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PAPERS LAID BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG 1897

Table of Contents

1. Administration of the Colony

Statement of Cost of, During 1895-96

2. Assessment

Report for 1897-98

3. Botanical and afforestation

Statement of Disbursements for forestry Works

4. Botanical and afforestation

Report for 1896

5. Bubonic Plague

Report on

6. Census

Report on the, for 1897

7. Criminal Statistics

For 1896

8. Defence Works (Hongkong)

Despatch Respecting

9. Education

Reports for 1896

10. Enteric Fever

Report on Certain Cases of

11. Finance Committee

Reports of Proceedings for 1897

12. Financial Returns

For 1896

13. Fire Brigade

Report for 1896

14. Gaol

Report for 1896

15. Government Balances

General instructions Regarding

16. Harbours Master's Report

For 1896

17. Law Committee

Report of Proceedings for 1897

18. Legislative Council

Minutes of Proceedings for 1897

19. Light Dues

Papers on the Subject of

20. Loans

Statements of 1887 and 1894

21. Medical Department

Report for 1896

22. Observatory

Report for 1896

23. Po Leung Kuk

Report for 1896

24. Police

Report for 1896

25. Post office

Report for 1896

26. Praya Reclamation

Report on the, Works for the First Half-Year 1897

27. Public Works

Report for 1896

28. Public Works

Report on the Progress of Public Works During the First Half-Year 1897

29. Public Works Committee

Reports of Proceedings for 1897

30. Registrar General's Report

For 1896

31. Salaries

Correspondence Respecting the, of officers Employed in the Public Service

32. Salaries, increase of

Report of the Committee on

33. Sanitary

Report for 1896

34. Sterling Payments

Return Shewing, from 1890-96

35. Volunteer Corps (Hongkong)

Reports on the, for Season 1896-97

36. Water account

Statement of, for 1896 (Amended)

37. Water account

Statement of, for 1896

38. Widows & Orphans' Fund

Report on the, for 1896

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No. 23

HONGKONG.

STATEMENTS SHEWING COST OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE

COLONY DURING 1895 AND 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

QUESTION.-In view of Your Excellency having received several applications for an increase of salary from officers in the service of the Government and your proposal to refer these to a Committee for consideration and report, will the Government lay upon the table a statement shewing the total cost of or expenditure on the administration of the Government, including pensions, exchange compensation, and all other allowances, during the years 1895 and 1896 separately?

ANSWER.

COST OF ADMINISTRATION DURING 1895 AND 1896.

DEPARTMENT.

Governor and Legislature,

Colonial Secretary,

Audit,

Treasury,

Public Works,

Post Office.........

Registrar General,

Harbour Master,

Lighthouses, ..

Observatory,

Stamp Office,................

Botanical and Afforestation,

Legal,...

Ecclesiastical,

Education,

Medical,

Magistracy,

Police,.........

Gaols,

Fire Brigade,....

Sanitary,

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Salaries.

1895.

1896.

PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS.

Increase. Decrease. Personal Allowance. Increase. Decrease.

1895.

1896.

38,875,92 37,581.01

29,092.33 24,556.61

1,294.91

4,535,72

360.00

4,883.98 0,522.48 1,638.50

25,386.70 22,740.32

2,646.38

120,00

77,643.99 78,979.93

1,335.94

...

480.00

28,563.5439,910.15 | 11,346.61

480.00

15,776.08 | 12,701.29

3,074.79 120.00

120.00

49,856.29 47,499.11

2,357.18 993.00 996.00

10,286.27 10,030.26

256.01

10,438.39 | 10,495.22

56.93

3,441.13

3,312.00

129.13

320.00

8,672.83 8,763.90

73,733.51 75,697,49

91.07

372.00

1,963.98

...

2,392.00

1,760.00

29,308.48 | 44,320.84 | 15,012.36

46,877.95

51,828.78

4,950.83

20,101.95 21,409.34 1,307.39

157,265.91 159,341.12 2,075.21

23.81

35,156.5935,185.40

13,531.27 11,958.00

38,058.62 38,052.16

660.00

300.00

600.00

600,00

264.00

1,573.27

6.46

$716,951.73 740,885.41 | 39,807.53 | 15,873.85

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264.00

120.00

320.00

632.00

360.00

7,164.00 5,732.00

1,432.00

COST OF ADMINISTRATION DURING 1895 AND 1896.

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EXCHANGE COMPENSATION.

OTHER CHARGES.

PENSIONS.

DEPARTMENT.

1895.

1896.

Increase.

Decrease.

1895.

1896.

Increase.

Decrease.

1895.

1896.

Increase.

Decrease.

Governor and Legislature,

7,608.54

6,879.95

Colonial Secretary,

5,477.52

2,823.80

Audit,

Treasury,

617.37

1,158.40

Public Works,.

18,953.40

8,343.84

...

Post Office,

1,530,21

672.48

Registrar General,

2,958.79

1,558.37

Harbour Master,

9,199.98

5,020,39

Lighthouses,

Observatory,

1,959.69

1,490.83

. Stamp Office,

Botanical and Afforestation,

1,050.01

793.56

Legal,

12,835,22

7,480.20

Ecclesiastical,

Education,

7,982.91

4,237.59

Medical,

7,171.68

5,413.65

Magistracy,

2,368.27

1,083.23

Police.

24,864.26

15,455.70

Gaols,

8,341.05

4,578.53

Fire Brigade,

962.31

208.50

Sanitary,

5,497.64

3,170.88

Civil Pensioners,.......

Police Pensioners,

728.59

5,177.44

5,901.18

723.74

2,653.72

3,933.06

3,758.10

174.96

3,794.91

3,775.66

...

19,25

541.03

698.31

1,476.83

10,639,56

7,323.67

6,234.17

857.73

165,196.73

147,891.02

1,400.42

1,203.33

1,107.81

778.49

1,089.50

17,305.71

95.52

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17,403.95

13,840.90

3,563.05

4,179.59

5,277.07

3,641.87

1,635.20

468.86

2,995.16

2,194.99

800.17

266.27

256,50

9.77

...

256,45

8,302.00

10,647.94

2,345.94

5,355.02

2,629.32

3,155.01

525.69

1,830.00

1,815.00

15.00

3,745.32

30,171.76

31,880.92

1,709.16

1,758.03

26,813.67

57,334.41

30,520.74

1,285.04

1,311.17

1,344.93

83.76

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9,408.56

60,185,63

60,436.11

250.48

8,762,52

15,705.07

24,176.73

8,471.66

753.81

3,638.03

18,997.48

15,359.45

2,326.76

46,023.48

56,766.29

10,742.81

78,465.83

90,181.37

11,715,54

34,311.14

27,873.34

6,437.80

TOTAL,

119,408.85

70,369.90

541.03

49,579.98

409,880.06

456,633.85

71,461.92

24,708.13

112,776.97

118,054.71

11,715.54

6,437,80

Personal Emoluments,

Exchange Compensation,..

Other Charges,.

Pensions,

21st June, 1897.

COST OF ADMINISTRATION 1895 AND 1896.

1895.

1896.

339

724,115.73

746,617.41

119,408.85

70,369.90

409,880.06

456,633.85

112,776.97

118,054.71

1,366,181.61

1,391,675.87

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Treasurer.

HONGKONG.

REPORT ON THE ASSESSMENT FOR 1897-98.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

489 No. 27

ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, HONGKONG, 17th July, 1897.

SIR, I have the honour to submit my Report on the Assessment for the year 1897-98. 2. By Order of His Excellency the Governor in Council I have made a new Valuation of the City of Victoria and the Hill District.

*3. The result of the new Valuation is that the Rateable Value of the City of Victoria is now $3,444,514 as against $3,247,726 last year (1896-97), being an increase in Rateable Value of $196,788 or 6.05 per cent.

4. The Rateable Value of the Hill District has been raised from $107,850 last year (1896-97) to $117,435, being an increase of $9,585 or 8.88 per cent.

5. The Rateable Value of the Kowloon Peninsula has increased $8,130 or 2.55 per cent., on account of new and improved tenements; and, owing to a similar cause, there is a small increase of $254 in the Rateable Value of the Ilongkong Villages.

6. The Rateable Value of the whole Colony is now $4,040,502, an increase, as compared with last year's Assessment, of $214,757 or 5.61 per cent.

7. During the period from 1st July, 1896, to 1st June, 1897, Interim Valuations have been made. as follows:--

In the City of Victoria.

314 new tenements, rateable value...

41 improved tenements, rateable value Replacing Assessments, amounting to

95 Assessments cancelled, tenements pulled down...

Increase in City of Victoria.......

In the Rest of the Colony.

53 new tenements, rateable value....

6 improved tenements, rateable value

Replacing Assessments, amounting to

$ 119,465

...

...$ 26,745 21,725

5,020

$ 124,485 32,745

$ 91,740

$ 11,848

$ 1,680

909

771

$ 12,619 2,759

65 Assessments cancelled, tenements pulled down......

Increase in the Rest of the Colony......$ 9,860

The total number of tenements affected by Interim Assessments being 574 and the increase in Rateable Value $101,600.

8. The number of reported vacant tenements in the City of Victoria inspected under section 35 of the Rating Ordinance is, I am pleased to report, smaller, having averaged about 170 monthly against 250 last year.

9. The usual tabular statements giving comparisons of the Valuation for 1896-97 and the new Valuation for 1897-98 are attached.

10. The Staff has been unchanged; Mr. CH'AN PUI, clerk, and Mr. IP YUK PUI, interpreter, have discharged their duties to my satisfaction.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

The Honourable

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Colonial Treasurer.

ARTHUR CHAPMAN,

Assessor.

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No.

DISTRICT NAME.

Table A..

THE CITY OF VICTORIA.

VALUATION,

1896-97.

VALUATION, 1897-98.

INCREASE.

Kennedy Town,

39,635

46,925

-7,290

Shek Tong Tsui,.............

116,941

119,704

2,763

Sai Ying Pun,.

679,975

737,530

57,555

Tai Ping Shan,

279,660

285,115

5,455

Sheung Wan,

434,125

455,070

20,945

Chung Wan,

1,329,915

1,405,800

75,885

Ha Wan,

143,160

148,910

5,750

Wan Tsai,

117,865

130,660

12,795

Bowrington,.

42,230

44,055

1,825

Soo Kon Poo,

64,220

70,745

6,525

3,247,726

3,444,514

196,788

DISTRICT.

The Hill District,...

LOCALITY.

The City of Victoria,

Hongkong Villages and Hill District,

Kowloon Peninsula, ...

Table B.

THE HILL DISTRICT.

VALUATION,

1896-97.

VALUATION, 1897-98.

INCREASE.

PERCENTAGE,

ช

107,850

117,435

9,585

8.88

Table C

THE COLONY OF HONGKONG.

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VALUATION, 1896-97.

VALUATION, 1897-98.

INCREASE.

PERCENTAGE.

3,247,726

3,444,514

196,788

6.05

259,693

269,532

9,839

3.78

318,326

326,456

8,130

2.55

,3,825,745

4,040,502

214,757

5.61

No.

109

3 97.

HONGKONG.

STATEMENT OF DISBURSEMENTS FOR FORESTRY WORKS IN THE YEARS 1898 AND 1899.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

Statement showing Disbursements for Forestry Works in the years 1898 and 1899, for which contracts have been already made, and those for which contracts now require to be made.

APPROVED BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON THE 2ND APRIL, 1896.

1. Rearing and Planting Trees in 1898,...

Contracts to be now made which require approval:-

2. Rearing Trees to be planted in 1899

3. Planting Trees in 1899, .....

To be disbursed in 1898.

2,000.00

To be disbursed in 1899.

900.00

1,100.00

2,000.00

The works under headings 2 and 3 now require the approval of the Legislative Council in order that the contracts for them may be made; those under heading 1 have already been sanctioned and are now in progress.

CHARLES FORD, Superintendent,

Botanical and Afforestation Department.

Hongkong, 30th January, 1897.

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No.

HONGKONG.

REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE BOTANICAL AND AFFORESTATION DEPARTMENT FOR 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Governor.

No. 7.

BOTANIC GARDENS, HONGKONG, 4th February, 1897.

SIR,—I have the honour to submit for the information of His Excellency the Governor the Annual Report on this Department for 1896.

STAFF.

1. The second clerk, Mr. CHAN WAI HING, retired on May 31st and was succeeded on June 22nd by Mr. CHAN TSUN UN after selection by competitive examination.

2. LUI ASZE, a foreman gardener, retired on pension on the 31st August at the age of 69 after years

faithful service in this department.

REVENUE.

3. The receipts continue to increase, being about 13 per cent greater than those of the preceding year. The income was:-

From Plant Sales,

Loan of Plants, Forestry Products,

$ 843.75 177.30 751.44

$1,772.49

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BOTANIC GARDENS.

TYPHOON.

4. The typhoon which swept over the Colony on the 29th July was the severest experienced here since the disastrous one of 1874. The gardens suffered very greatly by the loss and injury of trees and shrubs, which, together with the losses in 1894 from successive typhoons of that year, left traces which will take many years to recover from. The plant houses and other structures received but a small amount of damage owing to timely and efficient precautions having been taken to secure movable parts in such a manner as secured their safety. Portions which were carried away were renewed in a more substantial manner. The glass-houses came out of the storm unscathed with the exception of a few pieces of glass broken by material falling on them.

Many trees and shrubs were completely stripped of their foliage, but new growths of branches and leaves were quickly made, and in some instances trees which flower usually only once a year produced a second crop of flowers on the new shoots.

LAWN CATERPILLARS.

5. These appeared again this year at about the usual time, but instead of using expensive liquids, which are troublesome in application, for the destruction of the pest I tried the experiment of daily rolling the grass, where the insects appeared, from about 3 P.M. until nightfall, that being the feeding time of the caterpillar. This was so far successful that very little injury was done to the lawn by the pest.

WORKMENS' Cottages.

6. The old buildings in Garden Road in which some of the workmen were housed, and in which tools, &c., were kept, were condemned early in the year and a new building was sanctioned; this is situated on a new site close to the old buildings and its construction is considerably advanced.

VEGETABLE Garden.

7. The sudden demand for building sites to the eastward of the Botanic Gardens led me to recommend the removal of the vegetable garden which has existed in connection with this department for about 30 years to the site adjoining that which was used as a storage ground for composts, manures, and garden refuse. The recommendation was approved, a contract was made for the work, and its execution nearly completed when I received instructions to abolish the vegetable garden and make other arrangements for the storage of manure, &c., so that the whole of the land might be vacated,

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A saving in the cost of some labour has been effected by the abolition of this garden but it will not be more than sufficient to defray the greatly increased cost of the transport of manure, and other new arrangements which have to be made for the gardens in consequence of the loss of this land.

ORCHIDS AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS.

8. Those plants which are too tender to live or thrive through the cold and desiccated air of the winter season and the heavy rains and storms of the wet one, and which are housed, some during the whole and others during a part of the year, in glass-houses provided with artificial heat in winter continue to flourish, but many of them require larger and more suitable structures for their develop- ment and accommodation. The structures in use are situated in the nursery, which is the most convenient place for management and supervision, but the position is one rather inaccessible to visitors, and consequently not taken full advantage of by them. These structures are very suitable for the purposes they were designed for i.e., for the propagation and cultivation of plants in their early life, but artistic and roomy glass conservatories placed in an easily accessible part of the gardens and filled with natures' treasures would afford a delightful promenade, and would be a source of interest and instruction which would, no doubt, be much appreciated by visitors. The structures should be of such an artistic and imposing design that they themselves, as well as the plants within them, would be an attractive feature in the gardens. Their construction would be somewhat costly, but not beyond the means of the colony, and the outlay would probably meet with the general approval of the community.

year.

RAINFALL.

9. The rainfall for the year was 77.62 inches. The daily returns are given in Appendix A.

CORRESPONDENCE.

10. Requests from different parts of the world for information become more numerous year by The information sought is both scientific and economic in relation to the flora and vegetable products of China. The economic is chiefly for commercial purposes, the applicants being merchants and others in trade. Whenever possible the required information is given.

DISTRIBUTION AND INTERCHANGE OF PLANTS, &c.

11. The receipts were 231 plants, and 19 lbs. of seeds in 273 packages, and 5 animals. The chief donors were:

Acclimatizing Association. Southern California.

Bodinier, Rev. E.

Botanic Gardens, Adelaide.

Cundall, C. H., Manila.

Dammann & Co., Italy.

Department of Agriculture, U.S.A.

Bangalore.

Brisbane.

Demerara.

Grenada.

Imperial University, Tokio.

Jamaica.

Royal, Calcutta.

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Kew.

Trinidad.

Saharunpur. Sydney.

Dorabjee, Nowrojee.

Hanbury, Marquis, T., Italy. Hawkins, Mrs.

Hill, W., Brisbane.

Hodgins, Capt., S.S. Formosa.

Humphreys, J. D.

Koebele, A., Honolulu.

Lawrence. Bt., Sir Trevor. Leigh, R. K.

Romano, A. G.

Mueller, Sir F., Melbourne.

Walker, Capt., Hankow.

Bourne, F. S. A.

12. In Exchange 2,267 plants, and 9 lbs. seeds in 142 packages, were distributed. The principal recipients were:-

Acclimatizing Association, Southern California. Agricultural and Botanical Department, Sierra

Leone.

Barton, J.

Botanic Gardens, Brisbane.

Natal.

British Guiana.

Jamaica.

Mauritius.

Palermo, Sicily. Royal, Kew.

Tokio.

O'Brien, Sir G. T. M. Cundall, C. H., Manila.

Trinidad.

Doberck, Dr. W.

Government Civil Hospital.

Hanbury, Marquis T., Italy. Hanham, Major.

Hodgins, Captain.

Holdsworth, C.

Jordan, Dr.

Kowloon Customs.

Mannich, J., Formosa. Price, Hon. J. F., Madras. Richards, Mrs.

Scharff & Shorting, California. Veitch & Sons, J., London. Walker, Captain, A., Hankow.

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PLANT SALES.

13. The receipts for plants sold were $843.75. The number of plants sold was 3,834, that is, 777 more than in 1895.

LOAN OF PLANTS.

14. The demand for the loan of plants for decoration was greater than in the preceding year. The receipts were $177 30, an increase of $49.30 over those of 1895. The number of plants lent was 3,434.

HERBARIUM AND LIBRARY.

15. A parcel containing 177 herbarium specimens was purchased from Japan.

16. 310 specimens were mounted and incorporated.

17. The Catalogue of books in the library which I mentioned in par. 16 of the last Report as being prepared has been printed.

18. The following is a list of books and pamphlets received:

Agricultural Bulletin of the Malay Peninsula,

Garden and Forest Department, Straits Settlements, 1896.

Agricultural Journal, Department of Agriculture of the Cape Colony, Nos. 1-5, 6-22, 24 and 25, 1896.

Agricultural Ledger, India No. 16 of 1894, Nos.

2, 8, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20 and 23 of 1895. Nos. 1-7, 9-10, 12-14, 18-20, 22, 24-28 of 1896. Botanical Magazine, 1896. Purchased. Bulletin (Brisbane) Department of Agriculture,

1896.

Department of Land Records and Agri- culture, North Western Provinces and Oudh, 1895. (Grenada) of Miscellaneous Inform-

ation, 1896.

(Jamaica) of Botanical Department,

1896.

(Kew) of Miscellaneous Information,

1896.

Koloniaal Museum te Haarlem Maart,

1896.

Mississippi Fungi, Agricultural and Mechanical College, Experiment Station, 1896.

Bulletin (Trinidad) of Miscellaneous Informa-

tion, 1895.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office

of Experiment Stations, 1896. Dissemination of Plants. By Mary E. Gilbraith,

1895.

Fauna of British India, 1895. Purchased. Flora of British India, By Sir J. D. Hooker, Part XXI, 1896. Presented by Kew. Flora Capensis. Systematic Description of the Plants of the Cape Colony, Caffraria, and Port Natal 1896. Purchased.

Flore Forestière de la Cochin Chine, Part 21.

From Royal Gardens, Kew. Gardeners' Chronicle, 1896. Purchased. Hand List of Coniferae Grown in the Royal

Gardens, Kew, 1896.

Hand List of Trees and shrubs Grown in Arbo-

retum. Part II. Royal Gardens, Kew.

Hooker's Icones Plantarum, Fourth series, Vol. V, Parts II and III, 1896. Presented by the Bentham Trustees.

Indian Forest Reports.

Forest Administration in Ajmere-Merwara, 1894-

})

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95.

in Andamans, 1894-95.

in Baluchistan, 1894-95.

in Bombay Presidency in-

cluding Sind, 1895.

in Burma, 1894-95.

Forest Administration in Hyderabad Assigned

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in Central Provinces, 1894-

95.

in Coorg, 1894-95.

and Forest Survey Branch in India, 1894-1895.

Journal of the Board of Agriculture, India,

Vol. III, Nos. 1 and 2 of 1896.

Journal of Botany, 1896. Purchased. Map of China. To illustrate the Author's "His-

tory of Botanical Discoveries in China By E. Bretschneider, 1896.

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District, 1894-95.

in Lower

Provinces of

Bengal, 1894-95.

in N.W. Provinces and

Oudh, 1895.

in Province of Assam,

1894-95.

Progress of the Imperial Forest School Dehra Dun, 1894-95.

Review of in India, 1893-

94.

Manual of Forestry (Schlich's) Vol. V. Forest

Utilization.

Manures and their Applications, London, 1895. Ministero Delle Finanze, Roma, 1895.

Pomologist, 1894. From U.S. Department of

Agriculture.

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Reports of Botanic Gardens, &c.

Board of Trustees of the Public Museum of the

City of Milwaukee, 1894-95.

Botanic Gardens, Bangalore, 1894-95.

British Guiana, 1894-95. Durban, 1895.

and Forest Department, Straits

Settlements, 1895.

Grenada, 1895.

Missouri, 1896.

Natal, 1895.

Royal Calcutta, 1895-96. Station, Colony of Lagos, 1895.

Department of Agriculture, Brisbane, 1894-95.

Experiment Station. University of California,

for the year 1894-96.

Proceedings of the Agriculture Horticultural

Society of Madras, 1896.

Proceedings of Agriculture Horticultural of

Moulmein, 1896.

Progress and Condition of the Government Bota-

nical Garden, Saharanpur, 1896. Records, Experiment Station, U.S. Department

of Agriculture. Vol. VI, No. 12. Vol. VII, Nos. 5, 6, 8-11. Vol. VIII, No. 1, 1896. Secretary of Agriculture Nova Scotia, 1895. Transactions of the Queensland Acclimatisation

Society, 1896.

Wheat Growing and Agriculture Generally in Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania, 1896.

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FORESTRY.

PLANTING.

19. The Total number of trees of all kinds which were planted was 29,949. Plans were prepared for planting a larger number, but owing to the partial failure of some of the nurseries of the man who contracted to supply trees for planting the plans could not be completed.

20. A row of Camphor trees was planted along the side of the mountain road from Shaukiwan to Tytam Tuk. The length of this road is 3 miles.

21. Of the Japanese pine, Pinus Thunbergii, which succeeds better at higher and more exposed positions than where the ordinary pine thrives, about 2,000 were planted on the southern side of Wanchai Gap. About 1,000 of Pinus densiflora, another Japanese pine, was also planted in the same locality. Further supplies of the former were reared for planting this year.

22. An indigenous tree found in the Happy Valley and Little Hongkong woods which has furnished seeds for sowing during the last few years has been entered in the returns as Spondias Mangifera, which it was supposed to be both by others and myself who had seen the tree in fruit only. About 16 years ago I found the male flowers on a dioecious tree in the Happy Valley woods which were sufficient to create an interest in it as they showed it to be a tree not hitherto recorded. In the early part of last year I instituted a search for the female flowers of the same tree and was fortunate in discovering them for the first time on the tree which had been supposed to be Spondias Mangifera. These flowers proved that the tree was a species of Poupartia, a genus of which only two species were hitherto known, one of them in Mauritius and the other in Rodriguez. Complete specimens were sent to Kew for further examination and the tree was there named by Mr. HEMSLEY Poupartia Fordii. The fruit, which resembles the Hog Plum, is edible, and is sought for by the natives, but it is not very palatable to others. In the Little Hongkong woods the tree is very conspicuous in winter by reason of its leaves being deciduous and its exposed branches having a whitish appearance.

23. The planting statistics are given in Appendix B.

THINNING OF PLANTATIONS AND SALE OF PRODUCTS.

24. The total number of trees cut out was a little less than in the previous year, but the receipts for forestry products was about 14 per cent greater than in that year.

25. Appendix C gives the statistics.

PROTECTIVE SERVICE.

gross

26. Trees cut and stolen amounted to 467, not quite half those of the previous year. The number of convictions obtained by the forest guards was 70, and the amount of fines paid was $118.50, the highest being $25, and the lowest 50 cts., the latter being double the amount of the lowest fine in 1895.

FIRES.

27. There were only 17 fires compared with 51 in the previous year; 11,760 trees were destroyed by them; 11,660 being destroyed by one fire at Tytam Tuk on December 27th.

28. The great prevalence of fires at Tytam Tuk and its distance from any station which can render assistance in extinguishing fires led me to recommend the permanent stationing of forest guards at Tytam Tuk during the dry season and placing it in electric signalling communication with the Stanley Police Station, which His Excellency the Governor has approved, so that assistance can be more quickly brought to bear in extinguishing fires in that neighbourhood.

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29. I have again to thank the Police for valuable assistance in extinguishing grass fires. 30. The statistics of grass fires are given in Appendix D.

TYPHOON.

very

31. The typhoon of July 29th destroyed many large trees in the streets and roads, and a great number of young trees on the hills were forced into prostrate positions which employed an average of 27 coolies per day until the 5th of November, about three months, to place them upright again. The cost of this work was $402.26.

The violence of the storm was so great that the leaves on pine trees on very exposed slopes and ridges were killed, and a great quantity of trees of as much as ten years old died from the loss of

their leaves.

CATERPILLARS.

32. This pest-Eutricha punctata-again appeared and operations for its destruction were carried on from February 27th to July 8th, during which time 15 tons 16 cwt. 2 qrs. of caterpillars were destroyed at a cost of $736.46.

The island of Hongkong was almost free of caterpillars, the pest having been driven back to the peninsula of Kowloon on the mainland. It appears likely that the continuance of caterpillars at Kowloon was partly caused by the flight of the moth from Chinese territory, where the Chinese take no steps for its destruction.

What few caterpillars, cocoons, &c., remained after operations were suspended on July 8th were apparently completely destroyed by the typhoon of July 29th, as I have not seen a single insect in any of its stages since that date. From this experience we may learn that the devastation wrought by violent storms has its good, as well as its bad, side.

I continued making observations on the destructive action of parasites on the eggs of the moth, larvæ, and pupæ, and found that the parasites-wasps and flies-were more abundant, especially on the

eggs, than in the previous year. The balance between the pest and its parasitic enemies seems to have been now restored and there appears a fair promise of the caterpillar not becoming epidemic again, at least during the present year.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

Honourable J. H. STEWART Lockhart,

&c.,

Colonial Secretary,

&c.,

&c.

CHARLES FORD, Superintendent,

Botanical and Afforestation

Department.

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Appendix A.

RAINFALL OBSERVATION MADE AT THE BOTANIC Gardens, duRING 1896.

ABOUT 300 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

DATE.

Jan.

Feb. Mar. April. May.

June. July.

Aug.

Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

:..

2.13

.11

.:.

.41

.59

.01

.26

1.73

.28

.02

.64

..07

.27

.29

***.

1.26

.11

.24

.02

1.57

.47

.08

.13

.04

1.57

.59

.25

.06

...

.02

.06

.13

.26

.::..

.08

.07

.58

...

.19

...

.66

1.27

1.12

2.93

.25

...

10,

11,

12,

.:.

.04

.08

.71

...

3.92

...

.07

...

.07

.04

.42

.23

.58

.41

.03

.18

2.67

.34

...

.07

.08

2.61

1.02

.87

.25

.20

.32

1.41

.06

1.25

.03

.58

.13

.68

.84

.01

.40

...

.14

13,

90*

..16

.31

.02

14,

.02

.18

...

.02

.06

.04

...

....

...

***

15,

.69

.02

.12

.09

...

16,

.10

17,

.04

.08

.12

.26

18,

.92

19,

.04

20,

.01

.02

21,

......

22,

.06

.33

...

.06

.05

23,

24,

1.09

.13

.01

.14

.21

.81

...

.14

.02

.93

2.21

2.76

.74

.03

1.23

.06

.31

.18

...

.05

...

.22

...

25,

.01

26,

27,

28,

29,

.46

4165

.55

.35

.37

.02

.08

.03

30,

.01.

31,

.01

.10

.09

4.15

.08

* .26

1.20.

.03

.09

.55

.41

.53

.43

.18

.89

.09

.03

.61 2.26

.07

.02

.46

.53

.54

1.56

.01

.08 2.68

.10

:..

...

.02

...

.:.

.:..

...

.12

.16

X...

...

.05

.42

...

.03

Total,...... 1.72

8.13 1.96 2.75

1.27

17.34 13.54 5.34 11.10

8.53 2.33

3.61

Total inches for the year 77.62. Observation made at 10

a.m.

CHARLES FORD, Superintendent,

Botanical & Afforestation Department.

灣

Appendix B、

STATISTICS OF PLANTING OPERATIONS.

Cina-

Celtis

LOCALITY.

sinensis.

Pinus Pinus Massoni- Thum- ana. bergii.

Pinus

densi-

flora.

Biota Tristanea' mamum conferta. cam- chinensis. phora.

Liqui-

dambar

chinensis.

Liqui-

dambar

formo-

Pou- Cupres- partia. sus Fordii. pendula.

Albizzia

Lebbeck.

Bamboo.

sana.

Aberdeen New Road,.....

Aberdeen and Wanchai Road,

Aplichau,...

Bonham Road,

Bowen Road,

Causeway Bay,

Garden Road,

Government Civil Hospital,

Kowloon,.............

Kennedy Town,

Mount Davis,

Mount Kellet,.

Peak Roads,

Peak District,

Pokfoolam,

Richmond Road,..

Shaukiwau,..

Tytam Tuk, Wanchai Gap, Sookunpo,

...

228

1,748

2,020

...

659

183

1,162

458

1,065

...

290

316

316 7,380

...

2,102

1,988

...

1,359

1,974

954

1,843

655

...

Miscel- Area in laneous. acres.

Grand

Total of

Trees.

...

109

153

•

...

:::

122

927

...

287

281

902

...

228

1호

1,748

2,042

...

109

153

...

-ka

659

cok+of+

3,283

1,065

316

11,786

7,353

902

Total,...

316

8,739

1,974

954

4,209

9,873

458

290

334

423

2,156

126

244

29,949

CHARLES FORD,

Superintendent,

Botanical & Afforestation Department.

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130

Aberdeen, Bowen Road, Bowrington, Mount Davis, Happy Valley, Mount Kellet,... Kowloon,.... Pokfoolam, Sookunpo,

Tree Prunings, Camphor Trees,

Tristanea Trees,.............

Date.

1896.

Appendix C.

SALE OF FORESTRY PRODUCTS.

PINE TREES.

Localities.

Quantities.

Amount realized.

cts.

1,539

55.50

597

36.22

112

25.86

176

2.03

159

24.22

6,995

89.68

292

16.09

25,182

389.25

8.30

35,087

647.15

226,176 catties.

93.29

6.00

100

5.00

Total Revenue for Forestry Products,..........

751.44

Appendix D.

STATISTICS OF GRASS FIRES.

January 2

Leighton Hill Road,

Kennedy Road,

Mount Davis,

Stanley,

.....

February 25 April

Sheko,

Between Sheko and Chaiwan,

Aberdeen,

Wongma Kok,

Aberdeen,

May

November 9 17

December 10

Wongneichung Gap,

Wongma Kok, Tytam Tuk,

Sheko,

Tytam Tuk,

Aberdeen,

Kowloon,

Localities.

CHARLES FORD,

Superintendent,

Botanical & Afforestation Department.

Number of

Fire.

Number of Trees destroyed.

...

23 25

11,660

17.

11,760

CHARLES FORD,

Superintendent,

Botanical & Afforestation Department,

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No. 20

HONGKONG.

MEDICAL REPORT ON THE PREVALENCE OF BUBONIC PLAGUE IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG DURING THE YEARS 1895 AND 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Governor.

INTRODUCTORY.

Dr. Lowson, Acting Superintendent Government Civil Hospital, has described in his able Report dated 2nd March, 1895, the Epidemic of Bubonic Plague in 1894. I propose to deal only in this Report with the history of the disease in Ilongkong during the years 1895 and 1896.

At the outset I propose to briefly record such data as are obtainable from the records of this Department bearing on the subject and such other information obtained from various sources, which may be useful in tracing the origin and subsequent progress of the disease.

In view of the important practical questions that at the present time are engaging the attention many experts in Europe and India I propose in concluding this report to set forth such deductions as appear to me may be reasonably made from such data; my object being to concisely enumerate the more important facts to be observed in preventing the occurrence or restricting the spread of the disease.

HISTORICAL.

The History of The Plague in China and Hongkong during modern times will probably be best gathered from the following extracts from ALLBUTT'S System of Medicine, 1896, and Dr. RENNIE'S report on the Plague at Canton in 1894 contained in the Imperial Maritime Customs Medical Reports, 47th and 48th issues.

In order that the progress and route taken by the disease may be clearly traced I attach a plan of the locality showing the several places referred to.

Extract from Allbutt's System of Medicine.

"The first definitely known epidemic of Plague in Yunnan was about 1860; but it is believed to have existed there at least since 1850, and probably long before, as it has all the characters of an endemic disease. It is said to have recurred nearly every year up to 1893.

In Pakhoi it is also frequent, but was absent from 1884 to 1893. Some think the epidemics of Pakhoi were derived from Yunnan.

It is impossible to trace the derivation of the disease from any other district. must in some way have found its way to Canton, where it broke out in 1894.

From Pakhoi it

Dr. RENNIE of Canton thinks it passed by land, since in 1891 a severe epidemic occurred in the district of Kao-chao, lying to the north of Pakhoi; and in the spring of 1894 it prevailed in towns to the South of Canton. From Canton to Hongkong it was carried by numerous persons suffering from the disease, or in the stage of incubation.”

Extract from Dr. Rennie's Report.

Dr. RENNIE in his report states that: The starting-point was doubtless Yunnan, and thence it nost probably found its way to Pakhoi by one of the usual trade routes.

The great highway of commerce between Yunnan and Kwangtung is the West River, on which are situated one or two entrepôts of trade with Pakhoi and Lienchow, through which opium and other products of Yunnan are transmitted to these cities. Inquiry in official circles shows, however, that no outbreak of plague has been known at Nan-ning-fu, Wuchow-fu or other cities on the West River which we should expect to find if the disease had spread by this Channel. We feel, therefore, justified in excluding this route and limiting ourselves to the more probable supposition that it reached Pakhoi overland through Kwangsi or the borders of Tonkin. Chinese Authorities state that it reached Pakhoi from Tonkin, but it is known sporadically in the borders of Kwangsi, this latter source is more probable. From official sources we learn that in 1891 the disease broke out in Kao-chao, the prefecture adjoining Lienchow, in which Pakhoi is situated; it had evidently, according to the Chinese, spread northwards from the latter city. During the present spring (1894) the disease prevailed in other places between Kao-chao and Canten; the outbreak at Yang-chiang was especially severe, and no doubt other towns and villages suffered equally from the ravages of the plague in its march northwards.”

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"If it came to Canton by sea, it is rather remarkable that Hongkong, which is nearer to, and in direct communication with, Pakhoi, should have been visited by an outbreak nearly two months later than Canton."

PREVALENCE OF PLAGUE IN HONGKONG, 1895.

After a period of six months since the last case in 1894, a case of Plague was reported on 28th April, 1895, at No. 91, Praya Central.

Two more cases were brought into Hospital on the next day, one from No. 27, Stone Nullah Lane, Wanchai and the other from No. 79, Queen's Road West.

These three cases were brought from premises in widely different parts of the city and no con- nection between them could be traced.

In May from the 6th to the 9th two cases, apparently sporadic, were reported in the Central portion of the city, one from No. 2, Pound Lane and the other from No. 4, Wing Lok Street, the latter being that of a Chinaman (male adult) who arrived from Canton evidently suffering from the disease at the time of his arrival.

In June from the 14th to the 30th thirteen cases were reported. Eight being from Heung Lane, three from Holland Street, Kennedy l'own, one found on board the Canton steamer on its arrival and one from No. 335, Queen's Road West.

Two of the above cases from Heung Lane occurred on the isolation boats amongst those persons removed or having been in contact with persons attacked with the disease at Nos. 10 and 12, Heung Lane. These persons were removed three days prior to their developing the disease.

In July from the 19th to the 24th two cases were reported, one being from the district of Tsim Tsa Tsui. British Kowloon, and the other from No. 63, Queen's Road West.

In August from the 8th to the 25th four cases were reported, two from Nos. 3 and 27, Tsung San Lane West, one from the Canton steamer and one from No. 28, Bridges Street.

In September from the 7th to the 16th three cases were reported, one from No. 4, l'ossession Street,

one from No. 55, Aberdeen Street, and one from No. 44, Second Street.

In November from the 6th to the 25th five cases were reported, one from No. 17, Chung Wo Lane, two from No. 43, Centre Street, one from No. 13, Rutter Street, and one from the Alice Memorial Hospital.

In December from the 5th to the 30th twelve cases were reported, four from Nos. 5, 64 and 66, First Street, one from No. 67, Second Street, one from No. 20, Third Street, one from No. 1, Rutter Street, one from No. 20, Burd Street, two from No. 29, Mosque Junction, one from No. 33 Upper Lascar Row, and one from No. 13, Old Bailey.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that:-

(a) The total number of cases reported was 44.

(b) The disease commenced at the end of April and was prevalent during the remain ler of

the year.

(d) During the months of June and December the greatest number of cases occurred.

(e) With the exception of Heung Lane in no portion of the Colony did the disease obtain

any serious hold.

METEOROLOGICAL DATA.

On reference to appendix A it will be seen that :-

(a) The prevalence of exceptionally low rainfall preceded the outbreaks of plague in 1894

and 1895.

(b) The year 1895 in which cases occurred during the months of March to December inclusive was one of exceptionally low rainfall, the total being only 45.835 inches as against an average annual rainfall of about 91 inches.

followed by a material reduction in the number of cases.

(d) The number of hours of Sunshine during the months May to September, 1895, was

considerably greater than in 1894.

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PROCEDURE ADOPTED WITH A VIEW TO PREVENTING THE SPREAD

OF PLAGUE DURING 1895.

After the terrible experience of 1894 a strict watch was kept with a view of detecting the first recurrence of the disease.

Temporary hospital accommolation and burial grounds were provided on the recommendation of a special committee of officials appointed by His Excellency the Governor to consider "what excep- tional measures should be taken to protect the Colony against the reappearance of the disease, or in the event of its reappearing to limit its ravages as far as possible," and arrangements were made for the removal of patients, and the isolation of those who had been in immediate contact with the disease, and also for the disinfection and cleansing of infected premises.

A daily medical examination of all cases admitted to the Tung Wa Hospital was maintained.

On the 7th of June the Acting Captain Superintendent of Police and the Assistant Secretary of the Sanitary Board were appointed a Committee to control the work involved in the house to house visitation, in the removal of cocklofts and illegal cubicles, and in the stopping of the illegal occupation of basements and in the controlling the occupation of common lodging houses. In appendix B. is given their Reports dated 7th June and 21st October, 1895.

Immediately on the receipt of information that this disease had reappeared the following proce- dure was adopted:-

(a) House to House visitation.-A daily visitation of all houses in Health Districts Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 was made by five sections of Police and Military (Rifle Brigade and Royal Engineers), a special watch being kept on Lodging houses and basements. occupied as dwellings.

The Section in No. 5, Health District received special instructions concerning the search of passengers arriving from Canton and Whampoa by the River Steamers.

The night steamers from Canton were regularly watched by a detachment of Police in charge of Detective Inspector QUINCEY.

(b) Medical Examination.-Suspicious cases at the Hospitals were daily examined by my- self at the Tung Wa and Government Civil Hospitals and on being declared to be plague were removed to the Isolation Hospital at Kennedy Town, situated at the extreme West of the City.

Any suspicious cases occurring at the houses which were found by the search parties were prior to their removal to the Isolation Hospital examined by Medical Officers appointed for that purpose.

(c) Removal of Sick Persons.-After having been declared plague the sufferers were removed direct to Kennedy Town Hospital in ambulances provided for the purpose by the Sanitary Board, these ambulances being kept at the different Hospitals and Police Stations.

The ambulances were disinfected with a solution of Carbolic Acid at Kennedy Town Hospital on the removal of each patient.

(d) Segregation.-Arrangements were made for the isolation of those who had been in immediate contact with the disease at the infected houses, on house boats moored in the Harbour to the North-East of Stonecutters' Island.

(e) Infected premises.-On the 30th April, 1895, the following neighbourhoods were declared

to be infected by bubonic plague, viz.:-

(1) The district of the City of Victoria which is bounded by Wantsai Road,

Queen's Road, Spring Garden Road and the Praya.

(2) The district in the City of Victoria which is bounded by Sutherland Street,

Queen's Road, Queen's Street and Praya.

(3) The district of the City of Victoria which is bounded by Jubilee Street,

Queen's Road, Cross Street and Praya.

Steps were taken to thoroughly disinfect the premises in which the cases were found, and to cleanse and remove as far as practicable all obstructions to light and air existing in these districts.

(f) The_maintenance of cleanliness throughout the City.--Special attention was paid to the cleansing and disinfection of all public latrines. To secure the proper disinfection of the night soil in the Public latrines, three soldiers were detailed to assist the Inspectors in charge of the Health Districts, 10,000 lbs. of chlorinated lime were expended for this purpose alone in the month ending 7th June. There was some reluctance on the part of the keepers to comply with this order but only in one instance was it necessary to have recourse to legal proceedings.

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(g) Overcrowding-The provisions of the Public Health Ordinance of 1887 and of Ordi- nance 4 of 1895 were strictly and steadily enforced and upwards of 400 common lodging houses were registered.

(h) Mezzanine Floors and Cubicles.-Illegal cocklofts, mezzanine floors and back-yard obstructions were removed and the ground surface of over 700 tenements concreted under the provisions of Ordinance 15 of 1894.

With regard to Sanitary legislation during 1895, the following regulation and bye-laws came intą force:-

(1) Regulation of common lodging houses. The series of bye-laws which were drafted by the Sanitary Board in 1891 relating to this were approved by the Legislative Council and came into force on the 1st January of this year, they deal with the question of overcrowding and the maintenance of cleanliness and ventilation.

(2) Bye-laws for the compulsory reporting of infectious, contagious or communicable diseases.-These were approved by the Legislative Council on the 25th November, 1895, and came into force at the latter end of the year.

They are practically the same as the Infectious Diseases Notification Act of 1889 in England. The object being to obtain early and complete knowledge of all cases of notifiable disease an 1 informa- tion of the particular district in which they occur.

GENERAL SANITARY CONDITION OF THE COLONY.

Though much had been done since the epidemic of 1894 towards the improvement of the general Sanitary Condition of the Colony, there existed many crowded quarters traversed by narrow lanes.

In these quarters the houses were ill ventilated and lighted, the lanes being in many cases obstructed by Sunshades and other similar structures.

The houses were mostly "tenement houses," occupied by the poorer class, the rooms in many cases sub-divided by mezzanine floors and partitions, adding to the general insanitary condition of the circumstances attending the occupation of such premises.

The district known as the "Resumed Area" of Taipingshan was no longer occupied.

The free issue of clothing and other articles from the pawnbrokers' shops, which in this Colony are to a large extent the store houses of the middle and lower classes of the native population, was continued and no steps were taken to disinfect such goods before being issued.

During the year :--

(a) The enforcement of the lodging house bye-laws was commenced.-These met with strong

opposition and only 437 houses were registered.

(b) Water supply.-The work of raising the Embankment at Tytam Reservoir was completed

so as to admit of the storage of an additional 40 million gallons of water.

The constant system of water supply was maintained till the 16th of April, but during the following periods it was intermittent, viz.:-

3rd June.

April 16th June 23rd 4th July.

October 1st-31st December.

The water only being turned on for from 3 to 4 hours daily; the daily supply averaging from 7.7 gallons per head per diem during April and June, to 9.7 gallons during June and July.

The water distributed is collected from two catchment areas outside the built area of the city and distributed by a system of cast iron mains with which street fountains and house services are connected.

REMOVAL OF EXCRETA AND WASTE WATERS.

Generally the pail system of removal prevailed throughout the Colony but few water closets being in existence.

The excreta is, as far as possible, removed once in 24 hours during the night, but the accom- modation for storing the pails in the native tenement houses still remained very defective, no suitable place for the purpose existing.

The waste waters are removed by underground drains and many house-drains have been con- nected with the new system of pipe sewers recently constructed.

WELLS.

Numerous wells situated on private premises but forming no part of the public water supply were found to be in an insanitary condition and were closed by order of the Sanitary Board.

FOOD SUPPLY.

*No material change had during the year 1894 taken place in the system of food supply though during the year 1895 the opening of the New Central Market in May effected a considerable improve- ment in the market accommodation in the middle of the City.

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The opening of the new depôts for Sheep and Swine and the New Slaughter House at Kennedy Town on the 1st of January, 1895, resulted in the abolition of the old Slaughter House. On the opening of the new depôts, the practice of housing Sheep and Swine in houses in various parts of the native quarters was abolished.

No cases of serious communicable disease were observed amongst the animals imported and the health of the animals in the depôts was good during the year.

EXISTENCE OF PLAGUE IN THE VICINITY OF HONGKONG, 1895.

On the 7th January Surgeon-Major WESTCOTT reported to the Government that he had proceeded to Tungkun on 27th ultimo to investigate what was said to be an outbreak of Bubonic Plague. His conclusions were :-

(1) That there have been sporadic cases of the disease during November and part of

December in Canton, Fatshan, Sheklung and Tungkun.

(2) That no cases have been found by anybody during the last fortnight.

(3) That all those who reported the cases in December can find none now.

(4) That it is evident that the poison lingers in the district, but whether it will again cause an epidemic will depend on the Sanitary surroundings and climatic conditions which it will encounter.

MACAO.

Information of the existence of Plague in Macao-was obtained in March and on the 9th of April, Dr. Lowson visited Macao and his report dated April 13th contains the following information:---

"That the disease was and had been for 2 months prevalent in that Portuguese Colony. During the last two months there have been several deaths from "Foul gas fever." The deaths from the same cause have increased during the last two weeks at the Chinese Hospital, ranging from 6 to 12 daily. These were all said to be from "Foul gas fever," I saw four cases of this "Foul gas fever" and they proved to be well marked cases of Plague; one of which died whilst I was present. Two people had died suddenly the day before from the same cause.

The cases I saw presented typical plague buboes and had well marked cerebral symp- toms."

On the 23rd April His Excellency the Governor by a Proclamation prohibited the immigration and importation into the Colony of all Chinese from the Port of Macao and from the Island of Hainan. This was revoked by order of the Governor in Council on the 22nd June so far as the Island of Hainan was concerned.

CANTON, SWATow.

Information of the existence of plague in Canton and Swatow was received from Her Ma- jesty's Consuls on the 25th April.

The Medical Officer of Health for the Port was instructed to maintain a strict medical super- vision of the passengers and crews of all vessels arriving from Canton and Swatow,

On the 30th April the Governor in Council prohibited immigration and importation into this Colony of all Chinese from Swatow until further notice.

This Proclamation was revoked on the 22nd day of June.

The Proclamation prohibiting the immigration of Chinese into the Colony from the Colony of Macao was revoked by order of the Governor in Council on the 30th July.

DISTRIBUTION OF WORK.

The work in connection with the outbreak of plague was distributed, as follows:-

The Sanitary Board undertook all duties in connection with the removal of plague cases to Hospital, the subsequeut isolation of those who had been in immediate contact with. the disease and the disinfection of premises.

The Medical Department undertook the care of the sick after the arrival in hospital, and The Public Works Department undertook the erection of the necessary temporary buildings, the preparation of graves, the interment of the deceased, and the clearing and cleansing of declared districts.

The staff acting under the instructions of the Sanitary Board was augmented by the appointment of a Medical Officer of Health on the 25th of April, the appointment of an Assistant Secretary and Sanitary Superintendent and by the loan of the services of 24 Police and 15 Soldiers.

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PREVALENCE OF PLAGUE IN HONGKONG, 1896.

The first case of plague was reported from Yu Lock Lane on the 4th January. In that month there were 45 cases confined principally to the Western portion of the City.

Towards the middle of February cases were reported from other districts than the Western one and the number of cases was distinctly on the increase.

On 19th February the Government was informed that in the opinion of the Sanitary Board the disease was epidemic and the Health Officer of the Port was instructed to cease issuing clean Bills of Health.

The districts of the city in which the greatest number of cases occurred were :---

Health District No. 2, bounded on the North by the Harbour, on the South by the Bowen Road, on the West by Garden Road and on the East by the Wanchai Road, approx- imate built area 95 acres.

Health District No. 4, bounded on the North by the Harbour, on the South by the Caine Road, on the West by Peel Street and on the East by Wyndham, approximate built

area 55 acres.

Health District No. 5, bounded on the North by the Harbour, on the South by the Caine Road, on the West by East Street and on the East by Peel Street, approximate built

arca 55 acres.

•

Health District No. 7, bounded on the North by the Harbour, on the South by Bonham Road, on the West by Shek Tong Tsui Nullah, and on the east by Eastern Street, approx- imate built area 50 acres.

Cases occurred in the outlying districts of Victoria Peak, Shaukiwan, Aberdeen, Stanley, Kow- loon Point, Hunghom and Yaumati.

A considerable number of cases occurred on the native boats in the harbour. The following table gives the number of cases reported in each month:-

January,

February,

March,

April,

May, June, July, August,

September, October,

November,

125

•

168

316

•

344

113

25.

Total.........

1,204

METEOROLOGICAL Data.

On reference to appendix A it will be seen that,--

(a) The drought of 1895 extended to June, 1896.

(b) The months of maximum mean temperature were followed by a material reduction in

the number of cases.

1892 to 1895.

(d) During the months of February, March and April, 1896, the humidity of the atmosphere

was exceptionally high.

PROCEEDINGS ADOPTED WITH A VIEW TO PREVENTING THE SPREAD

OF THE DISEASE IN 1896.

The proceedings adopted were similar to those adopted in 1895 already described in pages 3 and 4 with the exception that the isolation of persons in boats moored in the Harbour was abandoned towards end of February.

On the 27th of January the Sanitary Board considered a letter from the Colonial Secretary enquiring if, in view of the latest report from Her Majesty's Acting Consul at Canton to the effect that several cases of plague had occurred in that City, the Board advises the continuance of the "Marriage Boat Segregation System. It was decided that a reply be sent to the Colonial Secretary stating that the Board advised the continuance of the segregation.

On the 17th February a letter was received informing the Board that His Excellency the Governor had decided that in future all persons removed from premises infected with plague be allowed the option of leaving the Colony after disinfection of their clothes and that the segregation system be limited to those who elect to remain in Hongkong.

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Towards the end of March a scheme was submitted for the consideration of the Sanitary Board providing for persons suffering from Bubonic Plague being allowed to leave the Colony, this Scheme (See appendix C.) was approved by a majority of the Board. The President and Vice-President

voting against its adoption. The majority thought that by conciliating the Chinese in this way they might be induced to report more readily cases of this disease.

The privilege was shortly afterwards extended to the removal of corpses.

Neither scheme was availed of to any extent as only one sick person and four dead bodies were so removed.

Towards the end of February the large number of cases occurring daily rendered the continuance of the system of segregation boats impracticable and matsheds were erected in various parts of the City to which the occupants of infected houses were taken whilst their houses and clothing were being cleansed and disinfected. The persons were allowed to return to their houses after these opera- tions were completed.

The plague assumed such serious proportions early in April that the Sanitary Board addressed the Honourable the Colonial Secretary pointing out that the staff at present at their disposal was insufficient to carry out the necessary arrangements for coping with the outbreak and urged that the assistance of non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Imperial forces and lukongs (Chinese police) should be obtained for the general cleansing and lime-washing of all tenement houses. See appendix D.

CLEANSING AND LIME-WASHING OF PREMISES.

The following Bye-law was approved by the Legislative Council on the 11th February

Bye-law made under sub-section 4 of section 13 of Ordinance No. 24 of 1887..

THE CLEANSING AND LIME-WASHING Of Premises.

Any house, or part of a house, which is occupied by members of more than one family shall- unless specially exempted by the Sanitary Board-be cleansed and lime-washed throughout, by the owner, to the satisfaction of the said Board not less than twice in every year, namely, during thể months of February or March and of September or October respectively; and notice of such intended cleansing and lime-washing shall be sent to the Secretary of the Sanitary Board three clear days before the work is commenced.

Made by the Sanitary Board, this 16th day of January, 1896.

Approved by the Legislative Council, this 11th day of February, 1896.

HUGH MCCALLUM, Secretary.

J. G. T. BUCKLE, Acting Clerk of Councils.

Early in April matsheds were erected in the Eastern, Central and Western portion of the City to which the occupants of houses were taken whilst their houses and clothing were being cleansed and disinfected.

GENERAL SANITARY CONDITION OF THE COLONY.

The Sanitary condition of the Colony at the commencement of 1896, though improved in some. respects as mentioned in page 4 since 1894, still left much to be desired.

During 1896 the concreting of ground surfaces of houses made considerable progress, narrow lanes and alleys were cleared of obstructions and a great deal of work was done by the officers of the Sanitary Board towards the improvement of the lighting and ventilation of the dwellings of the poorer classes.

The exceptionally low rainfall of 1895 and of the early months of 1896 necessitated the intro- duction of the intermittent water supply into the City of Victoria for a considerable period, viz., from January to March 29th and again from June 1st to the 14th, during this period the supply of water was at the rate of about 10 gallons per head per diem.

In the Kowloon Peninsula the water supply was constant throughout the year.

EXISTENCE OF PLAGUE IN THE VICINITY OF THE COLONY.

Canton. A few sporadic cases occurred in the early part of January.

Information was received towards the end of the month that plague was becoming more prevalent. H.B.M. Acting Consul reported on the 9th April that plague was assuming formidable dimensions. Towards the end of May plague was reported to be abating.

Hainan.-Plague was reported in the prefectural City of Kiang Chow on the 11th March. Information was received of the cessation of plague in the Island of Hainan on 30th May. Amoy.-In May Plague was reported as being prevalent.

Swatow. On the 18th June information was received from the Consul at Swatow of the exist- ence of Plague at that port.

Cessation of plague reported on the 18th July.

Formosa.-Existence of plague at Formosa was reported on 22nd October. Abatement of same reported towards the end of December.

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DISTRIBUTION OF WORK.

The work in connection with the outbreak of Plague was distributed as follows:-

The Sanitary Board undertook all duties in connection with the removal of plague cases to the hospital, the subsequent isolation or temporary removal of those who had been in immediate contact with the disease, the disinfection of the premises, the clearing and the cleansing of the declared districts.

The Medical Department undertook the care of the sick after their removal to hospital, and The Public Works Department undertook the erection of the necessary temporary buildings, the preparation of graves and the interment of the deceased.

The Sanitary Board staff was augmented by the appointment of Dr. CLARK, Medical Officer of Health, and by the loan of 44 Police and 45 Soldiers.

The Medical Department was augmented by the loan of Dr. WILM of the Imperial German Navy.

MEDICAL.

The Pathology, symptoms and morbid anatomy have been so fully described elsewhere more particularly in Dr. Lowson's Report on the Plague in 1894 and in Dr. WILM's Report for 1896 that

will only refer to certain facts that our experience in 1896 has elicited.

Pathology. The main Channel by which the bacillus gains access to the body appears to be by the Digestive tract.

In most cases the mucusmembrane of the alimentary tract, from the stomach downwards, has been found distinctly hyperemic, the membrane being thickly coated with mucus and presenting petechia and inflammatory patches. The mesenteric and retroperitoneal glands in all cases were inflamed and in many cases surrounded by sanguineous effusion, the gland tissue itself being softened and crowded with plague bacilli.

In many of the cases these were the only post mortem appearances to be found.

Rats, Mice, Monkeys, Pigs and Fowls have been proved to have acquired plague after having been fed with fragments of organs of animals that have died of the disease.

The faces of those attacked undoubtedly contains the specific bacilli.

Infection by the skin (inoculation) occurs but very rarely, if this were the frequent mode of infection we should find more often inflammatory affections of the skin, as when animals are infected with the poison subcutaneously well marked inflammatory changes at the seat of inoculation always

occur.

Again the external glandular affections from which the disease derives its name are not met with as a rule until some three or four days after the period of invasion.

If infection by the skin is the rule one would expect, as Dr. WILM has pointed out, that axillary buboes would be quite as common as inguinal ones, this however is not the case.

As against the theory that the channel of reception of the bacillus is the respiratory tract (ie. infection through air) may be adduced the immunity of those who attended the patients and of the Sanitary Staff who superintended and were engaged in the inspection and disinfection of the infected houses.

The plague bacillus has not been detected in the air, many examinations were made of the air of the wards at Kennedy Town Hospital but always with negative results, the bacillus also does not survive desiccation.

The main channels of infection therefore appear to be the digestive tract and the skin.

It has also been proved that in addition to the faces the bacillus leaves the body by the urine. Culture experiments of the urine frequently demonstrated the presence of the bacillus.

In 95% of the cases albumen was found in the urine varying in amount from one tenth to a half.

SYMPTOMS.

Incubation.Although the period of incubation appears to be generally from three to five days, one case at the Gaol in 1896, as narrated by Dr. WILM, gives a period of fifteen days.

Plague without buboes. In 1896 many cases occurred without the formation of buboes, during the height of the epidemic the percentage of these cases was 20 and towards the end as high as 27.

In all cases the disease was diagnosed as plague by demonstrating the presence of the bacillus in the blood or by culture experiments of the blood, fæces or urine.

TREATMENT.

With reference to treatment the general plan was to allow in the Hospitals ample room and free ventilation.

The strength of the patient was maintained as far as possible with beef-tea, chicken broth and brandy, milk and eggs, if the patient could be kept alive for a week, his case was considered a more hopeful one, about 70 per cent. of the deaths occurring during the first six days.

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At the height of the fever the pulse very often became weak and intermittent with marked cardiac dyspnea, strychnine hypodermically was found very useful at this stage in doses of two to four minims of the hypodermic solution given twice or thrice in twenty-four hours.

Morphia hypodermically in doses of

or grain gave the best results in the delirious stage.

VITAL STATISTICS.

Incidence of the Disease.

The following table gives the proportion of cases occurring, amongst the Chinese, in the whole population, that is the proportion of attacks to population.

District.

No. of Cases among Chinese.

Estimated Population Chinese only.

Rate per 1,000 of Population.

Total Cases. Total Deaths.

Percentage Mortality.

City of Victoria, No. 1, .

7,250

6.6

79.3

No. 2,

178

20,440

9.3

191

164

85.9

No. 3, ...

2,610

9.9

69.2

No. 4,

147

24,390

6.0

155

142

91.6

No. 5,

115

41,330

2.8

116

113

97.4

...

No. 6,

30,200

2.7

90.5

No. 7,

134

20,560

6.5

135

125

92.6

No. 8,

7,620

2.8

86.9

Kowloon,

181

32,200

5.6

189

160

84.6

Victoria Peak,...

1,600

6.2

100.0

Shaukiwan,

11,300

2.8

84.4

Aberdeen,

8,060

1.4

100.0

Stanley,

1,610

1.2

100.0

Boats,

121

17,540

6.9

121

119

98.3

Quarantine Station;.

83.3

Merchant steamers,

97.1

H. M. Navy,

100.0

No address,

66.6

Totals,

1,157

226,710

5.1

1,204

1,078

89.5

The total case mortality is from this table 89.5 per cent., as will be seen that in those admitted to the Hospital is only 74 per cent.

The cases occurring in No. 3, Health District were chiefly coolies employed by European house- holders as there are no Chinese houses in this district, they must probably have contracted the disease in the other parts of the city.

Age in relation to Mortality.

Age Period.

Number attacked.

Deaths.

Mortality per cent.

Under 5 years,

5 to 10

* * * 2

76.47

67.85

73.17

80.00

وو

H & NO N

75.80

70,00

75.38

68.75

་

78.94

66.66

100.00

75 and upwards,

Totals,...........

427

316

74,00

Remaining on the Ist January, 1896,

January,

February,

March,

April,

May, June,. July, August,..

September,

October,

November,

December,

TOTAL, 11 5

398

From the above table which gives the total number of cases admitted alive to the various Hospi- tals during 1896, it will be seen that the Case Mortality is highest during the years 15 to 20, the numbers over 75 are too small to be of any account.

The total case mortality is 74 per cent.

The following table gives the admission and deaths in the Government Hospitals during each mouth of the year arranged according to their nationalities.

Male.

Female.

Male.

Female.

Male.

Female.

EUROPEANS.

COLOURED.

CHINESE.

Total Admissions.

Total Deaths..

Admissions,

Deaths. Admissions.

Deaths.

Admissions.

Deaths.

MONTHS.

Male.

Female.

Male.

Female.

Male.

Female.

Male.

Female.

:..

401 40

४

2.7

...

•

...

CHAON~ : ~ :-:

9462

33.

2312

9862

22:

...

3 15 9.

4 283 104

216

83 309

118

226

PROPHYLAXIS.

Towards the end of June, 1896, Dr. YERSIN arrived from Saigon with plague Serum which he had obtained from Professor Roux of Paris and some which he had prepared himself at Saigon.

Unfortunately there were no acute cases in the Hospital at that time and we advised him to proceed to Amoy where the disease was then raging. We told him that we should be very pleased to give the Serum a trial if he would leave some with us but he did not do so.

On his return from Amoy he told me that he had cured some 15 out of 21 or 22 cases but, as he added, "from such a small number of cases no deductions can be drawn."

At the end of the year the Government communicated with Dr. YERSIN and Professor KITASATO in order to ascertain whether any plague Serum was obtainable. I enclose the replies to these letters in appendix E.

Professor HAFFKIEN has elaborated a plague Serum, this with Dr. YERSIN'S is now undergoing a trial at Bombay, the results are being watched with much interest here.

GENERAL CONCLUSIONS TO BE DRAWN FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF 1895 AND 1896.

A. That the occurrence of plague is favoured by:

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(1) Long prevalence of drought or of abnormally low rainfall.

(2) Atmospheric temperature below 82° F.

(3) Absence of sunshine.

(4) General insanitary conditions such as obstruction to the free access of light and air to

domestic dwellings.

B. That the steps to be taken to retard the progress of the disease are:---

(1) General cleanliness and the free admission of light and air to domestic dwellings.

(2) The immediate isolation of the sick, and those who have been in close contact with the

disease.

(3) The careful and systematic disinfection of all premises in which cases occur, and of

latrines.

30th April, 1896.

J. M. ATKINSON.

Male.

Female.

MONTH.

Mean

Temperature.

Mean

Humidity.

· 1892.

Appendix A.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS REGISTERED AT HONGKONG OBSERVATORY, 1892–1896.

Mean

Vapour

Tension.

[Sunshine Rainfall Total.

Total.

Humidity.

Mean

Temperature.

Mean

1893.

1894.

1895.

Mean

Vapour Tension.

Sunshine Rainfall | Total. Total.

Sunshine Rainfall Vapour Total. Total.

Sunshine Rainfall

Vapour Total.

Total.

Tension.

1896.

Mean

Sunshine Rainfall

Vapour

Total. Total.

Tension.

January,.

59.7 72

February,

,61.3

March,

61.2

April,

70.3

May,

75.5

June,

80.6

July,.

81.4

August,

September,.....

78.7

October,

74.6

November,

69.6

December,

58.8

IN ON 8 8 8 13 3 + = R a

ins.

hours. ins.

0.375 160.5 0.520

55.6 79

85 0.469

0.455

0.623

83 0.738

76.1 1.250 55.5 51.7 3.900 61.9 83 95.2 11.595 70.2

115.7 8.575 75.2

0.752

0.543

0.542

0.862 167,8 31.375 81.2 85 0.909 145.1 10.785 80.1 80.6 83 0.860 206.2 12.090 81.2 167.7 7.005 79.9 81 0.827 272.5 0.020 75.4 70 0.627 169.0 0.340 67.9 57 0.401

0,303 175.0 0.515 62.2 58 0.332

* N * & 2 2 18

ins. hours.

0.372

126.2

0.363

ins. 010 ins. hours. 1.530 59.6 74 0.392 126.5 55.4 0.460 60.0 74 0.394 140,5

ins.

ins. hours.

ins.

hours.

ins.

0.895 56.5 75

0.346

151.2

0.410 62.0 76

0.580 60.2 79

0.419

73.6 0.835

56.0 85

0.467

88.4 3.385 63.3 77

0.454

129.5

0.270 63.1 78

0.471

0.645. 108.8 8.430 71.2 87

0.668

155.7

2.485 72.3

0.669

0.715

127.8 16.130 76.8 84 0.775

129.1

20.010 77.2 82

0.772

122.0 1.390 59.3 88

119.0

164.8 5.640

2,605 70.8

76.0 79

0.861

212.8

7.090 79.8 $6

0.873

126.9

16.540 81.2 80

0.849

203.8 4.970 80.7

0.876

168.5 21.220 81.1 83

0.880

203.4

9.475 82.1

0.886

225.4 18.870 82.9

0.901

187.7 8.730 80.9 85

0.892

180.0

16.530 81.4 81

0.868

220.3 6.125 82.4 80

162.7 15.035 81.0 79 244.6 17.870 74.5 67 294.6 0.030 70.0 60 228.9 0.045 62.4 64

0.836

167.7 19.110 80.1 69

0.712

216.8

3.965 $1,5

0.582

0.444 226.0 0.030 67.6 63 0.372 151.0 0.755 63.2 63

198.4 17.570 74.8

0.649 188.1

0.442 185.7

0.384 177.2

0.500 77.9 73

0.325 71,7 76

0.200

62.2 65

22 18 8 0 2 10 2 8 8 = 28

0.424

133.8

1.730

0,387

16.3

7.945

0.451

59.3

1.445

0.664

76.9 2.100

0.714

176.0 1.150

0.886 145.1 18.630

0.924 220.1 12.420

0.888

252.8 5.195

0.854

192.7

- 9.995

0.701 195.2

0.591

7.905

134.0 2.975

0.386 167.0

1.290

Year,...... 71.0

77 0.619

1802.5 90.970 70.5 77

0.616

2004.4

99.955 71.7 77

0.630

1934.7 104.250 71.6

0.622

2047.9

45,835 72.0

0.656 1769.2 72.780

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Appendix B.

SANITARY BOARD ROOM,

HONGKONG, 7th June, 1895.

SIR,-Referring to the letter of the Assistant Sanitary Superintendent of the 3rd ultimo setting forth the steps that he had taken in pursuance of the instructions of the then Captain Superintendent of Police conveyed to him verbally immediately after the first case of plague had been reported, we have now the honour to submit the following report for the information of the Board.

SPECIAL SANITARY SERVICE.

House-to-house Visitation.

2. In the attached schedule A will be found a statement of the number of houses visited by the 5 sections of Police and Military told off for this special service. The total number of inspections made by the whole detachment, consisting of 24 Police and 15 Soldiers, was 41,646.

3. The examination of houses has gone on with great smoothness and regularity. Throughout, the attitude of the public has been friendly and the conduct of those engaged on the service good. The special instructions which have from time to time been issued to the Police Sergeant or Constable in charge of sections have been promptly and intelligently complied with.

4. In several instancès application has been made by Chinese householders for their houses to be exempted from the inspection on the ground that an invasion of the privacy of their dwellings would be objectionable as in cases of sickness after child-birth, &c. In such cases the searching parties have been promptly directed to omit the inspection. No requests for exemption on trivial grounds have been received.

5. Since the 17th of May in consequence of certain confidential information communicated to the Board regarding the existence of plague in the neighbouring Portuguese Colony of Macao, a special watch has been kept on all Chinese passengers arriving from Canton. The Captains and Officers of 'the river steamers who have been communicated with have expressed their willingness and intention to do everything in their power to meet the possibility of cases of plague arriving here from Macao via Canton. We are informed that suspicious cases of sickness are promptly rejected at Canton; and in the event of the officers observing while en route any sick persons who may have escaped detection. before the departure of the steamer, it has been arranged for the Police Sergeant on duty at the wharf here to be acquainted of the fact the moment the steamer arrives.

6. Another measure in the nature of a secret service has been adopted for the detection of im- ported cases, the details of which it is undesirable, in the interests of the public service, to disclose.

Latrine Service.

7. The order of the Board with regard to the disinfection of the night-soil in the latrines open to the public has been enforced to the utmost possible extent. Three soldiers were detailed for this service to assist the inspectors in charge of the Health Districts. 10,000 lbs. of chlorinated lime have been expended during the month for this purpose alone. At first there was some reluctance on the part of the keepers to comply with the order: but in only one instance did it become necessary to have recourse to legal proceedings, viz., in the case of the Gough Street latrine the keeper of which was fined $25.00 by the presiding Magistrate.

Disinfection of Houses, &c.

8. The 4 soldiers originally detailed for this service in the event of the plague obtaining a firm hold in the Colony were subsquently told off to strengthen the house-to-house visitation parties and to assist the inspectors in the work of their districts.

9. The Board having approved of a reduction from the 1st instant of the number of Police and Military engaged on special sanitary service, 9 men of the Rifle Brigade and 9 European and Asiatic Police were withdrawn from that date. The addition of chlorinated lime to the night-soil in public latrines has been discontinued, but as it was considered desirable to maintain for the present the use of this disinfectant on a modified scale, a number of earthenware pots containing small quantities of the powder moistened with water have been distributed in all the latrines open to the public in accord- ance with the recommendations of the Board.

10. The following are the details of the new scheme for house-to-house visitation by a party consisting of 3 European Police Constables, 12 Chinese Police Constables, 5 Non-Commissioned Officers and men of the Royal Engineers and 7 Non-Commissioned Officers and men of the Rifle Brigade. The detachment now works in 3 sections instead of 5 as formerly, each section being in charge of a European Police Constable. The extent and nature of the duties of these sections are set forth in the attached copies of the instructions handed over to the 3 Constables, detailed to take charge, on the night of the 1st instant.

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11. Only 5 cases of plague are known to have occurred since the day on which the first case was reported, viz., the 29th of April. Not a single case has been reported since the 10th of May. Particulars of these 5 cases will be found in schedule B.

12. 14 persons from infected premises were provided with accommodation in the "marriage" boats or native marine hotels hired for this service and anchored at the back of Stone Cutter's Island. No sickness developed among those segregated. On the 8th of May the last batch was released..

Mezzanine Floors and Cubicles.

13. In schedule C will be found a statement of the progress that has been made in the eight Health Districts of the City of Victoria in enforcing compliance with the provisions of section 7 of Ordinance 15 of 1891. In all 1,705 notices to remove either the cubicles or cocklofts have been served. A very large number of petitions for permission to allow cubicles and cocklofts to co-exist, which the Board has power to give, have been received. A considerable time must necessarily elapse before the law on this subject has been fully enforced throughout the City. In many instances where compliance with the law will involve considerable structural alterations the parties concerned have

placed the matter in the hands of their architects.

Basements.

14. Notices in writing of intention to take legal proceedings after a stated time have been served on the actual tenants, householders and owners of 95 basement rooms in illegal occupation as dwellings. The exact situation of each basement is set forth in schedule D. This return does not include a large number of basements which when first inspected were found to be inhabited and were subsequently vacated after the law had been explained to the occupants and a verbal warning conveyed. A com- plete descriptive return of all basements in the City and the uses to which they are applied is in preparation.

We have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servants,

WM. C. H. HASTINGS,

Acting Capt. Supt. of Police. W. EDWARD CROW,

The Secretary,

SANITARY BOARD.

Asst. Sanitary Supt..

SANITARY BOARD,

HONGKONG, 21st October, 1895.

SIR,-Referring to our report dated the 7th of June (Government Notification No. 276 of 1895) we have now the honour to submit, for the information of the Board, the following further particulars of the progress of the special work entrusted to our joint directions.

HOUSE TO HOUSE VISITATION.

2. On the 1st of June the original detachment, consisting of 24 Police and 15 soldiers told off for this service, was reduced to 27 men working in three sections. Each section consisted of 4 soldiers, including 1 non-commissioned officer, and 4 Chinese constables in charge of an European Police constable. On the 15th of June the services of two of the sections were dispensed with, and to the remaining section was allotted the duty of visiting houses in the worst part of the City in the morning and in the afternoon of noting the destination of the passengers arriving by the Canton steamers. This section continued to discharge these duties until the end of July when the services of the Police and Military were discontinued.

3. The night steamers from Canton have been regularly watched by a detachment of Police in charge of Detective Inspector QUINCEY.

4. In appendix A will be found a statement of the number of houses inspected and of the number of passengers tracked to their destination. In all 15,147 inspections of houses have been made an:l 6,006 passengers from Canton followed to their destination after leaving the steamers.

5. It is gratifying to be able to report that the attitude of the public during the examination of houses by the search parties has been friendly throughout and that the conduct of those engaged on the service has been good. Although none of the house visitation parties discovered any cases of

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plague, we are of opinion that the surprise visits made from time to time in various parts of the City have had a salutary effect in securing the prompt removal of the sick either to hospital or to places outside the Colony.

THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

6. At the date of our last report only 5 cases of bubonic plague were known to have occurred since the day on which the first case was reported. After an interval of more than a month, viz., on the 14th June the disease re-appeared in Holland Street, Kennedy Town-two cases from No. 9 and 1 from a matshed situated on private property at the south end of the lane. On the following day (the 15th) 4 cases occurred in a room on the first floor of No. 10, Heung Lane, in the Sheung Wan District, and a further case from the adjoining house, viz., No. 12 was reported the next day (16th). Parti- culars of these cases as well as those that occurred subsequently will be found in appendix B to this report.

7. Five persons from No. 10 and one from No. 12, Heung Lane-the rest of the inmates having escaped before the Police arrived to take charge of the houses-were placed under observation in one of the "marriage boats," or native marine hotels, especially chartered for this service and anchored at the back of Stone Cutter's Island.

8. Five cases having occurred within two days in these two houses alone, it was decided at 3 p.m. on the 17th, after a close inspection of the other houses in this part of the lane, and on a joint certificate by the Acting Medical Officer of Health and the Assistant Superintendent of the Civil Hospital, to remove the occupants of the next two houses, viz., Nos. 14 and 16 until such time as the premises could be satisfactorily disinfected and cleansed. The majority accordingly proceeded to Canton the same evening, having declined the proffered accommodation afloat; the rest were housed in one of the marriage boats.

9. On the 17th of June at 10 p.m. a man suffering from plague entered the Tung Wah Hospital and stated that he had been living in No. 10, Heung Lane, having left the house before the arrival of the Police. He was unable to give clear account of his movements during the interval.

10. Two cases of plague developed among those segregated from Nos. 10 and 12, Heung Lane, viz., one from No. 10 (on the 18th) and one from No. 12 (on the 20th). Altogether eight cases of plague occurred in these two houses in Heung Lane.

11. The other cases do not call for any special remarks beyond those stated in the body and at the foot of the schedule. Not a single case has been reported since the 16th ultimo.

12. With regard to the segregating of persons found in infected premises it has been the practice in all cases to allow them the option of proceeding to Canton or of being housed in one of the marriage boats. In the majority of instances the former alternative has been readily accepted, only 21 persons being provided with accommodation afloat. On the 26th June the last batch was released.

DISINFECTION OF HOUSES.

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13. In respect of the disinfection of houses in which cases of bubonic plague have occurred the provisions of Bye-law No. 25, made under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, have been rigidly enforced, and every article destroyed that could not be satisfactorily disinfected. In the case of the houses in Heung Lane, after fumigation with sulphur and clearing out all the moveable contents, floors, walls and ceilings were thoroughly saturated with the acid solution of perchloride of mercury as recommended in a Memorandum of the 26th August, 1892, by Dr. R. THORNE THORNE of the Medical Depatment of the Local Government Board.

14. It will be observed that most of the cases of bubonic plague occurred in No. 6 Health District. Mr. HORE, the District Inspector, is deserving of praise for the painstaking way in which he has discharged a trying and, to say the least, disagreeable duty.

LATRINE DISINFECTION.

15. The addition of Chlorinated Lime to the night-soil in public latrines, which had been discontinued at the end of May, was resumed in the case of the Heung Lane Latrine on the outbreak of bubonic plague in that locality and maintained until all danger of a further development of the disease in the vicinity had disappeared. For failing to comply with the Board's order in this matter and for a breach of one of the latrine bye-laws the keeper was fined $50 by the presiding Magistrate.

MEZZANINE FLOORS AND CUBICLES.

16. The work involved in enforcing compliance with the provisions of sections 7 and 8 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, the controlling of which had been delegated to us as a Select Committee of the Board, made satisfactory progress in the case of the worst class of houses in the City especially in districts Nos. 7 and 8, at the West, and Nos. 1 and 2 at the East end of the City. As, however, the Inspectors in charge of the Central Districts of the City proceeded it became evident that in granting permission for the retention of cocklofts in rooms partitioned into separate compartments the practice hitherto followed of dealing with each case on its merits could not be successfully pursued, and that clearly defined conditions applicable to all cases should be drawn up for the guidance of the Executive.

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17. The question as to whether the owner or occupier should be held responsible for complying with the law was also fully considered. In many cases the cocklofts are the property of the tenants; in others they belong to the owner. The Committee therefore decided to adopt the plan that had been found to work so well in the case of the illegal occupation of basements, viz., of serving the notice on both the owner and occupier. The notice on the occupier specified in schedule C to our last report was therefore discontinued and a new form, after meeting with the approval of the Attorney General, adopted (appendix (').

18. The conditions drawn up by the Committee on the subject of cocklofts in buildings erected before and after the passing of The Closed Houses and Insanitary Dwellings Ordinance (15 of 1894) which, after submission to and approval by the full Board, were published in the Government Gazette and in the English and Chinese newspapers, will be found embodied in the notifications included in appendix D.

19. Up to date, notices with copies of the Board's conditions attached, to comply with the provisions of sub-section 1 of section 7 and sub-section b of section 8, have been served on the owners and cccupiers in the case of 433 cocklofts and cubicles. So far this change of tactics has met with the -best results, and it is confidently hoped that within six months all illegal cocklofts will have been

removed.

BASEMENTS.

20. A complete list of the basements illegally occupied on the 1st of April, and on the owners and occupiers of which notices have been served, will be found in appendix E. The return does not include the very large number of basements in No. 7 District which were closed during the epidemic of plague last year and which are among the worst in the whole City. Great credit is due to Acting Inspector MACEWEN for the energy he has displayed in preventing their re-occupation as dwellings.

21. Under our joint personal supervision the whole of the basements in districts Nos. 4, 5 and 6, have been inspected at night. In all 244 inspections have been made before, and 140 after, midnight. The District Inspectors, Messrs. BURNETT, REIDIE and HORE, are doing their utmost to prevent their now illegal occupation.

PERMITS FOR COCKLOFTS AND BASEMENTS.

22. In a memo. dated the 9th of July (appendix F) the Committee referred for the consideration of the full Board the question as to whether permits for the retention of cocklofts, under section 7 and for the occupation of basements under section 6, should be granted to the owner or occupier. We are of opinion that the fullest publicity should be given to the fact that the Board has unanimously decided to grant such permits to the landlord only.

GENERAL REMARKS.

23. Although it may appear somewhat hazardous in the case of a disease like the bubonic plague, as to the origin and spread of which so little is known, we think it probable that the Colony has now seen the last of the disease in 1895. The widespread fear that the outbreak in Heung Lane was but the beginning of a formidable epidemic has happily not been realised. Twenty-six cases are known to have occurred; all died. If the particulars specified in appendix B are closely examined it will be found that among the later cases the disease showed no signs of abatement in point of virulence. The ex- perience of this year would seem to demonstrate that the disease was nipped in the bud, and an epidemic averted by the prompt removal and segregation of the inmates and the disinfection and cleansing of the infected premises. The drastic measures it was deemed necessary to adopt were fully justified by the nature of, and the circunstances attending the outbreak.

24. The question here very naturally arises what are the prospects of a recurrence of the disease in the early spring of next year? A vast improvement in the sanitary condition of the Colony has unquestionably been effectel during the last 12 months, but much still remains to be done. In our opinion no measure of sanitary reform calls for more prompt and vigorous action than that of clearing away the obstructions in back-yards and in the back parts of premises so as to provide a suitable and adequate area for the admission of light and air. This has been done already in many houses in the City. In Heung Lane the sanitary character of the houses, in which cases of plague originated, has been completely changed by this simple and by no means costly structural alteration. We submit that no consideration of Departmental economy should be allowed to interfere with the early carrying out of this most desirable reform.

We have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servants,

WM. C. H. HASTINGS,

Acting Captain Superintendent of Policer W. EDWARD CROW, Assistant Secretary and Superintendent.

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Appendix C.

CONDITIONS SUBJECT TO WHICH PERSONS SUFFERING

FROM BUBONIC PLAGUE WILL BE PERMITTED

TO LEAVE THE COLONY.

1. Suitable ambulance boats shall be provided and they shall be towed astern of the S.S. Pasig, S.S. Tai On, or other river steam-boat to Whampoa and Canton, and shall on no account land any person or thing before arriving at Whampoa or Canton.

2. While in the waters of the Colony the ambulance boats shall fly the yellow quarantine flag.

3. While in the waters of the Colony the ambulance boats must lie within the quarantine ground, but they shall if required come to the China Merchants Wharf, Saiyinpoon, at 4 P.M. of the day on which they are to be towed to Whampoa and Canton, or at such other time as the Medical Officer of Health may fix.

.4. One ambulance boat if re quired shall leave the wharf every day at such hour as will permit of her being taken in tow, at a point west of the fairway buoy, by the afternoon steam-boat leaving for Whampoa and Canton.

5. Any person desirous of going to Whampoa or Canton by the ambulance boat must notify the Police before 2 P.M. o'clock (or such other hour as the Medical Officer of Health may fix) on the day he desires to leave.

On the receipt of such notification a medical man will visit the premises and if in his opinion the person is suffering from Bubonic Plague the medical man will give a certificate to that effect in the attached form.

6. All persons residing upon the premises in which a case of Bubonic Plague occurs will be allowed as soon as their clothing has been disinfected to proceed on board a Canton steamboat under the supervision of officers approved by the Sanitary Board.

7. In all cases where persons suffering from Bubonic Plague have elected to proceed to Whampoa or Canton, after their departure, the premises in which they resided shall be fumigated, cleansed, lime-washed, and dealt with as the Sanitary Board may direct.

8. In all cases where persons suffering from Bubonic Plague have elected to proceed to Whampoa or Canton, the clothing and bedding which have been used by them shall be taken possession of by some officer authorised by the Board and destroyed, and such persons must be provided with a new suit of clothing and then removed in an ambulance to the ambulance boat and put on board.

9. No persons, except attendants and those in charge of the ambulance boat, will be allowed on board the ambulance boat without a certificate from a Registered Medical Practitioner approved by the Board, which certificate must be in the form appended hereto, and presented at the time of embarkation when asked for.

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10. The ambulance boats on returning to the waters of the Colony shall proceed direct to the Quarantine Ground there to be dealt with as the Sanitary Authority may direct.

11. All food required for the use of the persons on board the ambulance boats shall be put on board when they are at the wharf receiving sick persons. None of the attendants or others on board will be allowed to leave the ambulance boats while they are in the waters of the Colony without the written permission of the Medical Officer of Health.

SANITARY BOARD ROOM,

Hongkong, 21st March, 1896.

Appendix D.

HUGH MCCALLUM,

Secretary.

SIR,

SANITARY BOARD,

April 6th, 1896.

I have the honour to inform you that, in view of the somewhat serious increase in the number of cases of bubonic plague occurring in the City, the Acting Colonial Surgeon, the Medical Officer of Health and myself met yesterday and considered the steps that are now being taken to stay the pro- gress of this disease, and what further measures it is desirable to take.

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We were unanimously of opinion that the staff at present at the disposal of the Sanitary Board is insufficient for carrying out the necessary arrangements which may be classified under the following headings

(a) Removal of the Dead and Sick.

(b) Removal of persons to be isolated during the cleansing and disinfecting of "Infected

Premises."

(d) Disinfecting clothing.

(e) General cleansing and lime washing of all tenement houses.

(f) House to House visitation.

(g) Disinfecting of Public Latrines.

We were further of opinion that the following arrangements should be made for the efficient carrying out of the operations included in the above classification.

(a) Removal of the Dead and Sick should be undertaken as heretofore by the Police.

(b) Removal of persons to be isolated during the cleansing and disinfecting of " Infected Premises.' The present system is that the police take charge of infected premises until they are taken over by the Officers of the Board. This should be continued and a Lukong should conduct the persons (after their clothing has been disinfected) desirous of obtaining shelter in the premises set apart for temporarily housing them during the cleansing and disinfecting of the premises. One Chinese Constable to be on duty at each Isolation shelter, total number required 9.

Nuisance Inspectors in their several districts.

(d) Disinfecting of clothing be attended to by the Nuisance Inspectors as at present.

(e) General cleansing and lime washing of all tenement houses to be carried out under the direct supervision of European Constables assisted by non-commissioned officers, soldiers and lukongs.

The staff required for this purpose being as follows:-

Health District. European Constables. Chinese Constables. Non-Com. Officers.

Soldiers.

1........

2......

4.......

5.........

6.........

NNNN 2

Total...... 5

(f) House to House visitation to be carried on throughout the City. The staff required is

as follows:

Health District. European Constables.

Chinese Constables. Non-Com. Officers.

Soldiers.

1 & 2.........

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2 & 3.........

5.........

6.........

7 & 8.........

co co co co co

Total...... 5

(g) Disinfecting of Public Latrines to be carried out by the Nuisance Inspectors in their

several districts.

Summary of Staff required :-

European Constables.

Chinese Constables.

Non-Com. Officers. 10

Soldiers.

There are at present 9 European Constables and 9 Chinese Constables seconded to the Sanitary service so that one more European Constable and 25 Chinese are required.

Twelve soldiers, viz. :-4 Royal Engineer and 8 Rifle Brigade, have also been seconded so that one non-commissioned Officer, Royal Engineer, and 9 non-commissioned Officers of the Rifle Brigade and 23 Soldiers are required.

On the subject of this additional staff, I am addressing you separate communications.

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I have also to point out the desirability of

(a) The Police keeping a watch on persons arriving from Canton and notifying the Medical

Officer of Health of the locality to which they proceed, especially the poorer classes. (b) The Inspector of Brothels and District Watchmen attached to the Registrar General's Department visiting all brothels and lodging houses and seeing that they are being maintained in a sanitary condition; any difficulty arising to be reported to the Medical Officer of Health.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

The Honourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY,

Appendix E.

I-From French Consul of 1st December.

FRANCIS A. Cooper,

President, Sanitary Board.

HONGKONG le 1re Decembre, 1896.

Monsieur

LE SECRETAIRE DE LA COLONIE,

Jái l'honneur de vous informer que Monsieur le Gouverneur-Genéral de l'Indo-Chine m'a chargé de vous transmettre sa reponse à la lettre que vous avez bien voulu l'addresser sous le No. 1744, le 9 Novembre dernier, au sujet du serum decouvert par le Docteur YERSIN pour la guerison de la peste.

Monsieur le Gouverneur-Genéral éstime que, si les experiences de Canton et Amoy permettre de croire à l'efficacité du remede, ces experiences n'ont pas été suffisamment nombreuses pour qu'on soit dés maintenant fixé sur son mode d'emploi el qu'on puisse confier à des personnes non instruits le soin de l'appliquer.

Ainsi pour ne pas compromettre le succès de sa decouverte, Monsieur YERSIN reserve-t-il jusqú à nouvel ordre l'application par lui-même ou par des medecins instruits par lui.

Monsieur le Gouverneur-Genéral ajonte quil serait heureux que le Gouvernement de Hongkong voulut bien autoriser le Docteur YERSIN, lorsquil sera de retour de France ã experimenter lui-même son serum sur les malades qui pourraient exister dans la Colonie de Hongkong.

Je serai personnellement heurieux, Monsieur le Secretaire de la Colonie, de transmettre â Monsieur le Gouverneur-Genéral de l'Indo-Chine toutes les communications que vous desirez lui adresser sur cette question d'interet humanitaire en les appuyant de tous les renseignements que j'aurai pu ceuillir dans cette Colonie.

Veuillez agreer, Monsieur le Secretaire de la Colonie, les assurances de ma haute consideration.

(Sd.), LEON GME. LE ROUX.

Monsieur

LE SECRETAIRE DE LA COLONIE, Hongkong.

II-From Her Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tokio, of 25th November, 1896.

TOKIO, November 25th, 1896.

SIR,

On the receipt of Your Excellency's letter of the 9th instant, I immediately caused inquiries to be made of Professor KITASATO whether he could and would supply antiplague serum to the Govern- ment of Hongkong.

I have now received his reply saying that he has only just begun to experiment on larger animals and that now and for some time to come he will not be able to supply any antitoxin.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your Excellency's most obedient,

humble Servant,

His Excellency

Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.,

&C.,

&c., Hongkong.

&c.,

(Sd.), ERNEST SATOW.

HONGKONG.

REPORT ON THE CENSUS OF THE COLONY FOR 1897.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of Ilis Excellency the Governor.

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REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 20th June, 1897.

SIR, On the 30th November last instructions were received to take a Census of the Colony on the night of the 20th January on the same lines as the census taken in 1891.

2. The suitability of the date was questionel by so ne who maintained that it was so near to China New Year's Day, which fell this year on the 2nd February, that the usefulness of the returns would be diminished owing to the custom, prevalent among the Chinese, of returning home for the New Year. There was certainly some ground for this criticism, but after extensive enquiries I am inclined to think that the statistics, at any rate of Victoria, have not been seriously affected, the bulk of the people who leave the Colony at the end of the year not starting until a few days later, and a number of Chinese coming from the mainland to Hongkong for a few days at this time. On the other hand, the quarrymen employed in the quarries along the Shaukiwan Road had all left, and a number of fishing boats had gone, as is their custom, to Macao..

3. The recurrence of the plague last year and the consequent exodus of a large number of the Chinese had prevented the census being taken at a much earlier date, and any postponement would have had to be for at least seven weeks.

4. The Chinese population fluctuates exceedingly, and is affected one way or another by each one of the numerous festivals observed in China, and it is not easy to decide upon the best occasion for taking a census, but probably the most suitable time is early in the Chinese eleventh moon.

5. The special object of the census was to discover, if possible, in what way the population of Victoria had been affected by the sanitary measures occasioned by the plague in 1894, such as the resumption of Taipingshan, the closing of basements, the removal of cocklofts and the enforce- ment of the laws against overcrowding. It will require an exact knowledge of the town and of the changes which have taken place since the last census to draw the correct deductions from the attached returns. Suffice it at present to point out that from Table XIX. it appears that an area which was occupied by 110,007 persons in 1891 now holds 130,172, an increase of a little over 20,000, and that in every case where an enumerator has had to deal with more than 2,000 persons the number

very probably under the mark.

6. The particulars required for the immediate purpose of the census were simply the age, sex and race of each person. In addition to these, however, the birth-places and native-places of the Chinese land population have been ascertained, and the birth-places and the various races of the Europeans, Americans, &c.

7. The use of the two terms "race" and "nationality" gave rise to a discussion which was of an academic rather than of a practical interest, as the meaning which was to be attached to the two words was explained on the census schedules. Good authority can be found in modern standard diction- aries for conflicting uses of the words. Some natives of the British Isles seemed to have found a difficulty as to what entry should be made under the heading of race, but ninety-five per cent. elected to put themselves down as English, Scotch, Irish or Welsh.

8. Certain preliminary returns were made public on the first of February. They were compiled from the figures furnished by each enumerator, and could only be regarded as approximate. In pre- paring the attached tables the schedules were compared with the enumerators' books and the necessary corrections made. With the exception of the Chinese population of Victoria in which an error of 4,700 had been made and of the non-Chinese population of British Kowloon in which there was one of 270, the corrections required were unimportant.

9. The European and American population has been divided in some of the tables into Portu- guese and those other than Portuguese. There is a sufficient distinction between the l'ortuguese population and other Europeans to make this division advisable and interesting. The Portuguese of Hongkong form a European community settled in the Tropics, thoroughly acclimatised and apparently not recruited to any extent from Europe. It will not be for another generation that any other portion of the European community will be in a similar position. It is only now that a generation is

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growing up of Europeans born of parents themselves born in the Colony. The difference between the -composition of the Portuguese and of the British community will be seen from the following table:-

Age.

British Resident Civil Population.

Portuguese Resident Civil Population.

Males. Females. Total.

Males. Females.

Total.

Under 5 years,.

138

147

285

134

127

261

5 and under 25 years,

322

302

624

468

936

25 and under 50 years,

749

395

1,144

299

456

765

50 and over,

103

139

110

191

301

Not stated,

Total,..

1,324

889 2,213 1,011

1,252

2,263

There are several points of difference in the two communities, which consist of almost the same number of persons. There is one to which attention may incidentally be drawn, that twenty-one members of the British community were either unable or unwilling to state their exact age, and that twelve of these were men.

10. Whatever may be their ethnographical position, for statistical purposes the Jews and Armen- ians have been included in the European and American population.

11. The Indians are a sufficiently numerous and important body to appear separately.

12. The return of the number of Eurasians is distinctly unsatisfactory. I am afraid that the arrangements made were not such as to ensure getting the correct number. It is quite evident that the 272 who have entered themselves as such in the census schedules form a very small portion of the Eurasian community. No doubt the large majority are included among the Chinese. In the Settlement of Singapore the Eurasians in 1891 numbered 3,589.

13. A detailed and exact comparison, according to locality of the component parts of the popula tion in 1891, with the population in the present year has been found impossible owing to the form in which the figures were presented, but in Table II. there will be found a fairly satisfactory one.

14. Exclusive of the Mercantile Marine the European and American community in 1891 num- bered 4,555. It has now risen to 5,532. The British resident civil population then amounted to 1,448, a number which does not apparently include the European police, 157 in number including women and children, nor the prisoners, nor some "temporary residents. In 1897, including these, it numbers 2,213 persons. The Portuguese community now consists of 2,263 persons as against 2,089 in 1891. The Germans, who numbered 208 in 1891, now number 292. The Americans have increased from 93 to 174, the French from 89 to 112, and the Spanish from 88 to 104. In 1891 there were 53 Europeans and Americans, "temporary residents," and 23 prisoners whose nationalities were not stated.

15. Counting those persons over 15 years of age as adults we find that in the British community the percentage of adult females to adult males is 55. In 1891 it was 38 and in 1881, 48. This sup- ports the statement in the Report on the Census of 1891 that family life among Europeans is increas- ing. Of the 2,374 persons of British origin enumerated in the census 1,466 claim to be English, 513 Scotch, 245 Irish and 26 Welsh. 1,580 or about two-thirds of the whole British population, were born in the British Isles, and 670 in other parts of the British Empire; 92 being born in Australia and New Zealand, 28 in Canada, and 457 in Hongkong. 72 were born in China and Japan. 241 persons of European and American race claim British nationality, including 118 Jews, 51 Portuguese, 18 Spaniards and 13 Armenians. Of the Eurasians 236 claim to be British subjects.

16. Of the Portuguese population 1,214, or more than one-half, were born in Hongkong and 931 in Macao. 75 were born in China and Japan and 10 in Portugal. Only 51, as stated above, claim British nationality. The rest, with the exception of three, in whose case there is perhaps some confu- sion between race and nationality, remain subjects of the King of Portugal.

17. The members of races other than European, American and Chinese, have increased in number from 1,439 to 2,502. Of these 272 are Eurasians. It is unfortunately not possible to say in which race the increase has been greatest. Most probably it is among the Indians. These now number 1,348, of whom 371 or 28 per cent. are females. Of the remaining 882, the Japanese number 335, the Malays 207, and the Filipinos 216. Of the Malays 131 or 63 per cent. are females, and of the Filipinos $2 or 38 per cent.

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18. In Return II. of the Report on the Census of 1891 the Chinese Land Population is stated to be 178,960. This number includes 1,132 persons employed in the Mercantile Marine, passengers, and on foreign men-of-war. The corresponding number for this year is 201,528 including 1,523 persons on board the foreign shipping. This is an increase of 22,568 or 12.61 per cent. In 1891 the number of adult males was 113,241 and of adult females 33,523; the percentage of the latter to the former being 29.60. In 1897 the number of adult females has risen to 38,860 and of adult males to 129,893, the percentage of females to males being 29.92. The number of Chinese families in Victoria in 1891 was said to be 14,120. In 1897, in the same area, it is returned as 21,740. This is an apparent increase of 53.88 per cent., and may be accounted for by heads of families neglecting to make the proper entry in the schedule in 1891. In the present census the enumerators were instructed to ascertain by enquiry the number of families in their sections, but the task of ascertaining the correct number is complicated by concubinage as well as by polygamy. There are two great hindrances to the increase of family life among the Chinese in Hongkong, namely, the position which the Chinese wife holds towards her parents-in-law and the difficulty of finding suitable accommodation affording privacy for families owing to the style of the buildings and the high rents.

19. In the floating population the percentage of females to males is 60; the number of the latter being 19,872 and of the former 11,880. The total, 31,752, shows a decrease of 283 compared with last census.

The correct enumeration of this portion of the community is an exceedingly difficult task unless it can be accomplished in one day. On this occasion the enumeration of the harbour was not completed until the 24th of January, the work having commenced on the 20th at 9 P.M., the enumerators working all night in order to get as much done as possible before the boats began to move.

20. Of the Chinese land population, including those persons on board the European shipping, it is only a very inconsiderable number, namely, 4,002 who do not belong to the Kwang-tung province. There are 1,283 natives of the Fokien province, 336 of Kiang-su and 198 of Chekiang. Ten persons were not ashamed of belonging to the Boat Population, and 1,523 persons, of whom three-fifths are women, claim Hongkong as their native place. I think it probable that the persons who claim Annam, Corea and Siam as their native places are not Chinese, but Annamese, Coreans and Siamese. In addi- tion to stating the district of China or the province to which they belonged the Chinese were asked to state their birth-place, if not born in China, and 9,033 persons give it as Hongkong. Very probably this number should be larger. In Wanchai there was current a report that all persons born in Hongkong were to be at once re-vaccinated. One woman who had told the enumerator that her children were born' in Hongkong ran after him after he had left the house, and was very urgent that he should correct what she said was her mistake. In the same district on the first day on which the schedules were 'distributed several women left their homes and ran away to the hill-side at the back of the town. In Saiyingpun there was also a little commotion among the lower classes, and one Fokien man, at whose house a schedule was left, made a great disturbance. As he did not understand Cantonese and refused to look at the schedule, the inisunderstanding was only put an end to by the Chief Watchman persuading him to go to one of the Fokien hongs where the taking of a census was explained to him. There was the usual number of persons who thought that they were being served with writs. In many cases it required some persuasion on the part of the enumerator to induce people to take the schedule, and I am afraid that where obstinacy seemed impervious to reason the enumerator was driven to refer rather roughly to the penal clauses of the Census Ordinance. The Registrar General's Office received the assistance of the Chinese press in an endeavour to give as much publicity as possible to the intention of the Government to take a census and to allay the usual suspicions, and I do not well see what more could have been done beyond perhaps making an attempt to reach the people through their children by preparing a brief lecture in Chinese on a census and asking the Chinese teachers of the Grant-in-aid Schools to explain it to their scholars.

21. The natives of the Kwang-tung province number 197,526 persons. Of these, 156,603 belong to the Kwang-chau prefecture, of which Canton is the chief town. From the neighbouring district of San-on there are 21,697 persons in the Colony. From Pun-ue and Namhoi, the two districts in which. Canton is situated, 27,421 and 22,470 respectively. Whilst 27,090 come from Tung-kun and 18,235 from San-ui.

22. In the Report on the Census of 1891 the term Victoria was restricted to the ten registration districts, the easterù boundary of which is the west side of Causeway Bay. For sanitary purposes the town now extends as far as North Point, and in the present report the term Victoria is used in this sense unless another meaning is expressly given to it.

23. The population of Victoria consists of 6,446 Europeans, Americans, Indians, Japanese, &c., 251 Eurasians and 160,273 Chinese. The population of each of the ten health districts into which the town is now divided is given in Table XX. For the purpose of comparison with the previous census, the Chinese population of eight of the Registration Districts is given in Table XVIII. This table does not include the Chinese living in houses or tenements occupied by members of another race, The most noticeable feature in the return is the large increase of 11,011 (32 per cent.) in the popu- lation of the Saiyingpún District. In the Taipingshan District there is an apparent decrease of 12,513, but in 1891 the houses which have since been destroyed in the Taipingshan Resumption Area were occupied by 13,643 persons, so there is an increase also here, though slight. In the Sheungwan District there is a decrease of 58. In the Chungwan District there is an increase of 5,001 or 14 per cent., aál

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n the Hawan and Wanchai Districts of 4,044 or 24 per cent. Table XIX., which gives the population of the sections into which the town was divided for the purpose of the census and the corresponding population in the year 1891, will be of assistance in an enquiry into the causes of this apparent increase. The number of prisoners in Victoria Gaol was 24 Europeaus and Americans, 7 Indians and other non-Chinese, and 485 Chinese.

24. The European and American population of the Peak has increased from 213, excluding the Police, to 381. This latter number includes 5 persons occupants of the police stations. The number of children under 15 is 87. The Chinese population is 1,591. Of these, 427 were workmen employed on buildings in course of erection.

25. The European and American population of the villages in Hongkong is not given in the Report on the Census of 1891. It is probably included under the heading Victoria. It now amounts

to 125.

26. The district of Shaukiwan shows a slight increase in the Chinese population from 7,272 to 7,438, notwithstanding that the three villages of Sant'sün, Hung-heung-ló and T'ung-lo-wan are now included in Victoria and the village of Hoktsui in Stanley, and that the quarrymen to the number of about 500, according to the estimate of the police inspector in charge of the district, had left to spend the New Year holidays at their homes on the mainland.

27. The increase in the population of the Stanley District is due to the presence of workmen employed on the Tytam Waterworks.

28. The population of the Aberdeen District remains unchanged whilst there is an increase of 115 persons in the district of Pokfulam, of whoin about 40 are workmen temporarily employed on a new building.

29. The European and American population of British Kowloon has increased from 183 to 377. Of these, 93 are under 15 years of age. The Chinese population of the peninsula continues to grow rapidly. In 1881 it was 9,021. In 1891 it was 19,997. It is now 26,142. There are no parti- culars given in the report on the last census from which to ascertain in what part of the peninsula the increase has taken place, but it is sufficiently obvious without them. Yaumati is now a town of 8,000 inhabitants, Hunghom of 6,000, whilst there is a population of 3,500 round the promontory

of Taikoktsui.

30. The number of Europeans, Americans and other non-Chinese on board the merchant shipping in the waters of the Colony on the night of the census was 448 compared with 1,016 in 1891; the number of Chinese 1,523 compared with 1,063. Of the Europeans, 161 were British, 74 Germans, 29 Norwegians and 17 Swedish. There were 49 ́Americans, 63 Japanese and 12 Malays. The number of ships was 54.

31. The Chinese floating population numbers 31,752 persons living on board 5,141 vessels. This is a slight decrease compared with the year 1891 when the population was 32,035 and the number of vessels 5,220. The number of fishing boats was 1,594 compared with 1,141 in the year 1891; the number of boats plying in the waters of the Colony 3,408, and the number of passenger and trading junks 139. The population of the harbour was 21,311 compared with 23,662 in the year 1891. Of these 13,687 were found in boats moored on the south shore and in the middle of the harbour and 7,624 along the north shore, compared with 17,215 and 6,447 respectively in the year 1891. But the position of the boats is largely affected by the weather, and cannot be depended upon. The floating population of Shaukiwan remains practically the same; that of Aberdeen shows an increase caused by the presence of a number of fishing boats which lie up there for the New Year. The an- chorage at Stanley is unsafe during the south-west monsoon when it is almost deserted. accounts for there being only ninety boats there at the time of the last census which was taken on the 20th May. The number of boats at Stanley on this occasion was 206, of which 201 were fishing boats, and the police officer in charge of that station reports that the number of the latter would have been greater but that during the days previous to the census some had left the anchorage for Aberdeen and Macao for the New Year Holidays.

This

32. The census of all persons living outside Victoria and of the floating population was taken by police officers placed for that purpose at the disposal of the Registrar General.

33. Victoria itself was divided for census purposes into four blocks:-Block A. bounded on the west by Mount Davis, on the south by the Pokfulam, Bonham and Caine Roads, on the east by Peel Street as far as Staunton Street, Staunton Street as far as the Old Bailey, the Police Compound, Wyndham Street and Pedder's Street, and on the north by the harbour; Block B. bounded on the West by Block A., on the south by the Hill District, on the east by Murray Road and the Albany Nullah and on the north by the harbour; Block C. bounded on the west by Block B. on the south by the Kennedy Road, on the east by the Naval Hospital, Bullock Lane, and No. 2 Police Station, and on the uorth by the harbour; Block D. consisting of the rest of the town south and east of Block C. Blocks B. and D. were enumerated entirely by the Police. In Blocks A. and C. they enumerated the European, American and other non-Chinese portion of the population and the Chinese living in buildings and tenements occupied by them, whilst the mass of the Chinese population in these two blocks, consisting of 142,830 persons, was numbered by 76 Chinese enumerators working directly under the Registrar General, and supervised by six chief watchmen.

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34. The Mercantile Marine was numbered by the two Boarding Officers.

35. Occupants of Government Buildings were numbered by the Department concerned.

36. The total number of Police Officers employed on the work was 88, 34 being European and 44 Chinese. In addition there were 51 boatmen, engineers and stokers, who received a small gratuity for extra duty.

37. The number of persons in Victoria numbered by the Police was 6,296 Europeans, &c., and 15,616 Chinese. For this work two Sergeants, one Acting Sergeant, eight European Constables, one Sergeant Interpreter and nine Chinese Constables were detailed. The average number of persons dealt with by each European officer was 572 Europeans, &c., and 1,420 Chinese. The Chinese officers accompanied the Europeans and did not work separately. In the Central District the distribution of the papers occupied six days and the collection eight. The work, to be accurate, ought to be done quicker, and I think that at the next census it will be advisable to engage six additional Europeans. There ought to be no difficulty in obtaining suitable Portuguese, and one or two English-speaking Indians would be very useful.

38. Of the seventy-six Chinese enumerators acting immediately under the Registrar General thirteen were District Watchmen. The rest were volunteers. They were paid $4.00 for the work, but it is quite certain that very few, if any, would be willing to do the work again for the same sum. They found it much harder than they had expected. On the occasion of another census it will be necessary to raise the pay to at least $7.00 and to reduce the size of the sections. The average number of inhabitants to each section was 1879. It should not be more than 1,250, and no section should have more than 1,600 inhabitants. It is very important also that the enumerators should be of a good class. The work demands a great deal of good temper, patience and tact, as the lower classes, and especially the women, frequently do not understand what is required of them, and long explanations are necessary. The enumerators were all well educated and intelligent and did their work carefully, and I hope it will be possible on another occasion to obtain the services of men of similar position. As the New Year holiday had commenced, a number of teachers of the Grant-in-aid Schools were able to act as enumerators, but in term-time their assistance cannot be expected. In the Chinese part of Victoria the taking of the census was best done and first completed in the Wanchai and Hawan Districts which were under the supervision of the Chief Watchman of the Districts, TANG KUN-TSÉ, who performed his duties with intelligence and in the most satisfactory manner. The first section to be completed was one in Wanchai numbered by D. W. 15 Ló Tsor who handed in his returns on the afternoon of the 23rd January, and the second, one in Chungwan num- bered by YUNG KWONG-IP, one of the volunteers. All through, I was pleased to see an honourable spirit of emulation among the Chinese employed as enumerators and as clerks.

39. The arrangements made by the police officers in charge of the census in the Western and Eastern Districts of Victoria, and in the out-districts were good, and I was able to judge from an inspection of the schedules and of the enumerators' books and from the returns furnished that the work had been done with care and metliod. There were enough men for the work except in the Kowloon peninsula. This district was divided into seven sections, each section being entrusted to a European police officer who was assisted by one or more Chinese. It took five days to distribute and five days to collect the schedules. There was only one European officer and one Chinese for the whole of Hunghom, and one European and two Chinese for that part of Yaumati south of the pumping station. At least seven more Chinese ought to have been employed.

40. The floating population was numbered by the Water Police. The work was commenced on the night of the 20th with six boats. On the 21st two boats were employed all the day and one, half the day, and three boats were employed all day on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th. More than half the work was completed by the morning of the 21st, but when once the boats had begun to move there To ensure accuracy, was naturally more difficulty in discovering those which had not been numbered.

the work ought to be completed in one day, and steps taken to intercept boats leaving and entering the harbour. I do not think that there will be any difficulty in obtaining extra men other than the police to act as enumerators.

41. The rate of pay of those. employed in taking the census was as follows:-

Inspectors of Police,

Sergeants,

European Constables,

Sergeant interpreters and Chief Watchmen,

Chinese Constables, District Watchmen and other Chinese enumerators,. Boatmen, &c.,

$20.00

10.00

7.00

5.50

4.00

1.00

In judging of the rate of pay for the enumerators it must be remembered that the lower classes are quite unable to fill up the census schedules themselves and that this has to be done for them by the enumerators who have also to re-write a great many schedules which have been incorrectly filled up. I must not omit to mention that the schedules served on the houses in Sokompó Valley were kindly filled up for the villagers by the schoolmaster there and that in the Aberdeen District the schoolmasters gave similar help.

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42. There was no room in any Government Building which could be used as a census office and a floor was therefore rented in D'Aguilar Street. The situation was very convenient but the space was not quite sufficient. The clerks employed were all Chinese One was paid at the rate of $30 a month, one at $20 a month, and the others partly by piece work and partly at the rate of $15 a month.

43. The sum paid in salaries to enumerators was $1,004 and to clerks in the census office $739.90, and the total cost of the census was $2,197.97.

44. In this connection it will be instructive to quote certain figures from the Report on ths Census of the Straits Settlements in 1891. For that part of Singapore within the municipal limits containing 19,541 houses and 153,043 inhabitants, 319 enumerators were employed at an average salary of $6.51, and 20 supervisors at an average salary of $52.25. For the floating population of 6,864, 19 enumera- tors were employed at $5 and three supervisors at $50. Transport was paid in addition. The cost of taking the census of the whole island, containing 184,554 inhabitants, was $6,445.61. The cost of compiling the returns for the whole of the Straits Settlements containing a population of 512,905 persons was $10,637.07, and the number of clerks employel was 29. The Superintendent of the Census recommends that at the next census the remuneration of enumerators within the municipal limits should be $7, and of supervisors $60, transport included. A good many of the enumerators were clerks employed in Government offices, in the municipal offices, and in merchants' offices, who had to do their work out of office hours. This was not the case in Victoria. If it had been, with the staff employed, the taking of the census would have been a work of very much greater length. In the municipality of Singapore the average number of inhabitants in an enumerator's section was 480; in Hongkong, 1,698.

45. The Military and Naval Authorities at the request of the Government assisted by taking a census of their establishments.

46. Mr. CHAPMAN, the Government Assessor, made the arrangements for taking the census in the out-districts and helped to supervise the clerks in the census office.

47. The following Tables are attached to this report :--

Table I.

Table II.

Table III.

Table IV.

Table V.

Table VI. Table VII.

Table VIII.

Table IX.

Table X.

Table XI.

Table XII. Table XIII.

Table XIV.

Table XV.

Table XVI. Table XVII.

Table XVIII. Table XIX.

Table XX. Table XXI. Table XXII.

The total Civil Population.

A Comparison between the population in the years 1891 and 1897. The European and American population according to race.

Persons of European and American race who claim British Nationality. Birth-places of the population of British origin.

Birth-places of the Portuguese.

Nationalities claimed by the Portuguese.

The Non-Chinese population other than Europeans, Americans and Eurasians. The ages of the European, American, and the other non-Chinese resident civil

population.

The ages of the Europeans, Americans and other non-Chinese on board the

shipping.

The ages of the total European, American and other non-Chinese civil population. The ages of the Chinese.

Native-places of the Chinese land population.

Natives of the Kwang-tung province according to their districts. Birth-places of the Chinese.

Chinese population of the villages of Hongkong.

Chinese population of British Kowloon.

Chinese population of the Registration Districts of Victoria in 1891 and in 1897. Comparison between the population of certain portions of Victoria in 1891 and

in 1897.

Population of Victoria according to Health Districts.

The number of Chinese families in Victoria in the year 1891 and in 1897. Number and description of boats and junks in the waters of the Colony and the

number of persons on each class of boat. Table XXIII. Military and Naval Establishments.

I have the honour to be,

The Honourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

A. W. BREWIN, In charge of the Census.

LOCALITY.

Table I.

TOTAL CIVIL POPULATION OF THE COLONY.

163

251115,154

45,119 | 160,273 | 118,809 48,161 166,970

14 1,485 106 1,591 8,159 3,485 11,644 8,318 19,202 7,240 26,142 19,673

1,719

289 2,008

3,513 11,831

7,485

27,158

.57

مد

European and

Americans other than Portuguese.

Portuguese.

Indians.

Races other than the before mentioned.

Total.

Eurasians.

CHINESE.

TOTAL.

Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females.] Total.

NON-CHINESE.

403 882 4,437 3,325 7,762

87 437

11 448

Land Population.

Victoria,

1,452 988 2,440 979 1,219 2.198

715 273 988 421

399 820 3,567 2,879

6,446

888.5

The Peak,

210

166 376

ลง

2 230 173

403

Hongkong Villages,....

120

8 159

28 187

...

British Kowloon,

205

120

325

52 185

281

Stone Cutter's Island andĮ

Green Island, ....

...

}

Gap Rock,

...

122

467

243

710

...

Total,..

176

1,970

1,299 3,269 | 1,011

1,252

2,263

977 371 1,348 479

345

11 356

1 87

Mercantile Marine,......

Floating Population.

The Harbour,

Aberdeen,

Shaukiwan,

Stanley,

Total,...

Grand Total,.

:..

...

:..

...

2,315 1,310 3,625 | 1,015

1,252

2,267

...

978

371 1,349 566 403 9694,874

272 |144,052 | 55,953 200,005|148,585

59,454 208,039

1,498

25 1,523 1,935

36 1,971

13,558

7,753

21,311

13,558

7,753

21,311

2,972

1,932

4,904

2,972

1,932

4,904

2,393

1,561

3,957

2,393

1,564 3,957

949

631

1,580

949

631 1,580

19,872 11,880

31,752

19,872

11,880 | 31,752

176

272|165,422 67,858 233,280 170,392 71,370 241,762

...

***

3,336

8,210

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LOCALITY.

Table II.

COMPARISON BETWEEN THE CIVIL POPULATION IN THE YEARS 1891 & 1897.

MALES.

1891.

FEMALES.

MALES.

1897.

FEMALES.

474

Total.

Under 15. Over 15.

Total,

Under 15.

Over 15,

Total.

Under 15.

Over 15.

Total.

Under 15. Over 15.

Total.

[Victoria,

The Peak,

571

1,561

2,132

612

1,131

1,743

3,875

624

1,807

2,431

670

1,537

2,207

4,638

111

131

213

171

211

123

170

381

European and American, Civil Population,

Hongkong Villages,.

125

...

British Kowloon,

Police,...

223

117

Mercantile Marine,

740

Not included in the above,..

123

183

182

232

102

145

377

157

761

345

349

1·

360

127

Total,...

635

2,602

3,237

743

1,339

2,082

5,319

727

2,601

3,331

772

1,789

2,561

5,892

Races other than Europeans,

Land Population,....................

124

850

974

150

315

465

1,439

273

1,277

1,550

344

604

948

2,498

Americans, and Chinese,

Mercantile Marine,.

251

252

...

Not included in the above,

Total,..

124

1,101

1,225

150

316

466

1,691

273

1,367

1,640

345

605

950

2,590

Total Civil Population other than Chinese,...

759

3,703

4,462

893

1,655

2,548

7,010

1,000

3,971

4,971

1,117

2,394

3,511

8,182

Chinese Land Population,-Victoria,

2,441

86,554

98,995

13,012

26,762

39,774

138,769

12,089

'Shaukiwan,.

Stanley,

753

·4,476

5,229

641

1.402

2,043

7,272

696

129

427

556

235

326

882

107

103,065

4,524

587

115,154

13,734

31,385

45,119

160,273

5,220

663

1,555

2,218

7,438

694

251

350

1,044

Aberdeen,

238

1,810

2.048

200

484

681

2,732

286

1,670

1.956

250

572

822

2,778

Pokfulam,

136

170

269

244

289

384

British Kowloon,

2,213

12,286

14,499

1,825

3,673

5,499

19,997

2,378

16,824

19,202

2,319

4,921

7,240

26,442

Mercantile Marine,

...

1,044

1,063

1,480

1,498

1,523

Not included in the above,

291

6,458

6,749

274

884

1,158

7,907

1,499

1,537

109

1,646

Floating Population,-Harbour,

Shaukiwan,

4,246

11,235

15,481

3,295

4,986

8,181

23,662

3,195

10.360

13,558

3,120

4,633

7,753

21,311

802

1,457

2,250

641

928

1,569

3,828

585

1,808

2,393

495

1,069

1,564

3.957

Stanley,..

115

237

352

127

216

568

306

643

949

257

374

631

1,580

Aberdeen,

723

1,520

2,243

706

1,028

1,734

3,977

818

2,154

2,972

621

1,311

1,932

4,004

Total Chinese,.

21,985

127,640 149,625

20,809

40.492

61,301

210,926

20,564

144,858

165,422

21,611

46,247

67,858

233,280

Gran 1 Total,

22,714

131,343

154,087

21,702

42,147

63,849

217,936

21,564

148,829

170,393

22,728

48,641

71,369

241,762

Table III.

European and American population according to Race.

RESIDENT POPULATION. MERCANTILE MARINE.

475

TOTAL.

RACES.

Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males.

Females. Total.

English,

816

576 1,392

Scotch,

315

149

464

Irish,

132

106

238

246

888

578

1,466

364

149

513

138

107

245

Welsh,

Other Natives of the British Isles

not defined as above,

124

1,324

889

2,213

154

American,

174

161

1,478

896

2,374

125

223

Armenian,

Austrian,

Belgian,

CO 2

3 2

10.

Bohemian,

Brazilian,

Chilian,

}

Danish,

Dutch,.

Or - mad Q

W N

13'

Finnish,

•

French,

112

118

German,

203

292

277

366

Greek,

Hungarian,

Italian,

Jewish,

106

163

106

163

Maltese,

Norwegian,.

Peruvian,

Polish,

Portuguese,

1,011

1,252

2,263

1,015

1,252

2,267

Roumanian,

Russian,

Slavonic,.

Spanish,

104

105

Swedish,

Swiss,

...

Total,......

2,981

2,551

5,532

349

360

3,330

2,562

5,892

Table IV.

Persons of European and American Race who claim British Nationality.

Resident POPULATION.

MERCANTILE MARINE.

TOTAL.

RACES.

Males Females. Total.

Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total.

American, Armenian, Austrian,

.....

Danish,

∞ to co *

:::

Dutch,....

French,

12.

German,

Hungarian,

...

Italian,

Jewish,

Maltese,

Norwegian,

912

118

Polish,

Portuguese,

Spanish,

Swedish,..

Total,...

135

104

239

136

105

241

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Table V.

Birth-places of the population of British origin.

BRITISH POPULATION.

WHERE BORN.

WHERE BORN. -

Males. Females.

Total.

Males. Females.] Total.

England,

Wales,

686

351

1,037

Austria,

Batavia,

Scotland,

289

373

Brazil,

Ireland,

......

135

Caroline Islands,

Channel Islands,

China,

Formosa,

Total,.

1,091

489

1,580

France,

Germany,

Aden,..

Holland,

Australia,

Ascension Island,

Barbadoes,.

Bermuda,

...

Italy,

Japan,

Macao,

11 N

Morocco.

British Guiana,.

Burmah,

Canada,

Cape Colony,

Ceylon,

Gibraltar,

Hongkong,

India,..

Jamaica,

Malta,

:7:2

Russia,

South America,

Spain,

Switzerland,

Turkey,

United States of America,

213

244

457

Venezuela,

West Indies,

∞ N

At Sea,

Not Stated,

Manila,

Mauritius,

Newfoundland,

New Zealand,

Total,...

124

Straits Settlements,

Trinidad,

Total,......

318

352

670

Grand Total,

1,478

896

2,374

Australia,

The Azores,

China,.

Damão,

England,.

Hongkong,

India,

Japan,...

Loanda,

Масао,

Where born.

The Philippine Islands,

Portugal,

Siam,

Straits Settlements,

Timor,

Not Stated,

...

Table VI.

Birth-places of the Portuguese population.

Males.

Females.

Total.

...

588

626

1,214

།

374

557

931

Total,......

1,016

1,251

2,267

American,

British,

German,

Portuguese,

Spanish,.....

NATIONALITY.

品

Table VII.

Nationalities claimed by the Portuguese population.

MALES.

FEMALES.

TOTAL.

991

1,219

2,213

Total,

1,015

1,252

2,267

Table VIII. -

Non-Chinese Races other than European and American.

*477

RESIDENT POPULATION.

RACES..

Males. Females. Total.

Afghans,

Africans,

Annamese,

Arabians,

Asiatics (not defined),

MERCANTILE MARINE.

TOTAL.

Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total.

...

Caroline Islanders,....

Egyptians,

Japanese,

173

162

335

ગ

...

236

162

398

Malays,

131

207

...

131

219

Persians,......

Philippine Islanders,.......

134

216

Siamese,....

Singhalese.......:....

Timor, Native of

Turkish,.

West Indians,

:..

134

ઉપલ

216

ลง

Not stated,

Total,..........

479

403

882

566

403

969

Table IX.

THE AGES OF THE EUROPEAN, AMERICAN AND THE OTHER NON-CHINESE RESIDENT CIVIL POPULATION.

BRITISH.

AMERICANS.

OTHER EUROPEANS EXCEPT PORTUGUESE.

PORTUGUESE.

INDIANS.

EURASIANS.

THE REST OF THE NON-CHINESE.

TOTAL.

AGE.

Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. | Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. | Total.

Male.

Female. Total. Male. Female. Total.

478

Under 1 year,

1 and under 5 years,

17 28

1276

103

104

207

105

109 214

52 106

203

312.

339

651

103

187

}}

55 115

111

226

316

349

665

114

42 109

123

232

264

326

590

126

59 132

107

239

120

197

92 112

127

239

173

246

12 18

124

359

344

703

143

546

416

962

202 '151 353

25 83

}}

139 95

146 241

198

249

118

660

478

1,138

196

110 306

}}

111

171

146

166

****

40;;

168

234

11093

68 121

112

825

559

320

879

446

214

660

•

106

143

73 39

80 119

ગ

300

163

463

108

ස

11 37

113

221

141

362

ස

103

184

113

297

ප

2015

123

210

...

108

12 8 18

☺

}}

95 and over,

Full,

Adult,

...

Age not stated,

...

Total,..

1,324 889

2,213

175

567

315

♡

:..

...

240

...

:..

...

***

882 1,011

...

1,252 2,263 977

371

1,348

96 176

272 479.

403

882

4,533

3,501

8,031

Table X.

INDIAN.

THE REST OF THE NON- CHINESE POPULATION.

TOTAL.

THE AGES OF THE EUROPEANS, AMERICANS AND OTHER NON-CHINESE ON BOARD THE SHIPPING.

BRITISH.

AMERICAN.

PORTUGUESE.

OTHER EUROPEANS.

Under 1 year,

Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total.

1 year and under 5,...

...

10,...

15,...

20,...

లు

...

25,... 18

30,

found

35,... 30

33333

335

40,..

45.

45,... 18

50,... 9

55,...

∞

60,

65,...

70,...

Not Stated,

...

→

:..

...

.:.

:..

...

ล

...

333

F:.

...

:..

બ

...

114

115

...

:..

Total,..

154

161

4 145

146

Jud.

1 87

Сл

437

448

479

AGE.

Table XI.

THE AGES OF THE TOTAL EUROPEAN, AMERICAN AND THE OTHER NON-CHINESE CIVIL POPULATION.

AMERICANS,

OTHER EUROPEANS, EXCEPT PORTUGUESE.

PORTUGUESE,

INDIANS.

EURASIANS.

THE REST OF THE NON- CHINESE POPULATION,

TOTAL.

Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total.

BRITISH.

480

· Under 1 month,

ล

1 month and under 12,

you

1 year and under 5,

105

110

215

5 years and under 10,

86 103

189

9 27

52 106

203

233

101

200

312

340

652

56 115

111

226 43

15,

114

255

20,

131

288

42 109

123

232 28

888

320

349

669

261

326

590

60 132

107

239

25,

138

215

33 109 114

127

241

173

246

30,

239

152

891

125

181

146

242 198

249,

11253

195

888 38

133

377

344

721

163

606

417

1,023

145

774

479

1,253

235

35,

226

113

339

104

119

144

171

146

166

108

635

321

959

40,

195

263

45,

124

161

2=3

108

121

90 39

119

සස

112

504

217

721

344

163

507

50,

117

99995

59 38

113

250

141

391

689

55,

60,

市经

338

103

193

114

307

338

137

224

፡

65,

70,

75,

CYP

80,

$5,

90,

95 and over,

95,

***

...

ස

ગા

:..

111

.16

3333333

...

Full.

...

Adult,

***

...

***

Age not stated,.

€

...

Total,....

1,478

896

2,374

125

223

712

316

1,028 | 1,015

1,252

2,267

978

*871

1,349

:..

.:.

...

:..

...

176 272

566

403

969 4,970

3,512

8,482

...

Table XII.

THE AGES OF THE CHINESE POPULATION.

STONE CUTTER'S,

HONGKONG

VICTORIA.

THE PEAK.

VILLAGES.

BRITISH

KOWLOON.

GREEN ISLAND AND GAP ROCK.

TOTAL.

MERCANTILE

MARINE.

FLOATING

POPULATION.

TOTAL.

AGES.

Males.

Fe-

males.

Total. Males.

Fe-

males.

Total. Males.

Fe-

males.

Total. Males.

Fe-

males.

Total. Males.

Fe-

males.

Total. Males.

Fe-

males.

Total. Males.

Fe-

males.

Total. Males.]

Fė-

males.

Total.Males.

Fe-

males.

Total.

Under 1 month,

1 month and under 12 months,

128 141 269

16 22

146

173 319

1 year and under 5 years,

3,007 3,824 6,831

9 261 313 574 690 765 1,455

5 years and under 10,

3,756 4,876 8,632|

.15,

5,190

4,881 10,071

20,

13,487

3,794 17,281 168

171 772

394 384 778 805 24 476 336 812 867 820 1,092 2,129

855 1,660

223

3,962 4,907 | 8,869 |

...

4,965 6,121 11,086

674 1,541

3 | 6,557 | 5,894 |12,451

26 48 168 200 368

4 1,410 1,436| 2,846 | 5,373 | 6,346 | 11,719

1,725 1,641|3,366| 6,691| 7,764 | 14,455

17 1,836 1,390| 3,226| 8,409 | 7,285|15,694

558 2,687

816,564 4,675 21,239

134

25,

[18,981 4,612 (23,593 291

294|1,252

294 1,546 3,406

}}

30,

18,184 4,243 |22,427 | 350

35,

14,845 | 3,884 18,729 248

40, .....

45,

161

|11,268 | 3,282 |14,550 | 9,338 3,428 12,766 104

218

50,

6,655 2,373 9,028 :

359 1,270

10 258 988

16 177 813

15 119 631 12 78 499 217 716 933 355 1,288

277 1,547 3,103

251 1,239 2,414

254 | 1,067 | 1,778

849|1,408

724 4,130

704❘ 3,807

611❘ 3,025

515 2,293

...

13 23,943

5,633 (29,576

301

15 22,921 5,234 28,155

285

289 2,531

134 | 2,040 | 1,236 | 3,276 |18,738 | 5,911|24,649 304 2,733 1,182 3,915 26,977| 6,818 33,795 959 3,490 25,737 6,197 31,934

2 18,497 4,756 23,253

250

252 | 2,305

904

3,209 21,052 | 5,662|26,714

4 14,024 | 4,067 18,091

188

190 1,437

623

2,060 15,649| 4,692|20,341

397❘ 1,805

5 11,486 4,058 |15,544

136

3 | 8,155 | 2,958 11,113

136

1,391

64 734

་

55,

5,065| 2,466 | 7,531

60,

2,741 1,347 4,088

55 359 227 586 685 357 1,042 16 219 136 355 454 230

6,149 | 3,066 | 9,215

739

657 2,048 13,013| 4,715|17,728 469 1,203 8,953 | 3,427 | 12,380 501 1,240 6,923 3,567 10,490

684

3,425 | 1,718 | 5,143

332

213

575 3,764 1,961 | 5,725

65,

1,545 998 2,543

4 12 126

107

233 283 211

494

35 33

70,

551 440 991

113

111 105

216

013

75,

283 314 597

33333

135

80,

133 218

က

22 46

...

.:.

1,963 1,320 3,283

299 261

560 2,268 1,581 3,849

717

606 1,323

115

...

212 815 721 1,536

371

115 202 317

424 795

104

202

469 528 997

...

147 239 386

85,

53 85

...

90,

95,

93 and over,

...

Not Stated,

...

:..

***

...

∞

....

...

46 88 134

...

7 80

62 143 184

30 49

65 118

183

...

1233

259

Total,..

115,154 45,119 | 160,278|1,485

106 1,591

8,159 3,485 11,644 |19,202|7,240 26,442|

55 | 144,052 55,958 | 200,005 1,498

25 1,523 19,872 11,880 31,752 165,422 67,858 238,280

น

481

482

Table XIII.

Native places of the Chinese Land Population.

Provinces and Countries.

Males.

Females.

Total.

Provinces and Countries.

Males.

Females.

Total.

Brought forward,... 144,934

54,941

199,875

Anhui,

CVS

Bannermen,

Chekiang,

174

198

Boat Population,....

Fokien,

1,024

259

1,283

Hakka,

Hupeh,

Annam,

Hunan,

Australia,.

Kansu,

British Empire,

-་

Kiangsi,

Corea,

Kiangsu,

151

185

336

Formosa,

Kuangsi,

147

Germany,

Kuangtung,

143,238

54,288

197,526

Hongkong,

567

956

1,523

Kweichau,

India,

Pechili,

Japan,

....

Shansi,

Масао,

Shantung,

F G

Siam,

Shensi,

Straits Settlements, ...

Szechuen,

United States of

America,...

Yunnan,....

Lukfa, (?),

Province not stated,..

Yanming, (?),

Carried forward,... 144,934

54,941

199,875

Total,... 145,550

55,978

201,528

Table XIV.

Natives of the Kwang-tung Province resident in the Colony accordiag to their Districts.

483

Name of Prefecture

Males. Females.

Total.

and District.

Name of Prefecture and District.

Males.

Females.

Total.

Chiu Chau Fu-

Lo Tung Chau—

Chinghoi,

389

416

Saining,

Chiuyeung,

2,507

132

2,639

Tung-on,

468

107

575

Fungshun,

Not stated,

Hoiyeung,

242

279

Iuping,

Total,

533

128

661

Kityeung,

Póning,

126

Táipó,

297

135

Lui Chau Fu-

Hoihong,

•

Wailoi,

Suikai,

Not stated,

612

674

Tsui-man,

Not stated,

21310

Total,

3,985

293

4,278

Total,.......

Ka Ying Chau-

Cheunglok,

1,374

.383

1,757

Chanping,

Nam Hung Chau-

Nam-on,..

Hingning,

580

628

Ping-uen,.

Tszhing,

Not stated,

694

126

820

Total,.......

Total,..

2,654

567

3,221

King Chau Fu-

Shiu Chau Fu-

Cheungfa,

Kukkong,

Hoinám,

Lokcheung,

Kingshan,

Lamkó,

Yingtak,

Yanfá,

Lok-ui,

Not stated,

00 110 12

Mancheung,

Ui-tang, Not stated,

Total,

Total,..

134

Shiu Hing Fu—

176

Fungchün,

Hoikin,

Ko Chau Fu-

Mauming,

Hoiping,

4,004

773

4,777

Hokshán,

3,012

511

3,523

Ngehun,.

Shekshing,

Sun-i,

Tinpák,

-Not stated,

Ko-iu,

2,759

359

3,118

Ko-ming,

Kwangning,

Sanhing,

409

442

Sz-ui,

1,525

313

1,838

Total,.

Yanping,

1,592

217

1,809

Yeungkong,

Kwang Chau Fu-

Yeungtsun,

Fa-uen,

1,534

528

2,062

Not stated,

481

162

643

Heungshan,

7,030

4,143

11,173

Lungmun,

Namhoi,

16,348

24 6,122

Total,.....

13,932

2,388

16,320

22.470

{

Punue,

16,894

10,527

27,421

Wai Chau Fu-

Samshui,

5,670

1,420

7,090

Cheungning,

Sanning,

4,670

805

5,475

Hoifung,

1 2,191

***

181

2,372

Sanon,

14,471

7,226

21,697

Ho-uen,

Sanui,

15,251

3,034

18,285

Kwaishin,

8,116

2,690

86 10,806

Shuntak,

6,843

2,491

9,334

Lukfung,

Tsangshing,

1,067

427

1,494

Lungchün,

208

220

Tsinguen,

1,198

224

1,422

Poklo,

759

263

1,022

Tsungfá,

Wingon,.

Tungkun,

Not stated,

17,724 195

9,366

27,090

Wo-ping,

970

1,465

Not stated,

1,130

257

1,387

Total,..

109,280

47,323

156,603

Total,........

12,617

3,442

16,059

Lim Chau Fu—

Hoppó,

Lingshan,

Not stated,

722

Fá Chau,

Total,......................

Kám Chau,

Lin Ping Chau, Tak Hing Chau, Tsim Chau,

227

6121

Lin Chau Fu-

Linsban,

Yeungshan,

Total,

223

Not stated,

Total,.........

Grand Total,... 143,238

54,288

197,526

484

BIRTH-PLACES.

Annam,

British North Borneo,

Hongkong,

Honolulu,

India,

Italy,

Japan,

Kam Shau,

Straits Settlements,

United States of America,

Other Countries not in China,

Total,.

Table XV.

Birth-places of the Chinese population.

MALES.

FEMALES.

TOTAL.

4,574

4,459

9,033

4,642

4,516

9,158

"Kam Shan" denotes either the United States of America or Australia.

Table XVI.

Chinese population of the Villages of Hongkong.

VILLAGES.

Pokfulam,

Tinwan,

MALES.

FEMALES.

TOTAL.

289

384

Aberdeen,

890

277

1,167

Tai-shü-wan,

Aplichau,

783

340

1,123

Fui Hiu Tsün,

Little Hongkong, Old Village,

Little Hongkong, New Village,

115

210

119

Wongchukhang,

Shamshuiwan,

Tongpó,

Aberdeen District Total,..

1,956

822

2,778

Tsinshuiwan,

Stanley,

375

256

631

Wongmakok,

Taitam,

Taitamtuk,

Taitam Waterworks,...

211

•

211

Hoktsui,

Stanley District Total,

694

350

1,044

Shek-o,..

128

256

Chaiwan,

168

Akung-ngam,. Shaukiwan,

Futau Wat, Kau Kan Uk, Ma Shan Ha,.. Chun Lung Uk,.. Tsin-shui Matau, Sai Wan Ho, Wongkoktsui, Shui-tsingwan, Quarry Bay,

180

188

368

1,302

636

1,938

119

167

134

871

447

1,318

206

129

335

144

140

230

1,617

191

1,808

Tsat Tszmui,.

339

143

482

Shaukiwan District Total,

5,220

2,218

7,438

Grand Total,

8,159

3,485

11,644

VILLAGES.

Table XVII.

Chinese population of British Kowloon,

MALES.

FEMALES.

TOTAL.

Kaupuishek,

Matau wai,

Matauchung,

125

155

280

171

117

288

Mataukok,

147

211

Haupuilung,

Sanshan,......

196

246

Tokwawan,

710

380

1,090

Shekshan,

139

227

Hok-uen,

924

303

1,227

Kwolowan,...

116

189

Taiwan,

Hunghòm,

4,488

1,388

5,876

Tsopaichai,

Kowloon Point,

1,591

169

1,760

Yaumati,

5,289

2,762

8,051

Uenchau,

109

Fopang,

Mati,

558

262

820

Mongkoktsui,..

1,250

406

1,656

Taishekku,

Homantin,

180

117

297

Mongkok,

102

116

218

Ho-pui,

Taikoktsui,

1,651

450

2,101

Cosmopolitan Dock,

556

618

Fuktsünheung,

711

806

Total,

19,202

7,240

26,442

Table XVIII.

Population of the Registration Districts of Victoria in 1891 and in 1897.

DISTRICTS.

1891.

1897.

485

INCREASE.

DECREASE.

Nos. 1 and 2,...........................

No. 3,......

3,581

4,282

701

34,559

45,570

11,011

...

No. 4,.

31,302

18,784

No. 5,

12,067

12,009

12,518

No. 6,.......

36,196

41,197

5,001

Nos. 7 and 8,.

16,944

20,988

4,014

134,649

142,830

20,757

12,576

Deduct decrease,.

12,576

Total increase,

8,181

486

Table XIX.

Comparison between the population of certain portions of Victoria in 1891 and 1897.

Census Section.

Overcrowding Report Section.

Population in Population in

Increase.

Decrease.

1891.

1897.

III.

20,

1,533

1,821

288

19,

1,755

2,092

337

18.

1,468

1,410

17,

1,936

2,378

442

16.

995

3,282

2,287

•

27, 28,

2,797

3.739

912

.10,

29,

1,957

1,789

168

.11,

30,

1,795

2,089

294

.12,

31,

1,370

2,178

808

13,

33, 34,

1,439

1,767

328

14,

35, 36,

727

1,989

1,262

.15, 16,

37,

3,359

3,346

.17,

38, 39,

1,641

1,841

200

..18,

40, 41,

1,576

2,917

1,341

19, 20,

63, 64,

2,522

2,904

382

•

.21,

65,

1,361

2,250

889

22,

66,

1,082

1,203

121

23,

67, 68,

1,278

1,373

IV.

59, 60, 61, 62,

1,514

1,828

314

87, 88, 89, 90, 91,

1,438

1,709

271

85, 86, 96, 97,

2,847

2,060

787

.4,

70, 71, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82,

2,881

3,425

544

•

76, 77, 83, 84,

1,475

1,884

409

72, 73, 74, 75,

1,434

1,767

333

109, 110,

1,069

1,295

226

108,

1,453

1,163

290

10,

107,

1,587

1,346

241

19.

.11,

100,

1,120

890

230

༢.

69, 118,

1,486

1,304

182

112, 113, 117,

1,678

1,939

261

111, 114, 115,

1,655

1,923

268

116, 119, 120, 121, 122,

1,488

1,615

127

128, 129, 130, 131,

1,664

2,075

411

132,

461

460

.7, VI 7,

123, 124, 125,

2,612

2,534

V 8, VI 6,

127, 133,

2,642

2,842

200

VI.

161,

1,347

1,216

131

153, 157,

1,629

2,452

823

158, 159, 160, 174, 175,

1,708

2,041

333

•

184,

1,852

2,215

363

126,

1,563

1,358

205

148, 149, 150, 154,

1,630

2,333

703

10,

151, 152, 155, 156,

1,347

1.225

. 122

..11,

176, 177,

1,556

1,811

255

.12.

135,

1,292

1,178

114

.13, 14,

136, 137, 138,

3,115

3,013

102

.15,

139, 140,

2,353

3,223

870

.16, 17, 18,

180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185,

5,065

6,289

1,224

19,

141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147,

1,672

2,052

330

.20,

.178, 179,

1,684

1,702

.21, 22, 23,

186, 187, 188,

1,591

4,649

VII. & VIII... 1,

207, 209, 210,

1,664

2,834

1,170

208, 208A, 211,

1,615

2,134

519

212, 213, 214,

1,704

1,948

244

215,

575

1,313

738

.5, 6,

216, 217,

2,902

3,458

556

218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 227, 228,

1,648

3,713

2,065

230, 231, 232,

1,583

585

998

233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239,

1,473

1,684

211-

..10,

224, 225, 229,

1,775

1,756

..11,

226, 241, 242,

1,569

1,563

110,007

130,172

23,910

3,745

Deduct decrease,

3,745

Total increase,

20,165

ས

Table XX.

Population of Victoria according to Health Districts.

EUROPEANS, AMERICANS

AND RACES OTHER

EURASIANS.

CHINESE.

TOTAL.

487*

HEALTH

THAN CHINESE.

DISTRICTS.

Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females.

Total.

Males. Females. Total.

No. 1,.........

227

182

409

4 5,737

1,956

7,698

5,964

2,142

8,106

2,...

523

535

1,058

15,796

5,306

21,102

16,339

5,872

22,211

910

874

1,784

3,370

830

4,200

4,289

1,759

6,048

4,.

1,015 736

1,751

15,663

7,553

23,216

16,705

8,336 25,041

5,.

211

124

335

13,370

8,334

21,704

13,582

8,459

22,041

6,.

217

163

380

12,871

3,787 16,658

13,094

3,968 17,062

170

11,243

4,740 15,983

11,322

4,831

16,153

8,.

123

14,123

153

17,067

10,.

191

283

5,914

4,407 18,530 14,239 6,774

23,841 17,169 1,432 7,346 6,106

4,434 18,673

6,835 24,004

1,525

7,631

Total,...... 3,567

2,879

6,446

163

251

115,154

45,119 | 160,273118,809

48,161 166,970

Table XXI.

Number of Chinese families in the ten registration districts of Victoria.

In 1891,........

In 1897,......

.14,120 families.

21,740. 99

Table XXII.

CHINESE FLOATING POPULATION.

Number and description of Boats and Junks in the waters of the Colony and the number of

persons on each class of Boat.

POPULATION.

SHAUKI-

DESCRIPTION OF VESSELS. HARBOUR.

STANLEY. ABERDEEN. TOTAL.

WAN.

Males. Females. Total.

Passenger Boats,

1,197

Cargo Boats and Lighters,

1,102

1,197 1,124

Steam Launches,

Harbour Boats,

644

289

2,706

2,783 5,489 5,676 3,293 80

563 1,007 2,982

8,969

564

1,626

4,608

Total,......

3,021

310

3,408

11,927 7,703

19,630

Fishing Boats,

332

335

201

726

1,594 6,046 3,901

9,947

Passenger and Trading Junks,...

127

Grand Total,.......

3,480

657

206

798

139 1,899

5,141

276

2,175

19,872 11,880

31,752

Army,

Navy,

Table XXIII.

Military and Naval Establishments.

......2,850

.2,268

Total,.....

...5,118

599

145

No. 91/7

HONGKONG

RETURNS OF SUPERIOR AND SUBORDINATE COURTS FOR 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

No. 8.

SUPREME COURT, HONGKONG, 8th January, 1897.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward to you herewith the Return of Criminal cases in the Supreme Court for 1896.

The Honourable

Number of Cases tried.

Number of Persons tried.

9217

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY,

&c.,

&.c.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

J. W. NORTON KYSHE,

Registrar.

RETURN of CRIMINAL CASES tried in the SUPREME COURT of HONGKONG during the Year 1896.

SENTENCE.

Charges

Cases

Abandoned. Postponed."

CRIMES.

Convicted.

Administering stupifying drug,.

Applying a destructive substance with intent to

disable,

Assault with intent to rob,..

Assault with intent to ravish,

Attempt to bribe,

Burglary and Larceny,

Forgery,

Larceny,

Piracy and Murder,

Rape,

III24

Larceny after previous conviction,

Larceny by a Servant,

Manslaughter,..

Murder,

Obtaining money under false pretences, Perjury,

Receiving stolen goods,

Setting fire to a dwelling house,

•

Uttering a forged request for payment of money,.

11 15

Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm,.. Women and Girls' Protection Ordinance 1890,

Offences under,.....................

-⠀⠀⠀⠀~~WH:: Ni mi w

Acquitted.

Death.

Death Recorded.

Hard Labour

over one Year.

Hard Labour one Year and under.

Solitary Confinement→ Number of Persons.

Privately Flogged- Number of Persons.

No. of Cases.

No. of Persons.

No. of Cases.

No. of Persons.

Of 60 Persons only

....53 were tried.

6 were not indicted which are included under the heading of "Charges Abandoned,".. Cases postponed....................................

60 Persons.

Registry Supreme Court, Hongkong, 8th day of January, 1897.

J. W. NORTON KYSHE,

Registrar.

1 1

...

146

INDICTMENTS and INFORMATIONS in the SUPREME COURT of HONGKONG for the Year 1373.

Including Attempts and Conspiracies to commit the several offences.

Showing how the cases tried in the Superior Courts ended.

(Each Prisoner tried counts as a separate case; where a large number of Prisoners have been convicted together, the fact is mentioned in a note.)

Total.

Manslaughter.

Attempt at Murder.

Concealment of Birth.

Murder.

Judgment for the Crown,

Judgment for the Prisoners,....... 26

Prisoner found Insane,

Cases which fell through for

want of prosecution absence of accused, and cases thrown out by the Grand Jury (Attorney General),

Cases postponed,

-1

Rape.

Unnatural Crimes.

Robbery with violence.

Other offences against the Person.

Offences against Property.

Miscellaneous Offences.

Abortion.

...

:..

Registry Supreme Court, Hongkong, 8th day of January, 1897.

J. W. NORTON KYSHE, Registrar.

1893.

1894.

1895.

1896.

COMPARATIVE TABLE showing the NUMBER of OFFENCES, APPREHENSIONS, CONVICTIONS and AQUITTALS

for the last Four Years.

The Number of Convictions in the Superior Couris-

፣

1. For Offences against the Person,

2. For Offences against Property,

3. For other Offences,

The Number of Persons acquitted-

2. In the Superior Courts,

Registry Supreme Court, Hongkong, 8th day of January, 1897.

J. W. NORTton KYSHE,

Registrar.

RETURN of CRIMINAL CASES that have been brought under the COGNIZANCE of the Supreme Court,

during the last Ten Years.

147

Postponed.

Charges Abandoned.

Number Number

YEAR.

of Cases.

of Persons.

Convicted. Acquitted.

No. of Cases.

No. of Persons.

No. of Cases.

No. of Persons.

(f) 1887,

155

188,

101

186

(g) 1589,

143

1890,

1891,

Total,

378

601

314

153

122

1892,

1893,

1894,

1895,

1896,

Total,

199

244

122

Average of 1st |

Period, ....

753

1201

624

30%

150

247

Average of 2nd } Period,....f

39/1/

483

242

422

avko

f. In three cases the recognizances were estreated.

g. In one case the recognizance estreated, this case is included in the total, but not in any other of the above headings.

Registry Supreme Court, Hongkong, Sth day of January, 1897.

}}}

J. W. NORTON KYSHE,

Registrar.

148

No. 11.

SUPREME COURT, HONGKONG, 9th January, 1897.

SIR, I have the honour to forward to you herewith the Retura of Revenue, for the Supreme Court for 1896.

2. The Return shews an excess of $2,429.64, over and above the Estimated Revenue.

Much as I should have been glad to see the Revenue exceed that for 1895, estates administered to by the Official* Administrator were less in value last

year than the year before.

3. The Return does not of course include Probate Duty which appears in the Return of the Collector of Stamp Revenue.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

The Honourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY,

&c.,

&c.

J. W. NORTON KYSHE,

Registrar.

RETURN of all SUMS RECEIVED as REVENUE in the Registry of the Supreme Court during the Year 1896.

Original Jurisdiction,

Summary Jurisdiction,

Bankruptcy Jurisdiction,

Probate Jurisdiction,

Official Administrator's Commission,

Official Assignee's Commission,

Official Trustee's Commission,.

Sheriff's Fees,

Bailiff's Fees,

Interest on Deposit of Surplus Cash,

Fees on Distraints,

Registrar of Companies,

Fine and Forfeitures,

Admiralty Fees,

Land Office Fees.....

$$,003.80

4,862.95

785.35

1,987.25

2,485.84

5.15 58.26

102.00

1,137.50

1,701.41

1,530.05

2,471.50

10.00 704.17

$20,845.23 6,825.50

$27,670.73

J. W. NORTON KYSHE,

Registrar.

Registry Supreme Court, Hongkong, 8th day of January, 1897.

RETURN of all SUMS COLLECTED in the Registry of the Supreme Court for the Year 1896, and paid into the Treasury.

1896.

1895.

REGISTRAR.-Court Fees paid by Stamps,

OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE.-5% on amounts encashed and paid into the Treasury... OFFICIAL ADMINISTRATOR,

$13,862.72 84.18 5,218.56

$12,332.40 5.15 2,485.84

OFFICIAL TRUSTEE.-2% on amount of Trust on taking over up to $10,000; above $10,000, Commission 1% on further amount; 1% Commission on income,

250.14

BAILIFF,

1,434.50

58.26 1,137.50

SHERIFF,

83.50

Registrar of Companies,.

2,524.25

INTEREST on Deposit of Surplus Cash,

2,177.78

102.00 2,471.50 1,701.41

FINE AND FORFEITURES,

ADMIRALTY FEES,

613.78

10.00 541.17

LAND OFFICE FEES,.

$26,249.41 5,814.51

$20,845.23

6,825.50

$27,670.73

Registry Supreme Court, Hongkong, 8th day of January, 1897.

$32,063.92

J. W. NORTON KYSHE, Registrar.

149

No. 4.

MAGISTRACY,

HONGKONG, 30th January, 1897.

SIR,-In compliance with Circular No. 8 of the 20th October, 1896, I have the honour to forward the usual returns of this Department for the year, 1896.

1. Strength of the Department.

2. Abstract of cases during the year.

3. Comparative returns of cases for the past ten years.

4. Criminal statistics I, II, III and V.

In addition, I have the honour to submit statistics of the Light and Pass Regulations.

In November 1895, the provisions of the Light and Pass sections of Ordinance 13 of 1888 were revived and up to the end of the year 1,739 persons were convicted and 9 discharged.

On the 11th January last by Government Notification No. 7 the hours, which had previously been from 7 and 9 P.M from which times respectively Light and Passes had to be carried to sunrise were reduced to "from-between midnight and sunrise."

During last year 3,441 persons were charged for breach of the Regulations, 79 were discharged, 116 had their bails estreated and 3,246 were fined or imprisoned. Table A gives the details.

Examination of Table A will show that whilst the fines were uniformly small, the number of offenders did not diminish to any appreciable extent as however the fines increased the numbers decreased till now readier obedience to the law has been enforced.

A comparative return of "Serious offences" for the first two quarters of the years 1895-96 is attached. Table B.

Taking first the comparative return of crimes the 3rd column from the right contains the total number of cases reported and dealt with, the last and last but one the number of individuals convicted and discharged respectively.

The difference between the 3rd column for the periods under review for 1895 and 1896 are as follows:-

Murder,

Robbery with violence from the person,

Burglary or Larceny from Dwelling,

Kidnapping and Protection of Women and Girls,

Unlawful Possession,........

Larcenies,

Felonies not already given,

....

1896.

INCREASE.

Decrease.

...

103

203

Murder, Kidnapping and Protection of Women and Girls can in no sense be considered as liable to control by the Light and Pass sections.

Burglary and Larceny from the Dwelling have unfortunately been put under the one head; if they had been dissociated and Burglary and louse-breaking differentiated the correct comparison of day light crimes under this head would have been arrived at.

The decrease in the number of cases of Unlawful Possession and Larcenies is most marked. In Unlawful Possession from 238 to 135 or 43% in Larcenies from 1,082 to 879 or 19 % and this decrease has been arrived at coincidently with a marked increase in the number of individuals convicted. In 1895 the percentage of convictions for Larcenies was 43.25, in 1896 for the same offence 55.83. Under the principal heads of crime therefore viz.:-

(a.) Unlawful Possession has decreased 43 % and,

(b.) Larcenies in the number of cases has decreased 19 % whilst the proportion of convictions

has increased 12.48 % or a nett gain of over 31 %.

In addition, 295 Rogues and Vagabonds have been convicted, 14 discharged and 1 bound over.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

The Honourable J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

WM. C. H. HASTINGS,

Acting Police Magistrate.

TOTAL

NUMBER

TOTAL

NUMBER

PRISON-

CASES.

ERS.

Convicted

and

Punished.

Abstract of CASES under COGNIZANCE of the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURT during the Year 1896.

CASES, HOW DISPOSED OF, AND THE NUMBER OF MALE AND FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH Head.

Discharged.

for Trial at

the Supreme

Committed

Court.

Detained

to l'rison, or

Committed

pending Orders

of H. E. the

Governor.

Ordered to find Security.*

Total

WRITS ISSUED BY THE POLICE MAGistrates duRING THE YEAR 1896.

Number of Prisoners.

Summons

for

Warrants.

Defendants.

for Witnesses.

Summons

Notices of Re-hearing.

Arrest.

Distress.

Search.

For

Gambling entering

Houses.

Magis- trates'

Orders.

TOTAL.

TOTAL

NUMBER.

OF FIRE

ENQUIRIES

HELI>

DURING THE YEAR 1896.

17,767

19,568.6,659 797

F. M. F.

1,371

M. F. M. F. M. F.

Ꮇ .

F. M. F.

203

230

...

5 115 1 18,468 1,100 4,551

163

TOTAL MALES AND FEMALES,

19,568

Consisting of Offenders not sentenced to Imprisonment.

1,406

174

6,410

150

THE CASES CONSISTED OF:-

151

OFFENCE.

NO. OF CASES.

NO. OF

PRI-

SONERS.

Arms Consolidation Ordinance 8 of 1895,-

OFFENCE.

Brought forward,..

NO. OF CASES.

No. of PRI-

SONERS.

849 1,489

Ammunition-Being in possession of

Arms-Carrying or having possession of, without a

license.

-Dealers neglecting to keep Register of

-Dealing in. without a license,

Banishment and Conditional Pardons Ordinance 8 of 1882,--

Banishment-Returning after......

Board of Ship Liquor Sale Ordinance 18 of 1886,-

Spirituous Liquors Selling on board Ships,

Building Ordinance 15 of 1889,-

100

Gambling Ordinance, -('ontinued.

Watchmen to Street Gamblers-Acting as,..

Good Order and Cleanliness-Ordinance 14 of 1845,

Animals-Cruelty to,

Bonfire-Making,

Breach of the Peace,

Cattle turned loose on public ways,.

Disorderly behaviour,

522

962

Dogs-Allowing unmuzzled ferocious, to be at large,.

-Inciting, to attack persons, &c.,

....

Blasting Stones to the danger of Persons & Property,. Cutting earth, or turf, and extracting stones from

Crown Land,

Domestic Servants-Misconduct as,

Firearms- Discharing, to the danger of the Public,... Furious driving,

Drain-Connecting, with the Government Main

Sewer without obtaining a permit, Hoardings and Scaffoldings-Neglecting to erect dur-

ing repair of Buildings,

Inflammable Structures-Erecting, without permis-

sion of the Director of Public Works,

Plans of Building-Neglecting to submit, to the

Director of Public Works,

Cattle Diseases Ordinance 17 of 1887,-

Pigs-Keeping, for the purpose of being slaughtered in a place other than a properly constructed Government Depôt,

-Keeping, in a way which caused needless or avoidable suffering to them,

Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance 25 of 1889,-

Decoying Men or Boys into or away from the Colony,

Chinese Extradition Ordinance 26 of 1889,-

Closed Houses and Insanitary Dwellings Ordinance 15 of

1881,-

Indecent exposure of person by bathing, or otherwise, Nuisances-Allowing dirt and filth, &c., to remain

exposed,

Nuisances-Discharging sewage water and offensive

matter into the public side channel, Nuisances-Hanging wet clothes, &c., over Public

ways,

Nuisances Throwing rubbish, &c., into the Streets,. Obstruction of Roads and Streets by Hawkers, and

173

183

8888

Shopkeepers,

1,581

1,592

ลง

Posting bills on walls without permission,.. Private Watchman-Misconduct as,

Streams--Defiling,

Unlawful possession of property,

240

300

of trees, shrubs, &c.,

Vehicles-Unnecessary noise by,

Chinese Territory-Crimes and Offences committed

in,

Hongkong Fire Brigade Ordinance 4 of 1868,-

Firemen Misconduct as,

•

28 8272 226 22

879

977

૩

365

923 923

ཱཧྨ R=3ཨ ཿཧྨཌ ཝནྡྷནྡྷ སྶཀལནྡྷ

Counterfeit Coins- Uttering, or being in possession of,

Common Law,—

Bribery,

Conspiracy to defraud,

False imprisonment.

Indecent and obscene prints-Exposing for Sale...

Perjury,

Piracy.

Suicide Attempting to commit.

attend In uest,...

Dangerous Goods Ordinance 8 of 1873,-

Dangerous Goods-Carrying, uncovered in boat,

Larceny and Other Similar Offences.-Ordinance 7 of

1865,-

Church, Chapel, &c.-Entering, with intent to com-

mit felony,.

Embezzlement,

False pretences-Obtaining, or attempting to obtain

goods or money by,

Burglary,

Backyards-Neglecting to keep, clear of obstruction,. Basement floors-Inhabiting.

888

Cocklofts and Mezzanine floors-Erecting, without

permission from the Sanitary Board,

Cocklofts and Mezzanine floors-Neglecting to re-

move.

173

Cubicles-Breach of Regulations for,

Dead Bodies-Breach of Regulations for removal of,. Ground Surface, &c.-Domestic buildings-Offence

as to.

Houses-Neglecting to cleanse and limewash,

Coinage Offences-Ordinance 10 of 1865.-

♡ co

Co to

Felony-Attempting to commit,

-Found in Dwelling house, &c., by night, with intent to commit,

Housebreaking,.....................

