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PAPERS LAID BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG 1907

Table of Contents

1. Assessment

Report on, for 1907-1908

2. Bacteriologist, Government

Report for 1906

3. Blue Book

Report on, for 1906

4. Botanical and forestry

Report for 1906

5. Census, 1906

Report on

6. Civil Servants

Correspondence on the Subject of the Salaries of European

7. Cubicle Question

Report of Committee on

8. Education

Report for 1906

9. Estimates of Expenditure

Abstract Shewing Differences Between Estimates for 1907 and 1908

10. Evening Continuation Classes

Report on

11. Finance Committee

Minutes Nos. 1 to 12

12. Financial Returns

For 1906

13. Financial Statements

In Connection With Estimates for 1908

14. Fire Brigade

Report for 1906

15. Harbour Master

Report for 1906

16. Hygiene

Report on the Study of, in Hongkong Schools

17. Jurors

List of, for 1907

18. Kowloon-Canton Railway

Estimate of Expenditure to December, 1907

19. Legislative Council

Minutes Nos. 1 to 15

20. Medical

Report for 1906

21. Observatory

Report for 1906

22. Plague

Report on Epidemic of, During 1906

23. Po Leung Kuk

Report for 1906

24. Police and Crime

Report for 1906

25. Police Magistrates' Court

Return of, for 1906

26. Post office

Report for 1906

27. Prison

Report for 1906

28. Public Health and Buildings Ordinance Commissioin

Despatch from Secretary of State Regarding

29. Public Health and Buildings Ordinance Commission

Petition of Landowners in 1902

30. Public Health and Buildings Ordinance Commission

Minute By Colonial Secretary on

31. Public Health and Buildings Ordinance Commission

Minute By Principal Civil Medical officer on

32. Public Health and Buildings Ordinance Commission

Minute By officer administering the Government on

33. Public Health and Buildings Ordinance Commission

Report of

34. Public Works

Report for 1906

35. Public Works Committee

Minutes Nos. 1 and 2

36. Queen's College

Report By Examiners of, for 1906-1907

37. Queen's College

Report for 1906

38. Registrar General

Report for 1906

39. Sanitary

Report for 1906

40. Sanitary Surveyor

Report for 1906

41. Sir M. Nathan, K.C.M.G.

Despatch from Secretary of State Regarding Services of

42. Standing Law Committee

Minutes No. 1

43. Subsidiary Coins

Correspondence on the Subject of Hongkong

44. Supreme Court

Report and Returns for 1906

45. Tung Wah Hospital

Report on, for 1906

46. Typhoon of 18th September, 1906

Report of Relief Fund Committee

47. Typhoon of 18th September, 1906

Despatch from Secretary of State Regarding Report of Committee on Warning Given

48. Typhoon of 18th September, 1906

Despatch from Secretary of State Regarding Report of Relief Fund Committee

49. Typhoon of 18th September, 1906

Report of Committee on Warning Given

50. Veterinary Surgeon, Colonial

Report for 1906

51. Volunteer Corps, Hongkong

Report for 1906-1907

52. Waterworks

Contents of Reservoirs, 1906-1907

53. Widows and Orphans' Pension Fund

Report for 1906

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 1.

THURSDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY, 1907.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR (Sir MATTHEW NATHAN, K.C.M.G.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

the Attorney General, (HENRY HESSY JOHNSTON GOMPERTZ).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS Joseph BadeleY). Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. WILLIAM JARDINE GRESSON.

ABSENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops. (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD; C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

The Council met pursuant to summons.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 1st November, 1906, 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. 1 to 13), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee :—

No. 9769 of 1906, C.S.O.

No. 9064 of

1908. C.S.0.,

and

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two thousand five- hundred and fifteen Dollars ($2,515) in aid of the vote, Sanitary Department-Other Charges, Compensation for infected cattle slaughtered.

Government House, Hongkong, 25th January, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand four No. 6269 of hundred and eighty-four Dollars ($1,484) in aid of the vote,. Miscellaneous Services, Extension. Resumption of Taxlord Lots in the New Territories.

1904,

No. 6496 of 1906, C.O.D.

No. 8824 of

1:04, C.S O.

Government House, Hongkong, 28th January, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Ninety Pounds (£90) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services, Cancer Research Fund.

Government House, Hongkong, 29th January, 1907.

M. NATHAŃ.

The Governor recommends the Council to revote a sum of Two thousand Dollars ($2,000) in aid of the vote, Harbour Master's Department, Harbour Office-Special Expenditure, Purchase of 3 Fairway Lights and Buoys.

Government House, Hongkong, 31st January, 1907.

No. 6887 of 1906, C.S.O.

No. 889 of

1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand Dollars ($1,000) in aid of the vote, Military Expenditure, B. Volunteers-Other Charges, Purchase of 24 Barrels and 13 Rifles.

Government House, Hongkong, 31st January, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Fifty-three thousand Dollars ($53,000) and to revote a sum of Thirty-two thousand six hundred and ninety Dollars ($32,690) in aid of the votes-Public Works Recurrent and Public Works Extraordinary for the following items:-

Public Works Recurrent.

Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,

Public Works Extraordinary.

Insanitary Property Resumption,

.$41,000

12,000

-$33,000

Mortuary at Kowloon,

$ 5,150

New Roads in Victoria-Extension East and

West of Conduit Road,

3,290

Insanitary Property Resumption,.

12,060

Water Supply, Tai Po,

3,410

Time Ball Tower on Blackhead's Hill, Kowloon,

6,780

$32,690

No. 7608 of 1906, C.S.0.

No. 9864 of 1906, C.O.D.

No. 447 of

1903,

Government House, Hongkong, 7th February, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One hundred and fifty-three Dollars and eighty Cents ($153.80) in aid of the vote, Judicial and Legal Departments, Land Registry Office, New Territories-Other Charges, Typhoon Expenses.

Government House, Hongkong, 18th February, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand two hundred and sixty-three Dollars ($3,263 @ 2/- £326.6.0.) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services, Grants-in-aid of Other Institutions :-Imperial Institute.

Government House, Hongkong, 21st February, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand and Extension. fifty Dollars ($1,050) in aid of the vote, Public Works Extraordinary, Resumption

of Private Property for Rifle Range, Kowloon.

No. 8640 of 1906, C.S.O.

Government House, Hongkong, 22nd February, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Fifty-five Dollars ($55) in aid of the vote, Medical Departments, B.-Hospitals and Asylums, Other Charges, New Territories, Rent of Temporary Hospital.

Government House, Hongkong, 25th February, 1907.

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M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Nine thousand three 1906, C.S.O. hundred and thirty-four Dollars ($9,334) in aid of the vote, Police and Prison

Departments, B.-Fire Brigade, Other Charges, Typhoon Damages.

No. 2694 of 1906, C.S.O.

Government House, Hongkong, 25th February, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five thousand Dollars, Confidential $3,439.15 being a revote, ($5,000) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services, Public

Health and Buildings Ordinance Commission.

No. 9252 of

1996, C.O D.

Government House, Hongkong, 25th February, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Six thousand two hundred and nine Dollars ($6,209) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services, Connaught Reception.

Government House, Hongkong, 26th February, 1907.

The Attorney General seconded.

His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council.

Question-put and agreed to.

JURY LIST FOR 1907.-The Council then proceeded to consider the Jury List for 1907 in private.

ADJOURNMENT.--The Council then adjourned until after the meeting of the Finance

Committee.

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 February, 1907, and moved its adoption.

The Attorney General seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned sine die.

F. H. MAY,

Officer Administering the Government.

Read and confirmed, this 16th day of May, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 2.

THURSDAY, 16TH MAY, 1907.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

the Attorney General, (HENRY HESSY JOHNSTON GOMPERTZ).

the Colonial Treasurer, (CHARLES MCILVAINE MESSER).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS JOSEPH BADELEY). Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. WILLIAM Jardine Gresson.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

ABSENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

The Council met pursuant to summons.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 28th February, 1907, were read and confirmed.

NEW MEMBER.-Mr. CHARLES MCILVAINE MESSER took the Oath assumed his seat as Member of the Council.

His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government addressed the Council.

FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 14 to 20), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committce :-

No. 1297 of 1907.

No. 1946 of

1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Six hundred and fifty- nine Dollars ($659) in aid of the vote, Post Office, Shanghai Postal Agency, Other Charges, Incidental Expenses.

Government House, Hongkong, 12th March, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One hundred and sixteen Dollars and ninety-seven Cents ($116.97) in aid of the vote, Post Office, B.— Postal Agencies in China for the following items :-

Amoy,

Other Charges,

Incidental Expenses,

Swatow,

Other Charges,

Incidental Expenses,

Total,

Government House, Hongkong, 15th March, 1907.

.$ 54.22

62.75

$116.97

No. 291

19-6.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Eight hundred Dollars Confidential ($800) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services, Public Health and Buildings

Ordinance Commission.

No. 889 of

1907.

No, 2018 at 1905, C.S.O.

No. 3559 of

1907.

Government House, Hongkong, 10th April, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two thousand Dollars ($2,000) in aid of the vote, Public Works Extra- ordinary, Drainage, Large Flushing Tanks for Main Sewers, &c.

Government House, Hongkong, 22nd April, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Seven hundred and fifty Dollars ($750 (@_2}- = £75.0.0.) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services, Grants-in-aid of Other Institutions :-Imperial Institute.

Government House, Hongkong, 1st May, 1907.

F. H. MAY,

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand three hundred Dollars ($1,300) in aid of the vote, Police and Prison Departments, B.- Fire Brigade, Other Charges, for the following items :-

Coolie hire.....

Incidental Expenses,

Repairs to Hose and Other Plant,

Total,

$600

200

500

$1,300

No. 6269 of 1901,

Extension.

Government House, Hongkong, 7th May, 1907.

F.H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two thousand five hundred and eighty-one Dollars and eighty-five Cents ($2,581.85) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services, Compensation for resumption of Taxlord lots in the New Territories.

Government House, Hongkong, 13th May, 1907.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

CEMETERY BYE-LAWS.-The Colonial Secretary moved an Amendment of the Cemetery Bye-laws.

The Attorney General seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Adminis- tering the Government laid on the table the following papers :--

Report of the Registrar of the Supreme Court for the year 1906.

Financial Returns for the year 1906.

Report of the Typhoon Committee of Enquiry.

Report on the Widows and Orphans' Pension Fund for the Report of the Harbour Master for the year 1906.

year 1906.

Report on the Study of Hygiene in Hongkong Schools, 1906. Report on the Blue Book for 1906.

Returns of the Police Magistrates' Courts for the year 1906.

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Report of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance Commission.

Minute by the Colonial Secretary on the Report of the Public Health and Build-

ings Ordinance Commission.

Reports of the Captain Superintendent of Police and of the Superintendent of Fire

Brigade, for the year 1906.

Report on the Botanical and Forestry Department for the year 1906.

Report of the Director of the Hongkong Observatory for the year 1906.

Report on Queen's College for the year 1906.

Report on the Census of the Colony for 1906.

Report of the Typhoon Relief Fund Committee.

QUESTIONS.-Mr. HEWETT, in the absence of Mr. POLLOCK, K.C., pursuant to notice, asked the following questions:—

1. (a.) When will work on the new harbour of refuge be commenced?

(b.) How long is such work likely to take?

2. (a.) What was the cost of erecting the retaining wall on the South side of the

Signal Station at Blackhead's point?

(b.) Who has ultimately to bear the cost of such retaining wall?

3. (a.) Has the Government received any report from Mr. Hallifax with reference to motor fire engines or an improved system of fire-alarms?

(b.) If the Government has received such a report, will the Government lay it

upon the table.

The Director of Public Works and the Captain Superintendent of Police replied.

SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION BILL.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum of Four hundred and seventy-seven thousand eight hundred and forty-nine Dollars and fifty- three Cents, to defray the Charges of the Year 1906.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

SUPREME COURT VALIDATING BILL.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to remove doubts as to the validity of the proceedings of the Supreme Court of this Colony during the time that ALFRED GASCOYNE WISE Esquire held the office of Puisne Judge of such Court from the 25th day of June 1902 down to the pre- sent time.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILLS OF EXCHANGE (AMENDMENT) BILL.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Bills of Exchange Ordinance, 1885.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY (AMENDMENT) BILL.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Married Women's Property Ordinance, 1906.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

PROBATES ORDINANCE (AMENDMENT) BILL.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Probates Ordinance, 1887.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

HONGKONG COLLEGE OF MEDICINE INCORPORATION BILL.-Dr. Ho KAI moved the first reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance for the incorporation of the Hongkong College of Medicine.

Mr. WEI YUK seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government addressed the Council.

ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned sine die.

Read and confirmed this 23rd day of May, 1907. -

F. H. MAY,

Officer Administering the Government.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 3.

THURSDAY, 23RD MAY, 1907.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT

(FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

THE

the Attorney General, (HENRY HESSY JOHNSTON GOMPERTZ).

the Colonial Treasurer, (CHARLES MCILVAINE MESSER).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS JOSeph Badeley). Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

The Council met pursuant to summons.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 16th May, 1907, were read and con- firmed.

NEW MEMBERS.-His Excellency Major-General ROBERT GEORGE BROADWOOD and Mr. HENRY KESWICK took the Oath and assumed their seats as Members of the Council.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee, dated the 16th May, 1907, and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

PAPERS.---The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Adminis- tering the Government, laid on the table the following papers :—

Report of the Superintendent of Prison, for the year 1906.

Estimate of Expenditure on the Kowloon-Canton Railway up to December, 1907.

REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.-The Director of Public Works, by com- mand of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the Report of the Public Works Committee, dated the 16th May, 1907.

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.-The Colonial Secretary addressed the Council and moved the following Resolution and that it be referred to the Finance Committee :—

It is hereby resolved that a Sum of Two million four hundred and thirty-eight thousand Dollars ($2,438,000) be advanced out of Funds in the Custody of

the Government for the purposes of construction of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section) during the year 1907.

The Colonial Treasurer econded.

Question-put and agreed to.

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SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION BILL.-The Attorney General moved the second read- ing of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum of Four hundred and seventy-seven thousand eight hundred and forty-nine Dollars and fifty-three Cents, to defray the Charges of the Year 1906.

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.

SUPREME COURT VALIDATING BILL.-The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to remove doubts as to the validity of the proceedings of the Supreme Court of this Colony during the time that ALFRED GASCOYNE WISE Esquire held the office of Puisne Judge of such Court from the 25th day of June 1902 down to the present time.

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.

BILLS OF EXCHANGE (ÁMENDMENT) BILL.--The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Bills of Exchange Ordinance, 1885.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

On Council resuming, the Attorney General moved that the Bill be referred to the Law Committee.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY (AMENDMENT) BILL.-The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Married Women's Property Ordinance, 1906.

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.

PROBATES ORDINANCE (AMENDMENT) BILL.-The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Probates Ordinance, 1887.

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 that the Bill be read a third time.

The Colonial Secretary seconded. Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do

Bill passed.

pass.

HONGKONG COLLEGE OF MEDICINE INCORPORATION BILL.-Dr. Ho KAI addressed the Council and moved the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance for the incorpora- tion of the Hongkong College of Medicine.

Mr. WEI YUK seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government addressed the Council.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed, and Bill reported without amendment.

Dr. Ho KAI moved that the Bill be read a third time.

Mr. WEI YUK seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do

Bill passed.

pass.

ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned until Thursday, the 6th June, 1907.

F. H. MAY,

Officer Administering the Governmen t.

Read and confirmed, this 6th day of June, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 4.

COUNCIL,

THURSDAY, 6TH JUNE, 1907.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

the Attorney General, (HENRY HESSY JOHNSTON GOMPERTZ).

the Colonial Treasurer, (CHARLES MCILVAINE MESSER).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS Joseph Badeley).

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Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 23rd May, 1907, were read and con- firmed.

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.-His Excellency the Officer Administering the Govern- ment appointed Mr. HENRY KESWICK to fill the vacancy on the Public Works Committee caused by the departure of Mr. WILLIAM JARDINE Gresson.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE STANDING LAW COMMITTEE.-The Attorney General, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the Report of the Standing Law Committee on the Bill entitled "An Ordinance to amend the Bills of Exchange Ordinance, 1885," dated the 23rd May, 1907.

PAPERS. The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Adminis- tering the Government, laid on the table the following papers :-

Report on the Evening Continuation Classes.

Report on the Post Office Department, for the year 1906.

Minute by the Principal Civil Medical Officer on the Report of the Public Health

and Buildings Ordinance Commission.

INCREASE OF RATES.-The Colonial Secretary moved the following Resolution under Section 31 (1) of the Rating Ordinance, 1901, (Ordinance No. 6 of 1901)

Resolved by the Legislative Council that the precentages on the Valuation of tenements payable as rates in the undermentioned places be altered from the 1st day of July, 1907, as follows :—

Quarry Bay,...

Sham Shui Po,

To Kwa Wan,

Ma Tau Wei,

Kowloon City,..

Tai Kok Tsui,

Fuk Tsun Heung, Shaukiwan East,

Shaukiwan West,..

Shaukiwan Road,

Po Kau Wat,

Tsing Shiu Ma Tau,

Sai Wan Ho,

Whitfeild,

Tung Lo Wan,

.From 7% to 8%.

7 %

9 %.

7% 9 %.

7%. 9 %. 7% 9 %

103%.

103%

103%.

103% 10%.

9% 103%.

103 %

103%.

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The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

QUESTIONS.—Mr. POLLOCK, pursuant to notice, asked the following questions :-

1. (a.) Has the Government received complaints with reference to deficiencies in the

supply of rater to houses in Wanchai?

(b.) If so, has the Government taken any and what steps to remedy such

deficiencies?

2. (a.) What Government appliances exist for the extinguishing of fires at the

·Peak?

(b.) Does the Government consider that such appliances are sufficient? If not, what steps does the Government propose to take, and when, to remedy such deficiencies?

3. Will the Government consider the advisability of planting fir-trees and camphor- trees along and on the Northern slope from the road which runs at the side of the catch-water in the Shatin Valley?

4. (a.) Has the Principal Civil Medical Officer stated in writing to the Government his views with reference to the Report of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance Commission?

(b.) If so, will the Government lay a copy of the writing containing such views

upon the table?

The Director of Public Works, the Captain Superintendent of Police, and the Colonial Secretary replied.

QUESTIONS.-Mr. OSBORNE, pursuant to notice, asked the following questions :-

1. Will the Government cause notices to be exhibited at the paying-in counters of the Treasury, Post Office, Harbour Office, Magistracy and other departments; also inserted in Chinese Newspapers, informing the Public that British Subsidiary Coins are legal tender up to $2 in silver and $1 in copper on each bill; that Government shroffs are bound to receive them up to the above amounts, and that the Public are not bound to accept more than these amounts, as change?

2. With a view to creating a demand for British Subsidiary Coins, will the Govern- ment consider the advisability of increasing the limit to which they are legal tender?

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3. Will the Government say what steps have been taken towards improving the Rick-

sha service, in view of what was stated in this Council on 7th June, 1906? 4. Will the Government state how long telegraphic communication with Gap Rock

has been interrupted?

5. In view of the approaching typhoon season will the Government take steps to have

the cable repaired at an early date?

The Colonial Secretary, the Captain Superintendent of Police, and the Director of Public Works replied.

QUESTIONS.-Dr. Ho KAI gave notice that at the next meeting of the Council he would ask the following questions :-

1. What steps does the Government propose to take, and when, in regard to carrying out the recommendations of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance Commission?

2. If the Government does not propose to carry out the recommendations of the Commission in toto, which of such recommendations does the Government propose not to carry out?

3. Will the Government make a statement of what they propose to do with regard to

the recommendations of the Commission?

BILLS OF EXCHANGE (AMENDMENT) BILL.--The Attorney General moved that Council resolve itself into a committee of the whole Council to consider the Bill entitled An Ordin- ance to amend the Bills of Exchange Ordinance, 1885.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed.

HongKong and SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION BILL.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to authorise the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation from time to time to increase the Capital of the said Corporation from the sum of Ten Millions of Dollars to a sum not exceeding the sum of Twenty Millions of Dollars; and to continue incorporated for a further term of 21 years; and to continue in force for a further period of 21 years the provisions of Section 3 of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinance, 1899, with regard to the Excess Issue of Bills and Notes payable to bearer on demand.

The Colonial Secretary seconded. Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION BILL.-The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to authorize the Appropriation of a Supplementary Sum of Four hundred and seventy-seven thousand eight hundred and forty-nine Dollars and fifty- three Cents, to defray the Charges of the Year 1906.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded. .

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

SUPREME COURT VALIDATING BILL.-The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to remove doubts as to the validity of the proceedings of the Supreme Court of this Colony during the time that ALFRED GASCOYNE WISE Esquire held the office of Puisne Judge of such Court from the 25th day of June 1902 down to the present time.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY (AMENDMENT) BILL.-The Attorney General moved the third reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Married Women's Property Ordinance, 1906.

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 Thursday, the 13th June, 1907.

Read and confirmed this 13th day of June, 1907.

F. H. MAY,

Officer Administering the Government.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 5.

THURSDAY, 13TH JUNE, 1907.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

the Attorney General, (HENRY HESSY JOHNSTON GOMPERTZ).

the Colonial Treasurer, (CHARLES MCILVAINE MESSER).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS JOSEPH BADELEY). Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK,

ABSENT:

The Honourable Mr. WEI YUK.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 6th June, 1907, were read and con- firmed.

PAPERS.---The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Adminis- tering the Government, laid on the table the following papers :--

Report of the Registrar General, for the year 1906.

Petition from Land Owners with regard to Compensation under Section 185 of the

Public Health and Buildings Bill, 1902.

Recommendations of the Sanitary Commission, and Proposals of Government

thereon.

QUESTIONS.-Dr. Ho KAI, pursuant to notice, asked the following questions

1. What steps does the Government propose to take, and when, in regard to carry- ing out the recommendations of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance Commission?

2. If the Government does not propose to carry out the recommendations of the Commission in toto, which of such recommendations does the Government propose not to carry out?

3. Will the Government make a statement of what they propose to do with regard to

the recommendations of the Commission?

The Colonial Secretary replied.

PUBLIC HEALTH AND BUILDINGS (AMENDMENT) BILL-The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government addressed the Council.

Mr. HEWETT addressed the Council.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION BILL-Mr. KESWICK addressed the Council and moved the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to authorise the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation from time to time to increase the Capital of the said Corporation from the sum of Ten Millions of Dollars to a sum not exceeding the sum of Twenty Millions of Dollars; and to continue incorporated for a further term of 21 years; and to continue in force for a further period of 21 years the provisions of Section 3 of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinance, 1899, with regard to the Excess Issue of Bills and Notes payable to bearer on demand.

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. Mr. KESWICK moved that the Bill be read a third time.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put--that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

NEDERLANDSCH-INDISCHE HANDELSBANK BILL.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance for giving to a Foreign Company called the Nederlandsch-Indische Handelsbank certain facilities for carrying on its business in the

Colony.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

BILLS OF EXCHANGE (ÅMENDMENT) BILL.--The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to Bills of Exchange.

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 Thursday, the 20th June, 1907.

F. H. MAY,

Officer Administering the Government.

Read and confirmed, this 20th day of June, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils,

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 6.

THURSDAY, 20TH JUNE, 1907.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

the Attorney General, (HENRY HESSY JOHNSTON GOMPERTZ).

the Colonial Treasurer, (CHARLES MCILVAINE MESSER).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS JOSEPH BADELEY).

Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK,

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 13th June, 1907, were read and con- firmed.

QUESTIONS.-Mr. HEWETT gave notice that he would ask the following questions at the next meeting of the Council:—

1. Will the Government stute if it is proposed to rocognise the special services rendered by certain Government officials in connection with a Commission appointed to enquire into the working of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance?

2. If so, what, if any, special remuneration is it proposed to grant for the extra work undertaken by the following members of the Hongkong Civil Service :--Mr. Bowen Rowlands, Mr. J. Dyer Ball, and Mr. Chapman, V.D.?

3. Will this remuneration, if granted, be dealt with by a special vote in the Legisla-

tive Council?

4. If not, has the proposed amount been already included in some previous vote, if so, which vote, or will the sum granted to these officials be paid out of Miscella- neous Charges?

PUBLIC HEALTH AND BUILDINGS (AMENDMENT) BILL.-The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Public Health and Build- ings Ordinance, 1903.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Mr. POLLOCK addressed the Council.

After some discussion,-

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

On Council resuming, the Attorney General moved that the Bill be read a third time.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

NEDERLANDSCH-INDISCHE HANDELSBANK BILL.-The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance for giving to a Foreign Company called the Nederlandsch-Indische Handelsbank certain facilities for carrying on its business in the. Colony.

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 that the Bill be read a third time.

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 27th day of June, 1907.

F. H. MAY,

Officer Administering the Government.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councits.

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 7.

THURSDAY, 27TH JUNE, 1907.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT (FRAN IS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

the Attorney General, (HENRY HESSY JOHNSTON GOMPERTZ).

the Colonial Treasurer, (CHARLES MCILVAINE MESSER).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS JOSEPH BADELEY). Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

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ABSENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

The Council met pursuant to summons.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 20th June, 1907, were read and con- firmed.

His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government addressed the Council.

FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (No. 21 to 25), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee:-

No. 3533 of 1907.

No. 4568 of

1907.

No. 8036 ot 1906, C.S.O.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two hundred and fifty-two Dollars ($252) in aid of the vote, Judicial and Legal Departments, C.-Law Officers, Other Charges, Typewriter.

Government House, Hongkong, 17th June, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Fifty Dollars ($50) in aid of the vote, Judicial and Legal Departments, B.- Magistracy, Other Charges, Advertisements.

Government House, Hongkong, 20th June, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five hundred and ten Dollars ($510) in aid of the vote, Education, A.- Department of Inspector of Schools, Victoria British School, Personal Emoluments, (Head Master, House Allowance).

Government House, Hongkong, 21st June, 1907.

No. 6092 of 1905, C.S.O.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand eight hundred and forty-nine Dollars ($3,849) in aid of the vote, Public Works Extraordinary, Miscellaneous, Reconstruction of Retaining Wall at Braeside, Inland Lot No. 1523.

Government House, Hongkong, 25th June, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two thousand five hundred and fifty Dollars ($2,550) in aid of the vote, Public Works Extraordinary, Miscellaneous, Queen's College Latrines and Urinal.

Government House, Hongkong, 26th June, 1907.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

CUBICLES. Dr. Ho KAI addressed the Council and moved the following Resolution :----

(1.) That in the opinion of this Council a new law relating to cubicles in Chinese

dwelling houses is urgently required.

(2.) That it is desirable that such new law should include some method of dealing with the cubicle question which will be of a thorough nature and will settle the matter once for all.

(3.) That the scheme for pulling down the upper stories of every third house in the blocks of houses in China town and the provision of lateral windows in the upper stories of the adjacent houses is a desirable and effective scheme. (4.) That the principle of just compensation should be recognised in such a scheme. (5.) That a Committee consisting of three Official and three Unofficial Members oe this Council be appointed to consider on what principle compensation should be awarded andfor generally as to the manner in which the scheme should bf financed.

Mr. WEI YUK seconded.

After some discussion,

Resolutions Nos. 1 and 2 were carried unanimously and Nos. 3 and 4 declared lost,. nine Members voting against and two-Dr. Ho KAI and Mr. WEI YUK-for.

Resolution No. 5 was amended as follows and adopted unanimously:-

That a representative Committee be appointed to consider and make suggestions for

dealing with the cubicle problem generally.

His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government then intimated that the following would be invited to serve on the Committee:-

The Acting Colonial Secretary.

The Director of Public Works.

The Medical Officer of Health.

Dr. Ho KAI.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

Mr. WEI YUK,

Mr. E. A. RAM.

Mr. E. OSBORNE.

QUESTIONS.—Mr. HEWETT, pursuant to notice, asked the following questions:-

1. Will the Government state if it is proposed to recognise the special services rendered by certain Government Officials in connection with a Commission appointed to enquire into the working of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance?

2. If so, what, if any, special remuneration is it proposed to grant for the extra work undertaken by the following members of the Hongkong Civil Service :— Mr. Bowen-Rowlands, Mr. J. Dyer Ball, Mr. A. Chapman, V.D.?

3. Will this remuneration, if granted, be dealt with by a special vote in the

Legislative Council?

4. If not, has the proposed amount been already included in the some previous vote,

if so, which vote, or will the sum granted to those officials be paid out of Miscellaneous Charges?

The Colonial Secretary replied.

ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned until Thursday, the 4th July, 1907.

F. H. MAY,

Officer Administering the Governmení.

Read and confirmed, this 16ht day of July, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 8.

TUESDAY, 16TH JULY, 1907.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT George

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

the Attorney General, (HENRY HESSY JOHNSTON GOMPERTZ).

the Colonial Treasurer, (CHARLES MCILVAINE MESSER).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS JOSEPH BADELEY). Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

AUSENT:

The Honourable Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

The Council met pursuant to summons.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 27th June, 1907, were read and con- firmed.

FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 26 to 30), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee :-

No. 9204 of 1905, C.O.D.

No. 8824 of 1904, C.S.O.

No. 5011 of

1907.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five thousand five hundred Dollars ($5,500) in aid of the vote, Education, Other Charges, Grants, Building Grants.

Government House, Hongkong, 3rd July, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to revote a sum of One thousand seven hundred and sixteen Dollars ($1,716) in aid of the vote, Harbour Master's Department, Harbour Office-Special Expenditure, Purchase of 3 Fairway Lights and Buoys.

Government House, Hongkong, 6th July, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand nine hundred Dollars ($1,900) in aid of the vote, Public Works, Recurrent, Maintenance of Lighthouses.

Government House, Hongkong, 8th July, 1907.

No. 5041 of

1907.

No. 2658 of

1907.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two hundred and seventy-five Dollars ($275) in aid of the vote, Judicial and Legal Departments, A.-Supreme Court, Other Charges, for the following

items:

Electric Fans and Light, Incidental Expenses,

Total,

Government House, Hongkong, 8th July, 1907.

F. H. MAY,

$ 75

200

$275 ·

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three hundred and fifty Dollars ($350) in aid of the vote, Public Works, Recurrent, Miscellaneous, Maintenance of Public Cemetery.

Government House, Hongkong, 11th July, 1907.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE -The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee, dated the 27th June, 1907, and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Adminis- tering the Government, laid on the table the following papers :-

Despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies with regard to Sir M.

NATIIAN'S departure.

Reports on the Health and Sanitary Condition of the Colony of Hongkong, for

year 1906.

the

Report of the Inspector of Schools, for the 1906.

Despatch from the Secretary of State for the Colonies with regard to the Report

of the Typhoon Relief Fund Committee.

Correspondence on the subject of the Salaries of European Civil Servants.

SALARIES OF EUROPEAN CIVIL SERVANTS.-The Colonial Secretary addressed the Council and moved the following Resolution :--

Resolved that the principle of the payment of salaries of European Civil Servants contained in Lord Elgin's despatch No. 122 of the 11th June, 1907, be approved.

Dr. Ho KAI addressed the Council and seconded.

The Resolution was carried unanimously, unofficial members alone voting.

FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES BILL.-The Attorney General moved the First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance relating to Fire and Life Insurance Companies.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-MAATSCHAPPIJ BILL.-The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance for giving to a Foreign Company called the Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij certain facilities for carrying on its business in the Colony.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned until Tuesday, the 23rd July, 1907.

Read and confirmed this 23rd day of July, 1907.

F. H. MAY,

Officer Administering the Government.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 9.

TUESDAY, 23RD JULY, 1907.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

the Attorney General, (HENRY HESSY JOHNSTON GOMPERTZ).

the Colonial Treasurer, (CHARLES MCILVAINE MESSER).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM),

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS JOSEPH BADELEY). Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

ABSENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT. Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 16th July, 1907, were read and con- firmed.

FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 31 and 32), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee :--

No. II in

7116 of 1906,

C.S.0.

No. 3389 of

1907.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to revote a sum of One thousand one hundred and forty-five Dollars ($1,145) in aid of the vote, Sanitary Department, Other Charges, Typhoon Expenses.

Government House, Hongkong, 16th July, 1906.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand Dollars ($1,000) in aid of the vote, Police and Prison Depart- ments, A.-Police, Other Charges, for the following items:-

Secret Service,

Subsistence of Prisoners,

Government House, Hongkong, 18th July, 1907.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

$ 700

300

$1,000

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee, dated the 16th July, 1907, and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

PAPERS.--The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Adminis- tering the Government, laid on the table the following papers :-

Report on the Hongkong Volunteer Corps, for the year April 1st, 1906, to March

31st, 1907.

Correspondence on the subject of Hongkong Subsidiary Coins.

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Despatch from the Secretary of State with regard to the Report of the Committee

of Enquiry in connection with the Typhoon of the 18th September, 1906.

FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES BILL.--The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance relating to Life, Fire and Marine Insurance Com- panies.

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.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-MAATSCHAPPIJ BILL.-The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance for giving to a Foreign Company called the Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij certain facilities for carrying on its business in the Colony.

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 verbal amendments.

The Attorney General moved that the Bill be read a third time.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do

Bill passed.

pass.

ADJOURNMENT.—The Council then adjourned until Friday, the 26th July, 1907, at

2.45 p.m.

F. H. MAY,

Officer Administering the Governmeni.

Read and confirmed, this 26th day of July, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 10.

FRIDAY, 26TH JULY, 1907.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

the Attorney General, (HENRY HESSY JOHNSTON GOMPERTZ).

the Colonial Treasurer, (CHARLES MCILVAINE MESSER).

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the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM, C.M.G.).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS JOSEPH BADELEY). Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YCK,

Mr. EDWARD Osborne.

ABSENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 23rd July, 1907, were read and con- firmed.

FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 33 to 35), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee :-

No. 7340 of 1906, C.O.D.

No. 39 ot 1906, C.S.O.

No. 1749 of

1907.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Four hundred and thirty Dollars ($430) in aid of the vote, Harbour Master's Department, G.--Lighthouses, Gap Rock Lighthouse, Other Charges, Gunpowder Charges and Tubes for Fog Signalling Guns.

Government House, Hongkong, 20th July, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Four thousand one hundred and twelve Dollars ($4,112) in aid of the vote, Public Works Extraordinary, Communications, New Roads in Victoria, Extension East and West of Conduit Road.

Government House, Hongkong, 22nd July, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Four hundred and sixty-seven Dollars ($467) in aid of the vote, Post Office, B.-Postal Agencies in China, Swatow, Other Charges, Incidental Expenses.

Government House, Hongkong, 23rd July, 1907.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

. Question-put and agreed to.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Officer Adminis- tering the Government, laid on the table the following paper :-

Report on the Assessment for the year 1907-1908.

LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES BILL.-The Attorney General moved the third reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance relating to Life Insurance Companies.

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 17th day of September, 1907.

R. H. CROFTON,

Clerk of Councils.

F. D. LUGARD,

Governor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 11.

TUESDAY, 17TH SEPTEMBER, 1907.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir FREDERICK JOHN DEALTRY LUGARD, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.).

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM REES DAVIES).

the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM, C.M.G.). the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN):

the Harbour Master, (BASIL REGINALD HAMILTON TAYLOR). Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT,

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

ABSENT:

The Honourable Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

The Council met pursuant to summons.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 26th July, 1907, were read and con- firmed.

NEW MEMBERS.-Hon. Mr. WILLIAM REES DAVIES and Commander BASIL REGINALD HAMILTON TAYLOR, R.N., took the Oath and assumed their seats as Members of the Council.

FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 36 to 45), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee:--

No. 1946 of

1907.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand five hundred and thirty Dollars ($3,530) in aid of the vote, Post Office, for the following:

Other Charges.

A.-Hongkong Post Office,

Clothing, Shoes, &c., for Postmen, &c.,.........$ 700 Incidental Expenses,

1,200

Mail Bags and Parcel Post Receptacles,......... 1,000

B.-Postal Agencies in China,

Shanghai,

Fee of Medical Attendant, Light,

Amoy,

Rent of Sub-Agency,

Canton,

Incidental Expenses,

Government House, Hongkong, 25th July, 1907.

..$ 250 100

250

$3,530

No. 5041 of

1907.

No. 5617 of

1907.

F. D. LUGard.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three hundred Dollars- ($300) in aid of the vote, Judicial and Legal Departments, A.-Supreme Court, Other Charges, Fees to Counsel for Prisoners in Capital Cases.

Government House, Hongkong, 29th July, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Seven thousand Dollars- ($7,000) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services, for the following items :---

Printing and Binding:

Blue Book,

Miscellaneous Papers,

Total,

.$ 520

6,480

.$7,000

No. 4226 of

1907.

No. 5011 of 1907.

No. 5617 of 1907.

No. 7340 of 1906, C.O.D.

No. 5817 of

1907.

No. 5697 of

1907.

Government House, Hongkong, 1st August, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand Dollars- ($1,000) in aid of the vote, Treasury, B.-Office of Assessor of Rates, Other Charges, House Numbering, New Territories.

Government House, Hongkong, 1st August, 1907.

F. D. LUGard.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand six hundred Dollars ($1,600) in aid of the vote, Public Works, Recurrent, Maintenance of Lighthouses.

Government House, Hongkong, 6th August, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Thirteen thousand Dollars ($13,000) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services, Refunds of Revenue.

Government House, Hongkong, 14th August, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Nine hundred and ninety-two Dollars ($992) in aid of the vote, Harbour Master's Department, G.- Lighthouses, Gap Rock Lighthouse, Other Charges, Gunpowder Charges and Tubes for Fog Signalling Guns.

Government House, Hongkong, 21st August, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One hundred Dollars ($100) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services, Travelling Allowances in the New Territories.

Government House, Hongkong, 26th August, 1907.

F. D. LUGARÐ.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Ten thousand Dollars ($10,000) in aid of the vote, Governor, Other Charges, Furniture.

Government House, Hongkong, 3rd September, 1907.

No. 6157 of

1907.

F. D. LUGARD

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five hundred Dollars ($500) in aid of the vote, Police and Prison Departments, A.-Police, Other Charges, Secret Service.

Government House, Hongkong, 6th September, 1907.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.-The Colonial Secretary, by conmand of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the Report of the Finance Committee, dated the 26th July, 1907, and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

PAPERS.--The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers:--

Details of Contents of Reservoirs, &c., arranged according to the Rain Year 1906-

1907.

Draft Estimates, for the year 1908.

Financial Statements in connection with the Estimates for 1908.

Abstract showing differences between the Estimates of Expenditure for 1907 and

1908.

REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE.-The Director of Public Works, by com- mand of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the Report of the Public Works Committee, dated the 8th August, 1907, and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

AMENDMENT OF

CEMETERIES BYE-LAWS.-The Director of Public Works moved an

Amendment of the "Cemeteries " Bye-laws.

tion

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

RESOLUTION.-Mr. HEWETT addressed the Council and moved the following Resolu-

That the question of the amount of remuneration to be paid to Mr. J. Dyer Ball and Mr. A. Chapman, V.D., for special services rendered to the Public Health and Building Ordinance Commission be re-considered.

Mr. OSBORNE seconded.

The Colonial Secretary addressed the Council.

The Resolution was put to the vote and declared lost, eight Members voting against and four-Mr. HEWETT, Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. KESWICK, and Dr. Ho KAI--for.

APPROPRIATION BILL.-The Colonial Secretary moved the First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Four million nine hundred and ninety- two thousand nine hundred and fifty-three Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1908.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

PUBLIC NOTARIES BILL.--The Attorney General moved the First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to provide for the appointment of Public Notaries within the Colony.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put, and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

SEDITIOUS PUBLICATIONS BILL.-The Attorney General moved the First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to prevent the Publication of Seditious Matter.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

LOCAL COMMUNITIES (AMENDMENT) BILL.-The Attorney General moved the First- reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Local Communities Ordinance, 1899.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

STOCKS PUNISHMENT LIMITATION BILL.-The Attorney General moved the First read- ing of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to limit the imposition by public exposure in the stocks.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned until Thursday, the 3rd October, 1907.

Read and confirmed, this 3rd day of October, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

F. D. LUGARD,

Governor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 12.

THURSDAY, 3RD OCTOBER, 1907.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir FREDERICK JOHN DEALTRY LUGARD, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.). The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

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the Attorney General, (WILLIAM REES DAVIES).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM, C.M.G.).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Harbour Master, (BASIL REGINALD HAMILTON TAYLOR). Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. EDBERT Ansgar HEWETT. -

Mr. EDWARD Osborne.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

ABSENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 17th September, 1907, were read and -confirmed.

PAPERS.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers :-

Financial Statement in connection with the Estimates for 1908. (Corrected Copy.) Report of the Committee appointed to consider and make suggestions for dealing

with the Cubicle Question.

FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 46 and 47), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee :-

No. 3389 of 1907.

No. 1689 of 1904, C.S.O.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand six hundred and eighty Dollars ($1,680) in aid of the vote, Police and Prison Depart- ments, Fire Brigade,-Special Expenditure, Despatch Boxes.

Government House, Hongkong, 16th September, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Forty thousand two hundred and thirty-two Dollars ($40,232) in aid of the vote, Public Works Extraor- dinary, Water Works, Tytam Tuk Scheme, First Section.

Government House, Hongkong, 18th September, 1907.

The Attorney General 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 17th September, 1907, and moved its adoption.

The Attorney General seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

COMPANIES (EXTRA COLONIAL REGISTERS) BILL.-The Attorney General moved the First reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to Companies.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question--put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

APPROPRIATION BILL.-The Colonial Secretary moved the Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Four million nine hundred and ninety- two thousand nine hundred and fifty-three Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1908.

The Attorney General seconded.

Mr. HEWETT, Mr. OSBORNE, the Director of Pubic Works, the Colonial Secretary and His Excellency the Governor addressed the Council.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time and referred to the Finance Committee.

PUBLIC NOTARIES BILL.-The Attorney General moved the Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to provide for the appointment of Public Notaries within the Colony.

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.

SEDITIOUS PUBLICATIONS BILL.-The Attorney General moved the Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to prevent the Publication of Seditious Matter.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

LOCAL COMMUNITIES (AMENDMENT) BILL.-The Attorney General moved the Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Local Communities Ordinance, 1899.

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 verbal amendments.

The Attorney General moved that the Bill be read a third time.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

STOCKS PUNISHMENT LIMITATION BILL.-The Attorney General moved the Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to limit the imposition by public exposure in the

stocks.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

ADJOURNMENT.—The Council then adjourned until Thursday, the 10th October, 1907.

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Read and confirmed this 10th day of October, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

F. D. LUGARD, Governor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 13.

THURSDAY, 10TH OCTOBER, 1907.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir FREDERICK JOHN DEALTRY LUGARD, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.).

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM REES DAVIES).

the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM, C.M.G.). the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Harbour Master, (BASIL REGINALD HAMILTON TAYLOR). Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

ABSENT:

The Honourable Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

The Council met pursuant to adjournment.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 3rd October, 1907, were read and con- firmed.

COMMITTEES.-His Excellency the Governor in accordance with the Standing Order No. 17, appointed the following Committees :-

Finance Committee.-All the Members of the Council, except the Governor, with

the Honourable the Colonial Secretary as Chairman.

Law Committee.-The Honourable the Attorney General (Chairman), The Hon- ourables Dr. Ho KAI, Mr. WEI YUK, Mr. H. E. POLLOCK, K.C., and the Honourable the Harbour Master.

Public Works Committee.-The Honourable the Director of Public Works (Chair- man), the Honourables the Colonial Treasurer, Mr. E. OSBORNE, Mr. E. A. HEWETT, and Mr. 11. KESWICK.

FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 48 and 49), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee:-

No. 1330 of 1905, C.S.O.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand Dollars ($3,000) in aid of the vote, l'ublic Works Extraordinary, Miscellaneous, Hot water apparatus and baths, Government House.

Government House, Hongkong, 2nd October, 1907.

F. D. LUGAard.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Seven thousand three hundred and thirty-six Dollars ($7,336) in aid of the vote, Education, Department of Inspector of Schools-Other Charges, Evening Continuation Classes.

Government House, Hongkong, 2nd October, 1907.

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 3rd October, 1907, and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

COMPANIES (EXTRA COLONIAL REGISTERS) BILL.-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to Companies,

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

STOCKS PUNISHMENT LIMITATION BILL.-The Attorney General moved the Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to limit the imposition by public exposure in the stocks.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

After some discussion,

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed, and Bill reported with verbal amendment.

The Attorney General moved that the Bill be read a third time.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

APPROPRIATION BILL.-The Colonial Secretary moved that the Council resolve itself into a Committee of the whole Council to consider the Bill entitled An Ordinance to apply a sum not excee ling Four milion nine hundred and ninety-two thousand nine hundred and fifty-three Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1908.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed, and Bill reported without amendment.

The Colonial Secretary moved that the Bill read a third time.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

PUBLIC NOTARIES BILL.-Consideration of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to provide for the appointment of Public Notaries within the Colony was postponed.

SEDITIOUS PUBLICATIONS BILL.-The Attorney General moved that the Council resol ve itself into a Committee of the whole Council to consider the Bill entitled An Ordinance to prevent the Publication of Seditious Matter.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed, and Bill reported with amendments.

The Attorney General moved that the Bill be read a third time.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

ADJOURNMENT.—The Council then adjourned until Thursday, the 24th October, 1907.

Read and confirmed, this 28th day of November, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

F. D. LUGARD,

Governor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 14.

THURSDAY, 28TH NOVEMBER, 1907.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir FREDERICK JOHN DEALTRY LUGARD, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.).

The Honourable the Officer Commanding the Troops, (Colonel CHARLES HENRY DARLING,

R.E.).

the Colonial Secretary, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM REES DAVIES).

the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM, C.M.G.). the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Harbour Master, (BASIL REGINALD HAMILTON TAYLOR). Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

ABSENT:

The Honourable Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

The Council met pursuant to summons.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 10th October, 1907, were read and confirmed.

PAPERS. The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following papers :-

Report by the Examiners of Queen's College, for the year 1906-1907.

Services of the Sanitary Commissioners.

Report of the Director of Public Works, for the year 1906.

FINANCIAL MINUTES.-The Colonial Secretary, by command of His Excellency the Governor, laid on the table the following Financial Minutes, (Nos. 50 to 62), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee :

No. 7731 of 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three hundred Dollars ($300) in aid of the vote, Sanitary Department, Sanitary Staff, Other Charges, Cemeteries Incidental Expenses.

Government House, Hongkong, 14th October, 1907.

No. 889 of

1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One hundred and four thousand and fifty Dollars ($104,050) in aid of the vote, Public. Works, Recur- rent, and Public Works, Extraordinary, for the following items :-

PUBLIC WORKS, RECURRENT. Buildings.

1 Maintenance of Buildings,

Communications.

4 Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City,

Do.

do.,

Telegraphs,

Drainage.

$ 8,000

1,000

outside City,

2.500

4,500

350

10 Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.,

13 Gas Lighting, Kowloon,

Lighting.

Miscellaneous.

16 Maintenance of Public Cemetery, 19 Miscellaneous Services,.. 20 Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,

....

Water Works.

Lai Chi Kok,

23 Maintenance of Shaukiwan,

Do.

PUBLIC WORKS, EXTRAORDINARY.

400

1,000

66,800

250

400

$ 89,700

Drainage.

14 Training Nullahs,..

4,000

Miscellaneous.

22 Miscellaneous Works,

7,000

Water Works.

29 Miscellaneous Water Works,

550

Insanitary Property Resumption,

2.800

14,350

Total,

$104,050

No. 5379 of 1907.

No. 6157 of

1907.

No. 691 of

1907, and

Government House, Hongkong, 17th October, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three hundred Dollars ($300) in aid of the vote, Medical Departments, B.-Hospitals and Asylums, Infec- tious Hospitals, Hospital Hulk Hygeia, Other Charges, Provisions, &c.

Government House, Hongkong, 23rd October, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three hundred and forty-three Dollars ($343) in aid of the vote, Police and Prison Departments, A.- Police, Other Charges, Secret Service.

Government House, Hongkong, 28th October, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Four thousand one No. 759 of hundred and eighty-four Dollars ($4,184) in aid of the vote, Public Works, Extra- Extension ordinary, Communications, New Roads in New Territories.

1905,

Government House, Hongkong, 5th November, 1907.

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No. 7416 of

1906, C.S.O.

No. 8367 of

1907.

No. 8424 of

1907.

No. 8428 of

1907.

No. 3389 of 1907.

F. D. LUGArd.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two hundred and ninety Dollars ($290) in aid of the vote, Police and Prison Departments, B.--Fire Brigade, Other Charges, Typhoon Damages.

Government House, Hongkong, 6th November, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25) in aid of the vote, Police and Prison Departments, C.-Prison, Other Charges. Executioner's Fees, and Allowances for inflicting Corporal Punishment.

Government House, Hongkong, 6th November, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand Dollars ($1,000) in aid of the vote, Botanical and Forestry Department, Other Charges, Forestry in New Territories.

Government House, Hongkong, 7th November 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two hundred and eighty Dollars ($280) in aid of the vote, Harbour Master's Department, A.-Har- bour Office, Other Charges, Electric Fans and Light.

Government House, Hongkong, 7th November, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand one hundred Dollars ($1,100) in aid of the vote, Police and Prison Departments, A.- Police, Other Charges, for the following items :—

Conveyance of Police, Prisoners and Transport,......$ 850 Incidental Expenses,

Total,

250

$1,100

No. 8858 of 1907.

II in No. 3013 of 1906.

Government House, Hongkong, 18th November, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five hundred Dollars ($500) in aid of the vote, Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature, Other Charges, Incidental Expenses.

Government House, Hongkong, 26th November, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand four hundred and eighty-two Dollars ($1,482) in aid of the vote, Medical Departments, B.-Hospitals and Asylums, Infectious Hospitals, Hospital Hulk "Hygeia", Other Charges, Provisions, &c.

Government House, Hongkong, 27th November, 1907.

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No. 8463 of

1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Four hundred and fifty-six Dollars ($456) in aid of the vote, Medical Departments, A.--Staff, Other Charges, Health Officer of Port, Repairs to Launch.

Government House, Hongkong, 28th November, 1907.

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 10th October, 1907, and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question -put and agreed to.

AMENDMENT OF DOMESTIC CLEANLINESS AND VENTILATION BYE-LAWS.-Consideration was postponed until next meeting.

COMPANIES (EXTRA COLONIAL REGISTERS) BILL.-The Attorney General addressed the Council moved that the Council resolve itself into a Committee of the whole Council to con- sider the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Law relating to Companies.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

Council resumed, and Bill reported with amendments.

The Attorney General moved that the Bill be read a third time.

Mr. KESWICK seconded.

Bill read a third time.

Question put-that this Bill do pass.

Bill passed.

PUBLIC NOTARIES BILL. The Attorney General informed the Council that it was not proposed to proceed with this Bill.

1907.

ADJOURNMENT.—The Council then adjourned until Thursday, the 12th December,

Read and confirmed this 19th day of December, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

F. D. LUGARD,

Governor.

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, No. 15.

THURSDAY, 19TH DECEMBER, 1907.

PRESENT:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

(Sir FREDERICK JOHN DEALTRY LUGARD, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.). His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.).

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM REES DAVIES).

the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM, C.M.G.).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Harbour Master, (Comdr. BASIL REGINALD HAMILTON TAYLOR, R.N.) Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. EDWARD Osborne.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

The Council met pursuant to summons.

The Minutes of the last Meeting, held on the 28th November, 1907, 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. 63 to 65), and moved that they be referred to the Finance Committee:-

No. 3389 of 1907.

No. 5379 of

1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two hundred and forty-five Dollars ($245) in aid of the vote, Police and Prison Departments, A.--- Police, Other Charges, Secret Services.

Government House, Hongkong, 14th December, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One hundred and ninety-three Dollars ($193) in aid of the vote, Medical Departments, K.-Hospitals and Asylums for the following items :—

Other Charges.

Lunatic Asylums-Incidental Expenses,... Hospital Hulk" Hygeia "-Provisions, &c.,

Victoria Hospital for Women and Children-Provisions, .

Total,.

$ 17.60

24.18 151.22

...

$193.00

I B in No. 7416 of 1906,

Government House, Hongkong, 14th December, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand eight hundred and thirty-four Dollars ($1,834) in aid of the vote, Police and Prison Departments, B.-Fire Brigade, Other Charges, Typhoon Damages.

Government House, Hongkong, 16th December, 1907.

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 November, 1907, and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

AMENDMENT OF DOMESTIC CLEANLINESS AND VENTILATION BYE-LAWS.-The Colonial Secretary moved an Amendment of the Domestic Cleanliness and Ventilation Bye-laws.

The Director of Public Works seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

QUESTIONS.—Mr. POLLOCK, pursuant to notice, asked the following questions:-

1. Will the Government state what steps it is taking in connection with the proposed

construction of an additional harbour of refuge?

2. Will the Government consider the advisability of introducing legislation, as to the proof in this Colony of the statutes of British possessions and protectorates, framed upon similar terms to the Evidence (Colonial Statutes) Act, 1907?

The Colonial Secretary replied.

FIRE BRIGADE (AMENDMENT) BILL.--The Attorney General moved the first reading of a Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Fire Brigade Ordinance, 1868.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a first time.

ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned until after the meeting of the Finance

Committee.

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 19th December, 1907, and moved its adoption.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned sine die.

Governor.

Read and confirmed, this

day of

Clerk of Councils.

No. 1.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG, On the 28th February, 1907.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.), Chairman.

the Attorney General, (HENRY HESSY JOHNSTON GOMPERTZ).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS JOSEPHI BADELEY).

Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. WILLIAM JARDINE GRESSON.

ABSENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT George

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

The Committee met pursuant to summons.

Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :-

No. 9769 of 1906, C.S.O.

No. 9064 of

1906, C.S.0,

and

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two thousand five hundred and fifteen Dollars ($2,515) in aid of the vote, Sanitary Department-Other Charges, Compensation for infected cattle slaughtered.

Government House, Hongkong, 25th January, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand four No. 6269 of hundred and eighty-four Dollars ($1,484) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services, Extension. Resumption of Taxlord Lots in the New Territories.

No. 6496 of 1906, C.O.D.

No. 8824 of

1904, C.S.O.

Government House, Hongkong, 28th January, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Ninety Pounds (£90) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services, Cancer Research Fund.

Government House, Hongkong, 29th January, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

Government House, Hongkong, 31st January, 1907.

No. 6887 of 1906, C.S.O.

No. 889 of

1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand Dollars ($1,000) in aid of the vote, Military Expenditure, B. Volunteers-Other Charges, Purchase of 24 Barrels and 13 Rifles.

Government House, Hongkong, 31st January, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

Public Works Recurrent.

Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,

$41,000

Public Works Extraordinary.

Insanitary Property Resumption,..

12,000

-$53,000

Mortuary at Kowloon,

New Roads in Victoria-Extension East and

$ 5,150

West of Conduit Road,.

5,290

Insanitary Property Resumption,...

12,060

Water Supply, Tai Po,

3,410

Time Ball Tower on Blackhead's Hill, Kowloon,

6,780

$32,690

No. 7E03 of 1906, C.S.0.

No. 9864 of 1906, C.O.D.

No. 447 of

1903,

Government House, Hongkong, 7th February, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One hundred and fifty-three Dollars and eig by Cents ($153.80) in aid of the vote, Judicial and Legal Departments, Land Registry Office, New Territories-Other Charges, Typhoon Expenses.

Government House, Hongkong, 18th February, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand two hundred and sixty-three Dollars ($3,263 @ 2-£326.6.0.) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services, Grants-in-aid of Other Institutions :-Imperial Institute.

Government House, Hongkong, 21st February, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand and Extension. fifty Dollars ($1,050) in aid of the vote, Public Works Extraordinary, Resumption

of Private Property for Rifle Range, Kowloon.

No. 8640 of 1906, C.S.O.

Government House, Hongkong, 22nd February, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

Government House, Hongkong, 25th February, 1907.

▼

I in

No. 7416 of

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Nine thousand three 1906, C.S.O. hundred and thirty-four Dollars ($9,334) in aid of the vote, Police and Prison

Departments, B.-Fire Brigade, Other Charges, Typhoon Damages.

No. 2694 of 1906, C.S.O.

Government House, Hongkong, 25th February, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five thousand Dollars, Confidential $3,439.15 being a revote, ($5,000) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services, Public

Health and Buildings Ordinance Commission.

No. 9352 of

Government House, Hongkong, 25th February, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Six thousand two

1906, C.O.D. hundred and nine Dollars ($6,209) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services,

Connaught Reception.

Government House, Hongkong, 26th February, 1907.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above votes be passed.

The Committee then adjourned sine die.

Laid before the Legislative Council and adopted on the 28th February, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

F. H. MAY,

Chairman.

No. 2.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 16th May, 1907.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON), Chairman.

the Attorney General, (HENRY HESSY JOHNSTON GOMPERTZ).

the Colonial Treasurer, (CHARLES MCILVAINE MESSER).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN)..

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS JOSEPH Badeley).

Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. WILLIAM JARDINE GRESSON.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

ABSENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

The Committee met pursuant to summons.

Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :-

No. 1297 of 1907.

No. 1946 of 1907.

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Six hundred and fifty- nine Dollars ($659) in aid of the vote, Post Office, Shanghai Postal Agency, Other Charges, Incidental Expenses.

Government House, Hongkong, 12th March, 1907.

M. NATHAN.

Amoy,

Other Charges,

Incidental Expenses,..

Swatow,

Other Charges,

Incidental Expenses,

Total,..

.....$ 54.22

Government House, Hongkong, 15th March, 1907.

62.75

$116.97

No. 2694 of 1906,

M. NATHAN.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Eight hundred Dollars Confidential. ($800) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services, Public Health and Buildings

Ordinance Commission.

No. 889 of

1907.

No. 2618 et 1905, C.S.O.

No. 3389 of

1007.

Government House, Hongkong, 10th April, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

Government House, Hongkong, 22nd April, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Seven hundred and fifty Dollars ($750 @ 2/- £75.0.0.) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services, Grants-in-aid of Other Institutions :--Imperial Institute.

Government House, Hongkong, 1st May, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

Coolie hire,.......

Incidental Expenses,.

Repairs to Hose and Other Plant,

Total,

$600

200

500

$1,300

No. 6269 of

1904.

Extension.

Government House, Hongkong, 7th May, 1907.

F.H. MAY.

Government House, Hongkong, 13th May, 1907.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above votes be passed.

The Committee then adjourned sine die.

Laid before the Legislative Council and adopted on the 23rd May, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

A. M. THOMSON,

Chairman.

No. 3.

}

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 23rd May, 1907.

PRESENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON), Chairman.

the Attorney General, (HENRY HESSY JOHNSTON GOMPERTZ).

the Colonial Treasurer, (CHARLES MCILVAINE MESSER).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS JOSEPH BADELEY).

Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

دو

Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

I, ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON, Chairman of the Finance Committee, do hereby certify that the Committee on the 23rd day of May, 1907, considered clause by clause a Bill entitled an Ordinance to authorize the appropriation of a Supplementary Sum of Four hundred and seventy-seven thousand eight hundred and forty-nine Dollars and fifty-three Cents, to defray the Charges for the Year 1906, and unanimously recommended that the Bill in question be dealt with by the Council in the same manner as a Bill reported on by a Committee of the whole Council.

The following Resolution was also considered together with the Statement showing the Estimated Expenditure on the Kowloon-Canton Railway up to December, 1907, and unani- mously agreed to :—

"It is hereby resolved that a Sum of Two million four hundred and thirty-eight thousand Dollars ($2,438,000) be advanced out of Funds in the Custody of the Government for the purposes of construction of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section) during the year 1907."

Laid before the Legislative Council and adopted on the 6th June, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

A. M. THOMSON,

Chairman,

No. 4.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 27th June, 1907.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON), Chairman.

the Attorney General, (HENRY HESSY JOHNSTON GOMPERTZ).

the Colonial Treasurer, (CHARLES MCILVAINE MESSER).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS Joseph Badeley).

Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

1135

Mr. EDWARD Osborne.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

ABSENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

The Committee met pursuant to summons.

Read the following Minutes under the hand of Ilis Excellency the Officer Adminis- tering the Government :-

No. 3533 of 1907.

No. 4565 of

1907.

No. 8036 ot 1906, C.S.O.

F. H. MAY.

Government House, Hongkong, 17th June, 1907.

F. H. MAY. .

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Fifty Dollars ($50) in aid of the vote, Judicial and Legal Departments, B.- Magistracy, Other Charges, Advertisements.

Government House, Hongkong, 20th June, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

Government House, Hongkong, 21st June, 1907.

い

No. 6092 of 1905, C.S.O.

F. H. MAY.

Government House, Hongkong, 25th June, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

Government House, Hongkong, 26th June, 1907.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above votes be passed.

The Committee then adjourned sine die.

Laid before the Legislative Council and adopted on the 16th July, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils

A. M. THOMSON,

Chairman,

No. 5.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 16th July, 1907.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON), Chairman.

the Attorney General, (HENRY HESSY JOHNSTON GOMPERTZ).

the Colonial Treasurer, (CHARLES MCILVAINE Messer).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS JOSEPH BADELEY).

Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

ABSENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT George

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable Mr. EDBERT Ansgar HEWETT.

The Committee met pursuant to summons.

Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Officer Adminis- tering the Government :-

No. 9204 of 1905, C.O.D.

No. 8824 of 1904, C.S.O.

No. 5011 of

1907.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five thousand five hundred Dollars ($5,500) in aid of the vote, Education, Other Charges, Grants, Building Grants.

Government House, Hongkong, 3rd July, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

Government House, Hongkong, 6th July, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand nine hundred Dollars ($1,900) in aid of the vote, Public Works, Recurrent, Maintenance of Lighthouses.

Government House, Hongkong, 8th July, 1907.

No. 5041 of

1907.

No. 2658 of 1907.

F. H. MAY.

items:

Electric Fans and Light, Incidental Expenses,

Total,

Government House, Hongkong, 8th July, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

$ 75

200

.$275

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three hundred and fifty Dollars ($350) in aid of the vɔte, Public Works, Recurrent, Miscellaneous, Maintenance of Public Cemetery.

Government House, Hongkong, 11th July, 1907.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above votes be passed.

The Committee then adjourned sine die.

Laid before the Legislative Council and adopted on the 23rd July, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils

A. M. THOMSON,

Chairman.

No. 6.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 23rd July, 1907.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON), Chairman.

the Attorney General, (HENRY HESSY JOHNSTON Gompertz).

the Colonial Treasurer, (CHARLES MCILVAINE MESSER).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS JOSEPH BADELEY).

Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. EDWARD Osborne.

ABSENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

The Committee met pursuant to summons.

Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Officer Adminis- tering the Government :

No. II in

7416 of 1906,

C.S.O.

No. 3389 of

1907.

F. H. MAY.

Government House, Hongkong, 16th July, 1906.

F. H. MAY.

Secret Service,

Subsistence of Prisoners,

$ 700

300

$1,000

Government House, Hongkong, 18th July, 1907.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above votes be passed.

The Committee then adjourned sine die.

Laid before the Legislative Council and adopted on the 26th July, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils

A. M. THOMSON,

Chairman.

No. 7.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG, On the 26th July, 1907.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON), Chairman.

the Attorney General, (HENRY HESSY JOHNSTON GOMPERTZ).

the Colonial Treasurer, (CHARLES MCILVAINE MESSER).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM, C.M.G.).

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS JOSEPH Badeley).

Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

ABSENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

The Committee met pursuant to summons.

Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Officer Adminis- tering the Government :-

No. 7340 of 1906, C.O.D.

No. 39 ot

1906, C.S.O.

No. 1749 of

1907.

F. H. MAY.

Government House, Hongkong, 20th July, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

Government House, Hongkong, 22nd July, 1907.

F. H. MAY.

Government House, Hongkong, 23rd July, 1907.

The Colonial Treasurer seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above votes be passed. The Committee then adjourned sine die.

Laid before the Legislative Council and adopted on the 17th September, 1907.

F. H. MAY, Chairman.

R. H. CROFTON,

Clerk of Councils.

No. 8.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 17th September, 1907.

PRESENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEorge

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.), Chairman.

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM REES DAVIES).

the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON). the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM, C.M.G.).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Harbour Master, (BASIL REGINALD HAMILTON TAYLOR). Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

ABSENT:

The Honourable Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

The Committee met pursuant to summons.

Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :-

No. 1946 of

1907.

F. H. MAY.

The Officer Administering the Government recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand five hundred and thirty Dollars ($3,530) in aid of the vote, Post Office, for the following:-

Other Charges.

4.-Hongkong Post Office,

Clothing, Shoes, &c., for Postmen, &c...........$ 700 Incidental Expenses,

1,200

Mail Bags and Parcel Post Receptacles,......... 1,000

B.-Postal Agencies in China,

Shanghai,

Fee of Medical Attendant, Light,

Amoy,

Rent of Sub-Agency,

Canton,

Incidental Expenses,

Government House, Hongkong, 25th July, 1907.

.$ .250 100

250

$3,530

No. 5041 of

1907.

No. 5617 of

1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three hundred Dollars ($300) in aid of the vote, Judicial and Legal Departments, 4.-Supreme Court, Other Charges, Fees to Counsel for Prisoners in Capital Cases.

Government House, Hongkong, 29th July, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Seven thousand Dollars ($7,000) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services, for the following items :--

Printing and Binding :

Blue Book,

Miscellaneous Papers,

Total,

.$ 520

6,480

$7,000

No. 4226 of

1907.

No. 5011 of 1907.

No. 5617 of 1907.

No. 7340 of 1906, C.O.D.

No. 5617 of

1907.

No. 5697 of

1907.

Government House, Hongkong, 1st August, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand Dollars ($1,000) in aid of the vote, Treasury, B.-Office of Assessor of Rates, Other Charges, House Numbering, New Territories.

Government House, Hongkong, 1st August, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand six hundred Dollars ($1,600) in aid of the vote, Public Works, Recurrent, Maintenance of Lighthouses.

Government House, Hongkong, 6th August, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Thirteen thousand Dollars ($13,000) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services, Refunds of Revenue.

Government House, Hongkong, 14th August, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

Government House, Hongkong, 21st August, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One hundred Dollars ($100) in aid of the vote, Miscellaneous Services, Travelling Allowances in the New Territories.

Government House, Hongkong, 26th August, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Ten thousand Dollars ($10,000) in aid of the vote, Governor, Other Charges, Furniture.

Government House, Hongkong, 3rd September, 1907.

No. 6157 of

1907.

F. D. LUGARD

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five hundred Dollars ($500) in aid of the vote, Police and Prison Departments, 4.-Police, Other Charges, Secret Service.

Government House, Hongkong, 6th September, 1907.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above votes be passed.

The Committee then adjourned sine die.

Laid before the Legislative Council and adopted on the 3rd October, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

F. H. MAY,

Chairman.

No. 9.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 3rd October, 1907..

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.), Chairman.

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM REES DAVIES).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM, C.M.G.).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Harbour Master, (BASIL REGINALD HAMILTON TAYLOR).

Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

་་

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

ABSENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

The Committee met pursuant to summons.

Considered clause by clause a Bill entitled An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Four million nine hundred and ninety-two thousand nine hundred and fifty-three Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1908.

Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :-

No. 3389 of 1907.

No. 1689 of 1904, C.S.O.

F. D. LUGARD.

Government House, Hongkong, 16th September, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

Government House, Hongkong, 18th September, 1907.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above votes be passed. The Committee then adjourned sine die.

Laid before the Legislative Council and adopted on the 10th October, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

F. H. MAY,

Chairman.

No. 10.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG, On the 10th October, 1907.

PRESENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.), Chairman.

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM REES DAVIES).

the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON). the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM, C.M.G.). the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Harbour Master, (BASIL REGINALD HAMILTON TAYLOR). Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. EDWARD Osborne.

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Mr. HENRY KESWICK,

ABSENT:

The Honourable Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

The Committee met pursuant to summons.

Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :-

F. D. LUGARD.

No. 1380 of 1905, C.S.O.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three thousand Dollars ($3,000) in aid of the vote, Public Works Extraordinary, Miscellaneous, Hot water apparatus and baths, Government House.

Government House, Hongkong, 2nd October, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

Government House, Hongkong, 2nd October, 1907.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above votes be passed. The Committee then adjourned sine die.

Laid before the Legislative Council and adopted on the 28th November, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

F. H. MAY, Chairman.

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No. 11.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 28th November, 1907.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Officer Commanding the Troops, (Colonel CHARLES HENRY DARLING,

R.E.).

the Colonial Secretary, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.), Chairman.

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM REES DAVIES).

the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM, C.M.G.).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Harbour Master, (BASIL REGINALD HAMILTON TAYLOR).

Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

ABSENT:

The Honourable Mr. Edward Osborne.

The Committee met pursuant to summons.

Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :-

F. D. LUGARD.

No. 7731 of The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three hundred Dollars

1907.

($300) in aid of the vote, Sanitary Department, Sanitary Staff, Other Charges, Cemeteries Incidental Expenses.

Government House, Hongkong, 14th October, 1907.

No. 889 of

1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One hundred and four thousand and fifty Dollars ($104,050) in aid of the vote, Public Works, Recur- rent, and Public Works, Extraordinary, for the following items :-

PUBLIC WORKS, RECURRENT. Buildings.

1 Maintenance of Buildings,

Communications.

4 Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City,

10 00

Do.

do.,

Telegraphs,

Drainage.

$ 8,000

1,000

outside City,

•

2,500

4,500

350

10 Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.,

13 Gas Lighting, Kowloon,

Lighting.

Miscellaneous.

16 Maintenance of Public Cemetery,

19 Miscellaneous Services,...

20 Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,.

400

1,000

66,800

Water Works.

250

Lai Chi Kok,

400

$ 89,700

23 Maintenance of Shaukiwan,

Do.

PUBLIC WORKS, EXTRAORDINARY.

Drainage.

14 Training Nullahs,...

4,000

Miscellaneous.

22 Miscellaneous Works,

7,000

Water Works.

29 Miscellaneous Water Works,

550

Insanitary Property Resumption,

2,800

14,350

Total,

$104,050

No. 5379 of

1907.

No. 6157 of

1907.

No. 691 of

1907, and

Government House, Hongkong, 17th October, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

Government House, Hongkong, 23rd October, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Three hundred and forty-three Dollars ($343) in aid of the vote, Police and Prison Departments, A.- Police, Other Charges, Secret Service.

Government House, Hongkong, 28th October, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Four thousand one No. 7079 of hundred and eighty-four Dollars ($4,184) in aid of the vote, Public Works, Extra- Extension ordinary, Communications, New Roads in New Territories.

1905,

Government House, Hongkong, 5th November, 1907.

I in

No. 7416 of

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two hundred and 1906, C.S.O. ninety Dollars ($290) in aid of the vote, Police and Prison Departments, B.-Fire

Brigade, Other Charges, Typhoon Damages.

No. 8367 of

1907.

No. 8424 of

1907.

No. 8428 of

1907.

No. 3389 of

1907.

Government House, Hongkong, 6th November, 1907.

F. D. LUGard.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25) in aid of the vote, Police and Prison Departments, C.-P'rison, Other Charges. Executioner's Fees, and Allowances for inflicting Corporal Punishment.

Government House, Hongkong, 6th November, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand Dollars ($1,000) in aid of the vote, Botanical and Forestry Department, Other Charges, Forestry in New Territories.

Government House, Hongkong, 7th November 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

Government House, Hongkong, 7th November, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One thousand one hundred Dollars ($1,100) in aid of the vote, Police and Prison Departments, A.— Police, Other Charges, for the following items :-

Conveyance of Police, Prisoners and Transport,.. Incidental Expenses,

Total,

850

250

$1,100

No. 8858 of

1907.

II in No. 313 of 1906.

Government House, Hongkong, 18th November, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Five hundred Dollars ($500) in aid of the vote, Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature, Other Charges, Incidental Expenses.

Government House, Hongkong, 26th November, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

Government House, Hongkong, 27th November, 1907.

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No. 8463 of·

1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Four hundred and fifty-six Dollars ($456) in aid of the vote, Medical Departments, A.-Staff, Other Charges, Health Officer of Port, Repairs to Launch.

Government House, Hongkong, 28th November, 1907.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above votes be passed.

The Committee then adjourned sine die.

Laid before the Legislative Council and adopted on the 19th December, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils

F. H. MAY, Chairman.

No. 12.

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beigt dan PREPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

houseą od najev J-FINANCE COMMITTEE,

AT A MEETING HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG,

On the 19th December, 1907.

PRESENT:

His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General ROBERT GEORGE

BROADWOOD, C.B.).

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (FRANCIS HENRY MAY, C.M.G.), Chairman.

the Attorney General, (WILLIAM REES DAVIES).

the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD Thomson).

the Director of Public Works, (WILLIAM CHATHAM, C.M.G.).

the Registrar General, (ARTHUR WINBOLT BREWIN).

the Harbour Master, (Comdr. BASIL REGINALD HAMILTON TAYLOR, R.N.). Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

The Committee met pursuant to summons.

Read the following Minutes under the hand of His Excellency the Governor :-

No. 3389 of

1907.

No. 5379 of 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of Two hundred and forty-five Dollars ($245) in aid of the vote, Police and Prison Departments, A.-— Police, Other Charges, Secret Services.

Government House, Hongkong, 14th December, 1907.

F. D. LUGARD.

The Governor recommends the Council to vote a sum of One hundred and ninety-three Dollars ($193) in aid of the vote, Medical Departments, B.-Hospitals and Asylums for the following items :-

Other Charges.

Lunatic Asylums-Incidental Expenses,... Hospital Hulk "Hygeia"-Provisions, &c.,

$ 17.60

24.18

Victoria Hospital for Women and Children-Provisions, ... 151.22

Total,.......

Government House, Hongkong, 14th December, 1907.

$193.00

I B in No.

7416 of 1906.

F. D. LUGARD.

Government House, Hongkong, 16th December, 1907.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend that the above votes be passed.

The Committee then adjourned sine die.

Laid before the Legislative Council and adopted on the 19th December, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils

F. H. MAY,

Chairman.

No. 1.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

PUBLIC

OF THE

WORKS

COMMITTEE

at a Meeting held on the 16th May, 1907.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Director of Public Works (WILLIAM CHATHAM), Chairman.

the Colonial Treasurer, (CHARLES MCILVAINE MESSER).

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

Mr. WILLIAM JARDINE GRESSON.

Branch Post Office in Wanchai District.--(I in C.S.O. 10152/04.)

The Chairman explained that the opinion of the Committee was desired on the question of the site upon which the Branch Post Office should be erected. It was originally intended to alter No. 3 Police Station, in Queen's Road East, to adapt it for a Post Office but the building was found to be in such a defective condition that it was ordered to be pulled down. The Postmaster General had since represented that it would be preferable to locate the Post Office on the Praya and had suggested that it should be in the vicinity of No: 2 Police Station.

After discussion, it was unanimously agreed to recommend that the building should be erected on the reclamation adjoining No. 2 Police Station.

New Path from May Road to Barker Road:-(C.S.O. 3411/1907.)

The Chairman laid before the Committee a plan showing a proposed path extending from a point in May Road adjoining the Tramway to a point in Barker Road close by the Victoria Hospital and explained that it would form a much more direct route from the City to the Victoria Hospital than either of those existing at present. It would also connect up with the existing path from Barker Road to Plantation Road. The estimated cost of the work was $3,000.

It was unanimously agreed to recommend that the path be made.

The Committee then adjourned.

Laid before the Legislative Council this 23rd day of May, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

W. CHATHAM,

Chairman.

No. 2.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

PUBLIC WORKS

COMMITTEE

at a Meeting held on the 8th August, 1907.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Director of Public Works (WILLIAM CHATHAM, C.M.G.). Chairman.

Mr. EDWARD Osborne.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK,

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ABSENT:

the Colonial Treasurer, (ALEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

New Slaughter House and Animal Depôts for Kowloon.--(C.S.O. 3048/06.)

The Chairman submitted block plans and explained that the removal of the existing Slaughter House and Cattle Depôt adjoining Des Voeux Road, Hunghom Bay, was necessi- tated by the construction of the railway and it was proposed to construct new buildings to replace them on a site near Ma Tau Kok, where the drainage, which was of a somewhat offensive nature, could be discharged into water of considerable depth. At the same time, it was proposed to make the new slaughter house more than twice the size of the present one and to add separate sheds for the accommodation of 400 swine and 200 sheep or goats, for which no special provision existed in the present depôt. The shed for cattle would accom- modate 120 head, being of the same dimensions as the existing cattle shed, which was however utilized to a considerable extent for the housing of swine, &c. It would be quite possible to defer the construction of either the swine shed or the sheep shed until some future time as it was intended to appropriate a large area of land which would enable future extensions to be carried out.

The estimated cost of providing the accommodation stated above, including compensa- tion to some squatters who would be dislodged, the preparation of the site and its enclosure by walls and fences, an isolation shed, the necessary offices, and repairs to an existing house to render it suitable for an inspector's quarters, was $75,000.

The Committee unanimously agreed to recommed that the whole of the works included in the above estimate be proceeded with at once and that access to the new depôt be provided by a road from the Kowloon City Road.

Extension of Sai Ying Pun Anglo-Chinese School.-(C.S.O. 1723/07.)

The Chairman submitted a proposal for adding another storey to the existing school building at the junction of Pokfulam Road and High Street to provide additional accom- modation for pupils which the Inspector of Schools had represented was urgently required. The estimated cost of the work was $7,100.

The Committee unanimously approved of the plan.

The Committee then adjourned.

W. CHATHAM,

Chairman.

Laid before the Legislative Council this 17th day of September, 1907.

R. H. CROFTON,

Clerk of Councils.

No. 3.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE

at a Meeting held on the 19th December, 1907.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Director of Public Works (WILLIAM CHATHAM, C.M.G.), Chairman.

the Colonial Treasurer, (ALLEXANDER MACDONALD THOMSON).

Mr. EDBERT ANSGAR HEWETT.

Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE.

Mr. HENRY KESWICK.

Harbour of Refuge for Small Craft. (C.S.O. 9647/1903.)

The Chairinan read a report by Mr. BOULTON, dated 28th September, 1907, on the pro- posed Harbour of Refuge at Mongkoktsui and laid the plans and diagrams accompanying that report before the Committee. He also read the minutes in the above paper bearing on the report and a minute by the Harbour Master, dated 15th November, 1907, recommending that a harbour of refuge should be constructed at West Point instead of at Mongkoktsui.

The Mongkoktsui and the Harbour Master's West Point Schemes were shown on a chart which was laid before the Committee.

Mr. BOULTON's report on the Mongkoktsui Scheme stated that:-

(a.) The construction of the breakwater, 4,000 feet long, could not be carried out piecemeal so as to afford a sheltered area of moderate extent in the first instance which could afterwards be extended by adding to the break water, because the enclosed area would remain dangerously exposed from certain quarters until the whole scheme was completed.

(b.) The only way of curtailing the expenditure, consistent with the provision of a harbour which would be safe under all conditions, was to modify the scheme entirely, making it of a much less extensive nature than had hitherto been proposed and an alternative scheme was shown having a breakwater 1,940 feet long.

(c.) The cost of the scheme hitherto proposed, affording a sheltered area of 166

acres, was estimated at $1,540,000.

(d.) The cost of the modified scheme, affording a sheltered area of only 60 acres,

was estimated at $883,800.

(e.) The carrying out of the modified scheme would probably involve serious

questions with Marine Lot-owners in the vicinity.

The Chairman pointed out that, owing to the limited area of shelter afforded by the modified scheme, boats would be likely to make for it whenever storm-warnings were hoisted whereas the original scheme would afford such ample space that boat-owners could safely reckon on finding room available for their craft however late they might delay seeking shelter.

The Harbour Master's proposal was to construct two breakwaters off Kennedy Town, having a combined length of 4,250 feet and enclosing an area of about 82 acres.

The Chairman stated that the scheme would afford about 75 acres of sheltered water and would cost about $1,943,000.

Mr. KESWICK enquired what was the estimated cost of dredging out Causeway Bay.

The Chairman read the replies which were given to questions of a similar nature asked by the Honourable Mr. H. E. POLLOCK at a meeting of the Legislative Council on the 1st November, 1906, in which it was stated that the area of Causeway Bay was 57 acres and the estimated cost of dredging it to a depth of 9 feet at low water was about $900,000. Members expressed the opinion that 9 feet was an excessive depth and that it could safely be reduced to 6 feet, which would bring the estimate down to about $600,000.

After further discussion of the proposals submitted, it was agreed, on the suggestion of Mr. HEWETT, to circulate Mr. BOULTON's report and other documents to Members in order to give them an opportunity of studying the matter more fully and to hold another meeting after this had been done.

The Honourable the Harbour Master (Mr. B. R. H. TAYLOR) was present throughout the meeting and took part in the discussion.

The Committee then adjourned.

W. CHATHAM,

Chairman.

Laid before the Legislative Council this 23rd day of January, 1908.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

No. 1.

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS

OF THE

STANDING LAW COMMITTEE

at a Meeting held in the Attorney General's Chambers, Hongkong, on the 27th May, 1907.

PRESENT:

The Honourable the Attorney General, (HENRY HESSY JOHNSTON GOMPERTZ), Chairman.

the Captain Superintendent of Police, (FRANCIS JOSEph Badeley).

Dr. Ho KAI, M.B., C.M., C.M.G.

Mr. WEI YUK.

Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.

I, HENRY HESSY JOHNSTON GOMPERTZ, Attorney General, Chairman of the Stand- ing Law Committee, do hereby certify that the Standing Law Committee on the 27th day of May, 1907, considered clause by clause a Bill entitled "An Ordinance to amend the Bills of Exchange Ordinance, 1885," and unanimously recommended that the Bill in question be reported to the Legislative Council with the following amendments, namely

1. That the Title of the Bill be amended by substituting for the words "Bills of Exchange Ordinance, 1885," the words "Law relating to Bills of Exchange."

2. That clause 1 of the Bill be amended by substituting for all the words in the clause after the words "cited as" in the first line the words "the Bills of Exchange (Amendment) Ordinance, 1907, and this Ordinance and the Bills of Exchange Ordinance, 1885, may be cited together as the Bills of Exchange Ordinances 1885 and 1907."

3. That clause 2 of the Bill be amended by substituting for the words "the Prin- cipal Ordinance" in the first line the words "The Bills of Exchange Ordinance, 1885," and by substituting for the word "proviso" in the third line the word "sub-section" and by substituting for the words " Provided always that a banker shall be deemed to receive" in the 4th and 5th lines the words "A banker receives."

4. That a clause be added to the Bill as follows:---

"3. Any draft or order drawn upon a banker for a sum of money pay- able to order on demand which shall, when presented for payment, purport to be indorsed by the person to whom the same shall be drawn payable, shall be a sufficient authority to such banker to pay the amount of such draft or order to the bearer thereof; and it shall not be incumbent on such banker to prove that such indorsement or any subsequent indorsement was made by or under the direction or authority of the person to whom the said draft or order was. or is made payable either by the drawer or any indorser thereof."

H. H. J. GOMPERTZ,

Chairman.

Laid before the Legislative Council, and adopted on the 6th day of June, 1907.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

HONGKONG.

REPORT ON THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908,

No. 1907

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

ASSESSOR'S OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 13th July, 1907.

SIR, I have the honour to submit my Report on the Assessment for the year 1907- 1908.

2. By order of His Excellency the Governor-in-Council a new general valuation has been made.

The City of Victoria.

3. The Rateable Value has decreased from $9,207,595 to $8,892,205 a reduction of $315,390 or 3.42 per cent.

The Hill District.

4. The Rateable Value has increased from $252,160 to $261,070 on addition of $8,910 or 3.53 per cent.

Shaukiwan.

5. The Rateable Value has increased for $49,977 to $55,857 an addition of $5,880 or 11.76 per cent.

Hongkong Villages.

6. The Rateable Value has increased from $205,892 to $220,659 an addition of $14,767 or 7.17 per cent.

632

Kowloon Point.

7. The Rateable Value has increased from $452,060 to $470,180 an addition of $18,120 or 4.00 per cent.

Yaumati.

8. The Rateable Value has decreased from $250,770 to $236,585 a reduction of $14,185 or 5.65 per cent.

Hung Hom.

9. The Rateable Value has increased from $220,445 to. $230,715 an addition of $10,270 or 4.65 per cent.

Mongkoktsui.

10. The Rateable Value has increased from $139,475 to $140,980 an addition of $1,505 or 1.07 per cent.

Kowloon Villages.

11. The Rateable Value has decreased from $151,899 to $146,087 a reduction of $5,812: or 3.82 per cent.

The whole Colony.

12. The Rateable Value has decreased from $10,930,273 to $10,654,338 a reduction of $275,935 or 2.52 per cent.

New Kowloon.

13. The Rateable Value has increased from $38,930 to $61,835 an addition of $22,905 or 58.83 per cent.

Interim Valuations.

14. During the period from 1st July, 1906, to 1st June, 1907, Interim Valuations have been made as follows:-

In the City of Victoria.

144 New and/or rebuilt tenements, rateable value,

$292,485

31 Tenements structurally altered,

$89,925

Replacing assessments amount to,............

77,465

12,460

$304,945

55 Assessments cancelled, tenements pulled down, or being in other

respects not rateable,

..$ 77,675

Increase in the City of Victoria,....

$227,270

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633

In the Rest of the Colony.

66 New and/or rebuilt tenements, rateable value,

12 Tenements structurally altered,

Replacing assessments amount to,

.$152,190

.$ 54,195

133,585

18,605

$ 72,800

.$ 41,208

.$ 31,592

69 Assessments cancelled, tenements pulled down, or being in other

respects not rateable,

Increase in the rest of the Colony.

In New Kowloon.

6 New and/or rebuilt tenements, rateable value,

3 Assessments cancelled, tenements pulled down, or being in other

respects not rateable,

Increase in the New Kowloon,.

The total number of tenements affected by Interim Valuations being 386.

Vacant Tenements.

.$ 16,700

380

$ 16,320

15. The number of reported vacant tenements in the City of Victoria inspected under section 35 of the Rating Ordinance averaged about 218 monthly, against 220 last year.

Tabular Statements.

16. The usual tabular statements giving comparisons of the valuation for 1906-1907 and 11907-1908 are attached.

· Staff.

17. Mr. DAVID WOOD acted as Assessor during my absence on leave. Mr. CHAN KWOK ON and Mr. TAI TIN SHANG have discharged their duties to my satisfaction.

The Honourable

Mr. C. McI. MESSER,

Colonial Treasurer.

I have, etc.,

ARTHUR CHAPMAN,

Assessor.

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Table A.

CITY OF VICTORIA.

No.

District.

Valuation, Valuation, 1906-1907. 1907-1908.

Increase.

Decrease. Percentage.

1 Kennedy Town,

186,540

189,470

2,930

Shek Tong Tsui,

419,220 516,400

97,180

Sai Ying Pun,

2,115,130 1,957,585

157,545

Tai Ping Shan,

....

705,700 624,500

81,200

5. Sheung Wan,

1,168,890 1,022,155

146,735

6 Chung Wan,

3,595,145 3,608,290

13,145

Ha Wan,

343,715 321,410

22,305

Wan Tsai,

411,005 387,620

23,385

9 Bowrington,

103,335 102,220

1,115

Soo Kon Poo,

158,915 162,555

3,640

$ 9,207,595 8,892,205 116,895 432,285

Deduct increase,

Total decrease,

116,895

315,390

3.42

Table B.

THE HILL DISTRICT, SHAUKIWAN AND HONGKONG VILLAGES.

District.

Valuation, Valuation, 1906-1907. 1907-1908.

Increase. Decrease. Percentage.

The Hill District,

252,160

261,070

$ 8,910

3.53

Shaukiwan,

Hongkong Villages,

49,977 55,857

5,880

205,892 220,659

14,767

11.76

7.17

...

Total,

508,029 537,586 29,557

5.81

635

Table C.

KOWLOON POINT, YAUMATI, HUNGHOM, MONGKOKTSUI AND KOWLOON VILLAGES.

District.

Valuation, Valuation,

Increase.

1906-1907.1907-1908.

Decrease. Percentage.

Kowloon Point,

452,060

470,180

18,120

4.00

Yaumati,

Hung Hom,

Mongkoktsui,

250,770

236,585

14,185

5.65

220,445

230,715

10,270

4.65

139,475

140,980

1,505

1.07

Kowloon Villages,

151,899

146,087

5,812

3.82

1,214,649 | 1,224,547

29,895

19,997

Deduct decrease,

19,997

Total increase,

9,898

0.81

Table D.

THE COLONY OF HONGKONG.

Valuation, Valuation,

District.

Increase.

1906-1907.1907-1908.

Decrease. Percentage.

The City of Victoria,

Hill District and Hongkong

Villages.

9,207,595 8,892,205

315,390

3.42

508,029 537,586 29,557

5.81

Kowloon Point and Kowloon

Villages,

1,214,649 1,224,547 9,898

0.81

10,930,273|10,654,338

39,455

315,390

Deduct increase

39,455

Total decrease,

275,935

2.52.

District.

636

Table E.

NEW KOWLOON.

Valuation,

Increase. Decrease. Percentage.

1906-1907. 1907–1908.

Kowloon City and Sham

Shui Po,...

38,930

61.835

22,905

Junk Bay, Nga lu Tau

and Little Kowloon,...

Total,

38,930

61,835

22,905

58.83

ARTHUR CHAPMAN,

Assessor.

Annexe L.

REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT BACTERIOLOGIST.

(a.) Staff.

I-THE BACTERIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.

(b.) Buildings.

(c.) General Statistics.

(d.) Notes on Parasitic Worms.

(e.) Rats and Rat-Fleas,

(f.) Outbreaks of Cattle Disease.

(g.) Observations on Hæmatozoa.

(h.) Bacteriological Examination of the Public Water Supplies.

(2.) Bacteriological Examination of Water Supplies from Othe! Sources. (A.) The "Bacteria of Indication" in Water.

(1.) Preparation of Vaccine Lymph.

II. THE PUBLIC. MORTUARY.

(a.) Staff.

(b.) Buildings.

(c.) General Statistics.

THE BACTERIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.

Staff

Dr. C. M. HEANLEY, the newly appointed Assistant Bacteriologist, arrived in the Colony on 4th April, 1906. In addition to his duties at the Public Mortuary, he regularly assists me in the general routine bacteriological examinations. In addition he has carried on a certain amount of research work. Without his assistance, it would have been im- possible to have started the Laboratory as an Institute for general work and research study.

Buildings.

The Institute was opened for routine, bacteriological examinations aud research work on the 15th March, 1906. From this time onwards, the Bacteriologist confined bis atten- tion almost entirely to the fittings and equipment of the building for all kinds of research work. As these are somewhat complicated, and require considerable care and time, it was found impossible to commence thorough research work until later in the year. A full des- cription of the buildings and the accommodation provided was supplied by the Honourable the Director of Public Works in bis Annual Report for the year 1905. In my opinion, the buildings have special qualifications for carrying out bacteriological examinations and research. The laboratory accommodation is excellent, and with stables and animal houses completes a compound admitting of the most varied experimental work. Each laboratory is fully equipped with the necessary apparatus according to requirement. A micro-photo- graphic apparatus has been ordered from home, and will be fitted up in one of the rooms specially prepared for this class of work. Another room is specially reserved for conducting any experimental or other research work which may be necessary from time to time. At present, arrangements are being made to have this room fitted with electrical apparatus in order to conduct certain important experiments on the action of light on bacteria.

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The complete apparatus for the manufacture of vaccine lymph, in accordance with the methods employed in the Government Laboratories in London, has been fitted up in the Serum Laboratory, and gives satisfaction.

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A hot room is provided in the basement for the incubation of bacteria on a large scale as in the production of toxins used in the preparation of different sera.

The animal houses are fitted so that they may be used for animals employed in the testing and production of toxins and sera.

The smaller rooms are used for breeding purposes.

General Statistics.

Attached are the following Tables :—

Table No. I. Epimuic Plague.

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II. Incidence of Epimuie Plague during the last five years.

III. Examination of Disinfectants.

IV. Tumours Examined.

V. Vaccine Statistics.

VI. Issues of Vaccine during1906.

VII. Incidence of Opisthorchis Sinensis.

Small Pox.-93 cases of the disease were examined during the year. In a certain number of cases, the contents of papules, vesicles, and pustules were examined for the presence of parasites. Although the most recent tinctorial methods were used, nothing was found. We could find no evidence in favour of Korté's recent researches. No structures, suggestive of parasites could be found in any of the internal organs.

Cholera.-Only 2 cases were examined during the year, both being imported, and typical pathologically and bacteriologically.

Diphtheria.-An unusually large number of cases of this disease has been found both at the Public Mortuary and on examination of swabs from the throats of patients suffering from sore throat." It was the cause of death in 8 cases examined at the Public Mortuary. Nine swabs were forwarded to the laboratory for examination, and in five a positive result was obtained.

All the cases occurred during the last quarter of the past year.

The first cases were thoroughly examined in order to establish the true nature of the disease. The micro-organism was isolated in pure culture and submitted to the usual tests, e.g., its behaviour towards Gram's method, Neisser's stain, and experimental inoculation.

Diphtheria must be considered a rare disease in Southern China, and writers on the Geographical distribution of disease make mention of the mildness in type of this disease in the tropics. Confirmation of this statment is found in the cases diagnosed in the Public Mortuary. Five of the eight cases met with were of the laryngeal type. This probably in- dicates that the disease is of a mild type in Hongkong.

Plague. A classification into the different types of the disease has not been considered necessary. In every case, the B. pestis could be demonstrated in large numbers in the blood and different organs, and bubonic swellings were found present in some region of the body.

Tables Nos. I and II are attached showing the amount of Epimnic Plague and its inci- dence during the last five years. The figures given would appear to show a marked dimi- nution in its incidence. This decrease in the amount of rat plague becomes of consider- able interest in regard to the incidence of human plague in Hongkong during the year 1907.

Beri-beri.-1 he incidence of this disease is not diminishing. in Hongkong, and as a cause of death, during the past year, it comes second only to Plague.

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Dysentery.-This disease has been the subject of special investigation during the past A constant search was kept for its presence in bodies at the Public Mortuary. It was the cause of death in 41 cases. Its incidence as regards age in these is of interest.

year.

0-1 year,

1- 5 years,

5-10

10-20

20-30

Over 30

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.13

..10

Total,

Therefore over 50% of the cases occurred in children under 10 years of age.

From a strictly bacteriological point of view it has been found impossible in the majority of cases to definitely state whether amoeba were present or absent. In some cases the ambæ could be seen without much difficulty, but in many others, in the absence of motility of the parasite, no definite conclusion could be drawn. Further, in other cases, amoeba were present along with bacilli which gave many of the reactions of the so-called B. dysen- teriæ. With these difficulities before us, coupled with the variance of opinion expressed by different authorities, as to what is, and what is not, a dysentery bacillus; we are at present unable to draw any definite conclusions.

The research is to be carried on during the

year 1907.

Trachoma.-Through the kindness of Dr. HARSTON, it has been possible to examine microscopically and bacteriologically many cases of this disease. Although a considerable amount of time has been devoted to the preparation and examination of the granulomatous tissue, according to the most recent tinctorial and bacteriologicol methods, nothing has been found. It is improbable that the disease is due to any of the ordinary micro-organisms.

Malta Fever-The agglutination test was done on one occasion with a negative result. Cases of the disease would not appear to originate in the Colony.

Typhoid Fever-The Widal Test has been applied in 36 cases during the year with satisfactory results. In some cases of obscure fever the paratyphoid reaction was obtained, but positive results must be accepted with reserve.

Notes on the Prevalence of Parasitic Worms in Hongkong.

1. Distoma Sinensis.---This worm is one of the commonest parasites amongst the Chinese. In the Public Mortuary, the worm is constantly met with, inhabiting the bile quets and gall bladder of cadavers brought there for examination. The number of worms which have been found in a single individual is small, and rarely exceeds 300-400. It is more prevalent in adults than in children--vide Table No. VII attached. During the past year, in no case was it considered to be a direct cause of death.

Experiments were made in order find the mode of infection. Five different varieties of snails, common in Hongkong, were kept in vessels containing the eggs of this worm. The eggs contained active embryos, and were ingested by the snails. In no case, could further development of the eggs be traced, the snails passing the eggs unhatched. These molluscs were chosen for the experiments, as the sheep fluke has a snail as its intermediate host. It may be added that the intermediate host of none of the human distomes has been discovered, although much work has been done on the subject by different observers.

No other human Trematodes have been found at the Public Mortuary.

2. Cestodes.--So far these worms have not been found in Chinese cadavers.

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3. Filariasis.-The disease is rarely met with amongst the Chinese in Hongkong. Two cadavers, with varicose groin lymphatics, were examined during the past year. There was no history available as to previous places of residence. In each case, a few Filaria bancrofti were found in the blood.

The Filaria medinensis has not been found during the year.

4. Trichocephalus. In a fair proportion of cases the trichocephalus dispar was found. In no case could it be brought into causal relationship with disease.

5. Trichini Spiralis.-There has never been any evidence of the presence of this parasite in Chinese cadavers.

6. Ankylostoma.-These worms are found rarely, and always in small numbers. This is in spite of the fact that many coolies are brought for post-mortem examination. In one case, reported as death from ankylostomiasis, the body was brought from a ship.

7. Ascaris.-The ascaris lumbricoides is a common inhabitant of the intestines of the Chinese. About 90% of the bodies examined at the Public Mortuary show the presence of this parasite in numbers not often exceeding 20. In one case-a young child-the cause of death was attributed to the presence of these worms in large numbers.

8. Oxyuris.-These parasites would not appear to be common amongst the Chinese in Hongkong.

The Varieties of Rats and Rat-Fleas found in Hongkong.

The preliminary conclusions of the Indian Plague Commission tend to show that the medium of transference of Plague from rats to man is through the agency of fleas. As soon as the published work of the Commission had arrived in the Colony the Honourable the Principal Civil Medical Officer requested Dr. HEANLEY and the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon to investigate the varieties of rats and rat-fleas found in the Colony.

The main conclusions were that the rats, examined between the 15th October and the 15th December, could be roughly divided as follows:-

1. Black Rats-Mus rattus,

2. Brown Rats-Mus decumanus,

3. Mice,-Mus musculus,.

4. Musk Rats-Sorex giganteus,

12 per cent.

5. Undetermined Rats-Size of Mus rattus,

6. Baby Rats-undetermined,

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The difference between the black and the brown rat was generally very distinct, only in a small percentage was there any difficulty in determining the species. Difficulty in classifying many rats has also been experienced by observers in India and Japan. This question is one of some importance as there is a general opinion that plague and its trans- ference to man is more generally associated with the black rat.

The fleas found on these rats were:

Ctenopsylla musculi.

Pulex cheopis. Ceratophyllus fasciatus.

Pulex serraticeps.

The Ctenopsylla musculi was commonly found on black and brown rats, and on mice.

The Pulex cheopis was found in large numbers on the black and brown rat and on the musk rats.

The Ceratophyllus fasciatus and Pulex serraticeps were only found once; the former is said to be common in many parts of the world. The latter is the dog flea.

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Outbreaks of Cattle Disease.

During the latter part of the year, outbreaks of cattle disease occurre: at Pokfulam. Acting on the instructions of the Honourable the Principal Civil Medical Officer, the Bacteriologist associated himself with the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon in order to investigate the exact nature of the outbreaks, and their mode of propagation.

The disease proved to be the same as that described in our joint report on "Cattle Disease", in 1903.

It has been suggested that "biting flies convey the diseases from one animal to another. These flies appear to belong to the genus Stomoxys, the commouest variety of which is the Stomoxys calcitrans. Experiments, in fly-proof sheds, are to be made to test this theory.

Observations on Hæmatozoa in Hongkong.

In Man.

Apart from Malaria, blood parasites have not been found. The Leishman-Donovan body is not present in the spleen of Chinese in Hongkong. Cases of Spirillar Fever are met with but are always imported.

In Animals.

Frogs.-Three varieties of parasites are common in frogs in Hongkong, namely

1. Drepanidium.

2. Dactylosoma.

3. Trypanosoma.

These three parasites may be present together, as in Rana esculenta. A fourth doubt- ful parasite is the Entamoeba. This would appear to be simply a vacuole in the red blood corpuscle in which are found a varying number of rod-shaped bacteria. Stained preparations of these bodies, never show any definite protoplasmic structure containing chromatin. Drepanidium is most frequently found in the black spotted toad or rock frog (? Bufo melanostiches). Dactylosoma is commonest in the edible frog (Rana esculenta).

The two parasites would appear to be distinct. Trypanosoma rotatorium 'has been found in Rana esculenta only. It is 40-50 w. long, by 20-30 w, broad, excluding the flagellum. The latter is short and frequently contracted The body is irregular in outline, and usually has a striped appearance throughout. It shows no pointing towards either end. The nucleus and centrosoma are usually found lying close together.

Fish-Trypanosomata are the only parasites found in the blood of fish caught in the neighbourhood of the Colony. They are large in size, very maile, and granular. (T. granulosum.) They are found in eels, carp, tench, salmon, bream, and barbel.

Birds.-Proteosoma is met with in sparrows and canaries. Halteridium is, however, the commonest avian hæmatozoon in Hongkong. It is found in pigeons, doves, sparrows, parrots, paddy birds, etc. Spirillosis or Trypanosomiasis has never been found.

Cattle. Trypanosoma and Piroplasma are found. A spirochete was recently found in the blood of a buffalo calf by the Assistant Bacteriologist.

Dogs.-Pryplasmosis is found.

Horses.-Trypanosomata are found.

The incidence of Filariasis is noted under the heading of Intestinal Worms. A number of other animals, e.g., monkeys, bats, lizards, rabbits, guinea pigs, etc., has also been examined, but with negative results.

The Mus rattus and Mus decumanus both show the presence of Trypanosoma lewisi,

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These notes are merely a summary of the positive results obtained up to date. No attempt has been made to give full descriptions of the parasites and their behaviour during development as up to the present it has been impossible to obtain accurate photographic pictures of them.

A considerable amount of time has been devoted to the study of the cycles of develop- ment of Halteridium and the relationship of the different parasites of the frog to each other.

Further the majority of Trypanosomata found have never been accurately described. It is hoped that, in the near future, we shall be able to furnish fuller and accurate data as to many of these hæmatozoa, the life history of which can be studied only in the tropics.

The Bacteriological Examination of the Public Water Supplies.

These examinations were commenced in the month of August. Samples are now collected monthly from the Pokfulam and Tytam supplies, from the Kowloon service, and the Cheung Sha Wan supply.

The methods, which have been adopted in all of these systematic examinatious, were directed chiefly to the number of micro-organisms per c.c. of the sample, the presence of any organisms of contamination, and the presence of any specific organisms of disease.

These periodic bacteriological examinations are of considerable value in regard to the efficient filtration of water supplies. In this connection the number of bacteria per c.c. returned in bacteriological reports is of great comparable value in forming an opinion as to pollution or as to failure of filtration. Further the cumulative experience of bacteriologists strongly supports the one criterion of efficiency of filtration, viz., the absence in the filtered water of putrefactive and disease producing micro-organisms, which can only be ascertained by regular bacteriological examinations.

The general results of the examinations of the public water supplies of Hongkong show the water to be of great bacteriological purity. This is especially so in regard to the supply from Pokfulam and Tytam reservoirs. The number of micro-organisms present in the samples has generally remained below 100 per c.c., and the filtered water supplied to Victoria contains fewer bacteria than the metropolitan water supply in London. At no time, since these examinations were commenced, has it been possible to find the slightest trace of sewage or other form of organic contamination.

The Bacteriological Examination of Water from Other Sources.

(1.) Well Water.

Several samples have been examined. In each case the water showed evidence of organic pollution, and the presence of micro-organisms indicating recent sewage con-

tamination.

(2.). Nullah Water Supply.

All the samples examined showed the presence of sewage, and were unfit for potable

purposes.

(3.) Water from dwellings in which cases of Typhoid Fever had occurred. In all the samples examined the water was good for potable purposes.

The Significance of "Bacteria of Indication" of Contamination in Water.

The chief bacterium of indication of contamination is B. coli. A considerable difference of opinion exists as to the exact significance of its presence in a sample of water.

The mere presence of B. coli, by itself, in a water is not of importance, because the organism, under ordinary conditions, is likely to be harmful, but rather because it serves as an index of sewage or surface pollution. B. coli is an organism closely related to sewage, and is of importance owing to its potential pathogenicity and similarity to the typhoid bacillus.

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The organism may gain access to a water from sources other than sewage, but its presence in appreciable numbers in any water coupled with the general bacteriological characters of the water, is commonly considered as evidence of contamination. Most authorities agree that the higher the number of B. coli, the heavier will have been the recent sewage pollution, and the greater the probability of the presence of disease producing bacteria. Conversely, if B. coli is not present, one may presume that such disease producing bacteria as B. typhosus will also be absent, and the sample of water might be used for drinking purposes.

Water efficiently filtered ought not to contain B. coli, and when filtering polluted water, the presence of B. coli is a very delicate test of filter efficiency. Drinking water from a deep well should contain no B. coli.

In condemning or approving of a water for drinking purposes, all the findings of topo- graphy, bacteriology, and chemistry, must be considered, and too much reliance must not be placed upon any single phenomenon or reaction.

The Preparation of Vaccine, Lymph.

On the opening of the Bacteriological Institute, the Vaccine Institute, situated in Kennedy Road, was vacated and handed over to the Government.

During the year 1906, the preparation and distribution of Small Pox vaccine was efficiently maintained. Apart from the regular supply of vaccine lymph to Government Medical Officers, Chinese Hospitals, and Public. Vaccinators, a large number of tubes has been sold to the outside public. The number of tubes issued was 8.797. the value of which was $3,020.50. 4,257 tubes were paid for, the sum of $1,430.50 being paid into the

reasury.

year.

The attched Tables Nos. V and VI show the extent of the work done during the past. The method, which is still adopted for the manufacture of the lymph, is the intimate mixture of the fresh lymph and pulp with glycerine and distilled water. The chloroform method of Green, has not given good results.

Table No. I.-Epimuic Plague.

(a.) Total No. of Victoria Rats examined,

22,710

Kowloon

7,991

Total No. of Hongkong Rats examined,

....30,701

(b.) Total No. of Victoria Rats found infected,

Kowloon

Total No. of Hongkong Rats found infected,

511

168

679

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Table No. II.-Incidence of Epimuic Plague during the last five years.

Year.

No. of Rats examined.

No. of Kats found infected.

Percentage found infected.

1902,

117,839

2,015

1.7%

1903,

101,056

3,744

3.7%

1904,

21,907

993

4.5%

1905,

30,888

1,450

4.7%

30.701

679

2.2%

1906,

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Table No. III.-Examination of Disinfectants.

Carbolic Acid Co-efficiencies.

Name of Disinfectant.

1.-McDougall's, Carbolic No. 5,

2.--Hygienol,

3.--Snowdol,

4.-Camphorine,

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5.-Creocide,.

B. pestis.

B. typhosus.

B. coli.

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Table No. IV.-Tumours Examined.

Source of Tumour.

1.-Intra-uterine,

Nationality.

European. Do.

Eurasian.

Nature of Growth.

Blood clot. Carcinoma.

Deciduoma.

2.-Lip,..

3. Intra-uterine,

4.-Axilla,

Chinese.

5- Do.,

Do.

6. Mammary Gland,

Do.

7.-Rectum,

European.

8.-Jaw,

Do.

9.-Nose,.

Do.

10.—Abdominal Wall,

Chinese.

Table No. V.-Vaccine Statistics.

Inflammatory.

Carcinoma. Do. Fibroid Polypus. Malignant Epulis. Myxo-fibroma. Sarcoma.

Number of Tubes issued,

8,797

Value of Tubes issued,

$ 3,020.50

Tubes issued free of charge,

4,540

Value of Tubes issued free of charge,

$ 1,590.00

Tubes paid for,

Value of Tubes paid for,

4,257 $ 1,430.50

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Table No. VI.-Issues of Vaccine during 1906.

Vaccine paid for,

The Victoria Gaol,

The Tung Wah Hospital,.

The Civil Hospital,

The Alice Hospital,

4,257

1,050

1,840

656

482

300

112

100

Total,

8,797

The New Territories,

The Sanitary Department, The French Convent,

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Table No. VII.-Age Incidence of Opisthorchis Sinensis in 140 Livers without selection.

AGE.

Without

With Flukes.

Flukes.

Total Examined.

Percentage.

Under 1,

15.

5--10,

10-20,

20--30,

30-40,

40-50,

Over 50.

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

140

THE PUBLIC MORTUARY.

Staff.

Dr. C. M. HEANLEY, Assistant Bacteriologist, took up the duties of Medical Officer in charge of the Public Mortuary on his arrival in April.

The Chinese Staff have given satisfaction. Unfortunately one of the coolies contracted Plague in the course of his duties. He was removed at once to the Government Civil Hospital and died a few days later.

Buildings.

The buildings are in a good state of repair. The brass gauze, fitted to all the doors and windows in 1903 has become brittle. Many of the strands have already broken. This gauze would not appear to be of great value in this climate owing to its limited durability. Practically no damage was done to the different blocks by the tyhoons. The whole compound has been regularly cleansed daily throughout the year.

General Statistics.

The total number of post-mortem examinations was 2,140, as against 1,381 last year; the increase is due to the greater incidence of Plague, and the deaths caused by typhoons and the disaster to the S.S. Hankow.

The number of male calavers examined greatly exceeds that of females :-

Male cadavers examined, .

Female

Sex undetermined,

Total,

Attached are the following Tables :-

Table I.-Showing the Source of Bodies during each month.

II.-Epitomy of Causes of Death during the year.

III-General Diseases.

IV.-Local Diseases.

V.-Injuries.

VI-Nationality of Bodies.

VII-Causes of Death of Bodies other than Chinese.

1,259

837

2,140

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Table I.-Source of Bodies.

1906.

Found in Found in No. of Bodies. House, Mat- Street, vac. ground, etc.

Found

shed, Boat, etc.

in Harbour.

Total Per Cent.

Dumped.

January,

Februay,

105

March,

188

101

April,

243

140

103

May,

346

215

128

June,

190

119

July,

159

August...

141

September,

172

October,

261

112

November,

115

December,

121

Table II-Epitomy of Causes of Death.

I. Total General Diseases,

.1,296

II. Local Diseases :-

(a.) Of the Nervous System,

(b.)

Circulatory System, :...

(c.)

Respiratory System,

230

(d.)

Digestive System,

129

(e.)

Genito-Urinary System,

(f.)

Other Systems,

418

III. Deaths from Violence,

246

IV. Decomposed Bodies,

180

Total,

.2,140

Small Pox,

Plague,

Enteric Fever,

Cholera,

Diphtheria,

Beri-beri,

Table III.--General Diseases.

Malaria,

Septicæmia,

Syphilis,

General Tuberculosis,..

Premature Birth.

*A telectasis,

Still-birth,

Injury during birth,

Marasmic conditions,

Opium Poisoning,

Potassium Cyanide Poisoning,

Poisoning by Hair Tonic,

Cellulitis,

Old Age,.

Pyæmia, Erysipelas,

498

145

22.

226

Total,

1,296

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Table IV.-Local Diseases.

(a.) Of the Nervous System.

Acute Meningitis,

Cerebral Softening,.

→

Cerebral Hæmorrhage,

Cerebral Abscess,

Total,

(b.) Of the Circulatory System.

Acute Pericarditis,.

Aneurism of Aorta,

Fatty Heart,

Cardiac Syncope.

Hydro-pericardium,

Aortic Valvular Disease,

(c.) Of the Respiratory System.

Acute Bronchitis,

Croupous Pneumonia,

Gangrene of Lung,.. Catarrhal Pneumonia,

Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Acute Pleurisy,

Empyema,

(d.) Digestive System.

Intus-susception.

Mesenteric Tuberculosis,

Strangulated Hernia,

Acute Peritonitis,

Cancer of the Stomach,

Pylorus,

Sigmoid,

Jaundice,.

Cancrum Oris,..

Cirrhosis of Liver, Ankylostomiasis (imported), Gangrene of Large Intestine, Ascariasis,

astric Ulcer,

Suppurative' Parotitis,

Abscess of Liver,

Cancer of Liver,

Dysentery,

Diarrhoea,

Enteritis,.

Total,

230

Entero-colitis,

Complete Cleft Palate (starvation), Duodenal Ulcer, .

2 - 20

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Total,......

129

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(e.) Of the Genito-Urinary System.

Acute Nephritis,...

Rupture of Ulcerated Bladder,

Pelvic Abscess,

Placenta Prævia,

485

(F.) Of the Other Systems.

Goitre,

Acute Necrosis of Bone,.

Femoral Abscess,

Abdominal Abscess,

Gangrene of Leg,

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

Total,.....

Table V.-Injuries (Deaths from Violence).

I.-General.

Drowning,.

Suffocation,

Multiple Injuries,

Hanging,.

Strangulation,.

Privation,

Burns,

II.--Local.

Concussion, Fracture of Skull, Scalp Wound,... Laceration of Brain,

Cut Throat,...

Wound of Neck,

165

Rupture of Spleen,.

Rupture of Liver and Spleen,

Fracture of Spine,

Injury of Heart,

Hæmo-peritoneum (traumatic),

Fracture of Pelvis, .

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Total,....

.246

Table VI.-Nationality of Bodies.

Chinese, European,

American,

Indian,

2,126

Papuan,

Negro,

Japanese,...

Total,

2,140

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Annexe M.

REPORT ON THE PUBLIC MORTUARY, KOWLOON.

During the first 4 months of the year Dr. W. B. A. Moore was in charge of the Mortuary.

The total number of post-mortems made was 1,156, an increase of 354 over last year. The Typhoon of September was

of September was responsible for 214 of the total cases—namely 203 cases of Drowning and 11 cases of Multiple Injuries.

The number of cases of Plague, Small Pox and Malaria all show a considerable increase over last year.

In 114 out of the 119 cases of Bubonic Plague the site of the Bubo was recorded as follows:-

Rt. Femoral Bubo, Rt. Inguinal Bubo, Rt. Axillary Bubo, Double Femoral,

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.Lt. Femoral Bubo,

...Lt. Inguinal Bubo,

17.

.Lt. Axillary Bubo,

Double Injural,..

Cervical,

Mesenteric,

2.........Submaxillary,

Return of Causes of Death.

1. Total General Diseases,

2. Local Diseases,

(a.) of the Nervous

460

System,..

(b.)

(c.)

(d.)

(e.)

(f.)

3. Total Injuries

Digestive Respiratory Urinary Generative

4. Total Decomposed Bodies,

Circulatory

176

257

199

Total,.

1,156

Table I.-GENERAL DISEASES.

Sinall Pox,

Plague-Pneumonic,

Septic,

Bubonic,.

Diarrhoea,

31.

.119

-151

Dysentery-Amœbic,

Beri-beri,.

Malaria....

100

Septicamia,

Syphilis,

Acute General Tuberculosis,

Premature Birth,

Still Born,..

Marasmus,

Distomiasis,

Raynaud's Disease,

Caries of Spine-Tubercular,

Infantile Convulsions,

Too decomposed,

Total,..

460

487

Table II.-LOCAL DISEASES.

I.—Of the Nervous System.

Cerebral Hæmorrhage,

Embolism of Brain,

Total,......

II.-Of the Circulatory System.

Acute Fibrinous Pericarditis,

Septic Pericarditis,

Aneurism of Aorta,

Fatty Degeneration of Heart,.

Aortic Valvular Disease,

Mitral Valvular Disease,

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Total,.....

III. Of the Respiratory System.

Chronic Bronchitis,.

Acute Catarrhal Pneumonia,

Acute Fibrinous Pneumonia,

Phthisis,

Pulmonary Tuberculosis,

Acute Pleurisy,

Empyema,

Emphysema,

Hæmoptysis,

Total,.......

176

IV. Of the Digestive System.

Appendicitis,

Abscess of Spleen,

Strangulated Inguinal Hernia,

Acute Yellow Atrophy of Liver,

Tubercular Peritonitis,

Septic Peritonitis,

Tabes Mesenterica,' Enteritis,

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

V. Of the Urinary System.

Acute Parenchymatous Nephritis,..

Sub-Acute

do.,

do..

Chronic Nephritis,

Tubercular Nephritis,........

Total,......

VI.—Of the Generative System.

Puerperal Septicemia,

Salpingo Oophoritis,

ร

1. General:~~~

Shock by lightning,

Multiple Injuries,

188

Table III.-INJURIES.

وو

(Typhoon),

Incised wounds-(Multiple),

Suffocation:-

(a.) Submersion,

(Typhoon),

203

(b.) By earth,

(c.) By cement,

(d.) Strangulation,...

2. Local:-

1. Of the Head :--

Fracture of Vault of Skull,

Fracture of Base of Skull,

Bullet wound in Skull,

2. Of Abdomen :-

Rupture of Spleen

255

Table IV.-The Nationality and Cause of Death of bodies other than Chinese were as follows:-

English, Portuguese, Indian,

Drowning 2, Murder 1-

Decomposed

Asphyxia by earth

Table V.-The Monthly Number of Post-Mortems is shown :-

January 46

May

175

September

259

February

June

133.

October

March

July

April

August

November

December

HAROLD MACFARLANE, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., D.P.H.

Medical Officer in Charge.

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489

Annexe N.

REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT ANALYST FOR 1906.

CLASSIFICATION OF ANALYSES.

The number of analyses performed was 550.

The following classification shows the nature of the work done :-

I.-Chemico-legal.

No. of Articles

examined.

Toxicological (including 8 stomachs),

Articles for stains,

Articles for fire enquiries,

II-Potable Waters.

Public Supplies,

Wells, etc.,

III-Dangerous Goods Ordinance.

Petroleum Oil,

Liquid Fuel,

IV-Food and Drugs Ordinance.

Vinegar,

Brandy.

Flour,

Milk,

Whisky,.

22.

Rum,

Port Wine,

•

Beer,

Butter,

V-Building Materials.

Cement,.... Limestone, Lime,.......

VI-Prepared Opium Ordinance.

Liquid,

Opium Pills.

Powders,

VII-Mineralogical, etc.

Coins,

Metals,

Ores,

Coal,

VIII-Miscellaneous.

Disinfecting powders,.

Coal-tar disinfectants,

Oils,

Boiler deposits,.

Soft Soap,..

Indigo, Litharge, Sulphur, Rice Cake, Wash, Lime-

wash, Liquid, Tobacco, one each,

550

-490

2. Among the chemico-legal investigations conducted during the year were eight cases of suspected human poisoning, in three of which opium was detected. In another case the poison found was potassium cyanide. Pow Fa (#) or Gum Shaving was the poison used by a woman for suicidal purposes. It is a whitish tough wood, with straw- coloured longitudinal markings. When placed in water, the wood becomes semi- transparent, and yields a thick clear gum, much used by Chinese women for keeping their hair straight, ie., plastered down. The gum is soluble in either cold or hot water and the solution in China is well known as a means of ending life, producing symptoms similar to those of opium. Under the microscope the wood presents the appearance of fibres, and at intervals a double or treble row of angular or somewhat oval cells filled with a yellowish substance. This cell deposit can be dissolved out in water when these cells are rendered. much more distinct. The gum solution in water gives opalescent precipitates with basic and neutral lead acetate, ammonium oxalate, ferric chloride, silver nitrate and mercuric chloride, but nothing with alcohol or iodine. Information concerning the source of these shavings is being sought for.

WATERS.

3.. The results of the analyses of samples taken each month from the Pokfulum and Tytam Reservoirs, from the Kowloon service, and Cheung Sha Wan supply, indicate that these supplies continue to maintain their excellent qualities. During the latter half of the year the chlorine figures of Tytam and Pokfulum were higher than usual. This was due partly to diminished rainfall and partly to a typhoon in September, after which the figure was slightly increased by the sea-water blown into these two waters by the heavy gale. An enquiry has been made as to the cause of the occasional milkiness of water drawn from the public water supplies. The appearance, which disappears after the water has stood a few minutes, is due to air confined in the water under pressure in the mains. The milky appearance is caused merely by the air escaping from the drawn water in minute bubbles. Occasionally also the public supplies are slightly opalescent. This is due to a minute and harmless quantity of kaolin diffused through the water. The kaolin is principally derived from the action of rain water on recently exposed rock on the catchment area. It can be entirely removed by slow filtration.

In Tables I and II will be found particulars of the monthly analyses of the public supplies, and of other waters.

DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE.

4. Of Petroleum Oil 107 samples were tested during the year. All the samples of liquid fuel flashed at temperatures exceeding 150° F.

FOODS AND Drugs OrdiNANCE.

5. The following table gives the results of 60 analyses made at the instance of the Police and the Sanitary Board :—

Beer,

Brandy,

Milk,

Port Wine,

Description.

No. of

samples.

-No. found genuine.

No. found adulterated.

10 00

1 X 19

Rum.

Whisky,...

Many other samples were examined for the public, mostly at the low fee prescribed by the Ordinance.

6. As according to English law brandy must be a spirit obtained by the distillation of wine from the grape, a prosecution was recommended in a case in which a sample contained only 8.88 grams of ethers instead of 80 the required amount. There was a conviction. As the question as to "What is Whisky" has not yet been decided it has not yet been considered advisable to recommend similar prosecutions with regard to this liquor. present therefore the quality of whisky remains the same as that required in England.

491

7. Much of the milk used here is obtained from the Buffalo. Samples on being boiled have occasionally given a deposit, which has been found to be casein. This same sub- stance has been noticed in some brands of condensed milks after such have been exposed to air. Slight acidity in the milk is the cause of the formation of this deposit.

8. Chinese Rice or Birth Cakes have been the subject of enquiry. They are composed of rice and sugar. The rice has been rendered more digestible by dry heating the washed grains, then powdering. These cakes mixed with cold water are given to new-born infants during the first week, as Chinese women do not usually have enough milk for feeding purposes for the first few days.

BUILDING MATERIALS.

9. In response to an enquiry as to the tensile strength of mortar made from red earth and shell lime, as compared with that made from sand and the same lime, an investigation has been conducted by Mr. T. L. PERKINS and Mr. EDWARDS of the Public Works Depart- ment, and myself. Ordinary good shell (mostly coral) was converted into slaked lime, 100 parts of which gave the following figures on analysis :-

Insoluble matter--grit,

Soluble silica,

Magnesia,..

Sulphuric anhydride,

Slaked lime,

Total,

...trace.

98.4

..100.0

The lime thus prepared in the laboratory was quite free from carbonate.

Red earth has the following composition in 100 parts as determined from an analysis performed in 1903 :-

Insoluble matter-quartz,.

Soluble silica,.

Alumina,

Ferric oxide,

Water,

Magnesia,

Total,.......

51.0

12.8

.... 20.8

4.4

10.0

....trace.

99.0

From its composition, red earth should give a mortar setting under water, and from an examination of the table, it will be seen that it behaved as expected.

The sand was the To Kwa Wan variety and had been carefully sifted down to a practically uniform size.

The briquettes were, except in experiment No. 5, of one square inch section, and in the first nine experiments the ingredients were mixed with great care. In experiment No. 5 smaller briquettes were used and the results calculated to one inch section.

492

Table showing comparative strengths of Red Earth and Sand Mortars exposed to the conditions specified herein.

Description of Briquette.

1-Lime 1 volume, Red Earth 2 volumes,

2.--Lime 1 volume, Red Earth 2 volumes, but placed under

water after 24 hours in air,

3.-As (2) after 72 hours drying in air,

4.-Lime i volume, Red Earth 2 volumes, and immediately

put under water to set, *

5.—As (4),

6.-Lime 1 volume, Sand 2 volumes,

7.-

Do.,

do.,

8.-As (6) but placed under water immediately,

9.-As (6) but placed under water after 72 hours drying in

air,

After 14 days. After 28 days.

Pounds.

Pounds..

111

Did not set.

After 28 days. After 56 days.

10. As (1) mixing with ordinary care only,

11.

Do.,

do.,

* The wooden moulds used in this experiment contracted and weakened the briquettes.

The results show conclusively that red earth with good lime makes a better mortar than does sand, also that red earth mortar on account of its setting under water is far better suited to this climate than is the sand variety.

MINERALOGICAL.

10. Every variety of coal put on the Hongkong market is examined with a view of affording information to the public. Indian (Lodna) coal has the following composition in 100 parts:-

Moisture,

Volatible Combustible Matter, Fixed Carbon, Ash,

1.21

18.94

71.39

8.46

100.00

The results show that this is one of the best Eastern coals.

11. An increasing number of ores and of metals has been examined. Most of the metals were various qualities of Chinese tin, of which from 4,000 to 6,000 tons annually pass through Hongkong from Mongtze, Yunnan. The refining of this tin is now one of Hongkong's small industries. The process of purification is carefully done and is quite successful. It is hoped that, despite counter attractions in the mode of carriage from the mines, this tin may still be dealt with in Hongkong. As the trade and refining has now been carried on here for five years, there seems to be a good prospect of its continuance and increase.

12. An examination of twenty cent silver pieces from the Canton Mint shewed them to contain in 1,000 parts :-

Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper,

800.20

1.20

.19

198.41

1,000.00

493

13. Mineralogical work has been gradually increasing, and as in connection with it questions in economic Geology have arisen, some Geological appliances and reference mater- ials have been ordered from England.

MISCELLANEOUS.

14. A sample of tobacco leaves grown in the Shek Loong Ha District, Kwang Tung, was found to contain in 100 parts of vacuum dried material

Nicotine,

Ash,

.89

8.74

The vacuum dried material dried at 100° C. lost 14.5 per cent in weight.

This kind of very mild tobacco leaf is sold at $16 a picul (133lbs.). Though too weak for men, it is said to be appreciated and chiefly smoked by native women.

EXAMINATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC.

15. The public continue to take advantage of the Laboratory being open to undertake non-official analyses, and have forwarded a great variety of samples for examination. The fees paid into the Treasury during the year amounted to $3,099.50.

SPECIAL REPORTS.

16. Special Reports have been supplied on :—

Disinfectants.

Soft Soap.

Roof protection for petroleum tanks.

Water Gas.

Water purification.

Dangerous Goods :-Naphtha, Rackarock, Detonators, Calcium Carbide, Picric

Acid, and others.

The Prepared Opium Ordinance :----

Liquid fuel as a pulicide and culicide. Matches.

17. The value of the year's work as determined from the tariff of fees (Government Notificaton No. 664 of 1901) is $7,297.50. The amount does not include anything for the special reports mentioned above, and there is much beside for which nothing has been set down.

LIBRARY.

18. A few standard works of reference have been added.

FRANK BROWNE, Ph. Ch., F.C.S.

494

Table I.—Results of the Monthly) Analyses of Hongkong Public Water Supplies.

Results expressed in Grains per Imperial Gallon (1 in 70,000).

Total Solid

1906.

Matter

Supply.

Mouth.

dried at 100° C.

Saline Chlorine. Ammo-

nía.

Albume- Oxygen

noid absorbed in Ammo- 4 hours

nia. at 80° F.

Nitrogen Sugar Test for Nitrites. in the detection

Nitrates. of Sewage. Metals.

Poi-

sonous

Pokfulum

3.3

Absent. Absent.

.007

Absent.

,012

No trace of

Absent.

Sewage indicated.

Tytam

3.0

January...<

Kowloon

3.3

.008

.005

.016

Cheung

Sha Wan.

3.7

.007

.012

وو

Pokfulum

3.2

Tytam

3.3

February.

Kowloon

3.5

a b. a

* A

.003

.008

.010

Absent.

.003

.020

Cheung

Sha Wan.

4.5

.002

.008

Pokfulam

3.3

Tytam

3.3

March

Kowloon

3.0

996

.007

.008

.007

.008

སྭ,

.008

.016

Cheung

Sha Wan.

4.2

.006

.004

Pokfulum

5.2

Tytam

4.3

Kowloon

5.7

Go to 19

.6.

.0028

.023

.016

.0014

.012

.004

Absent.

.012

.00-4

Cheung

Sha Wan.

5.3

.012

.004

وو

Pokfulum.

3.7

Tytam

4.3

May

Kow! il

4.0

999

.0014 Absent.

.017

.008

.012

.008

݂ܕ

.007

.008

Cheung

Sha Wan.

3.8

.003

.016

Pokfulum.

5.2

Tytam

3.5

June

Kowloon.

3.3

REN

.0014 .0014

.025

.008

Absent. Absent.

.014

.004

.003

.008

Cheung

.Sha Wan.

4.3

Pokfulum

5.3

Tytam

3.8

July

Kowloon

3.8

91277

.0014 .0028

.009

.00+

Absent. Absent.

.014

.003

.012 Absent.

.003

.012

Cheung

Sha Wan.

4.2

Pokfulum.

4.3

Tytam

3.0

August

Kowloon

3.8

9/199

.007

Absent.

哆哆

.016

.008

.005

.008

.005

.016

Cheung

Sha Wan.

3.9

.005

.008

爷爷

Pokfulum

4.7

Tytam

3.3

September

Kowloon

4.5

OND

RAA

.012 .010 .008

.008

Absent.

وو

.016

Cheung

Sha Wan.

4.3

.008

Pokfulum

3.5

Tytam

3.0

October

Kowloon

3.5

91-8

.010

.012

བྷ་

.0014

.008

.012

.5 Absent. Absent.

.010

.016

Cheung

Sha Wan.

3.3

.0014 .0014

.008

Pokfulum

4.7

Tvtam

3.5

November

Kowloon

4.2

bi bo to

Absent. Absent.

.010

.012

.0014

.008

Absent. .0014

.008

.018 .008

Cheung

Sha Wan

4.0

Absent.

.008

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December

Pokfulum Tytam Kowloon Cheung

Sha Wan.

4.3

3.5

4.0

998

.0014 Absent. .0014 .0014

.014

.029

.007

.016

.005

.024

AAA

4.2

Absent. Absent.

.003

.012

Table II.-Results of Analyses of Waters from Various Sources.

Results expressed in Grains per Imperial Gallon (1 in 70,000).

Total

Oxygen Nitrogen

Solid

Albume-absorbed

Date.

Situation.

Depth.

Matter Chlorine.

Saline

Ammonia.

dried at

100° C.

noid in 4 Ammonia. hours at 80° F.

Nitrates Nitrites.

and

Nitrites.

Sugar Test for the Detection of Sewage.

Poisonous

Metals.

General Remarks,

Jan. 6

Water from a house in Conduit Road,

5:0

•6

Absent.

.016

.008

Absent. No Sewage indicated.

Absent.

Water from creek at Happy Valley,

Deposit of iron oxide.

9.0

.0028

.027

.041

April 20

Well at 6, Duddell Street,

16 feet.

7.2

Absent.

·0014

.011

.383

May 15

Stream near Bay View Police Station, Water at Pokfulum Dairy Farm,

3.3

.0028

⚫0028

.022

.008

3.7

·0014

Absent.

.007

.008

July 12

Stream on the Kowloon-Canton

Railway,

4.0

Absent.

*0014

.022

.004

Stream on the Kowloon-Canton

Railway,

4.0

•6

Absent.

.015

.004

Well at 22, Stanley Street,

46 feet.

29.0

4.9

·0028

.003

1.152

Nov.

Well at 16, Gage Street, ‹

10 feet.

8:0

2.1

·0070

.007

.147

४

Water at Au Tan,

4:0

·0056

0·014

.094

.016

Dec.

Well at Tai Po below the Station,.

13 feet.

41.0

21:0

•0028

·0028

.021

.024

1906.

495-

496

Annexe O.

REPORT OF THE COLONIAL VETERINARY SURGEON.

GENERAL STATISTICS.

There was an increase in the numbers of cattle and swine during 1905 and a decrease in the numbers of sheep and goats. The decrease in these animals seems to be due to the importation of frozen mutton from Australia. The demand for cattle from Manila has been brisk throughout the year and the high prices the Manila dealers offer secure for the Phil- lipines the best of the cattle in the Hongkong market. Greater numbers of cattle now show evidences of handfeeding, a practice encouraged by the fact that exporters are willing to pay more per pound for such cattle.

The total number of cattle admitted to the Kennedy Town Cattle Depôt was 52,594, an increase on 1905 of 3,092. Out of these admissions 213 were rejected on arrival as unfit for food. The rejections in 1905 amounted to 672. At Hung Hom Depôt 4,962 cattle were admitted against 5,046 in 1905. The rejections at Hung Hom were 21.

DISEASES.

While investigating, along with Dr. Hunter and Dr. Heanley, a somewhat obscure sickness met with among the calves at the Bacteriological Institute, a spirochaete was discovered by Dr. Heanley in smears made from the blood and spleen pulp.

Acting on the instructions of The Honourable the Principal Civil Medical Officer, an en- quiry was made by Dr. Heanley and myself into the different breeds of rats found in Hongkong and the different varieties of fleas to which they acted as hosts. A report on the results of the enquiry was submitted to The Honourable the Principal Civil Medical Officer.

The following communicable diseases were met with in the Depôts and Slaughter Houses:--

March.

Anthrax.-Five cases occurred, one each in January, June and October, and two in All the cases occurred in cattle almost immediately after landing. They appear to have brought the disease with them.

Foot and Mouth Disease-In former reports I have mentioned that this disease as found among Chinese cattle was of an exceedingly mild type. It seems to be becoming milder as fewer cases have been met with than in former years and many are only discover- able in the slaughter house..

Tuberculosis.-One case was seen in a European cow and none among Chinese cattle. The rarity of Tuberculosis among native cattle is very remarkable.

PARASITES.

The frequent incidence of the liver fluke in cattle in Hongkong is doubtless one result of the favourite method of Chinese agriculture, namely, irrigation. A liver from an adult bullock or cow which does not either actually contain the Distoma Hepaticum or show traces of its former presence is a rarity. Many animals harbour in addition the Distoma Pancreaticum in the pancreas and the Amphistoma Conicum in the rumen.

Strongylus Contortus.-This parasite is found in the abomasum of ruminants. In Hongkong its chief host is young calves. It is a blood sucking parasite and gives rise to anæmia when, present in large numbers. So far as one is able to judge native calves seem to tolerate this worm without suffering very much, possibly because it is seldom found in very large numbers in any one animal.

The other parasites seen, have all been noted in former reports. Taken collectively these parasites form a very serious factor in stock raising in the neighbourhood of Hong- kong.

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송

HONGKONG.

REPORT ON THE BLUE BOOK FOR 1906.

No. 1907

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Governor.

No. 68.

HONGKONG.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 5th April, 1907.

MY LORD,

I have the honour to submit for Your Lordship's information the following general Report on the annual Blue Book for the year 1906.

year.

I-FINANCES.

The Revenue for the year, exclusive of Land Sales and an amount transferred from the Praya Reclamation Fund amounted to $6,622,070.25, or $95,926.16 more than the previous Land Sales amounted to $315,733.21, or $76,526.55 less than in 1905. The amount transferred from the Praya Reclamation Fund was $97,208.32. The total revenue from all sources was therefore $7,035,011.78, or $116,607.93 greater than in any previous year, though $312,383.22 less than the estimate. All the main sources of revenue show an excess over 1905 with the exception of Interest, Miscellaneous Receipts, Land Sales and Water Account

Light Dues, Licences, Post Office Receipts, Rent of Government Property and Interest brought in together $111,451.48 more than was estimated. The receipts under the remain- ing heads of revenue were altogether $521,043.02 less than were anticipated when the estimates were drawn up.

{

The Expenditure for the year wa $5,328,820.92 exclusive of Public Works Extra- ordinary; inclusive of that item itt $6,832,610.68, or $118,664.58 less than the total expenditure of 1905 and $224,344.32 1:ss than the estimate for 1906.

Deducting from the actual receipts for 1906 the total actual expenditure, there was a surplus of $202,401.10 on the actual working of the

year.

The Right Honourable

THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,

His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,

&c..

&C..

&c.

160

(a.)-GENERAL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.

The following is a brief abstract of Revenue and Expenditure for the years 1905 and 1906 :-

·Revenue.

Light Dues, ...

Licences and Internal Revenue not other-

wise specified,

Fees of Court, &c.,

Post Office,.

Rent of Government Property,

Interest,

Miscellaneous,

Water Account,

Land Sales,

Amount transferred from Praya Reclama-

tion Fund,

Total,...

Non-effective Charges, General Administration, Law and Order,

Public Health,

•

Public Instruction, Public Works,..

Defence,..

་

1905.

1906.

Increase.

Decrease.

$ 74,233.45

$ c.

77,722,04

3,488.59.

4,725,906.25

4,765,227.78

39,321.53

417,417.37

470,151.53

52,734.16

414,838.19

420,454.04

5,615.85

672,161.82

826,699.20

154,537.38

10,073.12

8,068.42

2,004.70

121,491.65

53,747.24

67,744.41

90,022.24

392,259.76

315,733.21

76,526.55

97,208.32

6,918,403.85

7,035,011.78

352,905.83

236,297,90

Deduct Decrease,.

236,297.90

Nett Increase,

..$

116,607.93

Expenditure.

1905.

1906.

Increase.

Decrease.

$ 365,108.59

1,226,584.57

333,823.31 1,404,287.42

31,285.28

177,702.85

846,275.69

832,919.87

13,355.82

653,420.65

659,413.66

5,993.01

162,277.58

162,973,32

695.74

2,276,646.79

2,086,655.96

189,990.83

1,420,961.39

1,352,537.14

68,424.25

Total,......

6,951,275.26

6,832,610.68

184,391.60

303,056.18

Deduct Increase,..

Nett Decrease,

184,391.60

$118,654.58

The following Table shows the total revenue and expenditure for the five years

1902-1906:-

1902.

1903.

$ C.

Revenue, Expenditure,

4,901,073.70 5,909,548.51

5,238,857.88 5,396,669.48

Surplus,

Deficit..

•

1,008,474.81

157,811.60

1904.

6,809,047.99 6,376,235.30

432,812.69

1905.

ር.

6,918,403.85 6,951,275.26

1906.

$ C. 7,035,011.78 6,832,610.68

202,401.10

32,871.41

161

(b.)-ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.

At the end of the year 1906, the assets of the Colony amounted to $1,665,328.59, or including arrears of revenue $1,808,589.24. The total liabilities were $1,013,092.48 so that the surplus of assets over liabilities amounted to $795,496:76.

(c.)-PUBLIC DEBT.

There is an ordinary public debt of £341,799 15s. 1d. outstanding. The original debt was incurred in connection with the Praya Reclamation, the Central Market, and Water, Drainage and Sewerage Works. Interest at 3 per cent. is payable on the loan, which is being paid off by a Sinking Fund now amounting to £42,298 Os. 10d.

Towards the close of 1905 the Government lent to the Viceroy of Wuchang a sum of £1,100,000 bearing interest at 44% for purposes connected with the Canton-Hankow Railway. To meet this expenditure a loan was raised in London in February, 1906, at an average price of £99 1s. d. per cent., bearing interest at the rate of 3%, the total cost, including expenses of issue, being £1,143,933 1s. 4d. A sum of £110,000 has been repaid by the Viceroy, and has been credited to a fund provided to defray the cost of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, now in course of construction.

II.-TRADE AND SHIPPING, INDUSTRIES, FISHERIES,

AGRICULTURE AND LAND.

(a.) TRADE AND SHIPPING.

The total Tonnage entering and clearing at Ports of the Colony during the year 1906 amounted to 32,747,268 tons, being a decrease, compared with 1905, of 1,437,823 tons. This decrease is more than accounted for by the falling off in local and foreign junk trade and in local launch and river steamer trade, due mainly to the total loss or temporary disablement of a large number of small sized vessels in the typhoon of the 18th September.

A comparison between the years 1905 and 1906 is given in the following Table :-

1905.

1906.

Increase.

Decrease.

Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage.

British Ocean-

going, Foreign Ocean-

3,995

3,845

going,

British River

7,488

Steamers,

7,672,324 3,697 | 7,189,471

5,820,785 4,287 7,093,495

5,554,022 6,461 4,842,501

298 482,853

442 1,272,710|

1,024 711,521

Foreign River

975

S'ships under 60

Steamers,....

tons (Foreign Trade),....

1,800

659,597 1,071 667,917 96 8,320

71,448 878 40,282

...

922

31,166

Junks in Foreign

Trade,

33,475 2,875,440 28,153 2,619,411

5,322| 256,029

Total,.. Steam launches plying in the Colony, Junks in Local

51,578 22,653,616 |44,550 | 22,453,077

337,913 9,169,312 333,560

538 1,281,030 7,566 |1,481,569

8,251,536

4,353 917,776

11,651 319,508

|63,267|| 2,362,163 51,616 2,042,655

Trade,

Grand Total,...| 452,758 | 34,185,091 | 429,726 | 32,747,268

538 1,281,030 23,570 2,718,853

NETT,..

|23,032 |1,437,823

* Including 32,424 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 1,176,625 tons.

† Including 23,430 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 858,746 tons.

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For Ocean vessels under the British Flag, this Table shows a decrease of 298 ships of 482,853 tons, mainly due to the disappearance of vessels which had been attracted to these waters on account of the temporary withdrawal of Japanese ships during the Russo-Japanese War.

In British River steamers there is a decrease of 1,024 ships of 711,521 tons shown, which is due to the serious disasters that befell these vessels during the typhoon on the 18th September, and to the gutting by fire of the S.S. "Hankow" in the following month. Pending the necessary repairs of the crippled vessels, coasting steamers of small size were utilised in some instances by the different companies.

For Foreign Ocean vessels an increase of 442 ships of 1,272,710 tons is shown, due almost wholly to Japanese vessels resuming their accustomed routes. 594 Japanese ships of 1,275,640 tons entered and cleared in 1906, compared with 58 ships of 69,146 tons in 1905, an increase of 536 ships of 1,206,494 tons. Further, Corean steamers for the first time since 1901 entered the Port, and assisted in the increase by 30 ships of 61,596 tons. under the Norwegian Flag show a decrease of 135 ships of 186,093 tons.

Vessels

For Foreign River steamers an increase of 96 ships representing 8,320 tons is shown and can be ascribed to more trips being made by vessels under the French and Portuguese Flags, supplemented by vessels under the German and Japanese Flags which did not compete in this trade before.

The actual number of ships of European construction (exclusive of River steamers and Steam-launches) entering during the year was 870, being 417 British and 453 Foreign.

These 870 ships entered 4,012 times and gave a total tonnage of 7,151,328 tons. Compared with 1905, 19 less ships entered 86 more times, and gave an aggregate tonnage increased by 404,728 tons.

tons.

There were 214,556 arrivals of 16,394,508 tons, and 215,170 departures of 16,352,760

Of British Ocean-going vessels 3,595,879 tons entered, and 3,593,592 tons cleared.

Of Foreign Ocean-going vessels 3,565,449 tons entered, and 3,528,046 tons cleared.

Of British River steamers 2,424,961 tons entered, and 2,417,540 tons cleared.

Of Foreign River steamers, 334,831 tons entered, and 333,086 tons cleared.

Of Steamships under 60 tons trading to Ports outside the waters of the Colony 20,141 tons entered, and 20,141 tons cleared. These figures do not include private: Steam-launches.

Of Junks in Foreign Trade 1,307,972 tons entered, and 1,311,439 tons cleared.

Of Steamships under 60 tons plying within the waters of the Colony 4,125,768 tons entered, and 4,125,768 tons cleared. These figures are incomplete, as the "Star" Ferry Company's craft are not included, the Company stating that no record is kept of the number of trips made, or passengers carried, by their vessels.

Of Junks in Local Trade 1,019,507 tons entered, and 1,023,148 tons cleared.

Of the total tonnage that entered and cleared :--

British Ocean-going vessels represented..

21.9

Foreign Ocean-going vessels represented

21.6 %

British River steamers represented...

14.7 %

Foreign River steamers represented

2.3

Steamships under 60 tons, Foreign Trade represented...

0.1 %

Junks in Foreign Trade represented

8.0 %

Steamships under 60 tons, Local Trade represented... 25.2 %

Junks in Local Trade represented

6.2%

100.0

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The following Tables show the nationality of the Steamers and Sailing Vessels that visited the port :--

Flag.

STEAMERS.

Steamers.

No. of Times entered.

Total Tonnage.

1905. | 1906. 1905. 1906. 1905. 1906.

British,

490 413

1,983

1,846 3,806,7923,580,508

Austrian,

27 88,326 100,929

Belgian,

1,794

Chinese,

165

203

214,720

251,400

Corean,

30,798

Danish,

24.206 40,734

Dutch,

77,205 130,864

French,

207

218

288,911 324,668

German,

163

143

887

846 1,394,2551,343,420

Italian,...

51,492 33,012

Japanese,.

298

34,573 640,715

Norwegian,

346

279

381,479 289,857

Portuguese,

11,800

13,181

Russian,

2,903 31,129

Swedish,

4. 19

20,210

24,800

United States,.

62 57

314,101 299,079

No Flag,

178

Total,

867

858 3,904 3,998 6,712,7677,135,272

SAILING VESSELS.

Sailing No. of Times Vessels.

entered.

Total Tonnage.

Flag.

1905. 1906. ! 1905. | 1906.

1905.

1906.

British,

•German,

Norwegian,

United States,. No Flag,

32,258

15,371

1 2.193

1,880

1,199

...

8,183

8,333

472

Total,

43,833

26,056

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The following Table in which the figures represént tonnage, shows the principal articles of import in the year 1906 in vessels of European construction, compared with similar returns for 1905 :-

Articles.

1905.

1906.

Increase.

Decrease.

Beans,..

2.113

3.360

1.247

Coal,...

1,083,987

971,365

112,622

Cotton Yarn and Cotton,

32,949

41,871

8,922

Flour,

54,508

79,635

25,127

Hemp,...

26,784

23.356

3,428

Kerosine (bulk),

43,411

· 43,932

521

(case),

74,506

28,937

45,569

Liquid Fuel,

850

5,850

5,000

Lead,

800

Opium,

2,983

3,286

303

Rattan,.

3.430

12.531

9,101

Rice,.

566,171

624,369.

58,198

Sandalwood,

3,386

2,561

825

Sulphur,

100

Sugar,

311.787

482,178

170,391

Tea,....

900

Timber..

66,324

52,242

14,082

General,

1,594,862

1,653,604

58,742

Total,

3,869,751

4,029,177

337,652

178,226

Transit,

3,415,418

2,878,360

537,058

Grand Total,

7,285,169

6,907,537

337,652

715,284

Nett,..

377,632

During the year 1906, 15,519 vessels of European construction of 19,793,354 tons (net register), reported having carried 9,759,648 tons of Cargo, as follows:-

Import Cargo,..

Export

Transit

Bunker Coal shipped,

.4,029,177 tons.

2,163,344

2,878,360

688,767

9,759,648 tons.

In Imports there is an increase reported of 159,426 tons.

In Exports there is a decrease reported of 232,864 tons.

In Transit Cargo there is a decrease reported of 537,058 tons.

In Bunker Coal there is an increase of 24,349 tons.

The total reported Import Trade of the Port for 1906 amounted to 22,408 vessels of 11,249,233 tons carrying 7,372,075 tons of cargo of which 4,493,715 tons were dis- charged at Hongkong. This does not include the number, tonnage, or cargo of vessels in Local Trade.

Similarly, the Export Trade from the Port was represented by 22,142 vessels of 11,203,844 tons, carrying 2,778,441 tons of cargo, and shipping 690,689 tons of bunker coal.

Seventy-six thousand seven hundred and twenty-five (76,725) emigrants left Hongkong for various places during the year. Of these 63,830 were carried by British Ships and 12,895 by Foreign Ships; 134,912 were reported as having been brought to Hongkong from places to which they had emigrated, and of these, 105,780 were brought in British Ships and 25,586 by Foreign Ships.

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The total Revenue collected by the Harbour Department during the year was $274,008.78 as against $302,787.76 (including $2,220 collected under the Sugar Convention Ordinance) collected in the previous year, showing a decrease of $28,778.98 :—

1. Light Dues, ....

2. Licences and Internal Revenue,

3. Fees of Court and Office,

4. Miscellaneous Receipts,

$ 77,722.04

61,748.33 134,533.21 5.20

Total,.

$274,008.78

(b.) INDUSTRIES.

During 1906 the decline in the selling prices of Sugar continued as the local refineries had to face keen competition in all markets. The amount of sugar refined was also much less than in 1905.

The demand for Yarn was most unsatisfactory during the greater part of 1906, and the local Cotton Mill worked on an average only 4 days a week during the whole disappointing results.

year, with

very

There was a strong demand throughout the year for Cement, and the local factory was kept fully employed. Two more rotary kilns are now being added at the "Green Island" Company's works at Hok Ün which will bring the output up to over 400 tons a day.

The profits of the Rope Factory at Kennedy Town were slightly higher than in 1905, but the business was restricted both by the high price of raw material at Manila and the rise in exchange.

The Engineering and Shipbuilding trade remained normal during the first half of 1906, but the disastrous typhoon of the 18th September which wrought great havoc among the Shipping in harbour at the time, kept the Dockyards working at full pressure for the re- mainder of the year.

Four hundred and forty-nine (449) vessels of 1,063,454 tons and 70 launches, lighters, &c., were docked and repaired, compared with 412 vessels of 975,174 tons and 43 lighters, launches, &c., in 1905. Of the vessels damaged, sunk, or stranded in the typhoon all, with three exceptions, were repaired locally. Of the three exceptions, one was sold to Japanese owners in her damaged condition, one has been salved and is awaiting contracts for repair, while the third still remains stranded, all endeavours to get the vessel off, having, so far, failed.

Forty-two Steam-launches and other vessels with an aggregate tonnage of 7,634 were built during the year.

A new and important industry, the Hongkong Milling Company, situated at Junk Bay in the New Territories, was inaugurated at the end of the year, the premises including reclama- tion, erection of buildings and installation of machinery, having been completed in a period of less than twenty months. The mill, which is of the very latest design and is under European management, is capable of turning out 8,000 bags of flour a day. The demand for the flour is far in excess of this amount and it is contemplated to double the capacity of the mill during 1907.

(c.) FISHERIES.

A considerable proportion of the boat-population of Hongkong supports itself by deep- sea fishing, in which pursuit a large number of junks are engaged. The villages of Aberdeen, Stanley, Shaukiwan, and many others in the New Territories are largely dependent upon this industry for their prosperity. Fresh water fish is imported from Canton and the West River. There are oyster beds of considerable value in Deep Bay.

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(d.) FORESTRY, BOTANICAL SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURE.

Forty-four thousand five hundred and seventy-seven (44,577) pine trees were planted in Hongkong, and 15,116 were sown in sites. In the New Territories 82,960 were planted and 73.021 sown in sites. 1,500 camphor trees were planted in the New Territories. 331 shade trees were planted in the Streets. The nucleus of a collection of Chinese economic products was formed. Progress was made with the purchase of Chinese pine plantations which are suitably placed to augment Government planting. Investigations were continued with a view to utilizing waste ground in the New Territories, and attention was in particular directed to the possibilities of Tea and of Candlenut trees for this purpose.

(e.) LAND GRANTS AND GENERAL VALUE OF Land.

The amount received from sales of Crown Land was $315,733.21, being some $76,500 less than the receipts for, the previous year. This falling off may be attributed to the general depression of business throughout the year and the consequent tightness of the money market. The principal items were for extensive pier-rights at Kowloon Point for Messrs. BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, sites for workmen's dwellings in connection with Messrs. BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE'S Shipyard at Quarry Bay and land for extensions of the Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co.'s Premises at Hunghom.

IH.-LEGISLATION.

Seventeen Ordinances were passed during 1906, two of which, the Married Women's Property Ordinance, No. 5 of 1906, and the Criminal Evidence Ordinance. No. 14 of 1906, are designed to bring the law of the Colony into line with English Statutes. The former accords to Married Women in Hongkong the like protection with regard to their property as is enjoyed by Married Women in England and other parts of the Empire. The latter introduces the amendment made in the law of England by the Imperial Enactment 61 and 62 Victoriæ Cap. 36, by which in all criminal proceedings an accused person and the wife or husband, as the case may be, of such person are made competent witnesses for the defence.

The discovery of iron ore in considerable quantities in the New Territories led to the introduction of the Prospecting and Mining Ordinance, No. 7 of 1906, under which the Government is empowered to grant licences to search for and prove minerals and to grant licences and leases of land for the purpose of working mines and minerals.

The Prepared Opium Amendment Ordinance, No. 15 of 1906, was passed to remove any doubt as to whether the provisions of the Prepared Opium Ordinance 1901 applied to Morphine and all Compounds of Opium in addition to Prepared Opium. The Ordinance at the same time makes better provision for the establishment of bonded warehouses for Morphine and Compounds of Opium.

The Merchant Shipping Amendment Ordinance, No. 16 of 1906, makes provision for the prevention of obstruction of vessels and landing places and for the better regulation of junks and similar craft.

IV.-EDUCATION.

The number of Government and Grant Schools, including Queen's College, is 85, of which 24 are Upper Grade Schools with a staff competent to give instruction in all the subjects of Standard VII, and 61 are Lower Grade Schools under purely native management. Generally speaking, the Upper Grade Schools are taught in English, and the Lower Grade Schools are taught in the Vernacular.

The total number of pupils in average attendance at Government and Grant Schoolst was 5,496 against 5,323 in 1905. Of these, 1,932 were in Government and 3,564 in Grane Schools: 3,350 pupils received instruction in English, and 2,146 in the Vernacular. Th proportion of boys to girls was 3,531 to 1,965.

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The Revenue derived from School Fees was $46,383.25, $31,478.50 of which was received from Queen's College.

The Expenditure including that on Queen's College was $159,373, being 2.33 per cent. of the total expenditure of the Colony.

The teaching of Hygiene has again received much attention. It is a compulsory study in the 4 highest Classes in all schools where English is taught. Steps have also been taken towards the preparation of a syllabus suited to the Vernacular schools.

Progress was again tested by a competitive examination between the schools for prizes and a shield offered by His Excellency the Governor.

For the Advanced Course there were 64 competitors. composed of 36 boys from 5 schools, and 28 girls from 5 schools. The result was highly satisfactory. Taking the 3 best candidates from each school as a basis of calculation, 8 schools out of 10 obtained 80 % of full marks or over, and one of the remaining schools nearly as many. There were entered for the Elementary Course 123 competitors. Their work was not proportionately so good. Five scholars obtained over 60 %, and four over 40 %.

The following

Evening Continuation Classes were opened towards the end of the year. table shews the subjects taught and the number of students attending each class.

Engineering Section

Science Section

Subject.

Mathematics.... Applied Mechanics

Building Construction.... Machine Drawing

J Chemistry

Physics..

....

Hygiene

Book-keeping. Elementary

Do.

Advanced

Commercial Arithmetic

English. Junior

Do. Senior

Commercial

French.

Elementary.

Section

Do. Advanced

German

Japanese

Shorthand. Elementary

Do.

Advanced

No. of Students.

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During the year illustrated lectures were delivered at most of the schools on facts relating to the Empire. The lectures, which, together with the slides, were provided by Mr. MACKINDER, were greatly appreciated by the scholars, whose interest in the various subjects was increased by the ocular demonstration of them. With the exception of minor matters, such as the darkening of rooms to make the lantern slides clearly visible, which was a some- what difficult matter, and the length of the lectures, which had to be given in two parts as they were too lengthy for one sitting, the teachers are full of praise for the courses of lectures supplied, and are satisfied that they have proved highly instructive to their pupils.

V.-PUBLIC WORKS.

The principal public works in progress during the year, exclusive of the Railway, dealt with in section XII of this despatch, were the Tytam Tuk Waterworks (1st Section) and the Kowloon Waterworks, both of which have been described in previous reports. The former made good progress and the latter fair. Though not completed, the Kowloon Water- works were sufficiently advanced to enable them to be utilized for the supply of the Kowloon Peninsula, the water being turned on on the 24th December. The extension of the distribu- tion system to the important villages of Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City and Taikoktsui was undertaken towards the end of the year.

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Of the larger buildings, the Harbour Office and Western Market were completed and the New Law Courts and New Government Offices were under construction. The Gunpowder Depôt, Extension to Staff Quarters Government Civil Hospital, Taipo Quarters, Bacteriological Institute and Volunteer Headquarters were completed. A Branch Post Office in Kowloon and another in Shanghai were completed and a Public Mortuary near Yaumati and Time Ball Tower on Blackhead's Hill, Kowloon, were begun. The works of reconstruction of gullies and extension of nullah training were continued, $10,000 being spent on the former and over $16,000 on the latter. A large tank for flushing a portion of the Sewerage System of the City was constructed in Blake Garden, a rifle range for the use of the Volunteer Reserve Association was laid out at the Peak and the extensions of the Waterworks at Lai Chi Kok for the supply of the Shipping were completed.

The Mee Lun Lane Improvement Scheme was undertaken and was well advanced at the close of the year. The system of 100-foot roads in Kowloon was extended; Salisbury Road was opened as far as Robinson Road in connection with the new Star Ferry landing place; a mass of rock was removed to enable Des Voeux Road to be extended past Messrs. Blackhead's lots and a commencement was made with the removal of the hill North of Yaumati Theatre, the material being used for private reclamation work North of the Naval Coaling Depôt. Some property in Hunghom Village was resumed to admit of further extension of the system. Important extensions of Conduit Road in Easterly and Westerly directions and of the road past Kowloon City were undertaken, substantial progress being made with both works. The latter road is being further extended to join the military roads which have been constructed in this neighbourhood.

The extension and reconstruction of the Albany Filter Beds was continued, fair pro- gress being made with the work.

The work on the Rider Main System was completed in all the districts to which it is intended to apply it.

The total amount expended on Public Works Extraordinary, exclusive of Rider Mains and other Advance Accounts, was $1,463,868.66 and on works annually recurrent, $393.751.40.

VI.-GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS.

(a.) HOSPITALS.

Government Hospitals consist of the Civil Hospital to which is attached an isolated Maternity Hospital, the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, the Kennedy Town Infectious Diseases Hospital, and the hulk "Hygeia" used mainly for the treatment of Small-pox.

The Civil Hospital contains 150 beds in 19 wards. 2,745 in-patients and 16,768 out- patients were treated during the year 1906. 239 cases of Malarial Fever were admitted as against 267 in 1905 and 223 in 1904. The Maternity Hospital contains 6 beds for Europeans and 4 for Asiatics. 64 confinements occurred during the year. The Victoria Hospital, at the Peak contains 41 beds. During 1906, 278 patients were under treatment. Kennedy Town Hospital contains 26 beds. In 1906, 78 cases were treated, of which 49 were Plague. On the "Hygeia" 73 cases were treated, of which 66 were Small-pox.

(b.) LUNATIC ASYLUM.

The Asylum is under the direction of the Superintendent of the Civil Hospital. European and Chinese patients are separate, the European portion containing 8 beds in separate wards and the Chinese portion 16 beds. 184 patients of all races were treated during 1906, and there were 9 deaths.

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(c.) THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.

This Hospital, opened in 1872, is mainly supported by the voluntary subscriptions of Chinese, but receives an annual grant of $6,000 from the Government. Only Chinese are. treated in this institution which takes the place of a poor-house and hospital for Chinese sick and destitute, and is administered by an annually-elected body of 15 Chinese directors. Chinese as well as European methods of treatment are employed in accordance with the wishes expressed by the patients or their friends. The Hospital is managed by a Committee of Chinese gentlemen annually elected, their appointment being submitted to the Governor for confirmation.

VII.-INSTITUTIONS NOT SUPPORTED BY GOVERNMENT.

Among institutions recognised and encouraged but not to any considerable extent sup- ported by Government may be mentioned the Pó Leung Kuk, the College of Medicine for Chinese, and the City Hall.

The Pó Leung Kuk is an institution, incorporated in 1893, presided over by the Regis- trar General and an annually-elected Committee of 12 Chinese gentlemen, for the protection of women and children. The inmates of the Home receive daily instruction in elementary subjects and are allowed to earn pocket-money by needlework. During 1906, a total of 349 persons were admitted. Of these, 82 were released after enquiry, 8 were released under bond, 106 were placed in charge of their husbands, parents or relations, 3 were placed in charge of the Japanese Consul, 26 were sent to charitable institutions in China, 24 were sent to School, Convent or Refuge, 6 were adopted, 53 were married and 1 died.

The Hongkong College of Medicine was founded in 1897. The government of the College is vested in the Court, of which the Rector of the College, who has always been a Government official, is President. Ninety-six students have been enrolled up to the end of 1906, and of these 29 have become qualified licentiates and have obtained various posts under Government and elsewhere. The ition is of great value in spreading a knowledge of Western me- dical science among the ninese; and in addition to the employment of certain of the licen- tiates in the public service, the senior students have frequently been made use of for various purposes during epidemics. A Government grant-in-aid of $2,500 is made to the College,

to be used as honoraria to the lecturers.

The City Hall receives an annual grant of $1,200 from Government. It contains a Reference Library and Museum.

VIII. CRIMINAL AND POLICE.

The total of all cases reported to the Police was 11,144 being a decrease of 373 or 3.23 per cent. as compared with 1905. In the division of these cases into serious and minor offences there is an increase in the former as compared with the previous year from 2,984 to 3,333, that is of 11.69 per cent., occurring mainly in unlawful possession.

The number of serious offences reported was 408 below the average of the quinquennial period commencing with the year 1902.

The number of minor offences reported shows a decrease of 722 as compared with 1905.

The number of minor offences reported was 324 below the average of the quinquennial period.

The total number of persons committed to Victoria Gaol was 5,799, as compared with 6,227 in 1905, but of these only 2,575 were committed for criminal offences, against 2,816 in 1905. Of committals for non-criminal offences there were 199 less under the Prepared Opium Ordinance and 25 more for infringement of Sanitary Bye-laws.

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The daily average of prisoners confined in the Gaol was 518, the highest previous average being 726 in 1904. The percentage of prisoners to population, according to the daily average of the former and the estimated number of the latter, was .161 as compared with 183, the average percentage for the last ten years. The Prison discipline was satis- factory, the average of punishments per prisoner being 1.21, as compared with 1.47 in 1905 and 1.1 in 1904.

The remunerative labour carried on in the Gaol consists of printing, book-binding, washing, carpentry, boot-making, net-making, painting and white-washing, mat-making, tailoring, oakum-picking, etc., the profit on the work done being, $37,495.56.

The total strength of the Police Force for 1906 was Europeans 133, Indians 410, Chinese 504, making a total of 1,047, as compared with 1,018 in 1905 exclusive in each case of the four Superior Officers and a staff of clerks and coolies. Of this Force an Assistant Superintendent, who also acted as Magistrate, and 19 Europeans, 85 Indians and 44 Chinese were stationed in the New Territories during the year.

The force of District Watchmen to which the Government contributes $2,000 per annum was well supported by the Chinese during the year.

IX.-VITAL STATISTICS.

(a.) POPULATIOŃ.

The population of the Colony according to the Census taken in 1901 was 283,975 while at the Census taken in 1906 it was 301,967 exclusive of New Kowloon and the Army and Navy Establishments. The estimated population at the middle of the year under review was 326,961 as follows:

Non-Chinese Civil Community,

12,174

Hongkong, Old Kowloon,

191,815

51,600

Chinese Population,

New Kowloon (approximate), Floating Population,.

...

17,790

42,550

Navy, (average strength),

Mercantile Marine,

Army, (average strength),

2,375

306,130

3,959

4,698

8,657

Total,.........

326,961

New Kowloon was brought under the jurisdiction of the Sanitary Board in 1903, and its estimated population has accordingly been included. The population of the remainder of the New Territories according to the Census of 1901 was 85,011 making when added to the present estimate a grand total of 411,972.

At the Census taken in 1906 the actual number of members of the Navy present in the Colony was 4,698.

(b.) PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION.

During the year under review considerable progress has been made in rendering existing domestic buildings rat proof, as a preventive of Plague, 837 ground surfaces of houses having been made good with concrete and cement, while rat runs have been filled up with cement in 286 buildings.

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New buildings (domestic) to the number of 162 were erected during the year and in these the effect of the present Ordinance is seen in the increased amount of open space about the houses, which the law requires. Scavenging lanes which have to be provided in the rear of new houses also increase the open space about them and tend to reduce surface crowd- ing.

Under the Insanitary Properties Resumption Scheme twenty-one houses and a portion of one other have been resumed during the year, and these, together with thirty others which had been previously resumed were demolished. The total area covered by these buildings was 29,502 square feet.

During the year there were 842 deaths from Plague, compared with 287 in 1905 and 495 in 1904.

There were 1,634 deaths from Respiratory Diseases amongst the Chinese or 20-2 per cent of all Chinese deaths; 795 of these deaths were due to Phthisis.

Beri-beri caused 561 deaths-a high figure, but considerably lower (117 less) than that for 1905 and 174 less than in 1904.

The deaths from Malaria were 448 as against 287 in 1905, the increase being chiefly due to the prevalence of the disease among the coolies employed on the railway works. The average number of deaths from this disease has fallen from 552 in the quinquennium 1897 to 1901, to 354 in the quinquennium 1902 to 1906.

(c.) CLIMATE.

The average monthly temperature throughout the year was 71.8° F. as compared with 71-6° F. in 1905 and 720° F. during the ten preceding years. The maximum monthly temperature was attained in August, when it reached 88.8° F., and the minimum monthly tem- perature was recorded in January, when it was 54.8° F. The highest recorded temperature during the year was 93-7° F. on the 28th August, and the lowest 46.8° F. on the 2nd January.

The total rainfall for the year was 77·80 inches as compared with an average of 77.46 inches during the past ten years. The wettest month was September, with 30.60 inches, the dryest, November, with only 0.18 inch. The greatest amount of rain which fell on any one day was 5.265 inches on the 29th September, while no rain fell on 215 days of the year. The relative humidity of the atmosphere throughout the year was 78 per cent, as compared with an average of 77 per cent. during the past 10 years. The average daily amount of ́ sunshine was 5.3 hours being 47 per cent. of the possible duration.

X.-POSTAL SERVICE.

The total Receipts paid into the Treasury in 1906 by the Postal Department amounted to $557,278.26 from which sum $136,824.22 was transferred to other heads of General Revenue under which fees and duties are paid in stamps, which are now sold exclusively by the Post Office, leaving the sum of $420,454.04 as Revenue of the Postal Service. The total expenditure amounted to $359,484.08, which after deducting $420,454.04 as Revenue, leaves a profit of $60,969.96.

An arrangement for the transmission of Insured Letters direct between the Straits Settlements and Hongkong came into force on the 1st December, 1906.

A direct exchange of Money Orders with Cape Colony came into force on 1st January.

The new Post Office at Kowloon was occupied in September. The Western Branch Post Office was re-opened on 1st October.

Shanghai British Post Office was enlarged.

A Postal Agency was opened at Tientsin on 1st October.

The Pillar Box System in Hongkong was considerably extended during the year.

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XI.-MILITARY FORCES AND EXPENDITURE.

(a.) REGULAR FORCES.

The following return shows the number and composition of the Forces employed in the Colony during 1906 :-

CORPS.

EUROPEANS.

INDIANS.

CHINESE.

N. C. O.'s

& Men.

TOTAL.

General Staff (Officers only)..

Garrison Staff (W. O., N. C.

Officers only),

Royal Garrison Aftillery,

664

683

Royal Engineers,.

243

319

2nd Royal West Kent Regt.,

419

428

Army Service Corps,

Royal Army Medical Corps,

Army Ordnance Dept. and Corps,

Army Pay Department and Corps, H. K. & S. Bù. R. G. A..

3rd Middlesex Regiment, 119th Infantry,

129th (D.C.O.) Baluchis, Indian Subordinate Medical

NONG

405

431

1919

750

774

753

777

Department,

TOTAL.....................

1,525

1,912'

3,633

(b.) COLONIAL CONTRIBUTION.

The Colony contributed $1,305,185.80 (being the statutory contribution of 20 per cent. of the Estimated revenue) towards the cost of the maintenance of the Regular Forces in the Colony and Barrack Service.

(c.) VOLUNTEER CORPS.

The total establishment of the Corps is 443 of all ranks. The strength on the 31st December, 1906, was 297 made up as follows:--Staff 6; two Garrison Artillery Companies, 211; one Engineer Company, 39; Troop 41.

The members of the Corps are now all armed with the new M.L.E. Short rifle and the latest pattern equipment.

The period for the annual Camp of Instruction was extended from 10 days to 16, it was held in October, 1906, and was very well attended.

The Mounted Troop Camp was held at Fan Ling in the New Territories.

The Camp took place during the Christmas Holidays, and was well attended. Much useful work was done.

The Hongkong Volunteer Reserve Association numbered two hundred and fifty-one members at the close of the year, an increase of 38 members, as compared with 1905.

Members of this Association, who must be over 35 years of age, are required to make themselves proficient in rifle shooting, and undertake to enrol themselves under the Volunteer Ordinance in the event of hostilities.

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A small Cadet Corps was commenced in May 1906 with boys from the Victoria British School, there are now 13 of them, instructed in squad drill and semaphore signalling. They attended Camp, and are already very efficient signallers.

The New Headquarter Building was opened in December, 1906, and is already very popular. A well equipped Gymnasium will shortly be installed, the necessary apparatus having been ordered from England.

The expenditure on the Volunteers, which is entirely borne by the Colony, was $47,351.34, compared with $58,311.12 in 1905.

XII.--GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.

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The year 1906 is likely to be known by the present generation in Hongkong as the of the great typhoon. Between 8.30 and 11 a.m. on the 18th September a storm of narrow, diameter but great violence passed over the Colony.

In the absence of warning no prepar- ations had been made to meet it and great loss of life and property resulted. Fifteen Euro- peans were drowned including the Right Revd. Dr. JOHN CHARLES HOARE, Bishop of Vic- toria, who was on a tour of diocesan inspection. Capt. L. A. W. BARNES-LAWRENCE, R.N. the Harbour Master, died on the 2nd October as the result of exposure during and overwork after the storm. 2,385 Chinese were actually reported missing but the loss of Chinese life is believed to have been much greater than this and probably exceeded 5,000. Fifty-nine European-built merchant vessels of 72,185 aggregate tonnage foundered, grounded, or other- wise received injuries which in the case of eighteen vessels of 8,198 aggregate tonnage amounted to or resulted in total loss. In addition 80 steam launches were more or less damaged, including 32 that were sunk of which most were, however, afterwards raised." H.M.S. Phoenix, a sloop of 1,050 tons went ashore and has since been broken up; the French Torpedo Boat Destroyer Fronde though broken in two by a similar accident was con- sidered worth repairing; a number of Colonial Government vessels were damanged. 796 junks, 798 cargo boats, 275 sampans and 544 other boats making a total of 2,413 Chinese craft were reported lost or missing. All the temporary and some of the permanent piers in Victoria and Kowloon were destroyed and much injury was done to seawalls in both places and to dykes protecting cultivation in the Eastern part of the New Territories. 18 houses in Victoria, 122 in Kowloon and about 50 in the New Territories were blown down wholly or in part or rendered unsafe for habitation. Considerable injury was done to the roads in various parts of the Colony, to the telephone systems, to public buildings in progress, to the pine plantations on the Island, and to the crops on the low lying grounds on the shores. of Tide Cove and Tolo Harbour. Two days after the typhoon a Relief Fund was started of which the principal object was to enable the boating people to again carry on the work of the harbour. The sum raised amounted ultimately to $279,903 of which $127,494, mainly subscribed by European firms, residents and sympathizers was collected by the Relief Fund Committee and $152,409, subscribed by Chinese in Hongkong and elsewhere, was collected by th Committee of the Tung Wa Hospital. Of the aggregate sum $244,892 has been experd in buying, rebuilding and repairing 1,600 junks, sampans and other boats, in recovering and burying corpses, in maintaining destitutes, in relief to widows and orphans,

etc.

The great typhoon called forth expressions of sympathy from His Majesty the KING, from His Majesty's Government and from various British and foreign governments and communities in the Far East. Another bright aspect of it were the acts of heroism and duty performed in the rescue and aid of sufferers and in the clearing away of the more gruesome evidence of the catastrophe. The latter work and the putting in hand of the salvage operations in the harbour and of the heavy r pairs on shore were delayed by subsequent storms of which one on the night of the 19th to 20th September passed within 300 miles and a second on the 23rd passed just beyond this distance of the Colony. The centre of a third moving from South East to West on the 28th and 29th passed not far from Gap Rock and resulted in considerable further damage. On October 1st the typhoon. signal was hoisted for the last time in the year.

A disaster on a smaller scale than the typhoon but not less horrid in its details occurred about 3 a.m. on the morning of October 14th, when the S.S. Hankow (3,073 tons) of the Hongkong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company within a few minutes of tying up to the Company's pier and with some 800 persons still on board burst into flames. Ninety bodies

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including those of 52 women and 19 children were recovered of persons who had sought but failed to find safety by jumping into the water and the charred remains of 19 others were found on board while 2 persons died in hospital from injuries received.

A valuable cargo

was lost and the whole interior of the ship destroyed. The cause of the fire was not definitely ascertained but is believed to have been a coolie smoking on a heap of matting on deck.

Apart from these calamities various occurrences outside the Colony tended to make the year a bad one for trade. Piracy in the waterways leading to Canton was rife culminating in an attack on the British Steamer Sainam of 349 tons belonging to the Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company, which took place on the evening of the 13th July near Sam Shui on the West River when the ship was on her way from Canton to Wu Chow. In this attack the master and several Indian watchmen belonging to the ship were wounded and a missionary-the Revd. R. J. J. MACDONALD, M.D.,-killed. The Chinese authorities stimulated by H.B.M. Consul-General at Canton showed some vigour in detecting and punishing the persons engaged in this outrage but the problem, in which the mercantile community of the Colony took an active interest, of how to prevent the occur- rence of similar incidents in the future had received no solution by the end of the

year.

Bad as were the effects on trade of the insecurity of the waterways far greater evils resulted from the direct action of the Canton authorities in issuing from the provincial mint vast quantities of subsidiary coins containing about 10 per cent. less silver than the dollar of which they purported to represent fractional parts. This over-issue, bringing down the value of stocks of similar coins already in the country by about 5 per cent. greatly reduced the purchasing power of the Kwang Tung consumer of foreign goods. It incidentally brought down the dollar value of the Hongkong subsidiary coins to the inconvenience of various trading concerns in the Colony and of its Government who were unable to get rid of a large stock of this coin purchased in the preceding year and had eventually to return $3,398,000 of it to England for sale as bullion. The Hongkong Government decided as a result of this lesson to eliminate from their future financial policy the idea of making profit from the supply of subsidiary coins to the two Kwang Provinces and then took steps, which since the end of the year have had some result, to impress on the Government of those Provinces the imperious necessity for checking the output from the Canton mint.

Other matters outside the Colony adversely affecting its prosperity were the failure due to floods of the first rice crop in the neighbouring provinces of China and the continued appreciation of silver.

In the China trade of Hongkong and as regards imports very heavy losses had to be faced at the end of the year owing to the large stocks of Indian yarn which were held at prices above their true value. Neither in Manchester, fancy or woollen goods was business satisfactory and in metals it was dull. Importations of Australian flour continued to in- crease largely. Exports did not do so badly. There was

There was a good yield of silk and fair demand for it and native dealers were satisfied with the results of the year as regards inger and soy.

The rise in the Sterling value of the dollar which has been going on since early in 1903- continued in 1906, the range of variation in the year being slightly greater than in 1905. At the commencement of January the dollar stood at 2017. It fell to 2s. Oftd. for a short time at the end of that month and again at the end of February, rose irregularly to 2s. 31d. in the middle of November and was worth 2s. 3d. at the end of the year. The maximum of the year was the highest value that had been attained since the end of 1893. The rise is said to have involved some withdrawal of capital from the Colony for investment in gold using countries and consequent depreciation in the value of local stocks.

Certainly those stocks dealt with in the Colony which give the best indication of the state of its business decreased considerably in value during the year. The shares of four land companies went down on an average over 10 % while those of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, Limited, in spite of business brought by the typhoon, fell nearly 12 % and of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company 13 %. The shares in nearly every industrial undertaking, including the two sugar refineries, the Cement Com- pany and the Rope Manufacturing Company shrunk in value...

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The depreciation in the value of land and buildings evidenced by the fall in the shares of the land companies was attributed by some to the manner in which the provisions of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance of 1903 were being enforced by the officials of the Sanitary and Public Works Departments. Complaints in the local newspapers and at the meetings of the Sanitary Board that the Ordinance was not being properly or reasonably administered were so numerous in the early part of the year that it appeared to the Govern- ment advisable to institute an enquiry into them and also into certain suggestions as to corruption that had made themselves heard. A committee consisting of the unofficial mem- bers of the Sanitary Board were appointed on the 28th April to carry out this enquiry under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Mr. H. E. POLLOCK, K.C. As however it presently seemed necessary that there should be power to enforce the attendance of witnesses, compel the production of documents, etc., the Committee was converted into a Commission on the 10th May. Mr. POLLOCK's resignation of the Chairmanship shortly afterwards required an amended Commission dated the 26th May appointing the Honourable Mr. E. A. HEWETT to the post. The Commission were directed to enquire into and report:

(1.) Whether the administration of the Sanitary and Building Regulations enacted by the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, as now carried out is satisfactory, and, if not, what improvements can be made.

(2.) Whether any irregularity or corruption exists or has existed among the officials

charged with the administration of the aforesaid regulations.

The Commission had not reported by the end of the year but had brought to the notice of the Government several cases of corrupt practices which were dealt with by the Executive Council of the Colony.

In the early part of the year also numerous petitions were presented by elders in the New Territories through the Registrar General on the subject of Crown Rent for agricultural lands and buildings. These resulted in the Government after full consideration declining to reduce but promising not to increase for the 75 years term of lease the rents in question and in their making several minor concessions. This result appears to have given satisfaction and the former difficulties in collecting rent have nearly disappeared.

In other respects the Territories were quiet and apparently prosperous during the year. Crops were good except for the typhoon damage to which reference has already been made.

Mining operations there remained in the prospecting stage, but the discovery of iron ore, which competent engineers report to be present in large quantities, led the promoters to apply for the mining lease of a square mile of territory in the Sha Tin District. This was granted by the Government to Sir PAUL CHATER. Kt., C.M.G., on the 21st January, 1907. Analysis shows that the ore is composed of Magnetite Iron ranging from 53% to 60% metal, entirely free from phosphorus or sulphur, and therefore the very best ore for the manufacture of steel. Japanese buyers are in treaty for the purchase of the ore but the Company recently formed by Sir PAUL CHATER desire if possible to establish smelting works in the Colony, and are now negotiating with English Iron Masters on the subject.

Railway matters continued to be of special interest and made some progress in 1906.

The attempts of H.B.M. Consul at Canton and Minister at Peking and of the Hong- kong Government to get the Chinese authorities to open negotiations for the conclusion of a Final Loan Agreement for the Chinese section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway and of an agreement for the joint working of that with the British section resulted in four meetings being held at Canton in March and April between representatives of the Viceroy there and of the British and Chinese Corporation, in the Viceroy recognizing the Preliminary Agreement made by the Corporation with the Chinese Government on the 28th March, 1899, and in his proposing arrangements which, though they differed materially from those of the prelimin- ary loan agreement and included none for joint working, were accepted as the basis for the further negotiations. These, after many delays, were carried on at Peking between T'ANG SHAO-YI, the Chinese Director General of Railways, two representatives of the Canton Viceroy and Mr. J. O. P. BLAND representing the Corporation. Ten meetings were held between the 23rd August and the 7th November and on the 10th of the latter month a Final Loan Agreement was signed by T'ANG SHAO-YI and Mr. BLAND. It provides for the Corporation issuing a 5 per cent. loan of £1,500,000 for the construction and equipment of the Chinese etion of the railway. A first mortgage on the railway is to be the security of the loan

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the duration of which is to be 30 years. The construction is to be under the direction of a Chinese Managing Director with whom are to be associated a British Engineer-in-Chief and a British Chief Accountant. The agreement provides that a further one for the joint working of the British and Chinese sections of the railway should be arranged between the Viceroy of Canton and the Governor of Hongkong. Negotiations for this further agreement were not started before the end of the year.

The Final Loan Agreement for the Canton-Kowloon Railway also lays down that "it is understood that the Chinese Government will not build another line competing with this railway to its detriment." In this connection it may be mentioned that a proposal of the Chinese authorities to build a line towards Amoy which for some 40 miles must have followed approximately the same course as the Canton-Kowloon Railway called forth con- siderable opposition from Hongkong where it was held that the construction of such a line was contrary to the preliminary agreement of March 1899.

While the survey work on the British section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway was being completed in the early part of the year construction was proceeding on the line between Tai Po and Lo Fu ferry under the Public Works Department and by the end of April about 21 miles of bank had been formed not including, however, any bridge or heavy earthwork. the 23rd March Mr. W. G. EVES who had been appointed by the Consulting Engineers-Sir JOHN WOLFE BARRY & Co., to be Chief Resident Engineer, arrived in the Colony and took charge of the work being assisted by an engineering staff of one executive and four assistant engineers who arrived subsequently. During the Summer sickness among staff and workmen and some difficulties with labour delayed the progress of the work which consisted at first in preparing for the piercing of the tunnel through the Kowloon Hills. By the end of the year quarters for staff and labourers and work-shops were completed on the South but were still under construction on the North side of the tunnel. A store yard, with arrangements for landing plant and material, had been formed at Tai Kok Tsui and connected by about 3,000 yards of temporary metre gauge railway with the South face while a service road some 1,500 yards long formed with part of the existing Public Works Department road a communication to the North face from a temporary landing place at Lok Lo Ha in Tide Cove. As regards permanent work, by the end of the year a heading had been started from the open at either end of the tunnel but in neither case had advanced more than a few feet inside what will be the ultimate tun- nel face. A shaft 90 feet deep had been sunk 330 feet inside this face at the South end and headings commenced in both directions from it. Another shaft to be 268 feet deep, 5,100 feet from the first, and 1,350 feet inside the North face, had been decided on but not yet started. At the end of the year work was. also proceeding on 4 bridges outh of the tunnel and on 2 North of it in the Shatin Valley. A considerale portion of the earthwork for about a mile on either side of the tunnel and about of that between Tai Po and the Lo Fu ferry had been completed. The reclamation for the station site in Hung Hom Bay had been put in hand. The total expenditure that had actually been incurred by the 31st December was $599,546.

Turning to the minor incidents of the year and reverting to commercial matters it may be mentioned that with a view to making Hongkong products better known in England and also to assisting the general trade of the Colony collections of specimens of its manufac- tures and also of the various articles which are included in its export trade, have been sent to England to constitute a permanent exhibition in the Imperial Institute buildings at South Kensington.

In the Colony itself two exhibitions were held which it is hoped will be repeated annually. On the 1st and 2nd February the new Horticultural Society, revived on the lines of the old Society which organised annual flower shows from 1873 to 1883, successfully held its first show in the Botanical Gardens. On the 1st, 2nd and 3rd November an "Arts and Crafts exhibition collected in the City Hall some good specimens of local photography, needlework, book printing and binding, and domestic furniture and some fine pieces of pottery and other works of art lent by European and Chinese Residents.

An interesting event in the early part of the year was the visit of the mission with H.R.H. Prince ARTHUR Of CONNAUGHT at its head, which was conveying the Garter to H. I. M. the Emperor of Japan. The mission was in Hongkong from the 9th to the 13th February. In March advantage was taken of the presence of a Japanese squadron to return some of the hospitality that had been shown in the previous Summer to the. British fleet in Japanese

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waters and of the visit of the French squadron of the Far East to bear witness to the cordial understanding between England and France. In September a Joint Naval and Military Committee under the presidency of Sir JOHN OWEN, K.C.B., visited the Colony for the con- sideration of certain matters connected with its defence.

Changes during the year in personnel outside the Colony but closely affecting it were the substitution of CHOU FU formerly Acting Governor-General Liang Kiang for TS'EN CH'UN-HSÜAN as Governor General Liang Kuang, and the appointments in May of Sir JOHN N. JORDAN, K.C.M.G., to replace Sir ERNEST SATOW, G.C.M.G., as Minister at Peking and in April of Mr. R. W. MANSFIELD, C.M.G., to replace Mr. J. SCOTT as Consul-General at Canton. During the year the British Naval and Military Commanders were both changed. Vice- Admiral Sir ARTHUR W. MOORE, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., C.M.G., succeeding Admiral Sir GERARD H. U. NOEL, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., as Commander-in-Chief of the China Station in March and Major-General R. G. BROADWOOD, C.B., following Major-General V. HATTON, C.B., in command of the Troops in South China in December.

Reference has already been made to the lamented deaths of Bishop HOARE and Capt. BARNES-LAWRENCE. The latter has been succeeded as Harbour Master by Commander B.R.H. TAYLOR, R.N. On the 31st October, Sir HENRY S. BERKELEY, Kt., K.C., retired from the office of Attorney General, Mr. W. REES DAVIES, who did not arrive in the Colony before the end of the year, being appointed to succeed him. In the Legislative Council Mr. E. A. HEWETT on the 30th April succeeded Mr. R. SHEWAN as elected representative of the Chamber of Commerce and on the 1st June, Mr. W. J. GRESSON of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. took the place of Mr. C. W. DICKSON of the same firm as a nominated member. Mr. E. OSBORNE temporarily relieved Mr. G. STEWART in a similar position when the latter went on leave early in the year.

On the 15th December, Mr. F. H. MAY, C.M.G., who had arrived from England a week previously took over the administration of the Colony on my having to proceed on short leave to Java for the recovery of health. Mr. SERCOMBE SMITH who had been acting as Colonial Secretary during the whole period of Mr. MAY's absence from the Colony served in the same capacity on the latter assuming the charge of the Government.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient, humble Servant,

M. NATHAN.

HONGKONG.

No. 13

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REPORT ON THE BOTANICAL AND FORESTRY DEPARTMENT, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

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Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

GARDENS AND GROUNDS.

Garden Notes. To make up for the losses and disappointments caused by the weather, the year was characterized by a quite unusual influx of useful additions to the herbaceous collections. From Mr. W. H. WALLACE, whose garden at Amoy is one of the most beautiful in the coast ports, came two of the best acquisitions, viz., a large variety of Hemerocallis aurantiaca and Cusmos "Eldorado", both of which are doubtless destined to play an important part in Hongkong gardens. No less important from the point of view of their probable wide cultivation in the Colony are the greatly improved varieties of Canna which Mr. J. BARTON, after importing and successfully growing them for a year, most courteously placed at my disposal. There is no plant that contributes more bountifully to our local gardens than the Canna and these finer sorts should soon be widely known. For the same reason but in a less degree Alpinia malaccensis collected by Mr. E. H. WILSON in Yunnan in 1899 and presented to the Gardens may replace our common but less beautiful Alpinia nutans. Besides these Verbena venosa, received from the Superintendent of Parks and Open Spaces at Shanghai is sure to become a favourite, as it is a vigorous and showy summer annual. By sending seeds of Gomphocarpus physocarpus Lady BLAKE has added one more to the list of interesting novelties for which the Hongkong Gardens are indebted to her. Among the numerous useful and ornamental plants introduced through the kindness of our Chief Justice, Sir FRANCIS PIGGOTT, from Mauritius during the year must be mentioned Ipomoea coccinea an important addition to our October flowering plants. It is remarkable that one of the most showy plants in the gardens during that month was Artemisia lactiflora, the whole of our stock of which was raised from a single plant which appeared casually in the gardens in 1905.

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Flower Show. The staff of the Department was busy during the beginning of the year in organizing a Horticultural Society at His Excellency the Governor's request and making arrangements for its first show. The Flower Show took place on the 1st and 2nd of February and was a great success. Permission was obtained to enclose the two terraces of the Old Garden for the purpose. The exhibits were arranged in temporary sheds on the upper terrace and included an interesting collection of economic products of Mauritius, obtained for the occasion by Sir FRANCIS PIGGOTT, and a representative group of our local forestry productions, a descriptive catalogue of both of these being appended to the exhibition guide. Full accounts of the Show and of the work of the Society have been published elsewhere.

The marked interest taken by all sections of the community in the Exhibition and the excellence of the exhibits fully justified its revival and proves that the Colony has now emerged from that condition of horticultural apathy under which 18 years ago the annual Exhibitions ceased.

Year's Weather. From the wet foggy spring of 1906 until the stormy autumn the year was one of the most unfavourable on record for gardening operations. The show of spring-flowering annuals so conspicuous in most years was entirely spoiled by the con- tinuous rain of March and April and, as the planting out of the summer annuals could not be done at the usual time for the same reason, the appearance of the grounds suffered greatly during the early part of the year. On no less than six occasions from May onwards was it necessary to carry all moveable plants into shelter in consequence of typhoon warnings. On the memorable 18th of September the gardens were wrecked by the sudden typhoon that caused such terrible havoc throughout the Colony on that date. There is no previous record of any such destruction of trees and garden stock. The actual repairable damage was very great and was not made good much before the end of the year, but more serious must be considered the temporary disfigurement of the gardens, the previous beauty of which ten years will hardly restore. Unfortunately also the total loss of several trees of scientific or economic interest has to be reported. Perhaps the most regrettable losses were those of the large tree of Aleurites cordata, the only full grown example in the Colony of this important wood oil tree, and of the interesting Bauhinia still unnamed, our only tree of which stood at the corner of the deer-pen. Many fallen trees re-erected after the typhoon of the 18th might have survived by virtue of the unbroken half of their roots, had it not been for the second typhoon which blew them down in the opposite direction thus completely severing them from the ground.

The year's rainfall is recorded in Table I.

Repairs. All the paths and channels throughout the Botanic Gardens were put into thorough repair during the year and the plant houses received a good deal of attention which had become urgently needed in consequence of the attacks of white ants on their woodwork.

New Rules. Some amendments to the garden rules were approved by Governor- in-Council in September whereby children can be. provided with a playing ground on one or other of the grass plots in the Gardens.

The chief recipients of plants and seeds were :---

Dr. J. M. ATKINSON, Messrs. A. BABINGTON, J. BARTON; Sir HENRY BERKELEY, Lady BLAKE; Botanic Gardens, Jamaica and Mauritius; Bureau of Agricul- ture, Manila; Mr. CHAO LUP CHEE; Cheung Chau Police Station; Commissioner of Customs, Amoy; French Convent; Messrs. F. A. HAZELAND, F. HOWELL, H. HUMPHREYS ; Sergeant KERR, Dr. KоCH, Messrs. LAU CHU PAK, FELIX LEVIEUX (Mauritius), LI PAK; Professor MATSUMURA (Tokyo), Mr. C. McI. MESSER; Parks and Open Spaces, Shanghai; No. 5 Police Station; Sir FRANCIS T. PIGGOTT, Mrs. A. H. RENNIE, Mrs. RowE; San Tin Police Station; Lady FRANCES TURNER, Messrs. VILMORIN-ANDRIEUX (Paris), Lady VOULES, Messrs. W. H. WALLACE (Amoy), W. M. WATSON and J. XAVIER.

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A fine collection of living economic and decorative plants was sent by the Acting Director of Forests and Gardens in Mauritius with the approval of His Excellency the Governor of that Colony and in co-operation with the Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture. The thanks of the Hongkong Government have already been conveyed for this gift.

The other donors of plants and seeds were :-

Mr. J. D. D'ABBADIE; Agricultural Society, Madras; ARNOLD ARBORETUM; Messrs. A. BABINGTON, J. BARTON, BOEHMER & Co., Lady BLAKE, (Ceylon ); Botanic Garden, Calcutta, Jamaica, Mauritius, Singapore, Sydney, Trinidad ; Rev. G. BUNBURY; Bureau of Agriculture, Manila; Mr. CHAO LUP CHEE; Captain HODGING; Mr. F. HOWELL; Imperial Department of Agriculture, West Indies; Inspector General of Forests, India; Messrs. C. D. MELBOURNE, MUIR (Honolulu); Parks and Open Spaces, Shanghai; Sir FRANCIS T. PIGGOTT Public Gardens, Capetown; Mr. Rowe, Professor SARGENT; Messrs. SMITH and MENZEL (South Australia); Mr. F. P. de SOARES; Southern California Acclimatizing Association; United States Department of Agriculture and Mr. W. H. WALLACE.

The chief donors of animals were :-

Sergeant KERR, Messrs. J. M. E. MACHADO and H. A. SIEBS.

Government House Grounds.-The walks were again repaired this year and part of the lawn was returfed. The destruction of turf by caterpillars was much worse than that referred to in my last report, Jeyes' Fluid having to be applied not less than four times during the year. At these times the lawns were visited by large flocks of magpies and it was hoped that a natural enemy of the caterpillars had been found; and so indeed it had, but the excavations made by the birds in extracting the caterpillars from among the roots where they feed were quite as deleterious as the ravages of the insects.

Mountain Lodge.-All the walks were taken in hand this year and put into proper order. A large number of new shrubs were planted in the grounds and the tennis ground was relevelled. For the first time it has been necessary to take steps to keep down the large earth-worms which have proved so troublesome on lawns in the lower town.

Protestant Cemetery.-An unusually large number of trees and shrubs have been lost from various causes during the year. A much needed protection from wild deer was effected by the erection along the south side of a barbed wire fence, and the damage reported last year from their inroads should not occur again.

Blake Garden.-Progress was made during the spring with the planting of trees and shrubs. A small tool house has been erected at the west end of the garden.

Peak Garden.-The turfing of this small garden was finished in the spring and creepers and other shrubs were planted at the foot of the walls and on the banks. experiment was made by transplanting a medium sized banian tree from Pokfulam and its success in this situation should encourage futher importations of this valuable shade tree to the now all but shadeless Peak district. With its own water supply from a well and a small brick tool-house which was erected during the year the garden is now complete. It was opened to the public in July.

Sokunpo Nursery continued to perform its multifarious functions in the supply of garden, forestry and agricultural stock during the year. A large part of it was enclosed by a barbed wire fence in July and it is hoped that the inroads of cattle and wild deer which have proved troublesome of late years will thereby be stopped. Another improvement has been the construction of surface channels on the hillsides above the terraces, whereby the washing down of sand on to the growing stock during the rains will be prevented.

Albany Nursery has been utilized in its lower part as a nursery for Cannas and other plants from which to obtain cut flowers for public purposes, instead of drawing on the Botanic Gardens as heretofore. The upper portion, which contains small trials of economic plants, has not been much extended.

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West End Park.-Work on this open space has been confined to periodical weeding, chiefly to keep down Mimosa, and to the prevention of its use as a shooting ground for builders rubbish, for which it seems to offer irresistible attraction. The park is little used.

Government Offices Grounds. These have been kept in a neat condition during the year. An improvement has been effected by extending the blue grass to cover more of the bare ground under the trees where turf will not grow.

Roadside Rockeries and Banks.-A list of these plots together with the larger grounds under the care of this department is appended in Table II. They have all been cared for in due course.

The new rockery constructed by this department on the North side. of the Cathedral and at the expense of the Church Body is a great improvement to the neighbourhood.

Public Decorations -The chief decorations undertaken during the year were those in honour of H.R.H. PRINCE ARTHUR OF CONNAUGHT's visit in February.

HERBARIUM.

The Fokien collection and Mr. WILSON'S collection referred to in last year's report were mounted and laid in during the year. The department took a large share in the collection of local products asked for by the Director of the Imperial Institute of London in order to complete as far as possible the Hongkong Court of that establishment. The Herbarium was enriched by specimens of all the vegetable economic products thus collected by this and other departments.

There is no museum of economic products in the Colony, and duplicates of the actual articles sent to London could not therefore be preserved: they can, however, be obtained when required without much difficulty. The specimens retained for reference are merely herbarium vouchers for the botanical origin of the economic products sent, which were classified and registered under their botanical names. The various items in all amounted to about 500 and their collection, botanical identification, and the compiling of notes as to their origin, manufacture, uses, etc., has of course absorbed a large amount of time, but it is hoped that this will be justified by the extended information concerning South China products placed at the disposal of the Imperial Institute staff and also by the basis which is now formed for a future economic botanical museum in the Colony. Now that attention has been turned to this side of the Herbarium it is hoped that time will be found to accumulate a fairly complete set of Chinese economic plants.

The principal collection of wild plants added was that made by the Superintendent in Korea in September. Though the numbers are small (about 400) they are nearly all new to the Colonial Herbarium, a number are additions to the Korean collections already at Kew, to which duplicates will be sent, while not a few are fresh records for the country or species

new to science.

Fleet-Surgeon C. G. MATTHEW, R.N., whose welcome return to the East on H.M.S. Monmouth occurred during the year, has determined the ferns of the Fokien and Korean collections and has very kindly got together a series of new specimens of local ferns for the herbarium. These are not only much better dried than the old ones but are also more complete and representative.

This is an appropriate occasion on which to thank Captain HODGINS of the S. S. Haiching for the trouble and expense which he has incurred in making several collections of economic products and plants at Foochow for our herbarium and gardens.

The chief donors of Herbarium specimens other than the above were:-

Comte DE BOISSIEU, Mr. E. MERRILL and Sir ERNEST SATOW.

BOTANICAL INVESTIGATIONS.

Water Chestnut.-An enquiry was received from the Reporter on Economic Products to the Government of India regarding the botanical identity of Singapuri Kysun with Eleocharis tuberosus, the water chestnut of China. It was ascertained that the latter is

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of two kinds, viz., Ma Tai and Kwai Lam Ma Tai

馬蹄

the second being

merely an older state of the first, both being the tubers of the above named rush. The Singapuri Kysur of the Calcutta market, according to the specimens sent, is identical with the Chinese tuber.

Lo Fou Shan.-Mr. KERSHAW informs me that he has explored this mountain recently and finds no sign at the present time of the " primeval" and "virgin" forest described by

Bourne.

Kwa Under this name 11 different vegetables are distinguished in the local markets. In collecting specimens with flowers and leaves for the herbarium the following facts were ascertained :-

Sai Kwa,, is the Water Melon (Citrullus vulgaris).

Fu Kwa, A, is the fruit of Momordica Charantia, and is like a short cucumber with a corrugated surface.

Ching Kwa, A, Pak Kwa, É, and Wong Kwa, A, are varieties of the Cucumber (Cucumis sativus).

Fan Kwa, A, and Tung Kwa,, are varieties of the Pumpkin (Cucurbita Pepo).

Chit Kwa,, is Benincasa cerifera, like a cucumber but having a hairy surface. Heung Kwa, A, is a cucumber-like vegetable but fluted longitudinally (Luffu acutangula).

Nam Kwa, , and Kam Kwa, M, are not obtainable locally but their seeds are largely used by the Chinese.

Shui Kwa,

M, and Hok Kwa, M, are not, like the above, used as vegetables but are employed as sponges and water-vessels respectively, viz.: Luffa cylindrica and Lagenaria vulgaris. All the above belong to the natural order Cucurbitaceae.

The Papaw, of an allied orderiis also called locally Muk Kwa, O.

Tau, E.-A similar investigation was vegetables known to the local Chinese as tau. Tau,, are the black, red and white races of the glabrous podded variety of Phaseolus Mungo, while Luk Tau, E, and Pak Tau, E, are the green and white races of the hairy-podded variety of the same species. Wong Tau, E, is the Soy Bean, Glycine hispida; To Tau, E, the Sword Bean, Canavalia gladiata. Sut Tau, E, the Lima Bean, Phaseolus lunatus. Pin Tau, E, is Dolichos Lablab; while Pat Yuet Tau Kok, AE, is the Long Bean, Vigna sinensis. By calling the Ground Nut Ti Tau, the Chinese recognize it as a bean which it really is.

made into the botanical identity of the various Hak Tau, 黑豆, Hung Tau,紅豆,and Mi

Mui, M.-It has long been assumed that Mui,, Li,, and To,, represent the Plum, Apricot and Peach respectively. But in 1903 Sir ERNEST SATOW sent two specimens of Ching Mui,, for identification, saying that they were not really plums at all. They had pitted stones somewhat like those of the peach, which fruit they were then thought to be. Last

Last year, however, on examining fresh fruits of Mui from the Hongkong Market it was evident that they were neither plums nor peaches but the fruit of Prunus Mume. This is known as a Japanese fruit (Mume) and it is interesting to find that one of our commonest local fruits belongs to a species that was not known to be cultivated at all by the Chinese or indeed to exist so far South as this province. The Japanese character for Mume is identical with the Chinese Mui.

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ADDITIONS TO THE HONGKONG FLORA.

Illicium Griffithii, Hook. et Thoms. ? Five or six bushes 10 to 12 feet high, of what is apparently this species, were found growing at the top of a very steep ravine on Mount Nicholson. The plants were thriving in the crevices of rocks and on the steep hillside. When found in December, 1906, they were in fruit and bud. An interesting addition to the Flora. Previously known only from India and from the province of Yunnan in China.

Xylosma racemosum, Miq. Several small bushes were discovered on Mount Victoria on the hills to the East of the Mountain Lodge Grounds, flowering in July. Found in Japan and previously recorded from Amoy and Canton.

Sagina Linnai, Presl. ? A small weed not uncommon in China and widely spread in North temperate parts of the world.

Eurya sp.-Detected on a sheet in the Herbarium with Eurya Macartneyi, Champ., from which it differs by having united styles. The label attached to the sheet reads:-Mt. Gough, 2nd April, 1880.

Callitriche sp.-A weed found growing with Sagina Linnæi in damp shady places.

Hydrocotyle Wilfordi.-Maxim. Not uncommon in damp ground in the neighbour- hood of Sokunpo. Recorded from Korea, Japan and Formosa.

Psychotria sp.—A shrub growing in the Happy Valley woods and flowering in June. The species has the habit of Psychotria elliptica, Ker, but the shape of the corolla is quite different and the leaves are distinct. Only two species of this large genus are recorded from China, both of them natives of Hongkong.

Lysimachia candida, Lindl. This makes the third species of the genus found in the Island. The present plant was discovered in swampy ground at Sokunpo. It is a common plant in central and North China.

Jasminum undulatum, Ker, var. elegans, Hemsl.? This is a plant which has apparently escaped from gardens, although it is now found halfway up Mt. Victoria amongst indigenous vegetation.

Phlomis rugosa, Benth. Discovered on Mt. Parker. Previously found in the provinces of Szechuen and Kwangtung and in India, Malaya and the Philippine Islands.

Litsea sp-A small tree in the Happy Valley woods, about 15 feet high, and not matched in our Herbarium.

Pilea pepluides, Hook. et Arn. A weed found in damp, shady places and recorded from various islands in the China Sea.

Quercus sp. A single tree, of what is apparently an additional species to the flora, was found growing in the Happy Valley woods.

Castanopsis sp. A tree about 15 feet high on the North side of Mt. Kellet. The fruits are very much like those of Castanopsis armata, Spach, ovoid in shape 21" long and 11" across at the base. The leaves however are more like those of Castanopsis Lamontii, Hance.

Calamus sp.-A fifth species of this genus 'was discovered in the Happy Valley woods in April. Only three plants were seen. The leaves are 4 or 5 feet long with tail-like appendages. The habit is that of Calamus Margarita, Hance, which is however quite distinct.

Adiantum sp.-Found on Mt. Gough by Fleet Surgeon C. G. MATTHEW, R.N., in November.

Nephrodium proliaum, Baker.-Several plants were detected growing on the bank of the stream to the East of Mountain Lodge. A native of India, Ceylon and Mauritius.

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Oleandra Cumingii, J. Sm.-Discovered by Fleet Surgeon MATTHEW under a boulder on the north side of Mt. Parker. Previously recorded from Canton.

Polypodium parasiticum, Mett.-In a ravine above Taihang village. Found by Fleet Surgeon MATTHEW. A native of the Neilgherries and Ceylon.

Polypodium normale, Don.-Found by Fleet Surgeon MATTHEW on the hillside to the East of the Wongneicheung-Tytam road. A widely

A widely dispersed fern, being found in South China, North India, Malaya and South Africa.

Nephrodium tectum, Bedd.-Discovered by Fleet Surgeon MATTHEW in June.

FORESTRY.

Programme. The authorized programme for the annual planting and sowing of Pine trees in 1905 to 1906 was as follows::

New Territories-A commencement of a band of plantations between the 200 and 400 feet contour lines and extending both ways from the plantations already formed on the Taipo Road near Cheung Sha Wan. As amplified in the latter part of the

As amplified in the latter part of the year this scheme provides (to speak generally) for a continuous band of plantations round the North side of the harbour from Lyemun to Lai Chi Kok. Hongkong: replanting the barer parts of the hillside above the town of Victoria, and a continuation of the planting of the basins of the Tytam and Pokfulam reservoirs.

There was more than the usual difficulty in getting the necessary work for this programme done by the Chinese contractors and, in the end, the sowing of seed sites was so much delayed that about 50% failed. The loss thus sustained by the contractors has doubtless contributed to the uniform rise in the tenders for the same contract this year. It is probable therefore that the refusal of these tenders and the transfer of all the forestry work from the contractors to the department staff, as has now been done, will be an improvement both in efficiency and economy.

The above programme was finished by July, site-sowing being used in all places where shelter existed and the remainder of the pits being planted. The numbers of pits planted and sown respectively in each locality are shown in Tables III, IV and V.

Purchase of Chinese Plantations.-In pursuance of the New Territories planting programme detailed above, some progress has been made with the purchase of the Chinese plantations already growing on the Northern shores of the harbour. Thus 14,580 small pine trees near the village of Shek Li Pui were measured and purchased in December, while at the end of the year preparations were in progress for the assessment of the plantations to the North-east of Kowloon City.

East Point Nursery.-It was necessary towards the end of the year to form a nursery for the raising of 300,000 pine seedlings for the planting programme of 1907/8 and choice was made of the flat marshy ground at the South of Victoria School, East Point, and of the adjacent hillsides. The draining and clearing of this ground for the purpose has constituted · a great improvement to the neighbourhood. This is the first large forestry work undertaken by the department without the help of contractors and, in spite of the expenses of draining and terracing, considerable economy will, we have reason to hope, be secured when compared with the usual contract price of pine seedlings.

New Forestry Store.--The old Vaccine Institute was transferred to this department in June and converted into a Forestry Store, for which it is well suited.

With the large increase in forestry work the old store has become overcrowded and the transfer of the greater part of the stores to the new quarters is a great improvement.

Nanmu,.-An attempt was made in 1903 to obtain seeds of this valuable timber tree (Machilus Nanmu) both for our own plantations and for the

for the Cape Forestry Department. Finding that no seed could be obtained locally, the old tree in the Botanic Gardens was layered in the hope of getting rooted cuttings. Many had been obtained in this way before, but this time no success followed our efforts, probably because the tree is too old. Last year in response to a renewed request from the Cape, the Govern- ment officially addressed H. M. Consuls General at Yunnan Fu and Ching Kiang and the Commissioner of the C.I.M. Customs at Mengtze, with a view to obtaining seeds if possible from the regions in which the tree is wild.

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Rotation. The fact, pointed out in my last annual report, that the plantations on the Island consist principally of trees which fall off in growth after 20 years and die during the subsequent decade, has been quickly proved to be only too true by the alarming number of trees reported as dead (besides those killed by the typhoon) during the year (see Table VI); every year indeed makes it more evident that the short rotation, recommended by me and so much criticized in 1904, is quite long enough for the present local conditions. There are certain situations in the Island, such as the Happy Valley, where forest soil and forest conditions still persist and in them the pine trees live to a much greater age: and it is to be hoped that even in less favoured situations the gradual accumulation of humus under successive crops of pine trees will eventually provide the necessary depth of soil for similar fine woods.

Protection.-89 persons were arrested by the Forest Guards for various minor forestry offences and brought before the Police Magistrates. Two were dismissed with a caution and the remainder received small fines varying from $1 to $25 or 3 to 14 days' imprisonment : the fines were usually preferred. The number and positions of trees thus lost are given in Table VII.

New Forest Ride.The cutting of a new ride, four feet wide, to open up the most picturesque parts of our one patch of virgin forest, viz., at Little Hongkong, was authorized in 1905 and completed in June of last year. This woodland path turns off from the road connecting Wongneichong Gap with Little Hongkong Village at about half way between these two points, descends by a wide detour through the woods, coming back into the same road near its lower end. "The Ride" is indicated by a notice on the main road at each end.

Street Planting.-The year's programme provided for the formation of complete avenues of Candle Nut trees (Aleurites triloba) in Gascoigne Road (Kowloon) from the sea to the fork of the road, thence along S. Gascoigne Road to its junction with Robinson Road and along the latter from that point up to the beginning of the existing Banian avenue, 234 trees in all. These were planted and enclosed in tree guards before the end of May. With the exception of a few killed in the typhoon all have done well.

Ninety-seven Heteropanax trees were planted in Des Voeux Road (Hongkong) to complete the planting begun there in 1904. A number of these were damaged by sea water, which flooded this lowlying road during the typhoon. During the latter part of the sum- mer 152 clumps of bamboo were planted along Mount Gough Road, Aberdeen Road and Mount Kellet Road at the Peak.

A return was made in April of all street trees to which wires were fastened as supports to telephone and other poles. Many of the trees had long been so used and had become badly damaged in consequence. A request was issued to all companies and departments concerned to remove their wires and by the end of the year nearly all had been properly fixed to the ground or to other unobjectionable supports. A notification, which has now been published, that any further wires found fastened to trees will be detached by this department, should put an end to this unnecessary menace to our shade trees.

In consequence of the widening of Robinson Road, Kowloon, it has been necessary dur- ing the year to lower a row of large Banians on the East side of the road by about 6 feet. Although some of the trees weighed 3 or 4 tons the process was successfully accomplished without special machinery and by judiciously lopping the trees and turning the more shady side towards the road an actual improvement has been effected.

Typhoon of September 18th.-Immediately after the storm a gang of 80 to 100, men was got together and employed in clearing the wreckage of the trees off the main streets of the town and Kowloon. By the next day the roads were open and attention could be paid to the numerous trees lying in such positions that they could be saved by re-erection.

As a matter of fact very few of the street trees were actually lost, though a large proportion were much broken and disfigured. The small trees were pulled up first by hand and then the heavier ones by means of powerful blocks and chains. The last was raised three weeks after the typhoon and by that time all the debris in the streets, amounting in all to 222 tons had been disposed of, the wood by sale and the leaves and twigs by removal to the nearest woods. Broken branches overhanging thoroughfares were carefully looked for and removed as soon as possible after the storm, but it was more than a month before all the broken limbs were trimmed off. Two parties of foresters had already been sent off to attend to the damage to Government trees in various parts of the New Territories and they succeeded in raising and

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saving several hundred small trees recently planted round the Police Stations. Two other parties were meanwhile counting and measuring the pine trees blown down in Government. plantations in Hongkong and Kowloon, prior to their removal by the Government Contractors. These removals had nearly been completed by the end of the year. The total numbers of pine trees thus sold in each block are given in Table VIII. Besides these a large number of wild trees were disposed of in the same way, while four hundred uprooted Tristania trees were recovered and stored for use in the Government Store.

Forestry Licences.--In issuing Forestry Licences in the New Territories, notice has hitherto been given to the villagers of each neighbourhood so that all might be aware, if they took the trouble to attend to their business, what trees were being licensed and to whom. In spite of this, there have been quarrels in several cases between members of the same village in consequence of individual rights not being respected by the selected licensee. To obviate a recurrence of these disagreements a system of Village Forestry Licences was instituted, each village being apportioned as much pine plantation as was necessary to supply fuel for the use of the villagers, and trustworthy village representatives being chosen to draw and administer the licence. The whole issue of 421 Village Forestry Licences for 1906 was carried out by the Assistant Land Officer of the Northern District on behalf of this department. What plantations remained over and above those wanted for local use were, under this scheme, open to be let on Private Forestry Licences to any private individuals who could substantiate their claim to them. Eleven of these were issued during the year. The revenue accruing from these issues is stated in Table IX.

AGRICULTURAL AND OTHER INDUSTRIES.

Tea.--Tea is cultivated in several places in the New Territories, e.g., in the Shing Mun valley and at the villages lying in the higher mountain valleys about Tate's Cairn and Buffalo Hill. The bushes are grown in lines on narrow steps or terraces cut in the rich soil of recently felled woods or along the dividing banks of sheltered vegetable fields, in either case only in fairly elevated situations. There is a tradition that tea growing was once a thriving industry here and terraces similar to the above are pointed out on the mountain sides in all parts of the district, which are said to have been made by tea planters. Whether the cultivation has diminished through extortionate taxing previous to the British occupation or in consequence of the destruction of the woods and with them the suitable soil, it is hard to say, but the latter would alone account for it.

With the object of ascertaining whether the local tea had any commercial value, a sample was obtained from the village of Tiu Tso Ngam, lying in a valley behind Shatin at an altitude. of about 1,000 feet. The sample was submitted to Professor DUNSTAN, Director of the Imperial Institute, who kindly furnished the following report upon it:-

Imperial Institute.

(South Kensington, London, S. W.)

Report on a sample of tea from Hongkong by Professor W. R. DUNSTAN, M.A.,

F.R.S., Director.

This sample of tea was forwarded to the Imperial Institute for examination by Mr. S. T. DUNN, Botanical and Forestry Department, Hongkong, with a letter dated the 14th December, 1905, stating that the product was from the Chinese in the village of Tiu Tso Ngam in the New Territory of Hongkong, at an elevation of 1,000 feet above the sea, and enclosing a photograph to illustrate the method of planting.

The sample has been examined in the Scientific and Technical Department of the Imperial Institute and has been submitted to commercial experts for valuation. The results of the investigation are given below.

Description of Sample.

The sample consisted of about 101⁄2 ounces of leaves enclosed in a hermetically sealed tin. The leaves were dry and brittle, did not appear to have been rolled, and varied in colour from greenish-yellow to nearly black. A small proportion of hard, dry greenish brown flower buds was present among the leaves. The tea possessed a peculiar, sweet, but not altogether pleasant aroma and did not seem to have undergone the process of ferment- ation. A careful examination of the sample showed that no leaves other than those of genuine tea were present.

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Results of Examination.

The results of the chemical examination of this tea are given in the following table and are compared with the results yielded by eight samples of Black China tea previously examined in the Scientific and Technical Dept. by the modification of Lowenthal's method. The amount of soluble extract was determined by infusing the tea in 100 times its weight of boiling water, allowing it to stand for 10 minutes and afterwards evaporating the liquid to dryness and weighing the residue.

8 samples of Black China Tea.

TEA FROM HONGKONG.

Moisture, per cent.,

* Ash, per cent.,

Caffeine, per cent.,

Tannin, per cent.,...

Soluble extract, per cent.,

Average

Maximun

results.

Minimum results.

8.4

8.2

9.2

7.1

5.6

6.8

8.2

6.0

2.6

3.0

3.7

2.57

11.0

5.1

3.3

30.2

24.3

27.2

19.0

Those figures show that the percentages of moisture, mineral constituents (ash), and caffeine in the Hongkong tea are about normal. The amounts of soluble extract and tannin, however, are both above the average and this is probably due to the fact that the leaves had not undergone fermentation.

Commercial Valuation.

The Commercial experts reported that the tea apparently had not been subjected to the ordinary processes of manufacture and was therefore unsuitable for the English market. The leaves appeared to have been merely dried without having been submitted to any fermentation. As no rolling had been done the tea had a very rough appearance, the leaves being open and irregular. The infusion was found to posses fair pungency but was of somewhat coarse flavour and very pale colour. It was stated that as the tea is unsuited to the market it was difficult to place any value on it but the opinion was expressed that it might perhaps realise 1d. or 24. per pound, although if properly manufactured it would, of course, be of considerably greater value.

Conclusions and Recommendations.

It is evident from the results of this enquiry that the tea is of satisfactory growth but it is of little value in the English market owing to its not having been subjected to the usual manufacturing processes. There seems however no reason to doubt that if the tea were properly prepared it would be of commercial value and it seeins advisable that the services of some skilled Chinese from the tea districts should be secured for this purpose.

(sd.) WYNDHAM R. DUNSTAN.

15th March, 1906.

As a result of this report it was determined to endeavour to introduce the cultivation of Ceylon and Indian Tea into the Territories and in due course to obtain experts from one of the recognized tea growing districts to teach the proper methods of manufacture.

In pursuance of this plan 50 lbs. of tea seed were obtained from Ceylon and 50 lbs. from Assam and were distributed to a few selected farmers who were granted land under favourable conditions for the purpose of forming small plantations.

* Calculated on dry tea.

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Cotton.--The cotton trials of 1905 were inconclusive on account of the damage to the crop by gales and rain, and another experiment was made in 1906 with 5 varieties of Indian Cotton. The seeds were sown in April in the richest ground obtainable and every precaution was taken to secure a successful crop. Germination, however, was so poor that only a few plants resulted. A check experiment in the Botanic Gardens under the best conditions had the same result. It must therefore be presumed that the seeds, for some unknown cause, were bad. I have since learned that all the cotton trials on the Castle Peak Estate have been failures. Being most reluctant to finally abandon these important experiments, still another consignment of seed has been asked for from India, this time from the Inspector-General of Agriculture.

Rice.-On making enquiries about Rice cultivation in the Colony for the information of the Imperial Institute it was found that 19 different kinds are recognized by the farmers, who consider it of the highest importance to use the right sort for each season and for each class of locality. Thus Ham Man Kuk is used only in brackish fields and only for the 2nd crop, no other variety is supposed do so well under these conditions. Each has its special use and, where more than one variety is suitable for the sowing of a given field, choice is guided by the market demand. Many of the different kinds are easily distinguished in seed either husked or entire but the greater number cannot be separated apart even by the farmers when compared in seed.

The seed rice from each field and each seasonal crop in that field is said to be carefully preserved for the sowing of the same field next year. The names are as follows:-

CHINESE

No.

FIRST CROP.

No.

SECOND CROP.

NAME.

(Tso) No Kuk.

早糯谷

Chuk Chim No Kuk.

竹粘糯谷

Fa Lo Pak Kuk.

花羅白谷

Tai No Kuk.

大糯谷

Tso Wo Kuk.

早禾谷

Sz Miu Chim Kuk.

絲苗

Ngau Tsui Mo Kuk.

牛咀毛谷

Chim Chai Kuk.

(Shang Shing Chim)

Ham Man Kuk.

粘仔

咸間谷

Kuk.

省城粘谷

San Chung Kuk.

新種谷

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No Kan Kuk.

糯間谷

Ma Pau Kam Kuk.

麻包錦谷

Ma Pau Kam.

麻包錦

Ngai Chai Chek Kuk. 矮仔赤谷

Wu No Kuk.

烏糯谷

Pun Tin Wan Kuk.

半天雲谷

Pat Ut Pak Kuk.

八月白谷

Pat Kuk.

白谷

The kinds usually grown here are Nos. 7, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 19 of which 7, 10 and 14 command the highest prices. No Kuk is the kind generally used for making the glutinous rice required for the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival.

Agricultural Assessments.-Several small farms were resumed by the Government in New Kowloon during the year in connection with the Kowloon-Canton Railway. The assessment of the value of the garden and other stock upon them was undertaken by this department. The matter proved most troublesome in consequence of the absence of all trustworthy evidence as to the real local value of the plants. The safest basis to work upon in these cases is the initial cost of stocking similar farms.

Rattan.--An enquiry was received in May from the Director of the Imperial Institute for the wholesale prices of stripped canes (rattans) of small diameter. Quotations were invited through the Government Gazette and individual inquiries were made of 122 rattan dealers in Victoria and outlying villages. Besides such manufacturers as may have written to London independently, 15 tenders were forwarded to the Imperial Institute by this department. The opportunity was taken of obtaining some details of the manufacture of the canes and sending them, with a specimen of the primitive machine used, for the Imperial Institute Museum.

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Ricksha Wheels.-A similar service was undertaken for the District Commissioner of S. Nigeria with regard to the wholesale purchase of ricksha wheels.

Wood Oil.-Small samples of two kinds of wood-oil nuts were submitted for examin- ation to Professor DUNSTAN, Director of the Imperial Institute, in April. The reports on these are subjoined..

Imperial Institute.

(South Kensington, London, S.W.)

Report on the seeds of Aleurites triloba (candle-nuts) from Hongkong by Professor W.R. DUNSTAN, M.A., F.R.S., Director.

A sample of the seeds of Aleurites triloba was forwarded for examination to the Imperial Institute by the Superintendent, Botanical and Forestry Department, Hongkong, with a letter dated the 6th April, 1906, in which it was stated that Aleurites triloba is one of the best shade trees in Hongkong, where it grows very quickly.

The seeds of this tree are commercially known as "candle nuts" and the kernels are already exported from Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. The oil which they contain is used. for soap-making, both in this country and on the Continent.

Description of Sample.

The sample consisted of four pounds of the seeds, the kernels of which were nearly white and free from discolouration.

Examination of the Oil.

The oil was extracted by means of light petroleum and the kernels were found to contain 60.8

per cent. of oil, which is equivalent to a yield of 19.8 per cent. from the unshelled seeds.

The oil appears to be particularly suitable for making soft soap and could also be used as a substitute for linseed oil in varnishes and paints.

Commerical Valuation of the Seeds.

The seeds were submitted to brokers who reported that unshelled seeds would be unsaleable here but that the kernels would realise from £12 to £13 per ton. It would there- fore be necessary to remove the shells from the nuts in Hongkong and to export the kernels only. No doubt this operation could be performed by hand, but, if desired, one of of the nut-cracking machines recently introduced could be adapted for the purpose.

If Aleurites triloba is sufficiently abundant in Hongkong to furnish commercial consign- ments of the kernels, it would be desirable to forward a trial shipment of a few tons for sale in London.

(sd.) W. R. Dunstan.

Imperial Institute.

(South Kensington, London, S. W.)

Report on the Seeds of Aleurites Fordii from Hongkong by Professor WYNDHAM R. DUNSTAN, M.A., F.R.S., Director.

A sample of the seeds of a species of Aleurites, which has since been identified at Kew as Aleurites Fordii Hemsl., was forwarded for examination to the Imperial Institute by the Superintendent of the Botanical and Forestry Department, Hongkong, with a letter dated the 5th April, 1906.

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It was stated that this species of Aleurites is one of the trees grown in China for the production of Chinese wood-oil (Tung oil) and that it occurs in Fokien Province intermixed with Aleurites cordata, which was formerly considered to be the sole source of wood-oil. It was thought therefore that it would be of interest to have an examination made of the oil from the seeds of the new species in order to determine its quality in comparison with that of the Tung oil of commerce, which appears to be prepared indiscriminately from the seeds,

of Aleurites cordata or Aleurites Fordii.

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Description of Sample.

The sample consisted of two bags of nuts weighing 500 grams. The kernels of the nuts were fresh and in good condition on arrival.

Examination of the Oil.

On extraction with light petroleum the kernels were found to contain 58.3 per cent. of oil, which is equivalent to a yield of 36 4 per cent. from the entire nuts.

The oil was light in colour, and on exposure to air in a thin layer it dried in a day at the ordinary temperature, giving a varnish-like residue. On heating in a water-oven at 100 c. the oil dried and formed a resin-like solid.

The constants" of the oil were determined and found to agree well with those recorded for commercial samples of Tung oil.

The examination has shown that the oil extracted from these seeds of Aleurites Fordii is very similar in composition to the Tung oil of commerce. It is however lighter in colour and produces a lighter-coloured varnish on drying, so that it is probably a purer product.

It is impossible, with the small amount of material available, to determine whether the oil of Aleurites Fordii, if prepared on a large scale by a commercial process, would be superior in quality and value to the mixed wood-oil of commerce derived from the two species. Technical trials would be necessary in order to determine this point, and for such trials about two gallons of the oil or one hundredweight of the seeds would be required.

It is suggested that this quantity of the oil should be forwarded if possible for further experiments, or, if the pure oil is not readily obtainable, a larger consignment of the seeds should be sent. It could then be determined whether there would be any advantage in preparing Tung oil from the seeds of Aleurites Fordii alone in preference to obtaining it from the mixed seeds of Aleurites Fordii and Aleurites cordata as at present.

(sd. W. R. Dunstan.

18th October, 1906.

Rubber. In response to enquiries made in 1905 as to the suitability of Para Rubber for Hongkong, a request was addressed to Singapore for a small quantity of plants for trial. The Straits Government courteously responded and in July, 1905, a wardian case of plants and seeds was received. The plants, 100 in all, were immediately transferred to Sokunpo Nursery and planted in a sheltered position. The seeds failed to germinate. As all the young Rubber trees except 11 died during the subsequent winter it must be reluctantly admitted that this valuable tree,is unsuited to our climate.

Edgeworthia.-1,000 cuttings of this Japanese paper plant were obtained from Japan in December, 800 being planted at Kanghau and 200 in the Upper Albany Nursery. They remained in good condition up to July, but gradually succumbed to the continued tropical conditions, until by September only one or two per cent. survived. These few are being carefully perserved in the hope of getting a stock of acclimatized cuttings.

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Chinese Ropes.-Perhaps one of the most striking features of the collections of Chinese vegetable product sent to the Imperial Institute was the number of different plants which are made up into ropes. The specimens sent were as follows: four specimens of ropes from Foochow, made from mat grass (Cyperus tegetiformis) from " to 12" in diameter: a specimen of rope made from split palm-leaf stalks (Livistona chinensis) from Sun Wui: specimens of 3 & 4-strand coir rope (Trachycarpus excelsus) from 4" to 4" in diameter from Foochow. The so called Hemp-skin ropes are made from the rough bark or skin of Corchorus capsularis, wong ma ropes from the prepared bast of the same plant. Bamboo ropes were exemplified by 7 examples varying from " to 4" in diameter: they are made from narrow strips of split bamboo plaited singly or in pairs in the finest ropes, but in the commoner sorts twisted in 2 or 3 strands. Besides these species large lianes, the long hanging stems of local climbing plants, such as Derris, are used for the cables of junks, while for temporary agricultural purposes numerous other tough and pliable stems are ingeniously utilized.

Livistona chinensis.-The Fan Palm. This is one of the most useful plants in South China and, although as its name implies, it is chiefly known as the source of palm-leaf fans there are numerous other uses quite as important or even more so than this. Mr. HELMS of Messrs. ARNOLD, KARBERG & Co., whose knowledge of the industries of the Can- ton Delta is probably unrivalled, most kindly placed at my disposal, for the purpose of the Imperial Institute collections, a series of photographs, notes and specimens, obtained during his visits to Sun Wui. The different parts of the tree are used as follows: the best leaves are made into fans, the waste leaves into rain coats and matshed covers, the edges of the leaf- ribs are pared off and made into brushes, the leaf stalks are peeled and the core cut into thin strips for rope-making, while the skin is used as a substitute for split rattan: the fibrous leaf sheaths are made into brooms.

Kanghau Nursery.-In consequence of the Kowloon-Canton Railway works at the North face of the tunnel it has been necessary to abandon a large part of the experimental nursery and transplant such stock as could be moved to a safe distance. The old matshed was, for the same reason, transferred to the Railway Department, while a new one was constructed further to the West. The new experiment ground was enclosed in a barbed wire fence. The experimental plots of Aleurites cordata (Wood oil), Camellia Sasanqua Tea oil), Agare sisalana (Sisal Hemp), Furcræa gigantea (Mauritius Hemp), and Crotalaria juncea (Sunn Hemp), have made satisfactory progress.

Castle Peak Estate.-The manager of this estate informs me that the developement of the fruit farm has made good progress during the year, while a profitable business has been done in vegetables and sugar cane. Figs, Peaches, Oranges, Apricots, Lemons, Grapes, Passion Fruit and Avocado Pears were produced of good quality but, as yet, in small quantity. The vegetables are much the same as reported in 1903. An experiment with nitroculture on green peas gave this important result, that some sugar canes between rows of which they were planted benefited greatly from their proximity and yielded a higher percentage of sugar. No doubt the nitrogen, brought into the ground by the nitroculture bacteria, was assimilated by the canes. The latter could not benefit directly from inoculation which only affects leguminous crops, but in this way canes or any other non-leguminous crop can be benefited.

LIBRARY.

The following periodicals and other works have been purchased :-

Botanical Magazine, 1906.

Botanisches Centralblatt, 1906.

Christensen, Index Filicum.

Engler Pflanzenreich, 5 parts.

Gardeners' Chronicle, 1906.

Index Kewensis, Supplement 1, part IV.

2, 2 parts.

Journal of Botany, 1906.

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Journal of the Geographical Society, 1906.

KERSHAW, J. C., Butterflies of Hongkong & S. E. China.

Philippine Journal of Science, 1906.

Trimen, Flora of Ceylon, Vols. I, II & III.

TUTCHER, W. J., Gardening for Hongkong.

Periodicals were presented by the following establishments :--

Agricultural Department of West Australia, West Indies, University of California, United States, Cape of Good Hope, Calcutta, Victoria, Transvaal, Dominica, Grenada, Tortola and Jamaica.

Botanic Gardens of Gold Coast, Jamaica, Pietermaritzburg, Federated Malay States, Singapore, Penang, Mysore, St. Vincent, Saharanpur, Mussoorie, Monsterrat, Chicago, Natal & Ceylon.

Forest Reports of Baluchestan, British India, Philippine Islands, Manila, Adjer- memara, United Province, Punjab, Bengal, Burma, Bombay Presidency, Hawaii and Dehra Dun.

The Horticultural Society has conferred a considerable boon on Hongkong by the publication of Mr. TUTCHER'S "Gardening for Hongkong." The seasonal conditions of Hongkong are peculiar if not unique and horticultural methods which succeed in most parts of the world may be useless here. The book should do for Hongkong what Firminger's Manual has done for India.

One of the most valuable gifts ever made to the department library was received during the year from the Indian Government, viz., 8 volumes of the Annals of the Calcutta Botanic Gardens. This fine work contains many hundred quarto illustrations of Indian and Chinese plants. Its acquisition for scientific reference, though very desirable, has long been delayed on account of its cost (about £31) and the courteous action of the Indian Government is highly appreciated.

One of the drawbacks to botanical work in Hongkong has always been the delay entailed when any information from a fuller botanical library was required. This is now to some extent removed by the establishment by the United States Government of a fine scientific library in connection with the Bureau of Science, Manila; and, by the courtesy of the Government Botanist Mr. E. MERRILL, extracts from works not possessed by this department have been written out on more than one occasion for our information.

REVENUE.

The details of revenue are given in Table IX.

STAFF.

By the introduction of the grading system all the Chinese officers of the department drawing $240 per annum or over have been placed on the definite grades of pay used in the rest of the Government service. The unification of the responsible posts is a great improvement.

The Superintendent was absent on vacation leave for 1 month and 17 days in February and March and for 23 days in September on both of which occasions the Assistant Superintendent act as Superintendent.

S. T. DUNN,

Superintendent, Botanical and Forestry Department.

4th March, 1907.

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Table I.

1906 RAINFALL.-BOTANIC GARDENS.

Jan.

Feb. Mar. April. May, June. July. Aug. Sep.

Oct. Νον. Dec.

Date

in.

in. in.

in.

in. in.

in.

.19

.68

.01

.07

.03

.15

.01

.03

.40

10,

.02

11,

.02

.90

.02

12,

.02

.04

13,

.21

14,

*04

.40

.11 1.24

15,

.09 .11

16,

.08

.02

.03

2.30

17,

.11

,64 .06

⠀⠀

18885 : 188 82228

.67

.14 .11

1.70

.56

.15 .20

.01

.13

.55

.02

.03

1.12

.01

.15

.07

3.44

.78

.28

1.38

.06

.58

1.88

.04 .03

.41

.62

.04

.22

.01

.11

.04

: : : : 88:

.་

.02

.03

.08

2.93

.51

.01

.05

.26

.18

1.30

18,

20,

19,

21,

.G1

2.64 .77

1.32

.01 .03 .08

1.33

.28

.08

.29

.13

.24 .09

22,

.01

.14

1.65

23,

.02

.21

.95

24,

25,

26.

27,

28,

31,

29,

30,

.40

::ཙ:;-8 སྤྱ

.01

.27 .30

.19

.46

.01

.25

1.24

.14

.32

.04

.16

2.06

1.42

1.32

.03

.20 .78 1.41

.02

.72

.04

.29

.10

.85

.07

.18

.62 .01

.51

.03 .03 1.53

22::: ོབ་སྤྱི:: ི

4.03

...

1.19

.01

.32

.03

.06

.30

.32

.03

.04

.08

5.59

.01

2.82

3.62

1.61

.02

.34

.19

.11

•

Total,

1.26

3.35

2.63

.73

Total Inches for the year, 81.77.

Observations made at 10 A.M.

Elevation, 300 feet.

10.98 11.71 5.80 8.54 2.92 31.92 1.72 .21

Table II.

LAND UNDER COMPLETE OR PARTIAL MANAGEMENT OF

BOTANICAL AND FORESTRY DEPARTMENT.

1. Botanic Gardens.

2. Blake Garden.

3. Peak Garden.

4. King's Park, Kowloon.

5. West End Park.

6. Government Ilouse Grounds.

7. Mountain Lodge Grounds.

8. Government Offices Grounds.

9. Colonial Cemetery.

10. Sookunpo Government Nursery.

11. Kang Hau Forest Nursery.

12. Sookunpo Bamboo Nursery.

13. North Point Tree Nursery.

14. Loan Plant Compound, Garden Road.

15. Albany Nursery.

16. Rockery in Garden Road.

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17.

Do. (upper) in Albert Road.

18.

Do. (lower) do.

19.

Do.

(upper) in Peak Road.

20.

Do.

(lower) do.

21.

Do.

(upper) at St. Joseph's Church.

22.

23.

Do. (lower)

Do. in Glenealy Road, below Robinson Road.

do.

24.

Do.

do.

below first bend.

25.

Do.

do.

below second bend.

26.

Do.

do.

below third bend.

27.

Do.

do.

below Cathedral.

28.

Do.

do.

lower part, W.

29.

Do.

do.

do., E.

30.

Do. at junction of Seymour and Robinson Roads.

31. Plot over Garden tank at junction of Bowen and Garden Roads.

32. Do. above Garden Cottages.

33. Do. in front of St. Joseph's Church, Garden Road.

34. Bank in Bridges St.

35. Do. opposite main entrance to Government House Grounds.

36. Do. between Garden Road and Albert Road.

37. Do. between Upper and Lower Albert Roads.

38. Do. South of Lower Albert Road, opposite Government Offices.

39. Do. South of Volunteer Parade Ground.

40. Do. Lower Albert Road, opposite Volunteer Parade Ground.

41. Do. between Albany Road and Upper Albert Road.

42. Do. on North boundary of New Garden, Caine Road.

43. Do. between Wyndham Street and Lower Albert Road.

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44. Bank on North side of Government House Gounds.

45. Do. between Lower Albert Road and Ice House Street.

46. Do. on South side of Battery Path.

47. Do. on North side of Battery Path.

48. Do. East of Garden Road Nullah, between Kennedy Rd. & Macdonnell Rd.

49. Do. East of Garden Road Nullah, between Macdonnell Rd. and Bowen Rd.

30. Do. above Bowen Road at junction of Bowen and Garden Roads.

51. Do. West of Glenealy Nullah below Robinson Road Bridge.

52. Do. West of Garden Road Nullah between Garden Cottage and Bowen Road Bridge. 53. Do. between Tramway and Garden Road Nullah, below Kennedy Road.

54. Rockery in Robinson Road, S.W. of West End Park.

55. Little Hongkong Pine-tree Nursery.

56. East Point Pine-tree Nursery.

57. Government Forestry Store, Kennedy Road.

Table III.

TREES PLANTED IN 1906.

DATE.

PLACE.

Jan. to Mar....

Kang Hau

May

Pokfulam

June

Victoria Tytam

Robinson Road, Kowloon

Gascoigne Road,

Cheung Sha Wan

Kowloon Tsai

July

Des Voeux Road

TREE

NUMBER.

Camphor Pine

1,500

11,143

18,965

14,469

Aleurites

161

$1,989

Camphor Heteropanax

971

Total,.........

129,368

Pine

Table IV.

SITES SOWN WITH PINE SEEDS IN 1906.

DATE.

PLACE.

May,

Pokfulam, Blocks A. & B.,

May to July,

Cheung Sha Wan,.

July,

Victoria, Block G.,

Kowloon Tong,

NUMBER.

14,889

70,981

227 2,040

Total,.

$8,137

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Table V.

BLOCKS PLANTED WITH PINE, 1906.

BLOCK.

TOTAL

No.

FOREST DIVISION.

NUMBER.

123410 CON ∞ a

Victoria, Wongneichong,

Shaukiwan,..

Tytam, Stanley, Aberdeen, Pokfulam, Kowloon,.

New Territories,

18,965

14,469

7,429 3,714

11,143

81,989

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

126,566

Table VI.

DEAD PINE TREES SOLD IN 1906.

BLOCK.

FOREST No.

FOREST DIVISION.

Α B

TOTAL NUMBER.

Victoria,

...

Wongneichong,

7 205

255

579

Shaukiwan,

113

...

Tytam,.

352

133

553

Stanley,

271

405

Aberdeen,

181

251

...

Pokfulam,

690

155

995

Kowloon,

183

154

500

Table VII.

PINE TREES STOLEN IN 1906.

Total...

3,396

BLOCK.

FOREST No.

FOREST DIVISION.

TOTAL NUMBER.

123 410 CON∞

Victoria,. Wongneichong,

Shaukiwan,

Tytam,....

Stanley,

Aberdeen,

Pokfulam,

New Territories,

170

...

232 13

1,375

Total...

1,729

232

Table VIII.

PINE TREES BLOWN DOWN BY TYPHOON OF 18TH SEPTEMBER, 1906.

BLOCK.

No. FOREST DIVISION.

TOTAL NUMBER.

CD.

IEICO ± 10 CON∞o

Victoria,

260 723

328

101

114

132

1,738

Wongneichong,

219

175

Shaukiwan,

336

359

164

102

111

581 1,164

Tytam,

128

153

108

551

...

Stanley,

465

132

106

183

1,014

Aberdeen,

200

466

190

390

1,384

Pokfulam,

84 143 439

439

177

377

1,659

Kowloon,

345

194

164 184

934

Total,.

9,025

Table IX.

REVENUE FOR 1906.

Sale of Forestry Products

.$1,369.81

Sale of Plants

569.30

Loan of Plants

326.94

Forestry Licences in New Territories

4,388.15

$6,654.20

HONGKONG.

REPORT ON THE CENSUS OF THE COLONY FOR 1906.

No. 1907

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

A partial census of the Colony was taken on the night of Tuesday, 20th November, 1906. The Census was confined to the original Colony of Hongkong and to that part of the New Territories, called New Kowloon, which lies to the South of the Kowloon Range of hills. The total civil population enumerated was 319,803. The portion of the New Terri- tories North of the Kowloon Range and not included in this Census was found at the Census of 1901 to possess a population of 85,011. The date of the Census was originally fixed for the 30th June, but was subsequently changed, on account of the prevalence of plague at that time of the year.

I was appointed Census Officer, and was able to directly control the operations of the Police, as well as those of the enumerators and clerks employed by the Registrar General's Department. This arrangement proved a success, though my own share of the work was of -course very largely increased.

2. Preliminary Returns were published on the 5th December, 1906. The figures were taken from the enumerators' books. There was an error of about 2,800 persons in the Chinese Boat Population, owing to certain totals having been carried forward from one book to another by the Water Police, and another of about 2,000 in the Chinese Land Population. The latter was due to faulty addition on the part of some of the Chinese enumerators.

3. The Census of the Chinese residing in the City of Victoria was taken, as on previous occasions, by a staff of specially engaged enumerators, with the exception of certain areas which were done by the Police. The Chinese Boat Population of the Harbour was taken by the Water Police, while the Harbour Department enumerated the persons on board th British and Foreign merchant vessels.

4. I adhered to the "double-block" system, which was so successful in 1901, for the Census of the City of Victoria. Each block was worked by two Chinese enumerators accom- panied by a District Watchman in uniform. As I pointed out in 1901, this is a better plan than making the enumerators work singly. It was necessary to make a few alterations in the blocks into which the City was divided in the previous Census, and 7 new ones were added, making a total of 60. All those which contained 3,000 persons and upwards in 1901 were reduced in size so as to allow for the probable increase of population in 5 years, while some of the smaller ones were enlarged. They were designed, as usual, to contain about 3,000 persons, but it is not an easy matter to do this with any degree of accuracy, owing to the changes which take place in the course of 5 years. Structural alterations in some of the older houses, the resumption of insanitary areas, the erection of new buildings, and the en- forcement of Legislative measures such as the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance of 1903, all tend to affect the density of the population in any given area. On the whole, how- ever, the Census blocks were of a suitable size, and the largest one only contained 4,800 people. The population of most of them had been over-estimated, and they will therefore require little alteration on the occasion of the next Census.

5. 120 Chinese enumerators were engaged by me to enumerate the Chinese population of the City of Victoria. Some of them had had previous experience, and they were all of a good class. The supply of candidates was largely in excess of the demand. 200 could have been obtained without difficulty. In 1901, the number employed was 107. Great care was taken that the enumerators were thoroughly acquainted with their sections and between the 3rd and 10th November, they were given their books properly filled up and were shown round the blocks by the District Watchman in charge of each. The distribution of schedules com- menced on the 17th November, and they were returned to the Census Office by the 25th, with the exception of a few which did not come in until the 26th and 27th. I consider that this was a very creditable performance.

6. 10 European Police Sergeants, 3 European and 13 Chinese Constables enumerated those portions of Victoria, which are inhabited chiefly by Non-Chinese. The Central Police District was divided into 7 sections, and the Eastern and Western into 3 each.

Each was worked by a European Constable or Sergeant accompanied by a Chinese Constable or detective. The work of distribution *commenced on the 16th November, and the schedules were all collected and returned by the 28th. The European Police Officers were provided with special rough books in which to enter the numbers of the schedules left at each house, and the pro- per enumerators' books were only used when the schedules were being collected. supplied a want that had been felt in 1901, and the work was greatly facilitated. The num- ber of persons dealt with by the Police enumerators in the City of Victoria was 7,688 Non- Chinese and 19,892 Chinese. The number of men employed was adequate for the purpose.

This

7. The Census of the Kowloon Peninsula, the Peak and the Hongkong villages of Aber- deen, Stanley, Pokfulam and Shaukiwan was also taken by the Police.

tors.

8. In Old Kowloon the Police were assisted by 10 specially engaged Chinese enumera- The Sections were the same as those used in 1901. In New Kowloon which comprises the Police districts of Sham Shui Po and Kowloon City, 5 Chinese enumerators were employed in addition to the Police. The present is the first detailed Census which has been taken of this portion of the Colony. In 1901 a house to house visitation only was made by the Police, and the people were not required to fill up schedules. The distribution of schedules in Kowloon was commenced on the 16th November, and they were collected and returned by the 30th. The work was very heavy, and many of the sections will have to be reduced in size at the next Census. One block in Hung Hom contained as many as 7,126 persons, which is far too great a number for two enumerators to deal with. A large number of schedules had, as usual, to be filled up by the enumerators, owing to the people on whom they were served, being unable to read or write. Inconvenience was also caused, though not to the same extent as in 1901, by people taking away their papers to be filled up elsewhere by petition writers and school masters, and not having them ready at hand when called for.

9. The Census of the Hill District was taken by Inspector MCHARDY, one European "able, one hired interpreter, and a Chinese Constable.

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10. Inspector ROBERTSON, assisted by 3 European and 3 Chinese Constables, enumerated the inhabitants of the Shaukiwan District. An Indian Sergeant with one Chinese constable took the Census of the village of Tsat Tsz Mui. The enumerators commenced distributing schedules on the 15th November, and returned them to the Census Office on the 28th. Ou the 19th November, the small craft in Shaukiwan harbour were anchored in rows, and the Inspector with 2 European Constables and the Harbour Department boatmen enumerated the Boat population. They completed the work in one day. At Aberdeen the Census was taken by Inspector DYMOND, with 2 European Constables, the Chinese Sergeant Interpreter and 2 Chinese (onstables. The distribution of schedules was commenced on the 13th November and the papers were collected and returned by the 27th. On the 19th and 20th November, the Boat Population was enumerated. Two boats were employed all night on the 19th, blocking the entrances to the harbour. Great assistance was given to the Police by the village schoolmaster, who helped to fill up the schedules for those persons who were unable to write. The Stanley District was enumerated by Sergeant MCKAY, assisted by the Chinese Sergeant Interpreter and one Chinese Constable. They commenced work on the 16th November, and the schedules were returned to the Census Office on the 26th. The Census of the Boat population was taken on the 20th November by the Sergeant and the Harbour Department boatmen, and was finished in one day. There were fewer boats to deal with than usual The village of Pokfulam was enumerated by the Indian Sergeant in charge, assisted by one Chinese Constable. The work was performed most creditably.

11. The brunt of the work of a Census in this Colony falls on the Police, and all the men employed did exceedingly well. The arrangements made by the Officer in charge of the var

s Districts and Out-stations were very good, and they took great pains to see that they were properly carried out. The work is specially heavy in the Aberdeen and Shauki- wan districts, where a large floating population has to be dealt with in addition to the land The l'olice in the Kowloon Peninsula had perhaps the inost difficult task of all, owing to the large increase in the population there. I refer to the work of the Water Police in another paragraph.

one.

12. Officers, appointed for that purpose by the Commodore-in-charge and the General Officer Commanding the Troops, took the Census of the Naval and Military Establishments.

13. The Census of the British and Foreign Mercantile Marine was taken by Messrs. McIVER and MEUGENS of the Harbour Department. These officers were greatly hindered in their work by the attitude of many of the masters of vessels, who refused to give the enumerators any assistance, and seemed to look upon the Census as a joke.

One steamer left her buoy at West Point during the night of the 20th November with the schedules on board, and anchored at Quarry Bay, where she remained the whole of the next day. No notice of the change was given to Mr. McIVER who only found the vessel again after some trouble. Another steamer left the Port without enumerating her Chinese crew, and schedules for that purpose had to be sent to Canton. Several visits had to be made by the enumerators on the British barque Arrow. Eventually, just as she was on the point of sailing, a second set of schedules had to be filled up by the master, as the mate had sent the original ones ashore in charge of a sampan man, who did not deliver them until the next day. Two vessels had to be refused clearances until their schedules were produced. At the next Census, it would be desirable for the Harbour Master to issue a notice to the mas- ters of vessels, ordering them to give every assistance to the enumerators, and making vessels which leave port in the early morning on the day following the distribution of schedules, responsible for the safe delivery of the papers at the Harbour Office.

14. Following so closely on the disastrous typhoon of the 18th September, great in- terest was taken in the Census of the Boat Population of the Harbour, which was in charge of the Water Police. The same sections were employed as in 1901. 9 Launches and 8 rowing boats were engaged, each in charge of a European Sergeant or Constable accompanied by an interpreter. Owing to losses in the typhoon the Water Police had only 2 of their own launches available, and had therefore no difficulty in finding men for the seven laun- ches hired from Chinese. Work was commenced on the evening of the 19th November, when a start was made by enumerating the craft in Causeway Bay, which at that time was always full at night. These were all disposed of before they dispersed in the morning. The rest of the boats in the Harbour were dealt with during the day time on the 20th and 21st November. The bulk of the work was finished by the evening of the 20th, but a

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certain number of launches and boats was employed until the afternoon of the 21st, when no boats could be found that had not been enumerated. Two launches guarded the exits from the Harbour on the night of the 20th November, and took all unrecorded craft which were in the act of leaving. With this exception, no work was done after dark, except in Cause- way Bay. No difficulties were met with by the Police, and the work of the enumerators was accomplished with great rapidity, and without a hitch. I was very much struck by the ready way in which the Chinese boat people gave the information required of them, and by the prompt obedience to a signal to come alongside the enumerating launch or boat. They gave their ages without any hesitation, often volunteering those of the members of the crew who happened to be ashore at the time. It was evident that most of them remembered the previous Census and knew exactly what was required of them. The greatest credit is due to Inspector LANGLEY, who was in charge, and to all ranks of the Water Police, who per- formed what is always an arduous task in a most efficient manner.

15. The European and American resident civil population (exclusive of Portuguese) numbers 5,061, as compared with 3,860 in 1901. The increase over 1901 is 1,201. The l'ortuguese have increased from 1,948 persons in 1901 to 2,307 at the present Census. Their numbers have hitherto shown a tendency to decrease. The British resident civil population numbers 3,709 as compared with 2,708 in 1901. Between 1897 and 1901 the increase was 495. There are no special reasons to be assigned for this increase beyond the steady ex- pansion of the Colony during the last 5 years. The Americans have increased from 198 in 1901 to 297, the Austrians from 26 to 54, the Dutch from 15 to 37, and the Russians from 10 to 22. There is an increase of 32 in the number of French. The Germans number 359 as compared with 337 in 1901. They show a very large increase in the Mercantile Marine. The number of Danes remains the same, while the Norwegians, Italians and Spaniards have slightly decreased.

16. Of the British population of 4,097 (inclusive of those on board the shipping in the Harbour) 2,683 are returned as English, 671 as Scotch, 339 as Irish and 47 as Welsh. In the Bish resident civil population the percentage of adult females to males is about 56.5, taking all those over 15 years of age as adults. The percentage in 1901 was 54, and in 1897, 48. The number of British children under the age of 15 years is 949, as compared with 752 in 1901. These figures taken with the larger percentage of adult females to males, all go to prove that family life is still increasing. This is also the case with the rest of the American and European population, but not to so great an extent.

17. The Non-Chinese races, other than Europeans and Americans, number 3,595 as compared with 2,607 in 1901. Of this number, 857 are Japanese and 2,068 Indians. The latter show the very considerable increase of 615, whilst the former only numbered 484 at the last Census. The increase in the number of Indians is to a certain extent due to the employment of a number of coolies on the Kowloon-Canton Railway works, and at the time the Census was taken there was also a considerable number of men on the way to and from America. The bulk of the Indian population consists of Punjabis, principally Sikhs. There is still a great demand for these men as watchmen. The mercantile class, which forms the minority, consists chiefly of Parsees. The Malays number 147, and the Philippine Islanders 198, as compared with 66 and 266 respectively in 1901. 227 persons returned themselves as Eurasians. As the result of previous experience I made no special endeavour to ascertain the number of Eurasians in the Colony. As I remarked in my Report on the 1901 Census, the great majority of Eurasians are returned as Chinese. I have included them with the rest of the Non-Chinese races of Asiatic and African origin in the Tables, instead of dealing with them separately as in 1901 and 1897.

18. The total Chinese land population of the Colony (excluding the New Territories North of the Kowloon Hills and, for the moment, New Kowloon) is 244,300 as compared with 233,263 in 1901 and 200,005 in 1897. The number of males above the age of 15 years is 156,975 and of females 49,592. These figures show a decrease since 1901, of 780 adult males and an increase of 6,855 adult females. The number of Chinese children under the age of 15 years is 37,733 as compared with 32,771 in 1901. The number of families in the City of Victoria is returned as 25,974 as compared with 25,123 in 1901. These figures may be regarded as satisfactory evidence that family life among the Chinese continues to increase, taking the Colony as a whole. The decrease in population in the City of Victoria consists almost entirely of adult males, while the number of women and children has increased. In Old Kowloon where the population shows a very large increase, there are 32,209 adult males

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The percentage

10,844 adult adult females, with 9,278 children under the age of 15 years. of adult Chinese females to adult males in the Colony is approximately as follows :

City of Victoria

Villages of Aberdeen, Stanley, Shaukiwan and Pokfulam. Old Kowloon

In 1901 the percentages were :

City of Victoria.

Hongkong villages

Old Kowloon

31%

33.5%

28%

30%

24%

The number of Chinese in New Kowloon is 17,836. In 1901 the result of the house to house visitation by the Police gave the number as 17,243. The latter included however about 1,100 inhabitants of 7 villages, which are now in the Sai Kung district of the New Territories, and which were therefore not enumerated at the present Census. For the pur- poses of comparison the increase over 1901 is about 1,700. In New Kowloon the bulk of the population is rural and the percentage of adult females to adult males is about 45.7.

19. Table IX shows the distribution of the Chinese population of the City of Victoria according to Registration Districts, and Table X the population of the ten Health Districts. In Kennedy Town and Shektongtsui there is a decrease of 1,820. An increase over the 1901 figures was hardly to be expected as between that year and 1897 the population had risen from 3,581 to 11,032. When the present Census was taken, there were still many large blocks of new buildings unoccupied, designed principally to accommodate the people who have been forced to leave Possession Street, Lower Lascar Row and Wa Lane, owing to the closing up of the disorderly houses in that locality. Most of the large Chinese Restaurants in the latter neighbourhood have also removed to Shektongtsui. There is a further increase of 4,521 in the population of Saiyingpun. That of Taipingshan remains practically stationary. This is partially accounted for by the changes in Possession Street and the neighbourhood, to which I have alluded above. There are 2,067 fewer Chinese in Sheung Wan than there were in 1901. This is due probably to dullness of business, as there are a good many empty houses there. The population of the Chung Wan District, which showed an increase of 15,047 in 1901, has decreased since the latter year by 2,652. This decrease is all the more marked because the new 4 storey buildings in Connaught Road have all been completed and occupied since 1901, while many Chinese shops have set up in Queen's Road Central in the place of European Firms, which have moved into new premises on the Reclamation between the new Post Office site and the Hongkong Club. It must be remembered however that extensive resumptions of insanitary properties have been carried out by the Government during the past 3 years, and the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance of 1903 increased the floor area per head from 30 to 50 square feet. Districts Nos. VII & VIII (Ha Wan and Wanchai) contain 25,892 inhabitants, an increase of 2,405. This is probably due to the Naval Yard Extension, as the Chinese like to live close to their work. In Bowrington and Sokonpo there is a decrease of 4,332. The total decrease in the ten Registration Districts is actually 3.199, but in 1901 the whole Chinese population of Victoria was included, while on the present occasion I have left out 1,432 Chinese living in places within the City limits which do not fall within any of the Registration Districts. For the the purposes of com- parison, therefore, the decrease since 1901 is 1,767 for the whole City.

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20. The European and American population of Victoria (excluding Portuguese) is 3,244 as compared with 2,738 in 1901. The Portuguese numbers remain stationary, while there is small increase of 150 in the number of Indians. There is no change worth recording in the numbers of the rest of the Non-Chinese races (including Eurasians). These now num- ber 1,284 persons.

The increase in the European and American community in Victoria is 506 since 1901. Between 1897 and 1901 the increase was 298. A number of new houses have been completed on the higher levels of the City, principally in Conduit and MacDonnell Roads. Europeans continue to be displaced by Chinese and others in the residential quarters in the neighbour- hood of Robinson Road and Caine Road, and move either into the higher levels or Kowloon.

21. There are 574 Europeans and Americans living on the Peak, as compared with 413 in 1901, and 376 in 1897. There is little room for further expansion as nearly all the available sites have been built upon. The children below the age of 15 years now number 136, an increase of 31 since the last Census. The Chinese number 1,648, most of whom are domestic servants.

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22. The European and American inhabitants of the Hongkong villages number 224, being an increase of 47 over 1901. A portion of the crews of two steamers were included in the Aberdeen and Shaukiwan totals in the last Census, so the real increase is about 60.

23. The Chinese population of the Shaukiwan District has risen to 11,391, over 2,000 more than in 1901. A large number of men continue to be employed at Messrs. Butterfield and Swire's Shipyard.

24. There is an increase of 812 Chinese in Aberdeen, the present population being 3,654. The number of Chinese in the Stanley District is 1,276, as compared with 805 in 1901, an increase of over 50%. This is principally due to the number of coolies employed at the Tytam Reservoir Extension works. There are 711 Chinese in the village of Pokfulam. The number in 1901 was 602.

25. The growth of Old Kowloon is again, as in 1901, the most remarkable feature of the Census. The Europeans and Americans number 997, and the Portuguese 470, the increase over 1901 being 455 and 344 respectively which is equivalent to about 83% and 273%. The number of Indian civilians is 581, as compared with 211 in 1901. The Chinese have increased from 42,976 to 52,331. The percentage of adult females to males is higher than in any other part of the Colony, except New Kowloon. In 1901 this percentage was not quite 23, while it is now 33. There is every reason to believe that the rapid expansion of Old Kowloon will continue. On the Peak and in Victoria, most of the ground available for sites has already been built over, while in Kowloon there are still considerable areas available for building purposes. One of the principal reasons for the popularity of Kowloon as a residential quarter is that a number of small houses have been built there, which meet the requirements of a large section of the European population which is unable to afford the high rents obtaining on the Peak and the upper levels of the City of Victoria. The number of European, American & Portuguese children below the age of 15 years is 452, as compared with only 161 in 1901. The Chinese children below that age number 9,278, the increase over 1901 being 4,152, representing about 80%.

26. The Non-Chinese population of New Kowloon is 47. The Chinese number 17,836.

27. The Europeans and Americans on board the Foreign Shipping in the Harbour number 1,027, and the rest of the Non-Chinese races 425. The numbers in 1901 were 646 and 355 respectively. Of the European and Americans, 388 are British, 379 Germans, 40 Americans, 70 Austrians and 51 Norwegians. In the 1901 Census the Germans only num- bered 108, while the British numbers were 299. The Japanese number 261 and the Indians, who are nearly all employed in British vessels, 92.

The crews of steamers lying at Aberdeen and Shaukiwan are included in the above totals.

28. The number of the Chinese Boat Population for the whole Colony is returned as 42,744. This represents an increase of 2,644 over the 1901 figures, in spite of the loss of life in the typhoon. Of the above total 26,611 are males and 16,133 females. I believe that these figures are as nearly as possible accurate, as the task of enumeration was carried out by the Police with great thoroughness. The boats were divided into the same classes as in 1901, except that Lighters are shown separately from Cargo Boats. The total number of boats in 1906 and 1901 is as follows:-

Passenger Boats Carge Boats

1906.

1901.

..1,358

1,442

.1,401

1,424

Lighters.....

Trading Junks

264

236

Harbour Boats

691

495

Fishing Boats and Junks...

2,480

2,039

Steam Launches

215

200

6,459

5,836

263

The following is the number of boats reported sunk or wrecked during the typhoon :-

Sunk.

Wrecked.

Total.

Passenger Boats.......

154

Cargo Boats

209

491

700

Trading Junks

181

230

Harbour Boats

120

Fishing Boats and Junks

467

483

373

1,314

1,687

Steam Launches (sunk or wrecked )

The number of persons reported to the Police and Harbour Department as missing was 1,347. It is to be feared that the latter figure is very much below the mark. Boats which were lost with all hands, as a very large number were, are not likely to have been reported. Also the greatest loss of life was among the crews of the small craft, which are classified as Passenger and Harbour Boats, yet the total number of lives reported lost in vessels of this description was only 139. The total loss of life in the Boat l'opulation of the Colony at the lowest estimate was probably at least 5,000. It is safe to assume that nearly all the boats returned as "wrecked were total losses, and did not appear among the craft enumerated at the present Census. On the other hand a great many launches and lighters had been raised again by the 20th November and figure in the Census returns. The latter include a number of new boats of every description, but especially Cargo Boats, which were brought in from places outside the Colony to make good some of the typhoon losses.

29. The Boat population found along the Southern Shore of the Harbour numbered 12,260, composed of 7,651 males and 4,609 females. Along the Northern Shore the numbers were 8,502 males and 5,134 females, total 13,636. In the rest of the Harbour the numbers enumerated were 3,067 males and 1,143 females, total 4,210. The total Boat Population of the Harbour (excluding Shaukiwan) is therefore 19,220 males and 10,886 females,

king a total of 30,106. In 901 the number was 28,529.

30. The Boat Population of the Hong Kong Villages is as follows:-

Shaukiwan, Aberdeen, Stanley,

1906.

1901.

.6,306

5,439

.5,637

5,251

695

881

12,638

11,571

The total number of boats of all classes at Shaukiwan is 781, at Aberdeen 965 and at Stanley 95. In 1901 the number of boats enumerated at Aberdeen was 947 and at Stanley 119. The Shaukiwan boats appear to have been included in the totals for the Harbour. A number of boats belonging to these three villages were lost in the typhoon. They would be included in the totals given in paragraph 28.

31. The number of European, American and other Non-Chinese children between the of 6 and 15 years (inclusive) is 1,363 and of Chinese 31,573. Of the latter total 16,860 are males and 14,693 females.

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32. The total number of Police engaged in the taking of the Census was 95, in addition to 49 Water Police seamen and 9 Chinese Engineers, Coxswains and Stokers. The number of each rank employed was as follows:--

8 Inspectors

8 Sergeants

14 Lance Sergeants

21 European Constables.

2 Indian Sergeants 2 Indian Lance Sergeants

6 Sergeant Interpreters

1 Assistant Interpreter

3 Chinese Sergeants 30 Chinese Constables.

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Sixteen Harbour Department boatmen assisted in enumerating the Boat Population of Aberdeen, Stanley and Shaukiwan.

Messrs. ROCHA and FRANCO of the Harbour Department with 8 boatmen took part in the taking of the Census of the Boat Population of Victoria Harbour, and performed their duty to my entire satisfaction. 2 Chinese enumerators were engaged by Inspector Cameron for the Census of the Kowloon City District, and 5 by Inspector MCDONALD for work in that portion of New Kowloon which is included in the Yaumati Police District.

A private interpreter, who was paid $10 for the work, was engaged to assist Inspector MCHARDY in enumerating the inhabitants of the Peak District

33. The

pay of the Police engaged, was as follows:-

Inspectors,

Sergeants,...

Lance Sergeants, European Contables,

Indian Sergeants,... Indian Lance Sergeants, Sergeant Interpreters,

Assistant Interpreter,

Chinese Sergeants,

Chinese Constables,

Water Police Boatmen and Stokers,

Water Police Engineers and Coxswains,

.$20

1.50

2.50

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Water Police boatmen, who acted as Interpreters, were given an extra $1.

34. The Harbour Department boatmen were paid $1.50 each, except in a few cases where they received extra pay for work on land. Mr. MEUGENS and Mr. McIVER were paid $20, es and Messrs. ROCHA and FRANCO $7.

35. The Chinese enumerators were paid at the rate of $8 a man. For this amount a large number of men were found willing to undertake the work, and they performed their task most satisfactorily. For the Census of Kowloon, local men were engaged as far as possible, though several enumerators had to be sent there from Hongkong.

36. For the clerical work of the Census one clerk was engaged at $40 a month from 1st October to 1st February, 3 clerks at $35 a month from 26th November to 1st February, 18 clerks at $25 a month from 26th November,to 1st February and one office messenger at $8 a month from 21st November to 1st February. Mr. CHENG KAM-FAI supervised the Chinese staff, and was invaluable. I have much pleasure in testifying to the great assistance which he rendered to me throughout. The clerical staff was engaged by the month, with the exception of a very short period on piece work. At the next Census I recommend that all the clerks be employed on piece work at a moderate rate. If this is not done, it is very difficult to ensure that they get through a proper amount of work, unless the Census Officer can spend the whole of his time supervising them. This would only be possi- ble if he was relieved of his other duties while engaged on the Census. On the present occasion I cannot say that I was entirely satisfied with the work of the clerical staff, with the exception of Mr. CHENG KAMAI. At the end of December, 6 clerks had to be summarily removed for failing to get through what I considered to be an exceedingly moderate daily task. The whole of the staff had to be continually driven.

37. The Eastern verandah on the ground floor of the Registrar General's Office was again used as a Census Office. The space was sufficient as there were not so many clerks employed as in 1901.

38. I am glad to be able to report, that, as in 1901, the enumerators met with no opposition or obstruction on the part of the Chinese population aud the work progressed exceedingly smoothly. What little trouble there was, was given, I regret to say, by the Non-Chinese community. The Police had great difficulty in inducing some people to fill up the schedules, and were often unnecessarily kept waiting. A few persens refused to state their ages, until pressure was brought to bear, while others gave frivolous answers to the questions on the schedules. There were no prosecutions under the Penal Clause of the Ordinance.

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The total cost of the Census was $4,385.20 including the honorarium of $500 to the Census Officer.

Tables IV, V, VIII, X, XI, XIX, XXI, XXIII and XXIV shown in the 1901 Census Report are omitted. The following Tables are appended to this Report:—

ich,

I. The Total Civil Population of the Colony.

II. A Comparision between the Population in the years 1901 and 1906. III. The European and American Population according to Race.

IV. The Non-Chinese Population other than Europeans and Americans.

V. The Ages of the European, American and other Non-Chinese Resident

Civil Population.

VI. The Ages of the Chinese Resident Population.

VII. Chinese Population of the Villages of Hongkong.

VIII. Chinese Population of Old Kowloon.

IX. Chinese Population of the Registration Districts of Victoria.

X. Population of Victoria according to Health Districts.

XI. Chinese Population of the Health Districts of Kowloon.

XII. The number of Chinese Families in Victoria in the years 1901 and 1906. XIII. The number and description of Boats and Junks in the waters of the Colony (except the New Territories) and the number of persons on each Class of Boat.

XIV. The number of European, American and other Non-Chinese children

between the ages of 6 and 15 years (inclusive).

XV. The number of Chinese children (Land Population) between the ages of 6

and 15 years (inclusive).

XVI. The Naval and Military Establishments.

XVII. The Chinese Population of New Kowloon.

P. P. J. WODEHOUSE,

Census Officer.

Table I.

TOTAL CIVIL POPULATION of the COLONY.

NON-CHINESE.

Females.

CHINESE.

TOTAL.

Europeans and Americans other than

Portuguese.

Indians.

Races other than the before mentioned.

Total.

LOCALITY.

Portuguese.

Total.

266

19,220 10,886 30,106 19,220 10,886 3,840 2,466 6,306 3,840 2,466

30,106

6,306

23,060

13,352

36,412

23,060 13,352

36,412

3,131

420

2,506 5,637

275

695

3,131

420

2,506

275

5,637

695

26,611

16,133 42,744

26,611 16,133

42,744

216,240

91,148 307,388 224,236 95,567 | 319,803

Land Population.

Victoria,

Penk,..

Hongkong Villages,. Old Kowloon, ....

330

1,9441,800

244

155

3,244

574

69 224

835 1,000 1,835 1,025

300 1,325

687

597|1,284|4,491|3,197

7,688

124,995

48,294

173,289

129,486

129

567 430

997 222 248 470 506

1 130

75 581

134

11 345 256 601 4 286 72 358 87 221 1,429 840 2,269

1,524

124

1,648

12,236

4,796

17,032

36,765

15,566

Total,....

2,996 2,043 5,039 1,057 1,250 2,307 1,672

378 2,050

826

694 1,520 6,551 4,365 10,916 175,520

New Kowloon, .

Total,...

Mercantile Marine,

8 22

3,010 2,051 5,061 1,057 1,250 2,307 1,690

378 2,068

829

984 40 | 1,024

...

92 331

4 7 35 47 11,601 698 1,527 6,586 | 4,377 |10,963|187,121

333|1,410 42 1,452

2,508

1,869 12,522 4,868. 17,390 52,331 38,194 16,406 54,600 68,780 | 244,300 182,071 73,145 255,216 6,235 17,836 11,636 6,247 17,883 75,015 262,136 193,707 79,392 | 273,099 2,508

51,491

380

180,977

2,249

3,918

3,960

Females.

Males.

Boat Population.

Harbour,

Shaukiwan,

Total,....

Aberdeen,

Stanley,

...

Note:The portion of the New Territories not included in this Census possessed a population of 85,011 in 1901.

Total,...

Grand Total,....

...

Table II.

COMPARISON between the VIL POPULATION in the years 1901 and 1906.

1901.

1906.

FEMALES.

MALES.

FEMALES.

LOCALITY.

TOTAL.

Under

Over 15. Total.

Over 15.

Total.

Over 15.

Total.

15.

Victoria,

612

1,821

2,433

662

1,435

2,097

4,530

724

2,055

2,779

692

1,608

2,300

5,079

Peak,

189

236

128

186

422

267

330

173

246

576

Hongkong Villages,

124

139

177

129

155

224

Old Kowloon,

308

394

187

262

656

213

576

789

239

439

678

1,467

European and American Civil Population,

Total,

760

2,442

3,202

809

1,774

2,583

1,026

5,785

3,027

4,053

1,027

2,266

3,293

7,346

New Kowloon,

Total,

760

2,442

3.202

809

1,774

2,583

1,027

5,785

3,040

4,067

1,030

2,271

3,301

7,368

Mercantile Marine,..........

--639-

639

646

987

1,027

Total,

760

3,081

3,841

809

1,781

2,500

6,431

1,027

4,027

5,054

1,030

2,311

3,341

8,895

267

220

1,492

1,712

252

645

897

2,609

Victoria,

Peak,

Races other than European, American and Chinese,

Hongkong Villages,

285

1,356

1,641

288

647

935

2,576

129

131

581

640

ཚོ༤༤

134

108

162

802

Old Kowloon,....

...

New Kowloon,

Mercantile Marine,....

353

355

423

425

...

Total,

285

1,709

1,994

288

649

937

2,931

281

2,661

2,942

309

769

1,078

4,020

Total Civil Population other than Chinese,..... 1,045

4,790

5,835

1,097

2,430

3,527

9,362

1,308

6,688

7,996

1,339

3,080

4,419

12,415

LOCALITY.

COMPARISON between the CivIL POPULATION in the years 1901 and 1906,—Continued.

MALES.

1901.

FEMALES.

MALES.

1908.

FEMALES.

TOTAL.

Under

Over 15. Total.

15.

Under

15.

Over 15. Total.

Under

15.

Over 15. Total.

Under

15.

Over 15. Total.

Brought forward,

1,045

4,790 5,835

1,097

2,430 3,527

9,362

1,308

6,683

7,996

1,339

3,080

4,419 12,415

Victoria,

12,725

116,671 129,396

12,730

32,930 45,660 175,056

12,496

112,499 | 124,995

13,131

35,163

48,294 178,289

Shaukiwan,

709 6,199

6,908

598

1,678. -2,276 9,181

---$19-

7,340

8,259

831

2,301 3,132

11,391

Stanley,

375

462

259

343

805

815

936

265

340

1,276

Aberdeen,

292

1,702

1,994

249

599

848

2,842

388

2,177

2,565

340

749

1,089

3,65 t

Chinese

Pokfulam,

386

441

114

161

602

402

476

150

235

711

Land Population,

Old Kowloon,

2,067

30,793

32,860

3,059

7,057

10,116

42,976

4,556

32,209

36,765

4,722

10,844

15,566

52,331

New Kowloon,

...

2,054

9,547

11,601

1,866

4,369

6,235

17,836

Peak,

21 1,503 1,524

120

124

1,613

Mercantile Marine,.

1,175 1,180

1,180

2,508 2,508

2,508

Not included in the above,

Total,

1,629 1,684

15,995 158,930 174,925

100

114

1,798

16,781

42,737

59,518 | 234,443

20,599 |169,030 |189,629

21,051 53,961

75,015 264,614

Harbour,

Shaukiwan,.

Floating Population,

6,122 12,810 18,932

4,076

5,521

1,241 1,769

3,010

915

1,514

Stanley,...

Aberdeen,

Total,

Total Chinese,

GRAND TOTAL,

134

386

520

112

149

997 1,943 2,940

843

1,568

9,597 28,529 2,429 5,439 361 881 2,311 5,251

984

261

2,147

4,635 14,585 19,220 1,010 2,830 3,840 159

4,361

6,522

899

1,567

10,886 30,106

2,466

6,306

420

111

164

3,131

956

1,550

275

2,306

695

5,637

8,491 16,908 25,402

5.946

8,752

14,698

24,489175,838 200

51,489

40,100

74,216 | 274,543

6,788

19,823 26,611

6,330

9,803 | 16,133

27,387 188,853 |216,240 | 27,384

42,744

63,764 91,148 307,388

25,534 180,628 |206

53,919

77,743 283,905

28,695 | 195,541 | 224,236 | 28,723

66,841

95,567 319,803

268

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Table III.

EUROPEAN and AMERICAN POPULATION ACCORDING to RACE.

Resident Population.

Mercantile Marine.

Total.

Races.

Males.

Fe- males.

Total. Males.

Fe- males.

Total. Males.

Fe- males.

Total.

English,.

1,454 1,038 2,492

180 11

191 1,634 1.049 2.683

Scotel,

379 188

567 102

104 481 190 671

Irish,

188

125

313

26 214 125

339

;

Welsh,

Other Natives of the British Isles

173

121 294

235 122

357

not defined,

Total,

2,225 1,484 3,709

374

388

2,599 1.498 4,097

American,.

144 153 297

183

154

337

Armenian,

Austrian,

Belgian,.

Brazilian,

100

2 +

124

Bulgarian,

Chilian,

Danish,

Dutch,

French,

135

150

German,

237

122

359

370

379

607

131

738

Greek

Hungarian,

Italian,

Jewish,

155

Norwegian,

817

156

Peruvian,

Portuguese,

Roumanian,

Russian,.

1,057

1,250 2,307

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...

31,060

1,060 1,250

2,310

Spanish, Swedish,

Swiss,

Total,....

887

48 112

112

'16 2

4,067 3,301 7,368 987 40

1,027 5,054|3,341 | 8,395

Table IV.

NON-CHINESE RACES other than EUROPEANS and AMERICANS.

Resident Population. Mercantile Marine.

Total.

Races.

Males.

Fe- males.

Total. Males.

Fe- males.

Total. Males.

Fe- males.

Total.

Afghans,

Africans,

Annamites,

Arabians,

Asiatics (not defined),

Burmese,

Egyptians,

Indians,

1,690

378 2,068

Japanese,

478 379 857

259

Javanese,

Malays,

71 147

Persians,

Philippine Islanders,

110

198

Siamese,

...

Turks,

West Indians,

1 2

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1,782

378 2,160

261

737.

381 1,118

113

184

124

212

Total,.....

2,425

943 3,368 | 422

424

2,847

9453,792

Eurasians, ...

94 133 227

133

228

Grand Total,

2,519 1,076 3,595 | 423

425

2,942 1,078 | 4,020

Table V.

THE AGES of the EUROPEAN, AMERICAN and the other NON-CHINESE RESIDENT CIVIL POPULATION.

British.

Americans and other

Indians.

The Rest of the Non-Chinese.

- 270-

Europeans except

Portuguese.

Total

Portuguese.

Age.

Males.

Fe-

males.

Fe-

Total. Males.

Total.

males.

Males.

Total. Males.

Total.

males.

Males.

Fe-

Total.

males.

Males.

Total.

males.

Under 1 year,

63 44

107

126 105

231

1 and under 5 years,.

170 194

364

129

125

254

104

422

456

878

167 144 311

105

141 134

275

108

457

433

890

103

167

122

111

233

100

303

345

648

126

100

106

206

·64

119

196

368

321

689

229

124

· 353

148

111

120

231

362

406

134

190

324

924

538

1,462

379

228

607

161

257

111

120

231

449

488

135

114

249

1,235

597 1,832

多多

373

221

594

106

192

125

205

297

329

107

171

963

528

1,491

249

155

404

148

152

157

181

111

647

349

996

192

287

111

414

222

636

116

156

262

131

393

153

120

273

158

141

...

95 and over,

Age not stated,

...

61.

:::

...

115

Total,.

2,225 | 1,484

3,709

785 567 1,352 1,057 1,250

2,307

1,690

378 2,068

829

698 1,527

6,586 4,377 10,963

Table VI.

The AGES of the CHINESE POPULATION.

271

Victoria.

Peak.

Hongkong Villages.

Old Kowloon.

New Kowloon.

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.

Under 1 year,.

1 year and under 5 years,

336

300

636

...

53 90 143 33 32

3,046 3,374 6,420

3,983 4,667 8,650

4 512

5,131 4,790 | 9,921

16,081 4,201 20,282

186

398 388

491

18. 548 428 1,032 396

786

1,283 1,504 2,787

569 593

1,003

1,591| 1,773 | 3,364

781 666

976 1,629 1,355 2,984

671

575

20,711 5,773 26,484

327

334 2,008 455

1,428 3,927 1,126 5,053 1,044 2,463 6,102 1,585 7,687 1,630

545

540

19,215 5,216 24,431

308

318 2,046 488

2,534 6,074| 1,763| 7,837 | 1,633

552

17,125 5,370 22,495

243

269 1,795 451

2,246 5,428| 1,731| 7,159| 1,568

551

12,872 3,843 16,715

210

225

1,332 368

1,700 3,820 1,210 5,030 1,127

437

1,564 1,976

9,988 3,458 13,446

106

130

936 338

1,274 2,644 1,014 3,658

849

382

1,231 | 1,791

7,808 14,980 9,846 | 19,278 9,175 19,411 7,981 | 33,079

65 429 18 447 1,162 1,874 1,948 3,822 7,172 1,447 2,563 2,247 4,810 9,432 1,246 2,240 2,026 4,266 10,236 1,589 2,828 1,713 4,541 25,098 2,170 3,598; 1,667 5,265 34,376 10,027 | 44,403 | 2,185 3,109 1,359 4,468 32,385 9,388 | 41,773 2,119 2,917 1,295 4,212 29,076 9,424 | 38,500 812 2,788 21,337 6,685 28,022 813 2,604 16,314 6,029|22,343

865 .461 1,329

6,114 2,054 8,168

635 236

871 1,614

636 2,250 561

248

809

971

371 1,342 9,953

3,557 | 13,510

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4,893 2,167 7,060

401 216

617 1,179

564 1,743

403

278

681 964

596

1,560 7,868 3,834 | 11,702

2,631 1,171 3,802

272 183

455

676

417 1,093

317 257

574

501

339

840 4,421

2,375| 6,796

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1,724| 1,053| 2,777

157 175

332

455

377

832

190-

228

418

432

433

865 2,967

2,271

5,238

644

389 1,033

96 79

175

151

192 343

133

154

287

159

183

342 1,186

997

2,183

284

253

537

103

188

105

155

124

175

299

570

687

1,257

109

192

113

190

284

474

134

135

175

310

20.

105

...

95 and over, Age not stated,

•

Total,

124,995 48,294 173,289 1,524 | 124

|26,611

1,648 12,236 4,796 17,032 36,765 15,566 52,331 11,601 6,235 17,836 26,611 16,133 42,744 218,78291,148 304 880 |

218,78291

272

Table VII.

CHINESE POPULATION of the VILLAGES of HONGKONG.

Villages.

Males.

Females.

Total.

476

235

711

Aberdeen,

1.100

430

1,530

Tin Tsz Tong,

Tin Wan,

119

Aberdeen Garden,

Aplichau,

958

422

1.380

Fu Hiu....

Wong Chuk Hang,

118

Little Hongkong, Old Village,

103

201

New Village,

110

154

Brick Works,

Total,

2,565

1,089

3,654

To Li Wan,

Stanley,... Wongmakok,. Taitam, Taitamtuk... Hok-tsuiwan,

Deep Water Bay,.

Tong Po,.

Lan Lai Wan,

241

207

448

554

603

Chung Hon Bay,

Ma Kong,

Total.

936

340

1,276

Shek-O,

126

103

229

Chai-wan,

A Kung Ngam,

114

183

251

Shaukiwan,

Futau Fat,...

Kau Kan Uk, Ma Shan Ha, Chun Lung, Tsin Shui Matan, Sai Wan Ho,. Quarry Bay, Tsat Tsz Mui,

3,227

1,720

4,947

122

231

142

373

392

239

631

166

532

236

768

2.941

278

3,219

320

137

457

Sam Ka Tsün,

Total,...

8,259

3,132

11,391

Grand Total,.

12,236

4,796

17,032

273

Table VIII.

CHINESE POPULATION of BRITISH KOWLOON..

Villages.

Males.

Fe- males.

Fe-

Total.

Villages.

Males.

Total.

males.

Kan Pui Shek,..

Brought forward,..... 23,412 (10,741 | 34,153 -

Ma Taú Wai,

153

179

332

Ma Taú Chung,

100

Unchaú,

164 106

270

Ma Taú Kok,

Wong Nai Ü,

201

284

Haú Pui Ling,

18 151

169

Fo Pang,.

142

San Shan,

123

200

Mati,

156

To Ka Wan,

849

373 1,222

Mong Kok Tsui,

5,517 2,333

7,850

Shek Shan.

161

107 268

Tai Shek Ku,

Hok Un,

1,212

523

1,735

Ho Man Tin,

337

120

457

Tai Wan,

Mong Kok,

225

173

398

Lo Lung Hang,

194

68 262

Tai Kok Tsui,

2,371

705

3,076

Hunghom,

Tso Pui Tsai,

Yaumati,

8,792 2,973 11,765 Fuk Ts'ün Heung,

51 127) Ho Pu 11,679 6,133 17,812 Tsimtsatsúi,

742

191

933

106

3,518

962

4,480

Carried forward, ... 23,412 10,741 34,153

Total,...

36,765 15,566 | 52,331

Table IX,

CHINESE POPULATION of the REGISTRATION DISTRICTS of VICTORIA.

Districts.

Males.

Females.

Total.

No. I Kennedy Town,

895

721

1.616

II Shektongtsui,

4,398

3.198

7,596

III Saiyingpun,

37,254

11.989

49,243

IV Taipingshan,.

13,968

7.454

21.422

V Sheung Wan,

10,095

1.135

11,230

VI Chung Wan,.

34,572

14.019

48,591

VII Ha Wan,

7.239

2,886

10,125

VIII Wanchai,

11.094

4,673

15.767

IX Bowrington,

940

370

1,310

Sokonpo,

3,522

1,435

4.957

Total,..

123,977

47,880

171,857

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Table X.

POPULATION of VICTORIA ACCORDING to HEALTH DISTRICTS.

Europeans, Americans and Races other than Chinese.

Districts.

Males.

Females.

Total.

Eastern Police District,

1,269

963

2.232

Central

"",

Western

2,894

2,043

4,937

328

191

519

Total,...

4,491

3,197

7,688

Chinese.

Health Districts.

Total.

Males.

Females.

No. I,

II,

III.

IV,

8,180

. 4,184

12,364

14,909

5,115

20.024

6,991

1,989

8,980

15,905

7,490

23,395

AAA

AAAA

VI,

VII, VIII,

IX,

12,514

5,079

17,593

11,977

3,685

15,662

13,589

4.887

18,476

14.365

3,782

18.147

17,773

7,097

24,870

8,792

4.986

13,778

Total,.....

124,995

48,294

173,289

Table XI.

CHINESE POPULATION of the HEALTH SUB-DISTRICTS of KOWLOON.

Health Sub-Districts.

No. I.

II,

III,

IV.

Males.

Females.

Total.

989

160

1,149

2,645

817

3,462

11,807

6,592

18,399

6,267

2,473

8,740

VI,

VII

VIII.

3,516

1,260

4,776

8,677

2,690

11,367

6,114

3,853

9.967

5,450

2.419

7,869

IX,

2,901

1,537

4,438

Total,.......

48,366

21.801

70,167

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Table XII.

NUMBER of CHINESE FAMILIES in the TEN REGISTRATION DISTRICTS of VICTORIA.

In 1901,

In 1906,

Table XIII.

25,123

25,974

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,

Description of Vessels.

Aberdeen.

Stanley.

Shaukiwan.

Shore.

Northern

Shore.

Southern

Rest of

Harbour,

Total.

Population.

Males.

Fe- males.

Total.

Passenger Boats,

113

685

491

Cargo Boats,..

504

713

179

1,401

1,358 3,522 ¦ 3,244 6,766 7,355 4,326 11,681.

Steam Launches,

215

1,798 17 1,815

Lighters,

Harbour Boats,

236

156

198 43

50 478 691 1,977 1,629

533 3,606

Total...

173

253

1,458 1,490 340

3,715 15,130 9,271 24,401

Fishing Boats,

789

496

Trading Junks,

752 246 103 72 124 33

2,480 9,361 6,478 15,839

264 2.120 384 2,504

Grand total.

965

781

2,282 1,860 462

6,459 26,611 16,133 42,744

Table XIV.

The NUMBER of EUROPEAN, AMERICAN and other NON-CHINESE CHILDREN between the AGES of 6 and 15 YEARS (Inclusive).

Hongkong

Villages.

Victoria.

British

Peak.

Total.

Kowloon.

6 Years,

NANNTW

10 14 00 00 14

Males.

Females.

Total.

Males.

Females.

Total.

Males.

Females.

Total.

Males.

Females.

Total.

Males.

Females.

Total.

44662

60 52

112

6255

117

52 58

110 52 124

476

10 23 18 41 87 76 163 11 21 12 33 90

161

3 9 10 14

143

12 27 39

167

5460 114

44 45

N -

12 17 29

148

108

61 52

113

3 11

72 69

141

119

54 44 4336

Total,..

15 31 547 501 1,048

1,048 20

1 6 10 16

13 9 22 56 45 101

24 44 131 140 271 698 |665 1,363

60 52 112

6 Years,

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Table XV.

The NUMBER of CHINESE CHILDREN (LAND POPULATION) between the AGES of 6 and 15 YEARS (Inclusive).

Males.

Females.

Total.

1,383

1,570

2.953

1.364

1,531

2,895

1,374

1,598

2.972

1,301

1.421

2,722

1,234

1,395

2,629

1,175

1,294

2,469

1,677

1.691

3,368

1,682

1,430

3,112

2,228

1.312

3,540

3,442

1,451

4,893

Total,......

16.860

14,693

31,553

Navy, Army,

Table XVI.

NAVAL and MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS.

Total,

Table XVII.

CHINESE POPULATION of NEW KOWLOON.

Males.

4,298

.... 4,537

8,835

Females.

Total.

Kowloon City,

3,075

2,319

5,394

Other Villages in Kowloon City District,

2.939

1,488

4,427

Sham Shui Po,...

1,984

837

2,821

Kip Shek Haú,.

Kip Shek Hủi,

Kau Lung Tong,

372

331

703

Kaú Lung Tong West,

119

Kaú Lung Tsai,

586

175

761

Cheung Sha Wan,

760

831

Other Villages,

1,740

937

2,677

Total.........

11,601

6,235

17,836

HONGKONG.

No. 1907

CORRESPONDENCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE SALARIES OF EUROPEAN CIVIL SERVANTS.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

18, BANK BUILDINGS,

12th May, 1906.

THE CLERK OF COUNCILS.

SIR,-I beg to give notice that I shall put the following question at the next meeting of the Legislative Council:-

Will the Government consider the advisability of granting to those Civil Servants who are drawing their pay on a Sterling basis the privilege of drawing half of their pay at the rate of 1/8 to the dollar or will the Government grant some other relief by way of compensation to such Civil Servants?

I have, etc.,

H. E. POLLOCK.

ANSWER TO QUESTION OF 12TH MAY, 1906.

His Excellency the Governor has communicated with the Secretary of State on the

matter.

14th May, 1906.

FROM GOVERNOR, HONGKONG, TO SECRETARY OF STATE.

The constant rise in silver is seriously affecting sterling salaries and the Legislative Council are pressing for action by the Government. I think some relief is necessary. propose as a temporary measure to pay the sterling salaries for the remainder of the year from the 1st May half at the current rate and half at the 1 shilling and 8 penny rate provided in the Estimates.

I likewise propose to pay the dollar salaries carrying exchange compensation as if the Exchange was the mean between current rate and 1 shilling and 8 pence. Kindly telegraph

sanction.

19th May, 1906.

FROM SECRETARY OF STATE TO GOVERNOR, HONGKONG.

Your telegram of 14th May. You can submit for consideration pr relief to prison warders, subordinate police officers and persons of similar but I am not prepared to consider any allowance to officers more highly pai

grant

status,

168

HONGKONG.

Confidential.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 13th July, 1906.

MY LORD,-Referring to my telegram of the 14th and to Your Lordship's of the 19th May on the subject of relief to Government servants on account of the rise in silver seriously affecting sterling salaries, of which telegrams I enclose copies for convenience of reference, I have the honour to point out that prison warders, subordinate police officers and persons of similar salary and status with regard to whose relief Your Lordship is prepared to consider proposals are not the persons most affected by the present state of affairs. They are provided with Government quarters, fuel and light; whereas rent is a very heavy item of local expenditure on the part of persons for whom no such provision is made and a great proportion are also unmarried and live in messes, an arrangement which greatly reduces the necessary cost of living. It is the class above these such as schoolmasters and the junior European officers in the various departments that are most affected by the reduction in income result- ing from the fall of the dollar, though senior married officers with families and no private means also suffer, and of course all officers drawing sterling or exchange compensation salaries are affected to the extent of the proportion of their income expended locally.

