Government Gazette Supplementary | 政府憲報副刊 | 1907





No. I.

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The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of FRIDAY, the 1st of MARCH, 1907.

Published by Authority:

JURORS LIST FOR 1907.

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

HONGKONG

TO WIT.

NAME IN FULL.

Anton, Charles Edward............ Arculli, Abdoolla Fuckeera Arima, Tadaichi................... Babington, Anthony Barton, John

Beattie, Andrew..... Becker, Arthur Wilhelm

Arthur.........

Bérindongue, 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

I. SPECIAL JURORS.

OCCUPATION.

Merchant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Army & Navy Contractor, Manager, 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., Merchant, H. Wicking & Co.......... Merchant, S. J. David & Co.,

Manager, Commercial Union Assurance

Co., L.,

Civil Engineer, Denison, Ram & Gibbs,...

ABODE.

Red Hill, Peak. 20 Yee Wo Street.

Ou 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.

Marine Surveyor, Goddard & Douglas,...... Tantallon, Barker Road, Peak.

NAME IN FULL.

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SPECIAL JURORS,-Continued.

OCCUPATION.

ABODE.

Dowley, Walter Arthur... Ehmer, Hermann

Forbes, Andrew..

Frey vogel, Ernest Fuchs, Friedrich

Arnold.....

Fung Wa Chün

Hermann

Gaskell, William Henry

Gibbs, Lawrence, Göetz, Erust

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.....

General Manager, Vacuum Oil Co.,....... Merchant, Grossmann & Co., Merchant, Bradley & Co., Manager, Russo-Chinese Bank,

Merchant, 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.,

Hooper, Augustus Shelton...... Secretary, Hongkong Land Investment &

Hạ Tung.

Agency Co., Ld., Merchant,

Hough, Thomas Frederick..............] Broker, & Govt. Auctioneer, Hughes &

Howard, Albert

Hughes, Edward Jones...

Humphreys, Henry Jessen, Johann Heinrich Kiene, Ferdinand Lammert, George Philip Lau Chu Pak Lauts, Johan Theodor Law, Donaldson Riddell, Layton, Bendyshe..... Leiria, João Joaquim.... Lenzmaun, 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

Ormiston, Evan

Ough, Arthur Henry Parlane, William

Pemberton, George William

Cyril

Peter, John Charles Pinckney, Herbert... Ram, Edward Albert.. Raymond, Abraham Jacob Rennie, Alfred Herbert... Rodger, Alexander Rose, Thomas Isaac, Ross, Charles Henderson Rumjahn, 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

Hough,

Merchant, D. Sassoon & Co., Ld., Broker, & Govt. Auctioneer, Hughes &

Hough,

Merchant, J. D. Humphreys & Son, Merchant, Jebsen & Co., Auctioneer, Auctioneer,

Assistant, A. S. Watson & Co., Merchant, Lauts, 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, Rädlecker & Co., Chief-Aert., 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., Ltd.,

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 Brokeṛ,

Architect, Denison, Ram & Gibbs,, Merchant, E. D. Sassoon & Co.,... Merchant, A. H. Rennie & Co., Sugar Refier, China Sugar Refinery, Secretary, Duck Co.,.....

Merchant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Merchant, Rumjahu & Co., Exchange Broker,

Secretary, Union Insurance Society of

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.,

Hongkong Hotel.

Fair View, 1 Robinson Road. Eilandonan, Peak. Ou 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, 198, Peak. 9 Macdonnell Road.

10 Queen's Gardens, Peak Road. Des Vœux Road Central. On premises. Dunnottar, Peak.

Caine Road.

Rougemont, 1 Macdonnell Road. Caine Road.

8 Des Vœux 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 Arbuthnot 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.

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SPECIAL JURORS,-Continued.

OCCUPATION.

ABODE.

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..

NAME IN FULL.

Exchange Broker,

Broker,

Manager, Deutsch Asiatische Bank, General Manager, Chai On Marine Ins.

Co., Ld, .

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, Donglas, Lapraik & Co.,

Secretary, China Traders' Ins. Co., Manager, Electric Light Co., Storekeeper, Lane, Crawford & Co., Engineer, Punchard, Lowther & Co., Acting Chief Manager, Dock Co.,

II. COMMON JURORS.

OCCUPATION.

113, Plantation Road, Peak. Prince's Building. Hatherleigh, Conduit Road.

42 Bonham Strand West. Queen's Building. Earnsfoot, 30 Robinson Road. Eggesford, Peak.

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, Wyudham Street. Hongkong Club.

Kowloon Docks.

ABODE.

A

Aagaard, Bjarne..................

Abdoolrahim, Abdoolhoosen.. Abraham, Albert

Abraham, Ezekiel

Abraham, Ezra Abraham, Joseph Abraham, Reuben Adams, Francis Robert John. Ahmed, Sheik Aboo ..... Ahrendt, Carl Max Heinrich... Aitken, Robert Akamatsu, Hiyoichi Allen, Frank Stanley. Allen, William Stanley Alvares, Luiz Maria Jacques Alves, Antonio Luiz Alves, José Maria Amerudeen, Ismail H. Anderson, James David Smith Anderson, John William .............. Anderson, Lionel John Crossley, Anderson, William Andrew, John Ingram Andrews, David Alexander Antia, Naorojce Kersaspjee Apear, Arratoon Vertaines Arenlli, Adul Kader el Arculli, Osman el Armstrong, John Henry

William

Arnold, Charles

Aruold, John

Arnott, Thomas

Arratoon, Carapiet Manaser. Asger, Asadullah Ebrahim

Asger, Mehdi Ebrahim Aucott, Ernest Frank

Auld, James Durran Austin, Anthony Roy Austin, Frank

B

Backhouse, James Herbert Bailey, William Seybourne

Bain, Alexander..

Baker, James..

Steamship Agent, Aagaard Thoreson & Co., Austin Avenne, Kowloou.

Architect,

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, IIK. Milling Co., Ld., Assistant, Melchers & Co., Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Merchant,

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. Apear & 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.

Ice House Street. 21 Cochrane Street.

12 Praya East. On premises. On premises.

Quarry Bay Shipyard. 157 Praya East.

49 Hollywood Road. 45 Wyndham Street. 20 Yee Wo Street.

20 Yee Wo Street.

2 Elliott Crescent, 27 Robinson Road,

16 Shankiwan Road,

Accountant,IIK.C.&M.Steamboat Co., L., 9 Humphreys' Avenue, Kowloon.

Engineer, G. I. Cement Co., Ld., Assistant, A. H. Rennie & Co.,.

Asst., UK. 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-ün, Kowloon.

2 Chater Road.

49 Wyndham Street.

49 Wyndham Street.

Glenshiel, Plantation Road, Peak. Dodwell & Co.'s premises.

6 Observatory Villas, Kowloon. 1 Connaught Road.

2 Pedder Street. Hongkong Hotel. Bowrington. 10 Gage Street.

NAME IN FULL.

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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. ....... Bassford, William Faulkner 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, John 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, Percy.

Bulmer, J. Herbert,

Bune, Thos. Friedrich Andreas Bunje, Emil Theodor.... Burjor, Dhunjeebhoy Sorabjee

  Dady Burke, Harry Austin.. Buru, George Andrew Buyers, Charles Badenoch...

C

Caldwell, Daniel Augustus Caldwell, George Arthur Campbell, Francis Campbell, Hugh Frank. Campbell, La Clair F. Capur, Mangal Sen

Carmichael, Hugh Fletcher Carroll, William Joseph Cassidy, Michael

Castro, Joaquim Telles

d'Almada e

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,

Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, 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 Son & 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., Ltd., 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.,

Estate and Mortgage Broker, Chief Clerk. Dock Co.,.... Crane Driver, Butterfield & Swire, Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co., Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co., Godown Keeper, China Sugar Refinery, Consulting Engineer,

Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co.,

Locomotive Driver, Butterfield & Swire,...

14 Sau Wa Fong, Wanchai. Taiping, Mount Gough, Peak. 25 Des Vœux 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. On premises. On 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. 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. Straukiwan Road.

60 Des Voeux Road.

Hotel Baltimore, Wyndham Street. Shaukiwan Road.

Peak.

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.

Catchick, Gregorius George... 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, Henry Christian Clelland, Joseph.. Clemann, Ernest, Cobden, Alfred Sydney.. Cobley, Augustus Otto

Fresenius

Colahan, Henry James Collett, Charles

Collins, James

Connor, Joseph Leo Cooke, Charles John Cooper, Rustomjee Burjorjec... 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, Henry Edwin

Craik, James Crapnell, Albert Edward Crawford, Frank

Lane

Malcolm

Crawford, William Joseph Crispin, Charles... Crosbie, James

Cruickshank, Geo. Seymour

Cruickshank, John. Curreem, Vahab... Currie, Alexander Scott Curry, George Percy

OCCUPATION.

Clerk, E. D. Sassoon & Co., 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, Laune, Crawford & Co., Assistant, Standard Oil Company, Assistant, Standard Oil Co., Banker, International Bankg. Corpn.,. Engineer, Standard Oil Co.,

Secretary, HK. C. & M. Steamboat

Co., L,

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 Rond.

Hongkong Club. 38 Caine Road. 38 Caine Road. On premises.

1 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.

Cashier, Russo-Chinese Bank,.

Civil Engineer,

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. Dranghtsman, 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, IIK. & 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 Sagar 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 Vœux Villas, Mount Kellett,

Peak.

33 Praya East. Hongkong Club. On premises.

On premises. Kowloon Docks. Kowloon Docks. Quarry Bay.

The Summer House, Mt. Kellett,

Peak.

Hotel Baltimore.

22 Leighton Hill Road. Quarry Bay.

Westbourne Villa, N.

D

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., Lal.,

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.

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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 Danlop, Gustaaf Abram Dunrich, Arthur Ellis

William

Durrance, Wm. Henry Dutton, Sydney Hardy

Eadie, James

E

Eberius, Gottfried Fritz Edwards, George Richard. Edwards, Gilbert Hamilton Einstmann, John William Ellis, Albert

Ellis, David Ezekiel

Ellis, Ezekiel Isaac

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 Marcas Ezra, Edward.

Ezra, Reuben

Fairnie, Robert

F

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, Panchard, 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. Wieking & 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 Sagar 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, Win. Shewan & Co., Assistant, S. J. David & Co., Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Merchant, Wm. Meyerink & Co., Agent, Netherlands Trading Society,

Book-keeper, East Asiatic 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.,

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.

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.

Banker, Chartered Bank of I. A. & C., ... On premises.

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, Wegener & 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.,

On premises.

On premises.

Ou premises.

Taikoo Terrace, Quarry Bay.

Ou 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.

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NAME IN FULL.

7

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,

Acet., 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.

G

Gaddie, James

Gaddie, Willis H.

Galloway, Alfred Douglas..

Galloway, Robert Dryden Gamblen, Ernest

Gange, Leonard

Miller,

Miller,

Assistant, Butterfield & Swire, Asst., Taikoo Sugar Refinery,

Wharfinger, IIK. & K. W. & Godown Co., Clerk, HK. & S'hai Bank,

Gardner, William Frederick ... Engineer, HK. Rope Manufacturing Co.,

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 Glendinning, Walter Glissman, Ludwig Panl Glover, Campbell Gloyn, John 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

Graham, James William Grant, George.... Gray, Herbert Castell Gray, Samuel Herbert Gray, Thomas Charles Greenfield, Samuel Billings Greenbill, Leslie Solbé Gregory, Alfred ....... Gregory, Tigran Matthews Gresson, John Edward Grey, Coosby French... Griffin, Albert Edwin Grimble, Charles Frederick

George Grimshaw, Thomas

Groscamp, William Hendrick.. Gubbay, Aaron Sassoon Gubbay, David Sassoon.... Gubbay, Joseph Sassoon Gubbay, Raphael Aaron

Guimarães, Marcellino da Silva

Günther, François Guy, James.......

Lilo,

Asst., China Fire Insurance Co., Ld.,

Clerk,

Asst., W. Powell & Co., Manager, Horse Repository, Broker, Erich Georg & 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, Caricwitz & Co.,... Acct., Punchard, Lowther & Co. Assistant, China Sugar Refinery, Assistant, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Clerk,

Assistant, Ullman & 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.,

On premises.

Villa Maria, Glenealy.

Kowloon.

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. 1 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. Čo.,

Assistant, Reiss & Co.,

Manager, Harris, Keeney & Co., Assistaut, 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 Shaukiwan Road, Peak Hotel.

Peak Hotel.

45 Wyndham Street. East Point.

Kowloon Docks.

Martinhoe, Barker 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.

NAME IN FULL.

OCCUPATION.

ABODE.

H

Haesloop, Conrad Theodore

Bernhard

Ilaines, Hereward Francis.. Hales, George Lister Hall, Frederick Charles.. Hall, Jonathan

Hall, Thomas Philip Halton, Frederick Joseph Hamet, Abdool Hoosen..... Hance, Cyril Eugene Agathou 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, Paul Edward Heinrich

William

 Helmers, Johann Christian Helms, Wilhelm.

 Hemmings, Robert Edward Henderson, John Mentiplay Henderson, Robert

 Hendley, Hugh Stevenson.. Henly, Harold Edward Herbst, Carl Emil Peter Hesse, Franz Heubel, Hermann Hewitt, Alfred Herbert Heyde, Oscar Von der Ilickie, Sidney Douglas.. Hickling, Clement Climery Hickman, Harry Frank Hill, Walter Joseph Hobbs, William James Hoggard, Fred Hobl, Wilhelm Ho Kam Tong

Holmes, Herbert Skerritte...... Holyoak, Percy Hobson

Hooper, Joseph

Hoskins, John Thomas

Ho U-ming...

Howard, Edward

Howarth, Henry..

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, II.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 House,

Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Marine Engineer, Dodwell & Co., Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Assistant, E. S. Kadoorie & Co., Clerk, Rumjahn & Co.,

Manager, N. Y. Import & Export Co., Engineer, Dock Co.,.............

Manager, Hongkong Hotel, Brakesman, Peak Tramway, Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co., Bookkeper, Laue, 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, Eiustmann & Co., Merchant, e/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 Insuranec 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, IIK. & 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.

On 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 Lycemoon 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 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon. 7 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon. Coombe, Magazine Gap.

2 Austin Avenue, Kowloon. Smith Villas, Magazine Gap. Quarry Bay.

11 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon.

Hotel Mansions.

25 Belilios Terrace.

31 Robinson Road.

58 Elgin Road, Kowloon. Kowloon Docks.

Glendaval, 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. [Kowloon.

1 Cameron Villas, Peak. 4 Queen's Road Central.

i

NAME IN FULL.

9 ..

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

1

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., & Shai Bank, Clerk, Dock Co.,

Assistant, HK. & S'hai Bank,

Ilmer, Paul Eugene Gotthelf ..| Assistant, Deutsch Asiatische Bank,

Innes, Robert

Ironside, William

Irving, Jobu Mark..

J

Jack, William Charles

Jaffer, Allymahomed.

Jahrand, 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, Johu 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.. Judah, James Jacob Judah, Raphael Solomon Jupp, John Ambrose.....

K

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

 Hermand 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, Hongkong 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., Ld.,

Merchant, Jebsen & Co., Assistant, Jebsen & Co., Bookkeeper, Hongkong Hotel, Clerk, Waverley Hotel,... Marine Supt., Nordd. Lloyd, Tobacconist,

Assistant, W. Powell Ld.,.. Foreman, Clerk,

Clerk, IIK. & S'hai Bank,

Engineer, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, ........

Assistant, Java-Japan-China Liju, 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,

Assistant, China Borneo Co., Ld., Assistant, Butterfield & Swire, Clerk, HK. & K. W. & Godown Co., Manager, Hongkong Steam Water Boat

Co., Ltd.,

Merchant, Holland China Trading Co., Actg. Manager, Bank of Taiwan,

Civil Engineer, Punchard, Lowther & Co.,

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.

Glenshiel, 125 Barker Road, Peak. Hongkong Hotel. On premises.

East Point.

4 Kimberley Villas, Kowloon. Ou premises.

11 Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon. East Point.

Quarndon, 2 Peak Road. Ou 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. 82, Peak.

NAME IN FULL.

10

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 Kraeutler, Albert

Krebs, Hugo Karl Julius

Kruse, Bernhard Antou.............. Kullmann, John George Willy Kyles, John

Lambert, John

L

Lumbert, John James Bain Lammert, Alexander Herbert Lammert, Frank...

Lammert, Lionel Eugene Lamperski, Albert Wilhelm Lane, Edward Courtenay Lang, Archibald Orr Langley, Albert Percy Langstein, Ludwig Victor...... Lapsley, Robert

Laurenz, Rudolph

Lau Wan Kai............

Lau Yan-pan

Leask, William Loughton

Lee, Corinth Henry

Lee, James..

Lehrs, Paul...

Lemm, John

Lester, Hugh William

Leung Fee Cooke

Lenz, 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, Grossmann & Co., Assistant, Lauts, Wegener & Co., Manager, HIK. 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., Accountant, 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, L,...

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 promises.

Queen's Building.

3 Lycemoon 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 Road.

Prince's Building.

8 Barrow Terrace, Kowloon,

7 Barrow Terrace, Kowloon.

2 Ormsby Villas, Kowloon. 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,

Acet., National Bank of China, Ld.,

Lüders, Eduard Carl Ferdinand Assistant, Arnhold, Karberg & Co., Lysaught, John

M

MacAskill, Kenneth Roderick.. Macdonald, Donald

Macdonald, Donald

MacGillivray, James Paterson Margowan, Robert John Mackie, Charles Gordon

Stewart

....

Engineer, W. Lysaught & Son,

Clerk, Butterfield & Swire,

Civil Engineer, B. & S.'s Shipyard, Engineer and Surveyor, Clerk, HK. & S'hai Bank, Clerk, HK & K. W. & Godown Co., Ld.,

Assistant, Gibb, Livingston & Co.,.........

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.

Stanley Terrace, Quarry Bay.

1 Clifton Gardens, Conduit Road. Seymour Terrace.

On premises.

68 Mount Kellett, Peak.

Queen's Building.

NAME IN FULL.

11

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.,............. Acet., Dairy Farm Co., Ld.,

Asst., Carlowitz & Co.,

Marney, Victor Emile Torcan de Assistant, Dodwell & Co., La.,

Marston, Lionel

Martin, James

Mast, Edward

Matsda, Kichita

Matsuki, Teisaburo Matsushima, Tetsuo

Matthews, John Frederick May, Ernest Alfred George May, George Howard MeBryde, William Gray McCorquodale, John McCubbin, John McCubbin, John..... McDonagh, William J.

McDougall, Alex. Marcellino.. McGlashan, James.. McGrew, John P. McHugh, Francis Edwards MeHutchon, James Maitland. McIntyre, Johu McIntyre, Wilson MeKirdy, Archibald

McNeill, Duncan

McRobie, Frank............ Mead, James Henry Meek, John.......

Mehta, Byramjce Kaikhusbroo

Melvin, James Dewar Menzies, John Messuer, Karl Frauz

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, Kharshedji Dhunjibhoy| Mitchell, John

Mittell, Carl Joseph Franz Miyasaki, Kingo................ Mody, Bezonjce Kawasjee Mody, Kaikhusroo

Nusserwanjee

Moffatt, George Moir, Alexander.... Möller, Johannes Montjamont, R. de... Moore, Sydney Moosa, Omar Cassam More, Chas. Andrew Morfey, Alan

Mori, Benjiro

Morphew, George

Morrison, James Robertson Morrison, John Dougal

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, Dodwell & 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., Mercantile Assistant, 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.,

| Clerk, E. D. Sassoon & Co.,

Assistant, 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, Wm. 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,

Sub. Acct., Chartered Bank of I. A. & C., Engineer, Dock Co.,.........

On premises.

20 Yee Wo Street. Pokfulum.

On premises.

1 Lochill Terrace, Kowloon.

4 Morrison Hill Road.

2 Connaught Road. 3 Park View.

Hang 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.

Ou 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.

On premises.

Greencroft, Robinson Road, Kowloon. On premises.

2 Conmanght Rond.

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. On premises.

Kowloon Docks.

NAME IN FULL.

12

OCCUPATION.

ABODE.

M-Continued.

Moses, Elias Joseph Moses, Sassoon Ezra Moses, William Byren Moss, Dennis Kebir Moulder, Augustus Moutric, Sidney Edward Muat, William Francis Muble, 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...

N

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

O

Obrembski, Marian...

Ogilvie, Alexander

Ohme, Alfred

Oldenberg, Hermann Adolf

Lorenz

Olliffe, Orris Charles......

Olson, John

O'Neill, Charles Augustine Ortlepp, Heinrich Friedrich Osborne, James William Osborne, John....... Osmund, Arthur Frederick Osmund, James Daniel Ötten, Gerhardus

Otto, Walter Adolph Henry Owen, Edward

Owen, Mackertich Cyril

Thaddeus Arathoon Owen, Owen Elias..

P

Packham, Ralph

Page, Harry William..... Palmer, Henry Thomas. Parker, Albert Ernest Parker, William Edward

Broker, J. R. Michael & Co., Assistant, D. Sassoon & Co., Ld., Manager, Connaught House Hotel, Assistant, Ross & Co.,... Merchant,

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,

Manager, Mitsui Bussan Kaisha,

Diver,

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.

4 Cameron Villas, Peak.

[Kowloon.

63 Kowloon City Road. Stowford, 12 Bonham Road. 46 Morrison Hill Road.

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., L..

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., Lủ,

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 Lijn,.. Assistant, Kruse & Co., Broker,

Assistant, A. H. Rennie & Co., Manager, Occidental Hotel,....

Cargo Supt., IIK. & K. W. & Godown

Co., Ltd.,

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 Vænx Road.

30 Des Voeux Road Central. Quarry Bay.

Prince's Building.

On premises.

30 Queen's Road East.

3 Rednaxella Terrace, Peel Street.

6 Rednaxella 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.

la Wyndham Street. Kowloon Docks.

[Kowloon.

}

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NAME IN FULL.

13

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

Pentycross, Frederick Hazel... Perrie, Robert

Perry, Isaac Samuel Pestonji, Rustom

Petigural, 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, 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, Clerk, HK, & S'hai Bank, Assistant, Taikoo Sugar Refinery, Assistant, D. Sassoon & Co., Ld., Stenographer, International Bankg. Corp., Manager, R. S. Woonwalla & Co., Architect,

Foreman, China Sugar Refinery,

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.

Clerk, HK. & K. W. & Godown Co., Ld., 8 East Terrace, Kowloon.

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, Ld., Clerk, IIK. & S'hai Bank, Chartered Accountant,

Swire,

Butterfield

&

Hongkong Hotel.

4 Chater Street, Kennedy Town. Ou premises.

Bowrington.

2 Ormsby Villas, Kowloon.

11 Mountain View, Poak.

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.

Q

Quinn, John

R

Steward, Hongkong Club,

Hongkong Club.

Ralfeek, Mahomed

Ram, Harry

Ramsay, James

Ramsay, Joseph Marshall..

Ramsay, William

Rapp, Fritz....

Rapp, Gustav.

Rapp, Herman

Raptis, John Hadrian

Rattey, William James

Raven, Arthur Robert Fenton. Ray, Edward Henry Raymond, Albert

Raymond, Edward Benjamin Raymond, Ellis

Razack, Moosa Abdool Reeves, Henry

Reiners, Walter Edward

Reynolds, Frank Oswald Richards, Thomas James

Richardson, Hedley Thomas... Riegen, Johannes von Ritchie, Archibald, Ritchie, Archibald..........

Ritchie, James Reidford Ritchie, Jobu Cameron Roberts, Arthur Griffith

Robertson, John

Robertson, Thomas Watson

Juzoll w

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., Lil...................... 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., Clerk, E. D. Sassoon & Co., 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 Oriental Agency

Ld.,

Foreman Mason, B. & S.'s Shipyard, Mason, Panchard, 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.

& Barrow Terrace, Kowloon.

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.

14

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 Gibson Ronse, Athol Bernard

Bernhard

Rowoldt, Royer, Henri

Rutherford, Norman Hubert... Rutter, Robert Vart Ruttonjee, Hormusjee Ruttonjec, Jehangir Hormusjec,|

S

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, Hermann Wil-

hem

Schlüter, Hakon Axel Schmidt, Carl Julius

Schmidt, Wilhelm

Schmidtboru, 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 Hermann

Bernhard

Schwarzkopft, Friderich

  Johann 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. Ruttonjec & 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., Ltd.,

Acct., &c., Percy Smith & Seth,. Secretary, Dairy Farm Co., Ld.,.

Kowloon Docks.

East Point.

On premises. Hongkong Club.

2 Bay 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.

Norman Cottage, Peak Road.

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.

East Point. 35 Conduit Road. Hongkong Hotel, 1 Bonham Road. On premises.

Hongkong Hotel.

4 Robinson Road.

[Gap.

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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 Spalckhaver, 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 Merton 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, Dodwel! & Co., Ld., Assistant, Skött & Co., Merchant, Skött & Co.,

Foreman, B. & S.'s Shipyard,.. Foreman, Punchard, Lowther & Co. Assistaut, 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, IIK. 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, On 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.

24 Robinson Road.

6 Caine Road.

23 and 25 Gage Street. Hongkong Hotel.

Yesla, Wing Fung Street, Wanchai. 4A Upper Mosque Terrace. 12 San 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 Manufacturing Co.,

Broker,

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.,..

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.

Yesla, Wing Fung Street, Wanchai. Joss House, Quarry Bay. 6 Ashley Road, Kowloon. Hongkong Hotel. 106, Peak.

Exmoor, Conduit Road.

**

NAME IN FULL.

16

OCCUPATION.

ABODE.

Tang Chee

T

Taraporewala, Bejanjee

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, Percy

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....

Tibbey, Henry Macpherson

Tiefenbacher, Hans Max Tillmann, Henry Tohdow, Daizo

Tollan, Duncan

Tong Tze-san.

Toppin, James

Tulip, Wilfred

Merchant, Dang Chee Son & 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., Ll.,

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.

Merchant, Reuter, Brockelmann & Co.,...] Prince's Building.

Assistant, F. Blackhead & Co., Architect, W. Danby,

Assistant, C. P. Railway Co.,.. Clerk, HK. & S'hai Bank,

Clerk, W. R. Loxley & Co.,

3 Queen's Gardens.

5 Queen's Garden, Peak Road. Hotel Mansions.

On premises.

73 Praya East.

Supt. of Construction, Standard Oil Co., . Hongkong Hotel. Sub-Accountant, Chartered Bank of

I. A. & C.,....................

Shipping Agent, MacGregor Bros.

& Gow,

Merchant, Wm. Meyerink & Co., Foreman,

Manager, Bank of Taiwan,

3 Queen's Road Central.

On premises.

On premises.

20 Shaukiwan Road.

11 Macdonnell Road.

Electrician, China & Japan Telephone Co., | Ice House Street.

Secretary, Tung On Fire In'ce Co., Ld., .

Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co,

Torrence, Robert McAllister... Tuner, Robinson Piano Co., Ld.,

Tully, John

Turnbull, Thomas Guthrie Turner, Isaac

Turner, Richard Rennie

Turner, William Cecil Dutton

Tuxford, Alfred Stanley

Tyack, Arthur Henry

Ü Cheukman

U

Uldall, Sofus Vilhelm August Underwood, Joseph Harry

Unsworth, Richard

Urban, Federico

V

Vernon, Frederic Lewis..... Vincenot, Louis

Vivian, James...

Vollbrecht, Ernst Oscar Rudolf Voort, Reinbard Theodoor

Frederik Von der

Vorster, Julius Otto

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,...

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, Punchard, 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.,.....

Foreman,

Merchant,

Foreman, Punchard, Lowther & Co., Manager, F. Blackhead & Co.,

24 & 26 Bonham Strand West. Kowloon City Road, Kowloon. 165. Praya East.

3 Victoria View, Kowloon..

2 Knutsford Terrace.

21 Saukiwan Road.

50 Queen's Road Central. Naval Yard Extension.

3 Queen's Gardens, Peak Road.

Bookkeeper, Java-China-Japan Lijn,................ 37 Robinson Road. Assistant, Meyer & Co.,

On premises.

W

Wadekind, Bruno Waldemar... Assistant, Melchers & Co.,

Wagner, Otto.

Walker, James

Ward, Arthur Jacob

Watchmaker, Ganpp & 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.

17

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, Victor,

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,

Watt, Albert William Jack ...] Clerk, HK. & S'hai Bank,

Watts, Sam Tackaberry Weall, Thomas Graham.. Weaser, 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 ... Wilks, Edward Charles......... Williams,CecilStanley 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

Y

Yamada, Noriaki

Yamaguchi, Takuo... Yamashita, Hikogoro... Young, James

Young, Jesse Ashton

Z

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, Aruhold, Karberg & Co., Clerk, HK. S'hai Bank, Manager, China Borneo Co., Secretary, Sun Life Assurance Co., Assistant, W. Powell Ld.,

Clerk, Caldbeck MacGregor & Co., Builder and Diver, Dock Co.,

Baltimore Hotel.

6 Ashley Road, Kowloon. On promises.

On premises.

4 Cameron Villa, Peak.

30 Des Voeux Road Central. Engine House, Peak. Engine House, Peak.

66 Des Vœux 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 Shau 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.

Tailor's Cutter, Lane, Crawford & Co., ... On premises.

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,..

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.

Agent, China Mutual Life Insurance Co., Alexandra Building.

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, Toyo Kisen Kaisha, Assistant, Mitsu Bishi Goshi Kwaisha,... Assistant, Mitsu Bishi Goshi Kwaisha,. Foreman, B. & S.'s Shipyard,.... Assistant, Shewan, Tomes & Co.,

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.

No. 2.

SOIT QUI-

ET

DIEU

ISNE

MON DROIT.

SUPPLEMENT

ΤΟ

The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of FRIDAY, the 15th of MARCH, 1907.

Published by Authority:

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 1. 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.

20

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 $2,367.25.

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,

Land Court,

of which 5 were disposed of, being

From the Chief Justice,

99

19

4

1

1

1

7

3

Puisne Judge,.. Magistrates,

1

1

5

Table V.

Table VI.

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.

5.-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 $922.50.

6.-BANKRUPTCY JURISDICTION.

There were 43 Petitions filed, 25 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 recovered.

!

4

21

 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.

87

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 1906 representing an aggregate capital of $152,246,055. There were 39 Companies registered in 1906, the revenue from which was:---

Registration Fees,

..$5,716,50

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 (a).

· 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.

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22

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 MI, 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.

In Depen- Jurisdiction, dency

No. of Cases in

Settled or with-

Struck out,

Struck out of the Cause-

Total.

Debt and Damages.

drawn

in

before

1906.

1905.

trial.

Plaintiff.

Defendant.

Dismissed Book as having

Nonsuit.

and

been standing

lapsed

over generally

Writs.

for more than

a year.

In Dependency.

Debt and

Damages recovered.

Original....... 154*

264

418

$2,244,795.99

40 103 17

1

90

162 $747,973.76

Summary,

226

1,794 2,020

976,381.88 702 754 49

58

205

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 Rent involved.

Aggregate Sum recovered on sales.

374

201

173

$42,160.33

$15,230.85

3

1

23

Table III.

RETURN of CRIMINAL CASES tried in the SUPREME COURT of HONGKONG, during the Year 1906.

SENTENCE.

Charges Cases

alandoned. postponed.

Number of Cases.

Number of Persons.

CRIME.

1

2

Armed Robbery,

1 Assault occasioning bodily harm,

2 Bribery,

Conspiracy,

Carnally knowing a girl under the age of 12 years,

Disobedience of Order of Banishment,...

Convicted.

Acquitted.

Death.

Death recorded.

over One Year.

Hard Labour

Year and under.

Head Labour One

Solitary Confinement.

Privately flogged.

No. of Cases.

No. of Persons.

No. of Cases.

No. of Persons.

1

1

3

3

1

Larceny.

10

Manslaugh er,

5 |(@)

11

Murder,

11

6

Offences punishable under Sec. 82 s.s. 4 of Bank-

ruptcy Ordinance, No. 7 of 1891,

2

...

4 Receiving stolen goods,

17

Robbery,

3 12

3

Setting fire to a dwelling house,

Uttering a forged Bank note,

Uttering a forged document.

37

5+

Wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm,

42 12

31

5

13

Note.-Of 67 Persons...

54 were indicted.

Thirteen not indicted are included under the heading of "Charges abandoned,"

13

67

(a) In one case a witness was convicted of Perjury and contempt of Court and committed to Prison for 3 months with bard labour.

(b) In one case the Prisoner was sentenced to simple imprisonment.

(c) Simple imprisonment.

APPEALS

COMMENCED.

Table IV.

APPELLATE JURISDICTION.

APPEALS TRIED.

JUDGMENT.

Appeals Pending.

Appeals Withdrawn.

Number of Cases.

No. of Cases.

Appellant.

Respondent.

7

5

1

4

2

Table V.

ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION.

Actions instituted.

Number heard.

Settled or withdrawn D.

Pending.

In 4 actions the ships were arrested.

5

No.

Date of Filing Petition.

Table VI.

BANKRUPTCY JURISDICTION.

RETURN of BANKRUPTCIES during the year 1906.

Date of Receiving Order or Administration Order.

Date of

Adjudication.

Date of Composition

or Scheme of Arrangement if any.

Declared Assets.

Declared

Liabilities.

Assets

Realised.

Remarks, if any.

24

1906.

1906.

1

6th January,.

6th January,

1906.

22nd February,

$

2,016.15

5,076.10

247.94

11th

12th

""

"

23rd January,

8,835.32

39,243.77

4,122.20

Petition dismissed. Pending.

12th

15th

8th February,

9th March,

1,045.11

5,593.97

17th

8th

22nd

76,734.75

80,310.82

393.48

6,406.49

"

23rd

8th

7th March,

22nd March,

70,354.00

2,180,912.56

9

22nd

"

12th April,

26,054.02

34,176.64

10

5th April,

27th

""

} 1

12th

27th

5,400.00

167,898.24

663.02

"1

99

Consolidated with No. 6.

Consolidated with No. 4. Pending.

Receiving Order rescinded.

Pending.

"

Administration Order.

Petition dismissed.

12

21st

B

28th

7th June,

28th June,

1,902.42

Debtor absconded.

14

14th May,

23rd May,

15

1st June,

7th June,

28th

12th July

50,033.84

27,251.35

812.78

5,709.76

13,077.84

1,502.48

16

5th

7th

12th

19,668.84

38,294.88

8,291.98

""

"

>>

17

7th

28th

26th

7,659.87

18,242.87

2,652.77

"}

""

18

2nd July,

26th July,

9th August,

2,828.75

Debtor absconded.

19

7th

19th

""

13th September,....

65,650.00

143,315.00

12,342.20

20

11th

12th

4,838.83

12,942.07

Receiving Order rescinded.

""

21

18th

26th

21,250.00

59,035.70

27

"

22

20th

26th

20,505.49

37,600.61

122.22

Pending.

""

>>

23

21st

26th

""

24

24th

26th

9th August,

9th

2,811.87

5,384.11

454.50

900.00

2,328.03

345.31

"

25

3rd August,

1,163.37

Interim Receiving Order only.