Larceny-Accessory before the fact,

-as a bailee,

-by servants,

-Common,

from the person...........................

-from Ships or boats in the Harbour,

of cattle or other animals,

-of fruit or vegetagle productions in Garden.

Menaces-Demanding money by,.

Stolen goods-Receiving,

Licensing Consolidation Ordinance 21 of 1887,—

Hawking within the prescribed limits of Market,...

-Unlicensed,

Public Vehicles-Breach of Bye-laws for Quarry Bay.

-Demanding more than legal fare,

-Carrying no lights between sunset

and sunrise,

-not keeping rule of the Road, --Obstruction of Streets by,

2001 22∞

450

575

-Refusing to accept hire when un-

employed,

-Refusing to complete journey,

Refusing to pay fare of,

-Refusing to show licences to Police,

-Unlicensed,

285

762

-Using, for conveyance of merchan- dise, or dead bodies or persons suffering from infectious diseases..........

2 Magistrate's Ordinance-10 of 1890,- Disorderly hehaviour while drunk, Drunkenness,

172

181

False Charge,-Preferring-or wilfully giving false

evidence,

Insulting expression-Using, or behaving in an in-

sulting manner before Magistrate,

Recognizances-Breach of.....

194

Malicious injuries to property-Ordinance 8 of 1865,-

Arson,

Injuries to property,

Injuries to trees or vegetable productions in Garden,. Markets Ordinance 17 of 1887,-

* F ***

2 12 128

194

Articles of food for man-

-Exposing for Sale, în a

-3

place other than a Public Market.

349

350

9999

666

Game Plucking, in a place other than that set apart

for the purpose,.........

Fish, &c.,-Selling in Markets, not being holders of

stalls,

Market-Entering during prohibited hours,

849 1,489

Carried forward,.....

8,099,595

Coroner's Abolition Ordinance 17 of 1888,-

Juror-Neglecting to answer Coroner's Summons to

-Conveying or exposing for Sale,

without attaching labels to cases or vessels con- taining the same,

Dangerous Goods-Ships, &c. lying alongside Wharf or landing place to land or ship, for more than 15 minutes,

Dangerous Goods-Ships, &c, neglecting to hoist a

Red Flag when laden with,

Dangerous Goods-Storing, more than the quantity

allowed by licence,

Dangerous Goods-Storing, without a licence,

-Transhipping, in prohibited place, Defences Sketching Prevention Ordinance I of 1895,-

Battery or Fort-Entering, or found in immediate

vicinity thereof, with sketching instruments.................

Dogs Ordinance 9 of 1893,-

Dogs Unlicensed keeping of,

Exportation of Military Stores Ordinance 13 of 1862,—

Exporting ammunition prohibited by Proclamation,.... Forgery-Ordinance 6 of 1865,--

Forged instruments-Obtaining goods or money by,... document-Uttering, with intent to defraud,. Document-Forging, with intent to defraud,.........

Forts Protection Ordinance 10 of 1891,—

Battery, Fieldwork, or Fortification-Entering, with-

out a written permit...

Fugitive Offenders Act 1881,-

Offences under....

Gambling Orilinance 7 of 1891.-

Common Gaming House-Keeping, or playing in, Street Gambling,

Carried forward,..

152

OFFENCE.

CASES,-Continued.

No. of CASES.

No. of

PRI- SONERS.

OFFENCE.

Brought forward,

No OF

No. of

CASES.

PRI-

SONERS.

10,397 12,109

Brought forward.......

Markets Ordinance 17 of 1837,—Continued.

Market-Nuisances in,

-Obstructing the Avenue of,

Unwholesome provisions-Exposing for Sale, or

bringing, into the Colony,

Merchandise Marks Ordinance 15 of 1890,—

Breach of,

Merchant Shipping Act, 1891,-

Breach of Regulations for preventing Collision at Sea, Seamen-Disobeying lawful orders of Masters in

British Ships,

Seamen-Neglect or refusal of duty by, in British

Ships,

Surreptitious passage —Obtaining,

Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance 26 of 1891,

Anchorage of Ships of War-Dredging at,

Boarding Ships without permission..................

Boats-Beating drums or gongs during prohibited

hours,

Demanding more than legal fare,

-Failing to carry Licences on board,

-Making fast to ship under way,

8,089 9,595

1 |

29 22

29 27

Opium Ordinance 22 of 1887 and 22 of 1891,-

Offences against the person. Ordinauce 4 of 1865,--Con-

tinued.

Shooting with intent to do grievous bodily harm... Stupefying drug, &c.—Administering,...

Workman, &c.-Intimidating,

Opium Ordinance as amended by 4 of 1894,-

Breach of,

Opium Ordinance. (Prepared) 21 of 1891,-

Excise Officer-Assault on,

Prepared Opium-Being in possession of, without

having valid certificates....

Breach of (Raw),

Order and Cleanliness-Ordinance 9 of 1867,—

Bye-laws-Breach of,

Pawnbrokers Ordinance 3 of 1860,-

131 19

www

Bww

-Assuming the designation of,.

CO OT

1,237 1,2+1

1541

Illegal pawning,

Pawnbrokers-Acting as, without a license,

-Failing to make proper entries,

to render assistance after collision...

Peace and Quiet Ordinance 17 of 1844,

Breach of,

-Mooring in shore between the hours of 9

o'clock at night and gunfire in the morning,.

226

Piers and Wharves Ordinance 18 of 1884,-

Private Wharves-Trespass on,..

-Refusing to accept hire,...

to show Licences to Police,

Police Force Consolidation Ordinance, 14 of 1887,-

Police Constables-Misconduct as,

to stop or go alongside Wharf when

Police Force Regulation, Ordinance 9 of 1862,—

called upon by Police,..

-Transferring Licences,

Police Constables-Assault on, in execution of duty,.

-Obstructing, or resisting, in the

}}

&c.-Unlicensed,

...

263

264

discharge of their duties,

Boat Licences—Breach of conditions of,.

Private Vehicle Ordinance 13 of 1895,—

Fairways-Obstructing,

Private Vehicles-Breach of Regulations for,.

Goods unlawfully obtained-Throwing into water,

Junk-Anchoring in prohibited place,

Not keeping rule of the Road, -Unlicensed,

200

Navigation-Breach of rules of,

Nuisances in Harbour,

158

160

Public Buildings, Gardens, &c.-Regulations for main- tenance of good order and preservation of property

Quarantine Regulations-Breach of,

in, Ordinance 8 of 1870,-

Seamen-Absenting from duty, from British or

Foreign Ships,

-Desertion of, from British or Foreign Ships. --Remaining behind Ships after having

signed the Articles, .

Ships, &c.-Anchorage or Harbour-Leaving with-

out Clearance or during prohibited hours,. -Cargo, &c.—Furnishing untrue particu-

lars of,

-Clearance-Neglecting to return, to the

Harbour Master,

-Fireworks-Discharging,

-Lights-Neglecting to exhibit at night,...

-Not having certificated Master,

--Passengers-Carrying, in excess,.

Steam Launch-Anchoring, without an Anchorage

-Exhibiting side lights not fitted with

&c.-Refusing to pay fare of,

Steam Whistles-Unnecessarily blowing,

Telegraph Cables-Anchoring within the limits of

area of,

Wharves-Embarking passengers at prohibited,

Morphine Ordinance 13 of 1893,-

Kennedy Road Regulations-Breach of,

Public Gardens-Breach of Regulations for,

Wong Nei Chung Recreation Ground Regulations--

Breach of,

2 Public Health Ordinance, 24 of 1887,--

Bakehouse Bye-laws-Breach of,

Boats, &c.-Breaming on foreshore...

Common Kitchen-Using, as sleeping room, Common Lodging Houses Regulations-Breach of, Common Lodging Houses-Unlicensed keeping of, Drain, &c.-Leaving open and unprotected, Excretal matters-Irrigating land with, near Public

FREE

237

Road,

Latrine Begulations-Breach of,

Laundries-Using, as sleeping rooms,

pass,

in board screens between sunset and

sunrise,

Unlicensed,

Night Soil or noxious waters-Carrying, during pro-

hibited hours, or depositing in the Streets,

Pigs, &c.--Keeping, without licence,

Nuisances-Neglecting to abate, after notice served

by the Sanitary Board,.

Pigsties, &c.-Neglecting to clean,

Plague and other infectious diseases-Neglecting to

report cases of,

Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance 16 of

1896,

Breach of,

1989

451

2. FRECKE FREE *3* N

-Obstruction of, by boat people,

Breach of,

Naval Stores Ordinance 9 of 1875,-

Marine and Naval Stores-Dealers in, not keeping

books according to Schedule,......

Marine and Naval Stores-Dealing in, without a

licence,

Nuisances-Ordinance 10 of 1872,-

Chai Mui-Night noises by playing at the Game

known as,

Rough dressing, &c. of granite in or near a Public

place,

Street Cries by Hawkers,

136

Offences against the person.

Ordinance 4 of 1865,-

Assault-Causing grievous bodily harm,..

-Common,

601

785

-Indecent,

-On boys and females under 14 years of age, -With intent to ravish,

to rob,

Child Stealing,

Cutting and wounding with intent to do grievous

Regulation of Chinese People, Ordinance 8 of 1858,—

Building-Occupying or erecting, on land not being

Mendicancy,

68 Regulation of Chinese Ordinance 13 of 1888,-

Drums and Gongs-Night noises by beating,. Fireworks-Discharging, without permits,... Householders neglecting to report change of tenants,. Lights or Passes - Chinese out at night, without, Pass-Using, without authority of the holder, River Steamers, Ordinance 16 of 1895,——

Passage-Obtaining, or attempting to obtain, with-

out payment in River Steamers,

Rogues and Vagabonds, 5th of Geo. IV Chapter 83. s. 4.—|

Rogues and Vagabonds-As suspicious characters......

-Found in Dwelling house,

60 Regulation of Chinese Burials, and Prevention of certain

Nuisances, Ordinance 12 of 1856,—

Obeying calls of nature in the streets or in improper

places,

104

Roads and Streets-Injury to,

Trespass on Crown Land,

209

under lease from the Crown,

154

872 872

3 3,325 3,325

bodily harm,

Manslaughter,

Murder,

Rape,

2361

&c. with intent to commit felony therein,

-Indecent exposure of person,

-Wandering abroad and lodg-

ing in the open air,

261

Carried forward..........

17,409 19,167

Carried forward,

10,397 12,109,

$ c.

1.50

ea co

****

€9 10

~ €

A.-Return showing number of Persons charged for having no light or pass under sections 30 and 31 of Ordinance 13 of 1888.

AMOUNT OF FINE INFLICTED.

IMPRISONED.

MONTH

No. of

Persons

Paid fine. In default

1896.

charged.

Peremp-

Dis-

charged.

Non-

appearance in Court

Bail

of payment

of fine.

tory.

estreated.

***

99 10

12 15

154

****

...

278

16 52

January,

602

474

133 416

February,

310

251

293

March,....

534

428

512

***

....

April,

495

379

888

8178

1 89 71

18 87

4 9

May,

412

294

30 68

2120 1

June,

312.

176

July,

153

8.89

99.

2 9

August,

283

146

116

September,

168

1 1

12277

16 39

5 10

...

57 2 49

...

....

October,

103

...

November,

...

December,

...

36 2

6 22

5 25

1 10

...

3833

...

44 4

63 10 13

...

....

75 I 13

2 1

6 1 2

་་་་

ant

167 1,453 1 | 191 | 266 21 407 14 |323

$ 7,552.00

705.22

$ 8,257.22

3,441

2,394

802

116

Total fine paid

....

Total bail estreated

WM, C. H. HASTINGS,

Acting Police Magistrate.

OFFENCE.

Brought forward,

Slaughter-Houses Ordinance, 17 of 1887.-

Slaughter-house Regulations-Breach of, Spirit Licences, Ordinance 21 of 1886,—

Chinese Spirit Shop Regulations-Breach of,... Intoxicating Liquors-Selling without licence, Licensed Publicans-Breech of Regulations for,

Stamp, Ordinance 16 of 1886,-

Breach of,

Stone Cutter's Island, Ordinance 11 of 1889,-

Fort-Entering,

The Tramway's Ordinance 6 of 1883,-

Trespass on the Tramway line,

The Uniform Ordinance 10 of 1895,-

Military Uniform-Wearing,.

Vagrancy, Ordinance 12 of 1888,-

Vagrants.

Verandahs erected over Crown Lands, Ordinance 4 of 1888,-

Enclosure of,

Waterworks, Ordinance 16 of 1890,-

Breach of,

Carried forward,.

CASES,--Continued.

No, OF CASES.

No. of PRI- SONERS.

17.409 19.167

OFFENCE.

Brought forward,...

153

No. OF

CASES.

No. or PRI- SONERS.

17,641 19,410

16 Weights and Measures Ordinance 8 of 1885,

Breach of,

Women and Girls Protection Ordinance 11 of 1890 and

6 of 1894,-

Decoying women or girls into or away from the

Colony,

Defilement of girl between 12 and 16 years of age, Detaining, harbouring, or receiving women or girls

for the purpose of prostitution,

Disorderly House-Keeping a.

571

-Not complying with Magistrates'

Order to discontinue the use of,...

Letting out for hire women or girls for the purpose of prostitution and knowingly deriving profits therefrom,

Procuration of girls under 16 to have carnal connex-

ion, Purchasing, pledging, or selling women or girls for

the purpose of prostitution,

167

17,641 19,410

TOTAL,

17,767 19,568

Magistracy, Hongkong, 30th January, 1897.

WM. C. H. HASTINGS,

Acting Police Magistrate,

ABSTRACT of CASES brought under COGNIZANCE at the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURT during a period of

Ten Years, from 1st January, 1887, to 31st December, 1896, inclusive.

CASES, HOW Disposed of, and THE NUMBER of Male and FEMALE PRISONERS UNDER EACH HEAD.

Committed to Prison or detained pending Orders of His Excellency

TOTAL NUMBER

YEARS.

CASES.

Convicted and Punished.

Discharged.

Committed for Trial at Supreme Court.

Ordered to find Security.

Punished for Preferring

Total

the Governor.

To keep the Peace, to be of Good Beha- viour, and to answer

or giving

False Charge Undecided.

Number

False

of Defendants.

any Charge.

Testimony,

1887,

12,015 10,354 325

2,620 159

158

411

13,633 549

1888,

11,617 9,700 232

2,704 145

168

177

12,898 411

1889,

8,670 6,626 268

2,319 178

157

303

64 $

9,530 503

1890,

9,739 7,423 317 2,406 151

102

259

دن

10,243 529

1891,

13,676 13,438 534 1,906

134

153

143

15,693

689

Total,...... 55,747

47.541 1,676 11,955

767

625

197

25 1,303

179 38

338

6:,997 2.681

Average per

Year,

125-0 |11,1494 | 9,508 2 | 335-2 | 2,3910 | 1534

5:0 39 4

5:0

260.6

35 8

67.6

1.8

12,399 4 | 536-2

1892,

1893,

.1894,

1895,

1896, ....

11,920 11,771 327 1,927 151

10,727 10,049 306 1,532 75

10,447 9,463 302 1,716 95

17,016

17,787

102

ප

191

242

255

= 193 19

13,969 502

11,972 420

11,530 423

15,058 725 2,345 196

232

199

17,897 1,001

16,659 797 1,371 203

62 21

232

115

18,408 1,100

Total,..... 67,877

63,002 2,457 8,891 720

318 32

1,152 228 74

381

73,836 | 3,440

Average per

Year,

|13,575 4 12,600 4 491-4 | 1,778-2

144:0

63.6 64

3.6

0.4

230-4

45.6 148

1-2

76.2

0-2

14,767-2 | 689-2

Grand Total

for the 10 123,624 | 110,543 | 4,133 20,846 1,487 Years,.....

943 57

215

2,455 407 112

719

135,833 6,127

Average per

Year,

943 |12,362-4 11,054-3 | 413-3 | 2,08461487

5.7

21.5

2-7

245.5

407

11-2

0.6

719

1.0

13,583 3 612-7

Magistracy, Hongkong, 30th January, 1897.

War. C. H. HASTINGS,

Acting Police Magistrate.

B.-Return of Serious Offences for the 1st and 2nd quarters in the year 1895.

...

269:

...

JANUARY.

FEBRUARY.

MARCH.

APRIL.

MAY.

JUNE.

TOTAL.

Cases.

Con-

vict.

Dis. Cases.

Con-

vict.

Con-

Dis. Cases.

Dis.

vict.

:: 2 :

00:

:::

122:

...

166

197

ཨ:ཎྜཱ॰

3:002

Janak

238

242

178

1,082

468

128

44 21

251

140

31 228 138

259

130

231

126

1,436

768

206

Murder,......

Robbery with violence from the person,

Burglary or Larceny from Dwelling,

Assault with intent to rob,

Kidnapping and Protection of Women

and Children,

: D Nܐ

...

:::

::2:

Piracy,

...

Unlawful possession, ....

Larcenies,

204

21 150

187

Felonies not already given,..................

3333

1674

Return of Serious Offences for the 1st and 2nd quarters in the year 1896.

264

140

203

...

:::

સ્થ

...

192

333

135 157

879 491

37 11

NOT: N

27 1,159 704 131

H. B. LETHBRIDGE,

Acting Captain Superintendent of Police.

Murder,

Robbery with violence from the person,

Burglary or Larceny from Dwelling,...

Assault with intent to rob,..........

~::

...

10:

00:

..4

...

Kidnapping and Protection of Women

and Children,

Piracy,

Unlawful possession,

Larcenies,.

145

Felonies not already given,

20:08

.: 09463

...

23 30

105

148

.8: :

11 168

8888888

100

පය‍:

154

28:5

159

100 10

198

129

143

192

118

217

139

207

132

202

121

155

156

MAGISTERIAL ENQUIRIES INTO DEATHS.

TABLE 4.-RETURN OF ALL DEATHS REPORTED DURING THE YEAR 1896.

NATIONALITY.

Europeans and Americans, ...

Indians and Malays,

Japanese,.

Chinese,............

Aida de reparti dek wool for

FORMAL ENQUIRIES HELD.

BURIED WITHOUT FORMAL ENQUIRIES.

Men. Women. Boys. Girls. Total. Men. Women. Boys. Girls.

Very much decomposed;

sex not ascertainable.

Total.

•

...

212

148

140

570

Total,..........

228

149

141

589

Total for 1895,

128

118 117

391

TABLE B.-RETURN OF FORMAL ENQUIRIES DURING THE YEAR 1896.

FINDING.

Euro-

peans.

Indians.

Chinese.

Total.

Man.

Men.

Men. Women.] Boys.

Girls.

:-:

...

Accidental death by fracture of the skull caused by a fall from the roof of 79 Praya Central whilst escaping with the proceeds of a robbery,

Accidental death-Fracture of the skull,

Accidental death--Immediate cause-) -Fracture of the skull received

in a landslip,

Accidental death--Shock resulting from burns,

Accidental death-the result of a fall,

Blood poisoning,

Cause of death-Bright's Disease,

Cause of death-Cancer,

Cause of death-Dislocation of the neck in pursuance of sentence of the

law,

Cause of death-Fracture of the skull caused by an accidental fall from

the 2nd floor of 167 Queens Road East,

Cause of death-Fracture of the skull, the result of a fall from the 2nd floor of No. 11 Gough Street while endeavouring to escape from the Police,

Cause of death--General debility,

Cause of death-Heart Disease,

Cause of death--Shock from extensive burus,

Cause of death-Syncope, the result of rupture of the left kidney, which might have resulted from the heavy falls it is in evidence the deceased had had prior to capture, Death by hanging in pursuance of a sentence passed in accordance

with law,

Death by poison-opium-self administered,

Death caused by drowning, the result of an accident from an error made

by the Cargo Boat people,

Death from general debility, the result of opium smoking,

Deceased died of a pistol shot wound self inflicted,

.....

Hæmorrhage-Accidental death from a mass of stone falling on deceas-

ed, causing death instantaneously,

Hæmorrbage from wound in throat, self inflicted,

Manslaughter against some person unknown for causing the death of Chau Loi Ho by breaking a lamp with a stone, thereby setting fire to the said Chau Loi, Ho on the 14th September, 1896, death resulting therefrom at 4.30 a.m. on the 23rd, the immediate cause being "Shock from burns,"...... Manslaughter-Rupture of spleen caused by Tsang Sz,

Carried forward,.................

•

...

***

1 1

}

:::

-::

~ ::

...

TABLE B. RETURN OF FORMAL Enquiries during the Year 1895,--Continued.

FINDING.

Brought forward,.....

Euro-

peans.

Indians.

Chinese.

157

Total.

Man.

Men.

Men. Women. Boys. Girls.

...

Plague,......

Pulmonary congestion and general debility,.

Suicide-Death by hanging,

Suicide Death by hanging by means of a false queue in her own cell. There was no evidence before the Jury to show how the deceased became possessed of the false queue,

Suicide-Death by strangulation,

Suicide-Dislocation of the second cervical vertibra,

Syncope-Suicide whilst of unsound mind,

That death was caused by exhaustion produced first by gangrene and

then by anæmia and general debility,

That deceased C. Baldwin died from privation,

That deceased died from fracture of base of skull caused by being knocked down by a pony ridden by Henry Percy White who had lost control of the pony,

That deceased died from general debility, complicated by pulmonary

congestion,

....

That deceased died of asphyxia by strangulation but that there is no

evidence to show by whom the strangulation was effected,

That deceased died of diarrhoea and general debility,

That deceased died of lardaceous disease of the intestines brought about

by anæmia,

That deceased died of pulmonary consumption, That deceased met his death by asphyxia produced by strangulation....) That Pan Kwoon-loi died from hemorrhage resulting from injuries to spleen and left kidney caused by a bullet fired by one Sunt Singh,..... That Sunt Singh died from cerebral concussion resulting from injuries

caused by a bullet fired by himself,

Wilful murder by Leung Tat Tsoi, Leung Tat Ngan, Leung Tat

Wong, Leung Tat Yau, and Leung Shau Tsai,

Wilful murder by some person or persons unknown,

Wilful murder of P.C. 218 Lai Tak Shing committed by a man named

Lai Mit,

Total,.

:::

•

TABLE C.--RETURN OF BURIALS WITHOUT FORMAL ENQUIRIES DURING THE YEAR 1896.

Reason why no Formal Enquiry was held.

Found o Land.

Found in Harbour.

Total.

ascertainable.

Sex not

Chinese.

Europeans

and

Americans.]

Indians and Malays. Japanese.

Men. Women Boys. Girls. Men. Men.

Boy. Girl.

Man. Woman.

No suspicious circumstances, .. No evidence and/or decomposed

state of body,

80 11

7 106

Post Mortem satisfactory,

13-

Suspected persons were tried for the murder of deccased, Suspected persons were tried for causing the death of deceased,

Total,.......

212

35 148 .140 10

Magistracy, Hongkong, 18th January, 1897.

O:..

162

265

165

100

...

153

81 13

11935

589

150

255

145

Wu. C. H. HASTINGS,

Acting Police Magistrate.

221

No.

HONGKONG.

CALENDAR OF PROBATES, ETC. AND RETURN OF SUPREME COURT CASES FOR 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

No. 53.

viz.

REGISTRY SUPREME COURT, HONGKONG, 22nd March, 1897.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward to you herewith the following Returns for the year 1896,

1. Calendar of Probate and Administration granted by the Supreme Court during the

year 1896.

2. Return of Cases coming under the cognizance of the Court in its Original; Summary and Appellate Jurisdictions.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

J. W. NORTON KYSHE, Registrar.

The Honourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY,

&c.,

&c.

222

CALENDAR of PROBATE and ADMINISTRATION granted by the SUPREME Court of Hongkong during the Year 1896.

No.

Date of

Name of Testator or Intestate.

Time and Place of Death.

Grant.

Probate, Administration with the Will annexed, or Administration.

Value

Name and Description of the Executor or Administrator.

Sworn

under

1896. 1 Jan.

7 William Hall Jackson,

Plymouth, England,

22 Franz Schoenfeld,

25th May, 1895,

Foochow, 26th July, 1894,

Letters of Adm. with the Expl. of the Will annexed, Letters of Adm.,

22 Candido Antonio Ozorio,

Hongkong, 4th Dec., 1895,

Probate,

22 John Roberts Wilson,

At Sea, off Chenhai,

29 Lok Shing,

29 Charles Nielsen,

29 Frederic Albert Ott,

11th Aug., 1895,

Canton, 31st Nov., 1895,

At Sea,

26th Dec., 1895,

Shanghai, 24th Nov., 1895,

Letters of Adm. with the Expl. of the Will annexed, Letters of Adm.,

Do.,

George Cobban Anderson, Attorney for Olive Elizabeth Jackson, widow, the relict of the deceased, Johann Nicolaus Goosmann, Attorney for Linse Schoenfeld nee Krôbn, widow, the relict of the deceased................... Carlos Danenberg and Guilhermina Rou- malda Alves Ozorio, the Executor and Executrix respectively, Godfrey Cornewall Chester Master, At- torney for Louisa Wilson, widow, the relict of the deceased, Lam Tsing, widow, the relict of the

deceased,

4,300.00

4,500.00

2,000.00

1,000.00

500.00

Francis Arthur Hazeland, Acting Official

Administrator,

350.00

DO..

Alfred Bulmer Johnson, Attorney for

Louis Rudolph Burkhardt, the sole Administrator,

1,000.00

Ki.

Tsang Tai Wan,

10 Feb.

3 Louis Mendel,

29 Li Tsing Luk alias Li Lui | Shui ChingWan, Hongkong,

16th Mar., 1891, Swatow, 26th Nov., 1894,

Hongkong, 4th Nov., 1895,

Do.,

Probate,

Letters of Adm. with the Will annexed,

Chu Fook Kiu, widow, the relict of the

deceased,

Robert Lyman Richardson, the Executor,

1300.00 3,000.00

4 Cheang Seng Choo,

At Sea,

Julius Kramer and Max. Carl Johann Grote, Attorneys for Jacob Arnhold and Lorenz Poesnecker, the Executors, (the Letters of Administration grant- ed on the 30th November, 1895 to the Acting Official Administrator having been revoked),

30th Dec., 1895, | Letters of Adm., | Kam Un Po, the uncle of the deceased,

(the Letters of Administration grant- ed on the 22nd January, 1896 to the Official Administrator having been revoked),

Chan Wai Hing, the Executor,

10,800.00

7 Chan Chee,

.7 James Alexander Taylor,

Nam Hoi, China.

31st Jan., 1896, Edinburgh, 8th Mar., 1895,

Probate,

Letters of Adm. with the Expl. of the Will annexed, Probate,

Do.,

300.00 32,000.00

Victor Hobart Deacon, Attorney for John

Cooper, the Executor,

100.00.

William Gall Roberts and Robert Adam,

the Executors,

1,600.00 500.00

1,200.00

7 Charles Watts,

Lau Kam Tong,

11 Ong Kew Ho,

17 Frank Trowers,

24 Li Foong Kew,

24 Maria Rufina Brandão Go-

mes.

20 Mar. 16 | Edmundo José de Couto,

Shanghai, China,

6th Nov., 1895, Hongkong, 26th Jan., 1896, Singapore, 18th Feb., 1889,

Hongkong, 22nd Jan., 1896,

Hongkong, 5th Feb., 1896, Hongkong, 13th Dec., 1895,

Shanghai, 15th Jan., 1893,

Letters of Adm. with the Expl. of the Will annexed, Letters of Adm.,

Probate,

Letters of Adm.,

Lau Wan Kwong, the Executor,

William Henry Ray, Attorney for Beng

Hee Neo, the Executrix,..

Francis Arthur Hazeland, Acting Official

Admisnistrator,........

Tang Kit Shang, the Executor, Augusto Jose Gomes, the husband of the

deceased,

Count Bernardino de Senna Fernandes, Attorney for Maria de Couto de Senna Fernandes, the daughter of the deceased,

Do.,

400.00

Hongkong, 27th Nov., 1895.

Hongkong, 7th Feb., 1896, Hongkong, 23rd Feb., 1896,

Honam, Canton,

Probate,

DO.

Pun Hung otherwise Pun Sz Lin, the

Executor,

23,000.00

9,300.00

240.00

77,500.00

7,300,00

225

16 Poon Pong,

16 Wong Yung Ching,.......................

16 Joanna Genoveva do Rozario.

17 Chau U Fai,

24 Maria Antonia Botelho,...... Macao,

24 Jivandas Mulji,

31 Joaquim Victor de Jesus,

31 Lee Tak,

→

29 Apr. 15 Frederick Baptiste Aubert,.

17th Feb., 1896,

6th Mar., 1896,

Lanouli, Poona, India,

15th Apr., 1894,

Hongkong, 10th Feb., 1895,

Hongkong, 10th July, 1887,

Shanghai, 22nd Sept., 1895,

Shanghai, 6th Nov., 1894,

San-ning, China,

16th Aug., 1895, 4th Dec., 1895,

Letters of Adm.,

Letters of Adm. with the Will annexed, Probate,

Letters of Adm. with the Expl. of the Will annexed;

Letters of Adm.,

Do.,

Probate of the Will re-sealed, Letters of Adm. with the Expl. of the Will annexed.] Probate,

Letters of Adm. with the Will annexed,

15 Dewitt Clinton Jansen,

15 Li Tin Shat,

15 Henrique Caetano Victor de Shanghai,

Figueiredo.

15 Adrian Ivanovich Oborin,... Odessa,

15 Hormusjee Rustomjee Ko-Hongkong, 5th Mar., 1896,

tewall.

15th Dec., 1893, Letters of Adm.

with the Expl. of the Will annexed, Probate.

15 Cheang Kang,

At Sea,

Ho Moi Shi and Chan Ah Tong, the

Executors,

Vicente Alexandre de Paulo Collaço, the

nephew of the deceased,

| Li Shi, widow, the relict of the deceased,

Augusto Cezar Botelho, the Executor,

James Jardine Bell-Irving, Attorney for Devakaras Dharamsi, Kasandas Lakh- midas, Thaparsi Tokadas and Prenji Gokaldas, the Executors, Albina Roza de Jesus, widow, the relict

of the deceased,

Lee Wong Ngan, widow, the relict of

the deceased,.

Johnson, Stokes and Master, Solicitors

for the Executor, Alfred Bulmer Johnson, Attorney for Ellen McGroth Jansen, the Executrix,

Li Kum Yuen and Li Kum Chak, the

Executors,

Francisco d'Assis Gomes, Attorney for Euphrasia Josepha de Figueiredo, the Executrix,

Alfred Bulmer Johnson, substituted At- torney for Andrei Alexandrovich Kalankiewicz, the Exécutor, Cheang A Cheung, the Executrix,

11th Mar., 1896, Letters of Adm., Cheang Hu Shi, widow, the relict of the

deceased,

200.00

10,600.00

18,800.00

11,200.00

200.00

3,000.00

3,800.00

600.00

39,000.00

1,600.00

800.00 3,200.00

4,600.00

C ▼LENDAR of PROBATE and ADMINISTRATION,—Continued.

223

No.

Date of

Name of Testator or Intestate.

Time and Place of Death.

Grant.

Probate, Administration with the Will annexed, or Administration.

Value.

Name and Description of the Executor or Administrator,

Sworn

under

1896.

$ C.

36 Apr., 28

James Francis,.

37 May

Solomon David Sassoon,...

Bombay, India,

Do.,

18th Mar., 1894,

Hongkong, 20th Apr., 1896, Letters of Adm., | James William Norton Kyshe, Official

Administrator,

David Reuben Sassoon, Attorney for Flora Solomon Sassoon, widow, the relict.of the deceased,

200.00

233,500.00

Leung Tak Kin,

Pang Min Ting,

Jurgen Freidrich Raben,

...

Canton, China,

24th Jan., 1896, Canton, China,

30th Aug., 1895, Apenrade, Germany,

9th Feb., 1895,

6 Chan Ping,

6 Lee Chak, ...........................

9th Apr., 1896,

肝路

46 June 2❘ Sultan Khan,

11.

John Robinson White,

2❘ Leung Tai,

14 Christian Frederich Wil-

helm Petersen,

Ah How otherwise Ng Ah

How.

Sai Chiu, China,

Canton, China,

1st June, 1894,

Hongkong, 24th Apr., 1896, | Letters of Adm.,

Hongkong, 3rd Apr., 1896,

Macao, 1st Feb., 1896,

Hongkong, 29th Apr., 1896,

Honam, China,

Mary Petersen, widow, the relict of the

deceased,

Ng Lun, the brother of the deceased,

Walter Harry Wotton, one of the Exe-

cutors.....

Probate,

Do.,

Letters of Adm. with the Will and Codicil annexed, Probate,

Leung Shun, the Executor,

3,000.00

Fung Shi, the Executrix,

4,000.00

| Albert Welbelm Arthur Becker, Attorney for Marie Christine Raben, the Exe- cutrix,....

3,600.00

Do.,

Chan Kwai Cheong, the Executor........

Lee Pak Moo, the Executor,.....................

16,000.00

120,000.00

Do.,

Probate,

Letters of Adm.,

16,000.00 131.00

6,300.00

Do.,

2 Zelindo Maria Barradas,.............. Kobe, Japan,

2 Andrew Johnson,

2 William Porter Moore,

19 Percy Redgrave Wilson,

5th May, 1896,

10th Aug, 1895, San Francisco,

28th Mar., 1896, Hongkong, 18th May, 1896,

Hongkong, 24th Feb., 1896,

Do.,

Dalel Khan, the cousin of the deceased...

Leung Kan, the nephew of the deceased,

Jose Paulino Xavier, Clerk,

20.00

25.00

1,500.00

Do.,

Probate,

Letters of Adm.,

James William Norton Kyshe, the Official

Administrator,

9,000.00

Justiniana Maria Bishop, the Executrix,.

1,000.00

3 Tam Kam Woon,..

6 Galbraith Moffat,.

6 Josephina Maria de Carva-

lho.

19 Chan Chak alias Chen Chik At Sea,

alias Chan Chiu Lun.

Yu Cheuk Tong otherwise

Yu King Chung. Dadabhoy Sorabjee Fatta-

kia.

55 July 2 Joseph Cian Harmon,..

186

3 Herbert William Johnson,...

17th Sept., 1894,

Hongkong, 5th Feb., 1896,

Hongkong, 1st Apr., 1896,

East Acton, Middlesex,

England, 6th Feb., 1896, Hongkong, 24th June, 1896,

Hongkong, 10th Apr., 1896,

Hongkong, 14th June, 1896,

Hongkong, 8th Aug., 1891,

Do.,

Probate,

Do.,

Probate

of Will re-sealed, | Letters of Adm.,

Letters of Adm.,

Do.,

Duncan Clark and Charles Grant, Attor- neys for Samuel Redgrave Wilson, the father of the deceased (the Letters of Administration granted on 24th March, 1896 to the Official Adminis- trator having been revoked),..................... Chan Chau Shi, widow, the relict of the

deceased, Yu Tak and Yu Pan Nam, the Executors,

Sorabjee Behramjee Bhabha and Rutton-

jee Cursedjee Vania, the Executors,....... Janet Harmon, the Executrix,..

James William Norton Kyshe, the Official

Administrator,

6,500.00

600.00 12,000.00

Nil. 35,297.42

500.00

Tam Kam Sun, the cousin of the deceased,

750.00

Do..

Elizabeth Francis Moffat, widow, the

relict of the deceased, Januario Antonio de Carvalho, the father

300.00

6 Catharino Manuel do Roza-

Hongkong, 5th June, 1896,

Do.,

rio.

10 William Samuel,

Hongkong, 24th June, 1896,

Do.,

of the deceased,......... Florinda Maria Spencer do Rozario,

widow, the relict of the deceased,................ James William Norton Kyshe, the Official

Administrator,

20.00

1,200.00

250.00

28 Nicholas Nolan,

警惕

63 Aug. 10

Samuel Thomas Moore,

Chan Man Kai,

Hongkong, 4th July, 1896,

Hongkong, 22nd July, 1896,

Kwong Tung, China,

DO.,

Margaret Nolan, widow, the relict of the

deceased,

1,200.00

Probate,

Martha Matilda Moore, the Executrix,

1,000.00

Do.,

Chung Ching Nam, the Executor,

3,000.00

Cheung Ah Tak alias Cheung Kwai Sin, China,

Fuk Cheung,

Ng Yu Tin,

21st Apr., 1896,

9th June, 1896, Hongkong, 16th Jan., 1896,

Do.,

Wong Ah Kee, the Executrix,.

•

1,400.00

Do.,

Ng Yew Chow, the Executor,

2,000.00

10 Hsu Fü Yuen,

10 Akid Robert Isaac Kew,...... Hongkong, 17th May, 1896,

10 Hung Kiu,

10 Lam Yat,

11 William Mulholland,

21 Lai Hing,

TDC..

12 Maria Francisca Cameron,...

27 Bernard John Keaney,

76 Sept. 10

Chan King Tong alias Chan Keung alias Chan Kiu, William Henderson Mac-

Kenzie.

10 John Stewart,

Soochow, China,

11th Aug., 1895,

At Sea, 13th Nov., 1895, Pun U, China.

26th May, 1896, Middlesex, England,

17th Mar., 1896, Hongkong, 24th July, 1896,

Hongkong, 21st Oct., 1890,

Hongkong, 19th July, 1896,

Sun Ui, Kwong Tung,

Letters of Adm. with the Will annexed, Letters of Adm.,

Expl. of the Will re-sealed, Letters of Adm.,

Do.,

Probate, China, 2nd Apr., 1896, Ramsgate, England, Letters of Adm.

27th Sept., 1895, with the Will

annexed, Hongkong, 21st July, 1896, | Letters of Adm.,

Alfred Bulmer Johnson, Attorney for

Hsü Pao Ho, the sole Executor,

William Kew, the father of the deceased,

3,600.00

135.00

Do., Do.,

Lam Yeung, the mother of the deceased, Siu Wan. widow, the relict of the de-

370.00

ccased,

20.00

William Henry Ray, the Attorney of the

Executor,

49,900.00

James William Norton Kyshe, the Official

Administrator,

4,000.00

Lau Asin, widow, the relict of the de-

ceased,

150.00

James William Norton Kyshe, the Official

Administrator,

50.00

Chan Un Sz, the Executor,

20,000.00

John Hughes Lewis, Attorney for Emma Eavelyn MacKenzie aud Andrew Vans. Watson, the Executors, James William Norton Kyshe, the Official

Administrator,

124,000.00

1,500.00

224

CALENDAR of PROBATE and ADMINISTRATION,—Continued.

Date No. of

Grant.

Name of Testator or

Intestate.

Time and Place of Death.

Probate, Administration with the Will annexed, or Administration.

Value

Name and Description of the Executor or Administrator.

Sworn

under

1896.

78 Sept. 10 Ng Wai alias Ng Kang Heungshan, China,

Probate,

Yeung Siu Po, Ng Chan Pang and Lo

Tong.

29th June, 1896,

Liu, the Executors and Executrix respectively,

7,000.00

10 James Joseph Enslie,

Hiogo, Japan,

14th June, 1896,

Probate of the Expl. of the Will.

Harold Catmar Brushfield, the Executor,. 24,200.00

∞∞ 8

Ho Chiu Kau,

Catherine Afah,

82 Oct.

7 David William Jones,....

Hongkong, 5th June, 1896, | Hongkong, 3rd Sept., 1896,

Dumfries, Scotland,

21st Jan., 1896,

Do.,

83 Nov.

2 George Frank Graham,

3 John Ham,

Harriki,

3 Leong Ho.....

.89

7 Oscar Wilhelm Wieler,

3 John Heinrich Northmann,. 3 Chan Wai....................

13 George Kenrick Moore,

St. Dogmedls near Cardigan, Wales, 12th Apr., 1896,

Hongkong, 11th Oct., 1896,

Hongkong, 8th May, 1896, At Sea, 5th Sept., 1896, Hongkong, 27th Sept., 1896, Hongkong, 8th Oct., 1896, Hamburg, 25th Aug., 1895,

Letters of Adm. with the Will annexed,

Do.,

Letters of Adm.,

Letters of Adm., | Ho Ko How, son of the deceased,

Kenneth MacKenzie Ross, Attorney for John Alfred Jones, William Alexan- der Dinwiddie, William Dobie and Robert Stoba, the Executors,........ Alfred Bulmer Johnson, Attorney for Mary Ann Hodges Graham, widow, the relict of the deceased, James William Norton Kyshe, the Official

Administrator,

1,000.00

James William Norton Kyshe, the Official

Administrator,

1,200.00

3,750.00

10,400.00

Do.,

200.00 20.00

Do..

Do.,

1,000,00

Do.,

2,500.00

Do., Probate,

Poon Man, mother of the deceased,...... Gustav Adolph Wieler, one of the Exe.

100,00

cutors,

4,850.00

Hongkong, 20th Oct., 1896,

Do.,

Lucy Harriet Moore, widow, the relict

16 Filomena Joanna Xavier,

Hongkong, 10th Oct., 1896,

DO..

of the deceased,.....

Augusto Cezar Botelho, the Executor,

16 | U Chün alias U Sam Woo, . Kwong Tung, China,

Do.,

U Chiu alias U Man Woo, the Executor,.

Nil. 2,500.00 2,600.00

7th July, 1896,

Chan Hung alias Chan Ho

Hung.

Tsang Shi nee Sz Koo,.....

Lo Hee Lune,

Hongkong, 1st Oct., 1896, Kwong Tung; China,

16 Li Hok alias Li Hoi,

27th July, 1896, Yau-ma-ti, British Kowloon, 15th July, 1894,

16 Pedro Aranas,.

28 John Hinchcliff,

Mergin, Rangoon,

Strathfield near Sydney,

16th May, 1895,

28 Yum Yune,

21st June, 1894,

100 Dec.

9 Roger Martin,

Do.,

101

14 John Mathieson, Junior,

....

7th Feb., 1896,

102

Simon James Shelley,

103

Chau Sz Fuk,

104

22 Luk Tsun Ting,

105

22 Choy Chew,

106

22 Yung Yat Wa,..

Hongkong, 15th Dec., 1896,

Aberdeen, Hongkong,

14th Oct., 1895, Samshui, China,

20th June, 1896, Hongkong, 11th Nov., 1896,

Foochow, China,

Letters of Adm. with the Expl. of the Will annexed, Letters of Adm.,

| Hongkong, 4th Mar., 1895, | Letters of Adm., | Mok Man Cheong, Attorney for Chau Ng

30th July, 1895,

Hok Shan, China,

Hongkong, 2nd Oct., 1896,

Banff, Scotland,

Probate, Do.,

Letters of Adm.,

Do,,

Probate of Will re-sealed, Probate.

Shi, widow, the relict of the de-

ceased,

800.00

Leung Pang Sam, the Executor,

600.00

Yuen Man Choy, the Executor,

500.00

| Li Yuk, brother of the deceased,

55.00

Antonio Leon, the uncle of the deceased,.

200.00

Johnson, Stokes and Master, Solicitors

for the Executor,

1,300,00

Lu Shi, widow, the relict of the de-

ceased,

1,500.00

Norman MacDonald and Victor Hobart

Deacon, the Executors,

'166,500.00

Godfrey Cornewall Chester Master, At-

torney for Alexander Leslie and James Primrose, the Executors... Caroline Shelley, widow, the relict of

the deceased,..

4,600.00

1,300.00

Do.,

Ip Yuk, widow, the relict of the de-

ceased,

60.00

Do.,

Luk Fung Shi, widow, the relict of the

deceased,

7,500.00

Do.,

Choy Tai Shi, widow, the relict of the

deceased,

5,000.00

Probate.

Yung Wan, the Executor..

4,800.00

23rd Nov., 1894,

J. W. NORTON KYSHE,

Registrar.

Registry Supreme Court, Hongkong, 22nd March, 1897.

1896.

CASES TRIED.

JUDGMENT.

Settled

No. of

Depend- Cases

Jurisdiction.

ency in 1895.

Total.

Debt

and Damages.

Withdrawn

before

1896.

Trial.

Plaintiff.

Defendant.

Non-Suit.

Struck out, Dismissed and Lapsed Writs.

In Dependency.

Debt and

Damages recovered.

$ C.

Original,

114 315,416.94

· 6

110,302.86

Summary,

1,733

1,763 186,398.04 898

601

156

84,264.45

No. of Cases.

APPEALS COMMENCED.

Judgment.

1896.

APPEALS.

Appellant. Respondent. Pending.

APPEALS TRIED.

225

Judgment.

No. of Cases.

Appellant. Respondent.

Pending.

}

Registry Supreme Court, Hongkong, 22nd March, 1897.

J. W. NORTON Kyshe, Registrar.

HONGKONG, No. 70.

Governor

227

No. 15

HONGKONG.

SECRETARY OF STATE'S DESPATCH RESPECTING DEFENCE

WORKS AT HONGKONG.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

Secretary of State to Governor.

DOWNING STREET,

30th March, 1897.

SIR,

I have the honour to inform you that since the construction of the Defence Works at Hongkong, it has been found necessary at all stations to provide a more efficient defence against torpedo craft, and it is now proposed to make the neces- sary change of armament.

2. The estimated cost of such armament, including guns, mountings, &c., is £28,500; and the total estimated cost of the necessary works in connection with the new armament is £8,230; this amount being made up as follows:-

Emplacements, &c., at Stone-cutters' £1,900, Emplacements at Belcher's

Point £4,000, Platforms, Magazines, &c., at Lyemun £1,500, and Storage for six Machine Guns for general defence £830.

3. Following the precedent in regard to the cost of the existing Works and Armament, Her Majesty's Government propose that the cost of this new armament shall be borne by the Imperial Government, and the cost of the works by the Colonial Government; and I trust that the Legislative Council will agree that this is a fair and reasonable arrangement.

4. The expenditure might be spread over two years, about £4,000 being pro- vided before 31st March, 1898, and the remainder before 31st March, 1899. I am assured by the Secretary of State for War that the possibility of utilising the existing works as much as practicable will be carefully considered and that every endeavour will be made to keep down the cost of the works.

5. I have to add that there are various new services of the nature of Barracks or for the completion of existing defences, which will have to be executed at Hongkong; but as these were not included in the Barrack Scheme already entered into with the Colonial Government, it is not now proposed to make

any claim upon the Colony in respect of these services, which will, it is estimated, cost some £11,500.

Sir W. ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.,

&6.,

&c.,

sc.

I have, &c.,

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

No 11.

117

No. 97

HONGKONG.

REPORT OF THE HEAD MASTER OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE FOR 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

QUEEN'S COLLEGE,

19th January, 1897.

SIR, I have the honour to forward the Annual Report on Queen's College for the year 1896,

1. The total number on the Roll was 988. In 1895 the attendances had to a great extent recovered from the depletion of 1894; but in 1896, instead of a continuance of this improvement, there was a relapse partly due to the recurrence of Bubonic Plague. There was however no evidence of panic, such as was manifest in 1894, the absence of several boys being attributable to the removal of families from the colony to escape sanitary precautions, not from fear of the Plague itself, as was reported early in the year to the Inspector of Schools by several School Managers. The admissions and re-admissions were in each quarter of the year quite up to the average; which would be incon- sistent with the idea that Chinese had in 1896 the same fear of Hongkong as a plague centre that they had in 1894.

2. The falling-off ($3,000) in Revenue from Fees is quite out of proportion to the diminution in attendance referred to above, and is largely attributable to the reduction of the Second and Third Classes by one half, through causes not under my control. It will take two or three years for the attendances in the Upper School, where the Fees are highest, to attain their former figure. An economy of $350 was effected by closing two classrooms and dispensing with the services of a Tem- porary Assistant and two Monitors.

3. On the recommendation of the Governing Body, the Section known as Chinese School, (i.e. the classes in which for 36 years Chinese boys were taught to compose in their native language, and to read and understand their native literature) was abolished. By the removal of these ten hours a week devoted to the study of Chinese by the Lower and Preparatory Schools, an increase of three hours a week for the acquisition of English was obtained for the Second and Third Classes and Lower School. It was not possible to increase the hours in the First Class, where with Special Classes, 31 hours a week were already assigned to English, and where the scholars for eight years had been exempt from Chinese studies. It should not be forgotten that the adoption of this course was formally recommended by the Inspector of Schools in 1887, and mooted by him even earlier.

-W

4. To meet the difficulty of ignorance of their native language on the part of Chinese boys, the Governing Body proposed an Entrance Examination; but after a short experience, the manifest tendency to debar admissions altogether, led to the removal of this restriction.

5. From the balance of the salaries of the Native Teachers in Chinese School, after the payment to them of pensions, the Governing Body approved and recommended the increased scale of salaries for Native Assistants in English School, the importance of which has been urged in my Reports for some years. A new post of Clerk was created, to which Mr. U. HANG-KAM, A. A. was appointed; the duties of clerk having previously been discharged by the First and Second Chinese Assistants upon whose time it was found to make too great a demand.

6. A lecture on Education in Burma, delivered before the Rangoon Teachers' Association last spring, by a Chinese gentleman, Assistant Secretary to the Chief Commissioner, shows that the educa tional problems that are engaging attention in Hongkong, are not unknown elsewhere. His words are:-

"The constitution of the Educational Department in Burma dates only from 1866. "One generation has passed away, and literary culture does not appear to be prized among "the natives of Burma, beyond the walls of the school or college. Further the students, "who are supposed to know English, and who have passed high University examinations แ are unable either to speak or write fairly well in that language."

118

7. It cannot be said in Hongkong, that English studies are neglected by students after leaving Queen's College; there is abundant evidence that they aim at progressive self-improvement. Nor must we forget the little colony of our boys in the Northern Universities, as well as those scattered over the area from Japan down the coast of China and Tonquin, even to Singapore, and beyond to Penang. A large proportion of these speak and write in the English language admirably, and several of them are anxious to assist their fellow-countrymen in the acquisition of Western ideas; they there- fore write for the most part in Chinese, and but little is known of their unostentatious labour. Mr. LUK, our Second Chinese Assistant, is engaged in bringing out a Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged, of his bilingual English Grammar; and Mr. WAN, our late Fourth Chinese Assistant published a Chinese Translation of Outlines of English History. Several works too have appeared, due to the industry of our old scholars; a book on Insurance and two on European and Chinese Civili- sation compared, by Mr. CHAN HE-WAN; and last year Messrs. Lo SING-LAU and MOK LAI-CHI have independently published little books on English Conversation with Chinese equivalents.

8. While on the subject of publishing, it may not be amiss to add that within the last three years, six little books for the use of this college have been printed (as they are for private circulation, the word published is hardly appropriate) at the expense of the Government. One of these is Notes on the Geography of the Chinese Empire, a very useful book by Mr. DEALY, Senior Assistant Master; the remaining five are Translations of Chinese books in use in various classes, made long ago by different masters, but suffering from the effects of tradition and transcription, on which account they were finally revised by myself. Considerable saving of time, hitherto employed in copying from the Blackboard is thus effected, to say nothing of the prevention of many careless errors in taking down handwriting.

9. His Excellency the Governor, at the Prize Distribution last February, offered two prizes of $50 and $25 respectively to the Chinese boys of this Institution, who should write the best and second-best Essays on the Progress of the British Empire during the last Fifty Years. Seven boys competed last November, and the Governing Body, who acted as judges, reported Li Ur and SIN CHEUNG, as writers of the two best essays. His Excellency accordingly presented them with the

amounts.

10. Mr. JONES has been on leave throughout the year. Mr. JAMESON and Mr. WOODCOCK went on leave in April, the latter on completion of six years' service. Messrs. BARCLAY and COURTNEY have been Acting Assistant Masters since April and June respectively. Mr. FUNG KI-CHEUK A. A. one of our cleverest Junior Chinese Assistants, resigned in April, on getting employment as Assistant Compradore.

11. Our boys paid 33 fees for the Oxford Local Examinations, but only 24 presented themselves, equally divided among Seniors, Juniors and Preliminary. Of these 11 or 46% passed; exactly one half of the Seniors and the same proportion of the Preliminary passed; which may be viewed as satis- factory, being the average of former years. The Mark Good, which is next to Distinction was awarded as follows, to 9 boys for Arithmetic, 1 for History, 1 for Shakespeare, 3 for Robinson Crusoe, 3 for Geography and 1 for Acts.

12. Acting under instructions from the Governing Body, I conducted the Annual Examination. Pursuing the practice of former years, I took 100 marks as the maximum in every subject; less than 50 obtained was reckoned a failure in any subject; for a class pass, a boy had to pass in half the subjects offered i.e. in the Upper School, passes in 7 subjects, in 5 in the Lower School, and in 3 in the Pre- paratory, were required; which is sufficiently severe. The general result of the examination is far above the average; in fact, I should have been justified in characterising it as a phenomenal success, had it not been for extreme weakness in Class 1 B. and the two lowest non-Chinese sections. The total number examined was 517 boys, of whom 469 or 90% passed, represented as follows in the three main Sections:

Total number examined.

1896

Percentage passed.

1894

1896

1894

Upper School.......... 114.

217

Lower School..........209

201

Preparatory............194

169

The whole staff deserves great credit for steady and careful teaching of which there is ample evidence, even in those cases referred to above where the percentages are low. In by far the majority of papers, there was none of the drudgery attendant upon the correction of ill-digested and badly written answers. 13. "The usual Tables of the number of boys examined and passed in each subject, and of percent- of passes are here subjoined.

ages

CLASS.

TABLE I.-NUMBER OF BOYS PASSED IN EACH SUBJECT, 1896,

*119

Total No. Examined.

Total No. Passed.

Colloquial.

Reading.

Arithmetic.

Dictation.

English to Chinese.

Chinese to English.

Grammar.

Geography.

Map-Drawing.

Composition.

History.

Algebra.

Euclid.

General Intelligence.

Book-keeping.

French.

Shorthand.

Shakespeare.

IA.,

IB., II., IIIA.,

8 8

14 10

11 14 8

if co

8 6

10 10

10 5

29 26 19

29 18

∞ ∞ 10 00

10 9

619

22 25 24

IIIB.,

10 19

10 20

N. 1,

N. 2,

...

N. 3,

N. 4,

9 5

2222 I

IVA.,

IVB.,

VA., V.B.,

•

VIA., VIB., VIC.,

VIIA.,

VIIB.,..........

VIIC.........

VIIIA.,

VIIIB.,

VIIIC.,

**G**********

39 36

34 28

31 23

28 27

40 33 25

26 21

222

34 36

26.

20 24

23 18 23

22 20

23 15 25

21 20

23 21 11

14 17

19 15

27 24

23 21

161000202:::

706

212

6 6

9 5 5

21 20

20 16 17

4 1

යත

45 10

•

లు రా

***

5 3 4 5

...

***

...

***

...

•

***

...

***

•

***

48 45

48 34 38

35 43 45

...

30 27

Total,...... 517 469 195 502 349 407 362 402 344 223 157 214

222285

225

28 21 22 15 26 24 27 16 21 14 27 27

29 31 17 26

22 23

...

288

:::

...

8828

30 23

***

...

•

...

65 49

23 14

19 9

Examined in each Subject; } 296 517517 | 517 | 450 | 450 | 443 | 323|209|248|114│105

85 45 42

Do.

do., (1894),... 418 587 587 587 541 541 485 418 201 | 364 210 210 | 186 | 110 | 60

TABLE II-PERCENTAGE OF PASSES IN EACH SUBJECT, 1896.

***

233

......

23 100 78 100 78 25 92 60 100 23 91 48 96 61

100 89 89 100 71 79

78 95 94

88 66 69 56 96 75 93 55 72 52 100

91 91 97 63 96

100, 100 96 96 100

100 90 87

68 79

99 57 72

97 86

6 67 83 100

IB.,...

II.,

IIIA.,

50 100 70

IIIB.,

N. 1,

67100

33 67

N. 2,

N. 3,

11 45 55 100

9 100

29 43 27 18

N. 4,

IVA.,

IVB., VA.,

9 56 44 100 39 91 62 100 32 97 72 100 40 83 63 90

...

74 92 90

72 82

66 91

84 81 75 88

...

53 50

60 93

87100

87 96

83 100

VB.,

VIA.,

86 100

96 84

70100

91 83

VIB.,

VIC.,

27 100

85100

96 85 78

...

VIIA.,

48 94

...

VIIB........

32 81

VIIC........ VIIIA.,

29 93 32 100

VIIIB., VIIIC.,

23100 30 100

1896,.......

517 90

1894,.

587

8888

888

8185

888

6852 2

...

71 79 100 57 10100

0 79

36 79 7

90 100

50 90

70 100 90 70

...

CLASS.

Total No. Examined.

Total Percentage Passed.

Colloquial.

Reading.

Arithmetic.

Chinese to English. Dictation. EN English to Chinese.

87 92

! ! ! ! បន គឺ៖គឺ

Writing?

8 | 100 | 100 | 100 14

75 63 100 100 100 63

29 90 66 100 62 79 85 82 86 83 20 95 50 95 75

7 71 100 100 86

...

100 75

88 75 75 50

7 71 64 21'36

100 90 60

83 69

55 80 85 100

90 50 50

67 17 33 100 7157

82 55

14 14 43

18 18

...

83 50 67

Grammar.

Geography.

Map-Drawing.

Composition.

94 100 97

...

81 90

78 69 75

86 58

60 51 76

84 50

69 52 36 60

...

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀≈ELANON: Algebra.

AğION

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 882

Euclid.

General Intelligence.

2 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Book-keeping.

62 58 51 33 58 76 26

8888888

...

....

...

100

57 71 0 56

...

French.

Shorthand.

¦ ¦ 62¦⠀⠀ Shakespeare.

...

120

14. Remarks on Individual Subjects-

Reading.-Generally careful, and very good. I must still complain of want of imitation in intonation, without which Reading is merely perfunctory, and loses the opportunity of being an aid to acquiring conversational power in a foreign language.

Colloquial.-Very good in the Upper School with the exception of the two lowest sections of the non-Chinese classes. Good in the Lower School.

Dictation. With the exception of I.B, who utterly failed, very marked improvement, chiefly due to more drill in spelling exercises, which is much needed, as Chinese beside confusing vowel-sounds," are perplexed with double final consonants.

Composition.-Deserves high praise. Boys in the Upper School require however to utilise laws of Syntax and principles of Analysis in finally correcting their own sentences.

Grammar.-Here all the non-Chinese sections were lamentably poor, otherwise the work is of a far higher order of merit than usual.

History.-Two

Two classes marred what would otherwise have been an excellent record. In Classes I.A and N. 1, I could not refuse full marks to two boys.

Geography.-Generally good, a decided improvement on 1894.

Map Drawing. This is a test from memory in the Lower School. The result is quite up' to the average, several maps being marvels of re-production. In the Upper School, the drawing of a map forms one of the questions in Geography, but as the portion selected is uncertain the test is severer and but few boys satisfy it.

Translation into Chinese.-Lower percentage than 1894.

Translation from Chinese.-This is chiefly mechanical, being memoriter work. Where boys attempt independent translation, they are seldom successful, as their ignorance of Chinese leads them to guess-work.

General Intelligence.-Considerable improvement in the highest classes.

Arithmetic.-Good, but comparing the work of the year with the results of the examination, the effect produced is disappointing.

Algebra.-Good; but exceedingly poor in non-Chinese sections.

Euclid.-Excellent in II.A; Very good in I.A and III.A; Good in I.B; Bad in the three non- Chinese sections.

Book-Keeping.-Taught by Messrs. BARLOW and BARCLAY, is good; the work of several boys being excellent. Some non-Chinese boys tried this year, but though none of them passed, they showed fair acquaintance with the principles.

French.-Introduced as a substitute for Latin in non-Chinese sections cannot be expected to have attained a high standard in so short a time.

Short-Hand.-Non-Chinese boys in all four sections passed a very creditable test, restricted at present to transcription.

Shakespeare.-Very good in I.A and N. 1, Total collapse in I.B and N. 2.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient servant,

The Honourable

J. H. STEWART Lockhart,

Colonial Secretary.

GEO. H. BATESON WRIGHT, D. D. Oxon, Head Master.

1896.

QUEEN'S COLLEGE.

121

Month.

Number of Scholars.

Number

Number of

Average

Attendances.

School Days.

Daily Attendance.

Remarks.

January,

576

12,977

519

February,

489

2,290

458

March,

677

12,099

576

April,

601

8,409

17.

495

May,

558

10,587

460

June,

558

12,481

499

July,

554

11,311

514

August,

516

1,506

502

September,

618

11,099

555

October,

606

......

14,280

549

November,

588

13,400

536

December,

561

12,001

522

Total,............

122,440

235

Total Number of ATTENDANCES during 1896,

Number of SCHOOL DAYS during 1896, .

Average DAILY ATTENDANCE during 1896,

Total Number of SCHOLARS at this School during 1896,

.122,440

235

521

988

GEO. H. BATESON WRIGHT, D.D., Oxon, Head Master.

AVERAGE EXPENSE of each SCHOLAR at Queen's College during 1896.

Expenditure,-

Cash Book,

Do., Exchange Compensation,.

Crown Agents,

Do.,

Adjustment of Exchange,

Deduct,-

School Fees,

Sale of Books,

.$27,747.70

3,085.08

3,734.48

2,924.39

$37,491.65

.$9,948.00 2.50

$ 9,950.50

Total Expense of the College,.....

Average Expense of each Scholar per Number on Roll,

Do.

do.

per Average Daily Attendance,

.$27,541.15

.$27.87 52.86

GEO. H. BATESON WRIGHT, D.D., Oxon,

Head Master.

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HONGKONG.

THE EDUCATIONAL REPORT FOR 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor,

No. 97

No. 24.

EDUCATION Department,

HONGKONG, 13th April, 1897.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward to you the Annual Report on Education for the

year 1896.

2. GENERAL EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS.-The total number. of Educational Institutions of all descriptions, known to have been at work in the Colony of Hongkong during the year 1896, amounts to 215 Schools with an enrolment of 9,686 scholars. More than one half of these, viz. 5,178 scholars attended 101 Grant-in-Aid Schools under the supervision of this Department; 2,462 scholars attended 17 Government Schools; 1,625 scholars were under instruction in 89 Kaifong Schools, and 421 scholars in 8 unclassed public or private Schools. As regards the nationality of the above scholars, exact statistics cannot be given, but I may say that of the 9,686 scholars who attended local Schools in the year 1896, about 6,872 scholars were Chinese and 2,814 non-Chinese. Compared with the enrolment of the preceding year (236 Schools with 10,876 scholars), these figures show a decrease, caused by the renewed outbreak of plague during the first few months of the year 1896, and amounting to 21 Schools with 1,190 scholars. This decrease in school attendance occurred principally in the previously overcrowded central part of the city (Chungwán District) where the Grant-in-Aid Schools alone lost, in the year 1896, as many as 860 scholars, and in the villages where the attendance was reduced by 386 scholars. On the other hand the districts chiefly affected by the previous outbreak of plague in 1894, shewed in 1896 a marked increase of attendance which partially balanced the losses which the attendance suffered in other districts.

3. DECENNIAL STATISTICS OF SCHOOLS UNDER THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.-The total number of Schools subject to supervision and examination on the part of the Education Department (exclusive of Queen's College and the Police School) amounted in the year 1896 to 116 Schools, as compared with 90 Schools in the year 1886, and 41 Schools in the year 1876. The total number of Scholars enrolled in this same class of Schools during the year 1896 amounted to 6,313 scholars, as compared with 5,844 scholars in 1886, and 2,922 scholars in 1876. It will thus be seen that, while the number of Schools and scholars was actually doubled during the ten years from 1876 to 1886, there has been, during the last ten years an increase of indeed 26 Schools but of 469 scholars only. This abnormal proportion explains itself partly by the withdrawal from the Education Department of 1 School (Queen's College) which at the time figured in these returns with 1,012 scholars, and by the effects of the plague on the returns of the years 1894 and 1896, which reduced the attendance in all Chinese Schools very materially, while it but slightly diminished the number of Schools at work during the

last decade.

4. TRIENNIAL STATISTICS OF SCHOOLS UNDER THE EDUCATION DEPATMENT.-For the reasons mentioned in the preceding paragraph the number of scholars attending Schools under the Education Department has sensibly diminished during the last three years, the annual decrease amounting to 1,360 scholars in 1894, 454 scholars in 1895, and 479 scholars in 1896.

5. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS OF SCHOOLS UNDER THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WITH REFERENCE TO SCHOOL FEES.-Of the whole number (6,313) of scholars who attended, during the year 1896, the 116 Schools under the supervision of the Education Department, there were about 82 per cent. (5,178 scholars) enrolled in 101 Grant-in-Aid Schools receiving a Christian education whilst about 18 per cent. or 1,135 scholars attended 15 Government Schools receiving a secular education. Both the Grant-in-Aid Schools and the Government Schools offer purely Chinese instruction free of all charge, and the mass of the population desire no other than Chinese education. It is only in the case of Schools giving a European education (in English or Portuguese) that 12 Grant-in-Aid Schools and one of the Government Schools under the Education Department charge school fees, varying from half a dollar, to three dollars a month. An absolutely free European education is offered in the English language by 8 Grant-in-Aid Schools, and by 5 Government Schools, in the Portuguese language by 3 Grant-in-Aid Schools, and in the Chinese language by 3 Grant-in-Aid Schools. It may be of interest to note, with regard to the whole number of scholars who attended, in the year 1896, schools of any description in the Colony, 5,535 scholars received a Chinese education free of charge, 1,639 scholars received a European education free of charge,, and 2,512 scholars paid fees for a European education. In other words, as many as 74 per cent. of all the scholars (9,686) under instruction in local Schools, in the year 1896, received their education free of charge.

6. ATTENDANCE IN SCHOOLS UNDER THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.-At the beginning of the year 1896, when the Schools were reopened after the Chinese new-year holidays, they commenced

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filling so rapidly that it seemed as if the disastrous effects of the outbreak of plague in 1894 were about to be wiped out entirely, but within a few weeks the movement suddenly stopped and numbers of Chinese Schools were left almost empty owing to a sudden recurrence of the epidemic in some parts of the Colony. The average attendance, instead of increasing beyond that of 1895, which stood at 4,689 scholars, fell to 4,005 scholars. The proportion of average daily attendance to enrolment which in 1893 equalled 78.19 per cent., and which, after falling to 61.41 per cent. in 1894, had again risen in 1895 to 76.95 per cent., fell accordingly in 1896 to 74:48 per cent. instead of yielding, as in the ordinary course it would have done, a considerable increase.

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7. LOCAL DISTRIBUTION OF SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS IN THE COLONY.-The terms "secular" and "religious" have to be applied to local Schools in a peculiar sense, which requires a few words of explanation. Nearly all the Grant-in-Aid Schools are virtually "religious" Schools in the ordinary sense of the word, but under the Grant-in-Aid Code, which deliberately and wisely ignores the question of religion altogether, the Government aids these Voluntary Schools exclusively on the basis of the results obtained "in the subjects of the standards" (reading, dictation, composition, history, mathematics, natural science etc.), and leaves these Schools absolutely free to teach as much or as little as they please of any religion whatsoever. The Institutions which in this Colony are denominated “secular" Schools are the Government Schools, established, maintained and controlled exclusively by the Government apart from any question of payment by result, and the Kaifong Schools, maintained by Chinese Associations which decline to receive any aid from Government in order to be absolutely free from any European interference. Now these Schools are not altogether secular, because these so called secular Schools inculcate the principles of Confucianism, Tauism and Buddhism in teaching the Chinese standard school books and the one Government School which has lately ceased giving a Chinese education, teaches in certain classes, preparing for the Oxford Local Examinations, portions of the Christian Scriptures. Nevertheless all the Government Schools as well as the Kaifong Schools are secular in this sense that they do not make it their aim to inculcate the principles of Christianity. They are secular so far as they are non-Christian, and aim rather at the propagation of morality than of religion ordinarily so called. Taking, however, the distinction of religious and secular School in the sense in which these terms are locally applied, it is interesting to note that, with the exception of the comparatively unsettled districts of Kennedy Town and Shek-tong-tsui (at the extreme West end of the town) every district of the Colony that has any Schools at all, has a sufficient proportion of both secular and religious Schools to answer the varied demands of the people. The subjoined Table exhibits this aspect of local school accommodation with sufficient clearness and requires no further explanation. I may add, however, this Table, apart from illustrating the topographical distribution of secular and religious Schools, also illustrates the fact that the mass of the native population, although they are devout Confucianists, Tauists or Buddhists, have as a rule, no objection to send their children to the religious Grant-in-Aid schools in spite of their decidedly Christian character. It will be noticed that the religious Grant-in-Aid Schools have a larger attendance than the secular Government and Kaifong Schools put together, and the reason is simply that the Grant-in-Aid Schools, being worked on the principle of payment by results, are impelled by self interest to maintain a higher rate of efficiency and that the latter aspect outweighs with Chinese parents all other considerations.

Table shewing the Local Distribution of Secular and Religious Schools in 1896.

Districts

exclusive of Peak District.

Govern-

Kaifong.

Grant- in-

Private. Private.

Total.

ment.

Grand Total.

Aid.

Secular Schools.

Scholars.

Secular Schools.

Scholars.

Religious Schools.

Scholars.

Secular Schools.

Scholars.

Religious Schools.

Scholars.

Secular Schools.

Scholars.

Religious Schools.

Scholars.

Schools.

Scholars.

of all.

Descriptions.

Schools

1. & II. Kennedy Town and Shek-

tongtsui,

III. Saiyingpun,

IV. & V. Taipingshan & Sheungwán,. VI. Chungwán,

VII. & VIII. Hawán and Wantsai,

IX. & X. Bowrington & Sookonpou,... XI. Villages of Hongkong,

XII. Villages & Settlement of British

Kowloon,

7 222

191 12 204 15 835

41,705

2:424E

18 350 16 978 1 37 32 559 22 1,580|

237 10 228) 12 489

1 67 2 39 3 142

7 199 7110 10| 367

1 63 8. 135 16 565

Totals,..

1 17

8 239 8 239 14 395 15 835 29 1,230 19 387 16 978 35 1,365 4136 36 2,264 26 1,716 62 3,980

2231 12 465 14 720 26 1,185

3 106 3 142 6 248 14 309 10 367 24

676

9 198

16 565 25

768

17 2,462 89 1,625 101 5,178

1 37 7384 1074,124 108 5,562 215 9,686.

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8. EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURE OF THE GOVERNMENT.-The sum total of disbursements made by the Government for educational purposes during the year 1896 ($76,501 as compared with $73,775

Years.

309 in the year 1895) amounted, after deducting school fees and educational refunds paid into the Treasury ($10,443.00 as compared with $13,635.00 in 1895) to $66,158.76 as compared with $60,140.24 in 1895. The details of educational expenditure incurred in the year 1896 are as follow:-Office of Education Department (including rent of premises) $6,026.21; Queen's College (after deducting school fees and refunds) $27,541.15; Belilios Public School (after deducting school fees) $3,043.39; fifteen other Departmental Schools $5,488.10; 101 Grant-in-Aid Schools (for 1895) $24,249.64; Special Educational Grants $647.92; Government Scholarship $1,848.91; Physical Training $192. The nett cost of education ($66,158.76) amounted in the year 1896 to 2.52 per cent. of the total Colonial Revenue (as compared with 2.37 per cent. in 1895 and 2.07 per cent. in 1894). As the total number of scholars nnder instruction, during the year 1896, at the expense or with the aid of the Government (the Police School excepted) was 7,301, the education of each scholar cost the Govern- ment $9.06, as compared with $7.69 in 1895 and $7.66 in 1894. In the several classes of educational institutions in the Colony, the cost to Government of the education of each scholar under instruction was as follows:-in Queen's College, $27.87; in Belilios Public School $19.14; in the Departmental Schools, $5.60; in the Grant-in-Aid Schools which have the largest number of scholars (5,178 out of 7,301) $4.68. The Managers of those 101 Grant-in-Aid Schools, who received from the Govern- ment, during the year 1896 altogether the sum of $24,897.56, expended during the same year on those Schools, out of the resources of their respective Missionary Societies, supplemented in the case of seven Schools by school fees, an aggregate of $59,102.23.

9. NATURE OF THE EDUCATION GIVEN IN THE SCHOOLS OF THE COLONY.-No material change has taken place, as regards the nature of the education given in local Schools, since the Government (in 1895) announced its determination henceforth to promote English rather than Chinese education among the native population, except that the Chinese classes of Queen's College have been abolished. There has been, however, a tendency observable among the Managers of Grant-in-Aid Schools to conform, as soon as possible, to this new policy of the Government which, since the desire for au education revolution is spreading among the Chinese people, for political reasons, now animates also to some extent, the native population of Hongkong. As the demand, on the part of the Chinese, for an English education is increasing, the Government and the Managers of Grant-in-Aid Schools will pari passu be moved to increase both the existing staff and the existing accommodation for English teaching in the Colony. The need for a Training School for native teachers of English, for the benefit of local Schools in general, is gradually becoming more pressing. Unless this need is supplied by the Government, English education will, so far as the native population of this Colony is concerned, continue to be what it has been all along, viz., an expensive luxury beyond the means of the mass of the people. As things are at present, two thirds of all our local Schools offer a Chinese, and one third a European education.

10. FEMALE EDUCATION. According to the Census of 1881 and 1891, it appears that the average proportion of girls to boys of school-going age in the Colony, is equal to 48.08 per cent. From the subjoined Table it will be seen that the proportion of girls under instruction in the year 1896 has slightly improved during the last three years, as it has risen from 32.49 per cent. (in 1894) to 33.26 per cent. of the whole number of children known to have attended school in 1896. But it will also be observed that that proportion is still considerably below the normal rate (48.08). Though the number of girls in school has fallen in 1896 (because of the plague) below what it was in 1894, yet there is abundant evidence to indicate that there is a progressive movement at work and that the old prejudice of the Chinese people against female education is giving way so far as a Chinese education is concerned. But as regards bringing the Chinese girls of the Colony under the influence of an English education, there is among the Chinese residing in this Colony, and even among those who have themselves studied English, with the sole exception of those who have been abroad for many years, the old prejudice, viz. the fear that an English education would instil in the minds of Chinese girls a desire for liberty and independence incompatible with the subordinate status which Chinese society assigns to woman. The only class among whom English education has of late made consider- able strides in advance, and whose English attainments are now meeting with laudable appreciation, are the Eurasian girls whose educational interests had in former years been neglected through local prejudice.

Table shewing the Proportion of Boys and Girls under instruction in Local Schools.

Boys.

GIRLS.

Government

Schools.

Kaifong

Schools.

Grant-in-Aid

Schools.

Private

Schools.

Total Boys.

Percentage.

1894,

1,928 1,735 3,251

102

7,016

402

22 2,713

241 3,378

32.49

1895,

1,752 2,170 3,091

7,080

380

2,593

453

3,456 32.80

1896,...

1,745 1,604 2,856

6,226

378

2,322

383

3,104 33.26

Government

Schools.

Kaifong

Schools.

Grant-in-Aid

Schools.

Private

Schools.

Total Girls.

Propor-

tion of Girls to

Total of Scholars.

310

11. NUMBER OF UNEDUCATED CHILDREN IN THE COLONY.-The difficulty in estimating the number of children remaining uneducated lies in the absence of statistics as regards the number of children of local school-going age (6 to 16 years) actually residing in the Colony. The estimate of the latter number will always partake of the nature of guess-work when there are no details provided by a Census. According to the Census of 1881, the number of children of local school-age amounted to 9.26 per cent. of the population. As the Census of 1891, which gave that percentage as 9.90, shewed an increase of .64 per cent. for the ten years, it will be safe to take the proportion of children of school- going age in 1896 at 10.22 per cent. of the population, which, according to the partial Census of January 1897, amounted to 236,382 persons residing in the Colony in 1896. Therefore, the number of children of school-going age residing in the Colony in 1896 may be estimated as amounted to 24,158 children. Now the proportion of girls to the total of children of school-going age was, according to the Census of 1891, equal to 47.32 per cent. Taking then 48.98 as the normal percentage of girls, I estimate that, among the 24,158 children of local school-going age residing in the Colony, in the year 1896, there were about 11,625 girls and 12,533 boys. But the records show that there were, in 1896 under instruction in Schools of all descriptions (the Police School excepted) in the Colony, only 3,060 girls and 6,287 boys. It appears therefore that 8,565 girls and 6,246 boys failed to attend school. It would, however, be unfair to put down the whole of these 14,811 children as remaining uneducated because the estimate is based on 10 years' schooling whilst the mass of the Chinese children remain in school but 3 or 4 years. Accordingly the number of those children who remain entirely uneducated may not exceed, say, 7,400.

12. RESULTS OF THE ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS.-As far as the Grant-in-Aid Schools are concerned, the detailed results of the examination of 86 of these Schools will be found summarized, as usual, in Tables X. and XI. appended to this report, where the grants allowed and the percentage of scholars passed in each School in 1896 are stated and compared with the results of the preceding year, and in Table XII. which records the percentage of passes gained in each subject. As regards the Depart- mental Schools, Tables II. to VII. supply the most important particulars. Five of the Grant-in-Aid Schools, having been temporarily closed, had no scholars to bring under examinations and in the case of thirteen other Schools the annual grant had to be assessed on the basis of the average earnings gained by examination during the previous three years because sudden and continued illness prevented my completing the examinations before the close of the school year.

13. BELILIOS PUBLIC SCHOOL.-The annual examination of this School shewed good and solid results, in the Chinese as well as in the English Divisions. The work of this Institution being happily free from all trammels of competitive examinations and keeping, in its English Division, at present within the range of an elementary School, is absolutely free from cramming. There are consequently no specially showy results in the case of individuals to refer to, but the attainments of each class as a whole showed a high average such as testifies to the ability and efficiency of the staff. Though there is a fair sprinkling of aliens in the English Division, English and English only is spoken both in class and on the play-ground, and the speed with which some Indian and Eurasian children learned to speak English is surprising. The great attention bestowed on object lessons in the lower and on recitation and memorizing in the upper classes, is the principal cause of this success. The establishment of a school library, the purchase of a piano and the popularity of the physical drill exercises have done much to brighten school-life in this Institution, but there is still one desire of staff and children unfulfilled viz. the acquisition of a tennis court for which there is ample room on the premises.

14. DEPARTMENTAL DISTRICT SCHOOLS.-The number and work of the Government Schools has not been been diminished during the year, though for many months the attendance was sadly reduced. Some of these Schools which are situated in town have felt the effects of increased attention being of late given by Chinese parents to English studies. In some places, however, like Yaumati and Stanley, the demand for English teaching is disproportionately small and insignificant.

15. GRANT-IN-AID SCHOOLS.-The year 1896 has proved a most unfortunate period in the history of local education so far as Schools attended by Chinese scholars are concerned. It was not merely the recurrence of the plague and not solely the measures taken, and rightly so, against over- crowding, but it was principally the abnormal rise of house rent which adversely affected Chinese and Anglo-Chinese Schools and their attendance. All such Schools and particularly Chinese Girls-Schools lost a large proportion of their scholars, and five Schools had to be closed until the end of the year. At the same time when the Chinese Schools suffered such unusual stress, the other Schools attended by non-Chinese children, remained in a normal condition with the exception of the British Kowloon College. This School, which all along has laboured under unusual difficulties, had its School-house levelled to the ground by a typhoon and though the School was continued in temporary quarters, it had to be closed at the end of the year. Although the British Kowloon College had from the begin- ning an experimental character, it has shewn distinct signs of permanent vitality. In view of the steady growth of the European settlement which has sprung up on the Peninsula and in view of the sacrifices of time, work and money, which the School Committee have made from year to year, His Excellency the Governor has recognized the reasonableness of the Committee's request that the School be either converted into a Government School reserved for the children of the European residents of the Peninsula in the same way in which so many Schools on the Island are virtually reserved for the

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Chinese community, or that the Government provide ground and school-building in which case the Committee would cheerfully work the School at their own expense on the lines of a Grant-in-Aid School, with little doubt of success.

16. OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATIONS.-The results of the Oxford Local Examinations held in Hongkong in July 1896 were as under:-I. Preliminary Candidates. Honours List, none. Pass List, St. Joseph's College, 4 passes; Victoria English Girls School, 2 passes; Private Tuition, 2 passes; Queen's College, 1 pass; British Kowloon College 1 pass. Candidates who, having exceeded the limit of age, satisfied the Examiners,-St. Joseph's College, 5 passes; Queen's College, 3 passes, Victoria English Boys School, 3 passes; Diocesan School 2 passes; Victoria English Girls Schools, 1 pass; Private Tuition, 1 pass. Successful Candidates who obtained distinction-none. Details:- Candidates presented, 65; examined 54; passed in. preliminary subjects, 47; in religious knowledge, 37; in English history, 45; in geography, 22; in mathematics, 11; in natural science, 1; in drawing, 18. Total of certificates issued to preliminary candidates to candidates of proper age, 10; to can- didates beyond the limit of age, 15.-II. Junior Division. Honours List, third class, Private Tuition, 1 pass.

Pass List-Diocesan School, 3 passes; Queen's College, 2 passes; St. Joseph's College, 2 passes; Victoria English Girls School, 1 pass. Candidates who, having exceeded the age of 16 years, satisfied the Examiners.-St. Joseph's College, 2 passes; Queen's College, 1 pass; Victoria English Boys School, 1 pass; Victoria English Girls School, I pass. Candidates who obtained distinction-

1 Diocesan School, 1 in religious knowledge and in English. Details as to results of the examination of Junior Candidates;-presented 46; examined, 40; passed in preliminary subjects, 40; in religious knowledge, fully 19, partly 7; in English, fully 16, partly 6; in mathematics, 10; in French. I; in natural science, 1; in drawing, 3. Certificates issued to candidates of proper age, 9; to candidates beyond the limit of age, 5.-III. Senior Candidates. Honours List, none.-Pass List. Queen's College, 3 passes; Victoria English Boys School, 2 passes; Private Tuition, 2 passes; Diocesan School, 1 pass. Candidates who, having exceeded the limit of age, satisfied the examiners,-Queen's College, 1 pass; Victoria English Girls School, 1 pass; Diocesan School, I pass.→Details. Candi- dates presented 22; candidates examined, 20. Candidates passed, in preliminary subjects, 19; in religious knowledge, fully 8, partly 3; in English, fully 8, partly 7; in mathematics, 7. Certificates issued, to candidates of proper age, 8; to candidates beyond the limit of age, 3. The foregoing results may be summarized as follows:--candidates examined 114; certified as passed, 50; failed, 64; passes obtained by St. Joseph's College, 13 passes; by Queen's College, 11 passes; by Diocesan School, 7 passes; by Victoria English Girls School, 6 passes; by Victoria English Boys School, 6 passes; by Private Tuition, 5 passes; by British Kowloon College, 1 pass. Distinction,-1 scholar of Diocesan School gained distinction in religious knowledge and in English subjects. Honours,-1 pass in third class was gained by Private Tuition.

17. BELILIOS MEDAL AND PRIZE EXAMINATIONS.--The Trustees of the Belilios Medal and Prize Fund have not thought it advisable as yet to resume the annual competitive examinations but will be in a position, by the close of the year 1897, to offer again prizes for competition though probably on altered and improved conditions.

18. PHYSICAL TRAINING.-The Military Authorities have continued to grant the services of a private whose drill instruction is much appreciated by eight of the local Schools.

19. INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.--Apart from the R. C. Reformatory School at West Point, which gives regular instruction in several handicrafts, there is one Kindergarten School, established some years ago by the Basel Mission, which gives gratuitous teaching to young Chinese children at Saiying-poon, not merely combining play with work but giving useful instruction in the rudiments of industry by systematic training of hand and eye. It is to be hoped that the Government will see. its way to encourage the Basel Mission, if but as an experimental measure, and in a small way, to expand this movement for the benefit of native children, by a small merit grant based on inspection and average attendance.

20. MEDICAL EDUCATION --There are now fourteen students connected with the College of Medicine for Chinese, and the standard of preliminary preparation is on the whole improving. The departure of Dr. CANTLIE from the Colony early in the year was a serious loss to the Institution, but others have come forward to take part in the teaching, and the work is going steadily forward in spite of the disadvantages under which the College labours through the lack of a suitable building and a permanent staff.

21. SCHOLARSHIPS.--The draft of the revised Government Scholarship Scheme, referred to in former reports, is still under the consideration of the Government. Meanwhile, however, other Colonics, having Scholarships on the same lines on which the Hongkong Scholarship Scheme was worked, have also come to the recognition that Scholarships so conditioned, although benefitting smart individuals who any how have an advantage over others by their higher natural gifts, do not materially benefit education generally nor the Colony which makes such large pecuniary sacrifices. I am still of opinion that the re-establishment of our Government Scholarships on lines more or less like those sketched out in my draft report of 7 February, 1894, would prove a boon to the general

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educational movement of the Colony by paving the way for the development of secondary education. As to non-official Scholarships, Queen's College had, in the year 1896, the benefit of 4 Belilios Scho- larships, 2 Morrison and 1 Stewart Scholarship. The management of the Morrison Scholarship has been placed on the proper legal footing which, in a former report, I pointed out as desirable. St. Joseph's College had the benefit of one and the College of Medicine that of seven Belilios Scholarships.

22. I enclose the usual Tables (I to XIII).

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

E. J. EITEL, Ph. D. (Tubing.), Inspector of Schools and Head of the Education Department.

The Honourable J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

TABLE 1.-NUMBER of SCHOLARS attending Schools under the EDUCATION DEPARTMENT during the Year 1896.

No.

Name of Schools.

Scholars Scholars attending attending Government Grant-in-Aid Schools. Schools.

Total Scholars

in attendance

12341 OZ

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American Board Mission, Bridges Street (Boys),

Queen's Road West (Boys),

Hawan (Girls),

Chungwan (Girls),

Yaumati (Girls),

26.

Matauchung (Boys),...

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Third Street (Girls),

Aplichau (Girls),

Aplichau (Boys).......

Basel Mission, Shamshuipo (Boys),

Shaukiwan (Boys),

Tokwawan (Boys),

Mongkok (Boys), High Street,

Belilios Public School (English) (Girls),

Berlin Foundling House School (Girls),

Berlin Ladies Mission, Queen's Road West (Boys),

C. M. S., St. Stephen's Chinese School (Boys),

Pottinger Street (Boys),

Saiyingpun (Boys),

St. Stephen's Baxter Memorial (Girls),

Lyndhurst Terrace (Girls),

Yaumati (Mixed),

Hunghom (Girls),

Quarry Bay (Girls),

Little Hongkong (Boys),

Aberdeen School (Boys),

Victoria Home and Orphanage (Chinese) (Girls),

(English) (Girls),

St. Stephen's Anglo-Chinese (Boys), Morrison English School (Boys),

Diocesan Home and Orphanage (Boys),

F. E. S., Bonham Road Chinese Division (Girls),

High Street (Girls),

Queen's Road West (Girls),

Saiyingpun Praya (Girls),

...

159

(Chinese) (Girls)

219

Mongkoktsui (Boys), Tsattszmui (Boys),

No. 2 (Boys),

104

101

་་

101

196

Pottinger Street (Girls),

Stanley School (Girls),

Shaukiwan (Girls),..

Tokwawan (Girls),.

Bonham Road English Division (Girls),

L. M. S., Square Street (Boys),

Wantsai Chapel (Boys),

Carried forward,

415

2,049

2,464

313

TABLE I.-NUMBER of SCHOLARS attending Schools under the EDUCATION DEPARTMENT during the Year 1896,- Contd.

No.

Name of Schools.

Scholars Scholars attending attending Government Grant-in-Aid Schools. Schools.

Total Scholars

in attendance.

Brought forward,.

415

2,049

2,464

L. M, S., Yaumati (Boys),....

Shektongtsui (Boys),......................

Saiyingpun I Division (Boys),

3 3

(Boys).

(Girls),

No. 2 (Boys),

Shaukiwan (Boys),.

Taikoktsui (Boys),

دو

Hunghom (Boys),

Hospital Chapel (Boys),

Shektongtsui (Girls),....

Saiyingpun 2nd Street I Division (Girls),.

Ui-hing Lane I Division (Girls),

Tanglungchau No. 1 (Boys),

(Boys),

Square Street (Girls),

Matauwai (Boys), Third Street (Boys), D'Aguilar Street (Girls), Fletcher Street (Girls), Kau-u-fong (Girls),

Tanglungchau (Girls),

Aberdeen Street (Girls),

Wantsai Chapel (Girls),

Staunton Street (Girls),....

Taipingshan English School (Boys), Pokfulam (Boys).,

R. C. M., Cathedral School (Boys),

وو

Bridges Street Chinese Division (Girls), St. Theresa School, (Girls),

Holy Infancy School, I Division (Boys),

Yaumati (Girls),...

Shaukiwan (Girls),.

Hunghom (Girls),

(Girls),

Italian Convent Chinese School (Girls),.

Sacred Heart School Chinese Division (Girls),

St. Joseph's College Chinese Division (Boys),

European

Italian Convent English Division (Girls),

Portuguese (Girls),

(Boys),

•

...

36འ:38བ

257

212

Bridges Street English

(Girls),

Portuguese (Girls),

English

Nova Escola Portugueza (Girls),

Sacred Heart School English Division (Girls),

St. Francis Portuguese Division (Girls),

Victoria Portuguese School Portuguese Division (Mixed),

Saiyingpun (English) (Boys),

...

(Girls),

English

(Mixed),

191

(Chinese) (Boys),

Sheko (Boys),

(65)

100

101

102

Taitamtuk (Boys),

103

St. Paul's College School (Boys),...

Stanley (Anglo-Chinese) (Boys),

Tanglungchau (Hakka) (Boys),

104

Victoria English School (Boys),

སྐ : ;

107

147

105

106

107

108

109

110

British Kowloon School (Mixed), Wantsai (English) (Boys),.

(Chinese) (Boys),

Wesleyan Mission, Spring Gardens (Boys),...

Wellington Street (Boys),.

(Girls),

237

(138)

111

(Girls),

112

Lascar Row (Boys),

113

Wantsai School (Boys),..

114

Graham Street (Girls),

115

Kennedy Town (Boys),

116

Lyndhurst Terrace English School (Boys),

117

Wongmakok (Boys),

118

Wongnaichung (Anglo-Chinese) (Boys),

119

Yaumati (Anglo-Chinese) (Boys),

Total,..

1,135

5,178

6,313

Aplichau,

Belilios Public School (English),

314

TABLE II.-NUMBER of SCHOLARS attending GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS under the EDUCATION DEPARTMENT and EXPENSES of each SCHOOL during the year 1896.

No.

Name of Schools.

Expense.

120.00 3,043.39

Boys.

Girls.

Total.

...

159

(Chinese),

219

1,032.00

Pokfulam,

132.00

Saiyingpun (English),

191

906.10

191

(Chinese),

(65)

228.00

Sheko,

120.00

४

Stanley (Anglo-Chinese),

312.05

Taitamtuk,

Tanglungchau (Hakka),.

Wantsai (English),.

132.00

180.00

237

1,023.88

(Chinese),

(138)

237

374.30

Wongmakok,

Wongnaichung (Anglo-Chinese),

Yaumati (Anglo-Chinese)......

288

132.00

392.92

402.85

Total,.....

757

378

1,135

8,531.49

TABLE III.--AVERAGE EXPENSE of each SCHOLAR at Government SCHOOLS under the EDUCATION DEPartment and

at the GRANT-IN-AID SCHOOLS during the year 1896.*

I.--EXPENDITURE OF GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.

(Cost of working the Schools irrespective of cost of erection or repairs of Buildings.)

1. BELILIOS PUBLIC SCHOOL.

Expenditure,

Deduct School Fees, refunded,

•

$ 3,518.39 475.00

$ 3,043.39

.$ 5,488.10

II.--EXPENDITURE ON THE GRANT-IN-AID SCHOOLS.

Total Cost to Government, in 1896,

.$ 24,249.64

2. OTHER DEPARTMENTAL SCHOOLS, (no School Fees).

Cost to Government, in 1896,

III.--AVERAGE COST OF EACH SCHOLAR. (Calculated by the Enrolment.)

Average Cost, to Government, of each Scholar :-

1. at Belilios Public School (not including cost of building), 2. at Other Departmental Schools, 3. at Grant-in-Aid Schools,

19.14

5.60

1.68

IV.--AVERAGE COST OF EACH SCHOLAR. (Calculated by the Average Daily Attendance.)

Average Cost, to Government, of each Scholar :-

1. at Belilios Public School (not including cost of building),. 2. at Other Departmental Schools,

3. at Grant-in-Aid Schools,

35.10

9.57

7.73

*NOTE.-The Cost of the Inspectorate of Schools ($6,026.21), being connected with both Grant-in-Aid Schools and Government Schools, is not included.

TABLE IV.--ENROLMENT and ATTENDANCE at Government Schools under the EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

No.

during the year 1896.

Name of Schools.

Aplichau,

Belilios Public School (English),

(Chinese),

Pokfulam,

Saiyingpun (English),

(Chinese),.

Sheko,

Stanley (Anglo-Chinese),

Taitamtuk,

Tanglungchau (Hakka).

Wautsai (English),

(Chinese),

Yaumati (Anglo-Chinese),

Wongmakok,...

Wongnaichung (Anglo-Chinese),

Average Monthly Enrolment.

Average Daily Attendance.

23.25

15.65

101.63

86.70

99.41

78.27

11.50

9.35

107.05

100.81

31.91

33.12

21.66

21.42

28.90

26.52

10.25

9.51

35.58

29.90

116.25

98.02

86.41

70.64

10.33

9.59

47.08

42.41

82.00

28.15

Total,...

763.21

660.06

こ

315

TABLE V.--MAXIMUM and MINIMUM ENROLMENT and DAILY ATTENDANCE at GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS under the EDUCATION DEPARTMENT during the year 1896.

No.

Name of Schools.

Maximum Daily Minimum Daily

Attendance

Maximum

Monthly Enrolment.

Minimum Monthly Enrolment.

(Monthly average). (Monthly average).

Aplicbau,

23.04

3.22

.....

Belilios Public School (English),

121

107.60

72.34

Pokfulam,"

رو

(Chinese),

129

114.00

46.87

13.12

7.86

Saiyingpun (English),

Sheko,

126

112.80

87.05

(Chinese),

34.68

23.50

22.86

16.00

Stanley (Anglo-Chinese),

31.08

21.50

Taitamtuk,

11.08

7.77

Tanglungchau (Hakka),

36.31

18.91

Wantsai (English),

167

150.73

64.58

(Chinese),

122

114.15

46.17

Wongmakok,

11.00

8.69

Wongnaichung (Anglo-Chinese),

46.07

39.80

Yaumati (Anglo-Chinese),.

44.23

13.68

Total,.......

982

585

872.75

477.94

No.

TABLE VI.-NUMBER of DAYS on which the GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS under the EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

were taught during the

year 1896.

Name of Schools.

School Days. No.

Name of Schools.

School Days.

Aplichan,

242

Taitamtuk,

Belilios Public School (English),

258

Tanglungchau (Hakka),

(Chinese),

241

Wantsai (English),

Pokfulam,

240

Salyingpun (English),

242

(Chinese),

239

Sheko,

247

(Chinese),

Wongmakok,

Wongnaichung (Anglo-Chinese), Yaunati (Anglo-Chinese), .

8 Stanley (Anglo-Chinese),

219

251

248

241

239.

254

237

- 237

Total Enrolment.

for the year.

TABLE VII.-SUMMARY of ENROLMENT and ATIFNDANCE at the GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS for the last twenty-five years.

YEARS.

Maximum Daily Attendance

Minimum Daily Attendance

(Monthly Average).

Minimum Montbly Enrolment.

(Monthly Average).

1872,

1,480

1,157

837

665

1873,

1,838

1,326

852

760

1874,

1,932

1,271

974

836

1875,

1,927

1,312

988

863

1876,

2,171

1,383

1,057

925

1877,

2,148

1,446

1,212

1,035

1878,

2,101

1,324

1,100

936

1879,

2,043

1,356

1,027

904

1880,

2,078

1,468

1,082

937

1881,

1,986

1,384

1,093

956

1882,

2,114

1,444

1,062

988

1883,

2,080

1,414

1,138

990

1884,

1,978

1,420

1,066

941

1885,

1,988

1,424

1,661

926

1886,

1,893

1,544

1,040

886

1887,

1,814

1,552

1,126

1,000

1888,

1,933

1,653

1,139

1,040

1889,

2,293

1,992

1,190

1,118

1890,

2,514

1,999

1,494

1,370

1891,

2,540

1,909

1,403

1,291

1892,

2,622

2,101

1,536

1,407

1893,

2,356

1,829

1,443

1,317

1894,

1,282

1,039

420

320

1895,

1,108

893

607

545

1896,

1,135

872

585

477

}

316

TABLE VIII.-NUMBER of SCHOLARS attending Schools receiving GRANTS-IN-AID (under the Provisions of the Scheme of 1893), expenses incurred and amount of Grant gained by each in 1896.

Class of

Expenses

Name of Schools.

Boys.

Girls.

Total.

School.

incurred in

1896.

Amount of Grant gained

for 1896.

American Board Mission, Bridges Street (Boys),

$ € 243.00

168.73

Queen's Road West (Boys),

236.00

142.06

Háwan (Girls).........

156.00

50.62

Sheungwan (Girls),

324.00

66.63

Yaumati (Girls),

145.40

85.08

}}

Basel Mission, Shamshuipo (Boys),

Shaukiwan (Bo ys),

203.79

108.09

347.32

246.24

Tokwawan (Boys).

233.00

122.07

Matauchung (Boys),

102.82

89.45

Third Street (Girls),

Lyndhurst Terrace (Girls),

Yaumati (Mixed),

Hunghòm (Girls),

Quarry Bay (Girls),

Little Hongkong (Boys),

་་

Mongkok (Boys),....

Berlin Ladies Mission, Queen's Road West (Boys),

Tsat-tsz-mui (Boys),..

C. M. S., St. Stephen's Chinese School (Boys),..

No. 2, (Boys),

Pottinger Street (Boys),

Saiyingpun (Boys),

St. Stephen's Baxter Memorial (Girls),.

$1.09

43.59

147.77

174.74

Mongkoktsui (Boys),

117.08

125.58

61.17

67.45

336.06

203.22

389.63

179.53

104

351.82

213.48

292.31

180.34

258.82

112.36

265.76

126.58

Aberdeen School (Boys),

Aplichau School (Girls)..

F. E. S., Bonham Road Chinese Division (Girls),

High Street (Girls),

Queen's Road West (Girls),

Saiyingpun Praya (Girls),..

Pottinger Street (Girls), Stanley School (Girls), Shaukiwan (Girls),... Tokwawan (Girls),

L. M. S., Square Street (Boys),

Wantsai Chapel (Boys), . Yaumati (Boys),

Shektongtsui (Boys),.

Saiyingpun 1. Division (Boys),

RER : :*****

210.34

83.85

17.

214.86

113.25

188.28

116.83

147.68

51.36

120.3.7

21.90

167,67

127.40

77.60

541.20

252.64

175.50

61.37

206.75

90.29

230.75

119,38

145.05

34.26

124.70

139.92

200.50

86.47

II.

(Boys),

Hunghòm (Boys),

Hospital Chapel (Boys),

Shektongtsui (Girls),

II.

Ui-hing Lane I. Division (Girls),"

(Boys),

II.

(Girls),

་་

Square Street (Girls),

Saiyingpun, Second Street I. Division (Girls),

;;

Yaumati (Girls),

Shaukiwan (Girls),

Tanglungchau No. 1 (Boys),

No. 2 (Boys),

Shaukiwan (Boys),....

Taikoktsui (Boys),

Matauwai (Boys),

Third Street (Boys),

D'Aguilar Street (Girls), Fletcher Street (Girls), Kau-ü-fong (Girls), Tanglungchau (Girls), Aberdeen Street (Girls), Wantsai Chapel (Girls), Staunton Street (Girls),

R. C. M., Cathedral School (Boys),

Bridges Street Chinese Division (Girls), St. Theresa School (Girls),

Holy Infancy School I. Division (Boys),

II.

(Girls),

་་

(Girls),

Lascar Row (Boys),

Wantsai School (Boys),

Graham Street (Girls),

Kennedy Town (Boys), ......

Berlin Mission (Girls),

Hunghom (Girls),

Italian Convent, Chinese School (Girls),

Sacred Heart School Chinese Division (Girls),

Wesleyan Mission, Spring Gardens (Boys),

Wellington Street (Boys).

111

III

W. M.. Lyndhurst Terrace, English School (Boys),

St. Paul's College School (Boys).

་་

F. E. S., Bonham Road. English Division (Girls),

Basel Mission, High Street (Girls),

C. M. S., Victoria Home and Orphange Chinese Divison (Girls),

St. Stephen's Anglo-Chinese (Boys),

Morrison English School (Boys),

101

107

*N.

Doc san Home and Orphanage (Boys),

L. M. S., Taipingshan, English, School (Boys),

R. C. M., St. Joseph's College Chinese Division (Boys),.

Italian Convent English Division (Girls),.

196

18+2=6983 : 19695 12:

1999 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ***** 125 8*SEN : : : 18 289 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

106.60

81.50

409.31

216.54

327.42

171.91

230.31

141.12

226.36

137.14

338.46

252.68

279.26

174.26

209.36

54.96

283.31

151.50

152.14

31.05

*******59* : :828*7* 18628226

222.57

99.09

332.04

309.94

230.16

213.51

200.67

155.34

289.26

157.71

249.74

136.21

222.61

134.26

196.62

9.46

286.82

131.06

171.51

101.34

233.51

280.74

79.36

401.62

99.59

159.06

93.48

403.73

125.26

350.99

72.85

237.21

89.02

132.00

280.00

117.76

*470.00

190.32

168.00

40.77

460.00

220.59

462.00

81.93

317.00

144.37

340.00

140.83

530.00

442.48

657.00

93.03

211.00

141.20

111

332.00

229.05

228.00

75.87

214.00

73.66

208.00

82.01

222.00

222.08

166.00

134.42

760.76

596.35

981.00

209.88

1,814.84

463.28 -

499.85

485.30

101

1,482.96

186.32

456.00

227.55

107

1.649.43

418.78

196

13,994,65

1,052.72

531.00

229,59

452.23

332.81

European

(Boys),.

257

}

113.43

4,125.34

2,261.91-

212

2,524.10

1,381.70

Carried forward........

2,674

1,910

4,584

48,594.07

17,692.49

Class

of School.

TABLE VIII-NUMBER of SCHOLARS attending Schools receiving GRANTS-IN-AID.- Continued.

Name of Schools

317

Boys.

Girls.

Total.

Expenses incurred in 1896.

Amount of Grant gained

for 1896.

Brought forward............

2,674

1,910

4,584

$48,594.07

$17,692.49

III

R.C.M., Italian Convent Portuguese Division (Girls),

Bridges Street English Division (Girls),

Portuguese Division (Girls),

Nova Escola Portugueza (Girls),,

English

British Kowloon School (Mixed),

(Girls),

Sacred Heart School, English Division (Girls),

St. Francis Portuguese Division (Girls),

Victoria Portuguese School, Portuguese Division (Mixed),...

Victoria English School (Boys),

(Girls).

English

(Mixed)....

147

2:3

C.M.S., Victoria Home and Orphange English Division (Girls),

∞8: KENANGANG

780.00

471.29

285.00

132.08

595.00

288.13

431.67

126.19

854.00

99.69

288.75

184.90

374,56

124.78

91.13

1.116.20

114.82

147

945,16

5,782.98

604.63

294.25

40.84

2,856

2,322

5,178

59,102.23

21,210.38

TABLE IX.-ENROLMENT, ATTENDANCE and NUMBER of SCHOOL DAYS at the GRANT-IN-AID SCHOOLS during 1896.

No.

Name of Schools.

Maximum Minimum Monthly Monthly

Enrol- ment.

Attend-

ment.

ance,

Average Average Maximum Minimum

Daily Enrol-

Daily Attend-

ance.

Average Monthly Enrol-

Average Daily

Number

Attend-

ance for

of School

ment.

the Year.

Days.

American Board Mission, Bridges Street, (Boys),

44.34

21.33

39.36

37.46

238

Queen's Road West (Boys),

30.88

23.15

29.60

28.12

238

Hawan (Girls),

16.25

9.81

14.70

12.24

227

Chungwan (Girls),

14.87

5.66

13.50

12.27

266

6 Basel Mission, Shamshuipo (Boys),

Yaumati (Girls),

20.62

7.28

18.60

16.16

212

28.96

10.33

26.10

23.19

226

Shaukiwan (Boys),

57.46

28.83

55.50

48.48

228

Tokwawan (Boys),

33.25

12.72

32.07

23.64

230

Matauchung (Boys),.

22.11

8.09

22.90

18.91

251

Mongkok (Boys),

24.12

13.00

21.20

19.18

216

Berlin Ladies Mission, Queen's Road West (Boys),

C.M.S., St. Stephen's Chinese School (Boys),

39.40

20.92

41.30

35.49

260

Mongkokisui (Boys),

39.23

19.00

38.00

30.88

195

Tsat-tszmui (Boys),

25.70

8.50

27.25

20.90

260

62.12

38.04

55.90

50.45

258

No. 2 (Boys),

40.00

27.20

38.00

35.07

267

Pottinger Street (Boys),

57.53

24.33

52.58

47.96

263

Saiyingpun (Boys),

40.62

19.33

38.58

34.68

260

St. Stephen's Baxter Memorial (Girls),

28.00

15.33

23.75

19.23

276

Lyndhurst Terrace (Girls),

22.73

9.00

21.18

18.16

263

Third Street (Girls),

24.29

11.73

21.30

16.71

217

Yaumati (Mixed),.

22.80

7.66

24.50

17.51

245

Hunghòm (Girls),

•

25.32

9.76

22.54

18.67

248

Quarry Bay (Girls),

16.11

4.83

15.50

12.72

268

24.

Little Hongkong (Boys),

19.44

3.00

18.25

13.81

264

Aberdeen School (Boys),

21.79

11.16

23.60

18.80

215

Aplichau (Girls),

23.53

14.60

22.22

18.21

229

27 F.E.S., Bonham Road, Chinese Division (Girls),

High Street (Girls),

Queen's Road West (Girls),

Saiyingpun, Praya (Girls),

Pottinger Street (Girls),

Stanley School (Girls),

Shaukiwan (Girls),

Tokwawan (Girls).

L.M.S., Square Street (Boys),

Wantsai Chapel (Boys),

Yaumati (Boys),

Shektong-tsui (Boys). Saiyingpun, I. Division (Boys),

33.58

23.73

32.27

29.15

229

17.29

12.64

18.20

14.82

233

27.60

14.96

20.83

17.69

281

23.57

19.50

27.00

21.27

240

8.84

6.16

9.00

7.88

108

32.50

17.66

39.08

29.04

254

19.37

14.92

20.66

15.42

230

17.23

9.50

16.63

15.25

254

53.88

30.33

49.90

47.09

245

35.94

25.83

36.50

32.33

212

38.00

21.10

36.44

32.25

192

27.46

11.00

32.60

22.28

203

55.03

26.66

57.72

17.37

237

II.

(Boys),

38.05

17.00

38.81

33.52

242

Hunghòm (Boys),

23.52

7.64

23.11

15.92

208

Hospital Chapel (Boys),

36.12

10.66

34.54

31.00

235

Shektong-tsui (Girls),

7.81

4.66

9.18

7.05

238

Salyingpun, Second Street, J. Division (Girls),

22.42

12.00

25.63

21.69

216

II.

(Boys).

62.63

25.66

73.18

54.39

229

Ui-bing Lane, I. Division (Girls),

40.77

34.08

42.33

87.03

220

II. Tanglungchau No. 1 (Boys).

No. 2 (Boys),

(Girls),

40.81

31.00

42.50

36.68

228

39.03

11.46

34.54

28.42

251

30.16

17.70

31.63

24.43

260

Shankiwan (Boys),

35.04

21.92

38.40

32.53

226

Taikoktsni (Boys),..

24.70

10.85

22.22

18.92

196

Square Street (Girls),

32.19

13.83

29.90'

24.13

230

Matauwai (Boys).

21.50

9.96

20.66

18.68

206

Third Street (Boys),

...

D'Aguilar Street (Girls),

Fletcher Street (Girls),

22.57

Carried forward,.......

1,960

| 1,006

1,669.08

7.57

857.57

19.70

15.22

1,641.12 1,380.35

:སྤྱི།:

229

318

ENROLMENT, ATTENDANCE and NUMBER of SCHOOL DAYS at the GRANT-IN-AID SCHOOLS,--Continued.

No.

Name of Schools.

Maximum Minimum Monthly Monthly

Enrol- Enrol

ment.

Average Average Maximum Minimum Daily Daily Attend- Attend-

Average Monthly

Average Daily

Number

Attend-

Enrol-

School

ance for

ment.

ance.

the Year.

Days.

Brought forward,

1,960

1,006

1,669.08

857.57

1,641.12

1,380.35

L.M.S., Kau-ü-fong (Girls),

37.40

12.80

21.09

17.19

277

}}

Tanglungchau (Girls),

Aberdeen Street (Girls),

Wantsai Chapel (Girls),

Staunton Street (Girls),

R.C.M., Cathedral School (Boys),

Bridges Street, Chinese Division (Girls),.

St. Theresa School (Girls),

*2*2 **

19.65

7.07

16.33

12.96

273

25.09

7.92

21.81

15.53

277

42.84

12.59

27.58

19.71

278

19.40.

11.34

17.60

16.04

253

29.56

23.15

29.75

27.03

264

53.04

37.22

49.58

44.14

247

Holy Infancy School, I. Division (Boys),

14.76

12.26

16.00

13.55

239

II.

(Girls),

45.24

22.77

41.91

38.69

266

Yaumati (Girls),

30.25

12.19

26.83

20.87

279

Shaukiwan (Girls),

33.93

14.28

33.66

29.24

268

Hunghòm (Girls),...........

37.54

21.41

31.83

29.16

273

Italian Convent, Chinese School (Girls)..

63.78

69.68

67 66

66.46

272

Sacred Heart School, Chinese Division (Girls),

20.75

13.10

20.33

18.57

261

Wesleyan Mission, Spring Gardens (Boys),

19.80

25.88.

51.40

40.76

236

Wellington Street (Boys),

64.72

12.07

72.90

56.10

221

(Girls),

22.50

16.61

25.00

19.74

228

Lascar Row (Boys),

36.68

25.17

36.20

31.33

234

Wantsai School (Boys),

21.70

18.51

22.11

20.03

206

Graham Street (Girls),...

36.04

15.15

33.81

28.17

266

Kennedy Town (Boys),

24.00

14.48

29.60

20.84

232

Basel Mission,

78.68

51.83

78 09

68.52

244

.80

Berlin Mission (Girls),

24.55

21.00

24.09

23.18

262

81 C.M.S., Victoria Home and Orphanage, Ch. Div. (Girls),.

43.64

38.57

42.10

41.60

234

St. Stephen's Anglo-Chinese (Boys),

75.68

31.33

62.72

59.30

239

Morrison English School (Boys),

45.20

15.08

39.20

30.32

232

Wesleyan Mission. Lyndhurst Terrace, Eng. Sch. (Boys), St. Paul's College School (Boys),

30.04

16.71

27 30

23.55

242

60.32

26.00

57.27

52.78

241

Diocesan Home and Orphanage (Boys),

127

103.15

74.50

108.58

91.76

253

F.E.S., Bonham Road. English Division (Girls),

23.40

19.78

24.27

21.77

218

L.M.S., Taipingshan, English School (Boys),

53.63

35.00

48.50

44.81

220

་་

89 R.C.M., St. Joseph's College, Chinese Division (Boys),...

European Division (Boys),. Italian Convent, English Division (Girls),

Bridges Street, English Division (Girls),

25.30

8.66

20.72

19.43

250

212

182.

190.77

173.81

200.09

180.91

257

174

120

161.09

88.63

165.63

141.20

224

Portuguese Division (Girls),

78.35

25.95

68.18

56.79

224

16.38

8.90

16.83

14.58

247

Portuguese Division (Girls),

45.76

36.04

46.66

40.63

247

Nova Escola Portugueza (Girls), ·

26.38

11.50

24.16

18.18

235

Sacred Heart School, English Division (Girls), . St. Francis, Portuguese Division (Girls),..

English Division (Girls).

20.30.

14.72

18.72

17.19

226

29.68

24.52

28.66

27.40

279

14.

19.21

13.34

16.75

16.28

279

100

Victoria Portuguese School, Port. Liv. (Mixed),. Eng. Div. (Mixed),.

15.55

6.18

11.75

10.13

231

14.61

7.88

13.08

11.82

231

101

Victoria English School (Boys),

105

95.38

60.38

83.91

76.48

262

102

103

(Girls), British Kowloon School (Mixed),

49.71

31.77

47 53.

43.81

262

33.93

25.03

32.33

23.25

254

104 C.M.S., Victoria Home and Orphanage, Eng. Div. (Girls), .

7.83

5.00

7.40

6.81

250

Total,....

4,331

2,535

3,766.27

2.145.33 3,651.42

3,133.97

•

NAME OF SCHOOL.

TABLE X.-RESULTS of the EXAMINATION of the GRANT

Class of School.

No. of Scholars Presented.

No. of Scholars Examined.

Stand. I.

Stand. II.

Stand. III.

Stand. IV

Stand. V.

Stand. VI.

Stand. VII.

Stand. I.

Stand. II.

Stand. III.

Stand. IV.

Stand. V.

Stand, VI.

Stand, VII,

Stand. 1.

Ordinary Subjects.

Special Subjects.

NUMBER OF SCHOLARS WHO PASSED.

1.- American Board Mission, Bridges Street, (Boys),

I 37

2.-

Queen's Road West, (Boys)

3.-

Háwan, (Girls),

4.--- 5.-

6.-Basel Mission, Shamshuipo, (Boys),

Chungwan, (Girls),

Yaumati, (Girls), .

-25

7.—

Shaukiwan, (Boys),..

8.-

Tokwawan, (Boys),..

9.- 10. 44

Matauchung, (Boys),

Mongkok, (Boys),.

12.-

13.

15.-

16.-

17.

Saiyingpun, (Boys),

18.

11.-Berlin Ladies Mission, Queen's Road West, (Boys),

14.-C. M. S., St. Stephen's Chinese School, (Boys),

Pottinger Street, (Boys),

St. Stephen's Baxter Memorial, (Girls),

Mongkoktsui, (Boys), Tsat-tszmui, (Boys),.

No. 2, (Boys),

.38

19.- 20.

Lyndhurst Terrace, (Girls),..

Third Street, (Girls),

I 15

21.

Yaumati, (Mixed),

22.

Hunghòm, (Girls),

-23.

Quarry Bay, (Girls),

24.

Little Hongkong, (Boys).

25.-

: 55

Aberdeen School, (Boys),

26.-

Aplicau, (Girls),

28.

29.-

30.

31.

32.

33.

High Street, (Girls),

27.-F. E. S., Bonham Road, Chinese Division, (Girls),

34.- "

Queen's Road West, (Girls),

Saiyingpun Praya, (Girls),.

Pottinger Street, (Girls),

Stanley School, (Girls), Shaukiwán, (Girls), Tokwawan, (Girls), .

35.-L. ML S., Square Street, (Boys),

Wantsai Chapel, (Boys),

37.- 88.- 39.-

Yaumati, (Boys),.

Shektongtsui, (Boys),

Saiyingpun I. Division, (Boys),

I 52

40. 41.-

II.

(Boys),

Hunghom, (Boys),

I 15

42.

Hospital Chapel, (Boys),

13.

Shektongtsui, (Girls),.

44.

45.-

Saiyingpun, Second Street, I. Division, (Girls),

II.

46.-

Ui-hing Lane, I. Division (Girls),'

(Boys),

47.

18.

49.

50.

51.-

鴦

52.-

53.- 54.-

55.-

56.-

57.-

58.- 59.- 60.--

II.

Tanglungchau, No. 1 (Boys),

No. 2 (Boys),

Shaukiwan, (Boys),

Taikoktsui, (Boys),

Square Street, (Girls),

Matauwai, (Boys),

Third Street, (Boys),

D'Aguilar Street, (Girls),

Fletcher Street, (Girls),.. Kau-ü-fong, (Girls),

Tanglungchan, (Girls), Aberdeen Street, (Girls),

(Girls),

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13 9 15

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9 10 11 22 8

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Wantsai Chapel, (Girls),

61.-

Staunton Street, (Girls),

62.-R. C. Mission, Cathedral School, (Boys),

63.

64.-

Bridges Street, Chinese Division, (Girls), St. Theresa School, (Girls)...

65.

Holy Infancy School, I. Division, (Boys),

10.

66.-

II.

67.-

Yaumati, "(Girls),

(Girls),

68.-

Shaukiwan, (Girls),

69.-

Hanghom, (Girls),

70.-

71.-

Italian Convent, Chinese School, (Girls),.. Sacred Heart School Chinese Div., (Girls),.

72.-Wesleyan Mission, Spring Gardens, (Boys),.

73.-

Wellington Street, (Boys),.

74.

(Girls),.

75.-

Lascar Row (Boys),..

76.-

לל

Wantsai School, (Boys),.

77.-

Graham Street, (Girls),

78.--

Kennedy Town, (Boys),

79.-Basel Mission, High Street, (Girls),

80.-Berlin Mission School, (Girls), .

82.-

83.-

90.-

91.-

81.-C. M. S., Victoria Home and Orphanage, Chi. Div., (Girls), II 39

St. Stephen's Anglo-Chinese, (Boys), Morrison English School, (Boys),..

84.-Wesleyan Mission, Lyndhurst Terrace, Eng. Sch., (Boys),. 85. St. Paul's College School (Boys)...

86.--Diocesan Home and Orphanage, (Boys), 87.-F. E. S., Bonham Road, English Division, (Girls), 68.-L. M. S., Taipingshan, English School, (Boys), 89.—R. C. M., St. Joseph's College, Chinese Division, (Boys),

Italian Convent, English Division, (Girls),..

III

III 31 31 22

III 52

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16 10

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11 13

15331

22 10

37 12

III 73

III 21

III 44

42 20

III 15

European

(Boys),

III 174

170

26 27 28 21

III

118

115

24 13 19 12 10 4

92.-

}

93.

Portuguese Division, (Girls), Bridges Street, Englisli Division, (Girls),

III

III 16

16 12 2 2

91.

وو

95.--

Portuguese Division, (Girls),. Nova Escola Portugueza, (Girls),

III

32 15

III

་

95.-

97.-

98.- 99. 100. 101.-

English

102.

Sacred Heart School English Division, (Girls), St. Francis, Portuguese Division, (Girls),

Victoria Port. School, Port. Division, (Mixed).. Eng. Division, (Mixed),. English School, (Boys), (Girls), 103.-British Kowloon School (Mixed),

104.— C. M. S., Victoria Home & Orphann e, Eng. Div., (Girls). III

ILI 10

III 23

(Girls),

III 12

111 10

III 13

III 61

III 37

III 22

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TABLE X.-RESULTS of the EXAMINATION of the GRANT-IN-AID SCHOOLS in 1896, under the provisions of the Schemi

NUMBER OF SCHOLARS who Passed.

NUMBER OF SCHOLARS WHO Failed.

TOTALS.

Ord

Stand. TTT.

Failed.

Passed.

Failed.

Sabjects. Subjects.

Ordinary Special

Average Daily Attendance

during the Year.

* Stand. I,

Stand. II.

Class of School.

No. of Scholars Presented.

No. of Scholars Examined.

Stand. I.

Stand. II.

Stand. III.

Stand. IV

Stand. V.

Stand. VI.

Stand. VII.

Stand. I.

Stand. II.

Stand. III.

Stand. IV.

Stand. V.

Stand. VI.

Stand. VII.

Stand. I.

Stand. II.

Stand. III.

Stand, IV.

Stand. V.

Stand. VI.

Stand. VII,

Stand. I.

Stand. II.

Stand. III.

Stand. IV.

Stand. V.

Stand. VI.

Stand. VII.

Passed.

Ordinary Subjects.

Special Subjects.

Ordinary Subjects.

Special Subjects.

(Boys)

oys),

rls),

684

on, (Girls),

(Boys),

223

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12.24

12.27

16.16

23.19

48.48

23.64

18.91

19.18

35.49

30.88

20.90

50.45

35.07

47.96

34.68

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17,51

18.67

12.72

13.81

18.80

18.21

29.15

14,82

17.69

21.27

7.88

29.04

15.72

15.25

47.09

32.33

32.25

22.28

47.87

33.52

15.92

31.00

7.05

21.69

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54.39 45 84

37.03 30

36.€8 45 28.42

24.43 32.53

18.92

24.13

18.68

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15.22

17.19

12.96

15.53

19.71 16.04

27.03

44.14

13.55

38.69

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20.87

29 24

29.16

66.46

18.57

40.76

56.10

19.74

31.83

20.03

28.17

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68.52

23.18

41.60

59.30 198

30.32 108

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23.55 132

52.78 22 91.76

21.77 44.81 174

19 43

180.91

150 208

141.20 174 192

56.79

14.58 32

40 63

18.19 24 2-1

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10.13

11.82

76.10

43.81

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6.84

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OOLS in 1896, under the provisions of the Scheme of 19th August, 1893.

WHO FAILED.

TOTALS.

SUMS TO WHICH THE SCHOOL IS ENTITLED.

319

Stand. II.

Stand. III.

Stand. IV.

Stand. V.

Stand. VI.

Stand. VII.

Passed.

Failed.

Passed.

Failed.

Special Subjects.

Ordinary Special

Subjects. Subjects.

Average Daily Attendance during the Year.

Stand. I.

Stand. II.

Stand. III.

Stand. IV,

Stand. V.

Stand. VI.

Stand. VII.

Ordinary Subjects.

Special Subjects,

Needle Work.

32.33 30 36 78

32.25 27 32

22.28

48 78

47.87 27 80 90

33.52 36 4 108

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32.53 42 28

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18 16 12

12.96 18 16

15.53 12 20

19.71 15 20 18

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27.03 44.14 13.55

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29.16

66.46

18.57

40.76

56.10

19.74

31.83

20.03

28.17 36

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23.18

41.60

59.30 198

52.78

91.76

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18.19

17.19 30 8 40

27.40 84 16 40 16.28

24 40 30

10.13 12 48 20

11.82 30 40 30

76.16 43.81

28.25 36 40

6.84 18 16

24 24

$7.46

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28.12 24 23 72 12.24 12 12 18

12.27 12 20 6

16.16

5 13

23.19 27 16 30

5 44

48.48 84 56 60

23.64

212214

20 18

21 44 36

18.91 30 32

19.18 18 16

35.49 9 52

37 4 16

32 5 20

47.96

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34.68

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3.50

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Stand. I.

Stand. II.

Stand. III.

Stand. IV.

.................................... Stand. V.

£A

Stand. VI.

Stand. VII.

Very Good.

Good.

Fair.

Capitation Grant.

Total Grant earned in 1896.

Amount due to Teacher.

Amount due to Manager.

†51.90

166.30

4.00

6.75

ස

†23.76

+114.07

†59.79

†67.13

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3.75

2.50

6.00 12 1.50

4.50

3.00

0.00

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1.50

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16.50

9.75

7.50

4.50

1.00

102

4.00

7.50

7.00

3.00

4 18

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2.00

2.25

4.00

1,50

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18.73

168.73

42.18

126.55

14.06

142.06

35.51

106.55

2.50

6.12 50.62 12.65

$7.97

1,50

4 4 1.50

1.50

6.13 66.63 8.08 11.59 24.24 246.24

16.65

49.98

85.0$ 21.27 108.09 27.02

63.81

81.07

61.56

181.63

11.82

122.07

30.51

91.56

9.45

89 45

22.36

67.09

9.59

43.59

10.89

32.70

17.74

174.74

43.68

131.06

15.44 $125.58

1.. 194.19

67.45

4 9.00

2,50 10.50 8 2.00

3.00 10

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16.86 50.59

152.42

20.96

62.89

28.31

84.94

14 1.00 2 1.00

9.33 116.83

29.20 87,63

6.36

51.36

12.84

38.52

6.90

21.90

5.47

16.43

9.40 127.40

31.85

95.55

2.50

9.10

77.60

19.40

58.20

†30.33

14,57

252.64

63.16

189.48

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7.41

61.37 15.34

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8.84

90.29 22.57 67.72

4.50

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10.63

119.38

29.84

89,54

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34.26

8.56 25.70

34.98

104.94

86.47

21.61

64.86

7.62

81.50

20.37

61.13

23.54 16.16 171.91

216.54

54.13 162.41

42.97 128.94 16.12 141.12 35.28 105.84

11.14 137.14 34.28 102,86

23.68 252.68

63.17

189,51

16.76 174.26

43.56

130.70

7.96

54.96

13.74

41,22

15.50 151.50

37.87

113.63

2.00 5 7.00

3.52 31.05

7.76

23.29

10.84 99.09

24.77

74.32

4 1,50

27.19 309.94 77.48

232.46

13 6.00

18.51 213.51 53.37

160.14

4 9.00

18.34 155.34 38.83

116.51

14.21 157.71 39.42 118,29 12.21 136.21 34.05 102.16 16.26

134.26 33.56 100.70

7.50

9 46 12.06 9.34

$9.46 131.06

9.46

32.76

98.30

101.34 25.33

76.01

3.00

4.50 10 .50 6 4.00

6.00 13 .50

8 2.00

4,00

3.00 0 1.00

7.61 79.36 8.59 6.48 7.76 9.85 72.85 18.21 54.64 8.02 89.02 22.25 66.77

19.81

59,52

99.59 24.89 74.70

93.48 23.37 70.11 125.26 31.31 93.95

7.50

3.75

5.50

9.75

3.00 15.00

5.50 8.25

13 3.00 1.50 11

7.50

4 7.00 13.51 117.76 17 4.50 22.07 190.32 6.77 40.77 19.34 220.59

29.44 88.32 47.58

142.74

10.19

30.58

55.14

165.45

2.50

2.25

5 5.00

3.00

4.00

2.25 6.75 22

10.50

S 2,50

24.00

1.50

442.48

10.13 $1.93 20.48 14.62 144.37 14.58 39.23

61.45

36.09

109.28

140.63 35.20

105.63

110,62

331.86

3.00

.75

3.00

1.00

93.03 9.28

23.25

69.78

+120.82

20.38

141.20

35.30 105.90

28.05

229.05

57.26 171.79

1.50

4 5.50

9.87

75.87 18.96 56.91

4 48

1.50

17 7.50

15.66

73.66 18.41 55.25 10.01 82.01 20,50 61.51 14.08 222.08 55,52 166.56 10.42 134.42 33,60 100.82

56 18

+494.49

+382.14

+50.47

51.39

596.35

149,08 447.27

7,50

10.50

1.50 †49.94

17.38

209.88

52,47 157.41

463.28

31.20 59.30 435.30 121.32

115.82 347.46

363.98 30.32 186.32 46.58 139.74 23.55 227.55 56.88 52.78 418.78 101.69

170.67

314.09

+960.96 +178.66

91.76 1,052.72

263.18

789 54

+29.16

21.77 229.9

57.39

172.20

64 50

150 208 270 336 294 272

198

123

141.20 174 192 130 228 168 160

49.50 55

12.00 6.00 21 9.50

41.81 332.81 19.43 113.43 180.91 2,261,91 141.20 1,381.70

83.20

249.61

28.35 $5.08

565.47 1,696.44

345.42 1,036.28

56.79 471,29

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+888.70

+519.66 40

1.50

16,50 13.50

1.09 1.00

141.16

117.82 353.47

2 4.50 14.58 132.08 33.02 99,06 5.50 40.63 288.13 72.03 216.10

31.54 94.65 24.92 74.77

18.19 126.19 17.19 99.69 27.40 184.00 46.22 138.68 16.28 124.78 31.19 93.59 10.13 91.13 22.78 68.35 11.82 114,82 28.70 86.12 76.46 915.16 236.29 708.87 43.81 604.03 151.15 453.48

28.25 294.25 73.56

6.84

220.69 40.81 10.21 30.63

TOTAL,..

.$21,210.38 5,268,48 15,910.51

NAME OF SCHOOL.

Class of School.

No. of Scholars Presented.

No. of Scholars Examined.

Stand. I.

Stand. II.

Stand. III.

Stand. IV

Stand. V.

Stand. VI.

Stand. VII.

Stand. I.

Stand. II.

Stand. III.

Stand. IV.

Stand. V.

Stand. VI.

Stand. VII.

Ordinary Subjects.

Special Subjects.

NUMBER OF SCHOLARS WHO I ASSED.

1.- American Board Mission, Bridges Street, (Boys),

15.-

16.- 17.- 18.- 19.- 20.- 21.-

*39

Third Street, (Girls),

Yaumati, (Mixed),

22.- 23.- 24.-

Hunghòm, (Girls),

Quarry Bay, (Girls),

Little Hongkong, (Boys),

25.-

Aberdeen School, (Boys),

26.

Aplican, (Girls),

2.-- 3.- 4.-- 5.-

6.-Basel Mission, Shamshuipo, (Boys),

7.-

Shaukiwan, (Boys),.

8. 9.- 10.-

Tokwawan, (Boys),..

Matauchung, (Boys),

น

Mongkok, (Boys),.

-12.-

Mongkoktsui, (Boys),

13.-

Tsat-tszmui, (Boys),..

No. 2, (Boys),

Queen's Road West, (Boys)

Hawan, (Girls),

Chungwan, (Girls),

Yaumati, (Girls),

55 28

14 10

11 6

22 10 8

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6 4

11.-Berlin Ladies Mission, Queen's Road West, (Boys),

14.-C. M. S., St. Stephen's Chinese School, (Boys),

Pottinger Street, (Boys),

Saiyingpun, (Boys),

St. Stephen's Baxter Memorial, (Girls),

Lyndhurst Terrace. (Girls),.

28.

29,-. 30.-

31.-

32.-

33.- 34.-

37.

Yaumati, (Boys)..

38.

39. 40.-

(Boys),

41.- 42. 43.- 44.

Hospital Chapel, (Boys),

Shektongtsui, (Girls),..

45.-

46.

27.-F. E. S., Bonham Road, Chinese Division, (Girls),

፡፡

High Street, (Girls),

Queen's Road West, (Girls),

Saiyingpun Praya, (Girls),.

Pottinger Street, (Girls), Stanley School, (Girls), Shaukiwán, (Girls),

Tokwawan, (Girls),.

35.-L. M. S., Square Street, (Boys),

Wantsai Chapel, (Boys),

Shektongtsui, (Boys),

Saiyingpun I. Division, (Boys),

II.

Hunghom, (Boys),

17 22

I 15

50.-

51.-

52.- 53.

54.

55.

56.

57.-

58.-

59.-

60.-

61.-

47.

48.- 49.-

Saiyingpun, Second Street, I. Division, (Girls),

Ui-hing Lane, I. Division (Girls),

II.

Tanglungchau, No. 1 (Boys),

No. 2 (Boys),

Shaukiwan, (Boys),

Taikoktsui, (Boys),

Square Street, (Girls),

Matauwai, (Boys),

Third Street, (Boys),

D'Aguilar Street, (Girls),

Fletcher Street, (Girls),..

Kau-ü-fong, (Girls),

Tanglungchan, (Girls),

Aberdeen Street, (Girls),

Wantsai Chapel, (Girls),

Staunton Street, (Girls),

62.-R. C. Mission, Cathedral School, (Boys),

Bridges Street, Chinese Division, (Girls), St. Theresa School, (Girls),...

Holy Infancy School, I. Division, (Boys),

II.

(Boys),

(Girls),

28-172600RRIER : : : : : : :MROMIN HJ88228 :32:

13 16

13 9

22 8

35 10

9 13

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20 15

1 18

13 9

15 32

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Ordinary Subjects,

Stand. I.

Stand. II.

Stand. III.

Stand. IV.

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64.-

65.- 66.-

10.

II.

67.

Yaumati, "(Girls),

(Girls),

68.

Shaukiwan, (Girls),

69.-

Hanghom, (Girls),

70.-

71.-

Italian Convent, Chinese School, (Girls),. Sacred Heart School Chinese Div., (Girls),.

72.-Wesleyan Mission, Spring Gardens, (Boys),...

I' 30

73.

Wellington Street, (Boys),

74.

(Girls),.

75.

Lascar Row (Boys),....

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76.

Wantsai School, (Boys),

**.-

Graham Street, (Girls),

12 37

16 6

78.

Kennedy Town, (Boys),

13 12

79.-Basel Mission, High Street, (Girls),

80.-Berlin Mission School, (Girls),..

82.-

وو

81.-C. M. S., Victoria Home and Orphanage, Chi. Div., (Girls), II

St. Stephen's Anglo-Chinese, (Boys),

III

83.-

Morrison English School, (Boys),.......

III

81.-Wesleyan Mission, Lyndhurst Terrace, Eng. Sch., (Boys),. 85.-St. Paul's College School (Boys),.

III

50 37

86.--Diocesan Home and Orphanage, (Boys), 87.-F. E. S., Bonham Road, English Division, (Girls), 88.-L. M. S., Taipingshan, English School, (Boys), 89.-R. C. M., St. Joseph's College, Chinese Division, (Boys),

III

90.

European

(Boys),

IlI

174

25 170

91.

Italian Convent, English Division, (Girls),..

III

29 115 118

92.-

Portuguese Division, (Girls),

III

9 18

93.-

Bridges Street, English Division, (Girls),

III

94.

Portuguese Division, (Girls),.

III

95.

Nova Escola Portugueza, (Girls),

III

98.-

97.-

Sacred Heart School English Division, (Girls), St. Francis, Portuguese Division, (Girls),

III

98.-

›

English

(Girls),

III

.99.-

Victoria Port. School, Port. Division, (Mixed),.

III 10

100.

101.-

102.

Eng. Division, (Mixed), English School, (Boys), (Girls), 103.-British Kowloon School (Mixed),

III 13

III

101.-C. M. S., Victoria Home & Orphann e, Eng. Div., (Girls). III

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24 13 19

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*Physical Geography.

Assessed ander the special circumstances. Approved by C.S.O. 15 of 1897.

Under C.S.O. 2753 of 1896, the grant nominally earned ($167.44) is subject to a reduction of 25 per cent leaving $125.58, of which sum three fourths ($94.19) is payable to Man § No examination held, see C.S.O. 2753 of 1896, and the grant, with the exception of capitulation money, declared forfeited.

Education Department, Hongkong, 22nd February, 1897.

Stand, V.

Stand. VI.

::::

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Stand. VII.

Stand. I.

::::::::::: : : :* :

Stand. II,

: : : : :

Special Subjects.

NUMBER OF SCHOLARS WHO FAILED.

Ordinary Subjects,

SUMS TO WHICH THE SCHOOL ID UNTILLAberd

Ordinary Subjects.

Special Subjects,

✪ | Stand. IV.

Stand. V.

Stand. VI.

Stand. VII.

Stand. II.

Stand. III.

Stand. IV.

Stand. V.

Stand. VI.

Stand. VII.

Stand. I,

Stand. I.

Stand. II.

Stand. III.

Passed.

Failed.

Passed.

Failed.

Ordinary Special

Subjects. Subjects.

Average Daily Attendance

during the Year.

TOTALS.

Stand. I.

Stand. II.

Stand. III.

Stand. IV.

Stand. V.

Stand. VI.

Stand. VII.

Stand. I.

Stand. II.

Stand. III.

Stand. IV.

Stand. V.

Stand. VI.

Stand. VII.

Stand. I.

Stand. II.

Stand. III.

Stand. IV.

Stand. V.

Stand. VI.

Stand. VII.

>LARS WHO PASSED.

Special Subjects.

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12.24

12.27

16.16

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23.19

48.18 84 23.64

18.91 30 32 19.18 18 16

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30.88 18 44

20.30 0 36 50.45 39

35.07 36 36 47.96 33 83 34.68

19 23 15 18.16

16.71 12

17,51 18

18.67 21

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6.00 3.00

14.50

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3.50 7.50

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2.00

2.50 3.00

12.72 18 13.81

18.80

18.21

29.15

14.82

17.69

21.27

7.88

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29.04

15.72

15,25

47.09

32.33

32.25

22.28

47,37

33.52

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32.53

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29 24

29.16

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19.74 21 31.33 6 20.03 24 28.17

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68.52

23.18

41.60

59.30 198

30.32 108

23.55 132 52.78 222

91.76

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180.91 1150 208 270

141.20 174 192

56.79 54 144

14.58

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18.19

24 24

17.19

27.40

16.28

10.13

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76.46

43.81

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Stand. III.

Stand. IV.

Stand. V.

Stand. VI.

Stand, VII.

Passed.

Failed.

Passed.

Failed.

Special Subjects.

Ordinary Special

Subjects. Subjects.

Average Daily Attendan during the Year.

Stand. I.

Stand. II.

Stand. III.

Stand. IV.

Stand, V.

Stand. VI.

Stand. VII.

Stand. I.

Ordinary Subjects.

Special Subjects.

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$7.46 18 60

28.12

24 28 72

12.24

12.27

16.16 18

23.19

27 16 30

48.18

84 56

23.64

44 36

18.91

19.18

35.49 9

30.58

44 90

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50.15 39

35.07 36

47.96 33

34.68

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18.67 21 12.72 13.81

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18.80 15 18.21

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29.15

14.82

17.69

21.27

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7.88 29.04

15.72

15.25

47.09

32.33

32.25

22.28

47.87 27 80

15.92 27 20

31.00 7.05

21.69

54.39 45 84 37.03 30

$6.68

21 2

1 19

4 24.13

2 10

1 18.68

15.22 30 12

17.19 12.96 18

15.53 12 20

19.71 15

16.04 18

27.03 30 12

44.14 48

13.55 12

6 23

38.69

20.87

29 24

29.16

66.46 18.57

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40.76 56.10 63

19.74

31.33

20.03

28.17

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23.18

41.60

59.30 198

30.32 108

23,55

52.78

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36 40

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45 36

28.42 18 12 102

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18.92

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30 16

15 16

132 72

91.76

21.77

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15 153

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141.20 174 192 130 228 168 160

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76.16

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3.00 3.00

14.50 6.00

16.00 2.50

3.75

3.50 7.50

3.00 1,50

2.00

2.50

1.50 3.00

3 3.00

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3.00 3.00

+66.30

4.00 6.75

44 126 14

66 56

52 54 28

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+59.79

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5.00 3.75

2.50 4.50

6,00

3.00

6.00

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30 28

4 18

12 28 12 7

18 21

12 14

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1.50 .75

16.50 9.75

7.50

4.50

1.00

4.00

7.50

7.00

3.00

7.50

3.00

5.09

2.00

2.25

4.00

1.50

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Stand, IV.

* Stand. V.

Stand. VI.

Stand. VII.

Very Good.

Good.

Fair.

Capitation Grant.

Total Grant carned in 1890

Amount due to Teacher,

Amount due to Manager.

18.73

168.73

42.19 126.55

14.06

142.0€

35.51 106.55

2.50

6.12

50.62

12.65 $7.97

1.50

6.13

66.63

16.65

49.98

1.50

8.08 85.08

21.27 63.81

11.59 108.09

27.02

81.07

24.24

246.24

61.56

181.63

11.82

122.07

20.51

91,56

9.45

89 45

22.36

67.09

9.59

43.59

10.89

32.70

17.74

174.74

43.68

131.06

15.44 $125.58

+..

$94.19

10.45 67.45

16.86

50,59

25.22 203.22 17.53 179.53 23.98 213.48 17.34

50.80

152.42

44.88 134.65

53.37 160.11

180.34

45.08

135,26

9.00

4 2.50

9.61

112.36

28.09

84,27

10.50 8 2.00

9.08

126.58

31.64

94,94

3.00 10

8.35

83.85

20.96

62.89

8.75

113.25

28.31

$4,94

14 1.00

9.33

116.83 29.20

87,63

1.00

6.36

51.36 12.84 38.52

6.90

21.90

5.47 16.43

9.40

127.40

31.85

95.55

2.50

9.10

77.60

19.40

58.20

+30.33

14.57

252.64 63.16

189.48

†2.06

†15.15

4.50

+.50 +6.56

7.41 8.84 10.63 119.38

61.37 15.34

46.03

90.29

22.57

67.72

3.94 34.26

+11.33

14.52 139.92

29.84 89.54

$.56 34.98 104.94

25.70

†18.92

7.76

86.47

21.61

64.86

+6.75

7.62

81.50

20.37

61.13

23.54

216,54

51.13

162.41

16.16

171.91

42.97 128.94

16.12 141.12

35.28 105.84

11.14

137.14

34.28

102.86

12 1.50

23.68

252.68

63.17 189,51

16.76

174.26

43.56

130.70

7,96

54.96

13.74

41.22

15,50

151.50

37.87

113.63

2.00

3.52

31.05

7.76

23.29

7.00

10.84

99.09

24.77

74.32

27,19

309.94

77.48 232.46

6.00

18.51

213.51

58.37

160.14

4 9.00

18.54

155.34

38.83 116.51

14.21

12.21

16.26

9 46

7.50

12.06 9.34

157.71 39.42 119.29 136.21 34.05 102.16 134.26 $9.46 151.06

33.56

32.76

100,70 9.46 99.30

101.34 25.33 76.01

2 4.50

7.61

79.36

.50

8.59

99.59

19.81 24.89 74.70

59,52

3.00 6 4.00

6.48

93.48 23.37 70.11

6.00 13

.50

7.76

125.26

31.31

93.95

2.00

9.85

72.85

18.21

54.64

3.00

1.00

8.02

89.02 22.25

66,77

3.00

4 7.00

15.00

4.50

3.00 13 7.50 1.50 11 5

13.51 22.07 190.32 6.77 40.77 19.34 220.59

117.76

29.44

88.32

47.58

142.74

10.19

30.58

55.14 165.45

10.13

81.93

20.48

61.45

5.00

14.62

144.37

36.09

105.28

10.50 S

2.50

14.58

140.83

35.20

105.63

24.00 37

1.50

33.23

412.48

110.62

331.86

3.00 7

1.00

9.28

93.03

23.25

69.78

+120.82

20.38

141.20

35.30

105.00

28.05

229.05

57.26 171.79

1.50

5.50

9.87

75.87

18.96

56.91

15.66

73.66

18.41

55.25

10.01

82.01

20.50

61.51

1.50

17 7.50

14.08

222,08

55.52

150 208 270 336 294 272 198

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166,56

10.42

134.42

33.60 100.82

+494.49

+50.47 51.39

595.35

149.08

447.27

7,50

10.50 6 1.50

17.38

209.85

52.47 157.41

+382.14

†49.94

31.20

463.28

115.82 347.46

59.30

435.30

121.52 363.08

30.32

186.32

46.58 139.74

23.55

227.55

56.88

170.67

52.78 418.78

101.69

314.09

†960.96 +178.66

91.76 1,052.72

263.18

789 54

+29.16

21.77

229.9

57.39

172.20

41.81 332.81

88.20

249.61

92 123

19.43 180.91 2,261.91

113.43

28.35

85.08

565.17 1,696.44

49.50 55 12.00 6.00 21 9,59

4.50 14.58

141.20 1,381.70

345.42 1,036.28

56.79

471,29

117.82

353.47

132.09

33.02 99.06

5.50 40.63

288.13

72.03 216.10

1.50 3 16,50 1

18.19 17.19

126.19

99.69

24.92

27.40 184.90

31.54 94.65

74.77 46.22 138.68

13.50 1

16.28

121.78

31.19 93.59

1.09

10.13

91.13

1.00

11.82

68.35 114.82 28.70 86.12

22.78

+863.70 +519.66

76.46

915.15 236.29

708.87

†11.16

43.81

: ;

604.63

151.15 453.48

28.25

294.25

and one-fourth ($31.39), being the Teacher's bonus, is forfeited to Government.

TOTAL,..

73.56 220.69

6.84 40.81 10.21 30.63

.$21,210.38 5,268.48 15,910.51

E. J. EITEL, Inspector of Schools.

TABLE XI-PERCENTAGE of SCHOLARS who passed in the GRANT-IN-AID SCHOOLS during the last two Years.

321

No.

Name of Schools.

1895.

1896.

Increase.

Decrease.

IQ 0 4 1O CON ∞ ∞

American Board Mission, Bridges Street (Boys),

56.09

91.66

35.57

Queens Road West (Boys),

91.17

96.42

5.25

Háwan (Girls),

80.00

90.90

10.90

وو

Chungwan (Girls),

47.61

100.00

52.39

•

Yaumati (Girls),

96.55

100.00

3.45

Basel Mission, Shamshuipo (Boys),

Shaukiwan (Boys),

Tokwawan (Boys),

91.66

80.00

11.66

96.61

94.54

2.07

96.29

96.00

0.29

Matauchung (Boys),.

81.25

94.14

12.89

Mongkok (Boys),

71.44

66.66

4.78

Berlin Ladies Mission, Queen's Road West (Boys),

C. M. S., St. Stephen's Chinese School (Boys),

93.33

88.88

4.45

Mongkoktsui (Boys),

75.75

84.21

8.46

Tsatszmui (Boys),

63.15

45.16

17.99

93.47

90.24

3.23

No. 2 (Boys),

97.05

86.48

10.57

Pottinger Street (Boys),

98.33

97.61

0.72

Saiyingpun (Boys),

87.18

94.44

7.26

AAR:

St. Stephen's Baxter Memorial (Girls),

95.83

94.44

1.39

Lyndhurst Terrace (Girls),

81.81

100.00

18.19

Third Street (Girls),

96.00

80.00

16.00

...

Yaumati (Mixed),

75.00

91.30

16.30

Hunghom (Girls),

94.11

94.73

0.62

Quarry Bay (Girls),

61.11

100.00

38.89

•

Little Hongkong (Boys),

76.92

33.33

43.59

Aberdeen School (Boys),

100.00

Aplichau

(Girls),

75.00

F. E. S., Bonham Road, Chinese Division (Girls),

High Strert (Girls),

Queen's Road West (Girls),.........、

Saiyingpun Praya (Girls),

Pottinger Street (Girls),

Stanley School (Girls),

Shaukiwan (Girls), Tokwawan (Girls),.

L. M. S., Square Street (Boys),

Wantsai Chapel (Boys),

Yaumati (Boys),. Shektongtsui (Boys),.

96.15

100.00

80.00

82.75

76.92

100.00

96.87

91.42

5.45

78.00

75.67

2.33

83.72

86.20

2.48

Saiyingpun, I. Division (Boys),

86.27

90.00

3.73

II.

(Boys),

97.77

83.78

13.99

Hunghom (Boys),

93.33

100.00

6.67

Hospital Chapel (Boys),

88.09

100.00

11.91

Shektong tsui (Girls),

90.90

66.66

23.24

Saiyingpun, Second Street I. Div. (Girls),

56.00

79.16

23.16

II. (Boys),

86.20

85.93

0.27

Ui-hing Lane I. Division (Girls),

100.00

92.30

7.70

II.

Tanglungchau No. 1 (Boys),

No. 2 (Boys),

Shaukiwan (Boys),

(Girls),

70.27

96.87

26.60

89.28

100.00

10.72

97.22

100.00

2.78

93.33

90.62

2.71

Taikoktsui (Boys),

94.44

Square Street (Girls),

80.00

96.00

16.00

Matauwai (Boys),

89.28

90.47

1.19

Third Street (Boys),

93.75

D'Aguilar Street (Girls),

92.50

Fletcher Street (Girls),

100.00

Kau-ü-fong (Girls),

85.10

100.00

14.90

Tanglungchau (Girls),

93.75

100.00

6.25

Aberdeen Street (Girls),

97.22

100.00

2.78

Wantsai Chapel (Girls),

92.15

100.00

7.85

Staunton Street (Girls),

100.00

87.50

12.50

R. C. M., Cathedral School (Boys),

71.42

Bridges Street, Chinese Division (Girls),

85.71

72.00

13.71

}}

St. Theresa School (Girls),

97.33

68.29

29.04

Holy Infancy School, I. Division (Boys),.

100.00

80.00

20.00

II.

(Girls),

100.00

83.33

16.67

Yaumati (Girls),

96.29

93.33

2.96

Shaukiwan (Girls),

86.20

83.33

2.87

Hunghom (Girls),

72.41

100.00

27,59

Italian Convent, Chinese School (Girls),

95.65

91.07

3.58

Sacred Heart School, Chinese Div. (Girls),.

95.83

87.50

8.33

72 Wesleyan Mission, Spring Gardens (Boys),

94.11

Wellington Street (Boys),

92.50

94.44

1.94

(Girls),

88.88

88.23

.65

Lascar Row (Boys),

73.68

45.83

27.85

Wantsai School (Boys),

95.74

94.73

1.01

Class

School.

322

TABLE XI-PERCENTAGE of SCHOLARS who passed in the GRANT-IN-AID SCHOOLS,-Continued.

No.

Name of Schools.

1895.

1896.

Increase.

Decrease.

Wesleyan Mission, Graham Street (Girls),

100.00

97.29

Kennedy Town (Boys),

96.55

83.33

2.71 13.22

Basel Mission, High Street,

93.54

Berlin Mission (Girls),

88.46

100.00

11.54

C.M.S., Victoria Home and Orphanage Chin. Div. (Girls),

94.73

St. Stephen's Anglo-Chinese (Boys),

98.18

100.00

1.82

وو

Morrison English School (Boys),

80.76

95.83

15.07

W. M., Lyndhurst Terrace, English School (Boys), St. Paul's College School (Boys),

91.17

100.00

8.83

96.66

100.00

3.31

Diocesan Home and Orphanage (Boys),

89.02

F. E. S, Bonham Road, English Division (Girls), L. M. S., Taipingshan, English School (Boys),

83.33

100.00

R. C. M., St. Joseph's College Chinese Division (Boys),

80.00

100.00

20.00

European

(Boys),

92.65

91.17

1.48

}}

Italian Convent, English Division (Girls),

88.70

96.52

7.82

Portuguese Division (Girls), .

100.00

....

Bridges Street, English Division (Girls),

92.85

100.00

7.15

Portuguese Division (Girls),.

97.14

100.00

2.86

Nova Escola Portugueza (Girls),.

100.00

Sacred Heart School, English Division (Girls), St. Francis, Portuguese Division (Girls),

87.50

100.00

12.50

100.00

86.91

13.09

English Division (Girls);

95.23

100.00

4.77

Victoria Portuguese School, Port. Div. (Mixed),

100.00

100

Eng. Div. (Mixed),

100.00

101

Victoria English School (Boys),

88.88

102

دو

(Girls),

100.00

....

103

British Kowloon School (Mixed),

100.00

95.45

4.55

104 C.M.S., Victoria Home and Orphanage Eng. Div. (Girls),

100.00

Name of Schools.

TABLE XII.--PERCENTAGE of PASSES in the various subjects in which the GRANT-IN-AID SCHOOLS were examined in 1896.

Reading.

Writing

or Com-

position.

American Board Mission, Bridges Street (Boys),

95.60

91.30

}}

Queen's Rd. West (Boys),

96.42 100.00 14.28

95.60

100.00

Háwan (Girls)..

100.00 90.90

Chungwan (Girls),

100.00 100.00

100.00

100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

Yaumati (Girls),

100.00 100.00

100.00

Basel Mission, Shanshuipo (Boys),

Shaukiwán (Boys),

92,00 72.00 68.52

100.00 100.00

86.27

Tokwawan (Boys),

Matauchung (Boys), .

100.00 96.00

94.11

100.00 94.14

100.00 100.00

100.00 100.00 100.00

...

***

100.00

Mongkok (Boys),

Berlin Ladies Mission, Queen's Road West (Boys),

Mongkoktsui (Boys),

C.M.S., St. Stephen's Chinese School (Boys),

No. 2 (Boys),

93.33 73.33

100.00

94.44

100.00 100.00

97.36 84.21

100.00 100.00

Tsat-tszmui (Boys),

54.83 70.96

100.00 100.00

100.00 90.24 84.21

100.00 100.00

100.00 $6.48 80.55

Pottinger Street (Boys),

100.00 100.00 88.09

Failed

100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Failed

Saiyingpun (Boys),

97.22 97.22 88.88

100.00 100.00

St. Stephen's Baxter Memorial (Girls),

100.00 94.44 88.23

Failed

100.00 83.33

...

Lyndhurst Terrace (Girls),..

100.00 100.00 89.47

100.00 100.00

Third Street (Girls),

100.00 80.00 83.33

100.00 100.00

Yaumati (Mixed),

100.00 86.95 75.00

100.00

100.00 100.00

Hunghom (Girls),

100.00 94.73 100.00

100.00

100.00 100.00

Quarry Bay (Girls),

100.00 100.00

Little Hongkong (Boys),

100.00 Failed

100.00

100.00 100.00 100.00

Aberdeen School (Boys),.

100.00 100.00

100.00

Aplichau (Girls),

95.00 80.00

100.00 100.00 100.00

95.00 100.00

High Street (Girls),

Saiyingpun Praya, (Girls),.

100.00 100.00 100.00

...

100.00 100.00

F.E.S., Bonham Road, Chinese Division (Girls),

་་

Queen's Road West (Girls),

Pottinger Street (Girls),

Stanley School (Girls),

Shaukiwan (Girls),

Tokwawan (Girls),

L.M.S., Square Street (Boys),

Shektongtsui (Boys),

Saiyingpun, 1. Division (Boys),

Wantsai Chapel (Boys),

Yaumati (Boys),

II.

(Boys),

་་

Hunghom (Boys),

Hospital Chapel (Boys),

Shektongtsui (Girls),

100.00 100.00 100.00 91.42 94.73 100.00 78.37

100.00

100.00 100.00 100.00

100.00 100.00

100.00

96.55

89.66 96.00 92.00

97.29 83.78

100.00 100.00

100.00

71.42

Failed 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

100.00

100.00 100.00 88.88 100.00 66.66 25.00

100.00 100.00

Saiyingpun, Second Street, I. Div. (Girls),..

100.00 79.16 57.14

100.00 83.33 Failed

II. (Boys).. 100.00 87.50 87.13 Ui-hing Lane, I. Division (Girls),

100.00 92,30 100.00

100.00 100.00

63.63

72.72

100.00 100.00

Class

School.

TABLE XII-PERCENTAGE of PASSES,—Continued.

Name of Schools.

323

Staunton Street (Girls).

Bridges Street, Chinese Division (Girls),. St. Theresa School (Girls),

L.M.S., Ui-hing Lane, II. Division (Girls),

Tanglungchau No. 1 (Boys),

No. 2 (Boys),

Shaukiwan (Boys),

Taikoktsui (Boys),

Square Street (Girls),

Matauwai (Boys),....

D'Aguilar Street (Girls), Fletcher Street (Girls), Kau-u-fong (Girls), Tanglungchau (Girls), Aberdeen Street (Girls), Wantsai Chapel (Girls),

R.C.M., Cathedral School (Boys),

Third Street (Boys),..

100.00 96.87 1.33 100.00 100.00 94.73 100.00 100.00 91.30 100.00 90.62

100.00 100.00 100.00

100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

100.00

100.00 92.00 82.60 100.00 90.47 90.90

100.00 100.00

100.00 100.00 | 100.00

100.00

100.00 100.00

100.00 100.00 100.00

100.00

100.00 100.00 | Failed

100.00 100.00

100.00

100.00 100.00

100.00

100.00 100.00

100.00 100.00 88.88

100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

***

...

100.00 60.00 88.00

100.00

100.00 100.00

Holy Infancy School, I. Division (Boys),

100.00 65.85 100.00 $0.00

86.20

100.00

97.53 90.90 100.00 100.00

***

...

II.

Yaumati (Girls),

Shaukiwan (Girls),

100.00 (Girls),

71.42 79,31 100.00 86.66

93.33 76.66 78.57

100.00

100.00 95.45

66.66

100.00

100.00 100.00

Hunghom (Girls),

100.00 95.45 52.94

Italian Convent, Chinese School (Girls),

96.42 76.78 79,59

100.00

Sacred Heart School, Chinese Division (Girls),.

Wesleyan Mission, Spring Gardens (Boys),

Wellington Street (Boys).

(Girls),

Lascar Row (Boys),

Wantsai School (Boys),

87.50 87.50 71.42

100.00 100.00

100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 97.14 33.33 100.00 100.00 | 100.00

100.00 94.44

100.00 100.00

100.00 88.23 75.00 45.83

100.00

100.00 100.00

95.83

100.00 94.73

100.00 100.00

Graham Street (Girls),

100.00

Kennedy Town (Boys),

96.66

97.29 Failed 90.00

100.00

100.00 100.00 100.00

93.75

Basel Mission, High Street,

...

Berlin Mission (Girls),

100.00

86.34 100.00

Phys. Goo.

100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

St. Stephen's Anglo-Chinese (Boys),

Morrison English School (Boys),

C.M.S., Victoria Home & Orphanage Chi. Div. (Girls),

Wesleyan Mission, Lyndhurst Terrace Eng. Sch. (Boys), 100.00 100.00

100.00 100.00 100.00 79.16

St. Paul's College School (Boys),

100.00 98.07

98.24 100.00 | 100.00 95.83 100.00 100.00 70.96 98.07❘ 100.00

100.00 85.71

Diocesan Home and Orphanage (Boys),

...

F.E.S., Bonham Road, English Division (Girls), L.M.S., Taipingshan, English School (Boys),

R.C.M., St. Joseph's College, Chinese Div. (Boys),

European Div. (Boys),. Italian Convent, English Division (Girls),!..

100.00 100.00 90.47 100.00

61.53 100.00 92.30 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 85.20 100.00 91.89

Portuguese Division (Girls),...

180.00

84.44

Bridges Street, English Division (Girls),

100.00

Nova Escola Portugueza (Girls),.

Portuguese Division (Girls).......

100.00

96.87

100.00

Sacred Heart School, English Division (Girls), St. Francis, Portuguese Division (Girls),

English Division (Girls),'

Victoria Portuguese Sch., Port. Div. (Mixed),...

Eng. Div. (Mixed),.

80.00 96.47 94.40 100.00 96.55 76.57 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 93.33 100.00 | 100.00 87.50 100.00 100.00 75.00 100.00 | 100.00 92.30 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 | 100.00 95.65 86.95 43.47 100.00 100.00 100.00 91.66 83.33 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 90.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 100.00 92.30 92.30 100.00 | 100.00

►

•

Victoria English School (Boys),

British Kowloon School (Mixed),.