2. In June, 1902. when the Sterling Salary Scheme now generally in force was approv- ed by Mr. CHAMBERLAIN the value of the dollar was 1/8. In June, 1906, salaries were paid at a rate of 2/14 the dollar. The dollar value of the sterling and exchange compensation salaries has thus fallen in 4 years to or to just over ths of its former value.

3. It is true that in some instances salaries have been raised beyond the amount approved in Mr. CHAMBERLAIN's despatch No. 171 of the 13th June, 1902, but this has been on account of increased work or responsibility and not on account of decline in the local value of the sterling salary or exchange compensation. It is also true that the value of so much of the salary as is sent home by officers on account of insurance policies, maintenance of relatives or education of children in England, or purchase of goods from England has not fallen in value, but it is equally true that if in 1902 it, was possible for an officer to devote th of his salary to these purposes and to make provision for the future it is not possible for him to so devote any sum at the present time except by a curtailment of local expenditure which becomes less and less possible as local prices rise. I would add that, though if trade were flourishing and the chances of successful competition with the European retail merchants enhanced this should bring about a fall in the price of European goods purchased locally, no such fall has practically taken place at present.

4. The strongest argument against payment of sterling or exchange compensation salaries at any rate other than the current one is that by the agreements which officers have expressly or impliedly entered into they have no legal claim to any other rate. Against this however must be set the fact that it is impossible to expect a satisfied Civil Service in which the spending power of officers' salaries is constantly being reduced through no fault of their own and that with a dissatisfied Civil Service the work of the Colony is not likely to be efficiently performed, whlie new recruits of the desired stamp will be deterred from joining by the complaints of those who are constantly realizing with greater resentment the unfavourable conditions under which they are now serving. The fact that the Colony raises its revenue and frames its estimate of expenditure in dollars and so apparently saves at the expense of its servants when the dollar goes above the rate of exchange at which the annual estimates are made adds to the dissatisfaction arising from the present condition of affairs.

5. The suggestion embodied in my telegram of the 14th May was based on a conviction that some action in the matter was necessary. The practical effect of the suggestion if it had been carried out was to make half the sterling salaries and half exchange compensation payable at a fixed rate rather lower than that current at the date of the Secretary of State's despatch of the 20th June, 1902—178 instead of 1/83-and half at the average rate of the preceding month. In other words sterling salaries and exchange compensation become half a dollar and half a sterling emolument. By the permanent adoption of the arrangement when the dollar was above 1/8 the Government's gain and officers' loss, and when it was below that amount the officers' gain and Government's loss, would be one half what it is with existing arrangements.

a fluctu

30 year

$4,250

a concrete case of a salary of £500 and assuming possible in the future he gold value of the dollar to be about as much as it has been in the last een 4/- and 1/6, the fluctuation of the salary in dollars would be from or about half its lowest amount.

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6. Another scheme would be to fix a range within which sterling salaries and exchange compensation would be paid at the average rate of exchange of the preceding month and beyond which they would be paid at the rate of the limits of the range.

Thus if the range

was 1/8 to 2/- and the dollar was above 2/- they would be paid at 2/- and if the dollar was below 1/8 at 1/8. The objection to this system is that if the range is small, as it would be with the above limits, the scheme would practically be the same as converting all sterling salaries into dollar salaries for local payments and if large say 1/6 to 2/2 would not remove the present difficulties.

Taking the same concrete instance as before the salary in dollars would be liable to fluctuate from $5,000 to $6,000 or 1th cf its lowest amount with the smaller range suggested or from $4,616 to $6,660 or 4th of its lowest amount with the wider range.

7. A third scheme would be to fix upon some rate and if the dollar goes above it to pay the dollar equivalent at that rate and if it goes below it to pay at the average rate of the preceding month. If for instance a 2/- rate is fixed upon then when the dollar is above 2 officers drawing sterling salaries would receive 10 dollars to the £ and if below 2/- some greater number according to the exchange of the previous month. 2/- would be an arbitary but convenient rate to fix. It is considerably higher than the rate current at the time of the fixing of the sterling salaries by Mr. CHAMBERLAIN's despatch of the 13th June, 1906, but since that date officers have on the whole gained by the low exchange and they would again profit if the gold value of silver fell, while they would not lose if it rose. The practical effect of this scheme, if carried out, would be to convert sterling salaries into dollar salaries for local payments if the dollar value rose above 2/-.

The disadvantage of this scheme is the loss that would fall on the Treasury with a very low dollar; but a low dollar is generally good for trade and consequently when the dollar falls the revenue tends to rise and to be in a position to meet the additional expenditure dne to increase in the number of dollars paid on account of sterling salaries and home payments.

Taking the same concrete instance as before the salary in dollars would be liable to fluctuate from $5,000 to $6,666 or one third of its lower amount.

S. A fourth scheme would be to revert to dollar salaries entirely, fixing a rate for conver- sion of sterling with dollar salaries. Such a rate might for the reasons already given be 2/-. The advantage of this scheme would be to do away with all fluctuations in the local values of salaries. The objection to this scheme would be that if the dollar fell to say 1/6 or less the whole question first of exchange compensation and then of sterling salaries would come up

de noro.

9. Other schemes will doubtless suggest themselves to anyone considering this intricate subject, but they will probably only be variations of those I have set forth as possible means of solving this problem. On the whole I am now disposed to consider the third scheme by which, if the dollar goes above 2/-, payments will be made at that rate and if it goes below at the average rate of the preceding month is the one which offers the most permanent and equitable solution.

10. Your Lordship's telegram of the 19th May debars me from making any recom- mendation in this matter but I have nevertheless thought it advisable to write fully with regard to it, and I shall be greatly obliged if I could be furnished with an expression of Your Lordship's views that I can put before the Legislative Council of the Colony. I would add that the subject was brought before the meeting of the Executive Council on the 10th of May last, when Sir PAUL CHATER, the Senior Unofficial Member, asked me to appoint a Committee to enquire into it, a course which did not appear to me to be advisable. a question as to whether the Government would consider the advisability of granting relief to those Civil Servants who were drawing their pay on a sterling basis, put by Mr. H. E. POLLOCK, K.C., representative of the rate-payers in the Legislative Council, at their meeting

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on the 17th May, I replied that I had communicated with Your Lordship in the matter. Mr. E. A. HEWETT, the member representing the Chamber of Commerce, has also asked questions on the subject which he has intimated to me he proposes to bring up again when the Estimates are under consideration in September next.

The Right Honourable

THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,

&c., &C...

HONGKONG.

Confidential.

&c.

I have, etc.,

M. NATHAN.

DOWNING STREET,

24th August, 1906.

SIR,-I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your confidential despatch of the 13th ultimo in which you offer various suggestions for meeting the effect of the rise in silver on the sterling salaries of Government servants.

2. I have carefully considered your observations, and I regret that I am unable to satisfy myself that measures of relief are necessary or justifiable at the present time. In the matter of remittances to this country the Government servants in question are no longer affected by the rate of exchange, and a reduction in the dollar value of imported articles must presumably be only a matter of time if exchange continues to rule high. Moreover I would remind you of the statement in your despatch No. 72 of the 29th March that "house rent is the chief, if not the only, expense of living which is not lower in this Colony than in most others, where customs duties are levied and where wages are higher". I am bound to add that in my opinion the scale of pay of Government servants in Hongkong compares favourably with that obtaining in most other parts of the Empire.

3. I would observe, with reference to the suggestions made in your despatch under reply, that sterling salaries were introduced in order to get rid of the system of making payments in dollars at fictitious rates of exchange, and, even if I were convinced of the necessity of taking steps in the direction which you advocate, I could not agree to any arrangements whereby that system would be revived.

4. In answer to the 10th paragraph of your despatch I have to say that I have no ob- jection to your communicating the present despatch to the Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council.

Governor

SIR M. NATHAN, K.C.M.G.,

&c., So, &c.

I have, &c.,

ELGIN.

Paragraph 12 of Despatch of 5th October, 1906, to the Secretary of State.

12. There are two other matters which were discussed in the meeting of Council held on 27th September to which I may here briefly refer. The Hon. Mr. HEWETT in the course of some remarks on the subject suggested that I should appoint a small Committee to consi- der the whole question of the salaries of Civil Servants. I informed the Council that I was not prepared to adopt this suggestion but that I would place the Hon. Member's remarks before Your Lordship.

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Paragraph 4 of Despatch of 26th November, 1906, from Secretary of State.

4. In paragraph 12 of your despatch you allude to a suggestion made in the Legislative Council by Mr. HEWETT that a Committee should be appointed to consider the question of the salaries paid to Civil Servants in Hongkong. I have already expressed my views on the question of salaries in the despatch of which the substance has been communicated to the Council and I regret that I am unable to reconsider my decision. In any case the fact that it spite of economy in Public Works the estimated revenue for 1907 barely covers the estim- ated expenditure is sufficient reason against any general increase of salaries. In these cir- cumstances I am of opinion that no useful purpose would be served by the adoption of Mr. HEWETT's suggestion.

HONGKONG.

No. 37.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE. HONGKONG, 8th March, 1907.

MY LORD,-In accordance with paragraph No. 222 of the Rules and Regula- tions of H. M.'s Colonial Service, I have the honour to transmit copies of two memorials on the subject of the salaries of officers of this Government in relation to the exchange value of the gold or gold equivalent in which they are paid. The first memorial, addressed to me for transmission to Your Lordship is signed by Sir Enclosure 1. F. T. PIGGOTT, Chief Justice, by Sir H. S. BERKELEY, who has since resigned from the Colonial Service, and by Mr. S. T. DUNN, Superintendent of the Botanical and Forestry Department. It purports also to present the views of Mr. H. R. PHELIPS, the Local Auditor, and of the late Harbour Master. The second memorial, also Enclosure 2, addressed to me for similar transmission in the event of my being satisfied of the general correctness of the figures it contains, is signed by the remaining heads of departments with the exception of the Colonial Secretary and of the Director of the Observatory, who is about to retire from the Service; it is also signed by the assistant heads in some of the principal offices. In forwarding it Mr. H. Ĥ. J. GOMPERTZ, Acting Attorney General, stated that no names of officers in posts below the 2nd class had been appended to it because it was thought undesirable to multiply signatures but that the signatories claimed to speak for all ranks of the Government Service.

I also forward in duplicate a letter on the same subject addressed to Your Enclosure Lordship by Mr. A. G. WISE, Puisne Judge, who gives his reasons for not signing either of the memorials referred to above.

I further transmit a copy of a petition addressed to me through the Colonial Enclosure 4. Secretary which, with minor alterations to make it applicable to different depart- ments, has been signed by practically all the European Officers of the Medical, Sanitary and Public Works Departments. Slightly different petitions of which Enclosures copies are annexed have been submitted by the Masters of Queen's College, by the 56 6. 7 European members of the Harbour and Prison Departments and by the European contingent of the Police Force.

and S.

Two letters, one dated the 24th December and the other the 26th February, * Enclosures both forwarded at the request of Sir FRANCIS PIGGOTT form the last enclosures to 9 and 10. this despatch.

2. It will be seen that except in the Post Office and in the Education Depart- ment, whose members have recently received increases in salary, the complaint of the insufficiency of emoluments in the existing circumstance of exchange is universal throughout the European officers of the Hongkong Government.

3. The first of the memorials referred to above embodies some inaccuracies. Experience has not shown that "the dollar has risen more than 6d. in 18 months" nor that "the utmost concession a few tradesmen have made is a reduction of 5 per cent. in their prices". The sterling equivalent of the dollar has not been below

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1/10 since the 11th October, 1904, and has never risen to 2/4. Several important firms have reduced their prices between 10 and 20 per cent. since that late. The statement that "so far as European tradesmen are concerned the price of goods has for long been at the rate of one dollar to one shilling charged in. England" is not applicable to all goods nor is it correct to lay down that customs duties in other Colonies "at most add 10 per cent. to the price." Though $200 a month may be the mean rent of houses on the Peak for officials in the position of the signatories of the first memorial (of whom one however is provided with Government quarters) it is certainly not the average rent of houses occupied by Government officers. The statement that "landlords do not find house property a profitable investment" put forward to show that "it is hardly possible to anticipate any reduction of rent is incredible; I am informed also that there has during the last year been a tendency of rents of houses in the Peak and Upper Levels of Victoria to fall slightly. The statement that servants' wages are "roughly no less than $100 a month, including 4 chair coolies" does certainly not apply, as it is said to do, to "all classes of officers". Subordinate officers do not keep 4 chair coolies and conveyance allowance of $15 to $40 is given to officers whose duties require them to make use of rickshas or chairs.

In spite of these inaccuracies which it has been my duty to point out there is much in the memorial worthy of Your Lordship's consideration and I would draw special attention to its 11th paragraph.

4. The second memorial puts the case of officers on the whole moderately and correctly, except that in my opinion Table A which is intended to show that a head of a junior department requires to live reasonably $9,924 or, say at $9 to the £, £1,100 per annum and a junior officer $4,290 or say £475 per annum does, as secins to have been anticipated by the memorialists in para. 8 of the document, prove some- what too much. But I am satisfied as to the general accuracy of the statements and figures in Tables B and C and that it is not overstating the case to say that the cost in dollars of those items of living which are paid for on a silver basis has gone up at least 20 per cent. since 1902 when the Sterling Salary Scheme was intro- duced and during which year the average gold value of the dollar was 1/8. factor which has undoubtedly contributed to this rise is the increasing wealth of the community, as evidenced by the growth in the revenue of the Colony, from $4,901,074 in 1902 to an amount estimated at $6,448,025 for 1907, no fresh taxation having been imposed to account for this increase of about 30 per cent.

5. The remaining petitions call for little comment. That submitted by the Medical Department does not gain force by being signed by the entire staff of nursing sisters to whom much that is contained in it does not apply. Though the Police are undoubtedly prejudicially affected by receiving a smaller number of dollars now than they did formerly it must be borne in mind that they get considerable extra silver allowances and free quarters, fuel, light, uniform and passages home and out again for themselves and families; they are thus better off than other European public officers in the Colony.

6. From a consideration of the memorials and petitions and of such other information bearing on the matter as I have been able to collect I have come to the conclusion that the case for the memorialists and petitioners can succinctly and fairly be put in the following terms:-

In the last five years the number of dollars received on account of sterling and exchange compensation salaries has been reduced 25 per cent.

In the same time dollar payments which make up about 3rds the expenditure of senior and some- what more of that of junior officers have increased by rise of prices at least 20 per cent. while sterling payments which account for 3rd or less of the total have decreased by not more than 10 per cent.

7. The purchasing power of an official's sterling salary according to the above statement is in 1907 :— (3 × + 1 × }}) or 67.5% of what it was in 1902.

Neglecting rise in prices for local produce and labour as being probably independent in its cause of the alteration in the gold value of the dollar the proportion of purchasing power of sterling salaries in 1907 to what it was in 1902 resulting solely from this alteration is (+ 1.) or 77.5 %.

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On similar lines the proportion of the purchasing power of sterling salaries in March 1907 to what it was in November 1905 due solely to the alteration in the value of the dollar from th to 4th of a £ is less than (+× } }) or 93 %.

8. From whatever point of view these figures are considered it cannot be questioned that there has been a heavy fall in the purchasing power of sterling salaries in the last few years and it could scarcely be expected that this fall should be without its effect on the efficiency of the Service generally. Apart from general dissatisfaction several cases have already occurred in which good men have been lost to the Colony by the unattractiveness of the present outlook.

9. Since the memorials above discussed were submitted, I have received despatch No. 236 of the 26th November, 1906, in the 4th paragraph of which Your Lord- ship regrets being unable to reconsider the decision that measures of relief were unjustifiable and unnecessary at the present time and goes on to state that "in any case the fact that in spite of economy of Public Works the estimated revenue for 1907 barely covers the estimated expenditure is sufficient reason against any general increase in salaries." In this connection I would point out that the Estimates were drawn up on the basis of a 2/- dollar and that the current rate is now over 28. 2d. so that unless this rate falls appreciably or compensation is given for its high level, the amount that will be expended on sterling salaries in the year will fall considerably short of the estimate.

10. Subsequent to the above quoted despatch I understand that Your Lord- ship on the 8th January last asked of the Governor of the Straits Settlements what solution of the salaries question would be applicable to Hongkong as well as to the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. Sir JOHN ANDERSON has been good enough to favour me with a copy of the despatch he wrote in reply-- No. 60 dated the 31st January, 1907,-the 11th paragraph of which suggests that salaries in Hongkong should be paid at the rate of the day so long as it does not exceed 2/2 and that if the rate exceeds 2/2 the salary should have a percentage added to it equivalent to 1/48th of the excess of the rate over 2/-.

For simplicity it is suggested that in place of the above an additional cent should be given on every dollar for every. that the dollar rises above 2/-. With nine dollars to the pound sterling, or the dollar at rather more than 2/24d. as at present, Sir JoHN ANDERSON's scheme would mean an immediate addition of 5% to salaries. This would not remove present grounds of complaint.

11. A more acceptable scheme would be if an additional cent were given on evrey dollar for every 4d. that the dollar rises above 2/-. With the dollar at 2/2 the addition would then be 10%. If it went to 2/6 the addition would be 24% which might be laid down as a maximum instead of the 12% suggested by Sir JOHN ANDERSON. The actual effect of the scheme is practically to pay salaries at a fictitious rate of 2/- the dollar. On the whole the scheme suggested in paragraph 7 of my confidential despatch of the 13th July, 1906, appears simpler.

12. I regret the delay, due to my recent illness and absence and to the compli- cated nature of the question, in forwarding the memorials and petitions submitted to me in October and November of last year, and I would urge on Your Lordship the necessity for some early action being taken in the matter with which they deal.

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I have, etc.,

M. NATHAN.

The Right Honourable

THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,

&c.,

&c.

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To His Excellency

Sir MATTHEW NATHAN, K.C.M.G.

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Enclosure 1.

We the undersigned Heads of Departments who are paid on a sterling basis beg respect- fully to submit to Your Excellency the following remarks on the subject of Exchange Com- pensation and the question of salaries generally and to beg Your Excellency to forward the same to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, with a request that he may be pleased to re-consider his decision to take no action in the matter.

2. In 1898, a meeting of Heads and Assistant Heads of Departments was held to make representations to the Secretary of State on the subject of salaries generally on account of the fall of Exchange. We have adopted

We have adopted a similar course on the present occasion in order to make representations on a subject which not only affects ourselves and our wives and families, but also the junior officials in our several Departments.

3. We deeply regret the Secretary of State's decision to take no action in the matter, as we anticipated that he would sympathise on a subject which affects nearly all the Civil Servants of the Colony, reducing their salaries by a considerable proportion while there is a probability of a still larger reduction in the future. We confidently believe that on con- sidering the facts which we have the honour to lay before Your Excellency, the Secretary of State will recognize the justice of our appeal.

4. The first point on which we desire to lay stress is the following:-

The position of officers paid on a silver or on a sterling basis is identical so far as salaries are concerned: both suffer alike from the rise in silver. Both the silver and sterling systems of payment are based on a fictitious value of the dollar; with the result that the amounts paid for nearly two years as salaries have been reduced, though no change whatever in the price of commodities or in the cost of living has taken place.

a. The principle on which exchange compensation is granted to officers on a silver basis is that they are paid the difference between the average rate of exchange for the month and a 3/~ dollar.

The conversion from a silver to a sterling basis was effected by turning the dollar salary into sterling at the rate of 3/- to the dollar: small odd sums being omitted.

The annexed Table (4) shows that in the case of the officers therein mentioned the monthly payments under the old and new systems are practically identical.

b. The dollar had remained at the rate 4/2 till 1874, after which date it steadily declined, as shewn on the annexed Table (B). The relief which has been granted to Civil Servants at different times in conse- quence of the decline in value of the local currency is as follows:—

I. In 1882, family remittances were granted to the extent of half the officer's salary, the dollar having fallen to 3/7.

II. In 1890, salaries were re-adjusted. At this period the value of the dollar was, for 1887-1888, 3/1; for 1889, 3/2 : 1890, 3/5 ; and for 1891, 3/1.

III. In 1894, Exchange Compensation was granted on half salary, the dollar having fallen to 2/-. One year's arrears were also granted.

IV. In 1901, Exchange Compensation was extended to the whole salary: the dollar shewing a tendency to decline further, coming down to 1/11 in 1897, 1898 and 1899.

c. Exchange Compensation was calculated on the basis of a 3/- dollar. The reasons for the adoption of this rate instead of 4/2 must we presume have been, first, that in the opinion of the experts a return of the dollar to 4/2 was improbable: secondly, that from 1885 to 1891 (i.e., about the time when the question of re-adjustment of salaries was

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under consideration) its value seems to have settled in the neighbour- hood of 31-: thirdly, that the opinion of the experts probably was that, there being still a marked downward tendency in the silver market, it was hardly likely that the dollar would recover beyond this figure. d. Sterling salaries were adopted in 1904 on the basis of the 3/- dollar. It was optional for existing officers, but the general condition being decidedly unfavourable, not more than 3 or 4 officers accepted them. The dollar continued to fall, reaching the lowest point of 1/63 on 1st

December, 1902. The lowest yearly average was reached in the 1902 and 1903, when it was 1/8.

years

e. Meanwhile it was inevitable that the price of commodities and the cost of living should rise. It is an undoubted fact that the rate of wages, rent, and of all household goods rose as the dollar fell, and were deter- mined on the basis of a 1/8 dollar. This rate has been practically maintained up to the present day.

Attached to the Memorial addressed to the Secretary of State by the Heads and Assistant Heads of Departments in (or about) 1898, will be found a comparative statement of the prices ruling for rents and commodities between that time and the time when the dollar was at 4/2. The experience of those who have long been resident in the Colony is that there has been a further rise in prices consequent on the continued fall of the dollar to 1/8.

. It therefore appears that the conversion from silver to sterling on a 3/- dollar basis was made at a time when a 3/- dollar had become a thing of the past when experience had shewn that a 1/8 dollar was possible and even probable, and when the price of commodities had adjusted itself to this low rate:-The sterling salaries therefore, as well as the adjustment of the silver salaries, are based on a value of the dollar, which has no longer any place in commercial transactions: and they have therefore no longer any recognised relation to the cost of living.

5. The Secretary of State in his despatch says that "a reduction in the dollar value, of imported articles must presumably be only a matter of time if exchange continues to rule high". We venture with great respect to point out that, although in the opinion of the experts it is probable that the dollar may rise to 2/6, there is no certainty of the continuance of this high rate. The price of silver is affected by so many considerations which it is im- possible to foresce, that no business transactions could be with safety based on the assump- tion of a continued high rate. In the meantime the present high prices of commodities must still prevail and the hardship from which officers are suffering will be continued indefinitely. Looking at the question from the point of view of the tradesman the presump- tion, we venture to think, cannot be supported. For in the first place no change could be expected in the price of goods until the stocks in hand, paid for when the dollar was low, has been exhausted. Secondly, the fluctuations in exchange have been so violent, the recent rise in the dollar has been so sudden, that there is no security against an equally sudden fall, and tradesmen would be bound, in order to protect themselves against a fall, to fix their prices for new goods on the low dollar basis. The uncertainty of com- mercial dealings, caused by the rapid fluctuations of the dollar, can best be tested by a simple illustration.

Case 1. If a tradesman order £100 worth of goods when the exchange is at 2/6,

and sends a draft with the order he will pay $800.

If he pays by Bill of Exchange drawn on him at sight and the dollar has meanwhile fallen to 2/-, he will pay $1,000.

Case 2. If for the same goods the rate is 2/6 at the date of payment he will pay $800. If he proposes to make $200 profit he will ultimately receive $1,000. But if before he sells the goods the rate has fallen to 2/-, if he maintains his prices, the $1,000 will only represent £100, and his intended profit will be lost.

Experience shows that although the dollar has risen more than 6d. in 18 months, the utmost concession that a few tradesmen have made is a reduction of 5% on their prices.

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The Government itself acts on this principle in the matter of advances to Civil Servants made by the Secretary of State. Repayment is made by monthly instalments calculated at the rate current at the time the advance is made, irrespective of any subsequent rise in exchange.

6. Your Excellency has said that "house rent is the chief if not the only expense of living which is not lower in this Colony than in most others, where customs duties are levied and where wages are higher "-and the Secretary of State has added that "the scale of pay of Government Servants in Hongkong compares favourably with that obtaining in most other parts of the Empire with great respect we submit that is is not possible to compare either the price of goods or the amount of salary in a Colony where the currency fluctuates in value with the price of goods or amount of salary in other Colonies where there are no exchange fluctuations. For even if the comparison were favourable when the dollar is at 1/8, it has ceased to be favourable when the dollar is at 2/25. We submit that the only way of stating the case is that the price paid for goods to-day in Hongkong does not compare favourably with the price paid for goods 2 years ago; because the purchasing value of the salaries paid to Civil Servants to-day compares very unfavourably with the value of those paid 2 years ago. But even taking the dollar at 1/8 both rent and the price of commodities in Hongkong are considerably higher than that in other Colonies, of which some of us have had experience. Hongkong is, probably, the dearest Crown Colony in the Empire, and this even with the dollar at 1/8. There are many things which tend to make it so:-the expenses of living are far higher than in any other Colony and they are enormously increased by many causes: the chief of which is the rapid deterioration owing to the climate of clothes, books and stores. So far as European tradesmen are concerned the price of goods has for long been at the rate of one dollar to one shilling charged in England, and there is no sign of any alteration being made in this respect. This excessive scale of profit is accounted for in part by high rents and rapid deterioration of goods. It compares unfavourably with prices in other Colonies within our experience: even where customs duties are charged, which at most add 10% to the price. High rent is the keynote of the situation, and it is certain that if rents are high everything else will be high in proportion. The considerable rise in wages paid to Chinese servants is in fact partly due to the enhanced rents which they themselves have to pay for their families.

It is we think advisable that the Secretary of State should realize what rents are paid in the Colony. Rents for medium-sized houses, decently situated, vary between $180 to $250 a month. Considering this from the point of view of sterling, with the dollar at 1/8: taking a mean rent of $200 a month (apart from rates), the rent is £16.13.4 a month or £200 per annum. With the dollar at 2/24 (the rate at which salaries were paid this month) the rent is £22.1 8 a month or £265 per annum. Considering the question from the silver point of view with the dollar at 1/8, the mean salary including exchange compensation of first class appointments may be put at $1,000 a month; but with the dollar at 2/23 such a salary is reduced to $755 a month.

It will thus be seen that rents in Hongkong are higher than those paid in England ; and far exceed the recognised proportion which rent should bear to income.

But putting this on one side, whichever way it is looked at, either the increasing sterling rent, or the diminishing currency salary, the question of house rent is not merely the principal item of expenditure affected by the exchange, but is such an important one that even if it stood alone it would, we respectfully submit, be sufficient warrant for the relief which we seek. In the case of second class appointments, the item for rent can hardly be diminished, and it therefore bears a disastrous proportion to the officers' salaries. It is hardly possible to anticipate any reduction of rent, for the cost of building and of continuous repairs is such that even at the present high rents landlords do not find house property a profitable invest- Similarly with regard to the rates: the monthly rate for a house rented at $200 is

ment.

$26-

this at 1/8 in sterling is £2 3s. 4d.

at 2/2 it is £2 17s. 5d.

The Government has not reduced the dollar value of the rates in consequence of the high rate of exchange, nor would it be possible for it to do so. There are a number of smaller items the charges in respect of which always remain constant, and are not affected by the rate of the dollar; such as doctors' charges, servants' wages, coolie hire, gas, tram ticket, chair hire. In all these, and some others of a simllar nature, the actual cost as expressed in £ s.

d. has risen owing to the rise in the dollar, e.g., the quarterly tram ticket on

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the tram line is $30: this at 1/8 is in sterling £2.10s. at 2/23 it is £3 6s. 3d.: or to take so domestic a matter as the price of coals (as important an item in housekeeping as it is in England) the coolie hire alone for carrying up a ton of coals to the Peak is $4-this, at 1/8, is in sterling 6s. 8d., at 2/24 is 8s. 10d.

The wages of a Chinese Boy less than 10 years ago was $12 a month at the rate of exchange then ruling, this represented in sterling at 2/-, £1.4s. The wages now are $16 a month, or at 2/24, £1.158.4d.

All other wages have risen in proportion.

Further, the tendency in every item in which the Chinese are concerned is to rise in price irrespective of the value of the dollar. The Chinese servants are perpetually struggling for an advance of wages, and in the too frequent case of change of servants it is only with the greatest difficulty that new servants can be engaged at the rate paid to their predecessors. Wages are an important item being roughly not less than $100 a month, including 4 chair coolies, for all classes of officers. There can be little doubt that the smaller items alluded to above together make a monthly total equivalent in amount to the rent.

7. The statements which we have made as to the cost of living will we are confident be borne out by the Unofficial Members of the Council, and also by any of the numerous old residents of Hongkong now in England, should the Secretary of State be pleased to consult thein.

8. The Secretary of State has pointed out that in the matter of remittances the Civil Servants are no longer affected by the rate of exchange. This is undoubtedly true; but on the other hand we would point out, first, that there are many officers who are permanent residents of the Colony, whose remittances home are necessarily far more limited than those whose home is in England: and secondly, that with regard to all officers. the large reduction in salaries has considerably reduced the amount available for remittances: or, to take the converse case, where the amount remitted is, as it often must be, a constant quantity, the amount available for living in the Colony is in its turn constantly diminishing.

9. In urging the Secretary of State to re-consider his decision we greatly rely on the action which the Colonial Office has sanctioned in the past to redress similar hardships. On four separate occasions owing to the fluctuation of the dollar the Secretary of State has sanctioned the grant of relief by the Government to its officers. The change from silver to sterling was made with a similar object in view. We submit with respect and confidence that in doing this the Secretary of State has recognised that it is the duty of a Government to mitigate the hardships caused by the uncertain course of exchange, and to do what it can to eliminate the element of uncertainty from its officers' salaries, which is so prejudicial from every point of view. The hardship from which civil servants are now suffering is as acute as on any previous occasion when measures of redress have been adopted. But it differs in its nature from that which existed on the previous occasions in one important particular, and, owing to the facts which have been dwelt on in the preceding paragraphs, needs, we submit, different treatment.

The consequences of a fall in the value of the currency may be in part redressed by the grant of family remittances at its assumed normal value: it may also be partially redressed by exchange compensation based on the principle of bringing the dollar back to this value. But neither of these remedies is fitted to meet satisfactorily the converse case of a hardship created by a rise in the value of the currency. The case has this special feature that measures of relief occasion no extra cost to the Colony, for the annual estimates are necessarily based on the lowest probable rate of exchange, and the rise in the dollar saves the Colony so much on the Estimates, and this moreover at a time when the Government is profiting by the higher rate in respect of remittances to England.

We submit that salaries must bear some definite relation to the cost of living in the Colony in which they are paid, and that they should not be subject to fluctuation:-in the same way pensions to officers in a gold country should be paid in gold, or they also will be subject to fluctuation. What the proper system of payment of salaries to civil servants should be in order to satisfy these two essential conditions, it is not for us at the present moment to suggest, but we submit that the defects in the existing system which the recent fluctuations in silver have revealed are so serious that they can only be met satisfactorily by a revision of the scheme of salaries,

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The hardship from which the Civil Service is suffering is acute, and we are confident that the Government will act now as it has acted in the past, and take the necessary ineasures to meet the loss which has already been suffered, and to restore equilibrium for the future. We cannot regard a further rise in silver, and consequent further depreciation of salaries with any feelings but those of grave anxiety.

10. In justification of the statement made in the foregoing paragraphs that the basis of all expenditure in the Colony is a 1/8 dollar, we venture to draw attention to the fact that the Estimates for the years 1904, 1905 and 1906 were framed on this rate. The result has been

that the Government has made large savings out of the salaries of its servants.

In 1905 this saving amounted to about $260,000, and for this year it will probably amount to $350,000.

11. It is often said that the question of salary is a mere matter of contract: and that having accepted it, the rough as well as the smooth must be taken without complaint. We submit that there is nothing in the remotest degree resembling a free contract in the case of an officer in the Colonial Service who is offered promotion. The true relation between an officer in the Colonial Civil Service and the Secretary of State as representing the Crown seems to us with respect to be rather this:-The officer gives his whole time and energies to the Service. The Secretary of State is justified in insisting on this to the utmost, and when the officer is no longer capable, through age or ill health, of rendering these services, he must go. On the other hand the officer relies on the Secretary of State to see that the salary is sufficient for the needs of the office; and as circumstances arise over which the officer has no control which create violent fluctuations in the salary, he is justified in looking to the Secretary of State to re-adjust it, and put it upon a more stable footing. It may be said that there is no such condition in the contract: the numerous cases in which adjustments have been inade, we submit, fully warrant its being considered as incorporated therein. Looking at the matter from a different point of view, it cannot be for the good of the public service that its servants should be subjected to the inconvenience, and in many cases, the grievous hardship of having their monthly stipend considerably reduced.

12. In conclusion we submit with respect and confidence that the time has arrived when the whole question of the salaries in Hongkong should again be revised as in 1890. Such a revision is we submit inevitable owing to the rapid and violent fluctuations of exchange which were not foreseen when the present scale of salaries was fixed and owing to many other circumstances, all tending to an increase in the cost of living: and further because the scale is based on a rate of exchange which has never since been approached, and which is now out of proportion to the rate by which all expenses in the Colony are governed.

We believe that a new scale which would be acceptable to the Secretary of State could be arrived at by a Commission composed entirely of unofficials, or on which the unofficials were in a majority. We should leave our case with complete confidence in their hands be- cause they are familiar with the conditions of life in the Colony and also with what is done by commercial firms under like circumstances.

F. T. PIGGOTT,

Chief Justice.

HENRY S. BERKELEY,

Attorney General.

S. T. Dunn,

Superintendent, Botanical and Forestry Department.

Mr. H. R. PHELIPS, Local Auditor, at present absent from the Colony, has authorised me to say that he joins in this memorial."

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F. T. PIGGOTT.

The late Captain BARNES-LAWRENCE, R.N., Harbour Master, participated in the drafting of this memorial.

Hongkong, 30th October, 1906.

F. T. PIGGOTT.

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Table A.

Sterling Salary.

@ 1s. 8d. @@ 2s. Od. (a 28. 2d.

@@ 2s. 6d.

Chief Justice

£2,000

$24,000

$20,000

$18,461.54

$16,000

Colonial Secretary.

1,600

19,200

16,000

14,769.23

12,800

Puisne Judge (next ap-

pointment)

1,300

15,600

13,000

12,000.00

10,400

Harbour Master

900

10,800

9,000

8,307.69 :

7.200

Dollar Salary.

Ex. Comp. @ 18.

Total.

Ex. Comp.

@ 2;-.

Total.

Ex. Comp. @ 22.

Total.

Ex. Comp. @ 216.

Total.

Chief Justice

$ 13.500 $10.800

$ 24,300

$ 6,750

Colonial Secretary

10.800

8,640

19,440

5,400

$ 20,250

16,200

$ 5.192.37

4,153.89 14.958.99

$18,692.37

$ 2,700

$ 16,200

2,160

12.960

Puisne Judge

8,400

6.720

15,120

4.200

12,600

3.230.SI

11,630.81

1,689

10,080

Harbour Master

6,000

4.800

10,800

8.000

9,000

2.307.72

8,307.72

1.200

7,200

Table B.

Average rates of Exchange, demand on London :--

1874,

.4/1

1890,

3/5

1875,.....

.4/-

1891,.

3/1

1876,

4/2

1892,..

2/9

1877,...

3/11

1893,...

2/3

1878,

.3/10

1894..

.2/-

1879.

.3/10

1895,..

2/1

1880....

3/8

1896,..

1881

.3/9

1897

1882,

..3/7

1898.

1883..

..3/9

1899,.

1884,

.3/7

1900,.

1885,..

.3/4

1901,.

1886,:

.3/4

1902,.

•

2/1

1/11

1/11 2-

1/11

1/8

1887

..3/1

1903,

1/8

1888,

.3/1

1904..

1/10

1889,

.3/2

1905,.

1/11

Enclosure 2.

Minute of 7th November, 1906. from Mr. Gompertz.

I have been asked by the signatories thereof to forward to you the accompanying Memorial with Tables annexed, and to request that you will be good enough to lay it before His Excellency the Governor for his favourable consideration. I may state that no names of officers in posts below the 2nd Class have been obtained because we thought it undesir- able to multiply signatures.

Wǝ claim however to speak for all ranks of the Government Service.

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YOUR EXCELLENCY.

HONGKONG, November, 1906.

With reference to the reply of the Secretary of State to your Despatch on the subject of salaries of Public Servants, we the undersigned Heads and Assistant Heads of Departments, have the honour to lay certain figures before you, in support of our contention that our present remuneration is inadequate. We ask that Your Excellency will scrutinize these figures (whether by the aid of a Commission composed of the unofficial Members of Council, or as otherwise may seem best to you) and that then, if satisfied as to their general correct- ness, you will forward them, together with such comment as may suggest itself to you, to the Secretary of State.

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2. While we believe that the facts and figures given in the Tables attached will speak for themselves, some general explanation of our present position is necessary, as well as of the principle upon which our facts were selected.

3. We submit that in the Public Service, there can be but one just standard by which to determine what is or what is not an adequate recompense for the services performed. This standard is based upon the cost of the manner of living proper to the class of persons who render those services, and is calculated to maintain them in a reasonable degree of comfort. Our contention is, that our remuneration falls below this standard, and that it should therefore be increased.

4. The justice of this argument, that our salaries must be suited to the cost of living of the day, has on several occasions been recognized by the Secretary of State. To mention two only, in 1894 what was known as "half compensation", and in 1901 "double com- pensation", were given to us. On both these occasions the ostensible reason for the measure of relief was that the value of the dollar had fallen. But the true reason can only be, that the falling dollar had disturbed the conditions of living to our detriment. Had it been otherwise, had we been unable to shew, not only that the circumstances had changed but also that the change had been prejudicial to us, we should have been totally unable to establish a case.

5. Our present position is no less serious; while the fact that it is attended by a rising instead of a falling dollar seems to prove, not that our difficulties are imaginary, but that the price of silver is not sole factor to be considered in calculating the cost of living.

6. To determine the cost of living of so heterogeneous a body as the Hongkong Civil Service, and thence to deduce a fair rate of emolument, would be a task of great difficulty. It might be done thoroughly by a Commission with unlimited time at its disposal: any such thorough treatment is impossible for us. But as we feel that facts alone and not theories can prove our case, we have endeavoured to select two typical instances, and to deal with them in a concrete way. If our arguments hold good for them, it will follow naturally that pro- portionate readjustments should be general throughout the Service.

7. In making our selection of typical cases we were impressed by the fact, that the additional cost of a married life is far heavier, in proportion to that of a single man, here than at home. It is unnecessary to labour this point-house rent and steamer fares alone would prove it.

prove it. It seems inevitable therefore that our typical cases should be married men. It follows that they should also be men whose marriage could not have been considered by the Government as an act of imprudence, for the consequences of which they were them- selves alone to blame. Further, our examples had to be chosen from different grades of the Service. Again, as the up-bringing of children is an ordinary consequence of marriage, we took for our typical cases officers on their highest increment, on the supposition that they had married on first reaching their present appointments; and we have supposed that they have each a family of three young children, the increasing cost of whose later education may be left to the future and subsequent promotion. The types selected by us to answer all these conditions were (A) the Head of a Junior Department on a salary of $5,400 with compensation, and (B) a subordinate officer on a salary of £345.

8. Table A gives what we consider to be a reasonable rate of living for these two Officers, together with explanatory notes. It also gives the salaries drawn by them at the present rate of exchange. And if it is alleged in reply that we have endeavoured to prove too much that were the difference between the necessary and the actual as great as we represent, open crises must have occurred as they have not done to that we reply, they have been staved off, but in many cases by the most unsatisfactory devices: wives and

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children have been sent home, with no prospect of return: many of us have given up our houses and sold our belongings, and are living in hotels and boarding-houses and messes like neither married men nor bachelors, and some of us have been compelled to abandon our policies on our lives, as we can prove to Your Excellency.

9. Were there any real hope for an early change for the better we might have continued to endure in silence, as we have done for the past several years. But we know only too well that the cost of living is on the increase, and that the higher dollar has brought us no relief. We give in Table B some comparative figures to prove that we do not exaggerate.

10. The Secretary of State has informed Your Excellency that we are better paid than the Public Servants of most other Colonies-a statement that we are not in a position to controvert, as we have not the information at our disposal that might enable us to do so. Our contention is less ambitious, namely to prove that out pay is insufficient. There are however certain items in our expenses which are peculiar to the Colony, as compared with others in the tropics, which are:-coal, excessive house-rent and the great cost of clothing due both to the need of providing against very hot and very cold weather, and also to the destruction caused by the damp. Steamer fares too are higher from here to England that from almost every other Crown Colony.

11. Table C shews that the enormous rents charged, so far from falling with the rise of silver, have greatly increased when reckoned in that metal, and enormously increased when reckoned in sterling.

12. We have laid great stress on the increasing dollar prices, because therein lies the key to our position. Under no possible circumstances could we gain by the rise of the dollar, since being paid in sterling it takes the same proportion of our salaries to make our gold purchases, whether silver is high or low. At the best, if silver prices at once and automatically adjusted themselves to the different exchanges we should be as well though no better off. But as we have shewn, silver prices so far from shewing a tendency to so adjust themselves, even slowly, are steadily on the rise.

13. Table D shews the average rate of exchange during recent years.

14. In the full confidence that we shall have Your Excellency's sympathy and assistance,

We have the honour to be,

Your Excellency's most obedient servants,

H. H. J. GOMPERTZ, Attorney General.

A. M. THOMSON, Colonial Treasurer.

W. CHATHAM, Director of Public Works.

J. M. ATKINSON, Principal Civil Medical Officer.

A. W. BREWIN, Registrar General.

F. J. BADELEY, Captain Superintendent of Police.

L. A. M. JOHNSTON, Postmaster General.

A. SETH, Registrar, Supreme Court.

G. H. WAKEMAN, Land Officer.

EDWARD A. IRVING, Inspector of Schools.

F. A. HAZELAND, Police Magistrate.

G. H. BATESON WRIGHT, Headmaster, Queen's College.

A. G. M. FLETCHER, Asst. Colonial Secretary.

P. N. H. JONES, Assistant Director of Public Works.

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Table A.

Estimated necessary income at present prices of (A) a Head of a Junior Department (Salary $5,400 per annum with double compensation @ 2/3=$600 per mensem) and (B) a Junior Officer on a salary of £345 per annum (at 2/3=$255.56 per mensem).

EXPENSES PER MENSEM.

Percentage of Total.

Percentage

of Total.

(1.) Saving on account of passages home and. back, $ 60

7.3

$ 35

9.8

(2.) Insurance,

(3.) Rent and taxes,

150

18.1

21.1

(4.) Depreciation and upkeep of furniture,

(5.) Doctor,

(6.) Dentist,

(7.) Chemist,.

(8.) Transport (trams, chairs and riekshas),.

(9.) Compradore,.

135 }

20.5

23.9

(10.) Fresh milk,

35-

11.) Clothes and boots,

(12.) Light and fuel,.

(13.) Governess or school fees,

(14.) Servants,

(15.) Washing,

(16.) Wines, ærated waters, ice and tobacco,.

(17.) Recreation and charities,

(18.) Petty cash,.

827

355

These figures are based on a conservative estimate and allow no margin for entertainment.

REMARKS.

(1.) Estimated at 4th of cost of return passages. the cost of 2 establishments must be incurred.

(2.) Includes Widow and Orphans' subscription.

(3.) A.

If families are not brought back,

The average rent at the Peak (without taxes) is $130; but the cheapest houses are too small for a man with a family.

B. A 4-roomed cottage at Kowloon or Hongkong.

(4.) 1% per mensem on (A) $2,000 and (B) $500.

(5.) B. Free medical attendance and medicine.

(6.) Teeth "go" very badly in Hongkong and dentists' bills are very high.

(8.) Includes (A) Peak Tramway (B) Electric tram or the Ferry.

(9.) Includes all stores and tinned provisions.

(13.) B. includes school material.

(14.) A-Boy $14; cook $14; Amah $14; wash amah $13; house coolie $10; market coolie $9; bathroom coolie $2.

B-Boy $10; cook $10.

(15.) A. & B. Wash-amah included with servants.

(17.) A. Includes Hongkong Club $7, and Peak Club $5.

B. Includes Cricket and Civil Service Clubs.

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Table B.

Shewing prices of commodities, wages and expenses of living generally other than rents and taxes in 1902 when the dollar was worth 1/8 and in October, 1906, when the dollar is worth 2/3.

Commodity.

COMMODITIES.

1902.

1906.

£. s. d.

1. Beef (lb). 2. Bread (lb),

3. Butter (tin), 4. Coals (ton),

5. Eggs (doz.),

.14

2.8

.20

5.4

.05

.06

1.6

.50

.70

1.6.9

9.50

15.10

15.00

1.13.9

.18

3.6

.20

5.4

6. Flour,

.05

.06

1.6

7. Milk, fresh (pt.),

.16

3.2

.24

6.5

tinned (tin),

4.6

.24

6.5

9. Mutton (lb),

.20

.26

7.8

10. Stout (same brand),

.38

7.6

1.0.1

II.

Other items cannot be stated so exactly.

Servants.-The market rate of wages paid in dollars has increased at least 20 per cent. We can give individually figures in support.

Transport.-The Star Ferry have increased their rate for a single trip from 10 cents to 15 cents since 1902.

The Peak Tram and rickshas are the same in dollars as in 1902.

Table C.

A comparison of the dollar and sterling rents of houses in 1902 and 1906.

(N.B.—This return deals with the houses and those only which were in existence in

1902.)

No. of Houses.

Average Rental per mensem.

1902 @ 1/8.

Average Rental per mensem. 1906 @ 2/3.

£ S. d.

Lower Levels,

135

160 (nearly). 18 (nearly).

(48 houses).

Peak,

120

0 0

130 (over). 14 (over).

(90 houses).

Thus the average dollar rental of European houses has increased at the lower levels by $25. or over 18%; and the average sterling rental has increased by £6.15, or 60%. The percentage of increases for houses at the Peak are 8.3% and 40% respectively.

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Table D.

Average rates of Exchange, demand on London :-

1874,..

4/1

1890,

3/5

1875..

.4/-

1891,

3/1

1876,

4/2

1892,

2/9

1877,...

3/11

1893,..

2/3

1878......

.3/10

1894,.

2/-

1879,.....

.3/10

1895,.....

2/1

1880,....

.3/S

1896,

.2/1

1881....

.3/9

1897

1/11

1882

.3/7

.1898,..........

1/11

1883..

.3/9

1899.

•

1/11

1884.....

.3/7

1900,.......

.2/-

1885,

3/4

1901,

1/11

1886,.

.3/4

1902,.

1/8

1887...

.3/1

1903,

1/8

1888,.

.3/1

1904,

1/10

1889,

.3/2

1905,...

1/11

Enclosure 4.

CIVIL MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 24th November, 1906. SIR,-We the undersigned officers of the Civil Medical Department of Hongkong respectfully forward for the consideration of His Excellency the Governor this petition, and trust that His Excellency will give it his earnest recommendation, and cable it to the Secre- tary of State for the Colonies.

We are aware that a petition from the Heads and Sub-heads of all Departments, stating our grievances, has already been submitted; since that one was prepared, however, the purchasing power of our salaries has again diminished, and we would urge that it is now vital that some immediate steps should be taken to relieve a situation which has become almost unbearable.

We do not wish to suggest what form the relief should take; we only desire to emphasize strongly the conditions which are proved to exist in the petition referred to.

We do not consider it necessary, in view of the above-mentioned petition, to bring for- ward any figures to prove what everyone in the Colony eier in or outside the Government Service is aware of, viz., that whilst the bulk of the professional men in the Service have to resort to unseemly economies to make their expenditure meet their income, it has become practically impossible for the lower paid officials to do even this.

Some of us, professional married men, have to live in a single room in a hotel, and practise the most rigid economy; other members of the staff have to live as best as they can, and are unable to save anything towards home passages or for possible sickness.

Members of commercial firms and corporations, whose assistants are not professional men, are paid generously; and have, moreover, in many instances received compensation.

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We therefore earnestly pray that the Government may give early consideration to this petition; and afford the relief to which we trust it will be recognised we are entitled.

We have, etc.,

W. HUNTER.

J. C. THOMSON.

M. GOURLEY.

M. LEE.

C. M. HEANLEY.

W. V. M. KOCH.

JEU HAWK.

M. E. MOIR.

Z. YOUNG.

L. W. JACOBS.

W. B. A. MoORE.

A. ALLAWAY.

J. W. HARTLEY.

C. BARROW.

FRANK BROWNE.

H. MACFARLANE. A. C. FRANKLIN.

R. CHAPMAN.

S. E. BARKER.

A. M. T. MILINGTON.

E. MAKER.

A. G. GORHAM.

A. RICHARDS.

W. E. COOKE.

T. S. EGERTON.

C. H. SHARMAN.

J. O'REGAN.

J. ARMSTRONG.

A. RICHARDS.

C. H. BARROW.

R. P. STOLLARD.

The Honourable,

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.

Enclosure 4 a.

SANITARY DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, November 24th, 1906.

SIR,-We the undersigned officers of the Sanitary Department of Hongkong respectfully forward for the consideration of His Excellency the Governor this petition and trust that His Excellency will give it his earnest recommendation and cable it to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

We are aware that a petition from the Heads and Sub-heads of all Departments, stating our grievances, has already been submitted; since that one was prepared however the pur- chasing power of our salaries' has again diminished and we would urge that it is now vital- that some immediate steps should be taken to relieve a situation which has become almost unbearable.

We do not wish to suggest what form the relief should take; we only desire to emphasise strongly the conditions which are proved to exist in the petition referred to.

We do not even consider it necessary to bring forward any figures to prove what every- one in the Colony either in or outside the Government Service is aware of, riz., that whilst the bulk of the professional men in the Service have to resort to unseemly economies to make their expenditure meet their income it has become impossible for the lower paid officials to do even this.

Professional married men have to live in one room in a hotel and practise the most rigid economy.

Senior married overseers have to live as best they can, neither putting money by for passage home or for possible sickness.

Commercial firms and corporations, whose assistants are not even professional men, are paid generously and have moreover in many instances received compensation.

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We therefore earnestly pray that the Government will give immediate consideration to this petition and afford the relief to which we are sure they will see we are entitled on due consideration of our statements.

We have, &c.,

PHILIP T. LAMBLE.

HORACE J. KNIGHT.

FRED. O. AMY.

T. P. CONOLLY.

F. ALLEN.

S. KELLY,

L. BRETT.

W. FINCHER.

J. BULLIN.

E. W. DAWSON.

FRED. FISHER.

R. HUDSON.

R. MCEWEN.

C. E. FIRTH.

D. O'HALLORAN.

J. LEE.

J. J. BRYAN.

R. DUNCAN.

W. F. CULLEN.

A. SMALL.

JAMES A. LYON.

D. MCKENZIE.

T. ABLEY.

A. BROWN.

SYDNEY MAURICE GIDLEY.

J. PEARSON.

The Honourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.

MINUTE OF 26TH NOVEMBER, 1906, FROM Mr. CHATHAM.

The position has become so acute on account of the continued rise in the value of the dollar, without any corresponding reduction in the cost of living, that some immediate relief is felt to be necessary. Of the 43 signatories, 23 are married men. I trust that the necessity of making some immediate improvement in the conditions of officers will be strongly repre- sented to the Secretary of State.

Enclosure 4 b.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,

HONGKONG, 24th November, 1906.

SIR,-We the undersigned officers of the Public Works Department of Hongkong respectfully forward for the consideration of His Excellency the Governor this petition and trust that His Excellency will give it his earnest recommendation and cable it to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

We are aware that a petition from the Heads and Sub-heads of all Departments, stating our grievances, has already been submitted; since that one was prepared however the pur- chasing power of our salaries has again diminished and we would urge that it is now vital that some immediate steps should be taken to relieve a situation which has become almost unbearable.

We do not wish to suggest what form the relief should take; we only desire to emphasise strongly the conditions which are proved to exist in the petition referred to.

We do not even consider it necessary to bring forward any figures to prove what everyone in the Colony either in or outside the Government Service is aware of, viz., that whilst the bulk of the professional men in the Service have to resort to unseemly economies to make their expenditure meet their income it has become impossible for the lower paid officials to do even this.

Professional married men have to live in one room in a hotel and practise the most rigid economy.

Senior married overseers have to live as best they can, neither putting money by for passages home nor for possible sickness.

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Commercial firms and corporations, whose assistants are not even professional men, are paid generously and have moreover in many instances received compensation.

II. TOOKER. C. H. GALE.

DAVID WOOD.

A. HOLLINGSWORTH.

H. G. FISHER.

H. T. JACKMAN.

T. L. PERKINS.

D. JAFFE. ISIDORE XAVIER. A. E. WRIGHT.

W. S. BISSELL.

J. C. LITTLE.

F. ALAN BIDEN. A. T. WALKER.

H. E. HAGGARD. A. J. DARBY,

E. B. REED.

L. BOLTON.

J. LONGSTAFF.

F. H. DILLON.

P. JULYAN.

H. A. MORRIS.

We have, &c.,

G. E. THOMAS. W. DOBBS. J. HUTCHINGS.

A. V. PARKER. W. T. EDWARDS. JAS. EDWARDS.

R. A. MUGFORD.

ALBERT H. NIMMO. A. R. BONE. T. OLSEN. J. Ross. G. M. GIBBS. G. W. KYNOCH. SYDNEY LEWIS.

J. A. HIRST.

H. J. HUDSON.

J. H. BARRINGTON.

1. A. WHEAL.

S. R. BOYD.

A. W. SIMMONS.

H. W. WOLFE.

The Honourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.

Enclosure 5.

QUEEN'S COLLEGE,

HONGKONG, 27th November, 1906.

The Honourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.

SIR,-We the undersigned respectfully present this urgent petition for the favourable consideration of His Excellency the Governor and beg him to cable it to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

The almost daily increase in the exchange rate of the dollar makes it incumbent on us to bring before you the decrease in our salaries.

When the dollar was at 1/7 a Civil Servant at £270 a year received about $273 a month. When the dollar was at 1/10 he received about $236 a month. Now that the dollar is at 2/3 he receives about $188 a month (after 4% Widows and Orphans). This is a loss of nearly $100 a month.

We submit that this loss is not due to the mere business fluctuations of Exchange but is a growing increase in the value of silver and therefore that the loss due to contracts made by the Government in gold should not be borne by the Civil Servants but should be borne as a tax on the Colony.

588

The Hotels, Boarding Houses, &c., in the Colony have given up the sterling basis and thus the prices of living have increased. The Government, too, draws Crown Rents, taxes, hospital fees, and postal charges in dollars. Thus every month our salaries are being steadily decreased while other charges are being increased, even down to a 10e. richsha ride which little more than three years ago was less than two pence but is now more than two pence-halfpenny.

We submit that a bachelor Government Servant cannot live and hope to save anything for his passage home under $300 a month, while a married Civil Servant of necessity requires much more. As it is a Junior Assistant is receiving less than $200 a month. Thus not only is an unfair har put upon marriage but the Civil Servants have to eke out the means of livelihood from private sources. Most of the large Hougs and business firms in the Colony have made allowance in the shape of bonus, compensation, or some form of immediate relief for circumstances which are entirely exceptional and which if unrelieved will become intolerable.

To His Excellency

We have, &c.,

T. K. DEALY.

E. RALPHS.

A. W. GRANT.

A. H. COOK.

R. J. BIRBECK.

G. P. DE MARTIN,

R. E. O. BIRD.

H. L. GARRETT.

Enclosure 6 a.

HONGKONG, 26th November, 1906.

Sir MATTHEW NATHAN, K.C.M.G.,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong, &c.

The humble petition of the undersigned European members of the Staff of the Harbour Department praying for immediate relief in the matter of their personal emoluments sheweth :

That in January, 1903, when the Sterling Salaries Scheme generally came into force, the average rate of exchange for that month was 1s. 7d. to the dollar as against 2s. 3d. for this month in January 1903, £10 equalled $126.32 and $100 plus exchange compensation totalled $189.47, whereas at the present time £10 equals only $87.27 and $100 plus ex- change compensation totals only $130.90 meaning a decrease or reduction of over 44% in either case.

That whilst in consequence of the continued rise in exchange, petitioners' monthly income from the Government is thus considerably less month by month, their house-rent and the cost of most of the necessaries of life, such as eggs, beef, &c., &c., are not reduced.

That having been placed in such a situation and having no means of pecuniary assist- ance petitioners venture with due respect to solicit His Excellency to give this, petitioners' prayer, early consideration and to take such steps as to His Excellency seem reasonable at an early date.

And petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray.

E. JONES.

E. J. MEUGENS.

WILLIAM A. CRAKE.

WILLIAM RUSSELL.

JAMES MACDONALD.

MURDOCK MCIVER.

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Enclosure 6 b.

HARBOUR DEPARTMENT,

November 30th, 1906.

To His Excellency

Sir MATTHEW NATHAN, K.C.M.G.,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong, Sc.

The humble petition of the undersigned European Lighthouse Keepers on the Staff of the Harbour Department praying for immediate relief in the matter of their personal emolu- ments sheweth :-.

That in January, 1903, when the Sterling Salaries Scheme generally came into force, the average rate of exchange for that month was 1/7 the Dollar as against 2/3 for this month. In January, 1903, £10 equalled $123.32 and $100 plus exchange compensation tɔtalled $189.47, whereas at the present time £10 equals only $87.27 and $100 plus exchange com- pensation totals only $130.90.

That whilst in consequence of the continued rise in exchange Petitioners' monthly in- come from the Government is thus considerably less month by month, yet their house rent and cost of most of the necessaries of life are not reduced.

That having been placed in such a position and having no means of pecuniary assistance, Petitioners venture with due respect to solicit His Excellency to give this, Petitioners' pray- er, early consideration and to take such steps as to His Excellency seem reasonable at an eraly date and Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray.

C. E. NICHOLAS.

J. MITCHELL.

W. F. HAST.

W. McKay.

E. A. JOHNSON.

J. W. BEATTIE.

Enclosure 7.

PRISON DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 26th November, 1906.

To The Honourable

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.

SIR,--We, the undersigned, of the Prison Department of Hongkong respectfully forward for the consideration of His Excellency the Governor this Petition, and trust that His Excellency will give it his earnest re-consideration and cable it to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

We have previously petitioned and are also aware that a petition from Heads and Sub- heads of Departments stating our grievances has already been submitted; since these were prepared, however, the purchasing power of our salaries has again diminished, and we urge that it is now vital that some immediate steps should be taken to relieve a situation, which daily becomes more unbearable.

We do not wish to suggest what form the relief should take, neither do we consider it necessary to bring forward any figures to prove what everyone in the Colony, either in or outside the Government Service is aware of, viz., that the higher the value of the Dollar, the more we have to pay for the actual necessaries of life: to prove this we beg to call attention to the Market List, published weekly, in our local papers, as compared with that of from 6 to 10 years ago, for example, a perusal of the Market List, "China Mail" 18th

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September, 1897, with that published 23rd November this year, will show that the price of commodities to-day show an increase varying from 50% to 109%, the dollar on the former date being 1/103.

E. J. PIERPOINT.

H. J. WATSON.

W. DRISCOLL.

F. T. ROBIN.

A. G. PASSMORE.

G. H. DELL.

W. J. WILKINSON.

T. JEFFREY.

J. SINNOTT.

G. STREET.

JAS. MCLEOD.

W. J. J. GAST.

R. CUTHBERT.

F. J. ELMS.

H. BROWN.

C. WILKES.

D. WILLIS.

A. WILLIAMS.

G. SAVAGE.

T. PEHEMON.

A. RATCLIFFE.

A. CLEASE.

F. A. PIESSE.

D. DOYLE.

C. MCKENZIE.

J. C. WEST.

Enclosure 8.

The Honourable

THE CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE.

POLICE DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 30th November, 1906.

SIR,-We, the undersigned Members of the Police Force, most respectfully beg to submit for the consideration of His Excellency the Governor the inadequacy of our salaries at the rates of exchange that have now existed for a considerable time. We have suffered in silence for nearly two years, hoping that redress might be spontaneously forthcoming on the recommendation of the Local Government which must understand our position.

The reply of the Right Honourable the Secretary of State has however shewn us that the position of affairs here is not quite understood at home.

We therefore wish to lodge our complaint and respectful protest.

We do not see the necessity for going into detail. Our position is clear. A reference to the Estimates for the last two years and the forthcoming one, and to the local Price Lists will provide all that is necessary by way of argument. Prices have not as yet re-adjusted themselves as suggested by the Right Honourable the Secretary of State. We consider therefore that we should receive some compensation in respect of the last two years, and in future until exchange is better, or prices adjust themselves as is suggested.

We have, &c.,

H. W. BAKER.

E. DOWNIE.

W. KENT.

R. M. DONALD.

J. SMITH.

W. G. WARNOCK.

D. BRENNAN.

G. W. COCKLE.

D. D. CUTHBERT. J. J. WATT.

D. M. DONALD, WM. MURRISON.

A. TERRETT. GEORGE WATT. M. P. SULLIVAN.

J. W. HANSON.

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A. G. DYMOND. GEORGE SIM.

A. W. Ross.

J. H. WOOLDRIDGE. PETER GRANT.

T. JEYNES WILSON.

E. W. G. ANDREWS.

E. S. BOND.

C. F. ARIS E. M. EVANS.

G. C. SHEPHERI). D. GOURLAY.

W. A. RITCHIE.

G. FOWLER. A. GORDON. ROBERT FENTON.

THOMAS CASHMAN.

J. GRANT.

D. MCHARDY.

W. R. SUTTON. DAVID BERRIE.

H. G. CLARKE. E. ROBY.

ALEX. K. TAYLOR.

L. H. T. APEL.

D. FOLEY.

E. MONTAGUE.

P. F. BOULGER. W. J. UNWIN.

W. F. BLACKMAN. M. G. ATLEE. GEO. JACKSON.

W. N. EDWARDS. A. E. FINAMAN.

F. HOWARD.

J. MUNDAY.

M. EARUR.

A. WILSON.

R. ADLINGTON.

J. LENAGHAN.

S. J. TAYLOR. A. COUNSELL.

J. WITCHELL.

T. HEDGE. R. H. MACRE.

W. G. CAYGILL. A. LANGLEY.

E. Fox.

JOHN OGG.

TIM MURPHY.

JOSEPH LENAGHAN.

MICHAEL WALTERS.

H. G. GARROD.

H. V. PARR.

W. KENDALL.

ROBT. H. WILLS. J. HERR.

F. APPLETON.

F. W. WINYARD.

H. A. MILLS.

P. RUTLEDGE.

L. A. LANGLEY. J. C. WILDIN. FRANK V. WINTER. SAMUEL J. Burchell.

A. F. PURDEN.

T. MULLIFORD.

J. E. BAKER.

J. A. MCKAY.

C. O'SULLIVAN,

WM. ROBERTSON. W. CAMERON.

JAMES F. LEE.

THOMAS SUTHERLAND.

E. J. HEDGE.

J. R. F. TETSTALL.

W. PINCOTT.

J. INGHAM. J. SPENCER.

S. MCLENNAN. W. W. COOper. C. R. MELLINS. ROBT. LANIGAN. THOMAS HYNES.

P. ANGUS. S. J. CLARKE.

A. LANE.

G. BOOLE. W. DAVITT. P. BRAZIL. PAUL CONLAN. G. ATTEWELL. T. JONES. G..T. BIRD. H. J. DAVIS. D. MCKENZIE. A. ROBERTSON. T. GLENDINNING. JOHN DEVNEY. J. W. LANDer.

J. MACKAY.

W. G. GERRARD.

ALEXANDER Grant.

N. LAMONT.

A. LLOYD.

G. WILLIS.

W. G. KERR.

HONGKONG.

No. 57.

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DOWNING STREET,

28th March, 1907.

SIR,- With reference to paragraph 4 of my despatch No. 236 of November 26th last, I have the honour to inform you that I have now given further consideration to the question of the effect of the increased exchange value of the dollar on the emoluments of those officers of the Government service, whose salaries are fixed in sterling or, being paid at the rate of 3/- to the dollar, are practically on a sterling basis.

2. As you are aware, I have previously not seen my way to allow any concession on this account, mainly on the ground that, if exchange continues to rule high a reduction in local prices must presumably be only a matter of time.

I understand, however, that the adjustment of prices, which might be expected, has not yet taken place and, in the circumstances, I am willing to modify my previous opinion and to consent to some additional payment, as a temporary measure to officers paid on a sterling basis, who under present conditions find it difficult to live with fair comfort on their salaries.

3. I would, therefore, propose that, if you and the Legislative Council agree, a local allowance should be paid to these officers (within the limitations mentioned hereafter) for three years from January 1st, 1907, subject to the following conditions:-

The allowance will be at the rate of 5% per annum on the officer's salary, so long as the exchange value of the dollar is 2/2d. or more.

If the dollar rises to 2/4d. or more the allowance will be at the rate of 10%. If the dollar falls below 2/2d. no allowance will be paid.

These allowances will not be pensionable and will not be paid while an officer is on leave of absence.

4. As at present advised, I am not satisfied that there are sufficient grounds for granting these allowances to officers whose salaries exceed £1,000 a year. It can scarcely be argued that such officers find it difficult to live with fair comfort on their salaries and it must be remembered that their local expenditure (which alone is affected by the rise in the exchange value of the dollar) is less in proportion to their income than that of less highly paid officers. If, however, you take a different view I shall be glad to receive and consider your observa- tions on the point and in the meantime I will defer coming to a final decision upon it. I may add that, if the limit of £1,000 is finally adopted, in the case of officers, whose salaries are nominally fixed in dollars, payable at 3/-, the salary should be regarded as exceeding £1,000 if the sterling salary attached to the post is more than that sum.

5. Shortly before the end of the period of three years, to which I have proposed to limit the grant of the allowance, I shall expect to receive a full report on the cost of living and on market prices in Hongkong shewing how far local prices have adjusted themselves to the enhanced sterling value of the dollar, supposing the rate of exchange still to be high. On the receipt of this report, the question of continuing the local allowance will be recon- sidered, but it must be understood that it will not be renewed unless the step can be justified by reference to the local conditions obtaining at the time.

し

Governor

Sir M. NATHAN, K.C.M.G., :

St.,

Sr.

I have, &c.,

ELGIN.

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1st March, 1907.

OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT TO SECRETARY OF STATE. Your despatch No. 57 of 28th March. The allowance offered would not satisfy the Service and I propose to suspend action until I shall have received a reply to Sir M. NATHAN'S despatch No. 37 of the 8th March.

HONGKONG.

No. 72.

DOWNING STREET,

16th April, 1907.

SIR,-I have the honour to, acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 37 of the 8th of March forwarding memorials of Government officers with regard to the salaries of the Hongkong Service as affected by the high exchange value of the dollar.

2. I propose to defer replying to your despatch until I have had the opportunity of discussing the matter with you on your arrival here.

Governor

Sir M. NATHAN, K.C.M.G.,

Sc.,

&'c.,

HONGKONG.

No. 122.

fc.

I have, &c.,

ELGIN.

DOWNING STREET,

11th June, 1907.

SIR, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of the 1st of May, in which you informed me that the proposals made in my despatch No. 57 of the 28th of March for the grant of a local allowance would not satisfy the service, and added that you proposed to defer action in anticipation of my reply to the Governor's despatch No. 37 of the 8th of March. I had already replied to that despatch to the effect that I would discuss the matter with Sir M. NATHAN on his arrival in this country.

2. I have now ascertained Sir M. NATHAN's views, and, subject to the consent of the Legislative Council, I am prepared to approve the following arrangement:--

Officers drawing sterling salaries, or dollar salaries with double exchange compen- sation, will be paid their salaries, when in the Colony, at the rate of 2/- to the dollar, so long as the exchange value of the dollar is at or above that figure. When the exchange value of the dollar is below 2/- these salaries will be paid, as at present, at a rate of exchange fixed monthly by the Government and based on the average exchange value of the dollar during the preceding month. Officers whose salaries are fixed in sterling will draw leave pay and pension on the

basis of the fixed sterling salary.

Officers drawing double exchange compensation will continue to draw leave pay and pension on the basis of their nominal dollar salaries at the privileged rates of exchange to which they are entitled.

3. I have, therefore, to request that you will place these proposals before the Legislative Council. If the Council approves the suggested arrangement, you are authorised to put it in force at once with effect from the 1st of January last.

I have, &c.,

The Officer Administering the Government of

HONGKONG.

ELGIN.

HONGKONG.

No.

190

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO CONSIDER AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS FOR DEALING WITH THE CUBICLE QUESTION.

LETTER TO THE SANITARY BOARD ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

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

REPORT.

Recommendations agreed to by the Committee appointed by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government to enquire into and report upon the Cubicle question generally.

1. Cubicles must be permitted in houses.

2. As regards construction of cubicles, wood, metal or other material approved by the Building Authority should be laid down as the rule, subject to such being painted, white- washed or otherwise kept clean to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Board.

3. As regards dimensions of such, the present limits prescribed by Section 154 should be adhered to, with the discretion presently existing and exercised by the Sanitary Board but without the necessity for the consent of the Governor in Council.

4. The conditions of the construction and maintenance of cubicles in existing houses should be left to the discretion of the Sanitary Board, without reference to the Governor in Council.

In the above connection the Board, is recommended to exercise to the full extent its discretion provided for in the proviso to Section 154 of the Principal Ordinance in the direction of permitting as many cubicles as is expedient on all floors including the ground floor after inspection of the premises by competent officers.

The number of cubicles allowed on each floor should be painted up conspicuously on such floor.

5. An addition should be made to the law in the shape of a proviso to Section 46, viz.:~~ Any room not containing a cubicle may be inhabited to the extent of one adult person to every 30 square feet of floor space and 330 cubic feet of air space.

Sub-section 153 (6) 3 should be amended to permit the occupation of an accountant's office in a shop by not more than two persons at night.

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6. In regard to re-erected houses, cubicles should be allowed in the same manner and to the same extent as in existing houses.

The words "or re-erected" should be struck out of Section 153 sub-section (a) and the following added:-" on any site which is now vacant or which is now occupied by domestic buildings of a European type or by any non-domestic building".

This will permit cubicles in re-erected houses of the tenement class, but will prohibit them in new houses on sites hitherto unoccupied by tenement houses of the ordinary Chinese type.

7. The Building Authority should have power by law to require that, in the case of domestic buildings erected on these sites, if intended for Chinese tenements, provision be made for the sub-division of each storey above the ground storey into rooms of a suitable area, the idea being to insist upon a proper provision of window spaces in such houses either laterally, or in such other manner as the Architects may be able to devise.

8. No question of compensation arises in connection with any of the foregoing recom- mendations.

9. Government should undertake the demolition of the upper floors of every third house in blocks of Chinese tenements, repayment of the expenditure incurred being made by the owners of the adjoining houses in respect of the improvements to their property by means of annual instalments extended over a period of years and calculated at such rate of interest as to ultimately recoup the Government for all its outlay.

The houses left standing will, if paragraph 5 is acted upon, legally house the persons- displaced from the buildings so demolished.

Provided that any other scheme recommended by the Sanitary Board may be carried out in lieu of the above.

A. M. THOMSON,

Colonial Treasurer.

W. CHATHAM,

Director of Public Works.

EDWARD A. RAM.

EDWARD OSBORNE.

HENRY KESWICK.

HO KAI.

FRANCIS CLARK,

•

Medical Officer of Health.

WEI YUK.

10th August, 1907.

With regard to para. 9 I am unable to agree with the Report. My personal experience in carrying out works upon old Chinese buildings leads me to believe that it will be, in a great majority of cases, impractibale-for structural reasons-or only practicable at the expense of what would almost amount to re-building.

These costly works, however provided for, must lead to a considerable increase of rentals -to be paid for out of the meagre earnings of the coolie and artizan class-and I am not satisfied that the community, and especially the poorer Chinese section of it, will profit pro- portionately by this further increase in the cost of living here.

EDWARD A. RAM.

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Ι agree to the recommendations as a means of improving the housing of the working classes but I do not agree that they, of themselves, are sufficient to eradicate Plague which in my opinion can only be effected by more frequent and thorough cleansing and by the destruction of rats and vermin.

EDWARD OSBORNE..

I am in accord with Messrs. RAM and OSBORNE, and sign the recommendation in the hope that it may bring some improvement in the future. I consider however that § 154 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance No. 1 of 1903 (as amended by Ordinances 20 and 23 of 1903) with its proviso would have properly met the case, assuming of course that the Sanitary Department carried out its duties in an intelligent manner.

In the past, however, the Sanitary Board by sticking closely to the letter of the law, and without taking the responsibility of exercising its judgment, has harassed the Chinese into all manner of expedients to obtain a certain amount of privacy and decency for them- selves, such expedients being far worse than the evils with which the Ordinance was intended to deal,

In support of my opinion I quote the following official reply dated 25th July, 1907, to my enquiry as to how often the terms of the proviso had been availed of :-

"The number of cases in which the Sanitary Board have recommended to the Governor in Council modifications of or exemption from the requirements of § 154 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, is as follows:-

1903,

1904,

1905,

1906,

1907,

4 Applications.

none.

There are well over 5,000 Chinese tenement houses in which cubicles are used. It would be absurd to suggest that one hard and fast rule could be usefully made applicable to them all; much more so to endeavour to enforce it.

HENRY KESWICK.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE.

HONGKONG, 3rd May, 1907.

SIR, I am directed to invite the attention of the Sanitary Board to the proviso con- tained in Section 154 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance which to judge from representations recently made to Government does not appear to have been availed of by the Board to deal with the cubicle question. I am now to suggest as a practical means for giving as much latitude in the use of the cubicles as is compatible with reasonable sanitary requirements to the poorer classes of Chinese inhabiting tenement houses, that the Board by means of some of its officers institute a house to house inspection and decide what number of cubicles might reasonably be allowed to be erected and maintained in each floor, and thereafter make recommendations accordingly for modification or exemption by the Governor- in-Council.

I am, etc.,

A. M. THOMSON,

Colonial Secretary.

The Secretary,

SANITARY BOARD.

HONGKONG.

REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

No.

28 1907

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

STAFF.

1. Appointments.-Mrs. MORRIS, 2nd Mistress of the Victoria School, from 1st. February, 1906.

Mr. PARKIN, 2nd Master of the Yaumati Anglo-Chinese School, from 1st March, 1906.

Mrs. MURRAY, 2nd Mistress of the Kowloon School, from 1st October, 1906.

2. Promotions. Mrs. TUTCHER, to be Head Mistress of the Belilios Public School, rom 20th May, 1906.

Miss BATEMAN, to be 2nd Mistress of the Belilios Public School, from 20th May, 1906

3. Retirement.-Mrs. BATEMAN, Head Mistress of the Belilios Public School, from 19th May, 1905.

4. Resignation.--Mrs. DRUMMOND, 2nd Mistress of the Kowloon School, from 1st. October, 1906.

5. There have also been several changes in the Chinese Staff of the District Schools.

NUMBER AND CLASSIFICATION OF SCHOOLS AND PUPILS.

6. Table IV shews the number of schools (Government and Grant) to be 85, au increase of 2, as compared with last year. The average attendance was 5,496 as against 5.323, the increase being nearly equally divided between the Upper and Lower Grade shools. The Anglo-Indian School has this year been considered as in the Lower Grade, as has also the Berlin Foundling House, since neither of these schools have had any European teachers.

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7. Table V shews the fluctuations in the average attendance during recent years, There has been for several years a steady increase in the numbers of pupils attending the Government and Grant English schools. The Private English schools also seem to be increasingly well attended. It is to be noted that the figures for the Private schools are based upon the maximum monthly enrolment, as the average attendances are not obtainable. The figures are at best an approximation; but as they have been arrived at in the same way for several years, the error is probably constant. The majority of the Private English schools give a very elementary education in English. The figures do not include the night schools, of which there are 26, with an enrolment of 494 pupils. The number of pupils at the Government and Grant Vernacular schools is 2,146, to a unit the same as last year. the other hand the numbers in the Private Vernacular schools continue to increase rapidly. According to a return made by the Attendance Officer, in 1905 out of 118 of these schools only 15 employed modern methods of imparting instruction. This year, he reckons that the proportion is 45 out of 128. The least that can be said of these figures is that they are evidence of a general tendency towards the improvement of Vernacular education.

8. Table VI shews the proportion of girls to boys to be as about 2,000 to 3,500, or as 4 to 7. This ratio is not even as satisfactory as it appears at first sight, because, as Table VI B shews, the greater part of the girls are in the Lower Grade Vernacular schools.

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.

9. Table I gives details of the nature of the Government schools, and of the attend- ance thereat, as compared with the same statistics for 1905. Details of the work done in each school are given in Appendix A.

10. The total number of Upper Grade pupils is 777, a satisfactory increase upon the preceding year of over 11%. The number of pupils studying in Lower Grade schools shews an increase of over 50%.

11. The cost of each pupil to Government is an important point in connection with the value of the schools. It ranges from $99.09 at the Victoria School to $8.10 at the Belilios School, Vernacular Side. The average cost to Government of the 3 District schools of Saiyingpun, Yaumati and Wantsai is $26.42, as compared with $24.48 at Queen's College. The cost of Uenlong School, $77.55, is very high when the elementary nature of the work is considered.

New Schools, and Schools Closed.

12. Lower Grade Anglo-Chinese schools were opened at Pingshan in August and at- Taipo in May.

13. It has been decided to close the little Vernacular school at Sheko from the end of the year.

It was the last of the Government schools that gave an education to boys in the Chinese language.

Kowloon British School.

14. The maximum monthly enrolment and the total of fees collected again surpassed all previous "records", being 78 and $2,101.50 as against 68 and $1,979 for last year.

But the average attendance shews for the first time in the history of the school a slight falling off, from 57 to 55. Mr. JAMES accounts for this by "the unusual heat of last summer, and the consequent withdrawal during the hot months of many of the smaller children". As soon as this state of affairs was realised, punkahs for pupils were forthwith provided.

15. A playground is badly needed.

Victoria British School.

16. The average attendance was 44, which compared with the figure for the previous year shews an increase of 8.

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17. The unhealthy nature of the surroundings of the school caused some anxiety. The expenditure of a large sum of money has been sanctioned, with the object of draining the swampy land near the school, and of clearing the grounds of brushwood. It may therefore be hoped that before long the school will be as healthy as it is pleasantly situated. The concrete flooring has given a great deal of trouble, and has made it impossible for the school to be kept as clean as it should be. This defect also is being remedied.

18. The boys of the Upper School were at the beginning of the year formed into a Cadet Corps attached to the Hongkong Volunteer Corps, with the Headmaster as their Officer. They went into camp at Stonecutter's Island in ctober. Mr. WILLIAMS reports that "the results achieved in signalling have quite justified the formation of the Corps". Provision for Morris tubes, ammunition and a miniature rifle range behind the school will be made in the Estimates for 1908.

Belilios Public School, Anglo-Chinese Side.

19. I regret to report that the School again shews a falling off in numbers. the average attendance for the year being 82, as against 93 last year.

The fees likewise are the lowest that have been collected for many years. The Vernacular Side of the School, which now gives such a good education through the medium of the Chinese language, has taken a good many pupils who otherwise might have attended the Anglo-Chinese Side. Nor are things quite as bad as they appear; because l'have in the last 2 years disallowed the attendance of a number of boys who had intruded and climbed into the fold. I do not expect to see any further decline in numbers. The teaching and work of the school is very satisfactory, and worthy of a stronger support by the public.

THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS, UPPER GRADE.

20. In pursuance of the policy of making the District Schools feeders to Queen's College, their Classes were reduced from 7 or 6 to 5 in number, and are now called by names corresponding with those of the Lower and Preparatory Schools at the College, though there the lowest Class, Class VIII, has been abolished.

21. Only a very few boys applied for admission to the District Schools after failing to pass the entrance examination into the College, under the scheme described in last year's Report; but it is too early to be despondent about the success of the scheme. An unusually large number of boys entered the College at Midsummer from Wantsai, and incidentally lowered the average results at the Wantsai Christmas Examinations.

22. The analogous process of linking these schools with the Lower Grade District Schools was continued. Two free scholars are yearly admitted from Aberdeen into Saiying- pun School, and from Tanglungchau into Wantsai School. And this year a free scholar- ship into Yaumati has been given to the senior pupil of Uenlong School. This last is a step towards bringing education in the New Territories into touch with the Hongkong system. A further development of the linking of schools by scholarships is described in paragraph 41 below.

Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School.

23. The average attendance has more than doubled in the year, and there is every sign of a further increase. If that takes place additions to the building will be urgently needed.

24. The school excursions included visits to Taitam, the Electric Light Station, the Works at Deep Water Bay and many other places of interest, including the Arts and Crafts Exhibition, at which there was a large attendance from several Government schools. Many of the boys of Saiyingpun were taught swimming by the Headmaster in the summer. They, like those of the other 2 schools, are keen members of the football league, and play with a doggedness that deserves, but has hitherto failed to command, success. I lay some stress on these points, because it is to such methods that I attribute the really remarkable change noticeable in the intelligence of the senior pupils in the last few years. Before then, an idea seemed almost universally prevalent, that they came to school to learn as much com- mercial arithmetic and to read and write as much English as would get them a situation: all else was vanity and vexation of spirit.

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Yaumati Anglo-Chinese School.

25. The new school buildings, which have proved most satisfactory, were designed to accommodate 200 pupils. That number has been surpassed by the maximum monthly enol- ment of 6 out of 9 working months in which the buildings have been occupied. The ques- tion therefore of building an additional storey becomes imminent. Meanwhile, room for another 40 or 50 pupils can be found without very serious overcrowding. English master was engaged early in the year, Mr. PARKIN.

A second

26. Excursions are conducted as at Saiyingpun. The Headmaster reports that the boys "correspond regularly with a large London school, namely, the Virginia Road Council School, and great interest is shown by the correspondents."

27. His Excellency the Governor offered a prize for English composition, to be competed for by the Senior Classes of the 3 District Schools. This was somewhat easily won by Yaumati, the winner being Yeung King-Chau.

Wantsai Anglo-Chinese School.

The school is however

28. The average attendance shews only a very slight increase. overcrowded from a pedagogic. though not from a hygienic standpoint. It has been decided to house the Tanglungchau School in the Wantsai building, as soon as certain additions to the latter, already sanctioned, can be completed. This will probably be towards the end of

1907.

29. The Normal Class continued to be held at Wantsai School on Saturday mornings. The junior Chinese masters gain considerable advantage from these lessons in teaching.

Hygiene was the subject to which most attention was given. Proper methods of teach- ing Geography and English are now well understood. I have suggested to the Headmasters that the next course might be on the teaching of Arithmetic, which has hitherto followed rather old-fashioned and cumbrous lines.

THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS, LOWER GRADE.

Anglo-Indian School.

30. The school has continued to develop though not very rapidly, not so rapidly as it did when there was an English teacher. After the summer holidays it was moved to Praya

Last.

Anglo-Chinese School, Lower Grade.

31. Except the school at Tanglungchau, which is closely connected with Wantsai School, the Lower Grade Anglo-Chinese schools are in outlying parts of the Colony and the New Territories, at Aberdeen, Pingshan, Uenlong and Taipo. They are each under a sole Chinese master, and they attempt to give a 3 years' course of study. It can not be said that they are very popular; the average attendance at them is only 17. Whether this is because the country folk and fisher people do not see any great advantage to be gained from a study of English, or whether because without the stimulus of an English master the teachers in these inaccessible places refrain from exerting themselves to the uttermost, is hard to say.

VERNACULAR SCHOOLS.

Belilios Public School, Chinese Side.

32. In spite of the fact that a small fee has for the first time been charged, the attend- ance shews no falling off. The headmaster is evinced that the fee might be doubled, without seriously affecting the attendance: but in my opinion, no increase had better be made for at least a year.

The school gives a souzad education, and a fair proportion of the girls are in the 3 highest Standards.

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Sheko School.

33. This small Vernacular School, now closed, was the last representative of a numbe. of village schools opened by the Hongkong Government in its first attempt to give a system of education to the Colony. Most of them have long since been taken over by the Mission- ary Bodies, and are represented by the Vernacular Grant Schools of the present day.

GRANT SCHOOLS.

34. A detailed report on the work done in each school is given in Appendix B. The Annual Grant List, shewing the number of Standards, the average attendance and the Grant earned by each school, together with other information, is given in Table VII.

English Schools, Non-Chinese.

35. There are 10 schools in this class with a total average attendance of 940. The largest of these, the Diocesan School for Boys, St. Joseph's College and the Italian Convent, each of which have an attendance of over 200, have been returned as thoroughly efficient. There is only a slight increase in the numbers of the schools of this class.

Anglo-Chinese Schools.

36. Of these, 3 are in the Upper Grade; but only one, the Ellis Kadoorie School, is of much educational importance. It has an average attendance of over 300. Additions to the school buildings were completed in the course of the year, towards the cost of which the Government will contribute $7,000. The Cathedral School was voluntarily closed in the middle of the year.

37. There were 4 Lower Grade schools of this type; but one of them, number 71, was, closed by the management in the early part of the year. Two others have been adversely reported on. Their average attendance has fallen from S5 last year to 44. The remaining school in this class continues to do very useful work.

Vernacular Schools.

38. Owing to absences in the European Staff, two of the Upper Grade Schools, the Training Home and the Berlin Foundling House, had this year to be reckoned as Lower Grade Schools. The high rate of exchange makes the money loss a small one; and when the weakest. Lower Grade Schools have been weeded out in the manner foreshadowed below, it will probably be possible to drop the distinction of Upper and Lower Grade in the Vernacular Schools.

39. As stated above, while Vernacular education in Private Schools continues to increase and improve, in Grant schools though it improves it does not increase numerically. Since the ground of the Vernacular education of the Colony is less than half covered by the Grant Schools, a position which they shew no signs of being able to extend, the justification of their existence must rather be sought in their claim to be model schools than a mechanism. for supplying free education to the poor.

40. The progress of the best Vernacular Schools has during the year under review been rapid. The course of study and time-table printed as an appendix to my Report for last year have been voluntarily adopted and carefully followed by them. The appointments of the Sub-Inspectors of Needlework and of Vernacular Schools have also proved most stimulat- ing. On the other hand, there are several schools, which seem unable to reach such a point of efficiency as would make them worth studying by private school masters anxious to learn all that the Government has to teach. And they are inefficient in another respect: they have only a very few pupils above the second Standard. Now although the course of study is intended to meet the cases of children, who are likely to stay at school only for a few years, still 2 years is too short a time in which to accomplish any lasting results, either moral or mental. I have therefore not hesitated to return some schools as inefficient, for the sole reason that the education they are giving is too limited in time to make it worth paying a Grant for.

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ut while the weakest of the schools have thus been warned, encouragement has en given to the better, by offering free scholarships for 4 years from them into either the Delilios School or one of the District Schools. The schools thus selected as worthy of encouragement are given in Table VIII. These scholarships are eagerly competed for, and the system promises well.

GENERAL.

Scholarships.

42. In Table VIII is given a list of scholarships, with the names of the winners at the end of 1906 or the beginning of 1907. If the system alluded to in the last paragraph, the linking of the Vernacular Schools with the District Schools, could be made general, the latter would no doubt reap a considerable benefit. It will be remembered that before a boy can enter them an entrance examination in written Chinese has to be passed. If this preliminary knowledge were acquired in schools under the control of the Department, not only would it fit better with the pupils' further studies in Chinese at the District Schools, but also they would come to school with a good grounding in Arithmetic and Geography, and would be able to concentrate their attention almost exclusively during the next 2 years on the acquisition of English. The Hongkong system of education has rightly made English the medium of instruction. The Hongkong boys are tacitly agreed to spend not more than 5 years in English schools. If then, any good use is to be made of the English acquired for the advancement of other studies, there must be no time lost in acquiring it. All studies in the first 3 years should be subordinated thereto; and if some of them can be taken during a preliminary education at the Vernacular Schools, then so much the better. It is however to be feared, that the class of boys who attend the free Vernacular Schools under the Grant Code is not one that can afford even a 5 years English education.

Visual Instruction.

43. In the year 1905, the Government of Hongkong on the initiative of the Home Government subscribed the large sum of $3,000 towards a scheme for promoting a better knowledge of the Mother Country among the schools of the Empire. With this sum 2 lanterns and sets of lantern slides have been purchased and supplied, and a course of interest- ing lectures to accompany them. These arrived in the Colony at the beginning of the under review, and steps were at once taken to put them to the best use.

year.

44. There was a considerable difficulty in arranging the lectures to the best advantage,. owing to the great distances separating the schools. The Diocesan Home and Orphanage and the Victoria School are more than 3 miles apart as the crow flies, while the Kowlcon School is 2 miles from either, with the harbour between. Moreover, the weather and the seasons put a limit to the time in which lectures can conveniently be given. The long- days of summer call for artificial darkening of the lecture room, and that necessitates closed windows. To submit a closely packed roomful of children, at the end of their day's work, to such conditions, with the thermometer between 80 and 90 and the air full of acetylene- gas, is clearly impossible. The authorities of the Italian Convent wrote, as early as the beginning of May, "Having to close all the doors and windows, the room became so hot- that more than one girl felt giddy. I am afraid we can not avail ourselves of it during this hot weather....We can not have the day scholars here when it is dark now, that is after 7 o'clock p.m."

At the best, from the beginning of May to the end of September, the lanterns- can not be used.

45. Had it been otherwise desirable, it would'no doubt have been convenient to bring the pupils of the different schools into some central place, such as the City Hall, and there- deliver the lectures to them all together. But in practice, there seem to be many objections- to such a course. Besides others having relation to the discipline of the different schools. and the difficulty of getting the pupils to attend, it was pointed out, and with much reason, that children are much more likely to assimilate lectures given by their own teacher, who will rehearse the main points on the next day, than if they had merely listened to a lecture from a stranger, who was quite unacquainted with the amount of knowledge his audience already possessed.

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46. Table IX gives the approximate dates during which the lanterns were in use, and the schools that used them. They comprise all the important schools with exception of Queen's College and the District Schools. I may say that as regards the District Schools, I was willing to forego the privilege on their behalf, because I then believed that the pupils would have an opportunity to hear the lectures by going to Queen's College in after years.

47. In Table IX B is given the arrangement under which, judging from present ex- perience, the use of the lanterns can most fairly be apportioned.

48. The lanterns and slides are all that could be desired, and the lectures contain very much valuable information. It is generally agreed that they are too long for pupils who have not been Home, and for whom hardly anything can be taken as known. It is no criticism on the printed lectures to say, that the less slavishly they were adhered to, the better were the results. The lecturer at the Diocesan School gives an account of the interesting variation he made. Mr. GARRETT, who kindly undertook to give the course at the Kowloon School, and whose knowledge of London is extensive, gave a course which was quite original, and which proved inost interesting to the pupils and also to their parents, who attended in considerable numbers. A very good course was given at St. Joseph's College.

49. The cost of maintenance and expenses of an incidental nature have together amounted in the year to $49.20.

50. In Appendix C are given extracts from reports kindly furnished by Messrs. GARRETT and BRAWN, together with some interesting remarks by the Headmistress of the Belilios. School. In Appendix D are examination papers set at the request of the Trustees of Belilios Trust II, who gave prizes of the value of $10 for the best paper done by the pupils of each of the following schools:-Diocesan School, Boys; Diocesan School, Girls; Fairlea; Victoria School; Kowloon School. In Appendix E are some of the answers to these questions. They have been selected, not on account of their intrinsic merit, but as shewing the assistance which the lectures may give to pupils by helping them to realise the real nature of places which they have never seen, and the beauty and dignity of England.

League of Empire.

51. I have been in regular communication with the Central Office throughout the year. I hope to be present at the Conference which is to be held in London next May.

52. The importance of Empire Day was again impressed on the pupils of Kowloon and Victoria Schools by an invitation to Government House.

53. The following schools are members of the League, and are linked in correspondence with schools at Home:-Kowloon School, Victoria School, the Diocesan Schools, (Boys and Girls), and St. Joseph's College.

Evening Continuation Classes.

54. These were started in the Autumn, and have proved a great success. They are managed by a Committee, under the Chairmanship of the Registrar General, who is sending to Government a Report on the subject.

Hygiene.

55. The teaching of this subject received full attention during the year. I have reported separately on the progress made, and on the results of the examination for the prizes offered by His Excellency the Governor, by which that progress was tested.

Education Department,

28th February, 1907.

EDWARD A. IRVING,

Inspector of Schools.

I. Government Schools: Statistics.

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Tables.

II. Revenue of the Department during recent years.

III. Expenditure of the Department during recent years.

IV. Numbers of Schools and Pupils in Upper and Lower Grades compared.

V. Chart shewing attendances and number of pupils in Hongkong Schools during

recent years.

VI. The proportion of boys to girls in the Schools.

VII. Annual Grant List.

VIII. Scholarships given.

IX. Dates of Visual Instruction Lectures.

Appendices.

A. Detailed Reports on Government Schools.

B. Detailed Reports on Grant Schools.

C. Reports on Visual Instruction.

D. Examination Papers on Visual Instruction.

E. Answers to Examination Papers on Visual Instruction.

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DESCRIPTION.

Table I.-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.—[The figures in Red are those for last

year.]

SCHOOL STATISTICS.

· 513 --

Name and Nature.

Number of

Standards,

Classes or

Forms.

Number Maximum | Average of School Monthly At- Days. Enrolment. tendance.

Fees

Rate of

Fees.

Net Cost

to Govern-

Ditto for

each unit inl

REMARKS,

Gross Cost. Collected.

ment.

average

attendance.

196

7,149.25

1,979.00

5,170.25

90.70

Kowloon British School.--Children of European British Parentage. Boys under thirteen and Girls,

198

$2 to $5

6,723.21

- 2,101.50

4,621.77

84.03

and Infant Class.

Victoria British School.-Children of European British Parentage. Girls under thirteen and Boys,

1584

7,291.59

769.50

6,522.09

181.17

194

$2 to $5

5,826.17

14,339.00

4,387.17

99.70

Belilios Public School.-English and Anglo-Chinese Side. Boys under twelve and Girls,.

195

113

192

101

1,248.00 50c.to$1.50 8,076.34 1,098.50

11,008.01

9,760.01 104.94

6,977.84

85.09

1954

3,499.37

745.00

2,754.37

62.59

Salyingpun Anglo-Chinese School (Boys),

186

119

$1 to $2

4,795.81

1,907.09

2.888.81

31.40

Yanmati

do..

do.

COLO

192

125

189

218

Wantsai

do.,

7 Anglo-Indian School (Boys),

Aberdeen Anglo-Chinese School (Boys),.

らぶ

نے میں

228

162

231

195

192

188

170

1863

Tanglungchau

do.,

do..

Venlong

do.,

do.

donn

Taipo

Ping Shan

do.,

do.

Belilios Public School,-Vernacular Side, (Girls),

Sheko Vernacular School (Boys),.

1754

1883

1944

1923

152

ཁྐྲོམ ོའ འ 3 ལྷུང སྤྲུམ ོ

8,119.26

1,832.00 6,287.26

64.15

171

140

146

$1 to $2

8,729.78

3,555.00

5,174.78

30 26

4,015.39

2,349.00

1,666.39

11.90

5,593.62

3,022.00

2,571.62

17.61

758.71

485.00

273.71

8.29

50c. to $1.50 1,432.96

572.50

860.46

22.06

613.32

123.00

490.32

20.43

50 cents.

680.02

112.00

568.02

24.69

770.00

163.00

607.00

17.37

50c. to $1

792.55

331.00

461.55

13.98

1,316.95

90.00

1,226.95 68.16

50 cents.

1,332.30

91.50

1,240.80

77.55

50 cents.

614.32

53.00

561.32

46.77

Opened in May, 1906.

108

50 cents.

306.40

58.00

248.40

15.52

Opened in Aug., 1906.

212

267

189

kyeo.

230

263

187

25 cents.

1,232.96

2,079.21

1,282.86

6.52

554.00

1,515.21

8.10

219

ذا

108.00

7.20

240

150.00

13.63

1,001

782

45,882.71

9,783.50 26,099,21

46.17

1,231

927

47,132.75 14,905.00 - 32,227.75

34.76

Note. The schools italicised are Lower Grade, the rest Upper Grade Schools.

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Table II.

REVENUE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

(SCHOOL FEES) 1901-1906.

Name of School.

1. Kowloon School....

2. Victoria School..

3. Belilios Public School (English).

4. Saiyingpun Anglo-Chinese School. 5. Yaumati Anglo-Chinese School............. 6. Wantsai Anglo-Chinese School... 7. Anglo-Indian School...

8. Aberdeen Anglo-Chinese School...... 9. Tanglunchau Anglo-Chinese School... 10. Taipo Anglo-Chinese School..... 11. Ueulong Anglo-Chinese School..... 12. Pingshan Anglo-Chinese School. 13. Belilios Public School (Chinese)..

924.00 1,849.50 1,952.50 . 1,979.00

1,132.50 1,452.50|1,604.00|1,278.50 1,248.00

1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905.

1906.

C. $3 C.

2,101.50

769.50

1,439.00

1,098.50

1,90700.

3,555.00

3022.00

572.50

123.001 112.00

163.00

331.00

33.00

90.00

91.50

58.00

564.00

118.50 587.50 934.00 745.00 3.50 308.00 1,219.50 1,832.00 34.00 612.00 1,591.50 - 2,349.00 201.50 485.00

Total, $1,132.50|2,532.50 4,961.00 7,177.50. 9,783.59 14,905.00

Table III.

PROPORTION OF THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY DEVOTED TO EDUCATION,

(Includes Queen's College.)

Year.

Expenditure of Expenditure on

the Colony.

Per cent.

Education.

1896....

2,474,910 |

76,511

3.09

1897.

2,641,410

72,984

2.76

1898.

2,841,805

72,420

2.54

1899..

3,162,792

75,152

2.37

1900..

3,628,447

79,994

2.20

1901.

4,111,722

86,946

2.11

1902.

5,909,546

92,356

1.56

1903..

5,396,669

130,620

2.42

1904.

6,531,349

151,589

2.32

1905..

6,951,275

158,678

2.28

1906...

6,832,610

159,373

2.33

515

Table IV.

TOTAL OF GOVERNMENT AND GRANT SCHOOLS (UPPER AND LOWER Grades).

UPPER GRADE. LOWER GRADE.

TOTAL.

MANAGING BODY.

Schools. Pupils. Schools. Pupils. Schools. Pupils.

Queen's College,

1.005

...

1,005

Education Department,

777

150

927

Roman Catholic Mission,

755

376

1,131

Secular,

319

358

Church of England,

275

Church Missionary Society,

120

541

661

Rhenish Mission,

London Missionary Society, Basel Mission, Wesleyan Mission, American Board Mission, Berlin Foundling House,

· 60

650

187

...

109

Total,

24*

3,269

2,227

5,496

Girls,

Boys,

Girls,

Boys,

516

Table VI.

Proportion of Girls to Boys.

IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, INCLUDING QUEEN'S COLLEGE.

IN GRANT SCHOOLS.

TOTAL

324

1,641

1.965

1,608

1,923

3,531

1.932

3,564

5,496

IN UPPER GRADE VERNACULAR SCHOOLS.

IN LOWER GRADE VERNACULAR

TOTAL.

SCHOOLS.

278

1,046

1,324

622

822

278

1,868

2.146

Number of Fupils (Average

Attendance).

4,000

3,900:

3,800

Table V.

CHART.

1895 |

1896. 1897. 1898 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904 1905. 1906.

· 3,700

3,600

3,500

3,400

3,300

3,200

3350

3280

3,100

3,000

2,900

2,800

2,700

2,600

2,500

2,400

2,300

2,200

2,100

2146

2,000

1,900

1,800

1,700

1,600

1,500

1,400

1,300

1356

$1,200

1,100

1,000

900

800

700

600

500

400

300

200

100

RED Line

BLACK Line

DOTTED RED Line

DOTTED BLACK Line

=Government and Grant Schools, English (with Quecu's College),

Government and Grant Schools, Vernacular.

Private Schools, English (Max. monthly enrolment).

Private Schools, Vernacular (Max. monthly enrolment.)

FROM

521

Table VIII.

FREE SCHOLARSHIPS.

"A" Boys.

MANAGING BODY.

PERIOD.

WON BY

Grant School No. 64.

R. M. Saiyingpun, D. S. 4 Years if satisfactory

Pun Kwai.

progress shewn,

29.

L. M.

Do.,

Chan Ki Chung.

40.

Do.,

Pun U Chiu.

72.

Yaumati, D. S.

Do.,

Hom Keng Po.

48.

B. M.

Do.,

Hiu Iu Kui.

50.

Do.,

Chu Tam Shiu.

Aberdeen,

Saiyingpur, D. S.

Do.,

Liu Fuk On.

Do.,

Yin Yung Cheng.

Tanglungchau,

Do.,

Wantsai, D. S.

Do.,

Ho Shiu Lan.

Do.,

Ling Man Lai.

Uenlong,

Do.,

Yaumati, D. S.

Do.,

Saiyingpun, Yaumati

and Wantsai in

Competition,

Do.,

Queen's College. 3 Years if satisfac-

tory progress shewn.

66 B" Girls.

Belilios School, Lower

Belilios School, Upper C.

4 Years if satisfac- toryprogress shewn.

Lo Lai Wa.

Classes.

Do..

Sissie Johannsen.

Do.,

Leung A Liu.

Do.,

Ng Ngai Sin.

Do.,

Chan So.

Do.,

Do..

Shiu Tak Hing.

Grant School No. 33.

L. M.

Do.,

Im A Chü.

Do.,

69.

W. M.

Do.,

Lantern I.

522

Table IX.

"A"

DATES OF LECTURES IN 1906.

St. Joseph's College, Mid. Feb. to end April.

Italian and French Convents, 1st May-

not finished.

Victoria and Belilios Schools, 1st Novem-

ber to Mid. February.

Lantern II.

Queen's College, Mid. February (Not used). Ellis Kadoorie School, Mid. April to Mid.

June.

Diocesan and Fairlea Schools, 1st October to

December.

Kowloon School, Mid. December to end of

February.

Lantern I.

"B"

ÅRRANGEMENT PROPOSED FOR THE FUTURE.

Diocesan and Fairlea Schools. Victoria and Belilios Schools. St. Joseph's College.

October 1st to Dec. 15th Dec. 16th to February 28th March 1st to April 30th

Lantern II.

Ellis Kadoorie School. Kowloon School and St. Mary's. Italian and French Convents.

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Appendix A.

No. 1.-Kowloon British School.

Staff.—B. JAMES, M., Mrs MAIN, Mrs. MURRAY and Miss HOLMES,

Discipline and Organization.-Very good. Form II, the lowest but one in the Upper School, has been very weak numerically. On the other hand the 3 highest Forms were stronger than usual, numbering 15 pupils.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 230 pupils. Apparatus:-Very sitisfactory.

English-Reading.--Good. Writing. Handwriting has considerably improved in the lower Forms. The con positions of the senior pupils are very neat, and in most respects satisfactory. The style is however in some instances rather childish and I wish that the number of school lessons and examina ions would permit the reading of standard authors in school. If this is imposible, the for nation of a school library would, I feel sure, do much good.

Geography.—Good. Some very good papers were written at examination in the Upper School.

History. The lowe Forms of the Upper School do not seem to have got on as well as usual with this subject. The 3 highest Forms are working together.

together. They are mainly taught from notes. It would be well if standard works of reference were purchased, and the pupils encouraged to turn to these for further information.

Arithmetic. Very food in the Upper School. The Lower School appear to me to be somewhat backward, an! I noticed a distinct weakness in mental arithmetic.

French. The foll wing extracts with which I concur are from a report made by Mr. M. D.'AGOSTINI. The host advanced pupils had been studing for only 16 months :-

"Considering the time they have studied I found the result " Satisfactory." Their pronunciation is very acurate, and I much admired the uniformity of the knowledge, as the one knows nearly as much as the other. I related in French two little subjects of composition. A short try and the subject of a voyage. The students understood a great deal of what I said,nd I knew they did by their answers in cross-questioning. Some words which were new to the students were translated by their teacher. Most of the questions taken from Lebon's Reader and the two subjects of composition were answered rather well. The stud ints are rather weak in composition. I think the method by which they are learning isery good and the books well selected, but I submit a few slight suggestions. It would perhaps be a good thing if the teacher spoke only French to the Senior class and as mich as possible to the Junior one. When the students do not under- stand the new words ad sentences, they might be explained by means of a picture book made for the purpose and by other words already known and by association of ideas. Also to devote a part of each lesson to some practical work not connected with the books in use. For instance to elate simple short stories in French and ask the pupils to write them in addition to their home work, then when the compositions are corrected to ask them to find out the rules from which they have deviated. These compositions could be used as a subject of conversation by the teacher. I would also ask the students to compose a few sentences at home, lear them by heart whether right or wrong and repeat them to the teacher, who would correct them afterwards, increasing the number of these sentences gradually. Hossfeld's French Grammar contains a lot of stories which could be used by the teacher.'

Drawing-Improved. This subject should be tested next year by some one better qualified to judge it than myself.

Singing.-Excell int.

Needlework. The Sub-Inspector of Needlework reports that while otherwise good, the sewing in the Uppe School seems to lack variety. The hemming done by some very small children is good.

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Scripture. The following extracts are from the report of the Reverend.F. T. Jons-

SON :-

"On Tuesday, February 5th, 1907, I visited the Kowloon British School and examined, the children in Holy Scripture. For the purposes of the examination the school was divide 1 into three Classes, the highest of which alone was examined by a written paper, the other two being examined viva voce. In the highest class, of ten girls, the answering was good and on the whole very even, one girl, whose papers were distinctly better than those of any other, obtained the creditable percentage of 89% while the lowest percentage obtained was 63%. The only criticism that I wish to make is that the children seemed to find it a labour to transfer their

thoughts to paper...... Twelve questions were set and though in my opinion ample time was given for the answering of them all, I found it advisable to offer full marks for the correct answering of any ten. In the second division the answering was very good indeed. except in the case of one or two children who have not been long at the School. As regards their repetition they were practically word-perfect, and they displayed a thorough familiarity with the principal stories from the Books of Joshua and Judges. I was particularly pleased with the intelligent and thoughtful answering of some of the children. in this Division. In the lowest Class the repetition was excellent and the children appear- ed to have a thorough grasp of what they had been taught from Genesis and of the main events of Our Lord's life. To sum up: I am extremely pleased with the results of the examination, they reflect great credit upon both teachers and children, and it is impossible- to be sufficiently thankful for the excellent grounding in the text of Holy Scripture given to the children in this School."

•

No. 2.-Victoria British School.

Staff.-W. H. WILLIAMS, F.R.G.S., Mrs. E. WILKINSON and Mrs. L. MORRIS.

Discipline and Organization. The discipline is very good. The organization is also satisfactory with this exception, that the work of the Upper School (which is taught by Mr. WILLAMS) is hampered by the presence of two girls who are an obstacle to the proper working of the syllabus. Girls should not in future be allowed in the Upper School.

Sanitation.The dust caused by the cement floor which has become pulverised makes it very difficult to keep the place clean. Wooden floors are badly wanted. The insanitary surroundings of the School have been a cause of sickness. These disadvantages are being remedied.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 182 pupils.

Apparatus.-Very satisfactory,

English.-Reading. Good. The elocution and pronunciation of the younger pupils is quite satisfactory. Writing.-Handwriting in the Lower Classes is very good. It has improved in the Upper School, where however, it is still by no means all it should be. Much still remains to be done in making the pupils shew up neat work. The matter of the compositions is good: spelling however is still rather weak.

Geography.Good. The strongest subject in the Upper School.

History.-None is taught in the Lower School. It appears to me that it would be desirable to give those Classes some insight into Greek and Roman History by means of short biographies in the way that has so successfully been followed at Kowloon School. In the Upper School a manual of Constitutional History is read. This does not seem a profitable study for pupils who do not bring to it any previously acquired knowledge of the subject. The school sent in essays for the Empire Day Challenge Cup and Prize inter-all Primary Schools of the Empire," and received honourable mention. The subject was the growth of the British Empire.

Mathematics.—Arithmetic.-Good progress is being made throughout the Lower School : the top Class did very well. The work in the Upper School is very weak, and very untidy. Approximate methods are very well in their place; but at examination nearly the whole Upper School worked out a Compound Multiplication sum on the assumption that odd pounds and shillings in a large total were inconsiderable trifles.

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Algebra--A fair beginning has been made.

Hygiene.--Besides the Government Course, one in physiology has been taken, sup- plemented by lessons in "First Aid."

Drawing.-Is being taught with some success.

Singing-Simple singing in unison is taught.

Shorthand. The theory has been well taught. The Headmaster expects to work the Upper School up to a speed of not less than 60 words a minute by Easter next.

Kindergarten.-Good.

No. 3.-Belilios Public School, English and Anglo-Chinese Side.

Staff.-Mrs. TuTCHER, Miss BATEMAN, and three Junior Assistant Teachers.

Discipline and Organization.-The nomenclature and arrangement of the Classes has been changed, in order to bring the school into line with the other Government Anglo-Chinese Schools of the Colony. The Upper School now consists of 3 Classes, the highest being Class I; and the Classes in the Lower School are subdivided into Divisions, the A and B Divisions being for pupils who speak English fluently, and the C and D Divisions for those who do not. It is not however intended to convey the idea that it has already been necessary to form all these Divisions in all the Classes of the Lower School.

Discipline is very good throughout the school. More Class-teaching is still necessary in the Lower School. Perhaps the methods of some of the Junior Assistant Mistresses require more supervision by the Headmistress.

Sanitation.-Satisfactory. But the school needs repainting and colour washing.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 500 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory.

English.The syllabus in the Chinese Divisions of Classes in the Lower School is now approximately the same as that followed in the Government Anglo-Chinese Boys' Schools. Colloquial Most of the pupils still appear to think that modesty compels them to speak in a whisper. The teachers are apt to fall in with this convention, and instruct each pupil, as it were privately, in turn.

The Belilios Trust II has offered prizes for the encouragement of elocution. Reading. Very good in the Upper School. Writing.-Very neat throughout the school. The compositions of the senior pupils were severely tested at midsummer in an examination for certain prizes, kindly offered by Mr. BELILIOS. The results were excellent.

The same may also be said of much of the work of the Chinese Girls in the Lower School. Class VI would probably have reproduced better a story told them if they had been more accustomed to replying and therefore to listening carefully to what is said to them.

Geography.-Good.

History-Very good.

Arithmetic-Mental-Good.

Written. The work is on the whole very neat and

accurate. The numbers of sums are occasionally omitted.

Needlework.-Chinese embroidery is tastefully done. Plain sewing should not be

neglected.

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No. 4.-Saiyingpun District School.

Staff.-A. MORRIS and 4 Chinese Assistant Masters.

Discipline and Organization.-The Discipline is very good, and the organization as satisfactory as can be expected in view of the weakness of the Chinese Staff. The Head- master has to take 2 Classes and has thus little time for supervision. Class VII, in charge of a probationer, and Class VIII, in charge of a junior master are in consequence rather below the mark.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 187 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory.

English.-Colloquial.-Fair in Class VIII, where the master's English is by no means good, and weak in Class VII. Very good in the highest Classes. Reading.-Poor in Class VII. Writing.-Very good. The compositions in Class V reach a high standard..

Grography-Weak in Class VII. Classes VI to IV have been skilfully taught. In Class VI there is much ignorance as to the railways of China. Classes Vand IV have done very well, though the school maps drawn at examination might be improved. Current topics are evidently not forgotten.

Arithemetic-Mental.-This subject requires more attention. Written-Not taught very intelligently in Class VII. Class IV did excellently at examination, and Class V did well. The expression ascending order was generally misunderstood.

Drawing.-Includes free hand, free satisfactory, especially in the last named.

Chinese.-Fair.

arm and brush work. The progress is very The subject has proved to be very popular.

No. 5.-Yaumati District School.

Staff-W. CURWEN, J. C. PARKIN and 5 Chinese Assistant Masters.

Discipline and Organization. The school is now nearly full and will probably be quite, full next term. Care should then be taken to give preference to the younger and more intelligent candidates. Many of the boys in the lower Classes are now too old to be likely to turn their English studies to a profitable account. The masters of the lower Classes do not seem to follow the syllabus very exactly. Perhaps rather more supervision should be given to them. The discipline is very good.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 268 pupils.

Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.

English-Colloquial.-The pronunciation of the masters and consequently of the pupils of the lower Classes is not distinct enough. I have again to point out that they attempt to speak too fast. Good on the whole in the 2 lowest Classes, and very good in the rest. Reading.-Very good. Writing. The reproduction of a short story at ex- amination by Class VI was not up to the average. Handwriting has much improved. Composition is a strong subject in the 2 highest Classes where it is very good. Serious grammatical blunders are rare.

Geography. The local geography is well taught. Classes VI and V did but poorly at examination, in the latter it seems there are a good many boys who are not up to the work. Sketch maps are very bad. Class IV have done

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Arithemetic. Mental Arithmetic needs more attention. Written.-There is a lack of common-sense observable. Few boys can see at a glance that 12/6 is of £1. De- cimals are weak. Questions are not always numbered, and in some cases it is impossible to see how answers are arrived at. Class IV are fair; and Class V distinctly weak.

Chinese.-Weak. Requires attention.

No. 6.-Wantsai District School.

Staff.-YOUNG HEE and 7 Chinese Assistant Masters.

Discipline and Organization.-Very good. It seems that some check should be kept on the numbers of the lowest Class. Boys 17 and 18 years of age should not be admitted to it.

Sanitation.-Fairly satisfactory. Class room VIII is overcrowded. Owing to lack of accommodation Classes VII and VI have unfortunately to be taken together in one room, as also Classes V and IV.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 241 pupils.

Apparatus.-Very satisfactory. The new desks are a great improvement; more are

wanted.

English.-Colloquial.-Very good, though the methods of Class VIII would bear improve- ment. Class VII have done excellently. Reading. Very good. Writing.-Very good in Classes VII and VIII. The work in the higher Classes is tidy, and well written. Com- positions are very correct so far as they go; but they err on the side of extreme brevity.

Geography.The local geography is very well taught. The higher Classes have done fairly. The syllabus of Class VI seems to be too ambitious.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Requires more attention. Classes VIII are weak in knowledge of Multiplication Table. Written.-The lowest Classes are good. In the upper Classes the work is neat. But the processes should be shewn more fully, and in the proper sequence, wherever the calculation is one which can not be performed mentally.

Drawing. A good beginning has been made with brush-work.

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Chinese.--Good.

No. 7.—Anglo-Indian School.

Staff.-JAHANGIR KHAN and 1 Chinese Assistant Master.

Discipline and Organization.—The discipline is good. The organization requires atten- tion. Pupils are promoted too quickly. Departmental orders have not always been obeyed.

Sanitation. The school is not kept sufficiently clean. In particular the Masters' desk was on 2 occasions at least in a very disorderly and untidy condition.

Floor Space.--Sufficient for 40 pupils.

Apparatus.-Satisfactory.

English.-Colloquial.-Good. Reading.-The pronunciation is fair. The subject matter is not sufficiently understood. Writing-Bad. Very great pains must be taken with it.

Geography. The subject was neglected in the earlier part of the year, as there was a delay in procuring the necessary maps. It requires much attention.

Arithmetic.-Mental. Requires more attention. Writing.-Has improved considerably.

Urdu. Has been taught.

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No. 8.-Aberdeen Anglo-Chinese School.

Staff.-LEE KAng-sham.

Discipline and Organization.-Good. The pupils are attentive and polite. The amount of work got through in the year is rather small.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 41 pupils.

Apparatus.-More maps are needed.

English.-Colloquial.-Very good.

Recitation should be taught. Reading.--Very.

satisfactory. Writing.-Handwriting is poor. Composition.-Fair. Exercises should be dated and more carefully corrected.

Geography.-Fair.

Arithmetic.-Mental-Good.

Written.-Good on the whole.

No. 9.-Tanglungchau Anglo-Chinese School.

Staff-Kwok KING-SHAN.

Discipline and Organization.-Good. So far as possible, the syllabus of the District Schools has been followed.

Sanitation.Satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 51 pupils.

Apparatus.-Requires supplementing.

English-Colloquial-Good in Class VII. Fair in Class VIII. Reading.—Very good. Writing. Good in Class VII. Fair in Class VIII.

Geography.-Fair.

Arithmetic.-Poor in Class VIII.

Chinese.-Reading.-Good. Composition.-Fair.

No. 10.-Uenlong School.

Staff-PUN Ü-SAM.

Discipline and Organization.—I am not satisfied with the way this school has been conducted during the past year. The master seems to require more supervision than can conveniently be given to him.

Sanitation. Not satisfactory. Hens and cigarettes are out of place in a school room.

Apparatus.-The furniture is of a very rudimentary order. It. will be renewed

next year.

English.-Colloquial.-Poor. Reading.-Fair. Writing.-Handwriting is good. Com- position poor. My remarks last year on the teaching of Grammar have received no atten- tion. An unauthorised and perfectly useless work on English Grammar is being studied.

Geography.-Bad.

Arithmetic. Very good. A boy in Class VI correctly measured and found the area. of a rice-field in my presence.

Chinese.-Fair.

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No. 11. Taipo.

Staff-MAK PING-FUI.

*Discipline and Organization.-A very good start seems to have been nade.

Sanitation.--The situation of the school is very noisy. The roof needs a ventilating

shutter.

Apparatus.--Satisfactory.

English.-Very good progress has been made during the few months the school has been open. The master is teaching in the proper way. Colloquial.-Very good. Reading.- Good. Writing.-Very good.

Arithmetic.- Good.

No. 12.--Ping Shan.

Staff-CHU WING-TO.

Discipline and Organizatim.-Gool. It is questionable whether a private ancestral hall is a proper place for a Government School. I do not think that pupils of other clans will readily find admittance.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Apparatus.--Satisfactory.

English.-Good progress has been made in the 5 months the school has been open.

Arithmetic.-Fair.

No. 13.-Belilios Public School.

Vernacular Side.

Staff-SUNG HOK-PANG, 3 Assistant Teachers, one Needlework Teacher and two Pupil Teachers.

Discipline and Organization.-Very good. speech. Standard I is weakest in all subjects.

Sanitation.-Satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 432 pupils.

Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.

The girls are remarkable for their audible Very young children should not be admitted.

Chinese.-Reading.-Good. Composition.-Good. The writing is rather slow. The work of the highest girls appeared to me to be excellent. Another year it would be as well to take a more weighty opinion on the subject.

Geography.—Good, except in Standard I. It is natural that the study: phenomena of day and night, the seasons, &c., being a new subject should be at least well understood and

known.

Arithmetic. The weakest subject. Mental.-Good in the most Standards. Written.- Poor in the 4 lowest Standards. Good in Standards V and VI.

Hygiene.-The subject has been studied attentively, and the pupils take an interest in it.

Drawing.- -Some pretty pictures in the Chinese style are produced. The girls enjoy doing them, and acquire soine neatness and observation in the process.

Singing.—Continues to be taught.

Needlework. Very pretty silk embroidery is done, somewhat to the neglect of plain sewing, which should be insisted on, for the beginners at any rate.

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Appendix B.

DETAILED REPORTS ON GRANT SCHOOLS.

NOTE.-The reports of the schools marked with an asterisk are upon the work of the year ending 30th June.

No. 1.-St. Joseph's College.

Staff. Bro. SYLVESTER (Director) and 9 Assistant Masters.

Discipline and Organization.-Very good.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 522 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory. There is a steady renewal of worn out and old fashioned apparatus.

English-Colloquial.-Great pains are taken to improve the speech of the junior Standards. There is a noticeable improvement in this respect. Reading.-Good.-Several sets of readers are in use, the subject matter of which is explained in an interesting and stimulating manner. Writing. Greatly improved. Compositions are neat and handwriting is generally very good. Standard VII, which is much stronger numerically than last year, still shewed up some rather sketchy work and the punctuation was very faulty. Sentences are often too long and involved, though two papers were excellent. Standard V which did badly last year, is now well up to the mark.

Geography.-Standard III failed rather badly in an examination on the Canton Province. It is curious that facts of local interest seem so often to be those least studied. As usual boys know more about the Grand Canal than about the Canton-Hankow railway: and in this respect the Chinese boys were the worst offenders.

Standard V have done on the whole very well in a long syllabus. The history of the countries studied might have been better known. Answers should be given in complete sentences, and the article and verb should not be omitted as is often done.

The highest Standards were examined on England, with the object of eliciting how far the Course of Visual Instruction has given them a clearer insight into the real nature of the country. The course had to be somewhat hurried; and on the whole I am encouraged by the measure of success attained. But it is clear that there are immense difficulties to over- come before home-keeping youths can acquire a lively conception of surroundings so far removed from their vision. The following descriptions of the Thames valley are typical :-

"The valley of the Thames is very beautiful, especially in the evening, when the dust of London is blown up. The sun shines on it and makes it appear to be of different colours and continually changing, which is called the sunset of the Thames.'

"The scenery of the Thames is covered with bridges and towers all along and some beautiful lighthouses."

History. The subject is very well taught, and Standard V have noticeably improved. The Upper Standards are very well acquainted with their facts, though they do not always express them well.

Mathematics.—Arithmetic.-Very good in the lower Standards. The written work shewn up by the higher Standards in this as in the two following subjects is exceedingly good both in accuracy and neatness. Algebra.-Excellent. Euclid.-The work is thor- oughly understood. The propositions are well written and the riders are accurately solved.

Hygiene. Very good.

Drawing. The subject is being well taught, according to the requirements of the Oxford Local.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of 30/- and report the school to be "thoroughly efficient ".

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No. 2.-Italian Convent.

Staff.-Seven European Sisters of Charity.

Discipline and Organization.-Very good. In Standard IV note books might be kept more systematically. In some of the lower Standards the pupils collaborated at examination without any attempt at concealment. I have no objection to their working together at other times, if the teachers desire: but they should be taught also to treat test examinations with respect.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 430 pupils.

Apparatus. Some of the maps should be replaced by new ones: otherwise satisfactory.

The

English.-Reading-Good. Writing.- Spelling requires attention in Standards II and III. Handwriting is good throughout the school, and the work shewn up is neat. formation of some of the capital letters is unusual. Foreign idioms occur in the composi- tions of the higher Standards, which have nevertheless improved considerably. The papers shewed a considerable knowledge of current topics.

Geography. The work is taught too much by rote in the lower Standards. Standard III were distinctly weak. At examination Standard IV did less well than Standard VI, who shewed up some very good work. Map drawing to illustrate answers is a subject that seems much neglected.

History.--Very good. The work done gives evidence of a thorough grasp of the subject, particularly of the parts relating to constitutional matters.

Hygiene.-Very good. Great pains have been taken and good results secured. One girl in Standard IV knows the whole Elementary Course by heart: but the teacher is not responsible for this.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Good. Writing.-Excellent results were obtained at examina- tion in the 3 highest Standards, who got 86% in a by no means easy paper. In the lower Standards a number of mistakes at examination were probably attributable to

nervousness.

Needlework.-Very good.

Grant. The school continues to be thoroughly efficient. I recommend a Grant at the rate of 35/-.

*No. 3.-French Convent.

Staff-Four European Sisters of Charity, and one Assistant Teacher.

Discipline and Organization.-Discipline, very good. The routine work of the Upper Standards suffers considerably owing to the demands among the pupils for instruction in subjects outside the ordinary syllabus, as well as from the fact that these Standards do their work together in one room. In the lower Standards the organization is good.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space-Sufficient for 138 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory.

English-Colloquial.-The lower Standards are very well taught. Reading.-Good. Writing. The work of Standard VI is marred by many bad mistakes in spelling. The handwriting in Standard IV and below is good. Grammar requires attention throughout the school.

Geography. Some very good papers were written at examination. graphy is somewhat neglected in the lowest Standards.

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History. The subject shews some improvement since last year. Questions at exa- mination should be more fully auswered, and a few principal dates should be given, whether expressly asked for or not.

Arithmetic. The Arithmetic in Standard IV was exceedingly poor and inaccurate. Standards V & VI did well on a very easy paper. It is a weak subject in the lower Standards.

Hygiene. Well taught. Willoughby's book is however not being studied, on the ground that it is too difficult.

Needlework. Very good.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of 31

* No. 4.—Victoria Anglo-Portuguese School.

Staff Mrs. CORDEIRO and one Assistant.

Discipline and Organization.—The school has hitherto been known as the Victoria English School.

The organization is very good. Disicipline is good. At inspection orders to the pupils might be given rather less excitedly.

Sanitation.--Yery satisfactory, so long as the inner room is not use:l as a class room, for which it is too dark.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 49 pupils.

Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.

English-Colloquial and Reading. Very good. Writing-Handwriting is very good. Composition is very good in the lower Standards. Standards IV and V did fairly

at examination.

Geography. The lower Standards were rather weak in knowledge of the facts which lie nearest. Standard II did not seem to know where Macao is. The trade routes were not very well known.

well known. Still a great deal has been taught and learned.

History.-Good.

Hygiene. The Elementary Course has been carefully taught. More simple experi- ments should be shewn.

Arithmetic.-Very good.

Grant. The school shews a steady improvement. I recommend a Grant at the rate of 30/-, and report that it is "thoroughly efficient ".

*No. 5.-Bridges Street.

Staff-Two Europeans Sisters of Charity.

Discipline and Organization.--Very good. With one exception, all pupils are in the 2 lowest Standards.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 102 pupils.

Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.

English-Colloquial.-Greatly improved.

Reading.-Good.

Composition.-Very

good the spelling in Standard I is a weak point.

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Geography. Very good.

Arithmetic.-Very good.

•Needlework.-Good. Patching and mending should be taught.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of 30/-.

* No. 6.-Sacred Heart.

Staff-Two European Sisters of Charity.

Discipline and Organization.-Good. The drill might be made smarter. Further attention should be paid to my remarks under this heading last year.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space-Sufficient for 88 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory.

English.-Colloquial.-Gocd. Reading.-Fair. There is a tendency to read too fast,

Writing.-Good:

Geography.-Fair.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Fair.

Written.-Fair. Problems are not well done.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of 30/-.

No. 7.-Diocesan School, Girls.

Staff-Miss SKIPTON, Miss HAWKER and 2 Assistants.

Discipline and Organization.-Discipline is good. There seeins a need of a mixed and better graded syllabus in several subjects, especially in Geography. The Standards are taught together, which cannot but be disadvantageous for all of them.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 64 pupils. Apparatus.--Satisfactory.

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English.-Reading.-Very good. Standard III might read more fluently. In the lower Standards the subject matter is well understood. Writing.-Spelling is very weak throughout the school, with the exception of Standard VII where soine very good com- position is done; it should receive more attention. The construction of sentences in the Upper Standards requires attentiɔn. In the written work shewn up at examination as many as 12 or 15 lines appear without a full stop, and many of the sentences are incomplete and faulty through the omission of auxiliary verbs and of articles. Handwriting is good, and the work is neat..

Geography. In Standard II the map is not made enough use of, and the work is learned too much by heart. Standard IV on the contrary are being very well instructed.

The Upper Classes were at examination set papers from their note books, as

as the por- tions of text books offered for examination-seven or eight pages in the case of Standards V and VI-were too brief to enable me to form a definite opinion. The notes given the pupils were very good as regards matter, though they might have been better arranged. On the whole, questions upon them were well answered.

History.-Some very good work was shewn up in Standards VII and VI. Standard V did poorly, making great confusion between certain famous personages.

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Hygiene.-Good. Although at the Team Competition spelling and grammar were not taken into consideration, still inability to express their meaning on paper seems to have lost the pupils many marks.

Arithmetic.A A fair beginning has been made in the lowest Standards. Elsewhere the work continues to be extreinely poor and a long way below the average.

Needlework.-The syllabus is carefully graded, and the work well done. The Inspec- tor of Needlework comments on the fact that girls use thimbles which are too big, and remedy the matter by stuffing them with paper.

Grant. -I recommend a Grant at the rate of 30/-.

* No. 8.-Diocesan School, Boys.

Staff-Headmaster, G. PIERCY, 8 Assistant European Masters and Mistresses, and 2 Chinese Masters.

Discipline and Organization.-The discipline continues to be all that could be desired. The plan of separating the Chinese from the English speaking boys in parallel Divisions of the lowest Classes, appears to be working well. The master of the lowest Chinese Division. is inexperienced and requires some advice upon the method of teaching. I am strongly of opinion that some boys in the higher Standards have been promoted too quickly, especially in Standard V.

Sanitation. Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 470 pupils.

Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.

English.--Colloquial.-The method of teaching Colloquial on the Chinese Side of the Lower School has improved. Reading.-Good.-Writing.-I have again to draw attention, and more emphatically, to the weakness in English composition especially in the highest Standard. It is below the mark, and requires serious attention. Thirteen boys shewed up essay at the last examination of whom one, J. R. CROLIUS, did very well. His essay was the rt t of ordered thinking and not merely a series of vague sentences committed to paper he order in which they happened to simmer out of the author's brain; it was well written, grammatical, correctly spelled and neat. None of the other pupils did really well and nearly half the Class were very weak, their work being untidy, illogical and full of gross grammatical blunders.

The composition in Standard V has considerably improved, and is on the whole very satisfactory. It would be better if shorter compositions were shewn up-three-quarters of a page is enough for Standard V,—and more attention paid to correctness of grammar.

Analysis and Parsing are rather weak, and a number of mistakes are made in "Parts of Speech."

Grammar. The work is fairly good.

Geography.-Good on the whole. I retain my opinion that "Asia and Africa with fuller particulars of China" is too much for a year's work in Standard V.

History. The papers set at examination were on the whole better done than last year. Standard V did fairly on the whole, and a few boys very well. Standard VI did well and the work of Standard VII may be considered to be very good.

Mathematics.-Arithmetic.-Good. Geometry.-The difference in the attainments of the pupils of Standard V in Geometry, as in most other subjects, is very remarkable. Fi- gures should be neatly drawn and lettered with capitals. The propositions should not be written out like a piece of composition, but after the style adopted in modern text books. Standards VI and VII are good. Riders are well done. Geometrical Drawing.-The problems set seem to have been too hard for Standard VI. The work in Standard VII is good on the whole, and fairly neatly worked. Solutions should be worked in ink not pen- cil. All the working should be shewn ; no erasures should be made. Algebra.—Standard VII with the exception of 3 boys have done very well indeed. Standard VI were also good but there is a great difference between the work of the two Standards.

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Bookkeeping.-A long and difficult paper was excellently done by Standard VII, in a way much above the average as regards accuracy, neatness and grasp of the subject. Standard VI also did well.

Shorthand—is still in the theoretical stage. I think that no boy can yet write as fast as he can with long band. The subject has been taught for 3 years.

Latin. The subject was started in the year under review. I have had personal ex- perience of teaching the text book used (Sonnenschein's Ora Martitima), and I can only express disappointment at the results achieved. The ability to translate from English into Latin at the end of a year is practically nil. The teaching of this very valuable subject requires reconsideration. I suggest that if is taught, more time must be given to it; which time might be gained by teaching the Non-Chinese boys Latin Grammar in the place. of English Gramınar.

Chinese. Reading.-Good. Composition.-Fair. It would be an assistance to the Inspector if compositions were done in exercise books, and dated.

Chinese pens and paper should be used.

Grant.—I recommend a Grant at the highest rate of 35/- and report that the school is thoroughly efficient. The main points that seen to me to require attention are English Composition in the two highest Standards, and the danger of too rapid promotions.

* No. 9.-St. Mary's.

Staff-Four European Sisters of Charity, and one Assistant Teacher.

Discipline and Organization.-The discipline has considerably improved. It is still hard to extract answers from the Upper Standards, where the teaching can not be considered to be altogether satisfactory.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space-Sufficient for 152 pupils.

Apparatus.-Satisfactory.

English.-Reading.-Good. Writing.-Dictation is good in the lowest Standards. Composition is very good in Standards III & IV and good in Standards V & VI; and there is generally a considerable improvoment in spelling and neatness.

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Geography.-The

-The lower Standards are doing well. Standard V profess to have learned Asia and begun Africa during the year. But their ignorance of Asia at examination shews that the treatment has been very superficial.

History. The method of teaching this subject requires a radical amendment in Standards IV & V. I am far from wishing the work to degenerate into learning strings of dates; but when (as happened when Standard IV were questioned on their period) the almost unanimous opinion placed Magna Carta in the XIX century, some change of system is surely called for. Standard VI were correct in their facts, though their replies were curt and stereotyped: but they should have a text book. At present they learn by means of questions and answers dictated to them.

Hygiene. The time devoted to the subject is only hour a week. Willoughby's Hygiene is not used as a book of reference by the Senior Classes. The simple facts of the Elementary Course appear to have been grasped.

Arithmetic.-The theory of expressing numbers by figures is not well taught in Standard 111: in Standard IV fractions are never reduced to the lowest terms. The work of the higher Standards has greatly improved in neatness and accuracy, and is now very good.

Needlework.-Good.

Grant.--I recommend a Grant at the rate of 30/-.

* No. 10.-Cathedral School.

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Staff-Two European and 4 Chinese Masters.

Discipline and Organization.-The school under new management shewed a very marked improvement during the latter half of the school year. I regret to report that the Manager has decided to close it, as the building is required for another purpose.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 446 pupils.

Apparatus.--Satisfactory.

English.-Colloquial.--Very much improved. The Chinese masters have been trained to teach the subject and have profited considerably. Reading.-Good. Writing.-Compo- sition is still weak in the Upper Standards. There is a great improvement in the Lower School.

Geography-Weak in the higher Standards. Elsewhere good.

Hygiene.-Standard IV has improved since the Team examination. The Upper Stand- ards are little better than Standard IV.

Arithmetic.--Good.

Chinese.-Fair. Weakest in the lower Classes.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of 30/-.

* No. 11.--Ellis Kadoorie School.

Staff-Mr. W. BRAIDWOOD, one English and 11 Chinese Assistant Masters.

Discipline and Organization.-Discipline, very good. The weakness of the European Staff was accentuated towards the end of the school year, by the retirement of one of the Assistant English Masters whose place has not yet been filled, as well as by the greatly in- creased number of pupils. The increased numbers are partly due to the facilities offered for free education, there being at present about 100 boys in the school who pay no fees. In these circumstances, the junior Chinese Masters do not receive the supervision they so such need, as the Headmaster must find his time almost entirely occupied with the highest Classes, which give evidence of assiduous attention on his part.

It would be well if the Classes were uninformly designated by numbers, and the Divi- sions of classes by letters.

Sanitation.-The new buildings, towards the cost of which the Government is sub- scribing $7,000, are nearly finished. Meanwhile the school is overcrowded; while the noise and disturbance caused by the new construction are inevitable hindrances to the lessons.

Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.

English-Colloquial.-The teaching in the lower Classes has improved, notably in Class: VI D. Much however remains to be done. Reading.-In Class VI C there has been introduced the barbarous, old Hongkong system of teaching reading; the Class master con- fines himself to the pronunciation of the words, and subsequently a Chinese master "ex- plains" the meaning by giving a word for word Chinese translation. Writing.-Handwriting is good throughout. The composition in the two highest Classes is quite unusually good, and reaches the highest standard that can reasonably be expected of Chinese boys, namely that they should make no mistakes worse than awkward expressions and the use of foreign sounding idioms. It should be needless to add that they have not arrived at this point without also being able to speak English very well. The use of such abbreviations as "can't" and "don't" is to be deprecated in essay writing. Hygiene should not be dragged unnecessarily into alien subjects.

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Geography.-Some of the junior masters have little idea of how the subject should be taught. But the senior Classes under the Headmaster have improved greatly in the year. The written work is fuller, contains the sort of facts that ought to be remembered, is accurate in the main, and neat. Map drawing from memory has much improved.

The course of Visual Instruction was given in the evenings, as there are at present no means of darkening a class room. I regret to say that the attendance was poor, averaging only about 50 pupils. It is a pity that it was not made compulsory.

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History. The Course of General History recommended by the Committee on History and Geography is being followed; but as it has been in force for little more than a year, the three highest Classes are studying practically the same part of it. The results as shewn at examination are very satisfactory, and indicate that the subject is being taught as it should be. The more intelligent pupils at any rate have a useful and clear knowledge of the main outlines of the early civilizations.

Hygiene. The subject is being properly taught. I suggest that experiments in "science" should in the first instance be confined to the illustration of the prescribed course in hygiene, as otherwise they may become somewhat discursive. There is a sufficient apparatus.

Mathematics.--Arithmetic.-Good. Algebra. A new subject. The syllabus is of a very elementary character. The work done is fairly good. Euclid. Also a new subject. Probably some modern book on geometrical drawing might with advantage he used as an introduction to Euclid. The results are fairly good. Riders should be taught. Letter- ing should be consistent, and the recognized abbreviations be used.

Chinese.-Reading.-Good, except in Class V. Composition.-Good. The formation of antithetical couplets might be dropped.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of 30/-. The very good work done in the upper Classes cannot wholly compensate for the comparative weakness of the Lower School.

No. 12.-Fairlea.

Staff-Miss HAZELAND and Miss FLETCHER.

Discipline and Organization.-Discipline, good. The school log-book has not been kept as required by section 16. (b) of the Code. The teaching of the lower Standards re- quires more supervision from the Headmistress.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 44 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory.

English.-Colloquial.--Not sufficiently practised in the lower Standards. The elder pupils have made very good progress. Reading.-In the lower Standards the teaching of this subject is not altogether satisfactory. The pupils do not seem to understand what they read. This may be partly due to the old fashioned readers in use. Writing. The lower Standards are rather weak. Standard V have done excellently.

Geography.- -Weak in the lower Standards, where the subject is taught in too theoreti- cal a manner. The senior pupils have done very well.

History-An intelligent knowledge of General History is shewn in the top Standard.

Arithmetic.-Shorter methods are required; and Mental Arithmetic should receive more

attention.

Sewing.-Very Good.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of 30/-.

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No. 13.-St. Francis'.

Staff-One European Sister of Charity and 2 Assistant Mistresses.

Discipline and Organization.—Fair.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 147 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory.

English-Colloquial.--Attention has been paid to my suggestions under this heading last year. There is still room for considerable improvement. Reading.-Fair.-Composi tion.-Fair.

Geography.-Good.

Arithmetic. Mental.-Fair.- Written.-Very good; a great improvement on last year. Needlework.-Fair. The older girls should be taught darning and patching.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of 30/-.

No. 14.-St. Stephen's.

Staff -TANG CHI-KUN and 5 Assistant, Masters.

Discipline and Organization.-Very good. Orders are smartly given, and in English. Criticisms in my Report of last year have received full attention.

Sanitation. The school is naturally rather dark, and the windows might be kept cleaner. Otherwise satisfactory.

Floor Space-Sufficient for 233 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory.

English-Colloquial. The junior masters do not speak distinctly enough. Also they speak too fast. The standard reached is a high one considering that the Staff is entirely Chinese. Reading.-Good. The subject is taught in the proper manner. Distinctness accuracy of pronunciation must be aimed at, Standard I shewed a very good knowledge of the meaning of their reader. Composition.-Good.

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Geography.—Local Geography requires more attention in the lower Standards. The upper Standards have been taught very painstakingly and the result is good.

Arithmetic. The working is quick and accurate. Simple Decimals, illustrated by the

pupils' knowledge of a Decimal Coinage, might well precede vulgar fractions.

Chinese. Reading.-The methods of explanation used in the higher Standards might be improved on. Good on the whole. Composition.-Good except in the lowest Standard.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7, and report that the school is "thoroughly efficient".

No. 15.-No. 146 Hollywood Road.

Staff-Lo YUEN FONG.

Discipline and Organization.-Discipline, good. Organization, unsatisfactory.

Sanitation.-Satisfactory. The desks should be turned round so that the light falls on the left of the pupils.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 53 pupils.

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Apparatus.-Satisfactory.

English.-Colloquial.-Quite neglected. The reading sheets are very badly taught. Reading. Pronunciation bad. Writing.-Handwriting, bad. Composition of sentences, fair.

Geography.-Not taught in Standard I. The requirements of the Code have been completely disregarded. What is taught is taught very badly.

Arithmetic.—Mental.-Poor. Written.-Good.

Chinese.-Reading.-Good. Composition.--Good.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $5. I have to report that this school is "inefficient".

No. 16.-West Point. No. 3 Western Street.

Staff-SHAM WAI-CHING.

appears

Discipline and Organization. The organization is unsatisfactory. The teacher entirely unacquainted with the Code, and informed me that he had not seen my last annual report on his school.

All the pupils except 4 or 5 are in Standard I. The discipline is good.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 66 pupils.

Apparatus.-Local maps are still required.

English-Colloquial.-The master seems to have tried hard, but his own English is faulty. The results are not satisfactory. Reading.-Pronunciation is fair, but the pupils have not been taught to reply in English to questions on what they read. Writing.-Stand-

ard I did well at examination.

Geography.-Not taught at all to Standard I in contravention of paragraph 26 (b.) Note (1) of the Code. Standard III begin with the World which is taught in the way which I have during the 5 years vainly endeavoured to eradicate. The following answer put to a question asked by the master at examination to a Class of beginners satisfied him and illustrates the method employed.

Q.- -What is Skager Rack?

A.-A sea of inlets.

Arithmetic.-Improved,

-Improved, Attention is being paid to simple problems. Sums on English money should, as I have said so often, be taught to Chinese boys after Chinese money.

Chinese-Fair.

Grant.- I recommend a Grant at the rate of $5, and in view of the general weakness - of the school and its small numbers, I have to report that it is "inefficient."

No. 17.-Berlin Foundling House.

Staff-Mrs. LAI WONG-SHI and 1 Assistant Teacher.

Discipline and Organization.-Very good on the whole. The children are very young and they appear to be promoted too early. The log-book should be more regularly written up.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 102 pupils.

Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.

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Chinese.-Reading and Composition.-Fair.

Geography.--Good, especially the lower Standards. Standard IV is the weakest, and requires attention. Physical Geography is well taught in the higher Standards.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Fair.

Written.Good.

Needlework-Very good, especially in drawn work.

Grant.-As there has not been regular instruction by a European teacher this year, the school is classed as Lower Grade. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7.

* No. 18.-Fairlea.

Staff-Miss M. JOHNSTONE.

Discipline and Organization.-Very good.

Sanitation. Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 136 pupils.

Apparatus.-Satisfactory.

Chinese. Reading and Composition.-Good.

Geography. Not enough has been studied, though the work has on the whole improved considerably.

History.-Fair.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Fair. Written.-Good.

Needlework. Very good. The older pupils are taught to cut out their own clothes.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of 17/6.

good.

No. 19.-Victoria Home and Orphanage.

Staff Miss A. K. STONE and two Assistant Teachers.

Discipline and Organization.-The organization has much improved. Discipline, very

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 145 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory.

Chinese.—Reading.-Good. Composition.-Fair. The method of instruction might be

improved.

Geography. There is still room for considerable improvement, especially in Standard III. Standards I and II have done well. The higher Standards are still weak.

Arithmetic.-Mentul.-Very weak throughout the school. Written.-Very good in Standards III to V.

Needlework. Very good.

Grant.—I recommend a Grant at the rate of 17/6.

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No. 20. Training Home for Girls.

Staff.-KWAN TSUNG-WO, and 3 Assistant Mistresses. *Discipline and Organization.-Excellent.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 45 pupils.

Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.

Chinese.-Reading.-Good throughout. Composition.--Very good.

Geography.--General.-Good. Physical-Very good.

History.-Fair.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Lower Standards weak. Written.Good.

Needlework.-Very good.

Grant.-I again recommend a Grant at the rate of $9. The school continues to be thoroughly efficient.

* No. 21.-Italian Convent.

Staff-Three Chinese Sisters of Charity.

Discipline and Organization.-Very good. It is very difficult to get the pupils to reply to questions in an audible voice.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Spare.-Sufficient for 127 puplis.

Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.

Chinese.-Reading--Good. The National Readers should be introduced. Composi- tion.-Fair. Letter writing is now taught in Standard IV, where some of the work is very good but some of the pupils do not seem up to the work required of them.

Geography.Standards III and IV did badly.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Good.

Needlework. Very good.

Written.-Good. Standard III are weak.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7.

* No. 22.-Bridges Street.

Staff-Two Chinese Sisters of Charity.

Discipline and Organization.-Good. The Code hours are not always kept strictly.

Sanitation.-Surprise visits revealed that the school is not always kept as clean as it should be.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 91 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory.

Chinese —Reading.-Fair. Composition.—Fair.

Geography.-Fair. More attention should be paid to China in Standard IV.

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Arithmetic.—Mental.-Very good. Written.-Good: but I do not know why the pupils in some Standards used a dash (-) for a nought.

Needlework-Very good.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7.

* No. 23.-Sacred Heart.

Staff-2 Chinese Sisters of Charity.

Discipline and Organization.-The teachers are too fond of interfering with their pupils during examination.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 78 pupils.

Apparatus.—Satisfactory,

Chinese. Reading and Composition.-Fair.

Geography.--Poor.

Arithmetic.-Mental.—Fair.

Written.-Fair.

Needlework. Very good. Both the Furopean and the Chinese stitches are taught.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7.

* No. 24.-Holy Infancy.

Staff-Two Chinese Sisters of Charity.

Discipline and Organization.-It is a very great pity that a school otherwise so well conducted should be one where common honesty is not inculcated. The teacher deliberately prompted her pupils at examination. (See also my Report of last year.)

Sanitation -Very satisfactory.

Floor Space-Sufficient for 92 pupils.

Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.

Chinese.-Reading.-Fair. Composition.-Fair. Standard IV have done well it should be more practised in the lower Standards.

Geography.-Very good.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Good.

accurate.

Needlework.Good.

Written.—Good. Standard IV

are very quick and

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7. But for the weakness of the discipline, I should have returned the school as "thoroughly efficient."

* No. 25.- Hunghom.

Staff-Two Chinese Sisters of Charity.

Discipline and Organization.-Not altogether satisfactory. The records are badly kept, and the roll has not been called at the proper time.

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Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 72 pupils.

Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.

Chinese.-Reading.-Fair. Composition.—Fair.

Geography-Good.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Fair and improving.

blems. Otherwise very good.

Needlework.-Good, especially in canvas work.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7.

No. 26.-Yaumati.

Written.-Standard III are weak at pro-

Staff-Two Chinese Sisters of Charity.

Discipline and Organization.--My Report for last year had apparently not been seen by the Staff. The roll is not called at the proper time.

Sanitation.-Very satifactory.

Floor Space-Sufficient for 81 pupils.

Apparatus.-Satisfactory.

Chinese.—Reading.-Fair. Composition.- -Fair.

Geography-Good. Standard III are rather weak.

Arithmetic.-Mental.--Fair.

Written.-Good, especially Standard II.

Needlework.-Good. New stitches should first, be taught on waste material; but when they have been learned, the knowledge should be put to some useful purpose.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7,

* No. 27.-Shaukiwan.

Staff-2 Chinese Sisters of Charity.

Discipline and Organization.—There are only 3 pupils out of 50 above Standard 1.

Sanitation. Satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 118 pupils.

Apparatus.-Satisfactory.

Chinese.-Reading.-Fair. Composition.-Considerably improved towards the end of

the year, and good.

Geography. Very good.

Arithmetic.-Mental.--Good.

Written.-Fair.

Needlework. Very good considering the class of pupils.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7.

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*No. 28.-Aberdeen.

Staff-2 Chinese Sisters of Charity.

Discipline and Organization.Good.

Sanitation.-The school has recently been moved into the new building which is all that can be desired.

Floor Space-Sufficient for 116 pupils.

Apparatus.-Satisfactory.

Chinese. Reading and Writing.-Good.

Geography.Good.

Arithmetic.-Mental. The multiplication table is not so well known as it might be..

Written.-Good.

Needlework.-Good. Canvas work is well done.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7. The school shews considerable improvement.

* No. 29.-109 Second Street.

Staff-LAI FUK-CHI.

Discipline and Organization.-Very good. The lower Starlards perhaps require

rather more attention.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 74 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory.

·Chinese.--Reading.-Very good in the higher standards. Composition.--Good.

Geography.-Standard IV have done excellently. Standard II is rather weak.

Arithmetic.—Mental and Written.-Very good.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7, and report that the school is "thoroughly efficient."

* No. 30.-22 Taipingshan Street.

Staff-HO NG-SHI.

Discipline and Organization.-Good on the whole. The time table is not strictly

adhered to.

Sanitation.-Satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 39 pupils.

Apparatus.-Satisfactory.

Chinese-Reading.-Fair. Composition.--Fair.

Geography-Fair and improving.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Poor. The multiplication is not known. Written-Standard I

have done well. The rest poor.

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Needlework.-A good beginning has been made.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6.

No. 31.-5 Clarence Street.

Staff-CHAN CHAK-LAM.

Discipline and Organization.--Good..

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 40 pupils.

Apparatus. Satisfactory.

Chinese.-Reading.-Fair. Composition.-Poor.

Geography.-Very good.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Good.

Written.-Fair.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7.

* No. 32.-330 Queen's Road West.

The teacher was attacked with Plague in April, and the school had to be closed for a fortnight, after which it was not found possible to get the pupils together again. I recom- mend a Grant at the rate of $6 for 10 months.

* No. 33.-Queen's Road East.

Staff-SIN NG-SHI.

Discipline and Organization.-Very good.

Sanitation.-Satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 52 pupils.

Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.

Chinese.--Reading.-Good. Composition.-Very good in the lower, and good in the

upper Standards.

Geography.-Very good.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-The multiplication table is not as well known as it should have been in the lower standards. Written.-Very good. Problems have been studied with satisfactory results. The placing of the decimal point is not understood by some girls in Standard V.

Needlework.-Good. There has been careful teaching.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $9. The school is again thoroughly efficient

No. 34.-Yaumati, 121 Station Street South.

Staff.—Suu KING-CHUNG.

Discipline and Organization.-Good. Standard I seem to have been somewhat neglected.

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Sanitation.-Satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 51 pupils.

Apparatus. Satisfactory.

Chinese-Reading and Composition-Good. Standard I require much more attention. Standard III have done excellent work.

Geography-Fair. The subject seems to have been given insufficient attention.

Arithmetic.-Mental and Written: Fair. Very good, except in Standard I.

Needlework.-Only knitting is taught, and this is good.

Grunt.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6. The school has improved.

* No. 35.-D'Aguilar Street.

Staff.-YEUNG SIN-SHI.

Discipline and Organization.-Fair The teacher does not seem to take much interest in the teaching of needlework and Geography.

Sanitation.-Satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 43 pupils.

Apparatus.-Satisfactory.

Chinese.-Reading and Composition.-Greatly improved towards the end of the year, and now very good.

Geography-Standard IV have done fairly. The lower Standards have been

neglected.

Arithmetic.-Mentai and Writ:en.-Fair.

Needlework.-Poor.

Grant. The school has improved. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6.

* No. 36.Wanchai Chapel. Staff-KWAN KING-CHUNG.

Discipline and Organization.-The master was changed towards the end of last year. His successor has done better; but one master is not enough for a school of this size. Discipline, fair. More attention should be paid to Geography and Arithmetic.

Sanitation.-Fair.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 96 pupils.

Apparatus.-Satisfactory. A fuller map of the Island is needed.

Chinese.—Reading.-Good. Composition.—Good.

Geography.—The subject was not begun, until the close of the school year was approaching. Some progress has been made since.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Fair. Witten.-Poor.

Grunt. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6.

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* No. 37.-Hospital Chapel.

Staff-Ho Ho-CHAI.

Discipline and Organization. The Annual Reports are not properly kept for reference. Boys are still admitted to Standard III who are very ignorant of Arithmetic (see last year's Report). The conduct of the pupils has improved.

Sanitation.-Satisfactory.

Floor Space-Sufficient for 71 pupils.

Apparatus.-No map of the Island was forthcoming at the last inspection.

Chinese. Reading. --Fair. Composition.—Fair.

Geography.-Poor. Standard II have done fairly well.

Arithmetic.-Bad.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the same rate as last year, $6: but the school will have to do better, or the Grant should be reduced next year.

* No. 38.-84 MacDonnell Road.

Staff-LEUNG HO-SHI.

Discipline and Organization—It appears to me that the teacher is inclined to leave too much of the work to her daughter:

Sanitation.-Satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 37 pupils.

Apparatus. Satisfactory.

Chinese-Reading.-Very good. Composition.-Good except in Standard IV.

Georg-aphy.-Fair. Standard III have not been at all well instructed on the Chinese Empire. Standard I also do not seem to have learned much.

Arithmetic.--Mental.-Fair. The pupils are slow at the multiplication table. Writ- ten.--Standard IV have done well: there is a great lack of accuracy throughout the other Standards.

Needlework.-Fair.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6.

No. 40.-343 Queen's Road West.

Staff-'UN CI-TUNG and 1 Assistant Teacher.

Discipline and Organizati n.-Very good. There are 5 Standards.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Suffici nt for 78 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory.

Chinese-Reading.-Fair. Composition. The subject requires more attention. Geography. Very good.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Good. Written.-Good. Very good in Standard V.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7, and report the school to be thoroughly efficient".

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No. 41.-Shaukiwan

Staff-FONG TZe-nam.

Discipline and Organization.-The roll is not totalled regularly. Discipline fair.. Orders should not be repeated aloud by the pupils.

Sanitation. This school is situated in not very sanitary surroundings. Masters and pupils have a dirty habit of spitting on the floor.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 54 pupils.

Apparatus.-Satisfactory.

Chinese-Reading.-Standards I and II fair. Composition.-Poor.

Geography.-Standard IV did badly at examination. Otherwise fair.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Fair.

Written.-Poor.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6, and return the school as "inefficient' on the ground that too small a proportion of the pupils is in the third and higher Standards.

No. 42.-Tanglungchau Chapel.

Staff-WONG WOON-HING.

Discipline and Organzation.-Good.

Sanitation.--Satisfactory. In fine weather the windows should not be shut.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 65 pupils.

Apparatus. Satisfactory. Better maps are wanted.

Chinese.-Reading.--Good on the whole. Composition.—Bad.

Geography.-Poor in the higher Standards.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Fair. Very good in Standard I. Written.-Good. Problems are not sufficiently studied.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6.

No. 43.-No. 35a Wellington Street.

Staff-LI KA-LAI.

Discipline and Organization.-Discipline, good. The pupils are bright and attentive.

Sanitation.-The room is airy and bright but the pupils have a dirty habit of spitting on the floor.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 47 pupils.

Apparatus.-Not altogether satisfactory.

Chinese.-Reading and Composition.-Standard I are very weak. But the work im- proves in the higher Standards. The letter writing in Standard IV is very good.

Geography.-Very unsatisfactory.—The subject seems quite neglected.

Arithmetic.- Mental.-Poor.

Standards.

Written.-Poor in the lower, good in the higher

Grant-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $5, and return the school as "inefficient" on the ground that too small a proportion of the pupils is in the third and higher Standards.

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No. 44.-No. 20a Aberdeen Street.

Staff-WONG PAK-LIN.

Discipline and Organizatian.--Very good. There is again a fourth Standard.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space-Sufficient for 59 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory. .

Chinese-Reading and Composition.-Good. Composition book should be used in Standard IV.

Geography. Fair.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Weak in the upper Standards.

are now much better done.

Needlework.--Good.

Written-Good. Problems

It would be better if the pupils were given something useful,

instead of scraps of calico, to work at.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7.

No. 45.-Tanglungchau Chapel.

Staff-LI LO-SHI.

Discipline and Organization.-Fair.

Sanitation.-Satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 45 pupils.

Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.

Chinese.-Reading.-Fair. Composition.-Fair.

Geography.-Poor.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Fair.

Written.-Good.

Needlework.-Good. The pupils make their own clothes after they have been cut out by the teacher.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6.

No. 46.-Wantsai Chapel.

Staff-KWAN CHAN-SHI.

Discipline and Organization.-Discipline, good and improved.

Sanitation.--Satisfactory and improved.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 81 pupils.

Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.

Chinese-Reading.-Fair. Composition.-Fair.

Geography.-Very good.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Good.

Written.-Fair.

Needlework.--More useful work should be done.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6. This school should do better next

year.

* No. 47-5 Bridges Street.

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Staff-CHENG SAI-KWONG and 1 Assistant.

Discipline and Organization.-The manners of the Assistant Master leave much to be desired; he does not seem well qualified for his position. The senior master is rather too free with his cane. Otherwise the discipline is satisfactory. Ninety per cent. of the pupils. are in the two lowest standards.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 79 pupils.

Apparatus. Satisfactory.

Chinese.-Reading.-Good. Composition.-Good, except in Standard I.

Geography.--Fair. Standard IV have done well. Standard I have not been properly

taught.

Arithmetic.-Mental and Written.-Standard I did badly, the rest well.

Grant.-I again recommend a Grant at the rate of $6. A thoroughly competent Assistant Master should be engaged at once.

No. 48.-Shamshuipo.

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Staff

-CHAN KING-YAN and 1 Assistant Teacher.

Discipline and Organization.-The roll is called irregularly. The 4th Standard has been abolished. Discipline good,

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 139 pupils.

Apparatus.-Satisfactory,

Chinese.-Reading.-Good. Composition.-Fair.

Geography-Good.

Arithmetic.-Mental and Written.— Good.

Needlework.-Peor.

Grant. I recomend a Grant at the rate of $7.

No. 49.—Shaukiwan.

Staff-CHEUNG TAK-HING.

Discipline and Organization.-The Drill is good, but the discipline rather loose. The pupils copy from each other at examination. The roll is kept very irregularly.

Sanitation.-Satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Satisfactory.

Apparatus.-Satisfactory, but another blackboard is needed.

Chinese-Reading.-Poor. Composition.—Poor.

Geography.-Poor.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Fair to good. Written.-Poor on the whole.

Grant recommend a Grant at the rate of $6. The school has not fulfilled the promise shewn last year, and will have to improve considerably if the same Grant is to be earned next year.

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No. 50.-Tokwawan.

Staff-CHAN WING-WO.

Discipline and Organization.-Irregularity in keeping the roll and in respect of Departmental instructions were noticed in the course of the year.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 127 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory.

Chinese-Reading.-Fair. Composition.-Poor.

Geography.-N

-More attention should be paid in the higher Standards to the commercial importance of sea-ports. Fair on the whole.

Arithmetic.-~Mental.—Good.

Written.-Very good.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7. Improvement will have to be shewn before this vote can again be recommended.

No. 51.-High Street.

Staff.-CHAU PING-CHING and 1 Assistant Teacher.

Discipline and Organization.-Good on the whole. The teaching in the lower Stan- dards needs more supervision. It is intended to employ a European teacher next year.

Sanitation.-Satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 167 pupils.

Apparatus. Satisfactory.

Chinese.-Reading.-Good. The Mencius in Standard VII was very well known. Composition.-Good.

Geography. Good throughout.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Very weak.

the rest are backward and inaccurate.

Written.-Standards V to VII did very well but

Needlework.-Fair. Plain sewing is taught.

·Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7.

No. 53.-218 Hollywood Road.

Staff.-SHUM KWAN HING, and 1 Assistant Teacher.

Discipline and Organization.-Very good.

Sanitation.-Satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 66 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory.

Chinese.-Reading.-Good. Composition.-Very good.

Geography-The Kwangtung province is not taught very intelligently to Standard III. Otherwise good.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Very good. Written.-Very good.

Grant.-1 recommend a Grant at the rate of $7.

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No. 54.-Hunghom.

Staff-MOK LEUNG-SHI.

Discipline and Organization.-Fair.

Sanitation. --Satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 40 pupils.

Apparatus.-Satisfactory.

Chinese-Reading.-Fair. Improved. Composition.-Bad.

Geography.Good.

Arithmetic.-Mental and Written.-Fair.

Needlework-Fair.

Grant.--I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6. The average attendance of this school is very small. Unless it improves next year, it is questionable whether the school will be worth supporting.

No. 55.--36 Lyndhurst Terrace.

Staff-NG KONG SHI and 1 Assistant Teacher.

Discipline and Organization.-Good. The girls are clean and tidy.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space-Sufficient for 49 pupils.

Apparatus. A map of the island is needed. Otherwise satisfactory.

Chinese.-Reading.-Good. Composition.-Standard II are weak. Fair on the whole, Geography.-Poor, especially in Standards III and IV.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Very slow throughout. Written.-Very good in Standard IV. Standard I are very backward.

Needlework. The work is clean and good and above the average.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6. This school made 94 attendances short of the prescribed number, owing to the death by Plague of the teacher.

No. 56.-6 Hollywood Road.

Staff-So LI-SHI.

Discipline and Organization.-Unsatisfactory. This is the 3rd year running that it has been so reported.

Sanitation.-Satisfactory.

Floor Space-Sufficient for 32 pupils.

Apparatus. Satisfactory.

Chinese-Reading.-Fair. Composition.-Poor.

Geography.-Bad.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Poor in Standard III. Written.-Fair.

Needlework.-Good.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $5 and report that the school is "inefficient on account of the generally unsatisfactory condition of the school, as well as because too small a proportion of the pupils is in the third and higher Standards.

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No. 57.-351 Des Voeux Road West.

Staff-CHU CHAN SHI.

Discipline and Organization.-Not altogether satisfactory. The roll is not kept in accordance with the requirements of the Code.

Sanitation.—Satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 49 pupils.

Apparatus. Satisfactory.

Chinese-Reading.-Poor. Composition.-Somewhat neglected. The pupils write a

good hand.

Geography.-Rather poor.

Arithmetic.-Mental.Good. Written.-The working is careless.

much attention.

Standard II require

Needlework.-If more useful work were set the girls, it is probable that they would take more interest in the subject.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6, and return the school as inefficient " on the ground that too small a proportion of the pupils is in the third or higher Standards.

No. 58.-Yaumati.

Staff-WONG SHUN-KIN, and 1 Assistant Teacher.

Discipline and Origanization.-Organization, poor. Little attention is paid to the regulations issued by the Education Department.

Sanitation. The school-room is bright and airy. Spitting on the floor is apparently habitual among the pupils.

Apparatus.-Satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 59 pupils..

Chinese.-Reading.-Poor in higher Standards. Composition.-Good.

Geography. The subject requires more attention.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Good.

Written.-Very good except Standard I.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6.

No. 59.-Yaumati.

Staff-Ho LI-SHI.

Discipline and Organization.-Discipline, fair. The teaching fails to be successful in so much as it relies on cultivating the memory rather than the intelligence. Roll is not called in accordance with requirements of the Code.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 64 pupils.

Apparatus. Satisfactory.

Chinese. Reading.-Fair. The reader used in Standard 1 is unsuitable. Com- position.-Fair.

Geography.-Fair.

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Arithmetic.-Mental and Written.-Poor.

Ndlework.-The hemming has much improved. Fair.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6.

No. 60.-232 Hollywood Road.

Staff-Lo CHAN SHI and 1 Assistant Teacher.

Discipline and Organization.-Very good. The Model Course is being followed, and considerable progress made.

Sanitation.-Satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 62 pupils.

Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.

Chinese. Reading.—Good. Composition.-Fair.

Geography.- Fair.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Considerable improvement has been made during the year. Written.-Very good except in the Standard IV where the work is carelessly done.

Needlework.Good.

Gant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7.

No. 61.-22 Pokfulam Road.

Staff-WAT SZE-HOP.

Discipline and Organization.-The afternoon roll is not called in accordance with the demands of the Code. The Government regulations are not ready to hand for inspection. The work of the school suffered through its having to be closed on account of the prevalence of Plague.

Sanitation.-Satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 39 pupils.

Apparatus.-Satisfactory.

Chinese. Reading.-Fair. Composition.-Fair with the exception of the letter writing in Standard IV, which is good.

Geography.--Poor. Standard I however have done moderately. The teacher's know- ledge of the subject appears but slight.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Fair.

Written.-Fair.

Needlework.-Fair. Specimens of the work done must be kept for inspection at the

school.

noon.

Grant.I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6.

No. 62.-Shaukiwan.

Staff-TAM WONG-SHI.

Discipline and Organization.--Good. The roll is however called too late in the after-

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poor.

Sanitation.—Satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 41 pupils.

Apparatus.-A larger map of the Canton Province is needed. Otherwise satisfactory.

Chinese-Reading and Composition.-Standard IV do fairly well, all the rest are rather

Geography.-Poor except perhaps in Standard I. The local map is not really

understood.

Arithmetic.-Mental and Written.-Very good, except in Standard 1.

Needlework.-Improving.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6. It will have to be reduced in future unless the school shews considerable improvement.

No. 63.-Stanley.

Staff-CHU MAN-KIN and 1 Assistant Teacher.

Discipline and Organization.--Discipline good. The pupils are of a very ignorant class, and allowance should be made for their dulness. A new teacher has been appointed since last year, who seems to have tried hard to get something into the heads of his pupils.

Samitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 89 pupils.

Apparatus.--Satisfactory. A larger map of the Canton province would be better.

Chinese.-Reading.-Fair. Composition.—Poor.

Geography.-Good.

Arithmetic.--Mental and Written.--Bad.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $5. I think that the school can not be considered as doing other than useful work among a population where the need of education is very great.

No. 64.-263 Queen's Road West.

Staff-NG TAK-MUN.

Discipline and Organization.-Satisfactory. The teacher must be careful about the punishments he uses and not be too ready with his cane.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 62 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory.

Chinese.-Reading.-Fair. Composition.—Good. Geography.—Good.

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Arithmetic.—Mental.-Very good. Written.-Very good. Except in Standards I

and V which require more attention.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $9 and again report the school to be 'thoroughly efficient ".

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No. 65.-170 Hollywood Road.

Staff-WONG PAK-MO.

Discipline and Organization.-The master is exceedingly careless in marking the register. The Discipline is good.

Sanitation.-Satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 50 pupils..

Apparatus.-Satisfactory.

Chinese-Reading.-Good. Composition.—Fair.

Geography.-Still very bad.

Arithmetic.-Mental.Good.

Written.-Fair.

I recommend

Grant. The school has improved: but with only 3 Standards, and few pupils in the highest, I do not think that it can be considered either efficient or necessary. that a Grant of $5 be paid, and that it be struck off the Annual Grant List.

No. 66.-13 Peel Street.

The teacher died of Plague in the middle of the year and the school has not since been re-opened. As it is in a neighbourhood where there are many Grant Schools I recommend that it be struck off the Grant List.

No Grant has been earned.

Staff.

No. 67.-82 Queen's Road East.

Staff-LI HON-FAN.

Discipline and Organization.- Unsatisfactory. There have been many changes in the

Sanitation.-Improved.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 32 pupils.

Apparatus.-Satisfactory.

Chinese-Reading.-Fair. Composition.-Poor. The subject seems to have received

little attention.

Geography.-Fair except in the highest Standard, Standard III.

Arithmetic.-Mental.Good.

Written.-Good.

Grant. This school was reported as inefficient last year, and I consider it still to be so and recommend its closure. As I do not think that a Grant should be entirely withheld in other than flagrant cases, I recommend a reduced Grant of $4 under para. 30 of the Code.

No. 68.-17 Elgin Street.

Staff-LAU SHAM-KU and 1 Assistant Teacher.

Discipline and Organization.-Not altogether satisfactory, though a general improve- ment was shewn as the time approached for assessing the amount of the Grant.

Sanitation. A very bright room, which however is not always kept clean.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 42 pupils.

Apparatus.--Very satisfactory.

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Chinese.-Reading.--Fair. Composition.-Improved.

Geography.-Poor. Very little attention was paid to the subject during the greater part of the year. Latterly an improvement was shewn.

Arithmetic.-Mental.-Fair.

Written.-Poor.

Needlework. The girls are doing fancy work with intelligence and with evident in-

terest.

Grant.--I recommend a Grant at the rate of $5, and return the school as "inefficient" on the ground that too small a proportion of the pupils is in the third and higher Standards.

No. 69.-35 Pottinger Street.

Staff-CHOU WAN-SHI and 1 Assistant Teacher.

Discipline and Organization.-Good.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space-Sufficient for 42 pupils.

Apparatus.-Satisfactory.

Chinese.-Reading.-Fair. Composition.-Fair and improving. Compositions should be corrected regularly by the teacher.

Geography.-Poor.

Arithmetic.— Mental.-Fair. Written.--Very good.

Needlework.-Good.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7.

No. 70.-Kowloon City.

Staff-NG PANG-SHI.

Discipline and Organization.-Good.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 67 pupils.

Apparatus.-Satisfactory.

Chinese.—Reading.—Fair. Composition.-Good. Standard I have made a very good

beginning.

Geography-Fair. Standard III are weak.

Arithmetic-Mental.-Good, except in Standard I. Written.-Good; except Standard

I who are very poor.

Needlework.-Fair.

Grant.—This is the first report on this School. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6.

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No. 71.-63 Macdonnell Road, Yaumati.

This school, which was admitted to the Annual Grant List only a year ago, prospered till the end of the year, and then was ruined by the development of the Anglo-Chinese District School at Yaumati, and was closed at the end of February.

I recommend a Grant at the rate of $5 for 8 months.

* No. 72.-47 Station Street, Mong Kok Tsui.

Staff -KWOK NAI-MING.

Discipline and Organization.-This is the first Report on the school. Discipline is very good. There are 5 Standards. A good course of instruction is being followed.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 78 pupils.

Apparatus.—Satisfactory.

Chinese.--Reading.-Good. Composition.-Fair.

Geography.-Standard IV broke down at examination. Otherwise good.

Arithmetic.-Mental and Written.-Very good in the higher standards: but Standards I and II need much attention, and seem to have learned very little.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7. The weakness in Arithmetic of Standards I and II alone prevents me from returning the school as "thoroughly efficient ".

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Appendix C.

I-REPORT BY MR. H. L. GARRETT, B. A., ON THE VISUAL INSTRUCTION

COURSE GIVEN AT KOWLOON SCHOOL.

During the past 7 weeks I have delivered lectures as out-lined in the Handbook supplied. The apparatus has on the whole worked well. The attendance has been mainly confined to the senior scholars, though a limited number of friends have been present.

At the conclusion of the course I held an examination of the senior students-14 in number,—with the following results. Eight students passed, and six were failures, though the papers of the latter were not altogether without merit. I also held an oral examination among the junior students who attended, and was much pleased with their answers, which shewed intelligence and interest in the subject.

As a general criticism of the written examination I may state that there was a general tendency to rambling answers, not directly related to the questions.

From the results obtained in the examination and from general observations made in the course of delivering the lectures, I am confident that Visual Instruction of this nature, is likely to form a most valuable means of education. I would submit however two points which seem worthy of consideration.

1. The difficulty of assembling children at a suitable hour. It is impossible to darken the room during the day time sufficiently for the purpose of using a lantern; and in the case of children living at a distance, the earliest time at which it was possible to commence the lectures, viz., 6.15, involves no small inconvenience.

2. The difficulty of taking any notes during the lectures. In the case of my lectures, they were purely extempore, as I merely used the book as a guide to the slides. Con- sequently many of the students missed valuable points, which would not have been the case had they been able to take notes. Viewing these facts, I should venture to suggest that some form of shaded lamp be provided, which without lessening the effect of the lantern would be sufficiently clear to see to write by.

II. REPORT BY MR. A: O. BRAWN ON THE COURSE GIVEN TO THE

DIOCESAN SCHOOLS AND FAIRLEA.

I have given 13 lectures to the above schools, and am satisfied that the pupils' interest in the Home Land has been aroused and their knowledge of it has considerably increased. These I take it are the objects of the Lantern Lectures. My satisfaction is based upon the letters I have received and the eagerness with which the children looked forward to the Lectures. I have a few comments to make upon the Slides, Arrangement of Lectures, Exercises for the pupils, and the Working of the Lantern.

1. Slides are splendid but a view of Hongkong harbour would advertise its shipping importance better than Queen's Road. A picture of the Black Country at night would be impressive, and a view of a canal would reveal another aspect of English life.

2. Arrangement seems nearly perfect though it requires two lectures to each section, and two successive lectures on English scenery followed by two on historic centres are rather tedious to children. So important and interesting a river as the Thames deserves a lecture to itself. So after two lectures voyaging to England and two in seeing the sights of London, I took the children up the Thames to its source, thereby using in addition to the slides on the Thames in Section III some from Section IV relating to Windsor, Eton and Oxford, some from Section V relating to the Cotswolds, and one from Section VI relating to Huntley and Palmers, Reading.

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In addition to giving the scholars a good impression of the Thames, I was thus enabled to reduce the number of lectures on scenery and historic centres to one each. My lectures were therefore grouped thus:-

1. Hongkong to Egypt.

2. Egypt to London.

3. London.

4. London.

5. Thames.

6. Scenery.

7. Historic centres.

8. Country, town and village life.

9. Agriculture.

10. Mining and manufactures.

1. Navy.

12. Army.

13. Resumé.

As a means of Recapitulation and of adding vividness to the Lectures, I found it an excellent practice to direct the pupils to write letters, addressed from the stopping place of the previous lecture, describing to me their infaginary travels. I thus received letters addressed from Shepherds' Hotel, Cairo, Hotel Cecil, Cock Inn, Chipping, Campden, etc. In working the lantern special note should be taken that the cells are not more than half filled with Carbide to allow for its swelling, and that there is not a speck of dust in the Burners.

III-REPORT BY MRS. TUTCHER ON THE COURSE GIVEN TO THE

VICTORIA AND BELILIOS SCHOOLS.

The Course comprised some 11 or 12 lectures. Fortunately the weather was fine, except on one occasion when in consequence of combined rain and thunder the cars stopped run- ning, and everyone had to get out and walk the last mile of the journey. But so interested were the children, that they preferred to go on rather than return, when given the choice.

For this method of teaching, especially for girls who have few, if any, facilities for travelling, I have nothing but praise. It is as much superior to mere picture lessons, as they again are to ordinary reading lessons. Not only are the lantern pictures larger and clearer than anything the scholars have seen before, but the. very act of throwing them on the screen arrests the attention, and stimulates the imagination; so that the subject matter read in connection with each picture has a much better chance of being remembered. I made it a rule to revise the lectures in Class, and in most cases the answers given were surprisingly accurate, especially from Class I girls, whose wider reading and study had better fitted them to profit, when the subject matter was history or geography. I find there is quite a new zest when anything crops up in the ordinary class work of the school which has any bearing on what the pupils have seen illustrated. And this applies not only to history and geography, but to natural history as well, as also to industries, commerce, and manner of living in different parts of the world.

But there were drawbacks.

The time at our disposal was so limited that the reading matter arranged for each picture had, in most cases, to suffice, even when, as was often the case, the picture supplied material for quite a long and interesting lecture when taken by itself. It made me quite sorry to lose so many golden opportunities of leading from the seen to the unseen, and of drawing attention to details which had a bearing on something the pupils had already learned. Also it would have been a very great improvement if each of the pupils could have had the use of a text book for revisal or preparation. This would have formed at

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valuable aid to Geography; and each lesson could have been more thoroughly prepared and explained, than was the case when the teacher's text-book was the only one available. It was found impossible to take notes in the darkened room, and as a result of this and the absence of text-books there was occasionally some confusion in the girls' minds regarding the pictures. When it is taken into account that the pictures numbered between three and four hundred, this occasional mixing-up is not to be wondered at.

But on the whole, the course was a great success, and the views were, I am sure, enjoyed as much by the teachers as by the children.

Appendix D.

Examination Papers.

Paper 1. (Set to Diocesan Schools and Fairlea.)

1. Make a sketch showing the comparative sizes of Hongkong and London.

What are the populations of each ?

2. What is Cleopatra's Needle ? Where did it come from? Where is it now? Will it last as long in an English climate as it would have in Egypt? If not, why not?

3. Describe a London street scene, and mention points of difference (a) in the way the houses are built, and (b) in the clothing of the people, as compared with Hongkong.

4. Where is Dartmoor?

Compare the scenery with that of the Lake District.

5. What do you know about Stonehenge and the Roman Wall? Give rough sketches of thein.

6. How do farming in England and China differ? What fruits are grown in England in the open air?

7. Write a short account of a day's work of a miner in a coal mine-or, if you are girl, of the day's work of the miner's wife at home.

Paper 2. (Set to Victoria School and Belilios School.)

1. What do you mean by the expressions Greater Loudon and the City of London ?

Explain why the population of the latter is much greater on week days than on

Sundays.

2. Give a short account of the following places, with any historical facts associated with them that you can remember: The Tower, Crystal Palace. Westminster Hall, Stonehenge, St. Paul's Cathedral, Trafalgar Square, Bath, Hatfield, Oxford, and Stratford-on-Avon.

3. The visual instruction course of lantern pictures has probably made you

under- stand some things about England of which you bad before a mistaken idea. Give some examples to shew in what ways the course has helped you to understand how things really

are.

4. Explain why a strong navy is so very important for England. What part does Hongkong play in the naval defence of the Empire ?

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Paper 3. (Set to Kowloon School.)

1. Describe briefly the various points touched at on the voyage from Hongkong to

London.

2. What did you learn from the pictures about the irrigation of Egypt ?

3. How was the size of London impressed upon you in the diagrams?

4. What did you learn from the slides about Somerset House, Westminster Hall, St. James Palace, St. Paul's Cathedral, The Crystal Palace ?

5. Give some description of the Sea Coast shown in the slides and mention any points that struck you.

6. What impression did you gather of the valley of the Thames and the Country Side? How did this compare with the Scotch Scenery?

7. What is the proper shape of a Church? How did the architecture of the churches alter from the earliest to the latest shown you?

8. Give a description of the University buildings and views that you saw,

9. What was the general plan of a village or small country town?

do you expect to, find there? and what are their uses?

What buildings

10. Give some account of the fruits, plants etc., which you saw and which you do not find in Hongkong.

11. You were shown a series of pictures of a coal mine. Construct from these a description of a coal mine. Mention any special points which struck you.

12. What points did you notice with regard to a Steam-hammer, Railway Postal Van, Making an Armour Plate?

13. Why is a Strong Navy necessary to our Empire? Prove your answer by refer- ence to the map which you were shown.

14. What differences did you notice between the old and the new style of fighting

(a) in the Army,

(6) in the Navy?

Appendix E.

Answers to Questions in Appendix D.

Paper 1. Q. 1. (By a Portuguese boy.) London streets are the richest and the poorest, grandest and dirtiest, clean and filthy.

As the population is divided into two parts, same with the streets into two classes. There are beautiful roads, broad busy streets with undescribable numbers of different carts, hackney, coaches, omnibuses, busy men and idle men, all thronged the streets.

The streets in London are quiet, quiet as death from early dawn, but towards inorning carts start to rattle along the paths carrying vegetables from the country into the market, later on at 9 a.m. the streets again are as crowded as the previous day: men go the offices, ladies throng the shops, boys going to schools and all seemed bright and full of life.

Towards noon-Lunch. The Restaurants are flocked, cafés are crowded with men and women of all sizes, differences in visages and in language.

the

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Paper 2. Q. 3. (By a Chinese girl.) It has made me understand many things about England of which I had be fore a mistaken idea. For example--I thought that the Universi- ties of Cambridge, Oxford and London were three very large buildings with gardens round them, and the lower rooms used as schoolrooms and the rooms above as sleeping rooms. Instead they are streets of houses with hundreds of students living in each of the houses.

By looking at the pictures I should think that if these three universities are built together they would form a town of considerable size.

I thought that a railway station was just like our peak tram stations in Hongkong.

Instead, it is such a big one with booking offices, and so many trains can get in at the same time.

Paper 3. Q. 9. (By an English girl.) In a small village or country town we generally find the church, and next to it the village school, the squire's house and a few cottages. The squire is the leading man in the village and possesses most of the land. The village church is used for the villagers to come and worship. The schools, usually under the control of the vicar, is used for the children of the villagers to be educated.

HONGKONG.

No.

37 1907

ABSTRACT SHEWING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FOR 1907 AND 1908.

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

INCREASE.

DECREASE.

PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS :-

New Posts,.....

Stipulated Increments,

Increase of Salaries,

Exchange Compensation,

Allowances,

Other Items,

PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS :-

37,762

Abolition of Posts,

$ 25,913

27,852

Reductions on New Appointments,..

13,278

6,557

Exchange Compensation,

2,561

2,665

Allowances,

2,390

8,477

Other Items,

675

1,478

Other Charges,

46,377

Other Charges,

35,805

Special Expenditure,.

4,100

Specal Expenditure,

42,800

Military Contribution,

44,027

Miscellaneous Services.

50,943

Pensions,

18,600

Charge on account of Public Debt,

82,333

Charitable Services.

4,160

Total Increase,

$ 296,672

Total Decrease exclusive of P. W. Extra-

ordinary........

Public Works, Extraordinary,.........

$ 162,081

387,800

$ 549,881

296,672

Deduct Increase,

TOTAL DECREASE inclusive of P. W.

Extraordinary,

$ 253,209

HONGKONG.

REPORT ON THE EVENING CONTINUATION CLASSES.

No. 20

• 1907

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

The first term of the Evening Continuation Classes commenced on the 3rd October, 1906. The objects of the classes were described in the Syllabus as to afford facilities for a commer- cial and scientific training to students generally, and to enable those who have left school to continue their studies. They are under the direction of a small Supervisory Committee, and consisted at the close of the first term, of nineteen classes under three Sections: Commerce, Engineering and Science. The teaching Staff numbers fourteen (Table I.). The number of students on the class registers on the 1st November, 1906, and 31st January, 1907, respectively was:—

Commerce Section,

Engineering Section,

Science Section,

Total,

1st November, 1906.

31st January,

1907.

187

149

121

289

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2. It may be at once said that the classes have justified their existence and that there is no reason to doubt their permanence if their development keeps pace with the needs of the Colony. Not only the classes which may seem to the students to offer some immediate re- turn for their time and money-such as the Shorthand, Building Construction and Machine Drawing classes—have been regularly attended, but the attendance at other classes which do not come under this category, have also been well maintained, and students who know by expe- rience the time taken to acquire English are found commencing the study of French, Ger- man and Japanese, whilst most satisfactory of all there is an average attendance of 31 in the English classes.

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3. The classes started under considerable disadvantages. It was impossible to say whether they would prove a success or not, and no preliminary expenditure on apparatus was sanctioned. The Chemistry and Physics classes were therefore put at the beginning, under serious disabilities, and the teachers deserve great credit for having done what they have done with the odds and ends of apparatus which could be placed at their disposal, and for having maintained so well the interest of their students in the subjects taught. All classes alike suffered also from a lack of suitable text books, and the maintenance of the attendance. in the face of all discouragement is further evidence if any were needed, of the necessity for classes of this nature.

4. The percentage and averages given in the Attendance Returns (Table V.) are not a very good index to the actual attendance at each class. In some cases the number on the roll decreased between the 1st November and the 30th January, and in others the number actually increased, and allowance must be made for this. The actual attendance at each class during the term is given in Table VI. During the first month there was the usual unavoidable shifting of students from one class to another and a revision of the time-table in December gave rise to a certain number of changes.

5. The subjects taught in the Commerce Section are:-Shorthand, Book-keeping, Commercial Arithmetic, English, French, German and Japanese. The largest attendance is in the English classes. The attendance at these classes has suffered somewhat from two causes. It has fallen off through the disappearance of students who were incapable of following a course in Advanced English, whilst on the other hand there is reason to believe that a certain number of young men have been deterred from joining from fear of the high standard that would be required on admission.

6. The number of students though smaller than was hoped by me would be the case, is good, considering that these are advanced classes, and that the senior class consists of students who have already done very well at school. It is still hard to persuade Chinese scholars what a good business investment every additional year spent on the study of English is, but it is satisfactory to see that this is beginning to be recognised by Chinese parents who have themselves received their education in Hongkong.

7. Teachers of other classes complain of the difficulty some of their pupils experience in following the lesson owing to their ignorance of English, and it may be advisable to insist on backward pupils attending an English class if their ignorance of English impedes the work of their class. The average attendance at the French class was 28, at the German 11 and at the Japanese 9. The popularity of the French class is not explicable at first sight. It does not seem probable that the relative utility of these three languages in Hongkong and in places in the Far East to which Hongkong boys go, corresponds to the average attendance at the classes. The Japanese class commenced with an enrolment of three. decision of the Committee to maintain classes for one term even though the enrolment did not reach five-the minimun prescribed in the syllabus-has been justified in this case, as the term closes with an enrolment of eleven. In all three classes the students have the advantage of native teachers.

The

8. Shorthand cannot fail to be a popular class. Proficiency in the subject has an immediate money value. The attendance has been well kept up--the average attendance being 23, and at the close of the term an examination was held at which there were ten candidates for Pitman's Elementary Certificate and seven for the Theory Certificate.

9. It is gratifying to find 7 students already capable of taking an advanced course in Book-keeping. It remains to be seen whether the 11 students on the roll of the Elementary Class will persevere in their studies long enough to enter the Advanced Class.

10. The Commercial Arithmetic Class is small in number but keen. It will never I think be a very popular class.

11. The Engineering Section consists of five classes in Geometry, Applied Mechanics, Practical Mathematics, Building Construction and Machine Drawing. The two last classes were started on the 7th December. There is no doubt that the need for these classes has

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⚫been urgent and that all expenditure on them will prove of the greatest benefit to the Colony. Of the 90 students on the roll on the 30th November, 55 per cent. were employed in engineering works or with building contractors, and the other students all hope to put their knowledge to some practical use. The teacher of the Building Construction Class speaks in the highest terms of the aptitude of some of his pupils. The advanced class in Practical Mathematics was closed in January. The attendance gradually fell off as the students per- ceived no immediate advantage to be gained from the course.

12. The Science Section consists of three classes in Chemistry, Physics and Hygiene. The class in Hygiene is small, and with hygiene now being taught regularly in school it is questionable whether it will be permanent. The class is principally attended by school- teachers, and the hygiene taught is school hygiene. It is to be hoped School Managers are aware of the benefits teachers would derive from attending this class.

13. I have little doubt about the future of the Chemistry and Physics classes in which the average attendance was 10 and 15 respectively. The two subjects form part of the New Learning, and apart from their prospective usefulness are attractive to all young Chinese who have studied English. But the majority of the students hope to put their knowledge to some practical use.

14. Mr. RALPHS and Mr. CROOK are to be congratulated on the state of the laboratory. It presents a very different aspect to what it did when the classes started. At very little cost but with the expenditure of a great deal of time and trouble everything which could possibly be utilised has been repaired and put in a serviceable condition.

15. It is not premature to regard these classes as having now passed beyond the experi- mental stage; and to secure the progress already made and to prepare for future develop- ment, it will now be necessary to determine the organization under which they can best be permanently conducted.

16. The following Tables are appended

II.

III.

Names of Supervisory Committee and Staff. Time Table.

Enrolment, Attendances, etc.

IV., Revenue and Expenditure for 1906.

Attendance Returns.

VI. Detailed Record of Attendance.

VII. Nationality of Students.

VIII. Occupations of Students.

26th February, 1907.

A. W. BREWIN,

Registrar General,

Chairman,

Supervisory Committee.

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Table I.

EVENING CONTINUATION CLASSES.

Supervisory Committee:

Mr. A. W. BREWIN.

Dr. G. H. BATESON WRIGHT, D.D.

Mr. E. A. IRVING.

Mr. P. N. H. JONES, Assoc. M. Inst. C.E.

Organizing Secretary :

Mr. W. H.

WILLIAMS.

Name.

Mr. P. F. D'AGOSTINI, Mr. R. E. O. BIRD,.

Mr. A. O. BRAWN,

Mr. A. E. CRAPNELL, Mr. A. H. CROOK, Mr. H. L. GARRETT, Mr. G. P. DE MARTIN, Mr. T. L. PERKINS, Mr. K. POLStorff,

Mr. RALPHS,

Mr. T. SWABY, Mr. K. T. TAGuchi, Mr. W. TULIP,...................

Mr. W. H. WILLIAMS,

STAFF.

Class.

French. English.

Book-keeping (Elementary).

Shorthand (Elementary).

Physics.

Book-keeping (Advanced).

English.

Building Construction. German.

f Chemistry.

Hygiene.

Shorthand (Advanced). Japanese.

Machine Drawing. Applied Mechanics.

Commercial Arithmetic. Geometry.

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Table II.

EVENING CONTINUATION CLASSES.

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TIME.

MONDAY.

TUESDAY.

Shorthand, Class I ...

WEDNESDAY.

THURSDAY.

..(15) | Book-keeping, (Elem.)...(15)

...(15) Commercial Arithmetic (4) Shorthand Class I

Shorthand, Classes II & III ...( 4

6 P.M.

Building Construction .......... (22)

Machine Drawing.

7 P.M.

Hygiene

(Lab.)

Physics

French, Class A.

.(9)

Shorthand Classes II & III ...(4) Book-keeping, (Adv.) ...( 4 )

(22) | Building Construction ......(22) Machine Drawing .......(22) Building Construction ..........(22) (Lab.) Physics..

..(Lab.)

FRIDAY.

..(Lab.) | Chemistry

(Lab.) Chemistry

French, Class A (9)

Book-keeping, (Elem.)...(15)

Book-keeping, (Adv.) ...(4) |

7 P.M.

8. P.M.

Japanese....

French, Class B

...( 4 ) | German

.(15)

French, Class B

German

.(9)

..(15) Japanese

(4)

.(9)

English, (Junior)

.( 8)| English, (Junior).........( 8 ) | English, (Junior) .......................... English, (Senior).........(9) English, (Senior) ............ ..( 9 )

....( 8 ) | English, (Junior) .........................( 8 ) | English, (Junior)

.....( 8 )

English, (Senior) ........................................( 9 )

| | Practical Mathematics, Class A (22) | Applied Mechanics......(22) Practical Mathematics, Class A (22) Applied Mechanics.......(22) Practical Mathematics, Class A (22) Practical Mathematics, Class B ( 7 )

Practical Mathematics, Class B (7)

310

Table III.

Enrolment, Attendance, etc.

October. November. December. January. The Term.

Number on register,

161

180

191

196

Number of evenings the classes were open, Average nightly attendance,

106

111

Table IV.

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE,

Expenditure.

Personal Emoluments,....

$2,165.00

Other Charges,......

565.68

Total,

$2,730.68

Revenue.

Fees,

$645.00

•

311

Table V.

EVENING CONTINUATION CLASSES.

Attendance Returns: November 1st, 1906, to January 30th, 1907.

Number on Number on

CLASS.

Total Number of

Number of Class

Average

Attendance.

Jan. 30th,

1906.

1907.

Attendances Meetings.

Percentage of Average At- tendance to Enrolment on Jan. 30th, 1907.

Shorthand (Elem.),

223

325

14.8

(Adv.),...........

177

7.7

Book-keeping (Elem.),

153

11.8

(Adv.),

1.9

English (Junior),

928

22.6

(Senior),

244

8.7

Arithmetic,

6.0

100

French, A,.....

386

16.7

B,.

271

11.8

German,...

238

113

Japanese,

138

8.6

Geometry, ...

(2)

28 (Dec. 6th)

263

24.0

Applied Mechanics,

498

21.7

Practical Mathematics,

779

23.0

220

7.8

Building Construction,

Commenced

357

19.8

Machine Drawing,...

Dec. 6th

14.

160

12.3

Chemistry,

259

10.0

Physics,

343

14.9

Hygiene....

Note: This Class was closed on this date.

3.5

312

Table. VI.

EVENING CONTINUATION CLASSES.

ATTENDANCE RETURNS.

October 4th, 1906-January 30th, 1907.

I. Numbers present at each lecture.

OCTOBER.

NOVEMBER.

DECEMBER.

JANUARY.

33, 33, 33, 29, 26, 26, 22, 25.

24, 24, 22, 23, 23, 27, 27, 23, 24, 28, 22,

30, 28, 34, 31,

18, 23, 22, 26, 19,

Commercial Section.

English (Junior),

English (Senior),

French, A,

32, 34, 36, 36, 35, 37, 30.

French, B,

German,

Japanese,

Shorthand, I,

Shorthand, II & III,

Book-keeping, (Elem.),

Book-keeping, (Adv.),

Commercial Arithmetic,.

Engineering Section.

Geometry,

Building Construction,

Machine Drawing,

Applied Mechanics,

33, 32, 29, 26.

19, 27, 23, 18, 17. 18. 14, 12.

10, 18, 13, 10, 12, 9, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8. 7,9. 7. 8, 9, 9, 6, 7, 7,

8, 8.

་

10, 11, 7. 18, 22, 26, 24, 19, 24, 16, 20, 21. 14, 16, 17, 18, 18, 18, 16, 16, 17. 7, 9, 11, 11, 12, 16, 15, 15, 17, 13,

12, 13.

15, 9, 10, 11. 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7. 9, 9, 11, 10, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10, 5, 9, 7, 6. 5, 6, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3.

18, 19, 20, 17, 12, 11, 11, 15, 11, 12,

11, 16.

11, 11. 13, 12, 10, 9, 10, 7, 9, 10, 8, 6, 7, 6..

7,7. 12, 10, 12, 11.

9, 8, 9.

13, 13, 19, 11, 11. 18, 19, 19, 16, 14,

17, 16, 17.

9, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10,

10. 10.

17, 16, 17, 14, 14, 13, 11, 12, 15, 17,

15.

14, 14.

5, 9, 10, 16, 11.9, 8, 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 10, 9, 7, 5.

8, 8, 7, 7, 5, 7, 6, 7,

11, 12, 12, 10.

7, 13, 13, 15.

15, 12, S.

18, 19, 20, 16.

7, 5, 6, 6.

6, 10, 5.

15, 9, 12, 10.

7, 7, 8, 6, 6.

5, 3, 6, 4.

5, 7, 7.

4, 4, 5, 3, 5.

4, 4, 4. 4.

17, 16, 19, 17, 17, 20, 23, 25, 24, 25, | 26, 22.

17.

25, 25, 23, 25.

Practical Mathematics, A,...... 25, 27, 29, 26. 26, 26, 26, 26, 18, 16, 15, 14.

...

23, 22, 20, 22, 22, 24, 26, 24, 26, 24,

22.

24, 24, 22. 16, 14, 14, 16, 10,

10, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 10. 11, 14, 16, 15, 23, 23, 22, 21, 21, 23, 22, 21, 22.

Practical Mathematics, B,...... 9, 9, 11, 11.

22, 22, 26, 26, 22, 20, 24, 19, 18, 21,

18.

20, 17, 18, 13. 15, 19, 17.

17, 13, 14, 15, 8. 11, 11, 13, 11, 12,

8, 13, 14.

24, 24, 25, 24, 23, 18, 20, 20, 18, 15,

24, 20.

15, 17, 17. 10, 10, 7, 6, 5, 6. 2, 4, 3, 2, 2, 10.

5, 5, 5.

24, 21, 25, 30, 26, 26, 28, 30, 32. 21.

23, 24, 22, 25, 22,

25, 24, 27, 24, 23, 23.

Science Section.

Physics.

8, 11.

Chemistry,

Hygiene,

16, 15, 18, 16, 17, 15, 16, 15, 14. 10, 9, 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 10, 10,

10.

8, 11, 12, 11. No class. 2, 2, 2, 2.

16, 17, 15, 15, 17, 13, 16, 14, 14, 15,.

17. 12, 12, 11, 10, 10,

13, 13, 6. 10, 10, 9, 9. 8, 9,

10, 9, 10.

5, 8,

5,5,

5, 5, 5.

5, 4, 5, 1,

OCTOBER. NOVEMBER. DECEMBER. JANUARY.

TERM.

II. Average nightly attendance,

106

111

III. Number on admission register,..

161

180

191

196

•

313

Table VII.

Nationality of Students on the register on 31st January, 1907.

Chinese.. Non-Chinese

..101

196

Note:-Most of the Students in the Engineering and Science Sections are Chinese ; most of those studying French and German are Non-Chinese.

Table VIII.

Occupations of Students on the various class registers on the 30th November, 1906.

Number Clerks Day Scholars

Merchants

Engineers

roll.

and Typists.

and Teachers.

and

繕

Assistants.

and Artisans.

Others.

Shorthand,

Book-keeping,

English,

French.

German,

Japanese,

Mathematics,

Mechanics,

16.

Geometry,

Chemistry,

Physics,

Hygiene,

Total on roll of all classes, 303

184

Receipts.

HONGKONG.

FINANCIAL RETURNS FOR THE YEAR 1906,

Laid before the Legislative Council by Comma

His Excellency the Governor.

Statement showing the total Receipts and Expenditure in the

Amount Estimated.

Actual Receipts.

More than Less than Estimated.

Estimated.

35,462.15

Payments.

Balance, 1st January, 1906,

HEADS OF REVENUE.

1. Light Dues,

76,000.00

77,722.04

1,722.04

2. Licences and Internal Revenue, not

otherwise specified,

3. Fees of Court or Office, Payments for specific purposes and Reimbur- sements in aid,

4,758,820.00 4,765,227.78

6,407.78

Post Office,

519,275.00 470,151.53

410,000.00 420,454.04

49,123.47

10,454.04

Rent of Government Property, Land Hand Houses,

6. Interest,

7. Miscellaneous Receipts,

735,900.00 $26,699.20 90,799.20

6,000.00

2,068.42 8,063.42

192,400.00 53,747.24

138,652.76

TOTAL, Ordinary,

8. Land Sales,

6,698,395.00 | 6,622,070.25

111,451.48

187,776.23

400,000.00

315,733.21

9. Widows and Orphans' Pension Fund,

249,000.00

نو

Nett Balance (overpaid) 1st Jan., 1

HEADS OF EXPENDITURE.

Charge on account of Publie Del Pensions,

Governor,

Colonial Secretary's Department

Legislature,

Registrar General's Department, Audit Department,

Treasury,..

Post Office,

Harbour Master's Department, Observatory,

Judicial and Legal Departments, Police and Prison Departments,.... Medical Departments,

Sanitary Department,..

Botanical and Forestry Departme Education,

Ecclesiastical,

Charitable Allowances,

$4,266.79 Transport,

Miscellaneous Services,

249,000.00 Military Expenditure,

7,347,395.00|6,937,803.46

10. Amount transferred from Praya

Reclamation Fund,

Total Revenue,..

7,847,395.00 7,035,011.78

111,451.48

97,208.32 97,208.32

208,659.80

521,043.02

Public Works Department, Public Works Recurrent,

521,043.02

Total.

Public Works Extraordinary,

Deposits Available,

Deposits Available, (Subsidiary Coins),

4,137,647.00

Deposits Not Available,

1,458,363.90

Crown Agents' Account,

Crown Agents' Advance,

3,829,135.46

336,066.88

3,031,642 99

Total Expendium:

HONGKONG.

NANCIAL RETURNS FOR THE YEAR: 1906.

No.

1907

"e the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Governor.

wing the total Receipts and Expenditure in the year 1906.

More than Less than

Estimated.

ሰ.

Payments.

TREASURY.

Amount Estimated.

Actual Payments.

More than Less than Estimated.

Estimated.

Nett Balance (overpaid) 1st Jan., 1906,

2,796,665.48

1,722.04

ifs

HEADS OF EXPENDITURE.

$ C.

Charge on account of Public Debt,.

185,000.00

140,160.84

44,839.16

Pensions,

236,294.00

193,662.47

42,631.53

Governor,

87,074.00

69,424.50

17,649.50

6,107.78

Colonial Secretary's Department and

Legislature,

73,056.00

58,439.62

14,616.38

Registrar General's Department,

46,363.00 37,745.02

8,617.98

49,123.47

Audit Department,

16,298.00

14,664.20

1,633.80

Treasury,.

60,271.00

51,876.93

8,394.07

10,454.04

Post Office,

417,118.00

359,484.08

57,633.92

Harbour Master's Department,

185,322.00

160,899 99

24,422.01

Observatory,

23,344,00

. 19,995.17

3,348.83

90,799.20

Judicial and Legal Departments,

214,715.00

192,728.04

21,986.96

Police and Prison Departments,..

731,895.00

640,191.83

91,703.17

2,068.42

Medical Departments,

247,357.00

•

215,880.01

31,476.99

Sanitary Department,.

491,645.00

396,737.46

94,907.54

138,652.76 Botanical and Forestry Department,

47,677.00

46,796.19

880.81

Education,

188,851.00

159,873.32

111,451.48

187,776.28 Ecclesiastical,

3,800.00

3,600.00

29,477.68

200.00

Charitable Allowances,

5,420.00

3,474.41

1,945.59

$4,266.79 Transport,

249,000.00

111,451.48 521,043.02

97.208.32

208,659.80 521,043.02

Miscellaneous Services, Military Expenditure, Public Works Department, Public Works Recurrent,

10,000.00

8,142.97

1,857.03

142,291.00 620,140.53

477,849.53

1,389,142.00 1,352,537.14

36,604.86

293,022.00 203,068.43

409,200.00 379,797.77

79,953.57

29,402.23

Public Works Extraordinary,

Total,

5,495,155.00 | 5,328,820.92

477,849.53

644,183.61

1,561,800.00 1,503,789.76

58,010.24

7,056,955.00| 6,832,610,68

477,849.53 702,198.85

Total Expenditure,

$ 6,832,610.68

DAURUON

1900.

HEADS OF REVENUE.

1. Light Dues,

2. Licences and Internal Revenue, not

otherwise specified,

3. Fees of Court or Office, Payments

for specific purposes and Reimbur- sements in aid,

76,000.00

77.722.01

1.722.01

4,758,820.00 4,765,227.78

6,107.78

Post Office,

410,000.00

519,275.03 470,151.53

420,154.04

10,454.04

Rent of Government Property, Land

and Houses,

6. Interest,

7. Miscellaneous Receipts,

TOTAL, Ordinary,

735,900.00 826,699.20 90,799.20

6,000.00 8,063.42 2,068.42

192,400,00 58,747.24

6,698,395.00 6,622,070.25

Nett balance (overpaid) 1st Ja

HEADS OF EXPENDITUI

Charge on account of Public Pensions,

Governor,

Colonial Secretary's Departm

Legislature,

Registrar General's Departme

49,123.47 Andit Department,

Treasury,.

Post Office,

Harbour Master's Departmen Observatory,

Judicial and Legal Departme Police and Prison Department Medical Departments,

Sanitary Department,..

138,652.76 Botanical and Forestry Depar

Education,

111,451.48

187,776.23| Ecclesiastical,

Charitable Allowances,

8. Land Sales,

400,000.00 315,733.21

$4,266.79 Transport,

Miscellaneous Services,

9. Widows and Orphans' Pension Fund,

249,000.00

7,347,395.00 6,937,803.46

111,451.48

521,043.02

249,000.00 | Military Expenditure,

Public Works Department, Public Works Recurrent,

10. Amount transferred from Praya

Reclamation Fund,

97,208.32

Total Revenue,..

7,347,395.00 7,035,011.78

97,208.32

208,659.80

521,043.02

Το

Deposits Available,

Deposits Available, (Subsidiary Coins),

4,137,647.00

Deposits Not Available,

1,458,363.90

Crown Agents' Account,

3,329,135.46

Crown Agents' Advance,

Crown Agents' Deposit,

Account,

unttances,

Public Works Extraordinary,

336,066.88

3,051,642.29

1,198,387.94

26,069.67

35,961.19

142,699.13

11,268,480.00

Total Expendi

Deposits Available,

Deposits Available, (Subsidiar Deposits Not Available,....... Crown Agents' Account,. Crown Agents' Advance, Crown Agents' Deposit, ....... Crown Agents' Bills in transit Advance Account, Family Remittances, Subsidiary Coins... Money Order Account, Suspense Account, Suspense House Service, Suspense Interest,

51,326.18

diary Coins,

3,462,244.59

Money Order Account,

118,662.21

Suspense Account,.....

Suspense House Service,

Exchange,

Suspense Interest,

Viceroy of Wuchang,...

Total Receipts,..

35,651,608.22

Total Receipts, with opening Balance,

35,687,070.37

Total,...$ 35,687,070.37

Total Payments, with open

Balance 31st Dec., 1906,

Nett Bainee (overpaid) 1st 9alk, 19700,

HEADS OF EXPENDITURE,

.01

1,722.04

Charge on account of Public Debt,.

185,000,00

140,160.84

41,839.16

Pensions,

236,294.00 |

193,662.47

42,631.53

Governor,

87,074.00

69,424.50

17,649.50

.78

6,107.78

Colonial Secretary's Department and

Legislature,

73,056.00

58,439.62

14,616.38

Registrar General's Department,

46,363.00

87,745.02

8,617.98

.53

49,123.47

Andit Department,

16,298.00

14,664.20

1,633.80

Treasury,.

60.271.00

51,876.93

8,394.07

1.04

10,45-4.04

Post Office,

417,118.00

359,484.08

57,633.92

Harbour Master's Department;

185,322.00

160,899 99

24,422.01

Observatory,

23,344,00

19,995.17

3,348.83

1.20

90,799.20

Judicial and Legal Departments,

214,715.00

192,728.04|

21,986.96

Police and Prison Departments,.

731,895.00

640,191.83

91,703.17

3.42

2,068.42

Medical Departments,

247,357.00

215,880.01

31,476.99

Sanitary Department,.

491,645.00

396,737.46

94,907.54

1.24

138,652.76

Botanical and Forestry Department,

47,677.00

46,796.19

Education,

188,851.00

159,373.32

1.25

111,451.48

187,776.23

Ecclesiastical,

3,800.00

3,600.00

880.81 29,477.68 200.00

Charitable Allowances,

5,420.00

3,474.41

3.21

$4,266.79 Transport,

249,000.00 Military Expenditure,

Public Works Department, Public Works Recurrent,

1,945.59

10,000.00

8,142.97

1,857.03

Miscellaneous Services,

142,291.00

620,140.53

477,849.53

1,389,142.00 1,352,537.14

36,604.86

283,022.00 203,068.43

79,953.57

409,200.00 379,797.77

29,402.23

3.46

3.32

1.78

111,451.48

97,208.32

208,659.80

521,043.02

Total,

5,495,155.00 5,328,820.92

477,849.53

641,183.61

Public Works Extraordinary,

1,561,800.00 1,503,789.76

58,010.24

7.00

7,056,955.00 6,832,610.68

477,849.53

702,193.85

3.90

5.46

Total Expenditure,

$ 6,832,610.68

56.88

2.29

$7.94

Deposits Available,

Deposits Available, (Subsidiary Coins),

Deposits Not Available,

6.18

Crown Agents' Account,.

Crown Agents' Advance,

1.59

Crown Agents' Deposit,

Crown Agents' Bills in transit,

150,000.00

1:1,215.00

1,157,469.32

3,865,273.72

11,605,398.51

3,828,788.91

330,000.00

12.21

Advance Account,

Family Remittances,

Subsidiary Coins,.....

Money Order Account,

39.67

Suspense Account,

51.19

Suspense House Service, Suspense Interest,

1,303,791.28

50,880.18 3,828,847.69 128,690.41

22,388.26 73, 32.55

99.13

30.00

08.22

70.37

Balance 31st Dec., 1906,

Total Payments,...$ 32,789,186.51

Total Payments, with opening Balance,

35,585,851.99

101,218.38

70.37

Total,

$35,687,070.37

Statement of Assets and Liabilities, on the 31st December, 1906.

LIABILITIES.

ASSETS."

Deposits not available,

945,559.00 Balance, Bank,...

231,532.55

Refund of Rates,

-9,300.00

Balance, Crown Agents,.

19,685.83

Officers' Remittances,......

741.43

Advances,

316,438.11

Money Order Remittances,

3,174.33

Crown Agents' Deposit,

777,146.62

Civil Pensions,

17,700.00

Subsidiary Coins,....

308,525,48

Police Pensions,

14,000.00

Profit, Money Order Office,......

12,000.00

Public Works,

13,862.66

Suspense House Service,

6.755.00

Total Liabilities,

1,013,092.48

Balance,

652,236.11

Total,...$1,665,328.59

Total Assets,*

$1,665.828.59

* Not including Arrears of Revenue and Over-payment amounting to $143,260.65.

Statement of Funded Public Debt or Loans borrowed for Fixed Periods outstanding on the 31st December, 1906, and of the Accumulated Sinking Funds at the same date.

Designation of Debt or Loan.

Legal

Amount Authority. Outstanding.

SINKING FUNDS.

Amount of Stock, &c.

Cost Price.

Market Value.

s. d.

£ s. d.

Hongkong 31% In- Ordinances 1&2 £341,799,15,1

scribed Stock.

of 1893.

Brit. Guiana,

Stock.

Sterling.

Cape of G. Hope, 3 % Gold Coast,

3 %

Natal.

3 %

New Zealand,

놀이

Do..

Queensland,

Sierra Leone,

310

South Australia, 31%

2,000. 0. 0 2,000. 0. 0 4,000. 0. 0 1,200. 0. 0

South Nigeria

(Lagos),

33%

Trinidad,

Do.,

3 %

Victoria,

310%

Western A'tralia, 3

* * * * *

2,000. 0. 0 2,000. 0. 5,000. 0. 0

200. 0. 0 1,000. 0. 0

8,300. 0. 0 4,000. 0. 0 5,000. 0. 0 5,000. 0. 0 2,100. 0. 0

£ s. d.

1,932.17. 3 (87 ) 1,740. 0. 0 1,941. 1. O (87 ) 1,740. 0. 0 4,480.11. 6 (87) 4,350, 0. 0 189.19. 5 (85) 170.0. 0 1,037. 0. 8 (101) 1,010, 0, 0 1,921. S. 8 (891) 1,790. 0. 0 1,948. 5.10 (87 ) 1,740. 0. 0 3,879.19. 2 (991) 3,980. 0. 0 1,293.16. 5 (100) 1,200. 0. 0

8,099. 2. 7(100)8,341.10. 0 4.082.12.0 (104) 4,160. 0. 0 4,746.15. 0 (87) 4,350. 0. 0 4,734. 8. 6 (99) 4,950). 0. 0 2,010. 2.10 (88) 1,848. 0. 0

£ 43,800. 0.0 £12,298. 0.10~

£ £1,369.10. 0

£1,143.933.1.4 Nos. 1 of 1893| Sterling.

Do.

Ordinances

& 11 of 1905.

Amount repaid by Viceroy of Wuchang and placed to credit of Special Fund.

£110,000.

Summary of Advances and Repayments of Advances for the Year ended 31st December, 1906.

Names.

Balances

1st January, 1906.

Advances during the

year.

Total.

Repayments of Advances during the year.

Balances

31st Dec.,

1906.

Money Order,

251.73 238,613.49

238,865.22

į 236,214.64 |

893.02

(1)1,757.56{

Do.

Transvaal

2,473.09 Cr. 2,473.09

Singapore Government,

363.14

2,244.61

2,607.75

2,085.63

522.12

872.63

Mauritius Government,

475.45

1,355,03

1 (1)

1,077.01

278.02

6.95

293.55

Ceylon Government,

78.15

267.78

345.93

45.63

((2) 6.75

British Guiana......

316.89

Praya East Reclamation,

57,130.57

184.82

57,815.39

57,315.39

3,066.50

Transvaal Government,

2,265.00

(2) 30.92

5,362.42

3,825.92

1,536.50

Colonial Secretary,

25.00

G. N. Orme,..

250.00

Treasury,

500.00

Public Works Department,

7,000.00

Supreme Court,

100.00

Crown Solicitor,

1,061.85

Sanitary Department,

200.00 2,000.00

1,261.85

1,237.25

24.60

2,000,00

2,000.00

Post Office-Money Order,

25,000.00

Postmaster General,

Magistracy,

500.00 100.00

•

Private Street Improvement,

1,953.39

Rider Main Scheme,

119,250.73

89,604.92

208,855.65

350.07 97,494.44

500.00

100.00 1,603.32 111,361.21

Captain Superintendent of Police,..........

25.00

800.00

825.00

163.80

Ada Robertson,

54.60

231.10

285.70

40.95

(3) 80.95

247.63

J. Wildey,

82.54

322.43

401.97

61.91

(4) 95.43

45.04

M. Hood,

22.52

64.26

86.78

11.26

(5) 30.48

f 249.00

A. Dixon,.....

83.00

351.55

434.55

62.25

Expenses for taking Cipher to H. B.

M.'s Consul, Hanoi

{ (3)

115.20

(6) 123.30

118.45

3.25

F. Gidley,.

213.84

71.24

278.15

349.39

(7) 82.09

*53.46

239.84

M. Moore,

119.93

342.43

462.36

119.93

(8) 102.59

Resumption of Land, N. T.,

4,000.00

26,000.00

30,000.00

J. Seymour

4.06

D. McKenzie,

286.75

Passage of Miss Aris,

323.40

Furniture for Government Pavilion,

200.00

F. A. Coleman,

181.13

Sir F. Piggott,....

725.78

Inspector Fisher,.

42.00

L. S. Clarke,

343.03

300.00

43.03

P. C. Finaman,

R. G. McEwen,

J. G. T. Buckle

368.03

240.00

128.03

540.16

486.00

54.16

452.80

(4)

2.36

455.16

68.03

W. Orchar,

L. S. Blackman,

Botanical Department,

68.77

(5)

.74

406.15

176.00

230.15

M. Earner

Bacteriological Institute,

Local Auditor,

H. B. Lethbridge...................

Passage to Mrs. Culliford, ....

H. J. Knight, ...

35.40

•

200,00

200.00

700.00

1,427.14

800.00

627.14

159.96

159.96 {

{ (9)

159.78

433.23 158.35

433.23

158.35

.18 275.00 158.35

158.23

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

213,721,46

380,018.76 593,740.22

419,319.98 176,893.33

Summary of Advances and Repayments of Advances for the Year ended 31st December, 1906, Continued.

Balances

Names.

1st January,

1906.

Advances during the

year.

Total.

Repayments of Advances during the year.

Balances

31st Dec.,

1906.

€A

Brought forward........

213,721.46

380,018.76

593,740.22

419,319.98

176,893.33

A. W. Grant,

276.93

60.00

H. St. J. Sasse,

239.47

H. G. C. Fisher,

393.85

280.00

216.93

113.85

G. W. Eves, A/c. Kowloon-Cauton

Railway,

578,114,37

578,114.37,

455,994.55

122,119.82

Special Fund,

E. W. Carpenter,

320,530.67

317,462.53

500.00

Metalic Circuit, .

J. J. Bullin,

15,468.64

500.00 15,468.64

......

500.00

981.91

3,068.11

14,486.73

30.81

H. H. J. Gompertz,

Cr. 30.81

385.93

240.00

145.93

Interest on Crown Ageuts' Advances,&c.

3,179.58

Sergeant Baker,

331.85.

331.85

Collision between U.S.S. Alexander

and Chinese Juuk 461,

972.65

(

200.00

930.20

131,85

(10) 42.45

R. F. Johnston,.

36.53

39.10

A. Chapman,

(11) 2.57

Deposit of 10% on the value of Goods

1,107.69

per Ghazee,

1,518.27

Passage to Mrs. Pitt,

305.45

805.45/

{(12) 16.97

1,511.30

305.45

Registrar General,

100.00

E. C. Lewis,.....

352.29

$ 213,721.46 1,303,835,50 1,517,556.96 1,201,118.85 318,942.01

(1) Profit in Exchange ...$ 6.95 (2)

Loss in Exchange $1,757.56

30.92

6.75

3.25

80.95

2.36

95.43

0.74

30.48

123.30

$41.22

$2.09

(8)

102.59

0.18

(10)

42.45

(1)

2.57

•"

(12)

6.97

$2,331.32

Less Credits,

€*

2,503.90

316,438.11

Summary of Deposits and Refunds of Deposits for the Year ended 31st December, 1906.

Names.

Balances on

Deposits

1st January, received dur- 1906. ing the year.

Total.

Deposits Balances on repaid during 31st Decem-

the year.

ber, 1906.

Tender Deposits,...

Police Fine Fund,

4,925.00

40,345.00

Sikh Passage Fund,

295.00 460.42

45,270,00 295.00

39,310.00

30.00

5,960.00 265.00

1,053.52

1,513.94

1,093.15

Praya Reclamation Fund,

124,756.62

69.924.73

194,681.35

162,709.52

420.79 31,971.83

Suitors' Fund,

234,193.02

286,601.35

520,794.37

356,956.67

163,837.70

Kowloon-Canton Railway,

Chinese Recreation Ground,

Widows and Orphans' Fund,..

5,949.96

1,290.17

7,240.13

916.57

6,323.56

960,000.00

960,000.00,

513,866.59

446,133.41

233,013.67

47, 57.50

280,471.17

7,510.97

272,960.20

Custom Duties on Parcels,

1,489.70

3,355.17

4,844.87

3,050.57

Sale of Land Deposits, ...

250.00

975.00

1,225.00

925.00

1,794.30 300,00

House Service Deposits,.

394.00

1,895.00

2,289.00

562.00

1,727.00

Post Office Fine Fund,

227.27

40.96

268.23

Medical Department Fine Fund,

312.72

79.85

392.57

Sanitary Department Fine Fund,

73.42

31.45

104.87

Hongkong Volunteer Corps Fund,

16,429.21

30,083.30

46,512.51

39,665.88

6,846.63

Clerkship's Examination Fees,

80.00

10.00

70.00

Intestate Estate, ....

1,760.82

35.07

1,795.89

Estate of Deceased Policemen,

197.42

197.12

197.42

Sugar Convention,

2,830.00

2,580.00

250.00

Market Caretakers' Securities,

20.00

Miscellaneous,

19,817.22

7,260.00

27,077.22

24,240.37

2,836.85

Board of Trade,

28.84

3,960.99

3,989.83

3,956.04

33.79

Gaol Library,

103.90

103.90.

Compounds of Opium,..

925.00

Fees for Boundary Stones, N.T.,

139.84

85.99

53.85

12th March, 1907.

644,698.21 1,458,363.90 2,103,062.11 1,157,503.11 945,559.00

*Profit in Exchange $33.79.

A. M. THOMSON,

Treasurer.

CORRECTED COPY.

HONGKONG.

No. 1907

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH ESTIMATES FOR 1908.

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

Statement of Assets and Liabilities, on the 31st December, 1906.

LIABILITIES.

ASSETS.

Deposits not Available,

945,559.00

Balance, Bank,...

231,532.55

Refund of Rates,

9,300.00

Balance, Crown Agents....

19,685.83

Officers' Remittances,.

7418

Advances, ...

316,438.11

Money Order Remittances,

3,174.33

Crown Agents' Deposit,

777,146.62

Civil Pensions,

17,700.00

Subsidiary Coins,

308,525.48

•

Police Pensions,

14,000.00

Profit, Money Order Office,.....

12,000.00

Public Works,

15,862.66

Suspense House Service,

6,755.06

Total Liabilities,

1,013,092.48

Balance,

652,236.11

ཙ

Total,$ 1,665,328.59

Total Assets,*

$1,665,328.59

* Not including Arrears of Revenue and Over-payment amounting to $143.260.65.

A. M. THOMSON,

Treasurer.

Treasury, Hongkong, 27th August, 1907.

[P. T. 0.]

640

ESTIMATED BALANCE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES ON 31ST DECEMBER, 1907.

Ordinary Revenue, 1907,

Land Sales,

Ordinary Expenditure including liability for Military Contribution, 1907,

Public Works, Extraordin.

Balance of Assets, 1906,

Credit Balance,

$6,351,258.00

300,000.00

.$ 5,125,467.00

Balance of Assets on 31st December, 1907,

*Not.including Estimated Arrears of Revenue 1907 amounting to $104,000.

Treasury, Hongkong, 27th August, 1907.

Dr.

To Inscribed Stock Loans 1893 and 1906 at 3% interest, to be paid off on the 15th April, 1943,

LOAN ACCOUNT 1906.

By Sinking Fund,

.....£1,485,732.16. 5

742,682.00

-$6,651,258.00

-$5,868,149.00

.$ 783,109.00

652,236.11

.*$1,435,345.11

A. M. THOMSON, Treasurer.

Note-Contributions to the Sinking Fund on account of 1906 Loan do not commence till 1911.

ESTIMATED LOAN ACCOUNT 1907.

To Inscribed Stock Loans of 1893 and 1906 at 3% interest, to be paid off on the 15th April, 1943,

By Sinking Fund,

.£1,485,732.16. 5

Note.-Contributions to the Sinking Fund on account of 1906 Loan do not commence till 1911.

RAILWAY LOAN ACCOUNT.

Cr.

...£ 42,298. 0.10

£ 47,036. 4. 8

To repayments by Viceroy, Wuchang, of

1905 Loan,

.£ 220,000. 0. 0

By Advances on account of Railway Cou-

struction,

.£220,000. 0. 0

Treasury, Hongkong, 24th September, 1907.

A. M. THOMSON,

Treasurer.

205

REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE BRIGADE

FOR THE YEAR 1906.

There were 30 Fires and 67 Incipient Fires during the year, as against 32 and 77 in 1905. Details with regard to these Fires are given in Tables I and II.

The estimated damage caused by Fires was $658,970.00 and by Incipient Fires $21,748.00.

The Brigade turned out 44 times during the year.

2. There was an intermittent supply of water in the mains from 15th March to 18th April during which period sea water was used as much as possible in order to save the fresh

water.

3. Two Fires occurred in the harbour during the year.

4. There was one prosecution for Arson in connection with the Fire at No. 147 Wing Lok Street. Four men were arrested and charged and committed for trial.

The Attorney General did not proceed with the case.

5. I attach a list of places where Fire Despatch Boxes are kept and of private telephones to which the Police have access in the event of a Fire (Appendix A) I also enclose a copy of a report by the Engineer on the state of Fire Engines (Appendix B).

6. The conduct of the Brigade has been gool.

25th February 1907.

F. J. BADELEY, Superintendent, Fire Brigade.

Appendix A.

List of Places where Fire Brigade Despatch Boxes are kept.

1 Box. Kennedy's Stable Leighton Hill Road. | 1 Box.

2 Boxes. Engine House at No. 2 Police Sta- 2 Boxes.

1 Box.

9 9

tion.

Naval Dock Yard, Queen's Road.

No. 7, Queen's Garden, Royal Engi-

1 Box.

Clock Tower.

Government Offices.

Government House.

neers' Mess.

Central Police Station.

Wellington Street

at Lyndhurst 1

Terrace.

3 Boxes.

Staunton Street, at Sing

Wong

1 Box.

་

Government Civil Hospital.

Street.

Water Lane, at Queen's Road

Central.

Robinson Road corner of Seymour

Terrace.

No. 6 Police Station, Peak.

Mount Gough Police Station. Engine House No. 7 Police Sta-

tion.

Bonham Strand West, at West

End.

Gas House, West Point.

Fat Hing Street, at Queen's Road

West.

Ko Shing Theatre.

Government Lunatic Asylum.

Nam Pak Hong Insurance Office. Man Mo Temple.

No. 5 Police Station.

Kennedy Town Hospital. Collinson Street West.

No. 552 Connaught Road West. Pumping Station, Yau-ma-ti. Yau-ma-ti Police Station.

Hung Hom

Mong Kok Tsui Market.

206

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 Hongkong Hotel, Des Voeux Road Central.

West Point, from 7 A.M. to 9 P.M. Tung Wá Hospital, l'o Yan Street.

Man On Insurance Office, Queen's Road West.

Clock Tower.

Royal Naval Yard, Queen's Road East. Mr. J. KENNEDY's, Causeway Bay.

Electric Light Company, Queen's Road East.

Fire Alarms.

Harbour Master's Office at Wing Lok Street. Hollywood Road at Queen's Road West. Wilmer Street at Des Voeux Road West. Public Exchange Telephone.

Appendix B.

HONGKONG, 22nd February, 1907.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward the Annual Report on the state of the Government Fire Engines for the year ending 31st December, 1906.

STEAMER No. 1. Floating Fire Engine.

This Engine was sunk during the typhoon on 18th September, 1906, near the Western entrance to Causeway Bay. On being raised the Hull of the Launch was found to be so badly damaged that it was decided to build a new Hull. The pumps, propelling engine, and boiler, which suffered slight damage, have now been thoroughly overhauled and repaired, and await the completion of the new Hull.

STEAMER No. 2.

Land Engine by Shand and Mason.

This engine has been 28 years in service (Boiler 9 years old). It has been regularly used and tested at monthly drill for drivers and fires, was overhauled during the year, and is now in good working order.

This engine has been

STEAMER No. 3.

Land Engine by Shand and Mason.

years in service (Boiler retubed in May, 1904). It was regularly used and tested at monthly drill for drivers, overhauled at regular intervals during the

year, and is now in good working order.

STEAMER No. 4.

Land Engine by Shand and Mason.

This engine has been 25 years in service (new firebox fitted to boiler in April 1904). It has been thoroughly overhauled during the year and used regularly at drills for drivers and fires, and is now in good working order.

STEAMER No. 5.

Land Engine by Shand and Mason.

This engine, which has been 20 years in service, is at present out of commission, owing to the boiler tubes giving out during a monthly drill. The firebox of this boiler was previously reported to be in a weakened condition. A new firebox has been ordered from the makers and this engine should be in working order again at an early date.

All the Manual Engines and Gear, Hose, Reels, Ladders, and supply carts have been kept in repair, and are now in good order and condition.

I have, &c.,

D. MACDONALD, Engineer, Fire Brigade.

The Honourable

Mr. F. J. BADELEY,

Superintendent, Fire Brigade.

Table I.

FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1906.

No. of BUILDINGS DESTROYED.

- 207 -

No.

DATE.

TIME.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

DAMAGE.

CAUSE.

REMARKS.

Wholly Partly.

January

5.00 a.m.

House No. 252, Sheung Shui,

9.30

3.00 ""

A matshed at Sham Shui Po, House No. 7, Wing Shing Street,

200

Unknown,

matshed

5,000

Accident,..

9.20 p.m.

On the piece of ground between Ko Shing Street and Des Voeux Road West among scaffolding materials and bas- kets of salt fish,

600

Unknown,

8.30

A matshed covering a stack of coal in a coal yard near Yau Ma Ti Station,

matshed

1.40 a.m.

House No. 46, Tung Man Laue,

2,600

Accident,..

February

6.45

On board Cargo Boat No. 135 in Victoria Harbour,

5,600

Unknown,

2.30 p.m.

House No. 88, Macdonnell Road, Tsim Sha Tsui,

1,200

Accident,.....

March

12.55 a.m.

House No. 147, Wing Lok Street,

12,000

7.30 p.m.

12.30 a.m.

House No. 150, Wing Lok Street,

Cement Works, Hung Hom,........................

6,000

Suspected arson,...

Accident..

Four men were arrested and charged with arson and committed for trial. The Attorney General did not proceed with the case.

4,500 Unknown,

April

2.30

184, Des Voeux Road West,

12,000

Accident,.....

7.55 p.m.

65, Wanchai Road,....

500

6.00 ""

A house in Tam Shui village, Sha Tau Kok,.

One woman was burnt to death.

Carried forward,

50,360

FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1906,-Continued.

208

No.

DATE.

TIME.

SITUATION OF FIRE,

NO. OF BUILDINGS DESTROYED.

DAMAGE.

CAUSE.

REMARKS.

Wholly. Partly.

Brought forward,

50,360

15 April

May

888888

7.00 a.m.

7.00

House No. 208, Winglok Street,

A house in Shau Tsui Village, Sha Tan Kok,

5,000

Unknown,

450

Accident,....

July

8.50

p.m.

House No. 218, Queen's Road West,

2,500

Unknown,

matshed

August

3.45 a.m..

A matshed near Quarry Bay,

5,000

September 18

11.00

House No. 48, Connaught Road,

3,000

Accident,

TO NO TO NO NO NO NO 2 N

October

14 3.00

On board S.S. Hankow in Victoria Harbour,

550,000

One hundred and eleven persons lost their lives.

21.

November

211.15 p.m.

Saw Mills at Mong Kok,

200

4 1,55 a.m.

House No. 9, Pedder's Street,

29,000

Fusing of electric wires,......

10.15

345

317, Queen's Road Central,

8,000

Unknown,

11.50

35, Hollywood Road,

3,000

15 3.30

20, Tung Chung Village,

100

25 3.30

1, Chui Lung Lane,

300

Accident,....

matshed

2.25

Cement Works, Hung Hom,..............

1,200

December

2.00 p.m.

2220

6.30 p.m.

11.00 p.m.

House No. 7, Shan Pin Terrace, Shan Ki

Van,

A matshed on Blackhead's Hill,

at Kun Chung,

matshed

Total,..

330* Unknown,

280

250

658,970

No.

DATE.

TIME.

Table II.

INCIPIENT FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1906.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

DAMAGE.

CAUSE.

REMARKS.

- 209

123 41001-000

January

2.15 a.m.

4.45 p.m.

19, Water Street,

17 3.20

5.00

10.00

* ,

20 8.35

House No. 13, Queen Victoria Street,

24, Bonham Strand Central

54 and 56, Lyndhurst Terrace,

Out house at Nga Tsin Long village, Kowloon,

House No. 9, Chancery Lane,

Unknown,

· 100

}}

Trifling.

1.45

步步

24, Wellington Street,

Chimney on fire,......

Bed curtain caught fire.....

4.57

30, Boubam Strand Central,

Chimney on fire,..

5.30 a.m.

10 February 4

1.10

House No. 37, Circular Pathway, 41, Robinson Road,.......

Accident,

100

Throwing a lighted match on carpet,

9.30 p.m.

106, Des Vœux Road West,

Exploding of a kerosine lamp,

11.45

44, Queen's Road Central,

Trifling.

Lighted candle falling on joss papers,

11.26

40, Elgin Street,

Joss sticks setting fire to some cotton wool,..

9.00

11, Bird Street,

Trifling.

Accident,...

5.30

March

12.30

.17

9,15

Premises of Hongkong Cotton Mill,

Hillside at Mount Kellet near Cameron Villas,

25, Temple Street, Yaumati,

Unknown,

· 19

** ******

6.00 a.n.

House No. 146, Des Voeux Road Central,

9.30 p.m.

1, Tsui Lung Lane, Wanchai, Hip Loong Bakery,

9.24 a.m.

8, Tit Hong Lanc,..

April

2.10 p.m.

50, West Street.............

22 *

8.00

28, Queen's Road West,

12.40 a.m.

7.00 p.m.

May

8.00

1-8

7.15

7.49

Mr. Jorge's House, Kennedy Road,..

House No. 94, Reclamation Street, Yaumati,...

Fuse of an electric wire at the junction of Queen's Road and Ice House Street caught fire,

....

A tree in Battery Path,..

House No. 15D, Wellington Street,.

Trifing.

Overheating of flue,

Grass on fire,

Lighted match dropping on some papers,

Overheating of the oven,

Chimney on fire,...

Unknown,

Put out by occupants.

Police.

Brigade.

Villagers.

Occupants and Police.

Brigade.

Occupants.

Occupants and Police. Police.

Occupants and Police. Neighbours.

Firemen and Police.

Police and occupants.

Servant boys in the employ of

surrounding houses. Occupants and Police.

Bakers.

Extinguished by occupants.

步步

Police and occupants.

وو

Mill Staff.

לי

Carried forward,

...

385

Unknown,

Short circuit of electric wires, Chimney on fire,.......

Put out by Police and occupants.

Extinguished by Firemen.

Put out by Brigade.

INCIPIENT FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1905,-Continued.

No.

DATE.

TIME.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

DAMAGE.

CAUSE.

REMARKS.

Brought forward, ......$

385

8885

June

1.30 a.m.

House No. 6, East Road, Kowloou,..

Trifling.

Unknown,

· 11

7.30 p.m.

3, Pak Chi Lane,

Accident,...

Put out by occupants and neighbours.

Occupants.

9.40

12, Nullah Lane,....

Upsetting of a kerosine lamp,

8.30 a.m.

P. & O. Co., inclosure at Des Voeux Road, Central,

Trifling.

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July

2 2287

4.45 p.m.

On board S.S. Doric in Victoria Harbour,

10.45 p.m.

3.20 a.m.

A matshed at the Cement work at Hung Hom, Nil. House No. 227, To Kwa Wan,.

Unknown,

9.50 p.m.

5.30

8, Cross Street,

Unknown,

A spark from the fumigation apparatus iguiting some matting in the hold,

Upsetting of a kerosine lamp, ....

Police and occupants.

Police and coolies.

Brigade.

Coolies.

Occupants and Police.

A matshed at Kowloon,.

A spark from the Ferry Launch "Northern Star"

Crew of the Launch.

8.30

On board S.S. Taming in Victoria harbour, ...jabt. 20,000

9.10 a.m.

Bamboo wharf of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company at Causeway Bay,......

August

2.20

House No. 6, Tai Wo Street,

}

1.00

12.15

109, Connaught Road Contral, 83, To Kwa Wan,

October 22

1.00 p.m.

Hill side below Bowen Road,

Sparks from a blacksmith's forge,

The Company in order to clean and point one of their large tanks discharged the oil into the Harbour which caught fire, Upsetting of a lamp,

Exploding of a kerosine lamp,

Unknown,

Grass on fire,

Brigade.

1.50

2.00

7.00

7.30

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11.00 a.m.

11.00

}}

8888

5.17

p.m.

November 3

7.25

9.40

10.15

at Kai Lung Wan Cemetery,

between Stanley and Wong Ma Kok,

On board Motor Pinnace at Blake Pier, House No. 251, Sheung Shui Village,.. Hill side at Kai Lung Wan,

between No. 6, Bridge Pokfulam and Peak,

House No. 178, Des Voeux Road Central, 164, Station Street, Mong Kok, On board a Motor in Victoria Harbour, House No. 481, Queen's Road West,

Unknown,

Trifling.

Exploding of a lamp,.

Grass on fire,

Chimney on fire,........

Upsetting of kerosine lamp, Unknown,

Bursting of a kerosine lamp,.

Occupants and Police. Brigade.

Occupants.

Police and coolies.

Police,

Police and villagers.

The crew and Police.

Police and villagers.

Police and hired coolies.

Occupants and Firemen,

Police.

The crew.

Police and occupants.

Carried forward,

20,596

210 -

INCIPIENT FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1906,—Continued.

No.

DATE.

TIME.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

Carried forward,..

DAMAGE.

$20,596

November 14

6.20 p.m.

6.40

9.00

12.30

78, Tung Tau Kowloon City,

7.45 a.m.

9.45 p.m.

12.30

4.00

December 4 5.37

}

A small matshed at Blackhead's Point,

House No. 101, Second Street,

233, Hollywood Road, .....

Basement floor of General Post Office,

Ko Shing Theatre,

Hill side above Shallow Water Bay, Stanley,... House No. 165, Queen's Road Central,

11, Old Bailey,

62.

11.30

28, Nullah Lane,...............

3.20 a.m.

261, Queen's Road West,

7.30 p.m.

1.00

6.30

. 67

12.30

12, Hollywood Road,

A house in Sha Ti Un, Kowloon,

House No. 46, Gage Street,

51, First Street,

TOTAL.

CAUSE.

REMARKS.

...

Unknown,

Upsetting of a kerosine lamp,

Carelessness with Joss papers,

Unknown,

Setting fire to waste paper,

A lamp caught fire,

Grass on fire,

1,000

Throwing lighted match on the floor,

Upsetting of a kerosine lamp,

Put out by Police.

Occupants.

Occupants and Police. Police and Villagers.

Post Office employees and fire-

men from Clock Tower.

Police.

Police and hired coolies.

Firemen and occupants.

Occupants.

Attempted arsou,

Occupants.

Overheating of a flue,

Chimney on fire,...........

Brigade and occupants. Occupants.

Igniting of some dry grass from boiler fire,.

Villagers and Police.

Chimney on fire....

Inmates and Police.

Unknown,

Police.

21,748

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No. 6

1907

HONGKONG.

REPORT OF THE HARBOUR MASTER FOR THE YEAR 1906.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Governor. Į

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

REPORT.

1. Shipping. 2. Trade.

3. Revenue.

4. Steam-launches.

5. Emigration.

7. Marine Magistrate's Court.

6. Registry of Shipping.

TABLES.

8. Marine Court.

9. Examination of Masters, Mates and

Engineers.

10. Examination of Pilots.

11. Sunday Working Cargo.

12. New Territories.

13. General.

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.

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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 Macao.

VIII. Junks cleared for China and Macao.

IX. Total number of Junks entered at each Port.

X. Total number of Junks cleared at each Port.

XI. Junks (local trade) entered.

XII. Junks (local trade) cleared.

XIII. Summary of arrivals and departures of all vessels.

XIV. Statement of Revenue collected.

XV. Licensed Steam-launches entered.

XVI. Licensed Steam-launches cleared.

XVII. Chinese Passenger Ships cleared by the Emigration Officer, (Summary). XVIII. Vessels bringing Chinese Passengers to Hongkong from places out of China,

(Summary).

XIX. Vessels registered.

XX. Vessels struck off the Register.

XXI. Marine Magistrate's Court.

XXII. Diagram of Tonnage of Vessels entered.

APPENDICES.

4. Report on Mercantile Marine Office. B. Report on Import and Export Office. C. Report on Marine Surveyor's Office. D. Report on Gunpowder Depôt. E. Report on Lighthouses.

1.-Shipping.

The total Tonnage entering and clearing at Ports of the Colony during the year 1906 amounted to 32,747,268 tons, being a decrease, compared with 1905, of 1,437,823 tons; but in combining Ocean and Steam-river Trade, a Tonnage amounting to 19,793,384 is shown, an increase of 86,656 tons over 1905 and the highest yet recorded. In putting aside River Trade, a substantial increase in Ocean Trade appears, amounting to 789,857 tons.

There were 214,556 arrivals of 16,394,508 tons, and 215,170 departures of 16,352,760

tons.

Of British Ocean-going vessels 3,595,879 tons entered, and 3,593,592 tons cleared.

Of Foreign Ocean-going vessels 3,565,449 tons entered, and 3,528,046 tons cleared.

Of British River steamers 2,424,961 tons entered, and 2,417,540 tons cleared.

Of Foreign River steamers, 334,831 tons entered, and 333,086 tons cleared.

Of Steamships under 60 tons trading to Ports outside the waters of the Colony 20,141 tons entered, and 20,141 tons cleared. These figures do not include private Steam-launches.

Of Junks in Foreign Trade 1,307,972 tons entered, and 1,311,439 tons cleared.

Of Steamships under 60 tons plying within the waters of the Colony 4,125,768 tons ed, and 4,125,768 tons cleared. These figures are incomplete, as the "Star" Ferry any's craft are not included, the Company stating that no record is kept of the number

made, or passengers carried, by their vessels.

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Of Junks in Local Trade 1,019,507 tons entered, and 1,023,148 tons cleared.

Thus :-

British Ocean-going vessels represented...

Foreign Ocean-going vessels represented

British River steamers represented.......

Foreign River steamers represented

Steamships under 60 tons, Foreign Trade represented

Junks in Foreign Trade represented

Steamships under 60 tons, Local Trade represented

Junks in Local Trade represented

21.9 %

21.6 %

14.7 %

2.3%

0.1 %

8.0 %

25.2 %

6.2%

100.0

2. Seven thousand seven hundred and seventy-two (7,772) steamers, 14 sailing vessels, and 439 steamships under 60 tons in foreign trade, entered during the year, giving a daily average entry of 22.5, as compared with 24.81 in 1905. If the figures for foreign trade Junks are added, the daily average would be 61.4, as against 70.5 in 1905.

3. A comparison between the years 1905 and 1906 is given in the following table :—

1905.

1906.

Increase.

Decrease.

Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage.

----

British Ocean-

going, Foreign Ocean-

3,995 | 7,672,324 3,697

3,845 | 5,820,785 | 4,287 | 7,093,495

7,189,471

298 482,853

442 1,272,710|

975

going,

British River

Steamers, Foreign River

Steamers, S'ships under 60

7,488 | 5,551,022| 6,464| 4,842,501

1,024 711,521

659,597 | 1,071 667,917 96 8,320

tons (Foreign

Trade).......

1,800

71,448 878 40,282

922 31.166

Junks in Foreign 33,475 2,875,440 |28,153 | 2,619,411

Trade,

Total, Steam launches plying in the Colony, Junks in Local

Trade,

51,578 | 22,653,61644.550 | 22,453,077

337,913 9,169,312 333,500 | 8,251,536

5,322 256,029

538 1,281,030 7,566 |1,481,569

4,353 917,776

11,651 319,508

|63,267 || 2,362,163 |51,616|| 2,042,655

538 1,281,030 23,570 2.718,853

Grand Total,... 452,758 34,185,001 | 429,726 | 32,747,268

NETT,

23,032 |1,437,823

* Including 32,424 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 1.176.625 tons. Including 23,430 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 858,746 tons.

4. For Ocean vessels under the British Flag, this Table shows a decrease of 298 ships of 482,853 tons. This decrease is mainly due to vessels under the Japanese Flag returning to their various routes at the conclusion of the late war, thereby supplanting several British vessels which had been chartered in their stead, and partly to the disappearance of tramp steamers which carried stores for the opposing fleets; and eliminating the 893,890 tons ascrib- ed in last year's Return as an abnormal increase, practically due to the state of war existing, a legitimate increase to the British Flag is shown, amounting to 411,037 tons.

In British River steamers there is a decrease of 1,024 ships of 711,521 tons shown, which is due to the serious disasters that befell these steamers during the typhoon on the memorable 18th of September, and to the gutting by fire of the Hankow in the following month. During the necessary repairs of the crippled vessels, coasting steamers of small size were utilised in some instances by the different companies.

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For Foreign Ocean vessels an increase of 442 ships of 1,272,710 tons is shown, which is almost wholly due to the Japanese vessels taking up their respective routes in place of the British vessels temporarily chartered, amounting to 594 ships of 1,275,640 tons in 1906, against 58 ships of 69,146 tons in 1905, an increase of 536 ships of 1,206,494 tons. Additionally, Corean steamers for the first time since 1901 entered the Port, and assisted in the increase by 30 ships of 61,596 tons. Vessels under Norwegian Flag show a decrease of 135 ships of 186,093 tons.

The other increases and decreases are of small importance, excepting Junk and Steam- launch Trade within and outside the waters of the Colony. These vessels in many cases suffered disastrously in the typhoon already mentioned, and can be applied to the abnormal decrease shown, assisted by a gradual falling off in Junk Trade throughout the year.

5. The actual number of ships of European construction (exclusive of River steamers and Steam-launches) entering during the year was 870, being 417 British and 453 Foreign.

These 870 ships entered 4,012 times and gave a total tonnage of 7,151,328 tons. Thus, compared with 1905, 19 less ships entered 86 more times, and gave an aggregate tonnage increased by 404,728 tons.

Steamers.

No. of Times entered.

Total Tonnage.

Flag.

1905. 1906. 1905. 1906.

1905. 1906.

British, Austrian,

490 413 1,983 1,846 3,806,7923,580,508 27 88,326 100,929

Belgian,

Chinese,

165

203

1.794 214,720

Corean,

251,400 30,798

Danish,

24,206 40,734

Dutch,..

77,205 130,864

French,

207

218

288,911 324,668

German,

163

143

887

846 1,394,255|1,343,420

Italian...

12 51,492 33.012

Japanese,.

298

34,573 640,715

Norwegian,

346

279

381,479 289,857

Portuguese,

11,800 13,181

Russian,

2,903

31.129

Swedish,

20,210

24.800

United States,.

314.101

299.079

No Flag,

178

Total,

867

858 3,904 3,998 6.712,7677,135,272

British,

German,

Flag.

Sailing No. of Times Total Tonnage.

Vessels.

entered.

1905. | 1906. ! 1905. | 1906. 1905. 1906.

G 32,258

15,371

1 2,193

1,880

1,199

8,183

8.333

472

Norwegian,

United States,. No Flag,

Total,

14 43,833

26,056

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6. The 417 British Vessels carried 3,604 British Officers and 31 Foreign Officers as follows:-

British,

Danish,

Dutch,

Norwegian,

United States,

Total,......

3,604

.3,635

Thus, the proportion of Foreign Officers serving in British Vessels was 0.85%, com- prising nationalities. A decrease of 0.14%, with a decrease in number of Officers and Ships.

The 453 Foreign Vessels carried 3,377 Officers, of whom 170 were British as follows:-

In Chinese Vessels,

French

German

Japanese

Russian

United States Vessels,

Total,

170

Thus, 5.03% of the Officers serving in Foreign Vessels visiting the Port were of British Nationality. An increase of 0.92% with an increase in number of ships and of Officers therein.

7. The 417 British Vessels carried, as crews, 30,694 British, 1,837 other Europeans, and 108,032 Asiatics; while the 453 Foreign Vessels carried 1,594 British, 37,166 other Europeans, and 97,018 Asiatics.

Hence, in British Vessels:-

21.7% of the crews were British.

1.3% 77.0%

And in Foreign Vessels:--

Other Europeans. Asiatics.

1.2% of the crews were British. 27.4%

71.4%

Other Europeans. Asiatics.

2.-Trade.

8. Only an approximation of detailed Cargo, Measurement, Weight, &c. is given under. this heading, in many cases, enumerated cargo, which should be so shown (as expressed in Table under Imports) is reported as General except Sugar and Opium, these being mani- fested at this Office can be taken as reliable.

9. Under Imports there appears an increase of 159,426 tons, or 4.1%, principally due to Sugar, General, Rice and Flour, respectively. In Sugar 170,391 tons or 54.6%, is shown.

In Rice, 58,198 tons, or 10.3%, is recorded. This increase would have been consider- ably enhanced were it not for the scarcity of Cargo Boats, following the typhoon in September, many of the vessels departed with full cargoes as Transit, which otherwise would have been reported as Imports.

In Flour, 25,127 tons, which points somewhat to a cessation of the boycott of this commodity from the United States, although some small shipments have been reported from Australia at the early part of the year.

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10. Among the decreases, Coal is prominent, amounting to 112,622 tons, which may be explained to some extent in the same manner as reported.in 1905, a cessation of Maritime Warfare and an overstocked Market.

Case Oil follows with a further falling off of 45,569 tons, this reduction may be ascribed to the large stock accumulated in the Colony on account of the boycott and to shipments that passed through the Harbour as Transit for other Ports, which hitherto, in some in stances, were landed and reshipped at this Port.

11. A decrease is reported of 537,058 tons in Transit Cargo, which may be explained by the falling off of Transport Service at the conclusion of the late war and to a reported general slackness of Trade existing for some time past.

12. The report also shows a decrease of 232,864 tons in Export Cargo.

13. The total reported Import trade of the Port for 1906 amounted to 22,408 vessels of 11.249,233 tons carrying 7.372,075 tons of cargo of which 4,493,715 tons were dis- charged at Hongkong.

CARGO.

COUNTRY.

SHIPS.

TONS.

IMPORT.

TRANSIT.

CLASS I.

Canada.

74,323

7,979

Continent of Europe,

155

509,919

119;550

119 354,592

Great Britain,

185

627,206

206,629

639,535

Mauritins,.

3,133

4,822

North America,

12,527

2,408

6,000

South Africa,

16,245

South America,

12,405

2,600

United States of America,

130

574,708

239,510

800 214,365

513

1,830,466

583,508 1,215,611

CLASS II.

Australia and New Zealand,.

79 170,141

146,507

18,659

India and Straits Settlements,

247 628,271

522,546

293,266

Japan,

535

1,411,394

863,229

524,360

Java and Indian Archipelago,

145

231,666

239,729

150,797

North Pacific,

Russia-in-Asia,.

1,392 50,857

ΤΟ 11,290

1,675

1,031 | 2,493,721 1,783,371

988.757

CLASS III.

North Borneo,

Coast of China,

36 1,304 | 1,712,065

59,041

86,422

3,919

332,930

602,607

Cochin-China,

111

189.004

186,670

27,277

Formosa,

71,381

18,980

Philippine Islands,

229

275,943

59,188

Hainan and Gulf of Tonkin,

297

230,746

188,538

1,825 36,484

Siam,....

287

310,069

495,296

Kwong-chow-wan,

23,950

5,901

Weihaiwei,

Macao,

1,418 13,524

250 3,233

200 1,600

2,468 2,837,141 1,377,408

673,992

CLASS IV.

River Steamers,

3,774 2,759,792 284,890

CLASS V.

Steam-ships under 60 tons,

439

20,141

23,219

CLASS VI.

Junks,

14,183 1,307,972 441,319

•

TOTAL,

22,408 11,249,233 4,493,715 2,878,360

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14. Similarly, the Export trade of the Port was represented by 22,142 vessels of 11,203,844 tons, carrying 2,778,441 tons of cargo and shipping 690,689 tons of Bunker Coal.

CARGO.

COUNTRY.

SHIPS. TONS.

Export.

Bunker Coal.

CLASS I.

Canada,

108,600

26,039

238

Continent of Europe,

119,813

11,784

7,360

Great Britain,

117,682

25,105

150

Mauritius,

1,650

700

950

North America,

12,295

1,500

3,700

South Africa,

...

South America,

19,346

8,570

6,770

United States of America,

322,868

69,512

10,250

169

702,254

143,210

29,418

CLASS II.

Australia and New Zealand,.

106,238

6,650

12,780

India and Straits Settlements,

373

1,002,751

270,440

67,103

Java,

192,629

14,140

21,375

Japau & Indian Archipelago,

320

767,034

238,350

54,904

North Pacific,

Russia-in-Asia,..

37,889

7,900

4,353

South Pacific,,

19,244

3,590

8,200

858

2,125,785

541,070 168,715

CLASS III.

Kwong-chow-wan,

129

46,446

10,846

9,926

North Borneo,

76,362

9,810

9,320

Coast of China,

1,839 | 2,969,537

937,352

224,809

Cochin-China,

189

215,634

40,498

58,249

Formosa,

63,384

25,229

2,935

Hainan and Gulf of Tonkin,..

322

358,503

62,128

43,134

Kiaochow,

Macao, ......

⚫ 9,133

2,120

537

Philippine Islands,

235

366,543

130,346

46,480

Siam,

142

183,330

33,645

41,743

Weihaiwei,

4,727

4,020

345

2,945 4,293,599 | 1,255,994

437,478

CLASS IV.

River Steamers,

3,761 2,750,626 223,070

53,156

CLASS V. Steam-ships under 60 tons, .......

439

20,141

8,253

1,922

CLASS VI.

Junks,

13,970 1,311,439 606,844

TOTAL,.

22,142 11,203,844 | 2,778,441 690,689

15. During the year 1906, 15,519 vessels of European construction of 19,793,354 tons (net register), reported having carried 9,759,648 tons of Cargo, as follows:-

Import Cargo,

Export

Transit

Bunker Coal shipped,

..4,029,177 tons.

.2,163,344

.2,878,360

688,767

9,759,648 teas.

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The total number of tons carried was therefore 19.31% of the total net register tonnage, (or 64.40% exclusive of River steamers), and was apportioned as follows :—

Imports--

British Ocean-going ships,.

Foreign

British River steamers,

1,893,234

1,851,053

222.256

Foreign

62,634

4,029,177

Exports-

British Ocean-going ships,

.1,092,842

Foreign

British River steamers, Foreign

847,432 173,483.

49,587

2,163,344

Transit-

British Ocean-going ships,.. Foreign

.1,668,276

1,210,084

2,878,360

Bunker Coal-

British Ocean-going ships,..

248,581

Foreign

387,030

British River steamers,

43,350

Foreign

.806

688,767

Grand Total,..

.9,759,648

16. The number and tonnage of European constructed vessels importing cargo as tabulated and in transit compared with the previous year was as follows:

1905.

1906.

Increase.

Decrease.

No.

Tonnage. No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage.

Steamers,

3,904

River Steamers,.... 4,229

Sailing Vessels,

6,712,767 3,998|| 7,135,272

3,106,7253,774 2,759,792

43,833

.94

422,505

26,056

455 346,933

17,777

Total,...... 8,155 | 9,863,325 |7,786

9,863,325 7,786 9,921,120 94 422,505 463

364,710

Nett,

57,795 369

Imported tons,

3,869,751

4,029,177

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As follows:-

Articles.

1905.

1906.

Increase.

Decrease.

Beans,....

2.113

3,360

1,247

Coal,

1,083,987

971,365

112,622

Cotton Yarn and Cotton,

32,949

41,871

8,922

Flour,

54,508

79,635

25,127

Hemp,..

26,784

23,356

3,428

;

Kerosine (bulk),

43,411

43,932

521

(case),

74.506

28,937

45,569

Liquid Fuel,

850

5,850

5,000

Lead,

800

Opium,

2,983

3,286

303

Rattan,

3,430

12,531

9,101

Rice,

566.171

624,369

58,198

Sandalwood,.

3,386

2,561

825

Sulphur,

100

Sugar,...

311.787

482,178

170,391

Tea.....

900

Timber...

66.324

52,242

14,082

General,.

1,594,862

1,653,604

58,742

Total,

3,869,751

4,029,177

337,652

178,226

Transit,

3,415,418

2,878,360

537,058

Grand Total, ...

7,285,169

6,907,537

337,652

715,284

Nett,....

377,632

17. The number and tonnage of European constructed vessels exporting cargo as shown and Bunker Coal compared with the previous year was as follows:-

Steamers,

River Steamers,. Sailing Vessels,......

Fotal,

•

1905.

No.

Tonnage. No.

1906.

Increase.

Decrease.

Tonnage. No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage.

3,893 6,694,479 3,961 7,101,179 68 406,700 4,234 | 3,106,894 | 3,761 2,750,626 20,459

42,030 11

406,700

483

473 356,268 10 21,571

377,839

68' 8,148 9,843,403 7,733 9,872,264

Exported tous,

Steamers,

Nett,.........

28,861 415

2,343,701

2,163,344

Strs.

Bunker Coal.

Strs.

Bunker

Coal.

Strs.

Bunker Coal.

Strs.

Bunker Coal.

3,893

591,534 3,961

4,234

57,535 3,761

635,611 53,156

68 44,077

473

4,379

649,069 7,722 688,767 68 44,077

473

4,379

River Steamers,.

Total,.....8,127

Nett,..

39,698

405

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18. The River trade in Imports, Exports and Passengers compared with the previous year was as follows:-

1905,.

1906,

Year.

Imports.

Exports.

Passengers.

294,425

212,649

2,673,202

284,890

223,070

2,561,972

19. The following shows the Junk trade of the Colony for the year :-

Foreign Trade, Local Trade,

Total,

IMPORTS.

.14,183 junks measuring......1,307,972 tons. .25,368

...39,551

.. 1,019,507

................2,327,479

Imported 756,942 tous as under :-

Tea,

Fire Crackers,

Oil, Vegetable,

Rice,......

Castle, (2,634),

Swine, (18,299),

Earth and Stones, General,

2,162 tons. 3,546

1,287

645

1,084 252,431 495,780

د,

Total,

756,942

EXPORTS.

Foreign Trade, Local Trade,

13,970 junks measuring

26,248

1,311,439 tons. 1,023,148

כל

Total,

40,218

......2,334,587

Exported 680,516 tons as under:-

Kerosine, (485,190 cases),

Rice and Paddy,

Earth and Stones,

General,

17,328 tons. 197,853 114,571 350,764

Total,..

680,516

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20. The Passenger and Emigrant returns show the figures as below which are compared with those of the previous year.

PASSENGERS.

1905.

1906.

Increase. Decrease.

British Vessels, arrivals

189,381 169,889

19,492

Do.,

departures,.

103,281

100,701

2,580

Do.,

emigrants,

48,289

63,830

15,541

Total,......

340,951 334,420

15,541

22,072

Nett,

6,531

Foreign Vessels, arrivals,...

Do.,

emigrants,

100,874

Do., departures,. 84,996 100,811

16,052 12,895

102,738

1,864

15,815

3,157

Total,...... 201,922 216,444

17,679

3,157

Nett,

14,522

River Steamers, arrivals,... 1,349,665 1,281,365

68,300.

Do.,

departures,. 1,323,537 1,280,607

Total,... 2,673,202 2,561,972

Nett,

Junks, Foreign Trade,

41,867 38,725

arrivals,...

Do.,

departures,. 45,934 36,482

42,930

111,230

3,142

9,452

12,594

ཀ

Total....... 87,801

75,207

Nett,

12,594

Total Arrivals,

1,689,045 1,592,717

96,328

Departures,

1,565,909 1,518,601

47,308

3,254,954 3,111,318

143,636

Emigrants,

64,341 76,725 12,384

Total,.

3,319,295 3,188,043

12,384

143,636

Nett,....

131,252

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PASSENGERS,

-Continued.

1905.

1906.

Increase. Decrease.

Diff. of Arrivals and Dept, 124,136

74,116

Emigrants,

64,341

76,725

Remainder+or-

+ 59,795

2,609

Nett,..

Junks, Local Trade,

65,274 56,119

arrivals,... J

Do.,

departures,...

71,986

61,004

Total,....

137,260

117,123

Nett,....

9,155

10,982

20,187

20,137

21. The Number, Tonnage, Cargo, and Tassengers Carried, and Bunker Coal Shipped, by Ships of different Nationalities, during the year 1906 was as follows:-

125

OCEAN VESSELS,

RIVER STEAMERS.

TOTAL.*

NATIONALITY,

Fassengers.

l'assengers.

Passer gers.

No. of Register Ships. Tennage.

Imports. Exports. Transit.

Bunker

Coal.

No. of Register Ships. Tonnage.

Transit.

Imports. Experts.

Bunker

Coal.

No. of Register Ships. | Tonnage.

Imports. Exports. Transit.

Bunker

Coal.

Arrived.

* Depart-

ed.

Arrived.

* Depart-

eti.

Arrived.

Depart-

ed.

British,

3,697 | 7,189,471 1,893,234 1,092,812 1,665,276

218,581

109,899

100,701

6,464 | 4,842,501

222,756

173,483

43,350

1 192 843 1,197,616

10,16112,031,972 | 2,115,490 1,206,325 1,6€8,276

291,931

1,362,732 | 1,296,317

Austrian,

201.858

53,760. 22,882 64,229

8,801

8,26%

Corean,

61.596

49.514

100

3.9 0

201,858

3,760

61.596

49.514

22,882

100

C4 220

8,8 1

3,268

74.

3,910

Chinese,

405

501, 84

41.390

Danish,

81,823

5,784

74980

10.275

#1965

12,775

10, 01

8,972

217 47,313

12,800

13,157

2,452

622

518.97

54190

$8,137

51:965

18,297

10,239

9,600

35,120

600

$1.323

5,734

10,275

25.420

C00

Dutch,

125

269,136

13 023

. 49 970

02.897

4553

2,459

6x2

125

259,136

98,023

49,750

92,397

4,553

2.459

682

French,

435

649.518

100,129

51,275

117. 51

52,202

15,783

German,.

1,682 | 2,674,1-9

$16.777

309,385

516 82%

186,2-5

46,073

8.30

63,624

C31

531,531 23,424 80,837

6,229

84.796

69 45,183

7,710

1,743

687

3,458

82,127

2,620

964

1,1849

123, 53

$5,112 117,651

58,431

100,781

91,083

1,781

2,719,372

824,487

314,128

526,822

196, 72

49,571

56,241

Italian,

Japanese,

€6,57X

42,071

11,450

200

11.199

1 673

172

66,578

42,071

11,950

300

11,199

1,673

172

594 1,275,640

294 179

192,409

104.026

38,645

11,809

19,601

3,714

200

$50

193

216

600

1,079,354

294,379

183,259

194,026

$8,696

12,002

19,217

Norwegian,

552

#71,872

264 622

60.817

88,165

41.851

1,214

2,699

#52

571,-72 284,622

60,817

88,165

44.551

1,214

2,699

Portuguese,

148 26,470

5,363

6.497

160

3.154

288

870

218

40,170

18,500

387

394

66,646

23,863

6,497

160

8,541

288

670

Russian,..

Swedish,

United States,

No Flag,

25 G01,953 #3 48,611 22,$11 1:9 613,115 11,480

5 1,032

120

1,18

1.877

1.30

3,505

3,565

€0,593

150

1,219

8 677

1.520

3,503

3,505

6.704

4 913

5.3 2

56,149

25 329

,175

219

6,176

48,611

22.911

6,714

4,943

3.322

2,490

119

615,115

1,052

41,130

56,149

25,3:0

5,175

249

6,176

2,490

Total Foreign,

4,2877,093,495 | 1,851,053

847,132 | 1,210,084

€87,030 102,723

100,211

1,071 €67,917

02,631

49,587

9,801:

88,522

84,091

5,3:8 7,761,412 | 1,913,687

897,019 | 1,210,084

300,836

191,260

185,802

Total,

7,984 | 14,282,966 3,711,287 1,940,274 | 2,578,360

635,011

272,617 201,512

7,535 | 5,510,418

284,890 223,070

53,166 | 1,281,335 | 1,280,007 15,519 | 19,793,384 4,029,177 2,103,541 2,878,360

688,707 1,553,992 | 1,482 119

* Not including emigrauts.

126*

22. The following table summarises the foregoing information with regard to the trade of the Ports of Hongkong for the Year 1906.

TONS.

Passengers.

No. of Ships.

Dis- charged.

Shipped.

In Transit.

British Ocean-going, Foreign Ocean-going. British River Steamers, Foreign River Steamers,..

Total,.......

Steam-ships under 60

tons Foreign Trade,... §

Junks Foreign Trade.

3,697 1,893,234 1,092.842 4,287 1,851,053 6,464 222.256 1,071 62,634

1.668.276 847.482 1,210,084 173,483 49,587

Bunker Coal shipped.

248,581 4,902.933 387.030 4,295,599

Total.

Registered Tonnage.

Emi- grants.

Arrived.

Departed.

7,189,471 169,889 100,701 63,830

7,093,495

102,738

100,811 12,895

43,350 439,089

9,806

122,027

15,519 | 4,029,177 | 2.163,314 | 2,878,360

1,842,501 $67,917

688,767 9,759,648 | 19,793,384

1,192,843 $8.522

1,195,616

$4,991

1,553,992

1,482,119 76,725

878 › 23,219

8,253

1,922

33,39-

10,282

5,889

6,211

28,153 441,319 606,844

1,048,163 2.619.411

38,725

36,482

Total Foreign Trade.

44.550 4,493,715 | 2,778,401 2,878,360

690,689 (10,841,205 | 22,453,077 1,598,606 1,524,842

76,725

Steam-Launches Local

Trade.

Junks, Local Trade,..

Total Local Traile,

*333,560

51,616 315,623

385,176 315,623

*23,023 *23,023 | *8,251,538 | *3,792,605 | *3,076,294

73,672

389,295 2,042,655

23,023 412,318 10,294,191 3,848,721

56,119

61,004

3,137,298

Grand Total...

429,726 | 4,809,338 | 2,852,113 | 2,878,360

713,712 11,253,523 32.747.268 5,447,330 4,662,140 76,725

*Not including "Star" Ferry Company's Craft.

3. Revenue.

23. The total Revenue collected by the Harbour Department during the year was $274,008.78 as against $302,787.76 (including $2,220 collected under the Sugar Convention Ordinance) collected in the previous year, showing a decrease of $28,778.98 :-

1. Light Dues,

2. Licences and Internal Revenue,

3. Fees of Court and Office,

4. Miscellaneous Receipts,.

$77,722.04

61,748.33

134,533.21

5.20

Total,

$274,008.78

For purposes of comparison, the amount of decrease, $28,778.98, may properly be reduced by $12,219.58, being amount of Storage fees paid in November 1905 by owners of War materials, which had been seized and ultimately restored by this Government, an item of Revenue not to be expected again leaving a net decrease of $16,559.40 to be accounted for. The principal falling off in Revenue comes under the heading: Junk Fees, $1,457; Engage- ment and Discharge of Seaman, $1,528; Storage of Gunpowder, yet another sum of $4,769; Sunday Cargo-working Permits, $12,007; and Survey of Steam-ships, $3,815. The prin- cipal increases are under Light Dues, $3,488; Fishing Stake and Net Licences, $1,115 and Medical Examination of Emigrants, $,3,582.

4. Steam-Launches.

24. On the 31st December, there were 291 Steam-launches employed in the Harbour, of these, 138 were licensed for the conveyance of passengers, &c., 138 were privately owned, 15 were the property of the Government and 5 belonged to the Imperial Government in charge of Military Authorities.

127

Thirteen Master's Certificates were suspended, 2 for 6 months, 1 for 4 months, 2 for 3 months, 2 for 2 months, 1 for 1 month, 1 for 6 weeks and 1 for 2 weeks; 1 cancelled and 2 Masters were cautioned and discharged, respectively.

Three hundred and thirty-four (334) engagements and three hundred and sixty-four (364) discharges of Masters and Engineers were made from 1st January to 31st December.

Twelve (12) Steam-launches were permitted to carry Arms, &c. for their protection against pirates, of these 11 were previously permitted and one during this year.

5.-Emigration.

25. Seventy-six thousand seven hundred and twenty-five (76,725) emigrants left Hongkong for various places during the year, of these, 63,830 were carried by British Ships and 12,895 by Foreign Ships; 134,912 were reported as having been brought to Hongkong from places to which they have emigrated, and of these, 105,780 were brought in British Ships and 25,586 by Foreign Ships.

6. Registry, &c., of Shipping.

26. During the year, 9 ships were registered under the provisions of the Imperial Merchant Shipping Act, and 12 Certificates of Registry were cancelled.

were

The documents, &c., dealt with in connection with the Imperial Merchant Shipping Act

as follows:

Number of Certificates of Registry granted,

Number of Certificates of Registry cancelled,

Number of copies from Register Book,

Number of Declarations of Ownership,

Number of endorsements on Certificates of Registry of

change of Masters,

Number of endorsements on Certificates of Registry of

change of Owners,.....

Number of Certificates of Sale recorded,..

Number of Mortgages recorded,

Number of Discharge of Mortgages recorded,.

Number of endorsements on Register of change i

ig or

Tonnage,

Number of Sales of ships recorded,.

Number of Desertions certified,

293

Number of inspections of Registry,..

Total Number of Documents, &c., 412

The fees collected on these Documents, &c., amounted to $1,201.

7.-Marine Magistrate's Court.

27. Twenty-seven (27) cases were heard in the Marine Magistrate's Court, breach

of Harbour Regulations were the principal offences.

128

8.-Marine Court.

(Under Section 19 of Ordinance No. 10 of 1899.)

28. The following Courts have been held during the year :-

(1.) On the 14th May, inquiry into the circumstances connected with the foundering of the British Steam-ship Chu Kong, Official No. 109,865 of Hongkong, off Swatow on the morning of the 28th April. Mr. WILLIAM BRIGHT was Master, the number of whose Certificate of Competency as Master was 022,528. The vessel carried a crew of 28 all told, but only 14 were saved, all Chinese, with exception of the Chief Engineer, Mr. Rutter.

(2.) On the 6th November, inquiry into the circumstances attending the burning of the British Steamship Hankow, Official No. 68,528 of London, in the Harbour of Victoria, Hongkong, on the morning of the 14th October. The Master's (Benjamin Roper BRANCH) Certificate of Competency was returned to him.

(3.) On the 16th November, inquiry into the circumstances attending the stranding of the British Steam-ship Kinshan, Official No. 109,872 of Hongkong, inside Brothers' Point,. during the Typhoon of the 18th September. The Master's (JACOB JOHAN LOSSIUS) Certificate of Competency was returned to him.

(4.) On the 27th November, inquiry into the circumstances attending the stranding of the British Steam-ship Heung Shan, Official No. 95,855 of Hongkong, on the South end of Saw Chau, luring the Typhoon of the 18th September. The Master's (GEORGE FREDERICK MORRISON) Certificate of Competency was returned to him.

9.-Examination of Masters, Mates and Engineers.

29. The following Tables show number of Candidates examined for Certificates of Competency, distinguishing those who were successful and those who failed:-

(Under Section 4 of Ordinance No. 10 of 1899.)

Grade.

Passed.

Failed.

Master,

Master, River Steamer,...

First Mate,

Only Mate,

Second Mate,

Total,

First Class Engineer,......

Second Class Engineer,.....

Total,

(Under Section 37 s.s. (7) of Ordinance No. 10 of 1899.)

Candidates.

Passed.

Failed.

For Master,.....

For Engineer,

129

Total,

211

129

10.-Examination of Pilots.

(Under Ordinance No. 3 of 1904.)

30. Four (4) examinations for Pilots' Certificates were held during the year, with the following results:-

European,

Chinese,

Candidates.

Passed.

Failed.

Total,

Four (4) Pilots' Licences were issued to holders of Certificates, 13 Licences were renewed and one Licence previously issued was cancelled at the request of the licensee.

11. Sunday Cargo Working. (Ordinance No. 1 of 1891.)

31. During the year, 399 permits were issued, under the provisions of the Ordinance. Of these, 126 were not availed of owing to its being found unnecessary for the ship to work cargo on Sunday and the fee paid for the permit was refunded in each case.

The Revenue collected each year since the Ordinance came into force is as follows:-

1892, 1893,...

1894,

1895..

1896,...

1897...

1898,...

1899,...

1900,

1901,.......

1902,. 1903...

1904,....

.$.4,800

7,900

13,375

11,600

7,575

11,850

25,925

21,825

43,550

44,800

44,175

34,800

.... 37,625

1905,..

1906..

43,475 31,397.50

The months of September and October accounted for $2,427.50 of the decrease; in the former month after the typhoon of the 18th September, Vessels were allowed to work cargo on Sundays without paying fees and in the latter month only one-tenth of the pre- scribed fees were charged on Permits, the remainder of the decrease being shown by the other months of the year.

12.-New Territories.

(Eighth Year of British Administration.)

32. The Station at the Island of Cheung Chau was opened in September, the one at Tai O in the Island of Lantau, in October of 1899, that at Tai Po in Mirs Bay, on board the Police steam-launch, in January 1900, that in Deep Bay, on board the Police steam-launch, in November 1901, that at Sai Kung in April 1902, and that at Long Ket, on board the Police steam-launch, in April 1905.

130

From 1st January to 31st December, 1906, 9,198 Licences, Clearances, Permits, &c., were issued at Cheung Chau, 4,081 at Tai O, 5,953 at Tai Po, 3,156 at Deep Bay, 2,632 at Sai Kung and 3,909 at Long Ket.

The Revenue collected by this Department from the New Territories during 1906, was $18,944.25 or $780.55 more than in 1905.

13.-General.

33. During the year under review, some important changes have taken place, notably : the vacating of the old Harbour Office for the present commodious new building, which has alleviated matters considerably for the better working of the Department.

The telegraph service from the outlying lighthouses, viz.: Gap Rock, Waglan and Green Island, has been installed and worked from this building. Additionally, shipping firms have been apprised of the passing of their vessels inward which hitherto was done by the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co.'s office.

The deplorable loss of life and damage done, due to the typhoon of the 18th September, will be indelibly, marked in the Annals of the Colony. 59 merchant vessels of European construction suffered in the waters of the Colony, 5 of 1,812 tons foundered, 22 of 22,478 tons stranded. 5 of 1,344 tons broken against sea wall, 13 of 21,420 tons badly damaged, and 14 of 25,131 tons slightly damaged. There were in addition 16 lighters of European construction sunk, and badly damaged, 34 launches sunk, 50 damaged and approximately 1.796 native craft sunk, and in the majority of cases totally lost. It can be safely said that all craft suffered in the harbour, more or less damaged during the blow. The loss of life, I regret to say, must have been excessively high, amounting to approximately 5,000 though there are no positive records to show the actual number that perished.

It behoves me to add with deep regret, the demise of a valued, courteous and upright public Officer Captain L. A. W. BARNES-LAWRENCE, R.N., Harbour Master who fell a victim of duty through illness contracted at the time of the devastation alluded to above.

CHARLES WILLIAM BECKWITH, Lieut. R.N.,

Harbour Master, &c.

HARBOUR OFFICE,

18th February, 1907.

NUMBER, TONNAGE, CREWS, and CARGOES of Vessels ENTER:

WITH CARGOES.

BRITISH,

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

COUNTRIES WHENCE ARRIVED.

Cargoes.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews

Vessels. Tons.

Vessels.

Dis-

Tons. Crews.

charged Trausit.

Dis- charged Transit.

Australia and New Zealand,

British North Borneo,......

Canada,

hina.....

Coast of

Cochin-China,

Continent of Europe,

Formosa.

Great Britain,

India and Straits Settlements,

Japan....

Java and other Islands in the Indian Archipelago,.

Kwang-chau-wan,

Macao.

Mauritius..

Noth merica,

North Pacific,

Philippine Islands,

Ports in Hainan and Gulf of Tonquin,

Russia in Asla..................

Siam,

South Africa,

South America,

Tsintau,

United States of America,

Wei-ha:-wei,

53 112,759 3,092 128,004, 10,635) 18 34,301 1.117, 58,824 3,9-9 25 74,823 4.815 7,979 119 2,997 2,568,878 182,431

426,624 861,605) 60 80,98 3,179 101.170

22.175 2,316 172 677,245 11.873–197. 55–596,643 197 501,077 21,002; 438.3:6–203,081| 190|| 520,136, 12108 346,966 229.755

62 105,38) 3.425 123.061

2.657 51

53 112.759 3.092 128.004 10,635 19. $6,958 168 55,824 8,915. 25 74.82% 4,815 7.979 119

298,886 14.000. 3,235 2,862,261 14,431 425,642 361,5405, 20

61 82,023 3,226 101,170) 21.887

25.083 628 11,814 11,410

5 7.570 254 1.800

174, 581867 11.977 197.155 576,613 202 5:2980 21.359 438.366 205.081 194 530.487 14.298 346.966 229 755 105.368 425 125,961| 57,116

777; 611.247 38,177; 984 61 12.527 3831

21.887

1.042

11.314 1,800

11410

2.908

ǎ 254

210

7,622

104

11.903

10 85!

267 190

57,446

611,247 38,177

22 256

984 6,590 198

1.500

2,408

6,000

183| 287,232 13,064

47.051

917

12 16,972 679:

31,235

22 256

1.500

5.937 180

2.408

6,000

4,409, 159

186 241,641 14223

47,031

947

16,972, 679

31,235

3,386 107

3.886 107]

12.962. 612) 23,770

101

13342 3261

10,245 400

2 3.859 121

2,000

500;

4.722 104

8,581

10 225 2,000

800

TOTAL...

167,716 3,271 147,847 160,429

1418

2501 1.600

4.819|5,6 15,937) 230,07: 2, 15,490 1.668,276

2482

49 160.158 3,811 147,847 100.429

1,418: 63

250 1,600

271 874.908 15.875|| 5,9906,120,840| 265,950/2,115,499 1,068,276–12.

12 12,962j 612 25,770

2.903

NUMBER, TONNAGE, CREWS, and CARGOES of Vessels CLEA

WITH CARGOES.

BRITISH.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CAL

COUNTRIES TO WHICH DEPARTED.

Shipped.

Bunker

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Cargors.

Auker Vessels.

Coal.

Tons. Crews.' Cal Vessels. Tons. Crews.

Cargoes.'

Buer Vessels. Tons. Grews.

Col.

Australia & New Zealand,

British North sorneo,

Canada,

251

539 15,574 16,807 1,695 72,268 4.492

2.950

1.150

70.720, 1.085

1,250,

8,040

24.447

19.216)

Coast of China,

3,384 3,448,067 159,872

518 720

Cochin-thina,

61,722 2,871

21,186

63 82.796 2,887

459.. 1.800 28 $1,008 1.136 36.075 1,800|

8.210 1,250)

175

$1 86.294. 1,624 2.930 19 41.254 2,154 1.250 26. 74.81 4.520, 19 216

9.860

16. 4690 238

9017 16,096 29.095 1028

10:

34.469 1,610

2,199. 8,4978,479,158 161, 08–548.720) 84.995| 10,107 2,247,022 193,4 2

6.690

:א;)

21,156 97,797, 3.677:

11,977

36,118 4.389

Continent of Europe,

110,232 3.462.

Formosa......

Great Britain,

India and Singapore,

Japan,

Java and other Islands in the

In an Archipelago.

Kwang-chan-wan,

Macao,

26 90.910 2,652 199 480,184| 19 656| 195.182 140 356,659 8,995| 107,383

24.589 695

7.550

805

21.030

150

26,031,

91,417 1.770

22.282

*778 614,410, 38,309

15,419 371 1,750)

1,500

1,400

141

Mauritius.

North America.

Phlippine Islands,.

190

5 989 199. 297,238; 13,876||| 119,284

300 2,500

89,000

6,919 120

92,213 1,657 11,615)

2.482, 90 4.261 16

24589 695 7.550 201

21.030 90,919 2652 240′ 57:,601 21,426 195,182 144 863.578 6.124 107,883

805

86,8 9

130

26.772 79:

34667

22629

45 107,632 2,028

779. 61-4.551; 38,328.

1.750

13.046

128

1.500

1.400. 930

8,471. 289

300

190 301 490 14.038 119,234

3700 59.980

26.

Ports in Hainan'and Gulf of

Tonquin,.......

9.618 524 7,453

1.440

12:

17.109. 528

Russia in Asia..

5.287. 171 2,600

630

6 19,443,

1062 2,200,

26,727 1.017

7.458

9502.

229

21682 698

2 600

Siam,

24,283, 654 3145 1.860,

12,024 309

1,590.

86,307 948.

3,145

108, 384.763, 11 335 116 394,161 9,383;

31.469

46031 2

456 307.080. 1,99€

1 650

3.821

87,01: 2,867:

183 184 7,709

10.010

70,119 8,016,

102

222

South America,

19 346

8,570

6,770

16346 542. 8,570円

South Pacific,.

5,806 162 3,550

United States of America,

82.074 635 23,188

0,100

Wei-hai-wei,

4.727 156! 4.020

845

5.806 162 32.074 635

4.727

3.550 23,183

7,870.

174

186, 4.020

100 $15

86 287,576 8011

TOTAL,

4,870 5,600,925 256,519 1,099,742 – 208 552

201 410,207 5,090, 45.029' 5,071|0,011,182 265,689 1,099.742 248581|11,4

4,212,91 H 256,094.

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Table I.

NAGE, CHEWS, and CARGOES of Vessels ENTERED at Ports in the Colony of Hongkong from each Country for the Year ending 31st Decembe

RITISH.

FOREIGN.

: BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES,

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Cargoes.

Cargnes.

Cargoes.

Tons. Crews. Vessels.

Tons. Crews Dis-

Vessels.

Tous. Crews.!

charged Transit.

2657 51

1.042

2.908

55!

5 254

210 7,622 104 11.903 267 10 351

190

197.155|| 56,643 438.346' 205,081 346,966) 229 755 125.981

57,846

112.759 3.092 128.004 10,635 19. 86,958. 168 55,824

3,915. 25 74.323 4,815 7.979

119 298,888 14.000 3.235 2,862.261 11,431 421,642 301,405, 10,861:1,582,:71114,261, 678478 241,002; 5,203) 721,201 71,608, 15,584 2,306.87 218.872

82,023 3,226 101,170 21.887 199 56 800 1,934. 25.083 628 11,814 11410 137: 467.59815 208

7870 254 1.800 174 581 867 11.977 202 6:2980 21.859. 194) 580.487 12.298 621 103,368 8425

Dis- charged Transit

56,843) 2.863) 18.503 8,024 22,083; 907 $2,598)

Vessels. Tons. Crews, Vessela,

Tons.

Dis-

Ton

char ed | Transit.

539

20 67,382 240

17 22.08. 907

18.603 82,598)

8.021

85 500

108 236 62.107, 43'5 17,180, 42.3 1,220 9.474 44 114.245 8,112, 84180 33: 860.444 26.775; 516,263 291,605

5 890 318,182,

1.INT

60 56.981 195%

17883 1.74

148 48484

5.741

63 8:1

4.396

42.892

42.83

1 221

88 185.

1.6

115.91

24.

880,907 17.1.

821 121,744 3,842; 115,768

93.351-

1.557

126,298 3.899

22,919) 2,484. 5.901

200

28.950 2,52%

115 70% 5.901

8. 85 291605 93.351

200

C3.478) 241.902 13,338155 85.500 5.390 100 136

103236 383182

17 10 9474

ST180 5128

12,692

5.937

185

984 12.527

777. 611247 38,177 GI 353

22 250

161

30.241 2.664

8.283

33,612

2.033

1.500)

2.149.

90.

3..22

90'

2.408

6,000

4.409.

3.886

159

186 241,641 19.223.

16,972.

3 386:

679) 107

17,051 31,255,

947

12.962.

512; 28.770

407 20.197, 867 201,853 9,588) 157.808 16.108. 400 11.290 297.107, 18,56, 471,25-

12 137:

878. 86,481 1.675

19.

asa 14. 05

8,911

111

82,360

811

1 392 31,302

12.137) 285) 213.771 9.979 157,803 47.471 1.334 14.290 273. 297,197 13,561) 471,526,

88 1.202

237

133:2 326

4.722 10:

16.245 100

8,581

10 2,000

800

8.824 127

CHO

3482

80 412,197, 12,371 91,668 51,136

2,013

3824 127

600

41151

91663

250

1,600

70 49. 160.198 3,31 147,847 160.429

1 1.08

371,903. 15.875 5,090 6,020.810| 235,35-42,115,490 1,668,276 12.034|4,397,593 246,149 2,378,225 1,210,084 5,284 830,800,

Table II.

7890) 17,5185,228,343 34,919|2.878,225|1,210,081| 16,8)

TONNAGE, CREWS, and CARCIDES of Vessels CLEARED in the Colony of Hongkong for each Country for the Year ending 31st December, 196

FOREIGN.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES,

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Shipped.

Shipped

Punker

Tons. Crews."

Vessels. Tons. Crews.

Car_oes.

Cl.

XI 86.294 1.624 2.950 9860) ४ 16,096 907. 19 41.204 2,154. 1.250; 4690 16 29.095 1.028

74.181 4.520

Car_oes.

Biser Coni.

: Vessels,

Tous.

Crews Coul Vessels.

Tous. Crews.,

Fessels.

Tous.

ar_oes. Comi.

8.700 2.750 8.6

3.648

8.890

6.013 156

288

21,156

14977

46- 36,118 6389

107 8,479,158 161, 08.

97,797 8,677

19 216!

548,720' 81.995: 10,107 2,247,022-193,4 2,

$20,657, 182.082 5,280 512,033 52.10:

19.542 26256

81,713 2591

9,581 265

34.469 1.645!

6 823

670' 1,39

40.8771

110.232 8462

1.74

24589 692

26 90,910 2652

7,550 21.03

'305:

86.8 9 808

17.779

6.960. 2.450,

4001

119 813

10.941 976 21

1.18! 16 34469 1 CES 7 2.7 9.75 215,853 12

* { : : 8.727

8.700 3.420 8300

1,780 G8 3

31 67 26 159 RA 106,787

920.657

19.342

BB 67%

172.909 18,191 5,655,9%,

50 97.8.

11781

7.880

1.0212

2,476

180

38.793

967

17.779

2 0.0

EL CROS

150

26772 79.

144

240 571,601 21,920 195,182.

33.578 9,124 107.38: 9.622

15. 167,632 2028 1.750

34567

108, 388,763. 11

4.075 78.258

21,772

795 4,075

1 70

14,387

116 304.161 9,363)

20.983

99, 95

LI S

1,667 2829 11.290

431154

2.418

176

408 459 12, NI

75.258 136.967

807

زارش

31.005 $52 12.890

128

46 031 2 227

10.8161

779, 614 551 88.328-

1,500

450

807.080

1,990 806 642

1.670 9.920 22,400'

58.588 412 1.132

1.190 6.660

א!

$1.997

12 8:44

139

129

HARG

2.237

8 330 1924

2016,898 12

128

106

481

3082 2

1650 102

8.171 2691

BOD

199

301 190 TL03€ 119,31

3700 89.030

{ 3.821

700

12W

950.

16:04 22: 123492443 40.2

102

}

127

67.11 2,867

11.112

1920

7.988 CCD 1.650

2670

700 1,200 110012

354.3

20:

9: 21682 59

24,727 1.017 7.458 9502 26-0 2.830

2091

86.307 948 8,1450

8450

183 181 7.709;

10010 222 70,119 3,016j

54 675 5,80 30.500

27.035 1.12.3 23 6.9

68.592 1,599 13,597

281 774 1UA0N

54673 10.632 2371728

#.199 101

400

323 63300 15231

دان

76,804 2,276

14.661

122

153M

512 8.570)

677

5.292 30.500. 38.2.

5.806

102: 3,550

32.074 C35. 23,183 100

1.727 166. 4020

7870. 96 287,576 8

4450

5.568

46.829

3,2.8

200794

207 8076

46,829

8.200 5,150

5,071 8,071,352 vr5,6m 1,699.742) 9.712

248.58111, B 1,212,911: 256,021|1,678 690 322,15) 6.610 979,798, 66,305 119,654 17,071 5,192,

322,353 1,678,699

412,IGNE 16,50

Country for the Year ending 31st December, 1906.

5.901

22 949 2434

5.991

TOTAL.

ITH CARGOES,

ΤΟΤΑΙ.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Cargoes.

ssels.

Tons. Crew:

rews.

Dis- char.ed

Dis-

Tous. Crews.Vessels. Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

201 57,882 2401 18.503 17 22.08. 907 32,598

charged Transit

8,021 78′′ 169.402 5,455 146,507 18.659. 66.58 2,024 86.422 8.919. 74.828 4,518 7,979

Dis- charged

Transit.

85.500

148

791

484.84 5.741 63.8:1 4,89

103.236

79: 170.141 5,403, 146.507 36 59.041 2.075 86.422 3.919 25 74.823 4.815 7,979

119

5,564 2,306.37 218,872 633.478 241.002|| 18,358 4,145.5 44 276,695 1.030,102|| 602,607, 5.441].,023,091 88,608|18,799 5,168,636 345.503 1.060.102. 602,007

50 56,981) 1933.

5.390 109 186.78 5.10 186 670 27,77

2,228 69 11 189.004 5.179 186.670. 27 277 343.182

1-3 489 678 15,781, 1:9,550| 354592

155. 509,919 16,372, 119.550 354.592 61,428 4.859) 18 980

84 71881, 4650 185 247: 628,271 21.504

11! 42.88 122 ); 45 115,291 292 311| 880,907 -7,157

1710 9.474 81 180

42,892 88. 85

510.263 294 605 98.351

200!

83; 126,298 3,899, 115 768 721 23.950 2,528

183, 619 58T 13.099. 206,629 639.585 2-1 615,322 21,204 522 516| 293.266 722 1,480,530 38,88;; 863.229 521360 11. 280,109 7.267) 289,7.9) 150.797,

18850

1 2,657

119

12 20 241 591 6.958. 201 7,622 10-1 12.949 800

18.980

627.206 18.197

206,629

639,535

522.546

293.266

80,814 572

5251,411,394 39 455

863.229

524.860

1.557

231.666: 7.824,

239.729

150 797

200

1001.

23 950

2.528

5.901

200

171

33,612 2.933.

3.233

641.498, 40,841;

25,489

10-

8,866

269

144 839.41.110

25.489

2,149

8,322

3,133 1511

4.822

B. 33

151

4.822

6,590 198

2,408

6,000

5.937

185

.2 527

383

2,408

6,000

1392

407 50

985

1 392

34,302 1.202 12.137

878

207

285 218.771 9979–157,303

47.47 1,334 11.290

275 297,197 13,561) 471,526)

86,484 287

1,675

287

257 429, 13.921, 22,805 10.217, 188,538 15.108 490 11,290 $10.0501..78) 496 20

59 188

1,825

22,

18,614

594

229

275943 14,515

59.188

1,825

36.484

8,94 411

297

280,746 10.558. 188,583

36484

1,675

35.749

287

50.837 1441 810 069 11,178)

11 290 495,296

1 675

2903 80!

10:

1 3.824 127

600

21 13:1

7,688 24 2,600

570/13 15,612 239.510 214.565

1.41

250

1,600

16.245' 406 12,405 352: 2,600

150–574,708, 15.734|| 239,510| 214,565

14.8

250

1,600

81 411516 12,393 91.668

7,918|5,228,393 3.4,019|2.378,225|1,210,084) 10.833; 10 043,530) 490,221| 1.493,715)2 878,360) 5 555 1.205.703′ 93 745 22,408 11,249 233 589.96: 1,493,715 2.878.860

800.