Petition withdrawn.

26

9th

99

27

3rd September,..

17th September,..

1st October,

16,203.07

Debtor absconded.

28

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.

Date of Receiving Order or Administration Order.

Date of

Adjudication.

RETURN OF BANKRUPTCIES,-Continued.

Date of Composition

or Scheme of

Declared Assets.

Declared

Liabilities.

Assets Realised.

Remarks, if any.

Arrangement if any.

1906.

1906.

1906.

1906.

Brought forward,..

29

15th September,...

30

13th October,

8th November,

29th

23rd November,

""

31

18th

""

32

25th

8th November,

""

33

8th November,

29th

""

34

12th

""

35

12th

36

16th

22nd November,.... 20th December,

6th December,

""

19th

6th

""

""

38

21st

18th

"y

39

22nd

29th November,

40

27th

41

7th

18th December,

42

12th December,

18th

43

14th

4th January, 1907.

$

$

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

489.00

3,500.00

3,000.00

300.00

Pending.

Petition withdrawn.

Pending. Debtor absconded.

Same Debtor as No. 35. Debtor absconded.

Pending. Debtor absconded.

""

"

1,195.41

12,455.00

175.34

Pending.

"3

102,383.22

39,500.00

755,241.80

92,504.79

6,116.81

19

TOTAL,..............$

600,807.07

3,880,916.74

76,201.10

G. H. WAKEMAN, Official Receiver in Bankruptcy.

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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.

Nature of Grant.

Name and Description of Executor or Administrator.

Value sworn

under.

Amount of

Probate

duty paid.

C.

Date of

No.

Name of Testator or Intestate.

Grant.

1905.

1

Dec., 15 Li Bing Son,

1906.

2 Jan.,

4

Luiz Carlos do Rozario.

4 George Handasyde Dick,

Yuen Kok Cho,

So Tin Hee alias Chan Soo Shi,

Sammel Wilson,

4

56

9

4 Hee Kin,

7

8

со

"}

1904.

9 April, 25

1906.

10 Jan.,

11

9

Leung Shing Cheung,.

12

Charles Stringer,

"

1905.

10 Fridolin Conrad Binder,

Tho Heng Siŭ alias Tho Hing Kee,.

12 Aug.. 1 Ip Sze Mui,

1906.

Carolina Maria Braga,

13 Jau., 12

Atwell Coxon,

14

15

16

17

18

48790

12

Ling Wong,

15

Arthur Smith,

17

Herbert Rose,

19

19

20

26

21

22

**

::

19 Emily Hudson,

18

Chun Yow,

20 Wong Lum Shi,

3rd Oct.. 1905, at Sea on board the Steam-launch "Wui 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 loon Shar Village, Heung Shan Dis- trict, China,

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,

5th Jan., 1906, at Victoria, Hongkong,

11th Jan., 1906, at West Terrace. Victoria, Hongkong,

10th Jan., 1904, at Hamstead in the County of London, England,

16th Dec., 1898, at Victoria, Hongkong,

Probate,

Letters of Adm.,

Letters of Adm.,cum testamento annexo,

Probate,

Letters of Adm.,

Sealing of Exemplifi- cation of Probate, Probate,

G.

Letters of Adm.,

Li Aú Shi, the widow,

4,200.00

84.00

Probate, Sealing of Probate,

João Joaquim Leiria, Merchant,

13,600.00

408.00

James Dick, Commission Agent; Angus Buchanan, Banker;

1,200.00

24.00

Nathaniel Dunlop, Shipowner; and John William Ar-

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

48.00

Henry Percy 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-

250.00

son, the Executrix,

Wan Sit Wo, Trader,

4,800.00

1,000.00

10.00

Tsang Kaú, carpenter,

Herbert Johnson Gedge, Solicitor,

$00.00

20,300.00

8.00

609.00

Carried forward,

536,500.00 15,667.00

† Duty fully paid on Original Grant.

Sealing of Exemplifi- cation of Probate, Letters of Adm., Sealing of Probate, Ltd. Letters of Adm., Letters of Adm., Sealing 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,

19

Tsang Sz,

17

John H. Beattie,

1 13th July, 1904. at Cook County, Illinois, in the United States of America,

* No duty. Liabilities excced value of the Estate.

the use and benefit of

the infants, &c., Probate, Letters of Adm., cum testamento annexo,

Y

1

CALENDAR of PROBATES and LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION,-Continued.

27

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.

$

C.

26

** AAN

1906.

Feb., 8 Johnston Bell..

Brought forward,

536,500.00

15,667.00

23

24

15

.

:་

Alexander Turnbull,

25 Jan., 20

27 Feb., 10

17

28

19

""

29

21

30

23 - Oscar Gantes,

31

Jan.. 17

Li Pin Lam,...

32

33

31

36

37

Gerald Morse Medley,

38

39

Feb., 2 Arthin Weller Bignall. March, 13 Chan Yue Choy,

40

Feb., 24

Kwok Tun,

41

Lachlan McLean Kerr, Li Shi,

Henry Ernest Alexander Hoile. James Wattleworth,

Saddar Din.

Feb., 19 Henry William Davis,

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, 1st Sept., 1897, at Parkfield Road, in the City of Liver pool, England,

1st July, 1905, at Sam Sui District, Kwong Tung Province, China.

21st July, 1905, at Pahktun, Pains Hill, Linsfield in the County of Surrey. England,

Jan., + Dang Chee othewise Dang Ah Chee other- 14th Oct., 1905, at Yaù-ma-ti in this Colony, wise Ah Chee. Feb., 26 Lam Yick Wo alias Lam Tat Cho,

Jan., 19 Leung Pak alias Leung Yut Hung, Feb.. 19 Ng Ming Soon or Shin. March, 7

5th April. 1905, at Tai Chi Village, Heung Shan District, China,

12th Dec., 1905, at Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, 15th Aug., 1905, at Sun Ning District, China,

On or about 7th May, 1905, at * Canfax County of Surrey, England,

21st Jan., 1906, at Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, 1st Feb., 1906. at Faú Shek Village San Ning District, China, 19th Jan., 1906, at Kaú Kong village, Kwong Tung Pro- vince, China,

March, 15 Ahmninah Karreem otherwise Ahminah 7th Nov., 1905, at Leighton Hill Road, Victoria. Hongkong,

Letters of Adm., Probate.

Scaling of Probate,

Letters of Adm.. Sealing of Exempli-,

fication of Probate, Probate,

Letters of Adm., cum testamento annexo.

Probate,

Letters of Adm.,

Probate,

Dang Yeng Tang, Merchant, Lau Kam Tsing, Compradore. and Lùn Woo, Contractor.

Sealing of Probate.

Emma Bell, widow,

Hugh Prideaux Turnbull the son and Mary Ella Turnbull, the daughter,

700.00

4,700.00

7.00

94.00

| Annabella Munro Kerr, widow,

13.000.00

390.00

Chan Fook Chi. son,

3,500.00

70.00

Susannah 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

43,900.00

1,317.00

am Bui Shi, the widow,

1.800.00

36.00

Leung Li Shi, the widow,

19,000.00

570.00

Surbiton in the

Letters of Adm., cum testamento annexo, Sealing of Probate, |

Ng Lam Shi, the widow,

3,500.00

70.00

Saralı Rosanna Medley, widow; James Francis Medley, Clerk in Holy Orders; and Edwin Gerald Medley, Manufacturers' Manager,

700.00

7.00

Letters of Adm..

Annesley Reginald Deckes Stanley Smith, Attorney of the widow.

1.800.00 1

36.00

Chiú Ng Shi, widow and relict.

2,000.00

40.00

Probate,

Cheung Man Hing,.

72,400.00

2,172.00

Curreem,

42

17

"

Domnolo Pompěú de Souza,.

6th Sept., 1903, at Macao in the Portugnese Colony of Macao.

Letters of Adm.,

Maria Dolores de Souza, daughter,

Rajub Abdool Karreem otherwise Rajub Abdool Curreem, eldest son,

14,900.00

447.00

100.00

No duty.

43

9

Chan Hewan alias Chau Wai Fun.

23rd Jan., 1906, at Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong,

Arathoon Seth, L.S.O., Official Administrator,

100.00

"

Carried forward,.

1,028,400.00

30,113.00

CALENDAR of PROBATES and LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION,-Continued.

No.

Date of

Grant.

Name of Testator or Intestate.

Time and Place or Death.

1906.

March 21

Fullarton Henderson,

45

21

Jennie B. Torrence.

S

46

21

Jung How.

17

26

Charles Hemery..

48

26

19

21

50

26

José Flores,

51

April, 2

Helena Adelaide Margesson,

52

7

Chai Ying Chec alias Ah Chee.

Hermenia de Jesus,

On or about the 21st Dec., 1905, at Rothesay, Scotland,

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,

See Hoi otherwise known as Li Wang Yang, 2nd Feb., 1905, at Macao,,

Sealing of Exemplifi- cation of Probate, Letters of Adm..

Probate,

Letters of Adm..

Jung Shaú,

John Vinecut Hemery, son.

Chau Kwan Shee, the widow.

Nature of Grant.

Name and Description of Executor or Administrator.

Value sworn under.

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. L.S.O., Official Administrator.

$ C.

1.028,400.00

235.700.00

Amount of

Probate

duty paid.

$

30,113.00

7.071.00

500.00

5.00

2.100.00

42.00

20,200.00

606,00

400.00

4.00

Scaling of Exemplifi-

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator, Do.,

Mortiner Reginald Margesson,

1.100.00

22.00

do.,

200.00

No duty.

164,300.00

4,929.00

cation of Probate. Probate,

Li Cheung Shi, widow,

5,000.00

100.00

53

March 30 Sakinabai.

51

55

April, 2

March, 5

56 April, 18

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,

2,700.00

54.00

28

sole executor,

Herbert William Looker, Attorney of Hugh Morrison Rose,

141,700.00

4,251.00

|

Wong Shun Kan alias Wong Shu Tak.

Onesine Rateau,

57

20

58

24

William Ballanthier Waters,

59

24

Tam Yuen Chu.

60

27

Li Fook,

61

7

Lo Wan Shit.

62

25

24th Aug., 1904, at Sap Yec 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 Chan Kee or Mok | 10th Aug., 1894, at Tung Kun. China, Cho Kee,

Johanna Wiese,

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 non, with the

will annexed, Letters of Adm.,

Letters of Adm., with the will annexed, Probate.

Cheung Shi otherwise Li Cheung Shi,

Lo Ng Shi, the widow, one of the Executors,

On or about the 10th of May. 1904, at Whitehall Court in Letters of Adm, cum · Nicolaus August Siebs, Attorney of Ludwig Wiese, Helenc the City of Westminster in England, testamento annexo,

Elizabeth Wiese and Olga Johanna Wiese,

Carried forward,

71,800.00 | 2,154.00

...$ 1,794,100.00

52,698 00

Wong Po Tai, Wong Po Lim and Sai fong,.

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, I.S.O., Official Administrator,.

Tam Lai Shi, the widow.

200.00

No duty.

500.00

5.00

9,900.00

198.00

7,000.00

140.00

.1

S

* Duty fully paid on Original Grant.

1

;

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29

Date of

Grant.

Name of Testator or Intestate.

CALENDAR of PROBATES and LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION,--Continued.

Time and Place of Death.

Nature of Grant.

Name and Description of Executor or Administrator.

Value sworn

under.

Amount of

Probate

duty paid.

$ 0.

$

C.

1906.

63 April, 24

Tong Wan Chiú,

Brought forward.......

1,794,100.00

52,698.00

27th Feb., 1906, at Kowloon City in the New Territories in the Colony of Hongkong,

Probate,

61

May:

12

Emanuel Raphael Belilios.

11th Nov., 1905, at Green Park House, Piccadilly, London, England.

Tong Tse Shi and Tong Cháu Shi, Executrixes, Raphael Emanuel Belilios, son.

10,000.00

200.00

2,424,700.00

72,741.00

65

15

Henry William Walker.

66. April, 11

Chan Cheong Nam,

67: May. 11

José Gomes da Silva.

68

14

Fruce Shepherd, ..

69

China.

70

17

71

**

72

30

73

25

==

79

8th July, 1905, at Lung Wan Village, Yan Ping District, Kwong Tang Province, China,

71

25

Shin Nan u otherwise Shu Luen 1a.

11

Kennet Eliot Hope Poilock,

76 June. 2

Andrew Dougall,

May, 30

Koned Johan Sveakesen.

78

25

Thomas Rowan,

25

Edward Rudolph Hersow,

31st March, 1906, at the Government Civil Hospital. Vic- toria, Hongkong,

Letters of Adm.,

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,

80, June,

1

Ng Gang Ming.

Ng Fung Shi, the widow,

Carried forward,

18 Julius Neumann...

Julian de las Cajigas y Hernandez,

jl Jivanbai Bomanji Karnjia, Walter Ngon Fong.

Paul Alexander Woldermar Ottomeier.

6th Aug., 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 Seût, in the French Colony of Tonkin,

On or about 11th Oct., 1905, at Manila in the Philippine Islands.

28th Jan.. 1996. at Bombay. India,

9th May, 1906. at No. 31 Pokfulum Road. Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong,

18th Oct., 1899, at Shanghai, China.

On or about the 17th of April, 1996, at Pui Kong village P'un U District, Kwong Tung Province, China,

20th July, 1906, at the Government Civil Hospital at Vic- toria, Hongkong.

cation of Probate,

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 Adm.,

On or about the 30th of Nov., 1905, at Queen's Gardens, Sealing of Probate, 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,

The Reverend Father Franciso Rodriguez Noval, Attorney of Don Bernardino Hernandez, one of the Executors, Muncherji Jamshedji Patell, one of the Executors, Emma Ellen Fong, the widow,

Sealing of Exemplifi-

William McLeish, Sole Exectur,.

2,600.00

52.00

Chau Tsz King and Chau Kam Chi, Executors, Adozinda Chaves da Silva e Santos,

24,300.00

729.00

9,600.00

192.00

Edgar Bruce Shepherd, son,

9,900.00

198.00

Johannes Bouché, Attorney of August Lohmann the Ad- ministrator, Canton,

47.500.00

1.425.00

5,300.00

106.00

3 600.00

72.00

100.00 No Probate

Arathoon Seth, 1.S.O.. Official Administrator,

1,000.00

Duty.

10.00

Shin Chau Iu. one of the brothers,

11,200.00

336.00

George Leopold Duncan, Merchant, Attorney of David George Hope Follock, the father,

2,500.00

50.00

William Gowenlock, Margaret Melville Dougall, and Mor- timer Rooke. Executors,

70,000.00

2,100.00

Letters of Adm.,

Probate.

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,

400.00

4.00

Thomas Isaac Rose, with power raserved to Thomas Meek the other Executor. Secretary to the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, Limited,

83,000.00

2,490.00

400.00

4.00

600.00

6.00

4,500,800.00 133,413.00

CALENDAR of PROBATES and LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION,-Continued.

No.

Date of

Grant.

Name of Testator or Intestate.

1906.

81 May, 25 Ng Man Cheung alias Ng Yat Fong,

84

7

82 June, 2

Musta Keem otherwise Mustgim..

83

9

John Alexander Summers,.

2

Poon Soo,

85

11

James Glen Service,

86

7

Dennis O'Keeffe..

87

Pang Leong Shi,,

XX

200

Mark Wah,

23

Li Suen,

Time and Place of Death.

23rd Feb., 1906, at Victoria, Hongkong.

22nd Nov., 1905, at Victoria, Hongkong,

19th Dec., 1904, at "Laureate" in the County of Kent in 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,

Chú Fung Kong alias Kwong Hau Tong,... 20th May, 1905, at the Hung Man Laú Village, Sun U

90 May, 17 91 March,16 Pang Shee alias Fung Tam Shee. 92 June, 23 Albino Antonio Pacheco,

District, Kwong Tung Province, China,

2nd June, 1899, at Shui Laú village. Sun Ning District Kwong Tung Province, China.

23rd Aug., 1905, at No. 48 Caine Road, Victoria, Hongkong,

19th May, 1906, at Macao, China,

Brought forward,

Chau Kang U, Compradore, Cheung Sum U, Gentleman,

Nature of Grant.

Name and Description of Executor or Administrator.

Value sworn

under.

Amount of

probate

duty paid.

$ C.

4,500,800.00

8 c.

133,413.00

75,300.00

2,259.00

100.00 | No duty.

5,500.00

110.00

Poon Kut Shau and Poon Cheuk Wan, Traders,

4,500.00

90.00

Arathoon Seth. I.S.O., Official Administrator,

200.00

No duty.

300.00

3.00

Probate,

Letters of Adm.. Sealing of Probate.

Probate.

Letters of Adm..

Probate.

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,. Clara Maria Summers, the widow,

Pang Kwok Shi of Victoria, widow,

7,500.00 ! 150.00

Letters of Adm.,

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

$25.00

30

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 Pestonjee Cooverjec 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

29th March, 1906, at No. 3 Rua Santa Clara, in the Portu- 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. Pun U District,

93

15

да

Hermelinda Ritta das Chagas Farinha, 94 July. 10 Jane Jamieson,

93

June, 29 Ludwig Friederick Naumann.. 96 July, 12

Shink Wing,

97

12

Yuen Wai alias Yuen King Hang.

98

17

:

Pestonjee Cooverjec Patell,.

99

:

17

Charles Lindberg,

100

Feb.. 21 Ng Ka Shu,

Kwong Tung Province, China,

5th May, 1906, at Victoria, Hongkong,

. 19th June, 1906, at the Government 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.,

!

į

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.

101 July, 10 Lo Wong Shi,

$ c.

$

e.

Bought forward,

4,730,800.00 | 139,870.00

102

""

23 Tsang Hin Kat,

103

12

Ebrahim Mahomed,

104

26 Leung Yam,.

"

105

21

Choy Sui Chun,

106

21

او

Fung Ku Shaw,

107

17

Lee Moon,.

3rd April. 1906, at Ma Ti Hong Lane in Tai Leung Village, Shun Tak, Kwong Tung Province, China,

13th April, 1906, at Chat Wu village, Kwei Shin District, Kwong Tung Province, China,

20th April, 1906, at the Government Civil Hospital, Vic- toria, Hongkong,

9th July, 1906, at Yaumati in the Dependency of Kowloon

in the Colony of Hongkong,

27th April, 1906, at Po Wa Ching Kai, Sai Kwan, Canten,

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,

Probate,

Lo Pak Kiú, Uncle,

4,500.00

90.00

"

Abdoola Fuckcera Arculli, Army and Navy Contractor,

Gustav Adolph Gussmann, President in Hongkong of the Basel Evangelical Missionary Society,

Leung Woo Sze, the widow,

2,800.00

56.00

11,400.00

342.00

1,100.00

22.00

"

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

108

21

"1

Fang Shee alias Fung Tam Shec,

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*

|

109

21

Lewis (Ludwig) Knight of Fries,

25th Nov., 1904, at Vienna, Austria,

Letters of Adm., with the will annexed,

110

27

Harold William Merrill,

111

28

"

113 July, 26

Shiu Tsan Yiú,

114

30

Mollie Hayes,

115

31

Yik lu Un,

116

26

Fung Ming Shan alias Fung Chew,

117

31

Alexander Skinner,...

118 Aug.,

Li Ching alias Li Ping Po alias Li Hoi On or about the 2nd March, 1906, at San Chuen Village, Nam,

112 June, 16 Leung Sam,

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.,

Probate,

Letters of Adm. de bonis nou, Letters of Adm.,

Probate,

Eliezar Silas Kadoorie a member of the film of Messrs. E. S. Kadoorie & Co. Attorneys of Wolfgang Knight of Fries, the son.

2,400.00

48.00

31

10th July, 1906, at Victoria, Hongkong,

Arathcon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,.

700.00

7.00

Li Sai K'i, Li Sai Ki, and Li Sai Ü, and Li Sai Ming, sons, Li Me Ho the widow.

8,300.00

166.00

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,

6,000.00

120.00

12,000.00

360.00

500.00

5.00

18,000.00

540.00

Fung Shun Sam alias Fung Tin Sik, son,. Arathoon Seth, 1.S.C., Official Administrator, Chan To, son,

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.

32

No.

Date of

Grant.

Name of Testator or Intestate.

1906.

Time and Place of Death.

Nature of Grant.

Name and Description of Executor or Administrator.

Value sworn

under.

Amount of

probate

duty paid.

$

0.

ረ.

Brought forward,

4,907,900.50 | 144,035.00

119 Aug., 8 Chung Nok Po,

29th July. 1891. at Nos. 14 & 15 San lin Terrace, Shauki- wan, Hongkong,

Letters of Adm.,

Chung Luk Mui, of San Pin Terrace, Married woman, sister,

500.00

5.00

Chau Tại,

9 Ng Po Chuen,

120

121

122

14

""

123 July, 10

121

26

125 Aug., 15

Anna Thereza Gomes,

Zee Ming Chee alias Chu Ming Sang, Lo K`ng Kai,

Rustim Dadabhoy Vania,

126

23

11

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

23

Theodora Harriet Campbell,...

131

27

Charles Henry Thompson,

132

30 Alfred Bruder,.

183

23

134 Sept., 4

Robert Saxon,

135

6

Edward Wyon,

136 Aug., 30

137

30

Lo Shun alias Lo Kwai Hin,

Li Yut Tak,

11

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,

28th June. 1906, at No. 9 St. Francis Yard, Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong,

19th May, 1906, at Tung Wa Hospital, 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 Pan Teng village, Nam Hoi District, alias Cheong Hing,

29th May. 1906, at Chiu Lung Street, Victoria in the Co- lony of Hongkong.

Probate,

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, L.S.O., Official Administrator,

23,100.00

693.00

"

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,

Letters of Adm.,

Rustim Boman Munshi and Dinshaw Boman Munshi. Clerks,

600.00

6.00

Samnel George Tope, the lawful attorney of Margaret Ellen MacDonald, widow,

5,700.00

114.00

Anna Vicencia Souza, the only sister,

100 00

No duty.

71

Ip Fui 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,

9,100.00

188.00

Letters of Adm.,

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,

230.00

Probate,

Chan Hung 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.,

17th Aug., 1906, at Kyoto in the Empire of Japan,

24th May, 1906, at the village of Sha Tau, Nam Hoi Dis- i trict, hina,

On or about the 23rd Jan., 1906, in the District of Sun Ning, Kwong Tung, China,

Probate,

Lucy Emma Wyon, the widow, and Mary Jane Wyon, sister,

47,500.00

1,425.00

""

Lo Ngok Shang, son,

2,600.00

52.00

>:

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.

33

Date

No.

Name of Testator or Intestate.

Gran

1906.

Time and Place of Death.

Nature of Grant.

Name and Description of Executor or Administrator.

Value sworn

under.

Amount of

probate

duty paid.

$ C.

".

Brought forward,

5,10),350.00

149,398.00

138 Sept., 1

i Mee,

1st Jan., 1906, at Sea on a Voyage from Hongkong to Can-

Letters of Adm.,

Yau Lau Shi, the widow,

2,000.00

40.00

139

12 John Pender,

:

19

ton, 1st Aug.. 1906, at Swatow in China,

140 June, 29

Charles Arshow alios Chung Cheung Shau, 3rd Jan.. 1906, at the Wang Loong village, Sun On Dis-

Probate,

Letters of Adm.,

Alexander Bryson, an employé in the Office of Messrs. Bradley & Co.,

6,100.00

122.00

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,.

4,000.00

80.00

141

Sept., 22

Joseph Ings..

trict. China, 16th Aug., 1906, at Canton, China,..

Rescaling of Probate,

Janet Ann Miller Ings, the widow,

200.00

No duty.

142

6

Tong Sing U,

24th Dec., 1903, at the village of Tong Ka in the District of Heung Shan, China,

Probate,

143

14

Nahal Singh.

28th Aug., 1906, at the Government Civil Hospital, Vic- toria, Hongkong,

144

17 | Tang Chuk Kai,

Letters of Adm.,

Probate,

145

28 John Dawson Tyson,

21st Aug., 1906, at No. 2 Shaukiwan Road, Hongkong,

Tong Ko Hut 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, LS.O., Official Administrator,

Tang Wei Cheung, brother, and Tang Ho Shi, the widow,...

On or about the 21st May, 1906, at Rockhurst, New Rescaling of Probate, To be granted to Edward Tyson, Revd. Henry Tyson, Brighton. Chester in England,

20,000.00

600.00

100.00

No duty.

29,500.00

885.00

800.00

8.00

146 Oct.,

1

The Right Reverend Joseph Charles Hoare. | 18th Sept., 1906, in the waters of this Colony,...

Probate,

William Arthur Webb and William Miller Kirkers, and John Shearson, sole Executors, Ellen Tunnicliffe Hoare, the widow,

47,800.00

1,434.00

147 Sept., 28

James Lennox Houston.

On or about the 23rd April, 1905, at Marseilles, France,

Resealing of Probate, To be granted to Margaret Graham Houston, Spinster, sister of the said deceased,

1,400.00

28.00

148

28

Herbert Maurice Bevis,..

149 Aug., 10

150 Sept., 28

Ho Yui Pan alias Ho Yui Bun, Chan Hew Tung alias Chan Sing Fai

151

Oct.,

5 Leung Kam Shing..

10

152

153

12

Thomas Mortimer O'Sullivan,

William Bell,

On or about the 4th May. 1906. at Thatched House Club, St. James' St., Middlesex, England,

7th July, 1906, 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,

On or about the 4th of April, 1906, at Shanghai, China,

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

4,023.20

Letters of Adm.,

Ho Yim Hing, the father,.

1,200.00

24.00

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

Carried forward,

5,383,150.00 | 157,078.20

* Duty fully paid on Original Grant.

CALENDAR of PROBATES and LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION,-Continued.

No.

Date of

Grant.

Name of Testator or Intestate.

1906.

Time and Place of Death.

Nature of Grant.

Name and Description of Executor or Administrator.

Valuc sworn

under.

Amount of

probate

duty paid.

$

Brought forward,

5,383,150.00

$ C.

157,078.20

164

Oct., 15 Thomas Littlejohn,.

16

12 | Chung Tại Loi,

Thomas Robins Mead, Wong Ki Fan,..

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,

3rd 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,

Ip Chee alias Ip Pui Shang alias Ip Shiu | 12th July, 1906, at Victoria, Hongkong,

155

156

157

Oct., 20

158 | Sept., 28

Maria Thereza Coelho,

159 Oct., 20

Lam Ka Mau,

160

15

Fat,

161

12

Arthur Brooks,

162

26

William Jaeger Clarke,

163

25

Archibald Neil Patrick..

164

23

Siu Hop,

165

17

Tong Ping E,

166

26

Ah Chee,

167

Lionel Aubrey Walter Barnes-Lawrence,

168 Nov.,

5 Jehangir Nowroji Katrak,

169

10

Thomas Banks,

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,

Application for rescaling of Probate,

Probate. Letters of Adm.,

Probate.

Letters of Adm.,

Probate,

Letters of Adm.,

Probate according to the tenor of the will, Letters of Adm., with

the will annexed, Double Probate,

To be granted to Annie Austen Littlejohn, the lawful widow and Executaix 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

1

ད,

Joanna Maria Rodrigues, Spinster, cousin and next of kin,

1,600.00

32.00

Kwan Kwai Chuen, Executor named in the last will,

+,000.00

80.00

};

Ip Chau Shi, the widow,

37,800.00 |

1,134.00

Arathoon Seth. I.S.O., Official Administrator,

200.00

No duty.

Alexander George Wood, Executor named in the last will,

8,700.00

174.00

170 Oct., 15 | W. J. Forsyth,

171

Nov.,

James Lines,

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 Peak, Hongkong,

27th Sept., 1906, at the Peak Hospital, Hongkong,

will annexed,

Sil June, 1906, at Markham Lodge, 13 Liverpool Road. | Letters of Adm., with Kingston on Thames in the County of Surrey in Eng- land,

Sorabji Pestonji Wadia and Dinshaw Jamshedji Pettigara, 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 Vœux Road Central, Victoria, Hongkong, Solicitor, one of the lawiul Attorneys of Emmeline Lines, lawful widow and relict,

Carried forward,.

Arathcon Seth, L.S.O., Official Administrator,

Siu Wing Sum, son,

Horace Percy Smith, Merchant,

Dang Sluey, brother,

Letters of Adm.,

Arathoon Seth, L.S.O., Official Administrator,.

100.00

No duty.

34

4,700.00

94.00

21,900.00

657.00

43,700,00

*

250.00

No duty.

16,400.00

492 00

500.00

5.00

1,200.00

24.00

8,200.00

164.00

5,552,000.00 160,449.20

Duty fully paid on Original Grant.

No.

Date of

Grant.

Name of Testator or Intestate.

་་

CALENDAR of PROBATES and LETTERS of ADMINISTRATION,-Continued,

Time and Place of Death.

35

Nature of Grant.

Name and Description of Executor or Administrator.

Value sworn

under.

Amount of

probate

duty paid.

$

C.

$ C.

Brought forward,

5,552,000.00 160,449.20

Letters of Adm.,

""

Leung Shin Chun, Clerk, one of the brothers, Leong Kau, one of the children and next of kin,

10,000 00

200.00

9,600.00

192.00

Arathoon Seth, I.S.O., Official Administrator,

2,000.00

40.00

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

Letters of Adm..

Arathoon Seth, L.S.O., Official Administrator, . Elizabeth Edwards Focken, widow,

2,300.00

16.00

16,700.00

501.00

Yung A Yee, the widow,

500.00

5.00

Application for reseal-To ing of Probate, Probate,

be granted to Uta Tsutada, the sole Executrix,

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,

2.700.00

54.00

Probate according to

Chan Chung Shi, the widow,

4,600.00

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,.. Francisco Xavier dos Remedios of Macau aforesaid, gentle-

man,

1.600.00

32,00

Probate,

Shi Chan Kwong, trader,

Carried forward,

200.00 No duty.

600.00

6.00

5,695,200.00

164,162.20

1906.

Oct., 31

Leung King Wo otherwise Leang Ching Ho, 4th Aug., 1900, at Shanghai, China,

5 || Leong John Chue,

173 | Nov.,

174 Oct., 31

::

บร

Ahoo Ashap otherwise known as Tseng Ho,

Charles Frederick Focken,

175

31

44

176

Ho U Chuen otherwise Ho Ki Hing,. 31 Hermann Caesar Erdmann,

177

Nov.,

5

Po Lin Faug,

178

15

Arthur Myers,

179

19

180

15

Li A Sum,

181

30 | George Suaife,

182

26

183

Dec.,

Constancia Joaquim Gonsalves, Koh Llan: Mob,

184 Nov., 28

Lee Choek,

185

30 George John Letablere Litton..

186

*

On or about the 25th of Nov., 1898, at San Francisco in the State of California, U.S.A.,

10th Sept., 1906, at No. 3 Wai Tak Lane, Victoria, Hong- kong,

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, Iu Ting,.

187

15

Lo In,

188

30

""

Maria Joseph Baptista,

189

Maria Bernardina Remedios,

190

26 Shi Ping Kwong,

Hongkong,

18th March, 1906, at No. 84 Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong,

11th June, 1906, at Elgin Street,

20th March, 1903, at Macau, China,

On or about the 27th of April, 1906, at No. 30 Hollywood Road. Victoria, Hongkong,

Probate,

Letters of Adm., with will annexed,

Probate,

Applicalion for the sealing of Letters of Adm., de bonis non, Letters of Adm.,

Application for seal- ing of Probate,

CALENDAR of PROBATES and LETTERS of AMDINISTRATION,--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.

3

C.

1906.

191

Dec., 17

Au Yau To,

192

:.

193

194

Brought forward.

5,695,200.00

$ (.

164,166.20

17th Dec., 1892, at the Tang Chau village, Shun Tak Dis- trict. Kwong Tung Province, China.

Letters of Adm..

Emily Ellen Wade,.

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, Arathoon Seth, L.S.O., Official Administrator,

2.500.00

50.00

150.00

No duty.

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.

100.00

No duty.

500.00

5.00

Total,

$ 5.708,450.00

164,221.20

Additional duty paid during the year,

258.69

36

164,479.89

37

Table VIII.

RETURN of ESTATES of INTESTATES for the first half-year ending 30th June, 1906.

(Ordinance 2 of 1897, section 28).

*

30,114.57 1,505.73 28,608.84

"

25.00 69.30

5.00 3.47

27,578.27

C. Binder,

301.23

15.06

Mustakeem,

63.00

8.35

Name of Intestate.

Amount received on account of Estate.

Deductions for Dis- bursements.

Balance on closing Account.

Disposal of Balance.

$

C.

C.

C.

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.

43

W. de Russett

6.00

.30

5.70

Do.

S. Manasseh

158.00

7.90

150.10

Do.

B. M. Noorodin J. Umiashankar

P. A. W. Ottomier Mrs. M. P. Marques

J. Peerbhoy

Suknunden Singh A. G. Apear

Denton E. Petersen

158.00

7.90

180.10

Do.

188.00

9.40

178.60

Do.

553.00

371.33

181.67

Do.

422.25

21.11

401.14

Da.

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.

20.00 65.83

3,514.66 24,063.61

286.17

54.65

Rham Lal,

.70

.04

.66

Do.

Alfred Sherwin,

16.10

.81

15.29

Do.

C. Encarnacão,

26.00

1.30

24.70

Do.

Hap Joo,.....

100.00

5.00

95.00

Do.

Hing Chin Quee,

100.00

5.00

95.00

Do.

Samuel Williams,

.22

.22

Do.

Tang Yau,

.30

.30

Do.

Tang Tai,

33

.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.

Harnam Singh,

2.00

.10

1.90

Do.

Leung Ah Han,

1.38

.07

1.31

Do.

C. M. Braga,

298.14

298.14

Jennie B. Torrence,

477.56

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

1,150.93

Lai Hi.......

.79

Alex. Scott Mason,

39.32

.04 39.32

21,867.64 .75

Remitted to Joseph Argyle Torrence, de-

ceased's father.

Paid into the Treasury.

Paid into the Treasury.

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

82.05 251.96 4.44 205.67

Paid into the Treasury.

Do.

Do.

J. G. da Silva,

Shinto Yamamoto,

150.00

7.50

142.50

1.95

.10

1.85

Paid to Superintendent of the Mercantile

Marine Office.

Paid to Adozinda da Silva e Santos, Ad-

'ministratrix.

Paid to Kihachi Yamamoto, son of the de-

censed.

Denis O'Keefe,

265 17

John Glen Service,

121.19

Kund Johan Sverkesen,

355.76

133.46 31.16 203.99

181.71 90.03 151.77

Paid into the Treasury.

Do.

Do.

Takar Singh,

14.50

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

38

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

Amount received on

Name of Intestate.

account of Estate.

for Dis-

Closing

bursements. Account.

Disposal of Balance.

C.

C.

$

C.

A. Skinner,.

131.57

32.87

98.70

Emerick Pillis,

1.36

.06

P. A. W. Ottomier (Old Estate)

1.30 265.98

99

Roza Maria da Rocha,

23.25

1.16

22.09

Mollie Hayes,.............