(Girls),

100.00 95.45

C.M.S., Victoria Home & Orphanage Eng. Div. (Girls). 100.00 100.00 100.00

68.18 90.90 100.00 100.00 100.00

100.00

TABLE XIII.-NUMBER of UNEDUCATED CHILDREN in the COLONY in the year Estimated Number of Children of local school-age (6 to 16 years) in the Colony, in 1896:-

Boys, Girls,

Deduct, Recorded Number of Scholars under instruction in the Colony, in 1896:-

Government Schools,

Grant-in-Aid,

Kaifong Schools,

Private Schools,.

1896.

...

.12,533

...11,625

24,158

Boys,

Girls.

Total.

..1,745

378

2,123

..2,856

2,322

5,178

.1,604

1,625

339

421

9,347

..14,811

Uneducated or imperfectly educated Children in the Colony, in 1896,

E. J. EITEL, Ph. D., (Tubing).

Inspector of Schools and Head of the Education Department.

SIR,

સં

HONGKONG.

REPORT ON CERTAIN CASES OF ENTERIC FEVER.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

No.

501

SANITARY BOARD OFFICES,

HONGKONG, August 20, 1897.

I have the honour to submit, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, the following report concerning the cases of Enteric Fever which have occurred in the Colony during the current

year:

Fifty-six cases have been reported to me, of which forty-three were Europeans, seven were Chinese, five were Japanese and one an Indian; of these fifty-six cases, nineteen were imported into the Colony by the shipping, leaving thirty-seven cases to be accounted for locally, twenty-seven of which were of European nationality. In some of these, it has been impossible to trace, with any degree of certainty, the source of the infection, and in such I have been compelled to fall back upon the theory of an infected food-supply of Chinese origin; in the series of European cases, however, which occurred during the month of June, it is very clear to my mind that they must have had some con- nection with the milk supplied to these persons, and this conviction became more certain when I proved that such milk-supply was in part derived from Chinese sources, and that these sources were extremely liable to contamination, owing to the adulteration of the milk with water.

In a report upon this subject submitted by me to the Government, last month, I suggested the introduction of an Ordinance similar in effect to the Imperial Infectious Diseases Prevention Act of 1890, empowering the Government to prohibit, for a time, the supply of milk from any dairy, when such milk is likely to cause or has caused infectious disease in the Colony, and I have drafted, for the approval of the Honourable the Attorney General, a Bill which would furnish these powers.

The most recent cases of Enteric Fever which have been reported are six Chinese cases, all from one address, and these are clearly traceable, in my opinion, to an imported European case, the patient dying, shortly after arrival, in one of the Missionary Homes in the City.

I have the honour to be,

Honourable J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

FRANCIS W. CLARK,

Medical Officer of Health,

No. 1.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 3rd May, 1897.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART), Chairman. His Excellency the Major-General Commanding, (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.). The Honourable the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITHI).

the Director of Public Works, (FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER).

the Earbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.). CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

WEI YUK.

وو

ABSENT:

C.S.0.

The Honourable JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

The Committee met at the request of the Colonial Secretary.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 7th December, 1896, were read and confirmed. Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :-

2607 of 1896.

C.S.O.

2439 of 1896.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Nine hundred and Fifty-nine Dollars and Fifty Cents, ($959.50), for expenses incurred in connection with the quarantine of the S.S. Cheang Hok Kian.

Government House, Hongkong, 16th December, 1896.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Four thousand four hundred and Eighty-eight Dollars, ($4,488), to meet the following expenses during the current year-

Personal Emoluments,-

Assistant Surgeon, Medical Department,

Resident Surgeon, Tung Wa Hospital,.

Messe:rger,

Other Charges,-

For conveyance,

$2,400.00

1,800.00

72.00

216.00

Total,..............

$4,488.00

Government Hcuse, Hongkong, 9th January, 1897.

C.O.D.

255 of 1896.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand and Two hundred Dollars, ($1,200), being increase to the salaries of the undermentioned Officers for the current year :-

Mr. W. CHATHAM, Executive Engineer, Public Works' Department, Mr. H. P. Tooker,

.....$600.00

600.00

Total,.

$1,200.00

Government House, Hongkong, 9th January, 1897.

}

C.S.O.

496 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to re-vote the sum of Twenty-eight thousand Six hundred and Twelve Dollars and Thirty-two cents ($28,612.32), being the unexpended balances on the following votes for 1896, for Extraordinary Public Works:-

Slaughter-house, Pig and Sheep Depôts including Pier

Raising Praya Wall, Shektongtsui opposite M. L. 126 and 177-183 Improvement of Street Lighting

Storm Water Drain, Wing Fung Street Salisbury Road, Kowloon

....

$ 8,471.16

5,000.00

8,872.65

3,943.51

2,325.00

Total....

$ 28,612.32

C.S.O.

Government House, Hongkong, 24th February, 1897.

641 of 1897,

C.S.Ö. 440 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recominends the Council to re-vote the sum of Two thousand Four hundred and Twenty-four Dollars and Ninety-three Cents, ($2,424.93), being the unexpended balance under the vote "Isolation Hospital 1896."

Government House, Hongkong, 10th March, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five hundred and Fifty Dollars, ($550.00), to cover the salary and allowances of the newly appointed Student Interpreter from 1st March to 31st December, 1897 :-

Salary at $40 per month,

Allowance for a Chinese Teacher at $15,

$400.00 150.00

Total,...$550.00

G.S.0.

Government House, Hongkong, 12th March, 1897.

821 of 1897.

C.S.O. 956 of 1897,

C.S.O. 1021 of 1897.

(S.0.

296 of 1897,

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Six hundred Dollars, ($600), in aid of the vote "Maintenance of Juvenile Offenders in the Reformatory."

Government House, Hongkong, 31st March, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two hundred Dollars, ($200), in aid of the Vote "Isolation Hospital."

Government House, Hongkong, 14th April, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Six thousand Dollars, ($6,000), for repairs to Roads outside the City of Victoria.

Government House, Hongkong, 24th April, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand Four hundred and Thirty-eight Dollars and Seventy-six Cents, ($3,438.76), to meet the following expenses in connection with the Kennedy Town Hospital during the months of January, February, March and April, 1897 :-

Personal Emoluments, Other Charges, Water Rate,

$ 816.40 2,589.46

32.90

Total,......

$3,438.76

Government House, Hongkong, 29th April, 1897.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above votes be passed.

The Committee then adjourned.

Laid before the Legislative Council on the 10th May, 1897.

Read and confirmed on the 17th May, 1897.

•

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Chairman.

No. 2.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG, On the 17th May, 1897.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART), Chairman. The Honourable the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

C.S.O.

the Acting Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM). CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

WEI YUK.

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ABSENT:

His Excellency the Major-General Commanding, (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.). The Honourable JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

The Committee met at the request of the Colonial Secretary.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 7th December, 1896, were read and confirmed. Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :-

425 of 1897.

C.S.O.

1118 of 1897.

C.S.O.

1175 of 1897,

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One hundred and Eighty-seven Dollars, ($187), in aid of the vote "Repairs to Health Officer's launch.”

Government House, Hongkong, 5th May, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One hundred and Fifty Dollars, ($150), in aid of the vote "Post mortem Examinations and Medical Attendance at Inquests.”

Government House, Hongkong, 7th May, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON. -

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand Five hundred and Fifty Dollars, ($1,550), in aid of the vote for Post Office "Incidental Expenses."

Government House, Hongkong, 12th May, 1897.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above votes be passed.

The Committee then adjourned.

Laid before the Legislative Council on the 31st May, 1897.

Read and confirmed on the 31st May, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Chairman,

No. 3.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 31st May, 1897.

PRESENT:

'C.S.O.

the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

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the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

the Acting Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

WEI YUK.

ABSENT:

The Honourable JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

The Committee met at the request of the Colonial Secretary.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 17th May, 1897, were read and confirmed. Read the following Minute under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :-

1362 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Seven hundred and Fifty Dollars, ($750), in aid of the Hongkong Public Library.

Government House, Hongkong, 28th May, 1897.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above vote be passed.

The Committee then adjourned.

Laid before the Legislative Council on the 28th June, 1897.

Read and confirmed on the 28th June, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Chairman.

No. 4.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 28th June, 1897.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (JAMES Haldane STEWART LOCKHART), Chairman. His Excellency the Major-General Commanding, (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.). The Honourable the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

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the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

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the Acting Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

WEI YUK.

C.S.0.

The Committee met at the request of the Colonial Secretary.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 31st May, 1897, were read and confirined. Read the following Minute under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :-

941 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three hundre‍l and Forty-six Dollars and Forty-two Cents, ($346.42), in aid of the vote "Repairs to Post Office Steam Launch."

Government House, Hongkong, 12th June, 1897.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above vote be passed.

The Committee then adjourned.

Laid before the Legislative Council on the 23rd August, 1897.

Read and confirmed on the 23rd August, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

J. II. STEWART LOCKHART,

Chairman.

No. 5.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 23rd August, 1897.

PRESENT:

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.). the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Acting Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM Chatham).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVing.

WEI YUK.

C.S.O.

The Committee met at the request of the Colonial Secretary.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 28th June, 1897, were read and confirined. Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :-

1807 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One hundred and Three thousand Dollars, ($103,000), to meet the following expenses during the current year :--

Public Works Annually Recurrent Expenditure.

Repairs to Buildings,........................

Maintenance of Telegraph,

..$12,000

1,000

Public Works Extraordinary.

* Water and Drainage Works, Miscellaneous,

42,000

Taipingshan Improvement,.

40,000

Forming and Kerbing Streets, Victoria, Gardener's Cottage,

3,000

5,000

$103,000

*Chargeable to Loan.

C.S.O.

1308 of 1897.

Government House, Hongkong, 6th August, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five thousand Dollars, ($5,000), for the Construction of a new Road at the Peak District, from Plantation Road to Magazine Gap.

Government House, Hongkong, 6th August, 1897.

€.S.O.

1785 of 1897.

C.S.O.

1972 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five hundred and Twenty-three Dollars ($523), to meet the cost of certain fire-extinguishing appliances at the Gaol.

Government House, Hongkong, 16th August, 1897. --

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three hundred and Forty-nine Dollars and Thirty Cents ($349.30), in aid of the vote "Slaughter-House, Sheep and Pig Depôts, including Pier."

Government House, Hongkong, 20th August, 1897.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above votes be passed.

The Committee then adjourned.

Laid before the Legislative Council on the 26th August, 1897.

Read and confirmed on the 26th August, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Chairman.

No. 6.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 26th August, 1897.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART), Chairman. His Excellency the Major-General Commanding, (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.).

The Honourable the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Acting Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVing.

WEI YUK.

ABSENT:

C.S.O.

The Honourable the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

The Committee met at the request of the Colonial Secretary.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 23rd August, 1897, were read and confirmed. Read the following Minute under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :-

2026 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five hundred Dollars ($500), in aid of the vote "Materials for Remunerative Industry; Victoria Gaol."

Government House, Hongkong, 23rd August, 1897.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above vote be passed.

The Committee then adjourned.

Laid before the Legislative Council on the 6th September, 1897.

Read and confirmed on the 13th September, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Chairman.

No. 7.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 13th September, 1897.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART), Chairman.

the Colonel Commanding, (Colonel HENRY ELSdale, R.E.).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.). the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

the Acting Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHItehead.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

WEI YUK.

The Committee met at the request of the Colonial Secretary.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 26th August, 1897, were read and confirmed.

Bill entitleD AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORISE THE APPROPRIATION OF A SUPPLEMENTARY SUM OF THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE THOUSAND AND TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND THIRTY-SEVEN CENTS TO DEFRAY THE CHARGES OF THE YEAR 1896.

The several items in the Bill were considered separately.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the several items be passed with the exception of the item "Military Expenditure."

Mr. WHITEHEAD moved that the said item be omitted.

Mr. CHATER seconded.

Discussion ensued.

The Committee divided.

For the motion.

Honourable WEI YUK.

J. J. BELL-IRVING. ·

E. R. BELILIOS.

T. H. WHITEHEAD.

HO KAI.

C. P. CHATER.

Against the motion.

Honourable the Acting Director of Public Works.

the Colonial Treasurer.

the Captain Superintendent of Police.

the Harbour Master.

the Attorney General.

the Colonel Cominanding.

the Colonial Secretary.

The motion being lost by a majority of one, the item for "Military Expenditure" was retained in the Bill accordingly.

The Committee then adjourned.

Laid before the Legislative Council on the 25th October, 1897.

Read and confirmed on the 25th October, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE, Clerk of Councils.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Chairman.

No. 8.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 25th October, 1897.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART), Chairman.

the Colonel Commanding, (Colonel HENRY ELSDALE, R.E.).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

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the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.). the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Director of Public Works, (ROBERT DALY ORMSBY).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

WEI YUK.

The Committee met at the request of the Colonial Secretary.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 13th September, 1897, were read and confirmed. Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :-

C.S.O. 2189 of 1897.

C.S.O. 972 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand Dollars ($3,000), in aid of the vote "Expenses for Volunteers."

Government House, Hongkong, 18th September, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote the following sums to meet certain expenses in the Police Department:---

For Clothing and Accoutrements,

Bedding, Mess Utensils, &c.,

Incidental Expenses,

$4,500

750

1,400

Conveyance of Police Pensioners, &c.,

1,000

Secret Service,

400

Total,.....

.$8,050

C.S.O.

2867 of 1897.

Government House, Hongkong, 18th September, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Dollars Ninety-eight thousand Eight hundred and Ninety-two and Cents Twenty-eight ($98,892.28), being the Government. contribution towards the Jubilee Fund.

Government House, Hongkong, 29th September, 1897.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above votes be passed.

The Committee then adjourned.

Laid before the Legislative Council on the 1st November, 1897.

Read and confirmed on the 1st November, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCkle,

Clerk of Councils.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Chairman.

No. 9.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 1st November, 1897.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART), Chairman. His Excellency the General Officer Commanding, (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.). The Honourable the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

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the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.). the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Director of Public Works, (ROBERT DALY ORMSBY).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

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WEI YUK.

The Committee met at the request of the Colonial Secretary.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 25th October, 1897, were read and confirmed.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO APPLY A SUM OF NOT EXCEEDING TWO MILLIONS THREE HUN- DRED AND FORTY-THREE THOUSand Seven hunDRED AND THIRTY DOLLARS TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE YEAR 1898.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the several items in the Bill be passed, subject to further consideration regarding the item "Water for Government House" and similar items appearing in the estimated expenditure of other Departments.

The Committee then adjourned.

Laid before the Legislative Council on the 8th November, 1897.

Read and confirmed on the 8th November, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE, Clerk of Councils.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Chairman.

No. 10.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 8th November, 1897.

PRESENT:

C.S.O.

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

the Director of Public Works, (ROBERT DALY ORMSBY).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

ABSENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

WEI YUK.

The Committee met at the request of the Colonial Secretary.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 1st November, 1897, were read and confirmed. Read the following Minute under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :--

2583 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Six hundred and Fifty Dollars, ($650), in aid of the vote "Purchase and Repair of Boats" Police Department.

Government House, Hongkong, 3rd November, 1897.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above vote be passed.

The Committee then adjourned.

Laid before the Legislative Council on the 22nd November, 1897.

Read and confirmed on the 22nd November, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Chairman.

No. 11.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 22nd November, 1897.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART), Chairman.

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.). ̧ the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Director of Public Works, (ROBERT DALY ORMSBY).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

WEI YUK.

ABSENT:

C.O.D.

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding, (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.).

The Committee met at the request of the Colonial Secretary.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the Sth November, 1897, were read and confirmed. Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :-

61 of 1897.

C.S.O.

2738 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand and Two hundred Dollars, ($3,200), to meet certain expenses in connection with the Kennedytown Hospital.

Government House, Hongkong, 6th November, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One hundred Dollars, ($100), in aid of the vote "Meals for Prisoners in Cells " Police Department.

Government House, Hongkong, 15th November, 1897.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above votes be passed.

The Committee then adjourned.

Laid before the Legislative Council on the 8th December, 1897.

Read and confirmed on the 8th December, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

•

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Clerk of Councils.

Chairman, ̧

No. 12.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 8th December, 1897.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART), Chairman.

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.). the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Director of Public Works, (ROBERT DALY ORMSBY).

C.S.O.

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

Ho KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD. WEI YUK.

ABSENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding, (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.). The Honourable JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

The Committee met at the request of the Colonial Secretary.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 22nd November, 1897, were read and confirmed. Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :-

758 of 1897.

C.S.O.

2367 of 1897.

C.O.D.

208 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Four hundred and One Dollars and Forty-one Cents, ($401.41), in aid of the vote "Water for Markets, &c.," Sanitary Department.

Government House, Hongkong, 30th November, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Thirteen thousand Four hundred and Fifty-one Dollars and Seventy-two Cent ($13,451.72), to meet the Expenses in connec- tion with the Jubilee Illuminations, &c.

Government House, Hongkong, 2nd December, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two hundred and Seventy-five Dollars ($275), being the Salaries and Allowances of two new Cadets for the months of November and December, 1897.

Government House, Hongkong, 2nd December, 1897.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above votes be passed. The Committee then adjourned.

Laid before the Legislative Council on the 20th December, 1897.

Read and confirmed on the 23rd February, 1898,

J. G. T. BUCKLE, Clerk of Councils.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Chaira an.

HONGKONG.

FINANCIAL RETURNS FOR THE YEAR 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor,

TREASURY,

165

No. 97

SIR, I have the honour to transmit the following returas:

1. Revenue and Expenditure for the year 1896.

HONGKONG, 27th March, 1897.

2. Comparative Statement of Revenue and Expenditure for 1895 and 1896.

3. Return of Deposits not available.

4. Return of Advances Outstanding.

5. Return of Assets and Liabilities, 1896.

6. Return of Public Works Extraordinary chargeable against the Loan.

7. Statement of Expenditure from the Praya Reclamation Fund.

I have the honour to be,

The Houourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY,

&C.,

&c.,

&c.

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

A. M. THOMSON,

Acting Treasurer.

COLONY OF HONGKONG.

RETURN OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31

EXPENDITURE.

REVENUE'

Amount Total Estimated. Revenue.

LIGHT DUES,

LICENCES AND INTERNAL REVENUE NOT OTHERWISE SPE-

$ 102,000

$ 117,314.45

CIFLED:-

Arms Ordinance,..

200

Assessed Taxes,

425,000

370.00 402,212.68

170.00

Auctioneers' Licences,

1,800

1,200.00

22,787.32 600.00

Billiard Tables and Bowling Alleys Licences,

850

1,000.00

150.00

Boarding-house Licences,

1,500

1,947.94

447.94

Boat Licences,..

5,953

6,661.65

708.65

Cargo Boat Licences,

10,786

11,981.80

1,195.80

Emigration Brokers' Licences,.

Carriage, Chair, &c., Licences,....

Chinese Undertakers' Licences,

Dog Licences,

Fines,

Forfeitures,

40,800

42,977.00

2,177.00

Chinese Passenger Ships Licences,

350

395.00

45,00

160

180.00

20.00

2,500

2,509.50

9.50

1,000

1,000.00

30,525

63,518.48

32,993.48

5,000

3,808.03

1,191.97

Hawkers' Licences,

5,582

5,537.00

45.00

Junk Licences.

25,000

32,622.25

7,622.25

Kerosene Oil Licences,

330

441.00

111.00

Marine Store Dealers' Licences,

4,500

5,340.00

840.00

Marriage Licences,.

319

320.00

1.00

Money Changers' Licences,

575

535.00

40.00

Opium Monopoly,

286,000

286,000.00

Pawnbrokers' Licences,.

38,700

39,000.00

300.00

Shooting Licences,

100

Spirit Licences,

60,000

85.00 65,549.00

15.00

Stamps,.

196,000

Steam-Launch Licences,

1,400

215,517.68 808.50

5,549.00 19,517.68

More than Less than Estimated. Estimated.

C. $ C.

15,314.45

Charge on Account of Public Debt, Pensions,

Governor and Legislature,

Colonial Secretary's Department, Audit Department.......

Treasury.

Public Works Department,.

Post Office,

Registrar General's Department,

Harbour Master's Department,

Lighthouses,

Observatory,

Stamp Office,

Botanical and Afforestation Departmer

Legal Departments,

Ecclesiastical,

Education,

Medical Departments,

Magistracy,

Police,

Gaols,..

Fire Brigade,

Sanitary Department,

Charitable Allowances, Transport,

Miscellaneous Serviccs,. Military Expenditure, Public Works, Recurrent,

་་་་་་་་་་་

591.50

FEES OF COURT OR OFFICE, PAYMENTS FOR SPECIFIC PUR-

POSES, AND REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID :-

Bills of Health,

2.200

2,349.00

149.00

Births and Deaths, Registration of......

100

141.70

41.70

Cargo Boat Certificates,

1,800

1,986.00

186.00

Cemetery Burials,

550

1,067.69

517.69

Cemetery Fees from Public Cemeteries for Chinese,

1,750

1,511.58

Chinese Gazette, Sale of

30.00

238.42 16.00

Companies, Registration of

1,200

2,471.50

Convict Labour and other items,

4,000

5,526.92

Deeds, Registration of

3,500

5,062.00

1,271.50 1,526.92 1,562.00

+44

***

...

Discharge of Crews and Seamen,

8,000

10,543.00

2,543.00

Examination of Masters, &c.,

1,600

2,682.50

1,082.50

Fees of Court,

14,040

14.144.77

104.77

Fees on Grant of Leases,

800

1,373.50

573.50

Fees for testing Petroleum,

300

425.00

125.00

Gaol Expenses,-Recovery from Diplomatic, Naval and Mi-

litary Departments. Seamen and Debtors,..

1,200

1,354.05

154.05

Gunpowder, Storage of......

10,000

11,882.69

1,882.69

Householders, Registration of

1,160

1,366.50

Imperial Post Office, Contribution from

6,816

6,563.65

Lock Hospital, Grant-in-Aid from Admiralty,

960

924.16

Medical Examination of Emigrants,

Medical Registration Fees,

22,000 10

21,063.50

206.50

252.35 35,54 936.50

Medical Treatment of Patients in the Civil Hospital,

15,000

35.00 18,601.69

25.00 3,601.69

...

Maintenance of Gap Rock Lighthouse,

Contribution from

Chinese Imperial Government towards the

750

Official Administrator and Trustee,..............

1,500

750.00 2,549.25

1,049.25

Official Signatures,.

350

Printed Forms, Sale of

200

265.00 227.00

85.00

27.00

Private Moorings and Buoys, Rent for

2,640

2,760.00

120.00

Queen's College, Fees from Scholars,

13,000

9,948.00

3,052,00

Registry Fees,

250

444.00

194.00

Refund of Police Pay,

1,500

2,153.64

653.64

Refund Cost of Police and other Stores,.

500

694.82

194.82

Shipping Crews and Seamen,.

9,100

11,791.20

2,691.20

Sick Stoppages from Police Force,

800

1.056.09

256.09

Steam-Launches. Surveyor's Certificate,

1,500

1,375.00

115.00

Survey of Steam-Ships,

10,000

10,484.07

484.07

School for Girls, Fees from Scholars,

Sunday Cargo-Working Permits,

Trade Marks, Registration of

550 11,000 1,000

475.00

7,575.00 1,436.96

75.00 3.425.00

436.96

POST OFFICE :—

Postage,.......

225,000

245,280.33

20,280.33

RENT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, LAND AND HOUSES:-

Buildings,

Cattle Shed,.

Laundries.

Leased Lands,.

Lands not Lensed,

Markets,

760 2,600

434.00

326.00 2,600.00

480

540.00

208,000

217,252.39

60.00 9,282.39

7,000 68,000

11,532.14 4,532.14

Piers....

4,000

69,458.51

4,259.57

1.458.51

259.57

15 950 00

7 850.00

COLONY OF HONGKONG.

AND EXPENDITURE DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1896.

170.00

...

22,787.32

1,000.00

150.00

1,947.94

447.94

Total Revenue.

More than Less than

$ 117,314,45

370.00

402,212,68 1,200.00

Estimated. Estimated.

$ 15,314.45

Charge on Account of Public Debt, Pensions,

600.00

Governor and Legislature,

Colonial Secretary's Department,

Audit Departmenʊ,.............

Treasury,

Public Works Department,.

Post Office,

EXPENDITURE.

Amount

Total More than Less than Estimated. Expenditure. Estimated. Estimated.

$ *.

131,552.64

$ C. 127,153.67

$ C.

$ 4,398.97

103,000,00

43,259.00

118,054.71 15,054.71

43,482.19

223.19

29,016.00 28,674.71

341.29

10,000.00

10,298.11

298.14

22,454.00 24,217.15

1,763.15

88,282.00

85,694,10

2,587.90

185,180.00

188,281.17

3,101.17

6,661.65

708.65

Registrar General's Department,

14,253.00

13,929.10

11,981.80

1,195.80

Harbour Master's Department,

323.90

63,813.00

62,336.01

42,977.00

2,177.00

Lighthouses,

1,476.99

17,098.00 13,672.13

395.00

45.00

Observatory,

3,425.87

12,802.00

12,690.21

111.79

180.00

20.00

Stamp Office,

3,572.00

3,568.50

3.50

2,509,50

9.50

Botanical and Afforestation Department,

19,122.00

19,783,84

661.84

1,000.00

Legal Departments,

70,898.00

63,518.48 32,993.48

Ecclesiastical,

80,612,50 · 9,714.50

2,200.00

1,815.00

3,808.03

1,191.97

Education,

77,020.00

76,501.76

385.00 518.24

5,537.00

45.00

Medical Departments,

93,715.00

109,763.19

16,018.19

32,622.25

7,622.25

Magistracy,

...

18,836.00

22,754,27

441.00

111.00

Police,

3,918.27

223,973.00

219,777,23

5,340.00

840.00

Gaols,.

4,195.77

58,191,00

59,626.13

320.00

1.00

Fire Brigade,

1,432.13

17,818.00

30,955.48 13,137.48

535.00

40.00

Sanitary Department,

286,000.00

Charitable Allowances,

86,882.00

94,818.45

7,936.45

5,200.00

5,767.99 567.99

39,000.00

300.00

Transport,

2,000.00

85.00 65,549.00 5,549.00

215,517.68 19,517.68

808,50

15.00

Miscellaneous Services,

3,254,40 1,254.40

138,507.00

Military Expenditure,

239,319.78 100,812.78

Public Works, Recurrent,

591.50

179,700.00

440,215.00 523,128.45 82,913.45

185,469,13 5,769.13

2,349.00

149.00

141.70

41.70

1,986.00

186.00

1,067.69

517.69

1,511.58

30.00

238.42 16.00

2,471.50 1,271.50 5,526.92 1,526.92

5,062,00

1,562.00

10,543.00 2,543.00

2,682.50

1,082.50

14,144.77

104.77

1,373.50

573.50

425.00

125.00

1,354.05

154.05

11,882.69

1,882.69

1,366.50

206.50

6,563.65

252.35

924.46

21,063.50

35.54 936.50

35.00

25.00

18,601.69

3,601.69

750.00 2,549.25

1,049.25

•

265.00

85.00

227.00

2,760.00

27.00 120.00

9,948.00

3,052.00

444.00

194.00

2,153.64

653.64

694.82

194.82

11,791.20

2,691.20

1.056.09

256.09

1,355.00

115.00

10,484.07

484.07

475.00

75.00

7,575.00

3.425.00

1,436.96 436.96

245,280.33 20,280.33

434.00

326.00

2,600.00

510.00

60.00

217,282.39 9,282.39

11,532.14 1,532.14

69,458.51 1,458.51

4,259.57

259.57

- 250 00

i once, Gaols..

Fire Brigade,

Sanitary Department, Charitable Allowances, Transport,

Miscellaneous Services,. Military Expenditure, Public Works, Recurrent,

Kerosene Oil Licences,

Marine Store Dealers' Licences,

Marriage Licences,..

Money Changers' Licences,

Opium Monopoly,

Pawnbrokers' Licences,.

330

44.00

111.00

4,500

5,340,00

840.00

319

320.00

1.00

575

535.00

40.00

286,000

286,000.00

38,700

Shooting Licences,

Spirit Licences,

Stamps......

Steam-Launch Licences,

100

60,000

196,000

39,000.00 85.00 65,549.00 215,517.68

300.00

15.00

5,549.00 19,517.68

1,400

808,50

591.50

FEES OF COUET OR OFFICE, PAYMENTS FOR SPECIFIC PUR-

POSES, AND REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID :—

Bills of Health,.

Births and Deaths, Registration of..

2.200 100

2,349.00

149.00

141.70

41.70

Cargo Boat Certificates,

1,800

1,986.00

186.00

Cemetery Burials,

550

1,067.69

517.69

Cemetery Fees from Public Cemeteries for Chinese,

1,750

1,511,58

238.42

Chinese Gazette, Sale of

30.00

16.00

Companies, Registration of

1,200

2,471.50

1,271.50

Convict Labour and other items,

4,000

5,526.92

1,526.92

Deeds, Registration of

3,500

5,062.00

1,562.00

Discharge of Crews and Seamen,

8,000

10,543.00

2,543.00

Examination of Masters, &c.,

1,600

2,682.50

1,082.50

Fees of Court,

14,040

14144.77

104.77

Fees on Grant of Leases.

800

1,373.50

573.50

Fees for testing Petroleum,

300

425.00

125.00

Gaol Expenses,-Recovery from Diplomatic, Naval and Mi-

litary Departments, Seamen and Debtors,..

1,200

1,354.05

154.05

Gunpowder, Storage of......

10,000

11,882.69

1,882.69

Householders, Registration of

1,160

1,366.50

206.50

Imperial Post Office, Contribution from

6,816

6,563.65

252.35

Lock Hospital, Grant-in-Aid from Admiralty,

960

924.16

35.54

Medical Examination of Emigrants,

22,000

21,063.50

936.50

Medical Registration Fees,

Medical Treatment of Patients in the Civil Hospital,.

Maintenance of Gap Rock Lighthouse,―Contribution from

15,000

35.00 18,601.69

25.00

3,601.69

Chinese Imperial Government towards the

750

750.00

Official Administrator and Trustee,..

1,500

2,549.25

1,049.25

Official Signatures,...

350

265.00

85.00

Printed Forms, Sale of

200

227.00

Private Moorings and Buoys, Rent for

2,640

2,760.00

27.00 120.00

Queen's College, Fees from Scholars,

13,000

9,948.00

3,052.00

Registry Fees,

250

444.00

194.00

Refund of Police Pay,.

1,500

2,153.64

653.64

Refund Cost of Police and other Stores,..

500

691.82

194.82

Shipping Crews and Seamen,.

9,100

11,791.20

2,691.20

Sick Stoppages from Police Force,

800

1,056.09

256.09

Steam-Launches, Surveyor's Certificate,

1,500

1,385.00

Survey of Steam-Ships,

10,000

10,484.07

484.07

School for Girls, Fees from Scholars,

550

475.00

Sunday Cargo-Working Permits,

11,000 7,575.00

Trade Marks, Registration of

་

1,000

1,436.96 436.96

115.00

...

75.00 3,425.00

POST OFFICE —

Postage,....

RENT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, LAND AND HOUSES :-

225,000

245,280.33

20,280,33

Buildings,

760

434.00

Cattle Shed,...

2,600

326.00 2,600.00

Laundries,

480

540.00

60.00

Leased Lands,.

208,000

217,282.39

9,282.39

Lands not Leased,

7,000

11,532.14

1,532.14

Markets,

68,000

69,458.51

1,458.51

Piers..

4,000

4,259.57

259,57

Stone Quarries,

8,000

15,850.00 7,850.00

Slaughter House,

40,440

42,750.00 2,310,00

Sheep and Pig Depôts,

6,900

10,452.86 3,552,86

INTEREST,

5,000

5,000.00

MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS:-

Condemned Stores, &c.,

1,000

1,431.39

Interest for use of Furniture at Government House,

144

144.40

431.39 .40

Night Soil Contracts,

28,440

28,240.00

Other Miscellaneous Receipts,

19,000

18,394.09

200.00 605.91

Profit on Subsidiary Coins,

110,000

110,196.20

196.20

TOTAL, exclusive of Land Sales and Water Account,...$ 2,133,366 2,250,179.57 159,047.08| 42,233.51

LAND SALES,

WATER ACCOUNT-Ord. 16 of 1890,

TOTAL,..

Treasury, Hongkong, 20th March, 1897.

70,000

85,000

270,858.99 | 200,858.99 88,840.38 3,840.38

$2,288,366 2,609,878.94|363,746.45

42,233.51

Public Works, Extraordinary,

TOTAL,...

Public Works Extraordinary chargeable aş

2,622.25

7,622.20

44.00

111.00

5,340.00

840.00

Gaols,...

320.00

1.00

singistracy, Police,

Fire Brigade,

223,973.00

219,777.23

4,195.77

58,191.00

59,626,13

1,432.13

535.00

40.00

Sanitary Department,

17,818.00

30,955,48 13,137.48

6,000.00

Charitable Allowances,

86,882,00

94,815.45 7,936.45

9,000.00

300.00

Transport,

5,200.00

5,767.99 567.99

85.00

15.00

Miscellaneous Services,

2,000.00

3,254.40 1,254.40

5,549.00

5,517.68

5,519.00 19,517.68

Military Expenditure,

138,507.00

239,319.78100,812.78

Public Works, Recurrent,

808.50

591.50

440,215.00 179,700.00

523,128.45

82,913.45

185,469.13 5,769.13

2.349.00

149.00

141.70

41.70

1,986.00

186.00

1,067.69

517.69

1,511.58 30.00

238.42

16.00

2,471.50

1,271.50

•

5,526.92 1,526.92

5,062.00

1,562.00

10,543.00

2,543.00

2,682.50

1,082.50

...

14144.77

104.77

1,373.50

425.00

573.50 125.00

...

1,354.05

154.05

11,882.69

1,882.69

1,366.50

206.50

6,563.65

252.35

924.46

35.54

21,063.50

936.50

35.00

25.00

18,601.69

3,601,69

750.00

2,549.25

1,049.25

265.00

85.00

227.00

27.00

2,760.00

120.00

9,948.00

3,052.00

444.00

194.00

2,153.64

653.64

694.82

194.82

11,791.20

2,691.20

1.056.09

256.09

1,385.00

115.00

10,484.07

484.07

475.00

75.00

7,575.00

3.425.00

1,436.96 436.96

245,280.33

20,280.33

434.00

326.00 2,600.00

510.00

60.00

217,282.39

9,282.39

11,532.14

4,532.14

69,458.51

1,458.51

4,259.57

259.57

15,850.00

7,850.00

42,750.00 2,310.00

10,452.86 3,552,86

5,000.00

1,431.39

431.39

144.40

.40

28,240.00

18,394.09

200.00 605.91

110,196.20

196.20

250,179.57 159,047.08 42,233.51

270,858.99 200,858.99

88,840.38 3,840.38

,609,878.94 | 363,746,45

42,233.51

$ 2,158,561.64 2,405,399.39 264,606.97

17,769.22

Public Works, Extraordinary, .

123,300.00 69,510.98

53,789.02

TOTAL...

2,281,861.64 2,474,910.37 | 264,606.97

71,558.24

Public Works Extraordinary chargeable against the New Loan, $

197,200 230,619.32 33,419.32

A. M. THOMSON, Acting Colonial Treasurer.

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167

...

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COLON

REVENUE.

1896.

INCREASE.

DECREASE.

EXPENDITURE

Charge on Account of Public Debt,.. Pensions,.

Governor and Legislature,

Colonial Secretary's Department, Audit Department,

Treasury,

Public Works Department,

Post Office,.

►

Registrar General's Department,....

Harbour Master's Department,

Lighthouses,..

Observatory,

Stamp Office,

Botanical and Afforestation Departi

Legal Departments,

Ecclesiastical Department,

Education,

Medical Departments, Magistracy,

Police,

Gaols,....

Fire Brigade,..... Sanitary Department,

Charitable Allowances, Transport,..

Miscellaneous Services,

Military Expenditure, Public Works, Recurrent, Public Works, Extraordinary,

1895.

LIGHT DUES,

LICENCES AND INTERNAL REVENUE NOT OTHERWISE

107,315.91

117,314.45

9,998.54

SPECIFIED :-

Arms Ordinance,.

230.00

370.00

140.00

Assessed Taxes,

404,105.75

402,212.68

Auctioneers' Licences,

2,100.00

1,200.00

1,893.07 900.00

Billiard Tables and Bowling Alleys Licences,

1,000,00

1,000.00

Boarding House Licences,

2,193.75

1,947.94

245.81

Boat Licences,.

6,123.25

6.661.65

538.40

Cargo Boat Licences.

11,425.00

11,981.80

556.80

Carriage, Chair, &c., Licences,

42,308.00

42,977.00

669.00

Chinese Passenger Ships Licences,

325.00

395.00

70.00

Chinese Undertakers' Licences,.

160.00

180.00

20.00

Dog Licences,

2,370.50

2,509.50

139.00

Emigration Brokers' Licences,. Fines,

1,000.00

•

36,229.03

63,518.48

27,289.45

Forfeitures,

"Hawkers' Licences,..

4,149.06

3,808.03

5,597.00

5,537.00

341.03 60.00

Junk Licences,

31,534.50

32,622.25

Kerosene Oil Licences,

441.00

Marine Store Dealers' Licences,

2,745.00

5,340.00

1,087.75 441.00 2,595.00

Marriage Licences,

331.00

320.00

11.00

Money Changers' Licences,

535.00

Opium Monopoly,.

295,133.34

286,000.00

9,133.34

Pawnbrokers' Licences,.

39,000.00

Shooting Licences,

110.00

85.00

25.00

Spirit Licences,

65,143.50

65,549.00

Stamps,.

206,040.48

Steam-launch Licences...

1,228.50

215,517.68 808.50

405.50 9,477.20

420.00

FEES OF COURT OR OFFICE, PAYMENTS FOR SPECIFIC

PURPOSES, AND REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID :-

Bills of Health,.

1,932.00

2,349.00

417.00

Births and Deaths, Registration of...

102.15

141.70

39.55

Cargo Boat Certificates,..

1,951.00

1,986.00

35.00

Cemetery Burials,.

968.21

1,067.69

99.48

Cemetery Fees from Public Cemeteries for Chinese,

1,475.60

1,511.58

35.98

Chinese Gazette, Sale of.

45.00

30.00

15.00

Companies, Registration of

2,524.25

2,471,50

52.75

Convict Labour and other items,

5,526.92

Deeds, Registration of

4,726.75

5,062.00

335.25

Discharge of Crews and Seamen,

8,622.00

10,543.00

1,921.00

Examination of Masters, &C.,.

2,020.00

2,682.50

662.50

Fees of Court,

16,064.50

14,144.77

1,919.73

Fees on Grant of Leases,.

870.00

1,373.50

503.50

Fee for testing. Petroleum,

425.00

Gaol Expenses,--Recovery from Diplomatic, Naval, and

Military Departments, Seamen and Debtors,

1,354.05

Gunpowder, Storage of

23,114.52

11,882.69

11,231.83

Householders, Registration of

1,209.25

1,366.50

Imperial Post Office, Contribution from

6,583.65

.157.25 ́ ́6,563.65′

Lock Hospital, Grant-in-Aid from Admiralty,

924.46

Medical Examination of Emigrants,

21,612.25

21,063.50

Medical Registration Fees,

Medical Treatment of Patients in the Civil Hospital,...

35.00 18,601.69

924.46

35.00 18,601.69

548.75

Maintenance of Gap Rock Lighthouse,-Contribution

from Chinese Imperial Government towards the... Official Administrator and Trustee,..

5,552.88

750.00 2,549.25

750.00

Official Signatures,...

Printed Forms, Sale of

271.00 282.50

265.00

227.00

3,003.63 6.00 55.50

Private Moorings and Buoys, Rent for.

2,640.00

2,760.00

Queen's College, Fees from Scholars,

9,948.00

Registry Fees,

249.00

444.00

120.00 9,948.00 195.00

Refund of Police Pay,

Refund Cost of Police and other Stores,..

2,153.64 694.82

2,153.64

694.82

Shipping Crews and Seamen,

9,716.40

11,791.20

2,074.80

Sick Stoppages from Police Force,

1,056.09

Steam-launches, Surveyor's Certificate.

1,575.00

1,385.00

190.00

Survey of Steam-ships,

9,240.21

10,484.07

1,243.86

School for Girls, Fees from Scholars,

475.00

Sunday Cargo-Working Permits,.

11,600.00

7,575.00

4,025.00

Trade Marks, Registration of

562.6+

1,436.96

874.32

POST OFFICE:-Postage,

244,449.71

245,280.33

830.62

RENT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, LAND AND HOUSES

Buildings,

2,225.30

434.00

1,791.30

Cattle Shed,

2,220.00

Laundries,

350.00

540.00

190.00

Leased Lands,

230,803.46

217,282.39

13,521.07

Lands not Leased,

8,419.01

11,532.14

3,113.13

Markets,

63,574.35

69,458.51

5,884.16

Piers,

4,367.09

4,259.57

107.52

Stone Quarries,

8,100.00

15,850,00

7,750.00

Slaughter House,..

40,440.00

42,750.00

2,310.00

Sheep and Pig Depôts,

4,883.80

10,452.86

5,569.06

INTEREST,

5,936.78

MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS :-

Condemned Stores, &c.,

2,032.35

1,431.39

600.96

Interest for use of Furniture at Government House,.

144.40

Night Soil Contracts,

24,690.00

144.40 28,240.00

3,550.00

THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG IN 1895 & 1896.

1896.

INCREASE.

DECREASE.

EXPENDITURE.

1895.

1896.

INCREASE.

DECREASE.

117,314.45

9,998.54

Charge on Account of Public Debt,. Pensions,.

110,374.21

127,153.67 16,779.46

112,776.97

118,054.71

5,277.74

Governor and Legislature,

44,053.36

43,482.19

...

370.00

140.00

Colonial Secretary's Department,

33,385.39

28,674.71

571.17 4,710.68

402,212.68

1,893.07

Audit Department,

8,678.89

10,298.14

1,619.25

1,200,00

900.00

Treasury,

26,205.04

24,217.15

1,987.89

1,000.00

Public Works Department,

85,447.66

85,694.10

246.41

1,947.91

245.81

Post Office,..

194,240.27

188,281.17

5,959.10

6.661.65

538.40

Registrar General's Department,..

17,099.41

13,923,10

3,170.31

11,981.80

556.80

Harbour Master's Department,

68,256.24

62,336.01

5,920.23

42,977.00

669.00

Lighthouses,..

15,563.34

13,672.13

1,891.21

395.00

70.00

Observatory,

13,433,55

12,690.21

743.34

180.00

20.00

Stamp Office,

4,027.40

3,568.50

458.90

2,509.50

139.00

Botanical and Afforestation Department,

17,346.83

19,783.84

2.437.01

1,000.00

Legal Departments,

78,754,83

80,612.50

1,857.67

63,518.48

27,289.45

Ecclesiastical Department,

1,830.00

1,815.00

15.00

3,808.03

341.03

Education,

60,140.24

76,501.76

16,361,52

5,537.00

60.00

Medical Departments,

74,291.62

109,763.19

35,471.57

32,622.25

441.00

5,340.00

1,087.75 441.00 2,595.00

Magistracy,

21,413.12

22,754.27

1,341.15

320.00

11.00

535.00

286,000.00

9,133.34

Police,

Gaols,.....

Fire Brigade,.

Sanitary Department,

Charitable Allowances,

217,451,54

219,777.23

2,325.69

51,125.66

59,626.13

8,500.47

17,169.30

30,955.48

13,786.18

84,082,10

94,818.45

10,736.35

3,955.16

5,767.99

1,812.83

39,000.00

Transport,...

4,743.65

3,254.40

1,489.25

85.00

25.00

Miscellaneous Services,

232,243.49

239,319.78

7,076,29

65,549.00

215,517.68

405.50 9,477.20

Military Expenditure,

366,156.71

523,128.45 156,971.74

***

Public Works, Recurrent,

170,284.98

185,469.13 15,184.15

808.50

420.00

Public Works, Extraordinary,

837,842.05

69,510.98

768,331.07

2,349.00

417.00

141.70

39.55

1,986.00

35.00

1,067.69

99.48

1,511.58

35.98

30.00

2,471,50

15.00 52.75

5,526.92

5,062.00

5,526.92 335.25

...

10,543.00

1,921.00

2,682.50

662.50

14,144.77

1,919.73

1,373.50

425.00

503.50 425.00

1,354.05 11,882.69 1,366.50

1,354.05

11,231.83

6,563.65

.157.25 6,563.65

924.46

21,063.50

548.75

35.00 18,601.69

35,00 18,601.69

750.00

2,549.25

3,003.63

265.00

227.00

6.00 55.50

2,760.00

9,948.00

444.00

2,153.64

694.82

...

120.00 9,948.00

195.00

2,153.64 694.82

11,791.20

2,074.80

1,056.09

1,385.00

190.00

10,484.07

1,243.86

475.00

7,575.00

4,025.00

1,436.96

874.32

245,280.33

830.62

434.00

1,791.30

2,220.00

540.00

190.00

217,282.39

13,521.07

11,532.14

3,113.13

69,458.51

5,884.16

4,259.57

107.52

15,850,00

7,750,00

42,750.00

2,310.00

10,452.86

5,569.06

1,431.39 144.40 28.240.00

5,936.78

600.96

3.550.00

Suooung Licences,

Spirit Licences,

Stamps,

Steam-launch Licences,..

140.00

65,143.50

65,549.00

206,040.48

1,228.50

215,517.68 808.50

405.50 9,477.20

420.00

DUIDUCIALJUD MULYARODY

Military Expenditure, Public Works, Recurrent, Public Works, Extraordinary,

FEES OF Court or OfficE, PAYMENTS FOR SPECIFIC

PURPOSES, AND REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID :-

Bills of Health,.

1,932.00

2,349.00

417.00

Births and Deaths. Registration of...

102.15

141.70

39.55

Cargo Boat Certificates,..

1,951.00

1,986.00

35.00

Cemetery Burials,.

968,21

1,067.69

99.48

Cemetery Fees from Public Cemeteries for Chinese,

1,475.60

1,511.58

35.98

Chinese Gazette, Sale of...

45.00

30.00

15.00

Companies, Registration of

2,524,25

2,471.50

52.75

Convict Labour and other items,

5,526.92

Deeds, Registration of

4,726,75

5,062.00

335.25

Discharge of Crews and Seamen,

8,622.00

10,543.00

1,921.00

Examination of Masters, &C.,.

2,020.00

2,682.50

662.50

Fees of Court,

16,064.50

14,144.77

1,919.73

Fees on Grant of Leases,.

870.00

1,373.50

503.50

Fee for testing Petroleum,

425.00

Gaol Expenses,-Recovery from Diplomatic, Naval, and

Military Departments, Seamen and Debtors,

1,354.05

Gunpowder, Storage of

23,114.52

11,882.69

11,231.83

Householders, Registration of

1,209.25

1,366.50

Imperial Post Office, Contribution from

6,583.65*

Lock Hospital, Grant-in-Aid from Admiralty,

924.46

157.25 6,563.65 924.46

Medical Examination of Emigrants,

21,612.25,

Medical Registration Fees,

Medical Treatment of Patients in the Civil Hospital,...

21,063.50 35,00 18,601,69

548.75

35,00 18,601.69

Maintenance of Gap Rock Lighthouse.-Contribution

from Chinese Imperial Government towards the... Official Administrator and Trustee,..

750.00

5,552.88

2,549.25

Official Signatures,

271.00

265.00

Printed Forms, Sale of

282.50

227.00

3,003.63 6.00 55.50

Private Moorings and Buoys, Rent for.

2,640.00

2,760,00

120.00

Queen's College, Fees from Scholars,

9,948.00

Registry Fees,

249.00

444.00

9,948.00 195.00

...

Refund of Police Pay,

2,153.64

Refund Cost of Police and other Stores,.......

694.82

Shipping Crews and Seamen,

9,716.40

11,791.20

2,074.80

Sick Stoppages from Police Force,.

1,056.09

Steam-launches, Surveyor's Certificate.

1,575.00

1,385.00

190.00

Survey of Steam-ships,

School for Girls, Fees from Scholars,

Sunday Cargo-Working Permits,.

Trade Marks, Registration of

POST OFFICE:-Postage,

RENT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, LAND AND HOUSES

9,240.21

10,484.07

1,243.86

475.00

11,600.00

7,575.00

4,025.00

562.61

1,436.96

874.32

244,449.71

245,280.33

830.62

Buildings,

2,225.30

434.00

1,791.30

Cattle Shed,

2,220.00

Laundries,

350.00

540.00

190.00

•

Leased Lands,

230,803.46

217,282.39

13,521.07

Lands not Leased,

8,419.01

11,532.11

3,113.13

Markets,

63,574.35

69,458.51

5,884.16

Piers,

4,367.09

4,259.57

107.52

Stone Quarries,

8,100.00 15,850.00

7,750,00

Slaughter House,.....

40,440.00 42,750.00

2,310.00

Sheep and Pig Depôts,

4,883.80 10,452.86

5,569.06

INTEREST,

5,936.78

MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS:-

Condemned Stores, &c.,

2,032.35

1,431.39

600.96

Interest for use of Furniture at Government House,..

144.40

Night Soil Contracts,

24,690.00

28,240.00

3,550.00

Other Miscellaneous Receipts,

82,979.88

18,394.09

64,585.79

Profit on Subsidiary Coins...

152,600.88

110,196.20

42,404.68

TOTAL exclusive of Land Sales & Water Account,. 2,275,577.69 2,250,179.57

139,847.42

165,245.54

LAND SALES,

130,471.79

270,858.99

WATER ACCOUNT,

80,179.41

88,840.38

140,387.20 8,660.97

TOTAL,........

*2,486,228.89 | 2,609,878.94

288,895,59

165,245.54

Deduct Decrease,

Nett Increase,

Treasury, Hongkong, 20th March, 1897.

165,245.54

123,650.05

* Not including Appropriations in Aid $49,047.55 which have been deducted from the

.00

.50

2018

80.00

65,549.00 215,517.68

808.50

20.00

Miscelaneous SerVICOS,

405.50 9,477.20

Military Expenditure,

366,156.71

523,128.45

156,971.74

Public Works, Recurrent,

170,284.98

420.00

Public Works, Extraordinary,

837,842,05

185,469.13 15,184.15

69,510.98

768,331.07

.50

.00

..00

.00

.50

0.00

2487884 18888

2,349.00 141.70

417.00

39.55

1,986.00

35.00

1,067.69

99.48

1,511.58

35.98

30.00

15.00

2,471.50

52.75

5,526.92

5,062.00

335.25

10,543.00

1,921.00

2,682.50

662.50

14,144.77

1,919.73

1,373.50

503.50

425.00

1,354.05

1.52

11,882.69

11,231.83

1.25

1,366.50

157.25

0,563,65

6.563.65

924.46

2.25

21,063.50

548.75

35.00

...

18,601.69

750.00

2.88

2,549.25

3,003.63

1.00

265.00

3.50

227.00

6.00 55.50

0.00

2,760.00

120.00

9,948.00

1.00

444.00

195.00

2,153.64

2,153.61

694.82

3.40

11,791.20

2,074.80

1,056.09

5.00

1,385.00

190.00

),21

10,484.07

1,243.86

475.00

0.00

7,575.00

4,025.00

3.64

1,436.96

874.32

9.71

245,280.33

830.62

...

5.30

434.00

0.00

1,791.30 2,220.00

0.00

540.00

190.00

1.16

217,282.39

13,521.07

1.01

11,532.14

3,113.13

1.35

69,458.51

5,884.16

7.09

4,259.57

107.52

0.00

15,850.00

7,750,00

0.00

42,750.00

2,310.00

3.80

10,452.86

5,569.06

3.78

5,936.78

2.35

1,431.39

600.96

1.40

144.40

0.00

28,240.00

3,550.00

1.88

18,394.09

64,585.79

1.88

110,196.20

42,404.68

7.69 2,250,179.57 139,847.42 165,245.54

1.79 270,858.99 140,387.20

0.41

88,840.38

8,660.97

8.89 2,609,878.94

288,895.59

165,245.54

TOTAL.........

.$ 2,972,373.01|2,474,910.37 297,785.51 795,248.15

165,245.54

123,650.05

Deduct Increase,

Nett Decrease,

Not including Appropriations in Aid $19,017.55 which have been deducted from the Expenditure.

297,785.51

497,462.64

A. M. THOMSON,

Acting Colonial Treasurer.

Statement of Deposits not Available received and repaid in the Colony of Hongkong during the year 1896.

By whom deposited.

Outstanding

169

Outstanding

1st January 1896.

Deposits received during the

Total.

Deposits repaid during the

31st Dec.,

year.

1896.

Sikh Police Fund,

1,878,00

746.00

2,624.00

917.00

1,707.00

Police Fine Fund,

401.30

689.84

1.091.14

749.33

341.81

Chinese Recreation Ground Fund,

840.11

1,655.38

2,495.19

1,626.36

869.13

Estate of Deceased Policemen,

169.97

.85

170.82

Tender Deposits,

Intestate Estates,

Gaol Library, Miscellaneous, Suitor's Fund,

Board of Trade,

1,170.00

5,360.00

6,530.00

4,670.00

1,860.00

214.74

147.75

362.49

103.90

6,715.59

6,745.59

104,749.45

60,823.54

43,925.91

1,896.89 * 55.50

1,952.39

$ 11,523.61

115,301.66

126,825.27

77,484.21

49,341.06

* Loss in Exchange $55.50

Treasury, Hongkong, 18th March, 1897.

A. M. THOMSON,

Acting Treasurer.

Statement of Advances made and repaid in Hongkong during the year ended 31st December, 1896.

To whom advanced.

Outstanding

1st January,

1896.

Advances made during the ended

year 31st Dec.,

•

Total.

Advances repaid during the year ended 31st Dec., 1896.

Outstanding Balance on 31st Dec.,

1896.

Money Order,

20,194.96

227,272.95

247,467.91

221,037.79

26,369.24

(1) 60.88

Government of Singapore,

124.00

99.40

24.60,

Supreme Court,

Captain Superintendent of Police,

100.00 25.00

100.00

Praya Reclamation,

6,829.94

Superintendent Fire Brigade,

Director of Public Works,

Treasury,

Botanical and Afforestation Department,

80.00 4,109.22 200.00 1,500.00 500.00 1,000.00

105.00

80.00

25.00

10,939.16

6,829.94

1,109.22

200.00 1,500.00

200.00

1,500.00

500.00 1.000.00

P. C. Fyfe,

217.46

Crown Solicitor,

Sanitary Department,

Government of Sandakan,

Postmaster General,

700.00 17,715.72 6.20 4,535.00

700.00 17,715.72

6.20

500.00 1,000.00

184.55

(2) 32.91

700.00 17,715.72 6.20

4,535.00

Mrs. Ackers,...

130.00

G. A. Yvanovich,

740.79

462.23

278.56

A. Watson,

168.34

164.60

3.74

A. Chapman,.

Surrender Value of Insurance Policies of Nicholas,

Mitchell and Coleman,.

T. Warren,

P. C. Langley,

E. A. de Carvalho, P. O'Sullivan,

Coins,

741.11

733.32

(4) 7.79

202.38

277.43

(6) 75.05

111.84

182.33

132.33

(7) 20.49

334.36

15.00

319.36

377.40

877.40

40.00

337.40

136.17

512,974.23

512.974.23

508,368.80

|(5) 4,605.43

29,147.60

771,975.01

801,122.61

769.559.23

31,563.38

(1) 60.88

32.91

3.74

(6) $75,05 Profit in Exchange.

(7) $20.49 Balance at Credit.

7.79

4,605.43

$4,710,75 Loss in Exchange.

Treasury, Hongkong, 18th March, 1897.

A. M. THOMSON,

Acting Treasurer..

170

Dr.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 1896.

LOAN ACCOUNT.

To Inscribed Stock Loan at 33% interest,

to be paid off on the 15th April, 1943,... | £341,799.15.1

Cr.

By Sinking Fund.

£1,594.9.9

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, ON THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1896.

ASSETS.

LIABILITIES.

Subsidiary Coins,

38,000.00 Drafts drawn by Crown Agents, in

transit,

200,000.00

Balance in Bank at Current Account,

700,717.26 Military Contribution,

7,247.73

Deposits not available,.

49,341.06

Balance in hands of Crown Agents,

34,641.93

Deposit in England at call,..............

Praya Reclamation Deposit Account,

207,567.57 Refund of Taxes,

225,000.00

3,200.00

Arrears of Taxes,

628.88

Arrears of Crown Rent,

Officers' Remittances, not yet paid, .......................

Money Orders, not yet paid,.....

53,452.03 Transit Charges,.................................

395.00

4,732.80

5,500.00

Advances to be recovered,......

31,563.38

Pensions due to Civil Officers,

Do. to Police,

12,670.00

9,520.00

TOTAL LIABILITIES,......$

Balance,.....

517,606.59

548,964.46

TOTAL ASSETS,.....$ 1,066,571.05

* Balance of Assets and Liabilities,

Less Balance of 1893 Loan,.

Treasury, Hongkong, 17th March, 1897.

•

1898.

$1,066,571.05

.$518,964.46 535,546.14

$ 13,418.32

A. M. THOMSON, Acting Colonial Treasurer.

PUBLIC WORKS EXTRAORDINARY CHARGEABLE AGAINST THE NEW LOAN.

Central Market,

Praya Reclamation (Ordinance 16 of 1889),.....

Praya Reclamation. Reconstruction of Government Piers and Landing Steps,

Slaughter-House, Sheep and Pig Depôts,

Gaol Extension,

New Water Mains,

Sewerage of Victoria,

Water Supply, Kowloon Peninsula,

Tytam Waterworks Extension,

Water and Drainage Works, Miscellançous,....

Storm Water Drain, Wing Fung Street,

$ 1,200.00 65,000.00

50,000.00

5,227.34

10,585.44

22,684.65

11.711.25

4,108.86

19,153.21

37,942.08

3,056.49

$230,619.32

A. M. THOMSON,

Acting Colonial Treasurer.

Treasury, Hongkong, 20th March, 1897.

PRAYA RECLAMATION FUND.

STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE TO 31ST DECEMBER, 1896.

Expenditure in Expenditure in Expenditure in Expenditure in Expenditure in Expenditure in Expenditure in

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

1896.

Total

Expenditure.

Estimated

Cost.

Balance to be

Spent.

Private Marine Lot Holders.

Section No. 1,

7,128.44

42,019.54

48,791.64

24,984.84

46,758.18

63,318.02

14,086.90

242,087.56

423,260.67

181,173.11

Section No. 2,

55,887.63

34,580.26

49,612.81

35,455.12

36,245.99

6,202.29

5,754.83

223,738.93

251,176.20

27,437.27

Section No. 3,

6,051.44

65,661.55

112,573.89

33,075.47

31,593.99

36,697.68

48,599.71

334,253.73

459,378.56

125,124.83

Section No. 4,

3,113.67

6,552.99

7,019.62

1,822.21

7,063.88

55,691.67

39,144.85

120,408.89

227,392.11

106,983.22

Section No. 5,

5,004.19

9,187.60

14,215.46

3,428.36

14,169.36

8,670.52

63,670.23

118,345.72

310,486.00

192,140.28

Section. No. 6,

7,876.47

14,630.92

27,669.30

5,666.04.

53,029.15

57,374.26

29,767.10

196,013.24

523,788.60

327,775.36

Section No. 7,

21,788.35

31,817.59

77,925.38

9,600.81

51,701.26

44,549.27

27,309.82

264,692.48

316,268.44

51,575.96

Total,..

....$

106,850.19

204,450.45

332,808.10

114,032.85

240,561.81

272,503.71

228,333.44 1,499,540.55 2,511,750.58 1,012,210.03

Government.

Section No. 4,

443.53

814.38

1,260.26

303.87

233.81

9,727.49

5,464.26

Section No. 5,

1,418.47

2,520.24

4,213.30

1,003.11

774.39

1,697.95

16,858.62

18,247.60

28,486.08

38,734.40

20,486.80

84,906.90

56,420.82

Section No. 6, . Section No. 7,

755.45

1,400.02

2,119.82

544.73

637.44

1,036.00

1,541.61

3,035.07

46,818.00

38,782.93

32,304.19

48,472.28

111,086.04

12,473.23

10,156.55

5,709.57

12,954.74

233,156.60

259,218.77

26,062.17

Total,.........$ 34,921.64

53,206.92

118,679.42

14,324.94

11,802.19

18,171.01

36,819.23

287,925.85

429,678.07

141,752.72

Grand Total,......$

141,771.83

257,657.37

451,487.52

128,357.79

252,364.00

290,674.72

265,152.67 1,787,465.90

2,941,428.65

1,153,962.75

Hongkong, 13th April, 1897.

A. M. THOMSON, Acting Colonial Treasurer.

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HONGKONG.

REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE BRIGADE FOR 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

325

No. 97

No. 44.

FIRE BRIGADE DEPARTMENT,

HONGKONG, 5th February, 1897.

SIR,-I have the honour to submit the following report on the Government Fire Brigade for the year 1896.

2. Commander HASTINGS was in charge of the Brigade up to the 2nd April, Mr. LETHBRIDGE had charge from that date until the 7th of October, when I returned off leave of absence.

3. There occurred 30 fires-two of which were in the harbour-and 54 incipient fires during the year.

Details regarding each will be found in the annexed schedules. The estimated damage caused by the fires.was $105,595 and by the incipient fires $1,586.

I also attach a list shewing the number of fires that have occurred during each of the last ten years with the estimated value of property destroyed in each case.

4. There has been a marked diminution in the number of fires occurring on land since the third week in April last. Up to the 22nd April there were 14 fires and since that date there have been an equal number.

This is no doubt due to the action taken by the Fire Insurance Companies in instituting a Tariff which came into force in April, and increasing the rates of premium; while the conviction for arson at the May Sessions of two Chinese partners in the Shop No. 48 Praya West, and the heavy sentence of twelve years hard labour passed upon each, have evidently had a salutary effect in deterring others from incendiarism.

5. During three months of the year, from January to March, the water in the mains was turned off from 10 a.m: to 6 a.m. daily, except on an alarm of fire when it was turned on and used only till salt water was obtained.

6. A list of places where Fire Despatch Boxes are kept, and of private telephones to which the Police have courteously been granted access in the event of a fire, together with Mr. KINGHORN's report on the state of the engines, are attached.

7. With regard to the working of the Brigade of which I have now had four months' experience' I consider that while the personnel especially the European portion of it is good-the organisation is capable of improvement.

The very small number of men available for duty at the first outbreak of a fire, and the want of the means of conveying rapidly to the scene of a fire, the necessary appliances for extinguishing it, are the principal defects that I wish to remedy. Street coolies are relied on to drag the engines and appliances at the Central Fire Station to a fire, and it depends almost entirely on the alacrity of these in offering themselves for hire, whether the appliances will reach the fire in good time or otherwise.

While should the fire occur at a distance from the Central Fire Station-at East or West Point for instance-it is, of course, obvious that an enormous amount of valuable time must be lost owing to the slowness with which the appliances must under such a system travel.

8. The remedy for these defects is to increase the permanent staff of the Brigade, and to enlarge the Central Fire Station to make room for such increased staff, and for more firemen who are also members of the Police Force.

I have already reported on how these improvements could be effected, and my proposals have received the approval of His Excellency the Governor.

9. Unfortunately, the enlargement of the Central Fire Station to enable the concentration I have recommended, and the provision of motive power for the heavy gear, involves the expenditure of a large sum of money; but I trust that it may nevertheless be found possible to carry out these improvements at no very distant date.

10. I have to acknowledge the very valuable assistance rendered in the extinction of fires during the year by the Private Fire Brigades belonging to the Nam Pak Hong and Silk Mercers.

The former is especially smart in turning out, and being nearer to the area within which the majority of fires occur than the Government Brigade, it is frequently the first to arrive at a fire.

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I consider that the usefulness of this Brigade would be much increased if it were placed under European supervision, and I have offered to lend the Nam Pak Hong the services of two thoroughly competent European foremen, who speak Chinese, whose duty it would be to take charge of their Brigade at a fire and direct its operations.

I have as yet made little progress in my negotiations for this desirable innovation, but I am not without hopes that in the course of time I shall attain my object.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

The Honourable

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

F. H. MAY,

Superintendent of Fire Brigade.

List of Places where Fire Brigade Despatch Boxes are kept.

No. 1 Box. No. 1 Police Station.

Engine House at No. 2 Police Station. Engine House in Albany Street. Naval Dock Yard.

Government House.

No. 1 Box. No. 9 Police Station.

Government Civil Hospital. Engine House at West Point. No. 7 Police Station.

Gas House, West Point.

Nam Pak Hong Fire Station.

Clock Tower.

Government Offices.

Ko Shing Theatre.

No. 1 Queen's Garden, Engineer's

Mess,

Man Mo Temple.

No. 5 Police Station.

Central Police Station.

List of Telephones to which the Police can have access to communicate with Central Station

in the event of a Fire breaking out.

Hongkong and China Gas Company, East and West

Point, from 7 A.M. to 9 P.M.

Tung Wá Hospital, Po Yan Street.

Man On Insurance Office, Queen's Road West.

Hongkong Hotel, Praya Central.

Royal Naval Yard, Queen's Road East. Mr. J. KENNEDY's Causeway Bay.

Electric Light Company, Queen's Road East.

HONGKONG, 12th January, 1897.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward herewith a report on the state of the Government Fire Engines for the year ending 31st December, 1896.

STEAMER NO. 1.

(Floating Fire Engine by Merryweather & Son.)

This engine has been 29 years in service (the boiler two years); it has been seldom used during the year except at drill; the engine and pumps are very much worn, and when the new Floating Engine is completed this engine may with advantage be dispensed with altogether, as it is very slow in its movements, and also very heavy on coal.

STEAMER No. 2.

(Land Engine by Shand & Mason.)

This engine has been 18 years in service; it has done some good service at fires; the boiler is very much worn and the pressure has been reduced; a new boiler has been ordered from home and will be fitted in place immediately on arrival.

STEAMER No. 3.

(Land Engine by Shand & Mason.)

This engine has been 18 years in service and is now in good order; it has been kept as reserve engine and regularly tested for efficiency at drill.

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STEAMER No. 4.

(Land Engine by Shand & Mason.)

This engine has been 15 years in service. At the beginning of the year it did some good services at fires; it has not been disabled and is now in good working order.

STEAMER No. 5.

(Land Engine by Shand & Mason.)

This engine has been 11 years in service; it has done some good service at fires during the year and has been regularly tested at the monthly drills for drivers; it is now in good working order.

Seven Manual Engines and fittings are all in good order.

The Hose, Recls, Ladders and Supply Carts are all in good order and condition.

The Assistant Engineer and Engine Drivers have conducted themselves to my satisfaction and have always been attentive to their duties.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

JOHN W. KINGHORN, Engineer, Govt. Fire Brigade.

The Honourable F. H. MAY, C.M.G.,

Supt. Govt. Fire Brigade.

No.

DATE.

FIRES, 1886.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

February

2 No. 186, Hollywood Road,

No. 3, Wing Fung Street,

No. 84 Queen's Road East,

2 March

May

11 Matsheds at Belchers Battery near Pokfulam Road,

September 17

No. 41, Saltfish Lane,

October 22

No. 3, Tak Hing Lane,

November 24

Horse Repository, Garden Road,

December 15

No. 106, Queen's Road West,

No. 91, Queen's Road West,

No. 223, Queen's Road West,

No. 67, Bonham Strand West,

No.

DATE.

FIRES, 1887.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

January

No. 16, Sai Woo Lane,

13 No. 142, Second Street,

15 No. 48, Queen's Road West,

22 Man Mo Temple, Hollywood Road,

25 No. 63, Wellington Street,... 26 No. 59, Queen's Road West,

February 10 No. 3, Bonham Strand,

17 No. 129, Queen's Road West,

9 No. 15, Tsz Mi Lane,......

10 No. 76, Jervois Street,

March

23 No. 17, Wing Kat Street,

No. 34, Bonham Strand,

April

5 Blackhead & Co.'s Godowns at Tsimshatsui, 30 No. 273, Queen's Road Central,

May

4 No. 35, Battery Road,

......

16 June

14 A Carpenter's Shed at Kennedy Town,

July

3 No. 28, Tank Lane,

NO. OF BUILDINGS

DESTROYED.

Wholly. Partly.

The whole of the Po Lok Theatre Buildings des- troyed.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF PROPERTY

DESTROYED.

200

1,200

3,500

12,000

270

40,000

431

19,000

16,000

18,000

NO. OF BUILDINGS

DESTROYED.

Wholly. Partly.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF PROPERTY

DESTROYED.

122

2 H

$ 1,400

14,000 23,000

3,000

12,000

2,900

19,000

2,500

1,800

8,000

200

300

328

No.

DATE.

FIRES, 1887,—Continued.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

NO. OF BUILDINGS

DESTROYED.

Wholly. Partly.

ESTIMATED

AMOUNT OF PROPERTY

DESTROYED.

July

No. 185, Queen's Road West,

26,000

August

No. 311, Queen's Road Central,

2,000

September 15 No. 39, Wing Lok Street,

1,200

́ 21 | No. 76, Queen's Road West,

4,000

October

5 No. 9, In Kee Lane,

1,500

No. 5, Gage Street,

3,000

November

No. 9, Sheung Fung Lane,

No. 253, Queen's Road Central,

No. 13, Triangle Street,

: :

100

90,000

150

27 No. 1, Nullah Lane,

28 No. 107, Wellington Street,

29 No. 163, Queen's Road East,.. 29 No. 165, Queen's Road East,

...

No. 40, Wing On Street,

190 1,000 150

150

16,000

December

No. 31, Pound Lane,

'33

No. 15, Morrison Street,

No. 5, Kau Ù Fong,

No. 56, Bonham Strand,

200

1,800

...

1,500

30,000

FIRES, 1888.

NO. OF BUILDINGS

DESTROYED.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

No.

DATE.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

OF PROPERTY

DESTROYED.

Wholly. Partly.

January

No. 147, Queen's Road West,

$39

No. 77, Praya West,

No. 93, Bonham Strand,

500

700 5,500

February

No. 151, Hollywood Road,

500

12 No. 7, Ship Street,

200

No. 229, Queen's Road West,

22,000

March

No. 139. Queen's Road Central,

35,000

No. 21, Centre Street,

9,000

No. 3, Gilman Street,.

April

3 No. 201, Queen's Road West,

11,500

No. 29, Graham Street,

400

No. 186, Wing Lok Street,

4,000

وو

No. 89, Queen's Road West,

200.

May

No. 81, Jervois Street,

16,000

No. 9, Chinese Street,.

400

No. 55, Queen's Road West,

No. 15, Ship Street,

June

No. 58, Wing Lok Street,

300

No. 339, Queen's Road Central,

500

July

No. 114, Jervois Street,..

6 No. 42, Queen's Road West,

1,000

No. 138, Second Street,

214

25,000

6,000

Nos. 6 & 8, Peel Street,

2,000

39.

August

No. 17, Jervois Street,

27 No. 19, Tank Lane,

No. 2, Cochrane Street,

17 Jubilee Strect,..............

10,000

200

19 No. 86, Hollywood Road,

No. 18, Lyndhurst Terrace,

October

September 26

30 No. 112, Queen's Road Central, 4 No. 21, Chung Sau Lane West,

4 171, Queen's Road West,

No. 388, Queen's Road Central, No. 110, Queen's Road Central,

2412

14,000 2,000

80,000

5,500

7,500

27,500

500

10,000

No. 114, Queen's Road Central, No. 217, Queen's Road West,

8,000

3,000

November

No. 46, Praya Central,

8,000

No. 18, Albany Street,

100

No. 53, East Street,

No. 99, Queen's Road East,

No. 103, Bonham Strand Central,.

1,000

800

10,000

17 No. 39, Praya, Yaumati,

17 Aberdeen Village,

December 21 No. 115, Praya West,

1,800

No. 83, Jervois Street,

150 25,000

4,000

No.

DATE.

329

FIRES, 1889.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

NO. OF BUILDINGS DESTROYED.

Wholly. Partly.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF PROPERTY

DESTROYED.

January

3 No. 1, Rozario Street,........

7 | No. 197, Queen's Road West,

}

$ 1,000 2,000

February

No. 92, Wing Lok Street,

20,000

April

No. 292, Queen's Road West,

May

No. 145, Bonham Strand,

300

No. 10, Wilmer Street,

10,000

June July

No. 242, Queen's Road West,

3,000

August

October

4 No. 227, Queen's Road West, 24 No. 95, Hollywood Road,

No. 174, Third Street,

September 16

No. 203, Queen's Road Central, No. 1, Wing Wo Street,....... No. 112, Queen's Road Central, 25 | No. 220, Queen's Road Central,

No. 42, Battery Street, Yaumati, No. 154, Queen's Road Central,

...

1,300

400

1,500

2,000

1,200

•

4,000

No. 9, Hellier Street,

1,500

8,000

November

No. 7, Nullah Lane,

1,000

No. 55, Queen's Road West,

16,000

December

No. 334, Queen's Road Central,

5,000

No. 17, Bonham Strand,

20,000

No.

DATE.

FIRES, 1890.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

1 January

No. 7, Station Street,.......

No. 33, Tung Man Lane,

No. 229, Praya West,

No. 8, Lyndhurst Terrace,.

No. 23, Bonham Strand,

February

No. 18, Gage Street,

No. 8, St. Francis Street,

May

July

2 No. 68, Bonham Strand,

19 The Hongkong Dispensary,

23 No. 12, Kwong Un Street, East,

7 No. 32, Square Street,

September 9 Blackhead & Co., Praya Central,

14 November 11

December

No. 47, Bonham Strand,

15 No. 69, Upper Station Street,

15 No. 112, Queen's Road Central,

No. 38, Gilman Bazaar,

No.

DATE.

FIRES, 1891.

NO. OF BUILDINGS

DESTROYED.

Wholly. Partly.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF PROPERTY

DESTROYED.

$ 1,000 500

SITUATION of Fire.

•

January 8 | Nos. 170 and 172, Third Street,

February

8 | No. 353, Queen's Road West,

April

5 No. 41, Hillier Street,

7 The Hongkong and China Bakery, Morrison Hill Road

East Point,

10 01-00

May

5 No. 331, Queen's Road Central,

6 No. 280, Queen's Road Central, 11 No. 72, Station Street, Yaumati, December 19 No. 57A, Wanchai Road,

July

8,000

10,000

400

...

300

550

41,000

100,000

3,000

500

30,000

100

2,000

...

250

6,000

NO. OF BUILDINGS

DESTROYED.

Wholly. Partly.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF PROPERTY

DESTROYED.

$ 3,000

700

1,500

1,000

221

11,500

12,000

1,800

600

330

No.

DATE.

FIRES, 1892.

SITUATION Of Fire.

January

No. 9, Queen's Road Central,

13 Bonham Strand, .........

No. 528, Queen's Road West,

No. 81, High Street,

April

No. 26, Sai Wo Lane,

No. 17, Queen's Road West,

11 No. 104, Queen's Road West,

May

No. 17, Tank Lane,

June

No. 29, Centre Street,

July

No. 91, Wing Lok Street,

August

18 No. 49, Queen's Road West,

21 No. 48, Queen's Road West,

September 15 No. 80, Queen's Road West,

| . 8 No. 333, Queen's Road Central,

December

20 No. 14, Jubilee Street,

No. 16, East Street,

No.

DATE.

FIRES, 1893.

NO. OF BUILDINGS

DESTROYED.

Wholly. Partly.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF PROPERTY.

DESTROYED.

$40,000

8,000

6,000

100

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀

1,000

400

1,500

250

100

5,000

300

3,000

4,000

5,000

...

300

600

SITUATION OF FIRE.

No. of BUILDINGS

DESTROYED.

Wholly. Partly.

ESTIMATED AMOUNT

OF PROPERTI

DESTROYED,

101004 12 CO 3 – 00 σ

January

February

7 No. 73, Hollywood Road, 11 No. 79, Nullah Lane, 18 No. 2, Square Street, 11 No. 68, Jervois Street, ..

800

300

10,000

13 No. 101, Wing Lok Street,

6,000

March

22 No. 22, Holland Street,

40,000

No. 301, Queen's Road West,

8,000

April

May June

16 No. 406, Queen's Road West,

No. 87, Jervois Street,

2,000

No. 15, West Street,

...

800

No. 1, In On Lane,............

ลง

19,000

No. 344, Queen's Road Central,

2,000

July

16 No. 28, Tsz Mi Lane,......

3 No. 191, Hollywood Road,.................. 14 No. 19, Gough Street,

700

1,500

150

August

September

19 No. 280, Queen's Road West, 20 No. 12, Tung Loi Lane,..... 16 No. 337, Queen's Road West, 17 No. 32, Queen's Road West, 25 | No. 155, Second Street,

5 No. 7, Ezra Lane,

18 No. 248, Hollywood Road, 30 No. 127, Bofiham Strand,

1,000

20,000

300

2,800

20,000

400

4,000

5,000

October November

No. 14, Li Shing Street,.

5,500

No. 115, Praya West,

No. 58, Square Street,

2 20

20,000

3,000

No. 5, Pau Kwai Lane,

1,000

No. 9, Tannery Lane,....

23 No. 314A, Queen's Road Central, 26 | No. 22, Tsz Mi Lane,...................

8,000

5,500

ARR *

December

4 No. 31, Wing Fung Street,

5 No. 131, Bonham Strand,

9 No. 11, Bonham Strand,

10 No. 240, Queen's Road West, 13 No. 99, Praya West,

25 No. 100, Queen's Road West,

2,000

5,000

9,000

400

2,000

No.

DATE.

TIME.

FIRES, 1894.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

331

NO. OF BUILDINGS

DESTROYED.

Wholly. Partly.

ESTIMATED DAMAGE.

INCH TO CO

January

12.30 p.m.

No. 56 First Street,

800

8.45 p.m.

No. 13 U Lok Lane,

400

1.25 a.m.

February

7.55 atm.

1.40 p.m.

4.50 p.m.

7 p.m.

March

7.30 a.m.

9.35 a.m.

April

9.20 p.m.

No. 273 Queen's Road West, No. 26 Market Street,

No.57 Queen's Road West,.. No. 28 Upper Station Street, No. 86 Queen's Road West, No. 17 Salt Fish Street, No. 17 Upper Lascar Row, No. 136 Bonham Strand,

1,200

2,500

4,000

300

1,500

5,000

150,000

10.30 a.m.

No. 211 Hollywood Road,

2,000

9 a.m.

No. 63 Wanchai Road,

1,500

2 a.m.

May

7 p.m.

No. 122 Queen's Road Central, No. 116 Queen's Road Central,

55,000

18,000

3 a.m.

No. 137 Queen's Road West,

4,500

June

3 a.m.

3.10 a.m.

18 July

10.25 p.m.

August

10.30 a m.

No. 15 Jervois Street, No. 228 Queen's Road Central,

No. 123 Queen's Road Central, No. 59 Square Street,

2,500

20,000

3,000

500

3.45 a.m.

No. 68 Jervois Street,

18,000

October

2 a.m.

11.30 p.m.

6.20 p.. 12.10 a.m.

November 30

December 1

10 p.m.

11.20 p.m.

5.30 p.m.

10 p.m.

7.40 p.m.

No. 9 Sai On Lane,

No. 21 West Street, No. 2 Ship Street,...

No. 127 Queen's Road West, No. 115 Queen's Road Central, No. 32 Bonham Strand,

No. 207 Queen's Road Central, No. 183 Hollywood Road, No. 22 Queen's Road West,

FIRES, 1895.

200

800

200

...

15,000

4,600

2,000

8,000

2,000

100

No.

DATE.

TIME.

No. of BUILDINGS DESTROYED.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

ESTIMATED DAMAGE.

123410

January

7.45 p.m.

9.30 p.m.

5.45 p.m.

وو

February 6

1 a.m.

1.20 p.m.

House No. 3, Wai Tak Lane,

6.45 p.m.

9 p.m.

9.15 p.m.

House No. 230, Queen's Road Central, House No. 4, Wellington Street,

House No. 189, Queen's Road Central,

House No. 15, Mercer Street,

House No. 337, Queen's Road West, .... House No. 73, Bonham Strand,

House No. 149, Queen's Road Central,..

Wholly. Partly.

...

6,000

4,000

2,000

9,000

1,000

•

6,000

200

March

6.40 p.m.

7 p.m.

House No. 228, Queen's Road West, House No. 7, Li Shing Street,

12,000

3,000

8 p.m.

House No. 96, Bonham Strand,

Unknown.

8.30 p.m.

House No. 212, Queen's Road West,

3,000

2.50 a.m.

April

3.25 a.m.

House No. 352, Queen's Road Central, House No. 1, Queen's Street,

5,000

12 Noon

7 p.m.

House No. 144, Queen's Road West, House No. 34, Bonham Strand,

3,000

1,000

June

10.15 p.m.

3.05 a.m.

House No. 19, Jervois Street,

12,000

House No. 76, Jervois Street,

Not known.

...

2272 AAWAN

19 July

4.50 a.m.

House No. 34, Winglok Street,

5,000

12.30 a.m.

August September

1a.m.

House No. 3, Station Street,

House No. 70, Jervois Street,

800

22,000

3.45 a.m.

House No. 4, Praya Central, premises of

Messrs. Wieler & Co..

100

8.30 a.m.

24 October

12.50 a.m.

House No. 12, Nullah Terrace, Quarry Bay, House No. 169, Hollywood Road,

700

3,000

8.20 p.m.

Matshed at Quarray Bay,

500

11.15 p.m.

House No..149, Queen's Road Central,

100

12.45 a.m.

American ship Wandering Jew, Victoria

150,000

Harbour,

Ce po co to co co to t

November

7.35 p.m.

House No. 111, Praya West,

29 December

11.15 p.m.

A matshed at Kun Chung,

6,000 200

4.30 p.m.

A squatter's hut on the Hillside at the back

of Shaukiwan Station,

1 a.m.

House No. 110, Praya West,

...

1 a.m.

House 247, Queen's Read Central,

1.35 a.m.

6 p.m.

1.10 a.m.

House No. 285, Queen's Road Central, Houses Nos. 347 & 349, Queen's Road West, House No. 40, Queen's Road West,

1222

25 8,000

15,000

4,000

5,325

5,000

No.

DATE.

TIME.

FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1896.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

No. of BUILDINGS ESTIMATED DESTROYED. DAMAGE.

CAUSE.

Wholly. Partly.

REMARKS.

332

Upsetting of a kerosine Insured in the Office of Messrs. Schellhas & Sanders lamp. for $12,000, and in the Jardine's for $4,000.

1 Jan.

7.45 p.m.

House No. 30, Wing Lok Street,

$9,000

8.20 p.m.

House No. 63, Queen's Road Central,

$30

Unknown,

10.30 p.m.

House No. 205, Queen's Road West,

$1,000

Unknown,

4 Feb.

112.30 a.m.

House No. 302, Queen's Road Central,

$2,600

1.00 a.m.

House No. 56, Jervois Street,.

2.45 a.m.

House No. 57, Queen's Road West,

४

11.05 p.m.

House No. 133, Praya West,

4.25 a.m.

House No. 309, Queen's Road Central,

Insured in the Office of Messrs. Turner & Co. for $30,000.

Chan Kun, 34, married woman, and her two daughters Su Fuk Oi, aged 7 years, and Su Fuk Loi, aged 2 years, who resided in the second floor, were burned to death during the fire. Ground floor insured in the Office of Northern Assurance Coy. for $1,500.

Accidentally upsetting & Ground floor insured in the Office of China Fire In- kerosine lamp.

$6,000

Unknown,

ය

$16,000

Overheating of a quantity of tobacco left drying on a furnace.

A kerosine lamp accidental- ly knocked down.

$6,000

$5,000

Unknown,

9 Mar.

4.00 a.m.

House No. 367, Queen's Road Central,

$5,000

10 April

5.10 a.m.

House No. 3, Wing Lok Street,

surance and Messrs. Shewan & Co. for $2,400. 1st and 2nd floors were family houses not insured.

The 1st and 2nd floors insured in the Office of Trans- atlantic Fire Insurance Coy. for $13,000. Fire spread to No. 231, Queen's Road Central, insured for $2,000 in the China Fire Insurance Coy.

Insured in the Office of Sanders & Co. for $2,000. Reuter, Bröcklemann & Co. for $2,400, and Miji Fire Insurance for $1,500.

Insured in the Office of the Fire Insurance Coy. of Hamburg for 6,500.

Insured in the Office of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. for $2,000. With Schellhas & Co. for $2,400 and in the Chun On Fire Insurance Coy, for $1,000.

Upsetting of a kerosine Insured in the Office of Miji Fire Insurance for lamp. $2,200 and in the Hongkong Fire Insurance for $1,500.

...

$8,000

Unknown,

Insured in the Office of Sun On Fire Insurance for

$10,000.

FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1896,-Continued,

No. of

BUILDING

No.

DATE.

TIME.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

DESTROYED.

ESTIMATED

DAMAGE.

CAUSE.

Wholly Partly.

11 April

4.45 a.m.

House No. 288, Queen's Road West,

$4,000

4.20 a.m.

House No. 21, Salt Fish Street,

$8,700

4.15 a.m.

House No. 18, Wing Woo Street,

$2,000

Unknown,

...

1.15 a.m.

House No. 48, Praya West,.

1 $3,000 Incendiarism,

REMARKS.

Knocking over of a kero- sine lamp.

Accidently upsetting a kero- sine lamp.

$3,500 Unknown,

Insured in the Office of Transatlantic Insurance Co. for $3,000.

Insured in the Office of Hamburg Bremen Insurance Coy., Messrs. Carlowitz & Co. Agents. Insured in the Office of Messrs. Siemssen & Co. for $1,000.

Insured in the Office of Messrs. Sander & Co. for $3,500. The two Chinese partners charged with and convicted of Arson at the Supreme Court in May and sentenced to 12 years' hard labour each. Insured in the Northern Fire Insurance Coy. for $1,500.

The building belongs to the Rope Works, and is insured in various Offices for $225,000. No insurance effected.

Insured for $3,500.

Firewood, paper, &c. are saturated with Kerosine oil and 6 vessels containing Kerosine oil were placed about the floor. The floor was occupied by a Chinese broker and his wife who had absconded, and is supposed to be insured, amount not ascertained. Exploding of a kerosine Insured in the Hamburg Bremen Fire Insurance Coy.

$6,000

lamp.

$1,290

Unknown,

$4,500

Unknown,

for $8,500.

Insured in the Northern Fire Insurance Coy., Messrs. Bradley & Co. Agents, for $2,600.

The fire is supposed to have broken out in the cabin of of the Cargo boat, where a tallyman named Man Ting Tau had been smoking opium and set fire to the Kerosine. The Cargo boat was lying along- side the German ship Columbus loading Kerosine and lead, 1,200 cases on board, when the fire broke out. The boat and all her cargo of Kero- sine was completely burnt, and was insured in a New York Office; amount unknown. The fire spread to the ship Columbus damaging her side and part of her rigging and awnings not seriously. Tallyman Man Ting Tau, a girl aged 7 and a boy of 4, who were on board the Cargo boat, were burnt to death.

19 May

3.15 a.m.

House No. 15, Cockrane Street,

$600 Unknown,

8.45 a.m.

House No. 31, Belcher's Street, Kennedy Town,

10.15 a.m.

House No. 238, Hollywood Road,

1 $2,000

9.50 p.m. 1.10 a.m.

House No. 115, Praya West,

House No. 12, Sutherland Street,

Unknown,

$2,300 Unknown, $50 Incendiarism,

21 June

14 10.15 p.m.

9.20 p.m.

7.30 a.m.

House No. 73, Jervois Street,...

House No. 3, Tsz Mi Lane,........ Licensed Cargo Boat No. 69,

-333

FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1896,-Continued.

No. DATE.

TIME.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

No. of

BUILDINGS

DESTROYED.

DAMAGE.

CAUSE.

Wholly. Partly.

23 June 29

3.30 p.m.

On board the British barque Glen Caladh,

...

cargo

Unknown, Overheating amongst the in the main hold.

24 Aug.

3.10 p.m.

House No. 10, Ship Street,

25 Oct.

2.10 p.m.

House No. 137, Wing Lok Street,

26 | Nov.

5 | 12.40 a.m.

House No. 109, Queen's Road West,

3.20 a.m.

House No. 138, Queen's Road West,

28 Dec.

8.30 p.m.

House No. 18, New Street,

1.00 a.m.

House No. 10, Queen's Road West,

House No. 63, Bonham Strand,

REMARKS.

334

$600

Unknown,

$7,000

Unknown,

$25

Ignition of Joss paper,

$200

Unknown,

$1,000

Unknown,

$200

Unknown,

Trifling Chimney on fire,

The fire originated through some overheating amongst the cargo in the main hold. The ship was load- ing at the time with a general cargo including rice, tea, fire-crackers, paper, matches and, mat- ting bound for Callao. The cargo was damaged by fire and water, extent unknown, and was insured in several local Offices. The damage by fire to the ship does not appear to be extensive; she was insured in a Glasgow Office.

Insured in the Office of Messrs. Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Coy. for $500.

Insured in the Chun On Fire Insurance Coy. for $10,000.

Insured in the British Mercantile Insurance Coy. for $2,000, and in the Magdeburg Fire Insurance of Hongkong for $3,000.

Insured in the Office of Messrs. Schellhas & Co. for $9,000 on goods, and $1,000 on clothing and $2,500 in the Northern Fire Insurance Coy. Messrs. Turner & Co. Agents.

The fire broke out on the ground floor in the stair- case and the flames quickly spread to the 2nd and 3rd floors. The house was occupied by different families, 2 women and a child were burnt to death being unable to make their escape. No insurance effected.

Insured in the Office of Messrs. Siemssen & Co. for $1,800.

Insured in the Chun On Fire Insurance Coy. for $2,000 on goods.

:..

F. H. MAY, Superintendent Fire Brigade.

No.

DATE.

TIME.

INCIPIENT FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1896.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

ESTIMATED

DAMAGE.

CAUSE.

REMARKS.

Accidental,. Attempted arson.

Overheating of a flue,

Accidental.

Accidental,

Jan.

2 p.m.

7.45 p.m.

Grass on Leighton Hill,

Stairs of House No. 153, Queen's Road West,

3.30 p.m.

6.15 p.m.

A beam at House No: 9, Stewart Terrace, Matshed at Kwo Lo Wan, Hung Hom,

Nil

Trifling

$30

6.30 p.m.

No. 3, Sun Wai Lane,

Trifling

8.45 p.m.

6 p.m.

A matshed within enclosed area of Taipingshan, House No. 40, Elgin Street,

Flame from candle,

Chimney on fire,

6.15 p.m.

31 2.30 a.m.

10 Feb.

6 p.m.

March 2

Noon.

12 Midt.

6.10 p.m.

A matshed on the hill above Tung Wa Hospital,. No. 6, Hillside Street, Hung Hom,.. House No. 189, Queen's Road East, An unoccupied house at Shek Ó,. A matshed at top of Ship Street, House No. 217, Queen's Road Central,

Sparks from the oven.

Burning joss sticks,

Explosion of a kerosine lamp.

Unknown,

co -

1 a.m.

11 p.m.

House No. 38, Hollywood Road, Chinese Mail Office,

...

Carelessness with crackers. Chimney on fire,

Trifling Burning joss sticks, Attempted arson,

•

Grass on fire,.... Unknown,

Store-room of Messrs. J. D. Humphreys at Kowloon, Trifling Spontaneous combustion.

About 30 fir trees were burnt.

Extinguished by Police and inmates.

Extinguished by Inspector Quincey and occupants. Extinguished by occupants.

Extinguished by Police and occupants.

Extinguished by Police.

Put out by Police and villagers.

Put out by Mr. Campbell and members of Fire Bri- gade.

Extinguished by Police and inmates.

A burning joss stick attached to a box of matches wrapped in kerosine soaked paper was discovered on a cupboard under compositors' desk which had apparently been put through the windows the vene- tians of which were open.

About 4 acres of grass burnt.

The fire broke out amongst a quantity of charcoal. An alarm was raised and the Brigade turned out to Praya West where a quantity of rubbish was being burnt by the Sanitary Authorities.

A quantity of shavings caught fire.

This was a false alarm.

Extinguished by Police and inmates.

67B

17 April

5 p.m.

12.30 a.m.

7 p.m.

Hillside between Shek Ó and Chai Wan Gap,

House No. 10, Ship Street,

Praya West,

2222

June 11

8.30 a.m.

7 p.m.

New Hongkong Club,

3 a.m.

22 July

10.30 p.m.

House No. 42, Eastern Street, Kellet's Island,

Burning joss sticks and papers, Accidental.

•

6.30 a.m.

House No. 83, Market Street, Hung Hom,

Trifling

Accidental,

10.40 p.m.

House No. 221, Queen's Road West,

Accidental.

...

6 p.m.

House No. 37, Pottinger Street,

...

Chimney on fire.

7.15 p.m.

Alice Memorial Hospital,....

Do.

27 Aug.

29 | Sept.

2 p.m.

A matshed at Tai Shek Kü,

Unknown.

8 p.m.

12.40 a.m.

8333

33 Oct.

2825

9 p.m.

10.30 p.m.

House No. 7, Upper Rutter Street, House No. 250,"Queen's Road West,

2.30 a.m.

House No. 81, Aplichau,.

$1,000

7.20 p.m.

House No. 86, Wellington Street,

House No. 119, Queen's Road West, House No. 350, Queen's Road West,

$24

Chimney on fire.

A kerosine lamp upset,...........

A small pot of kerosine oil was accident- ally set on fire,

Bursting of a kerosine lamp,

Accident with a lighted lamp,. Unknown,

Extinguished by Acting Sergt. 69, Williamson and occupants.

Extinguished by Police and occupants.

Extinguished by Inspector Hennessy and inmates. Extinguished by Police and occupants.

Extinguished by Police and inhabitants at Aberdeen. Property not insured.

335

No.

DATE.

TIME.

INCIPIENT FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1896,-Continued.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

ESTIMATED

DAMAGE.

CAUSE.

REMARKS.

336

34 Oct. 24 5.30 p.m.

House No. 5, Tsui Yune Lane,

4 a.m.

House No. 9, Elgin Street,

$12 Some charcoal caught fire, Trifling Burning incense sticks,.....

}}

10.45 p.ni.

6 p.m.

House No. 103, Queen's Road West, House No. 116, Jervois Street,

Hillside near W

Vong

Ma Kok,

38 Nov. 8

888888888

*42

1 p.m.

Hillside near Observatory,

House No. 7, Possession Street,

Overheating of a tea-drying furnace, A basket of joss sticks accidentally caught fire,

Grass on fire,

Trifling Bursting of a kerosine lamp in the dining

room,

.....

Do.,

2 p.m.

Mosquito curtain caught fire,

3.10 p.m.

10.10 p.m.

At the Hongkong Observatory, Kowloon,

肝纤代

Dec.

4.45 a.m.

House No. 83, Aberdeen,......

9.40 p.m.

House No. 121, Wellington Street,.

12 Midt.

Matshed, Praya Reclamation,

Opposite Tai Tam Tuk,

House No. 151, Hollywood Road,

Bursting of a kerosine lamp,

Stanley Road on the hillside,

10.35 p.m.

Wellington Barracks, ...

Hillside between Shek Ó and Cape Collinson,

11.15 a.m.

House No. 166, Queen's Road East,

House No. 8, D'Aguilar Street,

House No. 14, Jubilee Street,

.....

}}

8838

7.45 a.m.

4.50 p.m.

Matsheds at Tung Lo Wan,

******

Unknown,

Bursting of a kerosine lamp, Grass on fire,

Do.,

Grass on fire,......................

Chimney on fire,

Trifling

Grass on fire,....

Chimney on fire, Unknown,

Chinese Constable's Cookhouse, Yaumati P. Station,. No damage

$500

Attempted arson, Chimney on fire,

Upsetting of an oil lamp,

Put out by the inmates, and property insured for $600 in the Office of Schellhas & Co.

P.C. 152, Lo Man, discovered some firewood on verandah had caught fire and burning joss sticks were close to the firewood. Extinguished by the people in the house. Not insured.

The fire was put out by the occupants. Shop insured for $7,000 in the Office of Siemssen & Co.

A lighted lamp placed too near a basket of joss sticks. Extinguished by inmates. Property in- sured $8,000 in the Office of Schellhas & Co. Extinguished by Police.

Do.

Fire originated through the mosquito curtain falling on to a lighted lamp on a table near the bed. Premises not insured.

Fire discovered by Lo Shui, Watchman, who called out others to assist him to extinguish it.

Put out by Police.

Put out by occupants.

Put out by Police.

Do.

Put out by occupants.

A man named Abdool Rader, 34, and his son Abdool Hossein, 10, both suffer- ed from severe burns about the face, arms, and hands.

Burnt itself out before the arrival of the Police.

Put out by Military.

Put out by Police.

Put out by Police and occupants.

Untraceable.

Do.

Put out by Police.

Extinguished by Fire Brigade.

F. H. MAY,

Superintendent, Fire Brigade.

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111

No. 9/17

HONGKONG.

REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF VICTORIA GAOL FOR 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor..

SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, VICTORIA GAOL, 28th January, 1897.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward for the information of His Excellency the Governor the Annual Report on Victoria Gaol for 1896.

2. I returned to the Colony from leave of absence on the 21st March when I resumed charge of the Gaol.

}

3. The total number of admissions during the year was 5,582, of which 668 were old offenders. 4. The daily average number of prisoners was 514 as compared with 472 in 1895. I am glad to be able to report that the number of long sentence prisoners continues to decrease steadily.

5. There were 3,887 prison offences committed as compared with 5,365 during the previous year. 6. The profit in industrial labour during the year amounted to $2,684.48.

7. The female prisoners were moved into the Gaol on the 31st October. The portion of the Gaol now allotted to females consists of 6 separate cells, 5 associated cells and 2 penal cells. This accommodation which is somewhat limited might be increased when the improved hospital accommo- dation is provided, but, limited as it is, it is far more satisfactory than the house in Wyndham Street which had been used for some years as a female prison.

8. The conduct of the staff generally has been good.

9. I forward herewith the usual returns.

The Honourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

H. B. LETHBRIDGE,

Superintendent.

112

(A.)

VICTORIA GAOL.

Return of Reports for talking, idling, short oakum picking, &c., in the years 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896.

MONTH.

1893.

1894.

Daily average number Daily average number

in Prison, 458.

in Prison, 455.

1896. Daily average number in Prison, 514.

1895. Daily average number

in Prison, 472.

January,.

264

122

301

214

February,

150

166

314

209

March,

330

209

223

249

April,

240

180

236

257

May

• 198

223

295

270

June,

138

179

311

261

July,

242

211

447

191

August,

211

187

374

192

September,.

204

410

346,

213

October,

441

309

174

November,

363

273

174

December,

132

205

225

188

Total,

2,282

2,896

3,654

2,592

(B.)

Return of Offences reported of Prisoners fighting with or assaulting each other, or Officers, for the years 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896.

1893.

1894.

1895.

MONTH.

Daily average number Daily average number Daily average number Daily average number

in Prison, 458.

in Prison, 455.

in Prison, 472.

1896.

in Prison, 514.

January,..

Nil.

February,

March,

April,

May,

June,

July,

August,

September,

October,

542.2

November,

December,

Total,............

105

(C.)

Return of Offences of Prisoners having Tobacco, for the years 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896.

MONTH.

1893.

1894.

1895.

1996.

Daily average number Daily average number| Daily average number Daily average number

in Prison, 458.

in Prison, 455.

in Prison, 472.

in Prison, 514.

January,. February, March,

April,

•

1-00

8517

May,

June,

11.

July,..

August,

......

September,

October,

November,

December,

10 6 5 00 10

Total,.

141

117

126..

(D.)

Comparative Return of Prisoners confined in Victoria Gaol on the 31st December for the years 1898, 1894, 1895 and 1896.

CONVICTION.

1893.

1894.

1895.

1896.

1st,

324

366

340

444

2nd,

3rd,

4th,

5th,

བས༠

20 24

6th,

7th,

8th,

45422

6242

* 22

9th,

10th,

11th,

12th,

13th,

Total,

467

:::

488

(E.)

...

472

568

Abstract of Industrial Labour, Victoria Gaol, for the year 1896.

113

Dr.

OAKUM.

1896.

To Stock on hand, 1st January, 1896,. $ 252.90 1896.

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Cost of Paper Stuff purchased

By Oakum sold during the year,

Oakum used for Gaol,

during the year,................

1,997.80

Stock on hand, 31st December,

1896,

Cr.

$ 2,885.48

0.50

640.80

Profit,

1,276.08

Total,....

3,526.78

Total,............$

3,526.78

COIR.

1896.

To Stock on hand, 1st January, 1896,. $ 173.45 1896.

Cost of Material purchased during

the year,......

Profit,................

806.15

494.19

Total,............$

1,473.79

To Stock on hand, 1st January, 1896,.

Cost of Material purchased during

1896.

NET-MAKING.

1896.

2.91

19.17

the year,

Profit,.......

Total,......

22.08

TAILORING.

1896.

To Stock on hand, 1st January, 1896,. $ 10.94

Cost of Material purchased during

the year,......

1,179.58

Profit,........

256.54

Total,....... ..$ 1,447.06

1896.

By Matting, &c., sold during the year, $1,228.89

Articles made for Gaol use, Stock on hand, 31st December,

1896,

53.59

191.31

Total,............$

1,478.79

By Nets and Nettings sold and re-

paired,

....

22.08

Stock on hand, 31st December,

1896,

Total,.....

22.08

By Articles sold and repaired,

Work done for Gaol,

Stock on hand, 31st December,

1896,

$5 305.11 1,140.14

1.81

Total,............$

1,447.06

114

PRINTING.

To Stock on hand, 1st January, 1896,. $.90

1896.

By Printing done for outside,.

Printing done for Gaol,

20.87

Stock on hand, 31st December,

1896,

135.48

1896.

Cost of Material purchased during

the year,...

Profit,.................

Total,.....$

157.25

BOOK-BINDING.

1896.

.99

To Stock on hand, 1st January, 1896,. $ Cost of Material purchased during

9.92 1896.

the year,..

Profit,......

91.48

49.74

Total,.....

151.14

SHOE-MAKING.

1896.

To stock on hand, 1st January, 1896, $ Cost of Material purchased during

the year,...........

.89

1896.

43.25

Total,...$

44.14

14.05

143.20

Total,..

157.25

By Book-binding and repairing done

for outside,........................

Book-binding and repairing done

for Gaol,

Stock on hand, 31st December,

1896,

پیل ہے

119.95

28.89

2.30

Total,......

151.14

By Articles sold and repaired during

the year,....

Work done for Gaol,...

Stock on hand, 31st December,

1896,

4.29

38.15

1.70

Total,............$

44.14

WASHING.

1896.

To Stock on hand, 1st January, 1896,. $ 27.52

Cost of Material purchased during

1896.

By Washing done for which cash

was received,..

3.40

the year,....

778.49

Washing done for Prison Officers

375.93

at 1 cent per piece,

Profit,.

396.99

Washing Prisoners' Clothing at

795.10

1 cent per piece,

Stock on hand, 31st December,

28.57

1896,

Total,...... ...$ 1,203.00

Total,....... .$

1,203.00

GRASS MATTING.

1896.

To Stock on hand, 1st January, 1896, $ 8.38

1896.

Cost of Material purchased during

the year,....

38.64

By Matting, &c. sold during the year, $

Matting made for Gaol use, Stock on hand, 31st December,

1896,

43.70

13.16

1.35

Profit,.......

11.19

Total,........

58.21

Total,...$

58.21

1896.

To Stock on hand, 1st January, 1896,.

Cost of Material purchased during

the year,....

RATTAN.

1896.

By Articles sold during the year,

44.79

$ 25.48

Articles made for Gaol use,........ Stock on hand, 31st December,

1896,

19.31

Profit.......

Total,...$

44.79

Total,......

44.79

To Stock on hand, 1st January, 1896,. Cost of Material purchased during

the year,.....

TIN SMITHING.

1896.

115

2.41

1896.

By Work done for outside,....

.92

53.22

Work done for Gaol,................. Stock on hand, 31st December,

1896,

57.05

2.77

5.11

Profit,............

Total,.....

60.74

CARPENTERING.

1896.

To Stock on hand, 1st January, 1896,. $ Cost of Material purchased during

8.50 1896.

the year,.......

Profit,.

145.60

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20.68

1896.

1000

Oakum, Coir, Net-making, Tailoring, Printing, Book-binding, Shoe-making, Washing, Grass Matting,. Rattan Work, Tin-smithing,

Carpentering,

Total,...... ..$

174.78

Total,........

60.74

By Articles sold and repaired during

the year,..

Work done for Gaol,........................ Stock on hand, 31st December,

1896,

RECAPITULATION.

$1,276.08 494.19

1896.

By Surplus,

19.17

256.54

135.48

49.74

...

396.99

11.19 19.31

5.11

20.68

15.81

155.44

3.53

Total,.... ..$

174.78

$ 2,684.48

Total,...

..$

2,684.48

Total,...$

2,684.48

529

No. 3

HONGKONG.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING GOVERNMENT BALANCES.

Luid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Governor.

QUESTION.-Under what authority and for what purposes have the Crown Agents for the Colonies recently sold in London to the Exchange Banks o/d bills on Hongkong for large amounts; if this has been done in virtue of any special instructions will the Government lay a copy thereof on the table together with a copy of the Secretary of State's general instructions in connection with the custody and the disposal of the Colonial Government's cash balances in Hongkong?

ANSWER.-

Extracts from Colonial Office Despatch No. 222 of 10th October, 1890,

"I will now give you definite instructions as to the limit to be placed upon Government balances in the Banks, which in the last paragraph of my despatch No. 69 of 18th April last, I proposed to give as soon as I received further information as to the possibility of reducing the balance of ordinary current accounts.

"In view of the fact that the Revenue of Hongkong is larger than when the limit of $200,000 was fixed as the maximum of Government balances including current account and deposits at interest and on the clear understanding that the total amount is not placed in one Bank, I am prepared to sanction the increase of the limit of such balances to $350,000 including the Praya Fund as well as ordinary balances and deposits. Out of this amount the current account at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank for ordinary expenditure must never exceed $125,000 but should, as a rule, not exceed $100,000 ; › and the amounts in each of the other Banks should not exceed $75,000.

"I am not prepared to sanction any excess upon the above limits so long as the balances or deposits in the Banks are unsecured, but if any of the Banks are willing to give security for sums in excess of such limits, I should not object to larger amounts being entrusted to them.

"In order to prevent the necessity in future of the current account at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank being raised to an excessive amount for the purpose of meeting large drafts by the Crown Agents for expenditure on behalf of the Colony in this country, I have caused them to be directed, pending further instructions, to draw $50,000 every fortnight, beginning about the middle of this month, so that they will have money in hand in advance of their requirements, and not have to make very large drafts at any time. If, however, a further sum is still occasionally required by them they will tele- graph to you, stating that they propose to draw such larger amount."

Extracts from Colonial Office Despatch No. 57 of 30th March, 1893.

"I have the honour to inform you that as long as only two Banks in the Colony are employed for the custody of Government funds, I am willing that the instructions given in my predecessor's despatch No. 222 of 10th October, 1890, should be modified to the following extent. The maximum balances, $350,000, may be divided between the two Banks, provided that not more than $200,000 remains in the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, and not more than $150,000 in the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. It will therefore be necessary for you to further reduce the balances in the former Bank.

"As regards your remark that it is necessary to have large balances in order to meet occasional large drafts by the Crown Agents, I have to refer you to the fifth paragraph of Lord Knutsford's despatch No. 222 of the 10th October, 1890, which shows that there is no need to accumulate excessive balances for this purpose, if only arrangements are made with the Crown Agents to make small drafts periodically so that they may have money in hand in advance for all their requirements."

530

Extracts from Colonial Office Despatch No. 169 of 20th October, 1893.

ار

"I have the honour to inform you that I see no reason for modifying the instructions relative to the Government Balances in the local Banks, laid down in my despatch No. 57 of the 30th of March last and in my predecessor's despatch No. 222 of 10th October, 1890.

"I have also received your despatch No. 178 of the 5th ultino, from which it appears that the total balances had by the end of August increased to nearly $670,000 or more than $100,000 beyond the amount specified in your despatch of the 28th of August, and over $300,000 in excess of the authorized limit. I have accordingly authorized the Crown Agents to draw upon the Hongkong Government for the sum of three hundred thousand dollars and to draw further from time to time on receipt of telegraphic instructions from you as suggested in the last paragraph of your despatch of the 28th of August. The sums thus remitted to England will be temporarily employed by the Agents for the benefit of the Hongkong Government, until the money, or part of it, is required to meet their expen- diture in this country on behalf of the Colony.

"It is impossible to foretell the course of exchange, or to foresee whether this process of remitting the surplus balances to this country will result in gain or in loss to the Colony; but the only alter- native course, which I should be prepared to approve, is that described in the last paragraph of my predecessor's despatch No. 222 of the 10th of October, 1890, namely, to place the surplus in a Government Safe where it will earn no interest, but will at any rate be free from the risk of loss owing to unforeseen changes in the rate of exchange.

"The restrictions placed on the amounts of the bank balances are imposed not for the sake of profit, but of greater security, and, as I have said above, I see no reason for modifying the instructions of my predecessor that the aggregate of unsecured balances must not exceed $350,000, whether that amount be divided between three or only two banks.”

No. 103.

HONGKONG.

HARBOUR MASTER'S REPORT FOR 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

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No. 18

HARBOUR DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 25th February, 1897.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward the Annual Report for this Department for the year ending 31st December, 1896.

I. Number, Tonnage, Crews, and Cargoes of Vessels entered. II. Number, Tonnage, Crews, and Cargoes of Vessels cleared.

III. Number, Tonnage, Crews, and Cargoes of Vessels entered at each Port.

IV. Number, Tonnage, Crews, and Cargoes of Vessels cleared at each Port.

V. Number, Tonnage, and Crews, of Vessels of each Nation entered. VI. Number, Tonnage, and Crews, of Vessels of each Nation cleared. VII. Junks entered from China and Formosa.

VIII. Junks cleared for China and Formosa.

IX. Junks entered from Macao.

X. Junks cleared for Macao.

XI. Total Number of Junks entered at each Port.

XII. Total Number of Junks cleared at each Port.

XIII. Junks (Local Trade) entered.

XIV. Junks (Local Trade) cleared.

XV. Summary of Arrivals and Departures of all Vessels.

XVI. Vessels registered.

XVII. Vessels struck off the Register.

XVIII. Chinese Passenger Ships cleared by the Emigration Officer. (Summary.)

XIX. Vessels bringing Chinese Passengers to H'kong from places out of China. (Summary.)

XX. Marine Magistrate's Court.

XXI. Diagram of Tonnage of Vessels entered.

XXII. Statement of Revenue Collected.

XXIII. Return of work performed by the Government Marine Surveyor.

XXIV. Return from Imports and Exports (Opium) Office.

SHIPPING.

2. The total tonnage entering and clearing amounted to 16,515,953 tons, being an increase over 1895 of 883,840 tons.

There were 40,244 arrivals of 8,250,853 tons and 40,219 departures of 8,259,100 tons.

Of British tonnage 4,382,546 tons entered and 4,375,748 tons cleared.

Of Foreign tonnage 1,786,795 tons entered and 1,788,309 tons cleared.

Of Junks in Foreign trade 1,881,746 tons entered and 1,885,657 tons cleared.

Of Junks in Local trade 205,768 tons entered and 209,386 tons cleared.

British tonnage therefore represented 53 % Foreign tonnage represented 21 %

Junk tonnage (Foreign trade) represented 22 %. Junk tonnage (Local trade) represented 2%.

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3. 4,578 Steamers, 100 Sailing vessels, and 29,818 Junks entered during the year, giving a daily average of 94 vessels as against 85 in 1895.

For European constructed vessels the average daily entry would be 12.81 as against 12.45 in 1895, and of the steamers arriving 69.8% were British including all the River steamers of which the daily entries averaged 3.81.

4. A comparison between the years 1895-1896 is shown in the following shipping Return:— Comparative Shipping Return for the Years 1895 and 1896.

1895.

1896.

Entered and Cleared. Entered and Cleared.

INCREASE.

DECREASE.

Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage.

British,. Foreign,

Junks in Foreign

6,626 | 8,589,637 6,454 8,758,294 2,463 2,935,949 2,898 53,027 3,683,700 59,576

...

Trade,

168,657 172 3,575,102 435 639,153 3,767,403 6,549

83,703

***

172

Total,......... 62,116 | 15,209,286 68,928 16,100,799 | 6,984 | 891,513

Junks in Local {

Trade,

11,645 422,827 11,535 415,154

Grand Total,... 73,761 | 15,632,113 |80,463 | 16,515,953 | 6,984| 891,513

NET,.......

6,702 883,840

110 7,673

282 7,673

tons.

5. The above statement shows a decrease of 172 British ships, but an increase of 168,657 British The decrease is mainly due to the River steamer Wing Tong (to which reference was made in the 1895 Report) which made this year only 12 entries and 11 departures, against 114 round trips in 1895. Exclusive of all River steamers the Return would show an increase of 30 British ships and 120,783 British tons.

6. Another cause of apparent decrease in British ships compared with 1895 will be found in the number of Chinese owned vessels which appeared in 1895 under the British flag and which have since returned to their own, and appeared in 1896 as Chinese; the number of their entries and clearances in 1895 were 112, with a tonnage of 165,774 tons. If these were also excluded from the comparison, we would get an increase of 142 British ships and 286,557 British tons, or 51⁄2 %.

7. A large increase in Foreign ships and tonnage is shown in the above comparative statement. This increase is found principally under the German, Japanese and Chinese flags.

8. The record for the German flag in 1896 is represented by an increase of 175 ships entering and clearing with a tonnage of 233,156 tons, a still larger increase is shown if the Chinese ships which sailed under the German flag in 1895 were taken out of the comparison. These amounted to 92 entries and clearances of 97,914 tons, and the actual increase under the German flag would then become 267 ships entering and clearing with a tonnage of 331,070.

9. This substantial increase is built up by an increased number of entries and clearances in the Coasting trade, coupled with the new "Rickmers" line from Europe, and the large new steamers of D. D. R. line which came to Hongkong during the year under review.

10. Under the Japanese flag there is an increase over 1895 of entries and clearances amounting to 107 ships of 194,104 tons, made up principally of 16 vessels of the new lines to Europe, Australia and elsewhere, which made during the year 72 entries and clearances, of a combined tonnage of 119,846 tons. The increase under this flag is the most notable for the year. For 8 years previous to the war the average yearly entry of Japanese vessels was 44 with a tonnage of 61,578, in 1896 it rose to 80 ships of 144,493 tons.

11. A large increase in Chinese ships is also shown, viz., 225 ships entering and clearing of 263,711 tons, but when consideration is given to the Chinese ships which appeared in 1895 under the British and German flags, 204 ships of 263,688 tons, this increase is more apparent than real.

12. The total increase under the foregoing is reduced by a falling off under the Danish flag amounting to 78 entries and clearances of 27,678 tons, owing to the stranding of the S.S. Activ and to the absence, on time charter, of the S.S. Frejr-two "regular customers."

13. The net increase in Foreign flags is thus brought to 435 entries and clearances with a ton- nage of 639,153 tons.

14. Taking entries and clearances together, we get the following increases shown for 1896 over 1895:-

British, German, Japanese,

.....

23 % ...195 %

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15. The actual number of ships of European construction exclusive of River Steamers which entered the Port in 1896 was 579, being 325 British and 254 Foreign. In the previous year the numbers were 336 British and 250 Foreign.

STEAMERS.

No. of

TOTAL

FLAG.

SHIPS.

TIMES ENTERED.

TONNAGE.

British,

American,

298

1,806

2,665,438

37,445

Austrian,

59,314

Danish,

29,684

Dutch,

14,218

French,

120

165,680

German,

708

846,713

Italian,

16,079

Japanese,

146,315

Norwegian,

124

122,225

Russian,

11,587

Swedish,

9,890

Chinese,

211

247,981

Spanish,

8,139

Belgian,

1,689

TOTAL,.......

495

3,185

4,382,397

British, American,

German,.....

FLAG.

Italian,

Norwegian,

Siamese,

Spanish,

Hawaiian,

Total,

SAILING VESSELS.

No. OF

SHIPS.

TIMES

TOTAL TONNAGE.

ENTERED.

2232678

35,536

50,427

10,609

1,440

3,305

656

900

2,497

100

105,370

16. In 1895 the entries amounted to 3,051 times with an aggregate collective tonnage of 4,114,403 tons. In 1896 the entries were 3,285 with a tonnage of 4,487,767 tons.

17. Thus a decrease of 7 ships with an increase of 234 entries, gave an increase of 373,364 tons. 18. The decrease of 7 ships was made up as follows, viz.:-11 fewer British ships and 4 more Foreign.

19. The increase of 234 entries was made up as follows, viz.:-24 more British entries and 210 more Foreign entries.

20. The 210 Foreign increases were made up chiefly under the following:-from Chinese (113) German (83) and Japanese (53) with a decrease in Danish (39).

21. The increase of Tonnage was made up as follows, viz.:-61,527 British tonnage and 311,837 Foreign tonnage.

22. Compared with 1895 we get 11 fewer British ships, 4 more Foreign ships, 24 more British entries, 210 more Foreign entries, 61,527 more British tons, 311,837 more Foreign tons.

23. The 325 British ships carried 2,422 British Officers and 41 Foreigners as follows:-

British, Germans,

Americans, ...... Danes, ......

Swedes,

Dutch,

...

..2,422

Austrian, Portuguese, Norwegian,

....

Total,.

.........................2,463

The proportion of Foreigners was therefore 1.6 % comprising 8 nationalities.

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24. The 254 Foreign ships carried 1,626 officers of whom 202 were British as follows:-

In Chinese ships, Japanese,, French

.....

Dutch German

}

....109 74

...

14 1

The proportion of Britishers in Foreign vessels was therefore 12 % distributed under 4 different flags of which the Chinese takes over 6 %; the 14 officers who appear in Dutch ships, however, are chiefly those serving on board two British ships the Stentor and Palinurus which for some purpose have been temporarily placed under the Dutch flag.

25. Of the crews of these European Constructed Vessels-

14% were Britishers. 14% other Europeans.

72%

27.

Asiatics.

TRADE.

26. The year has been marked in the second half by a shortness in the Southern rice crop; an import of 578,770 tons was reported up to 30th June; the total for the year was only 704,530 tons. This falling off, in addition to reducing the totals for our European Constructed Vessels, was also very clearly marked in the Junk trade, which in the last quarter of the year showed a decrease compared with 1895 of 1,642 vessels of 69,010 tons. From March to July inclusive, Hongkong was under- going quarantine at Singapore, Manila, and the Northern Ports. With the exception, however, of Manila the enforcement of Quarantine Regulations was made as little irksome as practicable.

27. It is also very apparent that the total amount of cargo to be carried does not increase as rapidly as the tonnage available for its conveyance, principally owing to the enormous carrying capacity of a great number of the newer ships. This, combined with keen competition, places tonnage at the disposal of shippers in excess of what is actually required, consequently vessels cannot obtain full cargoes and are glad to accept low rates of freight to fill up vacant space.

28. The principal sufferers from such a condition of things will no doubt be the "outside" tramp steamers which occasionally appear and frequently are found laid up for want of work. During the third quarter of the year there were 7 British ships aggregating 12,039 tons laid up in the harbour for periods varying from 23 to 86 days.

29. In Returns I. and II. will be found the number and register tonnage of all vessels entering and clearing between this Colony and each country with which trade relations exist, and the amount of cargo reported as "shipped," "discharged," and "in transit," to and from these various countries.

30. The accuracy or otherwise of these returns, so far as cargo is concerned, depends entirely on the reliability of the information afforded to this Department on application made to the Master, and în some cases to the Agents, of vessels concerned.

31. The Chamber of Commerce noted "some apparent errors" in the Returns furnished in my last Annual Report, and they were apprehensive that these might prove "misleading," and the question arose in their mind whether it was worth while attempting to make the Return at all.

32. It is not surprising to know that "apparent errors" can be discovered in Returns compiled as these are. Indifference, want of knowledge, and commercial jealousy, will probably always militate against accurate information being supplied; but in order as far as possible to prevent the Returns being "misleading" the sources of the information on which they depend are clearly stated. It rests, I think, to a great extent with those who are principally concerned with the correct- ness of the Return, if they possess the means for so doing, to assist in preventing the same from being anything less than accurate, in the meanwhile there appears no good reason for relinquishing the attempt to present a Return which though not absolutely correct, is as nearly so as circumstances will permit, and which, as it stands, may be considered a useful indication of the nature and volume of the trade of the Colony.

33. An interesting review of the trade is obtained by a classification of Returns I. and II. as follows:-

Class

I. Vessels that trade to and from Europe and distant Countries, such as,-

Canada.

Cape of Good Hope.

Continent of Europe. Great Britain.

Mauritius.

Sandwich Islands.

South America.

United States,

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Class II. Vessels that trade to and from the less distant Countries, such as,-

Australia and New Zealand.

India and Straits Settlements.

Japan.

Java and Indian Archipelago.

North and South Pacific.

Russia in Asia.

Class III. Vessels that trade on the Coast of China and to and from adjacent Countries,

such as,-

North Borneo.

Coast of China and Formosa.

Cochin-China.

Philippine Islands.

Hainan and Gulf of Tonquin.

Siam.

Class IV. River Steamers between Hongkong and Canton and Macao.

Class V. Junks in Foreign trade.

34. Using this classification we find that the total import trade of 1896 was represented by 34,526 vessels aggregating 8,051,085 tons carrying 5,138,903 tons of cargo, of which 3,293,503 tons were discharged in Hongkong.

Canada,

Cape of Good Hope,

Great Britain,

Continent of Europe,

Sandwich Islands,.

Mauritius,

South America,.

United States,.

COUNTRY.

Cargo.

SHIPS.

TONS.

DISCHARGED.

IN TRANSIT.

CLASS I.

51,037

2,508

105

252,773

14,691 1,550 110,929

22 207,454

165

362,906

158,931

473,210

2,031

1,650

6,194

3,370

794

200,730

145,426

48,290

391

878,973

436,547

728,976

CLASS II.

Australia and New Zealand,

58,117

43,974

24,761

India and Straits Settlements,.

253

385,193

260,898

141,725

Japan,

401

754,389

561,128

353,726

Java and Indian Archipelago,.

94,875

153,126

✰ 5,233

North and South Pacific,.

1,349

900

150

Russia in Asia,

2,582

5,000

774

1,296,505

1,020,117

530,595

CLASS III.

North Borneo,

Coast of China and Formosa,

Cochin-China,

"Philippine Islands,

Hainan and Gulf of Tonquin,

19,775

22,978

400

1,350

1,572,589

184,440

529,002

227.

255,903

418,630

6,230

105

94,737

106,188

1,700

226

171,286

123,632

46,497

Siam,

189

197,471

324,990

2,000

Macao,

528

2,120

2,312,289

1,180,858

585,829

CLASS IV.

啦

River Steamers, Canton and Maceo,

1,393

1,681,572

154,367

4,678 6,169,339

2,791,889

1,845,400

CLASS V.

Jurks in Foreign Trade,

TOJAL,.

29,848 1,881,746

34,526 8,051,085

501,614

3,293,503

1,845,400

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35. Similarly, the Export trade of 1896 was represented by 34,402 vessels aggregating 8,049,714 tons carrying 2,647,476 tons of cargo and shipping 413,396 tons of bunker coal.

COUNTRY.

CARGO.

SHIPS.

TONS.

DISCHARGED.

BUNKER Coal.

CLASS I.

Canada,

52,212

17,247

Cape of Good Hope,.

1,486

1,200

Continent of Europe,

169,090

31,666

Great Britain,

Mauritius,

South America,.

131,294

38,590

1,015

400

20,354 1,500 580

Sandwich Islands,....

952

1,400

981

1,229

...

United States,

107

214,830

200,439

4,895

254

571,860

291,671

27,329

CLASS II.

Australia and New Zealand,

India and Straits Settlements, Japan,

Java and Indian Archipelago,.

North and South Pacific,

Russia in Asia,

61,341

39,490

4,165

292

530,538

282,447

54,030

308

573,965

213,387

28,706

17,752

6,030

5,095

1,818

698

200

6,687

4,100

690

667

1,192,101

546,152

92,886

CLASS III.

North Borneo,.

Coast of China and Formosa,

Cochin China,

Philippine Islands,

Hainan and Gulf of Tonquin,

Siam,

Macao,

20.

1,699

17,547 2,086,642

3,400

4,592

458,840

170,604

224

248,501

61,531

36,594

82,176

27,810

14,178

241

181,920

104,170

23,443

101,807

26,131

22,330

1,111

⭑20

2,361

2,719,704

681,882

271,761

CLASS IV.

River Steamers, Canton and Macao,

1,392

1,680,392

107,087

21,420

4,674

6,164,057

1,626,792

413,396

CLASS V.

Junks in Foreign Trade,

TOTAL,.........

.......

29,728

1,885,657

1,020,684

34,402

8,049,714

2,647,476

413,396

36. During the year 9,352 vessels of European Construction aggregating 12,333,396 Register tons, carried 6,677,477 tons, made up as follows:-

Import Cargo,

2,791,889

Export

1,626,722

Transit

1,845,400

Bunker Coal Shipped,................

413,396

6,677,477

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The total number of tons carried was therefore 54 % of the Registered tonnage and was apportioned as follows :--

Imports-

British ships, Foreign

Exports-

British ships, Foreign

Transit-

British ships, Foreign

Bunker Coal-

British ships, Foreign

37.

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS

Trade of the Port of Hongkong for year ending 31st December, 1896.

38.

TONS.

Passen-

No. of Dis- Ships. charged.]

Shipped.

In Transit.

Bunker

Coal Total. Shipped.

Re- gistered

gers. Carried.

Tonnage.

British,

Foreign,

3,669 1,604,383| 864,733 1,259,933) 230,185|3,959,234 5,396,330| 293,441

2,898 1,033,139| 654,972 585,467161,791 2,435,369 8,575,102 137,971

River

Steamers (British),

2,785 154,367 107,087

21,420 282,874 3,361,964* 897,843

Total,

9,3522,791,889 1,626,792|1,845,400| 413,396|6,677,477 12,333,396 1,329,255

Junks in

Foreign Trade,..

59,576 † 501,614†1,020,684|

|1,522,298| 3,767,403) 204,106

Total,

68,928 3,293,503| 2,647,476|1,845,400| 413,396|8,199,775|16,100,799|1,533,361

Junks in

Local Trade,..

|11,535 § 131,933| || 14,397

146,330

415,154

10,008

Grand Total,

80,463|3,425,436| 2,661,873|1,845,400 413,396|8,346,105|16,515,953|1,543,369

* Inclusive of Passengers carried by Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steam-boat

.Company.

† Includes 3,920 tons Tea and 1,290 tons Vegetable Oil.

+++

Includes 20,767 tons Kerosine Oil and 479,783 tons Rice.

Includes 126,140 tons Earth and Stones.

Includes 122 tons Earth and Stones.

IMPORTS.

European Constructed Vessels.

...3,185 measuring 4,382,397 tons.

Steamers,

River Steamers, ..1,393

1,681,572

Sailing vessels,

100

105,370 ""

Total,........4,678

6,169,339

1,758,750 1,033,139

-2,791,889

971,820

654,972

-1,626,792

1,259,933

585,467

1,845,400

251,605

161,791

413,396

6,677,477

264

Imported 2,791,889 tons of cargo as follows:-

ARTICLES.

1895.

1896.

INCREASE.

DECREASE.

Beans,

3,849

250

3,598

Bones,

2,340

3,660

1,320

Coal,

563,767

539,721

24,046

Cotton Yarn & Cotton,

11,090

11,040

Flour,

101,767

85,021

16,746

Hemp,

1,200

32,790

31,590

...

Kerosine, (Bulk),

24,450

41,758

17,308

Kerosine, (Cases),

42,601

44,129

1,528

(1,192,828 cases) (1,235,612 cases) (42,784 cases)

Lead,

1,350

915

435

Opium,

2,464

2,299

165

Rattan,

3,140

Rice,

764,368

704,530

59,838

Sandal Wood,

1,262

3,707

2,445

Sulphur,

500

220

280

...

Sugar,

185,616

186,759

1,143

Tea,

5,447

5,427

Timber.

26,389

49,363

22,974

General,.

1,173,236

1,077,090

96,146

Total,....

2,895,228

2,791,889

97,915

201,254

Transit,

1,623,883 1,845,400

221,517

Grand Total,..

4,519,111 4,637,289

319,432

201,254

NETT,........

118,178

Comparative Statement 1893-1896.

Year.

Ships.

Tonnage.

Imported tons.

1893,

.4,371

5,266,349

2,859,876

1894,

....

.4,225

5,233,146

2,746,285

1895,

.4,546

5,772,298

2,895,228

1896, ..........4,678

6,169,339

2,791,889

39.

Exports.

Steamers, ........

European Constructed Vessels.

3,186 measuring 4,382,211 tons.

River Steamers,

.1,392

}}

1,680,392

Sailing Vessels,

101,454

Total,. 4,674

6,164,057

Exported 1,626,792 tons of Cargo and shipped 413,396 tons of Bunker Coal.

Comparative Statement 1893-1896.

Ships. Tonnage. Exported tons. Bunker Coal tons.

Year.

1893,...4,387 5,269,510

1,613,642

406,800

1894,...4,227 5,236,036 1,598,588

353,455

1895,...4,543 5,753,288 1,663,007

387,870

兰

1896,...4,674 6,164,057 1,626,792

413,396

40.

IMPORTS.

Junks.

Foreign trade, 29,848 measuring 1,881,746 tons. Local trade,

5,718

Total,......35,566

Imported 633,547 tons as under :-

Tea,

Oil,.....

Earth and Stones, General,

205,768

2,087,514

3,920 tons. 1,290

.126,140 ""

,502,197

41.

Total,............633,547

EXPORTS.

Junks.

Foreign trade, 29,728 measuring 1,885,657 tons.

Local trade,

5,817

Total,.......35,545

Exported 1,035,081 tons as under :

Kerosine,....

Rice and Paddy,

Earth and Stones,

General,

209,386

2,095,043

20,767 tons.

479,783

722 "" 534,409 "}

265

Total,...........1,035,081

42. European constructed vessels imported 1,165,097 tons in excess of exports; junks exported an excess of 401,534 tons. The excess of imports is thus reduced to 763,563 tous, from this must be deducted 413,396 tons of bunker coal shipped leaving a balance of 350,167 tons consumed, manufac- tured, and in stock in the Colony or unaccounted for.

43. The River Steamers aggregating 3,361,964 tons, inwards and outwards, imported 154,367 tons of cargo, exported 107,087 tons, shipped 21,420 tons of bunker coal, and conveyed 897,843 -

passengers.

44.

British ships,

PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

Arrivals.

· Departures.

.145,871

147,570 including Emigrants.

Foreign ships,

71,987

65,984

River Steamers,

...457,631

440,212

Launches (outside waters of thel

Colony),

63,178

60,993

Junks (Foreign Trade),

..........102,349

101,757

841,016

816,516

Excess of arrivals over departures (Foreign Trade),......

.24,500

Junks, Local Trade, Launches,

•

Arrivals.

5,602 ....2,087,492

2,093,094

Departures.

4,406

2,099,199

2,103,605

Excess of departures over arrivals (Local Trade),...

.10,511

Difference excess of arrivals,

...13,989

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REVENUE.

45. The total Revenue collected by the Harbour Office during the year was $234,990.16, an increase of $571.87 over 1895.

The details are as follows:-

(i) Light Dues,

....

$117,314.45

(ii) Licences and Internal Revenue,...... (iii) Fees of Court and Office,

34,851.75 82,823.96

$234,990.16

STEAM LAUNCHES.

46. On 31st December there were 135 Steam Launches employed in the Harbour; of these 56 were licensed for the conveyance of passengers, 62 were privately owned, 12 were the property of the Colonial Government, and 5 belonged to the Imperial Government in charge of the Military Authorities. One Master's Certificate was suspended for one month and one Engineer's Certificate for three months.

EMIGRATION.

47. 66,822 Emigrants left Hongkong for various places during the year; of these 53,376 were carried by British ships and 13,446 by Foreign ships; 119,463 were reported as having been brought to Hongkong from places to which they had emigrated, and of these 89,210 were brought in British ships and 30,258 by Foreign ships.

It was in this branch of the shipping business that the case of an "Infected Port" was most keenly felt during the months March-July.

Returns Nos. XVIII. and XIX. give the details of this branch of the department.

REGISTRY OF SHIPPING.

48. During the year five ships were registered under the provisions of the Imperial Act, and five Certificates were cancelled.

MARINE MAGISTRATE'S Court.

49. 29 cases were heard in the Marine Magistrate's Court; refusal of duty and assault were the principal offences.

EXAMINATION FOR MASTERS, MATES, AND Engineers.

(Under section 15 of Ordinance 26 of 1891.)

50. The following table will show the number of candidates examined for Certificates of Com- petency distinguishing those who were successful and those who failed :—

GRADE.

PASSED.

FAILED.

Masters,

First Mates,.

Only Mates,.

Second Mates,

COCO 1 ∞n

TOTAL,..

First Class Engineers,

Second Class Engineers,

TOTAL,..............

MARINE COURTS.

(Under section 13 of Ordinance 26 of 1891.)

51. The following Courts have been held during the year :-

1. On the 7th February, inquiry as to the stranding of the British Steamship On Sang, Official No. 105,745 of London, on Cust Rock, Hongkong Harbour, on the night of the 20th January. The Certificate of the Master (WILLIAM VIZE CARMICHAEL) was not dealt with as he did not appear before the Court. The Court, however, was of opinion that the Master would have displayed better judginent if he had not attempted to enter the Port at night and that it appeared that his local knowledge did not justify him in doing so.

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2. On the 5th March, inquiry into the loss of the British Barque Lynnwood, Official No. 80,035 of Windsor, N.S., on Pratas Shoal, China Sea, on the morning of the 16th February. The Master's (JAMES Ross) Certificate of Competency was returned to him. 3. On the 16th March, inquiry respecting certain charges of misconduct brought against P. J. DONOVAN, Second Mate of the British Steamship Chittagong, Official No. 85,878 of London, by OLIVER DAVEY, Master of the said vessel. The Second Mate's (P. J. DONOVAN) Certificate of Competency was returned to him.

4. On the 22nd April, inquiry as to the stranding of the British Steamship Exe, Official No. 94,309 of London, on rocks lying off the Southeru extremity of Hongkong Chaú of the Samoun Group of Islands on the morning of the 9th April. The Master's (HENRY WILLIAM PELL) Certificate of Competency was returned to him.

5. On the 15th May, inquiry as to the stranding of the British Steamship Menmuir, Official No. 77,120 of London, off the Town of Imabari, Inland Sea of Japan, on the morning of the 1st May. The Master's (HUGH CRAIG) Certificate of Competency was returned

to him.

SUNDAY CARGO-WORKING ORDINANCE 1891.

52. During the year 63 permits were issued, under the provisions of the Ordinance; of these 15 were not availed of owing to its being found unnecessary for the ship to work cargo on the Sunday, and the fee paid for the permit was refunded in each case.

21 Permits were issued free of charge to Mail Steamers.

The Revenue collected under this heading was $7,575; this was $4,025 less than in 1895.

SEAMEN.

53. 19,313 seamen were shipped and 21,450 discharged at the Shipping Office and on board ships during the year.

304 Distressed Seamen were received during the year; of these 66 were sent to the United King dom, 5 to Bombay, 5 to Singapore, 2 to Sydney, 1 to Port Darwin, 9 to Calcutta, 1 to Port Said, 1 to Bangkok, 5 to Shanghai, 1 disappeared, 2 died, 198 obtained employment, 4 remained at Govern- ment Civil Hospital, 1 on board Hygeia and 3 at Sailors' Home.

$6,567.76 were expended on behalf of the Board of Trade in the relief of these men.

MARINE SURVEYOR'S SUB-DEPARTMENT.

54. Return No. XXIII shows the work performed by this branch of the Harbour Department.

LIGHTHOUSES.

55. The amount of Light Dues collected was as follows:-

CLASS OF VESSELS.

RATE No. OF PER TON. SHIPS.

TONNAGE.

TOTALFEES [COLLECTED.

Ocean Vessels paying full dues,. 23 cents. 3,295

4,495,525 112,388.10

Launches paying full dues,

...

River Steamers (night-boats),...

cent.

711

823 730,896

20.60 4,872.61

Launches plying exclusively to

Macao,

682

4,970 950,676

33.14

303

17,211

River Steamers (day-boats),

Launches plying to Macao by

day,

TOTAL,..............

5,113 6,200,101 117,314.45

56. The subject of Light Dues has occupied some attention recently and has elicited statements and arguments the basis of which is found in the phrase "Freedom of the Port."

57. But even from those whom this phrase falls most glibly have not attempted to explain precisely what meaning they attach to it. Hongkong is described by them as a "Free Port," and the Government is anathematized for destroying its freedom, yet there has been no proposal on the part of the Government to alter in principle the condition of things which has existed for the last quarter. of a century.

58. A "Free Port" in the general acceptance of the term is, I venture to assert, a port where there is no Custom House and where goods are free from Custom duties and control. Also in some cases

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it is applied to Ports where ships are free and not subject to charges such as Light Dues, Tonnage Dues, &c. There is no Custom House at Hongkong and goods are free, but for the last 25 years European Shipping has been subject to a charge for Light Dues, and for 30 years native craft have been subject to Port charges.

But it is now contended that here in Hongkong "Freedom of the Port" must include both of these exemptions and that without Free Ships as well as Free Goods there is no "Free Port," a condi- tion which, so far as I have been able to discover, is not supported by precedent in any port of im- portance in any part of the world.

59. Reference has also been made by way of argument to a "Free Port" proclamation issued in 1842 when in the words of the ratepayers' petition to the House of Commons, Hongkong was "a barren rock, the abode of a few fishermen and pirates" and when as yet the treaty by which it became a British Possession had not been ratified.

60. Hongkong we are told has arrived at its present state of prosperity through being a "Free Port." Now for 30 years Hongkong has not been a "Free Port" within the apparent meaning of those who advance this statement, for from the 1st January, 1867, a charge was levied on all native craft trading to the Port which charge has been continued up to the present time, and in 1875 Light Dues was first imposed on European shipping.

61. The prosperity of Hongkong in 1867 (when charges were first levied on native craft) was represented by a European tonnage entry of 1,194,826 tons and a Junk entry of 1,367,702 tons making a total of 2,562,528 tons.

62. In 1875, when European shipping was first taxed by the imposition of Light Dues, the total entry had increased to 3,562,774 tons.

63. In 1890, when the rate of Light Dues was increased to 2 cents a ton, the tonnage entry had reached 6,688,994 tons, and last year it was 8,051,085 tons.

64. Thus the prosperity of Hongkong has increased from an entry of 2 million tons to an entry of 8 million tons during 30 years of taxed shipping, a fact which completely capsizes the assertion that its prosperity is due to its being a "Free Port" from a shipping point of view.

Also it is averred that Hongkong can only maintain its prosperity through continuing to be a "Free Port," yet it must be clear that it cannot continue to be a "Free Port" if it has not hitherto existed in that condition.

In short, Is it or is it not a "Free Port"? If its present condition is one of Freedom, I say there is no proposal to alter that condition. If it is not a "Free Port" then why apply the term to it?

65. It has also been asserted that the imposition of any tax on shipping will have the result of preventing ships coming to the Port.

I have already shown that this assertion is not borne out by our previous experience, but, after all it is only an assertion, to support which not one tittle of evidence or argument is offered.

66. From the opinion also which has been freely stated that, the entry of this large amount of tonnage is the cause of Hongkong's prosperity I take leave to differ, holding rather that it is the result thereof, the cause being found in the geographical convenience of the Port as a shipping centre, and the stability and general prosperity of trade in the East, offering a lucrative business to ships, to partake in which there is a competition of ever increasing keenness. But however this may be, there remains the fact which can hardly be disputed but which seems likely to be lost sight of, namely, that ships come here, as they go elsewhere, solely for their own benefit, and not with the object of benefitting Hongkong, so long therefore as benefits accrue to ships from the use of our waters, whether on account of their geographical position, or from any other cause, so long will ships continue to come, and the measure of these benefits, I am convinced, will not be found in a tax, even exceeding the present one of 2 cents a ton, which represents the paltry sum of £7 for a ship of 3,000 tons, a charge which makes Hongkong, in addition to its many other advantages, compare favourably as to its charges, with almost any port in the world.

67. During the year the Lighthouses have been maintained as usual. The Gap Rock suffered to some extent from the typhoon of July 29th-30th. Although on this occasion the buildings received no substantial damage, the sea reached them with some force, not only from the East-the direction from which the severe damage was done in 1893-but from the South also; the typhoon lasted about 12 hours as compared with 24 hours in 1893. It is probable that it was only owing to this that we have escaped a somewhat similar experience as on the former occasion.

68. Telegraphic and telephonic communication has been kept up with the Gap Rock and Cape D'Aguilar during the year. From the former station 550 vessels have been reported as passing and in addition 222 messages were received and 2,199 sent including the daily weather report for the Observatory.

From Cape D'Aguilar 1,007 vessels were reported and in addition 576 messages were sent and 40 received.

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V. NUMBER, TONNAGE and CREWs of Vessels of each Nation ENTERED at Ports in the Colony of Hongkong

in the Year 1896.

ENTERED.

NATIONALITY

WITH CARGoes.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

VESSLES.

Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels.

Tons.

Crews. Vessels.

Tons.

Crews.

American,

72,412

2,224

15,460

247

87,872

2,471

Austrian,

59,314

1,513

59,314

1,513

Belgian,

1,689

British,

3,018

4,141,244 150,760

212

241,302

8,697

3,230

4,382,546 | 159,457

Chinese,

139

173,095 6,945

74,886

3,699

211

Chinese Junks,

14,424 | 1,027,039 | 160,569

15,424

854,707 | 131,783

29,848

247,981 10,644 1,881,746 292,352

Danish,

26,548

1,181

3,136

262

29,684 1,443

Dutch,

14,218

309

...

14,218

309

French,

118

164,154

10,789

1,526

120

165,680

10,846

German,

603

752,106

22,067

118

105,216

3,462

721

857,322

25,529

Hawaiian,

1,516

981

2,497

Italian,

16,725

717

794

17,519

732

Japanese,

140,371

4,937

5,944

252

146,315

5,189

Norwegian,

103

100,163

2,557

25,367

680

130

125,530

3,237

Russian,

8,799

181

2,788

133

11,587

314

Siamese,

•

656

Spanish,

9,039

253

9,039

253

Swedish,

9,890

273

9,890

273

TOTAL,........ 18,640 6,718,978 365,342 15,886 1,332,107 149,304

34,526 8,051,085 514,646

VI. NUMBER, TONNAGE and CREWS of Vessels of each Nation CLEARED at Ports in the Colony of Hongkong

in the Year 1896.

CLEARED.

NATIONALITY

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

VESSELS.

Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels.

Tons.

Crews, Vessels.

Tons.

Crews.

American,

51 84,822 2,489

7,014

104

91,836

2,593

Austrian,

59,314 1,520

59,314

1,520

British,

3,063

4,138,495

154,743

161

Chinese,

195

235,689 9,612

Chinese Junks,

18,979 | 1,481,673 | 218,612

10.749

237,253 11,547 403,984

6,013 701 72,178

3,224 | 4,375,748 |160,756

210

247,236

10,313

29,728

1,885,657

290,790

Danish,

• Dutch,

14,218

French,

119

164,531

25,914 1,102 395 11,218

3,770

280

29,684

1,382

14,218

395

1,526

121

166,057 11,275

German,

622

758,406

23,079

101

10,080

2,924

723

858,486

26,003

Hawaiian,

2,497

...

2,497

Italian,

17,496

762

646

Japanese,

97,359

4,018

47,134

1,401

18,142 80 144,493

776

5,419

Norwegian,

71,004

2,201

54,170

1,196

130

125,174

3,397

Russian,

11,587

419

11,587

419

Siamese,

656

...

656

Spanish,

...

9,039

258

9,039

258

Swedish,.

8,901

209

989

9,890

233

TOTAL,....

23,280 7,172,040 430,430

11,122

877,674

85,150

34,402 8,049,714 | 515,580

GOVERNMENT GUNPOWDER DEPOT.

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69. During the year 1896 there has been stored in the Government Magazine Stone Cutters', Island :-

NO. OF CASES.

APPROXIMATE

WEIGHT.

Gunpowder, privately owned,

Do., Government owned,...

16,421 26

lbs. 356,290

2,808

Cartridges, privately owned,.....

4,701

1,048,274

Do., Government owned,

109

16,602

Explosive Compounds, privately owned,......

797

45,214

Do.,

Government owned,

1,353

TOTAL,...

22,079

1,470,541

On the 31st December, 1896, there remained as under:--

NO. OF CASES.

APPROXIMATE WEIGHT.

Ibs.

Gunpowder, privately owned, ....

4,133

84,631

Do., Government owned,.

Cartridges, privately owned,

1,620

283,500

Do., Government owned,.

14,657

Explosive Compounds, privately owned,.....

5,722

Do.,

Government owned,

1,226

TOTAL,..

5,967

389,786

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS (OPIUM) OFFICE.

70. The Return shows that during the year the amount of Opium reported was as follows:-

Decrease.

1895.

chests.

1896.

chests.

Imported,

..36,609

34,208

2,4011/

Exported,

....

..36,241

33,385

2,855

Through cargo reported

but not landed.....

}

16,1901⁄2

14,838

1,352

15,642 permits were issued from this office during the year, being a decrease of 1,392 as compared with 1895.

A daily memo. of Exports to Chinese ports was during the year supplied to the Commissioner of Imperial Maritime Customs at Kowloon.

Surprise visits were paid to 97 Godowns during the year.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

The Honourable J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

&c.,

Colonial Secretary,

&c.,

R. MURRAY RUMSEY, Retd. Comd., R.N.,

Harbour Master, &c.

&c.

I.-NUMBER, Tonnage, Crews, and CARGOES of Vessels 1

BRITISH.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

COUNTRIES WHENCE ARRIVED.

Cargoes.

Cargoes

Vewels.

Tons. Crews.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews. Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Dis- charged

Transit.

Dis- charged.

Tra

Australia and New Zealand,

British North Borneo,.........

Canada,

47,924 2,030

34,683 24,661

47,924 -2,030|

34,683)

18,811

967

22,060

400

18,811 967

22,060)

181

51,037 3,546|

14,691

51,037 3,546

14,69

2,508

1,550

2.508 79

1,550

Cape of Good Hope,...........

Coast of China and Formosa...............................................................................................................

Cochin-China,

Continent of Europe,

Great Britain,

India and Singapore,

Japan,

Java and other Islands in the Indian Archipelago,

Масао,

Mauritius,

North and South Pacific,

Philippine Islands,

l'orts in Hainan and Gulf of Tonquin, .........................

Russia in Asia, ................

Sandwich Islands,.

Siam,......

South America,......................

United States of America,

TOTAL.....

1,651 2,011,760 72,960 245,709 282,438

90,818 2,501| 162,410|

65 20 50,30 | 1,005|

39,583

2,730 55,763

159 351,044 8,852 147,801| 469,510| 179 286,127 13,785 196,469 108,990 222 435,575 13,024) 301,761| 231,100)

66,218 2,180) 117,380) 312 344,252 14,480| 37,778

.43

6.789

173

1,093

3,071 528

501

44)

204 229,902 8,392 1,855 2,241,662 81,352|| 245,709) 28

65 20

90,818 2,501] 162,410| 50,301 1,005 39,583 159|--351,044 8,852] 147,801| 46: 179 286,127 13,785 196,469) 10. 226 442,364|13,199| 301,761 23.

69,289 2,230). 117.380| 313 344,780 14,524 : 37,778

69 65,525 3,538|

900 72,399

150

1,269 40

65,525 3,538)

900 72,399

...

23 32,923

7551

32,470 34,786|

32,923 755

...

32,740)

2,300

2537

62 2,300

1,012 36

131

1,269 40

3 2,537 62

130 140,613 5,894 226,870|

64 142,002 5,062 101,666 48,290||

141,625 5,930, 226,870

64 142,002 5.969

101,666)

3,018 4,141,244 150,760 1,758,750 1,259,983 212 241,502 8,697 3,2304,382,546 159,457 1,758,750 1,25%

II-NUMBER, Tonnage, Crews, and Carc

WITH CARGOES.

BRITISH.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL

COUNTRIES TO WHICH

DEPARTED.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Shipped.

Cargoes! Coal,

Shipped.

Bunker

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Bunker Coal.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Bunker Cargoes. Coal..

Vessels.

Tons.

Australia & New Zealand,

-51,223| 2,666|

British North Borneo, ...................... Canada,

14,829 816

37.140 3,400

2,065 4,192

2,979

720

54,202 2,740|

37,140

2.785

7,13

681

100

15,510 852

3,400 4,292

47,037 3,304)

17,247

3,746

50,783 3,359)

Cape of Good Hope,

: 1,486

Coast of China & Formosa,

2,090 2 607,240|94,902

Cochin-China,

32,145

Continent of Europe,

862 1.468 38

1 200 344.792′ 125,525

4,850

1,486)

17,247) 1,200

56,023 2,004|

6,805

2,1392,663,263 96,906 344,792 132,330|18,960|2,136,62

3,550

6,605 44,466 1,153|

76,611 2,005|

4,850

10,155 110 107,63

1,468

Great Britain,

India and Singapore,

Macao,

Japan,

Java and other Islandsjin the Indian

Archipelago,

Mauritius,

48 120,716 3,506 37,430|| 209 394,780) 15,124) | 226.013)

147 285,607 9,887| 136,200|

5,915 222 310 342,142] 14,380|

1,200

38 48 120,716 3,506|

40.771 16,381 5,600 1,730 31.184

9,364

209 1.150

361

70,375 1,366

1,625

10 37,430 215 404,144 15,333, 226,013 183 355,982 10,753||| 136,200|

70 167,62.

1,200

10,57

41,921

68 119,13

18.006

78 141,34:

7,060

112

2,490

4,341

528

334 12,975 511 842,670 14,108

5,600

4,220

2,66.

31,184

4,361

621 74,21

1 1,01:

...

North and South Pacific,

Philippine Islands,

560 47.893

15 2.502

500 23,732

130

8,400

14 336

293

1,960

Ports in Hainan & G. of Tonquin,]

23,476

781

8,110

3,425

9,310 311

1,205

Russia in Asia,

Sandwich Islands,................

4911 15

800

690 62,229 2,795 32,786 1,092

491

500 *23,732)

8,110

21:

10,360 4,630

4,880

193 131,40

6,687

Siam,

43,754 1,953 14,505|

11,640

South America,

咖

United States of America,

54 17,733 4,246 79,107

3,575

TOTAL..........

3,063 4,138,495 154,743 971,820 226,795

288 13,108

3 5,147 74

161 237,253 6,013

2,130

51 56,862 2,241|

8001 14,505 13,770

46: 33,09:

57 122,880 4,320| 79,107 24,810 3,224 4,375,748 160,756 971,820 251,605 20,217 3,033,54i

3,575

981 87,847

-Number, Tonnage, Crews, and CARGOES of Vessels ENTERED at Ports in the Colony of Hongkong from each Country for the Year ending

FOREIGN.

BRITISH.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Cargoes.

Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Transit.

ged

Dis- charged.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Vessels. Tons.

rews. Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Transit.

683 24,661

47,924 2,030|| : 34,683|

060

400

18,811 967 22,060

24,661 400

Dis- charged.

9,212 218 9,291 964 26 918

Transit.

Dis- charged

Tra

100

981

691

51,037 3,546 14,691

10 10,193 235 9,291

964 26

918

550

709 282,438

4.10 2,730

583 55,763 801 469,510

469 108,990]

761 231,100

380

1,093

778

150

282,438 14,3741,438,366 168,137 541,811 246.564 15,367 1,032.444 136,322 29,741 2,470,8:0 301.459 541,311 24

2,780 161 163,972 4,740 256,220| 55,763

2 2.508 79 1,550 204 229,902 8,392 1,855 2,241,662 81,352|| 245,709 65 90,818 2,501 162,410 50,301 1,005 39,583 159 351,044 8,852|| 147,801| 179 286,127 13,785 196,469 108,990 226| 442,364|13,199| 301,761 231,100

45 69,289| 2,230| 117.380| 313 344,780 14,524| 37,778

421

6.789 173 3,071

لالان

162 165,085 4,770 256,220{

900

170

...

34,786

200

666

48,290

***

1,012

85 202,172 8,213 71,346

469 510

11,862 233 95,03 || 3,059

3,500 151,691 11,130 3,700

1,113 30

85 202,472 8,213|

6 11.862 233

64,520 32,735

168

300,114 8.924 259,367| 122,626

1,093

24,274 738 35,746

4,140

407

56,002 10,477|| 15,623|

276

4.032 89 11,911 292 1,312 20 23,181 3,306

74 175

71,346) 15 11.130 : 99,066 3,148 64,520 3: 312,025 9,216 259,37 12:

25,586 758 35,746

683

79,183 13,783)

15,623

...

{

2,031 70 1,650

2,031 70

1,650

3 1,269 40

65,525 3,538 32,923 755 32,740

900 72,399

150)

}

34 26,943 899 33,789

1,700

2,269 45

861

29,212 94!

33,789

34,786

192 129.972 5,256

90,892

11,711

8,391 406

203

138,363 5,662)

90,892

་་.

2,582 74

5,000

2,582 74

2 537

2,300

131| 141,625| 5,930, 226,870|

£2 1,275 34 55,846 1,581|

...

64 142,002 5,062 101,666 48,290

56,813 1,903

1,070 98,120 2,000

43,760

2,382 37

3,657

1,070)

55,846

1,581

98 120

794

1 1,915 21

58,728 1,924)

43,760

750 1,259,933 212 241,302 8,697 3,2304,382,546 159,457 1,758,750 1,259,933 15,622 2,577,734 214,582 1,534,753 585,467 15,674 1,090,805 110,07 31,2963,668,539 355,189 1,534,753 58:

II.-NUMBER, TONNAGE, CREWs, and CARGOES of Vessels CLEARED in the Colony of Hongkong for each Country for the Year

TISH.

FOREIGN.

LLAST.

TOTAL

With CargOES.

IN BALLAST.

ΤΟΤΑΣ

Shipped.

>hipped.

Crews.

Bunker Coal.

Tons. Crews. Vessela.

Tons. Crews. Vessels.

Cargoes.

735

720 1001

36 54,202 2,740 18 15,510 852

Bunker Coal.

37,140 2.785

Cargoes. Coal.

Bunker

Tons. Crews. Vesscle.

Bunker Coal.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Cargoes.

Bunker

`oal.

Vess

7,139

335 2,350 1,380

7,139 335 2,350

1,380

551

18 50,783 3,359|

3,400 4,292 17,247

...

1 1,486 34 1,200

2,004 1,153

راة

6,805 2,139 2,663,263 96,906 6,605

344.792 132,3530||18,960|2,136,627 234,087|1,154.351

76,611 2,005 4,850 10,155

110 107,634 3,166|

1 1,468 38

48 120,716 3,506|

10 87,430

56,681 70 167,622 8,005| 31,156

2,037 35 1,429 20

51,473 10,763 434,792|73,322| 16,790 63 64,256 1,808

300

35 2,037 1,429 20

300

3,880 29,723 2,571,419 307,409 1,154,351| 9,6491 173 171,890 4,974

55,353 21,0

56,681

26,439

20,354

...

70 167,622 8,005

31,156

20,354

1,200

4 10,578 356

1,160

209 1.150

215 404,144 15,333, 226,013

41,921

68 119,138 3,484

56,434

300 11,595

...

4 10,578 356

1, 60

800)

5 1,366

1,625

183 355,982 10,753|||136,200|

18.006

78 141,342 4,168

77,187

9,065

7,256 182 76,641 1,941|

514 1,635

77 126,394 3,666]

56.434

125 217,983 6,109 77,187

12,109] 10,700

CIN

112

2,490

8 12,975 354

5,600]

4,220

2,664 89

430

775

2,113)

100,

5 4,777 124

430

875

201

611

342,670 14,408|

31,184

4,361

621

74,210 13,007|

56,284

2,240 301

648

76.450 13,308|

56,284

1,015 54

400

580

1,015 54

400

580

293 311

1,960 58

1,205 26

2008

690 62,229 2,795

500

219

198

32,786 1,092

23,732

8,110 4,630

10,360

8 4,880 200

4,078

715

193 131,409 5,129

96,060 16,385

909 15,067 399! 22 17,725 710 2,428

200

1,128 58

198

200

21 3,103

19,947 599 215 149,134 5,839

4,078 3,818

96,060 18,813)

6,687

235

4,100

690

6 6,687 235

4,100

690

288

2,130

491 15 56,862 2,241

800 14,505 13,770

461

600

34 33,092

981

71 74

79,107 3,575

3 6,013

57 122,880 4,320 24,810 3,224 4,375,748 160,756 971,820 251,605 20,217 3,033,545 275,687 1,675,656 137,817 10,961

11,626 1,229 47 87,847 2,338 121,332

974

151

11 6,395

1,320

45 2,165

11,853 301

4,103 56

640,421 79,137 23,974 31,178 3,673,966 354,824 1,675,656 161,791 23,2

461

600 44,945 1,275 11.626

8,560

981 15 1,229 91,950 2,394 121,332

...

1,820

from each Country for the Year ending 31st December, 1896.

REIGN.

ALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Cargoes.

ons.

rews. Vessels.