13.342 826 4.722 101

800

4,495

for the Year ending 31st December, 1905.

TOTAL.

WITH ARGOES,

TOTAL.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Shipy ed

Shipped.

uns. Crews

9,941 976 35,108 1.18! 34469, 1 CA

9.055 245.-5.

Car_des.

Funker Vessels.

Cual.

8,700 3,420 15 85:0 4,780 256

Tous. Crews.

Cargoes.

Bunker Vessels.

Co.u.

Tons. Crews.

Funker Coal.

Vessels.

Tons. C ws.

;

Car, oes.

Bunker Coul

68 3

920.657

17,587 89%.

19.312

38,795

#4,772

31 150

2415 3.455 12, 9A

17.779 2650

4,075

130.9967

19.

35 17. .909 18,491 5,695,067 854,8211,469,377) 2-4,828 5,303

48.672

97,849 8,760

40498 33,143 93 19.818 3.727 11784 7.860

1:0 232 8462

11.781 6.9602 60 90s: 1593 26.829 2,755 1.7,982 3.447: 26.105

31 670 1.446 6,650 8900 45 9.2 2723 9.810 6.480 106.787 6,87 26.089

74.568 1,141

8.880

394460. 615

1868 513,126: 53.237 117.794

2.890

175

9581 2.476

400 186

4. 106,288 2,000) 6,650

12.780 40 76,362 333S, 9.8.0 9.820 86 108,600 6 165

26 039

288 48,076, 18,794 6,288,2 3 40,561,1,469,877-257,904 25.06 189 215631 12,667 40.198 68,219 35 U19,817 8.727 11.781 7.800

83.038

807 866.9.7 80.991 270,440) 64.406 32.282. 256 660.820 18358 238.5.0 43,267,

63.88T 1.662 117,682 3.447

26,229

2,935

25,105

150

66 1:7904 2,883, 106,214. 2.958

12.098

373;1,002,751 81874

270.440

67.403

11,639

820, 767,684 2.316 278,350

54,904

982 2 2.1.9

14.997) 2.01: 12.390 16,446 2.25, JO,SIG 300,662

8.3301 9926 128

14.140 8,070,

145,801 2,847,

18305.

93 192 629 4070 14.110

21.875

10,846 9.926

22.815 1.28

1.650

700

968

3.624

35,044, 26o

1.200 11,02

808,162)

700 1.500

22.44499.

412 1,273

129 1.240

46 446 2207 10846 922 763-40.457 Box 162

9.926

22.620

970

1.650 102

709

950

6500

130,346

2.300 48.920

2.81

81 776, 19,40s

18.209

46.823

54 675.

10.682 6.300. 15235 30,500, 88.2.3

62 128

28 475

7.000

1,763

91402 3.650

33.645 25.480

85,701 3,422) 2:642

620 88,828, 2,5851

1.4007 2,500

14 659 2.600 16,251

12.295 416

235) 266,543 16 712

1.500 130316

8,700

46,480

322 858 303 11.055 16 37.889 916 142 183,336

62.428

43.134

7.900

4.358

19.3 5

13.438 237

90,791 807a

40 8.200 46,829,

5,150

315

8,666)

156

8.5701 6.770

B.590 4,450 69,512 10,250 4.020 345

5.568 128 3.750

33 19316 542 19.244 459

33.645

41 748

8,570

6.770

8,590.

8 200

3.218

50; 822 80s, 8711

B 4.727 156

69512

10,250

815

92,714) 822.: 93 1,678,699, 412,168 16,30

844 526,

5,81

1,390 005) 75,395) 164,683 22.142 11,203,841 588,035 2,778,44

690,689

TOTAL NUMBER, TONNAGE, CREWS, AND CARGO

NAMES

OF PORTS.

Aberdeen,

“Cheung Chaú,.

Deep Bay,

[unghòm,

Long Ket,

Sai Kung.

Sham Shui po,

Shaukiwán,.

Stanley,

WITH CARGOES.

BRITISH.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL..

WITH CAI

Cargoes.

Vls.

Tons. Crews.

Vis.

Tons. Crews. Vls. Tons. Crews.

VIs. Tons. Crews.

Dis- charged.

Transit.

Dis- changed.

Transit.

12:1 6,737 1,053

284

3,552 1,463

660

10,348 3,111

856 234

Tai 0,

Tai Po,

Victoria,

4,8195,645,937|250.075|2,115,490 1.668,276

271 374,903′ 15.875 5,000 6,020.840)

Total....... 4,819′5,645,987/250.075/2,115 490 1,668,276)

271

1,097 110,274' 8,317 392 8,120 2,770 722 157 57 1,553 510

22.

2115 490 1,668,276|||9 3524,255,431 228,54:

974 903) 15 875 5,090/8,020,840′215 970|2.) 15.49001,668,276|12,034,4.397.593 246,14:

TOTAL NUMBER, TONNAGE, CREWS, AND CAR

WITH CARGOES.

BRITISH.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

NAMES

OF PORTS.

Shipped.

Vis.

Tons. Crews.

Vis.

Tons.

Cargoes.

Bunker Coal.

Vis. Tons.

rews.

VIs. Tons

Cargoes.

Bunker Coal.

Aberdeen, Cheung Chat,.

Deep Bay, Hughòm,

Long Ket,

454

Sai Kung,

Shankiwán,.

691

Sham Shui-po,

Stanley,.

Tai 0,

Tai Po, . Victoria,

277

23;

18.

4,8705 600.925256,5491,099 742) 203,552

410,207 0,00

45,020 5,071 6,811, 32 2:5,629 1.099 742 248,581 9.898 4,131,

Total,

4.8705.600.925,266,549|1,099,742 2083,552

410.2 7 9,697

45.0229) 5,071'ko

285.589|1.09) 742|| 248,581[11,481 4.212.

132

Table III.

L NUMBER, TONNAGE, CREWS, AND CARGOES OF VESSELS ENTERED AT EACH PORT IN THE COLONY OF HON

FOREIGN.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Cargoes.

Is.

Tons.

Crews.

VIS.

Tons. Crews.

Vis.

Dis- cha god.

Transit.

Dis- charged.

Tons. Crews. VIs. Tous. Crews.

VIs.

Tous

Transit.

120

284

6,737 1,053 4,122 3,552 1,463

87 3.897

2,281

811 216' 413 106 303

GGO

10,348 3,11]

7,5371

129!

Dis- charged.

10,634 1,864| 4,1221 3,965 1,569 2,281

4,588 783 789 14,936 3,894

Transit.

129)

2841

7,537

660.

...

856 234

389

1,097 110,274 8,317

392 8,120 2,770)

72,973

726

4,942

722 157

633

671 1,553 510

646

921 32

948 266 45,259 4,35% 1,823 155,533|12,669| 2,449 579: 401 10,569 3,349

252 125

974 282 1,6:4 530

401

389 72,973 4,942

097

110

392

633

646

1417 0,001

=,090 6,020,840/245,v56|2,115 490 1,668,276|||9 3524.255,431 228,513 2,284.702 1,210,084 4,193 778,799 71,062 19,5825,029,230 299,596 2,284,702 1.210,984

Logula,020,840 9:15 950|2. ' 15.490h1,668,276) 12,034,4.397.593′246,149 2.778, 2251.210,084

5.248′ 839,8 77,87 | 17.31×15.228.593324 019′2.378,225′1,210.084

Table IV.

16,853 10.04

AL NUMBER, TONNAGE, CREWS, AND CARGOES OF VESSELS CLEARED AT EACH PORT IN THE COLONY OF in

FOREIGN.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

ΤΟΤΑΙ.

Shipped.

Eunker!

Coal.

Vls.

Tons.

rews.

VIS.

Tons. Crews.

Vis.

Tons.

Crews.

Cargoes.

Bunker Coal.

Cargoes.

Bunker Coal.

Vls. Tons Crews.

Cargoes.

Funke: Coal.

31 1,603 282 36

G03

644 200

391

114: 1,434 263

145

3,374 1,293

299

6,037 1,248 4,018 1,48

603

391

454 13,416 2,692 10,697

361

5,220 1,573

815

18,636 4,835

10,697

801 19

691 55,540 4,700,

51,432

277

8,96: 2,398

23;

7081 212

400 151

4,437

630! 247

83 1.160 112,541|| 9,493)

265

570 185

656 204

1,851

5,020 1,687

30 944 306

168,087: 14,193 51.432. 642

13,988 4,035: 4,437 29 873 251 51 1,344 457

580

247

1.039 742 248,581 9.8984.131,506 245,4871,610,326 322,454 3,405

45,029) 5,071 ko

45,029 5,07) 6,011,132/2015.

285,689|1.091 742| 248,581|11,431 4.212.914|256,0911.678,499 322,454 5,640 979,798'66,305| 119.654 17.0715.192.714322396′1,678,690)

847,578 50,658; 119,054 13,303 4,970,081 206,095 1,610,326

419 Ti

E COLONY OF HONGKONG, IN THE YEAR 1906.

WITH CARGOES.

TOTAL.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

rgoes.

Cargoes.

Vls.

Tons. Crews.

Vis

Transit.

Dis-

Tons. Crews.

Vis.

Tons.

Crews.

Transit.

charged.

Dis- alarged.

Transit.

129

6,737 1,053

4,12

3,897

811

216

10,634! 1,884

4,122

311

284

3,552 1,463

2,281

413

100

303

3,965 1,569

2,281

660.

10.348

3,111

7,537

129

4588

783

789

14,036!

3,894

7,537

$50

234

389

948

266

380

1097

110,274!

8,317

72,978

720

5,259円

4,352

1,823

155,533

12,669

72,973

392

8,120

2,770

4,942

2,449

679

466

10,569

3,349

4,942

131

792

157

$33

10:

252

125

321

974

1,050

510

646

1,604

282 5301

633

646

921.210384 14,172 9,901,368 478,000 4,400,192 2,878,300)

251,210.084

16,853) 10.043,580) 496,224) 4.403.715 2,878,300

7,148,702 86,937

5.555 1,205,708 93.7451

18,672 11,050,070 565,546 4.400,192 2,878,360

22,403 11,249.253 580,969 4,493,7152,878,360

THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, IN THE YEAR 1906..

ΤΟΤΑΙ..

WITH CARGOES.

TOTAL.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Shipped.

IS.

Crews,

Vls. Tons.

Crews..

Tis. Tons.

Crews

¡Cargoes.

lunker Coal.

· Cargoes.

Banker Coal.

Buuker Coal.

VIS.

Tons. Crews.

Cargoes. Coal.

Shipped.

Bunker

037

1,218

603.

,013 1,4)8.

301

SI 1,600; 982 36

644 200

C03 391

114 4,434 966

145

6.037 1,248

603

203.

3,374 1,298

900

4,018 1,498

391

,630. 4,235 10,097

13.410 2,092

10,679

361.

5,220 1,073.

812

18,630 4,365 10,697

656 2041

,087: 14,193

51.432.

,988 4,(35 4,437

601 277

80 55,540, 4,700

19.

8.962 2,398

26 01,432 4,437

873

251

530

,344. 457

247

7631 212 4001 161

5301 247

576 1.160 112,641, 9,493

2651

5,026 1,687 110 39 944 300

457

4081296(951,610,320 442,10814,708,9,752,431501,986 2,710,0 526,000 3,6061.257,780 59,748 164.683, 18,374 10.990,211 361,734 2,710,008 690,689 .714822396′1,678.600) 442.10816,807 7813 sank12.c40'2.778,441! 506 0oC) 5,8411 390,00575,295|| 164,683 22.14211,203,844|588,035|2.778,441 690,089

185

656 304

1,851

108,087 14,193 51,432

542 20

13,98el 4,085

4,437

873 251

530

1,344

247

133

Table V.

NUMBER, TONNAGE and CREWS of Vessels of each Nation ENTERED at Ports in the Colony of Hongkong, in the Year 1906.

ENTERED.

NATIONALITY

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

VESSELS.

Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels.

Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tous. Crews.

British, American,

4,819 | 5,645,937 |250,075

271

290,482 8,743

374,903 16,930

15,875 123

5,090 | 6,020,840 |265,950

Austrian,

100,929

1,607

307,412 100,929 1,607

9,166

Belgian,

Corean

30,798

746

30,798

746

Chinese,

287

254,311

17,196

20.642

1,218

311 (

274,953 18,414

Chinese Junks,"

9,238

770,821

104,486,

4,945

537,151

66,993

14,183

1,307,972. 171,479

Danish,

38,362

703

2,372

40,734

763

Dutch,

119,607

3,459

11,257

356

130,864

3.815

French,

471

575,955 22,511

14,979

545

484

590,934

23,056

German,

774

1,226,324

45,351

108

142,043

4,769

882

1,368,367

50,120

Italian,

33,012

1,220

33,012

1,220

Japanese,

292

630,399

22,747

12,173

440

301

642,572

23,187

Norwegian,

228

244,855

7,098

45,002

1,482

279

289,857

8,580

Portuguese,

191

32,117

3,845

1,152

237

198

33,269

4,082

Russian,

9,430

180

21,699

505

31,129

685

Swedish,

22,406

817

2,394

24,800

910

No Flag,

472

178

650

Steam-ships

under 60 tous

trading to

354

17,313 5,427

2,828

745

439

20,141

6,172

Ports outsidel

the Colony,

TOTAL, 16,853 10,043,530 496,224

5,555 | 1,205,703

93,745

22,408 11,249,233 589,969

Table VI.

NUMBER, TONNAGE! and CREWs of Vessels of each Nation CLEARED at Ports in the Colony of Hongkong, in the Year 1906.

CLEARED.

NATIONALITY

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

VESSELS.

Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels.

Tous. Crews. Vessels.

Tons. | Crews.

British,

4,870 | 5,600,925 |256,519

201

410,207

9,090

5,071 | 6,011,132 | 265,639

American,

Austrian,

299,726 92,804

9,015

5,977

253

305,703

9,268

1,451

8,125

100,929

1,535

Belgian,...

Corean,

2,939

27.839

743

30,798

*797

Chinese,....

307

271,035 16,902

2,909

178

311

273,944 17,080

Chinese Junks,

8,896

936,121 123,79%

5,074

375,318

49,350

13,970 | 1,311,439 | 173,143

Danish,

33,760

758

6,829

158

Dutch,

116,285 3,158

11,987

328

40,589 128,272 3,486

916

French,

462

569,022 21,669

21,093

852

482

590,115 | 22,521

German,

622

•

1,082,680 41,793

247

268,325

7,564

869

1,351,005 49,357

Italian,

Japanese,

264

33,566 562,253

1,271

33,566 1,271

21,226

74,529

1,770

299

636,782

22,996

Norwegian,

161

134,123

4,974

112

147,892

3,286

273

282,015

8,260

Portuguese,

194

32,648

3,998

729

198

33,377

4,070

Russian,

20,480

338

9,344

313

29,824

651

Swedish,

8,159

264

15,652

568

23,811

832

402

No Flag,

Steam-ships

under 60 tons

trading to.

354

17,313

5,427

2,828

745

439

20,141

6,172

Ports outside

the Colony,

TOTAL..... 16,301 9,813,839 512,640

| |

5,841

1,390,005 75,395

22,142 11,203,844 588,035 ·

•

134

Table 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 Macao, during the Year ending 31st December, 1906.

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Ves- sels.

Tons. Crews.

l'assen- Cargo Ves-

Discharged. geis.

Tons. sels.

Tons. Crews.

East Coast,.. San On Dis- trict, West

2,009

122

63,176 448 27,866 3,974

River, &c., West Coast,

95,193 12,335

6,618 615,209 84,884 16,666 334,952 3,976 468,262 56,686 21,929 | 10,5941,083,471 141,570

270

10,372 219 16,422 1,705

38,595 334,952

Passen- Ves- gers. sels.

5 2,457 123,059 16,309

Tous. Crews.

Crews.

l'assen-

gers.

Cargo Discharged. Tons.

127 63,176

Macao,

341

15,468 2,131

44,951 5,136

489 31,890 3,836

10,372

32,819

302 24,601 4,628)

643 69,552 9,764

32,819

Total,... 9,288 770,821104,486 16,789 441,319 4,945 637,151 66,993 21,936 |14,1831,307,972 171,479||| 38,725 441,819

Table 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 Macao, during the Year ending 31st December, 1906.

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Ves- sels.

Tons. Crews.

gers.

Passen- Cargo Ves-

Shipped.

Tons. sels

Tons. Crews.

Passen- Ves- gers. sels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen-

gers.

Cargo Shipped. Tons.

East Coast,. San On Dis-

1,040

45,619 6,862

trict, West

7,215

36,518 1,677 107,059 12,611|

826,581 107,665 21,879 536,844 3,072 243,883 33,824 14,472

2,717

River, &c.,

West Coast,

Macao,

207

434

14,882 1,824

49,089 7,442

1 12,862 179 9,793 1,353

152,678 19,473

10,287|1,070,464141,489

386 24,625 3,177

36,351! 536,844

36,518

20,620 146 14,583 1,562

10 12,862

580 63,672 9,004

50 20,620

Total,... 8,896 936,121123,793 21,995 606,844 5,074 375,318 49,350 14,48713,970 1,311,439 173,143 36,482 606,844

Table IX.

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, 1906.

CARGO.

BALLAST,

TOTAL.

Ves-

Tons. Crews.]

sels.

Passen- Cargo

Discharged. gers.

Tons.

Ves- sels.

Tous. Crews.

Passen- Ves-

sels. gers.

Tons. Crews.

: Passen-

gers.

Cargo Discharged. Tons.

Aberdeen...... Cheung Cháu,

129 6,737 1,053 284 3,552 1,463

4,122 87 3,897 811

216

10,634 1,864.

4,122

2,281

413

106

303

3,965 1,569

2,281

Long Ket, ...

Deep Bay,...! Hunghom,......

Sai Kung,

Sham Shui-po, 1,097 110,274| 8,317|

660 10,348 3,111]

7,537

129 4,588

783

789

14,936 3,894

7,537

40,

856 234

339 72,973

948 266

389

726

45,259 4,352

1,823

155,533 12,669

72,973

Shaukiwán,

Stanley,

Tai 0,

Tai Po,

Victoria,

392 8,120 2,770

4,912

2,449 579

466

10,569 8,349

4,942

722 157

633

252

125

974

282

633

1,553 510

646

611 1,604

530

646.

6,557 628,659 86,871 16,645 347,796 3,890 || 480,150 60,185 21,931

10,447|1,108,809;147,056 38,576 | 347,796

Total,.. 9,238 770,821 104,486 16,789 441,819 4,945 | 537,151 66,993| 21,936 |14,183 1,307,972 171,479 38,725441,319

135

Table X.

Total Number, Tonnage, Crews, Passengers and Cargo of Junks CLEARED at each Port in the Colony of Hongkony,

(exclusive of Local Trade), during the Year ending 31st December, 1906.

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Ves-! sels.

Tous. Crews Passen- Shipped.

gers.

Cargo Ves- Tons. sels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen- Ves- gers. sels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen- Cargo

Shipped. gers. Tons.

Aberdeen,.. Cheung (háu,

1,603 282

644 200

603 391

114

4,434 966

145

6,037 1,248

263

3,374 1,298

299

4,018 1,498

603 391

Deep Bay,...

...

Hunghom,.

454

13,410 2,692

10,697 361

5,220 1,673

815

18,630 4,365

1.0,697

Long Ket,

Sai Kung

Sham Shui-po,

691

80 55,546 4,700

36 33

576 185

361

656 204

51,432 1,160

112,541 9,493]

1,851

168,087 14,193

51,432

Shaukiwán,

277

་

8,962 2,398

Stanley,

763 212

Tai 0,

400 151

4,487 265

530 247 33

5,026 1,687

542

13,988 4,085

4,437

110

39 944 306

873 251

530

1,344

4571

247

Tai Po,

Victoria,

7,363 854,713113,139 21,880

538,471 2,839

243,093 33,703||| 14,470 10,2021,097,806146,842| 36,350 | 538,471

Total,... 8,896 936,121|123,793 21,995 600,844 5,074

375,318 49,350 14,487 13,970 1,311,439 173,143 36,482 606,844

Table XI.

Return of Junks (Local Trade) ENTERED at each Port in the Colony of Hongkong,

during the Year ending 31st December, 1906.

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL

Ves- sels.

Tous. Crews.

Passen- Cargo Ves-

Discharged. gers.. Tons. sels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen- Ves Tous.

gers. sels.

Crews.

Passen- gers.

Cargo Discharged. Tons.

Aberdeen,.

49 1,712

378

1,022 35

1,820

345

84 3,532 723

Cheung Châu,

781

246

429

226

731

1,007 319

Deep Bay,.....!

Hunghom,....

122

1,318

499

823

123

6,399

1,1791

245

7,717 1,678

1,022 429

...

823

Long Ket,

Sai Kung,

287

1091

237

891

524

198

Sham Shui-po,

115

10,873

1,762

7,385

9,011

821

214

19,884 2,583

7,385

Shaukiwán,

125

4,586

1,027

1,850

2,540

6391

206

7,126 1,666

1,850

Stanley,.

102

115

Tai O,

164

112

192

112

Tai Po,

650

249

320

258

Victoria,

9,497 379,298 (104,123

Total,... 10,027 399,682 108,468

9,526 303,580 | 14,948 599,204 129,976| 46,540 24,445

9,566 315,623 15,341 619,825 133,255 46,553 25,368 1,019,507 241,723 56,119 315,623

908 3431 978,502'234,099 56,066 | 303,580

320

Table XII.

Return of Junks (Local Trade) CLEARED at each Port in the Colony of Hongkong, during the Year ending 31st December, 1906.

CARGO,

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Ves- sels.

Tous. Crews.

Cargo rows. Passen-

gers.

Ves- Shipped.

Tons. sels.

Tons. Crews

Passen- Ves-

gers. sels.

Tous. Crews. Passen-

Cargo

Shipped.

gers.

Tons.

Aberdeen,

Cheung Cháu,

Deep Bay,

Hunghom, .....

52: 2,238 422 18 303 103

2,215 583

867 103 5,890 917

160

651

215

155 49

8,128 1,339

867

954 318

160

1,189

119

1,314

499

204

3,529 1,082

1,189

Long Ket,

Sai Kung,

Sham Shui-po,

488 136 58 4,993 418

227 4,625

328

124

816: 260

227

128

8,831

641

186

13,824 1,059

4,625

Shaukiwán, Stanley,.

1,789

479

825

1,923

415

130

3,712 894

301

122

136

222

825 122

Tai 0,

282

79!

231

513 156

Tai Po,

617

235

277

356 130

973 365

277

Victoria,

6,615 272,258 |75,203| 58,989

65,329 18,752 | 718,219 153,979

1,939 25,367

990,477 229.182 60,928

65,329

Total,.. 6,981 285,269 77,688 59,026

73,672 19,267 737,879 157,040

1,978 26,2181,023,148 234,728 61,004

73,672

FOREIGN TRADE.

136

Table XIII.

SUMMARY.

NO. OF VESSELS.

Tons.

CREWS.

British Ships entered with Cargoes,

Do.

do.

in Ballast,

4,819 271

5,645,937

250,075

374,903

15,875

Total,.......

5,090

6,020,840

265,950

British Ships cleared with Cargoes,

4,870

5,600,925

256,549

Do.

do. in Ballast,....

201

410,207

9,090

Total,....

5,071

6,011,132

265,639

Foreign Ships entered with Cargoes,.

2,442

3,609,459

136,236

Do.

do. in Ballast,

254

290.821

10,132

Total,.

2,696

3,900,280

146,368

Foreign Ships cleared with Cargoes,.

Do.

do. in Ballast,

2,181 481

3,259,480

126,871

601,652

16,210

Total,....

2,662

3,861,132

143,081

Steamships under 60 tons entered with Cargoes,

354

17,313

5,427

Do.

do.

in Ballast,

Total,....

2,828

745

ॐ

439

20,141

6,172

do.

Steamships under 60 tous cleared with Cargoes,.

Do.

254

17,313

5,427

do..

in Ballast,

Total,...

2,828

745

439

20,141

6,172

Junks entered with Cargoes,

Do. do. in Ballast,

9,238

770,821

104,486

4,945

537,151

66,993

Total,.

14,183

1,307,972

171,479

Junks cleared with Cargoes,

8,896

936,121

123,793

Do. do. in Ballast,

5,074

375,318

49,350

Total,...

13,970

1,311,439

173,143

Total of all Vessels entered,

22,408

11,249,233

589,969

Total of all Vessels cleared,

22,142

11,203,844

588,035

Total of all Vessels in Foreign Trade, entered and cleared,

44,550

22,453,077 1,178,004

LOCAL TRADE.

Total Junks entered,

25,368

1,019,507

241,723

Do.

cleared,

26,248

1,023,148

234,728

Total Local Trade, entered and cleared,

51,616

2,042,655

476,451

Total Foreign Trade, entered and cleared,

44,550

22,453,077 1,178,004

Total Local Trade, entered and cleared,

51,616

2,042,655

476,451

Grand Total,..

96,166

24,495,732 1,654,455

137

Table XIV.

STATEMENT of REVENUE collected in the Harbour Department during the Year 1906.

Head of Receipts.

Amount.

1. Light Dues, Ordinance 10 of 1899,

2. Licences and Interual Revenue not otherwise specified

Chinese Passenger Ships Licences, Ordinance 1 of 1889,.

Emigration Brokers Licences, Ordinance 1 of 1889,

$3 77,722.04

cts.

1,050.00

1,000.00

Fines,

834.00

Fishing Stake and Station Licences, Ordinance 10 of 1899,.

305.00

Fishing Stake and Station Licences, from the New Territories, Ordinance 10 of 1899,

3,197.50.

Junk Licences, &c., Ordinance 10 of 1899,

36,194.83

Junk Licences, &c,, from the New Territories, Ordinance 10 of 1899,

15,746.75

Pilots Licences, Ordinance 3 of 1904,..

185.00

Steam-launch Licences, &c., Ordinance 10 of 1899,

3,235.25

3. Fees of Court or Office, Payments for specific purposes and Reimbursements-in-Aid :-

Cargo Boat Certificates, Ordinance 10 of 1899,.

2,951.00

Engagement and Discharge of Seamen, Ordinance 10 of 1899,

24,774.60

Engagement of Masters and Engineers of Steam-launches, Ordinance 10 of 1899,

166.50

Examination of Masters, &c., Ordinance 10 of 1899,

2,780.00

Gunpowder, Storage of-Ordinance 10 of 1899,

11,165.23

Medical Examination of Emigrants, Ordinance. 1 of 1889,

24,352.00

}

Printed Forms, Sale of,....

332.00

Private Moorings and Buoys, Rent for-Ordinance 10 of 1899,

3,450.00

Registry Fees (Merchant Shipping Act), Ordinance 10 of 1899,..

1,201.00

Steam-launches, Surveyor's Certificates, Ordinance 10 of 1899,

2,880.00

Sugar Convention, Ordinance 14 of 1904,

1,260.00

Survey of Steam-ships &c., Ordinance 10 of 1899,

27,823.38

Sunday Cargo Working Permits, Ordinance 1 of 1891,

7. Miscellaneous Receipts-Message Fees for notifying ships,

31,397.50

5.20

TOTAL,

274,008.78

NOT TOWING.

Table XV.

RETURN of LICENSED STEAM-LAUNCHES Entered in the COLONY of HONGKONG during the Year ending 31st December, 1906.

ΤΟΤΑΙ.

PLACES.

Cargo

Vessels. Tonnage.] Crews.

Passen-

gers.

Discharged Vessels. Tonnage. Crews. in tous.

Passen-

gers.

Discharged Vessels. Tonnage. Crews.

Passen-

gers.

in tous.

Cargo

Discharged in tons.

Within the Waters of the Colony, *

89,252 2,104,202 634,526

77,528 2,021,566 556,438 13,792,605

Total,....

89,252 2,104,202 634,526

2,021,

77,528 2,021,566 556,438 3,792,605

166,780 4,125,768 1,190,964 3,792,605

166,780 4,125,768 1,190,9643,792,605)

TOWING.

...

138

308

561

...

207

11,575

4,140

2,055

23,219

207

11,575

4,140

147

5,738 1,287 3,834

2,055

23,219

225

·8,258

1,976 3,884

354 17,313 5,427 5,889 23,219

439

20,141

6,172 5,889

23,219

77,882 2,038,47

77,882 2,038,879 561,865 3,798,494) 23,219 167,219 1,145,9091,197,13:

,798,494 23,219

*The figures under the heading "Steam-launches plying within the Waters of the Colony " are incomplete: the "Star" Ferry Company stating that since 1901, "owing to the amount of work entailed" they have had to discontinue keeping a record of the passengers by their launches, and also number of trips.

Outside the Waters of the Colony :—

Wuchow,.....

Macao

Other Places,

Total,..

308,

2,520

689

2,828

745

Grand Total,.

89,337 2,107,030 635,271

07,030

Samshui,

Kongman,

Kamchuk,

NOT TOWING.

TOTAL.

23,023 166,780 4,125,7681,190,964 3,076,294

23,023

3,076,294

23,023

23,023 166,780 4,125,768 1,190,964,3,076,294

Table XVI.

RETURN of LICENSED STEAM-LAUNCHES Cleared in the COLONY of HongKong during the year ending 31st December, 1906.

PLACES.

('argo

Vessels. Tonnage. Crews.

Passen- Shipped Vessels.Tonnage. Crews. gers. in tons.

Passen-

gers.

Cargo Bunker Shipped Coal in tons. in tons.

Vessels. Tonnage. Crews.

Passen-

gers.

Cargo Bunker Shipped Coal in tons, in tons.

TOWING.

Within the Waters of the Colony,

89,252 2,104,202 634,526

Total,.....

89,252 2,104,202 634,526|

77,528 2,021,566 556,4383,076,291

77,528 2,021,566 556,4385,076,294|

:..

::..

139

102.

308

661

102

207 11,575

147

4,140 2,322 8,253 448 5,738 1,287 3,919

1,372

207 11,575 225 8,258

4,140 2,322 8,253] 1,976 3,919

448

1,372

354 17,813 5,127 6,241 8,253 1,922

439

20,14!

6,172)

6,241 8,253 1,922

8,25324,945

...

2,038,879 082,535 77,882 2,038,879 561,865 3,082,535 8,253 24,945 167,2194,145,9091,197,136,3,082,535 8,253 24,945

The figures under the heading "Steam-launchy's plying within the waters of the Colony" are incomplete: the "Star" Ferry Company stating that since 1901, "owing to the amount of work entailed" they have had to discontinue keeping a record of the passengers carried by their launches, and also number of trips.

Outside the Waters of the Colony :

Samshui,

Kongmun,

Kamelink,

Wuchow,

Macao,...

308'

2,520

6891

Total,..

2,828

745

Grand Total,.

2,107,0

89,337 2,107,030, 635,271

Other Places,

140

Table XVII.

SUMMARY OF CHINESE EMIGRATION from HONGKONG to Ports other than in China,

during the Year ending 31st December, 1906.

BRITISH VESSELS.

FOREIGN VESSELS.

GRAND TOTAL.

WHITHER BOUND,

Adults.

Children.

Adults. Children.

Adults.

Children.

Total.

J. F. M. F.

M. F.

To Batavia.

107

107 107

Callao, Pern,

2,821

2,898

452

473 3,273

Honolulu, Sandwich Islands,

121

127 160

Japan Ports,

138

133

213

215

346

Liverpool, England.

Mauritius,

595

Mexico,

2,906

2,972

646

595

2,906 10

Reunion Island.

888888

107

3,371

169

348

G46

2,972

San Francisco, U.S.A.,

382

400 2,211

6 54

32,274 2.593

2,674

Straits Settlements,

وو

Tacoma, U.S.A.,

Vancouver, British Columbia,

,, Victoria, British Columbia,

42,070| 7,022|| 1,502 776 51,370| 7,821|849|196

848,950 49,89|| 7,871| 1,698

860

60,320

4,919 966

35 32

4,974 998

141 4.933

4,988

36| 1,002

1,034

TOTAL PASSENGERS,

154,280√ 7,038 | 1,7835|777|63,830 11.620'885 | 302

881 2.895 65,900| 7,923 2,037

865

76,725

Total Passengers by British Vessels,

54,280 7,038. 1,735

777

63,830

Total Passengers by Foreign Vessels,

11,620 885 302

12,895

Excess of Passengers by British Vessels,

42,660 6,153 1,433

689

50,935

Table XVIII.

SUMMARY OF CHINESE IMMIGRATION to HONGKONG from Ports other than in China,

during the Year ending 31st December, 1906.

BRITISH VESSELS.

FOREIGN VESSELS.

GRAND TOTAL.

WHERE FROM.

Adults.

Children.

Adults. Children.

Adults.

Children.

Total.

M. I.

J. P

From Bangkok, Siam,

Callao. Pern,

233

61 3,919 180 233

M. 7.

15 4,125

V. F.

Durban, British South Africa,

1,253

Honolulu, Sandwich Islands,

28 49

Java & Sumatra, -

2001

200 1,539

49 1,539

3.980 233 1,253 76

180

11 15

4,186 233 1,253

1.739

1,739

Japan Ports,

$31

252

335

Mauritius,..

261

295

Melbourne,

1,424

1,491

1.491

New South Wales.

1,445 221

1,764

285

235

1,680

221

61 37

1,999

New Zealand Ports.

Queensland Ports,...

San Francisco, U.S.A.,

Seattle, U.S.A.,

113

116 36

547

555 4,770 20

+73

36 13 4,820

149

152

5.317

5,375

473

맛

South Australian Ports,

Straits Settlements,

Tacoma, U.S.A......

145

Vancouver. British Columbia,

2,490

Victoria, British Columbia....

473 9

173

92,122 3,417 1,170 584 97,29317,220

36 13

145 2,492 65

6 17,275 || 109,342 3,453 |1,183 590

145 2,490 65

114,568

145 2,492 65

TOTAL PASSENGERS,

100.276 3,648 1,235 621 105,780;28,821 | 236 41

Total Passengers by British Vessels,.

Total Passengers by Foreign Vessels,

34 26,132 129,097 3,88± 1,276 655 134,912

100,270 3,648 1.235 621 105,780

28.821 236 41 31

29,132

Excess of Passengers by British Vessels,

71,455 |3,412 |1,194 | $87

76,648

Name of Vessel.

141

Table XIX,

RETURN of VESSELS REGISTERED at the Port of Hangkong, during the Year 1906.

Official Number.

Registered

Tonnage.

Horse

Power.

Built

Rig.

Where built and when.

Remarks.

of.

Hoi Cheong,

St. Enoch,

Minerva,...

Loongwo, Edith,

Yangtse, Hoi Sang. Hoi Tin. Hoi Ning,

**:

.(Str.) | 120,986

120,987 274.67 Motor. 120,988 14.28 24 .(Str.) | 120,989 | 2,386.06 600 120.990 43.27 60 120.991 179.83 40 120,992284.08 40 120,993 155.12 40 120,994 80.84 18

Smack

358.68 33 Schooner Wood Hongkong,

120

Steel Renfrew,

.1905. Broken up on 18th Sept., 1906. .1894.

Yawl

Wood Hongkong,.

.1906.

Nil

Steel Hongkong,.

.1906.

Nil

Do. Hongkong..

Schooner Wood Hongkong,

Nil

Do.

Hongkong..

Schooner

Nil

Do. Do.

Clyde Bauk,

Hongkong,......

1905.

.1906. Transferred to Shanghai.. .1906.

..1877. | Formerly H.M.S. Firebrand. ..1903.

Table XX.

RETURN of REGISTRIES of VESSELS cancelled at the Port of Hongkong, during the Year 1906,

Name of Vessel.

Official Number.

Registered

Tonnage.

Date of

Registry.

Horse Tower.

Rig.

Built oť.

Where and when built.

Reason of Cancellation.

Thales...

Pak Kong, ...(Str.)| 107,020| 294.64 1897

Stanfield,

Taganac.

Tencar.

Chu Kong,

Kong Nam... Hoi Ning,

Canada,

City of Birm-

ingham,

Hoi Cheong,. Yangise,

107,027 67.05 1898

Composite Whampoa, Schooner Wood Hongkong

Nil

1869 Lost at Hongkong.

1888 Lost at Hongkong. [Tambisan.

1898 Lost opposite the Island of

Steel Nagasaki, Japan.......1899 | Lost near Breaker Point, China

.(Str.)

52,608 819.89 1883 63,533 560.31 1896

དྭེསཨོ ཙ

200 Brig

Barque

Iron Dumbarton,. Wood Sunderland,

.1864 Sold to Foreigners.

Nil

...1890 Sold to Foreigners.

Hunghom, Bh. Kow'n.1898 | Lost at Hongkong.

Hongkong,

1900 Sold to Foreigners.

Do.

Hongkong,

.1902 Lost at Hongkong.

Do.

Steel

Govan, Glasgow,

1898 Sold to Foreigners.

Do.

Wood

Hongkong,

Do.

Hongkong,

109,865 286.09 1901 97,979 1,596.48 1903 107,028 402.16| 1904 120,972 $9.58 1905 120,974 $1.20 1905

109.531 91.57 1905 120,986 358.68 1906 120,991 179.83

1906

450 Schooner Steel Greenock,

Nil Wood Schooner Do.

Do.

1905 Lost at Hongkong. ..1996 Transferred to Shanghai.

[Sca.

{

142

Table XXI.

RETURN of MARINE CASES tried at the MARINE MAGISTRATE'S COURT, during the year 1906,

Defendants how disposed of.

NATURE OF CHARGE.-

No. of Cases.

No. of Defendants.

Imprisonment with Hard Labour.

Imprisonment with Hard Labour and forfeiture of pay.

Imprisonment with- out Hard Labcur.

Imprisonment in default of fine.

Fined.

Forfeiture of

Pay.

Reprimanded.

Sent back to

duty.

Dismissed.

Amount of Fines.

Arrival without reporting, (Junk),

Breach of conditions of Licence, (Launch),.................. I

Disobeying the lawful orders of the Harbour

Master,

Failing to enter in the Log-book of the ship the

fact of the death of a Chinese Passenger,...`

Harbour Regulations, Breach of, (by Junks, &c.), 2 15

Plying without a Licence, (Launch),

1 1

Rules of the Road. Failed to observe, (Steam-

launches),

3 3

Wilfully using the steam-whistles other than

;

for the purpose of Navigation, (Steam- launches),

14. 14

Total,

27 44

557

9.5

3 $834

Table XXII.

ɩtered at Hongkong, from 1867 to 1906 inclusive.

"itish Shipping Tonnage only.

Foreign Shipping Tonnage only.

› British and Foreign Shipping Tonnage.

its Junk Tonnage only, excluding Local Trade.

s Steam-launch Tonnage only, excluding Local Trade.

epresents entire Trade in

British and Foreign Ships, Junks and Steam-launches.

1879.

1880.

1881.

1882.

1883.

1884.

1885.

1886.

1887.

1888.

1889.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

1894.

.1895.

1896.

-1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

1902.

1903.

1904.

1905.

1906.

Toxs.

|11,300,000

11,200,000

11,000,000

10,000,000

9,900,000

9,800,000

9,700,000

9,600,000

9,500,000

9,400,000

9,300,000

9,200,000

9,100,000

9,000,000

..8,900,000

8,800,000

8,700,000

9,700,000

9,600,000

9,500,000

9,400,000

9,300,000

9,200,000

9,100,000

9,000,000.

...8,900,000

.8,800,000

8,700,000

..8,300,000

8,200,000

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

6,000,0co

す

6,000,000

5,900,000

5,800,000

--5,700,000

5,600,000

5,500,000

5,400,000

5,300,0ca

---5,200,000.

5,100,000

5,000,000

4,900,000

4,800,000

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

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

200,000

100,000-

90,000

80,000

50,000

40,000

30,000

20,000

---

¡ TONS.

11,300,000

11,200,000

11,000,000

10,000,000

9,900,000

9,800,000

9,700,000

9,600,000

9,500,000.

9,400,000

9,300,000

9,200,000

9,100,000

9,000,000

8,900,000

8,800,000

8,700,000

1867.

1868.

1869.

1870.

1871.

1872.

1873

1874. i

1875.

1876.

KÁVU KODUNE

Table XXII.

DIARAM of Tonnage entered at Hongkong, from 1867 to 1906 inclus RED LINE represents British Shipping Tonnage only.

BLUE LINE represents Foreign Shipping Tonnage only.

GREEN LINE represents British and Foreign Shipping Tonnage. YELLOW LINE

represents Junk Tonnage only, excluding Local Trade.

VIOLET LINE represents Steam-launch Tonnage only, excluding Local Trade. THICK BLACK LINE represents entire Trade in British and Foreign Ships,

1877.

1878.

1879.

1880.

1881.

1882. 1883.

1884.

1885.

1886.

1887.

*8381

1889.

1890.

1891.

1892.

1893.

7,800,0

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

6,470,000

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

5,100,000

5,000,000

4,900,000

5,000,000

4,900,000

4,800,000

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

...3,300,00

3,200,000

3,100,000

3,000,000

2,900,000

2,800,000

2,700,000

BLACK

2,600,000

2,500,000

2,400,000

2,300,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

1,400,000

YELLOW

1,300,000

GREEN

1,200,000

1,100,000

2,300,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

1,400,000

YELLOW

1,300,000.

GREEN

1,200,000

1,100,000

1,000,000

900,000

RED

800,000

700,000

600,000

BLUE

500,000

400,000

300,000

200,000

100,000

90,000

VIOLET

80,coo

50,000

40,000

30,000

20,000

;

145

Appendix A.

MERCANTILE MARINE OFFICE.

Twenty thousand seven hundred and sixty-six Seamen were shipped and 19,458 discharged at the Mercantile Marine Office and on board Ships during the year.

One hundred and fifty-eight Distressed Seamen were received during the year,

of these, 36 were sent home, 5 to Melbourne, 1 to Rangoon, 3 to Calcutta, 2 to Port Said, 1 to Van- couver, 6 to Bombay, 4 to Singapore, 1 to Japan. 1 taken charge of by U. S. Consul, 24 passengers to Canton, 5 to Shanghai, 1 to Calcutta, 1 to Iloilo, 3 to Manila, 1 to United Kingdom, 1 to Ningpo, 3 died at Government Civil Hospital, 1 disappeared, 1 joined Lappa Customs, 1 employed on shore, 5 remained at Government Civil Hospital and 51 obtained employment.

$3,179.29 were expended by the Harbour Master on behalf of the Board of Trade in the relief of these distressed Seamen.

Appendix B.

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OFFICE.

2. The return shows that during the year the amount of Opium reported was as

follows:-

1905.

1906.

Increase.

Decrease.

Chests.

Imported,

Chests.

43,9281 47,566

Chests.

3,638

Chests.

Exported,..

42,067

47,575

5,508

Through Cargo reported

but not landed, ........................

9,746

9,712

The return shows that during the year the amount of Opium Skin reported was as

follows:-

1906.

Piculs.

Imported,

34,882

Exported,

34,085.1

Seventeen thousand four hundred and eighty (17,480) Permits were issued from this Office during the year, being a decrease of 534 as compared with 1905.

A daily memo. of exports to Chinese ports was, during the year, supplied to the Com- missioner of Imperial Maritime Customs and a daily memo. of exports to Macao was supplied to the Superintendent of Raw Opium Department of Macao.

Surprise visits were paid to 93 godowns during the year.

146

The return shows that during the year the amount of Morphia and Compounds of Opium reported was as follows:--

COMPOUNDS OF OPIUM.

Imported,

Exported,

Local Consumption,

Imported,

Exported,

MORPHIA. *

1906.

Taels.

129,682.9

77,082

52,600.9

1906.

Cases.

444

351

Return of Sugar imported into the Colony of Hongkong by Vessels of different Nation- alities during the year 1906.

Nationality.

Tons.

Cwt.

Qr.

lb.

American Steamers,..

1,745

Austrian

504

British

301,807

Danish

Dutch

33,605

French

6,255

German

60,470

Italian

295

Japanese

463

Norwegian

69,002

Portuguese

335

Swedish

7.675

By Junks,

941

483,119

* This return deals with the last nine months of the year only.

147

Return of Sugar imported into the Colony of Hongkong during the year 1906.

From

Tons.

Cwt.

Qr.

lb.

Austria,

120

Belgium,

426

China,

17,262

Cochin China,

3,214

...

Germany,

10,567

Java,

314,673

Japan,

223

London,

334

Mauritius,

24,832

Philippine Islands,

75,986

Straits Settlements,

5,322

New Territories,

154

483,119

One hundred and eighty-seven (187) Certificates of Origin for exportation of Sugar were issued from this Office during the year 1906.

Sixty-five (65) Permits for delivery of Sugar arrived at the Colony without Certificate of Origin were issued from this Office during the year 1906.

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF OPIUM.

IMPORTS.

MALWA.

chests.

PATNA.

BENARES.

PERSIAN.

chests.

TURKISH. chests.

CHINESE.

TOTAL.

chests.

1905,

1906,

6,763

23.779

10,218

2,922

211

43,928

...... 4,975

24,963

13,115

2,646

987

880

47,566

Increase,... Decrease,

1,184

2,897

952

669

5,702

1,788

276

2,064

EXPORTS.

MALWA. chests.

PATNA.

BENARES. PERSIAN.

TURKISH.

CHINESE.

TOTAL.

chests.

chests

chests.

1905,.

... 5,888

22,906

9,917

3,140

169

42,067

1906,.

5,8614

25,177

13,192

1,706

985

654

47,575

Increase,.. Decrease, .

2,271

3,275

938

485

6,969

261

1,434

1,461

Through Cargo reported in Manifests but not landed

1905,

1906,...

9,746 chests. 9,712

Decrease,

34 chests.

148

NUMBER OF PERMITS, &c., ISSUED.

Landing Permits, .......(Opium),..

Removal Permits, ...(

),.......

Export Permits, ....( ).....

Landing Permits,...(Opium Skin),............

Removal Permits,...(

),........

Export Permits, ....(

).........

Memo. of Exports to the Commissioner of Chinese Customs,... Memo. of Exports to the Superintendent of Raw Opium

Department, Macao,......

1905.

1906.

Increase. Decrease.

341

365

$,692

8,244

448

8,981

8,611

370

109

141

...

536

544

293

SUMMARY OF EXPORTS, 1906.

Malwa. Patna. Benares. Persian. Turkish. Chinese. Total. chests. chests. chests. chests. chests. chests. chests.

Total in Piculs.

By Steamers to Amoy, Bagdad,

2,619

267

2,915 2

Bandar Abas.

3,445.47.5 2.05.0 23.57.5

Bushire,..

87.12.5

Canton,

7884

7,109

1,558

9,492

11,226.07.5

Changsha via Shanghai,

Foochow,

919

1,000

519

574

66 3,012

78.80.0

3,330.15.0

Haiphong,

1.02.5

Hankow via Shanghai, .

46.80.0

Herbertshoke,

1.20.0

...

Hohow,

247

319

382.80.0

Hoihow,

748

117

865

1,038.00.0

Kwong Chau Wan,

424

508.80.0

Londoù,

43.05.0

Масно,

3,895

3,899

4,678.80.0

Merida,

1.20.0

Namtao,

70.80.0

New York,

26.27.5

Pakhoi,..

161

193.20.0

Panama,

8.40.0

Paris,.....

1.00.0

Philippine Islands,

312

432

796

945.97.5

...

Sandakan,

45.57.5

Shanghai,

2,272

9,022

4,722

Straits Settlements,

16,029 103

18,778.60.0

Suez,....

Swatow,

1,433

1,477

899

3,829

120.27.5 2.05.0

4,304.70.0

Tamatave,

}

1.20.0

Tansui,

2,000

485

960

621

4,066

4,478.12.5

Tientsin,

1.20.0

Vancouver,

36.00.0

Victoria, B. C.,...

248

297.60.0

Weihaiwei,

20.00.0

Wuchow,

34.80.0

Steam-launches

and

Junks to various ad-

407

408

8435

930.70.0

jacent Ports in China,

Total,

5,858 25,177 13,191 1,612

985

654

47,477 55,191.40.0

The information in Column 8 above is on the following assumption :—-

Patna and Benares, per chest,

Malwa, Turkish and Chinese, per chest,.......

Persian, per chest,.......

1.20.0 piculs.

1.00.0

1.02.5

149

Appendix C.

MARINE SURVEYOR'S OFFICE.

3. During the year, the total number of vessels surveyed for Passenger Certificate and Bottom Inspection were 197 of 439,238 gross register tons, an increase of 9 vessels and 17,717 tons, as compared with the previous year.

The nationalities and tonnage of these vessels were as follows:—

British-121 vessels of 301,679 tons.

German-45 vessels of 104,976 tons. French-9 vessels of 11,334 tons.

Norwegian-7 vessels of 10,821 tons. Chinese vessels of 10,428 tons.

Emigration surveys were held on 81 vessels, 40 of which were British and 41 Foreign. The number of boilers built under inspection, viz. :-14, is much below the average. As most of these boilers are intended for passenger launches licensed to run locally, this will give some idea of the poor state of trade in the launch building, small engineering and boiler making establishments.

RETURN OF WORK performed by the GOVERNMENT MARINE SURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT.

Years.

Passenger

Certificate and

Inspection of

Bottom.

Emigration.

Tonnage for Registration.

British Tonnage ` Certificate for

Foreign Vessels.

Inspection of

Lights and

Markings.

Crew Space,

Minor Inspec- tions.

Survey of Licen-

Steam-launches. sed Passenger

Boilers under Construction.

Survey of

Inspection of

Government

1897,

158

1898, 164

1899,

144

1900,

151

1901,

157

1902,

175

1903, 190

111

1904,

196

125

1905,

188

1906,

197

HIONOO#N~~~

50 00.00 220 1-6140 - →

*$Di[0[]]}*[

Examination

of Engineers.

Examination of

Chinese Engi- neers for Steam- launches.

Number of Visits in

confection with fore- |

Estimated Total

going Inspections.

109

1,631

121

1,729

134

1,602

187

124

1,834

217

102

118

2,031

210

126

109

1,768

184

126

2,107

203

126

104

2,140

༧་

193

172

1,989

190

84 2,063

Appendix D.

GUNPOWDER DEPOT.

4. During the year 1906, there has been stored in the Government Gunpowder DEPOT, Green Island:-

No.

Approxi-

mate

of cases. weight.

Gunpowder, privately owned,

Do. Government owned,

Cartridges, privately owned,...

Do. Government owned,

5,013 710

lb. 106,560

38,747

1,736

355,725

7,750

Explosive Compounds, privately owned,...

609

38.578.

Do.,

Government owned,

1,178

47,703

Non-explosives, privately owned,

Do.,

Government owned,

8 903

2,925

74,950

Total,

10,235

672,938

150

During the same period there has been delivered out of the Depôt :

Approxi-

No. of cases.

mate

weight.

lb.

For Sale in the Colony:

Gunpowder, privately owned,

1,482

30,765

Cartridges, privately owned,

119

37,775

Explosive Compounds, privately owned,

105

7,050

Nou-explosives, privately owned,

2,025

For Export:-

Gunpowder, privately owned,

1,401

28,025

Cartridges, privately owned,....

317

80,600

Explosive Compounds, privately owned, Non-explosives, privately owned,

175

11,800

900

Total,

3,607

198,940

On the 31st December, 1906, there remained as follows:-

No. of cases. weight.

Approxi-

mate

lb.

Gunpowder, privately owned,

2,130

47,770

Do. Government owned,

Cartridges, privately owned,

1,300

237,850

Do. Government owned,

3,000

Explosive Compounds, privately owned....

329

19,728

Do.

Government-owned,

Non-explosives, privately owned,

Do.*

Government owned,

238

23,800

Total,

4,064 331,70-4

Appendix E.

LIGHTHOUSES.

The amount of Light Dues collected was as follows:—

Class of Vessels.

Rate. No. of per ton. Ships.

Tonnage.

Total Fees collected.

ር.

Ocean Vessels,

Steam-launches,

River Steamers, (Night Boats), } River Launches, (Night Boats), River Steamers, (Day Boats),. River Launches, (Day Boats), Free.

Total,

Free.

1 cent 4,077 7,208,467 72,084.67

| 246

9,185 2.354 1,659,969

63 3,528 1,420 1,099,823

91.85 5,533.74

11.78

...

130

7,428

8,290 9,958,400 77,722.04

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GAP ROCK.

Owing to heavy weather conditions at this station the telegraph cable was broken close to the Rock on the 6th of April; an attempt was made some time later to effect a joining, which however proved abortive. On the 1st of August a temporary repair was made, and communication restored, the line in all respects worked well until the 18th of September when, owing to the collapse of the land lines in the Colony communication was cut off until the 24th of September. The cable was again parted by the typhoon of the 28th of September, and up to the 'present is still in that state; at that time other serious damage was done to lantern windows, lense, magazine, out-houses, derrick, &c., and owing to circumstances mentioned, the lamp could not be lit until the night of the 29th of September; meanwhile the light-keepers from the time of damage until the lamp was relit, strenuously did all that was possible in effecting the necessary repairs.

Owing to break-down in the cable, only 188 vessels have been reported as passing Gap Rock, in addition, 81 messages were sent, and 1,111 received, including the weather reports to the Observatory.

Six hundred and thirty-nine hours and forty minutes of fog were reported from this station during the year, and the fog signal gun was fired 3,954 times.

On one occasion the fortnightly relief could not be carried out owing to the rough sea

WAGLAN ISLAND.

In December this station was placed in telegraphic communication with the Harbour Office, and with the exception of a few days of interrupted service, the line has worked fairly satisfactorily.

During the year 482 vessels were reported as passing Waglan, in addition, 66 telephone messages were received and 46 sent, also 1,412 vessels were not reported owing to interrup- tions embodying 263 days.

There were five hundred and forty hours and twelve minutes of fog reported from this station during the year, and the fog signal gun was fired 5,576 times.

On one occasion the fortnightly relief was not carried out owing to rough sea.

GREEN ISLAND.

Telephonic communication with this station was abolished on the 30th of August from which date telegraphy has been substituted, and has worked satisfactorily.

HONGKONG.

No. 1907

REPORT ON THE STUDY OF HYGIENE IN HONGKONG SCHOOLS, 1906.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Governor.

EXAMINATIONS FOR MASTERS.

The teaching of Hygiene has been steadily pursued in the schools of the Colony during the year under review. A general improvement is apparent, not only in the pupils, but also in the ability to teach the subject shewn by the teachers. This is especially true of the Chinese masters of the 3 District Schools, whose knowledge of hygiene was two years ago a negligeable quantity. During the earlier part of the year they received regular instruction from the English masters of these schools; and the result was tested when they went in for the South Kensington Examination, Stage I, in May last. Table I gives the results in detail. Thirteen passed out of 19, including (as was to have been expected) all the English masters. Four of the Chinese masters obtained a First Class, and of those of them that passed, none less than a Second Class. Again, in October and after further preparation, the majority of the same inasters entered their names for the examination of the Royal Sanitary Institute, held locally. The results have not yet been published; but it may be doubted whether junior Chinese masters have so thorough a knowledge of English, as would enable them to express themselves with the necessary clearness and exactitude on matters involving the use of unwonted and technical terms.

NEW PUBLICATIONS.

There is a standing difficulty in some of the less advanced of our schools in persuad- ing the teachers to confront their pupils with the facts of everyday life, and to use their own observation. I have seen an object lesson on the bamboo illustrated by a picture out of a reading book. This distaste to come face to face with realities has found some excuse

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in the case of the teaching of hygiene, where the presumed necessity of providing a costly and elaborate apparatus has been a deterrent from the supply of any. But after all, every- day things are those best suited to illustrate the arguments of hygiene in their bearing on everyday life. With this idea, Mr. WILLIAMS of the Victoria School has published a number of "Experiments in

Experiments in Hygiene to accompany Dr. PEARSE'S Manual; and the work has proved of use.

said

The study of hygiene has been included in the "Model Course of Instruction for Vernacular Schools given in Appendix C of my Annual Report for 1905; and as this Course is adopted by all the Vernacular Schools that are worth anything, it may that the subject will soon be taught in Standards IV and above in all Government and Grant Vernacular Schools. Unfortunately, two attempts to render the Manual into Chinese have not satisfied the critical spirit of the Registrar General's Office: a third translation, very kindly made by the Hon. Dr. Họ KAI, C.M.G., has now been completed; the book is in the press, and will be in the hands of the masters of the Vernacular Schools immediately after China New Year.

STUDY OF THE SUBJECT IN SCHOOLS.

The subject continues to be taught in all the English and Anglo-Chinese Government and Grant Schools of the Colony, with a few unimportant exceptions. The total numbers under instruction are given in Table II. They shew a reduction as compared with last year, 1,439 to 1,524. This reduction, which has not in fact any great importance, is due partly to the closing of the Cathedral School and partly to a change in the method of class- ification. In some schools, where the pupils in Standard III are very young, it is hard to say whether they are or are not under instruction in hygiene. They are present at the lectures or at some of them; but they are quite incapable of deriving advantage from a great part of the lessons in the subject. The increase of pupils under instruction in Standards VI and VII, from 307 to 334, is on the contrary significant of a real progress.

EXAMINATION OF SCHOOLS.

Progress was again tested by a competitive examination for prizes and a challenge shield, kindly of red by His Excellency the Governor. It was held on December 3rd, in the way described in my Report for last year, except that the competitors for the shield, that is the Teams from the junior Standards, were examined at Queen's College (if boys), or at the Belilios School (if girls), and not at their own schools. The examiners were as before the Principal Civil Medical Officer and the Medical Officer of Health.

The number of competitors in the Advanced Examination was 64, composed of 36 boys from 5 schools, and 28 girls from 5 schools.

there were 79 competitors from 12

The results were as follows:

Last year,

schools.

Place.

Name.

First,

Lau Iu-Chung,..

equal,

Third,

equal,

Carlos Sequeira,

Wan Shuk-ching,...

...Chan Chiu-Yau,

School.

Prize.

Ellis Kadoorie School .....

...$60

....St. Joseph's College,

..$60

.Belilios School,

.$20

Diocesan School, Boys,

....$20

The French Convent did not send in any candidates for the Advanced Course this year; and Saiyingpun School could not, as it no longer takes its pupils above the equiva- lent of Standard V. The Cathedral School is also absent from the list, it having been closed. St. Mary's competed for the first time.

In view of the steady preparation throughout the year and the great efforts made by many of the schools, the examination papers, given in Appendix A., must be considered to be too easy completely to test the ability of the competitors. In Table III. is given an analysis of the marks obtained by the first 3 competitors from each school. Eight out of 10 schools get 80% or over, and one more nearly as many. The first 4 schools are separated by less than a mark. Only one question received less than half marks in any of the schools. Questions III and VII were well answered by every school: the answers to Questions I and V, dealing with the amount of carbonic acid gas in the air, and requiring a certain neatness in drawing respectively, were the worst done. Similar questions proved stumbling-blocks- last year.

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Fourteen Teams entered for the Elementary Course, numbering altogether 123 com- petitors, as compared with 10 Teams and 98 competitors last year.

The results were as follows:-

First. Diocesan School, Boys. Winners of the Shield. The best paper done for the winning Team was that of MANUEL LEITAO to whom was therefore awarded the prize of $20. But the winning school was run so close by 2 others, the Italian Convent and the Belilios School, that His Excellency decided to give special prizes of $20 for the best papers in their Teams. These fell to ALICE BRANDT of the Italian Convent and to FLORA ROSARIO of the Belilios School. The marks obtained and other details are given in Table JV. The 3 best Teams get over 70%, a figure which was not reached by any school last year. On the other hand, the last 5 schools did badly, so far as the figures shew. But of these, Fairlea could hardly be expected to shine in a test of this severe nature. Wantsai's fall from the high place it took last year is lamentable. It should however be said that a great many boys left that school for Queen's College at the end of the sunimer term, with the result that what was practically a new Team had to be got together. The positions held by the Ellis Kadoorie School in the Advanced and Elementary Examinations reflect the comparative weakness of the lower Classes, as I have pointed out in my Annual Report on that school. Yaumati has risen from the last of the 3 District Schools to the first. The schools which, when the smallness of their fields of selection are considered in conjunction with the immaturity of their pupils, have in my opinion most distinguished them- selves, are the Belilios School, the Anglo-Portuguese School (a new com- petitor) and St. Stephen's School, also a new competitor and one where the whole of the Staff is Chinese. In the case of the latter school I stretched point, and did not insist on a full Team of 10 being sent in, even though there were boys under instruction available to fill it. In all other cases a shortage of pupils alone was accepted as a reason for sending a Team ɔf less than the prescribed numerical strength.

Disregarding the performances of the last 5 schools, it can not said that any question was generally much better or worse done thin the rest. The par set is given in Appendix A.

SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR'S EXAMINATION.

The present system seems to work very well. The only suggestions I have to offer, are that the paper set for the Advanced Course should another year contain more questions calculated to test a knowledge of the books of reference read to supplement the Manual and that in the case of the Advanced competition no school should be allowed to send in more than 3 candidates. Each school should hold a preliminary examination for the purpose of selecting them, unless the teacher can do so by his knowledge of the qualifica- tions of his pupils. If this is done, the examiners will be saved the necessity of wading through a number of papers, which are not nearly good enough to have any chance of winning a prize.

One important school was not represented in the Team competition, apparently as a protest against a decision that schools that promote their pupils at midsummer should not be given some compensating advantage. It is obvious that an advantage is gained by those schools which, promoting at Christmas, have their pupils in Standard V for a whole year prior to the examination. But no remedy suggested itself which was not overcum- brous, or likely to introduce further anomalies. That no overwhelming hardship is caused by the present system is proved by the fact that under it the Italian Convent and the Anglo-Portugese School came out so well.

EDWARD A. IRVING,

Inspector of Schools.

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Table I.

BOARD OF EDUCATION, SOUTH KENSINGTON, LONDON, S.W.

RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATIONS IN SCIENCE, 1906.

For communication to the Teachers and Candidates.

Name of Centre: Hongkong.

Subject XXV: Hygiene

Result.

Names.

Saiyingpun School.

Appointment.

Annual Salary.

Remarks.

A. Morris,

Head Master,...

£270

Chan Chiu-un,

1st Assistant Master,

$840

Ng Ut-chi,

Un Chun-wa,

| N

2nd

$480

3rd

$180

Yaumati School.

W. Curwen,

Head Master,

£360

J. C. Parkin,

English Assistant Master,

£270

Ng Fung-chau, Leung Shin-on, Li Tat-cheung, Un Kwong,...

1st

$960

2nd

$720

3rd

$480

4th

$480

Wantsai School.

Young Hee,

Kwok King-shan,

Kung Hon,...

Lo Yuk-lun,

Li Mun-kwong,

Anglo-Indian School.

Jahangir Khan,

Ho Yan-tak,

Master,

2nd Master,

Aberdeen School.

Li King-shum,

Master,

Tanglungchau School.

Wan Hang-un,

Master,

Head Master,

£240

1st Assistaut Master,

$780

2nd

$480

3rd

$480

4th

$180

$480

$600

1. means 1st Class; 2. means 2nd Class; P. means Pass; a dash means Failure.

Table II.

NUMBERS INSTRUCTED IN HYGIENE IN 1906.

SCHOOL.

STANDARDS. STANDARDS.

TOTAL.

III to V.

VI & VII.

Queen's College, St. Joseph's, Diocesan Boys',

576

176

752

121

159

Yaumati,

Ellis Kadoorie,

Saiyingpun,

Italian Convent,

Wantsai,

Diocesan Girls',

St. Stephen's,..

French Couvent,

St. Mary's,

Belilios School,

12.

Kowloon School,

Victoria School,

Anglo-Portuguese School,..

Fairlea,

Total,

1,105

331

1,439

Note. These are the numbers who have received instruction during the year. They

were not necessarily all under instruction at the time of the examination.

}

School.

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Table III.

RESULTS OF EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 1906.

ADVANCED COURSE.

SUM OF MARKS OF 3 BEST

CANDIDATES.

Max. 30.

Total. Average

Max.

Marks

210.

of Candidates.

Selection.

Average Age

Field of

REMARKS.

QUESTION

Ellis Kadoorie,

St. Joseph's,

Diocesan School,

Kowloon School,.........

Italian Convent,.

Belilios Public School,

Victoria School,

Diocesan Girls',

Queen's College,..

St. Mary's,

HAANOR 23 200

24 28 30

II. III. IV. V.

21 23 30 22

VI. VII.

178

84.76

29 25

177

84.28

14 38

2226 27 25

176

83.80

25 25

W ND OH OK

176

83 80

80 26

174

82.85

15 14

173

82.33 13 8

20 24

170

80.95 13 11

20 16

16 16 16

112

$0.00 14 4 2 Candidates.

164

78.09 17 90

132

62.85 15

The figures in Red are over 70% of full marks; those in black type under 50%.

School.

Table IV.

RESULTS OF EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 1906.

ELEMENTARY COURSE.

SUM OF MARKS OF CANDIDATES.

Max. 100.

Total.

Max.

700.

No. of

Candidates.

Average

Marks

alo

of Candidates.

Selection. Field of

Average Age

QUESTION

II. III. IV. V. VI. VII.

Diocesan Boys',

65 17W

168

500

Italian Convent,

71.49

131 63

Belilios Public School,

Anglo Portuguese,

Yaumati,

63.

Queen's College,.

Ellis Kadoorie,

Diocesan Girls',

Saiyingpun,

St. Stephen's,

Fairlea,

3750

39 27

529 26 29

· 56 57 56 40 55 62 48 43 47 45 40

55 59 46 46 53

33 40

Wantsai,

French Convent,. St. Mary's,

28 32 23 42 28 34 9 19 15 19 23 12 22 16 2927 34 40 33 32 31 38 33 34 35 32|22| 30 28 27 26 33 25 26

498 10 71.04 14 30 279 5 79.71 13 8 337

68.77 7

14 7 445 10

68.57 15 39 383 10 356 10 50.85 12 18 313 10 44.71 16 31 210 7 42.85 19 7 240 10 34.28 15

32 119 5 34.00 17 211 9 33.49 17 21 225 10 32.14 12 11 195 10 27.85 13

54.71 17 120

The figures in Red are over 60% of full marks; those in black type under 40%.

REMARKS.

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Appendix A.

HYGIENE COMPETITION.

ADVANCED COURSE.

Time allowed-Two hours and a half.

1. What is the maximum amount of CO2 that should be permitted in the air of a room which is occupied by human beings? Explain how soon this limit is reached, and how to prevent the limit being exceeded.

2. What are the causes of hardness of a water; and how can a hard water be softened? 3. For what purposes is food required? How much of each class of food is required. daily by a man doing hard work?

4. What infectious and contagious diseases are likely to be spread by second-hand bedding and clothing?

5. What is the damp-course in a building? Where is it placed; and what purpose does it serve?

sewer.

6. Make a rough drawing of a drain for carrying off the slops from a kitchen to the

Show the drain trap, and explain its use.

7. A case of Small-pox occurs in a private house, protect the other inmates of the house from infection. of Small-pox?

Explain what ought to be done to What is the usual incubation period

ELEMENTARY COURSE.

Time allowed :-Two hours.

1. What percentage of Carbonic Acid Gas is there in the atmosphere? In what ways

is this amount increased? Is there any way in which it is reduced?

2. How is water collected and supplied to the houses in Hongkong? What are the different ways in which it can become contaminated?

3. Food for man must contain starch, fat, albumen and salts. Name the principal articles of your daily diet, and state which of the above ingredients are contained in each of them.

4. What are the special advantages of woollen clothing?

5. What are the reasons for putting concrete on the ground surface of a house? Why are ceilings not desirable in the houses in the city of Victoria?

6. Why is every house in the City provided with a drain? What is the best way to prevent these drains getting choked ?

7. How do persons get Malarial Fever; and what are the best things to do to prevent this disease spreading ?

HONGKONG.

JURORS LIST FOR 1907.

No. 1507

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

HONGKONG

TO WIT.

I. SPECIAL JURORS.

NAME IN FULL.

Anton, Charles Edward.

Arculli, Abdoolla Fuckeera Arima, Tadaichi.................... Babington, Anthony Barton, John

Beattie, Andrew...... Becker, Arthur Wilhelm

Arthur.....

Bérindoagne, Louis Bird, Herbert William Bolles, John Walker Bryer, Alfred.

Butterworth, Harold Thornton Carter, William Leonard Chan A Fook........

Chau Siu Ki

Clark, Duncan

Cochrane, Thomas Park Craddock, Douglas William

Cruickshank, William Arthur

Carruthers Dann, George Harry David, Abraham Jacob Davis, William Herbert Tren-

chard

Denison, Albert Douglas, James Tory

OCCUPATION.

Merchant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Army & Navy Contractor, Maunger, Osaka Shosen Kaisha,. Merchant, Shewan, Tomes & Co., Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Manager, W. R. Loxley & Co.,

Merchant, Sander, Wieler & Co., Manager, Banque de l'Indo-Chine, Architect, Palmer & Turner, General Manager, Standard Oil Co., Architect, Leigh & Orange,....... Merchant, Butterfield & Swire, Manager, China & Japan Telephone Co., Director, Watkins, Ltd.,

Secty., Chun On Fire Insur. Co., Ld., Storekeeper, Lane, Crawford & Co., .... Manager, Chartered Bank of I. A. & C., General Traffic Agent, Canadian Pacific

Railway Co.,

Merchant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Merchaut, H. Wicking & Co.,............... Merchant, . J. David & Co.,

Manager, Commercial Union Assurance

Co., Lủ.,

Civil Engineer, Denison, Ram & Gibbs,... Marine Surveyor, Goddard & Douglas,

ABODE.

Red Hill, Peak. 20 Yee Wo Street.

On premises.

63 Robinson Road.

Red Hill, Peak.

Stoke's Bungalow West, Peak.

The Peak.

Queen's Building, Des Voeux Road.

2 Peakside, The Peak.

3 Elliott Crescent, Robinson Rd.

1 Des Voeux Road.

76 Mount Kellett Road. Hongkong Hotel. Queen's Road.

12 Po Hing Lane. Tusculum, Barker Road, Peak. Charter House.

10 Stewart Terrace, Peak.

East Point.

St. George's Building, Des Voeux 2 & 3 Gough Hill.

[Road.

Wolverton, Peak. Ebordale, Peak.

Tantallon, Barker Road, Peak.

NAME IN FULL.

Dowley, Walter Arthur... Ehmer, Hermann Forbes, Andrew Freyvogel, Ernest Fuchs, Friedrich

Arnold......

Fung Wa Chün

Hernianu

Gaskell, William Henry Gibbs, Lawrence, Göetz, Ernst

Gordon, Alexander Grant.... Gourdin, Allston O'Driscoll... Grace, Charles Henry Graham, Walter Douglas Gubbay, Charles Sassoon Hancock, Sidney Haskell, David Haupt, Armin Emil

Hinds, Edward Harvey. Ho Fook

Hooper, Augustus Shelton...

Ho Tung.

Hough, Thomas Frederick.

Howard, Albert Hughes, Edward Jones...

Humphreys, Henry Jessen, Johann Heinrich Kiene, Ferdinand Lammert, George Philip Lan Chü Pak Lauts, Johann Theodor Law, Donaldson Riddelt, Layton, Bendyshe,... Leiria, João Joaquim. Lenzmann, Carl Robert.. Lowe, Arthur Rylands Mackenzie, Alexander Maitland, Francis Marten, Richard............. May, Charles William Medhurst, George Harold Melchers, Friedrich Wilhelm... Michael, Joseph Rahamin... Mihara, Andrew Shigekichi... Mitchell, Robert........ Moxon, Geoffrey Charles Northcote, Mowbray Stafford

Orange, James

Ormistou, Evan Ough, Arthur Henry Parlane, William Pemberton, George William

Cyril

Peter, Jolin Charles Pinckney, Herbert.... Ram, Edward Albert... Raymond, Abraham Jacob Rennie, Alfred Ilerbert.. Rodger, Alexander Rose, Thoinas Isaac, Ross, Charles Henderson Rumjahu, Ahmet

Sassoon, Moses Silas.... Saunders, William Joshua

Scott, Charles Robert Scott, John Gray Scott, William Murray Shellim, Edward Silverstone, Sholom Skelton, Alfred Holland

Slade, Henry Adolphus Warre

SPECIAL JURORS,-Continued.

OCCUPATION.

General Manager, Vacuum Oil Co., Merchant, Grossmann & Co., Merchant, Bradley & Co., Manager, Russo-Chinese Bank,

Merebant, Siemssen & Co., Compradore, Shewan, Tomes & Co., Accountant and Auditor

Architect, Denison, Ram & Gibbs,. Merchant, Arnhold, Karberg & Co., Engineer, A. G. Gordon & Co., Assistant Secretary, Hongkong Club, Secretary, Hongkong Club....... Commission Agent and General Importer, Merchant, E.. D. Sassoon & Co.,... Exchange Broker,...

Merchant,

Merchant, Melchers & Co., Agent, Glen Line of Steamers, Compradore, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Secretary, Hongkong Land Investment &

Agency Co., Ld., Merchant,

Broker, & Govt. Auctioneer, Hughes &

Hough,

Merchant, D. Sassoon & Co., Lıl., Broker, & Govt. Auctioneer, Hughes &

Hough,

Merchant, J. D. Humphreys & Son, Merchant, Jebsen & Co., Auctioneer, Auctioneer,

Assistant, A. S. Watson & Co., Merchant, Lants, Wegener & Co., Merchant, Butterfield & Swire,. Exchange Broker,

Merchant, J. J. dos Remedios & Co., Merchant, Carlowitz & Co.,... Chartered Accountant,. Merchant, Arthur & Co., Merchant, Linstead & Davis, Merchant, Rädecker & Co., Chief-Acet., H.K. & S'hai Bank, Manager, Dodwell & Co., Ld., Merchant, Wendt & Co., Broker,

Manager, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Naval Architect, Dock Co.,.............. Banker,

Secretary, Hongkong Land Reclamation

Co., Lu.,

Civil Engineer, Leigh & Orange, Banker,

Civil Engineer, Leigh & Orange, Manager, Hongkong Ice Co., Ld.,

Assistant, China Fire Insurance Company,

Limited,

Sub-Manager, HK. & S'hai Bank,....... Exchange Broker,

Architect, Denison, Ram & Gibbs,. Merchant, E. D. Sassoon & Co.,..... Merchant, A. H. Rennie & Co.,

Sugar Refiner, China Sugar Refinery, Secretary, Dock Co.,...................

...

Merchant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., . Merchant, Rumjahn & Co.,

Exchange Broker,

Secretary, Union Insurance Society

Canton, Limited,

Manager, International Bankg. Corp., Manager, Tramway Co.,

Sugar Refiner, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Merchant, D. Sassoon & Co., Ld., Agent, P. M. S.S. Co.,

Storekeeper, Lane, Crawford & Co., Merchant, Gilman & Co.,

ABODE.

Hongkong Hotel.

Fair View, 1 Robinson Road. Eilandonan, Peak. On premises.

Cragside, 130, Peak. On premises.

4, Des Voeux Road Central. 107, Peak. Luginsland, Peak Road. Tor Crest, Peak. 61 Robinson Road. Morrison Hill. Haytor, 108, Peak.

9 Macdonnell Road.

10 Queen's Gardens, Peak Road. Des Voeux Road Central. On premises. Dunnottar, Peak. Caine Road.

Rougemont, 1 Macdonnell Road. Caine Road.

8 Des Voeux Road. Kurrahjeen, 7 Peak Road.

Meirion, Peak.

Abertholwyn, Peak Road. King's Building.

1 Humphreys' Avenue, Kowloon. Elliott Crescent.

Queen's Road Central.

21 Conduit Road.

On premises.

1 Prince's Building, Des Voeux Road Duart, 15 Arbutbuot Road.

2 Connaught Road.

St. George's Building, Chater Road. Dunedin, Barker Road.

Nettlewood, Robinson Road. 5 Duddell Street.

On premises.

Hazledene, Upper Richmond Road. Strathallan, Robinson Road.

4 Century Crescent, Kennedy Road. Stonehenge, 5 Robinson Road. Peak Hotel.

41 Plantation Road, Peak.

5 Macdonnell Road.

Red Hill East, Peak.

6 Queen's Gardens, Peak Road. Prince's Building. East Point.

8 Stewart Terrace, Peak.

St. John's Place.

6 Stewart Terrace, Peak.

Lyeemun, Barker Road, Peak. Devonia, 11 Peak Road.

2 Chater Road.

East Point.

Goolistan, Conduit Road. East Point.

64 Queen's Road Central.

3 Beaconsfield Arcade.

Kellett Crest, Peak.

1 Cameron Villas, Peak.

Clovelly, Peak Road. Quarry Bay,

Kurrahjeen, 7 Peak Road. King Edward Hotel.

Craigends, Barker Road, Peak. Taiping, Mount Gough, Peak.

NAME IN FULL.

Stewart, Murray. Stokes, Arthur George Suter, Hugo

Tam Tsz Kong,

Tomkins, Herbert Edmund Tomlin, George Lomer..... Turner, Arthur

Vanburen, Joseph Sheffield ... Walker, William Bradley Watson, William Malcolm.. Wendt, Friedrich August White, Henry Percy Whittall, James Bowyer Kid-

man

Wickham, William Henry. Wilford, Francis Cumming Williams, Arthur John Wilson, William..

SPECIAL JURORS,—Continued.

OCCUPATION.

Exchange Broker, Broker,

Manager, Deutsch Asiatische Bank, General Manager, Chai On Marine Ins.

Co., Ltd.,

Merchant, Reiss & Co.,

Secretary, China Fire Insurance Co.,.......... Architect, &c., Palmer & Turner, Merchant,

Asst. Gen. Manager, Standard Oil Co., Merchant, John D. Hutchison & Co., Merchant, Wendt & Co., Merchant, Douglas, Lapraik & Co.,

Secretary, China Traders' Ins. Co., Manager, Electric Light Co., Storekeeper, Lane, Crawford & Co., Eugineer, Punchard, Lowther & Co., Acting Chief Manager, Dock Co.,

II. COMMON JURORS.

ABODE.

113, Plantation Road, Peak. Prince's Building. Hatherleigh, Conduit Road.

42 Bonham Strand West. Queen's Building. Earnsfoot, 30 Robinson Road. Eggesford, Penk.

St. Andrews', Barker Road, Peak. 21 Robinson Road.

Abergeldie, Plantation Road, Peak. 2 Hillside, Peak. 1 Douglas Street.

Red Hill, Peak. 23 Conduit Road.

College Chambers, Wyndham Street. Hongkong Club. Kowloon Docks.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ABODE.

Aagaard, Bjarne.....

Steamship Agent, Aagaard Thoreson & Co., 1 Austin Avenue, Kowloou.

Abdoolrahim, Abdoolhoosen .. | Architect,

Abraham, Albert

Abraham, Ezekiel

Abraham, Ezra

Abraham, Joseph Abraham, Reuben Adams, Francis Robert John. Ahmed, Sheik Aboo

Ahrendt, Carl Max Heinrich... Aitken, Robert Akamatsu, Iliyoichi Allen, Frank Stanley Allen, William Stanley Alvares, Luiz Maria Jacques Alves, Autouio Luiz Alves, José Maria Amerudeen, Ismail II.

Anderson, Janics David Smith Anderson, John William Anderson, Lionel John Crossley Anderson, Willi»mg. Andrew, John Ingram Andrews, David Alexander Autia, Naorojec Kersaspjec Apear, Arratoon Vertannes Arculli, Adul Kader el Arculli, Osman el Armstrong, John Henry

William

Arnold, Charles

Arnold, Join

Argott, Thomas

Artoon, Carapict Manaser Asger, Asadu!!

Ebrahim

Asger, Mehdi Ebrahim

Ancott, Ernest Frank

Auld, James Durran Austin, Authony Roy Austin, Frank

Backhouse. James Herbert Bailey, William Seybourne Bain, Alexander.

Baker, James

Clerk, Gas Co.,

Clerk, S. J. David & Co.,

Clerk, Chartered Bank of I. A. & C., Clerk, W. Shewan & Co.,

Clerk, Chartered Bank of I. A. & C., Civil Engineer, Quarry Bay Shipyard, Assistant, HK. Milling Co., Ltd., Assistant, Melchers & Co., Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Merchaut,

Banker, Chartered Bank of I. A. & C., Manager, Sperry Flour Company, Merchant, L. M. Alvares & Co.,........... Clerk, Chartered Bank of I. A. & C., Merchant, L. M. Alvares & Co.,........... Manager, C. A. Camroodin,

Inspector, China & Japan Telephone Co., Mechanical Engineer, Fenwick & Co.,.... Assistant, HK. & S'hai Bank,............... Assistant, Lane, Crawford & Co., Geo. Fenwick & Co.,

... Civil Engineer, Quarry Bay Shipyard,.

Merchant, Tata & Co.,....

Merchant, A. V. Apcar & Co., Merchant,

Army & Navy Contractor,

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire, Foreman,

73 Wellington Street. 26 Staunton Street. College Chambers.

3 Ripon Terrace.

3 Ripon Terrace, Caine Road. 3 Ripon Terrace. Craigieburn, Peak.

1 Lower Ladder Street Terrace. On premises.

Quarry Bay.

3 Century Crescent Terrace.

3 Queen's Road.

6 Conduit Road.

Selbourne Villa East, 10 Kennedy Rd. 40 High Street.

24 Robinson Road.

21 Cochrane Street, Ice House Street. 12 Praya East. On premises. On premises. 157 Praya East. Quarry Bay Shipyard. 49 Hollywood Road. 45 Wyndham Street. 20 Yee Wo Street.

20 Yee Wo Street.

2 Elliott Crescent, 27 Robinson Road.

16 Shaukiwen Road,

Accountant,IIK.C.&M.Steamboat Co., Ld., 9 Humphreys' Avenue, Kowloon.

Engineer, G. I. Cement Co., Ld., Assistant, A. H. Rennie & Co.,.

Asst., HK. Land 'Investment & Agency

Co., Lt.,

Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co., Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld., Architect,

Mercantile Asst., Butterfield & Swire,.

Asst., Lütgens Einstmann & Co., Bailey & Co.,

Engineer, China Sugar Refinery,. Foreman, Punchard, Lowther & Co........

Hok-in, Kowloou.

2 Chater Road.

49 Wyndham Street.

Glenshiel, Plantation Road, Peak. Dodwell & Co.'s premises.,

6 Observatory Villas, Kowloo 1 Connaught Road.

2 Pedder Street.

Hongkong Hotel Bowrington. 10 Gage Street.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ABODE.

B-Continued.

Baker, Wm. Alfred Curtis

Russell.....

Ballock, Gideon

Banker, George

Barrett, Edgar George

Barretto, Alberto Demée Barretto, Frederico Demée

Barretto, Frederico Francisco.] Barretto, Octavio Demée..... Barton, Robert H.

Marine Engineer,

Merchant, Gilman & Co., Merchant, Dang Chee Son & Co., Sub-Mgr., Dodwell & Co., Ld., Clerk, Cruz, Basto & Co., Merchant, Barretto & Co., Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co., Assistant, Barretto & Co., Stenographer,

Bassford, William Faulkner ... Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery,

Baxter, Robert Hall

Beason, Charles Henry Beattie, Matthew Pool Benjamin, Joseph Berblinger, Albrecht August

Carl..

Bernheim, Eugene

Beuzeville, James

Bevan, Herbert Staton Bevington, Francis Bird, Lennox Godfrey Bisschop, Philip John Roose-

garde

Blackburn, Leslie James Blackledge, Harold

Blair, David Keny

Blair, Thomas.....

Blake, Anthony Robert.. Blake, John

Bliefernicht, Heinrich Blood, Guy...

Blunt, Harold Ernest.. Boetje, Johan.... Boge, Otto Emil Hugo Bolton, Andrew Adams.... Bonnar, Johu Whyte Cooper. Bosch, Hendrik Joan van den. Boulton, Sydney

Bovet, Frederick Francis Boyce, William Bensley Boyes, John Ridley Bradley, Frederic Broughton... Brandes, Karl................... Bridger, Herbert Ben Brooks, Robert

Brown, Frederick Archibald... Brown, Neilage Sharp Brown, William Samuel Browne, Percy Edward.. Bryson, Alexander. Buchan, John..........

Buckle, Percv.

Bulmer, J. Herbert,

Bune, Thos. Friedrich Andreas Bunje, Emil Theodor................ Burjor, Dhunjeebhoy Sorabjee

Dady.... Burke, Harry Austin.. Burn, George Andrew Buyers, Charles Badenoch......

Clerk, Dock Co.,

Chtd. Acct., Butterfield & Swire, Merchant, W. R. Loxley & Co., Clerk, E. D. Sassoon & Co.,

Assistant, F. Blackhead & Co., Merchant, Ullmann & Co., Bookkeeper, Dang Chee Sou & Co., Piano Tuner, Lane, Crawford & Co., Mercantile Assistant,

Architect, &c., Palmer & Turner,

Genl. Agt., Java-China-Japan Lijn, Gas Engineer,

Storekeeper, Dock Co., Accountant,

Sugar Boiler, China Sugar Refinery, Draughtsman, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery,

Foreman Carpenter, Dock Co., Architect, &c., Palmer & Turner, Assistant, HK. & S'hai Bank, Manager, Neth. India Commercial Bank, Clerk, North German Lloyd Office, Engineer, Fenwick & Co., Ld., Assistant, Gibb, Livingston & Co.,. Assistant, Java-China-Japan Lijn,. Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Assistant, Arnhold, Karberg & Co., .. Acct., Punchard, Lowther & Co., Assistant, HK. & S'hai Bank, Merchant, The Savoy Ld., Assistant, Grossmann & Co., Electrical Engineer,

Foreman Boiler-maker, Dock Co., Wharfinger, HK. & K. W. & Godown Co., Assistant, Butterfield & Swire,

Clerk, HK. & K. W. & Godown Co., Ld., Piano Tuner, Lane, Crawford & Co., Accountant, Bradley & Co.,

Foreman Mason, B. & S.'s Shipyard,. Assistant, P. & O. Co., Stenographer, Standard Oil Co., Ship Broker, ...

Manager, Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.,

Merchant and Commission Agent, Acct., Pacific Mail S. S. Co., Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Supt. Engineer, Tramway Co.,

14 Sau Wa Fong, Wanchai. Taiping, Mount Gough, Peak. 25 Des Voeux Road.

3 Park View, Lyttleton Road. Larkspur, Robinson Road. 1 Castle Road.

18 Wyndham Street. 44 Caine Road.

1 Queen's Road East. Quarry Bay. Kowloon Dock. Ou premises. Ou premises. 54 Peel Street.

Bisnee Villa, Pokfulum. 34 Queen's Road Central. 25 Des Voeux Road Central. Lane, Crawford & Co.'s premises. Hongkong Club.

2 Cameron Villas, Peak.

York Building.

Gas Work, Kowloon. Kowloon Docks.

Peak Hotel.

1 Leighton Hill Road.

Quarry Bay.

Kowloon Docks.

4 Cameron Villas, Peak.

On premises. Hongkong Club.

155 Wanchai Road. On premises.

St. George's Building.

5 Stewart Terrace, Peak. Quarry Bay.

Tai-kok-tsui, Kowloon.

1 Carnavon Road, Kowloon. On premises.

3 Moreton Terrace.

1 Garden Road, Kowloon.

1 Moreton Terrace, Causeway Bay.. Kowloon Docks.

5 Victoria View, Kowloon. 1 Connaught Road.

3 Stewart Terrace, Peak. On premises.

Gilston, Robinson Road. Quarry Bay.

2 Pedder's Hill. Hongkong Hotel.

Smith Villas, Magazine Gap. Shaukiwan Road.

60 Des Voeux Road.

Hotel Baltimore, Wyndham Street. Shaukiwan Road.

Peak.

Caldwell, Daniel Augustus ... Estate and Mortgage Broker,

Caldwell, George Arthur

Campbell ancis

Campbh Frank..

Carn.

Carrol

Cassidy

Castro, Jo

d'Alma

air F.

letcher

phi

Chief Clerk, Dock Co.,................... Crane Driver, Butterfield & Swire, Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co., Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co.,

Godown Keeper, Chiua Sugar Refinery, Consulting Engineer,

Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co..

Locomotive Driver, Butterfield & Swire,...

Queen's Road Central. On premises. Quarry Bay. Greencroft, Kowloon. Hotel Mansions. On premises.

10 Mountain View,

3 Pedder's Hill. Quarry Bay.

Assistant, International Banking Corp.,... 1 East Terrace, Kowloon.

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NAME IN FULL.

C-Continued.

OCCUPATION.

Catchick, Gregorius George... Clerk, E. D. Sassoon & Co.,

Chalmers, James Hynd Chan Houkey Chan Pat

Chapman, Edward John Chapple, Frederick Chard, Henry Frank

Chater, Chater Paul

Christiani, George Albrecht

Max Theodor. Chunyut, Frederick George Chunyut, Oscar Rowan Clark, Ernest Sidney. Clark, Jasper Clark, Milton Ona Clarke, Frank Stanley Clarke, Thomas William Clarke, Wm. Edward

Clarke, Wm. Gray....... Clasen, Heury Christian Clelland, Joseph.......... Clemann, Ernest, Cobden, Alfred Sydney. Cobley, Augustus Otto

Fresenius

Colahan, Henry James Collett, Charles

Collins, James

Connor, Joseph Leo Cooke, Charles Johu Cooper, Rustomjee Burjorjee... Coppin, Alan Griffiths ... Cordeiro, Albano Antonio Cornell, Francis Heawood......

Costigan, Charles Telford. Coughtrie, Roger

Coulthart, John

Course, Arthur

...

Courtney, Gerald Newman Cousland, Alexander Stark

Dalglish

Craddock, Heury Edwin

Craik, James Crapnell, Albert Edward Crawford, Frank Malcolm

Lane

Crawford, William Joseph Crispin, Charles.......... Crosbie, James

Cruickshank, Geo. Seymour

Cruickshank, John............. Curreein, Valab..... Currie, Alexander Scott Curry, George Percy

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire, Manager, Ip On Co.,

Clerk, China Fire Insurance Co., Clerk, Linstead and Davis, Assistant, W. Powell Ld.,

Sub-Acct., Chartered Bank of I. A.

China,.

Secretary, HK, Iron Mining Co., Ld

Exchange Broker,....

Assistant, W. R. Loxley & Co., Assistant, W. R. Loxley & Co., Assistant, Lane, Crawford & Co., Assistant, Standard Oil Company, Assistant, Standard Oil Co., Banker, International Baukg. Corpu..... Engineer, Standard Oil Co.,

Secretary, HK. C. & M. Steamboat

Co., Ld.,

Engineer,

Book-keeper, Grossmann & Co...... Shipwright, Dock Co.,

Assistant, Ullmann & Co.,

ABODE.

4 Morrison Hill Road. Peak Hotel.

19 Aberdeen Street.

1 Lower Mosque Terrace. Nettlewood, Robinson Road. 28 Queen's Road.

On premises.

Conduit Road.

Hongkong Club. 38 Caine Road. 38 Caine Road. Ou premises.

I Mountain View, Peak. Hotel Mansions. Hongkong Club. Hongkong Hotel.

Durnford, Peak.

Robinson Road.

6 Mountain View, Peak. Kowloon Docks.

34 Queen's Road Central.

Chartered Accountant, Butterfield & Swire, On premises.

Civil Engineer,

Cashier, Russo-Chinese Bank,.

Manager, Wallem & Co.,..

Foreman Mechanic, Punchard, Lowther

& Co.,

Quarry Bay. Hongkong Hotel.

Hongkong Club Annexe.

Naval Yard Extension,

Barker Road, Peak.

Assistant Accountant, Standard Oil Co., Hongkong Hotel. Draughtsman, Dock Co.,.... Assistant, N. Mody & Co., Assistant, Bradley & Co., Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co., Electrician, Wilks & Jack,

Accountant, Mercantile Bank,. Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld., Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co., Traffic Supt., Electric Tramway, Clerk, Butterfield & Swire,.

Assistant, Ross & Co.,.............

Sanitary Superintendent, HK. & K. W.

& Godown Co.,

Assistant Steward, Hongkong Club, Book-keeper, Lane, Crawford & Co.,

Clerk, Lane, Crawford & Co., Clerk,.....

Foreman Shipwright, Dock Co.,. Sugar Boiler, Taikoo Sugar Refinery,. Mechanical Engineer,

Jeweller, Falconer & Co... Merchant,

Sugar Boiler,..

Local Secretary, Gas Co......

•

54 & 56 Queen's Road Central. Richmond House, Barker Road, Peak. 4 Rose Terrace, Robinson Road. 9 Punjab Buildings, Granville Road,

Kowloon.

11 Queen's Road Central.

On premises.

Hotel Mansions.

35 Wong-nei-chong Road. Mount Kellett, Peak.

6 Des Voeux. Villas, Mount Kellett,

Peak.

33 Praya East. Hongkong Club.

On premises.

Kowloon Docks.

Quarry Bay.

The Summer House, Mt. Kellett,

Peak.

Hotel Baltimore.

22 Leighton Hill Road. Quarry Bay.

Westbourne Villa, N.

Daniel, Walter Danielsen, Julius Emil

Darton, Thomas Harwood. David, Ramésh Davidson, Horace Davidson, Peter

Davies, Arthur Frederick Davison, William Day, Frank Oswald Demée, Alfred Bonaparte

Constance

Dermer, Harold Whitelock

...

Civil Engineer, Punchard, Lowther & Co., Hongkong Club.

Assistant, F. Blackhead & Co., Chtd. Acct., Butterfield & Swire, Assistant Manager, Kowloon Hotel, Assistant, Butterfield & Swire,

Sub. Acct., National Bank of China, Ld., Assistant Manager, HK. Hotel, Foreman Shipwright, Dock Co., Clerk, Butterfield & Swire,

Clerk, Messageries Maritimes,.... Assistant, Dodwell & Co., L.,

St. George's Building. 1 Connaught Road. On premises.

Lycemoon Terrace, Quarry Bay. | Y.M.C.A., Alexandra Building.

On premises.

Kowloon Docks.

5 Ripon Terrace.

108 Macdonnell Road, Kowloon. 6 Park View, Lyttleton Road.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ABODE.

D-Continued.

Desebrock, Hermann Emil Dickie, James.. Dickson, David Dickson, Robert........ Diercks, Alfred Chihli Dinning, Hugh Diss, Arthur Charles.. Diss, George Ambrose Ditch, George Benjamin Dixon, Arthur Wesley. Dixon, Fred. Harvey.. Dixon, Walter Edward Doolittle, Francis Henry Douglas, John Phillips.. Dowbiggin, Hugh Blackwell

Layard

Downing, Thomas Charles Drew, Walter Clement Drude, Fritz

Duncan, George

Duncan, George Leopold Dunlop, Gustaaf Abram Dunrich, Arthur Ellis

William

Durrance, Wm. Henry

• Dutton, Sydney Hardy

Eadie, James

Eberius, Gottfried Fritz Edwards, George Richard...... Edwards, Gilbert Hamilton Einstmann, John William. Ellis, Albert

Ellis, David Ezekiel Ellis, Ezekiel İsanc

Ellis, Frederick

Ellis, Jack Ezekiel Ellis, Obadiah Isaac Elly, Albert

Engel, Gustav Christoph Engel, Lambertus

Esrom, Frank.

Eustace, Bert

Evans, Llewellyn Evans, William

Evans, William Henry Eyre, Harry

Ezekiel, Reuben Marcus Ezra, Edward

Ezra, Reuben

Fairnie, Robert Falconer, Percy James Fenton, Sydney George.. Ferguson, Ernest George...... Ferguson, Robert Alexander... Ferry, Wallace Vincent.... Fischer, Rudolf Fisher, John

Fittock, Charles, Jr. Fletcher, Harold Lewthwaite.

Foeke, Julius Forbes, Donald

Forbes, John Rodger...... Forbes, Ninian Stewart.. Ford, Edward Stephen Ford, William Falconer.. Forman, Eliot Buxton

Assistant, Carlowitz & Co....... Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery,. Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Clerk, W. R. Loxley & Co., Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Master Tailor, Diss Bros., Master Tailor, Diss Bros.,

Foreman, Punchard, Lowther & Co., Superintendent, West River Br. S. S. Co., Cashier, Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, Engineer, Dock Co.,........ Merchant, Savoy Limited, Engr., G. I. Cement Co., Ltd.,

Banker, Mercantile Bank, Acct., Chartered Bank of I., A. & C., Merchant, H. Wicking & Co., Office Assistant,

Foreman Plumber, Dock Co., Assistant, MacEwen, Frickel & Co., Accountant, Neth.-India Com. Bank,

Accountant, Gas Co., Foreman,

Manager, Piece Goods Department, S. J.

David & Co.,

Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Assistant, Meyer & Co., Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld.. Assistant, Butterfield & Swire,

Merchant, Lütgens, Eiustmann & Co., Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld., Merchant,

Clerk, E. D. Sassoon & Co., Broker,

Assistant, Wm. Shewan & Co., Assistant, S. J. David & Co., Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Merchant, Wm. Meyerink & Co., Agent, Netherlands Trading Society,

Book-keeper, East Asjatic Trading Co.,...] Assistant, Lane, Crawford & Co., Clerk, HK. & S'hai Bank, Assistant, Lane, Crawford & Co., Tailor's Cutter, Lane, Crawford & Co., Manager, W. Powell, Ld., Broker, Erich Georg & Co., Assistant, D. Sassoon & Co., Ld., Assistant, D. Sassoon & Co., Ld.,

Banker, Chartered Bank of I. A. & C., . Clerk, Butterfield & Swire, Assistant, Butterfield & Swire, Clerk, HK. & S'hai Bank,

Sugar Boiler, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Clerk, Waverley Hotel, Merchant,

Engineer, Dock Co., Foreman Shipwright, Dock Co., Consulting Engineer, Merchant, Lauts, Wegeuer & Co., Clerk, HK. & S'hai Bank, Sugar-boiler, China Sugar Refinery, Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co., Clerk, Wharf & Godown Co....... Harbour Foreman Engineer, Dock Co., Assistant, P. & O. Co.,

2 Connaught Road. Taikoo Terrace, Quarry Bay. Sea View Terrace, Quarry Bay. Taikoo Terrace, Quarry Bay. 86 Macdonnell Road, Kowloon, Taikoo Terrace, Quarry Bay. Carlton House, Ice House 36 Caine Road. [Street. Naval Yard Extension. 57 Robinson Road.

6 Observatory Villas, Kowloon. Kowloon Docks. Hongkong Hotel.

3 Austin Avenue, Kowloon.

11 Queen's Road Central. Hongkong Hotel. St. George's Building. Tarawera, 61 Robinson Road. Kowloon Docks.

Duddell Street. Hongkong Hotel.

44 Elgin Street. 130 Wanchai Road.

Westley, Robinson Road.

Taiko › Te race, Quarry Bay. 3 Queen's Gardens.

2 Victoria Fiew, Kowloon,

5 Lyeemoon Villas, Kowloon. On premises. Hongkong Club,

25 Wong-nei-chung Road. 8 Pedder's Hill.

8 Pedder's Hill.

1 Pedder's Hill.

Lyeemoon Terrace.

On premises.

Stolzenfuls, 26 Plantation Road,

Peak.

Club Germania. On premises. On premises.

On premises. On premises. Connaught Hotel. Connaught House. 14 Robinson Road. College Chambers.

On premises. On premises.

On premises.

Taikoo Terrace, Quarry Bay.

On premises.

Hotel Mansions. Cosmopolitan Dock. Kowloon Docks.

Hongkong Hotel. Prince's Building. On premises. 159 Praya East. 13 Macdonnell Road. 43 Caine Road. Kowloon Docks.

Hongkong Club.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ABODE.

F-Continued,

Forrest, Thomas Shaw

Forsyth, George Granville

Sutherland

Fox, Frederic Reginald. Fraser, Alan Stuart

Frerichs, Charles Edward... Freund, Kari

Friedrich, Hans Albert

Jardine, Matheson Co.,

Clerk, HK. & S'hai Bank,

Acct., HK. Steam Water Boat Co., Ld., Clerk, HK. & S'hai Bank, Asst. Manager, Weismann, Ld., Asst., Arnhold, Karberg & Co., Cashier, Deutsch Asiatische Bank,

Friesland, Gustav Adolf Georg Assistant, Melchers & Co.,

Fuike, Hermann...

Mercantile Assistant,

East Point.

On premises.

Hotel Mansions. On premises.

34 Queen's Road Central. Summer House, 67 Peak.

Windsor Lodge, Kimberley Road,

Kowloon.

On premises.

2 Queen's Gardens.

Gaddie, James Gaddie, Willis H.

Galloway, Alfred Douglas. Galloway, Robert Dryden Gambleu, Ernest Gange, Leonard Gardner, William Frederick

Gaster, Ernest

Gätjens, Walther Emil Gee, Archibald Gegg, George William Georg, Carl Wilhelm..... Georg, Friederich Erich Carl... Gibson, Ivie Sloan... Gibson, Joe Ernest Gittins, Arthur

Gittins, Gerard

Gittins, Henry Gledioning, Walter Gliman, Ludwig Paul Glover, Campbell Gloyn, Jori Wakeham. Goggin, William George Goldenberg, Harry..... Goldschmidt, Sylvain. Gomes, Francis

Goodwin, Arthur Pearson. Goos, Rudolf

Gorham, Charles Leary

Gow, John Cowper Gower, Henry Graham, Frank

raham, James William

Graut, George.. Gray, Herbert Castell

Gray, Samuel Herbert Gray, Thomas Charles Greeufeld, Samuel Billings Greenhill, Leslie Solbé Gregory, Alfred... Gregory, Tigran Matthews Gresson, John Edward Grey, Coosby French..... Griffin, Albert Edwin Grimble, Charles Frederick

George

Grimshaw, Thomas

Miller, Miller,

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire, Asst., Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Wharfinger, HK. & K. W. & Godown Co., Clerk, HK. & S'hai Bank,

Engineer, HK. Rope Manufacturing Co.,

Ld.,

Asst., China Fire Insurance Co., Ld.,

Clerk,

Asst., W. Powell & Co., Manager, Horse Repository, Broker, Erich Gearg & Co., Broker, Erich Georg & Co., Storekeeper, B. & S.'s Shipyard,. Runner,

Clerk, E. D. Sassoon & Co., Assistant, Butterfield & Swire, Accountant, Cotton Mills, Chief-Inspector, Tramway Co., Assistant, Carlowitz & Co................... Acct., Puuchard, Lowther & Co., Assistant, China Sugar Refinery,.... ... Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co.,

Groscamp, William Hendrick.. Gubbay, Aaron Sassoon Gubbay, David Sassoon..

Gubbay, Joseph Sassoon Gubbay, Raphael Aaron

Guimarães, Marcellino da Silva

Günther, François Guy, James..........

Clerk,

Assistant, Ullmaun & Co., Clerk, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Manager, Cottam & Co., Ld., Clerk, Rädecker & Co.,

General Manager, Fumigating & Disin-

fecting Bureau,

Foreman Blacksmith, Dock Co.,........ Yard Foreman, Dock Co., Electrical Engineer,.

Supt. Shipbuilder, Dock Co., Foreman Engineer,

Junk Bay. Junk Bay.

1 Connaught Road. Quarry Bay.

Savoy Chambers, Elgin Rd., Kowloon. On premises.

Villa Maria, Glenealy.

Eden Hall, Babington Path, West

Point.

25 Belilios Terrace.

2 Patell Villas, Kowloon. Causeway Bay. Braeside.

3 Goolistan, Conduit Road. Stanley Terrace, Quarry Bay. King Edward Hotel.

Greencroft, Robinson Road, K'loon. I Connaught Road. East Point.

Kennedy's Stables.

5 Ripon Terrace, Bonham Road. Hongkong Club.

4 George Street, East Point.

3 Belilios Terrace.

44 Morrison Hill Road.

34 Queen's Road Central.

Thomas' Hotel, Queen's Rd. Central.. Alexandra Building.

5 Duddell Street.

Alexandra Building. Kowloon Docks.

Kowloon Docks.

17 College Chambers, Wyndham St. Kowloon Docks.

4 Kimberley Villas, Kowloon.

Asst., Union Ince. Socty, of Canton, Ld. Meirion, 9 Peak.

Assistant, P. M. S. S. Co.,

Assistant, Reiss & Co.,

Manager, Harris, Keeney & Co., Assistant, Butterfield & Swire, Assistant, Jardine Matheson & Co., Assistant, A. V. Apear & Co., Assistant, Jardine Matheson & Co., Storekeeper, Dock Co.,

Civil Engineer, Butterfield & Swire,

General Broker,

Asst. Chief Foreman, B. & S.'s Shipyard, Assistant, Neth. Trading Society, Broker, E. D. Sassoon & Co., Clerk, E. D. Sassoon & Co., Assistant, D. Sassoon & Co., Ld., Stock Broker, Gubbay & Michael, Assistant Bookkeeper, Arnhold, Karberg

& Co.,

Steward,

Engineer, Dock Co.,.....

Cliftonia, 13c Macdonnell Road. Hongkong Hotel.

14 Shankiwan Road.

Peak Hotel.

45 Wyndham Street. East Point.

Kowloon Docks.

Martinhoe, Barket Road, Peak.

Bisnee Villa, Pokfulum.

8 Stanley Terrace, Quarry Bay. 77 Mount Kellett Road, Peak. 7 Queen's Road Central.

9 Macdonnell Road.

9 Macdonnell Road. Ravenshill.

2 Lochiel Terrace, Cameron Road,

Kowloon.

King Edward Hotel.

Kowloon Docks.

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NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ABODE.

Haesloop, Conrad Theodore

Bernhard

Haines, Hereward Francis.. Hales, George Lister

Hall, Frederick Charles..

Jonathan

Hall,

Hall, Thomas Philip Halton, Frederick Joseph Hamet, Abdool Hoosen.... Hance, Cyril Eugene Agathon Hancock, Harris Edmund

Digby

Hand, John.............

Hankey, Eric Norman Alers... Hansen, James Ernest Hardwick, William Harkin, Francis

Harling, Georg Wilhelm

Gustav

Harms, Nicolaus Friedrich

Seigfried.....

Harpham, Theodore Jackson Harrison, Alfred ............

Harrison, Tom Lloyd, Harron, Henry Love Harvey, David

Harvie, John Napier... Haskell, Ernest David Hassan, Hosin.......... Haughwont, Warrin Beech, Haxton, George Kay. Haynes, Harry Hayward, Charles

Hayward, Charles Burdon..... Hayward, Ernest Malcolm Hazeland, Ernest Manning Hechtel, Otto Peter Heermann, Paul Emil Heggie, James Carmichael Heldt, Franz

Hell, Pan Edward Heinrich

William

Helmers, Johann Christian Helms, Wilhelm

Hemmings, Robert Edward Henderson, John Mentiplay... Henderson, Robert ........ Hendley, Hugh Stevenson Hendy, Harold Edward ................ Herbst, Carl Emil Peter Hesse, Franz

Heubel, Herinann Hewitt, Alfred Herbert Heyde, Oscar Von der Hickie, Sidney Douglas... Hickling, Clement Climery Hickman, Harry Frank Hill, Walter Joseph Hobbs, William James Hoggard, Fred Hohl, Wilhelm Ho Kam Tong

Holmes, Herbert Skerritte...... Holyoak, Percy Hobson.

Hooper, Joseph

Hoskins, John Thomas

Ho U-ming.

Howard, Edward

Howarth, Heury.

Hughes, Ernest Leonard

Hughes, John Owen

Humphrey, Harold Spicer... Humphreys, Cecil

Assistant, Lütgens, Einstmann & Co., Brakesman, Peak Tramway, Engineer, China Light & Power Co.,...... Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Assistant, Butterfield & Swire, Marine Surveyor,

Chief Clerk, P. M. S. S. Co., Assistant, H. Price & Co., Clerk, Macdonald & Co.,

Clerk, H.K. & S'hai Bank, Superintendent, Dock Co., Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld., Engineer, Dock Co.,........ Storekeeper, Foreman,

General Manager, East Asiatic Trading

Company,

Assistant, Carlowitz & Co.,............. Timber Merchant,

Actg. Depôt Manager, British-American

Tobacco Co.,...................

Clerk, Carlton Honse,

Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Marine Engineer, Dodwell & Co., Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Assistant, E. S. Kadoorie & Co., Clerk, Rumjabu & Co.,

Manager, N. Y. Import & Export Co., Engineer, Dock Co.,...................

Manager, Hongkong Hotel, Brakesman, Peak Tramway, Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co., Bookkeper, Lane, Crawford & Co.,.... Civil Engineer, ..... Assistant, Wendt & Co., Jeweller, Gaupp & Co., Engineer, Quarry Bay Shipyard, Assistant, East Asiatic Trading Co.,

Merchant, Kruse & Co.,

Insurance Clerk, Siemssen & Co., Assistant, Arnhold, Karberg & Co., Assistant, Leigh & Orange,. Boilermaker, Dock Co., Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co., Engineer,

Assistant Engineer, Flour Mills, Assistant, Lütgens, Einstmanu & Co., Merchant, c/o. Gibb, Livingston & Co., Clerk, Rädecker & Co.,

Civil Engineer, G. I. Cement Co., Ld., Broker,

Assistant, MacEwen, Frickel & Co., Assistant, Butterfield & Swire, Assistant, China Fire Insurance Co., Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Accountant, B. & S.'s Shipyard,.. Foreman, B. & S.'s Shipyard,... Assistant, Hamburg Amerika Linie, Assistant Compradore, Jardine, Matheson

& Co.,

Merchant, H. S. Holmes & Co., Salesman and Assistant, Reiss & Co., Clerk, HK. & K. W. & Godown Co., Ld., Chief Foreman, Quarry Bay Shipyard, Merchant,

Broker, E. S. Kadoorie & Co.,........... Storekeeper, C. P. Railway Co.,.............. Clerk, Percy Smith & Seth, Merchant, Harry Wicking & Co., Banker,

Assistant, W. G. Humphreys & Co.,

14 Des Voeux Road. 33 Queen's Road East.' St. George's Building. East Point. Ou premises.

2, Connaught Road.

6 Macdonnell Road.

Queen's Road Central.

7 Seymour Terrace.

On premises.

Aberdeen Dock.

Deacon's Bungalow, Pokfulum. Cosmopolitan Dock.

3 Lyeemoon Terrace, Quarry Bay 14 Shaukiwan Road.

Victoria Lodge, Peak Road.

2 Connaught Road.

2 Ice House Road.

20 Macdonnell Road.

Ice House Road.

Lyeemoon Terrace, Quarry Bay. 13 Austin Avenue.

Quarry Bay.

2 Seymour Terrace.

2 Pedder Street.

16 Queen's Road Central. Kowloon Docks.

On premises.

Engine House, Peak.

7 Kuutsford Terrace, Kowloon. 7 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon," Coombe, Magazine Gap.

2 Austin Avenue, Kowloop. Smith Villas, Magazine Gap. Quarry Bay.

11 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon.

Hotel Mansions. 25 Belilios Terrade. 31 Robinson Road.

58 Elgin Road, Kowloon. Kowloon Docks.

Glendavual, 13 Macdonnell Road. 4 Stanley Terrace, Quarry Bay. Junk Bay.

Greenwood, Caine Road. Uncertain.

5 Duddell Street. Hok-ün, Kowloon. 52, Peak.

Rocklands, Robinson Road. On premises.

3 Stewart Terrace, Peak. Taikoo Terrace, Quarry Bay.

1 Patell Villas, Garden Rd., Kowloon.. 2 Stanley Terrace, Quarry Bay. 25 Conduit Road.

Caine Road.

Rochvale, Kowloon. Queen's Buildings.

| Cliftonia, 13c Macdonnell Road.

1 Stanley Terrace, Quarry Bay. 81 Queen's Road Central. Kurrahjeen, Peak Road.

5 Arsenal Street.

3 Knutsford Terrace, Kimberley Road,

St. George's Building.

1 Cameron Villas, Peak.

4 Queen's Road Central.

[Kowloon.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ABODE.

H—Continued.

Humphreys, Ernest

Humphreys, William Meyrick Hunter, George Hunter, Tobias

Hurley, Frederick Charles.. Hurley, Robert Crisp... Hutchison, William

Hynd, Robert Robertson

Hyndman, Henrique (Jr.).. Hynes, Arthur Cecil

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire. Clerk, W. G. Humphreys & Co.,..... Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Assistant, Hughes & Hough, Accountant,

Engineer, Dock Co.,............. Assistant, HK., & S'hai Bank, Clerk, Dock Co.,

Assistant, HK. & S'hai Bank,

On premises.

14 Austin Avenue, Kowloon. 4 Humphreys' Avenue, Kowloon. 4 Humphreys' Avenue, Kowloon. King Edward Hotel.

5 Beaconsfield Arcade. Kowloon Docks. On premises.

8 Humphreys' Avenue, Kowloon. On premises.

Ilmer, Paul Eugene Gotthelf.. Assistant, Dentsch Asiatische Bank,

Innes, Robert

Ironside, William

Irving, John Mark.

Jack, William Charles

Jaffer, Allymahomed

Jabrand, Alfred

Jameson, Philip Sutherland Japs, Heinrich

Jay, John William...

Jebsen Jacob Friedrich Chris-

tian Jebsen, Michael.

Jenkins, Anthony Jenkins, John Ventris Jertrum, Friedrich Curt Jertrum, Hans Peter

Jillings, Harry Frederick Johnson, Henry Johnson, John

Johnston, Benjamin Charles

Maturin Johnston, John .... Jonckheer, Philippus

Hendrikus. Jacobus Gerard Jones, James Mowbray. Jones, Samuel

Jordan, Ernest Granville Jorge, Francisco José Vicente Joseph, Ezra Solomon Joseph, Joseph Edgar Joseph, Raymond Menasseh... Judali, James Jacob Judah, Raphael Solomon Jupp, John Ambrose....

Kadoorie, Eleazer Silas... Kadoorie, Ellis

Kaily, William Charles, Kanga, Framarz Jemshedji Kapteyn, Barend Dirk Katsch, Edgar Albert Keating, David Francis Keith, David

Kellinghusen, Franz Otto

Hermana Kendall, Frederick Carr Kendall, Herbert Moorhouse...| Kennedy, Edward Arnold Kennett, Henry William Bulmer Kent, Herbert Wade

Kew, Charles Herbert Whiteley Kew, Joseph Whiteley

Kien, Willem ....

Kikuchi, Yasuyoshi

King, Robert Henry

Marine Supt., Butterfield & Swire,.......... Assistant, Butterfield & Swire, Engineer, Hougkong Ice Co., Ld.,

Consulting Engineer, Wilks & Jack, Chief Clerk, E. Pabaney,.. Assistant, Lauts, Wegener & Co., Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Assistant, Hamburg Amerika Linie, Accountant, Br. Amer. Tobacco Co.,

Merchant, Jebsen & Co., Assistant, Jebsen & Co., Bookkeeper, Hongkong Hotel, Clerk, Waverley Hotel,... Marine Supt., Nordd. Lloyd, Tobacconist,

Assistant, W. Powell Ld.,. Foreman,

Clerk,

Clerk, HK. & S'hai Bank, Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery,

Assistant, Java-Japan-China Lijn, Assistant, H. Price & Co., Publican, Praya East Hotel, Manager, Hotel Baltimore, Merchant, Jorge & Co., Broker, .... Exchange Broker,...... Assistant, D. Sassoon & Co., Ld., Clerk, E. D. Sassoon & Co., Assistant, D. Sassoon & Co., Ld., Merchant, J. D. Humphreys & Son,.

Broker, E. S. Kadoorie & Co.,.......... Broker, E. S. Kadoorie & Co.,..... Inspector of Works, Standard Oil Co.,. Manager, H. N. Cooper & Co., Asst., Holland China Trading Co., Assistant. P. M. S. S. Co., Stenographer, Standard Oil Co., Foreman Shipwright, Dock Co.,

Assistant, Siemssen & Co., Clerk, H'kong & S'hai Bank Asst., P. & O. Co., Foreman,

Ld.,

Assistant, China Borneo Co., Ld., Assistant, Butterfield & Swire, Clerk, HK. & K. W. & Godown Co., Manager, Hongkong Steam Water Boat

Co., Ld.,

Merchant, Holland China Trading Co., Actg. Manager, Bank of Taiwan,

...

Glenshiel, 125 Barker Road, Peak. Hongkong Hotel. On premises.

East Point.

4 Kimberley Villas, Kowloon. On premises.

11 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon. East Point.

Quarndon, 2 Peak Road. On premises.

King's Building.

2 Conduit Road.

36, Caine Road.

On premises.

Intra Muros, 76 Caine Road. 5 Caine Road.

On premises.

Quarry Bay Shipyard.

3 Stanley Terrace, Quarry Bay.

On premises. Quarry Bay.

37 Robinson Road. 14 Macdonnell Road.

40 & 41, Praya East.

2 Wyndham Street.

Villa D'Alva, Kennedy Road. Peak Hotel. Connaught Hotel. Kurrahjeen, 7 Peak Road. The Den, Castle Steps. 6 East Avenue, Kowloon. Ian Mor, Peak Road.

Modreenagh, Peak. Prince's Building. Lai-chi-kok.

3A Wyndham Street. Alexandra Building. 127 Barker Road, Peak. Hotel Baltimore.

Kowloon Docks.

Queen's Building. On premises.

11 Mountain View, Peak. Quarry Bay Shipyard.

1 Lyeemoon Villas, Kowloon. On premises.

43 Caine Road.

43 Caine Road. Alexandra Building.

11 Macdonnell Road.

Civil Engineer, Punchard, Lowther & Co., 82, Peak.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ABODE.

K-Continued.

King, Walter Kinnaird, John Daniel Kirchloff, Fritz Kistowsky, Fritz von. Kitzmanti, John Charles Klein, Arthur........... Klinck, Charles

Klinnanek, Philipp Harding... Knight, Charles Crosby.. Knox, Lefferts

Knyvett, Paul Karl Kong Kim Fung

König, Carl Heinrich Ratje Köster, Ernst August Kracutler, Albert

Krebs, Hugo Karl Julius

Kruse, Bernhard Anton... Kullmann, John George Willy Kyles, John

Lambert, John

Lambert, John James Bain Lammert, -Alexander Herbert Lammert, Frank.....

Lammert, Lionel Eugene Lamperski, Albert Wilhelm Lane, Edward Courtenay Lang, Archibald Orr Langley, Albert Perey Langstein, Ludwig Vietor. Lapsley, Robert. Laurenz, Rudolph

Lau Wan Kai....

Lau Yau-pan

Leask, William Loughtou

Lee, Corinth Heury

Lee, James..

Lehrs, Paul..

Lemm, John

Lester, Hugh William

Leung Fee Cooke

Leuz, Rudolph Levy, Isaac Simon.

Levy, Silas Simon

Libeaud, Carl Ernest.. Lieb, Fritz

Lightfoot, Sidney Little, James

Li Wai Lam

Lochead, James Logan, James Douglas Logan, William Clements Long, Edward Arthur Longuet, Carl Wilhelm.

Lorria, Felix

Loureiro, Peter

Bookseller, Kelly & Walsh, Ld..................... Sugar Boiler, China Sugar Refinery, Merchant,

Godown Manager, Nordd. Lloyd., Merchant, Grossmanu & Co., Assistant, Lants, Wegener & Co., Manager, HK. Rope ManufacturingCo.,

Ld.,

Assistant, Holland China Trading Co., ... Clerk, Butterfield & Swire,

District Manager, China Mutual Insurance,

Co.,

Local Manager, Vacuum Oil Co., Assistant, A Chee & Co., Assistant, Melchers & Co., Assistant, Siemssen & Co., Acconutant, Russo Chinese Bank, Marine Supt., Nordd. Lloyd,

Asst., Deutsch Asiatische Bank,.. Banker,

Engineer, Dock Co.,

Surveyer to Lloyd's Register, Civil Engineer,

Assistant, G. P. Lammert, Auctioneer, Wine Merchant, Caldbeck, MacGregor &

Co.,

Assistant, G. P. Lammert, Assistant, Melchers & Co.,

Asst., Union Ince. Society of Canton, Ld., Assistant, Gibb, Livingston & Co.,.......... Clerk, Dock Co.,

Assistant, Arnhold, Karberg & Co., Clerk, Dock Co.,

Assistant, Carlowitz & Co

Assistant Secty., The Tung On Fire Ince.

Co., La.,.......

Paper Manufacturer,

Civil Engineer, Leigh & Orange,

Office Assistant,

Sugar Boiler, China Sugar Refinery,

Clerk, Sander, Wieler & Co.,

Architect,

Asst., Dodwell & Co., Ld.,

Coal Merchant, &c.,

Clerk, Sander, Wieler & Co.,

Clerk, S. J. David & Co.,

Bookkeeper, E. D. Sassoon & Co.,. Asst., Dodwell & Co., Ld.,

Asst., Arnhold, Karberg & Co., Electrician, Dock Co.,

3 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon, East Point.

Quarndon, 2, Peak.

Coombe Villas, 152 Magazine Gap. Exmoor, 15 Conduit Road.

On premises.

10 Arbuthnot Road. On premises. On premises.

Alexandra Building. King's Building.

17a Queen's Road Central. On premises.

Queen's Building.

3 Lyeemoon Villas, Kowloon.

1 Austin Villas, Des Voeux Road,

Kowloon.

Club Germania. Club Germania. Kowloon Docks.

4 Ormsby Villas, Kowloon. 4 Ormsby Villas, Kowloon. Duddell Street.

Benfica, Robinson Road. Duddell Street. On premises.

7 Mountain View, Peak. St. George's Building. Aberdeen Dock.

9 Kennedy Road.

Kowloon Docks.

2 Connaught Road.

2 Bonham Strand West.

1 Aberdeen.

On premises.

80 Staunton Street.

Bowrington.

Prince's Building.

7 Humphreys' Avenue, Kowloon.

6 Park View, Lyttleton Road. 53 Connaught Koad.

Prince's Building.

8 Barrow Terrace, Kowloon.

7 Barrow Terrace, Kowloon.

2 Ormsby Villas, Kowloou. Strathallan, 31 Robinson Road. Kowloon Docks.

Furnishing Salesman, Lane, Crawford &Co., On premises.

Chief Clerk, Flour Mills,.

Asst., Taikoo Sugar Refinery,. Foreman Boiler Maker, Dock Co., Acct., D. Sassoon & Co., Ld., Stenographer, Standard Oil Co.,.... Merchant, Kruse & Co., Mechanical Engineer,

Acct., National Bank of China, Ld.,

Lüders, Eduard Carl Ferdinand Assistant, Arnhold, Karberg & Co., Lysanght, John

Engineer, W. Lysanght & Son,

Junk Bay. Quarry Bay. Kowloon Docks. Hongkong Hotel.

1 West End Terrace. Hotel Mansions.

Villa Lucia, Pokfulum.

2 The Albany.

67 Mount Kellett, Peak. 131 Wanchai Road.

MacAskill, Kenneth Roderick.. Macdonald, Donald Macdonald, Donald MacGillivray, James Paterson Macgowau, Robert John Mackie, Charles Gordon

Stewart

Clerk, Butterfield & Swire,

Civil Engineer, B. & S.'s Shipyard, Engineer and Surveyor, Clerk, HK, & S'hai Bank, Clerk, HK. & K. W. & Godown Co.,

Assistant, Gibb, Livingston & Co.,

Stanley Terrace, Quarry Bay.

1 Clifton Gardens, Conduit Road. Seymour Terrace.

On premises. Ld., 68, Mount Kellett, Peak.

Queen's Building.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ABODE.

་

M-Continued.

Mackintosh, Frederick

Alexander

Madar, Hussian Pillay Makeham, Charles Malden, George Fletcher Manners, John

Manuk, Malcolm

Marcenaro, Ettore Tomaso

Michell

Assistant, Lane, Crawford & Co., Clerk, King Edward Hotel,........ Asst., Dairy Farm Co.,.... Engineer, Tramway Co., Asst., Siemssen & Co.,.............. Acct., Dairy Farm Co., Ld.,

Asst., Carlowitz & Co.,

Marney, Victor Emile Toreaude Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Lal.,

Marston, Lionel

Martin, James

Mast, Edward.

Matsda, Kichita

Matsuk, Teisaburo Matsushima, Tetsuo

Matthews, John Frederick May, Ernest Alfred George May, George Howard McBryde, William Gray McCorquodale, Jobn McCubbin, John

McCubbin, John...

McDonagh, William J.

Supt., China Light & Power Co., Ld., Draughtsman, Dock Co.,

Clerk, C. P. Railway Co., Manager, Toyo Kisen Kaisha,

Merchant. Mitsu Bishi Goshi Kwaisha, Clerk,

Diver, B. & S.'s Shipyard,

Assistant, Dod well & Co., Ld., Bookseller, Kelly & Walsh, Ld.,. Draughtsman, Dock Co.,

Sugar Boiler, China Sugar Refinery, Engineer, Gas Co.,

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire, Assistant, P. M. S. S. Co.,

McDougall, Alex. Marcellino .. Mercantile Assistant,

McGlashan, James...

McGrew, John P.

McHugh, Francis Edwards

Mellutchon, James Maitland

McIntyre, John

McIntyre, Wilson

McKirdy, Archibald

McNeill, Duncan

McRobie, Frank..

Mead, James Henry

Meek, John......

Shipwright, Dock Co., Millwright, Flour Mills,

Chief Accountant, Standard Oil Co., Assistant, Butterfield & Swire, Asst., Taikoo Sugar Refinery,. Asst., Taikoo Sugar Refinery,. Asst., Taikoo Sugar Refinery,. Boiler Maker, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Engineer, B. & S.'s Shipyard,.. Bookseller, Kelly & Walsh, Ld... Jeweller, G. Falconer & Co.,

Mehta, Byramjee Kaikhusbroo | Clerk, E. D. Sassoon & Co.,

Melvin, James Dewar

Menzies, John

Messner, Karl Franz

Meyer, August Johann

Hermann

Meyer, Johannes Emil Meyer, Harry Albert.. Meyer, Oscar

Michael, Sassoon Hai Michael, Solomon Jacob Millar, Andrew William Millar, Edmund Reid..

Millar, John

Miller, John Finlay Miller, Joseph Oswald Miller, Robert.........

Milroy, Anthony Alex. Heron Minami, Shunji Mistry, Kharsbedji Dhanjibhoy Mitchell, John

Mittell, Carl Joseph Franz Miyasaki, Kingo.... Mody, Bezonjec Kawasjee Mody, Kaikhusroo

Nusserwanjee

Moffatt, George Moir, Alexander.. Möller, Johammes Montjamont, R. de... Moore, Sydney Moosa, Omar Cassam More, Chas. Andrew

Morfey, Alan

Mori, Benjiro

Morphew, George

Morrison, James Robertson

Morrison, John Dongal

Assistaut, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Shipbuilder, Dock Co......

Cargo Official, North German Lloyd,.

Bookkeeper, Melchers & Co., Assistant, Meyer & Co., Clerk, E. D. Sassoon & Co.,

Assistant, China Export Import & Bank

Cie......

Stock Broker,

Stock Broker, Gubbay & Michael, Timekeeper, Dock Co.,

Assistant. A. S. Watson & Co., Assistant, A. S. Watson & Co., Engineer, Bradley & Co., Assistant, Lane, Crawford & Co., Banker,

Superintendent, Sailors' Home, Manager, Ataka & Co., Assistant, S. J. David & Co.,... Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Merchant, W. Meyerink & Co., Assistant, Mitsu Bishi Goshi Kwaisha, Bookkeeper, Weismann Ld.,

Clerk, King Edward Hotel,............. Assistant, Shewan Tomes & Co., Manager, Peak Hotel, Clerk,

Chief Assistant, Messageries Maritimes,... Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co., Merchant,

.......

Chief Clerk, China Sugar Refinery, Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Asst. Manager, Nipon Yusen Kaisha, Foreman, Butterfield & Swire,

On premises.

20 Yee Wo Street. Pokfulun.

On premises.

1 Lochill Terrace, Kowloon.

4 Morrison Hill Road.

2 Connaught Road.

3 Park View.

Hung Hom.

1 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon. 13 Macdonnell Road.

6 Macdonnell Road.

4 Macdonnell Road. 3 Conduit Road.

Stanley Terrace, Quarry Bay. 6 Park View, Lyttleton Road. Carlton House.

1 Kimberley Villas.

3 Great George St., East Point. Gas Works, West Point.

Sea View Terrace, Quarry Bay. Hotel Baltimore.

45 Elgin Street. Cosmopolitan Dock. Junk Bay.

Hotel Mansions.

On premises.

Taikoo Terrace, Quarry Bay. Sea View Terrace, Quarry Bay. Quarry Bay.

Quarry Bay. Quarry Bay.

Beryl, Garden Road, Kowloon. Hotel Mansions.

Room No. 11, College Chambers,

Wyndham Street.

1 Lyeemoon Terrace, Quarry Bay. Kowloon Docks.

6 East Terrace, Kowloon.

On premises.

King's Building, 4 Connaught Road. The Den, Castle Steps.

1 Queen's Gardens, Peak Road. 2 Century Crescent, Kennedy Road. 2 Chancery Lane. Cosmopolitan Dock. Alexandra Building. A. S. Watson & Co. Peak Hotel.

On premises.

11 Queen's Road Central. On premises.

3 Conduit Road.

60 Hollywood Road.

Taikoo Terrace, Quarry Bay. Alpha Villa, East Avenue, Kowloon. 4 Garden Road, Kowloon.

Humphrey's Avenue, Kowloon.

Ou premises.

Greencroft, Robinson Road, Kowloon. On premises.

2 Connaught Road.

Queen's Building.

Hotel Mansions.

1 and 3 D'Aguilar Street.

3 Morrison Hill,

East Point.

Stonehenge, 5 Robinson Road.

7 Stanley Terrace, Quarry Bay.

Sub. Acct., Chartered Bank of I. A. & C., Ou premises. Engineer, Dock Co.,..

Kowloon Docks.

NAME IN FULL.

M-Continued.

Moses, Elias Joseph Moses, Sassoon Ezra Moses, William Byren Moss, Dennis Kebir Moulder, Angustus Moutrie, Sidney Edward Muat, William Francis Muhle, Heinrich Ludwig Muir, John Greig Mullan, Thomas John Munro, Roland George Murphy, Edward Owen... Murphy, Lewis Newton... Murray, Douglas Bennett.....

Murray, James Smith. Musso, Luigi A.

Musso, Salvadore.

OCCUPATION.

Broker, J. R. Michael & Co., Assistant, D. Sassoon & Co., Ld., Manager, Connaught House Hotel, Assistant, Ross & Co.,..... Merchaut,

Mercantile Assistant. Engineer, Electric Light Company, Assistant, Siemssen & Co., Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Civil Engineer, B. & S.'s Shipyard, Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Engineer, W. S. Bailey & Co., Clerk, HK. & S'hai Bank,

Assistant, Union Insurance Society of

Canton, Ld.,

Engineer,

Merchant,

Marine Engineer,

ABODE.

Belilios Terrace. 4 Peak Road, On premises. Peak Hotel.

14 Austin Avenue, Kowloon. Kowloon.

Electric Works, Wanchai. On premises.

Sea View Terrace, Quarry Bay. Quarry Bay.

East Point,

Highlands, Kimberley Road, On premises.

[Kowloon.

4 Cameron Villas, Peak. 63 Kowloon City Road. Stowford, 12 Bonham Road. 46 Morrison Hill Road.

Nakayama, Hyoma..

Naudin, Vincent Alphonse Neave, Elvine Hugh Neave, Thomas

Neidt, Arthur Carl Wilhelm Neilsen, Donald McLaren.. Neville, Samuel Arthur................. Newall, Stuart George

Newman, Kenneth Charles

Horton...

Nicholls, William Nicholson, Reginald Nicholson, William Nicolai, Friedrich Nielsen, Jens Peter Nietert, Harry Nilsson, Arthur Gustaf

Vilhelm

Norrie, Thomas Brydie Nye, Percival Herbert

Oates, Thomas

Obrembski, Marian..

Ogilvie, Alexander

Olime, Alfred

Oldenberg, Hermann Adolf

Lorenz

Olliffe, Orris Charles.

Olson, John

O'Neill, Charles Augustine... Ortlepp, Heinrich Friedrich Osborne, James William

Osborne, Johu..............................

Osmund, Arthur Frederick Osmund, James Daniel Otten, Gerhardus

...

Otto, Walter Adolph Henry... Owen, Edward

Owen, Mackertich Cyril

Thaddeus Arathoon Owen, Owen Elias.......

Packham, Ralph

Page, Harry William... Palmer, Henry Thomas... Parker, Albert Eruest Parker, William Edward

Manager, Mitsui Bussan Kaisha,

Diver,

15 Macdonnell Road. 111 Queen's Road East.

Assistant, HK. & K. W. & Godown Co., 6 Cameron Terrace, Kowloon.

Dock Co.,

Merchant,

Foreman Boiler Maker, Dock Co., Assistant Wharfinger, Taikoo Sugar Refy., Manager, South British Fire and Marine

Insurance Company,

Electrical Engineer, Hongkong Electric

Co., Lử.,

Clerk, Dock Co.,

Assistant, HK. & S'hai Bank, Assistant, Butterfield & Swire, Merchant,

Assistant Supt. Engineer, Nordd. Lloyd,.....] Stenographer, Pacific Mail S. S. Co.,

Chemist, Taikoo Sugar Refinery,..... Acct., International Banking Corp., Electrical Engineer,

Foreman Joiner, Dock Co.,.. Chemist, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Tuner, Robinson Piano Co., Ld., Clerk, Sander, Wieler & Co.,

Assistant, Meyer & Co., Assistant, Commercial Union Assurance

Co., Ltd.,

Building Contractor, C, E. Warren & Co., Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Assistant, Reuter Brockelmann & Co., Proprietor, Kowloon Hotel,.... Engine Driver, Tramway Co.,.. Clerk, Lauts, Wegener & Co.,.. Clerk, China Sugar Refinery, Bookkeeper, Java-China-Japan Liju,. Assistant, Kruse & Co., Broker,

Assistant, A. H. Rennie & Co., Manager, Occidental Hotel,...

Cargo Supt., HK. & K. W & Godown

Co., L.,

Assistant, Dairy Farm Co., Ld., Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Manager, Singer Machine Co., Timekeeper, Dock Co.,

Kowloon Docks.

Alpha, East Avenue, Kowloon. Cosmopolitan Dock. Quarry Bay.

4 Cameron Villas, Peak.

Testa, Wing Fung Street, Wanchai. Kowloon Docks. On premises. Hongkong Club. Quarndon, 2, Peak.

6 East Terrace, Kowloon. Queen's Building.

Quarry Bay.

1 Cameron Villas, Peak. 14 Robinson Road, Kowloon.

Kowloon Docks. Quarry Bay. Des Voeux Road, Club Germania.

On premises.

Des Voeux Road.

30 Des Voeux Road Central.

Quarry Bay.

Prince's Building.

On premises.

30 Queen's Road East.

3 Reduaxella Terrace, Peel Street. 6 Reduaxella Terrace, Peel Street. St. George's House, Kennedy Road. Hotel Mansions.

Hongkong Club.

2 Chater Road. On premises.

5 Victoria View, Kowloon.

Dairy Farm Depôt, Robinson Road,. Quarry Bay.

[Kowloon

IA Wyndham Street. Kowloon Docks.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ABODE.

P-Continued.

Parr, Edward Victor David Paterson, John

Peacock, John

Pearce, Thomas Ernest. Pearson, James

Pearson, John Henry....

Pearson, Richard William...

Peche, Ivanhoe

Pedersen, Charles

Assistant, P. & O. Co., Exchange Broker,

Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Assistant, J. D. Hutchison & Co.,........ Iron Moulder, Dock Co.,

Manager, Robinson Piano Co., Ld.,

Chief Storekeeper, Punchard Lowther &

Co.,

Timekeeper, B. & S.'s Shipyard, Brakesman, Peak Tramway,

Pentycross, Frederick Hazel... Clerk, HK. & S'hai Bank,

Perrie, Robert

Perry, Isaac Samuel

Pestonji, Rustom

Petigura, Dinshah Jamsetjee, Philpot, Leonard Daniel Pickering, George Piens, Charles....

Pigott, Chetwynd Botry

Pigrum, William Tertius Vale Piper, Christian

Plage, Philip

Plummer, John Archibald

Temple

Plummer, Lewis Polley, John David Potten, Stanley E. G. Potts, Patrick Cumming .... Priedsmann, Herrmann Georg Prien, Peter George Friedrich Pritchard, Harry Fitzpatrick Pugh, Alfred John Puncheon, James

Purcell, William Harris..

Putley, Arthur Charles Pye, Edmund Burns

Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Assistant, D. Sassoon & Co., Ld., Stenographer, International Bankg. Corp., Manager, R. S. Woonwalla & Co., Architect,

Foreman, China Sugar Refinery,. Clerk, HK. & K. W. & Godown Co., Ld., Representative, Vacuum Oil Co.,

| Bookkeeper, Standard Oil Company,

Clerk, Sander, Wieler & Co., Foreman, China Sugar Refinery,.

Assistant, Bradley & Co.,..... Chief Clerk, P. & O. Co., Gunner, P. & O. Co., Assistant, W. Powell Ld., Broker, E. S. Kadoorie & Co., Merchant, Hamburg-Amerika Line, Assistant, F. Blackhead & Co., Assistant, Vacuum Oil Co.,... Assistant, Denison, Ram & Gibbs,. Foreman Plater, Dock Co., Accountant, Kelly & Walsh, Lid., Clerk, HK. & S'hai Bank, Chartered Accountant,

Swire,

Butterfield

11 Mountain View, Peak.

1, Prince's Building.

Quarry Bay.

London Mission, 2 Bonham Road. Kowloon Docks.

7 Caine Road.

Carlton House, Ice House Street. Quarry Bay.

15 St. Francis Street, Wanchai. On premises. Quarry Bay.

Des Voeux Road. 5 Seymour Terrace. 2 Hollywood Road. Hotel Mansions. East Point.

8 East Terrace, Kowloon. Hongkong Hotel.

4 Chater Street, Kennedy Town. On premises. Bowrington.

2 Ormsby Villas, Kowloon. 11 Mountain View, Peak. 5 Cameron Terrace, Kowloon. 28 Queen's Road Central. Kingsclere, Kennedy Road. York Building.

4 East Terrace, Kowloon. Hongkong Hotel.

17 Beaconsfield Arcade. Kowloon Docks.

3 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon. On premises.

1 Connaught Road.

Quinn, John

Steward, Hongkong Club,

Hongkong Club.

Rahfeek, Mahomed

Ram, Harry

Ramsay, James

Ramsay, Joseph Marshall..

Ramsay, William

Rapp, Fritz...

Raven, Arthur Robert Fenton.|

Rapp, Gustav..

Rapp, Herman

Raptis, John Hadrian

Rattey, William James

Ray, Edward Henry

Raymond, Albert

Raymond, Ellis

Razack, Moosa Abdool

Reeves, Henry

Reiners, Walter Edward

Reynolds, Frank Oswald

Clerk, Osaka Soshen Kaisha, Assistant, John Lemm, Architect, Foreman Turner, Dock Co.,................... Foreman Shipbuilder, Dock Co., Supt. Engineer, Butterfield & Swire, Asst., A. S. Watson & Co., L‹l.......... Clerk, J. D. Humphreys & Son,.... Assistant, A. S. Watson & Co., Ld., Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Clerk, Dock Co., Architect,

Broker,

Assistant, S. J. David & Co.,

Raymond, Edward Benjamin . Clerk, E. D. Sassoon & Co.,

Richards, Thomas James

Richardson, Hedley Thomas... Riegen, Johannes von Ritchie, Archibald..... Ritchie, Archibald....

Ritchie, James Reidford Ritchie, John Cameron Roberts, Arthur Griffith Robertson, John .... Robertson, Thomas Watson

Clerk, E. D. Sassoon & Co., Publican,

Assistant, Lane, Crawford & Co., Clerk, P. M. S. S. Co.,

Civil Engineer, Assistant, Brick Works,

Supt., Engineer, C. P. Railway Co., Suptg. Engineer, Nordd. Lloyd, Merchant,

།

Supt., United Asbestos Uriental Agency

Ld.,

Foreman Mason, B. & S.'s Shipyard, Mason, Punchard, Lowther & Co., Civil Engineer, Punchard, Lowther & Co., Clerk,...

Mechanical Engineer, H.K. & K. W. &

Godown Co., Ld.,

118 Hollywood Road. 3 Shing Wong Street. Cosmopolitan Dock, Kowloon Docks.

5 Morrison Hill. Alexandra Building.

4 East Avenue, Kowloon. A. S. Watson & Co., Ld. Nullah Terrace, Quarry Bay. Cosmopolitan Dock. Alexandra Building.

8 Macdonnell Road.

56 Caine Road.

8 Barrow Terrace, Kowloon.

18A Stanley Street. On premises.

61 Robinson Road.

The Haystack, Peak.

Deep Water Bay.

3 Canton Villas, Kowloon. Woollomay, Des Voeux Rd., K'loon. 236 Mongkok, North.

Holyrood, Kowloon. Quarry Bay.

68 Caine Road.

The Haystock, Peak. California, Macdonnell Road.

Kimberley Villas, Kowloon.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION,

ABODE.

R-Continued.

Robinson, Albert Edward

Robinson, Walter Vaughan

Robson, John James

Rodger, John ....

Rogers, Charles

Rogge, Carl Heinrich

Rombach, Joseph Albert Romero, Elado Gregorio Rose, Louis Augustus Rose, William Edward

...

Ross, William Walker Gibsou Rouse, Athol Bernard

Rowoldt, Berulard Royer, Henri

Rutherford, Norman Hubert... Rutter, Robert Vart Ruttonjee, Iormusjee Ruttonjee, Jehangir Horniusjee,

Saint-Pierre, René Samy, Arthur Poonoo Sandford, Henry Chamberlain. Sasaki, Osamu

...

Saunders. George Haward Sayer, George John Budds.... Sayle, Robert Theophilus

Dalton

Schellhass, Albrecht Wilhelm. Schierenberg, Hermanu Wil-

hem

Schlüter, Hakou Axel Schmidt, Carl Julius

Schmidt, Wilhelm

Schmidtborn, Albert

Schneider, Otto Hugo

Schönfelder, Heinrich August

Adolf,

Schröder, Alfred.. Schröter, Carl Christian

Hermann.............

Schröter, Johann Georg

Ludwig .

Schueen, Rudolph Julius

Christian.... Schullenbach, Carl...... Schumacher, Carl Bernhard

Hellmut

Schwandes, Ernest Hermanu

Bernhard Schwarzkopft, Friderich

Johanu Rudolph... Scott, Colin Cunningham Scriven, Henry Ernest

Seggie, Thomas

Seth, Enos...

Seth, John Hennessey

Seth, Seth Arathoon

Seydler, Richard Albert Benno

Curt

Shand, Thomas

Shaw, Alfred

Shaw, Ernest

Shaw, James Toller

Shea, James Jerry

Sheffield, Alfred....

Shennan, Herbert Bromfield Shepherd, Edgar Bruce......

Shewan, William Thomson

Manager, H. Price & Co.,

2 Century Crescent, Kennedy Road.

General Manager, W. Robinson & Co., Ld., ] 7 Caine Road.

Engineer, Dock Co.,.....

Assistant, China Sugar Refinery, Assistant, Butterfield & Swire,. Shipbroker, etc.,

Merchant, Merchant,

Assistant, E. M. Hazeland, Architect, Asst., China Mutual Life Ince, Co., Ld...........

| Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co.,

Assistant, Union Insurance Society of

Canton, Ld.,

Assistant, Sander, Wieler & Co., Clerk, A. R. Marty,. Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co., Forger, Dock Co., Merchant, H. Ruttonjee & Co., Merchant, H. Ruttonjee & Co.,

Cashier, Banque de l' Indo-Chine, Architect, John Lemm, Clerk, HK. & S'hai Bank,

Assistant, Mitsu Bishi Goshi Kwaisha,.. Builder, Taikoo Sugar Refinery,. Civil Engineer,

Assistant, Dock Co.,...... Exchange Broker,

Assistant, Ferd. Bornemann,

Assistant, Reuter, Bröckelmann & Co., Asst., China Export Import & Bank Cie., Clerk, Jebsen & Co.,

Assistant, Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, Clerk, Jebsen & Co.,

Chemist, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Clerk, Jebsen & Co.,

Merchant, Meyer & Co.,

Merchant,

Assistant, Arnhold, Karberg & Co., Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery,

Merchant, Ferd. Bornemann,

Assistant, Deutsch Asiatische Bank

Manager, F. Blackhead & Co., Assistant, Butterfield & Swire, Furnishing Salesman, Lane, Crawford

& Co.,

Banker,

Secretary, Humphreys Estate & Finance

Co., Ld.,

Acet., &c., Percy Smith & Seth,. Secretary, Dairy Farm Co., Ld.,.

Kowloon Docks.

East Point.

On premises. Hongkong Club.

2 Ray View, Kowloon. 9 Lower Castle Road.

11 Morrison Hill, Gap Road. 46 Elgin Street. East Point.

4 Cameron Villas, Peak. Hotel Mansions.

Des Voeux Road Central. Chater's Bungalow, Kowloon. Kowloon Docks.

39 Elgin Road, Kowloon. 39 Elgin Road, Kowloon.

Hongkong Club.

28 Bonham Road. On premises.

4 Macdonnell Road. Quarry Bay.

Tang Yuen, 18 Macdonnell Road.

3 Stewart Terrace, Peak. 21 Conduit Road.

3 Observatory Villas, Kowloon. Kowloon.

1 Queen's Garden, Peak Road, On premises.

Hansa Villa, Peak.

3 Observatory Villas, Kowloon.

Quarry Bay. On premises.

Shorncliffe, Garden Road,

Derrington, Peak Road.

Hotel Mansions.

Sea View Terrace, Quarry Bay.

6 Queen's Road Central.

Magdalene Terrace, 149 Magazine

St. George's Building. On premises.

On premises. Hongkong Club.

Norman Cottage, Peak Road.

Manager, China Export Import & Bk. Cie., On premises.

Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery,

Manager, Cotton Mills,

Assistant, Cotton Mills,

Tailor,

Assistant, Standard Oil Co.,..

Assistant Supt., Fitting Dept., Gas Co.,

Clerk, Butterfield & Swire,

Assistant, Hongkong Land Investment &

Agency Co., Ld.,

Merchant, ................

Quarry Bay.

East Point.

35 Conduit Road. Hongkong Hotel.

1 Bonham Road. Ou premises.

Hongkong Hotel.

4 Robinson Road.

[Gap.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ABODE.

S-Continued.

Shibuya, Yonetaro Shipley, Lionel Henry

Shroff, Framroze Pestonji. Sibbit, John James Siebler, Hugo Oscar

Siebs, Hans August

Silas, Charles David

Silas, David Hai...... Silbermann, Isydor....... Silva, Francisco Filomeno

Eça da

Silva, Porphyrio Maria

Nolasco da

Simcock, Philip

Simmonds, John Frederick

Norris

Simms, Henry George

Sinclair, Angus

Skinner, Thomas

Skött, Christian

Skött, Hans

Slade, Thomas

Slaney, Albert Edward Smith, Alfred Brooke Smith, Arthur William Smith, Eric Grant Smith, George Smith, George Morton Smith, Horace Percy, Smyth, Frank..... Snowman, Albert Washington Soares, Adão. Maria de Lourdes Soares, Alfredo Francisco de

Jesus

Soares, Francisco Paulo de

Vasconcellos

Soolemanjee, Essoofally Soonderam, Rammisamy Sorby, Vincent

Souza, Miguel Angelo Antonio Spafford, Thomas Spalekhaver, Wilhelm Otto

Christian

Spens, Reginald. Norman Squair, Alexander Cook Staeger, Oscar.... Stalmann, Robert

Stebbing, William Thomas Steel, David Thomson Stein, Alexis Low

Steiner, Charles,

Stephens, Herbert

Stevenson, Allan

Stevenson, Robert

Stewart, John Wemyss. Stewart, Walter Mertou Stewart, William Stewart, William Stockhausen, Curt Gottlob

Gustav.. Stoltz, Olav

Stone, Paul Emil Frederic Stopani, John Andrew Stoppa, William Christain

Paul

Stoucham, Herbert F. Stubbings, John James.... Sullivan, Charles Daniel Summers, Edwin Henry Spark Sutherland, Percy Duffus Sutherland, Robert Swart, Schelto

Assistant, Mitsu Bishi Goshi Kwaisha,... 4 Garden Road, Kowloon.

Assistant, C. P. Railway Co., Clerk, S. J. David & Co., Head Timekeeper, Dock Co., Manager, Soap Works,.. Assistant, Siemssen & Co., Assistant, Dock Co., Merchant,

Hotel Keeper, "Globe Hotel ",

Clerk, D. Sassoon & Co., Ld.,

Printer, Guedes & Co.......

Assistant Engineer, G. I. Cement Co.,

Ld.,

Clerk, Dock Co.,

Ins. Agent, North China Ins. Co.,

Marine Superintendent, Indo-China S. N.

Co.,

Marine Surveyor, Dodwell & Co., Ld., Assistant, Skött & Co., Merchant, Skött & Co.,

Foreman, B. & S.'s Shipyard,...... Foreman, Punchard, Lowther & Co. Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Assistant, Alex. Ross & Co., Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld., Foreman Carpenter, Dock Co., Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld., Chartered Acct., Percy Smith & Seth,. Broker, Vernon & Smyth, Asst., East Asiatic Trading Co.,...... Merchant,

Merchant,

Assistant, P. & O. Co., Merchant,

Clerk, Hongkong Hotel,

Electrical Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld.. Manager, Campbell, Moore & Co.. Storekeeper, Punchard, Lowther & Co.,...

Assistant, Siemssen & Co.,

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire, Bookkeeper & Cashier, Dock Co., Accountant, Russo-Chinese Bank, Assistant, Ferd. Bornemann, Printer, Kelly & Walsh, Ld., Bookkeeper,

13 Macdonnell Road.

4 Ashley Road, Kowloon. Ou premises. Shaukiwan Road.

Victoria Lodge, Peak Road. College Chambers. College Chambers.

Queen's Road Central.

3 Robinson Road, Kowloon.

4 Seymour Terrace.

On premises.

Kowloon Docks.

2 Lyeemoon Villas, Kowloon.

Peak Hotel.

2 Canton Villas, Kowloon. Hotel Mansions.

10 Des Voeux Road. Quarry Bay.

Naval Yard Extension.

East Point.

35 Conduit Road.

Craigieburn, Peak. Kowloon Docks.

Hazledene, Robinson Road. 5 Queen's Road.

Victoria Building, 5, Queen's Road. 10 Seymour Terrace.

24 Robinson Road.

6 Caine Road.

23 and 25 Gage Street. Hongkong Hotel.

Yesla, Wing Fung Street, Wanchai. 4A Upper Mosque Terrace. 12 Sau Wa Fong.

2 Bay View, Kowloon.

Deacon's Bungalow, Pokfulum. 4 Ormsby Villas, Kowloon. On premises.

6 Queen's Road Central. Connaught House.

35 Conduit Road.

Manager, Sun Life Asce. Co. of Canada,. Roseneath, 2 Garden Road, Kowloon. Chief Engineer, Flour Mills, Merchant..

Assistant Manager, Dairy Farm Co., L., Civil Engineer, Punchard, Lowther & Co., Assistant, China Sugar Refinery, Manager, W. H. Boyd & Co.,............. Foreman, B. & S.'s Shipyard, Saw Mill Manager, Dock Co.,

Assistant, F. Blackhead & Co., Ship Broker.

Assistant, Standard Oil Co., Engineer, Rope Maunfacturing Co.,

Broker,

Junk Bay.

50 Queen's Road Central. Pokfulum.

Carlton House, Ice House Street. 2 Great George Street, East Point. Hongkong Hotel.

Quarry Bay.

Kowloon Docks.

12 Bay View, East Road, Kowloon.

3 Victoria View, Kowloon.

14 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon. 2 Kimberley Villas, Kowloon.

7 & 8 Hotel Mansions. .... On premises.

Banker, International Bankg. Corp., Electrical Engineer, HK. Electric Co., Ld., Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Storekeeper, HK. & K. W. & Godown Co., Assistant, C. P. Railway Co.,.... Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Manager, East Asiatic Trading Co.,.................|

Fesla, Wing Fung Street, Wanchai. Joss House, Quarry Bay. 6 Ashley Road, Kowloon. Hongkong Hotel. 106, Peak.

Exmoor, Conduit Road.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ABODE.

Tang Chee

Taraporewala, Bejanjce

Ardeshir

Tarrant, Ernest Norsworthy... Tarrant, John Arthur

Tata, Fariborze Kaikavos Tatam, John

Tayler, Henry Herbert Taylor, Alexander Taylor, Frank Harold Taylor, William Taylor, William

Tegner, Ludvig Ferdinand

Templeton, David.... Terrill, William James Terry, Edgar William Terry, Wallace

Tester, Perey

Thiel, Carl Heinrich

Thiessen, Adolf Johannes

Martin

Thomas, Christopher Boswood] Thomas, Harry Philip Thomas, Francis Henry Thomas, John Alexander

Griffith

Thompson, Myron Lewis, Thorne, Stanley Moritz....

Merchant, Dang Chec Sou & Co.,

Clerk, Tata & Co.,

Assistant, A. S. Watson & Co., Ld., Acting Secretary, A. S. Watson & Co.,

Ld.,

Commission Agent,

Butcher, Dairy Farm Co., Ld., Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co., Engineer,

Barman, King Edward Hotel,.......... Chemist, China Sugar Refinery, Pattern-maker, Dock Co., Sub-Accountant, International Banking

Corporation,

Sugar Refiner, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Clerk, Punchard, Lowther & Co., Engineer, Gas Co.,

Assistant, W. Powell Ld., Assistant, Commercial Union Assurance,

Co., Ld.,

Merchant, Reuter, Brockelmann & Co.,...

Assistant, F. Blackhead & Co., Architect, W. Danby, Assistant, C. P. Railway Co., Clerk, HK. & S'hai Bauk,

Clerk, W. R. Loxley & Co.,

Supt. of Construction, Standard Oil Co., Sub-Accountant, Chartered Bank of

I. A. & C.,.......................

Tibbey, Henry Macpherson ... Shipping Agent, MacGregor Bros.

Tiefenbacher, Hans Max

Tillmann, Henry

Tohdow, Daizo

Tollan, Duncan

Tong Tze-san

Toppin, James

& Gow,

Merchant, Wm. Meyerink & Co., Foreman,

Manager, Bank of Taiwan,

Electrician, China & Japan Telephone Co., Secretary, Tung On Fire In'ce Co., Ld., Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co,

Torrence, Robert McAllister... Tuner, Robinson Piano Co., Ld.,

Tulip, Wilfred

Tully, John

Turnbull, Thomas Guthrie Turner, Isaac

Turner, Richard Rennie

Turner, William Cecil Dutton Tuxford, Alfred Stanley Tyack, Arthur Heury

Ü Cheukman

Uldall, Sofus Vilhelm August

Underwood, Joseph Harry Unsworth, Richard

Urban, Federico .

Draughtsman, Dock Co., Engineer, Dock Co.,.... Assistant, C. P. R'way Co., Head Watchman, Dock Co., Clerk, Shewan, Tomes & Co, Assistant, HK. & S'hai Bank,.. Opthalmic Optician,....

3 Carnarvon Road, Kowloon.

43 Hollywood Road. Alexandra Building.

1 Canton Villas, Kowloon.

4 Queen's Building.

28 Morrison Hill Road. Summerville, 157 Wanchai Road. 1 Stanley Terrace, Quarry Bay. On premises.

East Point.

Kowloon Docks.

Hok-ün Cement Works. Corn Hill, Quarry Bay. 14 Morrison Hill, Gap Road. Gas Works, West Point. Alexandra Building.

Hongkong Club Annexe. Prince's Building.

3 Queen's Gardens.

5 Queen's Garden, Peak Road.

Hotel Mansions.

On premises.

73 Praya East.

. Hongkong Hotel.

3 Queen's Road Central.

On premises.

20 Shaukiwan Road.

11. Macdonnell Road.

Ice House Street.

2 Bonham Strand.

35 Elgin Road, Kowloon. 157 Wanchai Road.

1 Knutsford Terrace. Kowloon Docks. Alexandra Building. Kowloon Docks. 13 Macdonnell Road.

On premises. 74 Caine Road.

Civil Engineer, Panchard, Lowther & Co., Hongkong Club.

Chief Clerk, I On Marine and Fire

Insurance Co., Ld.,

Manager, G. I. Cement Co., Ld., Chemist, China Sugar Refinery, Berthing Master, HK. & K. W. &

Godown Co., Ld.,

Clerk, Siemssen & Co.,........

24 & 26 Bonham Strand West. Kowloon City Road, Kowloon. 165 Praya East.

3 Victoria View, Kowloon.

2 Knutsford Terrace.

Vernon, Frederic Lewis.....

Vincenot, Louis

Vivian, James.....

Foreman,

Merchant,

Foreman, Punchard, Lowther & Co.,

Vollbrecht, Ernst Oscar Rudolf | Manager, F. Blackhead & Co.,

Voort, Reinbard Theodoor

Frederik Von der

Vorster, Julius Otto

Bookkeeper, Java-China-Japan Lijn,...... Assistant, Meyer & Co.,

21 Saukiwan Road.

50 Queen's Road Central. Naval Yard Extension.

3 Queen's Gardens, Peak Road.

37 Robinson Road.

On premises.

Wadekind, Bruno Waldemar... Assistant, Melchers & Co.,

agner,

Otto.

Walker, James

Ward, Arthur Jacob

Watchmaker, Gaupp & Co.,.... Manager, Dairy Farm Co., Ld., Electrical Engineer, Dock Co.,

On premises.

Forebank W., 143 Magazine Gap.- Sassoon's Villa, Pokfulum. Kowloon Docks.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ABODE.

W-Continued.

Ward, John Edward Warnes, Charles Aspinall Warnsloh, Hugo Peter Gerald Warrack, Alexander Fehrsen. Warre, Felix Walter Warren, Charles Edward Watson, Albert John Watson, Ernest George... Watson, Henry Archibald Watson, James Johnston Watson, Vietor, ..............

Watt, Albert William Jack Watts, Sam Tackaberry Weall, Thomas Graham.. Wenser, William Lionel Wreford Webb, Arthur William Webb, George Stanley Webb, Harry Montague Weill, Albert Weinberg, Samuel Wells, John

West, Johannes Jacobus van West, William Edward Westerburger, Charles Adolphs

Henri

Weston, William MacGregor.. Wheeley, John Thomas Martin Whiley, William John Granger White, Edmund William White, Francis William.. White, George Whyte, James Fleming

Marshall

Whyte, John Whyte, Robert Wilkie, John

Wilkinson, Harrie Vaughan... ilks, Edward Charles......... Williams, Cecil Stanley Norbury Williams, Charles Marion Williams, Ernest Alfred

Mountford

Williams, Garland Winter, Julius Rudolf Witchell, Job ........... Wolff, Philip Robert... Wong, Joseph Mowlam. Wong Pa Chun

Wood, Gerald George Wood, Henry George Wood, Robert Bryden. Wotherspoon, William Woude, Wopke Van der Wright, James Francis Wynne, Hugh Smith

Yamada, Noriaki Yamaguchi, Takuo..... Yamashita, Hikogoro... Young, James Young, Jesse Ashton

Stenographer, P. M. S. S. Co., Sorter, Dock Co.,

Assistant, Melchers & Co., Clerk, HK. & S’hai Bank, Assistant, Gilman & Co...... Architect, &c., C. E. Warren & Co., Brakeman, Peak Tramway, Engine-driver, Peak Tramway, Engineer,

Sugar Boiler, China Sugar Refinery, Assistant Engineer, Flour Mills, Clerk, HK. & S'hai Bank, Stenographer, P. M. S. S. Co., Assistant, Dodwell & Co., Ld., Architect,

Engineer, North Point Iron Works, Storekeeper's Assistant, Dock Co.,... Insurance Clerk, Butterfield & Swire, Manager, Sennet Frères,

Godown Supt., Standard Oil Co., Foreman, B. & S.'s Shipyard, Assistant, Neth. Trading Society, Account, Vacuum Oil Co.,

Assistant, Arubold, Karberg & Co., Clerk, HK. S'hai Bauk, Manager, China Borneo Co., Secretary, Sun Life Assurance Co., Assistant, W. Powell Ld.,

Clerk, Caldbeck MacGregor & Co., Builder and Diver, Dock Co.,

Tailor's Cutter, Lane, Crawford & Co., Clerk, W. Shewan & Co., Coppersmith, Dock Co., Engineer and Surveyor,

Assistant, P. & O. Co., Consulting Engineer, Assistant, Gibb, Livingston & Co.,. Foreman, B. & S.'s Shipyard,

Assistant, W. Powell Ld., Assistant, Butterfield & Swire,

Mercantile Assistant,

Manager, Brick Works,

Clerk, Dock Co.,

Clerk, J. D. Humphreys & Son................ Agent, China Mutual Life Insurance Co., Civil Engineer,. Foreman,

Manager, Steam Laundry Co.,................... Head Timekeeper, B. & S.'s Shipyard, Accountant, Neth. Trading Society, Broker, E. S. Kadoorie & Co., Foreman Shipwright, Dock Co.,................

Accountant,oyo Kisen Kaisha, Assistant, Mitsu Bishi Goshi Kwaisha,.. Assistant, Mitsu Bishi Goshi Kwaisha,. Foreman, B. & S.'s Shipyard,... Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co.,

Baltimore Hotel.

6 Ashley Road, Kowloon. On premises. On premises.

4 Cameron Villa, Peak.

30 Des Vœux Road Central. Engine House, Peak. Engine House, Peak.

66 Des Voeux Road Central.

2 Great George Street, East Point. Junk Bay.

On premises. Hotel Baltimore.

6 Park View.

Alexandra Building. Wanchai.

Kowloon Docks. On premises.

11 Seymour Road.

34 Morrison Hill Road. 22 Shan Ki Wan Road. Peak Hotel.

6 Park View.

33 Conduit Road. On premises. On premises.

6 & 8 Alexandra Building. 2 Patell Villas, Kowloon. 33 Seymour Road. Kowloon Docks.

On premises.

131 Wanchai Road.

Kowloon Docks.

1 Observatory Villas, Observatory

Road, Kowloon.

11 Mountain View, Peak.

3 Kimberley Villas, Kowloon. 127 Barker Road, Peak. Stanley Terrace, Quarry Bay.

Alexandra Building. King Edward Hotel. 8 Wyndham Street. Deep Water Bay.

3 Stewart Terrace, Peak. New Territory, Kowloon. Alexandra Building. Hongkong Hotel.

2 Shaukiwan Road.

139 Station Street, Yaumati.

6 Stanley Terrace, Quarry Bay. 1 Des Voeux Villas, Peak. 4 Stewart Terrace, Peak. Kowloon Docks.

6 Macdonnell Road. 4 Garden Road, Kowloon, 4 Garden Road, Kowloon. Quarry Bay.

St. George Building,

Zehrmann, Franz Curt

Clerk, Jebsen & Co.,

Registry, Supreme Court, Hongkong,

30th January, 1907.

Braeside, Macdonnell Road.

ARATHOON SETH,

Registrar.

HONGKONG.

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

(BRITISH SECTION.)

ESTIMATE OF EXPENDITURE UP TO DECEMBER, 1907.

CLASSIFIED UNDER MAIN HEADS AND SUB-HEADS.

No. 19

1907

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

MAIN HEAD.

SUB-HEAD.

304

TOTAL

BROUGHT

FORWARD FROM 1906.

STORE DEBITS.

TOTAL

DURING

GRAND

THE YEAR

TOTAL.

1907.

V-Fencing,

(a) Boundaries,

C. $

I-Preliminary Expenses, (a) Survey Expenses,

33,854.79

10,000.00

43,854.79

II-Land,

13,721.45

100,000.00

113,721.45

III-Formation,

(a) Earthwork,

109,482.04

(b) Tunnels,

101,779.09

IV-Bridgework,

(a) Major Bridges,

4,891.35

() Minor Bridges,............ 14,448.16

6,377.78

345.45

600,000.00 709,482.04

600,000.00 701,779.09

20,000.00 20,000.00

300,000.00

304,891.35

300,000.00

314,448.16

50,000.00 56,377.78.

346.45

VI-Electric Telegraph,.

VII-Track,

(a) Ballast,..

2,413.83

429.00

2,000.00

4,413.83

100,000.00 100,429.00

IX-Plant,

(a) Construction,

50,148.79

150,000.00

200,148.79

X-General Charges, ....... (ai) Engineering,

49,455.82

50.000.00

99,455.82

(a ii),

19,173.72

20,000.00

39,173.72

(a iii),

7,019.54

8,000.00 15,019.54

(a iv),

6,607.64

5,000.00

11,607.64

(a v),

2,067.30

3,000.00

5,067.30

(a vi),

7,150.51

15,000.00

22,150.51

(vii),....

26,715.36

Stores-China,

Stores-China: Bricks,

HONGKONG, 15th March, 1907.

TOTAL,

138,989.23 138,989.23 | 100,000.00 100,000.00

• 5,000.00

4,474.60 4,474.60

5,000.00

.$ 599,546.45 143,463.83 2,438,000.00 2,894,082.62

G. W. EVES,

Chief Resident Engineer.

387

GENERAL REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL CIVIL MEDICAL OFFICER

AND THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,

FOR THE YEAR 1906.

AREA.

The Sanitary Board's jurisdiction extends to the Island of Hongkong, which has an are of 29 square miles, and to that portion of territory on the mainland between the shore and the first range of the Kowloon Hills extending from the village of Tseung Kwan O in Junk Bay, on the East, to the village of Kau Pa Hang on the West-with a sea frontage of about thirteen miles and an area of about sixteen square miles. Old Kow- loon, with an area of about 23 square miles, has been in British occupation since 1861, but New Kowloon was leased to this Government in 1898 only, as part of what is known as the New Territories. The remainder of the New Territories is not under the jurisdiction of the Sanitary Board.

The City of Victoria, built on the Northern shore of the Island of Hongkong, has a frontage to the sea of nearly five miles and is separated from the opposite mainland of Kowloon by the Harbour, which is rather less than a mile and a third wide opposite the centre of the City and widens out to somewhat over three miles at its widest part, con- tracting again at Lyemun Pass on the East to little more than a quarter of a mile in width.

The domestic buildings of the City of Victoria number 9,485 exclusive of Barracks and Police Stations, of which some 982 are Non-Chinese dwellings, while there are also some 155 European dwellings in the Hill District. The number of new houses completed. during the year was as follows:-City of Victoria 100, Kowloon 34, Outlying districts 19, and Peak 9, making a total of 162.

In addition to the above there were erected miscellaneous buildings such as offices, godowns, etc., to the number of 51.

GENERAL SANITARY CONDITION.

Twenty-one houses and a portion of one other were resumed in Gough Street, Mee Lun Lane, Shin Hing Lane and Hollywood Road, in the City of Victoria and these, together with thirty others, were demolished with a view to reducing surface crowding-the total area covered by these buildings was 29,502 sq. ft.

In connection with anti-plague measures to render houses rat-proof if possible, 837 ground surfaces in houses have been repaired and 286 buildings have had rat-runs filled up with cement. In addition 29 basements illegally inhabited have been vacated, while per- mits for the use of 38 basements have been issued and 166 houses have been set back from their original frontage or projecting eaves have been removed so as to obtain increased air spaces in front.

Open spaces in the rear have been provided to 125 existing houses.

In addition to the above improvements carried out under the supervision of the Sanitary Department various other permanent improvements have been effected by the Public Works Department.

These include the training of nullahs to the extent of 2,877 feet and the building of public latrines and urinals as follows:-one latrine in Second Street, one in Tsim-tsa-tsui and one public urinal in Salisbury Road, Kowloon,

A considerable improvement is always taking place in the matter of scavenging lanes but the full effect of the Ordinance in this respect will not be noticeable for a considerable number of years. Nevertheless the total area of lanes obtained for scavenging purposes during the year has been 18,178 sq. ft.

During the year three wells, the water of which was unsatisfactory, were closed by ord of the Sanitary Board.

year:

388

METEOROLOGICAL RETURN.

The following Table records the meteorological conditions which prevailed during the

Month.

Barometer

at M.S.L.

TEMPERATURE.

HUMIDITY.

Max. Mean. Min. Rel. Abs.

Cloudiness.

Sunshine.

WIND.

Rain.

Dir.

Vel.

ins.

p. c.

ins.

P. c.

hours.

ins.

Points.

miles

p. h.

January,

30.18 62.5 58.4

54.8 80 0.40

February,

30.01

64.0 60.4

56.6 87

0.47

March,......

30.12

65.9

61.6

58.1 79

0.45

April,

29.94

72.5 69.0

66.1 88.

0.63

May,

29.80

80.6

.76.5

73.2 86

0.78

June,

29.79

87.2

82.4

78.979.

0.88

July,

29.67

87.7

82.9

79.5 80 0.91

August,

29.79

88.8

83.2

79.1 79 0.89

September,

October,

November,

29.77

29.98 81.0 75.6

30.12 73.4 67.4

85.3 81.0

77.0 80 0.85

71.162 0.56

8 8 6 8 2 3 2 2 2 3

86.8

1.985

E by N

12.7

41.3

2.250

17.0

71.0

2.630

E by N

16.1

53.3

9.790

17 4

79 137.6

11.580

13.3

246.5

5.895

S by W

10.3

215.2

6.945

SSW

11.8

281.2

3.970

SW by S

6.7

70 171.2. 30.595

16.7

233.4

1.320

NE by E

11.5

•December,

62.4 62 0.42 49 *204.4

30.15 689 63.5 59.6 70 0.42 49 194.4

0.175

NE by E

10.8

0.660

E by N

11.8

POPULATION.

The population of the Colony exclusive of the New Territories at the Census taken on November 20th, 1906, was as follows:---

Non-Chinese Civil Community,

Chinese :-

City of Victoria (including Peak and Stonecutters' Island), ......174,937

Villages of Hongkong,

Old Kowloon,

New Kowloon,

Floating population,

Mercantile Marine,

Total Chinese Population,

Army, Navy,

.....

12,415

17,032

52.331

17,836

42,744

2,508

307,388

4,537

4,698

329,038

Total Population of the Colony,

At the Census taken in 1901 the Civil population of the Colony, exclusive of the New Territories, was 283,975, so that the increase in the Civil population during this period has been 17,992 exclusive of New Kowloon and the rest of the New Territories. The figures for the City of Victoria are interesting: at the 1901 Census the Chinese population of the City was 175,056 while at the Census taken in 1906 the Chinese population of the City is shown as 173,289, excluding the Peak in both cases. This shows a reduction in the population of the City of 1,767 and this is no doubt fully accounted for by the new regulations for the prevention of overcrowding introduced in 1903, by migrations to Kowloon in search of work, especially on the large Railway works now in progress, (Old Kowloon alone shows an increase in its Chinese population of 9,355), and by the extensive resumptions and demolition of in- anitary property, which has been carried out by the Government during the past three years. other interesting feature in connection with the population of the City of Victória is the se in the number of Chinese women, in spite of the more stringent regulations in regard

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to cubicles which were introduced by the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903. the 1901 Census the proportion of Chinese females to males in the City was 35.3 to 100, whereas at the 1906 Census the figures show a proportion of 38-6 females to every 100 males.

The population of the Colony has been overestimated during the past few years, owing to the fact that it was impossible to accurately guage the influence of the circumstances mentioned above in restraining the rapid growth which was so marked a feature of the inter-censal period 1896-1901; the usual rule was therefore followed of calculating the estimated population from the figures obtained at the two most recent censuses. The addition however of 15,010 persons to the Chinese population and of 2,982 to the Non- Chinese civil population (exclusive of the New Territories) within a period of less than six years (January 1901 to November 1906), is sufficient evidence of the continued progress. of the Colony.

The estimated population to the middle of 1906 is as follows:-

Non-Chinese Civil Community,...

Chinese :-

City of Victoria (including Peak and Stonecutters' Island), Villages of Hongkong,

Old Kowloon,

12,174

...

175,070

16,745

51,600

New Kowloon,

17,790

Floating population,

42,550

Mercantile Marine,

2,375

Total Chinese Population,.

306,130

Army (average strength),

3,959

Navy (census figure),

4,698

Total Population of the Colony

(exclusive of New Territories), f

326,961

The Chinese population of the New Territories is estimated at 85,011.

The average strength of troops in Garrison during 1906 was 95 British Officers and 1,525 British N. C. O.s and men with 37 Indian Officers and 1,912 Indian N. C. O.s and men, and 65 men of the Chinese Royal Engineers. There were also 267 British women and children, and 58 Indian women and children, making a total of 325.

The average strength of the British fleet was as follows:-Europeans permanently in the Colony 200, Europeans temporarily in the Colony 5,000, Chinese permanently in the Colony 150, Chinese temporarily in the Colony 120-making a total of 5,470.

The Chinese boat population (exclusive of the New Territories), is estimated for 1906 ́as 42,550 and the number of boats belonging to the Port enumerated at the Census taken in November, 1906, is as follows:

Passenger boats,. Cargo boats, Steam-launches,.

Lighters,

Harbour boats, Fishing boats, Trading junks,

1,358

1,401

215

691

.2,480

264

6,459

The population of the Colony is primarily divided into Chinese and Non-Chinese. The Non-Chinese comprised at the Census a white population of 12,925 of whom 6,085 are civil- ians while 4,429 belong to the Navy and 2,411 to the Army. The coloured races (Non- Chinese) number 8,500 and include East Indians, Asiatic Portuguese, Japanese, Filipinos, Malays, Africans, Persians and a few others.

The Civil population is essentially a male adult one. At the last census (1906) the proportion of males was 701 per cent. of the total civil population; at the 1901 Census the proportion was 72.6 per cent., so there has been an increase in the proportion of females during the past few years.

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Of the Chinese population 70.3 per cent. were males, and over half the civil population (56.9 per cent. of the Chinese and 52.6 per cent. of the Non-Chinese) were between the ages of 20 and 45 years.

The City of Victoria is divided into ten health districts with a Sanitary Inspector in charge of each district. These ten districts are grouped into five larger districts of two each and a Senior Inspector has general supervision and control of the Sanitary work in each of such groups.

Kowloon has one Senior Inspector with two District Inspectors under his supervision.

There are also four Plague Inspectors in the City of Victoria, two of these Inspectors having charge of three districts each, and there is one Plague Inspector for Kowloon.

The supervision of the sanitary work in the villages of Hongkong and in Kowloon City and Sham Shui Po is done by the Police Inspectors in their respective districts.

The following Table shows the number of Chinese houses and floors and their inmates per house and per floor in the City of Victoria as shown by the Census taken in November, 1906.

City of Victoria. Health District.

One Two Three Four Five Total storey storey storey storey storey Dwell- Dwell- Dwell-Dwell- Dwell- Dwellings.

ings. ings. ings. ings.ings.

Total Floors.

Average No. of Floors per Dwelling.

Number of

persons per Dwelling.

Number of

persons per Floor.

161

425 214

Nil. 832

1,781

2.1

14.8

6.9

341

551

Nil. 977

2,666

2.7

20.5

7.5

Most of the Chinese of

Nil.

2.8

this district live in quarters

attached to offices.

10 30 17 00 0

6 2

564

412

61,045

3,526

3.4

22.4

6.6

132

464

321

46 965

3,172

3.3

18.2

5.5

48 437

369

25 925

3,054

3.3

16.9

5.1

445 377

24 901

3,056

3.4

20.5

6.0

616

294

31,002

3,211

3.2

18.1

5.6

464 496

Nil. 1,073

2,796

2.6

23.2

8.9

311 337

Nil. 756

1,957

2.6

18.2

7:0

Totals and Averages.

301 1,905 4,143 | 2,050 1048,503

25,296

2.9

20.4

6.9

The following Table shows the acreage of the City Health Districts with the houses and population in each such district as shown by the Census taken in November 1906.

Health Districts.

Total Acreage.

Built-over Areas in Acres.

Chinese Dwellings.

Non- Chinese Dwellings.

Person

Chinese Non-Chinese

Eppulation. Population.

per Acre

(built-over).

531

134

832

159

12,364

961

234

140

977

20,024

1,566

1,809 troops.

167

232

137

422

8,980

2,613

333

1,045

165

23,395

1,111

462

5........

965

17,593

366

665

6........

925

15,662

327

592

901

18,476

598

1,002

18,147

202

390

1,073

24,870

140

568

10.

252

106

756

13,778

310

133

1,523

746

8,503

982

173,289

9,507

245

The Census showed 1,648 Chinese living at the Peak.

Kowloon Sub- districts.

One

storey

Dwellings

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Two

storey

Dwellings

Three

storey

Dwellings.

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The following Table shows the distribution at the time of the Census (1906) of the Chinese population of Kowloon according to Houses and Floors in the different sub-districts into which Kowloon is divided:--

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Four

storey

Non-Chinese.

Dwellings.

Total Dwellings.

Total Floors.

Average Number of Floors per Chinese Dwelling.

Chinese Population.

Number of Persons per Chinese Dwelling,

Number of Persons per

Chinese Floor.

176

·184

376 2.0

1,149

108

166

560

3:4

3,462

242

6.9

126

3.......

23885

595

319

2 371

57 1 319

155. 13 11

163 69 292

446

8....... 940

219

9... 636

...

791 2,127

2.7

18,399

23.3

8་;

198

384 1,101 2.9

8,740 22.8

7.9

163

199 389

1.9

4,776 24.2 12.5

319

595 1,477

2.5

11,367 21.6

8.5

323

1,050 | 1,509

1.4

9,967 9.5

· 6.6

2,758

1,159 1,378

7,859 6.8

4.9

2,063

686 786

1.1

4,438

6.5

6.1

732

2.248 |1,407|285 |1,067 8

193

65,214 9,653 1.8

70,167 14:3

7.8

6,795

Sub-districts 7 and 8 are in New Kowloon, the remainder comprise the whole of Old Kowloon. The Non-Chinese population of Old Kowloon at the 1996 Census was 2,269 civilians and 2,215 troops, most of whom reside in sub-districts 1 and 2, while the Non- Chinese population of New Kowloon was 47.

Chinese,

Non-Chinese, ..........

The births registered during the year were as follows:-

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BIRTHS.

•

Males.

Females.

Total.

684

344

1,028

.161

132

293

845

476

1,321

This gives a general birth-rate of 404 per 1,000 as compared with 3:41 per 1,000 in 1905 and 3-3 per 1,000 in 1904.

The birth-rate amongst the Non-Chinese community was 14:06 per 1,000 as compared with 17.03 per 1,000 in 1905 and 139 in 1904.

The nationalities of the Non-Chinese parents were as follows:-British 117, Indian 43, German 17, French 3, American 3, Portuguese 78, Filipino and Malay 18, Japanese 3, Jewish 5, Dutch 2, Parsee 2, Arabian 1 and Swedish 1.

The number of Chinese births registered does not give an accurate record of the num- ber of births which have occurred. Owing to the custom of the Chinese in not registering births unless the child has survived for a month and often in the case of female children not at all, it is probable that the majority if not all of the infants which are sickly at birth or die before they have lived 1 month have not had their births registered. It is customary, therefore, to assume that all children of 1 month old and under who die in the various

Area in

Acres.

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convents (being brought there sick by poor people) and all children found dead in the streets, harbour, hillsides, etc., by the police, have been born in the Colony but not registered. By adding the number of such children to the number of the registered births a corrected number of births is obtained and from this is calculated a corrected birth-rate.

The number of such children in 1906 was 267 males and 316 females, total 583, which being added to the registered births, makes a total of 1,904. The corrected birth-rate is therefore 5.82 while amongst the Chinese community alone the rate becomes 5.26 instead of 3.35 per 1,000.

The preponderance of male over female registered births is very marked amongst the Chinese there being 199 males to 100 females. Even with the 583 above mentioned unregis- tered births the proportion is 144 males to 100 females.

In the Non-Chinese community the proportion of male births to female births for 1906 is 122 to 100 as compared with 103 males to 100 females in 1905, 83 males to 100 females in 1904 and 111 males to 100 females in 1903 and 1902.

DEATHS.

The deaths registered during the year numbered 8,379. The death-rate was therefore 25.06 per 1,000 These deaths include 842 from Plague, and the death-rate has also been largely augmented by the Typhoon of September 18th, 1906, and by the burning of the steamship Hankow.

The following Table gives the death-rates during the past five census years :-

1881 1891....

1896...

1901 ...

1906 ..

Non-Chinese.

18.22

18.20.

19.91

20.50

14.02

Chinese.

24.45

24.18

24.75

23.77

26.41

The total number of deaths amongst the Chinese community was 8,087 which gives a death-rate of 26.41 per 1,000.

The deaths registered amongst the Non-Chinese community numbered 292 of which 267 were from the Civil population, 17 from the Army and 8 from the Navy.

This gives a death-rate for the Non-Chinese community of 14.02 per 1,000.

The nationalities of the deceased were as follows:-British 77, Indian 61, Portuguese 59, German 13, Japanese 24, American 9, Malay 19. French 4, Italian 2, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish 5, African 5, South American, Eurasian and Jew 2 each, Parsee 3, Russian, Turkish, and Bavarian 1 each and of unknown nationality 2.

The following Table gives the causes of the 17 deaths among the Troops

British Troops,

Indian Troops.

Malaria,

Plague,..

Hæmorrhage,

Heart Disease,

Abscess of Liver,.

Sprue,. Pemphigus,

Phthisis,

•

Indian Women and Children.

British Women and Children.

Dysentery,

Inanition,

Heart Disease,

Cyanosis,

Dysentery,

Diarrhoea,..

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-These deaths are classified in the Military Returns as follows:--

CORPS.

Officers.

W. O., N. C. Officers & Men.

Women.

Children.

Officers.

W. O., N. C.

Officers & Men.

Native Officers.

W. O., N. C.

Officers & Men.

Women.

Children.

Native

Officers.

W. O., N. C. Officers & Men.

N. C. Officers

and

Men.

Women.

Children.

EUROPEAN

TROOPS.

Average Strength.

Average

CHINESE

INDIAN TROOPS.

Strength.

TROOPS.

Average Strength.

General Staff (Officers only),

Garrison Staff (W. O., N. C. Officers & Men), .

Royal Garrison Artillery, ...

Royal Engineers,

40th Co. Royal Engineers

(Chinese),

2nd Royal West Kent,

3rd Middlesex Regiment,

Army Service Corps,........

Royal Army Medical Corps,

Army Ordnance Dept., and

Corps,

Army Pay Dept., and Corps,

H. K. & S. Bn. R. G. A.,...

119th Infantry,

129th Baluchis,

Indian Medical Service,

Indian Subordinate Medi- }

cal Dept.,

TOTAL,....

...

• :

19664

243

9419

8 43

6 31

...

:..

...

9 1 2 95 1,525

7405

15 750

15753

37 1,912

N.B.-This return shows one death among the British Troops which occurred at the end of December, 1906, but was not registered until January, 1907, and so does not appear in our returns for 1906. It also shows three deaths among the Chinese Company of the Royal Engineers.

The 8 deaths occurring in the Chinese Squadron which were registered in the Colony were as follows:

Pneumonia,. Heat apoplexy, Abscess of liver, Drowning,. * Aneurism,.....

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The deaths of persons employed in the Mercantile Marine or in Foreign Navies which were registered in the Colony were 23 and their causes as follows:-

Dysentery,..

.......

Small-pox,..

Heart disease,

Cancer of stomach,

Bright's disease,

Drowning,

Fracture of skull,

Rupture of urethra,

Phthisis, Pneumonia,

NNNN

Apoplexy, Embolism,

་

Tuberculosis,

Beri-beri,

Syphilis,

The total number of deaths therefore which occurred amongst the Non-Chinese resident civil population was 244 and allowing 1,452 for the Non-Chinese floating population this gives a death-rate of 22.76 per 1,000 for the resident Non-Chinese civil population.

Sixteen deaths from Plague occurred amongst the Non-Chinese community comprising one British Soldier and fifteen civilians of the following nationalities:-Indian 6, Portuguese 3, Malay 2, Japanese 2, Eurasian 1 and British 1.

Table I shows the number and causes of deaths registered during the year.

The following Table of population, births and deaths is given for the purpose of ready comparison with similar tables given in the reports from other Colonies:-

Europeans and Whites.

Africans.

East Indians.

Chinese and Malays.

Mixed and Coloured

TOTAL.

Number of Inhabitants at 1906 Census

12,925

4,229

307,701

4,170 329,038

of Births

143

1,046

1,321

of Deaths in

of Immigrants in

113

8,106

8,379

134,912

of Emigrants in

76,725

of Inhabitants in 1905,

(Estimated),

Inercase,

Decrease.

10,835

3,907 360,228

2,860

377,850

2,090

322

1,310

52,527

48,812

UNCERTIFIED DEATHS.

During the year the bodies of 355 persons in the City of Victoria and of 510 persons in Kowloon, who had died without having been attended by a medical man, were inspected by the Sanitary staff, and enquiries made from the relatives as to the probable cause of death, the bodies being sent to the Mortuary whenever there was any reason to suspect that the deaths were due to infectious disease.

AGE DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS.

The number of deaths of infants under one year of age was 1,623 or 19.4 per cent. of the total deaths, as compared with 23.3 per cent. during 1905.

The Infant Mortality amongst the Non Chinese community during the year was 157 per 1,000 as compared with 119 per 1,000 in 1905.

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Among the Chinese population the deaths of infants numbered 1,577, while only 1,028 Chinese births were registered. Taking the corrected birth figure to be 1,611 this gives an infant mortality of 979 per.thousand, which proves conclusively that a large proportion of the Chinese births must escape registration. The census return for 1906 showed 1,329 Chinese infants under one year of age, and 14,980 Chinese children between the ages of one year and five years.

DISEASES.

Respiratory Diseases.

The total number of deaths from these diseases for the year was 1,632 of which 55 were among the Non-Chinese community leaving 1,577 among the Chinese population.

Phthisis alone accounts for 817 deaths of which 795 were Chinese. Pneumonia caused 469 deaths of which 442 were Chinese, and Bronchitis caused 266 deaths, 263 of which were Chinese.

The death-rate among the Chinese from Respiratory Diseases was 51 per 1,000 as compared with 44 per 1,000 in the previous year and that for Phthisis alone was 2.6 per 1,000 as compared with 1.9 per 1,000 in 1905. No doubt a number of these deaths were a sequel to the exposure experienced during the Typhoon as the deaths from drowning alone certainly do not represent the entire toll levied by that disaster.

The deaths from Phthisis amongst the Chinese were 9.8 per cent. of the total deaths amongst that community.

Nervous Diseases.

The number of deaths under this heading for the year 1906 is 746, of which 635 were of Chinese children under 5 years of ages 449 of these being infants of one year old or less. These deaths of Chinese infants comprise 329 deaths from Tetanus, Trismus and Convulsions and 116 deaths from Meningitis.

Malarial Fever.

The total number of deaths from Malarial Fever during the year was 448, of which 13 were Non-Chinese, 9 being from the civil population and 4 from the Troops.

In the City the districts in which there has been most Malaria are Health Districts 1, 2 and 9 with 22, 19 and 24 deaths respectively. The number for the whole City being 134.

In the whole of Kowloon there were 176 deaths.

In Shaukiwan and Aberdeen there were respectively 37 and 64 deaths from Malaria.

Since the year 1899 the attention of the Medical and Sanitary Departments has been specially directed towards the prevention of the formation of breeding pools for mosquitoes, and although the work proceeded very slowly for a year or two, yet much has been done by the fumigation of the basements of European houses (with the consent of the occupants), by the training of nullahs, by the filling in of pools, by the subsoil drainage of swampy ground, and by the resumption here and there of a padi-field which approached too closely to a Police Station or other European dwelling, to considerably lessen the facilities for the breeding of mosquitoes.

One of the results of this work will be seen in the following Table of the number of admissions for Malaria, to our two largest Hospitals, during each of the past ten years. It will be seen that the average has fallen from 1,036 in the five years 1897 to 1901 to 531 in the quinquennium 1902-19. The year 1906 has been an unfavourable one in regard to Malaria, as both cases and eaths show an increase over the past few years, while the type has been unusually malignant." This increase in numbers is partly accounted for by the large number of cases occurring among the employees in the new Railway works in Kowloon.

YEAR.

Civil. Hospital.

Admissions.

Deaths.

Government.

Admissions.

396

Admissions to Hospital for Malaria.

Deaths.

Tung Wa

Case-mortal-

Totals.

Hospital.

ity per cent.

Admissions.

Deaths.

Govt. Civil

Hospital.

Tung Wa

Hospital.

1897.

450

571

1911,021

197

1.3

33.4

1893,

344

521

122 865

126

1.2

23.4

1899,

475

305

58 780

1.0 19.0

Average admissions

1,036. Average deaths 136.

1900,

679

541

159|1,220

163

0.6 29.4

1901,

787

507

1221,294

132

1.3 24.1

1902,

349

9. 403

119 752

128

2.6

29.5

1903,

347

221

61 568

0.6 27.6

1904,

221

212

0.9

26.4

Average admissions 531. Average deaths 81.

1905,

266

158

419

2.2

31.4

1905,

233

248

96 481 103

3.0 38.7

One remarkable feature which is brought out by this Table is the discrepancy between the case-mortality in the two Hospitals. The Tung Wa Hospital is a purely Chinese institution, maintained by, voluntary contributions. and supervised only by a Government. medical officer. The reasou however for the high case-mortality at this Hospital does not lie altogether in the treatment of the patients, but in the fact that the Hospital is regarded by the Chinese more as a "home for the dying" than as an institution for the treatment of the sick. Consequently, the great majority of the cases of Malaria that are admitted thereto are in a moribund condition, and so near to death that even the hypodermic administration of Quinine is of no avail. Could we educate the Chinese to seek medical aid on the first onset of the symptoms of Fever, and could we at the same time educate the many Chinese herbalists and native doctors who ply their calling in this Colony, in the efficacy of Quinine, many lives would undoubtedly be saved which are now sacrificed to ignorance and indifference.

The figures showing Police Admissions to Hospital are even more striking than the foregoing, for these admissions have fallen from an average of 32 per cent. of the strength for the five years 1897-1901 to an average of 13 per cent. of the strength for the past five years, and to an average of 10 per cent. of the strength during the past three years.

It must, however, be borne in mind that during the first years of the occupation of the New Territories (April, 1899 to December, 1901), Malaria was extremely pervalent among the Police stationed there. Since 1902 the disease has been much less frequent due partly to the more regular use of Quinine as a prophylactic.

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Police Admissions to Hospital for Malaria.

From the City.

From rest of the Colony.

Total.

Average strength of Police force.

Percentage of strength.

1897,

160

630

1898,

121

630

1899,

239

770

1900,

167

223

390

929

1901,

243

164

407

.920

1902,

121

176

919

1903,

167

921

1904,

107

993

1905,

127

1,018

1906,

1,017

Average

The next Table shows the total deaths in the Colony from Malaria during each of the past ten years, and from this it will be seen that the average number of deaths has fallen from 552 in the quinquennium 1897 to 1901 to 354 in the quinquennium 1902 to 1906, in spite of the fact tha during the same time the population of the Colony has increased from 239,419 to 329, 38.

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Total Deaths from Malaria.

YEAR.

Deaths in the City (Chinese

only).

Total Deaths.

1897,

302

554

1898,

280

530

1899,

218

546

1900,

242

555

1901,

281

574

1902,

189

425

1903,

152

300

1904,

301

1905,

287

1906,

13F

448

Average

354

552

Rainfall in inches.

Total number

of wet days.

100.0

172

57.0

152

72.7

128

73.7

155

-55.8

152

97.5

142

93.6

142

80.4

144

70.9

156

77.8

159

398

The deaths of Chinese in the City of Victoria are shown separately in the foregoing Table, which also includes a statement of the rainfall and of the number of wet days in each year, and although the actual rainfall does not appear to have any appreciable influence upon the death-rate from Malaria, yet the influence of the number of wet days is quite pro- nounced during the first quinquennium, if we regard the deaths in the City only-outside the City the opportunities for the breeding of mosquitoes were so numerous, and the popula tion comparatively so sparsely scattered, that the number of wet days could have but little influence upou the incidence of the disease. Within the City, however, conditions were somewhat different for many of the ravines had not then been trained, swamps such as those at Kennedy Town had not then been drained, and little or no attention had been paid to the breeding of mosquitoes. Thus we find that in 1899 which had the smallest number of wet days in this quinquennium, there was the smallest number of deaths from Malaria, while the year 1897 which had the greatest number of wet days shows also the greatest number of deaths and last year, which must be regarded as a bad year so far as Malaria is concerned had the next greatest number of wet days during the past ten years. The rapid fall in the number of deaths from Malaria. within the City during the second quinquennium received a check in 1906, which it is hoped is only temporary, for it is naturally here that most of anti-malarial work has been carried out, though something has also been done in the out- lying villages and even in the New Territories.

In the following Table is shown the seasonal incidence of the deaths from Malaria and it will be seen that the largest average number of deaths belongs to the months of October and November, while during the early months of the year the death-rate is lightest. Our rainy season extends from April to September, so that the malarial season corresponds roughly to the wet season of the year.

Seasonal Incidence of Deaths from Malaria.

1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. Averages.

January,

317

333

February,

March,

288

36 341 46

22 20

April,

May,

110

266

June,

117

July,

August,.

58*

19. 42

888995

19 20 2

September,

October,

88888

November,

December,

90 19

Totals,..

551

530 546 555

425

300

301

287

448

Breaches of Bye-laws

Bake-houses,

419

Table III.-List of Prosecutions dur

Offence.

Basements,

Dairies.......

Dirty Premises,

Laundries,

Offensive trades, Opium Divans,

Dumping rubbish in harbour, Depositing nightsoil in drains,

Failing to provide a dust-bin,

proper fire-places,

cleanse and limewash,

cement rendered kitchen walls,

repair concrete.

provide hoods and flues,

provide window area. ...........

repair waste-pipes, ....

glaze windows,

cleanse lavatory,

roof gutters,

provide open space,

kitchens,

notify infectious disease,......

Illegal cubicles,

occupation of building,

♪

latrines,

partitions,

matsbeds,

show-case,

cock-lofts,

Nuisance in Public Streets,

Neglecting to carry out the terms of Scavenging

Contract,

Overcrowding common lodging-houses.

tenenent houses,

opium divans,

Obstructing verandahs,..

windows,

open space,

Selling vegetables without a licence,

pork fruit

unwholesome provisions,

Verandahs, using for cooking purposes,

discharging sullage water from,

Total,

Sum-

Con- Penaltics.

monses.victions.

100

the year 1906.

Remarks.

210

170

cutioned.

cautioned, I withdrawn.

5 absconded.

1 withdrawn.

550

761

1 ordered to do work, 5 withdrawn, 4 dismissed.

5 ordered to do work, I cautioned, I withdrawn. 1 ordered to do the work.

151

21 ordered to provide, 2 cautioned, 1 withdrawn. + ordered to do work, 3 withdrawn.

1 ordered to do work, 1 discharged, 1 withdrawn.

2 ordered to provide, 1 withdrawn.

-f

1 ordered to do the work.

393

14 ordered to remove, 2 cautioned. 6 dismissed,

122

2010 420 W W 10 a

100

2 ordered to remove.

I ordered to remove.

1 dismissed.

474

411

Õཌ་

631

3 absconded.

1,968

62 absconded, I cautioned.

162

1 absconded, 1 cautioned.

3 ordered to abate.

2 withdrawn, 3 absconded.

I ordered, to do the work.

1 dismissed, 1 ordered to abate, 1 withdrawn.

1 cautioned.

10 to co w ak -

130

.15

880

706

6,190

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December....

420

Annexe A.

REPORT ON PLAGUE IN 1906.

CASES PER MONTH.

165

402

176

883

893

The number of cases from January to July, 1905, was 272, and for whole year 304.,

NATIONALITY AND SEX.

Cases.

Males.

Females.

Total.

Deaths.

Europeans Chinese

536

334

870

826

Eurasians

()

Indians

Japanese

Malays

Portuguese

Parsees

Filipinos

Totals...

555

338

893

842

Bubonic.

817

Bubonic

Septic

Pneumonic

TYPES OF THE DISEASE.

Septic. 65

Expressed as Fercentages.

.91.5

7.3

1.2

Pneumonic.

HONGKONG.

No. 14

1907

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONGKONG OBSERVATORY, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

The comparison of weather-forecasts, issued daily about 11 a.m., with the weather subsequently experienced, has been conducted on the same system as heretofore (compare Annual Report for 1896 § 5). The results are as follows:--

Success 56 per cent., partial success 34 per cent., failure 1 per cent., partial failure 9 per cent.

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, it follows that 90 per cent. of the weather forecasts were successful in 1906.

2. The China Coast Meteorological Register was printed every morning at the Obser- vatory. From 1st August this work was undertaken by the Government Printers, improved machinery ordered from home being used for the purpose. The printing has therefore been much improved and the issue of the register somewhat accelerated.

3. In addition to the cable which connects the Observatory with the Cable Offices in Hong- kong, we have now another cable connecting us with the Harbour Office. Since July the observations made at Gap Rock and Victoria Peak are transmitted to the Observatory through the Harbour Office, which Department now also undertakes the distribution of meteorological information on the other side of the harbour, with the exception of the China Coast Meteorological Register, distributed by the Government Printers, and a return sent at 4 p.m. cach day to the newspapers, which is taken by one of our coolies.

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4. Information regarding storms telegraphed to Hongkong was regularly exhibited on notice boards. This happened on 110 days in 1906. The Red Drum alone was hoisted twice, the Red South Cone and Red Drum 5 times, the Red South Cone alone once, the Black North Cone and Black Drum twice, the Black Drum alone 4 times, the Black South Cone and Black Drum 4 times, the Black South Cone alone 3 times, the Black South Cone and Black Ball 3 times, and the Black Ball alone once. The typhoon gun was fired on four occasions.

5. It should be remembered that this Government supports only the Observatory, and one other meteorological station (Gap Rock). All the other meteorological returns printed in the daily weather report are supplied free of cost by observers in surrounding countries, who are not in the service of the British Government, and of course, not subject to any regula- tions made by the British authorities. Several stations furnish reliable information, while the returns from others are more or less irregular. The barometric observations telegraphed from some stations in China are frequently erratic.

6. The thanks of the Government are due to the Telegraph Companies, who continue to forward meteorological telegrams from outports to Hongkong free of charge, and also to the staffs of the Eastern Extension and Australasian Telegraph Company at Sharp Peak, Iloilo, Bacolod and Cebu who make and transmit observations twice daily. Unfortunately the telegrams coming over Chinese lines from Hoihow and Pakhoi are usually too late to be of service.

7. Telegraphic connection with the Eastern Telegraph Company's Offices in Victoria was interrupted as follows:-January 5th, 9.56 a. to 2.30 p.; March 9th, 7 a. to 3 p.; April 9th, 10.30 a. to 1.33 p.; May 1st, 6.25 p. to 3rd, 11.25 a.; 13th, 10.8 a. to 14th, 7.15 a.; 11.30 a. to 15th, 8 a.; 9 a. to 17th, 7.50 a.; 9.30 a. to 3.30 p.; 4 p. to 18th, 9.30 a.; June 10th, 7.10 a. to 2.45 p.; September 15th, 7.13 a. to 16th, 9.30 a.; 17th, 4.5 p. to 24th, 2.30 p.; 29th, 3.23 a. to October 1st, 8 a.; December 22nd, 11 a. to noon. Interrup- tions occurred therefore on 27 days, and of course, also during thunderstorms.

8. Telegraphic connection with Gap Rock was reported interrupted as follows:-Janua- ry 27th, 10.20 a. to 28th, 2.10 p.; March 7th, 7 p. to 9th, 3.18 p.; March 17th, 9.30 a. to pril 5th, 12.26 p.; April 5th, 4 p. to August 1st, 11 a.; September 18th, 9 a. to Decem- er 31st, midt. Interruptions occurred therefore on 248 days.

As our warnings in connection with typhoons in the China Sea are based mainly on re- ports received from the Gap Rock lighthouse, it is of the utmost importance that the cable between Hongkong and Gap Rock should be always in working order. From Victoria Peak the direction of the wind and the reading of the anemograph are telegraphed every hour from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. It is of importance that this service should be continued during the night whenever required.

9. The amount of success attached to the firing of the typhoon gun to indicate local gales during the 23 years, 1884 to 1906 inclusive, has been determined according to the method adopted by 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. Accord- ing to this way of counting, a failure has to be recorded every time the NE monsoon freshens to a strong gale (which rarely happens), although we never presume to fire the typhoon gun to signal the freshening of the NE monsoon.

10. The typhoon gun has been fired 44 times since the Observatory was started on the 1st January, 1884, i.e., during the past 23 years. During this period it has 48 times blown a gale of force 8 and upwards. Once in January (norther), once in February (norther), once in June (typhoon), 8 times in July, (typhoons), 10 times in August, (typhoons), 16 times in September, (typhoons), 8 times in October, (typhoons), once in November, (ty- phoon), twice in December, (northers).

11. Table I gives an account of all the gales that have passed over the Colony during the past 23 years and the warnings given by the typhoon gun. This shows 77% of success counting all the gales and all the times the gun was fired, and 83% of success if the northers be left out of account as on the four occasions on which northers of the force of a

strong gale blew, the gun was not fired. This compares favourably with the percentage of success in the British Isles 60% of which were justified by subsequent gales (mean of 20 years, 1884-1903 inclusive).

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12. There were three instances when a strong gale occurred, and the gun was not fired, but in each case the typhoon had been previously notified several hours in advance by notices and signals issued. On three occasions the gun was fired and no gale followed, owing in one case to recurvature of the typhoon, and in two to no local gale resulting from the typhoon, the centre of which passed the Colony. Twice the gun was fired too late. In the first case warning had been given some hours previously by the hoisting of signals, and in the second instance, that of September 18th, 1906, both signal and gun were late.

13. It will thus be seen that warning was given of every typhoon that blew in the Colony during the past 23 years, except in case of that of September 18th last, when owing to the extremely small diameter of the disturbance, its existence was not known beforehand and the indications were insufficient to justify the hoisting of signals till half past seven in the morning (Hongkong Mean Time).

14. Could earlier warning have been given it would doubtless have contributed to the saving of life and property as far as the boat population in the harbour is concerned. The damage in the Colony must in any case have been extensive, for apart from the suddenness with which this gale came on, it occurred at flood tide, which, owing to the typhoon, was of exceptional height and was responsible for a great deal of damage along the sea front, against which no precautionary measures would have availed, the damage being quite out of propor- tion both to the duration and severity of the storm. The maximum hourly wind velocity 77 miles, registered between 9.30 a.m. and 10.30 a.m. (H.K.M.T.), did not reach full typhoon force. On the other hand there were during this interval some four or five squalls of great severity.

15. During 1906 in addition to meteorological registers kept at about 40 stations on shore, 2,064 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 314. The total number of days' observations (counting separately those made on board different ships on the same day) was 16,610.

16. The following is a list of ships, from which logs have been obtained in 1906. When not otherwise distinguished the vessels are steamships :-Acara, Achilles, Aki Maru, Alabama, Alacrity (H. M. S.), Aldershot, Algoa, Amara, Ambria, America Maru, Amigo, Am Hamelin, Amur, Andalusia, Andrée Rickmers, Arabia, Aragonia, Arcadia (P. & O. S. N. Co.), Arcadia (Hamburg-Amerika Linie), Arratoon Apcar, Arroyo, Athenian, Atholl, Australian, Australien, Austria, Banca, Bayern, Bellerophon, Benarty, Benavon, Bencleuch, Benledi, Ben Nevis, Benvenue, Binh Thuan, Bombay Maru, Borneo, Braemar, Brisgavia, Bülow, Calédonien, Capri, Carl Diederichsen, Castor, Catherine Apcar, Ceylon, Ceylon Maru, Cheangchew, Cheongshing, Childar, China, Chingtu, Chiyuen, Chowfa, Chowtai, Choysang, Chunsang, City of Delhi, Colombo Maru, Coningsby, Coptic, Cowrie, Cranley, Crusader, Cyclops, Daiya Maru, Dakota, Daphne, Dardanus, Delhi, Denbighshire, Derwent, Deucalion, Devanha, Devawongse, Doric, Eastern, Elizabeth Rickmers, Ellen Rickmers, Empire, Empress of China, Empress of India, Empress of Japan, Esang, Fausang, Feiching. Ferndene, Flora (H. M. S.), Fooshing, Foxley, Franklyn, Fukushu Maru, Germania, Glenfarg, Glenlochy, Gregory Apcar, Haiching, Hailan, Haimun, Hainam, Haitan, Hakata Maru, Hangsang, Hanoi, Hans Wagner, Heimdal, Herzogin Cecilie (Schulschiff), Hoihow, Hongbee, Hongkong Maru, Hong Wan I, Hopsang, Hué, Huichow, Hupeh, Idomeneus, Indrani, Ischia, Ithaka, Japan, Java, J. B. Aug. Kessler, Jeseric, Joshin Maru, Kabafuto Maru, Kaga Maru, Kaifong, Kamakura Maru, Kanagawa Maru, Kasado Maru, Kashing, Keemun, Kensington, Kilbrennan, Kina, Kioyei Maru No. 2, Kohsichang, Korat, Korea, Koun Maru, Kowloon, Kueichow, Kumano Maru, Kumsang, Kutsang, Kwanglee, Kwangse, Kwangtah, Kweiyang, Kwongsang, Laertes, Laisang, Lawhill (sailing ship), Lennox, Liberia, Lisa, Loongsang, Loosok, Lothian, Lydia, Lyra, Machew, Madeleine Rickmers, Magallanes, Malta, Manchuria, Masan Maru, Mathilde, Mausang, Mazagon, Meefoo, Mernnon, Mercedes (H. M. T.), Minnesota, Moldavia, Mongolia, Monteagle, Mortlake, Namsang, Nanshan, Newby Hall, Nicomedia, Nikko Maru, Nile, Ningpo, Nippon, Nippon Maru, Nordkap, Numantia, Oceana, Océanien, Onsang, Paklat, Palamcotta, Palma, Patrol, Pekin, Peleus, Pera, Persia, Peshawur, Petchaburi, Phu Yen, Pindari, Pingsuey, Pitsanulok, Polynésien, Prince George (barquentine), Prinz Eitel Friedrich, Prinzess Alice, Prinz Heinrich, Prinz Regent Luitpold, Prinz Sigismund, Prinz Waldemar, Progress, Prometheus, Providence, Quarta, Radnorshire, Ragnar, Rajaburi, Rajah, Rajput, Ramsay, Reigate, Rhenania, Riojun Maru, Roon, Rubi, Sabine Rickmers, Sachsen, Sado Maru, Saint George, Salazie, Sambia, Samsen, Sandakan, Sardinia, Saxonia, Scandia, Segovia, Senegambia, eydlitz, Shah Allum, Shahjehan, Shansi, Shantung, Shaohshing, Shinano, Shinano Maru, Siam, Siberia, Sibirien, Sierra Morena, Silesia, Skuld, Slavonia,

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Socotra, So-shu Maru, Spezia, Stentor, Suevia, Suisang, Sumatra, Sunda, Sungkiang, Taifu, Taikosan Maru, Taishan, Taiwan, Taiyuan, Tango Maru, Tartar, Tean, Telemachus, Telena, Terrible (H. M. S.), Tinhow, Tjibodas, Tjilatjap, Tjiliwong, Tjimahi, Tjipanas, Totomi Maru, Tranquebar, Tremont, Trieste, Tsinan, Twickenham, Tydeus, Umballa, Uniform, Venetia, Verona, Victoria, Volute, Wabafuto Maru, Waihora, Wakamatsu Maru, Waterwitch (H. M. S.), Willehad, Wisconsin (U. S. S.), Woolwich, Wongkoi, Wosang, Yangmoo, Yawata Maru, Yiksang, Yochow, Yoshin Maru, Zafiro, Zaida, Zibenghla, Zoroaster.

17. 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, has been continued by Miss Doberck and 309,284 in all have now been entered (Table II).

18. 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 one barometer, one aneroid and six thermometers were verified. In addition several hundred barometers and aneroids on board ship were compared with our standard.

19. Mr. FIGG has made 201 sets of observations of dew-point with Alluard's apparatus, simultaneous observations being taken with rotating dry and damp thermometers. The results will be used in the improvements of hygrometric tables. It is expected that there will soon be a chance of having these observations continued in England, which is of import- ance for the purpose of having them extended through a longer range of temperature.

20. In 1906 the number of transits observed was 542. The axis of the transit instru- ment was levelled 276 times and the azimuth and collimation errors, which are less liable to variation were determined 39 times by aid of the meridian mark. Since the return of Mr. PLUMMER from leave of absence on the 24th February these observations, which were previously made by Mr. FIGG, have all been made by him. No alterations have been made in any of the standard clocks during the year and the going of all has been fairly satisfactory.

The errors of the Time-ball are given in Table III. The ball is not dropped on Sundays nor on Government holidays. There were two failures during 1906. On the 26th July the ball was prevented from falling intentionally because a flash of lightning occurring about 80 seconds before 1 p.m. had reversed the magnetism of the galvanometer and it was impos- sible to judge whether any other damage had been done. On the 2nd June the ball was also intentionally prevented from falling but that was owing to a mistake on the part of the observer in charge. On twelve other occasions the ball was not hoisted, viz., on the 18th and 29th September in consequence of typhoons, on the 10th April in consequence of a thunder- storm and on the 9th April, the 22nd and 23rd May, and from the 19th to 25th September, owing to interruption of the line and repairs not having been effected. The ball was dropped 287 times in 1906. The probable error was in January 0. 14, in February ± 0. 15, in March 0. 39, in April 0. 16, in May ±0. 15, in June ±0. 18, in July ±0. 17, in August 0. 12, in September ±0. 23, in October ±0. 13, in November ±0o. 14, in December ±0.10.

21. A new site for a time-ball tower has been selected on Signal Hill near the meridian of the transit instrument. The plans for the new tower have been approved and its con- struction is proceeding. It is much taller and roomier than the old tower and other improve- ments have been introduced based on twenty-three years' experience.

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 raingauge is 105 feet above M.S.L. and 21 inches above the ground.

23. An eight-inch raingauge was fixed by me in the Police compound at Taipo about ten miles to the North of this Observatory. The amount of rain in inches measured was as follows: Jan. 1.10, Feb. 3.80, Mar. 2.91, April 14.27, May 13.14, June 7.16, July 11.43, Aug. 6.75, Sept. 30.88, Oct. 2.01, Nov. 0.06, Dec. 0.71. The total for the year 1906 was 94.22 or about a fifth more than at this Observatory. A new Halliwell raingauge has been worked throughout the year at the Observatory, and has been of great assistance in measuring heavy

rain.

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24. 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 nor for gravity, as measured (at two minutes to the hour [mean time] named) from the barograms.

Tables II and III exhibit the temperature of the air and of evaporation as deter- mined by aid of rotating thermometers. Table II exhibits also the extrems temperatures reduced to rotating thermometers by comparisons of thermometere hung beside them. 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 Table from the data in Tables II and III.

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 [mean time] hour named.

hour named. It exhibits also the observed 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 [mean time] 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, nimbus (nim) is entered only when the rain is seen to fall; when no rain is seen to fall cumulo-nimbus (cum-niin) is entered. This name indicates clouds intermediate between cum and nim. Cumulo-stratus (cum-str) is the well-known thunder cloud, while strato- cumulus (str-cum) signifies a cloud intermediate between stratus and cum. Sm-cum means alto-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.

25. The following annual Weather Report for 1906 is arranged as follows :

Table IV exhibits the mean values for the year (or hourly excess above this) obtained from the monthly reports. The total duration of rain was 620 hours. There fell at least 0.01 inch of rain on 150 days.

Table V exhibits the number of hours during a portion of which at least 0.005

inch of rain (or dew) was registered.

Table VI 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 equidistant from two directions given, are counted half to one of these and half 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 VII exhibits 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 VIII shows the frequency of clouds of different classes.

Table IX is arranged as last year.

Table X exhibits the monthly and annual extremes.

Table XI contains five-day means.

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26. The observations of magnetic declination and horizontal force published in Tables XII and XIII were made with magnet No. 55 on Kew pattern unifilar magnetometer Elliot Brothers, No. 55. The dips were observed with dip-circle Dover, No. 71. The height above mean sea level at which the magnets are suspended is 116 feet and the position in which they are placed is 156 yards almost due Westward of the transit instrument. This is equivalent to a difference of longitude of 0.33. 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 unifilar magnetometer Elliot Brothers No. 55." The value of K used was 3.44914 at 25° Cent. The value of P was 8.505. The mean value of the magnetic moment of the vibrating needle was 570.24. From comparisons made between magnetometers No. 55 and No. 83 in the year 1898 it was shown that the correction to the horizontal force obtained by the former as given in Tables XIII and XIV was +0.00052 (see "Observations aud Researches made in 1898 ”

page 19).

The times of vibration exhibited in Table XIII 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 given in Table XIV are expressed in C. G. S. units. The vertical and total forces have been computed by aid of the observed dips.

As in the previous year gangs of coolies were at work with pick and spade in the pear neighbourhood of the magnetic house in March and May, after which this source of possible error ceased.

27. Doctor ALESSIO of the Italian Cruiser Calabria visited the Observatory during the month of August for the purpose of making an accurate determination of the constant of gravity as well as of the magnetic elements. The magnetic hut was placed at his disposal for this work.

28. Appendix A contains 5 day means of meteorological observations from 23 years- hourly observations. This table enables one at a glance to ascertain how much the barometer, thermometer, etc., read off at any time differs from the mean value. Tracks of typhoons in 1906 are being constructed by Mr. F. G. FIGG and will be published as soon as they are ready.

W. DOBERCK,

Director.

Hongkong Observatory, 28th January, 1907.

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Whether the gun

fired or not.

was

When the gun was fired.

servatory when fired.

Wind Velocity at the Ob-

When it blew hardest.

Highest Wind Velocity at Observatory Gap Rock.

Beginning of

strong gale.

Highest Wind

Velocity.

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Table I.

INTERVAL

BETWEEN

GUN-FIRE AND

Failure.

Success

ΟΙ

Remarks.

m.p.b.

m.p.h. hours. hours.

No.

1884 July 29th

Failure.

8 P:

Yes.

1884 Aug. 21st

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1884 Ang. 21st

Failure.

9.45 p.

9.46 p.

At noon on the 28th typhoon notified as approaching coast not far from Hong- kong.

No gale Colony in left hand semi-circle of typhoon (centre within 180 miles).

Yes.

1884 Sept. 10th

13.2

18.2 Success.

5.45 a.

midt.

Yes.

1885 Aug. 17th

2.5

2.5 Success.

12.30 p.

3 p.

No.

1886 Dec. 7th

Failure. Norther.

5 i.

Yes.

1887 July 20th

11:5

11.5 Success.

4.30 a.

4 p.

Yes.

1887 Sept. 11th

3.9

3.9 Snecess.

7.05 p.

11 p.

Yes.

1887 Sept. 17th

2.2

8.2 Success.

8.50 a.

5 p.

Yes.

1887 Sept. 20th

10.05 p.

1887 Sept. 21st 2 p.

12.9

15.9 Success.

Yes.

1887 Sept. 25th

1887 Sept. 26th

22.5 22.5 Success.

6.30 a.

5 a.

Yes.

1888 Sept. 28th

7.55 a.

1888 Sept. 28th 10 p.

14.1

14.1 Success.

No.

1889 Feb. 10th

1 a.

No.

1889 Oct. 16th

61.

'6 a.

Yes.

1890 Oct. 13th

6.10 a.

1890 Oct. 13th 53

7 a.

0.0

Failure. Norther.

Failure. Oct. 15th 5.45 p. drum hoisted. At 5.55 p.

notice given of typhoon.

0.8 Failure. (Too late.) Lanterns hoisted Oct. 12th 11.30 p.

Yes.

1891 July 19th

1.0 a.

1891 July 19th 7 a.

2.0 6.0 Success.

Yes.

1891 Aug. 2nd

1891 Aug. 3rd

2.5

7.5 Success.

9.30 P.

5 a.

No.

1891 Dec. 4th

3333

Failure. Norther.

I a.

Yes.

1893 Sept. 8th

10.15 a.

1893 Sept. 9th 59

3 a.

14.7 16.8 Success.

Yes.

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.

ga.

Yes.

1894 June 24th

1.6

1.6 Success.

4.25 p.

6 P

was

Whether the gun fired or not.

When the gun was fired.

servatory when fired.

Wind Velocity at the Ob-

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Table 1,-Continued.

When it blew hardest.

INTERVAL

BETWEEN

GUN-FIRE AND

Highest Wind Velocity

Observatory

Gap Rock.

Beginning of

strong gale.

Highest Wind

Velocity.

Success

Remarks.

Failure.

m.p.h.

m.p.h. hours. hours.

Yes.

1894 Sept. 10th

7.45 a.

1894 Sept. 10th 11 a.

3.3

Failure. No gale.

Yes.

1894 Sept. 18th

4.15 p.

1894 Sept. 19th 10 a.

4.8

17.8 Success.

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

8.30 a.

1895 July 28th 2 p.

5.5

5.5 Success.

Yes.

1896 July 29th

108

8.9

12.9 Success.

9.5 a.

10 p.

Yes.

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.

5 a.

Yes.

1896 Oct. 11th

2223

1896 Oct. 11th midt.

12.2

12.2 Success. Gale at Gap Rock not

at Observatory.

11.45 a.

Yes.

1897 Sept. 17th

56.

2.5

2.5 Success.

2.30 p.

5.0 p.

Yes.

1898 June 30th

3.30 p.

1898 July 1st 3 a.

11.5 Success. Force 9 at Gap Rock.

Yes.

1898 Aug. 3rd

1898 Aug. 5th

32.0

38.0 Success.

11.0 a.

1 a.

Yes.

1898 Aug. 17th

12.20 p.

1898 Aug. 17th 8 p.

1.7

7.7 Success.

Yes.

1900 Aug. 20th

1900 Aug. 21st

19.2 Success.

6.45 a.

2 a.

Yes.

1900 Sept. 10th

4.15 p.

Yes.

1900 Nov. 9th

6.15 p.

1900 Sept. 11th 8 a.

1900 Nov. 10th 90

5 a.

5.8

15.8 Success.

3.8 10.8 Success.

Yes.

1902 July 19th

5.30 a.

1902 July 18th 61

10 p.

11.5 16.5 Success.

Yes.

1902 July 27th

9.10 p.

Yes.

1902 Aug. 2nd

2.55 p.

Yes.

1903 Oct. 27th

7.20 a.

1902 July 27th 39

10 p.

1902 Aug. 2nd 10 p.

1903 Oct. 27th 9 a.

7.1

No.

1904 Aug. 10th 2 a.

0.8 Success. Force 8 at Gap Rock.

7.1 Success.

1.7 Success. Force 10 at Gap Rock.

Failure. Black signals 9th, 12h

33m p. At 11h 40m a. "Strong E to SEwinds."

Whether the gun was

fired or not.

When the gun was fired.

servatory when fired.

Wind Velocity at the Ob-

241

Table I,-Continued.

When it blew hardest.

INTERVAL

BETWEEN

GUN-FIRE AND

Highest Wind Velocity

Observatory or

Gap Rock.

Beginning of

strong gale.

Highest Wind

Velocity.

Success

Failure.

Remarks.

m.p.li.

m.p.h. hours. hours.

Yes.

1904 Aug. 25th 5.4 a.

1904 Aug. 25th

4.9 6.9 Success.

noon.

Yes.

1905 Aug. 29th

9.17 P.

1905 Aug. 30th 4 p.

15.7

18.7 Success.

No.

1906 Jan. 30th

33333

11 a.

Yes.

1906 May 21st 11.37 a.

1996 May 21st

noon.

Yes.

1906 Sept. 18th

8.17 a.

1906 Sept. 18th 10 a.

0.1

1.7

Failure. Norther for one hour.

Failure. No gale. Typhoon re- curved when 100 miles E of Hongkong.

at 7h 37m a.

Reck maximum force 6.

Failure. Black Drum hoisted at

At Gap

Yes.

1906 Sept. 20th

5.2

6.2 Success.

3.47 a.

10 a.

Yes.

1906 Sept. 28th 4.37 P.

1906 Sept. 29th 9 a.

10.4

16.4 Success.

Table II.

Meteorological Observations entered in 10° Squares from 1893-1906 inclusive.

Square Number.

Jan.

Feb. March

April

May

June

July August Sept.

Oct.

Nor.

Dec.

259

406

153

135

182

160

196

160

286

720

524

675

625

478

522

841

750

580

679

838

745

559

401

406

348

342

422

462

375

688

726

618

3409

3033

3623

3749

3837

3937

4114

4399

4122

4160

3656

3450

22.

119

101

147

168

171

112

141

120

115

185

143

379

462

.436

324

389

381

578

425

295

305

353

362

4058 3540

4126

3864

4365

4542

4757

4797

4675

4759

4424

4154

2011

1955

2202

2153

2329

2393

2230

2264

2299

2191

2093

2032

177

188

119

238

135

177

163

206

139

132

136

115

107

182

103

138

107

120

125

117

104

129

144

2284 2096

2211

2102

2428

2386

2505

2355

2177 2375

2217

2124

988

983

1163

1023

1027

1131

1120

1104

1122

1167

1191

1103

242

Table II-Continued.

Meteorological Observations entered in 10° Squares from 1893-1906 inclusive.

Square Number. Jan.

Feb. March

April May Juce July

August Sept. Oct.

Nov. Dec.

321

291

298

324

390

385

417

419

401

404

401

371

127

247

131

215

165

193

206

242

260

253

233

180

161

128

271

166

245

224

226

260

287

849

301

297

217

215

129

305

220

334

313

251

317

301

390

339

322

324

293

130

920

704

963

869

978

1000

1081

1100

899

965

987

907

131

644

621

640

€67

681

741

822

941

635

690

664

575

132

1996

1788

2387

2719

3003

3059

3366

3092

2797 2893

2729

2059

133

130

143

172

186

191

152

146

180

164

163

352

277

312

404

388

383

432

496

387

398

386

307

164

543

385

508

589

570

654

675

730

. 638

620

542

450

165

601

409

542

587

689

708

729

761

701

644

620

504

166

186

153

195

177

236

262

292

244

268

242

224

190

167

131

182

167

108

168

169

170

199

200

104

147

130

149

141

126

154

148

128

201

202

203

2 2

210 2

318

319

320

Τι

118

321

100

104

108

101

134

322

124

108

131

143

165

141

170

187

164

171

144

323

641

374

512

392

343

368

453

394

391

385

490

509

324

602

447

384

223

146

191

296

310

431

583

594

624

530

434

522

641

528

666

851

898

937

720

623

502

326

24174

21489

24659 24487 25452 26548 28766 28720 26352

27628 26919

24090

Table III.

Errors of Time Ball in 1906.

means too late

means too early.

Date.

Jan. Feb.

Mar. April. May. June. July.

Aug.

Sept. Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

+ 0.4

0.3

0.1

+ 0.6

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.4

+ 0.5

+ 0.2

0.1

+ 0.4

0.1

0.3

0.2 + 0.2

0.1

+ 0.2

0.1

0.2

0.1

0,2 + 0.3

+ 0.2

0.1

0.2

0.1

+ 0.2

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.1

+ 0.2

+ 0.4

0.3

0.1

+0.4

+ 0.3

+ 0.6

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.1

+ 0.6

+ 0.3

0.1

.0.2

0.1

...

0.2

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.1

...

0.1

+ 0.3

0.1

+ 0.3

0.1

— 0.2

0.1

+ 0.3

0.1

0.1 + 0.3

0.1

+ 0.5

0.2

0.1

+ 0.4

+ 0.2

0.1

- 0.3

0.1

0.2

+ 0.2

0.1

+ 0.6

0.1

+ 0.2

0.1

· 0.5

0.2

0.1

+ 0.2

0.1

+ 0.7

0.1

- 0.5

0.1

+ 0.2

+ 0.8

+ 0.3

0.1

+ 0.2

0.1

+ 0.2

+ 0.9

0.1 + 0.3

+ 0.2

0.1

- 0.6

0.2

0.1

+ 0.2

0.1

+ 0.3

0.1

+ 0.3 + 0.3

+ 0.2

0.1

+ 0.3

+ 0.2

0.1

+ 0.3

0.1

+ 0.2

0.1

0.2

0.1 + 0.2

+ 0.2

0.1

+ 0.3

0.1

+ 0.2

+ 0.3

0.1

+ 0.4

0.2

0.1

+ 0.3

+ 0.2

0.1

+ 0.2

0.1

+ 0:4

0.1

0.2

0.1

+ 0.2

+ 0.3

0.1

· 0.2

+ 0.2

0.2

+ 0.5 + 0.2

+ 0.4

0.1

+ 0.2

0.1

0.2

+ 0.8

0.1

...

+ 0.5

+ 0.8

0.1

0.3

+ 0.8

0.1

+ 0.2

+ 0.6

+ 0.2

0.1

+ 0.4

0.1

+ 1.0

+ 0.4

+ 1.1

+ 0.2

+ 0.2 + 0.3

0.1

+ 0.2

0.1

0.2

0.1

- 0.4

+ 0.3

+ 0.2

0.1

+ 0.5

+ 1.3

...

0.1

•

- 0.2

+ 0.3

+ 0.2

Table IV.

Mean Values and Hourly Excess above the mean of Meteorological Elements in 1906.

11 a.

Noon.

1 p.

2 p.

3 p.

4 p.

5. p.

6 p.

7 p.

Sp.

9 p.

10 p.

11 p.

Midt.

Mean or

Total.

1a.

2 a.

3 a.

1 a.

5 a.

Ga.

72.

Sa.

9a.

10 a.

Pressure,

+.005

Temperature,...

1.5

-.000 -.014 −017 —,012 +.001 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2

2.1

+.016 +.030 +.040 +.041 +.033 +.014 0.6 +0.4 +1.5 + 2.0 + 2.6

1.6

-.009 -.028 -.040-044 -040 -.030 + 2.7 +2.6+ 2.4 + 2.0 + 1.2 + 0.3

-.015 +.002 +.014 +.022 +.022 +.014| 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.6

29.829

1.1

1.3

71.8

8.5

Diurnal Range.............

...

Humidity,

Vapour Tension,

5 +

+.008 +.005 +.002

5 +

5 + 5

-.001

5 +

..004 -.005

0 +

1 +

3 + 3

+ 5 +

-.007

-.009

.010

-.010

-.012

..009

-.007

.003 -.004

.00.1

.000+.005 +.007 +.010 +.012

.013

+.015 +011|

0.639

Sunshine (Total),

23.4

113.3

155.4

171.9 185.6

185.9

189.4

192.9

191.8

185.1

178.9

129.4

33.3

1936.3

Rainfall (Total).

3.475 2.295

Hours of Rain (Toʻal),

2.265

1.220

2.013

2.580

4.455

3.645

4.315

5.250

Intensity of Rain,

0.109

0.067 0.055

0.030

0.051

0.064

0.101

Wind-Velocity,.

0.2

Wind- Direction,

0.0

0.6

0.5

0.8

0.9

0.081

0.6 + 0.4

―

Clondiness,

Solar Radiation, Excess of do.

3°

3.660 29 33

37 36 0.119 0.057

0.150 0.099 0.120 + 12 + 1.4 + 3.0 + 1.5 + 1.6 + 1.5 + 0° + 4o + 5o + 9° + Bo + 6° + + +

3.765

6.245

3.460

1.895

2.385

2.290

3 555

1.860

2.290

2.480

3.360

5.195

3.810)

77.795

822

0.099

0.184

0.114

0.069

0.115

0.062

0.088

0.075

0.112

0.148

0.1521

0.095

+ 1.2 + 0.4

1.0

1.3

1.9

1.5

1.4

0,41

13.0

+ 4° + 20 + 10

0°

4°

E 18° S

+ 6

118.4

41.9

Table V.

Number of Hours during a portion of which it rained for each Month of the year 1906.

Month.

રી.

2 a.

3 a.

4 8.

o a.

6 a.

7 a.

8 a.

9 a.

10 a.

11 a. Noou.

I p. 2 p.

3 p.

4 p.

5 p.

6 p.

7 p.

8 p.

9 p. 10 p. 11 p. Midt. Total.

January,

February,

March,

April,

May,

June,

July,

August,

September,

October,

November,

December,

100 — 12 N 10 N510-

10 10 10 2 UNA HOION

CTION & ONA A

}

FONONN~Or co co co

O420 10 10 #221-0-

103 2100 1000 - 30-ON

Total,......]

36 35

338

21 100 10.00 - 10 ON TOOOH

-ONN 10—2—3NON

1204 O 2 10 NN --~

3833

10 — —∞-KN 00 01 00.00

514

119

· 150

30 35

822

༄ནས་

- 243 -

244

Table VI.

Number of Days with Wind from eight different points of the Compass during each month of the year 1906.

MONTH.

NE.

SE.

S..

SW.

NW.

January,

February,

March,...

April,

May,

June,

July,

August,

September,

October,

November,

December,

LO ༣ 3

10 CO 00

2 15 THN CO+

246

Sums,

174

Table VII.

Total Number of Days on which different Meteorological Phenomena were noted and Total Number of Thunderstorms during each month of the year 1906.

MONTH.

Fog.

Phenomena.

Electric

Lightning.

Thunder.

Thunder-

storms.

Visibility.

Unusual

Dew.

Rainbows.

January,

February,

March,...

April,

May,

22132

June, July, August, September, October, *November, December,

N N

ONDON LO

Lunar Halo.

Corona. Lunar

Solar Halo.

Solar

Corona.

Sums,

Table VIII.

Total Number of Times that Clouds of different forms were Observed in each month of the

year 1906.

MONTII.

c-str.

c-cum. sm-cum.

cum. cum-str.

str.

r-cum. cum-nim. uim.

January,

February,

March,

April,

May,

June,

July,

August,

September,

October,.

November,.... December,

Sums,......

122

103

102

134

192

199

180

143

106

120

29166

193

157

398

1529

150

219

366

Month.

2.45

Table IX.

Hourly Intensity

of Rain.

MEAN DIRECTION OF

NUMBER OF DAYS

CLOUDS

WHENCE COMING.

WITH

CLOUDS BELOW.

Lower. Upper. Cirrus. 2000 ft. | 1000 ft.

RAINFALL.

Mean.

1906.

January, 0.112 2.36 4.10

1.32

1.985

0.029 E 4° S W 5° S

February, ...0.097 3.06 5.18

1.86

2.250

0.020 S 37° E W 10° S

March,

April, 0.089

0.104 3.13 4.95

2.63

2.630

0.030 E 43° SW 1°N

2.11 6.83

5.56

9.790

May,

0.083 1.72 8.36 13.43

11.580

0.129 E 39° S W 12° S

0.152

S 48° E W 22° S

June,

0.071 1.07 9.31

16.80

5.895

0.268 S 28° W W 33° S

July,

August,

September, 0.071 2.04 8.99

0.071 0.67 9.57

13.32

6.915

0.224 | S 26° WE 4° S

0.075 1.24

9.43

14.22

3.970

0.180 S 30° W │N 40° E

8.21

30.595

0.378 E 10° S E 39° N

October,..... 0.095 1.22

5.99

4.73

1.320

0.078 E 10° N S 31° E

November,... 0.106 1.59 4.57

1.71

December, 0.110

2.54 4.62

1.03

0.175

0.660

0.029 E 12° N S 38° W

0.029 E 3° N W 37° S

Mean or

Total,...

0.090 1.90

6.85 84.82

77.795 0.125 E 44° S

Table X.

Monthly Extremes of the Principal Meteorological Elements registered during the year 1906.

BAROMETER.

TEM-

PERATURE.

HUMI-

DITY,

VAPOUR TENSION.

RAIN.

VELOCITY.

WIND

RADIA-

TION.

کر

Month.

Daily Hourly

Max. Sun Max.

Sun

Max. Min. Max.

Min. Min. Max. Min.

Max.

January,

30.277 29.727 72.8 46.8 51

0.674 0.215

0.995

0.725 53

123.0

February,

30.203 29.568 79.1 47.0

0.820

0.200

0.895

0.640 40

131.2

March,

30.355 29.742 80.1 48.2

0.814

0.097

0.710

0.300 42

129.1

April,.

29.990 29.488

81.1 60.2 55

0.871

0.412

2.275 0.965 43

132.2

May,

29.938 29.330

89.4 66.7 49

0.967

0.461

3.760

0.790 42

147.8

June,

29.804 29.522

90.6 74.2

0.975

0.565 1.585 1.020 36

July,

29.770 29.324

91.2 75.9 56

August,

29.833 29.224 93.7 74.6

September, 29.916 29.066 90.3 73.4

1.008 0.585

0.999 0.713 2.000

0.993 0.732 1.210

5.265

145.6

0.590 34. 143.7

0.640 26

143.9

1.950 78

146.5

October,..... 30.007 29.688

88.9 65.7

0.952 0.196

1.060

0.160 34

141.7

November, 30.281 29.751 82.9 55.3

0.813

0.221

December,... 30.287 29.778 78.4 50.3

0.085

0.654 0.065 0.390

0.060 33

137.5

0.120 32

130.2

Year,.

30.355 29.066 93.7

46.8 15

1.008

0.065

5.265

1.950 78

147.8

246

Table XI.

Five-Day Means of the Principal Meteorological Elements observed at Hongkong in 1906.

FIVE-DAY

Barometer.

Temper-

PERIODS.

Humidity.

ature.

Vapour Tension.

Wind Velocity.

Nebulosity. Sunshine.

Rain.

Jan. 1-5

30.138

56.8

0.339

5.8

6.5

3.9

6-10

29.981

64.1

.509

12.8

7.0

3.8

11-15

30.084

54.2

.360

5.2

9.8

0.0

0.019

16-20

.130

58.4

362

13.0

7.2

4.7

0.028

21-25

.037

59.5

.416

15.7

7.2

4.2

26-30

.030

57.3

389

20.9

9.7

0.8

0.151

31- 4

.003

56.5

.361

16.0

8.3

2.1

0.247

Feb. 5-9

29.927

61.7

.460

16.6

7.8

3.7

0.085

10-14

.921

57.3

.431

23.6

10.0

0.283

15-19

.849

00.0

.509

25.4

10.0

0.015

20-24

.750

70.8

.687

11:5

9.0

2.5

0.008

25- 1

.028

55.3

346

10.0

0.020

Mar. 2-6

30.167

57.6

.240

12.8

6.6

4.9

0.008

7-11

.133

59.6

861

16.0

6.5

7.1

0.003

12-16

29.995

60.3

.409

18.4

10.0

0.2

0.234

17-21

.833

67.9

.040

11.5

9.8

1.5

0.037

22-26

.903

64.3

.579

23.4

9.9

0.2

0.016

27-31

.949

61.6

.495

15.3

10.0

0.3

0.219

Apr. 1-5

.864

65.4

.530

18.7

9.5

0.8

0.275

6-10

.728

69.9

.631

16.0

7.5

4.0

0.323

11-15

.827.

68.3

.636

18.2

9.6

0.8

0.754

16-20

.806

68.5

.646

22.4

9.7

0.3

0.527

21-25

.877

71.5

.687

13.0

9.4

2.7

0.075

26-30

.860

70.4

.652

21.0

7.9

2.0

0.004

May 1- 6

776

71.5

.717

14.9

9.6

1.3

0.465

6-10

763

78.9

.751

11.5

8.9

0.9

0.383

11-15

.808

77.8

.834

8.8

6.6

8.8

0.002

"" 16-20

.710

80.3

.834

9.3

6.7

7.9

0.021

21-25

.549

79.6

.786

20.5

8.4

3.4

0.833

26-30

.537

76.7

.805

12.9

8.6

3.0

0.612

31-1

.695

79.3

.755

14.1

3.9

9.7

June 5-9

.698

83.1

.905

11.8

8.8

7.5

0.052

10-14

.692

83.3

.883

12.2

7.9

9.4

0.099

15-19

.707

84.1

76.

.890

7.3

3.9

11.7

>> 20-24

.642

82.4

.899

11.8

8.1

3.4

0.422

}) 25-29

.679

$1.0

.888

7.0

5.8

7.9

0.595

22 30- 4

.595

82.3

.925

10.2

6.2

9.2

0.181

July 5-9

.656

83.0

.919

12.5

9.2

4.7

0.288

10-14

.600

84.3

.920

13.3

7.2

10.4

0.002

15-19

534

83.3

..882

5.3

5.0

8.1

0.012

20-24

.402

82.3

.887

13.4

7.9

5.2

0.426

25-29

.484

82.2

.901

18.6

9.0

3.1

0.491

30- 3

.677

83.2

.894

6.7

5.8

10.1

0.046

Ang. 4-8

.737

83.7

.913

9.1

7.5

9.7

0.022

9-13

.760

82.3

913

5.7

4.9

9.0

14-18

.746

85.1

.898

6.7

3.9

10.8

19-23

.734

83.1

.839

4.8

2.9

9.6

0.050

"" 24-28

576

83.4

.888

4.4

3.8

9.8

0.278

29-2

.523

80.8

.876

11.4

8.4

4.1

0.809

Sept. 3- 7

.590

81.6

.893

15.9

7.8

4.5

1.128

8-12

546

$1.5

.742

12.9

6.8

6.1

0.580

13-17

.699

80.83

.875

6.9

4.8

6.0

0.460

18-22

.698

80.7

.867

22.5

7.3

6.0

1.282

な

23-27

.810

81.0

.850

17.1

7.0

1.051

>> 28-2

.659

81.2

.839

23.6

7.5

6.3

1.207

Oct. 3- 7

.886

74.4

.499

13.8

8.6

2.7

0.016

8-12

.888

75.8

.543

7.1

4.0

9.0

18-17

.891

78.0

.660

12.4

5.3

6.2

18-22

.855

74.5

370

11.8

0.1

10.9

23-27

.909

78.2

459

13.0

1.8

10.9

"" 28- 1

.800

70.4

.736

13.0

7.1

3.9

0.249

Nov. 2-6

.932

69.1

61.

.450

10.2

7.0

7.6

0.017

7-11

.911

66.9

.421

7,5

8.4*

2.0

0.014

وو

12-16

.928

69.0

326

7.4

1.5

8.6

17-21

30.099

65.6

395

14.8

4.9

5.5

22-26

.099

67.5

.476

15.6

2.7

9.9

27- 1

.091

64.9

399

9.2

5.2

7.5

0.003

Dec. 2-6

.023

67.5

.520

13.8

5.5

6.1

7-11

.062

63.8

375

B.0

2.5

8.7

12-16

17-21

29.989

64.4

.437

11.6

3.1

8.1

864

67.3

.581

12.7

4.2

6.6

0.007

22-26

30.138

56.0

339

8.3

9.0

0.125

27-31

.131

61.1

267

10.7

4.4

6.3

247

Table XII.

Observations of Magnetic Declination and Dip.

1906.

H.K.M.T.

Declination East.

Observer. H.K.M.T.

Dip North.

Needle

Observer.

No.

March,.......

15.2.21mp. 0° 7' 6"

May,

17 3 9 p.

August,

November,

14 2 51 p.

0 7 2

22 2 35 p.

0 6 10

17 2 40 p. 07 17

0 7 11

J.I.P.

F.G.F.

13 3h. 24mp. 31° 4′ 26′′

J.I.P.

6 11

16 3 10 p.

8 27

F.G.F.

23 3 49 p.

* 29

20 3 16 p.

3 27

J.I.P.

12 3 13 p.

5 47

J.I.P.

3 28

Table XIII.

Obserrations of Horizontal Magnetic Force.

1906.

H.K.M.T.

Time of

one Vibra- tion.

Tem- perature Cent.

Log mX.

Value of

Tem-

Distance

H.K.M.T.

timetres.

in Cen-perature Deflection. Log

Cent.

Value of Obser-

ver.

March,

162.3h.13m.p.us .6513

179.8

2.32492 570.37 164 2.29m.p.

17o,656° 33′ 58′′ .7 3.18740 0.37048 J.I.P.

2 45 18 .7

4 12 p.

17.96 34 3 7

May,

18 3 10 p. 3 .6599

27.9

2.32466 | 570.32 18 2 30 p.

2 44 36 2

3 52 p.

2 45 9.4

27.956 32 21 .23.18758 0.37029 F.G.F.

27 .156 32 31 .2

2 44 46 .2

August,

15 3 23 p. 3.0624

31.3

2,32468 | 570.27 16 2 49 p.

6 31 42.5

3.18749 0.37033

2 44 26 2

31.9

6 31 30 .0

2 44 16 .9

November, 13 3 38 p. 3 .6583

25.5

2.32450 | 569.99 13 2 49 p.

2 44 57.5

4 29 p.

24 356 32 56 .2 3.18724 0.37037 | J.L.P,

24 .05 6 33 0.0

2 44 25.0

Table XIV.

Results of Magnetic Observations made in 1906.

MONTH.

Declin- ation. East.

Magnetic Force.

Dip. North.

Total.

March,

010

May,

August,

0 6 36

0 7 17

November,

0 7 11

6" 31° 5' 19"

31 9 36

31 8 47

31 4 38

0.37048

0.37029

0.37033

0.37037

0.22338 0.43261

0.22390 0.43272

0.22307 0.43232

0.22322 0.43243

Mean,.

0 7 2

31 5 50

0.37037

0.22339 0.43252

248

Appendix A.

Five Day Means of the Principal Meteorological Elements observed at the Hongkong Observatory during the 23 years, 1884-1906 inclusive.

The first column exhibits the height of the barometer in inches reduced to 32° Fahren- heit and to Mean Sea Level but not for gravity.

The second column exhibits the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit obtained from thermometers rotated 4 feet above the ground and 110 feet above Mean Sea Level.

The third column exhibits the relative humidity in percentage of saturation and the fourth the vapour tension in inches of mercury.

The fifth column exhibits the velocity of the wind in miles per hours as registered by Robinson's anemometer.

The sixth column exhibits the amount of clouds expressed in tenths of the whole sky.

The seventh column shows the hours of sunshine.

The eighth column exhibits the average amount of rain that fell in one day as measured by Beckley's raingauge.

}

249

Five-Day Means of the Principal Meteorological Elements observed at Hongkong during the 23 years, 1884-1906 inclusive.

FIVE-DAY

PERIODS.

Barometer reduced to M. S. L.

Temper- ature.

Humidity.

Vapour Wind Tension. Velocity.

Nebulosity. Sunshine.

Rain.

Jan.

1- 5

30.199

60.5

0.372

13.0

5.5

5.6

0.017

6-10

.189

60.2

.374

13.6

5.0

5.8

.009

11-15

.125

60.8

.416

14.8

6.9

4.0

.048

16-20

.170

58.8

.384

13.4

7.0

3.8

.027

21-25

.150

60.8

.418

14.6

6.4

5.0

.033

26-30

.125

59.0

.397

14.2

7.4

3.1

.115

31- 4

.155

56.2

74.

.349

13.5

7.7

3.0

.105

Feb.

5- 9

.167

56.4

.342

13.8

7.5

3.0

.049

10-14

.191

56.9

343

14.7

6.6

4.4

.043

15-19

.141

58.6

.401

15.2

7.5

2.9

.066

20-24

.119

59.5

.411

13.9

7.9

2.7

.069

25- 1

.089

60.7

.440

15.7

7.8

2.9

.048

Mar.

2-6

.094

60.9

.448

16.7

8.3

2.6

.045

7-11

.093

61.8

.463

16.7

8.5

2.4

.052

12-16

.065

61.8

.471

15.9

8.3

2.4

.128

17-21

.050

62.2

.475

14.9

8.4

2.4

.110

22-26

.030

64.2

.518

15.6

8.4

2.7

.126

27-31

.005

65.5

.544

16.1

8:4

2.7

.139

Apr.

1- 5

29.997

66.4

.541

15.7

8.2

2.8

.124

6-10

.977

68.2

.596

14.9

وو

8.3

2.7

.189

11-15

.954

70.2

.654

14.6

8.2

3.4

.158

16-20

.934

71.1

.673

14.0

8.1

3.4

.181

21-25

.937

72.3

.683

14.0

7.7

4.2

213

26-30

.950

73.0

.688

15.5

7.4

4.7

.216

May

1- 5

.932

73.8

.706

14.4

7.4

4.5

.194

6-10

.889

75.7

.748

12.7

7.1

5.0

.302

11-15

.892

75.8

.740

14.0

7.6

4.7

.414

16-20

.839

78.1

.807

11.5

7.1

5.8

.470

21-25

.818

78.5

.819

13.1

8.0

4.2

.441

26-30

.823

78.8

.827

12.5

7.5

4.8

.654

31- 4

.805

79.8

.837

12.0

7.0

5.6

.410

June 5-9

.785

79.6

84.

.849

12.7

7.8

4.8

.559

10-14

.759

80.6

.867

12.0

5.2

510

15-19

.740

81.1

.872

12.5

7.7

4.7

.620

20-24

.765

81.4

.888

12.3

وو

7.9

4.9

.518

25-29

.745

81.5

.892

12.2

7.2

6.0

.653

30- 4

.739

81.2

.887

11.8

7.6

5.0

.498

July

5- 9

.761

81.7

.898

10.7

7.2

5.9

.386

10-14

.764

82.2

.890

11.7

6.6

7.6

,214

15-19

.714

81.8

.886

11.1

6.2

7.1

.573

20-24

.702

81.9

.897

10.5

6.7

6.4

.401

25-29

.698

81.4

.895

11.4

6.9

5.8

.492

30- 3

.711

81.9

.897

11.2

6.4

6.8

.512

Aug. 4- 8

.732

82.0

.894

10.3

6.1

7.1

.314

9-13

.740

80.9

.886

9.8

6.9

5.8

.564

14-18

.747

80.9

.880

10.4

7.1

5.9

.445

19-23

.773

81.3

.881

8.9

5.6

7.5

.302

24-28

.763

80.8

.873

8.7

6.5

6.0

.594

29- 2

.776

81.2

.872

8.6

6.2

6.5

.342

Sept. 3- 7

.797

81.6

.843

8.8

5.1/

7.8

.228

8-12

.779

80.1

.796

13.0

6,6

5.6

..451

13-17

.845

80.2

.800

12.2

5.8

6.4

.282

18-22

.860

80.3

.794

13.1

5.4

6.7

.335

23-27

.892

79.7

.758

13.1

5.4

6.7

.232

28- 2

.904

79.0

.732

15.7

5.9

6.1

.251

Oct.

3- 7

.923

77.9

71.

.681

15.7/

5.6

6.4

.378

8-12

.968

77.2

.682

14.1

5.0

6.7

.174

13-17

.990

76.9

.671

13.4

5.1

7.0

.074

18-22

30.018

75.8

.615

13.4

4.6

7.3

.039

23-27

.030

74.4

.584

14.8

4.1

7.8

.061

28- 1

.046

73.1

.574

12.4

5.0

6.6

.038

Nov. 2-6

.079

71.7

.533

13.6

4.9

6.9

.031

7-11

.053

71.5

.519/

14.4

5.3

6.1

.079

12-16

.106

69.4

.47,1

13.4

5.4

5.9

.072

17-21

.105

68.5

.465

12.5

5.0

6.4

.067

22-26

.157

66.7

425

13.0

3.8

7.2

.029

27- 1

.175

65.2

.404

12.8

5.0

6.1

.023

Dec.

2- 6

.167

64.3

.396

12.8

4.9

6.0

.049

7-11

.137

63.9

.403

11.8

4.6

6.3

.023

12-16

.177

62.6

17-21

.181

62.3

22-26

.192

61.4

27-31

.173

61.4

8588

.370

12.3

5.2

5.6

.014

.388

12.7

4.9

6.0

.044

.385

12.3

5.2

5.8

.044

.380

12.5

5.0

5.7

.033

January February March

April

May. June

July

August

September

October

November :.

December...

420

Annexe A.

REPORT ON PLAGUE IN 1906.

CASES PER MONTH.

165

402

176

SS3

ง

893

The number of cases from January to July, 1905, was 272, and for whole year 304.

NATIONALITY AND SEX.

Cuses.

Males.

Females,

Total.

Deaths.

Europeans Chinese

536

334

870

826

Eurasians

Indians

Japanese

Malays

Portuguese

Parsees

Filipinos

Totals..

555

338

893

842

TYPES OF THE DISEASE.

Bubonic.

817

Septic. 65

Expressed as Fercentages.

Bubonic Septic Pneumonic

.91.5

7.3

•

1.2

Pneumoniz.

* M

421

AGE AND SEX INCIDENCE.

Ages.

Total Cases.

Sex

Cases.

Under 1 year

0.4

Im.

40.0

60.0

39.0

1 to 5 years

6.6

61.0

42.4

5 to 15 years

184

20.6

ポ

106

57.6

168

74.7

15 to 25 years

225

25.2

25.3

220

74.6

25 to 45 years

295

33.1

25.4

51.0

45 to 60 years

· 10.8

I f.

49.0

51.7

Over 60 years

3.3

48.3

Total......

893

DEATH RATES.

The general death-rate for the first seven months 95.6 per cent.

The rates for the different nationalities are as follows:-

Chinese

Europeans..

Eurasians

Indians

Japanese

Malays Portuguese

Parsees

Filipinos

.96.8 per cent.

10.

100.

66.6

100.

... 100.

422

METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND Plague.

The first column shows the weeks numbered consecutively from January to July, 1906. The last column shows the total plague cases recorded each week. The four middle columns give the daily averages for each consecutive week.

Temperature

Relative

Week.

Humidity.

Hours of Sunshine.

Inches of Rain.

Plague.

58.4

4.1

·000

59.2

(85

1:3

·008

57.7

4.0

·025

58.6

2.2

·065

56.6

1.9

•220

60.7

2.6

207

58.3

195

0.0

·066

26.10

67.9

1.7

*013

53.9

167

·012

59.9

6.8

·002

60-7

0.2

•190

68.2

1.1

⚫010

61.5

0.4

•163

68.0

(87

1.7

·380

68.4

188

2.1

583

69.7

192

0.6

*407

70.7

190

2.9

*024

72.5

192

1.0

-393

74.7

190

3.4

·001

80.2

8.7

015

104

79-6

3.3

1·006

111

76.7

6.7

+290

23.

831

179

8.3

-037

83.4

81-6

179

26....

81-20

27...

82.6

28....

84.2

177

29....

82.7

30...

82.1

にきみに18

9.9

*070

5.9

•301

8.6

·450

5.5

•305

10.4

·005

6.8

153

3.4

510

423

TABLE OF HUMAN AND RAT PLAGUE.

City of Victoria.

January to July, 1906.

1906.

· 1905.

Rats

Week.

caught.

infected.

Rat percentage.

Plague

cases.

Rat percentage.

Plague

cases.

1........

389

1.8

487

1.8

462

2.6

275

1.8

5......

391

4.3

421

4.2

7..

239

• 17

7.1

8......

531

31.

5.8

9......

489

5.3

OO ONO 10 0 1-

2.1

2.2

4.1

3.8

3.7

4.4

10......

476

6.9

3.7

11....

518

5.8

4:0

12....

436

5.5

3.2

13...

517

6.5

5:0

14...

565

6.3

3.8

15...

479

3.1

3.7

500

4.8

3.8

17.......

559

3:0

3.9

18......

535

4.1

5.2

19.....

489

3.2

5.1

20.......

462

4.7

7-6

21.......

468

4.6

8.2

22.....

432

4.1

6.5

23.....

424

3.5

7.7

24.....

374

2.9

7.7

25....

364

2.4

20.

8.7

26..

369

2.1

6.5

27.....

380

0.79

5.1

28......

344.

0.8

3.8

29.....

368

0.5

5.7

30....

359

0:0

6.7

31..

321

0.3

5.6

424

TABLE OF RAT AND HUMAN PLAGUE. January to July, 1906.

Kowloon.

1906.

1905.

Week.

Rats caught.

Rats infected.

Rat percentage.

Plague

cases.

Rat percentage.

Plague

cases.

1....

2.2*

4.7

2...

174

6.3

6.9

3...

180

5:0

6.2

4....

104

6.7

2.9

5......

136

6.6

3.7

6.......

159

6.9

9.3

7...

183

6.0

7.6

8.....

189

16.

8.4

4.5

9...

160

7.5

6.7

10..

182

8.2

5.6

11.

201

7·4

6.0

12..

185

5.8

13..........

211

6.1

8.8

14....

193.

4.6

15...

157

16..

125

17....

143

18.....

187

19....

183

20..

123

21..

139

22.

152

29 N NO☺ -

1.2

00 10

8.5

6.2

4.0

7.1

5.8

1.0

6-9

0.0

5.4

0·8 -

8.5

0.0

7:0

0.6

8.7

23.

150

0.0

8.8

24....

140

0.0

18.

7.7

25.....

121

0.8

8.2

26.......

137

7.7

27.....

136

0.0

8.5

28...

130

29...

146

0·0

30.........

165

0·0

171

0·0

10 4 OU~

10:0

8.3

6:3

10.7

425

PLAGUE MEASURES.

There are at present four Plague Inspectors for the City of Victoria, and one for Kowloon-Inspector FINCHER being in charge of Health Districts 1, 2 and 3, and the Peak, Inspector S. M. GIDLEY in charge (acting) of Districts 4, 5 and 6, Inspector KNIGHT in charge of Districts 7 and 8, Inspector ALLEN in charge of Districts 9 and 10, and Inspector MACKENZIE in charge of Kowloon.

There are eleven coloured Foremen Interpreters, one for each District of the City of Victoria and one for Kowloon, who supervise the work of the rat-catchers, assist in the house-in-house cleansing, and act as Interpreters to the Inspectors where necessary. There are five gangs in the City of Victoria each consisting of one Chinese Foreman, one artisan and seven coolies. Inspectors FINCHER and GIDLEY have each one and a half gangs, and the other two Plague Inspectors have a gang each, while Kowloon also has a gang consisting of a Chinese Foreman, two artisans and ten coolies.

During non-epidemic periods the whole of this staff is engaged in house-to-house clean- sing work, about ten houses or thirty floors a day are dealt with, and each tenant receives three days' notice, in English and Chinese, on a form similar to the sub-joined, marked A, requiring him to thoroughly cleanse his premises. On the day fixed the gang attends in the street opposite the houses named, and supplies hot water and soap solution to the tenants, and cleans out all empty floors, basements, etc., the tenants themselves cleansing out their own premises without assistance from us. The refuse turned out during this cleansing is removed by the gang to the nearest dust-boat. The soap solution is also used by the tenants for washing their bed-boards, etc., in the street or on the verandah.

When the cleansing work is completed by the tenants the Inspector visits every floor, accompanied by the Foreman Interpreter and some of the coolies with a bucket of Pesterine (liquid fuel) and some mops, and this Pesterine is applied to the sides and corners of the floors, and to the skirtings and round the partitions of the cubicles, and to the corners of the stairs, by means of the mops, under the personal supervision of the Inspector. At this visit when the floors are clear of furniture, etc., the Inspector makes special note of the condition of the ground surfaces, the absence of gratings to drain-inlets and ventilators, and the presence of rat runs, and all these matters are dealt with by legal notice at once. In Districts 4, 5 and 6 crude Phenol is used instead of Pesterine, for purposes of comparison, in accordance with the wishes of the Board on this subject. The tenants are invited, in the attached notice, to allow their bedding and spare clothing to be steamed, in order to destroy fleas and other vermin and their ova, and compensation is offered for all articles damaged. Should a case of Plague occur in a house, the Kaifong of the District is informed, and the floor on which the case has occurred is disinfected by the Plague staff, the walls being sprayed with corrosive sublimate, and the floor and the bed-boards washed with Jeyes' fluid or Cyllin (half a pint to the gallon); crude carbolic acid is poured into the rat-runs, which are then filled up with cement; and the clothing and bedding is sent to the Disinfecting Station to be steamed. The remaining floors of the infected house are cleansed by the tenants in the same manner as in the house-to-house cleansing. Should there be any ceilings or stair linings in the infected house these are removed and compensation is paid for them, if the case has been duly reported, while illegalities are dealt with by notice. The compensation is, in the case of Chinese, assessed separately by the Kaifong of the districts and by the Plague Inspector, and their assessments are dealt with by a Committee of the Sanitary Board. The Kaifong are appointed by the Tung Wa Hospital for the City of Victoria, and in Kowloon by the inhabitants of Kowloon Point, Yaumati, and Hunghom respectively.

Any spare time at the disposal of the Plague Inspectors is occupied in paying special visits to houses in which cases of plague have occurred in the previous season, with a view to seeing that they are free of rat-runs and provided with impervious ground surfaces.

The Chinese have established Public Dispensaries and also district Plague Hospitals which in the City of Victoria are managed by a Committee of which the Registrar General and the two Chinese members of the Sanitary Board are members; in Kowloon, a purely local Committee manages the Dispensary and the Hospital. These institutions are supported by voluntary contributions, and each is in charge of a Licentiate of the Hongkong College of Medicine for Chinese, who sees out-patients at the Dispensary, performs vaccinations, visits patients in their own homes, and treats the patients in the District Hospital. Cases of in- fectious disease are notified by these doctors to the nearest District Sanitary Office, and in the case of Plague, the patients may be treated in the District Hospital.

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The addresses of these Dispensaries are as follows:-

205 Queen's Road East.

#42 First Street.

153 Reclamation Street, Yaumati.

54 Des Voeux Road, Hunghom. Kowloon City.

Only one District Hospital has up to the present been opened in the City, and this is at 63 and 65 Third Street, while there is a Matshed Hospital near Kowloon City for the treat- ment of Plague cases from that District.

Eighteen persons were treated in the Third Street Hospital during 1906, and 33 patients were treated in the Kowloon City Hospital in the same year.

Permits are issued on application, for the removal of the sick and of dead bodies to

Canton.

SANITARY BOARD OFFICE,

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SIR,-This is to give you notice that your premises must be thoroughly cleansed on ....in default of your doing so the Sanitary Board will themselves undertake such cleansing unless such premises, be found to be already in a cleanly condition.

All rooms, cubicles, partitions, staircases, kitchens, yards, private lanes, floors, bedboards, furniture and other woodwork must be thoroughly cleansed.

The Inspector of your District will issue soft soap for the cleansing of yards, kitchens, rooms and woodwork.

As fleas are believed to be a means of conveying plague to human beings from infected rats, it is the wish of the Board to exterminate them if possible and with this object in view, you are asked to let your clothes and bedding be disinfected. All that is necessary is for you to let the Sanitary Officers have your clothes and in a few hours time they will cleared from all these pests and returned to you. The disinfecting process will not injure the cloth- ing and the greatest care will be taken that the different articles are returned to their proper Any complaint concerning the way in which this is done should be made in writing to the Secretary of the Sanitary Board, and compensation will be given for any damaged articles.

Please note that you are not in any way compelled to hand over your clothes and bed- ding to be disinfected but the Board earnestly hopes you will do so, and that you will co-operate with the Board in the work of general cleansing as far as possible.

I have, etc.,

Secretary.

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Annexe B.

REPORT ON THE RATS AND RAT-FLEAS FOUND IN HONGKONG.

Introductory.

To determine with accuracy the particular species of every rat arriving at the Public Mortuary is by no means easy. In by far the greater number of cases an opinion can be given with certainty, but there remain something like 20 % which are difficult to recog- nise. This is due to several causes. (1) The young of both the common rats are very much alike, not only in size but in outline and colouring. The typical characteristics of the different species are only attained by the adult animal. (2) Some of the rats show the long ears of Mus rattus with the short coarse tail of decumanus. The possibility is that these nondescripts are hybrids.

Of late years considerable attention has been given to rats and some who have worked in this connection have been reluctant to give to every rat a place in any particular species. Captain W. G. LISTON, I.M.S., in a paper read before the Bombay Natural History Society in November, 1904, homologates the opinion that "It might be as easy to classify pie-dogs as rats in Bombay." A somewhat similar opinion is expressed by KITASATO in the Philip- pine Journal of Science, June 1906, where he states, when speaking of different breeds of rats and their relation to plague: Moreover the results of biological researches tend to confirm the fact that although two distinct species of rat are found, the one most prevalent in Japan is a race which is a mixture of the two."

Species of Rats.

The following are the species of rats we have found in Hongkong:-Mus rattus, Mus decumanus, Mus musculus and the so called "musk rat which is not a rat but a shrew "Sorex giganteus."

The black rat: Mus rattus.

Although this is usually called the black rat it is seldom that one is seen which is really black and we have not seen one of this colour in Hongkong. The most common colour is a dirty grey. The fur is usually fine and soft, of a lighter shade on the belly, and extends quite a little way along the beginning of the tail; mixed with the fur are sometimes a few spiney hairs, though these are often absent. The tail is longer than the body and head together, it is generally slender and papers to a fine point. The ears are moderately large, standing up distinct out of the fur and extending to the eye and even beyond it when laid forward. There are five pads on the fore foot and six on the hind foot. The hinder- most pads are elongated, the digits well separated and more delicate than in the decumanus. The claws are sharp, curved and adapted for climbing. The skull is slightly convex above. The incisors are exceedingly sharp and sloped on the wearing surface at a very acute angle. The inferior maxilla is broader, thinner and less rounded on its lower edge than that of the decumanus and the incisors follow the curve of its inferior border. The whole build of the animal is more light and graceful than that of the brown rat and is better adapted for climbing than burrowing.

The brown rat : Mus decumanus.

There is little to choose in colour between this and the black rat. Taking an average of colouring the brown rat is the greyer of the two and of a lighter shade and this is more. noticeable when a number of the two are examined together. The fur is coarse and on the back is mixed with longer and more bristle-like hairs which have a brownish red tint ; these are continued on down the tail which is scaly and bare of fur almost from the root. The tail is shorter than the head and body together, it is thick and coarse, scaly and ends in a comparatively blunt point. In many specimens the point has been lost through some accident. The ears are short, rounded, set closely into the fur and when laid forward do not reach to the outer canthus of the eye. The feet are large and strong, the pads being more rounded than in the rattus and covered with a thicker, tougher skin, and the digits are shorter, stronger, more closely set together, and less finger-like than in the black rat.

The claws are straighter, blunter, and coarser than in the rattus. The skull is more convex on the top than that of the black rat. The incisor teeth are more curved than

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those of the rattus, the curve being almost at right angles to the inferior maxilla, and the wearing face of the tooth is almost parallel to the wearing surface of the molars. This rat is larger and its whole build more robust than that of the black rat, and the general con- formation more fitted for burrowing than climbing..

non mouse: Mus musculus.

The

common

This animal is too well known to need description although the Chinese do not appear to recognise it as a species distinct from the rat. It resembles rattus more than decumanus.

The musk rat: Sorex giganteus.

As already stated this is not a rat proper or even a rodent. It belongs to a rather moblike group, the insectivorae, which includes such widely differing animals as the mole, hedgehog, and shrew. This animal is caught in traps much less frequently than the others. Its outline closely resembles a rat but it is appreciably smaller than the rattus. Its first characteristic is its overpowering musky odour which appears to have given it the Chinese name (d) So Shu, the "stinking rat."

It is purely nocturnal in its habits, has a peculiar bat-like cry and frequents sewers, drains, and garbage heaps where it feeds on decaying animal matter. It sometimes finds its way into dwelling houses and its odour gives notice of its arrival. It seems to be regarded with particular aversion by Chinese who try to get rid of it by killing or driving it away. It is said to be looked upon by some as a very noxious animal, its breath even being reput- ed to be fatal to inan or animals, and certain it is that no cat will touch it and only a very few dogs will attempt to kill it. On the other hand we have been told that its presence in house is indicative of coming good luck in money matters and that Chinese like to see it there. It is covered with a soft, fine, almost black fur. Under this on each flank there is a band of stiff closely set bristles, from between which exudes an odorous fluid, the product of a particular gland. The two middle superior incisors are hooked, and dentated at the base; the lower ones are slanting and elongated. Five small teeth follow on each side of the former and only two follow the latter. There are besides on each jaw three bristled molars, and finally on the upper one a small tuberculated tooth. The snout is greatly elongated and semiprehensile. The nostrils open on the side and are fitted with a valve arrangement which enables the animal to forage under water. The eyes are rudimentary. It is an excellent swimmer and diver. Its gait is peculiar, owing to its short legs it moves. along as if on wheels.

Undetermined rats.

Under this heading we have included such rats as show in the one animal characters usually considered typical of rattus and decumanus, e.g., the short thick tail of Mus decu- manus with the long ears of Mus rattus.

Young rats.

These include baby rats of both species as the young are so much alike that differentia- tion is impracticable.

Specimens.

We have prepared specimens of the skulls of these rats and mounted them for future reference.

Comparative frequency.

Taking the undecomposed rats which have arrived at the Public Mortuary during the last two months as indicative of the comparative numbers found of each species in Hongkong we find roughly the following percentages.

Black rats: Mus rattus,..

12 %

Brown rats: Mus decumanus,

Mice: Mus musculus,

.18 %

.48 %

Musk rats: Sorex giganteus,

Undetermined rats, size of Mus rattus, Baby rats, undetermined,

5 %

.15 %

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RAT-FLEAS.

Seasonal prevalence.

We have had great difficulty during the last two months in finding fleas.

The great majority of the rats coming to the Public Mortuary are obtained by killing or catching on bird lime. A hundred have been searched consecutively without finding a flea. Probably the fleas have left them. Only a limited number of rats have been obtained alive and very few of these have had fleas. When catching fleas for the Indian Plague Commission in July of this year one of us had no difficulty in finding 2 or 3 a day on the same number of rats as are now arriving. They were found both on live and dead rats. The number of fleas we have got is consequently small and the number of varieties we have found is perhaps incomplete.

Method by which the species were identified.

Until recently little interest has been taken in the subject of fleas and the books we have on the subject are at variance and their descriptions are incomplete. In identifying the fleas we have used the figures and descriptions given by the well known authority on mosquitoes G. M. GILES in the Journal of Tropical Medicine, July 1906. It is worth men- tioning that he does not take upon himself to identify fleas but obtains the personal assistance of the authority on the group-the Hon. Mr. CHARLES ROTHSCHILD. The descriptions and figures are very lucid and enable us to identify with practical certainty four species. They

are :-

Ctenopsylla Musculi.

This is the mouse flea. It is just now the one most commonly found on rats and mice in Hongkong. We have taken it on Mus decumanus and on mice but much more frequent- ly on Mus rattus.

Pulex serraticeps, vel Felis.

This is the dog flea; we have found it on Mus decumanus once and also on a dog and

a man.

Pulex fasciatus.

We have only met with this flea once; it is said to be a common flea of rats.

Pulex Cheopis, vel pallidus.

This is a flea we have taken in large numbers; we have caught as many as 40 on two rats of the species decumanus. We have also found it on Mus rattus and the musk rat.

29th December, 1906.

C. M. HEANLEY, M.B., B.S., D.p.h. ADAM GIBSON, M.R.C.V.S.

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Annexe C.

REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT

CIVIL HOSPITAL.

GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL.

Staff.

Dr. BELL was absent on official duty from March 24th to April 5th, during which time I had sole charge of the Hospital.

I was absent on short leave, out of the Colony, from August 8th to September 4th.

Dr. BELL proceeded on long leave on September 7th and Dr. THOMSON was placed in charge. He went on short leave on November 24th, and on his return was transferred to Kowloon as Medical Officer of the Kowloon-Canton Railway and I assumed charge on December 7th with Dr. HARTLEY from the Railway as Assistant Superintendent.

Nursing Staff-Sister STOLLARD returned from long leave in June, and Sister SHELBOURNE left on a year's leave on June 25th.

Sisters YOUNG, MOIR and ALLAWAY were absent on short leave during the year.

Probationer Nurses WATLING and HOLMES were taken on.

Wardmasters :-Wardmaster DAWSON was transferred to the Sanitary Department, and Mr. SHARMAN and Bombardier O'REGAN, R.G.A., were appointed. Wardmaster NICHOLAS was dismissed the service.

Buildings.

Only minor repairs and alterations were effected.

Statistics.

The total number of admissions was 2,745 as against 2,704 last year.

Out-patients. There were 8,333 new cases and 8,435 attendances of old cases, making a total of 16,768 for the year against 14,976 for the previous year.

Tables.-The following Tables are attached :--

Table I.-Admissions and Deaths during each month.

II.-Admissions and Deaths under respective diseases. III-Operations.

IV.—Admissions and Deaths in the Maternity Hospital.

V. Varieties of Malaria prevalent each month.

The following Table gives the number and class of patients admitted during the past eleven years as well as the total number of the deaths.

YEAR.

1896.

1897. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. *1906.

Police,

Paying Patients,.

Government Servants,

Police Cases,

Free,

778

742

Board of Trade,

.45

785 65

739

569 466 37 28

588

529 488 692 920 937 938 759 707 726 733 632 603 741 764 891 830 931 777 772 807 659 269 227 186 208 266 339 460

319 267 271 335 244 299 306 306 347 348

276 262 329

300 646 555 512 616

59 34

300 454

Total,

Total Deaths,

143 119 138 114 155 153 140 142

2,598 2,445 2,571 2,734 3,030 2,948 3,108 2,794 2,585 2,704 2,677

128 150 167

* This column is exclusive of patients remaining in Hospital on 31st December, 1905.

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The number of free cases was in excess of similar cases last year; the number of Police cases, also treated free, remained much the same, while there was a marked falling off in the number of paying patients.

Deaths. There were 167 deaths.among the total number under treatment, making a percentage of 6.8-somewhat high comparatively. About tour-fifths, however, of the cases were admitted moribund or in an advanced and hopeless condition of illness. The following

details shew this :---

Death occurred within 12 hours of admission in 59 cases=35%.

3 days

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longer periods

Thus 57% of cases were hopeless on admission.

Average daily number of sick 91.74 against 90.01 for 1905.

Women and Children.-There were admitted 213 women, of whom 15 died 7%; and 40 children, of whom 14 died-35 %.

Nationalities of persons admitted :-

Europeans-698 against 848 last year. Indians and Coloured-738 against 737. Chinese-1,309 against 1,119.

Diseases.

The most commonly prevalent diseases were the following

Fevers

Malarial,

Febricula,

Typhoid,

Venereal Diseases,

Diseases of Respiratory System,

2.9

Digestive System,

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Cellular Tissue,

Rheumatism,

Dysentery.

Tuberculosis,

Beri-beri,....

Alcoholism,

Injuries,

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.239

188

.109

226

..244

.130

...120

.101

533

The largest number of Deaths occurred in the following diseases :——

Tuberculosis,

Dysentery,

Plague,

Malaria,.

Diseases of Respiratory System,

Injuries,

.20

.12

New Growths.-The following cases of Malignant Disease were under treatment :—

Sarcoma of Buttock-European Female,

of Orbit-Chinese Female,

of Testis-Chinese Males,

of Arm-Chinese Female,...

Epithelioma of Jaw-European Male,

Epithelioma of Infra-clavicular Glands-Portuguese Female, Epithelial Cancer of Liver-Portuguese Male,

...

14, Deaths 4.

11.

༣.

12.

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Fractures. The following were the principal Fractures :-

Spine,

Femur,

Leg,

Arm,

Skull,

Patella,

Ribs,

Forearm,..

Fingers,

Multiple Fractures,

Pelvis,

Knee-joint,

Fibula,

Tarsus,

Clavicle,

Jaw, lower,

Radius,

84' Deaths 22

Operations.

A total number of 215 operations were performed. Four cases of Ruptured Spleen were operated on, of which one was successful. In these cases surgical assistance is sought too late, which fact undoubtedly accounts for the high mortality. A case of Stenosis of the mouth was successfully operated on.. This patient had been using a strong escharotic prescribed by a native physician which had the effect of causing extensive ulceration of the face around the nose and mouth. On this healing the mouth got gradually contracted up to the size of a circle two lines in diameter, this aperture being kept open by the use of a paper spike. The nostrils were completely closed up, one having however a pin-point aperture. The patient was extremely emaciated owing to the difficulty of getting nourish- ment, and breathing was noisy and laboured. A plastic operation was performed, the mouth restored to its original size, and the nostrils made patent. He was soon able to eat well, rapidly put on flesh and was discharged well.

The other operations call for no comment.

Vaccinations.

During the year there were performed

Primary vaccinations--successful 360 unsuccessful 98. Total 458.

Re-vaccinations

Do., 382 Do., 220. Total 602.

The large percentage of failures is unsatisfactory.

SICKNESS IN THE POLICE.

Admissions.—These amounted to 677 as compared with 726 in 1905, and constituted a percentage of 64-72 compared with 7484-a steady diminution. In each class of the Force there were fewer admissions, than in the preceding year-Europeans by 3, Indians by 35, Chinese by 11.

Table VI shews Admissions and Deaths from the various sections of the Force.

Table VII gives sick and mortality rate in percentage of strength for the

past 11

years.

Table VIII gives the Admissions into and Deaths in the Government Civil Hospital during each month of the year.

Deaths.-The Deaths amounted to three-Pneumonia caused the death of one Indian, and Plague and Dy-entery the death of two Chinese constables.

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Invaliding.-Europeans 2: Chinese 6: Indians 8: for chronic diseases which unfitted them for further service.

Malaria.-Only 74 cases of Malaria occurred distributed as under :-

Europeans,

Indians,

Chinese,

Simple Tertian. Malignant.

Quartan.

Total.

This gives a percentage of incidence among the three nationalities of 7.07 as compared with 125 admissions last year and a percentage of 12.8. Analysing these figures further the percentage incidence among the Europeans was 7.5, among the Indians 107, and the Chinese nearly 4. Comparing these figures with those for last year we find that the European portion of the Force was affected to the extent of 45 per cent., the Indians 25.9 and the Chinese 55 per cent. There is thus a noteworthy diminution of Malaria among the Indian Police, from 25.9 to 107 per cent., a rise of 2 per cent. among the Europeans, and of 1.5 per cent., among the Chinese. On the whole these figures appear to point to a steady decline in the incidence of Malaria, though the fact must not be lost sight of that owing to the prophylactic measures adopted during the malarial season, namely the treat- ment of all members of the Force with quinine daily, Malaria may become masked and the parasite be absent in the peripheral blood. Malaria is diagnosed in this hospital only when the parasite is present in the blood. Consequently should the patient be suffering from a high temperature and no parasites be found, in the absence of other causes, the case is class- ed as Febricula. It may be quite possible, however, that many, if not most, of such cases are cases of genuine Malaria. It is instructive to note the occurrence of such cases of Feb- ricula among the Police in connection with the measures of prophylaxis. There were 92 cases during the year-Europeans 10, Indians 47, Chinese 35-being respectively 7.5 per cent., 11.5 per cent., and 7 per cent., the total amounting to 8.8

per cent. The distribution -vide Table X-is practically the same as in Malaria.

Table IX shews the admissions for Malarial Fever from the most important Police Stations in the New Territories during the year compared with strength. In Sha Ta Kok the reduction has been considerable-from 57·1 to 7.7 per cent., in Au Tau from 714 to 357 per cent., in Tai Po from 16'6 to 9 per cent., while in San Tin and in Sheung Shui from where there was no admission last year we have now 10 per cent. and 14.3 per cent., respectively.

Other ailments call for no comment.

SICKNESS IN GAOL STAFF.

There were 96 admissions out of a staff of 122, namely 79 per cent. against 68.9 per cent. for the previous year. The large majority of cases occurred among the Indians. There were two deaths-one European from Typhoid and an Indian from Acute Colitis. Invaliding: three Indians were invalided, two for Tuberculosis, and one for Anæmia, and one European for Chronic Rheumatism.

SANITARY STAFF.

There were 42 admissions compared with 35 for the previous year, and two deaths. Of the admissions there were Inspectors 9, Foremen 11, Interpreters 2, Clerk 1, Coxswain 1, Tallyman 1, Rat Catchers 2, Coolies 14, Artisan 1.

MATERNITY HOSPITAL.

There were 72 cases admitted, with one death. This was in the case of a patient who was taken as an urgency case into a vacant ward. She was not pregnant, was moribuud on admission and there was no room for her in the Government Civil Hospital. The cause of death was Malignant Malaria complicated with Bright's Disease. No other deaths. occurred.

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Complications.-Albuminuria in 3 cases: Cystitis 1: Breech presented in 2 cases: Adherent Placenta 1: Forceps were used 3 times. There were 3 cases of False Pains. Post-partum Hæmorrhage occurred once.

Still born.-Males 4: Female 1.

There were 29 male children, and 27 female born alive.

FEES.

The total amount received in fees from the Government Civil Hospital and its annexes. with the exception of the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, was $29,903.04 as compared with $33,458.55 in 1905.

MONTH.

W. V. M. Kącн,

Superintendent.

Table I.

EUROPEANS. INDIANS, &C.

ASIATICS.

TOTAL ADMISSIONS.

TOTAL DEATHS.

Remaining Dec. 31st, 1905,

January,

February,

March,

April, May, June,

July,

August,

September,

October,.

November,

December,

2422

-- NON WANANÄN

80.

189

133

207

106

201

214

113

240

***NOG

123

261

2 N

133

255

136

287

157

293

1 113

205

192

Total,...... 698

30 738

1,309 104

2,745

167

DISEASES.

GENERAL DISEASES.

Small Pox,

Measles,

Chicken Pox,

Dengue,

Influenza,

Malta Fever,

Febricula,

Enteric Fever,

Paratyphoid,

Dysentery,

Plague,

Malarial Fever:-

1. Quartan,

2. Simple Tertian,

3. Malignant,

4. Mixed infection,

Beri-beri,

Vaccinia,

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Table II.

Return of Diseases and Deaths.

Remain- ing in

Yearly Total.

Hospital

at end of 1905.

Admissions Deaths.

Total C'ases

Remain- ing in

Hospital

Treated. at end of

1906.

1- 21 21 20 1 - -

186

188

101

190

194

Mumps,

Septicemia,

Tubercle,..

Leprosy,

Syphilis :-

(«.) Primary,

(b.) Secondary,

Gonorrhoea,.

Alcoholism,

3 2

Rheumatism,

119

120

Crst,

New Growth, Noù-malignant,

New Growth, Malignant,

Anæmia,

Anæmia, Pernicious,

Debility,

101

103

LOCAL DISEASES.

Diseases of Nervous System.

SUB-SECTION 1.

Diseases of the Nerves :--

Neuritis,

Meningitis,

SUB-SECTION 2.

Functional Nervous Disorders,-

Apoplexy,

Paralysis,

Thrombosis of Cerebral Arteries,

Hystero-Epilepsy,

Insomnia,

Neuralgia,

Nervous Debility,

Sunstroke,

Convulsions,

Shock,

SUB-SECTION 3.

Mental Diseases:

1 2.

- 2

1250000 30

Mania,

}

Dementia,

Carried forward,

1,141

1,169

Remarks.

DISEASES.

436

Return of Diseases and Deaths,—Continued.

Remaining in

Hospital at

end of 1905.

Yearly Total. Total

Admissions Deaths.

Cases Treated.

Brought forward,

LOCAL DISEASES,—Continued,

Diseases of the Eye,

Remaining in

Hospital at end of 1906.

1,141

1,169

Ear,..

Nose,

Circulatory System,

Respiratory System, Digestive System,..

Lymphatic System,

Male Organs,..

00 00 00 AN

222

226

241

244

Female Organs,..........

93.

Organs of Locomotion,..

Cellular Tissue,

130

Skin,

515

533

10 — 10

Injuries, General,.

Effects of Heat,

Immersion,

Malformations,

Poisons,...

Parasites,

Under Observation,

In Attendance,

Nil,

Parturition,

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

2,677

167

2,745

Remarks.

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Tablé III-Operations Performed in the Government Civil Hospital in 1906.

SURGICAL OPERATIONS.

ORGANS OF LOCOMOTION:

Amputation of Thigh,

Leg,

Foot,

Toes,...

Forearm,

Fingers,

Injury to Knee Joint, ..

Opening Elbow Joint,

Setting (under anaesthetic) Fractured Thigh,

Leg,

Forearm,. Wrist,

(compound) Finger,

Reduction (under anæsthetic) of Dislocated Shoulder,

Wiring Tibia,

Jaw,

Elbow,

Wrist,

Knee,

Examination of Hip,

Knee,

Elbow,

Crushed Toe--plastic operation,..................

Contracted Knee-breaking down adhesions,

REMOVAL OF TUMOURS, etc.:-

Sarcoma of side,

Cysts,

Scirrhus of Breast,

Fibroma,

Polypus-ext. auditory meatus,

Chondro-fibro-lipoma,

Lymphatic Glands (chronic inflammatory),

EYE OPERATIONS

Cataract,

OPERATIONS ON THE NOSE :

Turbinectomy,

OPERATIONS ON GENITO-URINARY SYSTEM :—

Lithotomy,

Removal of Urethral Calculus,

Hydrocele-Radical cure,

Hæmatocele Radical cure,

....

Circumcision,

For Paraphymosis,

Abscess of Penis.

For Phagædenic Ulceration of Penis,

Stricture of Urethra,

Extravasation of Urine,

Plastic operation on Urethra,

Plastic operation for ablation of Genitals, Castration for Sarcoma,.

Bartholinian Abscess,

OPERATIONS ON DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Plastic operation for Stenosis of mouth,.

Hernia strangulated, inguinal,

NUMBER.

DEATHS.

Hernia-radical cure, inguinal,

Hepatic Abscess,

Hepatic Abscess, exploring for,

Splenectomy for Rupture,

Laparotomy for Tubercular Disease,

Lparotomy for Peritonitis,.

Curried forward....

139

438

SURGICAL OPERATIONS.

NUMBER. DEATHS.

OPERATIONS ON DIGESTIVE SYSTEM,-Continned.

Brought forward,.

139

Hæmorrhoids-ligature,

Hæmorrhoids-Whitehead's operation,

Fistula in Ano, ·

Stricture of Rectum,

OPERATIONS ON CIRCULATORY SYSTEM :-

Excision of Varicose Veins,

ABSCESSES-INCISIONS :-

Thigh, Neck...

2::::

Axilla,

Breast,

Tonsil.

Buboes,

For Cellulitis,

GENERAL OPERATIONS:-

Necrosis of Bone

Erasion of Sinuses,

Removal of Needles, Paracentesis Thoracis,

Empуæma,

Resection of Bone,

Ingrowing Toe-nail,

Do.,

Avulsion of,

Tendons-suturing,

Bullet-extraction of,

Whitlow,

Trephining for Extradural Hæmorrhage,

Do.

Fractured Skull,

Laminectomy,

Tracheotomy,

Harelip,...

5510

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

215

Table IV.-Monthly Admissions and Deaths in the Maternity Hospital.

Remaining Dec.

EUROPEANS.

JAPANESE.

CHINESE.

OTHER NATIONALITIES.

Total Admis- sions.

Total

Deaths.

31st, 1906,...

January,...

February,

March,

April,

May,

June,

July,

August,

30212 00 00 10

September,

October,

November,

December,

...

5161

~ 7 0121 00 00 00 w — — A~N

...

Total,...... 14

ان

439

Table V. Varieties of Malarial Fever met with monthly in the

Government Civil Hospital.

Month.

Quartan.

Simple Tertian.

Malignant.

Mixed Infection.

Total.

Percentage to Patients admitted each Month.

January,

8.56

February,

1.50

March,

0.48

April,

2.48

May,

1.40

June,

3.33

July,

13.41

August,

13.33

September,

16.02

October,

11.26

November,

11.22

December,

8.85

Total,

186

229

8.37

Table VI.-Admissions into and Deaths in the Government Civil Hospital from the Police for the past eleven years.

YEAR

EUROPEANS.

INDIANS.

CHINESE.

TOTAL ADMISSIONS.

TOTAL DEATHS.

1896,

370

124

588

1897,

320

107

526

1898,

279

122

488

1899.

117

421

151

692

1900,

183

522

215

920

1901,

202

521

214

937

1902.

150

479

307

936

1903,

130

431

198

759

1904,

118

342

247

707

-i

1905.

109

416

201

726

1906,

108

381

190

.677

440

Table VII.-Sick Rate and Mortality Rate in the Different Sections of

the Police for the past eleven years.

EUROPEANS.

INDIANS.

CHINESE.

YEAR.

Sick Rate.

Mortality Rate.

Mortality

Sick Rate. Rate.

Sick Rate.

Rate.

1896,

89.52

0.95

172.89

1.40

40.52

3.26

1897.

94.28

0.95

146.11

1.37

35.54

.99

1898,

77.67

3.57

123.45

1.32

41.78

4.10

1899,

140.46

3.57

151.98

1.08

47.09

2.75

1900,

135.50

147.40

.57

57.02

.40

1901,

160.31

3.17

147.17

.56

52.97

.49

1902,

126.00

0.88

131.90

.80

76.90

1903,

115.04

124.56

.57

54.69

.82

1904,

92.91

1.57

96.33

.28

54.52

.22

1905,

81.96

2.26

117.51

.84

41.61

.81

1906,

79.70

93.00

.24

37.47

.39

Table VIII.Admissions into and Deaths in the Government Civil Hospital

from the Police during each month of the year.

Europeans.

Indians.

Chinese.

Total Admis-

Total

Deaths.

sions.

Remaining on 31st De-

cember, 1906,

January.

February,

March, April,

May,

June,

July,

August.

September,

October.

November,

December.

Total,..

160

381

190

677

441

Table IX.-Admissions for Malarial Fever from the most important Police Stations in the New Territories compared with Strength.

Stations.

Sha Ta Kok,

Ping Shan,

1901.

1902.

1903.

1904. 1905.

1906.

30.7

15.38

13.3

57.1

7.7

62.2

7.1

45.45

13.3

20.0

Sai Kung, San Tin,

Tai Po, Tai 0,

28.2

16.6

50.0

42.8

25.0

10.0

...

70.0

50.0

33.3

27.2

16.6

9.0

10.0

11.1

10.0

Sha Tin;

25.0

12.5

33.3

Au Tau.

121.4

7.6

61.5

50.0

71.4

35.7

Sheung Shui,

63.6

20.0

9.0

14.3

Table X.

Admissions for Malarial Fever from each Police Station during each month of the Year.

Stations.

Strength.

January,

February.

March.

April.

May.

June.

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July.

August.

September.

October.

November.

December

ath-

LOTOS

Total.

GIN

POHO OHOH+

Percentage to Strength

(Malaria

only).

6.7

26.3

6.3

Central,

341

No. 1,

No. 2,

器

No. 5,

No. 6 (Peak),

No. 7,

No. 8,

Mt. Gough,

Bay View,

Tsat Tse Mui,

Quarry Bay,

Shau-ki-wan,

Shek O........

Stanley,

Aberdeen,

Pokfulam,

Kennedy Town,

Tsim Tsat Tsoi,

180

Yaumati,

Hung Hom,

Sam Shui Po,

Kowloon City,

문

Ping Shan,

Au Tau,

San Tin,

Sheung Shui,

Tai Po,

Sha Ta Kok,

Tai 0,

Tung Chung,

Sha Tin,

Sha Tin Gap,

Sai Kung,

Ta,Ku Leng,

Lamma Island,

Cheung Chau,

Juuk Bay,

okokup-pom

80-0 71.4

100·0

36.3

thick amtorspo`ˆops--pa---O

1.1

7.6.

14.3

35.7

10:0

14.3

9.0

7.7

Green Island Stu,

MOCH

NOTE :-Malaria is represented by the numerators-Febricula by the denominators. Total=53.

28.5

442

Annexe D.

REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE VICTORIA HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

ADMISSIONS, DISEASES AND DEATHS.

There were 278 admissions during 1906 as compared with 212 in 1905.

Table I gives in detail the diseases and causes of death during the year.