456.78

456.78

H. W. Merrill,

1,185.80

1,183.95

1.85

Alfred Bruder,

227.40

100.91

126.49

James McLachlam,

604.69

604.69

Fung Ku Shan,

516.25

516.25

Lu Kin Po,

1.80

T. H. Campbell,..

104.82

.09 14.44

William Matthew Deas,.

389.00

19.45

1.71 90.38 369.55

**

Su Pui,

Paid into the Trrasury.

Paid to H. A W. Öttomier.

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.

.05

.05

!,

>>

Chung Kan,

.20

.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

to Mrs. Brooks. into the Treasury.

W. J. Forsyth,

1,128.93

254.53

874.40

Yeung Chik Ping,

.38

Fung Sow,

.34

.38 .34

""

"

"

""

""

"

Mahomed Khan,.

19.64

.98

18.66

יי

C. Critchley,

6.00

.30

5.70

"

Capt. L. A. W. Barnes-Law-

rence,

1,494.90

1,494.90

Ahoo Ashap,

2,000.00

C. Waddington,

A. Myers,

A. W. Slaton,.

Chan Muk,

404.50

323.60 100.42

2,299.10

181.39

1,676.40 804.08 2,117.71

Ilayat Mahomed, brother of deceased.

into the Treasury.

No balance remaining. Paid into the Treasury.

27

""

"

29

56.19

2.81

53.38

"

""

99

2.10

.10

2.00

"

99

Chan Loi,

E. Wade,........

.13

108.17

80.61

.13 27.56

""

""

!

R. W. Houghton, H. E. Falconer, Charles Arshow, Mei Yue Shing, Patrick Marron,

2,542.74

2,227.66

315.08

99

87.33

20.00

47.57 20.00

39.76

""

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......

Summary Bankruptcy Probate

"

29

Admiralty

Official Administrator's Commission,..

Official Trustee'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,.......

$16,174.35

8,220.50

2,428.81

30:8789.25€

u 19241buni 1922,30

4,180.70

143.25

1,378,00

2,367.25

8,299.50

.$52,904.11

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Table IX (a).

COMPARATIVE RETURN of all SUMS COLLECTED in the REGISTRY of the SUPREME Court, during the year 1996, and paid into the TREASURY.

Registrar,--Court fees paid by Stamps,

$47,246.22

Official Administrator,-5% on amounts encashed and paid into the Treasury, 2,158.53 Official Trustee,-2% on amount of Trust on taking over up to $10,000, above

$10,000 Commission 1 % and 2% on income,

Bailiff's Fees, (including what was hitherto described as Sheriff's Fees),

Registrar of Companies,

Fines and Forfeitures,

1905.

1906. $38,902.66

4,180.70

2,767.94

143.25

1,729.00

1,378.00

7,583.00

8,299.50

500.00

Miscellaneous Receipts,

Unclaimed Balances of Intestate Estates,

Total.

61,984.69 52,904.11

......$61,984.69 $52,904.11

No. 3.

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SUPPLEMENT

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The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of FRIDAY, the 22nd of MARCH, 1907.

Published by Authority;

REPORT OF COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO ENQUIRE WHETHER EARLIER WARNING OF THE TYPHOON OF SEPTEMBER 18TH, 1906,

COULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO SHIPPING.

To be laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.

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 occasione 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.

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  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...............3 p.m. Barometer 30.02 Wind

ENE 1

Gutzlaff

Pescadores

Koshun

* Swatow

Manila...

3

29.97

NNE 5

19

19

""

1

29.82

SE 8

""

""

1

29.82

E 6

""

95

12

29.68

E 2

""

"

27

4

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."

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'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 3.)

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.

* This reading is stated by Mr. Figg of the Observatory to be 0.07 too low, which would make the true reading 29.75.

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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 to 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.

10. 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 LIEBERT 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."

 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 "ESE2." Exhibit D 5), and on H.M.S. Tamar at 4 p.m. on Monday "wind E 2". Monsieur LIEBERT 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. on the 18th September there was no indication of a typhoon approaching Hongkong: and 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, A. B. SKOTTOWE,

R.N.,

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

23rd October, 1906.

ALEXANDER SOMMERVILLE.

Date.

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EVIDENCE TAKEN BY COMMITTEE.

Name.

LIST OF

OF WITNESSES.

Position.

Sept. 24th

J. S. Roach....

Captain of S.S. Haitan.

Exhibits.

G. Hooker

W. Doberck

F. G. Figg

25th

W. Doberck

R. C. D. Bradley

Oct.

6th

G. Liébert......

W. Doberck

F. G. Figg

12th

Captain of S.S. Kwei

Chow.

Director, Hongkong

Observatory.

1st Assistant, Hongkong

Observatory.

Director, Hongkong

Observatory.

Captain of S.S. Kutsang.

French Consul at

Hongkong.

Director, Hongkong

Observatory.

1st Assistant, Hongkong

Observatory.

A. W. Outerbridge...... Captain of S.S. Taming.

Hongkong & Kowloon

A, B, C, D to D, E.

2

F, G, G, H, I to I, J to J,

& S.

L to Lg, M. to M, N & N1.

R. Unsworth

A. E. Hodgins....

Wharf & Godown Co.

Captain of S.S. Haiching.

R. Rodgers

Captain of S.S. Zafro,

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.

 Q-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.

Q.--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.

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  Q.-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.

  Q.-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.

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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.

Q.-Have you a barograph on board ?

A.-No; but I have a typhoon barometer.

Q. Did your typhoon barometer show any likelihood of meeting this typhoon before

1 a.m?

 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 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 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

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  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. Yes, 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.

Q.--What was the wind at the Observatory?

A.-4 p.m.-ESE force 2.

  Q.-Was there anything in the reports from the Peak or Observatory to indicate a storm ?

  A.-No. The barometer at 1 a.m. and 10 p.m. were the same. E force 1 at the Observatory.

Wind at 10 p.m. was

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-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.

Q.--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 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 a 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 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.

Q.-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.

Q. 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. could not have hoisted the drum earlier.

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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.

We

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

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Q.- -What is your average diurnal barometric variation at present ?

A.-About eight hundredths of an inch.

Q-Is there any difference between a tornado and a typhoon?

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 miles.

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 5.)

  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.

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Q.-Did you have any outside information on the 17th indicating the approach of bad

weather?

A.--No, not from Manila or anywhere.

Q. 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 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.

Q.----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 p.m. had only very slight E swell. The fact is the swell was in the rear of this typhoon.

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Q.-Is there communication with Waglan ?

A.-No, we trust to Gap Rock.

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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, 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.

Q. 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.

-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 carlier 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.

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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 not 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

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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

  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.

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; at 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.

(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.

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"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.

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-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.

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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 I 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.

  Q. 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.

Q.-You do not live at the Observatory?

A.-No.

Q. Are you one of the observers ?

A.-No, except on special occasions.

-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.

-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.

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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 remarks upon the observations sent by those stations?

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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Q.-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.

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Q. I am not speaking of loose remarks.

be useful to other places?

Would not your own remarks for instance

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. The column head "Remarks" is for such things as thunderstorms, etc.

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 remarkel that he remembered seeing complaints made about the unnecessary hoisting of signals.)

Examined by Captain Sommerville :-

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Q.-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.

Q.-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?

 A.--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.

Q. 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.

 Q.-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. the depres- sion over Formosa has filled up. Autumnal monsoon probably moderate along the whole coast of China. On the 19th it is stated that on the 18th heavy storm probably of narrow diameter passed over Hongkong in the morning (29.28 and a whole SW gale at 10 a.m.). That information re the typhoon in Hongkong was communicated by the Hongkong 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 Sicawei 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 Rock. 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.

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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 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.

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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.

Q.-I 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.

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Q.-At what time did you go aboard ?

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  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?

  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." 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 :-

  Q. -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.

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 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.

Q. 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. I 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 upon us.

   I think some notification could have been given at 6 a.m. if anyone had been up 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.

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  Q.-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.

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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.

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. T 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.

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List of Exhibits.

Letter of identification.

A.

B.

C.

D to D 5.

E.

F.

G.

G 1.

IJ.

I to I 6.

J to J 2.

L to L 3.

M to M 2.

N and N 1.

O and 0 1.

Contents.

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,

"China Coast Meteorological Reports" issued by Hongkong Observatory,

13th to 18th September, 1906,

Direction and force of wind taken at Hongkong Observatory between

7.23 a.m. and 1.23 p.m. on 18th September, 1996,

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 Cousul 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,

By whom put in.

Director of Hongkong Observatory.

French Consul at

Hongkong.

First Assistant Hongkong Observatory.

King's Harbour Master, H'kong.

P.

Abstract of log of S.S. Zafiro, Hongkong to Manila, 15th to 17th Sep-

tember, 1906,

Q.

Abstract of log of S.S. Zafiro, Hongkong to Manila, 28th-29th May,

1906,

Capt. of S.S.

Zafiro.

R.

Observations made on board vessels navigating in and near Formosa

Channel on 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th September, 1906,.

S.

Copy of log of S.S. Océanien, 14th to 18th September, 1906,.............

French Consul at Hongkong.

i

67

Exhibit A.

Observations taken at Hongkong Observatory, Gap Rock and Peak on 17th September, 1906.

HONGKONG.

GAP ROCK.

Baro-

Hours. meter Temp.

to S. L.

Wind.

Wind.

PEAK.

REMARKS.

Clouds.

Hours.

Baro-

meter.

Dir. For.

Dir. F. S.

1 a. 29.804

79.6

2

.789 79.3

00

3,

.783!

79.1

4

.772

79.2

99

10

5

.771.

79.0

:

""

6,,

.791

79.5

:

:

:.

:

:

:

:

no clouds.

1 a.

29.78 WNW

A

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

a. dew.

a. lightning in

NE.

no clouds.

4 a.

29.73 | WNW│

3 3

:

:

:.

:

:

:

7

.803

80.8 W

"9

c-cum.

enu.

7 a. 29.77

+03

W

WNW 13

30

:

3 NW W 43

8

.822

82.0 W

2

:

:

:

23

NW 16

19

9"

.832 83.8 W

1

+04

15

c-str.

10,

.855 84.1

W S

9

10 a.

29.82 WNW

NW 35

3NW W 50 | 10 a. Solar Halo.

cum.

13

11,

.835

84.5 W

NW 13

Noon.

.809 85.4 WSW 1

:

:

:

2

NW 15

:

-02

13

1 p. .762 83.4 W

1 10 nim. N 1 p.

29.78 | WNW

2

2

NE E 28

3

NWN 31

2

.755 83.1

:

:

""

""

4 ""

.744 81.9 ESE

.742 82.6

E

+03

Q

10

Sin-cum.

cum.

4 p. 29.71 W

10

5

.750 81.1 E

1

6",

.767

81.0

7

.773

80.7

:

:

""

:

0 2 cum.

:

8,,

9

.815 80.5 ESE

.797 80.1

:

:

:

:

F:

:

:

10 "

.795

79.6 E

10 im.

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:.

:

:

:

:

:

:

:.

:

:

:

6

NNW 37

2

6

EN 43

4

SSW 476 p.m. light fog.

8

WSW 5Thunderstorm 6.26 p.−6.30 p.

8

NNW 17

13

NNW 30

in NNE, distant.

9 p. light dew. 9 p. lightning in

NE.

68

Exhibit B.

Observations taken at Hongkong Observatory, Gap Rock and Peak

on 18th September, 1906.

GAP ROCK.

34

HONGKONG.

Baro-

Wind.

Wind.

PEAK.

REMARKS.

Hours. meter Temp.

Baro-

Clouds. Hours.

to S.L.

Dir.

For.

meter.

Dir.

F.

S.

NW 8 46 NNW 4

10.30 a.m. thun- der & lightning.

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:.

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

7 a. 29.698 77.3 NW

3

10 nim.

NNW

7 a.

8

.604

76.8 NW

99

9

.394

W/N 10

10 "

.275

75.0 SW

10-11

10 nim.

10 a.

11.

.633

S

6

Noon.

.703

77.1 SSW | 4-7

:

1 P.

.767

78.5.

3

10 nim.

SSW

1 p.

2

.777

79.4

4

...

""

3

.791

80.3 S/E

3

:

:

e-cum. S

4

.790

29

81.9 S/E

310 sm-cum.

30 31

4 p.

cuni.

10

5

.796

80.7 SE

1

:

""

6

.809 79.5 E

4

:

I-

00

.834

79.5 SE

3

Co

22

8 cum. SE 7 p.

.874 78.0 SE

4

""

1.10

p.m. thun-

der ? ? ?

:

:

C

9

10 "

.898 77.7 SE

.907 79.9 ENE 4 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. Stan lard Time.

1906

A m

023pm

2 23.

Sept mth

4 23.

6 23.

8 23.

10 23.

O 23 am.

223.

4 23

6 23.

8 23.

1023-

Sept 18th

1.000 inch of trace=1.478 Standard inches.

29 ૮ ૦

2 23.

4 23.

6 23.

8 23:

10 23.

0 23 am

2 23.

•Sept 19.th

423.

Exhibit C.

Barogram taken at Hongkong Observatory, 17th to 19th September, 1906.

6 23.

8 23.

1023.

{

Station.

71

Exhibits D to D 5.

"China Coast Meteorological Reports" issued by Hongkong Observatory, 13th to 18th September, 1906.

D.

China Coast Meteorological Register.

Hour.

12th September, 1906, p.m.

Barometer.

Inches. Millrs.

Temper-

ature.

Humidity.

Wind.

Direc- For-

tion.

ce.

Weather.

Hour.

13th September, 1906, a.m.

Barometer.

Inches. Millrs.

ature.

Temper-

Humidity.

Wind.

Direc- For-

tion.

cc.

Weather.

Wladivostock 2 p.

:

Nemuro

30.16 766.1

SE

7 a.

6 a. 30.24

768.1

S

Hakodate

30.13 765.2

SE

30.21 767.2

NE

"

""

Tokio

""

30.06 |763.6

NW

30.02762.5

NW

Kochi

29.91 759.8

NE

29.80 756.8

Nagasaki.....

29.83 757.8

SW

29.88 758.8

NW

"

Kagoshima

29.88 758.9

29.88

758.9

NW

""

Oshima

29.89 759,1

29.89 759.1

27

99

Naha

29.81 757.2

SE

29.89 759.2

""

Ishigakijima..

29.74

755.3

NE

29.74 755.3

SE

>>

27

Chefoo......

31

3 p.

. 29.94 76

76

86

NE

C

6 a. 30.03 | 762.7

70

85

N

b

Weihai wei

30.00 | 762.0

76

ENE

Hankow

30.06763.5

82

NE

""

9 a. 30.04763.0 6 a.

78

NE

Kiukiang..

30.06763.5

NE

"

""

Shanghai..

29.91 | 759.7

W

C

""

Gutzlaff

29.88 758.9

N

CV

9 a. 29.99 | 761.7 29.95760.7

73

81

NE

0

86

N

CV

""

Sharp Peak...

29.83 757.7

NNE

29.84757.9

82

NE

""

"

Amoy

29.70 754.4

NE

29

Swatow

59

Taiboku

1 p. 29.81

787.2

6 a. 29.78756.4

a. 29.72754.8

95

NE

E

Taichu..

29.77 756.1

29.71

754.6

Tainan Koshun

29.79 756.7

29.71 754.5

29.79 756.6

W

29.73 755.0

W

""

Pescadores

29.79 756.7

SE

29.68

753.8

N

10

Canton.....

p.

29.76 755.9 86

N

9 a. 29.84 757.9

79

91

N

Hongkong

p.

29.72 754.9 79

ENE

4

od 10 a. 29.81757.2

79

ENE

Victoria Peak

NE

4

E

"

Gap Rock

29.67 |753.6

E

6

29.77 756.1

E

Macao

29.74755.4 80

ENE

od

29.82 757.4

81

NE

C

""

Hoihow

9 a.

Pakhoi..

Phulien

p.

4 29.77 756.1

88

WSW

10 a.

Tourane

29.76 756.0 88

NNW

:

Cape St.James

29.76755.9

SW

Aparri

2

p.

29.76 755,8 86

S

Manila,

4

p.

29.76756

WSW

Legaspi

P.

2 29.78756.3

Bacolod

W SW

a. 29.77 10 a. 29.84 6 a. 29.83

756.1 758 757.7

88

S

9 a.

p.

29.77756.1

W

29.85 758.2

29.80

756.9

99

29.84 757.9 29.87 758.7

WS :

:

:

Hoilo Cebu

Labuan

29.76 |755.9

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

E. to N.E. winds, fresh or strong; squally, showery.

N.E. winds, strong to a gale.

N.E. winds, strong.

and Hainan,

Hongkong Observatory, Thursday, 13th September, 1906.

Same as No. 3.

F. G. FIGG,

First Assistant.

Station.

Nemuro

Hakodate

Hour.

Wladivostock : 2 p.

Inches. Milles

30.16766.1 30.13

72

D1.

China Coast Meteorological Register.

13th September, 1906, p.m.

Barometer.

ature.

Temper-

Humidity.

Wind.

Direc-For- |

tion.

cc.

Weather.

Hour.

14th September, 1906, a.m.

Barometer.

Inches. Millrs.

ature.

Temper-

Humidity.

Wind.

Direc-For-

tion.

ce.

Weather.

S

765.2

SE

Tokio

29.91 759.6

Kochi

29.80 756.8

Nagasaki.....

29.87 758.8

Kagoshima

29.92759.9

Oshima

29.89 759.1

Naha

29.89 759.2

Ishigakijima..

29.82 757.3

SW

:0*+20TNNO

7 a.

6 a. 30.16 | 766.1

S

30.13 765.2

E

29.99 761.6

NW

29.91

759.8

SW

29.95 760.8

NE

29.96 760.9

29.89 759.1

29.89 759.2 29.86758.3

NE

Chefoo

3 p.

Weihaiwei

29.95 760.7

NE

9 a

Hankow

Kiukaing

29.89 759.2 83 63

NE

""

Shanghai....

29.91 759.7 80 62

NNE

29.97 761.2 9 a. 29.96 | 761.0

Gutzlaff

29.92 759.9 76

NNE

CV

Sharp Peak...

29.76 755.9 79

NNE

6 0

Amoy

29.73 755.1 84

79

NE

3

OF

Swatow

وو

Taihoku

1 P.

29.67758.7

SE

10

Taichu..

29.62 752.4

S

Tainan.

29.70 754.3

W

4

29.95760.7 29.89 759.2

6 a. 29.80 759.9

5 a. 29.83757.6

29.83 757.6 29.78756.4

6 a. 29.94 760.5 70 95 S

29.95 760.7 72 6 a. 30.02 762.5 75 95 95 80 70 SE 77 82 81 91

WSW

-NKONONNAAN:

:

C

or

E

b

ESE

by

E

Q

91 NNE

OF

Koshun

29.76 755.8

SW

29.83 757.6

Pescadores

29.62 752.3

NW

10

29.79756.6

,་

Canton.....

3

P.

29.76755.9

8. 96

NE

1

C

GK

29.85 758.2

79

95

OONTOO

0

Hongkong

4 p. 29.74 755.4

75

E

10 a. 29.86758.4

84

69

NW

Victoria Peak

E

SSW

"

Gap Rock

29.71 754.6

E

29.83 757.7

E

Macao

29.75755.6

82

SE

29.85 758.2

84

ESE

C

Hoihow

3 p.

9 a

Pakhoi...

99

Phulien

P.

4 29.74 755.8

90

Touranc

Cape St.James

29.74 755.8 86 29.78 756.4 81

W NNW

C

10 a.

C

SW

0

Aparri

6 a. 29.86 758.3

C

P.

Manila.

p.

29.76756

86

WSW

10 a. 29.92 760 86

Legaspi

p.

2 29.79 756.6

91

NW

6 a. 29.87758.6

77

C

Bacolod

3 p.

SW

9 a.

Iloilo

29.75 755.6 86

SW

29.85 758.2 82

55

"

Cebu

29.80756.9

87

Labuan

29.76 755.9 87

2 :

E

29.89 759.2 86

55

29.88 758.9 84

19

39

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 Hougkong

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.

م.

73

D2.

China Coast Meteorological Register.

14th September, 1906, p.m.

15th September, 1906, a.m.

Weihaiwei

Hankow

""

Kiukiang

29.93 760.2

Shanghai...

29.99 759.4

95

Gutzlaff

29.89 759.2

39

Sharp Peak...

29.87 758.7 85

""

Amoy

29.79 | 756.6

84 79

Swatow

29.76755.9

84 83

"

Taihoku

1 p.

29.86 758.5

Taichu...

29.87 758.7

INRER ::

Tainan..

29.87 758.8

39

Koshun

29.87 758.8

""

Pescadores

29.83 757.8

""

Canton.....

p.

3 29.79 756.6 86

92

Station.

Barometer.

Hour.

Inches. Millrs.

ature.

Temper-

Humidity.

Wind.

Direc- tion.

For-

ce.

Wladivostock 2 p.

Nemuro

30.12 765.1

Hakodate

30.05 763.2

وو

Tokio

30.02 | 762.6

SE NW

>>

Kochi

29.95 760.8

Nagasaki

29.95 | 760.8

,,

Kagoshima

29.96760.9

23

Oshima

29.96 761.1

NE

Naha

29.89 759.2

SE

""

Ishigakijima

29.85 758.3

99

Chefoo..... 3 p.

29.91

759.7

29.99 761.7 85 83

NW

NE

58 NE

Weather.

Hour.

Barometer.

Wind.

Direc. For-

Inches. Millrs.

tion. ce.

7 a.

£ £ £ - E E E En in

NE

с

by

b

6 a. 29.97

761.1

29.89759.2

29.99

761.6

29.91 759.8

29.95 | 760.8 29.96760,9

29.97 761.1 29.93760.2

29.86758.3

6 a. 29.95760.7

9 a.

6 a. 29.97761.2 29.96 761.0

9 a. 29.94 760.5 29.92 759.9 29.90759.4

""

"

6 a. 29.88758.9

""

5 a. 29.84 757.9

29.83 | 757.7

76

29.82 757.5

1:ཀྱིན 1:|:::ཀར ཏཱཾ :: འཎྜཾ ུཋ 1ཁ

C

75 100

0

84 75

81 91 SSE

CV

87

77

95

"

29.82 757.4

29.84

757.8

NW

99

с

9 a.

Hongkong

Victoria Peak

Gap Rock

4 p. 29.79 756.6 84 73 SE

C

10 a. 29.91

759.7 78 95

SE

E

29.77 756.1

SE

29.88 758.9

W

""

29.80 756.9 85

SE

ONOU :OMN:

od

"

3 p.

9 a.

""

or

10 a.

Macao

Hoihow

Pakhoi

Phulien

29.74755.3

79

ENE

Tourane

29.75 755.7

E

Cape St.James

29.80 756.8

SW

3

C

Aparri

Manila

p. 29.80 757

86

71

Legaspi

2 p.

Bacolod

3 p.

Iloilo

29.79 756.6 87

"

Cebu

29.80 756.9 87

"

Labuan

29.81 757.2 84

1"

""

6 a.

10 a.

5 a.

9 a.

29.87 758.7 29.89 759.2 85 29.88 758.9 81

NW NE

2

b

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 uniformn, 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

E. or variable winds, light; showery. N.E. winds, moderate.

Same as No. 1.

and Hainan,

Same as No. 1.

F. G. FIGG,

First Assistant.

Hongkong Observatory, Saturday, 15th September, 1906.

*

Station.

74

D..

China Coast Meteorological Register.

15th September, 1906, p.m.

Barometer.

ature.

Temper-

Humidity.

Wind.

Direc- For- tion. ce.

Weather.

Hour.

16th September, 1906, a.m.

Barometer.

Inches. Millrs.

ature.

Temper-

Humidity.

Wind.

Direc- For-

ce.

tion.

Hour.

Wladivostock 2 p.

Inches. Millrs.

Weather.

Nemuro

Hakodate

99

Tokio

29

Kochi

""

Nagasaki

""

7 a.

6 a. 29.69 754.1

29.62 752.2

29.79 756.6

وو

29.84 757.8

SW

""

29.84757.8

W

Kagoshima

Oshima

29.92 759.9

W

29.93 760.1

Naha

Chefoo

"

29.93 760.2

19

Ishigakijima.

Weihai wei

:

""

29.86 758.3

022220000

6

3 p.

6 a.

:

Hankow

29.87 758.7 82 29.95 760.7 83 83

9 a.

NE

""

6 a.

:

Kiukiang...

29.91

759.7

76

29.91 759.7

95

NE

Shanghai....

29.83 757.7 88 62

""

pe

9 a. 29.84

757.9

SW

0

Gutzlaff

29.83 757.7

SE

29

29.82 757.4 83

S

3

CV

Sharp Peak...

29.84 757.9 84

NE

29.82 757.4 83

NW 1

""

Amoy

29.74 755.4 88

SW

Swatow

29.75 755,6 86 76

b

6 a. 29.78756.4

29.76755.9

81

91

SSW I

0

78

95

NNE 1

C

Taihoku

p.

29.80 757.0

5 a. 29.80

756.8

Taichu...

29.78 756.3

Tainan..

29.81 757.2

""

Koshun

29.80 756.8

""

Pescadores

29.80 756.8

""

Canton......

p. 29.83757.7

96

Hongkong

4

P.

29.82 757.4

90

Victoria Peak

Gap Rock

29.80 756.9

""

Macao

29.82 757.4 82

""

Hoibow

3 p.

Pakhoi....

55

Phulien

4 p.

Tourane

Cape St.James

Aparri

Manila

p.

29.82 p. 29.80

757

757.3 79 86

Lepaspi

29.82 757. 90

Bacolod

3 p.

Iloilo Cebu

29.79 756.6

29.8I 757.2

""

Labuan

29.81 757.2

,,

SWGKWNSSEX

29.82

757.5

29.80 757.0

""

29.78756.4

E

29.78 756.5

SW

9 a. 29.85 758.2 10 a. 29.95 | 758.2

81

96

SW

83 80

W

WNW

""

29.85 758.2

NNW

29.87 758.7 83

420

C

9 a.

""

10 a.

39

:

6 a.

INNON

10 a. 29.88 759

6 a.

:

9 a.

29.85758.2 29.88 758.9

""

29.87 758.7

"

84

WSW

SW

NE

O

:

:

0

C

C

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.

Same as No. 1.

Hongkong Observatory, Sunday, 16th September, 1906.

F. G. FIGG,

First Assistant.

Station.

Hour.

75

D1.

China Coast Meteorological Register.

16th September, 1906, p.m.

Barometer.

Inches. Millrs.

ature.

Temper-

Humidity.

Wind.

Direc-For-

tion.

ce.

Weather.

Hour.

17th September, 1906, a.m.

Barometer,

|Inches. Millrs.

ature

Temper-

Humidity.

Wind.

Diree-For-

tion.

ce-

Weather,

Wladivostock 2

P.

Nemuro

29.45 748.1

Hakodate

29.54 750.2

Tokio

29.59 751.6

Kochi

29.76 755.8

Nagasaki...

29.80756.8

Kagoshima

29.84 757.9

Oshima

29.89 759.1

Naha

Ishigakijima.

Chefoo.

29.89 | 759.2 29.85 758.3 29.90759.4

72

Weihaiwei

29.86 758.4

NW

Hankow

Kiukiang

29.95 760.7

N

29.85 758.2

79

NE

Shanghai

20.78 756.4 79

N

Gutzlaff

29.77756.1 83

NSW

Sharp Peak...

29.75 | 755.6

NE

Amoy Swatow

29.78 756.4

SE

84406022688822213

7 a.

6 a. 29.40

749.1 29.62752.2

:

29.88 29.98 750.1

SW W

99

29.71 754.6

NW

29.80 | 756.8

SW

29.84 737.8

758.9

SW

29.89 759.2

29.86758.3

6

9

29.94 : 760.5

6 a. 30.04

763.0 68 90

30.01

762.2 81 91 9 a. 29.95 760.7 73 63

29.91 769.5

82 29.83757.7

NE

0

NE

Or

68

87

NNE NNE

omd

0

6 a. 29.79 756.6 79 95

NE

29.73755.1

NW

Taihoku

29.75755.7

NW

5

a. 29.80757.0

Taichu...

29.73 755.1

29.81757.1

Tainan...

29.78756.4

W

29.80757.0

Koshun

29.80 756,9

SE

29.82

757.5

Pescadores

29.74 755.5

NW

29.80756.8

In gen

SE

Canton....

P

29.71 754.6

92

NW

Hongkong

29 74 755.4

67

SW

9 a. 29.83757.7

10 a. 29.86 758.4 84 78 W

84

91

C

Victoria Peak

WNW

""

Gap Rock

29.76 755.9

W

29 82 757.4

NW WNW

51

Macao,.

29.85

758.2

85

O

19

Hoihow

3 p.

9 a.

Pakhoi....

Phulien

P. 29.74

755.4 84

0

10 a.

Tonrane

29.76755.9 91

Cape St.James

29.72754.9

86

Aparri

6 a.

Manila

29.76 756

86

10 a. 29.84 758 86 79 SSW

C

Lepaspi

29.81 757.2

Bacolod

3 p.

Iloilo Cebu

29.75 765.6 85

29.81 757.2

""

Labuan

29.79756.6 85

6 a..

9 a.

29.83 757.7

25

b

29.86 758.4

""

29.88 | 758.9

53

NW

C

b

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.

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

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.

76

D3.

-am.com

China Coast Meteorological Register.

17th September, 1906, p.m.

Barometer.

Inches Millrs.

ature.

Temper-

Humidity.

Wind.

Direc- tion.

For-

ce.

Weather.

Hour.

18th September, 1906, a.m.

Barometer.

Inches. Millrs.:

ature.

Temper-

Humidity.

Wind.

Direc-For-

tion.

ce.

Weather.

Wladivostock 2 p.

Nemuro

29.53 750.1

SW

7 a.

6 a.

""

Hakodate.....

29.65 | 753.2

W

Tokio

29.75

755.6

N

"

99

Kochi

29.83 757.8

NW

99

Nagasaki..

29.91 759.8

NE

Kagoshima

29.88 758.9

W

"

Oshima

29.89 759.1

SE

Naha

29.89 759.2

N

""

ishigakijima

29.89 759.3

n

Chefoo

3 p.

:

6 a.

Weihaiwei

29.90 759.4

N

9 a

Haukow

30.09 764.3 77 82

E

6 a.

Kukiang..

30.07763.8

63

NE

"

Shanghai

Gutzlaff

30.02 762.5 71 75 29.97761.2 70 70

ENE

0

9 a.

NNE

CV

""

Sharp Peak...

29.80756.9 85 85

E

0

99

Amoy

29.76 755.9

79

ESE

6 a.

21

Swatow

29.68 753.9 85

79

E

**

Taihoku

p. 29.81 757.1

N

""

5 a.i

Taichn

29.81 757.2

NW

:

19

Tainan.

29.80 756,9

SE

**

Koshun

29.82 757.4

E

""

""

Pescadores

་་

29.82 757.5

SE

Canton.....

3 p. 29.75 755.6 83 96

ΟΙ

9 a.

Hongkong

4

p. 29.74 755.4 82 84

ESE

0

10 a. 29.28 743.7 75 100

SW

10 orq

Victoria Peak

E

:

""

Gap Rock

29.71 754.6

W

""

"

Macao

29.74 757.9 86

0

Hoihow

3 p.

9 a.

Pakhoi....

Phulien

4 p.

""

10 a.

Tourane

""

Cape St.James

""

Aparri

2 p.

"

6 a.

Manila..

4 p. 29.76 756 79 84 NNE

Legaspi Bacolod

2 p.

3 p.

10 a.

0

6 a.

9 a.

Hoilo

29.75

755.6

SW

Cebu

29.80756.9

29.76 755.9 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.

A

77

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.) = 28.997.

Wind.

Direction.

N.W. by W.

N.W N.W. by W. S.S.W. S.

Standard Time.

18th 7.23 a.m. 8.23

""

9.23

""

10.23

11.23

12

0.23 p.m. 1.23

27

S.S.W. S. by E.

Force.

force 4

7

99

11

11

""

Taken by self-recording Anemometer.

10:00

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 m m. (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 m'm. 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.

78

Exhibit G.

Copy of barometric curre taken on board French T.B.D. Javeline on 17th to 19th September, 1906.

Lundi

Mardi

Mercredi

4 $ 8 10 XII £ 4

§ 10 M2 4 6 8 1/0X/11 2

$10M 2 4 6

1/0 X 11 2 4 48 11/0

81/0

700

780

779

770

780

Typhon du 18 Septembre, 1906, Hongkong. Courbe du baromètre de la "Javeline".

h

*

{

MONDAY

Exhibit G 1.

Copy of barometric curve taken at Messrs. C. J. Gaupp & Co.'s premises in Hongkong on 17th to 24th September, 1906.

TUESDAY

1. $ $ 10x11 b 4 & 6 110 M3 2 4 & § 10 X 11 4 4 6 8 11 M 2 4 ¢

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

SUNDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY to Nir 2 § § § 10 X 1 2 4 6 8 10 12 12 4

$ 31/0 X 1 2 4 $ 8 10 1

NO

Cyclone of 18th September, 1906.

07

20

|

79

80

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.

I.

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.

I1.

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.

81

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- 24. Read- 24h Dir. Force. sure. Var. ing.

Var.

WEATHER.

Tomsk

84° 58′ 56° 30′

9 a.

763

-

1

3

+ 2

ESE

Nikolaevsk

140 45 53 8

6 a.

...

Irkoutsk

104 19

52 16

8 a.

770

Tschita

113 30

52 I

TA.

763

++

+ 3

3 NW

០៛

8

+ 2

Troitskosavsk

106 27

50 22

8 a.

768

6

+ 2

SW

Nemuro

145 35

43 20

p.

759

Wladivostock

131 54 43 7

6 a.

755

14

I

3

Hakodate

140 44 41 46

1 p.

755

8

Ing-k'eou

Tien-tsin

122 16 117 11 39 9

40 41

3

p.

757

-

3

3 p.

759

Tehe-fou

121 22 37 33

3 p.

...

Wei-bai-wei

Ts'ing-tao

122 9

87 30

758

120 18 36 韭

Tôkyô

Kochi...

Nagasaki

139 45 85 41

759

133 32

33 33

758

129 56

32 44

759

Tchen-kiang Nan-king

119 25 32 13

756

1 1 1 1

2

3

118 49

32 5

I p.

760

Kagoshima

130 25 31 35

759

Gutzlaff...

122 10

30-49

759

p.

Han-k'eon

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

P.

Ning-po.....

121 33 29 52

3 p.

757

Teh'ong-k'ing

Kieou-kiang

106 31 29 50 116 8 29 45

P.

**

3 p.

758

Oshima

129 30 28 23

759

1

P.

Wen-tcheou

120 40 28 1

3 p.

758

Ki-ngan

114 55 27 8

3 p.

Naba

127 41 26 13

1

759

P.

Sharp-Peak

119' 40 26 7

3 p.

757

Tailtoku......