Tons.

Crews.

981

10 2

Dis- charged

10,193 235 9,291

964

918 26

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Vessels. Tons.

rews. Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Transit

...

Dis- charged

100 44 57,136 2,248 43,974 24,761

9931 22,978' 19,775

400 18 51,037 3,546 14,691

2 2,508

1,550 79

Transit.

Dis- Transit. charged.

981

45 22

2.444 136,322 29,741 2,470,8:0 304.459

[ 1.862

4.032 89 1,911] 292 1,312 20 13,181 3,306

741 175 312,025 9,216

25 683

541,311 1,113 30 162 165,085 4,770| 256,220|

85 202,472 8,213 71,346 151,691 11.130 3,700 64,520 32,735 259,37||| 122,626|

233

99.066 3,148

25,586 758

35,746

4,140

79,183 13,783

15,623

719

277

2,031 70

1,650

2,031

70 40 1,269

•

1,550

246,564 16,025 3,450,126 241,097 787,020 529,002 15,571|1,262,346 144,714 31,596 4,712,472 285,811 787.020 529,002

3,5001 226 254,790 7,241| 418.630| 6,230]

105 252,773 9,218 110,929 207,454 165 362.906 9,085 158,931 473,210 250 381,161 16,844 260,989 141.725 390 735,689 21,948 561,128 353,726| 67 90,492 2,918] | 153,126 5,233

400,254 24,957 53,401 1,650

227 255,903 7,271 418,650 6,230 105 252,773 9.218 110,929 207,454 165 362,906 9,085 158,931 473,210 253 385,193 16,033 260,989 141,725 401 754,389 22 415 561,128 353,726

70 94,875 2,988 153,126 996 423.963 28,307)

58,117 2,265 43.974 24,761

993 19,775

400 51,037 3,546) 2 2,508 79

22,9781

14,691)

1,113 30

4.032 89 18,790 467

4,383 70 23,709 3,350

5,233

53,401

...

2,031

1,650

9001

2,269

29,212 911

33,789

1.700

103 92,468 4,437 106,188

1501 1,700

1,349

900

150

2.269

105 45

94,737 4,482 106,188

1,700

8,391 406 203 138,363 5,662

90,892

11,7:1

2,582 74

5,000

1,915

2,382

58 794 15

211 27

3,657 71

55,846 1,581

794 15 58,728 1.924)

1,070 98 120

43,760

215 162,895 6,011| 123,632}

1 2,582 74 5 3,812

46,497

8,391

406

226

171,286 6,417 123,632

46,497

5,000

2,582

5,000

96 3,370

2,382

6,194)

2,000

188 196,459 7,475 324,990

2,000

1,012

189

133 197,471 7,511 324,990

3,370

2,000

794

48,290

90 198,815 6,965 145,426|

48,290

1 1,915

91 200,730 6,986 145,426

30,805 110,607 31,296 3,668,539 355,189 1,534,753 585,467 18,640 6,718,978 365,342 3,293,5031,845,400 15,886 1,332,107 148,304 34,526 8,051,085 514,646 3,293,503 1,845,400

ongkong for each Country for the Year 1896.

3,508|1,84

271

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Shipped.

ker

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Tons. Crews. Vessels.

Cargoes.

300

62-

7,139

325 2,350

2,037

Bunker Coal.

1,380 40

300

Cargoes

Bunker Coal.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Cargoes.

Bunker Coal.

1,429 20

649

880 29,723 2,571,419 307,409 1,154,351

173 171,890 4,974|| 56,681)

70 167,622 8,005|

4 10,578 356

31,156| 1. 60

514

77 126,394 3,666|| 56.434

635

125 217,983 6,109 77,187

3001 12,109 10,700

58,362 3,001 39,490 3.445 16 14,829 876 3,400 4,192 16 47,037 3,304 17,247 1.486 34 1,200 55,353 21,050 4,743,867 328,989 1,499,143 26,439 180 139,779 4,018 61,531 20,354 71 169,090 8,043 31,166 52 131.294 3,862 38.590 277 573,918 18,608 282,447| 225 426,949 13,555 * 213,887

176,998 10,812 20,340 94

2,979 74 2,718 71 5,175

751

490,815 75,326|| 108,722 2,961|

720 420

42 20

61.341 3,075 39,490 4,165 17,547 887 3,400 4,592 19 52,212 3.370 17,247

1 1,48C 34 1,200 10,685 31,862 5.234,682 404.315 1,499,143 16.254 224 248 501! 6,979, 61,531

187,683

36,594

20,354

1,500

52,366

15 16,620 3911

25,446

83 147,016 3,307

100

4,777

124

430

875

8,579 311

6,030

2,505

6 9,173 147

1,664 3,260 2,590

71 169,090 8,043 31.166 52 131,294 3,862 -38,590| 292 530,538 18,999||||282,447| 54,030 308 573.965 16,862 213,387)

20,354

1.500

28,706

17,752 458

6,030

5.095

648

76,450 13,308 56,284

934

416,352 27,387

87,468

4,341

2,768 329

201

959 419,120 27.416

87,468|

4,361

1,015

200

1,128

54 58

400 198

580円

1,015 54

400

580

770

400

550

:..

...

200

779

698

1,039 37

2001

1.818

698

200

103

21 19,947 599 4,078 3,818)

52.778 2,702Į 87,810

9,115

428

215 149,134 5,839 96,060 18,813)

212

154,885 *5,910||| 104,170|

19,810

223

21 29,403

692 27,035 1,021 3,633

5,063

82 176 3,894

27,810

14,178

241

181,920 6.931

104.170

23,443

6,687

235 4,100

690

6.687 235 4,100

6901

6,687 235

4,100

690

461

600

952

29 1,400

165

44,945 1,275 11,626 8,560

981 15 1,229 91,950 2,394 121,332

76,846 2,927 26,131 18,035

981 15 1,229 1,320 101 205,580 6,584 220,439

4,895

24,961 589 4,293

952 29 1,400 101,807 3,516|| 26,131

22,330

74 31,178 3,673,966 354,824 1,675,656 161,791 23,280 7,172,040 430,430 2,647,476 364,612 11,122

9,250 130

877,674 85,150

987 15 1,229 107 214,830 6,714 200,439

4.895

48,784 34,402 8,049,714 515,580 2,647,476 413,896

• NAMES

OF PORTS.

Aberdeen,

Hunghom,

Shaukiwán,.

Stanley,..

Victoria,

ነ

。

III.—TOTAL NUMBER, TONNAGE, CREWS, AND CARGOES (

WITH CARGOES.

BRITISH.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES,

Cargoes.

Vls.

Tons. Crews.

Vls.

Tous. Crews. Vls. Tons. Crews.

Vls.

Tons. Crews.

Dis- charged.

Transit.

Dis- charged.

Transit.

Cargo

Dis- charged.

581 455

16,261 3,799 10,726

6,614 2,005

6,036).

457

11,966 2,810

5,750

264

4,715 1,580 3,092

}

3,0184,141,244150,76|1,758,750|| 1,259,933|

212 241,302 8,697 3,230 4,382,546|159,457 1,758 750 1,259,93312,10 2,354,184 187,326 1,340,071

1,695||||183,994|17,062||| 168,248|

Yaumáti,..

Total,...... 3,018 4,141,244 150.760|1,758,750| 1,259,933| 212 241,302 8,697|| 3,230 4,382,546|159,457|1,758,750 1,259,933,15,622 2,577,734|214,5821,534,753,

IV. TOTAL NUMBER, TONNAGE, CREWS, AND CARGOES O

WITH CARGOES.

BRITISH.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARG

NAMES

OF PORTS.

Shipped.

Vls.

Tons. Crews.

Vis.

Tons. Crews.

argoes.

Bunker Coal.

Vls. Tons. Crews.

Vis. Tons. Crews.

Cargoes.

Bunker Coal.

Aberdeen,

182

Hunghòm,

286

6,429 1,513 13,613 1,875

Shaukiwán,....

051

33,760 5,023

Stanley,.

Victoria,

3,063 4,138,495 154,743 971,820| 226,795,

135 3,366 991 101 237,253 6,013|||| 24,810 3,224 4,375,748160,756 971,820 251,605 16,967 2,754,587 243,1841,

Yaumáti,

1.996 221,790|23,151|

Total,..... 3,063 4,138,495 154,743 971,820 226,795| 161 237,253 6,013| 24,810, 3,224 4,375,748160,756 971,820 251,005 20,217 3,033.545,275,687|1,

少

-TOTAL NUMBER, TONNAGE, CREWS, AND CARGOES OF VESSELS ENTERED AT EACH PORT IN THE COLONY C

FOREIGN.

TOTAL..

Cargoes.

'ews. Vls. Tons. Crews.

VIS.

Tons. Crews.

Dis- charged.

Transit.

581

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Cargoes.

Vis. Tons. Crews. Vls,

Tons. Crews.

Vls.

Transit.

1011

265

3,132 777 682 15,051 2,098| 720 30,069 4,931 1,045

Dis- charged.

19,393 4,576 10,726 21,665 4,103'

Transit.

6,936

42,035||| 7,741

5,750

5,081 1,769

3,022

581

455

487

264

15,20×

1,695

Dis- charged.

16,261 3,799. 10,726 4551 6,614 2,005 6,086.

11,966 2,810 5,750 2014 4,715 1.580 3,022

437

5,697||3,230 4,382,546 159,457 1,758 750 1,259,935 12,190 2,354,184 187,326 1,340,971 585,407 12,947 1,724

1,695 183,99417,062 168,248

,097 3,230 4,382,546 159,4571,758,750 1,259,933 15,622,577,784 214,5821,584,758 585,467 15,674

366 189 293, 872,317 112.701 25,137 3.226.501 300,0271,340,971585,467 169,870 19,911|| 3,419 353,864, 36,973 168,248|

1,090,805 140,607 31,296 8,668,539 355,189,1,534,758 585,467 18,640

-TOTAL NUMBER, TONNAGE, CREWS, AND CARGOES OF VESSELS CLEARED AT EACH PORT IN THE COLONY OF

FOREIGN.

ST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST,

TOTAL.

Shipped.

Shipped

ews.

Bunker Coal,

Vis. Tous. Crews.

Vis.

Tons. ¡Crews.

Vls.

Tons. Crews.

Cargoes.

Bunker Coal.

Cargoes.

Bunker Coal.

Vls.

Tons. Crews.

Cargoes.

182

...

013

6,429 1,513 2,538 2861 13,613 1,875 13,022 33,760 5,023| 25,417 135 3,366 991 2,974

051

24,810 3,224 4,375,748160,756 971,820 251,605 16,967 2,754,587 243,134 1,455,088 137,817

| 1.996 221,790|25,151|| 176,617|

159 1,729 793 8,070 478,493 57,134

1,423

132,074 13,637

24,810 3,224 4,375,748 160,756 971,820 251,605 20,217 3,033.545 275,687 1,675,C56 137,817 10,961 640,421 79,157

294

5,095 1,784 2,974 23,074 25,1:37 3,233,080 500,2681,455,08 10

3,419 353,864 36,788 176,617

23,974 31,1783,673,966354,821|1,675,656|||10|

500

12,964 3,063

434

7,254 2,125

682 720

19,309 4,576| 2,538 20,867) 4,000) 13,022

375

7,907 2,385|

1,026

41,667 7,408) 25,417

ORT IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, IN THE YEAR 1896.

'AL.

WITH CARGOES.

TOTAL.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Cargoes.

rs.

Vls.

Tons.

Crews.

Vls.

Tons.

Crews.

Vis.

Tons. Crews.

Dis-

Transit.

charged.

Dis- charged.

Transit.

76 10,726

581

16,261

3,799

10,726

101

3,132

777

682

19,393

4,576

10,726

6,936

455

6.614

2,605

6,036

265

15,051

2,098

720

21,665

4,103

6,036

1 5,750

437

11,966|

2,810

5,750

608

30,069

4,931

1,045)

42,035 7,741

5,750

***

69 8,022

264

4,715 1 580

3,022

271,340,971 585,467,

15,208

6,495,428 338,086|||| 3,099,721|

1,845,400

73| 168,248|

1,695 183,994 17,062 168,248

189 13,150 1,113,619 121,398

1,724 169,870

366

293

5,081;

1,769

3,022

...

19,911

28,367| 3,419

7,609.047 450,484 3,099,7211,845,400

891,534,753 585,467 18,640 6,718,978| 365,342|||| 3.293,503|| 1,845,400| 15,886 1,332,107 149,304 34,520

· 353,864) 36,973 168,248

8,051,085 514,646||||3,293,503|1,845,400

T IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, IN THE YEAR 1896.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

TOTAL.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Shipped.

ls.

Tons. Crews.

Vls.

Tons. Crews.

VIS.

Tons. Crews.

Cargoes.

Bunker Coal.

Cargoes.

Buuker Coal,

Bunker Coal.

Vis.

Tons. Crews.

Cargoes.

Bunker

Coal.

026

294

682 19,398 4,576 2,538 720 20,867) 4,000) · 13,022) 41,667 7,408] 25,417

5,095 1,784 1:37 3,233,080/300,2681,455,08

...

286

182 6,429 1,513 2,538 13,613 1,875| 13,022

500

12,964 3,063

434

7,254 2,125

651 33,760 5,023| 25,417

375

7,907 2,885

682 720 1,026

19,393 4,576| 2.538 20,867|| 4,000|| 13,022|

2,974

419 353,864 36,788 176,617|

3,366 991 2,974

161,79120,030: 6,893,082 397,877 2,426,908 364,612 8,231

1,996| 221,790|23,151| 176,617|

1783,673,966354,8211,675,656 161,791 23,280 7,172,040 430,4802,647,476|| 364,612 11,122

135

159 1,729 793

294

41,667| 7,408| 25,417 3,095 1,784 2,974

•

715,746 63,147

1,423

132,074|13,637

877,674 85,150

48.784 28,261| 7,608,828,461,024'2,426.908| 413,396

3,419 353,804 36,788 176,617

48,784 34,402 8,049,714 515,5802,647,476 418,396

273

VII. Total Number, Tonnage, Crews, Passengers and Cargo of Junks ENTERED at Ports in the Colony of Hongkong, from Ports on the Coast of China and Formosa, during the Year ending 31st December, 1896.

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Ves- sels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen- Cargo Ves-

Discharged. gers. Tons. sels.

Tons. Crews.

East Coast,.

2,544 174,712 20,995

608 155,951 284 7,709 2,093

Passen- Ves- gers. sels.

80 2,828 182,421| 23,088|

Tons. Crews.

San On Dis- trict, West

River, &c., West Coast,

---Cargo Discharged.

Tons.

Passen- gers.

688 155,9.51

11,419 789,926 128,343 74,328 326,256 14,454 799,068 121,641 27,304 | 25,873 1,588,994249,984 101,632 326,256

3,784 410 24,749 4,743| 21

464 31,148 5,497

29 3,784

54 6,399 764

Total,... 14,017 971,037 150,092 74,944 485,991 15,148 831,526 128,477 27,405 |29,165|1,802,563|278,569 102,349 | 485,991

VIII.-Total Number, Tonnage, Crews, Passengers and Cargo of Junks CLEARED at Ports in the Colony of Hongkong, for Ports on the Coast of China and Formosa, during the Year ending 31st December, 1896.

Cargo.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Ves-

Tons. Crews.

sels.

Passen- Cargo Ves-

Shipped. gers:

sels. Tons.

Tons. Crews.

San On Dis-

East Coast,..... 1,101 43,023 8,210

trict, West River, &c., West Coast,

16,778 1,329,273192,116

543

17,879 1,605| 113,442|12,815

96,684| 919,122| 9,059 282,598 58,270

476 35,167 5,279

Total,... 18,355 1,407,463 205,605 97,265 964,400 10,726 402,327 71,919

38 27,399 62 6,287 834

l'assen- Ves-

Passen- gers. sels.

gers.

163 2,706 156,468 21,025 706 17,879

4,218 25,837 1,611,868,250,386 100,902 919,122

538 41,454 6,113

49 27,399

4,392 | 29,081 1,809,790277,524 101,657 | 964,400

Cargo Shipped. Tons.

IX.-Total Number, Tonnage, Crews, Passengers and Cargo of Junks ENTERED from Macao, during the

Year ending 31st December, 1896.

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Ves- sels.

Tons. Crew ».

Passen- gers.

Victoria,

407

56,002 10,477)

Cargo Ves- Discharged.

Tons. sels.

15,623 276 23,181 3,306

Tous. Crews. Passen- Ves- gers. sels.

683

Tons. Crews.

Passeu-

gers.

Cargo Discharged. Tons.

79,18313,783

15,623

Total,...

407

56,002 10,477

15,623

276

23,181 3,306

683

79,183 13,783

15,623

X.-Total Number, Tonnage, Crews, Passengers and Cargo of Junks CLEARED for Macao, during the

Year ending 31st December, 1896.

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Ves- sels.

Tons. Crew.

624 74,210 13,007

Cargo Passen-

Shipped. gers. Tons.

100 56,284 23 1,657 259

Ves- sels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen-

gers.

Ves- sels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen- gers.

Cargo Shipped, Tens.

647

75,867 | 13,266)

100 56,284

Total,... 624 74,210 13,007

100 56,284 23 1,657 259

647

75,867 13,266 3,266

100 56,284

Victoria,

274

XI.—Grand Total Number, Tonnage, Crews, Passengers and Cargo of Junks ENTERED at each Port in the Colony of Hongkong (exclusive of Local Trade), during the Year ending 31st December, 1896.

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Ves- sels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen- Cargo Ves-

Discharged. gers.

Tons. sels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen- Ves- gers. sels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen- Cargo

Discharged.. gers.

Tons.

Aberdeen,

581

16,261 3,799| 187

10,726

Haugh:ng..

455

6,614 2,005

Shaukiwán,

437

11,966 2,810 190

Stanley,

264

Victoria,

10,992

Yaumáti,

1,695

101! 3,132 777 6,036

265 15,051 2,098 5,750 608 30,069 4,931| 47 1,045 42,035 7,741| 237 5,750 4,715 1,580

3,022 29 366

293 5,081 1,769

3,022 803,489 133,313 74,516 | 307;832|12,697 | 636,219 103,877 27,24923,6891,439,708 237,190 101,765 | 307,832 183,994 17,062 43 168,248 1,724 169,870 19,911 54 3,419 353,864| 36,973| 97❘ 168,248

682 720

19,393 4,576 242 21,665 4.103

10,726

6,035

189

Total,... [14,424 |1,027,039160,569 74,944 | 501,614|15,424| 854,707 131,783| 27,405 |29,848|1,881,746|292,352|102,349 | 501,614

XII.—Grand Total Number, Tonnage, Crews, Passengers and Cargo of Junks CLEARED at each Port in the Colony of Hongkong (exclusive of Local Trade), during the Year ending 31st December, 1896.

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Ves-

Tons. Crews.

sels.

Passen- Cargo Ves-

Shipped. gers. Tons. sels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen- Ves-

gers. sels.

Tons. Crews.

Passon- Cargo

Shipped. gers. Tons.

Aberdeen,

Hunghòn,

286

182 6,429 1,513 13,613 1,875

178

2,538 500 13,022 434

12,964 3,063

682

19,393 4,576

229

2,538

7,254 2,125

720

20,867 4,000

13,022

Shaukiwán,

651 33,760 5,023

191

25,417

375

7,907 2,385

1,026

Stanley,

135 3,366 991

Victoria,

Yaomáti,

1,996 221,790| 23,151|

||15,729 ¦1,202,715 186,059 yo

Total,... 18,979 1,481,673 218,612 97,365 1,020,68410,749

2,974

159

1.729 793

294

41,667 7,408| 5,095 1,784

196

25,417

2,974

800,116 7,858

242,056 50,175

4,205 23,587 1,444,771 236,234 101,121

800,116

176,617 1,423

132,074 13,637|

125

3,419 353,864 36,788 188

176,617

403,984 72,178

4,39229,7281,885,6-290,790 101,757 1,020,684

XIII.-Return of Junks (Local Trade) ENTERED at the Port of Victoria from the Out-stations of the Island and the Villages in British Kaulung, during the Year ending 31st December, 1896.

Victoria,

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Ves- sels.

Cargo Passen- Tons. Crews.

gers.

Ves- Discharged.

Tons. sels.

Tons. Crews. Passen- Ves- gers. sels.

Passen- Tons. Crews.

gers.

Cargo Discharged. Tons.

4,064 156,223 50,400||||| 2,852 | 131,933| 1,654| 49,545|13,680| 2,750 | 5,718 | 205,768|64,080) 5,602 | 131,933

Total,...

4,064 156,223 50,400 2,852 | 131,933| 1,654 49,545|13,680| 2,750 5,718 205,768 64,080 5,602 131,933

XIV.-Return of Junks (Local Trade) CLEARED at the Port of Victoria for the Out-stations of the Island and the Villages in British Kaulung, during the Year ending 31st December, 1896.

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Ves- sels.

Tons. Crews.

Cargo Passen-

Ves- Shipped. gers.

Tons. sels.

}

Tons. Crews. Passen- Ves- gers. sels.

Tons. Crews. Passen-

Cargo

Shipped.

gers.

Tons.

Victoria,

2,347 68,121 19,812

3,767

14,397 3,470 141,265 | 44,950|

639 5,817 209,386 | 64,762|

4,406 14,397

Total,... 2,347 68,121 19,812 3,707 14,397, 3,470 141,265 44,950

639 5,817 209,386 | 64,762|

4,406 14,397

FOREIGN TRADE.

275

XV.-SUMMARY.

No. of VESSELS.

TONS.

CREWS.

British Vessels entered with Cargoes,

Do.

do. in Ballast, ....

3,018 212

4,141,244

150,760

241,302

8,697

Total,............

8,230

4,382,546

159,457

British Vessels cleared with Cargoes,..

3,063

4,138,495

154,743

Do.

do. in Ballast,

161

237,258

6,013.

Total,.......

3,224

4,375,748

160,756

Total of all British Vessels entered and cleared,

6,454

8,758,294

320,213

Foreign Vessels entered with Cargoes,

Do.

do. in Ballast,....

15,622

2,577,734

214,582

15,674

1,090,805

140,607

Total,.......

31,296

3,668,539

355,189

Foreign Vessels cleared with Cargoes,

Do.

do. in Ballast,..

20,217 3,033,545 10,961

275,687

640,421

79,137

Total,......

31,178

3,673,966

354,824

Total of all Foreign Vessels entered and cleared,................

62,474

7,342,505

710,013

Total of all Vessels entered with Cargoes,

18,640 6,718,978

365,342

Do.

do. in Ballast,

15,886

1,332,107

149,304

Total of all Vessels entered,...!

34,526

8,051,085

514,646

Total of all Vessels cleared with Cargoes,

Do.

do. in Ballast,

23,280

7,172,040

430,430

11,122

877,674

85,150

Total of all Vessels cleared,...

34,402

8,049,714

515,580

Total of all Vessels entered and cleared with Cargoes,

Do.

do.

do. in Ballast,

41,920 13,891,018 27,008 2,209,781

795,772

234,454

Total of all Vessels engaged in Foreign Trade only, entered and cleared,

68,928

16,100,799 1,030,226

LOCAL TRADE.

Total of all Vessel entered,

5,718

205,768

64,080

Do.

cleared,

5,817

209,386

64,762

Total of all Vessels engaged in Local Trade only, entered and cleared,

11,535

415,154

128,842

Total of all Vessels engaged in Foreign Trade only, entered and cleared,

Do.

do. in Local Trade only,

68,928

do.

do.,

11,535

16,100,799 415,154

1,030,226 128,842

Grand Total of all Vessels entered and cleared,.......

80,463

16,515,953

1,159,068

276

XVI.-RETURN of VESSELS REGISTERED at the Port of Hongkong, during the Year 1896.

Name of Vessel.

Official Number.

Regis- tered Tonnage.

Horse Power.

Rig.

Built of

Where built and when.

Remarks.

Stanfield,....

63,533 560

Hai-Mun, (str.) .....

95,869

636 210

Barque. Wood Sunderland, 1869.

Schooner. Steel Port Glasgow, 1896.

Tainan, (str.)

95,870

Labuan, (str.)

Retriever,

95,871

121

95,872

Schooner. Wood Mongkok, Hongkong, [1896. Schooner. Wood British Kowloon, 1896.

Schooner. Wood Yokohama, Japan, 1886. Foreign name

" Retriever."

Name of Vessel.

Official

Number.

XVII.—RETURN of Registries of VESSELS cancelled at the Port of Hongkong, during the Year 1896.

Regis- tered Tonnage.

Date of

Registry.

Horse Power.

Rig.

Built of

Where built and when.

Reason of Cancellation.

Sin Taiwan, (str.),| 64,130 Samtor, (str.), ..... 95,853

Kitty,

85,926

Kwong Mo, (str.), 95,861

Wing Hong, (str.), 95,868

47 1876 20 Sloop

69 1889 28 Schooner

803 1894 Barque

Composite Hongkong, 1876.

Wood

Iron

177 1894 55 Schooner

217

1895 40 Schooner

Hongkong, 1889.

Amsterdam, 1856.

Composite Whampoa, 1889.

Wood

Sold to Foreigners.

Transferred to S'pore.

Transferred to S'hai.

Mongkok, H'kong,

Sold to Foreigners.

[1895.

XVIII. SUMMARY of CHINESE EMIGRATION from HONGKONG to Ports other than in China or Japan,

during the Year ending 31st December, 1896.

BRITISH VESSELS.

FOREIGN VESSELS.

GRAND TOTAL.

WHITHER BOUND.

Adults.

Children,

Adults.

Children.

Adults.

Children.

Total.

M. F.

M. F. M. F.

| F.

M. F.

4,196 135

,, Mauritius,

...

San Francisco, U.S.A.,

3,418 74

Straits Settlements,.

Tacoma, U.S.A.,

,, Vancouver, British Columbia,

,, Victoria,

...

To Honolulu, Sandwich Islands,.

33,755 4,418 1,053 699 39,920 8,791 1,463 308 252 10,814 42,546 5,876 1,361

427

44 4,427 884 17 12 5 918 5,080

152

641 49

5,345

12 3,546

910 3 23 721 34 19

936 910 778 4,139

108

936 4,324

951

50,734

427

4,183

3 4,196

...

Do.,

8511

4 880

TOTAL PASSENGERS,.

: : : / 8

...

427

4,183

4,196

851

860

46,830 4,628 1,156 762 53,376 11,306 1,517 362 261 13,446 58,136 6,145 1,518 1,023 66,822

Total Passengers by British Vessels,

Total Passengers by Foreign Vessels,.

Excess of Passengers by British Vessels,

|46,830 4,628 1,156

11,306 1,517| 362

35,524 3,111 794

762 53,376

261 13,446

501 39,930

XIX.-SUMMARY of CHINESE IMMIGRATION to HONGKONG from Ports other than China or Japan,

during the Year ending 31st December, 1896.

277

BRITISH VESSELS.

FOREIGN VESSELS.

GRAND TOTAL.

WHERE FROM.

Adults,

Children.

Adults.

Children.

Adults.

Children.

Total,

Total.

M. F. M.

M. F. M. F.

F. M.

From Aroe Bay, Medan & Langkat, Sumatra,

616

Bangkok, Siam,.

2,276

3 2,286 1,694

Callao, Peru,

98 10

Honolulu, Sandwich Islands,

331

4 358

417 14 16

2300

1,703

3,970

3,989

122

98 10

122

455

748

813

Mauritius,

445

448

445

448

Melbourne,.

258

271

258

...

271

New South Wales......

569

575

569

575

New Zealand Ports,

781

Portland, Oregon,

281

Queensland Ports,.......

377

379

377

. 2

379

San Francisco, U.S.A......

2,928

100 67

57 3,152 1,359 37 23 17 1,436

4,287

137

4,588

South Australian Ports,

119

128

119

128

Straits Settlements,

Tacoma, U.S.A.,

Vancouver, British Columbia,

72,472 3,215 | 1,380 | 665 77,732 24,020 878 407 173 25,478

96,492

4,093 | 1,787 838 103,210

Victoria, British Columbia......

1,368 8 2,443 24

4 4 1,384

336

19 2

7 2,493

344

***

1,368

2,443

336

492

1,384 7 2,493

344

TOTAL PASSENGERS,

83,588 3,880 1,504 743 89,210 28,649 946 457 206 30,258 112,232 | 4,326 | 1,961 | 949 119,468

Total Passengers by British Vessels,........

Total Passengers by Foreign Vessels,

Excess of Passengers by British Vessels,

83,583 3,380 |1,504 | 743| 89,210

28,649 946 457 206 30,258

54,931 2,434 1,047 537 58,952

XX.-RETURN of MARINE CASES tried at the MARINE MAGISTRATE'S COURT, during the Year 1896.

NATURE OF Charge.

No. of Cases.

No. of Defendants.

DEFENDANTS HOW DISPOsed of.

Fined.

Absent from Ship without leave,.........

Assault,

Disorderly Behaviour,

***

Drunkenness,

Harbour Regulations-Breach of (Junk),

Refusal of duty,.......

.:.

Total,........

...

:..

...

Amount of Fines.

明:

278

XXII.-STATEMENT of the REVENUE collected in the Harbour Department during the Year 1896.

Head of Receipt.

Amount.

Remarks.

1. Light Dues, Ordinance 26 of 1891,.

2. Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise specified :--

Chinese Passerger Ship Licences, Ordinance 1 of 1889, Emigration Brokers' Licences, Ordinance 1 of 1889,..

Fines,

Junk Licences, &c., Ordinance 26 of 1891,...

Steam Launch Licences, &c., Ordinance 26 of 1891,...

3. Fees of Court or Office, Payments for specific purposes and

Re-imbursements-in-aid :--

Cargo-boat Certificates, Ordinance 26 of 1891,

Discharge of Crew and Seamen, Ordinance 26 of 1891, Examination of Masters and Engineers of Launches, Ordi-

cts.

117,314.45

395.00

1,000.00

26.00

$2,622.25

808.50

1,986.00

10,543.00

nance 26 of 1891,

257.50

Examination of Masters, Mates, and Engineers, Ordinance

26 of 1891,

2,425.00

11,882.69

Gunpowder, Storage of, Ordinance 26 of 1891,

Medical Examination of Emigrants, Ordinance 1 of 1889,.... Printed Forms, Sale of, Harbour Regulations and Tide Tables, Private Moorings and Buoys, Rent for, Ordinance 26 of 1891, Registry Fees, (Merchant Shipping Act), Ordinance 26 of 1891, Shipping Crews and Seamen, Ordinance 26 of 1891,................................ Steam Launches, Surveyor's Certificates, Ordinance 26 of

1891,

Survey of Steam Ships, Ordinance 26 of 1891,

21,063.50

227.00

2,760.00

444.00

11,791,20

1,385.00 10,484.07

7,575.00

.......$234,990.16

Sunday Cargo-Working Permits, Ordinance 6 of 1891,.

Total,............................

XXIII.—RETURN of WORK performed by the GOVERNMENT MARINE SURVEYOR's Department.

Years.

Passenger Certificate and

Inspection of Bottom.

Tonnage for CONGOING Emigration.

Com co ∞ ∞ CO O 10 ZŁ

1887,

153

101

1888,

161

1,042

1889,

130

1,127

1890,.

112

986

1891,

108

1,615

1892,

122

1,678

1893,

136

1,659

1894,

124

116

1,364

1895,

102

1,452

ས

1896,

142

1,409

2280

GO:000

223

930

Registration.

British Tonnage.

Foreign Vessels. Certificate for

Inspection of

Crew space,

Lights and

Markings.

Minor Inspec-

tion.

Survey of Licen-

Steam-launches.

sed Passenger

Boilers under

Survey of

Construction.

Inspection of Government

Launches.

Examination of Engineers.

Examination of Chinese Engi- neers for Steam- launches.

Number of Visits in connection with Fore- Estimated Total

going Inspection.

TONS.

8,100,000

8,000,000

7,900,000

7,800,000

7,700,000

7,600,000

7,500,000

7,400,000

7,300,000

7,200,000

7,100,000

7,000,000

6,900,000

6,800,000

6,700,000

6,600,000

6,500,000

6,400,000

6.300.000

6,200.000

6.100.000

6,000,000

5,900,000

5.800,000

5,700,000

5,600,000

5,500,000

5,400,000

5:300,000

5,200,000

5,100,000

5,000,000

4,900,000

+,800,000

4.700,000

4,600,000

4.500,000

1867.

XXI-DIAGRAM of Tonnage entered at Hongkong

RED LINE represents British Shipping Tonnage only BLUE LINE represents Foreign Shipping Tonnage o: GREEN LINE represents British and Foreign Shipp YELLOW LINE represents Junk Tonnage only, exclu

THICK BLACK LINE represents entire Trade in Bri

1868.

1869.

1870.

1871.

1872.

1873.

1874.

1875.

1876.

1877.

1878.

1879.

1880.

1881.

1882.

1883.

}

at Hongkong, from 1867 to 1896, inclusive.

ing Tonnage only.

oping Tonnage only.

d Foreign Shipping Tonnage.

nnage only, excluding Local Trade.

tire Trade in British and Foreign Ships and Junks.

279

1880.

1881.

1882.

1883.

1884.

1885.

1886

1887.

1888.

1889.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1891.

1895.

1896.

TONS.

8,100,000

8,000,000

7,900,000

7,800,000

7,700,000

7,600,000

7,500,000

7,400,000

7,300,000

7,200,000

7,100,000

7,000,000

6,900,000

6,800,000

6,700,000

6,600,000

6,500,000

6,400,000

6,300,000

6,200,000

6,100,000

6,000,000

5,900,000

5,800,000

5,700,000

5,600,000

5,500,000

5,400,000

5,300,000

5,200,000

5,100,000

5,000,000

4,900,000

4,800,000

4,700,000

4,600,000

+,500,000

4,900,000

+,800,000

4.700,000

4,600,000

4,500,000

4,400,000

4,300,000

4,200,000

4,100,000

4,000,000

3,900,000

3,800,000

3,700,000

3,600,000

3,500,000

3,400,000

3,300,000

3,200,000

3,100,000

3,000,000

2,900,000

2,800,000

2,700,000

2,600,000

2,500,000

2,400,000

2,300,000

2,200,000

2,100,000

2,000,000

1,900,000

1,800,000

1,700,000

1,600,000

1,500,000

1,400,000

1,300,000

1,200,000

1,100,000

1,000,000

900,000

800,000

700,000

600,000

500,000

400,000

300,000

5,000,000

4,900,000

4,800,000

4,700,000

4,600,000

+,500,000

4,400,000

4,300,000

4,200,000

4,100,000

4,000,000

3,900,000

3,800,000

-3,700,000

3,600,000

3,500,000

3,400,000

3,300,000

3,200,000

3,100,000

3,000,000

2,900,000

2,800,000

2,700,000

2,600,000

2,500,000

2,400,000

2,300,000

2,200,000

2,100,000

2,000,000

1,900,000

1,800,000.

1,700,000

1,600,000

1,500,000

1,400,000

1,300,000

1,200,000

1,100,000

1,000,000

900,000

800,000

700,000

6oo,coo

500,000

400,000

300,000

XXIV.-IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OFFICE.

281

IMPORTS.

MALWA

PATNA.

BENARES.

PERSIAN.

TURKISH.

TOTAL.

chests.

1895, 1896,

10,494

15,892

6,491

3,717

36,609

7,576

17,883

5,008

3,687

34,208

Increase, Decrease,.....

1,991

2,030

2,918

1,483

4,431

EXPORTS.

MALWA.

PATNA.

BENARES.

PERSIAN.

TURKISH.

TOTAL.

chests.

1895, 1896,

10,348

15,608

6,658

3,607

36,241

7,475

16,387

5,378

4,091

33,385

Increase, Decrease,..

779

...

484

1,297

2,8721/

1,280

4,152

Through Cargo reported in Manifests but not landed, { 1896,.

1895,..

16,190 chests. 14,838

وو

Decrease,....

1,352 chests.

NUMBERS OF PERMITS, &c., ISSUED.

1895.

1896.

Increase.

Decrease.

Landing Permits,

389

352

Removal Permits,..

9,545

8,650

895

Export Permits,

6,931

6,509

422

Permits to Chinese Customs' Station, Samsuipo, Memo. of Exports to the Commissioner of Chinese

Customs, Kowloon,

169

131

546

558

SUMMARY OF EXPORTS, 1896.

Total

Malwa Patna Benares Persian Turkish Chests. Chests. Chests. Chests. Chests. Chests.

Total in piculs.

By Steamers to Amoy,

Bombay,

194 1,242 2,139

3,655

3,995.675

11.

British Columbia,.

334

400.8

British North Borneo,

Bushire,

...

Canton,

791

3,122

533

2 CO ∞

2.05

3.075

4,449

5,180.075

Chefoo,

Foochow,

1,5381

1,025

105

538

3,206

19. 3,445.95

Formosa,

991

1,025

1,056.575

Haiphong,

110

132.

Hankow,

Hoihow,

со

55 290

115

126.

298

356.

London,.

Macao,..

4,409

2222

129

131.425

4,433

5,315.025

Pakhoi,

Philippine Islands,

San Francisco,

Shanghai,

265

129

:::

107 394

128.4

472.8

3,372

5,069

2,797

11,258

Swatow,...

Straits Settlements,

Timor,....

1,406

1,416

332

104

3,258

12,831.7 3,610.7

187

217

227.675

...

༤.

By Junks to various adjacent Ports in China,

2001/

150

357

387.85

Total,.......

7,475

16,387

5,378 4,091

54 33,385 37,840.775

The information in Column 7 above is on the following assumption :

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Patna and Benares, per chest,....

Malwa and Turkisk, per chest, Persian, per chest,

1.20 piculs.

1. 1.025

No. 1.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

LAW COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 1st November, 1897.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGII GOODMAN), Chairman.

JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

Dr. KO KAI.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G. WEI YUK.

The Committee considered clause by clause a Bill entitled "An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Construction of Ordinances, to further shorten the Language used in Ordinances, and for other like purposes," and recommended that it be reported to the Council, without amendment.

W. MEIGH GOODMAN,

Chairman.

Laid before the Legislative Council on the 8th November, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 1.

THURSDAY, 25TH FEBRUARY, 1897.

. 1

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.).

His Excellency the Major-General Commanding (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART

LOCKHART).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Acting Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

the Director of Public Works, (FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.). CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

WEI YUK.

ABSENT:

The Honourable JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

The Council met pursuant to summons.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 14th December, 1896, were read and confirmed. JURY LIST 1897.-The Council then proceeded to consider the Jury List for 1897 in private. The List was duly revised, in accordance with section 8 of Ordinance 18 of 1887. ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned sine die.

Read and confirmed this 3rd day of May, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Acting Clerk of Councils.

WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 2.

MONDAY, 3RD MAY, 1897.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.).

His Excellency the Major-General Commanding (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART

LOCKHART).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Director of Public Works, (FRANCIS ALFRED COOPER).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

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the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.). CATCHICK PAUL CHATER,

Ho Kai, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G. WEI YUK.

ABSENT:

The Honourable JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRving.

The Council met pursuant to summons.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 25th February, 1897, were read and confirmed. NEW MEMBER.-Mr. THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITII took his seat as Colonial Treasurer, after having taken the Oath prescribed by the Promissory Oath Ordinance, 1869.

PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers:-

1. Papers respecting the reconstitution of the Sanitary Board.

2. Statement of Post Office Receipt and Expenditure for the years, 1893, 1894 and 1895.

3. Statement shewing annual cost of and revenue derived from the Gap Rock and other

Lighthouses for the years 1893, 1894 and 1895.

4. Despatch respecting the Military Contribution.

5. Report of the Director of the Observatory.

6. Report on the Widows and Orphans' Fund, 1896.

7. Statement of Disbursements for Forestry Works in the years 1898 and 1899.

8. Report of the Superintendent of Victoria Gaol.

9. Report of the Head Master of Queen's College.

10. Report of the Superintendent Botanical and Afforestation Department for 1896.

11. Report of the Captain Superintendent of Police for 1896.

12. Return of Superior and Subordinate Courts for 1896.

13. Papers on the Subject of the Light Dues.

14. Statement of Water Account for 1896.

15. Financial Returns for 1896.

16. Report of the Dirctor of Public Works for 1896.

FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (No. 28 of 1896 and Nos. 1 to 9 of 1897), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee:-

C.S.O.

2607 of 1896.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

Government House, Hongkong, 16th December, 1896,

C.S.O.

2439 of 1896.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Four thousand Four hundred and Eighty-eight Dollars, ($4,488), to meet the following expenses during the current year :—

Personal Emoluments,-

Assistant Surgeon, Medical Department, Resident Surgeon, Tung Wa Hospital, Messenger,

Other Charges,-

For conveyance,

S LUGEN

.....

.$2,400.00 1,800.00 72.00

216.00

Total,.

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$4,488.00

C.O.D.

285 of 1896.

Government House, Hongkong, 9th January, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand and Two hundred Dollars, ($1,200), being increase to the salaries of the undermentioned Officers for the current year :-

Mr. W. CHATHAM, Executive Engineer, Public Works' Department, Mr. H. P. TOOker,

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$600.00 600.00

Total,.........$1,200.00

C.5.0

406 of 1897.

Government House, Hongkong, 9th January, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

Slaughter-house, Pig and Sheep Depôts including Pier

Raising Praya Wall, Shektongtsui opposite M. L. 126 and 177-183 Improvement of Street Lighting

Storm Water Drain, Wing Fung Street Salisbury Road, Kowloon

$ 8,471.16

5,000.00

8,872.65

3,943.51

2,325.00

Total......

$ 28,612.32

C.S.0.

Government House, Hongkong, 24th February, 1897.

641 of 1897.

C.S.O. 440 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to re-vote the sum of Two thousand Four hundred and Twenty-four Dollars and Ninety-three Cents, ($2,424.93), being the unexpended balance under the vote "Isolation Hospital 1896."

Government House, Hongkong, 10th March, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

Salary at $40 per month,

Allowance for a Chinese Teacher at $15,

$400.00

150.00

Total,...$550.00

C.S.O.

Government House, Hongkong, 12th March, 1897.

821 of 1897.

C.S.O.

956 of 1897,

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Six hundred Dollars, ($600), în aid of the vote "Maintenance of Juvenile Offenders in the Reformatory."

Government House, Hongkong, 31st March, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two hundred Dollars, ($200), in aid of the Vote "Isolation Hospital."

Government House, Hongkong, 14th April, 1897.

C.S.O. 1021 of 1897.

C.S.O.

296 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Six thousand Dollars, ($6,000), for repairs to Roads outside the City of Victoria.

Government House, Hongkong, 24th April, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

Personal Emoluments, Other Charges, Water Rate,

Total,..

Government House, Hongkong, 29th April, 1897.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

RESOLUTIONS.-The Colonial Secretary moved as follows:

$ 816.40 2.589.46

32.90

$3,438.76

That the Council having considered the statement drawn up by the Superintendent of the Botanical and Afforestation Department, resolves that it is expedient to incur the liability proposed to

be incurred in 1898.

Statement showing Disbursements for Forestry Works in the years 1898 and 1899, for which contracts have been already made, and those for which contracts now require to be made.

APPROVED BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON THE 2ND APRIL, 1896.

To be disbursed in 1898.

To be disbursed in 1899.

1. Rearing and Planting Trees in 1898,.....

Contracts to be now made which require approval :-

2. Rearing Trees to be planted in 1899

3. Planting Trees in 1899,

2,000.00

900.00

1,100.00

2.000.00

Hongkong, 30th January, 1897.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded. Question-put and agreed to.

CHARLES FORD, Superintendent, Botanical and Afforestation Department.

Mr. WHITEHEAD, with His Excellency's permission, withdrew the following resolution, of which gave notice on the 14th December last :-

That, whereas the Special Gap Rock Light Dues were imposed for the sole purpose of raising the monies required for the construction of the said lighthouse, and the Government are pledged, to their abolition as soon as the requisite amount had been raised, and whereas it appears that a sum of about $42,000 in excess of the amount required has already been received- Resolved that in the opinion of this Council the Special Gap Rock Light Dues should no longer be levied.

NOTICE OF QUESTION.-Mr. WHITEHEAD gave notice that at the next meeting of Council he would ask the following question

Will the Government lay upon the table a detailed statement framed in terms of and in accord- ance with the instructions contained in the Secretary of State's despatch, dated 17th March, 1897, showing (1) the estimated total revenue which will be receivable from all shipping, separately under each head, during the year 1898, and (2) the estimated total expenditure which will be chargeable to all shipping, separately under each head, during the same period?

SANITARY BYE-LAWS.--The Colonial Secretary laid on the table certain Bye-laws made by the Sanitary Board on the 11th March, 1897, under sub-sections 4, 12 and 13 of section 13 of Ordinance 24 of 1887, and moved that they be approved.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Mr. WHITEHEAD moved that Counser be heard in support of a Petition addressed to His Excellency by the Opium Farmers against the passing of the Bye-laws.

Mr. CHATER seconded.

Discussion ensued, Council divided,-

For.

Hon. WEI YUK.

Hon. E. R. BELILIOS.

Hon. T. H. WHITEHEAD. Hon. Ho KAI.

Hon. C. P. Chater.

Motion lost by a majority of seven votes to five.

Question-put and agreed to.

Against.

The Captain Superintendent of Police. The Harbour Master.

The Director of Public Works.

The Colonial Treasurer.

The Attorney General. The Colonial Secretary.

His Excellency the Major-General Commanding.

The Colonial Secretary laid on the table certain Bake-house Bye-laws Amendment, and Additional Bake-house Bye-Laws made by the Sanitary Board on the 3rd December, 1896, under sub-section 10 of section 13 of Ordinance 24 of 1887, and moved that they be approved.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Mr. WHITEHEAD moved that the consideration of these Bye-laws be postponed.

Mr. BELILIOS seconded.

Discussion ensued.

Council divided,-

For

Hon. WEI Yuk.

Hon. E. R. BELILIOS.

Hon, T. H. WHITEHEAD.

Motion lost by a majority of nine votes to three. Question-put and agreed to.

Hon. Ho Kai.

Against.

Hon. C. P. CHATER.

The Captain Superintendent of Police. The Harbour Master.

The Director of Public Works.

The Colonial Treasurer.

The Attorney General.

The Colonial Secretary.

His Excellency the Major-General Commanding.

The Colonial Secretary laid on the table certain Bye-laws made by the Sanitary Board on the 17th December, 1896 under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, and moved that they be approved.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Mr. CHATER moved that the consideration of these Bye-laws be postponed for a fortnight. Dr. Ho KAI seconded.

Discussion ensued.

Council divided,-

For.

Hon. WEI YUK.

Hon. E. R. BELILIOS.

Hon. T. H. WHITEHEAD. Hon. Ho Kai,

Hon. C. P. CHATER.

Against.

The Captain Superintendent of Police. The Harbour Master.

The Director of Public Works.

The Colonial Treasurer.

The Attorney General.

The Colonial Secretary.

His Excellency the Major-General Commanding.

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His Excellency addressed the Council and consented to postpone the consideration of the Bye- laws until the 10th instant.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND TUE VACCINATION ORDINANCE, 1890.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE SUITABLE LATRINE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE PUBLIC.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAW AS TO FLOGGING.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded. Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE REGULATION OF CHINESE ORDINANCE, 1888.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF STOWAWAYS ARRIVING IN THIS COLONY.--The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO CONSOLIDATE AND AMEND THE LAWS RELATING to the Pro- TECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO FURTHER AMEND THE MEDICAL REGISTRATION ORDINANCE, 1884. The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported without amendment.

The Attorney General moved the suspension of the Standing Rules and Orders.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to."

The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE AND AMEND THE LAW OF PARTNERSHIP.-The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO CONSOLIDATE AND AMEND THE LAWS RELATING TO PROBATES AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION IN THIS COLONY.-The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

ADJOURNMENT.The Council then adjourned until Monday, the 10th May, 1897, at 3 P.M.

Read and confirmed, this 10th day of May, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE, Acting Clerk of Councils.

WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 3.

MONDAY, 10TH MAY, 1897.*

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.).

His Excellency the Major-General Commanding (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART

LOCKHART).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Acting Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

17.

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.). CATCHICK PAÚL CHATER.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

9).

WEI YUK.

ABSENT:

The Honourable JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 3rd May, 1897, were read, amended and confirmed. NEW MEMBER.Mr. WILLIAM CHATHAM took his seat as Acting Director of Public Works, after having taken the oath prescribed by Ordinance 4 of 1869.

PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers:-

1. Reports on the Hongkong Volunteer Corps.

2. Calendar of Probates, etc. and Return of Supreme Court Cases for 1896.

3. Secretary of State's Despatch respecting Defence Works at Hongkong. (No. 70 of 1897.) REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee dated the 3rd May, 1897, (No. 1), and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

QUESTION. Mr. WHITEHEAD pursuant to notice asked the following question

The Colonial Secretary replied.

THE OPIUM FARM.-His Excellency addressed the Council as follows on the subject of the Opium Farm:-

The Honourable Member for the Chamber of Commerce asked a question on the 7th Decem- ber last in regard to the Opium Farm. He desired to know if the Government would appoint a Commission to investigate and report on the opium revenue generally, and upon the advisability or otherwise of substituting for the present Opium Farm bonded warehouses and a fixed duty on all opium not bona fide exported in a raw state. I may mention that I have given this matter my careful consideration and I do not intend to appoint a Commission to inquire into the advisability of substituting bonded warehouses and a fixed duty for the system at present in force.

SANITARY BYE-LAWS.-Bye-Laws made by the Sanitary Board on the 17th December, 1896, under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894.

His Excellency addressed the Council on the subject of the above Bye-Laws.

The Council then proceeded to consider the Bye-Laws clause by clause, and unanimously approved the following clauses :--

Nos. 1 to 4 (inclusive), 6 to 10 (inclusive), 12 to 14 (inclusive), 16 to 25 (inclusive), and

No. 27.

In regard to the remaining clauses, the Council agreed that; No. 5 should be omitted and referred to the Insanitary Properties Commission for report, and that Nos. 11, 15 and 26 be amended in certain particulars.

The Council further agreed that the amended Bye-Laws be referred back to the Sanitary Board for report.

The formal approval of the Bye-Laws was accordingly postponed until the 17th May, 1897. ADJOURNMENT.—The Council then adjourned till Monday, the 17th May, 1897, at 3 P.M.

WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Read and confirmed this 17th day of May, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

بیند

Governor,

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 4.

MONDAY, 17TH MAY, 1897.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

the Acting Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM Chatham). CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G. WEI YUK.

ABSENT:

His Excellency the Major-General Commanding (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.). The Honourable JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 10th May, 1897, were read and confirmed. PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers :-

1. Registrar General's Report for 1896.

2. Report of the Pó Léung Kuk Society for the year ending 31st December, 1896.

FINANCIAL MINUTES. The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 10 to 12 of 1897), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee:-

C.S.O.

425 of 1897.

C.S.O.

1118 of 1897.

C.S.O. 1175 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One hundrel and Eighty-seven Dollars, ($187), in aid of the vote "Repairs to Health Officer's launch."

Government House, Hongkong, 5th May, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One hundred and Fifty Dollars, ($150), in aid of the vote " Post mortem Examinations and Medical Attendance at Inquests.'

Government House, Hongkong, 7th May, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand Five hundred and Fifty Dollars, ($1,550), in aid of the vote for Post Office "Incidental Expenses."

Government House, Hongkong, 12th May, 1897.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.-The Acting Director of Public Works laid on the table the report of the Public Works Committee, dated 10th May, 1897, (No. 1), and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

The Colonial Secretary laid on the table certain Bye-laws made by the Sanitary Board on the 17th December, 1896 under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, as amended the Council at the last meeting, and moved that they be approved subject to further verbal amendments in Bye-law No. 25.

Mr. WHITEHEAD rose to a point of order and addressed the Council as follows:-

These bye-laws having been approved I rise to a point of order. At the meeting of Council held two weeks ago attention was called to the fact that the important and lengthy bye-laws, extending over many folios of print, had been in the possession of the unofficial members for consideration only two clear days before being brought before the Council. reply I was informed by the Colonial Secretary that if I had been anxious to ascertain the

views of the owners of the bakehouses I could have obtained copies from the Sanitary Board I submit Sir, that the unofficial members should not be required to go to the Sanitary Board to obtain such papers and in future I hope your Excellency will cause instructions to be issued to the usual authority, the Clerk of Councils, for the unofficial members to be furnished with the papers and given full time to consider them in order that they may consult those whose interests may be seriously affected by any proposed changes in by-laws. I think that the dignity of the Council would be consulted if more consideration was shown by the Hon. Colonial Secretary to the unofficial members. At a meeting of the Council in December last the Hon. Colonial Secretary accused the unofficial members of endeavouring to "burk" a Bill then before the Council, namely, the Military Contribution Bill. Now, Sir, the word "burk" was entirely inapplicable, and why it was employed I do not understand. have before me here the despatch of the Secretary of State on the subject of this Bill dated 12th Feb., 1897, and Paragraph 2 states-"I have to request that you will convey to the unofficial members of the Legislative Council my regret that the Ordinance was submitted · to them before the receipt of my despatch in answer to their memorandum, enclosed in your despatch No. 225 of the 23rd September, 1896." I do not make any formal complaint, but I think the dignity of the Council would be consulted and would not be injured if the Hon. the Colonial Secretary showed more consideration to the unofficial members.

The Colonial Secretary replied as follows :—

I think the request made by the Hon, member that sanitary bye-laws should be placed in the hands of the unofficial members for a sufficiently long time to allow of their due consi- deration is a most reasonable one and it is a request which I am sure your Excellency will see carried out. In regard to the Hon. member's accusation that the Colonial Secretary treats the unofficial members with a want of consideration I regret that that should be his opinion, and I trust it is not shared by his colleagues. If I have ever in any way treated Hon. members with a want of consideration it has not been from a desire to do so, but has been quite unintentional. I trust that the other Hon. members of this Council do not hold the same opinion as that expressed by the Hon. member who represents the Chamber of Commerce.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE VACCINATION ORDINANCE, 1890.-The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill."

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported without amendment.

The Attorney General moved the suspension of the Standing Rules and Orders.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAW AS TO FLOGGING.-The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported without amendment.

The Attorney General moved the suspension of the Standing Rules and Orders.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time...

Question put that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE REGULATION OF CHINESE ORDINANCE, 1888.-The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported without amendment.

The Attorney General moved the suspension of the Standing Rules and Orders.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do

Bill passed.

pass.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF STOWAWAYS ARRIVING IN THIS COLONY.--The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and. Bill reported without amendment.

The Attorney General moved the suspension of the Standing Rules and Orders.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question- put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO CONSOLIDATE AND AMEND THE LAWS RELATING TO THE PRO- TECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.-The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported without amendment.

ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned until Monday, the 31st May, 1897, at 3 P.M.

Read and confirmed, this 31st day of May, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils*

WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 5.

MONDAY, 31ST MAY, 1897. -

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.).

His Excellency the Major-General Commanding (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.). The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART)

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

the Acting Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM). CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

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WEI YUK.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

ABSENT:

The Honourable JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 17th May, 1897, were read and confirmed. LIGHT DUES AND SHIPPING EXPENDITURE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excel- lency the Governor, made the following statement :-

Honourable Members will remember that not long ago there was laid on the Council table a despatch from the Secretary of State on the subject of light dues. On receipt of that despatch His Excellency the Governor at once took steps to have a return drawn up showing the expenditure incurred on account of shipping and the fees levied on shipping in this Colony. The Governor has received a return from the Treasurer, Harbour Master, and Captain Superintendent of Police. From this return His Excellency is satisfied that the question of shipping dues and shipping expenditure cannot be definitely settled until evidence has been taken on the subject. His Excellency therefore thinks that a Com- mission should be appointed to enquire into the important question of the fees levied upon and the expenditure incurred on account of shipping and has asked the following gentlemen whether they will serve as members of such a Commission:-(1) Sir JOHN CARRINGTON, (2) Honourable T. SERCOMBE SMITH, (3) Honourable Ho KAI, (4) Mr. HERBERT SMITH,

5) Mr. JOHN THURBURN. His Excellency hopes they will consent to serve.

PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by cominand of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers :-

1. Harbour Master's Report for 1896.

2. Medical Report on the Prevalence of Bubonic Plague in the Colony of Hongkong during

the years 1895 and 1896.

3. Postmaster General's Report for 1896.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.--The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee dated the 17th May, 1897, (No. 2), and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

FINANCIAL MINUTE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (No. 13 of 1897), and moved that it be referred to the Finance Committee:-

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1362 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Seven hundred and Fifty Dollars, ($750), in aid of the Hongkong Public Library.

Government House, Hongkong, 28th May, 1897.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

NOTICE OF QUESTION.-Mr. WHITEHEAD gave notice that at the next meeting of Council he would ask the following question : -

In view of Your Excellency having received several applications for an increase of salary from officers in the service of the Government and your proposal to refer these to a Committee for consideration and report, will the Government lay upon the table a statement shewing the total cost of or expenditure on the administration of the Government, including pensions, exchange compensation, and all other allowances, during the years 1895 and 1896 separately? BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE SUITABLE LATRINE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE PUBLIC.-The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question---put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported without amendment.

The Attorney General moved the suspension of the Standing Rules and Orders.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO CONSOLIDATE AND AMEND THE LAWs relating to the Pro- TECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS.-The Attorney General moved that the Bill be re-committed.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported with amendments.

The Attorney General moved the suspension of the Standing Rules and Orders.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

ADJOURNMENT.—The Council then adjourned sine die.

Read and confirmed, this 28th day of June, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 6.

MONDAY, 28TH JUNE, 1897.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR (Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.).

His Excellency the Major-General Commanding (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.). The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES Haldane Stewart LOCKHART)

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

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the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.). the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Acting Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM). CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

WEI YUK.

The Council met pursuant to summons.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 31st May, 1897, were read and confirmed. PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers :-

1. The Educational Report for 1896.

2. Report of the Superintendent of Fire Brigade for 1896.

FINANCIAL MINUTE.-The Colonial Secretary, by cominand of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minute, (No. 14 of 1897), and moved that it be referred to the Finance Committee:-

C.S.O.

941 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three hundred and Forty-six Dollars and Forty-two Cents, ($346.42), in aid of the vote "Repairs to Post Office Steam Launch."

Government House, Hongkong, 12th June, 1897.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee dated the 31st May, 1897, (No. 3), and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.-The Acting Director of Public Works laid on the table the report of the Public Works Committee, dated the 31st May, 1897, (No. 2), and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

SANITARY BYE-LAW.--The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table a Bye-law made by the Sanitary Board on the 17th June, 1897, under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, and gave notice that at the next meeting he would move its approval.

QUESTION. Mr. WHITEHEAD, pursuant to notice, asked the following question :-

In view of Your Excellency having received several applications for an increase of salary from officers in the service of the Government and your proposal to refer these to a Committee for consideration and report, will the Government lay upon the table a statement shewing the total cost of or expenditure on the administration of the Government, including pensions, exchange compensation, and all other allowances, during the years 1895 and 1896 separately The Colonial Secretary replied and laid on the table the statement asked for by the Honourable Member.

NOTICE OF QUESTIONS.-Mr. WHITEHEAD gave notice that at the next meeting of Council he would ask the following questions: -

With reference to the Report of the Retrenchment Commission will the Government lay upon the table a copy of the despatches and instructi ns received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies in relation thereto, and in connection with applications in respect of salaries similar to those recently referred by His Excellency the Governor to a Committee?

Will the Government lay upon the table a return shewing all sterling payments made in Eng- land for any purpose or in the Colony en a gold basis with the equivalent dollar amounts disbursed by the Treasury in respect thereof, such return to commence with 1890 and to include the estimated payments for 1897 and 1898?

What steps do the Government now propose to take with a view to the speedy disposal of the Crown land available at Taipingshan and what were the causes of the failure of the Govern- ment to obtain a bid for any lot at the recent sale by public auction?

Will the Government lay upon the table a detailed statement or account of the loan of £200,000 raised in 1887, shewing separately in sterling and in dollars all receipts and all payments in connection with or in respect of the principal, interest, and sinking fund, with the dates and the rates of exchange at which each item was converted from sterling into dollars or vice versâ, in short, a detailed account shewing how much interest per cent, per annum the rate- payers have paid for the loan in question, and a similar account to date in respect of the last loan of £200,000 floated in 1894, shewing in addition what amount thereof is still available, if any, how and in what way the monies have been expended, and what are the available assets in respect of said disbursements? The statement to shew in what securities the sinking

fund has been invested, the cost thereof in sterling and in dollars, the annual revenue derived therefrom and the present market value of the securities.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORISE THE APPROPRIATION OF A further SupplemenTARY SUM OF NINE hundred DOLLARS TO DEFRAY THE CHARGES OF THE YEAR 1895.-The Colonial Trea- surer moved the first reading of the Bill,

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

The Colonial Treasurer moved the suspension of the Standing Rules and Orders.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

The Colonial Treasurer moved the second reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time..

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported without amendment.

The Colonial Treasurer moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO Give effect tO THE CHANGE IN THE NAME AND STYLE OF THE OFFICE HERETOFORE KNOWN AS THAT OF THE COLONIAL SURGEON.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

The Attorney General moved the suspension of the Standing Rules and Orders.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a second timę.

Council in Committee on the Bill,

Council resumed and Bill reported without amendment. The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill. The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question -put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned sine die.

WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Read and confirmed, this 23rd day of August, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

Governor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, NO. 7.

MONDAY, 23RD AUGUST, 1897.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR (Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, G.C.M.G.).

His Excellency the Major-General Commanding (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.). The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEwart Lockhart).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Acting Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM),

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G. JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

WEI YUK.

The Council met pursuant to summons.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 28th June, 1897, were read and confirmed.

PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers:--

1. Reports of the Secretary, Sanitary Board, and the Medical Officer of Health, for 1896.

2. The Colonial Surgeon's Report for 1896.

3. Report on the Census of the Colony taken on the 20th January, 1897.

4. Report on the Assessment for 1897-98.

5. Amended Statements of Water Account for the year ending 31st December, 1896.

FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 15 to 18), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee:-

C.S.O.

1907 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One hundred and Three thousand Dollars, ($103,000), to meet the following expenses during the current year :--

Public Works Annually Recurrent Expenditure.

Repairs to Buildings,..

Maintenance of Telegraph,

Public Works Extraordinary.

*Water and Drainage Works, Miscellaneous,

Taipingshan Improvement,.

Forming and Kerbing Streets, Victoria, Gardener's Cottagė,

*Chargeable to Loan.

.$12,000

1,000

42,000

40,000

3,000

5,000

$103,000

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1398 of 1897.

Government House, Hongkong, 6th August, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five thousand Dollars, ($5,000), for the Construction of a new Road at the Peak District, from Plantation Road to Magazine

Gap.

Government House, Hongkong, 6th August, 1897.

C.S.O.

1786 of 1897.

C.S.O.

1972 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five hundred and Twenty-three Dollars ($523), to meet the cost of certain fire-extinguishing appliances at the Gaol.

Government House, Hongkong, 16th August, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three hundred and Forty-nine Dollars and Thirty Cents ($349.30), in aid of the vote "Slaughter-House, Sheep and Pig Depôts, including Pier."

Government House, Hongkong, 20th August, 1897.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee dated the 28th June, 1897, (No. 4), and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.-The Acting Director of Public Works laid on the table the report of the Public Works Committee, dated the 4th August, 1897, (No. 3), and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

QUESTIONS.-Mr. WHITEHEAD, pursuant to notice, asked the following questions :-

With reference to the Report of the Retrenchment Commission will the Government lay upon the table a copy of the despatches and instructions received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies in relation thereto, and in connection with applications in respect of salaries similar to those recently referred by His Excellency the Governor to a Committee?

Will the Government lay upon the table a return shewing all sterling payments made in England for any purpose or in the Colony on a gold basis with the equivalent dollar amounts dis- bursed by the Treasury in respect thereof, such return to commence with 1890 and to include the estimated payments for 1897 and 1898?

Will the Government lay upon the table a detailed statement or account of the loan of £200,000 raised in 1887, shewing separately in sterling and in dollars all receipts and all payments in connection with or in respect of the principal, interest, and sinking fund, with the dates and the rates of exchange at which each item was converted from sterling into dollars or vice versa, in short, a detailed account shewing how much interest per cent. per annum the rate- payers have paid for the loan in question, and a similar account to date in respect of the last loan of £200,000 floated in 1894, shewing in addition what amount thereof is still available, if any, how and in what way the monies have been expended, and what are the available assets in respect of said disbursements? The statement to shew in what securities the sinking fund has been invested, the cost thereof in sterling and in dollars, the annual revenue derived therefrom and the present market value of the securities.

Will the Government direct the Medical Officer of Health to report:-(1.) Upon all cases of typhoid fever which have occurred in the Colony during the last 12 months; and (2.) As to whether or not he has instituted any enquiry into the history of these cases, adding thereto the causes which have led to the recent greater prevalence of this disease in the Colony, and with what results?

The Colonial Secretary replied and laid on the table the various statements and a Report of the Medical Officer of Health asked for by the Ionourable Member.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO FURTHER AMEND THE PREPARED OPIUM ORDINANCE, 1891.- The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS PENSIONS (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE NO. 28 or 1895.-The Colonial Treasurer movel the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FOR THE NATURALIZATION OF Ho Mui Sz ALIAS HO LIN SIING.- The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

ADJOURNMENT.—The Council then adjourned till Thursday, the 26th August, 1897, at 3 P.M.

Read and confirmed this 26th day of August, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

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WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor.

SPECIAL MEETING

OF THE

EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS,

on the occasion of the Completion of the 60th Year of Her Majesty the Queen's Reign.

TUESDAY, 22ND JUNE, 1897.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.).

His Excellency the Major-General Commanding (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.). The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

HENRY ERNEST WODEHOUSE, C.M.G.

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.)

the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Acting Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

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EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING. WEI YUK.

The Council met pursuant to notice.

His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council, and noved that the following telegram be despatched to Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN through Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies:-

"We, the Governor, Executive Council, and Legislative Council of Hongkong in Council assembled on this auspicious occasion of national rejoicing and thanksgiving, desire on behalf of ourselves and all your other loving subjects in this Colony to give expression to our feel ings of loyalty and devotion to your Majesty's throne and person. We pray that by the grace of God your glorious reign may be long continued over a peaceful and prosperous Empire."

Mr. CHATER Seconded and addressed the Council.

Question-put and passed.

The Council then adjourned.

Read and confirmed, this 26th day of August, 1897.

J. G. T. Buckle,

WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor.

Clerk of Councils.

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 8.

THURSDAY, 26TH AUGUST, 1897.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, G.C.M.G.).

His Excellency the Major-General Commanding (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Acting Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

Ho KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING. WEI YUK.

ABSENT:

The Honourable the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 23rd August, 1897, and of a Special Meeting held on the 22nd June, 1897, were read and confirmed.

PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers :--

1. The Blue Book for 1896.

2: Correspondence respecting the Salaries of Officers employed in the Public Service. FINANCIAL MINUTE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minute, (No. 19), and moved that it be referred to the Finance Committee':

C.S.O.

2026 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five hundred Dollars ($500), in aid of the vote "Materials for Remunerative Industry, Victoria Gaol."

Government House, Hongkong, 23rd August, 1897.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee dated the 23rd August, 1897, (No. 5), and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.-The Acting Director of Public Works laid on the table the report of the Public Works Committee, dated the 23rd August, 1897, (No. 4), and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO FURTHER AMEND THE MEDICAL REGISTRATION ORDINANCE, 1884, AND TO REPEAL ORDINANCE No. 1 of 1897.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

The Attorney General moved the suspension of the Standing Rules and Orders.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported without amendment.

The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put, and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO FURTHER AMEND THE PREPARED OPIUM ORDINANCE, 1891.- The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

On the motion of the Attorney General the Council went into Committee on the Bill.

On the interpretation clause being read, the Attorney General moved, as an amendment, that the last line be altered so as to read "his family and bonâ fide private guests.'

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

The Honourable Ho KAI moved, as an amendment to Section 6 (c), that the words "a bonâ fide member of such keeper's family" be added after the word "or" in the last line.

The Honourable WEI YUK seconded.

The Council divided.

For.

Honourable WEI YUK.

Honourable J. J. BELL-IRVING. Honourable E. R. BELILIOS.

Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.

Honourable Ho KAI.

Honourable C. P. CHATER.

Honourable the Colonial Treasurer.

Honourable the Colonial Secretary.

H. E. the Major-General Commanding.

Amendment carried by a majority of 6.

Against.

Honourable the Acting Director of Public Works. Honourable the Captain Superintendent of Police. Honourable the Attorney General.

Council resumed and Bill reported with amendments.

The Attorney General moved the suspension of the Standing Rules and Orders.

The Colonial Secretary seconded,

Question-put and agreed to.

The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this bill do pass.

Bill passed.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE No. 28 or 1895.-The Colonial Treasurer move the second reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported without amendment,

The Colonial Treasurer moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FOR THE NATURALIZATION OF HO MUI SZ ALIAS HO LIN SHING.- The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported without amendment.

The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned till Monday, the 6th September, 1897, at 3 P.M.

Read and confirmed this 6th day of September, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 9.

MONDAY, 6TH SEPTEMBER, 1897.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, G.C.M.G.). -

The Honourable Colonel HENRY ELSDALE, R.E.

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the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART). the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

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the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G. ) the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Acting Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

WEI YUK.

ABSENT:

His Excellency the Major-General Commanding (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.). The Honourable the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

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NEW MEMBER.--Colonel HENRY ELSDALE, R.E., took the Oath of Allegiance on his provisional appointment to a seat in the Council vice His Excellency Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B., absent on leave.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 26th August, 1897, were read and confirmed. REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee dated the 26th August, 1897, (No. 6), and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.-The Acting Director of Public Works laid on the table the report of the Public Works Committee, dated the 26th August, 1897, (No. 5), and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORISE THE APPROPRIATION OF A SUPPLEMENTARY SUM OF THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE THOUSAND AND TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND THIRTY-SEVEN CENTS TO DEFRAY THE CHARGES OF THE YEAR 1896.-The Colonial Treasurer moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE ARISING FROM THE CONSUMPTION OF CONTAMINATED OR UNWHOLESOME MILK. The Colonial Secretary moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO FURTHER AMEND THE HONGKONG FIRE BRIGADE Ordinance, 1868. The Colonial Secretary moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

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ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned till Monday, the 13th September, 1897, at 3 P.M.

Read and confirmed, this 13th day of September, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 10.

MONDAY, 13TH SEPTEMBER, 1897.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, G.C.M.G.).

The Honourable Colonel HENRY ELSDALE, R.E.

the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

AAR:

the Acting Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM). CATCHICK PAUL, CHATER, C.M.G.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G. JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

WEI YUK.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

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The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 6th September, 1897, were read and confirmed.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORISE THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN COMPANY LIMITED, TO LAY AND MAINTAIN TRAMWAYS ON CERTAIN PUBLIC ROADS AT Kow- LOON, IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, AND TO CONFER UPON THE SAID HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN COMPANY, LIMITED, CERTAIN OTHER RIGHTS, POWERS AND PRIVILEGES.—Mr. BELL-IRVING moved the first reading of the Bill.

Mr. CHATER seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question---put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

The Colonial Treasurer moved that the Bill be referred to the Finance Committee. The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill considered in Finance Committee and reported to the Council without amendment. Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resuined and Bill reported without amendment.

The Colonial Treasurer moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Mr. WHITEHEAD moved, as an amendment, that the third reading of the Bill be postponed until the next meeting of Council.

Mr. CHATER seconded.

Council divided:-

For the amendment.

Honourable WEI YUK.

Honourable J. J. BELL-IRVING. Honourable E. R. BELILIOS.

Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.

Honourable Ho KAI.

Honourable C. P. CHATER.

Against the amendment.

Honourable the Acting Director of Public Works. Honourable the Colonial Treasurer.

Honourable the Harbour Master.

Honourable the Captain Superintendent of Police.

Honourable the Attorney General.

Honourable the Colonial Secretary.

Honourable the Colonel Commanding.

Amendment lost by a majority of seven votes to six.

The original motion was then put, and the Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE ARISING FROM

THE CONSUMPTION OF CONTAMINATED OR UNWHOLESOME MILK.-The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed aud Bill reported without amendment,

The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO FURTHER AMEND THE HONGKONG FIRE BRIGADE ORDINANCE, 1868.-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved that the second reading of the Bill be postponed.

The Colonial Secretary seconded. Question--put and agreed to.

ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned till Monday, the 20th September, 1897, at 3 P.M.

Read and confirmed this 25th day of October, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 11.

MONDAY, 25TH OCTOBER, 1897.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, G.C.M.G.).

The Honourable Colonel-HENRY ELSDALE, R.E.

the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART). the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

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the Director of Public Works, (ROBERT DALY ORMSBY).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

WEI YUK.

The Council met pursuant to summons.

NEW MEMBER.-Mr. ROBERT DALY ORMSBY took his seat as Director of Public Works, after having taken the Oath prescribed by Ordinance 4 of 1869.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 13th September, 1897, were read and confirmed. PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers :-

1. Report on the progress of Public Works during the half-year ending 30th June, 1897. 2. Report on the Praya Reclamation Works for the first half-year 1897.

FINANCIAL MINUTE. The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 20, 21 and 22), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee:

C.S.O.

2139 of 1897.

C.S.O. 972 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand Dollars ($3,000), in aid of the vote "Expenses for Volunteers."

Government House, Hongkong, 18th September, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote the following sums to meet certain expenses in the Police Department:-

For Clothing and Accoutreinents,

Bedding, Mess Utensils, &c.,

Incidental Expenses,

Conveyance of Police Pensioners, &c.,

Secret Service,

......

$4,500

750

1,400

1,000

400

Total,...

$8,050

C.S.O.

2367 of 1897.

Government House, Hongkong, 18th September, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Dollars Ninety-eight thousand Eight hundred and Ninety-two and Cents Twenty-eight ($98,892.28), being the Government contribution towards the Jubilee Fund.

Government House, Hongkong, 29th September, 1897.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee dated the 13th September, 1897, (No. 7), and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

SANITARY BYE-LAW.-The Colonial Secretary informed the Council that he would move the approval of the Bye-law (made by the Sanitary Board on the 16th September, 1897, under sub-section 12 of Ordinance 24 of 1887 and sub-section Ď of section 1 of Ordinance 26 of 1890) at the next meeting.

QUESTIONS.-Mr. WHITEHEAD, pursuant to notice, asked the following questions:--

Was the evidence taken by the Honourable the Captain Superintendent of Police and the Crown Solicitor in connection with the charges against Inspector Stanton and other members of the Police Force submitted to the Honourable the Attorney General for his opinion, and was he satisfied as to its sufficiency before action was taken thereon, and did His Excellency the Governor sanction the dismissal of Inspector Stanton and other members of the Police Force with the advice of the Executive Council or on the sole recommendation of the Captain Superintendent of Police?

His Excellency replied.

Under what authority and for what purposes have the Crown Agents for the Colonies recently sold in London to the Exchange Banks old bills on Hongkong for large amounts; if this has been done in virtue of any special instructions will the Government lay a copy thereof on the table together with a copy of the Secretary of State's general instructions in connection with the custody and the disposal of the Colonial Government's cash balances in Hongkong? Can the Colonial Government's contribution of $98,892.28 towards the Queen's Jubilee Fund be paid out of the existing balance of the sterling loan, or out of revenue balances in hand, or partly out of one and partly out of the other, or is it to be paid out of revenue? If out of revenue how is such revenue to be raised and will the Imperial Government forego its claim to the Military Contribution of 171⁄2 per cent. on $98,892.28, viz., $17,306.15, and present it to the colony as the Imperial Government's contribution towards the Jubilee Fund? The Colonial Secretary replied.

NOTICE OF QUESTION.- Mr. WHITEHEAD gave notice that, at the next meeting of Council, he would ask the following question:

If the Honourable the Colonial Secretary, after last meeting of the Finance Committee of this Council held on 13th ultimo, requested or directed the Reporter of the "Daily Press" and for the official Hansard report of the proceedings of this Council, to suppress any portion of the discussion on the subject of the Military Contribution which took place at said meeting, and if it was at his suggestion that a question put by me at that meeting with reference to the Military Contribution, the Honourable Member's reply thereto, and the Honourable the Colonial Treasurer's correction of an error inte which the Honourable the Colonial Secretary had fallen in his reply, did not appear in the report of the meeting of the Finance Committee in any one of the three local newspapers and is not contained in the official Hansard report as sent round by the "Daily Press" to Honourable Members for revision.

JUBILEE VOTE.-His Excellency addressed the Council on the subject of the Cypher Telegram sent to the Secretary of State on the 14th April, 1897, in connection with the Government contribution towards the Jubilee Fund.

His Excellency then addressed the Council as follows:-

HONOURABLE GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,

I have much pleasure in laying upon the table the Estimates for 1898.

These Estimates have been in your hands for the last fortnight. You have therefore had sufficient time to give them your careful attention, except in one important item which will necessitate a change in the figures of these Estimates.

Whilst

Before proceeding to deal in detail with those points which call for special remark, it affords me satisfaction to announce that, in deference to the wishes of the Shipping Commu- nity, the charge for Light Dues has been reduced from 2 cents to 1 cent per ton. I am glad to be able to redeem the promise of the Government in this matter, I would remind you that, if hereafter necessity should arise for increasing the Revenue, it may be necessary to again raise the shipping charges. I trust that this contingency may not occur.

It gives me equal pleasure to inform you that, notwithstanding the reduction of the Light Dues which will involve a decrease of some $70,000 in the receipts from this source, and the unprecedentedly low value of the dollar, taken at 1s. 9d., I do not propose to levy any additional taxation. The deficiency, if any, will be fully met by large receipts from Land Sales during the coming year, as well as by the increased value of the Opium Farm. The estimate in the first case is based upon the fact that the Government has a very valuable asset in Taipingshan, a large portion of which will almost certainly be recovered in 1898, as well as in valuable sites in other much-sought-after localities.

I would now invite your attention to the following points.

The Revenue has been cautiously estimated, and is expected to amount to $2,694,868 as against $2,609,878 collected in 1896, or an estimated increase of $84,990 on the total receipts for the latter year. The most noteworthy increases (in round numbers) are as

follows:

Opium Monopoly,

Assessed Taxes,

.$71,680

57,700

11,500

Stamps,

Medical Treatment in the Civil Hospital, 3,400

Official Signatures,.

2,500

Queen's College, Fees from Scholars,

...

3,500.

Postage,

14,700

Leased Lands,

17,700

Water Account,

14,000

There are also minor increases under other headings, and two new items, viz.:-

Certificates to Chinese entering America, $20,000

Interest,

3,000

The increase under the heading "Assessed Taxes" is expected in view of the prospective re-valuation of all rateable tenements which will come into force from the 1st July next, and the number of new buildings nearing completion. The estimated increase in the receipts on Water Account is due to the additional revenue derived from the establishment of the new Waterworks in Kowloon and elsewhere.

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In 1896 there were no receipts on account of "Interest," the Government balances being exhausted by the expenditure incurred in connection with the resumption of Taipingshan, and in dealing with the Plague Epidemic during that year.

The principal items, which will probably show a falling off as compared with the receipts for 1896, are as follows:-

Light Dues,

Fines,

..$72,000

22,500

Junk Licences,

4,600

Fees of Court,

2,000

Miscellaneous Receipts,

5,000

Subsidiary Coins,

10,000

Land Sales,........

15,800

in addition to other minor decreases.

The Government intends to adopt a bold policy in regard to the supply of subsidiary coins, and it is probable that, if the demand for them continues to be as brisk as it is at present, the result may be more gratifying than the estimated revenue from this source would lead me to conjecture. The Government is much indebted to the Chief Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank for his assistance and advice in connection with this subject.

As regards Land Sales, I should not be surprised if, for reasons which I have already stated, instead of falling short of the somewhat exceptional figures for 1896, the revenue from this source for 1898 actually exceeded the receipts for the former year.

The total Estimated Expenditure, including Public Works Extraordinary, for 1898 amounts to $2,770,706. Of this sum $137,830 is chargeable to the Loan, leaving a balance of $2,632,876 to be defrayed from current revenue. This gives an estimated surplus of revenue over expenditure of $61,992. In estimating the Expenditure the rate of exchange, for the purpose of sterling payments, has been taken at the low value of 1s. 9d.

The difference between the estimate of expenditure for 1898 and the total sum expended in 1896 is $295,796. Of this increase no less than $270,906 is on account of the more extensive programme for Public Works Extraordinary which it is proposed to carry out in 1898, and which includes several works of pressing importance to the sanitary well-being of the Colony and of a remunerative nature. Some of these are destined for the general benefit and con- venience of the community. Amongst the latter I may mention the Improvement of the Recreation Ground at Wongneichong, which will be partly paid for in 1898; the extension of the new road, known as Chamberlain Road, at the Peak; the extension of certain streets in Kowloon; and the proposed new road from Plantation Road to Magazine Gap. This road, whilst improving the means of communication between the Hill Districts, will open up several very desirable building sites for private residences.

You will, probably, have observed that no provision has been made in the Estimates for the new Victoria Road, Victoria Hospital, and Nursing Institute, which are intended to commemorate the completion of the sixtieth year of Her Majesty's reign. This loyal com- munity having subscribed $98,000, the Government, in accordance with its promise, proposes to add a like sum: The Finance Committee will therefore be asked to-day to vote that amount. When the vote is passed it will be charged to the revenue for the current year. The Fund will then stand at the handsome total of over $196,000, and it is proposed to draw upon it to defray the expenditure on those special works that may be incurred during 1898 and following years. It may interest you to know that I have applied for the services. of three Sisters who will be at the disposal of the community on fixed terms as soon as they arrive early next year.

Having explained the greater part of the estimated increase of expenditure for 1898 as compared with that incurred in 1896, it remains to point out the most noticeable increases under other heads, viz. :--

Public Debt, Pensions,...

Post Office,.....

Sanitary Department,..

Public Works Recurrent,

$48,970

26,950

23,500

..... 10,000 -

13,500

The increased expenditure on account of Public Debt is partly due to the contribution to the new Sinking Fund, which only commenced in October 1896, and partly to the depreciation of the dollar. An increase for Pensions is only to be expected as the Colony grows older and the number of pensioners increases.

The increase for Public Works Recurrent is explained by the general extension of works and the consequently increased cost of maintenance. The other increases are accounted for in the foot-notes contained in the Estimates.

The following substantial decreases, on the other hand, as compared with the expenditure for 1896 should be recorded :—

Legal Departments,

Magistracy,

Police and Gaol,

Miscellaneous Services,..

Military Expenditure,

$ 6,600

3,200

10,100

66,200

26,800

I have now, I think, dealt as fully as time permits with the Estimates for 1898 and any further information that may be desired will be furnished in Finance Committee.

As regards the financial prospects of the current year, you will observe that the revised Estimate of Revenue only amounts to $2,446,065. The revised Estimate of

Expenditure, on the other hand, is put at $2,590,870, giving an estimated excess of Expend- iture over Revenue of $144,805. Since the revised Estimate of Revenue was prepared, the financial barometer has risen considerably and the depression, which was likely to affect the items "Land Sales and "Subsidiary Coins," has disappeared. I have now good reason for stating that the revenue from Land Sales is almost certain to double the amount estimated, i.c., $200,000 instead of $100,000; whilst if exchange maintains its present higher rate, it is not too much to expect a profit of 41 per cent. from subsidiary coins which, on the total consignments ordered for the year, should bring in some $100,000 instead of $65,000 as previously estimated. This disposes of $135,000 of the anticipated excess, and the remaining $9,800 is more than covered by the balance in hand at the end of 1896 (exclusive of Loan monies) amounting to $13,486. An estimated deficit of over $144,000 will thus be converted into a surplus of $3,686. I am hopeful of even a more favourable result. The prospect may, I think, be considered satisfactory especially when it is borne in mind that over $98,000 will have been contributed from current revenue to the Jubilee Fund, and that Public Works have by no means been neglected.

And here, Gentlemen, I will briefly review the position of the Colonial Finances. At the time of my arrival the Colony was reaping the inevitable results of over-speculation and labouring under the weight of severe financial depression. The outlook was anything but bright; business was dull, and the revenue suffered accordingly. On the other hand, there were Public Works of pressing importance to be carried on, e.g., the Praya Reclamation, the Central Market, the Extension of the Gaol, and the Water, Drainage, and Sewerage Works. It was evident that the revenue was insufficient to meet the demands made upon it.

However, I awaited the financial results of my first year of administration; and those results, Gentlemen, convinced me of the necessity of raising a loan, and if you will refer to my speech to this Council on the 25th January, 1892, you will recollect that I then approached you on the subject with an expression of regret that it should have fallen to my lot to make such a proposal to you in my first address. Further experience of the situation and a study of the financial prospects for 1893 confirmed me in my opinion, and, in laying the Estimates on the 16th November, 1892, I definitely announced to you that a loan had become a necessity. You admitted that necessity, and in 1893 an Inscribed Stock Loan of £200,000 at 3 per cent. was negotiated by the Crown Agents. In the following year, the unredeemed balance of the 1887 Loan, amounting to £140,000, was converted from 4% Debentures into 34 % Inscribed Stock, and thus brought into conformity with the 1893 Loan.

The Public Debt of the Colony now stands at £341,799, the figures over and above the sum of £340,000 representing extra stock issued in connection with the expenses of con- version. Against this debt must be set the sum of £1,594, already contributed to the new Sinking Fund, and the unexpended balance of the Loan which, on the 31st August last, stood at £43,139.

The relief afforded by the Loan soon produced visible results. At the end of 1894, our balances in hand amounted to no less than $450,000, and my early-expressed hopes seemed destined to be fulfilled. It was not, however, within the power of human foresight to contemplate the exceptional circumstances which intervened at this juncture, and which absorbed the entire amount of our credit balances. The Plague of 1894 and its recrudescence- in 1896 has cost this Colony-directly and indirectly-nearly $1,200,000, not to mention the large increase in the cost of the Sanitary Department, and the expenditure on various sanitary improvements. Then again, the dollar has depreciated in value nearly 100 per cent., and our sterling payments have increased proportionately. It was not therefore a matter for surprise that at the end of 1895 our balances of $450,000, in addition to the ordinary surplus for the year, had been wholly expended, and that a debit balance of $171,908 was carried forward to the 1896 account. It is, however, a matter for congratulation that that debit balance was wiped out during the year, and that at the beginning of 1897 a balance of $13,400 stood to our credit, and that, notwithstanding the Government contribution to the Jubilee Fund, there is every reasonable prospect of the accounts for the year 1898 opening with a balance on the right side.

And now, Gentlemen, my statement in regard to the financial position has been neces- sarily somewhat long, but it will, I venture to hope, be regarded as most satisfactory taking

into consideration all the opposing circumstances to which I have referred. I have endea- voured to fulfil my promises to avoid all "harassing and embarrassing" legislation, and to effect economy.

The fulfilment of the former will be recognised in the way in which the Estimate of Revenue for 1898 has been framed, and of the latter in the retrenchment which has been generally effected throughout the Service. I think it right, however, to state that, in my opinion, certain posts in the Civil Service are insufficiently paid, especially when compared with similar appointments in other Colonies. I trust it will be possible to remedy this defect, and thus retain in Hongkong the services of experienced officers who might otherwise accept a transfer to Colonies where they would be more highly remunerated.

While on this subject I desire to avail myself of this opportunity to acknowledge the great assistance I have received during my Government from all branches of the Civil Service, and to express my appreciation of the loyal manner in which they have co-operated with me in furthering the interests of the Colony.

I have every reason to adhere to my confidence in the resources of Hongkong and its financial soundness. A handsome advance has been secured on the price at present paid for the Opium Farm, and I wish I could look forward with equal certainty to a rise in the sterling value of the dollar.

As regards the events of the year, with one exception to which I shall refer later, there is but little to record. The Captain Superintendent of Police, reports a period of compara- tive peace.

There are, however, two noteworthy items of "Police news" to which I may refer. The first is the placing of District Watchmen on Police beats under the supervision of Europeans between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., thus re-inforcing the Police by forty auxiliaries of a very useful stamp.

The arrangement has so far worked satisfactorily, and it is hoped that the additional protection thus afforded will tend to reduce the number of armed gang robberies, which are only too frequent in the winter months. The other innovation is the withdrawal of the Night Pass and Light Regulations. Night Passes were first introduced in 1857, when, no doubt, good reasons existed for such a stringent measure.

In this present year of grace, however, such restrictions cannot but be regarded as a relic of a barbarous past and incon- sistent, in these enlightened times, with the liberty of the subject. Results, have justified the repeal of these Regulations, and I am sure the relief has been fully appreciated by the respectable Chinese.

And here, I must refer with great regret to the grave irregularities which have recently been shown to exist in the Police Force and in other Departments of the Government Service amongst the subordinate officers. You are aware of the action taken by the Government in this matter, and I believe that it has been guided to a proper course. I fear there can be no doubt that these irregularities have been in existence for very many years That they have now been brought to light, and that stringent measures have been taken to put an end to them must ultimately conduce to a better state of things in the future.

As regards the Public Health, I can give you an exceptionally favourable report, which may, to some extent, compensate for the large amount of Sanitary Legislation which has of late

years fallen upon us.

There have been only 17 cases of Plague during the year, several

of which are said to have been imported from the mainland. This is very satisfactory when it is remembered that the disease was prevalent in the neighbouring ports of Amoy and Swatow, and in the island of Formosa for several months. The comparative immunity from Plague enjoyed by Hongkong during 1897 may be due to the improved sanitary condition of the Colony and the increased vigilance of the Sanitary Board.

The death rate of the British and Foreign community for the first 9 months of the year is 21.5 per thousand as compared with 23.6 for the corresponding period of 1891, whilst the death rate amongst the Chinese community for the like periods has been reduced from 26.9 per 1,000 to 18.9 per 1,000. This represents an annual saving of nearly 2,000 Chinese lives and about 17 European.

The main drainage has been, practically, completely re-modelled. Thirty-six miles of sewers have been laid, not including the drains constructed in connection with the re-drainage

of houses, which would nearly double those figures. I am informed that Victoria may now be regarded as one of the best drained cities east of Suez, and that its domestic sanitation will compare favourably with that of any of the large cities in England:

Bye-laws have been made for the compulsory concreting of ground floors in dwellings, for the prevention of overcrowding, for the regulation of bake-houses, laundries, opium- smoking divans, offensive trades, and animal depôts, for the regular periodical cleansing of tenement dwellings, and for the notification of communicable diseases, and these are being quietly and steadily enforced.

The New Central Market, the Slaughter-houses and adjoining Cattle Depôts at Kennedy Town and Kowloon which have an important bearing on the food supply of the Colony have been completed during my administration, whilst the water supply, which is of vital import- ance to the health of the community, has been increased to 400,000,000 gallons, and extended to the Kowloon Peninsula, and to the populous villages of Shaukiwan and Aberdeen.

The most noticeable features in the history of Education during my term of office have been--(1) the revision of the Grant-in-Aid Code in 1893, which added arithmetic to the subjects for which grants should be given to schools giving a purely Chinese education, elementary science in the case of schools giving a European education in the Chinese. language, and a seventh standard in all classes of schools. (2) The graduating of two pupils in July, 1892, from the Chinese College of Medicine, being the first two graduates from that Institution. (3) The opening of the Belilios Public School for Girls in December, 1893, for which we have to thank the generosity of an Honourable Member of this Council; and (4) The limitation in November, 1895, of grants-in-aid to schools giving a European educa- tion in the English language-a measure which was induced by the very marked deficiency in this respect on the part of the Chinese community resident in this Colony, and the necessity recognised from the experiences of 1894 of providing a more enlightened education. I trust that this policy will be maintained, and that a training institution, which will furnish a supply of qualified teachers and so place the means of acquiring a useful knowledge of the English language and Western ideas within the reach of the poorer classes of the Chinese community may be provided. I consider that such expenditure will be incurred in a most important cause, and I commend to the notice of the Council the desirability of increasing the Grant-in-Aid Vote, and of continuing to substitute subsidised schools for the Govern- ment schools that still remain in existence..

As regards the attendance at the various educational establishments in the Colony, I re- gret to say that the check experienced in 1894 on account of the Plague has been more per- manent in its results than was originally anticipated, and recovery has been further impeded by its recrudescence in 1896. I hope that, given favourable circumstances, the progress this direction which was so noticeable during the first three years of my term of office, may again make itself evident at an early date, and that education will receive that support which it so fully deserves.

The shipping returns, though not attaining to the figures of 1896, are, nevertheless- quite satisfactory. During the nine months ended on the 30th September, 7,108 vessels of European construction, aggregating nearly 9,000,000 tons Register, entered and cleared at the Harbour Office. The increase of shipping under Foreign flags (principally German and Japanese) has been very noticeable, but 68 per cent. of the total tonnage, and 56 per cent. of the ocean-going tonnage alone was British. These ships carried, in and through our waters, about 5 million tons of cargo and bunker coal, and over a million passengers.

As might be expected, junks followed the European shipping, and the figures do not come up to those for the corresponding period of last year.

There is no reason, however, for assuming that the falling off is anything but temporary, and it can in a large measure be traced to a short rice crop in the period under review, during which 430,000 tons less were reported than in the same period of 1896.

The commercial progress of the Colony during the last five years is very marked. The tonnage, which is always a more or less reliable indication, has increased by 2,510,255

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tons, whilst the value of the transit trade has improved to the extent of 28,933,788 Haikwan taels, or nearly £5,000,000 sterling. No less remarkable is the development of local indus- tries, of which, believing in the policy of independence, I have always been a warm supporter. The establishment of two large kerosene oil depôts, feather-dressing and match factories, soap, coal briquette and rattan works, the extensions of the Docks, the large Sugar Refine- ries, the rope and cement works are standing monuments of that development, whilst the spirit of local enterprise is again evident in the recent formation of a Public Company for the establishment of cotton mills in this Colony.

I am particularly gratified at this latest movement. It is nearly four years since I first made the suggestion to you in this Council and promised my co-operation so far as the ac- quisition of land was concerned. It is nearly two years since I repeated the suggestion and renewed my promise. I trust that whilst you have given practical effect to the former, I have not failed in my fulfilment of the latter.

It remains to mention one other event of great importance to the trade of this Colony, viz., the opening of the West River ports to Foreign trade on the 3rd June last. You will recollect that in my address to you of the 25th November, 1895, I assured you that although for a time, at least, local interests might necessarily be postponed in favour of purely Imperial interests, this question had by no means been lost sight of.

The result has proved that I was justified in making that statement, and it affords me much pleasure to have witnessed before my departure the accomplishment of this object. When communication has been satisfactorily established between Hongkong and the West River ports, this Colony will, doubtless, share to the fullest extent in the harvest to be reaped from these additional fields for commercial enterprise.

My relations with the Chinese community of this Colony have always been of the most cordial nature. I have had no reason to change my earliest-formed impression of their industrious, peaceful, and law-abiding qualities. On the other hand, I have had every reason to adhere to my original promise that they would find in me not only a Governor but also a friend. And if on one or two occasions I have had to disguise my good intentions under the cloak of official authority, I have on such occasions endeavoured to combine firmness with consideration for their feelings and national customs. My object has always been to promote their welfare and secure their best interests.

In proof of the sincerity of these professions, if any such proof is required, I would refer to the concessions granted during the Plague Epidemic of 1894 under circumstances which involved a very large degree of responsibility. I would also mention the support accorded by the Government to the Pó Léung Kuk, which has enabled that charitable Society to erect a new home, which I opened in person, and to continue its beneficial work under more favourable circumstances. Great improvements also have been effected in the administration and sanitary condition of the Tung Wa Hospital, the benefits of which are already evident and are daily becoming more appreciated by the native community.

I have already referred to the modification of the Light and Pass Regulations which prove to have been an unnecessary restriction. And if any further illustration is needed of my regard for the interests of the Chinese, I would mention the additional representation on this Council recently accorded to them at my suggestion.

And here I desire to express my indebtedness to the Registrar General, whose know- ledge of the Chinese characteristics and of the language, and whose advice in all matters relating to their interests, has always been of the greatest assistance to me.

I cannot conclude my remarks without reference to that unique occasion in the annals of our national history which has recently been celebrated throughout the vast British Empire. I mean, of course, the completion of the sixtieth year of Her Majesty's beneficent reign.

It is impossible to appreciate adequately or relatively the enthusiastic expressions of loyalty, respect, and devotion towards our beloved Queen-Empress which that commemo- ration called forth from countless millions of British subjects throughout the world; but I

venture to state that in no other corner of British territory were those expressions more spontaneous and sincere in their utterance, or more practical proof of their sincerity furnished, than in this remote Colony of Hongkong.

Gentlemen, I am proud of the loyalty of this community; and it will always be a pleasing reminiscence of my life that I had the privilege of representing our august Sovereign in Hongkong on that occasion. I trust that you will continue to co-operate with the Imperial Government for the defence and maintenance of that immense Empire, of which this Colony is a small but not unimportant part.

In conclusion, I thank you for your patient hearing. I have endeavoured to illustrate, in the course of my remarks, a marked progress during the last six years-financial, commercial, industrial, and social-a progress upon which the Secretary of State for the Colonies in a recent despatch was pleased to comment in favourable terms, and which the result of a comparison between the Hongkong of 1891 and the Hongkong of to-day places beyond all doubt.

I appreciate the enterprising spirit of the community which has contributed to that result, and I trust that I have not failed in the fulfilment of my desire to encourage that spirit and to promote that enterprise.

I thank you, Gentlemen, for

your co-operation in the past, and I rely on a continuance of your loyal support and valuable assistance during the remainder of my term of office. It is a source of gratification to me that I have been connected with this Colony during a period of prosperity. I need hardly say that I contemplate my approaching departure with regret, and whilst I feel assured that I shall take away with me an expression of your good-will, I trust that I may also have gained, in some degree, the confidence and respect of the entire community.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

Hongkong, 25th October, 1897.

Mr. CHATER also addressed the Council.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

STANDING COMMITTEES.-His Excellency appointed the following Committees:-

(a) Finance Committee,--

The Colonial Secretary, Chairman.

All the Members of Council, except the Governor.

(b) Law Committee,—

The Attorney General, Chairman.

Honourable J. J. BELL-IRVING.

Honourable Ho KAI.

Honourable E. R. BELILIOS.

Honourable WEI YUK.

The Director of Public Works, Chairman.

The Colonial Treasurer.

Honourable C. P. CHATER.

Honourable E. R. BELILIOS.

Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO APPLY A SUM NOT EXCEEDING TWO MILLIONS THREE HUNDred AND FORTY-THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY DOLLARS TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE YEAR 1898.-The Colonial Secretary moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CHINESE EXTRADITION ORDINANCE, 1889.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

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BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO CONSOLIDATE AND AMEND THE LAWS RELATING TO THE CON- struction of Ordinances, to FURTHER SHORTEN THE LANGUAGE USED IN ORDINANCES, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO FURTHER AMEND THE WATERWORKS ORDINANCE, 1890.--The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FOR THE NATURALIZATION OF U HOI CHAU alias U CHIU TSUN.- The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CLOSED HOUSES AND INSANITARY DWELLINGS ORDINANCE, 1894.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO VAGRANTS.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORISE THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN COMPANY, LIMITED, TO LAY AND MAINTAIN TRAMWAYS ON CERTAIN PUBLIC ROADS at Kow- LOON, IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, AND TO CONFER UPON THE SAID HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN COMPANY, LIMITED, CERTAIN OTHER RIGHTS, POWERS AND PRIVILEGES.—Mr. BELL-Irving moved the second reading of the Bill..

Mr. CHATER seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported with amendments.

Mr. BELL-IRVING moved the third reading of the Bill.

Mr. CHATER seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do

pass.

Bill passed:

ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned till Monday, the 1st November, 1897, at 3 P.M.

Read and confirmed this 1st day of November, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils,

WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 12.

MONDAY, 1ST NOVEMBER, 1897.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, G.C.M.G.).

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.). The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Director of Public Works, (Robert DalY ORMSBY).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

Ho KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G. JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

WEI YUK.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 25th October, 1897, were read and confirmed. PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following paper, viz. :—

General Instructions regarding Government Balances.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency. the Governor, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee dated the 25th October, 1897, (No. 8), and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to

SANITARY BYE-LAW.--The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table a Bye-law made by the Sanitary Board, under sub-section 12 of section 13 of Ordinance No. 24 of 1887 and sub-section D of section 1 of Ordinance No. 26 of 1890, and moved that it be approved.

The Attorney General seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

SANITARY BYE-LAW-The Colonial Secretary informed the Council that he would move the approval of the Bye-law, made by the Sanitary Board on the 17th June, 1897, under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894 at the next meeting of Council.

QUESTION.-Mr. WHITEHEAD, pursuant to notice, asked the following question:-

If the Honourable the Colonial Secretary, after last meeting of the Finance Committee of this Council held on 13th ultimo, requested or directed the reporter of the "Daily Press" and for the official Hansard report of the proceedings of this Council, to suppress any portion of the discussion on the subject of the Military Contribution which took place at said meeting, and if it was at his suggestion that a question put by me at that meeting with reference to the Military Contribution, the Honourable Member's reply thereto, and the Honourable the Colonial Treasurer's correction of an error into which the Honourable the Colonial Secretary had fallen in his reply, did not appear in the report of the meeting of the Finance Committee in any one of the three local newspapers and is not contained in the official Hansard report as sent round by the "Daily Press" to Honourable Members for revision.

The Colonial Secretary replied.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO APPLY A SUM OF NOT EXCEEDING TWO MILLIONS THREE HUN- DRED AND FORTY-THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY DOLLARS TO THE PUBLIC Service OF THE YEAR 1898.-The Colonial Secretary moved the second reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

The Colonial Secretary moved that the Bill be referred to the Finance Committee. The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CHINESE EXTRADITION ORDINANCE, 1889.-The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill and addressed the Council.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Bill left in Committee.

Council resumed.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO CONSOLIDATE AND AMEND THE LAWS RELATING TO THE CON- STRUCTION OF ORDINANCES, TO FURTHER SHORTEN THE LANGUAGE USED IN ORDINANCES, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES.—The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

The Attorney General moved that the Bill be referred to the Law Committee.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO FURTHER AMEND THE WATERWORKS ORDINANCE, 1890.--The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.

The Director of Public Works seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported without amendment.

The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Director of Public Works seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FOR THE NATURALIZATION OF U HOI CHAU alias U CHIU TSUN. The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported without amendment.

The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do

Bill passed.

pass.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CLOSED HOUSES AND INSANITARY DWELLINGS ORDINANCE, 1894.-The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported without amendment.

The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO VAGRANTS.-The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

ADJOURNMENT.—The Council then adjourned till Monday, the 8th November, 1897, at 3 P.M.

Read and confirmed this 8th day of November, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 13.

MONDAY, 8TH NOVEMBER, 1897.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, G.C,M.G.).

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding (Major-General WILSONE Black, C.B.). The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART Lockhart).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

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the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

the Director of Public Works, (ROBERT DALY ORMSBY).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G..

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

ABSENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

WEI YUK.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 1st November, 1897, were read and confirmed. FINANCIAL MINUTE.-The Colonial Secretary, by con.nand of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minute, (No. 23), and moved that it be referred to the Finance Committee :-

C.S.O.

2583 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Six hundred an1 Fifty Dollars, ($650), in aid of the vote" Purchase and Repair of Boats" Police Department.

Government House, Hongkong, 3rd November, 1897.

The Harbour Master seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee dated the 1st November, 1897, (No. 9), and moved its adoption.

The Harbour Master seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE LAW COMMITTEE.-The Attorney General laid on the table the report of the Law Committee on "The Interpretation Bill," dated 1st November, 1897. (No. 1.)

SANITARY BYE-LAW.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table a Bye-law made by the Sanitary Board, under section 13 of Ordinance No. 15 of 1894, and moved that it be approved.

The Attorney General seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

RESOLUTION.-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the following resolution :- Be it resolved that sub-section 2 of section 13 of the Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure shall be and the same is hereby amended by the adlition after the words "upon filing an affidavit" of the words "made by himself, or by any other person who can swear positively to the facts. The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

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Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported without amendment.

The Colonial Secretary moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Harbour Master seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CHINESE EXTRADITION ORDINANCE, 1889.-Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported with amendment.

The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO CONSOLIDATE AND AMEND THE LAWS RELATING TO THE CON- STRUCTION OF ORDINANCES, TO FURTHER SHORTEN THE LANGUAGE USED IN ORDINANCES, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES.-The Bill having been reported without amendment by the Law Committee, the Attorney General moved the third reading.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned till Monday, the 22nd November, 1897, at 3 P.M.

Read and confirmed this 22nd day of November, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No.

No. 14.

MONDAY, 22ND NOVEMBER, 1897.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, G.C.M.G.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

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the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Director of Public Works, (ROBERT DALY ORMSBY).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

WEI YUK.

ABSENT:

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His Excellency the General Officer Commanding (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.).

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 8th November, 1897, were read and confirmed. PAPER.-The Colonial Secretary, by cominand of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following paper, viz. :-

Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into and report on certain applications for

Increase of Salaries from Officers in the l'ublic Service of the Colony.

FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 24 and 25), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee :-

C.O.D.

61 of 1897.

C.S.O.

2738 of 1897,

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand and Two hundred Dollars, ($3,200), to meet certain expenses in connection with the Kennedytown Hospital.

Government House, Hongkong, 6th November, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One hundred Dollars, ($100), in aid of the vote "Meals for Prisoners in Cells" Police Department.

Government House, Hongkong, 15th November, 1897.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee dated the 8th November, 1897, (No. 10), and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO FURTHER AMEND THE WIDOWS' and ORPHANS' PENSIONS ORDI- NANCE, 1890.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO FACILITATE THE RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF TENEMENTS AND PREMISES OF SMALL VALUE-The Attorney General moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO VAGRANTS.-Council in

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND

Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported with amendment.

The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill. The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned till Monday, the 6th December, 1897, at 3 P.M.

Read and confirmed, this 8th day of December, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

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WILLIAM ROBINSON.

Governor

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 15.

MONDAY, 8TH DECEMBER, 1897.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, G.C.M.G.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEWART LOCKHART).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, K.N.).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Director of Public Works, (ROBERT DALÝ ORMSBY).

HO KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD. WEI YUK.

ABSENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.). The Honourable JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 22nd November, 1897, were read and confirmed. FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 26, 27 and 28), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee:-

C.S.O.

758 of 1897.

C.S.O.

2367 of 1897.

C.O.D.

208 of 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Four hundred and One Dollars and Forty-one Cents, ($401.41), in aid of the vote "Water for Markets, &c.," Sanitary Department.

Government House, Hongkong, 30th November, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Thirteen thousand Four hundred and Fifty-one Dollars and Seventy-two Cents, ($13,451.72), to meet the Expenses in connec- tion with the Jubilee Illuminations, &c.

Government House, Hongkong, 2nd December, 1897.

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two hundred and Seventy-five Dollars ($275), being the Salaries and Allowances of two new Cadets for the months of November and December, 1897.

Government House, Hongkong, 2nd December, 1897.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee dated the 22nd November, 1897, (No. 11), and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

RESOLUTION. The Attorney General moved the following resolution :—

That this Council approves of the repeal by the Sanitary Board of the Bye-laws made by such Board, under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, on the 19th and 28th days of March, 1895, which were approved by this Council on the 20th day of March, and the 4th day of April, 1895, respectively, and were published in the “Gazette" by Government Notifications Nos. 111 and 134 of 1895. Such repeal to have effect as regards all such Bye-laws except No. 4 as from the 22nd May, 1897, and, as regards No. 4, as from the 13th day of November, 1897, on which dates respectively new Bye-laws were published in the "Gazette." The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

NOTICE OF QUESTION. Mr. WHITEHEAD gave notice that, at the next Meeting of Council, he would ask the following question :

Will the Government lay upon the table a copy of the correspondence which has passed between the home authorities and the Colonial Government in connection with the proposed new Public Offices subsequent to that already published?

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO FURTHER AMEND THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS ORDINANCE, 1890.-The Attorney General moved the second realing of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported with amendments.

The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do

Bill passed.

pass.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE TO FACILITATE THE RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF TENEMENTS AND PREMISES OF SMALL VALUE.-The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed and Bill reported with amendments.

The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

ADJOURNMENT.—The Council then adjourned till Monday, the 20th December, 1897, at 3 P.M.

Read and confirmed, this 20th day of December, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils:

WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 16.

MONDAY, 20TH DECEMBER, 1897,

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, G.C.M.G.).

His Excellency the General Officer Conmanding (Major-General WILSONE BLACK, C.B.). The Honourable the Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, (JAMES HALDANE STEwart Lockhart).

the Harbour Master, (ROBERT MURRAY RUMSEY, R.N.).

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the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

the Colonial Treasurer, (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

the Director of Public Works, (ROBERT DALY ORMSBY).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

Ho KAI, M.B., C.M.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

WEI YUK.

ABSENT:

The Honourable the Attorney General, (WILLIAM MEIGH GOODMAN).

JAMES JARDINE BELL-IRVING.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

His Excellency the Governor stated that the Attorney General was unable to be present owing to his detention in the Supreme Court.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 8th December, 1897, were read and confirmed. REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the report of the Finance Committee dated the 8th December, 1897, (No. 12), and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded. Question-put and agreed to.

RESOLUTION.—The Harbour Master addressed the Council and moved the following resolution :--- Whereas, by sub-section (1) of section 33 of The Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1891, (No. 26 of 1891) it is enacted as follows:-

"The owner or master of every ship which enters the waters of the Colony, shall pay such dues in respect of the said lighthouses, buoys, beacons, cables, wires and other apparatus, as may, from time to time, be fixed by Order of the Governor, pursuant to resolution of the Legislative Council to such officers, as the Governor shall, from time to time, appoint to collect the same, and the same shall be paid by such officers into the Colonial Treasury.

Provided that unless and until such Order is made, the dues in Table P to this Ordi- nance shall be payable."

And whereas, it is desirable that the dues mentioned in the said Table P should be altered, and other dues be fixed by Order of the Governor, pursuant to Resolution of the Legislative Council, and made payable on and after the 1st day of January, 1898.

This Council hereby resolves as follows:-

In lieu of the dues mentioned in Table P in the Schedule to Ordinance No. 26 of 1891, it is desirable that the following Dues should be fixed and made payable by Order of the Governor, on and after the 1st day of January, 1898, namely:--

Light and other Dues payable under section 33 of The Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1891, from and after the 1st day of January, 1898.

1. Áll ships which enter the waters of the Colony, except British and Foreign Ships of War, and except such other ships as are, hereby, exempted, in whole or in part, shall pay the following Dues, viz :-

One cent per ton.

2. Such dues shall be paid either at the time of "entry" or at the time of "clearance."

3. All steamers plying only between Hongkong and Canton, or Macao, or the West River, which enter the waters of the Colony by day, and all Chinese Junks, are, hereby, exempted from the pay- ment of such Dues.

4. All steamers plying only between Hongkong and Canton, or Macao, or the West River, which enter the waters of the Colony by night, shall pay, as Dues, one-third of a cent per ton.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Mr. WHITEHEAD addressed the Council.

Question-put and agreed to.

QUESTION. Mr. WHITEHEAD, pursuant to notice, asked the following question :—

The Colonial Secretary replied.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FOR THE NATURALIZATION OF WONG CHUK-YAU, alias WONG Mau, alias WONG SUN-IN.-The Colonial Secretary moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILL ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE FOR THE MORE EFFECTUAL PUNISHMENT OF BRIBERY AND CERTAIN OTHER MISDEMEANORS.-The Colonial Secretary moved the first reading of the Bill.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

ADJOURNMENT.--The Council then adjourned sine die.

Read and confirmed this 25th day of January, 1898.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor.

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No. 9/

HONGKONG.

PAPERS ON THE SUBJECT OF THE LIGHT DUES.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

aid

His Excellency the Governor.

Governor to Secretary of State.

No. 15.

SIR,

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 18th January, 1897.

I have the honour to forward herewith a petition which I have received from shipping firms in this Colony on the subject of the light dues levied at this port.

2. To facilitate the consideration of the question I should mention that light dues were first imposed in 1875 when one cent a ton was charged on European shipping entering the port and in 1890 they were increased to 2 cents a ton, the increase being made in order to meet the expenditure in connection with the erection and maintenance of the lighthouse on the Gap Rock. It should also be borne in mind that in 1867 a charge was levied on all native craft trading with this port and has been continued up to the present time. This charge yielded in 1895 a revenue amounting to about $50,000.

3. Petitioners now ask that the dues be reduced to the original charge of one cent, as the additional levy of 14 cents has more than paid for the cost of the Gap Rock Light, and as the charge of 1 cent a ton is more than sufficient to cover the cost of the upkeep and maintenance of the present lighthouses. They state that any charge over and above that necessary to cover such cost will deter shipping from this port and is an infringement of the freedom of the port, which will affect its welfare.

4. So far as light dues are concerned I agree with petitioners that the revenue derived from them should be applied to the purpose for which it is raised, viz., the upkeep and maintenance of the lighthouses; and it is true that the charge of one cent a ton is sufficient to cover all present expenditure incurred on that account.

5. With regard to the increased rate of 13 cents a ton there seems to have been an understanding at the time it was raised that it was to be devoted to defraying the cost of the Gap Rock Lighthouse and there was an implied, if not a distinct, promise that it would not be devoted to any other purpose without the Legislative Council being consulted. In order therefore to redeem this promise, and I have informed the Council that in my opinion it should be redeemed, it will be necessary to abolish the present Gap Rock rate by a resolution of the Council. But petitioners not only desire the increase rate to be abolished in fulfilment of the promise made by Government but they wish the light dues to be permanently reduced to one cent, pointing out that any levy in excess of that amount is not required for the lighthouse service but will be merged in the general revenue to which they contend that shipping should not contribute.

6. In this contention with one exception all the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council, to whom I referred the matter, do not concur, being of opinion that shipping should not be entirely exempt from taxation as petitioners desire, and they maintain that if the present dues of 2 cents a ton are continued not as light dues but as harbour dues there will be no infringement of the freedom of the port-a free port being one at which no customs duties are levied, and there is no intention to charge customs dues at Hongkong. They also consider that the prosperity of the Colony will not be affected by the imposition of such harbour dues.

The Right Honourable

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

&c.;

&c.

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7. With regard to the argument advanced by petitioners that any tax on shipping will be an infringement of the freedom of the port, I do not think they can be aware of the fact that there are many free ports where the tax on shipping is very heavy, and I agree with those members of the Legislative Council who consider a free port to be one where no customs duties are charged.

8. With respect to the fear expressed by petitioners that ships will be deterred from coming to Hongkong if a charge of 24 cents a ton is imposed the following figures show that the entry of European shipping into Hongkong has steadily increased since light dues were first levied. In 1875 when the dues were first levied the European tonnage entering the port was 1,951,855 tons. In 1880 it had increased to 2,535,587 tons and in 1885 to 3,866,709 tons.

In 1890 light dues were increased from one cent to 2 cents. In that year the tonnage entering the port amounted to 4,893,733 tons and in 1895 it reached 5,772,298 tons.

9. It will be observed that petitioners admit that shipping should pay for the lighthouses which are established and maintained for its benefit. If this principle be extended there appears to be no reason why shipping should not contribute towards other services which are maintained either directly or indirectly on its account such as the Harbour Department, Water Police, etc., the cost of which exceeds the amount raised from the dues of 2 cents a ton imposed on shipping.

10. As I have stated above the charge on native craft yields a revenue of about $50,000 a year, and if the principle is once admitted that European shipping should not be levied for purposes of general revenue, it would seem 'only fair to extend the same principle to native craft.

11. The amount inserted in the Estimates for 1897 as likely to be derived from light dues amounts to $113,000. If the prayer of the petition be granted and a charge of one cent instead of 2 cents a ton is levied the amount of the estimate will be reduced to $45,200.

12. As you are aware the sources of taxation in this Colony are limited and only two years ago the fees charged for various licences were raised considerably. It is true the tax charged on the rateable value of house property is not a heavy one and might be increased without imposing too great a burden on owners of property. But I do not regard the present time a favourable one for increasing taxation in this direction as recent sanitary legislation has involved a considerable outlay on house property, though, should the necessity arise, an increase might be made.

13. After a careful consideration of the arguments advanced by the petitioners and of the views held by others on the subject of the taxing of European shipping entering this port, I am of opinion that a charge of 2 cents a ton imposed on such shipping as harbour dues is not an unfair one, and is not calculated to injuriously affect the prosperity of this port, which even if this charge be imposed, will still be one of the cheapest ports for shipping in the world. If it appeared to me that harbour dues, such as I recommend should be imposed, would have an injurious effect on the welfare of this Colony, I should not hesitate for a moment to advise that no such a tax should be levied. I am fully alive to the importance to this Colony of shipping and to the necessity of care being taken to avoid imposing on it any burden which would deter vessels from visiting it. But in view of the

figures given above which show that the tonnage entering the port has steadily increased though it has had to pay for seven years a tax of 2 cents a ton, exactly the same amount which it is now proposed to impose permanently as harbour dues, and of the fact that Hongkong is such a cheap port for shipping, I am led to the conclusion that the fears expressed by the petitioners are groundless and that harbour dues of 2 cents a ton will not keep vessels away from the Colony to the injury of its trade and its prosperity.

11. I am advised that in order to give legal effect to the change which I pro- pose of converting the present light dues into harbour dues it will be necessary to pass an Ordinance. I have therefore to request, if you concur in the conclusion at which I have arrived, that you will authorise me to introduce into the Legislative Council an Ordinance for this purpose, and that you will convey to me your authority by telegram as it is important that this question should be definitely settled with as little delay as possible.

I have, &c.,

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

HONGKONG. No. 64.

(Secretary of State to Governor.)

161

DOWNING STREET,

17th March, 1897.

C. O. to P. & O., 6th March, 1897.

P. & O. to C. O., 10th March, 1897.

•

SIR,

With reference to your Despatch No. 15 of the 18th of January last and to my telegram of the 15th instant, I have the honour to transmit to you copies of correspondence with the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, as noted in the margin, on the subject of the Light Dues at Hongkong.

2. I consider that the shipping interests were given a reasonable expectation that the Light Dues should be reduced, when the cost of the Gap Rock Light- house was met. At the same time, I concur in your view that moderate dues may properly be levied in Hongkong, provided the proceeds do not in ordinary times exceed the total expenditure on the Harbour Department including Light- houses, Water Police, etc.

3. I am, however, of opinion that in calculating the proceeds of the harbour dues, the charges on native shipping must be included, as well as those on ocean going steamers, as suggested in the enclosed letter from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.

4. I am not therefore prepared to sanction your proposal to make a permanent charge of 24 cents per ton on general shipping although that charge must be con- tinued to the end of the present year, in order to avoid a dislocation of the year's finances.

5. Next year the charge must be reduced to such a rate as will, with the other harbour receipts, be sufficient to cover all harbour and lighthouse expenditure; and it will be necessary to find some other source of revenue to make up the deficiency, which may perhaps most conveniently be done by increasing the Assessed Taxes. I shall be glad to learn, at your early convenience, what changes in taxation you will recommend in order to carry out the above decision, so that the matter may be settled before the time arrives for passing next year's Estimates.

6. I desire to add, that if at any time hereafter urgent necessity should arise for increasing the general revenue, I should be prepared to consider any proposal for again raising the shipping dues, as I have no reason to think that the present charge has borne very hardly on the shipping interests.

I have, etc.,

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

Governor

SIR WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.

(Under Secretary of State to Secretary, P. & O. S. N. Co.)

(Immediate.)

Sir,

DOWNING STREET,

6th March, 1897.

With reference to the letter from this Department of the 18th ultimo, I am directed by Mr. Secretary CHAMBERLAIN to transmit to you, for your information and for that of the other steamship companies whose representatives signed with you the letter of the 13th ultimo, the enclosed copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hongkong, relative to the proposal to maintain, as Harbour Dues, the charge of 24 cents per ton at present levied as Light Dues on all shipping at Hongkong.

2. Mr. CHAMBERLAIN concurs in Sir W. ROBINSON'S view that it is not unreason- able to levy moderate harbour dues in Hongkong, provided that the proceeds do not exceed the total expenditure on the Harbour Department, including Lighthouses, Water Police, etc., and he has at present under his consideration to adopt one of the two following alternatives, viz., (1) a uniform charge of 2 cents (instead of 2 cents) per ton on all shipping, or (2) a charge on a graduated scale such as is levied at Gibraltar beginning at 2 cents per ton on smaller vessels, and rising to a maximum charge of (say) $30 or $40 on ships of (say) 1,800 tons and over.

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3. Before finally deciding the question he will be glad to consider any observations you may wish to offer, but I am to ask that any representations may be made at your earliest convenience as the Governor wishes to be informed by telegraph of Mr. CHAMBERLAIN's decision.

I am, etc.,

SELBORNE.

The Secretary to the

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL

STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

SIR,

(Secretary, P. & O. S. N. Co. to Under Secretary of State.)

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COY.,

122, LEADENHALL STREET, LONDON, E.C.,

10th March, 1897.

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th instant, No. 3982 of 1897, enclosing, by the direction of Mr. Secretary CHAMBERLAIN, for the information of the signatories to the letter of the 13th ultimo, copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hongkong relative to the proposal to maintain, as Harbour Dues, the charge of 24 cents per ton levied at present as Light Dues on shipping at Hongkong, also adding that Mr. CHAMBERLAIN concurs in the view that it is not unreasonable to levy moderate Harbour Dues in Hongkong, provided that the proceeds do not exceed the total expenditure on the Harbour Department, including Lighthouses, Water Police, etc.

In reply, I am desired to state, on behalf of the signatories to the letter above referred to, that they regret that Mr. CHAMBERLAIN does not consider it expedient to reinstate Hongkong in the position of an absolutely free port, that having undoubtedly been the mainspring of the importance it has arrived at as a port of call and converging centre for the bulk of the shipping visiting the Far Eastern Seas.

In view, however, of Mr. CHAMBERLAIN'S opinion that the amount levied as Harbour Dues should not exceed the total expenditure on the Harbour Department, I am desired to draw attention to the following facts, which, it is considered, conclusively indicate that, on this basis, there is no ground for increasing the levy of 1 cent per ton which has been hitherto collected as fixed Light Dues.

In the letter from His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong it is stated that the tonnage which visited the port in 1895 amounted to 5,772,289 tons, which at 1 cent per ton yield a revenue of upwards of $57,000. In the letter from the Shipping Firms of the 13th ultimo, it was pointed out that the present total expenditure of the whole Lighthouse Establishment of Hongkong is under $17,000. There is consequently a balance of upwards of $40,000 available from this source for General Harbour Expenditure and, as is shown in Sir W. ROBINSON'S letter, there is a further revenue of $50,000 a year emanating from the charge on native craft also available for that purpose, but in addition to this sum of $90,000 per annum, I am able to state that there are further charges on shipping collected by the Harbour Department, such as native Emigration Fees, taxes on Moorings and Lighters, etc., which bring in a considerable annual revenue, though I am unable, from the information at my disposal in this country, to state what the amount is.

It is considered, however, that the foregoing statements may be fairly held to indicate that the revenue at present collected by the Harbour Department (exclusive of the special levy of 14 cents per ton as Light Dues in connection with the Gap Rock Lighthouse) is already in excess of the total expenditure of that Department, and it is therefore respectfully urged that no further tax of any description may be levied upon shipping, as such charge would be exclusively applicable to the general expenditure of the Colony, and is absolutely not required to meet any expenditure either directly or indirectly connected with shipping.

It is satisfactory to note that the Secretary of State is of opinion that no charge should be forced on shipping in the interest of what may be called the general Budget of the Colony.

I am, etc.,

H. H. JOSEPH, Secretary.

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,

Colonial Office.

HONGKONG.

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No. 30

STATEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOANS RAISED IN 1887 AND 1894.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

QUESTION. Will the Government lay upon the table a detailed statement or account of the loan of £200,000 raised in 1887, shewing separately in sterling and in dollars all receipts and all payments in connection with or in respect of the principal, interest, and sinking fund, with the dates and the rates of exchange at which each iteni was converted from sterling into dollars or vice versâ, in short, a detailed account shewing how much interest per cent. per annum the ratepayers have paid for the loan in question, and a similar account to date in respect of the last loan of £200,000 floated in 1894, shewing in addition what amount thereof is still available, if any, how and in what way the monies have been expended, and what are the available assets in respect of said disbursements? The statement to shew in what securities the sinking fund has been invested, the cost thereof in sterling and in dollars, the annual revenue derived therefrom and the present market value of the securities.

ANSWER.-

STATEMENT OF 1887 LOAN OF £200,000.

1887, ....Loau raised in 1887, at 4% per annum,

Less Debentures redeemed,.

1894, .... Balance converted at 3% Stock,

£ 200,000. 0, 0 at 3/2 $1,263,157.90

60,000. 0. 0

£ 140,000. 0. 0.

STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH 1887 LOAN OF £200,000.

Year.

Commission, Stamps and other Expenses.

Interest.

Sinking Fund.

Average Rate of Exchange for the

year.

Total.

£ s. d.

s. d.

1887,

2,105. 6.9

13,296.86

2,520.19.0

15,921.55

3,536.0.0

22,382.64

3'2

51,551.05

1888,

40.15.0

257.37

8,000, 0.0

50,526.32

7,072.0.0 44,665.26

95,448.95

1889,

40.15.0

257.37

7,976. 0.0

50,374.73

7,072.0.0

44,665.26

95,297.36

1890,

41.11.3

246.76

8,024. 0.0

47,641.74

7,072.0.0

41,989.35

3.44:

4217

89,877.85

1891,

41. 8.6

260.78

8,000. 0.0

50,360.66

7,072.0.0

44,518.82 3,24/

95,140.26

1892,

41. 7.3

289.52

8,000. 0.0

55,761.84

7,072.0.0

49,274.80 2,9973+

105,326.16

1893,

41. 8.9

332.36

7,990. 0.0

62,095.40

7,072.0.0

54,942.53 2/6/1/

117,370,29

1894,

18. 9.0

175.79

6,155. 0.0 57,754.82

7,072.0.0

66,075.73 2,14

124,006.34

£2,371. 1.6

$15,116.81 £56,665.19.0 $390,437.06 £53,040.0.0 $368,464.39

STATEMENT OF 1893 LOAN OF £200,000 AT 31⁄2 %.

1893,

1894,

........Loan raised in 1893, at 31⁄2 %· ....Balance of 1887 Loan converted in 1894 at 33 % Stock,

Stock crcated to defray Expenses of Conversion, ......

$ 774,018.26

£200,000. 0. 0 at 274=$1,536,000.00 140,000. 0. 0 at 214= 1,330,693.07 1,799.15. 1 at 211= 17,106.57

£341,799.15. 1

$2,883,799.64

{

STATEMENT OF PAYMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH 1893 LOAN OF £200,000 AT 31 %.

Year.

Advertising, Stamps, &c.

Brokerage on Allotment.

Commission to Crown Agents.

Half-yearly interest due 15th April and 15th October.

Expenses in connection with the Conversion.

Contribution to Sinking Fund.

Average

Rate of

Exchange for the year.

Total.

498

2/61/

49,439.56

2/14

109,993.08

2/176

116,959.96

1,709, 0. 0

16,124.23

2/2

127,153.67

1893,

1894,

1895,

1. 7. 6

12.65

1896,

2.0. 9

19.00

£ s. d.

1,649. 4. 1

12,388.60

£ s. d.

537.13. 0

4,053.87

£ s. d.

1,017.10. 0

8,217.23

£ s. d.

2,890.19. 8

£ s. d.

£ 8.

24,779.86

8. 4

3.92

23.14. 0

229.59

10,090. 7. 4

97,572.79

1,260. 7. 5

12,186.78

679.18. 0

6,860.89

11,962.16. S

110,086.42

14.19. 0

141.06

11,977.16, 3

110,869.38

£1,653. 0, 8 $ 12,424.17 £ 537.13, 0 $ 4,053.87 | ± 1,736. 1. 0 | $ 15,448.77 | £36,921.19.11 343,308.45 £ 1,260. 7. 5

12,186.78 £ 1,709, 0, 0 | $ 16,124.23

$ 403,546.27

499

WORKS CHARGEABLE AGAINST THE LOAN.

Amount realised from 1893 Loan,

Amount expended on Public Works Extraordinary :-

In 1892,

In 1893,

In 1894,

In 1895,

In 1896,

Balance, 31st December, 1896,

£ 31,782.10. 1 43,309.11.10 25,105.12. 5 19,560.16. 1 24,736.14.10

£201,257.11. 6

144,495. 5. 3

...$535,546.14 at 2/11 = £ 36,762. 6. 3

Revenue from certain Public Works Extraordinary represents the available Assets,

i.c., Central Market $36,830. Slaughter-House, Sheep and Pig Depôts $10,452. Water Account $8,500. Praya

Reclamation.

INVESTMENT OF SINKING FUND.

Date.

South Australia 3% Stock.

New Zealand

3% Stock.

Cost.

Rate.

Dollar.

s. d.

1896, October 29th,....

1,104.19. 0

1,196. 3. 2

2/2

$ 11,041.46

Ditto.

489.10. 0

512.16.10

£1,709. 0. 0

4,733.92

$ 15,775.88

Annual Revenue derived,

£ 53.19. 0

Market value of South Australia 34% Stock, 1113. Į

Do.

New Zealand

108. }

15th July, 1897.、

Treasury, Hongkong, 16th August, 1897.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Treasurer.

潑

તે

No. TX6.

HONGKONG.

THE COLONIAL SURGEON'S REPORT FOR 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

413

No. 25

GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL,

HONGKONG, 28th April, 1897.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward the Annual Report of the Medical Department for the year 1896, the report of Dr. ATKINSON, the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital, to which are attached a report by him on the prevalence of Plague during the years 1895 and 1896 also a report of the outbreak of Cholera on board the S.S. Cheang Hock Kian; these reports show the arduous nature of the work done by him, and for nearly the whole of the first six months of the year he was doing the work of the Colonial Surgeon in addition to his own duties. A valuable report is

sent in by Mr. BROWNE, the Assistant Government Analyst. Reports have already been sent in from Staff-Surgeon WILM of the Imperial German Navy who assisted Dr. ATKINSON at the Kennedy Town Hospital during the Plague epidemic, and from Dr. CLARKE who holds the new appointment of Health Officer and Superintendent to the Sanitary Board, which serves to show how necessary this long-needed appointment was. All these reports also show how much under-manned the Medical Staff of the Colony has long been and is now, and for the last three years has been compelled to depend on the assistance of outsiders all the time. My annual reports for the previous twenty years show how very frequently this has been necessary. I am happy to think that in the near future there is a prospect of this state of things being remedied and that any successor will not be compelled to go through the terrible anxiety and arduous work that I have experienced in over twenty-three years of my service in this Colony.

POLICE.

This year has been the worst as regards admissions to Hospital of any of the previous six years; the greatest excess has been among the Indian portion of the Force. There is a slight increase among the Chinese portion and it has been the healthiest apparently of the last ten years for the European portion. But admissions to Hospital from this portion of the Force do not show the ill-health among the men as I have remarked in previous reports, many of the married men being attended in their own quarters. In only two of the last ten years has the number of deaths been exceeded. The follow- ing tables show the admissions and deaths :-

Europeans.

Indians.

Chinese.

Admission to Hospital, 1887,

...139

293

187

Do.,

1888,

....147

279

231

Do.,

1889,

.....166

230

194

Do.,

1890,

.....149

254

179

Do.,

1891,

..169

285

118

Do.,

1892,

...152

224

120

Do.,

1893,

...134

255

133

Do.,

1894,

...127

244

134

Do.,

1895,

254

116

Do.,

1896,

370

124

There have been fourteen deaths among the members of the Force during the year: one European died in Hospital, one Indian and five Chinese died in Hospital. Two Indians committed suicide. One Chinese died of Plague on one of the segregation boats, one was drowned, two died while on leave in China, one died in his family house.

The total admissions to Hospital and deaths in the Force for the last ten years are given in the following table:-

Admissions. 619 .....657

.......590

Deaths.

14.

....582

...570

...496

522

....505

......466

1887,

1888,

1889,

1890,

1891,

1892,

1893,

1894,

1895,

1896,

.......588

414

Among the many improvements going on in the Colony as regards sanitation, the Police quarters in most cases are in very old buildings and are much overcrowded. The main buildings of the Central Station are all old and insufficient for the needs of the Force. Nos. 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8 in the City are all old and more or less insufficient in accommodation. No. 8 has to take in men that ought to be in No. 7 who, in most cases, have to walk more than a mile to their duties. No. 7 is wholly untit for habitation and should be entirely rebuilt, so also ought No. 3, but whether on their present sites or position I leave to the Captain Superintendent to say as being better acquainted with the needs of the Force. These two buildings as regards sanitation are altogether abominations; both sites have plenty of room for much larger and better buildings. No. 9 has been done away with and the site sold. Stations on the southern side of the island at Pokfulam, Aberdeen and Stanley will always be more or less unhealthy, and no sites on that side of the island will be healthy or fit for building purposes as long as the lagoon to the east of Aberdeen is allowed to exist. The large and valuable Dock there is rarely used, on account of the unhealthiness of the district and the great amount of sickness occurring among the employees of the Dock Company. The Captain Superintendent has already fully reported about the Police accommodation and the much-needed improvements cannot be too strongly represented. .

The

TROOPS.

Table IV. shows the average strength, admissions to Hospital and deaths. There is a slight decrease in the average strength compared with last year, an increase of 1,175 in admissions to Hospital and a decrease of nine in the number of deaths. Both White and Black show the increase

in sickness which is specially noticeable in the last years and is due to the abolition of the Contagious Diseases Ordinance. During the last two years even voluntary examination has been disallowed by orders from home. This increase in the ill-health of the Troops is to be deplored as it is preventable. The ten years from 1874 (when the Ordinance was in full working order) to 1883, and the strength of the Troops only averaged 400 less than it does now the lowest number of admissions was 820 and the highest number 1,502, the lowest number of deaths was 36 and the highest 70. This shows while the real health of the Troops was much worse, as regards climatic disease, their health as regards venereal disease was infinitely better. The ten years from 1887 to the present year show the lowest number of admissions was 1,485, the highest number of deaths was only 39, while the highest number of admissions has increased to 4,274 and the lowest number of deaths 14. Thus in over 20 years the admissions have increased from 820 to 4,274, while the deaths have decreased from 70 to 14. The increase of the average strength of the Troops is from 1,055 in 1874 to 2,784 while the increases in strength has not doubled the increase in admissions to Hospital has more than qua- drupled from 820 to 4,274. Thus venereal disease has been terribly increased; the number of women of all nationalities flaunting their occupation in the streets also. In spite of legal enactments morality among men and women has not been improved, indeed very much the reverse. The dread of contracting disease has no effect on either the male or female portions of the population in the English Possessions either at Home or abroad. The following table shows the number of admissions to Hos- pital and deaths among the Troops for the last ten years and speaks for itself:-

Admissions.

Deaths.

1887,

1,749

1888,

1,485

1889,

1,732

1890,

1,915

1891,

1,851

1892,

2,844

1893,

2,927

1894,

2,905

1895,

3,099

1896,

4,274

GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL.

The Superintendent's report goes thoroughly into every detail as regards the staff, the buildings, the admission of patients, the characters of the diseases and the number of deaths. The sickness among the staff, the leave granted in most cases well earned and more than earned in all cases absolutely necessary from ill-health, caused by the exhaustion from the overwork of the last three years his report goes thoroughly into every detail.

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The following table gives the number and classification of those brought to Hospital for the

past 10 years-

1887.

1888.

1889.

1890.

1891. 1892. 1893. 1894.

1895. 1896.

Police,

619

657

590

582

570

496

522

505

466

588

Board of Trade,

103

153

135

110

135

157

132

100

129

-87

Private paying Patients,

324

313

402

527

464

378

467

491

498

632

Government Servants,....

147

159

135

191

179

168

205

168

203

269

Police Cases,.

Destitutes,.....

208

242

252

264

240

232

247

272

319

244

255

248

279

283

279

284

262

427

668

778

1,656 1,772 1,793 1,957 1,867 1,715 1,835 1,963 2,283 2,598

This table shows a steady increase in the numbers of nearly all classes of patients, but for the 1896 a very large increase in the numbers of Private Patients and also of Destitutes, Government Ser- vants also show very decided increases in the last two years. Curiously enough 1894, the year of the first Plague Epidemic, was one of the healthiest of the ten years; every one was then so busy and excited that they had no time to think of themselves but the last two years show the result of the reaction.

The admissions and deaths in Hospital for the last ten years are as follows:-

1887

1888,.

1889.

1890,

1891,

1892.

1893,...

1894,..

1895,

1896,....

Admissions.

Deaths.

.1,656

1,772

..1,793

.1,957

...1,867

..1,715.

..1,835

.1,963

101

2,283

114

.2,598

143

The admissions have increased in the past ten years, in 1896 by nearly 1,000.

In 1887 they were lowest 1,656; in 1896 highest 2,598. In 1893 the deaths were lowest in the past ten years 67, in 1896 highest 143.

This year Dr. ATKINSON suffered from another attack of Pneumonia and had to take a month's sick leave, but this year it was less severe than in the previous two years and the recovery much quicker to the great delight of all the Medical Staff. This year (1896) for the first time one of the Staff was attacked with Plague. Sister CATHERINE (Miss MCINTOSH), our Chinese scholar, who had done most valuable work in the Plague Hospital for the first three years, had a very severe attack of plague and caused us all great anxiety, and sincere gratification when she showed signs of convalesc- ence. She was sent home on sick leave as soon as possible and has made a complete recovery becoming so well that she gave up part of her leave and has gone out to India to assist the nursing of the Plague patients in the epidemic now raging there.

Mr. CHAPMAN, the Hospital Steward, who has done very hard work the last three years, fell ill and had to go away on sick leave. I had to represent that his illness was entirely due to overwork and the necessity of another Chinese clerk being appointed to assist him which has been sanctioned.

Dr. BELL, who was appointed on the 1st June, 1896, has done hard and valuable work; he took Dr. ATKINSON's duties while he was away on sick leave for a month, and has been of the greatest assistance to the Medical Staff. I regret to say he fell ill with a severe attack of typhoid fever the beginning of the year 1897 and is now away on sick leave. He reports his restoration to health and his return in a fortnight. Before his permanent appointment on the Staff he has many times held temporary appointments on the Hospital Staff in emergencies and rendered invaluable assistance.

A new building has been added to the Hospital accommodation and is to be used entirely for lying-in cases, and there is a prospect of a new buildng for women and children's wards and private wards for women with a Nurses Institute for the instruction of nurses and midwives for the benefit of the public. These buildings, very much needed, will relieve the congestion in the wards and private wards of the Hospital to which the Superintendent has drawn attention. For these additions we shall have to thank Her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee which cause the thanksgiving of thou- sands of the sick and suffering all over Her Majesty's possessions.

In this Hospital a first class paying patient can obtain accommodation, medical attendance, nursing by European Sisters of the first class who have been trained for five years in the London Hospital, food and medical comforts, including wine and spirits, of the best brand for $5 per diem. While in the first class hotels in this City he cannot get accommodation alone equal to that he receives

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in the Hospital for $10 per diem, and an ordinary seaman receives similar attendance, food, medical comforts with stimulants in all respects similar to a first class patient with better accommodation in a general ward, than he can procure outside for $1, less than he would have to pay in the lowest class hotel for accommodation only. While destitutes of all classes receives the same for nothing.

For the Nursing Staff of Sisters whose services are generally acknowledged and so much appre- ciated, ladies who are received with pleasure into the best society, the Colony is indebted to Dr. ATKINSON whose knowledge of the nursing institutions at home enabled us to procure them soon after his appointment as Superintendent. They have earned the respect and good-will of the whole Colony and with a slight increase to their Staff have, through the Matron (Miss EASTMOND), undertaken the tuition of nurses for the public benefit. I cannot speak with too high respect of the untiring and noble work they have done during the heavy troubles that have lately fallen on this Colony, and I am happy to think that it has received suitable recognition by the Government and special recognition by the general public.

I would also mention the services of Mr. ACKERS, the Matron of the Venereal Wards for Women, formerly the Lock Hospital, whose services date back 13 years, who has been untiring and very kindly in the performance of her duties in many cases of a disagreeable and also dangerous nature and who has earned the respect and good-will of the poor creatures-her patients. She also has gone through very hard and fatiguing work, being in sole charge, and this year was compelled to go on sick leave.

Mr. BROWNE, Government Analyst and Apothecary, has also had arduous work this year, being in sole charge, with such assistance as we have been able to give him, Mr. Crow being absent on his first long and well-earned leave after over 10 years' service.

We have lost the services of Mr. U I-KAI, Chinese Apothecary, assistant in the Hospital. He obtained the Diploma of the Hongkong Medical College and has now been appointed House Surgeon of the Nethersole Hospital. During his 9 years of Government service he gave the Medical Staff great satisfaction in the performance of his duties and his loss is regretted.

As I am now retiring on pension I take this opportunity of thanking the whole Hospital Staff for the kindness, courtesy and untiring assistance I have always received from them and most gratefully acknowledge.

The Superintendent's report on the Hospital is so full that it would be needless repetition for me to say anything more.

LUNATIC ASYLUMS.

Table VII B shews the admissions and deaths in the Government Lunatic Asylums during each month of the year.

There is an increase of admissions compared with last year of 49, and the deaths have exactly doubled. The total admissions are 128 and the deaths are 16. Sixteen Europeans were admitted, of whom one died. Four coloured lunatics were admitted, none died. One hundred and eight Chinese were admitted, of whom thirteen died and twenty-eight were discharged to Canton.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL.

Table VII C shews the admissions during every month of the year to the hulk Hygeit. From January to June 15 small-pox cases were admitted, among whom there were 3 deaths: 1 European, 1 Coloured and 1 Chinese. There were no admissions in July, August, September and October. In November 31 Chinese suffering from cholera, from S.S. Cheang Hock Kean from Singapore, of whom 19 died. A full account of the outbreak is given in the Superintendent's appendix on Cholera.

The wooden building in the Government Civil Hospital compound used as a temporary small- pox Hospital was pulled down and a new building to be used as a Lying-in Hospital has been built in its place. This is a well constructed building of brick and granite and admirably suited to the purpose.

It was no longer needed for small-pox cases.

KENNEDY TOWN HOSPITAL.

This building has now been permanently handed over to the Medical Department as an Infectious Diseases Hospital, and with it and the hulk Hygeia there is no longer a necessity for a Temporary Small-pox Hospital. In the year 412 plague cases were admitted, of whom 306 died; a full account of which is given in Staff-Surgeon WILM's Report.

This Hospital was thoroughly disinfected and colour-washed in November.

18 Small-pox cases were admitted during October, November and December; of whom 2 died. The number of admissions and deaths from all causes for each month of the year are shown on Table VII D.

PUBLIC MORTUARY.

Table VIII gives the Return of Dead Bodies brought to the Mortuary and as far as possible the cause of death to this table is attached. A letter from Dr. BELL, now in charge, gives the reason for the unusual number under "unascertained causes."

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One hundred and ninety bodies were brought in as compared with one hundred and fifty in 1895. Of these nine were European adults, one hundred and thirty-seven Chinese adults and forty-four Chinese children.

VICTORIA GAOL.

The following table gives the number of admissions to the Gaol and the daily average number of prisoners for the past ten years :-

1887,... 1888, 1889,

1890,

1891.

1892,

1893,

1894:

1895,..

1896,

Total number admitted to Gaol.

Daily average No. of prisoners.

4,302

584.00

.3,627

531.00

3,705

581.00

3,444

566.00

5,231

507.00

.5,046

515.00

4,010

458.00

3,913

455.00

.5,014

472.00

..5,582

514.00

The total number of admissions to the Gaol was 5,582, or 568 in excess of those admitted in 1895. The daily average 514, or 42, in excess of 1895. This increase in the daily average is due to the unusual number of beggars, vagrants and petty thieves on short sentences.

The total number of admissions to Hospital was 500 as compared with 231 in 1895; there were 10 deaths in Hospital as compared with 7 in 1895. Seven other deaths occurred in the Gaol. Two Chinese were executed, 2 Chinese found dead in their cells from natural causes. 2 Chinese men and 1 Chinese female hanged themselves in their cells.

Of the admissions to lospital 57 were put in under observation for a day or two and their com- plaints only found trifling were dischagred. 10 were found to be of unsound mind, 26 had Remittent Fever, 50 Intermittent Fever, 29 Febricula, 35 suffered from Cardiac Disease, 36 from Diarrhoea, 39 from abscesses chiefly in the soles of the feet, 25 from contusions caused by the punishment of flog- ging; one of these cases died, the contused abrasions sloughed, from what cause could not be ascertained, and septicemia set in, causing death. After the Coroner's inquest a Commission of Enquiry was appointed, and by their advice flogging with the cane was abolished and the birch appointed to be used in future. Seven hundred and forty cases were not admitted to Hospital but treated in their cells. Eight out of fifty-four opium-smokers were admitted to Hospital; there were no deaths among the eight from pulmonary congestion: None of the opium-smokers were of a very advanced age, or showed any peculiarly interesting characteristics; none of them smoked to unusual excess. 4 mace is the greatest amount and this man increased in weight 2 lbs. in the first four weeks' detention.

TUNG WA HOSPITAL.

This Hospital was under the daily observation of the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital during the year and many improvements were made in the wards the cubicle partitions and platforms on the floors done away with allowing for ventilation.

The number of patients treated in the Hospital during the year was 2,041; of these 792 died, 258 were admitted in a moribund condition. No small-pox cases were admitted during the year Government order.

In the City of Victoria 1,308 vaccinations were done and 293 in the Out-Districts of the Colony by the Native Doctors, the lymph being supplied from the Vaccine Institute.

This year (1897) from the 1st of January Doctor CHUNG, educated in the Medical College, has been appointed a resident Doctor to treat any of the patients who desire Western treatment or can be per- suaded to use it, and Dr. THOMSON to visit the Hospital twice daily, supervise the treatment and report on the cases admitted to Hospital, and the cause of death of the dead bodies brought in daily to the Registrar General. He sent in a report of the work done in the first quarter of this year which shows these gentlemen have been able to do good work and introduce many new improvements even in that short time by their knowledge of the language assisted by tact and discretion in dealing with

the Chinese Directors and the Native Doctors.

VACCINE INSTITUTE.

This has been under the superintendence of the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital in the absence of Mr. LADDS on leave during the year. A full report concerning this Institution is given in his Appendix B, shewing its success in producing good lymph, and as a money speculation bringing in good profit.

HEALTH OF THE COLONY.

A very able report on this subject is given by Dr. F. W. CLARKE, the newly appointed Health Officer and Superintendent of the Sanitary Board, leaves me but little to say. The percentage of deaths among the Foreign Residents shows a slight increase on the previous 5 years, being 2.63. Table XVI `shows the mortality and percentage of deaths among the Foreign Residents for the last ten years.

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Attached are the usual tables showing the number of deaths among the European and Chinese Communities from diseases that may be attributable to filth for the last twenty-three years.

The table giving the return of deaths among the Chinese shows a marked improvement since the daily admission of patients and also the dead bodies sent to the Tung Wa Hospital has been under European supervision for the last two years, and I think will show further improvement under the new Government arrangement for that Hospital, supervision commencing last January.

DEATHS AMONG EUROPEANS (BRITISH AND FOREIGN).

FEVERS.

VOMITING

YEARS.

Enteric.

Simple Continued.

DIARRHEA. CHOLERA. AND

PURGING.

TOTAL.

Typhus.

1873,

1874,

1875,

778

1876, ......

1877,

1878,

1879,

1880,

1881,

1882,

1883,

1884,

1885,

1886,

1887,

1888,

1889,

1890,

1891,

1892,

1893,

1894,

1895,

1896,

19 18

* Sporadic.

DEATHS AMONG CHINESE.

FEVERS.

VOMITING

YEARS.

DIARRHEA.

CHOLERAIC DIARRHEA.

AND

TOTAL.

Enteric.

Simple Continued,

PURGING.

Typhus.

1873,

1874,

125

195

319

231

402

1875,

291

288

612

1876,

343

259

696

1877,

145

370

311

834

1878,

481

701

1,304

1879,

116

733

608

1,478

1880,

309

373

348

1,030

1881,

438

168

435

1,079

1882,

679

465

1,215

1883,

262

571

660.

1,496

1884,

132

600

301

1,035

1885,

105

755

561

176

1,604

1886,

772

326

1,136

1887,

441

276

764

1888,

299

361

236

917 *

1889,

363

180

551

1890,

342

216

562

1891,

427

329

771

1892,

446

231

677

1893,

448

294

742

1894,

433

312

752

1895,

199

264

487

1896,

120

254

400

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This is the last Annual Report I shall furnish as I am retiring on pension. In my twenty-three years' service as the Head of the Civil Medical Department I think, it will be allowed, some improve- ments have been made. When I joined the Service in the Colony in 1873 I found my duties, besides general supervision of the Department, were Medical Officer to the Lock Hospital also to the Gaol, which was then also used as a Lunatic Asylum. I was also in charge of the sanitary supervision of the Colony with the assistance of two Sanitary Inspectors who had never been instructed in their duties which they performed in the best way they thought fit. I was also Meteorological Reporter to the Government. I was also expected to attend on all the families of Subordinates of the Civil Service drawing under £100 a year. A very sufficiently complicated set of duties for one man.

I was also expected to make up £200 a year of my pay by private practice, this being the sun deducted fron the pay of my predecessors for the privilege of having private practice. The Lock Hospital was the ouly decent building belonging to the Department. The Government Civil Hospital was a wretched okl bungalow formerly in occupation of a Mission wholly unfitted for the purpose. The Superintendent and Mr. BOTHELO, who was Apothecary, Government Analyst, Steward, Storekeeper and Clerk, with Mr. De Souza, Apothecary, Steward and Clerk of the Lock Hospital, were the only reliable subordinate officers in the Medical Department. The European wardmasters of the Hospital knew nothing of their duties and were drunken beachcombers and, as a rule, changed every few months, being dismissed for drunkenness and neglect of duty. The nurses were ignorant Chinese coolies; one of them afterwards the Chinese wardınaster A Lok was a thorough, good man, had been about 15 years in the service, was a competent and careful dresser and post mortem assistant. This Institution was a wretched build- ing with a wretched nursing staff, no armoury worthy of the name, not even a lancet fit to open a boil. The medical comforts were unwholesome milk and the cheapest brands of wine and spirits which I reported upon to Government and refused to permit the patients to touch. I had a good arinoury of my own which I lent to the Hospital till I could get sanction for one from Governinent.

But my great anxiety was my sanitary responsibilities and I was thankful, when after ten years, an appeal to the Secretary of State from the Surveyor General and myself, Mr. CHADWICK was sent out as Sanitary Commissioner, and his report resulted in the formation of a Sanitary Boar, and relieved me of all further responsibility.

The Hospital was reported on without effect, but it was blown down in the great typhoon of 1874. Then the vacant old Hotel d'Europe was taken for a Hospital, a much better building in every respect but still not suited for a hospital either in construction or situation. That building was burnt down in the great fire of 1878 and then began the building of the present Hospital by adding to the size of the Lock Hospital, not as satisfactory as I could wish but the best I was able to obtain.

The Colony has now a very decent Hospital which has had many improvements added to it and will have more in the near future; there is promise of a sufficient Medical Staff in the future. The Nursing Staff is all that can be desired. There are decent Lunatic Asylums, an Infectious Diseases Hospital and Hulk, a Public Mortuary and a fine building for the Quarters of the Nursing Staff. An Observatory has been built and has its own proper staff. The Lock Hospital, I regret to say, has been abolished and has become the female Venereal Wards of the Government Civil Hospital but only the very worst cases come in. The Sanitary Staff has been put on a proper footing, and the Sanitary Board indulges in less verbosity and does more business. What all my reports could not do the Plague Epidemic has done, opened the eyes of the Public and Government here and at Home to the deficiencies in the strength of the Medical Staff and the awful, unwholesome state of the Colony, and its continued presence does not permit them to forget. In the near future there is a good prospect for the place I have loved so well and in which I have made so many friends, and so

say farewell with the profoundest regret.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

The Honourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY,

fc.,

SC.,

نے

fc.

PH. B. C. AYRES,

Colonial Surgeon.

Remaining

on 1st Jan., 1896,

Janitary, February,

March, April,

May,

2 23

June,

July,.

August,

European.

ANONCE∞ Indian.

Chinese.

September, 9

October,. 10 29

November, 4 19

December,.. * 18

European.

Indian.

Chinese.

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POLICE.

Table I.-Shewing the ADMISSIONS into and DEATHS in the GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL during each Month of the Year 1896.

EUROPEANS.

INDIANS.

CHINESE.

MONTHS.

Admissions. Deaths. Admissions.

Admissions. Deaths. Admissions. Deaths.

TOTAL Admissions. Deaths.

TOTAL

Remaining on the 1st Jan..

1896,......

January,

February, March, April, May,.

June,

July,.

August,

September,

October,

November,

December,

Total,......

370

124

588

J. M. ATKINSON, Superintendent.

Table II-Shening the RATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY in the POLICE FORCE during the Year 1896.

AVERAGE STRENGTH.

TOTAL SICKNESS.

TOTAL DEATHS. RATE OF SICKNESS.

RATE OF MORTALITY.

European. Indian.

Chinese.

Total. European. Indian.

Chinese. European. Indian.

Chinese.

European. Indian.

Chinese.

European.

Indian.

Chinese.

105 214 306 625

94 370 124

10 89.52 172.89 40.52

.95 1.40 3.26

J. M. ATKINSON, Superintendent.

European.

Indian.

Chinese.

European.

Indian.

Table III. POLICE RETURN of ADMISSIONS to HOSPITAL from each District during the Year 1896.

TAITAMTUK,

CENTRAL No. 5

GOVERNMENT No. 1 STONE

HOUSE

CUTTERS'

No. 2

ISLAND.

GAP No. 6 MOUNTAIN

WATER POLICE STATIONS TSIMSHATSUI,

TSAT-TSZ-MUI, SHAUKIWAN,

POKFULAM.

ABERDEEN.

STANLEY,

SHEK-0.

LODGE.

WHITFIELD.

Months.

No. 7.

YAUMATI,

HUNGHOM.

Chinese.

European.

Indian.

Chinese.

European.

:::

Indian.

Chinese.

European.

Indian.

Chinese.

European.

Total,

68 228

26 10

1 13 7

6 5 21 2 14

2 1 14

AVERAGE STRENGTH.

ADMISSIONS INTO HOSPITAL.

DEATHS.

White. Black. Total. White. Black. Total.

White.

Black.

::::::

:::

Indian.

Chinese.

European.

J. M. ATKINSON, Superintendent.

Table IV.-Shewing the RATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY of the TROOPS serving in HONGKONG

during the Year 1896.

1,470 1,314 2,784

2,729 1,545 4,274

со

Indian.

Chinese.

European.

Indian.

Chinesc.

European.

Indian.

Chinese.

TOTAL.

:::::::::::::

40 19 4 10

588

AVERAGE DAILY RATE OF SICKNESS.

RATE OF MORTAL- ITY PER 1,000 or THE STRENGTH.

Total. White. Black. White. Black.

128.73 59.59 7:48 6.08

E. W. EVATT, Surgeon-Colonel. A.M.S., Principal Medical Officer, China and Hongkong.

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Table V.-Shewing the ADMISSIONS and MORTALITY in the GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL during the Year 1896,

Small-pox,

Measles,.

GENERAL DISEASES.

Rubella, Synonyms, Rotheln, German Measles, Epidemic Rose

Rash,

Typhus,

Plague,

Influenza,

DIPHTHERIA-

Laryngeal Diphtheria, Synonym, Membranons Croup. Simple Continued Fever, Synonym, Febricula,

Enteric Fever, Synonym, Typhoid Fever,

Choleraic Diarrhoea, Synonymn, Cholera Nostras,

Dysentery,

Beri-beri, Synonym, Kakké,

MALARIAL FEVER-

7. Intermittent, Synonym, Ague,

b. Remittent,

c. Malarial Cachexia,..

PHAGEDŒNA---

Sloughing Phagedona,

ERYSIPELAS—

Phlegmonous,

SEPTICEMIA-

Puerperal Fever,

Tetanus,

Tubercle,

LEPROSY, SYNONYM, ELEPHANTIASIS GRŒCORUM---

Tubercular,

SYPHILIS, SYNONYM, POX-

a. Primary, Hard Chancre or infecting sore, b. Secondary, or Constitutional..

c. Inherited,

Gonorrhoea, Synonyms, Clap, Blennorrhagia,

Diseases dependent on Animal Parasites,...

•

Vegetable

Effects of Animal Poisons,

Vegetable Heat,

وو

Chemical agents,

Scurvy,

ALCOHOLISM-~

Delirium Tremens,.

Rheumatism,

ADMISSIONS.

DEATHS.

TOTAL.

Euro-

peans.

Indians & Asiatics, Coloured (Japanese Persons. included).

Indians &

Euro-

peans.

Coloured Asiatics. Persons.

Gout,

OSTEOARTHRITIS, SYNONYMS, ARTHRITIS NODOSA--

Cyst,

Arthritis defarmans, Rheumatoid arthritis,

New Growth. Non-Malignant,.

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108

131

143

382

123

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46!877136218

Malignant,

Ancemia,

HODGKIN'S DISEASE, SYNONYM, ANŒMIA-

Lymphatica,

Diabetes Mellitus, Synonym, Persistent Glycosuria, Immaturity at Birth, Synonym, Premature Birth, Debility,

LOCAL DISEASES.

Diseases of the--

Nervous System,

Eye.