The admissions may be classified thus:-

(1.) According to Age:-

Under 3 years,

Between 3 and 12 years,

Over 12 years,

(2.) Nationality :-

Europeans,

Asiatics,

(3.) For

purposes of payment:-

Government Servants,

Wives of Government Servants,

Private Paying Patients,

Free Patients, chiefly young children,

107

171

241

*.37

134

Malarial Fener.-There were altogether 24 cases under treatment, some developing the disease whilst in the hospital.

The varieties were as follows:-

Quartan,

Tertian,

Malignant,

Mixed Infection (Malignant and Simple Tertian),

10 10

The Quartan cases came from the West Point Filter Beds and Aberdeen Police Station; the Tertian from Sham Shui Po Police Station and Magazine Gap, and the Malignant from Morrison Hill Gap (4), Wong Nei Chung Road (3), Bay View Police Station (2), Babing- ton Path (2), and single cases from Praya East, West Point Filter Beds, Stanley Police Station, and Shaukiwan Police Station.

The fatal case was that of a European child aged 14 years from Wong Nei Chung Road.

Fifteen deaths occurred, giving a mortality of 53 per cent.

Operations. The following operations were performed during the

Curetting,

Laparotomy,

Tumour of Chest,

Fistula-in-ano,

Osteotomy,

Circumcision,

Rectal Abscess,

Hæmorrhoids,

Polypus,

Degenerating Mole,

...

year

•

Seven of the confinement cases had chloroform administered and three were instru- mental cases; one infant was still-born.

143

Table II shows the average daily number of inmates in each month of the year.

Staff. Dr. THOMSON was in charge of the Hospital until 6th September, Dr. F. CLARK from 7th September until 23rd September when Dr. ATKINSON returned to the Colony and resumed charge.

Sister MILLINGTON was on duty for the whole of the year. Sister LEE on the 16th October.

Sister ALLAWAY replaced

There were two Probationers on duty from 1st January to 31st May and three from the 1st June until the end of the year.

Buildings. These have been maintained in a good state of repair.

Fees.--$6,581.42 were received during the year as compared with $4,394.34 in 1905.

J. M. ATKINSON.

Medical Officer in Charge.

444

Table I.

LDRE

VICTORIA HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

DISEASES.

GENERAL DISEASES.

Measles,

Chicken Pox,

Whooping Congh,

Influenza,

Diphtheria,

Febricula,

Return of Diseases and Deaths in 1906.

Typhoid Fever,.

Dysentery,

Plague,

Malarial Fever :—

1. Quartan,

2. Simple Tertian, 3. Malignant,

Septicemia, Tubercle,

Syphilis :-

a.) Secondary,

(6.) Inherited,

Scurvy,

Alcoholism,

Rheumatism,

New Growth, Malignant,..

Anæmia,

Sunstroke,

Remain- ing in Hospital

Yearly Total.

Remain-

Total

Cases

ing in Hospital

Remarks.

at end of

Treated. at end of

Admissions Deaths.

1905.

1906.

Debility,

LOCAL DISEASES.

Diseases of Nervous System :-

SUB-SECTION 1.

Diseases of the Nerves :-

Meningitis,

SUB-SECTION 2.

Functional Nervous Disorders :

Apoplexy,

Paralysis,

Neurasthenia,

Diseases of the Eye,

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1256

Ear,....

Nose,

Digestive System,

Lymphatic Systeni,

Urinary System,

Generative System,

Male Organs,.......

Respiratory System,

Skin,

Female Organs,

Organs of Locomotion,

Cellular Tissue,

1684

Poisons,..

Parasites,

Parturition,

In Attendance,

Under Observation,

· 30

Total,..

271

278

445

Table II.

Average daily number of Inmates of the Victoria Hospital during each month of the years 1905, and 1906.

Period.

Average daily

number in

Hospital.

Period.

Average daily number in Hospital.

1905.

1906.

January,.

8.39

January...

7.23

February,

9:32

February,

5.90

March,

4.84

March,

9.36

April,

2 33

April,

5*47

May,.

6:58

May,

10.81

June,

13.87

June,

17.10

July,

18.03

July,.

14.00

August,

26.03

August,

19.00

September,

17:30

September,

21.47

October,

15:55

October,

19.88

November,

11:43

November,

17.37

December,

6.67.

December,

18.68

446

Annexe E.

REPORT ON THE LUNATIC ASYLUMS FOR THE YEAR 1906,

There were admitted during the year 134 males and 28 females, making with those remaining on December 31st, 1905, 15 males and 7 females-a total of 184 under treat-

ment.

The following are the admissions for the past 8 years :-

1899,

1900,

1901,

1902,

1903,

1904,

1905,

1906,

...109

..120

..155

..166

...160

..162

The patients under treatment were divided under the following headings

Paying, Police,

Police Cases,

Free Patients,

Government Servant,

.109

184

Of these cases there were discharged on recovery or repatriated 157 (having been sent. to Canton), 9 died, and there remained under treatment on December 31st, 1906, 18 cases.

NATURE OF CASES.

Acute mental diseases were not very prominent, there being only 24 cases of acute mania-17 males and 7 females. Chronic mental trouble and degenerative mental changes were more prevalent among the native population, as will be seen on reference to Table ÏÏI. Alcoholism again claims a large proportion of subjects-34.

BIRTH PLACES OF THOSE ADMITTED.

Austria,

Chili,

China,

England,

Germany,

Greece,

India,

Ireland,

Japan,

Korea,

Manila,.

Portugal,

Scotland,

Straits Settlements,

U. S. A.,.....

Hongkong,.

Males.

Females.

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

149

}

147

DEATHS.

one

The deaths amounted to 9, being nearly 5 per cent. on the number under treatment. All were males, and the following causes were operative-Acute Mania 2 (Chinese), Chronic Mania 2 (one Chinese and one Indian), Dementia 2 (one Chinese and European), Phthisis l'ulmonalis supervening on the latter, and three deaths were due to causes other than mental. Of these, one European died from Cerebral Congestion supervening on Chronic Kidney Disease, one Chinese died from a large hæmorrhage over the brain due to injury of the skull, and the third-a Chinese-died of Cirrhosis of the Liver. These cases shewed mental symptoms which made it necessary to keep them in the Asylum in prefer- ence to the Civil Hospital.

OCCUPATION OF PATIENTS.

Table III shews the occupation of those under treatment.

BUILDINGS, ETC.

An iron staircase was added to the Chinese Asylum.

STAFF.

I had charge of the Asylum during the year, and Dr. HARTLEY took over charge under my, supervision from December 7th. Mr. COOKE and Mr. TONG Po continued their duties as Wardmasters. Several changes occurred among the Chinese Staff.

Diseases.

W. V. M. KOCH.

Superintendent.

Table I.-Return of Diseases and Deaths in 1906.

GENERAL DISEASES.

Malarial Fever:-

Simple Tertian,

Malignant,

Alcoholism,

Cirrhosis of Liver,

LOCAL DISEASES.

Diseases of Nervous System :-

Congestion of Brain,

SUB-SECTION III.

|_ Remaining

YEARLY TOTAL.

in Hospital

at end of 1905.

Total cases

treated.

Admissions. Deaths.

...

32 1

Remaining in Hospital at end of

1906.

Mental Diseases :—

Idiocy,

Mania,

Melancholia,

Dementia,

Delusional Insanity,

Plague,

ૐ

Opium. Habit,

Under Observation,

Injuries,

Total,.....

162

184

Table II.-Birth-places and Diseases of those under treatment.

ACUTE

MANIA.

CHRONIC

MANIA.

MELANCHOLIA,

DELUSIONAL

INSANITY.

DEMENTIA.

IDIOCY.

ALCOHOLISM. OBSERVATION,

TOTAL.

NATIVE OF

M. F.

England,

Scotland,

...

Ireland,

Germany,

...

Austria,

U S. A.,

China,

...

India,

Japan,

...

࿐212

Hongkong.

Straits Settlements,.

...

Macao,

...

Manila,

...

Chili,

...

Greece,.

Korea,

149

448 -

399

An examination of the deaths occurring in each Health District will reveal the localities in which further measures of prevention are indicated, and these are shown for the past three years in the following Table:

Deaths of Chinese from Malaria classified into Health Districts.

City of Victoria.

5 6

9 10

Unknown.

Harbour.

Penk.

Kowloon.

Villages.

1904,

;

1905,

24 12 2

∞

ī 0 63129

102 83

1 102

1906,

22 19

10 8

11 7 15

0176 103

To make the above figures tally with the Table of total deaths 12 deaths of Non-Chinese must be added for 1994, 4 such deaths for 1905, and 13 such deaths for 1906.

These figures show that there is still work to be done within the City, especially in the Wong-nei-cheong Valley (No. 1 Health District), and in Districts 2 and 9, while the work that has already been done needs constant supervision, Kowloon and the outlying villages are necessarily so scattered that it will take some years to produce as markel a reduction in the Malaria mortality there as we have already obtained within the City limits; the large increase in Kowloon for 19.6 is almost entirely accounted for by the Kowloon-Canton rail- Way works.

The fact must also not be overlooked that the malarial infection is not in all cases contracted locally, for the Chinese population is constantly receiving additions from the mainland of China, and the resident Chinese pay somewhat frequent visits to their native land, but for the purposes of comparison the figures given are fairly reliable as an indica- tion of the districts which yet need attention.

In regard to the question of cost the Government had expended up to the end of 19.5 the sum of $47,900 (approximately £5,000) on measures for the prevention of Malaria-- mainly the training of ullalis, and the formation of concrete channels for the smaller mountain streams, while it was anticipated that, at the end of 1906 the total sum expended would amount to $61,500 or approximately £6,500.

For this comparatively small capital expenditure we have obtained a reduction in the average number of admissions per annum for Malaria to the Government Civil Hospital from 490 during the seven years 1897-1903 to 24 during the past three years. The average cost of each patient in the Government Hospitals of this Colony, after deducting the fees paid by such of them as are able to contribute towards their maintenance, and exclusive of all capital expenditure on buildings, or interest thereon, is $2.34 per day and the average stay of malarial patients in the Government Hospitals last year was 6.3 days, so that, in regard to this item alone there is an immediate return of $3,685, or six per cent. interest on the capital expenditure on anti-malarial measures.

In a like manner the average number of admissions per annum for Malaria to the Tung Wa Hospital has fallen from 438 during the seven years 1897-1903 to 204 during past three years, but as we have no data as to the cost of patients per head per day in this institution, we are unable to express this saving in dollars.

the

400

The Table of Police Admissions to Hospital shows that there has been a reduction for Malaria from an average of 237 during the seven years 1897-1903 to an average of 103 during the past three years. This means that 2.3 men have been added to the regular effective strength of the Police force of the Colony, in addition to the other savings men- tioned, by this capital expenditure of £6,500, plus a small additional annual expenditure of about £35 on Quinine for prophylactic purposes.

Hygiene is taught systematically in all the Schools in the Colony and special attention. is paid to the teaching of the mode of conveyance of the infection of Malaria by the mosquito, and the manner in which the mosquito breeds.

Beri-Beri.

There were 561 deaths from this disease during the year, of which 6 only were among the Non-Chinese community; we seem to be as far as ever from arriving at any definite information as to the mode of transmission of this disease, though numerous reports have been written on the subject.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

The total number of cases infectious disease notified during the year was 1,179 of which 893 were of Plague. The following Table shows the nature and distribution of these.

diseases :-

CITY OF VICTORIA HEALTH DISTRICTS.

4 5 6

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ск

355

Peak.

Kowloon.

Harbour.

New

Territories.

1 1941 28

Villages

Hongkong.

address.

Imported.

Plague,

Typhoid,................

Cholera,..

Small Pox,

Diphtheria,

19 81 12

60 52

40 46

184 60

1 3

13 19 893

со

15 13 14, 20

36 23

192

心

Puerperal Fever,

Table II shows the number of cases of notifiable diseases recorded in each month of the year.

Typhoid Fever.

The number of cases of this disease during the year was 66, as compared with 90 during

1905 and 129 in 1904.

The European cases numbered 43, of which 15 were imported. The Chinese cases numbered 12, while 11 cases occurred amongst the other races in the Colony. Five of the European cases, three of the other Non-Chinese cases and seven of the Chinese cases died.

In most of the cases of Typhoid Fever that occur in this Colony the infection is probably contracted by eating salads of raw vegetables, which have been grown in Chinese market-gardens, where it is customary to water and manure the plants with diluted human excreta-both urine and night-soil. Residents in the Far East should carefully avoid such articles of food as water cress, lettuce, etc., in view of this danger of contracting Typhoid- Fever, Cholera or Intestinal Parasites, all of which diseases may be conveyed in this manner.

It will be seen from the above figures that this disease is much less prevalent among the Chinese than among Europeans in this Colony.

Cholera.

Two cases of Cholera were recorded during the year, both of them being Chinese employed on ships in the Harbour. One of the patients died.

Totals.

401

Small Pox.

During the year 192 cases of Small Pox were certified, of which 11 were European with 1 imported case, 168 were Chinese with 2 imported; and 13 were of other races with 1 imported case. One of the European cases, three of the other Non-Chinese cases and 137 of the Chinese cases died.

The number of vaccinations for the year was 7,450.

Diphtheria.

Thirteen cases of Diphtheria were notified throughout the year. Two of these were European cases, one a child the other an adult. Nine cases were Chinese, one Portuguese, and one Filipino.

All the cases of Diphtheria, with the exception of one, occurred daring the last three months of the year.

All the Chinese cases died, and also the Portuguese child.

Puerperal Fever.

Thirteen cases of this disease were certified throughout the year. case, and the remainder Chinese. Eight of the Chinese cases died.

One was a Japanese

The scheme inaugurated in 1905 for supplying trained Chinese midwives to attend the poor in their own houses has proved most successful, largely owing to the supervision exercised over these women by Dr. ALICE SIBREE, who is engaged in medical missionary work in the Colony. Two of these midwives were employed at the beginning of the year, and in August the number was increased to four. They have attended 188 confinements during the year, and exercise a general supervision over the infants, during the first year of life, advising the mothers as to the manner of feeding, etc. Seventeen of these infants have been taken out of the Colony-thirteen to Canton and four to Macao-and some of these are known to be alive and well, while of the remainder six only are dead-one a child that was practically still-born, one a child with hare-lip and cleft palate, that died at the third month, two prematurely born children that died during the first week, and two others one of whom died on the second day, the mother being ill with fever. These midwives consult Dr. SIBREE in all complications, and she was called to 20 of the above cases. All the mothers,

recovered from their confinements.

Plague..

There was an unforturate recurrence of Plague during the year 1906, the total number of cases recorded being 893. Five of these cases occurred in Europeans, while 9 were Indians, 3 Portuguese, 2 Japanese and one each Parsee, Malay, Filipino and Eurasian, leaving 870 Chinese cases. The death-rate among the Europeans was 40 per cent., while among the Chinese it was 96.8 per cent.

It is to be noted that the hours of sunshine for the first three months of the year were considerably below the average.

Further particulars of the epidemic are given in Annexe À.

INTERMENTS.

The following number of interments in the various cemeteries of the Colony have been recorded during the year :-

Non-Chinese Cemeteries.-Colonial Cemetery,

Roman Catholic Cemetery, Mabommedan Cemetery,

Jewish Cemetery,

Parsee Cemetery,

Sikh Cemetery,.

124

1,355

1,558

402

Chinese Cemeteries.-Mount Caroline Cemetery,

Mount Davis

Tung Wa Hospital,,

341

491

•

1,345

Infectious Diseases

Protestant

Shaukiwan

Aberdeen

Cheung Sha Wan,.. Kennedy Town,.

891

390

190

Stanley

Shek O

Ma Tau Wai

Shai Yu Shek

Sham Shui Po

Christian

Eurasian

1,020

197

242

•

Kowloon City

There were ten cremations of bodies during the year.

5,230

DISINFECTING STATIONS.

During the year the two Disinfecting Stations dealt with $9,429 articles of clothing bedding, etc.

These articles were received for disinfection according to the following Table :-

Articles from Private Houses,

Victoria Station.

67,457

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Kennedy Town Hospital,

894

Tung Wa Hospital,

421

Government Civil Hospital,

2.111

Police Stations and Gaol,

467

Military Hospital and Barracks,

347

Government Clothing lent to Contacts,

Clothing and Bedding of Staff,

3,230

1.702

76.629

The disinfecting apparatus was in use on 240 days.

Kowloon Station.

Articles from Private Houses,

3,756

Police Stations,

Government Clothing lent to Contacts,..

270

Clothing and Bedding of Staff,

8,721

12,800

The Disinfecting apparatus was in use on 73 days.

403

AMBULANCE SERVICE.

During the year a more complete ambulance service has been established throughout the City, and ambulances can now be not only procured at any hour of the night or day by telephoning (No. 363) to the Disinfecting Station, Tai-ping-shan, but additional ones have been stationed at the following places for use by the Police in all cases of emergency :-

No. 1 Police Station.

Eastern District Sanitary Office.

The Sailors' and Soldiers' Home, Arsenal Street.

The City Hall.

The Clock Tower.

The Central Police Station.

The Fire Brigade Station, Queen's Road Central.

The New Western Market.

The Tung Wa Hospital.

The entrance gate in Queen's Roal West to the Government Civil Hospital. The Western District Sanitary Office.

while outside the City limits ambulances have been stationed at the Pokfulam Police Station, at Aberdeen, Shaukiwan and Stanley Police Stations, at the Water Police Station at Tsim- tsa-tsui and at the Kowloon-Canton Railway camps. The Kowloon Disinfecting Station. (Telephone No. 44 K.) also serves Kowloon, in the same manner that the City is served by the Taipingshan Disinfecting Station.

These are all haud ambulances, on bicycle or light wooden wheels, with rubber tyres, and of the St. John Ambulance pattern. Those stationed in the City are in the charge of the various Plague Inspectors, whose duty it is to see that they are kept clean and efficient, and that they are disinfected after use. At the Sanitary Stations coolies are always available for the conveyance of these ambulances, but at the other stations the Police must obtain volunteers or engage street coolies for this purpose, and must then notify the Sanitary Department that the ambulance has been used, so that it may be cleansed at once. It is proposed to place additional ambulances at other Stations as soon as the ambulances can be built.

OVERCROWDING.

The following Table shows the number of visits paid during the year and the number of houses found overcrowded :-

Health District.

No. of floors found overcrowded.

No. of night visits paid.

City

Victoria

1101

211

Nil

25.0

117

145

103

285

126

Kowloon.

S 11

712

1,393

566

404

The following Table gives the record of prosecutions for overcrowding, and of persons displaced, in the City of Victoria, in consequence of such proceedings, during the past

three years.

Prosecutions.

Average

No. of persons No. of persons in

displaced.

excess per house...

1904 First Quarter,

Second

Third

Fourth

1905 First Quarter,

Second

Third

Fourth

1906 First Quarter,

Second

Third

Fourth.

436

139

341

2.4

489

8.7

327

6.2

Total,

248

1,157

4.7

121

701

5.8

620

7.4

134

650

4.8

154

1,264

8.2

Total,

....

493

3,235

6.6

Total,..

594

6.2

224

1,222

5.4

118

762

6.4

563

7.5

512

* Record of prosecutions for this quarter not available.

3.141

6.1

ADULTERATION OF FOOD AND DRUGS.

Twenty-eight samples of milk were taken for analysis during the year and all were found to be pure.

Various lots of condensed milk, cases of hams, and other perishable foods which had become unsound, were seized and destroyed, usually on the application of the owner or his The purity of alcoholic liquors is dealt with by the Police, who periodically submit samples for analysis.

agent.

PROSECUTIONS.

A list of prosecutions undertaken during the year for breaches of the Sanitary Laws and Regulations of the Colony is given in Table III.

405

A statistical report on the Plague Epidemic of 1906 for comparison with previous years and a note on the present Plague procedure together with a report by Dr. HEANLEY and Mr. GIBSON on the rats and rat-fleas found in Hongkong, and the reports of the Medical Officers in charge of Hospitals and Sub-Departments are printed as Annexes A to P of this report.

28th February, 1907.

J. M. ATKINSON, M.B. (Lond.), M.R.C.S., L.S.A., D.p.ḥ!., Principal Civil Medical Officer.

FRANCIS CLARK, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H., Medical Officer of Health.

406

TABLE I.-RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND CAUSES OF DEATHS REGISTERED

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

CAUSES.

I.-General Diseases.

BRITISH

AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

A.-Specific Febrile Diseases.

a Zymotic.

Civil.

Army.

Navy.

No. 1.

VICTORIA.

HEALTH District.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

No. 5.

No. 6.

No. 7.

No. 8.

No. 9.

No. 10.

Unknown.

Peak,

Harbour.

6 13 8 13 7 15 12 3

4 10

∞

Small-pox,

Measles,

Diphtheria,

Fever, Scarlet,

Typho-Malarial,

Typhoid, (Enteric),

Relapsing,

Cholera,.

Choleraic Diarrhoea,

Diarrhoea,

Dysentery,

Plague,

Influenza,

∞

15 1

::-228:

...

9 14

9 13 18

6 11

11 9

22 69 7

52 64

50 156 102

1 31

***

...

: 45:

Total,...... 53

50 116 48 78 95

72 70

73 204 128

47 1 64

Total.......

9 4

哦

19 10 8

8 13 9 10

19 10 8 13 9 10

8 24 11

B Malarial.

Malarial Fever,

y Septic.

Erysipelas,

Pyæmia,

Septicemia,

Puerperal Fever,

Suppurative Parotitis

Cellulitis,

Femoral Abscess,..

Acute Necrosis of Femur,

d Venereal.

Syphilis (Acquired),

2 2

...

11 4 5

ลง

4 6

Total,......

I 1

1 84

:10

1 1 2

74 90 113 83 85

2 2

89 237 150

Total,......

Total Group A.,

65 8

77 226

(Congenital),

B.-Diseases dependent on Specific External Agents.

Worms,

a Parasites.

Total,......

Carried forward, Group A.,......| 65

Group B.,......

30:

...

pand

77 226 74

+ mad

...

183

...

90 113 83 85

89 237 150

18:

333

407 -

DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1906.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

TOTAL AT THE DIFFERENT AGE PERIODS.

Kow- SHÁUKI- ABER-

LOON

WAN

DEEN

STANLEY DIS-

Dis-

DIS-

TRICT.

Under 1

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

under 12

monthis.

1 year and

¡under

years.

Chinese.

month.

Nou-Chinese.

1 month and

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Non-Chinese.

Population.

T: 00 30

12 30 6

111885

321 26 66

حرم

Non-Chinese.

5 years and

under 15

Chinese.

years.

12 178

under 25

years.

Non-Chinese, ¦ 15 years and

Chinese.

under 45

Non-Chinese. 25 years and

years.

| Chinese.

45 years and

09 aɔpun

Non-Chinese.

| Chinese.

years.

Non-Chinese.

60 years

Chinese.

and over.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Unknown. A ge

40 159

6...

2018

30... 28 113 5210

6 76 7260

15 1174

...

་

7 64 7217 4254 7260 21454

165 11

165

10 24 40 2

27 10 24 40 2

-421

:..

...

495 37

495

: 9

...

27 43

ཱ :

...

GRAND

TOTAL.

141

161 4 30 187

354

~ -

208

842

8190 876 ...

1,581

1 20...

20. 51

49 4 59 3172

1542 24

448

1: 20

(65 I

459 3172

154

2: 24

448

...

॥

сс

1 12

25...

...

:50

1 4

...

17 9183 7282 5311 11 328 26655 9253 5101

...

រ

9183

...

:..

...

7282 5311 11328 26655

9253 5101

السر

12880

2 2,205

2,205

เง

408

RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND CAUSES OF DEATHS REGISTERED

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

CAUSES.

BRITISH

AND

FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

Civil.

Army.

Brought forward, Group A.,... 65

Group B.,...

I.-General Diseases,—Continued.

B Poisons.

Opium,

Prussic Acid,

Morphine,....

VICTORIA.

HEALTH DISTRICT.

Navy.

No. 1.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

No. 5.

Nc. 6.

No. 7.

No. 8.

No. 9.

No. 10.

Unknown.

Total,...... 3

y Effects of Injuries.

Foreign body in Trachæa,

Burus,

Scalds,

Laceration of Brain,

Heat Apoplexy,

Intestinal. Injury,. Multiple Injuries,

Fracture of Pelvis, Drowning, Rupture of Heart, Strangulation, Rupture of Urethra, Rupture of Bladder, Hæmorrhage. Dislocation of Spine, Fracture of Skull, Concussion of Brain, Shock

Injury to Leg, Starvation,

Rupture of Stomach,

Hanging, (Execution), Cut Throat,

Rupture of Spleen,

Suffocation,

Rupture of Liver,.

Lithotomy,

77 226

74 90 113

883

...

: : ?

Total,......

& Errors of Diet.

Alcoholism (Chronic),.

(Acute),

Total,...

Total Group B.,....................

לי

C-Developmental Diseases.

Immaturity at Birth,

Debility,

.00

2656

*>[GI

Harbour.

85 89 237 150

: 88989

888888

55 1 83

}

18 6 9 6

4 6

...

2 1 1

:°

426

456

ཪའ

7 4

: :

I-

.:.

6 2 7

४

11 22 1

19 230 169

4320

a. a

3 3 6

456

1 2

9 9 26 15 £

Total Group C........ 19

32 259 185 20 19 9 14 21

336

17 6

333323

Carried forward, Groups A. to C.,

107

4 115 503 266 120 138

94 106 118 280 171 66 1 572

Old Age,

Marasmus and Atrophy,.

Tabes Mesenterica,

Inanition,

Cyanosis,

203

GO 179

:18

758 262 153 124 44 91

•

59 179 24 1 2

عسم

: 21∞ Q1

2 52

2 N

1100 4351

***

...

•

50...

2125

XO G

•

148

•

100

...

ིལ་

495

Kow- SHACKI ABER-

NOOT

WÁN

DEEN

STANLEY DIS-

DIS-

TRICT.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

...

2 98 16368

380... 35

...

100 2103 19369) 6 80...

2 11

الحر

7156 5355 2127

14...

2 12...

7364

...

1,076

7176 14548 10459 5425 13432 441,080 15355 12500

176 14545 10459

1 72

4.124

...

DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1906,—Continued.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

TOTAL AT THE DIFFERENT AGE PERIODS.

Non-Chinese.

Under 1

Chinese.

month.

حيم

::? :

35...

843

2. 45 5316

330

592

829

سر

Non-Chinese. 1 month and

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese..

under 12

months.

under 5

1 year and

years.

Non-Chinese. 5 years and

under 15

years.

409

under 25

years.

Non-Chinese. 15 years and

Chinese.

under 45

years.

Non-Chinese. Į 25 years and

under 60

Non-Chinese. 45 years and

9183

7282

5311 11328 26655 9253

هار

2 13

4301

...

Chinese.

- 00.

Chinese.

GRAND

TOTAL.

Chinese.

years.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

and over. 60 years

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Age

Unknown.

639

2,205

410

RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND CAUSES OF DEATHS REGISTERED

BRITISH

AND

FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

VICTORIA.

HEALTH DISTRICT.

CAUSES.

Civil.

Brought forward, (Groups A to C),......107

General Diseases,—Continued.

Army.

Navy.

No. 1.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

No. 5.

No. 6.

No. 7.

No. 8.

No. 9.

No. 10.

Unknown.

Peak.

Harbour,

11 4 115 503 266 120 138 94 106 118 280 171

66 1 572

D.-Miscellaneous Diseases.

Rheumatic Fever,

Splenomedullary Cucosy Themia,

Cancer,

Scrofula,

General Tuberculosis,

اسم

12.

2 147

Rickets,

Anæmia,

Goitre,

Beri-beri,

38 56 10 22 21 34 22 33 81 15

Total Group D.,... 29

•

40 204

73 34 29

38 31 41 93

21 46

II.-Local Diseases.

E-The Nervous System.

Meningitis,

46 256

Cerebral Thrombosis,

Abscess of Brain,

Apoplexy,

Paralysis (Undefined),

Hemiplegia,

Paraplegia,

Lateral Sclerosis,.

Infantile Convulsions,..

Tetanus Traumatic,.

1 255

Trismus,

Cerebral Softening,

Epilepsy,

•

Hemplegia,

Mania,

Melancholia,...

Dementia,

Total Group E.,.............. 25

14 519

•

F-The Circulatory System.

5 3 4

65 11 14

- 1

2112

4 14 10 4 2

...

Syneope,.

Heart Disease,

2 15

01 12

14 12

Endocarditis,

Aneurysm,

1 1

Embolism...

Pericarditis,

:5:མ:མ

Total Group F.,...... 23 2

8 22 12 8 7

Carried forward, (Groups A to F), 184 13

5 1721,244 412 187 193 147 148 184 395 |201 124

1 651

co:

307

1,035 307 213 134

50 92

...

•

126

211

•

2301

:::

Jud

- 411

DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31st DAY OF DECEMBER, 1906,-Continued.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

TOTAL AT THE DIFFERENT AGE PERIODS.

758 262 153 124

co.

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.

Kow- SHÁUKI- ABER-

STANLEY

LOON

WÁN

DEEN

DIS-

TRICT.

Under 1

month.

I month and

under 12

months.

year and under 5

years.

under 15

5 years and

years.

15 years and under 25

years.

25 years and under 45

years.

2114 3164

113

4 23

...

2 22

•

24-

CC I

...

14 6 7176 14548 10459

Non-Chinese.

Chinesc.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

45 years and under GO

years.

and over. 60 years

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Age

Unknown.

5425 13432 441,036 15355 12500

172

4,124

2145

56 4 21

2...

...

61... 91...

3118

1295

193

478

2155... 71 10 140

5386 7150

formed

•

3 21

4 20

5 20

•

21 6 11479 24771 17805 5520 24585 64 1,516 33 582 22,5881 72 6,119

5...

110 12 73||

7 57

4 37...

212

166

INNO

746

•

ཚུས

293

ગ

440

561

1,037

GRAND

TOTAL.

CAUSES.

412

RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND CAUSES OF DEATHS REGISTERED

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

Civil.

Brought forward, (Groups A to F),

1184

Local Diseases,—Continued,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

VICTORIA.

HEALTH DISTRICT.

183 51721,244 412 187 |193 147 148 184 395 201 124

Army,

Navy.

No. 1.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

No. 5.

← | No. 6.

1 651

No. 7.

No. 8.

No. 9.

No. 10.

Unknown.

Peak.

Harbour.

G.-The Respiratory System.

Hæmoptysis,.

Bronchitis,

Pneumonia,

Phthisis,

Collapse of Lung,

41 46

7 12 24

50 39 35

४

Pleurisy,

:: Ga

6 9 6

13 15 15 29

Laryngitis,

:::

2018

18 6

Empyema,

Haemopericardium,

Asthma,

Gangrene of Lung,

Atelectasis,

4 12

2 2

Total Group G

2 | 62 |150

83 67

143

114

H.-The Digestive System.

Gastric Uleer,

Intus-susception,

Appendicitis,

Gastritis,

Gangrene of Intestine,

Enteritis,

Acute Yellow Atrophy of Liver,

Ankylostomiasis,

Intestinal Irritation,

1 10

Canerum Oris,..

Hepatic Abscess,

Cirrhosis of Liver,

co:

Intestinal Obstruction,

Peritonitis,

Hernia,

Distomiasis,

Sprue,

Jaundice,

...

Total Group H.,................ 14

1.0

6 6

5 11

J.--The Urinary System.

Uraemia,

Nephritis (Acute),

Bright's Disease,

1 3

Cystitis,

Total Group J.,.

cr como:

2 1

...

2 1

1 2 1 1

Carried forwards Groups A to J),

261

16 8 2242 1.408 506 278 267 213 211 268 551 261 184

261

1775

:: 0 :

دن

مو

1.379 358 291 199

20 3 13

}

brand

13548 32931|| 241,010

140

104

311

63 64

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

...

2 13

...

ゴン

1,035 307 213 134

- 413 —

DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31st DAY OF DECEMBER, 1906,—Continued.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

TOTAL AT THE DIFFERENT AGE PERIODS.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Non-Chinese. Population.

Chinese.

Non-Chinesc.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Kow- SHAUKI- ABER-

STANLEY

LOON DIS-

TRICT.

WÁN DIS-

DEEN

DIS-

TRICT.

Under 1

month.

1 month and

under 12

months.

1 year and

under 5

years.

Non-Chinese. [ 5 years and

Chinese.

under 15

...

years.

15 ycaisand

under 25

years.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

25 years and

under 45

years.

Non-Chinese. 45 years and

6. 1147924771 17805 5520 24585 641,5:6 33582 22588 1 72 6,119

under 60

Chinese.

years.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

and over. 60 years

Non-Chinesc.

Age

Chinese.

Unknown.

1 42 5106

150

1 83

266

157

28 6 37

5 17

469

801 11383

1218

2 95

817

...

心

36 17

1 21...

2 64 6152 5189 2 90 12117 17479)

10 1

心

6 40 2 12

1 6

3 6

ཌ

...

··

9627 39723 91 2013|| 45890 30792

1.77

7.925

ག མ: . -

123

•

290]

4191...

1,632.

He 01 00 -1 -- 00:00 ON-N-

نت

嘴

GRAND

TOTAL.

414

RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND CAUSES OF DEATHS REGISTERED

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

CAUSES.

BRITISH

AND

FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

Civil.

VICTORIA.

HEALTH DISTRICT.

Army.

Navy.

No. 1.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

No. 5.

No. 6.

No. 7.

No. 8.

No. 9.

No. 10.

Unknown.

Peak.

Harbour.

Brought forward, (Groups A to J),

261

Local Diseases,-Continued.

M.--Affections connected with Pregnancy. Abortion,

16 8 242 1,408 506 278 267 213 211 268 551 261 184 1 775

Total Group M.,......

N.-Affections connected with

Parturition.

Post Partum Hæmorrhage,

Child Birth,

Total Group N......

The Skin.

Pemphigus,

Boils,

Ulcer,

Carbuncle,

Total Grop 0,

P-Diseases of Organs ofmotion

Hip Joint Disease,

Total Group P................... 1

III-Undefined.

Dropsy...

Tumour,

Abscess,

Gangrene,..

Undiagnosed,

- wi

...

::::

: : : :

33 36

19 4

Total Group III., ....... 4

3333

36 19 4 7 6 6 7 9 16 1

TOTAL, ALL CAUSES,... 267 17

8 276 1,444 529 283 278 221 218 276 562 277 185

2 842

127

·1

сс

...

115

1,500 400 308 235

...

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese..

LOON Kow-

SHÁUKI-

WAN

DEEN ABER-

DIS- STANLEY

DIS-

TRICT.

Under 1

month.

Non-Chinese. 1 month and

415 -

DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1906,-Continued.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

TOTAL AT THE DIFFERENT AGE PEriods.

under 12

Chinese.

months.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

1 year and under 5

years..

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

5 years and under 15

years.

Non-Chinese.

15 years and under 25

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

years,

25 years and

Chinese.

under 45

years.

1,379 358 291 199

74 128

713548 32'931 24 1,010

9627 39723 912,043 45890] 30792

177

7,925

Jemand

15...

...

:..

་་་

::88

1: 32

118

409

134

1 89

1 19

415

75 130

14583 32994 211,110 10691 41762 92

2,118

47916 30 801]

8,379

10 01 00 -

under 60

years.

Non-Chinese. 45 years and

Chinese.

60 years

and over.

Age

'Unknown.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinesc.

Chinese.

GRAND

TOTAL.

416

RETURN OF DEATHS THAT OCCURRED IN THE UNDERMENTIONED INSTITUTIONS. During the Year ended 31st December, 1906.

The Government Civil Hospitals.

Tung Wa Hospital,-Continued.

Mortuary, Continued.

—

Causes.

No.

Causes.

No.

Causes.

No.

Brought forward, 548

Brought forward, 865-

Plague, .....

Beri-beri,

229

Hæmopericardium,

Typhoid Fever,

Tuberculosis,

Atelectasis...

Small-pox,

Meningitis,

Empyæma,

Dysentery,

Apoplexy,

Peritonitis,

Diarrhoea,

Cerebral Softening,

Cirrhosis of Liver,

Malarial Fever,

Splenomedually Cococy Thæmia,..

Ankylostomasis,

Septicemia,

Epilepsy,.

Nephritis (acute),

Cellulitis,

Tetanus,

Bright's Disease,

Syphilis,

Melancholia,

Child-birth,

Rupture of Urethra,

Hemiplegia,

Ulcer,

Apoplexy,

Paraplegia,

Goitre,

Foreign body in Trachæa,

Lateral Sclerosis,

Gangrene,

Burns,...

Heart Disease,

Alcoholism,

Premature Birth,

Marasmus,

Aneurysm,

Debility,...

Cancer,

Anæmia,

Tuberculosis,

Bronchitis,

Phthisis,

Pneumonia,

•

Gangrene of Lung,

Cauerumoris,

རྞམྨ ཨ ཚེསྨིཾ ཚཱ

Undiagnosed,

323

Beri-beri,

Meningitis,

Cerebral Thrombosis,

Embolism, ....

Infantile Convulsions,

Heart Disease,

Pneumonia,

Phthisis,

Bronchitis,

Pleurisy,

Gastric Ulcer,

Peritonitis,

Enterocolitis,

Gastric Hæmorrhage,

Enteritis,

Hernia,

Intestinal Irritation,

Nephritis,

Bright's Disease,

་་་་་་

Child Birth,

Total,......... 899-

The Alice Memorial and

Nethersole Hospitals.

Causes.

No.

Diarrhoea,

Dysentery,

Malarial Fever,

Septicemia,

Erysipelas,...

Hæmorrhage,

Immaturity at Birth,

Distomiasis,

Cirrhosis of Liver,.

Peritonitis,

Bright's Disease,

Prolonged Labour (Exh.),

Undiagnosed,

...

Marasmus,

Debility,

Beri-beri,

Tuberculosis,

4 5

Tetanus,

Total

1,296

Infantile Convulsions,

Nephritis (acute),

Total,

122

Meningitis,

Heart Disease,

Phthisis,

Pneumonia,

Mortuary.

Peritonitis,

Ulceration of Stomach,

Causes.

No.

Gastritis, ...

Bright's Discase,

The Tung Wa Hospital.

Plague, Cholera,

110

Calculus,...

Nephritis (acute),

Causes,

No.

Small-pox,

Child Birth,

Dysentery,

Undiagnosed,

Plague,

234

Diarrhoea,

*Diphtheria,

Relapsing Fever,

Total,........

Typhoid Fever,

Malarial Fever,

Diarrhoea,

110

Septicemia,

Choleraic Diarrhoea,

Abscess,

Dysentery,

Syphilis,

Malarial Fever,

Concussion of Brain,...

The Italian Convent. Causes.

No.

Erysipelas,

Drowning,

269

Measles,

Cellulitis,

Shock,

Diarrhoea,

Septicemia,

Burns,..

Erysipelas,

Syphilis,

Immaturity at Birch,

Syphilis,

Burns,...

Debility,.....

Fracture of Skull,

Drowning,

Marasmus,

Tuberculosis.

Fracture of Skull,

Beri-beri,

117

Marasmus,

Multiple Injuries,

Tuberculosis,.

Infantile Convulsions,

Shock,......

Apoplexy,....

Tetanus,

Rupture of Spleen,

Infantile Convulsions,

Trismus,

Rupture of Bladder,

Tetanus,.

Meningitis,

Immaturity at Birth,

Heart Disease,

Bronchitis,

Debility,

Aneurysm,

Pneumonia,

Marasmus,

Pneumonia,..

Enteritis,

Old Age,

Bronchitis,

Nephritis (acute),

Cancer,

Phthisis,..

110

Boils,

Carried forward,

548

Carried forward,

865

Total,

..... 214

Dysentery,

Malarial Fever,

CO ON LO

Tuberculosis,

417

RETURN OF DEATHS THAT OCCURRED IN THE UNDERMENTIONED INSTITUTIONS,—Continued.

L'Asile De La Ste. Enfance.

Causes.

Diarrhoea,

No.

L'Asile De La Ste. En-

fance,-Continued.

Causes.

L'Asile Le La Ste. En- fance,--Continued. Causes.

No.

Brought forward,... 314

Brought forward,... 995

128

Pneumonia,

Beri-beri,

Phthisis...

Meningitis,

256

Atelectasis,

Septicemia,

Tetanus,

258

Jaundice,

Cellulitis,

Infantile Convulsions,

Gangrene of Intestine,

Syphilis (congenital),

Hydrocephalus,

Nephritis,

Marasmus,

210

Apoplexy,

Undiagnosed,

Immaturity at Birth,.

Heart Disease,

Old Age,

Bronchitis,

Total,......................... 1,035

Carried forward,

314

Carried forward,

995

FRANCIS CLARK,

Superintendent of Statistics.

Registrar General's Office, Hongkong.

A. W. BREWIN,

Registrar General.

Table II.

CASES OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES RECORDED IN EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR.

Jan.

Feb. March. April. May. June July Aug.

Aug. Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec. Total.

Grand

Total.

European,

Plague,

Chinese,

Others,

European,

Typhoid,

Chinese,.

Others,

European,

Cholera,

Chinese,

Others,

European,

Small Pox,

Chinese,

Others,

European,

Diphtheria,

Chinese,

Others,

...

Puerperal

European,

Chinese,

...

Fever,

Others,

...

163

392

SO LO 10

Nil

870

893

...

OC GL

Nil

...

Nil

168

192

...

NON

...

223

138

214

123

191

1,179

418 -

449

Table III.-Occupation of those under treatment.

Males.

Females.

Barber,

Coolie,

Boy (Servant),

Housewife,

Carpenter,

Unclassified (for the most part coolies,

Clerk,.

housewifes, etc.),

Constable, Police, E.,

Coolie,

Draughtsman,

Engineer,

Fireman,

Foreman,

Gauger,

Hawker,..

Medical Practitioner,

Overseer,

Seaman,

Teacher,.

Stone Mason,

Tallyman,

Watchman,

Unclassified,

149

}

450

Annexe F.

REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE

HOSPITALS FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

During the year there were 75 admissions to Kennedy Town Hospital and 67 to the Hospital Hulk "Hygeia."

A list of the diseases treated is shown in Tables I and II.

The 18 cases of Malignant Malaria, shown in Table I, were part of a batch of 50 coolies working on the Canton-Kowloon Railway, who were sent in on short notice and could not be accommodated elsewhere. They were transferred after two days to the Government Civil and Tung Wah Hospitals.

The case of Choleraic Diarrhoea was admitted as suspected Cholera, but the bacteriolo- gical examination was negative for that disease.

PLAGUE.

The total number of Plague cases notified amounted to 892, of which 806 proved fatal, i.e., 95.9 per cent. 49 of these cases were treated in Kennedy Town Hospital and 43 died, i.e., 87.7 per cent.

In the Tung Wah Plague Branch Hospital 136 cases were admitted and 124 died, ie., 91 per cent.

It is probable that the true mortality is not so high as these figures would seem to prove, because it is likely that many mild cases at the beginning and end of the epidemic recover without treatment and are never notified.

treatment

The majority of the cases admitted to Hospital are in an advanced stage of the disease and are practically hopeless.

Varieties of Plague.

All three forms were notified, but as is shown below, no case of Septic Plague came under treatment in Kennedy Town. This is explained by the fact that in most cases a post- mortem examination was made and many which had been diagnosed Septic were proved to he Bubonic, the deeper glands alone being implicated. I am of the opinion that true Septic Plague is rare and that a careful post-mortem examination will in most cases reveal a bubo.

The different varieties occurred as follows:-

Kennedy Town,

Tung Wah Plague Branch,

Total cases notified including the above,

Bubonic.

Septic.

Pneumonic.

117

810

All the cases of Pneumonic and Septic Plague treated in Kennedy Town and the Tung Wah Plague Branch, proved fatal.

In all cases where I found Plague Bacilli in the blood death ensued rapidly.

Focus of Infection.

In the following seven cases I found what I considered to be the focus of infection :-

1. European F. Left Femoral Bubo.

thigh which on examination was 2. Chinese F. Right Inguinal Bubo.

swarming with Plague Bacilli.

Patient had a small pustule on inside of found to contain Plague Bacilli. Small vesicle in Right Lumbar region

3. Chinese M. Right Inguinal Bubo. Small pustule on Right Lumbar region.

Smears taken from it were swarming with Plague Bacilli.

451

4. Chinese M. Left Femoral Bubo. Small vesicle on inflamed base at apex of

Scarpa's triangle containing Plague Bacilli.

5. Chinese M. Left Femoral Bubo. Small pustule on back of calf swarming with:

Plague Bacilli.

6. Chinese M. Right Femoral and Right Inguinal Buboes.

on thigh containing Plague Bacilli.

Remains of pustule

7. Chinese M. Left Cervical Bubo. Left Tonsil ulcerated, Smears from ulcer

were swarming with Plague Bacilli.

Treatment of Plague..

In the earlier part of the season I relied altogether on symptomatic and stimulant treatment but in April Dr. HEANLEY, Government Assistant Bacteriologist, suggested the trial of injections of Cyllia, intravenously and into the buboes. The injection of antiseptics is of course no new idea, Formalin and others have been tried but found more or less useless. Cyllin, however, possesses the following qualifications :—

(1.) It is staple or nearly so in the presence of organic matter.

(2.) It possesses a specific toxicity for vegetable as opposed to animal protoplasm. (3.) The Carbolic Acid coefficient for the Bacillus Pestis is given as 340. The fact that it is practically non-poisonous in moderate doses has been shown by Dr. SOMERVILLE in a series of experiments on animals which he published in the Journal of Tropical Medicine for July 1st, 1905.

Theoretically, therefore, it would seem to be an ideal disinfectant for intravenous and subcutaneous injection.

We, therefore, prepared a solution of Cyllin "Medical" 1 in 30 in distilled water. The emulsion was filtered through ordinary filter paper and on microscopical examination the individual globules were found to be much smaller in diameter than a red blood corpuscle.

I treated 13 cases of Bubonic Plague with injections of from 10 c.c. to 30 c.c. into the diseased glands and surrounding infiltrated tissue. Out of the 13 cases 5 recovered. In three of these cases I also gave intravenous injections as follows :-

1. Chinese M.

of 20 c.c. of Cyllin

Left Femoral Bubo.. Plague Bacilli in blood. Intravenous injection in 1,000. Died three hours later.

2. Chinese F. Left Femoral Bubo. Bubo infected, but on fifth day Broncho- Pneumonia developed and sputum was found to be crowded with Plague Bacilli. Con- sidering the case to be hopeless I gave 30 c.c. of Cyllin 1 in 30 intravenously. The temderature fell but as it was rising again the following day, I repeated the injection. About 15 minutes after the second intravenous injection the patient had a rigor. This patient made a slow recovery.

3. Indian M. Left Femoral Buho. Injection intravenously of 30. c.c. of Cyllin 1 in 30. Died two days later.

Many of the cases treated in this way were in a dying condition and the intravenous injection were only given as a last resort. The post-mortem showed that in some the buboes had not been sufficiently infiltrated with the solution and in others the deeper glands which were out of reach were also infected and consequently the obstruction of the superficial bubo was unavailing.

In all cases the injections caused a fall of temperature and beyond the rigor men- tioned above, no symptoms of any kind were produced. These results seem to justify a more extended trial and I hope next season to have a supply of Cyllin, specially prepared by Mr. AINSLIE WALKER of London, for intravenous injection.

Pathology.

In the majority of cases nothing unusual was noted, but in two the lungs were the seat of multiple peripheral infarctions, one of these cases developed double hypopyon two days before death. In another case pericarditis was present and the fluid was swarming with Plague Bacilli. Extensive sub-peritoneal hæmorrhages were also noted in two other

cases.

452

SMALL POX.

Seventy-two cases were admitted for treatment-of these, 45 were males and 20

females.

According to Nationalty these were :-

Males.

Females.

European,

Chinese,

Indian,

Eurasian,

Cingalese,

Japanese,

Chilian,

N =

Variety of Small Pox.

The usual varieties were present in the following proportion

Males-European,

Discrete.

Confluent.

Chinese,. Indian,

Eurasian,

Cingalese, Chilian,

CNOO☺-

Hæmorrhagic.

Females-European,

Chinese,

Indian,

Japanese,

Total.

Deaths.

The Deaths numbered eight and were:-

European :-Male,

Female,

Hæmorrhagic 1 Confluent

Chinese :- Male,

Do.

Female,

Do.

Japanese:

Do.

Chilian :- Male,

Do.

In the case of the European who died from Hæmorrhagic Small Pox the hæmorrhagic symptoms set in on the third day, with hematuria, hæmoptysis and sub-conjunctival hæniorrhages and death ensued on the fifth day. These cases are invariably fatal. In the case of the European female who recovered the hæmorrhagic symptoms did not set in till the sixth day of the disease, when bleeding took place into the vesicles and hæmaturia developed. These symptoms yielded to large doses of Liq. Ferri Perchlor. Of the deaths from Confluent Small Pox one was a European infant aged two months, one a Japanese aged eighteen months and two were Chinese aged respectively two and seven years. At these ages the disease is almost invariably fatal.

WILLIAM B. A. MOORE, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., (Ireland).

}

453

Table I.

Diseases treated in Kennedy Town Hospital.

Admitted.

Discharged.

Died.

Diseases.

Remarks.

828

Plague,

Mumps,

Malignant Malaria,

Choleraic Diarrhoea,

Acute Lobar Pneumonia,

Syphilis,

Small Pox,

Chicken Pox,

N.A.D........

In Attendance,

Total,.......

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Table II.

Diseases treated on board the hulk “ Hygeia ".

Suspected Cholera.

Plague.

Hygeia" under repairs.

Remaining under treatment.

Admitted.

Discharged.

Died.

Discases.

Remarks.

Small Pox,

Syphilis,

Suspected Small Pox.

In Attendance,

Total,......

Table III.

Analysis of Plague Deaths.

Bubonic.

Pneumonic.

Total.

Died.

Remarks.

Males.

Females.

Males.

Females.

Males.

Females.

Within 6 hours,

10 00

2 days,

Total,..

NWICK DINOS

#NO ANO DO DI

122

454

Annexe G.

REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER IN CHARGE OF VICTORIA GAOL.

There was one case of Enteric Fever amongst the European Staff, which unfortunately proved fatal, otherwise the general health of the Gaol Staff has been good.

The sanitary condition of the Gaol is satisfactory. Throughout the year there has been no overcrowding. The daily average number of prisoners was 518, which is slightly over the number which the Gaol properly accommodates; however, as from 50 to 80 short sentence prisoners are always accommodated in Belilios Reformatory, the daily population of the Gaol has been well below the full complement. The general health of the prisoners has been good. The admissions to Hospital numbered 355, and of these 114 were admitted for observation and found malingering, leaving a total of 241 suffering from diseases, a percentage of a little over 4 on the total admissions to the Gaol.

The rate of total sickness was 4.81 per cent. of the average daily population of the Gaol, as compared with 4:39 per cent. in 1905, 3-86 per cent, in 1904, 577 per cent. in 1903, and 7·25 per cent. in 1902.

There were 38 cases of Dysentery as compared with 29 last year. This disease prevails chiefly towards the end of Spring and Autumn, and appears to be more severe in the cold weather. There is a marked reduction in the number of cases of Malaria treated in hospital. This is the more remarkable as the disease was more prevalent throughout the Colony than in recent years. The following figures show the number treated in the Gaol Hospital for recent years. :-

1900,

·1901,

1902,

1903,

1904,

.163

1905, 1906,

Newly admitted prisoners are carefully examined for parasitic and venereal disease, and, if necessary, put under treatment forthwith; there were treated as out-patients-57 cases of Scabies, 113 Ringworm, 34 Syphilis (13 Primary, 21 Secondary) and 7 Gonorrhoea. The total number of out-patients, including the foregoing, was 681. Two births occurred in the Prison. Mother and child did well in both cases. Eleven prisoners were discharged on medical grounds (5 Small Pox, 1 Leper, 1 Melancholia, 1 Ruptured Spleen, and 3 General Diseases).

The small number discharged for General Diseases accounts for the slight increase in the number of deaths.

All the cases of Small Pox contracted the disease outside the Gaol.

One prisoner was murdered, by a fellow workman, in the Shoemakers' shop. The wind pipe and all the large vessels of the neck were completely severed by a blow from. a peculiarly shaped knife used for cutting leather. Death was practically instantaneous. The murderer was subsequently executed.

There were 18 deaths from natural causes, 1 murder, and four executions.

No case of corporal punishment required any after-treatment.

I append the following Tables :-

I.-Diseases and Deaths in 1906.

II.-Rate of Sickness and Mortality for 1906.

III.-Vaccinations in the Gaol during the past ten years. IV.-General Statistics of the Gaol during the past ten years.

WILLIAM B. A. MOORE, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., (Ireland).

}

455

Table I.-DISEASES and DEATHS in VICTORIA GAOL HOSPITAL.

Remain- YEARLY TOTAL.

DISEASES.

ing in ¡Hospital

Total

Cases

Remain- ing in Hospital

Remarks.

at end of

Treated. at end of

Admissions. Deaths.

1905.

1906.

GENERAL. DISEASES.

Anæmia,

Influenza,

20 10

Enteric Fever,

Dysentery,

Beri-beri,....

Malarial Fever :-

Malignant,

Erysipelas,

Syphilis :-

Secondary,

Tubercle,.

Alcoholism,

Rheumatism,

Debility,

LOCAL DISEASES.

Diseases of the Nervous System:

Functional Nervous Disorders-

Apoplexy....

Paralysis,

Mental Diseases-

Idiocy,

Melancholia,

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Dementia,

Diseases of the Circulatory System,

Respiratory Digestive

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Lymphatic

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Urinary

Cellular

Injuries, Local,.

Under Observation,

Total,

* 6

114

ུ

114

356

361

Table II.-RATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY in VICTORIA GAOL.

Total Number of :

Admis- Cases treated Deaths Prison-

Daily Average Number of :-

Prisoners admitted to Gaol.

sions to

due to ers in Out-patients. Discase. Gaol.

Sick Hospital

Out- Hospital. patients.

Hos- pital.

Admissions to Hospital to Total Admissions to Gaol.

Rate per cent. of :-

Daily Average Daily Average Deaths duc

of Sick in

Hospital to Daily Average of Prisoners.

of All Sick

to Disease

to Total

in Gaol to

Daily Average Admissions

of Prisoners.

to Gaol.

5,799

355

681

18 518

7.69

17.27

6.13

1.48

4.81

0.3

Years.

456

Table III-NUMBER and RESULTS of VACCINATIONS in Victoria

GAOL during the past ten years.

Number of

Prisoners

Successful.

Vaccinated.

Unsuccessful,

Not inspected,

owng to early discharge from Gaol,

1897..

1898,

2,830

1,678

1,016

136

4.507

2,875

1,252

380

1899,

3,378

2.004

1,063

311

1900,

2,638

1,765

666

207

,1901,.

2,880

2,150

337

393

1902,

3,978

2,552

872

549

1903,...

2,887

1,781

611

495

1904,

2.378

1,667

357

554

1905,.

2,984

2,106

288

590

1905,.

2,659

1,910

326

423

Table IV. -- GENERAL STATISTICS connected with VICTORIA GAOL and the GAOL HOSPITAL during the past ten years.

Daily Average

Number

-Admissions

Years.

to the Gaol.

of Prisoners.

Number of Cases treated in Hospital.

Number of Out-patients.

Deaths due to Disease.

1897..

5,076

462

342

455

1898..

5,427

511

294

1.033

1899,

4,789

434

503

1,778

1900,

5,432

486

495

1,523

1901,

5,077

499

348

1,316

1902,

5,988

576

516

1,760

1903,

7,273

653

568

1,715

14.

7.464

726

893

1,173

6,323

697·41

441

1,020

1906,.

5,799

318

355

681

१

457

Annexe H.

REPORT OF THE RAILWAY MEDICAL OFFICER FOR THE YEAR 1906.

The Report of the Railway Medical Officer for the year 1906 can only be of a limited character, owing to the fact that systematic medical records only began to be made towards the end of the year. In future years the usual statistical form of report will be possible.

2. The British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway is to extend over a line of twenty-one miles from Hung-hom to the neighbourhood of Sham-chün, including a tunnel through the Kowloon range of hills, and already operations are in progress at many points along this line. Between four and five thousand men were engaged on the works during the latter part of the year, and the number is being rapidly increased as new sections are taken in hand. There are two permanent camps, one at the Tunnel South Face near Kau-lung-tsai, where in December there were employed twelve Europeans, thirty Indians, and seven hundred Chinese, the other at the Tunnel North Face near Kang-hau in the Sha-tin valley, where in December the number of employées was seven Europeans, seventy- two Indians, and five hundred Chinese. A storeyard has been established at Tai-kok-tsui, a sub-storeyard at Lok-lo-ha, on Tide Cove off Mirs Bay, and an extensive brick-field, with Indian labour, near Tai-po; and temporary camps, which will be moved as needs of the work may demand, exist at intervals between Hung-hom and Fan-ling, some four miles beyond Tai-po.

3. It became apparent early in the year that a special Medical Officer for the Railway would be necessary, but it was not until October that such an officer became available. From 4th May Dr. H. MACFARLANE acted as Railway Medical Officer, and did what was essential at the camps, in addition to his own duties in Kowloon. On 4th October, Dr. J. W. HARTLEY arrived in the Colony, and assumed the office. On 7th December he was trans- ferred to other duty, and I was appointed to the post. On 24th August Mr. CHAN HIN FAN, a licentiate of the Hongkong College of Medicine, was appointed to be Chinese Medical Officer resident at the Tunnel North Face camp; and on the 14th November the Railway authorities were granted permission to avail themselves of the Government Dispensary under Mr. LAU LAI, Chinese Medical Officer at Tai-po, for treatment of native employées on the section of the line near Tai-po.

4. A Medical Office and Dispensary have been established at Tunnel South Face, and also at Tunnel North Face, and it is proposed to erect a small hospital at each of these camps. These hospitals will be centres for dealing with out-patients, and for the rendering of first aid in serious emergency through accident or otherwise, and will contain one or two wards for the in-patient treatment of Chinese employées who may require special attention in hospital without the necessity of skilled nursing.

5. European employées are treated by the Medical Officer in their own quarters for briet illnesses, or for conditions not requiring trained nursing; for more serious ailments they are transferred to the Government Civil Hospital. Similar arrangements are mean- time made for Indians: it is under consideration as to whether the proposed camp hospitals should make local provision for the treatment of Indians.

Chinese cases of a serious or chronic character are sent to the Government Civil Hospital or Tung Wah Hospital, as in each case is considered most fitting.

6. For the removal of sick from the various camps to the hospitals in Victoria, an arrangement has been made for their transference by the Kowloon Sanitary Staff on telephonic requisition to the Yaumati Disinfecting Station, at a fixed rate to be paid by the Railway for each case thus transferred, the rate being so estimated as to cover wages of men, cost of transport over the harbour, and tear and wear of ambulances.

This arrange- ment secures prompt, and expeditious transfer of the patients by persons who are accustomed to doing such work, while in case of infectious disease questions of the disinfection of ambulances will be directly under the control of the Sanitary Board's employées.

458

7. The question of the severe prevalance of Malaria among employées of the Railway of all nationalities became a very serious one during the latter part of the year. Accurate figures are not at my disposal, but it will give some idea of the state of affairs when it is mentioned that on one day in October over fifty coolies belonging to the South Face camp were removed to hospital, most of them suffering from Malaria; and that at the North Face camp eighty-one cases of this disease came under treatment in November, and one. hundred and twenty-four in December. Work at the ends of the tunnel was in consequence seriously hindered during the Autum months. A few cases of Dysentery and some of Beri-beri also occurred at both camps; but otherwise cases coming under observation were principally boils and ulcers resulting for the most part from skin abrasions sustained on the works. Cases of serious accidental injury have fortunately thus far been few.

8. Under instructions from His Excellency the Governor, I made a special visit to the South Face camp on 3rd September to report regarding the causation of the prevalence of Malaria there, and on 25th October I similarly inspected and reported on the neighbourhood of the North Face camp. In both localities I found conditions existing that fully. accounted for the severe epidemics that prevailed, into which, however, I need not enter here in any detail; and in each case I made a series of recommendations for the ameliora- tion of these conditious. My recommendations have been largely carried into effect; and further works are now in progress that may be expected to greatly improve matters in this respect before the advent of the next Malaria season.

J. C. THOMSON, M.D., D.P.H., D.T.M.&H.

459

Annexe I.

REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER AT TAIPO.

The total register of new patients was 2,004 as against 2,002 in 1905; 2,464 in 1904 ; 2,196 in 1903; and 1,749 in 1902.

The number of old patients was 627, as against 686 in 1905; 1,005 in 1,904; and 855

in 1903.

Vaccination, performed free of cost, had a register of 86.

Seven district stations were regularly visited by me twice a month.

Lepers, 13 in number, were regularly seen and treated by me. .plied with rice every day.

Ten of them were sup-

The number of Malarial Fever cases was 799, as against 635 in 1905; 552 in 1904; * 525 in 1903 and 275 in 1902.

The typhoon of the 18th September, 1906, did great damage to the dispensary. A great portion of the house was blown down and all the medicines and a few articles of wooden furniture were destroyed by the flood. The dispensary was thus rendered unserviceable for 13 days from 18th-30th September, 1906. The house was immediately repaired and medicines and furniture were replaced and the dispensary commenced working again on the 1st October, 1906.

Table I shows the number of sick police treated in the stations and of those sent into the Government Civil Hospital.

Table II shows the different kinds of diseases treated at the dispensary.

LAU LAI,

Medical Officer,

Taipo Government Dispensary.

Sha Tin.

·Sha Tau Kok.

Name

of Station.

Nationality.

Aü Tai.

San Tin.

Sheung Shui.

Tai Pó.

460

Table I.

Cases of Malarial Fever treated in

the Station.

Cases of Malarial

Fever sent into the Government Civil Hospital.

Cases of other diseases treated in the Station.

Nil..

Cases of other diseases sent into the Government Civil Hospital.

Nil.

European,...

Nil.

Indian,

Nil.

Chinese,...

Nil.

European,...

Nil.

Indian,......

Nil.

}

Chinese,..

Nil.

European,...)

Nil.

Indian,

Nil.

Chinese,.

Nil.

European,...

Nil.

Indian,

Chinese,.....

ลง

European,

Nil.

Indian,

Chinese,.

Nil.

European,...

Nil.

Indian,.

Nil.

Chinese,.....

Nil.

European,

Nil.

Indian,

Nil.

Chinese,

Nil.

Nit.

Nil.

461

Table II.

Nature of Disease.

Disease of the Respiratory System,

Circulatory

Digestive

Skin,.

"" Eye,

29 29

Malarial Fever,

Ear,.

Ulcers and Injuries,

Syphilis,

Rheumatism,

No. of Cases.

141

110

266

125

160

799

275

Total,

2,004

462

Annexe J.

REPORT OF THE INSPECTING MEDICAL OFFICER TO

THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.

The admissions to the TUNG WAH HOSPITAL during the past ten years have been as follows:-

1897,

1898,

1899,

1900,

1901,

1902,

1903,

1904,

1905,

1906,

..2,776

.2,898

..2,542

.2,981

..2,989

..2,576

.2,457

2,667

.2,833

3,200

Ate beginning of the year 1906 there were 170 patients remaining in the wards from the previous year; 3,200 were admitted during 1906, making a total of 3,370 cases; 2,003 w discharged; 1,203 died; leaving 164 in the Hospital at the close of the year.

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TH003 discharges includes 194 cases, which were transferred for treatment to other as follows:-13 to the Government Civil Hospital, 50 to Kennedy Town Hospital, 128 to Tung Wah Plague Branch Hospital at Kennedy Town and 3 to Canton.

fatal cases 319 were in a dying condition at the time of admission, and died within 24 hours.

There remains a net total of 2,687 patients actually treated in the Tung Wah Hospital, of whom 1,422, ie., 52.9 per cent., were under treatment by European methods, and 1,265, i.e., 47.1 per cent., under Chinese native treatment.

The number of visits to the Out-Patient Department was 65,588 and of these 63,640 were under Chinese treatment and 1,948 under European.

2,448 persons were vaccinated at, and in connection with, the Hospital.

1,993 destitute persons were temporarily sheltered and fed, until they could be sent on to their native villages or otherwise provided for.

authorities. 192 of the bodies brought in dead, and also 199 bodies of persons who died in the Hospital, chiefly of

persons moribund on admission, i.e., 391. bodies in all, were sent to the Government Public Mortuary for internal examination.

Free burial was provided by the Hospital for the bodies of 2,386 poor people.

As in previous years, while Plague was prevalent, two large wards were set aside for the observation and diagnosis of cases suspected to be Plague.

The Plague Branch at Kennedy Town was opened on 24th April, and remained in use till 8th August. There were 140 admissions, 136 Plague, 2 Pneumonia, 1 Gono- rrhoea and 1 Malaria.

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Table XIII.

Student Interpreters.

Name.

Date of Appointment.

Where employed.

Remarks.

1st December, 1901.

Resigned.

(1)

Police Department.

Resigned. (2) Dismissed.

(3)

Resigned. (4) Dismissed.

(5)

喃多

Resigned.

Li Sik Lün Tsang Shiu Lun Wong Wai Sam Cheung Tsam Lo Kam Chak

Lo Yuk Lai

Tang Tat Hung Tsang Tam Fuk. Wong Ka Tseung. Sung Tsui Lun Fung Ping Shan Wong Shing Fan Chung Cheuk Ki Leung Tün Sheung Wong Man Pui...... Ng Yuk Shü.............. Wong Tai Kau Chan Man Kwong Wong Li Kwong Lau King Tsing Chung Kam Chia Shin Chung Shang Fok Tung

Wong Ping Chin

Lo In Nin

8th February, 1903.

14th 14th April,

Reg. General's Office. Sanitary Department.

The Magistracy. Police Department.

22nd June,

10th July,

Dismissed.

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9th September, 27th July,

4th October, 6th March,

Police Department.

1904.

1905.

1st August,

21st February, 1906.

12th September,

(1) On account of ill-health. while a Student Interpreter.

(2) On account of weak health; telephone clerk in Sanitary Department.

(3) For misconduct, while a Student Interpreter.

(4) Allowed to resign on forfeiture of bond.

(5) For laziness. while a Student Interpreter.

Appendix A.

Report of the Po Leung Kuk, for the year 1906.

The following twelve gentlemen were elected on the 10th March to act as Managing Committee for the year 1906: --

CHAN TSOK PENG.

CHAN YIK SHANG.

CHAU CHI HING.

CHAU YUE TENG. CHEUK IU FUNG.

IP TSZ CHIU. LEUNG PENG Nam.

LI YAU TSÜN.

LO CHI TENG.

U HOI CHAU. YUNG YIK TENG. WONG FA NUNG.

Mr. KWOK YIK-UE, member of the Permanent Board of Directors died on the 19th January and Mr. CHAN PAN-PO resigned his post in March. Mr. PUN YAN-TSUN and Mr. YUNG CHIU-PO were appointed on the 27th March and the 8th May respectively, to fill the two vacancies. The resignation of Mr. CHAN PAN-PO, one of the original members of the Board, on which he has served for 13 years, was much regretted.

A statement of the Assets and Liabilities of the Society on the 31st December (together with a statutory declaration to the truth of it made by the two Treasurers), and two state- ments, one shewing the working account and the other the receipts and expenditure for the year are attached.

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The balance to the credit of the Society on the 31st December was $16,732.66 compar- ed with $15,372.74 at the close of 1905. Of this balance $15,000 is a portion of the original endowment fund and not to be trenched upon. The sum is now placed on fixed deposit with five Chinese Banks and a higher interest is obtained. The actual expenditure for the year is $7,855.13 as against $9,300.33 in 1905. A smaller number of inmates has reduced the expenditure on almost every item and there have been no heavy repairs. The subscriptions collected during the year amounted to $7,804 as against $7,765 in 1905. In- terest shews an increase of $500.

In future the accounts will appear in a different form. The Elected Committee will be responsible for collecting the subscriptions as well as for the expenditure. The treasurers of the Permanent Board will audit the accounts and will be responsible for the investment of the endowment of $15,000.

The Visiting Justices during the year have been Mr. DUNCAN CLARK and Mr. CHAU SIU-KI.

•Eleven meetings of the Permanent Board of Direction have been held and have been attended by two or more members of the Annual Committee.

A return is attached showing the accommodation of the Home, the number of the Staff, the number of women and children admitted during the year, and the disposition made in each case.

Two hundred and twenty three (223) women, 49 girls and 27 small boys making a total of 349 individuals were admitted into the Home.

The women's quarters have been visited regularly by Miss EYRE and Miss FLETCHER, and by Mrs. FONG until she left the Colony. Miss EYRE has kindly undertaken to provide the younger inmates with suitable amusements and playthings.

Mrs. VICTOR, who had been matron since the opening of the present buildings, resigned in July and her place has been taken by Mrs. HAMMOND under whose care the inmates always have a healthy and bright appearance and are clean and tidily dressed. The teacher who had a little trouble at first in maintaining discipline, has now a better control over the girls and exercises a very good influence. After some unavoidable delay the Tung Wa Hospital dispensary has been made over to the Society.

A number of girls are sent every year by the Society to Miss EYRE'S Refuge and the Board has now under consideration an application from Miss EYRE for pecuniary assistance.

The Inspecting Medical Officer's report for the year is attached.

A. W. BREWIN, Registrar General, President. Ho KAI, Vice-President.

23rd February, 1907.

Statement "A" of Assets and Liabilities of the Po Leung Kuk Incorporated Society on the 31st December, 1906.

ASSETS.

On fixed deposit in the hands of the Sui Kat, Hung Ue, Ming San, Shing Tak and Sui Cheung Banks,

At current account with the Chartered

Bank of India, Australia and China,

Total,.......

15,000.00

1,732.66

16,732.66

LIABILITIES.

Nil.

招書三

古輝山

23rd February, 1907.

This is the statement marked "A" referred to in the Declartion of CHIU CHAU-SAM and KU FAI-SHAN declared before me this twenty third day of February, 1907.

J. R. WOOD, J.P.,

Victoria.

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We, CHIU CHAU-SAM and KU FAI-SHAN, members of the Board of Direction of the Po Leung Kuk, Incorporated Society, do solemnly and sincerely declare that the attached state- ments of Assets and Liabilities of above Society on the 31st December, 1906, marked A and signed with our names on the 23rd February, 1907, 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 ".

招晝三

古輝山

Declared by the declarants CHIU CHAU-SAM and KU FAI-SHAN at Victoria, Hongkong, this twenty-third day of February, 1907, through the interpretation of WONG KWONG-TIN of Hongkong, the said WONG KWONG-TIN having also first declared that he had truly, distinctly and audibly interpreted the contents of this document to the said declarants and and that he would faithfully interpret the declaration about to be administered unto them.

Before me,

J. R. WOOD, J.P., Victoria.

WONG KWONG-TIN.

You do solemnly and sincerely declare that you well understand the English and Chinese languages, and that you have truly, distinctly and audibly interpreted the contents of this document to the delarants CHIU CHAU-SAM and KU FAI-SHAN, and that you will truly and faithfully interpret the declaration about to be administered to them.

WONG KWONG-TIN,

Declared at the Hongkong District Land Office, Beaconsfield, Hongkong, this 23rd day of February, 1907.

Before me,

J. R. WOOD, J.P.,

Victoria.

PERMANENT BOARD OF DIRECTION.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure from 1st January to 31st December, 1906.

RECEIPTS.

EXPENDITURE.

Balance from previous year-

Elected Committee,

On fixed deposit,

At current account,

15,000.00 372.74

Interest,

7,742.20

9.24

15,372.74

Interest-

Balance-

On deposit,

1,297.50

On current account,

8.90

On fixed deposit, At current account, .

15,000.00

1,732.66

Subscriptions,....

1,306.40 7,804.96

16,732.66

Total,...

24,484.10

Total...

24,484.10

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Statement showing particulars of Expenditure by the Elected Committee from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1906.

RECEIPTS.

Expenditure.

$ c.

Balance from previous year,

90.48

Decorations, Food,

121.54

1,951.57

Received

from

Board,

Miscellaneous receipts,

Permanent

Insurance,

325.82

7,742.20

Light and fire,

985.66

Miscellaneous,.

483.55

Passage money,

266.70

208.41

Petty expenditure,

393.29

Printing,

99.54

Repairs,

580.37

Stationery,

93.14

Wages,

2,553.95

7,855.131

Balance,

185.96

Total,..

8,041.09

Total,....

8,041.09

Return showing number of beds, of the staff, and of the persons whose cases have been dealt with by the Po Leung Kuk during the year 1906 :--

Beds for the inmates,

Number of staff,

.76

.16

Women.

Girls.

Boys.

Total.

Jumates in the Home 31st December, 1905,.. Total admitted during the year 1906,

223

50 299

Total,..

266

349

Women.

Girls.

Boys.

Total.

Restored to parents or relatives or sent to Charitable

Institutions in China,

153

Sent to Missionary School,

Sent to Convent,

Married,

Adopted,

Died,

Permitted to leave,

Still in charge of the Society,

Total,...

Male destitutes sent home,..

266

349

Medical Report on the Po Leung Kuk for the year 1906.

The general health of the inmates has been good. There was only one death, which was due to Beri-beri. There were only 9 cases of this disease treated, as compared with 20 last year.

No infectious diseases occurred.

I took over the duties of Inspecting Medical Officer from Dr. THOMSON on the 5th September. I visited the institution frequently, and on each occasion I found it clean and well ventilated throughout.

I append a Table showing the diseases which occurred.

WILLIAM B. A. MOORE,

Inspecting Medical Officer.

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Table showing Cases treated at Po Leung Kuk during the year 1906.

Malarial Fever, Tertian,

Dysentery,

Beri-beri,

Syphilis, Secondary,

Rheumatism,

New Growth, Non-Malignant,

Diseases of the Eye,

Circulatory System,

Injuries, Parasites,.

Respiratory

Digestiv

Nervous,

Generative

Cellular Tissue

...

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WILLIAM B. A. MOORE,

Inspecting Medical Officer.

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Appendix B.

Statement of receipts and payments of the Tung Wa Hospital for the Peng Ng year (1906).

RECEIPTS.

PAYMENTS.

$ c.

Chi year,

Balance brought forward from Yuet

To Rent of Hospital property....

By Food of Employees,

5,904.06

15,015.397%

Salaries,

13,501.11.

30,079.17

Annual subsciptions of Hongs, Subscriptions of various shops,

Sick room expenses,

10.780.13

12,028.50

Drugs,

1,885.00

Sundries,

collected on steam-

Stationery,

13,627.41% 6.648.445. 1,022.044

10.

ers,

4,545.65

Repairs,

1,966.96

collected and Dona-

tions........

Free cemetery,

5.412.95

3,088.16

Coffins,

6.954.36

Subscribed by Charitable persons for the purpose of supplying medicine, quilted clothing and coffins,

Crown Rent.

1,036,77

Insurance,

944.57

Quilted Clothing.

$3.57

2,284.20

Furniture,

53.10

Refund of cost of maintenance of coolies returned from SouthAfrica, Subscriptions from wealthy per-

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Branch Hospital, wages and

202.80

food of employees,

331.24

Branch Hospital, Plague ex-

sons,

3,250.00

penditure,

4.252.90

Subscriptions by Directors, As-

sistant Directors and Committee,

2,657.00

Balance,

72,519.63 17,782.38

20% of subscriptions collected

by the Man Mo temple,

2,500.00

Government grant,

6,000.00

Payments for medicine supplied,

sale of kitchen refuse and rent

of mortuary,

5,673.42

Interest,

1,092.73

75,286.63,1

Total,

90,302.02-

Total..

90,302.02,

Statement of Assets and Liabilities at the close of the year of Peny Ng (1906).

LIABILITIES.

AMOUNT.

ASSETS.

Loan from Relief Fund,

8,440.60

By Bank's balance,

Cheap sale of Rice

House property

(original

value) :-

Fund,

29,681.33

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Subscription for Hos-

2 houses in Bonham Strand and

Jervois Street,

pital Extension,

15,226.69

Man Mo Temple, Fund

5,860.49-3

Balance,

59,209.11, 84,855.55

Total,

144,064.660

AMOUNT.

17,782.38%

10,400.00

1 house in Wing Lok Street (including cost of additions to buildings),

8,108.28

10 houses in Aberdeen Street and Tung Wa Lane (including cost of additions to buildings),

2 houses in Connaught Road

and Des Voeux Road,

7 houses in Queen's Road West (including cost of additions to buildings),

14,900.00

17,386 00

30,363.00

2 houses in Bonham Strand

West,

26,000.00

3 houses in Bonham Strand,.

15,000.00

Subscriptions not yet paid,

122,157.28

4,125.00

Total 144,064.66-

HONGKONG.

No. 1907

REPORTS OF THE CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, AND OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE BRIGADE, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

The total of all cases reported to the Police was 11,144, as against 11,517 in 1905, being a decrease of 373 or 3.23 per cent.

In the division of these cases into Serious and Minor Offences, there appears an increase, as compared with 1905, of 349 cases or 11.69 per cent. in the former, and a decrease of 722 cases or 8.46 per cent. in the latter.

The increase, as compared with 1905 in Serious Offences, of 349 is shown as follows:-

Murder,

Kidnapping and Protection of Women and Children,

Unlawful Possession,

.266

Larcenies,

Felonies not already given,

385

Deduct decrease in

Robbery,

Burglary or larceny from dwelling,

.31

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

Total,.

.349

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It will be seen that the increase is mainly in "Unlawful Possession," the cause being the looting of wrecked property which occurred after the typhoon of the 18th September.

2. Table I 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 these offences.

MURDERS.

3. On the 1 h of January a Chinese priest named SING KIN age 50 was murdered in the Tong Shan Temp, Kowloon City, where he lived. It is supposed that robbery was the motive for the crime. No arrest.

On the 3rd of February Mr. CHUA BENG CHAU Chief Excise Officer stationed at Tai Po was murdered in his matshed by his two chair coolies and six others. Robbery was evidently the motive for the crime. On the 31st of January the two chair coolies offered their services to Mr. CHUA and were engaged in that capacity, the men slept in the same shed as deceased. About 12.45 a.m. on the morning of the murder the coolies got up and admitted into the shed the other six, who in company with the chair coolies strangled Mr. CHUA and robbed him of property to the value of about $80. Three men including one of the chair coolies were arrested, convicted at the Criminal Sessions and hanged.

On the 15th of February the body of an unknown Chinese male adult age about 40 was found deposited in Rumsey Street near Wing Lok Street. The Medical Officer of Post- mortem examinations, who examined the body, was of opinion that death was the result of strangulation. No arrest.

On the 4th of March LOK TAK a fisherman residing in Tai Tong village Ping Chau Island Sub-district of Tung To, reported to the Police at Tai Po that when he returned home from fishing on the 3rd instant his wife named Mo LAN age 19 was missing from her home. The neighbours told him that his wife was murdered on the night of the 2nd instant. The body was found on a piece of waste land and had on it several wounds. One man was arrested, and discharged by the Police Magistrate.

On the 5th of May WONG CHEUNG age 27 a hawker of cloth who resided at 40 Peel Street was murdered on the 1st floor of house No. 90 Nullah Lane. It is supposed that deceased was enticed there by some carpenters, who were working there, under the pretence of purchasing his wares. He was murdered and robbed of money and cloth which he was known to have in his possession when he left his home. No arrest.

On the 10th of November a man named WONG KIN, age 24, in company with another, made an application to the accountant of a butcher's shop at No. 5 Elgin Road Tsim Sha Tsui to be allowed to sleep in the shop for the night. The request was granted. About 1.30 in the morning the men got up and attacked the accountant and a foki named YEUNG TAK with a chopper. The accountant was murdered and the foki badly injured. The noise attracted the attention of the Indian Constable on the beat who forced an entry into the shop and WONG KIN was arrested. The second man escaped. Robbery was without doubt the motive for the crime. The accountant at the time had a considerable sum of money in the shop. WONG KIN was convicted at the Criminal Sessions and hanged.

WONG SHAU, farmer, residing at No 1 Kun Yam Shan in the Sha Tin district, reported to the Police on the 6th of December that at about 3 p.m. on the 2nd December his nephew WONG SAM SHAU age 30, his son WONG TING FAT age 9 years and a friend named LUK SHANG, age 36, went for a walk up the hillside from the village in search of game. When they left the village LUK SHANG had in his possession a revolver and about $30 and WONG SAM SHAU had a chopper. After waiting four days they searched the hillside and found the bodies of the missing ones with their throats cut. Robbery may have been the motive for the crime as when the deceased's bodies were found their property was gone. No arrest.

On the morning of the 14th December Mr. JOHN ROBERTSON CRAIK Chief Clerk Kowloon Dock residing at No. 22 Dock Terrace (within the Dock premises), was murdered by a Chinaman who is supposed to have gained access to his house through the pantry window which was open. It appears that on the night of the 13th Mr. and Mrs. CRAIK retired to their bedroom at about 10.30 p.m. Mr. CRAIK was engaged in his room for some time writing,

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after which he went to bed and was soon asleep, Mrs. CRAIK following some time later. After being in bed some little time Mrs. CRAIK heared a noise downstairs. She awoke her husband who at the time took but little notice of the noise. The noise was again heard and Mr. CRAIK got up and lit a candle and went downstairs to investigate, when he was met at the foot of the stairs in the hall by a Chinaman who slashed at him with a knife causing fear- ful injuries, in addition to a wound in the throat which was the cause of his death. When assistance arrived the body was found in the hall and the murderer had escaped. The motive for the crime is not known. No arrest.

MANSLAUGHter.

4. On the 8th of January an unknown Chinese child age about 6 weeks was found abandoned on the foreshore at Tai Kok Tsui. It was removed to the Government Civil Hospital where it died the same day. No arrest.

On the 26th of March NG KING age 31 years a coolie employed in the Quarry Bay Shipyard died in the yard the result of a kick given by an Indian watchman named HARBAJ RAI who was arrested and convicted at the Criminal Sessions and sentenced to 3 months hard labour.

On the 29th of April the body of KWONG CHEUNG, age 40, a carpenter was removed to the Mortuary from the 3rd floor of No. 33 Queen's Road Central. He had been struck on the head with a piece of wood by a man named CHAN KING and died of the injury so inflicted. CHAN KING was convicted at the Criminal Sessions and sentenced to one year hard labour.

On the 4th of May MAK KWAI age 33 years a coal coolie employed on a coal junk in Yaumati Harbour died on the junk, the cause of death being a ruptured spleen. Deceased had a quarrel with two others named FUNG KAI SING and CHEUNG SHUI who beat him and caused his death. Both men were convicted at the Criminal Sessions and sentenced to 6 months hard labour.

On the 16th of April CHAN YEUNG age 45 years farmer residing in So Kun Wat village in the Un Long District was assaulted by one LI SANG who resided in the same village. CHAN YEUNG died on the 3rd of May from his injuries. LI SANG was arrested, tried at the Criminal Sessions and acquitted.

On the 23rd May a Dock launch collided with and capsized a rowing boat, the crew of which were precipitated into the Harbour with the result that one person lost her life. The coxswain of the launch was arrested but discharged by the Magistrate.

On the 18th of June at sea a coolie named TSING MING age 27 a passenger on board the S. S. Indravelli returning from South Africa had a quarrel with another coolie. The former stabbed the latter, who died from his injuries. TSING MING was convicted at the Criminal Sessions and sentenced to 7 years hard labour.

On the 23rd of June while a licensed fishing junk was riding at anchor on the East side of Stonecutters Island, a firewood junk under sail collided with the fishing junk, the impact caused a man named NGAN SHUN to fall overboard from the fishing junk and he was drowned. The master of the firewood junk was arrested but acquitted at the Criminal Sessions.

On the 1st of August TSANG FAT age 23 coolie was removed to the Government Civil Hospital suffering from injuries of which he died the same day, the cause of death being a ruptured spleen caused by two men, who, he said assaulted him. The two men were arrested and discharged by the Police Magistrate.

On the 16th of August the body of LAM SHUN age 23 years was removed to the Public Mortuary from To KWA WAN, the cause of death being a ruptured spleen caused by a number of men who caught deceased stealing and beat him. Three men were arrested and com- mitted for trial at the Criminal Sessions but the case was dropped, no indictment being filed.

On the 5th of August SIU KIr a boatman employed on licensed junk S. 584 H. reported that while the junk was at anchor in Deep Bay on the 2nd of August, the crew mutinied and took charge of the junk. While below he heard shouts of save life, he went on deck and found that the master Siu Wat, his wife, and son were missing. The junk was then sailing

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off Ling Ting. He was pushed overboard and after being in the water sometime was picked up by a fishing junk and brought to Hongkong. Five men were arrested in Macao, extradited and convicted at the Criminal Sessions and sentenced to 15 years hard labour each.

On the 10th of September the steam-launch Müki collided with and capsized a rowing boat which was made fast to a buoy off the Bowrington Canal. The crew of the boat were precipitated into the water and two persons, a boy age 14 and a girl age 12 were drowned. The coxswain of the launch was arrested but the charge was withdrawn.

On the 25th of September WuI LUK age 36 a prisoner undergoing a sentence in Victoria Gool was removed to the Government Civil Hospital suffering from a ruptured spleen said to have been the result of having been assaulted by

having been assaulted by a European warder. He died three days later. The warder was tried and acquitted at the Criminal Sessions.

On the 13th of November the body of NG HING FUK age 57 was removed to the Public Mortuary, the cause of death being a ruptured spleen, caused by an Indian named GULAM SHER who assaulted him on the road at Muk Kung Ham near Kowloon Chai in the Yaumati District. GULAM SHER was convicted at the Criminal Sessions and sentenced to one year's hard labour.

CUTTING AND WOUNDING WITH INTENT TO MURDER.

5. On the 10th of November a coolie named CHU PO LIN who was being examined with a number of other Emigrants at the Harbour Office suddenly rushed violently at Mr. BOTELHO, who was conducting the examination, murmuring something unintelligible. He caught Mr. BOTELHO by the throat but the latter threw him off. KWOK CHUN а Harbour boatman attempted to secure the man but was stabbed with a knife. CHAN FUK and another boatman rushed to the assistance of the former and attempted to secure him and he was also stabbed. He then ran and jumped into the Harbour. He was followed by Indian Police Sergeant 656 who jumped into the Harbour and captured him. Both boatmen were badly injured and were detained in Hospital for a long time. CH PO LIN was convicted at the Criminal Sessions and sentenced to 4 years hard labour.

ASSAULT OCCASIONING BODILY HARM.

6. On the 1st of May a boy named TANG WAI age 13 years was removed to Government Civil Hospital suffering from a rupture in the spleen said to have been the result of having been assaulted by Indian Lance Sergeant 690 MAST ALI who caught the boy hawking in the limits of Sai-ying-poon Market and assaulted him. The boy underwent an operation and recovered. The Indian Sergeant was charged with the offence and while on remand went to Hospital sick and died there.

GANG ROBBERIES.

7. There were 20 gang robberies reported during the year. these cases, 21 prisoners were arrested, 7 being convicted and 14 discharged.

no arrest was made.

In connection with 7 of In 13 cases

Four of these robberies took place in the City of Victoria, 3 occurring in the Central and 1 in the Western District.

Of the remaining 16, 4 were reported from Yaumati District, 2 from Shaukiwan, 1 from Pokfulam and 9 from the New Territories.

STREET AND HIGHWAY ROBBERIES.

8. Sixteen cases were reported. In connection with 3 of these cases 4 persons were arrested and convicted. In 13 cases no arrest was made. Of these robberies only one was upon a European, viz.:-

On the 15th of May while Captain LAING of the S.S. Tai Sham was riding in a jinrick- sha on Connaught Road West and when near French Street he was assaulted by 4 or 5 Chinese apparently ricksha coolies who caught hold of him by the throat threw him to the ground and robbed him of a Savings' Bank book containing $200 in Bank notes. No arrest was made.

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ROBBERIES ON BOATS AND JUNKS.

9. Nine cases were reported, of which 5 occurred in the New Territories. In connection. with 3 of these cases, 6 persons were arrested, 2 being convicted and 4 discharged. In 6 cases, no arrest was made.

FELONIES NOT ALREADY GIVEN.

10. Under this heading are comprised the following:----

Arson and attempted arson, Cutting and wounding,

Demanding money by menaces, Embezzlement,

Forgery,

Housebreaking,

Indecent assault and Rape,.

Manslaughter,

Shooting and wounding with intent to do grievous bodily

harm,

Throwing corrosive fluid,

Sodomy and attempted Sodomy,

Total,..

GAMBLING.

..102

...201

11. One hundred and fifty gambling warrants were executed and convictions obtained, as against 98 in 1905. Two were lottery cases. In 36 cases no gambling was found.

PROPERTY REPORTED STOLEN AND PROPERTY RECOVERED.

12. The value of the property reported stolen during the year was $123,569.82. The value of the property recovered by the Police and restored to the owners was $20,725.40.

LOST PROPERTY.

13. The following is a return showing property lost or recovered during the year 1906:-

Articles reported lost.

Value lost.

338

$23,410.50

Articles recovered and Articles

found which were not re-

Value found.

ported lost.

171

$3,374.13

OPIUM WARRANTS.

14. Three thousand one hundred and twenty-eight (3,128) Search Warrants for prepared opium were executed by the Police and Excise Officers of the Opium Farmer, as compared with 3,951 in 1905. In 911 cases opium was found and 1,169 persons were arrested.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

15. The Examiner of Weights and Measures made the following verifications:-

Examined.

Correct.

Incorrect.

European scales,

309

....

Chinese scales,.

Yard measures,

Chek measures,

2,511

2,481

261

513

194

The following prosecutions were instituted under the Weights and Measures Ordinance :

No. of Cases. 30

Convictions. 30

Total Amount of Fines. $1,225.00

Dangerous GOODS ORDINANCE.

16. The following prosecutions were instituted under the Dangerous Goods Ordin-

ance :-

No. of Cases. 14

Convictions. 14

Total Amount of Fines. $70.00.

FOOD AND DRUGS ORDINANCE.

17. The following prosecutions were instituted under the Food and Drugs Ordinance :-

No. of Cases.

Convictions. 1

Total Amount of Fines. $25.00

Samples collected and sent to Analyst were as follows:-

Brandy. 2

Whisky.

Rum. 8

Beer. 8

Port Wine. 2

All these samples were certified to be genuine with the exception of one sample of Brandy.

MENDICANTS.

18. Eighteen beggars were dealt with by the Police Magistrate and three sent to Tung Wah Hospital. 118 were deported to Canton and 1 to Sham Chun, as follows:-

How often sent away.

Canton.

Sham Chun.

Once, Twice, Thrice,

•

107

Total,.......

118

DEAD BODIES,

19. Table V shows the number of unknown dead bodies found by the Police

"dumped" in the streets and elsewhere during each month of the year.

195

LICENCES.

20. The following licences were issued during 1906:—

1,175 Hongkong Jinrickshas.

50 Quarry Bay

200 Kowloon

29 Private Vehicles. 1,061 Truck Licences.

644 Hongkong Chairs.

60 Hill District Chairs.

7 Gharis.

13,471 Drivers and Bearers.

DOG ORDINANCE.

21. 1,740 dogs were licensed during 1906.

7 watch dogs were licensed free of charge.

151 dogs were destroyed.

75 dogs were seized and restored to owners or ransomed.

ARMS ORDINANCE.

22. Eight licences to import and deal in arms and 5 to deal in sporting arms and ammu- nition were issued during 1906. During the whole year a Proclamation has been in force prohibiting the export of warlike stores from the Colony.

The following arms and ammunition were seized and confiscated during the year, viz:-

29 revolvers, 3 rifles, 45 muskets, 70 daggers, 2,198 rounds rifle ammunition, 3,513 rounds revolver ammunition, 52 rounds sporting ammunition, 21 boxes percussion caps; 255 lbs. powder, 5 lbs. dynamite and one sword stick.

EDUCATION.

23. During the year 8 Europeans and 34 Indians obtained certificates for knowledge of Chinese and 7 Indians obtained certificates for English.

I append a report from Mr. A. W. GRANT, Master in charge, on the work of the Police School during the year. (Appendix A.)

INSPECTIONS.

24. The usual quarterly inspections of all stations were carried out by the Deputy Superintendent and Assistant Superintendents, and I have myself made surprise inspections at each Station.

Sham Shui Po Station was almost entirely destroyed by the typhoon of 18th September, since which date the police have been temporarily housed in the village.

IDENTIFICATION BY FINGER IMPRESSIONS.

25. 141 persons were identified as old offenders by means of finger impressions, of whom 18 were persons who had not served sentences in gaol, having been convicted of unlawful possession and paid their fines. Three were men who had been banished from the Straits Settlements. Of the 120 who had been in gaol all except 11 were recognised as old offenders by the gaol warders, independently of the finger prints.

The collection on the 31st December, 1906, numbered 6,608 male and 320 female records.

POLICE LAUNCHES.

26. Two of the patrol launches were severely damaged by the typhoon of 18th September, No. 1 launch being sunk at Tai Kok Tsui and No. 2 cast ashore at Pak Sha Wan. They were subsequently repaired and are now in good condition. Two of the pinnaces were also sunk. They were raised but found to be too badly damaged to be worth repairing, and two small launches were purchased to replace them.

196

CONDUCT.

27. The conduct of the European Contingent has been on the whole very good. The total number of reports against them was 59, as against 73 in 1905. There were 10 reports for being drunk or under the influence of drink as against 12 in 1905; 1 for asleep on duty (same as last year), 2 for disorderly conduct and 10 for neglect of duty. Nine of the 10 cases of drunkenness, and 19 of the other offences, were committed by men who are no longer in the Force. One European Constable was convicted by the Police Magistrate for

assault.

The conduct of the Indian Contingent was only fairly satisfactory. There were 448 reports, as against 384 for the preceding year. For drunkenness there were 45 as against 36, for disorderly conduct 33, as against 20, for neglect of duty 46 as against 31,.for absence from duty 65 as against 75, for gossiping and idling on duty 107 as against 83 and for asleep on duty 35 as against 15. The average strength of the Contingent was considerably higher than in the previous few years, and there were many more recruits than usual.

: Ten Indian Constables were convicted by the Police Magistrate, 3 for disorderly conduct, 1 for using insulting language, 3 for assault, 1 for misconduct as a Police Constable, 1 for allowing a prisoner to escape and 1 for larcency as a bailee.

The behaviour of the Chinese Contingent was not satisfactory. There were altogether 1,129 reports, as against 996 in 1905. There was one report for drunkenness (same as last year), 113 for asleep on duty as against 87, 23 for disorderly conduct as against 35, and 387 for minor offences as against 361.

Ten Chinese Constables were convicted by the Police Magistrate, 6 for assault, 2 for larceny and 2 for misconduct as Police Constables..

The Seamen, coxswains and stokers had 300 reports as compared with 242 for last year. For drunkenness there was no report as against 1 in 1905, 193 for absence from station and late for duty as against 147 in the previous year.

Three Seamen were convicted by the Police Magistrate, one for giving false testimony, one for bribery and one for larcery.

REWARDS.

28. One Indian Sergeant and one Indian Constable were granted rewards for smart cap- ture of three murderers, one Indian Sergeant was granted a good conduct medal for plucky conduct in securing the arrest of one wanted for stabbing, and two Chinese Detectives were granted good conduct medals for meritorious services. A large number of Police were com- mended by His Excellency the Governor for good work performed during and in connection with the typhoon of the 18th September.

HEALTH.

29. Admissions to Hospital during the last three years were as follows:--

Europeans,

Indians,

Chinese,..

Nationality.

1904. Strength.

993.

1905. Strength. 1,018,

1906. Strength.

1,047.

111

102

317

407

375

226

187

224

་

197

Return of Police treated in Government Civil Hospital for fever or dengue fever from 1st January to 31st December, 1906 :—

Europeans,

Indians,

Chinese,...

Nationality.

Old Territories.

New Territories.

In addition to cases treated in Hospital for fever or dengue fever from the New Terri- tories, the following number of cases were treated for fever in the various Stations in the New Territories without being removed to Hospital, viz. :—

Europeans, 2.

Indians, 30.

EXECUTIVE STAFF.

Chinese, 8.

30. The Assistant Superintendent (Mr. E. R. HALLIFAX, who was seconded to the Transvaal Government, returned on 3rd April and went on leave on 21st April. Mr. G. N. ORME acted during his absence.

POLICE FORCE.

31. Seventeen Europeans were engaged during the year, 10 were recruited in England and 7 enlisted locally. Of these 7, only one resigned.

Table VI shows changes in the personnel of the Force during the year, and Table VII the numbers of the several Contingents and the total cost for the past five years.

NEW TERRITORIES.

32. I attach a report on the policing of the New Territories by Mr. ORME (Appendix

B.)

25th February, 1907.

F. J. BADELEY, Captain Superintendent of Police.

Appendix A.

Report on the Police School, 1906.

POLICE SCHOOL, HONGKONG, 9th February, 1907.

SIR,-I beg to present herewith the report on the Police School for the year ending 31st December, 1906.

1. During my absence on leave Mr. DEALY the Master in charge resigned his appoint- ment on promotion to the post of Second Master, Queen's College, Mr. BIRBECK, Assistant Master, becoming Assistant in charge. On my return to duty on 5th November, 1906, I was appointed Master in charge with Mr. BIRBECK as Assistant Master. The only other change on the staff was the appointment of L.L.S. 801 BISHEN SINGH as Sikh teacher, to enable the Sikh Police to obtain a better grounding in Arithmetic and Dictation.

2. The total number of attendances during 1906 was 7,171, school being open on 92 days giving an average attendance of 78.

3. The total number of men on the roll in 1906 was 473, made up as follows:

European Police Constables,..

Indian Police Constables,

Chinese Police Constables,

Gaol Guards,

Garden boys,

... 25

..147

...241

473

198

4. The results of the various examinations held, by your sanction, throughout the year, were as follows:-

OBTAINED CERTIFICATES OF EXEMPTION FROM SCHOOL.

February,

March,

April,

May,

August, September, December,

1906.

E. P. C. I. P. C. C. C.

Gaol Staff.

...

]

...

The Hon. Mr. F. J. BADELEY,

Captain Superintendent of Police.

ARTHUR W. GRANT, B.A. (Canterbury), Master in Charge.

Appendix B.

Report of the Assistant Superintendent of Police on the New Territories for 1906.

1. The state of the Territory in 1906 has been quiet and orderly. The greater part of the robberies during the year were reported from the direction of Mirs Bay, and appear to have been perpetrated by bad characters frequenting the Chinese Territory on the East Coast of the Bay. The land border is now fairly well protected, and only one robbery was reported along it the Yau Fu, Ma Tak Shan, who has since been promoted to a post in Heung Shan, and the other Chinese Officials have rendered active assistance in putting down border crimes. Three murders took place during the year-at Tai Po, on Ping Chau Island and on the Kowloon Hills in the first case three men were captured by Indian Police near the border and eventually executed."

2. Larcenies and assaults were not frequent, and the use of illicit opium was as usual responsible for most arrests, while the practice of fishing with dynamite is still common and difficult to prevent.

3. The health of the Police has been good throughout the year, and there is in this respect no fault to be found with any Station except Au Tau and Sai Kung which have suffered from fever as before.

4. The Railway work has been in progress during most of the year and has provided work and wages for a large number of men: a few extra police were detailed for railway work, but the conduct of the workmen has so far been exemplary.

5. The general prosperity of the Territory suffered a set back from the typhoon of September 18th, which caused serious loss of life and property, but it does not appear that any widespread distress was caused thereby. Nor was any difficulty experienced in collect- ing most of the Crown Rent, though the Sheung Shui district, which enjoys an unfortunate proximity to the gambling facilities of Sham Chun, has paid slowly, and the landowners. living in Chinese Territory have utilised to the full their power of passive resistance. The native paths in the valleys have deteriorated considerably, especially owing to the September rains, and the general traffic and police patrols have suffered thereby. However, much of the inconvenience caused will cease with the construction of the Government road from the Sha Tau Kok to Ping Shan and Un Long.

G. N. ORME,

Assistant Superintendent of Police.

་

1906,

Table I.

RETURN of SERIOUS and MINOR OFFENCES reported to have been committed during the Year 1906, with the Results of such Reports.

Larcenies in

Dwelling

Assaults

with Intent

Larcenies.

Felonies

not

already

Assaults

and

Disorderly

Conduct.

Houses.

to rob.

given.

Gambling. Kidnapping.

Offences

against Ord,

4 of 1897, (Protection of Women

& Girls.)

Unlawful

l'ossession.

Piracy,

Euro-

Miscellaneous

peans

and Indians. Chinese. Ameri-

Total.

Offences.

cans.

Robberies

with violence Burglaries.

from the

person.

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 l'ersons 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.

January,...

2.4

February,..

March,.............

September,.

October, ...

November,.

December,..

TOTAL,.. 45

1 2

୪ 3

༑

ດ

··

13 18

ล

1 T

•

।

217 12

1163 64 19 21 2 2

. 16

132 15 33 284 1 3 2

11 9

2 28 28 3

129

17 20 11

82 120 18 23 194

4 3 1

20 15

181

90 18 22

7 105

168

7 16 131 1

32 37

151

11 20

3 81 142

24 239 10

1 13

4 20 19

..175 77 19 22

7 || 105 |

172

11 11:

2 6

*27

1223

2 201 #5 22 11 G

170

79 22 20

188 72 257

17: 98

16} 17

195 96 17 10

190 67 23 21 12

208 | 100

25 10

101 145 14

27274

36 45

6 2

801

151 1738 315

5 109 182

లు

37239❘ 19 1 1

12 11 1 28

સ

135

151

141

23 31 305

•

4 81 113

4 21

ન

17 21 136

8 7

25 23

4 3 168 180 11

1 70 86 14

37 37

1 3

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 Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

TOTAL

ALL

CASES.

5102

•

477

531

10 $

31,034

68 | 1,056

98)

802

362

401

43 21

775

89 796

703

··

9105

490

586 34

245

1,009

73 | 1,036

388

350

43 21

دن

$56

408

489

698

37 26

872

9113

410

413

8 1 .. 1,006

87 1,018

957

11120

••

478 523 42

1 1,081

92 | 1,112

1,015

158

469

491 107 16

♡

29 1,003

1.13 1,022 176

1,037

102

311

301

21 25

3 5

916

88)

9455

413

4 1,024

116

101

··

15103

··

112 1,179.5,085 | 5,089

472

471 436

جر

760

475

492

20 23

2 3

843 65

210 38 40 47 11,191 | 1,021 11,471 1,106 11,144

8 2,12 954 240 209 | 82

1 +

,138 1,705 172 299 2,450 14 13 12

3 86 65

29 550 568 79

...

199

1906.

законов

7.. 37 86 4

238 236 11

ય

11. 3. 2

12 20

Cases reported.

No. of Persons eonvicted.

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

convicted.

Persons 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.

Men-

Unlicensed

dicants.

Hawking.

Street Cries.

Breach of Spirits

Ordinances. and Opium

Breach of Registration

Ordinance.

Table II.

RETURN of MISCELLANEOUS OFFENCES reported to have been committed during the Year 1906, with the Results of such Reports.

Desertion, Refusal and

Neglect of

Duty,

Rogues

and

Vagabonds, Suspicious Characters

and Vagrants.

Breach of

Merchant

Breach

Emigr.

Public

Vehicles

Ordinance.

Shipping Consolidation

Ordinance.

Ord.

Breach of Police, Gaol,! Deportation

and

Prevention

of Crime

Ordinances.

Breach of Pawnbrokers, Markets and

Weights and

Measures

Ordinances.

Cutting

Trees

Intimidation,

Extortion, Bribery and

Conspiracy. Earth.

Obtaining Goods,

commit

Suicide.

Spurious Coin.

or Money by False Pretences.

Damage to Property.

Attempt to

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

Trespass.

January, ... 1 1.. 85 £8 2 1 1

February,

11..

$ ..

18 2

11 10 2

36 65 20

138 135 10

32 32

March,.....1 1.. 78 81 2

13 | 12

16 £7 2 29 28 3

65 111 1 .....222 228 18

April, ................ 1 | 1 44 43 1

* 13

12 12 1 13 13

61 97 18

12.164 155 13

156

1 2.. G

13 12

May,.

13.. 15 62

ප

4 1

17 18

10 10

48 118 1

413183 183| 10

6 6. G

June, ................. 4 3 53 55 1

201 6

-10..

ያ!

3.... 4154 | 149

July,

...... 2

60 4 4 4

100

58 00

1 20 20

❤

18.. 51 93

47 79 89

209 199 20

.. 12 13

237

11..233 237 22.......

32 31

August, ....1| 1|.

September,. 11.. 61 52

1 17 15 3

3. 1

1 | 18

20 .. 15 12 3 16

1. 1133 132

نا

October,....

37 37

November, .4 3 72 73

December,..] 1| 1|....

TOTAL,..18 15 3 740 764 25 || 74 | 72

3 29 40

1 | 12

11 3

30 31

5 15 19

4 5 1185 190

2 12 10

36 | 42

CF 103

3.. 198194 12

77 79..

1 } ]

11 13 1 29 31

42 49

5 │............... | 187 | 183 |

9 9

9..

5 189 213 29 23 265 20497 889 08 16 12 92,244 2,218 144 10 10 3 83

22 26

52 5%

4 ..

(D)

8682

422415

0 1310 3 25

ස

یسم

ご

9 10

10.

12 │..

է:

21251

19 221

18 2127

دن

☺

477

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.

Bankruptcy Ordec.]

Cruelty to

Contempt of Court

ous Driving.

Animals, & Furi

and Breach of

& False Charge

Breach of

Dangerous

Totals.

Goods and

Arms Ords.

11 12

302

499 £86 34

350

383

408

489

419

478

8 8 1 409

167

301

341

OLS

-1

471

9 | 14

475 492 20

6119 167 27′50 33 24 38:

123 182 44 15 2♪|

2 £ 71 $2 1 5,055,580

472

200

1902,

1903,

1904,

1905,

1906,

1897,

1898,

1899,

1900,

1901,

YEAR.

Table III.

RETURN OF SERIOUS OFFENCES reported to the POLICE, during the 10 Years en ling 1906, showing the Number of Prisoners Arrested, Convicted and Discharged.

Murder.

Robbery.

Burglary

and

Larceny in Dwelling House.

Assault with

Kidnapping and Protection of

Intent to Rob,

l'iracy.

Girls.

Women and

Unlawful Iossession.

Felonics

Larceny.

All Serious Offences.

not already given.

85 18 23

***

14159 32 8 40

15170 29 7 36 2 2

71 247 42 20

59 45 13 58 316

ས

1125

22 19

57 21

$2 51 15 661301 43

78 7

6 49 2

نت

59 55 36 91

40 63

تن

35 32 18

37 21 87 58

ثبات

22 10 18 28

398

386 70

456| 2,079

954

189 1,143170

67 30

87 2,896 1,497

3451,842

436

454

389 381 59

503 | 2,124 1,042

443 2,432 1,023

3] 434

448 80

528 2,477 1,142

132 | 1,174 | 147

220 1,243 194

277|1,419|193

47 13

54 6

58 25

60 2,935 1,654

204 1,858

60 3,392 1,589

349 1,938

83 3,532 1,779

453 2,232

388

412 75

487 2,421 1,130 315 1,445 182

25 81 8,401 1,710 | [458 2,168

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'ersons 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..

Clases 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.

Total,... 23

19 12 31 263 168 56 2241,193 203

62 265 15. G

ہیں

6|193|181112 293 $ 5

7 2,045 2,084 333 2,417 11,533 5,291 1,133 6,424 886 | 272 99 371 16,159 8,229 1.809 | 10,038

4 66

22283

651401

4 54 16 17

941481

33 371

经验

65 20 85

4 1 5 33 17 29 46

19 72 D

1 1 2

31 40 71

44 10

33106

10 48 30 6

45 13 18

36 330

31 299

2280

27 10 37 7

Ꮳ

222

3 3

3985

90 68

37105

491 483 87

526 543 73

427 122 87

284 303 57

6 99 77 32109|

570 2,712 1,247 330 616 | 3,281 1,565 297 509 2,338| 1,075| 239

360 || 2,036

1,577 256 73.

1,862 | 112 | 152 |

1,314 | 239 | 111

953 246 1,199|183

550 568 79

647 2,126 954 240 1,194|201

2 = 2 *

51 1243,998 1,931

55 2074,862 2,401

545 2,476

527 2,928

36] 1. ,532 1,746

424 | 2,170

84 37 121 2,984 |1,473 78 43; 121 8,333 1,717

401 1,874

418 2,135

Total,... 30

27312150 | 109 | 259|1,885 | 209

61 270 27 | 16

622361| 266|171 | 437

2,278 2,319 383 | 2,702 [12,523 | 5,794 1,352 7,1461,201 | 498 222 720 18,709 9,268 2,315 11,583

Average of 1st period.

Average of 2nd period,

4.6 3.8 2.4 6.2 52.6 33.6 11.2 44.8238.6 40.6 12.4 53.0 3.0 1.2.

1.238.6 36.2 22.4 58.6 1.6 1.0 0.4 1.4 409.0 416.866,6483.4 2306.6 1058.2 226.6 1284.8 177.2 54.4 19.8 74.2 3231.8 1645,8 6.0 3.2 2.2 5.4 62.4 30.0 21.8 51.8 77.0 41.8 12.2 54.0 5.4 3.2 1.2 4,472.2 53.2 34.2 87.4 0.4 455.6 463.8 76.6 540.4 2504.6 1158.8 270.41429.2 258,2 99.6 41.4 144.0 3741,8 1853.6 163.0 2316,6

361.8 2007.6

— 201 -

Table IV.

RETURN of MINOR OFFENCES reported to the POLICE, during the 10 Years ending 1906, showing Number of Frisoners Arrested, Convicted and Discharged.

ASSAULT.

GAMBLING.

MISCELLANEous.

LIGHT

DRUN-

NUIS

ALL MINOR OFFENCES.

KENNESS. ANCES.

OR PASS.

YEAR.

Total No.

arrested.

1897,

1,404 | 1,795 287

2,082 145

666

1898,

1,765 | 2,380 242

2,622 265

1,077 55

ပေးတ

732

4,122

4,538

412 | 4,950

132

780

150

1,132

4,531

5,412

307 | 5,719

161

939

1899,

1,414 1,595 281

1,876 199

661

731

3,170

3,434

320 3,754

133

715

1900,

1,531 1,891 344

2,235 324

1,564 35

1,599

3,265

3,625 375 4,000

182

1,039

1901,

1,620| 2,034 297

2,331 265

1,517 42

1,559

3,267

3,844 390 4,234

150

466

Total,.

7,734 | 9,695 | 1,451

11,146 1,198

5,485

268

5,753

18,355

20,853 | 1,804 22,657

758

3,939

150

Cases

reported.

No. of Persons

convicted.

No. of Persons

discharged.

Total No.

arrested.

765

7,764

6,733 6,999 7,661 8,869. 604 9,473 5,631 5,690 671 6,361 6,341| 7,080 754 7,834 5,768 7,395 729 8,124

32,134 36,033 3,523 | 39,556

1902,

1903,

1904,

1905,

1906,

1,287 1,667 271 1,169 1,539 269 1,160 | 1,575 269 1,239 1,823 165 1,136 1,705 172

1,938 259

1,378

1,395

3,653

4,562 571 5,133

167

1,057

1,808 204

1,101

1,145

4,134

4,475

440 4,915 160

723

1,844 166

890

915

5,466

6,074

497 6,571

191

1,297

6,423 7,607 859 8,466 6,390 7,115 753 7,869 8,280 | 8,539

791 | 9,330

1,988 178 1,404 87

1,491

5,842

6,663

405 | 7,068

161

1,113

8,533 | 9,890

657 | 10,547

1,877 299

2,460 44

2,504

5,085

5,589

472 6,061

112

1,179

7,811| 9,754

68810,442

Total,

5,991 8,309 1,146

9,455 1,106

7,233 217

7,450

24,180

27,363 2,385 29,748 791

5,369

37,437 42,905 3,748 | 46,653

Average of 1st period,... 1546.8 1939.0 290.2 Average of 2nd-period,... 1198.21661.8 229.2

2229.2 239.6

1891.0 221.2

1097.0 53.6

1446.6 43.4

1150.6 3671.0

1490.0 4836.0

4170.6 | 360,8 4531.4 151.6

787.8

30.0 6426.8 7206.6704.67911.2

5472.6477.0 5949.6 158.2

1073.8

7487.48581.0749.6 | 9330.6

202

Male.

Female.

Sex

unknown.

*[B]A[

VICTORIA.

Female.

Male.

Female.

Sex

unknown.

January,.

February,

March,

00 30 00

April,..

May,

June,

July,

August,

10 10

September,

October,.

November,.

December,.

အ ဆ

Table V.

Dumped Bodies, 1906.

KOWLOON.

HARBOUR.

4 YEARS

UNDER 4 YEARS.

AND OVER.

TOTAL.

1906.

Male.

Female.

Male.

Female.

Sex

unknown.

Male.

Total,

283 237

180

133

135

129

70 12

1,447

125

:00 0 0 0 10 10 −

Female.

ام

Male.

Female.

Sex

unknown.

CA COLCCONDRONG

Male

ELSEWHERE.

Female.

133

162

234

154

116

124

...

- 203

Nationality.

Strength of the Force.

Enlist-

ments.

Death.

204

Table VI.

RETURN SHOWING THE STRENGTH, ENLISTMENTS AND CASUALTIES IN THE POLICE FORCE, 1906.

Dismissal Total

Number of of service or Desertions Casualties.

otherwise.

Resigna-

tion through sickness.

Resignation through Ex- piry of terms

Europeans,...

133

10 ·

Indians,

410

115

Chinese,....

504

152

298

143

Total,

1,047

284

120

243

This number includes the Police paid for by other Departments and Private Firms and also the Engineers, Coxswains, and Stokers, but is exclusive of :-

1 Captain Superintendent.

1 Deputy Superintendent.

2 Assistant Superintendents.

1 Probationer.

1 Accountant.

1 Clerk and Hindustani Interpreter.

3 Clerks.

6 Telephone Clerks.

81 Coolies.

Table VII.

TABLE SHOWING STRENGTH OF THE POLICE FORCE AND THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE

ON IT FOR FIVE YEARS.

STRENGTH OF THE FORCE.

Total

Year.

Strength.

Total Expenditure.

Europeans.

Indians.

Chinese.

1902

133

367

419

919

$392,248.85

1903

133

367

421

921

512,860.20

1904

133

375

485

993

506,008.34

1905

133

382

503

1,018

521,057.72

1906

133

410

504

1,047

515,874.08

HONGKONG.

No.

1907

RETURNS OF THE POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Governor.

I. Abstract of Cases during the year.

II. Return of Punishments awarded in respect of certain Classes of Offences during

the year.

III. List of Offences tried during the year.

IV. Comparative Return of Cases for the past ten years.

MAGISTRACY,

18th February, 1907.

F. A. HAZELAND,

Police Magistrate.

CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENCES.

TOTAL NUMBER

OF CASES.

TOTAL NUMBER OF

PRISONERS.

Convicted and

Punished.

Discharged,

Table I.

ABSTRACT of CASES under COGNIZANCE of the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS during the Year 1906.

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

Ordered to find Security.

WRITS ISSUED BY THE POLICE MAGISTRATES DURING THE YEAR 1906.

Warrants.

Committed for Trial

at the Supreme Court.

Committed to Prison or Detained pending Orders of H.E. the Governor.

To keep the

Peace.

To be of Good Behaviour.

To answer

any

Charge.

Witnesses punished

for preferring false Charge or giving wilful false Testimony.

Undecided.

.M.

Assaults and other Offences against { the Person,..

Malicious Injuries to Property, Gambling,

905 1,239

754 13 273

G 20

37 1

M. F. --M. F. M. F. M.

110 11

8 1

115253

F. M.

301 2,454

2,395

...

Offences against 'roperty other than Malicious Injuries to Pro- perty or Prædial Larceny, Offences against Revenue Acts. Highway Acts, Health Acts, and other Acts relating to the Social Economy of the Colony, Offences against Masters and Ser- vants Acts, including Acts relat- ing to Indentured Coolies,

1,668

1,825

1,389 19

357

521

2,008

2,892

2,459 36

393

...

100

202

102 1

...

Other Offences,

8,806 11,426

9,774 | 222 | 1,159|33| 16

61 4

Total,

13,871| 20,128| 16,910|299 2,351| 49|61

185 17 87

11393

M. F.

Total Number of Prisoners.

Summons for Defendants.

Summons for Witnesses.

Notices of Re-hearing.

1,203

36 2,554

2,446

CO N

1,799

2 2

* Consisting of Offenders not sentenced to Imprisonment,

TOTAL MALES AND FEMALES,

2,855

201

11,163 263

19,755 373 2,554 42

20,128

249

Arrest.

Distress.

Search.

For entering Gambling Houses.

Magistrates' Orders.

TOTAL.

249

281

| 3,298

32.

...

3,298 281

6,156

6,456

- 180 -

181

Table II.

RETURN of PUNISHMENTS awarded in respect of CERTAIN CLASSES of OFFENCES, during the Year 1906.

PUNISHMENTS.

Assaults and other Offences

Number of against the

Malicious Injuries to Property.

Gam- bling.

Description.

each kind

Person.

inflicted.

Offences against Property other. than Malicious Injuries to Pro- perty or Prædial Larceny.

Offences against Revenue Acts, Highway Acts, Health Acts, and

other Acts

relating to the Social Economy of the Colony.

Offences against] Masters and Servants Acts, including Acts relating to Indentured Coolies.

Other Offen-

ces.

Fines,

12,516

574

2,028

313

Imprisonment in lieu

of fine or security,.

3,249

126

2,176

7,358

374

318

2,289

Peremptory Imprison-

ment,

620

378

177

Whipping,.......

Solitary Confinement,

Exposed in Stocks,

574

139

736

21.

·1

Sentenced to House of

Detention,....

Bound over with or

without Sureties,

341

181

TOTAL,

17,550

948

48 2,411

1,439

2,498

113

10,093

182

Table III.

LIST of OFFENCES TRIED in the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS during the year 1906.

OFFENCES.

NUMBER No. of

PRI- OF CASES. SONERS.

OFFENCES.

NUMBER No. of

PRI-

CASES. SONERS.

Arms and Ammunition Ordinance-2 of 1900,-

Brought forward,.....

3,649 6,820

Contraventions of,

Magistrates Ordinance-3 of 1890,-

Army Act.

Offences under,

338

363

Breaches of Discipline,

Malicious Damage Ordinance-6 of 1865,-

Banishment and Conditional l'ardons Ordinance-1 of

1882,

Injuries by fire to buildings and goods therein, Injuries to machinery, &c........

Contraventions of,

Bankruptcy Ordinance-7 of 1891,-

crops, trees and vegetable productions, fences,

Miscellaneous injuries,

CHADO

Offences under..

Chinese Emigration Ordinance--1 of 1889,-

Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance-7 of 1896,-

Contraventions of,

Contraventions of and Offences under Part I,

Married Women (Maintenance in case of desertion) Or-

dinance 10 of 1905,—

Proceedings under,.....

Merchant Shipping Ordinance-10 of 1899,-

Contraventions of and Offences under Part I,

Part III,

II,

45 123 15

Regulations made thereunder,

III,

IV,

Chinese Immigration Regulation Ordinance-3 of 1895,-

Offences under............

VI,

265

383

અ

VII,

Vill,

IX.

37 38 70 113

Contraventions of Regulations made thereunder,

207

350

Coinage Offences Ordinance-7 of 1865,—

Offences relating to the King's gold and silver coin,

foreign coin,.....

Common Law Offences,

Merchant Shipping Act,—

Breaches of discipline,

Companies Ordinance. l'art II.—1 of 1865,—

Contraventions of,

3 Merchant Shipping Amendment Ordinance,-5 of 1905,-

Dangerous Goods Ordinance-1 of 1873,-

Merchandise Marks Ordinance-4 of 1890,-

Contraventions of,

Regulations made thereunder,

39585

Contraventions of and 'Offences under,

Misdemeanour Punishment Ordinance-1 of 1898,-

Offences under.

Morphine Ordinance-9 of 1893,—

Offences under,

010

Defamation and Libel Ordinance-1 of 1887,- Contraventions of and Offences under,

Defences (Sketching Prevention) Ordinance-1 of 1895,-

Offences under,

Dogs Ordinance,-5 of 1893,—

Contraventions of,

Employers and Servants Ordinance,-45 of 1902,–

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

Evidence Ordinance-2 of 1889,-

Contraventions of and Offences under,

Extradition Act (1870-1873) Offences under,...

Forgery Ordinance.-4 of 1865,—

Forgery of Bank notes,

Deeds, Wills, Bills of Exchange.

Demanding property upon forged instruments, Miscellaneous Forgeries......

Forts Protection Ordinance-3 of 1891,—

Fugitive Offende s Act, 1881–Proceedings under,

Gambling Ordinance-2 of 1891.-

Contraventions of and Offences under,

Gunpowder and Fireworks Ordinance—14 of 1901,-

Contraventions of and Offences under.

Rules made thereunder,

Kellet Island Ordinance-2 of 1898,-

Contraventions of,

Naval Stores Ordinance (Hongkong)—4 of 1875,—

Contraventions of,

New Territories (Regulation) Ordinance-S of 1899,-

Contraventions of Rules made thereunder,.

S. 1, G. N. 328 of 1905,

S. 4, G. N. 367 of 1905, G. N. 724 of 1902,

New Territories Rent Recovery Ordinance-10 of 1903,

Proceedings under,

Offences against the person Ordinance-2 of 1865,-

12210

12140

་

Homicide......

Attempt to murder,

Acts causing or tending to cause danger to life, &c, Assaults.

8221,141

Forcible taking or detention of persons, Abominable Offences,

301 2,454 Oider and Cleanliness Ordinance-2 of 1867,—

Contraventions of Regulations made thereunder,

Pawnbrokers Ordinance-1 of 1860.—

Contraventions of,

Piers Ordinance-1 of 1899 Contraventions of...

996 1,037 Police Force Ordinance-11 of 1900,—

Offences under,

Post Office Ordinance-6 of 1900,—

Contraventions of and Offences under,

Larceny Ordinance-5 of 1865,-

Simple Larceny,

Larceny of cattle and other ammals,

written instruments,

110

123

!་

things attached to or growing on land,

116 from the person and similar Offences,

155

Sacrilege Burglary and house breaking,

Larceny in dwelling houses,

in ships, wharves, &c., .

Prepared Opium Ordinance,-8 of 1891,-

Contraventions of and Offences under,

3,043 3,181

or embezzlement by clerks, servants, &c,

Obtaining property by false pretences,

Receiving stolen property..........

Printers and Publishers Ordinance-1 of 1886,- Contraventious of and Offences under,

Licensing Ordinance--8 of 1887,-

Contraventions of and fences under,

Regulations made thereunder,

1,138 1,432

480

Prison Ordinance—4 of 1899,—

923

Offences under,

Liquor Licences Ordinance-8 of 1898,—

Contraventions of and Offences under,

Private Vehicles Licensing Ordinance-5 of 1895,-

Uffences under,

8,965 13,132

Çarried forward,

3,6496,820

Carried forward...

OFFENCES.

183

LIST of OFFENCES, ETC.,—Continued.

NO. OF CASES.

No. of

PRI-

SONERS.

OFFENCES.

Brought forward,

Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance-4 of 1897,-

Offences under,

Public Assemblages (Regulation of Traffic) Ordinance-

2 of 1869,

Public Health and Buildings Ordinance-1 of 1903,—

Contraventions of Part II,

III, VI,

Failure to comply with B. A. Notice.

•

8,965 13,132

124

132

Brought forward,

Summary Offences Ordinance-1 of 1845.-

Nuisances, Trespasses and Similar Offences,. Offences against good order,

Possession of stolen goods.

Proceedings under Miscellaneous Provisions,

Summary Offences Ordinance, 1845, as amended by

Ordinance 7 of 1905,....

274

680

200

259 Sunday Cargo Working Ordinance-1 of 1891,-

Contraventions of........

129

S. B.

under the Ord.,

Bye-

142

197

Tramways Ordinance-2 of 1883,—

laws made thereunder,

Contraventions of Bye-laws made thereunder,

Regulations made thereunder,

Public Places Regulation Ordinance-2 of 1870,-

Contraventions of Regulations male thereunder,........

Raw Opium Ordinance—9 of 1887,-

21 Sung Wong Toi Ordinance-2 of 1899,—

Contraventions of,

Contraventions of and Offences under,

Tramway Ordinance-10 of 1902.—

Contraventions of and Offences under....

Hules made thereunder,.

123 Treasonable Offence Ordinance-3 of 1865,—

Contraventions of,

Triad and Unlawful Societies Ordinance-2 of 1887,—

· Contraventions of and Offences under,

No. of CASES.

No. of

PRI-

SONERS.

|10,277 | 15,351

1,991

2,487

529 999

543

622

210

Contraventions of and Offences under,

116

Regulation of Chinese Ordinance-3 of 1888, --

Offences under Part V,

314

VII, VIII,

Contraventions of Regulations made thereunder,

1 Vaccination Ordinance-2 of 1890,—

Contraventions of and Offences under,

26.

Rogue and Vagabond-5 Geo. IV c. 83, .

124

144 Vagrancy Ordinance-9 of 1897, —

Proceedings under,......

Servants Quarters Ordinance-11 of 1903,-

Offences under,......

Ships (Prohibition of Sale of Liquor) Ordinance-1886,-

Contraventions of and Offences under,

58 Vehicles Regnlation Ordinance-3 of 1899,-

Contraventious of and Offences under,

Bye-laws made thereunder,

243

289

Small Tenements Recovery Ordinance-10 of 1897,-

Proceedings under,

Water Works Ordinance-16 of 1903,—

Offences under,

ཙྪིསེ, ༤

Contraventions of Regulations made thereunder,

Stonecutters Island Ordinance-4 of 1889,—`

Contraventions of and Offences under,

Stowaways Ordinance-5 of 1903,-

Offences under,.

Weights and Measures Ordinance-2 of 1885,-

Contraventions of and Offences under,

Wireless Telegraphy Ordinance—7 of 1903,-

Undecided Cases,

ཝ

Carried forward.......

10,277 15,351

TOTAL,

|13,871 | 20,128

184

ABSTRACT of CASES brought under CoÜNIZANCE of the POLICE Magistrates' COURTS during a period of

Ten Years, from 1st January, 1897, to 31st December, 1906, inclusive.

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

Commit- to Prison or

Did not appear

and

absconded

Escaped before

being

brought for trial at the Ma-

TOTAL Years. NUMBER

Committed

Ordered to find Security

CASES.

Convicted and Punished.

Discharged.

ted for Trial at

detained pending Or-

To keep the

Supreme Court.

der of His

Peace, to be of

Excellency

6 7

the Governor.

Good Behn- viour, and to

answer any Charge.

Escaped.

Punished for preferring

Total

False Charge Undecided.

Number

or giving

False

of Defendants.

gistracy.

Testimony.

M. F.

M. M. F. M.

F. M. F.

1897,...

11,185

10,237 548

1,481

151 73 12

183 88

1808,... 13,341

12,663 834

1,196

93 65

209

43 1

1899,

10,158 9,007 511

1,527

114 128

1900, ...

14,081 13,149 501 2,416

235181

2 10

히

1 211

1901,...

14,531 13,689 536

2,129

147 121

287 26

الله

12,079 807

8 142

14,304 985

10,800 646

8 15,932 764

105

16,339 728

Total,..

63,296

58,745 2,930

8,749

740 518 25

980188 3

431

69,454 3,930

Average per Year,

12,659-2 11,749 586 1,749.8

148 103-6

COL

4.4

•2

196 37-6 -6

16:4

3.4

86.2 7.4

13,890-8 786

1902,... 16,070 14,404 803 2,071

1903, 14,268 12,906 553 2,104

1904, 14,505

1905 13,450

....

1906, 13871 16,910 299 2,351

165

167 164

264 26

13,129 796

14,512 912

1,966

2,097

210 83

211

2225

***

148 25

226 85

49 61

312 68

317 24.

2 211

17,057 | 1,000

266 22

15,668 774

15,424 1,035

224

17,255 1,220

19,755 373

Total

72,164 71,861 3,363 | 10,589

817 488 18 62 31,252 164

Average

per Year,

14,432-8 14,372-2 | 6726 | 2,117·8

163-4 976 36

12.4

6250-432-8

871

85,159 4,402

174-2 1-6

5.8

17,031-8880-4

}

Grand

Total

for the

135,460 | 150,006 |6,293 | 19,338 1,557 | 1,006 43

42,232 352

ස

2❘ 117 25 1,302 66

959

154,613 8,332

Years,

Average

per Year,

|13,540-0 13,0600 | 629×3 | 1,933-8 1557 100'6 4.3

8.4

4223.2 35.2 .3

2117 2་ོ་ 130-2 6.6

15,461-3833-2

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HONGKONG..

No. 21

1907

REPORT ON THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of Ilis Excellency the Officer Administering the Government

STAFF.

1. Of the higher Officers Mr. E. C. LEWIS, the Assistant Postmaster General, was on leave from 11th July and Mr. A. J. REED, the Accountant, from 30th May, till the end of the year.

2. Among the Clerks, Sorters, and Shroffs, one was pensioned, two resigned, two were dismissed and two died and one was transferred to another Department. In Shanghai two Clerks resigned and one was dismissed.

3. Three new appointments were made to the Western Branch Post Office which was re-opened on 1st July.

MAILS.

4. The number of mail bags and packets dealt with in the General Post Office, Hongkong, amounted to 160,921 as against 138,897 in 1905. Further details are given in Table I.

REGISTRATION AND PARCEL BRANCH.

5. Registered articles and parcels handled in Hongkong shew a very considerable increase namely 770,820 against 638,977. The total for the Administration, including Shanghai and British Agencies in China, is 926,887 an increase of 183,597 as shown in Table II.

6. During the year ending 31st December, 1906, 305 articles and 5 parcels evidently intended to be despatched by registered or parcel post were found in the Drop Box of the General Office. They were sent to the Registration Branch and forwarded.

316

wyd.com.com

7. An arrangement for the transmission of Insured Letters direct between the Straits Settlements and Hongkong came into force on the 1st December, 1906.

8. On the 19th September, 1906, a messenger of the Kwong Man Fung firm was found guilty at the Criminal Sessions of obtaining by means of a forged signature and seal 4 registered letters from America, he was sentenced to five years hard labour.

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.

9. A statement of Revenue and Expenditure is given in Table III. Revenue amounted to $420,454.04 shewing an increase of $5,615.85 over that of 1905 and an excess of $10,454.54 over the Estimate. Expenditure came to $359,484.08 and the profit on the Department to $60,969.96 or 14 per cent. The very considerable saving on the estimated expenditure is principally due to the higher rate of exchange which affected sterling payments for transit charges and mail subsidies. Increase in working expenses is divided as follows:

Salaries, Hongkong...

Cost of Stamps

Rent of Extension Site, Shanghai.

Fittings, Tientsin

Other heads of expenditure

.$ 3,023.87

11,010.05

2,103.42

1,106.81

212.23

$ 17,456.38

POSTAGE STAMPS.

10. A comparative statement of the issues of stamps for sale shows a falling off in the values from $1 to $10 which are used largely for Revenue as distinguished from postal purposes. Tables IV and V.

MONEY ORDERS.

11. With the exception of inward orders from Japan and Silver dollar countries the trans- actions of the Money Order Office shew a substantial increase over that of the previous year (Table VI). The orders from the Straits, Borneo and Federated Malay States shew a remarkable falling off since the Straits dollar was fixed at 2s. 4d. The issues Japan in 1905 were abnormal, one Chinese firm alone in Daitotei, Formosa, remitting $13,000. There is a drop in 1906 of 200 orders in the number issued by the Japanese Post Offices in North China to the British Indian Troops who send their remittances to India through the intermediary of Hongkong.

12. The apparent falling off in the issue of sterling orders is due to the fact that prior to 1906 all orders on Germany were advised through London. The issues and receipts from Germany equal Marks 73,000 which more than counter balance the deficiency of £1,500.

13. The increase of £3,000 from the United Kingdom and also increase in the number of British Postal Orders paid is accounted for by the greater number of Chinese Seamen and Laundrymen in the United Kingdom, principally in London, Liverpool, Cardiff, Birkenhead, Manchester, Belfast, Hull, Newport, North Shields and South Shields.

14. Notwithstanding the reduction of the British Fleet in China waters the sale of British Postal Orders is £1,000 more than in 1905.

15 Since December last the amount of orders from London has been greatly augmented by Chinese transit orders from Mexico, each week's list varying from £450 to £950.

16. A direct exchange of Money Orders with Cape Colony came into force on the 1st January and a proposal for the extension of direct exchange to the German Colony of Kiautschou is now under consideration.

317

EXTENSION OF POSTAL FACILITIES.

17. Pillar Boxes were erected and daily deliveries started at Pokfulam March and at Kowloon City on 3rd October. In Victoria three new pillar boxes were placed at certain points on the higher levels.

18. The total number of articles collected during the year from all pillar boxes was 122,899 as against 48,110, 66,746 and 92,170 for the three previous years.

19. The Western Branch Post Office was re-opened near the Canton and Macao Wharf with a view to meeting the requirements of Chinese correspondence, principally to Canton, in co-operation with the Imperial Chinese Post Office which now is in a position to displace the private letter carrier-system. 584,484 letters were received and despatched as well as 3,400 registered articles, and the Revenue from the sale of stamps amounted to $14,724.20 against an Expenditure of $1,809.95.

20. In Shanghai extensive alterations and additions were made to the British Post Office and there is now sufficient space for dealing with the very large amount of mail matter passing through that office. The accommodation for the public has been much improved.

21. An agency was opened at Tientsin on 1st October. The monthly Expenditure averaged $687 and the Revenue $800. The amount of mail matter handled shews that it proved of convenience to the public.

22. The New Branch Office at Kowloon was completed on 1st September and occupied a few days later. The temporary office on the Star Ferry pier was completely destroyed in the Typhoon a fortnight later.

DEAD LETTER OFFICE.

23. The total number of all articles returned to and despatched from Hongkong amounted to 71,668, viz., 34,924 of the former and 36,744 of the latter showing an increase on those reported in the previous year of 8,183. (Táble VII.)

24. The following correspondence failed to be delivered at this office, viz., Foreign Letters 8,980, Post Cards 1,534, Other Articles 6,240, Local Letters 946, Post Cards Other Articles 1,304.

25. The practice referred to in last year's report (posting of coin in unregistered letters) still continued, 58 such letters were detected, and where the sender's name and address could be discovered returned.

26. Among the unregistered letters returned to this office some were found to contain Cheques, Bank Notes, Drafts and Local and Imperial Money Orders.

27. There were 65 Post Cards posted bearing neither name nor address of party for whom they were intended and many of them lacked the sender's name. 52 cards bearing imitations of postage stamps were also posted addressed to the United Kingdom and being prohibited there were were returned to the senders where possible.

28. In the mails from other countries 1,216 articles were found without address of which 393 were delivered to claimants. For the rest no enquiries were made.

GENERAL.

29. During the Typhoon already mentioned two bags of mails containing ten registered articles were lost in the S.S. Apenrade.

30. On the 2nd October a mail recovered from the wreck of S.S. Akashi Maru was brought to the General Post Office with a large proportion of the Chinese correspondence so damaged as to render the addresses undecipherable.

31. On the 14th October 6 bags, 10 boxes and one loose letter box were destroyed in the fire on S.S. Hankow.

L. A. M. JOHNSTON,

Postmaster General.

28th February, 1907.

318

Table I.

MAILS DESPATCHED AND RECEIVED FOR 1906.

To and from Hongkong.

For H.M. Ships.

For For- eign Ships of War.

"Sent in transit through Hongkong.

Steamers carrying

Mails.

Loose

Bags. Packets. Letter Boxes.

Bags.

Bags and l'ackets.

Boxes.

Arrivals. Departures-

Received, 1906..........

83,243 3,096 1,961

7,342

5,901

Received, 1905,..

71,127 3,053 1,842

6,741

4,959

12.891 12.039

Increase,

12,116

119

601 !

942

$52

Shanghai and British Postal

Agencies other than through

11,641

227

Hongkong,

Despatched. 1906,

67,190

7,392 1,395

6.785

5.394

Despatched, 1905,

57.338

7,379 1,292

6,739

4.201

49,411 46,302

7.438

Increase,

9,852

1,193

3.109

13.977 13.705

272

Shanghai and British Postal

Agencies other than through

8,827

1,362

Hongkong,

Table II.

STATISTICS OF INTERNATIONAL, LOCAL AND AGENCIES' REGISTERED

CORRESPONDENCE AND PARCELS FOr 1906.

International & Local,

Comparison with 1905:

Description of Correspondence.

Total Total 1906. 1905.

Despatched. Received.

Increase. Decrease,

Insured Letters...

237

Registered Articles,

285,009

Insured Parcels riú Gibraltar, Insured Parcels via Brindisi,

1,854 98

313 387,177 1,843 116

550 672,186

581 559,476 112,710 559,476112,710

3.697 4,183

486

214

281

Insured Parcels rid Marseilles,

321

269

Ordinary Parcels via Gibraltar,

11,724

12.711

24.435

26.766

2,331

Ordinary Parcels við Brindisi,

156

351

507

734

227

Ordinary Parcels vid Marseilles,

950

916

America, Manila and Honolulu Parcels,

1,345

2,906

4,251

3,099

1,152

German Parcels by German Steamers,

585

1,962

2,547

1,925

622

French Parcels received by French

Steamers,

910

618

292

Insured Indian Parcels,

472

681

Ordinary Indian Parcels,

1,147

1,866

Australian Parcels,

959

847

> 60,252 40,129 20,123

Japanese Parcels,

2,265

3,027

Miscellaneous Parcels,

28,383

20,605

334,234

436,586 770,820 638,977 134,985

3,142

Parcels received for China Fleet,

2,410

Parcels, Shanghai and Agencies,

13,001

17.806

Registered Articles, Shanghai,

76,136

41,999

2,410 i 4,366 30,807 26,773 4,034 118,135 72,384 45,751

1.956

Registered Articles, Agencies,

2,716

1,999

4.715

790 3,925

91,853

64,214 156,067 104,313 53,710 1,956

Grand Total for 1906-926,887 increase of 183,597 against 1905.

319

Table III.

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.

Receipts.

1905.

1906.

Increase. Decrease.

Expenditure.

1905.

1906. Increase. Decrease.

Sale of Stamps,

Hongkong.....

Do.. at the Agencies.

267,242.02 275,158,77 7.916.75

104,246.92 | 106:189.51

1.942.59

Transit Payment to the United Kingdom.

21,822.86 17,656,45

4,166.41

Unpaid i ostage,

6.487.32

6,763.24

278.92

Transit Payment to other Coun- tries,

60.549.79

45.128.85

15.420.94

Boxholders Fees, 6,143.40 7.480.32

1,336.92

Gratuities

Commission on t

Money Orders,

(14,759.36 14,613.16

146.20

Shipmasters for

4387.89

3.799.99

the Conveyance of Mails, .

587.83

Profit on Ex-

change on Money Order

15.325.12

9,665.76

5,659,86

Contribution to- }

wards P. & 0.

326,287.81|116,418,94

209.868.87

Transactions,

Subsidy, ...

Interest

Commission on

Money Order!

459.45

546.73

87.28

Money Orders,

2,127.22

2.112.72

14,50

Fund.

Purchase

oft

Void Money

13,363 00

Steam Launch,

13,363.00

Orders

and

174.60

36.55

138 05

Postal Notes,

Working Expenses, 156,910.75 174,367,13

17.450,38

Total Receipts.

Deficit. 1905.

170.611.06

414,838.19|420,454,04

11.569.46

5,943.61 Total Expenditure, 585,449.25259.484.08

Profit, 1986,

17,456.38 | 243,421,55

60.969.96

Totals, $585,449.25 420,454.04

Totals, .$ 585,449.25 | 420,454.04

Table IV.

POSTAGE STAMPS, etc., issued for SALE in HONGKONG and at the BRITISH POST OFFICES in CHINA during the years 1905 and 1906.

Denomination.

1905.

1906.

Postage Stamps,

1-ceut.

417,119 1,572.719

2,165,519

501,115 2,044,075 2,445,115

812,599

817,675

71,999 1,034,399

85.195

1,036,555

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32,879

27,835

142,319

149,275

61,199

64,795

62,039

62,935

I-dollar.

50,699

50,315

14,289

14,055

5,639

5,285

3,569

3,145

4,509

3,405

Books of Stamps,. Post Cards,

4,910

5,994

1-cent.

28,099

22,695

174

19.699

240 17,140

374

Newspaper Wrappers,.

Postage Envelopes, ....

939

2,405

729

905

173

1,020

1,848

2,340

5,248

6,590

348

240

573

890

Registration Envelopes.

9,995

10,925

320

Table V.

REVENUE from the SALE of POSTAGE STAMPS, etc., at the British POST OFFICES in CHINA, 1905 and 1906.

Shanghai,

Amoy,

Canton,

Chefoo,

Foochow

Hankow,

Hoihow,

Lin Kung Tau,

Ningpo,

Swatow,

Tientsin,

1905.

1906.

62,683.29

$ 65,718.97

5,510.99

4,610.14

10,075.22

11,205.60

1,774.98

1,610.87

4,591.14

4,442.29

4,534.28

4,788.95

1,305.47

1,605.27

7,606.80

4,272.72

436.41

499.82

5,728.31

5,660.95

1,773.92

Totals,

.. 104,246.92

$106,189.51

Opened 1st October. 1906.

Table VI.

STATEMENT OF MONEY ORDER TRANSACTIONS.

IN STERLING.

COUNTRIES.

Orders Issued. Orders l'aid.

In Gold DOLLARS,

IN GOLD YES.

IN SILVER DOLLARS.

IN RUPEES.

IN MARKS.

Orders Issued.] Orders Paid. Orders Issued.] Orders Paid. Orders Issued. Orders Paid. Orders Issued. Orders Paid. Orders Issued. Orders Paid.

-- 321

United Kingdom,. Queensland,..

New South Wales,. Victoria,

South Australia,..

Tasmauia,

New Zealand,

Western Australia,.

Transvaal,

United States of America and Hawaii,

Canada,

Japan,.....

Straits Settlements,

Federated Malay States,.

S. d. £ S. 18,844 12 10|12,583 11 166 1 9 12,749 6 890 17 2 3,213 8

427 10 9 1,637 15 134 11 5 1,452 6 9 112 2 1 458 3 7 320 4

78 12 0

Yen. Sen, Yen, Sen.

As. Rs As. | Mks. Pfs. Mks. Pfs.

་་་

8 1,077 9 11

2,223 11 6

47 12 0 1,244 7

6,032.82

1,436.28

18,592.57

5,372.16

198,694 09 41,034 89

6,907.40

8,241.53

...

214.07

9,528.81

British North Borneo,

195.89

11,811.70

Siam,

Macao,

501.51

1,593.73

1,400.32

539.65

Shanghai,

Agencies in China,.

53,197.86 | 20,243.62

Base Post Office,

39,180.77

876.51

India,

Ceylon,

Germany,

Total in 1906,.

21,022 4 8 36,640 04

7,469.10

Total in 1905,.

22,511 16 10 29,552 14

23,964.73 198,694 09 44,034 89 62,417.08 | 92,016.32 284,048 11160,938 3| 5,837.95 19,913.20 163,627 31 64,157 50 52,615.63 126,432.91 258,836 8147,897 13

92,016.32 284,048 11160,938 3 40,062 30 33,158 48

278,715 4|156,724 6 5,333 7 4,213 13

40,062 30 33,158 48

Total in 1906,

Total in 1905,

322

STATEMENT OF BRITISH POSTAL ORDERS ISSUED AND PAID AT HONGKONG

AND AT THE AGENCIES IN CHINA.

ORDERS ISSUED.

VALUES,

AMOUNT.

d. -16

s. d. 1/-

s. d. s. d. 1/6 2/6

s. d. s. d. 5/- 10/-

s. d. 106

s. d. 20-

s. d.

683 2,248 1,546 1,578 2,514 3,018

437

6,4389,247 11 0

466 1,893 1,256 1,252 2,120 2,559

312

5,809 8,139 6 0

ORDERS PAID.

No.

Amount.

Total in 1906,

3.082

£ 2,208 0

༦

Totai in 1905,........

1,987

1,376 1

STATEMENT of Local POSTAL NOTES ISSUED AT HONGKONG AND AT THE AGENCIES IN CHINA,

VALUES.

AMOUNT.

Total in 1906,

Total in 1905,

25 cts. 50 cts. $1.00 $2.00 $3.00 $4.00 | $5.00 10.00 $ cts.

217 344 714

217 256 208

275 286 331 485

195 223 221 375

940 15,497 25

832

12,728 25

{

323

Table VII.

RETURN OF DEAD LETTERS RECEIVED AND DESPATCHED IN DEAD LETTER BRANCH,

RETURNED TO HONGKONG.

RETURNED BY HONGKONG,

Letters. Post Cards.

Other Articles.

United Kingdom,

2,744

905

385

2,338

374

10,116

India,

887

103

2,422

409

705

Straits Settlements,

1,714

2,155

399

Ceylon,

319

Batavia, N. I.

224

573

Egypt,

Continent of Europe,

881

393

1,364

· U. S. of America,

2,394

106

156

1,982

314

1.952

Canada,

311

217

167

Mexico,

133

Japan,

455

108

212

479

250

434

China,

1,276

577

4,801

249

616

French Indo-China,

333

Macao,..

114.

Foreign Offices in China,

313

Siam,

450

Manila,

208

Honolulu,

142

Victoria,

106

***

339

110

113

New South Wales,

155

South Australia,...

}

Western Australia,.

Queensland,

Tasmania,

New Zealand,

Natal (inclusive of all South Africa),

307

Other Places,

Shanghai,

B. P. O.s in China,

Total in 1906,

2,085

406

1,145

5,116

761

9,250

1,015

247

19,968

2,629

12,327

17,971

2,410

16,363

Total in 1905,...

16,814

2,045

11,112

16,0:12

2,313

15,159

270

HONGKONG.

No. 18

1907

REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISON, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

1. The number of prisoners received into prison during the year and the corresponding numbers for the year 1905 were as follows:-

1906.

1905.

Convicted by the Ordinary Courts,

..5,049

5,258

Convicted by the Courts Martial,

Convicted by the Land Courts,

Convicted by the Sanitary Commission,

Convicted by the Captain Superintendent of Police,

Debtors,

Supreme Court, Shanghai,

On remand or in default of finding surety..

653

$56

5,799

6,227

There was thus a decrease of 428 on the total number of admissions as compared with the previous year. In consequence of the opening of the Military Prison at the beginning of the year no European Courts-Martial prisoners have been received into this prison during the year under review.

290

2. The number of prisoners admitted to the prison in 1906 for offences not of a criminal nature was 3,224, made up as follows :--

Convicted by Courts Martial,

the Land Courts,

Sanitary Commission,

Captain Superintendent of Police,

Debtors,

Convicted under the Opium Ordinance,.

371

1.108

Gambling Ordinance,

529

•

Market Ordinance,

314

Arms Ordinance,.

Vehicle Ordinance,

Sanitary Bye-laws,

166

Harbour Regulations,

for Drunkenness,

Trespassing,..

.11

Disorderly Conduct,

187

Vagrancy,

Contempt of Courts,

Assault,

185

❤

Obstruction,

,, Cutting trees,

146

Fighting,

Mendicancy

for Rogue and Vagabond,....

under the Post Office Ordinance,

under the Women and Girls' Protection

125

Ordinance,

Total,

3,224

The above figures show that 62% of the total admissions to prison were for non-crimi- nal offences.

3. The following Table shows the number of prisoners committed to prison without the option of fine and in default of payment of fine :--

In default of payment of fine.

Without option of fine.

Total.

Served the imprisonment.

Paid full fine.

Paid part fine.

1,431

2,150

788

706

5,075

4. There were 81 juveniles admitted into the prison, 33 of whom were sentenced to be whipped in addition to various terms of imprisonment varying from twenty four hours' detention to one mouth's imprisonment with hard labour.

15. The percentage of convicted prisoners admitted to prison with previous convictions. recorded against then was 13.00 as compared with 8.50 for the year 1905, of these I find that 4 men represent 20 convictions.

291

6. The number of convictions from the New Territories was 152 against 169 for the previous year.

7. The following Table shows the number of convicts confined in Victoria Gaol on the 31st December for the past ten years, and the percentage borne by this number to the esti- mated population

Year.

No. of Convicts.

Percentage to Estimated Population.

Year.

No. of Convicts.

Percentage to Estimated Population.

1897,

.020

.1902,

215

·054

1898,

.021

1903,

245

·059

1899,

.027

1904,

243

*054

1900,

141

.040

1905,

216

*046

1901,

180

.046

1906,

156

037

8. The following Table shows the daily average number of prisoners undergoing imprisonment during the past ten years and the percentage borne by this number to the estimated population of the Colony of Hongkong

Year.

Estimated Population.

Daily Average number of Prisoners,

Percentage.

1897, 1898,

1899,

1900,

1901, 1902, 1903,

1904,

1905,

1906,

248,710

462

.185

254,400

511

.200

344,323

432

.125

347,689

486

.139

385,671

499

.129

296,835

576

.145

410,642

653

.159

446,217

726

.162

462,861

697

.150

414,049

518

.125

9. There were 627 punishments awarded for breaches of prison discipline being an average of 1.21 per prisoner, against 1,029 in the preceding year, and 2 prisoners were sentenced to be whipped with the birch by the Assistant Superintendent.

10. No escapes or attempt to escape occurred.

11. In the month of May a long sentenced prisoner employed in the Shoemakers' Shop fatally stabbed a fellow prisoner for which he was subsequently tried and hanged.

12. There were 18 deaths from natural causes, 1 murder, executions and 2 births. 11 prisoners were released on medical grounds.

the

13. Hard labour, 1st class, was enforced by means of Crank, Shot, and Stone-carrying.

14. Satisfactory progress has been made in the various industries in the prison during

year.

15. There were 3,497,620 forms printed and issued and 15,672 books bound during the year under review.

}

out.

292

16. The rules and regulations for the government of the prisons have been duly carried The complete separation of new from old offenders has been observed and the low number of prisoners in custody has rendered possible strict compliance with the rules relat- ing to juveniles, debtors and remand prisoners.

17. The Sanitary condition of the prisons is good.

18. The appliances for use in case of fire are sufficient and in good working order.

19. The conduct of the Staff throughout the year has been good.

20. The usual Returns are appended.

12th February, 1907.

F. J. BADELEY,

Superintendent.

Date.

Daily

average.

Table I.

Return of Offences punished by Flogging during the year 1906

Number of Floggings awarded.

By Prison Authorities.

By the

Assistant

Super-

intendent.

By Courts.

Total.

Judge.

Magistrate.

Number of Strokes awarded in each Case.

January,

570

February,

533

March,

504

April,

496

May,

491

June,

July,

484

507

August,

September,

542

525

October,

November,

December,

Total,

532

521

513

1000

Total.

122400 2 2 2 2

...

293

;

294

Table II.

Return of Offences reported of prisoners fighting with or assaulting each other or Officers,

for the years 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906.

Months.

1902.

Daily average

number

1905.

1903. Daily average number

1904. Daily average number

in Prison, 725.

Daily average number in Prison, 697.

in Prison, 576. | in Prison, 653.

1906.

Daily average unmber in Prison, 518.

January,

February,

•>

March,...

April,

May,

བསྐྱུ

June,

July,

Angust,

Spetember,

October,

४

November,

December,

Total,

Table III.

Return of Offences of prisoners having Tobacco, for the years 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906.

Months.

1902.

Daily average

number

1905.

1906.

Daily average | Daily average

number

1903. Daily average number

1904. Daily average number

in Prison, 676. | in Prison, 653.

in Prison, 725.

in Prison, 697. in Prison, 518.

January,

February,

心

March,..

دت

April,

نت

May,

June,

July,

August,

September,

نت

October,

November,

December,

Total,

Month.

295

Table IV.

Return of Reports for talking, idling, short oakum picking, &c., for the

years 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906.

1902.

Daily average number

1903. Daily average number

1904.

1905.

1906.

Daily average | Daily average | Daily average

number

in Prison, 576. in Prison, 653.

in Prison, 725. in Prison, 697. in Prison, 518.

January,

117

February,

323

March,.

113

103

April,

134

May,

100

June,

102

July,

105

100

August,

September,

114

108

ཆོཚ

October,

133

. 163

November,

101

142

December,

161

11253

Total......

1,234

1,280

540

990

566

Table V.

Return showing the Expenditure and Income for the year 1906.

EXPENDITURE.

AMOUNT.

INCOME.

AMOUNT.

Pay and Allowance of Officers including

uniforms, &e..

Earnings of prisoners,

$ C.

37,495.56

68,508.93

Vietnalling of prisoners,

14,506.43

Paid by Military for subsistence of Mili-

tary prisoners,.

315.60

Fuel, light, soap and dry earth,

8,878.83

Paid by Navy for subsistence of Naval

prisoners,...

335.70

Clothing of prisoners, bedding, furniture,

&C.,

4,307.89

Debtors' subsistence,

645.50

Wei-hai-wei prisoners' subsistence,

740.70

Vagrauts' subsistence,

25.20

Waste food sold,.

55.00

Total,....

96,202.08

Actual cost of prisoners' maintenance,...... 56,588.82

Total....

Average annual cost per prisoner, $109.24.

96,202.08

Oakum,

Coir,

Net-making,

Tailoring,

Rattan-work,

Tin-smithing,

Carpentering,

Grass-matting,

Shoc-making,

Table VI.

Return showing value of Industrial Labour for the year 1906.

Nature of Industry.

Value of Stock: on Hand

Laundry,

Printing and Bookbinding,

•

January 1st,

1906.

Value of

Material

purchased.

Total Dr.

Value of Articles inanufactured or work done for payment.

Value of Articles manufactured or work done for Gaol or other Departments.

Value of Stock on Hand

December 31st, 1906.

Total Cr.

Value of Earn-

ings (Difference between Co- lumns 3 and 7).

2,812.20

· 100.00

1,417.66

4,229.86

1,248.06

3,642.88

4,890.94

1,156.17

1,256.47

2,637.56

264.15

532.56

3,434.27

661.08

2,177.80

18.70

88.64

107.34

530.63

8.26

538.89

431.55

100.00

1,115.62

1,215.62

162.41

1,137.88

90.80

1,391.09

176.47

11.85

73.03

84.88

15,45

97.70

12.87

126.02

41.14

9.00

45.20

54.20

8.73

343.45

1.89

354.07

299.87

354.40

467.67

822.07

176.81

322.89

498.84

998.54

176.47

2.20

349.17

2,855.42

3,204.59

1.08

243.53

1.65

2.73

8,788.09

5.00

4,101.12

681.52

8,857.07

686.52

12,958.19

6,219.09

82.19

4,111.81

909.22

6,219.50

5,532.98

155,90

34,870.34

5,021.40

40,047.64

27,089,45

Totals,

7,863.64

16,758.30

24,621.94

5,180.16

47,045.24

9,892.09

62,117.50

37,495.56

296

297

Table VII.

Return showing value of articles manufactured or work done for which payment has been received

for which accounts have been rendered during the

year

1906.

Department.

Oakum,

Description of Articles.

By 5,385 lbs. Oakum at 10 cents per lb.,

Amouut.

Total.

538.50

709.56

7,884 ",

at 9

1,248.06

Coir,

11,948 lbs. matting and brusher at 20 cents per lb.,

2,389 60

589 lbs. mats and matting at 22 cents per lb.,

129.58

409 lettered mats at 22 cents per lb.,

Repairs and Extras,

102.25

16.13

2,637.56

Net-making,

26 Tennis nets at av. $5.50 each,

143.00

23 Boundary nets 15,392 sq. ft. at 25 cents,

384.80

Repairs,

2.83

530.63

Tailoring,

Articles made and repairs for Gaol Officers,

162.41

Rattan-work,

28 Chairs rattanned,

11.20

Various, ....

4.25

15.45

Carpentering,

Articles made,

161.50

repaired,

15.31

176.81

Tin-smithing,

Articles made,

repaired,

7.86

0.87

8.73

Grass-matting,

9 lbs. mats and matting at 12 cents per lb.,

1.08

Shoe-making,

14 pairs leather boots at av. $4.79 per pair,

67.06

shoes

$2.59

31.08

canvas boots

$2.75

8.25

shoes

$2.41

9.64

Repairs,

127.50

243.53

Printing and Book-

binding,.

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Printing,

Book-binding...

16.00

139.90

155.90

Paid into Bank during 1906, which sum includes

$540.40 for work executed in 1905,..

5,180.16

5.591.02

Value of work executed during 1906 for which pay-

ment was deferred to 1907,

129.54

298

Table VIII.

Return showing the value of articles manufactured or work done on account of the Gaol and other Departments during the year 1906.

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Industry.

Department.

Valne.

Remarks.

Coir,

Gaol,

30.95

Mats, matting and brusher at 20 cts. per lb.

Police,

63.60

Harbour,.

68.80

Treasury,

10.80

Medical,

31.40

Hongkong Volunteers,

43.60

Public Works,

12.00

Tailoring,

Gaol,

1,027.23

Police,

45.50

Clothing, repairs and bedding at fixed scale.

Do.

Colonial Secretary,

23.20

Medical,

41.95

Rattan-work,

Gaol,

57.00

Police,

11.10

Cost of material plus percentage.

Do.

Registrar General,

.80

Harbour,

28.80

Tin-smithing,

Goal,

324.85

Public Works,

18.60

Carpentering,

Gaol,

215.27

Police,

35.77

Articles made and repaired at fixed scale.

Articles made and repaired, partly fixed. Scale or Cost of material plus percentage.

Magistracy,

4.12

Registrar General,

67.73

Grass-matting,

Gaol,

1.65

Shoe-making,

Gaol,

938.40

Fixed scale. Do.

Police,

103.33

Fire Brigade,.

246.60

Sanitary,

2,499.76

Laundry,

Gaol,

1,996.98

Officers' washing-66,566 pieces at 3 cts.

Gaol,

2,504.76

Prisoners'

-83,492

Medical,

1,248.06

G. C. H.

-41,602

Police,

469.29

Police

دو

-15,643

Printing & Bookbinding,... See Table IX,

34,870.34

Total,....

47,045.24

N.B. The falling off in the washing industry is due to the discontinuance of the Government Civil Hospital Washing

after June last.

299

Table IX.

Department.

No of forms | No of books

printed.

bound.

Printing.

Government House,

1.300

४

21.00

5.50

Bookbinding.

$ c.

$ 7. 26.50

Total.

Colonial Secretary's Office,

51,130

372

841.88

386.15

1,228.03

Registrar General's Office,

370,500

1,427

3,089.85

307.55

3,397.40

Public Works Department, Harbour Department,

Treasury,..

178,093

903

1,489.75

392.35

1,882.10

229,208

1,254

2,585.25

417.50

3,002.75

166,499

1,186

··1,455.75

238.05

1,693.80

Sanitary Board,

534,132

3,752

4,427.20

675.45

5,102.65

General Post Office,

936,231

2,413

6,417.70

575.10

6,992.80

Police Department,

471,444

2,193

3.402.75

735.05

4,137.80

Magistracy,

65,556

159

592.05

95.46

687.51

Government Civil Hospital,

111,049

356

1,126.25

214.55

1,340.80

Supreme Court,

37,770

105

149.25

169.65

618.90

Land Court,

48,810

225

445.00

150.55

595.55

Land Office,

25,130

335

249.15

164.05

413.20

Botanical and Forestry Department,

7,648

217

118.25

100.50

218.75

Prison Department,..

58,765

228

661.10

100.80

761.90

Queen's College,

1,900

29.75

5.30

35,05

Education Department,

26,450

126

268.50

94.10

362.60

Audit Department,

1,000

16.50

Stamp Office,

45,200

297.25

5.00

302.25

Assessor's Office,

Magistracy, Tai Po,..

Land Office, Tai Po,

16,490

156.00

18.05

174.05

23,000

219.00

15.50

234.50

52,200

294

909.50

346.40

1,255.90

Health Officer's Office,

3,500

28.25

Observatory,

22,080

139.25

Attorney General's Office,

587

14.00

2.00

16.00

Crown Solicitor's Office,....

1,450

24.50

2.00

26.50

Hongkong Volunteer Corps,

6,618

85.75

8.45

94.20

Bacteriological Department,

3,880

69.75

15.10

84.85

Total,.....

3,497,620

15,672

29,630.18

5,240.16

34.870.34

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Table X.

Return showing the Employment of Prisoners and the Value of their Labour,

during the

year 1906:

Daily Average number of Prisoners.

Description of Employment.

Value of Prison Labour.

Males.

Females.

Totals.

SUNDAYS, CHRISTMAS DAY AND GOOD FRIDAY:-

Cooking,

Cleaning,......

Non-productive,.

Totals,.....

OTHER DAYS:-

71.28

162.00

477

517

518

Debtors, Remands, On punishment, Sick,

Crank, Shot, Shot and Stone,

In Manufactories :--

Bookbinding,

Printing,

Printing labourers,

Knitting,

Oakum Picking,....

Coir Matting,

Shoe-making,

Tailoring,

Net-making, String-making, and Ships'

fender making,

In Building:

Carpentering and Fitting......

In Service of the Prison :-

Laundry.

147

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1,539.45

1.912.65

559.80

31.10

156

970.32

933.00

522.48

559.80

342.10

497.60

Cooking.

Cleaning,

White-washing, &e..

1,819.35

410.52

901.90

31.10

Totals.....

495

518

11.264.45

301

Table XI.

Return showing the Basis upon which the Value of Earnings of Prisoners is calculated.

In Manufactories:

RATE.

Bookbinding,.

Printing,

Printer's Labourers,

Knitting,

Oakum-picking,

Coir-matting,.

15 cents

per

diem.

Shoe-making,

...... 15

Tailoring,

Net-making, string and fender-making,

In Building:

Bricklaying,

Carpentering and Fitting,

Painting,

In Service of the Prison:

Laundry,.

Cooking,

Cleaning,.....

White-washing,

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Europeans,

Indians,.......

Table XII.

Return showing the Changes in the Gaol Staff*, during the year 1906.

* This does not include the Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent or Clerical Staff.

HONGKONG.

No. 1907

The following Report is made public by the Authority of His Excellency the Governor.

18th April, 1907.

By Command,

F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary.

COMMISSION

REPORT OF THE

APPOINTED BY HIS EX-

CELLENCY THE GOVERNOR TO ENQUIRE INTO AND REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SANITARY

AND BUILDING REGULATIONS ENACTED BY THE

PUBLIC HEALTH AND BUILDINGS ORDINANCE, 1903,

AND THE EXISTENCE OF CORRUPTION AMONG THE

OFFICIALS CHARGED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF

THE AFORESAID REGULATIONS.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Governor.

Accounts,

Books,

Building Authority,

Buildings. Entry and Inspection of,..........

Burials and Burial Orders,

Cemeteries,

Clerical work,

Complaints,

Concreting of floors,

Contracts and contractors,

Contractors.

Supervision of,

Cubicles,......

Delay in passing work and plans,

Delay in passing drains,

Disinfection and general cleansing,. Drains. Delay in passing of,

Entry and Inspection of Buildings,.. Estimates,

Floors. Concreting of,

Final,

Financial. New Scheme,

Inspection of buildings, Kitchen walls,

Lime-washing regulations,

Markets,

Mortar,

New Scheme,

Do.,

Financial,

Do.,

Preamble to,

Do.,

Proposed staff,

Notices,

INDEX.

Open Spaces,

Outlying Districts. Enforcement of regulations in, Overcrowding,

Passing work. Delay in,...................

Do. plans. Delay in,.

Do. drains. Delay in,

Plans. Delay in passing,. Preamble,

Preamble to New Scheme, Presents,

Prosecutions,

Rat catchers,

Staff. Supervision of,

Staff. New Scheme,

Standing Orders,

Supervision of contractors, Supervision of Staff,

Work. Delay in passing,

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185 (3)

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 390.--The following Commission issued by His Excellency the Governor-in- Council is published.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.

10th May, 1906.

COMMISSION BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF HONGKONG.

L.S.

MATTHEW NATHAN,

Governor.

WHEREAS it is expedient that a Commission be appointed to enquire into and report on the following matters, viz. :—

1. Whether the administration of the Sanitary and Building Regulations enacted by the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, as now carried out is satisfactory, and, if not, what improvements can be made.

2. Whether any irregularity or corruption exists or has existed among the

officials charged with the administration of the aforesaid Regulations.

NOW, therefore, 1, Sir MaTriW NATHAN, Knight Commander of the Most Distin- guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice Admiral of the same, do hereby under the powers vested in me by Ordinance 13 of 1886, entitled The Commissioners' Powers Ordinance, 1886, appoint you :—

1. The Honourable Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C.,

2. The Honourable Mr. EDBERT ANSGER HEWETT,

3. FUNG WA CHUN, Esquire,

4. LAU CHU PAR, Esquire,

5. HENRY HUMPHREYS, Esquire,

6. AUGUSTUS SHELTON HOOPER, Esquire,

to be a Commission for the purpose of instituting, making, and conducting such enquiry; And I do hereby appoint you the said HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK to be Chairman of such Commission; And I do hereby appoint CYRIL FRANCIS WOGAN BOWEN-ROWLANDS to be Secretary to such Commission; And I do hereby order and direct that for all or any of the purposes of the Commission four members thereof inclusive of the Chairman shall be and constitate a quorum.

And I do further hereby order and direct that the said Commission shall, for the purpose of making the said enquiry, have all such powers as are vested in the Supreme Court of this Colony or in any Judge thereof on the occasion of any suit or action in respect of the following matters, viz. :-

(a.) The enforcing the attendance of witnesses and examining them on oath, affirmation or otherwise, as the Commissioners or any of them may think

fit.

(b.) The compelling the production of documents.

(c.) The punishing persons guilty of contempt.

(d.) The ordering an inspection of any property.

And also the power, for the purposes of this Commission, to enter and view any premises.

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And I do hereby further direct that every examination of witnesses shall be held in private And I do further direct that any person examined as a witness in the enquiry aforesaid who in the opinion of the Commissioners makes a full and true disclosure touching all the matters in respect of which he is examined shall receive a certificate under the hand of the Chairman or Presiding Member of the Commission, countersigned by the Secretary, stating that the witness has upon his examination made a full and true disclosure as aforesaid, as provided by section 4 of the before mentioned Ordinance; And I do further require you to report to me the evidence and your opinion thereon; And I do hereby charge all persons in the Public Service to assist you herein.

GIVEN under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony in Executive Council, this 10th day of May, A.D. 1906.

By Command,

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

Hongkong, 10th May, 1906.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

A. G. M. FLETCHER, Clerk of Councils.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 450.-The following amendment of the Cominission issued by His Excellency the Governor-in-Council on the 10th May, 1906, is published.

26th May, 1906.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.

AMENDED COMMISSION BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF

HONGKONG.

L.S.

MATTHEW NATHAN,

Governor.

WHEREAS Commission was issued by the Governor in Council dated the 10th day of May, 1906, by which the Honourable Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C., the Honourable Mr. EDBERT ANSGER HEWETT, FUNG WA CHUN, Esquire, LAU CHU PAK, Esquire, HENRY HUMPHREYS, Esquire, and AUGUSTUS SHELTON HOOPER, Esquire, were appointed Commissioners for the purpose of instituting making and conducting an enquiry: into certain matters set forth in the said Commission: AND WHEREAS the said Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK was appointed Chairman of the said Commission: AND WHEREAS it was ordered and directed that for all or any of the purposes of the said Commission four members thereof, inclusive of the Chairman, should be and constitute a quorum : AND WHEREAS the said Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK has resigned from the said Commission.

NOW, therefore. I. Sir MATTHEW NATHAN, Knight Commander of the Most Distin- guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice Admiral of the same, do hereby under the powers vested in me appoint you The Honourable Mr. Edbert AnSGER HEWETT to be Chairman of such Commission vice the Honourable Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, K.C., resigned; And I do hereby order and direct that for all or any of the purposes of the Commission, three Members thereof, inclusive of the Chairman, shall be and constitute a

quorum.

GIVEN under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony in Executive Council, this 26th day of May, A.D. 1906.

COUNCIL CHAMBER, Hongkong, 26th May, 1906.

میں

By Command,

A. G. M. FLETCHER, Clerk of Councils.

185 (5)

HIS EXCELLENCY SIR MATTHEW NATHAN, K.C.M.G.,

&c.,

GOVERNOR, &c.,

Hongkong.

ment Notifi-

SIR, The undersigned, having been appointed by Your Excellency under See Govern- the terms of your Commission dated 10th May, 1906, to enquire into and report me on the following matters, viz. :—

"Whether the Administration of the

Regulations enacted by the Public Ordinance 1903, as now carried out, is what improvements can be made."

390, 10th May, 1906, as

Government

Sanitary and Building amended by Health and Buildings Notification satisfactory, and if not,

and if not, May, 1906.

"Whether any irregularity or corruption exists or has existed among the Officials charged with the Administration of the aforesaid Regulations;

now have the honour to lay before Your Excellency our Report.

2. The first Meeting of the Commission was held under the Presidency of the Honourable Mr. H. E. POLLOCK, K.C., on the 21st May last. Mr. POLLOCK subsequently resigning, the Chairmanship of the Commission was transferred to Mr. HEWETT.

3. The change of Chairmanship caused some little delay, and the second Meeting of the Commission therefore was not held until the 30th May.

4. Since that date the Commission has sat regularly, and in all 60 Meetings, extending over 215 hours, have been held. In all 183 witnesses have been examined, of whom 134 were Chinese.

5. Very considerable time was spent in examining this latter class of witness as not only had all their evidence to be translated, but in most cases they shewed, at all events when first appearing before the Commission, great reluctance in giving evidence. This will be referred to later in the Report.

6. Every effort has been made to keep the enquiry within reasonable bounds and to curtail as far as possible, compatible with a proper carrying out of the object in view, the number of Meetings and the amount of evidence taken.

7. From the very nature of the Commission, however, it was from the, first evident that the Enquiry must of necessity be a protracted one.

8. We would here state that experience has clearly shewn that had the first intention been carried out, and the investigation left to a Committee instead of a Commission, little, if any, evidence could have been procured, as many witnesses would have altogether refused to appear and give evidence had they not been compelled, while others, among them some of our leading British witnesses, only answered the questions put them, the Commission being vested with power to insist upon their so doing.

9. At the beginning of the enquiry, the Commissioners proceeded to deal with the first matter set forth in Your Excellency's Commission.

10. After seven Meetings, however, certain information having been brought to our notice, we were obliged to leave this part of our enquiry, and take up the question of corruption.

11. We were forced to the conclusion that not only great irregularities but corruption and bribery were rampant in the Sanitary Department. This was unfortunately by no means confined to the native Assistants, Interpreters and Subordinate Officials, but there was reason to fear extended throughout the staff of British Inspectors.

No. 450, 26th

See Chan Pui

evidence.

185 (6)

12. Although the Meetings of the Commission were held in camera, the only means by which such an enquiry could be satisfactorily prosecuted in such a Community as this, it was soon apparent that as regards the proceedings of the Commission, secrecy had not been maintained.

13. We had reason to believe that certain contractors and others, having dealings with the Members of the Sanitary Department, were destroying or altering their books, and taking other measures to prevent the Commission from finding out the exact extent to which irregularities had been carried.

14. In June therefore, the Commissioners turned their attention to this

fquestion.

15. A large number of Chinese witnesses were summoned without warning to appear before the Commission and to produce their books.

16. The result was far from satisfactory. A number of the firms failed to produce their proper books, although it is evident that such books must have been kept, this being the invariable custom among Chinese business men.

17. Some witnesses left the Colony. In many cases though books of sorts were produced, it was clear that these were subsidiary rather than the proper books of the firm, which had disappeared or been tampered with.

18. It has been stated that this was in a measure due to suggestions made & Chan Chun by certain of the Sanitary Staff who had been involved in irregular transactions, Pages 380/2, while evidence has been adduced that at least one of the Sanitary Inspectors 468/80,481/98. attempted to persuade a certain witness to leave Hongkong, and in another

instance did actually by threats of violence drive a second from the Colony.

See Wu Iu Nam's evidence.

Chan Wei Hing's evidence. Page 1298..

19. Among those books produced were some belonging to certain firms holding Government contracts, which clearly shewed that payments, in many cases of considerable amount, had been regularly made to Sanitary Inspectors and other Officials. The correctness of these entries have been sworn to by members of the native firms interested.

20. The Commissioners cannot but consider that they are justified in believing there was some similar reason for the non-production of the necessary books by the firms already referred to

21. Evidence which in many cases appeared to implicate individual employés of the Government, having come to the knowledge of the Com- missioners, these cases were investigated by them so far as possible and where a Appendix prima facie case appeared to have been established, the evidence bearing on that case was at once forwarded to the Government, as it appeared desirable this should be done, rather than all these matters should be kept in abeyance until our final Report bad been submitted to Your Excellency.

No. 1.

₤22. Turning now to the terms of the Commission, the Commissioners in

the first place would state that their enquiries into the working of the Ordinance all point to the conclusion, viz., that the Administration of the Sanitary and Building Regulations as carried out under the existing Ordinances is most unsatisfactory, both in the Administration and in many of their regulations.

23. In order to fully explain what appear to be the drawbacks in the /regulations and the failure in administration, the Commissioners have decided to deal in detail with certain sections of the Ordinances, pointing out where hardship exists, the causes for complaint, and the resultant injury done to property and consequently the general prosperity of the Colony.

Open Spaces.

24. We then deal with the alterations which appear desirable in order to render the working of the Ordinances more efficacious, and at the same time less harassing and onerous to the community.

25. Of all the drastic sections of a very drastic Ordinance, section 175 Section 175. probably affects property owners more seriously than any other. It is defective in the fundamental principles of equity inasmuch as it sacrifices vestetl rights

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without compensation. To quote from the petition of the landowners to His Excellency the Governor regarding the Public Health and Buildings Bill, September 28th, 1902, “No principle is more firmly established in our Constitution "or has oftener been upheld by our Courts than the principle that without compensation a violation of the rights of private property will not be permitted even for the public good," yet we find that this section, retrospective as it is, in its application, has already caused the property owners of Hongkong losses com- puted at several lakhs of dollars.

26. There can be no doubt that if this section of the Ordinance continues to be enforced without compensation, the losses will be still more serious.

27.

to 2592.

One of the witnesses. no less an authority than the Building Authority Pages 2501 himself, admitted that the enfo cement of this section in respect of a property upon which the owner had obtained four-fifths of the purchase price on mortgage, was equivalent to Government confiscation.

28. The mortgagor so far from finding his property enhanced by the costly re-constructions, finds it seriously depreciated in value as tenants invariably demand lower rents in consideration of the available accommodation being reduced. His margin gone, his rents reduced to such an extent as to leave him unable to pay the interest on his mortgage, the unhappy mortgagor, if he be a man of small means, has to relinquish his property at a heavy sacrifice or go into bankruptcy.

of Ho Kom

29. When this circumstance is duly considered in conjunction with the See evidence losses incurred from the concreting and lime washing regulations, there is small Tong, 2413 room for wonder that Chinese property has, as is affirined by several witnesses,

several witnesses, Li Yau Chun. depreciated 30 to 35 per cent. in value.

To 2430.

2431/2457. A. Turner, 2597/2603

30.. The tendency of the Chinese to send their families away from the and others. Colony is becoming more and more marked (vide census returns which shew an actual Chinese population, exclusive of new Kowloon, of 287,583 as against the estimate given in the Report on the Health and Sanitary Condition of the Colony for the year 1905 of 338,873, exclusive of new Kowloon, or a shortage of 51,290 persons).

31. Property in Hongkong until the last two or three years has been one of the favourite investments of the Chinese community and keen competition always existed whenever a property came into the market, but the Public Health - and Buildings Ordinances of 1903 (section 175 thereof in particular) has altered all that.

32. Formerly it was the custom for the vendors when parting with a property to allow ths or ths of the purchase money to remain on mortgage, and the Government would have been wise to encourage a practice which stimulated legitimate enterprise in property, and incidentally brought in much revenue to the Government coffers, but now such transactions usually spell ruin, and are consequently becoming rarer and rare.

33. It is doubtful, apart from the question of equity, whether the enforce- ment of section 175 without compensation is expedient on economic grounds. As a direct result of such enforce nent, Crown lands diminish in value and the assessable value of property decreases.

34. The Public Health and Buildings Ordinance No. 1 of 1903 as originally drafted was (as was pointed out in the influenţially signed petition against it) the work of a novice.

35. That the Government recognised this to a certain extent is certain by the fact of its being withdrawn and a redraft of the Ordinance made. This redraft was intended to be final but before the ink was dry on it, it was found to be unworkable in many respects and wholesale amendments had to be made.

36. Even in its present form, it is a hasty and ill considered document. It tees with ambiguous regulations and the confusion is made worse by the employment of different phrases and words to express the same meaning. Sub-section 2 of this very section (175) is a case in point.

Pages 2354 to 2355.

Hongkong

Hansard for

1900/1901.

Page 21.

See Mr. Turner's evidence. 2597/2603.

185 (8)

37. Neither the Building Authority, Principal Civil Medical Officer, nor Medical Officer of Health, or anyone else is able to say exactly what it does inean, but the inference is that houses of more than 50 feet in depth having two main frontages in different streets require double as much open space in the rear as is required by similar houses having only one frontage but which are back to back or abut against a cliff.

38. The unworkability of this sub-section has in fact been recognised by its non-enforcement in the case of nearly all the many Chinese houses in the Colony that are more than 50 feet in depth.

39. The Honourable the Director of Public Works admitted in his evidence that the Government had received premia and had been for years. receiving revenue in the shape of rates and Crown rent from land which should have been devoted to wider roads and more roads and scavenging lanes.

40. In other words, that the Government had been profiting by the insanitary condition of the Colony. That being so, some compensation at least should be made to property owners for such costly re-constructions as come under this section (175), and the consequent shrinkage in the earning power of the property.

41. It must be remembered that in the great majority of cases, the Government through the agency of the Sanitary Board in forcing owners of property to comply with sub-section 1 of section 175, compel them to create a breach of section 140 in respect of kitchen space.

42. Ilitherto the Government have forced the compliance on the one hand and winked at the attendant breach on the other, which is obviously a most undesirable state of affairs and quite indefensible on aty ground whatever.

43. The numerous changes in our laws respecting property and the fact that these changes have in many instances had the effect of reducing values, coupled with the uncertainty that prevails as to still harsher laws being enacted, render businesslike calculations almost impossible, engender a feeling of uneasiness and want of confidence, and thus keep investors aloof.

44. The origin of sub-section 1 of 175 can be traced as far back as Ordin- ance 34 of 1899 (section 7, sub-section A) which reads: "Every domestic building

must be provided with an open space in the rear, &c., &c.'

45. In a subsequent Ordinance, No. 10 of 1901, (section 55, sub- section 1) the same clause was altered to read " Every domestic building must be provided by the owner with an open space in the rear, &c., &c." The words added constituted a most far reaching and radical alteration notwithstanding which the Attorney General in introducing the Consolidated Ordinance (10 of 1901) to the Legislative Council said: "In substituting a single Ordinance for the "fifteen it repealed it had been found necessary to make some alteration in the wording of some of the enactments consolidated so as to preserve uniformity of language and prevent undue repetition but that nearly the whole of these "amendments were purely formal and the substance of the law remained entirely

unchanged."

46. It seems almost inconceivable that the Attorney General should have been so blind to the tremendous significance of these three words "by the owner".

47. It has been shewn in the evidence before the Commission that sub- section of section 175 of No. 1 of 1903 which is an exact copy of section 55 sub-section 1 of 10 of 1901 has cost the landlords of Hongkong very large sums of money and will if not repealed cost them many tens of thousands of dollars more, for which there can be no doubt the addition of these three words "by the owner" in the 1901 Ordinance and their reproduction in the 1903 Ordinance are almost entirely responsible.

48. It has proved most unfortunate for property owners that the speech of the Attorney General in introducing the 1901 Ordinance was such as not to arouse

185 (9)

the slightest suspicion among the unofficial Members of Council that the changes proposed were other than as described by that learned gentleman and that they were satisfied with his statement that "the substance of the law remained entirely unchanged".

49. It may be argued that if the three words added to the 1901 Ordinance were so oppressive, how is it that no serious complaints were made until after the section containing them was re-embodied in the 1903 Ordinance.

50. The reason is not far to seek. The 1899 and 1901 Ordinances contain- ed succeeding clauses which provided that houses built after the enactment of these Ordinances could dispense with back yards if they had a lane of a certain width in the rear. Old houses having a certain open space at the rear could and Mr. Turner's did obtain exemption from providing back yards.

51. In fact at these periods the Government encouraged landlords to provide lanes in lieu of back yards but in the Health Ordinance of 1903 the succeeding and modifying clauses contained in the 1899 and 1901 Ordinances were entirely deleted with disastrous results to property owners.

52. Houses completed at the end of 1902 or the beginning of 1903 passed by the Sanitary Board and the Building Authority as being built in accordance with the law and which in fact were the very creatures of the law (being built more or less under the direct encouragement and advice of the Government who sold land in lots to suit blocks of houses of a certain height, width and depth and of a design with which they were perfectly familiar) were condemned as illegal.

53. Lanes were no longer to be encouraged as against back yards and lanes privately owned are not allowed to count as open space. Even public roads fifty feet or more in width are not allowed to count as open spaces and under sub- section 2, it would seem that a building with a wide public road back and front is considered far more insanitary than one with only one frontage. If the effect of all this were not so serious, it would be ludicrous.

54. For instance, we would remind Your Excellency of the case of the present building of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, which at any moment might under the terms of the Ordinance be called upon to provide an open space as a back yard in the rear (.e., on the North side) although open from Des Voeux Road to the Kowloon Peninsula.

55. Over and above all, the Government have lately been advised by its legal adviser that under section 175 the Sanitary Board has only power to recommend modifications and not exemption from the section. The sole remain- ing safeguard of property owners was thus swept away with results which have temporarily if not permanently jeopardised the progress and prosperity of the Colony.

56. The Sanitary Department is carrying on a more vigorous campaign than ever as regards the enforcement of this section (175) notwithstanding that such enforcement would, in many cases, appear to be illegal by the ignoring of the proviso contained in section 268 of the Ordinance.

57. Land is the foundation of all prosperity and any legislation which lessens its security of tenure (as section 175 does) must be disastrous to the community affected by it and in the end to the Government itself which cannot separate its interests from the community it governs.

58. We are of opinion that section 175 of this Ordinance requires to completely revised and that compensation should be given under sub-section 1

evidence. Page 2598.

59. In recommending the introduction of a drastic law for the abolition of cubicles or sub-divisions of the floors of the Chinese tenement the advisers of the Government apparently did not study the question thoro or fully realise the effect of the legislation they proposed. This is evidenced the passing of Ordinance 23 of 1903 and the numerous minutes, which have been written, suggesting modifications.

les.

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60. It must be borne in mind that the only means the Colony possesses of housing the Chinese population is by means of these sub-divisions, without which it is impossible for the middle and poor classes of Chinese to live comfortably and decently.

61. Ordinance 1 of 1903 totally prohibited the erection of cubicles and when it was found unworkable, it was consequently amended as above stated to allow one cubicle to be erected on each of the upper floors of existing houses and none on the ground floor. Under both Ordinances, however, the erection of cubicles in the newly built houses is entirely forbidden.

62.

As it has appeared in evidence, the ainended Ordinance is still found impracticable and inflicts too much hardship on the Chinese, who feel compelled to send their families back, to the mainland of China, owing to the consequent increase in the cost of living and want of domestic comfort and privacy.

63. Those who cannot very well send their families away, have been driven to use cloth, and in the case of the poor class, rags, in place of wooden partitions to secure a little privacy for their women folk.

64. This has made the condition of sanitation go from bad to worse, in so much as the cloth partitions, while preventing ventilation as much as the wooden ones, accumulate dirt to a far greater extent, and are more liable to cause fires.

65. The Chinese tenement houses are so peculiarly constructed that every storey or floor as it is commonly called is simply one long room. The rent of each room ranges from $10 in the poor districts to $50 per month in the busiest part of the city. Very few Chinese can afford to take a whole storey. Generally two or three families keep a floor together, in order to bring it within their means to keep their wives and children with them.

66. An instance may be given of a Chinaman earning $10 a month as a clerk, though $40 a month is above the average earning of a Chinese clerk. must live in a fairly respectable manner as his position requires it. He cannot live far away from his business amongst the coolies. He has to rent a floor in the Central District, which costs at least $20 per month, accommodating about twelve persons. Practically half of his wages is absorbed by the rent, the remaining half being barely sufficient to pay for his daily necessaries, for, under the present law, it is impossible for him to save 40 per cent. to 50 per cent. of the rent by partition- ing off the floor and sharing it with another family as before.

67. Even when a better paid man can afford to pay $20 to $30 rent a month, the present Ordinance presses with undue severity on him. He may have a mother, a sister or a brother living with him, besides his own wife and children, and one or two servants. The only cubicle allowed to be put up is used by him- self and his wife. His mother, children and all the members of his family have to sleep and do everything in full open view of each other in the remaining space.

68. Except in the cubicle, there is no other privacy available. The law does not allow even a little space to be enclosed for the sake of convenience, dressing and washing. Reduced to this primitive state, life amongst the wage earning classes of Chinese has become almost unbearable.

69. The Chinese merchants and traders, too, are not left without a share of the hardship. The rent of their shop varies between $30 and $100 per floor, which is similar in construction to the floors of the tenement houses. To meet their business requirements, an office or accountant's room must be put up on the ground floor. The present law requires it to be constructed with an open front above the counter, which is unsuitable for the conduct of business, requiring privacy and security.

The common practice of a Chinese merchant is to keep his safe and ble papers in the accountant's room, and as the caretaker of these, the accountant or shroff is to sleep in the room, but the law also forbids this, for any enclosed space used for sleeping purposes is a cubicle and therefore illegal.

71. The other floors of a Chinese firm are also partitioned into so many cubicles for the manager and the clerks, and any cubicles which are not required for the staff, are in the majority of cases let to the agents of other smaller

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businesses outside the Colony. It is therefore obvious that the hardship conse- quent upon the prohibition of the erection of more than one cubicle on the upper floors of the existing houses is keenly felt by Chinese of all classes.

evidence.

72. In his evidence, the Principal Civil Medical Officer has admitted that Dr.Atkinson's sections 153 and 154 dealing with cubicles are drastic and unpracticable. The Pages 2016 remarks and suggestions embodied in the statement of Mr. A. CARTER; the to 2017.. Sanitary Surveyor, which is appended hereto, are worthy of consideration. From Appendix the evidence before us, we cannot but arrive at the conclusion that the revision of Exhibit the law in this direction deserves the serious attention of the Government and the No. 152. Legislature.

73. It is impossible to make a hard and fast rule in this matter, but we are of opinion that cubicles are a necessity to the Chinese population, and that the whole question in the general interest requires careful consideration and thorough revision.

No. 2.

74. Under section 6, sub-section 9, it is laid down that the Building Building

Authority. Authority means Director of Public Works, or such other person as the Governor- in-Council may from time to time appoint, to give effect to the provisions of Part III of this Ordinance, or of any Ordinance amending the same.

75. Under section 205, Dangerous buildings may be so declared by the Building Authority or an officer deputed by the Governor-in-Council in that

behalf.

76. Under section 230, where the existence of a nuisance under Part III of the Ordinance is brought to the attention of Building Authority, or of any officer leputed by such Authority in that behalf, or to the attention of the Principal Civil Medical Officer, then any of these officers can issue notices to abate the same.

77. A list of nuisances under Part III is given in section 229, sub-sections 1 to 6, but sub-section 6 seems to cover not only the nuisances specified in Nos. 1 to 5, but every nuisance under the Ordinance.

78. In the first place, we would point out the inconsistency of sub-section 9 of section C and sections 205 and 230, in so far as the appointment of delegates to the Building Authority is concerned, as by the first two of these sections the delegate must be appointed by Governor-in-Council, and by the third the power is given to Building Authority himself to nominate and depute a substitute.

79. Mr. Perkins of the Building Authority Department has been deputed by the Governor-in-Council to issue notices, &c., under section 205.

80. The Secretary of the Sanitary Board has been deputed by the Building Authority to issue notices under Part III of the Ordinance, but as is pointed out in paragraph No. 77 of this Report, this covers every nuisance in the Ordinance, we do not consider such delegation proper or satisfactory, as the Secretary of the Board has no technical Knowledge of Building Construction, and is therefore dependent on the Sanitary Inspectors, and is obliged to sign any notice which in the opinion of the Inspector should be served. And we have even known cases where the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Sanitary Board has signed notices on behalf of the Building Authority.

81. In another instance a building was declared dangerous by an overseer, who served a notice, which he signed for the Building Authority, but this may have been an oversight, and we cannot find that there have been any other coin- plaints of this nature.

82. The Building Authority admits that much of the work delegated to the See Mr. Sanitary Inspectors is of such a nature that they are not fully qualified to deal Chatham's with, and should be the work of the Engineer.

evidence. Page 2596.

Atkinson's

83. We consider the power given to the Principal Civil Me lical Officer See Dr. under section 230, to deal with Building Nuisances, misplaced, as by his own evidence admission he is not qualified to deal with some of them, which should properly be Page 2077 dealt with by an engineer.

to 2078.

Mortar.

Appendix No. 3.

Concreting of Floors.

Appendix No. 4.

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84. Several prosecutions having been instituted by the Building Authority against contractors for using bad mortar in the construction of buildings.

85. The contractors employed professional assistance on their behalf as they believed the tests applied by the Building Authority were fallacious, and the convictions consequently unjust.

86. In this connection, Mr. A. OUGH, Civil Engineer, and partner of the firm of Messrs. LEIGH & ORANGE, made several tests of mortar taken from works being carried out under their supervision.

87. A copy of Mr. OuGH's report with the results of the tests he applied, and the tests applied by the Building Authority, is hereto annexed.

88. On page 5 of Mr. OUGH's report, comparative tests made by the Building Authority and Messrs. LEIGH & ORANGE in five cases are given, and from it a strong case is made out for a further and an independent examination and tests of the mortars before prosecutions are instituted by the Government.

89. We commend to the attention of Your Excellency Mr. OuGn's report, with a view of further evidence on the subject being obtained.

90. The concreting of floors and their maintenance are governed by sections 111, 112, and 140 of the Ordinance.

91. By the first of these sections, (111), the ground surface of every domestic building shall be properly covered with a layer of not less than 6 inches of good lime or cement concrete finished off smooth, and the ground surface of every basement, cook house, back yard, &c., shall be properly covered over with a layer of good lime or cement concrete not less than 6 inches thick finished off smooth, with not less than 2 inches of cement concrete or with hard glazed bricks, &c., &c., or with such other material as may be approved by the Board. Provided always that this section shall not apply to any existing domestic building, the ground surface of which has been paved to the satisfaction of the Board in accordance withany existing law or Bye-law, and which is so maintained.

92. By section 112, where the ground surface of any domestic building, cook house, &c., &c., is or has been paved or covered over with impervious material, and such material has been subsequently broken, excavated or otherwise disturbed, or has perished, it has to be made good to the satisfaction of the Board, upon the completion of any work for the execution of which the same has been broken or otherwise disturbed, or within 14 days from the receipt by the owner of written notice from the Board to do so.

93. By section 140 every kitchen floor shall be properly paved or floored with cement concrete or other non-absorbent material, approved by the Building Authority.

94. So far as the repairing of the floors is concerned, much hardship has been created by the Authorities in a large number of cases requiring the owner to re-concrete the floors, whereas the actual damage to the floor was confined to the superficial covering of same having become slightly defective. No such power is given in the Ordinance to compel an owner in such case to re-concrete, the words being to "make good".. These words are given in the notice (Sanitary Board 2) but at the instigation of some officer and without the authority of the Board, the words "make good" have been deleted and the words "to re-concrete" substituted, which words have a much wider application, and not required by law.

95. The Sanitary Surveyor, Mr. CARTER, admits this allegation and in justification says he has taken too high a standard for concrete in this Colcay.

96. In 1905 about 1.760 notices were served to re-concrete, and from an examination made by some of your Commissioners during this year, it was found that in many cases very superficial repairs to the surface of the floors were all that were needed, and in other respects they were not in a state to need re-concreting.

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97. The needless waste of money which owners have been called upon to expend has been quite unjustified and has cost many thousands of dollars, not taking into consideration the loss sustained through the resultant dislocation of business or the bribes which have been paid to Inspectors for the exemptions they had no power to lawfully grant, and which from the evidence adduced must amount in the aggregate to a considerable sum of money, the usual charge for such exemptions being apparently $25 for each yard or floor.

98. In many cases it would appear that not only were Inspectors guilty of receiving bribes for unlawful exemptions but that the notices themselves were illegal and unnecessary inasmuch as the law provides for surface yards being made good and not re-concreted as already stated.

99. The uselessness of having these three sections dealing practically with the same matter is apparent and the late Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer says it was oversight of draughtmanship.

100. The anomaly is remarkable that in sections 111 and 112 the material used shall be approved by the Board, and in section 140, it should be approved by the Building Authority. But as is pointed out in section 82 of this Report, the Building Authority having delegated his authority to Sanitary Inspectors, he knows little or nothing of it from personal knowledge.

101. One difficulty about lime concrete is the absence of stone lime in sufficient quantity procurable in the Colony to be generally available, and so it has to be made with shell or coral lime,

102. The component parts of lime concrete used are lime, red earth and granite. Experts vary slightly in their recommendation as to the respective quantities to be used of each of these materials, and also in the matter of laying the same, but from evidence adduced we would recominend the following definite specification should be laid down, subject of course to the Board having the right to approve of any other kind of flooring or materials, which in their opinion may be equally good or better :-

Lime concrete

Lime -

6 inches thick.

-4

Red Earth

one inch mesh.

Broken granite to pass

the whole to be rammed before setting until the lime comes to the surface. This specification is the one required at present for encasing drains under the Drainage Bye-laws.

103. A similar course should be adopted with regard to cement concrete floors if preferred by the owner, which should be 4 inches thick, substituting cement for lime, but in view of the extra cost entailed we do not recommend its compulsory use.

104.

We recommend the consolidation of sections Nos. 111, 112, and 140.

Also that the Building Inspector shall generally supervise the laying of the floors.

That a certificate be given that the work has been satisfactorily carried .out. That such certificate should be held good as against all but surface repairs for eight years in the case of lime concrete and fifteen years in the case of cement

concrete.

This certificate should bear an endorsement that during the period such certificates are in force the owners shall not be called upon to open up the ground surfaces of their houses but only to repair broken surfaces.

Kitchen Walls.

Regulations.

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105. By section 140, the internal surface of these walls have to be rendered in cenient mortar to a height of not less than 4 feet.

106. From evidence it seems that on account of the action of heat from kitchen fires, general rough usage by Chinese, and the difficulty of making the cemen adhere to the walls (old walls especially) to so great a height as four feet, the enforcement of this part of the section is unsatisfactory, and we recommend that the height be limited to 18 inches.

107. We consider that the medical staff should have nothing to do with examining and passing the above works, which are eminently questions for a Civil Engineer.

108. A certificate should be granted on completion, which should protect the owner from being called upon to do the work a second time.

The Medical Officer of Health stated that although a Sanitary Inspector passes such work when completed, it is not a certificate that the workmanship is good.

Limewashing 109. Compulsory lime washing was first introduced as an anti-plague measure and largely as a result of the panic caused by the virulent outbreak of 1894. Ten years of enforcement of the lime washing regulations have shewn that the lime washing operations as carried out and for the purpose intended are a Page 2216, &c. complete failure.

See Mr. Osborne's statement.

See Dr.Clark's evidence.

Pages 1938 and 1941.

110. Although on the question of the efficacy of lime washing as a means of cleansing there has been considerable diversity of opinion in the expert evidence, on the question of its efficacy as a disinfectant and germicide there has been virtually none. The evidence is conclusive that lime washing as carried out in Hongkong is valueless as a disinfectant and germicide.

sja

111. The Medical Officer of Health supported lime washing because as it was enders apparently the only method of cleansing dark corners and out of the way places; he did not attribute any disinfectant properties to the limewash.. Dr. Pearse said :- "I do not know what it (lime washing) was introduced for, but I should not carry it out as a means of destroying plague germs in a house; its advantage as "an anti-plague measure is very small".

Page 1657.

Page 2139.

Page 2149.

Page 1711. Page 1692.

See Mr.. Osborne's statement. Page 2216.

Mr. Osborne's statement.

112. Mr. OUGH was of opinion that English or stone lime put on hot would do good, and said that the lime used in lime washing operations locally was third grade Sai Kung lime which consisted of the lower and coarser layers of coral and shell lime mixed with sand and partly burned particles of shell. The advantage "of lime washing was that there was visible evidence of the brush having been "there; the lime wash had no disinfectant properties".

113. Mr. LEMM expressed similar views. Mr. PERKINS thought the number of compulsory lime washings might be reduced and that it might be left to the Medical Officer of Health or some high officer to discriminate, while Mr. OSBORNE was of opinion that "the so called lime washing entailed expenditure with no corressponding good, and was valueless except to accentuate the surrounding dirt”.

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114. "In the majority of cases the stuff slopped on the walls is so weak in whitening qualities that in a few days the walls are yellow again".

115. Mr. OSBORNE was also of opinion that compulsory lime washing should be abolished and its place taken by monthly house to house cleansing. He cites in support of his contention extensive experiments carried out under his direct super- vision. His statement that as the result of his operations amongst a large staff of some thousands of employés, there has only been one case of plague in six years, notwithstanding the fact the disease raged in the neighbourhood, must command attention.

116. The Commission are inclined to the opinion that if proper monthly, bi- monthly or even quarterly cleansings were undertaken by the people under the supervision of the Sanitary Board compulsory lime washing may be found unnecessary and for the reasons stated hereafter, inexpedient. In any case, the

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Commission are of opinion that shops and the more respectable Chinese houses should not be placed upon the same footing as common lodging houses and opium divans.

117. The lime washing regulations have given rise to corruption on a very large scale, and the hardships and injustice attendant thereon have been considerable.

evidence.

118. Work in connection with re-concreting and lime washing has got into Mr. Carter's the hands of a select few, the result of a ring formed amongst certain contractors Page 574. and inspectors. The result of this has been to raise the price of lime washing Page 2825/26. from $1.00 and $1.20 to $2.00 and $2.50 per floor. Good work done by contractors outside the ring has been condemned over and over again, whilst bad 787/788. Ho work done by ring contractors has been passed at once.

Chung Shun

Koo. Page

Kom Tong.

Pages 2418/ 2419. Lo Man Kai's

statement and

numerous Chinese

witnesses.

Ku Fai Shan.

119. The usual procedure in such cases would seem to be for the Inspectors Li Yau Chuen

Page 2432. to delay inspecting work done for two or three weeks. By this time the lime wash Tsang Tim's would probably be soiled again either by dirt or smoke and the contractor would evidence. be ordered to do it again. This process would be repeated until finally the Page 2460, contractor would, unless he engaged a ring contractor to finish the job or bribed and numerous the Inspector, be summoned before the Magistrate and fined.

other Chinese witnesses.

Page 2433,

witnesses.

120. Apart from the inconvenience to tenants of these delays, the first cost Li YauChuen. of these line washing operations (rendered so unnecessarily heavy by the and other corruption aforesaid) in the poorer districts often amounts to nearly a month's rent, Chinese and as they occur twice yearly and form but one of the many recurrent items of expenditure that the landlord is put to under the Health Ordinance, it is not difficult to account for the enormous shrinkage in values of Chinese property, particularly in the poorer districts.

121.

The Government of India do not recommend lime washing as a plague preventive, and lime, washing the walls of houses does not destroy the rat fleas infesting them. That fleas from plague stricken rats are largely instrumental in spreading plague among human beings admits of little doubt.

122. Under all the foregoing circumstances, therefore, if the question at issue is whether compulsory lime washing as an anti-plague measure should be continued or abolished, the Commission have no hesitation in recommending the abolition of the regulations in toto, but if the question at issue is one of cleanliness, as several of the experts have claimed that lime washing is conducive to that end, it is possible that the continued enforcement of the regulations in a modified form and freed from the hardships and corruption they now entail may be advisable unless some more speedy, efficacious and economical method of cleansing can be found to take the place of limewash.

123. Considerable evidence has been given before the Commission by Delay in

passing plans architects, contractors, and property owners, with regard to the great inconven- nad work. ience and pecuniary loss occasioned through the delay which arises in the passing of plans and of work.

of :-Mr.

124. Even when plans have been drawn up in accordance with the law, it See evidence appears that a month or six weeks often elapses before the plans are passed. In the food. Page meantime, the owner being unable to proceed with the work, suffers loss.

2030. Mr. Denison. Page 2157/61. Mr. Ough.

2153.

125. Evidence has been given as to the method of passing plans adopted in Mr. large towns both in England and in self governing Colonies, from which it appears Page 2133/ that provided plans are in accordance with the law, a few days or at the most a Mr. Ram. week is all that passes from the time the plan is submitted to the Borough Page 2241/ Engineer to its being returned as passed.

2250. Mr. Turner. Page 2165. Mr. Lemm.

126.

The delay here is no doubt in a measure due to the fact that the plans Pages have to be sent to and fro between the Sanitary Department and the Building 1700/1727. Authority, whose offices are not in the same building.

See evidence

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127. If, as we suggest, the whole of the Sanitary work be concentrated in the one Department, there does not appear to be any reason why a week at the most should not suffice in which to pass correct plans. Should they not be correct, these plans should be returned at the end of that period with a detailed list of the alterations or corrections required.

128. As it is, many months sometimes elapse before plans are returned with of Architects the remark that they are not in accordance with the law. Instances have been already enumerated. cited where in some cases over six months have been lost during which time no reply or acknowledgment has been received from the Department concerning the application for plans to be passed!

Mr Osborne's evidence. l'age 2238. Mr. Ram's evidence. Page 2246.

See Chak

Hok King's evidence. Page 1108.

Delay in passing drains.

See Chung

evidence.

129. In the same way, much valuable time is often wasted, and consequently pecuniary loss sustained, through the delay in passing work which has been correctly carried out. In some instances a certificate of occupation has not been granted until a month or more after the work has been reported as completed. This is no doubt also due to a division of authority, but also in part to want of system.

130. We would here point out that in England no certificate of occupation is required.

131. The Commissioners are forced to the conclusion that this delay is in certain instances due to the fact that the Inspecting Officer has not been personally "approached", or that the work has been carried out by some contractor who is unknown to the Inspector and not being one of the regular clique has not given the usual bribe expected.

132. To quote an instance, an outside contractor having been employed the Inspector repeatedly refused to pass his work. The contractor then appealed to another Inspector to whom he was personally known. The second Inspector took him to the first with the significant introduction "This man is a friend of mine" and the work was passed at once.

133. Special evidence has been given with regard to the passing of drains, but this is a question which will be dealt with under that heading.

134. The suggestions as to how the delay referred to can be obviated have been dealt with in our recommendation as to the division of the work of the Department.

135. In continuation of the preceding paragraph, we would point out that similar complaints have been made with regard to the passing of drains.

136. The position of a Sanitary Surveyor in charge of such work is, we consider, most unsatisfactory; this post should be abolished and the work carried out under the supervision of the Executive Engineer, as suggested in a later part of our Report, when dealing with the question of the re-organisation of the staff.

137. At the moment, a Sanitary Surveyor holds the responsible position for passing this most necessary work, over whom there is practically no control, as neither the Principal Civil Medical Officer, nor the Medical Officer of Health are in a position to check or supervise his work, and must be guided entirely by his advice. He is practically uncontrolled in the conduct of his duties, as the Building Authority has no authority over this Official.

138. We consider such wide powers, particularly in reference to such an important part of building work as house drains, should not be left entirely to an officer of the rank and training of the present Sanitary Surveyor.

139. Witnesses have appeared before us who state that money has to be paid Shun Koo's before drainage work is passed, and that unless the work is carried out by SAM IU l'age 771, &c. or one or two other favoured contractors, the drains and traps are deliberately

broken by the Inspectors and the work has to be done again.

140. One witness stated he was thus forced to employ SAM Iu who charged him four times the amount it would have cost, could he have employed his own

contractor.

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141. Another witness who had been named as one who gave money to the See Tsang Sanitary Surveyor and his assistants has denied this but admits giving presents at Ting's intervals throughout the year, as well as at Christmas time.

142. The Commissioners have not been able either to verify or disprove these statements, but are inclined to the opinion that irregularities have existed in connection with the passing of drains, but are unable to apportion the blame.

143. While on the subject of the passing of work, it would be as well to point out that the strict enforcement of the Ordinance by which an authorised architect must be employed in all cases of repair is a source of great hardships, throwing an unnecessary expense upon the house owner.

144.

A case has been cited where a pane of glass in a covered veranda having been broken, the owner was asked to send a plan shewing the proposed repair; this would have cost a fee of about $20 for a repair which could have been effected for 60 cents.

evidence. Pages 2613/14. Ngai Yung On. Page

2786.

145. On another occasion, an instance was given of a poor Chinaman in an see evidence outlying district who having purchased a house of which the kitchen had fallen of Reverend down, was summoned and fined for not having a properly constructed kitchen, Pages 2336/41. the damaged one having been built up with timber and fallen débris.

As he was too poor to engage an architect and re-build the kitchen, he was forced to abandon the house, which is now empty, thus losing the $200 he had paid for the property.

Y. T. Fong.

146. Previous to the modification of the Plague Procedure, brought about in Disinfecting the middle of 1903, at the instance of some of the unofficial members of the Sanitary and general Board, who had subjected the original procedure to constant criticism, large sums

cleansing. of money had been spent by the Government unquestioningly and ungrudgingly on disinfection in the belief that it was a preventive of plague.

147. Until 1901 the Sanitary Board relied solely on the Medical Officer of Health for Sanitary advice, and he was alone responsible for the policy pursued, and yet it appears that the present Medical Officer of Health admits he is not fully acquainted with the composition and effect of disinfectants.

148. One disinfectant was used and then another until in the Autumn of 1901 a general disinfection of the City of Victoria was carried out on his recommendation by fumigating with chlorine and washing with a solution of Carbolacene. Jeyes' Fluid had been the last disinfectant in use, and the substitution of Carbolacene was made at the suggestion of Inspector REIDIE, who until 1st January, 1895, had been a Police Constable and had therefore not had the special training which would qualify him in passing an opinion on the value of a disinfectant. No steps were taken by the Medical Officer of Health to test this new disinfectant. Inspector REIDIE'S recommendation appears to have been considered sufficient, and on this experiment a sum of something like £25,000 was spent in the years 1901 and 1902.

149. The discovery that this expenditure had been wasted falls to the credit of the Secretary who was struck with its cost compared with Jeyes' Fluid and caused a sample to be sent to the Government Analyst. This officer expressed the opinion (Exhibit that it would be useless to submit any disinfectant to chemical analysis if it would No. 121.) not mix with water. He reported that Carbolacene did not mix well with water Woodcock's and therefore stood condemned as a disinfectant.

See Mr.

evidence.

Page 1761.

150. Fumigation with chlorine was another costly experiment. The necessary See Dr. materials alone cost a large sum yearly and to this must be added the wages of the staff of Inspectors, foremen, carpenters and coolies employed in this work.

151. Apart from the material cost we must reckon the hardship to which the Chinese inhabitants of the Colony were subjected, turned out of their houses by the street full at 8 o'clock in the morning and kept there in the rain and cold the whole day.

Pearse's evidence. Page 1907.

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See Dr.

Pearse's evidence.

Pages 1605, and 1606.

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152. The Colony is indebted to Dr. PEARSE for the exposure of the inutility of fumigation with chlorine. Shortly after his arrival, he pointed out that Chinese houses could not be rendered sufficiently airtight, but at the time this advice was disregarded.

153. It does not appear in this case any more than in the case of Carbolacene that the Medical Officer of Health made any experiment to determine the value of chlorine as a disinfectant. No tests as far as we are aware were made of the effect of chlorine in a Chinese house, in order to ascertain whether the necessary proportion of

gas could be maintained long enough to render it effective.

154. As late as 1903, fumigation and lime washing of infected houses formed a part of plague procedure, and it was not abandoned until Dr. PEARSE pointed out. its uselessness as a germicide. The lime washing was carried out at the expense of the Government, at contract prices nearly 100 per cent. higher than those paid by private individuals. The waste of money thus entailed can be well imagined.

155. The plague procedure has latterly been very sensibly modified. Cleansing with soft soap and diluted Jeyes' Fluid has been substituted for fumigation and Government lime washing, and a general cleansing of Chinese houses has been carried out regularly every year, at a cost of only a few thousand dollars. The big gangs of coolies and the large labour bills have disappeared, and the work is done by the Chinese themselves. But it must not be thought that we see no reason for still further changes.

156. In the general cleansing as in the disinfection of infected houses, too much power is left to the foremen. The inspector makes a few notes and gives a few orders, the Medical Officer of Health gives far too little supervision, the foremen and coolies have too much their own way and pay no regard to the wishes or feelings of the poeple whose houses they invade. Furnitnre must be removed into the street, that might have been left where it was. Articles washed must be washed again, resulting in much needless friction. These men have been known to march into peoples' houses and extort money by threats of the trouble they would put the inmates to, if their demands were refused. In the disinfection of houses, their behaviour is characterised by insolence, rudeness, and frequently violence, which of course adds to and to a great extent accounts for the hostile feeling of the Chinese towards the Board.

157. Supervision by the superior officers of the Department, and sympathy from the inferior officers, are what are urgently called for to remove the present feelings of fear and hostility.

158. In combating the plague, too little attention has been given to the importance of enlisting the co-operation of the Chinese. Taken on the whole, it' must be admitted that the Chinese are ignorant of the most elementary principles of sanitation, and are antagonistic to all measures which interfere with their home life, but it was amply proved by SIR HENRY BLAKE in the epidemic at West Point. in 1903, that if they were approached in a friendly and sympathetic way, the Chinese could be induced to co-operate with the Sanitary Board in taking measures against the spread of plague.

159. The formation of street committees to supervise disinfection and the establishment of free dispensaries also point the same way. It has frequently been asserted that the opposition to Sanitary measures was not genuine, but was a movement promoted by the upper classes. The lamentable frequency with which the bodies of Chinese are thrown out into the street proves beyond a doubt that the feeling of repugnance to the present methods of combating plague is deep seated and wide spread.

160. This antipathy cannot be removed, except by re-establishing confidence. in the reasonableness and sympathy of the Sanitary Department. This will be a matter of years, so deep seated are the fears and hostility left, by the harsh and at times ill considered administration of the Ordinances, as a legacy to the community. To secure the end so much desired (the co-operation of the Chinese) we commend to the favourable consideration of Your Excellency the following suggestions.

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161. The bye-laws for the prevention and mitigation of infectious and con- tagious disease require remodelling to meet our present knowledge of plague and the actual conditions of Hongkong. Since they were enacted, no radical changes have been made, beyond the provision of compensation for property destroyed. Plague has been shewn to be much less infectious than was thought twelve years ago; infection has been proved to be carried in ways other than those suspected in 1894; seasonal variations, recrudescence of plague in infected houses, all point to the necessity for some adjustment of our ideas as to the best method of restricting the spread of bubonic plague.

162. Permission should be given in certain cases for the patient to be treated in his own house. In moribund cases, the privilege granted, when Dr. PEARSE was Medical Officer of Health, should be permanently sanctioned and the patient left to die in his own house, and the corpse coffined there with all the ritual demanded by the Chinese.

163. The disinfection of the premises might well be entrusted to the Chinese themselves. This was done at West Point in 1903 under Sir HENRY BLAKE'S directions, and the work was carried out effectively. A set of rules should be drawn up for the guidance of the Kai Fong (local Committee) and the actual work could be done under the immediate direction of the Sanitary Board and a member of the Kai Fong.

164. The institution of free dispensaries in 1905 and of district plague hospitals, a work carried on at present by the Registrar General and the two Chinese members of the Board, deserves substantial encouragement at the hands of the Government. The free dispensaries offer the Chinese the benefits of European medicine, and the Chinese are the more stimulated to avail themselves of these advantages, as a certificate of the cause of death by one of the dispensing doctors, licentiates of the Chinese College of Medicine, does away with the necessity for a post mortem examination, which is abhorrent to the Chinese. The clerks at these dispensaries are most useful in explaining the Sanitary laws to the Chinese community.

165. The district hospitals also lessen the terrors of plague. In them, a patient may be treated by a Chinese doctor in his own neighbourhood, and uiay be visited by his relatives. It seems to us that in these institutions lies the germ of co-operation between the Chinese and the Board, without which an effective administration of the Sanitary laws would be well-nigh impossible.

166. The system of rat catching at present in vogue is far from being Rat catchers. satisfactory, scarcely any supervision being exercised over the meu, who are left to work almost entirely at their own free will. There is practically no check on their work, nor have there apparently been any written regulations drawn up for their guidance.

Allen's

167. Each Plague Inspector is allowed to engage his own rat catchers See Inspector and to give his own instructions. The Inspector apparently bases his report upon evidence. information furnished by the rat catchers.

Page 2572,

168. Reference having been made in section No. 241 of this Report as regards the constant complaints concerning the conduct of rat catchers, we do not propose See Inspector to go into further details. Suffice it to say that there is evidence to shew that men evidence. have been dismissed for ill treating and intimidating Chinese.

169. We cannot but attribute the failure of the scheme to the conduct of these rat catchers. Instructions should be drawn up for their guidance and a close check kept on their work as well as their conduct in entering peoples' houses.

170. Once the co-operation of the Chinese community has been secured, we have every reason to believe that a better result would be attained, as their domestic peace and their business not being interfered with, they will readily help in the extermination of rats. Besides the refuse meat obtained gratis from the Slaughter House, we find large quantities of beef, sometimes amounting to about $60 a month, were bought from the Man Hing shop for bait. This should also be discon- tinued in future, as it was a waste of money; further, there were grave doubts whether the beer had been used for the purpose for which it was intended.

Allen's

Page 2572.

Contracts and

contractors.

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171. The contracts for the supply of labour and stores and for the perform- ance of work such as the scavenging of the Colony, the removal of nightsoil, &c., have, year after year, been obtained by one or other of a small ring of men who have acted in collusion with the inspectors, clerks and foremen of the Sanitary Department, and outsiders, if they have ever succeeded in obtaining a contract, have found themselves compelled either to pay regular bribes to the inspectors, who supervised the work, or to sub-let part of the contract at a higher figure to a member of the fing.

172. One, SAM IU, is the moving spirit of the ring. This man began his connection with the Board as a scavenging coolie.

173. Either directly or indirectly, at one time or another, he has held the conservancy contract, the scavenging contract, the contracts for watering the streets, for lime washing houses, for work at plague cemetery, and for supplying labour. This year he has an interest in nearly all the contracts either direct or indirect in his own name or under an assumed name.

174. He is the contractor for labour and the watering of the streets, the manager and principal partner in the firm which holds the conservancy and scavenging contracts for Kowloon, the contractor for cemetery work has sub-let his contract to SAM IU, so has the scavenging contractor for Victoria, and whilst he is a shareholder in the firm which does the conservancy of the city and has taken over part of the work from the firm on a lease, he supplies dustbins and ndertakes the lime washing of houses and the covering of ground surfaces with

concrete.

175. SAM lu holds a practical monopoly of most of the work connected with the Sanitary Department; no one else seems able to completely satisfy the Sanitary Inspectors. Others have attempted to get a share of the work and have done it just as well and as cheaply as Sam Iu, but constant complaints on the part of the inspectors, prosecutions and heavy fines, have effectively crushed competition.

176. The firin MAN HING, which since 1901 has held the contract for sundry stores, was not entirely owned by AU SUI SHANG, by whom it was managed, but by a syndicate in which Lo MAN KAI, the first Chinese clerk in the Sanitary Board, had a large interest.

177. The letting of contracts by sealed tender, theoretically the most satisfactory method, has not in practice proved satisfactory. All the evidence we have received points to this. that in spite of all precautions, information which is regarded as confidential, leaks out. Tenders are still confined to the old ring, the members of which, to provide a semblance of competition, send in tenders under various names at figures somewhat higher than of their bonâ fide tenders.

178. In the case of contracts, but especially in those of the scavenging and conservancy, the heads of the Sanitary Department have relied too much on the inspectors and foremen, and have placed the contractors entirely in their power. The natural result has been that contractors have recognised it was to their in- terest to stand well with the inspectors, because they found that in matters of dispute, the inspector's word was invariably taken, without further enquiry. They consequently struck a bargain with the inspectors and clerks of the Department, and together with them have succeeded in hoodwinking the executive officers.

179. We recomend that :-

(a.) All tenders should be numbered, initialled and stamped by the Colonial Secretary's Office and sent to the Sanitary Board in a sealed envelope marked "confidential," to be opened in the presence of the Board.

(b.) Before the Sanitary Board recommends a tender for acceptance, the tender should be referred to a select Cominittee to enquire into the identity and occupation of the tenderers and their proposed security.

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(c.

Tenders should be called for in good time and all contracts let at least three months before the existing contracts expire, so as to give the new contractors ample time to make the necessary preparations.

(d.) Where the contract amounts to only a small sum annually, the tenderer should not be required to furnish security greater than 25 per cent. of that amonnt, so as to enable the small capitalists to come forward and compete.

2. The system of recognising authorised drainage contractors be abolished, as we cannot ascertain that any good has resulted, while we believe it has assisted in the creation of an improper monopoly.

Kai's

180. It remains to deal with SAM IU, the principal member of the con- See Lo Man tractors' ring. When his partner TSI HI was banished for illicit dealings, SAM IU evidence. thought it best to ensure against a like fate, and consequently took out a British Page 1314. born subject's certificate. It is questionable whether this man was born in evidence. Hongkong, and if this can be proved, we recommend his banishment, together Page 770. with that of his brothers.

181. We consider far more supervision should be given to the daily carry- ing out of the various contracts.

182. At present the contractors are only controlled by the Inspectors, by whose reports they are practically judged, thus, if a contractor declines to make payments to certain subordinate officials, he can be reported and punished. By this method he may be driven to pay blackmail, or, disgusted with his treatinent, throw up the contract which can then be secured by someone who will prove more complacent in the matter of paying bribes.

See Sam Iu's

183. Had any enquiry been made with regard to AU SUI SHANG before granting the small stores contract, it would have been ascertained that his firm really carried on the business of a small Chinese provision shop. This would have resulted in further investigation which should have revealed the fact that the contract was really with Lo MAN KAI, the Senior Clerk in the Sanitary Office. See Inspector This appears to have been well known for some years past to the senior members Mackenzie's among the Inspectors, many of whom appear to have been personal customers of Page 425/428. the firm. None however made any report on the subject.

184. The Secretary himself has admitted that he knew the Kwong Man HING shop and wondered how it was possible such an establishment could carry out this particular contract, but it apparently did not occur to him to look into the matter, or that there might be something requiring investigation, and even if he had, he would probably have been told it was not his business.

185. Further evidence for the necessity of such Enquiry has recently come to our knowledge. Some. three months ago, tenders were received by the Government for renewals of the small stores contract for the Sanitary Department for the current year. The lowest tender sent in, in the name of a firm called CHEUNG KEE KI, was accepted, this contract to take effect on the 1st January;

1907.

186. No enquiry appears to have been made as to who the owners or managers of the CHEUNG KEE KI firm were, and on the 4th January a contract was signed by AU YING SHANG and AU SUI SHANG as the partners. A few days later, the Principal Civil Medical Officer forwarded this contract to the Chairman of the Commission for enquiry.

187. The senior officials of the Sanitary Department, when appearing before the Commission, had been informed of the relations of Au SuUI SHANG and AU YING SHANG with Lo MAN KAI in connection with the old contract given in the name of MAN HING, but appear to have been quite satisfied that the CHEUNG KEE KI hong had no connection with these people, as the MAN HING firm had also sub- mitted (presumably as a blind) a tender for the small stores contract, which however had not been accepted.

evidence.

Paragraph 177.

Markets.

Cemeteries.

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188. The Commissioners are quite unable to understand a system which permits of a Government contract being granted to a firm, merely on the strength of a name and address being given, and without the officials responsible making enquiry as to the identity of the firm with whom it is proposed to sign a contract.

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189. In another part of the Report reference is made to the existence of a ciique of contractors who by working with certain of the Sanitary Officials are able to prevent outsiders from undertaking certain classes of contracts and are thus able to dictate their own terms to those compelled to employ them.

190. Under the Standing Orders, the enforcement of the law and Bye-laws with regard to Markets, is the duty of the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon.

He has under him two Inspectors of Markets, one for Hongkong and one for Kowloon.

The former is required to visit daily all markets in Victoria, and those out- side City Boundaries twice a week.

191. They are responsible for seeing that the lessees comply with the Laws. and the Regulations, and that the watchmen and scavengers carry out their duties efficiently.

There is also an overseer of markets, who acts under the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, and Inspector of Markets.'

192.

Attention this past year has been called to the dirty state of the Central Market, and the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon admitted that so far as the roof was concerned he was aware of it before he went home on leave, and that it was the duty of the overseer to prevent this.

193. The iron gates were also in a filthy condition and the attention of Dr. PEARSE (who was acting Colonial Veterinary Surgeon) was called to the

matter.

There can be no justification for this state of affairs with the present staff, and reflects great discredit on the Inspector of Markets for allowing it.

194. There were several structural repairs necessary and the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, before he went home in 1906, reported them to the Director of Public Works, but apparently nothing was done for a long time.

195. Amongst the regulations, lessees are not allowed to wash and cleanse birds, fowls, &c., in their stalls. We find however that this is to a large extent ignored and the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon says it is on account of the killing room not being large enough for the market requirements; tha this has to be allowed to a certain extent, although making the Market insanitary.

196. We therefore recommend that the killing room be at once enlarged on the lines suggested by the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon in his evidence.

Also that the office of Market Inspector be abolished and the Overseer be made immediately responsible to Colonial Veterinary Surgeon for carrying out regulations.

197. One of the most unsatisfactory features of the administration is the almost total neglect of the cemetery bye-laws and the cemeteries themselves. Forming an important part of the work of the sanitary officers, as the cemeteries do, they have never received the attention that they should.

198. With the exception of laying out a few terraces and occasionally measuring the new trenches dug by the contractors' men, the officers responsible for the proper enforcement of the law have never for once thought, or even under- stood, that it was, along with their other duties, incumbent on them to see to the carrying out of those bye-laws, and to ensure compliance with the prescribed sizes of the graves.

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199. The Medical Officer of Health thinks it is the duty of the Sanitary Surveyor to exercise supervision, and carry out the law at the cemeteries, while the latter has it in his mind that the Senior Inspectors, acting under the orders of the former, should attend to them. Even the Principal Civil Medical Officer, as the administrative head of the Sanitary Department, is not clear on whom the responsibility rests, and before the question was raised by the Commission had never issued any instructions in reference to the requirements of the bye-laws, or concerned himself with the conduct and supervision of the cemetery work.

200. A's a matter of fact, things have been left entirely in the hands of the so called sextons, who are Chinese coolies paid $9 per month. These men know just sufficient Chinese to write a few names an I numbers, but cannot speak a few words of even "pidgin English." Yet they are made absolute masters of the cemeteries at Caroline Hill and Mount Davis, controlling everything in their own way, and carrying on business there as undertakers, stone cutters an I contractors.

201. The sexton at Mount Davis even carries his powers so far as to arrange for remains to be disinterred and removed from one section to another, and under- takes to construct large graves far exceeding the regulation sizes, without the knowledge of the Sanitary Board or paying fees for the extra ground.

202. All these malpractices have been allowed to go on for years without detection, and only quite recently as a result of the investigations held by this Commission, a case has been reported to the Principal Civil Medical Officer by those officers whose duty should be

be to visit the cemeteries and irregularities.

prevent

203. The Principal Civil Medical Officer stated he was satisfied with the explanation given by the Sanitary Surveyor, the Senior Inspector, and the sexton, who endeavoured to shift the blame one on to the other, and allowed the matter to drop. The question having been referred to the Commission, we find ourselves unable to endorse this decision. Such an attitude on the part of the administra- tive head of the Sanitary Department is calculated to have a demoralising effect upon those who are to blame, emboldened as they would be by immunity from

censure.

204.

As long as these malpractices are allowed to continue, not only will the Government be defraudel of a great deal of land, but the owners of burial sites will also suffer hardship and annoyance.

205. The sexton on duty at the Mount Davis cemetery Lo CHUNG, is a cousin of Lo MAN KALS. He has been performing dual work as a servant of the Sanitary Department and as the caretaker of the mortuary of the Tung Wa Hospital at Sandy Bay, for which he receives $18 per month, without the know- ledge of the Government. Though in his evidence he has not fully admitted the truth, there are good grounds for belief that he is guilty of malpractices, having a joint account with the grave.diggers under him and another man named Lo PUN, for carrying on business at the cemetery as a contractor, pig rearer and head stone

cutter.

206. It was stated in evidence that the Inspector in charge merely visited the cemetery for an hour a week. He measured the trenches without looking into other details, alleging want of time, an excuse which we do not accept.

207. As regards the Inspector's report to the office and the records kept by. the office, they are all one and the same, being the translation of the particulars furnished by the sexton, who keeps a rough register in Chinese entered up from

memory..

evidence.

208. There has been no supervision or check whatever. Without asking the See Lo sexton, the inspector would not know even the boundaries of the different Chung’s sections, nor how much ground has been taken up. The sexton can please Pages himself about reporting a burial, as no officer actually checks his returns.

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209. Of the cemeteries other than Chinese, no proper plans appear to have evidence. been kept. The Sanitary Surveyor is now preparing one for the Colonial See Mr. Cemetery, instructions to do so having been given him quite recently.

Bryan's evidence. *Page 2296.

(Exhibit No. 146.)

Mr. Bryan's

evidence. Page 2302.

Burials and

Burial Orders.

Notices.

Appendix No. 5.

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210. The Commission recommend that the Bye-laws be revised where necessary and strictly enforced. That Lo CHUNG be dismissed and banished, and that in future, a better class of man be put in charge of the Chinese cemeteries.

211. We consider the system under which in the past certain of the cemeteries have been leased to various religious denominations most unsatisfactory, these cemeteries being we understand held under building leases. We are of opinion that the ordering of all cemeteries and the regulating of the fees should be in the hands of the Government, as represented by the Sanitary and Building Board, as is the case of all unleased cemeteries under the existing Ordinances.

212. The rule however relating to plans of the cemeteries should be strictly carried out. Dr. CLARK, as Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer, gave it as his opinion that it was not practicable to have a plan of the cemetery exhibited at or near the cemetery, but stated that a plan in accordance with the Bye-law B, sub-section 12, was kept at the Board Office.

Dr. Atkinson held that a plan could very well be exhibited near the Cemetery, a view which is shared by the Commissioners.

213. As a matter of fact, it does not appear that such a plan, as required by the Ordinance, has ever existed, neither the officers responsible or the Secretary having seen such a one. The only plan of Mount Davis ceinetery produced was on a very small scale, and not only did not shew the sections of this cemetery but did not even give the boundaries of the total area.

For all practical purposes, this plan was of no use whatever. The absence of such a plan facilitates the frauds which have been practised at the cemeteries.

214. With regard to certificates for burial, it appears that in the case of the death of a Chinese, the certificate of death is often issued by a Sanitary Inspector, unless there be reasons to suspect (1) foul play, (2) accident, (3) or infectious disease.

We consider that in no case should a certificate of death be issued by a Sanitary Inspector, but that all bodies should be inspected by a inedical man.

215. If our recommendations as to the re-organisation of the Department be adopted, we do not anticipate any difficulty in the Medical Officer of Health and his Assistants between them being able to examine all such cases as we have referred to.

216. The forms of Notices required to be served to abate Public Health and Building nuisances are given in Schedules D and L of the Ordinance respectively. The former notice is required to be signed by the Secretary of the Sanitary Board, and the latter by the Building Authority, and must be served before any prosecution takes place.

217. The Inspectors are in the habit, with the apparent approval of the Sanitary Department, of issuing what is termed a "small notice," which they fill in and sign themselves and leave on the premises calling attention to anything which they consider a nuisance and requesting its abatement.

218. If such notices were confined to nuisances over which the tenant has control and are caused by his default, no objection can be taken to this procedure, but to save themselves trouble, Inspectors will often address these notices to the owner, and leave them with the tenant for him to give to the owner, which is distinctly out of order, as the law provides that notices for the owner shall be served on the owner.

In many cases notices to abate nuisances have been addressed to and served on the wrong owner.

219. The Chinese complain that the notices are not explicit enough, and if they ask the Inspectors' Interpreters they often say that more is required to be done than is specified in the notice.

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220. In cases where notices to abate nuisances are not complied with, a second notice is usually served, but in a large number of cases, this notice has not been served until the work has been completed.

221. We recommend that all notices should bear the name of the reporting Inspector, and the date on which the Inspector reported the nuisance.

222. Also that, as we believe a very large number of notices have been issued calling upon owners to do more than is required by law, a paragraph should be added that in case of the person named in the notice being dissatisfied with its requirements, they shall at once report it to the Secretary of the Board, and that it shall be this Officer's duty to keep a record of such complaints and immediately lay it before the Board or any Committee of the Board appointed to review such complaints.

223. We also recommend that a paragraph be inserted on each notice that if any officer asks for any donation, either in money or goods, that the person receiving the notice shall at once report the same as is provided for in the preced- ing paragaph.

224. We think that the present system of prosecutions for offences under the Prosecutions. Public Health and Buildings Ordinance requires amendment, as the power of pro- secution is virtually in the hands of the Sanitary Inspectors, for although before an application for a summons is issued, the Medical Officer of Health or Building Authority is supposed to approve of same, it does not appear that either of these officers makes any inspection to see the application is justified, other than taking the inspector's word.

Burjor's

225. In some cases the wrong person has been summoned, and although that error has been pointed out to the Inspector, the defendant at much personal inconvenience and annoyance has been compelled to attend the Police Court. A particular case in point was the prosecution of Mr. DADY BURJOR by Inspector See Mr. Dady REIDIE, who was distinctly told by Mr. BURJOR that he was not the owner, and was evidence. requested to varify that statement by reference to the Land Office. Inspector Page 569, REIDIE declined to do it, saying it was not his business. The Magistrate very properly dismissed the case.

226. In cases of prosecutions for not white washing satisfactorily, it is generally the contractor who attends the Police Court, and not the person sum- moned. The word of the Sanitary Inspector alone is taken, and the defendant or contractor is generally advised to admit it, and we feel that if " the squeeze" by the Inspector which had been asked for had been paid, no prosecution would have followed.

Tim's

227. In one case the defendant was summoned although he wrote to the See Tsang Sanitary Board saying he had done the work twice 10 days previously, and no reply evidence. was received. When he attempted to state his case before the Magistrate, the Page 2277. Interpreter told him not to make trouble, and he was convicted.

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King Shan's

228. In another instance a man was prosecuted and fined, not, we believe, See Wong because the work had been improperly done, but because he had not employed evidence. the contractor recommended to him by the Inspector.

229.

No convictions should be obtained unless the Sanitary Inspector's evidence is corroborated by the Medical Officer of Health or the Executive Engineer.

230.

In cases where a defendant has to employ legal assistance and expert advice, and the Magistrate does not convict, the defendant should be allowed costs. In many cases, where the evidence has not been strong enough to convict, they have been adjourned sine die, and nothing more has been heard of them. We recommend that after 3 months such cases should be struck out and dismissed..

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231. We also recommend that in no case should a prosecution be allowed unless a notice to abate the nuisance has been served on the owner or occupier, in order that the defendant may have the opportunity of either doing the work required, or of appealing to the Board for exemption or modification of tlie requirement.

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Overcrowd-

ing.

Appending No. 6.

Entry and Inspection of Buildings.

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232. In view of the difficulty experienced by Chinese of moderate means in securing house accommodation for their families at reasonable prices, we would suggest to Your Excellency the advisability of considering whether it could not be possible in part to meet the difficulties occasioned by the abolition of cubicles by the framing of special rules for native houses.

233. These houses to be confined to one, or not more than two, stories, to be of cheap construction, and while built on sanitary principles, to be less costly than is entailed by the present building regulations.

234. One advantage would be that one or two families could share a house and while thus ensuring greater privacy at a reasonable rate, than is now possible, the present excessive overcrowding in the four storied houses in Victoria would be prevented.

235. The system has for many years worked very well in Shanghai where two classes of building regulations are in force, (a) one for Chinese buildings which are limited to two stories, and (b) the foreign buildings regulations, which apply to all other classes of building, private or otherwise.

Copies of the Shanghai Municipal Rules are attached, and we believe that were soine such system adopted here, much good would result.

236. We are of opinion that should such a change appear desirable, no time should be lost in considering the matter, in view of the great extension of building more particularly in the Kowloon peninsula, which we anticipate will take place in the immediate future.

237. In order to encourage the erection of this type of houses, it might be worth while for the Government to put up lan i for sale at a low figure on the condition that only houses of this type be constructed thereon.

238. From enquiries made, we gather that considerable irritation to the public is caused through the thoughtless and inconsiderate manner in which the right of entry under this Ordinance is carried out.

It is obvious that such a right must exist in order to detect nuisances and prevent overcrowding but it is equally clear that the greatest tact should be exercised in the carrying out of this provision.

239. Instead of this it appears that as regards day visits for nuisances most of the Inspectors and subordinate officials of the Department do not even go through the form of asking permission to enter a house. Instances have been quoted where in the houses of well-to-do Europeans these men enter without permission, or by merely notifying their intention to do so to some coolie whom they may meet in the servants' quarters.

240. With regard to Chinese dwellings of all classes, this disregard for the feelings and rights of the householder is even more marked.

It is the universal custom in China that a visitor on arriving at the door of the dwelling should call out in a loud voice announcing his presence, and asking permission to enter. The omission to do so even on the part of a friend would be considered a grave breach of manners, and even to the coglie class would be most repugnant.

The

241. Instead of this, Sanitary Inspectors frequently enter a house during the day time without warning and even go into the women's quarters quite as a matter of course, and as though they were armed with a search warrant. subordinate servants such as rat catchers and others presuming on this also force their way

into houses, set traps where they will and threaten the owners with prosecution if they are moved.

The average Chinese, particularly of the lower orders, are too ignorant of the law and in too great a fear of all Sanitary Officials to question their authority.

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242. There is abundant evidence to shew that this constitutes a grave scandal and causes much resentment against the working of the Ordinance.

This action on the part of the Officials is no doubt in a large measure due to thoughtlessness and a want of proper appreciation in the manner of carrying out their duties, but with regard to the lower grades it would appear that authority is assumed in many cases with a view to obtaining bribes or venting spite against those who have refused to be blackmailed.

243. With regard to night visits for the purposes of checking overcrowding, a separate permit should be issued for each house, and the date the house is to be visited should be filled in when it is issued. Under section 27, sub-section 2, an inspecting official visiting a house to ascertain whether a nuisance exists has to produce an order to the occupier of the premises. If this is required during day time, how much more necessary should it be at night, and yet if a number of houses are included on the one order, it is impossible for the officer to produce a separate order for each house visited.

244. Recently a system has been introduced by which a number of houses are included on the one order, the date being left blank, and subsequently filled in by the Inspector often after inspection. This appears to have come into force during the recent absence of the Principal Civil Medical Officer on leave.

245. The excuse given for leaving the date blank, viz. that information would be divulged that certain premises are to be visited on a given date, does not appear to us to be sound, for if these documents, as they should be, were sent in closed covers to and fro between the Medical Officer of Health's office and the Inspector, there should be no opportunity for the Chinese clerks or other employees of the Department to obtain information which they could communicate, perhaps for a pecuniary consideration, to those interested.

and Building

246. Although we believe the principle has been admitted that Sanitary Enforcement and Building Regulations shall not be strictly enforced in outlying Districts, it of Sanitary appears that special provision for this might with advantage be made when revis- Regulations ing the existing Ordinances.

247. While it is admitted the Building Regulations should be fully enforced in the crowded parts of this city, it is equally clear that great hardship would be entailed on the poorer class of Chinese, were this insisted upon in the villages and. scattered homesteads.

in outlying Districts.

Sau's

248. A case of this nature has been especially reported to the Commission by See Reverend the Revd. Mr. FONG, to which we would call Your Excellency's attention. Mr. FONG Fong Yat stated that a petition had been presented by the people of Kowloon pointing out evidence. the hardships which were entailed by a too strict euforcement of the regulations, Page 2337. and as at that time the petition had not been acknowledged, the Commissioners promised Mr. FONG that this question would be specially brought to Your Excellency's notice.

249. The constantly increasing expenditure of the Sanitary Department has Estimates. not unnaturally attracted a considerable amount of public attention. The annual amount spent in this Department has largely increased of late years, but the gain to the Colony has not been commensurate with this enormous expenditure.

This increase is chiefly due to the steps taken to eradicate bubonic plague in the Colony.

250. In spite however of all efforts plague has not decreased, but varies according to the climatic conditions of the season as well as the season itself, in much the same ratio as in Canton, where no steps are taken to deal scientifically with this scourge.

251. It is open to question therefore whether considerable saving might not be effected without in any way impairing the sanitary condition of the Colony. This however is a debatable point, and is probably more a matter of policy than of administration.

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Books

Accounts and Clerical Work.

See Mr.

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252. The financial question has in part been dealt with under other headings, such as Accounts, Disinfectants, &c. But there is throughout the Department a general want of system and proper supervision, which would not be permissible in an ordinary business firm, and which must lead to undue waste and extravagance.

253. The Estimates as now framed are drawn up by the Administrative Head of the Sanitary Department in consultation with the Medical Officer of Health. It is claimed that he alone is responsible under the terms of Ordinance 23 of 1903 for this work. And the Senior Officials of the Departinent have all stated in evidence that if the Board as a body has been consulted with regard to the Estimates, this is only as a matter of courtesy, and not that they have a right to be so consulted.

254. On two recent occasions the Board one year was asked to pass the Estimates extending over many pages and amounting to some $400,000, at a . minute's notice, and without any time being given for their consideration. The next year even the form of submitting the Estimates to the Board was dispensed with.

255. The Estimates of the Sanitary Department form a very important item in the Colonial Budget, and as such it is fitting that the Sanitary Board should have full opportunity of considering and discussing them before submitting them to Your Excellency.

256. Under existing conditions, it would appear that the rate payers though directly represented on the Sanitary Board have no more control over the expenditure of the Sanitary Department than the ordinary tax payer has over the expenditure of any Government Department, that is to say that the sole opportunity offered for discussing the Estimates is when the Budget is presented to the Legislative Council. This right of control so far as the Sanitary Department is concerned, formerly possessed, has been taken away by the passing of the Ordinance. 23 of 1903.

257. Nearly half a million dollars per annum are expended by the Sanitary Department, yet no proper books are kept in the Department of this vast expenditure. There is neither a journal nor ledger and the so called cash book is Woodcock's merely an apology for the name, and for all practical purposes is merely a replica of the Bank pass book. The smallest firm in Hongkong could not conduct its business satisfactorily with such books, and it is probable that many individuals keep much better records of their own private affairs.

evidence.

Pages 1817,

1818, 1819, 1820 and 1822.

Page 251.

Page 1821. and 1822.

Page 1729.

Lo Man Kai's statement. Page 1313. Ho Tsoi's statement.

258. It is true that there are a few auxiliary books. For instance, the stock keeper keeps a stock book and the Secretary keeps a delivery order book, but as there is no check on these, such as would be the case if a proper journal and ledger were kept, they are almost valueless as a protection against abuses.

259. As regards the stock books kept at the District Offices, the Secretary said: "As a matter of fact I have never seen these accounts (stock books). When "I want any information. I have always bad it, therefore as far as I know, the "store accounts are kept ".

260. It would be impossible without turning up files of old papers, vouchers and delivery order counterfoils (which are easily lost or destroyed) for an auditor to know what sums of money were owing to or by the Sanitary Deparment.

261.

All the correspondence of the Department, unless marked confidential, has been first opened and read by a Chinese clerk, before being passed on to the Secretary. Another Chinese clerk has been in the habit of translating contractors' accounts and rendering their bills for them to the Department in English. The possibility of abuses under such a system is obvious.

262. Further, the same clerk has been in co-partnership with one Au Sui SHANG carrying on business under the name of the MAN HING. The MAN HING shop was started with the sole object of obtaining the Sanitary Department contracts and did obtain the small stores contract. The small stores contract was formerly Lo Man Kai's held by LUI CHI. AS LUI CHI would not allow Lo MAN KAI a share of the business, the latter arranged a partnership with Au SUI SHANG and obtained the contract. Subsequently $200 or $300 was paid by this partnership trading as the MAN HING

Page 443.

statement,

Page 1313.

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to LUI CHI"to induce him to retire from the field and not tender again". The Lo Man Kai's MAN HING firm were always able to retain the small stores contract because statement. l'age 1318. Lo MAN KAI, knowing the lowest tender, was in a position tell Au SUI SHANG to what extent (if any) his tender should be reduced.

263. The fact that the MAN HING, a shop with virtually nothing but a signboard as their stock-in-trade, that is to say middle men pure and simple, being able to undersell the very persons from whom they bought the goods should have awakened suspicion, and points to jobbery in the way of short deliveries. The Mr. Wood- Secretary did in fact get as far as "wondering how they could supply the goods cock's at the prices". The same clerk (Lo MAN KAI) was also a partner with SAM IU who Page 290. held the scavenging and conservancy contract at Yaumati, (SAM IU being Page 291. formerly a scavenging coolie) but subsequently sold his share of the business to Page 287. his partner the said SAM IU. Soon after the Commission. commenced sitting, Lo MAN KAI absconded.

evidence.

cock's

264. It frequently happens that Inspectors recommend the quantity of stores Page 148. to be ordered as well as the source of supply, and their requisitions initialled by the Mr. Wood- Medical Officer of Health are signed by the Secretary or chopped with his chop. evidence. Having got their requisitions signed or chopped, the Inspectors frequently obtain Page 155. delivery direct from contractors. The Secretary's chop is left lying about the office Pages 1740/1. during office hours. Here again the possibility of abuse is obvious. Although there is no evidence to shew that such has been the case, under the existing system there is nothing to prevent an Inspector only taking delivery of part of the goods speci- fied in such requisitions and receiving a monetary consideration from the supplier Pages 153, for the undelivered portion. There is no check of any kind other than a possible casual enquiry by the Medical Officer of Health or the Secretary.

185, 187.

265. The Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer claimed to supervise all Dr. Clark's payments, but said they did not pass through his hands. He would know the evidence.

Page 65. money voted by the Legislative Council had been spent, but would not know how it had been spent.

evidence.

266. The Principal Civil Medical Officer also claimed to supervise all payments Dr.Atkinson's but admitted in the earlier part of his examination that proper books were not kept. Page 2046. He had had "to complain of them over and over again". Subsequently he qualified this statement. Under all the foregoing circumstances, it is not difficult to conceive that corruption would be rife, as it was rife in the very heart as it were of the Department.

267. The Principal Civil Medical Officer claims to be the administrative head of the Sanitary Department but there is nothing in the evidence before the Com- mission to shew in what way this has been effective. Under the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance No. 23 of 1903, his powers have been made almost despotic while the functions of the Board itself have been whittled down to those of an Advisory Committee. He therefore cannot lay any of the blame for the existing state of affairs on the shoulders of the Board.

268. To quote from the Landowners' Petition to His Excellency the Governor, dated 26th September, 1902, "With an ideal man (whose successors at least could not be assured) a despotic system may be the most convenient as it is otherwise -certainly the worst."

269.

The Assistant Secretary should be a man with some commercial training, preferably a book-keeper, and should be of British race.

270. Finally, we recommend that proper books, that is, a cash book, journal and ledger be kept. Also as an auxiliary book one containing complete records of all contracts for materials supplied to or sold by the Sanitary Department and all monies and goods disbursed or received thereunder.

271. The store keepers should furnish the Secretary with a weekly return of all goods received by them as well as those delivered by them to the different Inspectors in the Health Districts which they supply. A summary of these returns should be passed through the journal and ledger at least monthly so that the Secretary may be in a position to know, at any time, what quantities of the various kinds of stores are or should be in hand.

Standing Orders.

See Historical Review, Appendix No. 7.

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272. The Department should acquire all its own stores and distribute to the various depôts. On no account should Inspectors be allowed to make direct requisitions on cont

ors.

273. That all correspondence be first opened by the Secretary or the Assistant. Secretary. That the use of a chop be discontinued, and that the composition of the staff in all the more important posts be entirely reconsidered.

274. At a meeting of the Sanitary Board held on 17th December, 1903, Dr. ATKINSON, who presided, moved:-

"That the revised Standing Orders be made by the Board under section 10- of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance 1903."

This was unanimously agreed to.

On the 31st December, 1903, the minutes of the preceding Meeting embody- ing the above resolution were confirmed.

275. There were two sets of Standing Orders submitted and passed

1. For the regulation of procedure of Board.

2. For the guidance of officers and servants.

It is with regard to the latter that we desire to report.

By sub-section No. 1 of section 14 of Ordinance No. 1 of 1903, the Board had power to make Standing Orders for the guidance of its officers and servants, but in section 5 of Ordinance No. 23 of 1903, repealing part of above mentioned sub-section No. 1 of section 14 of Ordinance 1 of 1903, the words giving the Board the power to make such Standing Orders were omitted.

276. The question arises whether it was the intention of the Legislature to take such power away. ́

The Attorney General said by the Amending Ordinance it was only to recog- nise by Statute the Department which already existed.

277. It seems clear that Dr. ATKINSON, who was conversant with all amending clauses, and was the principal promoter of the Amending Ordinance, never con- templated that the Board's power to make such Standing Orders and enforce them had been taken away by the Ordinance, or he would never have asked the Board on 17th December to make Standing Orders which a Statute which had been read a third time and passed the Committee stage, before he submitted the Orders to the Board, would deprive the Board of the power of making or enforcing them.

278. In further proof of such conclusion, Dr. ATKINSON submitted the Standing Orders, which had been passed, for confirmation by the Board on 31st December, whereas the power had, he says, been actually taken away on 19th December.

Copies of these Standing Orders were printed and circulated amongst the Members of the Board, making them believe they were operative and enforceable by the Board.

279. On 12th June, 1906, Dr. CLARK, as President of the Sanitary Board, in reply to a question, said whether or not these Standing Orders could be enforced by the Board was a technical question, which he should like to refer to the Law Officer of the Crown to give a definite ruling on.

250. At the following Meeting of the Board, the President, Dr. CLARK, said: That the Standing Orders made by the Board in 1903 could still be enforced, but only so far as such Standing Orders related to regulations or procedure at Meetings of the Board.

Standing Orders for the guidance of officers and servants of the Sanitary Department were now administered by the Principal Civil Medical Officer as administrative head of the Department.

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The above opinion must have greatly surprised Dr. CLARK, and as Presi- dent of the Board he was apparently unaware that these Stapding Orders had to be administered by himself, as he told the Commission on 30th to that the Sanitary Board had authority over all officers and servants of the Sanitary Department, and they were all under the Sanitary Board. He specially mentioned the Medical Officer of Health as Chief Executive Officer might be directed by the Board.

282. Dr. ATKINSON says the submitting of the Standing Orders to the Board in the first place was an oversight, and that he did not submit them, because he thought the powers had been taken away. That is hardly consistent with his next answer to the effect that he was in doubt at the time, else he would not have submitted them to the Board. Dr. ATKINSON also says that there was a doubt in Dr. CLARK's mind as to whether the Board could enforce these Standing Orders. He never informed the Board of the change which the passing of the new Ordinance had made with their issuing and enforcing Standing Orders, although he said he had no doubt in his own mind as to the inatter. Shortly after the passing of the Amended Ordinance, he did put the question to the Attorney General.

283. We are of opinion that the Board must have full power to order and direct the officers and servants to carry out their orders, which orders should pass through the hands of the Secretary, whose duty it should be to see them carried out.

of Staff.

284. It appears to the Commissioners that considerable laxity has existed in Supervision the past as to the amount of supervision given to the subordinate members of the Staff, more particularly with regard to the outdoor staff.

There does not appear to have been any particular rule laid down and it has been left to the individual Medical Officer of Health to act in this matter as he considered best.

285. While holding the position of Medical Officer of Health, Dr. PEARSE appears to have devoted a considerable portion of his time, as much as could be spared from his other duties, to personal supervision of the work done by the Inspectors. On the other hand, we have it on Dr. ATKINSON's own evidence that up to Page 2065. recent date Dr. CLARK as Medical Officer of Health rarely left his office, practically giving little or no supervision to the work of his subordinates.

286. We understand that this state of affairs has to a certain extent since been modified, but the fact remains that the excessive powers given to the Inspec- tors, coupled with insufficient supervision, resulted in considerable laxity on the part of the Inspectors as to the execution of their duties, and is responsible in à great measure for the corruption which exists.

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Evidence has been given to the effect that some of the Inspectors taking advantage of the position are absent from their posts at a time when they should be on duty, while unquestionably a considerable amount of corruption which so freely obtained, at all events up to the date of the appointment of the Commission, could only have existed through want of more thorough supervision by the senior officials of the Department.

288. The Inspectors having thus in some cases become negligent of their duties, it has been possible for their interpreters, foremen, rat catchers and others under them to take advantage of the position to their own profit.

289. In a later section of this Report, we have outlined the division of work as we consider it should be carried out, and indicated in what direction we think reform can be effected.

290. At the time of the appointment of this Commission, it was frequently stated that the Senior Officials in the Sanitary Department strenuously denied the existence of any general corruption amongst their subordinates, though admitting a few such cases might possibly be found amongst the native section of the staff.

291. During the prosecution of the enquiry, however, three Inspectors have been dismissed from the Government Service, and three more suspended.

Appendix No. 1.

Complaints.

Presents.

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In addition, the senior clerk and one subordinate clerk in the Sanitary Department have left the Colony without leave, and have consequently been. dismissed, while three clerks have resigned and left the Colony, as have also one foreman and a foreman interpreter, and another has been dismissed.

Two interpreters have absconded and three interpreters and two foremen have been dimissed for being absent from duty.

One watchman has been convicted of bribery, and sentenced to two years imprisonment, a total of 22 members of the staff, while the case of another In- spector is still under the consideration of the Government.

Several of the above were unquestionably implicated in cases of bribery, others are under suspicion, and the rest no doubt had similar reasons for removing them- selves from the Jurisdiction of the Hongkong Courts.

292.

As already stated, further cases of bribery or blackmailing have been brought before us, which time alone does not permit of our investigating, but we might mention that in the course of our investigations, it transpired that the senior Chinese sergeant of the Water Police had been in the habit of demanding blackmail from the scavenging contractor. This man has since absconded.

Attached to this Report will be found a list of those officials of the Sanitary Department who have been referred to in the evidence taken by the Commission.

293. It must of necessity be the case that a considerable number of com- plaints, well founded or otherwise, be received by the Sanitary Department in the course of a year, and it appears to us very desirable that a special record of these be kept in the Secretary's office. These complaints should be carefully investigated by the senior officer of the sub-department to which the complaint refers, and the decision of that official, together with all evidence collected on the subject, should be filed, and laid before the Board,

294. We find that in the past a number of complaints have been made, of which no record can be produced, while the general system of inaking enquiries has been so defective that a very real grievance exists against the Department, and so far, at all events as the Chinese are concerned, frequently the complaints have been dismissed without proper investigation by the higher officials of the Department.

295. In consequence, the feeling has gradually been produced in the com- munity generally, that it was idle to complain, and a serious check has thus been placed upon the harmonious working of Ordinances, without which the proper carrying out of the provisions of the law is well-nigh impossible.

What is really required, is some simple form of appeal.

296. The regulations governing the question of presents given to Officials are of course thoroughly well known, but we feel it incumbent upon us, despite this fact, to make especial reference to the subject as the regulations appear to be very generally ignored.

297. Setting aside all question of bribery, which comes under another, and entirely different, category, there are however forms of presents which though apparently harmless are nevertheless not only contrary to Government regulations, but must tend to weaken that position of strict integrity which should be main- tained by an official.

298. It appears that certain of the officials do accept presents of game, fruit, or even regular allowances of meat, at other times than at Christmas, and though we do not suggest that in all cases there is any illicit gain thus made by the giver at the public expense, still the custom is most reprehensible and is rightly forbid- den by the rules of the Service.

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evidence.

299. Another form of present is the providing of free steam launches. This See Lai appears to be a far more common practice that is generally supposed. Certain Ching Him's contractors do supply such launches for picnics, bathing parties, or for people to rages go on board steamers in harbour. Special evidence has been given that SAM IU 835/836. is in the habit of regularly hiring launches for the use of Sanitary Inspectors for evidence. such purposes.

The public rates charged for the hire of launches are in themselves sufficient to show that the expense incurred by a contractor for supplying such launches is not inconsiderable, and it is evident therefore that those inaking such a sacrifice would naturally expect some quid pro quo.

Li Long Hin's

Pages

2619/24.

300. Attached to this Report will be found a brief history of Sanitary Preamble to

New Scheme. Administration in the Colony, drawn up by one of the Members of the

Appendix Commission.

The Commissioners consider that in order full and fitting consideration be given to the recommendations we now submit to Your Excellency with a view to placing the working of the Sanitary and Building Regulations in this Colony on a more satisfactory basis, that the history of the Sanitary movement in Hongkong should be well understood.

301. The compilation of this memorandum has taken considerable time, but we believe as now set forth, it clearly outlines the policy adopted by succeeding Governments towards Sanitary Administration.

302. The Report speaks for itself, but the chief point to which we would draw the attention of Your Excellency is that while the existing Ordinance as amended by No. 23 of 1903 has placed the whole control of the Adminis- tration of the Sanitary Department in the hands of the Principal Civil Medical Officer reducing the Sanitary Board to something even less than a Consulting Committee, the general tendency of legislation for years past has been to gradually give the rate payers of Hongkong an increasing say in Municipal matters, thus in a manner compensating for the fact that under the rule of a Crown Colony they are practically in the hands of the Government, as representatives of His Majesty, through the Secretary of State.

303. This principle of a very modified form of self Government was sanc- tioned many years ago by the then Secretary of State for the Colonies, and up to the present date no doubt many of the rate payers in the Colony believe that they still are represented in what is the Municipal Government of Hongkong by the unofficial Members of the Sanitary Board.

We now know from evidence given before the Commission that this belief is entirely illusory.

304. The President of the Sanitary Board claims that he is the sole head of the Department within the terms of Ordinance 23 of 1903, and that it is only in certain comparatively small matters, or as a matter of courtesy, that he consults the Board as to the working of the Depart- ment, or even keeps them informed as to what is taking place in the Department. All matters relating to finance, the control, appointments, promotions, &c., of the staff conduct of business between the Board Meetings, and the ordering of the daily work of the Department being outside the jurisdiction of the Sanitary Board.

305. Under the Amending Ordinance, the Members of the Commission du not dispute the correctness of the attitude taken up by the Principal Civil Medical Officer. They feel it however their duty to point out that not only has such a change been brought about without the public being clearly informed as to what the real result of the passing of this Amending Ordinance would be by which they were practically defranchised from such share as has been enjoyed for years past in the Municipal Government of the Colony, but further that the result of this new legislation has not carried out the anticipations of the promoters, or by an improved service justified its inception.

No. 7.

Dr.Atkinson's

evidence.

Pages 2047/49.

Page 2002.

Question 16627.

1 of 1903.

New Scheme.

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306. The Principal Civil Medical Officer who was we understand largely instrumental in formulating the Ordinance 23 of 1903 has stated in evidence, that finding the new Ordinance No. 1 of 1903 unworkable, he came to the conclusion the only means by which the Sanitary work of the Colony could be carried out satisfactorily was either by the formation of Municipal Council, or by reducing the Department to a purely Government Department taking away from the Sanitary Board such control as had been vested in it for close upon 20 years, and which was confirmed so late as 1903 by Ordinance No 1 of that year, transferring this power entirely to the Principal Civil Medical Officer, who as President of the Board should have supreme control over the Department, and be its Administrative Head.

307. The Commissioners wholly dissent from the views expressed by the Principal Civil Medical Officer in this matter.

In the first place, we do not consider that sufficient time or opportunity had been given to fairly test the working of the new Ordinance, before this drastic change was instituted.

Secondly, we cannot agree that the alternative lay between a Municipality and a purely Government Department.

300. We consider that the conferring upon the Principal Civil Medical Officre of almost despouwers has certainly been an unhappy experiment, the con- tinuance of which we cut recommend.

309. Without going into the question as to whether a Municipality is or is not feasible, and if so, desirable, in this Colony, we at once reject the views of the Principal Civil Medical Officer as given in his evidence, and we now lay before Your Excellency a scheme by which we believe a perfectly satisfactory result can be obtained.

310. In our opinion, the Sanitary and Building Regulations can be carried out with perfect satisfaction both to the Government and the Public, were the matter once placed on a proper and systematic footing, provided duly qualified officials be appointed to carry out the various duties entailed under the Ordinances, much in the same manner that similar work is entrusted to the Municipal Authorities of large cities in England, or in other Colonies.

311. We would suggest that the Administration of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinances be entirely separate from the Public Works Department.

The latter should still keep control of such work as water supply, public roads, sewers, &c., but all matters relating to Sanitary affairs, nuisances and actual con- struction or alteration of buildings should be entirely transferred to the Sanitary and Building Department, such Department to be divided into four sections.

312. (1.) There should be a Secretarial Department, the Secretary being co-equal with the heads of the other sub-departments, but having the right to control the entire correspondence, and be kept fully advised as to all that is taking place, in exactly the same way that a Secretary to a Home Municipality, or of a large Company, is the centre of all information.

313.

(2.) The Medical, having at the head, the Medical Officer of Health,

with Assistant Medical Officers of Health.

(3.) The Engineering Section, with an Executive Engineer, Assistant

Engineers, and Overseers, as may be found necessary.

(4) The Veterinary Department, under the Colonial Veterinary Sur-

geon, with supervision of markets and food supplies generally.

The whole Department to be controlled by a Board formed of four official and six unofficial members, as at present, who shall have the complete ordering of the Department, recommend to the Governor all promotions or changes and alterations in the staff, and be accountable to His Excellency for the expenditure of the funds voted by the Legislative Council.

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314. The Official Members to be the Principal Civil Medical Officer, the Director of Public Works, the Captain Superintendent of Police, and the Registrar General.

315. The Governor to have the appointment of two unofficial Members from amongst the Chinese community and two from among the British community.

Of the latter, one might be the Principal Medical Officer, but in the event of His Excellency deciding to place this Officer on the board, it should be distinctly understood that he takes his seat as an unofficial member, entirely unconnected with and uncontrolled by the Civil Government of the Colony.

Two unofficial Members to be selected from the British community, to be elected as at present by the rate payers.

316. The working of Ordinance No. 1 of 1903 was no doubt to a great extent handicapped by the fact that while the Medical Officer of Health was actually the Medical Adviser to the Board, his professional, or rather technical advice could be overridden by the opinion of the President of the Board, who as Principal Civil Medical Officer was his superior officer in the Medical Department of the Civil Service.

317. This state of affairs must inevitably lead at times to a certain amount of friction, and we would strongly urge that the Principal Civil Medical Officer under no circumstances be President of the Board. The post of President might we consider with advantage be left to the decision of the Board, the President to be elected annually.

318. After careful consideration of this question, and (at all events, as far as some of the Members are concerned) some years personal experience on the Sanitary Board, we are forced to the conclusion that in view of the nature of the work demanded of the Sanitary Department, the post of President of the Board should not under any conditions be held by a medical man.

319. The Secretary, Medical Officer of Health, Executive Engineer, and, when necessary, the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon should attend the Meetings of the Board, but have no vote.

320. All decisions or instructions from the Board to be conveyed in writing to the respective heads of the sectional departments, through the Secretary, through whom all communications from officials or servants of the Board are to be made to the Sanitary and Building Board. The Board to have entire control, and to make arrangements for the conduct of business between its Meetings.

321. The existing position of the Secretary as now defined by the Govern- ment Officials who have given evidence before the Commission on this point, is that the Secretary acts in this capacity to the Board only, while he is merely a Chief Clerk and Accountant to the Department.

322. The President (as Head of the Departinent) carries on such Depart- mental correspondence as he considers fit, without necessarily informing the Secretary of what is being done, while the subordinate officers of the Department do not appear to consider that the Secretary is in any way their superior officer.

323. An instance has been given where an Inspector refused to go to the Secretary's office, when a message was sent to the effect that the Secretary wished to see him, unless a written order was received from the Medical Officer of Health. From this, it is evident that the Secretary does not at present hold the position or have the proper authority which we consider should be vested in such an appoint-

ment.

324. There is throughout the working of the Department, both as carried out in practice and as provided for in the Amended Ordinance, such an entire absence of system, to say nothing of discipline, that it is difficult to lay down clearly the duties of the individual officers of the Department, and in our opinion the only means possible by which the Department can be placed on a satisfactory footing, both as regards the work of the Government and the interests of the

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public, who are so greatly affected by the Ordinances, is to have them recreated and the Department placed on a regular business basis, as would have to be the case in a Municipality.

325. The present Administrative Head of the Department has very many important duties to perform.

He is a Member of the Executive Council, and as Medical Adviser to the Government and Head of the Medical Department, has the supervision of a large medical staff, the Government Civil Hospital, with branches of maternity hospital and infectious hospitals, the asylum, gaol, bacteriological Departments, and Victoria Mortuary, and is, as is well known, not only liable, but is actually called in to act as Consulting Surgeon to the above Establishments. He is further permitted to engage in a private consulting practice.

326. The work of the Medical Department has greatly increased of late years and will undoubtedly continue to increase in the immediate future, with the steadily growing necessities of the Colony, the present annual expenditure being nearly a quarter of a million dollars.

327. In addition to the above, the Principal Civil Medical Officer is resident Surgeon of the Chief Hospital in the Colony for women and children, containing 40 beds, and where simultaneously several confinement cases may, and indeed at times do, claim his attention. This Hospital is in itself sufficient occupation for one

surgeon.

328. The Principal Civil Medical Officer should under ordinary occasions have a certain amount of leisure time so that in the event of an epidemic breaking out, or some other sudden demand being made upon him, he shall have sufficient time. to spare for this work, without having to neglect or pass over to others a portion of his regular duties.

Moreover, the Principal Civil Medical Officer has now by the passing of Ordinance 23 of 1903 been placed as Administrative Head of one of the largest and most important Departments in the Government of the Colony, with an annual expenditure of close upon $500,000 and a staff of upwards of 60 members, exclusive of a large number of clerks, and of coolies and day to day employees..

329. The Public Health and Buildings Ordinance is one of the most important enactments ever introduced into our Legislature, in the satisfactory carrying out of which depends the comfort and even the prosperity of every individual member of the community.

330. Humanly speaking, it is demanding more than the powers of any one man to carry out these multitudinous duties satisfactorily, and at the same time, as Administrative Head, give that constant and close supervision to the Sanitary Department, which its proper working demands.

331. We have been told in evidence in justification of the system we condemn that this obtains in Singapore and other Crown Colonies.

We may therefore be excused from referring to the state of affairs as existing at the present in our sister colony.

332. The whole of the Sanitary work of Singapore is in the hands of a Municipality with a self contained and competent staff. With this, the Principal Civil Medical Officer has nothing whatever to do. That official does not hold a seat on either of the Councils, but he is head of the whole Government Medical Department, and as in Hongkong, controls the Hospitals, Asylum, Gaol, and Quarantine Stations.

333. Before proceeding to detail our proposal with regard to the working of the Sanitary and Building Department, as above outlined, we will give a summary of the Staff as now divided between the Sanitary Department and the Building Authority.

In this summary, we have included all the European employees, interpreters, market and building overseers, and the like.

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The number of Chinese clerks, coolies, &c., will presumably be the same as at present, if our proposal be adopted, but experience might shew that a saving here could be effected.

334.

Sanitary Department.

Secretary,

Assistant Secretary and Principal Clerk, Medical Officer of Health,

Two Assistant Medical Officers of Health,

Colonial Veterinary Surgeon,

Two Sanitary Surveyors,

Seven Senior Inspectors,

Three First Class Inspectors,

Eleven Second Class Inspectors,

Five Third Class Inspectors,.

Five Plague Inspectors,.

One Market Inspector,

Three Inspectors holding acting posts,.

Two Market Overseers,

Seventeen Interpreters to Inspectors,

....

Building Authority's Staff.

Executive Engineer,

Assistant Engineer,

Three Overseers,

One Draughtsman,.

£ 585

970.

630

1,105

520

855

2,096

740 2,065

900

1,404

215

768

218

1,040

£ 13,411

£ 480

270

765

180

£ 15,106

ances.

The above figures are the actual salaries at present paid, exclusive of allow-

335. The following table shews the staff which we consider would be necessary for carrying out our proposed scheme.

In framing this, we have experienced some difficulty to making a fair comparison between the salaries of the various grades, and we have therefore taken an average of existing salaries as a basis for our calculations.

336.

Staff under New Scheme.

Secretary,

£630

Assistant Secretary,

400

Medical Officer of Health,

630

Four Assistant Medical Officers of Health, at £550 Inspectors: Ten Victoria, two Kowloon, at £250,

2,200

***

3,000

Five Plague Inspectors at £275,

1,375

Prosecuting Inspector,

.(to be abolished).

Inspector in charge of cemeteries,

250

Inspector in charge of burials,

250

Two Inspectors in Charge of Disinfecting Stations,..

500

Executive Engineer,

630

Three Assistant Engineers at £400,

1,200

Five Overseers at £250

1,250

One Draughtsman,..

180

Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, ..

630

Two Market Inspectors,..

(to be abolished).

Two Sanitary Surveyors,

(to be abolished).

Two Cattle Depôt Inspectors,

500

Interpreters for the whole Department. Fifteen at

£61......

915

£14.540

shewing an estimated saving of some £570 per annum.

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337. It will be noticed that in order to place the Heads of the Sub-Divisions of the Department on an equality, we recoinmend the same rate of pay for the Secretary, Medical Officer of Health, Executive Engineer, and Colonial Veterinary Surgeon.

338. The general principle which has guided us in drawing out this scheme is that there have in the past been too large a number of Inspectors and subordinate officers of the Department, we may say an unnecessarily large number, and not sufficient senior and qualified officers to give proper supervision to their work. Under the system of Senior and District Inspectors, a good deal of work was done twice over, but by a proper systematising of the duties of the various members of the Staff, the work can be done by a smaller number of men.

339. The Senior Inspector system has we consider proved a failure. These men have not as a body proved themselves reliable, while a good deal of friction has unquestionably arisen between them and their immediate subordinates, the District Inspectors.

310.

We consider a far better result would be attained were each District to be under the control of one man, who will deal direct with the Secretary, the Medical Officer of Health, or Executive Engineer, as the case may be; the last two of whom, with their assistants, will be able to regularly visit their District Offices and advise the Inspectors as may be found necessary.

341. All reports from the District Inspectors to be sent direct to the Secretary and to be opened either by him, or by the Assistant Secretary, who will pass on such papers as may be desirable, to the Heads of the Sub-Divisions of the Department.

342. We suggest the abolition of the post of Prosecuting Inspector, as this officer rarely has any personal knowledge of the case in which he appears.

Under an improved system of supervision, where the Medical Officer of Health or Engineer can personally inspect nuisances, we believe the number of prosecutions will greatly decrease, thus removing a very constant, and in many. cases a very real source of grievance among the Chinese. The District Inspector will consequently be able to conduct his own prosecutions.

343. We have provided as at present for twelve Districts, but experience may shew that it would be better to reduce the size of the Districts, making twelve n Victoria, and three in Kowloon.

344.

With the growth of the population in Kowloon, the latter change will in any case probably have to be made before long. For the same reasons we have put down two Inspectors to be in charge of burials and cemeteries; at present, we understand, this work is done by one man.

One of the difficulties in drawing up our scheme was experienced in con- nection with the Plague Inspectors.

345. We feel however that as Bubonic Plague is of yearly occurrence in the Colony, the number of Plague Inspectors cannot be reduced, but it would appear that an improvement could be made in utilising the services of these officers in the off season, which often embraces seven or eight months of the year.

346: Evidence has been given to the effect that while at times certain District Inspectors have recently been hard worked, the Plague Inspectors, though doing practically no work, were not sent to their assistance, though specially

asked for.

347. A considerable amount of work, such as measuring window and floor areas, inspecting concrete, &c., now carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors, will under our scheme be transferred to the Engineering Department, by whom such work can be more effectively and thoroughly attended to, and to whose province it rightly belongs.

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348. With the creation of a properly appointed Engineering Departinent, the posts of Sanitary Surveyor could be done away with, as the work of these officers clearly should be subordinated to the Executive Engineer.

349. It has been stated in evidence that one reason why correspondence has to be dealt with by native clerks, who have so frequently shewn themselves unreliable and venal, was the great amount of correspondence thrown upon the Medical Officer of Health and this again has been given as a reason why the Medical Officer of Health has at times confined his attention largely to office work, when he would have been better employed in supervising the work of the Inspectors.

350. The Principal Civil Medical Officer has stated in evidence that he considers that a European clerk should be attached to the Medical Officer of Health's office, and does not approve of the abolition of this post, which we under- stand was carried out during his absence.

We consider however that were the correspondence concentrated, as it should be, in the Secretary's office, there is no need for an additional European clerk.

351. The view is forced upon us that both the Principal Civil Medical Officer and the Medical Officer of Health have in the past been too anxious to exercise personal control over their correspondence and the staff, ignoring the status of the Secretary.

This has resulted in the creation of what may be termed a one-man-system, which given a very competent officer with ample time at his disposal, might possibly be worked satisfactorily for a time, but must in the end break down on the departure of that particular individual.

352. The despotic system has at all times proved a failure.

We suggest that one be inaugurated which, whatever changes may take place in the personnel of the Department, can be carried on without hitch or check in the continuity of the work of the Department.

353. We have also suggested the abolition of the post of Market Inspectors. We cannot find that there is any real need for the services of these two officers nor that their time is profitably employed.

;

We believe that given the greater supervision which our increase in the Medical and Engineering Staff will ensure, that the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon should be able to keep the markets in a sanitary condition, without the assistance of these officers.

354. At present there are 17 interpreters for the Inspectors and staff generally. With a reduced staff, we think 15 should prove

sufficient.

355. Our general idea is to pay the officers of the Department well, and by a redistribution of the work, ensure that their services are utilised to the best advantage, which does not appear to be the case at the moment.

356. We are of course aware that our scheme if approved cannot be brought into force in its entirety at once, as there are a number of officials (such as the Sanitary Surveyors, for example) who must be retained, until their services can be utilised elsewhere, or they retire from the service.

357. With regard to the appointment of the officers of the Department, we are strongly of opinion that the Sanitary and Building Staff should not be recruit- ed locally, or from the police force, but that certificated overseers should be brought out from home who have been specially trained to carry out the duties with which they will be entrusted.

358. We consider that the present system of dealing with this class of Government servant is far from satisfactory. In the event of irregularities being proved against an officer, or of his proving himself not fitted for his post, His Excellency the Governor has but limited powers for dealing with him, and has to obtain the permission of the Secretary of State before dispensing with his services.

See Police Ordinance

11 of 1900. Section 24,

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359. We think that all Inspectors and officers of lower grades should be engaged on monthly agreements, and thus it would be perfectly easy for His Excellency to promptly get rid of an unsatisfactory or unreliable servant, or if this is not considered desirable, that they should be engaged on similar terms to members of the Police Force.

360. The basis of pay offered by the Government, coupled with the fact that long service carries with it a substantial pension, should be sufficient to ensure a good class of men being obtainable and their remaining in the service. would state that more than one of the leading firms engage their men on monthly agreements and experience no difficulty in securing all the employees they require, and retaining them in their service, and this without the attraction of a pension.

361. We would suggest as a matter of detail that the Sanitary Inspectors should in future be called Inspectors of Nuisances, as was formerly the case, and as is still done at home, and that those attached to the Engineering Department should be designated Overseers.

362. With regard to the diaries which they are instructed to keep, it appears the Inspectors look upon these as their own personal property, and destroy them at the end of the year, although the books are provided by the Government.

These diaries should be kept for a certain period, say 3 years, and should be deposited in the Secretary's keeping at the close of the year.

363. A complete record should also be kept of the work done by the individual members of the staff, and monthly portage bills drawn up shewing the district in which each man has been employed.

The Commissioners have more than once asked the name of the Inspector working in a certain district on a certain date, in the immediate past, but no record of this has been forthcoming, and the required information was not there- fore procurable.

364. We further find the use of "chops ", that is, stamps with an officer's name, is in common use in the Department; this is a most reprehensible custom, and should at once be discontinued, as there is nothing to shew by whom the "chop " has been affixed to a document.

365. The Inspectors of Nuisances and Overseers should be given to under- stand that they form part of a large Department, and are not free to act on their own initiation.

Under existing conditions, owing to the want of proper supervision, and in part to the ambiguous wording of the Ordinance, the Inspectors have unquestion- ably misunderstood their position..

366.

It is only too obvious that that strict discipline which must be main- tained if a large Department is to be satisfactorily managed, is altogether wanting, and as a further consequence an unfortunate spirit of insubordination exists which should be checked.

367. This was very notably exemplified by the attitude taken up by the Inspectors on hearing Your Excellency had considered it advisable to appoint the unofficial Members of the Sanitary Board to form this Commission.

368. Something appears to have been said on the subject by some of the Senior Members of the Staff at one of the fortnightly Meetings, held under the Presidency of the Acting Principal Civil Medical Officer.

A meeting of the Inspectors was then called the following day, under the Presidency of Sanitary Surveyor BRYAN, at which all the Inspectors, with two or three exceptions, were present.

369. Most intemperate speeches were made by several of the Senior Inspectors, who ventured to criticise the appointment of the Commission, denouncing those selected to form the Commission, and their supposed intended line of action,

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winding up with a demand, which we understand was subsequently submitted to Your Excellency, through a solicitor, that in the event of an Inspector being called before the Commission, he should be allowed to be represented by Counsel.

We think it necessary to refer to this matter, as shewing, among other things, the spirit of insubordination which exists, and as strengthening our contention that the Department requires reorganisation, and the subordinate officers placing under proper control.

370. The one remaining point to which we feel we must specially draw Your Excellency's attention is the management of the Secretary's office.

That this has been far from satisfactory for some time past has we consider been clearly demonstrated in the course of our enquiry.

371. It is true that after the passing of Ordinance No. 23 of 1903, the Secretary was placed in a most invidious position, and was in point of fact rele- gated to the position of a senior clerk, with practically no authority except over the native clerks actually under him.

Notwithstanding that we consider the present Secretary a hard working and conscientious officer, the work of the Secretary's office was not organised as well as it should and might have been.

372. We have had to make enquiries and have thus directed attention to the manner in which correspondence with the public, the inter-departinental corre- spondence, and the accounts have been dealt with by the Sanitary and Building Departments.

In all these directions, we found much existed which was remiss, demanding improvement.

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373. We gather that as a result of our enquiries certain reforms have already been effected, but it appears that a thorough reorganisation is necessary, in order to remove these abuses and to put an end to the very reasonable complaints which have been received.

374. If our proposal be adopted, we consider that the post of Secretary should be filled by a regular member of the cadet service, one who has had considerable experience in Government work, in organisation, and in the general conduct of business, as carried out in the Colonial service. The Secretary should have all the necessary authority to carry out the work of his important office without undue interference.

375. As part of the new Scheme we venture to lay before your Excellency, Financial. it appears to us desirable that the finances of the Sanitary and Building Depart ment be placed in the hands of the Sanitary Board.

376. It may perhaps be objected that this practically amounts to the creation of a Municipality.

We would however remind Your Excellency that we have not suggested any change in the constitution of the Board, which should remain as at present, but while we do propose that the administration of the Department be transferred from the President, as Administrative Head, to the Board as a Body, the actual con- trol of the finances remains as at present in the hands of the Governor.

377. Our suggestion is that the Sanitary Board should prepare the yearly estimates for the Department.

These will as hitherto be submitted to the Governor who will accept or modify the estimates as may appear expedient and incorporate them in his Annual Budget.

Final.

See Ko Shun's evidence. Pages 1286/ 1288.

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vote, in exactly the same manner that the head of one of the large spending Depart- ments, the Public Works Department, for example, is responsible to Your Excel- lency for a similar vote.

379. The Sanitary and Building Board will have no power to spend more then the amount voted and cannot therefore incur expenditure which has not been authorised.

It will only remain with the Board to make such recommendations as may at times appear desirable if the vote is likely to be exceeded and this can be rejected by the Governor, or laid before the Legislative Council, if approved.

380. Though it is true there must be an unofficial majority on the Sanitary and Building Board, their powers are controlled by the Governor, who with an official majority on the Legislative Council will, as heretofore, direct the finances- of the Colony, and keep such check as may be necessary on the spending powers of the Board, as is now done in the case of any purely Government Department.

381. We would beg to remind Your Excellency that for many years the Sanitary Board had the control of the money voted for the Department and that this was confirmed by the Principal Ordinance No. 1 of 1903.

This power, which we now ask be returned to the Board, was only taken away

and transferred to the President of the Board by the passing of the Amend- ing Ordinance No. 23 of 1903.

382. Before closing the Report, the Members of the Commission consider it desirable to make some reference to the nature of the evidence laid before them, and the great difficulty experienced in sifting out the truth from the mass of evidence given.

383. It was reported quite unofficially that so soon as it was generally known Your Excellency intended to appoint a Commission to enquire into the working of the Sanitary Department, steps were taken by individuals to destroy traces of what might prove to be incriminating evidence.

384. We were further given to understand that in certain cases some of the staff of the Sanitary Department, who have had irregular dealings with certain Chinese contractors and others, actually called upon these men and suggested the advisability of destroying such incriminating documents as might be in their possession.

385. The Commissioners from the first found that all classes of Chinese were most reluctant to give evidence of any description and in many cases were obvi- ously doing all possible to evade meeting the enquiries of the Commissioners for fear of the consequences to themselves if they gave evidence against the Sanitary Inspectors.

386. Fortunately we were able in a few instances to obtain possession of books which have enabled us to follow up a number of cases where bribes or black- mail have been extorted, but in most of the cases where leading contractors and others have been before the Commission, no proper books have been produced.

387. It is of course well known that the ordinary business Chinaman has a very perfect system of book-keeping, and in those cases where the existence of these documents were denied, we considered that we were justified in assuming that there are reasons why the books could not be put before us.

388. We must remind Your Exeellency that in China the system of black- mailing is unfortunately a matter of every day occurrence amongst Government officials (Yamen runners and others) and the civil population. Any Chinaman. consequently settling here not only accepts but is quite prepared to find similar conditions prevailing in this Colony as that which obtains in his own country.

389. Conclusive evidence has been brought before us to shew that bribing and blackmailing is of common occurrence, permeating the entire service from the Senior Inspectors downwards. This being so, the Chinese as a matter of course-

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more than meet the Government Officials half way, and in many cases readily offer presents before they are demanded.

390. That it is recognised that these payments are illegal is clear from the tatements made before the Commission as to the manner of payment. How every precaution is taken that no witnesses are present, and when the suns have been entered into the account books, they appear as "coolie hire," "sampan hire," "sub- stitute labour" and so forth; in only one case did the word "bribe" appear, while if the payments were entered as to au Inspector, in most cases a fictitious name was used, or merely the number of the District to which the Inspector belonged was given.

391. The fact that in many cases no books have been produced, while others have been found to have been mutilated or altered, satisfies us of the correctness of the information given privately, while it has already been clearly proved that in- stances have occurred where an individual Inspector has attempted to prevent wit- nesses from giving evidence before the Commission, and other cases have been ̧ before us, which however we have been unable to confirm, as the native witnesses for fear of trouble have left the Colony.

392. The excuses made by inany of the witnesses as to why they had lent themselves to à state of affairs of which they disapprove, and which they know to be wrong, may be briefly summed up as follows:-

If a contract be remunerative, money is paid to the Inspectors and other Page 484. Subordinate Officials not particularly for any direct service rendered, but in the Question3642.. hope of establishing friendly relations and ensuring good results in the future.

The Inspectors inform these contractors that their work is not satisfactory and cannot be passed, then follow it up with a request for a loan, which it is clearly understood does not involve repayment.

One contractor states "All Inspectors want presents," and another witness Page 506. stated all contractors give presents to the Inspectors.

Question 3852. Page 818.

6513/1.

Page 724.

If such presents are not made, delay takes place in issuing permits or the Questions work is reported as not fit to pass and has to be redone. Another witness stated they were "under the rule of the Inspector" and they were forced to inake presents Question in kind or money.

5726.

Page 732. Questions

393. A large number of Chinese witnesses have given similar evidence, all 5803/9. pointing to the fact that contractors, shop keepers, restaurant keepers, &c., pay bribes to the Inspectors in order to purchase their goodwill and to avoid possible trouble, or to get work passed.

394. It appears that the larger contractors and architects have nothing to do with the bribing. The usual custom is to sub-let, and the sub-contractor is supposed to do all that is necessary in this direction, in order that the work may be passed.

Question

395. There appears to be little doubt that certain .contractors, such as Foo Page 774. SIK, SAM IU, TSANG YING and a few others are the favoured contractors. These 6188. men alone can accept and carry out certain forms of contracting, as otherwise work Page 775. will not be passed by the Inspectors.

Question 6190. Page 776.

6239.

396.

Evidence has been given where a Chinese Architect and others Question have been informed by Government Officials that they had better employ certain contractors, while if they attempt to get work done by their own men, the work is rejected by the Inspector. The favoured contractors for building, laying of drains, lime washing, &c., are thus able to make excessive charges, and the public generally have to submit to these exactions.

See Appendix

397. With large contracts for European firms, the question does not arise.. The contractor is engaged, and as a matter of course in making his estimate allows sufficient to cover all such irregular payments as may have to be made by the sub- No. 8. contractor while the contract is being carried out. Even wealthy Chinese firms Page 874 such as the YUEN FAT HONG have to submit to such exactions, as they say there Question is no help for it. Shop keepers, restaurant owners, and others say they pay these squeezes because it is cheaper than being continually harassed by Sanitary Officials.

7091.

Page 781. Question 6257.

2179/2187.

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398. In many cases no demand is made for payment of a bribe, but it is well understood on both sides why the delay in passing work arises, and how the difficulty can be surmounted.

few

These exactions vary from considerable sums of money to the demand for eggs at a reduced price, or a few bottles of beer.

No man is apparently too poor to be exploited, and there is no form of exac- tion, however mean and contemptible, to which the Inspectors and servants of the Sanitary Department will not stoop.

399. It is evident that the charges generally for building, &c., in the Colony would be considerably lower were it not for the bribes which have to be paid.

If a contractor attempts to resist these exactions, he is ruined, and in order to retain his business, he is forced to submit.

Wong King A case has come before the Commission where a man of some standing had Shan. Pages the courage to refuse to be blackmaile 1, and has been left alone by the Inspectors, but another man of less position has been driven out of business, as his work was not passed without payment of bribes.

See Tsang Tim's evidence. Page

2263/2281.

Appendix No. 1.

400. It was very evident that the fear of the Sanitary Officials was in many cases very real, and the witnesses only gave evidence when they found the Com- mission was already in possession of sufficient facts to prove that they knew the full details of the particular case they were investigating.

401. To illustrate this fear which existed, a well-to-do Chinaman after hav- ing been repeatedly assured by the Commission that he would receive full protec- tion were it required, did in the end leave the Colony under threats of violence from one of the Inspectors, consequently becoming bankrupt, losing a remunerative business. Repeated assurances of protection personally given to this man in his native village have as yet failed in inducing him to return to this Colony, where his further evidence was required by the Commission.

402. The Commissioners have, as Your Excellency will see from the evid- ence taken, investigated a number of cases of reported extortion on the part of members of the Government Service, and where possible have followed the enquiry Column III. up to a point where we have considered ourselves justified in specially reporting

to the Government.

Schedule A.

403.

Some witnesses have been before us who however have denied all know- ledge of the reported cases of bribery, and it was our intention to have returned to this part of the enquiry later.

We felt however that this is impossible, and having completed our enquiry as to the first part of our Commission, we merely finished examining into such cases as had already been in part gone into, and which seemed to offer a speedy termin- ation to our investigations.

404. There are however a number of other cases which have been reported to us informally, with which we have been quite unable to deal; also other methods of corruption, which we have not had time to investigate fully, but which appear to us to require consideration.

405. The most noticeable of these is the payment by the Government of 40 cents to contractors such as SAM Iu for opening up and closing holes made in the concrete floorings of native houses, while these were being inspected.

406. A number of bills have been produced shewing that considerable sums have been paid on certificates signed by certain of the Sanitary Inspectors that this work had actually been carried out by the contractors in question.

407. As a matter of fact, accounts certified by Inspectors have been produced before the Commission calling for payment for certain floors which it is alleged have been opened and repaired by SAM IU, while witnesses have appeared before us who have stated that the floors have in some cases not been opened at all, while others again have been opened and repaired by these same witnesses.

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A careful investigation of this matter might we think demonstrate that con- siderable corruption has existed in this direction.

408. The Commissioners however feel that their work must be brought to a close, and that it is impossible for them to continue indefinitely investigating cases which it would appear are practically interminable.

409. The Commissioners in conclusion wish to express their thanks for the Re Staff. assistance rendered them in this Enquiry by the majority of the Officials to whom they have applied for information, and also to the public at large.

410. Every effort has been made to curtail as much as possible the length of the evidence taken by the Commissioners, but the idiocyncracies of some of the witnesses, the reluctance of others to give evidence, and in one or two cases the too apparent hostility shewn towards the Commission, have made the work of the Commission at times extremely difficult, and unduly prolonged the enquiry.

411. The Secretary, Mr. BowEN ROWLANDS, though suffering from ill-health, carried out his duties to our entire satisfaction, and when subsequently invalided home, the work was very ably carried on by the Government Assessor, Mr. A. CHAPMAN, who in addition to his regular duties was appointed Secretary to the Commission, and in this capacity proved himself willing, capable and hard working.

412. The Commissioners would specially bring to Your Excellency's notice the services of Mr. DYER BALL, who acted as Interpreter throughout this protrac- ted enquiry. In the earlier part of the sittings, the weather was excessively trying. The Meetings of the Commission lasted 4 to 5 hours, sometimes longer, during which a number of Chinese witnesses were examined, speaking many different dialects, much increasing the mental strain on the interpreter; Mr. DYER BALL had not only these Meetings to attend, in addition, we understand, to his ordinary duties, but also undertook to read over with the Chinese witnesses the full report of their evidence, although this last had to be abandoned after Mr. BALL was forced to leave the Colony for a month's rest.

The Comissioners feel that they are much indebted to Mr. DYER BALL for the manner in which he carried out his onerous duty and the unfailing courtesy and ready help which he invariably rendered them.

We have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your Excellency's obedient humble servants,

EDBERT A. HEWETT,

FUNG WA CHUN,

LAU CHU PAK,

HENRY HUMPHREYS,

A. SHELTON HOOPER,

ARTHUR CHAPMAN,

HONGKONG, 19th March, 1907.

Secretary.

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APPENDICES.

Number.

1. List of Government employees, whose names have come before

Commission,

2. Statement on the question of cubicles by Mr. A. CARTER,

3. Report by Mr. OUGH on mortar tests,

Pages.

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(52)

4. Sanitary Board Notice, number 2,

5. Sanitary Board Notice, "Small notice ",

6. Shanghai Municipal Building Regulations,

(58)

⚫(60)

7. Historical Review, by Mr. S. HOOPER,.

(61)

8. Comparative statement of cost of buildings, by Mr. H. HUMPHREYS,

9. List of witnesses,..

(68)

(72)

✩

* Not printed.