121 28 25 4

1 p.

756

Amoy....

118 5 24 27

758

P.

Ishigakijima

124.

Taichu Pescadores Swatow

Taito ..... Hong-kong Koshun Phu-lien

7 24 20 120 40 24 2 119 34 23 33 116 40 23 23

758

p.

1 p.

755

755

p.

3 P.

121 8 22 45

1

p.

756

114 10 22 18

3 p.

757

120 47 22 4

735

p.

106 41 20 15

4 p.

756

+ 1

Aparri

121 37 18 21

6 a.

758

Tourane.

Manille

Legaspi

C. S. Jacques ....

108 16 16 120 59 14 37 123 45 13 107 5 10 20

4

4 p.

756

4 p.

757

9

6 n.

759

4 p

p.

757

IRR IN ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀08 18 15: 1825 183.:********2

:::

23

SW

I

23

1

1 NW

22

1

2

1

2

25

.0

24

-

1 1

♡ H

32

30

28

T

2

29

0

32

0

+ 2

30

29

+ 2 SW

0

NENENDE ING INNE BEHEER

0

1.

6

0

4

2

be

2

be

2

c

4

4

4

3

4.

0

be

2

...

31 + 2

2

bey

28

1

I

4

be

...

0

2

b b

0

be

2

C

6

3

C

8

b

SW

2

6

2

25

26

27

25

0 34

0 24

29

│+++ !+

NE

6

4

Z

N

6

SE

5

+ 2

+ 2

GAINE

1

W

0

SW

2

REMARKS.

Zikawei.-Th. max. 32°6 mi. 23°4. Barom. m. 758.2. Rain 0. Prevail. Wind SE, Veloc. 10 k.p.h.

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:

82

ZI-KA-WEI OBSERVATORY.

INA WEATHER SERVICE.

Chart of September 16th, 1906, Morning (6 a.in.).

100

10%

104 106 108 110

112 114. 116 118 /20 122, 124 120 128 130 132

134 135

133

140 142 14

SYMM

ABBREV.

b.

fair.

C.

cloudy.

d.

drizzle.

f.

fog.

h1.

hail.

3

1.

lightning.

B

PC.

11.

mist.

0.

overcast.

ba

P.

showers.

122

X

Love

N

768

1766

q.

squally.

LOW

TEC

201

TA

755

1.

rain.

116]

S.

snow.

t.

#hunder.

8

100

102

760

104 126 108

fai

158

cloud

MIN

TEX

HIGH

IH ·

GH

114

11/6

118

120 122

123 120 128 730 12

740

750

160

770

شه تابا

+

1

Millimètres..

730

Inches

THE

driz:

=

fog.

lightning

8

dvil.

O

CONCE

134- 126 138 140 142 144

180 Millimètres.

Inches

74 82 90 06 14 21 29 37 45 53 61 69 77 86 92 08 16 24 32 40 48 56 67 71

29.00

- 30.00

showen

squally.

ruin.

*

SHOW.

thunder.

J

83

I3.

ZI-KA-WEI OBSERVATORY.

CHINA WEATHER SERVICE.

Observations taken on the 16th September, 1906 at several stations in the Far-East."

BAROMETER

THERMO.

WIND

STATION.

LONG.

LAT.

TIME.

Pres- 24 Road- 21h sure. Var. ing. Var.

Dir. Force.

WEATHER.

Tomsk

84° 58′ 56° 30′

g'a.

Nikolaevsk

140 45 53

8

6 a.

22

759

J 13

ca

:

8

S

Q

Irkoutsk

104 19 52 16

8 a.

758

Tschita

113 30

52 1

7 n.

768

Troitskosavsk

106 27

50 22

8 a.

771

+

21 10 30

1

عشرات الله

E

Z

0

Nemuro.

145 85

13 20

1 p.

748

S

Տ

Wladivostock

131 54 43 *

6 .

750

18

+ 4

Z

Hadodate

Ing-k'eou

140 44 122 16 40 41

41 46

I p.

750

W

756

22

Tien-tsin

117 11 39 9

753

24

Tehe-fou

121 22

37 33

3 p.

759

22

Wei-hai-wei

122 9

37 30

3 p.

758

0

22

Ts'ing-tao

120.18

36 4

Tôkyô

139 45

35 41

751

Kochi.... Nagasaki

13 32 33 33

1

752

129 56 32 44

756

Tehen-kiang

119 25 32 13

755

Nan-king

118 49 32 5

758

Kagoshima

130 25 31 35

757

Gutzlaff

122 10 30 49

756

-

Han-k'con

114 18 30 35

758

Cha-che

114 18 30 18

I-tch'aug

111 · 19

30 42

757

Hang-tcheon.

120 12.

30 11

756

Niug-po.....

121 33

29 52

755

NN

Teh'ong-k'ing

106 31 29 50

Kieou-kiang Oshima Wen-tcheon Ki-ngan Naha Sharp-Peak

116 8

129 30

29 45* 28 23

...

756

758.

120 40 28 1

p.

756

114 55 27 8

3 p.

127 41 26 13

1 p.:

758

119 40 26

7

p.

752

Taihokn........

Amoyi..

Ishigakijima

121 28 25 4. 118 5 24 27 124 7 24 20

754

p.

754

1

757

Taichu

120 40 24 2

75£

Pescadores.

119 84 23 33

754

Swatow

116 40 23 23

Taitoi..

121 8 22 45

756

0 29

Hong-koug

114 10 22 18

753

-

Koshun

120 47 22 4

755

0 24

Phu-lien

106 41 20 45

755

Aparrin

121 37 18 21

6

758

0

Tourane.. Manille Legaspi C. S. Jacques

108 16 16 4

756

.0 33

120 59 14 37

4 p.

756

123 45 13 9 107 5 10 20

il.

758

4 p.

755

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NW

4

+

NW

NW

B

Z

SE.

6

25

0

NE

1

0

26

2

Z

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2

Z

31

0

SSW

2

bey

.22

6

X

30

SE

2

b

32

0

Z

0

b

.32

+ ·2

NE

2

be

29

+1

NE

2

b

X

2

30

0

SE

c

29

NE

1

b

31

NW

31

0

SE

2

6

31.

Z

0

28

NW

6.

· 0

E

4

30

} 29 + 2 SE

24

30

25

30

+ 1 + | | 1++.

SW

2

b

2 SE

1

3

{

1

с

W

I

+ 1

S

2:

'

REMARKS.

Zikawei.-Th. max. 31°8 mi. 24°2. Barom. mean 757; Rain 0. Veloc. 19 k.p.h.

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,

ABBREV.

b.

fair.

c.

cloudy.

d.

trizzle.

f.

fog.

ს.

hail.

1.

ghtning.

m.

mist.

134

0.

-vercast.

P.

howers.

զ. qually.

r.

rain.

9.

now.

t.

sinder.

6

No. 79.

·84°

ZI-KA-WEI OBSERVATORY.

CHINA WEATHER SERVICE.

Chart of September 17th, 1906, Morning (6 a.m.).

100 102: 104 106 108 110

112 114 116 118 /20 122, 124 120 128 130

132 134 136

133 140

142.

SYMBOL

2601

AN

N

75

fair.

cloudy.

48

Ꮎ .

drizzle.

fog.

752

koil.

138

75

lightning

dust.

tvercast,

24 showers.

squally.

rain.

*

snow.

K

18

thunder.

100 102 104 106 108

110

12

114 116 178 120 122 121 126 128

730

134

136 138 140

142 144

Millimètres. 730

740

7150

160

что

180 Millimètres.

[': ittifakststoffteclatofetzt++"fr/2/tytrit

Inches

74 82 90

06 14 21 29 37 45 53 61 69 778692 081624 32 40 48 56 67 71

29.00

30.00

Inches

85

14.

ZI-KA-WEI OBSERVATORY.

CHINA WEATHER SERVICE.

Observations taken on the 17th September, 1906 at several stations in the Far-East.

BAROMETER

THERMO.

WIND.

STATION.

LANG. LAT.

TIME.

sure.

Pres- 2.1 Read 24

Var..

Dir. Force.

ing. Var.

WEATHER.

Tomsk

81° 58′ 56° 30′

9 a.

755

6

-7

A

Nikolaevsk

140 45 53

8:

6 a.

Irkoutsk

Tschita

Troitskosavsk

104 19 62 16

52 113 FO 106 27. 50 22

8 a.

751

7

I

7 a.

765

8a.

765

Nemuro

145 35

43 20

1 p.

750

Wladivostock

131 54

43 777

754

Hakodate

140 44

41 46

759

Ing-k'eon ..

122 16 40 41

760

Tien-tsin

117 11

39 9

761

Tche-fon

121 22

37 33

761

Wei-hai-wei

122 9

87 30

759

1+++++++

111+++++++

24

Ts'ing-tao

120 18

36

4

P.

Tôkyô

139 45 35 41

1 p.

755

Kochi..

133 32 33 33

1 p.

757

Nagasaki

129 56

32 44

1 p.

759

Tchen-kiang

119 25

32 13

3

762

Nan-king

118 49

32

1

p.

764

Kagoshima

130 25

31.35

758

Gutzlaff,

122 10

30 49

3 p.

761

Han-k'con

114 18

30 35

761

++++++++

+1

25

25

+ 5

24

+ 3

25

Chin-chie.

114 18 30 18

761

24

I-tch'ang

111 19 30 42

P.

762 + 5

29

Hang-tcheon

120 12

30 11

P.

762

+ 9

21

Ning-po

121 33

29 52

761

21

Tchong-k'ing

Kieon-kiang Oshima Wen-tcheon Ki-ngan.... Naba Sharp-Peak Taihoku.

120 40 28

114 55 27 8 127 41 26 13 119 40 20 121 28 25

106 31 29 50 116

29 45 8 129 30 28 23

758

762

23 + 6

758

757

1

7

313

758

0

755

756

++

Amay. Ishigakijima

118

5

24 27

751

124 7 24 20

738

Taichu

120 40 24 2

756

Pescadores..

119 34 23 33

756

+++

Swatow

116 40

23 23

Taita

121 8

22 45

737

Hong-kong

114 10

Koshun

22 18 120 47 22

763

756

1 +

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++

Phu-lien..

103 41 20 45

755

Aparri

121 57 18 21

6

758

Tourane.

108 16 16 4

4 p.

756

Manille Legaspi

120 59 14 37

1 p.

756

123 45 13 9

6 a.

758

C. S. Jacques

107 5 10 20

4 p.

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NW

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NE

4

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W

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E

0

X

be

SE

be

11 NE

be

NE

0

23

W

6 NE

SE

+ 1

ESE

ESE

S

1

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SE

SE

1 + +

ESE

E

6

SSE

3

b

E

C

NE

1

26

NE

24

Z

()

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%

86

ZI-KA-WEI OBSERVATORY.

CHINA WEATHER SERVICE.

Chart of September 18th, 1906, Morning (6 a.m.).

100 10%

104 106

110

112

ABBREV.

119 116

118 120 122 124 126 128 130_132 134 135 138 140

142

YMBULL

b.

fair.

C.

cloudy.

..

drizzle.

f.

fog.

11.

kail.

chining.

m.

mist.

り.

vercast.

P.

lowers,

qually.

1201

}'.

rain.

S.

`now.

1.

18

under.

100 102

M

ON.

764

fair.

cloudy.

Ө

drizzle.

=

fog.

bail.

F

lightning.

úst.

758

trerinst,

showers.

W

0

[2] squally.

L

Sha

rain.

*

sna.

18

K

thunder

102

106 108 110 112

114

1/6

118

120 122, 12+ 126

128

140

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74 82 90 06 14 21 29 37 45 53 61 69 77 86 92 081624 32 40 48 56 67 71

tGo

770

130 132 134 136 138 140 142, 144

180 Millimètres.

Inches

29.00

30.00

87

Is.

ZI-KA-WEI OBSERVATORY.

CHINA WEATHER SERVICE.

Observations taken on the 18th September, 1906 at several stations in the Far-East.

STATION.

LONG. LAT.

TIME.

BAROMETER | THERMO

Pres- 24b Pres- 24h 'sure. Var. sure. Var,

WIND.

Dir. Force.

WEATHER:

Tomsk

84° 58′ 56° 30′

9 a.

758

+ 3

Nikolaevsk

140 45 53 8

6 a.

:

Irkoutsk

104 19 52 16

8 a.

751

10

10

Tschita

113 30

52 1

a.

762

Troitskosavsk

106 -27

30 22

it.

758

Nemuro.

145 35

43 20

757

*

Wladivostock

131.54

43 7

: 6

76J

|··} | ++

12

Hakodate

140 44

41 46

759

Ing-k'cou

122 16 40 41

763

Tien-tsin.

117 11

39 9

762

Tche-fou

121 22

37.33

3 p.

761

Wei-hai-wei

122 9

37 30

P.

766

++++

+ 3

25

28

+ 3

25

22

Ts'ing-tao

120 18 36 4

2 p.

Tôkyô

139 45 85 41

p.

762

Kochi...

133 82 33 33

1 p.

762.

Nagasaki

125 56 32 44

1

763

+++

Tchen-kiang

119 25 32 13

764

26

Nan-king

118 49 32 5

705

26

Kagoshima

130 25 31 35

762

Gutzlaff.

Han-k'eon

Cha-che..

I-tch'ang

122 10 30 49- 114 18 30 35 114 18 30 18 111 19 30 42

765

762

p.

762

++++

24.

27

3 p.

762

28.

Hang-tcheon

120 12 30 11

p.

764

Ning-po

121 33 29 52

3 p..

763

Tel'ong-k'ing

106 31 29 50

3

p.

756

Kicou-kiang Oshima

116 8

29.45

p.

761

129 30

28 23

p.

761

Wen-tcheon

120 40 28 1

762

++++.

21

25

23

1

-26

25

Ki-ngan Nalia Sharp-Peak

114 55 27 8

p.

127 41 26 13

p.

759

119 40 26 7

3

P.

759

Taihoku..

121 28

25 4

P.

751

Amoy.. Ishigakijima Taichu Pescadores.. Swatow Taito Hong-kong

Koshun Phu-lien Appari Tourane. Manille Legaspi

23 23 22 45

116 40 121 ૪ 114 10 22 18 120 47 22 4 106 41 20 45 121 87 18 21 108 16 16 4 120 59 14 37

118 5

24 27

دت

P. 757

++++

27

· 32-

30

124 777

24 20

P.

758

120 40 24 2

757

+ 1 30 +

119 34 23 38

P. 751

+ 2 29

3 p.

757

30

757

p. 4 p.: Ga. 756

757

756

+++

28

30

31-

29

755

1

33

P.

C. S. Jacques

123 45 13 9 107 5 10 20

6 a.

4 p.

764 765 766

30:

3 28

27

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2.

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3

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d

4

4

NE.

to 4 to

6

b

6

6

8

6

6.

be

++

1:

3

2200 0.0

REMARKS.

Zikawei.-Th. max. 26°8 min. 18°8. Barom. mean 763.9. Rain 0. Prevail. Wind ENE, Veloc. 19 k.p.h.

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:

88

ZI-KA-WEI OBSERVATORY.

CHINA WEATHER SERVICE.

Chart of September 19th, 1906, Morning (6 a.m.).

100 10%

104 105 108 110

112 114

› BBREV.

116 118 120 122 134

126 128

130

132 134 136

138 140

142 144

b.

fair.

C.

cloudy.

d.

rizzle.

f.

fog.

¢

h.

hail.

1.

·htning.

38

misi.

0.

ercast.

p.

'owers.

q. ually.

r.

rain.

9.

now.

1.

inder.

758-

SYMBOLA.

fair.

cloudy.

Ha drizzle.

= fog.

hail.

W

lightning.

NO TELEGRAMS

23

KE!

dust.

overcast.

showers.

squally.

116) rain.

*

snow.

K

18.

thunder.

100

102 104 106 108 110

114

1118

120

122

12+ 126

128

Millimètres. 734

.440

750

too

410

£30 132 134 736 138 140

180 Millimètres.

G 142 144

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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

89

I.

"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.

11

  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 768mmà 771 au sud du Baïkal (Troitzkossavsk), et comme con- séquence, du 16 au 17, la pression s'était élevée de 756mm à 763mm à Changhaï et à 762mm à Han-k'eou et à I-tch-ang: le "gradient" en fut accru, et sans doute aussi la force du cyclone.

111111

  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'île, 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 pour s'éloigner de terre, en fatiguant beaucoup.

  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., 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 7510. No-

90

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.

II 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.

J.

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.

Mr. LABROUCHE, Consul de France à Manila. Monsieur le Consul,

すい

Philippine Weather Bureau.

MANILA, le 28 Septembre, 1906.

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.

91

J..

2.

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.

L.

  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. N. 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 Island. 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.

92

L.

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 pm. -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.

M.

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.

M1

1.

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 Meiaco 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.

93

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.

N.

  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.

N1.

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 II. M. S. Tamar for 18th September, 1906.

Tuesday, September 18th, 1906.

O.

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 (). P.

Raise steam for full speed.

Tuesday, September 18th, 1906.

Q.

O1.

8.00 a.m.-From King's Harbour Master to Commr. (v).

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. Tamur,

Hongkong.

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Exhibit P.

Abstract of Log of S.S. "Zafiro"-Hongkong to Manila, September 15th, 1906.

Date.

Hour. Wind. Force. Course.

Bar. Ther.

REMARKS.

15.9.06. Noon. SE

0

S 36° E

29.82

81°

p.m.

1

""

**

2

""

1.30 when it cleared off. weather and smooth sea.

Dark cloudy weather with very heavy rains till. Fine light breeze, clear

3

"

...

29.82

81

""

"

""

,,

9

10

""

11

12

"

16.9.06.

a.m.

1 ESE

1

""