Ear,

Circulatory System,

Respiratory,

Digestive,

Lymphatic,

Thyroid Body,

Urinary System,

Generative System.. Male Organs Female Organs,

Organs of Locomotion, Connective Tissue,

Skin,

General Injuries,

Local Injuries,

Surgical Operations,

Poisons,

Under Observation...

* ::

64-9875 822882=8***

BOULONE

*****8-FOR FR

165

221

996

296

TOTAL...

877

595

1.126 2,598

100

143

J. M. ATKINSON, Superintendent.

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Table Va.-LIST OF OPERATIONS performed during the Year 1896.

SURGICAL OPERATIONS.

Removal of Tumours;-

Buboes Incision,

Scraping,

Subaceous Cyst of face,

Gun-shot Wounds,-

Of Abdomen,

Of Thigh, Of Foot, Of Hand,

Operations on Eye,--

Excision of Eye-ball, Iridectomy,

Operations on Head and Neck,--

Necrosis of Frontul Bone,

of Lower Jaw,

وو

Harelip,

......

Compound Fracture of Inferior Maxilla,

Necrosis Mastoid portion of Temporal Bone,

Operations on Respiratory Organs,-

Paracentesis Thoracis,

Empyoma,

Operations on Genito Urinary Organs,-

Male,--Stricture of Urethra,

Perineal Section,

***

Hydrocele (Radical Cure), Circumcision,

Lithotomy,

Female,-Craniotomy,

Placenta Privia, Forceps,

Vesico-Vaginal Fistula,

Operations on Digestive Organs,--

*Abscess of Liver,

Hæmorrhoids,

Fistula and Fissure in ano,

Stricture of Rectum,

Paracentesis Abdominis,

Operations on Organs of Locomotion,-

Amputation of Thigh,

of Arm,

of Fingers and Toes,

Excision of Elbow,......

Necrosis of Femur,

***

......

of Tibia,

of Os Calcis,

of Ribs,

of Phalanges,

Rupture of Tendo Achilles,

.......

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...

•

.....

•

***

•

......

OPERATION. DEATHS.

1910-1919 Saic: or

Total,.

Multiple abscesses following dysentery.

146

J. M. ATKINSON,

Superintendent.

423

Table Vb.-Showing the ADMISSIONS and MORTALITY in the GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL during the Year 1896.

ADMISSIONS.

DEATHS.

GENERAL DISEASES.

Group A.--Sub-Group 1.

1. Small-pox, (transferred to Small-pox Hospital),

2. Cow-pox,

3. Chicken-pox.

4. Measles,

5. Epidemic Rose-rash, (Rotheln),.....

6. Scarlet Fever,

7. Dengue,

8. Typhus,

9. Plague,.

10. Relapsing Fever,.

11. Influenza,

12. Whooping Cough,

13. Mumps,

14. Diphtheria,

15. Cerebro-spinal Fever,

16. Simple Continued Fever,

17. Enteric Fever, Synonyms, Typhoid Fever, (Typho-malarial

Fever),.......

18. Cholera, Synonyms, Asiatic Cholera, Epidemic Cholera, 19. Sporadic Cholera, Synonyms, Simple Cholera, Cholera

Nostras,

20. Epidemic Diarrhoea,

21. Dysentery,

Total,.......

Europeans.

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50 154

J. M. ATKINSON, Superintendent.

Table Vc.-Shewing the ADMISSIONS and MORTALITY in the GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL during the Year 1896.

GENERAL DISEASES.

Group A.-Sub-Group 2.

1. Malarial Fever,-

a. Intermittent, Synonyms, Ague,

6. Remittent,

c. Malarial Cachexia,

2. Beri-Beri,

Monthly Table of Malarial Fever Cases amongst the Police.

INTERMITTENT.

REMITTENT.

January, February,

March, April, May, June, July, August,.. September,

•

October,

November,

December,..

MONTH.

Enropeans.

Indians.

Asiaties.

←

3 23

Total,.......... 11 101

Deaths.

Europeans.

Indians.

Asiatics.

Deaths.

Total Number of

Cases.

Total Number of

Deaths.

ན༑ 1= " *

10 26 18

203

ADMISSIONS.

•

Europeans.

Indians.

Asiatics.

Total.

Europeans.

DEATHS.

Indians.

Asiatics.

Total..

108 131 143 382

42 35

46 123

5 11

158 169 243 570

J. M. ATKINSON, Superintendent.

...

→

424

Table VI.-Shewing the RATE of MORTALITY in the GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL during the last 10 Years.

Rate to Total Number of Rate to Number of Europeans Rate to Number of Coloured Rate to Number of Asiatics

Admissions.

Admitted.

Persons Admitted.

Admitted.

Per cent.

1887, 1888,

5.37

1887,

4.50

1887,

4.56

1887,

6.96

...

4.51

1888,

3.96

1888,

4.70

1888,

4.98

1889,

4.29

1889.

3.37

1889,

4.13

1889.

5.41

1890,

5.00

1890,

2.38

1890,

5.30

1890,

7.80

1891,

4.49

1891.

3.46

1891,

2.97 1891,

7.33

1892,

3.96

1892,

2.92

1892,

3.28

1892,

5.74

1893,

3.65 1893.

1.57

1893,

2,28 1893,

7.34

1894,

5.14

1894,

3.71

1894,

3.51

1894,

7.36

1895,

4.99 1895.

2.47

1895,

1.32

1895,

8.35

1896,

5.50

1896,

3.65

1896,

1.84

1896.

8.88

J. M. ATKINSON,

Superintendent.

Table VII.-Shewing the ADMISSIONS into and DEATHS in the GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL during each Month of the Year 1896.

EUROPEANS.

COLOURED.

ASIATICS.

MONTHS.

Total Admissions.

Total Deaths.

Admissions. Deaths. Admissions. Deaths. Admissions. Deaths.

Remaining on the 1st

January, 1896,

January,

February,

March,.

April,

May,

June,.

July,

August,

September,

October,

November,

This co co co pod pod ko

194

122

131

151

183

201

104

272.

117

273

116

268

105

245

125

254

December,.

.58

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110

213

Total,

877

595

1,126

100

2,598

143

;

J. M. ATKINSON, Superintendent.

Table VIIa.-MONTHLY AGGREGATE NUMBER of PATIENTS visited in the HOSPITAL daily for

1896, 1895 and 1894.

Months.

1896.

1895.

1894.

October,

Jaunary, February, March, April, May, June, July,. August,

September,

November,

3,846

3,047

3,170

2,615

2,835

2,431

2,939

3,034

2,785

2,671

2,998

2,450

3,074

2,978

2,798

3,008

3,136

2,981

3.726

2,920

3,208

3,996

3.334

3,237

8,952

8,750

3,017

8.420

3,635

3,130

3,350

3,530

2,802

December,

3,690

3,168

3,084

Total,.

39,787

38,365

35,043

J. M. ATKINSON, Superintendent,

-35

Fever Cases

Rainfall.

425

Table Vd.-DIAGRAM showing CASES of MALARIAL FEVER occurring every Month amongst the POLICE FORCE, the MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE and the MONTHLY RAINFALL during the Year 1896.

Number. Inches.

January.

February.

March.

April.

May.

June.

July.

August.

September.

50°

.40°

Red Wave,... Blue Wave,

Green Wave,...

Black Wave,.

Intermittent Fever Cases.

.Remittent

.Monthly Rainfall in inches.

.Mean Monthly Temperature in Degrees Fahrenheit.

J. M. ATKINSON,

Superintendent.

10°

20°

30°

October.

60°

November.

70°

December.

Fahr.

Degrees

Mean

Monthly

Temperature.

80°

90°

Table VII.-Shewing the ADMISSIONS into and DEATHS in the GOVERNMENT LUNATIC ASYLUMS during each Month of the Year 1896.

427

MONTHS.

Remaining on the 1st

EUROPEANS.

COLOURED.

Dis-

ASIATICS.

Total Total charged Admissions. Deaths.

Admissions. Deaths. Admissions. Deaths. Admissions. Deaths.

to Canton.

201

January, 1896,

January,

February,

March,

April,.

May,

June,

July,

August,

September,

October,

November,

December,

Total,.

108

128

J. M. ATKINSON, Superintendent.

Table VIIC.-Shewing the ADMISSIONS into and DEATHS in the GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL HULK Hygeia during each Month of the Year 1896.

MONTHS.

EUROPEANS.

COLOURED.

ASIATICS.

Remaining on the 1st

Admissions. Deaths. Admissions. Deaths. Admissions. Deaths.

January, 1896,

January,

February, March,

•

April,

May,

June,

July,

August,

...

Total Admissions.

Total

Deaths.

RNANHR

September,

October,.

November,

December,

81:5

....

+ 47

* 22

Total,.

+ 14 cases of Small-pox, 31 Cholera, 1 Dropsy and Diarrhoea and I in attendance.

3 deaths from Small-pox, 18 from Cholera and 1 from Dropsy and Diarrhea. These Cholera cases from S.S. Cheang Hock Kian.

J. M. ATKINSON, Superintendent.

Table VIId.--Shewing the ADMISSIONS into and DEATHS in the GOVERNMENT KENNEDY TOWN HOSPITAL during each Month of the Year 1896.

EUROPEANS.

COLOURED.

ASIATICS.

MONTHS.

Total Total Admissions. Deaths.

Admissions. Deaths. Admissions.

Deaths. Admissions.

Deaths.

Remaining on the 1st

January, 1896,

January,

February, March, April,.

May,

...

June, July, August,

October,...

September,

November,.

December,..

Total,.........

I 10

111

122

102

* 2

12 CO~

411

298

+456

*310

412 cases of Plague, 2 Cholera, 19 Small-pox, 19 under observation for Plague and 4 in attendance. Of these 306 deaths from Plague, 1 from Choleraic, Diarrhoea, 2 from Small-pox and I from Remittent Fever.

J. M. ATKINSON, Superintendent,

MONTHS.

January,

February,

March,

April,

May,

Table VIII-RETURN of DEAD BODIES brought to the MORTUARY, with the cause of death, in 1896.

4 3

Children.

Drowning.

Burns.

Fractured Skull.

Opium Poisoning. Heart Disease.

Malarial Fever.

Phthisis.

Wounds.

Debility.

Bright's Disease.

Heat Stroke.

Ruptured Spleen.

Pleurisy.

Meningitis.

Injury to Kidney.

Cancer of Liver.

Enteritis.

Premature Birth.

Exposure.

Hanging.

Pericarditis.

Peritonitis.

Strangulation.

Small-pox. Plague.

Unascertained,

EUROPEANS.

CHINESE.

Adults.

Children.

Adults.

428

:..

...

1 1

]

...

TD.

5 4

...

June,

July,

August,

September,.

October,

November,

December,

Total,

Government Civil Hospital, 31st January, 1897.

137

44 46

...

1 3

...

1 1 1 1

J. BELL,

Medical Officer in charge of Post Mortems

429

Table IX.-K.-Shewing the ADMISSIONS into HOSPITAL in. VICTORIA GAOL, and MORTALITY during the Year 1896.

DISEASES.

Remaining under treatment 1st January, 1896,

Remittent Fever,

Intermittent Fever,

Febricula,

Measles,

1o,

Syphilis, 2o.

3°.

Bubo,

Gonorrhea,

Europeans.

017

ADMISSIONS.

8283

DEATHS.

Stricture,

Orchitis,

Lunibago,

Paralysis,

Keratitis,

Epistaxis,

Otitis,

Auæmia,

Cardiac Diseases,

Palpitation,..

Tonsillitis,

Ulceration of throat,

Inflammation of gland,

Rheumatism,

Bronchitis,

Phthisis,

10.

...

Asthma,

Constipation,

Diarrhoea,

Ascaris,

Dysentery,

Colic,

Dyspepsia,

External Hoemorrhoids,.

Interual

Lardaceous degeneration of duodenum, Jaundice,

Bright's Disease,

Suppression of urine,...

Iritis,

Hoematuria,

Cyst of left ear,

Abscesses,

Carbuncle,

Furunculus,

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92321

Erysipelas,

Eczema,

Impetigo contagiosa,

Ulcer,

General Debility,

Alcoholism,

Spinal concussion,

Contused Wound,

from Flogging,

Punctured Wound,..................

Incised Wound,

Abscess from Flogging,

Contusion,

Sinus of buttock,

Scald,

Sprained ankle,

Dislocation of shoulder,.

Cancer,

Observation,

Unsound Mind,

Total,.

a a

Other Deaths: 2 Chinese Executed.

436 507

Found dead in the cells.

hanged themselves in the cells.

Female hanged herself in the cell.

430

Table X-N.—Shewing CASES not ADMITTED to HOSPITAL, treated by the MEDICAL OFFICER, during the Year 1895.

Diseases.

Europeans.

Coloured Persons.

Chinese.

Total.

Remaining under treatment 1st January, 1896, .......

Febricula,

Syphilis, 2,

.(1 Female),

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Scrofula,

Bubo,

Gonorrhoea,.

Orchitis,..

Stricture,

Ecchymosis of right Eye,.

Opacity of Urnea,..

Trichiasis,.

Palpitation,

Rheumatism,

Bronchitis,

Asthma,

(1 Female). (1 Female),

Phthisis,.

(1 Female)

Abscess,......

Diarrhoea,

Hæmorrhoid, External,

Hæmaturia,

Right Inguinal Hernia,

Synovitis of right Knee,

(1 Female),

Ringworm,..

Prickly Heat,

Pediculi Capitis,

Impatigo,

Blister of Fingers,

Boils,

Eczema,

Ulcers,

Scabies,

Herpes,

Cellulitis after vaccination,

•

125

Contused wounds from flogging,

Contused wound,

Punctured wound,.............

193

194

Incised wound,

Contusion,

Abrasion,

Scald,

Partus. Naturales,

*མ

Observation,

(1 Female),

Total,...

71.

667

740

Total number of Prisoners

admitted to Gaol.

び

Table XI.-0.-Shewing the RATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY in VICTORIA GAOL, during the year 1896.

Rate of sickness.

Rate of mortality.

481

Total No. of Prisoners admitted to Gaol.

Daily average number of Prisoners. Hospital.

Total

sick

sick, Total trifling deaths.

Percentage of serious sickness to

total.

cases.

To Total No. of admissions to Gaol.

To Daily average.

To Total No. of admissions to Gaol.

To Daily average.

55.82

514

500

740

8.975

2.223

2.414

0.304

3.307

DISEASES.

Table XIɑ.-P.-Shewing OPIUM SMOKERS ADMITTED into HOSPITAL and TREATED by the MEDICAL OFFICER during the Year 1896.

Remaining under treatment 1st January, 1896,-

General Debility No. 7, 13, 54,

Anaemia No. 8,

Pulmonary Congestion No. 12,

Sprain Ankle No. 44,

Diarrhoea No. 49,

Dysentery No. 50,

Total,................

ADMISSION.

Europeans. Indians. Chinese. Total.

...

Table XIb.--L.--Shewing the NUMBER and PERCENTAGE of PRISONERS ADMITTED into VICTORIA GAOL HOSPITAL, on the First Examination by the MEDICAL OFFICER, during the year 1896.

Sick in Hospital.

Admitted to Hospital on First Medical Examination.

Percentage of Hospital cases on

First Medical

Examination.

Percentage of Hospital

cases on First Medical Examination.

Europeans. Chinese.

Europeans.

Indians.

Chinese.

5,582

429

500

Total number of Vaccinations

and Re-vaccinations.

Total.

نت

Europeans.

Indians.

Chinese.

Total.

To total Gaol

admissions.

To total Hospital

cases.

Nil.

8.957 3.600

To total Hospital

cases.

TABLE shewing the NUMBER of PRISONERS VACCINATED by the MEDICAL OFFICER in VICTORIA GAOL HOSPITAL,

during the year 1896.

Taken.

831

631

Failed at First Vaccination and Re-vaccination,

200

Nil.

Total number of those who have been Vaccinated and Inoculated, outside the Gaol.

831

To total Hospital

cases.

3.962

432

CASES ADMITTED to VICTORIA GAOL HOSPITAL, at the first Medical Examination by the MEDICAL OFFICER, during the Year 1896.

No.

SENTENCE.

Years. M'ths. Days.

DISEASES.

DATE OF ADMISSION.

DATE OF DISCHARGE.

REMARKS.

Contusion,

2nd Mar.

6th Mar. On remand.

General Debility,

6th

26th

Carbuncle,

14tb

27th

Measles,....

15th

Unsound Mind,

25th April

27th

5th May

Secondary Syphilis,

15th May

2nd June

Bubo,

9th June

29th

Diarrhoea,.

10th

17th

وو

Observation,

11th

17th

Dysentery,

12th

24th

Bright's Disease,.

12th

24th

وو

Diarrhoea,..

13th

19th

Observation,

18th

2nd July

Jaundice,

18th

30th June

Observation,

19th

30th ""

Do.,

23rd

29th

Do.,

23rd

Do.,

23rd

24th "" 24th

Bubo,

24th

Bronchitis,

24th

Intermittent Fever,.

24th

Oedema of Feet,

25th

...

Observation,

26th

1st July

29th June 29th

9th July

1st

Do.,

26th

Secondary Syphilis,

30th

27th June 28th July

Diarrhoea,.

1st July.

Contused wound of head,

1st

2nd 27

17th

Do.,

do.,

1st

17th

Paralysis,.

6th

...

Gonorrhea,

11th

3rd Sept. 25th July

Bubo,

15th

Intermittent Fever,

26th

وو

11th Aug.

Observation,

Chancre,

10th Aug. 13th

3rd

228d "" 28th

Bright's Disease,.

15th

Diarrhoea,.

18th

Observation,

.29th

Intermittent Fever,.

Observation,

Ulcer,.

Syphilis,.

Unsouud Mind,

Insane,

•

Diarrhoea,.

Dysentery,

Astlima,

3rd Sept. 12th 24th 14th Oct. 16th 21st 26th 26th

22nd 21st >> 31st 10th Sept.

18th

Ou remand.

30th

6th Nov. 20th Oct.

24th

On remand.

2nd Nov.

4th JJ

4th Nov.

10th

Bubo left groin...

7th

17th Dec.

...

Debility,...

7th

10th Nov.

...

Contused wound,

12th

24th

Debility,....

12th

24th

Unsound mind,

12th

19th

On remand.

Bubo left groin,.

17th

28th

Bright's Disease,

28th

29th

Died.

...

Observation,

28th

2nd Dec.

Alcoholism,

30th

3rd

...

Observation,

3rd Dec.

General Debility,.

8th

4th 11th

Died.

8288

63.

65:

∞ = 2222 :

Diarrhoea,.

15th

21st

.....

Do.,

15th

21st

Imbecility,

17th

21st

On remand.

Observation,

19th

21st

Debility,..

21st

Do.,

22nd

29th

Bright's Disease,

22nd

24th

Transferred to G.C.H.

Observation,

26th

29th

Ou remand.

433

Table XIC.-Q.--Shewing the WEIGHTS of PRISONERS (OPIUM SMOKERS) for the First Four Weeks' Confinement in VICTORIA GAOL, during the Year 1896.

No.

AGE.

LENGTH OF TIME OPIUM

CONSUMPTION

PER DIEM.

WEIGHT WHEN ADMITTED.

WEIGHT FIRST FOUR WEEKS,

REMARKS.

SMOKER.

Years.

Mace.

ibs.

ibs.. lbs.

lbs.

Ibs.

12345678

105

107

108

106

· 91

20.

110

106

105

104

102

100

114

121

115

113

118

123

124

123

124

120

103

100

Died 10.3.96 at 8.45 a. m.

103

111

109

108

107

106

109

100

105

108

106

103

100

101

127

121

122

120

121

108

109

107

106

105

109

123

120

114

117

99 100

104

107

105

107

112

111

112

37.

110

112

114

102

101

103

101

104

120

119

121

120

110

109

112

110

114

112

114

113

106

105

106

107

106

-106

105

103

104

105

109

108

105

104

103

100

101

100

101

100

104

105

106

120

118

117

118

105

104

103

104

107

108

107

.30

101

100

101

ΟΙ

110

107

105

107

108

100

103

102

103

102

117

120

122 124

110

105

106 109

110

120

119

122

119

115

104

105

109

107

110

107

108

107

104

102 103

Table XII.-STATISTICS relating to the TUNG WA HOSPITAL, during the Year 1896.

Remaining in Hos- pital 31st. Dcc.,

1895.

No. of Cases treated in the Hospital, 1896.

No. of Patients Dis-

charged during the year 1896.

Died during the year 1896.

Maie.

Female.

Total.

No. of Out-Patients treated during

the year 1896.

Remaining in Hos-

Moribund Cases,

1896.

pital 31st Dec.,

1896.

147

173 1,800

235 2,041 || 1,168 123 1,291 672

120 792

84,217 45,478 | 129,695

175

$3 258 114. 18

132

Total.

*[VIK

Female.

Total.

Table XIII.-CASES of SMALL-Pox treated at the TUNG WA HOSPITAL, during the Year 1896.

Remaining in Hospital!

31st December, 1895.

Admitted during 1890.

Discharged 1896.

Died 1896.

Remaining in Hospital 31st December, 1896.

Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total.

Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil.

Nil.

Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. NI. NU. Nil. Nil.

434

Table XIV.-VACCINATION performed during the Year 1896 by TRAVELLING VACCINATORS of the TUNG WA HOSPITAL.

In the City of Victoria.

1,308

In Out-Districts.

293

Total.

1,601

Table XV.-Shewing the Rate of MORTALITY among the FOREIGN RESIDENTS in Hongkong during the last 10 Years.

Years.

Number of European and

American Residents.

Deaths.

Percentage of Deaths to Number of Residents.

1887,

3,040

108

3.55

1888,

3,040

122

4.01

1889,

3,040

3.06

1890,

3,040

3.12

1891,

4,195

1.36

1892,

4,195

1.79

1893,

4,195

2.22

1894,

4,195

105

2.53

1895,

4,195

102

2.43

1896,

4,195

115

2.74

Average of 10 Years,...

3,733.0

96.5

2.68

J. M. ATKINSON, Superintendent.

Enclosure 1.

Report of the Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital.

GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL,

HONGKONG, 20th April, 1897.

SIR,—I have the honour to forward the Annual Report on the work done in the Government Civil Hospital, the Lunatic Asylums, and the Epidemic Hospitals during the year 1896.

I. THE HOSPITAL BUILDINGS.

The main portion of the Hospital has been maintained in a satisfactory condition.

The accominodation is annually becoming more and more cramped and though the laboratory in the lower building was abandoned and the room fitted up for the reception of Chinese `destitutes the accommodation at present available falls considerably short of what is required for the reception and treatment of all cases that present themselves for admission.

The absolute necessity for a Lying-in Hospital and separate wards for Women and Children is annually becoming more apparent.

As regards the former I hope that now that Kennedy Town Hospital has been permanently handed over to the Department for the purpose of an Infectious Hospital it will be found practicable to utilise the new building referred to in my last report as the Isolation Hospital as a Lying-in Hospital.

The question of Laundry and Wash-house accommodation is still in abeyance.

II. LUNATIC ASYLUMS.

The buildings have been satisfactorily maintained and nothing calling for special remarks has occurred.

III. INFECTIOUS HOSPITAL AND HOSPITAL HULK HYGEIA."

The Infectious Hospital at Kennedy Town was in use all the year owing to the existence of Plague, Cholera and Small-pox in the Colony.

Temporary matsheds were erected in the compound to provide the additional accommodation required.

The Hygeia was used during the months of January, February, March, April, May, June and November when cases of Small-pox and Cholera were under treatment.

I understand that it is intended to remove the Public Disinfector to a piece of land closely adjoining Kennedy Town Hospital.

435

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IV. MEDICAL STAFF QUARTERS.

This building has been maintained in a satisfactory state of repair.

V. HOSPITAL PREMISES.

The Hospital premises along the High Street frontage have been enclosed by the erection of an iron railing.

VI. HOSPITAL AND NURSING STAFF.

Mr. LUK CHow PoE, Interpreter to Medical Officer of Health, resigned on 7th January and was succeeded by Mr. G. MARQUES on the 8th January. (In C.S.O. No. 3,352 of 1895.)

Mr. H. C. BAYLEY, Caretaker Kennedy Town Hospital, resigned on the 29th February and was succeeded by Mr. J. R. CUNNINGHAM on 1st March (C.Š.O. No. 422 of 1896).

Dr. WILM was seconded to Medical Department for special Plague Work at Kennedy Town Hospital on the 14th March and recalled to his duty on the 26th August (C.S.O. No. 290 of 1896).

Mr. LUNG FU CHU, Senior Clerk, resigned on 23rd April and was succeeded by Mr. LUNG PING FAI on the 24th April (C.S.O. No. 1,028 of 1896).

Mr. J. R. LEE, European Wardmaster Lunatic Asylum, was granted six weeks' sick leave in April (C.S.O. No. 958 of 1896).

Dr. PH. B. C. AYRES returned from leave on 1st May and did not resume his duties until June 22nd (C.S.O. No. 1,107 of 1896).

Dr. L. P. MARQUES, Medical Officer of Gaol, retired on pension on 31st May (C.S.L. No. 731). Dr. J. BELL was appointed Assistant Surgeon on the 1st June (C.S.L. No. 818).

Mr. G. A. Souza was dismissed from the Service on 31st May and was succeeded by Mr. G. SYDNEY on 2nd November (C.S.O. No. 1,455 of 1896).

Mr. Lo Fuk Lam, was appointed Assistant Clerk on the 22nd June (C.S.L. No. 946).

Miss ANNE PATTESON (Sister GRACE) was appointed Holiday Sister and arrived here on the 19th July (C.S.O. No. 1,443 of 1896).

Mr. J. R. CUNNINGHAM was laid up with fever from 27th August to 7th September, arrangements having been made to secure from the Army Medical Staff Corps the services of Private MILLER to perform his duties (C.S.O. No. 2,022 of 1896).

The Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital was granted one month's sick leave in September (C.S.O. No. 2,102 of 1896), arrangements having been made with Dr. HILL to assist in the performance of the duties (C.S.O. No. 2,116 of 1896).

Mrs. MARY JEX was taken on as Probationer on the 15th September (C.S.O. No. 2,166 of 1896). Mrs. J. ACKERS, Matron Female Venereal Ward, was granted two months' sick leave in October, arrangements having been made with Mrs. BARRY to perform her duties (C.S.O. No. 2,252 of 1896).

Mr. R. CHAPMAN, Steward and Storekeeper Government Civil Hospital, was granted one month's sick leave in November (C.S.O. No. 2,684 of 1896).

Mr. WONG ENOCH, Student Apothecary, was dismissed on the 20th December (C.S.O. No. 2,972 of 1896).

Miss MARY E. MEAD (Sister MARY) resigned on the ground of ill health on 31st December (C.S.O. No. 3,011 of 1896).

Mr. T. R. OHASHI was appointed Japanese Interpreter on the 15th December (C.S.O. No. 2,961 of 1896).

The following officers were away on leave:-

Dr. Pu. B. C. AYRES from 1st January to 30th April (C.S.O. No. 270 of 1895).

Dr. J. M. ATKINSON from 22nd September to 26th October (C.S.O. No. 2,102 of 1896).

Dr. J. A. Lowson from 25th May to 31st December (C.S.O. No. 942 of 1896).

Mr. W. E. Crow from 8th July to 31st December (CS.O. No. 360 of 1896).

Mr. F. BROWNE from 29th April to 14th June (C.S.O. No. 667 of 1896). Mr. UI KAI from 4th to 10th September (C.S.O. No. 2,049 of 1896).

Mr. R. CHAPMAN from 25th November to 30th December (C.S.O. No. 2,684 of 1896). Miss IRELAND (Sister GERTRUDE) from 1st January to 5th April (C.S.O. No. 963 of 1895). Miss HIGGIN (Sister FRANCES) from 20th March to 28th December (C.S.O. 342 of 1896). Miss MCINTOSH (Sister CATHERINE) from 2nd September to 31st December (C.S.O. No.

1,837 of 1896).

Miss BARKER (Sister ELIZABETH) from 12tli August to 13th October (C.S.O. No. 1846, of

1896).

Miss PENRUDDOCKE (Sister MARGARET) from 29th April to 29th June (C.S.O. No. 945 of

1896).

Mrs. ACKERS from 10th October to 21st November (C.S.O). No. 2,252 of 1896).

Mr. LEE from 25th April to 9th June (C.S.O. No. 958 of 1896).

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VII.-WORK-DONE DURING THE YEAR.

GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL.

Attached to this report are the following tables:--

I. Shewing the admissions into and deaths in the Government Civil Hospital, during each month of the year, of the Police.

II. Shewing the rate of sickness and mortality in the Police Force during the

year. III. Police Return of admissions to Hospital from each district during the year. V. General Return of the sick treated in the Hospital.

Va. Surgical operations performed during the year.

Vb. Zymotic Diseases, sub-group 1.

Ve.

Vd. Diagram shewing number of cases of Malarial Fever occurring amongst the members of the Police Force admitted in each month of the year.

VI. Shewing the rate of mortality in the Government Civil Hospital during the last 10 years. VII. Shewing the admissions into and deaths in the Government Civil Hospital during each month of last year.

years.

VIIa. The aggregate monthly number of patients visited in the Hospital daily for the last three

VIIb. Table of admissions into and deaths in the Lunatic Asylums during the year. VIIc. Table of admissions into and deaths in the Epidemic Hulk Hygeia during the year.

VIId. Table of admissions into and deaths in the Infectious Hospital Kennedy Town.

Table V. has been altered in accordance with the Memorandum of the Sub-committee on Classific- ation in the last edition of The Nomenclature of Diseases (Royal College of Physicians, London), the separate diseases being given under the heading "General Diseases," the division into groups being

omitted.

I have retained the Zymotic diseases in Tables Vb. Ve. and Vd. for purposes of reference. The total number of cases treated during the year was as follows:-

In-patients, Out-patients,..

...

...2,598 .....9,512

12,110

This gives an increase of 3,218 as compared with the year 1895. Minor surgical cases such as scalp wounds, lacerated and contused wounds, dog bites, teeth extraction, &c. which were treated in the Receiving Ward are not included.

In-patients.-The number of in-patients was 2,598, as against 2,283 in 1895; of these 91 remained at the end of 1895 and 2,507 were admitted during the year.

The following figures show the increase in the number of in-patients treated during the last three years:-

Year.

1894,

1895,

In-patients.

.1,963

.2,283

...

.2,598

1896,

The total number of deaths was 143, a percentage of 5.50 as compared with 4.99 in 1895; of these 53 were in a moribund condition when admitted 35 dying within 24 hours, and 8 within 48 hours of their admission. Most of these cases were admitted from the Tung Wa Hospital, excluding these the percentage of deaths is reduced to 3.46.

The average daily number of sick was 102.56 as against 96.31 in 1895.

Of the total number of in-patients 399 were females as against 326 in the previous year; there has also been a steady increase in the number of women admitted as is shown by the following figures:-

Year.

1894,

1895,

1896,

Number of Women.

254

...326

.399

Our only provision for these patients is one general ward supplying accommodation for 14 patients and two private wards which are only occasionally available for women.

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Private Paying Patients.-The number of First and Second Class patients for the past two years has been as follows:-

First Class, Second Class,

1895.

..101

1896.

146

It must, however, be borne in mind that many first class patients have had to be treated in second class wards and second class patients in third class wards on account of the accommodation not being adequate for our requirements.

The total number of Private Paying Patients was 632 as against 498 in 1895. NATIONALITIES.-Europeans,-There was an increase of 27 as compared with the previous, year. Coloured. The largest increase was amongst the Indians, 216 more having been admitted than in 1895. The Police account for 116 of this number; the remainder are principally destitute Indians who have come to the Colony in search of work.

Asiatics.-From Table VII. it will be seen that of the total number treated 1,126 were Asiatics, the following figures prove conclusively that the Chinese are annually in increasing numbers availing themselves of the benefits of this Hospital:-

Year.

1893,

1894,

1895,

1896,

Number of Asiaties.

613

783

.1,054

..1.126

If it is intended that the Hospital shall meet with the public requirements further accommodation will have to be provided.

This would be effected to a great extent by the addition of a Hospital for Women and Children, a much-needed requirement as at present there is no separate children's ward and third class European and Native women have to be treated in one general ward with the children.

Tung Wah. A daily medical inspection of this Hospital was maintained during the year, 116 cases were transferred to this Hospital from the Tung Wah, 14 of these being carried over from the previous year.

The following diseases caused the greatest number of admissions :---

Fevers:-

Simple continued (Febricula),.

Enteric,

Intermittent,

Remittent,

Syphilis,..

Respiratory,

Alcoholism,

Digestive System,.

Beri-beri,

Plague,

Injuries of various kinds,

.382

.123

189

221

...166

....312

Deaths. Of the total number of deaths 25 were from Lung diseases, 21 from Injuries, 9 from Plague, 6 from Beri-beri.

Police.-The total number under treatment was 122 more than in 1895. There was a decrease of 2 in the European section of the Force, an increase of 116 in the Indian section and of 8 in the Chinese.

Gaol Officers.-There were 99 under treatment during the year as follows:-

Principal Warders, Warders,

Assistant Warders,

Turnkeys,

Gaol Guard,

Malarial Fever accounting for the greatest number of admissions, namely, 25.

The one fatal case was that of a European Warder, who died in July from Heat-stroke. Plague.- -There were thirty-four cases under treatment during the year with nine deaths. Twenty-one of these cases were transferred to Kennedy Town Hospital, particulars of the European cases are briefly as follows:-

The first case, that of the daughter of Warder GIDLEY, was admitted on the 30th March and died the following day.

On the following day a Master Mariner, Mr. JAMES ERNEST CLOUD, was admitted. It is believed that he contracted the disease on board a Chinese launch running between Hongkong and Kowloon ; be too succumbed to the disease on the 4th April,

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The third case was another daughter of Warder GIDLEY, both the children came from Queen's Road East where the disease was then rife. After a long illness she recovered.

The fourth case admitted on 27th April was an Austrian in the employ of a local firm of merchants; he recovered.

On 29th April one of the Sisters from the Italian Convent was admitted; she died on the 2nd May evidently having contracted the disease from a case which occurred in the Convent.

The sixth case was that of an European in the employ of Messrs. LANE, CRAWFORD & Co., after a severe attack he recovered. He probably contracted the disease while superintending the demolition of some structures in which cases of plague had occurred in 1894.

The seventh case, that of a Private in the Rifle Brigade, was admitted on 22nd May; he recovered after a long illness. In all likelihood he contracted it from the Chinese servants, as a case had occurred amongst the native servants at the Barracks.

The next case was that of a Sapper in the Royal Engineers; he was admitted on the 26th May from Wellington Barracks with marked constitutional depression; he died on the 28th May. As there had been a case of plague amongst the Chinese Submarine Engineers on the same block in the floor beneath that in which this Sapper lived, it is probable that he contracted the disease from the Chinamen.

The ninth case, that of Sanitary Inspector MOFFATT, was admitted on the 11th June; he was trans- ferred to Kennedy Town Hospital on the 13th and died from the disease.

The last case was that of one of the European Sisters Miss MCINTOSH; she was on duty at Kennedy Town Hospital when she contracted the disease and was admitted on the 23rd July. After a sharp attack she fortunately recovered and was discharged from the Hospital on the 13th August.

Influenza.-There were thirteen cases of the ordinary endemic variety usually met with here in the winter months; none proved fatal.

Typhoid.Of the 17 Enteric Fever cases 12 occurred in the Colony, one, had just arrived from Haiphong, one was from Canton and 3 were admitted from ships viz., one from U.S.S. Machias, one from the German gunboat Iltis and one from the S.S. Victoria; there were three fatal cases.

Diphtheria. There was an increase during the year in almissions from this disease, 8 cases, all children of European parents, having been admitted. Of these one proved fatal, in 6 of the cases either Professor KITASATO's or BEHRING's anti-toxin was a Iministered. The copy of a paper on the cases read before the Hongkong and China branch of the British Me lical Association is given in Appendix 4.

Cholera.-On the 1st November the S.S. Cheung Hock Kian with 610 Chinese passengers arrived with thirteen deaths on board.

These bodies were sent to the Tung Wah Hospital and were inspected by myself on my morning visit the following day.

As I could obtain no information from the Tung Wah Hospital Authorities concerning the prob- able cause of death, I reported the fact to the Police Magistrate and obtained an order from him to perform a post mortem examination.

On the 3rd a living case from the same ship was admitted to the Tung Wah Hospital presenting all the symptoms of cholera; he was transferred to Kennedy Town Hospital

The ship was placed in quarantine on the morning of the 4th instant.

There were three more deaths on the 4th and fifteen presenting symptoms of Cholera were transferred to the Hospital Hulk Hygeia.

Fresh cases kept occurring until the 8th instant.

All suspected cases were transferred twice daily to the Hygeia; 5 deaths occurred on board, these were towed ten miles out to sea, well weighted and dumped overboard.

Bacteriological examination by Dr. WILM and myself at the Laboratory at Kennedy Town Hospital proved conclusively that the disease was Asiatic Cholera as the "Cholera-rel" reaction was obtained in cultures of the contents of the intestines in peptone water, from living and dead cases, and the presence of "comma-bacilli" in these cultures was proved microscopically.

On the 7th November the whole of the passengers-second class and steerage-were transferred to

eight lighters and anchored in the quarantine ground under guard.

The disinfection and cleansing of the ship was then proceeded with and having been completed on the afternoon of the 9th the passengers were all examined and re-shipped on board by nightfall.

She was released from quarantine on the morning of the 10th and proceeded to Amoy.

The ship had left Singapore on the 25th of October.

33 cases in all were admitted to the Hospital Hulk Hygeia and Kennedy Town Hospital; of these 19 proved fatal, a mortality of 57 per cent.

The cause of the outbreak was evidently the water; this was analysed and examined bacteriologi- cally and that in one of the tanks was found to contain "comma-bacilli.”

Dysentery.-There were 47 cases with 4 deaths.

Malarial Fever Again I have to report an increase in the number of admissions from this class of disease, the number being 505 as against 368 in the previous year. The months July to November inclusive were those in which the disease was most prevalent.

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The long continued hot weather accounted for the Disease continuing later in the year than is usual. The type of the disease was not severe as is shown by the fact that only one case proved fatal. Beri-beri.-There were 54 cases under treatment, with 6 deaths. This is more than double the number of cases occurring in 1895, the fatal European case was a Portuguese.

Venereal Diseases.-The number of patients admitted suffering from constitutional Syphilis was considerably in excess of those under treatment in the previous year, the exact numbers being

Primary Syphilis, Secondary

•

1895.

1896.

..38

.31

120

Injuries. The increase in this class is only apparent, as in former years the effects of Injuries have been included under Diseases of Organs of Locomotion. If these two are taken together the numbers are 377 with 21 deaths as against 396 with 18 deaths in 1895.

Surgical Operations.-There were 146 operations during the year, with 3 deaths. Fractures and Dislocations.-The following were treated during the year:-

Skull (Base),.

Skull,.

Clavicle,

•

Humerus (Compound),.

Humerus,

Radius and Ulna (Compound), Radius and Ulna,

Radius,

Femur, Patella,.

►

Tibia and Fibula (Compound),.. Tibia (Compound),..

Dislocation of Humerus,..

Clavicle,

Ankle,.

Alcoholism.-There were 51 cases as against 66 in 1895, two proving fatal. Poisoning.-There were only three cases of poisoning during the year in two the agent used was opium and in the other Datura, one of the former cases proved fatal.

Small-por.-There were 33 cases of Sinall-pox under treatment during the year with 5 deaths. 14 of these cases were treated on board the Hospital Hulk Hygeia; these all occurred in the first six months of the year, the remaining 19 were treated at Kennedy Town Hospital in the months of January, October, November, and December.

KENNEDY TOWN HOSPITAL,

During the year there were 412 cases of plague admitted to this Hospital with 306 deaths, a case mortality of 74 per cent. Particulars of the cases are given in table VIId.

Age Period.

Under 5 years,

5 to 10

Number attacked.

Deaths.

Mortality per cent.

76.47

67.85

10 15

;;

73.17

15 20

80.00

20 25

75.80

70.00

75.38

45 55

68.75

55 65

78.94

65 75

66.66

75 and upwards,

100.00

Total,.

427

316

74.00

From the foregoing table giving the age period, the numbers attacked and the deaths of those ad- mitted to the different Hospitals alive suffering from plague during the year, it will be seen that the maximum mortality from plague occurred between the years 15 to 20.

Dr. WILM was in charge of this Hospital from the 14th March to the end of August and has written a special report on the cases treated there (Report on the Epidemic of Bubonic Plague at Hongkong in the year 1896 by Staff Surgeon WILM of the Imperial German Navy).

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In May a bacteriological laboratory was fitted up, the instruments being obtained from Berlin, and much valuable work has been done particularly in reference to Plague, Cholera, and Diphtheria.

VACCINE INSTITUTE.

The Institute was open during the year with the exception of the summer months, viz., from the end of May to the commencement of October.

673 tubes of calf lymph were issued in addition to those supplied free to the different hospitals &c. A special report on the working of the Institute is given in Appendix B.

Vaccinations.—Three hundred and thirty-two (332) vaccinations were performed during the year with the following results:-

Primary cases, Re-vaccinations,

Successful.

..143

Unsuccessful.

..147

Totul.

152

180

332

Lunatics.There was a considerable increase in the number of lunatics under treatment as will be seen by reference to Table VII. 128 cases were admitted to the Asylums, 16 being Europeans and 108 Chinese, 81 of the latter were transferred to Canton.

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Fees. The fees received from patients in the Government Civil Hospital during the year amount- ed to $17,758.35; of this the Board of Trade paid $1,557 and the Police $1,056.09. The fees received from patients in the Lunatic Asylums amounted to $1,048.30; those from patients on the Hospital Hulk Hygeia $1,190.30 and those from patients in Kennedy Town Hospital $22.50, giving a total of $20,019.45 as against $15,917.88 in 1895.

Gifts of Flowers, Newspapers, &c.—The patients have been indebted to several residents of the Colony for frequent gifts of flowers, newspapers, &c.

I take this opportunity of again thanking the several members of the staff for the assistance rendered during the past year.

Dr. WILM of the Imperial German Navy at my suggestion was lent to this Department for special plague work at Kennedy Town Hospital and rendered inost efficient service.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Dr. PH. B. C. AYRES, C.M.G.,

Colonial Surgeon.

J. M. ATKINSON, Superintendent.

Appendix A.

My paper is briefly an account of eight cases of diphtheria which have been under treatment in this Hospital during the year 1896.

Out of the eight one, namely, the first, proved fatal.

From such a small number of cases any deductions would necessarily be of very little value, but taking into consideration the fact that anti-toxin was used in all but one the notes of the cases may prove of interest.

Seven were treated with anti-toxin, the first two with "Kitasato's" preparation which I was able to obtain from Prof. KITASATO's Laboratory in Tokyo through the courtesy of Dr. NAKAGAWA, his assistant. I may mention that I visited this Laboratory in the summer of 1895 when on sick leave in Japan.

The remaining five were treated with Behring's Diphtheria remedy, which we have obtained through a German firm in this Colony.

I have here specimens of these anti-toxins together with a bottle of Burroughs and Welcome's anti-toxin with the directions for their use, which I now hand round.

There are also on the table microscopic slides showing stained preparations of Löcffler's bacilli, obtained some from the false membrane on the throat and others from cultures of the bacillus on

'agar-bouillon."

LÖEFFLER in 1890 reviewed the evidence upon which this bacillus is now generally held by bacterio- logists to be the special infectious agent in true diphtheria.

The following are the chief points in his demonstration :

The bacillus is found in all true cases of diphtheria.

ii. The Klebs-Löeffler bacillus is found only in diphtheria.

iii. Pure cultures of this bacillus induce, when inoculated into certain lower animals, the

characteristic diphtheritic inflammation.

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The bacillus diphtherice was first demonstrated in diphtheritic false membrane by KLEBS in 1883. In 1884 it was isolated in pure cultures and its pathogenic power was demonstrated by Loeffler.

Morphology.-

It occurs as rods straight or slightly curved with rounded ends, having a diameter of 0.5 to 0:8 m.m., and from 2 to 3 m.in. in length.

Irregular forins are very common, and indeed are characteristic of this bacillus.

In the same culture very great differences in form and dimensions may be observed.

It is stained by the use of Loeffler's solution of nethylene blue, and also by the carbolated solution of fuchsin.

The extremities of the rods are more highly refractive than the intermediate portion and in stained preparations these are seen to be most deeply coloured.

The diphtheria bacillus is aerobic, non-motile and non-liquefying, as you will see in the cultures before you; it does not form spores. It grows most freely in the

It grows most freely in the presence of oxygen.

Development occurs in various culture media at a temperature of from 20° to 40° C., the most favourable temperature being about 35° C.

Milk is a favourable medium for the growth of this bacillus, and, as it grows at a comparatively low temperature (20° C. or 68 F.) it is evident that this fluid may be the medium for conveying the infection.

Pathogenesis.-

In view of the evidence recorded it may be considered as demonstrated that the bacillus gives rise to the morbid phenomena which characterise the fatal disease in man known as diphtheria.

Sheep, rabbits, cats and guinea-pigs are susceptible to this disease, pigeons are but to a modified

extent.

Roux and YERSIN showed that symptoms are produced in pigeons by the subcutaneous inoculation of 5 c.c3. or more, but they commonly recover when the quantity is reduced to 2 c.c.

KITASATO maintains that he can obtain from sheep a stronger anti-toxin.

The rat and mouse have a remarkable immunity from the effects of this poison; thus, according to Roux and YERSIN, a dose of 2 c.c., which would kill a rabbit in sixty hours (weighing three kilogrammes), is without effect on a mouse which weighs only ten grammes.

After subcutaneous inoculations of the pure culture of the bacillus in guinea-pigs, which by the way are more susceptible to this disease than any other of the lower animals, the usual changes observed at the autopsy of death are :--

An extensive local edema, with more or less hyperemia and ecchymosis at the seat of inoculation, swollen and inflamed lymphatic glands, increased serous fluid in the peritoneum, pleura and pericar- dium, occasionally slightly swollen spleen, and sometimes fatty degenerations in the liver, kidney and myocardium; the bacillus being only found at the seat of inoculation.

BRIEGEL and FRANKEL have succeeded in rendering guinea-pigs immune against virulent cultures of the diphtheria-bacillus by injecting bouillon cultures of the diphtheria bacillus, three weeks old, which had been sterilised by exposure for an hour to 60° to 70° C. into the subcutaneous tissues, the amount used being from 10 to 20 c.cs.

According to ROUX and YERSIN" attenuated varieties" of the diphtheria bacillus may be obtained by cultivating it at a temperature of 39.5° to 40° C. in a current of air.

Immunity appears to result from the introduction of a substance which is not identical with the toxic product to which the cultures owe their pathogenic power.

This latter is destroyed by a temperature of from 55° to 60° C. while the substance which gives immunity is still present in the cultures after exposure to a temperature of from 60° to 70° Č., as shown by the protective results of inoculations made with such cultures.

J. M. ATKINSON.

Appendix B.

GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL,

HONGKONG, 29th March, 1897.

SIR,-I have the honour to report that I took over charge of the Vaccine Institute in 1895 and commenced work in October of that year, (see C.S.O. No. 1,342 of 1895).

The Institute was open from October 11th, 1895, to May 31st, 1896, during which time 2,374 capillary tubes of calf lymph were produced, 414 of these were sold realising $153.80, the remainder being distributed to the Public Vaccinators, Tung Wah Hospital, Alice Memorial Hospital and the various Government Institutions.

Among those supplied with lymph during the winter of 1895 and 1896 were the following:-

Army Medical Staff.

Navy.

Dr. HILL, Pakhoi..

Messrs. DAKIN CRUIKSHANK & Co.

A. S. WATSON & Co., LD..

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In December 1895, Messrs. A. S. WATSON & Co., LD., wrote and informed me that they would not require any more lymph, accordingly since that date I have distributed it myself.

It was not found possible to open the Institute this winter until late in December, owing to the fact that the lymph obtainable was quite inert.

I commenced operations in October with some lymph that I brought down from the Government Depôt in Japan, but it was not until I had obtained, through the courtesy of the British Consul at Saigon, some perfectly fresh calf lymph from the "Institut de Microbiologie" there that we were able to re-establish our supply.

The Institute was opened on the 24th December, 1896, (see Government Notification No. 510). Since that date 3,895 capillary tubes and 123 "bulb" tubes of lymph have been issued, of this number 3,036 have been sold realizing $989.80.

Among those thus supplied, in addition to the Medical Practitioners in the town and the local drug stores, are the following:-

H.M. Flagship Centurion.

H.M.S. Humber.

Swift.

Immortalite.

Rattler.

Grafton.

Edlus.

Firebrand.

Alacrity.

U.S.S. Machias.

U.S. Flagship Olympia.

H.E.I.M.S. Kaiser, Irene and Princess Wilhelm.

H.E.S.M.S. Arcona.

Russian Cruiser Sabiaka.

R.M.S. Empress of India, and

Army Medical Staff.

The remainder having been distributed amongst the Tung Wah, Alice Memorial and Gaol Hos- pitals and the Italian and French Convents, I have received word from the Naval Doctors, Civil Practitioners and Public Vaccinators that the lymph has taken well.

The Institute consists of a series of buildings situated near the Kennedy Road between the Tram and the Garden Road Nullah.

There is a suitable stable, well ventilated and drained, with stalls sufficient to accommodate 20 calves, quarters for a caretaker and the necessary out-buildings.

The staff has consisted of myself, one Assistant and one caretaker,

In the winter of 1895 and 1896 Mr. Souza was the Assistant, he having left the Colony, at my request, Mr. SYDNEY, one of the Wardmasters at the Lunatic Asylums, was appointed Assistant on 2nd November, 1896, and another coolie was appointed on the same date to assist the caretaker :—

Assistant, One Caretaker, One Coolie,

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$10.00 a month.

8.00

6.00

The calves we have obtained through the Inspector of Markets, and their age has been from 7 to 12 months, female calves always being used.

The calves are kept under observation for a few days before vaccination, careful records of their temperature, &c. being kept, after the lymph has been collected they are housed for a few days longer and then returned to the Slaughter House, $1.00 being paid to the contractor for the loan of each calf.

The fifth day after vaccination I have found the best for collecting the lymph.

Pure sterilised glycerine, free from acid, has been found the best vehicle to preserve and keep the

vaccine moist.

The glycerized pulp is generally recoguised as the best form of calf vaccine and is in almost universal use.

An emulsion was also made with vaseline but it did not prove so potent.

The amount of lymph produced since I have taken charge is 6,392 tubes.

The amount realised from the sale of lymph since I took charge is $1,143.60, if to this be added the value of the tubes supplied free to the various Hospitals, Convents, Charitable Institutions and Public Vaccinators, it would give a total amount of $2,026.20.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Dr. PH. B. C. AYRES, C.M.G.,

Colonial Surgeon.

J. M. ATKINSON, Superintendent.

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Enclosure 2.

Medical Report on the Prevalence of Bubonic Plague in the Colony of Hongkong during the Years 1895 and 1896.

INTRODUCTORY.

In view of the important practical questions that at the present time are engaging the attention of many experts in Europe and India I propose in concluding this report to set forth such deductions as appear to me may be reasonably made from such data; my object being to concisely enumerate the more important facts to be observed in preventing the occurrence or restricting the spread of the disease.

HISTORICAL.

In order that the progress and route taken by the disease may be clearly traced I attach a plan of the locality showing the several places referred to.

Extract from Allbutt's System of Medicine.

In Pakhoi it is also frequent, but was absent from 1884 to 1893. Some think the epidemics of Pakhoi were derived from Yunnan.

It is impossible to trace the derivation of the disease from any other district. From Pakhoi it must in some way have found its way to Canton, where it broke out in 1894.

Extract from Dr. Rennie's Report.

Dr. RENNIE in his report states that:-"The starting-point was doubtless Yunnan, and thence it most probably found its way to Pakhoi by one of the usual trade routes.

From official sources we learn that in 1891 the disease broke out in Kao-chao, the prefecture adjoining Lienchow, in which Pakhoi is situated; it had evidently, according to the Chinese, spread northwards from the latter city. During the present spring (1894) the disease prevailed in other places between Kao-chao and Canton; the outbreak at Yang-chiang was especially severe, and no doubt other towns and villages suffered equally from the ravages of the plague in its march northwards."

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"On the outbreak of the disease in Canton many persons, especially the well-to-do, removed into the country, thus forming fresh foci for its dissemination; and in the same way the out- break in Hongkong no doubt arose from persons having migrated from Canton to Hongkong while actually suffering from the disease or during the short incubation period."

PREVALENCE OF PLAGUE IN HONGKONG, 1895.

After a period of six months since the last case in 1894, a case of Plague was reported on 28th April, 1895, at No. 91, Praya Central.

Two more cases were brought into Hospital on the next day, one from No. 27, Stone Nullah Lane, Wanchai and the other from No. 79, Queen's Road West.

These three cases were brought from premises in widely different parts of the city and no con- nection between them could be traced.

In June from the 14th to the 30th thirteen cases were reported. Eight being from Heung Lane, three from Holland Street, Kennedy Town, one found on board the Canton steamer on its arrival and one from No. 335, Queen's Road West.

In July from the 19th to the 24th two cases were reported, one being from the district of Tsim Tsa Tsui, British Kowloon, and the other from No. 63, Queen's Road West.

In August from the 8th to the 25th four cases were reported, two from Nos. 3 and 27, Tsung San Lane West, one from the Canton steamer and one from No. 28, Bridges Street.

In September from the 7th to the 16th three cases were reported, one from No. 4, Possession Street,

one from No. 55, Aberdeen Street, and one from No. 44, Second Street.

* In November from the 6th to the 25th five cases were reported, one from No. 17, Chung Wo Lane, two from No. 43, Centre Street, one from No. 13, Rutter Street, and one from the Alice Memorial Hospital.

In December from the 5th to the 30th twelve cases were reported, four from Nos. 5, 64 and 66, First Street, one from No. 67, Second Street, one from No. 20, Third Street, one from No. 1, Kutter Street, one from No. 20, Burd Street, two from No. 29, Mosque Junction, one from No. 33 Upper Lascar Row, and one from No. 13, Old Bailey.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that:-

(a) The total number of cases reported was 44.

(b) The disease commenced at the end of April and was prevalent during the remainder of

the year.

(d) During the months of June and December the greatest number of cases occurred.

(e) With the exception of Heung Lane in no portion of the Colony did the disease obtain

any serious hold.

METEOROLOGICAL DATA.

On reference to appendix A it will be seen that:-

(a) The prevalence of exceptionally low rainfall preceded the outbreaks of plague in 1894

and 1895.

followed by a material reduction in the number of cases.

(a) The number of heurs of Sunshine during the months May to September, 1895, was

considerably greater than in 1894.

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PROCEDURE ADOPTED WITH A VIEW TO PREVENTING THE SPREAD

OF PLAGUE DURING 1895.

After the terrible experience of 1894 a strict watch was kept with a view of detecting the first recurrence of the disease.

Temporary hospital accommodation and burial grounds were provided on the recommendation of a special committee of officials appointed by His Excellency the Governor to consider "what excep- tional measures should be taken to protect the Colony against the re-appearance of the disease, or in the event of its reappearing to limit its ravages as far as possible," and arrangements were made for the removal of patients, and the isolation of those who had been in immediate contact with the disease, and also for the disinfection and cleansing of infected premises.

A daily medical examination of all cases admitted to the Tung Wa Hospital was maintained.

Immediately on the receipt of information that this disease had reappeared the following proce- dure was adopted :—

(a) House to House visitation.—A daily visitation of all houses in Health Districts Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 was made by five sections of Police and Military (Rifle Brigade and Royal Engineers), a special watch being kept on Lodging houses and basements occupied as dwellings.

The Section in No. 5, Health District received special instructions concerning the search of passengers arriving from Canton and Whampoa by the River Steamers. The night steamers from Canton were regularly watched by a detachment of Police in charge of Detective Inspector QUINCEY.

(b) Medical Examination. Suspicious cases at the Hospitals were daily examined by my- self at the Tung Wa and Government Civil Hospitals and on being declared to be plague were removed to the Isolation Hospital at Kennedy Town, situated at the extreme West of the City.

Any suspicious cases occurring at the houses which were found by the search parties were prior to their removal to the Isolation Hospital examined by Medical Officers appointed for that purpose.

The ambulances were disinfected with a solution of Carbolic Acid at Kennedy Town Hospital on the removal of each patient.

(e) Infected premises.-On the 30th April, 1895, the following neighbourhoods were declared

to be infected by bubonic plague, viz.:-

(1) The district of the City of Victoria which is bounded by Wantsai Road,

Queen's Road, Spring Garden Road and the Praya.

(2) The district in the City of Victoria which is bounded by Sutherland Street,

Queen's Road, Queen's Street and Praya.

(3) The district of the City of Victoria which is bounded by Jubilee Street,

Queen's Road, Cross Street and Praya.

Steps were taken to thoroughly disinfect the premises in which the cases were found, and to cleanse and remove as far as practicable all obstructions to light and air existing in these districts.

(f) The maintenance of cleanliness throughout the City.-Special attention was paid to the cleansing and disinfection of all public latrines. To secure the proper disinfection of the night soil in the Public latrines, three soldiers were detailed to assist the Inspectors in charge of the Health Districts, 10,000 lbs. of chlorinated lime were expended for this purpose alone in the month ending 7th June. There was some reluctance on the part of the keepers to comply with this order but only in one instance was it necessary to have recourse to legal proceedings.

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(g) Overcrowding.The provisions of the Public Health Ordinance of 1887 and of Ordi- nance 4 of 1895 were strictly and steadily enforced and upwards of 400 common lodging houses were registered.

(h) Mezzanine Floors and Cubicles. Illegal cocklofts, mezzanine floors and back-yard obstructions were removed and the ground surface of over 700 tenements concreted under the provisions of Ordinance 15 of 1894.

With regard to Sanitary legislation during 1895, the following regulation and bye-laws came into

force :-

(1) Regulation of common lodging houses. The series of bye-laws which were drafted by the Sanitary. Board in 1891 relating to this were approved by the Legislative Council and came into force on the 1st January of this year, they deal with the question of overcrowding and the maintenance of cleanliness and ventilation.

(2) Bye-laws for the compulsory reporting of infectious, contagious or communicable diseases. These were approved by the Legislative Council on the 25th November, 1895, and came into force at the latter end of the year.

They are practically the same as the Infectious Diseases Notification Act of 1889 in England. The object being to obtain early and complete knowledge of all cases of notifiable disease and informa-- tion of the particular district in which they occur.

GENERAL SANITARY CONDITION OF THE COLONY.

Though much had been done since the epidemic of 1894 towards the improvement of the general Sanitary Condition of the Colony, there existed many crowded quarters traversed by narrow lanes.

In these quarters the houses were ill ventilated and lighted, the lanes being in many cases obstructed by Sunshades and other similar structures.

The district known as the "Resumed Area" of Taipingshan was no longer occupied.

During the year :--

(a) The enforcement of the lodging house bye-laws was commenced.-These met with strong

opposition and only 437 houses were registered.

(b) Water supply.-The work of raising the Embankment at Tytam Reservoir was completed

so as to admit of the storage of an additional 40 million gallons of water.

The constant system of water supply was maintained till the 16th of April, but during the following periods it was intermittent, viz.:-

April June October

16th

3rd June.

23rd

4th July.

1st 31st December.

The water only being turned on for from 3 to 4 hours daily; the daily supply averaging from 7.7 gallons per head per diem during April and June, to 9.7 gallons during June and July.

REMOVAL OF EXCRETA AND WASTE WATERS.

Generally the pail system of removal prevailed throughout the Colony but few water closets being in existence.

The waste waters are removed by underground drains and many house-drains have been con- nected with the new system of pipe sewers recently constructed.

WELLS.

Numerous wells situated on private premises but forming no part of the public water supply were found to be in an insanitary condition and were closed by order of the Sanitary Board.

FOOD SUPPLY.

No material change had during the year 1894 taken place in the system of food supply though during the year 1895 the opening of the New Central Market in May effected a considerable improve- ment in the market accommodation in the middle of the City.

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No cases of serious communicable disease were observed amongst the animals imported and the health of the animals in the depôts was good during the year..

EXISTENCE OF PLAGUE IN THE VICINITY OF HONGKONG, 1895.

(1) That there have been sporadic cases of the disease during November and part of

December in Canton, Fatshan, Sheklung and Tungkun.

(2) That no cases have been found by anybody during the last fortnight.

(3) That all those who reported the cases in December can find none now.

(4) That it is evident that the poison lingers in the district, but whether it will again cause an epidemic will depend on the Sanitary surroundings and climatic conditions which it will encounter.

MACAO.

Information of the existence of Plague in Macao-was obtained in March and on the 9th of April, Dr. Lowson visited Macao and his report dated April 13th contains the following information :-

“That the disease was and had been for 2 months prevalent in that Portuguese Colony. During the last two months there have been several deaths from "Foul gas fever.' The deaths from the same cause have increased during the last two weeks at the Chinese Hospital, ranging from 6 to 12 daily. These were all said to be from "Foul gas fever," I saw four cases of this "Foul gas fever" and they proved to be well marked cases of Plague; one of which died whilst I was present. Two people had died suddenly the day before from

the same cause.

The cases I saw presented typical plague buboes and had well marked cerebral symp- toms.'

On the 23rd April His Excellency the Governor by a Proclamation prohibited the immigration and importation into the Colony of all Chinese from the Port of Macao and from the Island of Hainan.

This was revoked by order of the Governor in Council on the 22nd June so far as the Island of Hainan was concerned.

CANTON, SWATOW.

Information of the existence of plague in Canton and Swatow was received from Her Majesty's Consuls on the 25th April.

The Medical Officer of Health for the Port was instructed to maintain a strict medical super- vision of the passengers and crews of all vessels arriving from Canton and Swatow.

On the 30th April the Governor in Council prohibited immigration and importation into this Colony of all Chinese from Swatow until further notice.

This Proclamation was revoked on the 22nd day of June.

The Proclamation prohibiting the immigration of Chinese into the Colony from the Colony of Macao was revoked by order of the Governor in Council on the 30th July.

DISTRIBUTION OF WORK.

The work in connection with the outbreak of plague was distributed, as follows:-

The Sanitary Board undertook all duties in connection with the removal of plague cases to Hospital, the subsequent isolation of those who had been in immediate contact with the disease and the disinfection of premises.

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PREVALENCE OF PLAGUE IN HONGKONG, 1896.

The first case of plague was reported from Yu Lock Lane on the 4th January. In that month there were 45 cases confined principally to the Western portion of the City.

Towards the middle of February cases were reported from other districts than the Western one and the number of cases was distinctly on the increase.

The districts of the city in which the greatest number of cases occurred were:-

Health District No. 2, bounded on the North by the Harbour, on the South by the Bowen Road, on the West by Garden Road and on the East by the Wanchai Road, approx- imate built area 95 acres.

Health District No. 4, bounded on the North by the Harbour, on the South by the Caine Road, on the West by Peel Street and on the East by Wyndham, approximate built

area 55 acres.

Health District No. 5, bounded on the North by the Harbour, on the South by the Caine Road, on the West.by East Street and on the East by Peel Street, approximate built area 55 acres.

Health District No. 7, bounded on the North by the Harbour, on the South by Bonham Road, on the West by Shek Tong Tsui Nullah, and on the East by Eastern Street, approx- imate built area 50 acres.

Cases occurred in the outlying districts of Victoria Peak, Shaukiwan, Aberdeen, Stanley, Kow- loon Point, Hunghom and Yaumati.

A considerable number of cases occurred on the native boats in the harbour. The following table gives the number of cases reported in each month:-

January, February,

*****

March,

.......

April,

May,

June,

July,..

August,

September,

October,

November,

125

168

316

344

113

Total,.......

1,204

METEOROLOGICAL DATA.

On reference to appendix A it will be seen that,--

(a) The drought of 1895 extended to June, 1896.

(b) The months of maximum mean temperature were followed by a material reduction in

the number of cases.

1892 to 1895.

(d) During the months of February, March and April, 1896, the humidity of the atmosphere

was exceptionally high.

PROCEEDINGS ADOPTED WITH A VIEW TO PREVENTING THE SPREAD

OF THE DISEASE IN 1896.

On the 27th of January the Sanitary Board considered a letter from the Colonial Secretary enquiring if, in view of the latest report from Her Majesty's Acting Consul at Canton to the effect that several cases of plague had occurred in that City, the Board advises the continuance of the "Marriage Boat' Segregation System. It was decided that a reply be sent to the Colonial Secretary stating that the Board advised the continuance of the segregation.

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Towards the end of March a scheme was subinitted for the consideration of the Sanitary Board providing for persons suffering from Bubonic Plague being allowed to leave the Colony, this Scheme (See appendix C.) was approved by a majority of the Board. The President and Vice-President voting against its adoption. The majority thought that by conciliating the Chinese in this way they might be induced to report more readily cases of this disease.

The privilege was shortly afterwards extended to the removal of corpses.

Neither scheme was availed of to any extent as only one sick person and four dead bodies were so removed.

The plague assumed such serious proportions early in April that the, Sanitary Board addressed the Honourable the Colonial Secretary pointing out that the staff at present at their disposal was insufficient to carry out the necessary arrangements for coping with the outbreak and urged that the assistance of non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Imperial forces and lukongs (Chinese police) should be obtained for the general cleansing and lime-washing of all tenement houses. See appendix D).

CLEANSING AND LIME-WASHING OF PREMISES.

The following Bye-law was approved by the Legislative Council on the 11th February :-

Bye-law made under sub-section 4 of section 13 of Ordinance No. 24 of 1887. THE CLEANSING AND LIME-WASHING OF PREMISES.

Any house, or part of a house, which is occupied by members of more than one family shall- unless specially exempted by the Sanitary Board-be cleansed and lime-washed throughout, by the owner, to the satisfaction of the said Board not less than twice in every year, namely, during the months of February or March and of September or October respectively; and notice of such intended cleansing and lime-washing shall be sent to the Secretary of the Sanitary Board three clear days before the work is commenced.

Made by the Sanitary Board, this 16th day of January, 1896.

Approved by the Legislative Council, this 11th day of February, 1896.

HUGH MCCALlum, Secretary.

J. G. T. BUCKLE, Acting Clerk of Councils.

GENERAL SANITARY CONDITION OF THE COLONY.

The Sanitary condition of the Colony at the commencement of 1896, though improved in some respects as mentioned in page 4 since 1894, still left much to be desired.

In the Kowloon Peninsula the water supply was constant throughout the year.

EXISTENCE OF PLAGUE IN THE VICINITY OF THE COLONY.

Canton.-A few sporadic cases occurred in the early part of January.

Swatow.-On the 18th June information was received from the Consul at Swatow of the exist- ence of Plague at that port.

Cessation of plague reported on the 18th July.'

Formosa.-Existence of plague at Formosa was reported on 22nd October.

Abatement of same reported towards the end of December.

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DISTRIBUTION OF Work.

The work in connection with the outbreak of Plague was distributed as follows:-

The Sanitary Board staff was augmented by the appointment of Dr. CLARK, Medical Officer of Health, and by the loan of 44 Police and 45 Soldiers.

The Medical Department was augmented by the loan of Dr. WILM of the Imperial German Navy.

MEDICAL.

The Pathology, symptoms and morbid anatomy have been so fully described elsewhere more particularly in Dr. Lowson's Report on the Plague in 1894 and in Dr. WILM's Report for 1896 that I will only refer to certain facts that our experience in 1896 has elicited.

Pathology.-The main Channel by which the bacillus gains access to the body appears to be by the Digestive tract.

In many of the cases these were the only post mortem appearances to be found.

Rats, Mice, Monkeys, Pigs and Fowls have been proved to have acquired plague after having been fed with fragments of organs of animals that have died of the disease.

The faces of those attacked undoubtedly contains the specific bacilli.

occur.

Again the external glandular affections from which the disease derives its name are not met with as a rule until some three or four days after the period of invasion.

If infection by the skin is the rule one would expect, as Dr. WILM has pointed out, that axillary buboes would be quite as common as inguinal ones, this however is not the case.

As against the theory that the channel of reception of the bacillus is the respiratory tract (i. e. infection through air) may be adduced the immunity of those who attended the patients and of the Sanitary Staff who superintended and were engaged in the inspection and disinfection of the infected houses.

The plague bacillus has not been detected in the air, many examinations were male of the air of the wards at Kennedy Town Hospital but always with negative results, the bacillus also does not survive desiccation.

The main channels of infection therefore appear to be the digestive tract and the skin.

It has also been proved that in addition to the fœces the bacillus leaves the body by the urine. Culture experiments of the urine frequently demonstrated the presence of the bacillus.

In 95% of the cases albumen was found in the urine varying in amount from one tenth to a half.

SYMPTOMS.

Incubation. Although the period of incubation appears to be generally from three to five days, one case at the Gaol in 1896, as narrated by Dr. WILM, gives a period of fifteen days.

Plague without buboes.-In 1896 many cases occurred without the formation of buboes, during the height of the epidemic the percentage of these cases was 20 and towards the end as high as 27.

In all cases the disease was diagnosed as plague by demonstrating the presence of the bacillus in the blood or by culture experiments of the blood, fœces or urine.

TREATMENT.

With reference to treatment the general plan was to allow in the Hospitals ample room and free ventilation.

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At the height of the fever, the pulse very often became weak and intermittent with marked cardiac dyspnoea, strychnine hypodermically was found very useful at this stage in doses of two to four minims of the hypodermic solution given twice or thrice in twenty-four hours.

Morphia hypodermically in doses of or grain gave the best results in the delirious stage.

VITAL STATISTICS.

Incidence of the Disease.

The following table gives the proportion of cases occurring, amongst the Chinese, in the whole population, that is the proportion of attacks to population.

District.

No. of Cases

among Chinese.

Estimated Population Chinese only.

Rate per 1,000 of Population.

Total Cases. Total Deaths.

Percentage Mortality.

City of Victoria, No. 1, ...

7,250

6.6

79.3

No. 2,

178

20,440

9.3

191

164

85.9

No. 3,

2,610

9.9

69.2

No. 4,

147

24,390

6.0

155

142

91.6

No. 5,

115

41,330

2.8

116

113

97.4

No. 6,

30,200

2.7

90.5

No. 7,

134

20,560

6.5

135

125

92.6

No. 8,

7,620

2.8

86.9

Kowloon,

Victoria Peak,

181

32,200 ·

5.6

189

160

84.6

1,600

6.2

100.0

Shaukiwan,

11,300

2.8

84.4

......

Aberdeen,

8,060

1.4

100.0

Stanley,

1,610

1.2

100.0

Boats,

121

17,540

6.9

121

119

98.3

Quarantine Station,.

83.3

Merchant steamers,

97.1

H. M. Navy,

100.0

No address,

66.6

Totals,....

1,157

226,710

5.1

1,204

1,078

89.5

The total case mortality is from this table 89.5 per cent., as will be seen that in those admitted to the Hospital is only 74 per cent.

Under 5 years,

5 to 10

10 15

15 20

75.

75 and upwards,

Age Period.

Age in relation to Mortality.

Number attacked.

Deaths.

Mortality per cent.

76.47

67.85

73.17

80.00

2 8 8 28

75.80

70.00

75.38

68.75

78.94

66.66

100.00

Totals,......

427

316

74.00

Male.

Female.

Male.

452

The total case mortality is 74 per cent.

The following table gives the admission and deaths in the Government Hospitals during each month of the year arranged according to their nationalities.

Female.

EUROPEANS.

COLOURED.

CHINESE.

Total Admissions.

Total Deaths.

Admissions.

Deaths.

Admissions.

Deaths. Admissions.

Deaths.

MONTHS.

Male.

Female.

Male.

Female.

Male.

Remaining on the 1st January, 1896,

January, February, March, April, May,

......

...

....

1408

NN:

~27

2 69

...

June,

July,

August,

•

September,.

October,

November, December,

TOTAL,... 11 5 5

3 15

5 4 283 104 216

309

118

226

REINON~ : ~ : ~ :

17 22

220

PROPHYLAXIS.

Towards the end of June, 1896, Dr. YERSIN arrived from Saigon with plague Serum which he had obtained from Professor Roux of Paris and some which he had prepared himself at Saigon.

On his return from Amoy he told me that he had cured some 15 out of 21 or 22 cases but, as he added, "from such a small number of cases no deductions can be drawn."

Professor HAFFKIEN has elaborated a plague Serum, this with Dr. Y ERSIN'S is now undergoing a trial at Bombay, the results are being watched with much interest here.

GENERAL CONCLUSIONS TO BE DRAWN FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF 1895 AND 1896.

A. That the occurrence of plague is favoured by

(1) Long prevalence of drought or of abnormally low rainfall.

(2) Atmospheric temperature below 82° F.

(3) Absence of sunshine.

(4) General insanitary conditions such as obstruction to the free access of light and air to

domestic dwellings.

B. That the steps to be taken to retard the progress of the disease are:-

(1) General cleanliness and the free admission of light and air to domestic dwellings.

(2) The immediate isolation of the sick, and those who have been in close contact with the

disease.

(3) The careful and systematic disinfection of all premises in which cases occur, and of

latrines.

30th April, 1896.

J. M. ATKINSON.

Male.

Female.

*[GIR

Female:

1892.

Appendix A.

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS REGISTERED AT HONGKONG OBSERVATORY, 1892-1896.

1893.

1894.

1895.

1896.

MONTH.

Mean

Temperature.

Mean

Humidity.

Mean

Sunshine Rainfall

Vapour

Tension.

Total.

Mean

Temperature.

Mean

Humidity.

Mean

Vapour

Tension.

Sunshine Rainfall Total.

Total.

Mean

Temperature.

Mean

Humidity.

Mean

Sunshine Rainfall

Vapour

Tension.

Total.

Mean Temperature.

Mean Humidity.

Mean

Vapour

Tension.

Sunshine Rainfall;

Total. Total.

Mean Temperature.

Mean

Humidity.

Mean

Vapour

Tension.

Sunshine Rainfall Total.

Total.

January,

59.7

February,

61.3

March,

61.2

April,

70.3

May,

75.5

IN O N N *

ins.

hours. ins.

0.375 160.5

0.469

0.455

51.7 3.900 61.9

0.623

28 8 8 5

ins. hours. ins. 0.520 55,6 79 0.372 126.2 76.1 1.250 55.5 82 0.363

ins. hours.

ins.

% ins.

hours. ins.

ins. hours. ins.

1.530 59.6 74 0.392 126.5 0.895 56.5

0.346

151.2

0.410 62.0 76

0.424

133.8

1.730

June,

July,

August,

September,..

October,

November,

December,

55.4 0.460 60.0 74 0.394 140.5 88.4 3.385 63.3 95.2 11.595 70.2 $7 0.645 108.8 8.430 71.2 0.738 115.7 8.575 75.2 81 0.715 127.8 16.130 76.8 80.6 83 0.862 167.8 34.375 81.2 81 0.861 212.8 7.090 79.8 81.4 85 0.909 145.1 10.785 80.1 85 0.876 166,5 21.220 81.1 80.6 83 0.860 206.2 12.090 $1.2 85 0.901 187.7 8.730 80.9 85 78.7 77 0.752 167.7 7.005 79.9 81 0:827 162.7 15.035 81.0 74.6 63 0.543 272.5 0.020 75.4 70 0.627 244.6 17.870 74.5 67 69.6 73 0.542 169.0 0.340 67.9 57 0.401 294.6 0.030 70.0 60 58.8 59 0.303 175.0 0.515 62.2 58 0.332 228.9 0.045 62.4 64

0.580 60,2 79

0.419

73.6

0.835 56.0

0.387

16.3

7.945

0.467

1 X 88 88 18

0.454

129.5

0,270 63.1 78

0.471

122.0

1.390 59.3

0.451

59.3

1.445

0.668

155.7

2.485 72.3 81

0.669

119,0

2.605 70.8

0.664

76.9

2.100.

0,775

129.1 20.010 77.2

0.772

164.8

5.640 76.0

0.873

126.9 16.540 81.2 80

0.849

203.8 4.970 80.7

0.880

203.4

9.475 82.1 81

0.886

225.4 18.870 82.9

0.892

180.0

16.530 81.4 81.

0.868

220.3

6,125 82.4 80

79 0.836 167.7 19.110 80.1 69

0.444

0,582 198.4 17.570 74.8 75 226.0

0.030 67.6 63

0.372

151.0 0.755 63.2 63

3 3 3 3

0.712

216.8

3.965 81.5 80

2 18 8 8 8

79.

0.714 176.0

1.150

0.886 145.1

18.630

0.921

220.1

12.420

0.888

252.8 5.195

0.854

192.7

9.995

0.649

188.1

0.500 77,9 73 0.704 195.2

7.905

0.442

185.7

0.325 71.7

76 0.591 134.0

2.975

0.384

177.2

0.200 62.2

65 0.386 167,0

1.290

Year,..... 71.0 77

0.619 1802.5 90.970 70.5 77 0.616 2004.4 99.955 71.7 77

0.630

1934.7

104.250 71.6

0.622

2017.9

45.835 72.0

80 0.656 1769.2

72.780

453

454

Appendix B.

SANITARY BOARD ROOM,

HONGKONG, 7th June, 1895.

SIR, Referring to the letter of the Assistant Sanitary Superintendent of the 3rd ultimo setting forth the steps that he had taken in pursuance of the instructions of the then Captain Superintendent of Police conveyed to him verbally immediately after the first case of plague had been reported, we have now the honour to submit the following report for the information of the Board.

SPECIAL SANITARY SERVICE.

House-to-house Visitation.

4. In several instances application has been made by Chinese householders for their houses to be exempted from the inspection on the ground that an invasion of the privacy of their dwellings would be objectionable as in cases of sickness after child-birth, &c. In such cases the searching parties have been promptly directed to omit the inspection. No requests for exemption on trivial grounds have been received.

5. Since the 17th of May in consequence of certain confidential information communicated to the Board regarding the existence of plague in the neighbouring Portuguese Colony of Macao, a special watch has been kept on all Chinese passengers arriving from Canton. The Captains and Officers of the river steamers who have been communicated with have expressed their willingness and intention. to do everything in their power to meet the possibility of cases of plague arriving here from Macao via Canton. We are informed that suspicious cases of sickness are promptly rejected at Canton; and in the event of the officers observing while en route any sick persons who may have escaped detection before the departure of the steamer, it has been arranged for the Police Sergeant on duty at the wharf here to be acquainted of the fact the moment the steamer arrives.

Latrine Service.

7. The order of the Board with regard to the disinfection of the night-soil-in the latrines open to the public has been enforced to the utmost possible extent. Three soldiers were detailed for this. service to assist the inspectors in charge of the Health Districts. 10,000 lbs. of chlorinated lime have been expended during the month for this purpose alone. At first there was some reluctance on the

part of the keepers to comply with the order: but in only one instance did it become necessary to have recourse to legal proceedings, viz., in the case of the Gough Street latrine the keeper of which was fined $25.00 by the presiding Magistrate.

Disinfection of Houses, &c.

8. The 4 soldiers originally detailed for this service in the event of the plague obtaining a firin hold in the Colony were subsequently told off to strengthen the house-to-house visitation parties and to assist the inspectors in the work of their districts.

9. The Board having approved of a reduction from the 1st instant of the number of Police and Military engaged on special sanitary service, 9 men of the Riffe Brigade and 9 European and Asiatic Police were withdrawn from that date. The addition of chlorinated lime to the night-soil in public latrines has been 'discontinued, but as it was considered desirable to maintain for the present the use of this disinfectant on a modified scale, a number of earthenware pots containing small quantities of the powder moistened with water have been distributed in all the latrines open to the public in accord- ance with the recommendations of the Board.

455

Mezzanine Floors and Cubicles.

13. In schedule C will be found a statement of the progress that has been made in the eight Health Districts of the City of Victoria in enforcing compliance with the provisions of section 7 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, In all 1,705 notices to remove either the cubicles or cock lofts have been served. A very large number of petitions for permission to allow cubicles and cocklofts to co-exist, which the Board has power to give, have been received. A considerable time must necessarily elapse before the law on this subject has been fully enforced throughout the City. In many instances where compliance with the law will involve considerable structural alterations the parties concerned have placed the matter in the hands of their architects.

Basements.

14. Notices in writing of intention to take legal proceedings after a stated time have been served on the actual tenants, householders and owners of 95 basement rooms in illegal occupation as dwellings. The exact situation of each basement is set forth in schedule D. This return does not include a large number of basements which when first inspected were found to be inhabited and were subsequently vacated after the law had been explained to the occupants and a verbal warning conveyed. A con- plete descriptive return of all basements in the City and the uses to which they are applied is in preparation.

We have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servants,

WM. C. H. Hastings,

Acting Capt. Supt. of Police. W. EDWARD Crow,

The Secretary,

SANITARY BOARD.

Asst. Sanitary Supt.

SANITARY BOARD, HONGKONG, 21st October, 1895.

SIR,- Referring to our report dated the 7th of June (Government Notification No. 276 of 1895) we have now the honour to submit, for the information of the Board, the following further particulars of the progress of the special work entrusted to our joint directions.

HOUSE TO HOUSE VISITATION.

3. The night steamers from Canton have been regularly watched by a detachment of Police in charge of Detective Inspector QUINCEY.

4. In appendix A will be found a statement of the number of houses inspected and of the number of passengers tracked to their destination. In all 15,147 inspections of houses have been made and 6,000 passengers from Canton followed to their destination after leaving the steamers.

456

THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

9. On the 17th of June at 10 p.m. a man suffering from plague enter the Tung Wah Hospital and stated that he had been living in No. 10, Heung Lane, having left the house before the arrival of the Police. He was unable to give a clear account of his movements during the interval.

11. The other cases do not call for any special remarks beyond those stated in the body and at the foot of the schedule. Not a single case has been reported since the 16th ultimo.

DISINFECTION OF HOUSES.

13. In respect of the disinfection of houses in which cases of bubonic plague have occurred the provisions of Bye-law No. 25, made under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, have been rigidly enforced, and every article destroyed that could not be satisfactorily disinfected. In the case of the houses in Heung Lane, after fumigation with sulphur and clearing out all the moveable contents, the floors, walls and ceilings were thoroughly saturated with the acid solution of perchloride of mercury as recommended in a Memorandum of the 26th August, 1892, by Dr. R. THORNE THORNE of the Medical Department of the Local Government Board.

LATRINE DISINFECTION.

MEZZANINE FLOORS AND CUBICLES.

457

19. Up to date, notices with copies of the Board's conditions attached, to comply with the provisions of sub-section 1 of section 7 and sub-section b of section 8, have been served on the owners and occupiers in the case of 433 cocklofts and cubicles. So far this change of tactics has met with the best results, and it is confidently hoped that within six months all illegal cocklofts will have been removed.

BASEMENTS.

21. Under our joint personal supervision the whole of the basements in districts Nos. 4, 5 and 6, have been inspected at night. In all 244 inspections have been made before, and 140 after, midnight.

The District Inspectors, Messrs. BURNETT, REIDIE and HORE, are doing their utmost to prevent their now illegal occupation.

PERMITS FOR COCKLOFTS AND BASEMENTS.

GENERAL REMARKS.

23. Although it may appear somewhat hazardous in the case of a disease like the bubonic plague, as to the origin and spread of which so little is known, we think it probable that the Colony has now seen the last of the disease in 1895. The widespread fear that the outbreak in Heung Lane was but the beginning of a formidable epidemic has happily not been realised. Twenty-six cases are known to have occurred; all died. If the particulars specified in appendix B are closely examined it will be found that among the later cases the disease showed no signs of abatement in point of virulence. The experience of this year would seem to demonstrate that the disease was nipped in the bud, and an epidemic averted by the prompt removal and segregation of the inmates and the disinfection and cleansing of the infected premises. The drastic measures it was deemed necessary to adopt were fully justified by the nature of, and the circumstances attending the outbreak.

24. The question here very naturally arises what are the prospects of a recurrence of the disease in the early spring of next year? A vast improvement in the sanitary condition of the Colony has unquestionably been effected during the last 12 months, but much still remains to be done. In our opinion no measure of sanitary reform calls for more prompt and vigorous action than that of clearing away the obstructions in back-yards and in the back parts of premises so as to provide a suitable and adequate area for the admission of light and air. This has been done already in many houses in the City. In Heung Lane the sanitary character of the houses, in which cases of plague originated, has been completely changed by this simple and by no means costly structural alteration. "We submit that 1.0 consideration of Departmental economy should be allowed to interfere with the early carrying

out of this most desirable réform.

We have the honour to be, Sir,

Your obedient Servants,

WM. C. H. HASTINGS, Acting Captain Superintendent of Police.

W. EDWARD CROW. Assistant Secretary and Superintendent.

458

Appendix C.

CONDITIONS SUBJECT TO WHICH PERSONS SUFFERING

FROM BUBONIC PLAGUE WILL BE PERMITTED

TO LEAVE THE COLONY.

2. While in the waters of the Colony the ambulance boats shall fly the yellow quarantine flag.

4. One ambulance boat if required shall leave the wharf every day at such hour as will permit of her being taken in tow, at a point west of the fairway buoy, by the afternoon steam-boat leaving for Whampoa and Canton.

10. The ambulance boats on returning to the waters of the Colony shall proceed direct to the Quarantine Ground there to be dealt with as the Sanitary Authority may direct.

Hongkong, 21st March, 1896.

HUGH MCCALLUM,

Secretary.

Appendix D.

SANITARY BOARD,

April 6th, 1896.

SIR,

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459

(a) Removal of the Dead and Sick.

(b) Removal of persons to be isolated during the cleansing and disinfecting of "Infected

Premises.'

(d) Disinfecting clothing.

(e) General cleansing and lime washing of all tenement houses.

(f) House to House visitation.

(g) Disinfecting of Public Latrines.

We were further of opinion that the following arrangements should be made for the efficient carrying out of the operations included in the above classification.

(a) Removal of the Dead and Sick should be undertaken as heretofore by the Police. (b) Removal of persons to be isolated during the cleansing and disinfecting of "Infected Premises." The present system is that the police take charge of infected premises until they are taken over by the Officers of the Board. This should be continued and a Lukong should conduct the persons (after their clothing has been disinfected) desirous of obtaining shelter in the premises set apart for temporarily housing them during the cleansing and disinfecting of the premises. One Chinese Constable to be on duty at each Isolation shelter, total number required 9.

Nuisance Inspectors in their several districts.

(d) Disinfecting of clothing be attended to by the Nuisance Inspectors as at present.

(e) General cleansing and lime washing of all tenement houses to be carried out under the direct supervision of European Constables assisted by non-commissioned officers, soldiers and lukongs.

The staff required for this purpose being as follows:-

Health District. European Constables.

Chinese Constables.

Non-Com. Officers.

Soldiers.

1.........

2......

4.......

5.........

6.........

NNNNN

4444

Total...... 5

(f) House to House visitation to be carried on throughout the City. The staff required is

as follows:-

Health District. European Constables. Chinese Constables. Non-Com. Officers.

Soldiers.

1 & 2.........

2 & 3.......

5.........

6.........

7 & 8.........

Total...... 5

(g) Disinfecting of Public Latrines to be carried out by the Nuisance Inspectors in their

several districts.

Summary of Staff required:--

European Constables.

Chinese Constables.

Non-Com. Officers.

Soldiers.

There are at present 9 European Constables and 9 Chinese Constables seconded to the Sanitary service so that one more European Constable and 25 Chinese are required.

Twelve soldiers, viz.:-4 Royal Engineer and 8 Rifle Brigade, have also been seconded so that one non-commissioned Officer, Royal Engineer, and 9 non-commissioned Officers of the Rifle Brigade and 23 Soldiers are required.-

On the subject of this additional staff, I am addressing you separate communications.

460

I have also to point out the desirability of

(a) The Police keeping a watch on persons arriving from Canton and notifying the Medical Officer of Health of the locality to which they proceed, especially the poorer classes. (b) The Inspector of Brothels and District Watchmen attached to the Registrar General's Department visiting all brothels and lodging houses and seeing that they are being maintained in a sanitary condition; any difficulty arising to be reported to the Medical Officer of Health.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

The Honourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.

Appendix E.

I-From French Consul of 1st December.

FRANCIS A. Cooper,

President, Sanitary Board.

HONGKONG le 1re Decembre, 1896.

Monsieur

LE SECRETAIRE DE LA COLONIE,

Ainsi pour ne pas compromettre le succès de sa decouverte, Monsieur YERSIN reserve-t-il jusqú à nouvel ordre l'application par lui-même ou par des medecins instruits par lui.

Monsieur le Gouverneur-Genéral ajonte quil serait heureux que le Gouvernement de Hongkong voulut bien autoriser le Docteur YERSIN, lorsquil sera de retour de France & experimenter lui-même son serum sur les malades qui pourraient exister dans la Colonie de Hongkong.

Monsieur le Secretaire de la Colonie, les assurances de ma haute consideration.

(Sd.), LÉON GME. LE ROUX.

Veuillez agreer,

Monsieur

LE SECRETAIRE DE LA COLONIE,

Hongkong.

II--From Her Britannic Majesty's Minister, Tokio, of 25th November, 1896.

TOKIO, November 25th, 1896.

SIR,

I have now received his reply saying that he has only just begun to experiment on larger animals and that now and for some time to come he will not be able to supply any antitoxin.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your Excellency's most obedient,

humble Servant,

His Excellency

Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.,

&c.,

&c., Hongkong.

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Enclosure 3.

Report from the Medical Officer in charge of Gaol Hospital.

GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL,

31st January, 1897.

I have the honour to forward herewith the annual return of the dead bodies brought to the Mor- tuary during the past year with the causes of death.

The "unascertained" list contains rather a large number during the first five months of the year owing to the fact that my predecessor has apparently not left any official record of the cause of death as ascertained by post mortem examination or otherwise.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

THE COLONIAL SURGEON.

J. BELL,

Medical Officer in charge of Post Mortems.

1 Died in the cell. General

1 Hanged himself in the cell.

THE DEATHS.

Debility.

Suicide. Death by Strangulation.

1 Hanged himself in the cell. Dislocation of second cervical vertebra. 1 Died in the cell. Pulmonary Congestion and General Debility.

1 (Female) Hanged herself in the cell. Suicide. Death by hanging.

1 Executed. Dislocation of spinal cord.

1 Executed. Dislocation of the Neck.

Other Deaths are shewn in the Hospital Tables.

Enclosure 4.

Report of the Government Analyst.

GOVERNMENT LABORATORY,

HONGKONG, 23rd April, 1897.

SIR,

the

I have the honour to submit a statement of the work done in the Government Laboratory during year 1896.

2. A larger number of analyses have been conducted than in any previous year, and the work may be conveniently summarized as follows:-

No. OF ARTICLES

DESCRIPTION OF CASES.

EXAMINED.

Toxicological,

Potable Waters, Petroleum,

Milk,

Morphine Ordinance,

Alcoholic Liquors, Miscellaneous,

113

160

32.

TOTAL,..

TOXICOLOGICAL.

341

3. The toxicological cases investigated during the past year include five cases of human poisoning. In four cases death was found to be due to opium. In the fifth case an alkaloid, analogous to the active principle of Nau Yueng Fa,

(Datura alba, Nees), was detected in the stomach con- tents of a woman, who recovered from the poisonous stupefying effect of the drug after a few days.

462

4. Toxicological examinations were conducted in five other cases in order to prove the absence of poisoning, death in each case having occurred somewhat suddenly and unexpectedly.

WATERS.

5. The results of the analyses of samples from the Pokfulam and Taitam reservoirs, and from the Kowloon Service, indicate that these supplies continue to maintain their excellent qualities.

6. After heavy rains a precipitate has been found to occur in the mains leading from the wells and in the wells of the collecting area of the Kowloon water supply. This precipitate has been found to consist of (1) a small alga, (2) ferric hydrate, (3) aluminium hydrate, and (4) calcium sulphate. During these heavy rains filtration is too rapid for complete purification, consequently it has been found that a further system of purification, chiefly due to the presence of iron-work in the wells, takes place in the wells and in the mains leading therefrom. The precipitate settles easily and being removed with but little difficulty, little inconvenience may be anticipated should it occur again; however, steps have been taken to regulate the rate of filtration so as to prevent its formation.

7. In connection with a number of deaths on the S.S. Cheang Hock Kian, a bacteriological examination was made of two tanks of drinking water. In one tank the "comma bacillus" was isolated, and the cholera-red reaction was given by a pure culture of the organism.

In Appendix A will be found the results of the analyses of 101 well waters.

THE DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCES, 1873 AND 1892.

8. Thirteen steamers with petroleum in bulk arrived from Batoum during the year and discharged the whole or part of their cargoes. The samples of oil were found to give off inflammable vapour at temperatures considerably above the 73° F. limit.

MILK.

9. The results of the analyses of 11 samples were as follows:-

PERCENTAGE BY WEIGHT of Solids.

No.

DATE OF ANALYSIS.

NON-FATTY.

FAT.

TOTAL.

ASH.

February 28,

7.03

2.17

9.20

.46

6.08

2.6

8.68

.40

March 17,

8.81

3.21

12.02

.69

8.76

4.19

12.95

.67

20,

7.89

1.79

9.68

.53

25,

8.01

2.06

10.07

.49

April 13,

9.14

4.91

14.05

.65

9.29

3.66

12.95

.64

July 29,

10.90

5.36

16.26

.64

10.23

4.36

14.59

.62

October 16,

8.65

4.49

13.14

.64

The samples marked 1, 2, 5, and 6, respectively, were found to contain added water to the extent of 17 per cent., 28 per cent., 7 per cent., and 6 per cent., respectively, calculated on the presence of 8.5 per cent. of "solids not fat" in the original milk. The remaining samples were of good quality.

THE FOOD AND DRUGS ORDINANCE, 1896.

10. This new Ordinance was assented to by His Excellency the Governor on the 19th day of August, 1896. Under this Ordinance one sample of milk was forwarded by the Public to the Government Laboratory for examination."

THE MORPHINE ORDINANCE, 1893.

11. There were four prosecutions under this Ordinance and 12 exhibits were forwarded for examination. Ten were found to contain morphine hydrochloride.

THE SPIRIT LICENCES ORDINAnce, 1886.

12. Three samples of alcoholic liquors were found to contain 17.2, 17.2, and 17.7 per cent., respectively, of alcohol by weight. The vendor was prosecuted for selling these liquors without a

licence.

463

MISCELLANEOUS.

13. Arsenic throwing. A Chinaman was walking along the Praya when an unknown person threw some powder into his eyes. Immediately, he went into a house and washed out the objectionable substance, and then gave information to the Police. The substance somewhat resembled pepper in appearance, but the examination showed that it was powdered native arsenic Pi-shih or

Peh-sin-shib, containing 62.49 per cent. of real arsenic. For several weeks the man's eyes were in an inflamed condition, and only the rapidity and completeness with which he and the Police washed out the arsenic from the eyes prevented a serious injury. Recent experience has conclusively demonstrated that in cases of arsenic throwing, unless the arsenic be promptly and completely removed from the eye, the vision may be completely destroyed, and that even under the most favourable circumstances great irritation is set up.

14. Apparently, the dangerous properties of arsenic are well known to the Chinese as in no country probably is there stricter legislation as regards its sale. Dr. PORTER SMITH, in his "Contributions towards the Materia Medica and Natural History of China," states:-

"None of these arsenical preparations are soll in shops without evidence and witnesses to the propriety of the sale. The punishment of death by decapitation is inflicted upon both the seller and the buyer if fatal effects result. If not fatal they are both strangled. If the druggist ignorantly or carelessly sells the poison, he receives eighty blows."

In Hongkong, it has not yet been deemed advisable to place restrictions on the sale of arsenic. 15. Vegetable extract.-This is a substance which is in reality de-morphinated opium. Tested by the method described in the British Pharmacopoeia it contains no morphine, but as it is well known that this method does not indicate morphine when present to the extent of under one per cent., a special process was devised which showed that this prepared opium substitute contained 9117 per cent. of morphine calculated on the dried substance. Meconic acid and narcotine were also separated. The Magistrate decided that the sale of this extract by unauthorized persons constituted an offence under The Prepared Opium Ordinance, 1891.

16. Disinfectants.-Two were examined. One was valueless.

17. Blood Stains.-Eight articles were sent for examination and the colouring matter of blood" was detected on six of these.

18. Library.—The following works have been added to the Chemical Library :-

Allen-" Commercial Organic Analysis," Vol. III.-Parts II and III. Aikman-" Milk."

Pearmain and Moor-" Food and Drugs.'

Blyth-"Foods."

Blyth-Poisons."

Rideal-" Disinfectants."

Woodward "Crystallography."

Comey-"Solubilities."

Payen-"Industrial Chemistry."

Cole-" Microscopical Research.'

Benedikt-" Oils, Fats, and Waxes."

Muir " Elements of Thermal Chemistry."

Crookes Select Methods."

Ganot " Physics."

Thorpe-Quantitative Analysis."

Year-book of Pharmacy for 1892, 1893, 1894, and 1895.

Thornton-"The X Rays."

19. Research. Further investigations dealing with the smoking value of Chinese opium and with the constituents of Datura alba were made during last year and were published in the Pharmaceutical Journal of August 1, 1895, and of September 5, 1896, respectively.

20. Leave of absence was granted to me from April 29 to June 15, 1896.

29 to June 15, 1896. Mr. CROW left the Colony on 12 months' leave on July 8, 1896.

THE COLONIAL SURGEON.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

FRANK BROWNE, Acting Government Analyst.

WELL WATERS.

RESULTS EXPRESSED IN GRAINS PER IMPERIAL GALLON, (1 IN 70,000).

Oxygen Albumen-

Date.

Situation of Well.

Depth.

Total

solid matter

dried

at 212° F.

Chlorine.

Saline

Ammonia.

absorbed

oid

Ammonia.

in 4 hours

at 80° F.

Nitrogen in Nitrates

and

Nitrites.

General Remarks.

464

1896.

Jan.

8 | No. 29, Stanton Street,

14 feet

26.0

6.8

.0112

.0014

.040

.864

Absent

8 | No. 103, Queen's Road Central,

7.0

.168

.0112

Foul odour.

8 No. 14, Stanton Street,

22.0

3.9

.0112

.0014

.020

1.152

•

8 | No. 125, Queen's Road Central,

9.1

.840.

.070

...

Brown colour. Foul odour.

8 No. 108, Wellington Street,

10.5

.0154

.0014

.100

Present

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8 No. 31, Wellington Street,

3.3

.0168

.0014

.033

.576

Absent

24 No. 33, Queen's Road Central,

37.0

6.0

.0056

.0014

.037

.5711

}}

24 No. 66, Queen's Road Central,

39.0

10.0

Absent

.0028

.016

1.728

24 No. 22, Hollywood Road,

1.6

.0084

.0028

.070

Present

24 No. 30, Stanley Street,

35.0

8.1

Absent

.0014

.007

.691

Absent

24 No. 6, Gage Street,

6.8

.042

0056

Present

24 | No. 34, Queen's Road Central,

26.0

3.6

.0028

.023

.076

Absent

Feb.

4 No. 380, Queen's Road Central,

24.5

1.12

.168

...

Black colour. Focal odour.

4 No. 5, Lower Rutter Street,

1.2

.084

.0056

Present

4 No. 84, Market Street,.

1.8

.0056

.0028

.023

.164

4 No. 4, Lower Rutter Street,

1.0

.0014

.017

4 No. 356, Queen's Road Central,

10.5

.42

.028

Odour of tar.

4 No. 13, Rutter Street,

1.1

.0081

.0042

.027

14 No 94, Jervois Street,..

6.3

.28

..028

Absent

14 No. 118A, Jervois Street,

1.1.2

1.26

.07

Present

Foul cdour.

14 No. 88, Jervois Street,....

30.1

.42

.028

•

Absent

Do.

14 No. 108, Jervois Street,

7.7

1.4

.036

Present

Do.

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•

14 No. 99, Jervois Street,...

4.2

..14

.028

Absent

14 No. 89, Jervois Street,..

3.5

.336

.014

Present

Foul odour.

28 No. 121, Jervois Street,.

11.2.

.28

.028

Absent

Focal odour.

No. 269, Queen's Road Central,

3.5

.08-1

.0028

28 No. 282, Queen's Road Central,

11.2

.336

.042

"Focal odour.

No. 21, Jervois Street,..

8.8

.0574

.0056

...

28 No. 75, Jervois Street,..

.014

.0028

.033

No. 46, Jervois Street,.

19.8

.196

.014

...

Mar.

5 No. 1, Victoria View, Kowloon, No. 329, Queen's Road Central,

2.0

.0014

Absent

.037

...

11.9

.336

.0014

...

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18 No. 12, Circular Pathway,

10.4

.224

.0028

18 No. 17, Circular Pathway,

1.2

.0168

.0028

Present

Absent

18 No. 286, Queen's Road Central,

1.4

.0098

.0014

.030

18 No. 284, Queen's Road Central,

1.0

.0098

.0014

.030

18 No. 288, Queen's Road Central,

1.0

.0112

.0014

.030

28 No. 31, Peel Street,

21.0

3.0

.0014

.033

.411

28 No. 115, Hollywood Road,

29.0

4.2

.0014

Absent

.010

.864

Date.

Situation of Well.

Depth.

Total

solid matterj

dried

at 212° F.

Chlorine.

Saline

Ammonia.

WELL WATERS, Continued.

Oxygen

absorbed

Albumen-

Nitrogen in Nitrates

oid

Ammonia.

in 4 hours

at 80° F.

and

Nitrites.

General Remarks.

*1896.

Mar. 128 No. 104, Hollywood Road,

2 feet

2.6

1.4

.084

Present

Focal odour.

28 | No. 14, Cleverly Street,

28 No. 38, Circular Pathway,

28 No. 72, Jervois Street,..

7.6

.14

.0056

Do.

25.9

4.2

.14

Absent

Do.

43.4

.14

.014

Present

April 13 No. 40A, High Street,

13 No. 341, Queen's Road, W.

1.4

.0014

.020

Absent

9.2

.028

.0014

13"The Priory," Bonham Road,.

1.6

.0056

.0028

.033

.082

13 No. 384, Queen's Road, W.,............. 13 | No. 6, On Ning Lane,

5.5*

.0168

.0028

.057

Present

7.6

Absent

.0028

.017

.921

Absent

13 | No. 3, Sai On Lane,

1.6

.0014

.0028

.017

.074

29 No. 1, Kwong Fung Lane,

1.3

.028

.0014

.043

Contained hair and vegetable fibre.

29 Wat Wa Garden, Yaumati,

2.8

Absent

.0014

.017

.172

29 No. 434, Queen's-Road, W.

2.8

.007

.0014

.013

.576

29 No. 430, Queen's Road, W.

1.4

.0014

Absent

.003

29 No. 258, Hing Lung Lane, W.,

1.6

Absent

.093

29 The Chinese Reformatory,

1.1

.0014

.007

29 No. 6, Victoria View, Kowloon, 29 No. 263, Praya West,

40.0

15.8

.0014

.0028

.040

.057

Present

1.1

.0028

.0014

..007

Absent

29.

July 10 No. 108, Queen's Road, E., 10 No. 43, Queen's Road, E,..

...

4.4

.0168

.0028

.037

Present

3.4

Absent

.0028

.057

.330

Absent

10 No. 59, Nullah Lane,

2.6

.0014

.00140

.017

.29

99.6

10 No. 1, Cross Street,

9.1

.336

.084

Foul odour.

10 No. 103, Queen's Road, E., .

2.0

.0042

Absent

.013

10 No. 39, Queen's Road, E.,

2.2

Absent

.007

...

Aug. 24 Holland Street, Kennedy Town, (A.),.

2.0

.0168

.0028

.030

24 | No. 458, Queen's Road, W.

2.9

.0028

Absent

.020

.329

24 Belcher Street, Kennedy Town,

1.5

.014

.0028

.050

24 Holland Street, Kennedy Town (B.),

1.4

....

.0056

Absent

.040

24 No. 578, Queen's Road, W...,..................

6.1

.0014

.020

.576

24 | No. 468, Queen's Road, W.,.

1.5

...

.0028

.0112

.130

Present

24 | Nos. 6 and 7, Bulkelly Street,..

5.7

.007

.0114

'.020

1.152

Absent

24 No. 10, Bulkelly Street,

3.3

.0042

.0014

.020

.576

31 East end of Market, Bulkelly Street,

1.6

.0056

.0014

.010

31 No. 13, Hung Hom, W.,

15.4

.0056

Absent

.040

.576

31 No. 16, Hung Hom, W.,

2.0

.0014

.010

...

31 No. 19A, Hung Hom, W.,

...

1.6

.0014

.070

Ravine at Hung Hom, W,

1.4

.056

.0028

Nos. 3 and 5, Market Street, Hung Hom,..

6.4

.0028

Absent

.070

.864

Nos. 7 and 9, Market Street, Hung Hom,..

3.0

Absent

.090

.411

Nos. 4 and 5, Bulkelly Street,............................... Nos. 11 and 13, Market Street, Hung Hom,

4.6

.014

.060

4.0

.0028

.030

.823

465

Total

Date.

Situation of Well.

Depth.

solid matter

dried

at 212° F.

Chlorine.

Saline

Ammonia.

WELL WATERS, Continued.

Oxygen

absorbed

Nitrogen

Albumen-

in Nitrates

oid

Ammonia.

Nitrites.

General Remarks.

in 4 hours

at 80° F.

and

Nitrites.

1896.

Sept. 19

Cattle Dépôt, Hung Hom,

'8 feet

3.2

.0028

Absent

.030

.164

Absent

Dock Street, Hung Hom,...

2.7

.0028

.020

.082

North Side of Market, Hung Hom..

47.0

16.0

.0028

.020

.082

19 Shung On Lane, Hung Hom,

1.6

.0014

.010

19 Nos. 6 and 8, Market Street, Hung Hom,...

1.8

Absent

.020

Oct. 19 Blacksmith's Lane,

2.0

.0056

.020

East Side of Lamont's Lane,

3.2

.0014

.030

.52

وو

19 No. 35, Wellington Street,

7.0

.0028

.0014

.040

.92

19 West Side of Lamont's Lane,

6.6

.0028

.0014

.030

.65

Back of No. 5, Shaukiwan Road,

1.0

.0028

Absent

.010

Back of No. 2, Shaukiwan Road,

1.6

.0028

.0014

2010

Mr. Thomson's Garden, Cross Lane,

1.8.

.0014

.010

לי

19 China Sugar Refinery Garden,..

9.0

Absent

.0028

.050

.25

Near I. L. 1,369, Cross Lane,

2.0

.0014

.030

19 Off Leighton's Hill Road,...

2.0

.0028

Absent

.010

19 Gas Works, Cross Lane,

1.8

.028

.020

No. 14, Caine Road,..

1.6

.0028

.030

Dec. 16 Cosmopolitan Dock, ...........

29 No. 16, Caine Road,.

No. 10, Caine Road,........

5.2

.0042

.0014

.020

.125

.0014

.010

Present

Absent

4.1

.028

.0028

.020

16 Cosmopolitan Dock (South Side),

Absent

.0014

.010

.123

466

No. 97

HONGKONG.

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE OBSERVATORY FOR 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

HONGKONG OBSERVATORY,

26th January, 1897.

SIR, I have the honour to submit my annual report for. 1896 to His Excellency the Governor. My twelfth volume of "Observations and Researches" was published last autumn, and the thirteenth volume is now being printed. It contains investigations of the typhoons in 1896, which I have conducted in co-operation with Mr. FIGG. Thus all the typhoons that have been observed since this Observatory was started on the 1st January, 1884, have now been investigated. The same volume will contain a contribution to high level anemometry in the Tropics as the anemograms taken on top of the Peak are at present being measured. From a discussion of these measures the laws governing the winds at that altitude will for the first time be accurately ascertained, a result that cannot fail to benefit local storm-warnings. Two years' rainfall in China are also being tabulated, but this is of minor importance.

2. The thanks of the Government are due to the Inspector-General of the Imperial Maritime Customs of China for ordering meteorological observations to be made at the Treaty Ports and light- houses and transmitted to this Observatory, and to the Telegraph Companies for continuing to forward a number of them free of charge, and with precedence urgency, but many more telegraphic returns are required for the purpose of weather-forecasts and storm-warnings especially from the interior and the north of China, and I have ventured to apply to His Excellency for such further returns.

3. The staffs of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company at Bolinao (Luzon), and at Sharp Peak (near Foochow), make observations at all times during the day, whenever required, and cable them direct to Hongkong. This enables Mr. FIGG to indicate the progress of typhoons very much better than would be possible without such information, but the Directors of the Companies have unfortunately refused to sanction their employees taking up this work at other stations.

4. During the past year reports were received every three hours, day and night, by telegraph from Gap Rock, the lighthouse about 30 miles to the south of the Colony, and also hourly from 6 a. till 8 p. daily by telephone from Victoria Peak. This is a great help for local storm-warnings. It would be still better if reports could be had at night also from the Peak, and if trained observers were located there, but as the cost would exceed a hundred dollars a nonth I have not suggested those improve- ments. Should, however, a further improvement in local storm-warnings be considered essential, this expense could scarcely be avoided.

5. Mr. FIGG has analysed his weather-forecasts for 1896 with the following results. The results for wind-direction, force, and weather are treated separately in the first instance. The forecast wind- direction is considered successful if the wind at Gap Rock blows the greater part of the 24 hours from a direction that does not differ more than 45° from the forecast (93% were successful). Forecast wind force: "light," is successful if the mean force registered at Gap Rock is a light breeze, or if the wind force does not reach the force of a moderate breeze; "moderate," if the mean is a moderate breeze, or if the wind force exceeds a light breeze and falls short of a strong breeze; "fresh," if the mean is a fresh breeze, or if the wind force exceeds a gentle breeze and falls short of a moderate gale ;

strong,'

," if the mean is a strong breeze, or if the wind force exceeds a moderate breeze and falls short of a fresh gale; "gale," if it blows more than 40 miles per hour at Gap Rock (93% were successful). The "weather" is successful when "fine" is forecast if the mean amount of clouds is below 7-tenths of the whole sky, if sunshine or starlight prevails, and when it does not rain more than one hour out of the twenty-four; when "fair, cloudy," if the amount of clouds exceeds 3-tenths and it does not rain more than one hour; when "showery" if it rains at intervals and is fair at intervals; when wet, rainy" if it rains more than 4 hours (77% were successful). Counting days on which all three elements were correctly forecast as "success," those when two elements were justified and one failed as "partial success," those when one element was justified and two failed as "partial failure," and those when all elements failed as "total failure," we have :-

((

Success 67 %, partial success 30 %, partial failure 2 %, total failure 1 %

Following the method used in meteorological offices and taking the sum of total and partial success as a measure of success, and the sum of total and partial failure as a measure of failure, we find finally that :-

97% of the weather-forecasts were successful.

、

་

6. The amount of success attached to the firing of the typhoon gun to indicate local gales has been determined according to the method adopted at meteorological offices at home. According to this method of counting, the storm-signal is justified if followed by a gale of force 8 and upwards within 48 hours at a place near sea-level within 50 miles of the place where the signal is hoisted. It is a failure because "too late," if it blows a strong gale (force 9) before the signal is hoisted. According to this way of counting, a failure has to be recorded every time the gun is not fired during the winter for a "Norther," although we do not presume to forecast those, as that cannot be done till information is available from the interior and northern ports, e.g., from Hankow and Chefoo, from which ports no telegrams have as yet reached the Observatory.

7. The typhoon gun has been fired 27 times one round, since the Observatory was started on the 1st January, 1884, i.e., during the past 13 years. During the same period it has 30 times blown a gale of force 8 and upwards: Once in February (norther), once in June (typhoon), 5 times in July (typhoons), 3 times in August (typhoons), 11 times in September (typhoons), 7 times in October (typhoons), and twice in December (northers).

8. The following table gives an account of all the gales that have passed over the Colony during the past 13 years and the warnings given by the typhoon gun. This shows 75% of success counting all the gales and all the times the gun was fired, or 83% of success if the "Northers" be left out of the account. This compares favourably with the percentage of success in the British Isles, 58 % only of which are justified by subsequent gales of force 8 and upwards (mean of the 10 years 1884-93 inclusive) This leaves out of account the fact that in those isolated instances, where the gun was not fired, warning was given by notices issued and, of late years, by lanterns hoisted.-During the first eight years the gun was fired when the wind blew 37 miles per hour, on an average, while during the past four years it was fired when the wind blew only 27 miles per hour on an average. This shows an improvement with the increase of staff that took place in the meantime, and with the increase in the number of telegraphic reporting stations. Detailed particulars concerning every typhoon are published in the "Observations and Researches."

Table 1.

Whe-

ther

the gun

was fired

or not.

Wind velocity

Highest wind velo-

Interval between gun-fire and

at the

Success

When the

When it

city at

Obser-

Remarks.

gun was fired.

blew hardest.

Observa-

vatory

begining of

when

tory or Gap Rock.

strong

fired.

gale.

highest wind velocity.

Failure.

m. p. h.

m. p.

hours.

No.

1884 July 29th

Failure.

8 p.

Yes.

1884 Aug. 21st

Failure.

9.45 P.

9.45 p.

At noon on the 28th typhoon notified as approaching coast not far from Hongkong.

No gale: Colony in left-hand semi-circle of typhoon (centre within 180 miles),

Yes. 1884 Sept. 10th

5.45 a.

1884 Sept. 10th midt.

13.2

18.2

Success.

Yes.

1885 Aug. 17th

2.5

Success.

12.30 p.

3 p.

No.

1886 Dec. 7th

Failure.

(Norther).

5 a.

Yes.

1887 July 20th

11.5

Success.

4.30 a.

4 p.

Yes. 1887 Sept. 11th

1887 Sept. 11th

3.9

Success.

.7.05 p.

11 p.

Yes. 1887 Sept. 17th

8.50 a.

1887 Sept. 17th 5 p.

2.2

8.2

Success.

Yes.

1887 Sept. 20th

1887 Sept. 21st

12.9

15.9

Success.

10.05 p.

2 P.

Yes. 1887 Sept. 25th

6.30 a.

1887 Sept. 26th 55

5 a.

22.5

Success.

Yes. 1888 Sept. 28th

1888 Sept. 28th 50

14.1

Success.

7.55 a.

10 p.

No.

1889 Feb, 10th

1 a.

Failure.

(Norther).

TABLE 1.,-Continued.

Whe- ther

Wind velocity

Interval between

Highest wind velo-

gun-fire and

at the

Success

the gun

When the

When it

Obser-

was

gun was fired.

blew hardest.

vatory

fired

when

or not.

city at Observa- tory or Gap Rock.

Remarks.

fired.

strong gale.

begining of highest

wind velocity.

Failure.

m. p. h.

hours.

No.

1889 Oct. 16th

Faulire.

6 a.

Yes.

1890 Oct. 13th

0.0

0.8

Failure.

Oct. 15th 5h.45m. p. drum hoisted.

At 5h.55m. p. notice given of typhoon.

(Too late). Lanterns hoisted

Oct. 12th 11A.30m. p.

6.10 a.

7 a.

Yes. 1891 July 19th

1.0 a.

1891 July 19th 7 a.

2.0

6.0

Success.

Yes. 1891 Aug. 2nd

1891 Aug. 3rd

199

2.5

7.5

Success.

9.30 p.

5 a.

No.

1891 Dec. 4th

Failure.

(Norther).

1 a.

Yes. 1893 Sept. 8th

10.15 a.

1893 Sept. 9th 3 a.

14.7

16.8

Success.

Yes. 1893 Sept. 28th

1893 Sept. 28th

6 5

14.5

Success.

8.30 a.

11 p.

Yes.

1893 Oct. 1st

1893 Oct. 2nd

12.0

23.0

Success.

4.0 p.

3 p.

Yes.

1893 Oct. 8th

3.3

4.3

Success.

4.45 a.

9 a.

Yes. 1894 June 24th

1894 June 24th

1.6

Success.

4.25 p.

6 p.

Yes. 1894 Sept. 10th

1894 Sept. 10th

3.3

Failure.

(No gale).

7.45 a.

11 a.

Yes. 1894 Sept. 18th

1894 Sept. 19th

4.8

17.8

Success.

4.15 p.

10 a.

Yes. 1894 Sept. 24th

1894 Sept. 25th

4.8

9.8

Success.

11.10 p.

9 a.

Yes. 1894 Sept. 29th

1894 Sept. 30th

10.2

22.3

Success.

10.45 a.

9 a.

Yes.

1894 Oct. 4th

1894 Oct. 5th

10.5

30.5

Success.

10.30 a.

5 p.

Yes. 1895 July 28th

1895 July 28th

5.5

Success.

8.30 a.

2 p.

Yes. 1896 July 29th

1895 July 29th

108

8.9

12.9

Success.

9.5 a.

10 p.

Yes. 1896 Aug. 9th

1896 Aug. 9th

2.5

7.5

Success.

9.30 a.

5 p.

Yes. 1896 Oct. 5th

1896 Oct. 6th

9.7

21.7

Success.

7.20 a.

Yes. 1896 Oct. 11th

11.45 a.

5 a.

1896 Oct. 11th midt.

12.2

Success. (Gale at Gap Rock not

at Observatory).

9. The typhoon gun has been fired two rounds 6 times in the past thirteen years: 1st time on the 10th September, 1884, at 6.28 p. (at midt. 89 m.p.h.), 2nd time on the 19th July, 1891, at 2.30 a. (at 7 a. 64 m. p. h.), 3rd time on the 2nd October, 1893, at 6.0 a. (at 3 p 81 m. p. h.), 4th time on the 25th September, 1894, at 6.0 a. (at 9 a. 86 m. p. h.), 5th time on the 5th October, 1894 at 8.30 a. (at 5 p. 85 m. p. h.), 6th time on the 29th July, 1896, at 5.45 p. (at 10 p. 108 m. p. h.

This shows it to have been fired about 6 hours in advance of the heaviest blow, which was on an average 85 m. p. h. (full typhoon force), but the ample warnings issued far in advance render this signal superfluous, and I suggest that it be discontinued.

10. Too great credit cannot be given to Mr. FIGG, our eminent weather-forecaster, for the services he has rendered and of which an account is given in the previous paragraphs. His warnings have saved enormous sums of money for the wealthy communities of the Far East, and have indeed been a benefit to nearly all who trade in these seas, quite apart from the lives which have thereby been preserved.

11. The China Coast Meteorological Register was printed at the Observatory, and information regarding storms was telegraphed to and exhibited on notice boards in Hongkong and elsewhere as often and as fully as such information could be justified by the weather telegrams received. This happened on 90 days in 1896. The Red Drum was hoisted 7 times, the Black Drum 3 times, the Red South Cone 3 times, the Black South Cone 8 times, the Black Ball 5 times, two Lanterns vertically twice. The Gun was fired one round 4 times, two rounds once in 1896.

Printed expresses were circulated on 5 occasions.

12. Telegraphic connection with Victoria was interrupted on the 9th June, 1896, from 3.30 p. to 6.30 p.; on the 29th July from 3.15 p. to 5.56 p.; from the 29th July at 7 p. to 1st August at 2.30 p.; on the 13th August from 10.22 a. to 12.27 p.; on the 26th August from 10.40 a. to 11.30 a.; on the 27th August from 11.30 a. to 1.10 p.; on the 24th November from 12,5 p. to 2.54 p. Inter- ruptions occurred therefore on 9 days, and, of course, also during thunderstorms.-Telephone connection with the Peak was interrupted from the 23rd February at 9 a. to 24th February at 11.37 a.; from the 20th March at 11 a. to 22nd March at 3.45 p.; from the 12th June at 5 p. to 15th June at 7 a.; from the 22nd June at 8 p. to 23rd June at 11 a.; from the 29th July at 6 p. to 6th August at 5 p.; from the 7th October at 3 p. to 8th October at 7 a.; from the 8th October at noon to 9th October at 7 a., i.e., on 23 days as well as during thunderstorms.

13. During 1896, in addition to meteorological registers kept at 40 stations on shore, 2151 ship-logs have been copied on board or forwarded by the captains. The total number of vessels, whose log books have been made use of was 325. The total number of days' observations (counting separately those made on board different ships on the same day) was 18541.

14. The following is a list of ships from which logs have been obtained in 1896. Those to which is prefixed have been communicated directly by their Captains, and the remainder have been copied on board the several vessels. The majority are steamships and the others are distinguished as follows: bk., barque; sh., ship; sch., schooner; bqt., barquentine:-*Activ, *Aden, Alfrida, *Aglaia, *Airlie, *Amara, *Amigo, *Ancona, *Anjer Head, *Apenrade, *Argyll, *Arratoon Apcar, *Ariake Maru, *Ask, *Asloun, Australia, *Australian, *Azamor, *Bayern, *Belgic, Belle of Bath (sh.), Bellona, Benledi, *Bengloe, Benmohr, *Benvenue, *Bisagno, Bittern (bqt.), *Bombay, *Borneo, *Braemar, *Brindisi, Britannic, Brodick Castle (sh.), *Bygdo, *Canton, Casa Blanca (bk.), *Cassius, *Catherine Apcar, *Centurion (H.M.S.), *Cephalonia, Cerastes (sh.), *Ceres, *Ceylon, *Chasma (bk.), Changsha, Charles E. Moody (sh.), *Chelydra, *China, *Chingping, *Chingtu, *Chi Yuen, *Chowfa, *Chowtai, Choysang, *Chunshan, City of Dublin, City of Peking, Clan MacFarlane (sh.), *Clara, Clio, *Columbus (sh.), Commodore T. H. Allan (sh.), Congella, Conqueror (sh.), *Coptic, *Cosmopolit, Creedmoor (sh.), *Cromarty, *Dagmar, Daniel Barnes (sh.), Dante, *Dardanus, *Decima, *Deucalion, *Deuteros, *Devawongse, *Diomed, *Donar, *Doric, Doris, *Dorothea Rickmers, * Ekaterinoslav, El Capitan (sh.), *Elektra, Elizabeth (bk.), Elizabeth Rickmers, Emily Whitney (sh.), *Empress of China, *Empress of India, Einpress of Japan, *Energia, *Erato, *Esmeralda, *Evandale, *Federation, *Flintshire, *Foochow, Foohng Suey (bk.), *Fooksang, *Formosa, Fort Stuart (sh.), Freiburg (sh.), *Frejr, *Frigga, *Fushun, *Gaelic, Gerard C. Tobey (bk.), *Gerda, *Germania, *Ghazee, *Glenavon, *Glenearn, Glenfalloch, *Glenfarg, Glenfruin, *Glenogle, *Glenshiel, Gloucester City, Governor Robie (sh.), *Grafton (H.M.S.), *Guthrie, *Haimun, *Haitan, *Hankow, *Hanoi, Harland (sh.), *Harrow, Helen Brewer (sh.), *Hertha, *Hikosan Maru, *Hinsang, *Hiroshima Maru, Hohenzollern, Holstein, *Hongkong, *Hongleong, *Humber (H.M.S.), *Hupeh, *Hydaspes, *Idzumi Maru, *Ingraban, *Invertay, Irene, Isaac Reed (sh.), Ivy (sh.), *Ixion, *Jacob Christensen, *Japan, *Java, Josephus (sh.), Kachidate Maru, Kaipan (I.M.C.C.), *Kaisar-I-Hind, *Kalgan, Kangra, *Karlsruhe, *Keemun, *Keong Wai, Khedive, Kintuck, *Knight of St. John, *Kong Alf, *Kongbeng, Kristina Nielsson (brig.), Kutsang, L. Schepp (sh.), Lightning, *Likin (I.M.C.C.), *Loongmoon, *Loosok, *Lothair (bk.), *Lyderhorn, *Lyeemoon, *Macduff, *Machew, *Malacca, *Manila, Manuel Slaguno (sh.), Marie Jebsen, Marquis Bacquehem, *Mascotte, Mathilde, *Mazagon, *Meefoo, *Melbourne, *Memnon, Menelaus, *Menmuir, *Miike Maru, *Mirzapore, Mogul, *Mongkut, *Monmouthshire, *Mount Lebanon, *Namoa, *Namyong, *Nanchang, *Nanshan, *Nanyang, *Narcissus (H.M.S.), *Natal, *Nerite, *Nestor, *Ningchow, *Niobe, Northbrook (bk.), *Oanfa, *Ocampo, *Oceana, Olivia, (bk.) *Omi Maru, *Onsang, *Oolong, *Oopack, *Orestes, Orient (bk.), *Orono, *Orestes, *Osborne, *Oslo, *Pakhoi, *Palawan, Paramita (sh.), *Pathan, Patroclus, Paul Revere (sh.), *Pectan, *Peiyang, *Pekin, *Peru, *Peshawur, *Petrarch, *Phra Chom Klao *Phra Chula Chom Klao, *Phra Nang, *Picciola, *Pigmy (H.M.S.), *Pingsuey, *Pique (H.M.S.), *Produce, *Preussen,

*Prinz Heinrich, Progress, *Propontis, Radley, *Ravenna, *Riojun Maru, *Rohilla, *Rosetta, *Sabine Rickmers, Sachem, (sh.), *Saghalien. *Saida (H.A.M.S.), *Saltero (bk.), *Saratow, *Sarpedon, Savona (sh.), *Sendai Maru, *Senta, Scottish Isles (sh.), S. D. Carleton (sh.), *Shanghai, *Shantung, Shelly, Siam (sh.), *Siam, Sikh Sintram (sh.), *Sishan, *Skarpsno, Socotra (sh.), Sonora (bk.), Spinaway (bqt.), Stanfield (bk.), St. Anna (bk.), St. Mark (sh.), *Strathallan, Strathdee, Strathesk, *Strathleven, *Strathlyon, Strathnevis, *Suisang. Sultan, *Sunda, *Sungkiang, Sutlej, *Sydney, *Tacoma, *Taicheong, *Taichiow, *Tailee, *Taisang, Taiwan, *Tai Yuan, Tantalus, Teenkai, Tetartos, T. F. Oakes (sh.), Thales, Tientsin, *Tritos, *Triumph, *Tsinan, Tyr, *Ulysses, *Utrecht, Velocity (bk.), *Verona, *Victoria, *West York (bk.), *Wingsang, William H. Connor (sh.), William H. Smith (sh.), William J. Rotch (sh.), Wongkoi, *Wosang, *Wuhu, *Wuotan, *Yarra, *Yuensang, *Zafiro, *Zaragoza (Mex. Cruiser).

จ

15. The entry of observations made at sea in degree squares for the area between 9° south and 45° north latitude, and between the longitude of Singapore and 180° East of Greenwich for the construction of trustworthy pilot charts has been continued, and 131333 observations in all have now been entered.

Square

number.

Table II.

Meteorological Observations entered in 10° Squares in 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May.

June.

July.

Aug. Sept. Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

182

047

199

236

104

170

242

182

253

204

158

174

354

279

241

227

336

244

115

109

126

165

103

1313

1255

1698

1793.

2219

2246

2544

2761

2291

1941

1444

1389

116

114

119

175

193

165

107

102

142

262

167

108

136

1219

• 1256

1688

1631

2273

2554

2685

2655

2567

1864

1639

1374

1163

1321

1474

1538

1797

1910

1777

1774

1650

1403

1153

1164

6271 CO

27.

1236

1050

1109

1127

1520

1575

1612

1476

1375

1476

1251

1226

507

475

610

583

709

749

703

700

685

614

590

577

152

101

103

157

196

230

228

209

190

195

174

180

127

21-

128-

129

772

100

130

178

138

214

168

210

256

287

274

213

243

211

133

131

273

220

258

222

290

386

337

352

298

288

256

231

132

636

471

714

739

1023

1165

1388

1117

1091

1081

1028

655

133

.. 36

163

149

162

164

119

113

164

129

115

216

208

192

161

165

94.

113

152

206

236

202

208

152

122

166

167

168

199

200

202

203

319

072000

320

321

322

323

250

144

159

106

118

114

138

195

324

167

120

325

156

162

160

252

220

213

267

242

209

126

141

144

8980

8311

9813

9777 11971 12985 14037 13317

12242 11002

9893

9005

16. As stated in the "Instructions for making Meteorological Observations etc." meteorological instruments forwarded by observers who regularly send their registers to the Observatory are verified here free of cost. During the past year 3 barometers, 3 aneroids and 7 thermometers were verified. In addition several hundred barometers and aneroids on board ship were compared with our standard. 17. The following table shows the spectroscopic rainband as observed daily at about 10 a. The mean value for the year was 2.1 :-

Table III.

Rainband in 1896.

Date.

Jan. Feb. Mar.

April. May.

June. July. Aug.

Sept. Oct.

Nov. Dec.

10,

11,

12,

13,

14,

15,

16,

17,

18,

19,

20,

21,

22,

23,

24,

25,

26,

27,

28,

12 +22~~~~∞ ∞ NHNNNNNN∞∞∞∞ ON SO ON LOH

29,

30,

31,

MN ∞ ∞ 00 00 00 ENN NOI CO CO ON THE CO CO CNNNNNN ∞ ∞ NNNN

222∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN DI KO 10 E 40 N N

2 00 00 00 CO ON A CO C++ C∞ NNN ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ co co co c O O O ∞NNN

NNNN N Y N N~~~~~~~~-- ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ 10 24 40 60 N N N N N

NNNNNNNN 60 60 10 00 ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ NNNNNNNNN ~ ~

== N NNNN N N N

NNN-——-OO--

NNNNNNNN -- ~ ~ —

}

NNN

Mean,...... 1.7

2.4

2.2

2.3

2.2

2.7

2.3

2.2

2.4

2.1

1.4

1.1

18. Mr. PLUMMER observed 455 transits in 1896, and the axis of the transit instrument was levelled 170 times, or on each occasion when observations were made.-The rates of the standard clocks are shown in the following tables. Towards the end of April the rate of the standard sidereal clock having been greatly accelerated it was cleaned upon May 1, and after the lapse of a few weeks a steady rate was re-established. On August 4th the clock tripped 6 seconds owing to an irregularity in the length of the teeth of the wheel which makes the electrical contacts, and it was found necessary to file some of them slightly. On September 22 the action of the contact springs being again unsatis- factory they were cleaned and their surfaces polished, and advantage was taken of the opportunity to alter the rate of the clock. On December 17 the clock was found to have again tripped several seconds, and the adjustment of the springs was therefore altered, but on December 30 the clock was found to have stopped, the springs again pressing too closely upon the toothed wheel. This was remedied, and it is now expected that the going of the clock will be satisfactory.-The rate of the standard meantime clock was altered on May 29, and the arc having steadily diminished for some months, the clock was cleaned on November 12. It was found, however, to be in a satisfactory condition, and the change in the length of the arc was probably due to thickening of the oil in the dry weather. The rates of both clocks have been compared with rates furnished by the formulæ at the head of the tables. The last rate given in Table IV. is the mean of six days only, December 22 to December 28. Table VI. shows the errors of the time-ball in 1896 The probable error was in January 0.13, in February 0.19, in March 0.20, in April 0.25, in May 0.12, in June 0.12, in July 0.09, in August 0.14, in September 0.16, in October 0.16, in November 0.13 and in December 0.17. There was no failure of the time-ball in 1896. On Government holidays it is not hoisted, and on 4 other days it was considered inadvisable to do so; namely, on April 11 during a severe thunderstorm, on August 9 and October 6 owing to strong easterly gales and on July 30 when, in consequence of the typhoon of the previous day, the line was in contact with other lines.

December 26-May 1

May 2-September 22

Table IV.

Rate of Dent Sidereal Standard Clock in 1896.

rc=-0.65-0.063 (T-70°)

"=+1°.23-0.063 (7-70°)

September 23-December 30 +03.43−0.063 (7–70°)

Period.

Observed rate

Temp.

[arc=3° 2] [arc 2° 58′ +2'] [arc=2° 59′ ±2′]

Calculated rate.

To-Tc

December 26-January 5,

-0.30

65.1

-0.34

+0.04

January 5-

15,

-0.37

66.3

-0.42

+0.05

15-

25,

-0.22

63.9

-0.26

+0.04

25-February

-0.25

63.3

-0.23

-0.02

February 4-

14,

-0.13

62.1

-0.15

+0.02

14-

24,

+0.01

59.3

+0.02

-0.01

24-March

-0.13

63.2

-0.22

+0.09

March

15,

-0.13

60.9

-0.10

-0.03

15-

25,

-0.21

62.3

-0.16

-0.05

25-April

-0.28

64.4

-0.30

+0.02

April

14-

24-May

4-.

14,

-0.76

69.4

-0.61

(-0.15)

24,

- 1.65

73.3

-0.86

(-0.79)

73.9

May

4- "

14,

--- 0.29

72.8

+1.05

(-1.34)

14-

24,

-0.58

77.5

+0.74

(-1.32)

24-June

-0.70

82.9

+0.42

(-1.12)

June

13,

-0.19

81.4

+0.51

(-0.70)

13-

23,

+0.22

82.8

+0.43

-0.21

July

23--July

+0.33

83.1

+0.40

-0.07

13,

+ 0.40

83.9

+0.35

+0.05

13-

23,

+0.28

86.2

+0.21

+0.07

23-August

+0.17

83.4

+0.38

-0.21

August

•

12,

82.1

12-

22,

+0.45

84.5

+0.32

+0,13

22-September 1,

+0.47

84.4

+0.32

+0.15

September 1-

11,

+0.39

84.3

+0.33

+0.06

11-

21,

+0.51

81.5

+0.51

0.00

21-October

83.4

October 1

11,

-0.42

83.0

-0.39

-0.08

11-

21,

-0.18

78.3

-0.09

21-

31,

-0.04

78.2

-0.09

+0.05

31-November 10,

+0.14

74.8

+0.13

+0.01

November 10—

20,

+0.19

73.2

+0.23

-0.04

30,

+0.27

73.1

+0.23

+0.04

30-December 10,

December 10—

+0.69

64.4

+0.79

-0.10

20,

+0.73

67.6

+0.58

+0.15

20-

}}

30, ......

+0.87

61.2

+0.98

-0.11

30-January

9, ......

66.9

Table V.

Rate of Brock Standard Mean Time Clock in 1896.

Dec. 26--May 29.-1.98-0.120 (r−75°).

May 30-Nov. 12...........r.--0.10-0.120 (7–75°).

−0.10

Nov. 13-Jan. 9.............+1.06-0.120 (7—75°).

Observed rate.

Temp.

Period.

Arc.

Calculated rate.

December 26-January

5,..........

-1.18

68.7

14 30

- 1.22

+0.04

January

15,...

-1.26

70.1

4 14 48

-1.39

+0.13

15-

25,........

-1.15

68.6

4 14 24

-1.21

+0.06

25-February

4,......

- 1.32

68.5

4 14 18

- 1.20

-0.12

February 4-

*14,.......

-1.09

65.8

4 12 12

-0.88

-0.21

14-

24,......

-0.87.

61.7

4 10 54

-0.38

-0.49

24-March

5,.......

-0.97

66.4

4 10 12

-0.94

-0.03

March

5--

15,.

-0.88

64.6

9 42

-0.73

-0.15

15--

25,...

- 1.05

67.0

8 54

- 1.02

-0.03

મ

April

25-April

4--

14-

24-May

4,.

-1.23

70.2

- 1.40

+0.17

14,.

- 1.68

74.4

- 1.90

+0.22

24,........

-1.98

77.3

4 12

-2.25

+0.27

4,.....

-2.18

77.1

4 12 54

-2.24

+0.06

May

14,...

- 1.93

75.9

4 12 24

- 2.09

+0.16

14-

24,...

-2.16

79.1

4 10 48

-2.48

+0.32

24--June

3,...........

82.8

......

•

June

13,.......

-0.66

81.4

5 30

-0.86

+0.20

13-

23,..

-1.12

82.6

4 48

- 1.01

-0.11

འ

August

July

13-

23--August

23-July

3,....

- 1.40

82.5

3 6

- 1.00

-0.40

13,...........

-1.06

83.5

2 36

-1.11

+0.05

-1.01

84.8

4 18

-1.28

+0.27

2,............

-1.12

83.8

4 0

-1.15

+0.03

12,..........

-0.99

84.1

3 18

-1.19

+0.20

12-

22,.

- 1.05

86.0

- 1.42

+0.37

22--September 1,..........................

- 1.01

84.9

- 1.29

-+0.28

September

11,............

- 1.07

84.0

2 0

-1.18

+0.11

11-

21,.........

- 1.03

81.9

2 24

-0.92

-0.11

21-October

1.........

- 1.07

83.1

1 24

- 1.08

+0.01

October

1--

11,.

-1.24

83.4

4 2 36

-1.11

-0.13.

11--

21,..

-0.88

78.7

0 54

-0.55

-0.33

21-

31,.......

-0.80

77.9

4 1 12

-0.45

-0.35

31-November 10,.

-0.45

77.2

3 59 12

-0.37

-0.08

November 10--

20,..

75.5

20--

30,...........

+1.03

76.1

4 11 48

+0.93

+0.10

30-December 10,....... +1.53

69.5

4 13 30

+1.72

-0.19

December 10-

20,............

+1.46

72.6

4 12 0

+1.35

+0.11

20-

30.....

+1.83

68.6

4 6 6

+1.83

+0:00

30-January

9,.............

+1.36

72.1

9 42

+1.40

-0.04

Date.

means too late.

Table VI.

Errors of Time-Ball in 1896.

+ means too early.

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

April.

May.

June.

July.

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec:

1 2 3 4 10

+0.3

-0.5

0.1

-0.2

0.1

+0.2

0.1

+0.3

-0.4

0.1

-0.2

0.1.

0.1

-0.2

+0.2

+0.4

0.1

-0.3

0.1

+0.3

0.1

+0.4

0.1

+0.3

0.1

-0.4

0.1

-0.2

-0.3

0.1

-0.5

0.1

-0.2

0.1

-0.4

-0.3

+0.2

-0.2

0.1

-0.6

0.1

-1.0

o.i

•

-0.4

+0.3

+0.5

+0.3

0.1

-0.4

0.1

+0.2

-0.3

+0.5

+0.3

+0.2

0.1

+0.3

0.1

-0.2

0.1

-0.2. +0.5

+0.3

-0.2

0.1

...

+0.5

+0.6

0.1

-0.2

+0.5

+0.6

0.1

-0.2

0.1

+0.2

0.1

+0.2

0.1

-0.2

+0.5

0.1

-0.2

0.1

-0.2

+0.5

+1.4

0.1

-0.5

+0.2

0.1

+0.6

+1.4

0.1

-0.2

0.1

0.6

+0.3

-0.2

0.1

-0.3

+0.4

+0.3

0.1

+0.2

0.1

+0.3

-0.2

0.1

-0.2

+0.2

0.1

-0.2

0.1

-0.2

+0.4

-0.2

0.1

-0.2

+0.2

0.1

-0.3

0.1

+0.3

-0.3

0.1

-0.3

0.1

+0.2

0.1

+0.2

-0.4

0.1

-0.2

0.1

+0.3

0.1

-0.5

+0.2

-0.2

0.1

-0.7

0.1

-0.2

0.1

-0.2

0.1

+0.2

0.1

-0.3

-0.2

0.1

0.1.

0.1

+0.3

-0.4

0.1

-0.2

0.1

-0.2

0.1

-0.2

0.1

-0.2

0.1

-0.2

0.1

0:1

0.1

+0.2

0.1

-0.2

+0.2

0.1

+0.3

-0.2

0.1

+0.2 +0.3

0.1

+0.2

0.1

+0.2

0.1

-0.3

0.1

+0.3

+0.2

0.1

+0.2

0.1

.0.1

0.1

-0.4

0.1

+0.3

0.1

+0.2

0.1

+0.2

-0.2

0.1

+0.2

0.1

...

,0.1

0.1

+0.3

19. For the determination of the latitude of the Colony and of the changes to which it may subject a catalogue of upwards of 200 Hongkong zenith-stars based upon the latest and best observa- tions made in a number of European observatories was constructed. In such work Mr. PLUMMER'S assiduity and scrupulous accuracy in astronomical calculations do excellent service. Since the 28th September 510 observations of pairs of stars have been made with the transit-instrument after Talcott's method by Mr. PLUMMER and myself.

20. The time would appear to have come when this Observatory should be supplied with a larger transit-circle, the same as used in all the other observatories. Such is required

Such is required for the local time- service, for determinations of geographical positionsi in the Far East, and for many other important

purposes.

21. In October last Dr. WITTRAM

of the Imperial Observatory, Pulkovo, near St. Petersburg, called at Hongkong and determined with great care the constant of gravity at this Observatory by aid of Colonel VON STERNECK's pendulums. On three different occasions lately officers of three different Austrian men-of-war have made similar observations here, so that the constant of gravity relatively to Vienna will be known with great accuracy.

22. The cisterns of the barograph and standard barometers are placed 109 feet above M.S.L. The bulbs of the thermometers are rotated 108 feet above M.S.L., and 4 feet above the grass. The solar radiation thermometer is placed at the same height. The rim of the rain-gauge is 105 feet above M.S.L., and 21 inches above the ground.

23. The monthly Weather Reports are arranged as follows:-

Table I. exhibits the hourly readings of the barometer reduced to freezing point of water, but not to sea level, as measured (at two minutes to the hour named) from the barograms.

Tables II. and III. exhibit the temperature of the air and of evaporation as determined by aid of rotating thermometers. Table II. exhibits also the extreme temperatures reduced to rotating thermometer. Table III. exhibits also the solar radiation (black bulb in vacuo) maximum temperatures reduced to Kew arbitrary standard.

Table IV. exhibits the mean relative humidity in percentage of saturation and mean tension of water vapour present in the air in inches of mercury, for every hour of the day and for every day of the month, calculated by aid of Blanford's tables from the data in Tables II. and III,

100

Table V. exhibits the duration of sunshine expressed in hours, from half an hour before to half an hour after the hour (true time) named.

Table VI. exhibits the amount of rain (or dew) in inches registered from half an hour before to half an hour after the hour named. It exhibits also the estimated duration of rain.

Table VII. exhibits the velocity of the wind in miles and its direction in points (1-32). The velocity is measured from half an hour before to half an hour after the hour named, but the direction is read off at the hour.

Table VIII. exhibits the amount (0-10), name (Howard's classification) and direction whence coming of the clouds. Where the names of upper and lower clouds, are given, but only one direction this refers to the lower clouds. With regard to the names of clouds, Limbus (nim) is only entered when the rain is seen to fall; when no rain is seen to fall cumulo-nimbus (cum-nim) is entered, and this name is also used to indicate clouds intermediate between cumulus and nimbus. Cumulo-stratus (cum-str) is the well known thunder cloud, and strató-cumulus (str-cum) signifies a cloud intermediate between stratus and cumulus.

Table IX. exhibits for every hour in the day the mean velocity of the wind reduced to 4 as well as 2 directions, according to strictly accurate formulæ, and also the mean direction of the wind.

Below this is printed a list of the phenomena observed.

24. The following annual Weather Report for 1896 is arranged as follows:-

Table VII. exhibits the mean values for the year (or hourly excess above this) obtained from the monthly reports. The total duration of rain was 1020 hours. There fell at least 0.01 inch of rain on 154 days.

Table VIII. exhibits the number of hours during a portion of which at least 0.005 inch of rain (or dew) was registered.

Table IX. exhibits the number of days with wind from eight different points of the compass. The figures are obtained from the mean daily directions in Table VII. of the monthly reports. Days, with wind from a point equi-distant from two directions given, are counted half to one of these and balf to the other, e.g., half of the days when the wind was NNE are counted as N, and the other half as NE.

Table X. cxhibits the number of days on which certain meteorological phenomena were registered and also the total number of thunderstorms noted in the neighbourhood during the past year.

Table XI. shows the frequency of clouds of different classes.

Table XII. is arranged as last year.

Table XIII. exhibits the monthly and annual extremes. The extremes of humidity and vapour tension are only approximate as the hourly values are not calculated.

Table XV., XVI., XVII. contain magnetic observations.

25. Observations of magnetic declination and borizontal force were made by Mr. PLUMMER and reduced by Mr. FIGG with the unifilar magnetometer Elliott Brothers, No. 55, and the dips were observed with dip-circle, Dover No. 71.

The methods adopted in making the observations and in determining and applying the corrections are explained in Appendix G. of Observations and Researches made in 1885: On the verification of the unifilar magnetometer Elliot Brothers No. 55." The value of log 2 K was 3.44920 at 25°. The value of P was +5.042. The mean value of the magnetic moment of the vibrating needle was 0.45070 in English units and 588.42 in C.G.S. units.

The times of vibration exhibited in the table are each derived from 12 observations of the time occupied by the magnet in making 100 vibrations, corrections having been applied for rate of chronometer and arc of vibration.

The observations of horizontal force are expressed in C.G.S. units (one centimeter, one gramme, one second), but the monthly synopsis exhibits X, the horizontal, as well as Y, the vertical, and total forces, which have been computed by aid of the observed dips, and their values are also given in English units (one foot, one grain, one second) and in Gauss's units (one millimeter, one milligram, one second).

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

The Honourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY,

&c.,

&C.,

&c.

W. DOBERCK, Director.

Pressure,

Temperature...

Diurnal Range...

Humidity,

Vapour Tension,

Sunshine (Total),

Rainfall, (Total),

Hours of Rain (Total),.

Intensity of Rain,..

Wind-Velocity,

Wind-Direction,

Cloudiness,

Solar Radiation,

Excess of do. do.,

1 a.

22.

Table VII.

Mean Values and Hourly Excess above the Mean of Meteorological Elements in 1896.

Mean or

3 a.

4 a.

5 a. 6 a.

7 a.

8 a.

9 a.

11 a. Noon.

1 p.

2 p.

3 p.

4 p.

5 p.

6 p.

7 p.

8 p.

9 p. 10 p. 11 p. Mid

Total.

+.014 +.621

+.020 +.013

1.0 1.1

+ 3 + 4 +.008 +.009

+.009

+.003 -.007

1.3 1,5

...

-.017.019

1.7 1.8

...

+ 4 + 5 + 5+ 5

-.014 +.001 2.0 1.9

+.016 +.030

1.3 0.4

+.041 +.042 + 0.6 +1.4

+.035 +.015

+ 2.0 + 2.4

.007 —.026 + 2.5 + 2,5

-:039 -.043 + 2.1 + 1:6

.038 .029 +0.9 +0.2

.015 +.001

29.847

0.2 0.5

0.6 0.8

72.0

...

8.0

+ 5 + ō

+ 3

+.006 +.006

+.004 +.002

-.001 -.002

-.001

-.005

.004 -.007

-.006 .002

...

8.5

81.3 142.0

164.5 179.0

-.001 .003 185,2 188.6 191.6 179.8

-.007 .003

-.003 —.003

0 +

.001 +.003

+ 2 + 3 +.005 +.006

0.656

175.5 154.3

102.2 16.7

1769.2

3,230

1.400

2.675 3.000

0.081

0.034

0.058 0.052

0.7 0.8

0.5 0.9

5.510

50 57 0.110 0.063 1.0 1.J

3,580

5.410 3.980

3.430

2.745

53 45

0.102 0.088

2° 4°

29 3°

0.6 +0.2

0.061 0.078 0.6 +1.0

2.250 8.110 37 34 0.061 0.091 +1.7 1.9

3.400

4.245

5.125

0.079 0.109

0.146 0.061

2.685

3.120

0.082

3.375

2.495

2.480

1.690

1.385

1.060

1.400

72.780

1026

0.080

0.059

0.064

0.038

0.041

0.031

0.035

0.071

...

20 + 2o + 3° + 3° + 2

+ 1.8 + 1.6 + 6o + 70

+1.4 + 0,7

+ 0.2

0.4

0.8

1.3

+ 7° + 60

6o + 20

0.7

1.1

0.7

0.8

14.3

E 1° S

***

...

125.3

48.8

Month.

1 a.

2 a.

3 a.

4 a.

5 a.

6 a.

7 a.

8 a.

January,

February,

March,

April,

4122

May,

June,

July,.

August,

September,

October,

November,

December,

6212422

~2~127

34 2

~*~: HO736612

201

WAAVNG con:

Total,

41 46

888

Table VIII.

Number of Hours during portion of which it rained for each Month in the Year 1896.

9 a. 10 a. 11 a. Noon. 1 p. 2 p.

3 p. 4 p.

5 p. 6 p.

7 p.

8 p.

9 p.

10 p. 11 p. Midt. Total.

∞Ỡ12 N O 19 H

182:207202 ::

18422O7∞O LO HQ -

1432 ∞ ∞ KO HUNN -

34 ∞ ∞ ∞ BELA

415 CO I LO COM I

1100 10 227HNO

∞ 1 00 00 00 0~ : ~ H∞ —

22 #10 + 10 + CO 2 + 21

50 10 00 CO 2 411–

-∞∞∞IINNNNN

197

142

132

101

58 50 57 53

35 37

3 4

34 43

42 39 44

1026

101

102

Table IX.

Number of Days with Wind from eight different points of the Compass during each Month of the Year 1896.

Month.

NE.

SE.

SW.

NW.

January,

...

February,

March,

April,

May,

...

1 1

June,

July,

August,

September,

October,

November,

December,

42211:

Sums,.......

207

Month.

Table X.

Total Number of Days on which different Meteorological Phenomena were noted and Total Number of Thunderstorms during each Month of the Year 1896.

Fog.

Phenomena.

Electric

Lightning.

Thunder.

Thunder-

storms.

Unusual

Dew.

Visibility.

January, February,

March,

April,

6421

May,

June,

July,

August,

September,

October,

November,

December,

::24+222=::

:::

1:22+0ODINIO

Sums,......

1242

Month.

Table XI.

Rainbow.

Lunar Halo.

Lunar Corona.

Total Number of Times that Clouds of different forms were observed in éach Month of the Year 1896.

c-str. c-cum. sm-cum. cum. cum-str. str. R-cum. cum-nim.

nim.

January,

February,

March,

222

TH10 00

April,.

122

May, June, July, August, September,

140

168

171

.....

180

149

October,....

153

November,....

152

December,

- 15 330

Sums,......

169

415

435

1567

310

145

367

Solar Halo.

Solar Corona.

* Table XII.

103

Mean Weight Diurnal of Water

RAINFALL.

Baro-

MONTH.

metric

Variabi-Vapour in

Tide.

lity of

Troy Grains in

Hourly Intensity

MEAN DIRECTION OF

CLOUDS WHENCE

COMING.

NUMBER OF DAYS

WITH

CLOUDS BELOW

Temper- each cubic

Rain.

ature. foot of Air.

Mean.

1896.

Lower.

Upper. Cirrus. 2,000 ft. 1,000 ft.

January,

0.097

2°.26

4.65

0.98

1.730

0.028

E 1° N W 13° S

February, ......

0.099

2.06

4.31

1.32

7.945

0.033

E 11° N W 12° S

March,

0.103

2.63

4.98

3.24

1.445

0.010

E 6° S W 35° S

April,

0.084

1.76

7.17

5.27

2.100

0.039

E 32° S W 18° S

ৰ্ব্ব :

May,

0.078

1 .50

7.64

12.54

1.150

0.017

S 35° E W 26° N

June,

0.062

1.08

9.40

15.81

18.630

0.202

S 3° EW 31°N

July,

0.074 1.12

9.76

15.98

12.420

0.157

S 15° EE 19° N

August,......

0.078

0.82

9.39

14.85

5.195

0.168

E 44° SE 37° N

September,

0.078

0.86

9.05

12.65

9.995

0,143

E 15° SE 46° N

....

October,

-0.091

1.37

7.51

5.36

7.905

0.111

E 8° N E 17° N

...

November,

....

0.091

1..23

6.37

1.17

2.975

0.044

E 3° S W 28° S

December,...... 0.104 2.95

4.25

1.00

1.290

0.026

E 11° S W 5° S

Mean,

0.087 1.64

7.04

90.17

72.780 0.081

E 26° S

148

Table XIII.

Monthly Extremes of the Principal Meteorological Elements registered daring the year 1896.

BAROMETER.

TEMPERATURE.

HUMI-

DITY.

VAPOUR TENSION.

RAIN.

WIND VELO-

RADIA-

TION.

CITY.

MONTH.

Max. Min.

Max.

Min.

Max. Min. Daily Hourly

Sun

Max.

Max. Max.

Max.

January,

30,280

29.722

77.7

51.6

0.633 0.103 0.850 0.500

135.8

February,

.284

: .791 68.7

43.2.

0.561

0.225 2.185 0.525

122.4

March,

.227

.660

77.0

45.9

0.705

0.237 0.630 0.175

129.6

April,

.049

.590

82.2

58.5

0.881

0.396 0.850 0.320

146.7

May,

29.963

.512

90.5

66.6

June,

.835

.481 91.1

73.7

8.5

0.964

0.392 0.540 0.150

151.1

1.038

0.745 3.000

1.835

149.8

July,

.808 28.762 94.0

75.3

1.118

0.687

2.670

0.990

108

147.6

August,......... .822 29.407 91.1

76.0

0.987

. 0.693 1.530 0.800

151.5

September,.... .894

.490 90.6

75.8

1.029

0.584

2.635

0.885

152.4

October,

30.057

.368 91.4

65.0

0.950

0.323 5.215 0.840

152.4

November,

....

.100

.689 79.6

61.7

0.840

0.338 1.100 0.490

145.5

December,...... .444

.866

76.5

40.7

0.689

0.057 0.755

0.210

138.8

Year, 30.444 28.762 94.0

40.7

1.118

0.057 5.215

1.835 108

1524.

104

Table XIV.

Five-Day Means of the Principal Meteorological Elements observed at Hongkong in 1896.

FIVE-DAY PERIODS. Barometer.

Temper-Humidity.

ature.

Tension. Vapour

Wind Velocity.

Nebulosity. Sunshine.

Rain.

January

1- 5

30.089

62.0

0.355

10.1

7.3

5.1

8 800

...

6-10

29.977

64.7

0.472

11.2

2.5

8.8

0.000

..11-15

30.019

63.7

0.457

19.0

8.3

2.7

0.006

.16-20

.056

60.2

0.391

14.2

8.6

3.3

0.019

.21-25

.127

60.8

0.390

11.3

7.1

4.4

0.012

.26-30

29.952

61.2

0.471

19.3

8.7

2.5

0.178

..31- 4

.996

58.9

0.424

13.8

9.6

0.7

0.571

February

5- 9

.957

58.1

0.440

17.7

9.9

0.2

0.117

...10-14

30.093

52.6

0.326

10.6

10.0

0.0

0.160

15-19

.120

52.0

0.301

8.5

9.3

1.5

0.276

.20-24

.067

55.8

0.372

11.0

9.9

0.5

0.323

..25- 1

29.968

59.3

0.461

21.5

9.7

0.7

0.154

March

2- 6

.994

58.1

0.415

19.2

7.6

3.6

0.063

7-11

.969

55.4

0.395

15.7

10.0

0.0

0.149

.12-16

.872

58.4

0.452

23.3

10.0

0.1

0.064

17-21

.881

60.2

0.492

17.6

9.8

1.1

0.009

.22-26

30.076

58.6

0.395

11.9

9.1

1.2

0.000

.27-31

29.906

65.8

0.571

14.9

6.8

5.5

0.004

April

1- 5

.910

62.4

86.

0.483

23.3

9.8

1.0

0.027

6-10

.744

70.2

0,685

9.9

0.3

0.201

.11-15

.681

75.2

0.770

134

9.5

1.8

0.174

16-20

.793

70.6

0.705

19.5

9.7

0.2

0.010

.21-25

.929

73.1

0.674

15.8

5.0

8.6

0.000

.26-30

.851

73.4

0.669

19.9

9.2

3.5

0.008

May

1- 5

.880

71.2

0.659

22.3

9.6

0.9

0.040

6-10

.852

71.4

0.580

17.3

7.7

4.2

0.121

ཐ མ

.11-15

.812

73.7

0.643

17.1

6.3

6.0

0.026

.16-20

.642

76.4

0.648

7.9

1.8

10.3

0.000

..21-25

.694

79.1

0.849

18.1

8.4

4.0

0.041

.26-30

.760

82.4

0.878

10.1

6.3

7.7

0.002

.31- 4

.697

80.8

0.863

7.3

6.3

5.4

0.512

June

5- 9

.676

80.5

0.892

11.2

7.6

4.9

0.442

..10-14

.719

79.3

0.866

6.6

4.8

0.677

...15-19.

.723

81.2

0.872

10.6

6.7

6.1

0.414

20-24

.606

81.8

0.911'

15.2

8.7

4.5

1.222

25-29

.677

81.1

0.901

15.6

8.7

3.4

0.458

.....

..30- 4

.674

82.8

0.906

9.2

7.0

8.0

0.131

July

5- 9

.617

82.2

0.870

14.1

5.5

7.0

0.575

10-14

.684

83.3

0.902

8.4

5.6

9.7

0.039

15-19

.650

84.0

0.935

5.4

4.8

9.7

0.017

..20-24

.412

85.2

0.991

7.7

6.6

7.7

0.099

..25-29

.453

81.2

0.941

22.6

8.9

2.6

1.452

30- 3

.699

80.7

0.890

20.4

6.4

0.183

وو

August

4- 8

.725

81.7

0.885

13.9

5.2

7.0

0.228

9-13

.634

81.7

0.876

18.8

6.5

7.9

0.369

...14-18

.593

83.9

0.888

5.9

4.4

10.1

0.000

..19-23

.708

83.2

0.901

10.8

7.0

8.6

0.097

.24-28

.639

81.4

0.877

6.2

6.5

6.1

0.334

..29- 2

.614

83.4

0.924

9.2

5.0

8.5

0.298

September

3- 7

.654

83.1

0.901

5.8

6.7

6.1

0.287

8-12

.682

81.0

0.755

9.6

3.1

8.8

0.005

......13-17

.736

79.8

0.823

26.4

9.2

0.7

1.059

.18-22

.756

80.8

0.853

12.6

5.4

7.2

0.178

.23-27

.807

81.6

0.895

7.3

4.8

7.7

0.172

.28- 2

.788

82.9

0.869

10.2

2.8

9.2

0.000

October.....