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Appendix No. 1.

SCHEDULE "A." *

SCHEDULE "B."

Servants of the Sanitary Department who have ceased to be such, since the

Commission was appointed.

Rank.

Name.

Reason.

Second Class Sanitary Inspector

....Amy, F. O

.Dismissed.

Foreman Interpreter

...Cardoso, L. M.

Clerk and Draughtsman

Draughtsman

Senior Sanitary Inspector..................

Foreman

Interpreter

.Chan Ki Kwong

...Chan Pui

Do.

.Resigned.

.Dismissed.

.Conolly, T. P.

Do.

.D'Aquino, F.

Do.

Fung Tai

Absconded.

Plague Inspector

Gidley, H. J. W.

..Dismissed.

Third Class Sanitary Inspector

...Kelly, S..

Transferred to another Dept.

Clerk

.Kwok Fuk To

.Resigned.

Do.

..Lam Chah Pong

Do.

Lam Shi In

.Dismissed.

Third Class Sanitary Inspector............Lee, J. R.

Do.

Interpreter

..Lo Kam Lun

Do.

..Lo Kwong Nam

Absconded.

Clerk

Foreman

Peak Watchman.....

Lo Mau Kai

Marques A. C.

Rahum Bux

.Dismissed.

Resigned.

.Dismissed.

Foreman Interpreter

..Rocha, C. L.

....Resigned.

Foreman

.Silva, F G. da

....Dismissed.

Interpreter

..Tsang King Sing

Do.

..Tsang Tan Fuk

Do.

Third Class Sanitary Inspector.........

Ward, F

Do.

*Not Printed.

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Appendix No. 2.

To the Chairman and Members of the

PUBLIC HEALTH AND BUILDINGS COMMISSION.

GENTLEMEN,-After over 3 years practical experience of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance No. 1 of 1903, and over 3 years practical experience of Ordinance No. 23 of 1903, I have found that the sections dealing with cubicles are far too drastic in character, are practically unworkable, and therefore cannot be carried out without inflicting very considerable hardship under the mass of the Chinese people, a very great majority of whom cannot afford to rent a floor to themselves, but can only afford to rent a portion of a floor, under these circumstances how is it possible to carry out Section 153 (a) of Ordinance No. 1 of 1903 which reads as follows:

"No cubicle shall be constructed or maintained in any storey of

building hereafter erected or re-erected."

To this I would suggest the following amendment :-

any domestic

"Provided that where (in the opinion of the Sanitary Board cubicles of an improved type can safely be allowed without danger to the Public Health, that on the advice of the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Surveyor such im- proved type of cubicles be allowed, but in no case to exceed four in number.”

I would also further suggest that wherever this concession is granted the number of cubicles allowed on each floor be painted on the walls of such floors, in just the same way as the legal number of occupants are painted up at the present time, (in English and Chinese).

The notice on the wall to read as follows:-

To accommodate

...Persons.

Legal No. of Cubicles

This concession would apply chiefly to the following classes of houses:-

(1) Chinese Emigration Houses or Chinese Hotels where the boarders stay a few days only when travelling between Chinese ports, and passing through Hongkong, the present Ordinance undoubtedly gives much unnecessary trouble and inconvenience to these heavily taxed people, these hotels are licensed, therefore it would be fairly easy to have each one dealt with as regards cubicles when the application is made for a licence, and if the pre- mises are not suitable for the erection of cubicles no licence should be granted.

Sub-divisions of the upper storeys are absolutely necessary in this class of property.

(2) In the case of a floor used by a Chinese family of the middle class consisting of parents and grown up children of each sex, I personally know of a great number of such cases, where not the slightest trouble is given to the Sanitary Officials, the floor is certainly not overcrowded, and the occupants are prepared to carry out any reasonable suggestion with regard to the erection of such cubicles, in the bulk of such cases two or three cubicles would be sufficient.

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(3) In the case of the poorest classes of the Chinese people (especially in the case of married people) whose income is only sufficient to pay the rent of a part only of a floor, but who at the same time require a reasonable amount of privacy, and wish to obey the ordinary rules of decency, I am fully pre- pared to admit that with this class of the population much more supervision is required, but at the same time it is this class of the population which need up-lifting, and to my mind it is only a kind but firm policy carried out in a just, sincere and conscientious manner that will succeed.

I very stongly advocate an improved form of cubicle and a reduced number of them, rather than to make such sharp, jerky movements such as the wholesale sweeping away of cubicles, by the more steady and sure way we shall gain the respect, confidence and assist- ance of the masses in the forward march of Sanitary reform.

Official returns have been sent in from the various Inspectors reporting 17,493 illegal cubicles removed during the past 33 months, or 530 removed on an average per month, but it is well known to those who have had practical experience of this cubicle question that in a very large number of cases matchboard partitions have been removed, and curtains, sacking, etc., have been substituted, these curtains, etc., are often torn down at the approach of an Inspector.

I am firmly of opinion that no substantial improvement has been made, in fact the people are completely out of touch with the Sanitary Authorities in this matter.

In proposing a remedy for the cubicle question I would very strongly advocate that every floor should be treated on its merits as regards light and ventilation, for instance take an ordinary four storey house.

Plan of each floor shown on

*Drawing No. 1.

Ground Floor, badly lighted and ventilated. No cubicles should be allowed.

First Floor, lighting and ventilation only inoderate. Not more than 1 or 2 cubicles should be allowed.

Second Floor, lighting and ventilation very fair. Not more than 3 cubicles should be allowed.

Third or Top Floor, lighting and ventilation good. Not more than 4 cubicles should be allowed.

When speaking of cubicles I mean properly constructed wooden cubicles, which should be not less than 64 superficial square feet in floor area, to be not more than 6 feet in height, and should be well painted, so that they could always be scrubbed and cleaned.

I do not advocate the formation of skylights in the roof of the upper floor, unless they are thoroughly well constructed, for in the bulk of cases they leak badly and are often boarded over to keep the rain out, and in many cases the roof is seriously weakened by the cutting away of rafters to form the skylight, clearly in the majority of cases they are not

a success.

I do not think that any safe rule can be formed for fixing the number of cubicles allowed on the depth of the floor, for instance many of the very deep floors are very dark in the centre of the floor, midway between the front and back. To show this I have prepared

* Drawing No. 2.

which shows that in the very deep floors the light is not evenly distributed.

My opinion being that the best remedy for deep floors in new buildings is to strongly enforce Section 151, Sub-section 1, of Ordinance No. 1 of 1903, which reads as follows:-

"No domestic building shall hereafter be erected of a greater depth than forty feet unless every storey of such building is provided with a lateral window or windows opening into the external air, and having a total glazed area equal to not less than one tenth of the floor area of such storey, in addition to the window area required by the foregoing section."

*Not Published.

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This would greatly overcome the difficulty with regard to New Buildings.

With regard to deep floors in existing buildings I consider that as far as cubicles are concerned each floor must be judged on its merits by two competent and responsible Officers of the Board. I do not see how any hard and fast rule can be laid down to govern all floors.

In my opinion every consideration should be given to the tenants of floors which are well lighted and ventilated, as regards the erection of cubicles.

*Drawing No. 4.

This sketch shows exactly what I mean. On this floor many of the cubicles shown are illegal yet not the slightest Sanitary objection can be taken to them. Notices have recently

been served in cases of this kind.

I am of opinion that the cubicle sections should be enforced in a practical and fair manner. I think it is a great mistake for the Officers of the Sanitary Department to carry out their duties on the same lines as the Police force.

The Officers must act as instructors and advisers for the bulk of the poor Chinese people do not clearly understand the complicated points in connection with the cubicle. question, the whole Ordinance should be enforced in a more generous and friendly spirit, I am fully of opinion that the Sanitary Authority will not inake substantial headway until we can get the masses of the people with us in our work.

I would suggest that with a view to getting this matter cleared up, and put upon a more practical basis that the cubicles and open space question stand over for the present.

* Drawing No. 5.

shows the conditions in force at present in an occupied house, built before Ordinance 1 of 1903.

Briefly showing that in cases where the window area of a floor is equal to 1/10th the floor area, opening to external air at front only, and with no opening or openings to external air at the rear, One Cubicle only.

In cases where openings of sufficient size are found opening to external air, both front and back, 7wo Cubicles only.

Open Spaces at the rear of Domestic Buildings.

In my opinion an alteration should be made in Section 175 of Ordinance No. 1 of 1903.

At the present time all houses are treated alike no matter whether the houses are back to back, or whether a lane exists at the rear, in many cases a lane of 10 or 12 feet wide is formed at the rear of a block of buildings, this lane is not taken into account when dealing with the question of the provision of open space under Section 175.

*Drawing No. 3 shows clearly what I mean

I would also point out that in a large number of cases the houses have kitchen area at the rear of each floor of about 80 or 90 superficial square feet, before Section 175 of Ordin- ance No. 1 of 1903 is enforced, but when the requirements of this Section are obeyed, and "one half of the entire space intervening between the principal room or rooms and the main wall at the back of such building as well as the corresponding portion of roof is cut away," the portion of the kitchen remaining being less than 50 square feet contravenes Section No. 140 of this same Ordinance.

In addition to which the remaining portion of the kitchen is far too small for the requirements of the persons, which occupy the floor, I would suggest that the following addition be made to Section 140, to follow after the words "not less than 50 square feet in line 5, “unless the original kitchen has previously been cut away under Section 175."

*Not Published.

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Expanded Metal Partitions.

Consisting of Expanded Metal, Wooden Framework, Lime and Cement Mortar consist- ing of 2 parts of Sand, 1 part of Cement, 2 parts of Lime.

Finished 1" thick and sinooth on both sides.

Cost about $1.50 per square yard.

A cubicle of the average size would have at least 16 square yards of Partition Walls.

16 yards @ $1.50 per yard

$24.00.

In my opinion this form of partition is much too expensive for the average poor tenant, therefore cannot be carried out in the bulk of cases where the cubicles are erected by the

tenants.

In the case of New Buildings where the partitions are put up by the owner to remain. as fairly permanent structures, and where expense is no object, this form of partition would

be a success.

The main objection to this form of cubicle is expense.

Sample produced.

Sample made 20th December, 1906.

ALFRED CARTER,

Sanitary Surveyor.

21st December, 1906.

Appendix No. 3.

The Public Health and Buildings Ordinance Commission. EVIDENCE OF ARTHUR HENRY OUGH, A.M.I.C.E., A.R.I.B.A.,

ON THE TESTING OF LIME MORTAR.

I have during the past 6 months carried out a number of tests of lime mortar as used in this Colony. The results of these tests are given in the attached table.

The method adopted in making the tests in my office is as follows:-

1. A sample of mortar is taken from a building in progress by the Building Inspector. It is usually sealed up in three tins, one of which is tested by the Building Authority, and one is left on the works and eventually reaches my office.

2. This tin is opened by my assistant Mr. HEMMINGS who there and then makes

three briquettes.

3. The mortar is taken out of the tin and as much water extracted by placing it between two tiles as will reduce the mortar to the consistency of soft putty, i.e., to enable the briquette to be removed from the mould at once without losing its shape.

4. The mortar is then filled into the mould (either of iron or wood) with a trowel

and the two sides struck smooth.

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5. The mould is immediately opened and the briquette removed and placed flat on a sheet of glass, which is then reared on a shelf at an angle of 45 degrees and supported.

6. During the process of drying the briquette slides down the glass till it is stopped by the shelf, allowing a slight settlement of the material on itself to prevent cracking due to shrinkage.

7. At the expiration of 14 days the briquette is carefully pared down to the exact

size in the centre of 1" x 1".

8. It is then placed carefully in the clips and the strain applied.

9. In No. 1 machine as used at the Public Works Department. the strain is applied by means of a sliding weight which is caused to travel along a lever by means of a wheel and cord. As this machine is designed for the testing of cement, which requires a breaking strain of from about 50 lbs. up to as much as 800 lbs. per square inch, it is extremely doubtful whether it can be relied upon to register such small strains as 1 to 5 lbs. with

accuracy.

10. No. 2 machine at the Public Works Department is on the same principle, but the weight is applied at end of lever by means of shot poured into a bucket, this also is designed for cement testing and the same objection holds good; but owing to the more gentle method of applying the weight and better construction of the machine, the Building Authority prefers results obtained on this to those of No. 1.

11. Briquettes are broken by Messrs. LEIGH & ORANGE in the following manner :-

The upper clip is rigidly fastened to a beam, the lower clip to which is attached an empty kerosene tin is placed in position and water slowly poured into the tin till the briquette breaks, the whole suspended weight is then weighed.

12. No. 3 machine designed by the Building Authority and now in use is a more compact and sightly arrangement on the principle described in No. 11, but

is no more accurate.

282

789

R=2

Briquette No.

Obtained from.

No. 1.

M. L. 289 Godowns

& Houses

No. 2. M. L. 71

Sec. N.

& houses

Ko Shing

Street

Date obtained and briquette

made.

Obtained by Mr.

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Date briquette broken.

In presence of Messrs.

On Machine No.

Broke at lbs.

Average lbs.

16.6.6

Hutchings.

30.6.6 Edwards, Hemmings,

4.5

Leask, Hemmings,

L.&0.

3 3

21.66

9.6.6 Hutchings.

23.6.6 Hemmings,

* * *

Wood, Hemmings,

L.&0.

17.66

No. 3.

M. L. 71

30.6.6

Hutchings.

Sec. N.

Ko Shing

Street

No. 4.

14.7.6 Perkins, Hutchings,..

Edwards, Hemmings,

1.6

9 9 9

Hemmings,

L&D. 21

299

18.66

P.R.M.L. 57 30.6.6 Hutchings.

14.7.6 Perkins, Edwards,

Hutchings, Hemmings,

No. 5. K.I.L. 617

Priests'

House

No. 6.

33 Queen's Road C.

No. 7. K.I.L. 617 Priests'

House

2833

Hemmings,

223

2.33

L.&0.

30.6.6

Dobbs.

14.7.6 Perkins, Edwards,

Hutchings, Hemmings,

* * *

***

Hemmings,

14.7.6 Edwards.

28.7.6

***

601

L.&0.

28.66

co co co

03+

8.41

Leask, Hemmings,

L&O. 16

888

13.66

4.8.6

Dobbs

18.8.6

co co co

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Leask, Hemmings,

L&O. 14

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Briquette No.

Obtained from,

Date obtained and briquette

made.

Obtained by Mr.

Date briquette broken.

No. 8.

M. L. 71

28.7.6

Hutchings.

11.8.6 Hemmings,

Sec. N.

8 Houses

Ko Shing

Street

*A A

Hemmings,

No. 9. M. L. 71

21.7.6 Hutchings.

Sec. N.

4.8.6

8 Houses

Ko Shing

Hemmings,

Street

Perkins, Edwards, Hem-

mings,

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In presence of Messrs.

On Machine No.

Broke at lbs.

00 00 00

3 broken

L&O.

9.66

123

163/2

17호

2223

21.66

Reviewing the results obtained in the foregoing table, it will be seen that in all cases when briquettes were broken by No. 1 machine the breaking strain was lower than where No. 2 was used or when broken by my own method.

The reason for this is that where a very low result was obtained such as Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, I allege that the briquette was cracked by shrinkage before it was put into the machine.

It will be noted that where I have tested the identical mortar used in making those tests, I have obtained much higher results, because my briquettes were not damaged by shrinkage, e.g.,

No.

Result on P. W. D. test.

4.5 lbs.

1.6 2.33 2

L. & O. test. 21.66 lbs. 18.66

18.00 "" 28.66

With regard to No. 5, this mortar was prepared for the Inspector without his know- ledge, he took the sample and tested it not knowing that it contained one part of lime, one part of cement and three parts red earth; yet his official result on No. 1 machine was 2 lbs. against my 28.66 lbs. both being average of 3 briquettes.

Part of this apparent reduction of strength is due to the inaccuracy of the machine No. 1 and part to the shrinkage above referred to, which shrinkage is largely due to the excess of water in the mortar. The machine No. 2 is more correct than No. 1 and machine No. 3 may be taken as entirely satisfactory. The difference in results between this machine and mine, may be attributed to the personal effect of different operators.

I have made a number of experiments with various limes, red earths, and sand under different conditions as follows:-

All briquettes were broken 14 days after making.

Experiment for Amount of Water.

No. 10. Equal parts of good shell lime and red earth with the usual quantity of water as mixed on a building tested by L. & O. method...

No. 11. Red earth only and very little water, tested by L. & 0.

method

Average of three briquettes broken by L. & O. method.

19 lbs.

25 lbs.

Average lbs.

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Second Experiment for Amount of Water.

No. 12. One part good shell lime to 2 parts red earth very little

water, on No. 2 machine

No. 13. Same mixture as 12, but with the usual quantity of water,

tested by L. & O. method

Experiment for Variation by Reason of Testing Stale Mortar. No. 14. One part lime to 2 parts red earth put into moulds at once. No. 15. Same mixture put into moulds after three hours

Same but with Different Lime and Earth,

No. 16. Mortar put into moulds at once

No. 17. Same after three hours

Average of three briquettes broken by L. & 0: method.

45.5 lbs.

lbs.

Ibs.

8 lbs.

17 lbs.

18 lbs.

These two experiments show that very little effect is produced in 3 hours, the usual time elapsing between taking the sample and making the briquette. The sample was kept in the sealed tin while waiting.

Experiments with Standard Red Earth and Various Limes.

All briquettes were tested 14 days after making. Lime was taken from K. M. L. 88, supplied by Lam Woo.

Earth and Lime used in the tests were passed through a sieve of 40 meshes to the inch. The mixing was thorough and done with as little water as possible.

The briquettes were taken out of the moulds as soon as they were made and dried as before described.

Several briquettes of earth and lime made for this experiment were left in the moulds for 15 hours, these were found to be cracked in the centre when taken out and could not be suspended in the clips..

Briquette No.

Parts. Air slaked coral

or shell lime.

Parts. Air slaked stone

Parts.

lime.

Unslaked stone

lime..

Parts. Standard red

earth.

Parts. Cleán sharp sand.

Days in air.

Days in water.

Broke at lbs. per sq. inch L. & O. method.

Average.

1 1

67, 69, 74

ΤΟ

15, 18, 19

19, 23, 21

7, 8, 9

98,118,126

114

Sy Kung

40, 42, 47

Shell Lime.

58, 59, 66

時尚

15, 19

21, 24, 27

0, 0, 0

36, 38

231

(14

78, 76, 78, 90

80.5

Heung Shan

Shell Lime.

(14

56, 66 0

23, 24, 26

24.3

78, 81, 89

82.6

* 51, 56, 58

Canton

41, 45

Stone Lime.

33, 35, 42

36.6

27, 28, 29

22, 24

2 3 ∞ght pad

10, 12

8, 9,

17, 21, 21

19.6

13, 14, 18

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}

The foregoing table gives results of experiments with various limes and standard red earth and sand.

None of these results show development of hydraulic properties in the lime tested, whether air slaked, or unslaked, in the time available, viz. :-14 days. The strength of the dry mortar is considerably reduced by the immersion of the briquette in water for one day only. Vide 40, 42, 44, 46, &c.

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Red earth alone and lime alone give same results. Vide 47, 48. Lime alone, and red earth alone, immersed immediately after making and kept in water 14 days, remain soft. Vide 48 & 55.

A mixture of lime and sand is not suitable for mortar.

Vide 63/67.

A mixture of 1 part lime to 2 parts red earth makes the best mortar, but it requires protection from wet; as far as we can tell from 14 day experiments, even mortar which takes a strain of 114 lbs. to break it, vide 43, is reduced to 43 lbs. by one day's immersion, vide 44, and would if kept in water finally disintegrate.

I am disappointed in the results obtained from unslaked stone lime, ride 54/68, as this was used hot.

Generally, I am of opinion the briquettes should be kept at least 3 months before test- ing, as previous experiments with similar materials have shown distinct hydraulic properties in the local mortar; but these experiments were not conducted in such short time as 14 days.

ARTHUR H. OUGH,

A. M. Inst. C. E., A.R.I.B.A.,

January 3rd, 1907.

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Appendix No. 4.

SANITARY BOARD,

Hongkong.

In the matter of THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND BUILDINGS ORDINANCE, 1903.

Landlord or owner of

HONGKONG,

190

Your attention is hereby directed to the provisions of sections 111 and 112 of

The Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, and you are hereby required to

make good the ground surface of your.

No.

to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Board

vice upon you of this notice.

By order of the Sanitary Board,

within a period of fourteen days from

Secretary.

Extract from the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903.

SECTION 111.-The ground surface of every domestic building shall be properly covered over with a layer of not less than six inches of good lime or cement concrete finished off smooth, and the ground surface of every basement, area, cookhouse, latrine, or open surface connected therewith, such as backyards, courtyards, alley- ways, or spaces on which slops may be thrown or from which foul waters flow and the ground surface of every stable, cowshed or other building in which animals are kept shall be properly covered over with a layer of good lime or cement concrete not less than six inches thick finished off smooth, with not less than two inches of cement concrete or with hard glazed brick or granite paving or glazed tiles bedded and jointed in cement mortar or with such other material as may be approved by the Board.

The ground surface of every area, cookhouse, latrine, backyard, courtyard, alleyway, or space on which slops may be thrown shall have a fall of not less than one in forty from the walls of the building towards the surface channel or other outlet for the drainage of such surface!

Provided always that this section shall not apply to any exisiting domestic building the ground surface of which has been paved to the satisfaction of the Board in accordance with any existing law or bye-law and which is so maintained.

SECTION 112.-Where the ground surface of any domestic building, of or any cookhouse, latrine or open surface connected therewith, such as backyards, alleyways or spaces on which slops may be thrown or from which foul waters flow, or of any stable, cowshed or other building in which animals are kept is or has been paved or covered over with impervious material and such material has been subsequently broken, excavated or otherwise disturbed, or has perished, the landlord or owner shall made good the same to the satisfaction of the Board upon the completion of any work for execution of which the same has been broken or otherwise distrubed, or within fourteen days from the receipt by him of written notice of the Board so to do, and in default thereof he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars for each effence and to a further penalty not exceeding ten dollars for each day after such conviction during which such offence continues.

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Appendix No. 5.

SANITARY BOARD HONGKONG.

NOTICE.

The attention of The Owner No. 3, Chi Sing Lane, is hereby directed to the choked and defective condition of Waste-pipe to rear of above premises and he is requested to be good enough to see that the same is cleaned and put in good repair forthwith.

21st January, 1907.

...

R. HUDSON,

Inspector of Nuisances,

No.1 Health District.

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Appendix No. 7.

Historical Review of Sanitary Administration in the Colony.

Hongkong.

1. The earliest record of any sanitary administration of the Colony, is when Eitel's His- the Sanitary question was taken up by the Government and a Committee of Public tory of Health and Cleanliness was appointed in August, 1843, with authority to enforce Page 192. rigid sanitary rules amongst all classes of residents, but no effective measures were taken. Those rules were subsequently formulated by Ordinance 5 of 1844.

2. Ordinance Number 14 of 1845 enacted inter alia that the occupier of Section 2. premises should not allow the accumulation of filth or other offensive substances within his premises. This was followed in 1856 by an Ordinance to regulate Chinese burials, and to prevent certain nuisances, within the Colony of Hongkong as follows.

12 of 1856.

3. "Such of the Orders and Regulations of the General Board of Health es- Ordinance tablished in London under Authority of the Acts of Parliament for the protection Section XIII. of the Public Health, or any of them, as shall be from time to time, by the Gov- ernor in Executive Council determined and notified, with such modifications there- of respectively as His Excellency in Council shall think fit to adopt, shall for such Time and to such Extent or with such Modifications as shall be so notified, extend to, and be enforced within this Colony under the Authority of this Ordin- ance."

Number 8

4. Under the Ordinance of Order and Cleanliness 1866 the Governor was Ordinance empowered to appoint a duly qualified Medical Practitioner to be Medical Inspector of 1866. of the Colony who shall perform such duties, connected with the Sanitary state Section 11. of the Colony as the Governor shall direct.

5. Although the Ordinance was repealed in the following year the above Ordinance section was re-enacted by the Amending Ordinance.

Number 9 of 1867. Section 13.

6. The Medical Inspector appears to have had no direct staff under him Blue Books until 1873 when a Chinainan was appointed Scavenger for all Departments under 1873 to 1878. Survey Department and this continued until 1878.

1879.

7. In 1879 four European Inspectors were appointed to Survey Department. Blue Book

8. The following year a Chief Inspector was added to these four.

Blue Book 1880.

Mr. OSBERT CHADWICK was commissioned to make a Report on the Sanitation 1881. of the Colony.

1883.

9. No further change seems to have been made until 1883, when a Sanitary Blue Department was created as a Sub Department of the Survey Department, under the directions of Mr. H. MCCALLUM who was designated Sanitary Inspector ".

10. In the same year "The Order and Cleanliness Amendment Ordinance was passed whereby the Governor might constitute a permanent Sanitary Board consisting of the Surveyor General, Registrar General, Colonial Surgeon and not less than 2 other members to be appointed by the Governor, but as a matter of fact the Board consisted of 8 members.

Ordinance

Number 7 Section 2.

of 1883.

11. Mr. H. McCALLUM was Sanitary Inspector to the Sanitary Sub Depart- Blue Book ment of Public Works Department and was a member and Honorary Secretary 1887, Page to the Sanitary Board.

(1,26).

1887. Page

12. The first appointment was a Medical Inspector. Mr. McCALLUM was Blue Book appointed a Sanitary Inspector. The other Inspectors were Inspectors of 915. Section

Nuisances.

11.

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―

Ordinance 24 of 1887. Section 4.

Daily Press..

August 18th,

1887. Legis-

13. In 1887 the Board was composed of the Surveyor General (Chairman), Registrar General, Colonial Surgeon, Major DEMPSTER (Adjutant of the Police), Messrs. McEwEN, MAKSON, EDE, HO KAI, H. MCCALLUM (Secretary).

14. In the latter part of the year 1887 a new Public Health Bill was in- troduced into the Legislature and after the fullest discussions extending over some months it was passed but by a suspending clause in the Ordinance it did not. become law until it was notified that it was not disallowed by the QUEEN which notification was gazetted in May, 1888.

15. This Ordinance was the first which gave the right to the public of electing any representatives on the Board and the important principle was ad- mitted in the constitution of the Board by an unofficial majority.

16. The Ordinance enacted that the Board should consist of the Surveyor General, Registrar General, Captain Superintendent of Police and the Colonial Surgeon and not more than 6 additional members, 4 of whom shall be appointed by the Governor and 2 elected by the Ratepayers.

17./It is made evident the latter 6 should be non-official members, as the last part of the same section says "non-official members of the Board shall hold office for 3 years

Thereby the unofficial majority of members of the Board was provided for.

must

In Committee of the Legislative Council, the Attorney General said :- ist, be remembered that the nominee of the Governor when once he lative Coun- has accepted Office and is a member of the Board is perfectly independent, and it must be borne in mind that the new Board will consist of only 4 official members and six unofficial members".

cil Meeting

12th August

Page 1. Page 2.

Ordinance 9 of 1895.

ard

415.

gc 54.

19. Mr. McEwEN said "there was nothing to prevent the Governor appointing say a Military man and so it is not certain that the unofficial element will pre- dominate", to which His Excellency the Governor replied :-"With regard to the Military man, the Military generally have their own Board of Health and I do not think it usual-I won't say it is against the law-to appoint one belonging to the garrison to such a Board as this"

20. The Board from this time consisted of 10 members and was constituted as provided for by Ordinance of 1887.

21. In 1895 a new office was created, viz., that of Medical Officer of Health and in April a Bill was introduced into the Legislative Conncil authorising the Governor in case there was no vacancy on the Board to appoint the Medical Officer of Health a member of the Sanitary Board.

22. This was strenuously opposed in the Council and in support of the opposition Honourable Mr. A. MCCONACHIE read the following quotation from the report of a Medical Commission appointed by the Governor to enquire into the working of the Medical Department of this Colony and which was received by the Governor on the previous day:

"That the Medical Officer should be adviser to the Governor' on all Sanitary Matters through the Sanitary Board to which he should be attached "and on which he should occupy a seat. He should have no vote, bis duties "on the Board being purely of an advisory nature it being undesirable that "he should enter into discussion on points on which he should be called upon to advise, his duties to be of a similar nature to those laid down by "the Bradford Corporation and the City of London ".

23. The Bill became law and to mark their disapproval of the Medical Officer of Health being added to the Board all the unofficial meinbers of the Board except. one resigned.

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1895/6.

24. In the opening speech of the Session of the Legislative Council the Hansard Governor said he regretted to state there had been some misunderstanding between Page 4. the Government and the unofficial members of the Sanitary Board in regard to the appointment of Medical Officer of Health.

Some opposition had been offered to his views in certain quarters and it is not improb- able that a compromise will eventually be suggested by the Secretary of State but as yet no decision had been arrived at. In this uncertain state of affairs I was unwilling to assign any definite position to the newly appointed Medical Officer of Health as the Subordinate of a Body which at any time might cease to exist.

1895/6.

14th Decem-

Pages 19/20.

25. In the Legislative Council on 14th December, 1895, the Honourable Mr. Hansard T."H. WHITEHEAD complained of the action of the Government in regard to the Page 20. Sanitary Board, and of the protracted 'delay on the part of the Government in Hansard reconstructing the Board on a proper basis. He said His Excellency the Gover- ber, 1905. nor in his opening address to the Council on 28th November, 1894, then said: "That a Sanitary Board, meeting once a fortnight, could properly control and direct such a staff I do not believe, and that four or five independent gentlemen could be found who have time and inclination to devote several hours daily to such a task is beyond the bounds of possibility, I hope shortly to be in a position to inform you definitely what steps it has been decided to take to place the Sanitary Board on a new basis." A year later, at the opening of the Session, His Excellency made an explanation and states, "Some opposition has been offered to my views in certain quarters and it is not improbable that a compromise will eventually be suggested by the Secretary of State, but as yet no decision has been arrived at. There are those who have pretended to see in the action of the Government an attempt to deal a death blow to the Sanitary Board. I disclaim any such motive; and even had such been iny object I should at least have adopted measures better calculated to effect it-measures which would have left no doubt whatever as to

•

my intentions.' Sanitary methods in Shanghai and Singapore under the manage- ment of a Municipal Council have so far given satisfactory results, while our system is continually and adversely criticised and not without good reason, as the most obnoxious and the most poisonous odours are to be met with in every street of the town. The accumulations of filth discovered in the native part of the city last year were permitted by official neglect. The blame cannot be attributed to the Sanitary Board, which never had power to carry out necessary work. Quite recently the Honourable the Colonial Secretary spoke at a public meeting and bore testimony to the quality of Hongkong residents. He said:"So far as the public spirit is concerned I have never known any object worthy of support brought forward which has not received support in every way from the inhabitants of Hongkong.

* I have new come across such a w informed community; it has been acknowledged as a mos enlightened community, and such a standard of intelligence could not have been maintained except by reading." With the Honourable member I can cordially agree in this instance and I believe that we have in our midst men eminently well qualified to render good service on a properly constituted Sanitary Board.

26. The following is an extract from the Colonial Surgeon's Report for 1894, Hang concerning the Sanitary Board:

"As a compulsory member of the Board words are insufficient express "my disgust at, in any way being a part of it

I leave

"the Colony for a time with regret. The only thing I do not regret leaving "is the Sanitary Board as a Body and I hope before I return there will be "some improvement as to the individual Members."

27. Mr. W. DANBY wrote to the Press calling attention to the crusade being 1896. 14th waged against illegal cocklofts, etc., and formally alleging corruption in the Sanitary May. Administration.

28. The Daily Press said the Government would have to sift the matter to 15th May. the bottom either by a Commission or otherwise.

29. A resolution of the Sanitary Board was passed that the Colonial Secretary 22nd May. be requested to furnish the Board with the opinion of the legal advisers of the Crown as to whether any legal steps can be taken with a view to obtaining redress for the apparent misrepresentation made against the Board and its officers in Mr. DANBY's letter.

}

5th June.

4th July.

20th August.

Daily Press.

1896.

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30. At a meeting of the Sanitary Board the President, Honourable Mr. F. A. COOPER, Director of Public Works, minuted as follows:-

"I hope that a full and complete enquiry will be made into Mr. DANBY'S "allegations against the Sanitary Board and its officers, by apparently the

only means now available, viz, a Royal Commission."

31. An action was brought by YEUNG SHIU KAM against the Sanitary Board and Police Constable RAE as a test case to try the right of the Sanitary Board to enter premises and pull down cocklofts without getting a magistrate's order, which resulted in favour of the plaintiff.

32. Another action was brought by WONG LI YUEN against the Sanitary Board for wrongful acts, and he was awarded $500 damages.

33. Apart however from any question of the reorganisation of the Board or 25th August, the honesty of the officers, one lesson clearly appears from the cases that have recently been tried, namely, that should it unfortunately become necessary at any future time to undertake a general cleansing of the town owing to the outbreak of filth diseases, a much closer supervision should be exercised over the operations of the Whitewash Brigade" by responsible officers than has hitherto been the case. This year Dr. CLARK was in charge of the work but he could not possibly exercise personal supervision over the whole of the details, competent lieutenants are required. It is not right that Chinese householders should be placed at the mercy of a constable or other subordinate officer whose excessive zeal may lead to such occurrences as gave rise to the case tried on Saturday, even if they remain proof against the temptations to act corruptly that must inevitably be held out to them.'

34. On May 1896, His Excellency the Governor addressed a communication to the Chamber of Commerce asking whether they adhered to the views of Mr. J. J. KESWICK, when he was Chairman of that Chamber, in favour of an official majority in the Sanitary Board or of the more recent views of the Honour- able Mr. T. H. WHITEHEAD, their Representative in the Council in favour of an unofficial majority.

35. The Chamber decided to take the opinion of the community on the subject which they did with the following result :-

For the Unofficial Majority,

For the Official Majority,

The following is an account of the taking of the Plebiscite :

331.

31.

"THE SANITARY BOARD.

or an official" majorog

should be an unofficial a vexed question amongst those in the Colony who take an interesan

ent. In consequence of a communication from the Governor to the Chamber of Commerce asking whether the Chamber adhered to Mr. J. J. KESWICK's views in favour of an official majority, as expressed by him while Chairman of the Chamber, or of the more recent views expressed by Mr. WHITEHEAD, the Chamber's representative in the Legislative Council, whose views were diametrically opposed to those of Mr. KESWICK, that body decided to refer the matter to the public in order that they might submit the opinion of the community on the matter to His Excellency the Governor. Yesterday and to-day were accordingly fixed as the days on which the ballot should take place. The voting took place at the City Hall. Two ballot boxes were placed in the Chamber of Commerce room, one labelled "Unofficial majority" and the other "Official majority". To each voter a small ticket was given, and his name entered in a register. With..this ticket the voter retired behind a screen and dropped the ticket into the box representing the views he held. The franchise was extended to all male British subjects over

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the age of twenty-one resident in the Colony, those in the service of the Imperial and Colonial Governments excepted. The Committee who organised the ballot are as follows:-Honourable C. P. CHATER, Honourable T. H. WHITEHEAD, Messrs. N. J. Ede, T. Jackson, A. MCCONACHIE, and J. J. FRANCIS. Honourable Captain W. C. H. HASTINGS and Mr. A. Coxox acted as scrutineers of the ballot. Most of these gentlemen were present during the progress of the voting. The voting took place during the hours of 4.30 and 7.30 p.m. Arrangements were made so that the employees of the Dock Company at the various docks should attend the polling place in relays, and we understand a similar arrangement was carried out with regard to those employed at the Taikoo Sugar Works and Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Company's Sugar Refineries. About an hour after the bal- lot was opened to-day nearly 300 residents in all had recorded their votes."

18th May,

"The public ballot held for ascertaining whether the public were in favour or China Mail. against the constitution of the Sanitaay Board with an official majority was con- 1896. cluded on Saturday and resulted in an overwhelming majority for an unofficial majority, the small number of 31 voted for an official majority, while 331 voted in favour of an unofficial majority. The number of voters on the list was 364, but two of that number had evidently not voted, as only 362 tickets were found in the boxes."

Hansard 1895/6.

36. In reply to a question in the Legislative Council on 8th July, 1896, the 1993. Colonial Secretary said "That the construction of the Sanitary Board had been Page 35. referred to the Secretary of State and that he has also been informed of the result of the Ballot."

37. By a Draft Bill entitled "The Sanitary Board Ordinance of 1896" it was proposed to reduce the official members of the Board from 4 to 3 and the unoffi- cials to not more than 2.

38. Apparently the Bill was withdrawn and notwithstanding that the Draft had been approved by the Secretary of State after receiving the plebiscite he did not approve of its becoming law although his decision on that point was never made public.

39. The next election for members of the Board took place on 19th Decem- ber, 1899, and the Government nominated 4 members and the Medical Officer of Health in addition to the 2 members elected by the Ratepayers.

40. In 1901 there was friction between the Medical Officer of Health and the c. s. o. Secretary of the Sanitary Board, and Dr. CLARK claimed to be to be Head of the 3682/1901. Department and able to direct the Secretary. The President (Dr. ATKINSON) in a minute to the Government stated he agreed to Medical Officer of Health directing the Secretary but he added he (ATKINSON) was Head of the Department. Government in reply stated the Board was the Head.

41. In 1901 an Ordinance was passed consolidating the law's relat

Public Health, and enacted that the constitution of the Board should be tr

6 unofficial and 4 official members and the Medical Officer of Health.

of 19012

sion's Repo

42. In August, 1901, Dr. ATKINSO as appointed President of the Board and Commis- immediately recommended to the Governor that the Sanitary Borbe made Government Department.

43. The constitution of the Sanitard thereby remained unchanged until the passing of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance of 1903.

a question

To fully understand the reasons for this new Ordinance it is necessary to trace its History.

44. In 1901 a seri

the nom de plume of S Colony and the General

appeared in the public press written under

eriticising the Sanitary Condition of the stration then in force.

16235. Page 1989 of the Evidence.

Pages 10-11.

Hansard Page 72 1902.

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45. This cursad petition to be drawn from the principal residents here to the Secretary of State calling attention to the Sanitary Condition prevailing and asking for the appointment of experts to be sent out to report thereon.

46. In accordance with this request Professor SIMPSON, M.D., and Mr. CHAD- WICK, C.E., cape out and made their reports thereon, and to give effect to their recommendations, à New Ordinance was drafted and submitted to the Legislative Council.

47. So far as the administration of the Sanitary Board was concerned this Bill propose that whilst the Board should still exist, there should be appointed an Officer of the Government to be called "The Saintary Commissioner ".

48. The following is an extract from Professor SIMPSON'S Report dated 22nd December, 1902, on the subject:-

"The most noticeable feature in regard to sanitary matters in Hongkong is that no one is responsible. Independence of action by different officers and absence of co-ordination tend to spasmodic action and inefficiency. There is a Sanitary Board and a President who meet at stated times and discuss public health matters, but their functions are advisory. There is the Medical Officer of Health for the Colony, whose duties are executive, but there is no administrative. head who is responsible to the Government for the conduct of health matters in the Colony and for the maintenance of a continuous and progressive policy. It is advisable that all municipal health matters be brought more or less under one department, controlled by a sanitary or health commissioner who would be the administrative officer. There is more than ample work to occupy the whole time of such an officer. In addition to being President of the Sanitary Board he would administer the several branches of the Public Health Department, dealing with the health questions relating to water supply, sewerage and drainage, alignment and laying out of streets and back lanes, the prevention of the crowding together of new houses, or the formation of new unhealthy areas, the scrutiny of plans of new houses, and the enforcement of compliance with the requirements of health, the preparation of schemes for the consideration of Government in con- nection with the demolition of insanitary areas, and the reconstruction of sanitary lines, the provision of markets, public latrines, urinals, bath houses, &c., and the general enforcement of the Public Health laws. Lastly, he would be responsible to Government for the efficient working of the Department, and, like the Director of Public Works, should have a seat on the Legislative Council. Mr. OSBERT CHADWICK, C.M.G., is also strongly of opinion that a Sanitary Commissioner is required."

the

49. The Bill was read a first time in July, 1902.

50. The public both European and Chinese on examining it, saw that a very ge number of the sections were quite unworkable, drastic and unjust.

51. The European section represented by the principal owners of property themselves into a committee and employed the services of the 4 principal architects here to examine the Bill section by section and report on the

gestions for the improvement of same.

53. Th substituted a

54. The A

the original Bill

and CLARK. Eve the Bill criticised by such as landlords and

through the Council

for w

them the Government have thought it right to a

ral said

was

it w

ets al

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forwarded under cover of a Petition from

eptember, 1902.

drew the Bill and on 6th November

a second time on 27th November.

the second reading of the Bill "That ce of Messrs. CHADWICK, SIMPSON here by themselves. So much was ons who were affected by the Bill the Bill could not be forced considered. In considering ble suggestions which they

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55. One of the most obnoxious clauses in the original Bill was the proposed appointment of the Sanitary Commissioner and the petition drew particular atten- tion to that part in paragraph 8 as follows:-

56. "Another important matter of principle is the question of the expediency "of giving to one Officer of the Sanitary Board-the proposed Sanitary Com- "missioner-such large and arbitrary powers as the Bill contains-with an ideal "man whose successors at least could not be assured a despotic system may be the most convenient as otherwise it is certainly the worst. Your petitioners urge that all important discretionary matters whereof none would permit a "reference to the Board may be so referred and that the functions of the Commis- "sioner if such an officer is to be appointed may be exercised under the control "of the Board restricted to points of detail and routine. Further as it is intended "the Commissioner shall be a medical man, Your Petitioners submit that he "should at any rate be relieved from all such work as specially falls within the

province of the Civil Engineer and Architect."

57. In the new Bill which afterwards became law, the proposed creation of the new office of Sanitary Commissioner was deleted.

58. This deletion was quite approved of by the Principal Civil Medical Officer Page 1985/6. (Dr. ATKINSON) who was averse to the creation of such office.

Questions 16210/1.

59. His reasons for non approval of the appointinent were that they wished to appoint a medical man whom he thought would not have sufficient knowledge to fulfil all the requirements of this office-rather than to the office itself.

He did not, 16843.1 think a medical man who was a stranger to the Colony should have these powers.

Professor

60. It is an open secret that Dr. CLARK who had been Medical Officer of Health since June, 1895 (7 years) is the medical man Dr. ATKINSON refers co, and Page 4 Professor SIMPSON in his Report said Dr. CLARK knowledge of Sanary require- Simpson's ments of Hongkong is unrivalled.

Report.

of this

61. Considering that the proposed Santy Commissioner was to have been See para. 48 the administrative officer and to be responsible to the Government for the efficient review. working of the Departinent, it is a little difficult to reconcile Dr. ATKINSON'S objections to the office when he recomiends to the Government the creation of a Sanitary Department of which he accepts the potion of Administrative Head.

62. The Bill was fully debated and one

the Legislative Council called prominent attentat the unofficial members of Hansard

l'age 77.

was the constant introduction 1902. of fresh Legislation on Sanitary matters-no fewer than 23 Ordinances relating to Building and Sanitation having been passed within 15 years. The Honourable Mr. C. S. SHARP (Chamber of Commerce) said one thing he felt sure the Com- munity ardently desired to arrive at in regard to these matters if possible was some sort of finality in regard to such legislation as continual introduction of fres legislation bearing on the same subject cannot fail to have and does hav of creating misgivings and great uncertainty in the mind of the poo be bad for the place and its prosperity.

63. Mr. CHADWICK said the Draft Ordinance which he drew up ho object the avoidance of the necessity for further Sanitary Legislation for the next few years.

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79.

64. His Excellency said he earnestly hoped the Bill would go through and Hansard he hoped they would find some finality in this necessary legislation on Sanitary 1902 page: matters and that the result would be what they all hoped beneficial to the Colony. ber, 1902. Notwithstanding this statement as to the finality of Legislation by this Ordinance which became law 21st February, 1903, and the notification of the King's non- disallowance of same in Government Gazette 29th August, 1903.

pages 50&62.

65. On 19th November, 1903, the Government introduced an Ordinance No. Hansard 23 of 1903 to amend the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance Number 1 of 1903 and amongst its provisions were some which altered the whole character of the sanitary administration by the creation of a Sanitary Department, and thereby gave the Principal Civil Medical Officer the direct administration by holding him

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directly responsible, which, the Attorney General said at the time he was not, because he had no authority when he should have it and that although a Sanitary Department did then exist it was proposed to recognise it by statute.

66. The Bill became law 19th December, 1903. This was practically the death knell and extinction of the authority to administer the laws by the Sanitary Board and reduced it to a department controlled by the Government through the Principal Civil Medical Officer and thereby nullified the public wishes as expressed in the plebiscite and approved by the Secretary of State, that the Sanitary Laws should be administered by a Board having an unofficial majority.

A. SHELTON HOOPER,

Appendix No. 8.

The Cost of Buildings.

The cost of building houses of any kind at the present time is from two to two and a half times more than in 1891. This is borne out by my own experience (which extends are then a hundred European and about the same number of native dwellings) and is

by that of two of the leading architects of the Colony

comparat consi

e labour and principal opean or Chinese)

Unskilled

Skilled labour-brickie

-carpenters

Red Bricks per ten thousand

China fir poles, each

Lime per 24 baskets...

Roof tiles, per thousand

Cement, per cask

Common hardwood, per cubic foot

Yacal Teak

891.

1907.

16 cts.

25 cts.

$60/$65

$95/$100

85 cts.

55 cts.

$ 1.00

$ 2.00

4.00

5.00

4.50

.65

.90

1.25

1.00

1.75

such as locks,

glazed tiles, etc.

About ten per cent. increase in sterling prices to which has to be added about another 30% for the difference in ex- change-say 40% increase.

at will thus be seen that only in a few instances would the present cost either labour or materials be double the prices ruling in 1891. In several the increase is less than fifty per cent., while in the case of cement there is actually a decrease. I attach a comparative statement of the estimated cost and bill of quantities for building typical three storied Chinese House (without balcony) in 1891 and under the existing Ordinances, which I have marked "A". From this it will be clearly seen that the prices. which have to be paid to the Contractor for the work done are in excess of those warranted by the increase which has taken place in the cost of materials and labour. The obvious conclusion to be drawn from these figures would of course be that Contractors must make much more profit than they used to do, but this is not borne out by my own experience. Of all the building contracts with which I have been concerned for the past six years there has hardly been one that has not involved the Contractor in financial difficulties before- completion. In the early nineties this was an exception and it often happened that the Contractor came in with a smiling face for his last payment-a sure sign that all was well. The only other conclusion that can be drawn therefore is that there must be some special

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factors at work to account for the cost of buildings baving increased in a greater ratio than the labour and materials used in their construction and for building contracts to be notwith- standing less remunerative than formerly. No doubt this is partly accounted for by the condition of affairs which has already been dealt with at length by the Commission. I refer to such matters as bribery, blackmail, unnecessary interference, delay in passing houses when completed, heavy fines, etc., all of which may and generally do in the aggregate, cost the Contractor a considerable sum. After one such experience the Contractor allows for such items in his next tender. What other causes, if any, may be at work, it is not easy to discover.

The Public Health and Buildings Ordinances of 1901 and 1903 have been unquestionably responsible for a very real and permanent increase in the cost of buildings, as the statement attached hereto marked "B" amply demonstrates. The figures are taken from the estimate before referred to marked "A" and they show that the actual extra cost attributable to the New Ordinances amounts to the large sum of $536.86 or more than 40% of the whole cost of building a house of a similar type in 1891. In many cases the requirements of the New Ordinance appear to add unnecessarily to the cost. For instance the present Ordinance provides for Kitchen Walls to be cemented to a height of 4 feet; 18 inches would be ample. The thickness of walls, and especially of party walls, as laid down in the Ordinance, is excessive and could be reduced with ample safety. In view of the inferiority of the lime used in the construction of buildings, it would be well to encourage building in cement and to amend the Ordinances so as to differentiate between thicknesses of walls in cement mortar and lime mortar. There is, however, one instance in which the cost of Chinese buildings could be increased with advantage to the Public safety and the ultimate gain of the landlord, that is, it should be compulsory for the terminal walls of blocks of Chinese houses to be built in cement, these being the parts of the walls which are most exposed and bear the heaviest strains in cases of flood, typhoon or fire. The frequent collapses and loss of life which have resulted therefrom, would, in all probability, in almost every instance have been prevented if such walls had been built with cement mortar instead of lime mortar.

In the foregoing illustrations I have dealt almost exclusively with the ordinary type of Chinese houses because the large increase in the cost of erection of such can more readily be accounted for than in the case of houses of European design. The existing Ordinances do not increase the cost of the latter in the same ratio as the former, and it is therefore somewhat difficult to explain why the cost of building European houses should have gone up in the same proportion as Chinese and be still apparently unremunerative to the building Contractor.

8th March, 1907.

HENRY HUMPHREYS.

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Appendix No. 8.

Enclosure "A".

Estimate and Bill of Quantities of a typical three storied Chinese House without

balcony under the Old Ordinance and the New Ordinance.

Old Ordinance.

New Ordinance.

Old Ordinance.

New Ordinance.

ቢ.

59 Yards.

Cube Excavation,

(7.

Cube Lime Concrete,

1.50

$ 8.28 18.00

17.70

-2.50

32.50

α.

Cube Stone footings,

3.00

45.00 4.50

94.50

Sup. Damp Proof course,

Nil.

15.20

Sup. 6 inches Lime Concrete floors,

18.36

27.54

اة

Sup. Canton Tiles on floors,

27.54

36.72

Sup. 6 inches lime and 2 inch cement con-

crete to kitchen and yard,

17.82

1.26

27.72

1950

5313 Feet.

3215

Cube Red Brickwork in cement mortar, Cube Blue

292.50

1328.25

385.80

Nil.

*b.

103

590

Cube Red Brickwork in cement,

30.90

40.

236.00

Cube stone in jambs and steps,

18.06 1.20

64.80

5 Yards.

Lineal 4 inches earthenware drain,

1.60

8.00

1.60

8.00

1 No.

Gulley Trap, ..

3.50

238

197 Yards.

Sup. Stucco to walls,

23.80

49.25

615

Sup. lime brushing internal walls,

24.60

61.50

594

594 Feet.

Sup. Roof tiling,

-07

41.58

89.10

81 No.

China fire Poles 14 feet,

66.30

1.20

97.20

China fire Poles 7 feet,

4.80

20 Feet.

Cube Hardwood wall plate,

950

Sup. China fir flooring,

1280

18.75

1.20

24.00

57.00

114.00

380

Sup. China fir rough flooring covered with

Canton Tiles,

38.00

Nil.

198

Feet. Sup. of Cement Concrete floors and centering,

Nil.

53.46

286

Linl. 12" x 1" Cement skirting,

Nil.

28.60

540

Cube Hardwood lintels,

20.15

1.20

12.00

1,610

lbs.

2 No.

Weight steel Hardwood lintels,

Large Windows,

Nil.

80.50

10.00

40.00 60.00

120.00

Small Windows,..

7.00

42.00

18.00

108.00

Front door,

10.00

36.00

Hardwood Staircases,..

14 yards. Liul. waste pipe and connections,

12.00

24.00 35.00

70.00

10.30

11.20

Linl. cast iron eaves gutter,

Nil.

1.00

5.00

..2

Liul. cast iron R. W. pipe,

Nil.

11.20

Linl. C. I. footpath Channel,

Nil.

1.00

2.00

3 No.

Fireplaces: Old of wood and tiles, New

of Brick and cement,.......

2.50

7.50

5.00

15.00

Hoods: Old of plaster, New of iron,

9.00

5.00

15.00

105 Yards. Sup. painting,

5.39

11.55

Total,

$1,316.93

$2,906.99

Old, Say $1,300. New, Say $2,900.

. These items increased in New owing to additional thicknesses of walls.

b. Total brickwork in old 5,268 and in New 6,103 Cube feet.

The increase of New over old would be

much greater but for the increased size of windows in New.

c. This item increased in new owing to additional thickness of walls.

d. This item less in New owing to the increased size of window openings.

e. This item less in New owing to upper Kitchen floors now being made of concrete, see item f.

g. This item less in New owing to large front windows requiring steel lintels, see item h.

j. New front windows are 3 to 4 times the size of old front windows.

€

を

185 (71)

Appendix No. 8.

New

487

Do.

Enclosure "B".

Extra cost of building a typical three storied Chinese House without balcony entirely owing to New Building Ordinances.

13 yards cube more excavation,

Do.,

Lime concrete,

Stone footings,

19 yards Sup. Damp proof course,

3363 feet cube more red brick work in lime mortar,...

@ $ 0.30

.$ 3.90

2.50

4.50

27.00

0.80

15.20

0.25

840.75

cement,

0.40

191.80

Stone in jambs and steps,,

1.20

14.40

New. 198 feet Sup. of cement and concrete floor centering...

0.27

53.46

New

Linl. cast iron R.W. pipe,

Linl. footpath channel,

Sup. painting,

New 1610 lbs. weight steel lintels,.

5 yards Linl. cast iron eaves gutter,

0.05

80.50

Increased cost of two large windows,

40.00

1.00

5.00

0.80

11.20

1.00 ...

2.00

286 feet Linl. 12′′ × 1" cement skirting,

0.11

0.10

3.08

28.60

$1,322.39

Less the following done away with by New Ordinance :—

3215 cube blue brick,

41 yards Sup Stucco to walls,..

18 feet China fir poles 14 feet,

Do.

7호 feet,

5 feet Cube Hardwood wall plate

380

Sup. China Fir rough flooring covered

with Canton tiles,

17 Cube hardwood lintels,

@ $ 0.20

613,00

0.25

10.25

1.20

21.60

0.69

· 8.28

1.20

6.00

76.00

1.20

20.40

785.53

$336.86

Name of witness.

185 (72)

Appendix No. 9.

List of Witnesses.

Number of Meeting, and Pages of evidence. M. indicates the number of Meeting. P. P. indicates numbers of pages.

Abley, Inspector T. P.,.

Allen, Inspector F.,

M. 42, P. P. 2368-2396, M. 51, P. P. 2857-2858. M. 43, P. P. 2468-2484, M. 44, P. P. 2485-2519.

Atkinson, Honourable Dr. J. M., M. 34, P. P. 1982-2026, M. 35, P. P. 2034-2067.

Au On,

Au Sui Shang,

Au Yeung Shing,

M. 36, P. P. 2075-2085, M. 51, P. P. 2843-2856.

M. 45, P. P. 2583-2588.

M. 9, P. P. 447-467, M. 15, P. P. 705-722.

M. 8, P P. 355-364.

Bell, Dr. J.,

Blood, C. G.,

Brett, Inspector C. W. C., Brett, Inspector L. E., Bryan, J. J,

M. 26, P. P. 1502-1520.

M. 35, P. P. 2029-2033, M. 41, P. P. 2330-2335. M. 59, P. P. 2993-3005.

M. 58, P. P. 2906-2911.

M. 41, F'. P. 2292-2303, M. 59, P. P. 2974-2992.

Carter, Mr. A.,

Chak Hok King,

Chan A Chi,

Chan A Chun, Chan Chun, Chan Hang Kun,

Chan Hon Shang,

Chan Lai,

Chan Pui, Chan Sau,

Chan Shi Yau,

Chan Sui Po,

M. 13, P. P. 571-596, M. 18, P. P. 928-936, M. 31. P. P. 1831-1849, M.

44, P. P. 2520-2523.

M. 17, F. P. 885-913, M. 19, P. 1071, M. 20, P. P. 1090-1112.

M. 44, F. P. 2524-2526, M. 46, P. P. 2603a-2612.

M. 46, F. P. 2634-2641, M. 50, P. P. 2819-2830.

M. 50, F. 2842.

M. 45, P. P. 2536-2537, M. 45, P. 2539, M. 45, P. P. 2561-256 1. M. 10, F. P. 481-498.

M. 18, F. P. 926-927.

M. 12, F. P. 557-559.

M. 18, P. P. 992-996.

M. 8, P. P. 380-382, M. 10, P. P. 468-480.

M. 15, P. P. 695-705.

M. 15, P. P. 730-734. M. 38, P. P. 2204-2209.

Chan Wai,

Chan Wa Lok,

M. 48, P. P. 2702-2709.

M. 48, P. P. 2726-2729.

Chan Wei Hing,.. Chan Yuk,

Chatham, Honourable Mr. W.,

Chau Sui Ki, Chau Tat Hing,

Cheng Po Shan,..

Cheung A Sun,

Cheung Hoi,

Cheung Po,..... Cheung Po, Mrs.,

Cheung Yau Shek,

Cheung Shing, Cheung Ying,. Chiu Yat Kai,

Chow Mui Kwai,

Chung Shun Koo, Chung Sui,.. Clark, Dr. F.,..........

Conolly, Inspector T. P., Cotton, Inspector J. T., Cullen, Inspector W. F.,

M. 23, P. P. 1297-1299.

M. 8, P. P. 365-368.

M. 35, P. P. 2068-2074, M. 36, P. P. 2086-2099.

M. 41, P. P. 2342-2358; M. 45, P. P. 2527-2529. M. 46, P. 2591.

M. 42, P. P. 2397-2412.

M. 17, P. P. 919-923.

M. 20, P. P. 1118-1134, M. 25, P. P. 1451-1471.

M. 45, P. P. 2538-2540, M. 45, P. 2543.

M. 8, P. P. 351-354.

M. 45, P. P. 2568-2570.

M. 21, P. P. 1196-1200, M. 24, P. P. 1380-1381.

M. 17, P. P. 853-869, M. 20, P. P. 1076-1079.

M. 19, P. P. 1050-1051.

M. 45, P. P. 2530-2536, M. 45, P. 2540.

M. 24, P. P. 1397-1401.

M. 49, P. P. 2731-2738, M. 49, P. P. 2740-2743.

M. 49, P. P. 2779-2780, M. 50, P. P. 2834-2838.

M. 50, P. 2840.

M. 16, P. P. 773-793.

M. 8, P. P. 376-377.

M. 1, P. P. 1-48, M. 2. P. P. 49-97, M. 3, P. P. 99-109, M. 32, P. P. ·

1850-1909, M. 33, P. P. 1910-1981.

M. 41, P. P. 2304-2329.

M. 58, P. P. 2884-2887. ·

M. 58, P. P. 2893-2899.

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Name of witness.

185 (73)

Number of Meeting, and Pages of evidence. M. indicates the number of Meeting. P. P. indicates numbers of pages.

Dady Burjor, Mr. D. S., Denison, Mr. A.,

M. 13, P. P. 560-570.

M. 38, P. P. 2157-2164.

M. 36, P. P. 2116-2126.

Edwards, Mr. W. T.,.

F..

Fincher, Inspector W. F.,.... Fisher, Inspector F.,

Fong, Reverend T. S., Fook On,........ Fook Sik,

Fraser, Mr. A. S.,

Frith, Inspector C. E., Fung Man Cho

Fung Wa Chun,.

Fu Sbek Tsz, Mrs.

M. 58, P. P. 2888-2892.

M. 59, P. P. 3006-3010.

M. 41, P. P. 2336-2341.

See Leung In, Cheng Po Shang, Ko Sun, Wong Un Man.

M. 3, P. P. 373-375, M. 13, P. P. 617-639.

M. 22, P. P. 1234-1238, M. 59, P. 2962.

M. 14, P. P. 652-671.

M. 49, P. P. 2744-2753.

M. 49, P. P. 2770-2771.

M. 21, P. P. 1196-1200, M. 24, P. P. 1380-1381.

Gibson, Dr. A.,

Gidley, Inspector S. N.,

M. 36, P. P. 2100-2106, M. 37, P. P. 2127-2132. M. 58, P. P. 2900-2905.

Hanson, Chief Detective Inspector

J. W.,

Ho Chun,

Ho Kom Tong,

Ho Nang,

Hooper, Mr. A. S.,... Ho Tsoi,

Ho Yau Nam,

M. 15, P. 704.

M. 15, P. P. 754-758,

M. 42, P. P. 2413-2430. M. 49, P. P. 2760-2766.

M. 20, P. P. 1155-1160.

M. 9, P. P. 440-446, M. 24, P. P. 1393-1396.

M. 13, P. P. 597-598.

M. 49, P. P. 2772-2778.

M. 58, P. . 2912-2920. M. 38, P. . 2199-2202. See Ng Hong Chi.

Ho Yun,

Hudson, Inspector R.,

Hung Cheuk Ting, Hung Hon Chi,

Iu Lok Shun,

M. 19, P. P. 1043-1049, M. 48, P. P. 2722-2725.

Kina

Ko Ng,

Ko Sun,

Ko Tsang King,. Ku Fai Shan, Kwan Cheuk Ting, Kwok Fuk To, Kwok Wing Kin, Kwong Man Hing,. Kwong Tai Loong,

Lai Ching Hin, alias Lai Ying

Kwan, Lai Fuk Chau,

See Lam Shui In.

M. 25, P. P. 1482-1490, M. 45, P. P. 2577-2582. M. 8, P. P. 369-370, M. 14, P. P. 685-694, M. 20, P. P. 1139-1143, M. 21, P. P. 1211-1226, M. 22, P. P. 1266-1292, M. 23, P. P. 1346-1376, M. 24, P. P. 1411-1444, M. 25, P. P. 1472-1473.

M. 20, P. P. 1082-1084.

M. 43, P. P. 2458-2467.

M. 45, P. P. 2562-2565.

M. 9, P. P. 383-391.

M. 17, P. P. 870-878, M. 20, P. P. 1080-1081. See An Sui Shang.

See Ho Tsoi.

M. 8, P. P. 371-372, M. 16, P. P. 827-838. M. 20, P. P. 1085-1086.

Name of witness.

185 (74)

Number of Meeting, and Pages of evidence. M. indicates the number of Meeting. P. P. indicates numbers of pages.

L,~Continued.

Lai Hau,

Lai Him,

Lai Kai Fuk,

Lai Kam Shek, Lai Long Hin, Lai Sam,...

Lai Yung, Mrs.

Lam Cheung,

Lam Hoi Tung, Lam Kee,

Lam Shui In, (alias King),

Lam Shun,..

Lau Chu Pak,

Lau Nap,....

Lau Wing Shang,

Lee, Inspector J. R.,

Lai A Mau, Lei Tai, Mrs.,... Lemm, Mr. J., Leung King Shing, Leung In,

Leung Ping Kon, Leung Sik, Leung Yi Kai,

Li Mo,.......

Li Yau Chun,.

Lo Chung, Lo Kin Shan,

Lo Tung,

M. 18, P. P. 926-927.

M. 16, P. P. 850-851, M. 18, P. P. 937-947, M. 18, P. P. 990-991, M. 19,

P. P. 1054-1070, M. 20, P. P. 1113-1115.

M. 19, P. P. 1072-1075, M. 20, P. P. 1144-1145. M. 20, P. P. 1152-1154, M. 21, P. P. 1174-1175. M. 16, P. 852, M. 18, P. P. 948-961.

M. 17, P. P. 924-925, M. 46, P. P. 2619-2624. M. 19, P. 1053.

M. 21, P. P. 1227-1231.

M. 46, P P. 2627-2633, M. 47, P. P. 2642, 2653.

M. 38, P. P. 2196-2198, M. 38, P. 2203.

M. 25. P. P. 1480-1481.

M. 8, P. P. 325-331. M. 48, P. 2730.

M. 12, F. P. 546-551.

M. 18, F. P. 966-976.

M. 47, F. P. 2654-2659, M. 48, P. P. 2700-2701. M. 50, F. P. 2831-2833.

M. 48, F'. P. 2674-2699, M. 50, P. P. 2810-2812. M. 20, P. 1089.

M. 50, I. P. 2814-2818.

M. 29, P. P. 1700-1727.

M. 13, P. P. 611-616.

M. 14, P. P. 672-684, M. 23, P. P. 1346-1376. M. 24, P. P. 141-1444.

M. 50, P. P. 2814-2818.

M. 47, P. P. 2660-2664, M. 47, P. P. 2668-2671. M. 47, P. P. 2665-2667, M. 47, P. P. 2672-2673. M. 49, P. P. 2755-2759, M. 50, P. P. 2814-2818.

M. 41, P. P. 2359-2367.

M. 43, P. P. 2431-2457.

M. 9, P. P. 392-416..

M. 45, P. P. 2548-2553, M. 45, P. P. 2574-2576.

M. 23, P. P. 1312-1345.

M. 49, P. P. 2767-2769.

Lo Man Kai,

Lo Wun,...

M. 25, P. P. 1474-1479.

Lyon, Inspector J. A.,

M. 59, P. P. 2921-2931.

Macfarlane, Dr. H.,

Mackenzie, Inspector D. J.,. Mak Luk,

Mak To,

Man Hing,

Man Ho Tsung,

Mok Hon Shun,

Mok Shing Kai,.

Mok Tat Kei,........ Morrison, Mr. J. R.,

M. 9, P. P. 436-439.

M. 9. P. P. 417-435.

M. 19 P. 1052.

M. 16, P. P. 839-842, M. 18, P. P. 962-963.

See Au Sui Shang.

M. 19, P. P. 1029-1037, M. 22, P. P. 1239-1265.

M. 17, P. P. 914-918.

M. 21, P. P. 1161-1165, M. 21, P. 1233.

M. 21, P. P. 1187-1191.

M. 58, P. 2868.

Ngai Yin Yeung, Ngai Yung Kei.. Ng Cheuk Nam,. Ng Hong Chi, Ng Kwong,... Ng Sau Kwong

M. 10, P. 499.

M. 19, P. P. 1007-1017, M. 49, P. P. 2782-2788.

M. 45, P. P. 2570-2573.

M. 16, P. P. 843-849, M. 17, P. P. 882-S84.

M. 30, P. P. 2794-2809, M. 50, P. 2813.

M. 48, P. P. 2710-2721.

O'Halloran, Inspector D. J.,.. Osborne, Honourable Mr. E., Ough, Mr. A. H.,

M. 58, P. P. 2869-2883, M. 10, P. P. 2215-2240. M. 37, P. P. 2133-2153.

Name of witness.

185 (75)

Number of Meeting, and Pages of evidence. M. indicates the number of Meeting. P. P. indicates numbers of pages.

Pang Ching Po, Pang Sui Hang,..

Pang Suk Wun,

Pearse, Dr. W. W.,

{

Perkins, Mr. T. L.,

Ping Chan,

Pun Pui,

M. 24, P. P. 1385-1390.

M. 12, P. P. 552-556, M. 14, P. P. 638-611.

M. 24, P. P. 1382-1384, M. 24, P. 1391.

M. 10, P. P. 513-525, M. 16, P. P. 801-805, M. 26, P. P. 1520a-1572, M. 27, P. P. 1574-1648, M. 28, P. P. 1649-1672, M. 30, P. P. 1768-1785. M. 28, P. P. 1673-1699, M. 51, P. P. 2859-2860.

See Ho Tsoi.

M. 13, P. P. 599-610.

Ram, Mr. E. A.,...

Raven, Mr. A. R. F.,

Reidie, Inspector J., Rogers, Inspector E. D.,

M. 40, P. P. 2241-2250.

M. 14, P. P. 612-651.

M. 59, P. P. 2932-2961, M. 59, P. P. 2963-2973. M. 16, P. P. 794-800.

Sang Lee, Sam Iu,

Sam Loi,

Shiu Kau Chun,.

Small, Mr. A. C.,

Tam Yun, Tang King Tip, Thomas, Mr. C. B.,

Tsang Tim,...

Tsang Ying,

Tse A Kam,

Tsang A Tso, Turner, Mr. A.,

See Tang King Tip.

M. 8, P. P. 332-345, M. 15, P. P. 759-772. M. 14, P. P. 638-641.

M. 46, P. P. 2625-2626, M. 49, P. P. 2789-2793. M. 16, P. P. 806-826, M. 23, P. P. 1300-1311.

M. 8, P. P. 346-350. M. 15, P. P. 747-752.

M. 37, P. P. 2154-2156.

M. 40, P. F. 2263-2281.

M. 20. P. P. 1116-1117, M. 27, P. 1573.

M. 46, P. P. 2613-2618.

M. 38, P. P. 2172-2178, M. 38, P. P. 2188-2195.

M. 20, P. P. 1087-1088.

M. 38, P. P. 2165-2171, M. 46, P. P. 2597-2603.

Wang Kum Ying, Ward, Inspector F. Watson, Inspector A., Watt, Mr. A. W. J., Witchell, Inspector R.,

Wong Joy Chew,

M. 40, P. P. 2282-2288.

M. 11, P. P. 526-545.

M. 7. P. P. 301-321.

M. 34, P. P. 2027-2028, M. 51. P. 2861.

M. 3, P. P. 110-136.

M. 36, P. P. 2107-2115, M. 40, P. P. 2251-2262.

M. 40, P. P. 2287-2288.

Wong King Shan,

M. 38, P. P. 2179-2187.

Wong Kin Yit,

Wong Kut Sun,

Wong Loi,

Wong Yau Nam,

Wong Sik, ......

Wong Yau Tseung,

Wong Yut,

Wong Un Man,

Woodcock, Mr. G. A.

Wu In Nam,

M. 45, P. P. 2553-2561.

M. 10, P. P. 500-512.

M. 19, P. P. 997-1006, M. 20, P. P. 1146-1151.

M. 21, P. P. 1166-1173, M. 24, P. 1377, M. 24, P. 1392.

M. 18, P. P. 977-980.

M. 17, P. P. 879-881.

M. 21, P. P. 1181-1186, M. 21, P. 1232.

M. 20, P. P. 1135-1138.

M. 45, P. P. 2545-2547.

M. 4, P. P. 145-202, M. 5, P. P. 208-246, M. 6, P. P. 250-300, M. 29, P. P. 1728-1763, M. 31, P. P. 1786-1830.

M. 23, P. P. 1293-1296.

Yam Baw,

M. 8. P. P. 378-379.

Yeung Pit Ting,

Yeung Pun,

Yeung Yan,

M. 15, P. P. 741-746.

M. 15, P. P. 723-729. M. 15, P. P. 735-740.

Name.

185 (76)

Number of Meeting, and Pages of evidence. M. indicates the number of Meeting. P. P. indicates numbers of pages.

Yim A Sung,

Ying Kee,

Ying Lee,

Yip Kam,

Yiu Lok Shun,

-Continued.

Yuan Wan Tim,

Yuen Fat Hong,

Yu A Yut,

Yun A Chau,

Yun A Pui,......

Yan Kut,

Yun Po,

Yun Yui Kai,.. Yung Tam,...

M. 15, P. 753.

See Lai Ching Hin.

See Leung King Shan.

M. 21, P. 2. 1192-1195.

See Iu Lok Shun.

M. 21, P. P. 1176-1180, M. 24, P. P. 1378-1379.

See Ng Hong Chi, Kwok Wing Kin, Wong Yan Nam, Cheung Yan Shek.

M. 40, P. P. 2289-2291.

M. 45, P. P. 2589-2590.

M. 25, P. P. 1498-1501, M. 49, P. P. 2739-2743. M. 49, P. 2754, M, 49, P. 2781, M. 50, P. 2839. M. 19, P. P. 1018-1024, M. 21, P. P. 1201-1210. M. 45, P. P. 2566-2568.

M. 24, P. P. 1402-1410, M. 24, P. P. 1445-1450. M. 25, P. P. 1491-1497, M. 50, P. P. 2834-2838. M. 50, P. 2841.

M. 19, P. P. 1038-1042.

M. 19, P. P. 1025-1028.

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EVIDENCE.

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† 265.-DR. F. W. CLARK sworn:

Mr. Humphreys. I would like to know whether the money disbursed on personal emoluments and other charges passes through your hands?

A.-No, it does not pass through my hands.

Q. Do you check these accounts in any way?

A.-I check the expenditure from month to month and watch the expenditure from month to month I do not check the public expenditure unless-

Q.-Would you like me to quote a case? For instance, now supposing the Secretary of the Sanitary Board, or whoever it is who handles the money, sends to the Hong- kong Dispensary for $300 worth of Chloride of Lime. Would you know that $3,000 or $300 had been spent?

A.-I would not know how it was spent.

Q.-You would not know where or how it was spent. In other words you would only know that the money voted by the Legislative Council had been spent?

A. No, I mean that where there are contracts sanctioned by the Government the Secretary hands out the money for these contracts an orders goods from such contractors without reference to me. But any expenditure not so sanctioned by Government must be submitted to me.

264.-G. A. WOODCOCK sworn :-

Mr. Humphreys.-I want to get on with this first.

I want to get on with this first. In this case it is possible for the Inspector to do everything-to order the goods and sign the Bill as correct afterwards ?

A. Supposing an Inspector wishes to order a thing, his requisition is first sent on to the Medical Officer of Health who sees that it is reasonable, and after the Medical Officer of Health has initialled it the requisition is handed on to Mr. Bowen Bowlands and each Inspector has an account of how many goods he orders-for instance Lime and Jeyes' Fluid-and the amount ordered by each Inspector is checked that way. Then when it is found out the order from the Inspector is a reasonable one, I order the goods, the order which I sign is attached to the Bill and the Inspector sees that the goods that have been received are in good order.

Q-Really, although you actually initial the thing or more or less endorse it the whole responsibility of the thing from the time the goods are ordered to the time they are paid for rests with the Inspector alone. The Inspectors make the suggestion that the goods shall be ordered. They suggest that so much shall be ordered and they say that those things that have been ordered have been supplied?

A. Yes.

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Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-You say many things are got by them direct from the contractors?

A. Yes.

Q. In that case, you dont know whether the Inspectors actually get what they requisitioned for or not?

A. They requisition for a certain amount and an order is made out on this requisition. It is attached to the Bill and I pay for the amount received.

Q.-You might be requisitioned for certain things and you sign the requisition and in the meantime there might be some arrangement between the Inspector and the con- tractor to send in a Bill though the full amount of goods were not received. What check have you for such an arrangement, there is nobody to go round?

A. There is no check which I exercise so far as that is concerned.

Mr. Humphreys.-And everything bought for the Sanitary, Departinent goes into stores direct?

A.-Not everything. Only the very large things are brought direct to the Sanitary Board's stores. The Inspectors themselves go to the contractor for other things.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-You told the Commission some half an hour ago that the materials such as coffins and Jeyes' Fluid are kept by the Inspectors entirely. You know nothing

You dont know how much is used. You only see a requisition?

about it.

A. Yes. The Inspector sends in a requisition initialled by the Medical Officer of Health. I have books showing what each Inspector requisitions for on each occasion. could turn up any minute the amount of stores issued to each Inspector.

And you never check that he has got these things?

A.I say if an Inspector applies for a dozen brooms I make out an order for a dozen. brooms. I see that the price on the Bill coincides with the contract price but whether the Inspectors actually gets these brooms I have no means of checking.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Would it not, be practicable that the Secretary order all these stores and keep them in a certain place and when an Inspector requisitions for them the Secretary supplies them? Could that not be done instead of getting stores from the Contractor direct?

A.--It would simply mean an amount of stores. It has never been done. Personally, I think it might be done but of course it would mean additional trouble and probably additional expense because there would be the cartage up to the Sanitary Board Office and after it had been carted up there there would be coolie labour to take it to where it is required. For instance, if a man wanted brooms out West, I order them from this mat-the contrac- tor-they come into store here and the Inspector from West Point must come up to the store here and get them from here. It certainly would not be so convenient but it would be a better check. Personally, I have had no reason to suspect that the stores issued to the Inspectors have been misappropriated in any way. Had I suspected such a thing the proper way would be as you suggest.

Q.-But you said that sometimes you find too many brooms and other things being used and you make inquiry?

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A.-I go over the book and find two dozen brooms used. I dont know about the kind of work they were for and I ask for an explanation from the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon or the Medical Officer of Health as the case may be.

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259.-Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Last time you remember you said proper accounts are kept at the disinfecting station and branch offices of the stores supplied?

A. Yes.

Q-And used by the Inspectors ?

A.-I said that proper stores books were kept at the Disinfecting Station and at the Eastern and Western District Offices where stores are supplied.

Q-Can these accounts be produced?

A. Yes.

Q-I suppose you haven't got them here with you?

A.-No. As a matter of fact I have never seen these accounts. The orders were given sometime ago by Dr. Atkinson and the account books were supplied to the three different places and, when I want any information, I have always had it. Therefore, as far as I know the store accounts are kept. I have no personal knowledge of them.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Is there anyone to go round and see these things occasionally?

A.-I have not been round. I regard it as the Medical Officer of Health's duty to see these books.

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263.-Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Are these Contractors put forward by any Officers of the Sanitary Department? For instance the man Sam Fu, what was he before he became a contractor?

A.-I can't. say from memory.

Before he became a Contractor he may have been a

coolie or in some other fairly low position.

Q. He was a scavenging coolie wasn't he?

A.-I cannot say. I know he did not have a very good position.

The Chairman.-You dont know that he was a scavenging coolie?

A.-I cannot say.

Q.-Would you be surprised to hear he was?

A-I cannot say he was from memory.

Q.- -The point Mr. Lau asked was whether this man was put forward or recommended by anyone in the Sanitary Department ?.

A.—I cannot say at present without looking up the records.

Q.-Could you, by looking up your records, find out the previous history of these various Contractors and if they were recommended to the Government by any employees of the Sanitary Department? Is such information kept on record do you think?

A.-It might be in connection with our first contracts. I can

I can imagine a case when a man first comes. I usually myself go down to the Registrar General and find out if I can whether the man is of good standing. It is possible that a man-a fresh man-may have been recommended by some men of the Department. If my memory serves me correctly, this Sam Iu was recommended by Inspector Reidie. I am speaking from memory.

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263.-The Chairman.-Do you know where Man Hing's shop is? You gave two addresses already. You gave us Wellington Street first and then you changed it to some- where in Hollywood Road?

A.—When I gave you that I said the man had changed to West Street.

Q. Have you ever seen his shop?

A.-I have never seen his shop,

Q.-You dont know where his signboard is?

A.-No, I have never seen the shop.

Q. Do you happen to remember the address?

A.-It is on the paper you have now.

The Secretary of the Commission.-No. 28 West Street.

Q.-He provides a lot of things doesn't he?

A. Yes.

Q.-Would it not be reasonable if he had a shop where he kept these things?

A. Yes, I have often wondered at the fact that this man keeps a very small shop and yet he can supply things which he must get from other shops and therefore get a middle- man's profit and he can supply them at a lower rate than other tenderers.

Q. How do you know it is quite a small shop if you have never seen it?

A.-I have heard of it on several occasions.

Q-Would you be surprised to know that he had no shop at all? You dont know. It is quite possible he merely had his board on the doorway of some other body's shop.

A.-I have heard that he merely had a small shop and I have wondered how he could supply the goods at the prices.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Is he the man who supplied the provisions to the Rat-catchers.

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-When you advertised for tenders to whom are these tenders sent ?

A. They are sent up to the Colonial Secretary's Office.

Q.-In sealed covers I suppose?

A.-I presume so.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-How many blank forms are usually sent up to the Colonial Secretary's Office?

A. About a dozen.

Q.Always a dozen ?

A-I can't say.

I go through the usual procedure. I draft the letter and the number of forms are attached.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-You simply draft the letter, sign the letter and hand it to Mr. Lo Man Kai and if he chooses to send cnly three or four forms he can do so?

A. Yes.

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The Chairman.-What are these forms ?

A.-Blank forms of tender.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-I suppose if fifty Contractors wanted forms they could have them?

A.-They come to the Colonial Secretary's Office for forms of tender and to my office for the conditions of contract.

The Chairman.-And when they come to your office who do they go to?

A.-They would be given to Mr. Lo Man Kai.

17.-CHAN PUI, declared and cautioned:---

The Chairman.-Have you a contract with the Government for some Government work?

A. Yes, the Slaughter-house at Yaumati and Hunghom and Shaukiwan.

Q.-Have you got any partners?

A.-No, it is my own business-a small business.

Q. What does the work consist of?

A.-Slaughtering Pigs and Sheep and Cows.

Q.-And do you Keep the Slaughter-house clean ?

A. Yes, there is a European.

Q.-And do you make anything out of the refuse of the Slaughter-house?

A.-I get the blood and hair and so forth.

Q.- You are allowed to take that by the Government ?

A. Yes.

Q.-And you sell that I suppose?

A. Yes.

Q.-Who do you sell it to?

A.-The blood is sold to boat people for dyeing their nets and to painters and the hair is sold up in the country for the agriculturists.

•Q. Well, do you do any other business over at Kowloon besides these Slaughter-

houses?

A. Yes.

Q. What is it?

A.-The latrines.

Q.-Have you a contract with the Government for looking after latrin s?

A. No, private latrines.

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And you trade in the produce collected in these latrines?

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A. Yes, I sell it up at Canton for ten cents a picul, I send the urine up there too but it does not bring the price of the other.

Q. Do you know a man named Lo Man Kai?

A. Yes.

Who is he?

A. He is a clerk in the Sanitary Board.

Q. Do you ever have any business transactions with him?

A.-Nothing particular.

Q. Did he ever offer to go into business with you to do some trade with you-on any

one occasion?

A.-No.

Q. He did not offer you any business at one time?

A.--No.

Q. Quite sure?

A. --I am.

Q.-Did he not offer once to sell you a lot of nightsoil, knowing you were in the trade ?

A.-No, it was Sam Iu and Chan Yuk, Sam Iu's partner, bought it, but I dont know where he bought it, whether he got it from Lo Man Kai. I bought it from Sam Iu and Chan Yuk?

Q.-Several times or only once?

A.-There is a contract made for three years.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Did not Lo Man Kai come to see you at the end of last Chinese New Year?

A.-Sam Iu, not Lo Man Kai.

Q. Are you sure?

A.-No, he did not.

The Chairman.--Have you brought your books with you ?

A. There are the whole books for the Slaughter-house.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Are the books in connection with your latrines there too?

A. Yes.

208.-LO CHUNG, declared and cautioned:-

The Chairman.What is your post under the Government?

A.-I collect the papers for the coffins which come up to Mount Davis.

Q. Do you only work at Mount Davis cemetery?

A. Yes, that is all.

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-What papers do you collect?

A.-Papers for exhuming remains and for coffins passing and papers to be handed to Sanitary Board.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Do you mean permits for burial ?

A. Yes.

The Chairman. And this is a permit granted after a certain time to exhume a body- is that the paper you refer to ?

A. After seven years.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Explain the system to the Commission.

The Chairman. Do you keep books with all these entries?

A. Yes.

Q.-Well, I want these books put in, where are they?

(Government books put in.)

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Where are your own private books?

A. I have none.

The Chairman.-Dont you keep any private books at all?

A.—No, I am in the Government employ. I have no private accounts.

Q.—Do you spend the whole of your day at Mount Davis looking after burials?

A. Yes.

Q.—Do you

know anyone of the name of Lo Man Kai?

A. Yes.

Q.--Is he a friend of yours?

A. Yes.

Q.--How long have you known him?

A.-Seven years.

Q. How long have you been in Government employ?

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A.-From November, 1901.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Who recommended you for that appointment?

A.-Lo Man Kai wrote me a letter to go to an Inspector whose name is "Anai". The people used to call him the junior No. 9.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Is that a Sanitary Inspector?

A. Yes.

Q-Is Lyon his name?

A.-People call him "Anai".

-Where does he live now?

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A. He is in the Western part of the town.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Is he a short man?

A. He is a tall man.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Is he a Senior Inspector

A.- No.

Q.-Is he a First Class Inspector?

A. I dont know.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Inspector Knight. That will be who he means.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.—What were you before you became a sexton at Mount Davis?

A.-I was in a boarding house.

The Chairman.-What part of the country do you come from?

A. From Hoi Ping.

Q. What is your village ?

A.--Lo Tsun.

Mr. Lau Chu Puk.-Does Lo Man Kai came from the same place ?

A. Yes.

The Chairman.-What is Lo Man Kai's home address ?

A.-Yun La also in the Hoi Ping district.

Q-Is that quite close to your place?

A. Yes.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-It is the same village?

A.--It is just the same village. It is just near bye.

The Chairman.-Have you any other work in Hongkong besides looking after the Mount Davis cemetery?

A.-No.

Q.-Quite sure?

A.-No.

Q. Are you telling the truth?

A.-I am.

-You are not employed by the Tung Wah Hospital ?

A. They engage me but I can't read so I told my younger brother to do it.

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Q.-Dont you get eighteen dollars a month from the Tung Wah Hospital?

A.--That is my younger brother's, yes.

Q.-You get it yourself, dont you ?

A. My younger brother.

Q.-Why do the Tung Wah Hospital say they engage Lo Chung, sexton of the Mount Davis cemetry to look after the mortuary at $18 a month?

A.--They did put my name down at first but I could neither read nor write.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.--Do you mean to say that you have taken your brother on to assist you?

A.--No, it is just that my younger brother does it.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Does your younger brother ever go up to the Tung Wah Hospital?

A.--Every month the wages are paid. He goes to get

brooms and so on.

The Chairman.-And draws the eighteen dollars a month ?

A.-I receive it with my hand and give it to my younger brother.

Q. How much do you keep of that?

A.I give it all to him. I dont keep it.

Q-Dont you think it is a very laudable thing for an older brother to draw $8 a month for himself and draw $18 a month for his younger brother?

A.-Well, you see I can't write.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Why didn't your younger brother go and get the $18 a month himself?

A.--Because the Tung Wah Hospital has got my name down.

Q.-Then you were employed by the Tung Wah Hospital?

A.-They engaged me but I can't write and so I didn't dare to do it.

-You dare to take the money--answer the question?

Q.-

A.--My brother does it. He does it properly.

Q. You dont dare to do the work but you are bold enough to go and take the money?

A. I do receive it but I give it to my brother.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Does the Tung Wah Hospital know that your younger brother does the work?

A.-They do.

Q. Do you ever go to the mortuary ?

A.-I do at night.

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Q-What for?

A--Because my younger brother is afraid of the dark and does not dare to be there by himself. I live down below. My family residence is at Mount Davis.

The Chairman. Does not your wife live at the mortuary?

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Does your wife sleep at the mortuary?

A. She does.

Q.-She lives there?

A. -Yes.

The Chairman.--That is why you go there at night?

A. Yes, on that account.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.---And

A.--I am there at night.

you live there too.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.—Where do you get your meals?

A. At Mount Davis.

Q. Where? Close to the cemetery?

A.-At a matshed.

-Are your meals cooked in the matshed or sent up to you from the mortuary?

A.--Sometime I cook it up above and sometimes my wife brings it up to me.

Q. Who introduced you to the Tung Wah Authorities?

A.Mr. Kwok Iu Un.

Are you sure of that?

A. And Mr. Chau Sui Kee.

Who introduced you to Mr. Chau Sui Kee and Mr. Kwok Ith Un?

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A.--I am always in the matshed. These gentlemen are constantly passing by. They asked if I was not afraid in the dark up there and I said I was not. They said "would you dare to do the work at the mortuary?" I said "I can't read or write, let my younger brother do it" and they said "Your younger brother can assist you."

The Chairman.-Who told you that?

A.--They did not say it, but I asked them.

Q.-Who

Who did you ask?

A.--I asked Kwok Iu Un.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Did you ask Mr. Chau Siu Kee?

A.--I dont remember whether I did or not.

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The Chairman.-If you can't read or write, who writes up these books for you ?

A.--Well, bad writing does for these.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.--Then you can write bad writing?

A. Yes.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Then it is not true that you can't write and read?

A. Yes.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.--If you cannot write how can you keep a register of all the burials at Mount Davis ?

A.--Well, the undertakers have a memo.

Q. Then you copy from these Bills?

A. Yes.

Q.-Well, then you can write?

A.-Bad writing.

Q. It doesn't matter whether it is bad or not. You are not going in for the M. A. degree.

Witness re-cautioned.

The Chairman-(examining and pointing to entry in one of the books produced by witness) Is this your handwriting?

you ?

A. Yes.

The Chairman.-That it seems to me, is quite good handwriting?

Fung Wa Chun.-That is all right-very good handwriting.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-We can always ask Mr. Kwok In Un and Mr. Chau Siu Kee about

A.-Well, I dont tell any lies. Get them to come up.

Q.-Before you got the job did you not go to the Tung Wah Hospital with a letter from Mr. Lo Man Kai ?

A.-I dont know about the letter.

Q.-But did you take such a letter?

A.-I dont know which letter. I dont know whether there was a letter or not.

Q.-The letter introducing you to Tung Wah Hospital?

A. It was several years ago. I dont remember.

The Chairman.-Would a man of your class have the impudence to go and apply for a billet at the Tung Wah Hospital at $18 a month without a letter of introduction from somebody?

A.-The Directors know me.

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Mr. Humphreys.-They did not know you then?

A. They constantly passed and sat down there at Mount Davis.

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Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-I know as a matter of fact that the Directors of the Tung Wah Hospital dont often go there, and dons always go there as you say.

A.-Well, at Ching Ming and the seventh moon they constantly go there to worship

the tombs.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Do you remember having written a letter to the Tung Wah Hospital?

A.-I do not.

Q.--And did you know the Tung Wah Hospital before you knew Lo Man Kai?

A.-I knew Lo Man Kai first.

The Chairman.--How is it you have only known Lo Man Kai for seven years when you come from the same village?

A. He was always outside, I was in Canton.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-How many years have you been in Hongkong?

A.-Eight or nine years.

Q-Was Lo Man Kai here when you came?

A-He was employed in a foreign firm and I did not dare to go and look for him.

Q-You knew Lo Man Kai before you came to Hongkong?

A.-Lo Man Kai was born in Hongkong.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-How do you know?

A. Because his mother came out from the country and lived in Hongkong.

Q.-Then you know his mother?

A-I did, but she is dead.

Q. How did you address her?

A. As Aunt.

Q. How do you address Lo Man Kai ?

A.-As Mr. Lo Man Kai.

Q.--What is the relationship between yourself aud Lo Man Kai ?

A.-Clansmen.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Cousins ?

A.-Not cousins but distant brothers.

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The Chairman.-He means a clansman doesn't he?

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Mr. Lau Chu Pak.--Yes.

Q.Have you any assistants at Mount Davis ?

Who is that man names

um?

A.--He is a stone mason.

Q.-Is he not working there for

you ?

A. He himself cuts the stones for the graves.

Q.-Does he live there without your permission or without the permission of the Sanitary Board ?

A. He used to live in Hongkong, come out during the day and go back at night, and then Lo A Tong said "Will you live there and I will give you a place to live in ?"

Q. Who is Lo A Tong?

A.-He digs the graves and Lo Pun gives Lo A Tong a dollar a month.

you? Who pays the wages of Lo Pun and Lo A Tong?

Q.--Is Lo A Tong under you?

A.-No one pays the wages. Tong's wages are paid by the Sanitary Board. Lo Pun

cuts the head stones.

Q.-So Lo A Tong is one of your assistants?

A. No, Lo A Tong is a grave digger.

Q. How many men are paid by the Sanitary Board at Mount Davis?

A. Well, there are three grave diggers and myself. That makes four.

Q. Who is head man?

A. I am.

Q. So these three men are under ?

you

A.-Now they are, but they did not use to be.

Q.--When were they not under ?

you

A.-They came under me in 1905.

Q.--Not before ?.

A.-Not before.

Q.--Do you supply head stones for marking the numbers of graves to the Sanitary Board ?

A.-No.

Q.-Who supplies them ?

A. Foo Sik.

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supply head stones?

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stones. I want to know from you

burself or ot?

Private head stones

A.-Lo Pun makes them. I have not.

Q. Do you mean to say that people buy direct from Lo Pun?

A-Well, it is this; the people did not know Lo Pun and then he said to me "Brother Chung, I beg of you to say that I make them ".

Q.-Do you receive the money for them?

A.-Lo Pun receives it.

Q. Are you aware that you have been telling a lie, when you said that Lo Pun has been receiving money?

A.-I am not.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.--You never received money for head stones.

A.-The coffin shops have, the undertakers have-

Q.-That answer is not right.

Yes or no?

A-I have gone to the undertakers' shop and received from Fuk Shan (undertakers' shop in Hollywood Road).

Q.-So you have been selling head stones?

A.-I went on behalf of Lo Pun to receive this.

Q-Are you paid anything by Lo Pun?

A.-No.

Q. What is the income of Lo Pun?

A.-Very little.

Q. How much?

A-Between ten and twenty head stones a month.

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Mr. Shelton Hooper.-A nd how much are head stones?

A.-Forty-five cents.

Q-For a head stone or a number?

A.-No these are the Government, the numbers are.

Q-What is the size of a head stone ?

A.-They are that height (illustrates) about 18 inches.

Q.-And is it granite dressed?

A. Yes.

Q. And inscription on it?

A.-In Chinese.

Q.And do you fix it for. forty-five cents?

A. Yes.

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Q.-How long does it take you to make one of these head stones and inscriptions and to fix it?

A. You must ask the stone-cutter to know that.

Q.-No, I am asking you, if you are there and see that stone made. I ask you how long it takes?

mean.

A.-Well, he takes them up the hill to fix them up. I dont follow him.

Q.-The actual dressing of the stone and the cutting of the granite. That is what I

A.-Well, you must ask him to know.

Q.--I am asking you.

A.-Well, I say he takes about two hours to do one.

Mr. Shelton Hooper (to the Interpreter) Now, if you would just tell him that we have the power to commit him if he shows any contempt. He has answered that question several times saying No.

The Chairman. (to the Interpreter) Tell him I have power to send him to prison for three months straight away if he doesn't tell the truth.

Witness cautioned for the third time :---

A.-How do I know how long he takes to do things?

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-He is living with you there?

A.Well, he is at work and I am in the matshed.

Q-Where does he work?

A.--On the hill.

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-But your duty is also to be on the hill all the time?

A.-I go out and in the matshed.

Q.-Well, you must see him work all the time?

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A.-I am watching the grave-diggers making the graves, I dont look at him.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.--Is this your writing (shown document) ?

A. It is not.

Q. Whose writing is it?

A.-I dont know. The stonecutter put it down.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Do you know the boundaries of the various sections in the Cemetery?

A.-I do.

-What are the fees for sections 1, 2, 3, and 4?

A.-Fifty cents No. 1, Two dollars for No. 2, Three dollars for Xo. 3 and Ten dollars

for No. 4.

Q.-Do

A. No.

you ever make large graves for people in the Cemetery

Q.-Be careful what you answer,

A. Yes.

Q. Do you remember the grave of Lam San Tin?

A.-I do.

Q. How much did you get for making this grave ?

A.-Lo Pun made it for him.

-With whose permission?

A. I dont know. He himself got the permission.

Q.-But you are the sexton in charge, have you seen the permit ?

A.-I did.

Q. Can you produce it?

A. It is with Lo Pun.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-You saw the permit?

A.—I did.

Q. What did the permit say?'

A.-Repair of grave Lam Sam Tin.

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Q.-That permit does not say the size of the

A.-It does not.

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grave ?

Q.-Then you can make the grave any size you liked ?

A.-No, it is not finished yet.

Q.-Then you can make it as big as you like?

A.-No, it is ten feet long by eight.

Q.-Always like that?

A.-It was not told me before. There was no English measurements. the third moon of this year that the Inspector gave me the English feet.

Q. When was the work started ?

A.-Now, it is just started.

Q. When? What is the date?

A.-Lo Pun has been there a long time working stone.

But it was in

-I am not asking about Lo Pun and the stone, I want to know when?

A. It is not I, it is Lo Pun.

Q.-But you are there to see?

A.—The hillside has not been cut into yet. He is there cutting stone.

Q. When was that permit issued ?

A.-I dont remember, I must look to sec.

-But you have seen it?

A. I have seen it.

Q.-You dont remember it?

Mr. Fung Wa Chun. -Give us a rough idea?

A.-I dont remember the date, I saw it long ago.

Q. A month ago?

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Who was the permit signed by ?

A.--I dont know English.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-How do you know it is genuine ?

A.-I dont know, I can't read English.

The Chairman.-Where is the permit? Who has it at the present moment?

A. It is with Lo Pun.

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Q.—When a permit is presented for a grave is it not your duty to take that permit and keep it?

A. When the grave is finished it will be given to me.

Q. What do you do with it then?

A.-I put it there (pointing to his basket of books).

Q. And what becomes of it after it is put in the basket?

A.-I dont put it in a basket, I put it in a drawer and it is there all the time.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Are they never returned to the Sanitary Board?

A.--No.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Have you got them all for the seven years you have been out there ?

A.-Well, everything was lost in a typhoon some time ago. thing with it.

Q. How long ago was that typhoon ?

A.-Some years ago, two or three years ago.

Q.--Have you got them all since that typhoon?

A.--Yes.

The Chairman.-Where are they?

A. They are all there (pointing).

Q-They can't be. He says there are twenty a week?

A-I think they are there.

The matshed with every-

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Are there some graves in Mount Davis bigger than others— occupying more space? I am talking about your own time-Yes or No, dont tell lies.

A. In the ten dollars ground, yes.

Q.-There are some bigger than others?

A. Yes.

Q. And who authorized you to make bigger graves?

A.--Well, I did not know about it. Formerly I had no English measurement.

Q.—And you make some graves bigger than others-Yes or No?

A. Yes.

Q.-Well, who gives you author ty?

A.-No authority was given me. It was not I that made them.

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Mr. Humphreys.-What consideration did you get for that?

A. No money was given to me.

Q.-You did it out of pure good nature?

A.-It was not I that did it.

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Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Who did it then?

A.-Some people called bricklayers themselves to do it.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Supposing a grave is made three times as large as it should be should you report it to the Sanitary Board or allow them to make it?

A.-There are none three times as big.

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Q.---I dont say there are, I say that if some workmen made one three times as big as it ought to be should you report it to the Sanitary Board?

A. Yes, I would have to report it.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-But if half the size larger-Ne, no dont say anything else should you report to the Sanitary Board or not?

A.-Well, new ones certainly.

What do you mean by new ones?

A.--The Inspector gave me the measurement in the third moon of this year-the Chinese third moon.

Mr. Shelton Hooper. Then before third moon of this year if a grave was much larger than it ought to be you would not have reported it ?

A.-There is nothing done.

The Interpreter.-He means such a grave has not been made.

Mr. Sheltop Hooper.-If it had been made should you have reported it to the Sanitary Board?

A.-Well, now that I have been told about it, I would certainly do so.

Q.-Would you have done it before the third moon of this

year

A.—I did not know about it, I could not report.

Q. Why?

A.-No big one has been made-two or three times the size.

Q.--Supposing it was larger than the ordinary size should you have reported it?

A.-I did not report it.

Q-Do you consider it was your duty to report it?

A.-Well, no. There was no English measurement give to me.

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The Chairman.-Who is the Inspector?

A.-Inspector Conolly.

Q-How long has he been there?

A. Four or five years.

Q.-Does any other Inspector go there?

A.-Bryan.

Q. What does Bryan do?

A.-To see if the graves are proper or not.

Q. What does Mr. Conolly do?

A. He comes and checks the accounts.

Q. Who looks after the general condition of the Cemetery?

A.-We do.

Q. Which of the two Inspectors?

A.-Conolly.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Do you remember the large grave No. 6,045 ?

A.-I do not.

Q.-If I gave you the Chinese name do you think you would remember it?

A.-Well, if I saw the book.

Q.-Did you make a large grave for Lai Fung Sang?

A.-No, I did not.

Q.-Well, who made it ?

A. The former man.

Q-Where was the body taken from ?

A.-I dont know where it came from.

Witness again cautioned :-

A.-I am not telling lies.

Q. Are there any graves made without the knowledge of the Sanitary Board?

A.-No. They know all about it.

Q. Are you sure about that?

A. Yes.

Q. Are there not some headstones lying about there that belong to graves and the remains have been removed without the knowledge of the Sanitary Board?

A.--No, they have all got permits for them.

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Witness warned not to touch the headstones referred to overnight or remove them.

A.-I understand.

Q. Who engages men to take the coffins from the mortuary to the cemetery?

A.-The people themselves.

Q.-But you always engage men for this chii ka" ?

A.-No.

Q. In the case of graves 5,501 and 5,224 did you not buy the coffins and afterwards take them up and bury them in another place in the Cemetery?

A.-No.

Q. Are these numbers entered in your books?

A. Yes, you look at the book and you will know.

Q.-You pick out the book.

A-I dont remember which book.

Book found and examined :—

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-No. 5,504 is buried in the three dollars place now.

That is not

right?

The Chairman. Did you make these entries youself? Is that your handwriting (pointing to entry 5,504) ?

A. Yes, I made the entries myself.

Q-Is that your handwriting (pointing to entry 5,224) ?

A.-I made the entry.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-No. 5,224 is the body of a child four years of age, is it not?

Q.-Yes. That is not me. It is A Tong and A Muk.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Under your supervision?

(No answer).

The Chairman. So this body was exhumed and buried in another place?

A.-It was first buried in the two dollars ground and, I do not know how it was, the next day it was not there and I said it would not do not to be there. A Tong said :- "That is the same way as we did before." A Tong said it would do as they pay a fee.

Q.-Who to?

A. To the Government.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Was this reported to the Sanitary Board?

A.-It was.

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What? The exhuming of this body?

A.-No.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Was it not your duty to inform the Sanitary Board that a body had been taken away in the night?

A.-Well, there was a new mau did it and I did not know about it and A Tong said it would do.

The Chairman.-What was the fee paid?

A.-Two dollars.

Q. Who got it?

A.-The Sanitary Board.

Q.-Who paid it to the Sanitary Board?.

A. The undertakers' shop. That place was also two dollars and the old place was two

dollars.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.—And Chii Ka did not pay anything for the new grave

A.-I dont know about that.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Anything to you?

A.-No.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Do you keep a register in English and Chinese at or near each Chinese Cemetery? Have you a register in English?

A.-No.

Q.-Do you

know that, under the bye-laws for Chinese cemeteries, it says a register shall be kept in the English and Chinese languages at or near each Cemetery giving the date of each burial, the name, sex, certified cause of death. (Quotes.) Do you know that is a part of the regulations?

A.-I do not know.

Q. Do you know that a plan of the Cemetery as laid out shall be at or near to the Cemetery a plan showing the position of each grave in each section and every such grave space shall bear a number ?

such a plan out there?

A.-No plan.

Have you

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-How often do you see the Inspectors visit the Cemetery?

A-Every week.

Q-Every week or every Sunday evening?

A.-Maybe Friday or Wednesday or Friday; it is uncertain.

Q.-You mean once a week?

A. Yes.

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Q-What does he do when he comes ?

A-I take him to see.

-Do the Inspectors often come to check the depths of the graves ?

A. Yes, seven feet deep.

Q.-Do you keep pigs near the Cemetery?

A.-I dont keep any pigs at all.

Are there no pigs near the Cemetery?

A.--There are none there.

The Chairman.-What are the names of your assistants and of the men who work at the Cemetery?

A-A Tong.

Q.-Who is he?

A.-He used to be there, not now.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-When did he leave?

A. He left in 1904.

Q.-I dont want the names of people who left three years ago, I want the names of the men who are with you at the Cemetery at the present moment ?

A.-Chi Tim.

Q.-Who else ?

A.-Chan Fan and Chan Tai.

Q.-Who are these men? What do they do?

A. They are grave diggers.

Q-Who are they paid by?

A.-The Sanitary Board.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Who engaged them?

A.-Conolly engaged them.

The Chairman.-At how much a month ?

A.-Eigh: dollars a month.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Who recommended them?

A. I recommended them.

The Chairman.How much of their wages do you get?

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A.-No.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Do you feed them?

A.-No.

Q. Where do they have their feed?

A.-At the matshed.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-They board with you?

A.-No, they live in the same matshed.

Q.-Do they cook their own meals?

(No answer.)

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Is Lo Pun there now?

A. He is still there.

Q-Is he still paying that dollar to A Tong?

A.-No, there is no need to pay it now. No one wants it.

Q. He is not paying anything now?

A.-No.

Q.-Because A Tong left three years ago?

A. Yes.

Q-Now I come back to No. 5,224. You told the Commission that the Inspector visited the Cemetery once a week?

A. Yes.

Q.—Well, why did you not tell the Inspector who visited the place that the remains of 5,224 were removed to another place.

A.-I did not tell him.

Q.-Why did you not tell him?

A.-I did not remember to do so.

Q.-You forgot?

A.-I forgot.

The Chairman.-Does it so often happen that bodies are removed that you can so easily overlook it, or if it only happens once in a way you surely would not have forgotten?

A. It does not often happen.

Q.-How often does in happen?

A. I remember it once happened-no more-only a little boy.

Q.-Quite sure that that is the only occasion since you have been there, to your know- ledge, that a body has been removed?

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A. Yes.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Were not the remains of 5,504 disinterred and reburied in another place?

A.-What is the surname ?

Q.-Chan Sik Chau ?

A.-Well, several years ago, I dont remember. It is a former man's handwriting I dont remember.

The Chairman.-But you were there five years ago. Ask him if that is in his hand- writing.?

was.

A. Yes.

The Interpreter.-He said something about a

something about a man before him. I dont know that it

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Who wanted to get you into trouble?

A. A Tong wanted to get me into trouble.

Q. How is it you remember so distinctly the case that occurred on the second moon and that you do not remember at all a case that occurred a month later?

A.-How can I remember ?

Q. When was that case 5,504. Look at it?

Q.--When

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-5,505, I gave the wrong number.

A.-(examining book) 1903 the 1st of April.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-And when was this one (5,224) ?

A. 24th April, 1903.

Q-How is it you make such an entry as this-the 8th of April before the 1st of

April?

(No answer.)

Mr. Humphreys.-Has any Official from the Sanitary Board ever checked these books? These are the accounts and register of the burials?

A.-Well, I send up a monthly account.

Q. Where is it?

A.-And the Inspector checks them every week. It is taken up to the Sanitary Board

Office.

Q-They are in Chinese of course?

A.-In Chinese.

Q. And can the Inspector read Chinese ?

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A.-The Inspector has an Interpreter with him and the Interpreter reads the book out to the Inspector who checks them.

Q.-And these books are afterwards sent to the Sanitary Board, are they not?

A.-No.

Q-Supposing that you and the Inspector were in partnership, there is nothing to prevent nearly all the money for these burials finding its way into the pockets of the Inspector?

A.-There is a large document each week.

The Chairman.-Who receives that ?

A. The clerks at the Sanitary Beard Office receive it.

Q.-Who wrote that book ? It is not in the same handwriting. It is very much better handwriting?

week.

A. Yes, that handwriting is mine.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Whose is the English?

A.-Lo Man Kai. The English is a receipt for the paper that is sent by me every

The Chairman.-Do you write those books yourself?

A.-I do.

Mr. Humphreys.—And that paper is a statement of all the burials that have occurred?

A. All burials are entered in this book.

The Chairman.-Is the last month's report in these books?

A-No.

Q. Where is the last month?

A. In this one (produces book).

Q. Where is the summary for last month?

A. Here it is (Reads)—21 "C" section, 1 "D" section, 7 "A' section. These (pointing) are 50 cents ones.

Q.-Is that the book he sends up to the Sanitary Board?

A.-I do.

Q.-The book itself?

A. From it is copied out the register paper.

Mr. Humphreys.-And that register paper is a true copy of that book ?

A.-Each week I have one and the Inspector has one.

Q.-Is it a true copy of the book ?

A. Yes, it is copied from the book.

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Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-The Inspector always copies his from yours ?'

A. Yes.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-And was the register from the other books too?

A. Yes, the same.

The Chairman.-What is the name of your younger brother whom you say does the Tung Wah Hospital work?

A.-Lo Yeung.

Q. Where does he live?

A. In the Cemetery--the Tung Wah Hospital cemetery.

-With you and your wife ?

A. Yes.

Q.-Does his wife live there too?

A.-No, his wife is in the country.

Q.--Where does she live?

A.-Hoi Ping district.

Q.-In what native village?

A.-In my village.

-Who does Lo Pun work for?

A.-Does his work himself.

Q.-He works on his own account, does he?

A. Yes.

Q. What would you say if I told you that I can prove that Lo Pun is your em- ployee?

A.-It is not so.

Witness again cautioned :—

A.-There is no falsehood about it.

The Chairman.-We know he has been telling us a great many lies. We shall probably want to see him again.

Witness further cautioned to tell the truth.

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183.-D. J. MACKENZIE, sworn :—

The Chairman.-The principle reason why I wished to see you this afternoon is to ascertain what you know about that statement of Lo Man Kai, the senior clerk in the Sanitary Depart- ment being connected with the Man Hing. I want to know from you personally what you know of this report. I want to know exactly what

I want to know exactly what you heard and what you said.

A.-I said to Dr. Macfarlane in the Mortuary one day-we were talking about one thing or another-

Q. Do you remember which day this was?

A.-I can't say which day. It probably was about nine or ten days ago.

Q.-

-Was it on Thursday of the week before last?

A.-It might be.

Q.-Well, what did you say to Dr. Macfarlane ?

A. We were talking about things in general and I said to him it is a standing joke in the Department that Man Hing is Lo Man Kai.

Q. Did you say anything more?

A.-No.

Q. Had you any reason for supposing that it was true?

A.-Nothing further than that we passed the thing in that way.

Q.—You say you have practically had nothing to do with the Man Hing. Have you had much to do with Lo Man Kai?

A.-No.

Q.-You had nothing to do personally with him?

A.-If I wanted anything I go to the Secretary.

Q.-Lo Man Kai never said anything to you or gave you any reason to suppose it

was true?

A.-No.

Q. How long is it since you first heard what you describe as a standing joke."

A.-I have known it for three or four

years.

Q. And it has been talked about amongst the Inspectors?

A. Amongst the older ones.

Q.-Men of your own standing--of your own immediate class?

A. Yes.

-Can you mention any names ?

A.-Inspector Allen was one.

Q.-Any others?

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A.-I can't remember now.

Q.-Was it spoken of quite frequently and quite as a common thing or only once in a way ?

A. Once in a way.

Mr. Humphreys.-If a thing like that came to your knowledge as you say in the way of a joke would you not consider it your duty to report it to the Principal Civil Medical

Officer ?

A.-No.

The Chairman.-So far as you know, do you believe there was any truth in the report ?

A.-I could not say there was truth in it because if I thought for a moment that I could have got to the bottom of it I most certainly would have reported the thing.

-Do you think it would be true?

A.-Personally, I think it might be true.

Q.-But you had no grounds?

A.-I had no grounds for my statement at all.

Q.--Setting aside the Departmental joke, did anyone ever tell you that Lo Man Kai had a share in the business?

A.-No.

-No European and no Chinaman?

A.—No.

Q.-I understand that when Dr. Macfarlane asked you where you got your informa- tion from you said you could not tell him or you did not wish to tell him. Did you say so?

A.-No.

Q.-Dr. Macfarlane did not tell us himself; we had it from another source?

A.-I did not say so.

262.-HO TSOI, Master of Ping Chan, stated:-

I made Lo Man Kai's acquaintance when he was Interpreter at Sai Ying Pun Police Station. Nominally. I am the God-father to Lo's daughter, but no presents had been made to make me to be the God-father. I have known him nearly 10 years. He came to see me in my shop 3 or 4 times a month and I met him 5 or 6 times a month at dinners. I dismissed 5 employees on account of the dullness of business at the end of the last moon. On our first acquaintance, I borrowed from him money for my business and we have since. been borrowing and lending from and to each other. In Kwong Tai Loong he and I are part- This business, makes Lo Man Kai put in $100 in the name of Lo Kion On.

ners.

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about $500 a year. Lo Man Kai asked me to put in some money in the Kowloon Con- servancy Contract. The Capital was $15,000 of which Sham Iu undertook to subscribe $8,000 and Lo Man Kai $7,000. I actually put in $500, my brother $1,000, Au Young Sui Sang $1,000, Tang Yang Chi of Sin Cheong fat boiling shop in Yu Yam Lane $500, Chung Tsz Yin of the same shop $500, Ho King Fai of the Shing Cheong, pork stall Sai Ying Pun market $500, Wong Siu Kwong of the Hing Nam tea shop Queen's Road West $500, Ho Cheuk Shun of the Kwan On, sea-delicacies shop near the Western market $500, Li Chung Kee of the Tin Tsun, soy factory Queen's Road Central $500, Mak Chung Shang of the Ying Wai Restaurant, West Street $500 and Lo Man Kai himself $500. (All these shops have more or less to do with the Sanitary Board. L.C.P.) The contract was started at the end of last Chinese year. I and Au Yeung Sui Sang stood as sureties. About 2 months later, we gave up the business and handed it all to Sham Iu. (and we lost $2,000. E.A.H.)

(Ho Tsoi was here informed that the deed could not be found among his books.)

A.-You have everything there. What was there is there, but if you want to see it Sam In has a taking over deed. The transfer deed, which the Commission keeps will prove this.

The contract was obtained in the name of Chan Yuk. I have no share in Man Hing. Au Yeung Sui Sang looks after the business, and he is a partner in Kwong Man Hing, the grocer's shop. I cannot say if Lo Man Kai was the master of Man Hing, as he had never told me, nor had I ever asked him, but I suspected that he was.

In the case

of the "Yat Heung" eating house, 451 Queen's Road West, in which I am interested, the $10 for the Inspector for not cleansing the shop was paid to Lo Man Kai by myself. Lo told me he paid it to the Senior Inspector in charge of the cleansing gang. The cleansing was starting and there was no water in the shop to wash it.

་

17.-CHAN PUI, recalled:-

The Chairman. Now, Chan Pui, you have handed in a written statement to Mr. Lau Chu Pak. I will read it over to you and ask you to sign it. (Reads.)

"Chan Pui of No. 2 Sam To Lane, states :-I am the owner of Public Latrines No. 2 On Ning Lane, No. 14 Mercer Street, I am also the lessee of Public Latrines 29 First Street, 3 Sam To Lane, 3 Circular Pathway, No. 13 Tai Wong Street, 30 Nullah Lane and No. 2 Gough Street. On the 29th year of Kwong Chu when I was the contractor for Blood and Hair from Slaughter-houses, I had been paying $5 a month to the clerk Lo Man Kai, (He said for wages. E. A. H.) I paid him because he asked me for it. (Chan Pui said it was questionable whether the business would show a profit or loss and Lo Man Kai said that he would let me know about matters in the office and it would be worth $5 a month as wages for Lo Man Kai. E. A. H.) I refused in the first instance, but agreed when he said he would look after me, when there should be any complaint made against me in connection with my contract. When I got the contract for Blood and Hair for the Hunghom Slaughter-house this year, Lo Man Kai again asked me to continue paying him $5 a month. I promised him that if' at the end of the year I find I have made a profit I will pay

him something, but not until then. While I was absent at Canton two months ago Lo came to ask iny son "A Tsun" for $20 on account of the Blood and Hair contract. My son paid him the $20, but on his apprising me of the fact on my return from Canton, I went to ask Lo Man Kai to return me the $20, and he did return it. (Because there was a loss. When there was a loss I could not give it, when there was a profit I wished to give it. E. A. H). When Sam lu got the Yaumatiscavenging and conservancy contract about the 11th moon last Chinese year, he came with. Lo Man Kai to my house, to negotiate for the sale of nightsoil. They caine together and my son saw them, as I was out. Subsequently Sam lu and Chan Yuk called to sign an agreement for the sale of nightsoil to me. As to the entries in my book regarding the payment of money to the Inspectors and Interpreters, my son

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"A Tsun "made the payments and he entered them. He knows everything as he has entire charge of my latrine business. After the seizure of my books Inspector Lee (?) at present in charge of No. 5 District who is a short man, called at my house and suggested that my son should say that the money was paid to Interpreter Ng Fai, who was dismissed. Inspector Ward now in charge of the No. 10 District who is also a short man, also called at my home and advised that my son should clear out. (Yes he said it as well to me as to my son. E. A. H.) The Inspector first of all inquired if his name was men- tioned in the books seized."

The Chairman. You say these two Inspectors called at your house?

A. Yes.

Q.-Do you know these men by sight?

A.-I do, that is to say I could identify them.

Q. -You know one is Inspector Lee and the other is Inspector (F) Ward ?

A. Yes, Nos. 5 and 10 Districts.

-When they came to your shop and made this, suggestion did you see them yourself?

A.-I did.

-Was anybody else present when they spoke to you?

A.-No, it was between seven and eight o'clock.

Q.-What day was that ?

A.-One was the second of the moon and one was the third of the moon-this Chinese

moon.

Q. Which Inspector came on the second and which on the third ?

A. The No. 10 District one came on the second and Lee came on the third.

Q. When did they see your son? You say they spoke to your son also?

A.They saw my son on the seventh of the moon when he went to get some disinfectant in the branch office in Pokfulam Road.

Q.--But there was no one present when this man spoke to you personally?

A.-No one else.

Q.-Was that

Was that your office or was it your private house?

A. In the sitting room of my

house.

-Between seven and eight did you say?

A. Yes.

Q.-Both men called about the same time of the day?

A.-A little after seven both of them in the evening.

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Q. How did they speak to you, in English or Chinese?

A.-There was a man brought them and he interpreted.

Q.-Do know his name?

you

A. The No. 5 District Inspector brought a man called Leung. I asked him his surname and a man named Wong came with the Inspector of the 10th District.

Q. Do those Inspectors so far as you know speak Chinese ?

A.-I dont know. They brought an interpreter.

Q.-Did they appear to understand what was being said in Chinese between yourself and the Interpreter ?

A. Yes, they knew some, No. 5 Inspector said "Ng Fai is not doing the work. He has gone to Macao. The money handed by your son was given to him. That will do.” That was said in Chinese by the Inspector. Say it was given to him and not to me.'

What Chinese dialect were you speaking in with the Interpreter ?

A.-In Cantonese.

Q.-And they were speaking in Cantonese ?

A. Yes.

Q. Did Mr. Lee speak in Cantor ese at all to you?

A.-Well, these few sentences about Ng Fai, yes.

Q. Do you think that the Inspectors knew enough Chinese to follow what the Interpreter was saying to you and what you were saying to the Interpreter ?

A.-I dont know about them as to that.

Q.-Now, who did you say these two Interpreters were? The man who came with Mr. Lee what was his name?

A.-He was not an Interpreter. He said he was a friend that came. His surname was Leung.

Q. Do you know who the man was? Do you know anything about him?

A.-I do not.

Q.-Would you know the man again if you saw him ?

A.-Well, no. It was late at night.

Q.-Was he a coolie or a more or less educated Chinaman ?

A.-He was a respectable man with a long coat.

Q.-Now, with regard to the man who came with Inspector (F) Ward, what was his naine ?

A. He had a short jacket, his name was Wong.

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Q.-Have you ever seen Wong before?

A.-No, I do not know him.

Q.-You dont know anything about him? You dont know who he is?

A.-No.

Q.-

Did he seem to be a more or less educated man or was he a common class of man ?

A. He looked just like a house boy in foreign employ. Just like that.

Q.--Do you think you could find out who Leung and Wong are and let me know?

A. Well, I do not know where they come from. They came to me. inquiries.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Then how can you remember the surname so well ?

A. I asked. I made inquiries as to surnames.

I can't make

The Chairman. I understood you to say that both those men spoke through their Interpreters in Cantonese ?

A. Yes.

Q. You have already told the Commission that Inspector Lee made some remarks about Ng Fai in Cantonese himself?

A. Yes, through the Interpreter and then he told me outside afterwards.

Q-I dont quite understand your answer. I want to know whether at any time during the interview Inspector Lee spoke himself in Cantonese and if so, what he said ?

A.--No, only had it interpreted but then when we went out he spoke to me several sentences in Cantonese.

Q.-Outside the house?

A.-Outside the house, yes.

Q.-Did he speak to you in Cantonese outside the house?

A.-Well, as he was going out, he said "Ng Fai is not here. Ng Fai has left the

That was, say the money was given to Ng Fai and not say it was given to him.

service."

Q.—And that was said direct by Mr. Lee in Cantonese to you?

A. Yes.

-Did anybody hear Mr. Lee make that statement to you or was there anybody present ?

A.-No, there were only the three of us -Lee, the man who brought him and myself.

Q.-Leung?

A. Yes.

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-Did Leung hear Mr. Lee make that remark in Cantonese to you?

A. I dont know whether he heard it or not.

Q.-Where were you standing at the time the remark was made ?

A.-It was just when we were going out. We were sitting down but he was just about leaving-when he got up and was leaving.

said?

Q.-But you were sitting in the room, were you

A. Yes, still in the room.

Q. And was Leung still in the room?

A. Yes, he was still in the sitting room and the three of us had not gone.

Q.-Not a very big room, I suppose and probably he would have heard what was

A. I dont know whether he heard or not. How do I know?

Statement resumed :-

"I have been conservancy, scavenging and slaughter-house contractors and every time I was contractor, I had to send Christmas presents every year to the Inspectors, or they would say that I did not do the work properly. Only the Inspectors of those lays were few and not so daring as the Inspectors of to-day.'

Mr. Shelton Hooper.--Where is your house that these Inspectors come to ?

A.-No. 2 Sum To Lane.

Q.-Did any of your neighbours see these Inspectors come to your house?

A. I dont know.

Q. Do you know for certain that it was Inspector (F) Ward? Do you know that

be is called Ward ?

is called Ward ?

You said the Inspector of No. 10 District.

A. I know it is No. 10 District.

Q. Do you know Inspector Conolly?

Are you sure he

A. He is the Chief Inspector and constantly goes about. He has been Chief Inspector

for a number of years.

Do you know that he is also Inspector for No. 10 District?

A. He is a general Inspector, Nos. 9 and 10.

Q.-Therefore you are quite sure that you meau Inspector (F) Ward and not Inspector Conolly?

A. Yes.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak. -Are there two Inspectors in the same District No. 10?

A. Well, there is a general chief Inspector who always sees 9 and 10.

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-But there is also a District Inspector?

A.-No 10-the other one.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Was it Inspector Conolly that saw you that night?

A. No, no.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Well, when these Inspectors-(F) Ward and Lee asked you to say that the money had not been paid to them, did they make any promise to you to return any money or give you any consideration if you did what they wanted?

A.-They did not say about the returning of the money but that they would look after me.

The Chairman.-They did not threaten you at all if you did not do what they told you?

A.-No.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Were they angry at all because you said you would not do that?

A.-I did not say I would not do it for them.

Q.-Well, what did you say to them you would do ?

A. I said I would speak to my son. I said it did not concern the Inspectors, it

concerned Lo Man Kai.

Q. Have you seen either of these men since that day ?

A. No. 10 came to inspect the latrine in No. 3 Sam To Lane and he said to me Has

your son left or not ?”

Q. When was this?

A. On the fourth of the moon.

Q. And what did you tell them in answer to that question?

A.-I said there has been no examination yet. Nothing has been asked about the Inspectors yet. It is only about Lo Man Kai's matter.

Q. And have you seen the other Inspector since then?

A.-No, I only saw him that once--the other one.

Q. Have they seen your son since then?

A.-I dont know.

The Chairman.-If you speak of these men as Inspectors of No. 5 and No. 10 Districts, do you know their English names?

A.-I dont understand English but someone said that No. 5 is Lee and No. 10 is "Woad" (Ward).

Q.-Is it not the case that Chinese have names for these Inspectors? What does the -ordinary Chinese in the street call them?

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A.-One is called Lee and the other is called Woad. I dont know because I dont know English.

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I dont know certainly about it

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Do you know them when you see them?

A. Yes.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Well, when Inspector (F) Ward saw you on the fourth he said

"Have your son left ?" Did he use Chinese language or English language ?

to you

A. He spoke in Chinese.

The Chairman.-Was there anybody there to hear what was said?

A.—He would not let people know. If anyone looked he kicked at them.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Did he kick anybody that morning?

A.-A coolie was looking.

Where was this? In the street ?

The Chairman.-Where was this?

A.-At the door of the latrine. He made a kick at him rather.

Q.-What did you tell Mr. Ward ?

A.---I was only putting him off. I was not going to have my son leave. I said there has not been an examination. Your matter has not been asked about.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-(Interpreting) I put the Inspector off by saying

"All right

but I never meant to send my son away.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Do these books belong to you? (Books exhibited.)

A. Yes.

Q.-Who keeps them ?

A.-The accountant or accountants.

Q. Can you tell which is your own son's handwriting?

A.-No, I only know my own name.

Q.-You cannot write?

A.-I cannot write.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-When you give any goods, how do you send it up to their houses?

presents to the Inspectors, not money but Who takes them up?

-My son. Well, he will know about that as to whether he takes them up personally.

Q.-Would your son know all about what is in those books?

A. He can read but he is not accountant. It is the accountant who makes the entries. He does not know all about the business. It is my business. He sometimes looks at the books.

Q. When any presents of money or anything else were made to the Inspectors by your son and entered in your books did you know that these presents were given?

A.-I dont know how much he gave.

Sometimes he said to me.

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Q.-Sometimes he told you that he had paid money on your account?

A.--He sometimes told me that the Inspectors had borrowed money-borrowed $30 and I said "It is very difficult for you to make money in business. If you offer them $15 and they won't have it then give them $20. It is very hard to make money ?"

I said If they say they will sue you and so on " I advised him, I said to him

not to give unless they said they were to sue him.

Q.-Whose money ? Was it yours or his?

A.-1 handed over all to my son. I could not write or read.

Q.-No, no. Whose money was it-your son's money or your money?

A.-I handed it all over to him and it is his money.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-A Chinaman always says that what is mine is my son's, that is what

he means.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Is he in partnership with you ?

A.-What partnership would there be between a father and his son? What is mine is my son's.

The Interpreter. That is regular Chinese fashion again.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-And you approve of what your son did?

A.I was satisfied with what he did as I handed over everything to him.

The Chairman.-You said that these Inspectors came to your house to speak to you. Had they been in your house before?

A.—No.

Q.-It is the only time they have ever been to your house?

A.-Only that once.

Mr. Humphreys.-You say that your accountant keeps these books?

A. Some entries are by the accountant.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.--And some are by your son?

A. Yes, one man can't do it all.

Mr. Humphreys.-What is the name of your accountant?

A.—I dont know, it is several years ago now.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-The old books were kept by the accountant and the new books are kept by his son.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-How far do the old books go ?

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Back to 1900. The new books are 1904-1905.

Mr. Humphreys.-Are those presents to the Inspectors which he has told us in the new books or the old books?

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A.-There is a small book I think with my own presents in connection with the

latrines.

Q.-A separate book altogether for the presents ?

A. Yes..

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.--He says there are two sets of books, one set connected with the Slaughter-house and the other set for the latrines. The presents made to the Inspectors were made on account of the latrines.

The Chairman.- Who writes the latrine books?

A.- My son.

He oversees the making of the entries.

Q.-Does he write the books himself or has he an accountant to do it for him?

A. He makes the entries himse f.

When

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-The Inspectors you say have been to your house only once. were these presents handed over to the Inspectors ? Did you send it to their houses or did you give it to them on the street when they were on duty?

A. They sent for my son to come up to their houses.

The Chairman.-Why did they call for your son to come to their houses?

up and I gave it to They would and

go " and then when

A. They say that the latrine was not proper and called me to go

I sent my son up. my son to attend to.

He would know about it. see the latrines and tell the men there to "Tell your master to come up they tell you to go up you have got to go.

Q. When they tell you to go up they tell you to go to the office or do they say to go their private house?

A. To their family house.

Q. How many Inspectors have told you this?

A.-I dont remember. Sometimes I was there and sometimes I was in the country. There would be some months that I would not be here.

-So far as you personally remember who were the Inspectors who told you or your son to go up to their private houses?

A.--The present men in No. 5 and No. 10 Districts.

Q.-Anybody else?

A.-The present man in No. 10) District has not called this year but he called to go up when he was in No. 5 District. It is altogether No. 5 District. Ward did in No. 5 and

this one.

Q. Do you mean that all the latrines are situated in No. 5 District?

A.—No, Gough Street is.

Q.--It is only in No. 5 District that you have this trouble?

A.-Well, both of them have been in No. 5 District.

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Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-What are these books? (Books produced.)

A. These are the Slaughter-house books.

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17.-CHAN CHUN, declared and cautioned:----

The Chairman.-What is your father's name?

A.-Chan Pui.

Q. What is your business?

A.-I attend to the latrine matters.

Q.-Have any business of your own or do you only do your father's business?

A.-Attend to my father's business.

Q.-Do

you keep account books of your father's firm?

A.-I do.

Q.-Have you got anybody to help you ?

A. If I am not there, there is somebody who assists in making the entries.

Q.-Who is he?

A. The accountant..

What is his name?

A.-Chan A Kwan.

Q.-Do

Do you pay him a salary?

A. Yes.

Q. How much do you give him a month ?

A.-My father pays it to him.

Q. How much does he pay him ?

A.-My father would know that.

Q.-But if you keep the accounts, does not the amount appear on the books?

A.-No, he gives it to him outside.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.--Is this A Kwan a clansman of yours?

A. He is.

Q.-Is this his writing (shown book)?

A.---This is also a clansman's.

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tors.

Q.--What is his name?

A.-Chan A Fu.

Q.-Is he there still?

A.-No.

Q. Where is he?

A. In the country.

Q. Can he be sent for ?

A. He can be sent for.

Q.-Now, in this account book for 1900 there is one entry of $21.81 paid to Inspec-

Did you see this paid yourself?

A.-No.

Q.-Was it paid by the man who keeps this book?

A.-Probably.

Q.-There is another item here of $131.18 paid to Doctor, Inspector and the Portu- guese clerks in the Crown Solicitor's office. Who is that Doctor?

A.-I dont remember.

The Chairman. Did you pay the money yourself?

A.-No, I did not.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-This book is an account book belonging to the hair and blood

contract for 1900.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Who would know who the Doctor was?

A.-I dont know.

Q.-Were you in the office in December, 1900?

A.-No.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Does your father know?

A, I dont know.

Q. In the account book for 1901 also in connection with the blood and hair contract. there is an item of $69.05 paid to the Inspectors. Now, who paid that?

A.--I dont know that either.

Q.-Well then you dont know anything before 1904 ?

A.--I do not know anything before 1903.

Q.-Now, here is your book for 1903, (shown book) I see here $5 has been paid regularly every month to Lo Man Kai.

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A.-I did not make the entries. Chan A Fu made them.

Q. Do you know anything about that (entry pointed out)?

A.-I do.

Q.-What is it for ?

He said "I am in the Sanitary Board Office and I will let you know everything and I am worth $5."

The Chairman.-Who did he make the statement to? To you personally?

A. He said it both to me and my father.

-Were you together when he said that?

Were

A.--No.

Q.-Who paid Lo Man Kai that $5 per month?

A.-It was paid at the Slaughter-house.

Who actually gave him the money?

Q.—Well, who paid the money to Lo Man Kai? Who actually gave

A. I have not. I dont know.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Is there a special accountant at the Slaughter-house?

A.-There is.

The Chairman.-What is his name?

A.-Chan A Fu.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Do you know that he has himself personally paid this $5 to Lo Man Kai ?

A.-I do not.

The Chairman. Might he not put the $5 into his pocket and put it in the book as having been paid to Lo Man Kai?

A.--I heard Lo Man Kai say something.

Q.-What did he say ?

A.-About the $5 a month and I dont think that that man has pocketed it himself.

Q. Do you think if he had pocketed it himself and not paid it to Lo Man Kai that Lo Man Kai would have told you about it?

A.-I dont know. If he did not give the money to Lo Man Kai, Lo Man Kai could come and ask me for it.

Q.-If you paid Lo Man Kai $5 a month what did you get in exchange for it?

A.-Nothing particular, he interpreted for us at the Sanitary Board and he would tell us about anything. He said he would do this and he said he was worth $5.

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Q.-Do you think you get your money's worth?

A.-I dont think it was. There was nothing particular he would be able to do.

312.-Q.-But you still thought, seeing who Lo Man Kai was, that it would be worth paying him $5 a month if he asked for it?

A.—Well, when I went to the Sanitary Board Office he would interpret immediately for me and give me a place to sit down.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Suppose Lo Man Kai asked you for $5 and you refused it are you not afraid that he would do something to hurt your business ?

A. No, but he asked for it and we were on good terms with him.

Mr. Shelton Hooper. Did you not think that you might lose your contract for blood and hair if you did not pay him that $5 a month?

A.-No.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-In the same book for 1903 in connection with the Slaughter- house, there is another entry of $5.67 paid to coloured man. What is that for?

A.-I dont know about that.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.—And is there not a payinent to Lo Man Kai on the 20th day of the 5th moon to the hand of Ah Yap ?

A.-Well, I am afraid I have forgotten it.

Q.-Who was Ah Yap?

A. He was a fellow villager- brother.

The Chairman.-What is his business here ?

A. He is dead now. He was in our employ.

Mr. Humphreys.-I suppose Lo Man Kai would keep you posted as to what contracts were going in the office for this $5 a month?

A.-No, that is not the way of it.

Q.-Well, what was the way of it?

A-When I had to go up the Sanitary Board Office if there were any matters he would let me know and he would interpret for me at once and I did not have to wait.

Q. Did you write up the books for the seventh day of the eleventh moon of 1904 ?

(No answer.)

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-(showing witness the books) Is this book in your hand writing? What account book is this?

A. The Cash Book.

Q. In connection with the contract?

A.-No, my own business.

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Q. What year is this?

A.1903, 29th year of the Chinese calendar.

Q. On the 13 th day of the sixth moon you paid the Inspectors in the 9th and 10th Districts $20 and the Inspectors in No. 5 District $15.

Inspectors in No. 5 District $15. Did you make these pay- ments youself?

A. Yes.

Q. Where were these paid?

A.-The money was got

from my

mother.

there.

Q. Where did you pay these Inspectors-in their houses or in your latrines?

A. At their own houses..

The Chairman.-Do you know who the Inspector were, can you give their names ?

A.-Nos. 9 and 10 Districts was the Chief Inspector.

Q. What was his name?

A.-Conolly.

Q. Do you know Mr. Conolly by sight?

A. Yes.

Q. And you could identify him yourself?

A.-I could and can identify him.

Q. Did you give the money yourself with your hands to Mr. Conolly ?

A. Yes.

Q. What was it in ?-in dollars or what?

A.-In notes.

Q. Why did you go up to his house to give him that money?

He first sent a boy (servant) to tell my father to go up and my father was not

Q. What did he want your father to go up for?

A.-I said "What was it for " and I was told it was some business.

Q. And you went up to the house to find out what it was?

A. Yes.

Q. What happened ?

A. He said that my latrine in 29 First Street was not in a proper condition.

Q. What did you say to that?

What took place ?

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me.

A.-I dont remember. He said it was not proper and then he borrowed $30 from

Q.-Did he ask you to lend him $30 ?

A. Yes.

Q. Why did you only pay him $20 ?

A.—I went next day and gave him $20. I have not got so much to lend.

Q.-Did he accept the $20 or did he make a fuss?

A. He did not make a fuss.

—Did you ever expect to see that $20 again ?

A.-At first he would pay me when he got his salary. He did not and I did not ask him for it.

Q.-Did

A.-No.

you ever ask him for it?

Q.-Why did you not?

pay me afterwards

A. Well, but he is a Government Official. He has got a position and a small thing like that I did not dare to ask him for.

Q.-So you thought it was worth your while to give a man $20 to keep him quiet? Is that it?

A. Yes.

Q.-Would it not have been cheaper to have cleared the latrine and then he would not have complained about it?

A. It is always clean.

Q. And you really paid that $20 because you wanted to buy his friendship I suppose ?

A.-No, I gave it to him because he borrowed it from me.

Q. Is that the only money you have ever paid to this particular Inspector Conolly?

A.-He has not got any money from me but I have given him presents.

Q.-What sort of presents ?

A. At Christmas I asked hira what he would have.

to buy it with."

Q. What did you do then?

He said "Give me some money

A.-I gave

him some money.

Q. How much money did you give him?

*A.-Thirty dollars. In 1904: that was.

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Q.-Is it down in your book?

A-Not down to him. It was given

It was given but it was put down generally as part of a total. -

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Is this your handwriting?

A. Yes.

Q. It is entered here as to the Inspector of Nos. 9 and 10 Districts $30. Is it not?

A. Yes.

The Chairman. Did you give him that money yourself with your own hand ?

A. Yes.

Q.--Where did you do that? Was it at his house or somewhere else?

A. This is 1905 this entry and that was given at Pokfulam Road,

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-You mean at the house at Pokfulam Road ?

A.-At the house.

The Chairman.--Whose house?

A.-I dont know whsoe house it is but I can point it out.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Is it the small sized house at the corner of the Li Sing Scientific School?

A.-I dont know. It is at the side of the road.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-He lives there?

A.-He does.

The Chairman.-Do you mean to say you paid him $30 at Christmas 1904 and the same amount at Christmas 1905 ?

A.--Yes, both 1904 and 1905.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Is that $30 included in this amount of $80 ?

A.-It is.

Q. And on the same date you paid one dollar to Inspector Conolly's son did you not?

· A.-I dont remember.

Q. It is down here.

A.-Well, I dont remember.

The Chairman. If you have an entry of $80 there and paid $30 to Inspector Conolly who did you pay the remaining $50 to?

A.-Thirty dollars were given to the Inspector of No. 5 District.

Q.-Who was the Inspector of No. 5 District?

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A.-I have heard people call him " Awoad" (F. Ward). He lives at Po Hing Fong.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-In what district is he now ?

A.-In No. 10.

The Chairman.-Would you know him if you saw him?

A. I would.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Is he a very tall man?

A.-No, a middle-sized man.

The Chairman. Did you pay that to him yourself?

A. Yes.

Q.-Was it in dollars or in notes ?

A. In notes.

Q-And did you pay it to him in his house?

A. Yes.

Q.-Why did

you go and

him that pay

money

A. It was a present at Christmas.

Q-Well, do you go round and call on all the Inspectors at Christmas and give them presents all the time?

A.-I give presents at Christmas every year.

Q.-That accounts for $60 where did the other $20 go ?

A. I dont remember exactly about the $20.

The Chairman.-What is the exact entry Mr. Lau?

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-" Paid to Inspectors $30."

"Paid to Inspectors $80." That was in 1904.

Q-Try and remember it.

The Chairman.-Can't you remember it?

A.-Well, I am not prepared to say because I dont remember exactly about it. It

seems to me as if it was given to No. 9 District Inspector O'Kieff.

Q-Do you know O'Keiff?

A. Yes.

Q. Where is be now?

A.-I dont know.

Q.- -Do you know he is in Hongkong?

A.-I do not see him now.

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A.-I dont know.

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gone away

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-When did you see him last ?

A. I dont remember when it was that I saw him last.

Q. Are you quite sure it was O'Kieff?

A.-I cant remember exactly.

Q. Do you know an Inspector called Kelly?

A.-No.

Q. Do you know the District Inspector of No. 9 District now?

Q.-Do

A.-I dont know about him now.

Q.-Have you any latrines in No. 9 District ?

A. Yes.

Q. Who are the Inspectors who look after the latrines?

A.-Well the latrine is in the ninth District.

Q.-Who is the Inspector?

A.-I dont know now. It was the one who is in charge of No. 10 now.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-What do you mean by "chau pai" (lately).

A.-I mean a few months ago.

-What is the name of the Inspector in No. 10 District?

A.-People say he is called "Awoad" (F. Ward.)

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-(showing book of 1905). Is this in your hand writing too?

A. Yes.

-On the 28th day of the 11th moon of 1905 did you pay to the Inspector of No. 5 District $20 ?

A. Yes.

Q.-The Senior Inspector in charge of Nos. 9 and 10 Districts $30 ?

A.-$30 to him.

Q-To the Inspector in charge of No. 9 District $20 ?

A. Yes.

Q. What about these two entries which have been marked off?

A.-I had got it ready to give to No. 10 man but I could not find him so I did not give it to him. I wrote there that I could not sce him.

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Q-Yes, I see that. There is another entry of $25 paid to Inspector of No. 6- District ?

A. It was not I. The man that was in the latrine and collects the monies, said he would give him $25 and told me to put it down.

Q.-Do you know if it was Inspector (F.) Ward ?

A. I have got the name of the man written?.

Q.-Yes, it is so.

A.-I do not know.

Do you know who the Inspector was?

Mr. Shelton Hooper. The name is not written down is it?

The Interpreter.-He means the Chinaman's name is.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Do you know Inspector Fischer?

A.-No.

Q-Dont you know the Inspector of No. 6 District?

A.-No.

Q.-Would you know the Inspector if you saw him?

A.-How could I when I dont know him.

Q.-I thought you did not know his name only.

The Interpreter. He says tha: a Chinaman told him that the man who takes the money told him that $25 was given to this Inspector and that he put it down.

Q.-That Chinaman is now in your employ?

A.-No, I sub-let it to him.

Q. What is his name?

A.-Chan Chan.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Where is he now ?

A.-I dont know where he is row.

I do not sub-let it to him now.

Q.-Could you find out where he is ?

A. I dont know.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-When did you give up sub-letting it to him?

When did it stop?

A. The end of last Chinese year and then I sub-let it to someone else.

The Chairman.-Have you ever made any more payments to Inspectors other than those we have already spoken about ?

A. Yes..

Q.-What others have you paid?

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A.-No. 5-Lee.

Q.-What did you pay to him?

A.-On the 15th of the 7th moon of last year he borrowed $20 from me.

Q.-Is that down in the books?

A.-It is.

Q. Did he ever pay that money back ?

A.-No.

Q.-Did

you ever ask him to ?

A.-I did not.

Q.-

–Do you know Mr. Lee-by sight? Could you point him out?

A.-I could identify him.

Q.-Have you ever made any payments to Mr. Lee or anybody else? Anything particular?

A.-Ward in the seventh moon of last year.

Q. How much did you pay to Mr. Ward then?

A.-The 15th of the 3rd moon of the last year he borrowed ten dollars from me.

Q. Did you pay him that money yourself?

A. Yes, it was at the head of, I dont remember the name of the street, it seems it was Elgin Street. I could find the place now.

Q.-You paid the money yourself did

A.-Yes.

you

That also was a loan?

A. Yes.

Q. And did he never offer to pay it back ?

A.-No, and then afterwards I lent again.

Q.-What date was that?

A.-The 25th of the 7th moon.

Q.-What was that?

•

A. He wanted to borrow $15 but I was not willing to lend it to him. He said "that he would repay it along with a former amount at the same time when he got his salary," and I lent it to him. I did not dare ask him for it afterwards.

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Q-So that altogether you have lent him $55 in the last two years?

A.-Only $50.

Q.-Well, have you lent other money, have you lent Mr. Ward any amount?

A.-Only that much to him, not to any one else.

Q. Did you ever get that $15 back?

A.-No.

Q.-He never offered to pay you?

A.-No.

Q. Did you ever pay any money to anybody in the Government service besides these amounts ? Have you told us all ?

this

A.-No.

Q.-You paid that $5 a month to Lo Man Kai ?

A. Yes, probably that was paid to him.

Q. Did you ever pay Lo Man Kai $20 ?

A.-It seems to me as if there was $20 paid to him early in the intercalary moon of year.

Q.-Did he keep the money?

A.-I heard afterwards he gave it back. It is down in the books.

Q. Did you pay that $20 yourself?

A. Yes.

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Q.--Did you enter it in the books ?

A.-Yes.

Q.-Is the entry there?

A. Yes.

Do you think the money was paid back?

A.-My father told me the money was received and told me to enter it in the book.

Q-Is there a credit for the money received?

A.It is down there "received".

Q.-Now, do you remember, two days ago you made a written statement to Mr. Lau Chu Pak?

A. Yes.

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The Chairman.-I will read that statement to you :-

"Chan Chun, of No. 2 Sam To Lane, states:I am the son of Chan Pui. There are many items in the books about monies paid to Sanitary Inspectors, and Interpreters, and I cannot remember them all. I will give a few instances of these that I can remember. During the year 1903 on the 6th Chinese moon Inspector Conolly sent his boy to my house for my father to go and see him. My father being absent. I went myself to see the Inspector. I saw him in his house, and he said that there was something wrong with our latrine in First Street, and asked if I would lend him $30, I lent him $20 for which he gave me no receipt. He said he would

pay it back on pay day but he has not done so since and I dared not ask him to pay it back. About the same time the Inspector in charge of No. 5 District, (Inspector Ward ?) also sent his boy to my house for me. I told him that the master was not in, and in a few days later, he sent his boy a second time. I then called at his house and he told me that the limewashing of the latrine in Gough Street was not properly done and the window there had also to be altered. He then asked if I would lend him $20. The next day I took $15 to him. He told me to put the money on his desk, and I did so. On the 25th day of the same month at the request of Interpreter Kwok Yun Shang, I sent him $4 worth of presents. He was Interpreter to Inspector Conolly, but has since left the service of the Board. In the year 1904 on the 7th of the 11th Chinese moon, presents and money amounting to $80 were paid to Inspectors. Of this amount $30 was paid to Inspector Conolly. My foki Chan Ying took $20 to him in the first instance, but he said too little and demanded $30. When I came back from the country a few days later, I took $30 to him. I also paid $30 to Inspector Ward, who was at the time in charge of No. 5 District. The balance of $20 I cannot now remember to whom I paid. In the year 1905, 15th day 2nd Chinese mouth, I paid $10 to Inspector Ward I handed him that money in his house at Po Hing Fong. On the 1st day 4th moon, Inspector Conolly sent his boy to my house asking me to send some presents and I sent him some wine."

The Chairman.-You say here that you sent some wine to Inspector Conolly. What was the value of that wine ?

A.-I bought it for $6.80.

Q-Would that be in your book?

A.--It is in the book.

"The $20 entered as given to the Wan Chai Inspector, was paid through Interpre- ter Ng Iu Kai. He has now left the service. I doubt that money ever reached the Inspector. The Interpreter might have kept it for himself, I doubt the Interpreter, because in Christmas 1905 I sent present of money to the Inspector in No. 2 District, and he declined to accept it".

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-(pointing to entry) Is this the $20 you referred to in that

statement ?

A. Yes.

The Chairman.--Was the money returned to you ?

A. He did not want it and I took it back.

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Mr. Shelton Hooper.--What was the name of that Inspector?

A. A District Inspector.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.--Is he called Fincher ?

A.--I dont know.

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Mr. Fung Wa Chun.--What District ?

A.-No. 2 District.

Mr. Shelton Hooper,-Was he called Bullen?

A.-I dont know. I dont know the name.

Q.-Would you know the man if you saw him?

A.-I might, yes.

Q. Did you hand him the money or offer it to him and he handed it back to you at the same time ? Which do you mean?

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-When he refused to accept.

A.-I took it myself and gave it to Inspector. He said he did not want it.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Was that at his house?

A.—He lived at a Hotel then. 1 dont know whether it was his family house or not.

Q.-What Hotel ?

A.-Near the Praya from the Arsenal Street you turn round and go down the Praya.

The Interpreter. --I dont think it is in Arsenal Street-the Praya after Arsenal Street.

Q. Do you mean there were two payments-one made through the Interpreter and one made by you and returned to you?

A. Yes.

Statement resumed." On the 10th day 7th moon, I paid $10 to Inspector Ward in his house, I dont know the name of the Street, but I can point out the house. On the 15th day same month at his request I paid $20 to Inspector Lee in charge of No. 5 District in his house in Lee Yuen Street. On the 25th day 7th moon, I again paid Inspector Ward $15. This money was handed to him in his house somewhere at the West end of Third Street. This house was formerly occupied by the "To Yin" eating house. I first de- clined to pay him, but when he promised to repay me on pay day I gave him the money. He has not returned me the money since. On the 28th day 11th month,. before Christmas I sent $20 to Inspector Lee of No. 5 District, Senior Inspector Conolly $30. Inspector Ward of No. 9 District $20. The $20 entered as given to Inspector of No. 10 District is a mistake. It should have been struck out, as the money was never paid, the Inspec- tor could not be found in his house. (It was entered first and then I wrote on the side that it was not paid.) The item $20 entered as given to Inspector of No. 2 District should also be struck out. The Inspector declined to accept the money, I also noted down in my book that he did not accept it. The $25 paid to Inspector of No. 6 District was not paid through me. It was paid by the caretaker of the Circular Pathway latrine, and I dont know whether he really paid it to the Inspector. The caretaker is not in my employ now. The money for Inspectors and Interpreters are generally paid through my hands.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Has your father known of these payments you have made to the Inspectors?

A.-Sometimes he knows them and sometimes he doesn't.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-You must report to him?

A.--I dont need to. He has handed it all over to me.

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392.---WONG KUT SUN, declared and cautioned:-

Q.-You have had no trouble since. Well, how do you get over the trouble. Do you find it better to give a present to them?

A.-No, I have not given presents.

Q.-Now, have your contractors given them any presents?

A.-I dont know about that.

-Have you ever heard of a Chinese contractor giving any Sanitary Inspector a present ?

A.-All Inspectors get presents, not only Sanitary Inspectors-that has nothing to do with them I mean.

225.-D. S. DADY BURJOR, declared and cautioned:---

Mr. Humphreys.-You said just now that you knew something about Inspector Reidie?

A.-He summoned me one day to appear before the Police Magistrate for not having whitewashed 37 Des Voeux Road Central. This was building for a Chairman for delivery in March.

The Chairman.-Was this after the house had been inhabited?

A.--Yes, of course. We leased out to other sub-tenants, and I went to the Sanitary Board, and told them I was no longer the owner of the house. They had summoned me and the summons was wrong. They made an appointment for me to meet Inspector Reidie near the Clock Tower. Inspector Reidie said he did not believe me, and I said "walk into the Land Office and see.' He said "That is not my business, you come before the Magistrate and prove it.'

118.-ALFRED CARTER, sworn

Mr. Humphreys.-You say you have seen so many curious things in the Department that you are not surprised at anything?

A.-Not in the way of that sort of thing.

Q.--Would you amplify that, and give us a few of your reasons?

A.-Largely work in connection with the reconcreting of ground surfaces, and lime- washing. In my opinion that has got into the hands of a select few by some means.

Q. Do you think these select few are connected in any way with the Officers of the Sanitaty Board, or of the Department?

A. I cannot prove that, but I would not be surprised.

The Chairman.--What makes you make this statement that the limewashing and concreting are in the hands of a select few?

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A. Because I have heard over and over again members of the Chinese body complain- ing that if they got the work done by any other contractor, the work was not satisfactory.

-A general complaint?

A. Yes.

Q. How did they complain?

A.-Many people told me these various things.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Do they call at your office?

A. Yes, they call at the office, and stop me on the street.

Q.-Who are the select few ?

A. I have my suspicion that it has been largely Foo Sik in regard to reconcreting and Sam Iu, in regard to limewashing.

392.-YEUNG PUN, of the Yeung Wing Cheung shop, declared and cautioned:-

The Chairman.-Now, Yeung Pun, you must tell the truth, and not be afraid, I want

to know what is your business?

A.-Egg business.

Q.-Nothing else?

A. Nothing else.

Q.-Only eggs, eh?

A.-I sometimes sell bamboo chairs.

Q.-Well, have you ever been asked by the Sanitary Inspectors of your District to give them presents?

A.--Yes.

Q.-What sort of presents did they ask for?

A.-Eggs, fowls' eggs.

Q.-They did not ask you to give them any money,

did they?

A.-No.

Q. How often have they asked you to give them eggs ?

A. About two times.

Q.-Well, did you give them the eggs?

A. Yes.

Q.-How

? many

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A.-Over a hundred eggs the two times combined.

-Well, what did you get for the eggs?

you get for the eggs? You gave 100 eggs, which is a lot of money

to a man who only sells eggs?

for

A.-I did not get any profit for them.

Q.-No, no, I mean to say what advantage did you get. What is the man going to do you, to help you, or something?

A.-No advantage.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Why did you give the Inspectors over 100 eggs ?

The Chairman.-Is he a friend of

yours

A.-The Interpreter ?

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-No, and he the Interpreter came along.

A. He and the Interpreter came, and the Inspector told the Interpreter to tell me to take up eggs.

The Chairman.---Well, if I had come to your shop, and told you to send some eggs to my house, would you have sent me 100 eggs ?

A. Yes.

Q.-Well, you can't make much profit at the end of the year, if you give away eggs to people who ask for them.

A.-But you see he is an Inspector, and the neighbourhood says you must give more or less to the Inspector to eat. If you dont, he will make trouble.

And

Q.-So the neighborhood say, if you dont give him plenty to eat, he will make trouble? you give him 100 eggs if he asks for thein?

A. More than 100 eggs.

Q-Did he take them away with him, then?

A.--No, I told someone to take them to him.

Q.-Who took the

eggs

A. The man that works for me took them up.

Q. Where did he take the eggs-to his office?

A.-I heard the man that works for me say that he took them to the back of the Man Mo Temple.

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392.-CHAN SHI YAU, declared and cautioned :-

The Chairman.-You would soon be ruined if you give eggs away like that?

A.-There is no help for it. I am under his rule.

Q.-What-the Inspector's rule?

A. Yes.

Q.-So if an Inspector sends for something to your shop, and demands it without pay- ment, you must give it to him ?

A.-He passes my shop, and looks at the rubbish.

Q.-You think this Inspector rules your District and you must give him presents, if he asks for them, is that what you mean?

A. Yes, if he tells me to give him anything, I must do it.

Mr. Humphreys.-You must get some advantage for that?

A.-No profit.

180.-SAM IU, declared and cautioned:---

The Chairman.-You must not lapse back into what is not true. You have been giving your evidence very much better to-day, than you gave it the other day, and I dont want you to go back now. Have you got a certificate as a British born Hongkong Chinaman?

A. Yes.

Q. How long ago is it since you got that?

A.-Several years ago.

Q.-How many years, two or three, or five or six, or what?

A.- About four years ago.

Q.-Was that after Tse Hi had been banished from Hongkong?

A. Yes.

Q.-Just after ?

A. Yes.

Q. How long ago is it since Tse Hi was banished?

A.-I dont remember. It was after he was banished, that I got my papers. After he

was banished, I got the contract from Foo Sik for removing plague corpses.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Was that not handed over to you by Tse Hi?

A.--Yes, it was.

Q.-Then you did not get it direct from Foo Sik?

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A.-No, not direct. had not received.

When Tse was about leaving, there were some accounts that be

Q. When he was banished, he handed everything over to you?

A. Only that, nothing else.

The Chairman.-But was he not your partner?

A. He had a nephew and a younger brother.

139.-CHUNG SHUN KO0, declared and cautioned:-

The Chairman.-Now, Mr. Chung Shun Koo, is that your name?

A. Yes.

Q. And your address is 14 Des Voeux Road Central?

A.-- Yes.

Q.-What is your business, Mr. Chung.

A. I collect rents, and attend to house property, that is to say, I own houses.

Q. Do you act as agent for other people's houses?

A.-Leased ones.

Q.-Now you understand this Commission has told you to come before them, because we are enquiring into the working of the Building Ordinance, as regards property, and we think you can give us a good deal of valuable information.

A. Do I need to make a statement?

Q.-No, wait a minute—and you need not be afraid to tell us anything, because it will be kept secret until it is reported to the Governor. We want you to tell us the truth, and tell us frankly anything which you think comes within the purport of this Commission. Now, we know that the present Building Ordinance is a very severe one, and imposes very great responsibilities, and a very great deal of expense upon householders, but beyond that, it has come to our knowledge that in some cases, some of the servants and Officers of the Sanitary Department make trouble on their own account with house property owners.

Now, if you have anything to tell us on that point, we will be very glad to hear what Would you rather be examined in English or in Chinese?

A. Rather in Chinese.

The Chairman.-Alright, better I think.

you

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Have you complaints against the Sanitary Inspectors?

A. I have.

Q.-Let us know what your complaints are.

have to say.

A. -The Inspector who examines the drains, people call him Colon, (Cullen) he is a

very stout man, the man who follows him, a Chinese breaks the drains up.

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Q.-Is that Chinese a foreman or an Interpreter ?

A.-Well, he seems like a foremar. He has some iron things for putting in the drains. He is not an Interpreter.

Q.-Well, how does he break the drains?

A.-There is a notice to me telling me to repair a drain, so I get somebody to repair it. I know clearly myself that it is put right-that it is repaired, a new one put in; and the next day he will say it is broken. I go and look at it, and really it is broken, but it is a new mouth.

Q. Well, it might have been broken by somebody else and not by that foreman ?

A.-How is it, when I get somebody else to make it, it is not right, but when I get Sam Iu, it is right? He tells me to deal with Sam Iu.

The Chairman.-Who tells you?

A.-Cullen.

395.-Q.-Does Cullen himself tell you to deal with Sam Iu?

A. Yes, he does, with Sam Iu and Tsang Ying.

Q. Did Cullen tell you this himself? He told it to you ?

A. Yes, without an interpreter

395. Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Did he speak to you in Chinese, or in English?

A.-English, "Better get Sam Iu. He is the man to do with the drains, or Tsang

Ying.

The Chairman.--When did he tell you this, more than once, or several times?

A.-It seems to me more than once.

Q. -When did he last tell you this?

A—At the end of last Chinese year, rather about the second of the Chinese month.

Q-What month ?

A.Of the last moon, the 12th moon.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-What property was that ?

A.-No. 3 Ormsby Villas, Kowloon.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Did he call at your house, or did you go to Ormsby Villas to meet him ?

A. He constantly comes to my office to find me.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Where is your office?

A.-Des Voeux Road Central, No. 14.

The Chairman.---Do you live at No. 14 Des Voeux Road, or is that your office?

A. No, I do not live there.

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Q. He says you break the drains, if it is somebody else, but if they are made by Sam Iu, they are alright. Surely that must have happened more than once, or you could not have made such a very positive statement ?

A. It was more than once-No. 2 Ormsby Villas at the same place. That is a surface drain. It was repaired, and someone trampled it to pieces, but when Sam Iu does the thing, it is not trampled to pieces.

Mr. Humphreys entered the Council Chamber at this stage.

Mr. Shelton Hooper. With regard to what you said about breaking the drains, you mean the breaking of the iron trap-the iron covering that goes into the brick trap at the

entrance?

A.-No, I mean down below, where the earthenware is.

395.-The Chairman.-You have had no prosecutions this year, but last year you were constantly prosecuted?

A. Two or three times last year, but not once this year.

-Have you had many cases in which you have had drains relaid this year?

A.-No.

Q.-Well, might it not be that you might not have been prosecuted because you have not had many

drains relaid, and that those men have done the work better than the other contractor?

A.-Well, I dont know as to that.

-I mean to say you have made complaints against those contractors, but I am not satisfied in my own mind that it necessarily follows because the first man was complained of, that he might not have done the work badly, and the other men might have done the work well?

A.-Well, at the best it is $4.

Q.-And what do they charge you now?

A.--There is a made up bill of $20.

Q.-So, do you mean to say now, that this year, you are paying practically five times as much as you had to pay last year for the work done by your own man?

A. Well, there is one case of five times as much. There may be others that are not as much.

Q.-You have had a good deal of experience in house property, Mr. Chung, for a good many years?

A.-I am much acquainted with it.

Mr. Humphreys.-The others are all more ?

A. Yes, more.

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The Chairman. You have had a good deal of experience, and so, without looking at this work yourself, the conclusion you naturally come to is that you have been obliged to use two men whose names have been recommended to you, and you find that they are unnecessarily expensive. Is that what you mean?

A.-Well, these were not really contractors.

Board.

Sam Iu was a sweeper in the Sanitary

Q.-So you think that Sam Iu and the other men are not a bit better qualified, if as well qualified, to do the work properly, as the man you originally employed?

A. They cannot do it as well.

Q. And they charge you very much more for doing the work than your own man can de it for ?

A. Yes, it must be more.

Q.-And your experience as agent or property owner is that you think on the whole you are paying too much money for the work done?

A. Yes, I pay more than I ought to.

Q.-And you think you pay more than you ought to, because you are more or less driven or compelled to use men whose names are recommended to you by the Sanitary Inspector?

A. Yes.

Q. And secondly that you are being practically squeezed by being forced to work with certain men, whether you like or not?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Have you ever been asked-has any Inspector ever suggested to you about offering him a bribe?

A.-No, they dont, they say that I watch them.

Q-Are you not the gentleman who prosecuted Inspector Crisp for bribery ?

A. Yes.

Q. Well, ever since then you mean to say that they have been afraid to suggest any bribes direct?

A.—Yes, and they use this plar.

Q. And they use this plan through the contractors ?

A. Yes.

399.-Q.-Now, have not your contractors told you that the work must be expensive on account of what they have to pay those Inspectors-the contractors you now employ ?

A. Yes, they have said so.

Q.-Now, which of the contractors said so?

A. Both have said so, Tsang Ying and Sam Iu.

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Q.-And did they tell you in that little item of $20, what proportion of that $20 went to the Inspector?

A.-No, I had a dispute with them. is only worth $4, and you make it $20." not correct, and if we do it, it is correct.

Q.-Who said that?

I said "How is it that it is so much money. And they said "If another person makes it, it is If our name is just mentioned, it is alright

A. The contractors said that. They said that if our name was mentioned to the Inspector, it is alright.

The Chairman. They gave you to understand that if the Inspector was told that they had done the work, the work would be passed, without any question? Is that what you mean?

A. They say they are all together in it to share the profits--the Inspector and the contractors.

Q-Do you mean collusion?

A.-All together.

Q.-Only those two men?

A-Only those two men.

118.-Q.-Now, what trouble did you have with Inspectors about the limewashing?

A.-56a, b, and c. These three houses limewashed twice a year. It is already done, but the Inspector says it is not proper.

Q. Who was the Inspector?

A.—I dont remember. I did not see any Inspector at all.

Sanitary Board.

Q.--Who was your contractor?

A.--A man named Li Shu.

The Chairman.-What is his address?

I only got notice from the

A. I dont know the contractor's address, but I can find it out.

Mr. Shelton Hooper. Did you enter into a contract with Li Shu to do the limewashing?

A.-$1 a flat.

Q. When it was done, did you send up to the Sanitary Board to say you had done it, and ask them to pass it?

A.-I dont know, because I left the thing in the contractor's hands.

Q. What was the first intimation you got that the work was not satisfactory?

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A.-I only got letters from the Sanitary Board.

Q. What did you do with those etters?

A.--I go to the same contractor, and he said he would do it again, and a few days afterwards, I get another letter from the Sanitary Board that it was not proper, and if I would not do it again, I had to get summoned, and I had nothing to do to stop the summons, and I went to Sam Iu.

Q.--What did you pay to Sam Iu?

A. $45 for three houses of four floors each.

Q.-That is 12 floors, and he charged you $45 ?

A. Yes.

Q.--Did you ask Sam Iu why he charged you so much for limewashing?

A.-I did ask him, and he said "We have to deal with the Inspectors."

The Chairman. Anyway, he mentioned having to deal with the Inspectors as reason why he charged you four times what your own man charged you ?

A. He said "you can never get it passed, but I will get it passed, if you pay so much." Answer repeated). I got Sam lu. He said "You cannot get anyone to get it passed. If you pay me so much, I will get it passed," the first bill was $70. After, I had a big dispute with him, and we settled for $45. Perhaps I have got the first bill. This is the bill. (Bill produced.)

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Can you tell us about the date of that?

The Chairman.-I will ask you to put that in as an exhibit. Does that bill shew the number of floors, and the houses?

A. Yes, the number of floors, and the houses,-about three years ago.

Q-Is this the last time you have had trouble with limewashing?

A.- No, Sir.

-Have you had more recent trouble?

A.-I have some more here.

Q.-Can

Can you give us some more instances?

A.-I am very careless. I throw the papers all away. I must look

find them.

if I can

Q.-You say you have have had trouble, more recently, with limewashing. Who do you employ for your limewashing now?

A.-Sam Iu.

Q.-Always?

A. Yes.

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392.---A. C. SMALL, sworn :-

The Chairman.-Is it as far as you know a customary thing for contractors to go and offer money like that to Sanitary Inspectors to pass work quickly?

A.-It is customary.

Q-It is done frequently?

A.-Ycs.

Q.-Quite commonly, all the time?

A. Yes.

Q-All contractors do it, as a matter of fact?

A. Yes.

Q.-Drainage or building contractors ?

A. Yes.

299.-LAI CHING HING, declared and cautioned:--

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Do you know the Kwong Fook shop, which hires out launches?

A. I have a share in it.

Q-Are launches often hired by the shop to Sanitary Inspectors?

A-I have heard the fokis say so.

Q-Who goes to the shop to arrange for the launches?

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Go on, dont be afraid now.

A.-I will tell you about this matter. I just happened

I just happened that day to go and sit down in the Kwong Fook, and I was speaking to the foki. He said that Sam lu had come to reckon up the accounts, and my foki had said to him "accounts of such a length of time I cannot trouble so much with you about. It cannot be done."

Mr. Lau Chu Pak-What have the launches to do with Sam Iu ?

A. Sam lu went and engaged them. I said what was it about? wanted me to reckon up the accounts about the launches, and it was account he could not do it.

He said Sam Iu

such a long

The Chairman.-Was Sam Iu present at the time you made this remark?

A: He was not there.

Q.--Well, what happened after that?

A.-Nothing more was said.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Did your foki say that these launches were hired for the In- spectors?

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A.-Well, it was just this, that they had passed through the hands of Sam Iu.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-For the use of the Inspectors ?

A. For the Inspectors to go on trips, and so on.

The Chairman.-Little excursions about the Island?

A.-Probably that was it.

Q.-That would run into a good deal of money, wouldn't it?

A.-Well, it may have been several years probably. My foki said he could not do it.

Q.-Well, if you are a shareholder, were you not very angry with your foki if a man owes you money for several years, and comes to pay it, and your foki does not want the trouble of making up the bill?

A.-No, that is not it. That was about hearing matters here probably-this Commission.

Q. What has the Commission to do with Sam Iu coming to ask for bill?

A.-Well, those accounts were probably for the use of the Inspectors.

The Interpreter.-He actually said "do the accounts".

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-You mean to say this, that Sam Iu heard of the appoint- ment of the Commission, and he went to the steam launches shop, and asked them to turn up all the old accounts and do them so as not to shew that those steam launches were for the use of the Inspectors?

A. So the Commission would not know. I think that was it. I did not hear Sam lu speak. I heard my foki speak. I said that all our books had been taken away

Q. What is the address of that steam launch shop?

A.-I dont know. At the right hand side of Central Market.

The Chairman.-Who are the other partners in the business?

A.A great number of people.

Q.-Well, who are they? Has not Sam Iu a share?

A.-Sam Iu has no share.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Is it 32 Des Voeux Road Central ?

A.-I dont remember. I must look and see.

The Chairman.-It is quite close to your own place?

A.-Yes.

Q.-Well, did you, being a shareholder, agree with Sam Iu's suggestion that the books should be altered.

A. Certainly, I did not want it. If I had wished it, I would not have told- (pointing to Mr. Lau).

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397.-KWOK WING KIN, declared and cautioned :—

The Chairman. And what did he tell you he could do for $25 a house?

A.-Get permission not to require to put down concrete.

Q. When Mok told you that, what did you say about it? Did you tell your master?

A. We asked him to get it cheap, and he did not get it any cheaper. Then we spoke about it back and forwards and concluded there is no help for it, there is nothing else. It was the cheapest. And then $275 would be what was required for the 11 houses. Then it was bargained, until the figure of $250 was arrived at.

132.-CHAK HOK TING, declared and cautioned:

The Chairman. The first man would not allow it, so what happened after that?

£0

A.-Then, I knew Lamble, and I went and saw Lamble, and than he said " I will and see Conolly for you". He went with me at 1 o'clock, and then when I went, he brought out wines to drink.

The Chairman. And so he introduced you to Mr. Conolly, did he?

A. Yes.

Manapp

Q.-And what did he say to Mr. Conolly ?

A.-"This is my friend" he said, and then I chimed in, and said "I beg you to go and look at it. That Inspector looked at it twice, and said it was not proper. I wish you to go and put it right for me". I asked Lamble "can I give him anything ?", and he said "Yes, you can ", and then he went and looked at it. After he looked at it, then he told me to whitewash the yard again, and then it was proper.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-The yard of one house, or of all of them?

A. Several houses.

385. KO SUN, declared and cautioned :-

your

Mr. Shelton Hooper. But I want you to go a little further, and use your influence with your Chinese friends, because you must know of dozens of cases, in which friends have been squeezed, that we dont know of at the moment, and for them to come forward voluntarily and tell us, so that we can stop this squeezing in the future.

A. If you will not blame the people, and if you will not make them give evidence against others at the Magistracy and so on, then they will come up.

The Chairman.-But look here, Ko Shang, you must explain this to Po Shun and Leung In. The Governor has appointed us to make all these enquiries, because he wants to save the Chinese a great deal of trouble and bother, about this Sanitary business in the Colony. But if any of the Chinese come before us, and tell us the truth, we will give them a letter which will protect them from all trouble, so long as they tell the truth.

A. But then, to give evidence against the Inspectors!

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Q.-That is all part of their duty. How can you expect the Governor to protect you, if you wont protect yourselves? The only way is for you to give evidence. How can the Governor help you, if you wont help yourselves? The Governor is powerless.

A. It is a good matter that. It would profit everybody, if they did it, but after they have been prosecuted and come out of gaol again,-if you gentlemen, will be willing to assist us to the utmost, then they will be willing to tell.

Q.-Of course, we will assist you.

A.-What they are afraid of, is Solicitors coming down on them afterwards.

Q.- Solicitors cannot come down on you, for any evidence you give before the Com- mission. If you tell the truth to the Commission, the Commission will give you a letter, and nobody can prosecute you for any evidence you give here. That letter protects you. It is all in the Chinese newspapers. Yo look at our advertisement in the Chinese newspapers. And then, if the Commission is not still sitting, there is the Registrar General, and the Colonial Secretary always here, and you have only to go to the Colonial Secretary or the Registrar General, and they will see you righted. If the first time an Inspector had come to your firm and said you had to give him money, or he would make trouble, and you had gone at once to the Registrar General, or the Colonial Secretary, they would have stopped the thing instantly.

A.—Well, we can do that now.

Q.--Now, you go and explain that to your master, and you get him to explain it to all his friends, and if all the Contractors will come forward, as the Fuk On is coming forward now, we will very soon put an end to this trouble. But we want everybody to come and

tell us the truth.

A.-Well, it is just that, that if they think we wont prosecute them, if they do it. is very hard on the people.

Q. And that is why the Governor has told us to sit here because it is very hard on the people. But if they dont tell us the truth, what can we do?

Mr. Humphreys.-Are you afraid that when these Inspectors come out of gaol-sup- posing they are convicted-they will worry you again?

A. Yes.

Q.-In what way?

A.-Well, the fear that you cannot get them into gaol. If your evidence is alright they will go. If not, they will not go to gaol.

Mr. Shelton Hooper. Well, if they dont go to gaol, what are you afraid will happen?

A.-Well, then they will get Solicitors, and the case will be tried.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Do you mean to say that the Chinese do not like to go into Court, to give evidence?

A.-It is alright if the evidence carries properly, but then if it does not ?

Q.-Well, if it does not ?

A. We will get implicated about it. If you gentlemen, would protect us, and would assist us.

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A.-Well, now you ask me, I am willing to be a witness. But the others, if you dont give them papers to come up, they wont come up.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Can you give us the names of any Chinese, who have had to give bribes, that we dont know, that we can send papers to?

A.-No.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-What you said to the Commission just now is not very plain. you not mean that if you go to the Magistracy, or Supreme Court, and give evidence against an Inspector, and that Inspector is punished, then you will be alright, but if he is not punished and let off, then you may get yourselves into trouble, because when he resumes his duties, he will give you a lot of trouble?

A. Yes, that is what I mean.

19.--WU IU NAM, declared and cautioned:-

Translation of Lai Him's letter by Lau Chu Pak :—

"For the perusal of Uncles Iu Nam and Wan Kwai.

Your nephew has been examined by the Justices of the Peace on account of the matter relating to the Inspector, and he had no other alternative but to tell the truth, but the Inspector repeatedly called and asked, saying that should your nephew have leaked out anything in connection with his accepting bribes, he would swear that he would not leave things end in peace.

Your nephew is really in a dangerous position, coupled with which your nephew's business has not fared very well of late. He has no means to pay off all the debts, and deposits owing to people in Hongkong. To avoid trouble, he feels compelled to leave Hongkong. He earnestly hopes that you two gentlemen will devise means on his behalf to smooth matters by amicably arranging with his creditors and landlord, so as not to put up to auction, but to invite someone to purchase his furniture, stock in trade, and outstanding debts. With what amount that may be realised, pay off the rent first, and use the balance in squaring up the wages due to the employees, and paying a percentage to the creditors. Your nephew's gratitude shall, then, be boundless, and the whole of his family shall also be benefited by your great kindness. You, uncles, are requested to invite all the debtors to give their assistance. Tell Kan Iu and Li Yam to collect the outstanding accounts, Wong Sik to take charge of the accounts, and Li Lan to look after the sundry articles in the shop, and so everything will be alright. This letter does not contain all that he has got Further, remember to take an inventory of the furniture before transferring the business to other people. This is specially written, and availing himself of the opportunity, he enquires after your recent welfare. Yours the same as a nephew, signed Lai Him, bowing his head. 23rd day 6th moon.

to say.

Envelope.

Left for presentation to

Messrs. Chu Wan Kwai and Wu Iu Nam, letter from Lai Him.

Chopped, Ui Fong Restaurant, Shektongtsui, &c."

The Chairman. Of course the unfortunate point is that this man is in financial difficulties apparently, and this makes it rather harder for us to get him back.

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Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Quite a run on the Bank. He has got a bad name. I know

that from creditors.

The Chairman.This letter goes in as an exhibit.

Witness cautioned, and requested to do his best to get Lai Him to come back.

The Chairman.-The Commission will do all it can in reason to protect him against his creditors.

19.--CHAN WAI HING, declared and cautioned:-

The Chairman.-Can you read?'

A. Yes.

Q.-

-You know what the letter is about?

A.-Well, Wu told me about it-something about the Inspector.

Q. What about the Inspector?

A. He said the Inspector had come and wanted to "what to do with him", and he got frightened.

Q.-Do you know what the Inspector said-how the Inspector frightened him?

A.-I do not know. It is only what Wu told me.

118, 180 and 262.-LO MAN KAI, declared and cautioned :-

Statement handed in by witness

"I joined the Sanitary Department as the first clerk in March, 1899, when Mr. Duggan was the Secretary. Before I joined, I was a clerk in the Police Department. I know "Lui Chi. About 6 months after I joined, when he got the contract for sundry stores. He "had the contract for about one year and a half. When the next contract was put up for "tender, Sham Iu came and persuaded me to take some interest in it, saying there was money to "be made. As he had dealings with Lui Chi, he knew it. When I saw Lui Chi, I asked if he "would let me have a share of his business, but he wont consent. Thereupon I went to consult Au Sui Shang, and asked him if he cared to send in a tender for the contract; if "he did, I would go in shares with him. Au Sui Shang agreed, and we obtained the 'contract. Since then I have been working with him in the business of Man Hing, as 66 partners. In 1903, Sham Iu approached ine and Au Sni Shang, and warned us that Lui Chi "would send in his tender again, and that if $200 or $300 were paid to Lui Chi, he would "induce him to retire from the field altogether.

"Accordingly Au Sui Shang paic. Sham Iu $200 (about) to be handed to Lui Chi. “1904 the same amount was paid to Lu: Chi, in the same manner, upon Sham In's advice.

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"Man Hing's business makes $600 to $700 a year. When I first joined the Sanitary Department Sham Iu was the limewashing and labour contractor for the Sanitary "Board. As I was getting on with Sham Iu, I suspected that he was not strictly honest in many things, because the then scavenging and conservancy contractors had reported to me "that with the exception of Sham Iu, very few men could do the work to the satisfaction of "the Inspectors. Since I suspected him, I kept an eye on his work, and he then began to give me treats, so as to make my friendship. Unconsciously I was lead in, and became intimate "with him. That was why he suggested that I should go in for a share in the contract for "sundry stores. Since I have been on friendly terms with Sham Iu, I did several times pump "him as regards his dealings with the Inspectors. I said you must have paid money to Inspector Reidie, or you would not get on so well with him. At first he denied but in the course of time he admitted, saying that when he paid money to him, he was very careful "about it. He generally went to his house, and left the money in a sealed envelope on the "table or floor, before he left, as if he forgot to take it back. He was very reluctant to tell "anything against Inspector Reidie, but as regards the other Inspectors, viz., Fisher, Lyon, "Woolley, Lamble, Conolly, L. E. Brett, McEwen, H. Gidley, Allen, and in fact all the Senior "and Plague Inspectors, who are in immediate contact with him, he was more frank, and "said that they had often received money, and presents from him. He has also occasionally "made me presents.

180. I have not assisted Sham Iu to take out a British born certificate nor did I advise "him to do so. About three years ago, he asked me whether it was a fact that British born.

subjects cannot be banished, and I said "Yes". He did not give me any reason "for asking that question.

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Since I was interested in the Man Hing business, I have been making out all the bills, "and translating the orders, as my partner, Au Sui Shang, does not know English. When "Inspector Reidie was in charge of the Disinfecting Station, Man Hing, through Au Sui Shang, every year paid from $30 to $50 to Inspector Reidie as a Christmas present. After "Inspector Reidie, the present was given to Inspector H. Gidley. They also did not pay for "sundry articles off and on obtained from Man Hing. As to the Yaumati scavenging and conservancy contract, it was Sham Iu who promoted the business, and he asked me and my friends to put some money in. The Capital was $15,000, and I undertook to "raise $7,000, and he $8,000. In March this year, I saw it was not paid, and I and my "friends all sold our shares to Sham Iu. My share was $1,000, of which I lost $280, and "back $720. Sometime at the end of the last Chinese year, I and Sham Iu called on Chan Pui, "and offered to sell to him the nightsoil, and a contract was made out in the name of "Chan Yuk for the sale. Chan Yuk is the man put forward by Sham Iu as the contractor. "Im Wa is my wife's uncle. He was a foreman in that contract for some time, and after I gave "up my share in the business, Sham Iu discharged him. I have a share of $100 in the "Kwong Tai Long Pork Stall, Western Market, in the name of my son. I have no share in "Ho Tsoi's business. I only shewed him how to apply for the license, but I did not get any money from him. In the case of Yat Heung, the $10 he gave me was handed to Inspector "Conolly. I did not keep it for myself. The money paid by the pork shops and fruit shops "in Hollywood Road and Connaught Road was paid me for shewing them how to apply for "the licenses. The licenses of these shops have all been cancelled. The granting of the "licenses is entirely in the hands of the Sanitary Board. These people gave me the money, "thinking I had power to grant them without my asking for it.

"Before I went to Canton, Sam Iu one evening came to my house and told me that "Lui Chi had been to the office of one of the Commissioners to tell against me, and advised. "me to leave the Colony for a time. As I at the same time felt unwell, and fearing that I "might be seized with plague, as it was then very virulent, I acted upon his advice and left for Canton, intending to come back as soon as I felt better. When I was proceeding to my own "village, I thought of calling at Kong Moon, where I was told by Sham Iu that Lui Chi was "there. On arriving at Kong Moon, I enquired and found Lui Chi. He told me that he had "been to Mr. Lau Chu Pak's office, and that Sham Iu advised him to stay away from "Hongkong. Since then I have not seen Lui Chi. Sham Iu still owes Lui Chi money. "I can't explain why Sham Iu wanted Lui Chi to stay away. He himself may explain, "if pressed.

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"During my stay in Canton, Sham Iu did call at my house several times, and asked my people to write up telling me not to come down. I think he also persuaded Au Sui Shang "not to tell the truth, and I know he called at my house to advise my people to write to tell

me not to return to Hongkong.

"Lo Tsung, the sexton at Mount Davis, is a clansman of mine. I recommended him to "the Tung Wa Hospital to be the caretaker of the Mortuary. I recommended him because he begged me to find him a better job, as he did not like the post of sexton. When the Fuk On "scavenging contractor started business, a man named Lam Yuk Shui came to my office, and "asked where I lived. One evening he called and told me he had spoken to Leung In about paying me some tea money. His excuse for asking for this money from Leung In, was that "I would be able to assist him in carrying out his contract work smoothly, if some bonus was "paid to me. He took me to go to see Leung In, and Cheng Po Shun, and asked them to

pay me $500.

I think it was ever tually arranged to pay $400. That money was paid "to Leung Yuk Shui, but I only rece.ved $150.

"I remember the bill sent in by Sham Iu for opening up ground surfaces for inspection, "and filling the holes dug up. Some of them were made out by Inspector H. Gidley, and they were all certified by him as correct. I did suspect that Sham Iu did not do all the work, because I learned form my friends that in some cases the work was done by the coolies "taken round Inspector H. Gidley, and in some cases the holes dug up by the coolies were filled in by my friends themselves. When I last saw Mr. Hooper in Canton, I was "afraid to tell the truth, because I did not quite believe that by telling the truth I might not get into serious trouble. As you now have promised to ask the Commission to give me a "letter of indemnification if I were to tell the truth, I now tell you frankly what I have done, "and personally known.

"I do not know much about Foo Sik. He is the contractor for supplying labour and "material for the Plague Cemetery, and the Chinese cemeteries. I know that he sublets "the work of making coffins, and coffining dead bodies to Sham Iu. I can't say whether "his charges for work done at the cemetery are proper or not, as the bills are certified "by Mr. Bryan.

"Declared before me, (signed) Lau Chu Pak. 17th August, 1906.

(Signed) Lo Man Kai."

262.-The Chairman.-There are certain questions I want to ask you about this state- ment. I understand from your statement, Mr. Lo Man Kai. that first of all you wanted to go shares with Lui Chi, and if so, you would have tried to help him to obtain the tender for the small stores contract, and that as he refused to give you a share, you then fell in with Sham Iu's idea, and got the contract for Au Sui Shang?

A.-And if he agreed, I would not have asked anybody else to put in a tender.

-Do you mean to say that you could have stopped other people from putting in

tenders?

A.-No, Sir.

Q.-If you found somebody talking about putting in a tender, would you ed in choking them off, do you think?

have succeed-

A.-No.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-You had put in a cheaper tender, in order to get the contract?

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A. Yes, because I know the existing tender.

Q. You know the price?

A. Yes.

The Chairman. And you are able to put in a tender lower than anybody else?

A. Yes, nobody else would know the price of the tender except the contractor. I of course know the price, and if I asked the man to lower his price a bit, he would certainly get it.

154.-DR. W. W. PEARSE sworn :-

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Do you consider that unnecessary worry has been given to the people in those disinfecting measures adopted by the Board?

A. As we carry out the disinfection now, there may be perhaps unnecessary worry, but apart from that, the amount of unnecessary worry which is given now can be nothing compared with what it used to be, when the Board used to fuinigate. That was absolutely unnecessary worry.

Q.-Why do you say fumigation is utterly useless? I thought all medical men were in favour of fumigation.

A-Under certain conditions, I would fumigate. Now, if I wished to disinfect say some books or leather goods, yes, but fumigation of a Chinese house of itself is an absolute farce.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Why?

A. In the first place, before you can kill organisms by fumigation, you must stop up

all leaks.

Q.-Hermetically seal them?

A.—Yes, for a certain length of time.

Q.-Take Clayton's Fumigator. Is it necessary to hermetically seal the place first ?

A. Yes.

Q.—Dɔ you know that has been disputed in documents laid before you from home?

A.-I have seen despatches from home by Professor Simpson.

Q.-Later than that?

A.-I have seen none later than that.

The Chairman.-What did Professor Simpson say?

A. That all Colonies should be supplied with Clayton's disinfecting apparatus. I wont say the building should be hermetically sealed, but your building should be so closed up, as to enable a certain percentage of the chlorine to act.

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Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Do you know the specific gravity of sulphur dioxide?

A.-32.

Q. Dont you think that with that specific gravity the disinfection would be effica- cious, notwithstanding the amount of escape which would take place in a Chinese house?

A.-It would not be efficacious.

The Chairman.-You could not sufficiently close it up to kill all the germs?

A. That is my opinion.

111.-Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-So that limewashing is not entirely for killing plague

germs?

A.-I don't know what it was introduced for first, but I should not carry it on as a means of destroying plague germs in a house.

The Chairman.-Do you think that limewashing is of any use at all, in keeping down or decreasing the number of cases of plague in Hongkong, except that such advantage would be by keeping the houses rather cleaner ? :

A.-I say its advantage as an anti-plague measure is very small.

Q.--I suppose we all think it is an advantage to have the place cleaned twice a year?

A. One advantage is that it enables you to know that the place has been thoroughly

gone over.

113.-THOMAS LUFF PERKINS sworn :-

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Dont you think, if you were asked to discriminate, that with your knowledge, and with very little trouble, and the aid of a map, you could roughly sketch out whole areas that should be exempt from limewashing twice a year?

A.-I should think it might be reduced, and that it might be left to the Medical Officer of Health or someone in authority,--some high officer-to discriminate.

124 to 128-JOHN LEMM, sworn :-

The Chairman.-You are in business as an Architect?

A. Yes.

Q.-In your own name?

A. Yes.

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Mr. Shelton Hooper.-What are your qualifications? I think you hold a degree in Australia.

A.-I am a Fellow of the Institute of Architects, New South Wales, and a Member of the Royal Sanitary Institute.

Q. How long have you been in practice?

A. Since '89--altogether 17 years.

Q. And you have a large experience in the erection of Chinese buildings and godowns?

A. Yes.

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Q.-Now, first of all, I am going to ask you on a matter of concrete here. You know according to our Ordinance, that ground floors have to be concreted so as to form an impermeable floor ?

A. Yes.

Q. What have you been in the habit of specifying as an impermeable floor for ground. floors ?

A.-One of lime, two of earth, and six of broken stone-for paving, broken to half an inch gauge.

The Chairman.-Only one ninth of lime, then?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper. From your experience, having seen some of your own work some years afterwards, how do you think that has stood the test of time?

A.-I think the lime does not set at all. You can't get good lime here, and the lime does not set.

Q-Are

Are you speaking of shell lime?

A. Yes.

Q-Have you used any stone lime ?

A.-I have tried to get some at times, but it has been of inferior quality, and I have not used it. It is full of dirt and rubbish.

Q. Do you know where that came from?

A.-Samshuipo-Shell lime.

Q.-But stone lime?

A. I think some from Macao:

Q. Is that what is known as Saikung lime?

A.-I have got the Chinese name, but I have forgotten it.

Q.-Do you know if it is easily procurable—if it is of inferior quality ?

A.-I dont think so.

Contractors generally say they can't get it.

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-And if you were specifying it, they would probably charge much more for it ?

A. They would probably say they could not get it.

Mr. Humphreys.-And supposing you specified this lime, and they supplied shell lime, could you tell at a glance whether it was shell lime, or not?

A. You can by feeling it.

Q.-But not by looking at it?

A. You can't by looking at it.

Q.-Not even by the dirt?

A. They are both dirty. coming charcoal after burning.

Shel lime, you can feel it. It is due to the gelatine be- Store lime is more powdery.

The Chairman.-It has more grit ?

A. There is more grit in shell lime than stone lime.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-You said that in your experience, lime never sets ?

A.--Never sets properly.

Q-Now, have you in your specifications directed that when that concrete is laid it shall be rammed down, until the lime comes to the surface ?

A.--I have not..

Q--Dont you think that if that were so, it would make a better floor?

A.-No, I should say if you had good lime it would set better in the interstices of the concrete itself, because the air would get in and force setting, underneath, it would still remain wet or dry into a powder.

Mr. Humphreys. How do you account, Mr. Lemm, with the inferior lime we get in Hongkong, that in some cases we get lime that sets perfectly well and lasts for years, and in other cases it never seems to set at all, and is as you say very inferior ?

A.-I have never seen any good lime concrete myself.

Q.-I have, where I have known it to last for years.

A. They may have got good stone lime, and not mixed it properly.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Dont you think it is to some extent due to bad mixing?

A. Bad mixing, yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-You said just now, when I suggested that if it were sufficiently rammed, so that the lime could come to the surface, that it would not make a better floor. Do

you know that that is laid down in either Hirst or Molesworth?

A. I have not seen it in either Hirst or Molesworth. I have both books, but I have not seen it. It is said that the outer surface will set, but the inner surface will simply dry to powder and will not set at all.

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-Do you have it rammed at all?

A.-I do, for foundations.

Q.-But not for a floor?

A.-No.

Q.-Dont you think ramming would be better?

A. I dont think so.

Can you tell me the approximate cost per yard of lime concrete, covered with a half inch of dressing?

A. Yes, I have worked that out at 93 cents per superficial yard.

Q.-What is the depth?

A.-Six inches, according to the Ordinance.

Q.-How does that compare with cement concrete four inches thick ?

A. I have estimated four inches thick at $1.40 per square yard, fifty per cent. more than lime concrete.

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you think that that would make a better floor, than the other?

A.-Oh, certainly.

Q.-How many years do you

any repair?

think the concrete floor would stand without requiring

A.-A term of years-I could not say.

Q.-Would you not be surprised if it were 20 years?

A.-I would not be surprised. It would last as long as the house lasted.

The Chairman.-Even on the lower levels, where there is more damp?

A. It would not affect cement, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Do you think that inferior as it is-lime concrete-that you could lay a floor that would prevent rats coming through ?

A. Yes, certainly, the stone would stop them from coming through.

Q. And do you think that it would be impossible to keep water out, percolating through the bottom?

A. I think it would not set at all. The concrete would be always moist.

Q.-Surely you have seen some concrete set?

A.--Not on the lower levels, on a damp site. We get notices from the Sanitary Board, and I simply order the contractor to replace it.

Q. And therefore you have really never seen any old concrete ?

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A. I have seen it taken up, but not specially noticed as to the state it was in.

Q.-In every case, have you found it damp up to the surface ?

A. I dont remember ever seeing any good concrete.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-But the new concrete you put on, required by the Sanitary Board, is that any better than the old concrete ?

A.-No, I dont think it is.

Q. What is the idea then in putting it down?

A. We are carrying out the Ordinance, that is all.

The Chairman.-Do I understand that you mean that you have such a very poor opinion of the lime, that if the Sanitary Department sends in notice that the surface must be relaid, you relay it as a matter of course?

A. Yes.

Q.-You always take it, that lime concrete must be condemned?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper. On whose order is it condemned ?

A. It is usually signed by the Secretary of the Sanitary Board, but beyond that I

dont know.

Q. Of course you are aware he only signs it in a perfunctory way ?

A. Yes.

Q.-Therefore you presume some expert has condemned it ?

A. Yes.

Q.--Have you any idea of who the experts have been ?

A.-The District Sanitary Inspectors.

Q.-Do you know the District Inspectors, and their qualifications-you know the men?"

A. Yes.

Q.-Do you think they are qualified?

A. Yes, I think so.

-The whole of the District Inspectors ?.

A. The Chief Inspectors.

Q.-But you said the District Inspectors.

A.-What is the difference ?

Q.-Hongkong is divided into Districts, called Health Districts. There is a Senior Inspector in charge of every two Districts. Under him, there are two or more-I dont know the exact number--of District Inspectors.

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A.-I mean Senior Inspectors.

Q.-Therefore when you used the words "District Inspectors.

used the words “District Inspectors" in answer to a previous question, you meant the Senior Inspectors?

A. Yes, Mr. Carter and others of the same level.

Q.-Mr. Carter is Sanitary.Surveyor. He is above them all.

A. Yes.

Q.-Well now,

and you know who all the Senior Inspectors are ?

A.-I think I do.

The Chairman.-You live at Kowloon ?

A. Yes.

Q.-The Senior Inspector there is Mr. Lyons, I think ?

A.-I dont know him personally.

Q.-But he is the man?

A. Yes.

Q.-And he has three Juniors under him, who are District Inspectors ?

A. Yes.

Q-Mr. Lyons is the man whom you would speak of as the man passing this work ?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Now, with regard to the District Inspectors, do you know them ?

A.-Probably. I dont know them by name.

Q.-Therefore you dont know if they are qualified?

A.-I dont know.

Q.-You are connected with the Royal Sanitary Institute here ?

A. Yes.

Q. And therefore you have been there with them ?

A.I met some of them, in Institute matters.

Q.-You had no opportunity of judging of the qualifications of the District men?

A. I have not.

Q.-Now, if they qualified here, do you think that would be sufficient to enable them to judge as between good and bad material?

A. Yes,,if directed and taught by the Senior Inspectors, they would be.

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Q.-Would you think it advisable, that that power of saying whether a floor is good or bad should be placed in the hands of a District Inspector, who did not have the qualifica-

tions ?

A. If he were taught properly, he ought to be able to know whether a material is good or bad.

Q. Although he was

not able to pass the examination ?

A.-I should say so.

It is not a difficult matter to test concrete.

Q. What advantage is the Sanitary Institute here, then?

A.-It is not very difficult. There are other things besides that. It is one of the chief things they would have to supervise, the looking after the concrete, and very soon they would be able to learn good or bad.

Q-And having first learned, and they failed to pass the examination, do you think· they would be qualified to express ar opinion as to good or bad concrete ?

A.--I should say in concrete he ought to know.

Q.-But dont you think that is one of the principal things?

A.-One of the principal things, he is instructed here, but in an examination there is such a big syllabus-that is only one of the small, easy things to do.

Q.-And therefore you think he might pass in that, without passing in other subjects?

A. Yes.

Mr. Humphreys. You have said that these Inspectors are capable of condemning concrete, but you have also told the Commission that all lime concrete is bad. I would therefore like you to state whether there is any danger to the community from a Sanitary point of view, in replacing bad concrete with bad concrete?

A. No, I should think not. It should be cement concrete.

-Then the present system of ordering the reconcreting of yards with lime concrete

is à senseless waste of money ?

A. Yes, certainly, in the absence of being able to obtain good lime concrete.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Then, if all concrete is bad, and these Sanitary Inspectors pass it, what do you say to that?

A. They are simply conforming to the Ordinance, which simply states lime concrete.

Q.-No, the Ordinance states they must use good lime concrete.

A.-It is as good as they can get. Judging by local conditions, I should say they were correct in passing it.

Q.-And in every case, in which it has been passed, it has been bad?

A.According to my experience.*

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Can you make good concrete?

A.-You can, if you can get good lime.

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Q-Can't you get good lime?

A.-I dont think so. I have asked for it from contractors, specified for it, and could not get it.

The Chairman. What sort of price per hundredweight or picul could you afford to pay for good lime?

A.-I could not say, Mr. Chairman.

Q.-You have never worked that out?

A.-No.

Q.-You know there is good stone lime to be got in the neighbourhood, some miles away. Do you think by paying a little more, it would be possible to get it down?

A.-Perhaps. I think they dont burn it properly. It is always full of rubbish.

Q.-The old kilns they use here are exactly similar to the old lime kilns I used to see as a child, when I was at home. They have furnaces, and no doubt you have seen them and know the process.

A.-Shell is better for limewashing. It is purer, but there is too much carbonate of

lime in it.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Now, with regard to limewashing, you know in the Ordinance, it says a place has to be limewashed twice a year ?

A. Yes.

Q. Do you think as a practical man that that is necessary for all tenement houses, in this Colony?

A.--It is a good thing, I should think.

Q.-Then you would say, if you were a Member of the Board, or if you were Autocratic and had all the powers of the Board, that you would make every Chinese shop in Queen's Road limewash twice a year?

A. If you do not do that, the others would object.

Q.-I am speaking of individual cases.

A.-Discretion might be used.

Q. Dont you think it is unnecessary?

A. It is unnecessary in some cases.

Q.-We will say the Ordinance has been drawn to meet the worst class of tenement houses in Taipingshan, and to apply that rigorously to first class Chinese houses and hongs-dout you think it is an absurdity?

A. It is absurd to insist on it, but there are cases where one can get exemption.

Q.-But I am asking you that fact.

A.—It is not necessary to insist on it in every case.

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-Now, with regard to limewashing, do you think that the limewash which is used here is proper limewash?

A.-I insist here on having proper lime used.

Q.-What do you call proper lime ?

A.-Shell lime; but sometimes they use chalk and water.

113.--Q.—Now, do you think that it would be any advantage to put it on hot?

A. It would make a better job from a Sanitary point of view, if it were put on hot. It is recommended to be put on hot, in books.

-From your experience in Australia, how do they put it on?

A. We dont use it much, except limewash for kitchens and so on. It is put on hot.

Q-Why is it put on hot?

A.-It sticks better to the walls. It does not come away in flakes.

Q. Do you think, if it were put properly on, it would be as well to put it on once a year as twice a year?

A.-Once a year if properly done.

The Chairman.-Are you speaking of the better class of houses, or ordinary Chinese houses ?

A. The ordinary Chinese houses. The kitchens might require doing more than once

a year.

Q. Dont you think your Chinese servants are so dirty, even in the better class houses that it is better to have it limewashed effectively twice a year than once in twelve months?

A. Yes.

Q. Dont you think that if that applies to your servants' quarters, that it would equally apply to Chinese houses, where there is no master with a higher standard of cleanliness?

A.-The Chinese hang things on the walls. The big Chinese room allows the air to go through. It is usually 30 feet deep and 15 feet wide. The servants' room is only about ten feet by eight.

Q.-If I find myself in my own house, that in my own servants' quarters, after three or four months, or five or six months, that the place is so dirty that it ought to be lime- washed, whether the Government told me to do so or not, dont you think that that would apply as well to the majority of Chinese houses?

A. I dont know if it is so. I have had lots of places under my charge, which would not require doing more than once a twelvemonth.

Q.-So clean that they do not require doing?

A. Yes, if properly done in the first place.

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Mr. Humphreys.-You said that it would be a good thing for all tenement houses to be limewashed twice a year. On what ground, do you say it would be a good thing-that it would be better to do it twice a year? Do you suppose for one moment that it is any good as regard plague ?

A.-All experts have said so. I have not analysed.

Q.-I think experts' opinions differ a good deal.

A.-All technical books say limewash is a good thing.

Q.-For plague ?

A.-Not as against plague, but as a sanitary covering to a wall.

Q. How do you account for 15 per cent. of germs? If it is good stuff, that ought

not to be.

A. Yes.

The Chairman.-You have been in business a good many years in Hongkong, Mr. Lemm. Do you think there is any advantage in putting house owners to the expense of limewashing twice a year, beyond the fact that by compelling him to limewash twice a year everything is cleaned out? I think we admit that is an advantage.

A. If done properly, I would say that once a year would be quite sufficient.

Q.-My question is whether setting aside the advantage which accrues from having everything cleared out of the house, everything moved, and all the corners swept and garnished, beyond that there is any advantage from a public health point of view, by putting it on twice instead of once?

A.-No, I don't think so.

Q.-Is there any further advantage do you think, speaking from a professional point of view, if not from a medical or bacteriological point of view?

A.-I think once a year is quite sufficient. I met a man in Bridges Street, mixing sewer water with lime to form a limewash. Under that sort of thing, even the best lime

would be a breeding place for germs.

Q.-The lime used would not kill any germs which might be in the water?

A.-I would say it would neutralise all the effects of the lime.

Q.-Would be more powerful than the lime?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-What is the procedure, when you are instructed to put up a building with regard to getting the sanction of the Building Authority and Sanitary Board? You have got to send in plans to whom?

A. To the Public Works Department-the Building Authority.

Q.-You have also to send plans?

A.-Drainage plans for new blocks of buildings to the Sanitary Board.

Q. And taking a fair average, about what length of time elapses from the time you send in that plan, until you get your permit to build ?

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A.-All sorts of time elapse. In some cases, it is a week, or perhaps a month.

Q.-Have you ever known it over a month ?

A. No, I don't think so.

Q.-Before you came to Hongkong, you were in Australia ?

A.-There are cases where perhaps a plan is sent to the Governor to settle some special point. Then, it might be over a month.

Q.-Now, what was the procedure in your town, when you were in practice in Australia? To what Authority was the plan sent?

A.-It was taken to the Town Surveyor, at the Town Hall in Sydney. I was then a pupil in the office. I started practice here, but I used to take the plans up to the office and wait until the Town Surveyor had inspected them. Any contravention of the Ordinance was marked by the Surveyor with red ink. If a wall was too small, he marked the proper figures on the plan, and for any other thing he made notes on the plan, and plan was returned in half an hour.

Q.-And had they a strict Building and Sanitary Ordinance in force there?

A. Yes.

Q-As strict as ours?

A. Yes.

Q.—And you were able to get your plan back in 21 hours?

A.—Certainly in 24 hours. Usually half an hour.

The Chairman. So that you thought it worth your while to sit in the office and wait for it ?

A. Certainly. I took the plan and there were no further proceedings. We never even submitted copies.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Did they inspect the building, during progress?

A. Yes, they did.

Q. Can you tell me any reason, what is to prevent a similar procedure in Hongkong?

A.-I think a better procedure would be if all the officers were in one building.

Q. What do you think of a proposal that the Building Authority be amalgamated with the Sanitary Board, and be under one Board, with the Engineer as Head of his Department, as the Medical Office of Health is at present his ?

A. Yes.

Q. Do you think that would be more acceptable to the public?

A. Certainly yes.

Q.-And dont you think the interests of the Government would be as well looked after and as sanitary and strong buildings erected as to-day?

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A.-Certainly.

Q.-Wouldn't it also be a saving of money to proprietors in not having to provide extra plans?

A.-I dont charge my clients anything extra for drainage plans.

Q. Do you think that any amendment on these lines would be an improvement in the Ordinance ?

A.-Certainly, yes. I think the time is wasted in entering up in one Department, sending by chit book to another Department, re-entering there, and sending back again by chit book. If it were all in one building, the plans need not leave that building.

The Chairman.-You say that in Sydney your plans could be passed generally while you waited?

A. Yes.

Q. What was the form of Government-was it a Municipal Government?

A. Yes, Municipal Government.

Q-A Mayor and so forth elected by the ratepayers?

A: Yes.

Q.-And the Sanitary Surveyor was equivalent to the Borough Engineer?

A. Yes.

Q.-—And in a place like Sydney, would there be a large staff, do you happen to know?

A.-There would be a dozen men.

Q. What class of men-would that include draughtsmen ?

A.-Draughtsmen, yes.

Q.-So there would be one engineer-

A.-I only remember Mr. Sapsford as head Engineer.

Q-And would he go through the plans himself?

A. He personally examined the plans himself. I dont remember having to wait until next day. Even large plans he looked through very quickly. My assistants prepare a plan and send these plans to me at Kowloon and I send then back again. It should not take longer than half an hour with the largest plan, to see whether it contravenes the Ordinance.

Q.-If a man's time is devoted entirely to the checking of plans, nothing else distract- ing him, he ought to be able to get work through with celerity?

A. Yes.

Mr. Humphreys. What is the greatest length of time you have had your plans kept by the Building Authority or the Medical Officer of Health?

A.-Usually about a fortnight.

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Q.-Have

A.-No.

you heard of a case much longer than that-three or four months?

Q.-I have heard complaints of much longer periods, but still a fortnight is longer

than half an hour.

A. Yes, but if there is delay, I call at the office and get the thing through quicker.

Q-Do you think there is anything gained by the Medical Officer of Health holding your plans? What does he know about plans?

A. I think he looks for the open air spaces and so on.

The Chairman. But could an engineer not do that as well?

A.-Certainly.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Dont you think that an engineer would be able to grasp the plans, taking the elevations and sections, and deal with it quicker than a Medical.man ?

A.-Certainly.

The Chairman.-Some of these drainage plans have, I understand, to be passed by a certain sub-department.

A.-Drainage plans are usually passed very quickly. One gets plans for drainage passed more quickly than buildings.

Q.--I suppose a good deal of your contractors sublet, in the usual

A.--Yes.

Q-And for, so far as you are aware, no payment?

A. Yes.

way ?

Q.-Have you ever heard from any of your contractors, or from the sub-contractors that, at any time, it was rather an advantage if you wanted your plans passed quickly, to pay money or make a present to anybody?

A.-Not as far as I am aware. I always get them through for the contractor.

Q.-And he sublets?

A. Yes.

Q.-And has he ever told you that he avoided delay by his paying some money?

A. No, I think where an Architect is employed, things work smoothly. Such things- might happen where an Architect is not employed.

Q.-I understand from that, that an Architect is a check on any illegal demand that might be made on any Chinese contractor by a subordinate of the Government Service ?

A. Yes, I certainly think it would be prevented by the employment of an Architect.

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Mr. Shelton Hooper. Of course, Mr. Lemm, in your long experience here, and your intimacy with the Chinese, you have heard of reputed cases of corruption amongst the

subordinate staff?

A. I have not heard.

Q.-Not

any

cases ?

A.-I have heard rumours, of course.

Q.-And you have never heard any Chinese complain that they have had to pay squeeze?

A.-Not for any work under my charge.

Q.-They have never complained to you of hardships in the working of the Ordinance, on account of the corruption?

A. They would not speak of any work to me, except work under my own charge, and such things never happened.

Mr. Humphreys. Do you mean to say you have never had any delays in getting your houses passed?

A. Yes.

Q. What do you attribute them to?

A.-To red tape.

Q. What do you call red tape?

A.-You send in an application for a certificate, and the time elapses of two or three

weeks.

Q-Dont you think if your contractor gave $25, you would get the certificate the same afternoon?

A.—I dont think so, where an Architect is employed.

Q.-Excuse me if I disagree with you on that, because I happen to know of cases where the wheels have been very much expedited by a payment.

A.-Usually you get a list of things which are not correct. I have had cases where I have asked for exemption by applying to the Government, and that procedure is taken in every case.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-That is only on the recommendation of the Sanitary Board?

A. Yes.

Q.-And the Sanitary Board is governed by its officers ?

A. Yes.

Q. And fliese officers are Sanitary Inspectors?

A. Yes.

Q.-Therefore really it was on the recommendation of the Sanitary Inspector that caused the Governor, when it passed through the Board, to grant the exemption?

A. --Yes.

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The Chairman.-You have never heard it suggested that there were possibilities of squeezing or illicit demands being made by the Inspectors ?

A.-I have never heard-no one has come to me personally..

Q.-No Chinaman has ever told you that ?

A.-No.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Have you never heard anything directly?

A.-Only from the newspapers.

Q.-Not even from your Chinese customers?

A.-I have never heard of a single instance, where an Inspector has been bribed by the giving of money, or had anything done for him.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Have none of your clients ever complained about being called, upon to do some things which were not necessary ? *

A.-No, I dont know of any case like that, because they dont know the Ordinance and they dont know what can be enforced and what not.

Q. And they come to you to advise them if it is necessary?

A. Yes.

Q.-And in every case, you dont take the trouble to take up a floor to examine it ? You comply without examination?

A.-No, not in concreting houses. There are cases where the cutting away of light-I have applied for exemption and got it.

Q.-With regard to glazed areas, many cases have come before you in which notices have been served on your client to increase the glazed area of the floor?

A. Yes.

Q-Have you ever come across cases in which if you carried that out, it would endanger the building?

A. Yes.

Q.—An old building, I am speaking of.

A.-An old building.

Even new buildings, too.

Q. And about how many of these cases do you think you have had since the Ordinance was passed three years ago?

A.-Probably half a dozen cases, where I have applied for exemption on account of the walls not being sufficiently stable to admit of any alterations on the walls.

Q. And dont you think this applies to the majority of Chinese houses in this City- endangers them-taking into account their age, the way they are built, and the liability to typhoons?

A.-It is bad to cut a wall at anytime of course.

Q-But would you not go so far as to say it applies to the majority of Chinese houses?"

A.-I would not say the majority.

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A.—It would be bad, more especially to cut an old building about. building would be endangered, for to cut it is dangerous operation.

Q.-Dangerous in the execution?

A. Yes.

Even a new

*Q.—I am not speaking of that. Is a building not considerably weakened and rendered more liable to collapse should a typhoon come?

A.-Oh yes, it is in some cases.

Mr. Humphreys.-You said just now that you frequently carried out the work mentioned in notices from Sanitary Board, without satisfying yourself that in your opinion it was necessary

A. Yes.

Q.-Well, would these notices be the full notices sent by the Sanitary Board or the Inspectors' notices ?

A.-I always deal with the full notices. If a ma✪ brings me a small notice, I tell him to wait until he gets a full notice. I should not like to refuse the work, if the Sanitary Board says do the work, and it means fees to me, I say do it.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-If they call upon you to do a certain thing, in a certain time, and you dont do it that is ignore it and it has not been carried out, and has been followed by a large notice-

A. Yes.

Q.-You have not known a case where it has not been followed by, a large notice ?

A.-No.

The Chairman. With regard to contractors, have you not been informed that to get your work passed quickly-has it ever been suggested to you that you should employ a

certain contractors ?

Q.-No, the same men have been employed by me for many years. I never have any trouble with these men. They are tried men, and—

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Who are tried men?

A. The contractors.

The Chairman. They are men whose work is passed readily by the Inspectors?

A. I never have any trouble.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-What are the names of these contractors?

A.-Yick Long, No. 9 Graham Street, for repairing work; Lung On, and Wing On, D'Aguilar Street, they do my larger work; Lee Kee, 46 Wellington Street, I think, usually does my drainage work.

Q.-When you say these men do your larger work, dont you always put up your large work to competition-tender?

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A. I get 7 or 8 contractors to tender. Those men I usually employ are generally fairly reasonable and as a rule they are lowest.

-But there are other men who work for you?

He built the Ho Miu Ling Hospital.

A. Yes, Hung Cheong, Third Street, I think.

Q.-Now, going to the Ho Min Ling Hospital, you sent in plans and they were

passed?

A. Yes.

Q.-Did

you build it according to the plans?

A. Yes, practically.

Q. Why did they make you pull down a wall in front?

A.-They said there was not sufficient light in the basement.

Q.-Could they not have seen that, if an expert had examined the plans when they went in ?

A. Certainly.

-And they actually approved of it ?

A.-Approved of it.

Q.-And when it was completed, they made you pull down the wall, although you complied with the plan?

A-Yes.

Q.-Did you

think that was a good case for complaint--that they approved and passed plans, and you carried them out, and were put to the extra expense of pulling the wall down again?

A.-It was only a matter of $10, and 1 did not trouble.

Q.-You dont think it was in order ?

A.-It might have been objected to in the first place.

Q.-Supposing you had refused to pull that down?

A. They would not have passed my building.

Q. Although the building was built to plans that they had approved?

A. Yes.

The Chairman.-When did this case arise ?

A.-In connection with the Hc Miu Ling Hospital of Bonham Road.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Is this not actually what happened : That you sent in plans

for the building, and you built it accordingly and the parapet wall accordingly?

A. Yes.

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Q.-And you wanted to use the basement as a living room, and you asked for permission to use that basement as a living room, and that was only granted conditionally on this wall being removed ?

A.-No. I simply made application for the certificate. Then the Inspector came and condemned the wall. I never made any special application for a living room.

-How came it before the Board then?

Q.-

A-I applied afterwards, because it was only a parapet wall. It was only three feet high. The basement is rather a peculiar thing. Under the Ordinance, it is not a basement, unless it is abutting against the earth. In this special case, the light obtained to these two rooms when you removed the parapet wall is not to basement rooms at all.

Q.-Then I dont see why you applied for permission to use the basement as living

rooms.

A. Because there was not 13 feet clear space from the verandah to the open air.

Q.--Therefore you did not conform to the Ordinance ?

A.-Not as to that.

Q-But you said you sent in plans conforming to the Ordinance ?

A. They passed it though it was not.

Q-Therefore they passed something which was illegal?

A. Yes.

Q.-And they did not find out their mistake-

A.-Until the place was finished.

Q-Going back to Sydney, they would have found that out at once?

A. Yes, because they are constantly dealing with nothing but plans.

Q.-And therefore you think there was dereliction of duty on the part of some officer for passing something illegal?

A.-I made the plans myself, and I must say I did not notice it.

Q.-Verandahs are included in external air?

A.-No. You measure from the outside of the pier. A verandah is not part of the external air. I believe the Crown Solicitor decided that some six months ago. It is measured from the face of the pier.

Q.-"External air means the air of any space which is vertically opened to the sky, and unobstructed and which, when measured from and at right angles to the external surface of the wall, or where there is a verandah or balcony when measured from the external surface of such verandah or balcony, has a dimension of not less than 13 feet throughout the extent of any window opening in such wall, and when measured parallel to the external surface of such wall, verandah or balcony, and in a horizontal direction has a dimension of not less than 5 feet."

A.-Yes, 13 feet is from the external face of that balcony or verandah, that is the outside of the pier. So the Crown Solicitor has defined it.

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Q.-Had that opinion been given by the Crown Solicitor to the Sanitary Board ?

A. Yes, I think so.

The Chairman.-Go on to clause 27. "External wall means any wall or vertical enclosure of any building, not being a party wall, cross wall, or other partition, nor the external wall of a verandah.' That means to say you could throw in the verandah as long as the verandah is not blocked, is not that how you read it-27 modifies 26. That is the way I have always understood the law.

clash.

A. The 13 feet must be measured from the external wall.

Q.-Then you have to read the definition of "external wall " ?

A. Yes. (Reads clause 27).

The Chairman-But in 27, they say "external wall" does not count, and the two

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-It was only that point I wanted to know, whether they do pass plans which are illegal, and allow owners to go to the expense of building, and afterwards they say

"we made a mistake, and you have to build again".

A.-There are points of thạt kind.

Q.-Have you had any others?

A.-Not of that description. My plans did not shew the basement, the section shewed it, and it may have been that they did not take particular notice of this parapet wall.

Q.And an engineer could have seen that at once?

A. Yes, but even myself, in making the plans,-I did not notice the point. I was judg- ing the 13 feet from the main wall. But these Crown Solicitor's opinions would facilitate the working of the Ordinance with the Architects, if when given, they were communicated to them. For instance you have spoken of that (pointing to enclosure on verandah of Council Chamber) you must remove that. If you have solid work, it is not a window at all.

Q.-None of these things are windows, according to the Ordinance, apparently.

A.-Not in this case apparently.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-You are referring to a verandah on Government ground.

A. Any verandah. The Ordinance does not define.

Q.---A verandah on private property can be closed, and yet this-

A.-This cannot count, unless you have got 13 feet of air.

13 feet of air. This has been decided by the Crown Solicitor also, that a window must open across a verandah. If you have anything there, it is not opening across a verandah at all, although light comes down at an angle of 50 degrees.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-According to the law of light and air, light comes in at an angle of 45 degrees?

A-Yes.

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The Chairman.-Going back to concreting, Mr. Lemm, there is one point I would like you to explain. Although I think you understand it, section 111 says (quotes) and so it goes on to define what is good concrete, and then it says (quotes). In section 112, it says (quotes). Do you understand by that expression "make good", that if they write and tell you that the concrete is bad, and if they say "make good "you have to renew it?

A.-Oh no, repair it.

Q.-No, but I understand from what you said, that if they send in a notice to make good, you renew it as a matter of course. How do you read that clause, if it is perished, and you have to make good. Does it mean if it is absolutely perished, you would entirely renew it ?

A. Yes.

Q-If they said it was so damaged that it could not be made to remain by repairing, you would absolutely renew it?

A. Yes, if it was all perished.

Mr. Humphreys.-Did the Municipality, what answers to the Sanitary Board, in Sydney, serve notices on householders or tenants?

A.-I dont remember notices of this description being served.

Q. What body of men have they got in Sydney that answer to the District Inspectors in Hongkong?

A. They have Inspectors.

Q-But supposing that those Inspectors served notices from the Board, or from the Body that acted in the capacity of the Sanitary Board--

A.-The Municipal Council.

Q. Do you think that those Inspectors would be allowed for one moment to alter those notices of their own habit?

A-I dont think so.

Q-But they do that here?

A.-I have never heard of such a case here.

Q-Do you mean to say that you have not received a notice that has had the printing altered in writing?

A. Yes, explaining something.

Q-How do these things happen?

A.--Emanating from the Secretary or someone.

Q-Aren't you aware that that emanates from the Sanitary Inspectors ?

A.-I dont know.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Have you never seen a notice, the wording of which says, copied from the Ordinance, to "make good", and the words "make good" struck out, and the word "reconcrete written in ?

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A.—I dont remember any specially. I know the words are eliminated sometimes- whole lines.

Q.--As an Architect, we won't limit it to floors-but supposing you are surveying dilapidation, you have a lease before you, in which the tenant undertakes to give the building back in good repair. You go round and find a bit of the window frame rotten. Under the lease, you say make good?

A. Yes.

Q.-It does not mean the whole window frame?

A.-Certainly not.

Q.-Make good means the minimum of repair necessary to make good the damage?

A. Yes.

261.-G. A. WOODCOCK, recalled:-

Mr. Shelton Hooper.--When any letters come addressed to the Sanitary Board, who opens them?

A.-Usually one of the Chinese clerks.

The Chairman.-A letter to the Secretary is opened by a Chinese clerk?

A.-Is opened by a Chinese clerk.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-What Chinese clerk would that be?

A.-A man named Tseng.

Q. What position does he hold?

A.-No. 3 about, I should say.

Q-Supposing they are of a private nature, to a certain extent, or contained a complaint against any officer, have you ever had such a one sent to you, which has been opened by a Chinese clerk ?

A.--I recollect two or three of a private nature concerning myself brought to me by I do not recollect any Chinese clerks, but they are at once brought to me by the man. complaints being made against anyone, brought by a Chinese clerk.

Q.--He opens all letters addressed to the Secretary. Now, supposing some of those letters were about business appertaining to the Medical Officer of Health, would he sort out the letters, those which would have to be dealt with by the Medical Officer of Health or would he give the whole of them to you, to let you sort them out to the sub-departments ?

A.All letters addressed to me, after they have been opened, are brought to me. They are entered in a book, directly they are received by the clerk.

Q.-Before he opens them?

A.-When a letter comes, this man opens them first of all, and he stamps them.

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Q.--He reads them?

A. He reads them, then he stamps them, with a stamp shewing the date. Then he enters them in a book, which shews the day the letter was received, and the subject matter of the letter. The letter then comes out to me or Mr. Carter, supposing he minutes them on to myself or the Surveyor.

Q.--Who minutes them?

A.--Mr. Carter, and then they are entered again in this book, that this letter has gone out to such and such an officer, so that at any time, on receipt of a letter, I can always trace where that letter is. This system of opening letters by a clerk really arose from the fact that sometime ago there was great difficulty about finding the letters. The writer said he had sent them in, and we could not trace them, and in order to prevent any mistake, all letters addressed to me go to this clerk, this clerk opens the letter, and it is entered in this book.

Q.-Now, what was the nature of the communications which were lost?

A.—It is such a long time ago, that I only have a dim recollection of why this was

started.

Q.-Therefore it has gone on since when--this clerk opening the letters ?

A.--Several years.

Q-Therefore they were important letters, that were lost?

A.---I could not say whether they were important letters. It is quite a long time ago

and I dont remember.

Q. And have any complaints been made since of letters not reaching your hands?

A.-Yes, there have been complaints of letters going astray, but I have no recollection of them.

Q. And have the entries been found in that Chinese clerk's book?

A. Yes, and sometimes they have not been found. For instance, a gentleman came to me the other day, and said he had written on such and such a date. I made enquiries, and it, was found that he had not sent the letter, but was under the impression he had.

The Chairman.-I will put it to you this way: Supposing I wrote and complained that I had been to the Sanitary Office, and had been spoken to rudely by someone in the office, and I asked who it was, and was told his name was Tseng for the sake of argument, and I wrote a letter to the Secretary of the Sanitary Board. That letter would be opened by Mr. Tseng, and presumably it would never reach you?

A. Yes, all letters are opened by him.

Q.--There is no reason why a letter, which that Chinese clerk would want to burk, would not be burked?

A.--He opens all letters.

Q.-Does he open letters addressed to G. A. Woodcock, and to the Secretary as well?

A. Yes.

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264.-The Chairman.-Have you got a rubber signature?

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A. Yes, I have two.

Q.-What sort of papers are these attached to? attached to a paper like that?

Would you have a rubber stamp

(Exhibits notice.)

A.—No, these are signed at present,

only use my stamp for initials, and that is used by Mr. Carter or the Chief Clerk to stamp all these notices or letters before I sign them, to indicate that he has checked them.

Q.-So that a facsimile of your initials is merely a private arrangement between you and your subordinates, to know that it has been checked ?

A.That is so.

Q. Why should he use your initials for stamping on paper that he has passed? We know that it is the usual custom for a subordinate when he checks a paper before it is seen by the Superintendent to initial it, and there are very few documents or papers he signs which have not been checked by one or two or three of his subordinates. That is in business, and when he comes to this letter he glances at the corner and he sees it has been initialled by the man whose business it is to initial that paper. You say you give the rubber stamp, with the facsimile of your initials, to the Chief Clerk, and that it is attached to every paper, and as I understand, the only reason is that it enables you to know that it was checked.

A.-There is only one uses the stamp.

Q.-You said just now, Mr. Carter and the Chief Clerk.

A.-No one uses it except Mr. Carter, who is the Chief Clerk. ́

Q. Why should the Secretary not use the initial stamp himself?

A.-I sign these papers, and the other papers bore iny initials. That is the only reason I have.

Q-Where are your initials-on every paper

There is an

A. This letter is sent out, and a duplicate letter is always made out. original notice, and a duplicate notice. In the case of building, an original notice and two duplicates. The duplicates are stamped with my initials and I sign the original.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-By your initials?

A. Yes.

Q.-That it was checked?

A. Yes.

Q. And these are annexed to your papers for Departmental use !

A. Yes.

The Chairman.-I understood you to say that it was to shew that Mr. Carter had checked these papers. It may be a coolie picks up your stamp from Mr. Carter's desk, and stamps the paper. How do you know that some responsible officer has checked it? Where does Mr. Carter keep that imitation of your signature-in his pocket or in his desk ?

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A.-I can't say where he keeps it.

Q.-The greater part of the day it is lying on his desk?

A. It is lying on his desk. The only other check is that all the papers as they come in from Mr. Carter's desk are put in one special box, and I take them from that box, but still it is possible for a man during the day to take one of those notices, and stamp them because they all know which box they are in.

Q.-So it is quite possible for you to sign papers which have been put into a box or your basket for your signature by some Chinaman, for his own ends, and you might by fraud be induced to sign papers which should not be signed, and which are put to an improper use afterwards. Isn't that so?

A.-That is so.

149.-The Chairman.-Do you know anything about a certain disinfectant called Carbolacene having been used for some two years in place of Jeyes' Fluid?

A.-Yes.

Q. Can you tell us why the change was made, and under whose instructions?

A.-I can only speak from recollection. I believe it was recommended to Dr. Clark by Inspector Reidie, and it was used instead of Jeyes' Fluid. That is my recollection.

Q.-Do you remember whether it was decided in any way-

A.—It was decided after it had been in use for some time. On my initiative, I sent it up to the Government Analyst, and it was analysed.

Q-And what was the result of that?

A.-That the use of Carbolacene was discontinued, and Jeyes' Fluid substituted.

257. The Chairman.-I have been looking through the details of revenue here, and I take it that they would not include the fines from the Sanitary Board?

A.-No, it would not be included in that. It is under deposits unavailable.

Q. It is a sort of secret pocket money, which the Government holds for the benefit of the Sanitary Department. They dont put it into the Colonial Revenue at all?

A. No, it is not in the revenue. It is not revenue.

Q.—No, but it is money for which they are Trustees.

A. I have books against the Government shewing that we have this money, and if it is wanted at any time, we get it.

Mr. Humphreys.-Are these the only books?

(Referring to books produced.)

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A. Yes.

Q. Are there any more?

A.-My stock book, shewing the amount of stock received, and my order book.

Q.-Haven't you got anything in the shape of a journal or a ledger?

A.-No, these are the only books.

Q.-Do you think that that is businesslike ?

A.-I am not really a business man, but the Government is satisfied.

Q.-This registers the sums of money received from Chinese and others, and whether it is paid into the Bank or not?

A. Yes.

Q.-That amounts to practically nothing at all. Do you mean to say that you have no record of the sums due from different persons to the Government. For instance, you make a contract with a certain person to sell him a certain thing from the Government

stores.

A.-We do sell stores.

Q.-We will say the scavenging account, or the licensing fees.

A. In addition to these books of course we have the monthly pay sheets, both for personal emoluments and other charges.

Q.- -Supposing I was a Governinent auditor, going into your accounts, and was want- ing to see the amount of money you ought to receive in your Department, where could I find it?

A.-There is no money which I ought to receive, which is not entered in that book. The only money which I collect and give receipts for are the cemetery fees, and the amount of cemetery dues is entered there, and when I pay it into the Bank it is entered on the other side.

Q.-Unless this book is kept by an absolutely reliable man, in point of fact unless you keep it yourself, it seems to me the Government might be robbed of a good deal of money,

because the Government has no records or check.

A.-A receipt is issued for every amount.

Q.-Supposing he doesn't issue a receipt. Supposing he issues a fly receipt, one of his own receipts, an ordinary receipt which he can get printed by the thousand himself.

A. In the cemetery account, the Inspector sends in a report, and the number of grave spaces is compared. This is entered in a book. The different sections and numbers in this book must coincide with the numbers sent in by the Inspector. That book and the receipt book also goes up to the local auditor. Therefore if any grave site has been sold, it must be

shewn in this book.

Q.-

-That question was gone into before the Commission, and it seemed to me that there were no records kept at the Cemetery, and if there were no records kept in the Sanitary Department, as seems to me to be the case, it seems to me you are in a hopeless muddle. You could be robbed of half your income, and you would not be any the wiser.

A. The records are examined by the local auditor, and the local treasurer, and they are perfectly at one that they are sufficient.

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Q.-I put it this way :-You could not run the smallest petty business in Hongkong

with this book alone.

A. We have all the cemeteries fees books and the receipt book.

Q.-You keep nothing in the shape of a daybook or journal ?

A.-Nothing in addition to that, except what you might term the subsidiary books.

The Chairman. The total expenditure of the Department is a quarter of a million dollars a year, which is a very large sum of money. Is that the only book you keep?

A.-The only books I keep.

Q.---In the case of disinfectants, where are all these dealt with?

A. In connection with the monthly accounts. Treasury---

Each month I receive from the

Q.-We will say the Sanitary Department buys $30,000 worth of Carbolocene, and they distribute it, in what form would it appear in your book?

A. The bills would be attached.

Q.—We will take last month?

A.-Each month's bills are sent down to the Treasury, and a cheque will shew how much money is expended. I simply have a cheque every month for $30,000 or $40,000 from the Treasury, and I pay it into the Bank, and I have to send down to the Treasury every month pay sheets which shew how that money has been expended.

'Q.-Where is the record of this?

A. They are made out in triplicate, two copies are-

Q.-$31,000, or whatever it is, is merely a cheque on account of current disbursements?

A. Yes.

Q.-Dont you keep a daybook shewing how that money was used?

A.-No, I dont keep any book to that extent. That is checked by the bills and sent down to the Treasury.

Q.-Practically you dont keep a cashbook, a daybook, at all?

A.-No.

Q.-I notice that every month you get a large sum of money, and against that you pay it into the Bank?

A.--Yes.

Q. How do you know, in the middle of the month,-supposing you yourself personally, wanted to know that that $31,000 has gone to the right people? Have you any records to shew? You have received that money, and against that you have salaries, and different people you have bought stores from. How do you know the two accounts balance?

A. The only thing is the pay sheets.

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Q. If the Colonial Secretary came down and wanted to know, you could not tell him at five minutes notice how you stood?

A.-I get this cheque, and within the first four or five days of the month, I have paid the whole lot of the money away.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-You have vouchers ?

A. Yes.

Q.-But you have no record?

A. You see the total amount on the bill, and it is on this total amount on the pay sheet that this inoney is paid. I have wages to pay and bills to pay and it comes to a certain amount. The Government through the Colonial Treasury gives me that amount, and I send down all these bills and pay sheets, and the bills are signed and receipted.

Q.-But you dont keep a record ?

A. No, that is the only book I keep, and the payments are checked by means of the monthly accounts.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Suppose I ask you if you received $31,000 from the Treasury last month?

A. Yes.

Q.-You paid it at once..

A. Yes.

Q.-To whom?

A.-By means of the pay sheets, I can shew you to a cent, to whom I paid it away, so much for disinfectants, so much for wages.

Q.-You have the pay sheets?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Do you have any book with the record of the pay sheets?

A. I have a book which will shew that so much is paid to each man, and so much is paid out in other charges. I have two subsidiary books to this. One also acts as a check on the pay sheets, and conveyance allowance goes under another heading. This other books shew across a line the amount paid to each particular officer, and is a check on the pay sheets, because that total must go inside the total of the pay sheets.

sheets. I shall

I shall get them up here.

Q.-You have got the pay sheets, but you have no record of these pay sheets in a

bound book ?

A.-I keep an office copy of all these bills.

The Chairman.-You have no cashier's book, have you, so that at any moment you can check your balance and say "I have paid so much" or "I have cash in hand so much which is due to somebody else"?

A.--No. The Treasury sends me up a cheque, and within the first four of five days, --the first two days-of the month all the money is paid away.

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Mr. Humphreys. And as I say, limewashing is not recommended by them. They recommend the burning of the houses.

A.-That is not possible here.

Q.-They recommend segregation.

A.-That is not possible, we haven't the land.

Q. And they recommend, but limewashing is outside the Report.

A.-But that does not convince me that linewashing is not necessary from a sanitary point of view for Chinese houses in Hongkong.

The Chairman.-We know that this limewashing costs the community an enormous sum of money every year. Do you think there is any good in that?

A.-Yes, as a cleanser, and as an improvement to the lighting of the room.

Q.-Do you think it contributes inuch to killing gerins, and reducing sickness?

A.- I dont think it kills the germs so much as killing vermin.

Q. And do you think therefore that the inconvenience and expense which is caused to the community by this limewashing is justified by the results?

A.-I think so, yes. I think the place would be hopeless, if we had no cleansing and limewashing. The houses would be much darker and much dirtier than they are at present.

111.-I look upon limewash as one of the ways of keeping those dark rooms a bit lighter. Really, the effect is very great. It may not last two months or three months, but it does have a marked effect, and of course it is the tenants that are to blame if it gets dirty. The tenants smother the ceilings with smoke, when they light their lamps, and they wont use the chimney shafts when they are cooking with their chattie. That is at the bottom of a great deal of this.

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Q. And you think the Board had that power before the Ordinance 23 of 1903 was passed, but since then they no longer have that power?

A.-No longer.

Q. And that was done with your approval,--it was justified?

A.-I thought that the Board would be better as a Department. I mean the whole of the Public Health Work of the Colony would be better done by Sanitary Department, than by a Board as at present constituted, or as constituted under 1 of 1903.

Q. You held that opinion before 23 of 1903 was passed?

A. Yes,-1901.

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Q. And did you during the eight months that elapsed between the starting of 1 of 1903, and the passing of 23 of 1903,--were you confirmed in your opinion by the result of the working of 1 of 1903, that it was still advisable to transfer that power?

A. That impression still remained.

72.-The Chairman.-Assuming that some such system be adopted, a good deal of work which is now done by the Secretary, and the various Inspectors, in the name of the Building Authority, would now be done in the name of the Sanitary Department, and so you would have all the Junior Officers working for the one head, and not for two heads, as they are at present.

A.-That is so.

Q.-So it appears to me, that would be another advantage ?

A. Yes.

Q.-Could you see any objection to some such system?

A.-I think it would be an improvement.

-As you know, one of the greatest causes of complaint which have been raised by the Chinese population against the present Ordinance, has been the abolition of cubicles, which we must admit has caused a great deal of inconvenience and expense to a large number of people. As you understand the working of the Ordinance now, do you think that in its working it has proved more extreme than was intended by the framers of the Ordinance, or do you think this was the result they intended to arrive at, the practical abolition of cubicles?

A.-I think this section requires amendment.

Q.-That is the point: Whether in the working, the abolition has been carried fur- ther than the Government in that day, intended.

A.-I can't answer that question.

Q. Do you think with regard to the total abolition of cubicles, the Ordinance is

extreme?

A. Yes.

Q.-And

—And you think with advantage this section might be modified?

A.-I do.

Q.-Without any detriment to the health of the Colony?

A.-I certainly think that section 151 might be modified as well, I think 150, 151, 153, and 154 all require reconsideration.

Q. Are you prepared off hand to give us in brief what you think the amendment might be ?

A.--No. I think the result of the practical working of this section's provisions is that they are too drastic as they arc.

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124.---Mr. C. G. BLOOD, sworn :-

Mr. Shelton Hooper. Did you send in such plans to the Building Authority?

A. Yes, the plan was submitted to the Building Authority.

Q. And on what date did you send them to the Building Authority?

A.-1st August.

Q.-This year?

A. Yes.

Q.-Have those plans ever been acknowledged by the Building Authority?

A.-No.

The Chairman.--Not even the receipt of them acknowledged?

A.-No.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.--Therefore you were not, on behalf of the owner, able to com- mence the work?

A.-No.

Q. Did you receive from them the following notice, dated 9th October, 1906, in re- spect of Nos. 1, 5, 7, and 9 Tank Lane, calling upon owners to so alter the premises which contravened section No. 175 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance 1903?

A. Yes.

Q. Did you also receive from them notice dated 9th October, 1906, in respect of Nos. 3 and 7 Tank Lane, calling attention to a contravention of section 153 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance of 1903?

A. Yes.

Q.-Is not this second lot of notices dated 9th October, calling upon you to do the same work, that you had sent in plans for on the 1st August?

A. Yes, they are the same.

Q. And it would be illegal for us to commence until it had been approved by the Building Authority?

A. Yes, that is so.

The Chairman. Both batches of notices relate to exactly the same work?

A. Yes.

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The Chairman. And the Secretary ought to keep proper books?

A. Yes.

Mr. Humphreys.—Do you consider the books he keeps are proper books?

A.-Do you press

you press the question?

Q.-Yes.

A. I am afraid they are not kept as well as they ought to be. I have often had to find fault with them.

The Chairman.-Could you define in what way the books are defective?

A.—I could give you an example. Only yesterday, I wanted to know what had been done with 1,000 gallons of carbolic acid ordered for the use of the Department, from the Crown Agents in 1901. The Secretary could not tell me. I said "You keep the store books, you keep the records". He said "One of the store books is missing". I said "Some officer must be responsible for that. Surely they are in your charge." I could not ascertain how much of the original 1,000 gallons was now in the store. The Secretary thought it had not all been used, and it was extraordinary we had not used 1,000 gallons, in five years, when we had used about 12,000 gallons in three months of another dis- infectant.

306. Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Prior to the Amending Ordinance 23 of 1903, did a Sanitary Department, exist?

A.-Not a Sanitary Department no.

Q.-Well now, I would like to read you an extract from Hansard, from a speech of the Attorney General given in moving the second reading of the Bill, "in these amend- ments, it is proposed to create a Sanitary Department. A Sanitary Department does exist, but it is now proposed to recognise it by Statute and give the Principal Civil Medical Officer of the Colony the direct administration of that Department by holding him directly responsible". That is what I meant by asking you whether a Sanitary Department exist- ed, prior to the Amending Ordinance. Now, what do you understand by that, what did

exist?

A.-It was a Government Department to a certain extent, and in addition the Sanitary Board. It always appeared to me to be anomalous, that union of two dissimilar bodies. The Government appointed the officers, and the Sanitary Board simply made the rules for the guidance of the officers, and also for the business of the Board, but they had no money at their disposal.

Q.-Well now, did you recognise before that, that the Government could not hold you directly responsible, before the Department was created by law?

A.-I thought it was so.

That they could not make you directly responsible?

A.—No, because the Board made the rules for the officers. How can I be responsible for what the Board did. The Board made the rules for the guidance of the officers. could not be responsible for the officers, if the Board made the rules. Now

Now practically I

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Q.--If you carried out the directions of the Board, you could surely be responsible.

A. But I was not a servant of the Board,-I never was. The President of the Board was a Member of the Board. He was not an Executive Officer of the Board. It has been anomalous all along. I have always considered it would be much better to have Sanitary Health matters run either by a Municipality or as a Government Department, one thing or the other. A combination of the two is impracticable in my mind.

Q.-But what I wanted to get is what was before?

A.—Before, the Sanitary Board made all the rules for the guidance of the officers, but although they did, the Government appointed the officers, the Government paid the officers, and the Board, especially the President, who was simply a Member of the Board, had no say as to what the salary of the officers should be.

Q.-Had the Board any say as to what the salary of the officers should be in those

days?

A.-No, the Board only recommended. The Government decided.

The Chairman.-Do you mean the Governor-in-Council?

A.-I mean the. Government.

Q. And with the assistance of one or two officials?

A. What is understood as the Government. It is communicated to the Colonial Secretary, who presents it to the Government, or to the Council.

Q.-The Governor-in-Council, as we know, is the Executive Council. You mean the Governor, when you say the Government?

A. Yes.

Q-Not the Governor-in-Council?

A.-No.

285.-Mr. Humphreys.-How long was Dr. Clark Medical Officer of Health under you as Principal Civil Medical Officer?

A.-I can't tell you.

Q.-I would like to know whether you consider his duties as Medical Officer of Health should be conducted in the office, or outside the office chiefly?

A. I think the more work he does outside, the better.

Q.-Is it not a fact that he is in the office and very seldom outside of it?

A. Yes, and when Dr. Pearse was appointed, I insisted on dividing the town between the three Medical Officers of Health. They were each responsible for practically taking a daily round of the Inspectors of the Districts, and seeing that the Inspectors did their work.

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83.-Mr. Shelton Hooper. And are you qualified to deal with building nuisances, professionally? Is it a thing that should be delegated to a medical man. Isn't it outside your category?

A.-No. I could deal with building nuisances as well, I think.

Q.-You could?

A. Considering the officers are under my orders.

Q.-Oh, but you are responsible?

A. Yes.

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Q. You can't say that any officer of yours is more capable than yourself?

A. Yes, they are most distinctly so in certain details. The Sanitary Surveyor is, and I can appeal to him for information.

Q. And therefore if you sent a notice under that, you would be prepared to go into Court and swear that it was a nuisance, of your own knowledge?

A.-No, I did not say that.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Then you have got to depend on others?

A.-Dealing with building nuisances, not ordinary nuisances.

-I am only referring to building nuisances.

Q.-

A. Yes, that is so.

The Chairman.-To your responsibility under that clause of the Act?

Yes. "The following shall be deemed nuisances under Part 3". (Quotes page 68). This refers to building nuisances, aud of course I could be informed as to them.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-But from your own knowledge?

A.--Yes, number one I could.

Q.-Now then, number two?

A. (Quotes). Yes, I could do that. (Quotes 3). That is rather big. I dont think I could do that.

Q.-Number four?

A.-That would be on information received.

Q.-Number five?

A.-(Quotes). 1 could not do that. (Quotes 6). No, I could not.

Q-Any provision?

A.-No, I can't do that.

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123 to 134.-Hon. Mr. W. CHATHAM, sworn:

The Chairman. Have you got a memorandum of the papers we asked you to bring up?

A. Yes, the Tank Lane ones.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-With regard to these papers, have you any explanation with regard to the irregularities?

A. The plans were sent in to us with some drains shewn on them and they were re- ferred, as all plans are, to the Medical Officer of Health who passed them on to the Sanitary Surveyor, and he stated that no plans had been deposited with the Sanitary Board for the drainage. So, a letter was sent to the Architects asking for a drainage plan to be submitted. That went on the 13th August, and Messrs. Palmer and Turner submitted the plan accord- ing to those papers on the 5th September. That was passed on to Mr. Bryan, the Sanitary Surveyor, and on the 16th September, he minuted that he had acknowledged the drainage plan. Then, the Medical Officer of Health was asked whether the plan could not be approved.

Q.-

--What was the date of that,-when was he asked?

A. That was the 14th September.

Q.-I think that is probably right. I dont dispute the date.

A. The papers then appear to have got into the hands of the Medical Officer of Health and there is nothing here to shew clearly what occurred.

Q.-The papers or plans got into his hands?

A. The papers. Well, presumably the papers with the plans attached, and he asked the Inspector whether the work shewn fulfilled the requirements of the notice. The In- spector minuted back-

Q.-

-Who was the Inspector?

A.-P. T. Lamble,--that it was not satisfactory on several grounds. Do you wish

Je to-

* Q.-The date of that first?

A. On the 4th October.

Q.-I would like these grounds set out, if

you please.

A. One is "the open spaces at the rear of Nos. 1, 5, 7, and 9 opened out one half as required by section 175." The word "not" before "opened out" has been deleted. At least, it looks as if it were struck out. Perhaps it should stand. It is not perfectly clear.

The Chairman.-It is rather an important point, isn't it?

Mr. Shelton Hooper. We will leave that for you to verify afterwards. (Witness puts in paper as exhibit.)

A.-The thing is meaningless, unless the word "not" is read in.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-We will take it that the word "not" is there. Now, on the 4th October, Inspector Lamble did not think the plans were in order because-?

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A. "External air to the ground floors of 9a and 3,-the windows of the latter "marked B being insufficient." The next thing is "an enlargement of the window area, "opening in to the external air, to the ground floor of No. 7, it at present not being "equal to one tenth of the floor area. The next thing, "glazing to the extent of one "twentieth of the floor area to the first floor of No. 7, and both floors of No. 9,' and then another thing, "kitchen accommodation to the ground and first floors of No. "9a," that is his minute.

Q. And that is dated the 4th October?

A. Yes, 4th October.

Q-To the Medical Officer of Health?

A. Yes.

Q.-Now, please proceed. What happened after that?

A. The papers were returned to me by the Medical Officer of Health.

Q. On what date?

A. On the same day.

Q. And what action did the Building Authority take? Q.-And

A.-I returned them to him.

Q.-To whom?

A. To the Medical Officer of Health with a minute "I presume you will serve notices- with regard to these matters".

Q.-And there it ended?

A.-The notices were issued.

Q. What is the date of that?

A. That was on the 5th.

Q.-And it passed out of your hands to the Medical Officer of Health?

A. Yes.

-Now then, does it recite there what the Medical Officer of Health did after the 5th?

A. He sent it to the Secretary to issue notices.

Q.-Now, Mr. Chatham, plans were sent to you as admitted on the 1st August, as Building Authority?

A. Yes.

Q.-And so far as the Building Authority was concerned, he was not able to say whe- ther it was in accordance,-whether those plans were in accordance with the Ordinance, by his staff, but you had to sent out to the Medical Officer of Health who had to employ a Sanitary Inspector to make a report to him, to report to you as to whether they complied with the section over which you have got jurisdiction?

A.-I am obliged to send all plans to the Medical Officer of Health.

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Q-But that is actually a fact, for the moment?

A. Yes.

Q.-Have you any authority over the drainage as Building Authority?

A.-None, except the point of connection.

Q-Then why, when they were sent to you for all other matters, didn't you approve or disapprove, but send them to the drainage surveyor, for him to approve of the drainage before you did. Aren't they separate certificates and separate permits?

A.-They are separate, yes.

Q. And aren't there a separate set of plans sent in?

A. Yes, there should be.

Q.-Then dont you think that would have been quite in order if you had found those plans so far as referred to the Building Authority, complied with the Ordinance? Can't you issue a permit although there was no drains shewn thereon?

A. In several cases, questions have arisen about what the approval of the Building Authority involves, and I have been advised with reference to those matters that if the Building Authority approved the plan, then it was perfectly justifiable on the part of the people who had submitted it, to conclude that everything on the plan was approved.

The Chairman. Have you taken legal opinion on that from the law officers of the Crown?

A. Not with the regard to this particular case.

Q-But on the general principle?

A.-The point has arisen, yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper. Then Mr. Chatham, why is it necessary to grant two certi- ficates before a house can be occupied,--one by the

--one by the Building Authority, and one by the Sanitary Board? If you have been so advised that the owner, I gather from you,-having sent in these plans, and having built according to these plans, no objection could be taken, and if he complied, he could occupy the house if it were built in accordance. That is what I gather.

A. Yes.

Q.-Theu, no drains being shewn thereon, dont you know that he could not have done without a certificate from the Sanitary Board that the other part had been complied with?

A.-Yes.

Q.-Then what is the value of the advice you have got, that the owner might presume that the house was in order?

A.-That all the work shewn on the plan was in order, yes.

Q.-But you were not advised that the occupant could occupy a house, if he built it in accordance with that, and left out all his drains?

A. As a matter of fact, the point did not arise.

Q.-Clearly it arises.

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A.-It did not arise in this case, that I have submitted.

Q.-But I take it, it did arise in a general case, not in a specific case?

A. Yes, but there was a specific case.

Q.-Then it did not apply in a case like this?

A.-I should think it would.

Q.-If it applied in a case like this, and you had passed those plans without any drainage shewn, do you think the owner could have occupied them without holding a certi- ficate from the Sanitary Board ?

A.-They were old houses.

Q.-But you do not pass the drainage plan. You had no power, and the Sanitary Surveyor is not a subordinate of yours, and you have no jurisdiction over him?

A.--No.

Q.-Then what is the meaning of that injunction at the bottom of the notice, that those plans must be approved by the Building Authority? It does not carry it far enough.

A.--Not absolutely. No.

Q.-We see that, without getting drainage plans-

A. Yes.

Q.-Dont you consider your work was done,- that you had complied with the law by examining those plans, so far as that part of the Ordinance is concerned, over which you have jurisdiction and authority, without any reference to drains? Where does it tell you to interfere with drains, or send out to somebody else?

A.-No specific reference of that kind, simply a general instruction that all plans are to be submitted to the Medical Officer of Health. It was he who sent it to the Surveyor.

Q.-But I am speaking of your branch of it.

directions?

A.-No.

The owner did not comply with your

Q.-But you did direct him. You sent it to the Sanitary Surveyor.

A.-No, I sent it to the Medicial Officer of Health and he passed it to the Sanitary Surveyor. I know nothing about the Sanitary Surveyor.

Q.-Then, so far as you were concerned, when the plans were sent from your office, did not know if they complied with the building regulations required by the Building Authority, or not?

you

A.-No, they are always sent to the Medical Officer of Health.

Q.-I am coming to that.

A. Of course, personally, they dont come to me at all.

The Chairman.--They go to your Deputy?

A. Yes.

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Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Divest yourself of your personality for a moment.

A.-They go to the officer who carries out the duties of inspecting.

--But is it not sent to you for that purpose?

A. Yes certainly.

Q.-Then when he has done that, does he report to you?

A.-No, he did not report to me.

Q.-Then who does that? You are Building Authority?

A. Yes.

Q.-They are addressed to the Building Authority, and they come to yon?

A.-They dont necessarily come into my hands.

Q. It is your duty, I take it, to examine these plans, and you are required by law to issue a permit to proceed.

A. I am required by law to refer them to the Medical Officer of Health.

Q. Are you required by law to refer them to the Medical Officer of Health to shew that all the provisions of Part 3 are carried out?

A.—I dont think that is specified in the procedure laid down in the Ordinance. I dont think it says that I am to refer them on any special grounds.

Q. Then is the Medical Officer of Health superior to you in granting a permit? Do you authorise him to grant a permit, I will put it that

it that way first.

A.-No.

Q.-Then, perhaps you can explain why you referred to the Medical Officer of Health when the duty is cast by Statute on you.

A. Section 226 of the Ordinance says: "The Building Authority shall before he approves of any plan or drawing submitted under this Ordinance refer the same to the Medical Officer of Health, who shall indicate in what respect, if any, such plan or drawing does not conform with the sanitary requirements of this Ordinance, and of the Bye-laws made thereunder".

Q.-Very well, do you understand by that, that the "sanitary requirements" of this Ordinance indicates anything outside the drains?

A. Yes.

Q.-Then it is not your duty, but it is his, to satisfy himself that it complies with the Ordinance? What is your duty under it, to be guided by what he says only?

A-I take my duties to be more particularly purely structural matters, that is to say, the thickness of walls, and any matters of that kind, and that the external air provisions, and the window areas and so on, are more matters for the Medical Officer of Health.

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112 and 124/8.-ARTHUR HENRY OUGH sworn :-

The Chairman.-What is your occupation?

A.-Civil Engineer, Architect and Surveyor.

Q.-You are a partner in the firm of Leigh and Orange?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-What qualifications have you as a Civil Engineer?

A.-I am an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. I am an Associate Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, by examination. These are my principal qualifications.

-How many years have you been connected with architecture and engineering in Hongkong, from the first?

A.—In the matter of time, about nine years, but beginning in 1888. I arrived here

in 1888.

Q-And you were in the Colony-

A. For three years.

Q. And then-

A. I was then practising on my own account in the City of London for ten years. I returned here as a partner in the firm in 1901, and have been here since.

Q.-You are well acquainted with the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance of Hongkong?

A. Yes.

Q-I think your firm was one of the four firms who were employed,-engaged by the European landowners, to report on and criticise the Public Health and Buildings Bill, of which this Ordinance is the outcome?

A. No. 1 of 1903.-Yes, I acted as Secretary to that conference throughout.

Q.-You made many suggestions which you considered would be improvements in the Bill, before it became law?

A. Yes, personally I had a little to say, but the report was the result of deliber- ations of the whole of the four firms.

Q.-Now, I am going to put the questions to you. Do you think the amalgamation of the Building Authority and Sanitary Board would be conducive to better administration of the Ordinance ?

A. Yes, the passing of plans submitted to Local Authority at home is usually carried out on the following lines. A meeting of the Local Authority is held at stated times on fixed dates at regular intervals, which are known to the Architects. Plans to be considered at any particular meeting have to be deposited by a certain fixed time before such meeting of three days to one week. (1) Any plans that conform to the regulations, (that is to say, plans that conform to all regulations), are so marked by the Surveyor to the Authority, and prepared for signature by the Chairman. (2) Other plans are prepared for submission as to legal, sanitary or special points, and discussed at the meeting, when the officials concerned are present. In most cases, a decision is come to at the time, and plans passed

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or returned for revision in time to come up at the following meeting. In the case of (1), notification of approval of plans is usually obtained within three days of the meeting. In the case of (2), within three days of the second meeting. My experience has been gained in various localities, including the old Metropolitan Board of Works, the London County Council, City Engineer's Office, Liverpool, West Ham Borough Council, Reading Borough Council, East Ham Local Board, Leyton Local Board, Barking Local Board, and many others. I was Acting Surveyor to the Barking Local Board. The Surveyor being ill for a long time, they appointed me in his absence.

Q.-Would plans be examined and passed quicker?

A. Yes. The present system of sending part of the plans to the Building Authority, and part to the Sanitary Board, increases the number of drawings to be examined, and takes up time in conveying plans from Building Authority to Sanitary Board and vice

versa.

124 to 128.--Q.-What is about the average time here, between sending in plans for approval of Building Authority and Sanitary Board, and the receipt of permit to proceed?

A.-It is impossible to make an average. The time varies from 12 days to six months. We are still without acknowledgment of plans sent in on March 10th, 1906. See also my reply to printed question, No. 3, dated July 23rd, 1905. That reply gives specific dates

and instances.

Q. What is your experience as regards the time for so doing, in England?

A. I have put in plans at West Ham, and got them passed next day, also I have had to wait a month owing to special points. I should say a reasonable time to allow would be one week.

Q.-Do you think the appointment of an Executive Engineer, and a Medical Officer of Health, as Advisers to the Sanitary Board, would be an improvement in the general administration of the Ordinance ?

A. Yes. I suggest that plans should be considered by an Authority composed of four official and six unofficial Members, with a non-technical Chairman, and advised by non- voting experts in Law, Medicine, and Engineering.

The Chairman.-Law ?

A.-There are many legal points that arise.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-With regard to the concreting of floors here, from your exper- ience in the Colony, do you think any improvement can be suggested in the specification of flooring that should be impervions to damp?

A. Yes.

What would you suggest?

A.-I would suggest that cement concrete of a low grade be substituted for lime con- crete, and that a standard specification be set up for that.

Q.-If that were adopted, what thickness of cement concrete ?

A-Four inches.

Q. And could you state briefly the component parts ?

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A.--I would like to say before that, that I would have the ground underneath pre- pared by a ramming also specified, or by the substitution for lime concrete now used, of what is known as hardcore. Hardcore is really clean, dry rubbish, and under that heading you might include broken brick, broken stone, and any imperishable substances.

The Chairman.-Would that be cbtained and rammed down?

A. Yes. The object of that is to prevent waste of the cement concrete, while it is going into soft places.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-What do you mean by four inches of cement concrete, of low grade? What do you mean by low grade?

A.-I will give you the mixture. I will say one part of cement. By cement, I mean a proper cement that will stand.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Is Green Island, good enough?

A.-Green Island is good enough. There are other brands that are also good enough. One part of cement to three parts of sand, and six parts of half inch clean stone.

The Chairman.--Would you say red earth at all?

A.-No.

Q.-And under conditions, in which if you did, in what proportion would you use it?

A.-In conjunction with cement, certainly not.

Q. Can you get a sufficiency of sand?

A.--I think we can, but sentimental objections exist in my own mind also to the way in which sand is procured, but that is rather beyond me.

Q.-It is rather an important point. If you make a suggestion like that, we must be satisfied that a sufficiency of sand is procurable.

A.-I think there is.

Q.--At a reasonable price?

A.-At a reasonable price, to last us for years.

Q. Can you give us any idea of the cost, as compared with six inches of lime concrete as put on now?

A.-I am not prepared to go into actual figures, but bulk for bulk, that concrete I describe would cost double the price of lime concrete.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.—You say bulk for bulk, but you can't take bulk for bulk if you are only to have four inches as against six, and therefore it would be two thirds, and not double, because you are taking the cube now instead of the superficial.

A.-I am not dealing with it as a substitute for lime flooring. I am dealing with it as a substitute for lime material.

Q.-But you said it would be double in bulk, but the cubical contents of that material would not be double. It would not amount to double, because it would not have the same bulk.

A.-No.

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The Chairman. It would be 67 per cent. instead of 100 per cent. increase.

A. You see, the only thing as regards the cost of say 100 feet of this super, for purpose

of comparison if you put in the hard material I recommend, you will bring the cost up to the same thing.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.—You will bring the bulk up to the same thing?

A.-The bulk will be brought up to more, because I would recommend more than six inches of hardcore, about nine inches of hardcore, but if I might be allowed to correct that price, I think it is a little low to say double. For instance, a good lime concrete can be got here for $3 a yard cube. It is very difficult to get it good, and I dont think that cement concrete, going into it carefully, could be got for $6. I should say it would be more likely $9, three times instead of twice, if I might be allowed to correct that.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-That means four inches, instead of six inches?

A. Yes

Q.-And yet it would cost $9 ?

A. That is the price per yard cube.

Q.-Four inches ?

A.-No, that has nothing to do with the thickness. That is merely the price of

the material.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Now, coming back to lime concrete, do you not think it is possible to make a floor of concrete, composed of lime that would be impervious to damp?

A.-No.

Q. And do you say that on account of the lime ageing or on account of any of the other materials which are used?

A.-It is partly on account of the lime and partly on account of the red earth, which is used.

Q.-Well, coming first to the lime, and what is generally used is known as shell lime?

A. Yes.

Q.-Now, is it not possible if care were taken that you can get shell lime free from dirt?

A.-If you could do away with the position taken by the lime burners themselves, I could give you briefly a reason for the adulteration of lime here, if you would like to have it.

Q.-Be brief.

A. The lime is burned by heaping the coral and shell in layers with grass in between. There is a layer of grass on a layer of coral. A small boy turns a fan to create the draught. There is a certain amount of sand existing in the interstices of the coral. That sand does not become lime, it remains as sand. The heat is not very great in a furnace of that description.

The Chairman. You are talking of the old fashioned lime kilns, aren't you?

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112.—A.—I am referring to the small boy, with the fan. Sai Kung lime. When the kiln is supposed to be finished, on opening it up the top layer of lime is flaky, and very light and very pure and good, and the second layer or lower down in the mass it becomes coarser and is full of partly burned particles of shell, which will not slake. At the bottom of the kiln, you have a still lower grade of line, and sand, and ash from the grass, and various other burned particles which are not lime. Now, they take off the top layer and they sell it by measure, not by weight. Therefore the lighter it is, and the less they can get into a basket, the more profit they make. That is sold at a higher price than the second, of number two lime, which is the next layer, or the number three lime, which is the bottom layer. If we, as Architects, give a great deal of trouble to the contractor, and insist upon having lime that will stand our test, they are obliged to buy number two. Occasionally they adulterate it with number three, but after a tine, we are able to get number two. But the moment a contractor finds we insist upon having number two, he puts up the price of his concrete, his mortar-and everything in which lime is used. The ordinary lime you see carried about in baskets in this Colony is a mixture of two and three, with a good deal of sand added during transit from the lime burners' works to the market, wherever it may be. It is a common thing to see the old women on the Peak roads scraping up the red sand and putting it into the lime.

The Chairman.-That is because they have spilled some of it?

A: What they do really is: They lighten their baskets at the bottom of the hill by throwing away the good lime, and when they get to the top, they add a little water or red sand to add up the weight of the basket. That is a common thing, which I have watched myself.

Q-There are tricks in every trade, I suppose. between the various kinds?

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A.-I dont know the price, because it is difficult to get anyone to tell the truth, but there is a difference, number one is double the price of number three, and the contractors allege that they are unable to buy one or two, unless they buy three as well.

Q. Is number one used exclusively for ceiling and lighter work of that sort?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Is this line made from coral, the same as that made from oyster shells ?

A.-Similar, as far as we are concerned.

Q.-The richness of it?

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A. Yes, it is a little lighter, and there is rather more sand.

Q-Isn't it too rich really for using it for floors?

A.-No, I have never found tha:.

Q.-There is an authority I want to quote to you, which contains a suggestion you may or may not have known of. (Burnell's Limes, Cements and Mortars &c." page 37). At Utrecht, and in Holland generally, oyster shells are burned in large quantities for the purpose of obtaining lime; but as the carbonate of lime they contain exists in a great state of purity, the lime is too rich to be employed without the admixture of trass puzzolano".

A.-That would be similar to what is known here as kaolin.

case ?

Q.-Could we not find a substitate for this trass puzzalano, and that would meet the

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A.-We have it now, but we treat it as an adulterant,-the Canton lime that comes down from the North, rather from the Pearl River, not the West River.

-Stone lime, are you speaking of?

A.-No, it is supposed to be oyster shell lime. I am not speaking of my own know- ledge, but of what is told me by the contractors. They constantly bring this lime here. It is not white, it is a yellowish colour, and our tests of that lime go to shew that it is adulterated with a very large proportion of white clay, and we are unable to get that lime to set at all. We have tried it with sand and red earth of various kinds.

The Chairman.-Is it ever adulterated with clay?

A.-My opinion is that it is about 75 per cent. of clay, and 25 per cent. of oyster shell lime, so that I am not very much in favour of using any local puzzolana or clay, with a view to assisting in slaking the lime. The lime reaches us practically slaked.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Now, the ordinary lime concrete made here with red earth, there is a certain amount of hydraulicity in the red earth, isn't there?

A. Yes, in some kinds of red earth.

Q. In the majority of red earths. And haven't you seen, digging up old works, some floors in which the lime concrete has been perfectly good and satisfactory to you?

A. Yes.

Q.-Therefore it shews that it has been possible, that is what I mean,-to make a good lime concrete with materials which we have at hand here?

A.-Oh yes, I have made myself in my own experience, plenty of good lime concrete that has set extremely well, and I know of large blocks at the present moment that are old lime concrete, and that are quite good.

Q.-Now, taking into account,-which is a very important thing for the public health, the enormous increase in the cost by using cement instead of lime for concrete, which it would entail, can you make any suggestions for a good lime concrete which would serve the purpose, and still be as cheap?

A. Yes I can.

Q-What would you suggest?

A. I would suggest that the material brought into this Colony be more or less policed, if it were possible. That a junk of bad lime that comes to the Praya to one of my jobs that is sent away, should never be allowed to get into the harbour. If it were possible to make it contraband, it is rather Utopian,-but given a lime which does not contain more than a certain percentage of adulteration,-the common adulterant is sand,-given a red .carth of a proper quality, and clean broken granite, and mix these three in the correct proportions with the correct amount of water, I will undertake to make you a lime concrete that will set.

Q.—And you could do that much cheaper, than with cement?

A.-Oh yes.

Q-Now with regard to floors,-I dont know if they are in the habit of doing it here, wouldn't it improve it very much indeed if they were to ram it down, until the lime comes to the surface ?

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A.-No, the better way to make a good floor is to, one might say, tickle it down. You take the rake of the banker. You take that rake and you gently pat it all down. You dont work it. You do not try to dress up soft portions, and when you have got that all done until the stone is almost invisible, that is to say, the matrix is nearly covering them, you leave off for 24 hours, and ram it next day. You get a good floor. I dont approve of ramming it at once.

Q-Now what do you say to this authority? Here is a quotation from Hurst's Handbook, page 309:-"Concrete, if it has not commenced to set, should be rammed until the lime or cement flushes up to the surface".

A.-I think one is liable to put a wrong construction on the word "ram". It generally means violence.

Q.-I take it to mean an iron punner at home,-pretty heavy.

A. As a rule, they ram it very hard. It is a very hydraulic lime, and it must be thrown in every case from a height of six feet, but that does not pay with cement concrete, and I dont believe in ramming cement concrete, excepting to expel air. If you expel the air, that would be quite enough. You dont want to get all the stone at the bottom, and all the lime at the top.

Q.-Well, if it was rammed as you say,—and I dont think it inconsistent with what I have just quoted,-wouldn't that preclude the chance of rat runs carrying underneath, which do occur here very often?

A. Yes, because the rats would not get a chance to start it.

Q.-And now wouldn't you say that it is a thing that is very seldom done in laying these floors, this ramming

A.-In our work,-I dont know if we pay more attention than other Architects to it,-it is a thing I am very particular about myself, and I always have floors rammed 24 hours after they are laid. I never let them ram it at once. I let them put it down with the shovel, and next day I insist on it being rammed. If it is too wet that day, I ram it

on mats.

Q.-That applies to cement also?

A.-No, we never touch cement. It is put in, and we never ram it.

The Chairman.-You only smooth it with a shovel?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Now, I am to ask you as a professional man, to define as generally as you can the term of "making good ", and to shew you what I mean, I will just quote the Ordinance.

A. You confine me on the subject of concrete to the question of floors only?

Q.-No, I am going to-

A. Because I have been answering entirely for floors, not for foundations.

Q.-No, not foundations. These are floors, pure and simple.

A. Yes, as long as it is understood. It is a very different matter.

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(Section 112.) "The landlord or owner shall make good the same to the satis- faction of the Board". Now, I want to ask you about the words "make good", as a pro- fessional man. Supposing you were Sanitary Engineer here, and you found a concrete. floor, which had got half an inch of cement rendering on top, and it had broken, flasked off, and it was reported to the Sanitary Board. and they served a notice to make good that floor, what should you understand by that? Would it be sufficient to make good what you have seen, and as far as you can test by thumping the ground, and making good that sur- face only, or should you think it necessary to take up two feet of that concrete, to see what state the concrete, was in underneath?

A.—I should go back and thump it with the handle of the pick, and if I found a holey place, where the skin of cement was parted from the concrete below, I should hammer until I had made a hole, but I would not be justified in using the point of the pick, and then I should make good that by restoring the floor with cement mortar only, my reason being that, I take it, the object to the floor is to prevent any water which is there on the surface from soaking away into the concrete.

Q.-Now, I am going to carry you on a little further, that if for the sake of an experi- ment you were to take a block two feet square out of the floor, so that you could turn it over, and it was a six inch concrete floor,-and you found the upper four inches of that solid and good and difficult to break with a pick, but an inch and a half at the bottom was damp-

A.-I should say that the lower inch and a half had never set.

Q. Then would you condemn the whole of that floor?

A.-No, not if it would hold water.

Q. If by pouring water on the top of the floor, it would not reach down to the bottom, do you think they could call upon you to pull up the whole of that floor?

A. Do I take it that you mean pouring water on the cement covering on the top of the floor?

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Q.-I will go a little further, and say, if you take off that cement and put on water,- a fair quantity, not keeping it soaking over for a month,-I take it that the Ordinance means it to be an impermeable floor, that water will not come up from the bottom,-if it is still four inches of good concrete, is it not still impermeable?

A.-I would rather have that question put in a different way.

Q-Put the answer in a different way.

A.-If I went into a place, and there was a hole in the cement rendering, if there was a sharp edge and lime concrete exposed, and I poured a bucket of water into that hole, and it did not run away in ten minutes, I would pass that floor as good.

The Chairman.-With regard to making good, if you had a notice which had been served by the Building Authority, to say that the floor of a certain house was defective, and you examined it and found that the concrete was not impervious any longer, then I take it you would entirely renew that concrete? You would think the words "make good" were such that you would have to have it made good.

A. That is to say, if it cracked and crumbled. In other words, if it were a question of between bad and good concrete, the place that had actually gone would be where they chopped wood or something of that sort. That would be a fair indication, and if I found the concrete there bad, I should have a very strong suspicion that the rest of the floor was bad.

Q. And so in extreme cases, the words "make good" would mean "entirely renew"?

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A.-Clearly. I have done quite a lot of dilapidations under the Ecclesiastical Dilapid- ations Act. That is where an Incumbent is called upon by the Bishop to make good the defects of his parsonage. It is periodical inspection. Their regulations are laid down very carefully, and they are the result of many conference on all these affairs, and on no acconnt are you allowed to condemn or require to be renewed a whole structure or part of a structure unless the whole of it is bad. A window sash may have five bars rotten, and if the sixth is not rotten, you can only call upon him to renew five bars, and the same principle holds throughout.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-These principles were made by the Ecclesiastical Act?

A.-Originally part of it, Queen's Anne's Bounty Rules and Ecclesiastical Act. The Act was made providing for the various inspections and drawing the fees, but the Surveyors themselves have formed a Society, and they meet periodically, and all these points are brought up, and adjudicated upon by the whole meeting very frequently.

Q-Aren't these Surveyors or Ecclesiastical Commissioners,...

...Clutton?

A. They have nothing to do with the Bishops. Eich diocese has so many Surveyors. Some have two and some three. I was in St. Albans, and we had four, which is large diocese.

Q. And what you have just quoted, those cases are your experience when acting as Surveyor, surveying dilapidations?

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A. You will not find my name in the list, but you will find my father's name. doing the work, but he was Surveyor really. I was only acting as Junior. I might mention that these dilapidation notices are always bitterly fought and objected to by every Incumbent, and they have to be absolutely right.

The Chairman.-Because it is to come out of his own pocket, I suppose.

Mr. Humphreys.-You said jus: now that the contractors in Hongkong always used what is described as number three line?

A. Yes.

Q.-But if you brought pressure to bear on them, they would use a mixture of numbers two and three !

A. Yes.

Q.-From that I would infer that number one, and a good deal of number two, never finds its way into building operations at all. What becomes of it?

A.-It goes to the ceiling. It is in the tall baskets lined with paper.

Q.-And mixed with a little number two, possibly?

A.-No, they dont adulterate chat. They sell it by bulk, and they sell as much air in it as they possibly can. If they put any sand in, it would settle down the whole mass of lime in the basket, and they would only get half a basket, and only be paid for half a basket.

Q.-You mean the ceilings of better class houses?

A.-No, ordinary Chinese houses, just the same.

They can't use the other.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Now, as to limewashing. Under the Ordinance, tenement houses have to be limewashed twice a year, and you know the sort of limewash which is used, and the way it is put on here. Do you think that it is necessary to limewash all Chinese houses, irrespective of class, twice a year ?

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-What would you suggest as an amendment to that present regulation?

112.— A.—I would have everything in the house turned out, or moved bodily once a month. I am only now trying to lay down the laws of good house keeping. The object is to get rid of the cockroaches, I think, and vermin, and I would have all the corners dry brushed down, all internal angles everywhere. I dont think myself that throwing buckets of water on the floor and sweeping them out again is much use, unless the whole of the place where dust can lodge is swept. To my mind, the advantage of limewashing is that the brush has to go into every crevice or cranny, and there is a visible evidence of the brush having been there, and it is done. I dont think the limewash itself has anything to do with disinfecting,- the lime we use here.

The Chairman. And so you really think that the only benefit of limewashing is that the room is swept out?

A. It is cleaned. If you use hot lime, like they do in England, it is a different matter.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-In England, dont they put it on hot?

A. Yes, it is made hot.

It kills anything it touches.

Q-Dont you think if that were done here once a year, it would be better than putting on this stuff twice a year ?

A.-Yes certainly.

The Chairman. And could this lime here be heated and put on in the same way as at home ?

A.—No, we can't get a lime here in any quantity that will heat. The West River Lime Industry is practically dead, as far as Hongkong is concerned. We have had lime here that

will heat.

Q-From the West River?

A. From the West River, but they can't bring it down because it burns the junks. What is wanted here, is an industry for burning the West River limestone,

Q-Have you seen the analysis of the West River lime?

A. Yes. I have forgotten it.

Q.-Would this lime if it is brought down in the form of stone from the West River, and it is burned here, would there be any objection to getting it done?

A.-I think it is only the cost. The West River lime burners can make a profit on it, and sell it locally, as long as it has not to go very far, but down here, I think it has been tried. Warren and Company tried to get it burned down here, but there has always been some trouble.

Q.-How would it be brought down?

A.-By junk, and burned by Capsimun,-somewhere around the Western or North Western end of the harbour.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Do you know a place called Kwei Chung?

A.-Not by name.

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-West of the New Territory?

A.-No, I know the Sai Kung line district.

The Chairman.-There is no limestone there, it is all shell lime.

A.-There is no stone lime done there at all.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Here is an analysis of some stone sample, I have got from the place I have just quoted, Kwei Chung. The analyst says this stone is a coarse green marble, and its cleanness of texture prevents its use to any large extent for lime making, &c. (Quotes). There is an analysis of the stone and lime. I would like to shew it to you, and ask you for any remarks you might have.

A.-This is almost pure marble. I dont profess to be a chemist to any extent, but I see that the calciate carbon is very high in this sample.

lime.

-There is another analysis of the lime itself,-one is of the stone, and the other the

A.-I know this. There was an experiment sometime ago. That low grade' limestone was got, good enough for cement, and they made lime of that, but it was so difficult to slake that lime that it would be utterly impracticable here. You can't sit down and slake lime for a week on a building.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-You say there was some objection to bringing limestone here. What is the objection?

A.-I dont know. would put any money Warren and Company.

The only thing I know is that there never has been anyone who into it. I have tried to get one or two contractors to combine with, Warren and Company can get the stone, but the West River men won't come down to Hongkong, and the Hongkong men won't go there. They are very

conservative.

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The Chairman. Might it not be that the people who are engaged in the shell lime business dont want those people to start?

A. That may be. At the same time, they cannot supply the demand at the present

moment.

-But they are probably doing very well for themselves?

A. They have put up the price a great deal.

Q.-But so far as you know, it might be possible to work it profitably?

A. Yes.

Q.-You dont see any reason why it should not be worked profitably?

A.--I would not like to say that. I dont understand the Chinese method of doing business.

Q.-The objection might be a real one, that there is no money in it?

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A. That is possible, and that at the price they can turn it out, it would not compete with shell lime, unless it were made compulsory, and there would be a difficulty in

difficulty in making it compulsory because unless you see a supply, there is no use creating a demand. I would be better able to give you correct answers if you give me some idea of what you want to know. The question of mortar is one that should be another thing altogether, although they are rather closely connected,-the question of concrete and the use of red earth and lime generally.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-I would like to say this, that if you come before us and upon examination with regard to certain technical matters in connection with the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, if there is anything we have not asked you, and you want to make a statement about it for the improvement and better administration of the Ordinance, even if it relates to mortar or anything else, any papers you send in will be considered by the Commission.

A.-At present we are carrying on an exhaustive series of experiments with regard to lime mortar, and we are doing that under the instructions of one of the local barristers, and I believe it is in connection with some case that may be before one of the Courts, so that I dont feel at liberty to say anything without consulting him. At present, I have only seen the barrister, there is no solicitor in charge of the case.

'The Chairman. Have you completed these experiments?

A.-No, and they won't be completed before a fortnight or three weeks. In the mean- time, I will ask him if there is any objection to my evidence going in to the Commission.

Q-Our report will probably be another two or threee months before it is laid before the Governor, and nothing is made public until it is written and sent in to His Excellency.

A. This case is sub judice. I dont know when it will come on, or whether it will come on, it all depends.

Q.-I should be very glad to have it.

A. We could not give you any of that information, unless we get summoned, but I could give you a general lecture on lime mortar that would last an hour.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-But put it this way. Your clients may wish it, and if they wish it taken up by the Commission, we shall be very glad to have any statement from them.

A.-I will communicate with them. It is all to do with the question of testing, and our experiments are all tending in one particular direction.

Mr. Humphreys. Do you happen to know the Government tested the different samples of mortar, on which they fined the Chinese $250?

A. Yes.

Q. Do you consider those tests fair ones?

A.-No, I dont. I consider them very unsatisfactory in my old answers that I

put in.

The Chairman.-You might ask your friends if they care to have such evidence put before the Commission, before our report is closed. We shall be very glad to hear from

them.

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124/8.-ALBERT DENISON, sworn :--

The Chairman.-What is your full name, Mr. Denison ?

A. Albert Denison.

Q.—And what is your profession?

A. Civil Engineer.

Q.—And you are a partner in the firm of Denison, Ram and Gibbs, are you not ?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.--What are your qualifications?

A. Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers.

Q. How long have you been in practice in Hongkong on your own account ?

A.-18 years on my own account

Q.-You have had considerable experience since the present Public Health and Buildings Ordinance was passed, and also the previous ones?

A. Yes.

Q. Do you think the amalgamation of the Building Authority and the Sanitary Board would be conducive to the better administration of the Ordinance?

A. Yes, I think it would.

Q.-Would buildings be examined and passed quicker than they are at present?

A.-I should think they would.

Q. Can you tell us anything about the average time here between sending in plans for approval, and the time you get the permit to build?

A.-I cannot very well at present. The last few years I have not had much to do with the working of the Ordinance, my work has been in other directions. But I looked up some of our books, and it seemed to me that the time ranged between a week and a month.

Q.-You were in practice in England before you came here?

· A.—Yes.

Q. What was about the time there, after it was sent in to the Local Authority for approval ?

A.-It was a fixed time, a week. I might explain—

Q.-I will go on to that later. On the assumption that the Building Authority was amalgamated with the Sanitary Board, do you think that the appointment of an Executive Engineer and a Medical Officer of Health as advisers to the new Board, would be an im- provement in the general working of the Ordinance?

A. Yes, I think that would be necessary. That is one of the reasons why the amalgamation should be better than the system.

Q.-Before you came to Hongkong, in what town or part of England were you?

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A.-In Leeds.

Q. Can you tell us about the population of Leeds, roughly?

A. At the present time, it is about 500,000, and at that time it was something like 400,000.

Q.-

-What is the system there, when an Architect sends in plans for approval to the Authority?

paper. On

A. Every alternate Friday plans are sent in up to six o'clock in the evening; they must be in by six o'clock on the Friday. Then the Inspector of Buildings looks through them, and on Monday morning a clerk goes from your office, and the plans that require amendment are laid out on a long table, and on each set of plans is a slip of paper. this slip of paper is noted the alterations required to put them in accordance with the law. The clerk takes them away on the Monday and the alterations are made, and they must be sent in before Tuesday afternoon. Then they go before the Board, and if they are in accordance with the Bye-laws, they are passed, and on the Friday or Saturday morning they are all taken out. The clerk goes to the Building Inspector's office, and all the plans are on the table, and those that were passed were stamped "approved". If they were not passed, reasons were stated on a sheet of paper attached. Then you sent them to your client, and explained why they were not in accordance with the Bye-laws, and if he wished to comply with the Bye-laws, they could be sent in on the following Friday, i.e., the second Friday after they were first sent in.

The Chairman.-By whom were the plans passed,—by an engineer?

A. Yes.

Q.-You said an Inspector. He is a man with an engineer's training

Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.--The equivalent of the Executive Engineer in the Government here, we will say?

A. Yes.

The Chairman.--As I understand you, it amounted to this. You sent in your plans on the Friday, and if they were in accordance with the regulations, you got them back on the Tuesday?

A.-No, on the following Friday. They must remain in a week.

Q.-Then you have an opportunity of correcting them on the Tuesday. With one correction, they can be passed within 8 or 9 days?

A. Within a week. They cannot remain longer than a week, and they cannot remain less than a week.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-After they have been approved, and the buildings have been commenced, do the Municipal Authorities by their officials inspect the work as it goes on?

A. Yes.

Q.-And if it is not in order?

A.-You receive a notice that certain things have been done in contravention of the Bye-laws, or not in accordance with the plans.

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Q. -About how often would an Inspector of Buildings personally inspect a building in the course of erection?

A.-I should say about once a week,-not the Inspector himself.

Q.-No, I am speaking of his servant. Therefore you would not have to pull down work that was bad, that had been up longer than a week?

A.-No.

Q.-Assuming the building to be finished, had you to get a permit before it was occupied ?

A.-I dont think so.

Q.-To the best of your knowledge, there is no permit required in England before the occupation of a new building?

A. Not to my knowledge.

The Chairman. What class of men would these Inspectors be?

A. The same class as a foreman.

Q.-They would be practical men ?

A. Yes, generally builders' foreinen.

Q. -They have to pass an examination and get a certificate?

A. No, I dont think so. I think an examination by the Chief Inspector.

-He satisfies himself as to whether they are competent men?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.--Going on to concrete floors here. All ground floors have to be laid with lime concrete, to render them impervious, I am speaking of kitchens where con- crete floors are used. What specification do you adopt for a lime concrete floor?

A.-Proportions, one of lime, two of earth, and three of stone.

Q. Do you specify any particular lime?

A.-No.

Q.-Is not most of the lime used here, shell lime ?

A. Not now; it used to be.

Q.-What other lime is used here ?

A.-Tung Kung lime.

Q.-And how does the price of Tung Kung lime compare with shell lime?

A.-I cannot say.

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The Chairman.---Do the contractors make any difference if you ask for Tung Kung lime?

A. We dont ask for it. We ask that the lime shall be good and fresh.

Q. How do you know they use Tung Kung lime?

A.—I know, because the contractors tell me.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Do you think it is possible to make a floor that is impervious to damp on that specification?

A. Yes, I think so. I had an experience the other day at Kowloon in which we had laid with the same proportions, four inches thick. A spring had formed at the bottom through the heavy rains in September, and the concrete.was prised off by the water under- neath without coming through the substance of the concrete. It was shifted out of its position.

The Chairman.-The concrete was not actually broken?

A. It was cracked across the middle. It was on a slope. It was about 20 feet by 5 feet that was forced off.

Q.-The water had not made its way through the concrete ?

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Had it not disintegrated the concrete ?

A.-No.

Q. Is that Tung Kung lime hydraulic ?

A. Yes.

Q. Do you think that sufficient quantities could be got if it was specified in general use in the Colony?

A. Yes, I think so.

Q.-You think the bulk of lime used in the Colony now comes from there?

A. Yes, from what the contractors tell me.

The Chairman.-Do you know what form it comes down in ?

A.-It comes down in slack lime or powder.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-What sort of lime is that?

A. It is rock lime,-burnt limestone.

The Chairman.--Where is it worked,-on the banks of the East River?

A. Somewhere up there. I dont know exactly.

Q. You dont know if it is brought down in the form of stone?

A.-No.

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Mr. Shelton Hooper.-As a professional man, if you see in any Survey Report the words "make good a floor which was originally six inches of lime concrete, with half an inch of cement rendering on the top, and the cement rendering was broken,-chipped off by chopping wood on it,-and you had an order to make good, should you consider that to mean that you had to open up the whole floor?

A.-No, certainly not.

Q.-It bears a different interpretation to the word “reconcrete"?

A. Yes. To make good, is to put it in the same condition as before the cement was chipped off.

Q.--And if you were examining a floor, and you saw the cement rendering destroyed more or less, and you were acting for a lessor, and taking the covenant that the property had to be given up in repair, and you saw that chipped off,-acting on his behalf you would think it only necessary to use the words "make good", and not to take up the concrete to see the state at the bottom?

A. That is so.

Q.-You would not feel justified in looking for a further defect, unless there was prima facie evidence from what you saw by a casual examination, that the floor was bad underneath?

A.-I should examine the surface of the lime concrete, where the patches had been broken off. and if I found the concrete perished, I should see how far down it had perished, and make it good in the same way.

Q. In laying lime concrete flooring, do you think it advantageous or otherwise that it should be rammed before it has set ?

A. Yes, it should be rammed as it is put down..

Q.-As soon as possible ?

A. Yes.

Q.-And you would not think it so good ramming it after 24 hours?

A.-No. There is one point about that I might mention. In Canton for instance, the lime is used only partially stacked and if the lime was in that condition, it might be advantageous to leave it for a little time, because the actual wetting and mixing would completely slack it,-the process of slacking lime causes heat, and being hot is a proof that it is not properly slacked.-the Ime here is quite cool, which proves that it is properly slacked, and then there is no object in waiting. But with certain limes which are not properly slacked,-it might be advantageous to wait a little.

The Chairman. You mean to say that lime that is not properly slacked, is not pro- perly burnt?

A. It is properly burnt, but not sufficient water has been added to thoroughly slack it. Then it is hot lime when it is remixed with water. That is a very rare occurrence in Hongkong.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Should you, speaking generally, think that the public would be justified in ordering ground doors to be laid with cement concrete, because sufficient good lime concrete is not procurable ?

A.-No, I dont think so.

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The Chairman.--Could you give us any idea what the difference would be in the cost of laying four inches of cement floor, as opposed to six inches of lime floor?

A.-Well, cement concrete costs about three times as much as lime concrete,-in bulk.

Q. Then it is a question of four inches of cement concrete as opposed to six inches of lime concrete ?

A. Yes, it would cost just twice as much. You might make inferior cement con- crete. . That is one of cement, eight parts of stone, and three parts of sand.

Q.--Supposing they used cement concrete, can you get sufficient sharp sand in the Colony to supply the demand?

A. Yes, in the New Territories.

Q.-At a reasonable price, do you think?

A.-Oh yes.

124/8.--ARTUR TURNER sworn :-

The Chairman.-Q.-What is about the average time here between sending in plans for approval of the Building Authority and the Sanitary Board, and the receipt of permit to proceed?

A.-Small plans requiring no particular consideration, about two weeks. Larger, from two to five months.

Q. What is your experience as regards the time for so doing in England ?

A.-My experience is 23 years ago; then it was about a week.

Q-Probably shorter now. Do you think the appointment of an Executive Engineer and Medical Officer of Health as advisers to the Sanitary, Board would be an improvement to the general administration of the Ordinance ?

—

A. Yes, provided they are both independent of any Government Department.

228 and 399.-WONG KING SHAN, declared and cautioned:-

The Chairman.--What is your name?

A.-Wong King Shan,

Witness declared and cautioned.

-What is your business?

A.-Broker, and so on.

Q. What sort of broker's business are you engaged upon, Mr. Wong?

A.-A number of things.

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Q.-Give us some idea.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Merchandise ?

A.-Yes.

The Chairman.-Have you got a hong?

A.-No, I just have a place with friends.

Q. Do you work under your own name, or a business name?

-I use my own name.

Q. Have you had any limewashing to be done to any house or houses in which you are interested ?

A. Yes.

Q.-Have you ever had

limewashing?

A. Yes.

any difficulty about getting your houses properly passed after

Q.-Was that the house you live in?

A. Yes.

Q. What is the number of the house you live in?

A.-Queen's Road West, No. 47.

Q. And who was it that made the difficulty about passing the house?

A.-Lamble.

Q-You know Mr. Lamble by sight, do you?

A. Yes.

Q. What did he say about the limewashing?

A. The Interpreter said "I told you to go to that place in Stanley Street. That is a good shop".

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Q. What was the name of the shop in Stanley Street, he told you to do to?

A.-I dont remember whether it was 11 or 17; either 11 or 17.

Q.—Do you know the name of the contractor?

A. A Shum.

Q.-Was that after you had had the work done by your own contractor ?

A.—I said I had managed the limewashing, and had it done properly. The Interpreter

said "If you dont go there and get him, I will prosecute you”.

Q.-Did the Interpreter tell you this after you had the place done by your own man?

A. Yes, it was after it was done.

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-Who was the man who did it for you,-your own man?

A.-Chan Cheung.

Q.-What is his address, do you know?

A.-22 Centre Street.

Q-And after this man had done the work, the Interpreter told you it could not be passed, because you did not employ the man in Stanley Street. Is that what you mean?

A. Yes.

Q. How much did your man charge you for the limewashing?

A.-Well, he used to do the whole lot.

Q. How many houses, and how many floors?

A. There were seven floors, and two of them were not to be painted. Only five were to be whitewashed.

Q.-Five floors in two houses, do you mean?

A. Yes, that is to say two front and back.

Q.-That is all in 47 Queen's Road West?

A. Yes.

Q. How much did you have to pay your own contractor for the work? the contract, do you remember?

What was

A.-$8.

Q-For the whole lot?

A. Yes.

Q.—The limewashing of five floors ?

A. Yes.

Q.-Well then, did Mr. Lamble come and tell you he would not pass it, or was it only the Interpreter who said he would not pass it?

A.-Lamble did not come.

Q.-Lamble did not come?

A.-No.

Q-Was it the Interpreter who told you he would not pass it, then?

A.-"Why did you not go there", the interpreter said. I said the place was so far

a way.

-What happened after that?

A.-He did not say anything. He went away. Then a few days afterwards I got the

summons.

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Q.-Were you summoned, and did you go to the Police Court?

A.-I did.

Q.-What was the result?

A.-Lamble said I had not whitewashed.

Q.-He told the Magistrate that ?

A. Yes.

Q.-And what was the result of that,—were you fined?

A.-I was fined $10.

Q. What month did that happen?

A.-I dont know.

Q.-Was it the beginning of this year, or the end of last

year ?

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A. It was the quarter at the end of the year before last. A.-It

Q. Are you quite sure of date?

A. Yes.

Q. Are you quite sure Mr. Lamble never came to your house before you were prosecuted?

A. He stood at the door and locked, and told the Interpreter to come in and sce.

Q.-Was that when the Interpreter told you the work was not properly done?

A. Yes.

Q. -When the Interpreter told you that you ought to have gone to the other contractor in Stanley Street, did Mr. Laible hear what he was saying?

A. The two men talked together.

Q.-Mr. Lamble was at the door.

Where was the Interpreter, and where were you?

A.- Also standing at the door. I was near the door down below.

Q.-Did Lamble speak to you in Chinese at all?

A.-No.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Dont you know a little English yourself?

A.-Well, I have forgotten it some 20 years ago.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-- Did you do limewashing after you were convicted and fined $10?

A. Yes.

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Q.—Who did you employ to do that then?

A.-Chan Cheung.

Q.-The same man who did it before?

A. Yes.

The Chairman.-And was it passed then?

A.-Nothing said.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-When you were at the door, did you hear Inspector Lamble speak to the Interpreter ?

now.

A.—I did. That was in Heung Lane, No. 2, in the basement.

Q.-Not at the door?

A.-No, in the basement.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-But you said Inspector Lamble never came in the house, just

A.-Well, he came to the door, and it was just the same as the basement. It was the loor of the basement, not the door of the place I lived in.

Q.--Have you whitewashed your

house since then?

A.-I have called someone myself to do it.

Q. What man passed it for you since?

A. The same man.

Q.-And has Lamble been inspecting it ever since ?

Yes. He came and made trouble and said, the cubicles had to be taken down.

I said if it was not according to regulations, I would take it down.

Q. When was this?

A.-4th moon of this year.

Q.-And what did you do then?

A.-I said "What do you say is not according to law, and I will do it". There was a cloth hanging up hiding the women's place, and he took his hand and pulled it down.

Q. Did he tear it down,--damage it?

A. Yes, he tore it pulling it down.

Q. What did you do? Did you put it up again?

A.-I said "You need not do that. If it is not according to law, you tell me to pull it down".

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-What did he say ?.

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A. Then he went out immediately to the sitting room.

The Chairman.-Did Mr. Lamble always have his Interpreter, or did he sometimes- come by himself?

A.-Always with his Interpreter.

-Does he ever speak to you in Chinese, himself?

A.-No.

Q. Do you think he understands what is being said in Chinese ?

A.-I dont know.

Q. Do you know what the name of the Interpreter is?

A.Ng Sau Kwong.

Q.-Is he a Chinaman or Portuguese ?