2

35

1

""

~~~~ N N N N

""

99

4

29.80

59

""

""

""

29.82

80

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.

* 20

"

29.79

82

1

""

""

...

Light breeze and fine clear weather, smooth sea,

clear sky.

Fine clear weather, light S. E.-ly breezes and smooth

water.

""

8

""

""

29.79

83

9

"

وو

10

多多

"

...

11

"

"

12

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.

17.9.06.

a.m.

123462

Բ

1 $ 36° E

SW

""

39

""

10

11

ON ON 00 00 00 00 0 2

2

SSE

27

4

ور

>>

6

""

19

8

""

9

""

10

99

11

12

10 00 00 00 00 CU CONNNNN

3

29

""

29.78 85

"

""

99

""

29.78

83

""

""

""

29.82 82

"

39

"

"

29.80

81

Light breeze and fine clear weather, smooth water,

bright sunshine.

Breeze freshening a little, weather fine and clear, sea

smooth.

Gentle breeze, fine clear weather, smooth sea, sky

bright and clear.

""

""

29.80 83

""

99

39

29.82

83

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.

-

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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.

REMARKS.

28.5.06.

a.m.

1 N 36° W 2 WSW 29.59

80

Mod. breeze with fine clear weather and smooth

water.

N

2

29.57

81

.,

Co

~

29.57 81

2

29.57 81

3

5

6

7

29.57 82

Light breeze, overcast and cloudy sky.

12

OD

29.57

82

"

:

15

Skylighting away to the Northward, smooth sea.

29.57 84

29.57

85

3

"

9

0

V'ble 29.54 83

Light v'ble winds, cloudy weather, heavy rains.

10

0

29.54 81

11

0

29.50 79

,་

"

12

0

29.48 80

99

"

80

29.33 81

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.

p.m.

1

0

ENE 29.39

2

Various.

:

"

3

""

:

:

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

29.25 80

""

NNE 29,29

80

29.30

80

N by E 29.35

78

29.46 78

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 bove 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.

"

29.50

78

"1

29.54

3943

78

29.58

78

Wind and sea moderate.

29.63

77

Fresh NE winds and drizzly rains to port, arrived

29th May, 1906, at 7 a.m.

:

:

:

:

:

R. RODGER, Master.

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.

96

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. Sbaoshing, Kweichow, Joshin Maru,

26° 55' 120° 54'

29.87

27 28 121 17

29.91

Var.

at Tam'sui

29.85

SE

20 20 00

3

b

be

Mod. swell. E swell.

b

SEPTEMBER 15TH, AT NOON.

S.S. Persia..........

23° 12′

117° 23′

29.85

NNE

1

Shaoshing,

23 49 118 05

29.85

NNW

Kweichow, Joshin Maru,

Radnorshire,

24 03

118 14

29.84

NW

at Tam mi

29.82

SE

24 45 119 17

29.92

N

SEPTEMBER 16TH, AT NOON.

S.S. Shaoshing,

Radnorshire,

Kweichow,

"

Joshin Maru,

5)

Prinz Waldemar,

25 15

22° 13' 1114° 21' 22 38 115 €6

at Swatow 25 02 120 48 119 54

29.80

29.82

WW

29.74 calm

!

29.79

NE

29.78

SE

19

喃多

Persia,....

Kwangtah,

26 08 120 37

29.80

NE

27 21 121 23

29.85

S

01 00 21 10 co

SEPTEMBER 17TH, AT NOON.

NA∞∞ ON 09

clear bey

by

Smooth sea.

bep

by

by

wbwbeew

S.S. Prinz Waldemar,

"

Kaifong,

Kweichow,

Seandia,

22° 32′ 115° 35' 22 59 119 20

at Swa tow

29.80 Var.

29.81

SE

29.74

NE

23 54 118 16

29.82

ESE

Kwangtah,

24 04 118 25

29.85

ESE

17

Sado Maru,

24 20 118 45

29.86

""

99

Kwangsang,

24 29 118 49

29.85

Haitan,

at Amoy

29.84

SE

Joshin Maru,

at Amoy

29.84

SSE

10 20 10 10 -KWO-

6

C

Mod. sea.

op

C

C

SSE swell.

S swell.

be

97

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.

HONGKONG, le 16 Septembre 1906.

Le capitaine de l'Océanien.

Signé COURET.

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.

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'E.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,

ralenti de vitesse: horizon bouché.

98

             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 s'établit en mollissant à cette partie-là: Le baromètre commence à remonter. A partir de 5 h., 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.

8

9

"2

Baromètre-757 m/m.

756 "" 756.5

""

10

755 ""

11

754

"}

Minuit,

753

""

1 h. matin le 18

752

,,

2 h.

751

""

"}

3 h.

753

""

22

وو

4 h.

755

""

>>

5 h. 6 h.

756

""

757

""

""

""

Pour copie certifiée conforme.

Le Consul de France à Hongkong.

GASTON LIEBERT.

No. 4.

DIEU

SOIT QUI-MA

·

MON DROIT

SUPPLEMENT

TO

The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of THURSDAY, the 28th of MARCH, 1907.

Published by Authority;

REPORT ON THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS' PENSION FUND, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

To be 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

(52) Pneumonia.

1 European (27) Typhoid Fever.

1 Chinese

1 Chinese

(39) Plague Bubonic. (29) Died in his country.

1 European (34) Delirium Tremens.

1 European (51) Acute Gastro Enteritis.

1 Indian

1 Chinese

1 Chinese

(58) Cancer.

(27) Died in his country..

(36) Died in his country.

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There are now in the List 33 pensioners whose pensions in dollars aggregate $3,612.45 per annum as follows :-

Mrs. Beavin,

Moosdeen,

Moore,.

14.45

63.67

239.85

Chan Tai,

54.85

97

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

ཤྭ

3

Hood,

45.04

""

Leung Wong Shi,

34.08

39

Sun Au Yung Shi,

99.46

""

Ku Yiu Kyau,

94.03

19

Wong Fung Shi,

99.40

""

Dixon,

249.00

Rocha..

181.02

""

Gidley,

213.80

Williamson,..

192.74

""

Luk Man Shi,

115.81

")

White,.

114.54

??

Collaço,

Tsoi So,

Chan Lui Ying,

Wong Li Sze,.. Leong Shi,

185.46

31.77

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.

101

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,.

3,502.69

$32,844.13 29.51

Commuted Pensions paid to Widows, Pensions paid to Orphans,

729.90

63.85

32,814.62 14,613.37

""

Sums paid on the cancelment of

memberships,

2,409.02

Expenses of Management,

600.00

""

Printing,...

56.00

99

Auditor's fee,

27

Balance,

120.00

272,960.20

$ 280,441.66

To Unclaimed Pensions

Mrs. Beavin,

""

Moore,

Alarakia's Child.

SA

21.09

119.92

77.41

""

Chu Tsau,

54.42

Wong Yow Lui,

3.41

""

""

Chow Hung Shi's Child,

23.26

Wildey,

82.54

Robertson,

54.60

Freire,

7.00

Hood,

22.52

59

27

Ku Yui Kyau,.

31.36

19

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

23,...

154.64

To Amount of the Fund,

272,022.10

$272,960.20

By Balance deposited with the Govern -

ment,

$ 280,441,66

$272,960.20

$272,960.20

No. 5

DIEU

IT

QUI MA

MON DROIT

SUPPLEMENT

TO

The Hongkong Government Gazette

OF THURSDAY, the 28th of MARCH, 1907.

Published by Authority:

REPORT OF THE HARBOUR MASTER FOR THE YEAR 1906.

To be laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor,

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

1. Shipping. 2. Trade.

3. Revenue.

4. Steam-launches.

5. Emigration.

6. Registry of Shipping.

7. Marine Magistrate's Court.

REPORT.

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 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.

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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..

21.9 % 21.6% 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

  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-

going, British River

Steamers, Foreign River

Steamers,

975

S'ships under 60

tons (Foreign

1,800

3,995 7,672,324 3,697 7,189,471

3,845 5,820,785 4,287 7,093,495

7,488 5,551,022 | 6,461 4,842,501

659,597 1,071 667,917

71,448 $78

298 482,853

442 1,272,710

1,024 711,521

96 8,320

40,282

922

31,166

Trade).

Junks in Foreign

Trade,

33,475 2,875,440 28,153

2,619,411

5,322 256,029

Total,.

Junks in Local

Trade,

*

Steam launches

plying in the Colony,

51,578 22,653,616 44,550 22,453,077

337,913 9,169,312 333,560 8,251,536

|63,267 || 2,362,163 51,616|| 2,042,655

Grand Total.... 452,758 | 34,185,091 | 429,726 | 32,747,268

538 1,281,030 7,566 1,481,569

4.353 917,776

| -|0-

+

11,651 319.508

538 1,281,030 23,570 2,718,853

NETT,

* Including 32.424 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 1,176.625 tons. † Including 23,430 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 858,746 tons.

23,032 1,437,823

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.

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 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,

490

413

1,983

1,846 3,806,7923,580,508

Austrian,

10

10

26

27

88,326 100,929

Belgian,

1

1

1,794

...

Chinese,

14

21

165

203

214,720

251,400

Corean,

2

15

30.798

Danish,

7

18

18

24,206 40,734

Dutch,

10

18

35

64

77,205 130,864

French,

39

41

207

218

288,911 324,668

German,

163

143

887

846

1,394,255 1,343,420

Italian...

8

2

56

12

51.492 33.012

Japanese,..

10

68

29

298

34,573 640,715

Norwegian,

85

80

346

279

381,479 289,857

Portuguese,

5

7

69

74

11,800

13.181

Russian,

1

13

2,903

31,129

Swedish,

19

United States,. No Flag,

22

62

=2

27

20,210 24,800

57 314,101

299,079

178

:

Total,

867 858 3,904 3,998 6,712,767 7,135,272

Sailing Vessels.

No. of Times entered.

Total Tonnage.

Flag.

1905. 1906. 1905. † 1906. 1905.

1906.

British,

16

16

6 32,258

15,371

German,

1

1

1

1 2.193

1.880

Norwegian,

1

1

1,199

United States,.

4

6

No Flag,

ཝ:

4

8,183

8,333

472

Total,

22

12

22

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

2

2

25

..3,635

  Thus, the proportion of Foreign Officers serving in British Vessels was 0.85%, com- prising 4 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

22

""

German

91

""

Japanese ,, Russian

11

**

"}

United States Vessels,

Total,

84

2

2

47

3

32

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 :

And in Foreign Vessels:--

21.7% of the crews were British.

1.3%

77.0%

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,

25

74.323

7,979

Continent of Europe,

155

509,919

119,550

119 354,592

Great Britain,

185

627,206

206,629

639,535

Mauritius,

3

3,133

4,822

North America,.

12,527

2,408

6,000

South Africa,

16,245

10

South America,

12,405

2,600

United States of America,

130

574,708

239,510

800 214,565

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,

2

Russia-in-Asia,..

23

1,392 50,857

ΤΟ 11,290

1,675

1,031

2,493,721

1,783,371

988,757

CLASS HII.

North Borneo,

Coast of China,

Cochin-China,

36 59,041 1,304

1,712,065 111 139,004

86,422 332,930

3,919

602,607

186,670

27,277

Formosa,

84

71,381

18,980

Philippine Islands,

229

275,943

59,188

1,825

Hainan and Gulf of Tonkin,

297

280,746

188,538

36,484

Siam,.

287

310,069

495,296

...

Kwong-chow-wan,

72

23,950

5,901

Weihaiwei,

Macao,

47

1,418 13,524

2,468 | 2,837,141 1,377,408

250 3,233

200 1,600

80

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,

TOTAL,

14,183 1,307,972 441,319

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,

36

108,600

26,039

238

Continent of Europe,

35

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,

50

322,868

69,512

10,250

169

702,254

143,210

29,418

CLASS II.

Australia and New Zealand,.

45

106,238

6,650

12,780

India and Straits Settlements,

373

1,002,751

270,440

67,103

Java,

93

192,629

14,140

21,375

Japan & Indian Archipelago,

320

767,034

238,350

54,904

North Pacific,

Russia-in-Asia,.

South Pacific,

61

16

37.889

7,900

4,353

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,

40

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,

21

63,384

25,229

2,935

Hainan and Gulf of Tonkin,....

322

358,503

62,128

43,134

Kiaochow,.......

Macao,

25

9,133

2,120

537

Philippine Islands,

235

366,543

130,346

46,480

Siam,

142

183,330

33,645

41,743

Weihaiwei,

3

4,727

4,020

345

2,945

CLASS IV.

River Steamers,

4,293,599 1,255,994

3,761 2,750,626 223,070

437,478

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

22

Bunker Coal shipped,

4,029,177 tons. .2,163,344

""

2,878,360

688,767

""

9,759,648 tons.

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 The total number of tons carried was therefore 49.31% 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,

Foreign

.1,893,234

1,851,053

222,256

62,634

4,029,177

Exports-

British Ocean-going ships,

.1,092,842

Foreign

847,432

British River steamers,

173,483

Foreign

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

""

12

British River steamers,

43,350

Foreign

9,806

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 6,712,767 3,998 7,135,272

River Steamers............ 4,229 3,106,725 3,774 2,759,792

94 422,505

455 346,933

17,777

Sailing Vessels,............

22

43,833 14

26,056

Total,.............. 8,155 | 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

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

100

Sugar,.

311,787

482,178

170,391

Tea......

900

Timber....

66,324

52.242

900 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:-

1905.

1906.

Increase.

Decrease.

No.

Tonnage. No.

Tonnage.

No.

Tonnage.

No.

Tonnage.

Steamers,

3,893

River Steamers,. Sailing Vessels,..

4,234

21

6,694,479 3,961 3,106,8943,761

42,030

11

7,101,179 68 406,700 2,750,626 20,459

473 356,268 10 21,571

Total,

......

8,148

9,843,403 7,733 | 9,872,264

68

406,700

483

377,839

Nett,

28,861

415

Exported tous,

2,343,701

2,163,344

Strs.

Bunker Coal.

Strs.

Bunker Coal.

Strs.

Bunker Coal.

Strs.

Bunker Coal.

Steamers,

River Steamers,

3,893 4,234

591,534 3,961 57,535 | 3,761

635,611

68 44,077

53,156

473

4,379

Total,..... 8,127

649,069 | 7,722

688,767

68

44,077 473

4,379

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 .25,368

..39,551

.1,307,972 tons.

...... 1,019,507

..2,327,479

Imported 756,942 tons as under :-

Tea,

Fire Crackers,,

Oil, Vegetable,

Rice,...

2,162 tous.

3,546 1,287

7

99

""

Cattle, (2,634),

Swine, (18,299),

Earth and Stones,

General,

645

11

1,084

"

252,431

495,780

Total,

756,942

""

EXPORTS.

Foreign Trade, Local Trade,

13,970 junks measuring

1,311,439 tons.

26,248

"

"

..1,023,148

"

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 23

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,...

100,874

102,738

1,864

Do.,

departures,.

84,996

100,811 : 15,815

Do.,

emigrants,

16.052

12,895

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

42,930

Total,... 2,673,202 2,561,972

111,230

Nett,

111,230

Junks, Foreign Trade,

arrivals,...

41,867

38,725

Do.,

departures,. 45,934

36,482

:

3,112

9,452

Total....... 87,801

75,207

...

12,594

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

27

Emigrants,

64,341

76,725

12,384

Total, 3,319,295 3,188,043

|

12,384

143,636

Nett,.....

131,252

114

PASSENGERS,-

Continued.

1905.

1906. Increase. Decrease.

Diff. of Arrivals and Dep.,

124,136

74,116

Emigrants,.

64,341

76,725

Remainder+or-

www

+ 59,795

2,609

Nett,......

Junks, Local Trade,

Do.,

Total,........

137,260 117,123

Nett,.....

65,274 56,119

9,155

...

arrivals,...

departures,... 71,986 61,004

10,982

20,137

:

20,187

TOTAL.

*

21. The Number, Tonnage, Cargo, and Lassengers Carried, and Bunker Coal Shipped, by Ships of different Nationalities, during the year 1906 was as follows:-

OCEAN VESSELS.

RIVER STEAMERS.

NATIONALITY.

Passengers.

Passengers.

Passergers.

No. of Register Ships. Tonnage.

Imports.

Exports. Transit.

Bunker

Ccal.

No. of Register Ships. Tonnage.

Imports. Exports.

Transit.

Bunker

Coal.

No. of

Register

Ships. Tonnage. Imports. Exports.

Bunker

Transit.,

Coal.,

*

Arrived.

* Depart-

ed.

Arrived.

* Depart-

ed.

Arrived.

Depart-

ed.

British,

3,697 7,189,471 1,893,234

1,092,812 | 1,068,276

248,581

169,889

100,701 6,464 4,842,501 222,256 173,483

43,350

1 192 843

1,195,616

10,161 | 12,031,972| 2,115,490 | 1,266,325 | 1,668,276

291,931 1,362,732 | 1,296,317

Austrian,

54 201.858

53,760

22,882

64,229

8,801

8,263

71

54 201,858

:3,760

Corean,

30

61,596

49,514

100

3,910

6

16

20

61.596

49,514

22,882

100

64.220:

Chinese,

405

501, 84

41 390

74 980

1965

12,775

10,01

8,972

217

47,313

12,800

13,157

2,452

35

28

888

622

548.807

54,190

£8,137

51,905

8,801

3.910

15,227

13,263

74

9

16

10,239

9,000

Danish,

35

81,323

5,734

10.275

35,420

600

31

33

35

$1.823

Dutch,.

5,734

10,275

25,420

600

31

125

259,136

93.023

49.970

92.397

4.553

French,

435 649,518

100,129

54,275

117.031

52,202

2,450

15,785

682

125

259,136

98,023

49,790

92,397

4,553

2,459

33

682

8,936

531 531,531

23,424

30.837

German,

1,682

2,674,1-9

$16 777

369,385

526 82%

196,2-5

46,073

53,624

69 45,183

7,710

4,743

6,229

687

81,796

3,498

82,127

2,620

966

1,181,049

123,53

85,112

117,651

58,431

100,581

91,063

1,751

2,719,372

Italian,

Japanese, Norwegian,

824,487

314,128

526,822

196,72

49,571

56,244

25

€6,578

42,071

11,450

800

11.199

1 673

172

25

66,578

42,071

11,950 |

300

11,199

1,673

172

594 1,275,640

294.179

182,409

104,026

38,645

11,809

19,001

6

3,714

200

$50

51

193

216

6:00

1,279,354

291,570

183,259

552 571,872

194,026

38,696

12,002

19,217

284.622

60,817

88,165

44,851

1,214

2,699

752

571,872

284,622

60,817

88,165

44.851

Portuguese,

148

1,214

2.699

26,470

5,363

6 497

160

3,154

288

Russian,.

25 i 60,953

150

1,219

8.677

1930

3,505

Swedish,

5:3

48,611

United States,

119

613,115

22,911

11,430

6,704

4 913

8,322

56,143

25.329

6,175

249

6,176

$70

3,505

37

2,490

248 10,176

18,500

387

196

66.646

23,863

6,197

160

3,541

288

570

25

60,593

150

1,219

8,677

1,550

3,505

3,505

53

48,611

22.911

119

No Flag,

51

1 052

28

5

613,115

1,052

41,130

6,704

56,119

4,943

8,322

249

37

25,3-9

5,175

6,176

2,490

28

:

Total Foreign,.

4,287 7,093,495 | 1,851,053

847,432 | 1,210,084

387,030

102,738 100,811

1,071 667,917

62,634 49,587

9,806

88,522 84,991

5,378 | 7,761,412 | 1,913,687

897,019 | 1,210,084

396,836

191,260 185,802

Total,

7,984 |14,282,966 3,744,287 1,940,274 2,578,360

635,611 272,617

201,512

7,535 | 5,510,418

284,890 223,070

53,156 1,281,365 1,280,007

15,519 | 19,793,381 1,029,177 | 2,163,544 | 2,878,560

688,767 1,553,992 | 1,482,119

* Not including emigrants.

115

116

  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.

Bunker Coal shipped.

Total.

Registered Tonnage.

Emi- grants.

Arrived. Departed.

British Ocean-going, Foreign Ocean-going, British River Steamers, Foreign River Steamers,...

6,464

1.071

222.256 62.634

3.697 1.893,234 1.092.842 1.668.276 4,287 1,851.053 847.432 1.210.084

173,483 49,587

248,581 4.902.933 7,189,471 387.030 4.295.599 7,093,495 43.350 439,089 4,842,501 9.806 122,027 667,917

169,889

100,701 63,830

102.738

100,811 12,895

1,192,843

1,195,616

Total,.........

Steam-ships under 60

tous Foreign Trade, ... }

15,519 | 4,029,177 2.163.314 2,878,360

688.767

9,759,648 19,793,384

88.522

1,553,992

84.991

1,482,119 76,725

878

23.219

8,258

1.922

33,394

10,282

5.889

6.241

Junks Foreign Trade.

28,153 411.319 606,841

1.048.163 2.619,411

38.725

36.482

Total Foreign Trade.

44.530 4.493.715

2.77 9.41

2.878,360

690,689 10,841,205 | 22,458,077

1,598,606 1.524.842 76,725

Steam-Launches Local

Trade.

Junks, Local Trade...........................

Total Local Trade,

*588,550

*23.023

51.616 315.623

385,176 315.623

78.672

73.672

23.023

*28.023 *8,251,535 *3,792,605

389.295 2.042,655

56,119

412.818 10,294.191 3.848.724

*3.076,204

61.004

3.137.298

Grand Tot: l.....................

429.726 | 4,809,338 || 2,852.113 2.878,360

718,712 11,253,523 32.747.268 5,447,330

4,662,140 76,725

*Not in dading "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 failing 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, 133 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.

117

  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.

  The documents, &c., dealt with in connection with the Imperial Merchant Shipping Act were as follows:

Number of Certificates of Registry granted,

9

Number of Certificates of Registry cancelled,

12

Number of copies from Register Book,

2

Number of Declarations of Ownership,

11

Number of endorsements on Certificates of Registry of

change of Masters......

55

Number of endorsements on Certificates of Registry of

change of Owners....

1

Number of Certificates of Sale recorded,.

1

Number of Mortgages recorded,

5

Number of Discharge of Mortgages recorded,

Number of endorsements on Register of change in Rig or

Tonnage,

Number of Sales of ships recorded,....

Number of Desertions certified,

Number of inspections of Registry,........

4

2

4

.293

15

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.

118

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 Steam-ship 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, during 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.)

Master,

Master, River Steamer,.

First Mate.

Only Mate,

Grade.

Passed.

Failed.

18

:

13

:

Second Mate,

12

2

Total,

43

1-

First Class Engineer,...

Second Class Engineer,.......

Total,

7

12

21

1

45

10

66

14

(Under Section 37 s.s. (7) of Ordinance No. 10 of 1899.)

Candidates.

Passed.

Failed.

For Master,.

For Engineer, ....

129

11

6

Total,

211

17

119

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.

Total,

Passed.

Failed.

4

4

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

43,475

31,397.50

1905,

1906,..

  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.

120

From 1st January to 31st December, 1906, 9,198 Licences, Clearances, Permits, &c., were issued at Cheung Chau, 4,081 at Tai 0, 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 daring 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.

SOUR OFFICE,

18th February, 1907.

CHARLES WILLIAM BECKWITH, Lieut. R.N.,

Harbour Master, &c.

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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

OF

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

VESSELS.

Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels.

Tons.

Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews.

British, American,

4,819

5,645,937250,075

271

44

290,482

8.743

19

374,903 16,930

15,875 423

5,090 | 6,020,840 |265,950

63

Austrian,

27

100,929

1,607

27

307,412 100,929 1,607

9,166

Belgian,

...

Corean

15

30,798

746

15

30,798

746

Chinese,

287

254,311

17,196

24

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

1,807,972

171,479

Danish,

16

38,362

703

2,372

60

18

40,784

763

Dutch,

55

119,607

3,459

9

11,257

356

64

130,864

3,815

French,

471

575,955 22,511

13

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,

12

33,012

1,220

12

33,012

1,220

Japanese,

292

630,399

22,747

9

12,173

440

301

642,572

23,187

Norwegian,

228

244,855

7,098

51

45,002

1,482

279

289,857

8,580

Portuguese,

191

32,117

3,845

1,152

237

198

33,269

4,082

Russiau,

9,430

180

21,699

505

13

31,129

685

Swedish,

24

22,406

817

2,394

93

27

24,800

910

No Flag,

472

13

178

650

17

Steam-ships

under 60 tons

trading to

354

17,313 5,427

85

2,828

745

439

20,141

6,172

Ports outside

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

OF

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

VESSELS.

Vessels. Tous. Crews. Vessels.

Tous.

Crews. Vessels.

Tous.

Crews.

British,

4,870 | 5,600,925 |256,549

American,

48

Austrian,

24

299,726 92,804

9,015

201 8

4!0,207

9,090

5,071

6,011,132

265,639

5,977

253

56

305,703

9,268

1,451

8,125

84

27

100,929

1,535

Belgiau,..

Corean,

2

2.939

54

13

27.859

743

15

30,798

797

Chinese,

307

271,035

16,902

4

2,909

178

Chinese Junks,

8,896

936,121

123,793

5,074

375,318

49,350

311 273,944 17,080

13,970 | 1,311,439173,143

Danish,

14

33,760

758

6,829

158

17

Dutch,

53

116,285 3,158

11,987

328

61

40,589 128,272 3,486

916

French,

462

569,022 21,669

20

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,

13

33,566

1,271

13

33,566

1,271

Japanese,

264

562,253

21,226

35

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

72

198

33,377, 4,070

Russian,

8

20,480

338

4

9,344

313

12

29,824

651

Swedish,

9

8,159

264

17

15,652

568

26

23,811

832

3

402

41

3

402

41

No Flag,

Steam-ships

under 60 tons

trading to

354

17,313 5,427

85

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

124

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-

Tons. Crews.

Crews. Passen-

sels.

gers.

Cargo Ves- Discharged.

Tons. sels.

Tons. Crews.

East Coast,. San On Dis-

2,009

95,193 12,335

122

63,176 448 27,866 3,974

Passen- Ves-

Tous Crews l'assen- gers. sels.

2,457 123,059, 16,309,

gers.

Cargo Discharged. Tons.

127

63,176

trict, West

6,618 615,209 84,884 16,666

334,952|3,976| 468,262|56,686 21,929 10,594|1,083,471141,570

38,595 334,952

River. &c., West Coast,

270

15,468 2,131

10,372 219 16,422 1,705

Macao,

341 44,951 5,136

Total,... 9,238 770,821 104,486 16,789

1

32,819 302 24,601 4,628|

2

489

31,890 3,836

643 69,552 9,764

10,372

3 32,819

441,319 4,945, 537,15166,993 21,936 14,1831,307,972171,479

38,725 441,319

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-

Tons. Crews.

sels.

Passen- Cargo Ves-

Shipped. gers. Tons. sels

Tons. Crews.

East Coast,....

1,040 45,619 6,862

65

San On Dis-

trict, West

36,518 1,677 107,059 12,611

7,215 826,581 107,665 21,879| 536,844| 3,072| 243,883, 33,824

River, &c.,

West Coast,

207

Macao,

434

14,832 1,824

49,089 7,442

50

12,862 179 9,793 1,353

20,620 146 14,583 1,562

Passen- Ves- gers. sels.

6 2,717 152,678, 19,473

14,472 || 10,2871,070,464141,489

386

24,625 3,177

580 63,672 9,004

Tons. Crews.

Passen-

gers.

Cargo

Shipped. Tons.

71

36,518

36,351 536,844

10 12,862

50 20,620

Total,... 8,896 936,121123,793 21,995 606,844|5,074 375,318 | 49,350 14,487 13,9701,311,439 173,143 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 Ves-

Discharged. gers.

Tons. sels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen- Ves- sels. gers.

Tons. Crews.

Passen- gers.

Cargo Discharged.

Tons.

Aberdeen,.. Cheung Cháu,

284

129 6,737 1,053 3,552 1,463

19

4,122 87 3,897 811 2,281

216

10,634 1,864

413

106

303

3,965 1,569

4,122 2,281

Deep Bay,..

Hungbom,...

660

10,348 3,111

46

7,537

129 4,588

783

789!

14,936 3,894,

46

7,537

Long Ket,

:

...

Sai Kung,

40

856 234

3.9

6

92

32

461

Sham Shui-po, 1,097

110,274 8,317

Shaukiwán,

392

8,120 2,770

50

72,973 4,942

726

45,259

4,352

948 266 1,823 155,553 12,669

389

72,973

74

2,449

579

466

Stanley,

22

722 157

48

633

10

252

125

32

10,569 3,349 974 282

55

48

5 48

4,942

633

Tai 0,

57

1,553 510

646

4

51

20

61 1,604

530

646

Tai l'o,

Victoria,

6,557 628,659| 86,871| 16,645 347,796 3,890 480,150 60,185 21,931 10,4471,108,809,147,056 38,576

347,796

Total,.. 9,238 770,821 104,486 16,789 441,319| 4,945| 537,151 66,993 21,936 |14,1831,307,972 171,479 38,725 441,319

125

Table X.

Total Number, Tonnage, Crews, Passengers and Cargo of Junks CLEARED at each Port in the Colony of Hongkong,

(exclusive of Local Trade), during the Year ending 31st December, 1906.

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Ves- sels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen- Cargo Ves-

Shipped. gers.

Tons. sels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen- Ves- gers. sels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen- Cargo

Shipped. gers.

Tons.

Aberdeen, Cheung (háu,

31

1,603 282

36

644 200

603 114 391 263

4,434 966! 3,874 1,298

145

6,037 1,248

603

299

4,018 1,498

391

Deep Bay,

Hunghon,.

454

13,410

13,410 2,692

17

10,697 361

5,220 1,673

815

18,630 4,365

22

10,697

Long Ket,

Sai Kung

3

SO

19.

Sham Shui-po,

691

55,546

4,700,

36 51,432 1,160

33

576 112,541 9,493

185

361

656 204

36

1,851

168,087 14,193

51,432

Shaukiwán,

277

8,962 2,398

50

Stanley,.

23

763 212

48

Tai 0,

18

400 151

4,487 530 247

265

5,026 1,687

542

13,988 4,085

52

4,437

6

33

110 39 944 306

29

873 251

48

530

10

51 1,344

457

10

247

Tai Po,

Victoria,

7,363 854,713113,159|

21.880

538.471| 2,839

243,093 33,703 14,470 10,2021,097,806 146,842 36,350 | 538,471

Total,... 8,896 936,121|123,793 21,995

606,844 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.

Tons. Crews.

Cargo Passen-

gers.

Ves- Discharged.

Tons. sels.

Tons. Tons. Crews. Passen- Ves-

Crews.

gers. sels.

Passen-

gers.

Cargo Discharged. Tons.

Aberdeen,

49

1,712

378

1,022 35

1,820

345

84

Cheung Chíu,

31

781

246

429

14

226

73

45

3,532 723 1,007 319

1,022

429

Deep Bay,....

Hunghom,..

122

1,318

499

823

123

6,399

1,179

245

7,717 1,678

823

Long Ket,

Sai Kung,

23

287

109

89

15

237

89

38

524 198

89

Sham Shui-po,

115 10.873

1,762

7,385

99

9,011

821

214

19,884 2,583

7,385

Shaukiwán,

125

4,586

1.027

1,850

2,540

639

206

7,126 1,666

1,850

Stanley,

13 !

13

5

102

361

7

115

42

13

Tai 0,

14

164

69

112

1

28

3

15

192

72

112

Tai Po,

49

650

249

Victoria,

9,497 379,298 104.123

40 9,526

320 201 258

94

13

69

9081

343

53

320

Total,... 10,027, 399,682 108,468| 9,566

303,580 14,948 599,204 129,976| 46,540 24,445 978,502 234,099 56,066 | 303,580

315,623 15,341 619,825 133,255) 46,553 25,368 |1,019,507 241.723 56,119 315,623

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 Passen-

Shipped.

gers.

Ves- Tons. sels.

Tons. Crews

Passen-

gers.

Ves- sels.

Tons. Crews.

Passen.

gers.

Cargo Shipped. Tons.

Aberdeen,

52

Cheung Cháu

18

2,238 303

422 103

867 160

103 5,890

917

155

8,128 1,339

867

31

651

215

49

954 318

160

Deep Bay,..

Hunghom, .....

85 2,215 583

10

10

1,189

119 1,314

499.

204

3,529 1,082

10

1,189

Long Ket,

...

Sai Kung,

25

Sham Shui-po,

58

488 4,993

136

227

23

328

124

48

816

260

227

418

4,625

128

8,831

641

186

13,824 1,059

4,625

Shaukiwán,

70

1,789

479

825

60

1,923

415

130

3,712 894

825

Stanley

86

30

122

6

136

43

10

222

73!

122

Tai 0,

11

282

79

51

15

231

77

3

26

513 156

51

Tai Po, Victoria,

43

617

27 6,615 | 272,25875,203 58,989

235

277

30

356 65,329 18,752 718,219 153,979

130

36

73

1,939 25,367

973 990,477 229,182 60,928

365

63

277

65,329

Total,.. 6,981 285,269 77,688 59,026

73,672 19,267 737,879 157,040,

1,978 26,248 1,023,148 234,728 61,004

73,672

FOREIGN TRADE,

126

Table XIII.

SUMMARY.

NO. OF VESSELS.

TONS.

CREWS.

British Ships entered with Cargoes,

4,819

5,645,937

250,075

Do.

do. in Ballast,

271

374,903

15,875

Total,...

5,090

6,020,840

265,950

British Ships cleared with Cargoes,

Do.

do. in Ballast,..

4,870 201

5,600,925

.256,549

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,

2,181

3,259,480

126,871

Do.

do. in Ballast,

481

601,652

16,210

Total,......

2,662

3,861,132

143,081

Steamships under 60 tons entered with Cargoes,.

Do.

do.

354

17,313

5,427

do.

in Ballast,

85

2,828

745

Total,......

439

20,141

6,172

do.

Steamships under 60 tons cleared with Cargoes,.

Do.

354

17.313

5,427

do.

in Ballast,

85

2,828

745

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

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,

25,363

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

127

Table XIV.

STATEMENT of REVENUE collected in the Harbour Department during the Year 1906.

1. Light Dues, Ordinance 10 of 1899,

Head of Receipts.

2. Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise specified :-

Chinese Passenger Ships Licences, Ordinance 1 of 1889,...

Emigration Brokers Licences, Ordinance 1 of 1889,

Amount.

ets.

77,722.04

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 19 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

PLACES.

Table XV.

RETURN OF LICENSED STEAM-LAUNCHES Entered in the COLONY of HONGKONG during the Year ending 31st December, 1906.

*

Within the Waters of the Colony,

Total,..

TOWING.

NOT TOWING.

TOTAL.

Cargo

Discharged

in tous.

Cargo

Cargo

Vessels. Tonuage. Crews.

Passen-

gers.

Discharged Vessels. Tommage. Crows.

Passen-

gers.

Discharged Vessels. Tonnage. Crews.

Passen-

gers.

in tons.

in tons.

89,252 2,104,202 634,526

77,528 2,021,566 556,438 3,792,605

166,780 4,125,768 1,190,9643,792,605

89,252 2,104,202 634,526

77,528 2,021,565, 556,438 3,792,605

166,780 4,125,768 1,190,9643,792,605

:

:

128

Wuchow,... Macao....... Other Places,

Total,.

308

56

7

308

56

207

78

2,520

689

147

11,575 4,140 5,738 1,287

2,055

23,219

207

11,575 4,140 2,055

23,219

3,834

225

8,258

1,976

3,834

...

85

2,828

745

Grand Total,.

89,337 2,107,030 635,271

354

17,313 5,427 5,889.

23,219

439

20,141

6,172

5,889

23,219

77,882 2,038,879 561,865 3,798,494

23,219 | 167,219 4,145,9091,197,13,798,494

Outside the Waters of the Colony :-

Samshui,

Kongmun,

Kamchuk,

:

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.

NOT TOWING.

TOTAL.

| 23,023 166,780,4,125,768 1,190,964 3,076,294

23,023 166,780 4,125,768|1,190,9643,076,294

Table XVI.

RETURN of LICENSED STEAM-LAUNCHES Cleared in the COLONY of HongKong during the year ending 31st December, 1906.

23,023

Cargo

Vessels. Tonnage. Crews.

Passen-

gers.

Shipped Vessels. Tonnage. Crews.

Passen-

gers.

in tons.

Cargo Bunker Coal Shipped 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|

77,528 2,021,566 556,438|3,076.294

Total,..

89,252 2,104,202 634,526

77,528 2,021,566 556,4383,076,294||

PLACES.

...

:

:

:

23,023

:

:.

129

:

102

308

56

102

Wuchow,

14.

Macao,...

Other Places,

Total,

Grand Total,.

89,337 2,107,030 635,271

308

56

78

2,520

689

207

11,575

4,140

2,322 8,253| 448

207

11,575

4,140

147

5,738

1,287

3,919

1,372

225

8,258

1,976

2,322 8,253

3,919

448

1,372

85

2,828

745

354

17,313

5,427

6,241 8,253 1,922

439.

20,14!|

6,172

6,241 8,253 1,922

77,882 2,038,879 561,865 3,082,535 8,253 24,945 167,2194,145,909 1,197,1363,082,535 8,253 24,945 2,038,879

""

*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 carried by their launches, and also number of trips.

4,145,909

Outside the Waters of the Colony :

Samshui,

Kongmun,

Kamchuk,

130

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.

Total.

Total.

M.

F.

M.

F.

M. 1. M. F.

M. F

M.

F.

To Batavia,

197

107 107

#

Callao, Peru,

2,821

73

2,898

452 C

473

8,278

88

107 3,371

Honolulu, Sandwich Islands,

39

41

121

1

127

160

169

Japan Ports,

133

133

213

215

346

348

Liverpool, England.

44

44

11

44

,,

Mauritius,

595

22

646

595

22

646

Mexico,

2,906

55

2,972

2,006

10

2,972

Reunion Island.

23

23

23

28

San Francisco, U.S.A.,

Straits Settlements,.

Tacoma, U.S.A..

382: ,42,070 7,022 1,502 776 51,370

16

400

2,211 7,821 849 196

6 54

3

2,274 2,593

70

2,674

84

8,950 49,891| 7,871| 1,698

860

60,320

27

20

27

29

Vancouver, British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia,

4,919 986

32

4,974 998

14

14 4.933

4,988

36

36 1,002

32

1,034

TOTAL PASSENGERS,

154,2801

7,038 1,785|777 63,830 11.620 885302

88 1 2.893 65,900| 7,923 2,037

865

76,725

Total Passengers by British Vessels,

Total Passengers by Foreign Vessels,

54,280 7,038 | 1,735