3- 7

.613

82.5

0.862

25.6

7.0

5.3

1.411

8-12

.708

77.5

0.738

11.7

7.5

3.7

0.029

13-17

.939

76.4

0.651

15.0

4.9

8.0

0.001

18-22

.972

76.5

0.651

10.8

6.0

6.4

0.035

23-27

.954

77.0

0.688

13.5

5.3

7.3

0.000

28- 1

.958

73.8

0.550

12.5

6.3

4.5

0.042

November

2- 6

.975

73.5

0.633

22.0

7.7

2.5

0.023

7-11

30.008

73.6

0.611

19.6

5.8

6.6

0.000

.....12-16

29.922

71.5

0.578

'20.0

7.5

3.4

0.160

.17-21

.957

69.6

0.499

7.2

4.8

7.9

0.000

22-26

.822

71.8

0.633

13.9

5.7

4.8

0.224

27-1

.958

69.4

0.589

25.8

9.6

1.6

0.203

December

2- 6

30.169

60.0

0.309

15.1

.3.9

5.8

0.239

7-11

.122.

61.7

0.326

12.8

3.5

8.5

0.000

12-16

.064

66.9

0.502

13.2

2.8

8.1

0.000

17-21

29.982

66.3

*0.540

17.1

8.1

3.4

0.004

22-26

30.243

55.8

0.246

14.9

5.8

5.5

0.000

27-31

.123

61.7

0.357

14.3

8.7

2.0

0.000

1896.

H.K.M.T.

Table XV.

Observations of Magnetic Declination and Dip.

Declination East.

Observer.

H.K.M.T.

105

Dip North.

Needle No.

Observer.

February,

11d. 2h. 33. p.

0° 27′ 21′′

J.I.P.

12d. 3h. 24TM. p.

31° 42'.66

J.I.P.

12 4 32 p.

26 38

43 .44

11 2 25 p.

28 22

3 57 P.

42.38

15 2

45 p.

28 44

43.75

April,.

26 49

13 3

21 p.

40.19

42.19

14 4

23 p.

14 3

18 p.

40.35

16 2 32

40.50

وو

17 2 40 P.

16 4

0 p.

39.82

20 2

35 p.

41.10

June,

38 p.

41.78

17 2 39 p.

43.06

18 2 49 p.

25 34

4 7 p.

41.07

40 p.

41.63

August,

17 2

56 p.

4 22 p.

39.03

18 3

3 p.

24 29

39.63

......

19 3 35 p.

25 01

4 29 p.

October,

4 23 p.

25 54

2220

3 32 p.

39.69

41.28

12 3 19 p.

43.19

14 2 43

25 13

43.81

15 2 57

25 51

14 4 10 p.

41.10

→

16 2 51

42.00

December,

14 4 23

25 51

14 3 24 p.

40.85

2 40

27 32

40.16

.....

17 4 12 p. 18 2 48

27 20

3 16 p.

39.66

25 06

39.69

དྷཏྟཊྛསྶཐཱའབ

Table XVI:

Observations of Horizontal Magnetic Force.

Date,

H.K.M.T.

Time of one Vibra- tion.

Tem- perature Log m X.

Cent.

Value of

Distance in

Tem-

H.K.M.T.

mn.

Cent.

Centi- perature Deflection. Log

Observ.

er.

metres.

1896.

February,

April,

13d. 3 16m. p.

18 2 35 p.

15 3 27 p.

3 .6195

3 .6194

3 .6277

14.1 2.33205 589.01

14.2 2.33215 590.00

25.1 2.33150 587.98

13 2 39 p.

18 3 35 p.

15 2 46 p.

4 20 p.

June,.....

16 3 31 p.

3 .6311 31.1 2.33221 588.37

16 2 49 p.

NEUACEWAWA

140.85

2° 53′ 11′′ 6 52 20

14.4

2 53 56

3.20820

3.20954

J.I.P.

6 53 15

25.0

2 51 49

3.20722

6 49 40

2 52 12

6 50 04

31 .1

2 51 16

3.20710

6 48 19

4 24 p.

2 51 43

6 48 55

August,

21 3 20 p.

3 .6383 32.0 2.33069 588.22

21 2 44.

32 .35

2 52 01

3.20839

6 49 40

4 05 p.

2 51 51

6 49 21

October,

13 3 26 p.

3 .6325 27.9. 2.33123 588.59

2 53 P,

27 .45 2 52 26

3.20839

6 49 49

4 12 p.

2 52 36

6 50 10

December,

15 3 12 p.

3 .6287

22.8 2.33141 587.87

15 2 36 p.

22 .9

2 51 54

3.20716

4 02 p.

6 49 29 2 52 35

6 50 22

Table XVII.

Results of Magnetic Observations in 1896.

MAGNETIC FORCE.

Month.

Declina tion East.

Dip North.

ENGLISH UNITS.

METRIC UNITS.

C. G. S. UNITS.

Total.

February,

0° 27′ 46′′ 31° 43′ 04′′

7.9037

4.8848

9.2913

3.6443

2.2523

4.2841

0.36443

April,

25 31

40 41

7.9133

4.8831

9.2987

3.6487

2.2515

4.2875

0.36487

June,

25 50

41 53

7.9208

4.8916

9.3096

3.6522

2.2554

4.2925

August,

25 00

39 55

7.8953

4.8697

9.2762

3.6404

2.2453

4.2771

October,

25 30

42 31

7.9002

4.8809

9.2865

3.6427

2.2505

4.2818

December,

26 27

40 05

7.9130

4.8810

9.2974

3.6485

2.2506

4.2869

0.36522 0.36404 0.22453 0.42771 0.36427 0.22505 0.42818 0.36485 0.22506 0.42869

0.22523 0.22515 0.22554 0.42925

0.42841

0.42875

Year,

0 26 01

31 41 21

7.9077

4.8818

9.2933

3.6461

2.2509

4.2850

0.36161 0.22509 0.42850

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The new Home was opened by His Excellency the Governor, Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, on the 13th November, in the presence of a representative assembly of Europeans and Chinese. The Viceroy of the Two Kuang and other proininent Chinese officials showed their appreciation of the Society's work by sending congratulatory tablets.

The Home, of which Mr. DENISON was the architect, consists of three blocks. The front block contains an Assembly Hall, a Committee Room, and Quarters for Clerks and Attendants. Behind this block are situated the two buildings in which the inmates reside and the Quarters for the Matron. These buildings, which are capable of accommodating 100 girls, were erected at a total cost of $23,479.13. Now that the Society has at last succeeded in obtaining a suitable Home, there is every reason to anticipate that it will be able to carry on its work still more effectively in the future than in the past.

As has been pointed out in previous reports, the l'ó Léung Kuk was for many years indebted to the Committee of the Tung Wa Hospital for supplying food to girls coming under its protection. This aid ceased on the opening of the new Home, the whole expenditure of which, including the cost of maintaining the inmates, has now to be defrayed from the funds of the Society. The expenditure to be met by the Society will accordingly be much greater in the future than formerly, but we have no reason to fear that it will not be fully met by the donations and subscriptions of the charitably disposed among the Chinese community of this Colony, who are interested in the work of rescuing women and girls, and who have already shown their readiness to aid by their subscriptions in having it carried on efficiently.

The number of women and girls admitted into the Home during 1896 was larger than in any previous year. A return is attached showing how those admitted have been dealt with.

The matron, Mrs. VICTOR, has continued to give satisfaction, and her salary was increased from $20 to $30 a month.

The

The visiting Justices during the year have been Captain ANDERSON, Hon. WEI A-YUK, and Mr. Ho FOOK. They have not only visited the Home at regular intervals, but have also made useful suggestions, from time to time, which have led to improvements in the comfort of the inmates. Society is indebted to Captain ANDERSON for having given a magic lantern exhibition in the Home which was much appreciated by the inmates.

Efforts have been made to obtain needle-work for the inmates in order to keep them occupied. Various Chinese shops have sent clothing to the Home to be made up by the girls, who have been encouraged to be industrious by distributing among them, according to the amount of work done, the money paid by the shops for making up the clothing. The Matron has also instructed girls in the use of the sewing machine, one of which was kindly presented by Mr. Ho Fook, and the members O the Elected Committee.

The Benevolent Societies of Canton, Macao and other places continue to co-operate with the Pó Léung Kuk in restoring girls to their relations and in other ways.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Stamp

President.

Η ΚΑΙ,

Vice-President.

We, LAU WAI-CHUN and WAI LONG-SHAN, members of the Board of Direction of the Pó Léung KUк, Incorporated Society, do solemnly and sincerely declare that the attached statement of the Assets and Liabilities of the above Society on the 31st December, 1896, marked A and signed with our names on the 22nd February, 1897, is a true statement, and we make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the provisions of "The Statutory Declarations Act, 1835."

LAU WAI-CHÜN.

WAI LONG-SHAN.

Declared by the declarants LAU WAI-CHUN and WAI LONG-SHAN, at Victoria, Hongkong, this 22nd day of February one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven through the interpretation of MOK MAU-CHEUNG of Hongkong, the said MoK MAU-CHEUNG having been also first declared that he had truly, distinctly and audibly interpreted the contents of this document to the said declarants and that he would truly and faithfully interpret the declaration about to be administered unto them.

Before ine,

BRUCE SHEPHERD, J.P.,

Victoria.

253

. No.

HONGKONG.

REPORT OF THE PÓ LÉUNG KUK SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by. Command of His Excellency the Governor.

REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 20th April, 1897.

SIR, I have the honour to forward for Your Excellency's information the report of the Society for the Protection of Women and Girls (Pó Léung Kuk) for the year ending the 31st December last together with the accounts and a statement of the assets and liabilities of the Society accompanied by a declaration of the truth of it made before a Justice of the Peace by two members of the Permanent Board.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

J. II. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary and Registrar General.

His Excellency

Sir WILLIAM ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.

&c.,

&c.

Report of the Pó Leung Kuk Society for the Year ending 1896.

The following cleven gentlemen were elected to act as the Managing Co'nmittee for the year :-

TONG SING-Ü.

KU IU-TONG.

YEUNG PUN-NAM.

CHỊU CHUNG-HAU.

WONG SING-TUNG.

TSANG WAI-HIM.

LEUNG YAN-PÓ. ·

LEUNG PING-NAM.

CH'AN MUI-SHAN. U HOI-CH'AU. LEUNG NGAN-PAN.

The Society sustained a serious loss through the death of one of its Treasurers, Mr. YUNG KUNG- Pó, who had always taken a keen and active interest in its work, and at a meeting of the Society a resolution was passed expressing sympathy with the family of the deceased and recording the appre- ciation of the members of the assistance rendered to the Society by Mr. YUNG KUNG-PÓ. Mr. LEUNG PUI-CHI, the other Treasurer, retired after having served in that capacity for 2 years. Thanks are due to him for the care and attention bestowed by him on the finances of the Society.

Mr. LAU WAI-CH'UN and Mr. WAI LONG-SHAN were appointed to act as Treasurers. Attached is a statement of the Assets and Liabilities of the Society and a declaration of the truth of it by the Treasurers and two statements showing the working account and revenue and expenditure during the year. The balance to the credit of the fund was $20,287.65.

Messrs. TANG WING-SING and TAM LUI-TS'UNG have again kindly audited the accounts.

256

Statement shewing particulars of Expenditure by the Working Committee, from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1896.

1896.

RECEIPTS.

$ c.

EXPENDITURE.

$ c.

Balance from previous year,

14.24 By Wages of Li Yik-tin, Clerk, for 12 months,

240.00

Jan. 6

do.

Received from the Permanent Board of Pó

Léung Kuk,

Do.

do.,

200.00 200.00

of Fung Cheuk-nám, Clerk, for 7 months and

10 days,......

73.33

of Tsoi Lái-tsun, Clerk,

6.00

Feb.

Received from Messrs. Anderson and Ho

او

Fook, for special meals for the wards, Received from the Permanent Board of Pó

10.00

of Wong Kuk, Clerk. for 3 months and 13 days, of T'ong Kin, Detective, for 12 months,. of Kwong Kwong. Detective, for 9 months,

34.33

192.00

90.00

Léung Kuk,

200.00

April 2

Do.

do.

do.,

200.00

Do.

do.

do.,

200.00

June

Do.

do.

do.,

200.00

Do.

do.

do.,

200.00

July Aug.

Do.

do.

do.,

200.00

Do.

do.

do.,

200.00

Received from Mr. Ho Fook to buy Sewing

Machine,

25.00

of Ching Iu, Detective, for 3 months, of Cheung Lai, Servant, for 12 mouths,.. of Ching Shing, Servant, for 9 months and 5

days.

of Ho Tsán, Servant, for 9 months and 5 days

at $1 50, and 2 months and 25 days at $2,... of Li Nang, Servant, for 7 months and 18 days. of Su Yun-tin, Servant, for 2 months and 22

days,

34.50

36.00

18.33

19.10 30.39 fo

4.10

Sept. 9

Received from the Permanent Board of Pó

of Tám Wa, Servant, for 9 days,

1.20

Léung Kuk,

200.00

Do.

do.

do.,

200.00

of Matron, for 10 months at $20, and 2 months

at $25,

250.00

Oct.

Subscribed by the Annual Committee towards

cost of Sewing Machine.

10.00

of Leung In, female Servant, for 11 months

at $4, and 1 month at $5,

49.00

Received from the Permanent Board of Pó

of Chan Un, female Servant, for 12 months,...

36.00

Léung Kuk,

200.00

Nov.

Do.

do.

do.,

200.00

of Lau Tsu, the Teacher of needle-work, for 4

months and 6 days.

12.60

Do..

do.

do.,

200.00

of Chan Kwan, night woman,

18.30

Do..

do.

do.,

200.00

of Cheung Hi, Cook, for 9 days,

1.05%

Dec.

Do.

do.

do.,

300.00

of Lau Sz, Cook, for 9 days,

1.05

"Rice,

126.78

31.21

Oil,.

31.07

Kerosine Oil and Soap,

Stationery,

Tea,

Tobacco,

"Japanese Clothes,

Lamps, &c.,

,, Repairs,

Fruit,

Firewood,

Rent for 11 months,

61.21

11.86

7.361

6.38

Cost of a dinner supplied to the inmates..

Food for Clerks and Servants for 12 months,

,, Special Meals for Clerks, Servants and inmates,

,, Passages for Destitutes,.

36.54

44.39% 440.00 113.92

52.90% 165.22

15.00

4.10

22.33,

Total,.

3,359.24

重量

Hire of Jinrickshas and Boats by Detectives, Sundry Expenses.

50.44

184.96f

Printing 300 Copies of the Reports for the Ut Mi year by the Tsun Wan newspaper and by Subs- cription to newspaper for one year, &c., Advertisement in the Wa Tsz newspaper and by

Subscription to newspaper for one year, Advertisement in the Chung Ngoi newspaper and

82.40

19.50

by Subscription to newspaper for one year,

14.90

Subscription to Pak Man newspaper for one year,

4.00

Crown rent for Lot No. 1856,

22.57

Barber's Wages,

15.00

Leather Slippers for the inmates,

85.10

Grass Cloth,

49.92 f

,, Haberdashery,

22.11

Rattan Bed, Chair and Table,

11.00

Photographs,

17.50

Bed Coverlets and Clothes,

116.16

Printing of Minutes of Monthly Meeting of the

Permanent Board,

4.00

Meat Extract for inmates..

13.00

Biscuits

1.30

Declaration Stamp,.

3.00

1 Sewing Machine,

35.00

Disinfectants,

7.45

Wire netting,

50.00

1 pair of scrolls for doorway and by hanging up of

Tablets,

40.48

Cost of flowers supplied for the opening of the new

Building,

33.85

Erection of scaffolding,

15.00

Iron Basins, &c.....

9.23 fo

Payment of Coolies for washing the new Building..........

18.90

Flowers,

3.44

Soft pillows,.

12.00

Coloured Mats,

12.50

Gas,

25.20

Food for Servants,

7.44

Inmates,

61.06

Total,. Balance in hand..

Total,.

3,316.35

42.89

3,359.24%

Return showing the number of persons whose cases have been dealt with by the Pó Leung Kuk during the year 1896.

Married,... Adopted-Males,

-Females,

Died,

Sent home-Males,

110

-Females,

.219

Still in charge of the Society, Women and Children,

Statement of Assets and Liabilities of the Pó Léung Kuk Incorporated Society, on the 31st December, 1896.

255

Assets.

$ ..

Liabilities.

On fixed deposit in Hongkong & Shanghai Bank, 25,000.00

Advance account with Hongkong and Shanghai

Bank,

4,712.35

Balance,......

20,287.65

Total,$25,000.00

Total,...........

$25,000.00

This is the Statement marked A referred to in the declaration of LAU WAI-CHUN and WAI LONG-SHAN, declared before me this 22nd February, 1897.

;

Before me,

BRUCE SHEPHERD, J.P.

Victoria.

PERMANENT COMMITTEE.

Statement of Working Account from 1st January to 31st December, 1896.

Receipts.

$ C.

Expenditure.

Balance from previous year,

3,119.16 Working Committee,

3,300.00

Subscriptions,........

550.00 Towards Cost of New Building,..

5,743.96

Interest,

1,443.23 Gas fittings, .........

534.00

Balance overdrawn,

....

4,712.35 Water supply,

81.92

Fire Insurance,

Interest,.....

Cheque Book,

156.50

7.96

0.50

Total,...........

9,824.74

Total,................$

9,824.74

No.

HONGKONG.

REPORT OF THE CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE FOR 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

No. 61.

POLICE OFFICE,

131

HONGKONG, 18th February, 1897.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward for the information of Ilis Excellency the Governor, the Criminal Statistics and Report upon the Police Force for the year 1896.

2. The total of all cases reported to the Police was 12,975, shewing a decrease as compared with the return for 1895 of 400 cases or 2.99 per cent.

In the division of these cases into serious and minor offences, there appears a decrease as com- pared with 1895 of 453 cases or 16.37% in the former, and of 53 cases or 0.49 % in the latter category.

3. Table A shows the number and character of the serious and minor offences reported to the Police during the past year, and the number of persons convicted and discharged in connection with those offences.

4. The decrease as compared with 1895 in serious offences of 453 is shewn as follows:-

Decrease.

Robbery with violence,

Increase.

Murder,

Unlawful possession,................

.155

Larcenies,

356

.....

Burglary and larceny in dwelling,

Felonies not already given,

516

Offences against Protection of Women and

Girls Ordinance,

Deduct increase,

458

It will be observed that the decrease is principally in the offences of Unlawful possession and Larceny, while the largest increase is in Burglaries and larcenies in Dwelling Houses.

During the 1st quarter of the year there were 522 reports of serious offences; during the 2nd 604, during the 3rd 561 and during the 4th 568.

During the first two quarters the Light and Pass law was very rigidly enforced no less than 2,637 persons being appreliended during that period for contravening it.

During the 3rd quarter this particular law was less rigidly enforced only 652 persons being apprehended, while in the 4th quarter the enforcement of the law was much relaxed only 113 appre- hensions being made in October, 52 in November and 23 in December.

5. MURDERS.

There were no less than 8 cases of murder brought to the notice of the Police during the year. The number is much above the average. The shooting of two guardians of the Peace by prisoners in their custody is the most unsatisfactory feature in the record.

(1.) On the 2nd January at Shaukiwan, PAN KON LAI, a coolie, living in the village was shot

by an Indian constable stationed there, who immediately afterwards committed suicide. (2.) On the 12th of the same month a Chinese boy 8 years of age was found evidently murdered near the Upper Richmond Road. A silver anklet which the child had been wearing was subsequently found in a pawnshop. The pawnbroker stated that it had been pawned on the 11th January by a boy aged 13 years. No arrest was made.

(3.) On the 23rd of February a Chinese residing at Victoria, was found evidently murdered on the road between Wongneichong and Deep Water Bay. The deceased who was in poor circumstances gave out before leaving Victoria that he was going to Wongncichong to collect some money. No arrest was made,

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(4.) On the 2nd May Constable HOGGARTH arrested a Chinese at 10.30 r.. for robbery at Cross Street, and handed him over to a District watchman while he went in pursuit of another man. The prisoner shot the District Watchman and escaped, but was smartly re-arrested by HOGGARTH after an exciting chase. The prisoner was convicted of murder and hanged. (5.) On the 12th July Chinese Detective Constable LAI TAK SHING was shot by a man named LAI MIT whom he attempted to arrest for larceny. LAI MIT was subsequently arrested in China and tried and executed there.

(6.) Early in the morning of the 27th August a widow, her son-in-law and grandson living in a boat at Hung Hom, were attacked by 5 men armed with knives. The woman was killed and her son-in-law received serious injuries of which, however, he recovered. The woman was apparently regarded as a witch, and it is supposed that the attack upon her arose out of a quarrel with some fishermen, who imagined that she had defrauded them by her witchcraft. No arrest was made.

(7.) On the 19th September four Hakkas and two Shanghai horse boys employed at Kennedy's Livery Stables quarrelled over a woman, with the result that two of the Hakkas were stabbed to death with a pocket knife. The Shanghai men were arrested. One was convicted of murder and hanged, and the other was acquitted.

(8.) On the 24th October the body of a Chinese fisherman was found on the shore at Stone- cutters' Island. It was ascertained that the deceased and two companions, while in his fishing boat off Green Island on the previous day, had been attacked and murdered by the crew of another fishing boat. Two men were arrested and brought to trial but acquitted. The parties were members of 2 rival secret societies which had their head- quarters in Chinese territory and had been at enmity for some time.

6. ROBBERIES WITH VIOLence.

Among the eight cases under this heading, were 6 cases of highway robbery, 1 of Street robbery, and 1 of earring snatching.

(1.) On the 28th February a coolie was met by a man at 6.20 P.M. in Jubilee Street, who

levelled a revolver at him and robbed him of $50. No arrest made.

(2.) On the 26th March at 12.15 P.M. an European lady, while walking in Richmond Road,

was robbed of a gold watch by two Chinese. No arrest made.

(3.) On the 21st of May at 10.15 A.M. a coolie was robbed by a Chinese on the Bowen Road

of some $3. No arrest made.

4.) On the 3rd June at 8.45 P.M. a Chinese servant in European employ was attacked by 3 men on the Peak Road, wounded with knives, and robbed of $11. One man was subsequently arrested and convicted.

(5.) On the 21st July at 2.30 P.M. a Chinese was robbed by 2 others of a pair of silk trousers

on the road to Stanley. No arrest made.

(6.) On the 29th December at 3 P.M. a coolie was robbed near Tai Kok Tsui, Kowloon, of 60 cents by another coolie; who ran away into Chinese territory. No arrest made.

7. GANG ROBBERIES.

These have been included, as was the case last year, under the healing "Felonies not already given" instead of under "Robberies with Violence" as was done in 1893 and 1894.

There were six of these robberies.

the

(1.) On the 14th January at 4 A.M. 3 men broke into a house at Quarry Bay, tiel up

inmates and stole property to the value of $140. Two men were subsequently arrested, one of whom was convicted.

(2.) On the 23rd February at 7 P.M. four men entered a clothes store in Queen's Road West,

and stole clothing and money to the value of $76. No arrest made. (3.) On the 12th March at 7.30 P.M. 6 men entered a matshed at Quarry Bay, and robbed

the inmates of $56. No arrest made.

(4.) On the 14th April at 9.15 P.M. four men entered a clothes shop in Queen's Road East,

and stole property to the value of $114. No arrest made.

(5.) On the 2nd May at 10.15 P.M. four men entered a shop in Cross Street, and robbed the inmates of $55. An alarm was raised after the robbers left, and one of them was arrested after he had shot a District watchman. Ile was convicted and hanged.

In all the above cases the robbers were armed with revolvers.

The 6th case was a robbery committed by boat people on another boat at Hung Hon. One man was arrested and convicted at the Police Court.

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8. BURGLARY AND LARCENY IN DWELLING HOUSE.

The increase under this heading, is principally in the latter of the two crimes. Carelessness in not keeping money and jewellery properly secured, has had much to do with the increase.

9. FELONIES NOT ALREADY GIVEN,

The principal crimes included under this heading and not already referred to were: -

Manslaughter,

Arson and attempted arson, Drugging,

Embezzlement,

Forgery,

Ilouse breaking,

Perjury,

Rape,

Shooting and wounding,

Suicide,

10. GAMBLING.

There is a decrease under this heading, and I am able to report that there is very little public gambling carried on in the Colony at the present time.

Has not increased.

11. DRUNKENNESS.

There is nothing else in the returns calling for particular remark.

12. PROSTITUTION.

The full effect of the abolition of the registration of brothels, is now beginning to be felt. Ordinance No. 6 of 1894, which repealed the Sections of Ordinance 11 of 1890 providing for the registration and regulation of brothels, came into force in September of the former year.

In December 1893 there were registered in the Colony 134 brothels for Chinese with 1,592 pros- titutes, and 49 brothels for non-Chinese with 262 prostitutes, giving a total of 183 registered brothels and 1,854 registered prostitutes in them.

It is estimated that there existed at the same time 30 sly brothels, with 100 prostitutes living in or frequenting them; giving a total of 213 registered and sly brothels and 1,954 prostitutes.

(( open

Although registration has ceased, brothels in the Colony are still distinguished as (i.e. public) and "sly." The open brothels are conducted as openly as the former registered brothels were. The sly brothels are not so openly conducted but more openly than the old sly brothels.

With the cessation of registration an immense number of sly brothels sprang up, while a large increase took place in the number of open brothels. There are to-day 70 so-called open brothels for non-Chinese with 380 prostitutes, 237 open brothels for Chinese with 2,023 prostitutes; and 215 sly brothels for Chinese with 675 prostitutes, or a total of 522 brothels and 3,078 prostitutes.

Brothels are of course not now restricted to certain parts of the town, as they were under the registration system.

Many complaints have reached me from the Chinese Community of the way in which brothels are now opened indiscriminately all over Victoria. At the same time only 2 prosecutions have been instituted under Section 4 of Ordinance 6 of 1894, since that Ordinance came into force.

Chinese will suffer almost any inconvenience and annoyance rather than appear in a Court of law, and it is futile to hope that the Chinese Community will ever make any serious effort to stop by recourse to law, the nuisance caused by the opening of brothels in respectable quarters of the town.

There are other and even more undesirable features of the uncontrolled state of prostitution in the Colony, which I have dealt with in a separate report.

13. STOLEN PROPERTY RECOVERED.

The value of property reported stolen during the year was $53,499.59. The value of that recovered by Police and restored to owners was only $3,468.

14. LOST PROPERTY.

The following is a return of the property reported as lost and recovered by Police during the year:--

ARTICLES LOST.

VALUE LOST.

ARTICLES FOUND.

ARTICLES

VALUE FOUND.

CLAIMED.

135

3,414.30

116

$ 456.57

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15. LICENSES.

The following licenses were issued during the year by this Department

500 Hongkong Jinrickshaws.

60 Kowloon.

25 Quarry Bay

714 Private Vehicles. 438 Hongkong Chairs.

30 Hill District Chairs.

7 Garis.

6,564 Drivers and Bearers.

16. Dogs Ordinance.

1,671 dogs were licensed.

127

destroyed.

restored to their owners. ransomed.

17. ARMS ORDINANCE.

A statement is annexed showing the amount of arms and ammunition exported from the Colony, under permits from this Department, during the

year.

18. MENDICANTS.

In addition to the 37 beggars sent up to the Police Court, 163 have been summarily deported to Kowloon City and Canton as follows :-

HOW OFTEN SENT AWAY.

Once,

Twice,

Thrice,

4 Times,

TOTAL,....

TOTAL NUMBER.

CANTON.

KOWLOON.

SENT AWAY.

109

139

131

168

19. POLICE FORCE.

Table E shows the strength, enlistments and casualties in the Police Force during 1896.

Five recruits were obtained from the London Metropolitan Police, three from the Aberdeen l'olice Force, and one from the Royal Irish Constabulary. Two recruits were obtained from England and three from Ireland who had no previous Police service. These men were all enlisted by myself and have given great satisfaction.

20. CONDUCT OF FORCE.

The conduct of the European Force has been good.

The number of reports against Europeans was 53 against 48 in 1895, of these 13 were for drunkenness against 8 in 1895. 7 for disorderly conduct, assaults and fighting, 4 for sitting down on duty as against 4 and 3 respectively; 2 for asleep on duty and 6 for neglect of duty against 5 and 5 respectively.

The conduct of the Indian Contingent has been less satisfactory.

There were 303 reports against men of the Indian Contingent, while only 162 were recorded in 1895, but the Indian Force stood 40% greater in strength last year than in the previous year.

Of the reports 16 were for drunkenness against 12 in 1895, 22 for disorderly conduct and fighting against 11, neglect of duty 33. against 15, 46 for absence from duty, drill &c. against 22, 49 for idling &c. on duty against 33, while 16 were asleep on duty against 9 in 1895. Two members of the Contingent were convicted before the Magistrate--one for larceny and one for wilfully damaging property.

Members of the Chinese Force were reported 452 times against 512 in 1895. The Contingent has much improved in matters of discipline.

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No case of drunkenness occurred and 1 was recorded in 1895-there was, however, an increase of sleeping on duty there being 61 cases against 44 in 1895-for disorderly conduct and assault the reports decreased from 13 to 8, absence from duty was much less being 141 against 203. Sitting down &c. on duty showed 76 against 95 while for leaving beats &c. before relief they fell from 41 to 6.

Six members of the Contingent were convicted by the Magistrate viz.:-

1 for making a false charge, 1 for giving wilful false evidence, 3 for misconduct as Police

Constables in extorting money and 1 for demanding money with menaces.

The cases of extortion and demanding money with menaces occurred among the Water Police and I have reported specially on the subject.

21. HEALTH OF THE FORCE.

Has not been so satisfactory as during 1895.

The admissions to Hospital in each year were as follows:-

Europeans,..

Indians,

Chinese,

1895.

1896.

233

366

113

120

Table F shows the admissions to Hospital from each Station and the strength of Police at each. Aberdeen seeins to have become less unhealthy. This is probably due to the fact that a good water supply has now been provided for the village. The admissions to Hospital from that Station for the last 4

years were-

1893,

1894,

1895,

1896,

22. EDUCATION.

19.

During the year 1 European and 24 Indian Constables obtained certificates for knowledge of Chinese, and 6 Indian Constables for knowledge of English.

I append a report from Mr. ARTHUR on the Police School.

23. BARRACKS.

It has not yet been found possible to improve the conditions of the Barracks in the Eastern and Western Districts, to the unsatisfactory condition of which I referred in my report for the year 1894 para 18. I trust that the matter may receive attention soon.

The Honourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

F. H. MAY,

Captain Superintendent of Police.

1896,

TABLE A.

RETURN of SERIOUS and MINOR OFFENCES reported to have been committed during the Year 1896, with the Results of such

Robberies

with Violence

from

the Person.

Burglaries.

Larcenies in

Dwelling

Houses.

Felonies

Assaults

not

with Intent

Larcenies.

already

Assaults

and

Disorderly

Conduct.

to Rob.

given.

Offences- against Ord. 11 of 1890,

Gambling. Kidnapping. Protection

(Women and

Children.)

Uniawful

Piracy.

Possession.

Reports.

Euro-

Miscellaneous

Offences.

peans

and

Ameri-

Indians.

Chinese.

Total.

cans.

Cases reported,

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged. Drunkenness.

Nuisances.

No Pass or Light.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

No. of Pers ns convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

January,...

February,..

March,.....

· April,

May,..

June, ......

July,...

August, ....

September,.

October, ...

November,.

December,..

TOTAL,..

8 3

4 2

..145 92

2 4 83 81 26 7 14

105 47 9 6 1 1 57

73 11 18 57

..148 85 11 6

87 17

..168 100 10 6

6 91

130 11

7 14

4 1

.. 153 79 11

9 2

7 107

135

6 52

··

..159 88 19 6

1. 2 88 129 14 10 51 10 1

મ

10 6

→

•

4 1

9 ..

→

►

4 3

23 30

30 20

28 29

10 11 20 30

TOTAL

ALL

CASES.

136

54115 554

431

500

608

733

1,422

31 553101

173

217

11 48

415

468

831

23 106 536

232

281

477

530

1,187

26 61 507

318

10.1 31

.647 |

687

1,227

37 94 424

360

447

25 38

726

766

•

1,234

37 103 306

400

84 126 182

408

108

410

420

17 5

708

730

1,146

479

847

884

1,103

24 | 124 | 290

415

476

28 25

679

709

1,140

32 192 180

434

502 15

22 91 113

387

28 38

સ્મ

ลง

805

831

1,150

669 59

861

25 94 52 430 028

•

859 85

913

41 12 13 2

707

761 76

761

22 26

[

22 23

4 18 14

1..

172 91 14 1

144 69 14

.. 151 69 14 8

143 76

.. 180 172

21 11 112

122 18 5 21

2 115

145 17 11 90..

1 1

家

9 7

4 3 88

106 10 16 83 2

43 21 96

ព

** **

144 94 11 6 1 1 103 142

.. [188

··

8 13

3 6 98 119

....

1,770 970 180 81 25 21,136 1,441 219 126 732 16

•

Police Department, Hongkong, 18th February, 1897.

4 2 23

2 21 19

3 36 34

4..

1 50 50 46 273 298 39

81 23 340

421

336 1,245 3,477 4,342 5,147

| སྩ

313396 41 | 65 | 16 | 8,237 784 | 8,608

841

12,975

F. H. MAY,

Captain Superintendent of Police.

1896.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted. No. of Persons discharged. Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted. No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cruelty to

Animals, & Furi- cus Driving.

Contempt of Court and False Charge.

Breach of

Dangerous Goods' and Arms Ordes.

Totals.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted. -

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of P'ersons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

1 Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

| No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted. No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

· Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted. No. of Persons discharged,

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Men-

dicants.

Breach of Spirits

Ordinances.

and Opium

Unlicensed

Hawking.

TABLE B.

RETURN of MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES reported to have been committed during the Year 1896, with the Results of such Reports.

Desertion,

Street Cries. Refusal and

Neglect of

Duty.

Rogues

Breach of

and

Vagabonds,

Breach of

Public

Vehicles

Merchant

Shipping

Consolidation

Suspicious Characters

& Vagrants.

Ordinance.

Ordinances.

Breach

ΟΙ

Emigr.

Ord.

Breach of Police, Gaol,

Deportation and

Prevention

of Crime

Ordinances.

Breach of Fawnbrokers, Markets, and

Weights and Measures

Ordinances.

Intimidation, Extortion, Bribery and

Conspiracy.

Cutting

Trees

Earth.

Breach of

Ordinance.

Registration

Spurious Coin.

Obtaining

Goods

or Money by False Pretences.

Damage to Property.

comunit Atten.pt to

Suicide.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

Trespass.

January, ... 6 9' 99 94

41 44

6 6 1 14 20 1 10 11 ..

22 21 2 34 55 2 11...105 123

February, ..}

March,..

11..

43 45

2 1

12❘ 17

21 22 .. 25 63

ลง

1 1....

સ

2 2

70 71

$2 31 2

2 1 30

32 3 20

8 27 1 1..

April,.

May,

June, ......

July,

100

2 2.

August,.... 3| 1||

98 98 2 25 25

September,. 3 4.. 112 113 215 15

October,.... 1 1... 1

November, .1211 171 70 2 25 27

8696

81 6..

.. 10 13

14 15 1 11 13 .. 54119

22.

65 81

ما

ها

4 1 57

3330

12 17 1

17 21

62 106

106

S | 1| 1| 2|

2 2

99 2 10

19 21 ..

48 75

3 ..

84 15

ون

62 61

13 16 3

12 15 ..

53 103 4

331106 121

81.

સ

97 98 .. 171 17

21 22 1 34 37

1.. 180 $1

54 83 11

23 26 1

..18 17 1 10

34 41..

3 21 21 1 28 312 35 68

63 99

5 1 1..82 115

38 38

50 49

118 137

200

6V 19

4 .. 24 42 1 32 38 .. 481 82 2

90 | 115

21 3 29 61

22 1 10 25

123235

5 ....

109126

81 79

51 52

ગ

December,..······

39 39 3

TOTAL,.. 33 34 3 81 883 27 180 132

8 (102 161

7 200 266 13 276 314

8 514 006 82 1110 41,031 1,210 79|

Police Department, Hongkong, 18th February, 1897.

6 2

4 4

-1

8 11

1 ..

1 2..

8 | 10

1}.... 11

←

11 15

10 14

4 3 1 1

16 29

وع

در

13 16

44 4..

❤

brand

4 5

[1112]

431 509 36

45.. 217

3 252

11. 34. 318

709%

404

46.

21 28

ຄ

1 2.

6 8..

5 6..

18 21

[214].

8 12

25 19

447

25.

429

4 4 1 4 3 4 5 5 1} 408 479

3 5

1011

1110

415 476 28.

♡

1111

434

337

430

530

♡

-1

←

340

528 24

421 36

37 34 3600 595 20 || 8 6 3 17❘ 22

6.33 23

220

7100137 533‍23 62717 6 26 313140 220 | 213640 74751 4783;144,3425,147 | 343

F. H. MAY,

Captain Superintendent of Police,

137

TABLE C.

COMPARATIVE RETURN of OFFENCES -coming under the Notice of the POLICE, during the Years 1894, 1895, and 1896.

SERIOUS.

NUMBER OF PERSONS.

NUMBER OF CASES.

DESCRIPTION.

Convicted.

Discharged.

MINOR.

NUMBER OF PERSONS.

NUMBER OF CASES.

DESCRIPTION.

Convicted.

Discharged.

Murder,

Kobbery with Violence from the Person,

Burglary or Larceny in Dwelling,

Assault with Intent to Rob,

Kidnapping and Protection of Women & Children,

42 52

Piracy,

...

ུ

Unlawful Possession,

278

433

Larcenies,..

2,103

Felonies not already given, ...*****

75 73*

878 937 970 39 35 23

1894. 1895. 1896. 1891. 1895. | 1896. 1894. 1895. 1896.

120

...

43 62

428 273 272 2,126 | 1,770

GT M

ལས པ :: མི

3 Assault,

Gambling,

6 Miscellaneous,

Drunkenness,

,47 Nuisance,... No Pass or Light,

298 45

166

242 139

29*

Total,...

2,575 2,767 2,314 1,224|1,478 | 1,378

274

393

263

138

1894. 1895. | 1896. | 1894. 1895. 1896. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896.

1,007 | 1,240 | 1,135 1,151|1,503 | 1,441

218 171

126 843 676 732 3,806 5,100 4,342 4,161 | 5,968 | 5,147 302 378

336 5381,223 1,245 191 |2,196 | 3,477

250 360 219

90 75 16 428 551 343

No analysis of Convictions & Discharges.

Total,....

6,062 10,608 10,661 6,155 8,147 | 7,320 768 986 578

* One murder under Felonies not already given was committed in Chinese Territory, two men were arrested in this Colony and discharged by Magistrate, Total cases 12,975 being a decrease of 400 cases or 2.99 per cent. under 1895.

Decrease in Serious Offences 453 cases or 16.37 %. Increase in Minor Offences 53 cases or 0.49 %

Police Department, Hongkong, 18th February, 1897.

F. H. MAY,

Captain Superintendent of Police.

1.-RETURN of SERIOUS OFFENCES reported to the POLICE, during the 10 Years ending 1896, showing the Number of Prisoners Arrested, Convicted and Discharged.

Murder.

Robbery with

Violence

from

the P'erson.

Burglary

and

Larceny in

Assault with

Intent to Rob.

Kidnapping and protection of Women and

Felonies

Piracy.

Unlawful Possession.

Larceny.

not already given.

Dwelling House.

Children.

YEAR.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Total No. arrested. Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Total No. arrested.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Total No. arrested.

Cases reported,

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged. Total No. arrested.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Total No. arrested.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Total No. arrested.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Total No. arrested.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Total No. arrested.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of l'esons discharged.

Total No, arrested.

1887,..

31 23 3 26 60 11

1888,

2 10 12 45 19 13 32 76 18

1889,

4 4 66

1890,

3 1 1 2 42

241 35

9 13

1891,

1 18 10 3

2 2 2 2 *

72126

...

S 18

327

263

120

383

1,985

815

280 1,095 76

4 3 1 4

59 98 37 22 59 1 2 22 80 26 11 37 7 2 1 52 6 3

2 75 37

37 96 133 12

79116]

254

208

...

307 1,878

776

313

252

351

2,236 991

284 1,060 74 53

314 1,305 98 65

68118

17100

...

།

3 43 13 51

71 52 56 108

14 344

282

123

405

2,537 1.067

371 1,438| 42

+ 3

3 .6

500

478

550 | 2,300 | 1,109 262 1,571 48

***

192

63128

28 40

29 441 73

1892,

1893,

1894,

1895,..

1896,

Total,

❤

3 17

20202 85 67152|366

98 46 1141 144 12 7 2 91370 | 193 | 357 | 550| 30

22 37

59 1,738 | 1,483

5131,996 10,936| 4,758 | 1,511 6,269 338, 209 250|459

411

375

102

327

299

...

278 272

...

428 433

273

298

477 2,301 1,179

361 2,156 964

878

317❘ 2,103

503 2,126 937

337 1,770 970

44 298 1,477

188 1,152 78

29 21

27 18

166 1,044 67

242 1,179 75

139 1,109 73

39 27

35) 28

23 29 52

4 4 49 38 10

48 83

1 19

3 9 66

2228

8 29 3

86 81

...

81 46 127

13 72

34 | 106 |

3 1 4 29

1 4 41 5

...

1 48 23 34

***

...

3 3

11 1 2

...

8 2 85

3 81 30 12 42

3|120| 30 6 36

42 36

...

12272

...

1,7171,677 3181,995 10,459 | 4,928 | 1,033| 5,961|337| 153 | 126 | 279

1.8 74.0 38.6 71.4 110.0 6.0 4.4 7.4 11.8 347,6 |296.6 |102,6 |399,2 2187.2 | 951.6 302.2 1253,8 67.6 41.8 50.0 91.8 3.8 62.2 |54.0 |39,4 | 93.4 | 63.6399,0 2091.8 985.6 | 206.6 [1192.2 67.4 30.6 25.2 | 55.8

...

343.4335.4

Total,..

6 11

17116

51 16

67391|101| 31 |132 10 13 6

19 811 270 | 197 467

Average of 1st period,..

Average of 2nd period,..

1.8 0.6 3.4 4.0 40.4 17.0 |13.4 30.4 |73.2|19.6|9.2 |28.8|2.4 |1.4 [0.4 4.6 1.2 2.2 3.4 23.210.2 3.2 13.4 78.2 20.2 6.2 26.4 2.0 2.6 1.2

139

1892,

1893,

1894,

1895,

1896,

1887,

1888,

1889,

1890,

1891,

YEAR.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons

convicted.

2.-RETURN of MINOR OFFENCES reported to the POLICE, during the 10 Years ending 1896, showing Number of Prisoners Arrested, Convicted and Discharged.

ASSAULT.

GAMBLING.

MISCELLANEous.

DRUNKEN-

NESS.

NO LIGHT

NUISANCES.

or Pass.

No. of Persons

discharged.

Total No.

arrested.

Cases

reported.

No. of Persons

convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Total No.

arrested.

Cases

reported.

No. of Persons

convicted.

1,101

1,425

335

1,760

958

1,187

329 1,516

1,212

1,484

470

1,954

1,032

1,055

500

1,555

2832

766

211

977

8,941

4,119

668

4.787

231

340

192

489

556 3,905

4,096

709

4,805

229

399

125

140

191

2,807

2,905

610

3,515

165

252

3,952

3,890

703

4,593

1:50

111

1,335

1,723

247

1,970

523

1,623

1,688

5,656

5,974

361

6,335

133

140

1444

Total,.

5,638

6,874

1,881

8,755

782

3,080

404

3,484

20,261

20,984 3,051

24,035

898

1,242

518

1,111

1,492

255

1,747

595

1,720

141

1,861

4,341

5,033

333

5,366

221

399

1,057

1,315

219

1,534

319

1,031

109

1,140

4,328

4,749

333

5,082

192

510

1,007

1,151

250

1,401

218

843

933

3,806

4,161

428

4,589

302

538

191

1,240 1,503

360

1,863.

171

676

751

5,400

5,968

551

6,519

378

1,223

2,196

1,135

1,441

219

1,660

126

732

748

4,342

5,147

343

5,490

336

1,245

3,477

Total,.....

5,550 6,902 1,303

8,205

1,429

5,002

431

5,433

22,217

25,058

1,988 27,046

1,429

3,915

6,001

Average of 1st period,

Average of 2nd period,

1127.6 1374.8

1110.0 1380.4

376.2

1751.0

156.4

616.0

80.8 696.8

4052.2

4196.8

610.2 4807.0

179.6

248.4

103.6

260.6

1641.0 285.8

1000.4

86.2

1086.6

4443.4

5011.6

397.6

5409,2

285.8

783.0

1200.2

140

3.-CASES REPORTED TO POLICE.

SERIOUS OFFENCES.

In 1887,

2,577 cases.

In 1892,

1888,

2,436

1893,

1889,

2,893

1894,

1890,

3,100

1895,

1891,

2,994

1896,

14,000 cases.

141

2,983 casos. 2,725

دو

2,575 2,767 2,314

دو

13,364 cases.

Decrease of 4.54 per cent. in second period.

MINOR OFFENCES.

In 1887,

5,901 cases.

In 1892,

1888,

5,678

1893,

1889,

1890, 1891,

4,568 5,324

1894,

1895,

7,875

1896,

29,349 cases.

6,747 cases.

6,463

6,062 10,608 10,661

40,511 cases.

Increase of 38.10 per cent. in second period.

In 1887,

1888,

1889,

8,481 cases. 8,114 7,461

Altogether.

In 1892,

1893,

1894,

1890,

8,424

1895,

1891,

10,869

1896,

43,349 cases.

9,730 cases.

9,188 8,637 13,375 " 12,975

53,905 cases.

202

366

1. Murder,

2. Robbery with Violence,

Increase of 24.35 per cent. in second period.

4.-DETAIL OF CASES REPORTED TO POLICE.

3. Burglaries & Larcenies in Dwellings,

SERIOUS OFFENCES.

1887 to 1891. · Yearly Average.

1892 to 1896.

Yearly Average.

1.8

: 4.6

40.4

116

23.2

73.2

391

78.2.

4. Assault with Intent to Rob,...

5. Kidnapping,

6. Piracy,

2.4

2.0

370

74.0

311

62.2

6.0

0.0

7. Unlawful Possession,

..1,738

347.6

1,717

343.4

8. Larcenies,..

10,936

2,187.2

10,459

9. Felonies not already given,

338

67.6

337

2,091.8 67.4

MINOR OFFENCES.

1887 to 1891. Yearly Average.

1892 to 1996.

Yearly Average.

10. Assault,

11. Gambling,

12. Miscellaneous,

13. Drunkenness,

14. Nuisances,

15. No Pass or Light,.

..5,638 782 .20,261

1,127.6 156.4

5,550

1,110.0

1,429

4,052.2

22,217

285.8 4,443.4

898

179.6

1,429

285.8

.1,242 518

248.4

3,915

783.0

103.6

6,001

1,200.2

In 1887,

1888,

1889, 1890,

,, 1891,

In 1887,

وو

1888,

1889,

دو

1890, 1891,

5.-NUMBER OF PERSONS ARRESTED BY POLICE.

FOR SERIOUS OFFENCES.

1,800 persons.

In 1892,

.1,672 2,027 ..2,028 ..2,131

1893,

1894,

1895, 1896,

.2,220 persons.

1,707

.1,498 1,871 .1,641

9,658 persons.

FOR MINOR OFFENCES.

Excepting Nos. 13, 14 and 15 (See Table 2) of which no details are given.

In 1892, 1893,

.7,524 persons.

.6,877 5,660 .6,220 .9,993

1894,

1895,

1896,

36,274 persons.

8,937 persons.

.8,974 persons.

..7,756

..6,923 .9,133

.7,898

40,684 persons.

142

Altogether excepting Nos. 13, 14 and 15.

.9,324 persons.

In 1887,

In 1892,

1888, 1889,

.8,549 .7,687

1893,

1894,

وو

1890,

.8,248

1895,

1891,

...12,124

1896,

45,932 persons.

11,194 persons.

- 9,463 8,421 11,004 9,539

49,621 persons.

1. Murder,

6.-DETAILS OF NUMBER OF PERSONS ARRESTED

FOR SERIOUS OFFENCES.

2. Robbery with Violence from Person,

3. Burglaries and Larcenies from Dwellings,

4. Assault with Intent to Rob,

5. Kidnapping,

6. Piracy,

7. Unlawful Possession,

8. Larcenies,

9. Felonies not given....

10. Assault,

11. Gambling,

12. Miscellaneous, 13. Drunkenness, 14. Nuisances,.

15. No Pass or Light,

1887 to 1891.

1892 to 1896.

152

144

132

550

467

1,996

1,995

6,269

5,961

459

279

9,658

8,937

FOR MINOR Offences.

1887 to 1891.--

1892 to 1896.

8,755

8,205

3,484

5,433

24,035

27,046

908

1,429

1,242

3,915

518

6,001

38,942

52,029

7.—NUMBER OF PERSONS CONVICTED AND DISCHARGED

FOR SERIOUS Offences.

Convicted.

Discharged.

Convicted.

Discharged.

In 1887,

.1,234

566

In 1892,

.1,728

492

1888,

.1.116

556

,, 1893,.

.1,391

316

1889,

...),409

618

1894,

..1,224

274

1890,

1,412

616

1895,

.1,478

393

1891,

1,687

144

1896,

..1,378

263

6,858

2,500

7,199

1,738

FOR MINOR Offences.

Convicted.

Discharged.

Convicted.

Discharged.

In 1887,

..6,310

1,214

In 1892,

.8,245

729

1888,

.5,772

1,105

1893,

7,095

661

1889,

.4,529

1,131

,, 1894,

..6,155

768

1890,

5,007

1,213

» 1891,

..9,320

673

1895, 1896,

8,147

986

....

.7,320

578

30,938

5,336

36,962

3,722

Altogether excepting Nos. 13, 14 and 15.

Convicted.

Discharged.

Convicted.

Discharged.

In 1887,

....7,544

1,780

In 1892,

9,973

1,221

1888,

..6,888

1,661

1893,

8,486

977

1889,

..5,938

1,749

1894,

7,379

1,042

1890,

...6,419

1,829

1895,

9,625

1,379

1891,

11,007

817

1896,

8,698

841

37,796

7,836

41,161

5,460

143

TABLE E.

RETURN shewing the STRENGTH, Enlistments and ASUALTIES in the Police Force during 1896.

Strength of the Force.

Enlistments. Deaths.

Resignation through Sickness.

Resignation through expiry of

term

of Service or otherwise.

Dismissals

Total Number

Desertions.

of Casualties.

European,

112

00%

Indian,......

226

Chinese,

293

108

Total,

631*

175

154

*This number includes the Police paid for by other Departments and Private Firms, but is exclusive of―

1 Captain Superintendent,

I Deputy

Do.r

1 Paymaster,

Grand Total, 680.

3 Clerks,

43 Coolies,

† 2 Committed Suicide.

1 Murdered. 1 Drowned.

Police Department, Hongkong, 18th February, 1897.

F. H. MAY,

Captain Superintendent of Police.

TABLE F.

RETURN of POLICE CONSTABLES treated in the GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL for FEVER,

from 1st January to 31st December, 1896.

Central.

Nos. 1, 2 & 3

Stations.

No. 7.

Pokfulam.

Peak.

Aberdeen.

Yaumati,

Shaukiwan.

Chinese Strength,

European Strength,.. Europeans,

Indian Strength,.

Indians,....

Chinese,

. 16

Nous ∞

312792

Stanley.

8: -8 Tsimshatsui.

...

130

Grand Total.

Total,..

102

212

Police Department, Hongkong, 18th February, 1897.

F. H. MAY,

Captain Superintendent of Police.

144

Month.

RETURN of ARMS for the Year 1896.

Muskets.

Rifles.

Carbines.

Fowling Pieces.

Revolvers.

Pistols.

Bayonets.

Swords.

Gunpowder, in ths.

Cannons.

Bullets.

in boxes, (250 in Percussion Caps,

each box).

Safety Cartridges.

Cartridges, Blank,

Shots, Lead, in lbs.

Fuse.

Air Gun.

Dynamite.

Shells.

...

January,

193

525

717

220

312

February,

190 655

597

March,

11 400

S07

180

་་

163

9,039

60,520

300

102

2,000

4,808 | 104,635

100

10,027 166,600

461

· 1891

April,

5 1,009

'867

1,921

2,976 50,750

2113

500 1

May,

3 286

428

450

200

3,050

56,900

:..

June,

42 1,835 1,794

489

340 1,000...

254

...

8,756 54,280

July,

17 783

389

259

...

·4,200·

7,117 59,600

300

1,755

...

August, .........

417

765

207

9,425 56,200| 6,700 122

200

September,

833

:..

610 134

October,

14 794

15 3 831

19 1

November,

1 752

10 1 961

14,701

12,733 86,882 1,100 153

8,462 123,220 | 1,000| 396

90,550-1,500

...

193

'sank,

...

100

109 150

...

Total,...... 4858,349 1,829 187,491 1,375 | 1,093 887,565 32,300 91,094 910,137 10,600 1,578 2,798

8 2109 150

Enclosure.

POLICE SCHOOL, HONGKONG, 1st January, 1897.

SIR,-I have the honour to submit the following on the working of the Police School for 1896. 1. The necessary periodical transfers and changes, and consequent interruptions to regular and continued attendance has proved, as in previous years, a great hindrance to the steady progress of men attending.

2. There has been a noticeable increase in the desire to improve on the part of the men generally, and this is no doubt greatly owing to the interest taken by the Captain Superintendent and his visits to the School, and partly to the fact that the present Reading Books refer to matters more immediately connected with Police duties and that the teaching given has been in the same direction.

3. With reference to the present Reading Books. I beg to state that they are not sufficiently graded, the jump from the 1st Reader compiled by the Captain Superintendent, to the Police Regulations" being too great, but I believe this will be remedied to a great extent by the additional lessons to be inserted in the revised Reading Book now being prepared by the Captain Superintendent. 4. It has been found necessary with the more advanced Indian class to devote considerable time to Colloquial English as some of the men of recent drafts, who had been partly taught in India, though able to read easy lessons, were ignorant of the meaning and had simply learned them parrot-like.

5. I would strongly recommend that some of these men, if it would not interfere with other Police arrangements, should be allowed to remain in the Central Station without transfer for a turn or two.

6. Mr. JAMESON has been absent on leave since 1st April and his duties have been discharged by Mr. C.-W. DUGGAN.

7. Eleven European Constables have obtained School certificates during the year and have been exempted from attending School.

The attendance has been much the same as in 1895.

Europeans, Indians,

152

Chinese,

135

Gaol Guards,

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

The Honourable.

F. H. MAY, C.M.G.,

Captain Superintendent of Police.

Your most obedient Servant,

W. M. B. ARTHUR,

·Master in Charge.

No. 36.

HONGKONG.

REPORT OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL FOR 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

289

No. 10

GENERAL POST OFFICE, HONGKONG, 7th May, 1897.

SIR, I have the honour to forward the following report on the British Postal Service in Hong- kong and China during the

year 1896.

2. Approximate Statistics of Correspondence received and despatched during the year are given

in table A.

These figures are arrived at from statistics taken during the first 28 days of October. Compared with 1895 there is a decrease in the amount of International Correspondence despatched of 47,430 ** ordinary letters and post-cards and 15,170 newspapers and other articles, but an increase of 9,820 in the number of registered articles. The international correspondence received shows an increase of 228.030 ordinary letters and post-cards and 32,620 registered articles, while there is a decrease of 35,620 papers and other articles. Local Correspondence despatched shows a decrease of 10,820 ordinary letters and post-cards and 720 newspapers, &c., while there is an increase of 3,170 registered articles. The correspondence received shows an increase of-

13,900 Ordinary Letters and Post-cards.

4,520 Newspapers, &c., and

2,480 Registered Articles.

3. Table B shows the monthly sale of stamps at Hongkong during the year as compared with 1895, showing an increased sale of $10,816.98; the average monthly sale being slightly under $13,500 as against a little over $12,500 in 1895.

4. Table C gives the statistics of parcels received and despatched, and table D the comparison with 1895. There were 254 insured parcels despatched to India and 192 received as the result of an arrangement with that country which took effect from 1st January. The outward Christmas and New Year Mails comprised, respectively, 623 and 796 parcels, and the Inward Mails 401 and 333.

5. Table E shows Revenue and Expenditure for the year. There was a nett increase of $830.62 as compared with the Revenue of 1895 and a decrease in the Expenditure of $5,959.10. The balance of Revenue over Expenditure being $56,999.16, an increase of $6,789.72 above that shown in 1895. 6. Table F shows the numbers of parcels despatched to Europe by the P. & O. vessels and the amount of postage and insurance fees collected.

7. Table G shows the Money Order business during the year.

8. I took over charge of the Department on the 8th April on the departure of Mr. TRAVERS Who subsequently resigned the Service on the 18th October, from which date I was confirmed in the appointment.

Mr. NORTHCOTE resumed his duties as Assistant Postmaster General on the 1st April and was granted three months' leave from the 25th August on medical certificate.

Mr. A. BARRON was appointed, on the 22nd October, Superintendent of the newly organised Registration Branch which commenced work on the 14th December in the premises formerly occupied by the Attorney General and Crown Solicitor.

Messrs. A. SILVA and A. P. COSTA resigned during the year, and the new appointments were those of Messrs. RIBEIRO, LOPES and DALIETO.

Mr. REMEDIOS resigned the position of Marine Sorter and was succeeded by Mr. DEMÉE.

9. The work of the Post Office has so largely increase in recent years that the present accommod- ation is not sufficient to permit of its being satisfactorily performed.

Delivery of mails is often delayed on account of the necessity of dealing, in the first instance, with those despatched from the Office. The opening of the new Registration Branch gave very little relief to the general work, the advantage gained being that parcels and registered letters are now dealt with in a proper

manner.

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In my opinion the only remedy is to have an office of sufficient size to permit of two separate contiguous establishments one for outgoing and the other for incoming mails.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

The Honourable

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

Your obedient Servant,

A. M. THOMSON,

Postmaster General.

Table A.-Approximate Statistics for the Year 1896.

International.

Local.

Comparison with 1895.

Description of Correspondence.

Total.

Des- patched.

Received.

Des- patched.

Received.

Total in 1895.

Increase. Decrease.

Ordinary Paid Letters,

863,720 1,059,110 84,890

93,210

2,100,930

1,908,130 192,800

Unpaid or Short-paid Articles,

4,030 23,470 510

1,020

29,030

Letters on Postal Business,

3,490

3,380

1,820

1,430

10,120

32,940 9,370

...

3,910

750

...

Post Cards (Single),

10,670

18,980

2,750

2,730

35,130

39,110

...

Post Cards with reply,

910

450

210

1,630

2,860

3,980 1,230

Newspapers, Periodicals, Books, Cir-

culars, &c.,

376;690

891,150 61,100

27,430

1,356,370

1,404,260

47,890

Patterns,

9,230

Registered Articles,

61,360

29,120 210 161,070 9,620

3,060

41,620

40,720

900

9,230

241,280

190,020

51,260

Do.,

with Return Receipts,...

130

2,960

3,140

6,310

3,170

Local Delivery :-Letters, Circulars, &c.,

112,840

95,610

17,230

Table B.-Sale of Stamps at Hongkong 1895 and 1896.

1895.

1896.

January,

.$12,489.53

$15,520.43

February,

10,667.13

11,713.62

March,

12,813.99

12,693.90

April,

11,451.37

15,083.72

May,

14,554.84

12,218.73

June,

•

12,030.09

12,733.60

July,....

11,928.27

13,664.26

August,

12,943.28

12,023.13

September,

11,698.62

11,837.54

October,

14,319.72

14,509.75

November,

12,748.35

14,155.97

December,

13,521.29

15,828.81

$151,166.48

$161,983.46

Table C.-Statistics of Parcels for the Year 1896.

Despatched to

Ordinary. Insured,

9,725

1,313 United Kingdom,

731

254 India,......

665

Germany,

170

Australia,

Ceylon,

Egypt,

7,389

Gibraltar and Malta,

Coast Ports,

Total,......

18,804

1,567

United Kingdom,

India,

Germany,

Australia,

Ceylon,

Malta and Gibraltar,.

Coast Ports,

Egypt,

Received from

Ordinary.

Insured.

11,313

684

1,087 192

407

132

284

31 4,230

Total,..........

17,164

1,279

Table D.--Parcels Received and Despatched during the Years 1895 and 1896.

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Received from

1895.

1896. Increase. Decrease.]

Despatched to

1895.

1896.

Increase. Decrease.

United Kingdom, ......

11,300

12,400

1,100

United Kingdom,

9,625

11038

Germany,

511

407

104

Germany,

222

665

1,413 443

...

India,..

1,248

876

372

India,

1,218

985

233

Other Countries,

626

530

Other Countries,.

260

294

Coast Ports,

3,406

4,230

824

Coast Ports,.

5,395

7,389

1,994

Grand Total,... 17,091

18,443

1,924

572

Grand Total,... 16,720

20,371

3,884

233

Table E.-Revenue and Expenditure, 1896.

Receipts.

1895.

1896. Increase. Decrease.

Expenditure.

1895.

1896.

Increase.

Decrease.

Sale of Stamps,

Unpaid Postage,

219,201.97 226,387.94 7,185.97

8,042.31 7.182.57

859.77

Boxholders' Fees,

2,435.26 2,536.67 101.41

Share of United King-

dom,

Share of Other Coun-

tries,

51,713.18 41,616.30

37,279.81 32,533.61

Commission on Money)

Orders,

5,644.03 4,920.18

723.85

Profit on Exchange on Money Order Trans- actions,

Interest on Money Order]

9,126.11 3,986,82

5,139.29

266.15

Fund,

Commission on Money

Orders,

Contribution towardsĮ

P. & O. Subsidy,

Conveyance of Mails,

Working Expenses,

Balance,

1,043.41

749.10

10,096.88

4,746.20

294.31

56,718.04 55,899.18

818.86

7,229.15 7,146.78

82.37

40,256.68 50,336.20 10,079.52

50,209.44 56,999.16 6,789.72

Total..........$244,449.71 | 245,280.33 7,553.53

6,722.91

Total,.....$244,449.71 245,280.33 16,869.24 16,038.62

Table F.-Parcels for United Kingdom Posted in Hongkong during the Year 1896.

Date.

Number of

Postage.

Insurance Fees.

Date.

Parcels.

Number

of Parcels.

Postage.

Insurance Fees.

January 2nd.....

2nd,..

203 15

$ 180.70 11.75

$ 4.80

Brought forward,... July 1st,....

5,073

$4,280.25

257.80

22.85

4.80

3.00

15th,

378

334.20

11.20

وو

16th,

424

373.60

18.20

15th,

20.75

6.80

16th,

59.50

12.50

29th,

315

253.75

8.60

29th,

276

228.90

8.20

29th,

14.05

4.60

29th,

21.50

5.30

August 12th,

301

257.15

11.60

February 12th,

324

283.85

10.60

12th,

30.55

7.20

12th,

33.25

7.00

26th,

322

271.80

9.80

26th,

270

217.50

9.80

26th,

23.40

6.20

26th,

25.35

6.80

September 9th,

285

239.50

10.80

March 11th,

365

315.50

9.40

9th,

26.05

6.20

11th,

32.90

6.70

})

23rd,

271

209.65

8.60

25th,

353

266.95

13.00

23rd,

15.75

5.80

25th,

34.65

9.20

October 7th,

320

281.75

15.60

April 8th,......

443

364.20

17.60

7th,

36.75

9.60

8th...

47.05

10.00

21st,..

413

402.70

17.00

22nd,

323

276.20

5.80

21st,

57.55

13.90

22nd,

25.15

7.40

November 4th,.

623

553.45

33.00

May 6th,

326

269.65

9.60

4th,.

130

132.00

26.30

6th,

28.20

6.60

18th,.

796

607.15

37.40

20th,

340

276.75

15.40

18th,.

114

87.60

23.00

20th,

38.30

9.90

December 2nd,.

479

368.10

21.60

June 3rd,

304

278.10

13.00

2nd,.

56.40

12.50

3rd,

29.20

7.60

17th,

328

287.20

13.80

16th, 16th,

343

296.45

16.00

....

45.30

9.60

17th,

July 1st,

290

39.60 234.75

8.40 8.20

31st,

310 29

292.25

10.00

30.10

5.80.

Carried forward, ...

5,073

4,280.25

257.80

Grand Total,...

10,938

9,257.25

611.30

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Table G.-MONEY ORDER BUSINESS, 1896.

Number of Orders.

Colonial

Total

Amount.

Com- mission.

Com-

mission.

Do.

In Sterling.

Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports on United Kingdom,

on Queensland,

£ s. d.

2,963

9,966.17. 6

410.57

135. 5. 2

2.33

Do.

on New South Wales,

90. 6. 5

2.29

Do.

on Victoria,

146.19. 8

3.20

Do.

ou South Australia,

17. 9.11

1.64

Do.

on Tasmania,

222.11. 6

9.61

Do.

on New Zealand,..

58.12. 2

0.60

Total Outward Orders in Sterling,..

3,269

10,638. 2. 4

430.24

United Kingdom on Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports,

1,120

3,590. 4. 1

162.28

Queensland

Do.,

1,899

13,030.13. 3

1,237.96

New South Wales

Do.,

8.68

4,161. 0. 9

394.16

Victoria

Do.,

591

3,627. 9. 4

339.63

South Australia

Do.,

222

1,894.12. 4

179.42

Tasmania

Do.,

156

615. 6. 3

57.52

New Zealand

Do.,

222

1,317.16. 7

123.62

Total Inward Orders in Sterling,................

5,078

28,237. 2. 7

2,494.59

In Gold Dollars.

Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports on United States of America,.

122

1,094.96

22.71

Do. Do.

on Canada,

756.31

8.95

on Hawaii,

40.00

0.41

Total Outward Orders in Gold Dollars,........

167

1,891.27

32.07

où

United States of America ou Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports, Canada

Do.,

239

4,602.67

44.18

121

3,492.48

33.39

Total Inward Orders in Gold Dollars,

360

8,095.15

77.57

In Silver Dollars.

Hongkong on Shanghai, ...

108

2,080.45

39.00

Do. Do.

Do.

Do. on Coast Ports,

Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports on Japan (including transfers from

Australia, Straits, Borneo, &c.,

en British North Borneo,....

493.16

8.40

2,017

103,559.95

103.10

on Straits Settlements,....

on Siam,..

141

2,450.62

20.75

430.25

2.80

183.20

1.36

Total Outward Orders in Silver Dollars,

2,318

109,197.63

175.41

Shanghai on Hongkong and Coast Ports,

101

1,584.71

36.20

Japan on Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports,

286

5,756.82

4.94

Straits Settlements

Do.,

754

19,099.99

114.73

Siam

Do.,

British North Borneo

Do.,

176

396.10 5,350.73

3.96

53.50

Total Inward Orders in Silver Dollars,

1,352

32,188.35

213.33

In Rupees.

K's.

as.

Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports on India,

918

Do.

on Ceylon,

57,159.13 448. 1

313.91 2.28

Total Outward Orders in Rupecs,

933

57,607.14

316.19

India ou Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports, Ceylon on

380

27,916.12

Do.,

351. 1

79.15 1.02

Total Inward Orders in Rupees,.....

393

28,267.13

80.17

Carried forward,

3,819.57

MONEY ORDER BUSINESS, 1896,-Continued.

Imperial Postal Orders Payable in the United

287

Number

Colonial

Total

Amount.

Orders.

Com- mission.

Com-

mission.

Kingdom.

s. d.

Brought forward,.

$ c.

3,819.57

1/- Orders,

1/6

1,376 1,265

68.16. 0 94.17. 6

Sold at Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports,

908

227. 0. 0

666.99

10-

1,276

638. 0. 0

20/-

2,613

2,613. 0. 0

7,438

3,641.13. 6

666.99

Total Sterling Orders,

Local Postal Notes Payable in Hongkong, Shanghai

and Coast Ports.

$ c.

25-Cent Notes,......

145

36.25

1.45

194

97.00

1.94

Sold at Hongkong, Shanghai and Coast Ports,

$1.00 2.00

145

145.00

2.90

155

310.00

6.20

3.00

157

471.00

9.42

4.00

134

536.00

10.72

5.00

253

1,265.00

25.30

10.00

362

3,620.00

72.40

Total Dollar Notes,

1,545

6,480.25

130.33

4,616.89

A. M. THOMSON,

Postmaster General.

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No. 34

No. 97.

HONGKONG.

REPORT ON THE PRAYA RECLAMATION WORKS FOR THE FIRST HALF-YEAR 1897.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

PRAYA RECLAMATION OFFICE, HONGKONG, 13th September, 1897.

SIR, I have the honour to submit, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, the statistics and report on the Praya Reclamation Works for the half-year ending 30th June, 1897.

Section No. 1. Eastern Portion.-Contract No. 18. The work under this contract was suspended on the 18th April, 1896, pending the construction of the pipe sewers, laying the gas and water mains, and the erection on the reclaimed land of the new buildings authorized by C.S.O. No. 495 of 1896.

Section No. 2.-Contract No. 13. The work under this contract was suspended on the 23rd February, 1895, pending the construction of the new buildings on the reclaimed land authorized by C.SO. No. 1448 of 1894. The buildings having been sufficiently advanced to allow of the works under the said contract being completed, a notice was sent to the contractor on the 1st June request- ing him to proceed with the work still remaining to be executed under that contract; the work was resumed on the 11th June, and is now being carried on, but in a dilatory manner.

Section No. 3.-Contract No. 23 for the completion of the upper portion of the sea wall, landing steps and landing pier, above the concrete blocks, constructing storm water drains, reclaiming the land, forming, channelling and concreting the roads, etc. was made with TSANG KENG on the 4th March, 1895. The setting and weighting of the concrete blocks of the landing pier and por- tions of the sea wall on both sides thereof, at the bottom of Wing Lok Street, were completed on the 27th March last, and notice given to the contractor to proceed with, and complete, the work under the said contract on or before the 11th April, 1898. During the six months under review 34,923 cubic yards of earth have been filled, in the Reclamations, 855 cubic yards rubble stone hand packed, 210 cubic yards cement concrete, and 168 cubic yards of lime concrete, have been laid, backing of sea wall, ring bolts, etc., 10,572 cubic feet granite ashlar in sea wall and storm water drain, 2,102 feet of rubble stone in retaining wall, and 177 lineal feet of stone-ware pipes have been laid, 2,742 superficial feet granite paving taken up and relaid, and 14,917 cubic feet of granite ashlar and rubble backing of old sea wall have been taken up, cleaned and stacked on the reclaimed land in front of the Sailors' Home.

Departmental Work, done by divers, etc., viz., 560 superficial feet foundations of sea wall levelled. and concreted, 110 lineal feet of concrete blocks set containing 3,911 cubic feet, weighing about 244 tons, and 61 cubic yards rubble stone hand packed backing of concrete blocks.

Section No. 4.-The work on this section during the half-year under review has been done departmentally, viz., foundations levelled and concreted by divers, 1,442 superficial feet, blocks set on a length of 237 feet, containing 8,243 cubic feet, and weighing about 515 tons, backing of concrete blocks with rubble stone hand packed 82 cubic yards.

On the evening of the 7th March last a portion of the rubble stone foundations on a length of 314 feet, whilst being weighted with 85,248 cubic feet of concrete blocks, weighing about 5,328 tons, suddenly, and without warning, subsided to a maximum depth of about 28 feet, 26,175 cubic feet of these blocks weighing about 1,636 tons have been taken up, and the remaining portion as far as practicable will be taken up as soon as the divers can be spared for that service.

Section No. 5.-Contract No. 36, for the construction of the rubble stone foundations of sea wall and storm water drains, etc. was made with TSANG KENG on the 11th February, 1896, the work to be completed on the 1st February, 1897. The work was being carried on in so slow and dilatory a manner, therefore with a view to getting the work completed to allow the upper surface of the foundations being levelled and concreted, and the concrete blocks forming base of sea wall laid during the low tides of May, June and July, an agreement was made by the Crown Solicitor (C.S.O. No. 517 of 1897) with TSANG KENG and his security TAI SUN FAT, to complete and hand over the work in three instalments. The first, or Eastern portion, to be handed over on the 23rd April, the second portion on the 23rd May, and the last, or Western portion, on the 8th June. The several portions were not however completed and taken over until the 16th May, 30th May and 2nd June, the whole being completed on the 17th June.

526

During the six months under review 51,234 cubic yards of rubble stone and quarry chippings were used on this work and about 50,700 superficial feet of the upper surface of the rubble stone foundations of sea wall, storm water drains, etc. roughly levelled.

Contract No. 44 for levelling, forming, concreting and completing the upper surface of the rubble stone foundations of sea wall, landing steps. etc., on a length of 801 feet, raising foundations of ring-bolts, backing the first course of concrete blocks with rubble stone hand packed, etc., was made with YAU KUNG CHEUNG on the 10th May (Confidential C.S.O. No. 13 of 1897). The whole to be completed on the 13th August.

The work was commenced on the 16th May and carried on with despatch, in a very satisfactory. manner, to the 30th June, when 10,220 superficial feet of rubble stone foundations had been levelled, and concreted, and 533 cubic yards of rubble stone laid hand packed, backing of concrete blocks.

Departmental Work done by divers, pontoon crane, etc., viz., 1,260 superficial feet rubble stone foundations levelled and concreted, concrete blocks set (single course) on a length of 895 feet containing 32,196 cubic feet, and weighing about 2,012 tons, 47 cubic yards rubble stone hand packed, backing of concrete blocks, foundations of landing steps, and the foundations of sea wall weighted on a length of 30 feet, 10,656 cubic feet of concrete blocks weighing about 666 tons being used for that purpose.

Sections 6 and 7-From Ice House Street, to Pottinger Street, Contract No. 43. For the con- struction of the upper portion of the sea wall, landing piers, landing steps, etc. (above the concrete blocks) completing the storm water drains, filling in and reclaiming the land, forming and levelling the roads and footpaths, constructing side-channels, concreting and macadamizing roads, footpaths, etc., was made with CHAN YING CHEONG on the 8th May last, the work to be completed on the 7th May, 1898.

To the 30th

The work was commenced on the 8th May and fairly good progress has been made. June 9,000 cubic yards of earth have been filled in the Reclamation, 100 lineal feet of old sea wall taken down, the contractor's sheds built, the office for overseer commenced, and a quantity of ashlar for sea wall and landing piers have been cut at the quarries.

Departmental Work done by divers and pontoon crane, etc. on sea wall, viz., foundations levelled and concreted 392 superficial feet, concrete blocks (single course) set on a length of 116 feet, contain- ing 3,864 cubic feet, and weighing about 241 tons. The foundations of sea wall on a length of 106 feet weighted with Concrete Blocks, containing 37,651 cubic feet, and weighing about 2,353 tons. The foundations of the Pedder Street drain weighted on a length of 60 feet with concrete blocks, containing 7,663 cubic feet, and weighing about 479 tons.

Earth filling in reclamations, Contract No. 40, for excavating and depositing in hopper barges 80,000 cubic yards of earth, was made with YAU KUNG CHUNG on the 1st October, 1896, (Confidential C.S.O. No. 73 of 1896) and completed on the 24th June. 63,993 cubic yards of which have been deposited in Section No. 5. 8,863 cubic yards of earth from Government Works Taipingshan Improve- ments, have been deposited in the reclamations, viz., 1,633 cubic yards in Section No. 4, and 7,230 cubic yards in Section No. 5, 18,201 cubic yards of materials raised by the Government dredger, have been deposited in Section No. 5, and 9,203 cubic yards of earth and spoil, received from other sources have been deposited in the reclamations, viz., Section No. 4, 699. cubic yards, Section No. 5, 2,780 cubic yards, and Sections 6 and 7, 5,724 cubic yards, making the total quantity of earth and spoil, deposited in these reclamations during the half-year ending 30th June, 1897, 100,260 cubic yards.

Supply of Portland Cement, Contract No. 42 (Confidential C.S.O. No. 42 of 1897) made with the Green Island Cement Co., 3,000 casks of Cement, 1,500 casks of which have been received in good condition..

Reconstruction of Government Piers. Murray Road Pier.-Contract No. 41 for the construction of the ashlar masonry and concrete backing above the concrete blocks, was made with CHAN CHIONG on the 5th January, the work to be completed on the 4th July, 1897. The work under this contract was carried on in a fairly satisfactory manner, until about the middle of May, when it was nearly suspended on account of the death of the contractor's father, consequently the new pier will not be completed before the middle of September, 5,989 cubic feet granite ashlar in cement has been set, 63 cubic yards of cement concrete, and 628 cubic yards of lime concrete have been laid, and the fenders, ring-bolts, etc. fixed.

Departmental work done by divers and pontoon crane, etc., Murray Road Pier 4 closing blocks containing 405 cubic feet set, and 38 cubic feet cement concrete deposited in situ.

Nam Pak Hong Pier, 1,260 superficial feet rubble stone foundations levelled and concreted, 10,000 cubic feet of concrete blocks set in the first, second, third and fourth courses, (the first course being laid 9 feet below Ordnance Datum) and 220 cubic yards rubble stone hand packed, backing of blocks.

527

Pedder Street Piers. 2,160 superficial feet rubble stone foundations, levelled and concreted, 21,654 cubic feet concrete blocks set in first, second and third courses, (the first course is laid 9 feet below Ordnance Datum), 799 cubic yards of rubble stone hand packed, backing of blocks, and 60,480 cubic feet of concrete blocks, weighing 3,780 tons used for weighting the foundations.

Making Concrete Blocks.-Contract No. 24, second extension, made with YAU KUNG CHEUNG on the 17th October, 1896, (C.S.O. No. 2,388 of 1896) No. 573 Concrete Blocks (of different sizes) have been made containing 77,232 cubic feet of cement concrete and granite ashlar facing.

Plant.-The whole of the Plant has been maintained in a good state of repair without involving any extraordinary expenditure.

Summary of work executed, and tabular statements, shewing the expenditure during the period. under review are attached.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

The Honourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY,

&c.,

4.-

&c.,

&c.

PRAYA RECLAMATION WORKS.

E. BOWDLER,

Special Engineer.

Summary of Work executed during the Half-Year ending 30th June, 1897.

144,183 Cubic yards earth, filled and rammed, in Reclamation.

31,234

2,597

Do..

Do.

rubble stone laid "pierre perdue."

do.

hand packed.

311

Do.

Portland cement concrete.

796 Do.

lime concrete.

16,561 Cubic feet granite ashlar masonry, set in cement mortar.

2,102 Do.

77,232 Do.

79,868 Do.

204,689 Do.

granite rubble masonry, set in lime mortar.

blocks made (cement concrete and ashlar masonry).

concrete blocks set.

concrete blocks weighing about 12,793 tons, used for weighting foundations.

17,617 Do. masonry of old sea wall, taken down.

10,220 Superficial feet foundations of sea wall, levelled and concreted.

5,814

2,742

Do.

do. of piers and landing steps, levelled and concreted by divers.

granite paving taken up and relaid,

No. 3,743 Casks cement used.

E. BOWDLER, Special Engineer,

PRAYA RECLAMATION WORKS.

General Statement of Accounts to 30th June, 1897.

ESTIMATED

COST.

CONTRIBUTION RECEIVED.

TOTAL.

EXPENDITURE.

SERVICE.

31st December,

1896.

31st May,

1897.

During the month of June,

1897.

Total to

30th June,

1897.

528

'LOT HOLDERS.

с.

Section No. 1,.

423,260.67

240,365.46

Section No. 1,

140,756.14

Do. No. 2,

251,176.20

Do. No. 3,.

459,378.56

344,533.92

Do. No. 2,

162,749.94

Do. No. 4,.

227,392.11

109,100.74

Do. No. 5,.

310,486.00

76,501.50

Do. No. 3,

212,667.31

17,473.01

3,656.50

233,796.82

Do. No. 6,.

523,788.60

229,133.98

Do. No. 7,

316,268,44

278,543.85

Do. No. 4,

81,665.70

2,018.18

87.48

83,771.36

1,529,355.65

Do. No. 5,

49,880.50

27,685.04

5,113.56

82,679.10

GOVERNMENT.

Do. No. 6,

81,934.21

155.75

1,135.98

83,225.94

Section No. 4,..

38,734.40

19,367.20

Do. No. 7,

398,927.49

155.75

1,126.87

400,210.11

Do. No. 5,..

84,906.90

46,226.72

Do. No. 6,..

46,818.00

11,704.25

Plant,

106,807.76

1,645.76

203.60

108,657:12

Do. No. 7,

259,218.77

246,257.83

323,556.00

Concrete Block,..

132,824.92

25,743.38

4,295.85

162,864.15

Establishment including Offices and

169,782.59

11,984.46

2,170.04

183,937.09

2,941,428.65

1,852,911.65

Office Contingencies,

Preliminary Expenses,

3,359.98

...

Purchase of Land opposite Wharf and

105,000.00

Godown Company,

Interest from Lot Holders,.

Interest,

Reconstruction of Government

339.40

92,679.29

Compensation to the Owners and Occu- piers of Wharves and Piers,.

141,109.36

121,137.17

ment, section 2,

Piers,

Crown Agents' a/c.,

Profit on Cement,

Amount Refunded by Govern-

Green Island Cement Co.,.

To Balance overdrawn,

1,787,465,90

86,861.33

17,789.88

1,892,117.11

1,131.45

...

15,351.13

214.88

2,125.00

Stock, 62 casks Cement,

Reconstruction of Government Piers,

Deposit in Col. Government,

409.34

Store A/c.,

$2,086,299.31

E. BOWDLER, Special Engineer.

42,205.82

8,498.46

1,208.88

263.50

51,908.16

};

142,000.00

5.04

5.50

10.54

$2,086,299.31

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No. 199

No. 236.

HONGKONG.

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE, HONGKONG, 23rd April, 1897.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward you the following report of the work of this department during the year 1896.

As this is probably the last annual report that I shall have the honour of submitting to you, I have, in the hope that such information may be of use to my successor, included various tables, references and opinions that under ordinary circumstances would be beyond the scope of such a report.

ANNUAL RECURRENT WORKS.

2. Repairs to Buildings.-A considerable amount of work of a miscellaneous nature has been done under this heading of account, of which the following are the more important items, viz. :—

The Government Offices, St. John's Place; extensive repairs to roof and ceilings, and painting and colourwashing have been executed.

The Central Police Station including the Captain Superintendent's House and Officers' Quarters, Police Stations Numbers 1, 5 and 7, City of Victoria, the Medical Staff Quarters, and the Markets at Wanchai, Sokonpo and Shektongtsui, have been thoroughly repaired, painted and colourwashed.

The Western Market has been extensively repaired and improvements in the shops and cookhouses executed.

At the Government Civil Hospital, painting, colourwashing and sundry repairs have been executed.

The Cattle Depôt at Kennedytown, Kennedytown Hospital, Public Laundries and the Chinese Lunatic Asylum have been colourwashed and painted.

At the Government House, Queen's College, Government Villas, Government Pavilions; and the Yaumati, Aberdeen, Tsimshatsui, Hung Hom, Mount Gough and Shaukiwan Police Stations, ordinary repairs have been executed.

3. Government Offices.-In a report to the Government Office Committee, I pointed out the present unsatisfactory condition of the accommodation available for Government Departments. The present accommodation is inadequate to meet the present requirements, and the condition of the buildings in many instances is such that, in the course of a few years, it is anticipated considerable works of reconstruction will be necessary.

4. Markets. The question of improved Market accommodation, both in the City of Victoria and the villages, is one requiring urgent consideration. Attention has been repeatedly drawn to the condition of the Western and Saiyingpoon Markets, which require reconstruction, and to the inadequate accommodation provided by the present market at Shaukiwan.

Plans and estimates have been prepared for the erection of a New Market at Saiyingpoon on the present site, and for the extension of the Market at Shaukiwan, but I regret to say that the financial position of the Colony does not apparently admit of these works being proceeded with at present.

As regards the Western Market, its reconstruction should, if possible, be postponed pending the erection of the New Harbour Office. A considerable increase in the present market accommodation in this district is required, and the project for a new market should include the erection of buildings on the present site and also on the site of the existing Harbour Office. The question of reserving the site on the Reclamation opposite the Central Market for the erection of a Fish Market deserves consideration. Information respecting the present market accommodation and other particulars will be found in C.S.O. 179.

1701

5. Slaughter Houses.-The new Slaughter Houses in the City of Victoria and at Kowloon have been maintained in a satisfactory state of repair and appear to be ample to meet requirements for some time to come, but the Sanitary Board has, on more than one occasion during the last three years, urged the construction of a slaughter house at Shaukiwan. Plans and estimates have been prepared for this work but funds are not yet available for its construction.

6. Dépôts.-The new Cattle, Pig and Sheep Depôts at Kennedytown and Kowloon have been maintained in a satisfactory state of repair and amply meet the present requirements, but the erection of a Poultry Depôt is much required. Attention has been called to the present insanitary arrange- ment of housing Poultry in the ground floors of domestic buildings in the City of Victoria, C.S.O. 1933.

T895

174

7. Latrines. The question of providing adequate latrine accommodation is still in abeyance. There are at present 12 Government Public Latrines in the City, these have been maintained in a satisfactory state of repair. The Sanitary Board has urged the construction of additional latrines, the importance of which is evident when it is considered that few of the Chinese houses are provided with accommodation of this nature. A special report on this subject will be found in C.S.O. 1638

8. Police Stations.-These have been maintained in a satisfactory state of repair as far as their age admits. In the City of Victoria, Stations number 7 in the Western District and number 2 in the Eastern District, however, require reconstruction, and increased accommodation is required in these stations and at No. 5.

A new station is required at Taitam and one is also required at Shek O.

9. Hospitals.-The buildings are in a satisfactory state of repair, and though the accommodation at the Government Civil Hospital is insufficient to meet the increasing requirements of the Colony, the site is now built over to such an extent that no further buildings should be erected upon it. Land is however available for extensions in a Southerly direction between the Bonham and Richmond Roads.

Laundry accommodation is urgently required in connection with the hospitals and a Disinfecting Station should be established at Kennedytown as pointed out in C.S.O. 1. and 1388.

10. Gaol.-The Gaol buildings have been maintained in a satisfactory state of repair, but not- withstanding the addition recently carried out on the west side of Old Bailey, the accommodation falls short of that required. Projects are under consideration for the erection of Warders' Quarters and a new Gaol Hospital, C.O.D. 19 and C.S.O. 1737.

1895

1896

11. Powder Magazine.-The Powder Magazine at Stonecutters' Island has been maintained in a satisfactory state of repair. The buildings, however, are considered unsuitable for the storage of explosives and the construction of a New Magazine is urged by the War Office Authorities. Plans and estimates for which have been submitted, C.O.D. T ៩.

12. A list of Government Buildings situated in the City of Victoria and outside the City will be found in Appendix A.

13. Maintenance of Telegraphs.-The Lines and Instruments have been maintained in a satisfac- tory condition. The Harbour Master's residence has been placed in direct telephonic communication with the Harbour Office, C.S.O. 9, and telephonic communication has been established between Head Quarter House and the Central Police Station, C.S.O.

612 89

14. Maintenance of Public Cemetery.-A further extension has been made and terraced to the north of the existing burial ground, and the cemetery maintained in a satisfactory condition.

15. Praya Wall and Piers.-The expenditure under this heading has been small. The footings of a portion of the Praya wall at Tsimshatsui have been further protected by the repair of the rubble foundations.

The pier at Stonecutters' Island has been repaired at a cost of $636.87.

16. Maintenance of Lighthouses.-The Gap Rock Lighthouse and Quarters attached have been repaired, painted and colourwashed.

A new Chinese latrine has been provided at Cape Collinson Lighthouse, and the Lighthouse and Quarters have been whitewashed.

Minor repairs have been executed at Green Island Lighthouse and Quarters.

17. Dredging Foreshores.-The dredger has been mainly employed at Causeway Bay, with the exception of two days during which it was lent to the Telegraph Company.

The quantity of material dredged was 56,613 cubic yards.

Expenditure on repairs amounted to $94.30.

Particulars respecting the work done during 1895 and 1896 and the cost incurred will be found in Appendix B.

18. Miscellaneous Works.-The following are the more important works carried out under this heading of account and the expenditure thereon:-

Rebuilding Boundary Wall, &c., between Kowloon Marine Lot 10 and Kowloon

Police Basin, C.S.O. 1773,

Mounting Guns at Gap Rock Lighthouse, C.S.O. 982

1895)

Constructing Magazine at Gap Rock Lighthouse, C.S.O. 1978, Works at Police Basin at Kowloon, C.S.O. 1858

801.24

450.98

916.50

448.02

Constructing 3 Cells and Kitchen at Reformatory, C.S.O. 1878

323.87

18959 ***.

2,966.11

986.90

172.48

672.47

462.91

Constructing additional Quarters at Cape Collinson Lighthouse, C.S.O. 133,. Rebuilding Retaining Walls, South of Inland Lot 509, and reinstating Seymour

Road adjoining, C.S.O. 35,...

Street improvements at Shaukiwan, C.S.O. 486,

Repairs to Shektongtsui Nullah,

Po-yan Street Improvement, C.S.O. 435

1896'

18961

Building New Stove at and Blinds for Central Police Station, C.S.O. $388, Channelling and Curbing Cameron, Granville and Carnarvon Roads, Kowloon,

C.S.O. 440

1896

18961

Curbing, Channelling and Improving Street at Shaukiwan, C.S.O. 4366. Supplying and fixing wrought iron ladder and ringbolts at Sheep, Swine and

Cattle Depôt, C.S.O. 372,

Repairs and sundry works to Post Office, C.S.O. Tt6, +88% and 2861, Street improvements at Yaumati, C.S.O. 132,

175

734.77

2,675.04 1,713.10

163.41

206.21

1,778.63

19. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in Victoria.-Extensive repairs have been executed to the macadam surfaces of Queen's Road, Praya East, Praya Central, Bonham Strand, Cleverly Street, Sharp Street, and Heard Street; also to the concrete surfaces of Zetland Street, Battery Path and Garden Road. The surfaces of Kennedy, Bowen and Wanchai Roads have been repaired with decom- posed granite. The timber bridge, Hill Road, has been replaced by an iron and concrete structure.

20. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges out of Victoria. Considerable attention has been bestowed upon these roads and bridges. Cape D'Aguilar, Magazine Gap, Wanchai Gap, Mount Kellet, Pokfulam and Shaukiwan Roads; also Little Hongkong New Road and the roads at Aberdeen, have been thoroughly repaired.

All the bridges have been examined and repaired where necessary. The bridge over the 'stream at Wongneichong Village has been reconstructed, brick arches replacing the old timber structure, C.S.O. 2218

1896*

21. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in Kowloon.-The principal streets in the villages of Yaumati and Hung Hom have been surfaced with decomposed granite, and the roads and bridges throughout the Peninsula maintained in a satisfactory state of repair.

22. Maintenance of Water Works, City of Victoria and Hill District. The water works of the City of Victoria and Hill District have been maintained in a satisfactory state and condition. The small rainfall experienced during 1895 and the early part of 1896 necessitated the introduction of the intermittent supply during the months of January, February, March and June.

23. The following statement shews the periods during which the intermittent system was intro- duced, the hours of supply, the average daily consumption and the consumption per head per diem during such periods. The population taken is that ascertained from the census returns of January, 1897, viz., Land, 163,910. Boat, 14,415. Hill District, 1,660. Total, 179,985:-

Month.

Period.

Hours of Supply.

Consumption in gallons.

Average

January,

February,

March,

June,

Per head

daily.

per diem.

1st to 31st

6 a.m. to 10 a.m.

1,733,064

9.7

1st to 29th

6 a.m. to 10 a.m.

1,764,793

9.8

1st to 29th

6 a.m. to 10 a.m.

1,781,862

9.9

1st to 14th

6 a.m. to 10 a.m.

1,917,429

10.7

24. The quantity of water filtered at Taitam and Pokfulam filter beds during the year was 676,842,000 gallons and 271,843,000 gallons respectively, making a total of 948,685,000 gallons, equal to a consumption at the rate of 14.4 gallons per head per diem for all purposes.

Neglecting the period (103 days) during which the supply was intermittent, the consumption during the remaining 263 days was 765,263,000 gallons or at the rate of 16.1 gallons per head per diem for all purposes.

25. The total quantity of water supplied to the Hill District during the year was 12,494,000 gallons or at the rate of 20.5 gallons per head per diem. (Population 1,660 census 1897.)

26. In the Hill District, all water supplied is measured by meter in accordance with the Water Works Ordinance No. 6 of 1895.

The introduction of meters has effected a diminution in the consumption of water, but the con- sumption still appears unnecessarily high, and when the scarcity of the water supply during the last three years and the cost of raising the water some 1,400 feet is considered, the importance of adopting every practicable means for securing an economical use of water consistent with sanitary requirements is obvious.

27. The total quantity of water supplied to the City and Hill District by meter during the year was 244,452,000 gallons, the number of meters being 245 in the City and 109 in the Hill District.

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28. Tabular statements giving information respecting the quantity of water in the reservoirs and supplied to the several districts during the year will be found in appendices C., D. and E.

29. Diagrams shewing the hourly consumption during periods of 24 hours are attached, appendix F. These shew a satisfactory reduction in the consumption during the night, indicating a more careful closing of taps and a reduction in the waste from defective fittings.

30. The number of requisitions received for the construction of new services and the repair of existing ones was 481.

31. One hundred and eighteen (118) notices have been issued to repair defective services.

32. A report on the water supply to the City of Victoria and the Hill District was submitted by me on the 9th of May, Sessional Paper No. 1, and the recommendations_contained therein with a view to increasing the water supply have received the approval of the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

33. Maintenance of Water Works, Kowloon.--The constant supply of water to Kowloon has been maintained. The following tabular statement gives the quantity of water pumped and the quantity supplied by meter during the year :-

Quantity in gallons.

January,

February,

March,.

April,

May, June, July,

August,

September,

October,

November.

December,

Month.

Pumped.

Supplied by

meter.

4,721,000

1,549,000

3,531,000

1,992,000

3,983,000

2,387,000

3,065,000

663,000

3,825,000

868,000

3,207,000

1,651,000

4,497,000

1,043,000

4,619,000 1,418,000

4,311,000 1,488.000

4,472,000

1,437,000

4,324,000

1,472,000

4,243,000

1,134,000

Total,

48,798,000

17,102,000

The quantity of water supplied to the Garrison during the year was 3,641,000 gallons. Arrangements were made during the period of intermittent supply to the City of Victoria to supply water boats with water from these works.

The total quantity of water supplied during the year was 48,798,000 gallons or at the rate of 5.4 gallons per head per diem for all purposes. (Population Census 1897. Kowloon Point-Land, 2,750. Boat, 1,040. Yaumati-Land, 8,010. Boat, 2,145. Hung-Hom-Land, 9,000. Boat, 1,830. Total 24,775.)

34. The supply of water to all private premises and Government buildings is measured by meter and charged for in accordance with the water works regulations. The total number of meters fixed

is 42.

35. Private services are limited to Imperial and Colonial Government Buildings and to European houses and trade establishments, the Chinese population deriving their supply from street fountains ; this arrangement should, I think, be continued.

36. The following is a copy of the Government Analyst's report on three samples of water col- lected from the street fountains on the 27th February, 1896.

(Copy.)

WATER ANALYSIS.

Received 27th February, 1896.

GOVERNMENT LABORATORY,

HONGKONG, 4th March, 1896..

KOWLOON WATER SUPPLY.

A. Drawn from No. 217 Fountain, Hung-Hom.

112

Yaumati. Tsimshatsui.

177

Total solid matter dried at 212° Fah.,

Hardness-reckoned as chalk grains or “degrees

Results expressed in grains per Imperial Gallon (1 in 70,000).

Appearance in 24-inch tube,..

Chlorine in Chlorides,

Ammonia,

Clear and B.

2.7

.65

.6.

.0014

Nil.

Albumenoid Ammonia,

Nil.

.0014

Oxygen absorbed in 4 hours at about 80° Fah.,... Nitrogen in nitrites and nitrates,.

.03.

.03

.02

Nitrites,

Nil.

The above results show that the water is of excellent quality.

W. EDWARD CROW, Government Analyst.

37. The Expenditure other than supervision in connection with the maintenance of these works during the year has been as follows:-

Coal,

Miscellaneous Stores,

Wages, Sundries,

$ 2,249.20

906.42

959.19 1,673.62

$ 5,788.43

38. Future Extensions.-It appears probable that, as soon as the extension of Station Street to Mongkoktsui and the improvement of the villages of Taikoktsui and Fuk Tsun Heung are completed, the mains will require extending to the above villages which are at present without a satisfactory water supply. A small service reservoir will be required at the northern extremity of this extension for which a suitable site on the hill to the south of Fuk Tsun Heung should be reserved.

When the above extensions are commenced these villages should be charged water rate and the receipts carried to the credit of water account.

39. The work in connection with the maintenance and control of the water works is carried out under the provisions of Ordinances Nos. 16 of 1890 and 6 of 1895, and Regulations published in Government Notifications 287, 321 and 389 of 1895, and instructions contained in C.S.O. Nos. +37§ 2463 and 1138.

1895

18891

40. Maintenance of Sewers.-The sewers have been maintained in a satisfactory condition, but there are still several house drains not yet connected with the new system, this should receive atten- tion and the necessity of the removal of the old drains as the Praya Reclamation works proceed should not be lost sight of.

41. The necessity for intercepting the sewers in the Eastern district of Victoria and discharging the sewage at North Point as advised by Mr. CHADWICK, C.M.G., has not yet arisen.

42. The storm water drain in Nullah Lane, Wanchai, has given considerable trouble owing to the sand and debris washed down during rains from the untrained portion of the nullah, south of Queen's Road. Works for the training of this nullah as far as the Public Laundries should be under- taken as soon as practicable.

43. It is satisfactory to note that Mr. RAM, in his report dated July 1st, 1896, addressed to the Sanitary Board, states that he had inspected 6,451 houses, 3,263 of which had been redrained, and in only 12 of these the drains were found to be defective.

44. Lighting City of Victoria and Kowloon.-The Lighting has been performed by the Gas and Electric Companies in a satisfactory manner. Thirteen additional lamps have been fixed in the City and 32 in Kowloon.

The lighting in Kowloon has been improved and Welsbach burners fixed in Yaumati.

There is room for considerable improvement in the Gas Lighting of public streets, this matter was dealt with in a special report, Sessional Paper No. T, and the recommendations I made have been approved and are being carried out.

45. A new contract should be entered into with the Gas Company for the lighting of the City and Kowloon at an early date.

46. Maintenance of Public Recreation Ground.-The ground has been maintained in good order without any exceptional expenditure.

New regulations for the management of the ground were made by His Excellency the Governor in June and November last, Government Notifications 227 and 444 of 1896, under the provisions of Ordinance No. 8 of 1870.

47. Clock Tower.--The clock has been thoroughly cleaned and repaired by Messrs. Falconer &

Co., C.S.O. 957

1896*

178

LAND SURVEY BRANCH.

48. During the past year 59 lots have been sold at public auctions, the total area being 937,216 square feet. The premium realized amounted to $188,929 and the annual Crown rent to $6,670.50. Extensions have been granted to 18 lots, the total area being 403.048 square feet. The preinium realized amounted to $34,846 and the annual Crown rent to $2,059.90.

In addition to the foregoing, short leases have been granted for 28 lots, the annual Crown rent amounting to $578.60. Also 172 leases have been granted in lieu of squatter's licences in the villages of Pokfulam, Tai Hang, Tai Koktsui, Kai Lung Wan and Ah Kung Ngam, the annual Crown Rent amounting to $449.53.

Land has been granted under special conditions without sale by public auction in the following cases, viz.:-

Crown

Lot No.

Area.

Premium.

Rent.

Authority.

sq. ft.

$ c.

The Eastern Extension Telegraph Co.,. M. L. 276

7,000

39,720

128.56 C.S.O. 272

1894

Rt. Revd. Piazzoli,

I. L. 1370

13,600

100

2.00 C.O.D. 259

1895

Messrs. Meyer & Co.,

I. L. 1395

6,800

1,020

55.00

C.S.O. 1025

Various, Village of Shaukiwan,

I. L. 378 to 391

35,745

2,861

203.00

C.S.O. 2283

1896

1895

63,145

43,701

388.56

186

205

49. Taikoktsui.-Consequent upon the Improvement works at the village of Taikoktsui, the boundaries of land held under Squatter's licence liave been adjusted, and leases issued in lieu of such licences, C.S.O. T. On the extension of the improvement works in this village and the commencement of those at Fuk Tsun Heung, a similar course is to be adopted, C.S.O. 83% and fit.

50. Praya Reclamation.-By special agreement facilities for entering upon the reclamations in front of the following lots have been offered to the owners:-

Section No.

Lot No.

Authority.

C.S.O. No. 2059 of 1895

2915 of 1895 & 495 of 1896

Area.

Crown Rent.

sq. ft.

18,267

336

19,640

362

204

19,640

362

198, Sec. A.

2,440

""}

224 of 1896

198, Sec. B.

4,667

198, Sec. C.

4,773

2.,...

91, Sub-sec. 1, Sec. 0.

2,394

80 of 1896

91, Sub-sec. 2, Sec. 0.

2,394

91, Sec. P.

1,592

30.

91, Sec. N.

2,421

2356 of 1895

91, Sec. M.

4,695

80 of 1896

91, Sec. A.

3,344

1941 of 1895

92, Sec. A.

6,794

124

532 of 1895

92, Sec. J.

2,260

92, Sec. K.

2,260

1941 of 1895

92. Sec. L.

2,341

92, Sec. 'M.

2,341

80 of 1896

92, Sec. N.

802

106

11,436

210

17,147

314

532 of 1895 1445 of 1894

21,239

390

90, Sec. P.

1,658

1941 of 1895

90, Sec. R.

2,501

1028 of 1895

90, Sec. S.

2,488

90, Sec. U.

2,555

90, Sec. V.

2,728

7.,.

102

14,067

258

163 of 1896

102

20,221

372

103

14,533

264

103

20,607

378

104

34,727

638

2855 of 1895

268,972

4,939

179

51. Surveys.-Surveys have been made and boundaries corrected of 15 lots. Plans and particu- lars have been sent to the Land Office for the issue of 237 leases. Boundary stones have been fixed to define the boundaries of 58 lots.

Several applications have been made for the purchase of what are known as the Kennedy Roal sites situated between the Kennedy and Bowen roads, and a complete survey has been made of this property.

An enlarged plan of the City of Victoria to a scale of 60 feet to one inch shewing all private lanes has been completed, and steps are being taken with a view to having this plan lithographed.

Steps are also being taken to have the plan prepared from the recent survey of Kowloon Peninsula, scale, lithographed.

The sites for Booths during the races at Happy Valley realized $6,094.

52. Squatter's Licences.As will be seen from the return appendix G. 1,386 licences have been issued to persons holding lands under this form of tenure. The fees paid amount to $4,804.54. Eighty-three licences have been cancelled owing to the property being vacated.

It is satisfactory to note all the fees due for the year have been collected.

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This form of tenure is very unsatisfactory owing to the difficulty of collecting the fees, and in many cases the poverty of the holders of the licences prevents them from erecting sanitary dwellings on the property. No new licences are now issued, C.S.O. 7. As the improvement of the localities in which the greater number of squatters exist, is proceeded with, and leases giving greater security of tenure are being issued a very marked improvement in sanitation is being effected, but there remains a great deal to be done in the way of laying out roads, streets and lanes, especially in the neighbour- hood of Shaukiwan, before a satisfactory sanitary condition can be maintained in the villages.

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53. Villages Pig Sty Sites.-The residents in the villages have to a considerable extent, especially in Kowloon, availed themselves of the sites granted free of charge under the authority of C.S.O. 199 for the erection of pig sties, resulting in a very marked improvement of the sanitary condition of such villages.

54. Squatters' Board.-The investigation of the claims of squatters by the Squatters' Board constituted under Ordinance No. 27 of 1890 is proceeding, but in granting leases care should be taken wherever practicable to set out the lots in alignment, and so as to render practicable the construction of streets, roads and drains without further disturbance of the holders. The lots should be of suffi cient size to admit of ordinary Chinese dwellings being erected upon them in a sanitary manner. During the year the claims in respect of the village of Mongkoktsui have been heard but the report of the Board has not yet been issued.

55. The disposal of Crown lands is regulated by the instructions contained in the following Colonial Office Despatches, viz.:-

2nd January, 1851. 17th November, 1856.

Number 8 dated 3rd January,

1843.

Number 222 dated

116

3rd January, 31st January,

2nd July,

1844.

131

1844.

138

1845.

133

8th December, 1856. 26th October,

1867.

76b

4th December, 1848.

6th March,

1873.

})

18th January, 1848.

236

18th October,

1890.

109 15th April,

1849.

294

12th December, 1895.

The following documents contain various information upon matters affecting Crown and lease-

hold properties:--

Colonial Office Despatches Numbers 57 of 1844, 104 of 1869, 26 of 1873 and 131 of 1893. Government Notification Number 40 of 1857.

Colonial Secretary's Office Numbers 1778 of 1884, 804 of 1891 and 1447 of 1891. Sessional Paper Number 12 of 1895.

WORK UNDER THE BUILDING ORDINANCES.

56. Plans deposited.-During the year, 21 plans for the erection of 55 European dwellings, 55 plans for the erection of 348 Chinese dwellings and 563 plans for miscellaneous structures have been deposited under Section 69 of Ordinance 15 of 1889.

The plans submitted include the erection of buildings on Marine Lots Nos. 90, 91, 102, 103, 198, 275, 276 and 278, on the new reclamation.

All plans deposited have been duly registered and numbered, and the registers are complete to date.

57. Certificates.-Certificates have been issued, under Section 53 of Ordinance 15 of 1889, for 467 houses, and permission has been granted for the erection of 56 verandabs and 8 piers over Crown land.

58. Notices and Permits.-Notices have been issued to remove or repair dangerous structures in 14 instances, and 2,807 miscellaneous notices and permits have been issued.

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Seventy-three permits have been issued for the erection and repair of monuments and enclosures in the Colonial Cemetery, the fees for which amount to $297.33.

As will be seen on reference to my previous reports, the work in this branch has considerably increased during the last two years.

59. The work in this branch is carried out under the provisions of

Ordinances Nos. 187, rs's s, 1 sss, 11, 184, rss and rive.

Government Notification 13 and C.S.O. 8.

PUBLIC WORKS EXTRAORDINARY.

60. Central Market. The expenditure incurred under this heading is the balance that became due to the contractor on account of work completed in December last.

61. Erection of Queen's Statue.-This work was completed in May, and the statue unveiled by His Excellency the Governor on the 28th of that month. A railing round the steps is however required, and a design has been submitted in C.S.O. 1.

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62. Improvements, Recreation Ground, Happy Valley.-The work of levelling the area of the proposed extension and the improvement and diversion of the roads in its immediate vicinity was commenced in August last under contract No. r, and is nearly completed.

Specification and drawings have been prepared for the diversion of the stream, contract No. 1. On the completion of these works, an additional area of about 7 acres will be available for

recreation.

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63. Slaughter House, Ship and Pig Depôts. To meet the convenience of dealers who applied for further accommodation for unbasketting the pigs, it was decided, C.S.O. 1%, to erect an additional shed on the vacant ground to the east of the existing sheds.

This work has been completed under contract No. 1. The shed has a floor area of 5,642 square feet, (100′.9′′ × 56′.0′′).

Three weighing machines supplied by Messrs. HENRY POOLEY & SON have been erected in the depôts.

64. Gaol Extension.-The erection of a house for the Matron and the conversion of Block F into a Female Prison were commenced in January last under authority contained in C.S.O. 11, and completed in October. ·

The Matron's House consisting of two rooms with bathroom, pantry and cook house accommoda- tion is situated in the Prison yard adjoining the Chief Warder's quarters.

The Female Prison consists of 5 associated cells and 8 separate cells, of which 2 are punishment cells, with necessary bath-room, accommodation.

A shelter has been erected in the yard for washing clothes.

The further work required in connection with the extension and re-arrangement of the existing Gaol buildings is detailed in C.S.O..

65. Kowloon New Roads.-The work done under this heading has been the forming and surfac- ing of Granville, Cameron and Carnarvon Roads, Kowloon.

66. New Water Mains.-The service reservoirs at Kennedytown and Wanchai and the neces- sary mains for connecting them with the distribution system have been completed under contracts Nos. 1 and 1.

An extension to the Motor House, Garden Road, consisting of one living room, bathroom, kitchen and quarters for Fitters has been completed under contract re.

67. Sewerage, City of Victoria.-The work done in connection with the Sewerage of the City of Victoria during the year consists mainly of connecting house drains and the extension of the sewers to provide for the drainage of new houses.

68. Water Supply, Kowloon Peninsula.--The Pumping Station buildings have been completed, and the system of distribution mains in Kowloon Point and the villages of Hung Hom and Yaumati have been completed.

69. Taitam Water Works Extension.-The work on the main embankment, the construction of the clear water channel on the western side of the reservoir and the raising of the overflow weir 5 feet have been completed under contract No. 197.

The catchwater 2,713 lineal yards in length on the eastern side of the reservoir has been com- pleted under authority of C.S.O..

Owing to the level of the water in the reservoir, it was not practicable to continue the raising of the overflow weir during the latter part of the year.

70. Kowloon Cattle Depôt.-The expenditure under this heading was the balance due to the con- tractor under contract r396.

71. Water and Drainage Works, Miscellaneous. Several works have been carried out under this heading of account effecting considerable improvements in the sanitary condition of the Colony.

The more important works and the expenditure thereon are the following, viz. :—

Sewerage of Yaumati including storm water drain at Market and Wing Sing

Street, C.S.O. H, and Requisition 1896, ....

Sewerage, Kowloon Point, including culvert and drain in Elgin Road, Contracts

Tits and 185;

Drain in Observatory Road, Contract ; and Sewer at Tsimshatsui Police

Station,

Peak Sewerage (Magazine Gap) Contract r335, Shaukiwan Sewerage, Contract reŝs,

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Aberdeen Sewerage, Contract 136, Mongkoktsui Drainage, Contract 13, Taikoktsui Improvement, Contract 19,

Covered Reservoir, Bowen Road, Contract ris, Shaukiwan Water Works, Contract, Aberdeen Water Works, Contract rise,. Miscellaneous,

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792.40

3,258.90

2,758.14

2,393.81

937.94

10,245.69

1,551.70

3,548.80 9,819.35

830.46

1,704.89

$ 37,842.08

72. Sewerage of Yaumati.-The work under this heading was confined to minor extensions neces- sary to meet the requirements of new buildings erected during the year.

73. Sewerage of Kowloon Point.-Includes the construction of 155 lineal yards of brick culvert 4'.6" x 3'.0", and the laying of 407 lineal yards of fireclay pipe drains, varying in size from 6 inches diameter to 18 inches diameter, în Elgin Road, necessary to provide for the efficient drainage of the New Barracks and other buildings recently erected abutting on Elgin Road.

One hundred and thirty-nine (139) lineal yards of 21 inch fireclay pipes have been laid in Observatory Road to provide for the discharge of storm water in this locality.

74. Peak Sewerage.-During the year, the sewerage system of the Hill District has been extended, to provide for the drainage of new houses at Mount Gough, and for the disposal of the sewage of the Magazine Gap District.

The works carried out include the laying of 1,035 lineal yards of 4 inch and 6 inch fireclay pipe sewers and the construction of the necessary manholes and flushing tanks.

75. Shaukiwan Sewerage.-During the year, the drainage of the northern portion of the village of Shaukiwan was undertaken and completed.

This work included the laying of 484 lineal yards of 9 inch fireclay pipe sewers, 30 lineal yards of 6 inch east iron pipes and the construction of the necessary manholes and flushing tanks.

The remaining portion of the village is at present without any satisfactory sewerage system, but little can be done to improve this state of affairs pending the construction of a road along the foreshore for which plans and sections have been prepared.

76. Aberdeen Sewerage.-The completion of the sewerage works at Aberdeen has been carried out during the year.

The work done being the laying of 354 lineal yards of 9 inch fireclay pipe sewers and the construction of the necessary manholes and flushing tank.

77. Mongkoktsui Drainage. The drainage works at Mongkoktsui carried out during the year consist of the construction of two open masonry nullahs with concrete inverts and 40 lineal yards of brick culvert, 3'. 0" in diameter, for conveying the upland waters through the village, and also the laying of 573 lineal yards of fireclay pipe sewers and the construction of the necessary manholes and flushing tanks.

78. Taikoktsui Improvement.-The works executed under this heading were confined to the project for the improvement of the western portion of the village, and consisted of the proper sewerage and drainage of that portion and other contingent works.

Similar work for the improvement of the remaining portion of this village will shortly be commenced.

79. Covered Reservoir, Bowen Road. This work was carried out for the purpose of rendering a supply of water from the Albany Nullah available for the Public Gardens.

The reservoir is situated at the junction of Garden and Bowen Roads and has a capacity of 50,000 gallons.

The works carried out include the construction of the reservoir and re-arrangement of the water service to the Public Gardens and the grounds of Government House, so as to substitute this unfiltered water supply for that previously obtained from the mains in connection with Albany Filter Beds.

80. Shaukiwan Water Works.-The project for the provision and distribution of an adequate water supply to the village of Shaukiwan was undertaken during the year.

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This project includes the following works :-

(a) The interception of three streams on the hill side above the village, the gathering

grounds of which are free from buildings and other sources of pollution.

(b) The construction of a covered service reservoir of a capacity of 250,000 gallons.

inches in diameter.

(d) The erection of public fountains.

(e) The construction of an overseer's bungalow.

These works are nearly completed and I am of opinion they may be relied upon to give a minimum supply of 50,000 gallons per diem.

81. Aberdeen Water Works.-The project for the provision and distribution of an adequate water supply to the village of Aberdeen was undertaken during the year.

This project includes the following works :-

(a) The interception of the stream discharging into the Aberdeen Harbour near the Paper

Mills.

(b) The construction of Filters of a total area of 250 square yards.

(d) The laying of 670 lineal yards of water mains varying in size from 2 inches to 4 inches

in diameter.

(e) The erection of public fountains.

(f) The construction of a caretaker's bungalow.

These works have made satisfactory progress and, I am of opinion, when completed, will be found amply sufficient for the filtration and supply of 100,000 gallons of water per diem.

82. Isolation Hospital.-This work has nearly been completed under contract No. 1lás. 83. Central Police Station Additional Quarters, &c.-This work has been completed under contract No. 139.

84. Signalling Station and Lines of Communication with same.-The works in connection with this project have been completed.

85. Extension of Streets, Kennedytown.-Chater Street and a portion of Davis, Cadogan and Smithfield Streets have been formed, kerbed and channelled, and Belcher Street has been macadamised, C.S.O..

86. Extension of Station Street North, Kowloon, and Streets at Mongkoktsui.-The_raising and forming of the streets, north of Farm Lot No. 12, have been completed under contract No. 1, and a contract No. 1 for the extension of Station Street has been entered into.

87. Taipingshan Improvement Works.-The construction of the storm water drain in Hollywood Road, Station Street, Taipingshan Street and Square Street has been completed under contract No. 1985. The construction of a retaining wall in Pound Lane and the western end of Taipingshan Street has been completed under contract No. 15.

Blocks A., D. and E.-Contract No. 1 was entered into in July last for the laying out of Blocks A., D. and E., comprising an area of 78,298 square feet available as building sites.

Blocks F. and K.-Contract No. r was entered into in August last for the laying out of Blocks F. and K., comprising an area of 15,417 square feet available as building sites.

The work under these contracts has made very fairly satisfactory progress and may be expected to be completed about the middle of the year.

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Under instructions contained in C.S.O. 1, Block F abutting on the Pó Léung Kuk is to be reserved by the Government.

Blocks B. and G.-Tenders have been received for laying out Blocks B. and G., comprising an area of 54,091 square feet available as building sites, and the contract will shortly be entered into for this work.

Blocks C., H. and I.-Plans and drawings for the preparation of contracts for completing the laying out of the Resumed Area are in course of preparation.

A report dated the 11th August, 1896, on the progress of these works will be found in Sessional Paper No. 13.

Latrines. Before any sites are sold, the question of providing public latrines for the use of the population of both sexes in this district should receive careful consideration, and the sites for their erection reserved by the Government.

88. Storm Water Drain, Wing Fung Street. This work was commenced in January under contract No. 1896. Some delay occurred in the early stages of the work owing to the difficulty that was experienced in getting suitable bricks.

The drain is now nearly completed and the surface of Wing Fung Street made good. The surfacing of Wing Fung Street West awaits the completion of certain house drainage work.

89. Salisbury Road, Kowloon.This work was commenced in September, 1895, under contract No. T. I regret that the rate of progress has been very slow. The work has however now been completed.

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90. Pier at Kennedytown.-The erection of a suitable pier at Kennedytown in connection with the Slaughter Houses and Depôts was commenced in August last under Contract No. 1.

Satisfactory progress has been made with the work which is now very nearly completed.

The pier is situated opposite the western end of Chater Street and is 211 feet in length having a floor area of 4,600 square feet.

91. Improvement of Street Lighting-The improvement of street lighting in the City of Victoria and at Yaumati in accordance with the recommendations contained in my report of the 13th July, Sessional Paper res, was commenced in October last.

The lighting of the roads in the Richmond Estate and of the village of Yaumati has been com- pleted.

92. Plague Account.-The expenditure under this heading of account has been mainly incurred in connection with the extension of the Plague Cemetery, Mount Davis, the interment of the remains of those dying from the disease and the erection of matshed accommodation.

93. City of Victoria and Hill District Water Works.-Contracts have been entered into for the following works and a commencement has been made:-

The construction of Reservoir, Road Diversion, Catchwater and Bungalow near Wongneichong

Gap, Number 1896.

The construction of a Catchwater, west of the Taitam Valley, Number 3. The construction of a Service Reservoir and Bungalow at Victoria Peak, Number 1. The laying of Water Mains in Robinson, Caine and Bonham Roads, Wyndham Street, Queen's Road, Aberdeen Street, Staunton Street and Second Street, Number 1856. The above works have been commenced but were not sufficiently advanced at the close of the year to admit of any payment being made in respect of the work done during 1896.

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STORES BRANCH.

94. The work in this branch has been carried out in accordance with instructions contained in C.S.O. 13 and the Government regulations issued in C.S.O. Circular No. 41 of the 2nd November, 1895.

The books are completed up to date.

EXPENDITURE.

95. Tabular statements of the expenditure will be found in Appendices H. and I.

The expenditure in this department is regulated by the Financial Instructions issued in 1891 and Colonial Office Despatch No. 2.

CONTRACTS.

96. In Appendix J., will be found a list of the several contracts entered into in 1895 but not completed during that year, and in Appendix K., a list of contracts for works in hand, January 1st,

1897.

SPECIFICATIONS.

97. Specifications and drawings have been prepared but tenders have not yet been invited for the following works, viz.:-

(1.) Excavating Trenches and other works required in connection with the laying of Water Mains from Jardine's Bazaar to North Point and from the Monument to the Village of Wongneichong.

(2.) The Wongneichong Recreation Ground Extension Stream Diversion.

DRAWINGS.

98. Drawings have been prepared for the following proposed works:--

(1) Government Offices.

(2) New Harbour Office.

(3) Market, Saiyingpoon.

(4) Quarters for Warders, Victoria Gaol.

(5) New Police Stations Numbers 2 and 7.

(6) Slaughter House, Shaukiwan.

(7) Market Extension, Shaukiwan.

(8) Powder Magazine, Stone Cutters' Island.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.

99. The Public Works Committee appointed by His Excellency the Governor for the year 1896 consisted of the following Members :--

The Honourable the Director of Public Works, (Chairman.)

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

THE COLONIAL TREASURER.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

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Four meetings were held during the year, at which projects for the following works were considered and approved :-

(1) Shaukiwan Water Works.

(2) Aberdeen Water Works.

(3) Construction of New Road from Victoria Gap to Mount Kellett Road.

(4) Extension of Wongneichong Recreation Ground.

(5) Pier at Kennedytown Sheep and Swine Depôt.

(6) Erection of Warders' Quarters, Victoria Gaol.

(7) Construction of Reservoir, Caretaker's Bungalow and Catchwater, Wongneichong Gap. (8) Catchwater, west of Taitam Valley.

(9) Service Reservoir and Bungalow, Victoria Peak.

(10) Alterations and Extensions to existing Water Distribution System, City of Victoria. (1) Taikoktsui Improvement Works.

(12) Fuk Tsun Heung Improvement Works.

(13) Formation and Drainage of Kimberley, Robinson and Observatory Roads, Kowloon. (14) Taipingshan Improvement Works, Blocks B. and G.

General.

100. As I pointed out in submitting the estimates for 1897, there were in abeyance a considerable number of public works; the most urgent of these, for which expenditure is not provided in the estimates for 1897, are. I consider, the following:-

Shaukiwan Market Extension.

Shaukiwan Slaughter House. Saiyingpoon Market.

Police Station, Eastern District.

Police Station, Western District.

Training Nullahs East for washing purposes. Powder Magazine, Stone Cutters' Island.

101. A general statement of expenditure and clerical work other than that of a purely departmental character will be found in Appendix L.

102. The recurrence of bubonic plague during the year again necessitated some of the officers of this department undertaking special duties in connection with the arrangements made for the housing of the sick and disposal of the dead.

103. In Appendix M will be found a list of the Extraordinary Public Works under construction by this department during the years 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896.

PRAYA RECLAMATION WORKS.-GENERAL.

104. This project includes the reclamation of the foreshore in front of the City of Victoria from Murray Road on the east to the western boundary of Marine Lot No. 188 on the west, as described in a report by Mr. J. M. PRICE, late Surveyor General, dated June 1st, 1888.

105. The execution of this work was authorised by Ordinance No. 16 of 1889. The necessary plan having been deposited in the Land Office, a schedule containing a list of the lessees of the several lots of land and sections thereof and the approximate contribution required from each of them in res- pect of the cost of his portion of the reclamation was published in Government Notification No. 301 dated the 6th July, 1889.

A revised plan was deposited in the Land Office and a revised schedule published in Government Notification No. 530 dated the 19th December, 1891.

106. Certain difficulties having arisen as to the amounts to be paid in respect of the removal and re-erection of the wharves and piers disturbed by this project and the period for the payment of such amounts, the Praya Wharves and Piers Ordinance No. 7 of 1893 was enacted by His Excellency the Governor with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council on the 11th of April, 1893.

The table of compensation referred to in section 4 of that Ordinance was duly prepared by the valuers and published in Government Notification No. 384 dated the 28th October, 1893. and a list of the persons to whom it is proposed to pay the respective sums mentioned in such table was published in Government Notification No. 429 dated the 22nd of November, 1893.

107. Prior to the commencement of the work the details of the project were referred to Messrs. COODE, MATTHEWS & COODE, Civil Engineers, Westminster, who approved generally of the proposals made by the Colonial Government but strongly urged the importance of adopting some method to prevent the settlement of the rubble foundations after the wall was built and recommended that if the use of a steam roller was considered undesirable the rubble foundations should be carried up to a height allowing for the maximum settlement and then left probably for 12 months.

The weighting of the foundations by means of concrete blocks afterwards used in the lower por- tion of the wall was finally decided upon. The blocks exposed in the front of the wall being faced with granite ashlar. The subsidence of the rubble foundations experienced during the weighting has shewn the necessity of the course adopted.

108. In 1889, Mr. BOWDLER was appointed Special Engineer for this project under section 3, Ordinance No. 16 of 1889, and all work in connection with this project has been carried out under his immediate supervision.

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109. The accounts in connection with the receipts and expenditure have been kept in accordance with instructions contained in C.S.O. Nos. 1 and 2.

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2192 1891

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110. In May, 1893, C.S.O. 11†, an influentially signed petition was presented to His Excellency the Governor urging the Government to introduce without delay an ordinance to suspend for a time the Praya Reclamation Ordinance.

Instructions were consequently received to suspend for the present all work in connection with sections not already commenced and to carefully consider how far the prayer of the petitioners could be granted and also how the various complications that must necessarily arise on the stoppage of a work of this magnitude including so many and varied interests could be best arranged.

The final decision that the course proposed by the petitioners was impracticable was not arrived at till July, 1893, when I received instructions to proceed with the completion of the work.

The interruption caused to the progress of the work by this temporary suspension was very much greater than what might at first sight seem to have been the case. As will be seen on reference to the annual reports of this department the amount of work done during 1893 fell far short of that executed during 1892, but this was not all, the preparation of contracts for the completion of the works being also suspended, the carefully worked out programme for the rapid following on, after the rubble foundations had been deposited, of the weighting, construction of the wall and filling was no longer applicable.

On the resumption of the work, rubble foundations were not ready for levelling and weighting; consequently, the diving apparatus and block setting plant could not be used as would have been the case had no interruption in the progress occurred; and further for the last three years owing to the period it takes to level and weight the foundations, the apparatus and plant obtained for this purpose, on the assumption that when once commenced the work would be continuous to completion, have proved insufficient to meet the demands made upon them; hence it is that the rapid completion of the reclamation from Ice House Street to Pottinger Street has been rendered impracticable, and letters have been received from the very persons who signed the petition in 1893 complaining of what they so strongly urged, viz., the suspension of the work.

111. In appendix N will be found a list of the several contracts entered into from the commen- cement of the work.

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Work DONE DURING 1896.

112. Section No. 1.-Eastern portion. Contract No. 18. The work under this Contract was suspended on the 18th April, 1896, pending the construction of the Sewers, the laying of the Gas and Water Mains, and the erection on the Reclaimed Land of the new Buildings authorized to be built thereon by C.S.O. No. 1, &c., consequently very little work has been done on this Section. During the year under review, 3,406 cubic yards of Earth were deposited in reclamation, 343 cubic feet Granite ashlar in Sea Wall, 2,908 Lineal feet curbs and channels laid, 10 superficial squares of Road macadamized, 20,288 superficial feet Lime Concrete 4" deep laid on footpaths and margins, 160 cubic yards Lime Concrete laid under side Channels, Gullies etc. 17 Gullies set and 2,460 cubic feet of old parapet wall to nullah taken down and rebuilt.

113. Section No. 2.-Contract No. 13. No work has been done under this Contract, the work being still suspended pending the completion of the buildings authorized to be erected on the Reclaimed Land under C.S.O. No. 1 &c.

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114. Section No 3.-Contract No. 23, for the completion of the upper portion of the Sea Wall, Landing Steps and Landing Pier above the Concrete Blocks, constructing Storm Water Drains, Reclaiming the Land, Forming, Channelling and concreting the Roads etc. was signed by TSANG KENG on the 4th March, 1895, and the work since that date has been carried on in an unsatisfactory manner. During the year under review 11,099 cubic yards of Rubble Stone laid "pierre perdue" has been supplied, 1,485 cubic yards Rubble Stone hand packed in embankment and backing of Sea Wall, 54,981 cubic yards of earth deposited in reclamation, 1,136 cubic yards Cement Concrete backing of Masonry in Sea Wall, 669 cubic yards Lime Concrete in counterforts of Ring Bolts and backing of Masonry in Storm Water Drains, 17,211 cubic feet of Granite Ashlar have been laid in Sea Wall and 12,438 cubic feet in Storm Water Drains, 633 lineal feet of Drain pipes 15", 12" and 9" diameter have been laid, 500 lineal feet of Curbs and Channels taken up and relaid, 783 superficial feet of old paving taken up and relaid, No. 2 Gullies set and No. 3 Manholes built and completed.

115. Section No. 4.-Contract No. 25, for the construction of the rubble stone foundations of Sea Wall was made with TSANG KENG on the 2nd April, 1895, the work to be completed on 31st January, 1896. During the year under review from the 1st January to the 25th May only 14,825 cubic yards of rubble stone were deposited in these foundations, the work being carried on in a most dilatory and unworkmanlike manner, therefore to ensure the work under contract No. 37 being completed, to allow the first course of Concrete Blocks being laid during the low Tides of May, June and July the work had to be taken out of TSANG KENG'S hand and given to YAU KUNG CHEUNG to complete, who in addition to the work to be executed under Contract No. 37, supplied and deposited in place 7,919 cubic yards of Rubble Stone which allowed the blocks to be set during the low tides, and the whole to be completed on the 3rd October.

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116. Contract No. 37.--For raising, levelling, concreting etc. the upper surface of the rubble stone foundations of the Sea Wall and ring bolts on a length of 900 feet was made with YAU KUNG CHEUNG on the 21st May, the work to be completed on the 24th August. The works executed under this Contract were 700 cubic yards rubble stone deposited "pierre perdue," 3,169 cubic yards rubble stone hand packed, 900 lineal feet of upper surface of foundations levelled formed and trimmed and 4,200 superficial feet of Cement Concrete laid thereon for bed of Concrete blocks, the whole being completed in a strong, substantial aud workmanlike manner within the Contract time.

117. Contract No. 34.-Construction of Storm Water Drain in Hollywood Road, Po Yan Street and Queen's Road on a total length of 912 feet was made with TSANG KENG on the 9th November, 1895, the work to be completed on the 15th April, 1895. The total length of the said drain is 912 feet and the work comprised in this Contract is 2,290 cubic yards of Earth excavated, 19,769 cubic feet of Granite Ashlar set in Cement mortar, 448 cubic yards of Lime Concrete backing of Masonry etc.; the work was carried on in a dilatory manner not being completed till the 20th December, 1896, 213 working days over the Contract time.

118. In addition to the work done on this Section under Contracts Nos 25, 37 and 34, 69,317 cubic yards of Earth and Brick rubbish have been deposited in the Reclamation, viz. :-7,584 cubic yards of Earth and Brick rubbish from Government works, 4,949 cubic yards Brick rubbish from various places, 20,039 cubic yards Earth by Hopper Barges under Contract No. 40 and 36,745 cubic yards of materials by Junks from Dredger.

119. Section No. 5.--Contract No. 36 for the construction of the Rubble Stone foundations of Sea Wall, Storm Water Drains and Embankment, was made with Tsang Keng on the 11th February, 1896, the work to be completed on the 1st February, 1897. The work was not however commenced until the 18th April. and on the 31st December only 102,692 cubic yards of Rubble Stone had been laid "pierre perdue," leaving about 25,000 cubic yards of rubble stone still to be supplied and 50,700 Superficial feet of the upper surface of the foundations to be levelled and trimmed. The work under this Contract has been carried on in a dilatory and unsatisfactory manner and cannot now be completed before April or May, the low tides of December were lost, the rubble stone not having been brought up to the required height to allow the levelling and forming of the upper surface being commenced during the low tides of that month.

120. Sections Nis. 6 and 7.-Eastern and western portions. Contract No. 20, for the construction of the Rubble Stone foundations of Sea Wall, Landing Steps, Landing Piers, Storm Water Drains, Embankment etc. was made with Tsang Keng on the 11th April, 1894, the work to be completed on the 31st January, 1895. The work under this Contract was carried on in a dilatory and unworkman- like manner,

and was not completed until the 28th January, 1896; 259 working days beyond the Contract time for the completion of the work.

121. Contract No. 39, made with Yau Kung Cheung on the 3rd July, 1896, for supplying and depositing in the Reclamation, 18,898 cubic yards of Earth and 578 cubic yards rubble stone and for constructing in the Pottinger Street Pier 650 cubic feet Granite Ashlar invert of Storm Water Drain and 173 cubic yards of Lime Concrete backing of concrete blocks. The work under this Contract was carried on with despatch and the whole completed within the Contract time.

122. In addition to the above, 13,528 cubic yards of materials deposited by Junks from Dredger (Confidential C.S.O. No. 46 of 1895) and 5,822 cubic yards Brick rubbish have been deposited in the Reclamation of these Sections from time to time during the year under review.

123. Excavating and depositing Earth in Hopper Barges &c.-Contract No. 40, made with Yau Kung Cheung on the 1st October, 1896, Confidential C.S.O. No. 73 of 1896, under this Contract 20,039 cubic yards of Earth have been excavated from the hill at the back of Yau-mati and filled into the Hopper Barges. The Barges being towed by the Government Steam Tug "Praya" and deposited in the Reclamation below Ordnance Datum; and 50,273 cubic yards of Spoil from the Dredger have also been deposited in the Reclamation below Ordnance Datum, during the year ending 31st

December 1896.

3840

124. Supply of Portland Cement.--Contracts Nos. 33 and 38 were made with the Green Island Cement Co. in the years 1895 and 1896, "C.S.O. 18 and confidential C.S.O. 1 respectively, for supplying 6,000 Casks of Cement; Cement supplied by this Company during 1896 was 5,000 Casks; Contract No. 35 was made with China Export and Import Bank Company in November, 1895, C.S.O. # for 1,000 Casks which were supplied in February 1896; and 2,000 Casks were supplied by The Crown Agents for the Colonies from Messrs. ROBINS & Co., London in February 1896 CS.O.. Total quantity of Cement supplied during the year was 8,000 Casks.

RECONSTRUCTION OF GOVERNMENT PIERS.

125. Nam Pack Hong Pier, opposite the lower end of Wing Lok Street, The progress of the work on this Pier as well as the work on Section No. 3 was considerably delayed by the subsidence of the Rubble Stone foundations of the Landing Pier, Landing Steps and a portion of the Sea Wall,. on a length of 113 feet. These foundations were brought up to the required height, trimmed and levelled, and upon which 854 eight foot weighting Blocks containing 82,000 cubic feet and weighing about 5,000 tons were placed to compress and consolidate them before setting the Concrete Blocks and erecting the Ashlar masonry of Sea Wall, Landing Steps &c., when on the evening of the 3rd July, suddenly and without warning, the whole subsided from 10 to 16 feet, the upper courses of weighting

187

Blocks sliding off the pile into deep water. The solid ground of the Sea bottom at this spot is about 82 feet below the coping of the New Sea Wall; there being at low water spring tides about 40 feet of water and 30 feet of mud, consequently the taking up of the weighting Blocks was a long and difficult work. This work was done departmentally, the whole of the Divers, Plant, Pontoon Crane &c. were employed in raising the Blocks and stacking them on the foundations of Sea Wall, Section No. 4, for weighting purposes. In repairing and making good the defective foundations 3,581 cubic yards of rubble stone were used, the upper surface and slopes were relevelled and trimmed by the Divers and the whole re-weighted. Six hundred and eight (608) eight foot Blocks containing 58,368 cubic feet and weighing about 3,502 tons were used for that purpose; the whole being placed in position on the 21st November. The Divers, Coolies. Plant, Pontoon Crane &c. were employed 63 working days and 128 hours overtime in raising the weighting Blocks, re-levelling and trimming the foundations and in replacing the weighting Blocks in position on the new foundations where they will have to remain for five or six weeks before they can be removed to allow of the Concrete Blocks being perma- nently laid.

126. Pottinger Street Pier.-The 2nd, 3rd and 4th courses of Concrete Blocks containing 13,122 cubic feet of Cement Concrete and Granite Ashlar facing have been set, the joints and joggles run in Cement, the hearting containing 332 cubic yards of rubble stone hand packed and 287 cubic yards of sand filling to interstices has been brought up level with the upper surface of the fourth course of Concrete Blocks and the whole weighted and consolidated ready (as soon as the tides serve) to receive the Ashlar Masonry &c. for the completion of the upper portions of the Pier above the Concrete Blocks. For weighting and consolidating the foundations of this Pier 392 eight foot Blocks containing 37,632 cubic feet and weighing about 2,258 Tons were used. The whole has been executed depart- mentally.

127. Pedders Street, Western Pier and Return Wall.-The upper surface of the Rubble Stone foundations (4,265 superficial feet) has been levelled and formed, and a layer of Cement Concrete (2,576 superficial feet) 4" thick laid, forming a bed for the first course of Concrete Blocks. Portions of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd courses of concrete Blocks containing 13,311 cubic feet have been set and the joints and joggles run in cement. A portion of the hearting containing 271 cubic yards of rubble stone hand packed and 242 cubic yards of sand filling to interstices has been brought up level with the upper surface of the third course of Concrete Blocks ready to receive the weighting blocks. The whole has been executed departmentally.

128. Murray Road Pier.-The upper surface of the Rubble Stone foundations (4,083 superficial feet) has been levelled formed and covered with Cement Concrete 4" thick (3,208 superficial feet) forming a bed for the first course of Concrete Blocks. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th courses of Concrete Blocks containing 18,938 cubic feet have been set, the joints and joggles rnn in Cement, the hearting containing 330 cubic yards of rubble stone hand packed and 137 cubic yards of sand filling to interstices has been brought up level with the upper side of the third course of Concrete Block; and the whole weighted and consolidated ready for the completion of the superstructure as soon as the tides serve.

For weighting and consolidating the foundations of this Pier 431 eight foot Blocks containing 41,406 cubic feet and weighing about 2,484 tons were used for that purpose. The whole has been executed departmentally.

MAKING AND SETTING CONCRETE BLOCKS.

129. Contract No. 24,-Made with YAU KUNG CHEUNG on the 24th February, 1895, C.S.O. No. 297 of 1895, for the manufacture of 1,000 Concrete Blocks, was in September of the same year ex- tended for the manufacture of 1,500 additional Concrete Blocks, and in October, 1896, C.S.O. No. 2388 of 1896, it was again extended for the manufacture of 800 additional Concrete Blocks. During 1896, 1,106 Blocks containing 4,709 cubic yards of Cement Concrete and 19,227 cubic feet of Granite Ashlar facing of the external blocks were made by YAU KUNG CHEUNG. The work under this Contract and extensions has been carried on in a satisfactory and workmanlike manner.

130. Setting Concrete Blocks.-This work has been done departmentally, C.S.O. No. 4. The larger portion of the Blocks for the Sea Wall, viz., 353, containing 1592 cubic yards of Cement Con- crete and 6,212 cubic feet Granite Ashlar facing to the external Blocks, were set during the low tides of May, June, July and August (without Divers).

The Blocks for the Reconstruction of Government Piers, viz., 349, containing 1,345 cubic yards of Cement Concrete and 8,858 cubic feet Granite Ashlar facing of the external Blocks were set and the joints and joggles run with Cement by the Divers.

131. Plant. The whole of the Plant has been maintained in a good state of repair without in- volving any extraordinary expenditure.

132. In Appendix 0, will be found a general statement of the several quantities of work executed in the more important items to the 31st December, 1895, and during the year under review.

133. In Appendix P, will be found a statement of the quantities of materials used in the manu- facture of the Concrete Blocks, and the cubical contents of the Blocks set to the 31st December, 1895, and during the year under review.

134. In Appendix Q, will be found a statement of accounts to the 31st December, 1896.

188

135. The Outstanding Liabilities, on the 31st December, 1896, was $83,100, due to the Crown Agents and Contractors on account of the monies retained pending the completion of the terms of maintenance under the several contracts.

STAFF.

136. I regret to have to record the death of Mr.. W. SAMUEL, Caretaker at the Pokfulam Reser- voir, in June last, C.S.O. 1, and Mr. S. T. MOORE, Overseer, in July last, C.S.O. 1.

1585

137. The following Officers have left the service of this department :-

Mr. J. SAMPSON, Temporary Land Surveyor.

Mr. J. MEARS, Overseer.

Mr. CHAN KAM To, Clerk.

Mr. LEUNG LAN FAN, Clerk.

Mr. C. BOREHAM, Custodian of the Wongneichong Recreation Ground.

And the following appointments have been made: -

1747

Mr. ADAM HOGG, Custodian Wongneichong Recreation Ground, 15th February, C.S.O. Tit. Mr. M. J. E. DE CUNHA, Clerk, 7th April, C.S.O..

205

1896.

2494

Mr. J. A. BOWEN, Caretaker Pokfulam Reservoir, 10th July, C.S.O. 1588. Mr. A. M. DE Souza, Clerk,. 13th July, C.S.O. 197. Mr. H. W. WOLFE, Överseer, 28th October, C.S.O. Mr. F. STAINTON, Overseer, 1st December, C.S.O. . Mr. Lo YUN, Foreman, 2nd December, C.S.O. 27. 138. The following Officers have been granted vacation and half pay leave of absence exceeding one week's duration :-

Name.

2757

Period.

Authority.

Office.

Mr. Sing Qua,

Mr. Chan Kam To,

Mr. R. F. Drury,

Mr. T. Abraham,

Mr. P. J. D'Almeida,

Mr. W. F. Bamsey,..........

Draftsman,

Clerk,

Assistant Engincer,.

....

4 Weeks 1 month, 1 Week 6 days, 14 Months 11

C.S.O. 3406 of 1895.

C.S.O. 2057 of 1896.

C.S.O. 554 of 1896.

(C.S.O. 3411 of 1895. 258 of 1896,

days,.CO.D. 158 of 1996.

C.O.D. 203 of 1896.

Foreman,

2 Weeks,

C.S.O. 148 of 1896.

Foreman,

2 Weeks,

Draftsman,

8 Months,

Mr. Cheng Kan,...

Clerk,

14 Days,

Mr. Wm. Chatham,

Executive Engineer,

12 Months 8 days,.

•

Mr. Lo Tsz Lam,

Clerk,

16 Days,

C.S.O. 423 of 1896.

C.S.O. 339 of 1896. C.S.O.

705 of 1896.

(C.S.O. $233 of 1895.

C.O.D. 295 of 1896.

C.S.O. 808 of 1896..

Mr. Leung Lan Fan,..

Clerk,

11 Days,

C.S.O. 682 of 1896.

Mr. Li King Pan,

Clerk,

2 Weeks,

C.S.O. 2322 of 1896.

Sun Cheong,

Telegraph Line Keeper, 2 Weeks,

C.S.O. 1261 of 1896.

Lo Po,

Foreman,

1 Month,

C.S.O. 1349 of 1896.

...

Man Hung,....

Store Boy,

10 Days,

C.S.O. 1744 of 1896.

Overseer,

1 Month,

C.S O. 2009 of 1896.

Tracer, Compradore,

1 Month,

C.S.O. 2367 of 1896.

...

2 Weeks,

Telegraph Workman,.

3 Weeks,

C.S.O. 987 of 1896.

Mr. J. Carroll,

Mr. Tang Min,..

Mr. Cheng Chung.

Sing Hee,

139. In addition to the foregoing, I regret to have to report that the number of days on which Officers have been absent on account of sickness amounts to 371.

140 On Mr. CHATHAM going on leave Mr. L. GIBBS took over the duties of Executive Engineer and it gives me much pleasure to be able to place on record the very satisfactory manner in which he has performed the duties of that office.

141. As I am shortly leaving this Colony, owing to my appointment to the Office of Director of Public Works in Ceylon, I desire in concluding this report to gratefully acknowledge the assistance and loyalty so cheerfully extended to me by the Staff of this department during the five years that I have held the office of Director of Public Works.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

FRANCIS A. COOPER,

Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers, Fellow of the Sanitary Institute and Member of the Association of Municipal and County Engineers, Director of Public Works.

The Honourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.

No.

Appendix A.

LIST OF GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, CITY OF VICTORIA.

NAME.

REMARKS.

189

Government House,

Government Offices, St. John's Place,

40 ONS

3 Supreme Court House,......

Land Office,.

Post Office,

Harbour Office,

Harbour Officers' Quarters.

Including Lodge, Stables and Servants' Quarters.

Including Council Chamber, Colonial Secretary's Office, Public Works Office and Auditor's Office, Stables and Coolie Quarters.

Including Registrar General's Office, Aunex to Post Office and Servants' Quarters. Attorney General's and Crown Solicitor's Offices abandoned C.S.O..

Including Registrar's Office.

Including Treasury Offices and Servants' Quarters. Including Boat House and Boatmen's Quarters.

Botanical and Afforestation Departinent, Superin- Including Office.

tendent's House.

Gardeners' Cottages,..

Queen's College.

Saiyingpoon School.

Wanchai School.

Wongneichong School.

Tang Lungchow School. Belilios Public School.

Under reconstruction.

Government Civil Hospital,

European Lunatic Asylum. Chinese Lunatic Asylum. Kennedytown Hospital.

20 Vaccine Institute.

2722

Mortuary, Shektongtsui. Magistracy,

Central Police Station,.

Police Station No. 1,

No. 2,

Including Superintendent's Quarters, Staff Quarters, Women's Hospital, Isolation Hospital, Entrance Lodge Mortuary and Servants' Quarters.

Including Chief Clerk's Quarters.

Including Captain Superintendent's House, Officers' Quarters,

Store and Stables.

No. 3,

No. 5,

Including Fire Station.

No. 7,

No. 8,

No. 9,

Gaol,

Opium Searching House.

Police Stables, Pokfulam Road.

Including Block of separate Cells, Female Prison, Chief

Warder's, Matron's and Officers' Quarters.

Central Market.

Western Market.

Saiyingpoon Market.

Shektongtsui Market.

Wanchai Market.

39*

Sokonpoo Market.

Public Laundries.

Slaughter-House.

Sheep and Pig Depôt.

Cattle Depôt.

Bungalow for Inspector of Animal Depôts.

Disinfector Station.

Crosby Store.

Wanchai Store.

48.

No. 2, Tank Store.

Pumping Station, Bonham Road,

Pumping Station, Garden Road,.....

Including Engine Drivers and Stokers' Quarters. Including Overseer's House and Fitters' Quarters.

Pumping Station, Arbuthnot Road.

Caretaker's Bungalow at Pokfulam Filter Beds,

Caretaker's Bungalow at Bowen Road Filter

Beds.

Clock Tower,

Chapel, Colonial Cemetery.

Coolie Quarters, Colonial Cemetery.

Bay View Hotel.

Bungalow for Overseer, Colonial Cemetery.

Public Latrines, Chinese Recreation Ground.

Po Yan Street.

Western Market. Saiyingpoon Market. Shektongtsui Market.

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No.

LIST OF GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, CITY OF VICTORIA,-Continued.

NAME.

Public Latrines, Slaughter House (Old).

Cattle Depôt.

Slaughter House (New). Sokonpoo Market. Ship Street.

Wing Fung Street.

Public Urinals, City Hall.

Battery Path.

Harbour Office.

REMARKS.

No.

123 H

LIST OF GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, OUTSIDE CITY OF VICTORIA.

Mountain Lodge,

NAME.

Government Pavilions,

Government Villas.

Peak Signal Station.

5 Police Station, Victoria Gap.

Mt. Gough.

Taitam.

Stanley.

Aberdeen.

Pokfulam.

Shaukiwan.

Tsat Tsz Mui.

Tsim Shatsui.

Yaumati.

Fuk Tsun Heung. Hung Hom.

Observatory, Kowloon,

Caretakers' Bungalow, Pokfulam Reservoir. Caretakers' Bungalow, Taitam Reservoir. Pumping Station, Yaumati,.........

Depôt for explosives, Stone Cutter's Island, Slaughter-House, Kowloon,.......

Cattle Depôt, Kowloon,

Market, Yaumati.

Time Ball Tower.

Signalling Station.

Hung Hom.

Shaukiwan.

School, Little Hongkong.

Sai Wan.

Shek O.

Aberdeen.

Lighthouse, Gap Rock.

Public Latrines, Yaumati.

Green Island,

Cape D'Aguilar, Cape Collinson,

Yaumati.

Hung Hom.

Tokwawan.

Shaukiwan.

Aberdeen.

Stanley.

Ruins. Ruins.

Including Magnetic Hut.

REMARKS.

Including Overseer's House, Store, Workshops and Fitters'

Quarters.

Including Officers' Quarters.

Including Caretaker's Quarters. Including Shroff's Quarters.

Including Lightkeeper's Bungalow. Including Lightkeeper's Bungalow, Including Lightkeeper's Bungalow.

Appendix B.

GOVERNMENT DREDGER.

Return of Work and Expenses for the Year ending 31st December, 1895.

MATERIALS DREDGED & Deposited.

NUMBER OF DAYS.

COST OF

Materials

WHERE EMPLOYED.

Work.

Under

Repairs.

Bad

Weather,

Holidays,

Outside

Sections

deposited

Coals,

Repairs after Foundering

Amount

received

for

Nos, 6 & 7.

Green

Total.

outside

Wages.

Island.

Green

Stores,

&c.

Ordinary

Repairs.

&c.

in the

Typhoon of 25th September,

Total.

Private

Work.

Island.

1894.

cub. yd.

Kowloon Docks,..

4,780.00

€

Causeway Bay,

178

16,069.18

501.75

16,570.93

65.23

Pottinger Street,

2,500.00

1,260.00

848.74

242.84

2,351.58

Mining Pier,

876.37

Kowloon Wharf Company,..

409.71 1,324.86

1,734.57

217.06

220.08

...

217.06

399.91

Total,..

221

19,855.26 1,826.61

21,681.87

282.29 1,260.00

848.74

242.84

4,780.00

7,413.87

619.99

Return of Work and Expenses for the Year ending 31st December, 1896.

NUMBER OF Days.

MATERIALS DREDGED & DEPOSITED.

COST OF

WHERE EMPLOYED.

Idle,

Actually

Work.

waiting waiting settlement

for

Bad

Weather,

Holidays,

Outside

Materials

Coals,

Total.

Sections

Green

Total.

deposited

outside

Wages.

Nos. 4 & 7.

Island.

Green Island.

Stores,

&c.

Ordinary

Repairs.

Total.

of Contract.

Junks.

&c.

Amount

received

for

Penalty

and Private

Work.

cub. yd.

Causeway Bay,..

209

292

50,273.20

1,171.70

628.48

C. N. Co.'s Wharf,

6,340.43

1,014.46

84.26

46.18

88.00

6.30

...

Telegraph Company,

19.94

17.60

1,888.18

1,151.20

37.54

734.67

52.87

...

Total,.

232

315

50,273.20

6,340.43 | 56,613.63

1,014.46 1,275.90

692.26

94.30

3,076.92

787.54

Materials removed under Contract, Do. do.

....

hiring outside Junks, (Confidential C.S.O. 3),

20,541.32 cubic yards. 36,072.31

Total,..

56,613.63 cubic yards.

191

MONTH.

}

Appendix C.

CITY OF VICTORIA WATER WORKS.

1896.

POKFULAM.

In Reservoir, Discharged into

1st of the

Month.

Tunnel.

TYTAM.

In Reservoir, Discharged into

1st of the

Month.

Tunnel.

Collected from springs inter-

cepted by

Total

Consumption.

Blue Pool and Mint Dam.

Rainfall.

REMARKS.

conduits.

192

gallons.

inches.

January,

39,690,000

9,872,000

160,533,000

39,600.000

4,253,000

53,725,000

6,930,000

1.73

Intermittent.

February,

35,555,000

11,310,000 128,050,000

28,234.000

11,635,000

51,179,000

2,773,000

7.95

March,

39,690,000

16,219,000

121,400,000

31,818,000

8,921,000

56,958,000

5,568,000

1.45

1st to 29th.

April,.

35,900,000

21,580,000 110,520,000

53,051,000

7,710,000

82,341,000

6,648,000

2.10

May,

24,091,000

17,700,000 76,100,000

63,126,000

4,355,000

85,181,000

4,226,000

1.15

June,.

11,190,000

14,299,000

26,066,000

24,457,000

36,504,000

75,260,000

2,931,000

18.63

1st to 14th..

July,

62,456,000

52,830,000 125,450,000

19,676,000

22,919,000

94,925,000

5,256,000

12.42

August,

68,643,000

49,336,000 254,300,000

18,695,000

33,653,000 101,684,000

4,442,000

5.20

September,

53,691,000

22,107,000 320,950,000

30,603,000

43,687,000

96,397,000

5,455,000

9.99

October,

69,847,000

18,451,000

352,000,000

23,610,000

46,553,000

88,614,000

6,705,000,

7.90

November,

70,282,000

21,470,000 364,000,000

40,339,000

19,440,000

81,249,000

5,098,000

2.97

December,.

62,880.000

17,662,000 864,000,000

43,871,000

19,639,000

81,172,000

3,832,000

1.29

Total,...

272,336,000

417,080,000 259,269,000 948,685,000

59,864,000

72.78

Appendix D.

CITY OF VICTORIA WATER WORKS, 1896..

Water pumped to Hill District and High Levels of the City (Theoretical displacement of pumps.)

HILL DISTRICT.

MONTH.

Motor.

Total.

Peak Road

Reservoir.

Relilios Terrace Reservoir.

Reservoir South of Pokfulam

Filter Beds.

Engine.

Total to

High Levels

of City.

Total.

gallons.

January,.............

173,000

849,000

1,022,000

340,000

528,000

94,000

962,000

1,984,000

February,

448,000

293,000

741,000

316,000

421,000

83,000

820,000

1,561,000

March,

790,000

46,000

836,000

362,000

538,000

109,000

1,009,000

1,845,000

April,

960,000

32,000

992,000

441,000

713,000

19,000

1,203,000

2,195,000

May,

871,000

339,000

1,210,000

503,000

960,000

1,463,000

2,673,000

June, ....

679,000

497,000

1,176,000

542,000

753,000

96,000

1,391,000

2,567,000

July,

1,362,000

35,000

1,397,000

507,000

971,000

1,478,000

2,875,000

}

August,

1,350,000

112,000

1,462,000

505,000

982,000

56,000

1,543,000

3,005,000

September,...

1,373,000

31,000

1,404,000

462,000

987,000

1,449,000

2,853,000

October,....

1,205,000

141,000

-1,346,000

553,000

942,000

10,000

1,505,000

2,851,000

November,

1,017,000

119,000

1,136,000

525,000

900,000

1,425,000

2,561,000

December,

788,000

242,000

1,030,000

524,000

870,000

1,394,000

2,424,000

Total,.

11,016,000

2,736,000

13,752.000

5,580,000

9,595,000

467,000

15,642,000

29,394,000

193

Appendix E.

CITY OF VICTORIA WATER WORKS.

1896.

REMARKS.

194

SUPPLY TO CITY AND HILL DISTRICT.

Wongneichong

Total Supply.

MONTH.

and Mint Dam Reservoir,

Grand Total.

City,

Unmetered.

Hill District,

Metered.

City,

Metered.

Metered,

(Unfiltered).

Unmetered.

Metered.

Mean

Minimum

Tem-

perature.

gallons.

0° Fah.

January,

February,

March,

.....

38,769,000

930,000

14,026,000

6,930,000

38,769,000

21,886,000

60,655,000

58.4

42,772,000

674,000

7,733,000

2,773,000

42,772,000

11,180,000

53,952,000

53.1

45,215,000

750,000

10,993,000

5,568,000

45,215,000

17,311,000

62,526,000

55.9

April,

64,931,000

907,000

16,503,000

6,648,000

64,931,000

24,058,000

88,989,000

67.9

May,

70,774,000

1,106,000

13,301,000

4,226,000

70,774,000

18,633,000

89,407,000

72.6

June,

62,169,000

1,105,000

11,986,000

2,931,000

62.169,000

16,022,000

78,191,000

77.0

July,

77,817,000

1,271.000

15,837,000

5,256,000

77,817,000

22,364,000

100,181,000

79.2

August,....

85,388,000

1,323,000

14,973,000

4,442,000

85,388,000

20,738,000

106,126,000

78.7

September,

76,971,000

1,243,000

18,183,000

.5,455,000

76,971,000

24,881,000

101,852,000

77.9

October,.....

November,

70,213,000

1,179,000

17,222,000

6,705,000

70,213,000

25,106,000

95,319,000

73.8

64,174,000

1,039,000

16,036,000

5,098,000

64,174,000

22,173,000

86,347,000

68.7

December,

64,904,000

967,000

15,301,000

3,832,000

64,904,000

20,100,000

85,004,000

58.2

Total,.....

764,097,000

172,094,000 12,494,000

59,864,000

764,097,000

244,452,000

1,008,549,000

68.4

195

Appendix F.

DIAGRAM SHEWING HOURLY CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA.

Consumption cach hour is plotted radially from the centre,

April 1st, 1996.

6 A.M.

NOON

1 MIDNIGHT

SCALE.

1 inch=60,000 Gallons.

NOTE. Total Consumption

=3,076,221 Gallons.

Average hourly Consumption= 128,176

6 PM

6 A.M.

Appendix F.

DIAGRAM SHEWING HOURLY CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA.

Consumption each hour is plotted radially from the centre.

July 2nd, 1896.

NOON

MIDNIGHT

SCALE.

1 inch 60,000 Gallons.

NOTE.-Total Consumption

=3,327,661 Gallons.

Average hourly Consumption= 138,236 ·

197

6 P.

199

Appendix F.

DIAGRAM SHEWING HOURLY CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA.

Consumption each hour is plotted radially from the centre.

October 22nd, 1896.

6 A.M.H

NOON

MIDNIGHT

SCALE.

1 inch=60,000 Gallons.

NOTE.-Total Consumption

=3,068,951 Gallons.

Average hourly Consumption= 127,873

ر,

6 PM

201

Appendix F.

DIAGRAM SHEWING HOURLY CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA.

Consumption each hour is plotted radially from the centre.

January 6th, 1897.

➤

;

∞

NOON

6 A.M.

SCALE.

1 inch 60,000 Gallons.

NOTE.-Total Consumption

=2,618,059 Gallons.

Average hourly Consumption= 109,669

6 P.M.

Appendix G.

RETURN OF SQUATTERS' LICENCES, 1896.

203

Name of Village.

Amount standing in Squatters' Rent Roll, 1st Jan. 1896.

Written off

Paid 1896.

C.S.O. 2,962 of | C.S.O. 1,888 of

1895.

1896.

Remarks.

No. Amount.

No.

Amount.

No, Amount. No.

Amount.

Ah KungNgam,

0.96

Ap-li-chau,

377.87

0.96 370.88

6.09 1

0.90

Bowrington,..