A.--Chinaman.

Q. Is it always the same Interpreter with Mr. Lamble ?

A.-Mostly him.

Q.-Is this man the same man who told you that you did not use the proper lime- washing man?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Have you ever, when you found he made this trouble, ever given the Interpreter or Inspector anything as a present, so as not to make so much trouble?

A.-No.

Q.-Have they ever suggested your giving them something?

A.-Only Ng Sau Kwong has said "If you have any matter, then find something to eat". I said "Oh, it does not matter ".

The Chairman.-Does he mean, to give some little present?

A.—Well, it must have been that, perhaps.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-What did you give him?

A. That was the only time.

Q. And what did you give him to eat then?

A.-No, I said "It is no use your constantly worrying me like this. It only wastes.

time".

him.

The Chairman.-Did you not give him a bottle of beer, or $10 ?

A.--No.

-Do you know if that Interpreter has got another name?

A.-I dont know whether he is still there or not. That is all he told me when I asked

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Q. Do you know a man called Sang Tam Fook?

A.-No.

-Did you not tell one of the Sanitary Officials that you had been obliged to engage that other contractor to do that limewashing, and that it cost you four times as much as your other man had cost you?

him.

A.-I did say so.

Q. Who did you tell?

A.-Carter.

Q.-Is

At least, we told him. It was I and my son. My son went and told

your son in the Government service ?

A. Yes, he is with Mr. Thomson, Solicitor.

Q-What is his name?

A.-Wong Po Kai.

Q. And did he not tell Mr. Carter that you had been obliged to use that other contractor from Stanley Street ?

A. Yes.

Q. When did you use that other limewasher?

A. We did not engage him. He was too dear.

Q. What did the other man want to charge you?

A.-$40.

Q.-And you did the work for $8?

A. Yes.

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Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Did the other man tell you why he wanted to charge you so much?

ear ?

A. He said "my expenses are large ".

The Chairman.—Why were his expenses so heavy?

A.--Because there were presents to be made.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Who to?

A.-I dont know to whom.

The Chairman.-Did he tell you that yourself,-you yourself hear that with your own

A.-I was speaking with him about the limewashing, and then he told me.

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Q.-And who was the man who made that statement to you?

A. A Shum.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-What is his surname?

A.-Lo.

Q-In Stanley Street?

A. Yes. His business is closed now.

The Chairman.-Since when has it been closed?

A.-A long time ago. I should think some 7 to 8 months ago.

-What has become of him; is he still in Hongkong?

A.-I dont often meet him.

Q. When did you last see him?

A.-I saw him last about the second moon.

Q.-But you have not seen him within the last six months?

A.I have not seen him since the second moon of last year.

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Q. And do you think he is still in the Colony, or do you think he has gone away

A.-I dont know whether he is here or not.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-How do you know his business is closed?

A.-I passed there and saw.

The Chairman.-Perhaps he may have moved to another part of the town?

A.-I have not found that out.

Q.-Since that time, has the Interpreter ever asked you to use another contractor, or are they content to allow you to go on using your own man?

A.-No.

Q.-He

Q. He has never suggested to you that you should use another contractor?

A.--No.

Q.--And

A. Yes.

you have to have your house limewashed twice a year?

Q. And you always use this same contractor of yours?

A. Yes.

Q. And has the Inspector ever made more trouble about your cleaning the place properly?

A. No.

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Q-Not since that time you were fined?

A.-No.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.—Did you appear at the Magistracy, and say you had whitewash- el your place?

A. I shewed the two bills to the Magistrate.

The Chairman.-You yourself?

A.-It was said I had not whitewashed. I said "Your Worship, I have two bills". He said "Oh, but you have not whitewashed ".

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Did they say you had not whitewashed at all, or that you not whitewashed properly?

A. That I had not whitewashed.

The Chairman.-Who said so?

A.-The Inspector said so at the Magistracy.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Who was the Magistrate?

A. I dont know him. It was a thinnish man, in the small Court.

had

The Chairman. Would you know him? If I ask Mr. Kemp to see you, could you know him?

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Is it Mr. Kemp?

A. I dont remember exactly.

The Chairman.-You have very often been to the Police Court, have you

-You cannot remember at all that day you were taken before the Magistrate? I can send for the books, but it will take a long time if we have to look up for two

years.

A. The year before last, at the end of the year.

Q-Alright. Well, if I want you again, I will send for you. I am much obliged to you for what you have told me. You have nothing to be afraid of, and dont go and speak about this outside.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun. -Have you got an entry of that fine of yours,—the payment?

A.-No, I consider that is done with when I pay it. I dont put down my out expenses.

109 and 113-Memorandum by MR. E. OSBORNE.

1. Having been a Member of the Sanitary Board when the Public Health Ordinance was under discussion I am familiar with the controversy that took place concerning it, and for the reason that drastic measures seemed imperative I, with others, agreed in the main with its provisions."

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2. Ten years have intervened. The Ordinance has had full and fair trial, its pro- visions have been enforced at large sacrifice to the Colony's material welfare notwithstand- ing which plague has not disappeared and I doubt whether it has even diminished to any large extent.

3. Under these circumstances the time has surely arrived for a revision of our methods, unless evidence be forthcoming that the measures legalised by the Public Health Ordinance have resulted in more good, than is apparent on the surface.

4. The abolition of cubicles renders it impossible for a family of small means to live in the Colony or it drives them to the use of curtains as partitions, which by reason of their filth are a worse evil than the old wooden ones.

I suggest a modified form of cubicle be allowed, made of painted woodwork and glass (or iron and glass) raised from the floor and of such height as not to exclude light and air.

5. The so called limewashing eatails expenditure by tenants (for tenants pay in the long run) with no corresponding good, as the mixture slopped on to the walls is valueless except to accentuate the surrounding dirt. It is I believe admitted to contain no disinfect- ing properties so that this expenditure, generally recognised as an ignorant mistake, is continued in violation of common sense.

The most

Compulsory limewashing should be abolished, and in its place I suggest that more effort be directed towards the destruction of rats, and ordinary cleanliness. effective method of destroying rats is to starve them in their runs, involving the removal of ceilings and the effective closing of runs with cement mortar mixed witli broken glass. There should be no openings in walls on ground floors for rats to enter from streets and lanes. Drains from ground floors should not be led through walls as now, but through the door cill so that when the door is closed the rat is excluded.

Ordinary cleansing I believe to be the most effective preventive of Plague. Short simple instructions should be posted in Chinese houses requiring rat runs to be closed and rooms cleansed, every house inspected say once a month at a fixed hour on a day, the con- tents of the room placed in the centre, obstructions to light and air removed. The Inspector should examine punctually at the time appointed and grant certificate that the room is clean. Following the Inspector should come the cleansing gangs to cleanse those floors which the Inspector has not passed. I venture to say that if this procedure were adopted, within a few months there would be few floors left for the cleansing gangs to deal with.

Tanks as at present (but more of them) should perambulate the streets daily contain- ing plain boiling water for killing vermin by immersion of mats and trestles.

6. Regarding the concreting cf floors and other structural repairs I think that after a house has been put in order a certificate should be given absolving it from further Sanitary requirements for a period.

7.- Where no cubicles exist a larger number of persons might be allowed to occupy a room than is permitted by present regulations. The allowance of 50 fect of floor arca and 550 cubic feet of air is excessive when it is considered that for 8 months of the year the windows and doors remain open day and night.

8.-Drains as far as possible should be abolished and surface channels substituted.

9.-Gratings to drain pipes should not be insisted upon as the tenants smash them as soon as they are fixed.

10.-Kitchen sinks are not used by Chinese and should not be required.

11.--As instancing what can be done by ordinary cleansing I may mention that Plague was very bad during the years preceding 1901 in the Wharf Company's employees' quarters at Kowloon.

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In 1901 they were overhauled, every rat and mouse destroyed and every possible breeding place filled up, since which the premises have been flooded with light and air daily and every floor cleansed about once a month.

The effect of these measures has been that only one case of plaque has occurred during six plague seasons, notwithstanding that the disease has raged in the neighbourhood.

It takes me one hour per week to inspect 84 floors (they are of course prepared for inspection) and although I do not suggest that the whole City can be treated with the same thoroughness, I see no reason why similar methods in a modified form should not be adopted.

12. Having given considerable attention to the question of plague in connection with several thousands of employees I claim to possess some knowledge of the subject from the Chinese point of view and I am convinced that only a proportion of plague cases comes within the knowledge of the Sanitary Authorities; indeed as a rule only those unfortun- ates are reported who are without friends to send them out of the Colony and those whose home is in Hongkong.

13.-The Colony maintains a large staff whose efforts to cope with plague will never in my opinion be successful without the co-operation of the Chinese and this co-operation can only be obtained by giving the Chinese freedom to treat the sick in their own homes; and by applying existing regulations only in such instances where the people will not of their own accord keep their premises clean.

The treatment of sick Chinese in their own homes was I understand tried experiment- ally under Sir Henry Blake's regime and records shew that plague ran more or less through the whole block of houses experimented upon. The deduction made from this is that the disease spread through the block in consequence of the first patients not having been isolated. The deduction which it seems to me may be made with equal justice is that in this instance the patients were not concealed and the real extent of the disease was for once made known.

129.-Hon. Mr. E. OSBORNE sworn :

The Chairman.-Do I understand from you, Mr. Osborne, that the Building Authority and Sanitary Department had practically passed buildings, but because the certificates were not promptly forwarded to you, you lost a fortnight's rent?

A.-We lost rent. The original agreement with the tenants was that they should take possession from the date of passing by the Government, and one certificate from one Depart- ment came in one day, but the certificate from the Sanitary Board did not come in for some days afterward, so that it was not completely passed by the Government, and that interval lost the Hotel Company some hundreds of dollars.

Mr. Shelton Hooper. From your experience, as a past Member of the Sanitary Board, having to do with buildings, and knowing the mode of procedure that takes place, plans have to go to the Building Authority, and separate plans for drainage to the Sanitary Board, and certain plans with regard to the height of buildings have to go to the Sanitary Board for approval. Dont you think that if the Building Authority were done away with alto- gether, or amalgamated with the Sanitary Board, and we had a sanitary and building board, composed very much as it is now, with an Executive Engineer and a Medical Officer of Health who should report to the Board, and the Board masters of the situation, that it would be a deal better than the present mode of procedure, and a better carrying out of the Ordinance?

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A. Yes, I think one Executive Engineer to do that work of both Departments, would be preferable. As a matter of fact, various small jobs we do at the Kowloon wharves are very often finished before we got permission to do them. I get the contract, and the plans. out, but cannot always wait for the permission. If I did, I might wait indefinitely.

The Chairman.-Your experience is that you dont get the plans passed, so promptly as they might be ?

A.-No.

Q.--How long do you have to wait on an average for small work, small repairs ?

A. We rarely get permission urder a fortnight.

124,9.-EDWARD ALBERT RAM, sworn :--

The Chairman.--You are an Architect?

A. Yes, I am.

Q. And are you a Civil Engineer, also?

A.-No.

Q-And you are a partner in the firm of Denison, Ram and Gibbs, are you not ?

A. Yes.

Q-And how many years have you been in practice in your profession in Hongkong, Mr. Ram?

A.-16 or 17 years, since 1889.

Q.-Then you know as much about the Building Ordinance, as anybody?

Mr. Shelton Hooper. And previous to that, you were in practice in England, I think?

A.-Well I was in practice for a short time in London.

Q.--And who were the Architects you were with?

A.-I was with Mr. George Somers Clerk.

Q. And what are your qualifications?

A.—Well, I am a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Q.-Now, can you give us any suggestions for the better administration of this present Ordinance, or have you any suggestions to make, with a view to the Ordinance being amended to make building easier in this Colony, with the, same safety?

A.-Well, I think the great fault of the present Ordinance is that it is not elastic enough. It seems to me to have been drawn up really for application to the typical Chinese house, whereas of course, it has to be applied to every building in the Colony.

The Chairman.-You think the regulations are too severe to be applied to all classes of houses ?

A. Yes.

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Q. They are unsuitable, in many places inapplicable ?

A. Yes.

Q. And you think that too much latitude is given to the officials in the administration of the law?

A.-There is no loophole for them, and they naturally stick to the letter of the law.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-And you would go so far as to say that the Sanitary Board did not exercise often enough their power which is invested in them for granting exemptions?

A. From my point of view, I should say yes.

Q.-Speaking as a practical man?

A. Yes.

Q-With regard to the passing of plans and inspection of buildings, do you think it would be an improvement to amalgamate the Building Authority, or to let it merge into the Sanitary Board, and to have only one Authority, as at home?

A.—I should think it would save time, certainly, to have one Authority only.

The Chairman.—At the present moment, you have to apply to two Departments?

A.--We dont absolutely apply. We send in plans to one Department, and they are handed over to the other,

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Mr. Shelton Hooper. And by saving time to the buildings, naturally it means saving money?

A. Yes.

Q. And saving money is for the benefit of the Colony? The benefit of the owner- because he gets his rents sooner, for the capital he invests, and the benefit of the Government, because the property becomes rateable sooner, and they can collect a greater amount of rates in the course of a year?

A.-Yes.

Q-And we may assume the benefit of the tenant, by his being able to occupy as soon as possible?

A. Yes.

Q-And therefore it would be for the general good of the Colony if that time could be

saved?

A. Yes.

Q.-Now, supposing such a Board existed as exists to-day, and there was no Building Authority, how do you think it would work, if they had an Executive Engineer, and a Medical Officer of Health, one to be responsible for all structural things that have to be supervised, at present done so by the Building Authority and the Board, and having to do with the passing of plans, and the plans of Architects therewith, and a Medical Officer of Health to attend to all hygienic matters and infectious diseases, and all that pertains to a Doctor, on the same lines as the Authorities at home? Do you think that would be an improvement?

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A. To be Officers of the Board, not Government Officials at all?

Q.- -They would be Government Officials, but they would be under the direction of the Board.

A.-It seems to be a desirable thing that they should not be Government servants.

Q.-Leaving alone for a moment as to whose servants they should be-

A.-May I interrupt you for a mɔment. I dont mean that as a slur upon the Govern- ment servants,--not in the slightest degree.

Q.-No, no, but if they were under the orders and directions of the Board, to this extent, that if you sent in a plan to be passed by this Board, and it conforms to the letter of the Ordinance, that it should be returned to you at once, and that if it did not comply with the letter of the Ordinance-for instance, if you asked for certain modifications, which the Board have at the present time power to grant, or the Building Authority-that they should just report what they are, and ask the Board, or a Select Committee of the Board, appointed to consider them. Dont you think that that would simplify the work?

A. Yes, I do.

The Chairman.-I think I might explain, Mr. Ram, that we think it would perhaps simplify the work, and consequently cheapen the work, if the Sanitary Board really functioned more as a Municipality does at home. They would be a Board composed of certain Officials and Unofficials, but the Executive Work of the Department, both engineer- ing and medical, would be carried out by permanent officers, and they would pass every- thing. It would be all done by one Department, and the Board of Reference, the power of control, would be on the Board, who would give them instructions to carry out the work in the interval.

A.-I should think it would be an improvement. Of course, there would be always a certain amount of work, which the Director of Public Works would have to do,-the laying out of the streets, the laying of buildings.

Q-We admit that, but once your street is laid down, and you want to build, then everything from a sanitary engineering point of view will all be dealt with by the Sanitary Department, and the officer who would be a qualified engineer.

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-What I mean is that everything which pertains to Mr. Chatham, as Building Authority to-day, the powers he has got, as contained in this Ordinance,—- shall be transferred to this Board, and no other duties that he has got as Director of Public Works, and that draws the line exactly?

A. Yes.

-That is what I mean. He would, as he has to-day, still have the authority over the sewers. I would not interfere with that.

The Chairman.-And the level of the streets, and so on.

A.-Yes.

129.-Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Have you any complaints about the length of time plans- have been kept, before you had permission to proceed?

A. Yes. It is almost an invariable custom to have a delay, what appears to us to be unreasonable. I should not be exaggerating by saying that on an average plans take a month.

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The Chairman.-Even plans that dont require any alteration?

A.--Yes.

Q-Plans that are in accordance with the law?

A. Yes.

Q.-Can

you give us any idea about how long plans take at home?

A.-I dont remember, it is so long ago.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-And also, in addition to that loss of time, haven't you anything to complain of about the time that elapses, after you have given notice to the Sanitary Board and Building Authority that a house is finished, before you get the certificate that will allow it to be occupied ?

A. Yes, constantly.

And do you think it has been unduly long?

A. Yes, certainly.

Q.—And can you see any just cause or reason why it should be so ?

A. Not so long as they have the Officers.

Q. Can you form any idea as to the cause? as an excuse for having kept you so long?

Have you ever had any reason given you

A.-Nothing beyond the excuse that it has to be passed from one Department to an- other, and sometimes when you go to the Sanitary Board, they say the Public Works have it. And the Public Works say the Sanitary Board have it.

Q.--Now, is that not another reason for the amalgamation of these Departments, in which all your correspondence and everything would be conducted through the Secretary of the Board, and the certificate should be signed by the Secretary, by Order of the Board, or a Select Committee of the Board.

A. Yes.

Q.--And that would simplify things, and enable property to be occupied considerably sooner than it is to-day?

A.--Yes.

The Chairman.--It comes to this, Mr. Ram, that if a property owner is developing property, he has to wait a month or perhaps more in getting his plans passed, and he has to wait a month or perhaps more before it is passed as fit for occupation?

A.--Yes, he loses a couple of months, perhaps.

Q.--So therefore, if it takes 12 months to lay out a big property, it is 14 or 15 months before you get your certificate?

A.---Yes.

Q. And it increases the cost of labour, and increases the cost of rental the tenant has to pay ultimately?

A.--Yes.

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Mr. Humphreys.--There is one other point in the same connection. In all your con- tracts, I think there is a clause that if the contractor has not finished within a certain time, he has to pay a penalty?

A. Yes.

Q. And if you fail to get these certificates, for no reason at all practically, and it is kept back for a couple of months, this poor contractor has to pay two months penalty?

A.-I am sorry to say that that clause is not always enforced.

Q.—But he is bound to pay that penalty if enforced?

A. Yes.

Q. In fact, let us say the contractor pays it and the next block he puts up for you, says "My word, because the Sanitary Board would not give me a certificate in time, I had to pay a penalty. I am going to put on an allowance in my tender for that”. That is quite possible, is it not?

A. Yes.

The Chairman.And the contractor, you dont pay him presumably his final payment until the place is passed for occupation?

A.--The clause in our agreement is that the thing is not completed, until the certificate is issued.

Q.--And the man is kept out of his money for six weeks say for no reason at all?

A.--Yes.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.---And the contractor has paid interest on the money he borrows ?

A. Yes, under the existing conditions, under which the Officers of the Board are Civil Servants, they are of course liable to reprimand, and be called over the coals by the Governor or by the Head of his Department for any departure from the Ordinance. They practically admit to you that a thing is absurd. You go to a Government Official, and

"what you ask me to do is absurd ", and they will say "There is the Ordinance, there is no help for it".

The Chairman.-What class of officers are you referring to?

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A.-All of them. There is no distinction. An officer is liable to reprimand if he departs in any way from the Ordinance, however ridiculous the clause may be. I once built a latrine, the house abutted against a cliff, so that there was no overlooking it. Instead of putting in a window two feet square, I put in a door, leaving two feet. at the bottom and six feet at the top open to the air; I was refused a certificate for that, because it was not in accordance with the Ordinance.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-It was a far more sanitary thing you did, than if you had complied with the Ordinance?

A. Yes. These things are a matter of daily practice. There are almost any num- ber of variations in the sizes and shapes of houses, and the widths and sizes of streets. An officer of the Government cannot give you any relief, without laying himself open to censure, and it is perfectly natural that they should not take the responsibility.

The Chairman.-If your idea is adopted, and the Department is self contained, and it has its own Executive Engineer, you think that that Executive Engineer should have discretionary powers for small work of that sort ?

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A.--Of course, or else there should be a Board, to which such questions should be handed over, or to a Sub-Committee; to be dealt with in a common sense way.

Q.-Of course, as you know, the present procedure is that the Sanitary Board has a Meeting once a fortnight, and those questions may have to stand over for 14 days, and then have to go to the Executive Engineer, and probably hang over for another week?

A.-It seems to me there should be something in the way of a business way of dealing with such questions. Now, I think it is probable that in a large number of cases,-the really essential point-does not come before the Board. Recently I applied for an exemption for opening a back yard in a house in Ship Street. It is a brothel. It faces How Fung lane, at the back and at the side. It has 23 windows at the side, and the back has more windows. I was called upon by. the Sanitary Board to open up half of the kitchen. We were called upon to do it, and it has been done, and it has cost my client $200 or $300 to do it. And the house is not a haporth more sanitary than it was before, at least that is my opinion.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Is it not in the Ordinance, that the open space at the side is not. counted as open air ?

A. Yes.

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Q. Do you think it is absurd to expect people to have open spaces at the back,-insist on open spaces at the back, when you have plenty of open space at the side?

A.—I should think so, unless it obstructs somebody else,-certainly.

Q.-Have you known of any case, in which the owner has been asked to provide an open space at the back, when he has plenty at the side?

A. Yes, this was a case I was referring to.

Q.-But any other case?

A.-I think so.

The Chairman.—At present, you are only allowed to build on three quarters of your property?

A.-Three quarters of the old property, and two thirds of the new property.

Mr. Shelton Hooper. And it comes to this, that if the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank was burned down to-morrow, they must leave one third of the space at the back open, although they have God's air all the way right to Kowloon ?

A. Yes.

Q.--As laid down here, the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, which is open from Des .... Voeux Road to Kowloon Hills, only obstructed by the Queen's Statue,-they have to-

The Chairman.-And Sir Thomas Jackon's Statue.

A. Yes, I think so. Another experience: When we built an addition to the Peak Hotel, recently-about a year ago-we got permission from the Government, through Mr. Chatham, to erect matsheds under the coolie house there. We got permission to put them there, and then we or rather the contractor got served with a nuisance notice from the sensible very Sanitary Board, because he had not got 50 super feet for every coolie. That is for a building in Queen's Road, but to apply it to a building at the Peak, where you have got fresh air all round!!—Of course the next tender the contractor gets up there, he pust it on to his price.

The Chairman. That is a ridiculously extreme application of the law.

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A.-That has been done twice, once at Captain Douglas' house in Barker Road, and at those matsheds at the Peak Hotel.

Q.-The Peak Hotel case came before us, but these are most interesting cases to have. They are examples shewing the ridiculcus manner in which the law is administered.

A.---I have other cases, but they are not in my memory.

227 and 399.-TSANG TIM, declared and cautioned :-

The Chairman.--You quite understand that there is nothing for you to be afraid of. You must just tell the truth, and say exactly what happened.

A. Yes.

Q.—Now, do you work for a firm, or do you work under your own name ?

A. I take work from the Tse Kam Kee.

Q.-

--And have you any partners in your business, or do you merely work for yourself?

A.—It is an uncle and nephew's business. I am the nephew.

Q.---What is the name of the firm ? Have you got a name for your business?

A.-Well, I take my name for the business style,-call it the Tsang Tim Kee.

Q. And your address is No. 9 Third Street, first floor?

A. Yes.

Q. Which is Cham Ka?

A. It is my uncle.

The Interpreter. -Tsang Ka, it ought to be in that case.

The Chairman.-Do you remember, Tsang Tim, making a statement before Mr. Lau Chu Pak, with regard to some payments?

A. Yes.

The Chairman.-Well, Mr. Bal, will you please read that over to him. paragraph by paragraph in English, and translate it into Chinese.

Statement read as follows:-

Read it

Tsang Tim of No. 9 Third Street, 1st floor, states :

I am a sub-contractor for lime washing. I generally work for Tse Kam Kee. I also do a little limewashing work for the "Sam Wo" woodyard at Wanchai. At the end of the 4th Chinese moon this year, I limewashed 210 floors for Tse Kam Kee at West Point near Sailors' Home. The work was given to Tse Kam Kee by Mr. Chan Chan Nam, and I got it from Tse Kam Keg at 90 cents per floor. When the work was done, notice was sent to the Sanitary Board to have it passed. These floors are in No. 9 Health District, under the charge of Inspector Kelly. His interpreter named Lo who used to live in the same street with me, came to my house in one afternoon at

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When I said yes.

about 4 o'clock, when he asked me if the limewashing was done by me. he told me that Inspector Kelly wanted to see me at the office in the following afternoon, I went the next day to the Branch Office at the appointed time, but I did not see him. Next morning at about 10 o'clock the interpreter met me in the street and asked me why I did not go to see the Inspector. I told him that I went to the Branch Office and waited for the inspector, but he did not turn up. The interpreter said it was not the Branch Office that the inspector wanted me to go to, but that the office in the inspector's own house. I went to the inspector's house No. 28 Elgin Street, 2nd floor, at about 4 of the same afternoon. I waited there for about half an hour, when the inspector with his interpreter returned. The inspector said that my limewashing work was not properly done, the kitchens of those floors being too dark. He also asked me if I was aware of the usual custom of paying 20 cents a floor to the inspector for such work. I said I could not afford to pay, as I only got the work for 90 cents a floor. He then spoke to his interpreter in English, which I did not understand. His interpreter then said that the inspector wanted me to pay $40. After further conversation the interpreter told me the inspector wanted at least $25. I told the inspector that I could not promise him the money until I saw the master, as the latter might not be willing to pay. The interpreter then told me to see the master at once and come and let the inspector have a reply. I went and saw Tse Kam Kee, who told me that I must get a certificate from the inspector first before I could get paid for the work. I accordingly gave the same reply to the inspector. This was on Thursday. The interpreter told me that the inspector would wait till Saturday week for On that Saturday I did not go, as I had not the money. On the following Monday I met the inspector and the interpreter in Centre Street, when the latter asked me why I did not pay the money. I said I had not the money to pay. The interpreter then asked if I could pay up on Saturday the same week. I said I would pay as soon as I got paid by my master. I did not pay on Saturday either, so in the following week, i.e., the third week, a written notice was received from the Sanitary Board that the work was not properly done. I had the kitchens of 210 floors re-limewashed, which cost me $30. The limewashing was finally passed. About 10 days thereafter, I met the interpreter in the street and this time he was alone with some books in his hands. He scolded me for

not keeping my word and said that he would do something to me later on when I had work to do in future.

About the same time, I limewashed 48 floors in Yat Fu Street and Queen's Road West. The owner of these houses received a notice from the Sanitary Board that the work was not properly done, the same notice was passed on to me and I took it to the Branch Office to ascertain what was required to be done to put the work right. I was told by a clerk in the office to go and see Inspector Ward in his house. This was about 9.30 o'clock of the morn- ing. About tiffin time the same day I took the notice to Inspector Ward's house to see him. He was having his tiffin then. He told me in a few words of Chinese that my work was not properly done but that I had better come again after 4 o'clock of the same afternoon. I called again in the afternoon at the inspector's house and he told me if I was aware of the rule of paying 50 cents a house to the inspector for the work. I told him the whole job only cost $50 and if he wanted 50 cents a house he had better get my pay direct from my master. The inspector then turned me out of the house, saying a few words in Chinese and a few words in English. I had the work done over again, which cost me over $10, and the work was finally passed."

The Chairman.-Is that correct?

A. Yes.

The Chairman.--Now, I will alter these two words, from "floor" to "house".

Witness.-I was sued and fined $10 (Witness produces summons signed by Inspector

Coysh).

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Because you refused to pay?

A.-The first quarter of this year, I was unwilling to pay him. It was on account of this matter in the tenth moon of the Chinese year.

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The Chairman.-Sign that (witness' statement) please, and certify it, Mr. Ball.

Statement signed and certified.

Mr. Shelton Hooper. But this (the summons produced) is last week.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-He meant to say that he refused to pay it, the last time, and that is why he gets this prosecution this time. He only suspects that is why he got this

summons.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-But this is not his name.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-He had to pay the fine, though.

The Chairman.-The contractor had to pay the fine. Other contractors have told us that already.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.—It is signed Coysh. That is, the prosecuting inspector.

The Chairman. With regard to this Inspector, do you know what his name is ?

A.-I do not.

Q. Do you know what the Chinese call him?

A.--"Inspector ", is what they call him.

Q.-Is he the No. 1 Inspector, or the No. 2 Inspector?

A.-I dont know. He is the man that oversees the work, and looks at the work.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Do you know his house?

A. - I was directed to go and the interpreter wrote down the number and the street.

The Chairman.-Do you remember the name, what number, and the street ?

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Which Inspector he (witness) wants to know ?

The Chairman.-The house where you went to see this Inspector, and he turned you out of the house.

A.-28 Elgin Street, wasn't it?

Q.-I dont know. That is what I want you to tell us. Is that the same man that asked for this money?

A. Yes.

Q.-Does he speak very much Chinese, or only a little?

A.-He spoke a lot to me in Chinese. I dont understand English.

Q.-You say he spoke to you sometimes in English, and sometimes in Chinese.

A.--He did not speak with me in English. He spoke to the interpreter.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-In his statement, he mentions two inspectors.

The Chairman. -How many Inspectors did you deal with in all this business,--one ☀

man or two men ?

A. Well, there is one inspector at Yat Fu. He lives at Saiwan, but I dont remember the numbe", the one that looks at Yat Fu Street.

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Q.-That is the man who lives at Kennedytown?

A. Beyond Shektongtsui.

Q. Which was the man that asked you to pay 50 cents a house?

A.-The Shektongtsui man.

Q. Do you know him by sight?

A.-Well, as to identifying the man, I would not dare to witness against him, because he would bring me up to Court.

Q.--I dont think you need be afraid of that.

A.-Well if you will clear me-

Q.-I will give you all the protection. You need not be at all afraid. Supposing I tell you,

and I tell you truly that I can protect you, and all the Commission will protect you, if there is any trouble you can go to Mr. Lau Chu Pak, or you can come to see me at the P. and O. Hong. Well now, we will give you all the protection you want. Now, will you tell me if you can identify the Shektongtsui man?

A.-Well, you see I have not got much ability, and if I am arrested, I am arrested.

Q.-There won't be any question about being arrested. What about that man in Elgin Street? Was he the man who asked you to pay 20 cents a floor?

A. Yes.

Q. What was his name, do you know?

A.—I dont know. Well, he has constantly pressed me for three weeks time for the money.

Q.-Of course you know him quite well by sight, having seen him so often?

A. Yes.

Q.--What about the interpreters? Do you know who they are?

A. I dont know the Shektongtsui one.

Q.-Well, what is the name of the Elgin Street man?

A.-Well, he lived,-the last fourth moon he lived only about 20 doors away from me.

Q.-What was his name?

A.-Everyone called him interpreter Lo.

Q-And is he always about with the Elgin Street inspector?

A. Yes. he has come to get money four or five times. He did not know at first that I was Tsang Tim Kee, and he asked my name.

-Was he the man you met in the street, with books in his hands, and he said he was going to go for you?

A. Yes.

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Q-How long ago did that happen?

A.-In the fifth moon.

-Fifth moon of this year?

A. Yes.

-Have they been asking you for money quite lately, or was it only in the earlier part of the year?

A.—No.

-Since when did they last ask you for money?

Q.-Since

A.-Well, the fifth moon,-I dont remember when.

Q. Do you think that since the fifth moon, they have asked you for money,-that is to say, six months ago, roughly?

A. They dont dare to ask me during the six months past, since this new law has been issued.

Q. What law do you mean?

A.-Well, I have heard that it has been said by some high official that both are guilty if bribes are offered or taken.

Q.-Now, Tsang Tim, I am quite satisfied you are telling us, as far as you have gone, the truth, but there is something more I want to get out of you. Now, it is quite right that you must not offer money, or give money to those inspectors, but if you have,-even if you have-if you tell the Commission that you have given money, we will give you a letter which will protect you, even if you have done something which is not quite proper.

A-I am telling the truth about everything.

Q.-Yes, that is all right, I wanɛ that.

A.-I have been troubled a great deal.

Q.-They have troubled you a great deal, did you say?

A.-Interpreter Lo.

Who have troubled you

Q.-What sort of trouble? When has he been giving you trouble?

A.-Just now, the work I have done. Here are letters from the Sanitary Board about it all. I promised to give money, and I did not pay him, and he said he would do for me, and he said that I have not done any of the whitewashing and he served letters on me for everything, and says I have not done anything.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-What does he mean by "I will do for you." Does he mean he will kill you?

A. He means that if you do work, he will certainly say that it is not proper.

The Chairman.-Any work you do he is determined to say is not proper?

A. Yes.

Q. And is this interpreter Lo who says this, or is it the inspector as well?

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A.-The interpreter.

Q.-Has the inspector spoken to you lately about not paying money

A.-No, only the service of the letters on me.

Q-Well now, do you remember some months ago there was-

The Interpreter. He is beginning to say "the interpreter says" something-that "he

did not wish me to do the work."

The Chairman.-Was that because you did not pay him money?

A. Yes. On account of his letter or letters, I went to the Sanitary Board to ask about it.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.--Who told you to do this ?

A.-Mr. Lau Chu Pak said that if there was any trouble, I was to go at once and see the clerk, and he would guarantee that I was all right. I said in this letter "I have done all the work ". He said You have not done it at all." Well, you go and look at it" I said. "And see where it is not right".

Q. Who were you speaking to at the Sanitary Department?

A.-To Lo, interpreter Lo.

Q.-Was this when you went to the Sanitary Department?

A.-No, I met him in the street where I was working.

Q. What did Lo say ?

He said that I was the whole year round a liar and a vagabond. where you have done the work is proper".

"Not one house

The Chairman.-Do you know an Inspector called Conolly?

A.-NC.

-Were you engaged upon work in some houses in Kui Yun lane ?

Q-

A. It is only Kwok Hing Li, in the street there.

Q. Have you had a lot of trouble about these houses, Nos. 1 to 10 Kui Yun lane?

A.-I did not do the work in Kui Yun lane.

Q-1 to 17 in Yau Yee lane?

A. Nor in that lane,-I did not do work.

Q. Did you do some in Third Street?

A.-In Yau Yee Kai (Street), I commenced work there.

The Chairman.-(These are letters from Tse Kam Kee saying that the work has been passed, but it does not necessary follow that he did the work).

Q. Do you remember something about Tse A Kam giving you $30 to pay to the inspector, for some work about which he was troubling in passing?

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A. He did not hand it to me. He was unwilling to hand it to me. Inspector to make the thing proper, before he would hand it.

-But didn't he actually give you the money in the end?

A.-No. He did not, I am telling the truth about it.

He wanted the

Q.-Tse A Kam came before us the other day, and he said he gave $30 to Tsang Ka. That is you?

A.-He was only paying wages money to me. There was something more to be done, and a letter was written to the Sanitary Board, and about a week after, the answer came saying that it was proper, and he paid me my wages.

Q.-Didn't he pay $60 altogether?

A. Yes.

Q. And wasn't $30 of that to the inspector, to bribe him?

A.-No. Well, it was $60 making up the account from the commencement to the end, and there was this $60. If it had been as you say, I would say.

much.

Q.-What was this $60 for then?

A.—It was wages to be pail to the fokis, so much, this man so much, that man so

Q. Didn't you pay any of that at all to the inspector, or the interpreter ?

A.-Not a cash did I give.

Q.-Well, how is it that Tse

bribe to the inspector?

He was going to give He was going to give me trouble. I would not do it.

A Kam told us he gave you $60 and $30 was to go as a

A.-At the end of the fourth moon, he said he wanted $30.

Q. Who did?

A.This inspector.

Q. Which Inspector was this?

A.—The man who lived in Elgin Street. I said I had no authority. I must go back

and see the master.

Q. Do you know an inspector called Ward?

A.-No. Papers like this (producing paper) are served on me, and I take them to the Sanitary Board, and ask about them.

Q.-Have you got the entries in your books when Tse A Kam paid you that $60 ?

A. It is down in his book. We odd job workers dont have any books, excepting these. (Producing books).

Q. I know it is down in his book; he has told us that. didn't you enter it in your book?

A.—Well, it is put down in a partnership book.

But when you got $60,

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Q.-Have you got the partnership book?

A. Yes, I have a partnership book, but when he pays me money, I take the book A.—Yes, back to him.

Q-You dont keep any record of money you receive, in your own book?

A.-No.

Q.-Then how do you settle with your uncle, if he is your partner ?

A.—It is not exactly what you would call a partnership. My father was his brother, and we eat together. The old man can't work, and I go and look for things.

Q. What are those books, merely the individual payments?

A. He gives me the $60, and I have got the men's names down to whom I dis- tributed it.

Q.-Well, let us see the entries to whom you paid away that $60.

A-Well, here they are, so much to each man.

Q.-Do you write those books yourself?

A. Yes, I got the $60, and I paid it to the different men.

Q. And do you enter it in the books yourself ?

A.-I do.

Q, You have got $60, and you paid it out?

A. Under all these different men's names,-the men who did work for me.

This one

has got several tens of cents, and there are about three dollars to this one, and there is another for two dollars odd,--a little to each man.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Daily work.

The Chairman.-When Tse A Kam gave you that $60, didn't he tell you that he thought you were going to pay part of that to the inspector?

A. He said "Look here, you promised to give it, but you had no money to do it. Now

you have money, have you done it ?"

Q. Did you tell Tse A Kam that you had not paid it to the inspector?

A.-I said I would not give it.

The Interpreter. And he goes on about having so many expenses, and so on.

The Chairman.-Did Tse A Kam give you the original sum you agreed upon,-90 cents a floor,--or did he give you something more than the original price, so that you should have something to give to the Inspector?

A.-As it was 90 cents for a floor, then he gave 90 cents, and if it is to be done over again, it has to be 90 cents just the same. There is no way of making good.

Q.-So that if the work has to be done over again, it is your loss, and if there is any-

thing to be paid to the inspector, that is also your loss?

A. Yes, and if you give to the Inspector, you need not do the work.

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Q.-Would it not be cheaper to pay the money to the inspector, and not to do the work at all, than to do the work two or three times, and be summoned at the Magistracy and be fined?

-I did work according to the custom, and I did not pay the inspector. The Sanitary Board has regulations, and if it is not done properly, it is required to be done again.

Q.-You got 20 cents a floor, didn't you, for doing this limewashing?

A.--Yes.

Q.-And for that money, you can afford to do the work properly, and you can make a profit, so long as you do not have to bribe the inspector, or if you do the work two or three times over-is not that so?

you?

A. Yes.

Q.-90 cents is the regular price for a sub-contractor to get for a floor, isn't it?

A. Yes.

Q. And you can make a living out of it?

A. Yes.

-And you are quite willing to undertake any amount of work at that price, aren't

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Have you ever worked for anyone directly, who is not a contractor, that is, a principal?

A.-No, I dont know the owners. I am second sub-contractor.

The Chairman.-Do you work for any other contractor than Tse A Kam?

A.-No, I dont know so many people.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-You was prosecuted a week ago,-a fortnight ago-wasn't you?

A. Yes, there is the summons--on the 5th.

Q.-On account of what?

A. It was said that my whitewashing was not proper.

Q. That means the whitewashing of No. 15 Gough Street?

A. Yes.

Q.--Who was the Inspector who looked after that work ?

A.--I dont know him.

Q-Well, did you see any inspector come to look at it?

A.-I dont know whether he came to look at it, or not. When I finished it, I presented a Petition to the Sanitary Board, and a week after the summons was served on me.

asked

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Didn't the Sanitary Board send you any answer, after you them if it was properly done, to say that it was not properly done, before they summoned

you?

A. Yes, there was a letter.

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A.-Tsi Tse So, the owner, who lives in No. 5 Ladder Street, gave it to me, or rather he sent it by his rent collector.

Q. And what did you do then?

A.-I went the next day and re-washed it.

The Chairman.-What was the name of the rent collector, do you know?

A. He is called A Kau. I dont know his surname.

227.—Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Didn't you send in to the Sanitary Board again, and say that you

had whitewashed it?

A.-I did.

Q. What answer did you get to that letter?

A.-No answer to that letter.

Q.--How many days after you sent in that last letter, was it before you were summoned?

A. Ten days, I think.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-You got no answer from the Sanitary Board?

A.-No answer.

Q.-And you got summoned ?

A. Yes.

Q-Ten days after?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper. Did you go to the Police Court yourself?

A. As the owner was unwilling to go, I had to go myself.

Q.-Well, did you go?

A.-I did.

Q.-

--Did you see the Inspector in Court?

A.-I did.

Q.--What Inspector was it?

A.-I do not know the name of the Inspectors.

Q. Had you ever seen him before?

A.-No, I saw him first when I was fined at the Magistracy..

The Chairman. Was he the same man who had asked you to give him money before?

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A.-Not the same man.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Did you tell the Magistrate that you had whitewashed the place twice?

A.-I could not say anything. The interpreter asked me as to what number in Gough Street, are you the man". I said "Yes". The Inspectors said "That was whitewashed.

It was not proper". I said "Very well, I have done it again”.

The Chairman.---And then, what did the Magistrate say after that?

A.--The interpreter said "Dont you make a row". He said two sentences, and I was fined $10.

Q.——That was all,--and you had no opportunity of explaining?

A.--There was no chance to say anything before the Magistrate.

Q.-Have you always had trouble, with all the limewashing that you have done, since you refused to give this man money, or are these only some of tlie cases, and the other work has been passed?

A. On every occasion. It is owing to refusing to give them the money.

Q.--On refusing to give the money, the Inspectors of limewashing always find fault with you.

Is that what you mean?

A.--Yes.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun. When you first whitewashed No. 15 Gough Street, did you go to that place yourself?

A.—Well, I did the work myself.

Q-Were you sent by any inspector there?

A.-No.

The Chairman.-When Tse A Kam gave you this $60, did he give it to you personal- ly, or to your uncle or to your fokis?

A. He paid it to me. My uncle is an old man.

Q-He says he gave it to somebody called Chan Ka. Is that your name? Have you got another name-Chan Ka?

A.---No.

The Interpreter. He doesn't understand which is it.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.- On this notice, I see it is addressed Tsang Kee.

The Chairman. But that might be the way the men pronounce the name.

The Interpreter.- Possibly Tsang Tim Kee is the name of the firm.

The Chairman.--As regards the summons, I will keep that paper, and I will give it back to you afterwards.

Q. How many times have you been fined since you refused to give that money to the Inspector?

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A.-I have not dared to do work now, excepting a shop here and a shop there. I have done only about 30.

Q.-You have practically had to give up work, because the interpreters caused you so much trouble?

A.-Yes, and you see I have no capital, and if I dont do the thing properly, then the master doesn't give out the money.

Q.-Then you have only been fined actually this one time?

A.-I was fined once two years ago.

-But recently you have been fined only once?

A. Only once this year.

The Chairman.-Tell this man we are satisfied with the way in which he has given. his evidence, and that he has no occasion to be uneasy, and if there is any trouble, he must come to one of these Chinese gentlemen, or come to me.

Witness.-Well, you see they have troubled me, and I dont dare to work, and I have nothing to do.

The Chairman.-Tell him we will try and put things right for him; that we think he has told the truth, and we will try to see that his business is not interfered with in future.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Mr. Ball, tell him he can go ahead with his work.

The Chairman.-Tell him he can go on taking contracts, and we will see there is no trouble for him.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Tell him to take contracts.

Witness.

Several masters have asked me to work, and I have said “wait a while”.

The Interpreter. He is very much afraid of the interpreter.

The Chairman.—Of Lo ?

The Interpreter.-Yes.

The Chairman.-Were does Lo live?

Witness. I dont know where he is living now. He has left.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Has he threatened to hurt you at all?

A. He will make hot water for me, if I get any work to do.

Q. -But he has not threatened you bodily?

A.No, he has not said that.

The Chairman.-Is his name Lo King Nam?

A.-I dont know. He is called Government clerk.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Is he in the West Point office?

A.-I dont know. whether he is, or not. I dont care to see him.

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The Chairman.-You go on with your contracts, and if there is any trouble, you come- back to Mr. Lau Chu Pak or Mr. Fung Wa Chun or me, and tell us about it. Witness put in a notice signed by Mr. Carter, addressed to the Salt Fish Guild, dated the 23rd November, for Nos. 129 to 136, and following, Connaught Road West. The notice is with reference to the notice dated 13th November" those premises detailed on the attached list have not been satisfactorily cleaned and limewashed."

207 and 208.—J. J. BRYAN, sworn :--

Hooper.-Have

Mr. Shelton Hooper. Have you any record of this, shewing the regulation of the respective sections?

A. No, Sir.

Q.-Well, what defines them? Are they only defined in your brain?

A.-Those sections as carried cut now, are simply extensions of the sections of 15- years ago.

Q.-And there is no record of them?

A. No official record.

The Chairman.-Do you mean to say there is no official plan, the public can go and see?

A.-Not for the Chinese cemetery. I am preparing one for the Colonial cemetery.

I have been on that for four months, and have not completed it yet.

Q.-Of Mount Davis? There is not one plan to shew the sections A, B or C ?

A.--No, Sir. I have a plan of Mount Davis here. It was given by the Public Works- Department. Would you like to see it?

The Chairman.- We will ask for that later.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak. So there has never been a plan at all?

-Only a plan shewing the boundaries.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Of what?

A.-Of the cemetery itself.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-But not the boundaries of the different sections?

A.-No, Sir.

213.-The Chairman.-What is this plan, Mr. Bryan?

A. It is the plan of Mount Davis. It is supplied by the Land Officer to the Public- Works Department.

Q.-To ?

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A. To the Secretary, and passed on to me.

(Witness explains plan, with reference to boundaries.)

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-What are those little red things you quoted just now?

A.--I have seen a pillar there.

Q.-I should imagine it was a boundary.

A.—I have not really thoroughly enquired into whether this is a boundary or not, because the whole of this portion of the cemetery has never been used, with the one excep- tion you quoted, since 1895. Therefore it is my duty now to see that there is no encroach- ment over these boundaries.

Q.-I put it to you, Mr. Bryan, that you dont know from your own knowledge, the extent and area of that cemetery, and that you cannot tell me, as a surveyor, that it is shewn on that plan?

A. That is quite so.

(Plan put in and marked "Chinese cemetery, Mount Davis, surveyed in 1892 ".)

The Chairman.-I want that put in as an exhibit, Mr. Bryan.

A.-I dont believe any of those plans are correct. They are all old.

Q.-It doesn't matter for that. You have no other plan of this?

A.-No. I believe you have a copy of that. I sent it up to you some time ago.

The Chairman.-Not as an exhibit.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-It is of very little use to you?

A.-No use at all.

Q.-You have nothing of that on a larger scale ?

A.-No, Sir.

The Chairman.-Not even the terraces, or ordinary grave spaces?

A.-No, Sir.

Q.--And such a plan is not in existence?

A. Not in existence.

Because they were asked for some five or six years ago.

208 and 209.--INSPECTOR CONOLLY, sworn :-

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-I will put it this way. Is there any check at all that the corpse has been buried in the section for which they have paid ?

A.-Oh yes, I have that.

Q.-You have that ?

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A. Yes, Sir.

Q. -You have? Where did you get it from ?

A. It is simply a copy of the sexton's Chinese register.

Q. And who writes that Chinese register?

A.-Himself.

Q.-Who is himself?

A.-The sexton.

The Chairman.-Do you know what his name is?

A.-I can't tell you.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Would you know it, if you heard it? Is he called Lo Chung?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Therefore it comes to this, that Lo Chung is the only one who keeps any record that the corpse is buried in the section, which he has been paid for?

A.--That is so, Sir. I dont know Chinese.

Q.--And no Englishman or Superior Officer ever checks that?

A-Simply I get a copy of it, from his register.

Q.—But that is not a check. You make a copy of it ?

A. Yes.

Q. And what good is that to you ?

A.-Not in the slightest.

Q.-Therefore it is no check?

A.-No, Sir.

The Chairman.-Would it not be possible for you to go round and examine the graves, when you say there are only ten a week?

A.-No, Sir. I will put it to yɔu. Is it possible for me, as a Senior Sanitary Inspect- or with two of the largest Districts of the City under me, to pay the attention that is really necessary in a cemetery in a huge place like Mount Davis?

Q-1 want to know from you if it is possible.

A.—It is not, Sir. Honour bright, it is not.

Q-And is it possible for any Inspector to go round and look at the graves that have been dug and filled in

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A. Yes, I have an English speaking Chinese. I go up there and he comes up with me and copies off the Chinese register. I send in a certificate once a week.

145 and 248.--Revd. FONG YAT SAU sworn and cautioned:

The Chairman.- Some time ago, Archdeacon Bannister called on me and he afterwards wrote oficially to me you want to give evidence, before the Commission, with regard to cubicles, and other matters, in connection with Chinese buildings. And I can only say that the Commission would be only very glad indeed to have the benefit of any remarks you have to make, and therefore we have asked you to appear before us this afternoon. In the first place, Mr. Fong, I will ask you who you are, and what your name is?

your name is? What is your full name, please?

not?

A.-Fong Yat Sau.

Q. And you are occupied with the Church Missionary Society in Kowloon, are you

A. Yes.

Q.--And what is your place of residence ?

A.-At

A. At the Western part of Kowloon City. The place is called Leung Sau Tsang.

Q.-Well. Mr. Fong, you understand we are sitting here as a Commission, to hear what people have to say with regard to the working of the new Building Ordinance. There appears to be a certain amount of feeling amongst a certain section of the Chinese community, that the Building Ordinance, particularly with regard to cubicles, has been a little harsh, and we would be very glad indeed if you would tell us anything you have to say with regard to cubicles, and make any suggestions you think of, as to what improvements could be made to the advantage of Chinese residents, and at the same time, without interfering with the Sanitary condition of the Colony.

A.-Well, shall I proceed?

Q.-I think if you would kindly explain what you have to say, we will then ask you questions about it.

A.-Mr. Bannister was over at my place, and he spoke about my house. He asked me how it was built. I had not originally much money. There was a plan drawn afterwards and the contractor when he made the window made it five inches shorter than the plan. The man from the Public Works Department, who goes and examines the houses,--he came to look at it. The contractor asked the overseer, and asked the Architect, whether it would do to have it five inches shorter, and the two said it would do. The light was sufficient.

The light was sufficient. The Sanitary Board man came, and said it was not enough, and I had to spend several dollars in the changing of glass for the door, and the plan to be altered. And then I had to give $25 to the man who drew the plan for me. He said, he did not want it, but I could not let it pass.

Q-Who was the man who drew the plan for you ?

A.-Wong Kat Shun is his name.

Q-That was in consequence of the mistake that had been made, and the alteration of

the window ?

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A.-Yes, on account of the mistake and alteration. That is not of much importance,—— that matter. But what is of most importance is, I have a relation at a place called Shang Mun, at the South gate of the City. He lived at a place called Nam Mun, at Shang Mun. He bought a house for a few hundred dollars. Well, the house was low. This (witness illustrating with his hands) is the kitchen here. One side had fallen down, but the other day he put some tiles on to cover it, and at the side he put some boards like a wall, and cooked there. Then the police issued a paper to him, saying that the boards was a breaking of the law. Then, he was told to come over, and have the case tried, and then, when the case was tried, he was told that he must take down the boards.

The Chairman.-When did this happen, Mr. Fong?

A.-About the 4th Chinese mocn of this year, and then he said "If I take down the boards, can I build it up with stone, or bricks" and he was told no, that he must have a plan made. Well, it would cost some tens of dollars to get a plan drawn, and he was a poor man without money.

Q.—I dont quite understand. Was it a fallen down kitchen, and he was making a lean to, to carry on his cooking in?

A. When he bought it, the kitchen was broken down, and he put a board up. Well. here was the wall on one side, and he put a little boarding here, and a little boarding here, (Illustrating). Mr. Bannister went and saw it, and Mr. Wells, the London Mission Officer, went and saw it.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Did the owner build the kitchen aftewards ?

A.-No, he did not. And it was promised that someone would go and look at it, and now it is several months past, and no one has gone to see it.

The Chairman. Where does he do his cooking how?

A.He has gone elsewhere.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.--Who promised you? The Public Works?

A. Yes.

The Chairman.-What has he done with the house? It cost him $200.

A. He has left it there.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-No one lives there now?

A.- No.

Q.--He has lost his $200 ?

A.-He has left it there. Now, there is no one living in it. The gentry, they got me to go over. They are all poor people, and it is very hard to get plans made.

248.—Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Why did you not get up a Petition?

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A. Yes, a Petition has been got up. It has been presented to the Government, in the Branch place, at Kowloon, and there is no answer.

The Chairman.-When did you send in the Petition ?

A.-Probably some months since. I went in and saw the Assistant Registrar General and the Assistant Registrar General went in and saw the Registrar General, and the Registrar General wrote in and told me it had been already sent in to the Governor, but there has been no answer. It is very hard for these poor people now. The best thing would be for the Government, --- well the rich people with a few thousand dollars, they can do it, but the poor people, their property is only worth a few hundreds, or a few tens of dollars,-they can't do it.

case,

Q.-Are they not allowed to make any change in their property, without getting a plan ?

A. You must certainly have a plan made.

-Who is it that tells you all this? Is it the policeman or the Sanitary Department?

A.-The Sanitary Board say so. They say you must certainly have plans. In my I first drew a plan myself,-it is only a few hundred dollars.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-You had personal experience, yourself?

A.-I had a plan drawn myself, and they said that would not do.

The Chairman.--Have you anything else to say about the working of the Building Ordinance, Mr. Fong?

A. That is all I have to say.

Q.-Have you been told to pull down cubicles?

A-There are none there.

Q.-Dont you have cubicles in Kowloon?

A. Yes, I have a cubicle in my place. I am outside Kowloon City.

Q-The people in Kowloon, how do they live together-in one room, or have they small rooms. low are their houses arranged?

A. Some live in one room. Very few have cubicles.

Very few have cubicles. The houses are low places, and

low in height.

Q.-I suppose like the ordinary native village up country? There are no cubicles be- cause the rooms are too small, and they live anyhow?

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.--Only partitions of bricks.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Have you any complaints about limewashing?

A.—I dont know that. I have nothing more to say.

I have nothing more to say. May I go now?

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Mr. Shelton Hooper. Does he say that he is required to have a plan in Kowloon City?

A.-I dont know about Kowloon City.

Q-Then what District does he allude to, where he has to have a plan?

A.--Outside, the City. That place enclosed by the city wall. They dont include the suburbs of it.

Q.-Because it says in section 267, "the provisions of sections 204, 222, and 225 as far as they relate to authorised Architects shall not in the Rural Districts and villages apply in any case in which the Building Authority shall so decide". Now, I want to know whether that is the Rural District he is alluding to?

A. Yes, I think it would be called the country.

The Chairman.—With regard to your Petition, and your views on the subject, we will see that the matter is again brought to the notice of His Excellency. We will refer this point in our Report to the Governor. We are very glad to hear what you have said. We want to see that the law is properly carried out, and at the same time that it is not unduly hard upon the Chinese. And you can assure your friends the gentry of Kowloon City that that is so.

39.-HON. MR. W. CHATHAM, recalled:--

The Chairman.-I will go further, and would you not say they have materially benefitted through increased revenue. Is that not so,-it must be so ?

A.-I suppose if all those developments had not occurred on these lines, they would have occurred on other lines. The city would have spread further afield, and rates would have been derived from other property.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Then, whose fault is it that these developments have taken place on these lines?

A.—I can't answer that. The Government certainly was remiss in not taking steps earlier to introduce a great many of those powers they have to-day.

Q.--And if they had introduced those powers, would the Government have got as much premium from their land, surrounded by all those restrictions, as they did then?

A.-I think it would have a depreciating effect.

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Mr. Humphreys.-I would like you to refer again to section 105. It says there that every existing domestic building shall have a backyard of at least 50 square feet in area, and then section 2 goes on to say "for the purposes of this section, any domestic buildings (other than corner houses) having two main frontages in different streets, shall be regarded as two domestic buildings if the entire depth from frontage to frontage exceeds 50 feet". Now, if a house exceeds 50 feet, would it have to have more than 50 square feet of space unobstructed? If a house is more than 50 feet in depth, would it have to have and un- obstructed back yard of more than 50 square feet in area?

A.-I cannot say that point has ever come before me. But on the face of this, it appears not.

Q-It appears not. It says distinctly there that when it is more than 50 feet, it counts as two domestic buildings, and two domestic buildings must require double the space of one.

A. Yes, that is so. But you ask if any house of over 50 feet in depth must be pro- vided with a greater space than 50 square feet. This deals with buildings having two main frontages in different streets. I can see that it refers to cases such as Wing Lok Street, where the houses run through from one street to the other.

The Chairman.---I will give you a case in point. The piece of land belonging to the P. & O. Company, next to the Post Office, is 49 feet wide, and that will face on two main thoroughfares. Do you mean to say, if it was two feet wider, that I would have to provide double the area when I come to build offices there, as I shall have to do shortly?

A.This refers to the depth.

Q.--I will take another way. The property is over 150 feet deep.

A.-160 feet deep.

Q. Do you mean to say, for the sake of argument it is 160 feet, that is to say it is the depth of three houses, and for that extra 10 feet I will have to make it the area of four houses?

A.--Your being on the Praya Reclamation, you are under a separate Ordinance.

Q.-I am supposing a similar piece of property, in an area covered by this Ordinance.

A. It is quite possible that such a property exists. You must provide an open space equal to one fourth of the whole area.

29.--HO KOM TONG, declared and cautioned:-

The Chairman.--Mr. Ho, you know what we are sitting for. We want to get the views of some Chinese gentlemen with regard to the working of the present Ordinance, how it has affected the well-to-do Chinese and the middle class Chinese of Hongkong, more

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particularly with regard to cubicles, and of course any views you have to express to us we will be very glad to hear them. As a matter of form, Mr. Ho, I must ask you who you are? Your name is Ho Kom Tong?

A. Yes.

Q. What is your business?

A.-I am Assistant Compradore to Jardine, Matheson and Company.

Q. And your brothers are Mr. Ho Tung, and Mr. Ho Fook?

A. Yes.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Mr. Ho, you know in a Chinese house, there are cubicles. Dont you

know that Chinese want cubicles?

A.-Yes.

Q.-Well, do you know the present Ordinance,-that only one cubicle is allowed on the first floor?

A. Yes, I know.

Q.-Is that a good law?

A. It is not.

Q. Why?

Then they

A.-Not many people for $10 or $20 can get one floor to live on. have to take cubicles, and a cubicle costs $4 or $5 a month, and they get on with that; because this Ordinance does not allow the cubicles to be partitioned off, a number of people have gone back to the country. I take it, and I am sure of it, that the Government knows it too, when there was a census taken a while ago, that there has been less people, because there have not been enough cubicles.

Q.-Do you think you ought to allow as many cubicles on a floor 30 feet long, as on a floor 50 feet long, or do you make some distinction ?

A.-There should be a distinction.

Q.-Well, say a house including kitchen and yard, 50 feet long, how many cubicles do you think the Chinese ought to have?

A.-Three or four.

Q.-Ought to have three or four ?

A. Yes.

Q.To make the rent $5 a cubicle?

A. Yes.

Q. And what about the 30 feet room?

A-Two to three.

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Q-But where I mean, you have to provide a kitchen and a yard, how can you have three cubicles?

A.—Well, at least two then.

Q.-It is a hardship now, that people can only have one cubicle?

A.-It is a hardship.

Q.-Tell us why?

A. Take a man in Hongkong, earning $30 or $40 a month. He has to spend $20 or $25 for a floor. He can't live in Hongkong at all then, but if there are many cubicles then he can rent one for $5, and he can live in Hongkong. If he goes to Canton, for $2 or $3 he can get a floor or a house,-a very big house, and very comfortable. If the Govern- ment does not alter this law, then when the Canton-Kowloon railway is built, there will be even less people here. Everyone will go back to the country to live, and the people in the hongs and the merchants will find it very inconvenient. Then the fokis and employees, having their families in the country, will want more leave to go home, and it will cause the masters great inconvenience.

The Chairman.—At the present moment, we will take this man of $30 or $35 a month. If he can't take the whole floor, and if his wife and family here have to go back to their native village, where does he live? What sort of a place does that man go to live in?

A.—According to the custom in Hongkong, a great many of the masters when they engage their men, give them also a place to live in, but if they dont get a place to live in, being men, it does not matter, a number can go into one room, and it does not matter.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Take Jardines, yourself, never mind the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank,-all your shroffs, when they have no families in Hongkong, where do they live 2

A. We rent a house for them to live in.

Q.-That means a big flat?

A. Yes.

Q. And they put beds all round?

A. Yes.

Q. And in that place, they dont mind seeing one another, because they are all men?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Well now, if these regulations were not in force against cubicles, all these men would have a floor, and have their families up in Canton?

A.—If there were cubicles, they would bring their families down here to live.

Q.-And therefore the Colony suffers first of all because it does not get so much rent for the houses, so much chow is not provided and purchased in the Colony, and if the rent is not so much for the houses, the Government loses a proportion of rates, and the Colony suffers in general?

A.-Certainly..

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Q.-Now, are you a property owner yourself?

A.--I have a lot of property.

Q.--In addition to which, I think, you are Assistant Compradore to Jardines, who also have a lot of property ?

A.-I receive rent for them besides. I am a landlord myself, and receive rent for a number of shops.

Q.-Now, do you think property has decreased in value during the last three years, since this Ordinance was passed?

A.-It has.

Q.--And do you think that one of the principal causes for that decrease is on account of the harsh laws of the Ordinance ?

A-Well, not some of the reason for it, but the whole reason for it.

Q.--Now, can yon tell us, taking a fair average, with all your experience, about what percentage rents have gone down in Chinese houses during the last three years, on that account?

now,

A.-Thirty per cent, on the average.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Do you know that people are using curtains instead of cubicles

because the law does not allow them to have cubicles ?

A. Yes.

Q. Do you think curtains more preferable and more sanitary than properly built cubicles ?

A.-Cubicles are much more sanitary.

Q. Why?

A-The curtains are very easily made dirty with smoke and so on, and the wood is more durable than curtains.

The Chairman.-Do the curtains give the same amount of privacy, as the wooden partitions, from the Chinese point of view?

A.-No, because if you speak, the ladies hear you.

Q.-And you can see through them. You can see the shadow on the curtain ?

A. Yes.

Q.-And if you put your hand against the curtain, the curtain gives way

A. Yes.

Q. Whereas, if, with a proper wooden partition, you could not push it back?

A. Yes. There is another dangerous thing, too. Supposing the wind blows on a curtain, and there is a kerosine lamp there, there will be a fire.

118. Mr. Shelton Hooper.--With regard to limewashing, what is the cost of lime- washing now, compared with what it was a year or two ago?

A.-It is more than double.

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A.-It was formerly $1 to $1.20 for a floor. But at $1 to $1.25 it was not done very Now it is $2.50 to $3 he wants, because the Inspectors, when it was $1.25, used to

well. take bribes.

The Chairman.-Yes?

A. He could not whitewash the floors properly; but some money was given to them.

-And the floor was done badly?—Now, why do they have to pay so much money ?

A.-Because since these enquiries, the Inspectors have been afraid to take it must be properly done, and it costs $2 to $3.

money. So

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Then this Commission does not do any good-it does a lot of harm?

A.-Oh, it does a lot of good.

The Chairman.-Now, Mr. Ho, is it only quite during the last six months that the price has gone up so enormously for limewashing?

A. And a number of contractors have also been afraid to take contracts, since this Commission has been sitting.

Q.-Who are the men who generally do the work now, do you know?

A. Anyone does it now. Before, two or three had to do it.

-Who were the men before-the two or three men?

Q.-

A.-There were more than two or three.

-Can you give us the names of those who used to do it?

A.-Foo Sik. I know his best. He used to do several thousands of houses.

He is

unwilling to do them now, and I give the job to someone else to do now. They are unwilling to do it for $2.50 a floor.

Q. Why do they ask for so much,-what is their reason?

A.-Because it cannot be done well, and the Inspectors wont pass it.

Q. Why dont they pass it?

A. Because it is not done properly.

Q. Is it not rather because the sub-contractors dont pay them money, and therefore they make trouble with them,-make then do it three or four times over?

A.-That is just it.

Q.-The Inspectors have not been bribed, and therefore they wont pass the work, is that what you mean?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Now indirectly have you anything to do with the West Point property, which is leased to Chan Nam ?

A. Yes, I know about it.

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Q.-Do

you know anything about the limewashing of that property?

A.-No, I do not.

The Chairman. Now, Mr. Ho, you spoke just now about the Inspectors being bribed. Whoever told you that the Inspectors were bribed,--did your contractors tell you this?

A.-There was no need of saying anything about it. We ought to know it ourselves, because I gave the houses to someone to be whitewashed for $1 a floor, and now I give $2.50.

-That does not necessarily follow that you are justified in saying that the Inspectors used to be bribed. Have you anything more definite than that? Did the con- tractors tell you that they have to pay bribes, or have had to pay bribes at one time?

A.-It is very difficult to find proof for these people. If these people give money to the Inspectors, they dont dare to say it themselves, because they themselves will get into

trouble.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Then how do you come to the conclusion that the contractors must have bribed the Inspectors ?

A.-Well, you ought to know it yourself. Because the contractors said "we will guarantee you to whitewash the floors for $1, and the Inspector will issue his permit before we come to you for the money."

The Chairman.-Well now, they used to tell you that, and do I understand that since the Commission has been sitting, or during the last seven months, or do they now tell you something quite different, now that they ask you for double the money?

A.-They dont say so now.

Q.-You mean to say that if you give $2 to $2.25 to a man to limewash your floor, he wont come and say that he will guarantee the floor is passed, before you pay the money?

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-You mean to say that before the contractors came to you and said "Alright, I will whitewash these floors for $1, and I guarantee to get them passed by the Inspector"?

A.--Yes.

Q.-And now the contractor says he wants $2 to $2.50 to be safe?

A. Yes.

Q-To guard against any loss?

A. Yes.

Q. If the Inspector calls upon him to whitewash again, he can afford it?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Now in what street is so:ne of the property you allude to?

A.-Stanley Street; Shelley Street; Staunton Street; Queen's Road.

Q.-Now, can you tell me who the Inspector who passes the limewashing is?

A.--I don't know this.

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The Chairman.-Have you ever paid this extra price, Mr. Ho, of $2 to $2.25, ~ you yourself paid it?

A. I have paid it.

Q.-Quite recently?

A. Yes. If not, nothing is well done.

Q.-Naturally being a business man, you are not going to pay double what you did six months ago, without getting some reason for it?

A. Yes.

Q. When you objected,-the man now comes and asks for $2 to $2.50,-what did you say to him? Did you not tell him it was excessive?

A. He said "I wont take the job, unless you are willing to give me that amount.'

I called another one, and everyone wanted the same.

- What did you say,-did you not say that you thought it was a squeeze ?

A. No, I knew all about it myself.

Q.-If

you did not say it was a squeeze, you must have had some very good reason for thinking they were right in asking $2?

A. Yes, I suppose so.

Q.-They must have given you some reason. You would not pay a man double, without being satisfied it was reasonable?

A.-They said "How can we do the floor for $1.

to be able to stand it."

We must at least get $2 to $2.50

Q.-But a bald statement like that from a contractor does not satisfy you? Did they satisfy you that they must make this charge?

A. I understand all about these matters.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Did you ask them why they could do it for $1 before?

A.-I did ask them. Perhaps he had not even whitewashed it before, but he got it passed.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-In your opinion a floor requires $2 to $2.50 to whitewash it properly?

A.-Certainly.

Q. -Whereas in former times, these contractors could bribe the Inspectors, and they could afford to charge you $1, because they were not expected to do proper work?

A.-Certainly.

The Chairman.-And is this a common practice all through Hongkong, Mr. Ho, or only just round about your District ?

A.-Whole of Hongkong.

Q.-Have you got property in all parts of the town?

A. Yes.

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Q.-And you find it is the same every where ?

A. Yes. If you will ask some other gentlemen, you will find they say the same.

Q. Can you give me the names of your contractors who suddenly found they could not do the work for $1, and had to charge $2,-the men who do it now?

A.-I must go back and look. I dont remember.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-It is not Foo Sik now?

A.-No.

The Chairman.-Small contractors, or sub-contractors?

A. Yes.

Mr. Humphreys.-Have you had to open up any spaces at the back of your Chinese houses, under section 175 ?

A. I have not received any papers.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Have you ever received any notice to open the yard in any of your houses?

Mr. Humphreys. By cutting away half of the kitchen space, from the floor to the roof?

A.I have not personally received such a notice, but a number of my friends have.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Perhaps in your houses, there are already backyards?

A.-No. Well, I have one house that has no open space, but there is a lane at the back which is my private property.

Q- -About disinfection now-on one occasion an Inspector came to your house?

A. Yes.

Q.-In Castle Road.

A. Yes.

Q.-Did he knock at your door, or did he simply rush into your house?

A.--He did not knock, he rushed in.

Q.-Did the Inspector ring the bell?

A.-No. He slapped the door with his hand.

Q. And then, after he entered the house, what did he do?

A.-I was not there. My servants would not let him come in, so he made a dis- turbance.

Q-What was the disturbance?

Alle left. On the next time I was there. He came in that way, and when he saw ane, that I could speak to him in English, then he was not so rough.

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Q-What did he do to your servants in your absence, the first time?

A.-He said "You dont know me? I am an Inspector. I must come into your house."

Q. And did he inspect the house?

A.-No.

Q. What did your servants say to him?

A. He came round the house. He was not coming to look at the house.

Q-We are speaking of disinfection ?

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Fumigation!

You remember the occasion ?

A.-Oh yes, that. There was one time my wife was pregnant, and he insisted upon taking the things to fumigate. I knew that the doctor said that when a woman was in that state, she could not smell. He insisted on taking them for fumigation. I could not get any leave from him not to do so, so I had to let my wife go to my elder brother's house. was Woolley.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.--And your house was fumigated?

A. Yes.

Q.-The whole house?

A.-No.

But the servants' places. But the smell was all about.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Did they not do the basement of your house?

A.-No, the servants' premises.

Q. Is not that the basement?

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.--He has no basement.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-In fumigating did they not go to the basement of your house, and the smell came up through the house?

A.-No, it was the servants' quarters, and the smell came in. The whole street smelt.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-You advertise that you give away coffins,--is not that a fact?

A. Yes.

-Why do you do that?

A.-Because at a meeting of the Sanitary Board in 1904, it was said that there were so many corpses dumped into the street. One of the Members of the Sanitary Board said it was because the Chinese did not wish to spend the money, and they would not take the money to pay for the coffin, but threw the corpse out. When I saw this, I knew it was not the case. I had no proof about it though, so I advertised in the papers for whoever was poor to come to me, and they would get coffins. Then, if it was true what the Member of the Board had said, everybody would come to me for coffins, and the bodies would not be thrown out. I have carried this on for three years. I gave one away to-day. It is only that about ten to twenty persons in the course of a year ask for coffins. But I knew that there were over 1,000 corpses dumped in the street in the course of a year.

I wrote up to His Excellency the Governor, and Mr. Brewin sent me back a reply thanking me for what I had done in this matter, and even this would not prevent the people dumping corpses.

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A.-Because of the fumigation of houses. Partitions are torn down, and sometimes things are broken. Though the Government does compensate, it does not compensate to the full amount. If it is their own things that have been lost or destroyed, they would not say anything. But it happens that there are several families living on one floor, and then it implicates people. Sometimes you dont wish to throw corpses into the street, but the people in the house will insist upon it. According to Chinese custom, the corpse is of the utmost importance, and now to-day on account of such important matter, they dont look after the corpses. It is only on account of extraordinary circumstances that they would do this. Everybody knows that I have these coffins, and the Tung Wa Hospital has them the whole year round, still there are so many corpses thrown out and it is for this

reason.

The Chairman. It happens through the trouble of fumigation?

A. Yes.

Q.-Well, thank you, Mr. Ho, we are very much obliged for your information. We wont take up any more of your time.

them.

A. I want to say something more.

Q.-Certainly. If you have any suggestions to make, we are only too glad to hear-

A.-Take a house with a drain. Sometimes the drains are stopped up. The In- spector goes to see them, but the Inspector should tell the tenant, so that he may clear them out. He does not tell the tenant, but he runs away and takes out a summons against the owner of the property. It is no: the fault of the landlord. Then it troubles the land- lord, and he wastes a lot of time going up to the Court about it. If you told the tenant of the house, it would be the best thing for the Government to prosecute the tenant, and if that were done, then drains would no: break so much, and would be not so much choked up. It is not the fault of the landlords. Then the tenant would be especially careful, and would not break the things, because if he did smash them, he would have to do it himself. The second thing is about the plague,-I wish to speak about the plague. According to what I think about it,-I know all about it, because I give away so much medicine every year for the plague,-it is not carried by infection from one person to another. It comes out from infection from the drains. It is very bad this taking a person out from a house with the plague such a distance to the Hospital. Then the percentage of recoveries taken there is low. It has nothing to do with it, and why should you fumigate a house, and tear down the things? What should be done is this. To treat a man in his house, and send some people to wash out the drains, and then the bodies would not be dumped in the streets. What is required is that the drains should be flushed, and then nothing would be torn down. Besides, the sick men treated in their own houses,-the percentages of recoveries would be greater.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Dont you know that His Excellency Governor Blake did that in Second Street, where the people were treated in their own house?

The Chairman.--First and Second Streets.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-And you know there were recoveries?

A.-A better percentage than in the Hospital.

Q.-You saw the Report ?

A. Yes.

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Q.-In your opinion, the people have more chance of recovering in their own houses, than if removed to the Hospital?

A. Yes.

Q. And it is also your opinion that some sick people died of fright?

A. Yes, that also.

The Chairman.-Is that all, Mr. Ho?

A.--Well, I want to say something about the wells. A great many people dip up this, bad water in the streets, because the two hours in which hydrants are turned on, are not sufficient.

Q.-This is the rider main system?

A. Yes. And if there is well water, the wells should not be stopped up.

Before the nullahs were made in Hongkong, bringing the water from the hills, the Chinese drank well water. The Chinese boil the water before drinking it. It would not harm them then, if the water was not quite pure in the wells. It is no use closing up the wells.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Do you mean to say it is better to allow the people to use the water for their drinking purposes, or for other purposes, than to get the water from the nullahs?

A.-Certainly.

If there was sufficient water from the mains during the day, the people would not draw water from the wells. They do this because there is not a sufficiency of water. If you close the wells, then they have to go and get it from the hills and holes and cracks and so on.

-You often pass Old Bailey, dont

A. Yes.

you ?

Q. -Have you ever seen young women or girls taking the water from the channel?

A.--I have.

The Chairman.-What is this channel, Mr. Ho, where this water comes from?

A. There is a hole, and the water comes out from the gaol, and every morning the people there get it.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-You dont know if the water is pure ?

A.-I dont know.

The Chairman. What do they take this water away for,--to drink?

A.—They must use it for drinking purposes, or washing.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-You know there is a nullah in Pokfulam Road. ever seen people carrying buckets of water from there?

A.-A great many.

Q.-They use that water for drinking purposes ?

A. Certainly.

Have you

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The Chairman.-Now, Mr. Ilo, you spoke just now with regard to the drains, and you said if the drains were choked, it was the fault of the tenant, and that the landlord should not be summoned, but the tenant You remember that?

A. Yes.

Q.-Supposing there is a house with three or four families living there, and the drain is choked, it would be very hard to say what tenant was responsible for the choking. How could you serve a notice on the tenant? Dont you think in those circumstances it is very much better that the notice should be served on the landlord ? It might be a man on the top floor had been peeling potatoes, and his refuse had choked the drain at the bottom, and you summon the tenant on the ground floor, because the drain is choked, and it is not his fault at all. It is the fault in this case of the man on the top floor.

A. If you will prosecute the nan on the ground floor, he will tell the man on the other floor.

Q.-It seems to me that that proposition would create a good deal of friction. If you only have one family living in or e house, then make the tenant responsible.

A.-But the landlord does not live in it, and he does not put the things in the drain.

Q.-No, but if he has three or four tenants-I dont see that your proposal to make the tenants responsible would work if there were three or four families living in a house. In most Chinese houses, you have 3 to 4 families in one house, and the landlord should take the charge out of the tenant.

A.—It is very hard on the landlord, if he does not live in the house.

Q.-Quite so, but you must hold the landlord responsible.-Alright, that is a point to be considered. Is there anything more you want to tell us, Mr. Ho?

A.—And I would say that whitewashing once a year would be sufficient, and as to the washing of houses, the washing now takes place once a year, but the best thing would be to have it twice a year.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Do you know that the houses are now being washed once a month?

A.-I didn't know that. That is still better.

Q. People would not have any objection to that ?

A.-There is no necessity for doing it so often. The cleaner people and those who have money would do it every morning.

Q.-The cleaner people would always get exemption. You know that?

A. Yes.

The Chairman.-Dont you think that common lodging houses and places of that sort ought to be whitewashed twice a year?

A. Yes, it would be well where many people are living, but it is very difficult to make a distinction.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-You said that has nothing to do with plague ?

A.-It has nothing to do with the plague.-Then as to concreting. A number of houses have had concrete put down by the Government. Then after it was done, the In- spectors passed it certainly. Then a year or two afterwards, another Inspector would come, who had not had charge of that District, and he would say the concrete was not done properly, and require it to be done again. It is very troublesome. The owner of the

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property has to spend about $50 to $60 concreting one house, and the tenant has to move: everything out into the street, and it takes about 8 to 10 days to finish the work. Then I beg the Government to alter these regulations about that; if once done, then not required to be done again.

The Chairman.--You think if the work is once passed, a certificate ought to be granted which would exempt the landlord for a certain period?

A. Yes.

Q.-So long as the concrete is not broken?

A. Yes.

The Chairman.--That I think we agree with, Mr. Ho. Well I am very much obliged to you for coming, and for the expression of your views.

29.-LI YAU CHUN, declared and cautioned :-

The Chairman.-What is your full name, please?

A.-Li Yau Chun.

Q. And what is your business?

A.-Pawnbrokers business.

Q. And the name of your firm?

A. Kei Shang.

-And the address ?

A.-185 Queen's Road Central.

Q.-Well, Mr. Li, I understand you can give us a good deal of information with regard to the Chinese view of the working of this Ordinance, and of course we would be very glad indeed to hear anything you have to say on the subject. If you wish to make a statement, we will be very glad to hear it, otherwise we shall ask you questions.

A.-Then, can I make a statement ?

Q.-Perhaps you had better.

The Interpreter.-He says he is a bit afraid, if he says anything about the bad points of this law, that it may be considered that he is vilifying the Sanitary Board.

Q.-Not at all, Mr. Li. We are not to vilify the Sanitary Board or Sanitary Department. The Governor has told us to come and hold this Enquiry, with a view to finding out what improvements can be made in the working of the Building Ordinance, and we want Chinese gentlemen to come forward and hear what they say, to give us honestly their views, or the views as you understand of your friends,-of the working of this Ordinance, where it is hard on the Chinese, and where it may be amended.

You see,

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Mr. Li, unless gentlemen of your standing come and tell us what their views of the Ordinance are, how can we possibly report to the Governor, and get your suggestion? We want you to come and tell us where the law presses hardly upon the Chinese, then we can report to the Governor, and he can consider how he can meet your views, and how we can modify the Ordinance and help you.

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Mr. Shelton Hooper.-I think you might tell him, Mr. Ball, that we, as mission, are only the mouthpieces of the Governor, and that any questions that are put to him are as if they were put by the Governor direct, and his answers go to the Governor.

A.-I will say what I know myself,-what I have seen myself.

The Chairman.-Please do. That is what we want to hear.

119.—A.—I will first speak about the small matters. One subject is the limewashing. I see that the limewashing twice in the year is the cause of the expenditure of the people's

money.

Fung Wa Chun.-Ask him to say that again, Mr. Ball.

A. Although it looks as if it were but a small matter, it is the cause of the expendi- ture of the people's money, and burdens the people.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Tell him not to use the book language so much.

A.-(continued). It wastes the people's money, and is a burden to them. Although it is only twice a year, it really results in not only being done twice, because some who go to the Inspector and get him to look at it, say he says it is not proper, and it must be done again. Shops in Hongkong which pay a rental of $1,000, for them it is really a very unimportant matter to spend $8 or $9 upon limewashing, but those in Sai Ying Pun, such as in Third Street and High Strees, when they are limewashed, it causes expenditure of the whole month's rent. Then, as to the other side of the harbour, Sham Sui Po and Yaumati, it is heavier still.

The Chairman.-It is heavier still?

A. Yes.

Q.-In what

way ?

A.-It is more difficult. I will tell you how it is. Because the rental over there is not so much, and besides after the whitewashing, the Inspector requires two or three weeks, -at the very quickest two weeks,- before it is looked at, and then it is mostly poor people that live over there, one family in a floor, or several lots of people.

-Does he mean bachelors or individuals ?

120-A. Either a family or a mess. It is three days after the limewashing takes place before a report is made that the place has been limewashed, and then three weeks or a part of three weeks elapses before it is looked at. There is 24 days gone, and then places near the kitchen have become again darkened or blackened, and then when the Inspector comes to look at it, he says it is not proper and has to be done again, and then again, when it is washed again, he does not come and look at it immediately, but it will be another 8 or 10 days, or more than 20 days before the Inspector comes to see it again.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.- Before what?

A. Before the Inspector comes to see it again, and where it has been blackened, it will require to be limewashed over again. Then it presses most heavily upon the brick and tile shops, and upon the porcelain shops, because when the limewashing takes place, they have got to move everything away, and before the Inspector comes to look at it, they don't dare to move the things in again, so it is a great obstruction to the place.

Q.-Is he a large landowner on the Kowloon side ?

A.-I am attending to some 59 shops over there. I have some myself, and my friends have some.

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-Shops or houses, does he mean?

The Interpreter. He means the whole building.

Mr. Shelton Hooper. And how many houses on this side?

A. Four on this side.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Your own ?

A. Yes, places in which I have a share.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-That he manages ? I would rather put it that way, as far as limewashing is concerned.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-How many houses are you looking after on this side?

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-We are talking about property.

A. Four on this side.

Q-He owns four?

A. Yes, and several I attend to for other people.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-About how many?

A.-I attend to four for nyself, and five for my friends.

Q-Has he any in Wanchai?

A. Yes.

Q. And does he find any greater hardship in one part of the town, or in Kowloon, or in Wanchai,-greater than in another?

A.-Well, the most difficult is over on the other side,--Yaumati and Hunghom.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Why?

A.--Well, for one thing the rents are low, and the Inspectors, when they go to look at the limewashing, they go late.

Q. Do you mean to say that the Inspectors inspect the houses more promptly in the City of Victoria, than at Yaumati or Hunghom?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper. --How much do you pay for limewashing per floor?

A.-$1.10 per floor.

Q. And is that the same over in Kowloon, as it is over on this side?

A. It is only $1 here.

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Q.-S1 in Hongkong $1.10 in Kowloon?

A.--Yes.

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Q. And does he employ the same contractor to do both sides?

A. Sometimes, sometimes not.

The Chairman.-Why should it be more expensive in Kowloon, than here?

A.-Well, it ought to be cheaper on that side, because the people consider it difficult to do it here. They have got to do it over again, there.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Do you mean to say that the Inspector on that side is more particular than the Inspector on this side?

A. It is more difficult for him to be pleased with it.

Q. Do you know who the Inspector is who passes the work on the Kowloon side?

A. I dont know the Inspector.

The Chairman.-Who has told you all this?

A. The limewashers, the builders, and my rent collectors have told me.

Q-Have they ever suggested at any time that it has been hinted to them, either on this side or on the other side, that the work would be passed more promptly if they made a present to the Inspector, or his interpreter or his foki?

A. I have not been told that. They would not tell me.

Q.-So far as you yourself are concerned, you have no knowledge of bribery or corruption, or any question of that kind coming in to it?

A-No, I do not know. Well, I say this is not proper, and sometimes I suspect the Inspector. Why? Because the limewashers have told me something. They tell me some, without going to see it, have said that the limewashing is not proper, and some, without needing to see it, say it is proper.

Q. Is that on this side, or both sides?

A. On that side.

Q. And so you think there is a question of payment, but you have no knowledge of it yourself?

A-I am afraid there is something.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Now, when you send in that notice that the work is com- pleted,--that three days notice you referred to just now,--and you get an answer back from the Sanitary Board pointing out that it is not properly done, dont they state in what particulars the work is not properly done, which part of the floor and ceiling and so on ?

A.-Well, the reason that the price is dearer on that side than this, when it really ought to be the other way about, is that we do not dare to give the work to those who would do it cheaply.

Q. Why?

A.-The limewashers wish to be paid when the work is done, and if it is not done properly, then the limewasher wont trouble about it.

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Q.-But that is not an answer to my question. When the Sanitary Board informs you that the work has not been properly done, dont they specify in what particulars the work is not properly done?

A. They only tell the limewasher..

Q-Don't you send in a written notice within three days that you have limewashed -a notice in writing?

A. Yes certainly. Well, I dont take it in myself, but I hand the matter over to the limewasher to take it in.

Q. Who gives notice to the Sanitary Board,-do you or does the limewasher?

A. The one who takes the contract for the limewashing,-the master.

Q. And then supposing that work is not properly done, who gets the notice from the Sanitary Board? Do you, or does the limewasher?

A.-The limewasher.

Q.-But as the owner of the property, aren't you bound to give notice?

A. It is not I that writes it. It is altogether handed over to the limewashers, for them to do the thing properly.

Q.--And therefore you are going by what the limewashers tell you that he has done it properly, and that the Inspector says it is not done properly? But you have never seen a

notice to that effect?

A.-I tell the rent collector to go and look at it.

Q.-Does he mean after the limewashing has been done?

It is

A. It is the rent collector that attends to the bargain money paid out by me. left to the discretion of the rent collector, as to whether he goes afterwards to see whether it is properly limewashed or not.

Q.-Have you ever been summoned for not doing it properly?

A.-No.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Is there not a man named Sing Hop on the other side, who can always do the work to the satisfaction of the Inspector there?

A. Well, I handed it over to him, and there was one occasion, there was a porcelain shop, where there was a good deal of trouble about it. They said they had moved out all their things, and they did not dare to move them back again.

Q.- -Was that place limewashed by Sing Hop?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.—And was that a cause of the trouble, because he did it?

A. The tenant came and told my rent collector, and my rent collector told me, that the tenant complained that the Inspector wished the things moved out, the bricks and so on.

Q. When, after it was limewashed ?

A.-No, moved away to be limewashed.

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Q.-Well, is that not natural that you must clear out the things in order to limewash the walls?

A.-There is this difficulty. The Inspector does not come to look at it, immediately the limewashing is done.

Q.-The point I want to know is this: They move out all the things in the first place to limewash the floor?

A. Yes.

-He doesn't object to that?

A. He does not.

Q.-Then they put the goods back in to the shop?

A. They dont dare to.

-Half a minute. They dont dare to? Then how many days is it before the In-

spector comes to inspect?

A.-Well, I did not follow that up.

Q. Well, was it three days or a month?

A.-Well, I did not follow that

up.

Q.-Well, where was the cause of complaint?

A.-He complained that the things were all moved out, and left no space to walk.

Q.-Walk where?

A. The things are moved into the centre of the shop. You can't take them out into the street.

Q. And they were kept in that position, he does not know how long?

A.-No.

Q-Now, supposing they had moved after completing this, and three days had elapsed, they put these things back round the walls, does he mean to say that the Inspector would have compelled him to move those things again?

A.-Well, it is hard to know what the Inspector would do about it.

Q.-Well then, why does he grumble?

A. I dont know about that.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-But you have just told us that the Inspector would not come to inspect the limewashing until three or four days after it was done.

A. Yes.

Q.-Well, he must have the bricks moved out, in order to see whether the walls have been properly done or not.

A. Yes, then that is a waste of time.

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Q.-Well then, it has been done?

A. Yes.

The Chairman.-I dont think it is worth while going into this question of limewash- ing, when Mr. Li says he has a good many other things he wishes to speak about. Go on, Mr. Li, and tell us something else.

A.--Well, as to concrete, I remember I had a shop built in 1900,--rather, I built 14 all in a row.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Where were those houses?

A.-In Kennedy Street.

Q.-In Wanchai?

A. No, in Yaumati. After they were finished, they were examined, and they were all right, and I got a paper, and then in 1903, they were examined again, and some were said to be right, and others not.

Q.-He is speaking of the floors?

A. Yes.

Q.-Were these floors covered with tiles over the concrete ?

A. Yes.

Q. And in 1903, did they tell you to take up and reconcrete the whole floors, or did they tell you to take up and make good the broken tiles?

A.-No, it had all to be dug up and relaid.

The Chairman.-And did you get notice to that effect from the Sanitary Board?

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A.-Well, I wrote to the Sanitary Board, and said that the houses had only been finished three years, and the Sanitary Board had passed them as proper, and now I was required to reconcrete. I requested that they would examine it with me, really that it was necessary to look at it carefully.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak. —No, Mr. Ball, "to examine it carefully before they passed it."

The Interpreter. To examine it carefully, and say whether they were proper or not.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Didn't you mean to say this: I built the houses in 1900, and am now required to reconcrete in 1903, only three years after?

A. Yes.

Q. And you wrote to the Sanitary Board?

A. Yes.

Q-You wrote "I want the Sanitary Board to examine the concrete this time more carefully"?

A. Yes.

Q. As much as to say "Do not pass it, unless you are perfectly satisfied"?

A. Yes.

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Q.-Well, go on.

A.-I said I had not collected much rent on this property, and if the places had to be reconcreted, there would probably be more than half a year's rent gone on it.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-"Nearly a half year?

A. Yes, nearly a half

year.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.--And what did the Sanitary Board say in answer to your application?

A.-They did not answer me at first,-no answer I got.

-Did you do anything to those floors, then?

A.-I did, I reconcreted.

The Chairman.--Did you entirely reconcrete, or only repair them?

A.---Those which were said to be not right, I reconcreted completely.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.--Have you been troubled again ?

Mr. Shelton Hooper. the Sanitary Board at all?

But in answer to that, did you ever hear anything more from Did they inspect those houses when they were reconcreted ?

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-After it was completed, after the work was done?

A.-I dont know.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Ther you have never received any communication from the Sanitary Board, but that one in which they called upon you to reconcrete, and you asked them to come and inspect it with you? They did not inspect it with you, and they have never replied to that communication up to to-day?

A.-I did not write. I asked them to go with me and see it. I wrote and said we will do what you like.

A.-He said he wrote and asked them to go with him and inspect them.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-No, he did not ask them to go with him. He said "I obey your order to concrete. Please do not pass them unless you are perfectly satisfied with the

work." That is what he said.

The Chairman.-Yes, he was not quite clear.

A.-I have received no answer.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Have you ever had any trouble again, on account of those houses?

A.-No, I reconcreted them.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Is that all about reconcreting?

A.--There is also shops which I have rented from others, and they have also to be reconcreted. This is in the beginning of this year-I am speaking about now. They came

to examine.

Q.-In which locality are those shops ?

A.-There is one at Yauraati.

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Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-In what street?

A. Station Street South. An examination was made, and a space of four square feet was dug up.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-In the middle of the shop?

A. In the middle of the shop, and after I dug it up, it was a whole month before they came and told me to reconcrete.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Who dug it up,-did you or did they?

A.-They dug it up.

Q.-And did they serve you with a notice directly they dug it up, or did they serve you with a notice afterwards that they had done it?

A.-A paper was sent saying an examination would be made, and then the place was dug up, and it was a whole month-more than a month,-before I was told I had to reconcrete it.

The Chairinan.-Who dug it up,-was there a European Inspector there or somebody?

A. Yes, there was a European.

-Did you see him, or were you told about it, or what?

A. No, I was not there.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Have you got those two notices in your possession to-day,—the one saying they were to open that up for examination, and the one calling upon you to

reconcrete ?

A.-I handed them over to the owner of the property.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Can you get them?

A. I will see if I can get them.

The Chairman.--Well, Mr. Li, if you can get those papers, I would be very glad if you would send them to me.

A.-Well, that is a great obstruction.

The Chairman.--Quite, but unless you

have got

the

papers-

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-We want the proof of that. Now what business was carried on in that shop?

A.—A pawn shop.

The Chairman.-Was there any particular reason why the floor in a pawn shop should be damaged? There would not be very hard work on the floor, I should think.

A.-Well, it was very inconvenient for us; just in the centre of the floor, for us going out and in.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Was the floor broken, as far as you saw it yourself-the surface of it, even before they dug it up?

A.No, it was not broken.

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Q.-Was it perfectly smooth?

A.-Level.

Q. What was it covered with,--plain cement, or Canton tiles?

A.-Well, it used to be those tiles, but it is now laid with cement.

Q.—No, at the time they dug it up ?

A. Yes, it was tiles.

Q.-Were any of those tiles worn out?

A.-It was not three years since they had been laid.

Q.-But had they not worn, if they were in the centre of the pawnshop, where people walked in. Had they not worn very much?

A.-No, no.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-They were good tiles?

A.--Good tiles.

Q.-And the shop belongs to you,--the business belongs to you?

A.--Yes.

The Chairman.-It was your own shop, Mr. Li ?

A.-My own business, but I didn't own the shop.

Q.-The business was your own business?

A. Yes, I laid down the tiles.

Q.-Had you a foki in charge of the shop at the time?

A. Yes.

Q. Can you give us the name of the man who can tell us about the opening of that floor, if we want to see him?

A.-Well, I have several fokis. I will see who was there at the time, and tell him to come up.

Q.-Well, who was in charge of the business,-who was your manager?

A. Well, I am the manager, and constantly go and inspect it.

Q.-But I mean to say, have you not a chief clerk or assistant, in charge of your business?

A--Yes, an accountant. I have got many people there.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Give us the names of the people over there, who saw the thing?

A.-I must go and see.

The Chairman.-Well, if we want to know that, we will send for yon later on.

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Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Have you anything more about concrete ?

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-No, one minute. You say you laid the tiles yourself?

A. Yes.

Q.-You bought the tiles yourself?

A. Yes, I did.

Q. What is the name of those tiles?

A.-I did not buy any poor material. They were what are called superior one and a half inch tiles.

Q. What is the name, do you know the name of the place where you bought those tiles?

A. I dont remember now which shop it was. They did not say that the tiles were broken, they wanted to examine the concrete. The concrete had to be relaid.

The Chairman.-They wanted to see if there was any damage underneath the tiles, is that what you mean?

A. Yes.

Q.-So they made a hole four feet square in the middle of your floor, and did not fill it up again for a month?

A -More than a month. More than a month afterwards, the paper came saying it was to be relaid,-reconcreted.

Q. When they made that hole, two feet or three feet square, whatever it is, in your floor, did they take the whole piece out like this? (indicating) or did they lift it out like that, (indicating), and leave the inner piece?

A.-Well, they did not take it out, but they took it up and put it in again.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-It must have been taken out, in order to have been put in again.

The Chairman.-Did they lift it up like that, and put it back ?

A. They turned it over, and looked, and then put it down again.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Now, when they took out that, did it all crumble to pieces, or did they put it back as a block?

A.-Well, a whole lump.

-It did not become disintegrated ?

The Chairman.-It did not break? They dug a piece out like this, and they turned

it over like that, and they put it back again, and it did not break?

A. It was like what we Chinese would call one of those big frying pans.

Q. And they told you a month later, it was all right?

A.—No, a month later they told me to reconcrete it,—more than a month after.

Q.-And did you have to reconcrete the whole of that floor?

A. Yes, the whole shop.

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Q.-The whole thing had to be dug up and taken away, and a new floor entirely put in ?

A. Yes.

Q-Alright now, Mr. Li, I want you to make a list of all your fokis over there, and you send the list to Mr. Chapman, or Mr. Lau, or Mr. Fung, as I want to see your fokis and ask them some questions.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-About how much did that cost you to reconcrete it?

A.-The landlord paid it. I dont know whether it was not $15 a tseng.

The Chairman.-What is a tseng?

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Ten feet square.

A.-The floor was 50 feet in depth approximately, and 15 feet in breadth.

The Chairman. That is about $75 a floor roughly? It is three tseng roughly.

A.-I wished to get it done rapidly, as it was hindering me in business, so I gave $5 to the workmen to get them to hurry up. Even then, I could not get it done quickly. How was it done? Well, the Inspector had to come and see how deep it was. Our business was obstructed by having to wait until the Inspector came. Then afterwards we were able to reconcrete it,-relay it.

Q.-Was it always the same Inspector, or was it two or three men who came?

A-Only one for that shop. I did not see the Inspector.

Q.-Alright, we will see the foki about that. Have you got anything else to tell us?

A.-Well, we business people are willing if things are proper to spend more money, but when the thing is done. then there is no plague. Well, I would be quite satisfied in my mind to spend $1,000, if people could go there and live. Well, one is not satisfied. I om not satisfied when the money is spent, and there is no good result from it. One sees no good resulting from it. It is very good indeed that you gentlemen are so clearly investigating this matter for the Government. Well, as it was mentioned to me just now about any presents being given to those people, I am afraid after the investigation is over, that those Inspectors who have been taking bribes, and do not dare to do so now, they are now not only doing their work very well indeed, but even doing better than they were. So that now the property owners, it is not harder for them now, and business people, hindering them in their time. And the best thing would be when the Government knows the difficulties of the people, not to trouble whether the people who carry out the law are good or not, but to alter the law itself, so that it will not be so hard for the people. I have got one other thing to mention.

The Chairman.-Wait a minute, Mr. Li, before you go on to something else. What I want to know is: You say about the Chief Inspectors doing their work very well. Do you mean to say that before the Commission began sitting, they did not do their work so well-that they were not so strict. Is that what you mean?

The Interpreter. He is speaking about the taking of bribes before.

The Chairman.-What is his reply?

The Interpreter.-That before they used to take bribes.

The Chairman.-And allowed the work to be done bally, is that what you mean?

A.-Yes.

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Q. And now they won't take bribes, but they strictly enforce the law?

A.—Yes, not only do they go according to the law, but they go in addition to it,

Q.-Well, they are very strict?

A. Yes.

Q. And the consequence is that because they are so very strict now, it is a very great hardship for business people, and it costs them more money than if the law were the same, and bribes were given to the officials? Is that what I understand you to say?

A.-It is a little harder now.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Does he go so far as to say that the officers exceed their duty

now ?

A. If you do it properly, that won't satisfy them.

Q.-Not now? ·

A.-No.

-Therefore they exceed their duty now, by complaining when work has been done

properly?

A.-Well, I am afraid they do that.

Q.-Now, did that not take place before this Commission sat, in this very case of this floor?

A.-I am not speaking of the present time. I am speaking of what I am afraid will result.

Q. He has not seen any of those results yet?

A.-No.

The Chairman. But you are afraid that the Commission sitting will put a stop to bribery, and therefore that the Inspectors will be very strict because they are not making money for themselves. Is that what you mean? That is a very serious charge against the Inspectors.

A. Yes, and that they will come and trouble us besides.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-When you say trouble you, do you mean to say they will caltl upon you to do things you are not legally called upon to do?

A.--Well, if a thing is done properly, they will say that it is not done properly.

Q. And therefore that they will exceed their duty in order to make it uncomfortable for the Chinese ?

A. Yes.

presume

The Chairman-Now, Mr. Li, of course you say you are afraid of that. I that a man of your age and position would not make that statement unless you though you had some grounds for doing it.

A.-Well, that is what I am afraid of.

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Q.-Alright now, what I want to know is, what is your experience of those Sanitary Inspectors, to make you fear that those men would act in such a way. Do you know that they have been receiving bribes wholesale, and secondly not been seeing that the regulations- of the law have been enforced in the past?

A.-Well, this is what I have seen. I will mention one instance of what I have seen with my own eyes,-some conduct of his that was not good. I was at Yaumati,-

Q.-You talk of whom?

A.-Of an Inspector. I was there.

I was there. At five o'clock I came back in a steam launch, I was sitting at the bow of the thing, when they collected the fares. He would not give his fare. He would not give any money, and the steersman said to the money collector "Get it from him, you need not be afraid." He was unwilling to give it, I do not under- stand English, but he was very fierce. Then, when the man insisted on getting the fare from him, he held out a $10 note. He did not give it to him, but held it in his hand. When the collector went up to get it from him, the steersman said to him "Go and take it from him, and give him change," and when he went up to get it from him, the pompan put it away again, and when we go near the landing he had not paid. Then we left the boat, and everybody had got off slowly from the launch. He did not want me to go up.

I went

off the launch first. He wanted to arrest the steersman on the launch.

Q. When did this happen?

A.-Several years ago, three or four years ago, it was.

Q-On the Ferry Boat?

A. Yes. I was very much dissatisfied with seeing this, and I stood at the wharf, and I said this is very much against right principles, to the man at the wharf. If he arrests him, I am willing to go as a witness. He did not arrest him, and he left and went away.

-Did he pay his fare?

A.-No. He was even able to act like that, but it is not that other Inspectors are like that.

Q-You would not presumably because you saw one man misbehave himself on one occasion,-that would not justify you in passing such a sweeping condemnation on other Inspectors?

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-He has seen some more, you did not wait.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-What you have just said,-

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-No, no, you did not like to apply that to all the Inspectors?

A. Yes, because I saw one like that, it does not follow that everyone is the same. thought that the character of the Inspectors was pretty good formerly, but I did not think that they would be so low as that, that a man would be so low as to be a rogue like that.

The Chairman. Have you got anything more to say, Mr. Li?

A.-I wish to get some information on this point: Why is it the Government, when a shop is built, requires 15 feet space behind? Is the law that if it is 15 feet at the back, it need not be open?

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-I am afraid I must refer you to your Architect or your legal adviser. law. Do you think that is a hardship? Dont ask us what the law is, but the law is hard, tell us so.

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A. Yes, that is a hardship. I dont say the law is a hardship, but I will tell you what I mean. There is a space of 15 feet, then you dont need to have it open to the sky. If the lane at the back though is a Government lane, then you have to have it opened up, but how is it that the Government might cannot be borrowed for the people? What damage could they do to it?

The Chairman. We are very glad indeed to have your views on the subject.

A.-There is no damage done by it.

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-You dont see why the people should not have the benefit of the Government air?

A. Yes.

Q.-Alright, we are very glad to have that.

Mr. Humphreys.-I should like to ask him to see whether that particular section of the Ordinance has cost him a large sum of money?

A. Yes.

Q. How much?

The Interpreter.-He has got something more to say about this.

A.-I dont want you to take what I lost, but I want you to take what the public lost.

The Chairman. That is quite right, Mr. Li.

Mr. Humphreys. He can only speak as to facts.

He can only speak for himself.

A. There was a piece of land that I was agent for a friend about it. It is 100 feet square. It is at Yaumati, and this side is in Temple Street. That side (indicating) is a hillside. But on the Government lane, there is a land of 50 feet, but they have not laid it out yet.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.When he says "laid out" he means they have not surfaced the road?

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-When he bought it, there was a hill there, and according to the conditions, the road will be cut.

A. Now it is being dug out. What I am to tell you, is what happened several years ago, before it was cut down. The plan of erection was six shops on this plot of ground facing the street. Then a lane was made at the back, 50 feet wide.. Well, the shops ought to have been made facing the hill. The Government take down the ground, but the Government did not take it down, so the shops had to face the same way as the others. I had six of those shops, but there were 30 altogether in the street. Then the Sanitary Board required that open spaces should be made, open to the sky. I replied, I argued with the Sanitary Board. I wrote to them. I said that we really should not be required to have open spaces, open to the sky, if the Government would dig away the road. Then the chief entrance would be towards the hill side. I was unwilling to make those open spaces. I got no answer. But the 30 shops all did that, and so it was an injury to the people.

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Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Who was your architect?

A.-I had no architect. I bought the old shops.

Q.—But you say you wanted to build shops, facing that way, and therefore it was land?

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-You said it was vacant ground when you bought this.

A.-There had been shops on it, but the shops originally should have been facing the hill side.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-But where was the grievance to you ? Did you buy the land, or did you buy it after it was built on with the shops ?

A.-No, I did not build the shops.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-What you mean to say is that when the landowner built on that plot, he should have had a 50 feet road along the hill?

A. Yes, and the shops should have faced that way.

Q-There was a plan for that road?

A. Yes.

Q. And the Government have not made that road?

A.-No.

Q. And called upon you to have open spaces in the houses?

A. Yes.

Q-Because you wrote to the Sanitary Board that you are not required to do so?

A. That I should not be required to do so.

Q-And the other people did not know to write to the Sanitary Board, and they had . to do it?

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-How do you know that the Government sold it, undertaking to cut that 50 feet road at the back?

A.--I know about it, because the Government lost in a case which a landlord of one of those houses had against the Government. The case was that a boulder had come down, and broken up one of the shops.

Q.-Then if you know that as a fact, why did you not call upon the Government, and not the Sanitary Board, to make that road?

A. I did know, and said if the road was made, I would not need to make those open spaces.

Q.-And you wrote that to the Sanitary Board, and you never had any reply to that, do you say?

A. Yes.

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-What date did you write?

A. This matter is about three years ago.

Mr. Humphreys.-What I want to know is how much it cost him?

The Chairman.--He thinks he has got a grievance, but I have not arrived at what the grivance is.

lost.

Mr. Humphreys.-Will ask him again?

you

A.-I do not mind the loss, but what I feel is the amount of money the people have

It is a difficult matter to make up an account of it.

Q.-I dont want the odd cents,-how many hundreds, or how many thousands roughly?

A.-Several thousands of dollars.

The Chairman.-Several hundreds of dollars a house?

A. Yes.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Since the new Ordinance was passed, he has sustained several thousands of dollars loss.

A.-You can't reckon up accounts. Supposing now the Sanitary Board does not allow you to partition off so many cubicles, there is a less amount of rent than you would other- wise get.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Now, with regard to cubicles, have your rents decreased in your property, since the new law regarding cubicles has been passed?

A. Yes.

Q.-Now, just give us one house, and tell us what rent you had before this new law was

passed.

A.-Well, besides that, the property was not worth ten years ago or so, what it is worth now.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-That is not the question.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-I dont want ten years ago.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Give us an instance where you have lost rent, say one of your houses, how much rent you used to get in 1902 or 1903, and now how much rent you get to compare. You said you had lost rent..

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-I will explain it to him in Chinese.

The Chairman.-You had better say it in Chinese, Mr. Lau.

A.-It is hard to reckon that up,--that cost.

Q-Give us a rough idea.

A.-70 to 80 per cent. what it used to be.

The Interpreter.-He first says 70, then 80 per cent.

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Mr. Shelton Hooper.-The loss is therefore about 20 per cent. ?

A. We will say 20.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-That means in 1904, you used to get $10 a floor you are only getting $7 or $8?

say,

and now

A. Yes.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Now, do you think that that reduction is on account of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance having been passed?

A.-I suspect it is that.

The Chairman.-Why, because you have had to give up your cubicles, or what?

A. Yes.

Q-Principally because you have had to abolish cubicles?

A.-Mostly that. Well, the Sanitary Board does this for the sanitation, but then when people are not able to have these cubicles, then it is difficult for them to be sanitary.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Why?

A.-With poor people, there are several people living on a floor. Well, if they wish to wash their bodies, it is easier for them to do so if they have cubicles. It is more difficult for them if they have no cubicles, for they have no bathroom.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-And therefore they dont wash themselves, and keep themselves so clean as they used to?

A.-Well, it is more difficult to wash yourself, if you have not got a cubicle.

Q-And the consequence is that the people of Hongkong are not so clean to-day as they were before? I am speaking of the lower class, of course.

A.-Well, if there are no cubicles partitioned off, then it is so.

The Chairman.Is there anything else you wish to speak about?

A.-Well, there seems a great many things to me that are hardships, but perhaps you are thinking I am saying too much.

Q-Roughly, Mr. Li, you might give us just the outline.

The Interpreter.-He says he wants to say more about the cubicles.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Well, let him say it.

The Chairman.-Well, about the cubicles, Mr. Li?

A.-I wish you to understand that what I am saying is not for any benefit for myself. It is for the people.

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Q-Quite so, and that is why we are sitting here. We want to find out what the people's view is.

A.-Well, I wish also for the Governor to understand that there is a difference between Chinese and Western people. This is about the open space. Well, some of us Southern people in the Chinese Empire are not the same. We here wish to have more ventilation,- more wind about. Well, most Chinese are afraid to have too much wind about the place. If they wish to be compassionate,—if they dont wish to be compassionate that is another thing, the Government should not insist upon having those open spaces,-not to have so many of them. Now, in Chinese houses, it is very seldom that light comes into the cubicles. There is a difference also in the ventilation that is required by the Chinese and Westerns, and the eating and dwelling place is also different, and so, if the Government would make a distinction and be compassionate to the people. Then, as to the rat catchers, they go and trouble people, and there is no use in it. They go and give the bird lime for catching rats. They try to squeeze the people, and I will tell you one instance. They put some of the bird lime below a money changers staff, and so. the people put their feet there, and they stepped on it, and they were told not to put it there, because the feet were constantly coming in that place. "You must not touch it" said the man. "If you do, it won't be well for you." Then Hong Hop Lau went to the Branch Office, and saw the master at the Branch Office of the Sanitary Board, and then the Inspector said "No, I did not send any man there with it," and the Inspector told the foreman to go and take it back again, and some one came to take it away. It was not only there, but it was also placed at the ranges for cooking rice, and it appears to me that even a coolie coming from the Sanitary Board can act in such a bad way. Then these rat catchers are so bad, it should not be; and also the drains, it is not convenient about the drains. It used to be the case in Hongkong that the main drains, if there was any water at all, it all flowed away freely. I had a godown. On the other shops, it is easy for the rain to run away, but this godown is a big place, and the pipes were small, and when the rain water flowed down, they were filled, and the water came up again, and the goods were wet.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-You mean they were flooded ?

The Chairman. The water did not run away quick enough?

A.-It came up again from the drains?

Q. Do you inean the trap

A.-It is not a trap.

It is the grating over the trap, and there are a great many mosquitos to every drain, and then that is not good. That is the finish.

The Chairman.-Well, the mosquitos you say, come out of the traps of the drains?

A.-Well, the water does not flow away from the drains, and the mosquitos are there.

Q.-Give Mr. Lau or Mr. Fung a list of your fokis over at that pawnshop in Yaumati.

I would like to look into that question of the concreting of the floor.

A. Yes.

119. KU FAI SHAN, declared and cautioned :--

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-What does the limewashing cost?

A.-Well, whitewashing used to cost a little over a dollar for a floor.

Q. How long ago?

A.-The year before last. And last year it was $1.20 and $1.30.

Q.-For each floor?

A. Yes.

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Q.-And what does it cost nɔw ?

A.-Now they want several tens of cents more for each floor.

Q.-Why do they want more?

A.-$1.60 or $1.70 or $1.80. They limewash and they ask the Inspector to come and look at it, and he doesn't come at once, or he may come at once, and then the people have not gone away yet. But if they wait until the men have gone away, it has to be done over. If it is not proper, it has to be done over again.

The Chairman.-Do you mean to say that the Inspectors are stricter than they were, in consequence of which, you have to get your limewashing done properly?

A.-Yes. Well, you can't complain about them being strict, because you must have the place clean, but if you do liraewash, and you ask them to look at it, if they would come at once before the people move away their things.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-What you mean is that the Inspector should come and look at it at once, instead of a week or so after it is done?

A. Yes.

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167 and 168.-FRANK ALLEN, sworn :-

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Do you give those men any detailed instructions as to what they should do in people's houses?

A. Yes, and those last 18 months especially, I have had no less than four sets of rat cratches.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-What are those instructions to the men, tell us?

A-My instructions are that when they go into a house, they first ask premission for a trap to be set in the house. If they object, say nothing, but report the matter to me, but if they allow you to go in, always put the rat trap, or bird lime board, in such a place that it is not an obstruction to the people whatever.

Q.-Exactly. Suppose people object to have rat traps in their houses, and it were reported to you, what steps do you say you would take ?

A.—I would draw the attention of the Medical Officer of Health to the matter, and ask what am I to do.

Q-Have you ever had any cases like that?

A.-No.

Q.- -Suppose you had case like that. Suppose your coolie wanted to put a trap in a man's house, and the man objected to have it there, what would you do ?

A. You could not enforce it.

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Q.-You know that that is the law?

A.-There is no such law. I could not enforce it. I would ask the Medical Officer of Health's instructions how to act, but I dont think it could be enforced.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Have you ever heard of your coolie threatening to prosecute people, because they would not allow them to put traps where they liked?

A.-Yes, and they were reported and dismissed. I think I had one 18 months or a year ago.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-And the man was dismissed ?

A.-Immediately. I had two.

The Chairman.-Was he re-employed, do you know?

A-That I could not say, Sir.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Who engages those coolies? A.-Mostly me, concerning my own staff.

The Chairman.-Do you mean to say that the Plague Inspectors as a rule select their own men, including the rat catching coolies?

A. They select their own men.

Q. And who brings them to you?

A. I generally get the Chinese foreman to do that, and if the coolie did not suit me, he could bring another, and I have got two men now dismissed for dishonesty. I could not trust them. I saw one man put his hands into a coat pocket hanging on the wall. There was nothing in it. And another deliberately broke a bottle of port wine in a Chinese brothel, and I told the Medical Officer of Health that I would not be responsible. Working in brothels, you have got to be very careful, as there is jewellery and so on.

27. THE HONOURABLE MR. W. CHATHAM, recalled :-

The Chairman.-I am sorry to ask you to come again, but it is a question with regard to the last Meeting you attended.

Mr. Humphreys.-At that Meeting, Mr. Chatham, I was asking you some questions in regard to section 175 of the Ordinance, and I put a case to you, a suppositious case, still, at the same time a case that may happen any day almost, and you are reported by the reporter as having given no answer. Now, my impression was that at first you gave no answer, and then subsequently on being pressed, you said "It might amount to that Now, I will quote to you exactly what the question was. (Question quoted from evidence.) You are reported here as having given no answer. My impression is that you hesitated

little, and said "It might amount to that ".

A.-I cannot recollect.

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The Chairman. As a matter of fact I think, Mr. Chatham, you did make that answer. Mr. Humphreys did speak to me about it, and I think the best way would be for Mr. Humphreys to repeat the question now, and ask you what you think you did say.

Mr. Humphreys repeats question.

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A. On the face of the case stated, the effect would be that the man had lost his $20,000.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-If these figures are correct.

A. Yes.

Mr. Humphreys.-He had lost his $20,000 directly following Government legislation?

A. Yes.

The Chairman.--As a consequence of the legislation, he loses what is practically his margin, looking at the purchase from a banking point of view. He loses a fifth of the value of his property, doesn't he?

A.There is this of course that the man might, in the first instance, in laying out the property have laid it out in a more sanitary manner. If it were not considered to be insanitary, this sacrifice of space would not be required from him.

Mr. Humphreys.-But that would apply to the original owner. to the man who bought the property.

A. That is so.

It would not apply

Q.-And of course I suppose you admit that it is a perfectly legal and lawful trans- action for a man to buy property and borrow ths of the money on mortgage?

A.-Oh yes.

Q.-Therefore if it is a lawful act and, through the direct action of the Government he loses all he has put into that property it must amount to confiscation?

A.-I presume you might designate it so.

The Chairman.-Any way the case, you must admit Mr. Chatham, I think, is one that might easily arise?

A.-It might arise. I can't of course pretend to vouch for the accuracy of the figures.

Q.-It might arise. We will suppose conditions as they existed at the beginning of 1903, and as they existed after the passing of the present Ordinance, after a very drastic change was made in the sanitary condition of the property, that the owner might, under such conditions which appear to be perfectly possible, he might lose one fifth of the value of his property.

82.-Witness-There is just one matter Mr. Chairman before I go, and that is: In stating what additional staff, I thought would be necessary, if the whole of the duties now performed by the Secretary of the Sanitary Board and the Inspectors were performed by the Public Works Department-

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-By the Building Authority.

Witness: By the Building Authority, the staff I gave referred only to the outdoor portion of the work. It would be necessary to augment the office staff by probably the addition of one clerk and one assistant engineer.

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Mr. Shelton Hooper.-On that, who does the work to-day that the new assistant engineer would do? Who do you have in your mind from the Sanitary Board who does the work that the assistant engineer would do?

A. I presume that the Senior Inspectors do it, or whatever the Senior Officers are called.

Q.-The Senior Inspectors! Then, do you think that the Senior Inspectors there are qualified to do the work that an official whom you would designate as assistant engineer

would do?

A.-Some of the duties, yes, some of them probably no.

Q.-Well then, why, -the duties that they could not do, who are they being done by to-day, do you know?

A.-I cannot tell.

Mr. Shelton Hooper. That is all. I can quite understand it.

29, 47 and 50.--ARTHUR TURNER, recalled:-

Mr. Humphreys.-You have had a good deal of experience, Mr. Turner, havn't regard to the working of section 175 of the Ordinance?

A. Yes.

you, in

Q. How many thousands of dollars do you imagine that that has cost your clients ?

A. I have not been able to go into it and pick out all the figures, but there are a number of isolated cases in which no accounts have been kept. You cannot look into every little contract of that sort, but it has run into a big figure.

Q-Roughly say?

A.-Well, roughly $50,000.

Q.-Just your clients?

A. Yes, our clients only. In some cases, they are big sums-$9,000.

Q.-Could you give us two or three big items?

A. Yes. For instance, your own houses at Hung Hom. That was an item of over $9,000.

case.

The Chairman.--What was that particular property, Mr. Turner ?

A.-Market Street and Bulkley Street. 28 houses. It cost over $9,000. Another

Siemssen's, 16 houses. That cost about $3,000.

Mr. Humphreys.-Any more big ones?

A.-I dont remember any more big ones. I remember a case in which we were retained by Sassoons, but it must have cost them certainly $8,000, if not more, that was in Macgregor Street, Wanchai.

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you got any cases now, pending under this section?

A. Yes, a number.

Q. And it runs into a lot of

money?

A.-Yes, a lot of money.

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Q.-Could you name one or two?

A. Yes, those houses of yours, 1104 I think it is.

Q.-Inland Lot 1103 ?

A. Yes. There are 22 houses there.

Q.-There were finished just before the new Ordinance?

A.-There were finished just before the new Ordinance of 1903, in 1902,-in the end of 1902.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-And did you get the certificates from the Building Authority and the Sanitary Board?

· A.—Oh, we must have got them.

Mr. Humphreys.-Now this section, Mr. Turner, the one that has cost the landlords of Hongkong so much money, was in the old Ordinance of 1899, was it not?

A. In 1899, yes.

Q.-But in that Ordinance also were certain other clauses in regard to buildings here- after to be erected, which have been deleted from the present Ordinance?

A. Yes.

Q.-Well, what to your mind is the effect of these deletions?

It then

A. In 1899, in existing houses, you had to open up this space in the rear. went on to another section to say in building a new house, if it was over 40 feet in depth, you had to have an eight foot yard. Then it goes on to another section, and says that a block of owners could instead of having yards have a lane running along the back of the houses. If the houses are 40 feet deep, a lane of six feet is sufficient, and that was an inducement to owners to provide lanes instead of yards. If you built a house with a lane, the Government would accept a less space behind than if you put a yard.

Q.-That shewed at that time that the Government were more in favour of lanes than

yards?

A. Yes.

Q-And what difference does it make?

A. It cannot make the slightest difference in regard to light and air.

Q.-Then, what do you imagine the effect of that has been-the deletion of these what are called modifying clauses?

A.-When the new Ordinance of 1903 was brought in, they struck out these two sections with reference to new houses, and substituted another clause in which they said that in building a new house, yoù would have to give a certain proportion of the roof area to form a yard, and in addition, you would have to provide a scavenging lane, but at the

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same time they left in that old section as regards existing houses, and of course that old section, as regards existing houses, was intended to refer to houses existing prior to 1899, but what they have done now is not that. An existing house is prior to 1903. The thing is absurd on the face of it.

Q. It was never intended to apply to houses built between 1899 and 1903 ?

A.-How could it be intended to apply to houses built between 1899 and 1903, when between those dates they were encouraging house owners to build houses with lanes at the back, in preference to yards, and now they insist on lanes and yards.

The Chairman.-Is there not another point beyond that, Mr. Turner, that by demand- ing these yards as well as lanes, the two sections are conflicting, now that they say a kitchen must be a certain area, and they are cutting away that kitchen?

A.—That is invariably the case. They give you an order to cut away your kitchen, so as to make an open space, and at the same time, you have to apply to the Public Works Department for your reducing your kitchen below the area demanded by the Ordinance.

Q.-That is the point I want to get.

A.--The section of the Ordinance is 140.

Q.-But the fact is this: They say your building is now insanitary because you have not got a yard, and at the same time to provide that yard, you have got to make your building insanitary by not having a sufficiently large kitchen. You are between the devil and the deep sea ?·

A. Yes, you must have a kitchen of 40 square feet, unless the Public Works Depart- ment gives you a written permission that it shall be less.

Mr. Shelton Hooper. Then it really comes to this, that in order to carry out the law as required in many cases, it can only be done by asking a favour of a Government officer?

A. That is so.

The Chairman.-To have the law modified in either one direction or another, in your favour ?

A. Yes.

Mr. Humphreys. And it amounts to this too, that the Government, when it suits them, grants you an exemption and winks at what you are doing, and on the other hand, frequently refuses it if it is to cost the Government a few dollars?

A.-Oh certainly.

Q. And on the other hand, when it only costs the landlords, it doesn't matter?

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A.-Oh certainly. If it is a question of providing a scavenging lane, and the Govern- ment having to pay for it, and you have to ask the Government for permission to erect a verandah over public ground, the Government say "all right, you give us the scavenging lane for nothing, and we will let you have the verandah."

We submitted to the Public Works Department plans for the erection of 13 houses at Kowloon and at the same time sent in a claim to the Colonial Secretary for the scavenging lane shewn therein, in accordance with the provisions of section 180 (1) of Ordinance 1 of 1903, some months later after the work of building had been started and the plans could not be altered, we received a letter from the Government saying the Governor-in-Council on the recommendation of the Sanitary Board had granted an exemption from the provision of the scavenging lane and therefore there was no claim for compensation to be considered and although we strongly objected to the way our clients were being tricked out of the compensation they were entitled to it was of no avail.

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Later on plans and an application were submitted for the erection of verandahs over the public footpath to 4 of these houses. Much to our astonishment we were informed that this would not be approved unless we handed the scavenging lanes before referred to over to Government. We pointed out that Government had already informed us that scavenging lanes were not considered necessary to this class of house, the result of a long correspondence being that our clients were only allowed to erect the verandahs on giving an undertaking that these lanes should be kept open free and unobstructed as long as the verandahs remained in existence.

Q. Can you give us a case where the owner applied for an exemption?

A. The Government volun arily obtained an exemption without the owner applying for it.

--What was the idea of that?

A.-To save compensation for the opening of the lane.

The Chairman. Is this quite recently?

A.-Quite recently. In a block of houses on the opposite side of the road, they agreed to pay compensation for the lane, and when the houses were started much to our astonish- ment we received a notice saying that the Sanitary Board granted an exemption for this- lane. That is, after we had applied for compensation, and when we wrote in and said we had never asked for the exemption, and if we had, we did not suppose the Sanitary Board would have given it to us, and as we had already made arrangements for having the work stated in a certain way, we insisted on compensation. They have got the whip hand of us. But when it comes to material, I think, it is rather peculiar.

Mr. Humphreys. It just amounts to this, that the Government will do anything to save themselves a few hundred dollars ?

A. Yes.

Q.-But if it is to cost the landlord $10,000 or $20,000, it is neither here nor there, no- exemption on any account?

A.-No. I should like to mention another case. In reference to this house of Siems- sen's, they were ordered to open up half the kitchen,-Marine Lot 92, Ham Iu Street. They were ordered to open up half the kitchens, and after six months correspondence,--the houses were built under the Praya Reclamation Ordinance, -the Government stated that the 16 houses would have to be done. Some of the tenants of the 16 houses also occupied the houses on the opposite side of the lane, and they said "we don't require a kitchen in the house on the rear side. We do our cooking on the front side portion of the house " so we sent in a plan to do away with the kitchen wall, to cut it out and make it one room from back to front. That plan was approved by the Public Works Department, but the Sanitary Board took out a summons against the owner for not having obeyed the Ordin- ance by opening up half the space at the rear of the house. We pointed out that there was no space to open up "we have taken away the wall". They said "Before you took away the wall, you ought to have obeyed the order". The consequence was our clients were summoned at the Police Court, and were fined as the Magistrate said it was a technical offence. They were fined $1.

.—It must be a house whether they had a kitchen or not.

Is that the argument?

A. Before we removed that wall, we ought to have opened up to have obeyed the order first of all.

that space.

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A. The house at the present moment has not got a kitchen. Having been fined $1, they served us with another notice wanting to know why we had not complied with the previous notice. Well, I sent the correspondence up to the Colonial Secretary.

Q: What happened?

A.--And requested that the Sanitary Board should desist from persecuting our clients.

Q. And what happened after that?

A. They got an order to drop the subject.

The Chairman.-Have you got any more of these cases?

A.-Oh, I could go on relating similar cases as long as you like.

The Chairman.—Well, we dont want to take up your time unduly.

141.--TSANG YING, declared and cautioned :—

The Chairman.-Are you Tsang Ying?

A.--Yes.

Q. Of the Tsang Ying Kei Company?

A.-Contractor.

Q. What is the name of your firm?

A.-The Tsung Ying Kei.

Q.-What is your business?

A.-Putting down concrete and foundations and drains.

Q.-What is your present address ?

A.-No. 12 Shelley Street.

Q.-Your former address was No. 9 Hollywood Road, wasn't it?

A. Yes.

Q. Are you a British subject, or are you born in China

A.-Born in China.

Witness cautioned.

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Q.-(Refers to page 505 question 3836 of the evidence.)

A.-I did not work with these people. I was only contractor.

The Chairman.-It is no gocd your talking like that.. I know perfectly well that you have been doing.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Have you ever done any work for Mr. Chung Shun Koo?

A.-No.

Q.-(Refers to question 6188, 6190, and 6239 of evidence.) Did you do any work for the drains of No. 3 Ormsby Villas, Kowloon ?

A. When was it done ?

Q. It was done for Chung Shun Koo.

A.-Not with my hands.

Q.-Some time ago ?

A.—No, I went home last year for several months.

The Chairman. This year, not last year.

A.-Well, if it was not last year, I did not do it this year.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Do you know Inspector Cullen?

A.--Yes.

Q. When did you go to his house last?

A.-Where at ?

Q.-I asked you when you last went to his house?

A.-I have not been to his place.

Q.-Has Cullen ever been to your house ?

A.-No.

Q.-Has Cullen ever passed any work you have ever done?

A.—Cullen and Bryan are the two.

Sometimes it was right, and sometimes it was not.

Q. Is it not a fact that you gave Mr. Cullen something as a present ?

A.-No, I get wages. I did not give him presents. It was the capitalist that

provided all the materials for me.

Q.-Now, did you not charge Mr. Chung Shun Koo a heavier price than you charged other people, because you had to pay the Inspector something?

A. I have not dealt with Chung Shun Koo.

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299.-LI LONG HIN, declared and cautioned :--

The Chairman.-What is your name?

A.-Li Long Hin.

-You have been here before, haven't you?

A. Yes, once.

Q. What are you?

A.-Accountant of the Kwong Fook Launch Company.

Q. Do you speak English?

A.-No.

Q.-Now, Mr. Li, you remember you came up before us before, and we told you to send up your books. I have been through your books now, and I want to ask you with regard to certain payments we have found in those books. Now, Mr. Li, what is that book (indicating)?

A.-The cash book.

Q.-Cash book of what firm?

A. Of the Kwong Fook Loong.

Q.-Do

Q. Do you write up that book yourself.

A. Yes.

Q.—Well now, please, tell me what that entry is, and when it was made ?

A. The end of the Chinese year.

-Which year?

A. Four years ago.

Q.-China New Year time four years ago?

A. Yes.

Q-Alright, that will be January 1903, Mr. Ball.

The Interpreter-Yes.

A.-(continued). This is the yearly balance for the whole year. presents of tobacco, wine, money $342.40". This is for the whole year.

"Paid for giving

Q. Is that money which you paid in one lump sum at the end of the year, or is it money which you paid in various sums during the year, at various times.

A.-Different amounts. This is the total for 12 months.

Q.—And it is paid at intervals during the year, is it?

A. Yes.

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Q.-Who made that entry in that book ?

A.-I did.

Q.-Well, to whom was that raoney paid?

A. The customers that dealt with us, the presents were given to them.

Q.-What sort of customers?

A.-Chinese.

Q-I know, but who are those customers? Were they people in the Government Offices ?

A. No, Compradores' shops.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Are not some of those men to whom you gave the presents in the Harbour Office?

A. Yes, some coolies in the Harbour Office,--gave them $2 at the end of the year to buy shoes with.

The Chairman. But did you not pay anything more to any of the Senior men in the Harbour Office,-to the clerks, or any of them?

A.-No.

Q. Were they not in the habit of doing some writing for you, in taking out licences

and so on?

A.-No, our master writes them himself.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Now, if you have paid him anything, you need not be afraid to

say so.

A.-I did not.

The Chairman. Could the money have been paid to people in the Harbour Master's Office, without your knowing something about it?

A have not paid any with my hands.

Q. Who is your master?

A.-Kwok Fook. He is in the shop.

Q.-And who actually made those payments, that you have summarised there?

A.-I paid them. ·

Q.-All of them ?

A. Yes, I paid them, and I entered them up.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Who sent out the presents ?

A. We consulted the master about it.

in the Harbour Office ?

Q.-Well, did you not tell me awhile

ago that

you

sometimes paid money to the clerks

A. Not so. Those people that got them to write Petitions did.

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P.S.-Since writing my minute of the 12th ultimo I have had time to more com- pletely examine the evidence taken by the Commission and I am unable to find that testimony has been given before them to justify the opinion expressed in paragraph 131; or the opinion expressed in the latter part of the 2nd paragraph of paragraph 242; or the sweeping state- ments contained in paragraphs 252 and 294; while paragraph 257 was evidently written before the Principal Civil Medical Officer made certain explanations at a subsequent Meeting of the Commission which are referred to in paragraph 266 (see p.p. 2843-2856 of Evi- dence). These explanations should be read before the statements in paragraph 257 are accepted. With regard to paragraph 316 there is no evidence that the advice of the Medical Officer of Health has been over-ridden by the Principal Civil Medical Officer, while the Stand- ing Orders will show that the duties of all the Officers of the Board are clearly defined and regulated (paragraph 324) and there is no evidence that the status of the Secretary has been ignored by his superior Officers (paragraph 351). It is to be noticed that in none of the paragraphs referred to with the exception of paragraph 257, have the Commissioners given any reference to the evidence on which they base their opinions or statements.

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The Chairman.-Who are the people who got them to write Petitions?

A.-I dont know now. We sometimes got our master himself to write them, and so there is no need to get them to write it.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Is your master always in Hongkong?

A. Yes.

Q-Always ?

A.-Always.

Q.--The whole year round?

A. Yes.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Have you not sometimes to pay money to those who have the Marine Surveying,-measuring,--of your launches?

A. No, there is no need. The clerks dont need to go on to the vessels.

Q.-Well, who go out then?

A.-It is the chief engineer that does it.

Q.-Dont you have to give him something sometimes?

A.-No.

The Chairman-Now we go on and leave the question about the launches. I see that during last year, there are a number of accounts amounting to $240 altogether with Sham Iu, for the hire of launches, beginning the 5th day of the 2nd moon.

A.-I must look at the book to see.

(Book shewn to witness).

These are all Sham Iu's items.

Q.-Alright, just read them along. What does the total come to? Have totalled up there?

A. $121, in the 10th moon of last year.

Q.-The 10th moon of last year, how much?

A. The 1st moon to the 9th moon rather over, $121.

Q.-I make it $162.75.

A.--Well, probably that may be the whole total.

Q.--No, the total for the whole of last year was $236.25.

A.-If I can got an abacus, I will make it up.

you got them

Q-Never mind about that. That is for last year. Now, for this year, up to and including the intercalary 4th moon, from the 1st moon, did you make that account,-is that your own hand writing?

A. Yes.

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Q.-Now, what is that account?

A. For launches.

Q.-Is that an account of your Company with Sham Iu ?

A. Yes.

Q.-For the first 5 months of this year?

A. From the 1st moon to the end of the intercalary 4th moon.

Q. And the total amount is $169, some cents, is it not?

A.— $169.61.

Q.-Now, Sham In apparently has a big launch account with you every year.

A. Yes, $100 to $200 every year.

Q. He is hiring those launches all the time, isn't he?

A. Yes.

Q.- -What does he use those launches for ?

A. What he said when he came to the shop was, to go to that wharf and wait for him, mostly foreigners who go.

Q.-Well, do they go out to do business or do they simply go out for a picnic to have a little tea and things of that sort ?

A.-Well, from the appearance it is sometimes for a trip, sometimes to meet the mail, and sometimes to see people off.

Q.-But they dont appear to be very busy. They are not working. They are not attending to business, are they?

A. Sometimes it may be take ill people.

Q.—And what sort of foreigners are they, do you know?

A. I dont know. I am in the shop, and they go on board at the wharf.

Q.-You dont happen to know if they are Government Inspectors, and people of that class, do you ?

A. I dont know certainly.

Q. -Do you think they are have you ever heard?

A. As to thinking, I am not present.

Q.-No, but I mean to say from what you have been told. You always talk about those things amongst yourselves, dont you ?

A. The steam launch people when they come back,-they sometimes dont know who the people are.

Q.-But sometimes they do?

A-Sometimes when the launch is engaged, it is stated what it is wanted for.

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Q.-Well, when you do know, who are the people?

A.--Sometimes "Inspectors are put down here,-I dont know the name.

Q-But sometimes they put down in the book that the launch is required for an Inspector, is that so?

A. Yes. If it is, then it is certainly put down. If it is not, then it is not.

Q.-Are "Inspectors" written down in that Chinese bill you have given me there?

A. Yes. Here is one (indicating).

Q. What is that lot?

"The 13th day of the 4th moon. Kwong Foo 2 hours money $5.50". The top of the item has got "Inspector" on it.

Q-So that means to say that the launch was hired for an Inspector, does it?

A.-It certainly must be, as it said so.

Q.-But what do you mean by Inspector,-what sort of Inspector?

A.-Dont know the name.

Q.-But what sort of an Inspector?

A.-I could not say.

Q.-Would it be a Sanitary Inspector, a Police Inspector, or what?

use "

A. Didn't say.

The Chinaman said "send the launch to wait for the Inspector's

Q-Would Sham Iu go with those people on those occasions, or would the Inspectors go themselves?

A.-Well, I myself dont know. I was not present at the wharf.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Have your fokis not sometimes told you?

A. They dont speak about this matter.

The Chairman.-You had better keep these books, and if I want them again, you can let me have them. Alright, you must keep that book, and you must not talk to people and tell them we have been asking you questions.

141. NGAI YUNG ON, declared and cautioned :-

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-I see, and have you always all along given the Sanitary Sur- veyor a present ?

A.--Well, sometimes I do, sometimes I dont.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Once every two months, or three months, isn't it?

A. Sometimes it is in the course of two or three months I give a present. Other times, it is two and three months and I dont give a present.

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Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Supposing Mr. Bryan came here and denied ever having received anything from you, would he be telling a lie or would you?

A.-Well, if it is given to him, and he wont acknowledge it, he is telling a lie.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.--Where did you send the presents to ?

A.-I sent a cooolie to take to his house to give to him.

Q. Where is his house?

A.-At Green Mount.

The Chairman.-Now, you know that Mr. Bryan has two English assistants working under him. Do you ever give them cushaws, too?

A.-To Cullen, yes.

Q.-You give Cullen something, do you ?

A.-Less to him.

Q.-But you still give Cullen something, dont you ?

A. Yes, more or less.

Q. What do you give him, money or wine, at present?

A.-Wine only.

Mr. Fung Wa Chun.-Why less to Mr. Cullen?

A.-Well, it is just according to what I like,-my feelings.

The Chairman.-About how much do you spend on Mr. Cullen, in the course of a year, $50 or $60 or more?

A.-No, no, not so much.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-How much?

A.-$20 or $30 at the most, in the course of a year.

The Chairman. Dont you give Mr. Duncan anything?

A.-I never have anything with him. He doesn't mind any work.

The Interpreter. He doesn't give any presents to Duncan.

118.-CHAN A CHI, declared and cautioned :---

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-Now we go on with the 6th moon, the 13th day. What was the $5 for f

A.-It was this way. The Kan Lin opium divan whitewashing.

Q.-I want the original characters.

A. Presented to Inspector $5 ”.

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Q. Why did you pay him $5 ?

Did he do the work for

you

A.-No, it was this way. That place had been whitewashed, and then he said it was not proper.

The Chairman.--Who said?

A. The Inspector did.

Q. Which Inspector?

A-I dont know him. It was the Inspector who saw to the whitewashing for Tai Ping Shan.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.- What date was that,-have you got the date?

A. Yes.

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Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-He did not pass the work, so you gave him $5 to pass it?

A. Well, he gave us a notice that we would have to re-whitewash, and then $5 was given to him, and we did not need to do it.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-How many floors were there?

A.-Four and the ground floor,-five altogether.

Q. How much did you pay the contractor a floor, for doing it in the first place?

A.-Well, $1.50 or so a floor.

Q.-So it comes to this, that you had to pay $2.50 a floor by paying the Inspector $5, before he would pass the five floors ?

A. Yes, it is so.

Dr. J. M. ATKINSON, recalled:-

P. S. of Colonial Secretary's

Dr. Atkinson appears before the Commission to rectify his previous evidence, and to Minute. make such statement as may be necessary.

Page 1985. Question 16206 : Dr. Atkinson now states that the Petition was not submitted to him.

Page 1987. Question 16215: Dr. Atkinson says the answer is No, and the informa- tion will be found in C.S.O. 2168 of 1902, or in C.S.O. 2108 of 1902.

Question 16233: Dr. Atkinson says that his answer to that is contained in C.S.O. 2755 of 1902.

Page 1990. Question 16235:

in C.S.O. 2755 of 1902.

Dr. Atkinson says the reasons he gave are contained

Page 1991. Question 16246: Dr. Atkinson says the exact date is 5th November, 1902, and adds "and I also wrote again,-because you asked me if that was the only time, I also wrote in again to the Government on the 25th February, 1903, on the same subject." C.S.O. 1628 of 1903.

The Chairman.--Was that in the form of a Despatch to the Government ?

A. It was a letter, yes.

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Q.-A letter from you to the Government?

A. Yes.

Page 1999. Question 16303: Dr. Atkinson says, in reply to that "I was deputed as President to undertake that work, under section 12 of Ordinance 13 of 1901."

The Chairman.--And do we understand, Dr. Atkinson, that you understood that the instructions, or the agreement made by the Board, then, held good, and still holds good ?

A.--No, that shews what the procedure was before the passing of the present Public Health and Buildings Ordinance.

Q.-Yes, but I must go back. I think we have rather got out of the line here. I must go back to a few earlier questions. (Quotes.) With regard to what you have just stated, I would remind you that two questions earlier, Mr. Hooper distinctly said that he was speaking of the new order of things.

A.--My answer was, I think, the Board deputed the President to conduct the business of the Board between its Meetings. I think there was some record of that. The Board could not however depute me to do work, after I was Head of the Department.

Q.-You had had in your mind, when that question was put to you, that the Board had deputed you as their Chairman, to act for them between Meetings, but subsequent to the passing of 23 of 1903, you considered that that was wiped out. Am I right?

A. That is right.

Q. And having been made Administrative Head of the Department, then there was no question of the Board at all?

the

A. It is part of my duty.

Page 2040. Question 16584: Dr. Atkinson interpolates after the words "Sth May" year “1900.”

Page 2057. Question 16690: Dr. Atkinson says "Here, I wish to, if I might, introduce the form of notice, because I dont think it is quite clear to the Commission. The "nuisance notices" are served by the Prosecuting Inspector, either in Hongkong or Kowloon, as the case may be." (Hands in form of notice.)

The Chairman.-You want to hand this in?

A.-I want to hand this in, to shew the form that is used, and I wish to add that I dont think that the Commission quite understand the procedure.

Q. If you will be good enough to explain that to us, we shall be obliged.

A. The foremen have delivered "cleansing notices." I have ascertained that the coloured foremen have delivered these cleansing notices to the houses, but the ordinary nuisance notices that are issued by the order of the Board, are filled in by the Secretary, and delivered by the Prosecuting Inspectors.

Q.-When you speak of cleansing notices, do you mean those little short notices,—what we call small notices ?

A.-No, I mean those with reference to the cleansing operations that are carried on every winter.

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Mr. Shelton Hooper.--They are printed forms that are circulated?

A.-They are practically an intimation to the householders that by a certain date, their houses have to be cleansed, it is impossible for an Inspector to issue all those personally, therefore some are delivered by the Foremen. These are not, as you will understand, legal notices, issued by the Board.

The Chairman.Then this is what you call a cleansing notice, is it?

A. Yes.

Dr. Atkinson hands in, as an exhibit, a cleansing notice, which is a printed form with blanks to be filled in.

Q.-And you, as Head of the Department, do not authorise the issue of notices for quisances by foremen ?

A.-No.

Q.--Other than in this form ?

A.-That is all, and these are not notices of nuisances at all. The nuisance notices are all issued by the Prosecuting Inspector, either the one in Kowloon for Kowloon, or the one in Hongkong for Hongkong.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Who fills in those blanks, the foreman ?

A.-No, they are filled in by the Inspector.

The Chairman. The District Inspector, or the Senior Inspector, or the Prosecuting Inspector?

A.-The District Inspector.

Mr. Shelton Hooper. Then the District Inspector instructs the foreman at what house he is to leave this notice, having filled in the date for the foreman ?

A.—Yes, that is right.

Page 2061. Question 16721: Dr Atkinson says "Yes, the date of the actual visit is left blank," and adds "The reason why that date has been left blank has been given by Dr. Clark.”

Dr. Atkinson states "I always issue a separate notice for each house."

Dr. Atkinson produces the store book, and says "This is the general store book, which is kept at the Sanitary Board Office. This corresponds, I think, to what you would call a ledger, in business."

The Chairman.--Where is this kept, Dr. Atkinson ?

A. It is kept by the Secretary. It is in his charge,

Q. Where is the general summary? I see you have got boots and bird lime and helmets and so forth, but is there a summary kept of all this?

A.-I expect there is an index.

Q.-I see there are headings,-

A.-The headings are the articles receivel, and on the other side is what is issued. These are all subinittel to the Government Auditor every month, and they are checked by him.

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Q.-By whom is it written up, Dr. Clark?

A. --I suppose it is written up by the Secretary.

Q.-It is in his office?

A. Yes.

Q-In his personal charge?

A. Yes.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-You nad, on some occasions, to complain about the way the book was kept. That is what I gathered from your previous evidence?

A.-Not that book, but the office records, so that I have not been able to get C.S.Os.

The Chairman. You did say that you had not been able to get the accounts?

A.-No.

The Chairman quotes evidence, beginning Question 16,616, on this point.

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.--Are those books always checked by the Local Auditor ?

A. Yes, every month.

-Has he, on any occasion, complained about the way in which they are kept ?

A. This has all been taken down already.

Dr. Atkinson referring to evidence just quoted by the Chairman, says "I gave an example there, which shews that I was not referring to the ledger."

The Chairman.-I dont quite understand the difference, Dr. Atkinson.

A.-These were records, and not accounts. I have nothing to do with the accounts; they are checked by the Auditor and go to him every month.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-You are responsible, as Administrative Head?

A.-I suppose I am in a way.

The Chairman. Is it not a fact that since the passing of Ordinance 23 of 1903, you, as Administrative Head of the Department, have sole control of the finances of the Depart- ment, and the Sanitary Board have nothing to do with them?

A. That is so.

Q.-And therefore you, tl rough your subordinates, are responsible for the finances of the Department, and consequently for accounts of the Department?

A.-No, not exactly.

Q. Where does it come in?

A.-Because in every Government Departinent, the accounts are checked by the Government Auditor.

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Q-Yes, but who writes the accounts? Before you check the accounts, you must have the accounts written by someone?

A.--The accounts are written in the Secretary's Office.

Records are kept there.

Q.-And therefore you, as Head of the Department, with your subordinates under you, are responsible for the correct writing up of the accounts? How can the Auditor check the accounts, if they are not properly written up?

A. The Auditor would find out if there were any mistakes.

Q. Who do you consider is the responsible Officer for the accuracy of the accounts, the writing of the accounts of the Sanitary Department? Is it the Government Auditor, or some subordinate under you personally, as Head of the Department?

A.-I suppose the Administrative Head of the Department is responsible for the whole of the work of the Department.

the

Q-Yon naturally dont do all the work of the Department; who do you look on as proper person, who writes up the accounts?

A. The Secretary.

Q.-And do you mean to say that you want to modify that evidence, that I have read just now, with regard to what you said concerning the accounts? Do you mean to say that you are still satisfied that your Secretary or your accountant keeps those accounts as they should be kept?

A. Yes.

Q.-You think he does?

A. Yes.

Q.-And therefore, we may take it that this is practically a correction, or modification, of the evidence you gave on that previous occasion ?

A. That is so. You asked me so much about ledgers and store books,—we have not got a ledger.

Q.-We ask as business men.

A.—Business men I dont think understand how the accounts are kept in a Govern- ment Department.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-I agree with you.

A.-(continued) I think it is only right to the Secretary, that I should state that it is on record, on a C.S.O. which I can give you, that the store books and the accounts of the Department have been satisfactorily kept by the Secretary, and the reasou why I say that is because they are audited monthly by the Government Auditor, and very few complaints have been made concerning the way in which the books have been kept.

The Chairman.-But you admit some complaints have been made?

A. Yes, some complaints have been made.

Witness produces C. S. O. referred to, No. 1404 of 1902.

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Mr. Humphreys.-(Indicating entries in store book.) I would like to ask Dr. Atkinson, what is the meaning of the words "To disposal."

A.—It means how it is disposed in the Department, how it is given out.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-It does not say "how"; it says to.'

A.-That is what it means. That is the way the goods are issued in the Department. They are disposed to certain persons that is to say, they are handed over, I suppose.

Q.-No, it is another thing. I dont think you follow quite. It is handed over so much to each Officer, but here is a lump sum of $350,-something "to disposal."

A. It is disposed, (I see from the book)-recommended by the Board of Survey. They are got rid of. If you give me a conundrum, without giving me the rest, I cannot understand the question.

The Chairman.-If you saw that book put in front of you, by the auditor, you would consider that a correct entry, wouldn't you ?

Mr. Humphreys. What I should like to know, Dr. Atkinson, is, if this book is kept by the Secretary, where is the book that is kept actually in the stores department?

A. That is the book. These are the books (pointing to them). These are kept at the Central Disinfecting Station, shewing how things have been received, and how they have been issued to the several Districts.

Q. And the keeper of these books sends a summary every week to the Secretary, to enable him to keep this book ?

A. They are checked by the Medical Officer of Health and the Secretary, periodically.

Q. How is it the Secretary, in the evidence he gave before the Commission, said he had no means of checking the books, but he thought that those books were kept, because whenever he asked for any information, he could always get it?

A. I dont know. I am sure that is the procedure, as I understand it. the Secretary's initials in those books, and the Medical Officer of Health's.

You can see

Mr. Lau Chu Pak.-It comes to this, that the Medical Officer of Health has to see that those books are properly kept, as the Disinfecting Station?

A. Yes.

Mr. Humphreys. This is simply an auxiliary book? It does not pass ledger, or any journal ?

A. No, it is to satisfy the Government Auditor.

into any

Q.-You would have to sit down, and ad l up all those figures, in order to strike a balance ?

A.-I think it is balanced in a certain place.

Q.—It is added up, but there is no balance struck. There must be some balance of stores in hand.

A.-(Indicating entry). That settles it. There are 500 boots received, on one side, and 500 issued.

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The Chairman.-Supposing the auditor came along unexpectedly, and said "I want to know exactly how many stores you have got; what is the value of the stock in hand at the present moment." What book would you refer to, to find it out?

A.—The auditor refers to that. (General Store Book).

Q.--He would have to take an individual balance from each of those books you have there ?

A.-And mind you, he also has his account with the Crown Agents, shewing what articles have been received from home and locally and he checks them in that way.

Q-It practically amounts to this, as far as I understand, that your books are not balanced. You keep a day to day ledger, and then the auditor comes along, and he accepts that, and he makes his own balance, and says it is correct. As a matter of fact, you have no summary such as a shop or firm would have?

A.-I am not well acquainted with book-keeping, myself, but that is the method adopted, and it has satisfied the Government Auditor.

Q-At the same time, you have no more summary than that?

A.-No.

Q.-You dont strike a balance every week, or every day?

A.There is a balance every month.

Q.-Balance of cash, is it not?

A.-Expendtiure.

Q-But I mean in stores?

A.-We send in to the Government periodical returns, shewing what we have.

Q.-But you have no books shewing that you have struck that balance periodically?

A.-No.

Q. It comes back to this really, that the books, so far as you understand them, are satisfactory, and pass the Government test, but as a matter of fact, were it not for the Government Auditor, there would be no regular balance struck, as to exactly how you stood at any one date, with regard to your stores?

A.—I can't answer that, because there being a Government Auditor, there is a balance struck every month.

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Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Not a balance of stores?

A.-There is a return, shewing the revenue one receives every month, and shewing how that has been expended.

Q.-But the balance of stores? Supposing the Government send down to you,-to-day is the first of the month,-saying how many gallons of Jeyes' Fluid have you got, you would have to look up this book, and add up this side, and add up the other, and the balance would be what you ought to have, and you would have to take stock to see if you had that balance, as it existed in the book?

A. That is so, yes.

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The Chairman. And you have nothing between this and the rough summary?

A.- No.

Mr. Humphreys.-Inspectors are allowed to get certain things direct from contractors?

A.-No, I dont think so.

Q-Yes, they are, It has been given in evidence.

A. The procedure is for the Inspector to indent on the Secretary for any article that he requires, and that indent is countersigned by the Medical Officer of Health and until it is so countersigned, the Secretary does not issue it.

Q.-But I think you misunderstood me. I did not mean to say the Inspector did not have a proper requisition. What I meant was that the Inspector obtained direct from the contractor, instead of through the Depôt?

A. That is so.

Q. Do such goods obtained direct from contractors, pass through those books? If so, how do they pass through those books, if they have never been sent to the Department?

A.-I think they are all entered. Even if they are entered, then they can't agree with those books, because there are certain articles kept by the store man himself, small articles that are always required, and these are issued direct.

Q.—But I understood you to say that this book agreed with those books ?

A.-These books are books that are kept at the Central Disinfecting Station. This book is one that is kept at the Secretary's Office. In addition to these, there are certain articles constantly in use,-broons and that sort of thing,—which are kept by the store man on the premises, and these are issued by requisition from the Inspector.

Q.-And they would not go through the books at all, would they?

A.-I think they would, but I cannot definitely say.

The Chairman.-Dont you think that on general principles, it would be much better that all stores should be drawn direct by the Department and that they should go into the store, and it should not be possible for an Inspector to go direct to a shop and get stores? I am not imputing any improper motives to the Inspectors.

A.-It might be, but this is a matter of convenience.

Q.-But it might result in abuses or mistakes?

A. Yes. It evidently satisfies the Government.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-In the past?

A. Yes.

Mr. Humphreys.-Those books, Dr. Atkinson, were twice asked for before, by the Commission, and were not produced. Had they been produced earlier, it would have saved a lot of questions being asked the Secretary, and it would possibly have altered part of the Report of the Commission on the books and accounts.

The Chairman.--It has already been written, and it has to be considered this afternoon.

Mr. Humphreys.-If that Report is not altered, and any incorrect statements go in, this must be borne in mind.

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Mr. Shelton Hooper. Are you aware that prosecutions take place in respect of certain nuisances, of which the owner or the tenaut, as the case may be, have never had any notice to abate them? Is that with your approval?

A.-I am not aware that that is so. It would not be with my approval, if it were.

Q.-I would ask you, if you would give your attention to it, and if it is going on, see that it should be put a stop to if possible.

A.-They are always supposed to be in form. (continuing). I would like to amplify what I stated already. I did not mean to impute that the Secretary had not kept proper accounts. What I meant to state, was that the office records were improperly kept. I often had to refer to the office records, and I could not get a C. S. O. and it appears these were not properly indexed.

The Chairman.-You mean to say, that although the accounts were properly kept, at the same time, the office records were not properly kept?

A. Yes.

Q.-Well, that the secretarial work of the Department was such that when you wanted information, you could not lay your hand on it?

A. Yes, and the reason was that until I looked into the matter three or four years ago I found they were not indexed. I have had that done, but it has taken years to complete.

Q.—And that is what you complain about?

A. Yes.

Q.-And that is what you referred to in your previous evidence?

A. Yes. (To Mr. Shelton Hooper) You wish to ask me about another matter, the limewashing contract and Sam lu.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Yes, as to the amount?

A. The first contract was, I have found out the details here,-limewashing contract for 1903. It arose on a minute from the Medical Officer of Health on the 11th February, 1903, asking if there was any written contract for the limewashing of infected houses. appeared that there was none.

Q.-There was none?

A.-Not up to that date. The quarterly inspecting Committee drew attention to this, and it was brought before the Board, and then the Board decided that it would be advisable for a contract to be entered into, tenders were called for and tenders received. There were 11 tenders received.

Q. What was the highest?

A. The cheapest was On Kee, $1.60 per floor, and the highest was Chan Kiu, $4.50

per floor.

Q. And whose tender was accepted?

A.-On Kee's, the cheapest, but it was found unsatisfactory, and the Board reconsidered the matter. If you remember, there was correspondence between the Public Works Depart- ment and the Board.

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The Chairman.-Did On Kee ever take up that contract at all, or did he simply fail to come up to the scratch?

A. No, he took it up, but the work was done unsatisfactorily, and it was reported by the Medical Officer of Health. It was Dr. Pearse who drew attention to it. (Quotes minute by Dr. Pearse, to the effect that the limewashing contractor was not doing the work satisfactorily). And further complains were attached, and it was presented confidentially before the Board. Then the Board suggested that an Officer of the Public Works Depart- ment might go into this matter with the Medical Officer of Health, and report, and they did. They sent an Officer called Mr. Masters, and their report was that the work was not done satisfactorily, and then the matter was considered again by the Board, and the outcome of it was that it was advised that Sam It's contract be accepted. On Kee was reported to the Government for not fulfilling his contract, and was told that it was in the public interests that the contract should be cancelled. That was done, and the matter was considered again, and the result was that Sam Iu got the contract.

Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Was there any penalty imposed on On Kee?

A.-I dont know whether he was subjected to a penalty. Some contractors are, but I dont think he was. Some contractors can be penalised $25 a day under their contract, e.g., the Scavenging Contractor.

The Chairman.-I think you might put that book in as evidence. I dont think we have had that before. Which C. S. C. do you refer to ?

A.-1422 of 1903. The book belongs to the Sanitary Board Office.

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HONGKONG.

SERVICES OF THE SANITARY COMMISSIONERS,

No. 1907

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

HONGKONG.

No. 226.

DOWNING STREET,

18th October, 1907.

SIR,-In the absence of your predecessor, the Officer Administering the Government submitted to me the Report of the Commission appointed to consider the administration of the Sanitary Regulations of Hongkong.

Certain questions arising out of the Commissioners' Report have already formed the subject of references to me, and I have no doubt that other matters discussed by them are now engaging your attention. In the meantime I take this opportunity of requesting that you will express to the members of the Commission my appreciation of the careful and thorough manner in which they conducted what was evidently a difficult and laborious investigation.

Governor

Sir F. D. LUGARD, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.,

&c.,

&C.,

I have, &c.,

&c.

ELGIN.

HONGKONG.

No. 11

1907

Minute by the Colonial Secretary on the Report of the Commission to enquire into the

working of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance and the Existence of ·

Corruption in the Sanitary Department.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Governor.

YOUR EXCELLENCY,

I submit for consideration the following remarks on the Report of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance Commission.

Open Spaces. Section 175.

2. The Commissioners have gone outside the scope of the reference to them in criticising the principles involved in the enactment of section 175 of the Ordinance and in raising once more the question of compensation. This section, as they point out, is derived from section 7 of Ordinance No. 34 of 1899. That section. did not contain the words "by the owner" after the words "must be provided" probably because the draughtsman assumed that it was obvious from the context that the space must be provided by the owner. There is no question that the inten- tion of the Legislature and of the then Sanitary Board was that it should be so provided, as a reference to the following documents, among others, proves. Ordinance 34 of 1899 was the outcome of the Report of the Insanitary Properties Commission of 1898. That Report was referred to the Sanitary Board, and the Board recommended (see extract attached) Enclosure 1. that every house should have an open space in the rear" of an area ranging from 50 square feet to 175 square feet in accordance with the depth of the house, and they went on to advise that "when the owners of a block of buildings agree to form a lane opening at either end upon a public street" lesser areas comprised in the lane should be accepted for each house.

In paragraph 11 of their report the Sanitary Board added "There are no structural difficulties in carrying out our recommendations (regarding the provision of open spaces); it is true that the owners in many instances will have to sacrifice dwelling space, but we submit that if such entails loss on them they are themselves to blame for overcrowding their property with buildings of an insanitary nature.'

The recommendations of the Board with regard to open spaces were not adopted in whole but formed the basis of sections 7 and 8 of Ordinance 34 of 1899.

The Ordinance became law in November, 1899, and on the 29th of March. 1900, the Sanitary Board passed the following resolution :-"That advertisements be inserted in the English and Chinese Newspapers calling the attention of owners of house property in the Colony to the requirements of section 7 of Ordinance 34 of 1899 with regard to the provi- sion of backyards for all existing domestic buildings, and to the fact that these backyards must be provided before the 1st day of June, 1900.

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This resolution, to which effect was given by permission of the Government, was mov- ed by Dr. F. W. CLARK and seconded by Mr. FUNG WA CHUN, one of the Commissioners who now complain that the addition of the words "by the owner" in section 55 of Ordinance 10 of 1901 "constituted a most far reaching and radical alteration”.

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It is obviously most important that the open space in connection with domestic building for use as a backyard should be provided by the owner as it is unreasonable to expect that a neighbouring owner or the Crown should permit their property to be used for this purpose. The backyard required by the section is needed not only for the purpose of light and ventilation but also that there may be an open space in which the domestic refuse of the building may be deposited, and in which the night soil jar may be placed pending the daily removal of its contents. There are no water-closets in Chinese houses and what is known as the pail system is in vogue. Only males, and as a rule only those of the coolie class, use public latrines.

It is therefore not a matter of surprise that to remove any possible doubt on the subject the words "by the owner" were inserted on the first opportunity that offered of amending the section, i.e., on the introduction of Ordinance No. 10 of 1901. Section 55 sub-section 1 of that Ordinance was repealed in the original Bill which became Ordinance No. 1 of of 1903. That Bill was criticised on behalf of European property owners by Messrs. LEIGH & Orange, W. DANBY, DENISON RAM AND GIBBS, and PALMER AND TURNER, and it was claimed by these gentlemen that if the words "by the owner" were retained in the Bill "compensation must be insisted upon" (see p. 32 of Architects' Report on the Bill).

This section of the Bill together with several others in respect of which compensation was claimed either by European or Chinese property owners or by both, received the careful consideration of the Government. No provision was made for compensation in respect of this particular section of Ordinance No. 1 of 1903, and at the time the European property owners at any rate appear to have been satisfied with the justice of the decision of the Government in the matter, for under date of the 3rd of December, 1902, a letter was addressed to the then Governor Sir H. A. BLAKE, by Mr. A. SHELTON HOOPER, (one of the Commis- sioners) acting for the European property owners who had petitioned the Governor against the Bill, which opened with the following sentence :-

"The European landowners of this Colony, who submitted a Petition to your Excellency dated the 28th of September, 1902, regarding the Public Health and Buildings Bill, recognise how loyally the principle of compensation has been adopted in the recent amendments thereto. But they venture respectfully to ask your Excellency's further consideration of one instance in which compensation is still, as they consider, improperly

withheld."

The writer then goes on to discuss Section 185 of the Bill limiting the height of new buildings. In the result the provision for compensation in certain cases in this particular connection was added to the Bill and now stands as part of Section 188 of Ordinance 1 of 1903.

It is worthy of note that the Bill which became Ordinance 1 of 1903 passed through all its stages in the Legislative Council without a single division. The Legislature therefore unanimously accepted and endorsed the repetition in the Bill of the clause, which had been on the Statute Book since 1899, now objected to by the Commissioners.

3. The Commissioners would have us believe that the enforcement of Section 175, coupled with concreting and limewashing regulations, has had a disastrous effect on the value of Chinese property. The evidence which the Commissioners cite in support of their contention requires somewhat careful examination for I find that in very many cases the deductions and conclusions contained in the report are not consistent with the evidence from which they are drawn or upon which they are based.

For instance, the statement in paragraph 27 is very misleading. A reference to the Director of Public Works' evidence shows that he made no such admission as is attributed to him. A hypothetical case was put to Mr. CHATHAM and all that he admitted was that on the assumption put to him the owner of the property would presumably "make a con- siderable loss-sufficient to handicap him in any ordinary transaction with regard to the property.

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Again a reference to Mr. Ho Koм TONG's evidence shows that in discussing the cubicle question he made the general statement that during the past 3 years rents had declined 30% on the average and that one of the principal reasons for the decline is the "harsh laws of the Ordinance".

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The witness then went on to discuss limewashing and said that owing to bribery and corruption or the absence of it, for the witness contradicts himself, the cost of same has up 150%. When asked about open backyards the witness says he has not had to open out any. He then goes on to discuss disinfection and many other matters including concreting.

LI YAU-CHUN, after discussing limewashing and concreting and when asked about opening backyards went into a rambling statement regarding a block of houses of which he owned six and behind which he alleges the Government failed to cut a 50-feet road. He said he was called upon to open backyards and he contended that if the Government had made the road it would have been unnecessary to provide backyards. And he added that several thousands of dollars had been lost over the property. He then went on to say that he is suffering a loss of rent of 20% per floor as compared with 1902. He "suspects" that the loss is due to the Public Health and Buildings Ordinances but in answer to an egregiously leading question attributes the decline principally to loss of cubicles.

The row of houses to which the witness referred is apparently Nos. 2-44 Temple Enclosure 2. Street South and I attach a statement of the rateable value in 1902 and 1905-1906. The figures speak for themselves.

The Commissioners quote Mr. TURNER'S evidence in support of the contention that the effect of some sections of the Ordinance has been to depreciate Chinese property 30 to 35 per centum. I do not find a word of evidence on the point in Mr. TURNER's answers.

Mr. OSBORNE gave evidence to the effect that "houses built (by the Wharf & Godown Co.) before the passing of the Ordinance to pay a certain rental which would yield say 8% on the capital invested don't command anything like that rental now”. I do not understand this statement in the face of the rateable value of property shewn in Enclosure 3.

Dismissing the evidence and proceeding to a general consideration, the annual assessments, which are based be it remembered on returns of actual rentals returned by landlords or their lessecs do not bear out the Commissioners' contention.

Enclosu 3.

To test their conclusions on the point I have had a list prepared of 100 Chinese houses of the ordinary tenement type taken at random and situated in approximately equal pro- Enclosure 4. portions in the Western, Central and Eastern Districts of the City of Victoria. Against each has been noted the date upon which it was provided with a backyard in compliance with the law that has been in force since 1899, together with the rateable value at which it has been assessed in each year since 1899 by the Government Assessor on returns of the actual rentals received in respect of the houses.

A glance at the return will show that in no single instance has a reduction in rateable value followed on the provision of backyards.

4.-Paragraph 30.-It is alleged that the tendency of Chinese to send away their families is becoming more and more marked.

But the Census returns for 1906 show an actual increase in the proportion of females to males in the Chinese population as compared with the Census of 1901 as the following extract from the Census report shows:-

"The total Chinese land population of the Colony (excluding the New Territories North of the Kowloon Hills and for the moment, New Kowloon) is 244,300 as compared with 233,263 in 1901 and 200,005 in 1897. The number of males above the age of 15 years is 156,975 and of females 49,592. These figures show a decrease since 1901, of 780 adult males and an increase of 6,855 adult females. The number of Chinese children under the age of 15 years is 37,733 as compared which 32,771 in 1901. The number of families in the City of Victoria is returned as 25,974 as compared with 25,123 in 1901. These figures may be regarded as satisfactory evidence that family life among the Chinese continues to increase, taking the Colony as a whole. The decrease in population in the City of Victoria consists almost entirely of adult males, while the number of the women and children has increased. In Old Kowloon where the population shows a very large increase, there are 32,209 adult males, 10,844 adult females, with 9,278 children under the age of 15 years. The

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City of Victoria,

percentage of adult Chinese females to adult males in the Colony is approximately as follows:

Villages of Aberdeen. Stanley, Shaukiwan and Pokfulam, 31%

.31%

Old Kowloon,

.33.5%

In 1901 the percentages were:

28%

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City of Victoria,

Hongkong Villages,

Old Kowloon,

24%.

The excess of estimated population over actual population, as revealed by the Census of 1906, is explained by the unprecedented growth of the population between 1896 and 1901 the Census figures for which years had necessarily to be taken to make the estimate. The Sanitary Officials were aware of the probability of these estimates being too high, and it was they who urged the taking of the 1906 Census to correct the figures.

The actual increase however in less than 6 years is 15,010 Chinese and 2,982 non- Chinese civilians exclusive of the New Territories.

Paragraph 37.--Sub-section 2 of section 175 is not ambiguous. The requirement of a double yard (i.e., 100 square feet instead of 50 square feet) for houses more than 50 feet deep and with double frontage was provided for because with the exception of these long narrow double-fronted houses there are not many houses exceeding this depth.

It is not admitted that the sub-section has not been enforced or that it is unworkable.

Paragraphs 39 and 40.-That in the original laying out of Victoria many streets were made too narrow and that the Sanitary Condition of the City would be better had the streets been made wider cannot be denied." This condition is probably experienced in every city in the world and is by no means peculiar to Hongkong. But it does not justify owners of property in building on every scare foot of their lots and thus erecting insanitary dwell- ings. Seeing that rates are based upon actual rentals the Government were bound to benefit by any increased rentals derived from overcrowding.

Paragraphs 41 and 42.-Section 140 provides for modification of the kitchen area by the Building Authority, and I fail to see how the exercise of the power of modification can be described as breach of that section.

In Paragraphs 50 and 51 the Commissioners miss the point. It is quite true that in the existing Ordinance a back lane is required in addition to a backyard in the case of a new house, but with the important condition that the lane is to be paid for by the Government (see section 180 (3) of Ordinance 1 of 1903).

In Paragraph 52 the Commissioners evidently refer to certain houses built by the Humphreys Estate Co., of which one of the Commissioners is Managing Director, at Kowloon and which are referred to in the letter of which a copy is attached. I would Enclosure 5. remark in the first place that the Government cannot be held responsible for the opinion apparently privately expressed by one of its Officers and I would repeat that backyards are Sanitary conveniences apart from their value for lighting and ventilation. This latter consideration the Commissioners appear to have quite overlooked in their remarks in paragraphs 53 and 54.

Cubicles.

5.-The Commissioners have evidently not made themselves acquainted with the history of this question.

Ordinance No. 1 of 1903 prohibited windowless cubicles because it was anticipated that by making considerable structural alterations owners of property would be able to contrive to light and ventilate cubicles in existing buildings by a window for each in a very large number of cases, and an inducement was held out to them to incur the expense of doing so by adding to section 46 of the Ordinance the proviso that a cubicle duly provided with a window might be occupied in the proportion of one adult to every 30 square feet of habitable. floor space and 400 cubic feet of internal air space.

The scheme involved the pull ng down of the upper storeys of every third house in a row of houses and was much favoured by the Chinese Members of Council, but when put to the test of practical application it was found to be impracticable owing in large measure to the structural weakness of the majority of the old Chinese houses in the City. Thereupon section 154 was repealed together with the proviso to section 46 and the provisions govern- ing cubicles set out in section 19 of Ordinance 23 of 1903 were passed.

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Windowless cubicles are absolutely prohibited only in houses erected after the passing of that Ordinance, and there are many ways in which new houses could have been (and in the case of brothels, where cubicles are a necessity, have been) designed since that date to provide for the erection of small rooms, corresponding to the old cubicles, but lit in every case by a small window.

In the case of houses existing at the date of the Ordinance, it is only on the ground floors that cubicles are absolutely prohibited. On upper floors other than top floors two cubicles can in a very large number of cases be provided, while on top floors and in all corner houses the number of cubicles is limited only by the number of side windows or skylights that can be provided.

Having regard to the fact that the Census of 1901 showed the female Chinese Population to be only 27.1% of the whole, it was hoped that Chinese families would find accommodation in the cubicles on upper and top floors in existing buildings, in corner houses where lateral windows could be provided and in new buildings. And there can be little doubt that such would have been the result had landlords, with the assistance of their architects, taken the trouble to devise means of providing cubicles in existing houses with windows; and in new buildings to adopt fresh designs providing for cubicle-like rooms properly lit by separate windows.

4 Plans.*

The attached memorandum and plans show one way in which upper floors in existing Enclosure houses exceeding 40 feet in depth might without much structural alteration have been made to contain four or five habitable sub-divisions each. These plans were brought to the notice of the Sanitary Board some months ago. I have not seen that the Board ever dis- cussed or considered them. They may or may not show the best possible solution of the problem but they do show that steps might have been taken to provide living accom- modation in accordance with the law to a population which the Commissioners would have us believe are harassed by impracticable legislation.

In making their strictures on the provisions of the Ordinance dealing with cubicles, it seems to me that the Commissioners have overlooked the proviso at the end of the section quoted above which gives power to the Board with the consent of the Governor-in-Council in all cases to grant the modification of or exemption from the requirements of this section upon such conditions, if any, as the Board may deem expedient. If the Board would deal intelligently and reasonably with each application for modification or exemption on its merits after inspection of the locus in quo much of the dissatisfaction with the working of the sec-

tion would be removed.

From inspections of tenement houses that I have myself made during the last 4 months I am of opinion that speaking generally their lighting and ventilation shows considerable improvement on their condition prior to 1903. The use of curtains among the poorer classes is, however, objectionable.

It has been pointed out above that in certain new houses designed for brothels cubicle- like rooms have been provided lit by separate windows in accordance with the law. But it is most disheartening to find that these are practically the only new houses erected since the passing of the Ordinances of 1903 in which any attempt has been made to provide for legal cubicles.

Landlords will probably argue that when they build houses for Chinese occupation they do not know to what class of tenants the floors will be let. They therefore build the old familiar style of house with no lateral windows. No sooner are these finished and let, than some of the floors at any rate are sub-let as tenements and forthwith are sub-divided with the old-fashioned windowless cubicles.

This is a very serious matter. It is obvious that the Chinese population must have cubicle-like rooms, and unless a retrograde step is to be made and the abomination known as a windowless cubicle is to be allowed in new houses the law must be amended to oblige all future houses built for occupation by Chinese to be constructed with lateral windows.

Building Authority.

6.-Paragraph 78.-In my opinion, no inconsistency exists. Sub-section 9 of Section 6 defines the "Building Authority" and provides for an alteration in the administrative head by the Governor-in-Council, should such alteration for any cause become expedient.

Section 205 reserves the power of deputing authority in the case of dealing with "dangerous buildings" to the Governor-in-Council. The powers of dealing with "danger- ous buildings" are the most drastic in the whole Ordinance and it is only reasonable, in the

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interests of the public, that the power to depute should be exercised by the highest authority in the Colony.

Section 230 deals with the general administration of the "nuisance" clauses which can obviously only be enforced through a considerable staff of the Inspector or Overscer class. The power of deputing in such matters is rightly placed in the hands of the Building Authority and I do not see that any material advantage would be gained by altering this arrangement.

Paragraph 80.-If the present system of inspection has been found unsatisfactory, the remedy is to alter it by introducing men of a different class for such work. The power of delegation has nothing to do with it. The signing of notices by the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Sanitary Board was obviously irregular, but irregularities of this kind are liable to occur under any system.

Concreting of Floors.

7.-Paragraph 99.-Sections 111 and 112 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordin- ance deal with ground surfaces. Section 140 was intended to deal with the floors of kitchens in upper storeys, the ground surfaces of kitchens or cookhouses on the ground level being dealt with by the previous sections above mentioned.

Paragraphs 118 and 119-The statements made herein would appear to be based on good evidence. The system of dealing with limewashing and concreting requires overhauling.

Limewashing.

8.-It is not admitted that the limewashing of tenement houses has proved a failure from a sanitary point of view, though no doubt it might be more efficiently carried out than at present. The evidence of CHUNG SHAN Koo does not justify the inferences drawn from it in the report but there is little doubt that much corruption existed in connection with limewashing, and I advocate a re-casting of the limewashing bye-laws.

Paragraph 115.--Mr. OSBORNE's evidence went a good deal further than the mere advocacy of house to house cleansing. He stated that in 1901 certain premises in which the coolies of the Company he represents are housed, were overhauled, and rat-runs were filled up and that since then the premises have been flooded daily with light and air and cleansed once a month. Speaking from experience I opine that the light and air has had more to lo with the absence of plague in these houses (in which by the way there are no cubicles) than anything else.

Disinfecting and General Cleansing.

9.-Fumigation with chlorine gas was first instituted in 1894 on the advice of the Government Analyst, and as late as July, 1901, he personally supervisid the disinfection and cleansing of No. 5 Health District of the City of Victoria, when fumigation with chlorine was used. The Board's confidential minutes for June 13th, 1901, shew that Dr. CLARK then expressed the opinion which was evidently so strongly expressed as to need special record in the minutes and was repeated in the Secretary's letter to the Government contained in 1894/01 C.S.O. dated 14th June, 1901, that "fumigation alone would not adequately disinfect the premises." Dr. PEARSE did not arrive in the Colony until August of the same year.

Chinese tenement houses were rendered sufficiently airtight to

cause the suffocation by the gas of vermin, and in some cases of domestic animals such as cats and dogs which had inadvertently been shut into houses under process of disinfection.

The use of chlorine was continued up to the time of Professor SIMPSON's arrival in the Colony who advised the more drastic method of spraying ceilings and walls with a solution of perchloride of mercury and washing floors with some carbolic acid disinfectant.

Paragraph 148.-The Medical Officer of Health states that he was guided (as all Medical Officers of Health must be guided in such matters) in his selection of Carbolacene by the published reports of Analysts which accompany all disinfectants that are put on the market. An analysis made by the Government Analyst in 1902 showed that Carbolacene contained 21.2 per cent. of carbolic acid, rendered stable by caustic soda. This caustic soda is of considerable value in the removal of grease and dirt. Jeyes' fluid contains 17.47 per cent. of carbolic acid, but the great advantage of this preparation is that it mixes readily with water. The new method of guaging the value of a disinfectant by bacteriological. processes had not been introduced in 1902.

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All processes of cleansing and disinfection and all other Plague preventive measures have been thoroughly discussed by the Board, in the past, before being put into practice and the Committees of the Board have supervised the details (a 1901 Committee consisted of Mr. OSBORNE, the Medical Officer of Health and myself).

Paragraph 156.—No facts are adduced in support of the lurid picture drawn in this paragraph. The comparative absence of specific complaints lead one to believe that the general cleansing and disinfection have on the whole been carried out with as little. inconvenience to the public as in the circumstances might reasonably be expected.

10.-Paragraph 158.-The Commissioners assert that too little attention has been given to the importance of enlisting the co-operation of the Chinese in combating plague, and they allude to the frequency with which dead bodies are cast into the streets as evidence of the repugnance of the population to present methods of dealing with plague.

This assertion will hardly carry conviction in the face of the following facts:-

(a.) In deference to Chinese susceptibilities a general cleansing of Chinese dwellings by the inhabitants under supervision of the Sanitary Authorities has been instituted and is smoothly and successfully carried out year after year. (b.) Disinfection by Sanitary Officials is limited to the floor in which a case of infectious disease has occurred, the disinfection of the other floors in the house being allowed to be carried out by the inmates themselves.

(c.) Individuals sick of plague are permitted to leave the Colony for their homes in China, and bodies dead of plague are allowed to be taken out of the Colony for burial in China.

(d.) The Tung Wa Hospital has since the first outbreak of Plague in 1894, with the exception of the one plague season in 1896, been allowed to maintain its own Plague Hospital, and it has since been allowed to establish District Plague Hospitals in various parts of the Colony.

(e.) Similarly the inhabitants of Kowloon City have been permitted to maintain

their own Plague Hospital.

(f.) With a view to mitigate the deplorable practice of casting dead bodies into the streets the Tung Wa Hospital has been allowed to open in various parts of Victoria and Kowloon dispensaries where cases of plague and other infectious disease can be reported, and the services of a Chinese Licentiate of the Hong- kong College of Medicine for Chinese can be obtained to visit the case, report it, permit its removal to one of the Native Hospitals (if it is a case of plague) and attend at the subsequent disinfection of the premises. At these dis- pensaries, too, a reward of One Dollar is paid for each dead body of a child under the age of 4 years brought to the dispensary.

(g.) No Chinese sick of plague is removed against his will to the Government Plague Hospital. All are given the option of being treated in the Govern- ment Hospital or in one of the Native Hospitals.

In spite of all these concessions the dumping of dead bodies in the streets continues unabated and shows no diminution as to numbers.

It must be remembered that besides the dislike to disinfection of their dwellings, which appears to continue no matter by whom the disinfection is carried out, the poorer classes of Chinese will cast out bodies to save the cost of burial and in the case of young children to avoid coffining the dead. For it is considered unlucky to put a young child in a coffin, the idea being that if buried in a coffin it will not live long in the new life to which Chinese believe all dead will be re-born.

With these many facilities for dealing with cases of plague the suggestion to allow plague patients to remain in overcrowded Chinese tenements appears hardly reasonable, and I may point out that even in Sir H. BLAKE's experimental block this course was not adopted. In the earlier stages of Sir H. BLAKE's experiment plague cases were allowed to remain in the house in which they occurred but the other inmates of the house were removed elsewhere. Later when cases became more frequent a hospital was established in connection with. the block to which plague cases were removed.

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But there have been cases in which moribund Chinese plague patients have been allowed to remain in their own houses when such houses have been in their sole occupation.

Rat-catching.

11. The system requires revision.

Contracts.

12.-Tenders of all contracts are put by the tenderers into a locked box in the Colonial Secretary's Office to which alone the Chief Clerk (Mr. CROFTON) has access. After the time for receiving tenders has expired the tenders are taken out by Mr. CROFTON, attached to the relative papers and sent under sealed covers addressed to the Heads of Departments con- cerned, for their report.

13.-Paragraph 178.-The remedy is increased supervision which might take the form of the appointment of a Superintendent of Scavenging-an official to be found in large cities elsewhere. The objection is increased expense.

Cemeteries.

14. It would appear that better supervision is required at the Cemeteries.

Much is made of the case referred to in para. 203. The facts are that last year a Chinese obtained a grave space of 80 square feet in a disused portion of the Mount Davis Cemetery. He erected a monument over the grave which encroached on Crown land to the extent of 60 square feet. When his attention was drawn to the encroachment he expressed his willingness to pay for the encroachment or to reduce the size of the monument.

It is a matter of some surprise that the Commissioners should have allowed a comparatively trivial matter of this kind to occupy their time.

Paragraph 211.-The Roman Catholic, Parsee, Jewish, Mohammedan, Eurasian and other Cemeteries have been leased to representatives of these and other religions, and the Law Officers of the Crown have recently advised that in such cases the Board can only control the sanitation of the cemetery and cannot regulate fees, etc.

I do not consider that the Board need any further power over these cemeteries.

14. Under the beadings Burial Orders, Notices, Prosecutions and Overcrowding, the Commissioners make recommendations which will no doubt receive consideration in due

course.

Paragraph 225.-Inspector REIDIE explained that he was not prosecuting in this case and that he must have obtained Mr. DADY BURJOR'S name as that of the owner of the pro- perty from the Land Office.

Paragraph 227.-I have not enquired into this case.

Paragraph 228.-The evidence does not justify the belief.

The Commissioners go on to state that the manner in which the right of entry under the Ordinance is carried out causes irritation.

I have not the least doubt that any specific complaint of this nature will be promptly dealt with by the Government but in the absence of complaint it is impossible to investigate and correct or punish.

In this matter as in many others the Chinese must learn to help themselves and the Government, which is powerless to act on statements of a general nature.

Enforcement of Sanitary and Building Regulations in Outlying Districts.

15. A scheme already exists under which special types of one storeyed village houses have been laid down for New Kowloon to which those who wish to erect this class of dwelling can build.

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Estimates.

16. The Commissioners state that there is a general want of system and supervision in the Department and complain that the financial control formerly enjoyed by the Sanitary Board has been taken away by Ordinance 23 of 1903.

The financial control has always rested and still rests with the Governor, but it is worthy of note that when there was no responsible Administrative Head of the Department the expenditure on Plague alone jumped from $30,000 in 1895 to $320,000 in 1902 whereas under the present system it has fallen from $165,000 in 1903 to $90,000 in 1906. quote the figures in round numbers only.

Books and Accounts and Clerical Work.

17.-I append a statement by the Local Auditor on the subject of the remarks on books Enclosure 7. and accounts made by the Commissioners under this heading.

The method of dealing with the contractor for small stores would appear to require revision and this matter will no doubt receive proper consideration. But if the system generally on which the Sanitary Department has been managed under the existing Ordinances is open to criticism in some particulars I would point out that the Board as constituted prior to Ordinance 23 of 1903 never exercised any supervision or control whatever over the internal economy of the Department. I was for many years a Member of the Board and claim to speak with knowledge on the subject. It was to remedy this want of system and to do away with the delay and circumlocution incidental to the working of the Sanitary Ordinance being vested in a Board that moet only ouce a fortnight that the Principal Civil Medical Officer was appointed ex officio President of the Board "to give such directions as may be necessary for carrying out and giving effect to the decisions of the Board and to be the Administrative Head of the Department." The Board has the same control over the working of the Ordinance as it had before, as was fully explained to the Co nmissioners by the Medical Officer of Health and by the Secretary of the Board in their evidence. A study of Ordinance 1 of 1903 as amended by 23 of 1903 does not bear out the statement that "the powers of the Principal Civil Medical Officer have been made almost despotic while the functions of the Board have been whittled down to those of an Advisory Committee." I Enclosure 8. attach a list of the various sections of the Ordinance shewing the powers conferred by the law on the Principal Civil Medical Officer, the Medical Officer of Health and the Board respectively. Can it seriously be argued that the Board has been reduced to an Advisory

Committee in the face of the facts set out in this list ?

The answer to the question in paragraph 276 is in the affirmative. intention to give the President of the Board the control of the Subordinate Staff.

Supervision of Staff.

It was the

18.-There was no Assistant Medical Officer of Health for the Colony until August, 1901, and early in 1903 the City of Victoria was divided into two Districts which were placed under the supervision of the Medical Officer of Health and one of the Assistant Medical Officers of Health, while Kowloon formed a third District under the supervision of the Second Assistant Medical Officer of Health who joined in September of that year. It is true that since that system was instituted the two Districts in Victoria have been periodically under one officer owing to the absence on leave of the other or of the Principal Civil Medical Officer.

The statement in clause 285 that "up to recent date Dr. CLARK as Medical Officer of Enclosure 9.* Health rarely left his office" is refuted by Dr. CLARK's diary, dating back to January 1st, 1899, which is here submitted for inspection.

Increased supervision means increase of Staff and the question what increase in super- vision is desirable will no doubt receive consideration.

The Commissioners comment on the fact that the corruption which has been found to exist was not discovered by the Senior Officials in the Sanitary Department. It should be pointed out that the bribes that have been paid, have been paid by Chinese contractors and others and that most of the charges of bribery relate to that period (since 1903) when greater supervision of the work of the out-door staff was rendered possi- ble by the increase in the number of Medical Officers of Health. Now the two Chinese

*Not published.

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Members of the Board have been on the Board for 8 years and 6 years respectively. Yet during the whole of this period these Chinese gentlemen have not apparently become aware of the existence of corruption. Is it to be wondered at then that the existence of corruption could not be brought home to subordinates in the Department by the Principal Civil Medical Officer and Medical Officers of Health none of whom understands the Chinese language? There have however been two cases in recent years in which Officers of the Department have been prosecuted in the Courts for corrupt practices.

Presents.

19. The taking of presents is prohibited under the General Orders for the Civil Service of the Colony and the Colonial Regulations. The evidence of LI LONG LIM regarding hiring of launches is of the vaguest nature and does not justify the inference that the launches were for Sanitary Inspectors bent on pleasure.

Preamble to New Scheme.

20.—I have already demonstrated that the contention that the Principal Civil Medical Officer exercises despotic powers while the Board has been reduced to "something less than a Consulting Committee" cannot be sustained in the face of the distinct and specific enact- ments of Ordinance 1 of 1903 which confers very wide powers upon the Board and leaves in their hands, subject to appeal to the Governor-in-Council in certain cases, the whole control of the Sanitary policy and of the administration of the Sanitary laws.

It is only in minor Departmental details that the Principal Civil Medical Officer has been given power to act. The financing of the Department has always been and is still con- trolled by the Government just as is the finance of any other Department of the Government.

The only legitimate grievance that the Board has in this latter connection is that it has not been as fully consulted as it might have been in connection with the framing of the Annual Estimates. This is a matter that is easily remedied.

The Commissioners are wholly mistaken in supposing that Dr. ATKINSON was largely responsible for the legislation which made the Principal Civil Medical Officer Administrative Head of the Sanitary Department.

This legislation was the outcome of the strongly expressed opinion of Mr. OSBERT CHADWICK and Professor SIMPSON, the experts sent to the Colony in 1902 to advise on the Sanitary Condition of the Colony, who wrote in the 27th para. of their report dated the 14th of May, 1902, "we are convinced that the Sanitary Department should be administered by an officer who should devote the whole of his time to such duties, and who should be ex officio the Chairman of the Board and Head of the Department. This Officer should be a medical man specially trained and skilled in Sanitary affairs and responsible to the Government for the efficient administration of the Departinent."

Personally I am very strongly of the opinion that the first part of the above recom- mendation is sound. I have had several years experience of the Sanitary Board as formerly constituted and I know that without a responsible Head to control the internal economy of the Sanitary Department, to supervise the work of its officers and maintain proper discipline among them, an efficient and economical administration of the Department is an impossibi- lity. Whether the Administrative Head is a Medical man, an Engineer, or a layman I do not think very much matters.

21.-Paragraph 305.-The Commissioners allege that the legislation by which the Principal Civil Medical Officer was male Administrative Head of the Sanitary Department, was passed without the public being clearly informed as to what the real result of the legislation would be. This statement is not in accordance with facts concerning which the Commissioners might very easily have refreshed their memories.

The Bill which afterwards became Ordinance 23 of 1903 was read a first time on the 19th December, 1903. When it was presented to the Legislative Council it was accom- panied by the usual statement of objects and reasons in which it was clearly set out that

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by direction of the Secretary, of State amendments are made to various sections of the Principal Ordinance (ie., No. 1 of 1903) by which a Sanitary Department is created and the Principal Civil Medical Officer is constituted its Administrative Head. The Bill after being read a first time was, with the objects and reasons appended to it, published in the Government Gazette of the 20th of November, 1903.

At a meeting of the Legislative Council held on the 7th December, 1903, the Attorney General in the course of his speech on the secoud reading of the Bill, said "other amendments which we propose in the Bill are suggested not by the Sanitary Board but by others who have had the working of the Bill under their charge and are responsible for it. In these amendments it is proposed to create a Sanitary Department. A Sanitary Department does exist but it is now proposed to recognise it by statute and to give the Principal Civil Medical Officer of the Colony the direct administration of that Department by holding him directly responsible. At the present time it is not possible to hold that officer directly responsible because he has no authority where he should have it."

The Council considered the Bill in Committee the same day and when section 3 (which dealt with the constitution of the Board and status of the Principal Civil Medical Officer) was reached it was held over for further consideration.

On the 14th of December, 1903, the Council met again and section 3 was passed with an amendment moved by the Attorney General by which the Medical Officer of Health was not included among the ex officio Members of the Sanitary Board.

The Colonial Secretary explained that the amendment was made in deference to the wishes of the Un-official Members.

It is evident therefore that this section of the Ordinance received careful and somewhat detailed consideration especially by the Un-Official Members of Council.

It is worthy of notice that on the 21st May, 1903, that is, soon after Ordinance 1 of 1903 came into operation, the Sanitary Board delegated disciplinary powers over the Staff to the Principal Civil Medical Officer and Medical Officer of Health in the following resolution :— "That the Board appoint a Select Committee consisting of the President and the Acting Medical Officer of Health under section 14 sub-section 2 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, for the purpose of inflicting fines for misconduct or neglect of duty." All the members of the Board were present including three of the signatories of the report— Messrs. HEWETT, FUNG WA CHÜN and LAU CHU-PAK, and the resolution was carried nem.

con.

New Scheme.

16.-I disagree in toto from the recommendation made under this heading. An organisation composed of 4 co-equal heads of departments working under a Board of 6 busy members of the Community and 4 busy officials, all of whom have their time already fully occupied and who meet once a fortnight for the transaction of business, is one that judged by the standard of common-sense is foredoomed to failure.

The Commissioners argue not without some force that the Principal Civil Medical Officer cannot have sufficient time to administer the Department. How then can the proposed Chairman elected out of a body of 10 men whose time it is to be presumed is as fully occupied as is the Principal Civil Medical Officer's, even with the assistance of his nine colleagues, efficiently control the working of the Department?

Instead of a glorified Secretary I would introduce, as soon as opportunity offers to do so economically, a working Head of the Department who can devote the whole of his time to the Department.

He should be nominated by the Governor to be Chairman of the Board the constitution of which might otherwise be as suggested by the Commissioners, viz., 4 official members and 6 un-officials including the Principal Civil Medical Officer.

In making this recommendation I do not wish to be understood to cast any reflection whatever on the administration of the Department by the Principal Civil Medical Officer and by Dr. CLARK who acted for him during his absence on leave.

I have shewn that under the present system a vast economy has been effected in the expenditure on measures to combat and prevent Plague, and I am sensible that both officers have worked very hard to increase the efficiency of the Department.

I think, however, that greater efficiency might be obtained by having an officer who can devote the whole of his time to the Departinent, which is now a very large one and the work of which is constantly increasing.

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Till such change can couveniently and economically be made (for with such a Head either the Secretary or the Assistant Secretary would not be required) I see no reason whatever to change the existing arrangements.

There should in addition be a Secretary to the Board, but I am strongly opposed to the institution of an Engineering Section distinct from the Public Works Department.

The Director of Public Works in the Memorandum which I attach dealing with various portions of the Commissioners' report not touched on by me, advances very strong objections to the proposal which would I consider lead to hopeless confusion and friction with the Public Works Department.

I am of opinion that some re-organisation of the Staff is necessary and that the method of dealing with applications for modification or exemption under various sections of the Ordinance should be much simplified. The power of dealing with such applications might well be left to the Sanitary Board and Building Authority respectively.

12th April, 1907.

Enclosure 1.

F. H. MAY Colonial Secretary.

Extract from the Report of the Sanitary Board on the Recommendations of the Insanitary Properties Commission, 1898.

Recommendations of the Sanitary Board.

Every house should have an open space in the rear, of the area mentioned in the following table, which area should extend for at least half the width of the house and from the back wall of such house to the line of division between it and the adjoining house or property:-

Houses not exceeding 40 feet in depth...

exceeding 40 feet not exceeding 50..

50 60

60...

50 sq.

130

175

ft.

Provided always that when the owners of a block of buildings agree to form a lane opening at either end upon a public street, and free from obstruction throughout, the fore- going rules should be modified as follows:-

Houses not exceeding 40 feet in depth: a lane not less than Houses exceeding 40 but not exceeding 50 feet in depth,. Houses exceeding 50 but not exceeding 60 feet in depth,. Houses exceeding 60 feet,

6' wide.

.... 11' " 13'

Should the construction of any such lane involve the demolition of houses at one or both ends of such lane in order to form an entrance or exit to the public street, such houses should be resumed by the Government.

All such lanes must be concreted, channelled, drained, lit and maintained in a sanitary condition by the owners.

The Sanitary Board should have power in special cases, to modify the provisions of the foregoing regulations, when such modification may appear necessary.

For the purposes of these rules the formation of one or more openings through the wall which under ordinary circumstances would form the party wall between two adjacent houses, shall not entitle such houses to be considered as one house.

Note. In all cases in which a continuous lane is thus provided, we consider that the Government might resume the land, after it has been surfaced and channelled by the owners, to the satisfaction of the Director of Public Works, should the owners agree to apply for such resumption.

In no case should any obstruction whatever be premitted to be erected in these open spaces or lanes and the Police Magistrate should have full power to order the immediate- removal of all such obstructions, including articles of merchandise, furniture, &c., stored in the lane.

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Enclosure 2.

Statement shewing the Rateable Value of Houses Nos. 2 to 44 Temple Street, in 1902 and 1905-06.

Rateable Value.

No.

Street.

No.

Street.

1902. 1905-06.

1902. [1905-06.

$99

Temple Street South,

150

160.

Temple Street South,

160

150

160

150

160

150

160

330

240

وو

150

160

32A

330

240

12.

150

160

32B

330

240

150

170

* 34

110

240.

150

170

* 36

150

* 38

150

RRRRRR

110

240

110

240

380

420

380

360

420

450

*Rebuilt since 1902.

Enclosure 3.

PROPERTY OF THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN COMPANY.

The 1905 Assessment was adopted for 1906.

Rateable Value.

No.

Street.

No.

Street.

1902.

1905-06.

1902.

1905-06.

Kowloon Point.

Macdonnell Road,..

855

Elgin Road,

500

575

490

535

500

420

ARRRAA

ARRA

490

535

500

535

490

535

500

420

490

535

500

640

490

535

500

535

490

535

500

420

490

535

500

420

490

535

500

420

490

535

500

535

وو

490

535

500

535

490

535

500

535

490

535

500

420

490

535

585

420

490

535

585

535

490

535

585

420

490

535

500

535

490

535

500

420

750

535

500

420

535

500

420

535

535 24

500

420

750

535

500

420

Elgin Road,

500

855

500

420

500

800

500

420

500

575

500

535

1902.

$26,010

1905-06.

$26,115

26,010

Nett Increase,.

. 105

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Enclosure 4.

Comparative Table of the Rateable Value of 100 Chinese houses in the

City of Victoria for each of the years 1899-1906.

Address.

Date of Construction

Rateable Value.

of Yard.

1899

1900 1901

1902 1903 1904 1905

1906

1 Ui Hing Lane

about 1900

100

120

180

165

200

100

120

180

165

200

100

120

180

165

200

100

120

180

165

200

100

120

180

175

165

200

100

120

180

165

, 200

200

100

120

180

165

200

100

120

180

165

200

100

120

180

165

200

100

120

180

165

200

100

120

180

165

200

وو

100

120

180

165

200

125

150

190

265

100

120

190

175

265

100.

120

200

185

220

140

130

. 130

160

לי

2 46

100

120

180

165

200

པ

100

120

180

165

200

100

120

200

185

220

100

120

180

165

200

100

120

180

165

200

100

120

180

165

200

100

120

180

165

200

100

120

180

165

200

100

120

180

165

200

100

· 120

180

165

200

100

120

180

165

200

100

120

180

165

200

100

120

180

165

200

100

120

180

165

200

100

120

180

165

200

100

120

180

175

165

200

241 Queen's Road East

1905

130

160

180

240

243

130

160

180

240

3 Star Street

210

280

365

400

210

280

380

400

210

280

365

400

210

280

380

400

210

280

365

400

४

210

280

380

400

210

280

365

400

210

280

380

400

210

280

365

400

210

280

370

400

3 Gage Street

1904

420

430

520

560

630

680

420

430

460

580

630

720

420

480

620

640

660

700

115 Wing Lok Street

1902

720

780

900

1,080

1,200

30 Bonham Strand

1903

840

900

· 960

1,320

1,320 1,440 1,500

1,500

14 East Street

1902

720

730

980 1,020

1,020

156 Hollywood Road

1903

370

450

Nil.

920

850

64 Bonham Strand West.

1905

2,100

2,400

3,000

3 Morrison Street.

605

850

1,200

360

480

- 515

515

1 A Chung Lane...

640

740

955

1,060

480

Brothels

to 1905.

420

850

955

955 1,115

700

420

850

955

955 1,115

800

420

850

955

955 1,115

800

420

850

955

955 1,115

540

邮确

(6)

500

850

955

955 1,115 540

540

2 Upper Rutter Street...

225

230

350

340

360

225

230

350

340.

340

360

'360

360

•

225

230

350

340

360

クラ

225

230

350

340

360

360 360

225

230

350

340

360

225

230

350

340

360

225

230

350

340

360

225

230

350

340

360

•

225

230

350

340

360

225

230

350

340

360

225

230

350

340

360

帽

Address.

Date of

Construction

of Yard.

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Rateable Value.

1899.

1900.

1901.

1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906.

2 Lower Rutter Street...

1905

225

230

350

360

400

225

230

350

360

400

225

230

350

360

400

225

230

350

360

400

命多

225

230

350

360

400

225

230

350

360

400

225

230

350

360

400

225

230

350

360

400

225

230

350

360

400

11 12

225

230

350

360

400

225

230

350

360

400

3 Upper Station Street

425

420

600

1,275 1,280

1,280

.530

520

585

695

690.

690

*720

560

1,080

800

5 Water Street..

about 1899

180

220

250

320

6789

alteration

130

1330

180

240

260

280

300

New

260

280

***

180

270

280

265

22 Pokfulam Road.....

140

170

195

†475

475

420

130

160

185

†475 475

420

140

170

195

†530 530

530

130

160

185

†475

475

420

140

170

195

†475 475

420

120

160

185

†475

475

420

2 Third Street

240

300

320

400

150

190

220

230

260

150

190

220

230

260

יי

150

190

220

230

260

وو

100

150

200

100

150

200

176

1903

150

180

275

320

180

150

180

200

370

340

178

150

180

275

305

Included 184A Hollywood Road.

† Rebuilt.

Includes No. 1.

Includes No. 4.

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Enclosure 5.

Letter from Messrs. John D. Humphreys & Co. regarding the providing of

backyards to 22 Chinese houses on Kowloon Inlund Lot 1103.

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS, HONGKONG, 11th December, 1906.

The Secretary,

Sanitary Board.

SIR,-We have been served with notices informing us that our 22 Chinese houses on Kowloon Inland Lot 1103 contravene Section 175 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance of 1903 and calling upon us to open out one half of the entire space intervening between the principal room or rooms and the main walls at the back of such buildings as well as the corresponding portion of roof and by providing each storey with a window of at least ten square feet superficial area opening into such open space. We therefore beg to apply for an exemption of the provisions of Section 175 of the Ordinance on the following grounds-

(1.) K. I. L. 1103 was purchased by this Company from the Government at Public Auction in December, 1900. Mr. ORMSBY the then Director of Public Works informed the General Managers of the Company that he had arrang- ed for the lot to be of the exceptionally narrow depth of 45 feet so as to do away with any necessity for having back yards. He was of opinion that a building of this narrow depth would be amply lighted from the front and assured the General Managers that the Company would not be called upon to provide a yard and that there would be a Government lane of at least 15 feet in width at the back.

(2.) The Company upon this assurance erected 22 Chinese houses on the lot which were completed and passed by the Director of Public Works on 12th August, 1902, and by the Sanitary Board on 14th August, 1902, as being in compliance with the law.

(3.) A few months later, viz., in February, 1903, these new houses some of them not even tenanted became "illegal" by the creation of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance of 1903.

(4.) Although the Health Ordinance of 1903 has been in force nearly four years this is the first intimation the Company has received that the houses are considered illegal structures under the Ordinance. Had this been pointed out earlier the Company might have been able by an appeal to His Excellency the Governor to have obtained an exemption and possibly some modification of Section 175 itself when the drastic nature of its con- ditions was so forcibly made manifest.

(5.) The houses as already stated are only 45 feet in depth have a public road in front 50 feet in width and a public road in rear 25 feet in width. No other houses are built or building within 70 feet of the rear consequently is ample open space.

(6.) By complying with Section (1) of 175 of the Ordinance we shall be forced to contravene Section 140 of the Ordinance by the kitchens being reduced to less than 50 square feet in area.

(7.) To provide back yards for the houses now would cost about $8,000, and if this were done the buildings would command less rent than they now do. The Company farms out the property at a rental which returns less than five per cent. on the capital expenditure and even at this unremunerative rental the tenant farmer is losing heavily.

We trust the members of the Board will, in view of the foregoing circumstances exercise the powers conferred on them under Section 3 of 175 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance and recommend His Excellency the Governor to grant an exemption.

We have, &c.,

(Sd.) JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & CO.,

General Manugers.

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Enclosure 6.

Memorandum by the Medical Officer of Health shewing how four or five cubicles may

be erected in the upper floors of existing houses not exceeling 49 feet in depth.

To The Secretary,

SANITARY BOARD.

Since resuming duty as Medical Officer of Health I have carefully considered the cubicle question, and I am satisfied that a great deal of the misunderstanding and a great deal of the difficulty experienced by this Department in enforcing the cubicle regulations, arises from the fact that owners of property as a rule make no attempt to provide cubicles for their tenants, but leave it to the tenants to put up these structures. The poorer and less educated tenants are not in a position to know exactly what the law permits and what is prohibited, and consequently they do not make the best use of the space at their disposal and constantly put up cubicles which contravene the law.

I quite understand that if owners of property put up the usual matchboarding cubicles they would run the risk of having them demolished and used as firewood by unsatisfactory tenants and I have therefore consulted the Honourable Director of Public Works as to the best material that could be used for permanent partitions and we are agreed that expanded metal framed in 1 inch angle-irons and strengthened where necessary with the saine material placed diagonally, with cement plaster on both faces and of a total thickness of about one inch, would be, both permanent and durable. Sach partitions could be kept clean without difficulty and would afford no lodgement for vermin.

I find that the law permits every floor which has two front windows of adequate size to be sub-divided into two rooms and a lobby or landing, vide Type A figure 2. I find moreover that with rooms of the usual height of 13 to 14 feet, and not more than 40 feet in depth there would as a rule be no structural difficulty in providing all the necessary window area for the larger room at a level of more than six feet above the floor. If this is done it is possible, on every upper floor of every building erected before the passing of Ordinance 23 of 1903, to have a cubicle in such room, which will comply with all the cubicle regelations (Section 154); we thus obtain, on every such upper floor, four practically separate sleeping apartments and a lobby or landing (Type A figure 3), and by certain Structural alterations which I have indicated in Type A figure 4, Type B figure 4, Type C figure 4, and Type D figure 2, we are able to obtain five such sleeping apartments and a lobby or landing on every upper floor.

These four types represent practically all the different designs of Chinese houses in the Colony, built before the passing of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, and the sub-division of the floors requires only that the windows shall be placed high up in the front and back walls so as to be above the level of the cubicle partitions. The tendency has been unfortunately to extend windows downwards towards the floor instead of upwards towards the ceilings, where it has been necessary to enlarge window areas so as to comply with the law, although it is obvious that the higher a window is placed the greater its lighting power and if owners of property can be induced to place their windows high up in order to sub-divide the rooms I think the result will be an improvement in the sanitary condition of tenement property.

Type A shows the usual 8 feet yard with kitchen in the rear; by removing five feet of the width of the kitchen it is possible to obtain a space opposite the back window of the floor of not less than 13 feet and this allows an additional sleeping apartment to be erected.

Type B shows the ordinary half kitchen and half yard; in this case the additional space to give 13 feet opposite the rear window has to be taken out of the floor space and a new 4" wall must be built on each such floor.

Type C shows no yard but a lane in the rear-the usual Kowloon type and in this case the removal of five feet of the width of this kitchen, as in Type A, gives the necessary external air with its additional sleeping apartment.

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Type D shows that where, as in many cases, the half kitchen half yard arrangement exists in back to back pairs of houses, the removal of the party wall between the two yards above the level of the first floor, gives the necessary external air in the rear.

Type E shows buildings erected after the passing of the Ordinance--"New buildings" in fact and here the judicious provision of a "heavenly well" or air-shaft in the centre of a group of three houses allows a very large number of separate sleeping apartments on every floor; or, if preferred, the ground floors can be preserved as shops and the open well provided for the upper floors only.

I have assumed in all these plans that the front street is not less than 13 feet in width.

29th November, 1906.

FRANCIS CLARK, Medical Officer of Health.

Enclosure 7.

Minute by the Local Auditor on the subject of the Commissioners'

remarks on Books and Accounts.

Honourable Colonial Secretary.

In compliance with your request that I should peruse the Report of the Sanitary Board Commission dealing with Books and Accounts (Paragraphs 257-273) I beg to make the following observations :--

1. That the Accounts of the Sanitary Board are kept on a proper basis, the detailed records of all Expenditure are kept in the Treasury Books (Journal and Ledger). The Account kept in the Sanitary Board is only a subsidiary one.

2. The Stores Accounts and all receipt and issue notes are examined regularly in this Office, and periodical check of articles in store made with very satisfactory results. With reference to the question of a proper system of store keeping being in force in the Sanitary Department I would refer you to C.S.O. 1404 of 1902.

3. The Paragraphs dealing with the Small Stores Contract, and to the direct delivery of stores to Sanitary Inspectors tend to show an unsatisfactory state of affairs, in that there is ample opening for committing fraud, especially where dishonest persons are concerned.

4. With reference to the foregoing paragraph I would suggest that in future more care should be taken as regards the giving of this contract, and also that no direct delivery of stores by contractors can be allowed, but that all purchases of stores must pass through the books of the main store, and be re-issued.

5. The question of supervision of stores issued to out-stations is dealt with in C.S.O. 1404 of 1902.

27th March, 1907.

H. R. PHELIPS,

Local Auditor.

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Enclosure 8.

Statement of the various sections of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance No. 1 of 1903, as amended by No. 23 of 1903, shewing the powers conferred by the law on the Principal Civil Medical Officer, the Medical Officer of Health and the Sanitary Board, respectively.

PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.

PART II.

Section.

8. Appointment-Administrative Head-Vacancies, promotions, dismis-

sals, fines and discipline generally. Finance.

13. Special meetings.

18. Fines.

19. Servants-Appointment of.

22. Authorization of night visits.

24.

יי

82. Destruction of unwholesomet food.

PART III

PART II

PART III

PART VI

83.

230. Abatement of Nuisances under Part III.

MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.

15. Delegation of powers to.

19. Appointment of.

21. Power of entry on private premises in day time.

22. Power of entry at night.

27. Power to authorize inspection for nuisances.

30. Power to prosecute for breach of bye-law.

35. Penalty for disobedience of order of Medical Officer of Health (acting

under s. 15)..

48. Power to prosecute for overcrowding (“ duly authorized" by the Stand-

ing Orders).

82. Power to recommend destruction of unwholesome food.

83.

84. Power of inspection of dairies-special.

88. (2). Public conveyances used for infectious cases to be disinfected to

satisfaction of Medical Officer of Health.

204. Certification of new buildings.

226. Approval of plans of alterations or new buildings.

256. Recovery of penalties under Part II.

Bye-laws:-

Cemeteries 8 and 17.-Granting of permits to re-open graves. Disinfection of infected premises 2.-Medical Officer of Health to take steps for the disinfection of such premises; 3: Medical Officer of Health may detain persons found in such premises; 4: Medical Officer of Health may disinfect articles that have been in contact with the infected person; 5: Medical Officer of Health may authorize des- truction of infected articles which cannot be effectively disinfected.

Notification of infectious disease 1.--Medical Officer of Health to be notified by medical practitioner in attendance; 2: Medical Officer of Health (or nearest Police Station) to be notified by person in attend- ance where there is no medical attendant; 5: Medical Officer of Health to be notified in regard to Plague, Cholera or Small-pox by any person having knowledge of the existence of such a case.

Overcrowding 1.-Medical Officer of Health shall cause domestic buildings to be measured, and the accommodation number painted up in English and Chinese.

Opium Divans 9.-Keeper of an opium divan shall, in the event of the occurrence of a case of contagious disease therein, adopt all such precautions as the Medical Officer of Health may direct.

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Prevention or Mitigation of Epidemic, Endemic or Contagious Disease 1.-Medical Officer of Health shall give directions for house to house cleansing and disinfection, under certain circumstances; 2: he may grant permits for the removal of household goods from house to house within the areas which are being cleansed and disinfected; 3 : he may certify any of such buildings as unfit for human habitation even after they have been cleansed and disinfected; 4: he may require dis-` infectants to be used in all receptacles for excremental matters.

Removal of Patients 1.-The Medical Officer of Health may certify that a person is lodged and cared for (in a private dwelling) without danger to the public health; 2: he may authorize the removal for burial of bodies that have died from an infectious disease; 3 : he

may apply to a Magistrate for the compulsory removal of a case of infectious disease, if such case is improperly lodged; 4: he shall take measures for the safe and convenient removal of such cases to a hospital, when the patient is willing to be removed.

SANITARY BOARD.

PART II

PART III

Section.

8. Constitution.

11. Substitute members.

12. Vacancies.

13. Meetings-Quorum.

14. Standing Orders. Select Committees.

15. Delegation of powers.

16. Making of Bye-laws.

17. Approval and publication of Bye-laws.

23. Power of entry on private premises.

24. Power of entry of select committees re overcrowding.

25. Assaulting Member of the Board.

29. Notices to abate nuisances.

30. Notices re contravention of bye-laws.

31. Review of notices.

32. Complaint to Magistrate re nuisances.

35. Contravention of orders of Magistrate.

36. Form of notices to be issued.

41. Regulation of public washermen.

42. Establishment of dangerous or offensive trades.

43. Nuisances in factories and workshops.

44. Prohibition of habitation of premises used for dangerous or offensive

trades.

45. Occupation of basements.

52. Licences to keep cattle, swine and goats.

56. Depôts for animals.

57. Prohibition of grazing.

61. Sub-letting or Assigning of lease to slanghter.

77. Sales of food outside Markets.

81. Entry into Markets.

82. Seizure of unwholesome food.

83. Entry on premises to inspect food.

88. Conveyance of infected persons.

89. Disinfection of infected premises. 91. Cemeteries.

93. Recovery of expenses.

95. Certificates.

111. Concreting of ground surfaces.

112. Repairs to ground surfaces.

118 (4). Mezzanine floors.

139. Enclosure of Verandahs.

154 (9). Cubicles.

159. Drains from latrines.

162. Water-closets.

163. Latrines in factories.

164. Removal of night-soil.

165. Provision of additional latrines.

166. Public latrines.

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167. Government latrines-erection of.

173.

-management of.

175 (4). Backyards.

180. Open spaces in rear of new buildings.

188. Height of buildings.

191. Drainage works.

192.

193.

194.

195.

197.

198.

PART V

199.

214. Stagnant water-filling in of pools.

215. Insanitary wells.

222 (3). Drainage plans.

251. Claims to await decision of Board in regard to exemptions. 263. Closure of premises by a Magistrate.

264. Magistrate may order removal of illegal structures.

PART VII 265. Appeal to Governor-in-Council against decision of Board.

268. Certificates of Board.

Schedule B.

269. Personal liability of members.

270. Writs against the Board.

Schedule G, 11.

Verandahs.

H, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10. Matshed Regulations.

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Appendix.

Minute by the Honourable Director of Public Works on certain statements in the Commissioners' Report.

Honourable Colonial Secretary.

There are a few statements in the Report of the Commission on which I would offer some observations. In doing so, I have quoted the numbers of the paragraphs in the Report so as to facilitate reference.

81.-The case quoted is the only one which has occurred. The matter was rectified immediately on its being discovered.

82.-The statement purporting to be based upon my evidence is much too strongly expressed. What I said was that there were probably some duties which could not be performed by the Inspectors.

84-89.—Mr. OuGH's report shows that he has resorted to special expedients in manu- facturing the briquettes of mortar but he does not quote any authority in support of his methods. The briquettes made by this Department are manufactured in accordance with ordinary methods. On page 5 of his report, Mr. OUGH "alleges" that certain briquettes tested by this Department were cracked before being put into the testing machine. There is absolutely no ground for this allegation, -on the contrary, all briquettes are carefully examined before being tested and it may be regarded as impossible that any crack should escape detection. Mr. OUGH's allegation may be dismissed as groundless surmise on his part.

102 & 103.—To require the use of an equal quantity of cement in place of lime in the composition of the concrete would almost certainly result in no cement concrete being used, though the thickness is reduced by one-third.

104.-The recommendations made are, in my opinion, impracticable. The mixing of concrete must be constantly supervised if its quality is to be accepted for the purposes of a certificate. The Commissioners state (para. 96) that in 1905 about 1,760 notices were served to reconcrete. Assuming 300 working days per annum, this gives nearly 6 per day, apart from new buildings where concrete was being laid, and I presume that many of the notices served included more than one house. To give effect to the recommendations, a large staff would be required to supervise concreting surfaces alone and I gather from the report that Inspectors are considered unreliable, speaking generally, so presumably Assistant Engineers or highly-paid Clerks-of-Works would be required.

105-108.-The difficulty of making the cement rendering adhere to the walls un- doubtedly exists and, in the case of existing buildings, the modification suggested might be adopted. In the case of new buildings, the section should stand as at present.

I regard the recommendation as to the issue of a certificate as impracticable, for similar reasons to those given with regard to concreting surfaces.

123-134.-The case referred to in paragraph 124 is explained in my evidence (pp. 2086-2092). Mr. DENISON gives no specific case. It rarely happens however that a plan of any considerable work is submitted in respect of which no modification is required. The English Public Health Act specifies that some reply in acknowledgment of plans-no cessarily approval-shall be given within a month from the time of their being deposit

In the case quoted by Mr. ОUGH, an extensive reclamation scheme was involved, wh entailed a reconstruction of the drainage system of a considerable district. Though be plans were not formally acknowledged, the essential points were settled and the work as allowed to proceed, practically no delay being caused by the withholding of the ac

acow- ledgment.

Mr. OSBORNE stated that small jobs are often finished before he gets pernion to proceed with them. He might have gone further and stated that small jobs e oiten completed before he submits the plans for them.

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With regard to the Hotel Mansions case, the records of the Public Works Department show that the occupation certificate was issued to Messrs. PALMER & TURNER on the 10th August, 1906. If it did not reach Mr. OSBORNE's hand until the 16th or 18th August, the responsibility for the delay does not rest with this Department.

The following is the results of an examination into the time occupied in passing the whole of the plans deposited during the first quarter of 1906. The number of plans deposited was 273 and of these:-

20% were passed within 10 days.

from 11 to 15 days.

110

40%

164%

Totals,...209

761%

20 days.

In the case of 63 plans, or 23%, delays occurred from some of the following causes:-

(a.) They were not in order and had to be returned to architect for amendment. (b.) They required modifications to be granted and therefore had to be submitted

to the Sanitary Board, the Governor-in-Council, or both.

(c.) Infractions of the Ordinance, which were practically part of the proposals, had already been committed and the plan could not be dealt with until these were remedied.

(d.) Questions of ownership, or encroachment, or levels were involved and a

survey had to be made before the plans could be dealt with.

(e.) The omission of necessary information which should have been shown.

It must be borne in mind that the following matters, which do not concern local authorities in England, in the case of plans deposited with them, have also to be investi- gated in many cases here:-

(a.) Correctness of the boundaries shown on the plans.

(b.) Compliance with special conditions of sale.

(c.) The date of sale of the land; the date of erection of any existing building in cases where alterations affecting the open space are proposed; whether the land comes within the area covered by the Praya Reclamation Ordinance (No. 6 of 1889).

143-145.-The Ordinance is not enforced to the extent indicated. In cases where I consider that the repairs are not such as to be likely to jeopardize the stability of the building, I do not require a plan or certificate from an Authorized Architect. If the case quoted in 144 really occurred, the nature of the repairs could not have been known when the demand for a plan was made and an explanation of their nature would have been followed by the immediate withdrawal of the demand.

The case referred to in 145 cannot be traced without further particulars. It scarcely appears reasonable that it should be embodied in a report of this nature without some steps having been taken to verify the statements made. Great lenience is shown to people of the class indicated and a type plan has actually been prepared by Government for a simple class of house designed to suit their requirements. Copies of the plan are supplied for $1 each. It is not obvious how any improvement is to be effected if the people are to be permitted to build hovels of any description they please.

246-248.-There can be no objection to making provision for a modification of the requirements of the Ordinance in outlying districts, subject to some reservation in special cases where important developments occur. The recommendation is already carried out in practice, important modifications being granted by the Governor-in-Council in such cases, but the machinery for this might be made simpler.

311 et seq. New Scheme.-I submit the following criticisms on the proposals put forward by the Commission for the future administration of the Public Health and Build- ings Ordinance, in so far as they affect the Building Authority's duties.

They propose that the Sanitary Board should be constituted the Building Authority with an Executive Engineer as the chief executive officer for performing the duties coming within the scope of the lding Authority. To carry out the important duties devolving

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upon him, the executive officer must be given higher rank than that of an Executive Engineer and must be approximately on an equal footing with the Director of Public Works. The Board cannot possibly exercise any control in technical matters and their chief executive officer must have such a status as will enable him to do so.

The Commission refer in their report to the case of Singapore, but surely they must be aware that the Municipal Engineer there is an officer of high standing and is in receipt of a very high salary.

They propose to leave the control of public roads, sewers, &c. still in the hands of the Director of Public Works. This, I submit, would scarcely be practicable. Most building operations in a City like Victoria or a district like Kowloon involve interference with the public roads and the concentration which the Commission profess to aim at would not be attained by the adoption of their scheme as reference would still have to be made to the Director of Public Works in all matters affecting roads and sewers.

Again, a good many road improvement schemes have been carried out of late years which involved the resumption, in whole or in part, of lots leased to private individuals. It appears doubtful whether it would be prudent to communicate such schemes to such a body as the Sanitary Board, but it is obvious that it would be alunost absolutely necessary that they should be in the knowledge of the Building Authority. The same remarks apply to the resumption of Insanitary Property.

In some cases, lots are sold in undeveloped districts where no roads or sewers exist. Under the Commission's proposals, the levels in such cases must be determined by the Director of Public Works, introducing further cross reference.

From the foregoing, I think it will be gathered that the scheme put forward by the Commission, if approved, would require considerable amendment and, even then, it is doubtful whether it would attain its object.

The proposal I would submit instead of it is that the administration of practically the whole of Part III of the Ordinance should be vested in the Director of Public Works, the present reference of plans to the Medical Officer of Health, the issue of certificates by that officer and the supervision of certain items, such as concreting ground surfaces, &c. by the, officers of the Board, being abolished.

All powers of modification, except those of a technical nature, should be vested in a small Committee, consisting, say, of 5 members, including the Director of Public Works who should be Chairman. Reference to the Governor-in-Council should be limited to appeals from the decisions of this Committee, members of the Committee having the right of appeal in cases where a decision is the result of a majority vote.

Such an arrangement would greatly simplify the present procedure. All plans in con- formity with the Ordinance would be passed by the Director of Public Works and those in respect of which any modification was required would be considered by the Committee which would meet regularly, say, once a week.

It would be the duty of the Director of Public Works to notify the Medical Officer of Health of all modifications granted by the Committee.

All matters affecting cubicles and cock-lofts should be placed under the control of the Sanitary Board and should not come before the Building Authority in any way.

The Sanitary Inspectors should continue to inspect all buildings and should report to the Medical Officer of Health all infractions of the provisions of the Ordinance, which may come to their notice. All such reports, relating to matters other than cubicles and cock- lofts, should be passed by the Medical Officer of Health to the Building Authority for the necessary action.

Such is my proposal in outline and I believe it would be more likely to secure the objects of the Commission than the scheme put forward by them.

W. CHATHAM, Director of Public Works.

18th April, 1907.

HONGKONG.

No. 25

1907

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SANITARY COMMISSION, AND PROPOSALS OF GOVERNMENT THEREON,

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

Section 175.

Recommendations.

OPEN SPACES.

Paragraphs 25-58.

Sub-section (1).

Words "by the owner

to be deleted; private lanes and public streets in the rear to be allowed to count as open spaces. Compensation for loss of land devoted to provision of open space to be provided for.

Sub-section (2).

See paragraphs 36-38.

vised.

Un-intelligible and unworkable--to be re-

Sub-section (4).

Sanitary Board to be empowered to grant, with the consent of the Governor-in-Council, exemption as well as modification.

Sections 153, 154.

Paragraph 73.

CUBICLES.

Require careful consideration and thorough

revision.

Proposals.

Words "by the owner" for reasons given in the Colonial Secretary's minute will not be deleted.

Private lanes if in the same ownership as the houses abutting on them, are now allowed to count as open spaces.

For reasons given in the Colonial Secretary's minute compensation will not be granted.

Will not be amended.

A Bill to give effect to this stands in the Orders of the Day.

1. In houses that existed before the passing of Ordinance 23 of 1903, the Board has ample power with the consent of the Governor-in- Council to grant modification and exemption from the law which therefore requires no amendment, except to place the power of modification or exemption in the hands of another Body.

2. As regards houses built since that date the Government is prepared to confer power for granting similar modification and exemption.

3. As regards re-erected houses the Govern- ment is prepared to amend the law on the follow- ing lines:--

(a.) To give power to a qualified Body to permit cubicles in special cases (eg., when one or two houses in a row have to be re-erected).

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Recommendations. ·

BUILDING AUTHORITY.

Proposals.

(b.) In other cases (e.g., when three or more contiguous houses are re-built) to insiston provision of lateral windows opening into ex- ternal air, except where the floor can be adequately lit and ventilated by sky-lights, but to permit the inhabitation of the floors in the propor- tion not exceeding 1 adult to every 30 square feet of habitable floor space and 400 cubic feet of internal air space.

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4. When houses are erected on land hitherto unoccupied by domestic buildings, to insist on provision of lateral windows opening into external air, except where the floor can be adequately lit and ventilated by sky-lights, on the same conditions as to proportion of inhabitants of the floor as in 3 (b) above.

5. To take power to exempt from the pro- vision of lateral windows in special cases (e.g., houses of a European type) in both 3 (7) and 4.

Sections 205 & 230.

Paragraph 78.

Inconsistent in the matter of delegation.

Paragraph 80.

Secretary of Sanitary Board not to be deputed by Building Authority to issue notices under Part III.

Section 230.

Building Nuisances should not be dealt with by the Principal Civil Medical Officer but by an Engineer.

No alteration is proposed (See Colonial Secretary's minute).

Under consideration.

This is agreed to in so far as technical engineering matters are concerned.

MORTAR.

Paragraph 89.

Mr. OuGH's report on Test applied to Mor- tar to be carefully considered by the Government.

Section 1/12.

Paragraph 94.

CONCRETING.

The phrase "make good" has been un- authorisedly interpreted as "re-concrete.” Paragraph 104.

(a.) Sections 111, 112, 140 to be consolidated. Paragraph 102.

(b.) Definite specification for mixing and laying lime concrete to be adopted.

(c.) Building Inspector to supervise the con- creting of floors.

Noted.

This has been remedied.

This appears to be unnecessary.

This matter may be left to the Authorised Architects.

This would involve a large staff and is con- sidered impracticable.

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Recommendations.

(d.) Certificate to be given that the work has been carried out. Such certificate to hold good as against all but surface repairs for eight years in the case of lime concrete and for fifteen years in the case of cement concrete. The certificate should exempt owners from opening up ground surface of their houses and require them only to repair broken surfaces during period of certificate.

Section 140.

Paragraph 105.

Internal surface of kitchen walls to be ren- dered in cement mortar to a height of 18 inches instead of 4 feet.

Paragraph 108.

Certificate to be granted on completion to protect owner from doing the work a second time. Paragraph 107.

Work of passing concreting of ground sur- faces and rendering of walls in cement mortar to be done by Civil Engineer and not by the Medical Authorities.

Paragraph 116.

LIMEWASHING.

If periodical cleansings are undertaken un- der supervision of the Sanitary Board:

(a.) Complusory limewashing may be found

unnecessary.

(b.) Shops and respectable Chinese houses should not be placed on the same footing as common lodging-houses and opium divans.

Proposals.

Considered impracticable. See Director of Public Works' minute.

Under consideration.

Considered impracticable. See Director of Public Works' minute.

It is proposed to put new work under the Director of Public Works.

Government is prepared to consider recom- mendations of the Sanitary Board for amendment of Bye-laws.

DELAY IN PASSING PLANS AND WORK.

Paragraph 127.

Delay in passing plans to be remedied by con- centration of work done by Building Authority in the Sanitary Department.

Paragraph 134.

Delay in passing work to be remedied in the same way.

Paragraph 143.

Employment of Authorised Architect in cases of repair entails hardship.

The Government proposes to take steps to avoid circumlocution and delay, but not in the manner suggested.

See Director of Public Works' minute.

Recommendations.

DELAY IN PASSING DRAINS.

Paragraph 136.

Post of Sanitary Surveyor to be abolished. Work to be placed under an Executive Engineer. See New Scheme.

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Proposals.

It is proposed to put the work under the Public Works Department.

DISINFECTING AND GENERAL CLEANSING.

Paragraphs 156-157.

More supervision required.

Paragraph 161.

Bye-laws for prevention and mitigation of infectious diseases to be revised and remodelled.

Paragraph 162.

Permission should be given in certain cases for plague patients to be treated in their own houses.

Paragraph 162.

Permission for moribund cases to be so treated should be always given.

Paragraph 168.

Disinfection of premises to be left to the inmates under supervision of the Sanitary Board and of a member of the Kai Fong, or Street Committee, to be established for the purpose.

Paragraph 164.

Free dispensaries and District Plague Hospitals to be encouraged (?i.e., supported) by the Government.

Paragraph 169.

RAT CATCHERS.

Instructions to be drawn up for their gui- dance and more supervision over their work to be exercised.

CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTORS.

Paragraph 179.

(a.) All tenders should be numbered, ini- tialled and stamped by the Colonial Secretary's Office and sent to the Sanitary Board in a sealed envelope marked "confidential," to be opened in the presence of the Board.

(b.) Before the Sanitary Board recommends a tender for acceptance, the tender should be referred to a select Committee to enquire into the identity and occupation of the tenderers and their proposed security.

The Government proposes to appoint a Head of the Department who can devote the whole of his time to the Department.

Government is awaiting recommendations of the Sanitary Board in this matter.

Under consideration.

It is agreed that this may be done when the patient really is moribund.

As at present advised the Government does

not agree.

If encouraged means pecuniarily supported,. the question involving as it does additional ex- penditure requires careful consideration.

Under consideration.

Recommendations.

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Proposals.

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(c.) Tenders should be called for in good time and all contracts let at least three months before the existing contracts expire, so as to give the new contractors ample time to make the necessary preparations.

(d.) Where the contract amounts to only a small sum annually, the tenderer should not be required to furnish security greater than 25 per cent. of that amount, so as to enable the small capitalists to come forward and compete.

2. The system of recognising authorised drainage contractors be abolished, as we cannot ascertain that any good has resulted, while we believe it has assisted in the creation of an impro- per monopoly.

Paragraphs 181, 182.

More supervision by others than Inspectors to be given to carrying out of various contracts.

This is a question of staff and expense which will receive consideration.

MARKETS.

Paragraph 196.

Killing room at Central Market to be en-

Under consideration.

larged.

Under consideration.

Inspector of Markets to be abolished.

CEMETERIES.

Paragraphs 210-213.

(1.) Cemetery Bye-laws to be revised and strictly enforced.

(2.) LO CHANG to be dismissed and banished. (3.) A better class of man to be put in charge of the Chinese Cemeteries.

(4.) Cemeteries should not be leased to denominational bodies.

(5.) Plans of Cemeteries should be exhibited at the Cemeteries.

BURIALS AND BURIAL ORDERS.

Paragraph 214.

Certificates of death not to be issued by Sanitary Inspectors.

Paragraph 215.

All dead bodies

bodies to be inspected Medical Officer of Health.

The Government awaits the Board's recom- mendations for amendment of Bye-laws.

sary.

Not acted on.

With proper supervision this seems unneccs-

Not agreed to.

It does not appear that this would serve any useful purpose.

This recommendation is being acted on as far as practicable as far as uncertified bodies in houses in Victoria and Kowloon are concerned.

This is being dong in Victoria and Kowloon as far as practicable as far as uncertified dead bodies in houses are concerned.

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Recommendations,

Proposals.

NOTICES.

Paragraph 221.

Schedules D and L.

(1.). All notices should bear the name of the reporting Inspector, and the date on which the Inspector reported the premises.

(2.) Paragraph to be added to notice to effect that if the person named in the notice is dissatisfied with its requirements, he should report the fact to the Secretary of the Sanitary Board.

(3.) Record to be kept of these complaints which should be dealt with by the Board or a Committee of the Board.

4.) Paragraph to be inserted warning the person named in the notice to report if any Officer of the Department demands money or presents from him.

Paragraph 224.

PROSECUTIONS.

(1.) Prosecutions for breaches of the Ordinance should not be left to the Sanitary. Inspectors only.

Paragraph 229.

(2.) Convictions should not be obtained unless the evidence of the Sanitary Inspector is corroborated by that of the Medical Officer of Health or Executive Engineer. Paragraph 230.

(3.) In cases when the defendant has to obtain legal assistance and expert advice, and the Magistrate does not convict, the defendant should be allowed costs.

(4.) In no case should a prosecution be allowed unless a notice to abate the nuisance has been served on the owner or occupier.

Paragraph 232.

OVERCROWDING.

Special type of houses to be authorised for Chinese occupation to be of one or two storeys only and of cheap construction.

ENTRY AND INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS.

Paragraph 243.

For night visits a separate permit shou be issued for each house with date of the intend- ed visit entered thereon.

The Office records already show this. It is obviously undesirable to put the name of re- porting Inspector in the notice.

Agreed to.

No objection to this.

Under consideration.

No prosecution is ever instituted without the authority of the Medical Officer of Health, Principal Civil Medical Officer or Director of Public Works.

It is impracticable to give effect to this. The Inspector is bound to produce evidence to the satisfaction of the Magistrate.

Not agreed to.

Such notices are always served in the case of nuisances.

This recommendation has been anticipated as far as villages in outlying districts are concerned. The question of extension of the principle will be considered.

rojection to this.

Recommendations.

ENFORCEMENT OF SANITARY AND BUILDING REGULATIONS IN OUTLYING DISTRICTS.

Paragraph 246.

Special exemption of enforcement of such regulations to be made in the case of outlying districts.

Paragraph 255.

ESTIMATES.

The Sanitary Board should have full oppor- tunity for considering and discussing the Estimates of the Sanitary Department, before they are sent in to the Government.

BOOKS, ACCOUNTS AND CLERICAL WORK. Paragraphs 269-273.

(1.) Assistant Secretary should be a man with some Commercial training, and of British

race.

(2.) Proper books to be kept.

(3.) Proper store accounts to be kept.

(4.) Correspondence to be first opened by

the Secretary or Assistant Secretary.

(5.) Use of chop by Secretary to be dis- continued.

(6.) Staff to be re-organised.

STANDING ORDERS.

Paragraph 283.

Board should have full power to make Standing Orders for the guidance of Officers of the Board, and should have full power to direct the Officers and servants of the Board to carry out those orders.

The Board's orders to pass through the hands of Secretary whose duty it should be to see them carried out.

SUPERVISION OF STAFF.

Paragraph 284.

More personal supervision by the Medical Officers of Health over the Inspectors desirable.

Paragraph 293.

COMPLAINTS.

(1.) Record of complaints by the public to be kept.

(2.) Investigation be made by Senior Officer of Sub-department to which the complaint refers.

373

Proposals.

Under consideration. See Director of Public Works' minute.

made.

This is agreed to.

This recommendation has been noted.

Improvements in the books kept are being

This has been acted on.

Instructions are being issued accordingly.

Under consideration:

It is not proposed to depart from the principle of having an Administrative Head of the Department.

This has been noted.

Agreed to.

The Administrative Head of the Depart- ment should enquire.

374

Recommendations.

(3.) Complaints and report of action taken thereon to be laid before the Board.

(4.) Some simple form of appeal required.

Paragraph 299.

PRESENTS.

These which are contrary to regulation some- times take the form of free launches.

NEW SCHEME.

Paragraphs 311 et seq.

Proposals.

It is considered that this should be left to the Administrative Head of the Department.

A letter of complaint to the Board seems the simplest form of appeal.

Sufficiently dealt with under existing Re- gulations.

311. We would suggest that the Admistra- tion of the Public Health and Building Ordinances be entirely separate from the Public Works Department.

The latter should still keep control of such work as water supply, public roads, sewers, &c., but all matters relating to Sanitary affairs, nui- sances and actual construction or alteration of buildings should be entirely transferred to the Sanitary and Building Department, such Depart- ment to be divided into four sections.

312.

1.) There should be a Secretarial De- partment, the Secretary being co-equal with the heads of the other sub-departments, but having the right to control the entire correspondence, and be kept fully advised as to all that is taking place, in exactly the same way that a Secretary to a Home Municipality, or of a large Company, is the centre of all information.

(2.) The Medical, having at the head, the Medical Officer of Health, with Assistant Medical Officers of Health.

(3.) The Engineering Section, with an Ex- ecutive Engineer, Assistant Engineers, and Over- seers, as may be found necessary.

(4.) The Veterinary Department, under the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, with supervision of markets and food supplies generally.

313. The whole Department to be controlled by a Board formed of four official and six un- official members, as at present, who shall have the complete ordering of the Department, recommend to the Governor all promotions or changes and alterations in the staff, and be accountable to His Excellency for the expenditure of the funds voted by the Legislative Council.

NEW SCHEME.

It is not proposed to adopt the principal recommendations under this heading for the following reasons :—

1. It is considered absolutely necessary that there should be an Administrative Head of the Sanitary Department and it is proposed to appoint an Officer who shall be able to devote the whole of his time to the Department.

In this course Sir M. NATHAN agreed in ́a minute which he has left on record.

2. It is not considered desirable in the public interest that the Sanitary Board should be constituted the Building Authority with an Executive Engineer as the Chief Executive Officer for performing the duties coming within the scope of the Building Authority.

It is probable that the Commissioners do not intend that the Sanitary Board should be invested with all the extensive powers of the Building Authority which cover every sort of work includ- ing reclamations, resumptions, the building of factories, docks, piers and other large enterprises.

It is more likely that they mean that the Sanitary Board should be constituted the Build- ing Authority for the examination and passing of plans of buildings of a domestic type or of other types if to be erected in the more populous parts of Kowloon or within the City boundaries.

If such is really their proposal then it means that there must be two Building Authorities.

To such a proposal there are the following strong objections :--

(a.) The change will not effect the object in view, which is ostensibly the saving in time in passing plans for Buildings and House-drainage work. The roads (including alterations of levels, diversions, etc.), water works, storm water drain- age, sewerage, encroachments over Crown Land,

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Recommendations.

NEW SCHEME,-Continued.

314. The Official Members to be the Prin- cipal Civil Medical Officer, the Director of Public Works, the Captain Superintendent of Police, and the Registrar General.

315. The Governor to have the appointment of two unofficial Members from amongst the Chinese community and two from among the British community.

Of the latter, one might be the Principal Medical Officer, but in the event of His Excel- lency deciding to place this Officer on the board, it should be distinctly understood that he takes his seat as an unofficial member, entirely uncon- nected with and uncontrolled by the Civil Government of the Colony.

Two unofficial Members to be selected from the British community, to be elected as at present by the rate payers.

317. This state of affairs must inevitably lead at times to a certain amount of friction, and we would strongly urge that the Principal Civil Medical Officer under no circumstances be Pre- sident of the Board. The post of President might we consider with advantage be left to the decision of the Board, the President to be elected annually.

319. The Secretary, Medical Officer of Health, Executive Engineer, and, when neces- sary, the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon, should attend the Meetings of the Board, but have no

vote.

320. All decisions or instructions from the Board to be conveyed in writing to the respective heads of the sectional departments, through the Secretary, through whom all communications from officials or servants of the Board are to be inade to the Sanitary and Building Board. The Board to have entire control, and to make ngements for the conduct of business be- tween its Meetings.

Proposals.

NEW SCHEME, Continued.

whether of a permanent type by the erection of verandahs and balconies or of a temporary nature by erection of hoardings and scaffoldings, will still be in the hands of the other Building Authority (the Director of Public Works), and cross refer- ences will still be necessary and the source of delays which now exists will only be perpetuated in another form.

(b.) How is the line to be drawn between the buildings to be under the control of the Build- ing Authority of the Sanitary Board and those to be under the control of the Director of Public Works in his capacity as Building Authority?

The only system that appears likely to be successful would be to allow certain areas to the former and the remaining areas in the Colony to the latter.

That is the system adopted where a Muni- cipality exists in other Crown Colonies, but such municipalities also exercise control over the roads, sewers and, in some cases, over the water works as well, within their boundaries.

In this young and growing Colony it is con- sidered that such division of spheres of control would not be satisfactory.

Large schemes of development are frequently carried out in the very heart of the old Colony involving intricate and often confidential negotia- tions with the parties interested.

It appears questionable whether such matters could be dealt with as successfully, and with equal acceptance to those parties, if the proposals of the Commissioners were adopted.

(c.) Under existing conditions, if any differ- ence of opinion arises with the Executive. Engineer who performs all the ordinary duties imposed on the Building Authority, the matter is at once referred to the high authority of the Director of Public Works.

It is obvious that an Executive Engineer on £630 a year will not be an Officer of sufficient standing to deal successfully with the practising Engineers and Architects in the Colony on the very many knotty points that will constantly arise between them in which the interests of property owners (the employers of the said Engineers and Architects) and what are after all the interests of the public at large will clash.

Nor would such an Executive Engineer: carry sufficient weight to impose his will on his masters the Members of the Sanitary Board -the only one of whom who has any technical engineering knowledge is the Director of Public Works.

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336.

Recommendations.

NEW SCHEME,-Continued.

Staff under New Scheme.

Secretary,

£630

Assistant Secretary,

400

Medical Officer of Health,

630

Four Assistant Medical Officers

2,200

3,000 1,375

of Health, at £550,...................... Inspectors: Ten Victoria, two

Kowloon, at £250,

................(to be abolished).

Five Plague Inspectors at £275, Prosecuting Inspector, Inspector in charge of cemeteries, Inspector in charge of burials

250

Two Inspectors in charge of

Disinfecting Stations,

500

....

Executive Engineer,

630

Three Assistant Engineers at

£400,

1,200

Five Overseers at £250,.

1,250

One Draughtsman,

180

Colonial Veterinary Surgeon,...

630

Two Market Inspectors, Two Sanitary Surveyors, Two Cattle Depôt Inspectors, Interpreters for the whole De- partment. Fifteen at £61, .

(to be abolished). .(to be abolished).

500

915

£14,540

shewing an estimated saving of some £570 per

annum.

337. It will be noticed that in order to place the Heads of the Sub-Divisions of the De- partment on an equality, we recommend the same rate of pay for the Secretary, Medical Officer of Health, Executive Engineer, and Colonial Veterinary Surgeon.

338. The general principle which has guided us in drawing out this scheme is that there have in the past been too large a number of Inspectors and subordinate officers of the Department, we may say an unnecessarily large number, and not sufficient senior and qualified officers to give proper supervision to their work. Under the system of Senior and District Inspec- tors, a good deal of work was done twice over, but by a proper systematising of the duties of the various members of the Staff, the work can be done by a smaller number of men.

340. We consider a far better result would be attained were each District to be under the control of one man, who will deal direct with the Secretary, the Medical Officer of Health, or Exe- cutive Engineer, as the case may be; the last two of whom, with their assistants, will be able to regularly visit their District Offices and advise the Inspectors as may be found necessary.

Proposals.

NEW SCHEME,-Continued.

Let it be supposed for a moment that prac- tising Architects do not accept a ruling of the Board's Building Authority and appeal to the Board. Where is the Board to seek advice in such a case but from the Director of Public Works? A source of friction is thus at once, opened between the two Authorities.

4. It is considered that the object in view, namely the saving of circumlocution in passing plans and the facilitation of constructional work under the Ordinance generally, can be attained in a much simpler way by some such arrange- ment as is sketched in the Director of Public- Works' minute of the 18th of April, 1907, and Government is quite willing to discuss the details. of such an arrangement.

5. Finally it is proper to state that when the Director of Public Works' minute of the 18th April had been considered by Sir M. NATHAN the latter left on record a minute in which he expressed his agreement with the objections. which the Director of Public Works has raised. to this proposal of the Commissioners.

6. There are minor points in the paragraphs under the heading New Scheme which will receive- consideration.

Recommendations.

NEW SCHEME,-Continued.

341. All reports from the District Inspec- tors to be sent direct to the Secretary and to be opened either by him, or by the Assistant Secre- tary, who will pass on such papers as may be desirable, to the Heads of the Sub-Divisions of the Department.

342. We suggest the abolition of the post of Prosecuting Inspector, as this officer rarely has any personal knowledge of the case in which he appears.

Under an improved system of supervision, where the Medical Officer of Health or Engineer can personally inspect nuisances, we believe the number of prosecutions will greatly decrease, thus removing a very constant, and in many cases a very real source of grievance among the Chinesc. The District Inspector will consequently be able to conduct his own prosecutions.

343. We have provided as at present for twelve Districts, but experience may shew that it would be better to reduce the size of the Districts, making twelve in Victoria, and three in Kowloon.

344. With the growth of the population in Kowloon the latter change will in any case prob- ably have to be made before long. For the same reasons we have put down two Inspectors to be in charge of burials and cemeteries; at present, we understand, this work is done by one man.

One of the difficulties in drawing up our scheme was experienced in connection with the Plague Inspectors.

353. We have also suggested the abolition of the post of Market Inspectors. We cannot find that there is any real need for the services of these two officers; nor that their time is profitably employed.

We believe that given the greater supervi- sion which our increase in the Medical and En- gineering Staff will ensure, that the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon should be able to keep the markets in a sanitary condition, without the assistance of these officers.

354. At present there are 17 interpreters for the Inspectors and staff generally. With a re- duced staff, we think 15 should prove sufficient.

357. With regard to the appointment of the officers of the Department, we are strongly of opinion that the Sanitary and Building Staff should not be recruited locally, or from the police force, but that certificated overseers should be brought out from home who have been specially trained to carry out the duties with which they will be entrusted.

377

Recommendations..

NEW SCHEME,--Continued.

358. We consider that the present system of dealing with this class of Government servant is far from satisfactory. In the event of irregula- rities being proved against an officer, or of his proving himself not fitted for his post, His Ex- cellency the Governor has but limited powers for dealing with him, and has to obtain the permis- sion of the Secretary of State before dispensing with his services.

362. With regard to the diaries which they are instructed to keep, it appears the Inspectors look upon this as their own personal property, and destroy them at the end of the year, although the books are provided by the Government.

These diaries should be kept for a certain period, say 3 years, and should be deposited in the Secertary's keeping at the close of the year.

363. A complete record should also be kept of the work done by the individual members of the staff, and monthly portage bills drawn up shewing the district in which each man has been employed.

364. We further find the use of "chops", that is, stamps with an officer's name, is in com- mon use in the Department; this is a most reprehensible custom, and should at once be discontinued, as there is nothing to shew by whom the "chop" has been affixed to a document.

378

Recommendations.

NEW SCHEME,-Continued.

375. As part of the new Scheme we venture to lay before your Excellency, it appears to us desirable that the finances of the Sanitary and Building Department be placed in the hands of the Sanitary Board.

377. Our suggestion is that the Sanitary Board should prepare the yearly estimates for the Department.

These will as hitherto be submitted to the Governor who will accept or modify the estimates as may appear expedient and incorporate them in his Annual Budget.

378. The Budget having been passed by the Legislative Council, the money voted for the Department will then be at the disposal of the Sanitary Board, who will be responsible for its proper expenditure in accordance with the terms of the vote, in exactly the same manner that the head of one of the large spending Departments, the Public Works Department, for example, is reponsible to Your Excellency for a similar vote.

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F. H. M.

12th June, 1907.

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HONGKONG.

No. 22

Minute by the Principal Civil Medical Officer on the Report of the Fublic Health and Buildings Ordinance Commission.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

1907

In 1897 I was appointed President of the Sanitary Board.

In 1899 I went home on leave and during my absence in 1900 a popular agitation was raised against the Government on account of the continued prevalence of plague and of the fact that several Europeans had been attacked that year by this disease.

It was stated "that the Sanitary Department was inadequately staffed, the system of drainage was unsuitable, that if plague, malaria and kindred diseases were to be stamped out money must be spent, the Government must not help sacrificing its reversion and the wealthy landlords their incomes."

A great bid was made that year for the establishment of a Municipal Council for the City of Victoria.

The result was that two Commissioners were appointed, I was recalled from leave and in the winter of 1901-2, on the recommendation of Professor SIMPSON, a general cleansing of the City was effected by the Sanitary Staff.

The Staff was increased by the addition of two Assistant Medical Officers of Health and five Senior Sanitary Inspectors were obtained from England.

A new Public Health and Buildings Ordinance (No. 1 of 1903) was passed which prac- tically incorporated all the previous public health enactments and gave much greater powers than had been previously possessed in dealing with cubicles, overcrowding, methods of com- batting epidemic disease, &c.

This Ordinance was practically drafted by Professor SIMPSON and Mr. CHADWICK with the assistance of the Director of Public Works and the Medical Officer of Health.

Paragraph

158.

326

Shortly after this Ordinance became law Dr. PEARSE (the Acting Medical Officer of Health) and myself-Dr. CLARK being then away on leave-at the request of Sir HENRY BLAKE, explained to a meeting of the principal Chinese residents the meaning of the various new sections dealing with external air, cubicles, overcrowding, &c. I mention this as the Commissioners say in their report that too little attention has been given to the importance of enlisting the co-operation of the Chinese.

Notwithstanding all that was being done plague still continued and in the spring of 1903, Sir HENRY BLAKE'S experiment was made, whereby the Chinese were taught the good effect of cleansing their houses.

As a practical result of this experiment we have been able to obtain the co-operation of the Chinese in the cleansing processes which are now periodically carried on by the in- habitants themselves at a comparatively small cost to the Government, the Sanitary Depart- ment supplying the cleansing materials and carrying away the rubbish.

The cleansing operations in 1901-2 cost $81,352.89 whereas in 1903-4 they cost the Government less than $7,000.

It is difficult to dogmatise concerning the effects certain measures have produced in dealing with a disease like plague, but I am convinced that the marked diminution which has Appendix. Occurred in the number of plague cases during the years 1904, 1905 and 1906 is a direct result of these cleansing processes carried out voluntarily by the inhabitants themselves, the average annual number of cases during these three years being 542 as compared with an average of 1,212 cases for the years 1901-1903.

The increase in 1906, as compared with 1905, was I think due to the scarcity of water in the spring of that year interfering with the cleansing operations.

In 1903, it was found that certain sections of the New Ordinance were unworkable and an amended Ordinance was passed in December of that year appointing the Principal Civil Medical Officer the administrative head of the Sanitary Department. This came into effect on December 19th, 1903, and from that date until ny departure on leave in March, 1905, a period of fifteen months, I acted as Head of the Department.

During my alsence on leave, in May, 1906, the Commission which has just issued its report was appointed by sir MATTHEW NATHAN.

Paragraphs 131, 156, 171, 202, 252, 284, 324, 351, 368-9, 398-9.-Concerning the report as a whole it is open to the remark that it is unjudicial in tone. As bearing out this statement I would call attention to the vague sweeping and serious findings where con- clusions have been arrived at which the Commissioners do not in their report cite any evidence

to support.

It is not so much what is said as what is inferred that I consider so unfair.

I must protest against the way in which the Inspectors and Servants of the Department have been branded, as in the latter part of paragraph 398 where they state "no man is apparently too poor to be exploited, and there is no form of exaction, however mean and contemptible, to which the Inspectors and Servants of the Sanitary Department will not stoop.

It is much to be regretted that some of the Inspectors have so demeaned themselves as to accept bribes but why the whole of the Staff should be stigmatised in this way is most unjust.

There are 35 Sanitary Inspectors. Of these 5 were found guilty of corrupt practices and dismissed, while I was transferred to another Department, while the cases of 2 are still under consideration; the cases of 8 others were inquired into and the Commissioners reported that in their opinion the charges had not been proved. No charges whatever were made against the remainder.

I am sure that there are many of the Officers and Servants who are straightforward and trustworthy men and I have much pleasure in bearing testimony to this.

327

There are several paragraphs I would refer to more in detail :—

Paragraph 37.-This was not referred to me at all as my evidence will show.

Paragraph 135.-There is no case quoted. If case were quoted papers could be refer- red to and probably the cause of delay explained. During the 9 years the Surveyor has been here there has not been a case of unnecessary delay in passing drains-the evidence of Mr. LEMM bears this out.

Paragraph 139.-There is only the evidence of Chinese witnesses to bear out this state- ment, and from the evidence it will be seen that over and over again distinctly leading questions have been put to the witnesses. That Inspectors should deliberately break down drains seems to me most unlikely.

SAM IU is not an authorised drainage contractor. I have ascertained that about 3 years ago he fixed a trap in Hollywood Road, but with this single exception he has not to the knowledge of the Sanitary Surveyor carried out any drainage work.

About March 1906 and again about 3 months ago he asked for permission to carry out certain drainge works. On each occasion he was told to make an application to the Board in the usual way.

Paragraph 141.-NGAI YUNG ON, the witness referred to, was removed from the list of authorised drainage contractors in the early part of 1904. Previous to this he had been cautioned on several occasions about his bad work.

Paragraph 146.-The modification of the plague procedure here referred to originated in a minute from Dr. PEARSE, after a consultation which I had with him on the subject as to what preventive measures should be undertaken in the winter of 1903-4. His minute was brought before the Board and at a meeting held on the 8th October, 1903, it was decided, on my recommendation, that the cleansing should be carried out by the people themselves with the assistance of the Sanitary Staff.

Paragraph 148.—In my evidence I distinctly stated that the first issue of Carbolacene was made to Chief Inspector DANDY and hate in all likelihood had suggested the use of this disinfectant.

Paragraph 156.-No evidence is proc ced to support this sweeping statement.

Paragraph 158-This has been fully dealt with in the Colonial Secretary's remarks on the report. I would add that I have over and over again requested the Chinese members of the Board to assist us in any new departure by explaining our intentions to the Chinese, e... last winter when the cleansing operations were altered, in accordance with the finding of the Indian Plague Commission that fleas were the intermediary between infected rats and man, they were requested to try and get the Chinese in Victoria to give up their clothing so that this might be freed of these pests by transmission through the Disinfector.

Notwithstanding that explanatory articles were inserted in the Chinese newspapers by the Government, and that compensation was promised for any damaged articles. up to quite recently no one in Victoria has done this although in Kowloon thousands of articles have been dealt with in this way.

Paragraphs 159-164.-The abominable practice of dumping dead bodies in the streets was in vogue before 1894, the first year in which plague occurred, as was shown by the reports of the Captain Superintendent of Police.

The establishment of free dispensaries and district hospitals in December, 1905, has had no effect in diminishing this dumping as last year no less than 1,447 dead bodies were left in the streets, etc., in this way.

Paragraph 163.-It is absurd to talk of leaving the disinfection of the houses to the Chinese themselves. It was cleansing that was done in 1903 at West Point not disinfection. This conclusion arrived at by the Commissioners denotes a confusion of evidence in their minds.

Paragraph 166.-It is not a fact as stated that rat-catching coolies are almost left to their own free will, they are under the supervision of Foremen and Inspectors.

Appendix A.

325

Paragraph 173.-SAM It has not to the knowledge of the Sanitary Surveyor ever done any work at the cemeteries.

Paragraph 199.-This is not in accordance with fact. I have concerned myself in the conduct and supervision of the cemeteries and could have produced written minutes to prove this had I been asked to do so by the Commission.

Paragraph 202 is misleading, a case was reported to me by one of the Inspectors not as a result of but prior to investigation by the Commission. This is referred to in the Colonial Secretary's minute.

Paragraph 213.---There are plans of the cemeteries shewing boundaries kept at the office, the Medical Officer of Health has reported that he considers it impracticable and to serve no wise purpose to have plans shewing each grave space in the Chinese cemeteries, the number of the grave can always be obtained by reference to the Register.

Paragraph 214.-I quite agree with and certainly think that all bodies should be in- spected by a medical man. This is purely a question of staff; at present the Medical Officer of Health at Kowloon is doing this.

Paragraph 224.—It is quite impossible for the Medical Officers of Health to personally inspect all premises concerned in prosecutions for offences against the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance.

The Inspectors report on facts only and on the merits of the case the Medical Officer of Health decides whether it is one for prosecution or not.

In the case of all nuisances legal notices are first served and then letters are sent before prosecution is instituted.

In the cases of premises unfit for habitation the Medical Officer of Health would not only visit the premises but give evidence in Court, and he sometimes does so in other cases.

Paragraph 231.-The recommendation in this paragraph is uncallel for as in the case of nuisances a notice is invariably served.

Paragraph 250.-Plague has considerably decreased as the figures in Appendix A shows.

Paragraph 252.—As I stated in my evidence the Commissioners do not understand the way the Government controls the expenditure of its departments. The report of the Local Auditor distinctly disproves this statement. (See Enclosure 7 in Colonial Secretary's minute.)

Paragraph 266.—Proper books are kept and are regularly checked by the Auditor.

What I meant to convey was not that proper books were not kept but I had to complain that an index of the records had not been made so that it was difficult to refer back to papers for information, this has been in course of preparation and is now practically completed.

Even assuming the premises to be correct, which is not so, it does not warrant the conclusion "that corruption was ripe in the very heart as it were of the Department."

Paragraph 274.-A great deal has been made out of the question of the Standing Orders, before the passing of Ordinance 23 of 1903 the Sanitary Board framed the Standing Orders for the Officers and Servants.

During 1903 these orders had been under consideration by the Board for months and the final corrected proof came up for confirmation at a meeting of the Board in December and was approved by the Board.

When Ordinance 23 of 1903 became law the Principal Civil Medical Officer as administrative head had to control the subordinate staff. In doing so he adopted the orders approved by the Board amending them afterwards as occasion required, it is absurd to think that I presented these orders to the Board for confirmation with the distinct object of slight- ing the Board !

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Paragraph 284.—This is not in accordance with fact as each Officer or Servant when appointed has a copy of the rules given to him, and many of them have from time to time been punished for a breach of them.

Paragraph 285.-What I tried to convey was that up to the appointment of Dr. PEARSE the Medical Officer of Health was more frequently in his office but that after the appointment of the Assistant Medical Officers of Health less office work was required and therefore there was more personal out-door supervision.

Paragraph 290. —- During the 8 years before the appointment of the Commission three Officers of the Department were tried in the Supreme Court for corrupt practices.

Paragraph 306.-I do not know what is meant by the statement that I was largely instrumental in formulating Ordinance 23 of 1903.

Shortly after my return to the Colony in 1991 I wrote in to the Government and strongly recommended that the Sanitary Board be abolished and a Sanitary Department be appointed and I am still of the opinion either that this should be done or that a Muncipality should undertake the Sanitary Administration of the Colony. I doubt very much however whether there are a sufficient number of public spirited citizens who have the interests of the Colony sufficiently at heart to undertake this.

Paragraph 317. -I deny that any such friction has occurred.

Parapaph 324.—I deny that there has been absence of system and discipline and to *Appendix prove this I attach a copy of the Standing Orders for the guidance of Officers. A punish- ment book is kept in which are entered all breaches of discipline.

Faragraph 351-I do not know what is meant by ignoring the status of the Secretary. This reference to the one-man-system and indeed the whole paragraph is simply another way of stating the opinion of the Commissioners that there should be a Municipality.

Paragraph 368.--I fail to see that any proper objection can be taken to the meeting of the Inspectors referred to in this paragraph.

Paragraph 395.-Foo SIK does very little drainage work. Nearly all his work is by contract and is measured. SAM Iu (see answer to paragraph 139) and TSANG YING do a fair amount of drain work but so do CHEONG HOI, LAM Woo, LEE KEE, HING SHING, YEUNG YUK, and C. E. WARREN.

Finally since my return to the Colony the work of the Medical Department has increased so much that I feel that I cannot with justice to myself continue to undertake in future the administration of two such large departments as the Medical and the Sanitary.

J. M. ATKINSON.

13th May, 1907.

Appendix A.

Total shewing the number of cases of Plague known to have occurred in the Colony for each month from 1895 to 1907.

YEAR.

MONTH.

1895. 1896. 1897.

1898. | 1899. | 1900. 1901. 1902, | 1903. | 1904. 1905.

1906. | 1907.

January,

Nil.

49 Nil.

February,

Nil.

125 Nil.

cc co

4 Nil.

४

March,...

Nil.

168 Nil.

137

115

April,

316

Nil.

468 101

94 160

272

165

May,

344

June,

113

531 421 326 701

92 514 325 551 194

157

515 135

402† 22

343 194

175

11602:

July,

7 263 209

109 131

August,

* September,

Nil.

October,

Nil.

November,.... 5

2 Nil.

12 Nil.

+42

}

Nil.

December,

Total,...... 44

1,204

† Up to 14th.

21 1,320|1,486 | 1,087 |1,651 5721,415 510 304 892

1901-1903-3,638 cases, an average of 1,212.

1904-1906—1,706

* Not printed.

542.

HONGKONG.

No. 1907

Petition from Land (heners with regard to Compensation under Section 185 of the Fublic Health and Buildings Bill 1902.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

HONGKONG, December 3rd, 1902.

SIR,-I beg to enclose a communication relative to the Public Health and Buildings Bill now before the Council for transmission to His Excellency the Governor,

To Honourable F. H. MAY, C.M.G.

Colonial Secretary.

I have, etc.,

A. SHELTON HOOPER.

HONGKONG, December 3rd, 1902.

Το

His Excellency Sir HENRY ARTHUR BLAKE, G.C.M.G.,

YOUR EXCELLENCY,

Governor of Hongkong.

1. The European landowners of this Colony, who submitted a petition to Your Excellency dated the 28th September, 1902, regarding The Public Health and Buildings Bill, recognise how loyally the principle of compensation has been adopted in the recent amendments thereto. But they venture respectfully to ask Your Excellency's further consideration of one instance in which compensation is still, as they consider, improperly withheld.

2. Section 185 of the Bill, in limiting the height of new buildings, applies the restric- tion (in subsection 3) without compensation to the case of re-erecting an existing building which exceeds the limited height. Your petitioners understand that the framers of the Bill rely on the Glasgow Building Act 1900 as their precedent herein, which, if it be so, can only proceed from a misreading of that Act.

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3. Your petitioners' reasons for this view are as follows:—

Section 3 of the Glasgow Act incorporates the Land Clauses Acts, the effect whereof is that an owner who sustains damage by the exercise of any powers in the special Act is entitled to compensation. Upon this point we could refer Your Excellency to the authorities of CRIPP's on Compensation, page 112, where it is said that "although the special Act contains no substantive provision, the Lands Clauses Act 1845, taken as a whole, gives the owner of land (which includes houses) injuriously affected a right to compensation;" and of the case R. v. Saint Lukes', L.R. 7 Q.B., page 148, in which Chief Baron KELLY says "I am clearly of opinion, and I do not think it is open to any reasonable doubt, that the numerous provisions in the earlier part of the Lands Clauses Act 1845 clearly, directly, expressly and necessarily confer a title to compensation."

Part 6 of the Glasgow Act limits the height of buildings, and divides them into two classes -those which are not to be used as dwelling houses and those which are. With regard to the first class the Act recognises (in section 60) the vested interest of the owner of an existing building which exceeds the limited height by allowing him to re-erect it to its actual height. A similar provision is contained in The Building Ordinance 1901 at present in force here. In this case of course no right to compensation arises. But with regard to the second class, that is to say dwelling houses, the Act, presumably from motives of sanita- tion, forbids (in section 61) such an owner re-erecting to the original height, and therefore leaves him to his general right to compensation beforementioned.

4. Whether in Hongkong the owner's interest should be preserved by thus classifying buildings, and alternatively allowing re-erection to the former height or compensation, or whether in all cases alike such re-erection should be prohibited and compensation paid, is a point which your petitioners wish to leave wholly to Your Excellency and the Legislative Council. They however respectfully urge that the right is one which ought to be fully recognised.

5. Mr. SHARP, K.C., who has been acting for your petitioners, has laid this statement of the law before the Attorney General, and your petitioners understand that the Attorney General agrees therewith.

I have the honour to be

Your Excellency's most obedient servant,

A. SHELTON HOOPER,

For the Petitioners.

HONGKONG.

No.

• 1907

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Governor.

EXPENDITURE.

1. The amounts voted, as compared with those actually expended by the Department under the various headings, were as follows:-

AMOUNTS VOTED.

In Estimates.

Supplement- ary Votes.

Actual Expenditure.

Total.

(i.) Personal Emoluments and other Charges,

283,022.00

(ii) Annually Recurrent Works,.....

(iii) Extraordinary Works,

409,200.00 1,561,700.00

283,022.00 3,050.00 412,250.00

203,068.43

379,797.77

327,824.111,889,524.11

1,463,868.66

Total,

2,253,922.00

330,874.11 |2,584,796.11 2,046,734.86

Detailed statements of items (ii.) and (iii.) are given in Appendices A and B.

With regard to (i.), the saving shown is largely due to the rise in Exchange, the Estimates having been prepared on the basis of a 1s. 8d. dollar, as against an average actual rate of 28. 1ğı.

In the case of (ii.), the only excesses occurred in the items "Maintenance of Telegraphs ($243.68), “Gas Lighting, Kowloon" ($669.33) and "Maintenance of Kowloon Water- works" ($1,971.03). The excess on Gas Lighting, Kowloon, was due to the increase in the number of lamps on account of recent developments and extensions of roads, and on Kowloon Waterworks to the increased cost of coal, works found necessary for securing the banks around the new Service Reservoir at Kowloon Tong and the Maintenance of the Lai Chi Kok Works, for which no special provision had been made in the Estimates. The excesses on these votes were more than balanced by the savings on others.

were:

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As regards (iii.), the works on which the expenditure fell much below the estimate

"Law Courts" ($37,309.88), "Post Office" ($87,939.14), "Prison" ($40,000), "New Roads in Kowloon" ($12.130.75), "Permanent Marks for Traverse Survey Points in New Territories" ($11,000.00), "Reinforced Concrete Piers" ($18,781.07), "Insanitary Property Resumption" ($12.066.62), "Kowloon Waterworks" ($31,082.83) and "Reconstruction of No. 2 Tank" ($14,935.85).

As regards the item "Prison ", instructions were received that no expenditure was to be incurred in connection with it and, as regards the item "New Roads in Kowloon ", that a saving of about $12,000 was to be effected. In the case of the other items mentioned, the savings were mostly due to less progress being made with the works than was anticipated or to stores ordered from England not arriving in time to be charged against the votes, but, with regard to the last item, it has been considered advisable to adopt another scheme which will probably render it unnecessary to proceed with the Reconstruction of No. 2 Tank.

The principal items on which expenditure occurred in excess of the provision made in the Estimates or for which no provision had been made were :-

"Harbour Office" ($17,142.60), "Western Market" ($12,299.93), "Post Office, Shanghai" ($15,381.35), "Railway to Canton, Survey and Preliminary Work" ($31,207.84), "Forming and Kerbing Streets" ($39,205.36), Tytam Tuk Scheme" ($9,972.18), "Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island ($14,652.93), "Typhoon Damages" ($68,949.51).

In addition to the foregoing, a considerable excess expenditure was incurred under the heading "New Roads in New Territories", which vote was largely applied to the construc- tion of the railway between Tai Po and Lo Fu Ferry, the intention being to utilize the route as a road until it became necessary to lay the rails for the railway, but, as a sum of $42,402.06 was refunded from the Railway Loan Account, the amount appearing as Public Works Expenditure was correspondingly reduced. Two sums of $5,200 and $2,500 respectively were contributed by the Military Authorities towards the extension of the Kowloon City Road in the direction of Customs Pass and the improvement of the road to Kowloon Pass and these amounts also do not appear as Public Works Expenditure.

The apparent expenditure of the Department is still further reduced by the sum of $18,434.71 which was paid from Volunteer Funds for the construction of the New Volun- teer Head Quarters.

The actual expenditure on Public Works Extraordinary, as shown by the statement, fell short of the amount provided in the Estimates by $97,831.34, but, if the amounts refunded from the Railway Account and obtained from other sources be included, the expenditure only fell short of the estimated amount by $29,294.57 or less than 2%. The disastrous typhoon of the 18th September, though it caused the expenditure of a large sum in repairs to existing works, had the opposite effect as regards works in course of construction, as most of the temporary structures in connection with these, such as matsheds, scaffoldings, &c. were entirely demolished, progress and expenditure on Public Works Extraordinary being thus diminished.

The following is a statement of the expenditure in 1906, as compared with that of the previous year-

1905.

1906.

Increase.

Decrease.

Personal Emoluments and Other Charges,... 219,603.56

203,068.43

Annually Recurrent Works,

383,798.06

379,797.77

Extraordinary Works,........

1,775,138.83 1,463,868.66

Total,....................... .$ 2,378,540.45 2,046,734.86

16,535.13

4,000.29

311,270.17

331,805.59

685

As will be seen, the gross expenditure fell below that of the previous year by $331,805.59 by far the greater part being due to Extraordinary Works. The substantial reduction in expenditure under "Personal Emoluments" was due to the rise in Exchange.

LAND SALES AND SURVEYS.

2. Land Sales, Extensions, Grants, &c.-The following tabulated statement gives particulars of these:-

NO. OF LOTSAREA IN SQUARE FEET. ANNUAL RENT.

PREMIUM.

Total.

Sales by Auction.

Island of Hongkong,

Kowloon Peninsula,

N. T., Southern District,

C. $

320,046

2,622.00

57,235.00

225,582

1,842.00

87,968.00

3,503,429

609.89

11.360.00

Northern

121

3,014,118

377.91

2,818.23

149

7,063,175

5,451.80

139,381.23

Sales without Auction.

Island of Hongkong,

8,800

138.00

21,535.00

Kowloon Peninsula,

N. T., Southern District,

70,976

71.41

326.70

79,776

209.41

21,861.70

Extensions Granted.

Island of Hongkong,

Kowloon Peninsula,

8,355 104,272

1,242.00 4,473.00

6,653.25 26,617.41

N. T., Southern District,

112,627

5,715.00

33,270.66

Grants on Nominal Terms.

Island of Hongkong,

897,950

4.00

Kowloon Peninsula,

N. T., Southern District,

12,000

4.00

909,950

8.00

Grants on Short Lenses.

Island of Hongkong,

Kowloon Peninsula,

N. T., Southern District,

188,462

31.65

188,462

31.65

Permits to occupy Land

for Short Periods, &c.

Island of Hongkong,

193

3,468.76*

Kowloon Peninsula,

2,890.50*

New Territories,........

176.29*

Do..

let by

Not

Javailable.

A. L. O.,Southern District, 78 New Territories, let by A.L.

O., Northern District,.

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Extensions of Short Period

Leases to 75 Years'

Lcares.

Kowloon Peninsula,

57.61*

436

332.95*:

6,926.11

Total,

37 28,000

28,000 224.00

224.00 3,216.30

3,216.30

657

8,381,990

18,565.97

217,729.89

* These amounts are not entirely Annual Rents as many of the permits are for very short periods.

The actual amount of premium paid into the Treasury during the year was $320,092.99 or considerably less than the estimate which amounted to $400,000. It included the follow- ing sums which do not appear in the above tabulated statement :-

Premia derived from sale of rights to erect piers, Fees for extra boundary stones to mark lots,

$107,904.50 79.00

Lots in the New Territories sold by the Public Works Department realized a sum of $11,060. In addition to this, the Assistant Land Officer at Tai Po sold 121 small lots which realized $2,818.23 and the Assistant Land Officer at Hongkong 21 small lots which realized $300.

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The following are details of the principal Land Sales:-

Number of Lot.

Area. Square feet.

Crown Rent.

Premium.

Rate realized.

Marine Lot 293,

49,950

Shaukiwan I.L. 408 and M.L.'s 2 to 10,

214,263

688.00 1,728.00

17,682.00 $0.35 34,482.00 $0.16

per square foot.

Kowloon I L. 1,171,

19.032

152.00

10.200.00 $0.53

J.L. 1,172,.

19,032

152.00

7,633.00

$0.40

I.L. 1,178,.

Hung Hom M.L. 3,

New Kowloon I.L. 26,

27,018

248.00

33,823.00

$1.21

160,500

1,290.00

22,500

194.00

36,312.00

6,020.00 $0.27

$0.22

The principal sale without auction was a lot in the Taipingshan Resumed Area (Inland Lot 1,757) area 8,800 square feet, which, under authority received from the Secretary of State, was disposed of to the Young Men's Christian Association on a 75 years' lease renew- able, Crown Rent $138 per annum and premium $21,535. The other transactions falling under this heading related to land in the New Territories and were arranged by the Assistant Land Officer, Hongkong.

The extensions granted in Hongkong comprised an area of 3,225 square feet at Wanchai, leased to the longkong Electric Co for an extension of their Power Station; two others of 16 and 4,365 square feet respectively adjoining Inland Lots 1,485 and 1,627 on the Peak Road, leased to the Humphreys Estate and Finance Co., Ltd.; another of 685 square feet for Marine Lot 177, an old lot which was found to be in excess of the leased area to the extent stated; and another of 64 square feet, resulting from the rectification of some irregularity in the alignment of Des Voeux Road in the carrying out of the Pray a Reclamation Scheme. Those in Kowloon included an area of 1,890 square feet for Marine Lot 33 at Fuk Tsun Heung, resulting from a readjustment of boundaries arranged in 1903; two areas of 4,460 square feet each and a third of 411 square feet adjoining Inland Lots 755-757 at Yaumati, which required some alteration in connection with the scheme of new 100-feet thoroughfares; an area of 76,250 square feet leased to the Dock Co. for an extension of their No. 1 Dock at Hunghom; another of 10,050 square feet for Marine Lot 3 at Hunghom, arising from an alteration in the setting out of that lot; and another of 6,750 square feet granted to the China Light & Power Co. in connection with a re arrangement of their lots at Hunghom to suit the Railway.

The Grants on nominal terms were an area of 3,164 square feet (Inland Lot 1,767) at the Racecourse for the Garrison Recreation Club pavilion; another of #,780 square feet (Inland Lot 1,758) at Po Yan Street for a Dispensary for the Tung Wa Hospital; another of 20.36 acres (Inland Lot 1,768) at Kai Lung Wan for a Cemetery; and another of 4,125 square feet (Inland Lot 1,756) at Wanchai for the Corinthian Yacht Club. Some old buildings at Kowloon City, designated New Kowloon Inland Lots 15, 28 and 29, were let to the Church Missionary Society for use as a chool, Hospital and Mortuary respectively and a building on Ma Wan Island (Lot No. 220) occupying an area of 12,000 square feet was granted to the village elders of Tin Liu Village for a school.

The Grants on short leases numbered 6 and were for land in the New Territories. They were arranged by the Assistant Land Officer, Hongkong.

The permits to occupy land for short periods were as usual of a very miscellaneous character and too numerous to admit of individual mention: most of them were for small areas to be held quarterly.

The extensions of short leases to 75 years' leases were for areas originally held under squatters' licences. The Squatters' Board awarded the licensees short leases and these have since been converted into long leases on payment of premium and increased Crown Rent.

3. Mining Leases, &c.--An Ordinance authorizing the issue of Prospecting Licences, Mining Licences and Mining Leases was passed in June and Regulations with reference to the same were published in August. Prospecting Licences were issued to Sir C. P. CHATER during the year for various parts of the New Territories and one Mining Lease for an area of one square mile at Ma On Shan, on the South shore of Tolo Harbour, was granted to the same gentleman. The lease authorizes the working of deposits of iron ore which were dis- covered there in the course of prospecting operations.

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4. Resumptions.-There were some 30 small lots resumed in the Southern District of the New Territories for the extension of the Kowloon City Road towards Customs Pass, the necessary arrangements being made by the Assistant Land Officer. The outlay amounted to $1,008. In connection with the Kowloon-Canton Railway, a large number of small lots were resumed in Survey District IV and in the several villages of Wong Nai Wu, Mong Kok, Ho Mun Tin, Tai Min Tin, Ma Ti and Fo Pang. The total area was about 16.5 acres and the cost $16,019.63. Owing to a discrepancy in the cadastral plans, a number of lots were erroneously resumed for the railway in the Northern District in 1995 and. as it was subsequently discovered, when the line was set out on the ground, that they were not required they were returned to their previous owners on a refund of the compensation paid. The resumptions of a large number of other lots along the line of railway was necessitated and these were effected by the Assistant Land Officer, Tai Po. In addition to the foregoing, Kowloon Inland Lot 652, situated near Hunghom, was resumed at a cost of $47,000 for the railway and a large portion of Hunghom In'and Lot 220 was resumed in connection with the proposed 100-foot road to be cut through from Hunghom Bay to Hok Un. A small triangular area of 5 square feet was resumed from Inland Lot 1,747 to enable Kau U Fong to be widened somewhat. A private road across Inland Lot 609D, having an area of 5,850 square feet and connecting Babington Path with Bonham Road, was taken over as a public road, the Crown Rent of the lot being reduced from $79.20 to $69.70 per annum. strips of land forming parts of Farm Lots 47 and 55 were resumed at a cost of $100 for the purpose of widening and improving the approach road to the Jewish Cemetery at Wongnei- chong, Kowloon Inland Lots 1,128, 1,129, 1,130 and 1,131 at Tai Kok Tsui and Ping Shan Inland Lot 2 were re-entered for non-fulfilment of the Building Covenants and Aberdeen Inland Lot No. 9 was resumed for non-payment of rent.

Two

5. Lease Plans.-Plans and particulars (in duplicate) of 69 lots and 3 piers were for- warded to the Land Office in connection with the issue of leases.

6. Boundary Stones.-Boundary stones were fixed for 11 lots in Hongkong, 9 lots in Kowloon and 13 lots in the New Territories.

7. Sites for Booths at the Racecourse. A sum of $3,514.75 was realized by the letting of sites for the erection of booths and stands at Happy Valley during the Race Meeting.

8. Squatters' Licenses.-The number of squatters' licenses on the roll at the beginning of the year was 304 representing an annual rent of $787.40. During the year 107 were written off. The Squatters' Board heard all claims made by squatters in the villages of Tsat Tsz Mui, Tung Lo Wan, Kau Pui Shek and Tai Shek Ku but they have not yet been settled. Owing to the invaliding home of two members of the Survey Staff, very little progress was made with the surveys required to enable the Board to dispose of the remain- ing claims. It was found necessary to restore to the roll 60 squatters whose claims had previously been disposed of as it was not found possible to complete the arrangements for their conversion into leaseholders.

9. Military Lands.-Some progress was made with the surveys in connection with the exchanges of land under the Lewis Agreement, the War Department property at Devil's Peak being demarcated and some other areas partially settled.

10. Naval Lands. — There is nothing to record under this heading.

11. Piers. The right of erecting piers under long leases was granted in 3 cases in Hongkong, 10 in Kowloon and 1 in the New Territories whilst extensions of three piers formerly sanctioned--two in Hongkong and one in Kowloon-were also granted. The premia derived from the above in Hongkong amounted to $29,587.50, in Kowloon to $76,149.50 and in New Territories to $7.50 while the annual rentals were $1,440, $3,630 and $90 respectively. Guide piles were sanctioned for the use of the Star Ferry Co. at the approach to their Kowloon pier at an annual rent of $220. Licences for the following temporary piers for various periods were issued:-16 in Hongkong, 15 in Kowloon and 34 in the New Territories, the amount of fees payable for these being $7,123.75. Licences were also issued for 18 slipways in Hongkong, the fees for which amounted to $1,087.50.

688

WORK UNDER THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE.

12. The actual amount of Building Work carried out has possibly been less than in the previous year although there has been a net increase of 377 in the total number of plans submitted for approval and there has also been an increase in the number of Chinese houses erected.

The increase in the number of plans submitted is due to the great number of minor alterations of existing buildings which have been carried out in consequence of the action of the Sanitary Department in enforcing compliance with the provisions of the l'ublic Health and Buildings Ordinance (No. 1 of 1903).

The number of plans submitted for small alterations continues to increase, and it is worthy of notice that, whilst the total number of plans submitted from January 1890 to January 1904 (a period of 14 years) was 8,036, or an average of 574 per annum, the number submitted in the succeeding 3 years (1904-1906 inclusive) was 4,018, or an average of 1,339 per annum.

13. Plans.-Plans were deposited during the year for the following, the figures for 1905 being given in a parallel column for purposes of comparison:---

1905.

1906. Increase. Decrease.

European Houses,

...

Chinese

164

214

Buildings and Structures other than the above,.

150

131

Alterations and additions to existing buildings,

1.744

2,068

324

Verandahs,

Balconies,

...

Sunshades,

Areas,

...

Piers,

...

Total,.

2,259

2,636

453

The building trade continued to be in a depressed state throughout the year owing doubtless to the general depression in trade and stringency in the money market.

14. Certificates.-The following certificates for new buildings were issued:

4 for domestic buildings under s. 53 of Ordinance No. 15 of 1889. 158 for domestic buildings under s. 204 of Ordinance No. 1 of 1903.

48 for non-domestic buildings.

These figures show a decrease of 76 in the number of buildings certified as compared with 1905.

15. Notices and Permits.-Notices relating to structures in a dangerous condition were served in 226 cases whilst 1,029 permits and 315 notices of a miscellaneous nature were issued. These figures show an increase of 57 in the dangerous structure notices, and an increase of 55 in those of a miscellaneous nature as compared with 1905.

16. Resumptions for Scavenging Lanes, &c.—A statement of the work done will be found under the heading "Public Works Extraordinary".

17. Private Streets.-The following private streets were partially resurfaced under the provisions of Sections 186 and 187 of the Buildings Ordinance, the cost being apportioned amongst the frontagers :-

Wing Kut Street.

Li Yuen Street West.

Gilman's Bazaar.

Wing Wo Street.

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18. Footways.-The footways under the Verandahs in front of houses Nos. 189 to 333 Queen's Road Central being in bad repair were taken up and relaid, the cost, amounting to $2,000, being apportioned and charged to the frontagers.

19. Typhoon Damage.-The Typhoon of September 18th, which was so disastrous to shipping, also did a considerable amount of damage to property on shore, Kowloon suffering to a greater extent than Victoria in this respect.

The following is a statement of the damage done to private property :—

Collapses involving the total reconstruction of buildings.

CITY OF VICTORIA.

Godown on Inland Lot 1,296, Kennedy Town.

Marine Lot 245

House No. 1 Fung On Lane, Yee Wo Street, East Point.

-7

KOWLOON.

Godown No. 15 Macdonnell Road.

House No. 88 Reclamation Street, Yaumati.

Houses Nos. 106-112 (even nos.) Reclamation Street, Yaumati.

1235

243-247 (cdd nos.) Macdonnell Road, Mongkoktsui.

148-150 Macdonnell Road, Mongkoktsui.

11 Praya West, Fuk Tsun Heung.

NEW TERRITORIES.

House No. 209 Shamshuipo.

Collapses involving the partial reconstruction of buildings.

CITY OF VICTORIA.

Houses Nos. 89 & 96 Praya East, Wanchai.

21 Yee Wo Street, East Point.

KOWLOON.

Godown on Marine Lot 84, Kowloon Point.

Houses Nos. 90 and 92 Reclamation Street South, Yaumati.

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110 Station Street South,

48 and 50 Station Street South,

29–39 (odd nos.) Macdonnell Road,

116 Temple Street,

Watchmen's Quarters on Marine Lot 39, Yaunati.

Houses Nos. 87, 122, 127-133 (odd nos.), 189 and 233 Station Street North,

Mongkoktsui.

37 Portland Street, Mongkoktsui.

102, 155, 157, 167, and 197, Macdonnell Road, Mongkoktsui.

167, 169, and 215 Reclamation Street, Mongkoktsui.

Laundry on Inland Lot 1,157, Yaumati.

Houses Nos. 81-85 and 157-161 (odd nos.) and 165 and 167 Kramer Street, Tai

Kok Tsui.

Oil Godown on Marine Lot 32, Tai Kok Tsui.

Houses Nos. 12, 18, 19, and 20 Praya West, Fuk Tsun Heung.

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NEW TERRITORIES.

House No. 74 Hok Lo Tsun.

Soy Factory, Ma Lung Kung.

House No. 131 Cheung Sha Wan.

Great havoc was done among the piers principally along the Western portion of the City front and the Western front of Kowloon. Nine permanent piers and three of a temporary nature in the former district and nine permanent piers in the latter were totally destroyed, whilst nine piers along the City front and four along the Kowloon front were partially destroyed. Nearly the whole extent of the sea wall to the North of the Admiralty property in Kowloon was destroyed and one retaining wall in the City and another in Kowloon collapsed. The former fell on the coolie quarters of "Braeside" (Inland Lot 1,523) causing some loss of life.

20. Collapses.-The following collapses occurred during the year, irrespective of typhoons :-

Houses Nos. 226-230 (even nos.) Queen's Road West.-Practically total.

No. 29 West Street and 207 Hollywood Road.-Party wall.

15 Peel Street.-Portion of North party wall.

21. Tests of Mortar.-Continued attention has been given to the testing of lime mortar, a special machine having been designed and made for the purpose, as it was found that the ordinary machines designed for testing cement were not suitable for recording the low strains yielded.

Over 200 samples were taken from works in progress and tested and although the the average results are not up to the standard desirable, there has been some improvement as compared with the results of the previous year.

22. General Remarks.-The Naval Yard Extension Works and Messrs. BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE'S Shipyard Works were in progress throughout the year. In the case of both undertakings, substantial progress was made.

The Hongkong Milling Co.'s new flour mills were completed and started running before the close of the year.

The erection of a large block of godowns for the Ocean Steamship Co. on Kowloon Marine Lot 88 was begun, the piling for foundations having been completed. The buildings consist of steel framework, filled in with brickwork, and are the first to be erected in the Colony, in which this style of construction has been adopted.

The Standard Oil Co.'s large storage depôt for oil in bulk on New Kowloon Marine Lot 2 at Lai Chi Kok has made good progress, the erection of the tanks, several of which are 90 feet in diameter, having been commenced. Unfortunately a serious slip occurred of a portion of the sea wall whilst it was in course of erection and it is probable that this will delay the ultimate completion of the work to some extent.

The Green Island Cement Co. made large extensions to their works on Kowloon Marine Lot 40.

The Matilda Hospital (Sharp's Memorial) at Mount Kellett and the Military Hospital above Bowen Road were practically ready for occupation at the close of the year.

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The following is a statement of the reclamation works in progress during the year :-

Completed.

Marine Lot 285, near North Point,

Inland Lot 1,723, near North Point.

Area, sq. ft.

201,132

37,060

Sai Kung Marine Lot 2, Junk Bay (original scheme not carried out), 149,410

In Progress.

Kowloon Marine Lot 85, To Kwa Wan,

New Kowloon Marine Lot 2, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon Marine Lot 87, Yaumati,

Kowloon Marine Lot 49, Yaumati,

140,000

345 928

145,350

165,000

53,800

Marine Lot 290, Shaukiwan Road,'.

The areas stated are those of the lots which in several cases extend for some distance above old high-water mark and, though largely so, are not therefore exclusively reclaimed from the sea. In some cases considerable additional areas beyon I those stated have to be reclaimed for roads.

PUBLIC WORKS RECURRENT.

23. Maintenance of Buildings.-The buildings upon which any considerable sum was expended were the following:

Government House--General repairs and doing up externally and

internally, etc.,

$6,389

Central Market--General repairs and doing up externally, Water Police Station--General repairs and doing up externally

3,383

and internally

3,206

Sheep and Swine Depots-General repairs and doing up externally

and internally,

2,165

Government Civil Hospital (A Block-General internal repairs

and doing up internally,

2,164

Medical Staff Quarters-General repairs throughout and doing up

internally,

1,690

Kowloon City Police Station--General repairs and doing up

externally and internally,

1,670

Hunghom Market-eneral repairs and doing up externally and

internally,

1 083

Victoria Gaol Sundry repairs and supplying materials,. Servants' Quarters, Government Civil Hospital-General repairs

and doing up externally and internally,

888

807

Observatory-General repairs,

755

Yaumati Police Station--General repairs and doing up externally

and internally,

715

Government Villas--General repairs and doing up externally and

internally,

692

Hunghom Police Station-General repairs and doing up intern-

ally,

681

Belilios School--General repairs,

653

Mountain Lodge-General repairs,

638

Saiyingpun Market-General repairs and doing up externally and

internally,

612

Yaumati Market-General repairs and doing up externally and

internally,

612

692

Victoria Hospital-General repairs and doing up quarters,.. .$ Stanley Police Station-General repairs and doing up internally, Chair Coolie Quarters at the Peak-General repairs and doing up

internally,

Shaukiwan Police Station--General repairs and doing up intern-

ally,

Victoria Gaol, Assistant Superintendent's Quarters-General re-

pairs and doing up internally,

No. 2 Police Station-General repairs and doing up internally, Public Laundries-Reconstructing roofs of outbuildings, Central Police Station-General repairs,

603

601

564

520

510

499

491

482

475

429

Government Civil Hospital, B. Block--General repairs and doing

up internally,

419

Central Police Station,

401

Aberdeen Police Station-General repairs,

Government Pavilions-Sundry repairs and renewing decayed

timber,

24. Maintenance of Buildings, New Territories. In the case of the New Territories Buildings, the following are those which entailed considerable expenditure :-

Sheung Shui Police Station -- General repairs and painting, Tai Po Police Station-General repairs and painting, &c., Tai O Police Station-General repairs and painting, Sha Tau Kok Police Station-General repairs and painting, Sha Tin Police Station-General repairs and painting, Ping Shan Police Station-General repairs,

$1,647

1,278

1,142

1,028

728

527

25. Maintenance of Lighthouses.-The following sums were expended upon the various Lighthouses--

Gap Rock, Waglan,

....

Green Island, Cape Collinson,

$2,564

1,264

All these structures were maintained in good condition, except Gap Rock Lighthouse which suffered severely from the typhoon of the 29th September. It suffered practically no damage from the typhon of the 18th September, which was peculiar in respect of the cir- cumscribed area over which its destructive effects were felt, but, in the later storm. the seas broke over the lighthouse, breaking some of the glass of the lantern and damaging some of the lens prisms. The derricks at the two landing places on the Rock were disabled and partly washed away and the cable was broken. Telegraphic communication with the Rock had however been interrupted since the 18th September when the land lines in Hongkong were destroyed. The cost of repairing these damages was charged to a special vote which was taken to cover the storm damages generally.

The First Order light on Green Island, which was transferred from Cape d'Aguilar and converted into an occulting light, was brought into operation on the 1st January. Work was in progress for extending the lighthouse pier at Green Island when the typhoon of the 18th September caused the loss of the crane barge and other craft employed and effectually put a stop to the work. It was not found possible to resume operations again during the remainder of the year.

26. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City.-The laying of Rider Mains and underground telephone and electric light cables was continued during the year, causing much disturbance of the roads. Openings for gas and water mains and services were also of fre- quent occurrence and much damage to the surfaces of roads adjoining the harbour was occasioned by the typhoons during September. The small encroachment caused by the old Provost Prison, which had greatly delayed the completion of the Queen's Road widening

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scheme, was finally removed before the close of the year, but some work still remained to be done in altering the surfaces of the adjoining roads. In continuation of the experiments with different classes of paving, a small portion of Des Voeux Road at its intersection with Ice House Street was laid with wood blocks Borneo Camphor wood) and a length of Queen's Road West was laid with large, squared granite blocks and a further length with ordinary granite setts, 6" x 6" x 3". Generally speaking the roads throughout the City were main- tained in good condition with concrete or macadam as the case may be.

27. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges outside City.-All the roads were maintained generally in good condition, the damage done by rainstorms being repaired as expeditiously as possible, and many of those finished with decomposed granite were resurfaced. Hatton Road, which connects Robinson and Conduit Roads with Harlech Road and which was con- structed by the Military Authorities, was taken over by the Public Works Department as one of the public roads.

28. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in Kowloon.-Improvements and extensions of various roads, the laying of water mains in connection with the new Kowloon Gravitation Scheme and the quarrying operations which were in progress in many parts of the Peninsula all contributed to prevent the roads being maintained in a satisfactory condition. Owing to reclamation schemes and the construction of the railway, there is still much to be done in the way of altering the lines and levels of roads, with the necessary accompaniment of altering gas and water mains, sewers, &c., but the scheme which is now being carried out, besides providing for what is regarded as the maximum extent of reclamation that can be permitted, is designed to afford a system of main thoroughfares which should be equal to the require- ments of Kowloon when it has developed into a large city. The roads generally were maintained in good condition except where affected by the operations already mentioned. The typhoons caused serious damage to any portions of roads which approached the harbour, those on the West side suffering during the typhoon of the 18th September and those on the East side during the subsequent typhoons.

29. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in New Territories.-The surface of Tai Po Road suffered much during the year. principally from the heavy traffic, carried on by bullock- carts, in connection with the construction of the railway. During wet weather, the carts cut up the road badly rendering it almost impassable in places. In order to render the road fit for such traffic, it was considered advisable to macadamize that portion of it lying between the 9th and 11th milestones and this work was well advanced at the close of the year.

It was arranged that the cost should be divided equally between the Railway and Public Works Department funds. One of the improved native tracks, which skirts the shores of Tolo Harbour for a long distance and leads from Tai Po to Shun Wan, was much damaged by the typhoons, some portions of it being completely washed away. The other improved tracks were maintained in good order.

30. Maintenance of Telegraphs.-Telephone lines were constructed between the follow- ing points:-

Central Police Station Exchange and Sanitary Board Office.

Green Island Lighthouse and Custodian's Quarters, Gunpowder Depôt.

Do.

do.

and Signal Station.

Colonial Secretary's Office Exchange and Postmaster General's Office.

Do.

do. and Tai Po (not completed).

New Harbour Office-branch lines to the various sub-departments.

Alterations were made in the positions of the telephones in various Government build- ings and, consequent on the handing over of the old gunpowder depôt on Stonecutters Island to the Military Authorities, the telephone line to the Island was discontinued.

The work of metallic circuiting was continued, but progress with it was much interrupt- ed owing to pressure of other necessary work. Consequent on the increase in the number of wires entailed by the adoption of metallic circuiting, a new route for the lines to North Point had to be constructed from near the City Hall. This was completed and the duplicat- ing of the lines in owloon was begun.

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The cable to Gap Rock Lighthouse, which became faulty early in the year, was repaired in the beginning of August by splicing in a piece of small-sized cable near the rock, but it was broken again during the typhoon of the 29th September and, in consequence of a proposal to establish wireless telegraphy, no further steps were taken in the matter of repairing it.

31. Maintenance of Telegraphs, New Territories.-The typhoons of the 18th and 29th September almost completely wrecked the whole of the Telephone System in the New Territories.

In reconstructing the lines, it was decided to adopt a new route for the Au Tau and Ping Shan lines, namely, through Sheung Shui and San Tin instead of through the Lam Tsün Valley. Iron poles were erected from Fan Ling to Sheung Shui and from thence through San Tin on to Au Tau. The work of restoring the Ping Shan and Sha Tau Kok lines was still in hand at the end of the year.

32. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.-The sewers, stormwater drains and trained nullahs were cleansed and maintained in good condition. A considerable amount of damage and silting up was caused by the typhoons which occurred in eptember and, as the damage was of an exceptional nature, the cost of the necessary repairs was charged to a special vote. The flushing tanks have been systematically worked during the period of low water.

The details of the expenditure under this heading are as follows:--

Labour for cleansing operations,

Repairs.....

Tools for cleansing operations,.

}

Total,......

.$12,705.40 4,335.94

800.92

.$17,842.26

against $17,111.88 in the previous year. In addition to the items already enumerated, a sum of $2,067.32 was expended in connecting up the Barker Roal sewer with the ity sewerage system. This was done by laying a sewer from Bowen oad near the Tramway to a point on the hillside below the Victoria Hospital where the Barker Road sewer had hitherto discharged. As the work was not completed by the close of the year, the amount stated is only part of the cost.

33. Gas Lighting, City and Hill District.-The total number of lamps in use at the end of the year in the City was 952-n increase of 10* over the previous year-and in the Hill District 110,-an increase of 4. The lighting of the Military Cantonment by 45 lamps remained on the same footing as formerly.

34. Electric Lighting, City.-No alteration has been made in the number of lamps which remains at 75.

35. Gas Lighting, Kowloon.-The total number of lamps in use at the close of the year was 237, an increase of 13 over the previous year. Particulars of the positions of the additional lamps will be found under "Extensions of Gas Lighting".

36. Electric Lighting, Kowloon.—No alteration has been made in the number of lamps which remains at 22.

37. Maintenance of Praya Wall and Piers.-A very considerable amount of damage was done to the Praya walls and public piers in Hongkong, Kowloon and the New Terri- tories by the typhoons of September 18th and 29th. The sea wal's at Kennedy Town, along Praya East, and along the West and East sides of Kowloon Peninsula were all more or less damaged and the Police l'ier at Kowloon Point and Cattle Landing Pier at Kennedy Town were partially destroyed. The shelters on the former were ent rely demo ished, the matsheds on Blake and Queen's Statue Piers were also demolished and the temporary pier near Messrs. BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE's office was completely carried away. The outer face-

* In last year's report, the nu uber of amps was erroneously státal ás 943 instead of 942.

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work of the breakwater which protects the Boat Shelter at Causeway Bay was disturbed to a considerable extent. With few exceptions, the necessary repairs and restorations had been completed at the close of the year. The timber portion of the Kowloon City Pier was however in such a decayed condition that, in view of the fact that it has been decided to replace it with a reinforced concrete structure, no repairs were undertaken. The old imber pier at Stonecutters Island, formerly used in connection with the Gunpowder Depôt there, was handed over to the Military Authorities and, by arrangement with the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., the Praya Wall in front of their premises at Kowloon Point was taken over by them. A pier at Cheung Chau Island which was destroyed was not renewed.

The following is a statement of the principal items of expenditure in the shape of ordinary repairs; all repairs resulting from the typhoons being charged to a special vote :--

Praya East Sea Wall.....

Arsenal Street Wharf and Sea Wall

Kennedy Town Pier....

Lai Chi Kok Pier

Queen's Statue Pier

Murray (Temporary) Pier

Blake Pier....

$557

523

505

455

383

202

38. Maintenance of Public Cemetery.-The provision of more burial space for general use having become necessary, a scheme for forming three new terraces was undertaken and the work was nearly completed at the end of the year. Permits to the number of 59 were issued for the erection and repair of monuments.

39. Maintenance of Public Recreation Grounds.-The Wongneichong and Queen's Recreation Grounds were maintained in good order, portions of both being re-turfed. The latter was treated with a ton of artificial manure, which improved the growth of the turf considerably.

40. Dredging Foreshores-The total quantity of material dredged during the year amounted to 23,062 cubic yards, of which 5,861 cubic yards were dredged from the dust- boat stations at the expense of the Scavenging Contractor whilst 6,758 cubic yards were removed in forming a channel for the escape of water from the nullah adjoining the Paper Mills at Aberdeen. The latter work was undertaken in connection with complaints received as to the offensive condition of the neighbourhood in question on account of the foul liquid discharged from the Paper Mills.

The dredger was docked for cleaning and painting in the month of March, the expend- iture incurred being $297. Fortunately, the vessel was at work in a sheltered position at Aberdeen on the morning of the 18th September and so escaped damage from the typhoon.

41. Maintenance of City and Hill District Waterworks.-The year opened with the Rider Mains in operation over a considerable section of the City and intermittent supply in force in the district lying East of Arsenal Street in which the rider mains had not then been laid. Up to the 3rd February, the supply was turned on in the Rider Main Districts for one hour in the morning and one hour in the afternoon, but, on the date mentioned, it was found necessary to restrict it to one hour in the morning only and, on the 15th March, it was found advisable to resort to general intermittent supply to the whole of the City and Hill District. Owing to the occurrence of a considerable rainfall early in April, it was found possible to revert to constant supply on the 19th of that month, except in the Rider Main Districts. Constant supply to the whole City was only begun on the 18th September and was discontinued again on 1st November, when the Rider Mains were once more brought into operation. Universally constant supply was thus in force for 14 days; universally intermittent supply for 35 days and partially intermittent supply for 286 days.

For a period of about a month, commencing about the middle of March, water-boats were stationed at a few points in the Central and Western Districts from which a supply of water was distributed free to the public. The total quantity so distributed was 964,990 gallons, the cost amounting to $4,630 or $4.80 per 1,000 gallons. As the charge for water supplied by meters from the City Waterworks in only $0.50 per 1,000 gallons, it will be seen that recourse to a supply from water-boats is a very costly expedient.

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The quantity of water stored in the impounding reservoirs on the 1st of January amounted to 249,740,000 gallons. It reached a minimum on the 1st of April, when it amounted to 62,427,000 gallons.

The reservoirs were at or over their permanent overflow levels on the following lates :

Tytam, Tytam Byewash, Wongneichong, Pokfulam,

16th September to 20th November.

.17th

....16th

20th October.

9th

.29th May and

6th Sept.

19th

The total quantity of water remaining in the reservoirs at the close of the year was 373,224,000 gallons.

The temporary pump for pumping up to the gauge basin the waters of the streams in the lower part of the Tytam Valley was in operation during the following periods and yielded the quantities stated :-

1st January to 19th April,

36,398,000 gallons.

20th August to 12th September,

7,817,000

13th November to 31st December,

28,960,000

Total,

73,175,000

Use was again made, so far as the capacity of the temporary pump permitted, of the

water stored in the reservoir in course of construction.

The quantity so stored at the close of the year was 120,000,000 gallons but, as it can- not be made available for use until the pumps and rising main are completed, it has not been included in the tabular statements appended.

During the typhoon of the 18th September, which was accompanied by a rainfall of 4.56 inches, one of the stone piers supporting the sluice boards on the dam of the Tytam Byewash Reservoir was carried away, thus reducing its impounding capacity by 23 million gallons. A temporary pier was, however, built before the effect of the September rains had passed and the reservoir was refilled to its full capacity.

The total rainfall for the year at the Kowloon Observatory was 77.77 inches. The rains began somewhat early, 9.79 inches having fallen in April, and the wet season closed very favourably, from a Waterworks point of view, with 30.59 inches in September.

The total quantity of water supplied during the year was 1,318,763,000 gallons filtered and 34,304,000 gallons unfiltered, making a grand total of 1,353,067,000 gallons or 214,241,000 gallons less than in 1905.

The average consumption of filtered water per head per day under the various condi- tions of supply, with an estimated population of 233,300, is given below :-

Average for whole year,

during constant supply,

during the application of intermittent supply to the Rider Main Districts only, during the application of universal intermit-

tent supply,

15.8 gallons. 18.2

15.7

9.7

Full details of the consumption, contents of the reservoirs, &c., will be found in Appendices C and D.

Government Analyst shew that the quality of the water Bacteriological examinations were begun in August and

The results of these are also The results of these are also very satisfactory.

The Analyses made by the throughout the year was excellent. have been carried out regularly since.

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The laying of the Rider Mains in those districts of the City in which they were intended to be laid, namely, the Chinese quarters, was completed by the end of October and, as already mentioned, they were brought into operation on the 1st November.

•The total number of houses connected to the rider mains is 7,285, the work of connect- ing them having been performed as the laying of the mains proceeded.

The introduction of these mains, though rendering it possible to distribute the supply more uniformly during the application of the intermittent system, has not tended to simpli- fy the distribution arrangements, the complexity of which may be gathered from the fact that the houses served extend from sea-level to a height

height of 1,800 feet above it. Among other things, the operation of the rider mains interferes greatly with the working of the motors for pumping water to the high levels.

Owing to the necessity of conserving the contents of Pokfulam Reservoir for the supply of the Hill and High Level Districts, some trouble was experienced during the early part of the year in supplying the Western portion of the City, the distribution of Tytam water over a very extended area rendering it difficult to maintain the necessary pressures.

The quantity of water pumped to the High Levels of the City during the year amounted to 50,997,000 gallons equal to an average daily consumption of 139.718 gallons, whilst 25,037,000 gallons were pumped to the Hill District giving an average daily con- sumption of 68,594 gallons. As compared with 1905, there were decreases of 8,367,000 gallons in the quantity pumped to the High Level District and of 186.000 gallons in that pumped to the Hill District. The grand total pumped during the year amounted to 76,034,000 gallons as compared with 84,587,000 in 1905. Tabulated statements containing particulars of the quantities pumped to the High Levels and Hill District respectively and comparative statements of the quantities pumped during the last 10 years will be found in Appendices E to G.

The wrought iron rising main from Bonham Road Pumping Station to the Peak, which was laid in 1904, having developed some serious defects, the new pumping engine cannot be run with safety at any greater speed than 34 revolutions per minute whereas, in order to raise 100,000 gallons in 12 hours, it should be run at fully 40 revolutions. A new main was indented for in May but had not arrived by the end of the year.

In order to utilize the new pump for pumping water to the High Levels of the City, it was found necessary to obtain a main of larger diameter than that hitherto used and an indent was therefore despatched for pipes of 8 inches in diameter. Some of these arrived towards the close of the year and steps were taken to lay them in position.

All the Motors were kept in a good state of repair during the year.

The number of meters in use at the end of the year was 831 in the City and 163 in the Hill District or a total of 994 as compared with 782 and 156 in 1905, or a total of 938.

The quantity of water supplied by meter was as follows:

Filtered:-Trade,

Domestic (City),

Gallons.

..112,075,000

(Hill District),

Unfiltered,

..100.298.000

25,037,000

34,304,000

.271,714,000

Total,

This shews an increase of 15,630,000 gallons in the quantity of water supplied by meter over 1905.

New services were constructed or old ones repaired, altered, improved or connected to the mains to the number of 685 whilst 46 supplies for building purposes were laid on.

The number of inspections of house services was 3,823 including the inspections made during the construction of the Rider Mains. Most of the defects discovered were within the Rider Main areas and they were dealt with as the mains were being laid.

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42. Maintenance of Kowloon Waterworks.-Up to the 24th December, the supply was derived partly from Wells Nos. 1, 2 and 3 in the Kowloon Valleys by pumping and partly from the Intakes at Cheung Sha Wan assisted by the Catchwater of the New Gravitation Works, a supply of water from the latter having been rendered available on the 24th March.

On the date first mentioned, a temporary connection was made by which water from the the New Impounding Reservoir, still under construction, was turned on to the Peninsula, thus dispensing with the original works which were inaugurated on the same date 11 years earlier.

The total consumption for the year amounted to 179,828,000 gallons, of which 82,104,000 gallons were derived from the Catchwater and Cheung Sha Wan Intakes and 97.724,000 from Wells Nos. 1, 2 and 3. The average daily consumption amounted to 492,680 gallons or, taking an estimated population of 79,150, 6.2 gallons per head. These figures show a decrease of 5.862,000 gallons under the consumption during 1905. Details are given in Appendices H and J. The analyses made throughout the year showed that the water was of excellent quality.

The pumping machinery, buildings, &c., were maintained in good condition throughout the year, but, as already stated, the introduction of the supply from the new gravitation reservoir has superseded the pumped supply.

There were 301 meters in use at the end of the year, an increase of 21 over 1905. Private services were constructed, altered, or repaired in 76 instances, whilst 10 building supplies were laid.

43. Maintenance of Waterworks, Aberdeen and Shaukiwan.-A satisfactory supply of water was maintained to Aberdeen and Shaukiwan during the year, the total consumption amounting to 5,815,000 and 13,394,000 gallons respectively, or about 16,000 and 37,000 gallons per day. Details are given in Appendices K and L. The repairs to the Eastern Intake at Shaukiwan, mentioned in last year's report, were completed, affording an increased supply, and the new main laid to the Barracks, &c., on Sywan Hill yielded 24 million gallons. There were 6 meters in use at Aberdeen, and 7 at Shaukiwan.

44. Maintenance of Lai Chi Kok Waterworks.-Water-Boat Supply.-The total quantity of water supplied during the year amounted to 92,845,600 gallons or an average of about 254,000 gallons per day. Details are given in Appendix M.

The stagings, shoots and pipes for conveying the water from the shore to the boats, most of which were privately owned, were practically destroyed by the typhoon of the 18th September. Some of the smaller firms did not restore their services, but the principal ones, namely the Hongkong Steam Water-Boat Co. and the Union Water-Boat Co. had theirs restored within a short period. The damage done to the works on shore was comparatively trifling.

PUBLIC WORKS

EXTRAORDINARY.

45. Civil Hospital-Extension of Staff Quarters.-This work was completed and handed over to the Medical Department in March. The extension comprises a dining room, a sit- ting room, 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a boxroom and pantry and 4 rooms for servants The building is faced with Amoy bricks and granite dressings to correspond with the original building.

46. Harbour Office. The new Harbour Office was formally opened by His Excellency the Governor on the 16th July. Erected on the Harbour front, about 370 yards to the Eastward of the site of the old office, which had been relegated to an inland position by the carrying out of the Praya Reclamation Scheme, it is rendered conspicuous by being flanked on either side by buildings of the ordinary Chinese tenement class, from which it differs greatly in character.

The main building, which extends round two sides of a quadrangle, is partly two and partly three stories in height, the remaining two sides of the quadrangle being occupied by outbuildings, principally utilized as quarters for boatmen.

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The main building contains the following accommodation :-Boat-shed with store, Offices for the Harbour Master, Assistant Harbour Master, Marine Surveyor, Assistant Marine Surveyors, Boarding Officers, Correspondence Clerks, Imports and Exports, Emigra- tion. Entry and Clearance, and Junk Registration branches (10 in all), a Marine Enquiry Court, an Examination Room for officers and engineers applying for certificates, a telegraph office, a look-out tower with mast for signals, one spare room, lavatories and quarters for the First Boarding Officer (4 rooms). The outbuildings contain

The outbuildings contain quarters for an Indian Consta- ble, an Interpreter, 29 single boatmen, 3 rooms for married boatmen, servants' quarters for First Boarding Officer, two strong-rooms for records, 2 store-rooms, and the necessary kitchens and latrines.

The walls are of Canton red brick built in lime mortar and plastered externally, with the exception of the verandah on the ground floor which is built entirely of dressed granite. The roofs are covered with double pan and roll tiling, laid on timber purlins and principals and the floors are generally of hardwood laid on hardwood joists The boathouse is paved with granite slabs, 4" thick, laid on a lime concrete foundation and the floors of verandahs, strong-rooms and lavatories are of cement concrete, the first floor verandah and lavatories. being finished with encaustic tile paving. The walls of the lavatories are tiled with white glazed tiles for a height of 4 feet and the main staircase from ground to first floor is of granite. A circular, granite staircase leads from the first floor to the roof for communication with the look-out tower.

Tha Marine Enquiry Court is fitted up with a Bench, Dock, Witness Box and other necessary accessories.

The total cost of the building, including foun lations, fittings, &c., was $160,198.94.

47. Law Courts.-Much better progress was made with this building than during the preceding 12 months and, at the close of the year, the colonnade had reached an average height of nearly 10 feet above first floor level, the main and internal walls being somewhat lower. Some portions of the building were unfortunately delayed until the question of providing a Third Court, which had been raised, was settled. Dressed granite, aggregating 34,922 cubic feet, was set in the work and 100 granite balusters were prepared, bringing the number of these ready for fixing up to 300.

The average number of masons employed daily was 167.

All the steelwork required in the main structure arrived from England.

The typhoon of the 18th September destroyed practically the whole of the scaffolding and injured a number of the window frames and a few blocks of granite; thus retarding the work considerably.

48. Mongkok'sui Market.--The expenditure under this heading was merely the balance payable under the Contract, the building having been completed in December 1905.

49. Western Market. This building was completed and handed over to the Sanitary Board in July. It consists of two main floors for market purposes, accommodation being provided for the Inspector and coolies by the const uction of mezzanine floors at the North and South ends. The ground floor contains 12 large poultry shops, a poultry killing room. a large store, engine room, Inspector's office, and latrines, and the first floor 14 shops and 67 stalls for the sale of fish and two apartments for the storage of live fish. There are four wide granite staircases giving access to the first floor and ample entrances are provided, near which there are money changers' stalls.

The engine room contains an oil engine and pump for pumping water from a well into two large tanks, with a capacity of 21,600 gallons, on the roof of the building, whence it is drawn for cleansing purposes.

The lighting of the Market is by Kitson lights, 6 lamps of 500 candle-power being provided on each floor. The quarters and some of the subsidiary parts of the building are lighted by gas.

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The walls are of Canton red brick faced externally with Amoy bricks and having a deep plinth and dressings of granite. They are finished internally with a dado of white glazed tiles ranging from 4 feet to 5 feet in height, above the level of which they are pointed with lime mortar and whitewashed. The floors are of cement concrete, supported where necessary on cast iron columns and steel beams and the roof is covered with double pan and roll tiling on steel trusses and purlins.

The total cost, including piled foundations, fittings, lighting, water supply, &c., was $172,567.46.

50. Post Office.-The foundations were finally completed and the site handed over to Messrs. Sang Lee & Co., Contractors for the superstructure, on the 23rd January. Substan- tial progress was made by the close of the year, the walls generally having been built to ground floor level or higher, and the piers of verandahs to 6 feet above ground floor level. About half the steel girders and joisis for carrying the ground floor were placed in position and the door and window frames were fixed. Of the balusters for verandah balustrades, which are being made of granolithic, 1,000 were moulded by the close of the year. In the case of this building also, great damage was done to the scaffolding by the typhoon and a temporary roof which had been erected over a considerable portion of the site was entirely destroyed, much of the material being blown into the Harbour.

51. Post Office, Shanghai.-This work, which consisted of considerable extensions to the old Post Office building, was reported as completed in December. As it was carried out practically independently of the Public Works Department, being under the charge of the Surveyor to H. M. Board of Works, Shanghai. it is not possible to refer to it in any detail. The total cost, inclusive of a fee of $1,200 to the Board of Works Surveyor, was $25,381.35.

52. Prison.-It was intended to undertake under this Vote the construction of the first section of a new prison which was to be situated at the base of the Southern slopes of the Kowloon range of hills. A survey and some preliminary plans and estimates for the scheme were prepared, but, before further steps were taken, instructions were received that the work was not to be proceeded with. No expenditure was therefore incurred under the

vote.

53. Public Latrines and Urinals.-The two urinals, referred to in last year's report, one in Connaught Road, opposite the end of Douglas Street, and the other in Salisbury Road, Kowloon, were completed and a latrine in Macdonnell Road, Kowloon, at the North end of Kowloon Inland Lot 909 was begun and was nearing completion at the close of the year. An iron latrine at Mongkok tsui, which had to be removed in connection with improvements there, was taken down and re-erected.

54. Yaumati School. The expenditure incurred under this heading was merely the balance due to the Contractor, the work having been practically completed at the close of 1905.

55. Quarters for Officers, Tai Po.-A description of this work was given in last year's report. The quarters were completed and occupied in February and a stable in connection with them was completed in March. The latter contains a loose-box and two stalls, harness room and coach-house. The total cost of the work was as follows:---

Quarters,

Stable, including approach road and widening part of

causeway,.

Total,....

.$ 26,468.40

5,084.19

.$ 31,552.59

56. Quarters for Sumalmen, Green Island.-Since the establishment of a Signal Station on Green Island, the men on duty in connection with it had been housed in a matshed. Some more permanent accommodation was considered necessary and accordingly a small brick building was erected on a site adjacent to the flagstaff. It contains 3 small rooms, 2 kitchens and a bathroom. Two kitchens were necessary on account of there being two signalmen, one of whom is a married man. A small building was also provided for the storage of the flags and storm signals and the path leading from the lighthouse to the top of the hill was concreted. The total expenditure on the work, which was completed in December, amounted to $4,584.12.

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57. Kowloon Mortuary.-A contract for the formation of the site and erection of the necessary buildings was entered into in September and, by the close of the year, the buildings were ready to receive the roof timbers, some of which were in position. The site is in close proximity to the Disinfecting Station at Yaumati.

58. Shelters for Dust Carts.-It was not found possible to carry out this work owing to other more urgent works being undertaken.

59. Railway to Canton.—Survey and Preliminary Work.-Messrs. BRUCE and VALPY, having completed the survey and setting out of the line, left the Colony on the 24th February. As mentioned in last year's report, the work of constructing the section between Tai Po and Lo Fu Ferry was undertaken by the Public Works Department on the 9th December, 1905, the intention being that this portion of the railway route should be used as a road until the progress of the remainder of the work required it to be devoted to railway purposes. Work was actively carried on until the 18th May when it was stopped at the request of Mr. G. W. EvEs, who had arrived in the Colony on the 24th March to assume charge of the Railway work, and the Public Works Department ceased to have anything further to do with constructional operations. At the time of suspending work, the following was the position of affairs :-

Completed to Formation Level.-13,650 lineal feet (2.58 miles) of embankment.

(0.17 ) cutting.

900

Partly executed.—3,000 lineal feet (0.57 mile) of embankment.

400

(0.07 ),, cutting.

In addition to the foregoing, channels of a total length of about half a mile had been excavated for the purpose of diverting streams and obviating the crossing and re-crossing of them by the railway, and sundry minor works had been executed.

60. New Roads in Victoria.-Extension East and West of Conduit Road.-A contract for this work was let in February and, at the close of the year, most of the cuttings and em- bankments had been completed and the necessary retaining walls and abutments and piers of bridges had been built. Much negotiation was necessary to enable the portions East and West of the Peak Road to be constructed on a satisfactory line as the lots occupied by "Clovelly," the Ladies' Recreation Club and "Queen's Gardens were all traversed by the road. Arrangements were ultimately made by which the private road giving access to Queen's Gardens houses and the necessary areas of the other lots mentioned were surrendered to Government. In consequence of the negotiations alluded to, these portions of the road were not proceeded with until late in the year.

61. New Roads in Kowloon.-Instead of proceeding with the Extension of Robinson Road Northwards, as specified in the Estimates, it was found advisable to devote a portion of the sum provided for new roads.in Kowloon to widening and lowering Des Voeux Road past Blackhead's lot. At this point, Des Voeux Road has been cut out of the solid rock and it was necessary that the improvements to be effected in it should be carried out before any permanent buildings were erected on the adjacent land. The formation of Middle Road, executed in connection with the reclamation of Kowloon Marine Lots 74 & 75, &c., contri- buted also to make the work a necessity so that uniformity of level should exist at its junc- tion with Des Voeux Road.

A contract was let in April and the work, which consisted of the removal of about 14,550 cubic yards of material, nearly all rock, was completed in December. The cost of the work was $27,105 of which $12,400 was paid in 1906.

By the instructions of His Excellency Sir MATTHEW NATHAN, no further work was undertaken under this vote and the only other sums expended besides the above were for the works mentioned in last year's report, viz. :-

Extension of Robinson Road, including lowering summit, &c., ...$4,001.22 Forming roads in vicinity of Disinfecting Station,

1,409.75

706

62. New Roals in New Territories.-Nearly the whole of the expenditure under this heading, amounting to $54,681.05, was for the construction of that section of the Kowloon- Canton Railway extending from Tai Po to Lo Fu Ferry, an account of which has already been given under the heading " Railway to Canton ".

Railway to Canton ". The sum of $42,402.06 was however transferred from the Railway Account, thus making the expenditure appear as $12,278.99. The only other work undertaken was an extension of the Kowloon City Road past Ngau Chi Wan Village to where it intersects the Military roads leading to Grasscutters Pass, &c. The expenditure on this work to the close of the year, when it was nearing completion, amounted to $19,943.49, of which $5,200 was defrayed by the Military Authorities.

63. Forming and Kerbing Streets.-Extensive works were continued or undertaken under this heading, principally in connection with the development of Kowloon. The following is a statement of the items of expenditure, except those of trifling amount, the sum stated being in some cases only a part of the cost owing to the work extending into more than one year :

Kowloon.

(i.) Resumption of part of Hunghom Inland Lot 220 for construction of proposed main thoroughfare to Hok Un.......

$16,505

Retaining wall, North side of Middle Road and forming

and kerbing road,

16.083

4.500

(ii)

(iii.) Widening of Des Voeux Road past Gun Club Hill,

Extension of Robinson Road between Middle and Salis- bury Roads and forming and kerbing part of old road South of Middle Road,

(iv.)

3,709

(v.)

Extension of Kimberley Road, from Observatory Road

to Austin Road,..

3,576

(vi.) Extension of Austin Avenue from Kimberley Road to

Austin Road,

3,287

(vii.) Forming Salisbury Road, from the West Bund to Robin-

son Road,

3,280

(viii.) Forming streets in vicinity of Mongkoktsui Market,

(ix.) Altering levels of Robinson, Middle, Chater and Garden

3,189

Roads,

2,924

(x.) Forming and channelling Mody Road,

1,424

(xi.) Extending Garden Road to join Salisbury Road and re-

moving old encroachment,

1,257

(xii) Forming and channelling roads adjoining Kowloon Marine

Lots 58, 72 and 73, Hok Un,

1.111

Inland Lot 1,079,

(xiii.) Forming and kering Station Street North past Kowloon

(xiv.) Filling in roads adjoining Kowloon Inland Lot 717,

(xv.) Altering Austin Road opposite Bowling lub's ground, (xvi.) Pathway from Austin Avenue to the Observatory grounds,

1,057

935

418

321

$63,576

Hongkong.

(xvii.) Excavating hill and forming Forbes and Cadogan Streets,

Kennedy Town,....

(xviii.) Extension of Water Street to Pokfulam Road,

(xix.) Forming road along Southern boundary of Shaukiwan

$7,086 2,467

Marine Lot 1....

1,933

(xx.) Forming and kerbing Shaukiwan Road past Inland Lot

1,740,...

1,050

(xxi.) Surfacing and completing roads adjoining New Western

Market,

773

(xxii.) Surfacing and completing roads adjoining the new Har-

bour Office,

755

(xxiii.) Concreting path West of Westbourne Villas (Inland Lot

609D),

399

$14,463

707

Item (i.) completes the resumption undertaken last year for the future construction of a main direct thoroughfare to Hok Un and Kowloon City.

Item (i.) This work was also begun in 1905 and was described in last year's report. Middle Road forms part of the scheme of roads arranged about 20 years ago in connection with the conversion of Garden Lots into Inland or Building Lots. The delay in executing it was due to the formidable nature of the work involved which consisted of cutting through a hill reaching a height of 95 feet and containing a large quantity of rock.

Item (iii.) In connection with the reclamation of Kowloon Marine Lots 74 and 75, &c., a temporary light railway was required for the transport of material from the hill immediately to the North-West of the junction of Gascoigne and Des Voeux Roads and, as the railway could not be permitted to encroach on that portion of Des Voeux Road skirting Gun Club Hill, arrangements were made with the Contractor for the reclamation work that the Government would defray part of the cost of the widening provided it was executed in a substantial manner. The sum of $4,500 represents the Government's contribution towards

the cost.

Item (iv.) This work was rendered necessary by the extensive reclamation work at Kowloon Point. The levels of the lower part of Robinson Road had to be raised to enab'e the drainage to be arranged in a satisfactory manner and this in turn entailed raising the gas and water mains.

Item (v.) This work was described in last year's report.

Itein (vi.) The completion of some houses on lots which had hitherto been unbuilt on rendered it necessary to complete and put in order the portion of road referred to.

Item (vii.) This work was completed in the early part of the year and on the 1st April the Star Ferry Co. commenced running their launches to the new pier which had been constructed to accommodate them at the end of Salisbury Road. With the diversion of the traffic to this new route, the roadway along the Praya or West Bund became useless as a public road and, in accordance with the arrangement with the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., it was handed over to them.

Item (viii.) Calls for no comment.

Itens (ix.), (x.) & (xi.). The first and last of these items were necessary on account of the extensive reclamation at Kowloon Point already mentioned under Item (iv.). Item (x.) forms part of the scheme of roads already referred to under Item (ii.). In this case the formation of the road only became possible in 1903 owing to the great difficulty experienced in getting the owner of one of the lots traversed to remove a bungalow which stood in the A hill on which the bungalow stood was then cut down and the amount shown in the statement is for improving the condition of the road as recent developments have brought it more into use.

way.

Items (xii.) to (xvi.) call for no comment.

Item (xvii.) Under the Conditions of Sale for Inland Lot 905, the purchaser had to cut down and form the adjacent roads to the extent of one half of their width, the completion of the work devolving upon the Government. The condition remained unfulfilled until the Sanitary Board complained of a nuisance caused by stagnant water which issued from the hillside at this point when, after some correspondence, the necessary work was executed by the owner of the lot. The Government had then to execute their share of the work, which, owing to the steepness of the hill, the treacherous nature of the ground and the presence of much subsoil water, was of a somewhat extensive and troublesome nature. It was completed before the close of the year, but the whole of the work had not then been paid for.

Item (xviii.) consisted of laying out a portion of road which had remained in an un- formed condition for many years owing to the adjacent lots not being built upon.

Item (xix.) This work arose out of the diversion of Shaukiwan Road past the Quarry Bay Shipyard.

Items (xx.) to (xxii.) call for no comment.

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Item (xxiii.) After a considerable amount of negotiation, the road to the Westward of Westbourne Villas, which had hitherto been a private road, was handed over to Government and, as it was in bad repair, it was resurfaced with concrete.

64. Communications between the Harbour Office and Signalling Stations.-Radical alterations were made in the arrangements for signalling the approach of vessels, which in- volved very extensive alterations and additions to the telegraph and telephone lines in use for this purpose. Formerly, Gap Rock and Waglan Lighthouses and the Peak Signal >tation were in communication with the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co.'s office, which was in turn connected with the Harbour Office and the Observatory, whilst Green Island Signal Station was connected with the Harbour Office. This arrangement has been altered by establishing a telegraph and telephone office in the New Harbour Office and concentrating all lines there, the only line which is now connected with the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co.'s office being that from the Observatory. The reason for retaining it is that weather reports are received by cable from the various meteorological stations in Manila, Shanghai and elsewhere and it is important that these should be transmitted to the Observatory in the most direct manner possible. The following places are now in direct communication with the Harbour Office :--

(i.) Gap Rock Lighthouse

(ii) Waglan Lighthouse

(iii.) Cape Collinson Lighthouse (iv.) Green Island Lighthouse

(v.) Peak Signal Station

(vi.) Observatory

(vii.) Naval Yard

(telegraph). do. ).

do. ). do.

do. ).

( do. ). .(telephone).

Of the above, items (iii.), (vi.) and (vii.) are entirely new lines, the remainder being old lines which were extended or altered to bring the places mentioned into direct communica- tion with the Harbour Office. The Signal Station and Gunpowder Depôt on Green Island are served by branch lines from the Lighthouse there.

In addition to the foregoing, telephone lines were constructed placing the Naval Yard in direct communication with the Signal Stations at the Peak and at Cape D'Aguilar, which by arrangement with the Naval Authorities, are now manned by expert naval signalmen.

Gullies Re-construction.--This work was continued, the principal areas dealt with being the Central and Western Districts of the City and Kowloon. During the year, 106 gullies with single gratings and 45 with double gratings were constructed, or a total of 196 gratings, bringing the totals dealt with up to the close of the year to 454 gullies with single and 540 with double gratings.

65. Training Nullahs.-The following is a statement of the works executed under this heading :-

(i.) Happy Valley-main nullah on West side of Racecourse (ii.) Magazine Gap-small nullah near Military Sanitarium (iii.) Tai Hang-nullahs adjoining Lin Fa Kung Temple (iv.) Wanchai-nullahs near the Electric Light Works (Inland

Lot 1,210)

(v.) Extension of Conduit Road-Eastern Section--nullahs

in vicinity of building sites..

Length trained.

Lineal feet.

827

150

226

781

893

Item (i.) consisted of an extension of the training work formerly executed in connection with this nullah. The section dealt with extends from the South end of the Grand Stand Enclosure to the bridge at the South end of the Racecourse. The invert is of cement con- crete, 3" thick, on a foundation of lime concrete, 12" thick, and the side walls are of rubble masonry built in lime mortar and pointed in cement. The nullah has a depth of 9 feet and average width of 7 feet.

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Item (ii) consisted merely of making good the rocky bed of a stream-course to prevent water becoming stagnant.

Item (iii.) included the training of two small nullahs, about 4 feet deep by 2 feet wide, and the filling in of some low-lying ground in the neighbourhood of the Lin Fa Kung Temple.

Item (iv.) consisted of two large semi-circular channels, 3′ 6′′ in diameter, formed of lime concrete and faced with cement concrete, 3" thick, extending from Kennedy Road to the boundaries of Inland Lots Nos. 349 and 1,210.

Item (v.) comprised four branches of the Albany Nullah to the South of the new road, three being immediately to the Eastward of "Clovelly " (Inland Lot 1,206) and one imme- diately to the Eastward of the Peak Tramway. The section of these nullahs is very variable, some portions of them being constructed with concrete inverts and rubble masonry side walls and having a depth of 6 feet by an average width of 4 feet, whilst others consist merely of a cement concrete invert formed in the rocky beds of the streams.

66. Large Flushing Tanks for Main Sewers and Substitution of Iron for Earthenware Pipes. For flushing the sewers of the low-level district extending from Hillier Street on the East to Bonham Strand West and Possession Street on the West, a tank having a capacity of 8,100 gallons was constructed in Blake Gardens. The water, which is derived from a spring above the site formerly occupied by No. 2 Tank, is made to flow through the various sewers in turn by manipulating disc valves in the manholes.

In consequence of the trouble caused by the roots of trees penetrating the sewers, it has been decided to substitute iron for earthenware pipes in those sections where this is liable to occur and a commencement was therefore made with that portion of the Bonham Road sewer extending from the East side of the Pumping Station to the Pokfulam Road. This section was completed before the close of the year.

67. Miscellaneous Drainage Works.-A large amount of work was again performed under this heading. The following is a statement of the principal items, the amount stated being in some cases only a part of the cost owing to the work extending into more than one year:

Kowloon.

(i.) Yaumati--Outfall sewer opposite Hi Lung Lane, ...$ 11,038

(ii) 43 new gullies,

3,402

(iii.) Salisbury Road-Storm-water drain,

2,385

(iv.) Disinfecting Station neighbourhood-Extension of

nullah, &c.,

2,312

(v.) Mongkoktsui Market neighbourhood-Sewers and

storm-water drains,

2,226

(vi.) Robinson Road-New sewer on West side of road between Middle and Mody Roads,

1,995

Drains in connection with lowering summit,

Storm-water drain between Chater and Mody Roads,

1,977

1,450

(vii.) Salisbury Road-Sewer to new Post Office,

859

$ 27,644

710

Hongkong.

(viii.) Barker Road-Extension of sewer,.

1,677

(ix.) Laying sewer in Connaught Road West,

798

(x.) Extension of storm-water drain in lane at Leighton

Hill Road,..

592

(xi.) Altering sewer near Bay View Police Station,

435

(xii.) Extension of storm-water drain in Chater Road

for Hotel Mansions,

353

(xiii.) Aberdeen Sewer Outfalls (2)--Extensions,

336

4,191

(xiv.) Drain Connections,

General.

2,644

$ 34,479

Item (i.) This work was rendered necessary by the reclamation of Kowloon Marine Lot 87, which blocked up the existing outfalls of the sewers. It comprised the laying of stoneware pipes varying in diameter from 21" to 6", a great part of which had to be laid on piles and cement concrete owing to the bad nature of the ground. The total length laid was 920 lineal yards.

Item (ii.) This is for the construction of new type gullies in newly formed roads or in roads in which drains have now been laid in the Mongkoktsui, Kowloon Point and Robinson Road Districts.

Items (iii.)-(vi.) These are for the continuation of works in progress at the end of the year 1905, the details of which are given in the Report for that year.

Item (vii.) A length of sewer had to be laid along Salisbury Road to pick up the drainage from the new Post Office. Very hard rock was met with in the excavation for the pipes, which were 9′′ diameter.

Item (viii.) This work comprised the extension of the 6" pipe sewer along Barker Road from Rural Building Lot 91 to Rural Building Lot 97 to pick up the drainage from new houses on lots adjoining the road.

Item (ix.) An extension of the 9" pipe sewer was made in Connaught Road West, between Marine Lots 185 and 289 to take the drainage from some new buildings erected on the latter lot. The pipes were laid on a cement concrete foundation owing to the ground having been recently reclaimed from the sea.

Item (x.) This work consisted of the laying of 15" pipes to intercept the storm-water discharging from the hill in the rear of Inland Lot 1,569.

Item (xi.) An alteration of the sewer at North Point was necessitated by the reclamation of Marine Lot 285.

Items (xii.)-(xiv.) Call for no comment.

711

68. Extensions of Gas Lighting.-The following lamps were erected in the City and Hill District or taken over from private owners in accordance with the provisions of the Buildings Ordinance, the cost of, erecting them in such cases being defrayed by the owners of the lots on which they are situated :—

Upper Mosque Terrace (paid for by owner),

Hau Fung Lane,

Path East of St. Paul's College,

Urinal in Connaught Road (lantern only),...

Path between Macdonnell and Bowen Roads West of I.L.

1,570,

Murray (temporary) pier (lanterns only), Wharf at end of Arsenal Street,

Peak Road near "The Eyrie ",

Queen's Gardens--Consequent on the handing over of the private road to form part of the new public road, the lamps were taken over and paid for by Government,... Cameron Villas (Rural Building Lot 35), The Peak, (paid

for by owner),

From this number the following lamps, which were removed,

have to be deducted :

I On Lane,

Shin Hing Lane,

leaving a net increase of

The following lamps were erected in Kowloon :---

Austin Road,

Kimberley Road,

Urinal in Salisbury Road (lantern only), Macdonnell Road,

Garden Road,

Austin Avenue

Cooke Street,.....

Robinson Road.

-N-N CO 2 + CO

In connection with the transfer of the West Bund or Praya Roadway, 5 lamps were taken over from Government and paid for by the Wharf and Godown Co.,......

leaving a net increase of

69. Electric Fans for Queen's College. On the representation of the Head Master, electric fans to the number of 21 were installed in the various class-rooms of Queen's College. The work was executed by the Hongkong Electric Company, Limited, and was completed in March.

70. Permanent Murks for Traverse Survey Points in New Territories.-It was not found possible to proceed with this work as no surveyor was available for it.

712

71. Reinforced Concrete Piers.-Owing to the destruction of the floating plant by the typhoon, and other causes, very little progress was made with this work, beyond getting out designs for the various piers. The expenditure shown was principally for a Lidgerwood engine and frame for the pile-driver and a mould in which to make the piles.

72. Miscellaneous Works.-The following are the principal items of expenditure under this heading, representing in some cases only a part of the cost of the works in consequence of their execution extending over more than one year :-

Lighthouse Pier, Green Island,--Extension,

Land Office, Tai Po,-Strong-room for Records,... Levelling triangular area at Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Government House-Sundry works,....

.$ 1,634

1,587

1,497

1,230

Wood Paving Experiments-Laying area at foot of

Ice House Street,

1,105

Granite Paving Experiments-Laying portion of Queen's Road West with large, squared blocks and portion with setts, 6" x 6" × 3",

935

Railing on North side of Po Hing Fong, Taipingshan.... Wanchai School-Raising boundary wall and improv-

854

ing drainage,

805

Supreme Court-Improving latrines, &c.,

797

Central Police Station--Extension of Cook Houses, &c.,

781

Cattle Depôts, Kennedy Town,-New furnace for

crematorium,

754

Land Office, Tai Po,-Repairing matshed,

705

Cable Reserve-Additional Marks,

638

Victoria Hospital-Alterations,

551

Bridge for diverted nullah between I.L.s 897 and

1,705, Shaukiwan Road,

530

No. 5 Police Station---Alterations to Cook House,

524

Approach Path to Peak Garden,

498

....

Government House,-Additional Coolie Quarters,

469

Kennedy Town Cattle Depôt,-Improving surfacing

of Compounds,

465

Water Police Station, Kowloon,-Electric Light,

464

Chinese Lunatic Asylum-Additional Star, Additional Pillar Letter Boxes,

413

395

Improving open spaces adjoining Queen's Statue,

382

Filling in low-lying ground adjoining Kowloon Disin-

fecting Station,

351

Lunatic Asylum-Electric Lights,

342

Bowen Road-Additional railings,

328

Central Police Station-Alteration of Canteen,

307

Store for Signals, Blackhead's Hill,

241

73. Compensation under the Buildings Ordinance of 1903.-This vote provides for the resumption of areas to form Scavenging Lanes, and for the payment of compensation in connection with the removal of houses over the ends of private lanes or streets.

In some cases, instead of resuming the areas devoted to Scavenging Lanes, an agreement has been entered into with the owner to the effect that the lane is to be properly maintained so long as the buildings abutting on it are occupied as dwellings and in a few cases owners have surrendered the areas required, in whole or in part, in consideration of being permitted to count them as part of their open space or of being granted permission to erect Verandahs or Balconies over the public footpaths.

713

The following is a statement of the resumptions effected during the

Scavenging Lanes obtained by

payment of Compensation.

In rear of No. 38 New Market Street (part),

year: Compensation paid. $1.593.00

Area. Sq. ft.

88.50

...

19.

houses on I.L. 679, High Street,..

..1,116.25

1.677.00

No. 36 New Market Street,

89.50

1,611.00

74 Wing Lok Street,.

42.50

1,065.62

Do.,

44.00

1,100.00

houses on K.I.L. 412, Robinson Road, .3,465.00

3,465.00

Scavenging Lanes surrendered to Government without payment of Compensation.

In rear of No. 282 Des Voeux Road Central,

Area.

Sq. ft.

42.50

284

Do.,

14.00

38 New Market Street (part),..

102.50

1 to 25 Centre Street,

1,029.00

7 & 8 A Chung's Lane,..

108.00

70 Bonham Strand,

264.00

72 74

287.00

268.00

Do., Do.,

In a few cases, the compensation money had not actually been paid over to the parties concerned before the close of the year, but, as cheques had been issued by the Treasury, the amounts appear as having been expended.

The only other matter to be recorded under this head is the pulling down of No. 267 Queen's Road Central which was found to form an encroachment over Hillier Street. The area affected was 198 square feet, no compensation in respect of the removal of the building being paid.

74. Insanitary Property Resumption.-The Kau U Fong Scheme was disposed of by making the final payment of $744.02.

The Mee Lun Lane Scheme was proceeded with, the remaining 20 houses being pur- chased and an agreement made for the purchase of portion of another, viz., No. 18 Gough Street. The total number of houses dealt with was 52, 51 of which were entirely demolished.

The total amount paid for the 51 houses exclusive of any fees or interest was $247,275 and, after arranging terms with the owner of No. 18 Gough Street for the acquisition by him of the Government's share of certain party walls, a sum of $1,256 was agreed to be paid to him for the portion of his property required in connection with the scheme. This amount

• had not been paid up to the end of the year.

A scheme for forming two approximately parallel roads through the property from Gough Street to Hollywood Road was decided upon and a contract for carrying out the necessary work was entered into with Mr. LI A PING on April 27th. Good progress was made with the work, but it was not completed at the end of the year.

The rear walls of some of the houses fronting on Hollywood Road, which were exposed in consequence of the demolition of the houses resumed, were found to be in a very precarious condition and were taken down and rebuilt by arrangement with the owners. In the case of others of the houses surrounding the resumed area, buttresses were constructed to support the exposed walls and, in two cases, the Government disposed of its interest in party walls, thus enabling the joint owners to open out side windows, their houses having become corner ones by the removal of the adjacent houses to form the new roads.

75. Albany Filter Beds, Reconstruction and Extension.-The contract for levelling the site, constructing a retaining wall next the Peak Tramway and erecting new quarters for the watchmen and coolies was completed in the early part of the year and a further contract was let to Messrs. SANG LEE & Co. in April for the extension and reconstruction of the filter beds. The work comprises the construction of one entirely new bed next the Tramway and the deepening and enlarging of the existing beds, hitherto 6 in number, but to be made into 7 under the new scheme, giving an increase of 66% in the filtering area.

714

In addition to the above, a new conduit, gauge basin, service and washout pipes between the filter beds and service reservoir, sand screening pit and eight Venturi meter chambers are included in the contract.

The construction of the new filter bed and of the conduit conveying the unfiltered water to the beds was first undertaken and, at the close of the year, both works were about half completed.

76. Kowloon Waterworks, Gravitation Scheme.-Fair progress was made with the various sections of the work with the exception of the main dam which continued to progress very slowly. Operations were, however, sufficiently advanced to admit of turning into the mains on the 24th March some of the streams intercepted by the catchwater and clearwater channel, thus augmenting the supply to the extent of at least 75,000 gallons per day. The further progress made during the year enabled water to be impounded in the reservoir and, by the adoption of some temporary expedients, a filtered supply, sufficient for the needs of the whole of the Kowloon Peninsula, was turned on on the 24th December, 1906, thus superseding the original works for the supply of Kowloon, which came into operation on the 24th December, 1895, or exactly 11 years earlier.

(i.) Storage Reservoir. The height of the main dam was increased by 18 feet during the year bringing it to an average height of 418 feet above Ordnance Datum or 30 feet below overflow level. The following are the quantities of material used in its construction during the year :-

Cement Concrete,

Rubble Masonry Facework, Ashlar

6,600 cubic yards.

400

9,500

feet.

The pipes and valves were fixed in the valve well and culvert during the wet season, thus enabling water to be impounded in the reservoir for the supply of the Peninsula during the dry season.

The excavation for the Byewash Dam and Channel was practically completed in October and a commencement was made, towards the end of the year, with the concrete and masonry work.

(ii.) Tunnels, Site for Filter Beds, &c.--This work was completed by the WING ON FIRM in the Summer. The laying of the 18" main for conveying the water from the gauge basin to supply Kowloon was completed on the 24th March rendering available from that date, as already mentioned, the water derived from the Clearwater Channel and from a portion of the Catchwater. The pipes for the 10" main connecting the Storage Reservoir with the gauge basin at the head of the 18" main did not arrive until the end of the year, so, to avoid delay in rendering the water stored available, temporary connections were made enabling the water to be passed to the Filter Beds on the 21st December and supplied to Kowloon a few days later.

(iii.) Filter Beds.-A supplementary contract had been entered into in December, 1905, with the WING ON FIRM for the construction of three Filter Beds each of about 800 square yards area. The actual construction of these beds was completed before the end of 1906, except as regards the forming of the necessary connections, the pipes and fittings for which had not arrived from England. Recourse was therefore had to temporary wooden troughs through which the water was conveyed to Filter Bed No. 3 and passed from it into the 18" main, a regular supply of filtered water to Kowloon being thus commenced on the 24th December.

(iv.) Catchwater and Clearwater Channel.-The clearwater channel was completed in January and connections made to the large stream at 1,400 feet on the Catchwater and to the stream taking the water from the Southern portion of the Catchment Area. This water could not however be made available for the supply of Kowloon until March owing to the delay in getting the main laid under the contract for the Tunnel and Filter Beds Site. The Catchwater was completed up to 5,900 feet by the end of the year and work on the remain- ing portion was well advanced. The raising of the Tai Po Road alongside the Reservoir and a bridge across the discharge channel from the Catchwater, which were also included in this contract, were completed in August.

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(v.) Distribution Works.-An 8" main was laid in Gascoigne Road, connecting to the Yaumati distribution system by a 4" temporary main and extending along Des Voeux Road as far as Bulkeley Street, Hunghom. The Gascoigne Road section constitutes an addition to the system, but the Des Voeux Road section only supersedes an old 5" main, which was in turn taken up and relaid as far as Station Street, superseding an old 3" main. A 4" main

was laid along Temple Street, Yaumati, from Waterloo Road to Market Street; a 5" main from Station Street North to Ship Lane, Taikoktsui, and a 4" main in Ship Lane. These all constitute extensions of the distribution system.

The above included the laying of:-

4,100 feet 8" cast iron pipes.

2,300 3,100

Fire Hydrants to the number of 22 were fixed on the new mains.

77. Tytum Tuk Scheme-First Section.-Good progress was made with this work from January to May, but from June to October it was again inuch retarded by the prevalence of sickness among the men employed. The typhoons of the 18th and 29th of September did practically no damage to permanent works but almost completely destroyed all the contractor's matsheds and scaffoldings thus causing serious interference with the work at a time when it was about freed from the impediment caused by sickness.

(i.) Dam.-The dam was constructed to an average height of 195.5 feet above Ordnance Datum or 4 feet 6 inches below the level of the overflow crest. The following are the quantities of material used in its construction during the year :----

Cement concrete..

8,500 enbic yards.

Rubble masonry facework,

Ashlar masonry

296 .26,000

feet.

At the close of the year, water was impounded in the reservoir to the extent of 120 million gallons, standing at 15 feet below the overflow crest.

(i.) Pumping Station.The engine-house, boiler-house, flue and chimney were all practically completed with the exception of internal finishings. The boilers were set in position early in the year and the erection of the first engine was begun in July, and of the second in October. By the close of the year the heavy cast iron bed-plates together with many of the smaller parts of both engines were in place.

(iii.) New Roal.-The new road (with the exception of the bridge over the stream below the dam and the adjoining cutting) was completed to formation level and was ready for surfacing and channelling, the pipes for the rising main having been laid and covered up. The bridge already mentioned was completed to springing level and the centering erected.

(iv.) Access Roads to Pumping Station and Gauge Basin.-The road to the Pumping Station was completed except some trimming off and surfacing and channelling and the 12- foot track to the gauge basin at the Tytam tunnel inlet was in a forward state, with the pipes strung out ready for laying as soon as the trench had been excavated.

(v.) Rising Main, 18" diameter.-Good progress was made with this work, the length of main laid during the year amounting to about 7,650 lineal feet. The requisite valves, washouts, &c. were fixed.

(vi.) Suction Main, 18" diameter.-The laying of this main was completed, 3,619 feet being laid during the year.

Reconstruction of No. 2 Tank.--This work was not proceeded with and, owing to recent developments in the High Level District of the City and in the Peak District, it is likely to be abandoned in favour of another scheme.

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78. Water Supply, Tai Po.-A contract was let for this work in June, but very poor progress was made with the carrying of it out.

79. Miscellaneous Waterworks.-The following are the principal items of expenditure under this heading, representing in some cases only a part of the cost of the works in con- sequence of their execution extending over more than one year :-

(i.)

Lai Chi Kok Waterworks-Water-Boat Supply,

(ii) Tytam Valley-Gauges and recording apparatus for measuring

flow of stream,.

(iii.) New 7" main in Elgin Street and 5" main in Staunton Street to

replace 3" mains..

(iv.) Green Island-Supply to quarters,.

(v.) Conduit Road Extension-Main in front of Queen's Gardens,. (vi.) Happy Valley-Supply for watering Racecourse and

golf greens,

Less contribution by Jockey Club,

Golf

vii.) Hill District Fire Service,

(viii) Mount Parker Catchwater--Repairs,

(ix.) Main to Sywan Battery,

$ 11,993

2,447

1,536

981

727

2,073

1,000 726

1,726

347

268

242

149

Item (i.) The various extensions described in last year's report were completed and the works are now amply adequate for present requirements.

Item (ii) This work consisted of constructing two weirs in the bed of the main stream in the low-level portion of the Tytam Valley, fitted with gauges and recording apparatus, for the purpose of ascertaining the quantity of water flowing in the stream under normal conditions and during moderate rainfalls. One gauge, which is for measuring the flow during the dry season and small rainfalls, is a V-notch, 4 feet deep: the other, which is for measuring the flow during moderate rainfalls, is a rectangular gauge 40 feet long by 4 feet deep. The latter is capable of recording up to 233 million gallons per hour. There is no provision for recording floods in excess of this, but the apparatus indicates their duration.

Item (iii.) In consequence of complaints received of an inadequate supply of water in Bridges and Staunton Streets during the period of intermittent supply, the old mains in Elgin and Staunton Streets were taken up and replaced with larger ones, thus enabling a proper supply to be obtained.

Item (iv.) The water supply on Green Island had hitherto been obtained from a well, but, as a spring was discovered in the course of excavating the site for the new Gunpowder Depôt, some tanks and a pipe and pump were installed to render available the water from this source.

The number of people resident on the island has of course been considerably increased by the establishment of the Gunpowder Depôt and Signalling Station there.

Item (v.) As it was necessary to re-surface with concrete the portion of Conduit Road Extension past Queen's Gardens, it was considered advisable to lay the water main in this section in the first instance.

Item (vi.) The water required for watering the Racecourse and golf greens in Happy Valley had hitherto been obtained by damming up some of the ditches, thus causing pools of stagnant water which afforded suitable breeding-places for mosquitoes. To obviate this, a supply has been afforded by laying pipes connecting with the main from Blue Pool and furnished with the necessary taps and hose-connections. As will be seen from the statement, the Jockey Club and Golf Club contributed largely towards the work.

Item (vii.) This work was described in last year's report.

Item (viii.) The invert of the catchwater had been scoured out in places and it was necessary to make this good. Sundry other repairs were also effected.

Item (ix.) The sum shown was for the completion of the work described in last year's report.

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80. Bacteriological Institute.-This building was finally completed and provided with the necessary fittings, being handed over to the Medical Department in March. A descrip- tion of it was given in last year's report.

81. Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island.-The buildings comprised under this heading were handed over to the Harbour Master's Department in February and the old depôt on Stonecutters Island was handed over to the Military Authorities after the explosives stored there had been transferred to the new depôt.

82. Volunteer Headquarters, Contribution.-This building was completed in November and handed over to the Volunteers. It occupies a site at the corner of Lower Albert Road and Garden Road, from both of which entrances are provided. The accommodation afforded comprises a drill-hall (66′ 0′′ × 52' 0"), Commandant's and Clerk's offices, a billiard-room, Officers' room, Sergeants' room, reading room, canteen and quarters for the Corps Sergeant Major. Extensive accommodation is provided for guns and ammunition in a basement under the drill-hall and, in a small detached building, there are lavatories and servants' rooms.

The buildings are of red brick in lime mortar, plastered externally with rough-cast plaster, with dressings and mouldings of cement mortar. The floors of the drill-hall and stores are of cement concrete, supported where necessary on steel beams and the remaining floors are of hardwood supported on hardwood joists. The roofs are covered with double pan and roll tiling laid on timber purlins and principals except in the case of the drill-hall where the purlins and principals are of steel.

The building is lighted throughout with electric light and electric fans are provided in some of the rooms.

With the exception of a sum of $5,000 provided by Government, the entire cost of erecting and fitting up the buildings was defrayed from Corps funds. The total cost amount- ed to $30,929.28 and a further sum of $458.50 was expended on Kitson lamps for illumina- ting the Parade Ground.

83. Green Island Light Improvement.--In connection with the establishment of the new occulting light and consequent increase of staff, a store and kitchen were added to the lightkeepers' quarters and sundry other small works executed.

84. Time Ball Tower on Blackhead's Hill.-As the tower in front of the Water Police Station was becoming obscured from various parts of the harbour owing to the erection of lofty buildings on the water front, it was decided to construct a new tower on Blackhead's Hill of such a height as to be visible from practically the whole harbour. The new site possesses the further advantage of being visible from the Observatory itself from which the dropping of the ball is regulated.

A contract for the work was let in September but, owing to dilatoriness on the part of the contractor and the destruction of a matshed and injury caused to a quantity of dressed stone by fire, very little progress was made with it by the close of the year.

85. Post Office, Kowloon.~A contract for this work was let in February and the build- ing was opened for the transaction of business in September. It is a small one-storied build- ing situated in Salisbury Road containing a public office 31 feet x 30 feet with a counter for the sale of stamps, &c., clerks' and Post Master's offices, servants' quarters, lavatories, &c.

It is the first building to be erected for postal purposes in Kowloon, the business of the post office, since one was opened, having been conducted in a building rented from the Godown Co.

86. Re-arrangement of Out-buildings at the Supreme Court.-This small work consisted of certain improvements in the lavatories at the Supreme Court.

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87. Rifle Range at the Peak:-At the request of the Volunteer Reserve Association, a new rifle range was constructed at the Peak. The butts are situated on the Eastern slope of High West and the firing points below the Harlech Road, at ranges of 200, 300, 400 and 500 yards. The targets, which were obtained from England, are of Jeffries' Patent “Wim- bledon" type and a small building has been constructed for storing them in when not in use. The range was finally handed over to the Association in October. The work was executed under the supervision of Messrs. DENISON, RAM & GIBBS.

88. Filling in Pool on Crown Land, Kowloon.-This consisted of filling in a hollow near the intersection of Robinson Road with Gascoigne Road South, where there has been a pool of stagnant water for many years. The owners of the neighbouring lots were called upon to execute the necessary filling over portions of the hollow falling within their boundaries.

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89. Repairs to Gap Rock Cable.-These have been referred to under Maintenance of Telegraphs" and it is unnecessary to add anything further here.

90. Compensation to Lessees of certain Quarries at Lyemun.-In consequence of re- presentations by the Military Authorities to the effect that quarrying operations were encroaching on a spur of the hills at Lyemun which they required to be preserved, two quarries were resumed, the lessees being compensated.

91. Resumption of land for Sai U Shek Cemetery, Kowloon City.—As the boundaries of this cemetery were found to include some leased areas, these were resumed, compensation being paid to the owners.

92. Resumption of Kowloon Inland Lot 1112.-This was a small lot which was leased in 1900 to Messrs. PUNCHARD, LOWTHER & Co. to enable them to erect quarters for their foremen at their blockyard near Ma Tau Kok. Messrs. PUNCHARD, LOWTHER & Co. being desirous of disposing of it, it was considered that the building would be useful to Govern- ment and also that the existence of the lot might interfere with future developments and it was accordingly resumed.

93. Reconstruction of Government Piers.-This vote was re-opened simply to enable a refund to be credited to it from the Praya Reclamation Account as it was found, on com- pletion of the final adjustment, that there was a balance in its favour. No expenditure was incurred under it, the works comprised under the vote having been completed several years

ago.

94. Typhoon Damages.-The damage done by the typhoons of the 18th and 29th September has been referred to under the various paragraphs of this report and a general account of it was given in His Excellency Sir MATTHEW NATHAN's Despatch No. 238 of the 5th October, 1906, which was published in the Gazette of the 5th April, 1907. It was very widespread, none of the items amounting to a very large sum.

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ADVANCE ACCOUNTS.

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95. Metallic Circuiting.-This has been referred to under the heading Maintenance of Telegraphs" and it is unnecessary to add anything further on the subject. The total expenditure during the year amounted to $14,486.73.

96. Rider Mains.-Work in District No. 5 was completed and in April and September respectively the Eastern and Kennedy Town divisions of the City were gazetted as Rider Main Districts Nos. 6 and 7, the laying of the mains being completed before the close of the

year.

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The following tabulated statements show the lengths of mains laid and the number of connections made with the mains, exemptions granted, &c.:-

MAINS LAID (LINEAL YARDS).

Cast Iron.

Wrought Iron.

21"

11⁄2"

2,620

or 9.14 miles in all.

423

2,010

358

9.768

906

CONNECTIONS MADE, EXEMPTIONS GRANTED, &c.

District No.

No. of Tenements

connected.

No. of Tenements still

No. of Exemptions granted.

to be connected.

1.192

1,362

Totals,

2,571

The expenditure on the work during the year amounted to $5,937.82.

STAFF, &c.

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97.—Leave granted, Appointments, Resignations, &c.-The following Officers were granted leave exceeding one week's duration :-

Mr. J. F. BOULTON, Executive Engineer.

H. T. JACKMAN, Executive Engineer,

T. L. PERKINS, Executive Engineer,

A. E. WRIGHT, Assistant Engineer,

A. C. LITTLE, Assistant Engineer,..

A. T. WALKER, Assistant Engineer,

E. W. CARPENTER, Assistant Engineer,

..11 months & 8 days.

6 weeks.

2 months. .20 days.

.11

6 months & 11 days.

L. C. REES, Principal Land Surveyor,

B. W. GREY, Land Surveyor,........

A. M. DE SOUZA, Clerk,

H. E. HAGGARD, Assistant Engineer,

G. E. THOMAS, Clerk of Works,

W. DOBBS, Overseer (Buildings Ordinance),

1 days.

8 months & 20 days.

3 months.

s days.

J. HUTCHINGS, Overseer (Buildings Ordinance, ...38

TAM TSUN, Tracer,

U. A. FARRELL, Overseer,

J. M. CRUZ, Tracer,

V. DE P. PORTARIA, Foreman,

YAN PING, Foreman,

WONG KWONG YIU, Tracer,

& 20

4 months & 3 days.

3 weeks.

.15 days.

1 month.

9 days.

720

The death of the following Officer occurred during the year :-

LEE LEE, Water Works Turncock.

The following Officers left the Service of the Department :-

Mr. C. T. FOOK, Land Surveyor.

M. TAYLOR,

Overseer.

V. WATSON,

Do.

H. E. HENDY,

Do.

J. ROBERTS,

Do.

J. MOONEY,

Do.

G. COOKE,

Do.

F. M. FRANCO,

Clerk.

(Retired on Pension.)

CHEUNG SIT TING,

Do.

(Transferred to service of Volunteers.)

YEUNG KUN,

Do.

LI PING CHIU,

Do.

I. A. REMEDIOS,

Do.

WONG KAI LEung, Do.

H. GOLDENBERG,

Do.

KANG CHO,

Do.

TAM TSUN,

Tracer.

LEUNG HING TONG, DO.

WONG WING Iu, Do.

J. C. BOTELHO, Meter Reader.

F. X. FRANCO,

Do.

FONG A TACK,

Foreman.

TOM HONG,

Do.

TSE MAY DUNN,

Do.

TSUI CHEONG,

CHAN A PING, Assistant Foreman.

and

35 telegraph workmen, survey coolies, &c., &c.

Do.,

The following appointments were made :-

Mr. L. BOLTON, Assistant Land Surveyor.

H. W. SAYER, Assistant Land Surveyor. ARTHUR CRANE, Overseer.

A. R. A. BONE, Do.

W. G. JURY,

Do.

J. EDWARDS,

Do.

G. M. GIBBS, Meter Reader.

S. F. SANTOS,

Do.

(Transferred from Sanitary Board.)

CHENG WA QUAN, Clerk.

SIN TZE KONG,

Do.

YUNG YCK TONG,

Do.

Transferred from Treasury.)

CHAN TAK CHỊU,

Do.

KWAN SHAU Ku,

Do.

CHAN TO SUI,

Do.

Government Civil Hospital.) Registrar General's Office.) Education Department.)

LAM HEW CHO,

Do.

Lo KA TSOR,

Tracer.

FONG WICK,

Do.

CHENG FOI,

Do.

YEE PING.

Foreman.

YEUNG HING,

Do.

LAM A SING,

Do.

M. R. COUTO,

Do.

CHANG WING How,

Do.

CHAN CHICK,

Do.

TAM YUI,

Do., and

34 telegraph workmen, survey coolies, &c., &c.

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The following Officers entered and left the service of the Department within the year :-

Mr. R. H. B. CROUCHER, Meter Reader.

KAY FONG CHEONG, Tracer.

LO TAI, Foreman.

YEE SHING, Foreman, and 16 telegraph workmen, survey coolies, &c., &c.

Mr. H. G. C. FISHER, Executive Engineer, returned from leave and resumed his duties on the 19th April.

There were no changes of any moment in the Staff during the year.

PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE,

1st November, 1907.

W. CHATHAM, C.M.G., M.I.C.E.,

Director of Public Works.

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Appendix A.

ANNUALLY RECURRENT EXPENDITURE, 1906.

ESTABLISHMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS RECURRENT.

AMOUNTS IN ESTIMATES.

SUPPLE-

MENTARY VOTES.

TOTAL AMOUNTS

VOTED.

EXPENDI

TURE.

$ C.

ESTABLISHMENT.

Personal Emoluments, including Exchange Compen-

sation,

263,486.00

263.486.00 186.674.27

Other Charges,

19,536.00

...

19.536.00 16.394.16

283,022.00

283,022.00 203,068.43

PUBLIC WORKS RECURRENT.

Buildings.

1. Maintenance of Buildings,

52,000.00

in New Territories,

8,000.00

Lighthouses,

4,500.00

Communications.

4. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City,

50,000.00

outside City,

25,000.00

in Kowloon, ...

20,000.00

in New Territories,.

8,000.00

Telegraphs,

in New Territories,

8,000.00

4,000.00

Drainage.

10. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.,

Lighting.

20,000.00

11. Gas Lighting, City of Victoria and Hill District,... 46,200.00

12. Electric Lighting, City of Victoria,.

13. Gas Lighting, Kowloon,

23,000.00

9,000.00

14. Electric

1,000.00

52,000.00 51,998.00

8.000.00 7.130.00

4,500.00 4.074.70-

50,000.00 49,975.35

25,000.00 21,311.19

20,000.00 12,336.05

8,000.00 7,878.40

250.00 8,250.00 8,243.68

4,000.00 3,751.68

20,000.00 19.909.58

...

46,200.00 44,751.84

...

23,000.00| 22,390.94

800.00 9,800.00 9,669.33

1,000.00 956.80

Miscellaneous.

15. Maintenance of Praya Wall and Piers,

7,000.00

7,000.00 4,026.33

16.

Public Cemetery,

3,500.00

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3,500.00 3,032.15

17.

Public Recreation Grounds.

4,000.00

2.143.43

18. Dredging Foreshores,

12,000.00

5,998.53

19. Miscellaneous Services,

10,000.00

10,000.00 9.517.84

Water Works.

20. Maintenance of City and Hill District,

65,000.00

65,000.00 61.195.89

21.

Kowloon,

12,000.00 2,000.00

14,000.00 13,971.03

22.

་་

Shau-ki-wan,

1,000.00

385.50

23.

Aberdeen,

1,000.00

1.000.00

311.57

24. Water Account (meters &c.),..........

15,000.00

15,000.00 14,837.96

Total,..

.$409,200.00

3,050.00 | 412,250.00 | 379,797.77

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Appendix B.

EXTRAORDINARY EXPENDITURE, 1906.

PUBLIC WORKS EXTRAORDINARY.

AMOUNTS IN ESTIMATES.

SUPPLE- TOTAL MENTARY AMOUNTS

VOTES.

EXPENDI-

TURE.

VOTED.

Buildings.

1. Govt. Civil Hospital, Extension to Staff Quarters,.

5.000.00

5.164.00

10.164.00 10,163.88

2. Harbour Office,....

31.500.00

17.276.53 48,776.53 48,642.60

3. Law Courts,

160.000.00

160.000.00 122,690.12

4. Mong-kok-tsui Market,

5,000.00

5,000.00 3,099.09

5. Western Market,

6. Post Office,

33.000.00 12.399.94 45.399.94 45.299.93

160,000.00

160.000.00 72,060.86

7. Do.,

Shanghai,

10,000.00

15.381.35 25.381.35 25.381.35

$. Prison,

40.000.00

40,000.00

9. Public Latrines and Urinals,

12,000.00

12,000.00 6,758.23

10. School at Yaumati.

3.000.00

1,599.80 4.599.80 4,598.10

11. Tai-po Quarters for Officers,

3,000.00

5,646.00 8.646.00 8.638.72

12. Quarters for Signalmen, Green Island,

4,600.00

4.600.00 4,584.12

13. Mortuary at Kowloon,

8.000.00

2,848.51

14. Shelters for Dust Carts,

5,000.00

5.000.00

Communications.

15. Railway to Canton, Survey and Preliminary Work, 16. New Roads in Victoria, Extension East and West

of Conduit Road,

50,000.00 | 50,532.68100.532.68 * 81,207.84

40,000.00

40.000.00 34,707.13

17. New Roads in Kowloon, Extension North of)

Robinson Road,

30,000.00

30.000.00

17,869.25

18. New Roads in New Territories,

50,000.00 10,000.00

60,000.00 † 12,278.99

19. Forming and Kerbing Streets,

40,000.00 42,000.00 82.000.00 79.205.36

20. Communications between the Harbour Office and

Signalling Stations,

6,800.00

6.800.00

5,623.75

Drainage.

21. Gullies Reconstruction,

10,000.00

9,998.75

22. Training Nullahs...............

20,000.00

20.000.00 16,190.58

23. Large Flushing Tanks for Main Sewers and 】 substitution of Iron for Earthenware pipes.... }

5,000.00

5.000.00 2,971.42

24. Miscellaneous Drainage Works,

35,000.00

35,000.00 † 33,785.14

Lighting.

25. Extension of Gas Lighting...

2,500.00

2.500.00 1,569.00

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

$769,400.00 | 160,000.30|929,400.30|650,172.72

* This sum represents the actual expenditure and the following amounts which were credited to the Vote have not been

deducted from it :--

Payment by Telegraph Company,

Transfer from Crown Agents' Account,

†The actual expenditure under this Vote was,

A transfer was made for the Railway Account of

Making the expenditure appear as given, viz.............

102.65 14,472.35

$14.575.09

$ 54,681,05 42,402.06

.$ 12.278.99

This sum represents the actual expenditure and an amount of $10,000 which was transferred to the Vote from the Praya

Reclamation Fund has not been deducted from it.

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Appendix B,-Continued.

EXTRAORDINARY EXPENDITURE, 1906,--Continued.

PUBLIC WORKS EXTRAORDINARY,

AMOUNTS IN ESTIMATES.

SUPPLE- TOTAL MENTARY AMOUNTS VOTES. VOTED.

EXPENDI-

TURE.

Brought forward... Miscellaneous.

$ C. $

769,400.00 160.000.30 929.400.30 | 650,172.72

26. Electric Fans for Queen's College,......

27. Permanent Marks for Traverse Survey Points in N.T. 28. Reinforced Concrete Piers at Green Island Gun- powder Depôt, New Harbour Office, and Kowloon City,

2,500.00

11,000.00

25,000.00

29. Miscellaneous Works.

35.000.00

2.500.00 2.455.00

11,000.00

25.000.00 6,218.93

35,000.00| 25,926.30

Public Health & Buildings Ordinance, 1903.

30. Compensation for Scavenging Lanes, &C.,.

10,000.00

8,000.00

18,000.00 11,575.99

31. Insanitary Property Resumptions,

150,000.00

150,000.00 | 137,933.38

Water Works.

32. Albany Filter Beds, Reconstruction and Extension,

20,000.00

33. Kowloon Water Works, Gravitation Scheme,...

300,000.00

20,000.00 19,948.60

300,000.00 268,917.17

34. Tytam Tuk Scheme-First Section,

200,000.00 10,000.00 210,000.00 209,972.18

35. Reconstruction of No. 2 Tank,

15,000.00

36. Water Supply, Tai-po,.....

3.800.00

37. Miscellaneous Water Works,

20,000.00

15.000.00

64.15

3.800.00

384.50

20,000.00; 19,222.90

Works for which no provision was made in Estimates.

38. Bacteriological Institute,.....

4,764.94 4,764.94 4,361.20

39. Gunpowder Depôt, Green Island,

40. Volunteer Headquarters (Contribution),

41. Green Island Light Improvement,

42. Time Ball Tower on Blackhead's Hill, Kowloon, 43. Post Office, Kowloon,

44. Re-arrangement of out-buildings at the Supreme

Court,

45. Rifle Range at the Peak.................

46. Filling in Pool on Crown Land, Kowloon,

47. Repairs to Gap Rock Cable,

48. Compensation to Lessees of Quarries D 16 and

D 17, Lyemun,

19. Resumption of Land for Sai U Shek Cemetery

near Kowloon City,

50. Resumption of Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1112 at Į

Ma-tau-kok,

51. Reconstruction of Government Piers,....

52. Typhoon Damages,

14,689.56

14,652.93

24.56

2.168.02

24.56

2.168.02

1,985.49

7.800.00 7,800.00 1,017.34

5.823.47 5.823.47 5,612.90

1,000.00 1,000.00

985.14

5,250.00 5,250.00 3,191.57

2,067.50 2,067.50 1,375.80

2,009.74 2.009.74

2,000.00 2.000.00

1,969.74

2,000.00

450.66

150.66

450.66

4,500.00

28,275.36 28,275.36

69,000.00 69,000.00 68,949.51

* This sum

Total,.

$1,561,700.00 327,824.11 1,889,524.11 1,461,868.66

was transferred from the Praya Reclamation Fund to Public Works Extraordinary and was subsequently transferred again to "Deposits not Available". No expenditure was incurred in connection with it.

Appendix C.

CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER-WORKS, 1906. Monthly Consumption and Contents of Reservoirs (gallons).

POKFULAM,

TAITAM.

WONG-NEI-CHONG,

TOTAL CON-!

MINT DAM

RAIN-

TENTS OF

FROM

January,

...

MONTH.

In Reser-

voir 1st of

month.

Delivered

over

gauge.

18,300,000 15,612,000

BY-WASH.

In Reservoir 1st of month,

In Reservoir 1st of month.

gauge.

231,440,000 88,977,000

COLLECTED TOTAL CON~ SUMPTION

AND

GRAND

BLUE POOL

FALL AT

OBSER-

REMARKS.

MAIN.

Delivered

over

In Reser- Delivered voir 1st of

month.

over

IMPOUNDING STREAMS. (Filtered).

(On-

filtered).

TOTAL.

VATORY

(Inches).

RESERVOIRS.

guage.

616,000 249,740,000 2,005,000 | 107,210,000 3,131,000 110,341,000 2,005,000|107,210,000 616,000|249,740,000

1.98

February,

7,100,000 4,627,000

161,120,000 75,456,000

851,000 168,220,000 11,697;000 92,631,000 3,133,000

95,764,000

2.25

March,....

7,450,000 6,373,000

107,320,000 71,771,000

607,000 114,770,000 | 13,205,000 91,956,000 3,151,000

95,107,000

2.63

Intermittent supply in Rider-main and Eastern Districts.

Intermittent supply in Rider- main and Eastern Districts up to 14th. General intermittent sup- ply from the 15th.

April,

6,920,000 10,138,000

May,

48,590,000 | 18,413,000|

127,000

| 55,380,000| 53,159,000 1,370,000 97,280,000 62,929,000 10,971,000 1,370,000 97,280,000

62,427,000 | 19,452,000 82,749,000 1,784,000 84,533,000 1,302,000 159,211,000 29,294,000 111,938,000 1,837,000 113,775,000 |

9.79

General intermittent supply up to 18th. Constant supply except in Rider-main Districts from the 19th.

Constant supply except

11.58

in Rider-maiu Districts.

June,

66,000,000 22,972,000

3,376,000 219,880,000 39,216,000 28,841,000 31,440,000 317,597,000 20,067,000 113,695,000 1,783,000 115,478,000| 3,376,000|219,880,000 | | |

5.89

July,

64,920,000 26,666,000

... 65,730,000 30,521,000 August, September, 49,260,000 | 26,651,000

1,269,000 278,470,000 84,066,000 6,548,000

351,207,000 11,603,000 122,335,000 1,985,000 124,820,000 |

6.94

3,178,000 297,400,000 93,162,000 14,202,000 | 442,000|268,660,000| 64,651,000| 13,627,000 70,220,000 36,303,000 25,842,000 399,320,000

October, November,. 59,980,000 22,584,000 8,138,000 402,300,000

81,920,000 31,678,000

68,722,000 27,762,000

December,. 50,550,000 | 19,599,000

50,550,000|19,599,000

380,510,000 6,221,000 130,004,000 2,554,000 132,558,000 | 331,989,000| 27,910,000 119,218,000 2,542,000 121,760,000 30.59 3,853,000 527,060,000 9,607,000 131,683,000 4,164,000 135,847,000 498,180,000 9,654,000 100,961,000 4,120,000 105,081,000 372,550,000 76,866,000 22,173,000 | 4,815,000 445,273,000. 13,103,000 114,383,000 4,120,000 118,503,000

8.97

1.32

117

Do. up to 17th. General constant supply in all Districts from the 18th. General constant sup- ply in all Districts. Intermittent supply in Districts

Rider-main

from the 1st.

.66

Total,

...

240,462,000

860,899,000

13,481,000

.15.8 gallons.

during Constant supply,

18.2

Estimated average population for the whole year, 233,300. Consumption of filtered water per head per day for whole year.........

178,918,000, 1,318,763,000 34,304,000 1,358.067.000

Consumption of filtered water per head per day during universally Intermittent supply.... 9.7 gallons.

ני

partially

...15.7

·,

- 725

Appendix D.

CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER-WORKS, 1906. Particulars of Metered and Unmetered Supplies (gallons).

FILTERED SUPPLY.

UNFILTERED

UNMETERED.

METERED.

MONTH.

SUPPLY

METERED.

GRAND TOTAL.

CITY.

TOTAL.

CITY.

HILL DISTRICT.

Trade.

Domestic.

726

January,

92,355,000

6,450,000

6,992.000

1,413,000

107,210,000

3,131,000

110,341,000

February.

77,968,000

6,327,000

6,984,000

1,352,000

92,631,000

3,133,000

95,764,000

March,

75,922,000

7,315,000

6,926,000

1,793,000

91,956,000

3,151,000

95,107,000

April,

65,681,000

7,339,000

.8,018,000

1,711,000

82,749,000

1,784,000

84,533,000

May,

93,457,000

7,441,000

8,729,000

2,311,000

111,938,000

1,837,000

113,775,000

June,

95,160,000

7,282,000

8,937,000

2,316,000

113,695,000

1,783,000

115,478,000

July,

98,763,000

11,615,000

9,834,000

2,123,000

122,335,000

1,985,000

124,320,000

August,

106,088,000

11,774,000

9,736,000

2,106,000

130,004,000

2,554,000

132,558,000

September,

93,233,000

13,750,000

9,738,000

2,497,000

119,218,000

2,542,000

121,760,000

October,

109,977,000

10,966,000

8,165,000

2,575,000

131,683,000

4,164,000

135,847,000

November,

79,700.000

10,916.000

8,127,000

2,218,000

100,961,000

4,120,000

105,081,000

December,

93,049,000

10,900,000

8,112,000

2,322,000

114,383,000

4,120,000

118,503,000

Total,..

1,081,353,000

112,075,000

100,298,000

25,037,000

1,318,763,000

34,304,000

1,353,067,000

Appendix E.

CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER-WORKS, 1906.

Water Pumped to Hill District and High Levels of the City (gallons). (Theoretical Displacement of Pumps.)

727

HIGH LEVELS OF CITY,

HILL DISTRICT,

GRAND

MONTH.

MOTORS.

ENGINE.

TOTAL.

Motors.

Engine.

700′ TANK (Peak Road District).

Total.

Motors.

600' & 650' TANKS (Robinson Road District).

Engine.

TOTAL

COMBINED

PUMPED.

TOTALS.

Total.

January,

224,000

1,189,000 1,413,000

698,000

February,

166,000

1,186,000 1,352,000

654,000

March,

234,000

1,559,000 1,793,000

384,000

April,.

71,000 1,640,000 1,711,000

454,000

May,

282,006

2,029,000 2,311,000

802,000

June,

247,000

2,069,000 2,316,000

759,000

July,

218,000

1,905,000 2,123,000-

939,000

August,

September,

October,.....

November,...

December,

370,000 2,036,000 2,406,000 1,246,000 202,000 2,295,000 2,497,000 963,000 253,000 2,322,000 2,575,000 1,228,000 139,000 2,079,000 2,218,000 1,145,000 18,000 2,304,000 2,322,000 912,000

•

939,000

1,246,000

963,000

1,228,000 1,145,000 991,000 2,196,000 3,187,000 4,332,000 6,550,000 912,000 1,481,000 2,188,000 3,669,000 4,581,000 6,903,000

1,133,000 2,792,000 3,925,000 754,000 2,472,000 3,226,000 961,000 1,455,000 2,416,000 1,395,000 732,000 2,128,000 918,000 1,494,000 2,412,000 3,214,000 5,525,000 1,037,000 2,308,000 3,345,000 4,104,000 6,420,000 1,385,000 3,023,000 4,408,000 5,347,000 7,470,000 945,000 3,197,000 4,142,000 5,388,000 7,794,000 1,479,000 2,815,000 3,794,000 4,757,000 7,254,000 1,575,000 2,586,000 4,161,000 5,389,000 7,964,000

4,623,000

6,036,000

3,880,000

5,232,000

2,800,000 4,593,000

2,582,000 4,293,000

Total,

2,424,000

22,613,000 25,037,000 10,184,000

10,184,000 14,051,000 26,758,000 40,813,000

50,997,000 76,034,000

Appendix F.

CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER-WORKS, 1906.

Comparative Table showing Water Pumped to Hill District during the last ten years (gallons),

Month.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

1902.

1903.

1904.

1905.

1906.

728

1,881,000

January,

February,

1,516,000

March,

April,.

May,

1,316,000

June,

July,

August,

September,

1,421.000

October,.......

1,297,000

November,.....

December,

1,115,000 735,000 1,669,000 1,641,000 1,674,000 2,491,000 1,413,000

873,000 1,434,000 1,553,000 1,347,000 935,000 1,196,000 1,543,000 1,352,000

1,138,000 993,000 1,730,000 1,362,000 1,574,000 809,000 1,350,000 2,042,000 1,793,000 1,093,000 1,373,000 1,542,000 1,613,000 1,751,000 740,000 1,476,000 1,317,000 2,352,000 1,711,000 1,387,000 1,769,000 1,654,000 1,933,000 1,101,000 1,853,000 2,027,000 2,370,000 2,311,000 1,409,000 1,553,000 1,957,000 1,939,000 2,001,000 1,796,000 2,715,000 1,557,000 1,560,000 1,618,000 1,972,000 2,127,000 2,041,000 2,175,000 2,700,000 3,085,000 2,382,000 2,123,000 1,498,000 1,808,000 2,157,000 2,323,000 2,451,000 1,920,000 2,868,000 2,740,000 1,971,000 2,406,000 1,995,000 2,214,000 2,182,000 2,709,000 1,912,000 2,748,000 2,794,000 2,084,000 2,497,000 1,926,000 2,185,000 2,097,000 2,601,000 2,524,000 2,898,000 3,164,000 2,065,000 2,575,000 1,134,000 1,659,000 1,760,000 2,158,000 2,136,000 1,200,000 2,742,000 2,763,000' 1,751,000 2,218,000 1,464,000 1,699,000 1,800,000 2,144,000 1,549,000 1,047,000 2,574,000 2,513,000 1,767,000 2,322,000

1,566,000

1,178,000

814,000

648,000

2,405,000 2,316,000

Total,.

15,318,000

18,180,000 22,308,000 22,587,000 24,143,000 17,443,000 25,496,000 26,180,000

25,223,000 25,037,000

}

Appendix G.

CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER-WORKS, 1906.

Comparative Table showing Water Pumped to High Levels of the City during the last ten years (gallons).

Month.

1897.

1898.

1899.

1900.

1901.

1902.

1903.

1904.

1905.

1906.

729

January,

1,358,000

1,478,000 1,951,000 2,221,000

2,433,000

1,700,000

February,

1,100,000

1,135,000 1,644,000 1,845,000

1,960,000

1,076,000

2,265,000

1,772,000

3,364,000

2,063,000

5,261,000 4,623,000

3,453,000 3,880,000

March,

1,352,000

1,404,000 2,091,000

591,000

2,185,000

968,000

2,045,000 2,020,000

2,183,000 2,800,000

April,

1,436,000

1,355,000 1,097,000

2,022,000

2,063,000

824,000

2,230,000 1,860,000

4,077,000 2,582,000

May,

1,616,000

1,869,000

June,

2,727,000

July,

August,

September,

1,600,000

October,

November,

December,

1,608,000 1,491,000 1,835,000 1,473,000 1,502,000 1,451,000 2,015,000 3,598,000 4,624,000 3,285,000 5,061,000 4,104,000 1,632,000 1,613,000 1,490,000 1,939,000 2,732,000 4,070,000 4,920,000 4,962,000 5,625,000 5,347,000 1,638,000 1,578,000 1,569,000 2,320,000 3,258,000 3,909,000 4,780,000 5,874,000 5,862,000 5,388,000 1,701,000 1,704,000 2,173,000 3,065,000 4,342,000 4,728,000 6,066,000 6,127,000 4,757,000 1,653,000 1,699,000 2,192,000 2,383,000 3,776,000 4,168,000 6,481,000 5,716,000 6,142,000 5,389,000 1,526,000 1,611,000 1,957,000 2,158,000 1,839,000 2,129,000 6,227,000 5,774,000 5,540,000 4,332,000 1,431,000 1,722,000 2,135,000 2,190,000 1,032,000 2,206,000 5,461,000 5,462,000 5,207,000 4,581,000

1,160,000 4,264,000 2,555,000

4,826,000 3,214,000

Total,

17,845,000 18,436,000 20,772,000 23,692,000 28,939,000 30,450,000 49,797,000 49,001,000 59,364,000 50,997,000

Month.

730

Appendix H.

KOWLOON WATER-WORKS, 1906.

Supplies from Old and New Sources-Monthly Consumption (gallons).

From old sources

(Wells in to Pang & Tai Shek Ku Valleys, &c.) (Pumped.)

From new sources (Cheung Sha Wan In- takes). (By Gravitation.)|

Total.

Remarks.

January,

11,862,000

February,

10,333,000

2,727,000

4,252,000 14,585,000

14,589,000

March,

12,013,000

April,

8,537,000

3,936,000

2,434,000 14,447,000

12,473,000

Catchwater to new reservoir made

available from 24th.

Catchwater available for 17 days.

May,

7,762,000

6,819,000

14,581,000

June,

8,332,000

7,362,000

15,694,000

July,

8,311,000 6,904,000

August,

8,273,000

September,

7,948,000

October,

November,

December,

15,215,000

8,682,000 16,955,000

6,896,000

4,010,000 11,879,000 15,889,000

2,133,000 11,962,000 14,095,000

8,210,000 8,251,000 16,461,000

1235

14,844,000

,,whole month.

Water from new reservoir made

available from the 24th.

Total,

97,724,000 82,104,000 179,828,000

Appendix J.

KOWLOON WATER-WORKS, 1906.

Particulars of Metered and Unmetered Supplies (gallons).

Metered Supplies.

Month.

Trade.

Domestic.

Unmetered Supplies.

Grand Total.

Total.

January,

1,359,000

February,

March,.....

April,

May,

June,

784,000

2,143,000 12,446,000 14,589,000

754,000 1,446,000 2,200,000 12,385.000 14,585,000

837,000 1,496,000 2,333,000 12,114,000 14,447,000

1,197,000 1,802,000 2,999,000 9,474,000 12,473,000

1,204,000 1,873,000 3,077,000 11,504,000 14,581,000

1,261,000 1,862,000 3,123,000 12,571,000 15,694,000

July,

August,

September,

October,

November,

December,

1,455,000 1,862,000 3,317,000 11,898,000 15,215,000

1,617,000 1,974,000 3,591,000 13,364,000 16,955,000

1,667,000 1,987,000 3,654,000 11,190,000

1,264,000 1,962,000 3,226,000 12,663,000

1,154,000 1,776,000 2,930,000 11,165,000 14,095,000

14,844,000

15,889,000

1,069,000 1,675,000

2,744,000 13,717,000

16,461,000

Total,

14,263,000 21,074,000

35,337,000 | 144,491,000 | 179,828,000

731

Appendix K.·

ABERDEEN WATER-WORKS, 1906.

Monthly Comsumption (gallons).

Metered Unmetered

Month.

Total.

Remarks.

Supply.

January,

79,000

358,000

437,000

February,

80,000

302,000

382,000

March,..

81,000

437,000

518,000

April,

70,000

387,000

457,000

May,

69,000

386,000

455,000

June,

73,000

472,000

545,000

July,

61,000

456,000

517,000

August,

61,000

424,000

485,000

September,

64,000

426,000

490,000

October,..

106,000

425,000

531,000

November,....

December,.

106,000

384,000

490,000

108,000

400,000

508,000

Total,

958,000 4,857,000 5,815,000

Appendix L.

SHAU-KI-WAN WATER-WORKS, 1906.

Monthly Consumption (gallons).

Sai Wan

Month.

Metered Supply.

Unmetered

Total.

Supply.

Battery

Grand Total.

Remarks.

Supply.

January,

February,

...

46,000

731,000

777,000

11,000

788,000

47,000

304,000

351,000

12,000

363,000

March,

49,000

546,000

595,000

11,000

606,000

April,

31,000

616,000

647,000

304,000

951,000

May,

31,000

932,000

963,000

305,000

1,268,000

June,

33,000 1,068,000

1,101,000

305,000

1,406,000

July,

63,000 1,047,000 1,110,000

382,000

1,492,000

August,

September,

October,

November,

December,

63,000 1,280,000 1,343,000

65,000 886,000

49,000 1,004,000

52,000 877,000

54,000 962,000

Total,. 583,000 10,253,000 10,836,000

382,000 1,725,000

951,000

1,053,000

382,000 1,333,000

929,000

1,016,000

151,000 1.204.000

151,000 1,080,000

152,000 1,168.000

2,548,000 13,384,000

MONTH.

732

Appendix M.

LAI-CHI-KOK WATER-WORKS, 1906.

Water Boat Supply. Monthly Consumption (gallons).

METERED SUPPLY.

REMARKS.

January,

9,088,500

February,

8,768,300

March,....

13,050,200

April,

11,042,800

May,

6,917,300

June;

7,994,900

July,

8,376,300

August,

8,909,800

September,

4,144,200

October,...

111,500

Typhoon on the 18th destroyed stagings and

shoots, &c.

Services to boats being reinstated.

November,...

7,310,200

Services reinstated.

December,..

7,131,600

Total,

92,845,600

HONGKONG.

REPORT ON QUEEN'S COLLEGE, FOR THE YEAR 1906,

No.

15 1907

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

1. The Annual Statistics having assumed a somewhat stereotyped character call for no special remark. The total number on Roll for the year was 1,418, the average Daily Attendance, 1005. The regular attendance of scholars continues to be a very satisfactory feature.

2. School was held for 231 instead of 225 days. There would have been an actual gain of nine days, but the college had to be closed on three days on account of typhoons in the last fortnight of September.

3. The total gross expense of the college, including a special vote of $900 (Financial Minute No. 46) Language Allowance to Mr. R. E. O. BIRD, was only $56,132 as against $60,585 in 1905. This decrease is chiefly due to the low rate of exchange taken in the Estimates as opposed to the actual high quotation of the Mexican dollar in the market: the balance may be attributed to reductions in salaries caused by new appointments at initial salaries. Öne tenth of the amount provided in the Estimates for Queen's College lapsed. The share of the Public in the cost of Queen's College for the year 1906 was 44 per cent., 56 per cent. being defrayed by Fees and Refunds. The cost of each boy to the public revenue was $24.45 or $4.21 less than in the previous year.

252

4. The following changes in the Staff took place during the year :-

Mr. RALPHS, appointed Normal Master, 1st February.

Mr. A. J. MAY, Second Master, retired on Pension, 15th March. Mr. T. K. DEALY, appointed Second Master, 16th March. Mr. R. E. O. BIRD, promoted Senior Assistant Master, 16th March. Mr. B. TANNER, Senior Assistant Master, went on leave, 27th March. Mr. TSANG CHUNG, 2nd Chinese Assistant, died, 16th June. Mr. TSE CHING-FONG, appointed 2nd Chinese Assistant, 17th June.

Mr. A. W. GRANT, Senior Assistant Master, returned from leave, 5th November. Mr. A. R. SUTHERLAND, appointed Junior Assistant Master, 29th November. Mr. TANG TSOK-SAN, articled Pupil Teacher as from 5th Nov., 1905, 8th Oct.

5. By the retirement on Pension of Mr. A. J. MAY, I.S.O., the college lost the services of a most energetic and capable Second Master, whose connection with the college extended over 27 years, 18 of which were spent in his late important post. He acted as Head Master for two periods of 13 years each. For a couple of years he was Principal of the Normal School at Wantsai and his pronounced ability in this direction was utilised in this college, whenever his services could be spared from the Upper Sections. The appreciation of his long and meritorious term of office found general expression from the highest to the lowest, His Majesty the KING was pleased to confer upon him the Imperial Service Order, His Excellency the Governor at the Prize Distribution a year ago in most eloquent terms eulogis- ed his services to the Colonial Government. The English and Chinese masters: boys, Past and Present to the most recent admission, vied with one another to do him honour.

6. The death of Mr. TSANG CHUNG after 19 years service in this college as Pupil Teacher and the last 5 years as 2nd Chinese Assistant after various steps of promotion, deprived the college of a very faithful and competent master. By conscientious study he had attained a high reputation as instructor in Translations from and into Chinese.

7. The Building suffered comparatively but little in the great typhoon of the 18th of September. The hall was flooded through the ripping off of a portion of the lead roof, and the long corrugated iron roof of the North-Western balconies was blown away. By the prompt action of the Public Works Department no interruption was caused to the course of studies. At the end of November the joists supporting the Eastern verandah Top Floor of the West Wing were discovered to be in an insecure state from depradations of white ants. the noise accompanying the repairs rendered instruction simply impossible, the Hon. Director of Public Works kindly consented to defer the work of restoration until the Winter Vacation: the verandah itself and the one below being closed to traffic. It is under consideration to expose all joists supporting floors in class-rooms and verandahs, that any similar mischief may be readily observable at an early stage.

8. Electric Fans were installed in all the class-rooms, and first used on the 14th of May. The incomparable boon they proved in improving ventilation as well as modifying tempera- ture, was highly appreciated by all, masters and boys, English and Chinese. Expressions of surprise were heard that we had managed to survive so long without their assistance.

9. Queen's College candidates cannot be congratulated on their success at the Oxford Local Examinations held last July. Only 12 certificates were obtained as against 22 in the previous year. The precentages of passes were Seniors 15; Juniors 33; Preliminary 44. The mark Good next to Distinction was awarded only eleven times, Senior 1 in Arithmetic, 2 in Scripture, 1 in Shakespeare: Junior none: Preliminary 5 in Arithmetic, 2 in History.

10. The results of the Annual Examination for Prizes and promotions held by me under Standing Orders from the Governing Body are as follows :—

Upper School,...

Lower School,

Preparatory School,

Total.....

.218 boys examined, 189

or 87 % passed.

...601

.142

545

107

91% 75%

961

841

81 %

Table I shows the percentage of passes in each subject.

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11. Though not equal to the high standard attained last year, the work exhibited in the examination throughout the college is highly satisfactory, and may be rated at a good average. The English subjects: Composition, Geography, Dictation, Reading, Conversation, with Translation from and into Chinese maintain a high level of excellence. There was a perceptable improvement in Arithmetic, though much weakness in method and too many instances of gross carelessness were still in evidence. English Grammar was weaker even than usual: the total ignorance of Analysis (a subject so necessary for self-criticism in Com- position) in the two top classes was appalling. The percentages in Hygiene were not so high as last year, this may be attributed to the greater severity of the questions, and to a tendency on the part of many boys to give auswers illuminated by the light of nature instead of based upon principles of science. Mensuration was very good in Class II but bad in Class I. The General Intelligence paper was better than last year.

12. Class VIII was abolished in 1906, an additional section being added to each of the Classes V and VI. Only three sections of Class VII now remain and two of these will be removed next term, it is therefore probable that the Preparatory School in connection with Queen's College will cease to exist in the course of this year.

13. Halt an hour a week was allotted to each of the new subjects Geometrical Drawing and Algebra in Class IV. Though very little can be done in so short a time, it is hoped that even a slight acquaintance may prove advantageous to boys promoted to Class III. Gardiner's Outlines of English History was substituted for Brief History in Classes II and III. There is now a tendency on the part of boys to assimilate and reproduce matters of detail in nar- rative that afford amusement but are of no historic value.

14. Optional Classes show considerable advance. In Senior Trigonometry 4 boys were examined (one failing): three attempted the Solution of a triangle with given logarithms, one boy completed the solution, the others made a slight error in discovering the second side. In Junior Trigonometry, 6 were examined (one failing), the marks of four ranged from 79 to 85. Geometrical and Model Drawing were offered this year instead of Freehand. Model Drawing was very successful 5 out of 7 boys boys passing with marks varying from 50 to 90. Only two boys out of seven passed in Geometrical Drawing with 38 and 45 marks respectively. Several candidates employed only four sides when required to draw five sides, others. drew pretty designs unasked for. Kwan Iu-ki obtained the highest marks again as he did last

year.

15. The Normal Master Mr. RALPHS, in a Report to myself speaks very highly of the work done by the articled and acting Pupil Teachers, and my observation during the year together with the practical Examination in Teaching leads me heartily to endorse his remarks of approval. I also agree with him about the disadvantage of young inexperienced teachers tak- ing charge of large classes of 60 boys, but the excellent results in VIA do not support this theoretical objection. The seventh Class in the latter half of the year appears to have suffer- ed from the intrusion of scholars who were not sufficiently grounded in the merest elements of education. Stricter precautions will be taken in the future. Some half-dozen boys were dismissed in October for having obtained admission under false pretences, being practically unacquainted with the Alphabet.

16. The Vernacular School has made great progress. Two years ago when Chinese education was restored here, one-third of the boys were in the bottom clsss and one-thirteenth in the top class these conditions have in this short time been reversed, as is manifest from the Table below.

Vernacular School, Class 1............ (Lowest),...... 60 boys.

2....

3...

200

4....

142

5................................ (Highest),

214

Total examined,

709

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218 boys in the Upper School and 34 non-Chinese in Lower and Preparatory Schools bring these figures up to the total of 961 examined in English School. This access to the 5th class appears the more satisfactory when it is remembered that the original scheme of the Governing Body made provision for four classes only. In a short time about half the scholar in Vernacular School will have Chinese attainments in excess of the maximum required by authority.

17. Through the munificence of the brothers Ho, old boys of this college, five new scholarships have been founded. Class I WRIGHT Scholarship, Class II HO TUNG, Class III Ho FOOK. These are of the value of $100 each and tenable for one year. They were pre- sented by Messrs. Ho TUNG and Ho Fook, the scholarship in the First Class being at their kind suggestion called after the present Head Master on the completion of twenty-five years service. The subjects are Hygiene, Geography and Translations from and into Chinese. Class II, Ho KoM-TONG Scholarship, Class IV ALFRED MAY. These are of the value of $60 each and are the gift of Mr. Ho KOM-TONG, at whose request the scholarship in Class IV was called after our late Second Master Mr. MAY, recently retired on Pension. These scholarships are awarded to the winner of the highest aggregates in the chief English subjects with Trans- lations. The donors have skilfully avoided collision with existing scholarships.

18. The following list of successful Scholars may be of interest in connection with the preceding paragraph.

I. A. Senior Morrision,

Senior Belilios,

Stewart,

Blake,

Wright.

II. A. Ho Tung,

Ho Kom-tong,

Ho Fook,

$ 70......3 years,....

50......1 year,

100......1

150... 1

100......1

III. A. Junior Belilios,

IV. A. Junior Morrison,

Alfréd May,

60......! 25......2 years,. 100......1 year,

40......3 years,.... 60......1 year, ...........

..Cheung Ting-shang. ...A. Arculli.

Cheung Lun-shang. Ng Cheung-hau. Kó Pák-ming. .Tsó Chák-min.

Wong Ping-chiu. ...Tsui Chim-fong.

.Shin Chung-shang.

Tai Tung-pui. .Hung Kwok-chi.

19. In the past year, 18 boys obtained employment under the Hongkong Government, 41 under the Chinese Imperial Government, 38 in Professional and Mercantile Offices, 50 in situations abroad These 147 boys nearly all came from the Upper School and this heavy demand accounts for the reduction in the number of candidates for the Annual Examination.

20. The Cricket, Football and Reading Clubs continue to flourish. Bombardier G.. WADE has succeeded Sergeant D. TAYLOR, R.G.A., as Gymnastic Instructor, the demand on the time of the latter in connection with his military duties being too heavy to permit his continuing the instruction.

21. We gratefully acknowledge the liberality of the public in supplementing the Govern- ment's Allowance for Prizes. As usual a full list of donors will be published in the college

organ The Yellow Dragon.

22 The usual Tables of Statistics are attached.

31st January, 1907. -

GEO. H. BATESON WRIGHT, D.D., (OXON.),

Head Master.

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Table I.

CLASS.

A,.

100 100 100 100 92

17 53 100

II,

43 100 100

57 100 71 29 65 65 59 94 97 98 56 52 $6 37

86 93 63 88

44 96 56

III.

92 100 100

96 42 96 79 78 79 96

93 88

93 69 66

C,...... 30

70 60 70

87 53 67 87

IV,

A,.

92 100

88 98

57 86 86

79 100

75 91

C,.

30 73 87

80 87

D,.

32 100 100 73 100

examined.

No. of boys

Percentage of

Passes.

Chin.-Eng.

Eng.-Chin.

Reading.

Conversation.

Dictation.

82SERS Arithmetic.

*5308

Grammar.

2 JAZ 83 Geography.

Composition.

History.

Algebra.

영영 Geometry.

Mensuration.

29 Map. Bok-keeping.

88 65

Intelligence.

Shakespeare.

General

8 Hygiene.

92 100 100

84 100 100 100

67 96

81 60

75 83 79

66 83

93 39

40 87 40

94 82

67 40

30 60 40

87 60

$4 63

A,.

60 98 95

62 98

97 100

B..

51 92 88

78 98

90 92

C,...... 36

83 67

72 94

97 78

D,.

34 90

75 94

59 94 80

34 94

97 38

50 85

VI.

59 97

100 70 100

68 93

B,.

59 92

100 51 95

49 75 86

32 88

D,...... 29 76

E.. E,

VII, A,

C',...... 35

25683

37 97

100 53 97 100 41 90 97 62 97 93 37 90

66 81 79

24 76 83 57 81 92 74 50 61

.86

44 76 97

لات

68 ΤΟ

80 69 66

SERS

Table II...

ATTENDANCES IN 1906.

Number

Month.

Number of

Average Daily

Remarks.

Scholars. Attendances. School Days. Attendance.

January,

983

16,331

907

February,

1,155

7,827

1.118

March,

1,160

29,666

1,099

April,

1,139

15,129

1,081

May,

1,105

26,185

1,007

June,

1,045

22,927

955

July,

1,014

21,185

963

August,

965

7,479

935

September,

1.129

13,899

1,069

October,

1,106

25,802

1,032

November,

1,068

24,477

979

December,

1,023

21,157

962

232,064

231

Total Number of Attendances during 1906,

Number of School Days during 1906,

Average Daily Attendance during 1906,.

,232,064 231 1,005

Total Number of Scholars at this School during 1906,

1,118

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Table III.

AVERAGE EXPENSE OF EACH SCHOLAR AT QUEEN'S COLLEGE DURING 1906.

Expenditure

Cash Book as per Estimates,

Do. Exchange Compensation,

Do. as per Financial Minute No. 46, Crown Agents,..

$42,037.46 9,784.43

900.00 3,410.85

Deduct *

School Fees, Refund Salaries,

Total,

Other Charges,

Total Expense of College,

Average Expense of each Scholar :-

Per Number on Roll,

Per Average Daily Attendance,

* December estimated only.

$56,132.74

$31,478.50

41.42 11.15

$31,531.07

$24,601.67

.$17.35 24.45

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HONGKONG.

No. 1907

REPORT BY THE EXAMINERS OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, FOR THE YEAR 1906-1907.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Governor.

We visited and inspected the College in July.

GENERAL REMARKS.

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 3rd October, 1907.

1. Discipline throughout the school is very good. The work shewn up was on the whole neat and tidy and the handwriting was generally speaking good. There were one or two minor blemishes: it is not necessary for boys to waste time in copying out the questions asked, some boys confined their answers to this; in some classes boys did not write their names on the papers sent in. Class I B were the chief offenders in this respect. There were four anonymous papers in Grammar and three in Shakspere in this division. Boys should be told to leave a margin as it greatly facilitates the work of correction.

2. We gathered the impression that some boys particularly in the upper classes did not make much effort to do well. When they had filled one sheet of paper they were content to stop-possibly they were reluctant to ask for more paper or they may have felt that the examination was of little importance as it did not affect their position in Class.

3. A portion of the Lower School has comparatively recently been placed under the supervision of a normal master with excellent results. The boys in the Lower School generally, many of whom have studied English for quite a short time, tried their best and attempted to converse and answer questions in their own words. In the higher classes some boys feeling secure of their position in the school struck us as somewhat slothful.

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4. We were also struck, and we believe that previous examiners have commented on the fact, by the extraordinary difference which often exists between boys at the top and at the bottom of the same class. A dead level of attainment cannot of course be expected but boys at the bottom of one class often appeared to be much less capable than boys in the class immediately below. In Shakspere for instance, putting aside the non-Chinese boy who did an excellent paper, one Chinese boy did a very good paper while one boy wrote nonsense and was evidently unable to understand what he had read. The same applies to other subjects.

5. In some classes work is corrected by the boys. Slates are changed and the scholars correct each other's mistakes. We know from experience of a certain English public school that this method is most unsatisfactory. In one class in this school all subjects which could be tested by one word answers such as Latin and Greek Grammar were corrected by an exchange of papers. The master never supervised the corrections and it was necessary to obtain 14 out of 20 marks to avoid detention. The entire form invariably obtained 14 marks. In Class V E this system is apparently adopted. The subject was Grammar and judging from the show of hands 25 boys out of 30 had no mistakes and 5 boys had 1 mistake each. On inspecting the slates quite a number of mistakes were discovered marked right, and also many mistakes in spelling. There should be constant supervision by the form Master if this system is used.

6. It may perhaps not be within our province but we were much surprised to find that a school of the size and importance of Queen's College has nothing in the nature of a Masters' Meeting, where matters affecting the school can be discussed. The College has quite a large staff of masters and we imagine that there is no school of such a size and with such a numerous staff in England which has not a Masters' Meeting. We recommend the sugges- tion that there should be a Masters' Meeting to the authorities.

7. The suggestions of the examiners in last year's report under the heading Apparatus and Sanitation have had no result-the desks are still unsatisfactory, there is still a lack of wall maps and pictures, and maps are still stored in a separate room. Many of the rooms are still overcrowded and no attempt has apparently been made to improve those in which the the lighting and ventilation were adversely commented on last year.

8. We give below some details of the various subjects in which we examined the College.

ENGLISH.

9. Colloquial was mainly tested by explanations of passages in the readers and also by questions on general subjects. The results on the whole were very fair. With the exception of a few boys in Class I the lower school showed up better than the upper school. In the lower classes the boys were more alert, more ready to answer questions and generally more inclined to do their best. The pronunciation was in most cases good and the English fairly correct, but boys were evidently not accustomed to explain passages in their own words. The usual answer contained almost all the bookwords slightly turned and it was a matter of some difficulty to persuade boys to answer in a few simple words. Explanations couched in the simplest language might well be encouraged!

Class VII was poor, VI

10. Individual classes varied somewhat in their achievements. fair; V A distinctly good and the remaining divisions fair. In VE the vocabulary was very limited. Class IV was fair throughout. In Class III the reading was fair in all divisions and the boys made an effort to talk and give explanations of what they had read. Class II was poor and I was good.

11. It is obvious that none of the boys practise colloquial outside the school room. This should be encouraged and ample opportunities should arise now that all the big schools in the Colony meet at frequent intervals in friendly rivalry both at work and at play.

12. Reading was good throughout the School. It was as a rule easy to follow what was being read without looking at the book, a very fair proof that the pronunciation was correct and that the punctuation was duly observed. The explanation of the text to which reference has been made varied very much, but most of the boys seemed to understand what they were reading, and to follow the general course of the narrative.

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13. Dictation was taken mostly from unseen passages, with somewhat varying results. Some classes including several of the lower ones did very well whereas some of the upper classes did badly. In Class II A for instance all boys had nine mistakes or more in a short passage of eight or ten lines. On the other hand Class III was good. Dictation was done

by 39 boys of whom 23 had no mistakes, 12 one mistake, 2 two mistakes and 2 four mistakes. The only inference to be drawn is that in some classes unseen dictation is not practised to any extent, and that the boys are therefore unaccustomed to the sound of words they have not actually seen in print.

14. Composition.Classes I to V were examined in this subject. Class VI had to reproduce a short story which was read out, and in Class VII the examination was confined to sentence building.

15. The essays with few exceptions were poor. In Class I some boys did well and some divisions of other classes did fairly well but the general result was disappointing. No actual instruction appears to have been given in this subject. Sentences began with the words And, Because, You see, Bat......; the spelling was faulty, very little attention was paid to punctuation, sentences were written down as they occurred to the writer, and but few showed any trace of well ordered thought. In Class III one of the essays written on the subject: "Is Exercise required to maintain bodily health?", contained the following statement: If you want to get bodily health you must according to hygiene (by looking at Strength and how to obtain it" it only one shilling.)" Apart from the advice given as to the book to be bought the style is typical of many essays. They were very short consider- ing the time allowed, especially so in the upper school where a large number of essays were only three-quarters of a page in length. In the lower school boys selected both subjects and wrote half a page on each. Many essays were written in the first person.

16. Individually Class I B did better than I A. One boy in A did very well indeed but the remainder did not shine. The essays in IB with but two exceptions were good in matter, style and spelling. No boy attempted the third subject.

17. Class II. The essays were all too short and all bordered between fair and poor. The spelling was bad and the word "etc." was constantly used. Expressions such as "come to poverty

were also frequent.

18. Class III. The essays were fair only even in III A, and in III B and III C poor. In no case had the subject been thought out before the sentences were written down. Don't, can't, etc., were frequent, the spelling was poor and the style weak. Many boys spoke about Newspapers but never mentioned whether they were a benefit to the community or not. The essays were very short.

19. Class IV. The boys had no idea of the general rules of composition. Loose sentences were jumbled together, and new sentences began with But, Because, And; commas were apparently unknown. An idea of the style of the essays may be gathered from such sentences as: very eagerly to build", "most useful than" and words such as "electric" for "electricity". Many boys attempted both essays, one boy going so far as to begin the second one "Is the Introduction of Railways into China desirable?" with the words: "Yes, Sir."

20. Class V. The essay consisted of a short letter to a friend. Those of V A were good for the most part but B, C, D and E had very poor ideas of letter writing. Letters began "I am very sorry or very happy to inform you" and ended:

" and ended: "Your truly" or "your truly friend". Surely in a year the boys might have learnt how to begin and end a letter at least. Some letters consisted of three lines only.

21. Class VI. A short story was read out and the boys had to reproduce what they had heard. It was very well done, only one boy failed to understand what he had heard. One boy wrote down a story which had nothing whatever to do with the subject, he probably had not been attending and wrote out the only story he recollected in English.

22. Class VII. The sentence building was well done.

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23. Grammar.-Classes VI and V learn grammatical definitions. These classes were examined orally and the results were good on the whole.

24. Written papers were set for Classes IV, III, II and I. Class IV evidently found the paper easy. The A division of the Class obtained 73% of marks, good papers being done by Lo Ming-tat and Wong Ho-ying. In the B division 73% was also obtained. Class IV Č got 68%, IV D 54% and IV E 56%. This is a very satisfactory result and many of the mistakes made were due to a careless perusal of the question asked, for example giving the present participle when the past participle was required. Probably every boy in the Class knows that the feminine of son is daughter but a very great many boys suspecting a trap wrote down the feminine of stepson as stepsoness.

25. The results in Class III A and B were also satisfactory, 73% and 60% of marks being obtained respectively. Good papers, were done by Chiu Cheong Cho and Pun Kwok-ching in A and by Wong Hon and Li Shiu Tsoi in III B. Class III C was disappointing, 41% of marks was obtained and only two boys got more than half marks.

26. Class II A and B obtained 61% and 49% of marks. Very good papers were done by Chan Pak-hong in Class II A and by Chan U-chim in the B division. The analysis was was well done throughout the Class.

27. The papers done by Class I A and B were rather weak. Ng Cheung-hon did an excellent paper and Tso Chak-nun was good but many of the boys attempted only a few questions. The analysis was well done in both divisions of the Class but the questions were apparently beyond I B. The simpler questions were on the whole well answered. Boys in the top division of the school should we think have some elementary knowledge of the formation and history of the English language. The paper shewn up by Ng Cheung-hon shews that certain boys in the Class are quite competent to understand such instruction.

28. Shakspere.-A paper on Coriolanus was set to Class I A and B. done by 8 boys in I A. Arculli did an excellent paper and Mok Kai-fuk a four others boys were very fair and two very bad. One of these last, attempted questions and wrote rubbish in answer to them all.

The paper was very good one, Chan Lui, only

29. Shakspere appears to be too difficult a subject for boys in I B. The paper was attempted by ten boys. Li Lun-kwai was the best of a bad lot. One boy contented himself with copying out three questions without attempting to give any answer and in reply to question 2 as to the plot of the play stated that "the play talked about the rebellions and wars of old English. Another boy in reply to a question as to the source of the play wrote "The source of the play was that because the citizens hated Caius Marcius for he was not a patrician." The ten boys who attempted this paper have too little knowledge of ordinary English to be able to comprehend the meaning of Shakspere.

GEOGRAPHY.

30. Speaking generally the results were not good, and considering the fact that three classes (Class II, III and IV) were examined in the same syllabus as last year they should certainly have done better. Too little attention was paid to the questions asked, and in many cases the predominating idea was apparently to finish in the shortest possible time. A large proportion of papers did not exceed half a sheet of foolscap and questions begun well ended abruptly, possibly because the writer did not wish to exceed the allowance of paper he had received.

31. Taking the classes individually Class I A did badly, only two out of 8 boys getting over half marks. The highest marks obtained were 52%, a by no means creditable

per- formance for the senior class. On the average Class I B did better and the highest marks scored were 68%. Due allowance was made for the length of the paper which was un- doubtedly too long, but as many boys only showed up one sheet of paper they were evidently not troubled on that score.

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32. Class II did very badly. Not one boy attempted all the questions and no boy obtained half marks. The highest mark was 40%. No trouble was apparently taken with the papers and many boys must have finished them well within half an hour though the time allowance was 2 hours. The paper was long but not difficult; it is therefore not easy to account for the poor results.

33. In Class III the results were very much better. Out of 20 papers only 4 obtained less than half marks in A & B. The best paper scored 68 marks out of a possible 90. III C was rather poor. All the papers were tidy and the English was in most cases good. Allowance was made for a few questions not in the syllabus but many boys had no difficulty in answering them.

34. Class IV was disappointing. One boy in A and one in B obtained over half marks, the latter 60%. The papers though not good showed that the subject had been studied with some care and quite a large number obtained 40% of marks. Many questions were answered incorrectly as boys either did not understand them or had not studied them carefully before writing down the answers. For instance, only very few boys compared the Hoang Ho with the Yang Tse; most of them contented themselves with a brief and somewhat inaccurate account of each. In answer to question 2 on the railways in existence in China at the present time the Canton-Hankow and the Kowloon-Canton Railways were included, and as usual Hongkong and Macao figured as Treaty Ports in answer to question 4.

35. Class V was good. V A did very well. All but one boy obtained over half marks and the highest individual scores were 71 & 64 out of a maximum of 80. Class V B did fairly well, C was bad, D good and E poor.

36. Classes VI & VII were examined orally and appear to have grasped the rudiments of the subject though too great a tendency was shown to learn definitions in set terms.

HISTORY.

37. On the whole the results were not very good. The papers were not difficult but rather long. Many boys who knew something of the subject did not take the trouble to answer more than half the questions with the result that they only scored very few marks. There was again a general tendency (to which attention was drawn last year), to answer one or two questions at quite unnecessary length giving details which were not asked for and to omit questions which could have been answered in half a page at the outside.

38. In Class I A two good papers were shewn up, three were fair and the remaining three were poor. The paper was long and somewhat difficult, the general result may there- fore be considered fair. The style of the papers was good. Question 5 on British Industries was only attempted by very few boys. I was distinctly poor, only one boy gaining more than half marks. Many answers were not in the least to the point and showed that the ques- tions had not been carefully studied.

39. Class II did badly. Only one boy out of 20 got over half marks and 4 boys failed to score at all. Due allowance was made for one question which was outside the period : but this particular question was attempted by nearly all the boys, whereas many within the period laid down were not touched. Answers such as "Commonwealth was the natural son of Charles I", a really clever answer but for the fact that the hidden meaning of the phrase was not apparent to the writter, showed that boys had very vague notions of the subject treated.

40. Class III was disappointing. The boys knew something of the subject but contented themselves with answering 4 or 5 instead of the whole 8 questions, hence the poorness of the marks. Three boys obtained between 50% and 70% of marks, 9 obtained over 40%; 6 over 30% and only 3 less than 30%.

HYGIENE.

41. This subject was well done in Classes III, IV and V but Classes I and II did badly. In Class I but little trouble was taken in answering questions and in Class II several boys gave the most absurd answers. One example will suffice: In reply to question 2 "Why should lead piping never be used for a water supply?" more that one boy replied "because

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lead piping is poisonous and makes the wrists drop off." Lack of obseveration was also noticeable in the answers of Class II where several boys contended that lead piping was in general use in Hongkong.

42. Class III did very well. Care was taken in answering the questions and the English was better than in Class II. Some of the suggestions as to the improvement of the Hongkong cubicle would probably entail serious trouble not to say disaster if carried into effect but on the whole the suggestions were very reasonable and some very good indeed.

43. In Class IV the upper divisions A and B did well especially A. IV C was fair but IV D and E had not much idea of the subject. In enumerating the three substances of which the food of man consists one boy included “lion” among the albuminates!

44. Class V did well. The lower divisions were weak but the upper ones were distinctly good. Question 4 had evidently been dealt with in school as all boys answered the first part correctly. But they nearly all, presumably through carelessness, neglected to answer the second portion of the question why precautions should be taken in digging a well.

BOOK-KEEPING.

45. Book-keeping is taught in Classes I and II and seems to be well taught. The practical work was very well done, the journalising and ledger work of Class I being very good indeed. The boys however seem to work very slowly.

MATHEMATICS.

46. The Mathematics in the school seem on the whole to be well taught and the boys seem to take an interest in their work. The lower forms are all well grounded and the boys work accurately. In the higher forms however the boys seem to have been taken on too fast and the syllabus contains more than they have time to learn thoroughly. In all the higher work the boys do not understand what they are doing. They know, and can make use of, certain formulæ and rules, but they cannot prove these formula or make use of them when the question is not quite straightforward. Knowledge of such a kind, when not required for some practical purpose, seems of little real value.

47. Arithmetic.-In the lower classes the papers set were straightforward and simple and were all well done. The boys understood their work and all worked neatly and accurately.

48. In Class VI, twenty-four out of the forty-eight boys examined got all the questions right; of the remainder fifteen had only one wrong.

49. In Class V, all of the divisions had an average of over 50 per cent. A and B both had an average of over 80% a very good performance.

50. In Class IV the papers were perhaps not quite so accurate, but the boys showed they had mastered their work. All of the four divisions had an average of over 40%, C being the best with an average of 66%. Five boys got over 80%.

51. In the upper classes the work was not so good. The papers set were of course harder, but more of the boys seem to fall below an average standard.

52. In Class III there was one very good paper in division A which obtained 85 % and one good paper in B with 70% but most of the remainder of the boys seem to have taken very little trouble. Nine out of twenty-five boys examined got less than 30%.

53. Class II was remarkable for its inaccuracy. The boys seem to know what they ought to do, but in very many cases some careless mistake caused a loss of marks. Question 4 was attempted by several boys but no one got it quite right though in each case the mistake made was different. Two boys did good papers and got over 75%. The average for A was 50% and B 40%.

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54. In Class I the results were very disappointing. The paper set was not absolutely straightforward so the boys seemed to be quite content if they succeeded in working out one or two examples. Full marks were given for 5/6 of the paper, yet only three out of seven- teen boys examined got over 50%. Divison A had an average of 34% and division B an average of 31%. More time might with advantage be given to Arithmetic.

55. Algebra. Classes II, III and IV all did their work well. The boys showed they understood Algebraical symbols and the working of the ordinary rules.

56. In Class IV divisions A, B, C all got over 60% and there was very little difference between them. D and E were a good deal weaker. In each of the divisions several boys were very bad.

57. In Class II the results were much the same, division A got 59%, B 62% and € 40%.

58. In both divisions of Class II the boys are much more level. All except two got over 50%. Division A got 60% and B 62%. A were really the best, but one bad paper brought down the average.

59. In Class I the divisions had separate papers but in neither case were the results satisfactory. The work offered in the syllabus is a great advance on that offered by Class II, but the boys have not been able to master it. In IB the average was only 37%. This may be partly accounted for by the length of the paper, but it is much more the result of inaccuracy. In Class I A the boys apparently at once came to the conclusion that the paper was too hard for them, and they therefore did not make a real attempt at it. The highest mark obtained was 32% and the average of the nine boys examined was 16%. Boys who are supposed to have done indices and surds ought to have been able to make a reasonable attempt at some part of question 4, yet not one boy showed that he knew anything about it. If they had done the chapter on "Progressions" they ought to have been able to do the first piece of book work in that chapter. Many knew the formula and most of them could Neither of the problems were attempted perhaps because of a lack of knowledge of English. No one made any real attempt at the 2nd factor in question I. Some boys wrote down an answer they must have known to be wrong, others seeing that they could not guess the answer gave it up. All of them must have been taught the method in such cases. Classes I A and B are not large classes and it ought to be possible to give them sufficient individual attention if more time was given to the subject or if the boys were not taken on so fast.

60. Geometry.-Class IV did a paper on geometrical drawing and the results were on the whole very good. No explanations were as a rule given as to how the result was arrived at, but perhaps this was not to be expected in a class so low in the school.

61. Class III did very good papers, though in definitions it is doubtful how much of what they wrote they really understood. When a boy can write "A circle is a plane figure traced by a point contained by a line which moves so that......" it makes one doubt whether the other boys who were lucky enough not to reverse the expressions really understand the definition. The propositions were well done and showed that they were understood. There was some idea of how to attempt the problems, but as a rule some violent assumption was made. The papers done in A which averaged 52% really came up to quite a high standard. B & C were a good deal weaker.

62. Class II did not show so much advance on III as they ought to have done. Question I was not so well done as in III and no one could discuss it. The attempt at problems was slightly better but showed the same failing. Division A got an average of 50% and B 34%•

63. Class I showed a distinct advance. They knew their propositions, and they were very much better at the problems. Their work in Trigonometry and Mensuration must of course help them in this respect. Four boys got over 65% which was very good for so long a paper. The average for A was 50% and for B 40%.

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64. Mensuration.-In Class II the paper was easy and well done. A had an average of 62% and 6 boys out of 10 got over 75%. B was not quite so good but with the exception of one boy who got no marks, a fairly high standard was kept up.

65. In Class I one boy in A did an excellent paper getting 93% and three other boys in A got over 60%. The rest of the boys in both A and B were weak. The 10 boys in Class B only averaged 20%, the highest mark obtained being 35%.

66. Trigonometry.-Six boys were examined in the Senior and eight in the Junior class. The average marks obtained were 32% and 30% respectively. The boys under- stand the meaning of the terms and have a certain knowledge of formulæ, but that is all. The time would be better spent in improving the other mathematical subjects, especially Algebra & Arithmetic. In the senior class no boy attempted question 3, a very easy question in which outside trigonometrical terms all that was required was a slight knowledge of Algebra.

CHINESE.

67. Classes I, II, III, IV and V were tested by set papers is translation from Chinese to English and from English to Chinese.

TRANSLATION FROM CHINESE TO ENGLISH.

68. Class I A. This subject was well done on the whole. The papers seut in by Ng Shuk-kon and Tso Chak-nün were very good. Most of the boys make grammatical errors in writing English but all the boys evidently understood the meaning of the Chinese.

69. Class I B also did well though the English in this class is weak.

70. Classes II A and B did the same paper. It was very fairly done on the whole though many boys in Class B contented themselves with attempting only a portion of one question. "The Confucius

The Confucius" is a constant form used by this class.

71. Class III did well only in two divisions. III A was fair and U Tsan in this division did a good paper. The boys all seemed to understand the Chinese but had difficulty in expressing themselves in English.

72. Ho Wing-yau did the best paper in III B. In this class many foolish mistakes in English were made. Mr. Kun Chi is a somewhat curious mode of writing the name

Confucius.

73. The effort of writing English is too much for HHI C. English is too much for III C. others are able to write so little English that it is not possible to Chinese which was set.

One boy did fairly but the say if they understood the

74. Classes IV and V did the same paper.

Lo Ming-tat in IV A did a good paper and this division was on the whole fair though one boy writes the following rubbish as a translation of question 1 :-"The king is rightly and no one are not rightly."

75. In Class IV B one boy did a fair paper but all the other boys who attempted the paper in that division and in IV C, D and E know far too little English to be able to translate.

The following translation given by a boy in IV B may be taken as typical of the English employed by these boys:-

Question I. "If a king were honour and kind and he does work or works as per laws. So that then would be few of his country people who do not like their king."

This had no reference to the Chinese set and means little in English.

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76. In Class V 25 boys attempted the paper. With the exception of Chan Iu-tong, Ip Yuk-fau and two others whose papers were not at all good no boys obtained any marks. After looking through the papers of this class we feel that it is quite unreasonable to expect these boys to do translation into English.

A few of the replies to question 1 are appended

* "If the Emperor would take out the virtue to the noble thing and all the men

would follow him to do."

"The king is kinds also the men are kind if the king is herro also the men are

herro, the king is affairs also the men are affair."

"The gentleman has good nature if not nature that is not properly."

"A king does not a good manner.

serious."

A king does not a kindest, a king does not a

"The king was kind but not kind at all. The king was good but not very good

at all. The king was truth but not very truth at all."

"If a king is kindness he never kinds to a man, and he is brave he never braves to

a man and he is truth he never trues.

It is quite futile for boys with a knowledge of a language such as is displayed above to attempt to translate from Chinese into that language.

ENGLISH TO CHINESE.

77. Classes I, II, III, IV & V were tested by means of written papers.

78. The paper was done by 6 boys in Class I A and the results were good. Ng Cheung Hau did an excellent paper and Wong Wan Ho was very good. One boy sent in a curious paper in which the translation of the first extract, by far the most difficult, was very well done both as regards translation and style whereas the replies to the 2nd and 3rd portion of the paper were execrable both in translation and style. The difference was so marked that it was almost impossible to believe that the first portion represented his own unaided effort. Of the remaining 3 boys 1 was fair, 1 understood the English but wrote very indifferent Chinese and 1 boy failed being unable to understand English or to write Chinese.

79. The boys in Class I B evidently found some difficulty in understanding the mean- ing of the English which was before them. The paper was done by 8 boys.

Three boys wrote good Chinese but it did not always correspond with the English. Un Ki-ngok did the best paper.

Two papers were fair and three were bad.

Four boys did very fair papers, the Four boys understood the meaning

80. Class II A. The paper was done by 10. boys. paper sent in by Li Chin Lung being particularly neat. of extracts 2 & 3, 8 wrote them down in Chinese devoid of style. One boy did not understand the English and 1 boy wrote such execrable characters that it was not possible for a Chinese teacher to decipher them.

81. Class II B. The failure to understand the English was more emphasised in this class. No boy had much idea of writing good Chinese. Three boys wrote down the mean- ing of the English but the 8 others were poor. "The situation seems somewhat graver" in extract 3 puzzled many boys and they wrote about graves.

82. Class III A did very much better than Class II. The paper was done by 10 boys. Chan Kwok-ying did a very good paper and four other boys wrote good Chinese. They all made mistakes in translating owing to not always understanding the English but the Chinese they wrote was good. Two boys were fair but did not attempt more than a few lines and three boys were bad.

*Note.-The correct rendering is : "When the prince is benevolent all will be benevolent; when the prince is righteous, all will be righteous; when the prince is upright all will be upright.

83. Class III B did not do well. boys wrote more or less nonsense. not understand the passages set. Chinese.

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The English appeared to be beyond this form. Five Two boys seemed to be able to write Chinese but could One boy understood the English but wrote very bad

84. Class III C. One boy did fairly well and the other three were unable to follow the English.

85. A much easier paper was set for Classes IV and V.

86. Class IV did very fairly with the exception of IV E in which all the boys wrote rubbish. Chan Chiu-hang did a good paper which had also the merit of being neat. There was a general ignorance of the Chinese equivalent for Registrar General and Captain Su- perintendent of Police.

87. Class V also did well on the whole. 24 boys did the paper, of whom 17 did well or fairly and 7 badly. The best paper was done by Li Kang Fu. In this class there was also a general ignorance of the titles of Officials. Some boys wrote down the form Ping t'au for the Governor of Hongkong. There is a General Order in connection with the use of this phrase and the boys should certainly all be taught the correct mode of referring to His Ex- cellency.

88. The boys in all these classes use an English pen for writing Chinese characters. This practice should we think be discontinued. Every Chinese boy should be able to form characters which are not an eyesore to the reader and this is almost an impossibility with an English pen. It is quite impossible to reproduce the beauties of the Chinese written character unless a Chinese brush is employed.

THE VERNACULAR SCHOOL.

89. The Vernacular School was tested orally by means of reading from the Chinese readers. Dictation was set and translation from Tsuk Wa into the Literary style was done. The top classes also wrote a letter in Chinese. The papers were unfortunately destroyed in a typhoon after they had been corrected but before the results had been analysed. In Class V

many boys wrote good letters and did the translation well. A Chinese teacher to whom the papers were submitted stated that the style was in some cases admirable.

90. The dictation was well done by Class IV. In Classes III and II a certain number of “ pak tsz " were used. 豕 was written 此;穀 was written 谷;巨 was written 拒拒

......but in the majority of cases the dictation was very fair.

91. The Vernacular School is undoubtedly doing very good work, and is certainly hav- ing a good effect on the Chinese of the upper school.

92. Many of the failures in translation from English to Chinese more especially in Class III were due to lack of knowledge of English. But boys will gradually improve in English as they pass into higher forms and if they have passed through the Vernacular School and been well grounded in their own written language they will be able to translate English into good readable Chinese.

APPENDICES.

93. The Examination Papers (Appendix A) and the Classes and Divisions with the names of the Masters (Appendix B) are appended.

E. D. C. WOLFE, B.A.,

Inspector of Schools.

S. B. C. ROSS, B.A.

R. O. HUTCHISON, B.A.

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Appendix A.

EXAMINATION

PAPERS.

Subject.

Class.

No. of Paper.

English Composition,

I & II

Do.,

III

Do.,

English Grammar,.........

Do.,

III

Do.,

Shakspere,

Geography,

IA & B

Do.,

III

Do.,

English History,

I A & B

Do,

Do.,

III

Hygiene,..

Do.,

III

Do.,

Book-keeping,

Do.,

Arithmetic,.

Do.,

III

Algebra,

ΙΑ

Do.,

I B

Do.,

III

Do.,

Geometrical Drawing,

IV.

Geometry,

IA & B

Do.,

III

Mensuration,

Do.,

I A & B

Trigonometry, Do.,

Senior

Junior

English into Chinese,

Do.,

I, II & III

IV & V

Chinese into English,

Do.,

I, II & III

IV & V

No. 1.

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COMPOSITION.

CLASSES I & II.

The value of Education.

Electricity.

Is Torture essential or beneficial to the Administration of Justice ?

No. 2.

COMPOSITION.

CLASS III.

Are Newspapers a benefit to the Community?

Is exercise required to maintain bodily health?

No. 3.

COMPOSITION.

CLASS IV.

Compare electric cars with rickshas as means of locomotion.

Is the introduction of Railways into China desirable?

No. 4.

COMPOSITION.

CLASS V.

Write a short letter to a friend describing the Dragon Boat

festival.

ΟΙ

- describing the Chinese New Year festivities.

No. 5.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

CLASS I.

1. Analyse: "They that marry ancient people, merely in expect- ation to bury them, hang themselves, in hope that one will come and cut the halter."

2. Give examples of "but" as an Adverb, a Preposition, a Re- lative and a Conjunction.

3. If a long and a short form of a Latin word exist in English which is usually the older and why? Give examples.

4. News, pains, alms, means, amends, tidings, riches, politics,

shambles, eaves. Are these singular or plural in origin?

5. What is a hybrid? Why is it so called? Give examples.

6. Comment on any peculiarities you notice in the following words:

Kine, rather, children, vixen and could.

7. Explain the use of Prepositions. Why are they more frequently

used in Modern than in Ancient languages?

8. How do you distinguish between strong and weak Verbs?

Give examples:-

(a.) of verbs with weak Preterite and strong Past Participle. (b.) of verbs which have passed from the strong to the weak

Conjugation.

OPTIONAL QUESTIONS.

1. Give some account of the various periods at which Latin has influenced the vocabulary of the English language.

2. Give some account of vowel Mutation (Umlaut) in English. Are the words foul, defile and filth connected with one another and if so which is derived from which?

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ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

CLASS II.

1. Analyse: The accusing spirit which flew up to heaven's chan- cery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in.

2. Parse the words in italics in the following sentences:- Considering all things, he could not help it.

We were late in consequence of having lost our way.

He ran to meet me.

Nobody else was there.

3. A bust of the Governor.

A bust of the Governor's.

Explain the difference.

They insisted on me taking the lead. They insist on my taking the lead.

Which is correct? and why?

4. What is Mood? How many are there? Define them.

5. Mention any nouns that have two plural forms with different meanings.

6. How do you form the plural of

Son-in-law, step-son, court-martial, field-marshal, lord-lieu-

tenant, lord justice, spendthrift, hanger-on.

7. Give a list of

Distributive Pronouns,

Co-ordinate Conjunctions.

8. What are Adverbs? How are they classed? How are they

usually formed? Give examples.

No. 7.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

CLASS III.

1. How many Genders are there in English? Give two examples of the formation of a masculine from a feminine and give the feminine of shepherd, merman, nephew, and landlady.

2. What is the indirect object of a verb? In the following sent- ences draw a line under the indirect object.

Pass me the salt.

I give him a book.

Hand that lady the bread.

3. Give the abstract nouns which correspond to the following adjectives--pure, splendid, just, distant, able, long, popular, and wise.

4. Swine, kine, brethren, welkin, women, chicken. Some of these are singular others plural, separate them.

5. Write down the Preterite and Past Participle of the following verbs-beseech, swim, slay, ride, fetch, saw.

6. Parse the words in italics in the following:-

We went over dry foot.

He will have the expense besides all the trouble.

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ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

CLASS IV.

1. What is meant by Parts of Speech? Name them.

2. How is the plural usually formed?

hero, valley, alkali, wolf, dwarf, and staff.

Write the plurals of lady,

3. Parse the words in italics in the following sentences:-

He neither came nor sent an excuse.

I may be detained longer than I expect.

4. Give the masculine of :-lass, mare, duchess, aunt ;

feminine of stepson, tiger, bull, bride.

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5. What are Cardinal, Ordinal and Distributive Numerals? Give examples of each.

6. Give the Preterite and Past Participle of the following verbs

Grow, shake, find, win, spread, teach, build, blind.

No. 9.

SHAKSPERE.

CLASS I.

1. Write an account of the character of Menenius.

2. Give a short account of the plot of the play.

3. What is the source of the play? Comment on Shakspere's treatment of his material.

4. Quote not more than 15 lines of any speech by Cominius or Aufidius.

5. Write short explanatory notes on the following lines and give

their context :-

When I find him, were it

At home, upon my brothers guard, even there..... Against the hospitable canon, would I Wash my fierce hand in's heart.

2. You are ambitious for poor knave's caps and legs.

3. I would not have been so fidiused for all the chests in

Corioles.

Never would he

Appear in the market place nor on him put,

The napless vesture of humility.

5. He wants nothing of a god but eternity and heaven to

throne in.

6. He lurch'd all swords of the garland.

7. Hear you this Triton of the minnows?

8. He would not flatter Neptune for his trident,

Or Jove for's power to thunder.

6. What is the meaning of the following words: Mammock, abram, bisson, provand, quarry, vaward, jack guardant, rock tarpeian, bolted language, sowl?

7. Mr. Swinburne has said "The subject of the whole play is not the exiles' revolt, the rebel's repentance or the traitor's reward but above all it is the son's tragedy." ~ Discuss this.

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GEOGRAPHY.

CLASSES I A & B.

N. B.-Question 9 to be attempted by Class I A only.

1. Draw a map of the British Isles filling in the seas, capes, moun- tains, and rivers.

2. Give a short account of :-

*---

(a) the Lake District.

(b) Manchester Ship Canal.

3. In what portions of England do the coal bearing rocks lie? Describe the coal producing districts in detail.

4. Compare (1)

the climate

the mineral productions

(3)

the manufactures

of England and Wales and Ireland.

5. Give the geographical positions, the history and the form of Government of the following

Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Scilly Islands.

6. Name and particularize those British Ports which are the centres of the Export Trade.

7. How many countries comprise the United Kingdom and what are their names. Which of these countries is the most important and why? State how they came to be united.

8. Give a list of the counties of

(1) North Wales

(2) Northern Scotland

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with their county towns.

9. Describe the physical features of the Mediterranean Sea. Enumerate and describe shortly the islands in it, stating to whom each belongs.

10. Explain briefly the cause of Ocean currents. Which are the two great currents? Describe their courses. What evidence is there that warm waters from tropical seas are brought to the coasts of Britain? Do they affect the Climate in any way?

No. 11.

1. Explain the terms

GEOGRAPHY.

CLASS II

Watershed, bight, estuary, polar circles, cataract, cascade, lagoon, and the special terms :-Pampas, Steppes, Selvas.

2. Draw a map of England showing the principal coal and iron

districts.

3. In what counties are the following towns situated and for what are they noted:-

Chester, Northampton, Yarmouth, Liverpool, Newcastle on •

Tyne, Ely and Bournemouth.

4. Which are the manufacturing districts of England? What are the three great staples of the manufacturing industry?

5. What railways connect London with Lancashire, Devonshire, Kent, and Scotland?

6. Mention the six Northern counties of England and the two most important towns in each.

7. In what parts of Wales are there slate quarries? Give a short account of them.

8. Describe the course of any two rivers in England stating through which counties they flow and what towns are situated on their

banks.

9. Where are the undermentioned and what you know about them

Malvern Hills, Chiltern Hills, Dartmoor, Ouse, Shoeburyness,

Anglesey, Flamborough Head, Fers, Weald, Snowdon. 10. Describe shortly the canal system of England.

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GEOGRAPHY.

CLASS III.

1. Decribe the climate of Europe taking examples from the different countries.

2. Draw a map of Switzerland filling in the principal mountain ranges, their highest peaks, and the four principal rivers.

3. In what countries do you find the following:-Coal, Copper, Salt, Figs, Iron.

4. Give the boundaries of the German Empire and enumerate the Chief States with their capitals, which form its component parts.'

5. Where are the following towns and for what are they noted :---- Barcelona, Oporto, Strassburg, Trieste, Toulon, Ostend, Athens.

Prague, Bergen, Warsaw, Belgrade, Odessa.

6. Enumerate the rivers which flow into

(1) The North Sea.

(2) Black Sea.

(3) Caspian Sea.

7. What do do you know of the Government and the people of

(1) Russia.

(2) Belgium.

8. Describe briefly the physical features of Italy, enumerate the rivers and mention the principal towns on their banks.

No. 13.

GEOGRAPHY. (CHINA.)

CLASS IV.

1. Compare the Hoang Ho and Yang Tse Kiang rivers with special reference to the

of each.

(1) size

(2) importance from the point of view of commerce

2. Mention and describe any three important Railway lines in existence at the present time in China.

3. What provinces are the following cities situated in and what do .you

know about them :-

Wuchang, Chinanfu, Pakhoi, Weichau, Tong Shan, Niuch-

wang, Paotingfu, Shanhaikwan. Mengtse.

4. What is a Treaty Port? Mention any 12 stating what pro- vinces they are situated in.

5. What are the chief industries of China. Mention the chief imports and exports of China.

6. Give a short account of Tibet.

7. Enumerate the principal mountain ranges which extend through Western China, Tibet, Turkestan, Mongolia.

8. Compare:---

(1) the climate.

(2) the industries (3) the people

of North and South China.

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GEOGRAPHY.

1. Describe the following:-

CLASS V.

Iceberg, volcano, pass, avalanche, plateau, torrid zone, watershed, isthmus.

2. What proofs can you produce to show that the earth is round?

3. Give the boundaries of Europe.

4. Where and what are the undermentioned :—--

Skager Rack, Sound, Spitzbergen, Crete, Corsica, Caucasus, Apennines, Hecla, Rhone, Tagus, Como, Po.

5. Give a short account of :-

Formosa, Borneo, the Mekong, the Yellow river.

6. What rivers in Asia flow into :---

(1) the Pacific Ocean.

(2) the Arctic Ocean.

No. 15.

Note:-

HISTORY.

CLASS I A & B.

[Note:-Dates must in all cases be given.]

Questions 1-10 only to be attempted by Class I B. Questions 7, 8, 9, to be omitted by Class I A.

1. What claim had James I (Class I B.)

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William & Mary (Class I A.) ĺ

to the throne of England?

2. What do you know of :—

(L.) The Main Plot and the Bye 1603.

(2.) The Civil War 1642-49.

(3.) The Fall of Clarendon.

3. Give a short account of the Protectorate, dealing more espe- cially with Cromwell's Home and Foreign Policy.

4. Explain

The Petition of Right, Ship Money, Solemn League and

Covenant, Self Denying Ordinance, Pride's Purge.

5. Give a brief description of

(1.) British Industries.

(2.) Literature and Science in the Stuart Period.

6. What were the grievances of the Commons in the reigns of James I. and Charles I.? What check had the Commons on these sovereigns?

7. How did Charles I. govern England after his quarrel with the Short Parliament, .e., from 1628 to 1640?

8. Give a brief account of the part played by Scotland in the Civil War.

9. Write notes on the following

Sir Edward Coke, Sir Walter Raleigh, Laud, Pym, Blake,

Monk, Penn.

10. Trace the course of the struggle between the King and Parlia- ment during the Stuart period and summarise its results.

11. What events of importance occurred in Scotland and Ireland during the reign of James II.?

12. Describe the principal events in the War of the Spanish Suc-

cession.

13. What efforts did James II. make to regain the throne after his deposition? Who assisted him? Was he successful?

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HISTORY.

CLASS II.

[Note:-Dates must in all cases be given.]

1. Why was James I. called the Learnedest fool in Christendom? Give a brief sketch of his reign.

2. Who were :—

Guy Fawkes, Pym, Blake, Titus Oates, Monmouth, Monk, Wentworth, Harley; and with what events was each especially connected?

3. Give a short account of :--

(1.) The Fire of London.

(2.) The Cabal.

(3.) The Grand Remonstrance.

4. Who were the victorious and defeated sides in the undermen- tioned battles : -་་

Edge Hill, Marston Moor, Naseby, Worcester, Sedgemoor,

Killiecrankie, Ramillies.

5. Why did England join in the War of the Spanish Succession? Who commanded the Allied Force? Mention the chief events in the

war.

6. Give an account of the different Parliaments which assembled during Charles I.'s reign. Which was the most important and why?

7. Give a short description of the Commonwealth. How long did it last?

8. Write short notes on the following:-

Act of Indemnity, Corporation Act, Act of Uniformity, Text

Act, Tonnage and Poundage.

No. 17.

HISTORY.

CLASS III.

1. Give a list of the Plantagenet Kings with their dates.

2. (a) Give a short account of the Feudal System in England in William I.'s reign.

(b) What safeguards did William the Conqueror devise to prevent his barons from becoming too powerful? Did he adopt the feudal system of the Continent in its entirety?

3. What part did the Norman and Plantagenet Kings play in the Crusades? Did any Kings of England go to the Holy Land?

4. Write short notes on :-

Anselm, Lanfranc, Wat Tyler, Robert Bruce, Pembroke,

Black Prince,

and the Black Death, Statute of Labourers, First English

Parliament.

Labou

5. Describe the leading events in the fight for the Succession on Henry I.'s death.

6. Describe the course of events in the Barons War. What brought it about? Who was the leader of the Barons?

7. Who were the opposing forces and what were the results of the following battles? [Give dates]

Bouvines, Falkirk, Stirling,

Bannockburn, Crecy, Poitiers, Neville's Cross.

8. What causes led to the deposition of :---

Edward II.

Richard II.

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HYGIENE.

CLASS I.

1. Why does the body require salts as part of its nourishment? Whence are they derived?

2. In constructing a house what precautions are necessary with reference to :-

(1) Building Materials.

(2) Kitchens.

(3) Latrines and Urinals.

3. Why is steam heating usually unhealthy? What form of artificial heating is the healthiest?

4. Are sewers necessary in every city to carry off :·

(1) slop water.

(2) storm water.

(3) excretal matter.

Give reasons for your opinion on each point.

5. On what principles is the modern control of infectious diseases based?

No. 19.

HYGIENE.

CLASS II.

1. Draw a diagram and explain the use of the Clinical Thermometer.

2. Why should lead piping never be used for a water supply? Illustrate your meaning by reference to the Hongkong system of water supply.

3. Show by a table the different quantities of the four kinds of food required when the body is :-

(1) at rest.

(2) engaged in hard work.

4. (a) What is the healthiest night clothing?

(b) Why are stuffed mattresses unhealthy?

(e) What is the best form of mattress?

5. What are the functions of the following organs of the human body:-

(1) Stomach.

(2) Liver.

(3) Pancreas.

No. 20.

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HYGIENE.

CLASS III.

1. What precautions should always be taken in constructing a house with reference to :-

(1) the site.

(2) the aspect.

(3) the floors.

2. What is the best way of warming a house from a sanitary point of view? Compare the Chinese method with that of any European country known to you.

3. Why are the cubicles in Hongkong so unhealthy? What suggestions can you offer as to their improvement?

4. How are refuse and sewage in towns best disposed of? Illustrate your answer by describing any system with which you are acquainted.

5. What precautions are essential to guard against :---

Malaria, typhoid fever, consumption.

No. 21.

HYGIENE.

CLASS IV.

1. Compare the food of man with that of animals. Of what three substances does the food of man consist ́and whence are they obtained?

2. Describe the construction of the ordinary filter bed. How is the water filtered? Illustrate your meaning by a diagram.

3. What is the proper food for infants and whence is it derived? When should they begin to eat ordinary food?

4. Explain the term "Perspiration." Whence does it arise and what purpose does it serve? What are the two kinds of perspiration?

5. (a) Why is waterproof clothing uncomfortable? Is it healthy?

(b) Compare silk and wool as materials for clothing.

No. 22.

HYGIENE.

CLASS V.

1. What part do plants play in purifying the air? Is it advisable to have them in a room at night?

2. Compare the system of water supply in Hongkong with that in Canton. Which is better? Give reasons.

3. What is meant by "Atmosphere"? What gases does it contain and in what proportion to one another ?

4. What precautions should always be taken in the construction of a well and why?

5. Why is it safer to boil water than to use a filter? Describe the best form of filter known to you.

No. 23.

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BOOK-KEEPING.

CLASS I.

1. What is the difference between a Bill of Exchange and a Promissory Note? Make out (1) a Bill of Exchange (2) a Promissory Note between F. Smith and D. Jones for a transaction to the value of £100. Explain when and how the money is paid in each case.

2. Journalise and post in the Ledger the following:-

Sept. 1 Jas. Murray began business with a capital of

£700 in bank,

4 Bought goods of W. Jones,.

7 Sold goods to R. Carpenter,

for cash,

£ S. d.

210 6 9

of J. Philip,

54 8

94 5 0

48 9 1

24 0 0

23 2 6

10 10

Paid wages by cheque,.

14 Bought goods for cash,

Paid expenses in cash,

Sent a draft to R. Carpenter at 2 months which he accepted,

18 Drew for private use by cheque, Accepted W. Jones' Draft at 1

month,

30 Paid rent by cheque,

94 5 0

10 0 0

150 0 0

15 10 0

3. If the stock-in-hand in the last question is valued at £243 at the end of the month, prepare the Profit and Loss Account and the Balance Sheet.

4. T. Smith of Hongkong, merchant, exported goods costing $1,200 per S.S. Harkaway to X. Caspar of Guam. Freight was paid at destination, but cost of Bill of Lading, Stamps, etc., was 40 cents, Marine Insurance charges were $2.40 and he made 5 per cent. com- mission on the cost. He drew a draft at sight on the consignee for the total amount.

Make the two entries in T. Smith's journal which are necessary to explain the transaction. The accounts concerned in his ledger are :—

X. Caspar Account.

Export Account.

Trade Charges Account.

Marine Insurance Account.

Commission Account.

Bills Receivable Account.

5. Briefly explain the following terms as used in connection with cheques :-

"endorsed", "dishonoured", "not negotiable", "refer

to drawer", "forged".

No. 24.

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BOOK-KEEPING.

CLASS II.

1. Write up the Cash Book for the following entries:-

£ S. d.

Balance in hand at this date,...... 37 17 0

Jan. 1,

Jan. 13,

Paid J. Cummings,

Received from T. James,

5 10 0

17 5 3

Jan. 15,

Paid for House Expenses,

2 14 6

Received from F. J. Smith, Paid T. Manning,

14 17 6

6 3

Paid for Sundry Expenses,

1 5 0

Balance the Cash Book and bring down the amount in hand.

2. Write up the Capital Account of James Snodgrass.

Oct. 1,

Oct. 16,

£ J. d. Balance of Capital on this day,... 369 Paid in the further sum of,

250

2 10

0 0

Nov. 30,

Withdrew,

100 0 0

Dec. 31, Loss on business for the quarter, 587 16 1

Complete the account and bring down the balance.

3. Denfine the following terms:-

Debts receivable, assets, balance sheet, taking stock,

discount, capital.

4. Journalise the following transactions :-

Dec. 1, Cash in hand,

Goods.....

I owe Mr. Hardy,

Mr. Hains owes me,

£ 7

194

Houghton and Son owe me,

Dee. 3,

Sold goods to W. Dick,....

Dec. 5,

Mr. Hains settles his account less 5%

discount.

Dec. 10,

Bought of W. Hardy,

Discount allowed,

Dec. 15,

Sold goods to Howell & Co....

Dec. 31,

Monthly Cash Sales,

Trade Expenses,..

Personal Expenses,

Value of Stock,

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No. 25.

cent.

ARITHMETIC.

CLASS I.

1. Find the Simple Interest on £3,713 10s. for 14 years at 7 per

2. A takes twice as long to do a piece of work as B, and C half as long again as B; the three together take 3 days; how long would

each one take by himself?

3. A puts £600 into a concern, and B, three months afterwards, £300; six months after the start they put in £300 each, and they gain £375 in 18 months. How must they share the profits?

4. The rainfall on a certain day was 135 in.

ton the weight of water which fell on a sq. mile.

Find to the nearest

5. How much less than the true present value will a banker give for a bill of £950 8s. which has 7 months to run at 5 per cent. per

annum.

6. A closed vessel is 8 feet 3 inches long; 7 feet 5 inches wide, and 4 feet 3 inches high, measured externally. If the material be one inch thick, how many cubic feet will the vessel contain?

Only 5 questions to be attempted.

No. 26.

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ARITHMETIC.

CLASS II.

1. Simplify

(1)

37-43 +212

1 739

9.36

(2) 7.5+ 3.75 – 6.375

3.75 + 2.3 4.25.

2. Find by Practice the value of 3 cwt. 3 qrs. 14 lbs. at 16s. Ed. per ton.

3. Find the square root of

22530. 01.

4. A cube contains 9,261 cubic inches. Fine the cost of gilding the outside at 1d. per sq. in.

5. How many hours a day must 24 men work in order to accom- plish as much in 5 days as 25 men working 6 hours a day could do in 4 days?

No. 27.

ARITHMETIC.

CLASS III.

1. If in a division sum the divisor be 8 times, and the quotient 7 times, the remainder, what is the dividend when the remainder is 452?

2. Simplify

(1)

41 + 2112

739

(2)

7.5 + 3.75

6.375

3.75 + 2.3 4.25

3. How many marble slabs 1 foot long and 9 inches broad would pave a hall 50 yards long and 50 feet broad? What would be the cost if the price of slabs is £5 per dozen.

4. Find the value of 3 cwt. 2 qrs. 20 lbs. at £11.13s. 4d. per ton.

5. A clock is correctly set at midnight. On the following day. when the time by the clock is noon the true time is 12.30 p.m. How much does the clock lose in 12 hours time?

No. 28.

1. Find the factors of :-

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ALGEBRA.

CLASS I A.

(1) 9x2-52xy + 35y2,

(2) 3æ2 + 11e + 7

(3) 4a2b2 - (u2 + b2 + c2)2

2. Solve the equations :-

(1)

(2)

e-a

+ ,

به کم

(

3. A number of 3 digits is decreased by 99 if the digits be reversed; the sum of the digits is 15; and, if the number be divided by 10 the quotient is 12 times the remainder. Find the number.

(1) Prove that a2 = 1.

(2) Reduce to its simplest form :-

am + b"

-227

a + b

--- 12

(3) Find the square root of :—

12 ✓ 80

5. (1) Find the sum of

terms of an Arithmetical Progression

whose 1st term is a and whose common difference is d.

(2) What is the 10th term of the series

1 2

(3) Find an Arithmetical Progression whose 1st term is 1

and such that its 1st, 2nd and 6th terms are in G. P.

6. A person buys eggs for 15s. and retails them for 15d. a dozen. thereby gaining the cost of 189 eggs; how many did she buy?

No. 29.

ALGEBRA.

CLASS I B.

is æs

1. Find the factors of:

(1) x2 + ť

30.

(2) 9x2-52 ay + 35y2.

(3), 19a.

2. The H. C. F. of 2 expressions is (7), and their L. C. M. is

10æ2 + 11æ + 70. One of the expressions is 2

25 14.

Find the other.

― ·

3. Simplify

www.w

2. 3

∞ ( x + 1) a (x + 1) (x + 2)

it (i + 2)

4. A boy starts from home and walks to school at the rate of 11 yards in 9 seconds and is one minute late. If he had walked at the rate of 22 yards in 15 seconds he would have been half a minute too

Find the distance to the school.

soon.

5. Solve the equations :---

(1)

(2)

No. 30.

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ALGEBRA.

CLASS II.

1. Simplify the following expression and re-arrange according to powers of .

abe + 7a x3 3bx

2. Solve the equations

----

4 [4cx 22 2ca)}]

3bx+ {4cx 4 (a2x2

(1) 5 (2x+6) = 7 (x + 4) +1.

(2) (x + 1)(x + 2) + (x + 3) (x + 4) = 2 (x + 1)2.

3. Find the factors of :-

(1) +y (2) x2 (3) 1

x3y2.

32.

9as.

Four years ago the What is the age of

4. A father is 3 times as old as his son. father was 4 times as old as his son then was. each?

5. Find the H. C. F. of

10x2 + 36x 8 and a3 9x2 + 23x and the L. ('. M. of

No. 31.

X 2

1 x + ì,

ALGEBRA.

CLASS III.

1, x + 1.

1. Multiply:

a2 + b2 + c 2 be

са

ab by a + b + c.

2. Simplify the following expression and re-arrange it according to powers of a.

abe + 7a3.e3 — 3hr — 4 [462,p2 — 3bx3 + {4cx − 4 (a2x2 -

2cx3)}].

3. Solve the equation :--

5 (2x+6)= 7 (+4) + 11.

4. Find the factors of :---

(1) x1y − x3y2.

(2) a2 4a 32.

(3) 1-9a2.

5. Trace the graph of the equation:-

2+1

No. 32.

1. If a expressions :--

ALGEBRA.

CLASS IV.

1, b = 2, c = 3, d= 0, find the value of the following

(1)_4a2 + 362 + c2.

2a + b + c

(2)

a + 20

(3) 2ab + be

ar + 6bd.

2. What is the meaning of the following expressions :--

(1) a3.

(2) 63 (4.

(3)_abe (a + b)2 (a + b + c).

3. Add together :--

(1) 3a + 3b, 4a6b, 6a9b2c, 2b+11c. (2) x2 + 2xy + a2y2; x2 - 2ax + a2y + a3; ¿5 -

a2y a2 42 + ax.

4. Find the difference between

(1) a + be, and

a + b —

+36 c.

(2) ab-12e ed ad and ab+bc23ed + bed.

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No. 33.

GEOMETRICAL DRAWING.

CLASS IV.

1. Define straight line, scalene triangle, trapezium, sector, tangent.

2. If you are given the length of three straight lines can you always construct a triangle with them? Give reasons for your answer.

3. Show how to construct a rhombus having given one side and the diagonals.

4. Divide a straight line 3 inches long into 4 equal parts and at each point erect a perpendicular 3 inches in length,

5. Divide a right angle into 8 equal parts.

No. 34.

GEOMETRY.

CLASSES I A and B.

5 Questions only to be answered. IA ought to attempt Question 6.

1. If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other each to each and the angles included by these sides equal, then the angles are equal in all respects.

Prove this proposition.

Discuss the case where two triangles have two sides and an angle, not the included angle, equal.

2. If a straight line cuts two other straight lines so as to make the alternate angles equal the two straight lines are parallel.

Prove the proposition.

If the straight line which bisects the external angle of a triangle is parallel to the opposite side shew that the triangle is isosceles.

3. At a given point in a straight line make an angle equal to a given angle.

Construct a triangle from the following data :-

a=6.5 cm b + c 10 cm

B=60°

4. Prove that the area of a triangle is equal to one half the base multiplied by the altitude.

ABC is any triangle whose base BC is bisected at X. If Fis any point in the median AX, show that the triangle_ABY=triangle ACY in area.

5. A ladder 50 ft. long is placed so as to reach a window 48 ft. high; and on moving the ladder over to the other side of the street it reaches a point 14 ft. high. Find the breadth of the street.

6. The tangent at any point of a circle is perpendicular to the radius at the point of contact.

From a given point as centre describe a circle to touch a given circle. How many solutions will there be?

•

No. 35.

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GEOMETRY.

CLASS II.

1. If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other each to each, and the angles included by those sides equal, then the triangles are equal in all respects. Prove this proposition.

Discuss the case where two triangles have two sides and an angle. not the included angle, equal.

2. If a straight line cuts two other straight lines so as to make the alternate angles equal, the two straight lines are parallel.

3. (1) Prove that the sum of the angles of any quadrilateral is equal to 4 right angles.

(2) How many sides have the regular polygons whose angles are (a) 108° (b) 156°.

4. Prove that the diagonals of a rhombus bisect one another at right angles.

5. In a triangle ABC the base angles at B & C are bisected by BO

and ('O respectively, show that BOC = 90°

+ 4.

No. 36.

GEOMETRY.

CLASS III.

1. Define the following terms

Plane, circle, perpendicular, median.

2. If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the other, cach to each, and the angles included by those sides equal. then the triangles are equal in all respects.

Prove the proposition.

3. If two angles of a traingle are equal to one another then the sides which are opposite to the equal angles are equal to one another.

4. If ABCD is a rhombus and the diagonals cut one another at Ò, Prove:-

(1) Angle ABC-angle ADC.

(2) AC bisects each of angles BAD, BCD.

(3) BO=OD.

(4) AOB, AOD) are right angles.

5. The earth raakes a complete revolution about its axis in 24 hours. Through what angle will it turn in 3 hours 20 minutes, and how long will itt ake to turn through 130°?

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No. 37.

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MENSURATION.

CLASSES I A & B.

1. Having given the chord of an arc and the diameter of a circle, show how to find the height of the arc.

The chord of an arc is 49 feet, and the chord of half the arc is 25 feet. Find the diameter of the circle.

2. In measuring the side of a square field the side is taken 2 chains too long and the calculated area is consequently 36 acres 4 square chains too large; what is the true area of the field?

3. The radius of a circle is 15 feet. Find the area of the two parts into which it is divided by a chord equal to the radius.

4. Find the volume, and the area of the curved surface, of a cone

12 inches in height and 10 inches in diameter.

5. Calculate the area of the field whose dimensions are given.

CHAINS

to E

D9!

7 F

B 4

5 G

From A

No. 38.

MENSURATION.

CLASS II.

1. A ladder 25 feet long stands upright against a wall; find how far the bottom of the ladder must be pulled out from the wall so as to lower the top 5 feet.

2. The chord of an are is 10 inches and the diameter is 26 inches. Find the chord of half the arc.

3. The diameter of a carriage wheel is 28 inches; find how many revolutions the wheel makes in travelling half a mile.

4. A rectangle measures 48 feet by 28 feet; find the area of a square which has the same perimeter as the rectangle.

5. The sides of a triangle are 13, 14 and 15 feet; find the perpendi- cular from the opposite angle on the side of 14 feet.

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No. 39.

1. Define a radian.

(1.)

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TRIGONOMETRY.

SENIOR.

Find the radian measure of :-

a right angle ;

(2.) the exterior angle of a regular octagon.

2. Prove the following identities :--

1 + sin B

(1.) (tan B + sec B)

sin B

(2.) cos (2A-3B)+cos 3B sin (2A-3B) + sin 3B

=cot A

(3.) tan

tan

+ tan

tan

+ tan

tan

180°

if A + B + C

3. The angle of elevation of the top of a pillar is 30° and on approaching 20 feet nearer it is 60°; find the height of the pillar.

4. Show how to solve a triangle having given 3 sides.

If the sides of a triangle are as 4: 7: 5, find the greatest angle, given cos 78°27'.

5. Find the radius of a circle circumscribing a triangle.

Prove that in any triangle:-

a cos A + b cos B + e cos C = 4R sin A sin B sin C.

No. 40.

TRIGONOMETRY.

JUNIOR.

1. Prove geometrically the following identities:-

(1) cos 2 A + sin 2 A

(2) cosec A 1 + cot? A.

(3) tan 30° =√

2. Define a radian. Find the radian measure of a right angle.

Find the numerical value of :----

2 sin + cos

3. If cot A==c, show that c+c-1-sec A cosec A.

4. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower is 30°, on walking 100 yards nearer the elevation is found to be 60°.

of the tower.

5. Prove the formula :-

sin (A+B) sin A cos B-cos A sin B.

Prove the identities:

cos (A-B) cos A sin B

-Cot B + tan A.

Find the height

1 + tan A

tan (45° + A)

1 tan A

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No. 41.

TRANSLATE INTO CHINESE.

CLASSES I, II & III.

1. The ruin or prosperity of a state depends so much upon the administration of its Government, that to be acquainted with the merit of a ministry, we need only observe the condition of the people. If we see them obedient to laws, prosperous in their industry, united at home and respected abroad, we may reasonably presume that their affairs are conducted by men of experience, ability, and virtue. If on the other hand, we see an universal spirit of distrust and dissatisfaction, a rapid decay in trade, discussions in all parts of the Empire, and a total loss of respect in the eyes of foreign powers, we may pronounce without hesita- tion that the Government of that country is weak, distracted and corrupt.

2. The situation at Chinchow seems somewhat graver. On the 21st at night some villagers burned the cottages outside the City and even attempted an attack on the City itself, but were, however, repulsed. Some looting seems to have taken place within the City and a number of refugees have arrived at Pakhoi.

3. The Harbour of Hongkong is one of the finest and most beauti- ful in the World. It consists of a sheet of water between the island and the mainland and is enclosed on all sides by lofty hills, formerly destitute of foliage, but the island slopes are gradually becoming clothed with young forests, the result of the afforestation scheme of the Government.

N. B.-Class I should attempt the 1st question.

No. 42.

TRANSLATE INTO CHINESE.

CLASSES IV & V.

1. Over one thousand members of the Triad Society are planning a rising on the Northern borders of the Kwang Tung province. The local authorities have telegraphed for troops.

2. Give the Chinese for :-

The Governor of Hongkong.

The Registrar General.

The Captain Superintendent of Police.

The Puisne Judge.

The Sanitary Board.

3. Viceroy Shum Chun Hün has telegraphed to the Peking Government for permission to resign his Viceroyalty of the Two Kwang provinces, so as to enable him to rest at Shanghai.

4. The Emperor Kwong Sui is still ill. He has a very poor appetite and the palace doctors are in daily attendance. It is feared that he will not recover from his present illness.

N. B.-Not more than two questions to be attempted.

No. 43.

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Translation from Chinese to English. Classes

II & III need only attempt 2 questions.

(三) 滑稽受困人之儒惟務雕蟲專工翰墨靑春作賦皓首窮經筆下雖有千言胸中實無一策 (二) 答曰儒有君子小人之別君子之儒忠君愛國守正惡邪務便澤及當時名留後世若夫小

也兩小兒笑曰孰爲汝多知乎大乎一兒日日初出滄滄凉凉及其日中如探湯此不爲近者熟而遠者凉乎孔子不能决

敘此曾欠酒賬未交請銷舊欸方能賒新服也衆鼓掌大笑滑稽語塞迫得倍酬酒金焉再來時清欸可乎店主答曰何不可之有惟記得一萬六千年前今年4月今日今時等君六千年當還原一次則一萬六千年後今年今月今日我輩仍叙於此請暫記今日酒賬安答當倍酬酒金如不能當遍酌諸客店主領之滑稽日昔有希臘天文博士言世界一萬有少年數輩乘暇遊於村落入一肆沽飲食畢中有滑稽者笑謂店主日我有一言如能

初出遠而日中時近也一兒日日初出大如車蓋及日中則如盤盂此不爲遠者小而近者 (一)孔子東灘見兩小兒辨鬬問其故一兒日我以日始出時去人近而日中時遠也一兒以日

No. 44.

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TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH.

CLASSES IV & V.

(Not more than four questions neeil be attempted.)

一〇君仁莫不仁君義莫不義君正莫不正

二〇人活一世草生一秋

五〇電車

三〇或曰以德報怨何如子日何以報德以直報怨以德報德

異端直如盜賊水火且水火盜賊害止及身異端之害害及人心

省人事醫院調理聞該挑夫被撞之由因欲從車道越過適車駛至遂被撞倒不

六〇扣留執照無牌小輪某號與全利小輪相撞一案經船政司審訊

電車傷人初二日下午有挑夫被電車撞倒頭顯受傷舁往國家

調兩輪舵工均有過失故將兩舵工之執照扣留兩月

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Appendix B.

TABLE SHEWING NAMES OF MASTERS AND THE NUMBER OF DIVISIONS.

DR. G. H. Bateson Wright, D.D., HEADMASTER.

Class.

Division.

Name of Master.

II.

III.

AAAAAAD AASää jäóág

T. K. Dealy.

A. W. Graut.

IV.

Ying Wing-chik. Chiu Yung-chi.

Wong Hoi-man.

Chau Sz-yiu.

VI & VII.

A. H. Crook, B.A. Ng I.

G. P. de Martin, B.A. Tse Chin-fong.

Kong Ki-fai.

H. L. Garrett, B.A.

Leung Kwong-kun.

Lan Tsoi.

Li Ying-shiu. Fung Sz-chau.

A. R. Sutherland.

VI.

VII.

E. Ralphs, F.R.G.S., Normal Master, and

five pupil teachers.

5 Pupil Teachers under Mr. Ralphs, Normal Master.

4202 4

Lo Wai-hong.

Leung Wing-wai. Cheng Ka-shing. Tang Tsok-san.

Cheung Kit-shing.

Lai Shiu-kit.

Ho Moug.

5 Vernacular Masters.

Lo Po-tang. Ho Fung-cheung.

Chan Tat-ming.

Chan Man-tsun.

HONGKONG.

REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

No. 23

1907

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

1.- Revenue and Expenditure.

(See Tables I a to I d.)

The revenue collected during the year amounted to $177,284.21 and exceeded the amount collected in 1905 by $4,336.32. The estimated revenue for the year was $170,250.00. The principal increases are under the heads-Hawkers and Markets. The number of Hawkers' Licences was 14,165 compared with 13,782 in 1905.

sgras

The increase of $3,976 in the revenue from the lease of market premises comes princi- pally from the Central, Western and Hunghom Markets, but the new Mongkoktsui Market also contributes $849. This market contains 40 stalls and by the 1st April they had all been let at a monthly rental of $104.30. In the usual course rents began to find their proper level and had fallen to $79.90 in December. The New Western Market was completed during the year and by the end of November the poultry and fish-dealers had been transferred from the old to the new market. The tenants complain that there has been a great falling off in their business since their removal to the new premises and I believe there is some foundation for the complaint. The accommodation provided for the poultry dealers has been found in- sufficient.

The licensing of Postmen and Postal Hongs was taken over by the Post Office on the 1st May, and the licensing of boats by the Harbour Department at the close of the year.

The total expenditure du the year was $36,947.46 compared with $31,761.32 in 1905. Of this increase $3,73 were spent on the Census which was taken on the 21st November. The actual expenditure fell short of the estimate by $9,415.45, of which a litt over $8,500 is due to the height of Exchange and changes in the Staff.

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2.-Protection of Women and Girls.

See Tables II à to II ƒ.)

(i.)-Women and Girls Protection Ordinance, No. 4 of 1897.

The number of women detained under warrant was 160 compared with 262 in 1905. 299 persons were admitted into the Po Leung Kuk. Of these 8 were runaway maidser- vants. Table II f shews the number of girls apparently under 16 years of age who have been sent under warrant to the Italian Convent or Miss Eyre's Refuge under the authority of section 35. The total number of persons sent by the Registrar General to these two insti- tutes during the year was 31, 10 to the Italian Convent, and 21 to Miss Eyre's Refuge. The number sent under warrant was 6 and 7 respectively. Both these places of refuge have been visited more than once during the year. Miss Eyre's Refuge has been lately moved into more roomy and suitable premises. In two cases in which the production of a girl when called for was guaranteed under bond, the amount of the bond has been forfeited.

(ii.)-Po Leung Kuk Incorporation Ordinance, No. 6 of 1893.

The report of the Society, for the year 1906, will be found in Appendix A to this Report..

The Permanent Board of Directors consists of the following members:-

Ex-Officio Members :-

The Registrar General.

The two Chinese Members of the Legislative Council.

Other Members:-

1. Lau Shai-chak appointed 26th June, 1893.

2. Leung Pui-chi

3. Ip Oi-shan

_ 4. Li Sau-hin

14th August, 1896.

17th July, 1897.

5. Ku Fai-shan

6. Chiu Chau-sam

7. Pun Yan-tsün

26th October, 1905.

23rd November, 1905.

27th March, 1906.

S. Yung Shiu-po

8th May, 1906.

3.-Emigration.

Emigration Ordinance, No. 1 of 1889.

(See Tables III a and b.)

The examination of emigrants is conducted by the Assistant Registrar General and occupied about 109 hours; this is exclusive of the time spent by the Registrar General in re-examining suspected cases. Out of 11,071 women and children examined before embarkation, 35 or 0.32 per cent. were detained for enquiries as against 78 or 0.69 per cent. in 1905.

3 cases were still under consideration at the end of the year. Of the remaining 32, 6 or 19 per cent. were ultimately allowed to leave without any order being made, as against 34 per cent. in 1905. 96 per cent. of the emigrants examined were going to the Straits Settlements.

On two occasions during the year I have visited ships taking Chinese third class passen- to the Straits Settlements and have been successful in detecting a certain number of cases gers in which men or boys were being taken abroad under false pretences. It is expected an opportunity will soon be given to discuss the whole question of emigration to the Straits Settlements with the Secretary for Chinese Affairs in that Colony.

On a third occasion Sergeant GRANT brought off from a p 11 men who were unwilling proceed on their journey; the recruiter who had brought them down to Hongkong had

ppeared, and the men had got scared.

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Hongkong is also directly intérested in emigration of Chinese to British North Borneo. As far as I have an opportunity of judging, emigration of labourers to that Colony from Hongkong does not seem to be very flourishing. The class of men who now go compare very unfavourably with the Hakka farm-labourers who used to be recruited some years ago, but the terms offered on the tobacco-plantations do not seem attractive enough. In the Canton river delta the farm-labourer receives $36 a year and board and lodging, and something more than that will be needed to attract good labourers. In June a number of coolies were discovered on board the S.S. "Mausang" bound for British North Borneo. They were shut up in the wheel-house and forepeak. They had all been questioned before embarkation and had expressed their willingness to go.

There is no direct emigration to Samoa from Hongkong, but it is believed coolies are taken from the neighbourhood of Hongkong and Canton to Swatow and embarked there. In June a placard was found posted in Queen's Road purporting to be a letter addressed by a Chinese labourer in Samoa to his clansmen complaining of ill-treatment. The emigration from Swatow appears to be conducted under regulations made by the Chinese Local Authorities.

During the year 52 hotel-licences and 36 emigration house licences were issued. The former houses accommodate men and women, and are patronised not only by intending emigrants but by visitors to Hongkong. The boarding houses are made use of by male emigrants or returning emigrants, of the labouring class.

Licensed on 31st December, 1905.

Accommodation for boarders.

Licensed on 31st December, 1906.

Accommodation for boarders.

Hotels,

Emigration

houses,

2,615

250

2,714

412

The increase in the number of licensed emigration-houses is satisfactory, and may be attributed perhaps to the supervision exercised by the Police. One European Sergeant is detailed to board emigrant ships and visit emigrant houses, and reports regularly to the Re- gistrar General.

4. Regulation of Chinese. Ordinance No. 3 of 1888.

(i.)-Registration of Householders.

(See Tables IV a and b.)

Ordinance No. 13 of 1906 enables the provisions of Part III of the Crdinance to be cx- tended by Order-in-Council to parts of the Colony other than Victoria. Steps are now being taken to bring the Ordinance into force in the urban part of the Kowloon peninsula.

ii.)--District Watchmen.

(See Tables Va and b.)

The work of enlarging the Central District Watchmen's Quarters at Taipingshan was completed on the 1st March.

The balance to the credit of the Fund on 31st December was $10,276 as against $9,452 for the preceding year. The total expenditure for the year is less by $7,253 than for 1905, but this is more than accounted for by the small expenditure on new quarters--$3,607, com- pared with $12,347 for the previous year. Wages shew an increase of $749. The item rent has now disappeared from the accounts. It was in 1897 that it was first decided to build

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quarters for the watchmen. Since then quarters in which all the watchmen are now accom- modated have been built in Taipingshan, at West Point and at East Point. The number of resignations and dismissals shews a progressive decrease:-

Year.

Resignations,

Dismissals,

1904.

1905.

1906.

One hundred and sixty-eight convictions were obtained before the Police Magistrate through the instrumentality of the District Watchmen. The District Watchmen Committee met eleven times during the year. The Committee lost by resignation the services of Mr. CHAT PAN-PO, a gentleman universally respected. Mr. CHOA LEEP CHEE was appointed to fill the vacancy.

The list of present members and the dates of their appointments are given

below-

Chairman:

The Registrar General.

Other Members :

The Hon. Dr. Ho KAI, appointed 1st December, 1891.

LEUNG PUI CHI,

TSEUNG SZ KAI,

LAU YAM CHUNG

Ho FUK,

FUNG WA CHUN,

14th July, 1898.

LI PAK,

30th May, 1900.

U HOI CHAU,

29th November, 1901.

LAU CHU PAK,

6th February, 1902.

The Hon. Mr. WEI YUK,

28th February, 1903.

TONG LAI CHUen,

27th October, 1905.

CHAN CHUN CHUEN,

22nd November, 1905.

CHOA LEEP Chee,

7th May, 1906.

(iii.)-Permits.

The nature and number of permits issued during the year were as follows:-

To fire crackers for marriages,

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225

on other occasions,

310

To hold processions,

in other than permanent build-

To perform theatricals

ings,

in permanent buildings,

To hold religious ceremonies,

Total,

449

It's NO H

Permits to hold religious ceremonies and theatrical performances in the New Territories north of the Kowloon Range are issued by the Assistant Superintendent of Police at Taipo.

In consequence of an outburst of cracker firing close to the Government Civil Hospital whilst a procession to check the plague was being held, the area within which cracker firing has been hitherto forbidden has been somewhat enlarged. (3851/06 C.S.O.).

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5.-Population.

Marriages. Ordinance No. 7 of 1875 as amended by Ordinance No. 15 of 1902

and Ordinance No. 6 of 1903.

The number of marriages solemnized during the year was 125, as compared with 149- in 1905. Twenty marriages were contracted at the Registrar General's Office.

225 permits were issued to fire crackers on the occasion of Chinese marriages, as against 292 in 1905.

St. Andrew's Church, Kowloon, (Govt. Not. No. 865 of 1906) and the Wesleyan Chapel, Aberdeen Street, (Govt. Not. No. 1,080 of 1906) were licensed for the solemni- zation of marriages.

Births and Deaths. Ordinance No. 7 of 1896.

(Tables VI a and b.)

For full particulars regarding these, reference should be made to the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

The Births registered during the year were as follows:-

Chinese, Non-Chinese,

Males.

Females. Total.

684

344

1,028

161

132

293*

845

476

1,321

* Including 2 males and 1 female registered after the expiration of 12 months.

Four hundred and sixteen (416) births were registered during the year in the West Point and East Point registration offices in Victoria. The total number of Chinese births registered in Victoria shews a slight increase over the number for 1905. On two occasions the Chinese Press have kindly inserted a notice pointing out the benefits of registration and these are no doubt better appreciated than they were. The figures for the last ten years are:--

Number of Births registered.

Year.

1897,

1898.

1899,

1900,

1901,

1902,.

1903,

1904.

1905,.

1906,...

..858

.778

684

..544

.663

....738

...550

.622

...605

...644

* The two district registries were opened on 1st July, 1904,

The number of deaths registered during the year was :--

Chinese, Non-Chinese,

•

.8,087

292

Total,

.8,379

336

It is difficult to see how to increase the proportion of births registered. Without domiciliary visits it is impossible to ascertain where a birth has occurred. Something may be done to make registration more convenient by an increase in the number of offices but it is not certain that convenience of itself is a sufficient inducement to parents to report a birth. It is time a district office was opened at Hunghom.

The registers of births and deaths at the Shamshuipo district office were destroyed in the typhoon of the 18th September, but copies of the entries up to the 30th June had already been made and forwarded to the Registrar General's Office.

Exhumations.

Three hundred and thirty-six (336) permits were issued to exhume human remains for removal to China or for re-burial in the Colony.

Removals of Bodies from Colony.

Six hundred and six (606) certificates were issued by the Police for removal of bodies from the Colony.

6.--Vaccination. Ordinance No. 2 of 1890.

(See Tables VII a to VII e.

Returns have been obtained from the villages. They are not quite satisfactory, but at any rate a commencement has been made with the keeping of a record. The officer in charge of Kowloon City Office thinks that in a number of cases where the children have been vac- cinated no certificate is received by the registrar. This is probably true not only of Kowloon City but of Shaukiwan, Yaumati and other out-districts as well, as will be seen by a reference to Table VII a.

The increase in the number of vaccinations is most satisfactory. House-to-house vac- cination was carried out by the Public Dispensary doctors in Victoria in the cold season of 1905-1906,-531 vaccinations were performed-and is being carried out this cold season not only in Victoria but in Yaumati and Hunghom as well.

7.-Registration of Books. Ordinance No. 2 of 1888.

Sixty-five books were registered during the year, compared with sixty-six in 1905.

8.-Copyright in Works of the Fine Arts: Ordinance No. 17 of 1901. Three sets of photographs were registered during the year.

9.-Certificates of Identity to Chinese entering the United States of America, etc. Ordinance No. 3 of 1898.

The number of certificates issued during the years 1905 and 1906 was:

To the United States,

Hawaiian Islands, Philippines,

1905. 1906.

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The issue of these certificates is now confined to Chinese who are British subjects

esident in Hongkong.

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10.-Tung Wa Hospital. Ordinances No. 1 of 1870 and No. 9 of 1904.

(See Table VIII and Appendix B.)

The names of the Directors of the Tung Wa Hospital elected on the 9th December, 1906, are:-

HO TAI-SHANG of Jardine Matheson & Co.

CHU SIK-UE of the Hang Kee Firm.

TSE YAM-CHI of the Ming San Bank.

LAU CHIN-TING of the Hing Lung Pawn shop.

MUI KING-SHEK of the Kung Fat Wing Californian Firm.

SHE PO-SHAN of the Tung Tak Shing Cotton and Yarn Firm. CHOI KWAI-NG of the Holland China Trading Co.

LAI WAI-TONG, Merchant.

LO KIT-PING of the Wang Hing Foreign Goods Firm.

IU PING-UE of the Ying Fat Yuen Opium Firm.

TONG TSE-SAU of the Tung On Insurance Co.

CHENG CHEUNG-TSEUNG of the Shing Hop Cheung Firm.

WONG SHAM-KIU of the Wing Cheung Shing Piece Goods Firm.

PAU TAK-HANG of Meyer & Co.

LI KIN-TONG, Merchant.

LI PING-SHEK of the Kwong Yuen Rice Shop.

The accounts will be found in Appendix B.

The funds of the Hospital are in a satisfactory condition, the credit balance at the close of the year being $17,782.38. The expenditure was $72,519.63 as against $67,644 in 1905. A trusted employé of the hospital absconded at the end of the year and defalcations to the extent of $5,927.95 were discovered. This amount was made good by past and present directors of the hospital and others. A small committee was appointed to enquire into the keeping of the accounts and to recommend what safeguards should be adopted, and their report was submitted to His Excellency the Governor.

There are certain disadvantages connected with a complete change every year in the personnel of the Board of Directors and to reduce these and to obtain continuity I have invited sixteen gentlemen to assist me as an Advisory Board. This is an informal body not provided for in the constitution of the hospital but its duties are purely consultative. All members are past directors and eight of them have acted as Chairmen. On more than one occasion I have found their advice of great value.

The hospital has vacated the old dispensary building and leased it to the Po Leung Kuk, and out-patients are now seen in the hall of the new wing.

The Government has sanctioned the establishment of a hospital for Chinese in the Kowloon Peninsula and promised to provide a site. A committee has been formed, and estimates of the cost of erection and maintenance have been drawn up. $37.850 have been subscribed but it was thought unwise to open a public subscription list until after Chinese New Year. A public meeting has been held at Yaumati and the hospital will receive I think, the active support of the inhabitants of Yaumati and Hunghom.

11.-Chinese Public Dispensaries.

(Table IX a to LX d.)

The Chinese Public Dispensaries were instituted in March last under the style of Tung Wa Hospital Branch Offices. It has now been thought better to sever a connection- which was almost nominal-and to regard them as distinct institutions. At the close of the year a Committee of nineteen was formed to undertake the charge of the dispensaries and it is hoped ultimately to obtain fuller support in Victoria by the formation of local committees, similar to those which manage the dispensaries in Yaumati, Hunghom and Kowloon City.

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The dispensary at Kau Ue Fong for the central part of the town was completed on the 4th September at a cost of $1,732.50. The cost of the building and of the furniture and equipment will not be a charge on the dispensary funds, thanks to the generosity of Mr. Họ KOM-TONG Who made a gift of $2,000 for that purpose. The site cost $3,391. One-third of this has already been promised and I am sanguine that the remaining two-thirds will be forthcoming. On the 27th May a dispensary was opened in Yaumati at the request of the inhabitants, and another at Hunghom on the 17th June. Well attended public meetings were held in both places to mark the opening. Table IX a shews the work that has been dlone during the year. In Victoria the number of patients treated is three times the number treated in the nine months of 1905 during which the dispensaries were open; the number of death certificates, four times. The number of infants brought to the office is less, but it is satisfactory to find that 867 infants were treated at the five dispensaries. The practice of leaving dead bodies in the streets is more prevalent than it was in 1905 but this is due as will be seen from the subjoined table to the increase in infectious diseases.

Dumped bodies.

Infants.

Others.

VICTORIA.

Plague

Small-pox

Total.

Cases.

1905.....

410

176

614

160

1906

530

266

796

611

133

DUMPED BODIES.

Infants.

Others.

KOWLOON.

Plagne

Small-pox

Total.

Cases.

1905........

171

239

1906.

275

176

451

220

Table IXc is an account of the money which passes through the Registrar General's hands. In Victoria all receipts are paid to the Registrar General and all payments made by him. In the case of the dispensaries in the Kowloon Peninsula, the salaries of the doctors and clerks are paid by the Registrar General, the wages of the coolies and rents of buildings are approved by him, but the payments of these items and of miscellaneous charges are made by the local committee. The actual receipts and expenditure of each dispensary are given in Table IX d.

12.-District Plague Hospitals.

Thirty-three patients were received into the Kowloon Plague Hospital mostly frour Yaumati. The hospital was built as was mentioned in my last report at the expense of Kowloon City and neighbourhood, but the cost of maintenance during the year was shared. by Hunghom and Yaumati. The hospital-which was a matshed-disappeared in the typhoon of the 18th September. There is every prospect of the local committees in the Kowloon Peninsula opening district plague hospitals in 1907.

A district plague hospital was opened at Nos. 63 & 65 Third Street in Saiyingpun, and 18 persons were treated there. It is managed by the local committee and is under the charge of the public dispensary doctor. The Government has provided a sum of $2,000 for 190 as a grant-in-aid to these hospitals.

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13.-Chinese Recreation Ground.

(See Table X.)

The rent from the shops round this ground affords ample revenue for its maintenance. A wall was blown down and the buildings were somewhat damaged by the typhoons in September but the necessary repairs have since been made; their cost, $314, will appear in the accounts for 1907.

14. Passage Money Fund.

(See Table XI.)

This fund is used as far as possible exclusively for the benefit of women and children.

15.-Registrar General's Office Charitable Fund.

It has been found impossible during the year to do anything towards increasing this fund. The Yaumati hospital and the Typhoon Relief Fund have claimed precedence, and I have had to postpone action for another year.

16.--Legislation.

The following is the only Ordinance passed in 1906 which more particularly affects the Chinese Community:

No. 12.-Regulation of Chinese (Amendment) Ordinance.

By this Ordinance Part III of Ordinance No. 3 of 1888 providing for the Registration of Householders may be extended by Order-in-Council to any part of the Colony and it is proposed to extend it in the first place as was suggested in my last annual report, to Yaumati and Hunghom.

The Chinese took a great interest in the running of Workmen's Cars on the Electric Tramway and previous to the passing of the resolution of the Legislative Council on this subject on the 21st June, a small committee consisting of the Registrar General, the two Chinese members of Council and two other Chinese gentlemen enquired into the question and made a report.

17.-Prosecutions.

(See Table XII.)

Table XII is not a full list of prosecutions under these Ordinances but only of such as were undertaken or might have been undertaken by this Department.

18.-Interpretation Sub-Department.

Government Notification No. 581 of 1901.

(See Table XIII.)

The Interpretation Department consists of 21 posts, in addition to the Sergeant Inter- preters in the Police Department and the Inspectors' Interpreters in the Sanitary Depart- ment. (See General Order No. 16.)

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During the year two Student Interpreters passed the examination for a third class cer- tificate and received appointments in the Police Department. Four new Student Interpreters were appointed, and at the close of the year there were nine Student Interpreters still pursu- ing their course of study. A full list of all the Student Interpreters is given in Table XIII. The class of boys attracted is good, and under the scheme the interpreters provided for the junior posts are incomparably superior in knowledge of English and Chinese to the men who were candidates for them previous to 1901.

19.-General.

Early in the year a petition signed by 300 of the principal inhabitants of the New Territories was presented praying for a reduction in the rate of Crown Rent. The prayer was met by an undertaking to fix the present Rents for 75 years and the decision of the Government was accepted.

In May a petition was received from the inhabitants of New Kowloon complaining of the difficulty they experienced in complying with the building laws.

In consequence of a decline in the value of house property in Victoria a petition was presented in May signed by 68 Chinese land-owners praying for a re-valuation but it was impossible to accede to their request as the right of appeal had lapsed on the 6th April.

The loss of boats in the typhoon of the 18th September resulted in the issue of a large number of new boat licences and duplicate licences, as damaged boats were repaired and new boats bought or built. Between the 19th September and the close of the year the number of licences issued was :-

Cargo boats, Rowing boats, Other boats,

Duplicate Licences. New Licences.

123

119

105

375

227

599

The fees for duplicate licences were remitted by the Governor-in-Council. The cargo- boats that escaped undamaged and boats brought to the Colony from Canton and elsewhere, made big profits out of the necessities of merchants and ship-owners. Charges seven or eight times those paid before the typhoon were made by cargo-boats, and the Government realising the necessity for attracting boats to the Colony and for hastening the repairing of wrecked boats and the building of new ones, sanctioned a charge of four times the legal fare. On the 23rd November when it was thought the state of affairs had become normal, it was decided to enforce the legal scale of charges under pain of cancellation of licence.

The site of a second typhoon shelter is under consideration. The boat-people prefer Kennedy Town if a shelter could be built large enough to accommodate all the boats that might seek safety there. Failing that they are in favour of a shelter at Mongkoktsui.

In February and the early spring it was necessary to again have recourse to water-boats to supplement the supply of water through the mains. The scarcity was felt more particularly in the Western part of the town but the Chinese business quarter was also affected.

The

great depreciation in the value of the local subsidiary coinage was felt by the Crown Tenants in the New Territories when the Government decided to refuse to accept amounts over two dollars in subsidiary coin. The retail business of the Colony among the Chinese is transacted in subsidiary coin, and insistence on payments being made in legal tender was equivalent to an increase of seven or more per cent. in the Crown Reut.

The site selected by the Chinese for their small-pox hospital did not meet with the approval of the Medical Department. It is difficult to find a site in the neighbourhood of the town which meets the latest requirements of sanitary experts, and in the case of small-poy the Chinese particularly dread exposure to wind and treatment on the water.

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The advisability of exhuming all bodies buried in public cemeteries after an interval of seven years was discussed in the Sanitary Board, but the Chinese would not declare them- selves in favour of such a practice except in the sections where burials are free.

A Sub-Committee of the Board has been appointed to select a site suitable for a cemetery for the more well-to-do classes of the Chinese, in which it would be possible to purchase family burial places and build tombs of the customary design. It is to be hoped a convenient site can be found and approved by the Government.

The local Chinese Press which has developed considerably during the last few years consisted at the beginning of the year of nine newspapers with an estimated circulation of 27,000 copies. Two anti-dynastic newspapers died during the year but another one was started, and a second is to commence after the Chinese New Year.

20. Staff.

1. The Registrar General was absent on vacation leave from the 28th August to the 3rd October, and Mr. E. A. IRVING, Inspector of Schools, acted during his absence.

2. The Assistant Registrar General, Mr. C. CLEMENTI, ceased to act as Assistant Land Officer, New Territories, on the 23rd September and went on leave of absence on the 29th September. Mr. J. DYER BALL acted for him throughout the year except when on sick leave from 4th September to 1st October, during which period Mr. J. R. Wood acted.

3. The Superintendent of Statistics :-Dr. W. W. PEARSE performed the duties up to the 22nd September when Dr. F. W. CLARK took them over again.

4. The First Clerk, Mr. J. J. BULLIN, retired on pension on the 20th June and was succeeded by Mr. LEUNG PING-FAI on the 5th July.

5. Chinese Writers:-Mr. AU FUNG-CHI's resignation which took effect on the 1st March means a great loss to me personally as well as to the Government. His place was filled by the appointment of Mr. LAU TSZ-PING, the temporary Chinese Writer.

In connection with this change, Mr. TANG SHI-KIT'S services were dispensed with on 36th April, and Mr. CHAU SHING-IP, the Chinese Teacher to the Student Interpreters, was appointed on a higher salary.

Mr. SO UT-TAI was transferred to the Harbour Department on the 11th October, and Mr. CHAN FUNG-TING was appointed on the 8th November.

6. Shroff:-Mr. CHAN LU-FONG died on the 20th May and Mr. LAU TIN-TSUN was appointed on 30th May. Mr. WONG HAU-NAM was transferred to the Harbour Office at the close of the year and his post abolished.

7. First Registration Clerk:-Mr. KWAN SHAU-KU was transferred to the Public Works Department on the 12th April and Mr. LAM SHU-PUI was appointed on the 12th May.

of the

8. Translator:-Mr. WONG PO SHAU was appointed temporarily from the beginning

year.

9. Second Interpreter:-Mr. TANG TAT-HUNG was promoted to the post of Emigration Interpreter and Clerk on the 1st May and Mr. Kwok WA-FAN received the temporary appointment on the 3rd May.

10. Emigration Interpreter and Clerk:-Mr. FuNG HON was transferred to the Magis- tracy at Taipo, New Territories on the 12th April and his place was filled by the temporary appointment of Mr. TANG TAT-HUNG on the 1st May.

The grading scheme for clerks' salaries was introduced in the Department at the close of the year.

23rd February, 1907.

A. W. BREWIN,

Registrar General.

Heads of Revenue.

Details of Revenue.

Table I a.

Revenue for the years 1905 and 1906.

Licences and Internal Re- venue not otherwise specified.

Boat Licences,

Chinese Postmen's and Postal Hong Licences,

Undertakers' Licences,

Emigration House Licences,..

Forfeitures,

Hawkers' Licences,

Marriage Licences,...

Money Changers' Liences,

Special Fruit Licences,

Ordinance under which received.

Revenue in 1905. Revenue in 1906.

Decrease.

Increase.

No. 10 of 1899.

23,844.00

24,098.10

254.10

6 of 1990.

510.00

ས་

20.00

8 of 1887.

480.00

440.00

490.00

40.00

No. 1 of 1889 & No. 34 of 1902.

2,860.00

3,008.00

148.00

564.40

564.60

.20

No. 8 of 1887.

27,564.00

28,330.00

765.00

No. 7 of 1875 & No. 15 of 1902.

1,339.00

1,055.00

284.00

No. 8 of 1887.

1,040.00

1,500.00

460.00

1 of 1903.

5,085.67

4,707.84

377.83

Fees of Court or Öffice, Payments for Specific Purposes, and Reimbur- sements-in-aid.

Births and Deaths Registration,

Chinese Gazette Sales,

Householders' Registration,

Re-registration, Removals,

Extracts,

No. 7 of 1896.

561.10

559.60

Certificates to Chinese entering U. S. A. and Manila,

3 of 1898.

200.00

100.00

1.50

100.00

26.00

30.00

4.00

3 of 1888.

423.00

324.00

99.00

No. 3 of 1888.

1,516.00

1,479.00

37.00

3 of 1888.

34.25

28.00

6.25

3 of 1888.

48.00

35.50

12.50

Rent of Government Pro- perty Land and Houses,

Laundries,

Markets,

Miscellaneous,

No. 1 of 1903.

1,625.00

105,224.45

1,680.00

109,200.32

55.00

3,975.87

Refunds, &c.,

3.02

124.25

121.23

Total,...

172,947,89

177,28-14.21

1,448.08

5,784.40

Dednet Decrease,

1,448.08

Total Increase in 1906,

4,336.32

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Cargo Boats,...............

Table I b.

Fees from Boats.

Lighters,

Other Boats,

Rowing Boats,

Water Boats,

Fish-drying Hulks,

Cinder Boats, Bum Boats and Hawker Boats,.

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

Table I c.

$12.898.50

2,763.50

1,544.35

5.738.65

506.00

385.00

262.10

.$24,098.10

Number of Boat Licences of various descriptions issued during the

year 1906.

Description.

Class.

Total. Duplicates.

Passenger Boats,

610

655

125

Passenger Village Boats,

1,412 887

Cargo Boats,

295

303

519

666

1,782

Lighters,

130

Cinder Boats, &c.,.

129

271

Water Boats,..

Fish-drying Hulks,

Other Boats,

138

190

466

::ལ

Total,

Excluding those for which no fee was charged.

5,066

12*

Table I d.

Revenue from the Markets, and the number of shops and stalls occupied and unoccupied at the end of 1906.

Markets.

Shop and Stalls.

Revenne.

Occupied.

Unoccupied.

Central,

Des Vœux Road,

50,762.42

979.10

305

Hung Hom,

2,890.27

Mong Kok Tsui,

849.43

39.

Sai Ying Pun,

12,399.12

Shaukiwan,

868.70

Shek Tong Tsui,

569.60

So Kon-po,

Tai Kok Tsui,

1,332.00

413.00

Wan Chai,.... Western New, Western Old, Yaumati,

3,893.94

3,482.30

25,280.76

5,479.68

Total,.

109,200.32

947

150

314

Table II a.

Number of women and girls admitted to the Po Leung Kuk during the

and the arrangements maile regarding them.

year

In the Po Leung

Total.

Committed under Warrant

from Registrar General's Office.

Committed under Warrant from Emigration Office. Pending the opening of the Registrar General's Office.

Sent with their own consent by Registrar General.

Sent with their own con- sent from Singapore, and San Francisco.

Sent with their own con- sent by the Police.

Lost Children.

Accompanying parents or guardian.

| Runaway maid-servants,

Total.

Released after enquiry.

Placed in charge of hus- band.

Released under bond.

Placed in charge of parents and relatives.

Placed in charge of Consul for Japan.

Placed in charge of Consul

for France.

Sent to Charitable Institu- tions in China.

Sent to School, Convent or Refuge.

Adopted.

Kuk on 1st Jan- 50 uary, 1906,

Admitted during

110 1299

36 26 62

31 12

the year,

Total,

349

137

3612

Remaining in the Po Leung Kuk on the 31st De- cember, 1906,

2008

ست

Table II b.

1 50114

7299 G8

200

ફ

S34982. 8

Married.

Died.

415

•

Total.

24 15 2 38 1 270

•

26 24 653

1 320

Number of women and girls detained under warrant after enquiry in the Registror General's Office by the Registrar General and arrangements made regarding them.

Detained

previous to Detained 1st January, during 1906.

1906.

Total.

Permitted to leave,

under bond,.

Restored to husband,

relatives,.

Married..

Sent to native place,

Adopted,

Sent to Refuge and Convent,

Placed in charge of Consul for Japan,... Cases under consideration,

~~12:∞N 10

110

137

•

345

Table II c.

Number of Emigrants detained under warrant by the Registrar General after enquiry and arrangements made regarding them.

Detained previous to 1st January, 1906.

Detained during 1906.

Professed Respectable

Total.

Prostitutes. Women.

Professed Respectable Prostitutes. Women.

Total.

Permitted to leave...

under bond,

13 1

Restored to husband,

to relatives,.

Sent to native place,

Married,

Sent to Refuge and Convent, Died,

:༢༧

Cases under consideration,

Table II d.

Particulars regarding girls who are required to report themselves to the Registrar General.

Required to report themselves quarterly,

Brought forward.

Added during

Total.

Removed from list.

Total 31st Dec.,

1906.

half-yearly,.

5°

༧

once a year,..

со

Exempted from reporting,'.

Married,

Lost sight of,

Total,.......

Table II e.

Number of persons reported to the Po Leung Kuk as missing, and of those who have been

reported as recovered during the

Men.

Boys.

Total.

year 1906.

Women.

Girls.

Total.

Missing.

Recovered.

Missing,

Recovered.

Missing.

Recovered.

Missing.

Recovered.

Missing.

Recovered.

Hongkong,

China and Macao, ... 94

7 46 3

140

223

2 66

685

126

219

185

Missing.

Recovered.

346

Table II f

Girls detained under Authority of Section 35 of Ordinance No. 4 of 1897.

SENT TO MISS EYRE'S REFUGE.

Number.

Name.

Date of detention.

Date of entering Refuge.

Probable

age December, 1906.

REMARKS.

In the Refuge 1st January, 1906.

120 05

37 05

4 .

229'05

230.05

251 05

232,05 301,05

Chan Tsoi-fung..

19. 4.05 17. 5.05

18 years.

Chan Wun-tsoi

21. 1.05

15. 6.05

Wong Chau-liu

1. 7.05

22. 7.05

19 years.

Ip Lai Yung

1. 7.05

22. 7.05

Wong Yun...

19. 7.05

19. 9.05

Ho Tai-tsoi

21. 7.05

Yau Kwai-ho.....

29. 9.05

19. 9.05

170 05

Chan Tai-hi

30. 5.05

14.10.05

345/05

Cheung Chiu-wan..

23. 9.05

24.10.05

292 05

Chan Sui-to

26. 8.05

297 05

Chau Lan-fa

27. 8.05

2.12.05 2.12.05

18 years.

....

...

19. 9.05 19 years.

15 years.

In Refuge. Married. In Refuge.

Ran away. Ran away.

Engaged to be married. Ran away. In Refuge. Married. Rau away. In Refuge.

Detained during 1906.

76.06

Lau Chui-ling

28. 3.06

29. 3.06

18 years.

103:06

Ip Sing-tsoi..

12. 4.06

405.05

Mak Ho....

13.11.05

13406

Lo Kwai

10. 5.06

23. 4.06 10. 5.06

16 years. 18 years.

Ran away. Rau away. In service.

14 years.

In Refuge.

9/06

Fung Hung

216/05

Lam Su

233.06

Leung Kwan Ying

10. 1.06 16. 5.06 28. 6.05 18. 7.06 16. 8.06 16. 8.06

12 years. 8 years.

In Victoria Home.

In Victoria Home. Returned to Po Leung Kuk and

married.

Number.

Name.

SENT TO THE ITALIAN CONVENT.

Date Date of of entering detention. Convent.

Probable

age December, 1906.

REMARKS.

In Convent 1st January, 1906.

643.04 .... 610.04

83.05 50'05

Wong Tsoi

17.11.04 10. 2.05

In Convent.

Chan Lin-ho

3.11.04

19. 2.05

In Convent.

Pun Hau-yuk

7. 3.05

9. 3.05

In Convent.

Chan Kwai-sin

28. 1.05

15. 3.05

378 04.

Wong Ngan

30. 6.06

22. 6.05

Remains in Convent of her own

will.

In Convent.

Detained during 1906.

444/05 283,05 381,05 115/06 198,06

Ng Yan

15.12.05

13. 1.06

Chan Yüt-fung

19. 8.05

20. 2.06

Lo Yuk

23.10.05

12. 5.06

In Convent.

Chan Sui-yung Li Tai-tsoi....

25. 4.06

Restored to father. Dead.

Restored to aunt.

19. 7.06

8. 8.06

In Convent.

164 06

Lo Wong-tsoi

9. 6.06

30.11.06

In Convent.

A.......

347

Table III a.

Number of female passengers and boys examined and passed before the Registrar General under "The Chinese Emigration Ordinance, 1889," during the year 1906.

Women

Whither Bound.

Boys.

and Girls.

Total.

Callao, Honolulu,

Japan,

102

London,

Mauritius,

Tacoma,

Salina Cruz,

San Francisco. U.S.A.,

Straits Settlements,

1,766

8,867

10.633

Vancouver, B.C.,

Victoria, B.C.,

Total,.

2,142

8,929 11,071

Table III b.

Occupations of Female Emigrants in the

16 YEARS AND OVER.

With husband or other relative,

To join husband or other relative,

Actress,

Farmer or Farm-labourer,

Hairdresser,

Miner,......

Prostitute,

Seamstress,.

Servant,

With parents,..

With other relatives,

year 1906.

.1,698

2,539

577

626

2,619

Total,.

.8,094

UNDER 16 YEARS.

783

Total,.....

835

Grand total,..

.8,929

318

Table IV a.

Number of Householders' Certificates, &c., issued during the year 1906.

DISTRICTS.

First Registration of House-

holders,

Re-registration of House-

holders,

Extract from Householders'

ગ

Total.

108

137

100

411

169

181

258

123

1,479

Removal of Householder

Duplicates of Householders'

Certificates,......

138

112

Total,

150

135

514 179 301

330

126

1,841

Table IV b.

Changes of Tenancy reported during the year 1906.

DISTRICTS.

Total.

Moved in,

401 199 144

375 155

148

126

114

1,820

Removed,.

81 433

212

112 359 126

114

112

1,712

Total,.

132

174 834

411

256

784 281

262 222

226 3,532

349

Table V a.

Statment of the Revenue and Expenditure of the District Watchmen's Fund for the

year

1906.

To Balance,

9,452 72

Grant by Government,

2,000 00

By Wages and Salaries :-

Chief District Watchmen, Assistant Chief District Watch-

men, District Watchmen,

"Contributions,

23,365 34

Cooks,..

Coolies,

Fines,........

Compensation,

58 10

4 00

080

Collector,

Manager, Writer,

$ 1,891,53

1,513.50 11.852.45

432.00

384.00

240.00

96.00

60.00

16,469

Forfeiture,.....

50 00

By Miscellaneous :--

Instructors' Allowance,

96.00

Interest,........

267

Coolie and Conveyance Hire....

105.90

Rewards, Gratuities and Pen-

,, Payments for Special Services,

sion................

167.00

63 50

Uniform and Equipment,

1,365.62

Furniture,

72.10

Stationery and Printing,

132.89

Photographs,

8.70

Oil,

360.00

Premium on Fire Policies,

452.21

Loss on Exchange,

1,153.14

Rates,

3.74

Water Account,.

129.00

$ 35,261 16

Disposal of Balance :-

Crown Rent.

Site for building for District Watchmen's Quarters on Inland Lot 1,732,

Balance of cost of Erection

and Extension of Quarters at Wanchai and Taiping- shan,

Fitting and Repairing District

29.71

490,00

Watchmen's Quarters,

Sundries,

3,117.78

770.47

60.76

8,515

છે.

24,984 50 10.276

35,261 16

Total Expenditure,...... Balance,

Total,

On Fixed Deposit, At Current Account,

$ 9,000.00 1,276.66

Total,......

$10,276.66

Table V b.

State of District Watchmen's Force on 31st December, 1906.

The force consists at present of 94 men :-

5 Chief District Watchmen,

6 Assistant Chief District Watchmen,

18 District Watchmen,

5 Special District Watchmen,

1 Watchman receives

6 Watchmen receive.

During the

year

8 Watchmen resigned,

11 were dismissed,

22 entered the force.

from $276 to $360 a year.

216 to 240 a

180

150

120

રી.

180

રી ""

4 a month Extra Pay.

Victoria,

Kowloon,.

Shankiwan,

Aberdeen,

Stanley,

Table VI a.

Births and Deaths registered during the year 1906.

British and Foreign Community.

Chinese.

Grand Total.

Districts.

Births.

Deaths.

Births.

Deaths.

Births.

Deaths.

Sex

Boys.

Girls.

Total. Males. Females. Total. Boys. Girls.

Total.

Males. Females. Unknown, Total.

130

111

241

193

268

464

180

644

3,201

2,395

5,656

885

5,924

163

132

295

1,063

649

1,730

347

1,754

319

148

467

115

197

Total,.

161

132

*293

212

292

684

344

1,028

4,721

3,288

8,087 1,321

8,379

* Including 2 males and 1 female registered after the expiration of 12 months.

350

351

Table VI b.

Number of Births and Deaths registered at the various registration offices in the Colony during the year 1906.

Registration Office.

Registrar General's Office,

No. 2 Police Station,

No. 7 Police Station,

Shaukiwan,

Aberdeen,

Stanley,

Yaumati,

Kowloon City,

Shamshuipo,

Totol,..........

Births.

Deaths.

TOTAL.

721

5,748

6,469

137

219

134

197

467

511

197

225

1,234

1,302

119

200

319

108

296

404

1,321

Including 3 births registered after the expiration of 12 months.

Table VII a.

8,879

9,700

Vaccinations performed during the year 1906, at the various hospitals and elsewhere.

Alice Memorial Hospital,

Government Civil Hospital,

Nethersole Hospital,

The Gaol,

By the Tung Wah Hospital Vaccinators---

Tung Wa Hospital,

The Po Leung Kuk,

Aberdeen,

Hung Hom,

Shamshuipo,

Shaukiwan,. Shek O,

327

1,060

212

1,599

..2,659

2,659

1,785

211

215

2,448

Stanley,

Yaumati,

By the Chinese Public Dispensary Doctors

Victoria,

531

Hung Hom,

Kowloon City,

104

Yaumati,

644

At the Yaumati Branch of Alice Memorial Hospital,...... 100

100

7,450

Note.—The above figures include all the vaccinations and re-vaccinations performed, successful,

unsuccessful and uninspected.

352

Table VII b.

VICTORIA.

Number of children born during the year 1905 who have been vaccinated, and other particulars up to 31st December, 1906.

Number of Births,

Vaccinated,

Unvaccinated :—

Dead,

Left the Colony,.

Cannot be found,

Had Small-pox,

Certified unfit,.

Insusceptible,

Carried forward,.

Total unvaccinated,

Total,

Non-Chinese.

301

229

301

Chinese.

415

257

158

415

Table VII c.

VICTORIA.

Number of children born during the year 1906 who have been vaccinated, and other particulars.

Number of Births,

Vaccinated,

Unvaccinated :-

Dead,

Left the Colony,. Cannot be found, Had Small-pox, Certified unfit,. Insusceptible,

Carried forward,

Total unvaccinated,

Total,

Non-Chinese.

*293

102

Chinese.

428

258

140

204

191

332

293

428

*Including 3 births registered after the expiration of 12 months.

}

353

Table VII d.

VICTORIA.

Number of Reminders to vaccinate sent out during the year and action taken thereon.

Number of reminders issued,....

Result of reminders:-

Vaccinated,

Unvaccinated :—

Dead,

Left the Colony,

Cannot be found,

Had Small-pox,

Certified unfit,......

Insusceptible,

Carried forward,.

Total unvaccinated,

Total,

Non-Chinese.

101

Table VII e.

Births and Vaccinations outside the City of Victoria.

113

Chinese.

196

294

1905.

1906.

District Office..

Number

Births registered.

registered as

Unac- counted

vaccinated.

for.

Births registered.

Number registered a vaccinated.

Carried forward.

Aberdeen,

Kowloon City,

126

Shamshuipo,

155

Shaukiwan,

Stanley,

Yaumati,

ས་ ::མལ

119

108

Total,

436

387

196

* Percentage of Vaccinations to births in 1905 (exclusive of Sham Shui Po),

Percentage of “Unaccounted for" to births in 1905 (exclusive of Sham-shui-po and Shaukiwau), 22

Table VIII.

Number of Patients under treatment and other statistics concerning the

Tung Wah Hospital during the year 1906.

Patients.

Remaining in

Hospital on

31st December,

1905.

Admitted.

Total under

Treatment.

Discharged.

Deaths.

Remaning in

Hospital on 31st December,

1906.

Out-patients.

Vaccinations.

Dead bodies

brought to

Hospital Mort-

uary for burial.

Destitutes

sent home.

Male,

Female,

128

2,658

542

2,756 1,743

584

919

124

41,325 1,151

428

1,739

260

284

-10 22,315 1.217

207

254

Total,......

170 3,200 3,370 2,003 1,203

161 63,640 2,368

635 1,993

Note.-Out-patients treated by European methods during the year 1906,............1,948.

294

354

Table IX a.

Work done by the Chinese Public Dispensaries, Victoria, Old Kowloon and Kowloon City.

Victoria.

Old Kowloon.

East

Point.

West Point.

Total. Yaumati. Hunghom.

Kowloon Grand

Total. City.

Total.

1. New Patients visited at their

homes........

265

197

462

256

117

373

363

1,198

New l'atients seen at the office, .

1,619

821

2,470

2,403

1.452

3,855

711

7,036

Total,

1,914

1,018

2.932

2,659

1.569

4,228

1.074

8,234

2. Old Cases (home),

129

105

135

351

(office),...

779

380

1,159

1,192

222

1,414

175

2,748

Total,

831

454

1,288

1.297

252

1,549

262

3,099

issued,

3. Certificates of nature of disease

(3A. Certifiates given to persons to

leave the Colony),

4. Certificatesof cause of death issued, 5. l'atients sent to hospital......

removed to hospital in ambulance,

7. Corpses removed to hospital or

mortuary.

S. Plague cases $+

Colony,

9. Houses clear

clerk,

10. Compensati

11. Application,

12.

13. Infant

It of the

esence of

sent in,.

hs. wives,

148

ལ ན ཨཱུ ༤

119

687

831

(4)

(13)

248

(17)

(3)

(6)

(9)

(26)

153

172

378

158

285

109

257

308

154

224

268

180

267

107

136

194

ོང་

نا

322

113

217

office (alive),... (lead)....

al,

14. Va cination at home,

210

290

293

office,

Total,

137

104

241

101

351

217

314

531

104

644

Notes.-The Office in Yaumati opened on the 27th May.

The Office in Hunghom opened on the 17th June.

Table IX b.

Details regarding infants treated at the Chinese Public Dispensaries during 1906.

Under 1 year, 1 year and under 2,

Age.

AGES.

2 years

Total,

Number.

219

130

204

184

130

867

NUMBER TREATED AT EACH DISPENSARY.

Dispensary.

West Point,.

East Point,

Kowloon City,.

Yaumati, Hunghom,.

Number.

112

246

251

159

Total,.

867

355

Receipts :-

Table IX c.

CHINESE PUBLIC DISPENSARIES.

Statement of Account ending 31st December, 1906.

Balance,.

1,971.69

Subscriptions, Victoria,

14,264.75

Balance of subscriptions, Kowloon City,

877.87

Yaumati,

2,000.00

Hunghom,

1,800.00

1,677.87

Refund of portion of premium on I. L. 1747,

35.00

Interest,

96.05

Total,..

044.86

Expenditure:

Victoria :-

Salaries and Wages,

7,580.09

Rent,

444.00

Furniture,

38.50

Stationery and printing,

216.01

Loss on exchange,

568.89

Building of New Dispensary at Kan Ü Fong,

1,732.50

Drugs, &c......

338.05

Rates,

8.00

Miscellaneous,

1,064.48

Loss on bad coin,

Kowloon City, (through Registrar General)..

25.45

12,015.97

2,300.00

Yaumati,

Hungbom,

1,131.82

1,031.68

Total,

16,179.47

Balance :-

At Current Account,.

Cash in band,

Advance to dispensary clerks,

Bad coin,

Total,....

4,464.37

19.17

40.00

11.55

4,565.39

21,044.86

Receipts:-

Subscriptions,

Expenditure:-

356

Table IX d.

YAUMATI DISPENSARY.

5,284.30

Total,.......

5,284.30

1,131.82

2,700.35

3,832.17

868.18 583.95

1,452.13

Total,....

5,284.30

Through Registrar General's Office, Through Local Committee,

Balance :-

At Registrar General's Office,. With Committee,

Receipts:-

Subscrip

HUNGHOM DISPENSARY.

Expenditure:

Through Registrar General's Office, Through Local Committee, ...

Balance:

---

At Registrar General's Office,... With Committee,

Receipts:-

Subscriptions, &c.,

From Victoria Dispensaries,

3,787.92

Total,.....

3,787.92

1,031.68

1,533.30

2,564.98

*768.32

454.62

1,222.94

Total,......

3,787.92

KOWLOON CITY DISPENSARY.

2,499.29 1,359.03

3,858.32

Total,.

3,858.32

2,300.00

1,189.19

3,489.19

none.

Expenditure —

Through Registrar General's Office,

Through Local Committee,

Balance :-

At Registrar General's Office,

With Committee,

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

369.13

3,858.32

Receipts :-

Balance,

Subscriptions,

357

VICTORIA DISPENSARY.

Refund of portion of premium on I. L. 1747,

Interest,

Expenditure:-

Maintenance of Dispensaries,

Total,....

Subvention to Kowloon City Dispensary,

Balance:

At Current Account,.

Cash in hand,

Advance to dispensary clerks,

Bad coin,

TOTAL,....

Table X.

1,908.09 14,264.75 35.00

96.05

16,303.89

12,015.97

1,359.03

13,375.00

2,827.87

49.47

40.00

11.55

2,928.89

16,303.89

Receipts and Expenditure relative to the Chinese Recreation Ground for the year 1906.

1906

Jan. 1 To Balance,

Rent,

C. 1906.

5,949.96 1,290.17

By Salary of Collector,

24.00

3 District Watchmen, Scavenger,

460.00

84.00

Uniform for Watchmen,.

27.00

Water consumed at Cooking

Stalls,

16.50

Premium on Fire Insurance

Policy,..

8.16

Repairs,

280.91

Oil,

12.00

Brooms,

2.00

Sundries,

2.00

Balance,

6,323.56

Total,

.$ 7,240.13

Total,

7,240.13

1906

Jan.

358

Table XI.

Statement of Account of Passage Money Fund.

To Balance on Fixed Deposit.... $3,500.00

Current Account, Cash,

Passage Money received,

$ C. 1906.

By Refund of Passage Money,

445.25.

625.48 78.70

Gifts to 53 women on being married..

122.00

Assistance to kidnapped destitutes,

73.00

4.204.18

16 destitutes,

45.10

Hung Li Shi widowed by

1,459.25

Typhoon and 3 Child-

ren,

50.00

Subscription to Alice Memorial Hos-

pital,

50.00

500.00

to Miss Eyre's Refuge,.

50.00

$86.42

Tram fare

Conveyance hire &c., to Tsang Tai Tsai,

Li Sz Mui,.

1.20

.30

· 135.40

Witness's Expenses to Wong Yung Mui. Hawkers' Licences, boards and photos

5.00

to Poor Hawkers,

8.92

Passage Money to destitutes.

93.20

4.00

Stamp,

Telegram to Singapore.

Gift to Wong Chung Shi to buy coffin for her Mother-in-law Li Shing,

3.00

.10

Amount deposited by Leung Tsoi (female) as security for bond under Women and Girls' Protection Or- dinance No. 4 of 1897,

Interest on Fixed Deposit.

Current Account, 18.98

Miscellaneous receipts Balance of subscription for sending destitute Manila Women and Child home,....

Total.

$ 6,302.83

10.00

Allowance for 12 months to Chan

Cheung,

24.00

Cheng Ma

Shi,

60.00

Pang Wa..

36.00

Kwong Hồ.

24.00

Chan Shap,

18.00

10 months to Li Shing..

10.00

Table XII.

65.88

5.173.76

Balance on Fixed Deposit....$3,500.00 Current Account, 1,607.88 Cash,

Total.

6,302.83

Prosecutions under Ordinancès No. 3 of 1888, No. 1 of 1889, No. 2 of 1890, No. 7 of 1896 and No. 4 of 1897.

Offence.

ORDINANCE No. 3 of 1888.

Convicted. Discharged.

No. of Cases.

Bills-posting without permission

Drums and Gongs-Night noises by beating

Fireworks-Discharging without permits

Processions-Organising in the Public Streets without permit..

Chinese Theatre-Breach of conditions of Licence for

ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1889.

Decoying men or boys into or away from the Colony.

Keeping unlicensed Emigration Houses

Neglecting to enter names of boarders on register

Personating Emigrants

ORDINANCE No. 2 of 1890.

Contraventions of, and offences under, (failing to produce proper certi-

fientes of vaccination)....

50 279

1000 3100

ano

ORDINANCE No. 7 or 1896.

Failing to report Death

Unlawful removal of bodies

ORDINANCE No. 4 or 1897.

Abduction of girls under the age of 16 years

Decoying women and girls into or away from the Colony

Detaining, harbouring or receiving women or girls ..........

Procuration of girls under age to have carnal connection

Knowingly deriving profits from prostitution, letting women out for hire,

trading in them

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HONGKONG.

No. 1907

REPORTS ON THE HEALTH AND SANITARY CONDITION OF

THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

Table of Contents:

GENERAL REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL CIVIL MEDICAL OFFICER

AND THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,

Table

Page.

387

I.-Return shewing the Number and Causes of Deaths registered

during the year ended the 31st day of December, 1906,...... 406 Table II.—Cases of Notifiable Diseases recorded in each month of the Table III.-List of Prosecutions during the year,

ANNEXE A.-REPORT ON PLAGUE IN 1906,

ANNEXE B.-REPORT ON THE RATS AND RAT-FLEAS FOUND IN HONGKONG,

year, 418

419

420

427

ANNEXE C.-REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL, 430

Table

I.-Admissions into and Deaths in the Government Civil Hospital

during each month of the year,.............

II.-Diseases and Deaths in the Government Civil Hospital, Table III.-Operations performed in the Government Civil Hospital,

Table

434

435.

437

IV-Monthly Admissions into and Deaths in the Maternity Hospital, 438 Table V. Varieties of Malarial Fever met with monthly in the Govern-

ment Civil Hospital,

VI.-Admissions into and Deaths in the Government Civil Hospital

from the Police for the last eleven years,

439

Table

439

Table VII. Sick Rate and Mortality Rate in the different Sections of the

Police for the last eleven years,.

440

Table VIII-Admissions into and Deaths in the Government Civil Hospital

from the Police during each month of the year,

440

Table IX.

Table

...

Admissions for Malarial Fever from the most important Police

Stations in the New Territories compared with Strength, 411 -Admissions for Malarial Fever from each Police Station

during each month of the year,

ANNEXE D.-REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE VICTORIA

HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN,

Table

I.-Diseases and Deaths in the Victoria Hospital in 1966, II.-Average daily number of Inmates of the Victoria Hospital

during each month of the years 1995 and 1906,...

411

442

144

445

384

Puge.

ANNEXE E.-REPORT ON THE LUNATIC ASYLUMS,

Table

I.-Diseases and Deaths,

446

447

Table

II-Birth-places and Diseases of those under treatment, Table III-Occupation of those under treatment,

448

449

ANNEXE F.-REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE

FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES,....

Table

I.-Diseases treated in Kennedy Town Hospital, Table II.-Diseases treated on board the Hulk Hygeia",

Table III-Analysis of Plague Deaths,

HOSPITALS

450

453

ANNEXE G.-REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER IN CHARGE OF VICTORIA GAOL, Table I.-Diseases and Deaths in Victoria Gaol Hospital, Table II.-Rate of Sickness and Mortality in Victoria Gaol,..

454

455

III-Number and Results of Vaccinations in Victoria Gaol during

the past ten years,

456

Table

IV.-General Statistics connected with Victoria Gaol and the Gaol

Hospital during the past ten years,

456

Table

ANNEXE H.-REPORT OF THE RAILWAY MEDICAL OFFICER,

ANNENE I-REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER AT TAI Po,

*. 457

459

Table

1.-Police Cases treated in the Stations and sent to the Govern-

ment Civil Hospital, ......... II.-Diseases treated at the Dispensary,

460

461

ANNEXE J.-REPORT OF THE INSPECTING MEDICAL OFFICER TO THE TUNG WAH

HOSPITAL,

Table

462

I.--Diseases and Deaths in the Tung Wah Hospital during the year, 465

II.-Admissions and Mortality in the Tung Wah Hospital during the year with the proportion of cases treated by European and Chinese methods respectively,

要

Table

III.-General Statistics relating to the Tung Wh Hospital during

the year,

466

467

IV.-Vaccinations at, and in connection with the Tung Wah

Hospital during the year,

467

REPORT ON THE OPHTHALMIC DEPARTMENT OF THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL

BY DR. HARSTON,

468

ANNEXE K.-REPORT OF THE MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ALICE MEMORIAL

AND NETHERSOLE HOSPITALS,

471

Table

I.--Alice Memorial Hospital-Return of Discases and Deaths, ... 471 II.-Alice Memorial Maternity Hospital-Returu of Diseases and

Deaths,

472

Table

III.-Nethersole Hospital-Return of Diseases and Deaths,

473

385

Pages.

474

475

476

477

478

479

480

482

....

483

484

485

ANNEXE L.-REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT BACTERIOLOGIST,

General Statistics,

Notes on the Prevalance of Parasitic Worms in Hongkong, Varieties of Rats and Rat-Fleas in Hongkong,..

Outbreaks of Cattle Disease, ...

Observation on Hæmatozoa in Hongkong,

Bacteriological Examination of the Public Water Supplies, Bacteriological Examination of Water from Other Sources, Preparation of Vaccine Lymph,

REPORT ON THE PUBLIC MORTUARY,

1.-Source of Bodies during each month, II-Epitomy of Causes of Death,

Table

III.-General Diseases,

Table

IV.-Local Diseases,

Table

V.-Injuries,

Table

VI.-Nationality of Bodies,

ANNEXE M.-REPORT ON THE PUBLIC MORTUARY, KOWLOON,

486

Table

I.-General Diseases,

486

Table

II-Local Diseases,.

487

Table III-Injuries, Table IV-Nationality and Cause of Death of bodies other than Chinese,... 488 Table V.-Monthly Number of Post Mortems,

488

ANNEXE N.-REPORT OF THE GOVENMENT ANALYST,

489

Table

I.-Results of the Monthly Analyses of Hongkong Public Water

Supplies,

494

Table

II.-Result of Analyses of Waters from Various Sources, ............

495.

ANNEXE 0.-REPORT OF THE COLONIAL VETERINARY SURGEON,..

496

ANNEXE P.-REPORT OF THE SANITARY SURVEYOR,

A.-Drainage and Re-drainage,

B.-Repairs or additions,

Table

C. Plans received,

501

502

. 503

503

לי

501

Annexe P.

REPORT OF THE SANITARY SURVEYOR.

NEW HOUSE DRAINS.

1. Plans have been deposited and passed by me during the year for the drainage of 123 houses. The plans of 219 were carried forward from 1905 making a total of 342 in hand during the year.

2. The drainage of 192 houses has been completed and the plans for 40 have been cancelled leaving 110 to carry forward to 1907.

RE-DRAINAGE AND ADDitions.

3. In addition to the above, plans for re-drainage of or additions to the drainage of 136 houses were carried forward from 1905 and new plans have been received for 289 houses making a total of 425 for the year.

Of these 316 have been completed and 35 cancelled, leaving 74 to be carried forward to 1907.

4. A summary of the above is appended in Tables A, B, and C.

INSPECTION OF PRIVATE HOUSE DRAINS.

5. The drains of 367 houses have been tested and reported on, in consequence of com- plaints having been received regarding them.

Of this number 160 required reconstructing, 114 amending and 93 were found to be in good order.

Notices were served on the owners of 231 houses calling upon them to execute the

All of these have been complied with. necessary work.

In 43 instances the work was car- ried out by the owners without notices being served upon them. 6,260 houses have been visited by the Drainage Inspectors with the result that 960 drainage nuisances have been dis- covered. 88 houses were found to have inadequate provision for carrying off rain water from the roofs. Notices have been served in each case on the owner or occupier, calling upon them to abate the nuisance. All of these have been complied with. 35 nuisances have been referred to the Medical Officer of Health and 213 to the Hon. Director of Public Works to be dealt with by them.

Four hundred and twenty-eight choked drain traps on private property have been cleansed by the Drainage Foremnen.

WATER CLOSETS AND URINALS,

6. During the past year water closets and urinals have been erected in the following buildings by permission of the Board and with the exception of those at the Milling Co. which discharge into Junk Bay have been connected to the public sewers.

Water

Closets.

Trough Closets.

Urinals.

Connaught Road Central (E. E. Telegraph Co.),

...

Do.

(B. & S.'s Office),

Pedder Street (Hotel Mansions),

...

Junk Bay (Milling Co.),

No. 16 Des Voeux Road Central,

Ice House Street (St. George's Club),

502

NEW BUILDINGS.

7. Certificates have been granted during the year under Section 84 of Ordinance 13 of 1901 for 37 new houses certifying that they have been built in accordance with the provi- sions of that Ordinance.

CEMETERIES.

8. The whole of the bodies dead of Plague during the year, with the exception of 5 buried at Kennedy Town, have been buried at Cheung Sha Wan Cemetery.

At the end of the year terraces were in readiness for the reception of about 150 bodies. A small space is still reserved at Kennedy Town Cemetery for any emergency that may

arise.

Eight new terraces have been formed in Sec. C of Mount Davis Cemetery and have been utilized almost to their full extent.

This cemetery was closed on December 31st, 1906.

Eight new terraces have been formed in Mount Caroline Cemetery, viz., 5 in Sec. B. and 3 in Sec. C.

A new cemetery has been laid out at Kai Lung Wan and 20 terraces formed, viz., 7 in Sec. A, 9 in Sec. B, and 4 in Sec. C.

PROSECUTIONS.

9. The following is a return of the prosecutions instituted by me during the year.

Offence.

Summons.

Convictions.

Penalties.

Remarks.

Contravention of Sec. 191,.............

Do.

Bye-law 32,

$120

$125

J. J. BRYAN,

Table A.

DRAINAGE AND RE-DRAINAGE.

Year.

No. of houses received.

No. of houses drained.

No. of houses cancelled.

Total.

No. in hand.

Quarter.

1st,...

Carried forward from 1905 } 2nd, and dealt with in 1906) 3rd,

4th,

9858

189

219

152

1st,.

Received and dealt with in) 2nd,

1906,

3rd,

4th,

123

Total,...

342

192

232

110

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503

Table B.

REPAIRS OR ADDITIONS.

No. of

Year.

houses

received.

passed.

houses cancelled.

Total.

No. in hand.

Quarter.

Carried forward from 1905) 2nd, and dealt with in 1906) 3rd,

1st,..

...

4th,

136

109

123

نات

1st,.

Received and dealt with in 2nd,

1906

3rd.

115

4th,

115

289

207

228

Total,....

425

316

351

Table C.

Houses

Year.

Plans received.

Houses drained.

Plans cancelled.

carried

Certificates granted under

forward.

Section 34 of Ord. 1 of 1901.

1889.

1890,

799

573

226

}

175

500.

529

191

409

1891.

681

643

198

475

1892,

693

597

106

208

228

1893,

847

699

104

252

219

1894,

878

555

267

1895,

2,815

1,889

1,449

131

1896,

1,786

2,128

1,023

425

1897,

803

1,201

590

400

1898,.

738

768

463

367

1899,

416

395

464

310

1900,.

643

323

741

320

1901,...

1,051

715

1,021

796

1902,.

432

726

713

898

1903,.

263

415

350

211

407

1904,.

296

197

281

137

1905,.

152

189

219

1906,.

123

192

110

13,916

12,714

1,091

5,800

HONGKONG.

NC. 1907

DESPATCH FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES WITH

REGARD TO SIR M. NATHAN'S DEPARTURE.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

HONGKONG.

No. 112.

DOWNING STREET,

31st May, 1907.

SIR,I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 104 of April 23rd, reporting your assumption of the administration and enclosing extracts from the local Press with regard to Sir M. NATHAN's departure.

2. These papers afford gratifying evidence of the esteem in which the retiring Governor is held by all classes of the population of the Colony, and I have read them with much pleasure.

3. In the addresses presented to Sir M. NATHAN on his departure reference has been made to the many important services which he rendered to the Colony during the period of his administration. I cordially associate myself with all that was said on the occasion, and I fully sympathise with the regret, so generally expressed, that his connexion with Hongkong has not extended to the full term during which a Governor ordinarily holds office. But in the public interests His Majesty's Government found it necessary to invite Sir M. NATHAN to give the benefit of his proved ability in another portion of the Empire, and I desire to record my appreciation of the ready way in which he met their wishes.

I have, &c.,

The Officer Administering the Government of

HONGKONG.

ELGIN.

HONGKONG.

No. 1907

CORRESPONDENCE ON THE SUBJECT OF HONGKONG SUBSIDIARY COINS.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

HONGKONG.

Confidential.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 23rd July, 1906.

MY LORD,-Referring to Your Lordship's despatch No. 100 dated the 24th May, 1906, I have the honour to report further on the subject of the disposal of the subsidiary coin then in the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.

2. In my despatch No. 96, dated the 20th April, 1906, I stated that the rate of discount on Hongkong subsidiary coin in the Canton market then stood at about one-half to one per cent., but that I was advised to take no action towards dispos- ing of this coin until the result of the next selling season had been ascertained. On the 15th May the discount bad gone up to over 4% and the Treasurer reported that he had consulted the Chief Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation who had stated that the prospects for the sale of the coin were not improving. The Canton rice crop had been seriously damaged by floods, it was feared that the silk might also have suffered, and Chinese brokers considered that in view of the manner in which dollars had been replaced by Chinese subsidiary coins in the Kwang Provinces there would be no chance of Hongkong subsidiary coins being required in those provinces in the near future. The Treasurer recommended that the bulk of this coin should be reshipped home for sale as bullion.

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3. Before acting on this recommendation I discussed the matter with Mr. J. R. M. SMITH who thought that it might be possible to dispose of the coin more advantageously by sale to the Indian mints then buying silver and who at my request telegraphed to ascertain if these mints would buy. On the 28th May he advised me that the Indian Government had wired from Simla that they were not prepared to do this. The telegraphic correspondence with Your Lordship * Enclosure 1. and the Crown Agents of which en clair versions and paraphrases are enclosed then took place with the result that the following subsidiary coins were shipped to London per S.S. Preussen, on the 21st June:-

20 cent pieces, 10

$ 148,000

3,250,000

$3,398,000

leaving in the hands of the Colonial Government:

10 cent pieces,

Copper cents,

.$100,000

167,102

76,920

$344,022

4. In the meantime the fall in the dollar value of British subsidiary coin following that of the Chinese coins was creating some dissatisfaction in the Colony and various wild suggestions for its rehabilitation were put forward. I enclose a Enclosure 2. copy of correspondence between Mr. E. OSBORNE, M.L.C., Secretary to the Star Ferry Company, Limited, and Mr. E. A. HEWETT, M.L.C., Chairman of the Com- mittee of the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce, in which the Chamber dealt dis- creetly with the suggestions that they should move the Government to legislate in the matter and that British coins should be rehabilitated and protected by making them legal tender up to any amount, to the exclusion of all other coins, and by Government pledging itself to redeem all its coins at par.

Enclosure 3.

5. I also annex a copy of a question on the subject put by Mr. OSBORNE to the Government at the meeting of the Legislative Council held on the 7th June and of the Treasurer's reply. Before causing this reply to be made I had con- sulted the Managers of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and the Mercantile Bank of India and had obtained from them the opinion I had anticipated and the only one which it was possible for them to give.

6. This Government having decided to get rid of its stores of subsidiary coinage by returning them to England as bullion instead of selling them locally at the market rate of discount, and thus avoid any further action tending to depreciate the coins already in currency, I felt justified in suggesting to H. M. Chargé d'Affaires at Peking that should an opportunity offer he might approach the Wai Wu Pu with a view to instructions being issued to the Viceroy at Canton which would result in some restrictions being put on the issue of subsidiary coins +Enclosure 4. from the mint there. This I did in the letter of which a copy is annexed. To

this letter I have not yet received a reply.

*Note. The practical effect of making Hongkong subsidiary coin unlimited legal tender would he to debase the currency, and to lower the monetary standard of value from the intrinsic value of the Dollar to that of the subsidiary coin.

The redemption of Hongkong subsidiary coin at par would be an extremely costly opera- tion which would prove a heavy burden on present taxpayers, while it would benefit principally Chinese Money Changers in China and elsewhere.

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7. I further took the opportunity of the presence here of the Imperial Chinese High Commissioners from Europe in Hongkong on the 9th inst. on their way to Peking to present my view of the matter to Mr. Tso PUNG HUNG, First Secretary to the Commissioners.

8. I also suggested to Mr. H. HUNTER, who had taken the place of Mr. J. R. M. SMITH as Chief Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, the advisability of sending a gentleman from the Bank to Canton to put before the Viceroy's Secretaries for communication to the Viceroy the difficulties that the large issue of subsidiary coins had already created and the dauger to the commerce and finances of the Kwang Provinces which must attend any further issue. Mr. HUNTER agreed and the Consul General at Canton was good enough to arrange for Mr. J. C. PETER of the Bank meeting on the 13th inst. Taotai WEN, the Viceroy's Secretary, two Chinese officials from the Mint and one from the Board of Reorganization. The result of this meeting is set forth in the annexed copy of a memorandum by by Mr. PETER. Mr. HUNTER in forwarding this memorandum to me stated that he thought it too probable that the Viceroy would prefer to go on turning out subsidiary coins until it was plainly more expensive immediately than shutting down the mint. I have not yet however received from Mr. MANSFIELD the promised ex- pression of the Viceroy's views in the matter.

10. I may here mention that the millesimal fineness of the Chinese coins is practically the same as ours, the mean result of analyses of 23 of these coins made by two different analysts being to show the presence of 800-08 parts of silver in 1,000 parts of metal, the fineness of Hongkong coins as laid down by proclamation being 800. The millesimal fineness of the dollar being 900 there seems no reason why both the Hongkong and Chinese subsidiary coins should not fall to a discount of 10 per cent. At present the discount on the former is 6 to 6 per cent. and on the latter 74 to 7 per cent.

11. On the assumptions that there is no further production of Hongkong subsidiary coinage and that the provision by China of a uniform national coinage in accordance with Article II of the British Commercial Treaty signed at Shanghai on the 5th September, 1902, is indefinitely postponed, three things may happen in the future:-

(i.) The Canton mint may continue issuing new subsidiary coins of the present millesimal fineness. In this case they will fall to and remain at a 10 per cent. discount to the impoverishment of the peoplein the Kwang Provinces whose hoardings consisting of, and earnings paid in, these coins will have lost a tenth of their value. The decrease in buying power of these people will continue injuriously to affect the trade of Hongkong. The Hongkong sub- sidiary coins will remain at a slightly less discount in Hong- kong, where the non acceptance of the Chinese coins by the Government and banks make these of slightly less value in the Colony. This difference will increase, if mercantile firms follow the example that has been set by the Government and some of themselves in declining to receive the Chinese coins. There will also be a tendency for the Hongkong coins to return to the Colony.

(ii) The Canton mints may cease issuing subsidiary coins. Those they have already issued and with them the Hongkong coins would tend gradually to recover their former dollar value as absorption took place and they became a subsidiary rather than a main cur- rency.

(iii.) The Canton mint may issue subsidiary coins of lower millesimal fineness than the present ones. This would result in a further im- poverishment of the Kwang Provinces for the temporary advant- age of the Canton Treasury. The new coins, which, to secure their acceptance, would have the same appearance as the old,

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would drag the value of the latter down with them. The Hong- kong coins with a value intermediate between that of the dollar and the Chinese coins would tend partly to disappear from circula- tion in China by being melted down to form the new issue as dollars are now being melted down to form the present issues, and partly to constitute a third standard of value for commodities in the same way as commodities are now beginning to have two prices according to whether payments for them are made in dollars or subsidiary coins. It would be as impossible then to prevent the new issue from being generally current in Hongkong as it is now to prevent the present issues being used in the majority of private transactions, and even greater confusion and paralyzation of trade: than exist at the present time would ensue.

12. I regret that I can suggest no useful action that can be taken by the Hong- kong Government in this matter beyond laying down the principle that they will not again engage in the trade of supplying China with token coins at their face va- lue and beyond doing their utmost to persuade the Cantonese authorities to restrict their production of such coins.

14. I shall keep Your Lordship informed of further developments in the matter of Chinese Subsidiary Currency.

The Right Honourable

THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,

&c., &c., &c.

I have, etc.,

M. NATHAN.

Enclosure 2.

LETTER FROM STAR FERRY COMPANY.

30th April, 1906.

SIR, I have the honour to draw the Chamber's attention to the recent fall in the value of British subsidiary coins by which this Company and others whose business lies on a cash basis, are losing heavily.

2. And apart from loss to individuals the matter is, I submit, of sufficient importance to the Colony at large to warrant the consideration of your Committee.

3. For many years and until recently, Chinese subsidiary silver coins were at a discount of about 5%; British subsidiary silver coins maintained a parity of value with the dollar ; whilst British copper coins as measured in Chinese silver coins were at a premium varying from 2 to 4 per cent. British subsidiary silver coins are now quoted about 5% discount and copper 9%.

The former disparity between British and Chinese coins was I understand due to a difference in fineness.

4. Recently the Canton silver coin has shewn a tendency to further depreciate and, what is of more importance to Hongkong, has apparently dragged the British coin with it, the reason assigned being that the debtor, finding he can discharge his liabilities in the baser coinage, has no further use for the higher.

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5. Following immediately upon the minting in Canton of copper coins, the British one cent piece sank to the level of its Chinese counterpart and, it is assumed, for the same rea- sons as led to the fall of silver coins.

6. So far the Canton Officials have apparently been satisfied with a moderate difference in fineness between their coins and the British. If their object be to drive the latter out of circulation in their country, their action is at least intelligible and, provided competition between the respective coins remains as at present, doubtless matters will right themselves at no great loss to anyone but the Hongkong Government.

7. But if repacity be the mainspring of their policy the question becomes serious; for, unless nipped in the bud, this debasing process will grow to large and ruinous proportions, and to the prejudice of Hongkong's trade.

of Hongkong's trade. Each successive official will seize the golden opportunity until hopeless confusion and loss bring matters to a crisis.

8. To make matters worse, a Chinese dollar note has recently appeared in the Colony and is actually in circulation at Canton.

9. If your Committee consider there be cause for alarm, doubtless they will move the Government to legislate in the matter and now that the Government's profit on subsidiary coins is endangered (for if there be no demand there will be no further coinage, and conse- quently no further profit) perhaps their former reason for a policy of non-interference will no longer weigh and there may yet be time to frustrate the evil in its incipient stage.

10. As regards a remedy I venture to suggest that British coins be rehabilitated and protected by making them legal tender up to any amount, to the exclusion of all other coins, and by Government pledging itself to redeem all its coins at par.

Hon. Mr. E. A. HEWETT,

Chairman,

HONGKONG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

I have, etc.,

EDWARD OSBORNE,

Secretary.

HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

HONGKONG, 28th May, 1906.

you

SIR,-I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 30th ultimo in which direct attention to the loss sustained by your Company and others through, what you term, the fall in the value of British subsidiary coin, and to inform you that your letter has received the careful consideration of the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce.

In the first place owing to the fact that legal tender of subsidiary coin is limited and that intrinsically it is not worth so much as the currency dollar, its exchange value is naturally liable to fluctuate according to supply and demand.

2. The Committee of this Chamber are agreed that the question of the loss in the purchasing power of British subsidiary coin, however it may have been caused, is one which deserves serious consideration.

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3. Without necessarily accepting either the statement in this paragraph as to the actual discount at which the British coin is now reported to stand, or that which gives the percentages of relative values in the past, the Committee do not wish to question your general remarks of a retrospective nature.

It would appear that the large demand for Hongkong subsidiary coin arose in the Southern Provinces of China, and while the Colony at the moment undoubtedly benefited by the then existing state of affairs, it was not to be expected that this outside source of revenue would continue indefinitely and a change, brought about by among other causes an over-production of Chinese subsidiary coin, should not be looked upon as a matter calling for legislation on the part of the Government.

The second part under this head seems to imply a change in the difference of fineness between the Hongkong and Canton subsidiary coin of the present as compared with that of the

past but of this the Committee have no evidence.

4/5. It must be admitted that the over-production of Chinese subsidiary coin has resulted in its depreciation and has also reduced the demand for Hongkong coin, but it is an error to suppose that a debtor can discharge his liabilities in this subsidiary coin, though for sake of convenience no doubt many small debts are so settled.

No one in the Colony need accept Chinese subsidiary coin at all, while the legal limit for Hongkong subsidiary silver coin is $2.00, and for copper $1.00. If payments are accepted in Chinese coin, or Hongkong coin in excess of the legal limit, this is entirely a personal matter between debtor and creditor and is presumably due to causes not to be controlled by Ordinance, being merely an ordinary business question for consideration when fixing the price of commodities.

6/7. The developments foreshadowed in paragraph 7 are problematical. The Com- mittee of the Chamber, while viewing the excessive production of silver and copper coins by the Chinese Mints as calculated to seriously affect the prosperity of that Empire, have no reason to assume that the Chinese Officials are actuated by other motives than the supplying of a useful medium of exchange, for which there was, at one time at all events, a strong demand, and the making of a profit on the seigniorage as is usual in other countries making similar issues.

8. The existence of the Provincial Bank $1.00 note is of course known. It now bears a special stamp to the effect that it is redeemable in 20 cent pieces. It is noteworthy however that the $5.00 notes are not so stamped.

9. After carefully considering the question the Committee of the Chamber are of opinion that the only course likely to influence remedial measures is to communicate with the Chambers of Commerce at Shanghai and Tientsin with a view to sending another joint Memorial to the Diplomatic Body at Peking urging that the Imperial Government should again be called upon to carry out its treaty obligations, and by placing all the mints under one control, produce a standard coinage for the whole Empire and so do away with the over- production of subsidiary coinage for which the various Provincial Authorities are now responsible.

10. With regard to the suggested remedy that British subsidiary coin should be made legal tender up to any extent and that the Government should pledge itself to redeem all such coins at par, the Committee of this Chamber are altogether unable to endorse such a proposal, nor can they as matters now stand see their way to make any representation to the Hongkong Government with regard to legislation.

Hon. Mr. EDWARD OSBORNE,

Secretary,

STAR FERRY COMPANY, LIMITED.

I have, &c.,

EDBERT A. HEWETT,

Chairman.

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Enclosure 3.

HONGKONG, 2nd June, 1906.

SIR,—I have the honour to inform you that I propose putting the following questions at the next meeting of the Legislative Council:-

3. Will the Government take steps to enquire what practical means can be adopted for re-establishing and maintaining the value of British subsidiary coinage on a par with the dollar?

I have, etc.,

A. G. M. FLETCHER, Esq.,

Clerk of Councils.

EDWARD OSBORNE.

REPLY TO HON. MR. E. OSBORNE'S QUESTION ON SUBSIDIARY COINS.

3. The Government have made enquiries and are satisfied that the only practical means that can be adopted for re-establishing the value of British subsidiary coins is to cease for the time to issue such coins and to induce the Cantonese authorities to stop the issue of Chinese subsidiary coins, the overproduction of which combined with depressed trade has brought about the fall in value of both British and Chinese subsidiary currency.

HONGKONG.

No. 121.

DOWNING STREET,

27th June, 1906.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward to you the enclosed copy of a letter from the Electric Traction Company of Hongkong, Limited, with regard to the circulation of Chinese subsidiary coin in Hongkong.

2. I should be glad if you would furnish me with a report on this matter.

Governor

Sir M. NATHAN, K.C.M.G.,

&c.

I have, &c.,

ELGIN.

THE ELECTRIC TRACTION COMPANY OF HONGKONG LIMITED.

19, ST. SWITHIN'S LANE, LONDON, E.C.,

19th June, 1906.

MY LORD,-I am directed by my Board to place before your Lordship certain facts in regard to Chinese subsidiary coinage circulating in Hongkong, and to ask your Lordship to consider whether it would not be possible for the Hongkong Government to take some action to alleviate what is a heavy tax on the trading community in Hongkong and which affects us particularly as a Tramway Company owing to the large number of small coins which are tendered to us in fares.

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We believe that the following extract from the South China Morning Post of the 27th March, 1906, sets out the facts accurately and will place your Lordship in possession of the material points so far as the Chinese coinage is concerned :-

"The Chinese subsidiary coinage nuisance is becoming worse than ever. These coins are pouring into the Colony from the interior and the Banks accept them, reluctantly, at a discount of $45 on the $1,000. Firms handling large sums can protect themselves by discounting payments at the Bank's rate, but the hardship falls on the poorer people, the small dealer and the purchaser. The Tramway and Ferry Companies must also sustain heavy losses on this debased coinage, and surely something can be done to check its circulation. ̧ The public see very little Hongkong small coinage, for the simple reason that being of higher value than the Chinese coins, it goes into the interior and does not return, unless in the shape of Chinese pieces after being reminted. As we have pointed out previously and repeatedly, not only is the Viceroy of Canton robbing the Hongkong Government of its profits on the circulation of subsidiary coinage, but his cheaper substitutes are driving British coins out of circulation in the Colony, and the public when paid for one British dollar five twenty-cent Kwangtung pieces are actually losing 4 cents equal to $4.50 discount on the $100. Chinese servants and workmen naturally refuse the Chinese subsidiary coins on account of the loss they would sustain. Whilst the local Government offers no protection to the public, and allows the Chinese authorities to appropriate its profits, it curiously enough refuses to allow the Post Office or other departments to accept Chinese coins, greatly to the inconvenience of the public who frequently have nothing but Chinese coins in their possession owing to the scarcity of Hongkong money. At the same time it often happens that the same department tenders Chinese money as change! The Government should take this matter in hand, for the evil is rapidly becoming worse. Singapore and French Indo China decline to admit any silver money to be circulated within their borders but their own, and refuse to allow any outsiders to participate in their lawful profits on minting and circulating coinage. Of course we shall be told that owing to the proximity to dear old Canton it would be impossible to restrict the importation of foreign coinage-but, the fact remains that the present arrangement is bad and is a hardship and our Government has never tried to check it. It might try.'

A fact, however, that does not appear in the above, and which the Board have only quite recently learnt is that, owing to a decreased demand for British coins in the interior of China, the same are at a heavy discount in Hongkong. The Board are of opinion that it is far from desirable that British coins should be at a discount in a British Colony.

When the attention of the Board was first drawn to the matter, they were under the impression that the Chinese coins were legal tender, but on enquiry the Board find that this is not the case.

The Company's Manager in Hongkong has mentioned the matter to His Excellency the Governor, who advised that the only remedy which to his mind could prove efficacious was for every person trading in the Colony to decline to accept any other coinage except that of the Colony.

The Board have instructed their Manager to try and arrange with some of the largest recipients to act as His Excellency suggests, but they fear that not only is there likely to be delay in such a course, whereas the matter is pressing, but also that such a movement may be unsuccessful owing to the difficulty of obtaining united action.

The Board, therefore, respectfully submit to your Lordship that it would be possible:-- (a.) For the Hongkong Government to make such coinage illegal and to abolish it in a similar way to that which the British Government adopted some years ago in getting rid of the Continental copper coinage which was tendered to so great an extent in the United Kingdom,

and

(b.) In any case for the Hongkong Government to give instructions to their officials not to tender Chinese money in change for Hongkong coinage.

In conclusion, the Board venture to trouble your Lordship further by showing how hardly the matter operates on this Company.

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For the year ended the 31st December, 1905, the Company's total receipts in Hongkong amounted to £25,931 and of that amount it lost £486 through being obliged to sell the silver coins at a discount, a loss of nearly 2%.

For the four mouths ended 30th April, 1906, the Board are informed that on the Com- pany's receipts of $88,237 the similar loss has amounted to $3.488, or nearly 4 %, which confirms the information as to the further depreciation which is taking place in coinage.

In view of the importance of the subject to the trading community and the desirability of such a state of affairs no longer prevailing in a British Colony, the Board beg to reiterate their hope that your Lordship will be able to initiate such measures as will dispose of the difficulty.

The Right Honourable

THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,

St.,

HONGKONG.

Confidential.

SC.,

I have, etc.,

H. W. C. WERMER. Secretary.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 26th July, 1906.

MY LORD,-I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Lordship's despatch No. 121 dated the 27th June, 1906, enclosing a copy of a letter from "The Electric Traction Company of Hongkong Limited" with regard to the Circulation of Chinese subsidiary coin in Hongkong and requesting a report from me on this matter.

2. Before receiving this despatch I had already addressed Your Lordship confidentially on the 23rd instant on the subject both of British and Chinese subsidiary coins and stated that I had taken the only steps that appeared to me possible in the matter and likely to be effective in checking the fall in the dollar value of these coins and in eventually rehabilitat- ing them.

3. The Chamber of Commerce's reply of the 28th May, 1906, to the Star Ferry Com- pany's letter of the 30th April, 1906, copies of which formed Enclosure 2 to that despatch is equally applicable to the case of the Electric Traction Company and I suggest that a copy of the correspondence be sent to the Secretary to the latter Company for the information of his Board.

4. The Board believes that the extract from the "South China Morning Post" of the 27th March, 1906, sets out the facts (respecting Chinese subsidiary coinage) accurately. This as Your Lordship is aware from my previous communication is not entirely the case. The fact that the public see very little of Hongkong small coinage is not due to "the simple reason that being of higher value than the Chinese coin it goes into the interior and does not return, unless in the shape of Chinese pieces after being reminted." The Chinese subsidiary coins are of the same intrinsic value as the Hongkong ones; the latter have of late been returning to the Colony in greater numbers than the banks can put on the market; and it is dollars and not the more heavily alloyed Hongkong subsidiary coins that are melted down in the Canton mint to make 20 cent pieces. Again the reference to the Viceroy of Canton robbing the Hongkong Government of their profits on the circulation of subsidiary coinage and to the duty of that Government not to allow any outsiders to participate in their lawful profits on minting and circulating coinage are quaint, considering the profits the Colony has inade from furnishing the Kwang Provinces with token coins. The statement that it is "owing to the scarcity of Hongkong money" that the public have nothing but Chinese coins in their posses- sion is incorrect as the public can obtain as much Hongkong subsidiary coinage at the bank as

they desire.

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The refusal of the Post Office and other Departments of the Government to accept Chinese cins is of course justified by these not being legal tender. The example of such refusal if generally followed by such companies as "The Electric Traction Company of Hongkong" would tend to check the circulation in the Colony of the Chinese subsidiary

coins.

5. In that part of the Company's letter which follows the astounding quotation from "The South China Morning l'ost" from which I have quoted the Board rightly recognise that it is not only the Chinese but also the Hongkong subsidiary coins that have fallen in value though they seem not to be aware of the main cause of this fall-the over-issue of Chinese coins by the Canton mint and the corresponding shortage of dollars from which these coins have, at any rate partly, been produced.

6. Of the two proposals of the Board the first, namely, that the Chinese coinage should be made illegal and abolished is not practicable. Chinese coins are not legal tender in Hong- kong and it is open to everyone to refuse to accept them, but to make it punishable by law to possess such coins or to offer or accept payments in them would fill the gaols of the Colony and at the same time would deal a serious if not mortal blow to the large traffic and petty trade which goes on between Hongkong and Canton, As Your Lordship is doubt- less aware some 4,000 people daily come and go between the two places. For currency purposes Hongkong is and must remain an integral portion of the Chinese Empire and it is no more possible to exclude Chinese subsidiary coins from the Colony than it is to exclude dollars and establish a gold currency there.

7. As regards the second proposal of the Board that this Government should “give instructions to their officials not to tender Chinese money in exchange for Hongkong coinage ", I presume dollars aud dollar notes are intended by Hongkong, coinage. Such instructions are already in force and breaches of them must be rare, as none has been brought to my notice.

The Right Honourable

THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,

SC.,

&c.

HONGKONG.

Confidential.

I have, etc.,

M. NATHAN.

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 27th April, 1907.

MY LORD,With reference to Sir MATTHEW NATHAN'S Confidential Despatch of the 5th instant and previous correspondence, I have the honour to represent to Your Lordship that in my opinion the time has arrived for this Government to take some steps for the rehabilitation of the subsidiary coin of the Colony.

2. To say nothing of private firms, the Government alone is regularly losing a large amount on account of the receipt as Revenue of sums of subsidiary coin tendered in accord- dance with legal requirements, such amount of course varying with the rate of discours which has been as high as 104 per centum. At present, however, there has been an in-t provement in the rate which has fallen to 6 per centum presumably on account of the nem approach of the silk season in the Canton Province, but it is anticipated that with the cloaǝ of the season the coin will flow back to Hongkong.

3. With a total issue of over $40,000,000 worth and with the Colony's population under 400,000 it is obvious that there has been issued a great excess over legitimate require- ments; though, so long as our subsidiary coin was practically favoured as currency in the Provinces of South China, no evil effects resulted.

Now, however, with the enormous issue of small silver coins from the Canton and other Mints our coin is being displaced in China.

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It is considered that a sum of about 15 lakhs of dollars of subsidiary coins would be ample for the requirements of the Colony's business for a period of years, and that an issue of under $100,000 per annum would be quite sufficient to provide for deficiencies in the amount arising from loss, wear and tear, &c., and for any probable increase in the population, after the currency has been put on a proper footing.

4. It is therefore highly probable that, allowing for a great diminution in the total amount already issued (on account of loss, wear and tear, conversion into ornaments, &c.), the amount which might be expected to be finally returned on our hands would come to the, neighbourhood of twenty millions, an excess over requirements of over eighteen millions.

No rehabilitation of currency in such circumstances can possibly take place without expenditure on the part of the Government and I therefore submit for Your Lordship's consideration the following suggestion.

5. At present this Government is receiving in the collection of revenue the sum of about $30,000 monthly in the form of subsidiary coin. This coin is paid into the Bank on Government Account at its face value and at the end of the mouth Government pays to the Bank the difference between such value and the value at the rate of the day.

This entails a regular expenditure of something under $3,000 every mouth, and the subsidiary coin so dealt with still remains available for circulation.

I propose therefore that in future all such money collected be placed to credit of the Treasury subsidiary coin stock account, and that when a sufficient amount is so stored it should be sent home to be disposed of by the Crown Agents. This will entail an expenditure on account of loss to the amount of about $40,000 per annum which is however set off by the saving of the present monthly payments to the Bank.

Pending Your Lordship's decision in this matter I have given instructions that the amounts paid in from the current month onwards be treated in the manner suggested.

6. I may add that a proposal for dealing with receipts of subsidiary coin in the manner indicated was submitted to Sir M. Nathan before his departure and that he was in favour of adopting the proposal.

The Right Honourable

THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,

I have, &c.,

F. H. MAY.

&'c.,

&c.,

&c.

TELEGRAM FROM THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT OF HONGKONG TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

27th June, 1907.

Referring to my Confidential Despatch of 27th April is proposal approved?

TELEGRAM FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT OF HONGKONG.

Your telegram of 27th June. Proposals approved.

MAY.

29th June, 1907.

ELGIN.

NOTE.-The above indicates the action the Hongkong Government is taking to rehabilitate its subsidiary coinage. It may be possible from time to time to find means to accelerate the withdrawal of its subsidiary coins.

In addition the Hongkong Government has succeeded in convincing the Authorities at Canton that suspen- sion of the coinage of their subsidiary coins is necessary, and has induced them to suspend it temporarily. Endeavours are being made to make such temporary suspension permanent for a period of years. At the same time no effort is being spared to urge in the proper quarter the institution of a national coinage in China.

HONGKONG.'

No. 1907

REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT FOR THE YEAR 1906.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Governor.

1.-ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

The number of Actions instituted in this division of the Court during the Table I. year 1906 was 264, and there were 154 pending at the commencement of that year. Of these, 166 were disposed of during the year, 40 being settled or withdrawn before trial, and 90 being struck out of the Cause-Book as having been standing over generally for more than a year, leaving a balance of 162 undisposed of.

The total amount involved was $2,244,795.99.

The debts and damages recovered amounted to $747,973.76.

There were 2 Injunctions and 3 Interim Injunctions granted.

The total fees collected and paid into the Treasury amounted to $16,174.35.

2.-SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

The number of Actions instituted was 1,794 during the year 1906, and 226 Table I. were brought forward from 1905. Of these, 1,572 were disposed of, 702 being settled or withdrawn before trial, and 205 being struck out of the Cause-Book as having been standing over generally for more than a year, leaving a balance of 243.

The total amount involved was $976,381.88; and the total fees collected and paid into the Treasury amounted to $8,220.50.

Table II.

Table III.

Table IV.

The number of Distress Warrants for Rent issued was 374, representing aggregate unpaid Rents amounting to $42,160.33, of which the aggregate sum of $15,230.85 was recovered, 173 Warrants having been withdrawn on settlement between the parties.

The fees collected for issuing Distress Warrants and paid into the Treasury amounted to $2,867.25.

3.—CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.

There were 37 cases and 67 persons committed for trial at the Criminal Sessions.

The number of persons actually indicted was 54, of whom 42 were convicted and 12 were acquitted. Against 13 persons no Indictments were filed, and they were discharged pursuant to the provisions of "The Criminal Procedure Amend- ment Ordinance, 1904."

4.-APPELLATE JURISDICTION.

There were 7 Appeals instituted during the year, being

From the decision of the Chief Justice,

of the Puisne Judge,

Magistrates,

Table V.

Table VI.

Land Court,

of which 5 were disposed of, being

From the Chief Justice,

Puisne Judge,. Magistrates,

leaving 2 pending.

The decision of the Privy Council in the case of CHU PING v. CHAN UT CHIU and PUN KON SHAN, O. J. Action No. 66 of 1903, reached the Colony. The Appeal was allowed, with costs.

Leave to appeal to the Privy Council was granted in two cases, i.e., (1) In the matter of CHAN HANG KIU and others, 7 witnesses who were committed for perjury; and (2) In Bankruptcy No. 26 of 1905, in the matter of an Issue between G. H. WAKEMAN (Official Receiver and Trustee) and WONG KA Chuen.

ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION.

There were 11 Actions instituted, 2 of which were disposed of, 4 having been settled before trial, leaving 5 pending.

The number of vessels arrested was 4.

The total fees received and paid into the Treasury amounted to $922.30.

6.-BANKRUPTCY JURISDICTION.

There were 43 Petitions filed, 26 being Creditors' Petitions and 17 being Petitions by the Debtors themselves.

The number of Receiving Orders made was 37, being 23 on Creditors' Peti- tions, and 14 on Debtors' Petitions.

The number of Public Examinations held was 20.

There were 15 Adjudications; no Compositions were approved by the Court. There were 2 Discharges.

The aggregate amount of declared Assets was $600,807.07, and declared Liabilities $3,880,916.74. Of the declared Assets only $76,201.10 were recover

The fees paid into the Treasury amounted to $9,019.74, including the Official Receiver's commission as Trustee where no Trustee has been appointed by the Creditors.

A tabulated statement of the work done is attached to this Report.

7.-PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION.

There were 194 Grants made by the Court, being :-

Probates,.

Letters of Administration,

Table VII.

107

194

The aggregate value of the Estates was $5,708,450.00.

Probate duties amounted to $164,221.20 and $258.69 additional duty was paid during the year. Court fees amounted to $8,789.25 and Official Administra- tor's Commission paid into the Treasury to $4,180.70.

There were 84 Estates vested in, or administered by, the Official Administrator Tables VIII during the year, representing an aggregate value of $105,118.51.

39 Estates were wound up during the year, as against 11 in 1905, representing an aggregate value of $41,683.38.

8.-OFFICIAL TRUSTS.

The total number of Trust Estates in the hands of the Official Trustee at the end of 1906 was 24, and the aggregate amount of Trust funds $111,707.58 as against 19 Estates aggregating to $96,378.08 in 1905, and certain house property, viz., No. 6, Rednaxela Terrace.

9.-REGISTRATION OF COMPANIES.

The total number of Companies registered from the commencement of the Companies Ordinance, 1865," was 501 with an aggregate capital of $239,470,873.

Of the 501 Companies on the Register 85 are defunct, 2 were not floated, 114 were wound up and 46 were in the course of being wound up, leaving 254 on the Register at the end of 1996 representing an aggregate capital of $152,246,055..

There were 39 Companies registered in 1906, the revenue from which was :---

..$5,716,50

Registration Fees,

Filing and other Fees received during the year, 2,583.00

and VIII (a).

$8,299.50

10.-FEES AND COMMISSIONS.

The total sums collected during the year by way of Fees and Commissions Tables IX paid into the Treasury amounted to $52,904.11, as against $61,984.69 in the and IX («). previous year.

11.-COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS, &C.

During the year the following gentlemen were appointed Commissioners for Oaths, &c., so long as they should hold their several offices, viz.:-

Mr. JOSEPH HORSFORD KEMP, Deputy Registrar and Appraiser to be a. Commissioner for taking acknowledgments by married women of the Deeds to be executed by them.

Mr. CHARLES Alexander DICK MELBOURNE, First Clerk, Magistracy, to

be a Commissioner to administer Oaths, &c.

Mr. ROBERT HENRY ARTHUR CRAIG, Assistant Superintendent, Victoria

Gaol, to be a Commissioner to administer Oaths, &c.

12.-STAFF.

Mr. JOSEPH HORSFORD KEMP, Deputy Registrar and Appraiser, returned from leave of absence on the 18th July and resumed his duties on the following day.

Mr. JAMES DYER BALL, First Chinese Interpreter, continued to act as Assistant Registrar General, his place being filled by Mr. Li HONG Mr, the Second Interpreter, Mr. NICHOLAS GEORGE NOLAN, Interpreter at the Magistracy, taking the place of the latter.

Mr. A. B. SUFFIAD, First Grade Clerk of Court and Clerk to the Chief Justice, proceeded on 4 months vacation leave on the 1st November, the discharge of the duties of his office being arranged departmentally.

1st March, 1907.

ARATHOON SETH, Registrar.

Table I.

RETURN OF CASES brought under the cognizance of the SUPREME COURT of. HONGKONG during the Year 1906.

ORIGINAL AND SUMMARY JURISDICTIONS.

JUDGMENT. Struck

In Depen- Jurisdiction. dency

Settled

No. of Cases in

or with-

Total.

Debt and Damages.

drawn

before

1906.

1905.

trial,

Plaintiff.

Defendant.

Nonsuit.

out, Dismissed

and

Strick one of the Cruse-

Books having been standing

lapsed

over generally

Writs.

for more than

a year.

In Dependency.

Debt and

Damages

recovered.

Original....... 154*

Summary,

264

418

$2,244,795.99

40 103 17

162 $747,973.76

226 1,794 2,020

976,381.88 702 754 49 9

203

243 203,539.22

1 Case transferred to Summary Jurisdiction.

Table II.

RETURN OF DISTRESS WARRANTS FOR RENT issued during the year 1906.

(Ordinance No. 1 of 1883.)

Number issued.

Sold to pay Claims.

Number withdrawn.

Aggregate Sum

Aggregate Rent involved.

recovered on sales.

374

201

173

$42,160.33

$15,230.85

Number of Cases.

Table III,

RETURN OF CRIMINAL CASES tried in the SUPREME COURT of HONGKONG, during the Year 1906.

SENTENCE.

Charges Cases

alandoned, postponed.

Number of Persons.

CRIME.

Convicted.

Acquitted.

Armed Robbery,

Assault occasioning bodily harm,

2 Bribery,

Conspiracy,

Carnally knowing a girl under the age of 12 years, Disobedience of Order of Banishment,...

Larceny,

Manslaughter,

Murder,

Offences punishable under Sec. 82 s.s. of Bank-

ruptcy Ordinance, No. 7 of 1891,

Receiving stolen goods,

17 Robbery....

Setting fire tɔ a dwelling house,

Uttering a forged Bank note,

Uttering a forged document,

Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm,

Death.

Death recorded.

over (he Year,

Hard Labour

Year and under.

Head Labour One

Solitary Confinement.

Privately floggel.

No. of Cases.

No. of Persons.

No. of Cases.

No. of Persons.

[(@)

42 12

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Note.-Of 67 Persons...

Thirteen not indicted are included under the heading of “Charges abandoned,”

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54 were indicted.

(a) In one case a witness was convicted of Perjury and contempt of Court and committed to Prison for months with hard labour,

(b) In one case the Prisoner was sentenced to simple imprisonment.

(e) Simple imprisonment.

APPEALS

COMMENCED.

Table IV.

APPELLATE JURISDICTION.

APPEALS TRIED.

JUDGMENT.

Appeals Pending.

Appeals

Withdrawn.

Number of Cases.

No. of Cases.

Appellant.

Respondent.

Table V.

ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION.

Actions instituted.

Number heard.

Settled or withdrawn.

Pending.

In 4 actions the ships were arrested,

No.

Table VI.

BANKRUPTCY JURISDICTION.

RETURN of BANKRUPTCIES during the year 1906.

Date of Filing Petition.

Date of Receiving Order or Administration Order.

Date of

Adjudication.

Date of Composition

or Scheme of

Declared Assets.

Declared

Liabilities.

Assets.

Realised.

Remarks, if any.

Arrangement if any.

-004 0010

. 23rd

1906.

6th January,

1906.

22nd February,

Tith

12th

15th

17th

23rd January,

8th February,

8th

9th March,

22nd

8th

2,016.15

5,076.10

247.94

8,835,32

39,243.77

4,122.20

Petition dismissed. Pending.

1,045.11

5,593.97

393.48

76,734.75

80,310.82

6,406.49

7th March,

22nd March,

70,354.00

2,180,912.56

22nd

12th April,

26,054.02

34,176.64

5th April,

27th

}]

12th

27th

5,400.00

167,898.24

663.02

Consolidated with No. 6.

Consolidated with No. 4. Pending.

Receiving Order rescinded.

Pending.

Administration Order. Petition dismissed.

21st

28th

7th June,

28th June,

1,902.42

Debtor absconded.

11th May,

23rd May,

28th

50,033.84

27,251.35

812.78

1st June,

7th June,

12th July

5,709.76

13,077.84

1,502.48

5th

7th

12th

19,668.84

38,294.88

8,291.98

7th

28th

26th

7,659.87

18,242.87

2,652.77

2nd July,

26th July,

9th August,

2,828.75

Debtor absconded.

7th

19th

13th September,

6.5,650.00

143,315.00

12,342.20

11th

12th

4,838.83

12,942.07

18th

26th

21,250.00

59,035.70

Receiving Order rescinded,

20th

26th

20,505.49

37,600.61

122.22

Pending.

21st

26th

9th August,

2,811.87

5,384.11

454.50

24th

26th

9th

900.00

2,328.03

345.31

3rd August,

1,163.37

Interim Receiving Order only. Petition withdrawn.

9th

3rd September,.

17th September,.

1st October,

16,203.07

Debtor absconded.

7th

13th

35,976.80

35,036.18

541.75

Pending.

Carried forward,.

425,443.65

2,905,720.74.

60,996,73

No.

Date of Filing Petition.

1906.

Declared Assets.

Declared

Liabilities.

Assets Realised.

Remarks, if any.

Date of Receiving Order or Administration Order.

Date of

Adjudication.

RETURN of BANKRUPTCIES,-Continued.

Date of Composition

or Scheme of Arrangement if any.

1906.

15th September,.

13th October, ..

· 8th November,

29th

23rd November,.

18th

25th

8th November,

12th

16th

8th November,

29th

......

22nd November,... 20th December,

6th December,

19th

6th

21st

18th

22nd

**2

29th November,

27th

7th

18th December,

12th December,

18th

14th

4th January, 1907.

1906.

Brought forward,........

425,443.65

2,905.720.74

60,996.73

2,876.75

29,408.04

16,586.71

98,407.70

1,373.22

250.00

Pending.

Petition withdrawn.

Pending. Debtor absconded.

Same Debtor as No. 35. Debtor absconded.

Pending. Debtor absconded.

489.00

3,500.00

3,000.00

300.00

1,195.41

12,455.00

175.34

Pending.

102,383.22

39,500.00

755,241.80

92,504.79

6,116.81

TOTAL,.....$

600,807.07

3,880,916.74

76,201.10

G. H. WAKEMAN, Official Receiver in Bankruptcy.

}

Table VII.

Calendar of Probates and LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION granted by the SUPREME COURT of HONGKONG during the year 1906.

Time and Place of Death.

Value sworn

under.

Amount of

Probate

duty paid.

Date of

No.

Name of Testator or Intestate.

Grant.

1905.

Dec., 15 | Li Bing Son,

1906.

Luiz Carlos do Rozario,

Jan.,

4 | George Handasyde Dick,

}}

Yuen Kok Cho,

So Tin Hee alias Chan Soo Shi, Hee Kin,

1904.

Sammel Wilson,

Fridolin Conrad Binder,

9 | April, 25 | Tho Heng Siŭ alias Tho Hing Kec,.

1906.

10 Jan.,

9 Leung Shing Cheung,..

12 Charles Stringer,.

1905.

Aug., 1 Ip Sze Mui,

1906.

13 Jan., 12 | Atwell Coxon, .

45678

19 Emily Hudson,

3rd Oct.. 1905, at Sea on board the Steam-launch "Wai On" during the passage from Hongkong to Canton,

12th Dec., 1905, at the Peak Hospital, Victoria, Hongkong, 17th May, 1905, at Strone, Argyllshire, Scotland,

11th Nov., 1905, at Siù Heung Village, Hok Shan District, Kwong Tung Province, China,

8th Aug., 1905, at Victoria, Hongkong,

19th Aug., 1905, at l'oon Shar Village, Heung Shan Dis- trict, Chira,

12th April, 1905, at Lismore Bridge of Allan, in the County

of Sterling, Scotland,

1st Nov., 1905, at Hoihow, Hainam, China,

6th June, 1885, at Singapore in the Straits Settlements,

8th Oct., 1905, at Ki Hing Lane, Honam, China,.. 6th July, 1905, at Hamburg in Germany,

4th July, 1905, at First Street, Tai Hang, Hongkong,

17th Oct., 1905, at Burnham in the County of Somerset, England,

16th Nov., 1905, at Heung Shan District, China,...

29th Sept., 1905, at London, England,

11th Jan., 1906, at West Terrace, Victoria, Hongkong,

10th Jan., 1904, at Hamstead in the County of London,

12 | Ling Wong,

Arthur Smith,

Herbert Rose,

5th Jan., 1906, at Victoria, Hongkong,

Carolina Maria Braga,

Chun Yow,

20 Wong Lum Shi,

19 Tsang Sz,

John H. Beattie,

England.

16th Dec., 1898, at Victoria, Hongkong,

Probate,

Letters of Adm.,

Letters of Adm., cum testamento annexo, Probate,

Letters of Adm.,

Nature of Grant.

Name and Description of Executor or Administrator.

Letters of Adm.,

Li Aú Shi, the widow,

4,200.00

84.00

Probate, Scaling of Probate,

João Joaquim Leiria, Merchant,

13,600 00

.408.00

James Dick, Commission Agent; Angus Buchanan, Banker; Nathaniel Dunlop, Shipowner; and John William Ar-

1,200.00

24.00

thur, Merchant,

Yuen Yaù Shan, brother,

2,000.00

40.00

Chun Fuk, husband,

300.00

3.00

Hee Kwong, son,..

200.00

No duty.

William Wilson, brother,

13,200.00

396.00

Mary Binder, the widow,

400.00

4.00

Hia Yao otherwise called Ngai Yiŭ, Trader,

33,900.00

1,017.00

Leung Cheung Shi, the widow,

400.00

4.00

Annie Frederica Stringer, the widow,

17,500.00

525.00

Ip Ping Sham, Clerk,

700.00

7.00

Louisa Coxon, the widow,.

411,000.00

12,330.00.

Lo Sze, the widow,

7,500.00

Herbert Smith, Gentleman,

2,400.00

150.00

48.0.)

Henry Perey White, Merchant, a Creditor,

Gross 600.00

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,

250.00

No duty.

Alexander George Wood, Attorney of Adeline Maria Hud- son, the Executrix,

250.00

Wan Sit Wo, Trader,

4,800.00

}

1,000.00

10.00

the infants, &c., Probate,

Tsang Kaú, carpenter,

800.00

20,30 1.00

8.00

609.00

Carried forward,

....$

536,500.00

15,667.00

† Duty fully paid on Original Grant.

Sealing of Exemplifi- cation of Probate, Probate,

Scaling of Exemplifi- cation of Probate, Letters of Adm., Sealing of Probate, Ltd. Letters of Adm.,

Letters of Adm., Scaling of Probate,

Letters of Adm, de bonis non,

10th July, 1905, at Canton, in the Province of Kwong Letters of Adm. for Lum Chiú, brother, Tung, China,

31st July, 1903, at Aberdeen in the Island of Hongkong, 13th July, 1904. at Cook County, Illinois, in the United States of America,

* No duty. Liabilities exceed value of the Estate.

the use and benefit of

Letters of Adm., cum | Herbert Johnson Gedge, Solicitor, testamento annexo,

CALENDAR of PROBATES and LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION,--Continued.

No.

Date of

Grant.

Name of Testator or Intestate.

1906.

Feb.,

8 Johnston Bell,.

15 · Alexander Turnbull,

25 Jan., 20

བར་དས་མཆེ=:;

Feb.,

Lachlan McLean Kerr, Li Shi,

10 Henry Ernest Alexander Hoile, James Wattleworth,

Saddar Din.

23. Oscar Gantes,

31 Jan., 17

Li Pin Lam,...

32. Feb., 19

Henry William Davis,

33. Jan.,

Lam Vick Wo alias Lam Tat Cho,

35 Jan.; 19

Leung Pak alius Leung Yut Hung, Feb., 19 Ng Ming Soon or Shin, March, 7 Gerald Morse Medley,

34 Feb., 26

Time and Place of Death.

3rd Feb., 1905, at Langdale, Heswall, England, . 22nd June, 1905, at Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill in the County of Middlesex, England,

5th Dec.. 1905, at Hung Hom in the Colony of Hongkong, 22nd Oct, 1905, at Canton, Kwong Tung Province, China, 23rd Jan., 1906, at Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, 9th Nov.. 1905, at St. Marylebone in the County of Mid- dlesex. England,

4th Feb., 1906, at the Government Civil Hospital, Hongkong, pool, England, ́ 1st Sept., 1897, at Parkfield Road, in the City of Liver-

China, 1st July, 1905, at Sam Sui District, Kwong Tung Province,

County of Surrey. England, 21st July, 1905, at Pahktun, Pains Hill, Linsfield in the

wise Ah Chee, Dang Chee othewise Dang Ah Chee other- 14th Oct., 1905, at Yaù-ma-ti in this Colony,

5th April, 1905, at Tai Chi Village, Heung Shan District, China,

12th Dec., 1905, at Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong,

Letters of Adul., Probate,

Hugh Prideaux Turnbull the son and Mary Ella Turnbull,

Nature of Grant.

Name and Description of Executor or Administrator.

Value sworn

under.

Amount of

Probate

duty paid.

Brought forward,

536,500.00

15,667.00

Sealing of Probate,

Emma Bell, widow,

700.00

7.00

}}

4,700.00

94.00

the daughter,

Annabella Munro Kerr, widow,

13,000.00

390.00

Chan Fook Chi, son,

3,500.00

70.00

Susannali Martha Hoile, widow,

250.00 No duty.

Sarah Wattleworth, widow,

800.00

8.00

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,

100.00

No duty.

Alexandre Coroniadis,

250.00

Lam Shi, the widow,

7,000.00

140.00

¦ Francis Maitland, Merchant,

301,400.00 9,042.00

Sealing of Probate,

Letters of Adm., Scaling of Exenipli-

fication of Probate, Probate,

Letters of Adm., cum testamento annexo. Probate,

15th Aug., 1905, at Sun Ning District, China,

Letters of Adm.,

Probate,

Letters of Adm., cum testamento annexo,

County of Surrey, England, On or about 7th May, 1905, at “Canfax” Surbiton in the Sealing of Probate,

Dang Yeng Tang, Merchant, Laù Kam Tsing, Compradore, and Lin Woo, Contractor,

43,900 00

1,317.00

Lam fui Shi, the widow,

1.800.00

36.00

Leung Li Shi, the widow,

19.000.00

570.00

| Ng Lam Shi, the widow,

3,500.00

70.00

Letters of Adm.,

Sarah Rosanna Medley, widow; James Francis Medley, Clerk in Holy Orders; and Edwin Gerald Medley, Manufacturers' Manager,

700.00

7.00

Annesley Reginald Deckes Stanley Smith, Attorney of the widow.

1,800 00

36.00

Chiú Ng Shi, widow and relict,

2,000.00

40.00

Feb., 24

Kwok Tun,

19th Jan., 1906, at Kaú Kong village, Kwong Tung Pro- vince, China,

Probate,

Cheung Man Hing,...

72,100.00

2,172.00

March,15

Rajub Abdool Karreem otherwise Rajub Abdool Curreem,

14,900.00

447.00

eldest son,

Domnolo Pompěú de Souza,.

6th Sept., 1903, at Macao in the Portuguese Colony of Macao,

Letters of Adin.,

Maria Dolores de Souza, daughter,

100.00 No duty.

9 Chan Hewan alias Chan Wai Fun,

23rd Jan., 1906, at Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong,

Arathoon Seth, L.S.O., Official Administrator,

38 Feb., 2 Arthin Weller Bignall,

39 March, 13 Chan Yne Choy,

21st Jan., 1903, at Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, 1st Feb., 1906, at Faú Shek Village San Ning District, China,

Curreem, Ahminah Karreem otherwise Ahminah 7th Nov., 1905, at Leighton Hill Road, Victoria, Hongkong,

Carried forward,...

100.00

1,028,400.00 30,113.00

Calendar of PROBATES and LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION,—Continued.

No.

Date of

Grant.

Name of Testator or Intestate.

1906.

March 21

Fullarton Henderson,

Jennie B. Torrence,

21 Jung How;

Charles Hemery,

Time and Place or Death.

Nature of Grant.

Name and Description of Executor or Administrator.

Value sworn

under.

Amount of

Probate

duty paid.

On or about the 21st Dec., 1905, at Rothesay, Scotland,

Letters of Adm.,

ཁཆ

Hermenia de Jesus,

26 | Chaú Ying Chee alias Ah Chec,

26 José Flores,

51 April, 2 Helena Adelaide Margcsson,

26th June, 1905, at Tak Hing Chaú. Canton, China, On or about the 21st Jan., 1906, at San Ning District, China,

9th April, 1904, at Gladsmuir, England,

22nd May, 1905, at Man King village, Hoi Ping District, China,

8th Sept., 1900, at Macao,...

27th Jan., 1906, at Government Civil Hospital, Hongkong, 5th Dec., 1905, at Bolney Lodge, Haywards Heath, Sussex, England,

Scaling of Exemplifi- cation of Probate, Letters of Adm.,

Brought forward,..

George Murray Bain, Journalist and Newspaper Proprie- tor and Robert Shewan, Merchant with power reserved to William Gaskell the other Executor,. Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,

Jung Sbaú,

1,028,400.00

30,113.00

Probate,

235,700,00

7,071.00

500.00

-5.00

2,100.00

42.00

John Vincent Hemery, son,

Chaú Kwan Shee, the widow,

20,200.00

606.00

400.00

4.00

Do.,

Scaling of Exemplifi-

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,

Mortiner Reginalt Margesson,

1,100.00

22.00

do.,

200.00

No duty.

164,300.00

4,929.00

See Hoi otherwise known as Li Wang Yang, 2nd Feb., 1906, at Macao,.......

cation of Probate, Probate,

Li Cheung Shi, widow,

5,000.00

100.00

53 March 30

Sakinabai,

54 April, 2

Janet Rose Harmon,

On or about 11th June, 1904, at Bombay, India,... 26th Aug., 1904, at Kensington, London,

Letters of Adm.. with the will annexed,

Soomar Mowji, Attorney of Dr. Gullamally Chandubhai, sole executor,

2,700.00

51.00

Herbert William Looker, Attorney of Hugh Morrison Rose,,

141,700.00

4,251.00

55 March, 5

Wong Shun Kan alias Wong Shu Tak.

56 April, 18

Onesine Rateau,

་་

William Ballanthier Waters,

24 Tam Yuen Cho,

Li Fook,

7 Lo Wan Shü,

Johanna Wiese,

24th Aug., 1904, at Sap Yee Po East, Tai Ping Gate, Can- ton, Kwong Tung Province, China,

25th March, 1906, at Government Civil Hospital, Victoria, Hongkong.

Mok Chai See alias Mok Chau Kee or Mok | 10th Aug., 1891, at Tung Kun, China, Cho Kee,

25th March, 1906, at Kennedy Town Hospital, Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong,

On or about 24th Nov., 1902, at Victoria, Hongkong,.

On or about the 12th of Nov., 1901, at Canton, in the Em- pire of China,

11th March, 1896, at Macao,

Probate,

Letters of Adm.,

Letters of Adm., de bonis nan, with the will annexed, Letters of Adm.,

Letters of Adm., with the will annexed, Probate,

On or about the 10th of May, 1904, at Whitehall Court in Letters of Adm, cum the City of Westminster in England,

testamento annexo,

Lo Ng Shi, the widow, one of the Executors,

Wong Po Tai, Wong Po Lim and Sai Hong,..

100,000.00

3,000.00

Marie Rateau, the widow,

400.00

4.00

Mok Tang Shi alias Tang Lai Sin, the widow,

2,000.00

Arathoon Seth, L.S.O., Official Administrator,.

200.00

No duty.

Tam Lai Shi, the widow,

500.00

5.00

Cheung Shi otherwise Li Cheung Shi,

9,900.00

198.00

......

7,000.00

140.00

Nicolaus August Siebs, Attorney of Ludwig Wiese, Helene Elizabeth Wiese and Olga Johanna Wiese,

71,800.00

2,154.00

Carried forward,

...$1,794,100.00

52,698 00

* Duty fully paid on Original Grant.

No.

Date of

Grant.

Name of Testator or Intestate.

Nature of Grant.

Name and Description of Executor or Administrator.

Value sworn under.

CALENDAR OF PROBATES and LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION,—Continued.

Time and Place of Death.

Amount of

Probate

duty paid.

1906.

Brought forward,...