777

63,830

Excess of Passengers by British Vessels, .

11,620 885 302

42,660 6,153 1,433

88

12,895

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.

Total.

Total.

J.

1.

M.

F.

From Bangkok, Siam,

61

Callao, Peru,

233

J. P.

61| 3,919 · 180 233

P.

M.

I.

M. F.

11 15 4.125

Durban, British South Africa,

1.253

1.253

Honolulu, Sandwich Islands,

27

28 49

Java & Sumatra.

"

200

2001 1,539

49 1.539

3.980: 233 1,258 76

180

15

4,186 233

1.253

77

1.739

:*

Japan Ports,

1,739

83

83 252

252

335

335

"

Mauritius,....

3+

34 261

261

295

295

!"

Melbourne,

1.424

1,424

67

67

1,491

1.491

New South Wales.

1,445

61

1,764

235

235

1,680

61

37

1.999

New Zealand Ports.

*

25

25

25

Queensland Ports....

113

116

36

"

San Francisco, U.S.A...

5471

Seattle, U.S.A.,

:

4.770 473

36 4.820 473

149

152

5,317

28

17 13

5,375

South Australian Ports,

9!

473 9

Straits Settlements,

92,122 3,417

,170 | 584 | 97,29317,220

36

B

Tacoma, U.S.A...

145

145

6 17,275 109,342 145

3,453 1,183 590

"

Vancouver, British Columbia,

Victoria, British Columbia,.

2,490 65

2.492

65

2,490 65

478 9 114,568 145 2,492 65

TOTAL PASSENGERS,

100,276 3,648 1,235 621 105,780,28,821 | 236

Total Passengers by British Vessels,

Total Passengers by Foreign Vessels,

Excess of Passengers by British Vessels,

41

34 29,132 | 129,097 3,884 | 1,276 655 134.912

100,276 3,648 |1.235 | 621 105,780

28.821 236 41 34 29,132

71,455 8,412 1,194 587 76.648

131

Table XIX.

RETURN of VESSELS REGISTERED at the Port of Hongkong, during the Year 1906.

Name of Vessel.

Official Number.

Registered

Tonnage.

Horse

Fower.

Rig.

Built of.

Where built and when.

Remarks.

Hoi Cheong,

.(Str.) | 120,986

St. Enoch,

120,987

Minerva....

Loongwo,

Motor. 120,988

14.28

358.68 33 274.67 120 24

Schooner Wood Hongkong,

1905. Broken up on 18th Sept., 1906.

Smack Yawl

Steel | Renfrew,

1894.

Wood Hongkong..

.1906.

.(Str.) | 120,989 | 2,386.06

600

Nil

Steel Hongkong,

.1906.

Edith,....

120.990

43.27

60

Nil

Do.

Hongkong,

1905.

Yangise,

120,991

179.83

40

Schooner

Wood | Hongkong,

Hoi Sang,

120,992

Hoi Tin,

Hoi Ning.

120,993 120,994

284.08 40 155.12

Nil

Do.

Hongkong,.

40 Schooner

Do.

Clyde Bank,

80.84

18

Nil

Do.

Hongkong,

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.

Rig.

Built of.

Where and when built.

Reason of Cancellation.

Thales,............. .....(Str.) | 52,608; 819.89 | 1883 200 Stanfield.

63,583 560.31

Pak Kong, ...(Str.) | 107,020| 294.64

Taganac.

Chu Kong,

Tencer,

Kong Nam...

Hoi Ning,

1896 1897 72 107.027|

67.05 1898 20 109,865, 286.09 1901 40 97,979 1,596.48 1903 450 107.028 402.16 1904 48 120.972

24

89,58 | 1905

Canada,

120.974

51.20 1905

Brig Barque Nil Schooner Nil Schooner Nil Schooner Do.

Steel Wood Do. Do.

Iron Dumbarton. Wood Sunderland. Composite Whampoa, Wood Hongkong Steel Nagasaki, Japan.... Greenock,

1864 | Sold to Foreigners.

1869 Lost at Hongkong.

1888 Lost at Hongkong. [Tambisan. 1898 Lost opposite the Island of 1899 Lost near Breaker Point. China 1890 Sold to Foreigners.

[Sea.

Hunghom, Bh. Kow'n.1898 | Lost at Hongkong.

Hongkong,

1900 Sold to Foreigners.

Hongkong.

1902 Lost at Hongkong.

City of Birm-

ingham. Hoi Cheong,. Yangtse,

109.581| 9157 1905 64

Do.

Steel

Govan, Glasgow,

1898 | Sold to Foreigners.

120,986 858,68| 1906 33 120,991 179.83| 1906

Do.

Wood

Hongkong,

Do.

Do.

Hongkong,

1905 Lost at Hongkong. 1906 Transferred to Shanghai.

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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 Labour.

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),................

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),

Rules of the Road. Failed to observe, (Steam-

launches),

Wilfully using the steam-whistles other than

for the purpose of Navigation, (Steam-, launches),

2

...

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

1

1

3

14

14

Total.

27

44

:

13

1

3

13

:

40

:

1

:

*

6

:

21

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

96

1

50

50

557

10

20

95

3 $834

135

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 Scamen were received during the year, of these, 36 were sent home, 5 to Melbourne, I 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, 3 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,

43,928

Chests.

47,5669

Chests.

3,638

Chests.

Exported....

42,0673

47,5750

5,508

Through Cargo reported

but not landed,

9,746

9.7123

34

   The return shows that during the year the amount of Opium Skin reported was as follows:-

1906.

Pients.

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.

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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

13

11

Austrian

504

13

10

British

301,807

9

Danish

16

11

24

""

Dutch

27

33,605

10

:

27

French

""

6,255

3

26

German

Italian

"

60,470

1

3

13

295

14

2

""

Japanese

Norwegian

463

10

2

5

69,002

15

1

11

""

Portuguese

Swedish

335

4

""

:

14

7.675

18

2

8

19

By Junks,

941

7

2

18

483,119

13

1

19

*This return deals with the last nine months of the year only.

137

Return of Sugar imported into the Colony of Hongkong during the year 1906.

From

Tons.

Cwt.

Qr.

lb.

Austria,

120

19

9

Belgium,

426

11

1

China,

17,262

18

3

13

Cochin China,

3,214

2

22

Germany,

40,567

7

2

25

Java,

314,673

19

:

6

Japan,

223

10

3

21

London,

334

00

3

3

10

Mauritius,..

24,832

9

3

20

Philippine Islands,

75,986

2

17

:

Straits Settlements,

5,322

17

00

3

20

New Territories,

154

10

2

23

483,119

13

I

19

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.

chests.

chests.

TURKISH.

chests.

CHINESE.

TOTAL.

chests.

chests.

1905, 1906,

6,763

23,779

10,218

2,922

35

211

43,928

4,975

24,963

13,115

2,646

987

880

47,566

Increase,...

1,184

2,897

952

669

5,702

Decrease, .

1,788

276

2,064

EXPORTS.

MALWA.

chests.

PATNA. chests.

BENARES. PERSIAN.

TURKISH.

chests.

chests.

chests.

CHINESE.

chests.

TOTAL.

chests.

1905,

5,888

22.906

9,917

3,140

47

169

42,067/

1906,

5,861

25,177

13,192

1,706

985

654

47,575

Increase,...

2,271

3,275

938

485

6,969

Decrease,. 26/2

1,434,

1,461

Through Cargo reported in Manifests but not landed {

1905,..... 1906...

9,746 chests. 9,712

""

Decrease,

34 chests.

Landing Permits, ...(Opium),..

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NUMBER OF PERMITS, &c., ISSUED.

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

24

8,692

8,244

448

8,981

8,611

370

109

10

141

536

544

00

8

293

293

:

SUMMARY OF EXPORTS, 1906.

Malwa. Patna. Benares. Persian. Turkish. Chinese. Total.

| chests. chests. chests. chests. chests. chests. chests.

Total in Picals.

By Steamers to Amoy,

28

:

2,619

267

1

2,915

3.445.47.5

Bagdad,

2

2.05.0

Bandar Abas.

23

23

23.57.5

Bushire,......

85

85

87.12.5

Canton,

788!

7,109

1,558

30

9,492) |11,226.07.5

Changsha la Shanghai,

2

Foochow,

919

64 1,000

519

9:

66 3,012

78.80.0

5,530.15.0

Haiphong,

1

Hankow via Shanghai,

34

5

39

Herbertshoke,

1.02.5 46.80.0

1.20.0

Hohow,

247

72

Hoihow,

748

117

AL

319

382.80.0

865

1,038.00.0

Kwong Chan Wan,

424

424

London,

:

42

508.80.0

43.05.0

Macro,

3,895

4

8,899

4,678.80.0

Merida,

1

I

1.20.0

Namtao,

48

11

59

70.80.0

New York,

14

26

26.27.5

Pakhoi..........

90

161

193.20.0

Panama,

7

8.40.0

Paris,............

Philippine Islands,

312

432

47

Sandakan,

9

15

10

Shanghai,

2,272 9,022

4,722

12

Straits Settlements,

84

19

103

Suez,

2

Swatow,

1,433

1,477

899

20

:

2 3,829

2.05.0 4,304.70.0

Tamatave,

1.20.0

Tamsni,

2,000

485

963

621

4,066

Tientsin,

4,478.12.5

1.20.0

Vancouver,

30

30

36.00.0

Victoria, B. C.,..

248

248

297.60.0

Weihaiwei,

2

17

20.00.0

Wuchow,

17

:

29

34.80.0

By Steam-launches and

Junks to various ad-

4075 408

28

8435

930.70.0

1

1.00.0

1 2 2| ལཿ ཀ1 གྲྭདྲ

796

945.97.5

42

45.57.5

16,029 | 18,778.60.0

120.27.5

jacent Ports ia 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

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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 tous. Norwegian-7 vessels of 10,821 tons. Chinese-5 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. :-1-4, 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.

1897.

158

79

24

1898,

164

83

10

1899,

144

61

10

1900,

151

83

1901,

157

92

1902,

175

93

1903,

190

111

1904, 196

125

1905,

188

93

1906,

197

81

2858

CFGN -1000 ∞0 00 00

i

FEORS

109

41

35

96

51

1,631

121

61

26

72

48

1,729

134

62

27

78

1,602

187

73

47

99

124

1,834

217

36

102

88

118

2,031

210

25

126

109

76

1,768

184

30

126

72

2,107

203

45

126

104

2,140

193

23

172

81

1,989

190

11

145

80

84

2,063

Years.

Passenger

Certificate and

Inspection of

Bottom.

Emigration.

Tonnage for Registration.

British Tonnage

Foreign Vessels.

Certificate for

Inspection of Crew Space, Lights and

Markings.

Minor Inspec-

tions.

Survey of Licen-

aɔðuðssv[ pos

Steam-launches.

Survey of Boilers under Construction.

Inspection of Government

Launches.

Examination

of Engineers.

Examination of

Chinese Engi- neers for Steam-

*>Dl]){{1}[

connection with fore-

Estimated Total

Number of Visits in

going Inspections.

Appendix D.

GUNPOWDER DEPOT.

4. During the year 1906, there has been stored in the Government Gunpowder DEPOT, Green Island :-

Approxi-

No. of cases.

mate

weight.

Gunpowder, privately owned,

Do. Government owned,.

Cartridges, privately owned,..........

Do. Government owned,

Explosive Compounds, privately owned,.

5,013 710 1,736

lb. 106,560

38,747

355,725

78

7,750

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

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During the same period there has been delivered out of the Depôt

Approxi-

No. of cases.

mate

weight.

Ib.

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

Non-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, 1996, there remained as follows:---

Approxi-

No. of cases.

mate

weight.

lb.

Gunpowder, privately owned,

Do. Government owned,

Cartridges, privately owned,

Do. Government owned,

Explosive Compounds, privately owned.....

2,130

47,770

1

20

1,300

237,350

30

3,000

329

19.728

Do.

Government owned,

36

35

Non-explosives, privately owned.

Do.

Government owned,

238

23,800

Total,

4,064

331,704

Appendix E.

LIGHTHOUSES.

The amount of Light Dues collected was as follows:-

Class of Vessels.

Rate. No. of perton. Ships.

Tonnage.

Total Fees collected.

$

Ocean Vessels,

Stea m-launches,

1

River Steamers, (Night Boats), River Launches, (Night Boats), River Steamers, (Day Boats),. River Launches, (Day Boats),

3

Free. Free.

1 cent 4,077 7,208,467

246

9,185 2,354 1,659,969

63

3,528 1,420 1.099,823

('.

72.084.67

91.85 5.533.74

11.78

130

7,428

Total.

8,290 9,988,400 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 492 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.

No. 6.

DIEU

SOIT

QUI M

MON DROLL

SUPPLEMENT

ΤΟ

The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of FRIDAY, the 5th of APRIL, 1907.

Published by Authority,

REPORT ON THE STUDY OF HYGIENE IN HONGKONG SCHOOLS, 1906.

To be 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 masters 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

144

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 Hygiene" to accompany Dr. PEARSE's Manual; and the work has proved of use.

9

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 be said 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. Ho 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 offered by His Excellency the Governor. It was held on December 3rd, în 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. Last year, there were 79 competitors from 12 schools. The results were as follows:--

Place.

First,

equal,

Third,

equal,

Name.

...Lau Iu-Chung,.

Carlos Sequeira, Wan Shuk-ching,.. ....Chan Chiu-Yau,

School.

Prize.

.Ellis Kadoorie School ....St. Joseph's College,

..$60

.$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 IV. 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 summer 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 a 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 cises a shortage of pupils alone was accepted as a reason for sending a Team of less than the prescribed numerical strength.

  Disregarding the performances of the last 5 schools, it can not be said that any question was generally much better or worse done than the rest. The paper 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 Mannal; 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 gool 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.

146

Table I.

BOARD OF EDUCATION, SOUTH KENSINGTON, LONDON, S.W.

RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATIONS IN SCIENCE, 1906.

For communication to the Teachers and Candilates.

Name of Centre: Hongkong.

Subject XXV: Hygiene.

Result.

Names.

Saiyingpun School.

A. Morris,

Chan Chin-mn,

Ng Ut-chi,

Un Chun-wa,

Yarmati School.

W. Curwen,

J. C. Parkin,

Ng Fung-chau, Leung Shin-on, Li Tat-cheung, Un Kwong,

Appointment.

Annual Salary.

Remarks.

Head Master,.......

£270

1st Assistant Master,

$840

2nd

$480

3rd

$180

-a-ala

1

Head Master,

£360

English Assistant Master,

£270

Jst

$960

2nd

$720

19

3rd

$480

4th

$480

Wantsui School,

Young Hee,

Head Master,

£240

Kwok King-shan,

1st Assistant Master,

$780

Kung Hon,....

2nd

$480

"

Lo Yuk-lum,

Li Mun-kwong,

Anglo-Indian School.

Jahangir Khan,

Ho Yan-tak,

Brd

$480

4th

$180

Master,

$480

2nd Master,

$480

Aberdeen School.

Li King-shum,

Master,

Tanglungehau School.

Wan Hang-un,

2

Master,

$600

$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

$8

159

63

33

96

Yaumati,..

69

69

Ellis Kadoorie,

32

28

60

Saiyingpun,

49

49

Italian Convent,

30

14

14

Wantsai,

43

43

Diocesan Girls',

33

4

37

St. Stephen's,.

26

26

French Convent,

21

4

25

St. Mary's,

16

6

22

Belilios School,

12

8

20

Kowloon School,

12

12

Victoria School,

11

Anglo-Portuguese School,.

7

7

Fairlea,

7

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,

147

Table III.

.RESULTS OF EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 1906.

ADVANCED COURSE.

SUM OF MARKS OF 3 BEST CANDIDATES.

Max. 30.

Total. Average

Max.

210.

Marks %

of Candidates.

Selection.

Average Age

Field of

School.

REMARKS.

QUESTION

Ellis Kadoorie,

St. Joseph's,

Diocesan School,

I. II. III. IV. V. 24 28 30 2130 25 23 30 22 29 22 26 27

VI. VII.

22 23

178

84.76

16

28

25 23

177

84.28

14 38

25

27 25 24

176

83.80 15 33

Kowloon School,.

26 25 28

24

24 27

22

176

83.80 15 12

Italian Convent,.

25 25

30

26

24 21 23

174

82.85 15 14

Belilios Public School,

20 25

29

24

28

23 24

173

Victoria School,

26 21

30 20

29

20 24

170

82.33 13 8 80.95 13 11

Diocesan Girls',

20

Queen's College,..

St. Mary's,

13

12 16

16 16 16 24 27 24 25

17 28 18 16 17 23

16 16

112

80.00

14 4

2 Candidates.

23 25

164

78.09 17 90

132

62.85 15 6

The figures in Red are over 70% of full marks; those in black type under 50%.

Table IV.

RESULTS OF EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 1906.

ELEMENTARY COURSE.

SUM OF MARKS OF CANDIDATES.

Max. 100.

Total.

Max.

700.

No. of

Candidates.

Average

Marks

%

Average Age

of Candidates.

Selection.

Field of

QUESTION

Diocesan Boys',

Italian Convent,

Belilios Public School,

43

Anglo Portuguese,

45

I II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. 69 71 65 76 76

68 75 500

           10 83 71 64 69 73 72 66 498 10

42 34 39

38

41 42 279 5 53 51 35 54 47

337 7

52

71.42 13 63 71.14 14 30 79.71 13 68.77 14

Yaumati,..

63 75 59

59

Queen's College,

64 64 56

57 56

40

46

445 10 63.57 15 39 383 10 54.71 17 120

Diocesan Girls',

37 50 53 55 62

46

53

Saiyingpan, St. Stephen's,

45

39

Ellis Kadoorie,

Fairlea,

Wantsai,

French Convent,. St. Mary's,

45 48 43 47 45 40 27 29 26 29 28 32 33 40 40 23 42 28 34 9 19 15 19 23 12 22 16 29 27 34 40 33 32 31 38 33 34 35 32 22 30 28 27 26 33 25 26

356 10 50.85 12 18 313 10 44.71 16 210

42.85 19 240 10 34.28 15 119 5 211 9 225 10 195 10

31

34.00 17

33.49 17 32.14 12 27.85 13

16

The figures in Red are over 60% of full marks; those in black type under 40%.

REMARKS.

148

Appendix A.

HYGIENE COMPETITION.

ADVANCED COURSE.

Time allowed-Two hours and a half.

 1. What is the maximum amount of CO, 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-han 1 bedding and clothing?

 5. What is the damp-course in a building? Where is it placed; and what purpose does it serve ?

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.

sewer.

 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 :-Tiro 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 group 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

drains getting choked?

++

ersons get Malarial Fever; and what are the best things to do to prevent ading?

No. 7.

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SOIT QUEM

MON DROIT.}|{}},

SUPPLEMENT

TO

The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of FRIDAY, the 12th of APRIL, 1907.

Published by Authority

RETURNS OF THE POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

To be 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.

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.

Convicted and

Punished.

Discharged.

Court.

Ordered to find Security.

Committed for Trial

at the Supreme

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.

Total Number of Prisoners.

WRITS ISSUED BY THE POLICE MAGISTRATES DURING THE YEAR 1906.

Summons for Defendants.

Summons for Witnesses.

Notices of Re-hearing.

Warrants.

Arrest.

Distress.

Search.

For entering Gambling Houses.

Magistrates' Orders.

TOTAL.

TOTAL NUMBER

OF CASES.

TOTAL NUMBER OF

PRISONERS.

M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. ¦ F. M. | F.

M.

F.

905

83

1,239 754

90

13 273 6 20

301 2,454

37

2,395

38

12

1,668

1,825

1389 19 357

21

2,008 2,892

2,459 36

393

Assaults and other Offences againstĮ

the Person,..

Malicious Injuries to Property, Gambling,

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 Ser- vants Acts, including Acts relat- ing to Indentured Coolies, Other Offences,

Total,

110

1

1

9

:

:

:

:

:

19

M.

F.

M. | F.

M.

1.

11

1.203

36 | 2,554

42

249

88

2,446

20

1,799

26

:

:

202

100 102 1 8,806 11.426 9,774 222 1,159 13,871 20,128 16.910299 2,351

89

...

36

16

18

61 4 33

18

83

49 61

19

185

17 87

45

2

95

2,855

37

:

3,298

281

32

6,456

- 150-

201

1

[11,163 263

19,755

3732,554 42

249

3,298 281

32 6,456

20,128

:

TOTAL MALES AND FEMALES,

Consisting of Offenders not sentenced to Imprisonment.

*

151

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.

each kind

Description.

P'erson.

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

26

2,028

313

2,176

41

7,358

Imprisonment in lieu

of fine or security, .

3,249

126

374

89

318

45

2,289

Peremptory Imprison-

ment,

620

45

3

378

17

177

Whipping,.......

56

:

:

54

1

:

Solitary Confinement,

:

:

Exposed in Stocks, ...

736

21

1

Sentenced to House of

Detention,.......

32

:

:

574

1

:

:

:

139

:

32

Bound over with or

without Suretics, ....

341

181

10

CO

9

31

10

97

TOTAL,

17,550

948

48

2,411

1,439

2,498

113

10,093

152

Table III.

LIST of OFFENCES TRIED in the POLICE MAGISTRATES' COURTS during the year 1906.

OFFENCES.

NUMBER No. of

OF

PRI- CASES, SONERS.

OFFENCES.

NUMBER NO, of

PRI- CASES. SONERS.

OF

Arms and Ammunition Ordinance-2 of 1900,-

Contraventions of,

Army Act.

Breaches of Discipline,

Banishment and Conditional Pardons Ordinance-1 of

1882, -

Contraventions of,

Bankruptcy Ordinance-7 of 1891,

Offences under......

-

Births and Deaths Registration Ordinance-7 of 1896,-

Contraventions of,

Brought forward.................

3,649 6,820

75

84

Magistrates Ordinance-3 of 1890,-

Offences under,

338

363

69

65

Malicious Damage Ordinance-6 of 1865,-

Injuries by fire to buildings and goods therein, Injuries to machinery, &c........

crops, trees and vegetable productions, fences,

-

Miscellaneous injuries,

Married Women (Maintenance in case of desertion) Or-

1

1

1

1

17

17

61

65

dinance-10 of 1905,-

14

15

Proceedings under.........................

Chinese Emigration Ordinance--1 of 1889,-

Contraventions of and Offences under Part I,

13

15

Merchant Shipping Ordinance-10 of 1899,-

Contraventions of and Offences under Part

I,

123

Part III,

8

9

II,

15

"

Regulations made thereunder,

10

11

III,

4

.

Chinese Immigration Regulation Ordinance-3 of 1895,-

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

Coinage Offences Ordinance-7 of 1865,-

Offences relating to the King's gold and silver coin,

foreign coin,.......

Common Law Offences,

Companies Ordinance. l'art II.-1 of 1865,-

Contraventions of,

31

17

IV.

2

**

"

VI,

265

383

15

19

59

=

་།

VII,

+9

VIII,

3

IX.

37

38

"

3

4

17

7

Merchant Shipping Act,-

Breaches of discipline,

1

7

3

Merchant Shipping Amendment Ordinance,-5 of 1905,-

18

25

Dangerons Goods Ordinance-1 of 1873,-

Merchandise Marks Ordinance-4 of 1890,--

Contraventions of,

40

53

Contraventions of and Offences under,

223

36

+3

Regulations made thereunder,

19

29

Defamation and Libel Ordinance-1 of 1887,-

Misdemeanour Punishment Ordinance-1 of 1898,-

Offences under,

61

61

Contraventions of and Offences under,

Defences (Sketching Prevention) Ordinance-1 of 1895,-

Offences under,

7

Morphine Ordinance-9 of 1893,-

Offences under,

3

5

......

X,

70

113

""

Contraventions of Regulations made thereunder,

207

350

Naval Stores Ordinance (Hongkong)-4 of 1875,-

Contraventions of,

New Territories (Regulation) Ordinance-8 of 1899,-

Contraventions of Rules made thereunder,.

Dogs Ordinance.-5 of 1893,-

Contraventions of,

25

*

33

Employers and Servants Ordinance,-45 of 1902,-

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

11

60

Evidence Ordinance-2 of 1889.-

Contraventions of and Offences under,

Extradition Act (1870-1873) Offences under,....................

3

Forgery Ordinance,-4 of 1865,-

Forgery of Bank notes,

Deeds, Wills, Bills of Exchange,

19

S. 1, G. N. 328 of 1905,

:་

99

S. 4, G. N. 367 of 1905, G. N. 724 of 1902,

..

New Territories Rent Recovery Ordinance-10 of 1903,

Proceedings under,

22

28

1 2 2 10

1

1

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,

Larceny Ordinance-5 of 1865,-

Simple Larceny,

written instruments,

----

things attached to or growing on land, from the person and similar Offences,

Offences against the person Ordinance-2 of 1865,--

Homicide......

Attempt to murder,

Acts causing or tending to cause danger to life, &c., Assaults,

Forcible taking or detention of persons, Abominable Offences,

301 2,454 Order and Cleanliness Ordinance-2 of 1867,-

Contraventions of Regulations made thereunder,

Pawnbrokers Ordinance-1 of 1860.-

Contraventions of,

Piers Ordinance-11 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,

བྲཱ॰བྲཱམྨུ༤༤

24

28

10

28

28 822 1,141

10

13

8

8

6

24

60

25

25

2

Larceny of cattle and other animals,

4

110

123

48

62

116

155

18

19

Sacrilege Burglary and house breaking,

51

57

Larceny in dweiling houses,

27

28

.་

in ships, whaives, &c.,

16

27

Prepared Opium Ordinance,-8 of 1891,--

or embezzlement by clerks, servants, &c, Obtaining property by false pretences, Receiving stolen property,........

Contraventions of and Offences under,

3,043 3,181

15

15

32

46

20

26

Printers and Publishers Ordinance-4 of 1886,- Contraventions of and Offences under,

1

Licensing Ordinance--8 of 1887,-

Contraventions of and Offences under,

1,138 1.432

Prison Ordinance-1 of 1899,-

430 923

Offences under,

2

2

""

,, Regulations made thereunder,

Liquor Licences Ordinance-8 of 1898,-

Contraventions of and Offences under,

Carried forward,

51

81

3,649 6,820

Private Vehicles Licensing Ordinance-5 of 1895,-

Offences under,

Curried forward.......

50

8

8,965 13,132

OFFENCES.

153

LIST of OFFENCES, ETC.,-Continued.

No. of CASES.

No. of

PRI-

SONERS.

OFFENCES.

No. of

No. of

PRI-

CASES.

SONERS.

Brought forward,

8,965 13.132

Brought forward,

Protection of Women and Girls Ordinance-4 of 1897,-

Offences under,

Summary Offences Ordinance-1 of 1845,-

124

132

Public Assemblages (Regulation of Traffic) Ordinance-|

2 of 1869,

Public Health and Buildings Ordinance-1 of 1903,-

Contraventions of Part II,

"

:)

II!,

274 200

680

..

99

VI,

37

39

Failure to comply with B. A. Notice,

129

129

S. B.

+

15

99

under the Ord..

Bye-

21

21

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,.........

259 Sunday Cargo Working Ordinance- 1 of 1891,-

Contraventions of..........................

Sung Wong Toi Ordinance-2 of 1899,-

Contraventions of,

10,277 15,351

1,991

2,487

529

999

543

622

27

28

3

laws made thereunder,

Contraventions of Bye-laws made thereunder,

Regulations made thereunder,

142

197

Tramways Ordinance-2 of 1883,-

1 1

17

Contraventions of and Offences under,

Public Places Regulation Ordinance-2 of 1870,-

Contraventions of Regulatioas ma le thereunder................

9

9

29

Tramway Ordinance-10 of 1902,-

Contraventions of and Offences under..

Rules made thereunder,..

23

23

5

Raw Opium Ordinance-9 of 1887,-

Contraventions of and Offences under,

i16

123 Treasonable Offence Ordinance-3 of 1865,-

Contraventions of,

N

Regulation of Chinese Ordinance-3 of 1883,-

Offences under Part V,

VII.

VIII,

Contraventions of Regulations made thereunder,

3141

2

1 Vaccination Ordinance-2 of 1890,-

Contraventions of and Offences under,

Triad and Unlawful Societies Ordinance-2 of 1887,-

Contraventions of and Offences under.

12

13

26

Rogue and Vagabond-5 Gco. IV c. 83,

124

144 Vagrancy Ordinance-9 of 1897,-

Proceedings under,......

38

42

Servants Quarters Ordinance-11 of 1903,-

Offences under,......

27

Ships (Prohibition of Sale of Liquor) Ordinance-1886,

Contraventions of and Offences under,

58 Vehicles Regulation Ordinance-3 of 1899,-

Contraventions of and Offences under,

Bye-laws made thereunder,

243

289

20

29

1

Small Tenements Recovery Ordinance-10 of 1897,-

Proceedings under,

Water Works Ordinance-16 of 1903,-

Offences under,

35

40

Contraventions of Regulations made thereunder,

18

19

Stonecutters Island Ordinance-4 of 1889,--

Contraventions of and Offences under,

Stowaways Ordinance-5 of 1903,--

1

Weights and Measures Ordinance-2 of 1885,- Contraventious of and Offences under,

333

39

50

Offences under,..

31

79

Wireless Telegraphy Ordinance-7 of 1903,-

Undecided Cases,

60

94

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

|10,277 15,351

TOTAL,

13,871 20,128

154

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

   TOTAL Years. NUMBER

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.

Ordered to find Security

Committed

Commit- to Prison or

Excellency

the

Governor.

To keep the

Peace, to be of Good Beha- viour, and to answer any Charge.

Did not appear

and

absconded

OF

CASES.

Convicted and

Discharged.

ted for Trial at

detained pending Or-

Punished.

Supreme Court.

der of His

2

3

4

5

6 7

8 9

12

10

11

M.

F.

M.

F.

M. F.

M. F.

M.

F.

Escaped before

being brought for trial at

the Ma- gistracy.

13

M. M.

Escaped.

14 15

Punished for preferring

Total

False Charge Undecided.

Number

or giving

False

of Defendants.

Testimony.

16

17

18

19

20

21

F. M. F.

M1.

F

F. M. M.

1897,

11,185 10,237

548

1,481

151

73 12

1

183

888

1898, 13,341 12,663 834

1,196

93 65

CO

3

1899,

1900, 14,081

10,158

9,007

511

1,527

114

128

5

co

GI

$

13,149

501

2,416

285181

1

-

209

90 12

211

20 1

43

1901,

14,531

13,689

536

2,129

147 121

2

287

25

19 135

22

Total, 63,296 58,745 2,930 8,749

25

79

4

12,079 807

25

142

14,304 985

17

2

28

8

10,800 646

1

13

3

77

8

15,932 764

105

18

16,339 728

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

1

740 518

25

22

980 188

3

Average)

pr Year,

12,659 2 11,749

586 1,749 8

148 103-6

AN

44

10

196 87-6

1902,

16,070

1903,

14.268

1904,

14,404 803

12,906 553

18,129 796

1905

2,071

2,104 167 164 9

14,505

1,966 210 83

912

2,097 13,450 14,512

         16,910 299 2,351 1906, ... 13 871

165

95

4

9

264 26

8 2 211 21

:

148 25

226

85

19

1 812 68

49 61

19

317

24

Total

72,164 71,861 3,363 10,589

817 488

18

62

31,252164

per Year,

Average 14,432-8 14,372-2 6726 | 2,1178 163-4 976 3-6

12:4

+6

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19,755 373

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SUPPLEMENT

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The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of FRIDAY, the 26th of APRIL, 1907.

Published by Authority.

REPORTS OF THE CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, AND OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE BRIGADE, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

To be 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,

Larcenies,

Felonies not already given,

Deduct decrease in

Robbery,

Burglary or larceny from dwelling,

Assault with intent to rob,..

Total,....

2

9

266

90

18

385

3

.31

2

36

..349

156

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 11th of January a Chinese priest named SING KIN age 50 was murdered in the Tong Shan Temple, 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 arrested, and discharged by the Police Magistrate.

was

 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 25 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 KIT 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 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 CH 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 a 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. CHU 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.

In connection with 7 of In 13 cases

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.

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.

159

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,

3

18

8

30

8

Housebreaking,

Indecent assault and Rape,.

Manslaughter,

harm,

Shooting and wounding with intent to do grievous bodily

Throwing corrosive fluid,

Sodomy and attempted Sodomy,

..102

6

14

4

44

3

5

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

....201

.་་་

GAMBLING.

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.

Articles recovered and Articles

Value lost.

found which were not re-

Value found.

ported lost.

338

$23,410.50

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 yerifications:-

Examined.

Correct.

European scales,

309

309

Chinese scales,.

2,511

2,481

Yard measures,

261

261

Chek measures,

513

513

Incorrect.

......

30

160

The following prosecutions were instituted under the Weights and Measures Ordinance :-

No. of Cases. 30

Convictions. 30

Total Amount of Fines. $1,225.00

ance:

DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE.

16. The following prosecutions were instituted under the Dangerous Goods Ordin-

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.

1

Convictions. 1

Total Amouut of Fines. $25.00

Samples collected and sent to Analyst were as follows:--

Brandy. 2

Whisky. 12

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

1

9

2

Total,.

118

1

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.

161

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.

19

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.

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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 larceny.

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

98

317

407

375

226

187

224

163

 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.

13

41

19

New Territories.

5

3

 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 I.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

58

2

473

164

 4. The results of the various examinations held, by your sanction, throughout the were as follows:

OBTAINED CERTIFICATES OF EXEMPTION FROM SCHOOL.

1906.

| E. P. C. I. P. C. C. C.

Gaol Staff.

year,

February,

March,

April,

May,

August, September, December,

The Hon. Mr. F. J. BADELEY,

Captain Superintendent of Police.

6

3

1

...

1

...

...

2

...

...

...

...

3

...

6

1

1

9

12

1

5

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

Felonies

not

Assaults

and

Larcenies.

already

Disorderly

Houses.

to rob.

given.

Conduct.

Gambling. Kidnapping.

Offences

against Ord.

4 of 1897, (Protection of Women

& Girls.)

Unlawful

Piracy.

Possession.

Miscellaneous

Euro-

peans

and

Ameri-

Indians.

Chinese.

Total.

Offences.

cans.

Robberies

with violence Burglaries.

from the

person.

=

11

G1

3

10 1.. 21

N

2 94 132 15 33.281 1 3 2

..

=

9 2 28 28

5102

Cases reported.

| No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No, of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Drunkenness.

Nuisances.

No Pass or Light.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

January,...

3

~

ลง

December,..

1

7.

1

12

:

N

2

2

3

:

13

16

8

19

รา

2

:

2

11

9

..

6

:

:

:

5

11

:

..

..

1

..

15

23

:

:

16

1

ลง

19

1

8

..

5

1

23

33

TOTAL,.. 45

13 18

62

:

:

:

19

1 1

2

1

ca

00

8 .. 217 12

**

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3

1 20

9

15

11

6

5 32

6

1 163 61 19 21

129

17

20 11

5

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82 129 16 23 194 1

:

181 90 18 22 14 7 105 168 7 16 131 1 1 1

:

151

11

69 11 20 9 3 84 142

9 24 239 19 1 1 1 13

175

77

19 22

$

2 201 95

6

22 11

2

10

170 79 22 20

9

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188 72 23

9

7 5

172 98 16 17 8 7

23 14111

145 14. 27 274

151 17 -38 315

9

109 182 12 37 239 19

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135 15

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36! 45

4

12 11

1 26 20

9

8

7

25 23 6

6 4 3168 180 11

00

4

3

170 86 14

:

:

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

OF

ALL

CASES.

477

531

30

19

3

7

50

..

362

401

21

43

2

..

..

9

105

..

:

499 586 34

24 1 3

..

17

57

:

..

350 388 43

21 2

3

1 856

81

3 1,034

775

CS 1,056 76

89 796

1,009 73 1,036

IG

74

983

703

1,010

768

880

F8

*

:

:

:

:

:

..

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

195

96

35

17 10

2

2

190

67 23 24 12

4 84

13

113

4 21 58

2

02

3

4

3

52 | 46 14

..

208 100 25 19

19

1 78

95 17

21 136 1

2

..

3

1 i

2

37 37

e

..

*

3 2,125 954 240 209 | 82 | 44 1,136 1,705

172 299 2,460 44 13 12

386 65 29 550 568 79

08 9

..

80.

408

48899

37

26

10

2

872

89

16

006

165

6

113

419

418 33

11

8

1

1,006

$71,018

95

11120

478

333

523 42

21

2

7 1. 1,084

92❘ 1,112 $5

1,015

9

158

..