10.92

Causeway Bay,

55.91

Caroline Hill,

25.00

Chai Wan,

9.32

9.27

0.05

Coffee Plantation,

4.0

71.07

3.07

68.00

C.S.O.1,650 of 1895

Chung Hom Bay,

2.66

Deep Water Bay,

2.82

Fuk Tsun Heung,

220.59

219.09

1.50

Fo Pang,

53.91

Fui Ju, East of Aplichau,

25.66

Fui Ju, South of Aplichau,

10.66

Hok Tsui,

1.34

0.86 1

0.48

Ho Mun Tin,

120.23 37

120.23

Hok Yuen,

116

297.69 115

297.09

0.60

Haŭ Pui Loong,

33.83 15

33.83

Ho Pui,

3.75

Hung Hom, West,

218.14 43

206.14

12.00

Kai Lung Wan,

11.16

Kau Pui Shek,

54.17 33

54.17

Kennedy Town,

39.79

26.07

13.72

Kwat Tsun Loong,

1.13

•

Kwo Lo Wan,

49.11

•

Ka Siu Wan,

0.87 1

0.87

Little Hongkong,

Ma Tau Chung,

7.88

166.30

163.74

1.92 1

0.64

Ma Tau Kok,

68.97 39

66.39

2.58

Ma Tau Wei,

130

196.31 128

194.97

**0.73

0.61

Ma Ti,

140.53 71

139.69

0.84

Mong Kok,

121.74

Mong Kok Tsui,

1,240.93 57

1,192.11

48.82

Mä Kong,

0.75

Pak Shui Wan,

9.55

Pok-fu-lam,

11.84

•

Quarry Bay,

1.00

221

9.55

11.84

1.00

•

Sandy Bay,

Shallow Water Bay,

1.75

Shau-Ki-Wan, East,

1.35

0.69

0.66

Shau-Ki-Wan, West,

0.60

Shek 'O,

15.75

Shek Shan,

62.37 31

62.37

Shui Ching Wan,

72.61 17

72.61

Stanley,

17.27 12

17.27

San Shan,

56.97 19

56.97

Tai Hang,

94.14 41

91.64

2.50

Tai Kok Tsui,

107

356.49

257.07

99.42

Tai Min Tin,

0.86

Tai Shek Kü, Tai Shu Wan, Telegraph Bay, To Kwa Wan, Tong Po Island,

•

6.45

2.14

42.80

199.

303.20

197

300.52

1.96

0.72

5.68

Tsat Tsz Mui,

104.31

102.84

1.47

Tso Pai,

4.36

Tsim Sha Tsui,

Tung Lo Wan,

10.55

Ty-tam,

3.79

Ty-tam-tuk,

5.95

The Peak

54.13

·9264

10.55

3.79

4.51

1.44

13.13

* 1

40.00

1.00

Victoria, City of

118.54

16.14 3

102.40

Wong Nei Chung,

Wong Kok Tsui, Wong Ma Kok,.. Wong Tsuk Hang, Yau Ma Ti,

....

ܠ o conܬ to ܠ

132.55

5.55

4.59

0.96

* Leased, C. S. O.

3,395 of 1895. Leased, C. S. Os.

195 1395' 1895

3405 and

259

C. O. D. 1395:

1.48

1.00

0.48

12.93

59.23

TOTAL,..

1,491 $ 5,218.16 1,386 $ 4,804.54 61 $ 230.82 44 $ 182.80

204

Personal Emoluments,

Exchange Compensation,

Other Charges,

Annual Recurrent Expenditure, 1896.

Appendix H.

ANNUAL RECURRENT EXPENDITURE, 1896.

HEAD OF SERVICE.

1. Repairs to Buildings,

2. Maintenance to Telegraphs,

Public Cemetery,

Praya Wall and Piers, Lighthouses,

6. Dredging Foreshores,

7. Miscellaneous Works,

.....

8. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in Victoria,

10.

out of Victoria, in Kowloon,

11. Maintenance of Water Works, City of Victoria and Hill District,

12.

13.

of Water Works, Kowloon,

of Sewers,

14. Miscellaneous Services,

15. Gas Lighting, City of Victoria,

16. Electric Lighting, City of Victoria, 17. Gas Lighting, Kowloon,......

18. Maintenance of Public Recreation Ground, 19. Expenses of the Clock Tower,

WORKS.

Appendix I.

Total,...

EXTRAORDINARY EXPENDITURE, 1896.

AMOUNT.

69,040.13

8,341.98

6,165.93

83,548.04

42,968.28

2.793.60

1,687.00

1,589.07

2,417.85

1,029.38

17,785.58

23,472.74

10,985.52

6,493.90

6,565.76

5,788.43

7,677.69

2,614.01

23,340.02.

22,149.16

3,461.26

889.16

333.37

..$

184,341.78

Amount.

Total Amount.

Estimated Cost.

Prior to 1896. During 1896.

259,360.26 3,784.60

1,200.00 5,775.00

260,560.26 9,559.60

270,000.00 8,500.00

1. Central Market,...

2. Erection of Queen's Statue,

3. Praya Reclamation, (Ordinance 16 of 1889),.

3a.Praya Reclamation, Reconstruction of Government Piers and

Landing Steps, C.S.O. 600 of 1893,

4. Improvements, Recreation Ground, Happy Valley,

5. Slaughter-House, Sheep and Pig Depôts,

6. Gaol Extension,

7. Kowloon New Roads,.

9. New Streets, Kennedy Town,

10. New Water Mains,

11. Sewerage of Victoria,

12. Water Supply, Kowloon Peninsula,

13. Tytam Water Works Extension,.

17. Public Latrines,........

...

......

***

429,678.00

100,700.00

4,930.76

40,000.00

91,949.21 79,024.59

5,227.34

97,176.55

97,000.00

10,535.44

89,560.03

96,000.00

862.69

50,000.00

170,539.04

244,935.50

22,684.65 11.711.25 256,646.75

193,223.69

200,000.00

282,500.00

112,721.98

6,207.50 118,929.48

180,000.00

37,590.09

19,153.21

56,743.30

60,000.00

18. Kowloon Cattle Depôt,..

6,486.86

1,000.69

7,487.55

7,500.00

19. Water and Drainage Works, Miscellaneous,

13,656.16

37,692.08

51,348.24

21. Isolation Hospital,......

14,575.07

20,000.00

22. Central Police Station,-Additional Quarters, &c.,

3,535.01

13,417.03

16,952.04

17,000.00

23. Signalling Station and Lines of Communication with same,.. 25. Extension of Streets, Kennedy Town,

3,556.01

853.04

4,409.05

4,420.00

4,988.60

8,000.00

26. Extension of Station Street North Kowloon and Streets at

Mongkoktsui,

1,284.36

12,000.00

34. Taipingshan Improvement,

1,064.64

17,847.24

18,911.88

83,000.00

38. Storm Water Drain, Wing Fung Street,....

3,056.49

7,000.00

39. Salisbury Road, Kowloon,

900.00

675.00

1,575.00

3,200.00

Erection of a Landing Stage Kennedy Town, Improvement of Street Lighting,

......

3,301.50

1,127.35

Plague Account,

......

16,328.01

Total,....

.$ 1,029,103.95 204,434.30 1,233,538.25 1,976,498.00

No. of Contract.

Appendix J.

LIST OF UNFINISHED CONTRACTS ON 1ST JANUARY, 1896.

Description.

205

1895.

192 2835

}}

Extensions to the Central Police Station.

Water Supply, Kowloon Peninsula. The erection of Pumping Station Buildings.

Rebuilding Retaining Wall south of Inland Lot 509 and reinstating Seymour Road adjoining.

Signal Station, Kowloon. Erection of Buildings, &c.

Kowloon Cattle Depôt. Erection of Buildings, Boundary Wall, &c.

Construction of Sewers and Storm Water Drains and all works in conection therewith at Kennedy Town,

City of Victoria.

Taikoktsui Village Improvement.

Drainage of Elgin Road, Kowloon.

Slaughter-House, Sheep and Pig Depôts, Inspection Shed on Lower Terrace.

Construction of a Brick Storm Water Culvert in Elgin Road, Kowloon.

Construction of a Covered Reservoir, Bowen Road and other works in connection therewith. Construction of a Covered Service Reservoir at Kennedy Town.

38 39

No. of Contract.

Construction of a Covered Service Reservoir at Wanchai.

Construction of Storm Water Drain, Hollywood Road to Caine Lane, Taipingshan Improvement Works. Sewerage of Shaukiwan_Village.

Construction of Pound Lane (lower portion) and Taipingshan Street, Taipingshan Improvement Works. Construction of about 1,300 lineal yards of Pipe Sewers with Manholes and all works in connection therewith

at Magazine Gap and Mount Gough.

Appendix K.

LIST OF CONTRACTS FOR WORKS IN HAND ON JANUARY 1st 1897.

Description.

1895.

1896.

Construction of Salisbury Road, Kowloon.

Isolation Hospital.

Construction of about 400 lineal yards of Pipe Sewers and other works in connection therewith in Queen's

Road West and Queen Street, City of Victoria.

Supply of Fireclay Pipes and Junctions.

Construction of Storm Water Drains, Wing Fung Street.

Extension of the Garden Road Motor House.

Construction of Timber Pier at Kennedy Town.

Extension of the Public Recreation Ground, Wongneichong Valley.

Shaukiwan Water Works.

Construction of Reservoir, Filter Beds, Watchman's House aud other works in connection with the Water

Supply to the Village of Aberdeen.

Construction of about 500 lineal yards of Pipe Sewers in Aberdeen Village.

Levelling, Sewering, Walling, and Road making Blocks A. D. and E., Taipingshan Improvement Works. Taipingshan Improvement Works, Levelling, Walling and Road making Blocks F. and K.

City of Victoria Water Works Extention 1896. Construction of Reservoir, Road Diversion, Catchwater

and Bungalow near Wongneichong Gap.

Sewerage City of Victoria, Removal of Storm Water Drain, Wing Lok Street, and other works in connection

therewith.

City of Victoria Water Works Extension 1896, Taitam West Catchwater.

Certain works in connection with the raising of the Praya Wall, Shektongtsui, in front of Marine Lots 126,

and 177 to 183.

City of Victoria Water Works Extension 1896, construction of Filter Beds and Reservoir, Bowen Road. Hill District Water Works, construction of a service Reservoir and Bungalow at Victoria Peak. Construction of a road from Victoria Gap to Mount Kellet Road, Hill District.

Taipingshan Improvement Works, Blocks B. and G.

Improvement Works, Fuk Tsun Heung.

Taikoktsui Village Improvement Works.

Extension of Station Street, Yaumati, and Drainage of Streets at Mongkoktsui,

Formation and Drainage of Kimberley, Robinson and Observatory Roads, Kowloon.

1897.

Sewerage and Water Supply Works, Praya Reclamation, Sections 1 and 2.

Excavating Trenches and other works required in connection with the laying of Water Mains in Robinson,

Caine, and Bonham Roads, Wyndham Street, Queen's Road, Aberdeen, Staunton and Second Streets.

Maintenance and repair of Government Buildings inside the City of Victoria. Maintenance and repair of Government Buildings outside the City of Victoria. Maintenance of Roads, Streets and Bridges inside Victoria. Maintenance of Roads, Streets, and Bridges outside Victoria. Supply of Stores required by the Public Works Department.

Note.-Tenders under Contracts and

1896 not yet invited.

206

Salaries charged in

Expenditure on Public

Works.

Govt. Buildings, exclusive of Gaol & Police Stations.

Years.

Total.

Pay Sheets.

Pay List.

Recurrent. Extraordinary

No.

Appendix L.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

Statement of Salaries, Expenditure, &c., for the Years 1878, 1883, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896.

Communications from Colonial Secretary.

Letters despatched,

Exclusive of Notices, Permits, Certificates, &c., issned under Building and Water Works Ordinances, and occupation of Crown Land by Squatters.

Miscellaneous.

Cost of

Repair of

Roads.

Cost of Repair.

Separate

Papers.

References. Official to Govt. Departments.

€

1878,

36,113

5,504

41,617

142,022

11,560

22,660

153

No register

190

556

1883,

38,216

5,477 (1) 43,693

1888,

40,258

8,265

48,523

Included

in Extraor-

dinary.

Approx.

kept.

258,044 | (1) 258.044

16,213

30,000 f

266

342

254

493.

401,383

25,102

40,381

167

374

260

369

1891,

73,166

12,960

86,126

93,297 | (2) 358,099 | (2) 451,396

102

(4) 24,506 (4) 38,209

1892,

73,978

15,312

89,290 (3) 166,718 (2) 402,704 (2,3)569,422

106

33,981,

40,246

་་་

1893, (5)

....

72,329

Nil.

72,329 (3) 149,669 (2,6) 204,040 (2,3)353,709

107

24,762

40,355

573

1,122

433

922

1894,

70,616

Nil.

70,616

177,277

1895,

(7) 73,518

1,538

75,056

1896,

(7) 69,041

1,909

70,950

213,510

238,786

271,553

201,536 (8) 415,046

448,830

108

21,371

39,758

782

1,201

551

655

110

29,991

36,216

1,022

1,779

649

655

186,979 (8) 422,765

108

42,969

· 40,953

844

1,471

761

705

FRANCIS A. Cooper,

Director of Public Works.

(1) These figures are exclusive of expenditure on Taitam Water Works. All charges in connection therewith including supervision being charged direct to the Vote. (2) Exclusive of Expenditure on Praya Reclamation Works.

(3) In and since 1892, the cost of Gas and Electric Lighting for the City of Victoria and Kowloon has been charged to Annual Recurrent Works. (4) Prior to 1890 it was usual to obtain special votes for the repair of storm damages during every Summer.

(5) The extension of the Water Works necessitated additional expenditure.

(6) The falling off in the expenditure on Extraordinary Public Works in 1893 is accounted for to some extent by the Officers' time being taken up in the preparation of Plans, &c., for Govern- ment Office Extension, Slaughter-House, Pig and Sheep Depôts, Government Stores, Kowloon Water Works, Water supply Aberdeen and Shaukiwan, Sewerage of the Eastern District of the City of Victoria, Gaol Extension, Naval and Military Reclamation, and the proposal to stop the Praya Rclamation Works.

In 1892 the offices of Surveyor General and Resident Engineer Water and Drainage Department were amalgamated under the title of Director of Public Works at the Salary previously attached to the office of Surveyor General alone. The present systems of Store Accounting and General Accounting were first introduced into the Department.

(7) Exclusive of Exchange Compensation-$19,017.41 (1895)-$8,341.98 (1896.)

(8) Exclusive of Crown Agents' Accounts.

די

Appendix M.

Statement of Expenditure on Extraordinary Public Works under Construction by the Public Works Department, Hongkong during the years 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896.

Date

Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure

Work.

Commencement.

previous to during 1892.

during

Total.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

1896.

Cattle Depôt Extension,

Central Market (exclusive of cost of site $158,058),.

February, 1886.

1,266.89

8,562.75

Nil.

9,829.64

May,

1887.

37,908.73

59,996.79

67,927.61

59,130.44

34,373.19

1,200.00

260,536.76

י,

Site for Western Market,

New Streets, Kennedy Town,

Kowloon New Roads,

Peak Sewerage,

Sewerage of Kowloon Point,

Slaughter House, Kowloon,.

August, 1887.

77,789.66

10,263.65

Nil.

88,053.31

December, 1887.

35.058.61

4,116.20

Nil.

3,000.00

Nil.

42,174.81

March, 1888.

17.508.57

5,680.52

15,046.06

4,827,52

Nil.

862.69

43.425.36

May,

1888.

9,635.43

1,637.94

Nil.

1,074.31

2,758.14

15,105.82

November, 1888.

6,184.50

937.35

Nil.

6,773.00

3,238.90

17,133.75

August, 1889.

837.26

5,662.65

Nil.

6,499.91

New Water Mains in City of Victoria,

Praya Reclamation (Ordinance 16 of 1889),

Do.,

1889.

146,018.04

18,005.62

2,077.11

1,134.15

3,362.57

22,684.65

193,282.14

February, 1890.

399,429.20

451,487.52

128,357.79

252,364.00

290,674.72

265,152.67

1,787,465.90

New Roads and Preparatory Work Kennedy Road Sites,

Civil Hospital, Staff Quarters,.

Additions to Government House,

April,

May,

1890. 1890. 55,485.67

5,923.62

4,259.19

Nil.

10,182.81

8,896.54

Nil.

64,382.21

Do.,

1890.

33,192.90

6,894.18

Nil.

· Nil.

40,087.08

Slaughter House, Sheep and Pig Depôts, including Pier,

'Police Station, Aberdeen (inclusive of $4,615 expended on site), Police Station Quarry Bay,

October,

1890.

13,497.81 15,369.80

20,286.24

29,758.57

13,036.79

8,528.84

100,478.05

Do.,

1890.

28,263.90

2,467.38

Nil.

30,721.28

Do.,

1890.

5,588.53

584.89

Nil.

6,173.42

Sewerage of Victoria,

Gap Rock Lighthouse (including cost of S.S. Fame $45,000);

December, 1890.

Do., 1890.

67,678.87

69,371.07

39,626.59

30,201.89

21,813.60

6,050.08

234,742.10

161,662.97

27,372.31

Nil.

189,035.28

Training Albany Nullah and Branches,

Do., 1890.

21,869.33

7,484.13

1,777.65

Nil.

་

31,131.11

Reconstruction of Praya Bridge over Bowrington Canal,

Do.,

1890.

3,944.23

2,405.98

Nil.

6,350.21

Improvements and Extension of Recreation Ground Happy Valley,

Do.,

1890.

15,179.88

799.28

Nil.

4,930.76

20,909.92

Civil Hospital, alterations and additions,

Do.,

1890.

1,897.74

750.50

Nil.

2,648.24

District School Saiyingpun,.

Do.,

1890.

6,911,55

50.75

Nil.

6,962.30

House Connections (Sewerage),

January, 1891.

1,262.34

2,136.81

2.390.56

2,600.74

7,853.03

5,661.17

21,904.65

Quarters for Superintendent Botanical and Afforestation Department,.

March, 1891.

15,098.34

3,742.50

Nil.

18,835.84

Peak Water Supply,

April,

1891.

28,892.39

3,692.71

Nil.

32,585.10

Sewerage of Hunghom,

Do.,

1891. 8,120.63

Nil.

8,120.63

Sewerage of Yaumati,

Do.,

1891.

129.57

8,495.40

Nil.

144.32

792.40

9,561.69

Kowloon Water Supply,

Do.,

1891.

5,701.66

3,167.52

15,573.14

60,969.05

27,291.09

4,108.86

116,811.32

Miscellaneous Minor Works,

Do.,

1891.

Nil.

2,220.69

Nil.

2,220.69

House Service Account,

Do.,

1891.

10,646.36

4,738.64

6,071.78

4,223.49

4,251.57

9,054.49

38,986.33

Water Account,

Do.,

1891.

2,785.88

2,673.65

1,832.22

2,702.18

8,033.73

6,188.38

24,216.04

Public Laundries,

May,

1891.

12,353.04

8,856.30

Nil.

21,209.34

Vaccine Institute,

October,

1891.

1,812.77

1,617.48

Nil.

3,430.25

Repair of Rain Storm Damages, Yaumati,

November, 1891.

36.00

6,305.69

Nil.

6,341.69

Improved Telegraphic and Telephonic Communication, Gap Rock and Cape D'Aguilar,

1892.

Nil.

1,461.66

Nil.

1,461.66

....

Carried forward,.

1,239,567.87

762,156.04 300,966.75 450,412.03 418,681.92 341,212.03 3,512,996.64

207

208

Appendix M.

Statement of Expenditure on Extraordinary Public Works under Construction by the Public Works Department, Hongkong during the years 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896,-Continued."

Date

Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure

Work.

Commencement.

previous to

1892.

during

1892.

during

1893.

Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure during during 1894. 1895.

during

Total.

1896.

Erection of Gas Lamps Kowloon, Repairs of St. John's Cathedral,. Gaol Extension,

Brought forward,

Prolongation of Drains, Centre and Eastern Streets, Additional Works, Kennedy Town Reclamation,.. Extension MacDonnell and Austin Roads, Kowloon, Aberdeen Sewerage,...

1,239,567.87

762,156.04

300,996.75

450,412.08

418,081.92

341,212.03 3,512.996.64

May,

1892.

Nil.

1,016.58

Nil.

1,016.58.

Do.,

1892.

Nil.

5,495.59

Nil.

5,495.59

November, 1892.

Nil.

15.96

38,388.08

22,187.49

18,499.02

10,535.44

89,625.99

Do.,

1892.

Nil.

2,685.12

Nil.

2,685.12

Do.,

1892.

Nil.

4,083.30

Nil.

4,083.30

Do.,

1893.

Nil.

1,005.60

5,175.83

7,525.27

Nil.

13,706.70

October,

1893.

Nil.

332.55

Nil.

937.94

1,270.49

Village Water, Drainage and Sewerage Works, Erection of Queen's Statue,

April, 1894.

Nil.

726.13

4,938.40

Nil.

5,664.53

January,

1895.

Nil.

3,784.60

5,775.00

9,559.60

Tytam Water Works Extension,

Do..

1895.

Nil.

37,590.09

19,153.21

56,743.30

Reconstruction of Government Piers,

Do.,

1895.

Nil.

13,253.97

28,951.85

42,205.82

Kennedy Town Hospital Extension,

April, 1895.

Nil.

5,252.44

Nil.

5,252.44

Kowloon Cattle Depôt,

August, 1895.

Nil.

Nil..

Nil.

6,486.86

1,000.69

7,487.55

Central Police Station, Additional Quarters, &c.,

Do.,

1895.

Nil.

3,535.01

13,417.03

16,952.04

Taikoktsui Improvement,

Signalling Station and Lines of communication with same,

September, 1895.

Do., 1895.

Nil.

4,747.82

1,551.70

6,299.52

Nil.

3,556.01

853.04

4,409.05

Taipingshan Improvement,

October, 1895.

Nil.

1,064.64

17,847.24

18,911.88

Salisbury Road, Kowloon,

December, 1895.

Nil.

900.00

675.00

1,575.00

Water and Drainage Works Miscellaneous,

January, 1896.

Nil.

Nil

Nil.

3,356.61

Shaukiwan Sewerage,

Do., 1896.

Nil.

2,398.81

2,393.81

Isolation Hospital,

February, 1896. Nil.

Nil.

14,575.07

Covered Reservoir, Bowen Road,

March, 1896.

Nil.

3,548.80

Extension of Streets, Kennedy Town,

May,

1896.

Nil.

4,988.60

Mongkoktsui Sewerage,

Do.,

1896.

Nil.

10,245.69

Storm Water Drain, Wing Fung Street,

July,

1896.

Nil.

3,056.49

Extension of Station Street North, Kowloon, and Streets at Mongkoktsui,. Do.,

1896.

Nil.

1,284.36

Shaukiwan Water Works,

September, 1896.

Nil.

9,819.35

Aberdeen Water Works,

November, 1896.

Nil.

830.46

880.46

TOTAL,....

1,239,567.87 775,452.59

340,692.98 478,501.48 529,816.05 496,009.41

3,860,040.38

Appendix N.

Praya Reclamation Works Ordinance No. 16 of 1889.

LIST OF CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO TO THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1896.

Description of Work.,

209

Section No.

Contract No.

Remarks.

OLEN ON Co co co co co

Sea Wall, Reclamation, &c.,

Rubble Foundations,

Sea Wall, Reclamation, &c.,

Rubble Foundations,

Concreting, &c., the Upper Surface of Foundations,

Completed.

Suspended.

Completed.

......

Suspended.

3 & 1

Storm Water Drain,

Rubble Foundations,

Rubble Foundations of Storm Water Drain,...... Concreting, &c., the Upper Surface of Foundations,

Timber Pier Causeway Bay,

Sea Wall, Reclamation, &c.,

*****

Completed.

......

Filling by Hopper Barges,

•

4 4

Rubble Foundations,

Storm Water Drains

Concreting, &c., Upper Surface of Foundations of Sea Wall,...

....

...

4 & 5

Filling by Hopper Barges,

5 6

Rubble Foundations,

•.• • •

•

Landing Steps,......

Not completed. Completed.

Not completed.

Completed.

6 & 7

Timber Pier,...

6 & 7

Rubble Foundations,

*****

6 & 7

Filling by Hopper Barges,

وو

6 & 7

Storm Water Drain,

6 & 7

Concreting Upper Surface of the Foundations of Sea Wall,

6 & 7

Timber Wharf,......

****

6 & 7

Earth Filling,

...

ལ་ལས་ས

Storm Water Drain,

•

*****

Storm Water Drain,

Rubble Foundations,

1st Extension

2nd Extension

Murray Pier

Sea Wall, Reclamation, &c.,

Footings, Plinth, &c.,

New Office,

...

Furnitures, &c., Office,

Concrete Block Making,

Concrete Block Making 1,000, Concrete Block Making 1,500, Concrete Block Making 800,

3,000 casks Green Island Cement, 3,000 casks Green Island Cement, Rubble Foundations,

....

3,000 casks Green Island Cement,...... 3,000 casks Green Island Cement, 1,000 casks German Cement, 3,000 casks Green Island Cement,

*****

......

•

***

•

►

Not completed. Completed.

دو

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Appendix O.

PRAYA RECLAMATION WORKS.

Statement of Works executed to 31st December, 1896.

210

To 31ST DECEMBER, 1895.

DURING 1896.

TOTAL TO 31ST DECEMBER, 1896.

SECTIONS.

CONTRACT

No.

REMARKS.

Rubble.

Filling.

Ashlar.

Concrete. Rubble.

Filling. Ashlar.

Concrete.

Rubble.

Filling.

Ashlar.

Concrete.

Section No. 1,. Do. No. 1,. Do. No. 1,. Do. No. 2,. Do. No. 2,. Do. No. 3, Do. No. 3,. Do. No. 3,.. Do. No. 3,. Do. No. 3,...... Do. No. 4,................

8/91 & 16/93

. 7/92

18/94

1/90 & 14/92

13/92

AF H J & J ?

7/92

C.S.Ó. 1885

cub. yds. cub. yds.

81,208

cub. ft.

34,924

cub. yds. cub. yds. cub. yds. cub. ft. 1611

cub. yds. cub. yds. cub. yds. 81,208

cub. ft.

cub, yds.

34,924

1611/

12,836

...

Deposited by Barges,

4,399

108,000

53,445

2,623

3,406

6,159

410

4,399

111,406

59,604

3,033

[&c.

117,001

52,254

21,200

465

117,001

52,254

21,200

465

1,831

156,472

40,799 1,755

1,831

156,472

40,799

1,755

164,159

77,464

125

164,159

77,464

125

203,669

...

203,669

Deposited by Barges,

23,94

662

7,616

113

662

113

...

[&c.

28,995

12,444

640

11,099

51,981

29,649

1,805

18,715

83,976

42,093

2,445

C.S.O. 2172

...

2,585

25/95

97,760

14,825

2,585

112,585

Do. No. 4,..

34/96

19,769

448

Do. No. 4,......

37/96

14,919

155

14,919

19,769

448

155

...

7,000

Do. No. 4,.

...

Do. No. 4,.

40/96

...

Do. No. 4, · · ·|

7,584

4,949

20,039

36,745

...

7,584

4,949

Do.

No. 5,.....

36/96

. 102,692

Do.

No. 6,...... C.S.O. 1137

5,459

...

Do. Nos. 6/7,

20/94

132,052

...

Do. Nos. 6/7,

22/95

Do. Nos. 6/7,

27/95

987

11,542

5,198

370

315

...

Do. Nos. 6/7,

•

27,911

...

Do. Nos. 6/7,

21/94

138,966

Dọ. No. 7,.....

Do. No. 7,......

Do. Nos. 6/7, . Do. No. 7,......

Reconstruction of Govt. Piers,

10/91

39/96

...

131,077

7,186

86,000

60,953 2,120

...

328,408

93,500 10,920

131,077

7,186

578

...

18,898

13,528

650

173

...

} 30/95

2,400

748,338 1,261,358

299,081 19,608

...

20,039

...

36,745

102,692

5,459

132,052

11,542

370

987

5,198

315

27,911

Deposited by Junks

138,966

from Dredger. Deposited by Barges.

86,000

60,953 2,120

328,408

93,500 10,920

578

18,898

650

173

13,528

Deposited by Junks from Dredger.

2,400

...

4,280 yds. to be transfer- red to Sec. 3. Cont. 23.

7,919 for Cont. 25.

From Govt. Works. Various places.

Deposited by Barges. Deposited by Junks from Dredger.

Deposited by Junks.

37.

146,698 160,130 56,227 2,991 895,036 | 1,421,488 355,308 22,599

Appendix P.

PRAYA RECLAMATION WORKS.

Statement of Concrete Block work executed, December 31st, 1896.

To 31ST DECEMBER, 1895.

DURING 1896.

To 31ST DECEMBER, 1896.

PORTION Of Work.

Blocks made.

Blocks set.

Blocks made.

Blocks set.

Blocks made.

Blocks set.

Cubic Yards.

Section No. 1,

2,513

No. 2,

1,963

}}

No. 3,

2,740

2,577

......

2,740

2,577

No. 4,

2,508

1,136

2,508

1,136

No. 5,

No. 6,

941

2,723

3,661

1,777

886

1,112

686

2,889

1,572

.....

No. 7,

605

160

605

160

GOVERNMENT PIERS.

Pottinger Street,

600

219

105

486

705

Pedder's Street,

1,135

493

1,231

493

Murray Road,

Nam Pak Hong,

600

109

694

709

694

237

14,343

8,318

5,421

3,495

19,764

11,813

211

Appendix Q.

PRAYA RECLAMATION WORKS.

Statement of Account to December 31st, 1896.

212

Sections.

Contribution

Received

Contribution

Interest'

Total

Expenditure

Received

Account to

31st Dec., 1895.

during 1896.

31st Dec., 1896.

Receipts.

31st Dec., 1895.

Expenditure during 1896.

Total

Expenditure.

Balance to Debit of Fund.

Balance to Credit of Fund.

Section No. 1,.....

181,702.80

58,662.66

2,013.07

242,378.53

228,000.66

14,086.90

242,087,56

Do. No. 2,.

251,176.20

3,394.23

254,570.43

217,984.10

5,754.83

223,738.93

...

290.97

30,831.50

Do. No. 3,.

344,533.92

18,464.78

362,998.70

285,654.02

48,599.71

334,253,73

28,744.97

Do. No. 4,

56,848.04

52,252.70

9,329.52

118,430.26

81,264.04

39,144,85

120,408.89

1,978.63

Do. No. 5,.

76,501.50

13,161.36

89,662.86

54,675.49

63,670.23

118,345.72

28,682.86

Do. No. 6,.

183,819.21

40,736,77

26,560.89

251,116.87

166,246.14

29,767.10

196,013.24

55,103,63

Do. No. 7,

227,199.54

46,567.01

13,231.92

1,321,781.21

198,219.14

86,155.77

286,998.47 237,382.66 1,606,156.12 1,271,207.11

27,309.82 264,692.48 228,333.44 1,499,540.55

22,305.99

30,661.49

137,277.06

Government Section, No. 4,

9,688.60

9,683.60

1,172.99

20,540.19

12,783.34

5,464.26

18,247.60

2,292.59

Do.,

No. 5,

13,807.45

32,419.27

་

828.85

47,055.57

11,627.46

16,858.62

28,486.08

DO.

No. 6,

11,704.25

1,215.01

12,919.26-

6,493.46

1,541.61

8,035.07

18,569.49

4,884.19

Do.,

No. 7,

239,414.10

6,843.73

1,370.46

247,628.29

220,201.86

12,954.74

233,156.60

14,471.69

274,60940

48,946.60

4,587.31

328,143.31

1,596,390.61

247,165.74

90,743.08

1,934.299.43

251,106.12

1,522,313.23

36,819.23 287,925.35 265,152.67 1,787,465.90

40,217.96

30,661.49

177,495,02

Interest received from Lot Holders,

339.40

Stock on hand,

9,700.40

Reconstruction of Govt. Piers and Interest,

116,365.96

Crown Agent's Account;.

3,879.73

Reconstruction of Govt. Piers, Deposit in Colonial Govt.,

42,205.82

225,000.00

Profit on Cement,.

13,312.90

Store Account,

Amount of refund by Govt., Section No. 2, Difference in Interest Account,

214.88

Balance, Cash on hand,

'5.04

4,036.06

.92

2,068,413.22

明

2,068,413.22

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No. 38

HONGKONG.

REPORT ON THE PROGRESS OF PUBLIC WORKS DURING THE HALF-YEAR ENDING 30TH JUNE, 1897.

No. 547.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

PUBLIC WORKs Office, HONGKONG, 10th September, 1897.

SIR, I have the honour to submit the following report on the work of this Department for the first half of the current year.

ANNUALLY RECURRENT WORKS.

1. Repairs to Buildings.-A very considerable amount of work has been entailed under this heading on account of the ravages of white ants. Wherever practicable, the use of timber is being dispensed with, and repairs are being effected in such a manner as to avoid a repetition of the damage by these destructive insects in future. The following are the principal works executed:-

Repairs to Police Stations---Central, and Nos. 3 and 8, also those at Yaumati, Shaukiwan,

Victoria Gap, Stanley and Aberdeen.

Western and Hunghom Markets.

Government Offices.

Public Laundries.

Slaughter-House at Hunghom.

Kowloon Observatory.

Harbour Office and Peak Signal Station.

Officers' Quarters, Victoria Gaol.

Civil Hospital, Kennedytown Hospital, and European Lunatic Asylum.

2. Maintenance of Telegraphs.--A line has been constructed from the Police Station at Victoria Gap to the summer quarters of the Captain Superintendent of Police, which puts this residence in communication with the Central Police Station. Four lines have been renewed between the Telegraph Companies' Office and the Central Police Station.

3. Maintenance of Public Cemetery.-The Cemetery has been maintained in a satisfactory condi- tion. The concreting of the paths and construction of steps leading to terraces laid out within récent years is in progress.

4. Maintenance of Praya Wall and Piers.—A matshed shelter has been constructed at Wardley Street Wharf with the view of inducing some of the numerous parties which go afloat in the summer evenings to make use of this wharf and so relieve the traffic at Pedder's Wharf. The pier and shelters at Tsimshatsui are undergoing general repairs.

5. Maintenance of Lighthouses.-Gap Rock Lighthouse has been painted and colour-washed and similar work is in progress at Green Island.

6. Dredging foreshores.-The dredger has been employed in connection with the Praya Reclama- tion Works except for a period of 7 weeks when engaged at the Kowloon Wharves performing some dredging for the Godown Company.

7. Miscellaneous Works.-The following are the principal items executed under this heading: -

Constructing balconies at the Inspectors' Quarters, Central Police Station.

cells at Hunghom Police Station.

;)

latrine at Public Laundries.

matshed at Mount Gough Police Station.

troughs and tying-up arrangements in the Inspection Shed at the Pig and

Sheep Depôts.

approach path to Medical Staff Quarters and fencing in the grounds of the

Civil Hospital along High Street.

three matsheds at Kennedytown Hospital.

8. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in Victoria.-The roads generally have been maintained in a satisfactory condition except that portion of the Praya where the Reclamation Works are in progress, and the roadway is undergoing alteration both as regards width and level. Jubilee and Queen Victoria Streets have been laid with concrete so as to avoid the frequent repairs which were neces- sitated with macadamized surfaces owing to the somewhat steep gradient of portions of these streets.

}

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9. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges out of Victoria.-A considerable amount of work has been performed under this heading. The following roads have been re-surfaced:-

Shaukiwan to Stanley.

Stanley to Deep Water Bay for a length of two miles.

Wongneichong to Tytam.

Bowen Road to Magazine Gap. Queen's Road to Wanchai Gap. Victoria Gap to Pokfulam. Wanchai Gap to Aberdeen. New Aberdeen Road.

In addition to the above, the road from the City to Pokfulam has been blinded for nearly the whole distance.

10. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in Kowloon.--The principal roads have been re-surfaced and the roads generally throughout the Peninsula have been maintained in good condition. Com- munication has been largely developed by the construction of proper roads in Kowloon, and it is now possible to traverse the greater part of the Peninsula by 'ricksha, a performance which was quite impossible four or five years ago.

11. Maintenance of Waterworks, City of Victoria and Hill District. It is satisfactory to be able to record that a constant supply of filtered water has been maintained to the City and Hill District during the past dry season, in consequence of the extensions to the Tytam Waterworks which have already been carried out. The catchwater round Mount Parker has proved to be a valuable auxiliary to the supply. Particulars of the quantity of water derived from the various sources will be found in appendix A.

12. Maintenance of Waterworks, Kowloon.--The supply in this case has also been constant and the works already carried out have so far proved sufficient, though the demand is rapidly overtaking the supply. Particulars are given in appendix A1.

13. Maintenance of Waterworks, Shaukiwan.--This is a new feature in the reports of this Depart- ment and affords another indication of the improved state of affairs which is gradually being introduced in the villages. The supply of water from fountains was begun during the month of June, 1896.

14. Maintenance of Waterworks, Aberdeen. The same remarks apply in this case also though some works of a limited nature existed formerly, having been undertaken when the Paper Mills Reservoir was constructed in 1893. The supply has now been placed on a more satisfactory footing, filter beds and a service reservoir have been constructed and the works have been extended so as to bring the water within easy access of all the inhabitants of the village.

15. Maintenance of Sewers.-The sewers have been maintained in a satisfactory condition both in the City and in the various districts and villages where sewerage systems have been introduced.

16. Lighting of City of Victoria and Kowloon.--The contracts with the Gas and Electric Com- panies have been satisfactorily carried out. A considerable number of the gas lamps have been fitted with incandescent burners, effecting a marked improvement in the lighting of the neighbourhoods where this has been done. A new contract has been entered into with the Gas Company for a period of five years, commencing from the 1st July, 1897, (C.S.O. 797).

17. Maintenance of Public Recreation Ground.—The ground has been maintained in good order. 18. Clock Tower. The necessary repairs have been made and the clock has been maintained in good order.

LAND SURVEY BRANCH.

19. Land Sales.--During the half-year, two land sales have taken place, the area sold being 165,047 square feet, the premium realized $18,715 and the annual Crown rent $1,270.

20. Extensions of Lots.-Extensions aggregating 17,487 square feet have been granted, the premiums amounting to $2,378.50 and the annual Crown rent to $105.88.

21. Land disposed of without public auction. An area of 2,450 square feet was granted to Messrs. BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE as an extension of Inland Lot No. 1336, but was afterwards converted into a separate lot (Inland Lot No. 1406). The premium paid was $122.50 and the annual Crown rent is $4.00. A piece of land on the northern slope of Mount Davis has been granted for the purposes of a cemetery for the Eurasian community, subject to a nominal Crown rent of $1 per annum.

22. Re-adjustment of Boundaries and Crown Rents.--Principally owing to the expiry of the périod during which Crown rent at reduced rate was payable for certain lots in Kowloon, pending their development, an increased annual sum of $457.11 will be received in future on account of the re- adjustment of boundaries and Crown rents.

519

23. Squatter's Licences, &c.-The number of licences issued has been 1,224 and the fees received on account of same amount to $3,602.25. Forty-one licences have been written off. A sum of $4,645 was realized from the letting of sites for booths at the Race Meeting.

24. Lease Plans, &c.--Plans and particulars of 67 lots have been forwarded to the Land Office for the preparation of new leases; boundary stones have been fixed for 18 lots; and 20 acres of land have been surveyed in connection with land sales or the issue of leases.

WORK UNDER THE BUILDING ORDINANCE.

25. Plans Deposited.--Plans have been deposited to the number of 183; 5 for European dwellings, 41 for Chinese houses and 137 for miscellaneous structures.

26. Certificates Granted.--Certificates have been granted under section 53 of Ordinance 15 of 1889 for 201 houses and permission has been given for the erection of 33 verandahs and 7 piers over Crown land or foreshore.

27. Permits and Notices.-Notices relating to structures in a dangerous condition have been served in 7 cases; 1,262 notices and permits of a miscellaneous nature have been issued; and 35. permits have been granted for the erection and repair of monuments and enclosures in the Colonial Cemetery. The fees received for the latter amount to $40.83.

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC WORKS.

28. Improvements, Recreation Ground, Happy Valley.--The additional area forming an extension of the Recreation Ground has been levelled off in readiness for turfing. The diversion of the nullah will be undertaken towards the end of the wet season, by which time it is hoped that certain ironwork required for the bridges crossing the nullah will have arrived from England. Meanwhile, the turfing of the portion to the east of the existing nullah will be undertaken, so as to render the ground avail- able during the coming cool season.

29. Slaughter-House, Sheep and Pig Depôts, including Pier.-The pier constructed for the landing of cattle, sheep and pigs, arriving at the depôts, has been completed.

30. Gaol Extension.-Various minor works have been undertaken at the old Gaol.

31. New Water Mains.-Small extensions only have been made to the water mains in the City. 32. Sewerage of Victoria.--The works under this heading comprise the connections of house drains to the public sewers and small extensions of the latter to provide for such connections.

33. Water Supply, Kowloon.-Payment of the balance due under the contract for the construction of the Pumping Station Buildings was delayed until this year, owing to some action at law against the contractor, otherwise there has been practically no expenditure under this heading.

34. Taitam Waterworks Extension. The raising of the Byewash Dam for a total height of 10 feet above the original level of the byewash has now been completed. Small granite piers have been built on top of the dam, with grooves cut in them for the reception of sluice-boards, by inserting which an additional depth of 2 feet 6 inches of water may be impounded. Without the boards, the capacity of the reservoir is now 390,000,000 gallons and with the boards 415,000,000 gallons.

35. Road from Victoria Gap to Mount Kellett Road.--Considerable progress has been made with the portion of this road which has been undertaken, the greater part of it having been formed to the required level for concreting. When completed, it will afford a certain amount of relief for the traffic to and from the Tramway Terminus, but undoubtedly the widening and improving of the remaining portion of the road to Victoria Gap should be gone on with as early as practicable and some proper accommodation for chairs should be provided near the Tramway Terminus at the same time.

36. Water and Drainage Works, Miscellaneous.-The following are the principal works which have been carried out under this heading :

Taikoktsui Improvement Works.

Fuk Tsun Heung Improvement Works.

Shaukiwan Waterworks.

Aberdeen Waterworks.

Caroline Road and Pennington Street Storm-water Drainage.

Yaumati Drainage Extensions.

Mongkoktsui Drainage.

The following works are in progress :-

Kennedy Road Sites-sewerage works."

Kowloon Marine Lot No. 10-sewer for houses.

Shaukiwan Market-drainage.

Shaukiwan Police Station--drainage.

Yaumati Drainage-extensions across reclamations.

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37. Isolation Hospital. This work has been completed and the buildings were handed over to the Medical Department on the 24th April. The main block contains 2 general wards (4 beds each- 119 square feet per bed) and 2 private wards (2 beds each-119 square feet per bed), 4 bathrooms, attendants' room, etc., and is surrounded by verandahs 8 feet wide. The coolie quarters, which are situated on a lower terrace adjoining Eastern Street and are connected with the main block by a covered way, contain accommodation for 10 attendants and coolies, besides kitchens, wash-house, drying-room, ironing-room, disinfecting room and store. The buildings are of Canton red brick with granite dressings, the main block having a base of stone-work 2 feet 6 inches high. The site is enclosed with an iron railing, 6 feet high, with separate gates for access to the hospital and coolie quarters. Since its completion the building has been converted into a lying-in hospital.

38. Extension of Station Street, Kowloon, and Streets at Mongkoktsui.-The streets have been formed and will be surfaced and finished off as soon as the gas and water mains have been laid. When the work is completed, it will be possible to reach Mongkoktsui by 'ricksha from the Kowloon Ferry Wharf, a performance which has hitherto been impracticable.

39. Taipingshan Improvement.-Substantial progress has been made with the work of laying out the resumed area and a large proportion of it is now available for the erection of buildings. From the abundant means of light and ventilation provided around the new building sites, the reputation of this locality should, in the future, be entirely changed and I think it is safe to predict that instead of being the breeding-ground for the germs of disease it will be the most healthy of the Chinese quarters of the City.

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40. Storm-water Drain, Wing Fung Street.-The contract for this work has been completed and all liabilities in connection with it have been discharged.

41. Salisbury Road, Kowloon.--This work was completed last year and all liabilities in connection with it have now been discharged.

42. Forming and Kerbing Streets, Kowloon.--A considerable number of the streets and lanes in the villages of Yaumati and Hunghom have been put in a thoroughly sanitary condition under this vote. The formation of Kimberley and Observatory Roads and an extension of Station Street, Hunghom, are in progress.

43. Forming and Kerbing Streets, Victoria.-The principal work performed under this heading has been the laying out of some new streets in the vicinity of Jardine's Bazaar. The work is well advanced.

44. City of Victoria and Hill District Waterworks, Reservoir and Catchwater, Wongneichong Gap. The excavation of the trench for the dam has been completed and concreting will shortly be begun. The heavy rainfall during June has interfered very much with this portion of the work as the groove in the foundation of the dam was continually filled up with mud and water after it had been cleaned out ready for receiving concrete. About 14,500 cubic yards of material have been excavated from a spur of the hill projecting into the reservoir, thereby increasing its capacity to a corresponding extent. Considerable progress has been made with the catchwater along the hillside, the greater part of the trench having been excavated and made ready for concreting.

Catchwater West of Tytam Valley.-Substantial progress has been made with this work and the channel has been completed for a length of 5,500 feet or rather more than a mile. The pipes for conveying the water into Tytam Reservoir across the intervening valley below the byewash dam have arrived from England and the piers on which they are to be carried have nearly been built ready to -receive them.

Filter Beds and Service Reservoir.--The sites for the filter beds have nearly been excavated to the required levels whilst the excavation of the service reservoir has been completed, the floor concreted and the walls and pillars built to about half their height.

Service Reservoir, Peak.--Good progress has been made with this very necessary work. The excavation, consisting largely of rock, has been completed, the floor concreted and the walls and pillars are being built. The erection of the bungalow for the caretaker is about half completed.

New Mains in the City.-The new water mains along Robinson, Caine and Bonham and Queen's Roads, and in Wyndham, Aberdeen, Staunton and Second Streets have been completed.

Extensions of Mains to North Point and Wongneichong.- A contract has been let for digging the trenches required for this work, the pipes having arrived from England.

45. Gardeners' Cottages.-This building, which is being carried out under the superintendence of Messrs. DENISON and RAM, Architects, is nearing completion.

46. Extension of Gas Lighting, Kowloon.-This work has been completed in the direction of Hungbom, 38 lamps having been provided and fitted with incandescent burners. Other extensions are being undertaken as they become necessary. There are now 93 lamps in Kowloon fitted with in- candescent burners.

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47. Improvement of Gas Lighting, City of Victoria.--Altogether 107 lamps have now been fitted. with incandescent burners in various districts of the City. Existing lamps are being moved and new lamps erected so as to bring the lighting of the City in accordance with the suggestions contained . in the Report on this subject.

48. Raising Praya Wall, Shektong tsui.-The work in connection with raising the level of the Praya Wall opposite Marine Lots Nos. 126 and 177 to 183 has been completed. The consequent raising of the adjoining roadway still remains to be done.

49. Jubilee Celebrations.--Numerous public buildings and structures, including the Clock Tower, Queen's Statue, Government House, Central Market, Queen's College and Tsimshatsui Police Station were illuminated on the night of the 22nd June. About 9,000 lanterns and 4,000 glass lamps, besides 1,325 incandescent electric lights, were utilized for the purpose.

Stones to mark the commencement of the "Victoria Hospital" and "Victoria Road" were successfully laid by His Excellency the Governor on the 23rd June in connection with the works to be undertaken by the Colony in commemoration of Her Majesty's completing the sixtieth year of Her reign.

50. Plague Account.-Practically the only expenditure incurred by this Department under this head has been for the erection of two matsheds in the Taipingshan Resumed Area to accommodate the occupants of houses in which cases of plague had occurred whilst the disinfection of the premises was in progress.

EXPENDITURE.

51. The expenditure for the half-year will be found in a tabular form în Appendices B and C. 52. Mr. COOPER, Director of Public Works, having been appointed to Ceylon, left the Colony on the 6th May, when I took over the duties of the acting appointment pending the arrival of Mr. R. D. ORMSBY to succeed Mr. COOPER.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

W. CHATHAM,

Acting Director of Public Works.

The Honourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.

Appendix A.

CITY OF VICTORIA WATERWORKS, 1897.

Pokfulam,

Tytam.

Month.

Tunnel.

In reservoir Discharged In reservoir Discharged

1st of the

into

1st of the

into month.

month. Tunnel.

Collected from streams intercepted by conduits.

Total Con- sumption.

Blue Pool and Mint Dam.

Rainfall.

Remarks.

gallons.

January,

56,695,000

17,757,000 | 341,000,000

February;

46,645,000

March,

38,398,000

16,038,000 315,087,000 17,757,000 | 284,488,000

60,513,000

April,.

May,

June,

24,809,000 9.450,000 237,000,000 63,881,000 2,905,000 20,079,000 24,617,000 229,200,000 45,061,000 21,132,000 63,343,000 29,445,000 | 306,083,000 39,934,000, 26,157,000

115,064,000

306,608,000

gallons. gallons.

50,879,000 8,360,000 76,996,000 46,340,000 4,279,000 66,657,000 1,598,000 79,868,000

76,236,000 5,976,000 3.24 90,810,000 95,536,000

64,431,000 | 486,103,000

gallons. inches.

4,210,000 2.26

3,919,000 1.82

6,366,000 .82

5,710.000 14.86

5,053,000 23.35

31,234,000

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Appendix A1.

WATER SUPPLY TO KOWLOON, 1897.

Quantity in Gallons.

Month.

Pumped.

Remarks.

Supplied by Meter.

January, February, March, April, May,

4,170,000

1,437,000

3,408,000

1,384,000

4,665,000

1,254,000

4,937,000

1,878,000

5,566,000

1,359,000

June,

5,372,000

2,649,000

28,118,000

9,961,000

Appendix B.

Hongkong, Public Works Department.-Statement of Expenditure to 30th June, 1897.

Personal Emoluments,

Exchange Compensation,

Other Charges,

ANNUALLY Recurrent.

Work.

Repairs to Buildings,.

Maintenance of Telegraphs,

of Public Cemetery,..

of Praya Wall and Piers, of Lighthouses,

Dredging Foreshores,

Miscellaneous Works,

Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in Victoria,

out of Victoria,

in Kowloon,

of Waterworks, City of Victoria and Hill District,

of of

Kowloon,

Shaukiwan,

Aberdeen,

of Sewers,.

Miscellaneous Services,

Gas Lighting, City of Victoria,

Electric Lighting, City of Victoria,...

Gas Lighting, Kowloon,

Maintenance of Public Recreation Ground,..

Expenses of Clock Tower,

* There is a Credit amount of $42.83 as per C.S.O. 2411 of 1896 to be deducted.

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Expenditure during 1897 to 30th June.

35,047.57 4,722.52

3,163.30

$ 42,933.39

25,154.79 1,632.37

902.72

269.36

709.05

3,299.57

8,412.99

10,800.85

16,367.54

764.17

3,466.98

1,610.34 40.23

25.00

3,074.35

3,150.36

11,811.02

11,231.96

2,260.20

318.40 86.00

105,388.25

Appendix C.

Hongkong, Public Works Department.—Statement of Expenditure to 30th June, 1897.

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC WORKS.

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EXPENDITURE

WORK.

TOTAL.

Prior to 1897.

During 1897.

Improvements, Recreation Ground, Happy Valley,

Slaughter-House, Sheep and Pig Depôts, including Pier,

$ 4,930.76

3,147.06

100,478.05

6,871.25

8,077.82

107,349.30

Gaol Extension,

89,560.03

609.56

90,169.59

New Water Mains,

193,223.69

2,978.10

196,201.79

Sewerage of Victoria,

256,646.75

4,022.97

260,669.72

Water Supply, Kowloon,

*118,929.48

2,263.43

121,192.91

Taitam Waterworks Extension,

56,743.30

6,245.72

62,989.02

Road from Victoria Gap to Mount Kellett Road,

3,318.49

Water and Drainage Works, Miscellaneous,

51,348.24

28,424.05

79,772.29

Isolation Hospital,

14,575.07

3,997.05

18,572.12

Extension of Station Street North, Kowloon, & Streets at Mongkoktsui,

1,284.36

2,267.53

3,551.89

Taipingshan Improvement,

19,273.22

25,622.26

44,895.48

Storm-water Drain, Wing Fung Street,...

3,056.49

1,356.29

4,412.78

Salisbury Road, Kowloon,

1,575.00

1,525.00

3,100.00

Forming and Kerbing Streets, Kowloon,

3,387.90

3,387,90

Forming and Kerbing Streets, Victoria,..

City of Victoria and Hill District Waterworks,

Gardeners' Cottages,..

6,467.29

47,558.91

6,313.75

Extension of Gas Lighting, Kowloon,

1,824.00

Improvement of Gas Lighting, City of Victoria,

988.60

Water Account,..

21,430.56

2,418.19

23,848.75

Improvement of Street Lighting,

1,127.35

Raising of Praya Wall at Shektongtsui opposite M.L. 126 & 177 to 183,.

3,532.78

934,182.35

165,140.18

1,099,322.53

* There is a Credit amount of $29.16 as per Transfer Summary No. to be deducted.

No. 1.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

At a Meeting held on the 10th May, 1897.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Acting Director of Public Works (WILLIAM CHATHAM), Chairman.

the Colonial Treasurer (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

The Committee considered a plan laid before them by the Acting Director of Public Works for—

The erection of an ornamental railing to enclose the Queen's Statue. Estimated cost $2,000.

It was unanimously agreed that the project be approved.

The Committee then adjourned.

Laid before the Legislative Council this 17th day of May, 1897.

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J. G. T. Buckle,

Clerk of Councils.

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WILLIAM CHATHAM,

Chairman.

No. 2.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

At a Meeting held on the 31st May, 1897.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Acting Director of Public Works (WILLIAM CHATHAM), Chairman.

the Colonial Treasurer (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPhael Belilios, C.M.G.

The Committee considered a plan laid before them by the Acting Director of Public Works for-

The Drainage of Building Sites abutting on Kennedy and MacDonnell Roads. Estimated

cost $4,000.

It was unanimously agreed that the project be approved.

The Committee then adjourned.

Laid before the Legislative Council this 28th day of June, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

WILLIAM CHATHAM,

Chairman.

No. 3.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

At a Meeting held on the 4th August, 1897.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Acting Director of Public Works (WILLIAM CHATHAM), Chairman.

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

ABSENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Treasurer (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

The Committee considered a plan laid before them by the Acting Director of Public Works for-

The construction of a Road from Plantation Road, Tramway Station, to Magazine Gap.

Total estimated cost, including sewer and water main, $38,000.

It was unanimously agreed that the construction of the Road should be undertaken forthwith at an estimated outlay of $20,000; the concreting of the surface of the road and the laying of a sewer and water main being deferred until some of the building sites rendered available have been sold. It was further recommended that the steepest gradients be reduced, if possible, notwithstanding that the cost of the work might be increased by so doing.

The Committee then adjourned.

Laid before the Legislative Council this 23rd day of August, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

WILLIAM CHATHAM,

Chairman.

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No. 4.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

At a Meeting held on the 23rd August, 1897.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Acting Director of Public Works (WILLIAM CHATHAM), Chairman.

the Colonial Treasurer (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

The Committee considered a proposal which had been referred to them for-

The erection of a Shelter for Funeral Parties and Quarters for the Sextons at Mount Davis

Cemetery. Estimated cost $1,700.

It was agreed that the Committee recommend that the matter be referred to the Honourable the Registrar General with a view to his approaching the Tung Wah Hospital Authorities for the purpose of getting them to raise the necessary funds and erect the structure on a site to be granted by the Government, the building on completion to be handed over to the Government and to become an adjunct of the Cemetery.

The Committee then adjourned.

WILLIAM CHATHAM,

Chairman.

Laid before the Legislative Council this 26th day of August, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

No. 5.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

At a Meeting held on the 26th August, 1897.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Acting Director of Public Works (WILLIAM CHATHAM), Chairman.

the Colonial Treasurer (THOMAS SERCOMBE SMITH).

CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, C.M.G.

THOMAS HENDERSON WHITEHEAD.

EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G.

The Committee considered a plan which was laid before them by the Acting Director of Public Works for the following proposed works in connection with the development of Building Sites abutting on Kennedy and MacDonnell Roads :--

(1) Laying water mains. Estimated cost $3,000.

(2) Training the nullah between Inland Lots Nos. 1379 and 1390 from Bowen Road to

Kennedy Road. Estimated cost $5,000.

(3) Extending MacDonnell Road eastwards to effect a junction with Kennedy Road and forming paths alongside the nullahs for giving access to the various lots." Estimated cost $4,500.

It was unanimously agreed that the works above enumerated be approved.

The Committee then adjourned.

WILLIAM CHATHAM,

Chairman.

Laid before the Legislative Council this 6th day of September, 1897.

J. G. T. BUCKLE,

Clerk of Councils.

HONGKONG.

REGISTRAR GENERAL'S REPORT FOR 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

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No. 16

REGISTRAR GENERAL'S OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 10th May, 1897.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward herewith for Your Excellency's information my report on the work of this department for the

year 1896.

REVENUE.

The revenue collected during the year amounted to $97,620.61 or $4,699.61 more than that for the preceding year, notwithstanding that three items viz. :-the rent of the cattle-shed, the rent of five houses in New Street and the rent for the wooden huts on the Praya Reclamation at West Point which brought in a revenue of $2,889.00 in the year 1895 no longer appear. The chief increase, $5,884.16, occurs under the head of Markets and of this $5,277.69 are derived from the Central Market. The rent received from this building for the year was $36,838.20. The revenue from boat licences also shows an increase of $1,094.20. A small income is derived from fees for the issue to Chinese of certificates of identity for the purpose of entering the United States.

EXPENDITURE.

The actual expenditure in 1896 under personal emoluments, including exchange compensation and other charges, was $15,263.14 as compared with $18,585.13 in 1895, and $22,489.84 in 1894.

PÓ LEUNG KUK INCORPORATION ORDINANCE.

(No. 18 of 1893.)

WOMEN AND GIRLS' PROTECTION ORDINANCE.

(No. 11 of 1890.)

Particulars regarding the work done during the year by the Pó Léung Kuk Society are contained in the Society's Annual Report which is published separately. The Committee acts in complete harmony with this office and its services towards the good work of rescuing women and restoring them to their homes remain indispensable.

The number of women and girls detained during the year under Part II. of Ordinance 11 of 1890 was 241. This is a large increase on the number detained in the previous year. Table II 4 shows how each case was dealt with. The number of girls under the protection of the office under section 19 of the Ordinance is 57, (See Table II B). 67 women and girls were reported to the Pó Léung Kuk as having disappeared in Hongkong, (See Table II C). Of these only 11 were recovered. number of the women no doubt absconded but among the 67 were 25 girls who disappeared and not having been found again were in all probability kidnapped. In my report for last year I referred to the large increase of "sly" brothels in the town and to the views held by the Chinese on the subject. The number has still further increased much to the disgust of respectable Chinese, but no private individual will take the necessary steps to suppress the evil, by appearing as a prosecutor in Court, though any action taken by the Government would be welcomed.

EMIGRATION.

Only 8,686 female passengers were examined at the Emigration Office and permitted to proceed on their voyage, as compared with 11,008 in the previous year, (See Table III). The decrease is caused by quarantine regulations imposed during the plague.

Emigration of Chinese to the United States has been facilitated by the recognition by the Government of that country in the case of residents in Hongkong of certificates of identity signed by Registrar General as prima facie evidence of the right of the holders under the Laws and Treaties in force to enter the country. A fee of three dollars is charged for each certificate.

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POPULATION.

The following is the estimate of the number of the population of the Colony for the 30th June:- British and Foreign Community.

12,709.

Chinese. 226,710.

Total. 239,419.

It is based on the preliminary returns of a census which was taken on the night of the 20th January, 1897. An estimate based on the increase of the population since the year 1857 is evidently not to be depended upon. One based on the number of animals slaughtered for food during the year, due regard being paid to the price might lead to a closer approximation to the truth. According to this method the population at the end of last year was estimated at 236,000.

MARRIAGES.

(Ordinance No. 14 of 1875.)

The number of marriages solemnized during the year was 71 as compared with 90 in 1895. Of these one was celebrated twice, so the actual number of marriages was 70. The number of marriages between Chinese in Victoria on the occasion of which permits to fire crackers were issued was 207 as. against 194 in 1895.

BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

(Ordinance No. 16 of 1896.)

This Ordinance came into force on the 16th November, 1896. It is a great improvement on the original Ordinance No. 7 of 1872. In addition to the notification of deaths being rendered com- pulsory, the most important regulation is the prohibition of the removal, without a permit, of the dead bodies, if the cause of death has not been registered.

Table IV A contains the number of births and deaths registered during the year. The death rate at different ages and the causes of death will be found in Tables IV B and IV C. The births among the British and Foreign Community were 255 compared with 232 in 1895, and the number of births registered as having occurred among the Chinese Community was 978 as compared with 1,195 There were probably at least 537 unregistered births.

There were four prosecutions for neglect to report births within the specified time.

The number of deaths in the British and Foreign Community was 253 as compared with 191 in 1895; among the Chinese 5,607 as compared with 5,209 in 1895. Of these 1,078 died from the plague. 217 of the deaths among the British and Foreign Community and 3,681 among the Chinese were certified to by a registered medical practitioner or were the subject of a Coroner's Inquest.

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The following table shows the number of deaths and the death rate per 1,000 during the past

years:-

Estimated Population.

1891

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

British and Foreign,

Chinese,

10,494

10,590

10,686

10,782

10,828

12,709

.214,320

221,072 228,038

235,224

237,670

226,710

Total,

...

224,814 231,662 238,724

246,006

248,498

239,419

Deaths.

5,374

4,906

5,422

7,407

5,400

5,860

Death-rate per 1,000.

British and Foreign,..

18.20

17.37

17.97

23.28

17.64

19.91

Chinese,

24.18

21.30

22.93

30.42

21.92

24.75

Total,....

23.90

21.18

22.71

30.11

21.73

24.48

BURIALS.

Of the 5,607 Chinese who died during the year 4,428 were buried in the Colony, the bodies of 149 were sent out of the Colony and 57 coffins were reported as being in the Tung Wa Hospital Mortuary awaiting interment or removal. 794 interments were made in the village cemeteries. The bodies of the remaining 179 were presumably removed from the Colony. Under the new Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance a permit must be obtained before a body can be sent out of the Colony.

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EXHUMATIONS.

76 permits were issued to exhume human remains for removal to China or for reburial in the Colony.

HOSPITAL Deaths.

Table IV D contains a return of the number of deaths in hospitals. They amounted to 2,270 or 38.74 per cent. of the total number of deaths registered during the year.

Table IV E gives particulars regarding the Tung Wa Hospital. The number of patients under treatment during the year was 2,214 as compared with 2,840 in the year 1895 and 2,969 in the year 1893. Of these 1,290 were discharged and 792 died. The percentage of deaths to admissions during the year is 38.80.

is 38.80. In the preceding year the percentage was 42.61. The number of out-patients during the year was :-

Males, Females,

.......84,217

...45,478

129,695

This number is less by 30,000 than that for the year 1895, and the diminution is no doubt due to the precautions necessitated by the plague.

VACCINATION ORDINANCE.

(No. 5 of 1890.)

For particulars regarding the working of this Ordinance during the year see Table V. 578 notices were issued during the year and 1,002 certificates of successful vaccination received.

There were no prosecutions.

REGISTRATION OF BOOKS. (Ordinance No. 10 of 1888.)

34 books were registered during the year as compared with 28 in 1895. The usual quarterly returns were published in the Gazette.

REGISTRATION OF HOUSEholders.

(Ordinance No. 13 of 1888, Chap. III.)

Table VI gives particulars regarding the issue of householders' certificates and changes of tenancy.

NIGHT-PASSES.

(Ordinance No. 13 of 1888, Chap. VI.)

During the year 1,116 applications for quarterly night-passes were received and dealt with and 80 new annual passes were issued.

PERMITS.

(Ordinance No. 3 of 1888, Chap. V.)

The nature and number of permits issued during the year were as follows:-

To fire crackers,

To hold processions,

To perform theatricals,

To hold religious ceremonies,

.387

........ 14

441

Permits to erect sheds are now issued by the Director of Public Works.

SURETIES REFERRED FOR REPORT.

The number of sureties referred to this Department for report during the year amounted to 769, and were distributed as follows:

Harbour Department,

Magistracy,

Police Department,

575

....100

..216

Total,...

901

Botanical and Afforestation Department,.

Supreme Court,..

Crown Solicitor,

232

DISTRICT WATCHMEN.

A full statement of the revenue and expenditure for the year is given in Table VII A and the state of the force on the 31st December and other particulars will be found in Table VII B.

The District Watchmen were instrumental in bringing 169 cases before the Police Magistrate and the Committee is indebted to the Chinese Newspapers, the Tsun Wan Yat Pó and the Wai San Yat Pó for continuing to publish weekly lists of these cases for the information of subscribers to the District Watchmen Fund.

The contributions to the Fund for the year were $7,543.45 as compared with $7,552.20 for the preceding year. The actual expenditure was $10,262.24 as compared with $10,004.22. The balance to the credit of the Fund is $11,347.79. The loss on exchange, caused principally by the discount at which the Canton subsidiary coinage stands, was $120.64.

CHINESE RECREATION GROUND.

A statement of revenue and expenditure is given in Table VIII. The cooking-stalls were rebuilt at a cost of $802.51 and $251.74 were expendel on repairs necessitated by typhoons. The total expenditure for the year was $1,626.36. The revenue obtained from the rent of the shops, letter-writers' tables, &c., was $1,655.38. There is a balance of $869.13 to the credit of the Fund.

CHARITABLE FUNDS.

Tables IX and X give statements of account of the two Funds administered by this office.

STAFF.

Mr. WONG KI-CHO, Chinese writer, died on the 24th January. His place has been filled by the appointment of Mr. AU FUNG-CHI.

CHENG UN, another Chinese writer, died on the 15th February. He had been in the Government Service for 23 years. His widow was granted a charitable allowance by the Government and a sub- scription was raised on her behalf by the Chinese Community.

GENERAL.

The subjects which have probably attracted greatest attention among the Chinese during the last year are the Light and Pass System, and the enquiry into the Tung Wa Hospital.

With regard to the Light and Pass System, a strong objection seems to exist among many Chi- nese residents to carrying a light at night after dark, as required by the holder of a quarterly pass. Quarterly passes are now issued to the extent of 14 or 15 thousand, and, as there is no means of detecting the transfer of these passes to persons who are not really the holders of them, there appears to be a danger of the pass becoming a protection for rather than a safeguard against persons who are on evil bent. In the opinion of many the time has now arrived when the pass system`might be with advantage abolished in ordinary times and enforced only on occasions of an unusual nature.

The Tung Wa Hospital has been the subject of an enquiry by a Commission appointed by the Governor. All the members of the Commission were unanimously agreed that the Hospital has done good work in the past and that the Committee of Management elected yearly is deserving of great praise for the time and attention devoted to the charitable work of the Hospital. The Commissioners, however, in addition to other recommendations of a minor nature, recommended that a Chinese doctor trained in Western medicine should reside permanently in the Hospital as Resident Surgeon and that the daily inspection of an officer of the Government Medical Department should be maintained. In accordance with the recommendations of the Commission, Dr. CHUNG, formerly House Surgeon at the Alice Memorial Hospital, has been appointed Resident Surgeon, and Dr. TuoмSON, Visiting Surgeon.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

His Excellency

THE GOVERNOR.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary and Registrar General.

Table I.

A.-Comparative Statement of the Revenue during the Years 1895 and 1896, respectively.

233

ORDINANCES UNDER WHICH

DESCRIPTION,

No. of LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES ISSUED.

REVENUE

RECEIVED.

IN 1895.

REVENUE'

IN 1896.

INCREASE. Decrease.

1895,

1896.

$ C.

Hawkers,

5,842

5,251

5,597.00

5,537.00

60.00

Ordinance 21 of 1887,

Regulations under Ordi- nance No. 26 of 1891,...

•

Ordinance No. 13 of 1888,

Ordinance No. 9 of 1867, Ordinance No. 21 of 1887,

Extracts, Bonds,

Money Changers,....

Ordinance No. 7 of 1872,... Births and Deaths,

Chinese Undertakers, Rowing Boats, Water Boats, Cinder, &c. Boats, and Fish drying Hulks. Cargo Boats, Lighters,

and other boats, Householders, Re-registration,.......... Removals,

160.00

180.00

20.00

2,011

2,295

6,123.25

6,661.65

538.40

1,793

1,817 11,425.00

11,981.80

556.80

...

115

150.00

345.00

195.00

1,005

947

1,005.00

949.00

...

56.00

133

15.00

33.25

18.25

...

157

39.25

Ordinance No. 14 of 1875,

Ordinance No. 13 of 1891,

Marriages,

107

535.00

•

102.15

141.70

331.00

320.00

63,574.35

69,458.51 370.00

39.55

...

5,884.16 140.00

11.00

Ordinance No. 3 of 1893, Ordinance No. 14 of 1896, Ordinance No. 17 of 1887,... Ordinance No. 8 of 1895,...

Miscellaneous,

Markets,

Arms Licences, [Cattle Shed,

Laundries,

Wooden huts,

Houses in New Street,.. Sale of Chinese Gazette, Forfeiture of Bond, Refund of Salary,..... Unpaid Amount granted

to certain Squatters,... Signature of Registrar

General,...

TOTAL,......

DEDUCT DECREase,

230.00 2,220.00

350.00

74.70

...

2,220.00

540.00

190.00

594.30

74.70 594.30

45.00

350.00

30.00 450.00 3.39

15.00

100.00

3.39

3.06

42.00

...

92,921.00 97,620.61

7,730.61 3,031.00

3,031,00

TOTAL INCREASE IN THE YEAR 1896,

4,699.61

(B).—Fees from Boats.

Cargo boats,.

Lighters,

Other boats,.

Rowing boats,

Water boats,

Fish drying hulks,

Cinder boats, bumboats, and hawker boats,

.$ 9,501.30

962.50

1,518.00

5,426.30

474.00

527.50

233.85

TOTAL,.

$18,643.45

234

(C).-Revenue from the Markets and the Number of Shops and Stalls Occupied and Unoccupied at the end of 1896.

Shops and Sta'ls.

Markets.

Revenue.

Occupied.

Unoccupied.

Central,

..$ 36,838.20

264

Western,

19,518.54

152

Saiyingpun,..

6,416.62

Wauchai,....

1,947.20

Sukunpo,.....

547.40

Shaukiwan,................

672.80

Shektongtsui,............

137.10

Yaumati,

2,180.76

Hunghom,

1,199.89

TOTAL,...............$ 69,458.51

731

Table II.--(A).

Return showing how women who came under the protection of the Registrar General were provided for during the year.

Permitted to leave,

Restored direct to parents or relatives,

Restored to husbands,

Restored to guardians,.......

Restored to native place,.........

Restored to native place through charitable institutions in China,...

Sent to Haiphong through the French Consul,

Sent to Japan through the Japanese Consul,

Sent to Italian Convent,

No order made,

Adopted,

Married,

Died,...

Total,........

241

Table II.--(B).

Return giving particulars regarding girls who are required to report themselves to the Registrar General.

Required to report themselves quarterly,

Required to report themselves less than four times a year,..........

Required to report themselves when required,

Required to report themselves when married,

Married during the year,......

Absconded,

Died,

Exempted from reporting themselves,

Total,.....

•

Men,..... Boys,

Men,.... Boys,

Table II.-(C.)

Return showing the Number of Persons reported to the Pó Leung Kuk as missing and of those who have been reported as recovered, for the year 1896.

DISAPPEARED IN HONGKONG.

5218

Women, Girls...

RECOVERED.

Women, Girls,

235

CO 10

DISAPPEARED IN CHINA.

110

Men,.. Boys,

Women, Girls,

8218

131

RECOVERED.

Men,.... Boy,.

Women, Girl,..

DISAPPEARED IN MAÇAO.

Men,...... Boys,

RECOVERED.

Man...

Women, Girls,

...

DISAPPEARED IN SINGAPORE.

Man,.

RECOVERED.

Nil.

Table III.

Return showing the number of Female Passengers and Boys examined and passed at the Emigration Office under "The Chinese Emigration Consolidation Ordinance, 1889,” during the year 1896. An Officer from the Registrar General's Office was present at each examination.

Countries.

Women.

Boys.

Girls.

Total.

Honolulu,

152

265

Mauritius,

San Francisco, U. S. A.,

108

185

Straits Settlements,

5,876

1,361

951

8,188

Vancouver, B. C.,...................

Victoria,......

Total,

6,145

1,518

1,023

8,686

DISTRICTS.

Table IV. (A.)

RETURNS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS FOR THE YEAR 1896.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

CHINESE.

GRAND TOTAL.

236

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

BIRTHS. DEATHS.

Boys.

Girls. Total.

Males. Females. Unknown.

Sex

Total. Boys.

Girls.

Total.

Males. Females. Unknown. Total.

Sex

Victoria,

108

107

215

158

236

450

288

738

2,383

1,825

4,223

953

4,459

Kaulung,

Shaukiwán,

Aberdeen,

Stanley,.

446

268

724

112

739

264

135

399

400

.:.

123

195

196

TOTAL,..

130

125

255

172

DEATHS.

BRITISH & FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

DEATHS IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.

镰

253

584

394

978

3,256 2,326

5,607

1,233

5,860

ESTIMATED POPULATION.

Annual Birth-Rate | Annual Death-Rate per 1,000.

per 1,000.

Europeans, exclusive of Portuguese,... 109

Of the Deaths in Victoria, Males. Females. there were in the-

Total.

British and Foreign Community,

12,709

20.06

19.91

Portuguese,

47 Tung Wa Hospital,..

1,270

439 1,709

Italian Convent,

230

323

Chinese,....

..226,710

4.31

24.73

Indians, &c.,

Asile de la Ste. Enfance,.

448

440

888

Whole Population, ......

239,419

5.15

24.48

TOTAL,..

253

TOTAL,.

1,811

1,109 2,920

Table IV. (B.)

Return showing Death Rates in Different Groups of Ages for the Year 1896.

Ages.

237

British and Foreign.

Chinese.

Deaths.

Per cent. of whole.!

Deaths.

Per cent. of whole.

Under 1 month,..

5.53

584

10.42

1 month and under 12 months,

10.28

545

9.72

1 year and under 5 years,

6.72

544

9.70

5 years and under 15 years,.

6.32

448

7.99

15 years and under 45 years,

112

44.27

1,942

34.63

45 years and over,.

26.09

1,507

26.88

Unknown,

0.79

0.66

253

100.00

5,607

100.00

Table IV. (D.)

HOSPITAL DEATHS.

British and Foreign.

Chinese.

Total.

Government Civil Hospital,...

Alice Memorial Hospital,

Royal Naval Hospital,

Military Hospital,

Peak Hospital,

Nethersole Hospital,

133

Kennedy Town Hospital,

299

313

Tung Wa Hospital,

1,709

1,710

Hospital Ship" Hygeia,".

Government Lunatic Asylum,

St. Joseph's Hospital,

102

2,168

2,270

238

Table IV. (C.)—RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND CAUSES OF DEATHS

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

CLASSIFICATION

CAUSES OF DEATH.

(IN GROUPS.)

BRITISH

AND

FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

I-General Diseases.

Group A.,....

وو

B.,

C..

•

D.,

II.-Local Diseasos.

Civil.

Army.

VICTORIA.

HEALTH DISTRICT.

Navy.

No. 1.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

No. 5.

No. 6.

No. 7.

No. 8.

Peak.

Unknown.

Non-residents.

Harbour.

70431 27 186 171 | 155 186 41

73 22 2

...

7 24

24 22

10 18 5

2 3

4154

*2*

A.-The Nervous System, B.-The Circulatory System,

3448

2154

28 34 27

13 7 15 10

C.-The Respiratory System,.

36 2

44 126

3120

137 | 134 | 156

D.-The Digestive System,

20 23 19

E.—The Urinary System,

F.-The Generative System,

...

G.-Affections connected with

Pregnancy,

H.-Affections connected with Par-

turition,

I.—The Skin Disease,

J.-Disease of Connective Tissue,... K.-Disease of Organs of Locomo-

tion,

III-III-defined & Undiagnosed,.. 12

29 128 5 13 25 89

231 17 5 164 1,342 44 695 436 464 | 500 | 101

TOTAL, ALL CAUSES,...... 231

3 1

...

:::

222 223

:::

200

235

A.-Specific Febrile Disease.

I-General Diseases.

(1)-Exanthemata.

Small-pox,

Diphtheria,

Fever, Typhus,

Typhoid,

Simple Continued,

Cholera,........

Sporadic,..

Dysentery,...

Plague,

28 3

Chicken-pox,

Choleraic Diarrhoea,...

Influenza,

(2)- Malarial.

Fever, Intermittent,

Remittent,

Beri-Beri, Malarial Fever,

(3)-Septic.

Erysipelas,

Pyæmia,

Septicæmia,

Puerperal Fever, .....

Phagedæna Chaucre,

.....

: : : : :

...

40179 21 |132 121

90 118 29.

***

2::

...

| 235 22 155 128106131 | 34

20 #7

4961

1 6 6 4 16

3 11 13 12

138

287

1212

...

170 4 30

0000000000

7239

(4)— Venereal.

Syphilis,

Total Group A.,...... 73 7

B.-Diseases dependent on

Specific External Agents.

1 6

400

prad No

...

3 3

70 431 27186171 | 155 | 186; 41

•

་

...

(1)-Parasites.

Worms,

...

Carried forward,...... 73

7 3 70 431 27 186 171|155186 41 9

REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31st DAY OF DECEMBER, 1896.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

TOTAL AT THE DIFFERENT AGE PEriods.

1 year 5 years 15 years

239

Kow-

SHAUKI- ABER-

LOON DIS-

WAN DIS-

DEEN DIS-

STANLEY DIS-

I month

Under 1

month.

and under 12

and under 5

and

and 45 years Age Un- under 15 under 45 | and over.

known.

TRICT.

months.

years.

GRAND

TOTAL.

...

233 89 105

612

...

56 27

27 15

1 1

-9:

ΟΙ

: :

: 8 wow.

: ܗ:

9187 1 9 46 4

HANH

401.028 13 | 393

18 77

13 284 1 12

2,092

2 34

166

14 1 24

3134

375

...

4 6

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

244

22447 10 664

78 13

110352

806

...

1,223

342

...

2 702

5144 2114 1 30

4 18 2

2 47

222

2 23

3 3

713 1

7 2

4435 1

40 59

21 42

25 10 34

18 3

2 1 8

***

231

59 12 8

...

:::

55 85

•

CVS

1 2

...

80 3119 I 107

104

2 77

561

455 272 277 125 94101 46 20 14 584 26|545| 17 | 544 16 448 112 1,942 66 |1,507 2 37

5,860

...

***

...

2 I 5 11 10 5

124

...

11 1

159 51

.98

8198

15 588

3190

1,078

***

...

:::

...

14 1

1 19

•

...

180 60

32 18

Hand He

8 ∞ ::

10 12 11 6

6 26 6 92

10233 27 683| 10 | 250

1,361

22:

:::

com ::

...

1 82

727

74 2112 1

153

197

4 105

143

4 29

183

51 27

47 16 15

2 53

3 91 3

51 11 320

2137

676

...

2 2

...

233 89

105) 56

...

15 6

...

233 89105

27 27

...

10002

...

1 18

:..

1 3

13284 40 1,028 13393

9187

8 96

...

338

2,092

...

187 13 284 40 1,028| 13 |393

2,092

240

CAUSES.

RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND CAUSES OF DEATHS REGISTERED

BRITISH

AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

CHINESE COMMUNITY,

VICTORIA.

HEALTH DISTRICT.

Civil.

Army.

Navy.

No. 1.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 6.

No. 7.

No. 8.

Peak.

Unknown.

Non-residents.

Harbour.

Blood Poisoning,

Brought forward,...

General Diseases,-Conta

Brought forward,.. (2)-Poisons.

Vegetable, (Opium),

(3)-Effects of Injuries.

70 431

27 186 171 155 186

...

Burns,

Sun-stroke,

...

Heat-apoplexy,

...

Multiple Injury,

Drowning,

Strangulation,

Wounds,

2 2

...

Cerebral Concussion,

Privation,

Fracture of Skull,

4 1

...

of Spine,....

...

Rupture of Spleen,

Injuries to Tongue,

to Scrotum,

to Left Kidney,

to Foot,

General Injuries,

Haemorrhage of Brain,

Starvation,

Asphyxia,

Dislocation of Second Cervical Vertebræ,...

(4)-Errors of Diet.

Alcoholism,

•

...

100

...

Scurvy,

Delirium Tremens,

Total Group B........ 22

C.-Developmental Diseases.

Immaturity at Birth,

...

:::

Debility,

Old Age, Marasmus,...

D.-Miscellaneous Diseases.

JN C3 C3

21:

Total Group C...................

...

Rheumatic Fever,..............

Rheumatism,

Malignant New Growth,.

Scrofula,

Cancer,

Anemia,

Diabetes Mullitus,

Sarcoma of Hip,

Tubercle,

of Neck,

...

Purpura,

Tabes Mesenterica,

Total Group D........

II.-Local Diseases.

A.-The Nervous System.

Meningitis,

Apoplexy,

Paralysis,

a. Hemiplegia,

Convulsions,

Tetanus,

Trismus,

Mania,

Insanity,

...

Carried forward,......

...

:::

...

•

...

:::

་

6 3 1 3

13 18 15

•

1 129 2

21342

24 10 4

:..

: Now:

: ܗ:

...

4 154

***

mad NN

12:

142

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

2 99

2 44

1336

...

1 3

...

3 5

121

...

•

17 21 2

1 2

:- :

...

3 441 2 152 27

333

4 80

1503

31 360 204 [204 (219

...

***

...

***

-::

108

241

GRAND

TOTAL.

DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31sT DAY OF DECEMBER, 1896,—Continued.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

TOTAL AT THE DIFFERENT Age Periods.

Kow-

SHACKI- ABER-

1 month

LOON DIS-

WAN

DIS-

DEEN DIS-

STANLEY DIS-

1 year 5 years

15 years

Under 1

month.

and

and under 12 under 5

TRICT.

months.

years.

and

and 45 years Age Un- under 15 nuder 45 | and over.

years.

known.

.2,092

233

89 105 56

27 27

9 187

..་

13 284

40 1,028 13 393

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

...

::.

•

ဆ

❤

00 00

•

:::

3 2

•

- 20 ~ T

•

:::

•

1.5

:::

•

Jud

•

:::

1、

Jand

...

16 15 12

:::

12 18

00:6

忠

10 4 2

60 3 87

•

རྩ

24 3 134

:::

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

:::

•

་

375

•

251

•

· 10

712

1 co

ลง

3 16 4 6

IN NG

cri

4 434 5 142

2 112

11 190

10 246

26 2

14 311

6 29

792

621,145 22 567

23 2,672

;

17 2 22

262 130126

7 13 7 2

28: 26 10 3

2 2

...

242

RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND CAUSES OF DEATHS REGISTERED

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

CAUSES.

BRITISH

AND

FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

Civil.

Army.

Brought forward,...... 111

Local Diseases,-Continued. The Nervous System,-Contd.

Brought forward,...

Epilepsy,

Hydrocephalus,

Spasm of Muscle,...................

Cerebral Softening,

Idiocy,

Congestion of Brain,

Sclerosis,

B.--The Circulatory System.

Heart Disease,

Aneurysm,

Degeneration of Heart,

Atheroma of Blood Vessels,

Syncope,

Cyanosis,

Mitral Regurgitation,

Pericarditis,

C.-The Respiratory System.

Bronchitis,

Pneumonia,

...

•

...

5 1

...

VICTORIA.

HEALTH District.

Navy.

No. 1.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

No. 5.

No. 6.

No. 7.

No. 8.

Peak.

4 80 503 31 360 204 204 219 50

3441

2 152 27 33 27 3

...

2222

...

•

:::

Unknown.

...

3 448

2 154

34 27

~::

7 13 9

...

2 1

...

•

...

Non-residents.

Harbour.

108

...

Ncs cr

16 57

2 8

26 59 2

13 7

15 10 1

...

827-

2488

752

5 6

64 65

1 3

...

2 2

...

•

...

Phthisis,

Pleurisy,

Asthma,

Gangrene of Lung,

Emphysema,

Hæmoptysis,

Catarrh,....

Pulmonary Congestion, Croup,

Oedema Glottidis,

D.-The Digestive System. Teething Convulsion,

Diarrhoea,

Gastritis,

Colic,

Hepatitis,

Ascites,

Peritonitis,

Hernia,

Euteritis,

Cancer of Lip.

.....

•

...

•

36 2

44 126

3 120 137 134 156

5 83

: : : :

...

.15 13 17 16 2

...

::: 5:

...

་་་

...

CO 19

1. 1 1

...

of Stomach,

of Liver,

of Pancreas,

of Breast,

...

of Rectum,

...

of Ear,

Noina,

Cirrhosis of Liver,

2 1

Abscess of Liver,

Liver Disease,

Suppurative Perityphlitis,

Atrophy of Liver,

Jaundice,

Lymphadenoma,

Lardaceous Disease,

Malignant Disease of Abdomen,...... Stomalitis,...

...

- :

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

...

•

...

18 20 22 19

Carried forward....... 178

4 129 1,085 36 647 376 387 412

150

180

DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1896,—Continued.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

TOTAL AT THE DIFFERENT AGE PERIODS.

243

Kow- SHAUKI- ABER-

1 month

NOOT

WAN

DEEN

STANLEY DIS-

Under 1

DIST-

DIS-

month.

1 year and

and under 12 under 5

5 years 15 years

TRICT.

RICT.

TRICT.

months.

years.

and

and under 15 under 45 and over. known.

years.

45 years

Age Un-

GRAND

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

262 130 126

17 2 22 7

•

***

....

...

13 7

17 2

7 13

...

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

•

...

•

TOTAL.

3 66 11 190

10 246

14 311 62 1,145 22

567 2 23 2,672

4 434 5 142

2 112

...

3853

1 26 2 29

...

792

4 435 5 144

2 114

1 30

2 31 77

...

2:3

...

6 39

1 1

10 2109

359

4 2 12

14 16 311

8 248

...

♡o co

...

•

1 6

•

CYO

-: 3: 8

13 33

1 18

...

1:21

1 1

31 1

25 28 11

...

7/10

40 59 21 42 | 59

12 8

8 30 16 3 1 3

2 1

...

4 18

•

...

31 22 447 10 664

...

806

...

487

...

625

1,223

51 1

2 258

∞ ∞ 1 G

214

...

:::;ས;

3922

...

-1

...

18 3 1 3

- 19

1 47 1 22

12 77 13 97

337

372 175 211 97 87

54 40

7 502 20 352

14 385

15 372

92 1,662 44 1,297

4,787

244

RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND CAUSES OF DEATHS REGISTERED

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

CAUSES.

BRITISH

AND

FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

VICTORIA.

HEALTH DISTRICT.

No. 1.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

No. 5.

No. 6.

No. 7.

No. 8.

Peak.

Unknown.

Non-residents.

Harbour.

Civil.

Army.

Navy.

••

Brought forward,...... 178 12

Brought forward,...... 24

4 129 1,085 36 647 376 387

(412 68 11

5 92 1 18

20√ 22

Local Diseases,—Continued.

The Digestive System,--Cont

Ulceration of Rectum,

Prolapsus of Rectum,

Sloughing Abscess of Abdomenal Walls,

··

Intestinal Obstruction,.....

Ulcerative Inflammation of Intestines,

E--The Urinary System.

Nephritis,

1 -1

...

Bright's Disease,

Cystitis,..

Chyluria,

Perinephritic Abscess, .

F-The Generative System.

1 1

Menorrhagia,

Malignant Disease of Uterus,

Amenorrhoea,

Cancer of Uterus,.

Uterine Febroma,.

G.-Affections connected with

Abortion,

Pregnancy.

Premature Labour;

H-Affections connected with

Parturition.

Hæmorrhage, (post partum),

Child-birth,

Puerperal Embolism,

...

92 1

...

2 10

...

Thrombosis,.

......

Eclampsia,

I.-The Skin.

Carbuncle of Back,

Eczema Infantile,

Furunculus,

Moist Gangrene from Man-bites,

Abscess of Neck,

Scheroderma,

J.-Disease of Connective

Cellulitis,.

Tissue.

K.-Disease of Organs

of Locomotion.

Spinal Caries,

Necrosis of Tibia,..

Hip Joint Disease,

Periostitis,

III.-Ill-defined.

Dropsy,

Tumour,

Abscess,

Atrophy,

...

•

...

2319 2

....

8 13 1

...

::::

་་་

17 150 180

13 1

...

f..

57:::8:

...

•

...

1 6

•

...

•

...

.:.

;

♡

...

27 63 5

18 33

පය::: ස

* :-

:::

So:

235

29128

52 29

5 164 1,342 44 695 436 464 500 101

200

235

...

GRAND TOTAL,.

231 17

Ulcer of Foot,

Unknown,

DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1896,--Continued.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

TOTAL AT THE DIFFERENT AGE PERIODS.

245

Kow- SHAUKI- ABER-

LOON Dis-

WAN DIS-

DEEN DIS-

STANLEY DIS-

Under 1

month.

I month and under 12

1 year

5 years

15 years

and under 5

and under 15

and

45 years Age Un-

under 45 and over.

known.

TRICT.

months.

years.

GRAND

TOTAL.

372 173 211

87 95

7 502

20 352 14 385

ગ

15372 92 1.662 44 1,297

2 23 4,787

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non.Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

34 18 3

Javed

8 1

12 77 13 97

2 61 2

1 22

14 78

:..

ܗ: :

1 11

337 1

ล

122

342 -

2 44

jad N 1 N

8::::

...

•

995

...

435

55 85

-I

2 2

3 119 1107

104 2

561

455 272 277 125

94 101 46 20 14 584 26 545 17 544 16 448 112 1,942 66 1,507

2 37

5,860

246

RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER OF DEATHS THAT OCCURRED IN THE

UNDERMENTIONED INSTITUTIONS,

During the Year ended the 31st day of December, 1896.

ITALIAN CONVENT,

THE TUNG WA HOSPITAL, situate in Taipingshan Division of the City.

situate in the Chung Wan Division of the City.

ASILE DE LA STE. ENFANCE, situate in the Ha Wan Division of the City.

Causes.

No.

Causes.

Νο.

Causes.

No.

Small-pox,

Simple Fever,

Cholera,

Malarial Fever,

136

Choleraic Diarrhoea,

Marasmus,

128

Remittent Fever,

Plague,

663

Intermitent Fever,

Dysentery,

Old Age,

Diphtheria,

Typhoid Fever,

Pyæmia,

Malarial Fever,

Scrofula,

Syphilis,.

Remittent Fever,

Worms,

Intermittent Fever,

Apoplexy,

Scald,...

Premature Birth,

Beri-Beri, .......

Septicœmia,

Phagedona Chancre,

Puerperal Fever,

Syphilis,

2225

Paralysis,

Marasmus,

Scrofula,.

Convulsions,

Auæmia,

Purpura,..

Burns or Scald,

2 Trismus,

100

Trismus,..

335

Drowning,

Convulsions,

Wounds,

Phthisis,

Idiocy,

Fracture of Skull,

Meningitis,...

of Spine,

Diarrhoea,

Hydrocephalus,

Cyanosis,

Privation,

Starvation,

Tumour,

Bronchitis,

....

Injuries to Font,..

Phthisis,

General Injuries,

Atrophy,

Catarrh.

Immaturity at Birth,

Diarrhoea,

Debility,

Peritonitis,

Old Age,...

Marasmus,

Rheumatism,

Jaundice,

Stomalitis,

Nephritis,.

Sarcoma of Neck,

Anomia,

Meningitis,

......

Apoplexy,

Paralysis,

Convulsions,

Tetanus,

Hemiplegia,.

Bright's Disease, Scleroderma,

Cellulitis,

Hip Joint Disease, Spinal Caries, Furunculus,

Atrophy, Unknown,

28885

Mania,

Heart Disease,

Syncope,

Pericarditis,

Bronchitis,

Pneumonia,

Phthisis,

137

Asthma,.....

Pleurisy,

Hæmoptysis,

Emphysema,

Diarrhoea,

།

Jaundice,.....

Ascites,

Peritonitis,

Liver Disease,.. Cancer of Stomach, Cirrhosis of Liver,

Abscess of Liver,

Hernia,

Lymphadæma,

Bright's Disease,

•

Abortion,.......

Moist Gangreue of Man's Bite,

Cellulitis of Neck,

Periostitis,

Spinal Caries,

Abscess of Back,

Carbuncle of Back,

Ulcer of Foot,...

Dropsy,

Undiagnosed,

Total,......

1,709

Total,....

323

Total,..

888

Table IV. (E.) .

Return of the Number of Patients under Treatment in the Tung Wa Hospital during the

year ended

247

31st December, 1896.

Remaining in Hospital on Dec. 31st, 1895.

Admitted during 1896.

Total under Treatment.

Discharged.

Patients.

Private

Deaths.

Private

Remaining in Hospital Dec. 31st, 1896.

Private

Destitute. Paying Destitute. Paying Destitute. Paying Destitute. Paying Destitute Paying Destitute. Paying

Male,

147

Female,

Patients.

173

Patients.

1,806

1,953

1,167

235

261

123

Patients.

672

120

Patients.

114

Patients.

2,041

2,214

1,290

792

132

Total,......

173

2,041

2,211

1,290

792

132

Out-Patients, during the year, Male,...................

Female,

..84,217. .45,478.

Table V.

Return showing the Number of Notices issued and Certificates of Successful Vaccination received under Ordinance 5 of 1890, during the year 1896.

Notices issued to have

Victoria,

Kowloon,

children vaccinated.

Certificates of Successful Vaccination received.

Districts.

Total.

Europeans.

Chinese.

Europeans. Chinese.

Shaukiwan,

Aberdeen,

Stanley,

153

216

369

178

565

743

102

135

153

425

578

178

824

1,002

Table VI.

Return of Householders' Certificates and Reports made to this Office of Changes in Tenancy under Ordinance 13 of 1888, during the year 1896.

DISTRICTS Nos.

Total.

First Registration of Householders, Re-registration of Householders, Extract from Householders' Register, Removals of Householders,

359

126

214

༣༠..

115

949

2 ~

142

133

Duplicates of Householders' Certificates,

Reports of Changes in Tenancy, Out...

90 1,722

874

285

1,838

355

299

42 57 1,361 845

2811,725

333 283

10 01

888888

68 4,997

5,603

248

Table VII. (A.)

Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure relative to the Hongkong District Watchmen's Fund for the Year 1896.

RECEIPTS.

EXPENDITURE,

To Balance of previous Year,

,, Contributions by different Shops,

$13,408.26

7,543.45

Disbursements in

Districts Nos. 1 and 2.

Wages of Head District Watchman,

210.00

Payment for Special Services,

9.60

Wages of Watchmen,

314.00

Wages of Cook.......

48.00

Fines,

38.00

Oil,.

21.00

Rent of Station,

54.24

Refund of Pay by District Watchmen

Incidental Repairs, &c.,

1.65

Nos. 10 and 42,

72.75

-$ 708.89

District No. 3.

,, Interest,

658.61

Wages of Head District Watchman.

$ 240.00

Wages of Watchmen,

1,084.00

Wages of Cook,..

48.00

Oil,

47.28

Rent of Station,

276.00

Incidental Repairs, &c.,

5.00

-$1,700.28

District No. 4.

Wages of Head District Watchman,

240.00

Wages of Watclimen,

1.146.40

Wages of Cook,.

48.00

Oil,

42.00

Rent of Station,

216.00

Incidental Repairs, &c, .

1.86

-$1,694.26

District No. 5.

Wages of Head District Watchman,

288.00

Wages of Watchmen,

868.93

Wages of Cook,

48.00

Oil,

42.00

Rent of Station,..

324.00

Incidental Repairs, &c.,

1.71

-$1,572.61

District No. 6.

Wages of Head District Watchman,

240.00

Wages of Watchmen,

1,094.33

Wages of Cook,

48.00

Oil,

44.40

Rent of Station, .

276.00

Incidental Repairs, &c.,

5.00

-$1,707.78

Districts Nos. 7 and 8.

Wages of Head District Watchman, Wages of Watchmen,

252.00

573.77

Wages of Cook,

48.00

Oil,

.......

26.28

Rent of Station, ...

108.00

Incidental Repairs, &c., .

4.20

-$1,012.25

Miscellaneous Expenses.

Collector's Wages,

180.00

Manager's Wages,

96.00

Chinese Writer's Wages,

10.00

Detective's Wages,

240.00

Stationery, Printing and Advertisements,

96.58

Coolie, Jinricksha and Boat Hire, &c.,

7.63

...

Gratuities to Watchmen,

32.00

Grant to Widow of Láu Fai, District

Watchman No. 38,..

150.00

Funeral of Láu Fai, District Watchman,

No. 38, .

42.55

Dics and Medals,

312.50

Loss on Exchange....

120.64

Uniform, Equipment, &c.,

678.72

Sundries,

20.16

-$1,986.78

Total,..

CAR

Disposal of Balance,-

$21,730.67

Total of Expenditure,..............$10,382.88

Balance,

Total,.................

On Fixed Deposit,

At Current Account,

.$10,000.00

1,347.79

$11,347.79

11,347.79

$21,730.67

Dr.

Table VII. (B.)

State of District Watchmen Force for 31st December, 1896.

The Force consists at present of 65 men.

6 Head Watchmen,

5 Assistant Head Watchmen,..

8 Watchmen,

16 Watchmen,

29 Watchmen,

1 Detective,

2 Watchmen receive

3 Watchmen receive.

2 Watchmen receive

3 Watchmen receive

@ $240 a year.

@ $120

@ $ 96

@ $ 90

@ $ 84

@ $240

$4.00 a month extra pay.

.$2.00

.$1.50

.$1.00

3 Watchmen resigned in 1896.

2 Died (one killed in the performance of his duty).

1 Absconded.

2 Were dismissed.

7 Entered the Force.

Table VIII.

249

Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure relative to the Chinese Recreation Ground for the year 1896.

Cr.

RECEIPTS.

To Balance of previous year,

Rent,

1,655.38

EXPENDITURE.

840.11 By Wages to Collector,

3 Watchmen,................. Scavenger,

24.00

264.00

72.00

Uniforms for 3 Watchmen,

7.71

Oil,

9.84

Brooms, &c.,

1.61

Rent of Watchmen's Quarters,

108.00

Stationery,

.15

Water supplied to the cooking-stalls,

84.80

Cost of building new cooking-stalls,

802.51

Cost of repairs occasioned by typhoon,

251.74

Balance in hands of the Colonial Treasurer,

869.18

2,495.49

250

Dr.

Table IX.

Statement of Account of the Market Charitable Fund 1896.

$ C.

Cr.

To Amount on fixed deposit,

1,000.00 | By grant to Wong Yau for expenses for burial

of Cheung Sz,

3.00

on current deposit,

645.13

,, grant to Lam Shing, a destitute,

1.00

in the hands of the Shroff,

24.50

loan to Ching Un's widow,

30.00

refunded Ching Mú, widow, and left in the hands of the Shroff for petty expenses, ......................

,, grant to 3 destitute Chinese Sailors,

1.50

30.00

}}

a destitute Chinese Woman,

1.00

further Amount in the hands of the Shroff, ...

100.00

"">

5 Shipwrecked Sailors,........

10.00

Interest on current deposit for the year,

11.43

on fixed deposit for 12 months,

40.00

13 Shipwrecked Sailors and for

board and lodging,.............

16.90

grant to Wan Shing for boat hire,

.30

for board and lodging of 7 destitutes, .

3.67

cheque to Wong Wing Chiu,

50.00

grant to Chung Fo to enable him to return

home,

5.60

,, grant to Iü Fuk, passage money,

1.00

وو

Moh Chi, board and lodging and boat hire for Iü Fuk,.................

.33

,, grant to Lo Luk, launch hire to Kowloon,

.20

...

donation to Alice Memorial Hospital,

50.00

1,851.06

,, grant for board and lodging of Yau Luk and

Tam Shap Yat,

1.11

,,grant for cost of a coat for Yau Luk,

.25

to Wong Sam to enable him to pay

fee for a boat licence,

3.00

cost of a blanket for Tsang Cheung,

2.20

grant to Chan-shap to pay fee for a boat

licence,

3.00

cheque to Wong Wing Chiu,

50.00

دو

board and lodging for 9 destitute Sailors,

1.50

grant to Uen-lan, a lunatic, to enable her to

return to her native place,.

3.00

charitable grant to Chan-shap,..

1.00

board for Wong Pah-tai,

1.80

"grant to Chan-shap,

.50

board for four boys,

.20

" passage of 4 boys to Canton,

3.60

5 boys,

3.10

,, grant to the Master of a Junk and 4 Sailors

who had been pirated,

10.00

donation to the Victoria Home and Orphanage,

20.00

charitable allowance to Kwong Ho,.

24.00

charitable allowance to Pang Wa,

36.00

Balance carried to new account,

1,512.30

1,851.06

251

}}

Dr.

To Balance in the hands of the Shroff,

Passage Money of Li Lui Hi,

of Li Yat,

Table X.

Statement of Account of the Passage Money Fund 1896.

$ C.

270.66 By Amount paid into the Hongkong Savings

$7.00

Bank,

Cr.

1,275.00

7.00

of Tam Ngan,

7.00

,, grant to an old woman, passage, &c., to

Macao,

1.00

of Chan Sam,

5.00

of 6 women about to proceed

to San Francisco,

grant to Sham U, passage to Yan Ping and

for a coat,

1.43

570.00

,, grant to Hui Ho, fare to Macao,

.50

of 5 women about to proceed

to San Francisco,

475.00

for passages of three Annamese girls to Saigon,

12.00

of Chan Tai Mui,.......

8.00

grant to above for expenses on arrival,

3.00

of Tsui Lin, Mung Sam, Pang

Fuk, and Su Kai Su,..............

22.50

to Kwok Yuk Thai, passage, &c., to Macao,

1.00

"grant to Yeung Ngau, Kwok Lai and Lai

On, passage, &c., to Macao,...................

1.50

grant to Chan Kün, passage, &c., to Yeung

Kong,

3.00

,, grant to Tang Kwong, Tsang Cheung and

Tsang Kwai, passage money, &c., :................

3.50

,, grant to Chan Lin on her marriage,

1.00

to Li Shun on her marriage,

2.00

to Mui Yuk Lin, Chan Yuk Wa,

Kong Ngo, and Cheuk Sui-i on leaving

Pó Léung Kuk,

8.00

, grant to Chán Chau Lan on leaving Pó

Léung Kuk, "grant for passage of Wong Sing to Pakhoi,.

5.00

4.00

to Tsui Ngan on leaving Pó Léung Kuk,

2.00

grant to Yeung Luk on leaving Pó Léung

Kuk,

2.00

,, grant to Ng Fung Lin on leaving Pó Léung

Kuk,

5.00

,, grant to Ng Tsoi Yuk on leaving Pó Léung

Kuk,

Balance in the hands of the Shroff,

2.00 39.23

1,372.16

503

No. 9 32

HONGKONG.

CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING THE SALARIES OF OFFICERS EMPLOYED

IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

QUESTION. With reference to the Report of the Retrenchment Commission will the Government lay upon the table a copy of the despatches and instructions received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies in relation thereto, and in connection with applications in respect of salaries similar to those recently referred by His Excellency the Governor to a Committee?

ANSWER.

(Secretary of State to Governor.)

HONGKONG. No. 84.

SIR,

DOWNING STREET,

11th June, 1894.

I have the honour to enclose, for your information and for purposes of record, an Extract from a despatch recently addressed by me to the Governor of Ceylon on the question of compensation for fall in exchange, in which I have expressed the view that in the larger Crown Colonies there would be advantage in holding periodical inquiries into the public expenditure-such inquiries to be conducted by a Committee composed mainly, if not wholly, of unofficial members of the Legislative Council.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

Governor

Sir W. ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.,

Sc.,

&c.,

&c.

humble Servant,

RIPON.

Enclosure.

Extract from a despatch from the Marquess of Ripon to Sir

A. E. Havelock. No. 168. 8th June, 1894,

I am inclined to consider that in any large Crown Colony where the establish- ments are on an extensive scale and whère in times of prosperity a certain laxity in creating vested interests may creep in, there is much to be said for inviting the Legislative Council at intervals, say of seven years, to inquire through a Committee into the public expenditure, and to submit for the consideration of the Governor and the Secretary of State such recommendations, in the direction of retrenchment, as they may think desirable. As a general rule I should say that such periodical inquiries should be mainly conducted by unofficial members.

504

HONGKONG.

No. 67.

(2)

(Secretary of State to Governor.)

DOWNING STREET,

14th March, 1895.

SIR,

The more important of the points raised in the report of the Retrenchment Committee and in your covering despatch No. 201 of the 4th of September last have been or are being dealt with in separate despatches, and on some you have promised further reports.

2. For what remains I have to convey to you a general expression of concur- rence in the views contained in your despatch on points of detail, and my acknow- ledgment of the care and attention which the Retrenchment Committee bestowed upon

their report.

3. In paragraph 10 of your despatch you propose to abolish the chief clerk- ship in the Post Office in preference to abolishing the appointment of Assistant Postmaster General. I incline to share your view, and unless there is a distinct public opinion in favour of the other alternative, that view can, as occasion arises, be carried into effect,

4. Under the heading "Miscellaneous Services" reference is made to the fee of £300 per annum which has been paid to Mr. CHADWICK as Consulting Engineer on the subject of water and drainage. You have since learnt through the Crown - Agents that from the beginning of this year he has ceased to draw an annual stipend and will be paid the usual professional charges for such references as may be made to him.

5. You state that you contemplate the concentration of all the Government offices under one roof. I shall, of course, be ready to consider any specific sugges- tion of the kind, which may be made, but I fear that any such re-arrangement would involve great expense.

6. The recommendation of the Committee, which you support, "that no further increase either in salaries or in offices be made in future until a full and independ- ent inquiry has been made and the necessity for the same established beyond doubt," is probably too broadly stated to be carried out in its entirety. That the expenditure of the Colony, and especially the expenditure on offices and appoint- ments should be rigidly scrutinised, is the wish of all who are in any way responsible for its welfare; and one safeguard I suggested in my despatch No. 84 of the 11th of June last, taking the form of periodical inquiries by committees composed mainly if not wholly of unofficial members.

I have the honour to be,

Governor

Sir W. ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.,

&c.,

&c.

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

RIPON

HONGKONG.

No. 166.

Governor

SIR,

(3)

(Secretary of State to Governor.)

505

DOWNING STREET,

2nd July, 1895.

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 167 of the 21st of May last and to approve generally of your giving effect, as occasion offers, to the recommendations of the Retrenchment Committee so far as they affect the clerical staff of the various Government Departments.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

Sir W. ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.,

No. 222.

&c.,

3c.

humble Servant,

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

(Governor to Secretary of State.)

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 12th July, 1895.

SIR,

I have the honour to transmit herewith a communication from the Director of Public Works regarding the salaries of certain members of the staff of the l'ublic Works Department.

Though I am inclined to concur in the view of the Director of Public Works that the Assistant Engineers are inadequately paid, I regret that I am unable to recommend the increases proposed, as I do not consider the circumstances of the Colony are such as to justify increases in salaries at the present time.

It is only right also to point out that the Retrenchment Committee, which has only recently finished its inquiries into the expenditure of the Public Works Department, while calling attention to the large cost of the staff of that department, made no recommendations as to increasing the salaries of any of the officers mentioned by the Director of Public Works.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Right Honourable

Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,

&c.,

&c.

506

No. 223.

SIR,

(4)

Enclosure.

(Director of Public Works to Governor.)

PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE, HONGKONG, 25th May, 1895.

In reply to your circular No. 37, I have the honour to forward you herewith the usual statement for the preparation of the Establishment Estimates for 1896.

As will be observed, it is practically the same as that of 1895, with one or two alterations, the authorities for which are given in the column headed "Remarks."

2. I have, however, received applications for increase of salaries from some of the officers, viz., Messrs. CHATHAM, KING, TSE TSAN TAI, CHAN KAM To, and CHEONG YAU; these are attached.

3. In submitting these applications, I request to be allowed to bring the follow- ing facts to the notice of His Excellency the Governor and respectfully urge that the question of increasing the salaries of the engineering staff receive the favourable consideration of His Excellency the Governor.

4. On reference to Colonial Office Despatch No. 243, it will be seen that His Excellency Sir WILLIAM DES VEUX, in his despatches 234 of the 27th July, 1889, and 318 of 5th October, 1889, at the time of the reorganisation of this department, recommended salaries even at the then rate of exchange considerably in excess of those now attached to the offices.

5. When the rates paid to engineers and architects in private practice in this Colony, of which the Government have had a striking illustration in connectiou with the recent Taipingshan Arbitration, are considered, and that the Municipal Engineers of Singapore and Shanghai receive salaries much in advance of that paid to the Director of Public Works in this Colony, I feel sure that His Excellency the Governor will not consider that the salaries proposed by Sir WILLIAM DES VEUX were excessive.

6. I would further point out that the remuneration received by the Senior Engineering Staff of this department does not seem, when compared with the nature of the work performed and the expenditure on Public Works including Colonial and Municipal, equal to that paid to officers in similar positions in other Colonies.

7. On reference to my annual reports, it will be seen that the average expen- diture on public works is about $500,000 per annum, to this must be added the expenditure on the Praya Reclamation, as the Director of Public Works is the responsible engineer for this work (though more or less of a private nature), amounting to about $250,000 per annum, making a total of $750,000 annually.

8. In addition to the whole of the Public Works, as there exists no municipality in this Colony, the whole of the routine work usually performed by Municipal Engineers and Surveyors falls to this department.

9. Further, it must be borne in mind that the growth of this Colony frequently leads to this department being called upon to make reports and conduct survey work, the actual expenditure on which forms no criterion of the work involved, and more particularly as these reports are of such a iniscellaneous nature as often to cause special consideration and a much more general knowledge of engineering than is possessed by most engineers at the present day when almost every branch is becoming a speciality.

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10. The importance, therefore, both as to the efficiency and the quantity of work done, of retaining the services of capable men who not only have a thorough knowledge of the local conditions but are also well in touch with the work of the department in all its branches, is obvious.

11. I may mention that I have already received inquiries as to one of the engineers for an appointment at a salary of £700 a year, and it can hardly be expected that men will be content to stay here year after year at the same salary knowing that every year's experience adds to the value of their services.

12. The annual reports and my report on the report of the Retrenchment Committee, I venture to think, are conclusive as to the capability and loyalty of the present staff, and the amount of work done by comparatively a small staff and one numerically less than that recommended by Sir WILLIAM DES Vœux, who, in recommending the staff he did, expressed a doubt if even that would be found sufficient in the immediate future; that it has been found sufficient is due to the capabilities and industry of the present staff, I have not the least hesitation in asserting.

13. In forwarding Mr. CHATHAM'S application I therefore submit to the favourable consideration of His Excellency the Governor the salaries of Messrs. CHATHAM, TOOKER, CROOK, DRURY, GIBBS, HAZELAND and XAVIER be increased, the two latter especially in the event of their not receiving exchange compensation, to which I am afraid Mr. XAVIER has no claim under the regulations.

14. I also submit Mr. KING'S application for an allowance for his knowledge of Chinese to favourable consideration. The result of his exertions and knowledge of Chinese is especially evident in the satisfactory collection of squatters' fees during recent years, as recorded in my annual report for 1894.

15. The applications of the two Chinese Clerks, Mr. TSE TSAN TAI and Mr. CHAN KAM TO, and Mr. CHEONG YAU, are also, I think, worthy of consideration, and I would submit, for the favourable consideration of His Excellency the Governor, that their salaries be increased to $528, $408, and $396, respectively.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

FRANCIS A. COOPER,

Director of Public Works.

The Honourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.

SIR,

(Mr. W. Chatham to Director of Public Works.)

PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE, 4th May, 1895.

I have the honour to make application for an increase of salary and trust you will be good enough to recommend the same to the favourable consideration of His Excellency the Governor.

I would point out that my permanent salary remains the same as at the date of my appointment five years ago, namely, $300 per month. During that period I have had principal charge of numerous public works, several of them of very con- siderable magnitude and importance, the aggregate expenditure upon which has amounted to over $727,000, and I am pleased to state that in no single instance

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has the cost of these works exceeded the amount of the respective votes, whilst in some cases there has been a substantial saving. These results have only been attained by close attention and constant supervision, carried on at times, as you are aware, under very arduous conditions.

In addition to the works executed, I would refer to the Governor's Peak Residence; District School, Kowloon; and Happy Valley Improvements, for which Contract Drawings, Specifications, Estimates, &c., have been prepared but on which no expenditure has hitherto been incurred.

The performance of my duties has entailed an almost constant working of overtime, sometimes far in excess of the recognizel official hours.

On a former occasion, over a year ago, I brought the question of an increase of my salary before Sir GEORGE O'BRIEN, who was then Administrator, and he advised me to lay my case before the Retrenchment Committee (C.S.O. 9494). Though the Committee distinctly stated in the first portion of its Report (para. 26) that I would be called upon to appear before it, I was never asked to do so and, relying upon the statement, I did not apply to be heard. I have therefore had no opportunity of submitting my application, which has been considerably delayed in consequence.

I trust that His Excellency may be pleased to favourably consider my applica- tion and to bear in mind the circumstance just mentioned.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

The Honourable F. A. COOPER,

Director of Public Works.

W. CHATHAM.

(Land Bailiff to Director of Public Works.)

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,

HONGKONG, 13th April, 1895.

SIR,

I have the honour, most respectfully, to apply that you will recommend me to the favourable consideration of His Excellency the Governor for an allowance for knowledge of Chinese.

I entered the Service in 1881 and have not received any remuneration for such. For the discharge of my duties as Land Bailiff the knowledge of Chinese is indis- pensable, and during the period I have performed these duties I have not had an interpreter.

I trust that I have discharged the duties of my present.post to your satisfaction which will enable you to recommend me to His Excellency for the above allowance.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

Honourable F. A. COOPER,

Director of Public Works,

&c.,

$c.,

&c.

GEO. J. W. KING,

Land Bailiff.

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SIR,

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(Mr. Tse Tsan Tai to Director of Public Works.)

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,

HONGKONG, 25th April, 1895.

Having now served unler you for five years, I venture to hope that during this period I have given you every satisfaction in the performance of my various duties, and that you will be pleased to allow me to address you on the subject of my salary.

• Since the amalgamation of the Water and Drainage, and Public Works Depart- ment, the clerical work, and interpretation of the Water and Drainage Branch has devolved solely on me; the work, a list of which I beg leave to enclose, is chiefly in connection with Water, and House Service Accounts, and Book-keeping, and it is at times rather arduous.

As it is obvious that the work will be greatly increased with the extension of the Water Works, and the future prosperity of the Colony, I beg respectfully to apply for an increase of salary.

I beg leave also to mention that I have been very unfortunate in not being granted exchange compensation, as I have been a considerable loser in having to remit money to my father in Australia up to, May of last year, not to say anything of the increased cost of living.

Under the circumstances, I have the honour to request that you will be so good as to recommend this my application for the favourable consideration of His Excellency the Governor.

I have the honour to be,

The Honourable F. A. CoOPER,

Director of Public Works,

&c.,

fc.

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

TSE TSAN TAI.

Enclosure.

Office Work.

In charge of the Figured Abstract Book.

In charge of the Figured Abstract Summary Book.

In charge of the Index Book of House Connections.

In charge of the House Service Requisition, and Notice Book.

In charge of all House Service Requisitions, Notices, Papers, and Letters

passed by the Water Authority.

In charge of Agreements for Metered Water Supplies.

1. To enter up the Figured Abstract Book from Daily Morning Reports. 2. To check the Figured Abstract Book and Workshop Time Book daily,

and to balance up the same weekly.

3. To particularize the entries in the Figured Abstract Book from the

Morning Reports, and House Service Requisition and Notice Book.

4. To enter up the Figured Abstract Summary Book, to fill in particulars,

and to prepare the same for the preparation of House Service Accounts.

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5. To check, and balance up the Figured Abstract Book, Figured Abstract

Summary Book, and House Service Bill Book, once a month.

6. To docket, and file all Morning Reports.

7. To index, docket, enter, and file all Requisitions on the Water Authority.

To enter particulars.

S. To index, docket, enter, and file all Notices of proposed service works.

To enter particulars.

9. To prepare Permits for proposed service works, and to serve the same by

chit book.

10. To index, docket, and file, with Requisitions and Notices, all letters and

papers connected with House Services, and metered supplies.

11. To enter up the Index Book of House Connections from the House Ser-

vice Requisition Book, and to fill in particulars.

12. To index, docket, and file Agreements for metered supplies, and to enter

the same in Register.

13. To prepare Agreements, Requisitions, and Notices for signature, as occa-

sion may require.

14. To index, docket, and prepare Material Returns for entry in the House

Service Bill Book.

15. To make out Monthly a List of Material returns required.

16. To prepare Monthly Transfer Sheets in triplicate from the Figuered Ab-

stract Book.

17. To work out, write out in duplicate and triplicate, address, and serve

House Service Accounts.

18. To work out, write out in duplicate and triplicate, address, and serve by

chit book, quarterly, over 200 Water Accounts.

19. To prepare letters to accompany summaries in duplicate of House Service

Accounts, and Water Accounts sent to the Colonial Treasury.

20. To prepare, and send to the Local Auditor a copy of each of the above

Summaries (H. S. A. and W. A.).

21. To prepare defaulters' notices, and to address, and serve the same by chit

book.

22. To docket, and attach Finished Material Returns to Requisitions and

Notices, and to file the same.

}

23. To address, and serve by chit book, monthly, over 200 Meter Readings. 24. To copy and serve reports, and letters from the Sanitary Surveyor to the

Secretary of the Sanitary Board, and other individuals.

25. To interpret in the Office when required.

26. General Office Work.

SIR,

Mr. Chan Kam To to Director of Public Works.)

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 27th February, 1895.

Owing to the smallness of my salary, and consequently its utter insufficiency. to meet all the demands on me, I beg most respectfully and earnestly to apply for an increase of pay.

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I have been in this department for two years, and during which time I have strained every nerve to give you entire satisfaction in the discharge of my onerous duties.

In these circumstances I sincerely trust that you will be pleased to grant me this my urgent request.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

CHAN KAM TO.

The Honourable

THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

SIR,

(Mr. Cheong Yow to Director of Public Works.)

PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE, HONGKONG, 15th May, 1895.

鲨

I have the honour to inform you that I joined your department seven years ago on a monthly salary of Thirty dollars and have since always endeavoured to discharge my duties to the best of my abilities. Lately, owing to increase in my family, the salary became inadequate for my wants, I most respectfully trust you will grant me an increase.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

Honourable F. A. COOPER,

Director of Public Works.

CHEONG YOW, CHEONG

Draftsman.

HONGKONG. No. 219.

SIR,

(Secretary of State to Governor.)

DOWNING STREET,

3rd September, 1895.

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 222 of the 12th of July last, forwarding a recommendation from the Director of Public Works that the salaries of certain members of his Department should be increased.

I concur in the views on this matter which are expressed in your despatch, and regret my inability to comply with Mr. COOPER's recommendation.

I have the honour to

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

Governor

Sir W. ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.,

&c.,

&c.

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(Under-Secretary of State to the Governor.)

HONGKONG.

No. 164.

SIR,

DOWNING STREET,

31st July, 1896.

With reference to the correspondence noted in the margin * I have the honour to enclose for your consideration and report a copy of an application for increase of salary from Mr. CHATHAM, Executive Engineer in the Public Works Department, Hongkong, and I shall be glad to know whether or not you consider that his pay should be increased.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

EDWARD WINGFIELD, (for the Secretary of State).

Governor

Sir W. ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.,

&c.,

&c.

SIR,

Enclosure.

(Mr. Chatham to Under-Secretary of State.)

25, PITT STREET, Edinburgh, 25th July, 1896.

Having completed six years' service as Executive Engineer in the Public Works Department, Hongkong, I take the opportunity of being here to lay before you my claim for an increase of salary, as Mr. LUCAS, with whom I have spoken on the subject, informs me that such a course would be permissible, and to support the same with the following statement.

2. My permanent salary remains the same as at the date of my appointment, namely, $300 per month.

3. During the period of six years I have had principal charge, under the direction of the Honourable F. A. COOPER, of works costing in the aggregate over $800,000. These works, of which I enclose a detailed statement, have been of a very varied nature, and some of them of considerable magnitude and importance, including the Central Market. Mr. MATTHEWS, of Messrs. CooDE, SON & MATTHEWS, when in Hongkong inspected that work, and I feel sure he will be pleased to testify to the excellence of it.

4.*I would particularly direct your attention to the fact that in no case has the cost of the work exceeded the amount of the vote, and in several instances there has been a considerable saving.

* Governor to Secretary of State No. 222, 12th July, 1895.

Secretary of State to Governor No. 219, 3rd September, 1895.

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5. I would also point out that acting appointments are not open to me as they are to officers in other departments, and the opportunities of promotion are limit- ed.

6. In conclusion, I would quote a statement which Sir GEORGE O'BRIEN placed on record regarding me before he left the Colony (C.S.O.946/1894), having had occasion to frequently consult me as Acting Director of Public Works during the absence of the Honourable F. A. CoOPER... "I have found him not only willing to be of every assistance in his power, but prompt, painstaking, with a clear apprehension of points at issue, and generally satisfactory. Of his professional quali- fications and value, in a technical sense, I am of course incompetent to judge, but Mr. COOPER has a good opinion of them."

The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies.

I have, etc.,

(Sd.); W. CHATHAM.

STATEMENT OF WORKS EXECUTED UNDER MY SUPERVISION DURING

SIX YEARS (1890-96).

Works Completed.

Central Market,

Estimated

Actual

cost.

$270,000

$260,560

Slaughter-House and Sheep and Pig Depôts,............

Civil Hospital, Staff Quarters,

96,500

95,823

66,000

Do.

Coolie Quarters,

7,000

6,373

Albany Nullah and Branches,

38,000

31,131

New Road, etc., Kennedy Road Sites,

15,000

10,423

Public Laundries,

25,000

21,353

Lunatic Asylum for Chinese,

20,000

18,697

Quarters and Offices for Supdt., B. & A. Dept.,.

20,100

19,093.

Police Station, Aberdeen,..

27,500

Do.

, Quarry Bay,.

7,000

6,173

Cattle Depôt Extension,

10,000

Slaughter-House, Kowloon,

6,500

District School, Saiyingpoon,

10,000

6,962

Timber Pier, Stonecutter's Island,

6,328

5,050

Cattle Depôt, Kowloon,

7,500

Miscellaneous minor works,

22,687

Works in Progress.

Expenditure to date.

Gaol Extension,

Water Supply, Kowloon Peninsula,

Tytam Waterworks Extension,

Total expenditure (six years),..

55,200

110,000

44,380

$831,405

Sd.), W. CHATHAM,

Executive Engineer,

Public Works Department.

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No. 243.

SIR,

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(Governor to Secretary of State.)

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 21st October, 1896.

In reply to your despatch No. 164 of the 31st July I have the honour to state that after careful consideration of a report by the Director of Public Works, of which I enclose a copy, I am of opinion that Mr. CHATHAM deserves an addition to his salary of, say, $600 a year. I must add, however, that Mr. TOOKER of the same department has claims equal to those of Mr. CHATHAM to an increase of pay, and I hope that you will accordingly sanction an increment of $50 a month in the salaries of both these Officers.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

WILLIAM ROBINSON.

The Right Honourable

Mr. J. CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,

&c.,

&c.

(Secretary of State to Governor.)

HONGKONG.

No. 255.

SIR,

DOWNING STREET,

25th November, 1896.

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 243 of the 21st ultimo.

I approve of your increasing the salaries of Mr. CHATHAM and Mr. TOOKER by an increment at the rate of $600 per annum in either case from the 1st of January next.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

Governor

Sir W. ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.,

&c.,

fc.

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(Secretary of State to Governor.)

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HONGKONG.

No. 230.

SIR,

DownING STREET,

30th October, 1896.

With reference to your despatch No. 222 of the 21st ultimo, forwarding copies of letters from the Government Marine Surveyor and the Assistant Government Marine Surveyor praying for additions to their salaries, I have the honour to request that you will inform me what are your own views as to the merits of these applications.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

Governor

Sir W. ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.,

&C.,

&c.,

&c.

HONGKONG.

No. 10.

SIR,

(Secretary of State to Governor.)

DOWNING STREET,

13th January, 1897.

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 273 of the 8th ultimo suggesting that the emoluments of Mr. R. C. DIXON, Government Marine Surveyor, and of Mr. J. MACDONALD, Assistant Marine Surveyor, should be increased by granting them as gratuities and without exchange compensation the fees earned by them, in respect of overtime work.

2. With regard to the question of allowing fees for overtime work, I would refer you to the letter from the Board of Trade of the 7th June, 1882, a copy which was forwarded to the Governor of Hongkong by Lord KIMBERLEY in his Despatch No. 137 of the 27th June, 1882, and I would add that the general policy of the Government Service is opposed to payment being made partly by fees and partly by salary.

3. But, though I am unable to assent to your present proposal, I shall not refuse to entertain the question of an increase of salary being granted to the two officers in question when they have had somewhat longer service, should their work continue to increase and should their services continue to give satisfaction.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

Governor

Sir W. ROBINSON, K.C.M.G.,

&c.,

&o.,

$0.

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No. 36

HONGKONG.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO AND REPORT ON CERTAIN

APPLICATIONS FOR INCREASE OF SALARIES FROM OFFICERS IN THE PUBLIC

SERVICE OF THE COLONY.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Governor.

REPORT.

We, the members of the Committee appointed by His Excellency the Governor "to inquire into and report on certain applications for increase of salary from officers in the public service of this Colony," have the honour to submit the following report upon the matters referred to us.

We understood from the terms of the letter of appointment under which we are acting that our principal duty was to consider and deal with the applications individually and on their own merits, and not as affected by any general considerations of policy relating to the pay of officers in the public service. Accordingly, we have read the papers having reference to each case and have carefully con- sidered the reasons put forward by the applicant in support of his application, the report made upon the application by the applicant's superior officers, and any general or special circumstances bearing on The schedule annexed hereto gives the necessary particulars with regard to the offices and salaries of the applicants, and also shows the recommendations which we make in the respective cases.

the case.

It does not appear to be necessary to state in detail and in each individual case the reasons which have weighed with us in adopting the conclusions at which we have arrived. It will perhaps be sufficient for us to indicate these reasons in a general way, some of them being more strictly applicable to one case or class of cases and some to another,

A considerable number of the applicants have urged as a reason, and in some cases a principal reason, for their appeal that the cost of living in the Colony has greatly increased within the last few years and in particular that house rents have become much higher. Another reason put forward in some cases is that the recent fall in the rate of exchange has seriously affected the pecuniary position of the applicants. We have felt some difficulty in dealing with reasons of this kind. If it were recognized that they were in themselves, without regard to other circumstances, valid and sufficient to justify a recommendation that the salary of the applicant putting them forward should be increased so as to restore his impaired financial position, it is obvious that the same considerations would apply in the case of every officer in the public service. If the salary of a single officer were raised for these reasons, and these reasons alone, it would follow as a matter of justice that the salaries of all other officers should be raised in like manner. But we think these considerations may properly be allowed some weight in certain special circumstances. Take, for instance, the case of a junior officer whose salary was fixed some years ago, when the value of the silver dollar was higher, and the cost of living, including house rent, was less, than they are now. His salary at that time was supposed to be adequate to enable him to maintain a standard of respectability suitable to his position. But his salary was small and probably was no more than sufficient for his needs. If this view is correct, it seems to follow that such an officer may be, and probably is, affected by the financial changes to which we are referring to such a degree that his salary no longer suffices to keep him in comfort and respectability. We are of opinion that an officer so situated may fairly ask the Government to reconsider the question of his salary, and we have accordingly recommended moderate increases of salary in cases which appear to us to fall within this category.

There is another class of cases in which these considerations may also be held to have some force. We refer to the cases of gentlemen with professional qualifications whose services are engaged from the mother country for a limited term of years and who find that, by the operation of the causes to which we have been referring, their appointments are a good deal less valuable than they were when they accepted them. It is perhaps reasonable that such a loss should be made good, at any rate to some extent, and it must also be borne in mind that if such an officer, becoming dissatisfied with the position in which he finds himself, resigns his appointment, the trouble and expense of replacing him are not inconsiderable. We have given effect to these views by recommending increases in the salaries of certain applicants holding offices in the Public Works Department.

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In two or three cases we have suggested increases on the score of long and meritorious services rendered by the applicants. In one or two instances our opinion in their favour has been strengthened by the fact that the applicants appear to have been unfortunate in the race for promotion in the service.

In a few instances we have recommended an increase because the salary of the office seems to us to be incommensurate with its duties and responsibilities, or because, as in the case of some of the lower grade offices, the salary is appreciably less than that which is paid in the open market to persons performing similar duties.

In examining the various applications and coming to our conclusions upon them, we have referred to and considered the report and recommendations of the Retrenchment Committee of 1894.

If our suggestions for the augmentation of the salaries of some of the applicants are carried out, in whole or in part, it may perhaps be that the Government will receive applications for increase of salaries from other public officers. But we venture to express the opinion that it would be desirable, in the interests both of the public service and of the community generally, that a rule should be estab- lished that such applications will be received and considered only at certain fixed intervals of time, say, one or two years, as may be thought most convenient.

Hongkong, 5th August, 1897.

J. W. CARRINGTON, Chairman.

C. P. CHATER.

T. JACKSON.

SCHEDULE OF APPLICATIONS FOR INCREASE OF SALARY.

Name.

Office.

Date of

First

Appoint-

Increase

recom-

Initial

Salary.

Present

Salary.

Increments per mensem.

Remarks.

mended per

mensem.

ment.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,-|

J. A. Remedios,

F. F. Remedios,

Per month. Per month. 1st.

4th Clerk,

Clerk,

9. 4.89

10. 7.90

Date.

2nd. Date.

3rd.

Date.

Assessor,

12. 8.89

300

Clerk to Assessor,

23.11.88

...

2nd Clerk,

16. 4.92

110

...

Assistant Clerk,

28. 3.94

110

4th Clerk,

1. 8.87

TREASURY,-

A. Chapman, Chan A-pui,

J., C. de Cunha,

L. J. Lopes,

J. P. Silva,.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,-

R. F. Drury,..

...

Nil.

...

Nil.

+Exchange Compensation.

...

Nil.

...

Nil.

Assistant Engineer,

1.12.87

150

200

6.3.91

C. C. Malsch,

Superintendent Crown Lands,

1. 5.84

190

250

E. M. Hazeland,.

Assistant Engineer,

1. 8.89

120

1891

P. Julyan,

Clerk,

1. 1.95

100

J. A. Wheal,

Overseer,

3. 6.95

104

J. Coyle,

Overseer,

5.11.90

80.

...

}

J. Carroll,

Overseer,

22. 3.87

100

10 1888

~:::&N:

+ Exchange Compensation.

1886 20 1891

50*

+Exchange Compensation.

1893

Nil.

1890

Cornelius Grant,.

Foreman,

1. 9.86

Tse-tsan-tai,

Clerk,

13. 5.90

1892

1893

1895

Nil.

+Exchange Compensation and Chair Allowance.

+ Exchange Compensation and Chair Allowance.

†Through resignation of Mr. Chan Fan.

}

Ng-shan,

Messenger,

Lo-po,

Foreman,

1.12.70

Ip-san,...

Survey Coolie,

696

...

:::

EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT,-

G. H. Bateson Wright,

R. Soonderam,

....

Head Master, Queen's College, School Master, ....

26.11.81

2. 2.80

200

360

...

Pupil Teachers,

Belilios School,.

...

Nil.

$60 by $60

yearly to

$240.

+Exchange Compensation.

+ House Allowance $6 per mensem.

* Personal and unpensionable.

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SCHEDULE OF APPLICATIONS FOR INCREASE OF SALARY,-Continued.

Name.

Office.

Date of

First

Increase

Initial

Appoint-

ment.

Salary.

Present

Salary.

recom-

Increments per mensem.

Remarks.

mended

per

mensem.

Per month. Per month.

1st.

Date.

2nd. Date.

3rd.

Date.

€A

R. H. Kotewal,

Clerk,

...

POLICE,—

SUPREME COURT,-

.....

1st Clerk,

2nd Clerk, Assistant Bailiff,

R. F. Lammert, C. J. Xavier, J. Leonard,

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE,—

1. 1.90

26.10.82

...

*88

121.50

100

...

:::

...

€

.:.

:..

€9

:::

F. H. Kew,..........

Clerk,

11.12.94

양

HARBOUR OFFICE,-

Clerk, Imports & Exports Office, 1. 8.87 Clerk, Marine Surveyor's Office, | 21. 1.88

F. A. Cordeiro, Fung-king-fuk,

SANITARY Department,-

H. McCallum.....

POST OFFICE,-

Secretary,

28. 7.79

300

M. A. Pereira,

Clerk, Post Office, Shanghai,.... 23.12.82

100

F. G. Figg,

1st Assistant,....

OBSERVATORY,-

6. 6.83

130

...

534

+Exchange Compensation.

...

8.50

Nil.

...

- 25

Personal and without carrying right to pension.

...

+Exchange Compensation.

היות

REPORT BY T. H. WHITEHEAD.

535

1. I should be very glad indeed to be able to add my signature to the Report dated 5th instant signed by His Honour Sir J. W. CARRINGTON, Kt., C.M.G., the Honourable C. P. CHATER, C.M.G., and Mr. T. JACKSON, as I fully believe the applicants in question for an increase of salary are fully deserving thereof and are in reality underpaid, but I am still of the opinion expressed in my letter of 15th ultimo to the Chairman, copy of which is annexed, that the Committee has imposed on it the duty of taking into consideration in addition to the claims of the applicants the financial position of the Colony and its ability to bear the increased charges proposed, and that unless satisfied on the latter point I would not be justified in recommending increases of salaries and allowances no matter how strong the claims of individuals may be.

2. I entertain grave doubts in re the financial position of the Colony and its ability without increased taxation to meet any addition to the present expenditure. I find that as recently as in 1895 (see Sir WM. ROBINSON'S despatch of the 12th July and the Secretary of State's reply of the 3rd Sep- tember of that year as per copy annexed*) several members of the Public Works Department were strongly recommended for increases of salary by the former Director of Public Works, Mr. COOPER, and that the Governor fully concurred in these recommendations, yet that he with the full approval of Mr. CHAMBERLAIN refused to grant the proposed additions on the ground that the circumstances of the Colony did not justify the additional expenditure. If this was true in 1895 and if the Governor and the Secretary of State felt themselves justified in refusing well-merited augmentations of salary because of the financial position then, what is to be said of the present position? I respectfully submit that the Colony is now worse off than it was in 1895.

3. The cost of the administration for 1887-1896 as shown in the following official statement was :-

Year.

Personal Emoluments.

Exchange Compensation.

Other Charges.

$ C.

Pensions.

Total.

1887 1888

571,767.29

231,726 24

40,987.41

844,480.94

577,506.03

311,482.11

48,412.66

937,400.80

1889

628,966.75

331,070.10

55,643.75

1,015,680.60

1890

678.238.27

305,610.90

51,619.31

1,035,468.48

1891

720,281.60

352,169.81

52,451.24

1,124,902.65

www

1892

794,190.73

383,716.72

67,086.54

1,244,993.99

1893

728,238.44

363,407.46

86,706,79

1,178,352.69

1894

742,197.03

22,578.21

401,790.08

100,077.28

1,266,642.60

1895...

724,115.73

119,408.85

409,880.06

112,776.97

1,366,181.61

1896

746,617:41

70,369.90

456,633.85

118,054.71

1,391,675.87

It will be observed that the Expenditure, including pensions, exchange compensation and other charges, has been continuously and yearly on the increase ever since 1887. It has grown excessive and out of all proportion to the increase in the population during the same period.

The increase in the expenditure in 1896 as compared with 1887 is upwards of 61%, whereas the increase in the population during the same period is about 27%, and the increase in the rateable value of property is 32%.

4. The Colony's gold payments are annually increasing in amount and the rate of exchange (in other words, the gold price of silver) is continuously falling, and no one knows the limit to which it may descend. The ratepayers have now to face the prospect, however unpleasant, of very heavy and most serious losses forced upon the Colony by the perversity of the Colonial Government, in spite of the strenuous opposition of the majority of the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council, borrowing in gold instead of in silver, the latter being the currency in which the revenue of the Colony is raised.

5. The Imperial Government annexes 17% of the Colony's total gross revenue, excluding land sales, as a Military Contribution, which is an arbitrary and a most unfair exaction and one which is con- iderably larger and heavier than any other Colony in Her Majesty's dominions is required to pay. So far, the Imperial Government has given no sufficient reason for refusing to extend to this Colony he same fair treatment in respect of Military Contribution as the sister Colony at Singapore receives. Hongkong will also, no doubt, be required to contribute towards the cost of new barracks including the Count Austin Hotel and the palatial quarters it contains, as well as for alterations of the forts for improved ordnance.

6. The Home Government recently proposed to further exact a large increase in the Colony's contribution towards the Imperial mail subsidy which, if carried out, would be grossly unreasonable and manifestly unjust.

7. I much regret my inability at present to recommend any increase of the expenditure, believing. as I conscientiously do that the circumstances and the financial position and prospects of the Colony are not such as to justify any addition thereto and as same has, in my opinion, largely outgrown the requirements of the Colony and is a far greater burden than the ratepayers ought to be called upon to bear.

Hongkong, 9th August, 1897.

T. H. WHITEHEAD,

*Not printed here.

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No. 24

HONGKONG.

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY, SANITARY BOARD, FOR 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

SANITARY BOARD ROOM, HONGKONG, 15th June, 1897.

GENTLEMEN,I have the honour to submit my eighth annual report concerning the work done by the Board during the year 1896.

BOARD MEETINGS.

Fifty-two meetings were held during the year.

BYE-LAWS.

The following bye-laws were made by the Board during the year, viz :-

a. For the periodical cleansing and lime-whiting of premises in the Colony.

b. For the regulating of Bake-houses.

c. For general sanitary purposes as provided for under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894.

d. For the sanitary maintenance of opium-smoking divans.

The following bye-law was amended by the Board, viz.:-

Bye-law No. 21 of the bye-laws made on the 19th day of March, 1895, under the provisions

of Ordinance 15 of 1894,

The following bye-laws were revoked by the Board, viz.:~

Bye-laws Nos. 8 and 9 which were made on the 18th day of October, 1894, for the licensing,

etc. of nightmen.

The following bye-laws were made by His Excellency the Governor in Council on the represent- ation and recommendation of the Board, viz.:

1. A bye-law for extending the provisions of Ordinance 17 of 1887 to the villages of Shau- ki-wan, Quarry Bay, Shui-tsing-wan, Wong-kok-tsui and the whole of the villages on the Kau-lung Peninsula.

2. A bye-law for regulating the landing of cattle and sheep that are imported into the Colony.

DRAINAGE Works.

This branch of the Board's work is dealt with in detail by the Sanitary Surveyor in his report for the year. From his report it will be seen that very considerable progress has been made in the systematic inspection of the house drains in the Colony, aud in getting the necessary work of re-drain- ing those houses, where the drains have been found to be in a defective and insanitary condition, accomplished. This very necessary work would have been practically completed, so far as the City of Victoria is concerned, had the Assistant Surveyor not found it to his advantage to resign his public appointment, and resume his private practice. His place has not yet been filled and as a result, since his resignation in July, only such inspections have been made as could not be postponed.

I append a tabular statement showing-

1. The locality in which the houses are situated where the house drains have been found to

be in a defective and insanitary condition.

2. The number of houses so found in each such locality.

3. The houses so found for which plans for re-draining them have been submitted, and

4. The houses so found at which the work of re-draining has been completed.

It is satisfactory to be able to record that the malicious choking of house drains, which was so prevalent some three years ago, has practically ceased. Such choking of these drains as now takes place is, I feel sure, in the main, due either to ignorance or to carelessness, and chiefly to the former

cause.

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MARKETS AND SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.

The annual report of the Officer performing the duties of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon deals with this branch of the Board's work. From his report it will be observed that with the exception of a serious outbreak of a virulent communicable disease amongst the stock of animals on the Dairy Farm Company's premises at Pok-fu-lum, the health of the animals in the Colony, both in the public depôts and in the private sheds, was on the whole good.

The occurrence of Cattle Plague amongst the animals at Pok-fu-lum presents some features which deserve careful attention. On the 9th March the Chairman of the Dairy Farm Company reported to the Colonial Secretary that a number of their auimals were suffering from a communicable disease of an influenza type, and on the 10th he described it as spreading amongst the animals on the farm with lightning-like rapidity. So far as I have been able to ascertain, cases of illness, i.e., minor ailments had been fairly prevalent amongst the animals on this farm for some months previous to the occur- rence of the first case of rinderpest. However, there does not appear to be any connection between these cases of illness, which were mainly characterised by a marked increase in the animals' tempera- ture, and the subsequent cases of rinderpest. The rapidity with which a number of animals became ill is enough to throw doubt on the cause being the ordinary infection of one animal by another and forcibly suggests that the real causation of the disease in the first instance was a contaminated food supply. This source of causation is rendered more probable when there is very good reason to believe that cases of Cattle Plague were occurring in the neighbourhood of Cauton at about the same time. Unfortunately, it is not known for certain that the cattle disease, which was inore or less prevalent in in the neighbourhood of Canton, was Cattle Plague. Even if it was Cattle Plague, I have no reliable information that any cases there preceded those which first occurred in this Colony. It is, however, beyond question that bran is regularly imported here from a district not very far from Canton, and that this bran forms a very considerable part of the food supply of the milch cows in the Colony. These circumstances indicate pretty clearly the need which exists that the Dairymen in the Colony should exercise rigorous care in the purchase of the imported food stuffs which they give to their

animals.

During July and August four ships arrived from Hainan with 37, 21, 8, and 8, dead swine on board. There was a suspicion that death resulted from swine fever, but I am inclined to think that the heat of the sun and the manner in which the animals were packed one above the other in baskets, together with little or no fluid food during the passage was the real cause of the illness which resulted fatally. The circumstance that out of a very large number of these animals brought up by the same ships and that were in a very exhausted condition on being landed, only five died after landing, is enough of itself to throw doubt on the assertion that death resulted from the disease known as swine fever.

36 sheds capable of housing 1,266 head of cattle, 8 sheds capable of housing 260 head of goats, and 867 ens capable of housing 6,790 head of swine were licensed during the year. The housing of these animals may now be fairly considered to be in a satisfactory condition.

The revenue derived during the year from the Animal Depôts or Markets was $10,452.86, from the slaughter-houses $42,750 and from the various food markets $69,458.51, making a total for the year of $122,661 37. The revenue derived from the food markets is collected by the Registrar General, to whom I am indebted for the figures given, but the Markets are managed by the Officers of the Board.

MORTALITY STATISTICS.

Inasmuch as these are now fully dealt with by the Medical Officer of Health in his annual report, I have asked him to append to it the tabular statements and diagrams which I have submitted to the Board with this report for a number of years past.

CEMETERIES.

The remarks made last year regarding the laying out of the public cemeteries for Chinese still hold good. However, it is to be hoped the Assistant Surveyor will be able soon after his arrival to take this very necessary work in hand.

The following interments have been made during the year in each of these cemeteries, viz.:—

Mount Davis,

Mount Caroline, Kau-lung,

Shau-ki-wan,

Aberdeen,

Stanley,

639

414

328

238

161

Shek 0,

Total,..

The fees collected during the year amounted to $1,511.58.

....

.1,847 interments.

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ÎNFECTIOUS DISEASES.

The following are the number of cases of the various communicable diseases which have been notified during the year, viz.:-

viz.:-,

Bubonic Plague,..

Small-pox, Typhus Fever, Puerperal Fever, Enteric Fever, Diphtheria, Cholera,

1,2014 37

The total sum paid to private Medical Practitioners for notifying such cases of communicable diseases as occurred amongst their patients during 1896 was $46.

The unfortunate prevalence of Bubonic Plague during the year caused the expenditure of a very considerable sum of money, viz., $42,856.39 in cleansing and lime-washing premises throughout the Colony as well as in disinfecting those in which cases of Bubonic Plague occurred. I append a tabular statement showing the manner in which the money was expended.

The carrying out of these cleansing operations unfortunately gave rise to some litigation. As the circumstances connected with the four suits which were instituted against the majority of the Members of the Board have been fairly fully dealt with already, it does not appear to be necessary to refer to them further in this report.

LAUNDRIES.

Only six of the public laundries have been let during the year. Owing to press of work, arising mainly from the prevalence of Bubonic Plague during the greater part of the year, very little attention could be given to the various laundries throughout the City, and it is mainly owing to this that I attribute some of these public laundries remaining vacant so long.

BAKERIES.

Nothing of special importance occurred during the year in connection with these food preparing

establishments.

COMMON LODGING-HOUSES.

The bye-laws for regulating these houses have been steadily enforced during the year. However, there is reason for believing that a considerable number of lodging-houses exist that have not yet been registered.

There is, for some reason not casily understood, a strong objection on the part of some employers of labour, who lodge their workmen as a part payment of their wages, to register the premises in which they house their workmen as Common Lodging-houses. It may be merely downright obstinacy, but I am strongly inclined to think that in most cases it is due to the Chinese notion that they have a right to house their servants as they please, no matter whether such housing is done in such a way as to be a danger to the public health or not.

OFFENSIVE TRADES.

Very considerable progress has been made in enforcing the provisions of the bye-laws for the regulating of these trades. It is true none of the premises were registered during the year. but the great majority of them have been put in accordance with the requirements of the bye-laws and registration will follow in due course.

NIGHTMEN.

In October 1894 bye-laws were made by the Board providing for the registration and licensing of all persons following the calling of nightman. It was not, for various reasons, found practicable to enforce these bye-laws till September of 1896. When the nightmen found they had to be regis- tered and licensed before they could lawfully ply their calling, they quietly but suddenly ceased to work without, in most cases if not in all, giving their employers any warning. This action on their part was a clear desertion of their employers' service and a punishable offence against the law of the Colony. It was, to my mind, something of far more importance. It was, for all practical purposes, an open rebellion against a particular law of the Colony and a defiance to the authority of those respons- ible for enforcing all the laws of the Colony. It was in no sense what is ordinarily known as a strike amongst a particular class of workmen because of a difference between themselves and their employers, but a deliberate attempt to compel the Government not to enforce the law. The only excuse these people can have for their action is, that it is by no means an uncommon mode of procedure in their own country and to them had probably the stamp of "Old Custom." The event, although causing

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much inconvenience and discomfort to householders, more especially to those who live in tenement- dwellings, had no evil results so far as the public health of the Colony was concerned, and it will, I hope, have one good result, viz., the carrying out of the conservancy of the City by the rational means of a public contract or by the paid servants of the Board, instead of as at present by the irrational means of each householder making his own terms with his servant to do the very necessary work of clean- sing his premises daily, every second day, or twice a week according to his ability and willingness to pay his servant.

NOTICES AND CERTIFICATES.

Four bundred and thirty-nine notices requiring the abatement of various nuisances were serve l during the year, and it is satisfactory to be able to record that only in a very few cases was it found necessary to institute legal proceedings to get these notices complied with.

Five hundred and fifty-one notices were served on House Owners or their Agents calling atten- tion to the circumstance that they hal not, so far, covered the ground surface of their premises with a layer of impervious material, although Ordinance 15 of 1894 provides that this work should have been done before the 1st day of July, 1895.

Five hundred and sixty-four notices of intention to concrete the ground surface of one thousand seven hundred and fifty houses were received during the year, and the work has been carried out.

Four hundred and twelve certificates stating that one thousand two hundred and twenty-three houses have had their ground surfaces properly concreted were issued.

WARRANTS.

Fifty-three warrants to enter and inspect before midnight three hundred and sixty houses were

issued.

Eleven warrants to enter and inspect after midnight one hundred and twenty-one houses were issued.. In none of these cases was there any difficulty experienced in gaining admittance nor was any complaint received about the inspections being made.

I much regret the delay that has taken place in submitting this report, but it has been impossible for me to get it ready sooner.

I have the honour to be,

To the President and Members of the

SANITARY BOARD.

Gentlemen,

Your obedient Servant,

HUGH MCCALLUM, Secretary.

TABLE A.

Return showing the houses, the drains of which have been opened and inspected under the provisions of the Health Ordinance during the year 1896, and the owners thereof requested to redrain them.

Street.

345

If Plans submitted.

If Work completed.

Lot No.

No. of Houses.

Yes

Third Street, (R. C. Reformatory),

Queen's Road Central,

East Street,

West Street,

West Street, Wanchai Road,

Queen's Road Central, Queen's Road West, Queen's Road West,

First Street,.

First Street,

First Street,.. Hollywood Road,

Station Street, Yau-ma-ti,

Kennedy Street, Castle Road, Hollywood Road, Pound Lane,.. Hollywood Road, Wing Lok Street,

Bonham Strand,

Wing Lok Street,

Bonham Strand, Praya Central,.. Wing Lok Street, Praya Central,..

Wing Lok Street,

Inland 300, 357, 377,

Inland 833.

...

Inland 95 & 96.

Inland 230.

Inland 231, 231a, 232

Yes

...

& 232A.

Inland 226 & 226a.

Inland 227A.

AAR

1 No

Yes

- 1 No

378, 379 & 380.

Marine 2.

Inland 452.

Inland 289.

Inland 451.

Inland 567.

Yes

Inland 565.

Inland 281.

Yes

3 No

Kowloon Inland 313,

314, 315, 316, 317, 318,

319, 320, 321, 334,

335 & 336. Inland 950 & 965.

Inland 577 & 589.

Inland 210.

3 No

་

Inland 354.

*****

•

Marine 130, 131, 132,

1 No

ห

133, 135, 136, 138,

141, 145 & 171.

Marine 130, 131, 132,

8 "

136, 138, 141, 143,

145 & 171.

Marine 127, 165, 167

& 168.

Marine 127, 165 & 169.

Marine 22. Marine 22.

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...

1:222

4 Yes

12 No

Marine 27, 38, 39, 41, 44, 45, 48, 49 & 50. Marine 22, 27, 38, 39, 41, 44, 45, 48, 49 & 50.

3270

Praya Central,................

Marine 51, 59, 60, 61,

73, 75, 76, 77, 79,

80, 206, 207, 208 & 209.

Wing Lok Street,

Hillier Street, Jervois Street,.

Queen's Road Central,

Jervois Street,.........

Hillier Street, Burd Street, Burd Street,...

Hillier Street, Mercer Street, Bonham Strand, Jervois Street,.... Mercer Street, Bonham Strand,

Burd Street,.

Marine 51, 59, 60, 61,

73, 75, 76. 77, 78, 79, 80, 206, 207, 208

& 209.

Inland 99.

Inland 99, 117b, 117c, & 202. Inland 1178, 117c

& 202. Inland 886, 891, 892 & 893; & Marine

11B & 17B. Marine 17c. Marine 11B.

Marine 16, 137 & 139.

Marine 16 & 16A.

2 No

3 Yes

4 "

214

1 No

Marine 16.

...

•

Marine 6 & 9B.

Inland 871 & 878.

1 No

Inland 878.

Marine 28в & Inland

2 No

}}

36, 900 & 902.

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TABLE 4.,- Continued.

If Plans submitted.

If Work completed.

Street.

Lot No.

No. of Houses.

Yes

Cleverley Street,......... Jervois Street,...

Hillier Street, Burd Street,.......... Bonham Strand, Bonham Strand, Hillier Street, Burd Street,.. Jervois Street,..

Queen's Road Central,

Cleverley Street,....... Jervois Street,

Cleverley Street, Bonham Strand,

Wing Lok Street,

Bonham Strand,

Wing Lok Street,

Praya Central,............

Gage Street, ....... Kin Sau Lane,............. Wa On Lane, Aberdeen Street, Tung Shing Lane, Wellington Street, Wellington Street, Gage Street, Peel Street,

Inland 900. Marine 19, 28 & 28b;

& Inland 36, 900 & 902.

Marine 140.

Marine 144 & 146.

Marine 142, 144 & 146. Marine 140 & 175.

Marine 140. Marine 142 & 175.

Inland 163A, 191, 191a, 191B, 195 & 195c.

Inland 163A, 180a,

191B & 191c.

Inland 195.

Marine 32 & 34a; & Inland 857 & 865.

Marine 32.

Marine 32 & Inland

865 & 866.

Marine 150, 151, 153, 158, 159, 160 & 162. Marine 151, 153, 154, 158, 159, 161 & 162. Marine 211, 212, 213, 214, 217, 219, 220, 221, 222 & 223. Marine 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 217, 219, 220, 221, 222 & 223.

Inland 97.

Inland 170 & 178.

Inland 170.

ON OF CO 1 CO Hom

Yes

2 No

2 3

< p 00

2 Yes

1 No

2 "

2 ♡

1 No 1

418

1 No '

...

2 Yes

2 "

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2 "

1 No

THE CO

2 "

1 No

100

Inland 97.

Inland 13.

2 Yes

Inland 11.

Inland 11 & 13.

Inland 13.

AAA

...

2 Yes

•

Inland 182.

Yes

...

1 Yes

No 3

West Street,

East Street,

Hollywood Road,

Square Street, Square Street,

Bonham Road,................

Bonham Road,. West Street,

& 234E.

Inland 254, 255, 256,

256A, 256B, 256c,

256D, 256E,

Inland 256, 256A, 256B,

& 1255.

Wellington Street,

Inland 171 & 172.

Graham Street,

Inland 172 & 176.

Gage Street,

Inland 183 & 184.

Peel Street,

Queen's Road West,

Inland 171 & 179.

Inland 696.

Upper Station Street,..

Inland 207 & 209.

Inland 223A, 223B,

223E, 224, 224A, 224B,.

224c & 224D.

Inland 233A, 233B,

233E, 234B, 234D

...

100

1 No

IS 42

1 No

2 No

د"

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...

Lower Lascar Row,

Queen's Road Central, Lower Lascar Row, Achung Lane, Wa Lane,

Ng Kwai Fong, Hollywood Road, West Street,

Hollywood Road,..

Lower Lascar Row,

256F & 384.

Inland 254, 255 & 384.

2 No

8 "

2 No

256c, 256d, 256E

Inland 609B.

Inland 609A.

Inland 92A & 92B.

2 No

Inland 211.

Inland 44, 205 & 205a. Inland 205в & 205c.

Inland 205 & 205c.

Inland 1204.

1 2 3

1 Yes

10 10 1

...

Inland 1203.

...

Inland 143.

Yes

Inland 44.

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1 Yes

232

10 10

2 No

Yes

Inland 246c.

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TABLE A.,-Continued.

Street.

Lot No.

No. of Houses.

347

If Plans submitted.

If Work completed.

Yes

Queen's Road East,.. Wing Fung Lane, West, Queen's Road East,.. Queen's Road East,. Wing Fung Street,

Wing Fung Lane, East,

Wing Fung Lane, West,

St. Francis Yard,

Fat Hing Street,

Queen's Road West,

Hi Lung Lane,

Sau Wa Fong,. Sau Wa Fong,.... Man Ming Lane, St. Francis Street, Queen's Road East,.

Queen's Road East,.

Queen's Road East, Ship Street,

•

Inland 47A, 47в & 47c. Inland 47A, 47B & 47c.

Inland 222.

602

1 Yes

5 No

Yes

...

Inland 222.

Inland 517 & 526.

...

3 No

Inland 51.

Inland 47.

5 No

Inland 349.

Inland 362 & 363.

...

3 Yes

9 No

وو

Inland 219.

་

Inland 199.

་

Inland 199.

Inland 270A.

Inland 199.

•

Yes

Inland 270.

1 No

2 Yes

Inland 269.

Inland 1208.

Hollywood Road,............. Gage Street,

Inland 187A & 200.

Inland 187 & 188.

Hollywood Road,..

Peel Street,

Inland 62 & 198.

Inland 186, 190 & 194,

1 No 2

Man Hing Lane,

Inland 69 & 194. ·

...

Gage Street,

Inland 186.

Queen's Road Central,

Inland 48.

2 Yes

U Hing Lane,

Inland 48.

Hillier Street,

Inland 48.

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Circular Pathway,

Inland 601 & 485.

Hollywood Road,. Sing Wong Street, Circular Pathway, Queen's Road Central,

Hollywood Road,...................

Upper Lascar Row,.....

Lower Lascar Row,. Lower Lascar Row,....

Upper Lascar Row,........

Kwong Yuen Street East, Kwong Yuen Street West,. Bonham Strand, Wing Lok Street, Bonham Strand, Wing Lok Street,

Kwong Yuen Street West,.. Bonham Strand,

Kwong Yuen Street, East,..

Wing Lok Street,

Praya Central,

Wing Shing Street,

Gough Street,

Aberdeen Street,

Marine 1.

Marine 4.

Marine 1 & 4.

Marine 4, & Inland 1201. Marine 4, & Inland 1197, 1198, 1199 & 1200. Marine 4 & 4a. Marine 1, 1A & 63b.

Inland 851.

Inland 850 & 851.

Inland 850.

Inland 26.

Re-built.

Yes

...

Inland 204.

Yes

...

Yes

Inland 204.

...

Inland 1261.

Inland 246, 246A, 246c,

3 No

247B, 247c & 247D. Inland 246, 246A, 246c, 247B, 247c, & 247d.

3 No

✪ 6 6 6 IO O

...

3 Yes 1

AAAAAA

***

Marine 1. Marine 1.

Marine 14, 63 & 63в.

Marine 1a, 63 & 63в.

3 No

Yes

Inland 89.

Inland 60.

Queen's Road Central,

Marine 63.

2 No

on co

Yes

2 No 2

Queen's Road Central,

Marine 56 & 63.

....

Queen's Road Central,

Marine 63.

"}}

Wing Kut Street,

Marine 56 & 63▲.

دو

Wing Wo Street,.. Praya Central,...