1,794,100.00

52,698,00

63 | April, 24

Tong Wan Chiú,

61 | Mag, iż

Emanuel Raphael Belilios,

Henry William Walker,

66 | April, 11

Chan Cheong Nam,

67 | May, 11

José Gomes da Silva,

Druce Shepherd,

18 Julius Neumann,.

Jivanbai Bomauji Karnjia,

Walter Ngon Fong,

Kennet Eliot Hope Pollock,

76 June,

Andrew Dougall,

77 May, 30

Koned Joban Sveakesen,

80 June,

17 Julian de las Cajigas y Hernandez,

Paul Alexander Woldermar Ottomeier,

25 Shiu Nun Iu otherwise Shu Luen Iu,

25 Thomas Rowan,

25 | Edward Rudolph Hertow, 1 Ng Gang Ming,

11th Nov., 1905, at Green Park House, Piccadilly, London, England,

6th Ang., 1905, at Tientsin in China,

9th Nov., 1905, at Canton, China,

1st Nov., 1905, at the Portuguese Colony of Macao, China,

6th Feb., 1906, at Wychwood Cottage, Sidmouth in the County of Devon, England.

5th Sept., at Coé Seû, in the French Colony of Tonkin, China,

Islands, On or about 11th Oct., 1905, at Manila in the Philippine

28th Jan., 1906, at Bombay, India,

9th May, 1906. at No. 31 Pokfulam Road, Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong,

18th Oct., 1899, at Shanghai, China,

On or about the 17th of April, 1906, at Pui Kong village P'un U District, Kwong Tung Province, China,

20th July, 1906, at the Government Civil Hospital at Vic- toria, Hongkong,

On or about the 30th of Nov., 1965, at Queen's Gardens, Hyde Park in the County of Middlesex, England, 18th May, 1906, at the Government Civil Hospital, Vic- toria, Hongkong,

8th March, 1906, at Victoria, Hongkong,

8th July, 1905, at Lung Wan Village, Yan Ping District, Kwong Tung Province, China,

Probate,

Letters of Adm.,

Probate,-

Letters of Adm.,

Letters of Adm., with the will annexed, Probate,

Letters of Adm.,

Letters of Adm., with the will and codicil annexed, Letters of Adın.,

27th Feb., 1906, at Kowloon City in the New Territories in the Colony of Hongkong,

Probate,

¡Tong Tse Shi and Tong Chau Shi, Exccutrixes,

10,000.00

200.00

Raphael Emanuel Belilios, son,

2,424,700.00

72,741.00

Sealing of Exemplifi- cation of Probate,

William McLeish, Sole Exector,

2,600.00

52.00

Chau Tsz King and Chau Kam Chi, Executors,

24,300.00

729.00

Adozinda Chaves da Silva e Santos,

9,600.00

192.00

Edgar Bruce Shepherd, sɔu,

9,900.00

198.00

Johannes Bouché, Attorney of August Lohmann the Ad- ministrator, Canton,

47,500.00

1,125.00

The Reverend Father Franciso Rodriguez Noval, Attorney of Don Bernardino Hernandez, one of the Executors, Muncherji Jamshedji Patell, one of the Executors,

5,300.00

106.00

3 600.00

72.00

Emma Ellen Fong, the widow,

100.00 No Probate

Duty.

Arathoon Seth, 1.S.O., Official Administrator,

1,000.00

10.00

Shiu Chau Iu, one of the brothers,

11,200.00

336.00

George Leopold Duncan, Merchant, Attorney of David George Hope tollock, the father,

2,500,00

50.00

Sealing of Probate,

William Gowenlock, Margaret Melville Dougall, and Mor- timer Rooke, Executors,

70,000.00

2,100.00

Letters of Adm.,

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,

400.00

4.00

Probitc,

Thomas Isaac Rose, with power raserved to Thomas Meck the other Executor, Secretary to the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, Limited,

83,000.00

2,490.00

31st March, 1906, at the Government Civil Hospital, Vic- toria, Hongkong,

Letters of Adm.,

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,...................

400.00

4.00

Ng Fung Shi, the widow,

600.00

6.00

Carried forward,

$4,500,800.00 133,413,00

{

CALENDAR of PROBATES and LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION,-Continued.

No.

Date of

Grant.

1906.

Name of Testator or Intestate.

81 May, 25 Ng Man Cheung alias Ng Yat Fong,

$ # 38 22

2. Musia Keem otherwise Mustgim,. John Alexander Summers,.

82 June,

ՏՅ

2 Poon Soo,

7 Dennis O'Keeffe,..

James Glen Service,

7 l'ang Leong Shi,.

Time and Place of Death.

23rd Feb., 1906, at Victoria, Hongkong,

22nd Nov., 1905, at Victoria, Hongkong,

Nature of Grant.

Name and Description of Executor or Administrator.

Value sworn

under.

Probate,

Letters of Adm.,

19th Dec., 1904, at "Laureate" in the County of Kent in Sealing of Probate, England,

-16th May, 1906, at Canton, China,.

28th April, 1906, at Sea near Swatow in the Empire of China,

10th May, 1906, at the Government Civil Hospital, Vic- toria, Hongkong,

On or about the 7th April, 1906, at Fatshan, Kwong Tung Province, China,

24th Jan., 1906, at Cheung Kang Lane, Honam, Canton, China,

'20th May, 1905, at the Hung Man Laú Village, Sun U District, Kwong Tung Province, China,

2nd June, 1899, at Shui Laú village, Sun Ning District Kwong Tung Province, China.

Mark Wah,

23 Chú Fung Kong alias Kwong Hau Tong,

Li Suen,

Pang Shee alias Fung Tam Shee, Albino Antonio l'achceo,

23rd Aug, 1905, at No. 48 Caine Road, Victoria, Hongkong,

19th May, 1906, at Macao, China,

Hermelinda Ritta das Chagas Farinha, Jane Jamieson,

90: May, 17

March,16

92 June, 23

Probate,

Letters of Adm.,

Probate,

Letters of Adm.,

Brought forward,

Chau Kang U, Compradore, Cheung Sum U, Gentleman, Arathoon Seth. I.S.O., Official Administrator,.. Clara Maria Summers, the widow, .

....

Poon Kut Shau and l'oon Cheuk Wan, Traders,

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,

Pang Kwok Shi of Victoria, widow;

4,500,800.00

Amount of

probate

duty paid.

$ C.

133,413.00

2,259.00

75,300.00

100.00

No duty.

5,500.00

110.00

4,500.00

90.00

200.00

No duty.

300.00

3.00

7,500.00

150.00

Mark Chan Shi, widow....

100.00

No duty.

Chi Yat Lan, the son,

1,000.00

10.00

Li Ki Po and Li Yau Po, the Children....

27,500.00

825.00

Fung Tin Cheuk alias Fung Ku Shau, son,

6,000.00

120.00

Stella Maria d'Eça Pacheco, the widow,

4,400.00

88.00

Probate,

Augusto Farinha, Gentleman,

5,900.00

118.00

Rescaling of Probate,

Charles John Romayne Jamieson, son, and Arthur Ranken Ford. Solicitor,

10,900.00

327.00

Albert Wilhelm Arthur Becker and Ernst Goetz, Attorneys of Malwine Naumann, the widow,

19,900.00

597.00

Woo Ng Shi, the widow,

4,800.00

96.00

Yuen San Chuen, Merchant,

10,500.00

315.00

Dosibai Pestonjec Cooverjee Patell, the widow,

1,900.00

38.00

Alfred John Lindberg, son,

26,700,00

801.00

Ng Li Shi, the widow,

17,000.00

510.00

Carried forward,.

$4,730.800.00 139,870.00

94 July, 10

95 June, 29 · Ludwig Friederick Naumann,..

29th March, 1906, at No. 3 Rua Santa Clara, in the l'ortu- guese Colony of Macao,

2nd April, 1906, at Kensington, Middlesex in England,

On or about the 26th May, 1899, at Lüneburg, in the Empire of Germany,

Woo (or U) I Tong otherwise Woo (or U) | 16th June, 1906, at Fung Po village, Fun U District,

96 July, 12

Shuk Wing,

Yuen Wai alias Yuen King Hang,

Pestonjee Cooverjee Patell,

Charles Lindberg,

100 Feb., 21 Ng Ka Shu,

Kwong Tung Province, China,

5th May, 1906, at Victoria, Hongkong,

19th June, 1906, at the Goverment Civil Hospital, Vic-

toria, Hongkong,

9th June, 1906, at Canton, China,

4th April, 1900, at Canton, China, .

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

Probate according

to tenor,

Probate,

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

CALENDAR of PROBATES and LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION,—Continued.

No.

Date of

Grant.

Name of Testator or Intestate.

Time and Place of Death.

Nature of Grant.

Name and Description of Executor or Administrator.

| Value sworn

under.

Amount of

probate

duty paid.

1906.

Bought forward,

$ C. 4,730,800.00

$ c.

139,870.00

101 July, 10

Lo Wong Shi,

3rd April. 1906, at Ma Ti Hong Lane in Tai Leung Village, Shun Tak. Kwong Tung Province, China,

Pr. bate,

Lo Pak Kiú, Uncle,

4,500.00

90.00

102

Tsang in Kat,

13th April, 1906, at Chat Wu village. Kwei Shin District, Kwong Tung Provit ce, China,

Gustav Adolph Gussmann, President in Hongkong of the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society,

2,800.00

56.00

103

12 Ebrahim Mahomed,

20th April, 1906, at the Government Civil Hospital, Vic- toria, Hongkong,

Abdoola Fuckcera Arculli, Army and Navy Contractor,

11,400.00

342.00

}}

104

105

26 Leung Yam,.

21 Choy Sui Chun,

9th July, 1906, at Yaumati in the Dependency of Kowloon

Leung Woo Sze, the widow,

1,100.00

22.00

་་

106

Fung Ku Shaw,

107

108

109

17 Lee Moon,.

lang Shce alias Fung Tam Shee,

21 Lewis (Ludwig) Knight of Fries,

in the Colony of Hongkong,

27th April, 1906, at Po Wa Ching Kai, Sai Kwan, Canton,

4th July, 1906, at the Government Civil Hospital, Victoria, Hongkong,

1st July, 1906, Li Kai village, Heung Shan District, Kwong Tung Province, in the Empire of China,

25th Nov., 1904, at Vienna, Austria,

Choy Ma Shi, the widow,

78,000.00

2,340.00

}}

Fung Shun Sam, Trader, brother.

1,200.00

24.00

Letters of Adm.,

Lee Koon Po, son,

2,000.00

40.00

23rd Aug., 1905, at No. 48 Caine Road, Victoria, Hong- kong,

Letters of Adm. de- bonis non,

Fung Shun Sam alias Fung Tin Sik, son.

6,000.00

Letters of Adm., with the will annexed,

Eliezar Silas Kadoorie a member of the film of Messrs. Ę. S. Kadooric & Co. Attorneys of Wolfgang Knight of Frics, the son.

2,400.00

48.00

110

Harold William Merrill,

111

114

Mollie Hayes,.

115

Yik lu Un,

116

26 Fung Ming Shan alias Fung Chew;

117

Alexander Skinner,...

Li Ching alias Li Ping Po alias Li Hoi | On or about the 2nd March, 1906, at San Chuen Village, Nam,

112 June, 15 Leung Sam,

113 July, 26 | Shiu Tsan Yiú,

118 Aug.,

Shun Tak District, Kwong Tung Province, China, 16th May, 1906, at Canton in the Empire of China,

On or about the 12th June, 1906, at Pui Kong Village, Pun U District, Kwong Tung Province, China, 26th July, 1906, at the Victoria Hospital, Victoria Peak, Hongkong,

19th Aug., 1905, at Tai Po village in the Township of Sha Un in the Subdistrict of Sam Kong in the District of Nam Hoi, Kwong Tung, China,

28th July, 1898, at Canton in the Empire of China,

14th June, 1906, at the Government Civil Hospital, Vic- toria, Hongkong,

8 Chan Lok Sam alias Chan Chim Chuen Tong. 2nd Feb., 1906, at Fatshan, China,

Letters of Adm.,

Probate,

Letters of Adm.,

Probate,

Letters of Adm. de bonis non, Letters of Adm.,

Probate,

10th July, 1906, at Victoria, Hongkong,

Arathcon Set, I.S.O., Official Administrator,.

700.00

7.00

Probate,

Li Sai K'i, Li Sai Ki, and Li Sai Û, and Li Sải Ming, sons, Li Me Ho. the widow.

8,300.00

166.00

Letters of Adm.,

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,. Shiu Ting Ki, son, and Shiu Wing Ki, nephew, Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator, Yik Pik Ping Nam and Yik Sing Nam, sons, Fung Shun Sam alias Fung Tin Sik, son... Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator, Chan To, son,

6,000.00

120.00

12,000.00

360.00

500.00

5.00

18,000.00

540.00

21,500.00

200.00

No duty.

500.00

5.00

Carried forward...

.$ 4,907,900.00 | 144,035.00

* Duty fully paid on Original Grant.

CALENDAR of PROBATES and LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION,—Continued.

Robert Saxon,

No.

Date of

Grant.

Name of Testator or Intestate.

1906.

119 | Aug.,

8 Chung Nok Po,

120

Chau Tai,

121

9 Ng Po Chuen, .........................

122

14 Anna Thereza Gomes,

123 July, 10

121

Zee Ming Chec alias Chu Ming Sang, Lo King Kai,

125 | Aug., 15

Rustim Dadabhoy Vania,

126

Doctor Roderick John Johnstone Donald,

127 July, 31

Roza Maria Rocha,.

128 June, 29

Cheng Kam,.

129 Aug., 18

Chan Tuk (or Tok) Cho,

130

Theodora Harriet Campbell,...

131

27 Charles Henry Thompson,

132

30 Alfred Bruder,...

133

134 Sept., 4

19th May, 1906, at Tung Wa Hosp'tal, Victoria in the Colony, of Hongkong,

18th April, 1906, at No. 27 Staunton Street Victoria. Hongkong,

On or about the 6th of Nov., 1904, at Wuchaú, South China.

21st June, 1906, at Sea,

On or about the 16th of July, 1906, at the Government Civil Hospital, Victoria. Hongkong,

Chau Tsz (or Chee) Kwai alias Tat Hoi | 25th Aug., 1904, at Pun T、ng village, Nam Hoi District, alias Cheong Hing,

Value.sworn

Time and Place of Death.

Nature of Grant.

Name and Description of Executor or Administrator.

under.

Amount of

probate

duty puid.

Brought forward,

4,907,900,50 | 144,035.00

29th July. 1891, at Nos. 14 & 15 San in Terrace, Shauki- wan, Hongkong,

Letters of Adm.,

Chung Luk Mui, of San Pin Terrace, Married woman. sister,

500.00

5.00

29th May. 1906, at Chiu Lung Street, Victoria in the Co- louy of Hongkong,

Frobate,

21st June, 1906, at Honam, Canton, China,.

Chau Wong Shi, the widow, Chau Yung Shing, the son, Ng San, the eldest son,

22,800.00

684.00

3,000.00

60.00

On or about the 14th May, 1902, at the Portuguese Colony of Macao, China,

Letters of Adm.,

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,

23,100.00

693.00

On or about the 5th Aug., 1905, at Shanghai in the Em- pire of China,

21st May, 1906, at Canton, China,

21st May, 1906, at the Government Civil Hospital, Vic- toria, Hongkong,

Mac- 13th July, 1906, at Fu Wan in the Empire of China,

}}

Herbert William Looker one of the lawful attornies for Zee Kwai Nan, the only son of the deceased. Lo Hung Shi, the lawful widow,

28,700.00

861.00

18,300.00

549.00

Probate,

Rustim Boman Munshi and Dinshaw Boman Munshi, Clerks,

600.00

6.00

Letters of Adm.,

Samnel George Tope, the lawful attorney of Margaret Ellen MacDonald, widow,

5,700.00

114.00

28th June, 1906, at No. 9 St. Francis Yard, Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong,

Anna Vicencia Souza, the only sister,

100 00

No duty.

Ip Pui Ching, the only son,

4,800.00

96.00

Probate,

Chan Iu Cheung, trader,

...

2,000.00

40 00

Letters of Adm.,

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O.. Official Administrator,

100.00 No duty.

Probate,

Dennis Kebir Moss, Merchant, Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong,

9,400.00

188.00

Letters of Adm

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,

250.00

Probate,

Chan lung Fuk, the widow,

1,000,00

20.00

Kwong Tung Province, China,

25th Aug., 1906, at the Hongkong

Cotton Spinning,

Letters of Adm.,

Eliz Saxon, the widow,..

9,000.00

180.00

Weaving and Dyeing Co., Ltd.,

135

Edward Wyon,

17th Aug., 1906, at Kyoto in the Empire of Japan,

Probate,

Lucy Emma Wyon, the widow, and Mary Jane Wyon, sister,

47,500.00

1,425.00

136 | Aug., 30

137

Lo Shun alias Lo Kwai Hin, 30 Li Yut Tak,

24th May, 1906, at the village of Sha Tau, Nam Hoi Dis- trict, bina,

Lo Ngok Shang, son,

2,000.00

52 00

On or about the 23rd Jan., 1906, in the District of Sun Ning, Kwong Tung, China,

Li Chan Ming and Li Fai Ming, sons,

13,000.00

390.00

Carried forward,

5,100,350.00 | 149,398.00

CALENDAR of PROBATES and LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION,—Continued.

No.

Date of

Grant.

Name of Testator or Intestate.

1906.

138 Sept., 1

Yau Kai Mce,

139

12 John Pender,

Time and Place of Death.

Nature of Grant.

Name and Description of Executor or Administrator.

Value sworn under.

Amount of

probate

duty paid.

$ c.

1st Jan., 1906, at Sea on a Voyage from Hongkong to Can- ton. 1st Aug., 1906, at Swatow in China,

Letters of Adm.,

Brought forward, Yau Lau Shi, the widow,

5,10),350,00

$ f.

149,398.00

2,000.00

40.00

On or about the 23rd April, 1905, at Marseilles, France,

140 | June, 29 Charles Arshow alias Chung Cheung Shau, 3rd Jan.. 1906, at the Wang Loong village, Sun On Dis- trict, China,

141 Sept., 22 | Joseph Ings,.

142

GTong Sing U,

143

}}

Nahal Singh.

144

17 | Tang Chuk Kai,

145

28 John Dawson Tyson,

16th Aug., 1906, at Canton, China,..

24th Dec., 1903, at the village of Tong Ka in the District of Heung Shan, China,

28th Aug.. 1906, at the Government Civil Hospital, Vic- toria, Hongkong,

21st Aug., 1906, at No. 2 Shaukiwan Road, Hongkong,.

Probate,

Letters of Adın., Rescaling of Probate, | Janet Ann Miller Ings, the widow, Probate,

Alexander Bryson, an employé in the Office of Messrs. Bradley & Co., Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,

Tong Ko Eut of No. 2 Bonham Strand West, Secretary to the Tung On Fire Ins. Co., Ltd., and Tong Hin Fan and Tong Ko I. both of No. 8 Wilmer Street. Traders, Arathoon Seth, IS.O., Official Administrator,

Tang Wei Cheung, brother, and Tang Ho Shi, the widow,...

On or about the 21st May: 1906, at Rockhurst, New Resealing of Probate, To be granted to Edward Tyson, Revd. Henry Tyson, Brighton, Chester in England,

The Right Reverend Joseph Charles Hoare, | 18th Sept., 1906, in the waters of this Colony,

146 Oct., 1 147 Sept., 28 James Lennox Houston.

20,000.00

6,100.00

122.00

4,000.00

80.00

200.0 | No duty.

600.00

Letters of Adm.,

Probate,

100.00

No duty.

29,500.00

885.00

800.00

8.00

Probate,

Rescaling of Probate,

William Arthur Webb and William Miller Kirkers, and John Shearson, sole Executors, Ellen Tunnicliffe Hoare, the widow,

17,800,00

1,434.00

To be granted to Margaret Graham Houston, Spinster, sister of the said deceased,

1,400.00

28.00

151

Oct..

5 Leung Kam Shing.

152

153

5 Thomas Mortimer O'Sullivan, William Bell,

On or about the 4th of April, 1906, at Shanghai, China,

148

לי

Herbert Maurice Devis,.

149 Aug., 10 IIo. Yui Tan al as Ho Yui Bun,

150 Sept,, 28 | Chan Hew Tung alias-Chan Sing Fai

On or about the 4th May. 1906. at Thatched House Club, St. James' St., Middlesex, England,

7th July, 1916, at Tai Shek village, Pun U, Kwong Tung, China,

26th April, 1902. at Fatshan, Kwong Tung Province, in the Empire of China,

18th Sept., 1906, in the Harbour of Hongkong,

8th March, 1906, at Swatow in China,

Letters of Adm.,

Letters of Adm., with the will annexed de bonis non, Letters of Adm.,

Probate with power reserved, Application for the sealing of Letters of Administration with the will annexed,

Grace Hannah Bevis, the widow, and named sole executrix in the last will,

133,800.00

Ho Yim Hing, the father,.

1,200.00

4,023.20

21.00

George Herbert Wakeman, Official Receiver in Bank- ruptcy,

20,500.00

Leung Chuen Ho, wife of Ching Tai, of the same address, Boatman and only child and next of kin,

500.00

5.00

Garland Williams of Victoria, Hongkong, Mercantile Assistant, one of the Executors,

14,100.00

423.00

Harold Browett, Administrator.

800.00

8.00

* Duty fully paid on Original Grant.

Carried forward........

5,383,150.00

157,078 20

CALENDAR of PROBATES and LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION,—Continued.

No.

Date of

Grant.

Name of Testator or Intestate.

1906.

154 Oct., 15 Thomas Littlejohn........

155 31

156

Chung Tai Loi,

Thomas Robins Mead, 137 Oct., 20 Wong Ki Fan...........

158 Sept., 28 | Maria Thereza Coelho,

159 Oct., 20 | Lam Ka Mau,

Time and Place of Death.

20th Jan., 1906, at Sydney, New South Wales, in the Com. monwealth of Australia,

12th July, 1906, at Chan Chuen, Shun Tak District, China, 18th Sept., 1906, in the waters of the Colony of Hongkong, 17th May, 1906, at Wong Ok village, Namtau in the Sun On District, China,

5rd Aug., 1906, at the Government Civil Hospital, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong,

On or about 2nd of Oct., 1906, at Pan Kin village, Pun U District, Kwong Tung Province, China,

15 Ip Chce alias Ip Pui Shang alias Ip Shiu | 12th July, 1906, at Victoria, Hongkong, Fat,

26 | William Jaeger Clarke, .

169

161

12 Arthur Brooks,

...

162

163

Archibald Neil Patrick..

164

23 Siu Hop,

165

17 Tong Ping E,

166

Ah Chee,

167

Lionel Aubrey Walter Barnes-Lawrence,

168 Nov.,

5 Jehangir Nowroji Katrak,

169

10 Thomas Banks,

170 | Oct., 15

W. J. Forsyth,

171

Nov.,

Alfred James Lines,

23rd Aug., 1906, at the Government Civil Hospital, Vic- toria, Hongkong,

3rd Aug., 1906, at London in that part of the United Kingdom called England,

On or about the 18th of Sept., 1906, in the waters of this Colony,

On or about the 12th of Oct., 1906, at No. 52 Gage Street, Victoria, Hongkong,

30th Jan., 1906, at Tong. Ka village, Heungshan, Kwong Tung, China,

Dang Chee alias Ah Chee otherwise Dang | 14th Oct., 1905, at Victoria, Hongkong,

....

2nd Oct, 1906, at the "Châlet", Victoria, Hongkong, 6th May, 1906, at Victoria, Hongkong,

On or about the 6th of Nov., 1906, at the Peak Hospital, Victoria l'eak, Hongkong,

27th Sept., 1906, at the Peak Hospital, Hongkong,

8th June, 1906, at Markham Lodge, 13 Liverpool Road, Kingston on Thames in the County of Surrey in Eng- land,

Application for resealing of Probate,

Probate. Letters of Adm.,

Probate.

Letters of Adm.,

Nature of Grant.

Name and Description of Executor or Administrator.

Value sworn

under.

Amount of

probate

duty paid.

Brought forward,

5,383,150.00 | 157,078.20

To be granted to Annie Austen Littlejohn, the lawful widow and Executrix named in the last will and Stan- ley Littlejohn the Executor,

12,800.00

384.00

Chung Wai Chau, son.

2,500.00

50.00

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O.. Official Administrator,

3,800 00

76.00

Ng Saú King, the widow,

500 00

5.00

Joanna Maria Rodrigues, Spinster, cousin and next of kin,

1,600.00

32 00

Kwan Kwai Chuen, Executor named in the last will,

4,000.00

. 80.00

Ip Chau Shi, the widow,

37,800.00

1,134.00

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,

Alexander George Wood, Executor named in the last will,

200.00

No duty.

8,700.00

171.00

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,

Probate according to

Siu Wing Sum, son,

the tenor of the wili,

Horace Percy Smith, Merchant,

Dang Sluey, brother,

Arathoon Seth, I S.O., Official Administrator,

100.00

No duty.

4,700 00

94.00

21,900.00

657.00

13,700.00

250.00

16,400.00

No duty.

492 00

500.00

5.00

1,200.00

21.00

Letters of Adm., with will annexed,

8,200.00

164.00

Probate,

Letters of Adm.,

Letters ‹f Adm., with the will annexed, Double Probate,

Letters of Adm.,

Sorabji Pestonji Wadia and Dinshaw Jamshedji l'ettigara, Merchants, the lawful Attorneys of Bai Pirojbai, widow, the mother and next of kin of the said deceased, Alexander Sommerville of Victoria aforesaid, Master Mari- ner, the nephew and next of kin resident in this Colony, Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,

Godfrey Cornewall Chester Master of No. 8 Des Voeux Road Central, Victoria, Hongkong, Solicitor, one of the lawful Attorneys of Emmeline Lines, lawful widow and relict,

Carried forward.......

$5,552,000.00 160,449.20

* Duty fully paid on Original Grant,

CALENDAR of PROBATES and LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION,—Continued.

No.

Date of

Grant.

Name of Testator or Intestate.

Time and Place of Death.

Nature of Grant.

Name and Description of Executor or Administrator.

Value sworn

under.

Amount of

probate

duty paid.

$ C.

1906.

172 Oct., 31

Brought forward,

Leung King Wo otherwise Leang Ching Ho, 4th Aug., 1900, at Shanghai, China,'

Letters of Adm.,

173 Nov.,

Leong John Chue,

On or about the 25th of Nov., 1898, at San Francisco in the State of California, U.S.A.,

| Leung Shin Chun, Clerk, one of the brothers, Leong Kau, one of the children and next of kin,

|5,552,000.00 | 160,449.20

10,000 00 |

200.00

9,600.00

192.00

174 Oct., 31

Ahoo Ashap otherwise known as Tseng Ho, 10th Sept., 1906, at No. 3 Wai Tak Lane, Victoria, Hong- kong,

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,

2,000.00

40.00

175

Ho U Chuen otherwise Ho Ki Hing,

176

Hermann Caesar Erdmann,

177 Nov., 5

Po Lin Fung,

178

Arthur Myers,

179

Charles Frederick Focken,

180

Li A Sum...

181

182

183 Dec.,

Lee Chock,

፡

185

186

Iu Ting,.

187

15 Lo In,

188

30 Maria Josepha Baptista,

11th June, 1906, at Elgin Street,

189

Maria Pernardina Remedios,

....

20th March, 1903, at Macau, China,

190

26 Shi Ping Kwong:

184 | Nov., 28

George Scaife,

Constancio Joaquim Gonsalves,

Koh Lian Moh,

30 | George John Letablere Litton,..

On or about 16th of March, 1906, at Nam Toi in the Pro- vince of Fookin in the Empire of China,

On or about the 20th of Jan., 1905, at Hamburg in the Empire of Germany,

On or about the 18th of June, 1906, at Canton, China,

30th Oct., 1906, at the Govt. Civil Hospital, Hongkong, 30th Oct., 1906, at Hongkong,.

1st Oct., 1906, at No. 117 Hollywood Road, Hongkong,..

On or about the 17th of July, 1906, at Singapore in Straits Settlement,

On or about the 11th of Nov., 1906, at Victoria. Hongkong,

On or about the 21st of July, 1885, at Singapore in Straits Settlement,

16th Sept., 1906, at the Village of Nam Chong, Heung Shan, Kwong Tung, China,

9th Jan., 1906, at Kingai in China,

26 | Chan Yan Lok alias Chan Szwa alias Chan | 2nd Oct., 1906, at No. 28 Lyndhurst Terrace, Victoria,

Hongkong,

18th March, 1906, at No. 84 Des Voeux Road Central,

Hongkong,

Letters of Adm., with will annexed,

Probate,

Letters of Adm..

Application for reseal-! ing of Probate,

Probate,

Applicalion for the scaling of Letters of Adm., de bonis non, Letters of Adm.,

Application for seal- ing of Probate,

Probate,

Ho Cheung Shi, the widow,

1,400.00

28.00

Parl Robert Lenzmann, merchant, the lawful Attorney of Sophie Marie Erdmann the widow and relict,

71,500.00

2,145.00

Leung Shi, the widow,

4,800.00

96.00

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,

2,300.00

46.00

Elizabeth Edwards Focken, widow,

16,700.00

501.00

}}

Yung A Yee, the widow,

500.00

5.00

To be granted to Uta Tsutada, the sole Exccutrix,

400 00

4.00

Umbellina Maria Gonsalves, the widow,

8,300.00

166 00

Koh Swa Chew, daughter,.

No duty.

Lee Yuen Shi, the widow,

5,000.00

•100.00

To be granted to Frederick George Barker and Ronald Peake,

2,7, 0.00

54.00

Probate according to

Chan Chung Shi, the widow,

4,000.00

92.00

the tenor of the will,

Letters of Adm., cum

Wong Shi, the widow,

1,000.00

10.00

testamento annexo,

Letters of Adm.,

Joaquim Baptista, one of the children and next of kin,...

1,600.00

32,00

Francisco Xavier dos Remedios of Macau aforesaid, gentle.

man,

200.00 No duty.

On or about the 27th of April, 1906, at No. 30 Hollywood Road. Victoria, Hongkong,

Probate,

Shi Chan Kwong, trader,

Carried forward,

600.00

6.00

|5,695,200.00 | 164,162.20

No.

Date of

Grant.

Name of Testator or Intestate.

1906.

191

Dec., 17

Au Yau To,

192

193

194

Calendar of PROBATES and LETTERS of AMDINISTRATION,—Continued,

Time and Place of Death,

Nature of Grant.

Name and Description of Executor or Administrator.

Value sworn

under.

Brought forward,

17th Dec.. 1892, at the Tang Chau village, Shun Tak Dis- trict, Kwong Tung Province, China,

Letters of Adm.,

On or about 29th of Oct, 1906, at Pokfulum in the Colony of Hongkong,

Au Tak Chuen, one of the children and next of kin, Arathoen Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,

5 | Emily Ellen Wade................ Harriet Elizabeth Falconer,

20 Charles Waddington,

On or about 15th of Nov., 1906, at No. 22 Cross Street,

Victoria, Hongkong.

31st Oct., 1906, at the King Edward Hotel in the Colony

of Hongkong.

Total,

Additional duty paid during the year,

Amount of

probate

duty paid.

5,695,200.00

2,500.00

164,166.20

· 50.00

150.00

No duty.

100 00

No duty.

50.00

5.00

5,708,450.00 | 164,221.20

258.69

164,479.89

Table VIII.*

RETURN of ESTATES of INTESTATES for the first half-year ending 30th June, 1906.

(Ordinance 2 of 1897, section 28).

Amount received on

Name of Intestate.

Deductions for Dis-

Balance

of Estate.

account bursements.

on closing Account.

Disposal of Balance.

Goh Tuah Chee (Old Estate),

395.00

19.75

375.25

Paid into the Treasury.

S. Jairum

158.00

7.90

150.10

Do.

V. Goculdass

79.00

3.95

75.05

Do.

N. A. Ivanoff

120.00

6.00

114.00

Do.

W. de Russett

6.00

.30

5.70

∙Do.

S. Manasseh

158.00

7.90

150.10

Do.

B. M. Noorodin

158.00

7.90

150.10

Do.

J. Umiashankar

188.00

9.40

178.60

Do.

P. A. W. Ottomier

553.00

371.33

181.67

Do.

Mrs. M. P. Marques

J. Peerbhoy

Suknunden Singh

A. G. Apear

422.25

21.11

401.14

30,114.57

1,505.73 28,608.84

25.00 69.30

5.00 3.47

20.00 65.83

Denton E. Petersen

27,578.27

3,514.66 24,063.61

C. Binder,.

301.23

15.06

286.17

Mustakeem, Rham Lal, Alfred Sherwing -C. Encarnacão,

68.00

8.35

54.65

Do.

Refunded to P. F. Talati and others after deduction of Official Administrator's Commission.

Paid into the Treasury.

Do.

Paid to General Edward S. Bragg, Attor- ney of Joel W. Bacon of New York, the Administrator.

Paid to Mrs. Mary Binder, widow of the

deceased.

Paid into the Treasury.

.70

.04

.66.

Do.

16.10

.81

15.29

Do.

26.00

1.30

24.70

Do.

Hap Joo,...................

100.00

5.00

95.00

Do.

Hing Chin Quce,

100.00

5.00

95.00

Do.

Samuel Williams,

.22

Do.

Tang Yau,

.30

Do.

Tang Tai,

.33

Do.

Suddar Din,

63.53

28.03

35.50

Remitted to Deputy Commissioner, Am-

balla, India.

José-Flores,

158.55

32.13

126.42

Paid into the Treasury.

Ebrahim,

20.61

1.03

19.58

Do.

Haruam Singh,

2.00

.10

1.90

Do.

Leung Ah Han,

1.38

.07

1.31

Do.

-C. M. Braga,

298.14

Jennie B. Torrence,

477.56

298.14 38.08

439.48 178,07

Hung Lai Ching,

187.44

Hermania de Jesus,

88.20

9.37 88.20

Anna Thereza Gomes,

23,018.57

Remitted to Joseph Argyle Torrence, de-

ceased's father.

Paid into the Treasury.

1,150.93 | 21,867.64 | Paid into the Treasury.

Lai Hi,.....

.79

Alex. Scott Mason,

39.32

.04 39.32

.75

Do.

W. B. Waters,

183.97

101.92

Edward Rudolph Herton,

403.33

151,37

Arnold Jensen,

4.67,

.23

A. H. Boyd,

205.67

$2.05 251.96 4.44 205.67

Paid into the Treasury.

Do.

J. G. da Silva,

Shinto Yamamoto,

150.00

7.50

142.50

1.95

.10

1.85

Do.

Paid to Superintendent of the Mercantile

Marine Office.

Paid to Adozinda da Silva e Santos, Ad-

ministratrix,

Paid to Kibachi Yamamoto, son of the de-

ceased.

Denis O'Keefe,

265 17

John Glen Service,

121.19

Kund Jolian Sverkesen,

355.76

133.46 31.16 203.99

131.71.

99.03 151.77

Paid into the Treasury.

Do.

Takar Singh,

14.50

Lo Ngai Lung,

1.43

.07

1.36

Paid into the Treasury.

Chinese Passenger on S. S.

Hankow,..

3.05

.15

2.90

Do.

Total,

..$ 86,699,05 7,849.85 78,849.20

Amount received on

Name of Intestate.

account of Estate.

for Dis- bursements.

Table VIII (a).

RETURN of ESTATES of INTESTATES for the second half-year ending 31st December, 1906. (Ordinance 2 of 1897, section 28).

Deductions Balance on

Closing Account.

Disposal of Balance.

A. Skinner,........

131.57

32.87

98.70

Paid into the Trrasury.

Emerick Pillis,

1.36

.06

P.A. W. Ottomier (Old Estate)

1.30 265.98

Roza Maria da Rocha,

23.25

1.16

22.09

Mollie Hayes,...

456.78

H. W. Merrill,

Alfred Bruder,

James McLachlam,

Fung Ku Shau,

1,185.80

1,183.95

1.85

227.40

100.91

126.49

604.69

516.25

Lu Kin Po,

1.80

· .09

1.71

T. H. Campbell,..

104.82

14.44

90.38

William Matthew Deas,..

389.00

19.45

369.55

Paid to H. A W. Ottomier.

Pail to Anna Vicencia Souza, Administra-

trix.

No balance remaining.

Paid to Charles Roger.

Dr. Kruger, German Consul.

No balance remaining.

Paid to Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist,.

Solicitors for the Executor.

Paid into the Treasury.

to Revd. Robert A Jaffray. into the Treasury.

Su Pui,

.05

Chung Kan,

.20

Leung Sam,...

273.50

211.60

61.90

A. N. Patrick,

A. Brooks,

91.15

63.46

27.69

164.53

34.44

130.09

T. R. Mead,

4,007.13

519.56

3,487.57

W. J. Forsyth,

1,128.93

254.53

874.40

to Mrs. Brooks.

into the Treasury.

Yeung Chik Ping,

.38

Fung Sow,

.34

Mahomed Khan,..

19.64

.98

18.66

C. Critchley,

6.00

.30

5.70

Capt. L. A. W. Barnes-Law-

rence,

1,494.90TM

Ahoo Ashap,

2,000.00

C. Waddington,

404.50

1,494.90 323.60 100.42

A. Myers,

2,299.10

181.39

1,676.40 304.08 2,117.71

Hayat Mahomed, brother of deceased. . into the Treasury.

No balance remaining. Paid into the Treasury.

A. W. Slaton,..

Chan Muk,

56.19

2.81

53.38

2.10

.10

2.00

Chan Loi,

E. Wade,.....

.13

108.17

80.61

27.56

R. W. Houghton, H. E. Falconer, Charles Arshow, Mei Yue Shing, Patrick Marron,

2,542.74

2,227.66

315.08

87.33

47.57

39.76

20.00

2.07 67.66

.10 67.66

1.97

No balance remaining. Paid into the Treasury. No balance remaining.

Total.

.$ 18,419.46

8,046.09 10,639.35

Table IX.

RETURN of all SUMS RECEIVED as REVENUE in the REGISTRY of the SUPREME COURT, during the year 1906.

Original Jurisdiction,.

.$16,174.35

Summary

Bankruptcy. Probate

Admiralty

Official Trustee's Commission,

Official Administrator's Commission,.

Bailiff's Fees, (including what was hitherto described as Sheriff's Fees),

Fees on Distraints,

Registrar of Companies' Fees,

Fines and Forfeitures,:

Total,.....

8,220.50 2,428.81

8,789.25

922.50

4,180.70

143.25

1,378.00

2,367.25

8,299.50

..$52,904.11

Table IX (a).

COMPARATIVE RETURN of all SUMS COLLECTED in the REGISTRY of the SUPREMEe Court, during the year 1906, and paid into the TREASURY,

Registrar,-Court fees paid by Stamps,....

Official Administrator,-5% on amounts encashed and paid into the Treasury, Official Trustee,-2% on amount of Trust on taking over up to $10,000, above

$10,000 Commissiou 1% and 2% on income,

Bailiff's Fees, (including what was hitherto described as Sheriff's Fees), Registrar of Companies,

1906.

1905. $47,246.22 $38,902.66 2,158.53 4,180.70

2,767.94

143.25

1,729.00 1,378.00

7,583.00

8,299.50

Fines and Forfeitures,

Miscellaneous Receipts,

Unclaimed Balances of Intestate Estates,

500.00

61,984.69 52,904.11

...

Total,

.$61,984.69 $52,904.11

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Annexe J.

REPORT OF THE INSPECTING MEDICAL OFFICER TO THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.

The admissions to the TUNG WAHI HOSPITAL during the past ten years have been as follows:-

1897,

1898,

1899,

1900,

1901,

1902,

1903,

1904,

1905,

1906,

.2,776

.2,898

.2,542

.2,981

.2,989

2,576

.2,457

2,667

.2,833

.3,200

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e beginning of the year 1906 there were 170 patients remaining in the wards revious year; 3,200 were admitted during 1906, making a total of 3,370 cases ;

discharged; 1,203 died; leaving 164 in the Hospital at the close of the

year.

,003 discharges includes 194 cases, which were transferred for treatment to other as follows:-13 to the Government Civil Hospital, 50 to Kennedy Town Hospital, Tung Wah Plague Branch Hospital at Kennedy Town and 3 to Canton.

fatal cases 319 were in a dying condition at the time of admission, and died within 24 hours.

There remains a net total of 2,687 patients actually treated in the Tung Wah Hospital, of whom 1,422, i.e., 52.9 per cent., were under treatment by European methods, and 1,265, i.e., 47.1 per cent., under Chinese native treatment.

The number of visits to the Out-Patient Department was 65,588 and of these 63,640. were under Chinese treatment and 1,948 under European.

2,448 persons were vaccinated at, and in connection with, the Hospital.

1,993 destitute persons were temporarily sheltered and fed, until they could be sent on to their native villages or otherwise provided for.

635 dead bodies were brought to the Hospital Mortuary to await burial. In the case of as many as possible a diagnosis of the cause of death is made from the general appearance combined with the results of cross-questioning of relatives for the purposes of registration, but whenever it seems advisable for medico-legal or public health reasons, or because of contradictory evidence regarding the illness preceding death, to require an internal post- mortem examination, no objection is ever made by the Hospital authorities. 192 of the bodies brought in dead, and also 199 bodies of persons who died in the Hospital, chiefly of persons moribund on admission, i.e., 391, bodies in all, were sent to the Government Public Mortuary for internal examination.

Free burial was provided by the Hospital for the bodies of 2,386 poor people.

As in previous years, while Plague was prevalent, two large wards were set aside for the observation and diagnosis of cases suspected to be Plague.

The Plague Branch at Kennedy Town was opened on 24th April, and remained in use till 8th August. There were 140 admissions, 136 Plague, 2 Pneumonia, 1 Gono-

rrhea and 1 Malaria.

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The cases which were not Plague were sent in as suspected Plague, but were sub- sequently transferred to the Tung Wah Hospital. Of the Plague cases two were transferred elsewhere, one to Canton to die, and one to the Government Plague Hospital, leaving 134 cases actually treated, of these 122 died, .e., 91 per cent., and 12 recovered. under European treatment and 3 recovered.

6 cases were

15 other cases under Chinese treatment received Carbolic Acid internally and 2 recovered. The remaining 4 recoveries were under Chinese treatment alone.

87 of the cases were males and 49 females. The types of the disease were as

follows:-

Bubonic.... Septic Pneumonic

..117 18

Total,......... 136

All the cases which recovered were of the Bubonic type.

Not much operative work is as yet undertaken at the Tung Wah Hospital, on account of the unfavorable conditions as to nursing available. As often as possible serious surgical cases are persuaded to permit themselves to be transferred to the Civil Hospital. A con- siderable number of minor operations were performed, however, and a few of greater importance, including 2 amputations of the hand, cataract extraction, iridectomy and removal of fibroids.

The Western-treating staff consists of Dr. JEU HAWK assisted by three students of the Hongkong College of Medicine for Chinese, one of tliem doing the vaccinations, and the other two acting as dispensers and surgical dressers.

I attach a report, kindly furnished by Dr. HARSTON, on the Eye Department. It is evident that the work of this department is increasing rapidly and will soon he too' eten- sive for a private practitioner to undertake alone. It is to be hoped that a European trained Chinese doctor will be appointed in the near future, with Dr. HARSTON as Consulting Ophthalmic Surgeon.

In last year's report Dr. THOMSON drew attention to the alarming increase of Beri-beri and the satisfactory decrease in the admissions for Malaria. This year, however, Beri-beri cases have diminished by 214 but Malaria shows an increase of 95 cases.

The figures for the last ten years are as follows :—

Beri-beri.

Malaria.

Admissions.

Deaths.

Admissions.

Deaths.

1897,.

..173............

.102.

....571......

1898,

.118.....

84..

1899,.

.279.

..123.

.521....

305......

191

.122.

1900....

.361.

.214...

.541.

...159

1901,..

412...

219...

1902,.

.414......

.....217.

.507.....

.403......

..122

119

1903,....

277

.170......

.221..

1904,

742...

..329........

..212.....

1905,.

.731..

.153.......

.257..

...........248...

1906,...............517..

All cases of Malaria are treated by European methods:

Dr. THOMSON acted as Inspecting Medical Officer from the beginning of the year.

till 7th September.

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The Hospital has been regularly inspected by Visiting Justices twice monthly, and on all occasions has been certified by them to have been found clean and in good order.

In conclusion I wish to acknowledge the unfailing courtesy and consideration of the Directors in all their relations with the Inspecting Medical Officers, whose suggestions have been most carefully carried into effect.

I append the following Tables :-

I. Return of Discases and Deaths during the

year 1906.

II. Proportion of cases treated by European and Chinese methods respectively.

III. General Statistics relating to the Hospital during 1906.

IV. Vaccinations at, and in connection with, the Tung Wah Hospital during 1906.

W. B. A. MOORE, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. (Irel.)

465

Table I.

DISEASES and DEATHS in the TUNG WAH HOSPITAL, during the year.

DISEASES.

GENERAL DISEASES.

Febricula,

Enteric Fever,

Small Pox,

Diphtheria,

Cholera,

Dysentery,

Plague,*

Malarial Fever:-

1. Quartan,

2. Simple Tertian, 3. Malignant,

Malarial Cachexia,. Beri-beri,...........

Erysipelas,

Septicæmia,

Tetanus,

Tubercle,

Leprosy :-

Tubercular,

-Syphilis :-

Secondary,

Rheumatism.

New Growth, non-malignant, New Growth, malignant,

Anæmia,

Debility,

Marasmus,

Exophthalmic goitre,

LOCAL DISEASES.

Diseases of Nervous System.

SUB-SECTION 1.

Diseases of the Nerves:—

Remain- ing in Hospital at end of 1905.

Yearly Total.

Admissions. Deaths.

Remain- Total

ing in Cases Hospital Treated. at end of

1906.

Remarks.

132

277

110

277

160

161

517

237

567

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to 30

213

21-

Neuritis,

Meningitis,

SUB-SECTION 2.

Functional Nervous Disorders :-

Apoplexy,

Paralysis...

Epilepsy,

286

Neuralgia,

SUR-SECTION 3.

Mental Diseases :—

Mania,....

Melancholia,

Dementia,

Diseases of the Eye,................

Ear,

Circulatory System,.

131

137

Respiratory System,

638

417

716

Digestive System,

315

123

319

Lymphatic System,

Urinary System,

Generative System

Male Organs,

Female Organs,

Organs of Locomotion,

Cellular Tissue,

ΤΟ

Skin,

119.

137

Injuries :-

General, Local,

237

249

Parasites,

Parturition,

Total,

170

3,200

1,203

3,370

164

* Transferred at once, unless morilund, to Kennedy Town.

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Table II.

Admissions and Mortality in the Tung Wah Hospital, during the year, with the proportion of cases treated by European and Chinese methods respectively.

ADMISSIONS.

DEATHS.

GENERAL DISEASES:-

Febricula,

Enteric Fever,

Sinall Pox, *

Diphtheria,

Cholera,

Dysentery,

Plague, *.

Malarial Fever :-

1. Quartan,

2. Simple Tertian, 3. Malignant,

Malarial Cachexia,

Beri-beri,

Erysipelas,

Septicemia,.

Tetanus,

Tubercle,

Leprosy, Tubercular,

Syphilis :-

Secondary,

Rheumatism,

New Growth :-

(a.) Non-malignant,

Jalignant,

European Chinese Treatment. Treatment.

Total. European Chinese

Treatment. Treatment.

Total.

E co 100

132

277

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110

160

255

517

,109

128

237

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mus,

xophthalmic goitre,

LOCAL DISEASES :-

Diseases of the-

Nervous System,

Eye,.....

Ear,

Circulatory System,

Respiratory System,

Digestive System,

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393

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131

316

352

668

148

167

315

Lymphatic System,

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183

234

417

123

Urinary System,

心

Generative System

(a.) Male Organs,

(b.) Female Organs,

Organs of Locomotions,

Cellular Tissue,

Skin,....

119

Injuries :-

General,

Local,

142

237

O N

Parasites,

Parturition,

1,815

1,385

3,200

599

604

1,203

Less moribund cases,

199

120

319

199

120

319

1,616

1,265

2,881

400

484

884

Less transferred elsewhere,

194

Net Total treated,

1,422

1,265

2,687

400

484

884

Patients.

Remaining in Hospital at end of 1905.

Table III-GENERAL STATISTICS relating to the TUNG WAH HOSPITAL during the year.

Dead Bodies

Admissions.

Total Cases

Treated.

Discharged.

Died.

Remaining in Hospital at

Out-patients, Vaccinations.

end of 1906.

Destitute

Persons

Sheltered.

brought to HospitalMortuary for Burial.

Free Burials provided for Poor Persons.

Males.

128

Females,

2,658

512

2,786

584

1,743

260

919

124

42,357

1,151

284

23,231

1,297

1,739

254

128

. 207

Total,

170

3,200

3,370

2,008

1,203

164

65,588

2,448

1,993

635

2,386

Victoria.

Shaukiwan.

Table IV. VACCINATIONS at, and in connection with, the TUNG WAH HOSPITAL, during the year.

Aberdeen.

Stanley.

Yaumati.

Hunghom.

Samshuipo

Po Leung Kok.

Total.

1,785

215

211

2,448

467

468

Report on the Ophthalmic Department of the Tung Wah Hospital by Dr. Harston.

In making my report with reference to the ophthalmic department of the Tung Wah Hospital I have in the first place to thank the Directors of this institution and through them Dr. JEU HAWK, for their invariable courtesy and ready acquiescence in any suggestion of mine for the benefit of the patients.

The ophthalmic department, as mentioned in last year's report, was opened in December, 1905, and work has been continued uninterruptedly to the

Hours of Attendance.

present date.

Originally patients were seen on Thursdays froin 5.00 p.m. At first patients were few in number but the growth of the department as soon as it became known amongst the Chinese was extraordinary. On more than one occasion as many as fifty patients were present.

Those who are acquainted with the time and trouble that have to be expended over each individual case to ensure accuracy of diagnosis and treatment will not be surprised to learn that often one could not leave the hospital till nearly 8.00 p.m. on these occasions. I must therefore take this opportunity of thanking Mr. LEUNG CHIK FAN, Mr. TAN TEK SENG and others from the College of Medicine for Chinese, who have assisted me in the work.

I have now placed an extra day at the disposal of the hospital and attend on Mondays as well as Thursdays. The department is growing so fast that it might eventually be necessary to add still another day, though this would fall rather heavily on one who has a busy private practice to attend to as well.

Objects.

The objects of this department are twofold:-

(1.) The relief of the appalling amount of suffering from eye disease existing

amongst the Chinese.

(2.) The practical training of, Chinese Students of medicine in this special subject to enable them more effectually to relieve their afflicted fellow country-

men.

Prevalence of Eye Disease in Hongkong.

With regard to the first of these objects, it has always been the opinion of oculists at home and on the Continent that Egypt was par excellence the country where eye diseases flourish most. A slight acquaintance with the Chinese calls for a modification of this opinion. The Egyptian Government has recently made most laudable endeavours to cope. more effectually with the ravages of eye disease more especially with the infectious oph- thalmias by instituting a system of travelling hospitals and these have been a great success.

In Hongkong these infectious ophthalmias are always extraordinarily prevalent. I may mention here that in 1905 I made a systematic examination of the eyes of the children in three of our large charitable institutions in Hongkong, the result was the astounding revelation that over 70% of the children were affected with Trachoma. I considered it my duty to make a report on the subject to the Sanitary Board. The Board was interested but shrank from adding to its many labours. I can only add that should the Government, which at present is evincing such interest in Hygiene as far as school children are concerned, ever desire to deal with the subject my services if wished for will be, as far as the exigencies of private practice permit, at His Excellency's disposal.

The infectious ophthalmias have formed the bulk of eye diseases treated during the year.

This obtains at all eye hospitals but the relative proportion of those attending at the ung Wah Hospital for these complaints is far higher than is the case at say the London eye hospitals, not even excepting the Royal London (Moorfields) Ophthalmic Hospital which is on certain days inundated with immigrants dumped in East London.

469

Causes of Blindness.

The main causes of blinduess in the Chinese are Trachoma and birth ophthalmia. It is pitiful to see the ravages of these diseases. In Hongkong of the two causes Trachoma is the more frequent. I have now under treatinent a Post Office employé (sent by Mr. L. A. M. Johnston) who in another two months would most certainly have lost his sight from old standing Trachoma. This man was going about his work sowing the disease broadcast every individual using the same towels or basin as this man would in all probability develope Trachoma and if untreated would run a considerable risk of partial or total blind- I mention this not as an alarmist (though it is high time somebody sounded the alarm in Hongkong) but merely to call attention to a state of affairs which would not be allowed to exist for a moment in England-where in fact children suffering from Trachoma are sent to special schools.and are not allowed to attend the ordinary schools.

ness.

We have then here in Hongkong a disease flourishing which causes in many cases (not in all but in the majority) partial blindness and sometimes total blindness.

This disease is preventable. His Majesty KING EDWARD in another connection uttered the now famous words "If preventable why not prevented ?” Further comment is

unnecessary.

In a small way one has done what one can to check the spread and stamp out existing disease as far as the three charitable institutions before referred to are concerned and thanks to hearty and effecient co-operation one's efforts have been in the main successful.

Appreciation.

The appreciation by the Chinese of the ophthalmic department is best shewn by the following two facts:-A Chinese doctor at the hospital (.e., employing Chinese methods) sent his daughter for treatment and another member of the Chinese Medical Staff came for treat- ment himself much to the delight of the other patients as soon as they discovered his. identity.

Operative.

Operative work has been of a varied character from cataract extraction to plastic surgery, the latter has greatly predominated. By far the commonest operations performed have been Snellen's and Hotz's for entropion the result of Trachoma.

In many of these cases the eyesight has only just been preserved in time-the number of those who attend too late for benefit is legionary.

Attendance for operations has been as occasion demanded, the exigencies of private practice preclude one from appointing a regular day. The majority of operations have been performed under cocaine. Many operations for which a general anesthetic is given at European eye hospitals can be quite successfully performed under local anasthesia on the Chinese for their patience is only excelled by their gratitude for what one is able to do for them.

Need of Instruments.

I have been under the necessity of providing my own eye instruments,-steriliser, douches, test lenses, &c. The hospital sadly needs an equipment of this nature and also the provision of a fund for supplying spectacles at cheap rates to the deserving poor. May I hope that this need will come to the ears of some obliging Chinese philanthropists? My labours would be greatly assisted if such were to come forward to help the ophthalmic department of what is undoubtedly the finest Chinese charitable institution in the Colony.

Finally let me refer briefly to the secondary object of the ophthalmic department.

Training of Chinese as Ophthalmic Surgeons.

Though secondary in importance to the immediate relief of the vast amount of suffering from eye disease, it has a remote importance in the relief of future sufferers.

The training of students of Western medicine in this special subject is of immense importance to the Chinese of longkong and to those Chinese who dwell perhaps only temporarily in our midst.

470

In the ophthalmic department of this hospital there is a wealth of clinical material from which to gain experience. I endeavour to make the work as practical as possible and give practical demonstrations, whenever opportunity offers, of the uses of the ophthalmo- scope and of the only really accurate method of testing the sight and estimating errors of refraction, viz., by retinoscopy.

To enable me to give these demonstratious oftener I must have more helpers amongst the students. When I shall have sufficiently trained a certain number they will be able to deal with the commoner eye diseases and I shall then have more time to demonstrate the less common diseases which come for treatment and I shall be able to give more frequent demonstrations of the uses of the ophthalmoscope, retinoscopy and the fallacies of testing the eyesight with the test types alone as indulged in by self-styled "Expert sight-testing opticians.'

In conclusion may I venture by pointing to the past to peer into a possible future? The Japanese have assimilated Western medicine and improved on it--may not the Chinese do likewise ?

It would indeed be a proud moment for Hongkong could it evolve the first Chinese ophthalmic surgeon trained by Western methods !

G. MONTAGU HARSTON, M.B., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Late Clinical Assistant,

Royal London (Moorfields) Ophthalmic Hospital.

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Annexe K.

REPORT OF THE MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE

ALICE MEMORIAL AND NETHERSOLE HOSPITALS.

Table I.

ALICE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

RETURN of DISEASES and DEATHS.

DISEASES.

Remain- ing in Hospital lat end of 1905.

Yearly Total.

Remain-

Total

ing in Cases Hospital

Remarks.

Treated. at end of

Admissions

Deaths.

1906.

Smail Pox,

GENERAL DISEASES,

Malarial Fever,

Dysentery,

Malarial Cachexia,.

Tetanus,

Tubercle,..

Syphilis, Secondary, ...

Syphilis, Tertiary,

Opium Habit,

Scurvy,

New Growth, non-malignant,

New Growth, malignant,

Debility,.

LOCAL DISEASES,

343

Paralysis,

Diseases of Nervous System.

Diseases of Eye,........

Functional Nervous Disorders

110

114

Ear

Nose,

Circulatory System,

Respiratory, System,

Digestive System,

Lymphatic System,

Urinary System,

Male Organs,

Organs of Locomotion,

Cellular Tissue,

Skin,

Injuries, General,

Injuries, Local,

Malformations,

Snake Bite,.

Total,

317

341

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Labour,

472

Table II.

ALICE MEMORIAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL.

RETURN of DISEASES and DEATHS.

DISEASES.

Remain- ing in Hospital at end of 1905.

Yearly Total.

Remain-

Total

Admissions Deaths.

ing in Cases Hospital Treated. at end of

1906.

Remarks.

LOCAL DISEASES.

Diseases of Female Organs,

Out-patients attended at their houses by Dr. S1BREE-Labour cases, 45.

Out-patients attended at their houses by Government Midwives (Chinese) under the superintendence of Dr. SIBREE:— Labour cases, 188.

473

Table III.

NETHERSOLE HOSPITAI

RETURN of DISEASES and Deaths.

DISEASES.

Remain- ing in Hospital at end of

Remain-

Yearly Total.

Total

ing.in

Cases

Hospital

Remarks.

Treated. at end of

Admissions Deaths.

1905.

1906.

Small Pox,

GENERAL DISEASES.

Plague,

Dysentery,

Malarial Fever,

Beri-beri,

Erysipelas,

Malarial Cachexia,.

Tetanus,

Tubercle,..

Syphilis, Tertiary,

Rheumatism,

New Growth, non-malignant, New Growth, malignant,

Anæmia,

Debility,

LOCAL DISEASES.

Diseases of Nervous System.

SUB-SECTION 1.

Diseases of the Nerves:

Meningitis,

SUB-SECTION 2.

Functional Nervous Disorders :—

Hysteria,....

Diseases of the Eye,

20.

10-

心

Ear,

Nose,....

Circulatory System,.

Respiratory System,

Digestive System,

21 10 30

Lymphatic System,

Urinary System,

Generative System,

Male Organs.

Female Organs,

Organs of Locomotion,

Cellular Tissue,

Skin,

Injuries, General

Local.

Malformations,

Poisons :-

Opium,

Ol. Menth Pip,

Total,

319

335

R. MACLEAN GIBSON, M.D., C.M.

474

Annexe L.

REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT BACTERIOLOGIST.

(a.) Staff.

I.—THE BACTERIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.

(b.) Buildings.

(c.) General Statistics.

(d.) Notes on Parasitic Worms.

(e.) Rats and Rat-Fleas.

(f.) Outbreaks of Cattle Disease.

(g.) Observations on Hæmatozoa.

(h.) Bacteriological Examination of the Public Water Supplies.

(i.) Bacteriological Examination of Water Supplies from Other Sources. (k.) The "Bacteria of Indication" in Water.

(1.) Preparation of Vaccine Lymph.

(a.) Staff.

(b.) Buildings.

II. THE PUBLIC MORTUARY.

(c.) General Statistics.

THE BACTERIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.

Staff.

Dr. C. M. HEANLEY, the newly appointed Assistant Bacteriologist, arrived in the Colony on 4th April, 1996. In addition to his duties at the Public Mortuary, he regularly assists me in the general outine bacteriological examinations. In addition he has carried on a certain amount of research work. Without his assistance, it would have been im- possible to have started the Laboratory as an Institute for general work and research study.

Buildings.

The Institute was opened for routine bacteriological examinations and research work on the 15th March, 1906. From this time onwards, the Bacteriologist confined his atten- tion almost entirely to the fittings and equipment of the building for all kinds of research work. As these are somewhat complicated, and require considerable care and time, it was found impossible to commence thorough research work until later in the year. A full des- cription of the buildings and the accommodation provided was supplied by the Honourable the Director of Public Works in his (Annual Report for the year 1905.

1965. In

In my opinion, the buildings have special qualifications for carrying out bacteriological examinations and research. The laboratory accommodation is excellent, and with stables and animal houses completes a compound admitting of the most varied experimental work. Each laboratory is fully equipped with the necessary apparatus according to requirement. A micro-photo- graphic apparatus has been ordered from home, and will be fitted up in one of the rooms specially prepared for this class of work. Another room is specially reserved for conducting any experimental or other research work which may be necessary from time to time. present, arrangements are being made to have this room fitted with electrical apparatus in order to conduct certain important experiments on the action of light on bacteria.

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HONGKONG.

No. 1907

REPORT OF COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO ENQUIRE WHETHER EARLIER WARNING OF THE TYPHOON OF SEPTEMBER 18TH, 1906,

COULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO SHIPPING.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Governor.

Report of the Commission,

List of Witnesses,

Evidence,

List of Exhibits,

Exhibits,

CONTENTS.

PAGE.

.51-53

....54

.54-75

..76

...77-108

REPORT OF COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO ENQUIRE WHETHER EARLIER WARNING OF THE TYPHOON OF SEPTEMBER 18TH, 1906,

COULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO SHIPPING.

Sir HENRY S. BERKELEY, Kt., K.C.,

Lieut. H. BUTTERWORTH, R.N.,

A. B. SKOTTOWE, Esq., Superintendent, Eastern Extension Telegraph Co., Captain A. SOMMERVILLE, Master S.S. Tean,

Committee.

The Committee appointed on the 24th September last, by His Excellency Governor Sir MATTHEW NATHAN, K.C.M.G., to enquire whether earlier warning of the typhoon of the 18th of that month could have been given to shipping, than was actually furnished by the hoisting of the Black Drum about 8 a.m. that day, confining itself strictly to that question, submits for His Excellency's information the following Report :-

1. The Committee met on the 24th September and on several occasions subsequently.

2. The Committee was not invested with power to compel the attendance of 'witnesses.

3. An invitation was, through the medium of the Press, addressed to shipmasters and others who might be possessed of information calculated to assist the Committee in its enquiry to impart such information to the Committee, and a like request was made by direct personal invitation to shipmasters and others likely to possess such information.

4. The evidence taken by the Committee together with the documents referred to in the course of such evidence is appended to this Report.

5. On the question referred to it the Committee finds that at 8 a.m. on the 18th Sep- tember an order to hoist the Black Drum, indicating the existence of a typhoon to the east of the Colony within 300 miles, was issued from the Observatory: the barometer then reading 29.604.

At 7.21 (local time) on that morning (18th) the barometer at the Observatory read 29.698. The direction of the wind was NW and the force 3. When the last previous barometrical observation was taken at the Observatory, at 10.21 p.m. on the 17th, the barometer read 29.795, the direction of the wind was E and the force 1.

During the preceding period back to 1 a.m. on the 17th the reading of the barometer varied between 29.855 at 10.21 a.m. and 29.742 at 3.21 p.m.: being the highest and the lowest readings at those hours respectively on that day (17th).

On the 18th September no observations had been received from other stations at the Observatory prior to the hoisting of the Black Drum.

6. On the 17th the Observatory received from the stations named in exhibit D5, includ- ing Shanghai (Sicawei), Gutzlaff, Pescadores, Koshun, Swatow and Manila, the observations therein set out.

The reading of the barometer as set out are as follows :

Shanghai...............

p.m. Barometer 30.02 Wind

ENE 1

Gutzlaff

29.97

NNE 5

Pescadores

29.82

SE 8

Koshun

29.82

E 6

* Swatow

29.68

E 2

Manila..

29.76

NNE 1

At the Hongkong Observatory at 4 p.m. on the 17th the barometer read 29.74: wind

ESE 2.

7. These readings point to the conclusion that there was a gale of wind in Formosa Channel on the 17th apparently travelling NNW.

Referring to this disturbance the Shanghai Observatory (Sicawei) published the follow- ing remarks:-"15th September 1906.-Depression.-A new centre is signalled advancing "towards Formosa from the south of the Meiaco Shima Group; it does not yet give signs of "violence but may bring rough weather in the Formosa Channel and north of Formosa.”

16th September 1906.-Depression. The centre in the south is nearly stationary at "Formosa."

"17th September 1906.-The one reported at Formosa (meaning the depression pre- "viously noted) filling up gradually." (Exhibits I 2 to I 4.)"

In the opinion of the Committee the barometric observations noted above did not call for the hoisting of any typhoon signal in Hongkong on the 17th September.

8. Under the date 18th September the Shanghai Observatory, after the event, and after information received from Hongkong, published locally the following remarks:-" Depression. A very violent storm of quite limited area raged in Hongkong on Tuesday morning" (18th). (Exhibit I 5.)

9. The evidence as to the appearance and state of the weather on the morning of the 18th, previous to the hoisting of the Black Drum is conflicting. Captain UNSWORTH, of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, stated that at 6.30 am. he ordered everything to be taken away from the wharves; that at 7.30 a.m. the sea was breaking over the wharves at Kowloon, and that no skiff could have lived in such a sea as was running then: whereas Captain. OUTERBRIDGE, who slept ashore on the night of the 17th, and whose ship was lying in or about the centre of the harbour, did not leave the shore to rejoin his ship till between 8.30 and 8.45 a.m. on the 18th, and H.M.S. Tamar's signal log shows that torpedo boat No. 38 was alongside at 8.5; under orders proceed to D'Aguilar wireless telegraph station (Exhibit O), and actually left H.M.S. Tamar at 8.15, after the hoisting of the Black Drum, for Kowloon where she safely entered the camber of the torpedo depôt situated to the north of the northern Kowloon wharf and Lieut. BUTTERWORTH (the King's Harbour Master) informed the Committee that at 8 o'clock that morning he ordered his skiff to be alongside H.M.S. Tamar at 8.30.

16. The evidence as to the appearance and state of the weather on the afternoon, even- ing, and night of the 17th is also conflicting.

Monsieur LIÉBERT the Consul for France "felt on Sunday September 16th, and on Mon- day 17th, that we were going to have a typhoon very soon and my rough observations were confirmed by several naval people who were in the harbour, especially the commanders of the mail steamer Polynesien and of the French destroyers."

This reading is stated by Mr. Figg of the Observatory to be 0.07 too low, which would make the true reading 29.75.

Referring to the appearance of the weather on Monday 17th, Monsieur LIEBERT said the appearance of the sky on Monday "to any one accustomed to these regions indicated a typhoon not far off"; among other indications "the sun set with sharp red colour in part purple in others yellowish copper behind a thick veil of grey heavy cloud." That appearance was not observed on board H.M.S. Tamar, nor at the Observatory, which the witness remarked was in his opinion probably due to "the declination of the sun being such just now that the sunset would be screened by the Peak." This peculiar sunset was not noticed by any other witnesses examined.

Continuing, Monsieur LIEBERT said "since 16th atmosphere was heavy, the temperature exceptionally warm, the sky grey colour with thick cloud in the West": whereas the weather observation taken at the Observatory at 4 p.m. on 16th read "B" (=blue sky without cloud). Monsieur LIEBERT also said that on Monday evening there was "very little breeze and what there was came from the West," whereas the observation taken at the Observatory read "ESE 2.". (Exhibit D 5), and on H.M.S. Tamar at 4 p.m. on Monday "wind E 2". Monsieur LIÉBERT assured the Committee that in view of the appearances described the Captain of the Polynesien ordered full steam at 3 o'clock on the morning of the 18th, and the officers commanding the French destroyers "began to steam up at 7 a.m., sometime before the first signal was hoisted, precautions which would have ensured their safety, had it not been for merchant steamers drifting on to the French destroyers who were fully prepared for the typhoon."

11. With respect to the last portion of Monsieur LIEBERT's statement it is to be observed that the Polynesien, (on her way from the North to Europe), was due to sail at noon on the 18th, and would in any case have had steam up at the hour mentioned. With respect to the destroyers it seems to the Committee inconceivable that they should have been "fully prepared" for the typhoon, and yet have remained at their buoys in close proximity to a dangerous lee shore instead of slipping and anchoring under the lee of Stonecutters Island, as ships were drifting about not under control.

12. Reviewing the evidence as a whole, the Committee find that prior to 7.44 a.m. øn the 18th September there was no indication of a typhoon approaching Hongkong: sud that warning, by the hoisting of the Black Drum on the morning of the 18th, was given as soon as, in the circumstances, was practically possible.

HENRY SPENCER BERKELEY,

HENRY BUTTERWORTH, Lieutenant, R.N., A. B. SKOTTOWE,

ALEXANDER SOMMERVILLE.

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

23rd October, 1906.

Date.

EVIDENCE TAKEN BY COMMITTEE.

Name.

LIST OF WITNESSES.

Position.

Exhibits.

Captain of S.S. Kwei

Chow.

Director, Hongkong

Observatory.

1st Assistant, Hongkong

Observatory.

Sept. 24th...

J. S. Roach..............

Captain of S.S. Haitan.

G. Hooker

W. Doberck

F. G. Figg

25th

W. Doberck

R. C. D. Bradley

Oct.

6th

G. Liébert....

W. Doberck

12th

F. G. Figg

A. W. Outerbridge........

R. Unsworth

A. E. Hodgins....

R. Rodgers

Director, Hongkong

Observatory.

Captain of S.S. Kutsang.

French Consul at

Hongkong.

Director, Hongkong

Observatory.

1st Assistant, Hongkong

Observatory.

Captain of S.S. Taming.

Hongkong & Kowloon

Wharf & Godown Co.

Captain of S.Ş. Haiching.

A, B, C, D to D, E.

F, G, G, H, I to I6, J to J2

& S.

L to L, M. to M2, N & N1.

Captain of S.S. Zafiro.

P & Q.

Captain ROACH of the S.S. "Haitan"-examined by Lieut. Butterworth :-

Q. When were you at Swatow?

A.-I was at Swatow on the 18th. I reached at 6 o'clock on the morning of the 18th.

Q.-Were there any indications of the typhoon while you were at Swatow ?

A.-There was some sea and rain but there was no indication of a typhoon from the

barometer.

Q. What experience have you had on the China Coast ?

A.-I have been 25 years captain on ships trading to coast ports.

Q. Did you on the 17th or 18th expect a typhoon at Swatow or in the neighbourhood?

A.—I did not consider any violent disturbance imminent.

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Q. Is it in your opinion possible that the typhoon which the Sado Maru met in the Formosa Channel was the same that blew in Hongkong on the morning of the 18th ?

A.--No; for in my experience it is not customary for a typhoon to travel to the south of West. The usual tendency of a typhoon is to travel to the north of West.

Q.-You think they were separate typhoons?

A. Yes. It is improbable that the typhoon which struck Hongkong on the morning of the 18th instant was the typhoon which the Sado Maru met in the Formosa Channel. because in that case the direction of the movement of the centre of the storm would be contrary to the general movement of circular storms.

Q.--Assuming it to be the fact that H.M.S. Terrible arriving from the south during the early afternoon of the 18th did not experience bad weather nor any indication of a typhoon until within the Lema Island, are you of opinion that any lengthy warning of the storm of the 18th could have been given by the Observatory?

A.--No.

-Have you heard during your experience on the China Coast of typhoons travelling in pairs?

A.—Yes; one typhoon often follows in the track of another.

Q.-Have you a self registering barometer on board ?

A.-No.

Q.-

-Have you seen the track of the storm of the 18th made by any barograph in Hongkong?

A. Yes.

Q-Have you ever seen a steeper barometric gradient?

A.-No; the nearest approach is that of the storm in November 1900.

Q.--The steeper the gradient the more sudden the storm?

A.-Yes.

Q.--From your experience do you think it possible that the storm of the 18th was formed quite close to Hongkong, was very small in area and travelling at a very rapid rate?

A.-Yes; it was more like a tornado than a typhoon.

Q. Is it your opinion that communication with Manila or other observatories would have been of practical value in foretelling the great violence of the storm?

A.-I believe the storm had local origin and consequently that the information received from Manila or elsewhere would give no indication of its approach.

-From your experience in the China Sea is it an uncommon thing for an original typhoon to break up and form two of smaller size?

A.-I think that is often the case caused by striking land.

-On that happening the general habit is for the two parts to travel in different directions?

A. Yes.

Q. How long were you in Swatow?

A.-I arrived 6 a.m. 18th and left 4 p.m. 19th. During that time only rain and moderate breeze during the morning of the 18th, the rest of the time fair.

Examined by Captain Sommerville :-

Q. When you were in Swatow did the threatening weather make you think bad weather was anywhere about?

A. Yes, I thought so from the general appearance of the weather but there was no indication from the barometer.

.—As a captain of many years standing don't you place as much reliance upon the look of the weather as upon the indication from the barometer ?

A. Yes I do. Especially so in the month of September because the North-East monsoon setting in North in that month has the effect of keeping the barometer high,

Q.-Would a telegram from Swatow describing the condition of the weather as you saw it on Tuesday morning 18th have assisted the Observatory here in giving earlier warning?

A.-I cannot say.

Q.-Have you ever known a typhoon to split at Breaker Point one half going towards Swatow and the other half towards Hongkong?

A.-No.

Q.-Then you think there was only one typhoon on the 18th ?

A.-I think that if the "Sado Maru" struck a typhoon in the Formosa Channel on that date there must have been two.

Q. Have you ever heard of two typhoons revolving so close together?

A.-No.

Examined by Sir Henry Berkeley

Q.-Was earlier warning than that given practicable? If not, why not?

A.-I am of opinion that the storm of the 18th was a small typhoon which formed not far from Hongkong and was travelling so rapidly that earlier warning was not practicable.

Captain HOOKER of The China Navigation Company's S.S. "Kwei Chow "-examined

by Lieut. Butterworth :---

Q.-You left Swatow on the 17th ?

A.-Yes; at 4.45 p.m.

Q.-At that time had you any suspicion of a typhoon ?

A.-No suspicion till I got outside and struck a heavy southern swell at 6 p.m.

Q.-Had you any suspicion of the strength of the typhoon ?

A.-No.

Q.-Would you have proceeded on your way had you anticipated the weather you met

with ?

A. Yes; but I expected to reach Hongkong ahead of any typhoon which might set in.

Q.-From that I may assume that there was no definite warning of a typhoon ?

A.-Not till I got out and met the typhoon swell.

Q.-Is it reasonable to expect the swell to be noticeable inside Hongkong harbour?

A. Yes, I should say so.

-Have you a barograph on board?

A.-No; but I have a typhoon barometer.

1 a.m?

.—Did your typhoon barometer show any likelihood of meeting this typhoon before.

A.-There was a gradual fall from 4 p.m. to midnight which in conjunction with South- East swell made me suspicious.

Q. In your opinion do you not consider one hour and a half would be an exceptionally short time for the barometer to reach its lowest reading after it once began to fall rapidly?

A. Yes.

Q. What was the fall of your barometer?

A. From 29.65 at 2.20 a.m. to 29.15 at 3.50 a.m. Half an inch in one hour and a half. That is a very abnormally rapid fall.

Examined by Captain Sommerville:--

Q.-Did

Q. Did you notice what the weather looked like on Monday afternoon in Swatow?

A.-Fresh wind, nothing abnormal, sky quite clear, nothing suspicious.

Q. Did you notice that the diurnal range of the barometer was not normal ?

A.-I cannot say I did.

Q.-Did

Did you think when you were in Swatow that the abnormally high barometer indicated bad weather?

coast.

A.-No; I thought it was caused by the North-East monsoon setting in higher up the

Q.-Do you think that the typhoon you encountered was the same as that which passed over Hongkong on the 18th?

A.-Yes; I am quite positive it was.

Q. When did you commence to have very bad weather?

A. About 40 miles off Breaker Point, the bad weather was after passing Breaker Point about 100 miles from Hongkong. At midnight when within 100 miles of Hongkong I was on the outer edge of the typhoon and experienced very bad weather.

Q. Do you think at midnight that there would be any sea at Gap Rock or Waglan ? A. At that time I should say there must have been heavy sea at both Waglan and Gap Rock.

Dr. DOBERCK said:-

The area of the storm on the 18th instant was so small, its diameter being only about one eighth of the usual diameter of a typhoon, and the wind rose so suddenly that it was more like a tornado than a typhoon.

The centre of a typhoon has never before passed across the Colony, while the centre of this passed over Shatin, 6 miles to the North of the Observatory. The weather in Hong- kong appears not to have been so bad as in Kowloon, and at Gap Rock it appears to have been very moderate. No damage was suffered there on the 18th. The damage was done there during the following typhoon on the 20th. The centre passed subsequently between Canton and Macao giving only, as far as I have gathered, strong breezes and squally weather.

Examined by Sir Henry Berkeley :-

Q.-Was the Observatory in telegraphic communication with Hongkong ?

A.- Ye

es, on the 17th and until the storm of the 18th.

Q.-Have you a station on the Peak ?

A. Yes. It works from 6 a.m. to 8. p.m.

Q.-Had you any reports from the Peak on the 17th ?

A. Yes. (Produced-marked A and B.)

Q. What was the force and direction of the wind on the Peak on the afternoon of the 17th ?

A.-Morning-NW force 3 or 4. Afternoon -NE, NW or SW force 1.

-What was the wind at the Observatory?

A.-4 p.m.-ESE force 2.

storm ?

-Was there anything in the reports from the Peak or Observatory to indicate a

A.-No. The barometer at 1 a.m. and 10 pm. were the same. E force 1 at the Observatory.

Wind at 10 p.m. was

(

.—What was the reading of the barometer on the 17th and until the storm of the 18th ? A.-Readings-Peak and Observatory (marked A and B) and barogram (marked C)—

produced.

Q:—At 7.21 a.m. on the 18th what was the reading of the barometer?

A.-29.70.

Q.-Does that indicate a storm or anything requiring warning?

A. No.

-When was the first barometrical indication of a storm approaching?

A.-At 8.21 a. Then the barometer read 29.60. Compared with the previous reading this would indicate a storm. At 8 a.m. the warning was issued

At 8 a.m. the warning was issued by hoisting a black Drum- indicating a typhoon to the E within 300 miles.

B.-Had you been watching the barometer would you have seen reason for hoisting the signal earlier than you did?

A.-No.

Q-Between 7.44 a.m. and 8 a.m. was there anything to cause you to expect * typhoon ?

A. The time between 7.44 a.m. and 8 a.m. was occupied in consultation and in observation.

Q.-You are in telegraphic connection with coast stations?

A. Yes.

Q.-Did

Did you get any telegrams previous to hoisting the typhoon signal which would indicate the approach of a typhoon ?

A.-No. On the contrary they opposed such an idea.

-From what station would you have expected indications in this case?

A.--From all stations in China (compared with each other) but especially from Swatow.

-Are you aware of complaints re the unnecessary hoisting of these signals?

A. Yes, and it makes us very careful, but that did not influence the present case. We could not have hoisted the drum earlier.

Q.-Could the typhoon have been predicted on the 17th?

A.-No. Absolutely not.

Q.-Can you forecast with any certainty the formation and course of a typhoon.

A.-No. Meteorology is not an exact science. Nothing can be predicted with certainty. Mr. Robert H. Scott, till lately chief of the Meteorological Office, London, writes in his "Elementary Meteorology":-" Although for the British Isles it may be said that few storms reach the E coast before warnings have been issued, yet these are unfortunately the most violent and dangerous, owing to the extreme suddenness of their arrival." Of late years we have had instances of the destruction caused by cyclones in India and Mauritius when not predicted in time, while failures to forecast blizzards and tornadoes in America are

common.

}

Q.-What is your average diurnal barometric variation at present?

A.-About eight hundredths of an inch.

-Is there any difference between a tornado and a typhoon?

Mappa

A. One of degree only, but this storm presents absolutely new features-it bridges the gap hitherto existing between typhoons and tornadoes.

Q.-At what time would you say the storm was at its full force?

A.-From 9 o'clock it was nearly at full fury.

Q.-Between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. what was the rise in force?

A. At 8 to 8.15 a.m. force 4 to 7, 8.15 to 8.30 force 7, 8.30 to 8.45 force 7 to 8, 8.45 to 9.0 force 9 to 10 (Report marked E produced).

Q.-Had you any communication with Swatow on Monday 17th ? ·

A. Yes. 3 p.m. at Swatow Bar 29.68 wind E force 2 overcast (received at 5.52 p.m.). But the Swatow barometer is not to be depended on. Mr. Figg has reason to think that it` reads 0.07 too low. The correct reading is then 29.75.

Q.-Have you any information from any source that there was bad weather in the Formosa Channel ?

A.-No.

Q.-We are informed that at midnight on the 17th there was bad weather 90 miles E by N of Hongkong. What does this indicate and why did you have no information?

A.—It was so sudden. A vessel or two met it 70 miles ESE of Hongkong.

Q.-Will your instruments indicate bad weather elsewhere?

A.--In connection with telegrams—Yes.

Q.-What is the range of your instruments?

A.-In this case about 20 miles, generally about 300 iniles.

Q. Have you any special instruments to enable you to tell that a typhoon is being generated?

A.-No, only the barometer and the wind-gauge.

Q.-Is there any such instrument?

A.-No.

Q.-Supposing that there was bad weather South of Formosa would you be told of it? A.-Yes from the Japanese stations. (Reports produced marked D to D 3.)

Q.-Is there anything in the high barometer at Koshun (S. Cape of Formosa) and up the coast of Formosa to indicate bad weather?

A.-No.

}

Q.-Did

weather?

you have any outside information on the 17th indicating the approach of bad

A.-No, not from Manila or anywhere.

Did you receive any telegrams from the Philippines on the 17th ?

A.—Yes; the usual telegrams from Manila and six other stations.

Examined by Captain Sommerville :-

Q.-You keep no night watch?

A. Yes. They go away 10.35 p.m. and come back at 7.20 a.m.

Q.-Should not the diurnal variation being abnormal give you any warning?

A. Yes, but the barometer rises and falls if thunderstorms are about as in this case.

Q.-Is it the duty of anyone to take readings between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. ?

A.-Not unless the weather is threatening. That night there were no threatening indications and the wind was in the E at 10 p.m.

Q.-Do you think the barometer at this time of the year is absolutely reliable in pre- -dicting typhoons?

A. Yes, but in this case the storm was more like a tornado and did not cause barome- tric indications. The barometer is just as reliable at this time of year as at any other. Our chief reliance is on the telegrams received.

sky?

Q.--Do you when watching for typhoons take into consideration the appearance of the

A. Yes. Mr. Figg, saw bright starlight to the SE at 10

saw bright starlight to the SE at 10 p.m. contradicting the possibi- lity of a typhoon's approach. There was nothing abnormal in the sunset.

Q.-Was there anything abnormal in the sunrise of the 18th?

A.-No. It was raining.

Q.-Had you watched at 6 a.m. and considering that typhoons travel faster at the Antumnal equinox would you have expected a typhoon ?

A.-No.

Q. Do you mean that at Pedro Blanco at midnight on the 17th there was a typhoon and yet you had no indication here?

A. Yes.

Q.-When there is a typhoon there is invariably a heavy swell?

A.-Not in this case because the typhoon was so small and was travelling so quickly.

-There would be no swell preceding it?

A.-Generally and if it came from a distance there should be, but the English mail steamer Delhi had no swell till she was inside of Gap Rock at 8 a.m. on the 18th; and the steamer Prinz Waldemar on the 17th between Lamocks and Hongkong where she arrived about had only very slight E swell. The fact is the swell was in the rear of this typhoon.

Q.-Is there communication with Waglan?

p.m.

A.-No, we trust to Gap Rock.

Mr. FIGG-examined by Sir Henry Berkeley:

Q.-You watched the aneroid on the night of the 17th?

A.-I read it at 10 p.m. and again at midnight, and found it had risen T of an inch during the interval. It should have fallen in diurnal range.

Q.-That does not warn you to watch?

A-No. The rise was not indicative of an approaching typhoon.

-When did you next look at the aneroid. *

A.-At 7 a.m. It had fallen slightly. When I looked again shortly after 7 a.m. I saw there was a tendency for the wind to rise.

(Dr. DOBERCK adds that this storm originated in an area of thunderstorms and that observations in such cases are unreliable.)

Dr. Doberck's answers to written questions put to him on September 25th by the Chairman of the Committee.

Q.-State in detail the Observatories, and Observation Stations, with which you are in telegraphic communication on 17th-18th instant?

A.-Nemuro, Hakodate, Tokio, Kochi, Nagasaki, Kogoshima, Oshima, Naha, Ishigakijima, Taihoku, Taichu, Tainan, Koshun, Pescadores, Chefoo, Weihaiwei, Hankow Kiukiang, Shanghai, Gutzlaff, Sharp Peak, Amoy, Swatow, Pakhoi, Victoria Peak, Gap Rock, Macao, Phulica, Tourane, Cape St. James, Aparri, Manila, Legaspi, Bacalod, Iloilo, Cebu, Labuan.

No communications from Vladivostock and Hoihow.

Q.-Are your relations in any way strained with any of the Observatories, or Observa- tion Stations, with which you are in communication, and if so, state which? and the cause?

A. Certainly not! We exchange telegrams daily, and in addition all publications are exchanged between the observatories of Tokio, Shanghai (Zikawei), Hongkong, and Manila, and any member of the staffs of any of these four observatories is granted facilities for making observations at any of the other observatories, if he happens to be there.

Captain Bradley's answer to letter dated September 25th from the Chairman of the Committee.

S.S. Kutsang,

HONGKONG, 25th September, 1906.

SIR, I am in receipt of your letter dated the 25th instant, inviting me to give to the Committee appointed by the Governor of the Colony of Hongkong, any information which may be in my possession calculated to assist them in their enquiries, as to whether earlier warning could have been given on or before the 18th instant to the shipping community at that time in the waters of the Colony, of the approach of storm that was the cause of such regrettable loss of life and property.

*NOTE:- The aneroid mentioned is at Mr. Figg's own house.

I am sorry to say that I cannot give any such information, as I am at present time of writing, in absolute ignorance as to whether the Hongkong Observatory, is or is not, in constant daily communication with stations situated around and within a radius of 50 miles of the waters of the Colony; as also with stations situated at far greater distances from the waters of the Colony, such as Cape Good Hope (Swatow); the South Cape of Formosa; Manila; Balabac Island; Saigon or Cape St. James; Tourane or Hue; Hoihow and Hai- phong.

As all atmospheric disturbances such as the typhoon of the 18th of September, have their origin in obedience to a law, by which differences of atmospheric pressure-existing at one and the same time between different localities, near or far apart-are restored to a state of equilibrium......my mind is unable to conceive how the shipping community in the waters of the Colony of Hongkong, could be given a reasonable margin of warning within which to prepare for a gale of wind or a storm of far greater intensity, unless there was available to the Director of the Hongkong Observatory and his Assistants, an unfailing supply of ample daily meteorological data, from circles of stations such as I have enumerated.

To put this thought in another way:-If a body of troops marches into an enemy's country, and a camp is formed for the night, so that the soldiers may lay down and rest after the arduous duties of the day, the Officer in command-if he be a wise man-will have small groups of men stationed around the camp at varying distances, to give timely warning of the approach of the enemy. And the greater the number of those outposts; and the greater the facility with which they can communicate the intelligence of the approach of the enemy to those resting within the precincts of the camp......the greater will be the security. of that camp, and of every soul that is resting or sleeping within it.

I beg that I may be kindly excused from attending the meeting of the Committee on Saturday next at 10 a.m., because of the projected sailing of the S.S. Kutsang, and because.. of the duties that I have to attend to at that time.

I have etc.,

ROBERT C. D. BRADLEY. Master S.S. "Kutsang."

M. LIEBERT said:--

I will first ask you to bear in mind that what I will say is in my private nôt in my official capacity, but at the same time, the French Navy to which I have belonged has lost during the typhoon of the 18th of September one unit and five men, of whom three. were petty officers: so I feel that I have a certain right and that it is also my duty to speak on the matter. When I heard that an enquiry had been instituted by Government, I felt relieved of a certain amount of responsibility. At the same time it was publicly said when the enquiry was announced, that it was hoped in some quarters the Observatory would be exonerated. This decided me to ask the Commission to be heard by her, as I felt that the typhoon could be predicted much earlier than it had been, in two ways: 1st by taking note of the observations made by Zicawei and Manila-also by the local observa- tions of seafaring men. I have seen several dozens of typhoons either as a naval officer or in travelling about as a Consul and I felt on Sunday September 16th and Monday 17th that

we were going to have a typhoon very soon and my rough observations were confirmed by several naval people who were in the harbour, especially by Capt. BROC of the French Mail Steamer Polynesien, who came to report damage by two river steamers colliding with him, and by the Commanders of the French destroyers. The Local signs were-since 16th the atmosphere was heavy, the temperature exceptionally warm, the sky of a grey leaden colour with clouds thick in W. On Sunday evening the diurnal oscillation of the barometer was abnormal, reading 2.10 in. (or 5 mm.), instead of 1.10 in. (normal). On Monday evening at 4 p.m. the barometer was still normal-about 760 mm. but the sunset on Monday, which I noticed personally coming back on a launch from Deep Water Bay and Aberdeen, was indicative of a typhoon. The sun set with sharp red colour, in parts purple, in others yellowish copper, behind a thick veil of grey heavy clouds. The appearance of the sky at sunset on Monday to anyone accustomed to these regions indicated a typhoon not far off.

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Examined by Sir Henry Berkeley:

Q. When did you write these notes down?

A.-On the afternoon after the typhoon, but they could be confirmed by my companions on the launch, Mr. BOLLES of the Standard Oil Company and others whose names I could find out from Mr. BOLLES. The same observation of the sky was made at the same time by Capt. BROC and by the Commanders of the French destroyers. The notes were made after conversation with Capt. BROC and the Commanders of the destroyers whose memory and observations coincided with mine. (Notes marked F put in.)

At the same time on Monday evening there was very little breeze but what little there was came from W. (This statement was doubted by Lieut. Butterworth who stated that his re- collection was that the wind was from the E.) On board the Polynesien and destroyers during the night of Monday-Tuesday, W & NW breezes were felt. From midnight on Monday the barometer began to fall slowly but regularly. At midnight it read 757 mm;t 4 a.m. 756 mm; at 6.30 a. 755; at 8 a.m. 754; and during the night the wind was more and more from WNW.

Taking into account these barometrical variations and the general atmospheric conditions which I have referred to and taking into account the law of typhoons as given by Père Algue (of the Manila Observatory) who says that when the barometer goes slowly and regularly down, with the atmospheric conditions observed and with the breeze coming from the first quadrant i.e. from NW, the centre of the typhoon is not far and will pass N of the place. Taking all this in consideration the Captain of the Polynesien ordered full steam between 3 and 4 a.m. on Tuesday and the Officers commanding the destroyers began to steam up at 7 a.m. some time before the first signal was hoisted, as they saw the barometer going down slowly and regularly. In their and my opinion, these precautions would have ensured their safety had it not been for Merchant steamers drifting-they having no steam up as they had had no warning from the Observatory: The Radnorshire ran on to Monteagle, the Monteagle ran on to the British gunboat Phoenix and both on to the group formed by the 4 French destroyers who were fully prepared for the typhoon.

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(Diagrams marked G and G 1 put in.

I will now give you information from outside, i.e., warnings that might have been given from indications noticed by Zicawei and Manila.

Zicawei says:-15th September.-New centre of depression advancing towards Formosa from Meiaco Sima (group of Islands, East of Formosa).

16th.-Centre of depression in S nearly stationary at Formosa.

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17th.-Centre signalled on Formosa gradually filling up-after that, touch was lost with the depression for lack of stations between Formosa and the Coast.

A private letter from the Director of the Observatory at Zicawei 20th September 1906 addressed to the Commander of the French destroyers, says: "I was thinking of you on 15th, "then on 16th thinking at that moment you were sheltered. I was then sending to all "stations on the Coast the following two signals :---

"(1) typhoon S of Meiaco Shima.

"(2) typhoon nearing E Formosa.

"These indications of a Typhoon though somewhat vague allowed one to foreshadow "threatening weather for the S of the Formosa Channel. The absence of stations between S "Formosa and Swatow, and also the comparatively small area of the typhoon did not allow "me to give more precise information, but I could hardly believe that the depression signalled “near Formosa and filling up was not travelling somewhere else.

"The Oceanien felt the typhoon but did not go through the centre: she felt one of "the angles, coming from Formosa, according to her observations. She left Hongkong on "Monday 17 at 3 p.m. immediately. After leaving she felt an Easterly swell. At 10 p.m. "the sea was tremendous with enormous rain.

The centre of the typhoon passed to S. of the ship at about 2 a.m. while she was hove "to off Breaker point (about 40 m. SW of Swatow)." (Extract marked H put in).

Examined by Lieut. Butterworth :-

Q.-Have you studied the question of the weather out here?

A.-A little.

Q.-Have you ever known a storm off Meiaco Shima to divert itself down to Hongkong?

A.-Not of my own experience, but I have known of such storms. They are described in the book giving the charts or the typhoon during the different months of the year, published by the Director of Manila Observatory.

Q. Do you think it necessary to take account of the barometric conditions of 48 hours previously when these have returned to normal ?

A. Yes, by the person in charge of the Observatory.

Q.--Why should he expect anything on Tuesday when Monday was normal?

A.-The abnormal conditions of the glass should have made him more careful of Mon- day's sunset and other peculiar atmospheric conditions.

Q.—I suggest that I saw nothing abnormal in Monday's sunset on board the Tamar. A.-Perhaps you could not see well on the Tamar as the declination of the sun is such just now that the sunset is, I think, screened by the Peak.

M. LIEBERT continues:-

The Manila Observatory published the observations I communicate. (Marked J.)

Examined by Sir Henry Berkeley:-

Q.-Do you know as a fact whether the information published at Manila was given to Hongkong?

A.-I do not.

Q.—Supposing these had been given to Hongkong is there anything in them indicative of the approach of a typhoon to Hongkong, and if So, what?

A. On the 13th at 11 a.m. it was said:" Barometers falling in N and W Luzon, almost stationary elsewhere except E stations where there is a tendency to fall." This read with the information from Zicawei of 15th and 16th should have caused suspicion. On 14th:-

Owing to a depression getting away from the archipelago the winds prevailing are those of the S quadrant." These indications confirm in a way what was said by Zicawei. On 15th again :-"The winds prevailing are those of the S quadrant." When there is a typhoon N of the Philippines it is not susprising that the prevailing winds should be from S. There was nothing actually indicative of typhoon, threatening more especially Hongkong, but the observations of Manila, completed by those of Zicawei, should have made people more careful at Hongkong.

Q. Do you think the fact of the barometer being normal on Monday should have calmed his suspicions?

A.-No, the period was too short. If it had been normal for two or three days, yes.

Mr. FIGG-examined by Sir Henry Berkeley:-

Q. Did you receive such observations from Sicawei as are produced on September 15th, 16th and 17th ? (Exhibits I 2 to Ì 5 produced).

A.-No remarks-only the figures.

Q. How do you account for not getting the remarks ?

A. They are rarely sent.

Q.-From whom do the observations come.

A.-I presume from Sicawei-we are so informed by Mr. TYLER.

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.—Can you give the name of the European, if any, who is on duty at this Observatory at night.

A.-There is no European except on special occasions.

Q.-Where do you yourself live?

A.-At 12 Knutsford Terrace, about three minutes walk from here.

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-You do not live at the Observatory?

A.-No.

Q. Are you one of the observers ?

A.-No, except on special occasions.

Q.-Who are the observers, and how many are there?

A.-Five Chinese computers.

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Q.-Then there is no European observer to assist Dr. DOBERCK?

A.-No European is here at night except when the weather is threatening. It is not

necessary.

Q.-At what time did you arrive at the Observatory on the morning of the 18th September?

A.--About 7.40 a.m.

Dr. DOBERCK-examined by Sir Henry Berkeley:

Q.-Exhibits I to I 4 contain observations put in by a witness who got them from the Director of the Sicawei Observatory: did you receive such information ?

A.-No, but many of the figures would be the same as those we receive.

Q.-What did you receive from Sicawei on the 15th September?

A.-Observations made at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.; at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on the 16th ; at 9 a.m. on the 17th when the barometer reading was not quite right-perhaps owing to a telegraphic error, and at 3 p.m. on the 17th. (Exhibits D to D 5.)

Q.-Referring to the returns you receive from Sicawei are they or are they not accom- panied by remarks from the Director?

A. They are not.

Q. Why not?

A.-They are not necessary because meteorological observatories do not exchange remarks with one another-only observations.

Q.-Would it not be of value if you scientific gentlemen favoured one another with your

remarks ?

A.-No: it would do harm and the telegraph companies are not prepared to send more than a certain amount of information free of charge, and it is better to have as many facts as possible.

Q.-Then I understand you do not receive from Manila and elsewhere any the observations sent by those stations?

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A.—Yes, we do from Manila but this is irregular and it is not done elsewhere.

Q.-Will you let me see the observations and remarks from Manila on the 13th to 17th September inclusive?

A.-There were no remarks on these days only the observations.

Q.-Did you receive any of these notes from the Philippines Weather Bureau? (Note produced and marked J 2.)

A.-No.

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.—Would they have been of any value to you in forecasting the typhoon of the 18th September?

A.-No.

Q.--The remarks telegraphed by competent observers in the Philippines would be of use to you?

A.--No, not at all: all the facts are condensed in the telegrams. Loose remarks outside the informatiom we receive would be useless.

Q.-I am not speaking of loose remarks. Would not your own remarks for instance be useful to other places?

A.-No and it would take up the cables too much.

Q.-A witness produced a letter (Exhibit H) purporting to have been written to the Commander of a French warship by the Director of the Sicawei Observatory in which the Director states that he sent out the following warnings on the 16th September: :- (1) Typhoon S of Meiaco Sima, (2) Typhoon E of Formosa; did you receive these?

A.-No.

Q.- -Would such warnings have predicted bad weather S of Formosa ?

A. Yes, but we had the same telegrams from there as soon as Sicawei.

Q.-Please tell me whether any and if so what weather signals were hoisted at the Signal Hill on September 13th to 17th inclusive ?

A.-13th-A depression is in the centre of the Formosa Channel moving NW. On the 14th to 17th nothing. The depression was filling up on the 14th.

Q.-At your last examination you put in your observations at the Observatory, Gap Rock and the Peak on the 17th September. You make no remarks-why not?

A. These are the observations recorded by the computers! "Remarks" is for such things as thunderstorms, etc.

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Q.-What remarks did you issue about the typhoon of the 18th September ?

A.-Exhibit D 5 produced.

Q.-Did Koshun Observatory give you any advices on the 16th which showed a typhoon E of Formosa?

A.-No.

Q.-You said at your last examination that the first indication of a storm you had on the 18th was about 7.44 a.m. and that the time between 7.44 and 8 a.m. was occupied in consultation and observation with Mr. FIGG. Why did you not hoist the signal pending such consultation and observation ?

A.-Because we did not think there was sufficient reason from the evidence we had: we have to be very careful.

(Sir HENRY BERKELEY remarked that he remembered seeing complaints made about the unnecessary hoisting of signals.)

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Examined by Captain Sommerville :-*

-You knew there was a depression off S Formosa on the 13th September?

A.-Yes, that was signalled by the Observatory.

Q.-That typhoon was crossing to the NW. You hoisted no typhoon warning but only storm signals which mean nothing to the Chinese ?

A.-I do not quite agree with you there.

-You say this typhoon almost filled up on the 14th. Dont you think this typhoon was the same one that we got on the 18th ?

A. No, we are positively certain it was not.

Q. Can you give me your reasons?

Because it ceased to exist on the afternoon of the 14th as we know from observa- tions received on the 13th and 14th.

Q. Did you notice that the barometer at Swatow was gradually falling from the 14th to the 17th September?

A.-No, there was no marked fall.

Q.-There was nothing in the telegrams received from Swatow and Koshun to show you that there was a depression south of Formosa?

A.-No.

-How much time elapses between your issue of an order and the hoisting of a typhoon signal?

A.-A few minutes.

Q.-And how long between issuing an order and firing the typhoon gun ?

A.-I should think from ten to fifteen minutes.

Mr. FIGG-examined by Sir Henry Berkeley

Q.-With reference to the published remarks in the newspapers re observations published at Sicawei Observatory, have you any information as to what those observations were?

A. Yes, as published in the N. C. Daily News.

-The statement has been made that if telegrams had been received from Sicawe you would have had such notice as would have enabled you to give warning of this storm-i what do you say to that?

The general gist is that on the On the 16th at 5 p.m. that the

A.-I put copies of newspapers marked L to L 3. 15th there was a depression to the south of Meiaco Sima. new centre signalled in the South is over Formosa or east of it; though not yet violent it may cause rough weather in the Channel and strong N wind south of Chusan Archipelago. On the 17th at 5 p.m. strong N or NW breezes expected between Wenchow and Formosa because of the depression still prevailing on that island. On the 18th at 5 p.m. sion over Formosa has filled up. Autumnal monsoon probably moderate alo coast of China. On the 19th it is stated that on the 18th heavy storm prob diameter passed over Hongkong in the morning (29.28 and a whole SW That information re the typhoon in Hongkong was communicated Observatory to Sicawei.

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Q.-When did you send to the telegraph office your telegram informing Sicawei about. the typhoon?

A.-The message was despatched from this Observatory at about 5.30 p.m. on the 18th There was no means of communication with the City until about this time.

Mr. FIGG remarked that in various quarters there had been attempts to influence public opinion against the Hongkong Observatory on the basis that the progress of the typhoon of the 18th September had been forecast by others. It thus became necessary to view such forecasts and copies of the N. C. Daily News containing the forecasts emanating from the Director of the Siçawei Observatory have been handed to you (the Committee) accordingly.

Mr. FIGG stated:-With respect to opinions held here by many people as to the correctness or otherwise of warnings issued from the Sicawei Observatory I put in Exhibits M to M 2-warnings issued by the Sicawei Observatory between the 25th and 27th September 1906 taken from the N. C. Daily News of the 26th to the 28th September inclusive. We know that the existence of this typhoon was first notified from the Hongkong Observatory on the 25th at 10.55 a.m. At that time the centre must have been in about 15° N 127° E, that means to the East of Luzon. It passed rather near to and to the North of Manila about 2 p.m. on the 27th. It blew in Hongkong on the 29th. It was a well marked disturb- ance, in fact a most violent typhoon. It blew with full typhoon force for 11 hours at Gap Rock. The Exhibits put in show the information issued from Sicawei up to the 27th.

Again, last year the only typhoon we had in Hongkong occurred on the 30th August.. The centre passed about 4 p.m. about 40 miles to the south of Gap Bock. At that time in Hongkong the barometer read 29.24 and the wind was from the N.E. a whole gale. At 5 p.m. on this day. Sicawei issued the following:-"The typhoon is now in the neighbour- hood of the Pescadores and seems to be filling up on the spot". (N.C. Daily News 30/31 August 1905 put in, marked N and N 1). Such warnings are a positive danger to the public, they intimate danger where none exists and safety where the danger lies.

The instances are given to show that it would be unwise to place confidence in remarks issued by Sicawei even if we received them. I am compelled to bring these matters to your notice as I consider that attempts are constantly being made in certain quarters to embitter public opinion against the Observatory.

Dr. DOBERCK-examined by Captain Sommerville :-

Q.-What is your reason for not answering attacks made in the press on this Obser- vatory? That would enlighten the public.

A.-People holding an official position cannot well defend themselves against attacks of this character.

Q.-Is there any jealousy or disinclination to accept telegrams from anywhere?

A.-There is no jealousy whatever and the more telegrams we can get the better, but we do not want such alarm warnings telegraphed to us as were referred to in Mr. FIGG'S evidence, nor would the Telegraph Company send them free.

Mr. FIGG examined by Lieut. Butterworth :---

Q. Have you ever heard of a typhoon at Meiaco Sima coming down to Hongkong?

A.-Never

Q.-Do you think it probable from anything that you have heard or read?

A.-Very improbable.

Mr. Figg states that the barometer at Canton at 9 a.m. on the 18th September when the typhoon was blowing in Hongkong read 29.81 and that it had risen 7 inch since the same hour on the previous day Wind N. I. At Macao it read at 10 a.m. when the typhoon was at its greatest fury in Hongkong 29.73, Wind N. 1. The distance between Hongkong and Macao is about 36 miles. This is to show the small area of the disturbance.

Capt. OUTERBRIDGE says:

On the morning of September 18th I was in Hongkong-the wind at 6 a.m. was blowing from the WNW, force 6, this is very unusual. That direction of the wind is an indication of a cyclone. The Glass started to fall on 16th at noon-the barometer then was 29.90, at noon on 17th it was 29.80 falling with very slight oscillation and little tendency to rise-at 4 a. on the 18th it was steadily falling instead of showing a tendency to rise--a sure precursor of danger, at 6 a. it had fallen .05 inches. The wind then was WNW gradually freshening.

Examined by Sir Henry Berkeley :-

Q. Did you observe this yourself ?

A.-By the ship's log-when I got aboard-that would place the typhoon ENE from Colony.

Q.-In your opinion could an earlier warning have been given?

A.-The black drum might have been hoisted at 6 a.m.

Q. Why?

A.-The barometer instead of rising as it usually does fell .05 inch.

Q.-On the 17th did you notice anything abnormal in the barometer or the weather?

A.-No. Nothing to alarm me as a seaman..

Q.-Nothing until 2 a.m. on 18th ?

A.-No: I then got up and looked out from my verandah and noticed a remarkable scintillation of the stars, which indicates wind or rain.

QI gather that you were not on board?

A.-No.

Q. As a prudent shipmaster you would have been aboard if you had suspected danger ?

A.--Yes.

Q.-At what time did you get up?

A.-At 6 a.m.

Q.-At what time did you go aboard?

A.—At 8 a.m. I saw the sampans in a flurry, took my telescope and saw the black signal hoisted, I then hurried aboard.

Q.-At what time did you leave the shore?

A-Between 8 and 8.30.

Q.-At what time did you leave the bund?

A.-Between 8.30 and 8.45.

Q.-You have heard that the relations between the Observatories at Hongkong and Manila are not cordial ?

A. Yes, everyone knows that.

Q.-You hold that opinion?

A. Yes.

Q.-On what grounds?

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A.-On Aug. 28th 1906 I left Manila. The typhoon signal was then up, and as I was going to Hongkong I went to see Padre Algué who said "The typhoon is now touching Formosa and may enter Formosa or go W."

enter Formosa or go W." On 29th August the black drum was hoisted at Hongkong. Therefore either the Fathers were wrong or the signal was hoisted unneces- sarily because the Fathers' opinion was not sent to Hongkong.

Q.-We are told by Mr. Doberck that relations are cordial.

A.-I am very glad to hear it.

Q.-Have you any evidence of strained relationship?

A.-No-only hearsay.

Q.-Do you know yourself personally how typhoon prediction are worked out?

A.-No, only by rough and ready methods.

Q.-At this season of the Autumnal equinox is not the barometer unduly disturbed without typhoons or storms?

A. No-the barometer readings are not misleading.

Q.-Does not the approach of the NE monsoon affect the barometer ?

A-No-it rises but one must take account of that.

Examined by Lieut. Butterworth :-

-With reference to your last answer we have already had two coasting captains before us who disagree with you—they say the barometer is misleading at the approach of the NE monsoon.

A.-I don't agree.

I would as soon mistrust my barometer as my bible.

Q.-I should like you to explain this remark which appears in a letter from you: "This should show the necessity of a harmonious understanding between the observatories "which is scarcely possible while the present Director here is in charge, he having gratuitously "insulted the Rev. Father in 1898 by reporting him etc." You assume from that apparently that communications are not sent from Manila to Hongkong?

A.-No, but I think things are not done in a whole hearted manner.

Q. Is it your opinion that the Hongkong Observatory should publish comments and remarks which they might receive from Manila, observing that under those circumstances they would take official responsibility for doing so?

A.--No, I don't think so; as a shipmaster doesn't want his officers' conclusions, only their observations. I believe Hongkong receives full information from Manila.

What further information should Hongkong get from Manila ?

A.-I can suggest none.

Q-You did not intend to suggest by your letter that if relations between Hongkong and Manila had been more cordial Hongkong might have had earlier warning of the typhoon ?

A.-No, I did not.

Captain UNSWORTH:-

I have little to say but-

I am in the Godown Company and my work consists in the superintendence of the out- door staff. On September 18th at 6.15 a.m. I thought the clouds to the N looked threaten- ing; but especially over the Western sky there was an arc about 6 degrees like sunset. then looked at the barometer. The quicksilver formed a convex. I gave "instructions for everything to be taken, away from the wharves. At 7.45 the full force of the typhoon was I think some notification could have been given at 6 a.m. if anyone had been up upon us. and watching.

Examined by Sir Henry Berkeley :-

Q. Did anyone but yourself see this western glow?

A.-No European but myself was about.

Q. Where is your barometer?

A. In our office-we have mercurial, aneroid and barograph.

Q-At what time do you say the barometer was pumping?

A. At 6.20 a.m.

Examined by Lieut. Butterworth :-

Q.-You say the full force of the typhoon struck you at 7.45 a.m.?

A.-No, not the full force but the wind was then very strong.

-On board the Tamar at 8 a.m. I ordered my skiff to be alongside at 8.30 do you think with my experience I should have done so had the wind been so strong?

A.-At 7.30 the sea was breaking over the wharves. No skiff could have lived in such a sea as was running at Kowloon. *

Q.—On what do you base your opinion that the storm could have been signalled earlier?

A.-On a general observation of the weather-the western glow, rising wind, etc. (Bearing on these questions a copy of the Tamar signal book log marked () and 01 is produced to the Committee.)

Capt. HODGINS :—

I was lying in Swatow on the morning of September 17th and sailed. thence for Amoy at 5.53 p.m. We had moderate breeze NE and indications of bad weather and between noon and 4 p.m. the barometer fell nearly a tenth. I concluded that a typhoon was to SE and so informed my agents, and told a friend in writing to be on his guard. When I got to sea at p.m. there was a heavy sea on the bar and a swell from SE strong E wind with rain- squalls-when I passed the Lamocks and turned N the barometer rose which confirmed my conclusions re the typhoon."

Examined by Lieut. Butterworth :—

Q.-There was a typhoon at Formosa on 13th: to reach this that typhoon would travel WSW, is this not exceptional?

A. Yes, in this latitude but not further South.

Q.-If a typhoon is signalled from Meiaco Shima Hongkong is considered safe from that typhoon, is it not?

A. Yes.

Capt. HODGINS says:-The Hongkong Observatory does not distribute information beyond Hongkong sufficiently widely and that it would be advantageous if this could be improved.

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Capt. RODGERS says:-I am on the Hongkong-Manila run as Captain of the Zafiro. On leaving Hongkong on Setpember 15th for Manila during the whole voyage I had fine weather and no sign of a typhoon-not a swell. (Exhibit P.)

Assuming that the report of Sicawei is correct and that the centre passed the South Cape and close to a position 82 miles West of Batan Island at about 1 a.m. on the 16th September, it should have been abeam of me about 10 a.m. on that date, distant 150 to 160 miles. The barometer at that time stood at 29.80 and inclined to rise. There was a light gentle breeze from S. My conclusion was that no typhoon was within 400 miles of me. I was about 220 miles SE of Hongkong.

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Referring to the subject of local storms I may say that on the 28th May 1906 I was approaching Hongkong when about 20 miles S.E. of Waglan we ran into light breeze, vari- able winds and calms-at 12.30 p. the barometer stood at 29.52: the gale broke from ENE without warning, at 1.30 p. the barometer fell to 29.25. The storm had all the characteris- tics of a true typhoon with heavy swell from S.W. At 4 p. the storm was over and the barometer rising fast. (Exhibit Q.)

When we arrived in Hongkong I found that they had no typhoon and people would scarcely believe my experiences.

Letter of identification.

List of Exhibits.

Contents.

By whom put in.

Observations taken at Hongkong Observatory, Gap Rock and Peak on

17th September, 1906, ..

Observations taken at Hongkong Observatory, Gap Rock and Peak on

18th September, 1906,..

Barogram taken at Hongkong Observatory, 17th to 19th September, 1906,

Director of Hongkong Observatory.

D to D 5.

"China Coast Meteorological Reports" issued by Hongkong Observatory,

13th to 18th September, 1906,

G 1.

II.

I to I 6."

J to J 2.

L to L 3.

M to M2.-

N and N 1.

O and O 1.

Direction and force of wind taken at Hongkong Observatory between

7.23 a.m. and 1.23 p.m. on 18th September, 1906,

Notes by French Consul of observations made ashore and afloat in, con-

nection with Typhoon of 18th September, 1906,

Copies of barometric curve taken on board French T.B.D. Juveline on

17th to 19th September, 1906,

Copy of barometric curve taken at Messrs. C. J. GAUPP & Co.'s premises

in Hongkong on 17th to 24th September, 1906,

Extract from letter from Director of Sikawei Observatory to Officer Com-

manding French T.B.D. Flotilla, dated 20th September, 1906,

Telegram dated 20th September, 1906, and letter dated 20th September, 1906, from French Consul at Shanghai to French Consul at Hong- kong forwarding Sikawei Observatory Reports published on 16th to 19th September, 1906, also report of Sikawei Observatory on Hong- kong Typhoon published on 22nd September, 1906,

Telegram dated 19th September, 1906, from French Consul at Manila to French Consul at Hongkong and letter dated 28th September, 1906, from Director of Manila Observatory to French Consul at Manila forwarding Manila Observatory Notes for 13th to 15th September, 1906,

Reports of Director of Sikawei Observatory extracted from issues of "North China Daily News" for 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th Septem- ber, 1906,

Reports of Director of Sikawei Observatory extracted from issues of "North China Daily News" for 26th, 27th and 28th September, 1906, ....

Reports of Director of Sikawei Observatory extracted from issues of

"North China Daily News" for 30th and 31st August, 1905,

Extracts from signal book and log of H.M.S. Tamar for 18th September,

1906,

Abstract of log of S.S. Zafiro, Hongkong to Manila, 15th to 17th Sep-

tember, 1906,

Abstract of log of S.S. Zafiro, Hongkong to Manila, 28th-29th May,

1906,

Observations made on board vessels navigating in and near Formosa

Channel on 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th September, 1906,..

Copy of log of S.S. Océanien, 14th to 18th September, 1906,........................................

French Consul at Hongkong.

First Assistant Hongkong Observatory.

King's Harbour Master, H'kong.

Capt. of S.S.

Zafiro.

French Consul at Hongkong.

Exhibit A.

Observations taken at Hongkong Observatory, Gap Rock and Peak

on 17th September, 1906.

HONGKONG.

GAP ROCK.

Baro-

Wind.

PEAK.

REMARKS.

Baro-

Hours. meter Temp.

to S.L.

1 a. 29.804 79.6

Clouds. Hours.

meter.

Dir.

For.

Dir. F. S.

no clouds.

1 a.

29.78 WNW 3

.789 79.3

.783 79.1

.772 79.2

.771

79.0

.791

79.5

no clouds.

4 a. 29.73 WNW

a. dew.

a. lightning in

NE.

•

7,5

.803

80.8 W

c-cum.

7 a.

+03 29.77

cum.

8,,

.822

82.0

9 "

.832 83.8 W

+01

c-str.

10,

.855

84.1 W/S 1

10 a.

29.82 WNW

cam.

WNW 13

3 NW W 43

NW 16

NW 35

3 NW W 50 | 10 a. Solar Halo.

NW 13

11,

.835

84.5 W

•

Noon.

.809

85.4 WSW

...

NW 15

-02

1 p..

.762

83.4 W

10 nim. N

1 p.

29.78 | WNW

2 NEE 28

.755 83.1

NW/N 31

:..

.742 82.6 E

NNW 37

+03

sm-cum.

4,,

.744 81.9 ESE

2 10

4 p. 29.71 W

cum.

.750 81.1 E

.767 81.0

159

.773

80.7

2 cum.

.815

80.5 ESE

10"

.797 80.1

.795

79.6 E

1 10 him.

E/N 43

SSW 47 6 p.m. light fog.

WSW 3 Thunderstorm 6.26 p.-6.30 p.

NNW 17 13 NNW 30

in NNE, distant.

9 p. light dew. 9 p. lightning in

NE.

Exhibit B.

Observations taken at Hongkong Observatory, Gap Rock and Peak

on 18th September, 1906.

GAP ROCK.

10.30 a.m. thun- der & lightning.

1.10

p.m. thun-

der???

HONGKONG.

Baro-

Wind.

PEAK.

REMARKS.

Baro-

Hours. meter Temp. to S.L.

Clouds. Hours.

meter.

Dir. For.

Dir. F.

7 a. 29.698 77.3 NW

3 10 nim.

7 2.

NNW

.604 76.8 NW 5

NW 8 46

NNW 4

.394

:..

.:.

W/N 10

10 »

.275

75.0

SW 10-11

10 nim.

10 a.

.633

Noon.

.703

77.1 SSW | 4-7

1 p.

.767 78.5 S

3 10 nim.

1 p.

SSW

7777

79.4

.791 80.3 S/E

e-cum. $

+++

.790 81.9 S/E

310 sm-cum,

cum.

to |

599

.796 80.7 SE

.809 79.5 E

.834 79.5

8 cum. SE

7 p.

123

.874

78.0 SE

.898

77.7 SE

.907 79.9 ENE

7 cum ESE 10 p.

:..

Hours at Observatory are Mean Time and the barometer is read 2 minutes before the hour therefore

8 a.m. means 8h. 21m. a.m. Standard Time.

}

1906

h m

023pm

2 23.

4 23

-Sept mth

6 23.

8 23.

10 23.

O 23 am.

223.

4. 23

0 20

8 23

1023

гид сво

Sept 18th

1.000 inch of trace=1.478 Standard inches.

2 23.

Exhibit C.

Barogram taken at Hongkong Observatory, 17th to 19th Septe

8 23.

1023

audre

Sept 18th

1.000 inch of trace=1.478 Standard inches.

2 23.

4 23.

6 23.

གི་ཐུ་

8 23.

10 23.

Exhibit C.

am taken at Hongkong Observatory, 17th to 19th September, 1906.

0 23 am

2 23.

-Sept 19.

4 23.

6 23.

8 23.

1023.

Exhibits D to D 5.

"China Coast Meteorological Reports" issued by Hongkong Observatory, 13th to 18th September, 1906.

China Coast Meteorological Register.

12th September, 1906, p.m.

Station.

Barometer.

Hour.

Inches. Millrs.

Wladivostock 2 p.

Temper-

ature.

Humidity.

Wind.

Direc- For- tion. ce.

Weather.

Hour.

Barometer.

Inches. Millrs.

ature.

Temper-

Humidity.

13th September, 1906, a.m.

Wind.

Direc-For-

tion.

ce.

Weather.

Nemuro

30.16 |766.1

Hakodate

30.13 |765.2

Tokio

30.06763.6

SE SE NW

Kochi

29.91 759.8

Nagasaki....

29.83 757.8

120420

7 a. 6 a.

30.24 768.1

心

30.21767.2

30.02 762.5

29.80 756.8

29.88 758.8

Kagoshima

29.88758.9

29.88 758.9

Oshima

29.89 759.1

Naha

29.81757.2

29.89 759.2

Ishigakijima..

29.74 755.3

Chefoo...

31 p.

29.94

760.5 76 86

6 a. 30.03

762.7

70 85

Weihaiwei

30.00 762.0

ENE

Haukow

30.06763.5 82 87

9 a. 30.04 763.0 6 a.

Kiukiang....

30.06763.5

81 71

ΝΕ 4

Shanghai.....

Gutzlaff

29.91 759.7

78 70

9 a. 29.99 761.7

73 81

29.88758.9

29.95 760.7

Sharp Peak...

29.83757.7

82 87 NNE

29.84 757.9 79

Amoy

29.70754.4

79 NE

6 a. 29.78756.4

77 95

Swatow

Taihoku

29.81 787.2

Taichu..

29.77 756.1

Tainan

29.79 756.7

Koshun

29.79 756.6

Pescadores

Canton......

29.79 756.7

ANA A

5 a. 29.72 754.8

29.71754.6

29.71754.5

29.73 755.0

29.68 753.8

29.76 755.9 86

Hongkong

29.72 754.9 79

ENE

9 a. 29.84 757.9 79 91 N od 10 a. 29.81 757.2 82 79

ENE

Victoria Peak

Gap Rock

29.67753.6

Macao

29.74 755.4 80

ENE

29.77 756.1 29.82757.4

Hoihow

3 p.

9 a.

Pakhoi..

•

Phulien

4 P.

29.77 756.1 88

WSW

Tourane

29.76 756.0 88

NNW

10 a.

Cape St.James Aparri Manila, Legaspi

29.76 55.9 83

ᏚᎳ

99.

Bacolod Iloilo Cebu

2423

29.76755.8 86

6 a. 29.77 756.1

29.76 1756

82 85 WSW

10 a. 29.84 758

29.78756.3 91

6 a. 29.83757.7 9 a.

29.77 756.1 86

29.85758.2

}›

29.80756.9 84

29.84757.9

Labnan

29.76755.9 | 88.

29.87 758.7

On the 13th at 11.45 a.-The barometer has risen slightly in the neighbourhood of Hongkong and fallen moderately over Central Japan and Formosa.

The depression in the China Sea appears to have moved Westwards. A new depression is shown over S. Formosa this morning, and another one in Central Japan. They appear to

be shallow.

Pressure is high over N. China, and also over N.E. Japan, the normal being exceeded by 0.3 inch over the latter area. Över Central Japan and Formosa it is in defect about 0.1 inch.

Unsettled and squally weather will continue over the N. part of the China Sea and in the Formosa Channel.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day, 2.68 inches.

FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.

Forecast District.

1.-Hongkong and Neighbourhood,.

2.-Formosa Channel,

3.--South coast of China between Hongkong

and Lamocks,..

4.—South coast of China between Hongkong

and Hainan,

E. to N.E. winds, fresh or strong; squally, showery. N.E. winds, strong to a gale.

N.E. winds, strong.

Same as No. 3.

FG FIGG

First Assistant.

ngkong Observatory, Thursday, 13th September, 1906.

Station.

D1.

China Coast Meteorological Register.

13th September, 1906, p.m.

Barometer,

ature.

Temper-

Humidity.

Wind.

Direc-For-

tion.

ce.

Weather.

14th September, 1906, a.m.

Barometer.

Wind.

Inches. Millrs.

Direc- For-

tion.

ce.

Hour.

Wladivostock 2 p.

Inches. Millrs

7 a.

Nemuro

30.16 766.1

Hakodate

30.13 765.2

Tokio

29.91

759.6

Kochi

29.80 756.8

روح

Nagasaki....

29.87

758.8

Kagoshima

29.92 759.9

Oshima

29.89759.1

Naba

29.89 759.2

Ishigakijima

29.82 767.3

Chefoo

3 p

Weihaiwei

29.95760.7

暖

Hankow

Amoy

Kiukaing

Shanghai.... Gutzlaff

Sharp Peak...

Swatow

29.89 759.2 83 63

mei doi o 10 A 010 A 20 os

6 a. 30.16766,1

29.91759.7

NNE

29.92 | 759.9.

76 82

NNE

29.76755.9

79 82

NNE

29.73755.1

84 79

Taihoku

p. 29.67753.7

5 a. 29.83757.6

30.13765.2

29.99761.6

29.91 759.8

29.95

760.8

29.96760.9

29.89759.1

29.89759.2

29.86758.3

6 a. 29.94

760.5

9 a. 29.95 760.7

WSW

6 a. 30.02 | 762.5

95 E

29.97761.2

9 a. 29.96761.0

80 70 SE

29.95 760.7

77 82

ESE

29.89

759.2

6 a. 29.80759.9

77 91

NNE

:ཀ ཡ

Taichu....

29.62 752.4

29.83757.6

Tainan.

29.70 | 754.3

29.78756.4

Koshun

29.76 755.8

29.83757.6

Pescadores

29.62 752.3

Canton.....

p. 29.76755.9

Hongkong

4 p.29.74 | 755.4

Victoria Peak

:::

29.79756.6

9 a. 29.85 1758.2

79 95

10 a. 29.86|758.4

SSW

Gay Rock

29.71 764.6

29.83757.7

Macao

29.75755.6

29.85 758.2

ESE

Hollow

9 a.

Pakloi....

Phulien

29.74 | 755.3

10 a.

Tourane

29.74755.8

NNW

Cape St.James

29.78756.4

Aparri.

Manila.

4 29.76 756

71 WSW

Legaspi

2 29.79756.6

Bacolod

3 p.

6 a. 29.86758.3 10 a. 29.92 | 760

6 a. 29.87758.6 9 a.

Iloilo

Cebu

29.75 755.6 56 29,80 756.9

29.85758.2

29.89 759.2

Labuan

29.76755.9 87

29.88758.9

On the 13th at 5 p.-The depression near Pescadores appears to be moving towards N.N.W.

On the 14th at 11.40 a.- -The barometer has fallen over N. China and N.E. Japan, and risen elsewhere.

The depression is still shown in the Formosa Channel, but it has almost filled up. Pressure remains high over N.E. Japan, about 0.2 inch in excess of the normal.

where departures from the average pressure are small.

Gradients along the China Coast are mostly slight.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day, 0.03 inches.

FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.

Forecast District.

1.-Hongkong and Neighbourhood,....

2.-Formosa Channel,

3.-South coast of China between Hongkong

and Lamocks,

4.-South coast of China between Hongkong

and Hainan, ........

S.E. or variable winds, light; showery. Varying winds, fresh.

Varying winds, light or moderate.

S.E. winds, moderate.

Else-

Hongkong Observatory, Friday, 14th September, 1906.

F. G. FIGG,

First Assistant.

Station.

Hour.

D2.

China Coast Meteorological Register.

14th September, 1906, p.m.

Barometer.

Inches. Millrs.

ature.

Temper-

Humidity.

Wind.

Weather.

Hour.

15th September, 1906, a.m.

Barometer.

Inches. Millrs.

Direc- For- tion. ce.

7 a.

6 a. 29.97 761.1

ature.

Temper-

Humidity.

Wind.

Direc. For-

tion.

ce.

Weather.

Wladivostock | 2 p.

Nemuro ...

30.12765.1

Hakodate

30.05 763.2

29.89 759.2

Tokio

30.02762.6

29.99 761.6

ONN:

Kochi

29.95760.8

29.91759.8

Nagasaki

29.95760.8

29.95 760.8

Kagoshima

29.96 |760.9

29.96760.9

Oshima

29.96 761.1

29.97761.1

Naha

29.89 759.2

29.93 760;2

Ishigakijima.

29.85 758.3

29.86

758.3

Chefoo....

3 p.

6 a. 29.95

760.7 70 75

CON

Weihaiwei

29.91 759.7 74

9 a.

Hankow

Kiukiang

29.99 761.7 85 29.93760.2 87 58

ΝΕ

6 a. 29.97

761.2

76 91

NE 1 b

29.96

761.0

75 100

Shanghai..

29.90 759.4 85

9 a. 29.94

760.5

84 75

Gutzlaff

29.89 759,2 84

29.92 759.9

81 91 SSE

Sharp Peak...

29.87 758.7 85 91

29.90759.4

82 87

Amoy

29.79 756.6 84 79

6 a. 29.88 758.9

77 95

Swatow

29.76 755.9 84

Taiboku

1 P.

29.86 |758.5

5 a. 29.84 757.9

Taichu...

29.87758.7

29.83 | 757.7

Tainan.

29.87 758.8

Մ.

29.82757.5

Koshun

29.87 758.8

29.82757.4

Pescadores

29.83 757.8

29.84757.8

HONO O

Canton.....

Hongkong

Victoria Peak

3 p. 29.79 756.6 86 92

4 p. 29.79 756.6 84

9 a.

10 a. 29.91 759.7 | 78

...

Gap Rock

29.77756.1

29.88 758.9

Macao

29.80 756.9

Hoihow

Pakhoi

...

وو

9 a.

Phulien

4 p. 29.74755.3

ENE

ΟΙ

10 a.

Tourane

29.75 | 755.7 88

Cape St.James

29.80

756.8 81

Aparri

2 p.

6 a.

•

Manila

4 p.

29.80 757

Legaspi Bacolod

2 p.

10 a. 5 a.

3 p.

9 a.

...

29.79756.6

29.87 758.7

29.80756.9

29.89 759.2

29.81 757.2 81

29.88 758.9 $1

Iloilo Cebu Labuan

On the 15th at 11.45 a.-The barometer has fallen considerably over N.E. Japan, and risen slightly over S. China.

Pressure is almost uniform, and departures from the normal small in amount. It is highest over N. China in the West, and over the Pacific to the S.E. of Japan in the East. It is slightly lower over the N. part of the Sea of Japan, and in the neighbourhood of S. Formosa, than elsewhere.

Gradients are slight generally.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day, 0.82 inches.

FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.

Forecast District.

1.-Hongkong and Neighbourhood,......

2.-Formosa Channel,

3.-South coast of China between Hongkong

and Lamocks,

4.-South coast of China between Hongkong

aud Hainan,

E. or variable winds, light; showery. N.E. winds, moderate.

Same as No. 1.

Hongkong Observatory, Saturday, 15th September, 1906.

F. G. FIGG,

First Assistant.

Station.

Hour.

Wladivostock | 2 p.

Nemuro

Hakodate

Tokio

Kochi

Nagasaki

Kagoshima

ཡཱཾ ང མ མ མ མ མི ཐ

Ds.

China Coast Meteorological Register.

15th September, 1906, p.m.

Barometer.

Inches. Millrs.

ature.

Temper-

Humidity.

Wind.

Weather.

Hour.

16th September, 1906, a.m.

Barometer.

Inches. Millrs.

Direc- For- tion. ce.

7 a.

6 a. 29.69 754.1

ature.

Temper-

Humidity.

Wind.

Direc-For-

tion.

ce.

Oshima

Naha

Ishigakijima.

Chefoo

3 p.

Weihaiwei

29.87758.7

Hankow

29.95 760.7 83 83

W NE

Kiukiang..

29.91 759.7 88 76

Shanghai.

29.83 757.7 88 62

Gutzlaff

29.83 757.7 85 87

Sharp Peak...

29.84 757.9 84

Amoy

29.74 755.4 88 73

Swatow

29.75 755.6 86

Taihoku

p. 29.80 757.0

Taichu..

29.78 756.3

Tainan..

29.81757.2

Koshun

29.80 756.8

Pescadores

29.80756.8

Canton.....

29.83 757.7 81 96

Hongkong

Victoria Peak

Gap Rock

p. 29.82757.4

78 90

29.80 756.9

...

Macao

29.82 757.4 82

Hoibow

3 p.

Pakhoi...

Phulien

Tourane

Cape St.James

Aparri .....

4 p.

多多

2 p.

Manila

4 P.

Lepaspi

29.82 29.80

29.82757.4

757.3

757

Bacolod

3 p.

...

Iloilo

29.79 756.6 88

Cebu

29.81757.2 82

Labuan

29.81 757.2 85

ON NOSIKH 0000NNO

29.62 | 752.2

29.79 756.6

29.84757.8

29.84 757.8

29.92759.9

29.93 769.1

29.93

760.2

29.86758.3

6 a.

9 a.

⠀⠀ mooONNNNS:

6 a.

29.91 759.7 78

9 a. 29.84 757.9 85

29.82 757.4 83 29.82 $57.4 83

6 a. 29.78756.4

SSW 1

29.76 755.9

NNE 1

5 a. 29.80756.8

29.82 757.5

29.80 757.0

29.78 756.4

29.78 756.5

9 a. 29.85 758.2 81 96 10 a. 29.95 758.2 83

29.85758.2

29.87 758.7 $3

9 a.

10 a.

Weather.

80 W

WNW

NNW

€

6 a.

10 a. 29.88759 84 77 WSW

6 a.

9 a.

29.85 758.2 83

29.88758.9 82

29.87 758.7 83

On the 16th at 11.25 a.-The barometer has fallen over China and Japan.

A depression is moving Eastwards over N.E. Japan, and possibly a second area of low pressure is situated over N. China.

Pressure is highest and in slight excess of the normal over the Pacific in the neighbour- hood of the Loochoos. It is in defect by 0.3 inch over N.E. Japan, and by about 0.1 inch over the E. Coast of China.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day, 1.38 inches.

FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.

Forecast District.

1.-Hongkong and Neighbourhood,.......

2.-Formosa Channel,

3.-South coast of China between Hongkong

and Lamocks, .

4.-South coast of China between Hongkong

and Hainan,

W. winds, light or moderate; fine. Variable winds, moderate.

Same as No. 1.

F. G. FIGG,

First Assistant.

Hongkong Observatory, Sunday, 16th September, 1906.

Station.

Tokio

Hour.

Wladivostock | 2 p.

Nemuro Hakodate

Inches. Millrs.

29.45748.1

29.54750.2

وو

29.59 751.6

Kochi Nagasaki...

Kagoshima

Oshima

Naha

29.76 755.8

29.80756.8 29.84757.9 29.89 759.1

29.89 759.2

Ishigakijima

Chefoo...

Weihaiwei

29.85 758.3

Hankow

29.90 |759.4 29.86 758.4 29.95

72 95 71 760.7 71

Kiukiang

29.85 758.2

Shanghai

29.78756,4

Gutzlaff

29.77 756.1

SSW

Sharp Peak...

29.75755.6

ΝΕ

Amoy

29.78 756.4

92 SE

3440OON

inkn 2 KLO

10 10 10 10 N N N − 10

D4.

China Coast Meteorological Register.

16th September, 1906, p.m.

Barometer.

ature.

Temper-

Humidity.

Wind.

Direc-For-

tion.

ce.

Weather.

Hour.

17th September, 1906, a.m.

Barometer.

Inches. Millrs.

ature:

Temper-

Humidity.

Wind.

Direc-For-

tion.

ce-

Weather.

7 a.

...

6 a. 29.49|749.1

29.62 | 752.2

SW W

29.71 754.6

29.80 756.8

29.84 757.8

29.88 758.9

29.98 750.1

29.89 759.2

422

6 a..

29.86 758.3

9 a. 29.94 760.5

6 a. 30.04763.0

68.

30.01 762.2

9 a. 29.95

760.7

ΟΙ

235

29.94760.5 68

NNE

omd

29.83 767.7

NNE

6 a. 29.79 756.6

Swatow

29.73 755,1

Taiboku

29.75 755.7 p.

5 a. 29.80757.0

Taichu..

29.73755.1

29.81 757.1

Tainan..

29.78756.4

29.80 757.0

Koshun

29.80756.9

ད་

29.82 757.5

Pescadores

29.74755.5

29.80 756.8

In Ren

Canton.....

29.71

754.6

9 a. 29.83757.7

84 91

Hongkong

Victoria Peak

Gap Rock

29 74 755.4

SW 2

10 a. 29.86 |758.4 84

...

WNW

...

29.76755.9

29.82 757.4

WNW

29.85758.2

9 a.

Macao,

Hoihow

Pakhoi.....

Phulien

p. 29.74 755.4

10 a.

Tourane

29.76 |756.9

Cape St.James

29.72 754.9

A parri

2 p.

Manila

Lepaspi

4 p. 29.76 756 86 71 W

p. 29.81 757.2 84

Bacolod

9 a.

...

Iloilo

Cebu

Labnan

29.75 29.81 757.2 29.79 756.6

755.6 85

85 85

6 a.

10 a. 29.84758

79 SSW

6 a.

29.83757.7

29.86758.4

29.88 758.9

On the 17th at 11.35 a.-The barometer is rising over N. China and Japan, and falling slowly over the Philippines..

The depression over N.E. Japan is moving into the Pacific.

Pressure is relatively high in the neighbourhood of the Loochoos, and over Central

China.

Except over E. Japan, where pressure is from 0.2 to 0.4 inch in defect, departures from the normal are small in amount.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day, 0.00 inches.

NOON

FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.

Forecast District.

1. Hongkong and Neighbourhood,..

Formosa Channel,

3.-South coast of China between Hongkong

and Lamocks,

....

4.-South coast of China between Hongkong

Variable winds, moderate; probably some thunder

showers.

N.E. winds, freshening.

Same as No. 1.

and, Hainan,

Same as No. 1.

F. G. FIGG,

First Assistant.

Hongkong Observatory, Monday, 17th September, 1906.

Station.

Hour.

D5.

China Coast Meteorological Register.

17th September, 1906, p.m.

Barometer.

Inches Millrs.!

ature.

Temper-

Humidity.

Wind.

Direc-For-

tion.

cc.

Weather.

Hour.

18th September, 1906, a.m.

Barometer.

Inches. Millrs.

Temper

ature.

Humidity.

Wind.

Direc-For-

tion.

ce.

Wladivostock

Naha

ishigakijima

Nemuro

Hakodate.

Tokio

Kochi

Nagasaki..

Kagoshima Oshima

29.53750.1 29.65753.2 29.75 755.6 29.83757.8

29.91 759.8 29.88 758.9 29.89 759.1 29.89 759.2

EEZE EBOO

29.89 759.3

Chefoo

AKANANAODi

7 a.

6 a

6 a.

Weihaiwei

29.90 | 759.4

Hankow

30.09 764.3

77 82

Kukiang.

30.07 763.8

Shanghai

30.02 | 762,5

ENE

Gutzlaff

29.97 | 761.2

| 70

NNE

9 a

Gal

9 a.

プラ

Sharp Peak...

29.80756.9 85

وو

Amoy

29.76 | 755.9

85 79

ESE

6 a.

Swatow

29.68758.9 85 79 E

Taihoku

I p. 29.81 757.1

Taichu.

29.81 757.2

Tainan.

29.80 | 756.9

Koshun

29.82757.4

Pescadores

29.82 757.5

3 3

Canton.......

P. 29.75 755.6 83 96

Hongkong

Weather.

9 a.

29.74755.4 82 84

ESE

0 10 a. 29.28 1743.7

::8

100 SW

10 orq

Victoria Peak Gap Rock

29.71754.6

Macao

29.74757.9 86

Hoihow

3 p.

Pakhoi....

Phulien

ga.

10 a.

Tourane

Cape St.James,,

Aparri.

2 p.

6 a.

Manila.

29.76 756 79 84 NNE

10 a.

Legaspi

Cat

Bacolod

3 p.

9 a.

Iloilo

29.75755.6

Cebu

29.80756.9 85

29.76755.9 87

Labuan

On the 18th at 8.00 a.--Orders issued to hoist the Black Drum and at 8.40 a. to fire the typhoon gun.

The centre of a small typhoon, probably formed last night to the East of Hongkong, passed quickly over the Colony between 8.30 a.m. and 11 a.m. It gave no indication of its existence until close to the Colony.

Telegraphic communication between the Observatory and Hongkong is interrupted.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 a.m. to-day, 3.45 inches.

FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDING AT NOON TO-MORROW.

Forecast District.

1.-Hongkong and Neighbourhood,

2.-Formosa Channel,

3.-South coast of China between Hongkong and Lamocks. 4.-South coast of China between Hongkong and Hainan,

S. E. winds, decreasing; showery.

Hongkong Observatory, Tuesday, 18th September, 1906.

F. G. FIGG,

First Assistant,

་

Exhibit E.

Direction and force of wind taken at Hongkong Observatory between 7.23 a.m. and 1.23 p.m. on 18th September, 1906.

18th September, Lowest Barometer at 9h. 43m. a.m. (Standard Time.)

Wind.

Direction.

N.W. by W.

N.W. N.W. by W. S.S.W.

= 28.997.

Force.

. force 4

Taken by self-recording Anemometer.

Standard Time.

18th 7.23 a.m. 8.23

9.23 10.23 11.23

0.23 p.m. 1.23

S.S.W.

S. by E

Exhibit F.

Notes by French Consul of observations made ashore and afloat in connection with Typhoon of 18th September, 1906.

Observations locales faites à bord des bâtiments et à terre:

Depuis dimanche 16, atmosphère lourde,. ciel gris plombé, nuages épais dans l'ouest.

Dimanche soir, amplitude oscillation barométrique absolument anormale: 0.21 inch (5 mm.) au lieu de 0.10 (normale), donc double de la normale, qui est 2.5 m/m.

Lundi 4 heures soir, baromètre environ 760 m/m.

Coucher du soleil lundi, rouge violacé en lignes horizontales derrière un rideau épais de nuées grises et lourdes.

Temps exceptionnellement chaud :-Tous signes indicatifs de typhon, auxquels il faut ajouter une marée barométrique peu marquée dans la matinée de lundi.-Brises de la région

ouest.

Baisse barométrique lente à partir de minuit mardi.

Hauteur barométrique: minuit:

4 h.`matin: 6 h. 30 matin: 8 h. matin :

757 mm. (29.8) 756 mm. (29.75) 755 mm. (29.7) 754 m/m. (29.6).

A partir de ce moment, chute brusque du baromètre 750 mm. à 9 h. et jusqu'au mini- mum de 740 mm. (29.12) un peu avant 10 h. du matin.--Remontée brusque à partir de 10 h.

Hauteur à midi :

4 h. après midi: 10 h. soir :

753 m/m (29.75.) 756 m/m (29.8) 758 m/m (29.95).

Tenant compte de ces indications barométriques et atmosphériques et aussi de la loi des typhons dans les mers de Chine (brise de la région O.N.O., etc.,) le Commandant du "Polynésien" (Lieutenant de vaisseau BROC), sans s'arrêter aux renseignements ridiculement inexacts donnés le lundi matin par l'Observatoire de Hongkong, avait tenu depuis 3 h. du matin tous ses feux allumés, avait doublé ses chaînes et pris toutes les dispositions voulues pour recevoir un typhon. Nos contre-torpilleurs avaient également tous leurs feux allumés depuis 7 h. du matin et leurs ancres doublées.

Exhibit G.

Copy of barometric curve taken on board French T.B.D. Javeline on 17th to 19th September, 1906.

Lundi

Mardi

Mercredi

4 § §. 10 XII 2 4 6 8 16 M2 4 6 8 10X11 2 4 4 & 1 0 1 1⁄2 4 § § 16 X 11 3 4 4 8 1/0

780

Typhon du 18 Septembre, 1906, Hongkong. Courbe du baromètre de la "Javeline ".

Exhibit G 1.

MONDAY

Copy of barometric curve taken at Messrs. C. J. Gaupp & Co.'s premises in Hongkong on 17th to 24th September, 1906.

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

10 M2 4 6 8 10 12 4

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

2. 10 X 2 4 6 8 10 More

SUNDAY

1124 $810 MP24

129

Cyclone of 18th September, 1906.

Exhibit H.

Extract from Letter from Director of Sikawei Observatory to Officer Commanding French T.B.D. Flotilla, dated 20th September, 1906.

Extrait d'une lettre du P. FROC, Directeur de l'Observatoire de Zikawei, au Capitaine de frégate Sagot Duvauroux, commandant de la flottille des contre-torpilleurs.

de Shanghaï ("Zikawei "), le 20 Septembre, 1906.

J'avais bien pensé à vous le 15, puis le 16, en me disant que cette fois vous étiez à l'abri quand j'envoyai à tous les sémaphores les deux signaux successifs :-

"Typhon au sud de Méaco Sima (1)" puis "typhon approchant de la côte Est de Formose. La direction quoique un peu vague, laissait entrevoir des menaces pour le Sud du canal. Le 17, l'absence de stations entre le Sud de Formose et Soatao, puis les dimensions pro- bablement restreintes du cyclone, me laissèrent en suspens, mais j'avais bien des peines à croire que le trou creusé près de Formose et s'y remplissant, n'allait pas se creuser ailleurs.

L'Océanien (2) a eu la tempête, mais n'a coupé le cyclone que suivant un coude: cela venait bien du côté de Formose. En sortant de Hongkong. il avait la houle d'Est. La mer était démontée à 10 h. du soir, avec une pluie énorme. Le centre leur est passé dans le Sud, tandis qu'ils étaient à la cape au large de la pointe Breaker (3) sur les deux heures du matin.

Exhibits I to I 6.

Telegram dated 20th September, 1906, and Letter dated 20th September, 1906, from French

Consul at Shanghai to French Consul at Hongkong forwarding Sikawei

Observatory Reports published on 16th to 19th September, 1906,

also Report of Sikawei Observatory on Hongkong Typhoon

published on 22nd September, 1906.

SHANGHAI, 20th September, 1906.

Consul France Hongkong.

Zikawei Mercredi.

Barom. 761,99 thermo. min. 18.9 maxim. 29.7 vent SEE k.p.h. 25.20. Typhon a traversé le Nord de Luçon allant probablement ONO barom. baisse Chine Sibérie, monte Corée Japon, temps couvert chaud Shanghai. 20 matin, barom, descend vent vire SE probabilités beau temps. Gros temps avec vents NE dans canal Formose. Vents modères variables dans le nord. FEIT.

I,.

SHANGHAI, le 20. Septembre, 1906.

M. Ratard, Consul Général de France à Shanghai, à Monsieur G. Liébert, Consul de France à Hongkong.

Comme suite à mon télégramme du 19 de ce mois, je m'empresse de vous faire parvenis les bulletins publiés par l'Observatoire de Zicawei les 16, 17, 18, et 19 Septembre, avec ler cartes des dépressions.

J'espère qu'elles pourront compléter les indications transmises télégraphiquement au sujet du typhon qui a dévasté votre port le 18 Septembre. M. FEIT. (Assist. Consul General).

(1) Groupe Sud des Riou Kiou, par conséquent E.S.E. de Formose et par environ 23° Latitude Nord, très près Latitude de Hongkong.

(2) Parti de Hongkong pour Shanghaï. lundi à 3 h. après midi.

(3) Pointe Breaker: vingtaine de milles S.0. de Soatao.

I2.

ZI-KA-WEI OBSERVATORY.

CHINA WEATHER SERVICE.

Observations taken on the 15th September, 1906 at several stations in the Far-East.

BAROMETER

THERMO.

WIND

STATION.

LONG. LAT.

TIME.

Pres- 24h Read- 24h sure. Var. ing. Var.

Dir.

Force.

WEATHER.

Tomsk Nikolaevsk

84° 58′ | 56° 30′

9 a.

763

+ 2

ESE

140 45

53 8

6 a.

Irkoutsk

104 19

52 16

8 a.

770 + 3

Tschita

113.30

52 I

7 a.

763

+ 2 Ꮓ

Troitskosavsk

106 27

50 22

Sa.

768

+ 2 SW

Nemuro...

145 35

43 20

759

Wladivostock

131 54

6 a.

755

Hakodate

140 44

41 46

755

Ing-k'eou

122 16 40 41

757

T'ien-tsin

117 11 39 9

3 p.

759

Tche-fou

121 22

37 33

Wei-bai-wei

122 9

37 30-

758

Ts'ing-tao

120 18

36 4.

Tôkyô

189 45

35. 41

759

Kôchi...

133 32 33 33

758

Nagasaki

129 56

32 44

759

Tchen-kiang

119 25 32 13

756

Nan-king

118 49

32 5

1 p.

760

3 3

Ꮓ

Kagoshima

130 25 31 35

1 p.

759

Gutzlaff..

122 10 30 49

3 թ.

759

+ 2 SE

Han-k'eou

114 18 30 35

3 p.

758

Cha-che

114 18 30 18

1 p.

I-tch'ang

111 19 30 42

3 p.

Hang-tcheon

120 12 30 11

758

Ꮓ

Ning-po.....

121 33 29 52

3'p.

757

Tch'ong-k'ing

Kieou-kiang

Oshima

106 31 29 50 116 8 29 45. 129 30 28 23

3 p.

...

758

1 p.

759

Wen-tcheou

120 40 28 1

3 p.

758

Ki-ngan

114 55 27 8

3 p.

Naha

127 41 26 13

1 p.

759

Sharp-Peak

119 40 26

3 p.

757

Tailioku.

12128

25 4

1 p.

756

Amoy.... Ishigakijima

Taichn Pescadores

118

24 27

3 p.

758

OON

1247

24 20

1 p.

758

120 40 24 2

1 p.

755

+ 2 S

119 34 23 33

1 p.

755

Swatow

116 40 23 23

3 p.

Taito

121 8 22 45

i p.

756

ΝΕ

Hong kong

114 10 22 18

3 p.

757

Koshun

120 47 22 4

1 p.

755

Phu-lien Aparri Tourane.

Manille

106 41 20 15

756

121 37 18 21

5 સે.

758

108 16 16 4

4 p.

756

0 34

120 59 14 37

4 p.

757

Legaspi C. S. Jacques

123 45 13 9

6 &.

759

107 5 10 20

4 p. 757

0 29

+1++ 1 +

1 Z

+ 2

160422 : ~ :**

~~ON:CON :~*NON : 0F--~ON

⠀ ⠀RENE I ING INNE (88595x 28z9wANE

be be

...

bev

REMARKS.

Zikawei.-Th. max. 32°6 mi. 23°4. Barom. m. 758.2. Rain 0. Veloc. 10 k.p.h.

Prevail. Wind SE,

Depressions.-The Northern depression is growing deeper and stronger as it advances towards Wladivostock and the Sea of Japan. The wind begins to blow from the N or the NW on Northern China, while a W to S gale is felt on the Western shore of Japan.

A new centre is signalled advancing towards Formosa from the South of the Meiaco Sima group it does not yet give signs of violence, but may bring rough weather in the Formosa: Channel and North of Formosa.

The 15th has been a relatively very hot day on the Low Yangtze Valley 32°6 C. being registered at Shanghai in the afternoon.

No. 78.

ZI-KA-WEI OBSERVATORY.

CHINA WEATHER SERVICE.

Chart of September 16th, 1906, Morning (6 a, n

100

10%

134

06 108 110

112

114 116 118 120 122 124

120 128

130

132 134 136

138

140

142 14

ABBREV.

fair.

cloudy.

drizzle.

fog.

hail.

lightning.

mist.

Øvercast.

TAX

Jole

showers.

squally.

低

rain.

1/6

thunder.

768

766

MIN

TEX

HIGH

THE

181

116

付

176d

100

102

104 1106

108

110 112.

114 116 118 /20 122

124

126

128

130 12

134

136 138 140

142 144

Millimètres. 730

740

750

too

что

180

Millimètres.

06 14 21 29 37 45 53 61 69 77 86 92 08 16 24 32 40 48 56 67 71

Inthes

74 82 90

29.00

30.00

Inches

78.

ZI-KA-WEI OBSERVATORY.

CHINA WEATHER SERVICE.

Chart of September 16th, 1906, Morning (6 a. n

10%

194

198 110

112

114

116

118

/20

122

126 128

130

132

134 136

138

140

142 4

SYMBOLS.

710

766

A X

fair.

cloudy.

MIN

drizzle.

fog.

{,/ g

hoil.

lightning.

dust.

128

crercast.

HIGH

The

24 showers.

squally.

1161

rain.

snow.

thunder.

d HA

104

108

110

114

116

118

/20 122 124

120

128

130

13-2

134

136

138

140

142 144

Mill

mètres. 730

740

$750

что

180 Millimètres.

z} ! }

hes

74 82 90

06 14 21 29 37 45 53 61 69 77 86 92 08 16 24 32 40 48 56 67 71

Inches

29.00

30.00

I3.

ZI-KA-WEI OBSERVATORY.

CHINA WEATHER SERVICE.

Observations taken on the 16th September, 1906 at several stations in the Far-East.

STATION.

BAROMETER

THERMO.

WIND

LONG. LAT. TIME.

Pres- 24h Read- 2th sure. Var. ing.

Var.

Dir. Force.

WEATHER.

Tomsk

Nikolaevsk

Irkoutsk

84° 58′

36° 30′

93.

759

حلم

140 45 53 8

6 a.

104 19

52 16

8 a.

758

Tschita

Troitskosavsk Nemuro ... Wladivostock Hadodate

113 30 52 1

7 a.

768

106 27

50 22

8 a.

771

145 35 13 20

748

131 54

6 a.

750

140 44

41 46

1 p.

750

Ing-k'eou

122 16

40 41

756

ON 10 CO — 103 —

رنت انت

Tien-tsin

117 11

39 9

753

Tche-fou

121 22

37 33

759

Wei-hai-wei

122 9

37 30

758

Tsing-tao

120 18

36 4

Tôkyô

139 45

35 41

751

Kochi... Nagasaki Tchen-kiang Nan-king Kagoshima

13 32 33 33

I p.

752

129 56 32 44

1 p.

756

119 25 32 13

755

118 49 32

758

130 25

31 35

1 p.

757

―

Gutzlaff

122 10 30 49

3 p.

756

Han-k'eon,

114 18 30 35

3 p.

758

Cha-che

114 18 30 18

1 p.

I-tch'aug Hang-tcheon. Ning-po...... Teh'ong-k'ing Kieou-kiang

111 19

30 42

3 p.

757

120 12.30 11

756

121 83

29 52

3 p.

755

106 31 29 50

3 p.

116 8

29 45

756

Oshima

129 30 28 23

758

Wen-tcheou

120 40 28 1

p. 756

10 - 10

Ki-ngan

114 55 2T 8

Naha

127 41 26 13

758

Sharp-Peak

119 40 26 7

3 p.

752

Taihoku..

121 28 25 4

1 p.

754

Amey.

118 5 24 27

3 p.

754

Ishigakijima

Taichu

Pescadores..

124 7 24 20 120 40 24 2 119 34 23 33

757

751

754

Swatow

116 40 23 23

Taito

121 8 22 45

756

0 29

Hong-hong

114 10 22 18

3 p.

755

Koshun Phu-lien Aparri Touranc. Manille

Legaspi

C. S. Jacques

120 47 22 4 108 41 20 45 121 37 18 21 108 16 16 4 120 59 14 37 123 45 13 9 107 5 10 20

755

4 p.

755

758

756

6 a.

758

4 p.

755

:*:2422⠀⠀⠀⠀22 EN SON 18 18 1855 150 199**TRANS

Ꮓ

SSW

+ 2

+ 1

++++

+ 5

» IRNZONE E JONGENNEZ 1ÊNE 1229 In2EBONE SERRAZEND

b b

Ꮓ

bey

Ꮓ

را

REMARKS.

Zikawei.-Th. max. 31°8 mi. 24°2. Barom. mean 757. Veloc. 19 k.p.h.

Rain 0.

Prevail. Wind N,

Depressions.-The Northern depression continues to travel Eastwards across the Sea of Japan. The centre in the South is nearly stationary at Formosa. Glass rising briskly S of Lake Baikal.

Wind. Very variable breezes along the coast S of Shantung; the winds from the W quadrant begin to blow at Chefoo, following the depression.

Thermometer. The temperature is decreasing in China. The thermometer reading at Irkutsk was below the freezing point for the first time of the season.

No. 79.

ZI-KA-WEI OBSERVATORY.

CHINA WEATHER SERVICE.

Chart of September 17th, 1906, Morning (6 a.m.).

100

10%

104 106 108 110

112

114

116

118

122 120

124

126 128

130 132

134 136

138

140

142 44

ABBREV.

fair.

cloudy.

drizzle.

146

fog.

hail.

lightning

1361

mist.

17624

overcast.

showers.

q. squally.

rain.

161

snow.

thunder.

100

102

104

108 110

D12

114

740

Millimètres. 730

116

152

7542

1/6

1/2

118

720

122

12+

120

128

730

132

134 126

140

142 144

7150

160

770.

180

Millimètres.

!!!

06 14 21 29 37 45 53 61 69 77 86 92 08 16 24 32 40 48 56 67 71

Inches

74 82 90

29.00

30.00

Inches

›. 79.

ZI-KA-WEI OBSERVATORY.

CHINA WEATHER SERVICE.

Chart of September 17th, 1906, Morning (6 a.m.).

102

104_106_108_110 112 114 116 118 120 122 124

126 128 130

132

134 136

138

140

142 144

SYMBOLS.

756

fair.

cloudy.

drizzle.

= fog.

152

hoil.

7545

lightning.

122

dust.

cvercast.

showers.

2011 squally.

1/6

rain.

snow.

thunder.

16.

102

16 108 110

112.

114

116 118 /20 122

123

126

128

130

132

134

136 138 140 142 144

Millimètres. 430

740

750

160

пло

180

Millimètres.

ᅡ

Inches

74 82 90

06 14 21 29 37 45 53 61 69 77 86 92 29.00

08 16 24 32 40 48 56 67 71

Inches

30.00

I4.

ZI-KA-WEI OBSERVATORY.

CHINA WEATHER SERVICE.

Observations taken on the 17th September, 1906 at several stations in the Far-East.

STATION.

BAROMETER

THERMO.

WIND.

LONG. LAT.

TIME.

sure.

Pres- 21h Read- 24h

Var. ing. Var.

Dir. Force.

WEATHER.

Tomsk

84° 58′ 56° 30′

9 a.

755

Nikolaevsk

140 45 53 8

6 a.

Irkoutsk

104 19 52 16

8 d.

751

Tschita

113 20 52 1

7 a.

765

Troitskosavsk

106 27

50 22

8a.

765

Nemuro.

145 35 43 20

1 p.

750

Wladivostock

131 54

43 7

751

Hakodate

140 44

41 46

759

Ing-k'eou

122 16 40 41

760

T'ien-tsin

117 11 39 9

761

Tche-fou

121 22

37 33

761

Wei-hai-wei

122 9

37 30

759

·++++++

+ 3WSW +1 Z

Ꮓ

+ 4WNW

4 Ꮓ

++++

+ 2

600272-

Ts'ing-tao

120 18

36 4

Tôkyô

139 45 35 41

755

Kôchi...

133 32 33 33

757

Nagasaki

129 56 32 44

759

Tehen-kiang

119 25 32 13

762

++++

Nan-king

118 49 32 5

764

Kagoshima

130 25 31 35

758

Gutzlaff,

122 10 30 49

761

+ 5

NNE

Han-k'eon

114 18 30 35

761

+ 3

Cha-che.

114 18 30 18

761

I-telrang

111 19 30 42

762 + 5

Hang-tcheon

120 12 30 11

762 + 9

*N*N – NNN —N1

Ning-po

121 33 29 52

761 + 6

Teh'ong-k'ing

106 31 29 50

758

Kieou-kiang Oshima

116 8 29 45

762

+ 6 23

129 30 28 23

758

Wen-tcheon

120 40

28 1

757

ESE

Ki-ngan....

114 55 27 8

Naha

127 41 26 13

1 p.

758

Sharp-Peak

119 40 26 7

3 p.

755

Taihoku..

121 28 25 4

756

Amoy....

118 5. 24 27

751

OON

Ishigakijima

124 7 24 20

758

Taichu

120 40 24 2

756

Pescadores..

119 34 23 33

756

Swatow

116 40 23 23

Taito

121 8 22 45

757

Hong-kong

114 10 22 18

763

Koshun

120 47 22 4

I p.

756

+1 +

Phu-lien.

103 41 20 45

4 p.

755

1++

ESE

SSE

Aparri

121 67 18 21

6 a.

758

Tourane.

108 16 16 4

756

E NE

Manille

120 59 14 37

756

()

Legaspi

123 47 13 9

758

C. S. Jacques

197 5 10 20

4 p.

REMARKS.

Zikawei.—Th. max. 22°7 mi. 17°3. Barom. mean 761.7. Rain 0. Prevail. Wind NE, Veloc. 11 k.p.h.

Barometer. There is still a maximum but not so heavy, advancing Eastwards near Lake Baikal. The Northern depression crosses Yezo Island with a storm. The one report- ed at Formosa fills up gradually.

Thermometer. In the afternoon the temperature ranges near 30° C. at Formosa, and 25° C. in the Valley. It is falling notably at Shanghai.

Wind.-a W to SW gale has prevailed over N Nippon and on the coasts of Yezo. Strong Northerly breezes at the mouth of the Yangtze. Variable winds in the South.

Note. Little shocks of earthquake registered during the afternoon from 12.20 to 12.31, amplitude maximum at 12.28.

...

No. 80.

ZI-KA-WEI OBSERVATORY.

· CHINA WEATHER SERVICE.

Chart of September 18th, 1906, Morning (6 a.m.).

JOG 10%

104

106 108

108 110

112 114. 116 118 /20 122 124

ARBREY,

fair.

Loudy.

1148!

.ܐ,

Jizzle.

fog.

ii.

bail.

lightning.

mist.

rercast. bg

showers.

1261

squally.

rain.

SNOW.

thunder.

100

126_128_130

132

134 135 138

766

764

140 142

762 760 758

低

758

130

1201

低

1/2

०

181

102

104 146 108 110

112 114

Millimètres, 730

titt

740

116 118 /20

750

192 12+ 120 128 130

too

130

134

136 138 140

142 144

نہ ہو

180

:.!

Millimètres.

Inches

74 82 90 06 14 21 29 37 45 53 61 69 77 86 92

29.00

08 16 24 32 40 48 56 67 71

Inches

30.00

. 80.

10%

EI OBSERVATORY.

ZI-KA-WEI

CHINA WEATHER SERVICE.

Chart of September 18th, 1906. Morning (6 a.m.).

104

106 108 110

112 114 116

$20 122

124

126 128

130

132

低

766

134 136

رین کی

764

7762

140

142 144

SYMBOL.8.

for

760 758

756

低

140

drizzle.

ball,

lightning,

inst,

758

overcast.

showers.

squally.

rain.

SNOW.

tlander

102

106

100

114

118 120

124

120

128

730

132

134

136

142 144

Millimètres, 30

740

760

160

770

180

MillimaPires.

Inches

74 82.90 06 14 21 29 37 45 53 61 69 77 86-92 0816 24 32 40 48 56 67 71

Ingbes

ZI-KA-WEI

Is.

OBSERVATORY.

CHINA WEATHER SERVICE.

Observations taken on the 18th September, 1906 at several stations in the Far-East.

* STATION.

BAROMETER

THERMO.

WIND.

LONG.

LAT.

TIME.

Pres- 24h Pres- 24" sure. Var.

Dir. Force.

sure. Var.

WEATHER.

Tomsk

84° 58′

56° 30′

9 n.

758

+ 3

Nikolaevsk

140 45 53 8

6 a.

Irkoutsk

104 19 52 16

8 a.

751

Tschita

113 30

52 i

762

Troitskosavsk

106 27

50 22

8 a.

758

Nemuro

145 35

43 20

I p.

757

Wladivostock

131 54

48 7

6 a.

76J

++11

+ 1 +

+6 SE

Ꮓ

Hakodate

140 44

41 46

759

Ing-k'cou

122 16

40 41

763

Tien-tsin

117 11

39 9

-62

Tche-fou

121 22

37 33

3 p.

761

Wei-hai-wei

122

37 30

3 p.

766

++++

+++!

Ts'ing-tao

120 18 36 4

2 p.

Tôkyô

139 45 35 41

762

Kôchi....

133 32 33 33

762

Nagasaki

129 56 32 44

763

Tchen-kiang

119 25 32 13

764

Nan-king

118 49 32 5

765

Kagoshima

130 25 31 35

762

++++++

Gutzlaff....

122 10 30 49

765

Han-k'eou

114 18 30 35

762

Cha-che.. I-tch'ang

114 18 30 18

762

111 19 30 42

3 p.

762

Hang-tcheou Ning-po Tehong-k'ing Kieou-kiang Oshima Wen-tcheon Ki-ngan Nahia Sharp-Peak

120 12

30 11

764

121 33 29 52

3 p.

763

106 31 29 50

3 p.

756

116 8

29 45

3 p.

761

129 30 28 23

1 p.

761

120 40 28

3 p.

762

++11 ++

++1

+ 3

+ 5

114 55 27 8

127 41 26

1 p.

759

119.40

26 7

759

Taihoku.

121 28

25 4

1 p.

751

Amoy.... Ishigakijima Taichu Pescadores..

118 5

24 27

757

++++

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SSW

}

•

32 30

+ 1

124 7

24 20

758

120 40 24 2

757

119 34 23 38

1 p.

751

4868

Swatow Taito Hong-hong

Koshun Phu-lien

116 40 23 23 121 8 22 45 114 10 22 18 120 47 22 1 106 41 20 45

I p.

757

I p.

757

756

+++

.:.

Appari

121 37 18 21

756

+ 5

Tourane. Manille

108 16 16 4

755

120 59 14 37

4 p.

764

Legaspi

123 45 13 9

6 a.

765

C. S. Jacques

107 5 10 20

4 p.

766

213

REMARKS.

Zikawei.-Th. max. 26°8 min. 18°8. Barom. mean 763.9. ENE, Veloc. 19 k.p.h.

Rain 0.

Prevail. Wind

Depressions. A very violent storm of quite limited area raged in Hongkong on Tuesday morning (barometer 744, and Wind SW force 10 at 10 a.m.).

A typhoon, formed over the Pacific, is approaching the Northern part of Luzon.

Cloudy but fine at Shanghai.

No. 81.

ZI-KA-WEI OBSERVATORY.

CHINA WEATHER SERVICE.

Chart of September 19th, 1906, Morning (6 a.m.).

100 10%

104

106 108 110

112 114 46 118 /20 122 124

126 128 130 132

134 136

138 140.

142

ABBREV.

Fair.

cloudy.

drizzle.

fog.

ù.

hail.

lightning,

136

mist.

overcast.

showers.

q. squally.

rain.

snow.

NO!

thunder.

181

ود را انواع کو

758

102

760

高

762

NO TELEGRAMS

KAI

114

100 106 108 110

Millimètres. 730

114

116 718

120

122

124 126 128

130

172

134

740

750

tGo

نامور ہو

136 132 140 142 144

18 Millimètres.

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:.!

Iuches

74 82 90 06 14 21 29 37 45 53 61 69 77 86 92

29.00

08 16 24 32 40 48 56 67 71

Inches

30.00

>. 81.

ZI-KA-WEI OBSERVATORY.

CHINA WEATHER SERVICE.

Chart of September 19th, 1906, Morning (6 a.m.).

IOL

106

108

110

112

114

116 118 /20 122 124

126 128 130 132

134

138

158

140

242.

144

SYMBOLS.

758

760

fair.

cloudy.

drizzle.

fog.

高

hoil.

762/

lightning.

dust.

overcast.

NO TELEGRAMS

24 showers.

20 squally.

1/61 rain.

1/21

snow.

181

thunder.

102

10.

108

110 119

114

116

118 120

122

124

126

128 130

134 130

136 138

140

142 144

Milunètres. 730

740

7750

tGo

470

180 Millimètres.

buches

74 82.90

29.00

06 14 21 29 37 45 53 61 69 77 86 92 08 162432 40 48 56 67 71

30.00

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IG:

"LE TYPHON DE HONGKONG."

Pour répondre d'un seul coup aux questions qui nous sont sans cesse adressées par les commandants de navires, voyageurs, etc., touchant le typhon désastreux qui a ravagé le port de Hongkong, nous nous décidons à publier, sans plus de retard, les notes suivantes, quitte à les compléter ensuite ou à les rectifier par les documents que les marins, nous l'espérons, voudront bien adresser à l'Observatoire de Zi-ka-wei.

Cette tempête fut un typhon de faible diamètre, mais régulier, du genre de celui qui, dans la nuit du 9 au 10, avait abordé la côte entre Saotao et Amoy. Les premiers indices du nouveau centre furent donnés, cette fois encore, par les observations japonaises des îles à l'Est de Formose, stations dont on ne saurait assez apprécier la valeur : leurs renseignements, com- binés avec ceux de Formose, nous permirent de lancer aux sémaphores en relations avec Zi-ka-wei le premier signal "Typhon au Sud des Méaco-Sima", pour mettre sur leurs gardes les navires partant pour le Sud le samedi 15 à 11h. du matin. On ne pouvait encore donner la marche du centre. Le lendemain 16, le bulletin indiquait une marche “

vers le Sud de Formose": la baisse s'accentuait sur cette île, et au Cap Sud, la brise de Nord avait pris la force 6, tandis qu'un coup de vent de la même direction, force 8, se déclarait aux Pescadores. Vers midi, un nouveau signal fut lancé, le cyclone approchait de Formose par l'Est en avançant lentement: toutes les stations paraissent s'être trouvées trop loin du centre proprement dit pour qu'il fût alors jugé possible de définir plus exactement sa direction: il était seulement clair qu'il avançait vers Formose et la côte de Chine, et l'on put annoncer, le soir, "du gros temps dans le Canal, avec de forts vents de la partie Nord sur la côte, au sud des Chusan.' La partie violente se trouvait, non au centre des isobares qui, sur la carte quotidienne de Zikawei, entourent Formose ce jour-là, mais dans la partie Sud, voisine du canal.des Bashees.

Ici deux points paraissent déjà assez bien établis : le premier, que le centre, tout en avançant, alla se creusant de plus en plus: en effet, il passa plus loin des Pescadores que du Cap sud de Formose, et cependant la courbe tracée sur les observations de cette dernière station (Koshun) accuse une baisse moins forte que celle de la première (Hokoto); à Soatao le 17, la pression baissa encore plus bas. La seconde remarque, c'est que le cyclone lancé d'abord vers le O.N.O. parait avoir dévié peu à peu vers l'O ou le O. 1 S. O. à mesure qu'il approchait de la côte de Chine, vraisemblablement sous l'influence des hautes pressions qui, de Sibérie et de Mongolie, envahissaient la vallée du Yang-tse-kiang. Du 15 au 16, le baromètre était monté de 768 mà 771mm au sud du Baikal (Troitzkossavsk), et comme con- séquence, du 16 au 17, la pression s'était élevée de 756mm à 763 à Changhaï et à 762mm à Han-k'eou et à I-tch-ang: le "gradient" en fut accru, et sans doute aussi la forcé du cyclone.

min

Autant qu'on peut le déterminer par les courbes tracées sur les 3 observations qu'on reçoit chaque jour des stations de Formose, le centre passa, le 16, vers 9 h. du matin au sud de l'ile, puis à 4 h. du soir au sud des Pescadores qui avaient essuyé, à 1 h. de l'après-midi, un assez fort coup de vent de N.O. Dès lors, faute de stations, il est impossible, à la distance où nous sommes, et dans l'état de nos renseignements, de suivre la marche du centre à travers la vaste étendue de mer qui forme le sud du Canal. Le premier jalon que nous trouvons désormais sur la route, nous est fourni par le vapeur Océanien des Messageries Maritimes, apportant la malle d'Europe à Changhaï.

Ce vapeur avait quitté la bouée des Messageries à 3 h. du soir, le 17.

Au sortir des passes de Hongkong, le rapport très circonstancié de M. le commandant Couret note des brises de la partie Est, très variables, avec une houle d'Est, faible mais sensible; cette houle était-elle soulevée par la faible brise ou était-ce la houle du typhon? la dernière alternative est fort probable, mais non certaine. Le temps garda belle apparence jusqu'à 8 h. du soir alors le ciel se couvrit et des éclairs parurent à l'horizon. A 9 h. du soir com- mencèrent les grains qui de l'E.N.E. se fixèrent au N.E en devenant violents. La mer, d'E et de S.E devient bientôt énorme, et le navire dut prendre la cape, route à l'E de terre, en fatiguant beaucoup.

pour s'éloigner

On ne saurait reproduire ici tout le rapport. A minuit, la tempête appuyait de l'E.N.E. à l'E.; le 18, à 1 h. du matin, grains violents de l'E., à 1 h. 2, tempête d'E.S.E., le centre passait dans le Sud du navire. La chute du baromètre cessa à 2 h. et la hausse reprit à 2 h., tandis que le vent virait graduellement au S.E.. Le navire, ayant fait une moyenne de 13.5 nœuds jusqu'à 10 h. du soir, n'était pas fort éloigné du phare de Breaker: le minimum barométrique, d'après l'enregistreur du bord, toutes corrections faites, fut de 751mm0. No-

100

tons que tandis que l'Océanien luttait avec la tempête au sud de Soatao, le vapeur Kanchow, commandant J. Meathrel, éprouvait un fort coup de vent (heavy gale) de N.E bien loin au Nord du canal, de 8 h. à minuit, et allait, à 4 h. du matin du 18, prendre un mouillage à l'abri des îles Tucog (latitude 27°). Remarquons enfin que le paquebot-poste français, dès qu'il put reconnaître la côte, trouva qu'il avait été porté vers la terre à 13 milles de la route estimée: un courant s'était donc produit, dû à la masse d'eau que le typhon dans sa violence poussait devant lui vers la côte de Chine; c'est le même phénomène qui cause les ras de marée si connus dans le golfe du Bengale et ailleurs.

Quant au port de Hongkong, les détails du désastre ne sont que trop connus: la pression baissait, le 17, mais nous ne savons pas l'heure du minimum. En supposant qu'elle corres- ponde au milieu de la tempête, c'est-à-dire à 9 h. du matin, nous trouvons que le centre mit environ 8 heures pour se rendre du sud de l'Océanien au port de Hongkong: la distance étant d'environ 110 milles, on peut attribuer au typhon un déplacement de 13.7 milles à l'heure. La vitesse depuis Formose, parait être allée en croissant, car si l'on compare_les heures des minima des courbes tracées sur les observations du cap sud de Formose, des Pes- cadores et de Soatao, avec l'heure du minimum à bord de l'Océanien, on arrive à une vitesse de 7.5 a 8 milles pour la traversée au sud du Canal.

y a tout lieu de croire que la vitesse alla croissant progressivement durant la route.

Sans nous étendre sur la catastrophe du 18, qu'il nous soit permis de payer notre tribut de regrets bien vifs aux victimes de l'accident, qui se comptent par milliers, et spécialement à nos pauvres marins.

Exhibits J to J 2.

Telegram dated 19th September, 1906, from French Consul at Manila to French Consul at Hongkong and Letter dated 28th September, 1906, from Director of Manila Observatory to French Consul at Manila forwarding Manila Observatory Notes for 13th to 15th September, 1906.

MANILA, le 19 Septembre, 1906.

Dimanche 16, baromètre haut, tendance baisse Sud et Est archipel. Vents prédominant premier octant, forts en haute mer, pluie sur côtes Est et îles S.E. et S.S.E. beau reste archipel.

Lundi 17, baromètres ont commencé retomber dans tout archipel en raison nouvelle aire dépression à quelque distance dans Pacifique. Vents Ouest prédominant avec pluies et orages, beau actuellement. LABROUCHE.

J1.

Philippine Weather Bureau.

MANILA, le 28 Septembre, 1906.

Mr. LABROUCHE, Consul de France à Manila.

Monsieur le Consul,

Je m'empresse de répondre à votre lettre en vous envoyant les notes demandées par Mr. le Consul de France à Hongkong. J'ajoute la note publiée le 13 parce que chaque note embrasse les 24 heures suivantes et par conséquent celle du 13 et une bonne partie du 14 qui est un des jours nommés dans le câble de votre collègue de Hongkong. Les notes sont envoyées séparément.

Veuillez agréer, Monsieur le Consul, l'expression de ma très haute considération.

JOSÉ ALGUÉ, S.J. Director of Weather Bureau.

101

Philippine Weather Bureau.

MANILA, September 28th, 1906.

Weather notes published by the Manila Observatory for the 24 hours following the date of publication:-

13th 11 a.m.-Barometers are falling in Northern and Western Luzon and almost stationary in the rest of the Archipelago, excepting the most Eastern stations where they show a tendency to fall. There is a center of low pressure to the W. of N. Luzon. Without being dangerous for the Archipelago it will cause winds from the 3rd quadrant on the Western coasts and seas specially in the S. of China Sea and in the Solu Sea, with some rains and general thunderstorms. Fair in S. Luzon, in the Visayas and Mindanao.

14th 11 a.m.-Pressure high in the whole Archipelago including the islands to the S.E. where the barometers did show yesterday a tendency to fall, owing to a depression which is at present getting way from the Archipelago. Winds variable, prevailing those of the Southern quadrants of variable force with thunderstorms, especially inland. Fair.

15th 11 a.m.-Pressure high but unsteady. Winds variable prevailing those of the Southern quadrants, moderate to fresh with thunderstorms, especially inland. Fair.

Exhibits L to L 3.

Reports of Director of Sikawei Observatory extracted from issues of the “North China Daily News" for 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th September, 1906.

The Director of Sicawei Observatory reports: State of the atmosphere on the 15th.- Maximum of Lake Baikal increasing. Depression of Manchuria progressing towards Japan Sea. Centre shown S. of the Meiaco Simo advancing towards S. Formosa. Very hot weather at Shanghai (max. 90°7).-State on the morning of the 16th.-Calm damp and hot weather at Shanghai. Pressure falling rather briskly.-Probabilities 5 p.m.-Rough weather between Manchuria, Korea and Japan, and probably N.W. gale after the passage of the depression. The new centre signalled in the S. is over Formosa or E. of it. Though not yet violent, it may cause rough weather in the Channel and strong N..wind S. of the Chusan Archipelago. Showers may be expected at Shanghai.

L1.

The Director of Sicawei Observatory reports: State of the atmosphere on the 16th.- The depression of the North moved towards Yeso, and the centre of the South remained stationary over Formosa. A hollow seemed forming in the Yangtze Valley, South of Chungking. Heavy anticyclone South of Lake Baikal, and temperature fell below freezing point at Irkutsh, first time in season.-State on the morning of the 17th-Considerable fall in temperature and rapid rise in pressure at Shanghai. Ñ. squalls at night and rain in the morning.-Probabilities, 5 p.m.-Fresh or strong N. to N.E. breezes are still expected between Wenchow and Formosa, because of the depression still prevailing on that Ísland. Strong N.W. breezes gradually abating over the N. coast. Rough weather over Japan Sea. Rain at times at Shanghai.

L2.

The Director of Sicawei Observatory reports: State of the atmosphere on the 17th.- The Northern depression caused a gale over N. Japan on crossing Yeso. The maximum of Siberia was travelling Eastwards whilst the depression of Formosa was filling up gradually.- State on the morning of the 18th.-Barometer continuing to rise at Shanghai and is above the mean. Overcast weather.-Note:-A slight earthquake was again registered on the 17th, afternoon, about 12.20.-Probabilities, 5 p.m.-Weather expected to improve at Shanghai. Autumnal monsoon, probably moderate, along the whole coast of China. The Northern depression will go away E. of Japan. The Centre of Formosa has filled up.

}

102

Ls.

The Director of Sicawei Observatory reports: State of the atmosphere on the 18th.- First snow fall at Tomsk. A heavy storm, probably of narrow diameter, passed over Hongkong in the morning (29°28 and whole S.W. gale at 10 a.m.). A typhoon originated in the Pacific seems to be moving towards N. Luzon.-State on the morning of the 19th.- Fine weather. Barometer falling slightly with E. to E.S.E. breezes. Probabilities, 5 p.m. -The new typhoon signalled by Manila has crossed the N. of Luzon; it is progressing N.W-wards and will still bring stormy weather over the N. of China Sea and in the S. of the Formosa Channel. Normal monsoon over the remainder of the coast. Fine weather at Shanghai.

Exhibits M to M 2.

Reports of Director of Sikawei Observatory extracted from issues of the "North China Daily News" for 26th, 27th and 28th September, 1906.

The Director of Sicawei Observatory reports: State of the atmosphere on the 24th.— The typhoon approached Tourane, where a violent N.W. gale was experienced; the storm travelled towards the Gulf of Tongking. Heavy anticyclone over Lake Baikal. New de- pression at Tomsk; local centre over the Gulf of Pechili. State on the morning of the 25th.-Fresh Northerly breezes at Shanghai. Pressure rising rather rapidly. Note:-A slight earthquake was registered on the 24th at 11.5 a.m. The propagation seems to have been chiefly S W., perhaps coming from the Formosa Channel.-Probabilities, 5 p.m.-The storm caused by the typhoon will probably gradually abate in the Gulf of Tongking. Strong N. winds along the whole coast of China, N. of the Formosa Channel, on account of the very high pressures of the N. The barometer shows tendency to fall again over Formosa. There are signs of a new depression of the Bashi Channel; it is moving probably slowly towards Formosa.

M,.

The Director of Sicawei Observatory reports: State of the atmosphere on the 25th.- The typhoon which has been advancing on the China Sea since the 21st must have devastat- ed the coast of Anam between Tourane and Haiphong. Anticyclone North of Peking and strong monsoon along the coast. Manila reports a new typhoon to the S.E. of Luzon. Signs of a depression South of the Meraco Sima. State on the morning of the 26th.- Barometer still rising at Shanghai, with fine weather. The typhoon of the South must be crossing the south of Luzon. Probabilities, 5 p.m.-The typhoon shown yesterday is at present E. of Luzon, and is travelling N.W. probably with a tendency to incline N.N.W.- wards. It threatens Formosa and the S. of the Channel. Cyclonic gale over the N. of the China Sea and in the Formosa Channel. Very strong N.E. monsoon rising to gale force along the coast S. of the Chusan. Fine weather at Shanghai.

M2.

The Director of Sicawei Observatory reports: State of the atmosphere on the 26th- The typhoon shown yesterday is locating E. of Luzon and travelling N.W. The fall of the barometer at the Loochoos seems indicating a N.-ward movement or the division of the cyclone into two centres. Very heavy anticyclone over Lake Baikal.-State on the morn- ing of the 27th --Glass falling rather briskly at Shanghai with N. breezes; it is also falling at Amoy, and the typhoon must be approaching Formosa.-Probabilities, 5 p.m.- Manila reports the typhoon close of Luzon, between parallels 15 and 16. It will cross the China Sea, with a whole storm that may be felt too in S. of the Formosa Channel. Fresh or strong monsoon along the coast, S. of the Chusan Island.

103

Exhibits N and N 1.

Reports of Director of Sikawei Observatory extracted from issues of the "North China Daily News" for 30th and 31st August, 1905.

The Director of Sicawei Observatory reports: Tuesday, 29th August, 10 a.m.—State of the atmosphere on the 28th.-The typhoon enters the Bashee Channel towards the even- ing; it is travelling W.N.W.-ward and shows tendency to cross the S. of the Formosa Channel. Bad weather in the Channel. Unsteady breezes in the N. Heavy showers at Shanghai.-State on the morning of the 29th.-The typhoon has passed the S. end of Formosa. Glass rising at Shanghai under the influence of the high pressures of Mongolia. Overcast weather with N.E.-ly winds.-Probabilities, 5 p.m.-The typhoon enters the S. part of the Formosa Channel progressing N.W.-ward. Bad weather in the S. Variable winds in the N.

Ni.

The Director of Sicawei Observatory reports: Wednesday, 30th August, 10 a.m.— State of the atmosphere on the 29th.-The typhoon enters the S. part of the Formosa Channel, and moves slowly towards the coast of China; very high barometer over Northern Japan; variable breezes and unsettled weather over the N. coast.-State on the morning of the 30th.- Barometer rising; variable weather with light showers; light E.-ly winds.— Probabilities, 5 p.m.-The centre is in the neighbourhood of the Pescadores and seems to be filling up on the spot. The barometer is falling in Japan. Variable winds in the N.

Exhibits O and O 1.

Extracts from Signal Book and Log of H. M. S. Tamar for 18th September, 1906.

Tuesday, September 18th, 1906.

8.50 a.m.-Fired Typhoon gun from Observatory. Hoisted Red Burgee White Ensign (meaning All Officers repair on board).

8.55 a.m.-" Tamar" General Q. P..

Raise steam for full speed.

Tuesday, September 18th, 1906.

8.00 a.m.-From King's Harbour Master to Commr. (N)

I do not propose to attempt adjustment of Fame's compasses till weather

improves, tug will not be required at 9.30.

8.50 a m.-From Commr. to Mr. Welsh, Torpedo Boat No. 38.

If there is any danger at all at D'Aguilar do not attempt to land but come straight

back at once.

8.10 a.m.-From Prometheus to Commr. (N).

Please send steamboat for lighter.

8.15 a.m. From Tamar to 38 Torpedo Boat.

Return to Kowloon at once.

8.15 a.m.-From Commr. to Chaplain.

You need not come on board for prayers this morning as weather is too bad. 8.25 a.m.-Tamar General.

Shackle on second bridle.

Thursday, September 13th, 1906.

5.50 p.m.-Typhoon in centre of Formosa Channel moving N. W.

Tuesday, September 18th, 1906.

8.10 a.m.-Typhoon East of Colony within 300 miles.

T. A. MILLS, Yeoman of Signals,

H. M. S. Tamar,

Hongkong.

Abstract of Log of S.S. “Zafiro

104

Exhibit P.

-Hongkong to Manila, September 15th, 1906.

Date.

Hour. Wind. Force. Course.

Bar. Ther.

15.9.06. Noon. SE

S 36° E 29.82

81°

p.m.

29.82

NNNNNNN N

29.80 80

16.9.06.

a.m.

1 ESE 1

* 200

29.79

REMARKS.

Dark cloudy weather with very heavy rains till 1.30 when it cleared off. Fine light breeze, clear weather and smooth sea.

Light breeze and fine clear weather with smooth sea,

sky bright and clear.

Light breeze, fine clear weather and smooth sea, sky

bright and clear.

29.82

Light breeze and fine clear weather, smooth sea,

clear sky.

Fine clear weather, light S. E.-ly breezes and smooth

water.

29.79 83

29.81 86

Similar fine clear weather, smooth sea, sky bright and

clear.

Observed Latitude and Long.-18° 56′ N. 116° 55′ E.

Abstract of Log of S.S. "Zafiro"-Hongkong to Manila, September 16th, 1906.

Date.

Hour. Wind. Force. Course. Bar. Ther.

REMARKS.

16.9.06.

p.m.

وو

---- 221 60 co co co o N

S 36° E

29.78

17.9.06.

a.m.

1 2 3 4 ON∞∞OIR

SSE

✓

10 00 00 00 00 00 00 INNNN

Light breeze and fine clear weather, smooth water,

bright sunshine.

Breeze freshening a little, weather fine and clear, sca

smooth.

Gentle breeze, fine clear weather, smooth sea, sky

bright and clear.

29.82 82

29.80 81

29.80 83

29.82

Light breeze and fine clear weather, smooth sea,

bright and clear sky.

Fresh breeze and fine clear weather, smooth sea,

6 a.m. sighted land on Port Bow.

Light breeze and fine cloudy weather, sea smooth..

Obs. position at Noon :-15° 23′ N. 119° 41′ E.

Similar conditions and weather up till our arrival in Manila on the following morning at 6 a.m.

R. RODGER, Master.

105

Exhibit Q

Abstract of Log of S.S. "Zafiro "-Hongkong to Manila, May 28th, 1906.

Position-Noon of 28th:-21° 38′ N. 114° 37′ E.

Date. Hour. Course. Force. Wind. Bar.

Ther.

28.5.06.

a.m.

N 36° W

་

REMARKS.

WSW 29.59

Mod. breeze with fine clear weather and smooth

water.

29.57 81

29.57

29.57 82

Light breeze, overcast and cloudy sky.

Sky lighting away to the Northward, smooth sea.

p.m.

Various.

う

→

29.57-84

29.57

V'ble 29.54 83

Light v'ble winds, cloudy weather, heavy rains.

29.54 81

29.50

29.48

ENE 29.39 80

29.33 81

29.30 80

29.25 80 ́

NNE 29,29

29.30 80

Continuous heavy rains with Bar. falling rapidly, wind changed from light v'ble to strong ENE gale with very high SW and ENE confused sea.

4 p.m. wind changed to NNE, ran ship out WNW when Bar. began to rise slowly. Owing to thick and heavy rains and darkness coming on at 5.30 hove ship to, awaiting daylight. Bar. rising and sea moderating, sky clearing away from the Westward. Dense cloud bank away to the N and E; took soundings-38 fms., mud bottom.

N by E 29.35

29.46

29.50 78

29.54

29.58

Wind and sea moderate.

29.63

Fresh NE winds and drizzly rains to port, arrived

29th May, 1906, at 7 a.m.

:..

NOTE. The relatively

low barometer on the passage is explained probably by the fact that on leaving Manila a typhoon was passing North of Manila which afterwards was found to have recurved to the Northward without crossing the China Sea.

R. RODGER, Master.

106

Exhibit R.

Observations made on board vessels navigating in and near the Formosa Channel

on September 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th, 1906. =

SEPTEMBER 14TH, AT NOON.

Position of Vessel.

Wind.

Vessel.

Barom.

Weather.

Remarks.

Lat. N. Long. E.

Dir. Force.

S.S. Shaoshing,

Kweichow, Joshin Maru,

26° 55'

120° 54'

29.87

27 28 121 17

at Tam'sui

29.91 29.85

Var.

SEPTEMBER 15тп, AT NOON.

S.S. Persia,..

Shaoshing, Kweichow,

Radnorshire,

23° 12'

117° 23′

29.85

NNE

23 49 118 05

29.85

NNW

24 03 118 14

29.84

Joshin Maru,

at Tamsui

29.82

24 45 119 17

29.92

~ 2 2

2100 21 10 00

Mod, swell.

E swell.

clear bev bv

Smooth sea.

OKUUTA

bep

SEPTEMBER 16TH, AT NOON.

S.S. Shaoshing,

Radnorshire,

Kweichow,

多多

"""

Joshin Maru,

22° 13' 114° 21' 22 38 115 56

at Swa tow 25 02 120 48

29.80

29.82

W 29.74 calm

29.79

Prinz Waldemar,

25 15 119 54

29.78

Persia,....

26 08 120 37

29.80

Kwangtal,

27 21 121 23

29.85

NA ∞ ∞ ONW

S.S. Prinz Waldemar,

,, Kaifong,

Kweichow, Scandia, Kwangtah,

Sado Maru,.

Kwangsang,

Haitan,

Joshin Maru,

SEPTEMBER 17TH, AT NOON.

22° 32′ 115° 35' 22 59 119 20

at Swa tow 23 54 118 16

29.80

Var.

29.81 29.74

24 04 118 25

24 20 118 45

29.82 ESE 29.85 29.86

ESE

24 29 118 49

29.85

at Amoy

29.84

at Amoy

29.84 SSE

boboog

1332 − ∞ ∞ SO N

ල

Mod. sea.

SSE swell.

S swell.

نت

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Exhibit S.

Copy of Log of S.S." Océanien "-14th to 18th September, 1906.

Copie du journal de bord du paquebot Océanien (Messageries Maritimes), pour les 14 au 18 Septembre 1906.

Traversées Saigon-Hongkong et Hongkong-Woosung.

Départ de Saigon le 14 Septembre à 4 heures 30 du matin.

Aperçu le phare de Gap Rock le 16 Septembre à 6 heures du soir. Arrivé à Hongkong le même jour à 10 heures soir. De Saigon à Hongkong:-Très beau temps-S.O. variable N.O. jolie brise, mer clapoteuse du vent. Réserves en cas d'avaries provenant de la fatigue du navire.

Vu à l'arrivée le 16 Septembre 1906.

et au départ le 17 Septembre 1906.

sans affirmation.

Pr. le Consul de France.

Le chancelier Signé: C. LEJEUNE.

HONGKONG, le 16 Septembre 1906.

Le capitaine de l'Océanien.

Signé: COURET.

Quitté Hongkong le 17 Septembre à 3 h. 30 soir.

Le 17 Septembre vers 10 heures soir, temps couvert, forts grains avec chute rapide du baromètre qui descend jusqu'à 752 m/m., forte brise de N.E. variable au N.N.E., Est e S.S.E. mer très forte d'Est, houle énorme, la mer embarque très fréquemment par l'avan et par le travers tribord; pris toutes les dispositions pour le mauvais temps. Le 18 vers 2 h ≥ du matin, le baromètre monte rapidement. La brise toujours très forte, tangage et roulis fatiguant beaucoup le navire; vers 5 heures du matin le temps devient plus maniable et se calme complètement en approchant des îles Lamocks que nous doublons le 18 Septembre à 10 h. matin. Arrivé à Woosung (mouillage intérieur) le 20 Septembre à 10 heures 30 du

matin.

Des Oksens à Woosung-Temps couvert et à grains N.E. variable Est-bonne brise-mer grosse du vent-tangage très fort. Réserves en cas d'avaries provenant de la fatigue du navire.

Shanghai (Woosung), le 20 Septembre 1906.

Le capitaine de l'Océanien.

Signé: COURET.

Vu au Consulat Général de France.

Shanghai, le 20 Septembre 1906.

Pr. le Consul Général et par délégation.

Le Vice-Consul chargé de la Chancellerie.

Signé DESMOULIÈRES.

(Nota: Les hauteurs du baromètre du bord sont trop fortes de 4 à 5 mm.)

Copie du cahier de loch de l'Océanien.

Départ de Hongkong le 17 Septembre à 3 h. 30 du soir. Beau temps, ciel nuageux, faible brise d'Est, houle du vent. Baromètre 758 mm., 28.-5 h. 50 travers de Single Island à 5 m.; 6 h. 38 travers de I. Mendoza à 7 m. 5. Vers 9 h. le baromètre accuse une baisse sensible

et des grains se forment dans l'E.N.E. A partir de 10 h. grains de pluie violents, forte brise d'Ě.N.E., mer grosse et houleuse du vent. Route depuis les Quilles, N. 74 E. vrai rectifiée au N. 80 E. à partir de 6 h. 38. A 11 h. du soir la mer étant très grosse et le navire fatiguant,

108

ralenti de vitesse ; horizon bouché. A 1 h. du matin le 18, la brise passe à l'Est soufflant grand frais, mis le cap à l'Est et marché le plus doucement possible;2 h. coup de vent d'E.S.E., mer très grosse et vive du vent-à 4 h. la brise passe au S.E. et sétablit en mollissant à cette partie-là: Le baromètre commence à remonter. A partir de 5h., les grains sont moins violents, la brise maniable est revenue à l'Est; depuis 3 h. 30, remis la machine en route libre et revenu au N. 74 E. vrai-5 h. 40 venu au Ñ. 50 E; 7 h. 40 au N. 40 E.— 8 h. 40 aperçu les Lamocks droit devant; rectifié la route et doublé le phare des Lamocks à 9 h. 55 distance 3 m.

Des Lamocks à Oksen:-Beau temps, ciel nuageux, petits grains de pluie, jolie brise d'Est passant au N.E. vers midi, mer houleuse du vent-10 h. du soir travers des Oksen à 7 m. 5. Des îles Oksen aux îles Hieshan, beau temps, ciel nuageux, bonne brise de N.N.E. mollissant dans la matinée du 19, mer houleuse du vent. Le 19 à 8 h. 48 du soir travers des îles Hieshan à 5 m. 5. Des îles Hieshan à Woosung:-Beau temps, ciel clair, jolie brise d'E S.E. mollissant à Gutzlaff; mer belle du vent. Mouillé à Woosung le 20 à 10 h. 30 du matin.

Observations barométriques. Le 17 Septembre.

6 heures.

Baromètre

757 m/m.

756

756.5

755

754

Minuit,

753

1 h. matin le 18

752

2 h.

751

ཝཱ

3 h.

753

4 h.

755

5 h.

756

6 h.

757

29.

Pour copie certifiée conforme.

Le Consul de France à Hongkong.

GASTON LIEBERT.

HONGKONG.

No. 38

• 1907

DESPATCH FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE WITH REGARD TO THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF ENQUIRY IN CONNECTION WITH THE TYPHOON

OF THE 18TH SEPTEMBER, 1906.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

HONGKONG.

No. 127.

DOWNING STREET.

18th June, 1907.

SIR, --I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Sir M. NATHAN's despatch No. 59 of the 21st of March forwarding copies of the report of the Committee appointed after the typhoon of the 18th of September last to enquire whether earlier warning could have been given of its approach.

2. In accordance with the Governor's suggestion, I referred the despatch and its enclosures to the Astronomer Royal for his observations, and I now transmit a copy of is reply.

I have, &c.,

The Officer Administering the Government of

HONGKONG.

ELGIN.

•

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ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH,

LONDON, S.E.,

June 12, 1907.

SIR-In reply to your letter of April 25th, 14097/1907 relative to the Typhoon at Hongkong on the 18th September last, I have to inform you that a review of the evidence placed before the Committee of investigation points to the conclusion that the finding of the Committee was practically inevitable, having regard to the following considerations deduced from the evidence alone, as I have no other knowledge of local conditions.

(1.) The typhoon of which warning was given by the Director of Sikawei Observatory on 1906 September 15 was apparently not the one which struck Hongkong on the 18th and even had it been proved identical, the Sikawei forecast gave no indication that Hong- kong was threatened, hence the contention that the warning was given and ignored falls to the ground.

(2.) The above is, I take it, the main question before the Committee. The further point as to possible delay on the morning of the 18th in hoisting the "black drum" is not of the same importance. The evidence as to typhoon signs at sunset on the 17th is very uncertai and it appears that those relied upon by one side were admittedly invisible at the Observa tory, and attention is only directed to events on the 18th. Had the staff of the Hong- kong Observatory thought that such a storm was not unlikely it is conceivable that the fall in the barometer might have been noticed earlier, but it does not appear that any such suspicion was justified beforehand and very few minutes elapsed after the barometer indication became unmistakeable before the question of hoisting the drum was raised. If it is true that criticism had been frequently made of unnecessary warnings the few minutes (10 to 15) further delay is only to be expected, and beyond that the delay in the actual hoisting appears at present unavoidable, though it is likely that some device could be con- trived to shorten the time necessary for this operation.

(3.) I conclude that there remains no question of dereliction of duty at the Observa- tory, and that any possible error of judgment alleged is too uncertain to be regarded as carrying responsibility for damage done.

Your two printed enclosures are returned herewith.

I am, &c.,

W. H. M. CHRISTIE, Astronomer Royal.

HONGKONG.

REPORT OF THE TYPHOON RELIEF FUND COMMITTEE.

No. 17

1907

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

HONGKONG, 12th April, 1907.

SIR,-I beg to inform you that the Committee appointed by Your Excellency to collect funds and to deal with cases of distress caused by the storm of the 18th September last have completed their work and I have now the honour to enclose a copy of the accounts and to make the following observations on the work done.

The total sum received amounted to $279,902.96 of which the General Committee collected $127,494.19 and the Chinese Committee acting through the Tung Wa Hospital $152,408.77. The above sum included a contribution of $1,000.00 received from the Municipal Commission Saigon while the Chinese contributions included a sum of $10,000.00 which had been raised for the relief of sufferers in the San Francisco Fire. With these exceptions the money collected was contributed by residents in Hongkong or by firms doing business with the Colony.

The Committee consider that they should specially draw your Excelleney's attention to the exceedingly generous spirit in which our friends of all nationalities came to the assistance of the Colony with whom they do business although they themselves are not British subjects.

In accordance with the power given them the General Committee very considerably added to their numbers so as to include a number of Chinese Gentlemen whose assistance was most useful. A list of the Full Committee is attached.

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The General Committee have held some 8 meetings in all at which were fully discussed the various questions raised from time to time as to the best manner of disposing of the Funds and as to the class of people who were to be assisted.

A Sub-Committee was appointed consisting of the Honourable the Registrar General, Mr. E. A. IRVING, The Harbour Master, Hon. Dr. Ho KAI, Hon. Mr. WEI YUK, Messrs. A. G. WOOD, FUNG WA CHUN, LAU CHU PAK, TANG CHI NGONG, FRANCISCO TSE YAT, HO KOM TONG and KwOK YIU WUN.

The Committee are greatly indebited to these gentlemen for the very valuable services rendered and wish to record their appreciation of the work done. The Sub-Committee arranged that a special Investigating Committee under the Chairmanship of Mr. FUNG WA CHUN should sit at the Tung Wa Hospital as a permanent committee, and this was done for many weeks running in order that any one making a claim on the fund could immediately be heard and as soon as posible be granted temporary assistance if found necessary, pending a final decision' as to the particular claim presented.

The number of claims to be considered was very great and required very careful con- sideration in order to ensure that the fund was administered to the best advantage and that only those really deserving of assistance should receive it.

The first and most pressing matter demanding the consideration of the Committee was the relief of destitute widows and orphans, and the recovering and burying of the dead.

In all 205 women and children were assisted at a cost of $16,128.45. Most of these returning to their native villages. The above account included payments to the widows of four Europeans drowned, either in the form of a gratuity or assisted passage home.

The sum of $17,985.30 was expended by the Tung Wa Hospital in feeding destitutes and in recovering and burying the dead.

The main reason for raising the fund however was to enable the trade of the Colony to be carried on with as little loss and dislocation as possible and to this end money was given or advanced, to owners of certain classes of boats to enable them to repair, rebuild or pur- chase boats as promptly as possible. As these boats are in most cases owned by the men who sail them their loss means in many cases absolute ruin, and after full discussion it was decided that advances up to about 1/3 of the value of the boat should be made, on the condition that the boats were ready for work by a certain date and that they should be registered in the Colony.

In all 1,601 cases were assisted of which one was a boat owned by an English pilot. The total expended being $198,002.00.

Attached is a table showing the number of boats of each class for which assistance was granted, this included cargo-boats, sampans and rowing-boats, fishing sampans, fishing-junks and miscellaneous junks.

With regard to the relief in the New Territories North of the Kowloon Hills, Messrs. MESSER and ÖRME kindly undertook this work and a sum of money was at once placed at their disposal to enable them to deal with cases demanding immediate relief. The total sum thus expended came to $12,554.00 made up as follows:-

Grants to 27 women for loss of relatives

Small grants to 35 people (chiefly women)

Compensation for loss of crops and repairs to embankments

Grants to Peng Chau Village for boats

Repairs to houses and free rice

.$ 1,750

449

9,045

1,000

310.

{

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The credit balance of the account now remaining in the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank amounts to $33,768.12 to which will be added interest when the account is finally closed.

The Committee beg to suggest to your Excellency that this balance be taken charge of by the Government as a trust fund to be used as the Governor may from time to time direct in assisting people resident in the Colony who may on future occasions suffer similar loss by

storms.

When the fund was first started 'your Excellency undertook that the Colony should double the amount collected by subscription.

In consequence of the generous response made to our appeal it has fortunately not been necessary for the Committee to ask the Government for any part of their contribution. The General Committee have consequently unanimously agreed to suggest to your Excellency that under these circumstances the sum for which the Colony become liable to the fund be expended for commencing at the earliest possible date, the construction of the new typhoon refuge for small craft, a work which is so greatly needed in the interests of humanity and the prosperity of this Port.

We believe that no better means of disposing of this surplus could be found as a typhoon refuge for boats is so closely allied with the relief fund for which this money was to have been voted.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your Excellency's Obedient, humble Servant,

EDBERT A. HEWETT, Hon. Secretary.

To His Excellency Sir MATTHEW NATHAN, K.C.M..,

&c.,

Government House.

C. P. CHATER,

Chairman.

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Enclosures.

List of General Committee of the Typhoon Relief Fund.

List of Sub-Committee.

List of Investigating Committee.

Report of the Sub-Committee.

Statement of Expenditure by Sub-Committee.

Statement of Expenditure by Messrs. MESSER & ORME in the New Territories. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure.

General Committee of Typhoon Relief Fund,

Hon. Sir PAUL CHATER (Chairman)

Mr. H. E. R. HUNTER (Hon. Treasurer)

Mr. A. J. RAYMOND

Mr. D. M. NISSIM Mr. A. BABINGTON

Mr. A. G. WOOD

Mr. A. HAUPT ·

Mr. E. GOETZ

Hon. W. J. GRESSON

Hon. WEI YUK

Hon. Dr. Ho KAI

Mr. LAU CHU PAK Mr. FUNG WA CHUN Mr. E. A. IRVING Hon. A. W. BREWIN

Mr. H. N. MODY

Mr. TANG CHI NGONG

Mr. Ho Koм TONG

Mr. FRANCISCO TSE YAT

Mr. N. A. SIEBS

Mr. D. R. LAW

Hon. E. A. HEWETT (Hon. Secretary)

Mr. CHAN CHUN TSUN

Mr. LAU YAM TSUN

Mr. CHIU TSAU SAM

Mr. LI SAU HIN

Mr. KU FAI SHAN Mr. UN OI YU Mr. UN LAI CHUEN Mr. YIP OI SHAN Mr. TSEUNG SZ KAI Mr. PUN YAN TSUN

Mr. LEUNG PUI CHI

Mr. TONG LAI TSUN

Mr. YIP SHUN KAM

Mr. LAM SAU TING

Mr. U Hor TSAU Mr. CHAN KING WAN Mr. TANG LAN KUK Mr. CHOI LUP CHI Mr. YUNG HIN PONG Mr. CHAN Kang Yu Mr. CHAN LAN HIN Mr. MUI KING SHEK

Mr. CHAN CHOK PING Mr. LI YAU TSUN Mr. CHAU SIU KI Mr. CHAN KIT SHAN Mr. Loo KUEN TING.

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Sub-Committee, Hongkong Typhoon Relief Fund.

The Registrar General (Mr. A. W. BREWIN) Chairman The Hon. Capt. L. A. W. BARNES-LAWRENCE

The Hon. Dr. Ho KAI, C.M.G.

The Hon. Mr. WEI YUK

Mr. A. G. WOOD

Mr. FUNG WA CHUN (Secretary)

Mr Ho KOM TONG

Mr. LAU CHU PAK

Mr. TANG TSZ NGONG

Mr. FRANCISCO TSE YAT

Mr. E. A. IRVING (appointed 11th October, 1906)

Mr. Kwok YIU WUN (appointed 16th October, 1906).

Investigating Committee, Hongkong Typhoon Relief Fund.

Mr. FUNG WA CHUN (Chairman)

Mr. CHAN KENG WAN

Mr. CHAU YU TENG

Mr. LAU CHU PAK

Mr. LAU YAM TSUN

Mr. LEUNG PUI CHI

Mr. Ho Koм TONG

Mr. KU FAI SHAN

Mr. PUN YAN TSUN

Mr. TANG Tsz NGONG

Mr. FRANCISCO TSE YAT

Mr. U Hor CHAU.

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Report of the Sub-Committee of the Hongkong Typhoon Relief Fund General Committee.

The Sub-Committee appointed on the 22nd September, 1906, met the same day, and steps were at once taken to ascertain the loss of boats by directing the sureties of the boatmen to report to the Tung Wa Hospital and by authorising the Hospital to advertise that claims for relief should be received at the Hospital; and the work of registering the claims for relief was immediately undertaken by the Hospital. .It was also resolved that the Registrar General and the Chinese members of the Sub-Committee should meet the boat builders and ascertain the possibility of getting boats built at an early date.

2. At a meeting held on the 26th September it was resolved that the purchase or build- ing of boats by the Committee was undesirable and impracticable; also that a grant equal to at least one-third of his loss should be made to each boatman upon the condition that he should get to work as soon as possible, the condition to be enforced by sureties.

3. On the 1st October an Investigating Committee consisting of twelve members was appointed to enquire into the claims for relief. They commenced work at once and on the 16th October reported to the Sub-Committee that 1,768 applications had been received and that the preliminary enquiries had been completed in all but 250 cases, and recommended that in 201 cases in which the final enquiries had been made, relief to the amount of $27,436 should be granted. The distribution of relief was thereupon commenced simultaneously with the completing of the enquiries, and from time to time as the work progressed, the recommendations of the Investigating Committee were presented to the Sub-Committee for consideration and adoption.

Each claim was made the subject of two distinct enquiries by two or more members of the Investigating Committee; the individual recommendations were then revised by the Committee and systematized, and finally at the actual distribution, occasion was taken to verify the claims.

4. By the 23rd October, 302 cases had been relieved at a cost of $40,302.

5. On the 24th October the powers of the Sub-Committee were further defined at a meeting of the General Committee.

6. On the 1st November it was resolved that no grant should be made towards building a boat unless security could be given that the boat would be built before China New Year (13th February).

7. During November searching enquiries were made by the Sub-Committee into claims made by masters of junks and large fishing boats, and a report was finally adopted recom- mending the General Committee to approve of grants in the case of 272 such claims.

8. By the 21st January the distribution of relief to Chinese. was completed, though subsequently one claim from a European was met by a grant.

9. As each boat is completed the master has it measured, and the certificate is endorsed by the Inspector who made the measurements to shew whether the boat is a new one, or from some other port or simply repaired, and the surety's bond is then cancelled. There· remains about 350 bonds to be dealt with, but in connection with this work no expense will fall on the fund.

10. The relief distributed by the Sub-Committee is shewn in the accompanying schedule. The names of the Sub-Committee and Investigating Committee are also attached.

A. W. BREWIN,

Registrar General,

7th March, 1907.

Chairman.

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HONGKONG TYPHOON RELIEF FUND. STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE BY SUB-COMMITTEE.

Grants made up to the 7th March towards procuring new boats or repairing damaged boats.

Class of Boats.

No. of Cases.

Amount of Relief.

Chinese.

AROSE 2

Cargo Boats,

637

Sampans and Rowing Boats,

290

Fishing Sampans,

323

Other Boats,

$ 96,785.00 17,503.00 21,676.00 1,138.00

Fishing Junks,

143

28,110.00

Junks (Miscellaneous),

203

32,290.00

1,600

197,802.00

European,

200.00

1,601

$198,002.00

Chinese, European,

II.

Gifts made to Widows and Orphans and others who suffered loss up to the 7th March.

No. of Cases.

Amount of Relief.

201

$ 12,265.00 3,863.45

205

$16,128.45.

III.

Paid on account to the Tung Wa Hospital to defray cost of recovering

and burying corpses and of maintaining destitutes,..

Clerks Salaries,

IV.

Total Expenditure.

I. Grants to buy, build or repair boats,

II. Relief to Widows and Orphans,

III. Cost of recovering and burying corpses and maintaining

destitutes,

IV. Clerks Salaries,

Total,

$ 17,985.30

$198,002.00 16,128.45

17,985.30

577.16

$232,692.91

577.16

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The money paid to Chinese under Table I, has been granted for the purpose of

I. Building 611 new boats,

II. Repairing 367 damaged boats,

III. Buying 600 boats elsewhere than in the Colony.

FUNG WA CHUN.

LAU CHU PAK.

HO KOM TONG.

A. W. BREWIN,

Registrar General,

Chairman, Sub-Committee.

HONGKONG TYPHOON RELIEF FUND.

New Territories.

On the 8th October, $2,500 were placed at the disposal of Mr. MESSER and Mr. ORME to spend in immediate relief in the New Territories. Mr. MESSER'S report on the relief called for in the New Territories was laid before the General Committee in the middle of December and a further sum of $10,900 was voted.

The relief given may be divided into five parts:---

(1.) Relief to Pengchau.

Pengchau is a small island at the top of Mirs Bay and the inhabitants depend entirely upon fishing for their livelihood. All their boats were destroyed in the typhoon and a grant of $1,000 was made to enable the boats to be replaced. Immediate distress was relieved by distribution of rice.

(2.) Repair of embankments and compensation for loss of crops.

The value of the crops lost was assessed by Mr. MESSER at $30,700 but in this assessment large areas where there was no necessity for relief, were left out of account. The damage to embankments was assessed by the Public Works Department at $12,900, but this assessment did not include many miles of low embankment made of earth and strengthened with a facing of stones. Relief was granted only where the cultivators were very poor.

(3.) Small grants to relieve immediate distress. This.calls for no comment.

4.) Grants to women who had lost their relatives in the typhoon.

(5.) Grants to repair damaged houses.

These two items are made up of exceptional distress.

The accounts were closed and forwarded with vouchers to the Honourable Treasurer on the 7th March, 1907.

8th March, 1907.

A. W. BREWIN,

Registrar General.

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HONGKONG TYPHOON RELIEF FUND.

New Territories Expenditure.

1. (a.) Grants to inhabitants of Pengchau to build boats,

.$1,000.00

1. (b.) Rice for Pengchau,

200.00

Repair of embankments and compensation for loss of crops, Small grants principally to women (35),

9,045.00

449.00

Grants to women who lost relatives (27),.

1,750.00

Repair of damaged houses (3),

110.00

Total,..

$12,554.00

HONGKONG TYPHOON RELIEF FUND.

RECEIPTS.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure.

EXPENDITURE.

Expenditure by Sub-Committee.

Grauts to buy, build or

repair boats.

Relief to Widows and

*Orphans

Cost of recovering and

Collected by Committee,...$127,494.19

Collected by Tung Wa

Hospital Authorities

152,408.77

Total Receipts as acknowledged in local

papers

279,902.96

Interest at 4% p. a. on account at Bank

to date

1,487.30

Grants to inhabitants

burying corpses and maintaining destitutes Clerks' Salaries ........

.$198,002.00

16,128.45

17.985.30 577.16

232,692.91

Expenditure in New Territories.

of Pengchau to build boats...

Rice for Pengchau

Repair of embankments

and compensation for loss of crops...

Small grants principally

to women...............

.$ 1,000.00 200.00

9,045.00

449.00

Grants to women who

1,750.00

Repair of damaged houses

110.00

lost relatives

Audited and found correct.

281,390.26

Expenditure by Hon. Treasurer ajc.

Relief

Balance of current a/c. in Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation

12,554.00

887.93

35,255.42

281,390.26

Hongkong, 11th April, 1907.

EDBERT A. HEWETT,

Hon. Secretary.

R. R. HYND, for Hon. Treasurer.

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG, 16th April, 1907.

SIR, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the report dated the 12th April of the Committee appointed to collect funds and to deal with cases of distress caused by the storm of the 18th September last.

2. I have to express to you and to the members of the General Committee, of the Sub- Committee, and of the Investigating Committee my thanks for your labours in collecting funds and distributing relief, labours which I am sure greatly lessened the period during which the evil effects of the catastrophe were felt in the Colony. I fully appreciate the heavy amount of work that must have fallen on all the Committees but probably most of all on the Investigating Committee who had to deal with equal promptness and care with a very large number of individual applications for assistance.

ccept on behalf of the Government of the Colony the charge of the unexpended the fund which will be held in trust to be used as the Governor may from time to t in assisting people resident in the Colony who may on future occasions suffer

rmis.

With regard to the unanimous suggestion of your Committee that the Government Jution of an amount equal to private subscriptions, promised by me to the fund, should pended for commencing at the earliest possible date the new typhoon shelter which Committee as well as the Public Works Committee have recommended should be at ng-kok-tsui, I have to inform you that a number of borings have been taken to ascertain nature of the bed of the harbour at this site and that as soon as the plans and particulars sed on them have been prepared, tenders for the construction of the. detached breakwater hich is to extend from near Tai-kok-tsui to opposite the South end of Yaumati will be called for and a vote taken in the Legislative Council for the amount that it is estimated will be expended during the current year.

The Honourable

Sir PAUL CHATER, Kt., C.M.G.,

I have, &c.,

Chairman, Typhoon Relief Fund Committee,

M. NATHAN,

Governor.

No. 93.

HONGKONG.

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 18th April, 1907.

MY LORD,-Referring to the 38th, 39th and 40th paragraphs of my Despatches Nos. 238 and 262 dated the 5th and 22nd October, 1906, respectively, on the subject of the typhoon which passed over this Colony on the 18th September last, I have the honour to transmit for Your Lordship's information a copy of the Report of the Committee appointed to collect funds and to deal with cases of distress caused by that storm.

2. The report shows that out of the sum of $281,390.26 received as subscriptions to the fund and as interest on them the sum of $246,134.84 has been expended in grants for the purchase construction or repair of boats, on recovering and burying corpses, main- taining destitutes, relieving widows and orphans, repairing embankments and compensating for loss of crops in the New Territories, etc.

3. I trust Your Lordship will see fit to express satisfaction at túe manner in which the General Committee, the Sub-Committee, and the Investigating Committee carried out the work of collecting funds and distributing relief, work which I am sure greatly lessened the period during which the evil effects of the typhoon were felt in the Colony. This work was very arduous and the services of Sir PAUL CHATER, Chairman of the General Committee, of Mr. HEWETT and Mr. HUNTER, Secretary and Treasurer to that Committee, of Mr. BREWIN, Chairman of the Sub-Committee, and of Mr. FENG Wa Cu'us, Chairman of the Investigating Committee are specially worthy of Your Lordship's notice.

4. The Committee suggest that the balance of $35,255.42 should be taken charge of by the Government as a trust fund to be used as the Governor may from time to time direct in assisting people resident in the Colony who may on future occasions suffer loss by storms. I have on behalf of the Government accepted this charge.

5. Referring to the 42nd paragraphs of the despatches above quoted which dealt with the question of providing as soon as possible additional accommodation for junks seeking shelter from storms, Your Lordship will observe that the Relief Fund Committee unani- mously agreed to suggest that the Government contribution of an amount equal to private subscriptions promised by me to the fund, not being otherwise required, should be expended for commencing at the earliest possible date the new typhoon refuge which they, as well as the Public Works Committee of the Legislative Council, have recommended should be pro- vided at Mong-kok-tsui by constructing a detached breakwater extending from near Tai- kok-tsui to opposite the South end of Yaumati and enclosing an area of 166 acres. estimated cost of this breakwater is $600,000, and I propose that the suggestion of the Relief Fund Committee should be met by taking a vote in the Legislative Council for the amount that can be spent on the work this year and including such amounts in the Estimates for 1908 and 1909 as will permit of the work being completed without any avoidable delay. I ask Your Lordship's approval to this course. In the meantime a number of borings have been taken to ascertain the nature of the bed of the harbour on the site of the proposed break- water and the plans and particulars for it are being prepared.

The

The Right Honourable

THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,

&c.,

&c.

I have, etc.,

M. NATHAN,

Governor.

HONGKONG.

No.

1907

DESPATCH FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES WITH REGARD TO THE REPORT OF THE TYPHOON RELIEF FUND COMMITTEE.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

HONGKONG.

No. 116.

DOWNING STREET.

6th June, 1907.

SIR,---I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Sir M. NATHAN'S despatch No. 93 of the 18th of April forwarding a copy of the report of the Committee appointed' to collect funds and to deal with cases of distress caused by the typhoon of the 18th of Septem- ber last.

2. The inhabitants of Hongkong are entitled to the greatest credit for the energetic measures which they took to repair the disaster and for the liberality with which they sub- scribed to the relief fund. I note with great pleasure Sir M. NATHAN's testimony to the admirable work performed by Sir PAUL CHATER, Messrs. HEWETT, HUNTER, BREWIN and FUNG WA CHUN, and the other members of the Relief Committees and I should be glad if you would express to these gentlemen my appreciation of their services.

3. I cordially approve the proposal that the money which the Government had pledged itself to contribute to the relief fund should be expended upon the prompt commencement of a new typhoon refuge at Mong Kok Tsui.

I have, &c.,

ELGIN.

The Officer Administering the Government of

HONGKONG.

Annexe O.

REPORT OF THE COLONIAL VETERINARY SURGEON.

GENERAL STATISTICS.

The total number of cattle admitted to the Kennedy Town Cattle Depôt was 52,594, an increase on 1905 of 3,092. Out of these admissions 213 were rejected on arrival as unfit for food. The rejections in 1905 amounted to 672. At Hung Hom Depôt 4,962 cattle were adınitted against 5,646 in 1905. The rejections at Hung Hom were 21.

DISEASES.

The following communicable diseases were met with in the Depôts and Slaughter.

Houses:-

Anthrax.-Five cases occurred, one each in January, June and October, and two in March. All the cases occurred in cattle almost iminediately after landing. They appear to have brought the disease with them.

Tuberculosis.-One case was seen in a European cow and none among Chinese cattle. The rarity of Tuberculosis among native cattle is very remarkable.

PARASITES.

Strongylus Contortus.-This parasite is found in the abomasum of ruminants. In Hongkong its chief host is young calves. It is a blood sucking parasite and gives rise to anæmia when. present in large numbers. So far as one is able to judge native calves seem to tolerate this worm without suffering very much, possibly because it is seldom found in very large numbers in any one animal.

The other parasites seen, have all been noted in former reports. Taken collectively these parasites form a very serious factor in stock raising in the neighbourhood of Hong- kong.

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BUILDINGS.

New Western Market:-This Market was opened and occupied during the year. Dogs Quarantine Station -The old station at Hung Hom was handed over to the Kowloon-Canton Railway as a stable. A new one is being erected at Kennedy Town.

CATTLE CREMATORIUM.

The Crematorium was closed from the 17th of March to the 17th of June for repairs. During this period the old practice of burying the dead cattle on the hillside was reverted to.

The work done for the year was as follows:-

Carcasses cremated :---

Cattle including calves,

Sheep and goats,

Swine,

Miscellaneous cremated :-

Beef (injured and diseased),

Mutton

(do.)

Condemned Police Uniforms,

Hams (unwholesome),

Coal used,.....

899

219

495

4,739 lb.

60 lb.

480

.57,706 lb.

The average cost for fuel per head for cremating works out at 35.5 cents. This figure is arrived at by reckoning the condemned beef, 4,739 lb., as equivalent to seven bullocks and 22 hams as equal to four pigs. This gives a total of 824 animals cremated. Coal cost $13 per ton.

Calculated in the same way the cost per head since the place opened has been, in 1904, 47 cents, in 1905, 46 cents, in 1906, 35.5 cents.

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SLAUGHTER HOUSES.

Kennedy Town.-The total revenue collected was $78,565.50. This is an increase on year of $6,120.15, and is made up as follows:---

Slaughtering fees:-

22,478 @ 40 cents each,

15,275 20

163,974,,

Export fees:-

28,503 50 11,222 10

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.$ 5,998.20

3,055.00 19,192.20

14,251.50

1,122.20

19.739 10

1,973.90

Total,......

$75,593.00

Two duplicate removal receipts @ 25 cents,.

Less fees written off to Kowloon-Canton Railway,

.50

Gross total,

.$75,593.50

21.00

Nett total,

...$75,572.50

Hung Hom.-The amount collected was $458.58. This is a decrease on last year of $53.60.

Shaukiwan and Aberdeen.-The collection of fees in these villages is leased to a con- tractor as formerly.

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The total revenue derived from the Slaughter Houses and Depôts was $93,718.88. This is an increase on last year's working of $16,618.55. The following shows how the amount is made up :-

Kennedy Town, fees collected,

Hung Hom,

Blood and hair Contract at Kennedy Town,

Slaughtering Contract for Hung Hom, Aberdeen, and

Shaukiwan,.

Total,

$ 75,572.50

458.38

6,636.00

11,052.00

$ 93,718.88

The total amount of animals slaughtered in the Colony were:-

Cattle.

Kennedy Town,

22,478

Sheep and Goats. 15.275

Swine.

163.974

Hung Hom,.....

4,663

1,128

28.594

Shaukiwan, ........... Aberdeen,.

...

4,547

...

3,471

Total,

.27,141

16,403

200,586

Grand total of all animals,......244,130

The figures given for Shaukiwan and Aberdeen are got from the Contractor and his statement is the only guarantee of their accuracy.

The following table shows numbers of animals slaughtered in the Colony during the past ten years :—

Year.

Cattle.

Sheep and Goats.

Swine.

*1897,

20,094

14,226

137.748

1898,

21,541

15,956

153,485

1899,

23,582

17,353

156,292

1900, ...

23,939

18,364

165,760

1901,

24,938

18,544

172,205

1902,

25,669

20,780

202,495

1903, ....

28,335

22,918

187,265

1904,

30,829

23,736

181,046

1905,

26,758

19,774

186,059

1906,

27,141

16,403

200,586

DAIRIES AND COWSHEDS.

In the month of January there was an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease at the Dairy Farm at Pokfulam. Twenty cows were affected by the disease and the sale of milk from the affected cows was stopped by the order of the Sanitary Board until the sickness was at an end. No death occurred.

In November an outbreak of Hæmorrhagic Septicemia occurred at Nazareth House among some cows owned by the French Priests. There were 8 cows in the lot and these were slaughtered by order of the Sanitary Board and compensation paid.

Immediately following this, the same disease appeared in a shed belonging to the Diary Farm Company situated about 300 yards away from the shed in which the disease first appeared. Twenty-six cattle were involved and these were also slaughtered and compensa- tion paid.

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The disease, however, still extended and the cleansing and disinfection of this shed was hardly complete when a shed about 20 yards away became affected. It was decided to try the effect of serum inoculations on the lines of anti-rinderpest serum inoculations.

The

net result was that out of 82 sick and in-contact cattle there were 29 deaths or 35.36 %. The efficacy of the serum treatment was seriously interfered with owing to the fact that the serum was also the means of conveying Piroplasmosis to many of the inoculated animals. In the majority of instances a prolonged convalescence with an intermittent temperature was the only indication of the disease. In a few a severe hæmoglobinuria with multitudes of parasites in the blood supervened. Some cases were also further complicated with abor- tion. In this connexion it may be mentioned that Piroplasmosis is met with in the dog in Hongkong and is known to many dog-owners as “black jaundice."

Stomoxys (Colcitrans?) was found in great numbers in the sick cattle sheds and these in the opinion of The Honourable the Principal Civil Medical Officer might be intimately concerned in the spread of the disease. To verify this Dr. Hunter and myself as instructed by The Honourable the Principal Civil Medical Officer are now making investigations.

The general condition of the cowsheds has been good and, with the exception of one Indian dairy, the owners of cowsheds have been most willing to carry out all suggestions for their betterment. In the case of the dairy mentioned successful prosecutions were instituted by the Medical Officer of Health, Kowloon.

MARKETS AND FOOD SHOPS.

New Western Market. This Market was complete, and handed over to the Sanitary Board. It is more than filled by fish and poultry dealers frò n the old market. The removal of these men has to some extent relieved the congestion of the old market.

Des Voeux Road Market.-This Market is in a far from thriving state and the unwillingness to take up stalls in it, seems to be due to a belief in its ill luck.

The condition of the other markets is practically unchanged since last year's Report.

The importations of frozen beef and mutton for the year were 211,643 lbs. and 264,933 lbs. respectively. The Dairy Farm Company are practically the only importers. A small quantity of corned beef is imported from Shanghai to private customers during the winter

months.

ORDINANCE No. 15 of 1903.

Under this Ordinance 157 visits of inspection were paid to ships leaving the Colony with more than ten head of cattle on board, and certificates of fitness to carry cattle granted. Except for a few going to Macao, the cattle exported all go to Manila. I have again to record the kindness of the Shipping Agents in giving me the use of a launch to go and in- spect the ships.

NEW TERRITORIES.

Almost coincident with the appearance of Hæmorrhagic Septicemia among the dairy cattle in Hongkong, several bullocks belonging to the Kowloon-Canton Railway got sick with this disease. The same treatment was adopted as in the Dairy Farm outbreak with the result that out of 52 cattle sick or in-contact, 12 died and 40 got better or did not con- tract the disease. In none of the inoculated native cattle did Piroplasmosis appear. This is in accord with the results obtained in Manila and elsewhere confirming the observation that Chinese native cattle are immune to the disease owing to the fact that they have passed through an attack of it and seem to tolerate with impunity the presence of the parasite in in their blood.

Towards the end of the year The Hongkong Milling Company were making preparations to conduct pig feeding and breeding on an extensive scale in connection with their flour mills. The successful development of this undertaking will put the Colony in possession of a new and valuable source of food supply.

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STAFF,

I was on leave for four months from the 17th of January and Dr. Pearse acted for me.

Kennedy Town.-Up till June the Depôts and Slaughter House were in charge of Senior Inspector Watson and Inspector Cotton. Inspector Watson then went on leave and Inspector Cotton took charge as Acting Senior Inspector. Inspector C. W. Ward was transferred from the Medical Officer's Staff and took over Inspector Cotton's duties.

Inspector of Markets, Kowloon.-These duties were carried out by Inspector Rogers until he was invalided home on Pension on 23rd June, 1906, when the work was taken over by Inspector C. W. Brett in addition to his own as Inspector of Markets, Hongkong.

Inspector of Markets, Hongkong.-The duties were discharged by Inspector Rogers till Inspector Brett returned from leave on 19th January, 1906.

ADAM GIBSON, M.R.Ç.V.S.

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HONGKONG.

No.

REPORT ON THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS, FOR THE YEAR APRIL 1ST, 1906, TO MARCH 31ST, 1907.

1907

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

1. On March 31st, 1906, the total strength of the Corps was 274. The total strength of the Corps on March 31st, 1907, was 290. (Both totals include the Chinese orderly room clerk).

Table I shows the inspection state on that date.

Now that the New Headquarters have been completed I am confident that the total will increase during the next year, particularly, if the new infantry company, which has been. discussed, is started.

2. During the past year 3 members have died, 51 have resigned (1 on medical certifi- cate, 20 in the Colony and 30 on leaving the Colony) and 1 has been struck off the strength.

3. 71 new members have been enrolled.

4. The establishment of the Troop was raised in July to 43, namely, 1 Officer, 1 Sergeant, 1 Corporal, and 40 Troopers.

5. The Hongkong Volunteer Reserve Association had on 31st March, 1907, a member- ship of 248, an increase of 18 during the past twelve months. The members have carried out a large amount of rifle practice throughout the year at the King's Park Range, Kowloon, which is more accessible than the Volunteer Range at Tai Hang, and at the Peak Range which has been recently opened.

Table II is a nominal roll of the Reserve Association.

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APPOINTMENTS, ETC., OF OFFICERS AND STAFF.

6. The changes amongst the Officers and Staff of the Corps have been as follows:----

STAFF.

Major C. G. PRITCHARD, R.A., proceeded on leave to England on 21st December, 1906.

Major A. CHAPMAN commanded the Corps during Major PRITCHARD's absence.

Captain F. O. STEDMAN (Surgeon) resigned his commission on 23rd April, 1906.

Staff Armourer G. W. AVENELL joined the Corps on 4th May, 1906.

EQUIPMENT:

7. The mounted Troop equipment has been augmented by the addition of Sam Browne sword belts and leather buckets for carrying the rifles; the method of attaching the buckets was well tested at the Troop Camp and found satisfactory.

The Maxim Guns have been thoroughly overhauled; they are now fitted with connect- ing rods, and new saddles, straps, etc., have been made for them by the Corps Armourer.

The whole Corps is now very well equipped in every respect.

DISCIPLINE, TRAINING, ETC.

8. The Discipline of the Corps has been very good.

The following Table gives the number of efficients, etc. :-

NON-EFFICIENTS.

Efficients Efficients

with

STAFF.

with less than 30 than 30

drills.

Non-

Medi-

drills.

On cal Leave. Certi- cently

Re-

Absent with-

out

Effici- Total.

ents

cate.

joined.

Leave.

to pay

fine.

Staff

Hongkong Vounteer Troop......

Right Half No. 1 Co. H.K.V.A.

Left

No. 1

Right No. 2

Left

No. 2

Hongkong Volunteer Engineer Co.

Total...

173

28.

290

With reference to the above Table it is satisfactory to note that there was only one Non- efficient, whom it was necessary to call upon to pay the Capitation Grant. It may also be mentioned that, without including the Staff, 9 members have attended over 100 kills and 59 between 50 and 100 drills; the record number being 181 drills credited to Gunner A. J. PUGH.

Table III is a nominal roll of Efficients.

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9. The Artillery Units have drilled throughout the year with the 15-pr. B.L. guns and 303 Maxims and performed infantry drills. The Troop has carried out frequent mounted drills. The Engineer Company has had technical instruction at Kowloon with the oil engines and searchlight in addition to actual working in conjunction with the Royal Engineers with the various engines and searchlights in the command.

This Company has done excellent work throughout the year.

10. On February 13th (Chinese New Year's Day) the Corps took part in a field day. The scheme consisted of the attack and defence of Customs Pass.

GUN PRACTICE, MUSKETRY, ETC.

11. 15-pr. B.L. Practice was carried out on 2nd and 27th October, 1906, and 2nd February, 1907. For remarks on practices see Table IV and Appendix A, Camp Report.

12. 303 Maxim Practice was carried out on 17th, 19th and 27th October, 1906, and 2nd March, 1907. (See Table V and Appendix A, Camp Report.)

13. The Annual Musketry Course was carried out during Camp. Musketry Returns for the Volunteer Troop and Engineer Company are attached. (Tables VI and VII.) Hitherto it has not been customary to furnish Musketry Returns for the Artillery Com- panies, but this will be done in future as recommended by the Colonial Defence Committee.

14. Most of the members of the Corps have fired their musketry course, and rifle practice has been very popular, although of course it would be far more so if the Corps could le more opportunity of using the King's Park Range now that the Reserve Association has the new Range at the Peak which has been specially built for them.

The Tai Hang Range is difficult of access and out of the way.

During the year the members of the Corps have fired 45,820 rounds of small arm ammnition, and 40,150 rounds have been supplied to the Reserve Association. 110,000 rounds have been ordered for this year from the Crown Agents.

15. The Officers and Staff Sergeants carried out revolver practice, and Table VIII show's the results obtained.

CAMPS OF INSTRUCTION.

10. The Annual Camp for the Artillery and Engineer Units was held at Stonecutters' Island from 15th to 31st October, 1906.

The Troop went into Camp near Sheung Shiu in the New Territories from 22nd to 27th December, 1906. This is the first occasion that the Troop has gone into Camp. I hope that an annual one will be held in future as by this means members acquire much useful knowledge of the New Territories.

I attach Camp Reports (Appendices A and B).

COMPETITIONS.

17. The following inter-unit competitions took place during the year :-

(1.) His Excellency the Governor's Efficiency Cup. This was again won by the Right Half No. 2 Company.

The following is the order of efficiency.

1. Right Half No. 2 Company, 2. Left Half No. 1 Company, 3. Left Half No. 2 Company, 4. Mounted Troop, 5. Engineer Company,

O.C, Captain ARMSTRONG, A.D.C. O.C., Captain LAMMERT. O.C., Captain SKINNER, O.C., Lieutenant Ross. O.C., Captain CRAKE.

6. Right Half No. 1 Company, O.C., Captain MACDONALD.

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(2.) The Blake Musketry Shield, for teams of 8 from each unit, took place on 28th April, 1906, and was won by Left Half No. 2 Company, H.K.V.A.

(3.) The Sanders Cup, presented by Captain SANDERS, a former officer of the H.K. V.A., was competed for by the Artillery Units at 15-pr. B.L. Gun drill on January 12th, 1907, and was won by the Right Half No. 2 Company (O.C., Captain Armstrong, A.D.C.)

(4.) The Gascoigne Shield for Maxim Gun Practice was fired for on March 2nd, 1907, and was won by Right Half No. 2 Company (O.C., Captain ARMSTRONG, A.D.C.), Left Half No. 1 Company, (O.C., Captain LAMMERT), being second.

MISCELLANEOUS.

18. A semaphore signalling class was formed during the Summer months.

The Corps took part in the King's Birthday parade with the remainder of the Garrison on November 9th, 1906!

19. On February 6th, 1907, the Corps had the honour of parading and lining the streets on the occasion of the arrival of H.R.H. The DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, Inspector General of the Forces. The Troop furnished an escort.

20. A small Cadet Corps was started in May, 1906, with boys from the Victoria British School, there are now 12 members. They are instructed in squad drill and semaphore signalling. They attended Camp and many of them have already proved themselves very efficient signallers. It is hoped that their numbers will soon increase.

21. The New Volunteer Headquarters were opened on December 15th, 1906. The building has been paid for out of the Hongkong Volunteer Corps Fund with the addition of a sum of $5,000 from the Government. All the rooms have been well furnished and the Officers' and Sergeants' Mess Rooms and the Billiard Room have been completely fitted up out of private funds at no cost to the Government. The building has already proved ery popular and I personally feel very pleased that it should have been opened before the de- parture of Major PRITCHARD, who made a great point of the necessity of suitable headquarters ever since his arrival in the Colony. I am convinced that this will tend to make volunteering more popular and trust that the numbers will increase the separate messes for Officers, Sergeants and rank and file should also improve the discipline of the Corps.

22. A sub-target machine was requisitioned from England, subject to the approval of the War Office, but the purchase of the apparatus has been postponed until the merits of similar, but cheaper, devices now being tested have been ascertained.

23. The great expense of building and furnishing the Headquarters has prevented the men being supplied with Winter clothing, but I consider that Khaki is not sufficient for them and I hope funds will now be available to enable me to submit indents for warm clothing o be taken in to wear next Winter.

24. In conclusion I am glad to be able to report that the Officers and Senior N.C.Qfs of the Corps have all greatly assisted in bringing the Corps to its present state of efficiency

I am also indebted to Captain A. J. THOMPSON, R.G.A., (who has since been appointed Staff Officer to the Corps) for the asstance he has given me from the date of Major PRITCHARD'S departure on leave.

"INSPECTION.

25. The Annual Inspection of the Corps was carried out on 23rd March, 1907, by His Excellency Major-General R. G. BROADWood, C.B., Commanding the Troops South China, who expressed satisfaction with the turn out of the men and their drill.

SERVICES.

Corps Sergeant-Major W. HIGBY and Staff Armourer G. W. AVENELL have done their ` work excellently.

}

May 3rd, 1907.

I have, &c.,

ARTHUR CHAPMAN, Major, Commandant, Hongkong Volunteer Corps.

DISTRIBUTION,

Table I.

CORPS.

HONGKONG

VOLUNTEER

Inspection State, 23rd March, 1907.

Nos. 1 & 2 ARTILLERY COMPANIES.

ENGINEERS.

BAND,

TROOP.

TOTAL.

226

Surgeon.

Corps Sergt. Major,

Corps Armr.-Sergeant.

Orderly Room Clerk.

Captains.

Lieutenants.

Co. Sergt.-Majors.

Co. Qr.-Mr.-Sergt.

Sergeants.

Corporals.

Bombardiers.

Trumpeters.

Gunners.

Captains.

Lieutenants.

Co. Sergt.-Major.

Sergeants.

Corporals.

Sappers.

Sergeant-Drummer.

Corporals.

Drummers.

Lieutenant.

Sergeant.

Corporal. Troopers.

STAFF.

Commandant.

Major, 2nd in Com-

*puvia

in Colony,..

On leave,

Absent

out of Colony, ....................... .............

Present,

Without leave,..

Total,...

Wanting to complete,

Establishment,

Supernumerary,

...

***

་་་

...

1 2 10 11 12

...

1107

3 2

3 27

I 1 3

3 | 33

I I

98 I

200

***

1 15 1 2

...

153

4 48 1 2 20

1 1

413

1 141

4 232

1 2 3

8 2 2 2.1 16 16

1 1 1 1 1 6 8 2 2 11

...

***

...

***

...

Sand

]

***

...

***

...

་་་

599

600

Table II.

LIST of MEMBERS of the HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RESERVE ASSOCIATION at 31st March, 1907.

Atkinson, Dr. J. M.

*Allen, C. J.

*Auld, J. D.

Abley, T. Atkinson, R. D. Adams, T. R. J, Andrews, D. A.

*Beavis, C. E. H. *Bingham, J. E.

Bird, L. G. Berkeley, Sir H. S. Bird, R. E. O. *Bowley, F. B. L.

Braidwood, W. D.

Brett, C. W. T.

Brown, A.

Buyers, C. B.

*Bryer, A.

Boyce, W. B.

Blowey, A.

Brooks, R.

Brayn, J. J.

Branch, Captain B.

Bird, H. W.

Bond, C.

Barker, R.

Badcock, G.

Carter, W. L. Clark, Duncan. *Cunningham, A.

Chater, Sir Paul. Calthrop, H. G.

Capell, J. R.

Cooke, W. E.

Campbell, H. F. Cooms, H.

Chatham, Hon. W. Carruthers, E. S.

Davis, W. H. T. Dealy, T. K.

Dobbs, W.

Dougherty, E.

Duncan, G. L.

Donald, W. H.

Danby, W.

*Dow, P.

Douglas, Captain J.

Dawson, E. W.

Daniel, W.

Dixon, Captain A. W.

Dowley, W. A.

*Fullerton, A. R:

Forsyth, G. G. S. Franklin, A. C. Fisher, H. G.

Glover, C. Gibbs, L. Gow, J. C.

Gompertz, H. H. Graham, W. D. Grist, E. J.:

Grace, C. H.

*Goddard, Captain F. D.

Goldsmith, H. E. Gubbay, A. S. Goldring, P. W. Gale, C. H. *Galt, J.

Gow, D. Gubbay, C. S. Gibson, Adam. Gast, W. J. J. Griffin, A. E.

Green, S. E.

Gipson.

Hewett, E. A.

*Hickling, Rev. C. II.

*Hough, T. F.

Hughes, J. Owen.

Hutchings, J.

Harvie, J. H.

Hickie, S. D. Hastings, G. Hazeland, F. A. Humphreys, W. G. "Hosking, W. T.

Harston, Dr. G. M. Haxton, G. K. Hancock, S.

Harston, J. Scott. Henderson, J. M. Hett, F. P. *Hunter, H. E. R. *Hastings, J.

Hinds, E. 11.

Innes, Captain R. *Irving, E. A.

*Johnston, L. A. M.

Jordan, Dr. *Jones, P. N. H.

Jones, Dr. Evan. Jenkins, A. Jones, J. N. Jupp, J. A.

Douglas, J. P.

Denison, A.

Downing, T. C.

David, A. J.

Jack, W. C.

Edwards, W. T. Ezekiel, R. M. Egerton, T. S. Eves, G. W. Elwes, W. B.

Farell, U. A. Fraser, H. W.

Jordan, E. G. Joseph, E. S.

Kadoorie, E: S. Kew, C. H. W. Koch, Dr. W. V. M. Knyvett, P. K. King, R. H. Kadoorie, Ellis.

Katsch.

*Linton, A. R. Lyons, J. A. Lewington, J. S. Lewis, L. S. Lowe, A. R.

Logan, W.

Law, D. R. Logan, H. M. Lambert, J. Leask, W. L. Lamble, P. T.

Lane, E. C. Lemm, J.

Macfarlane, Dr.

Moore, Dr. W. B. A. Mackenzie, A. Maitland, F. Master, G. C. C. May, Hon. F. H. May, C. W. Moses, E. J. *McGubbin, J. Martin, T. H. May, G. H. Moir, A.

*Michael, J. R. Michael, S. H. Marriott, Dr. McInnes, J. McKenzie, D. J. Macdonald, Jas. Meyer, H. A. Moxon, G. C. Mooney, C.

Nobbs, A. P. Newington, A. G.

Ormiston, E. *Osborne, E.

*Parr, W. R. McD.

Piggott, Sir Francis, Powell, S. J. Parr, E. V. D. Peter, J. C. Pinckney, H. Potts, W. H. Pidgeon, J. H. Phelips, H. R. Plummer, L. *Philpotts, E. J. Pemberton, C. Pile, A. G. *Pearse, Dr. W. W.

Perkins, T. L. Patteudon, W. L. Parkinson, C, E.

*Robertson, H. W. *Rankin, J.

Rennie, A. H. *Rutter, E. W.

Ritchie, A.

Raymond, A. J. Rattey, W. J. Ram, E. A.

Richardson, H. T. Ramsay, W. Robins, F. T.

Rissland, H. F. L. Robinson, A. E. Ratcliffe, A.

Scott, Chas. R. Skelton, A. H. Stewart, W. M. *Stewart, Hon. G. Shepherd, E. B. Sutton, W. D. Sykes, Henry.

Smith, A. Brooke.

*Slade, H. W.

Sassoon, M. S. *Salinger, F.

Stubbings, J. J. *Seth, A.

Smith, A. Scott, J. Gray. Smith, P.

Shewan, Hon. R. Saunders, W. J. *Sullivan, E.

Simpson, T. K. Smyth, F. Swan, Dr. J.

Steadman, Dr. F. O. Steen, J. C. Stackwood, W. G. Southey, F.

Terrey, E. W.

Thomas, G. E.

Thomson, O. D.

Tomkins, H. E.

Turner, A.

Thomson, Hon. A. M.

Tuxford, A. S. Tollan, Duncan. Thornhill.

Tibbey, H. M.

*Underwood, J. H.

Unsworth, Captain.

*Wakeman, G. H.

Wise. Mr. Justice. Wheal, J. A.

*Wilks, E. C.

Wilkinson, C. D..

Wickham, W. H.

*Whitlow, A. W.

*Whittall, J. *Wilgross, H. T. Watt, A. W. J. Wright, E. J. Wodehouse, P. P. J. Watson, Malcolm. *Watson, W.

Willis, David. White, H. P.

* Signifies absent.

}

Rank.

601

Table III.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER TROOP.

Roll of Efficients.

Name.

Rank.

Name.

Lieutenant

Ross, C. II.

Trooper

Williams, A. J.

Sergeant

Murphy, L.

Master, R. F. C.

Corporal

Brutton, G. K. H.

Dupree, W. S.

Trooper

Forbes, D.

Hankey, E. A.

Hynes, A. C.

Morton Smith, G.

Looker, H. W.

Hickman, H. F.

وو

James, B.

Stewart, M.

Mackie, C. G.

Melbourne, C. D.

Howard, E.

Clarke, W. G.

Blason, C. H.

Dowbiggin, H. B. L.

Gresson, J. E.

Walker, A. T,

RAR RAR

Leefe, L. N. Slade, M.

Munro, R. F. Buxton Forman, E.

Gresson, W. J. Roberts, A. G.

Rank.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

Roll of Efficients for the year ending 31st March, 1907.

Major C. G. Pritchard,

Major A. Chapman,

Lieutenant C. Forsyth,..

....

Sergeant-Major W. Higby,

Staff Armourer G. W. Avenell,

STAFF.

.Commandant.

.2nd in Command.

Surgeon.

Corps Sergeant-Major. .Corps Armourer Sergeant.

RIGHT HALF, No. 1 COMPANY, II. K. V. ARTILLERY.

Roll of Efficients.

Name.

Rank.

Name.

Captain

Macdonald, D.

Lieutenant

Plummer, J. A. T.

Kennett, H. W.

Gunner

Humphreys, C.

Macdonald, D. (attached)

Humphreys, E.

Haggard, H. E.

งา

Sergeant

Hance, C. E. A.

ง

"">

Henderson, R.

Corporal

Mackie, A. J.

Bombardier

Seth, S. A. Herbst, C. E. Brett, L. E.

Craddock, H. E.

Seth, H. A.

Spittles, B. A.

Petley, H.

Peake, A. W. J.

Pelling, W. M.

Shaw, E. Sibbitt, J. T. Alves, C. M. S.

Leonard, J.

Bains, J. W.

Loureiro, F.

James, E. W. II.

Trumpeter

Gunner

Witchell, G. B. Bain, II. M.

Duncan, G.

Guy, L.

Delaney, L. T.

Pearman, H.

Colvin, H. E.

Watling, H. W.

Rank.

602

LEFT HALF, No. 1 COMPANY, H. K. V. ARTILLERY.

Roll of Efficients.

Name.

Rank.

Name.

Captain Lieutenant

Co. Sgt. Maj. Sergeant

Lammert, G. P.

Gubbay, J. S. Haytou, J. T.

Gunner

Clothier, A. V. Wilkins, F. E.

وو

Brown, F. A.

Gloyn, J.

Coles, J. C.

Sayer, H. W.

Read, W.

Longstaff, J.

وو

Corporal

Pellow, E.

Bombardier

Rogers, A. E.

Sayer, H. C.

Chapman, E. A.

Marshall, J.

وو

Crapnell, A. E.

Lock, H.

Hayward, E. M.

Gunner

Hamet, A. II.

Hill, G.

Penfold, J. II.

Brown, A.

Broadbent, A.

Hurlow, A.

་

Sanderson, W.

37.

Brandt, W.

Evans, G.

Lewingtou, W. J.

Friend, J.

Judah, J. J.

Catchick, G. G. Quick, H. J. Crawford, F. M. Arathoon, A. Mulrooney, J. J.

Joseph, J.

Hayward, C. B. Raymond, E.

Ellis, E. E.

Manuk, M. Boyd, J.

Brewer, H. E.

Rodrigues, C. A.

Rank.

€

RIGHT HALF, No. 2 COMPANY, H. K. V. ARTILLERY.

Roll of Efficients.

Name.

Rank.

Name.

Captain Lieutenant

Co. Sgt.-Mjr. Sergeant

Armstrong, W. Nicholson, W.

Northcote, M. S. Andrew, J. 1.

Blood, G.

Gunner

Ramsey, A. Lester, H. W.

Warrack, A. F. Hagen, E. C. Piercy, A. Reed, E. B. Forbes, N. S.

Rees, L. C.

Darby, A. J.

Corporal

Day, F. O.

Jacks, P.

Wright, A. E.

Hall, F. E.

Bombardier

Gunner

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

وو

}}

Austin, F. Bissell, W. F. Aucott, E. F.

Gray, H. C. Garrett, H. L. Jackman, H. T.

Biden, F. A. Laing, A. H. Pugh, A. J. Chapman, E. J. Ironside, W. Young, J. A. Turner, W. C. D. Blackburn, L. J.

Dermer, H. W.

3 3

وو

Vernon, T. C.

Lang, E. P. H.

McGillivray, J. P. Chalmers, J. H. Le Breton, L. Williams, W, H. Brayn, R. F.

Greenhill, L. S.

Bone, C. W. Bevington, F. Clarke, F. S.

Moore, S. Jay, J. W.

Arnold, E. L. Chapman, B. F. Gregory, A. Large, H. J.

Rank.

Captain

وو

Co. Sgt.-Mjr. Sergeant

Corporal

603

LEFT HALF, No. 2 CompanY, II. K. V. ARTILLERY.

Roll of Efficients.

Name.

Rank.

Name.

Skimmer, T.

Gunner

Frith, C. E.

Wood, G. G. (attached)

Coysh, G. W.

Rodger, J.

Ward, C. W.

Lochend, J.

McCorquodale, J.

McKirdy, A.

McIver, M.

Grimshaw, T.

ייִ

Duncan, R.

Eadie, J.

Dinning, II.

Hornibrook, E. L.

Johnston, J.

Kinnaird, J. D.

Boulton, S.

Crosbie, J.

.་

Scriven, H. E.

Bombardier

White, J. F. M.

Anderson, W.

Quinu, J.

Saunders, G. A.

Gunner

པ་

Sorby, V.

Hast, W.

Watson, J. J.

Bassford, W. F.

Durrance, W. II. Davidson, II.

McIntrye, J.

Muir, J. G. Bullen, J. A.

Melntrye, W.

Arnold, C. E. Peche, J.

Tillman, H.

McPherson, J. L.

Gibson, J. S.

O'Halloran, D. J. O).

Malden, J. F.

Evans, W. II.

Rank.

Name.

Captain

Crake, W. A.

Lieutenant

Reynolds, F. O.

Co. Sgr.-Mjr.

Logan, J. D.

Sergeant

Bevan, H. S.

Corporal

2nd

Sapper

Crawford, J. Lapsley, R.

Witchell, J. II.

Logan, J. C.

Kynock, G. W. Ross, W. E. Dixon, E. W. Dillon, F. H.

ENGINEER COMPANY.

Roll of Efficients,

Rauk.

Supper

Frost. B. L. Ross, J.

Name.

Lenfesty, F. P.'

Hall, II. S.

Watkins, II.

Clements, II.

Pepper, S. G.

Pearson, H. J.

Watson, V.

})

Barrington, J. II.

Lazarus, L.

Cullen, W. F.

Ross, J. Wolfe, W. H..

Watson, G.

First, J.

Lochead, H. W.

Simmous, A. J. W.

Knight, II. J.

Moore, F. Pryce, C.

Kennedy, F.

Pestonji, R. Haines, H. F.

Souza, M. A. R.

Chummert, O. R. Tennent. J. B. G.

604

Table IV.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

Report on Gun Practice carried out during the year ending 31st March, 1907.

Number Number

{

Date on which

Nature of Practice.

Practice was carried out.

present

Parade.

of Rounds

fired.

Range.

15-pr. B.L.

2nd October, 1906.

115

27th October, 1996.

112

2nd February, 1907.

Remarks.

Elementary Practice at Towed Targets 24×6×3. Speed about 5 knots. Car- ried out by Sections.

Service Practice C. R. A.'s Inspection at Towed Targets 24×6×3. Speed 6 knots. Service of Guns good. Laying and fuze setting good.

Elementary Practice from Stonecutters' East. Firing from behind cover at Tar- gets, on hill side at Chun Hue. Laying and fuze setting good.

Table V.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

Report on Gun Practice carried during the year ending 31st March, 1907.

Nature of Practice.

Date on which Practice was carried out.

Number Number present

Parade.

of Rounds fired.

Range.

303 Maxim. 17th October, 1906. 19th October, 1906.

368

445

27th October, 1906.

112

650

2nd March, 1907.

2,740

Remarks.

Instructional Practice on Stonecutters Rifle

Range.

C. R. A.'s Inspection.

Competition for Shield presented by Sir W.,

J. Gascoigue at Tai Hang.

י,

Table VI.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

MUSKETRY RETURN-HONGKONG VOLUNTEER TROOP.

605 -

No. I.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

No. 5.

No. 6.

No. 7.

Remarks.

Rank.

Name.

200 Yards

Lying

Sitting

500 to 200

Yards

300 Yards

7 Rounds.

300 Yards

Lying

7 Rounds

Magazine.

500 Yards

Total.

Lying

7 Rounds.

Lying

7 Rounds

Magazine.

Marks-

1st

men.

2nd

Class. Class.

3rd.

Class.

Trooper.

Munro, R. G.

163

Slade, M.

162

Lieutenant,

Ross, C. II.

159

Sergeant.

Murphy, L..

147

Trooper.

Williams, A. J.

141

Brutton, G. K. H.

138

Blason, C. H.

134

Walker, A. T.

131

Melbourne, C. D.

125

Looker, H. W.

117

...

Ilickman, II. F.

112

Hankey, E. A.

.20

111

...

Forbes, D..

110

Morrell, G. E.

Mackie, C. G.

Paterson, T.

Stewart, M.

Owen, E.

Dupree, W. S.

Hynes, A. C...

Master, R. F. C.

Dowbiggin, II.

Roberts, A. G.

Clarke, W. S.

Leefe, L. N.

Howard, E.

Potts, P. C.

Gresson, J. E.

Rutherford, N.

James, B.

Kent, II. W.

Gresson, W. J.

Forman, E. B.

21221 : 12

Leave.

} :2

ANNIERONDE*Taa pas p

110

103

101

-17

÷1

...

Did not

fire.

ان

}

...

Did not

fire.

...

Corps.

No.

Rank.

Table VII.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

MUSKETRY RETURN-HONGKONG VOLUNTEER ENGINEERS.

No. 1.

Name.

200 Yards

Lying.

No. 2.

200 Yards

Sitting.

No. 3.

200 Yards.

Kneeling

B. C.

No. 4.

No. 5.

No. 6.

Remarks.

300 Yards

Lying.

300 Yards

500 Yards Total.

Lying.

B. C.

Lying.

Marks-

1st

meu.

Class.

2nd

Class.

3rd

Class.

606

Captain. Lieutenant,

Crake, W. A.

Reynolds, F. O.

8825

Co. Sgt.-Mjr.

Logan, J.

Did not fire.

Sergeant.

Bevan, H. S..

Crawford, J.

212 200

Lapsley, R.

Corporal.

Witchell, J. H..

Logan, J. C..

2nd

Sapper.

Kynoch, G. W

Ross, W. E.

Dixon, E. W.

Dillon, F. II..

Ward, F.

Did

not fire.

Watson, V.

Did

not fire.

Barrington, J. H.

Cullen, W. F.

Ross, J

Wolfe, W. II.

Did not fire.

Watson, G.

Hirst, J.

Lochead, II. W.

Frost, B. L.

Did

not fire.

...

Ross, J., Jr.

བ:དེ དེ-::-::=21 :+

128

143

120

}

132

107

103

Quark, F. W.

Sick Leave,

...

Leufesty, F. P.

Hall, H. S.

Watkins, H.

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125

105

]

...

]

...

دو

Clements, II.

I k

Pepper, S. G.

Pearson, II.

Simmons, A. J. W.

Knight, II. J.

Moore, F.

Pryce, C.

Kennedy, F.

Lazarus, L.

Todd, A. H.

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ว

...

· 6

{

607

Table VIII.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

Revolver Practice Return, shewing percentage for the year ending 31st March, 1907.

No. of

Unit.

Number Firing.

Points

Percentage.

Remarks.

obtained.

Staff,

326

65-2

No. 1 Company Hongkong Volunteer Artillery,.

845

57.5

No. 2

366

61.0

Engineer Company,

172

57.3

Total.

1,209

Appendix A.

CAMP REPORT.

VOLUNTEER HEADQUARTERS, HONGKONG, 27th November, 1906.

•

From The Commandant, H.K. V.C. To:-Major, General Staff.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward the attached report on the Volunteer Camp held at Stonecutters' Island from October 13th to October 29th, 1906.

I also forward a duplicate copy, (with accounts attached), for the information of His Excellency the Governor.

Numbers. Out of a total number of 19 Officers and 224 N.C.O.'s & men, 15 Officers and 178 N.C.O.'s and men attended the Camp, 4 Officers and 35 N.C.O.'s and men were either absent from the Colony, ou Medical Certificate, or had special leave of absence from Camp.

The Hongkong Volunteer Troop did not attend the Camp and are therefore excluded

from the above total.

The average daily attendance was 136.75. In addition to the above 10 Cadets from the Victoria British School attended Camp from October 19th to 26th.

The following Table shows the average attendance and proportion of full strength on each day for the Camps 1901 to 1906 inclusive:-

Proportion

Date.

Strength deducting

Attendance at Camp.

those on leave.

Average Daily Attendance.

of Total Strength daily.

Officers.

N.C.O.'s & men. Officers. N. C. O,s & men.

1901,

286

204

157

.52

1902,

234

175

142.1

.568

1903,

204

159

121.6

.548

1904,

210

170

135.5

1905,

189

169

127.5

.631

1906,

189

178

136.75

.67

608

The average for this year again shows an improvement.

Drills.—I attach a Camp programme showing the drills carried out by all units. These were on the same lines as in previous years but a few innovations were introduced as for instance, marching order parades, skirmishing, a field day in conjunction with the 2nd Royal West Kent Regiment and more ceremonial parades, and gun laying was practised at a moving target.

The field day on Saturday, October the 20th, was carried out on Stonecutters' Island, the scheme being furnished by the O.C. 2nd R.W.K. Regiment, the Volunteers formed & portion of the landing and attacking force showing great keenness and carrying out their work satisfactorily.

Gun Practice.-Gun Practice from four 15-pr. B.L. Gun was carried out twice and maxim practice four times.

The Maxim Practice was on three occasions carried slowly and arrangements were made to instruct the men carefully in the various failures that are liable to occur with these guns, by putting dummy rounds or bad cartridges, etc., in the belts at intervals, by this means a more thorough knowledge was gained by the men than by ordinary rapid practice.

The 15-pr. B.L. practice was carried at a towed target for the first time, the target represented a rowing boat or pinnace moving at about 6 knots and having only a two foot free-board was by no means easy for Volunteers who do not have many opportunities for practice and a large number of them were recuits.

On October 22nd elementary practice was carried out and 61 rounds were fired in four series, the ranges varied from 1,100 to 1,500, the guns were fired from practically sea-level and therefore the observation was extremely difficult, consequently the Battery-Commanders continually judged their rounds as range when really they were considerably over, and the general fault was that the B.C.'s gave the order for time Shrapnel before the range had been correctly found. The target was frequently hit, but the range officer was unable to report the actual number of hits.

The

This elementary practice was of great value as instruction to all ranks and improved the powers of observation of Officers, and the rapidity and laying, etc., of the men. Gunnery Instructor R.A. pointed out that greater care was necessary in clamping Fuzes, and special instruction was therefore given in Fuze setting before the next practice.

On October 27th Colonel KENT, C.R.A., inspected the Artillery units at gun practice and the four 15-pr. B.L. guns were fired from the same site at a towed target.

72 rounds were fired in 6 series and all the gun squads were changed on to the Maxim Guns and fired at a barrel target, range about 1,000 yards. The Maxim practice was very good and with the exception of a few missfires due to faulty cartridges with sunk caps, the four Maxim Guns were fired in every case without a jam, this was a distinct improvement on last year's practice and I think points to the value of the careful instruction given at the practices on the range. The guns also have been kept in excellent condition by the Corps Armourer Sergeant.

With regard to the 15-pr. B.L. practice, the C.R.A. stated that he considered the Corps had made most distinct progress since last year.

He pointed certain faults in which improvements might be made in future, and these have been carefully noted with a view to their correction. He also considered that the Artillery Units should, if possible, carry out gun practice once a quarter, and if possible I propose to make arrangements for this as far as my supply of ammunition will allow me to

do so.

His Excellency the Officer Commanding the Troops inspected the Corps and the Camp on October 28th, he stated that there was a great improvement in the turn out of the Corps since his inspection in March, the equipment was better put on and the men looked smart on parade, he expressed approval of the Camp arrangements and referred to the keenness shown by all ranks at the Field Day on October 20th...

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The Officer in charge E.L. and Telephones detailed an Officer to carry out an examination of the members of the Engineer Company, all those who presented themselves passed satisfactorily.

Discipline. The discipline of all ranks was excellent.

Medical Officer's report. I attach a report from the Corps Medical Officer, Lieut. FORSYTH, who, with the assistance of a Corporal, R.A.M.C., carried out all the Medical and Sanitary arrangements very thoroughly.

Accounts. I attach a copy of the Camp accounts and a summary of the amount due from the Estimates for the purpose.

Remarks.-The Camp was laid out better than in previous years, and the tents were allotted 2 to each sub-division, which gave more definite responsibility to the N.C.O.'s, this proved satisfactory and improved the general discipline.

The Camp was again lit throughout with electric light by the Engineer Company. The members of this Company did excellent technical work under the R.E. Instructors.

A small matshed was fitted up with tubs as a bathroom for the men.

10 Cadets from the Victoria British School attended the Camp, and did some very useful work as semaphore signallers and at squad drill, the Headmaster of the school reports that they returned to school improved in health and discipline in consequence.

The Naval range was placed at the disposal of the Corps daily from 6 to 8 a.m., and occasionally in the afternoon, and most of the members of the Corps were able to carry out their Class firing.

The Officers and Staff Sergeants also carried out revolver practice with good results

Extra Instructors were kindly lent to the Corps by the C.R.A. and O.C. Royal West. Kent and all the instructors carried out their work well and tactfully.

The Officers of the Corps attended the Camp well and with the Staff greatly assisted in making the Camp a success.

I have, etc.,

C. G. PRITCHARD, Major,

Commandant, H. K. V. Corps.

OCTOBER, 1906.

Saturday 13th

Sunday 14th

10-15 a.m.

Divine Service

PROGRAMME FOR WORK IN CAMP, 1906.

Camp opened 2 p.m.

4-45 p.m. Infantry Drill. All Units. H.K.V.E. Temporary E.L. Circuits.

Tents to be arranged according to the autherized pattern in Camp.

Sergeants in charge of Sub-Divisions will be held responsible for this duty.

12 Noon. Camp Inspection by Com- mandant.

(See note to orders of October 14th.)

Monday 15th..

No. 1 Co. H.K.V.A..........] 6 a.m. No. 2 Co. H.K.V.A..........[ 6 a.m.

H.K.V.E.

15-Pr. Gun Drill, Officers to fall in as Gun numbers.

10 a.m.

Gun Laying

Maxim Gun Drill, Officers to fall in as

Gun numbers.

€ a.m. Squad and Company Drill..

10 a.m.

Do. 4-45 p.m. Instruction by R.E. Instructors. | 5-30 p.m.

4-45 p.m. 15-Pr. Gun Drill Maxim Gun Drill Instruction by R.E. Intructors. Defence Incandescent Lighting.

6 a.m.

2 men from Right Half No. 1 Co. H.K. V.A., to Musketry.

Tuesday 16th.....

No. 1 Co. I.K.V.A..

No. 2 Co. HIE.V.A.

II.K.V.E.

6 a.m.

Maxim Gun Drill, Officers to fall in as Gun numbers.

10 a.m.

6 9.m.

6 a.m. Musketry

15-Pr. Gun Drill, Officers to fall in as Gun numbers.

10a.m.

Instruction in Ammunition, | 4-45 pm. Fuze Setting, &c. Do.

Maxim Gun Drill

10 a m.

Wiring E.L. and Cables

4-45 p.m.

7-30 p.m.

15-Pr. Gun Drill

Manning Defence Lighting with R.E.

610

All Units.

4-45 p.m. Infantry Drill Rehearsal for 6 a.m. King's Birthday Parade.

4 Officers and the Staff Sergeants Revolver Practice.

Wednesday 17th.. No. 1 Co. H.K.V.A...

6 a.m.

15-Pr. Gun Drill

7 a.m.

Maxim Guu Drill and I'metice

No. 2 Co. H.K.V.A..

6 a.m.

Maxim Gun Drill and Practice

10 a.m.

Instructions by R.A. Instruct-

ors.

II.K V.E.

7 a.m.

6 a.m.

15-Pr. Gun Drill

structions of Dynamo Engines.

Instruction by R.E. Instructo:s in Con- | 10 a.m.

Command Telephones. Test- ing Oils.

Thursday 18th

No. I Co. H.K.V.A.

No. 2 Co. II.K.V.

II.K.V.E.

6 a.m.

Maxim Gun Drill

{1.1).

Ga.m.

7 a.in.

J♪-Pr. Gun Drill

15-Pr. Gun Drill

Maxim Gun Drill

6 a.m.

Musketry

10 a.m. Gun Laying

10 a.n.

Do.

4-45 p.m. Lecture by Instructor in Gun- | 6 a.m. 4 Officers and the Staff Sergeants Revolver nery, R.G.A. Practice.

5-30 p.m. E.L. Instructions, Theory of

Oil Engines.

Friday 19th

No. 1 Co. H.K.V.A.

No. 2 Co. H.K.V.A.

H.K.V.E.

All Units.

6 a.m.

Maxim Gun Drill and Practice.

10 a.m.

Mekometer Range Finding

4-45 p.m.

Infantry Drill, Skinnishing.

&c.

Ga.m.

E.I. Connections.

10 a.m. Instruction by R.E. Instructors.

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Saturday 20th

No. 1 Co. H.K.V.A.

All Units.

6a.m.

No. 2 Co. H.K.V.A. }

1.K.V.E.

Battery Drill and Fire Discipline Firing | 10 a m Blank Cartridge.

Gun Laying and Musketry...

2 p.m.

Field Day in conjunction with 6 a.m. Royal West Rent Regiment.

24 men from Left Half No. 1 Co. H.K. V.A. to Musketry.

6 a.m.

Instruction by R.E. Instructors Adjust-10 a.m. Musketry ment of Lamps & Starting Engines.

Sunday 21st

No. 1 Co. H.K.V.A,

No. 2 Co. H.K,V.A.

IL.K.V.E.

8,30 a.m.

Divine Service.

Official Guest Night. Monday 22nd

12 Noon. Camp Inspection by Com- mandant.

Instruction by R.A. Instruct-

Instruction by R. E. Instinet- ors. Testing Dynamos.

All Units.

4-45 p.m. Infantry Drill Rehearsal for H. E. the Governor will inspect the Camp at King's Birthday Parade.

5-15 p.m.

No. 1 Co, H.K.V.A.

6 a.m.

15-Pr. B.L. Elemenary Practice

10 a.m.

No. 2 Co. H.K.V.A. A

H.K.V.E.

OFS,

6 am. Musketry

10 a.m.

Tuesday 23rd

No. 1 Co, H.K.V.A.

No. 2 Co. H.K.V.A.

H.K.V.E.

6 a.m. Infantry Drill Marching Order.

10 a.m.

Fuze Setting and Gun Laying... 4-45 p.m.

15-Pr. B.L. Gun Drill

Do.

4-45 p.m.

Maxim Gun Drill

Instruction by R.E. Instructors. 6-30 p.m.

Working

Lights.

Defence Electric

Wednesday 24th.. No. 1 Co. I!,K,V.A..

Ga.m.

Maxim Gun Drill

10 a.m.

Range Finding

No. 2 Co. H.K.V.A.

II.K.V.E.

6 a.m.

15-Pr. B.L. Gun Drill

4-45 p.m.

4-45 pan.

6 am. Squad and Company Drill

10 a.m.

Instruction by R.E. Instructors | 4-45 p.m.

Maxim Gun Dri 1

15-Pr. B.L. Gun Drill

Company Drill

6 a.m.

Thursday 25th

No. 1 Co. II.K.V.A.

No. 2 Co. II.K.V.A. }

JL.K.V.E.

a.m.

Battery Drill and Fire Discipline March- | 10 a.m. ing past with Guns, &c., &c.

10 a.m.

6 a.m. Musketry

Gun Laying Instruction by R.E. Instruct- | 6-30 pm. ors Dismantling Projectors, Drawing Piston.

4-15 p.m.

Fire Discipline

Working Defence E.L.

6 a.m.

Friday 26th

No. 1 Co. H.K.V.A.

No. 2 Co. H.K.V.A.

11.K.V.E.

6 a.m.

Battery Drill and Fire Discipline March 10 a.m. ing past with Guns, &c., &c.

Fuze Setting and Gun Laying.... | 4-45 p.m.

Fire Discipline

6 a.m. Company Drill

10 a.m.

Instruction by R.E. Instructors. 5-30 p.m. Manning Defence Section

24 men from Right Half No. 2 Co. H.K. V.A. to Musketry.

Ga.m.

Revolver Practice for all Officers and Staff Sergeants who have not fired the Course.

24 men from Left Half No. 2 Co. H.K. V.A. to Musketry.

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Saturday 27th

No. 1 Co. H.K‚V.A.

No. 2 Co. H.K.V.A.

H.K.V.E.

6 a.m.

15-Pr. Gun Drill and Fire Discipline 10 a.m. Firing Blank Cartridge.

Gun Laying and Musketry

2-30 p.m. 15-Pr. B.L. and Maxim Prac 6 a.m. tice for Inspection by C.R.A.

6 a.m.

General Instructions by R.E. Instructors. | 10 a.m.

Musketry

*2-30 p.m.

Men from H.K.V.A. who have not pre- viously fired Musketry.

Technical Examination by * Every member of the Corps should be present 0. ile E.L. & Tele. at the 2-30 Parades.

Tent Inspection by Com- Inspection by H.E. the G.O.. mandant.

Sunday 28th

No. 1 Co. H.K.V.A.

No. 2 Co. H.K.V.A.

H.K.V.E.

9-15 a.m.

and

7-30 a.m.

Rehearsal for Ceremonial Parade

II a.m.

Divine Service H.E, the G.0.0. Camp Inspection by H.. the G.O.C. will attend. after Church Parade.

Monday 29th...

All bedding etc., to be returned to Quar- ter-Master's Store.

E.L. Store to be re- turned.

Camp struck and return to Hongkong.

In the event of the range being available from the 22nd instant, after 8 a.m., Musketry will be carried out at 10 a.m, on other days as well as Saturday.

612

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613

Diary of Work performed by the Electricians of the H.K.V.E. during Camp, 1906.

TIME.

DATE.

From

Το

WORK DONE.

1906.

13th Oct.

14th

5.00 p.m.

10.00 a.m.

6.00 p.m.

12 Noon.

Connecting up and wiring Camp for Incalescent Light.

14th

15th

5.30 p.m.

10.00 a.m.

7.00 p.m.

Making steps to Engine Room, and to upper part of Camp.

Lecture on "Employment of Searchlights."

12 Noon.

16th

17th

7.00 p.m.

6.00 a.m.

9.00 p.m.

7.30 a.m.

17th

6.00 p.m.

9.00 p.m.

Wiring Camp for Arc Lamps.

Defence manning with R.E.'s working Canturion group of Lights.

Lecture on "Dynamos."

Working Defence Lights, No. 19.

18th

10.00 a.m.

12 Noon.

Fitting up Lamps in Camp.

18th

5.30 p.m.

6.45 p.m.

19th

6.00 a.m.

7.15 a.m.

Working Defence Lights, Nos. 19 and 20.

Lecture on Cables and Instruments."

19th

10.00 a.m.

12 Noon.

Fixing and trimming Arc Lights.

19th

5.30 p.m.

6.30 p.m.

20th

6.00 a.m.

7.00 a.m.

20th

21st

22nd

5.30 p.m.

10.00 a.m.

6.30 p.m.

12 Noon.

Working Defence Lights, No. 19.

Lecture on "Adjustments of E.L. Lamps."

Working Defence Light, No. 19.

Trimming Are Lamps.

11.00 a.m.

Testing dynamos.

23rd

7.00 a.m.

8.00 a.m.

Tracing circuits on switchboards.

23rd

24th

10.00 a.m.

7.00 a.m.

12 Noon.

Work on Camp Lights.

8.00 a.m.

25th

7.00 a.m.

10.00 a.m.

8.00 a.m.

12.30 p.m.

وو

25th

26th

8.00 p.m.

7.00 a.m.

9.00 p.m.

8.00 a.m.

26th

10.00 a.m.

12 Noon.

Lecture on "Electric Light Projection."

Lecture on Dynamo faults."

Dismantling automatic lamp.

Working Defence Lights, Nos. 19 and 20.

Lecture on "Service telephones.”

Working Defence Light, No. 19.

26th

8.00 p.m.

9.00 p.m.

Focussing beams.

27th

6.00 a.m.

7.30 a.m.

Lecture on "Reflectors."

27th

29th

2.30 p.m.

6.00 a.m.

4.00 p.m.

12 Noon.

Technical Examination by O.C.E.L. & Telephones,

Dismantling E. L. installation in Camp. Returning stores.

614

Diary of Work performed by the Engine Drivers of the H.K.V.E. during Camp, 1906.

TIME.

DATE.

From

Το

WORK DONE.

1906.

13th Oct.

6.00 p.m. 11.00 p.m.

Running No. 19 for Camp Lights.

14th

6.00

11.00

Do.

15th

10.00 a.m.

12 Noon.

Lecture on Coil Lamps.

15th

6.00 p.m. 11.00 p.m.

Running No. 19 for Camp Lights.

16th

7.00

9.00

Running Nos. 12, 13, 14 for Defence Lights.

16th

6.00

11.00

Running No. 19 for Camp Lights.

17th

6.00 p.m. 11.00 p.m.

18th

10.00 a.m.

12 Noon.

18th

19th

5.30 p.m.

6.00 a.m.

19th

10.00

19th

5.30 p.m.

20th

6.00 a.m.

7.00 a.m.

6.00 a.m. 7.30 a.m.

6.45 p.m.

7.15 a.m.

12 Noon.

6.30 p.m.

Cleaning Sprays on Nos. 19 and 20.

Running No. 19 for Camp Lights.

Lecture on Oil Engines.

Running Nos. 19 and 20 for Defence Lights.

Cleaning air and Exhaust values.

Taking Diagrams on Nos. 19 and 20.

Running No. 19 for Defence Light.

Lecture on Vapouriser Valve box,

20th

5.30 p.m.

6.30 p.m.

Running No. 19 for Defence Light.

21st

6.00

11.00

22nd

10.00 a.m.

11.00 a.m.

22nd

23rd

7.00 a.m.

23rd

10.00

23rd

24th

7.00 a.m.

6.00 p.m. 11.00 p.m.

8.00 a.m.

12 Noon.

6.00 p.m. | 11.00 p.in.

8.00 a.m.

Running No. 19 for Camp Lights.

Lecture on oil pumps.

Running No. 19 for Camp Lights.

Cleaning spray on No. 19.

Taking Diagrams on Nos. 19 and 20.

Running No. 19 for Camp Lights.

Starting and Stopping Oil Engines.

24th

6.00 p.m. 11.00 p.m.

Running No. 19 for Camp Lights.

25th

7.00 a.m.

8.00 a.m.

Lecture on Lubrication.

•

25th

10.00

12 Noon.

25th

دو

26th

8.00 p.m.

7.00 a.m.

9.30 p.m.

26th

10.00

8.00 a.m.

12. Noon.

وو

26th

27th

6.00 a.m.

7.30 a.m.

27th

2.30 p.m.

27th

6.00

11.00

6.00 p.m. 11.00 p.m.

4.00 p.m.

Cleaned piston on No. 20.

Running Nos. 19 and 20 for Defence Lights.

Starting and Stopping Oil Engines.

Lecture on Indicator Diagrams.

Running No. 19 for Defence Lights.

Lecture on Oil Engines generally.

Technical Examination by O. C. E. L. & T.

Running No. 19 for Camp Lights.

28th

6.00

11.00

Do.

29th

6.00 a.m.

12 Noon.

Returned stores.

•

615

Appendix B.

HONGKONG, 31st December, 1906.

•

To Major CHICESTER, D. S. O.,

D. A. A. G.

Volunteer Troop Camp in New Territories.

SIR,-In accordance with your request, I now give you a short report on our Camp, held near Sheung Shui in the New Territories from the 22nd to the 27th instant.

I endeavoured, as far as possible, to follow the lines indicated in your note of the 17th December, but I regret that owing to the rainy weather and consequent heavy mist which overhung the hilltops for three out of the four days at my disposal, it was not feasible to pick up points which would make good signalling stations to link up the telephone stations or replace them.

The accompanying map, (which please return) shows marked in red the roads and paths either ridden or walked over by sections of the Troop. Generally speaking the country paths, owing to their narrowness and to the prevalence of cobble stones, are not well suited for large and shod China ponies such as we ride. We had

We had many falls (none) however serious) owing to ponies slipping on the cobble or off the narrow stone bridges and high bunds, and though possibly with more practice and without shoes, our ponies would be- come accustomed to such work, there is no doubt that the small local "fat" of about 11 hands in height, and accustomed to go about unshod, is better suited for the country in question.

We visited the following telephone stations :—

Sheung-Shui.

Taku-Ling (Kong-Tau-Ha).

Shau-Ta-Kok.

Tai-Po.

San-Tin.

Au-Tau.

Ping-Shan.

and followed the line of wires, most of which however were down or in bad order, pre- sumably the result of the late typhoon.

The Samchun River was followed, partly on foot, partly on ponies, and partly by boat, from its source to its month. Several fordable points were discovered between Lofu ferry and Kong Tau Ha, though possibly at high water these might not be available. Above the last named place the river is fordable at most places. Below Lofu ferry no fordable places were found, but the river could be crossed by ponies at several points with a short swim.

The Kong-Tau-Ha, Fanling, and Kamtin Valleys, were visited and well explored. Castle Peak and Shap-Hat-Heung Valleys being well known to most of our men, were merely crossed en route to the Autau and Ping Shan Police Stations.

I enclose one or two of the reports handed in by members of the Troop after riding over some of this country, which will illustrate the style of work we performed and the interest taken therein.

Our Camp was pleasantly situated on flat ground at the base of the hill about ♣ a mile North of Ho Sheung Heung and 14 North-west of Sheung Shui. A good stream of water flowing direct from the mountain passed the site, the soil was sandy in nature and therefore despite the heavy rain we suffered little or no discomfort. Only two tents collapsed, owing to the high wind: (in connection I would remark that only four pegs were issuel for each side of the 80 lbs. tents, instead of eight which are certainly requisite in sandy soil such as is found in the Fanling Valley).

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Twenty members of the Troop, (out of a total available strength in the Colony of thirty-three), attended the Camp, with twenty-two ponies. All grooming, cleaning, of saddlery and equipment was performed by the men themselves, four mafoos only being present, .e., one to look after O/C.'s two ponies, one in charge of fodder and two to clean up the stables. A Chinese farrier also attended, and had to reshoe no less than six ponies, notwithstanding that all had been freshly shod within two days of starting for the Camp. The granite nature of the Taipo road is very hard on ponies" shoes, and wears them down to the thickness almost of paper in a very short time.

Some of the ponies covered as much as 100 miles during our five days of absence from Hongkong, two only returned slightly lame, one caused by a fall from a stone bridge. There were no cases of sore backs.

Our saddles and new rifle buckets (carried under the right leg), were a great success, but many of our bridles and head stalls were found to be quite rotten, the leather having perished and consequently breaking with the least strain.

We had very little trouble transporting our ponies across the harbour, but I would recommend that a good broad gangway be supplied to connect the lighter with the shore, the planks at present in use are too narrow as ponies are apt to slip off them.

It would be a great convenience if some arrangement could be made with the Star Ferry Company to carry ponies across the Harbour in their ferry boats, and if such means of transport was available it would permit of the Troop visiting the New Territories with greater frequency.

In conclusion, I think I may say that the Camp was a success in every way, the members of the Troop thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and obtained much useful knowledge of the New Territories.

All responded loyally to every call made upon them, and every man had his fair share of night sentry work.

I have, etc.,

C. H. Ross, Lieut.,

Commanding Hongkong Volunteer Corps.

HONGKONG.

No. 1907

DETAILS OF CONTENTS OF RESERVOIRS, &c., ARRANGED ACCORDING

TO THE RAIN YEAR 1906-1907.

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

WET SEASON.

DRY SEASON.

Table XVIII.

(Mr. Chadwick's Report of 10th April, 1902, Paragraphs 25 and 26.)

CITY OF VICTORIA AND HILL DISTRICT WATERWORKS,

Details of Contents of Reservoirs, &c., arranged according to the Rain Year 1906-1907.

MONTH.

POKFULAM.

TAITAM.

In Reser- Discharged voir 1st of

Bye-wash.

Main.

into

Tunnel.

In Reservoir 1st of month.

into

Tunnel.

month.

WONG-NEI-CHEONG.

TOTAL CON-

MINT DAM

TENTS OF COLLECTED TOTAL Cox- IMPOUNDING

AND

GRAND

RAIN-

FROM

into

Tunnel.

1ST OF

MONTH.

SUMPTION BLUE POOL (Un-

FALL.

REMARKS.

TOTAL.

(Inches),

Discharged In Reser-Discharged RESERVOIRS

voir 1st of

month.

May,

June,

July,

; August,.... 65,730,000 30,521,000 3,178,000 297,400,000 93,162,000 14,202,000 September, 19,260,000 | 26,654,000 || 442,000 268,660,000 64,654,000 13,627,000

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| 48,590,000 18,413,000 1,370,000 97,280,000 62,929,000 10,971,000 1,302,000 159,211,000 29,294,000 111,938,000 1,837,000 113,775,000 11.58 66,000,000 22,972,000 3,376,000 219,880,000 39,216,000 28,341,000 31,440,000 317,597,000 20,067,000 113,695,000 1,783,000 115,478,000 5.89 64,920,000 26,666,000 1,269,000 278,170,000 84,066,000 6,548,000 351,207,000 11,603,000 122,335,000 1,985,000 124,320,000 6.94 380,510,000 6,321,000 130,004,000 2,554,000 132,558,000 331,989,000 · 27,910,000 ₫ 119,218,000 2,542,000 | 121,760,000 30.59 | | 70,220,000 36,303,000 25,842,000 399,320,000 81,920,000 51,678,000 3,853,000 527,063,000 9,607,000 131,683,000 4,164,000 135,847,000 8,138,000 402,300,000 68,723,000 27,762,000

October,

59,980,000|22,584,000 November,.. 59,980,000 22,584,000 December, . 50,550,000|19,599,000 January, ... 36,000,000 20,172,000- February, 23,425,000 20,987,000 March,..... 5,440,000| 8,360,000 460,000 5,070,000

April,

Constant supply except in Rider Main Districts.

3.97

General Constant supply from 18th.

1.32

372,550,000| 76,866,000|22,173,000

497,000 287,845,000 78,332,000 1,703,000 730,000 225,520,000 97,298,000 1,844,000 781,000|148,960,000| 84,818,000 1,768,000

| 498,180,000 9,654,000 100,961,000 4,120,000 105,081,000 4,815,000 445,273,000 13,103,000 114,383,000 4,120,000 | 118,503,000 324,150,000 63,852,000 13,074,000 14,616,000 373,224,000 9,929,000 108,569,000 1,895,000 110,465,000 313,470,000 3,463,000 102,782,000 1,453,000 104,235,000 233,534,000 3,578,000 109,231,000 |. | - 151,969,000 9,430,000 99,318,000 4,751,000 104,069,000 11.75

9,654,000|100,961,000

0.17

Constant supply except in Rider Main Districts from 1st.

0.66

3.44

Universal Constant supply

0.16

from 4th to 14th.

Remainder by Rider Mains

592,000 : 109,823,000

0.33

وو

Total,...

258,301,000;

895,831,000

56,026,000

155,959,000 1,364,117,000 31,797,000 1,395,914,000 76.80

Constant supply, 55

Partial Intermittent supply, 310 days.

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Estimated average population for whole year, Consumption per head per day for whole year,.

.203,910.

18.3

during Constant supply,

.....20.8

Partial Intermittent supply,

..17.9

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638

HONGKONG.

REPORT ON THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS' PENSION FUND,

FOR THE YEAR 1906.

No. 1907

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Governor.

HONGKONG, 1st February, 1907.

The amount to the Credit of the Fund on the 31st December last was $272,960.20 including $14,613.37 for interest as per Statement appended.

The average monthly contributions amount now to about $2,700.00.

On the 31st December, 1905, the number of contributors on the books was 497 and on the 31st December, 1906, 551, of whom 203 are bachelors, 336 are married men and 12 are widowers.

During the

year, 111 joined the Fund, 54 left and 9 died.

The total number of children on the books is 499.

Of the 54 who left, 31 resigned the Government Service and 23 were dismissed.

The 9 subscribers who died were 3 bachelors and 6 married men.

"The causes of death were as under :-

1 Indian

1 European

1 Chinese

(52) Pneumonia. (27) Typhoid Fever. (39) Plague Bubonic.

(29) Died in his country.

1 European (34) Delirium Tremens.

1 European

1 Indian

1 Chinese

(51) Acute Gastro Enteritis. (58) Cancer.

(27) Died in his country.

(36) Died in his country.

110

There are now in the List 33 pensioners whose pensions in dollars aggregate $3,612.45- per annum as follows

Mrs. Beavin,

14.45

Moosdeen,

63.67

Moore,.....

239.85

Chan Tai,

54.85

Alarakia's Child,..

48.89

Chu Tsau,

81.62

Wong Yau Lui,

5.12

Chow Hung Shi's Child,

23.26

Lo Lai Shi,...

113.26

Madar's Daughter,

30.91

Wildey,

247.63

Ho Yow Tsoi,

187.51

Gutierrez,

236.19

Robertson,

163.78

Cheung Hon Shi,

17.86

Freire,...

41.99

Duncan,

215.68

Hood,

15.04

Leung Wong Shi,

34.08

Sun Au Yung Shi,

99.46

Ku Yiu Kyau,

94.03

Wong Fung Shi,

99.40

Dixon,

249.00

Rocha..

181.02

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Gidley, Williamson,...

Luk Man Shi, White,....

Collaço,

Tsoi So,

213.80

192.74

115.81

114.54

185.46

31.77

Chan Lui Ying,

Wong Li Sze...

Leong Shi,

64.18

15.53

90.07

Total,

$3,612.45

In addition there is one pensioner in Sterling Mrs. Barnes Lawrence who draws £71. 3s. 5d. per annum.

A. M. THOMSON,

Chairman.

L. A. M. Johnston,

E. H. D'AQUINO,

DAVID WOOD,

R. CROFTON,

Directors.

111

STATEMENT OF THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS' FUND

UP TO 31ST DECEMBER, 1906.

To Balance 1st January, 1906,

Contributions,

Less Refunds,

Interest,

$233,013.67 | By Pensions paid to Widows,..

$32,844.13 29.51

Commuted Pensions paid to Widows, Pensious paid to Orphans,

$ 3,502.69 729.90

63.85

32,814.62 14,613.37

Sums paid on the caucelment of

memberships,

2,409.02

Expenses of Management,

Printing,

Auditor's fee,

Balance,

600.00 56.00

120.00 272,960.20

$ 280,441.66

To Unclaimed Pensions :-

Mrs. Beavin,

Moore,

Alarakia's Child,

Chu Tsau,

21.09 119.92

77.41

54.42

Vong

Yow Lui,

3.41

Chow Hung Shi's Child,

23.26

Wildey,

82.54

Robertson,

54.60

Freire,

7.00

Hood,

22.52

Ku Yui Kyan,..

31.36

Wong Fung Shi,

91.12

Dixon,

83.00

Gidley,

71,27

Chau Lai Ying,..

10.68

Leong Shi,.....

29.86

783.46

Mrs. Barnes Lawrence £17.11.2 at

2/34,...

To Amount of the Fund,

154.64

272,022.10

$ 272,960.20

By Balance deposited with the Govern-

ment,

$280,441.66

$ 272,960.20

$272,960.20

Sessional Papers - 1907