469 491 107 16

F

3 29 1,003

143 1,022

176

16

1,037

00

7

8 $5

102

..

341 24

301

25 2

5

69

916

944

76

€88

:

..

$76

113

13

28

18

1 6 4 1,024

81 1,048

98

914

6

101||

..

471

436 31

15

6

4

2

769

84

790

090

06

..

475

492

86601

20

23

223

2

Co

N

843

65

869

69

..

..

15 103

22

.. 112 1,179.. 5,085 5,589 | 472

210 38 40

47 11,191 1,021 11,471 1,106 11,144

1

th

January,... }

85

83

1 1

-

:

14

15 3 7

7

Cases reported.

1906.

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.

936

:

:

:

:

11

เล

54 54

19

11

12

20

3, 2

2 1.

of

Cases reported. No.

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.

C'ases 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

Street Cries.

dicants Hawking.

Breach of Spirits

and Opium Ordinances.

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

Breach of

Merchant

Breach

of

Public

Vehicles

Ordinance.

Shipping Consolidation Emigr.

Ordinance.

Ord.

Breach of Police, Gaol,

Deportation

and

Prevention

of Crime

Ordinances.

Breach of

Pawnbrokers, Markets and

Weights and

Measures

Ordinances.

Intimidation, Extortion, Bribery and

Conspiracy.

Cutting

Trees

or

Earth.

Spurious Coin.

Obtaining

Goods,

or Money by False Pretences.

Damage to

Property.

commit

Attempt to

Suicide.

No. of Persons convicted. No. of Persons discharged. Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

Trespass.

86

4

238 236

February,..

1.

73 74 4

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-

1.. 78 81 2 13

12

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2

00

t

Co

..

..

17

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2

"

11

10

2

36 05 20

138 | 135 | 10

4

32 32

T

..

16

37

2 29 28 3

65: 111 | 1

・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ 222 | 228 13

5

5

..

23 27

T

1..

1

..

3

13

12 12 1 13 13 2

61 97 18

12..164 155 13

1

6

13 12 2

..

55 62 6 4 4

1

..

17 18 4 10

10

48118 |

1

4 1 3183 180 10

6 6..

6

24 25

..

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11

11

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2

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20 20 6

34

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49)

..

..

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3. 4154149 11

15 46

2

63

09

4

F

4

5 6

23 24 2 16

18.. 51 93

11. 233 237 22

00

-

N

1..

58 60 1

20

20

10

1 17 15

23 23 3

47 79 39

· · · ·|- · 209 | 199 20

32

31 1 11.

36 37 2

2 1 5

September,. 1 1

#1

52

October,....

37

37 1

November, 14 3 1 72

33

December,.. 1 1..

77

1

..

1 18

20

..

..

15 12

3

ون

16

51

1

11133 132| 5

R

189

26

11.

4 4

2

-

79

5

]

-

1 12 11 3 30 31 5 15

19

2 12 10.

2

36 | 42

2

1

..

11 13 1

29

31

..

45 1185 190 8

21 3

رکت

36

38

03

43 52 3198 194 12

11..

9

6

52

52

32

..

LO

42

:

TOTAL,..18 15 3746 764 25

74

72 3 29

40

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9

63 65 ··

5189 213 29 253 265 20 497 889 98 16 12 32,244 2,218 144 10 10 3 83 84

422 445

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N

27

32

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5 3

2

4

4

17

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13 .. 5 12 6 6.. 4 3.19 22

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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.

Cruelty to Animals, & Furi- ous Driving.

Contempt of Court

& False Charge

and Breach of

Bankruptcy Ordce.

Breach of

Dangerous

Totals.

Goods and

Arms Ords.

8

00

**

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VI

**

3

7

5

6

477 531 30

**

362

10.

401 43

499 586 34

..

..

550

350 388

43

11 12 1 408 489

N

1 419 448

53

10 1

478

42

8 1 469

301

341

3

376

413

43

..

471 486 31

475 492 20

5,055,589 472

28

167

24

166

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Total No. arrested.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Total No. arrested.

Table III.

RETURN of SERIOUS OFFENCES reported to the POLICE, during the 10 Years ending 1906, showing the Number of Prisoners Arrested, Convicted and Discharged.

Murder.

Robbery.

Burglary

and

Larceny in

Dwelling House.

Assault with

Intent to Rob.

Kidnapping and Protection of

Women and

Girls.

Felonies

Piracy.

Unlawful Possession.

Larceny.

All Serious Offences.

not already given.

YEAR.

Cases reported.

398

386

70

456

2,079

954

189 1,143170

57

30

87 2.896 1.497

345 1,842

436

454 49 503

2,124 1,042

132 | 1,174 | 147

17

13

60 2,9351,654

204 1,858

389 381 59

8

443

2,432 1,023 220 1,243 194

51

6

60 3,392 1,589 349 1,938

3 434 448 80 528 2.177 1,142

277 1,419 | 193

58

25

83 3,532 1,779

453 2.232

2

388

412

*

487 2,421 1,130 315 1,445|182

58

25

81 3,404 1,710 [458 2,168

1

22

10

36

35

91

:

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.

convicted.

No. of Persons No. of Persons discharged.

| Total No. arrested.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted,

No. of Persons discharged. į

Total No, arrested.

Cases reported.

No. of Persons convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Total No. arrested.

1897,

1 2

1898,

1899.

6

1900,

1901,

ଚା

3

سبات

2

15

15

رکی

00

:

85 48 23

18 22

**

69 45 13

$2 51

14159

:

32

15170 29

40

36

71 247 42 20 62

58 316 57

21

15

66301

43

༩༤

49

2

t

1

01

:

59 55

2

40

63

66

35 32 18 50

تان

00

!

Total.... 23

19: 12

12

31 263: 168

56 2241,193 203 62 265 15 6

:

s

37 21

37 58

22

10 18 28

00

:

10

01

6193 181 112 293

O

16

10

C

10

N

00

N

co

33 17 29 46

10

7 2,045 2,084 333 2,417 11,533 5,291 1,133 6,424886272

167

99 371 16,159 8,229 1,809 10,038

491 483 87

570 2,742 1,247 330 1,577 256

73

51 124 3,998 1,931

545 2,476

526 543 73

427 422

87

284 303

57

550

568

79

616 || 3,281 1,565 297 1,862412|152 509 2,338 1,075 239 1,314|239|111| 360 2,036 953 246 1.199 | 183

647

55 207 4,862 2,401

527 2,928

36 | 147 3,582 1,746

424 2,170

$4

37 | 121 2,984 1,473

401 1,874

2,126 954 240 1,194 | 201 78

43 | 1213,333 1,717

418 2,135

:

:

:

:

:

:

00

49

3 90

31 40 71 1

73 33 106

6 90 68

37105

6 99 77 32 109

!

Total.... 30 16

27 312 150 109 259 1,885 209

61270 27 16

6 22 361 266171 437 2

2,278 2,319 383 2,702 12,523 : 5,794|1,352| 7,146 1,291 498 222 720 18,709 9,268 2,315 11,583

Average of

4.6 3.8 2.4 6.252.6 33.6 11.2 44.8 238.6 40.6 12.4 53.03.01.2

1st period. Average of

2nd period, f

1.238.6 36.2 22.4 58.6 1.6 1.0 0.4 1.4 409.0 416.8 66.6 483.4 2306.6 1058.2 226.61284.8 177.2 54.4 19.8 74.2 3231.8 1645.8 361.8 2007.6

6.0.3.2 2.2 5.4 62.4 30.0 21.8 51.8 77.0 41.8 12.2 54.05.4|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 1158.8 270.4 1429.2 258.2 99.6 44.4 144.03741.8 1853.6 463.0 | 2316.6

1902,

66

1903.

4

99

38

39

26

65|401 | 65

20

85

ごう

52 42 94|481 53 19

72

1904,

4

3

4 54 16 17

33 374 44 10

54

1905,

6 2 8

10 48 30

361330 27

10

37 7

1906,

D 45 13 18

31 299

20

N

22

YEAR.

Cases

reported.

No. of Persons

convicted.

No. of Persons

discharged.

Total No.

arrested.

3.

Table IV.

RETURN of MINOR OFFENCES reported to the POLICE, during the 10 Years ending 1906, showing Number of Prisoners Arrested, Convicted and Discharged.

ASSAULT.

GAMBLING.

MISCELLANEOUS.

NUIS-

DRUN-

KENNESS.

ANCES.

No

LIGHT

OR PASS.

ALL MINOR OFFENCES.

Cases

reported.

No. of Persons

convicted.

No. of Persons discharged.

Total No.

arrested.

Cases

reported.

1897,

1,404| 1,795

287

2,082

145

666

66

732

4,122

4,538

412

4,950

132

780

150

6,733 | 6,999

765

7,764

1898,

1,765 | 2,380 242 2,622 265

1,077

55

1,132

4,531

5,412 307 5,719

161

939

7,661 | 8,869 604

9,473

1899,

1,414 1,595 281

1,876 199

661

70

731

3,170

3,434 320 3,754

133

715

5,631 5,690

671

6,361

1900,

1,531 1,891 344

2,235 324

1,564 35

1,599

3,265

3,625

375 4,000

182

1,039

6,341 | 7,080

754

7,834

1901,

1,620 2,034 297

2,331 265

1,617

42

1,559

3,267

3,844 390 4,234

150

466

5,768

7,

7,395

729 8,124

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

No. of Persons convicted.

No of Persons discharged.

Total No

arrested.

Cases reported.

Cases reported.

Cases reported.

Cases

reported.

No. of Persons

convicted.

No. of Persons

discharged.

Total No.

arrested.

1902,

1903,

1904,

1905,

1906,

1,287 1,667 271 1,938 259 1,169 1,539 269 1,808 204 1,160 1,575 269 1,844 166 1,239 | 1,823 165 1,988 178 1,136| 1,705 172 1,877 299

1,378

17

1,395

3,653

1,101

44

1,145

890

25

915 5,466

4,562 571 5,133 4,134 4,475 440 4,915 160 6,074 497 6,571

167

1,057

723

191

1,297

1,404

87

1,491

5,842

2,460 44

2,504

5,085

6,663 405 7,068 161 5,589 472 6,061 112

1,113

1,179

Total;

5,991 8,309, 1,146

9,455 | 1,106 7,233 217

7,450

24,180

27,3632,385 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,... 1198.2 1661.8 229.2

2229.2 239.6

1097.0 53.6 1150.6 3671.0

4170.6360.8 4531.4 151.6

787.8

30.0

1891.0 221.2

1446.6 43.4 1490.0 4836.0

5472.6 477.0 5949.6 158.2 1073.8

32,134 36,033 3,523 39,556

6,423 7,607 859 8,466 6,390| 7,115 753 7,868 8,280 8,539 791 9,330 | 8,533 | 9,890 657 10,547 7,811 9,754 688 10,442

6426.8 7206.6704.6 7911.2 7487.4 8581.0749.6 9330.6

168

UNDER 4 YEARS.

AND OVER.

1906.

*']Y[

Female.

Sex

unknown.

Male.

VICTORIA.

Female.

Male.

4 YEARS

Female.

January,

13

14

I

4

February,

19

24

11

1

x 1

6

2

4

1

March,

25

25

1

13

12

9

2

April,...

28

32

28

May,

42

30

47

23

June,

30

20

3

17

July,

29

18

12

August,

25

16

3

5

September,

13

16

4

October,.

17

16

13

November,...

24

14

2

10

December,

18

12

12

18 འལ ཨཽ 1、 ཀ} ཡཱ 2 22 22

12

10

16

14

29

18

10

10

14

G

13

13

21

10

14

12

ོད། ོ

9

9

12

11

3

1

IO

1

8

Sex

unknown.

Total,

283

237

10

180

86 133 135

12

128

48

14

12

34

15

Male.

Table V.

Dumped Bodies, 1906.

KOWLOON.

HARBOUR.

UNDER 4 YEARS.

4 YEARS

4 YEARS

UNDER 4 YEARS.

AND OVER.

AND OVER.

Female.

Male.

30 60 50 60 21 10.00 -

223

Female.

Sex unknown.

− 2 10

Male.

Female.

Male.

Female.

ELSEWHERE.

4 YEARS

UNDER 4 YEARS.

AND OVER.

TOTAL.

Sex unknown.

Male

Female.

6

76

ཐཱ

:

2

80

9

133

8

162

1

3

234

154

1

116

99

3

91

I

124

4

1

98

1

:

80

12

2

70

12

1,447

169 ---

170

Table VI.

RETURN SHOWING THE STRENGTH, ENLISTMENTS AND CASUALTIES IN THE POLICE FORCE, 1906.

Nationality.

Strength of the Force.

Enlist -

ments.

Death.

Resigna- tion through sickness.

Resignation through Ex- piry of terms of service or

Dismissal

or

Desertions

Total Number of Casualties.

otherwise.

Europeans,..

133

17

I

12

10

23

Indians,

410

115

10

43

21

77

Chinese,....

504

152

6

8

Total,

1,047

284

10

18

3183

40

89

143

95

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.

Year.

Total 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

171

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.

1. 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 goo.l.

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.

1

28

tion.

Naval Dock Yard, Queen's Road.

Government Offices.

Government House.

No. 7, Queen's Garden, Royal Engi-

Central Police Station.

neers' Mess.

Wellington Street

Terrace.

1 Box.

1

""

""

1

""

1

19

at Lyndhurst 1

""

1

""

2

Clock Tower.

""

""

1

"

1

1

29

1

1

19

1

""

1

""

1

""

1

No. 6 Police Station, Peak.

79

Government Civil Hospital.

Staunton Street, at Sing Wong

Street.

Water Lane, at Queen's Road

Central.

Robinson Road corner of Seymour

Terrace.

3 Boxes.

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.

1 Box.

1

99

1

29

I

21

""

""

Hung Hom

No. 552 Connaught Road West. Pumping Station, Yau-ma-ti.

Yau-ma-ti Police Station.

""

Mong Kok Tsui Market.

172

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 PM. Tung Wá Hospital, Po 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.

STEAMER No. 3.

Land Engine by Shand and Mason.

This engine has been 24 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.

The Honourable

I have, &c.,

Mr. F. J. BADELEY,

Superintendent, Fire Brigade.

D. MACDONALD, Engineer, Fire Brigade.

Table I.

FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1906.

No. OF BUILDINGS DESTROYED.

No.

DATE.

TIME.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

DAMAGE.

CAUSE.

REMARKS.

Wholly Partly.

1

January

2

5.00 a.m.

House No. 252, Sheung Shui,

matshed

2

2

9.30

A matshed at Sham Shui Po,

"

3

6

3.00

"

4

25

9.20 p.m.

29

8.30

"

House No. 7, Wing Shing Street,

On the piece of ground between Ko Shing Street and Des Voeux Road West among scaffolding materials and bas- kets of salt fish,

A matshed covering a stack of coal in a coal yard near Yau Ma Ti Station,

200

Unknown,

60

5,000

Accident,.

600

Unknown,

matshed

35

I

50

"

6

31

1.40 a.m.

House No. 46, Tung Man Lane,

2,600

Accident,...

""

7

February

12

6.45

,!

On board Cargo Boat No. 135 in Victoria Harbour,

5,600

Unknown,

12

2.30 p.m.

House No. 88, Macdonnell Road, Tsim Sha Tsui,

1,200

Accident,......

9

March

8

12.55 a.m.

House No. 147, Wing Lok Street,

I

12,000

Suspected arson,..

10

11

7.30 p.m.

Cement Works, Hung Hom,..

6,000

Accident...

11

=

13

12.30 a.m.

House No. 150, Wing Lok Street,

2

4,500

Unknown,

""

12

April

4

2.30

184, Des Voeux Road West,

12,000

Accident,.....

""

13

21

>>

7.55 p.m.

65, Wanchai Road,....

1

500

77

""

14

26

6.00

>>

A house in Tam Shui village, Sha Tau Kok,.

1

50

Carried forward, $ 50,360

- 173 --

Four men were arrested and charged with arson and committed for trial. The Attorney General did not proceed with the case.

One woman was burnt to death.

FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1906,-Continued.

NO. OF BUILDINGS DESTROYED.

DAMAGE.

CAUSE.

REMARKS.

Wholly. Partly.

$

Brought forward,

No.

DATE.

TIME.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

One hundred and eleven persons lost their lives.

50,360

15

April

30

7.00 a.m.

16

May

23

7.00

House No. 208, Winglok Street,

A house in Shau Tsui Village, Sha Tau Kok,

1

5,000

Unknown,

450

Accident,.....

93

17

July

I

8.50 p.m.

House No. 218, Queen's Road West,

1

2,500

Unknown,

matshed

18

August 2

3.45 a.m.

A matshed near Quarry Bay,

5

5,000

""

19

September 18

11.00

House No. 48, Connaught Road,

1

3,000

Accident,.

>>

20

October 14

3.00

On board S.S. Hankow in Victoria Harbour,

550,000

99

>>

21

228

November

2

11.15 p.m.

Saw Mills at Mong Kok,

200

22

4

1.55 a.m.

House No. 9, Pedder's Street,

I

29,000

Fusing of electric wires,...

23

9

10.15

317, Queen's Road Central,

1

8,000

Unknown,

199

""

24

10

11.50

35, Hollywood Road,

1

3,000

59

"9

""

25

15

3.30

20, Tung Chung Village,

1

100

"1

26

25

3.30

>>

1, Chui Lang Lane,

300

Accident,.

matshed

27

27

2.25

Cement Works, Hung Hom,......

1

1,200

""

28

December

2.00 p.m.

House No. 7, Shau Pin Terrace, Shau Ki Wan,

1

330

Unknown,

matshed

29

8888

11

6.30 p.m.

A matshed on Blackhead's Hill,

1

280

matshed

30

31

11.00 p.m.

at Kun Chung.

1

250

Total,...

658,970

174 -

No.

DATE.

TIME.

Table II.

INCIPIENT FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1906.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

DAMAGE.

CAUSE.

REMARKS.

175

9

121 2410 C01-200

January

10

2.15 a.m.

House No. 13, Queen Victoria Strect,

Unknown,

10

""

4.45 p.m.

"

17

3.20

17

5.00

19, Water Street,

"

24, Bonham Strand Central

54

29

100

,,

17

10.00

20

8.35

54 and 56, Lyndhurst Terrace,

Out house at Nga Tsin Long village, Kowloon,

House No. 9, Chancery Lane,

80

Trifling.

Chimney on fire,

21

1.45

""

23

4.57

24, Wellington Street, 30, Bouham Strand Central,

24

Bed curtain caught fire,.

Chimney on fire,.

>>

""

24

5.30 a.m.

"

House No. 37, Circular Pathway,

1

Accident,

>>

10

February

4

1.10

41, Robinson Road,.

100

Throwing a lighted match on carpet,

11

9

9.30 p.m.

106, Des Voeux Road West,

10

12

9

11.45

">

44, Queen's Road Central,

Trifling.

13

14

11.26

40, Elgin Street,

14

22

9.00

11, Bird Street,

Trifling.

Exploding of a kerosine lamp,

Lighted candle falling on joss papers,

Joss sticks setting fire to some cotton wool,. Accident,..

"

15

27

5.30

"

"

""

25, Temple Street, Yaumati,.

Unknown,

16

March

if

12.30

17

6

9.15

""

18

19

**

17

6.00 a.m.

20

""

9.30 p.m.

20

22

9.24 a.m.

Premises of Hongkong Cotton Mill,

Hillside at Mount Kellet near Cameron Villas,

House No. 146, Des Voeux Road Central,

1, Tsui Lung Lane, Wanchai, Hip Loong Bakery,

8, Tit Hong Lane,.

+9

Grass on fire,

:

Lighted match dropping on some papers,

Overheating of the oven,

Chimucy on fire,..

Put out by occupants.

""

99

Police.

Brigade.

Police and occupants.

Villagers.

Occupants and Police.

Brigade.

Occupants.

Occupants and Police.

""

Police.

"

""

""

Occupants and Police. Neighbours.

Firemen and Police.

Police and occupants.

Mill Staff.

.

Servant boys in the employ of

surrounding houses. Occupants and Police.

Bakers.

Extinguished by occupants.

21

April

9

2.10 p.m.

50, West Street,

""

""

22

10

8.00

28, Queen's Road West,

""

23

24

12.40 a.m.

Mr. Jorge's House, Kennedy Road,..

24

27

,,

7.00 p.m.

25

May

5

8.00

""

26

7

7.15

""

27

23

7.49

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,

Carried forward,

Trifling.

30

40

Overheating of flue,

Unknown,

Unknown,

Short circuit of electric wires, Chimney on fire,......

Put out by Police and occupants.

Extinguished by Firemen.

Put out by Brigade.

385

INCIPIENT FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1905,-Continued.

No.

DATE.

TIME.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

DAMAGE.

CAUSE.

REMARKS.

Brought forward, ......$

385

28

June

29

11

""

""

30

11

9.40

1.30 a.m.

7.30 p.m.

House No. 6, East Road, Kowloon,..

Trifling.

Unknown,

3, Pak Chi Lane,

Accident,....

""

12, Nullah Lane,................

""

""

""

31

18

8.30 a.m.

""

P. & O. Co., inclosure at Des Voeux Road, Central,

Trifling.

32

19

4.45 p.m.

On board S.S. Doric in Victoria Harbour,

>>

33

22

"

10.45 p.m.

34

24

3.20 a.m.

A matshed at the Cement work at Hung Hom, Nil. House No. 227, To Kwa Wan,....

""

"}

35

29

""

9.50 p.m.

""

8, Cross Street,

36

July

5.30

A matshed at Kowloon,.

$

""

37

8.30

*

""

""

38

12

9.10 a.m.

""

Bamboo wharf of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company at Causeway Bay,

39

August

40

2.20

1.00

House No. 6, Tai Wo Street,

99

41

20

12.15

""

*

109, Connaught Road Central, 83, To Kwa Wan,

42

October 22

1.00 p.m.

Hill side below Bowen Road,

43

22

1.50

99

44

23

2.00

45

24

7.00

>>

46

24

7.30

""

""

47

26

11.00 a.m.

""

48

26

11.00

"

,,

49

26

""

5.17 p.m.

50

November

3

7.25

99

51

3

9.40

""

""

52

9

10.15

at Kai Lung Wan Cemetery, between Stanley and Wong Ma Kok, On board a 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,

On board S.S. Taming in Victoria harbour, ... abt. 20,000

Upsetting of a kerosine lamp,

Unknown,

A spark from the fumigation apparatus iguiting some matting in the hold,

Unknown,

""

Upsetting of a kerosine lamp,

A spark from the Ferry Launch "Northern Star".

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,

Grass on fire,

"9

Exploding of a lamp,.

Unknown,

Grass on fire,

...

Put out by occupants and neighhours.

19

1:5

Occupants.

Police and occupants.

Police and coolies.

Brigade.

Coolies.

Occupants and Police.

,,

39

"}

"}

25

Crew of the Launch. Brigade.

60

1

50

""

99

""

Unknown,

""

""

Trifling.

:

""

>>

Chimney on fire,..............

""

50

Upsetting of kerosine lamp, Unknown,

""

,

The crew.

20

Bursting of a kerosine lamp,.

>>

Brigade.

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.

Police and occupants.

""

Carried forward,

20,596

- 176-

INCIPIENT FIRES DURING THE YEAR 1906,-Continued.

No.

DATE.

TIME.

SITUATION OF FIRE.

Carried forward,.

DAMAGE.

$ 20,596

CAUSE.

REMARKS.

53

November 14

6.20 p.m.

54

15

6.40 >>

A small matshed at Blackhead's Point,

House No. 101, Second Street,

20

Unknown,

Upsetting of a kerosine lamp,

55

17

9.00

233, Hollywood Road,

2

}}

>>

56

20

12.30

""

""

""

57

21

7.45 a.m.

78, Tung Tau Kowloon City, Basement floor of General Post Office,

50

Unknown,

""

58

26

9.45 p.m.

Ko Shing Theatre,

A lamp caught fire,

59

27

12.30 77

60

27

4.00

Hill side above Shallow Water Bay, Stanley,. House No. 165, Queen's Road Central,

Grass on fire,

1,000

""

""

61

December

4

5.37

11, Old Bailey,

Throwing lighted match on the floor,

Upsetting of a kerosine lamp,

>>

62

4

11.30

28, Nullah Lane,.

>>

""

63

11

3.20 a.m.

>>

""

64

14

>>

7.30 p.m.

"}

65

15

1.00

"}

""

66

27

6.30

""

""

67

31

12.30

261, Queen's Road West,

12, Hollywood Road,

A house in Sha Ti Un, Kowloon, House No. 46, Gage Street,

51, First Street,

>>

"}

""

Firemen and occupants.

"

Attempted arson,

""

Overheating of a flue,

27

Chimney on fire,..................

""

80

Igniting of some dry grass from boiler fire,..

}}

Occupants.

Occupants.

Brigade and occupants. Occupants.

Villagers and Police.

Chimney on fire,.

Inmates and Police.

""

Unknown,

Police.

TOTAL,..

21,748

Carelessness with Joss papers,.

Setting fire to waste paper,

Put out by Police.

כי

""

>>

"

Occupants.

Occupants and Police. Police and Villagers.

Post Office employees and fire-

men from Clock Tower.

Police.

Police and hired coolies.

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No. 9.

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The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of FRIDAY, the 26th of APRIL, 1907.

Published by Authority;

REPORT ON THE BOTANICAL AND FORESTRY DEPARTMENT, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

To be 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 Cosmos "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 providel 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. KOCH, Messrs. LAU CHU PAK, FELIX LEVIEUX (Mauritius), LI PAK; Professor MATSUMURA (Tokyo), Mr. C. McL. 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 HODGINS; 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.

An

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 Kysur 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 Taithe 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, M, and Tung Kwa, M, 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 (Luffa acutangula).

Nam Kwa, A, and Kam Kwa, M, are not obtainable locally but their seeds are largely used by the Chinese.

Shui Kwa,

      A, 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 Cucurbitacea.

The Papaw, of an allied orderiis also called locally Muk Kwa, A.

Tau, E.-A similar investigation was made into the botanical identity of the various vegetables known to the local Chinese as tau. Hak Tau, 黑豆, Hung Tan,紅豆, and Mi Tau,, are the black, red and white races of the glabrous podded variety of Phaseolus Mungo, while Luk Tau, E, and Pak Tau, BE, 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.

E,

Mui, -It has long been assumed that Mui,, Li, 4, and To, t, 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 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 peploides, 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 23" 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, Hauce, which is however quite distinct.

Adiantum sp.-Found on Mt. Gough by Fleet Surgeon C. G. MATTHEW, R.N., in November.

Nephrodium prolixum, 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 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 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.

programme

There was more than the usual difficulty in getting the necessary work for this 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 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. 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, riz., 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. the exception of a few killed in the typhoon all have done well.

With

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.

As a

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. 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 10 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

results.

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

93

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 2. 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 seems 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

CHINESE

No.

FIRST CROP.

No.

SECOND CROP.

NAME.

NAME.

1

(Tso) No Kuk.

早糯谷

8

Chuk Chim No Kuk.

竹粘糯谷

2

Fa Lo Pak Kuk.

花羅白谷

9

Tai No Kuk.

大糯

3

Tso Wo Kuk.

早禾谷

10

Sz Miu Chim Kuk.

絲苗粘谷

4

Ngau Tsui Mo Kuk.

牛咀毛

11

Chim Chai Kuk.

粘仔谷

10

5

(Shang Shing Chim)

12

Ham Man Kuk.

Kuk.

省城粘谷

13

San Chung Kuk.

咸問

新種谷

67

No Kan Kuk.

糯間谷

14

Ma Pau Kam Kuk.

麻包錦谷

7 Ma Pau Kam.

麻包錦

15

Ngai Chai Chek Kuk.

矮仔赤谷

16

Wu No Kuk.

烏糯谷

17

Pun Tin Wan Kuk.

半天雲谷

18

Pat Ut Pak Kuk.

19

Pat Kuk.

八月白谷 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

ton. per unsaleable here but that the kernels would realise from £12 to £13

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.

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 Fordü 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 Japau 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 Foochow, made from mat grass (Cyperus tegetiformis) from " to 13" in diameter : specimen of rope made from split palm-leaf stalks (Livistona chinensis) from Sun Wui: specimens of 3 & 4-strand coir rope (Trachycarpus excelsus) from " 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.

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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 Mr. fans there are numerous other uses quite as important or even more so than this. 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 The old matshed nursery and transplant such stock as could be moved to a safe distance.

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.

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Journal of Botany, 1906.

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.

Jan.

1906 RAINFALL.-BOTANIC GARDENS.

Feb. Mar. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sep.

Oct.

Nov. Dec.

Date

in.

in.

in.

in.

in.

in.

in. in.

in.

in.

in.

in.

1,

.19

.68

.01

2,

.07

.58 .67

.14 .11

1.70

...

3,

.03

.02

.56

.15

.20

.01

.13

4,

.15

.98

.55

.02

.03

1.12

5,

:

.21

.01

.15

.07

3.44

...

6,

7,

.01

1.88

...

8,

.03

.38

9,

.40

.96

កុំកុំ :

.78

.28

1.38

.06

.58

.04

.03

.41

.62

.04

.22 .01

.02

.01

.03

10,

11,

.02

12,

.02

13,

14,

•04

15,

.09

.11

16,

.08 .02

17,

.11

18,

19,

20,

21,

22,

23,

24,

25,

.01

26,

27,

28,

.40

29,

.29

88855 : 15:525⠀⠀

.02

.11

.04

.90

.02

.36

.04

.24

.29

.08

.21

2.93

.40

.11

1.24

.51

.01

.01

.01

.05

.26

.03

2.30

.18

1.30

::

.64

.06

::

.01

2.64

.77

1.32

...

.01

.03

.08

1.33

.12

4.03

.28

.08

.29

.12

1.19

.01

.13

.24

.09

.32

.14

1.65

.03

.06

.02

.21

.95

.30

.01

.27

.30 .19 .46

.32

.32

1.24

.14

.32

.21

.03

.04

.04

.16

2.06

1.42 1.32

.08

.03

.20

.78

1.41

.23

5.59

.02

.72 .04

.01

.10

.85

.07

2.82

30,

.18

.62 .01

.51 .03 .03

31,

.02

.34

1.53 .19

3.62 1.61 .02

.11

Total,

1.26 3.35 2.63 10.98 11.71

5.80 8.54

2.92

31.92 1.72

.21

.73

Total Inches for the year, 81.77.

Observations made at 10 A.M.

Elevation, 300 feet.

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 House 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.

Do.

(lower)

do.

23.

Do. in Glenealy Road, below Robinson Road.

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.

50. 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

Victoria

19

TREE.

NUMBER.

Camphor Pine

1,500

11,143

18,965

99

,,

Aleurites

14,469

73

161

81,989

19

""

June

Tytam

Robinson Road, Kowloon

Gascoigne Road,

Cheung Sha Wan

Kowloon Tsai

July

Des Voeux Road

""

""

....

Pine Camphor Heteropanax

971

97

Total,..

129,368

Table IV.

SITES SOWN WITH PINE SEEDS IN 1906.

DATE.

PLACE.

May,

Pokfulam, Blocks A. & B.,

May to July, July,

Cheung Sha Wan,..

Victoria, Block G.,

22

Kowloon Tong,

NUMBER.

14,889

70,981

227 2,040

Total,....

88,137

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Table V.

BLOCKS PLANTED WITH PINE, 1906.

BLOCK.

TOTAL

No.

FOREST DIVISION.

NUMBER.

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

6660 OTA 00 10 -

Victoria,

Wongneichong, Shaukiwan,. Tytam,

18,965

18,965

14,469

14,469

Stanley,

Aberdeen,

7

8

Pokfulam,

Kowloon,..

9 New Territories,

7,429 3,714

11,143

81,989

Total,.........

126,566

Table VI.

DEAD PINE TREES SOLD IN 1906.

BLOCK.

FOREST No.

FO EST DIVISION.

A

В

C

D

E

F

G

TOTAL NUMBER.

5

∞ ~ ~ UTA 09 1 H

1

Victoria,

...

...

...

2

Wongneichong,

7 205

255

12

21

21

58

579

3

Shaukiwan,

18

10

57

13

15

113

...

4

Tytam,.

39

352

13

16

133

553

Stanley,

271

34

24

17

59

405

6

7

Aberdeen, Pokfulam, Kowloon,

46

21

181

251

...

39

44

32

35

690 155

995

45

77

41

183

154

500

Table VII.

PINE TREES STOLEN IN 1906.

Total...

3,396

BLOCK.

FOREST No.

FOREST DIVISION.

TOTAL NUMBER.

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

1

Victoria.....

2

Wongneichong,

7

...

Shaukiwan,

4

Tytam,.

OT

5

5

Stanley,

6

Aberdeen,

76

7

Pokfulam,

15

8

New Territories,

58

7

...

170

232

13

87

...

15

1,375

Total,.

1,729

198

Table VIII.

PINE TREES BLOWN DOWN BY TYPHOON OF 18TH SEPTEMBER, 1906.

BLOCK.

No.

FOREST DIVISION.

TOTAL NUMBER.

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

123 O ON∞

Victoria,

260

723

328

80

101

114

132

1,738

Wongneichong,... 219

78

53

24

16

16

175

581

Shaukiwan,

336

359

164

102

111

92

1,164

4

Tytam,

128

153

47

108

34

81

551

5

Stanley,

465

55

132

106

73

183

1,014

6

Aberdeen,

200

466

45

190

93

390

1,384

7

Pokfulam,

84 143 439

439

177

377

1,659

8

Kowloon,

345

194

164

184

47

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

No. 10.

SOIT QUI MA

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SUPPLEMENT

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The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of FRIDAY, the 26th of APRIL, 1907.

Published by Authority.

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE HONGKONG OBSERVATORY, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

To be 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. each 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 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.

a.;

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 April 5th, 12.26 p.; April 5th, 4 p. to August 1st, 11 a.; September 18th, 9 a. to Decem- ber 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, .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).

The

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. 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, Amiral 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, Seydlitz, 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 ±0. 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. 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-nim) 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 72 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 and 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 near 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.

When the gun was fired.

When it blew hardest.

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Table I.

INTERVAL

BETWEEN

GUN-FIRE AND

Success

or

Remarks.

Failure.

m.p.h.

m.p.h. hours. hours.

No.

1884 July 29th

55

Failure.

:

8 p.

Yes.

1884 Aug. 21st

25

1884 Aug. 21st

25

Failure.

:

9.45 p.

9.45 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

29

1884 Sept. 10th

89

13.2 18.2 Success.

5.45 a.

midt.

Yes.

1885 Aug. 17th

42

1885 Ang. 17th

53

2.5

2.5 Success.

12.30 p.

3 p.

No.

1886 Dec. 7th

54

Failure. Norther.

5 u.

Yes.

1887 July 20th 4.30 a.

42

1887 July 20th

50

11.5

11.5 Success.

1 p.

Yes.

1887 Sept. 11th

31

1887 Sept. 11th

51

3.9

3.9 Success.

7.05 p.

11 p.

Yes.

1887 Sept. 17th

40

8.50 a.

1887 Sept. 17th 5 p.

69

2.2

8.2 Success.

Yes.

1887 Sept. 20th

39

10.05 p.

1887 Sept. 21st 2 p.

56

12.9

15.9 Success.

Yes.

1887 Sept. 25th 34

1887 Sept. 26th

55

22.5 22.5 Success.

6.30 a.

5 a.

Yes.

1888 Sept. 28th

35

1888 Sept. 28th

50

14.1

14.1 Success.

7.55 a.

10 p.

No.

:

1889 Feb. 10th 53

:

Failure. Norther.

22

1 a.

No.

1889 Oct. 16th

61

:

6 a.

Yes.

1890 Oct. 13th

52

6.10 a.

1890 Oct. 13th 7 a.

53

0.0

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

38

1.0 a.

1891 July 19th 7 a.

64

2.0 6.0 Success.

Yes.

1891 Aug. 2nd

39

9.30 p.

1891 Aug. 3rd 61

5 a.

2.5 7.5 Success.

No.

:

1891 Dec. 4th

63

Failure. Norther.

:

1 a.

Yes.

1893 Sept. 8th

27

1893 Sept. 9th 59

14.7 16.8 Success.

10.15 a.

3 a.

Yes.

1893 Sept. 28th

25

1893 Sept. 28th

61

6.5

14.5 Success.

8.30 a.

11 թ.

Yes.

1893 Oct. 1st

31

4.0 p.

1893 Oct. 2nd 3 p.

81

12.0

23.0 Success.

Yes.

1893 Oct. 8th

38

1893 Oct. 8th

58

3.3

4.3 Success.

4.45 a.

9 a.

Yes.

1894 June 24th

40

1894 June 24th

48

1.6

1.6 Success.

4.25 p.

6 p.

When it blew

hardest.

When the gun was fired.

Whether the gun

fired or not.

was

--

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Table 1,-Continued.

INTERVAL

BETWEEN

GUN-FIRE AND

Observatory

Highest Wind Velocity

Gap Rock.

Beginning of

m.p.h.

m.p.h. hours. hours.

Success

or

Remarks.

Failure.

Yes.

1894 Sept. 10th

6 Se

29

7.45 a.

1894 Sept. 10th 11 a.

38

3.3

Failure. No gale.

Yes.

1894 Sept. 18th

25

4.15 p.

1894 Sept. 19th 10 a.

67

4.8

17.8 Success.

Yes.

1894 Sept. 24th

42

1894 Sept. 25th

86

4.8

9.8

Success.

11.10 p.

9 a.

Yes.

1894 Sept. 29th

16

1894 Sept. 30th

64

10.2

22.3 Success.

10.45 a.

9 a.

Yes.

1894 Oct. 4th

31

1894 Oct. 5th

85

10.5

30.5 Success.

10.30 a.

5 P.

Yes.

1895 July 28th

23

1895 July 28th

53

5.5

5.5 Success.

8.30 a.

2 p.

Yes.

1896 July 29th

18

9.5 a.

1896 July 29th 10 p.

108

8.9 12.9 Success.

Yes.

1896 Aug. 9th

28

1896 Aug. 9th

66

2.5

7.5 Success.

9.30 a.

5 p.

Yes.

1896 Oct. 5th

17

1896 Oct. 6th

66

9.7

21.7 Success.

7.20 a.

5 a.

Yes.

1896 Oct. 11th

22

11.45 a.

1896 Oct. 11th midt.

48

12.2

12.2

Success. Gale at Gap Rock not

at Observatory.

Yes.

1897 Sept. 17th

49

1897 Sept. 17th

56

2.5

2.5

Success.

2.30 p.

5.0 P.

Yes.

1898 June 30th

45

1898 July 1st

47

11.5

Success. Force 9 at Gap Rock.

3.30 p.

3 a.

Yes.

1898 Aug. 3rd

31

1898 Aug. 5th

62

32.0

38.0 Success.

11.0 a.

I a.

Yes.

1898 Aug. 17th

39

1898 Aug. 17th

61

1.7 7.7 Success.

12.20 p.

8 p.

Yes.

1900 Aug. 20th

28

1900 Aug. 21st

اة

19.2 Success.

6.45 a.

2 a.

Yes.

1900 Sept. 10th

28

4.15 p.

