his father conceived the idea on the voyage out from England, and "the College of Medicine for the Chinese was the result." To this end a public meeting was convened in the City Hall on October 1st, 1887, and Dr. Patrick Manson took a prominent part in its organization. Major-General W. Gordon Cameron, C.B., the Officer Administering the Government, who presided, promoted the new venture by placing the College under the auspices of the Government of the Colony.

The Chinese students were carefully selected, and seven entered the College on its inauguration. "July 23, 1892, may well be called a day of triumph, Dr. Cantlie's wife wrote, "Hamish's great day for the College of Medicine for the Chinese, presenting of

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