Garden Road, Kowloon Point,

Jardine's Bazaar,.. Shaukiwan Road,

Shaukiwan Road,

39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 150, 151, 152, 154 & 155. Shaukiwan Inland 38, 40, 48, 52, 53, 54, 150, 151, 152, 154, 155, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190 & 191.

Marine 63.

Marine 56 & 63A.

Kaulung Inland 407. Inland 333.

Yes

Shaukiwan Inland 38,

6 No

وو

...

•

...

20 No

348

TABLE A.,-Continued.

If Plans submitted.

If Work completed.

Street.

Lot No.

No. of Houses.

Yes

Caine Road, Staunton Street, Wa In Fong East, Wa In Fong,

Chung Wo Lane,...

Ladder Street Terraces, Hau Fung Lane,

Ship Street,

Queen's Road East...... Queen's Road East,...................... Jardine's Bazaar,.....

Ta Tit Hong, Fuk Hing Lane, Jardine's Bazaar,.

Inland 398.

Inland 260, 261, 297 & 703.

Inland 259 & 297.

Inland 296.

Inland 765.

Inland 325, 327, 328

& 329.

Inland 319.

Inland 94 & 157.

Inland 157.

Inland 94.

237624

Yes

2 Yes

1 2 3 4

Yes

...

5 No

}}

Yes

...

Yes

མི ཀྵ རྨ :

...

Inland 319.

Inland 307.

...

Ta Tit Hong,

Inland 307 & 308.

Yat Foo Lane,.

Inland 672 & 673.

...

Queen's Road West,

Inland 672 & 673.

...

Wo On Hong,

Inland 670.

...

Queen's Road West,

Inland 670.

Queen's Road West,

Inland 676.

...

Tung Wo Lane West,.

Inland 676.

...

Tung Wo Lane East,

Inland 676.

I Yik Lane, Third Street,

Queen's Road West, Second Street,

Inland 675.

Yes

Inland 796.

140

མི : ::|:སྤྱི

Inland 798.

Kwong Fung Lane,..

Inland 798.

Bonham Road,..

Inland 692, 693 & 694.

...

Wanchai Road,

Inland 373.

Wanchai Road,

Inland 312, 322 & 654.

Wanchai Road, Hollywood Road,.................. Wa Hing Lane, Hollywood Road,................... Un Woo Lane,.......... Hollywood Road,......................... Mongkok Tsui,

....

Inland 655 & 656.

Inland 218.

Yes

Inland 218.

...

Inland 218.

Yes

Inland 218.

Inland 218, 33▲ & 386.

1 No

...

1 No

Kaulung Inland 425,

426, 427, 428 & 429.

HUGH MCCALLUM,

Secretary.

349

146.35

651.00

1,132.80

899.07 1,362.51

Table B.

Statement showing the expenditure incurred during 1896 up to the 30th November, in dealing with the

outbreak of Bubonic Plague.

Cost of passages in sending people to Canton, Hire of Marriage Boats in which to isolate people, Cost of Meals to people in Marriage Boats, etc., Cost of Clothing,

Sundries for Police Department,

Sundries,.....

•

Cleansing and lime-washing houses, etc., Disinfecting houses, etc.,

Disinfectants-Fluid,

Chlorinated lime,

Sulphur,

Pay of Soldiers,

Pay of Special Constables,

Pay of Police,

Pay of Watchmen,......

Pay of Sanitary Inspectors, (allowance made to them),

Hire of Boats and Steam Launches,

Cost of Conveyance for Sanitary Inspectors,

Coals,

Repairing Dust Carts,

Telephone at Medical Officer of Health's house,.

Cost of Coolie Labour,

Coffins

347.49 20,022.64 1,385.65

$ 1,607.99

2,872.50

58.35

4,538.84

3,358.43

4,423.65

1,621.27

261.17

1,000.00

1,071.78

159.80

55.80

85.71

52.56

181.47

98.40

42,856.39

Total,.......

* At Yau-ma-ti only.

Sanitary Board Room, 1st December, 1896.

HUGH MCCALLUM, Secretary.

and Dead Boxes,

Contract.

Name of Contractor.

Table C.

81 155

44 205

Victoria, Scavenging,. Chan Pui, ..............

Victoria, Conserv-

aucy,

...

Chan Tsz Fai,.

Kaulung, Scavenging

and Conservancy,... Lau Ching,..............

Shaukiwau & Quarry

Bay,

Scavenging

and Conservancy,... Yau Sam,.

Aberdeen, Scaveng-

ing and Conserv-

ancy,

Stanley and Taitam,

Scavenging Conservancy,

Tse Hi,

→

and

Chan Yung-sau,

Slaughter-house,

Ma Cheung-

tsau,..

:..

539

129

Οι

.:..

HUGH MCCALLUM,

Secretary.

Total,......

162 166

246

801

Sanitary Board Room, 15th June, 1897.

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REPORT BY THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG FOR THE YEAR 1896.

SANITARY BOARD.

Members:

Hon. J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Registrar General. Hon. F. A. COOPER, Director of Public Works, (President). Hon. F. H. MAY, C.M.G, Captain Superintendent of Police. PH. B. C. AYRES, C.M.G, Colonial Surgeon, (Vice-President). FRANCIS W. CLARK, M.B.; D.P.H. CAMB, Medical Officer of Health. NATHANIEL J. EDE.

Secretary to the Board: HUGI MCCALLUM.

To the Secretary of the Sanitary Board.

SANITARY BOARD OFFICES,

HONGKONG, 19th March, 1897.

SIR,-I have the honour to submit, for the information of the Board, the following Report upon the health of the Colony of Hongkong for the

year 1896.

AREA.

The Colony comprises the island of Hongkong which has an area of rather more than 29 square miles, and the opposite peninsula of Kowloon with an area of 22 square miles; upon the island are situated the city of Victoria and the villages of Shaukiwan, Aberdeen and Stanley with several smaller hamlets, while upon the peninsula are the European settlement at Tsim-tsa-tsui and the villages of Yaumati, Hunghom, etc.

The buildings of the city of Victoria occupy some 580 acres, and the city lies upon the slope and at the base of the hills on the north shore of the island, while European dwelling-houses extend up the hill-side almost to the summit of the Peak, some 120 houses already existing in the Hill District (ie., more than 800 ft. above high water mark). The island is composed eutirely of granite rock, chiefly syenite with occasional masses of basaltic trap, while the surface consists of disin- tegrated granite (red earth) embedded in which are huge boulders of grey granite, admirably adapted to building purposes, while here and there are to be found small beds of clay.

CLIMATE.

The average monthly temperature throughout the year has been 72° F. the maximum monthly temperature was attained during July when it reached 88.1° F. and the minimum monthly temperature occurred in February when it stood at 53.1° F. The highest recorded temperature was 94° F. during the month of July and the lowest was 40.7° F. in the month of December.

The average daily amount of sunshine was 4.8 hours, while on 65 days only out of the year no sunshine was recorded.

The total rainfall for the year was 71.78 inches, the minimum monthly rainfall occurred in May with 1.15 in. and the maximum in June with 18.63 inches, while upon 208 days no rain at all was recorded. The relative humidity of the atmosphere throughout the year was approximately 80 per cent, the maximum occurring in March with 88 per cent, and the minimum in December with 85

per cent.

GENERAL SANITARY CONDITION.

The general sanitary condition of the Colony leaves very much indeed to be desired, chiefly how- ever in regard to the condition and arrangement of the Chinese dwellings, for there are few cities in the East, in which the condition of the roads, the general scavenging of the surface, the public street lighting and the systems of surface, sub-soil and household drainage can be said to excel our own.

The conditions however which exist in the Chinese quarters of the Colony are such as to exclude, almost entirely, light and air from the buildings, for they comprise (1) back to back houses, (2) houses of three and four stories fronting upon narrow lanes, which vary from four to fifteen feet in width, (3) obstructed backyards, (4) inadequate window area and

5) the sub-division of rooms into cubicles.

In my opinion the great majority of these defects can be remedied by law without the demolition of the property; thus the further erection of back to back houses can be prevented by enacting that section 66 of the Public Health Ordinance of 1887 shall apply to all buildings to be erected in future,

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instead of merely to such buildings as may be erected upon land obtained from the Crown subsequent to the passing of that Ordinance; the further crection of dwellings fronting narrow lanes is dealt with in section 12 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, while the sanitary condition of such as already exist would be greatly improved if the further obstruction of such lanes, by stalls and other erections, was prohibited, and if no partitions or cubicles were permitted in houses fronting lanes less than 15 feet in width, except upon the top floors. It is further necessary, in my opinion, that no partitions or cubicles should be permitted in any room which has not windows the total area of which, exclusive of the window frames, is at least one tenth of the floor area, and that no partitions should in any case be of a greater height than six feet, while a clear space of not less than four feet should in all cases be left between the top of such partition and the ceiling or under side of the joists of the floor above. Lastly, having regard to the peculiar construction of Chinese dwellings, through ventilation by the provision of an open space at the back of every existing house should be insisted upon; in the case of houses having backyards this can be done by compelling the removal of all obstructions therefrom, with the exception of bridges of a maximum width of three and a half feet, while in the case of houses without backyards or lanes of a minimum width of six feet, this through ventilation can be only secured by the removal of one-half of the floors of the kitchens upon the upper stories, and of the corresponding portion of roof. This device has been already

This device has been already adopted in a large number of back to back houses in the city of Victoria, with enormous advantage to the sanitary condition of the premises.

The system of sewerage, which has been put in force throughout the Colony since the passing of the Public Health Ordinance of 1887, is that known as the separate system; the old sewers, of large calibre, which are mostly constructed of stone in such a manner as to permit of leakage into the surrounding soil, have been retained as storm-water drains, and a new series of pipe sewers varying from 6 to 21 inches in diameter have been laid to receive the house drainage and a proportion of the rainfall.

All dwellings must now be provided with pipe drains, of small calibre, (4 to 6 inches), discharging into trapped drains which connect with these sewers, an overflow from the trap into the side channel being provided, which acts only during heavy storms.

These sewers also receive the dry weather flow in the side channels, which is intercepted by means of trapped gullies, and the sewers are ventilated by ineans of gratings, covering the manholes, which are placed in the streets at intervals of about 100 yards.

Automatic flushing tanks are fixed at various intervals on the flatter gradients, or where the normal flow is insufficient to produce a self-cleansing velocity and the sewers discharge by means of eight outlets placed at various points along the Praya Wall. The drains of all houses above the level of Caine Road and Bonham Roads are provided with a separate sewer, discharging at Slaughter- house point, Kennedy Town, which serves to separate the drainage system of the main European residential district, from that of the Chinese quarters of the city.

A certain number of old house drains still discharge into the storm water drains, but the work of re-drainage of these dwellings is being rapidly pushed forward by the Sanitary Board, and will, I hope, shortly be completed, for the foul condition of such of these drains as I have had the opportunity of seeing opened up during 1895 and 1896, and the saturation of the earth around them with filth, have convinced me that the Board must lose no time in replacing these old and leaky drains by modern pipe drains of small calibre, if they would improve the sanitary condition of the Colony.

The storm water drains provide for the discharge of surface water from the streets, by means of gullies; these are untrapped, and in situations where such house drains still discharge into them, the gullies are offensive at times, during the dry season; this however will to a great extent be remedied as soon as the re-drainage of all the old dwellings is complete and the outfalls carried through the reclamation now in progress along the front of the city, and the Colony will then possess one of the most perfect systems of drainage that has yet been devised.

The storin water drains serve to convey all heavy rains from the hill-side above the city, and owing to their construction they also serve to some extent as sub-soil drains and afford a protection to the foundations of the houses from damp.

The system of daily removal of night-soil by buckets, which is in force throughout the Colony, relieves the sewers of practically all solid matter and also precludes, to a great extent, the existence of disease germs in the sewers, and if rigidly enforced, is, in my opinion, the most sanitary one that can be adopted in a tropical climate. During the past year the Sanitary Board have endea- voured to compel the use of impervious hard wood buckets with closely fitting lids by the night-soil carriers, while the Inspectors of Nuisances and the Police are constantly on the watch to prevent the emptying of the contents of these buckets into the public sewers; the result of the Board's efforts in the direction of improved utensils for the conveyance of night-soil was a brief strike on the part of these coolies, which fortunately however did not result in any serious injury to the public health, but with a view to providing against the repetition of any such disastrous occurrence, the Board have recommended that the collection of night-soil throughout the city of Victoria be placed in the hands of a responsible contractor, who shall guarantee that the work will be carried out in the least offensive manner possible and in strict accordance with the bye-laws in force at the time that the contract is entered upon.

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The daily scavenging of the Colony is carried out by gangs of coolies working under the immediate supervision of the Foremen of street cleansing, who act under the orders of the Inspectors of Nuisances; the refuse is removed daily from the Colony by boats and is burnt at a site upon the mainland some six or seven miles distant. The following return shows approximately the quantity of refuse removed from the Colony during the year 1896 :

No. 1 Health District,

Nos. 3, 4 and 5 Health Districts,

, 6, 7 and 8 Peak Health District, Kowloon

Total,..

1,302 tons.

2,428

11,392

10,101

357 "T 2,697

28,277 tons.

The water supply of the city of Victoria is derived from two large reservoirs, one at Taitam the present capacity of which is three hundred and fifty million gallons, but which will shortly be increased to four hundred million gallons, and the other at Pokfulam which has a capacity of sixty- eight million gallons, and these reservoirs, together with certain works which have already been commenced with a view to increasing the water supply of the city, are calculated to yield a minimum daily supply of 3,200,000 gallons. The average daily consumption of water per head in the city of Victoria with a constant service, is 15 gallons, and the estimated supply therefore is sufficient for a population of 214,000 persons, whereas the present population of the city and Harbour amounts to 180,000.

British Kowloon derives its water supply from three wells sunk in the valleys to the North of the village of Yaumati; the water is conveyed from these wells by cast iron pipes to a clear water tank at Yaumati from which it is pumped to a service reservoir at an elevation of some 200 ft. above sea level, and from this reservoir a system of distributing mains convey the water to the villages of Yaumati and Hunghom and to the mainly European district of Tsim Tsa Tsui.

During the past year waterworks have been in course of construction and are now almost complete, which will furnish an adequate supply of water to the villages of Shaukiwan and Aberdeen, while in the remaining portions of the Colony, such as the scattered villages of Stanley, Little Hongkong, Taitam Tuk on the island of Hongkong, and of Tai Kok Tsui, Mong Kok Tsui, Mati, etc. upon the Kowloon peninsula, the water supply is obtained from wells, which appear to meet the requirements of these districts for the present.

POPULATION.

The population of the Colony at the census taken in 1881 was 160,402 while in 1891 it had risen to 221,441; since then however great disturbances have taken place in regard to the distribution of the population, notably the extensive exodus of Chinese in 1894 owing to the outbreak of Bubonic Fever, and the subsequent demolition of the buildings upon that portion of the city known as Taipingshan, comprising 64 acres of densely packed "rookeries." In consequence of the occurrence of these exceptional circumstances, I urged upon the Board in February 1896 to represent to the Government the necessity for taking a census during the then current year, and in so doing I instanced the fact that the census of 1891 showed that the population of the Colony had been miscalculated to the extent of nearly 20,000 persons, even in the absence of any of those disturbing elements which had arisen during the past quinquennium; arrangements were finally made to take a census on January 20th, 1897, and the results of that enumeration fully corroborate my report, for they show that the civil population of the Colony has, as I had anticipated, been over-estimated to the extent of no less than 12,600 persons and that the death-rates therefore which have been periodically reported during the year were somewhat under-stated.

The actual figures of the 1897 census were as follows:-

}

Civil population, Chinese,

f Land,

199,934

Harbour,

32,731

Land,

7,542

Civil population, Non-Chinese,

1 Mercantile Marine,..........

450

Total Civil population,

240,657

Army,

Navy, ......

Total population,............................

The following is the estimated population of the Colony to the middle of 1896.

2,850 2,268

245,775

Chinese.

Non-Chinese,

Estimate of Population to middle of 1896.

353

Hongkong,

7,000

Kowloon,.

430

Mercantile Marine,

440

Total Non-Chinese population,

7,870

City of Victoria including Peak and Stonecutter's Island,

156,000.

Land Population.

Villages in

Shaukiwan,

7,350

Aberdeen,

3,160

Hongkong.

Stanley,

850

British Kowloon,........

26,200

Total Chinese land population,

193,560

Victoria Harbour,

17,540

Kowloon,

6,000

Floating

Population. Aberdeen,

Shaukiwan,

3,950

4,900

(Stanley,

760

Total Chinese floating population,.........

33,150

Total Chinese population,

226,710

Total Civil population of Colony,

234,580

Army, Navy,

2,739

2,100

Total population,

239,419

It is noteworthy that the estimate for the non-Chinese civil community was about 2 per cent below the actual number counted at the census, so that the check put upon the steady increase of the popu. lation by the "Plague," and by the measures adopted to abate it, including the demolition of Taiping- shan has affected the Chinese community alone.

It will be seen that the population is divided primarily into Chinese and non-Chinese; these latter comprise Europeans, Americans and Portuguese, and the non-Chinese Asiatics such as Indians, Japanese and natives of Malaya, Manila, etc.

The total population is further classified for statistical purposes into civil, military, naval and mercantile marine, while the Chinese community is divisible into the land and the boat population.

The total strength of troops in garrison on June 30th, 1896, was, 80 British Officers and 1,443 British Warrant Officers, N. C. O.'s and men, with 20 Indian Officers and 1,196 Indian Warrant Officers, N. C. O.'s and men making a total strength of 2,739, sixty per cent of whom reside in the City of Victoria, and the remainder either at Kowloon, the Hospital Ship "Meeanee," the Sanitarium at the Peak or at the various out-stations.

Of the 7,870 persons who comprise the non-Chinese civil population, only a small proportion, estimated at 3,180 are Europeans; of these some 2,160 are British while the remainder consist of Americans, Germans, French, Swiss, etc.; the Portuguese number 2,250 and the remainder of the civil population consists as already stated, of Indians 1,310, Japanese, Negroes and natives of Malaya and Manila; the Indians being numerically the most important element.

The number of occupied houses in the city of Victoria on June 30th, 1896, was as follows:-

European, Chinese,...

Total,..

490 6,538

7,028

Allowing that about 2,000 Chinese servants live in the European houses, this will give an average of 23.5 persons to every Chinese house; the figure given in my annual report for 1895 was 26.3 but this was based upon an estimated Chinese population of the City of Victoria of 167,500 whereas the recent census has shown that this was far too high an estimate.

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The total area of the City of Victoria at present built over is about 580 acres so that there are some 12 houses containing about 280 persons to the acre.

The Chinese boat population of the Colony is estimated at 33,150 and these people, it must be remembered, make their homes on board the small craft which throng the harbour and hold very little intercourse with the land population. The number of registered boats belonging to the port is as follows:-

Fishing and Trading Junks,

Cargo boats, lighters, sampans, etc.,

Total,....

This gives an average of 3.4 persons to each boat.

6,068 3,663

9,731

The Chinese population of the Colony consists of 70.7 per cent of males and 29.3 per cent of females; at the 1891 census the percentage of males was 70.9 so that there has been very little change in this respect during the past quinquennium; the great majority of the Chinese and especially the inen are young adults who have entered the Colony with the sole object of earning and accumulating money and many of whom return to the mainland as soon as that object is accomplished.

The City of Victoria has during the past two years been divided into eight Health Districts, to each of which is apportioned an Inspector of Nuisances; in consequence however of the large number of Chinese dwellings in the more central districts, I urged the Board to recommend the appoint- ment of at least two additional Inspectors and to re-arrange these health districts; the recommendation has been adopted by the Government, and there will now be ten health districts in the City of Victoria. The following table gives the number of floors (ie., separate Chinese dwellings) and the Chinese population of each of the existing, and also of each of the proposed health districts.

1896.

1897.

Dis-

Houses.

Floors.

trict.

Population.

Acrc- Dis- trict. age.

Houses.

Floors.

Population.

Acre-

age.

∞~~CTIA W NM

503

811

7,250

531 1

503

. 811

8,250

531

925

2,212

20,440

267 2

925

2,212

20,440

267

2,610

158 3

2,610

158

1,041

3,048

24,390

.52

837

2,525

22,200

1,825

5,165

41,330

961

2,634

21,330

1,224

3,774

30,200

808

2,308

16,440

1,131

2,569

20,560

744

2,295

15,300

450

951

7,620 243

783

2,387

18,630

962

2,311

24,420

608

1,286

8,380

258

7,115

18,572

154,400 1,414

7,147

18,811

158,000

1,414

The Inspector in charge of No. 3 Health District also acts as Engineer in charge of the steam disinfecting apparatus, while this district contains moreover the great majority of the European dwelling houses; districts 1 and 10, although containing a smaller number of dwellings than the remainder of the city districts, extend over a much wider area, and contain the city cemeteries which are also under the supervision of the Inspectors.

BIRTHS.

The births registered during the year were as follows:-

Chinese community, Non-Chinese,

Male.

Female.

Total.

584

394

978

130

125

255

714

519

1,233

This is equal to a birth-rate of 5.1 per 1,000 as compared with 5.8 during the preceding year. The number of births among Europeans was 113, (2 of which were illegitimate) equal to a birth-rate of 35.5 per 1,000; of these 96 were British, 14 German, 2 Swiss and 1 French.

The remaining births were distributed as follows:-

Portuguese 65, Indians 57, Malays and Manilamen là, and Japanese 5.

The number of Chinese births registered does not convey, however, an accurate impression of the birth-rate among Chinese, for, as I pointed out in my Report last year, the births of a large number of infants, who die during the first month of life, are never registered.

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the

These have been computed by the Assistant Registrar General to amount to no less than 537 for year 1896, so that if we take this estimate as correct, the Chinese births will number 1,515, and the general birth-rate of the Colony will be 6.3 per 1,000.

DEATHS.

The total number of deaths registered was 5,860, of which 5,607 were Chinese; this is equal to a total death-rate of 24.5 per 1,000 as compared with 21.65 per 1,000 during the preceding year and an average of 22.65 per 1,000 during the past five years (exclusive of 1894); excluding the deaths from Bubonic Fever the death-rate stands at 19.9 per 1,000; the death-rate among the Chinese alone was 24.73 per 1,000. The deaths registered among the non-Chinese community numbered 253, which gives a death-rate of 19 per 1,000 while the corresponding death-rate during 1895 was 17.6 per 1,000.

This augmentation of the death-rate is due to the epidemic of Bubonic Fever which prevailed during the greater part of the year and which is accountable for no less than 1,078 deaths, or 18.4 per cent of the total deaths registered during the year.

The death rate among the Chinese community is, as I pointed out in my Report for 1895, un- doubtedly considerably augmented by the ignorance of the Chinese in regard to the remedial treatment of disease, and this is at present still further accentuated by the entire absence of any control by the Government over the native practitioners in the Colony. In January 1896 I submitted a Report to the Sanitary Board pointing out the great desirability of registering and licensing these Chinese doctors, for by such means a check could be kept upon the sale and administration of poisons and also upon the practice of those remnants of barbarism which still pass muster as "good surgery" among the exponents of Eastern medicine; this Report was adopted by the Board and forwarded for the information of His Excellency the Governor together with an expression of the Board's opinion that the proposed system of registration was a matter which deserved early attention, and I have reason to believe that it is still receiving the consideration of the Government. The regis tration of native midwives was also urged by me in the same Report, for the death-rate among the infant population of the Colony is one of the most alarming features of our mortality statistics, and although it would appear that much greater difficulty will be experienced in reaching these midwives than is likely to occur in the case of the so-called doctors, yet I am convinced that strict supervision of this branch of medical practice is urgently needed, and that by a little judicious control the infant death-rate of the Colony can be materially diminished.

DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS.

The number of deaths occurring in the Army during the year was 18, of which 12 were of British soldiers, the remainder being Indians. The average age at death was 27 years and the causes of death were as follows:-

Bubonic Fever,

Sporadic Cholera,

BRITISH.

Brought forward,.

Enteric Fever,.................

Privation, Cirrhosis of liver,

.....

Syphilis,

Atrophy,

Heat Apoplexy,

Cancer,

...

Heart Disease,..

Hepatitis,

Carried forward,..

Total,..

.12

INDIAN.

Bubonic Fever,

Enteritis,..

Phthisis, Pneumonia,

Dysentery,

Fracture of Skull,

Not one of the three men who died of Bubonic Fever was among those employed by the Sanitary Board for house to house visitation, and the most probable explanation is therefore that they con- tracted the disease in some Chinese house of entertainment. The death from Privation was that of a private who deserted while insane, and whose body was found, some weeks afterwards, upon the hill-side.

A large proportion of the deaths among the British soldiers are from diseases of the liver, as is usual in tropical climates.

Four deaths occurred in the Navy during the year, the causes of which were as follows:-

Small-pox, ....

Enteric Fever,...

Rheumatisın,

Cancer of liver,

The deaths of persons other than Chinese employed in the Mercantile Marine and foreign Navies, were 32 in number; of these 13 were British, 5 were German, 4 Malay, 3 Indian, 2 Siamese, 2 Portuguese, 1 Russian, 1 Dutch and 1 American.

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The causes of death were as follows:-

Bubonic Fever,

Typhus Fever, Enteric Fever,

....

Small-pox, .................. Dysentery, Enteritis, Gastritis, Beri-Beri, Syphilis,

....

Heart disease,

.....

Pneumonia,

Bronchitis,

Phthisis,

Homoptysis,

Bright's disease, Alcoholism,.

Sunstroke,

Cancer,

Drowning, 1 Undiagnosed,

WN WIN

The total number of deaths therefore which occurred among the Non-Chinese Civil Com- munity during the year was 199 as compared with 131 during the preceding year; the nationalities of these persons were as follows:

British,

German,

French, .....

Italian,..

Russian,

Spanish,

Carried forward,

..51

Brought forward,..

Portuguese,

Indian.

Malays and Manila men,

Japanese,

Annainese,

Siamese,

.68

Total,...................

The principal causes of death among the European Civil Community were as follows :—

Bubonic Fever,

Enteric Fever,.

Malarial Fevers, ..........

Phthisis,

Diseases of heart and Blood-vessels,

Convulsions and Meningitis,

Alcoholism,

Sporadic Cholera and Diarrhoea,

Peritonitis,

Rheumatic Fever,

Diseases of liver,

•

Sunstroke,

....68

....45

....66

.12

....199

Four of the six deaths from Phthisis were males, and the ages were as follows:-

18,

25,

33,

35,

48,

52.

Alcoholism, both chronic and acute, and the constitutional diseases dependent thereon, bulk largely in the death returns of the European community.

It is interesting to note the remarkable increase in deaths among Europeans from the Malarial Fevers, as compared with the previous year, when only 2 were recorded.

Eight of these deaths from the Malarial Fevers occurred in Children under 15 years of age, while

six of them were under 5.

In view of the assertion so constantly made that Rheumatic Fever is unknown in this Colony, it is interesting to note that the deaths of two Europeans were registered last year as having resulted from that disease.

UNCERTIFIED DEATHS.

In consequence of the large number of uncertified deaths among the Chinese which are recorded annually, I arranged with the Registrar General, at the beginning of the year, to supply me with a daily return of such deaths, with a view to the inspection of the bodies for the purpose of detecting any that may have died from an infectious disease. In this manner no less than 635 dead bodies were examined during the year, the registered causes of death in these cases having been as follows:

Brought forward,.... Intermittent Fever,.........

Apoplexy, Abortion,....

.....

Asthma,

Ascites,

Heart Disease,.

Homoptysis,

Fever,

Bronchitis,

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Immaturity at birth,

Beri-beri,

Menorrhagia,

Convulsions,

Old age,

Child-birth,

Phthisis,

Cerebral Congestion,

Premature labour,

Cramps,

Paralysis,..

Cancer of Ear,

Remittent Fever,

Diarrhoea,

Spotted Fever,

...

Dropsy,

Scrofula,

Dysentery,

Tetanus,

....

Debility,

Worms,

Enteric Fever,..

Unknown,

Carried forward,

.... 378

378

161

Total,.....................635

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Among these 635 deaths we discovered 69 that had died from Plague and 3 that had died from Small-pox, making a total of 72 or rather more than eleven per cent of the bodies examined.

No attempt was made, except in a few instances, to rectify the registered cause of death of the remaining cases, as that would have involved the devotion of considerably more time than could have possibly been spared from our more pressing sanitary duties; it is possible therefore that in some of these others, death may really have resulted from such an infectious disease as Enteric Fever, which could only have been recognised after post-mortem examination, while there can be very little doubt that in a large proportion of these cases the registered cause of death has been purely a matter of conjecture and for this reason such uncertified deaths considerably impair the accuracy of any deduc- tions which one may wish to draw from our mortality statistics, The careful investigation of the actual cause of death, in all those cases in which such has not been certified by a registered medical practitioner, could well be conducted by a well trained licentiate of the Hongkong College of Medicine attached to the Sanitary staff, and I would strongly recommend that some such course should be adopted with a view to rendering our mortality statistics less misleading than they are at present.

AGE DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS.

The most noticeable feature in connection with the age distribution of the deaths is still the great mortality among infants under one year of age, although a marked improvement has already occurred, for these deaths now represent 20 per cent of the total deaths registered during the year, whereas in 1895 they comprised 28 per cent of the total deaths. This affords a striking illustration of the beneficial effects of improved sanitation upon the general health and upon the death-rate, for, as I pointed out in my Report for 1895, the great majority of these deaths among infants are due to diseases of a convulsive type, induced in most cases, by the foul atmosphere which they are compelled to breathe in the dark and ill-ventilated dwellings of the poor. The "infant death-rate among the non-Chinese inhabitants of this Colony does not exceed the rate in England, having been only 147 per 1,000, whereas among the Chinese population this rate was 745 per 1,000 in 1896, as compared however with 759 per 1,000 during 1895. (The rate was incorrectly given in my Report for that year at 680 per 1,000.)

Such a great difference between the infant mortality of the native and of the foreign popu lation can only be dependent, to a very large extent, upon remediable causes, and calls for prompt action on the part of those who are responsible for the sanitary welfare of the Colony.

The following is a table of the age periods at which the several deaths occurred.

Chinese, Non-Chinese,

Totals,

Percentages,

Under 1 month.

1-12 months.

1-5

years.

5-15 15-45

years. years.

45 years

Un-

and over. known.

584

545

544

448

1,942

1,507

112

598

571

561

464

2,054

1,573

10.2

9.8

9.6

7.9

35.0

26.8

0.7

*By "infant death-rate " is meant the number of deaths at ages under 1 year, per 1,000 births registered during the year.

DEATHS AMONG THE CHINESE COMMUNITY.

CHEST DISEASES.

The total number of deaths among the Chinese from respiratory diseases was 1,185; this represents a death-rate of 5.2 per 1,000.

These diseases appear to be more fatal among the boat population than among the land popula- tion, as the death-rate from this cause among the former alone amounts to 6.3 per 1,000.

More than 50 per cent of these deaths are attributed to Consumption, and the causes are doubt- less those which are invariably associated with a high death-rate from this cause, namely overcrowding, back to back houses, inefficient ventilation and poverty.

It is noteworthy that although the death-rate from diseases of the chest is higher among the boat population than among the land population, the proportion of cases of Consumption to other diseases of the chest is only 45 per cent in the former, as compared with 52 per cent in the latter.

NERVOUS DISEASES.

A very large number of deaths are recorded yearly from Convulsions and Trismus, in infants, although a marked improvement is noticeable in the returns for the past year; these deaths number 711 as compared with 1,107 during 1895, the total number of deaths from diseases of the nervous system having been 785. Further reference to this subject will be found under the heading of age distribution of deaths-(ante).

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MALARIAL DISEASES.

The total number of deaths from malarial diseases among the Chinese was 655, as compared with 757 deaths during the preceding year; this is equal to a death-rate of 3.3 per 1,000. The death-rate from this cause among the boat population alone was 3.1 per 1,000, whereas during the preceding year it was almost double as great as among the land population.

Beri-beri, which is classed with the Malarial diseases, is responsible for 139 of these deaths, as compared with 140 during the preceding year.

The number of deaths from Dysentery, which is closely allied to the Malarial fevers, also shows a corresponding decrease, having been only 77 during the past year as compared with 99 during 1895.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

The bye-laws made by the Board in November, 1895, for the compulsory notification by regis- tered medical practitioners of the more important zymotic diseases, have proved of immense value to this Department by enabling prompt investigation to be made into the circumstances attending the occurrence of every such case; many of the cases have thus been traced to direct importation from the mainland or from the coast ports while others have been traced to infection from previously known cases or to the insanitary condition of the premises.

The total number of cases notified during the year was 1,349 and comprised Bubonic Fever 1,204, Cholera 53, Small pox 37, Enteric Fever 37, Diphtheria 13, Puerperal Fever 4 and Typhus Fever 1; they were distributed throughout the year as follows:—

1st Quarter.

2nd Quarter.

3rd Quarter.

4th Quarter.

Rate per

Total.

1,000 of

population.

Bubonic Fever,

342

773

1,204

5.03

Cholera,

0.23

...

Small-pox,

0.15

Enteric Fever,

0:15

Diphtheria,

0.05

Puerperal Fever,

0.01

...

Typhus Fever,......

It will be seen from this table that 145 cases of infectious disease, exclusive of Bubonic Fever, were reported during the year, but no less than 76 of these cases, or more than 52 per cent, were imported into the Colony by the shipping, few however having been detected until after they had landed, and had come under the care of a resident practitioner. This Colony will always be liable to the importation of such cases of infectious disease, with the consequent danger of an extensive out- break of the disease, until a systematic medical inspection of all vessels entering the harbour has been instituted, and I am strongly of the opinion that the Colony should be protected from the occurrence of such accidents by the.very simple remedy of requiring every vessel of whatever nature entering the Port, to anchor, or make fast near a hulk or other vessel moored in the Harbour, upon which a Medical Officer is stationed.

Two Medical Officers would be required for this duty (at present one only is employed as Health Officer for the Port) and if each of them did six hours duty a day, every vessel entering the Port between the hours of 6 A.M. and 6 P.M. could be immediately visited, the passengers and crew inspected, and the vessel certified as free from infection, if such were the case; there would thus be no unreasonable detention of vessels or interference with the shipping of the Port, while the protection thus afforded to the Colony would be considerable. With a view to the utilization of the staff of the Sanitary Board in dealing promptly with any cases of infectious disease thus discovered, these officers might with great advantage be seconded to this Department, as Assistant Medical Officers of Health.

I may add that this is the system which is in vogue in the Port of London and many other of the larger ports at home and Her Majesty's Government was content to rely solely upon this systematic medical inspection for the protection of the mother country from virulent infectious disease, even when Cholera was raging so close to her own shores as Hamburg, in 1892 and 1893.

BUBONIC FEVER.

The Colony has unfortunately during the past year experienced another rather extensive outbreak of this disease; the epidemic commenced in the second week of the year, and in spite of every effort which was made to check its ravages, the number of cases gradually increased until the maximum was attained in the week ending May 30th when no less than 100 cases with 81 deaths were recorded; from that date the epidemic declined rapidly, but cases continued to occur until November 24th.

A considerable number of the cases occurring in this Colony were undoubtedly imported from the mainland but on the other hand it cannot be denied that the great bulk of the cases originated here,

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while it may moreover be fairly argued that the imported cases probably did not exceed in number the cases which left the Colony for the mainland after they had developed the disease. Strenuous efforts were made to prevent the removal of the sick from the Colony except under proper sanitary supervi- sion, but the facilities for secret removal are so great that it was found quite impossible to prevent it; this is a phase in the management of epidemics which is essentially Asiatic, for not only were the sick secretly removed in large numbers from the Colony but the dying and the dead were cast out into the streets or into the harbour or at best removed to an unoccupied dwelling or godown, and in this way the sanitary authority was deprived of all knowledge of the infected dwellings from which such cases had been removed, and I am of opinion that many of the cases that occurred during the epidemic contracted the infection by taking up their residence in a dwelling from which a case of Bubonic Fever had been surreptitiously removed.

It was mainly for this reason that the Sanitary Board was compelled to declare the districts of Victoria, Yaumati and Hunghom affected by "Plague," and to deal with every Chinese house as if it were infected with such disease; a large staff was accordingly employed to visit, cleanse, lime-wash and disinfect all Chinese dwellings, and although this proceeding met with some little opposition in certain quarters, yet the Chinese community cannot be said to have offered any serious objection thereto. I am convinced moreover that no other measure would have been equally effectual, and until the Chinese can be relied upon to promptly report every virulent infectious case which may occur in their dwellings, no other proceeding can be substituted with any hope of success.

The following recent authoritative statement by the medical authorities in Bombay is important in this connection: "Lime-washing is absolutely the best preventive of the spread of the Plague."

It may not be out of place to mention here that the expenditure incurred in the cleansing, lime-washing and disinfection of the Chinese houses throughout the Colony during the prevalence of the epidemic amounted to no less than $36,000, or exactly $30 per case for sanitary measures alone, whereas the average cost of disinfecting, cleansing and lime-washing an entire dwelling after each noti- fied case of infectious disease is $6, so that no less than four-fifths of the total expenditure incurred in dealing with this epidemic was rendered necessary by the deliberate evasion, by the Chinese, of the law requiring the immediate notification by the householder of cases of Small-pox, Cholera or Bubonic Fever to the Sanitary Authority.

One of the most gratifying features however in connection with the financial aspect of this recent epidemic has been its small influence upon the trade of the Colony, as compared with the disas- trous results of the epidemic of 1894. It will be seen from the accompanying figures which have been kindly supplied to me by the Harbour Master, that whereas in 1894 the tonnage of vessels entering and clearing this port fell to 100,452 tons below that of 1893, during the past year there has been an increase of no less than 2,166,831 tons upon the returns for 1893 and of 883,840 tons upon the returns for 1895 and although the mere total annual tonnage of arrivals and sailings may not afford the most accurate estimate of the actual trade done in the Colony, yet for the purposes of comparison it may surely be taken as a fair indication of the relative prosperity of successive years.

Arrivals and Sailings.

1893,

1894,

1895, 1896,

Tons.

14,349,122

14,248,675

15,632,113

..16,515,953

It is only fair to add however that another disturbing element existed in 1894, namely, the war between China and Japan and it is impossible to say whether this alone would have had a prejudicial effect upon our trade or the reverse, although the presumption, I take it, is strongly in favour of the latter; whatever therefore the causes may have been, whether in fact familiarity has bred contempt in the breast of the trader, whether the local interference on the part of the Sanitary Authority, with the convenience of the commercial world has been less drastic, or what not, the fact is incontestable that the steady growth of our trade has suffered no sensible check by the somewhat extensive epidemic of 1896.

While however this may fairly be regarded as a subject for congratulation it must not be used as an argument for staying those reforms in regard to the sanitary condition of the Colony which are unquestionably most urgently needed. Although much has been written and still more said, since my Report for 1895 was submitted, I have hitherto seen no reason to abate one word of the opinions contained therein, in regard to the dissemination of Bubonic Fever. I still hold that this disease is not spread by inoculation through wounds (except in rare cases) but is contracted rather by breathing a foul atmosphere containing the materies morbi of the disease (the Plague bacillus of Kitasato) which is given off in practically all the secretions and excretions of the patient. This bacillus will retain its vitality in a damp and filth-laden soil, or upon the damp and dirty walls and floors of the dark and ill-ventilated premises in which many of the Chinese of this Colony still live, and under favourable climatic or other circumstances will convey the disease to man, and the only measures that will prevent a recurrence of these epidemics, now that the disease has gained a footing in our midst, are the admission of light and air to the dwellings, the prevention of overcrowding, and the strict enforcement of cleanliness, both domestic and municipal.

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One of the most characteristic features of outbreaks of Bubonic Fever is that the disease almost invariably tends to run its course in some six or seven months, and then to disappear, only to reappear again however, if the infective material has not in the meantime been destroyed, and if the climate happens to be favourable, and this feature of the disease was frequently used, during the past year, as an argument against the necessity for the action taken by the Sanitary Board in cleansing and disinfecting Chinese premises. It was pointed out, and with great truth, that the disease ran à precisely similar course in the city of Canton to that experienced in Hongkong, and yet no action was taken in Canton to stay the epidemic, while in this Colony, no less than $42,000 was spent in combating its ravages, but it must be borne in mind that there are other features of an endemic to be regarded besides its duration, and the most important of these are its extent and the proba- bility of its recurrence. The action taken by the Sanitary Authority of this Colony was founded upon such knowledge as is already possessed by the scientific world of the nature of the disease. This knowledge comprises the facts that the disease is produced by a living germ or bacillus (the bacillus of Kitasato) which is capable of rapid growth and multiplication in damp and dirty situations, and that if this organism gains access to the human body or to the bodies of certain of the lower animals, it develops at an enormous rate in the blood of the victim and produces a specific febrile disease of high mortality, while from the body of the victim, great numbers of these germs or bacilli are thrown off again in the discharges and excretions of the bowel, lungs and other organs. It will thus be seen that every case of the disease is capable of acting as a centre for the production of other cases and also for the contamination of the soil and building in its immediate neighbourhood, and although we may not be able to curtail the duration of the epidemic to any great extent, owing to the impossibility of discovering and destroying all these fateful organisms, yet if our scientific knowledge is of any value at all, it behoves us to do all in our power to eradicate, as fast as they are discovered, these foci of infection, and thus at least to mitigate its extent.

These bacilli, moreover, do not unhappily cease to exist at the termination of an endemic, but remain quiescent in the soil and in other situations, until the next season shall come round, which is favourable to their growth, just as the seeds of plants may remain dormant for an indefinite period and yet retain their vitality and power of germination, and thus upon the thoroughness of our crusa le against these germs will largely depend the probability and the extent of a recurrence of the disease.

The total number of cases of Bubonic Fever notified during the year was 1,204, while the number of deaths registered was 1,078; this is equal to a case mortality of 89.5 per cent. The rate of mortality was however not constant throughout the epidemic, for among the 342 cases which occurred during the first quarter of the year it was 82.4 per cent, while among the 727 occurring in the second quarter it rose to 94 per cent, and fell again to 77.5 per cent of the 89 cases occurring in the third and fourth quarters.

The following table shows the distribution of the Chinese cases throughout the Colony, and their ratio to the populations of the various districts :-

District.

Per-

Total Total centage Cases. Deaths. Mortal-

No. of cases among Chinese.

Estimated Population Chinese only.

Rate per 1,000 of populations.

ity.

City of Victoria No. 1,

7,250

6.6

38 79.3

No. 2,

178

20,440

9.3

191

164

85.9

No. 3,

2,610

9.9

69.2

No. 4,

147

24,390

6.0

155

142

91.6

No. 5,

115

41,330

2.8

116

113

97.4

No. 6,

30,200

2.7

76 90.5

No. 7,

134

20,560

6.5

135

125 92.6

No. 8,

7,620

2.8

86.9

Kowloon,

181

32,200

5.6

189

160

84.6

Victoria Peak,

1,600

6.2

10 100.0

Shaukiwan,

11,300

2.8

84.4

Aberdeen,.

8,060

1.4

100.0

Stanley,

1,610

1.2

100.0

Boats,

121

17,540

6.9

121

119

98.3

Quarantine Station,

83.3

Merchant Steamers,

97.1

H. M. Navy,..

100.0

No address,

12 66.6

Totals,...

1,157

226,710

5.1

1,204 1,078 89.5

The cases which were reported from No. 3 Health District were mostly office coolies or coolies employed by European householders, and the presumption is strongly in favour of their having

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contracted the infection in brothels or lodging-houses in other parts of the city. The cases which occurred at the Peak were, similarly, domestic servants in the employ of Europeans or building contractors' coolies, and the source of infection in these cases also may be attributed to like places of It will be seen from the above table that while the proportion of cases per 1,000 of popula- tion happens to have been lowest in the most densely populated districts of the city, the case mortality was largely influenced by this condition, the cases from district No. 5 showing a very high rate of mortality and those from No. 1 district a comparatively low rate, thus illustrating the marked influ ence of sanitary conditions upon the virulence of the disease.

In Appendix A will be found the addresses, arranged alphabetically, of all the cases of Bubonic Fever reported as occurring in the City of Victoria during the year, and from this table it will be seen that the disease showed a marked tendency to confine itself to certain fairly well defined streets and areas. In 25 houses only did the disease re-appear after an interval of ten days had elapsed from the date of recognition of the first case, but it will be observed that the disease showed a remarkable tendency to pass from house to house along a street, and the explanation of this is, I believe, that the occupants of an infected house, who, as I have already stated, usually disappeared upon the occurrence of a case of the disease, did not migrate further than the adjoining house, and thus carried the infection with them along the street. The following table gives the number of houses infected in each district and the proportion of these in which "repeat cases occurred after a longer interval than ten days; the shortest jaterval over that period was 14 days and the longest 166 days while the average interval was just over 60 days.

The exceptionally large number of "repeat" cases, which occurred in No. 2 Health District, affords a remarkable justification, from the sanitary point of view, of the action taken by the Sanitary Board, in demolishing cubicles and cocklofts with a view to the admission of light and air to the dwellings. The Eastern District of the city was declared affected by the epidemic on April 2nd, 1896, and during that month a general cleansing of the houses was carried out, but owing to some mis- interpretation of my instructions, no demolition of cocklofts or cubicles occurred. The disease con- tinued unabated in the district, and I accordingly issued instructions during the first week of May, that the whole district should be again cleansed, and that all dirty woodwork and obstructions to windows must be removed; as a result of this second and more thorough cleansing, disinfection and aeration of the dwellings, no "repeat" case occurred in any house infected later than May 5th, although the disease lingered on in the district until September.

In July the Sanitary Board was condemned, in the Court of Summary Jurisdiction, to pay com- pensation to the owners of some of the dirty cubicles and cocklofts, in this very district, for trespass and for the loss sustained, not, be it noted, by the demolition but by the removal from the premises of the débris of these obstructions to light and air, and while willingly admitting that such was a just interpretation of the law of this Colony, I cannot but think that, to the ordinary man, the action taken by the Board, under my advice, must now appear to have been not merely justifiable, but imperatively necessary in the interests of human life.

No. of houses in which

District.

No. of houses infected.

repeat" cases occurred.

Percentage of houses in which "repeat" cases

occurred.

1,.....

2.3

2,.....

155

7.1

3,...

4.5

4....

142

1.4

5,..

107

1.9

6,.

3.9

7....

122

3.3

8,...

4.8

689

3.6

DURATION OF INTERVAL.

Less than 1 month. I and under 2 months. 2 and under 3 months. 3 and under 4 months. Over 4 months.

One valuable lesson which was learnt during the epidemic of 1894 was the paramount importance of rendering the ground surfaces of all domestic dwellings and of all yards, areas and other adjuncts thereto impervious, thus preventing the access of ground air and of damp to the dwellings, and

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preventing also the pollution of the soil. The provisions of section 4 of Ordinance 15 of 1894 have been steadily enforced throughout the year, with the result that the ground surfaces of no less than 1,885 dwellings have during that time been laid with six inches of concrete, under the personal super- vision of the Inspectors of Nuisances.

There yet remains, however, another important means of preventing the dissemination of infections disease, which has not been applied in this Colony, and that is, the compulsory disinfection, at regular intervals, of all clothing held by pawnbrokers, and second-hand dealers. It is a common custom among the coolie class of Chinese to pawn their winter clothing at the termination of the winter season, at the same time redeeming any summer clothing they may have previously pawned, and as it is a well-established fact that personal clothing and bedding will retain the infection of Small-pox, Bubonic Fever and other virulent infectious disease for an indefinite period, the systematic disinfection of all such articles by steam would, I think, prove a valuable preventive measure.

The steps adopted by the Sanitary Board with a view to preventing the spread of the disease were, as I have already suggested, the cleansing and lime-washing of practically every Chinese dwelling in the Colony; in addition to this general cleansing, special precautions were taken to effectually disinfect every dwelling in which a case of Bubonic Fever was discovered, and as it was found useless to rely upon the Chinese to report such cases, gangs of Police and Soldiers were employed to make house to house visits in the poorest quarters of the city and to seek for the sick and dying in their own homes.

Shelters were provided for the temporary accommodation of all those who were displaced from their houses during the processes of disinfection, and, until the epidemic became too extensive, the Board detained and isolated all those who had been exposed to infection, for a period of ten days, in junks hired and fitted for this purpose.

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A daily disinfection of the contents of the buckets in all the public latrines in the Colony, by means of chloride of lime, was also carried out, under the personal superintendence of the Inspectors of Nuisances.

Of the 1,204 cases, 804 were males and 390 were females, while in ten cases the sex was unrecorded; this gives a percentage of 67.4 males and 32.6 females, while the percentages of popula tion are 70.7 males to 29.3 females, so that women would appear to suffer from the disease to a greater extent than men.

The number of children (under 10 years of age) who contracted the disease was 194, while of the remainder 974 were adults, and in 36 cases the ages were unrecorded; this shows that 17.5 per cent of the cases occurred among children under 10 years of age while the proportion of such children to adults in the Colony certainly does not amount to 10 per cent.

Hence it would appear that children are more liable to contract the disease than adults, and women are more susceptible than men.

It is a most regrettable circumstance that the disease shewed a far greater tendency to spread among Europeans, during this outbreak, than it did during the greater epidemic of 1894, and no less than 16 Europeans were attacked, 13 being British, 2 Italians and 1 Austrian; of these, 8 suc- cumbed, namely, the 2 Italians and 6 Britishers.

The following is a brief account of these European cases; the first to occur was that of a child, aged 4 years, living with her parents in the Chinese portion of the city, and in a district in which the disease was raging at the time; the child did not attend school, but was accustomed to play about in the streets during the day-time and most probably acquired the infection from some Chinese children; the next case occurred in a sister of the above, aged 11 years, and was probably acquired in a similar manner; this latter patient recovered, while the former succumbed to the disease. At about the same time a Master Mariner who was superintending the construction of a steam-launch and was accordingly in the habit of crossing. from Victoria to Hunghom several times daily in Chinese launches crowded with dirty coolies, developed the disease and died. Some few weeks later an Austrian contracted the disease but recovered, and at about the same time, one of the Sisters in the Italian Convent was infected by a Chinese patient and died, while another Sister who was in attendance upon her also became infected and died.

At this time also a child, aged 3 years, residing in an hotel in the centre of the town contracted the disease and died, the infection having been apparently conveyed by a child of the Chinese Amah who had recently arrived from Canton.

During the months of May and June three British soldiers developed Bubonic Fever and two of them died; neither of these men was employed in sanitary work at the time, and it is most probable that they contracted the disease in some Chinese house of entertainment.

At about this time also two children of two of the Police Inspectors developed the disease, contracting it probably from some Chinese woman or child, and both recovered; the caretaker at the Happy Valley Recreation Ground took the disease and recovered, the only source of infection that could be suggested in this case being the water of the neighbouring nullah which the man was accustomed to drink; and an assistant in a mercantile house, who had recently arrived from England, also developed the disease and recovered.

This last patient, previous to his illness, was superintending the removal and renewal of the old floor of a room in which Chinese cases of Bubonic Fever had occurred in 1894, and I am of the opinion

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that the disturbance of this floor was the most probable source of infection in this case. One of the Inspectors of Nuisances contracted the disease during the month of June and died therefrom, while in July the Sister in charge of the Plague Hospital at Kennedy Town also became infected, but happily recovered.

In addition to these 16 European cases, there were 28 cases among Indians and 3 among Eura- sians, making a total of 47 cases among the non-Chinese community; 31 of these cases died, giving a case mortality of 66 per cent. The case mortality among the European cases alone was 50 per cent. Of the cases which occurred among the Chinese community, one was a foreman scavenger who had been employed by the Sanitary Board for a number of years, and who had passed through the epidemic of 1894 unscathed, only to succumb in 1896; another was Interpreter to one of the Inspectors of Nuisances, and he also died, while several of the coolies employed in the cleansing of premises and the removal of the sick and dead were also known to have died of the disease.

In view of the existing prevalence of Bubonic Fever in Bombay and Karachi, it may not be out of place to mention that this disease almost invariably travels overland, and that there is very little risk of its introduction by shipping, provided that the importation of rags, bedding and soiled linen is controlled, and that a striet medical inspection of passengers and crew, before they are permitted to land, is enforced. It has been suggested that the rats which swarm in vessels carrying grain may be responsible for the conveyance of the disease from port to port, both in their own bodies and by contamination of the grain, but I am not inclined to attach very much importance to this theory, and the consensus of opinion among the medical authorities in Bombay appears to be entirely against the theory that the disease was introduced into that port from Hongkong by shipping.

CHOLERA.

Three cases of Cholera were reported during the third quarter of the year; one of these was an imported case from Singapore, the patient being a Chinaman, while the remaining two were European cases of Sporadie Cholera contracted in the Colony, one of which occurred in the Barracks and the other at the Sailors' Home, this latter being a Norwegian sailor, and mutch addicted to drink.

During the fourth quarter, fifty cases of Cholera were brought into the Colony from Singapore by the S.S. Cheang Hok Kean, the victims being Chinese deck passengers; the cause of the outbreak appears to have been a cask of contaminated water supplied for drinking purposes.

At that time Singapore was suffering from an extensive outbreak of this disease. Thirty-six of these fifty cases died, giving a case mortality of 72 per cent., which is considerably higher than the average mortality, which ranges usually somewhere in the neighbourhood of 50 per cent. The poor physique however of these deck passengers and the effects of exposure during an exceptionally rough passage are quite sufficient to account for this unusually high mortality.

Cholera is a disease from which the Colony may now reasonably hope to remain exceptionally free, for it is universally recognized at the present day that this disease can, under ordinary circum- stances, be communicated only by the ingestion of contaminated water or food, and provided, therefore, the public avoid all drinking water of doubtful origin and all uncooked vegetables which may have been irrigated or washed with containinated water, there is little chance of the disease becoming endemic in the Colony.

To ensure this immunity however it is essential that there should be an abundant supply of pure drinking water available at all times from the public service, and that all wells which are liable to contamination should be closed. During the past year the Sanitary Board have ordered the closure of 13 wells, the waters of which were proved to be contaminated, while the waters of 21 others were reported upon by the Government Analyst as fit for potable purposes; these latter are periodical- ly examined by the Inspectors of Nuisances and will be again analysed should occasion arise.

SMALL-POX.

During the first quarter of the year three cases of Small-pox occurred in the Colony, one of them being a Chinaman and the remaining two being Japanese. During the second quarter nine cases were reported, 5 of whom were Europeans, but all these latter were imported cases, two from Manila, one from Newchwang and two from the Coast Ports; the three remaining cases were Chinese, and one of them was imported from the Coast Ports the other two having in some way contracted the infection in the Colony. No cases were reported during the third quarter of the year, but early in October some further cases were brought down from the North, which resulted in a small outbreak of the disease at the latter end of the year. Twelve cases occurred amongst Europeans, five of which were imported (4 from Japan and 1-from Bangkok); one imported case occurred in a Japanese and four imported cases among Chinese; while one Indian and seven Chinese together with the seven European cases mentioned above contracted the disease in the Colony, these making a total of 25 cases for the fourth quarter of the year.

ENTERIC FEVER.

During the first quarter of the year eight cases of Enteric Fever occurred among Europeans; three of these were imported from neighbouring ports, and two occurred in the Military Barracks in Victoria; one case occurred in a Chinaman, cmployed as a chair coolie by the Board's. Surveyor, and one case occurred in a Japanesc.

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During the second quarter two cases occurred in Europeans, one of which was imported and the other was regarded by the medical attendant as a doubtful case; five cases occurred among Chinese, while one Indian constable also contracted the disease.

During the third quarter three British privates developed the disease in Barracks in Victoria and there were also two Chinese cases which were imported; while during the fourth quarter twelve cases occurred among Europeans, one of which was an imported case, and three were privates who developed the disease in Barracks; one Chinese case also occurred this quarter and one was a Portuguese.

It will thus be seen that out of a total of 37 cases reported during the year, 25 were Europeans, and of these, 5 brought the infection into the Colony with them, while 8 occurred in Barracks, leaving 12 cases distributed among the European civil community.

It is extremely difficult to say in what manner the infection was contracted in these cases; the usual sources of infection are contaminated water, milk or food supplies and emanations from defective drains.

In none of the above cases could any very definite proof be obtained, of the specific contamination either of drinking water or of milk, although it was found that two cases which occurred at about the same time, had obtained milk from the same source, and I am inclined to think that the ingestion either of raw oysters or of salads may have been the cause of some at least of these cases, since large quantities of nigh-tsoil are used by the Chinese market gardeners to irrigate the ground in which these salad vegetables are grown.

Steps have however been recently taken to ensure the proper provision of an adequate supply of pure water to all Dairies, and they are under the constant supervision of the Inspectors of Nuisances, while attention has also been paid to the quality of the water in the few wells which yet remain open. I append a return of the number of deaths from Enteric Fever which have been registered annually during the past twenty years, and from this it will be seen that during the past eleven years there appears to have been a most remarkable reduction in the number of deaths from this cause among the Chinese community, and one is almost inclined to attribute this in part, if not entirely, to an alteration in the nomenclature adopted by the Registrar General's Department, and not to any genuine reduction in the number of cases of this zymotic disease. The number of non-Chinese cases shows no such wide variations and this is doubtless due to the fact that each of these deaths has been certified by a registered medical practitioner.

CHINESE.

NON-CHINESE. TOTAL.

CHINESE.

NON-CHINESE. TOTAL.

1877

145

150

1887

1878

1888

1879

116

119

1889

1880

309

310

1890

1881

438

440

1891

752 O

1882

679

689

1892

...

1883

262

263

1893

...

1884

132

139

1894

1885

105

112

1895

1886

1896

DIPHTHERIA.

Thirteen cases of Diphtheria were reported during the year, eleven of them being Europeans, one a Eurasian and one Chinese; one European case only was imported. In two instances only could direct infection from a previous case be traced, although certain of the cases were grouped within small areas;

thus three cases occurred within an interval of three weeks in No 7, Health District during the earlier part of the month of December.

Two cases occurred in the Basel-Mission, one in the Italian Convent and one in the Military Hos- pital, while two cases occurred in Kowloon and a third contracted the infection there.

In several of the cases a defective condition of the house drains was discovered, and it is also interesting to note that some of them occurred in establishments or buildings in which cases have occurred in former years.

PUERPERAL FEVER.

Four cases of Puerperal Fever were reported during the year, three of whom were Chinese patients and the fourth an Indian. The deaths registered from this disease during the year were however 8, of which 7 were among Chinese; this compares favourably with the return for the pre- vious year, when 12 deaths occurred among the Chinese. It is gratifying to note that no cases of this disease occurred among Europeans during the year.

TYPHUS FEVER.

One case of Typhus Fever was reported early in the year, the patient being the Chief Officer of a coasting steamer; he was brought into the Colony from Canton, where he had contracted the disease, which speedily proved fatal.

TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.

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Considerable improvements in the sanitary condition of this Hospital have been made during the past year, at the instance of the Sanitary Board; a certain number of isolation wards, known as the Ko Fong wards which came within the legal definition of basements were vacated, and some of these have already been demolished to make room for more habitable wards; bath-rooms have been provided for one of the large blocks; the old and leaky drains have been replaced by new pipe drains, and a large quantity of condemned stores and useless rubbish, which was stored on the veran- dahs surrounding the wards, has been removed, while the practice of permitting destitutes to sleep in these verandahs has also ceased, in consequence of representations made by the Board.

The overcrowding of the wards and the most objectionable practice of keeping commodes, which had been used, in the wards for 24 hours or longer, have now been to some extent remedied, but the bedding supplied to the patients still leaves much to be desired in the direction of cleanliness, while the ignorance of the Chinese doctors in reference to the diagnosis of cases of infectious disease is a matter which requires early attention, for quite recently several cases of Small-pox have been allowed to attend the out-patient departinent while the eruption was well marked, one man being told that he was suffering from Scabies, and another that the rash was "the result of drinking too much wine.

The only remedy appears to be that every patient who applies for treatment at this Hospital whether as an indoor or an outdoor case should be first seen by someone who is competent to diagnose the infectious fevers.

OFFENSIVE TRADES.

The bye-laws which have been made by the Sanitary Board for the regulation of these trades prohibit their further establishment in premises which are not approved by the Board, and require that all such premises shall be substantially built and the ground surfaces adequately paved; that the walls shall be rendered impervious to a height of not less than seven feet from the floor; that no person other than a caretaker shall sleep at night upon the premises, and that the best practicable means be adopted to render innocuous all vapours emitted during the necessary trade processes. The principal offensive trades carried on in this Colony are those of fat-boiling, bone-boiling and. soap-boiling and many of the manufacturers have, since the passing of the above bye-laws, migrated from the more central parts of the city to West Point, where premises have been fitted up for them in accordance with the provisions of the law, by certain owners of property in that neigh- bourhood. The advantages of this migration, from a sanitary point of view, are considerable, for the existence of offensive trades in the midst of the most densely populated districts cannot fail to still further deteriorate the general health of the inhabitants, and I would strongly recommend the Board, not, under any circumstances, to permit the establishment of any new factories for these purposes in the central districts of the city.

COMMON LODGING-HOUSES.

The bye-laws for the regulation of Common Lodging-houses have been steadily enforced through- out the year, and there are now some 840 registered lodging-houses in the Colony, which are licensed to accommodate 14,685 men as compared with 457 houses licensed to accommodate 7,423 men, at the end of last year. Having regard however to the fact that there are about 160,000 male Chinese in. the Colony and only some 66,000 Chinese women and also that polygamy is a national custom, it is apparent that there must yet be many tenement dwellings occupied as unregistered lodging-houses by the 100,000 or more single men, who are unaccounted for in the above return.

OVERCROWDING.

By section 13 (ii) of Ordinance 15 of 1894, the Sanitary Board are empowered, with a view to the prevention of overcrowding, to mark upon the exterior or interior of domestic dwellings the number of persons who may legally occupy the same or any part thereof, while by section 9 of the same Ordinance it is enacted that every inhabitant of a domestic building must be allowed not less than 30 square feet of habitable floor space or superficial area and 400 cubic feet of clear and un- obstructed internal air space. It would perhaps be unreasonable to expect the Chinese tenants of tenement dwellings to be fully conversant with these requirements, and the Board have therefore, during the past year, adopted the suggestion contained in the first section quoted above, and have caused to be painted upon the inner surface of one of the walls of each room of certain tenement houses a notice in English and Chinese as follows:

TO ACCOMMODATE

PERSONS

名

人住

The same plan has been adopted in all registered Common Lodging-houses, for it was found that the boards, which were previously supplied to these lodging-houses, were carried from house to house

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when the tenants removed, and thus gave rise to endless trouble and confusion. No less than 2,054 separate dwellings, (i. e., floors of tenement houses) have during the year been carefully measured, and the available accommodation of each calculated, and then painted upon the wall, and it is hoped that by the end of the present year, the great majority of the tenement houses will have been so dealt with; the tenants of these dwellings will then have no excuse for overcrowding, and the provisions of the law can if necessary be enforced for its prevention.

BYE-LAWS AND REGULATIONS.

During the past year the Board has revised and remodelled the bye-laws which were made in March 1895 under section 13 of Ordinance 15 of 1894, and have amended one of the bye-laws relating to the importation of cattle.

Bye-laws have also been made by the Board and approved by the Legislative Council for the regulation of offensive trades, and for the periodical cleansing and lime-washing of tenement dwellings while other bye-laws have been made for the regulation and sanitary maintenance of Opium Divans, Matshed-dwellings and Bakehouses.

INTERMENTS.

The following number of interments of Chinese have been recorded during the year :-

Chinese cemeteries of city,

Plague Cemetery,

Roman Catholic,

Shaukiwan,

Aberdeen,

Stanley,

Shek-0, Kowloon,

2,338

1,078

1,211

238

•

161

328

5,421

The total number of deaths among Chinese during the year was 5,601, so that 180 bodies have been removed from the Colony for interment upon the mainland.

Seventy-six permits for the disinterment of human remains, in accordance with the usual Chinese custom, were issued during the year, but in no case is a permit issued until at least sever years have elapsed from the date of death, and the disinterment of bodies that have died from any of the infectious diseases is, under no circumstances, permitted.

PROSECUTIONS.

The following is a return of the prosecutions that were instituted during the year by myself and the Inspectors of Nuisances acting under my instructions :---

Summonses. Convictions.

Penalties.

Remarks.

Occupation of basements,

Cocklofts and cubicles,.

168

164

375.00 2,121.25

Unlicensed Common Lodging-houses, . . .

1,374.00

Overcrowding in Common Lodging-houses,

550,00

I absconded.

Obstruction of backyards,

394.00

2 cases withdrawn. 2 defend-

ants absconded.

9 absconded, 1 withdrawn, 10

(opium divans) dismissed.

1 absconded, 2 not proven.

Obstruction of streets,

10.00

Causing nuisances :-

On private premises,.

In bakery,

In pigsties,

In public latrines

495.00

3 absconded.

20.00

10.00

In Common lodging-houses,

374.00

79.00

In public streets,

25.00

In Crown land,

6.00

In harbour,

5.00

Notification of infectious disease,

Keeping swine without a licence,

Theft from rubbish depôt,

Sleeping in common kitchen,

140.00

155.25

14 dys. hard lab.

116.00

1 security recommended to be

estreated (C. L. H.)

7 withdrawn; bye-laws com-

plied with.

Arrest.

1 absconded.

Sleeping in public laundry,

15.00

Adulteration of milk,

100.00

Selling vegetables within proscribed limits,.

16.00

Failure to close wells.

50.00

Using public latrine as domestic dwelling,.

5.00

TOTAL,

630

589

6,435.50

367

DISINFECTING STATION.

The following is a return of the number of articles which have been passed through the steam disinfecting apparatus during the year:

Articles removed from private houses,

Government Civil Hospital,.

Victoria Gaol,

Tung Wah Hospital,

Military Barracks,

زر

Naval Yard,.

31,806

3,403

2,521

722

739

39,238

Inspector GRIMBLE, of No. 3, Health District, who has been in charge of the Machinery, and has performed these duties in a satisfactory manner, reports that the boiler and fittings are in good order but the building, which is a wooden structure, is in a very dilapidated condition, owing to the depre- dations of white ants. I understand, however, that a permanent brick building is to be shortly erected at Kennedy Town for the accommodation of this plant.

STAFF.

Mention has already been made of the regrettable death from Bubonic Fever of one of the Inspectors of Nuisances (Inspector GALBRAITH MOFFATT) during the year, and also of the deaths from the same cause of two other Government servants belonging to this Department. Inspector MOFFATT'S vacaney was filled by the appointment of Inspector FREDERICK FISHER, who has performed his duties in a satisfactory manner.

During the prevalence of the epidemic the Inspectors and other members of the staff proved, by the energetic and conscientious manner in which they carried out the heavy duties that were then thrown upon them, and which were not by any means devoid of danger, that they are to be relied upon in an emergency, and I consider that all praise is due to them for the good work which they did during that trying period.

I am glad to say that there. has been very little sickness among the staff during the year, in spite of the climate, and the still more trying nature of the work in which they are engaged.

It will be seen from the table given on page 4 of the populations of the several health districts of the City of Victoria, how impossible it is for the present staff of Inspectors of Nuisances to exercise any very close supervision over the homes and habits of the Chinese, and in August last, I urged upon the Sanitary Board the necessity for obtaining at least two additional Inspectors of Nuisances for the city, so that these health districts might be somewhat reduced in size; the recommendation was adopted by the Board and subsequently received the sanction of the Government and of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and it is hoped that these additional men will arrive early in 1897.

The following is a list of the Inspectors, of Nuisances at present in the employ of the Board :—

No. 1 Health District,......Mr. L. BRETT.

Senior Inspector.

Mr. J. R. GERMAIN.

No. 7 Health District,................Mr. F. FISHER.

- ON ∞ -H LO

......

J. T. COTTON.

J. J. CLERIHEW.

J. R. GRIMBLE.

D. MCALLISTER.

GEO. BURNETT.

;;

......

•

JOHN RENNIE.

JOHN REIDIE.

}}

THOS. HORE.

}}

No. 13 Health District Mr. PETER MCNAB.

DANIEL HALL.

JOHN HANNAH.

I append a sketch plan of the present and also one of the proposed Health Districts of the city of Victoria, mortality tables and a series of diagrams which have been prepared by Mr. HUGH McCallum in continuation of the former series, and a copy of the Registrar General's return of deaths for the year 1896,

and have the honour to be, Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

FRANCIS W. CLARK.

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House No. of No. Cases.

Appendix A.

Addresses of all the cases of Bubonic Fever which were reported as occurring in the City of Victoria during the

Street.

House No. of No. Cases.

Street.

year 1896.

House No. of · No. Cases.

No. 1 Health District.

Fletcher Street,...

Bowrington Canal,

Coffee Plantation,

Ewo Street,

Hillside,

Jardine's Bazaar,

* 62

803#382888

Garden Road,

Hau Fung Lane,

28788:0

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Hillside,

Tsu Lung Lane, Ui Hing Lane,

Kennedy Road,.

Kennedy Street,

King Sing Street,

دو

وو

Lung On Street,

Nullah Lane,..

Murray Barracks,.

....

Wanchai Road,.

Lamont's Lane,

Leighton Hill Road,

Morrison Hill Road,

Matshed Wanchai,

Tai Wong Street,

23 * 31 * 35

Tai Wo Street, Tik Lung Lane,

* 31

1 1

Praya East,

Race Course,

Spring Garden's Lane,

Wanchai Road,

115

- 69

Wild Dell Buildings,

Wong Nei Chong,

Wong Nei Chong Road,

No. 2 Health District.

: 8: Eggt85ow:: 5:

Wellington Barracks,

Wing Fung Street,

Wing Fung Lane West,

~::~***&&EENRE :387238 : ::22:00

191

VA-O2 - m

Nullah Lane, (Temple),

Praya East,

No. 3 Health District.

Castle Road,

Queen's Road East,

Caine Road,

Cathedral Compound,

Glenealy,

114

Hongkong & S'hai Bank, *

116

Hongkong Hotel,

126

Italian Convent,

Kai Un Lane,

Lower Albert Road,

وو

}}

Mosque Terrace,

121

Mosque Street,..

Amoy Lane,

-2

}}

Albany Street,

وو

Commissariat Lane, Convent, French, Cross Street,

Fletcher Street,

• 10

195

Q18Q2 Q2 – Q2 Q2 pod panel prend QHQ-A

POUDFORDRERA : : :**OZORROZCHNO

143

Matsheds, ....

151

Queen's Road Central,

"".

153

157

159

161

229

Seymour Terrace,

-237

Upper Albert Road,

259

West Terrace,

Rock Lane,

Ship Street,

26.

No. 4 Health District.

Chinese Street,

•

Central Police Station,

•

Cheuk On Lane,

Shek Kai Lane,

Swatow Lane,

Chuk Hing Lane,.

Cochrane Street,

"}}

D'Aguilar Street,

}}

Tai Wong Street,

Ezra Lane,

* Houses in which "repeat" cases occurred after a greater interval than ten days.

Appendix A.-Continued.

369

Street.

House No. of No. Cases.

Street.

House No. of No. Cases.

Street.

No.

House No. of

Cases.

Ezra Lane,

Tung Wah Lane,

Wellington Street,

Elgin Street,

Gage Street,

NOT p

Gough Street, Hollywood Road,

110

وو.

57 TotsaiC'pel.

117

121

131

147

Gilman Street,

157

Jervois Street,

Graham Street,

80 94

Kwai Wa Lane,

Kau U Fong,

Kwong Yuen Street, East,

Gutzlaff Street,

Hing Lung Street, Hollywood Road,

* 67

Lower Lascar Row,

103

19A

Victoria Gaol,

19B

Wai Tak Lane,

Mee Lun Lane,.

Jubilee Street,

Wai Sau Lane,

Li Yuen Street, East,

Wing On Lane,

Man Hing Lane,

Li Yuen Street, West,

Lok Hing Lane,

Lyndhurst Terrace,

Old Bailey Street, Pottinger Street,

Man Wa Lane,

Mercer Street,

Wo On Lane,

On Wo Lane,

Praya Central,

114

Pak Tsz Lane,.

...

Wyndham Street,

Peel Street,

Yau Shau Lane,

Peel Street,

No. 5 Health District.

155

Queen's Road Central,

294

Praya Central,

Alice Memorial Hospital,

Alveston Terrace,.

Aberdeen Street,

314

Queen's Road Central,

Shelley Street,

* 17

Stanley Street,

多多

Bridges Street,

Circular Pathway,

وو

Un Woo Lane,

Wai Yau Lane,.

་་

Wellington Street,

186

Caine Road,

117

Cleverley Street,

Wing Kat Lane,

Staunton Street,

East Street,

Wing Lok Street,

•

Wing Wo Street,

Synagogue

Yee On "Lane,

Tit Hong Lane,

Elgin Street,

Tung Man Lane,

No. 6 Health District.

116

Gage Street,

Georges Lane,

Berlin F'ling Mission,.

Gilman's Bazaar,

Bonham Strand,

147

East Street,

Gough Street,

Tung Tak Lane,

FREE :28:22837 : :-*oog-age--8%

159

Sam Kai Lane,

Square Street,

Shin Hing Lane,

ANOO

Sing Wong Street, Staunton Street,

Tank Lane, Taipingshan,

Tung Shing Lane, Upper Lascar Row,

:: : : : : : :

* Houses in which "repeat" cases occurred after a greater interval than ten days.

370

Appendix A.-Continued.

Street.

House No. of No. Cases.

Street.

No.

House No. of

Cases.

Street.

House No. of No. Cases.

East Street,

First Street,

Eastern Street,

Sam To Lane,

Sheung Fang Lane,.

Heung Lane,

104

Hollywood Road,

186

112

Sai Yune Lane,

224

246

Hospital Road,

107

وو

Lower Lascar Row,

Lower Rutter Street,.

115 117

Shing Hing Lane,

*121

Third Street,

127

་་

"1"

Morrison Street,

•

Fuk Sau Lane,

New Street,

High Street,

124

128

132

}}

Po Yan Street,

138

11.

Pó Léung Kuk,

Pound Lane,

Praya West,

113

Queen Street,

Ki Ling Lane,

•

Queen's Road West,

106

Leung I Fong,

110

Lunatic Asylum,

202

On Wai Lane,

103

Praya West,

176

105

* 79

184

121

*203.

188

دو

209

198

U Lok Lane,.

227

Pokfulam Road,

Sai Wo Lane,

Taipingshan,

Ui On Lane,

Taipingshan Street,

Tsung San Street, East,.

Tsung San Street, West,.

Upper Rutter Street,

Queen's Road West,.

250

266

302

Western Street,..

328

***

330

No. 8 Health District.

135

353

7 P. Station.

366

Bonham Road,

Fairlea.

394

305

Hill Road,

317

I' Yik Lane,

337

365

Upper Station Street,

West Street,

Wing Lok Street,

Wo Fung Street,

387

Kennedy Town Hospital,

Kennedy Town Matshed,

Second Street,

Queen's Road West,.

498

574

•NON::800

Sheep & Swine Depôts,

Tung Wo Lane West,

No. 7 Health District.

}}

•

8179

Basil Mission,..

Centre Street,

Eastern Street, First Street,

•

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1 CO ZOZO I CO

Third Street,

169

117

Third Lane,

121

Whitty Street,

: 88:

*129

...

* Houses in which "repeat" cases occurred after a greater interval than ten days.

Appendix B.

MORTALITY STATISTICS,

For the Year ended 31st December, 1896.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY,

The whole Colony, Death Rate, Civil Population,...........

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

371

29.5 per 1,000 per annum.

Victoria Registration District, Death Rate,-Land Population,

26.1

per 1,000 per annum.

Boat

13.1

Kaulung

Land

16.2

Boat

44.7

}}

Shaukiwán

Land

Boat

34.31 31.4 S

ካን

Aberdeen

Land

29.7

"">

Boat

20.6

Stanley

Land

48.2

Boat

26.3

པ

The whole Colony

Land

25.2

Boat

........

22.4

SANITARY BOARD ROOM,

HONGKONG, 30th January, 1897.

Land and Boat Population, 24.8

British, Foreign & Chinese Community, excluding

Army and Navy,

25.0

HUGH MCCALLUM,

Secretary.

372

A SUMMARY OF DEATHS AND THEIR CAUSES SHOWN IN THE ATTACHED RETURN AS

EUROPEAN AND FOREIGN

COMMUNITY.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

VICTORIA DISTRICT.-

Civil.

Army. Navy.

DISEASE.

Esti-

mated

Popula-

tion.

Strength. Strength.

7,870

No. 1.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

No. 5.

No. 6.

No. 7.

Estimated Population,.

Infantile Convulsions,

99 2

17 21

...

Convulsive Diseases,

Trismus Nascentium,

336

...

•

Acute,

...

Throat Affections,

Chronic,

...

Acute,

Chest Affections,

Chronic,

37 63

...

Cholera,

Diarrhoea,

...

Bowel Complaints,

Choleraic,

...

Dysentery,

Colic,

.....

...

Remittent....

Intermittent,

Malarial,

Simple,...................

Puerperal,

Fevers, Influenza,

...

.:..

...

11 143 3 12

4 11

1 6

...

1 1 1

...

Typhoid,

...

Exanthe- matous,

Typhus,

Small-pox.

...

Bubonic Plague,

40 179

21 132 121 90

118

1 129 2 2

116

50 275

12 113 114 165 142

Marasmus,

Other Causes,

TOTAL,

231

SANITARY BOARD ROOM,

HONGKONG, 30th January, 1897.

164 1,342 44 695 436 464 500

(

HAVING BEEN REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1896.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

DIVISION.

No. 8.

Peak & Unknown.

Non-Residents.

156,000

Kaulung

Harbour.

Estimated Population.

District.

Sháukiwán District.

Aberdeen District.

Stanley

District.

Estimated

Population.

Estimated Population.

Estimated

Population.

Estimated Population.

Land. Boat. Land. | Boat. Land. Boat.

Land. Boat.

17,540 26,200 6,000

7,350 3,950 3,160 4,900

850- 760

TOTAL.

373

GRAND TOTAL.

དི

→

268

...

711

443

...

3.6

543

1,209

ලය

29 36

666

21.

...

-30

258

...

388

32 - 18

384

157

124

...

•1

...

9 19 41. 159

13 86 80 103 133

...

101

36 200 235 455

272

277

125

101

...

21,781

1 1,078

173

...

173

6 1,595 1,595

20 5,860 5,860..

HUGH MCCALLUM,

Secretary.

MONTH.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

1896.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

1896.

1892.

January,

February,

...

March,

•

111

April,.

May,

2 2 1 2

June,

2 1

July,

August,

September,

...

2 2 1

October,.......

November,....

1 1

...

December,

...

Total,... 612 8 97 3 1

Sanitary Board Room, Hongkong, 30th January, 1897.

1893.

1894.

1895.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.-(EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, CIVIL.)

Infantile Convul- Throat Affections. Chest Affections. Bowel Complaints.

sive Diseases.

Fevers.

Other Causes.

Total Deaths.

1896.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

1896.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

1896.

1892.

1893.

1894.

Death-rate per 1,000

per

Annum.

4 13 1

3 5

♡

“

❤

2 9 12 9

911

12 21

...

11 8

5 3

5 5 5

8 13

...

1 I

10 13 3

2 2

I 1

213

6 7 14 7

12 22

ลง

-ch

7 11

}

3 3

12 1

7 14

18 11 17

ลง

ง

1 2

711 9 8

2 2 3

દા

...

---

2 3

7 9 11 6

14 14

2 1 2

3 8 11 13 10 14 12 16

...

4 4

со

8 10 20 13

23518 27|25|34|

513

9/16 (12 4171617 | 60

12 20.7 35.9 18.6 21.6 18.3

14 27.6 15.4 18.5 18.3 21.3.

23 13.8 22.2 15.2 16.6 35.1

19 29.2 10.2 24.9 16.6 29.0-

20 | 22.3 20.5 36.9 23.2 32.0 17 24.0 32.3 62.8 14.9 25.9

30 18.9 28.9 41.9 26.4) 45.7 15 20.6 25.5 26.8 19.8 22.9- 15 23.9 23.7 26.7 21.4 22.9 21 20.5 27.1 25.0 31.3) 32.0 2113.7 13.5 20.0 21.4) 32.0- 24 13.6 16.9 33.3 21.3 36.6-

92|99|146] 86 [116 |145|160|206153231 20.7 22.7 28.7 21.1 29.5-

11 13

16 13

15 19

12 13

HUGH MCCALLUM, Secretary.

1895.

1896.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

1896.

374

Infantile Convul- sive Diseases.

MONTH.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

1896.

1892.

1893.

1894.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.-(CHINESE COMMUNITY.)

Throat Affections. Chest Affections. Bowel Complaints.

Fevers.

Other Causes.

January,

February,..

March,.

April,.

May,

72 94 87 68100

117 95 84 57 73

73102110 81 82

:..

84100120 70 62 1

112118139 97 29 2

128154 77 86 30

109175 41102) 55) 1. 1

104164101105] 47

144136 77110| 59

June,

July,

August,

September,

October,....

November,..

December,

87 96 72 94 48

Total,..

|1,206 1,170 1,005 1,086 704 4 3

94124 85 93 56

82112 72133 62

...

Sanitary Board Room, Hongkong, 30th January, 1897.

Total Deaths.

Death-Rate per 1,000 per Annum.

1896.

...

[125120 84 90155 22 26 29 20 19 62 62 34 39 98 91 125 101|118] 163 372 427 | 336 | 334 | 536 20.7 23.1 17.7 17.1) 28,3: 129110 89117151 17 22 23 16 23 56 56 45 32 169 118

99119 154 437 374 341 337570|24.2 20.2 17.9 17.1 30.5

91 118116 95100116 13 27 30 11 16 70 51 45 45214 106 104 79116| 165] 380 401 | 359 349 | 594 21.0 21.6 18.8) 17.8 31.9 100100 89 90 81 23 18 29 16 11 67 67 74 43290 92 106 106 93 123 367 391 | 413 | 308 | 567 | 20.3 21.0 21.6 15.6| 30.0- 95100137 70 61 20 31 60 22 14 83 72165 52,300 105| 110 | 691 | 123 | 124 417 431 1,192 361 | 528 | 23.0 23.1 62.1 18.3 27.9 79 87155 56 38 31 46 64 36 23 73 91 85 70158 92 121 1,802 143 107 403 500 2,184 389 356 22.2 26.8 113.6| 19.7 18.8. 54 80 51 59 65 27 44 25 51 29 66 86] 25 81|107] 107 | 134 325 146 118 364 520 467 431 374 19.9 27.8 24.2 21.7 19.8. 90 80 64 84 83 30 41 25 49 34 74 71 42 97 57 86 131 134 164 155 384 487 366 496 376 21.0 25.9 18.9 24.9 19.9- 80 82 69 92 90 25 33 31 50 44 69 95 73124 74 113 108 87 131 114 431 454|33352438123.5 24.1| 17.2 26.3 20.2 89 78 98104 85 29 41 36 42 46 72 82 78107 84 94124 | 140 | 159 134 378 449 | 437 | 505 | 405 | 20.6 23.8 22.5 25.3 21.4 85 73 96117113 21 47; 29 44 79 61 54 50125 99 89|120|122|196| 137338406 | 369|614| 490|18.3| 21,5| 19.0 30.2| 25.9 112396 92128135 36 34 27 37 35 73 49 34 92 66| 134| 115 |,134|213 | 146453|390|359|561 | 431 | 24.5 20.6 18.4 27.9 22.8.

11,167 1,122 1,128 1,107 294 410 411 394373826836755907

1,2271,389 3,839 1,721 | 1,640 4,724 5,230 7,155 5,2095,608 21.4| 23.3| 30.4] 21.9 24.8.

HUGH MCCALLUM, Scoretary.

375

376

DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 PER ANNUM.

Year,

1889. 1890. 1891. 1892.

1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 189 5.1896.

Estimated

Population,

Table showing the Total Deaths for each Month in the Years 1889 to 1896 inclusive and the Death-rate for estimated Population, (Army and Navy excluded).

|192,000 | 197,000 | 218,800 | 225,500 | 230,000 | 242,400 | 244,930 | 234,500

REMARKS.

1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895, 1896.

304 332

May,

396

332

421 355 382

February, 284 269 500 453 383 March, 388 | 414

April,....... 328 344 384. 397 425 318

January, 309 329 437 384 448 347 347 548 352 348 584

368 359 617

586

19.3 20.0 24.3 20.7|23.6| 17.7 17.2 27.9 Deaths from causes 17.8 16.4 27.7| 24.4| 20.1| 17.9 17.2| 30.2 19.0 20.2 21.9 20.8 21.7 18.7 17.7| 32.0

other than Small- pox, Choleraic Complaints and Bubonic Plague,

5,233 4,548 4,535 5,320 4,824 5,336 4,787 5,300 4,729

430

4431,214

375

548

20.5 20.9 18.3 20.5 20.7 21.5 15.7 30.0 26.3 21.6 21.1| 22.9 23.0] 61.4| 18.4 28.0

Deaths from Small- pox and Choler- aic Complaints,...

762

111

1 27 451 54 25 24 53

June,

453 452 427

July,

August,.... 413 405 563 396 502 382 508 391 September, 379 441 457 445 468 349 537 396 October, 427 466 433 390 465 352 524 426 November, 441 359 417 346 414 381 626 511 December, 327 367 416 461 400 379 573 455

417 473 417 587 375 537 492 447

519 | 2,221

398

373

28.3 27.5 23.4 22.2 26.9 112.0 19.5 19.1 Deaths from Bubo- nic Plague,..

4:.

2,550

36 1,078

404 29.6 25.4 32.1 19.9 27.8 24.8 21.9 20.7 25.9 24.7 30.7 21.0 25.9】 19.2| 24.8 20.0 23.6 26.9 24.9 23.5 24.1 17.5| 26.2| 20.3 26.7 28.4 23.5| 20.6| 23.9| 22.6| 25.5| 21.8 27.6 21.9 22.5 18.2 21.2 19.0 30.3 26.1 20.4 22.4 22.5 24.2 20.5| 18.8| 27.7| 23.3

| | Total;... 4,559 4,536 5,347 4,869 5,390 7,362 5,360 5,839

5,360 5,839 23.7| 23.0 24.4 21.3 23.3 30.3 21.9 25.0

Total,... 5,995 4,559 4,586 5,347 4,869 5,390 7,362 5,360 5,860

Hugh McCallum, Secretary.

Sanitary Board Room, Hongkong, 30th January, 1897.

Appendix C.

DIAGRAMS.

377

100

No. of

Deaths.

DEATHS FROM INFANTILE CONVULSIVE DISEASES.

1896.

379

Mean

Temperature.

January.

February.

150

140

130

120

ગ

March.

April.

May.

June.

July.

August.

September.

October.

November.

110.

16.

TEMPER-

ATURE

LOWEST,

HIGHEST, 77.7 68.7

51.6 43.2

77.0 82.2 90.5 91.1 94.0 91.1 90.6 91.4 79.6 76.5

45.9 58.5 66.6 73.7 75.3 76.0 75.8 65.0 61.7 40.7

BAROMETER 30.15 30.15 | 30.07 | 29.93 | 29.88 | 29.80 | 29.69 29.78 29.84 | 29.96

MEAN.

30.06 30.23

NOTE. Black line indicates the number of deaths, the Red line mean temperature, and the Blue line rain-fall in inches.

December.

RAIN- FALL.

Inches.

1.5

No. of

Deaths.

5.5..

123

DEATHS FROM THROAT AFFECTIONS.

1896.

381

Mean

Temperature.

January.

February.

90.

March.

April.

May.

June,

July.

August.

September.

October.

November.

14.

30...

20.

مات

TEMPER- ATURE

HIGHEST, 77.7 68.7

LOWEST,.. 51.6 43.2

77.0 82.2 90.5

91.1 94.0 91.1 90.6 91.4 79.6 76.5

45.9 58.5 66.6 73.7 75.3 76.0 75.8 65.0 61.7

40.7

BAROMETER MEAN.

30.15 30.15 30.07 | 29.93 | 29.88 | 29.80 | 29.69 | 29.78 | 29.84 | 29.96

30.06 | 30.23

NOTE.-Black line indicates the number of deaths, the Red line mean temperature, and the Blue line rain-fall in inches.

10.

December.

RAIN- FALL.

Inches.

No. of

Deaths.

160

150

140

130

DEATHS FROM CHEST AFFECTIONS.

1896.

Mean

Temperature.

January.

February.

March.

August.

September.

October.

November.

December.

120.

70.

16.

110

100

60.

HIGHEST,

TEMPER- ATURE

LOWEST,

77.7 68.7 77.0 $2.2 90.5 91.1 94.0 91.1 90.6 91.4 79.6 76.5

51.6 43.2 45.9 58.5 66.6

73.7 75.3 76.0 75.8 65.0 61.7 40.7

BAROMETER 30.15 30.15 | 30.07 | 29.93 29.88 29.80 29.69 29.78 29.84 29.96 | 30.06❘ 30.23

MEAN.

NOTE. Black line indicates the number of deaths, the Red line mean temperature, and the Blue line rain-fall in inches.

RAIN- FALL.

Inches.

383

No. of

Deaths.

120

110

100

DEATHS FROM BOWEL COMPLAINTS.

1896.

Mean

Temperature.

January.

February.

90...

March.

April.

May.

June.

July.

August.

September.

October.

November.

TEMPER-

ATURE

LOWEST,

HIGHEST, 77.7 68.7 77.0 82.2 90.5 91.1

51.6 43.2 45.9 58.5 66.6 73.7

76.0

94.0 91.1 90.6 91.4 79.6 76.5

75.3

75.8 65.0 61.7 40.7

BAROMETER MEAN.

30.15 30.15 30.07 29.93 29.88 29.80 29.69

29.78 29.84 | 29.96 30.06 30.23

NOTE.-Black line indicates the number of deaths, the Red line mean temperature, and the Blue line rain-fall in iuches.

December.

RAIN-

FALL.

Inches.

385

100

120

140

45.

.70. 35

300

No. of

Deaths.

280

Mean

Temperature.

January.

February.

260

240

85-

220

80..

200

160

مات

March.

DEATHS FROM FEVERS.

1896.

April.

May.

June.

July.

August.

September.

October.

November.

180

16.

12.

1125

TEMPER-

ATURE

LowEST,

HIGHEST, 77.7 68.7 77.0 $2.2 90.5

51.6 43.2 45.9 58.5 66.6

91.1

94.0 91.1 90.6 91.4 79.6 76.5

73.7 75.3 76.0 75.8 65.0 61.7 40.7

BAROMETER 30.15 30.15 | 30.07 | 29.93 29.88 29.80 | 29.69 | 29.78 | 29.84 | 29.96 | 30.06

MEAN.

30.23

NOTE.-Black line indicates the number of deaths, the Red line mean temperature, and the Blue line rain-fall in inches.

December.

24.

RAIN-

FALL.

Inches.

387

No. of Deaths.

DEATHS FROM CAUSES OTHER THAN CONVULSIONS, THROAT AFFECTIONS, CHEST AFFECTIONS, BOWEL COMPLAINTS, FEVERS AND BUBONIC PLAGUE.

1896.

389

Mean

Temperature.

January.

February.

210

200

8.5

190

180

170

160

150

140

130

.50

120

15.

110

100

March.

April.

May.

June.

July.

August.

September.

October.

TEMPER-

ATURE

HIGHEST, 77.7 68.7 77.0 82.2 90.5 91.1 94.0 91.1 90.6 91.4 79.6 76.5

LOWEST,.... 51.6 43.2 45.9 58.5 66.6 73.7 75.3 76.0 75.8 65.0 61.7 40.7

BAROMETER 30.15 30.15 30.07 29.93 | 29.88 | 29.80 | 29.69 | 29.78 | 29.84 | 29.96 | 30.06 | 30.23

MEAN.

NOTE.-Black line indicates the number of deaths, the Red line mean temperature, and the Blue line rain-fall in iuches.

November.

December.

RAIN- FALL.

Inches.

480

460

440

No. of

Deaths.

600

580

560

85.

510

520...

75.

Mean

Temperature.

January.

February.

DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES.

1896.

March.

July.

August.

September.

October.

November.

500

70.

4420

400

390

360

310

HIGHEST, 77.7 68.7 77.0

82.2

TEMPER- ATUKE

LOWEST,

51.6 43.2 45.9

90.5 91.1

58.5 66.6 73.7

94.0 91.1 90.6 91.4 79.6 76.5

75.3 76.0 75.8 65.0 61.7 40.7

BAROMETER MEAN.

30.15 | 20.15 | 30.07 | 29.93 | 29.88 | 29.80 | 29.69 | 29.78

29.84 | 29.96 | 30.06 | 30.23

NOTE.—Black line iudicates the number of deaths, the Red line mean temperature, and the Blue line rain-fall in inches.

****

December,

RAIN-

FALL.

Inches.

391

DEATHS DURING THE NINE YEARS 1888 to 1896.

393

No. of Deaths.

1888.

1889.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

1896.

7,400

- 6,000 .....

5,900

5,800

5,700.

5.600

£5,500

5,400......

5,300

5,200....

5,100.

5,000

4,900

4,300.

4,700.....

--4,600.

NOTE.-Black line shows death from all causes and Red line shows death from all causes exclusive of small-pox,

choleraic diseases and bubonic plague.

Appendix D.

RETURN OF DEATHS.

395

396

CLASSIFICATION

CAUSES OF DEATH.

(IN GROUPS.)

BRITISH

AND

FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND causes of deaths regISTERED

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

I.-General Diseases.

Group A.,

B..

C.,

D.,

Civil.

: : ලා 1

Army.

Navy.

VICTORIA.

HEALTH DISTRICT.

No. 1.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

No. 5.

No. 6.

No. 7.

No. 8.

Peak.

70431 27

7 9 3 52 11

15 7

186171 155 | 186 41

10 4

4154

18 5

3 5

...

Unknown.

Non-residents.

~ : ~ :

II. Local Diseases.

A.-The Nervous System, B.-The Circulatory System,. C.-The Respiratory System,. D. The Digestive System,

E. The Urinary System,

G.-

.་་་་

...

F-The Generative System,

-Affections connected with

Pregnancy,

H.-Affections connected with Par-

turition,

I.-Skin Diseases,

J.-Disease of Connective Tissues, . K.-Disease of Organs of Locomo-

tion,.....

III-Ill-defined & Undiagnosed,.

TOTAL, ALL CAUSES,...... 231 18

I.-General Diseases.

A-Specific Febrile Disease.

(1)-Exanthemata.

2752

3120 137|134| 156

3449 2 8 44126

2 154

28 34 27 3

15 10

حبر

18 20 23 19

9 8

...

∞72

128

: :

ลง

...

1- Co

...

∞ ::

25 39

52 29

115

4 164 1,342 44 695 436 464 500 101

200

235

Small-pox,

1 3

Diphtheria,

Fever, Typhus,.

~ ::

Typhoid,

...

Simple Continued,

1 1 11

Cholera,..

...

Sporadic,

Dysentery,.....

4 5

Plague,

40 179 21

10 6 132 121

13 9 90 118 29

Chicken-pox,

...

Choleraic Diarrhoea,

Influenza,

...

(2)-Malarial.

2 48 235 22 155 128 106 131 34

Fever, Intermittent,

Remittent,

Beri-Beri,

Malarial Fever,

2847

(3)-Septic.

Erysipelas,

400m

11 1 6 6

4 16

6 16

12 15

138

170 4 30

1 4 7

615 126

43 52

12-N

1243

Pyæmia,

Septicæmia,

...

Puerperal Fever,

Phagedænic Chancre,

2 2

: :ܝ : :

1 3

(4)-Venereal.

Syphilis,

1 3

Total Group A.,..... 74

7 2 70431

27 186 171 155 186

:15

B.-Diseases dependent on

Specific External Agents.

(1)-Parasites.

Worms,

...

Carried forward,...... 74

17 2 70431 27

186 171 155 | 186

71.

Harbour.

DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1896.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

TOTAL AT THE DIFFERENT AGE PERIODS.

397

Kow-

LOON DIS-

SHAUKI- ABER-

WAN

DEEN

STANLEY DIS-

1 month and Under 1

1 year 5 years

and

15 years

and 45 years

Age Un-

DIS-

month.

TRICT.

under 12| under 5 | under 15 | under 45 and over.

months.

years.

known.

GRAND

years.

TOTAL.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

233

10 25

89105

56 27

16 15 12

6:4

96 9187 13 284

40 1,028 13

393

2,092

9 1 12

18 77 2

34 2 4

166

2 60

134

375

2 23

87 40 59 21

312

435 1

5144

59 12 8

10 34 18 3

1 3

NNN

2114

1 30

31 7

6 39

2 1 8 1

...

52~

22 447 10

78 13

...

1 3

:::

: :

55 85 21 7

455 272 277125 | 91

1 2 2

:::

80 3 119

107

10852

806

664

1,223

342

...

101

46 20 14 584 26 545| 17 | 544|| 16| 448 112 1,942 66 1,507 2

...

104 2

561

5,860

MON

...

6 1 159 51 25 6

::མ;:ཚེ;:

124

...

60 8198 15 588

3 190

1,078

14 1

19.

26am

22:

180 60 38 8

12 11

14 9 19

22 13

15 3

32 18

51 27

66 47 16

26 G 92 10 233| 27 |683 10 250

1,361

20:

2 17

49 1 82

1 7 4 29

HH N med

25 1 74 1

153

2 112 1

197

2 4 105

143

183

...

1 1

1 1 1

333

3 91

3 51 11

320 2137

}

676

•

...

233 89105 56

27 27

1577

1 3

9 187 13284 40 1,028 13393

-7002

10.

18 2,092

233 89

105 | 56

27 15

3 8 96 9

187 13 |284| 40 1,028| 13 |393

2,092

398

RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND CAUSES OF DEATHS REGISTERED

BRITISH

AND

FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

VICTORIA.

CAUSES.

Civil.

Army.

HEALTH DISTRICT.

Navy.

No. 1.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

No. 5.

No. 6.

No. 7.

No. 8.

Peak.

Blood Poisoning,

Brought forward,.

General Diseases.- Contd.

Brought forward,...... (2)-Poisons.

Vegetable, (Opium),

.......

(3)-Effects of Injuries.

...

70 431

27 186 171 155 186

...

♡

Burus,

Sun-stroke,

་

...

Heat-apoplexy,

Multiple Injury,

...

Drowning,

Strangulation,

Wounds,

2 1

...

Cerebral Concussion,

...

Privation,

Fracture of Skull,

1 1

забрать

of Spine,..

Rupture of Spleen,

Injuries to Tongue,

to Scrotum,

to Left Kidney,

Hæmorrhage of Brain,

to Foot,

•

General Injuries,

Starvation,

Asphyxia,

Dislocation of Second Cervical Vertebræ,...

(4)—Errors of Diet.

...

Alcoholism,

Scurvy,

Delirium Tremens,

Total Group B........| 21

C.-Developmental Diseases.

Immaturity at Birth,

Debility,

Old Age,

Marasmus,.

...

D.--Miscellaneous Diseases.

Total Group C.,-.............

Rheumatic Fever,......

Rheumatism,

Malignant New Growth,.

Scrofula,

Cancer,

Anæmia,

Diabetes Mellitus,

Sarcoma of Hip,

Tubercle,

of Neck,

....

Purpura,

Tabes Mesenterica,

Total Group D........ 7

II.-Local Diseases.

A.-The Nervous System.

Meningitis,

Apoplexy,

Paralysis,

a. Hemiplegia,

Convulsions,

Tetanus,

Trismus,

Mania,

Insanity,

...

:::

✪

...

3 1 3

: 20:

...

11 6.

1 129 2

1542

3 52 4 154 21

...

་

: to co

Unknown.

Non-residents.

Harbour.

7 97

•

...

NN:

- 2

: -i -ai⠀⠀⠀

...

1 3

...

ст

...

336

142

221

2N290

2 414 17 17

21 2

1 2

3 441

27 2 132

33 27

10 3

80 1503 31 360 204 204 219

50 10

108

Carried forward,.........111

DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31sT DAY OF DECEMBER, 1896,—Continued.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

TOTAL AT The Different Age PERIODS.

399

Kow- SHAUKI- ABER-

1 month

LOON.

DIS-

WAN DIS-

DEEN Dis-

STANLEY Dis-

Under 1

month.

1 year aud

and under 12 under 5

5 years and under 15

15 years

and

TRICT.

mouths.

years.

under 45 and over.

years.

45 years Age Uni-

known.

GRAND

TOTAL.

2,092

Land

Population.

Boat

Population,

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinesc.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

233

89 105

27 15

9 187

13 284

40 1,028 13 393

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2 34

166

24 1

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173

14 1 24 3 131

375

1 4 Ι 1

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9 4

:::

2:45

18 16 15 12

10 4 2 60

222

* 1

15 5

2 2

རྒྱུུ་

13 2 120

421

:: 3:

}

1 20

268

443

17 212

7 13 7

4 434 5 142

2 112 1 26 2 29 6 29

792

262 120 126 69 31 28 26 10

3 66 11 190

10 246

14 311

62 1,145 22 567

2,672

400

CAUSES.

RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND CAUSES OF DEATHS Registered

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

BRITISH

AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

Civil.

Army.

VICTORIA.

HEALTH DISTRICT.

Navy.

No. 1.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

No. 5.

No. 6.

No. 7.

No. 8.

Brought forward,...... 111

Local Diseases,-Continued.

The Nervous System,― Conta

Brought forward,

Hydrocephalus,..

Epilepsy,

Spasm of Muscle,

Cerebral Softening,

Idiocy,

Congestion of Brain,

Sclerosis,

2230

►

B.-The Circulatory System.

Heart Disease,

Aneurysm,

Atheroma of Blood Vessels,

Degeneration of Heart,

Syncope,

Cyanosis,

.....

Mitral Regurgitation,

Pericarditis,

C.-The Respiratory System.

***

...

80 | 503 | 31 360 204 204 219 50

3441 2 152

33 27 3

3448

2 154

:::

...

27 3

Peak.

Unknown.

Non-residents.]

108

...

888

Harbour,

...

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15 10 1

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Bronchitis,

59 2 27

57 56

Pneumonia, Phthisis,

4 5

•

Pleurisy,

Asthma,

Se ྃ

I༠༠༧ཚེ་

64 65

1 3

2018-

Gangrene of Lung,

...

Emphysema,

Hæmoptysis,

Catarrh,

Pulmonary Congestion,

Croup,

Oedema Glottidis,

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

3 1

...

44126

3 120 137 134 156

D.--The Digestive System.

Teething Convulsion,

Diarrhoea,

15 13

17 16

སཾ

Gastritis,

...

Colic,

...

Hepatitis,

Ascites,

Peritonitis,

...

1 2

Hernia,

Enteritis,

Cancer of Lip,

of Stomach,

of Liver,

of Pancreas,

of Breast,

of Rectum,

of Ear,

Noma,

....

Cirrhosis of Liver, Abscess of Liver, Liver Disease, Suppurative Perityphlitis, Atrophy of Liver,

Jaundice,

Lymphadenoma,

Lardaceous Disease,

Malignant Disease of Abdomen,...... Stomatitis,...

...

•

...

1 5 92 1 18. 20 22

19 2

Carried forward,...... 178

3 129 1,085 36 647 376 387 412

150

180

•

DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1896,—Continued.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

TOTAL AT THE Different Age Periods.

401

Kow- SHAUKI- ABER-

LOON DIST-

WAN DIS-

DEEN Dis-

STANLEY DIS-

Under 1

month.

1 month and under 12

1 year and under 5

5 years

and

15 years and

45 years Age Un-

TRICT.

RICT.

TRICT.

months.

years.

under 15 | under 45 and over.

years.

known.

GRAND

TOTAL.

Land

Population

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

262 130 126

...

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17 2 23

5 2 2

28 26

3 66

11 190

13 7 2

4 434 5 1 142

...

:::

...

4 435

17 31 1

6 3

13 33 12 25

2 1

...

11 8

...

***

104

87 40 59 21 42 59 12 8

22 8

...

•

16 3 1 3

...

10 246

14 311

62 1,145 22 567 2 23 2,672

2 112 1 26 2 29 6 29

2:3

792

...

5 144

2 114 1

2 31

-J

4 35 2

2:::

...

39 5

10 1

1 Ι

2 109

...

1359 7

16311

8248

co co

...

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•

1 6

...

•

...

806

112

487

625

...

18 4

31 22447

10664

47 1 19

1 77

...

:::

1,223

2. 258

2 10 1 N

AMN

•

...

►

...

2121:

1 1

444

392 ∞

337

ลง

4,787

25 10 33

2 61

1 47

1 22

77 13

...

372 175 211 | 97 87 95 40

7502 20 352

14 385

15 372

92 1,662 44 1,297

402

RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND CAUSES OF DEATHS REGISTERED

BRITISH

AND

FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

VICTORIA.

CAUSES.

Civil.

Army.

Navy.

HEALTH DISTRICT.

No. 1.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

No. 5.

No. 6.

No. 7.

No. 8.

Peak.

Unknown.

Non-residents.

Harbour.

Brought forward,...... 178 13

3 129 1,085

36 647 376 387 1412 68 11

17 150 180

Local Diseases,-Continued.

The Digestive System,--Contd.

Brought forward,..

24 5

Ulceration of Rectum,

Prolapsus of Rectum,

Sloughing Abscess of Abdomenal Walls,

Intestinal Obstruction,.........

Ulcerative Inflammation of Intestines,

E--The Urinary System.

Nephritis,

Bright's Disease,

Cystitis,..

Chyluria,

Perinephritic Abscess,

1 18 20 22 19 2

2 : : : : : 2

F--The Generative System.

Menorrhagia,

Malignant Disease of Uterus,

Amenorrhoea, ...

Cancer of Uterus,..

Uterine Fibroma,

G.--Affections connected with

Abortion,

Pregnancy.

Premature Labour,

HI-Affections connected with

Parturition.

Hemorrhage, (post partum),

Child-birth,

Puerperal Embolism,

Thrombosis,.

Eclampsia,

I-The Skin.

Carbuncle of Back,

210

Eczema Infantile,

Furunculus,

Moist Gangrene from Mau-bites,

Abscess of Neck,

Scheroderma,

J.-Disease of Connective

Cellulitis,.

Tissue.

K.-Disease of Organs of Locomotion.

Spinal Caries,.

Necrosis of Tibia,

Hip Joint Disease,

Periostitis,

III.-Ill-defined.

Dropsy,

Tumour,

Abscess,

Atrophy,

Ulcer of Foot,

Unknown,

20 23 19 2

...

: a

•

2 3

9 1 6

...

3 4

27 63

3-8

29 128

9 18

3 1 33 47

13 25 39 52 29

18 4 164 1,342 44 695 436 464 500 101 12

24 200 235

GRAND TOTAL,.

231

DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1896,-Continued..

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

TOTAL AT The DiffereNT AGE PERIODS.

403

Kow-

LOON DIS-

TRICT.

SHAUKI- ABER-

1 month

WAN DIS-

DEEN

STANLEY Dis-

Under 1

DIS-

month.

and under 12

1 year 5 years

and

TRICT.

months.

years.

and under 5 under 15 under 45

years.

15 years and

45 years Age Un- and over.

known.

GRAND

TOTAL.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

372 175 211

7502

20 352

14 385

15 372

92 1,662

41 1,297

2 23

4,787

25 10

...

9:::

33 15 3 1 3

1 2

2 61

1 47

13 97

337

1 ...

TO 34

18 3 1

261 2

78 13 98

2 1

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4 35

342

2322

1 3 2

2 41

13.

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610

2 6

:32

1 73

435

55 85 21

3 1 2

ลง

3 119 1 107

104 2 77

561

455 272 277 125 94 101 46 20

14 584 26 545 17 544 16 448 112 1,942 66 1,507

2 37

5,860

404

RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER OF DEATHS THAT OCCURRED IN THE UNDERMENTIONED INSTITUTIONS,

During the Year ended the 31st day of December, 1896.

THE TUNG WA HOSPITAL,

ITALIAN CONVENT,

situate in Taipingshan Division of the City. · situate in the Chung Wan Division of the City.

ASILE DE LA STE. ENFANCE, situate in the Ha Wan Division of the City.

Causes.

No.

Causes.

No.

Causes.

No.

Small-pox,

Simple Fever,

Cholera,

Malarial Fever,

136

Choleraic Diarrhea,

Plague,

663

Dysentery,

Typhoid Fever,

Malarial Fever,

Remittent Fever,

Intermittent Fever,

Beri-Beri,

Septicœmia,

Phagedcenic Chancre,..

Puerperal Fever,

.....

Syphilis,

Burns or Scald,

Drowning,

ཤྩལྤ ཉྩ ཡ ཨྠ 0 122 +

Marasmus,

128

Remittent Fever,

Intermittent Fever,.

Old Age,

Scrofula,

Apoplexy,

Diphtheria,

•

Pyæmia,

Syphilis,.

Worms,

Scald,

Premature Birth,

Paralysis,

Marasmus,

Scrofula,..

Convulsions,

Anaemia,

Purpura,..

Trismus,

100

Trismus,..

335

Convulsions,

Wounds,

Phthisis,

Idiocy,

Fracture of Skull,

Meningitis,..

of Spine,

Diarrhoea,

Hydrocephalus,

Privation,

Cyanosis,

Starvation,

1 Tumour,

Bronchitis,

Injuries to Foot,........

Phthisis,....

General Injuries,

Atrophy,

Catarrh.

Immaturity at Birth,

Diarrhoea,

Debility,

Peritonitis,.

Old Age,

Jaundice,.

Marasmus,

Stomatitis,

Rheumatism,

Nephritis,.

Sarcoma of Neck,

Ancemia,

Meningitis,

Apoplexy,

Paralysis,

Convulsions,

Tetanus,

Hemiplegia,

Bright's Disease, Scleroderma,

Cellulitis,

Hip Joint Disease, Spinal Caries,

Furunculus, Atrophy,

Unknown,

.63

2823

Mania,

Heart Disease,

Syncope,

Pericarditis,

Bronchitis,

Pneumonia,

Phthisis,

137

•

Asthma,

Pleurisy,

Hæmoptysis,

Emphysema,

Diarrhoea,

Jaundice,...

Ascites,

Peritonitis,

Liver Disease,

Cancer of Stomach,

Cirrhosis of Liver,

.....

Abscess of Liver,

•

Hernia,

Lymphadæina,

Bright's Disease,

Abortion,.....

Moist Gangrene of Man's Bite,

Cellulitis of Neck,

Periostitis,

Spinal Caries,

Abscess of Back,

Carbuncle of Back,

}

Ulcer of Foot,....

Dropsy,.

Undiagnosed,

Total,.....

1,709

Total,..

323

Total,.......

888

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Sanitary Surveyor's Report for 1896.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,

HONGKONG, March 24th, 1897.

SIR-I have the honour to forward herewith my annual report for the year 1896.

RE-DRAINAGE.

1. Plans have been deposited and passed by me during the year for the re-drainage of 1,786 houses. The plans of 1,449 houses were carried forward from 1895 making a total of 3,235 in hand during the year. 2. The re-drainage of 2,128 houses has been completed during the year leaving 1,023 carried for- ward to 1897.

3. In addition to the above notices for repairs or additions to the drainage arrangements of 43 houses were carried forward from 1895 and new notices for 328 houses have been received making a total of 371 for the year.

290 of these have been completed, 9 have been cancelled and 72 are carried forward.

4. I append tabular statements shewing-

Table A.-The re-drainage work in hand during the year.

Table B.-The total re-drainage work in hand since the Public Health Ordinance came into force. Table C.-The work done in drainage repairs during and since 1895.

5. The records have been maintained and are complete to date.

INSPECTION OF PRIVATE DRAINS.

6. On Mr. RAM's resignation in July the work of inspecting the drainage arrangements of pri- vate premises reverted to ine. Since then 377 houses have been inspected with the result that recommendations were made that 157 should be entirely re-drained, that repairs or alterations should be executed in 102 houses while 118 houses were found in good and sanitary order.

7. A total of work done in the inspection of private premises is as follows:-

(a) Houses that have been inspected and reported upon-Old drains,

New drains,

(b) Houses in respect of which orders have been recommended to and approved by

the Board,

3,373 3,455

6,828

(f) Number of houses in which drains have been found defective.

(c) Number of houses for which notices have been served,„. (d) Number of houses which have complied with notices, (e) Number of houses with regard to which plans for the re-drainage or repairs have

been submitted,

•

5;114 5,114 4,156

4,993

(i) Old drains,......................... 3,371 (ii) New drains,

3,383

8. It has been found in several instances that the notices have been complied with although no information was given to the Board; these houses are included under section (d). There can be no doubt that there are a number more of which the Board has no knowledge.

WATER CLOSETS.

9. During the past year water closets and urinals have been erected by permission of the Board and connected to the house drains in the following buildings

16 Caine Road,

13 Caine Road,

3 Queen's Road Central,

Water Closets.

Urinals.

...

The soil pipes and connections have in each instance been carefully tested and the conditions imposed by the Board have been observed.

NEW BUILDINGS.

10. Certificates have been granted during the year to 425 houses as having been built in accord- ance with the provisions of the Public Health Ordinance.

CEMETERIES.

11. Terraces have been set out and formed at the south end of the Mount Caroline Cemetery to. accommodate 216 graves which it is estimated will suffice for ten months. It was found necessary to use one of these terraces almost before it was ready and it was filled before the other terraces were completed. The ten months are reckoned from January 1st, 1897.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

H. MCCALLUM, Esq.,

Secretary, Sanitary Board.

Your obedient Servant,

J. R. CROOK,

Sanitary Surveyor.

410

Year.

Table A.

No. of Houses

re-drained.

Plans of which have been

No. of Houses. for which Plans

Total.

have been

No. of Houses in hand.

cancelled.

received.

1896.

1st Quarter,......

603

609

1895.

2nd

301

323

Plans

carried forward

3rd

111

112

from

4th

127

143

وو

1,142

1,187

1,449

262

(1st Quarter,......

529

1896.

2nd

216

386

Plans

deposited during

3rd

392

507

4th

296

320

364

986

1,025

1,786

761

2,212

3,235

1,023

Year.

2,128

Table B.

No. of Houses

re-drained.

No. of Houses Plans of which have been cancelled.

No. of Houses carried forward

No. of new Houses granted

each year.

certificates.

No. of Houses for which Plans have been received.

1889,

799

573

226

175

1890,

500

529

190

409

1891,

.........

681

643

198

475

1892,

693

577

106

208

228

1893,

847

699

104

252

219

1894,

878

555

567

1895,

2,815

1,889

1,449

131

1896,

1,786

2,128

1,023

425

Total,........

8,999

7,593

383

2,108

Table C.

Year.

No. of Houses for which notices have been received.

No. of Houses notices

No. of repairs completed.

for which have

No. of repairs

in hand.

been cancelled.

1895, Brought Forward,

1896, 1st Quarter,

2nd

3rd

140

4th

115

328

198

290

158

115

1895, Total,

1895 and 1896, Total,

486

405

411

Acting Colonial Veterinary Surgeon's Report for 1896.

SANITARY BOARD OFFICES, 7th February, 1897.

SIR, I have the honour to submit the annual report regarding the importation of live stock and the management of the slaughter-houses and markets during the year 1896.

IMPORTATION OF LIVE STOCK.

Inspection of Animals.-During the year under review no cases of serious communicable disease was observed among the large number of animals imported.

DEPÔTS.

Catle Depôts. The health of the animals housed in the Cattle Depôts remained good throughout the year. The total number admitted was 21,750 head, out of these only 270 head were rejected as being unfit for slaughtering for food and these mainly because of their emaciated condition. The build- ings forming the Depôts are in a good state of repair. The new Cattle Depôt erected at Kaulung was opened on the 1st of January and it adequately meets all the present requirements of the district. The decision that the Cattle Depôts should be managed directly by the market staff and not let to a contractor as in former years was given effect to on the 1st of January and the plan has worked satisfactorily. It entails a slight addition to the market staff, viz., two tallymen and eight scavengers.

The Kennedy- town Cattle Depôt is under the supervision of the Inspector in charge of the whole of the animal Depôts there, and the Kaulung Depôt is directly under my own supervision.

The Sheep and Swine Depôts.-These buildings are in a good state of repair and in good working order. The new sheds, erected at Kennedytown adjacent to the Swine Depôt for the unbasketing and enumerating of the swine imported, also the enumerating and shearing of sheep imported, was opened on the 21st of February and is now in use. This shed has greatly facilitated the work of the Tallymen and also has proved useful for the housing of the occasional extra large numbers of sheep and swine imported.

SLAUGHTER-HOUSES.

Victoria. The slaughter-house for the city is in a good state of repair and in thorough good working order and is satisfactory in every respect. The number of animals slaughtered therein during the year amounted to 143,612, being an increase of six hundred and twelve over the number slaughtered during 1895.

Kaulung. The building is in a good state of repair. The number of animals slaughtered therein shows a considerable increase over the number slaughtered during 1895.

Shaukiwan.-The temporary building is in a fair state of repair. The number of animals slaughtered therein is practically the same as the number for 1895. I understood that provision was being made for the construction of a proper slaughter-house for this district but I suppose it has not yet been found convenient to do so.

The total number of animals slaughtered during the year shows a considerable increase on the figures for 1895, and is almost entirely due to the increase of cattle and sheep. The increase in the number of swine slaughtered is trivial and for practical purposes the number may be viewed as being the same as during 1895. The following table gives the figures for the past four years:

1893,

1894,

1895,

1896,

Cattle.

17,896

16,898

19,218

19,546

Sheep and Goats.

11,776

10,937

12,592

14,693

Swine.

131,298

125,725

129,035

129,103

It is not very easy to account for the figures for swine remaining stationary, as there are various factors to be taken into consideration. There certainly was an appreciable decrease in the numbers imported from August up to the end of the year as compared with 1895. From enquiries made I was given to understand that some differences arose between the local swine merchants and their clients in Haiphong and Hoihow resulting in an increase in the price of swine which gave rise to a slight increase in the price of pork in our markets. This, I am inclined to believe, is the principal reason of practically no increase having taken place in the number of swine slaughtered.

COWSHEDS.

The most important occurrence with regard to these, which took place during the year, was the outbreak of an infectious disease, which proved to be rinderpest, amongst the Dairy Farm Company's herd of cattle at Pokfulam. The manner in which the disease was introduced to this herd of cattle is not known, but I am of the opinion that some of the food stuffs was the source of infection. I think

412

the cow-keepers in the Colony should exercise great care in importing food stuffs themselves or buying food stuffs from tradesmen who import it. This is specially important at a time when Cattle Plague. is prevalent in so many places.

Unfortunately two of the animals belonging to the French Mission which adjoins the Dairy Farm Company's premises became infected soon after the outbreak at the Dairy Farm. However, by prompt and complete isolation of the diseased animals, its further spread amongst the animals belonging to the French Missions was prevented.

With the exception of one other case of suspected rinderpest which occurred in a cowshed at. West l'oint the health of the animals in the other cowsheds in the Colony was good throughout the year. The sanitary arrangements of these sheds have been well looked after during the year by the District Sanitary Inspectors.

MARKETS.

New Central. This market is in a good state of repair and in thorough good working order. During the typhoon of the 29th of July, the roofs and doors at the north end of the market were slightly damaged. These damages were at once made good by the Public Works Department. Most of the shops and stalls are let except in the poultry section. Nothing of very special importance has occurre:1 during the year and the general routine work has been carried on smoothly.

Western. The shops and kitchens in this market are undergoing fairly extensive repairs and these are now nearing completion. This work has greatly improved the sanitary condition of the market. The structures forming the meat, fish and vegetable sections are very old and do not by any means adequately meet the requirements of the district but they are in a fair state of repair.

Saiyingpun.-The remarks made regarding the various sections in the Western Market are applicable to this market.

Wantsai, Sokunpo, Yaumati, and Hung Hom Markets.-The buildings are all in a good state of repair, the requirements in the district in which these markets are situated are adequately met.

Shaukiwan.-The building is in a fair state of repair but it is not large enough to meet the requirements of the district, however, as I understand it has been decided to either rebuild or extend this market I need not say anything further regarding it at present.

PROSECUTIONS.

During the year fifty-one prosecutions were instituted for breaches of the Markets Ordinances and Bye-laws made thereunder and forty-one convictions obtained. The total amount of fines inflicted was three hundred and twenty dollars.

STAFF.

Mr. WATSON

The Colonial Veterinary Surgeon was absent on leave during the whole of the year. has been in charge of the Slaughter-house and Animal Depôts at Kennedytown whilst I have been performing the duties of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon. Mr. McEWEN acted as assistant Inspector of Markets till the 6th of March, when he was permitted to leave to take up the appointment of Inspector of Police in Her Majesty's Naval Yard. When Mr. McEwEN left Mr. WM. MCDONALD was appointed acting assistant Inspector of Markets. It is satisfactory to be able to record that these three officers performed their duties in an efficient manner.

Mr. G. A. Souza, overseer of the Central Market, resigned his post at the end of July, and Mr. COLLINS was temporarily appointed in his place; Mr. COLLINS resigned his post at the end of his probationary period. Mr. N. JOHANSENN was then appointed on three months probation and has, so far, performed his duties in a very satisfactory manner.

One of the Night Watchmen in the Central Market was dismissed for neglect of duty, one absconded and two others through ill-health resigned their posts. The vacancies thus caused have been duly filled and the men appointed have given satisfaction.

Scavengers-Nothing of any importance has occurred amongst these men and as a rule they have performed their work satisfactorily.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

WILLIAM FISHER,

Officer Acting

for the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon.

H. MCCALLUM, Esq.,

Secretary, Sanitary Board,

Fe.

&c.,

&c.

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No. 29

HONGKONG.

RETURN SHEWING STERLING PAYMENTS DISBURSED BY THE COLONIAL TREASURY DURING THE YEARS 1890-1896, AND THE ESTIMATED PAYMENTS FOR 1897 AND 1898.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

QUESTION.— Will the Government lay upon the table a return shewing all sterling payments made in Eng- land for any purpose or in the Colony on a gold basis with the equivalent dollar amounts disbursed by the Treasury in respect thereof, such return to commence with 1890 and to include the estimated payments for 1897 and 1898?

ANSWER.-

STERLING PAYMENTS FROM 1890 TO 1898.

1890.

1891.

1892.

Average Rate of Ex. 3/4 2.

Average Rate of Ex. 3/2.

Average Rate of Ex. 2/9 9734.

Charge on Acct. of Public Debt,

15,137.11. 3

89,877.85

Pensions,

6,858. 9. 0

40,721.39

Governor and Legislature,

2,232.16. 6

13,257.19

15,113. 8. 6 6,766.13. 5 976.11.10

95,140.26 42,596.73

15,113. 7. 3

105,326.16

8,054.11.11

56,788.90

6,147.72

151.13. 3

1,074.27

Colonial Secretary,

445.16. 7

2.647.06

1,597. 9.11

10,056.37

631.19. 1

4,397.29

Audit,

570. 0. 0

3,384.32

437. 0. 0

2,750.96

580.18. 1

4,052.10

Treasury,

412.12. 8

2,923.78

Public Works Department,.

783. 7. 6

4,651.21

1,773. 0.11

11,161.46

649.18. 7

4,567.16

Post Office,

9,207.10 10

54,668.90

9,935.10. 5

62,544.91

10,704. 9. 5

75,496.68

Registrar General,

481.15. 0

2,860.35

351. 2. 1

2,210.24

225. 0. 0

1,576.72

Harbour Master,

119.16. 7

711.44

673.15.10

4,241.58

277.12. 2

1,889.77

Lighthouses,..

168. 9. 5

1,000.28

198.17. 2

1,251.82

181.11. 2

1,277.78

Observatory,

307.15. 7

1,827.42

355.12. 3

2,238.62

146. 8. 8

996.28

Stamp Office,

23.14.11

140.98

8.18. 0

56.03

16.14.11

119.15

Botanical and Afforestation,

220.14. 3

1,310.45

169.19. 5

1,069.98

76.13. 0

551.64

Legal,

1,449.13. 2

8,607.21

861.12. 5

Ecclesiastical,

390. 0. 0

2,315.58

223. 6. 8

5,423.97 1,405.90

2,297. 5. 9

16,444.66

Educational,

1,258. 4. 8

7,470.66

1,084. 2. 2

6,824.55

877. 4. 5

6,207.74

شت

Medical,

1,227.17. 6

7,290.37

656.17. 7

4,135.11

772. 2. 9

5,508.24

Magistracy,

725.19. 5

4,570.04

598. 9. 6

4,211.88

Police,

3,600. 9. 0

21,377.34

3,867.13. 0

24,347.18

3,449. 9.11

24,542.82

Gaols,

273.12. 1

1,624.49

622. 3.11

3,916.77

Fire Brigade,

Sanitary,

Transport,.

Miscellaneous Services,

Military Expenditure,

Public Works, Recurrent,

Public Works, Extraordinary, .

256.12. 1 5. 4 973. 0. 0 1,276.11. 4

148.14. 1 2,308.13. 2

1,523.58

1.58 5,777.12 7,579.46

184. 8. 7 14. 5 505.10. 0

1,160.98

1,785. 6. 6 6,040. 1. 3

4.55 3,182.18 11,238.77

526.18. 8 142.11. 3 7. 5

3,699.17

1,026.58.

526. 7. 6 1,501.13. 7

2.48 3,738.00 10,410.50

38,022.69

882.90 13,707.44

125.16. 3

1,697.19. 5

10,688.87

11,724. 7. 6

878.40 84,789.30

£49,721. 9.10 $295,216.57 £56,613.15. 1 $356,388.24 £59,766. 4. 8

$422,497.45

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STERLING PAYMENTS FROM 1890 TO 1898.

1893.

1894.

1895.

Average Rate of Ex. 2/63.

Average Rate of Ex. 2/14.

Average Rate of Ex. 2/17.

Charge on Acct. of Public Debt,

21,241.17. 4

167,133.04

23,359.18. 8

Pensions,

8,747. 6. 2

68,495.95

8,443. 0. 3

221,812.64

80,134.09

11,994. 2. 2

110,374.21

9,681.18. 7

91,257.57

Governor and Legislature,

39.10. 8

297.98

309.15. 7

2,939.56

28. 0.9

263.59

Colonial Secretary,

157. 2. 5

1,190.62

1,273. 4. 9

12,016.50

339.17. 1

3,362.57

Audit,

667. 8.11

5,088.49

443. 9. 7

4,187.64

205.11. 6

1,887.63.

Treasury,

268.16. 4

2,550.19

976.17.7

9,153.94

Public Works Department,.....

605.10. 5

4,637.12

851.12. 2

8,047.27

484.10. 1

4,491.19

Post Office,

10,824.11.11

84,738.82

10,534.16.9

100,480.96

11,447. 1. 6

107,915.66

Registrar General,

887.14. 2

7,147.50

111.13. 7

1,057.34

Harbour Master,

160. 1. 0-

1,278.26

606.16. 8

5,762.61

676.14. 1

Lighthouses,......

280. 1. 3

2,109.41

163. 0. 7

4,361.84

387. 1. 9

Observatory,

107. 4. 8

808.20

279.10. 0

2,708.81

33. 8. 4

6,291.02

3,666.49

306.57

Stamp Office,

12.15. 7

107.69

24. 6. 8

234.00

24. 0.9

216.94

Botanical and Afforestation,....

85.15. 0

693.40

67. 3. 3

633.76

127.11. 5

Legal,

309. 7. 2

2,458.73

1,605.16. 3

15,241.81

Educational,

743.18. 3

5,981.49

1,044.16. 1

9,971.15

2,307.11. 2

825 14. 2

1,188.55 21,799.88

7,815.28

Medical, .....

891.18. 2

6,798.75

1,284.12. 9

12,295.19

1,461.17.10

13,706.82

Magistracy,

8. 7. 0

27.02

207.12. 0

1,973.11

197. 1.11

Police,

3,194. 3. 5

25,920.53

2,415.16. 1

23,012.63

2,118.14. O

1,772.48

19,942.17

Gaols,

108.19.7

872.87

128.19. 3

1,205.39

525. 9. 2

4,849.05

Fire Brigade,

•

280. 6. 5

2,393.29

219.11. 0

2,117.57

59. 3. 9

545.35

Sanitary,

261. 0. 0

2,178.66

381.12.10

3,616.29

302. 8. 3

2,795.87

Transport,

80.15. 0

651.01

126.13. 4

1,226.09

290.14. 0

2,733.85

Miscellaneous Services,

Military Expenditure,....... Public Works, Recurrent,

1,767.14. 2 13,648.32

1,929. 8. 7

18,268.56

1,911.12. 9

18,183.82

...

59.17. 4

8. 1. 1

562.82

74.89

7. 8. 5

66.74

£51,458. 8. 8 $404,657.15

£56,450. 1. 5

$536,492.71

£46,414.14. 0 $434,587.24

STERLING PAYMENTS FROM 1890 TO 1898.

1896.

Average Rate of Ex. 2/2.

Charge on Acct. of Public Debt,

13,703.16. 0

127,153.67

Pensions,

10,335.13.10

95,463,51

Governor and Legislature, ......

1.10. 2

13.69

Colonial Secretary,

233.12.11

2,159.95

Audit,

753. 1. 6

6,991.25

Treasury,

548.17. 1

5,052.92

Public Works Department,......

1,113.17. 8

10,287.04

Post Office,

11,338. 3.10

104,908.18

Registrar General,

6. 0

2.72

Harbour Master,

97. 4. 1

886.21

Lighthouses,

207.9.9

1,912,09

Observatory,...

47. 9. 8

437.90

Stamp Office,

21. 4. 4

200.00

Botanical and Afforestation,....

72.14. 3

679.72

Legal,

2,526.14. 0 23,449.92

Educational,

920. 8. 6

8,540.30

Medical,

1,834. 1. 1

16,904.81

Magistracy,

952. 5. 7

8,794.82

Police,

2,776.14. 1

25,611.53

Gaols,

•

149.14. 9

Fire Brigade,

1,515. 3.10

1,387.21

14,140.80

Sanitary,

479.16. 0

4,418.14

Transport,

151. 8. 0

1,390.22

Miscellaneous Services,

2,323. 3. 7

21,266.84

Public Works, Recurrent,

5.14. 7

53.15

Total,........

£52,110. 5. 1

$482,106.59

Treasury, Hongkong, 16th August, 1897.

About £52,000.

1897.

About £52,000.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Treasurer.

1898.

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HONGKONG.

REPORTS ON THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor,

INSPECTIONS.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

(From the General Officer Commanding in China and Hongkong to His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, &c., &c., &c.)

No.

213

HEAD QUARTERS, HONGKONG, 26th April, 1897.

SIR, I have the honour to enclose the Commandant's report of the training of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps for the season 1896-97.

2. As Your Excellency is aware, I personally made the annual inspection of the Hongkong Field Battery and Maxim Gun Company on the 8th instant, and now have the honour to render my report on it.

(a) The turn-out of the men was good; their 7-pr. guns, maxims, arms, and equipment are

well kept up and appear to be in serviceable condition.

(b) The Officers know their drill sufficiently well for practical purposes and the Men handle their guns exceedingly well, both on the uneven parade ground and the steep hill-sides of Hongkong.

3. From personal observation I know that the shooting of the Field Battery and Maxim Gun Company is satisfactory, and that all ranks take a considerable interest in it; but I have observed that time is often wasted and much ammunition expended in endeavours to "find the range"; this ought to be remedied by the use of range-finders at all practices at targets.

4. I notice with approval in the Commandant's report that revolver practice for Officers, which was instituted last year, has been continued with satisfactory results.

5. The annual Camp of Instruction at Stonecutters' Island has again been well attended, and the practical duties of outpost, reconnoitring, and field firing, practised there, must bear most beneficial results.

6. The increase in the numerical strength of the Corps shows that an augmented interest is taken in volunteering. If sufficient men can be recruited, another Maxim Gun Company might be raised.

7. The Chief Ordnance Officer will be directed to keep up a supply of Martini-Henry and Gun ammunition.

8. In conclusion, I beg to observe that in Major Sir JOHN CARRINGTON the Hongkong Volunteer Corps has obtained a most efficient Commanding Officer.

I have the honour to be,

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS. TRAINING, 1896-97.

Sir,

Your Excellency's obedient Servant,

W. BLACK,

Major-General.

(From the Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps, to the Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (A) and Chief Staff Officer, China.)

VOLUNTEER HEAD QUARTERS.

HONGKONG, 17th April, 1897.

1. Nominal Roll of Efficients,

Field Batterv.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward herewith the documents as per margin 2. Nominal Roll of Efficients, "A" connected with the training of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps for the season 1896-97 for the information of His Excellency the Major-General Commanding

Machine Gun Co.

3. Report on Gun Practice, Field and for favour of transmission to His Excellency the Governor.

Battery.

4. Report on Gun Practice,

Machine Gun Co.

5. Musketry Return, Field Bat-

tery.

Gun Co.

ESTABLISHMENT.

2. A comparison of document No. 9 with the corresponding document 6. Musketry Return, "A" Ma- for the training of 1895-96 shows that the total strength of the Corps is now 7. Return of Revolver Practice of 159 of all ranks as against 125 of all ranks at the former date. This is the 8. Copy of Inspection State. greatest strength to which the Corps has yet attained since its reorganization 9. State of Corps, 16th April, 1897. in 1893. During the season one member has died, one has been discharged,

Officers and Staff Sergeants.

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and sixteen have resigned. Of the resigning members eight have left the Colony. Fifty-two new members have been enrolled. The number of the Field Battery is now 107, as compared with an establishment of 80 as fixed by the Regulations of the Corps. On the other hand, the number of the "A" Machine Gun Company is only 47, as compared with an establishment of 51 as fixed by the Regulations. It is hoped that during the ensuing season the "A" Company may be recruited up to its full strength, and that at least one more Company may be formed. It may be mentioned that the Corps possesses altogether 12 Maxim guns, sufficient for three Companies. It is, I believe, the opinion of competent Officers that machine gun fire will be found of considerable value in repelling a hostile attack on the Colony.

3. There have been various changes among the Officers of the Corps during the past season. October, 1896, Major A. R. PEMBERTON, of the Rifle Brigade, who had been Acting Commandant from the 1st February, 1895, resigned the command on the departure of his regiment from the Colony. The present Commandant was gazetted on the 14th November, 1896. This seems a fitting opportunity for me to express, on behalf of the members of the Corps, their high sense of Major PEMBERTON's very efficient and useful services during the period of his command.

4. Surgeon-Captain J. CANTLIE, M.B., has retired, and Supernumerary Surgeon-Lieutenant F. O. STEDMAN, M.D., has been brought on the establishment.

5. In the Field Battery, Captain J. MCCALLUM, who is absent on leave, and who, it is believed, is not likely to return to the Colony, was placed on the supernumerary list, and Lieutenant A. CHAPMAN was promoted Captain to command the Battery in his place. Sergeant W. K. WYLIE was elected and gazetted to fill the vacancy among the Lieutenants thus created.

6. In the "A" Machine Gun Company Captain C. M. ADAMSON and Lieutenants E. OSBORNE and A. MCP. MARSHALL resigned their commissions, the former on account of absence from the Colony and the latter two because of the pressure of other duties. Colour-Sergeant F. MAITLAND was elected and gazetted Lieutenant in place of Mr. OSBORNE. The other vacancies will shortly be filled.

DISCIPLINE, TRAINING, AND INSTRUCTION.

7. The discipline of the Corps has, with a solitary exception, which was dealt with, been good throughout the season.

8. The ordinary training and instruction of the Corps does not call for special remark. The usual drills and musketry practices have on the whole been well attended. Under this head the figures for the units severally are as follows:-

Field Battery-

72 have done over 40 drills.

9 have become efficient with less than 40 drills. 26 non-efficients.

107

"A" Machine Gun Company--

16 have done over 36 drills.

7 have become efficient with less than 36 drills. 24 non-efficients.

Of the 26 non-efficients in the case of the Field Battery, 2 are on the supernumerary list of Officers and are absent from the Colony, 4 are absent on leave, 6 are absent from the Colony without leave, 7 are recruits who have not had sufficient time to complete their drills, 1 has recently returned from leave, 1 is in hospital, and the remaining 5, although in the Colony, have not completed the requisite number of drills.

In the case of the 24 non-efficients of the "A" Machine Gun Company, 6 are absent from the Colony on leave, 7 are absent from the Colony without leave, 5 are recruits who have not had sufficient time to complete their drills, and the remaining 6, although in the Colony, have not completed the requisite number of drills.

9. In October, 1896, a Camp of Instruction was held under canvas during a period of nine days on Stonecutter's Island. The use of the Naval Range on the Island was at the same time lent by the Commodore in charge at Hongkong, and was largely used by recruits. The Camp was well attended, and the instruction afforded, consisting, besides the ordinary drills, of outpost duties, guards, recon- noitring, and field firing, was much appreciated by all ranks. To the success of the Camp I attribute in great part the activity in recruiting which has existed during the latter part of the season. proposed to hold the Camp annually.

It is

10. On the 2nd February last a competition took place with 64-pounder guns at Stonecutters' Island. Six detachments engaged in the competition, using plugged shell. The range was 2,175 yards, and the target was moored between the battery and Green Island. Excellent practice was made by the detachments generally, the best results being secured by No. 1 detachment, commanded by Sergeant G. C. HAYWARD. A report on this competition was forwarded to His Excellency the Major-General Commanding on the 24th February last.

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11. On the 13th March last a competition, in which the two units of the Corps were independ- ently engaged, took place for prizes, offered, in the case of the Field Battery, by Captain J. J. FRANCIS and the Commandant, and, in the case of the "A" Machine Gun Company, by the Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD. The firing point was on an eminence near Wong-nei-Chong Gap, and the target, in the case of the Field Battery, was on the shore of Deep Water Bay, at a distance of about 1,700 yards, and, in the case of the "A" Machine Gun Company, in a ravine in the same direction, at a distance of about 1,100 yards.

"" Machine

The Field Battery fired by sections, using common and shrapnel shell, and the "A Gun Company by single guns. Some good practice was inade by both units. A report on this com- petition was forwarded to His Excellency the Major-General Commanding on the 15th March last.

12. The revolver practice by the Officers and Staff Sergeants, which was instituted during the last season, has been continued during the present season with satisfactory results.

13. The question of coolie draught for the guns is in the same position as at the time of the last annual report. In the case of an ordinary march out, which has taken place several times during the season, the members prefer to draw the guns themselves; in fact they display a strong repugnance to allowing this work to be done by coolies. During the season there have been no operations at a distance from head quarters for which coolie draught could be employed. It must be borne in mind with regard to this question that the finances of the Corps will not admit of coolies being regularly employed and trained for purposes of draught, and further that a sufficient number of coolies used to the drawing of loads can always be obtained when occasion requires. I am, however, informed that coolie draught for the guns has always proved slow and generally unsatisfactory.

SERVICES.

14. I have pleasure in bringing to the notice of His Excellency the Major-General Commanding the zealous and efficient services rendered during the season by Captain L. A. C. GORDON, Royal Artillery, the Adjutant of the Corps. Captain GORDON not only shows great interest in his duties but performs them in such a manner as to secure the liking of all ranks. In particular, the Corps is much indebted to him for the skill and pains with which he organized and superintended the carrying out of the several gun competitions held during the season.

15. The other Officers of the Corps have in every way set an excellent example to the non- commissioned officers and men serving under them. By their regular attendance at drills, their endeavours to procure recruits, and their devotion to duty generally they show their anxiety to promote the efficiency of the Corps. In short, I may say of them that a Commandant could not wish for better officers.

16. Corps Quarter-Master Sergeant WATLING and the Sergeant Instructors have been diligent and painstaking in the performance of their duties.

17. The non-commissioned officers and men of the Corps have for the most part attended drills regularly and shown a soldier-like desire to make themselves efficient.

REGULATIONS.

18. Soon after I was appointed Commandant I formed the opinion that the Regulations of the Corps stood in need of revision in several respects. On consideration, however, it appeared to be advisable that I should gain some experience of the working of the Corps before undertaking the re-drafting of them. Now that the training season has concluded, I propose to lose no time in framing and submitting for approval a draft set of Regulations. Amongst other matters which will be dealt with in the draft will be the strength of the two units of the Corps, the number of drills qualifying for "efficiency," and the formation and constitution of a Volunteer Reserve.

MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.

19. The annual inspection of the Corps by His Excellency the Major-General Commanding took place on the 8th instant.

20. A course of lectures on ambulance work, accompanied with stretcher drills, has recently been held by Surgeon-Lieutenant STEDMAN. Thirteen members joined the class.

21. I have to request that the Chief Ordnance Officer, China, may be asked to keep up 30,000 rounds of Martini-Henry Carbine ball ammunition and the usual quantities of 7-pounder and 64-pounder R.M.L. gun ammunition for the use of the Corps, to be indented for as required on repayment. I have recently addressed a letter to His Excellency the Governor urging the desirability of provision being made for supplying ammunition for practice to the members of the Corps at a cheaper rate than that which now obtains, viz., $4 per 100 rounds.

22. A considerable proportion of the Martini-Henry Carbines belonging to the Corps are service- worn, and the question of replacing them with new and more efficient weapons will soon have to be considered.

23. Requisitions for Capitation Grant for Efficients during the past season have been sent direct to the Honourable the Colonial Treasurer.

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24. It is gratifying to me to be able to record an apparent augmentation of interest on the part of the general public in the fortunes of the Corps, and I venture to hope that we shall see the fruit of this interest in the coming training season.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

J. W. CARRINGTON, Major,

Commandant,

Corps Number.

Hongkong Volunteer Corps.

Enclosure 1.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS CORPS.

FIELD BATTERY.

Nominal Roll of Efficients for the Year ending 16th April, 1897.

Rank and Name.

Corps Number.

Rank and Name.

Major Carrington, Sir J. W.,

175

Gunner Crook, G. T.

Commandant.

Captain Gordon, L. A. C.,

109

Curran, T.

}}

Craddock, H. E.

Royal Artillery, Adjutant.

Quarter-Master Sergeant Watling, G.,

Corps Quarter-Master Sergeant.

(3 Staff.)

Captain Chapman, A.

Lieutenant Machell, W.

100

Deas, W. M.

Ellis, O. J.

148

101

158

200

Hart, W.

MacDonald, D.

115

Gilchrist, J. Gow, W.

Gidley, H.

Harman, G. J.

Wylie, W. K.

Hopkins, R. G.

Surgeon-Lieutenant Stedman, F. O.

149

Hance, C. E. A.

Battery Sergeant-Major Duncan, G. L.

(5 Officers.)

Battery Quarter-Master Sergeant Coyle, J. Sergeant Hayward, G. C.

186

Hance, J. H. R.

150

159

160

104

Lowrie, J.

141

Lammert, R. F.

124

120

Bremner, J.

177

Henderson, R.

Lammert, H. A.

Melbourne, C. A. D.

Moller, J. A.

McLeish, P.

Mitchell, W. T.

118

McPhail, H.

178

Mayson, W. J.

Armstrong, J. H. W.

184

McCrae, D.

103

Corporal Ewing, A.

189

Moses, E. J.

Kennett, H. W.

210

MacKie, A. J.

119

Henderson, J.

204

.99

Nobbs, A. P.

144

Hayward, S. W.

181

Prosser, J. L.

127

Meek, T.

165

Ronald, A.

Bombardier Humphreys, W. M.

192

Seth, S. A.

Bamsey, W. F.

191

Smart, C. McD.

152

Inglis, J. A.

151

Stopani, W. A.

143

107

106

132

116

Rutter, R. V.

Stewart, W.

Gunner Bridger, H. B.

Begley, A. J.

163

188

Soanes, R. J.

180

157

153

Brown, A.

205

161

Barey, J.

166

Bevan, H. S.

201

176

Bevan, W. S.

207

190

Buck, R. S.

187

193

Bew, W. E.

155

194

Brentnall, P.

206

Sayer, E. A. R.

Smith, W.

Sutton, A. L.

Swanston, J. G.

Sharpe, E.

Sanderson, J. S.

Toppin, W. J.

Thomson, W. M.

Townsend, R.

Uphill, A.

Warren, C. E.

Wilkinson, S.

198

Brett, L. E.

211

Woollen, J. J.

197

Bentley, R. J. H.

105

White, G.

209

Belilios, R. E.

179

Wilson, G. T.

145

Crispin, C.

213

Cotton, J. T.

(77 Non-Commissioned Officers and Men.)

* Staff of Corps.

J. W. CARRINGTON, Major, Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps.

Corps Number.

Enclosure 2.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS CORPS.

"A" MACHINE GUN COMPANY.

Nominal Roll of Efficients for the Year ending 16th April, 1897.

Rank and Name.

111

Lieutenant Maitland, F. Surgeon-Captain Lowson, J. A.

(2 Officers.)

Sergeant-Major Eadeley, F. J. Sergeant Fullerton, G. C.

Corporal Symth, F.

Crombie, H.

114

Rankin, J.

122

Lammert, G. P.

182

Gunner Allen, H. E.

172

Arthur, H.

137 146

Bowley, F. B. L.

Gillingham, J.

Corps Number.

Rank and Name.

174

Gunner Hornby, T. W.

139 183

Hooper, J.

Humphreys, H.

171

173

169

Jupp, J. A. Nicholson, W.

Potts, R. H.

170

Plummer, J. A. T.

218

Reeves, H.

185

Skelton, A. H.

Shepherd, E. C.

195

Stevens, T. L.

196

217

Underwood, J. H.

(22 Non-Commissioned Officers and Men.)

N.B. Staff of Corps shown with Field Battery.

J. W. CARRINGTON, Major, Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps.

Enclosure 3.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

FIELD BATTERY.

Report of Gun Practice carried out during the Year ending 16th April, 1897.

Number

Nature of Practice.

Date on which Practice was carried out.

Number Present on Parade.

of Rounds fired.

7-Pr. R.M.L. 200 lbs.,

17th October, 1896,

64-Pr.R. M.L. 64 cwt.,

2nd February, 1897,

7-Pr. R.M.L. 200 lbs.,

13th March, 1897,

General Idea of Practice.

Practice at Targets anchored, from East Shore, Stonecutters' Island, during Camp of Instruction.

Practice at Barrel Target anchored from South Shore, Stonecutters' Island, Chinese New Year.

Practice at fixed Target on land, from Wong-nei-chong Gap.

J. W. CARRINGTON, Major, Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps.

Enclosure 4.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

"A" MACHINE GUN COmpany.

Report of Gun Practice carried out during the Year ending 16th April, 1897.

Nature of Practice.

Date on which Practice was carried out.

Number Present

on Parade.

Number of Rounds fired.

0.45" Maxim M. H. Chamber 17th October, 1896,

Machine Gun,

1,500

Do.,

2nd February, 1897,

1,000

Do.,

13th March,

1897,

953

General Idea of Practice.

Practice at Targets anchored from East Shore, Stonecutters' Island, during Camp of Instruction.

Practice at Targets anchored from South Shore, Stonecutters' Island, Chinese New Year.

Practice at fixed Targets, on land, from Wong-nei-chong Gap.

J. W. Carrington, Major,

Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps.

218

Enclosure 5.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

FIELD BATTERY.

Musketry Return showing Percentage and Classification for the Year ending 16th April, 1897.

*Number

Classification.

Number Firing.

of Points Percentage.

obtained.

Remarks.

1st Class. 2nd Class. 3rd Class.

Recruits' Course,

878

41.25

Trained Soldiers' Course,

2,608

41.39

Total,......

113

3,486

J. W. CARRINGTON, Major, Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps.

Enclosure 6.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

A "MACHINE GUN COMPANY.

Musketry Return, showing Percentage and Classification for the Year ending 16th April, 1897.

Number

Classification.

}

Number of Percent-

Firing. Points

obtained.

Remarks.

age. Marks- 1st

2nd 3rd men. Class. Class. Class.

Recruits' Course,

328

41.83

Trained Soldiers' Course,

736 43.80

Total,.....

1,064

J. W. CARRINGTON, Major, Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps.

Enclosure 7.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

Revolver Practice Return, showing Percentage for the Year ending 16th April, 1897.

Number

Number Firing.

of Points Percentage.

obtained.

Staff,

62.50

Field Battery,...

177

61.45

"A" Machine Gun Company,...... 1

56.25

Total,............

294

Remarks.

J. W. CARRINGTON, Major, Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps.

YUN-NAN

WU-CHOU-FV

„NAN-NING-FU

WEST

CAN-TON

SNEK-LUN

"TUNG-KUNG

HONG KONG

MACAO

LIEN-TCHOU

YANQ-KIANG

PAK-HOI

OF TON-KIN

་

CHINA

SEA

0 10.20304050

SCALE

100

150

200 MILES

Enclosure 8.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

Inspection State, 8th April, 1897.

Staff.

"A"

Machine Gun Co.

219

Field Battery.

State of Corps.

Total.

Remarks.

Officers.

N. C. Officers.

Officers.

N. C. Officers and Men.

Officers.

N. C. Officers

and Men.

Present on Parade,.............

with leave in Colony,.............

111

with leave out of Colony,....

Absent

on medical certificate,.........

without leave,.........

Total,

*101

46.

159

* This Total does not include-

13 unenrolled Boy Signallers.

2 unenrolled Boy Trumpeters.

Distribution.

J. W. CARRINGTON, Major, Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps.

Enclosure 9.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

State of Corps, 16th April, 1897.

Staff.

Field Battery.

Machine

Machine Gun Companies.

Commandant.

Adjutant.

Med. Officers.

Q.-Mr. S'geant.

Captains.

Lieutenants.

Sergeants.

Corporals.

Gunners.

Captains.

Lieutenants.

Sergeants.

Corporals.

Gunners.

Total. Remarks.

Present,

on leave,.........

1 1 3 6 4 86

fand

...

2 3

...

Absent

without leave,

...

32 *144

1 3

...

Total,

1 2 1 2 4 6

6 89

...

Ι 4 7

159

Wanting to complete,

...

8 5 85

106

Establishment,

1 1 2

1 1 36

6 64

3 6

12 120

238

Supernumerary,

***

...

Joined,

•

INCREASE.

...

2 unenrolled Boy Trumpeters. 13 unenrolled Boy Signallers.

* This Total does not include-

J. W. CARRINGTON, Major, Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps.

163

No.

HONGKONG.

STATEMENT OF WATER ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

Treasury in Account with Water Account.

To Maintenance of Water Works, City of Victoria and Hill District,..

Maintenance of Water Works, Kowloon, .................

Miscellaneous Water Expenditure as follows:-

Covered Reservoir, Bowen Road,. Shaukiwan Water Works,.........

Aberdeen Water Works,

Kowloon Water Supply,

New Water Mains,

Tytam Water Works Extension,

Water Account, Cash,...

Stores,

,, Military contribution, being 17% on $95,362.32.

Water Account revenue for 1896,

By Amounts rendered to Treasury as follows:—

City of Victoria,

Hill District, Kowloon,

$ 3,548.80 9,819.35

Receipts.

Expenditure.

6,565.76 5,788.43

830.46

14,198.61

4,108.86

22,684.65

19,153.21

583.13

5,605.25

6,188.38

16,688.40

$19,588.20

1,227.55

3,414.05

$24,229.80

Add Amounts undercharged as per memoranda to Treasury and Auditor of 20th

November, 1896 and 3rd December, 1896,

6.70

$24,236.50

Less Amount written off as per C.S.O. 1196, 1207, 2941 of 1896 and memoranda to Treasury and Auditor dated 3rd and 12th February and 20th November, 1896, .

Water rates on :-

Victoria,

Hill District,

Balance,

Kowloon,..

David WOOD,

Office Assistant and Accountant.

Public Works Department, 6th March, 1897.

さ

192.42

24,014.08

.$64,348.53 1,932.51 5,037.20

71,318.24

13.98

95,376.30

FRANCIS A. COOPER,

Director of Public Works.

HONGKONG.

AMENDED STATEMENTS OF WATER ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

STATEMENT OF WATER ACCOUNT TO 31ST DECEMBER, 1896.

Treasury in Account with Water Account.

491 No. 28

Receipts. Expenditure.

To Maintenance of Water Works, City of Victoria and Hill District,.

Maintenance of Water Works, Kowloon,

Miscellaneous Water Expenditure as follows :--

Covered Reservoir, Bowen Road,

Shaukiwan Water Works,

Aberdeen Water Works,

Kowloon Water Supply,...

New Water Mains,

Tytam Water Works Extension,

Water Account, Cash,.....

By Balance,

Stores,

6,565.76

5,788.43

3,548.80

9,819.35

830.46

14,198.61

4,108.86

22,684.65

19,153.21

583.13

5,605.25

6,188.38

65,328.14

Amounts rendered to Treasury as follows:-

City of Victoria,.

Hill District,

Kowloon,

.$ 19,588.20

1,227.55

3,414.05

24,229.80

Add amounts undercharged as per memoranda to Treasury and Auditor of

20th November, 1896, and 3rd December, 1896,

Less amount written off as per C.S.O.'s 1196, 1207 and 2941 of 1896, and memoranda to Treasury and Auditor dated 3rd and 12th February and 20th November, 1896,

Water rates on-

Victoria,

Hill District,

Kowloon,.......

To Balance,

6.70

$ 24,236,50

192.42

24,044.08

.$ 64,348.53

1,932.51

5,037.20

71,318.24

82,002.56

1st January, 1897, By Balance,

DAVID WOOD,

Office Assistant and Accountant.

Hongkong, 9th August, 1897.

160,690.46 160,690.46

$82,002.56

W. CHATHAM,

Acting Director of Public Works.

TREASURY IN ACCOUNT WITH WATER ACCOUNT.

STATEMENT OF WATER ACCOUNT TO 31ST DECEMBER, 1896.

RECEIPTS.

EXPENDITURE.

492

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

1896.

Total.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

1895.

1896.

Total.

€

...

7,074.53 | 10,317.75 | 7,957.17 2,785.88 | 2,673.65 | 1,832.22 1,832.22

7,987.82 10,136.95 6,565.76 2,702.18 8,083.73 6,188.38

50,039.98

24,216.04

5,788.43

60,533.26 | 18,005.62| 2,077.11

1,134.15 3,362.57 | 22,684.65| 107,797.36

4,656.94

3,167.52 15,573.14 60,969.05 | 27,291.09 4,108.86 115,766.60

37,590.09 | 19,153.21

28,873.33 | 3,692.71

56,743.30

32,566.04

14,198.61

To Maintenance of Water Works,

City of Victoria & Hill District,...... Water Account, Cash & Stores,...

Maintenance

Kowloon,

of Water Works,

New Water Mains,

Kowloon Water Supply,

Tytam Water Works Extension,...

Peak Water Supply,

Miscellaneous Water Expenditure

on Bowen Road covered Reser- voir and Shankiwan and Aber- deen Water Works,

To Balance,

By Water supplied by Meter, Water Rates,

Total,.

...

3,188.35|10,505.01 |14,235.71 | 17,682.74 20,786.26 | 24,014.08| 90,442.15 63,566.90|72,400.00 | 62,500.00|62,700,00|66,191.63|71,318.24 | 398,676.77 $66,755.25 82,905.01 76,735.71 80,382.74 86,977.89 95,362.32 489,118.92 |

Showing Excess of Receipts over Expenditure and vice versa per Annum as follows,.

1st January, 1897,-By Balance,......

45,047.76 | 49,296.07

7,589.54

563.46 | 16,674.42

103,923.94 87,857.25 27,439.64 72,793.20 86,414.43 78,687.90 407,116.36

82,002.56

37,168.69

...

:..

...

82,002.56

489,118.92

DAVID WOOD,

Office Assistant and Accountant.

Hongkong, 9th August, 1897.

W. CHATHAM,

Acting Director of Iublic Works.

HONGKONG.

REPORT ON THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND FOR THE YEAR 1896.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Governor.

107

No. 2

THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND,

HONGKONG, 25th January, 1897.

SIR,-We have the honour to submit the following Report on the Widows and Orphans' Fund for 1896.

A Statement of Accounts of the Fund to 31st December is appended.

On that date, the Funds were disposed of as follows:-

On Fixed Deposit, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank,

Current Account

Total,...........

$32,900.00

105.12

$33,005.12

The average monthly contributions amount now to about $675.

During the period under review, 34 officers joined the Fund, 11 contributors left and 4 died.

There are now 6 pensioners, viz.:---

Mrs. MOOSDEEN,

Mrs. BEAVIN...

LEUNG CHE WAN,

.$ 63.67 per annum, from 7th January, 1892.

.$ 14.45

3rd June, 1894.

.$ 30.09

23rd January, 1896.

CHAN TAI,

$ 54.85

Mrs. MOFFATT,

•

Mrs. MOORE,

.$163.10 .$119.92

17th February, 1896. 14th June, 1896.

5 children of the late S. MOORE, $119.93

22nd July, 1896.

Two officers (Dr. MARQUES and J. R. BRASS) retired from the Service and half the amount of their contribution was refunded.

There are at present in the books 168 contributors.

Of these, 58 are bachelors, 105 are married and 5 are widowers. There are 255 children in the books.

The average age of the three classes of contributors (as far as it has been possible to calculate) is as follows:-

Bachelors..........

Married men Widowers

The Honourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY,

&c.,

&c.

....28

.28 years.

..A fraction under 37

years. ...51 years and 4 months.

We have the honour to be,

Sir, .

Your obedient Servants,

A. M. THOMSON, Chairman.

A. W. BREWIN,

F. MACHADO,

J. G. DA ROCHA,

FRANCIS W. Clark,

Directors.

108

Total up to December, 1895, During 1896,

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT OF THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSION

FUND UP TO 31st DECEMBER, 1896.

RECEIPTS.

$30,363.76

EXPENDITURE.

BALANCE.

$5,885.43

$24,478.33

9,551.12

1,024.33

8,526.79

验

39,914.88

*6,909.76

33,005.12

During 1896.

Total up to 31st December, 1896.

*Refunds of amounts erroneously levied,

5.24

$3,389.77

Working Expenses,

265.95

Pensions paid,...

310.61

Half Contributions refunded,

442.50

1,434.95 724.98 1,360.06

$1,024.33

$6,909.76

Sessional Papers - 1897