1900 Sept. 11th 8 a.

68

5.8

15.8Success.

Yes.

1900 Nov. 9th

333

39

6.15 p.

1900 Nov. 10th 5 a.

90

3.8

10.8 Success.

Yes.

1902 July 19th

27

5.30 a.

1902 July 18th 10 p.

61

11.5

16.5 Success.

Yes.

1902 July 27th

35

1902 July 27th

39

:

0.8 Success. Force 8 at Gap Rock.

9.10 p.

10 p.

Yes.

1902 Aug. 2nd 36

1902 Aug. 2nd

323

82

7.1

7.1

Success.

2.55 p.

10 p.

Yes.

1903 Oct. 27th

36

7.20 a.

No.

:

1903 Oct. 27th 46

9 a.

1904 Aug. 10th

333

53

:

:

2 a.

1.7 Success. Force 10 at Gap Rock.

:

Failure. Black signals 9th, 12h 33m p. At 11h 40m a. "Strong E to SEwinds."

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 I,-Continued.

When it blew hardest.

INTERVAL

BETWEEN

GUN-FIRE AND|

Highest Wind Velocity

at

Observatory or

Gap Rock.

Beginning of

strong gale.

Highest Wind

Velocity.

Success

ΟΙ

Failure.

Remarks.

m.p.h.

m.p.h. hours. hours.

Yes.

1904 Aug. 25th

45

1904 Aug. 25th

56

4.9 6.9 Success.

5.4 a.

noon.

Yes.

1905 Aug. 29th

21

9.17 p.

1905 Aug. 30th 4 p.

65

15.7

18.7

Success.

No.

1906 Jan. 30th

53

11 a.

Yes.

1906 May 21st 11.37 a.

24

1996 May 21st

27

:

noon.

Failure. Norther for one hour.

Failure. No gale. Typhoon re- curved when 100 miles E of Hongkong.

Yes.

1906 Sept. 18th

45

8.17 a.

1906 Sept. 18th 10 a.

77

0.1

1.7

Failure. Black Drum hoisted at At Gap

at 7h 37m a.

Rock maximum force 6.

Yes.

1906 Sept. 20th

49

1906 Sept. 20th

57

5.2

6.2 Success.

3.47 a.

10 a.

Yes.

1906 Sept. 28th 4.37 p.

28

1906 Sept. 29th 78

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.

Nov.

Dec.

19

6

9

3

15

2

8

10

1

1

1

...

20

62

48

23

62

55

13

39

38

12

48

30

31

21

56

43

61

49

61

13

32

36

9

35

39

54

22

13

27

21

35

47

30

54

31

4

29

18

6

23

259

406

153

135

90

68

182

160

82

196

160

286

24

720

524

675

625

478

522

841

750

580

679

838

745

25

559

404

406

348

348

342

422

462

375

688

726

618

26

3409

3033

3623

3749

3837

3937

4114

4399

4122

4160

3656

3450

27

5

7

5

15

8

9

12

5

4

4

55

22

37

26

20

27

45

31

30

20

10

21

25

56

23

59

30

15

34

40

51

52

16

33

37

22

57

62

89

48

76

59

37

73

52

12

54

39

48

58

79

94

119

76

99

80

70

96

20

36

101

84

59

147

168

171

79

96

112

141

120

26

115

185

143

60

379

462

436

324

389

381

578

425

295

305

353

362

61

4058

3540 4126

3864

4365

4542

4757 4797

4675 4759

4424

4154

62

2011

1955

2202

2153

2329

2393

2230

2264

2299

2191

2093

2032

63

44

51

60

66

70

90

78

82

86

90

67

52

91

97

177

98

188

32

46

52

53

58

119

238

135

92

95

177

99

163

39

19

34

27

38

84

206

139

93

77

132

79

94

10

28

7

41

37

80

136

115

94

75

67

87

107

77

98

87

58

36

33

182

75

2855

95

103

138

107

120

125

69

117

104

74

129

95

144

96

2284 2096 2211 2102 2428

2386

2505

2355 2177

2375 2217

2124

97

988

983 1163 1023 1027 1131

1120 1104 1122 1167 1191

1103

208

Table II-Continued.

Meteorological Observations entered in 10° Squares from 1893-1906 inclusive.

Square Number. Jan.

Feb. March

April May June July

August Sept. Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

98

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

349

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

667

681

741

822

941

635

690

664

575

132

1996

1788

2337

2719

3003 3059

3366

3092

2797 2893

2729

2059

133

6

130

143

172

186

191

152

146

180

164

31

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

20

21

28

67

92

131

182

167

108

76

62

22

168

14

12

12

12

8

18

16

1

169

170

199

95

84

104

147

130

149

141

126

154

148

128

200

13

6

13

8

11

29

10

22

3235

79

1

201

202

203

2

:

318

3

21

15

19

3

7

319

66

43

83

27

28

16

4

34

11

33

320

31

37

71

62

64

118

82

44

43

79

70

55

321

28

85

79

100

64

104

92

108

99

101

134

99

322

124

64

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

694

624

325

530

434

522

641

528

666

851

898

937

720

623

502

326

24174 21489 24659 24487 25452 26548 28766 28720 26352 27628

Table III.

Errors of Time Ball in 1906.

26919 9 24090

means too late

+ means too early.

Date. Jan.

Feb.

Mar. April. May. June. July.

Aug. Sept. Oct.

Nov. Dec.

S.

f.

S.

S.

S.

Ꭶ.

S.

S.

S.

S.

1

S.

+ 0.4

S.

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

+ 0.6

0.2

0.1

0.4

+ 0.5

+ 0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

+ 0.4

0.1

0.1

0.3

...

0.2

+ 0.2

0.1

+ 0.2

0.1

0.2

0.1

+ 0.2

0.1

0.2

+ 0.3

0.2

0.1

0.1

+ 0.2

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.1

+ 0.2

+ 0.4

-

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

+ 0.4

+ 0.3

+ 0.6

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1 + 0.6

+ 0.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.3

9

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

10

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

+ 0.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

+0.3

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

+ 0.3

0.1

12

0.

0.1

0.1

+ 0.3

+ 0.5

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

13

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

+ 0.4

+ 0.2

0.1

0.1

- 0.3

0.1

14

+ 0.2

0.2

0.1

+ 0.6

0.1

+ 0.2

0.1

0.1

0.5

15

0.2

0.1

+ 0.2

+ 0.7

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

· 0.5

16

0.1

0.1

0.1

+ 0.2

0.1

+ 0.8

+ 0.3

0.1

+ 0.2

+ 0.2

17

0.1

0.1

0.1 +

+ 0.9

0.1

+ 0.3

+ 0.2

0.1

18

+ 0.2

0.6 - 0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

+ 0.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

19

0.1

+ 0.3

+ 0.3

+ 0.2

0.1

+ 0.3

+ 0.2

0.1

20

0.1

0.1

+ 0.3

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

+ 0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

21

0.2

0.1

+ 0.2

0.1

+ 0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

22

+ 0.3

0.1 + 0.2

0.1

0.1

+ 0.3

0.1

23

0.1

0.1

0.1

+ 0.4

0.1

0.2

0.1

+ 0.3

+ 0.2

0.1

24

0.1

+ 0.2

0.1

0.1

+ 0.4

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

25

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

+ 0.2

+ 0.3

0.1

0.2

26

www.

· 0.2 + 0.5

+ 0.2

+ 0.2

+ 0.4

+ 0.4

0.1

27

0.1

0.1

0.2 + 0.8

+ 0.2

0.1

+ 0.5

+ 0.8

0.1

0.1

28

0.1

0.1

0.3

+ 0.8

0.1

0.1

0.1

+ 0.2

+ 0.6

+ 0.2

0.1

29

+ 0.4

0.1

0.1

+ 1.0

30

+ 0.4

+1.1

***

+ 0.2

+ 0.2

0.1

+ 0.2

0.1

0.1

0.2

+ 0.3

0.1

0.4

+ 0.3

31

+ 0.5

+ 0.2

0.1

+ 1.3

0.1

0.2

+ 0.3

+ 0.2

Pressure,

Temperature,

Diurnal Rauge..

Humidity,

Vapour Tension.

Sunshine (Total).

Rainfall (Total).

Hours of Rain (Total),

Intensity of Rain,

Wind-Velocity,.

Wind- Direction.

Cloudiness,

Solar Radiation, Excess of do.

Table IV.

Mean Values and Hourly Excess above the mean of Meteorological Elements in 1906.

1 a.

2 a.

3 a.

4 a.

5 a.

6a.

7 a.

Sa.

9a.

10 a.

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.

-.015+.002 +.014 +.022 +.022 +.014

+.005

.006

-.014

-.017

1.5

1.6

1.8

2.0

-

-.012

2.2

-

.001 +.016 +.030 +.040 +.041 +.033 +.014 −.009 -.028 -.040 2.1 1.6 0.6 0.4 + 15 + 2.0 + 2.6 + 2.7 + 2.6 +2.4

044 -040

+ 2.0 +

-.030

0.1

1.2 + 0.3

29.829

0.3

0.5

0.6

1.1

1.3

71.8

...

...

...

8.5

...

...

+

3.475 2.295

32

31

2.265

41

0.109 0.067

0.055

0.2

0.6

0.6

+ 5 + 6 + 5 + 5+ + + 3 +.008 +.005 +.002 .001 -.004 -.005 -.007 23.4

2.580

40

0.064

0.9

0

3

6

7

6

D

3

1.220

40

0.030

0.5

2.045

40

0.051

39

20

20

0.8

10

0° +

-.009 -.010 -.009 -.007 113.3 155.4 171.9 185.6 185.9 189.4 192.9 4.455 3.645 3.660 4.315 5.250 44 45 37 36 35 0.101 0.081 0.099 0.120 0.150 0.6 + 0.4 + 1.2 + 1.4 + 3° 40

-.010

-.012

..006 .004

191.8 185.1 3.765 6.245 3.460 38 34 29 0.099 0.184 0.119 + 5 + 1.6 + 1.5 + 9° + 6o + 6°

.004

178.9

.000

129.1

0 + 1 + 2 +.005 +.007 +.010 33.3

+ 3 + 3 + 5+ 5! +.012 +.013 +.015 +.011]

78

0.638

1936.3

1.895

33

0.057

+1.3

2.385

2.290

21

0.114

33

0.069

1.2 + 0.4

3.555 1.860 31 20 0.115 0.062 1.0 1.3

+ 4° + 2o + 1°

2.290

26

0.088

1.9

2.480

33

3.360

5.195

3.810

77.795

30

35

25

822

0.075

0.112

0.148

0.152

0.095

1.5

1.5

1.4

0.4

13.0

20

5o E 18° S

4

69

118.4

Table V.

Number of Hours during a portion of which it rained for each Month of the year 1906.

41.9

Month.

a.

2 a.

3 a.

4a.

5 a.

6 a.

a. 8 a.

9 a.

10 a.

11 a.

Noon. 1 p.

2 p. 3 p.

4 p.

5 p.

6 p.

7 p.

8 p.

9 p.

10 p. 11 p. Midt. Total.

4

4

3

4

10 10 10 21SNN-O-ON

come to ON HO

4

January,

February,

March,

April,

May,

4

June,

4

July,..

August,

4

2

September,

9

10

October,

1

1

November,

0

0

0

0

1

1

December,

1

1

3

1

0

2

4

Total,

32

34

41

40

40

40

44

45 37 36 35

38

34 29

4

N--ON-1 ONA 43120 10

1-

I

3

4

3

4

1 2 21 2 23

4

FONO N N 90 Or 00 00 00 O

2

ON-C10 30 20 TH 1-000

- 00 01 00 10 20 - 30 00 - 06

CTN 10 10 TH CON-O-

I

0

2

4

3

1

2

9

2

1

-- 10000 HISTO-

21 - 30 10 30 - 60 61 10 OOH

O-310 3o - so so so−ON

-ONNUS - O CANON

-2010 00 00 10 21 ON HEN

1

01 −1 00 OIN

1

3

1

2

1

5

- 30 1 10 10 00 01 * 00 00

5

53

3

SOTHO TH 00 00

0000 # 19

70

1

76

3

95

119

0

58

1

84

0

1

46

5

150

2

1

26

0

I

2

0

11

1

0

1

2

1

1

34

333333

21

33

31

309

26

33

30

35

25

822

209

210

Table VI.

Number of Days with Wind from eight different points of the Compass during each month of the year 1906.

January,

February,

March,...

April,

May,

June,

July,

MONTH.

August,

September,

October,

November,

December,

N.

NE.

E.

SE.

S.

SW.

W.

NW.

00 00 01

2

9

14

5

5

17

1

2

19

4

19

1-00

3

1

26

1

:

20

4

6

4

2764L

35 + CO

Sums,

43

32

722

9423

15

14

12

18

174

...

1

26

26

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

2

14

1

16

1

11

3

2

1

2

3

1

1

24

24

42

12

12

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.

Rainbows.

MONTH.

Fog.

January,

February,

March,

12

April,

10

May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December,

4206

9

13

12

22122

:

1

1

34

Phenomena.

Electric

Lightning.

Thunder.

Thunder-

storms.

Unusual

Visibility.

Dew.

2

14

3

9

15

9

6

6

14

13

12

5

6

17

15

4

17

2 2

14

14

3

10

1

1

1

7

1

2

3

5

:

Sums,

46

84

77

48

45

66

Table VIII.

1

Lunar Halo.

Corona.

Lunar

Solar Halo.

Solar

Corona.

30 21 12 N

NN2N 10

:

6

...

2

10

4

1

3

Ι

:

33

59

15

12

1

26

1

Total Number of Times that Clouds of different forms were Observed in each month of the year 1906.

MONTH.

C.

c-str.

e-cum. sm-cum.

cum. cum-str. str.

r-cum. cum-nim. uim.

January,

10

5

1

61

82

30

32

32

February,

23

85

25

41

52

March,

1

29

103

30

30

43

April,

12

1

32

102

12

39

55

May,

22

18

31

134

13

25

46

June,

4

47

29

192

3

6

20

July,

55

15

19

199

11

25

August,

35

40

8

180

September,

October,.

November,... December,

Sums,....

21

18

15

17

6

∞ to a ∞

31

143

6

49

106

42

44

120 83

010100

21202

2

12

13

18

5

11

5

6

16

193

157

399

1529

1

150

219

366

:

Month.

Barometric Tide.

Mean Diurnal Variability of Temperature.

Aqueous Vapour.

Weight of

RAINFALL.

Mean.

1906.

211

Table IX.

Hourly Intensity

of Rain.

MEAN DIRECTION OF CLOUDS

WHENCE COMING.

NUMBER OF DAYS

WITH

CLOUDS BELOW.

Lower. Upper. Cirrus.

2000 ft. 1000 ft.

January,

0.112

2.36

4.10

1.32

1.985

0.029

E 4° SW 5° S

February, 0.097 3.06 5.18

1.86

2.250

0.020 S 37° E W 10° S

March,

0.104 3.13 4.95

2.63

2.630

0.030

E 43° SW 1°N

April,....... 0.089 2.11 6.83

5.56

9.790

0.129

E 39° S W 12° S

May,

0.083

1.72 8.36

13.43

11.580

0.152

S 43° E. W 22° S

June,

0.071

1.07 9.31

16.80

5.895

0.268

S 28° W W 33° S

:

:

:

:

:

:

7

20

13

20

July,

0.071 0.67 9.57 13.32

6.915

0.224 S 26° W E 4°

0

:

August,

September, 0.071 2.04 8.99

0.075 1.21 9.43

14.22

3.970

0.180 S 30° W N 40° E

:

8.21

October,.. 0.095 1.22 5.99

4.73

| 30.595

1.320

0,378 E 10° SE 39° N

:

0.078 E 10 NS 31° E

:

November,... 0.106 1.59 4.57

1.7!

0.175

0.029 | E 12° N S 38° W

December,... 0.110 2.54 4.62

1.03

0.660

0.029 E 3° N W 37° S

6

Mean or

0.090 1.90 6.85 84.82

77.795 0.125 E 44° S

Total,...

:

5

2

14

1

1

6

I

2

1

I

I

99

25

Table X.

Monthly Extremes of the Principal Meteorological Elements registered during the year 1906.

BAROMETER.

TEM-

PERATURE.

HUMI-

DITY.

VAPOUR TENSION.

RAIN.

Month.

WIND

VELOCITY.

RADIA-

TION.

Max.

Min.

Max. Min.' Min.

Max. Min.

Hourly Daily Max. Max.

Max. Sun 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

March,

April,....... 29.990 29.488 81.1 60.2

52

0.820

0.200

0.895

0.640 40

131.2

30.355 29.742 80.1 48.2

19

0.814

0.097 0.710

0.300 42

129.1

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 57

0.975

0.565

1.585

1.020 36

145.6

July,

29.770 29.324 91.2 75.9 56

0.999

0.715

2.000

0.590 34

143.7

August,...... 29.833 29.224 93.7 74.6

September,. 29.916 29.066 90.3 73.4

49

0.993

0.732 1.210

0.640 26

143.9

49

1.008

0.585

5.265

1.950 78

146.5

October,...... 30.007 29.638 88.9 65.7

23

0.952

0.196

1.060

0.160 34

141.7

November,. 30.281 29.751 82.9 55.3 26

December,... 30.287 29.778 78.4

0.813

0.221 0.085

0.060 33 137.5

50.3

15

0.654

0.065 0.390 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

1

PERIODS.

212

Table XI.

Five-Day Means of the Principal Meteorological Elements observed at Hongkong in 1906.

FIVE-DAY

Barometer.

Temper Humidity.

ature.

Vapour Tension.

Wind Velocity.

Nebulosity. Sunshine.

Rain.

Jan.

1- 5

30.138

56.8

70

0.330

5.8

6.5

3.9

6-10

29.981

64.1

84

.509

12.8

""

7.0

3.8

11-15

30.084

54.2

84

.360

5.2

9.8

0.0

0.019

16-20

.130

58.4

74

.362

13.0

7.2

4.7

0.028

21-25

.037

59.5

80

.416

15.7

7.2

22

4.2

26-30

.030

57.2

82

389

20.9

9.7

"

0.8

0.151

31- 4

.003

56.5

78

وو

.361

16.0

8.3

2.1

0.247

Feb. 5-9

29.927

61.7

82

.460

16.6

7.8

3.7

0.085

10-14

.921

57.3

92

.431

23.6

29

10.0

0.283

15-19

.849

60.0

""

98

.509

25.4

10.0

0.015

20-24

.756

70.8

93

""

.687

11.5

9.0

2.5

0.008

25- 1

.928

55.3

76

2:

346

10.0

10.0

0.020

Mar. 2-6

30.167

57.6

51

240

12.8

6.6

4.9

0.008

7-11

.183

59.6

68

""

364

16.0

5.5

7.1

0.003

12-16

29.995

60.3

78

.409

18.4

""

10.0

0.2

0.234

17-21

.833

67.9

93

.640

11.5

22

9.8

1.5

0.037

22-26

.903

64.3

95

.579

23.4

9.9

0.2

0.016

27-31

.949

61.6

""

90

.495

15.3

10.0

0.3

0.219

Apr. 1-5

.864

65.4

85

.530

13.7

9.5

0.8

0.275

6-10

728

69.9

""

86

.631

16.0

7.5

4.0

0.323

11-15

.827

68.3

91

.636

18.2

""

9.6

0.8

0.754

16-20

.806

68.5

92

.646

22.4

9.7

0.3

0.527

21-25

.877

71.5

89

.687

13.0

9.4

2.7

0.075

26-30

.860

70.4

87

.652

21.0

""

7.9

2.0

0.004

May 1-5

776

71.5

93

.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

83

.834

8.8

6.6

8.8

0.002

16-20

.710

80.3

81

.834

9.8

""

6.7

7.9

0.021

21-25

.549

79.6

78

.786

20.5

""

8.4

3.4

0.833

26-30

.537

76.7

>"

87

.805

12.9

8.6

3.0

0.612

31- 4

.695

79.3

75

.755

14.1

3.9

9.7

June 5-9

.698

83.1

80

.905

11.8

8.8

7.5

0.052

10-14

.692

83.3

78

"2

.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

31

"

.899

11.8

8.1

3.4

0.422

25-29

.679

81.0

84

""

.888

7.0

5.8

7.9

0.595

30- 4

.595

82.8

84

.925

10.2

""

6.2

9.2

0.181

July 5-9

.656

83.0

81

.919

12.5

9.2

4.7

0.288

10-14

.600

84.3

78

,,

.920

13.3

7.2

10.4

0.002

15-19

.534

$3.3

77

.882

5.3

""

5.0

8.1

0.012

20-24

.402

82.3

80

.887

13.4

7.9

5.2

0.426

25-29

.484

82.2

82

.904

18.6

9.0

3.1

0.491

30- 3

.677

83.2

79

"

.894

6.7

5.8

10.1

0.046

Aug. 4- 8

.737

83.7

79

.913

9.1

7.5

9.7

0.022

9-13

.760

82.9

81

.913

5.7

4.9

9.0

14-18

.746

85.1

74

.898

6.7

29

3.9

10.8

19-23

.734

83.1

78

.889

4.8

""

2.9

9.6

0.050

24-28

.576

83.4

78

.888

4.4

3.8

9.8

0.278

29- 2

.523

803

.876

11.4

8.4

4.1

0.809

Sept. 8- 7

.590

81.6

.893

15.9

7.8

4.5

1.128

8-12

546

81.5

69

.742

12.9

6.8

6.1

0.580

B-17

.699

80.3

85

.875

6.9

4.8

27

6.0

0.460

18-22

.698

80.7

83

.867

22.5

"

7.8

6.0

1.282

23-27

.810

81.0

80

.859

17.1

22

7.0

7.0

1.051

28- 2

.659

81.2

79

.839

39

23.6

7.5

6.3

1.207

Oct. 3-7

.886

74.4

58

.499

13.8

4

8.6

2.7

0.016

8-12

.888

75.8

61

543

7.1

4.0

9.0

13-17

.891

78.0

69

55

.660

12.4

5.3

6.2

18-22

855

74.5

43

370

11.8

""

0.1

10.9

23-27

.909

73.2

56

.459

13.0

1.8

"?

10.9

28- 1

.800

70.4

83

.786

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

61

.421

7.5

8.4

2.0

0.014

12-16

.928

69.0

46

326

7.4

1.5

8.6

17-21

30.099

65.6

62

59

395

14.8

4.9

5.5

22-26

.099

67.5

70

.476

15.6

2.7

9.9

27- 1

.091

64.9

64

22

399

9.2

5.2

7.5

0.003

Dec. 2-6

.023

67.5

77.

520

13.8

5.5

6.1

7-11

.062

63.8

62

27

375

13.0

2.5

8.7

12-16

29.989

64.4

71

.437

11.6

3.1

8.1

17-21

864

673

87

12

.581

12.7

4.2

6.6

0.007

22-26

30.138

56.0

7+

339

8.3

32

9.0

1.3

0.125

27-31

.B1

61.1

49

267

10.7

4.4

6.3

**

213

accom

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,....

15221p. 0° 7′ 6′′

May,

17 3

9 p.

0

7

2

J.I.P.

F.G.F.

13 3h 24p. 81° 4′ 26′′

3

6 11

16 3 10 p.

8 27

8 47

22 2 35 p. 0 6 10

23 3 49 p.

12

9

COH OOTH CO TH

J.I.P.

F.G.F.

19

"

99

August,

November,...

17 2 40 p.

14 2 51 p. 07 11

0 7 17

20 3 16 p.

4

7

3 27

J.I.P.

12 3 13 p.

5 47

3 28

"

J.I.P.

""

Table XIII.

Observations of Horizontal Magnetic Force.

1906.

H.K.M.T.

Time of

one Vibra- tion.

Tem- perature Cent.

Log mX.

Value of

Ml.

H.K.M.T.

Distance

Tem-

in Cen-perature Deflection. Log X

timetres.

Cent.

Value of Obser-

X. ver.

March,

164.3.43m.p.38.6513 17.8

2.32492 | 570.37| 164. 2h.29m.p.

30

17°.65

40

6° 33′ 58′′ .7 3.18740 0.37048 | J.I.P. 2 45 18 .7

4 12 p.

30

17 916 34 3.7

40

2 45 9.4

May,

18 3 10 p. 3 .6599

27.9

2.32466 | 570.32 18 2 30 p.

30

40

3 52 p.

30

40

August,

15 3 23 p. 3 6624

31.3

2.32468 570.27 16 2 49 p.

30

27 .956 32 21.2 3.18758 0.37029 F.G.F.

2 44 36 2

27 .15 6 32 31 .2

2 44 46 .2

31 3 6 31 42.5 3.18749 0.37033 "}

40

2 44 26 2

2 p.

30

31.9

G 31 30.0

40

2 44 16 .9

November, 13 3 38 p. 3 .6583

25.5

2.32450 569.99 13 2 49 p.

30

24 35

6 32 56 .2 3.18724 0.37037 J.I.P.

40

2 44 57 5

4 29 p.

30

24 .05

6 33 0.0

40

2 44 25.0

Table XIV.

48 of Magnetic Observations made in 1906.

Results

MONTH.

Declin- ation. East.

Magnetic Force.

Dip. North.

X

Y

Total.

March,

0° 7′ 6′′

31° 5' 19"

May,

0

August,

November,

6 36

0 7 17

31 9 36

31 3 47

0.37948

0.37029

0.37033

0.22338 0.43261

0.22390 0.43272

0.22307 0.43232

0 7 11

31 4 38

0.37037

0.22322 0.43243

Mean,

0 7 2

31 5 50

0.37037

0.22339 0.43252

214

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.

E

215

Five-Day Means of the Principal Meteorological Elements observed at Hongkong during the 23 years, 1884-1906 inclusive.

Barometer

FIVE-DAY

reduced to Temper-

Humidity.

PERIODS.

ature.

M. S. L.

Vapour Wind Tension. Velocity.

Nebulosity. Sunshine.

Rain.

Jan. 1- 5

30.199

60.5

68

0.372

13.0

5.5

5.6

0.017

6-10

.189

""

60.2

ΤΟ

.374

13.6

5.0

5.8

.009

11-15

.125

60.8

77

.416

14.8

6.9

4.0

.048

* 16-20

.170

58.8

75

.384

13.4

7.0

3.8

.027

21-25

.150

""

60.8

76

.418

14.6

6.4

5.0

.033

26-30

.125

59.0

""

77

.397

14.2

7.4

3.1

.115

31- 4

.155

22

56.2

74

.349

13.5

7.7

3.0

.105

Feb.

5- 9

.167

56.4

73

.342

13.8

7.5

3.0

.049

10-14

.191

31

56.9

72

343

14.7

6.6

4.4

.043

15-19

.141

""

58.6

79

.401

15.2

7.5

2.9

.066

20-24

.119

59.5

78

.411

13.9

7.9

2.7

.069

25- 1

.089

60.7

81

.440

15.7

7.8

2.9

.048

Mar. 2-6

.094

60.9

82

.148

16.7

8.3

2.6

.045

7-11

.093

61.8

82

.463

16.7

8.5

2.4

.052

12-16

.065

61.8

84

.471

15.9

8.3

2.4

.128

17-21

.050

62.2

83

475

14.9

8.4

2.4

.110

22-26

.030

64.2

85

.518

15.6

8.4

2.7

.126

27-31

.005

65.5

85

.544

16.1

8.4

2.7

.139

Apr.

1- 5

29.997

66.4

82

.541

15.7

8.2

2.8

.124

6-10

.977

""

68.2

85

.596

14.9

8.3

2.7

.189

11-15

.954

70.2

87

.654

14.6

8.2

3.4

.158

16-20

.934

71.1

87

.673

14.0

8.1

3.4

.181

21-25

.937

""

72.3

85

.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

84

.706

14.4

7.4

4.5

194

6-10

.889

75.7

84

.748

12.7

7.1

5.0

.302

11-15

.892

""

75.8

83

.740

14.0

7.6

4.7

.414

16-20

.839

78.1

84

.807

11.5

7.1

5.8

.470

21-25

.818

78.5

83

.819

13.1

8.0

4.2

.441

26-30

.823

78.8

84

.827

12.5

7.5

4.8

.654

31 4

.805

""

79.8

82

.837

12.0

7.0

5.6

.410

June 5-9

.785

796

84

.849

12.7

7.8

4.8

559

10-14

.759

>>

80.6

83

.867

12.0

80

5.2

510

15-19

.740

""

81.1

82

.872

12.5

7.7

4.7

.620

20-24

.765

39

81.4

83

.888

12.3

7.9

4.9

,518

25-29

""

.745

81.5

83

.892

12.2

7.2

6.0

.653

30- 4

.739

81.2

83

.887

11.8

7.6

5.0

.498

July

5- 9

.761

81.7

83

.898

10.7

7.2

5.9

.386

10-14

99

.764

82.2

80

.890

11.7

6.6

7.6

.214

13-19

22

.714

81.8

82

.886

11.1

6.2

7.1

.573

20-24

.702

81.9

82

.897

10.5

6.7

6.4

.401

25-29

""

.698

81.4

83

.895

11.4

6.9

5.8

.492

30- 3

""

.711

81.9

83

.897

11.2

6.4

6.8

.512

Aug. 4-8

.732

82.0

82

.894

10.3

6.1

7.1

314

9-13

.740

80.9

84

.886

9.8

6.9

5.8

.564

14-18

.747

80.9

83

.880

10.4

7.1

5.9

.445

19-23

.778

81.3

83

.881

8.9

5.6

7.5

.302

24-28

.763

??

80.8

83

.873

8.7

6.5

6.0

.594

29- 2

.776

81.2

82

.872

8.6

6.2

6.5

.342

Sept. 3-7

.797

81.6

78

.843

8.8

5.1

7.8

.228

8-12

""

.779

80.1

77

.796

13.0

6.6

5.6

.451

13-17

""

.845

80.2

78

.800

12.2

5.8

6.4

.282

18-22

""

.860

80.3

76

.794

13.1

5.4

6.7

.335

23-27

.892

79.7

74

.758

13.1

5.4

6.7

.232

28- 2

.904

99

79.0

74

.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

72

.682

14.1

5.0

6.7

.174

9

13-17

.990

76.9

72

.671

15.4

3.1

7.0

.074

18-22

""

30.018

75.8

68

.615

13.4

4.6

7.3

.039

23-27

""

.030

74.4

67

.584

14.8

4.1

7.8

.061

28- 1

""

.046

73.1

69

.574

12.4

5.0

6.6

.038

Nov.

2- 6

.079

71.7

67

.533

13.6

4.9

6.9

.031

7-11

""

.053

71.5

66

.519

14.4

5.3

6.1

.079

12-16

""

.106

69.4

64

.471

13.4

5.4

5.9.

.072

17-21

""

.105

68.5

65

.465

12.5

5.0

6.4

.067

22-26

""

.157

66.7

63

.425

13.0

3.8

7.2

.029

27- 1

""

.175

65.2

62

.404

12.8

5.0

6.1

.023

Dec.

2- 6

.167

64.3

63

.396

12.8

4.9

6.0

.049

7-11

""

.137

63.9

65

.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

3588

63

.370

12.3

5.2

5.6

.014

67

.388

12.7

4.9

6.0

.044

69

.385

12.3

5.2

5.8

.044

68

.380

12.5

5.0

5.7

.033

No. II.

DIEU

ET

OLT QUI

Th

MON DROIT

SUPPLEMENT

ΤΟ

The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of FRIDAY, the 3rd of MAY, 1907.

Published by Authority,

REPORT ON QUEEN'S COLLEGE, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

To be 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. One 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.

218

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 11⁄2 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.

As

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:----

or $7 % passed.

Upper School,..

Lower School,.

Preparatory School,

Total....

.218 boys examined, 189

...601

.142

545

91%

""

""

""

107

97

""

""

75%

""

961

841

"7

""

81%

Table I shows the percentage of passes in each subject.

219

  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 answers 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. Half 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 attempte l 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...

93 200

19

""

4....

142 ""

5.......

(Highest),...... 214

"

Total examined,

709

-220

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,

..$ 70......3 years,.

50......1 year,

100......I

""

150....... 1

100......1

100......1

""

60..

""

III. A. Junior Belilios,

25......2 years, 100......1 year,

40......3 years, GO......1 year,

llo Fook,

IV. A. Junior Morrison,

Alfred May,

.Cheung Ting-shang. .A. Arculli.

.Cheung Lun-shang.

Ng Cheung-hau. Ko 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 Drajon.

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.

1,

B..

II,

A.

43 100 100

97 98

56

86 93 63 88

B..

27

81 85 52 96

44 96

€6

III,

A.

48

92 100 100

96

42

46 79 73 79 96 75

B1

41

93 88 85

24

93 69 66

C,

30

70 60

70

93

33

90

58

IV,

Â,

51

92 100

88 98

71

90 84

79 94

B,

57 86 86

79 100

42 75

91

C,

30 73

87

80

87

Į

20 73

73

D,.

32 100 100

73 100

69 97

97

94

ར .

A,.

B,.

60 98 95 51 C,...... 36 88

D,... 34 93

62 92 88 78 98 67 72 94

98

63 97

92

88

12 100 100 100 100

17 53 100 57 100

2 1 5 37

3888

75

92

58

examined.

No. of boys

Percentage of

Passes.

Chin.-Eng.

Eng.-Chin.

Reading.

Conversation.

Dictation.

Arithmetic.

BUS2R Grammar.

A Geography.

92

92100 100 33 50 25

71 29 65 65 59 94 82 18

Composition.

History.

: 248348⠀⠀ Algebra.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

39 Map.

Geometry.

Mensuration.

58 Shakespeare.

| Book-keeping.

Intelligence.

General

Hygiene.

84 100 100 100

98 91

47 6 70 77

71

88

65

26

77

67

96 85

81

60 81 19

11

79

88

66

83

71

93

39

20

67

40

40

20

86

6

98

57

38 67 40

5

84

25

30 60 40

87 60

97

23

84 63

94. 88

94

59

97

100

92

88

92

90 92

88

80

94 61 97 78

92

36

63 75

47

82

59 94 80

71

44

E,.

34 94

54

VI,

A..

59

97

48 97 100

38 90

94 50 85

91

91

50

70 100

68

93 92

81

B,..

59 92

100 51 95

49

75

86

73

C,

C...

32 88

100 53 97

66

81 79

84

D.

29 76

100

90

76 83

65

E.

37

97

97

81

92

92

VII,

A,.

57

81

93

50 61

B,

50 66

86 44

لاة

68 70

C,...... 35 80

94 43

80 69

283

...

66

...

Table II.

ATTENDANCES IN 1906.

Month.

Number Number

of

of Scholars. Attendances.

Number

Average of

Daily School Days. Attendance.

Remarks.

January,

983

16,331

18

907

February,

1,155

7,827

7

1,118

March,

1,160

29,666

27

1,099

April,

1,139

15,129

14

1,081

May,

1,105

26,185

26

1,007

June,

1,045

22,927

24

955

July,

1,014

21,185

22

963

August,

965

7,479

8

935

September,

1,129

13,899

13

1,069

October,

1,106

25,802

25

1,032

November,

1,068

24,477

25

979

December,

1.023

21,157

22

962

232,064

231

Total Number of Attendances during 1906,

Number of School Days during 1906,

.232,064 231

Average Daily Attendance during 1906,.

1,005

Total Number of Scholars at this School during 1906,

1,418

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Table III.

AVERAGE EXPENSE OF EACH SCHOLAR AT QUEEN'S COLLEGE DURING 1906.

Expenditure:-

Cash Book as per Estimates,

Do.

Do. as per Financial Minute No. 46,

Exchange Compensation,

* Crown Agents,...

$42,037.46

9,784.43

900.00

3.410.85

Deduct :-

Total,

School Fees,

Refund Salaries,

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

*

No. 12.

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The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of FRIDAY, the 10th of MAY, 1907.

Published by Authority;

REPORT ON THE CENSUS OF THE COLONY FOR 1906.

To be 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 the British and Foreign merchant vessels.

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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 are, 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. This 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.

 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 Constable, 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 Constables. 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

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 various 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 Police in the Kowloon Peninsula had perhaps the most 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. 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.

At

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 British 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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10,844 adult adult females, with 9,278 children under the age of 15 years. The percentage 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%

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.

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......

50

Trading Junks

264

236

Harbour Boats

691

495

Fishing Boats and Junks

.2,480

2,039

Steam Launches

215

200

6,459

5,836

229

The following is the number of boats reported sunk or wrecked during the typhoon

Sunk. Wrecked.

Total.

Passenger Boats......

71

83

154

Cargo Boats

209

491

700

Trading Junks

49

181

230

Harbour Boats

28

92

120

Fishing Boats and Junks

16

467

483

373

1,314

1,687

Steam Launches (sunk or wrecked)

...

34

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, making a total of 30,106. In 1901 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 ages of 6 and 15 years (inclusive) is 1,363 and of Chinese 31,553. Of the latter total 16,860 are males and 14,693 females.

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.

230

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

15

10

7

6

5

7

5

5

1

1.50

2.50

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 each, 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 mouth 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 KAM-FAI. 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

The whole of the staff had to be continually driven.

task.

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.

231

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 :-

:-

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.

Boat Population.

Harbour,

Shaukiwan,

Total,....

Aberdeen,

Stanley,.

Total,...

Grand Total,..

Males.

Females.

NON-CHINESE.

Europeans and Americans other than

Races other than the

Portuguese.

Indians.

Total.

before mentioned.

LOCALITY.

Portuguese.

Total.

•S[VIK

Females.

Total.

Males.

Females.

Table I.

TOTAL CIVIL POPULATION of the COLONY.

Total.

Males.

*sa[Yu} {

Total.

Males.

Females.

Total.

Land Population,

Victoria,

1,9441,300

3,244

835 1,000 1,835

1,025 300 1,325

687

597

Peak,.

330

244

574

2

2

12

2

14

3

8

11

1,284 4,491

345

3,197

7,688

124,995

48,294 173,289

129,486

51,491

180,977

256 601

1,524

Hongkong Villages,

155

69 224

129

] 130

2

2

4

Old Kowloon,

567

Total,....

430 997 222 248 470 506 2,996 2,043 | 5,039 1,057 1,250 2,307 1,672

75 581

134

87

221

286 72 358 12,236 1,429 840 2,269 36,765

124 1,648 1,869 4,796 17,032 12,522 4,868 15,566 52,331 38,194

380

2,249

378 2,050

826

694 1,520 6,5514,365 10,916 175,520

New Kowloon,

14

8

22

18

18

3

4

Total,....

3,010 2,051 5,061 1,057 1,250 2,307 1,690

3782,068

829

7 35 12 47 11,601 698 1,527 6,586 4,377 10,963 187,121

Mercantile Marine,

984 40 1,024

3

3

92

92 331

2 333|1,410

42 1,452

2,50S

17,390 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 3,918

42

3,960

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:.

:

:

:..

:

:

:

:

Males.

Females.

CHINESE.

TOTAL.

Total.

Males.

19,220 10,886 30,106 19,220 10,886 30,106 3,840 2,466 6,306 3,840 2,466 6,306

Note

216,240 91,148 307,388 224,236 95,567 319,803

:-The portion of the New Territories not included in this Census possessed a population of 85,011 in 1901.

23,060 13,352 36,412

23,060 13,352

36,412

3,131

420

2,506 5,637 3,131 2,506 275 695

5,637

420

275

695

26,611

16,133 42,744 26,611

16,133

42,744

1

Females.

Total.

232

Table II.

COMPARISON between the CIVIL POPULATION in the years 1901 and 1906.

1901.

1906.

LOCALITY.

MALES.

FEMALES.

MALES.

FEMALES.

TOTAL.

TOTAL.

Under

Under

Under

Under

Over 15.

Total.

Over 15.

Total.

Over 15.

Total.

Over 15.

Total.

15.

15.

15.

15.

European and American Civil Population,

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,

47

189

236

58

128

186

422

63

267

330

78

173

246

576

Hongkong Villages,

15

124

139

14

24

38

177

26

129

155

23

46

69

224

Old Kowloon,.

86

308

394

75

187

262

656

213

576

789

239

439

678

1,467

Total,

760

2,442

3,202

809

1,774

2,583

5,785

1,026

3,027

4,053

1,027

2,266

3,293

7,346

New Kowloon,

13

14

3

22

Total,

760

2,442

3.202

809

1,774

2,583 5,785

1,027

3,040

4,067

1,030

2,271

3,301

7,368

Mercantile Marine,..

639

639

7

7

646

987

987

40

40

1,027

Total,

760

3,081 3,841

809

1,781

2,590 6,431

1,027

4,027

5,054 1,030

2,311

3,341

8,395

233

Races other than European, American and Chinese,

Victoria,

Peak,

220

1,492

1,712

252

645

897

2,609

15

15

3

7

10

25

Hongkong Villages,

285

1,356

1,641

288

647

935 2,576

2

129

131

3

3

134

Old Kowloon,..

59

581

640

54

108

162

802

New Kowloon,

21

21

4

4

25

Mercantile Marine,.

353

353

2

2

355

423

423

2

2

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

COMPARISON between the CIVIL POPULATION in the years 1901 and 1906,-Continued.

1901.

1906.

234

LOCALITY.

MALES.

FEMALES.

* MALES.

FEMALES.

TOTAL.

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 8,527 9,362

1,308 6,688

7,996

1,339

3,080

4,419 12,415

Victoria,

12,725

116,671129,396

12,730

32,930

45,660 175,056

12,496

112,499 124,995 13,131

35,163

Shaukiwan,.

709

6,199 6,908

598

1,678 2,276 9,181

919

7,340

8,259

831

2,301

3,132

48,294 173,289

11,391

Stanley,

87

375

462

84

259

343

805

91

845

936

75

265

340 1,276

Aberdeen,

292

1,702

1,994

249

599

848

2,842

388

2,177

2,565

340

749

1,089

3,654

Chinese

Pokfulam,

55

386

441

47

114

161

602

74

402

476

85

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

4

120

124 1,648

Mercantile Marine,..

5

Not included in the above,

Total,

1,175 1,180 55 1,629 1,684 15,995 158,930 174,925

1,180

2,508 2,508

2,508

14

100

114

1,798

16,781

42,737

59,518 | 234,143

20,599 | 169,030 | 189,629

21,051

53,961

75,015 | 264,644

Harbour,

Shaukiwan,...

Floating Population,

6,122 12,810 18,932 1,241 1,769 3,010

4,076

5,521

9,597 28,529

915

1,514

Stanley,

Aberdeen,

134

386

520

112

149

997 1,943 2,940

843

1,568

2,429 5,439

361 881

2,311 5,251

4,635 14,585 19,220 4,364 1,010 2,830 3,840

6,522

10,886 30,106

899

1,567

2,466

6,306

159 261 984 2,147 8,131

420

111

164

956

1,550

275

2,506

695

5,637

Total,

8,494

16,908 25,402

5,946

8,752

14,698 40,100

Total Chinese,

GRAND TOTAL,

24,489 | 175,838 | 200,327

22,727

51,489

74,216 | 274,543

6,788 19,823 26,611 27,387 | 188,853 | 216,240

6,330

9,803 16,133 42,744

27,384

63,764 91,148 | 307,388

25,534 180,628 | 206,162

23,824

53,919

77,743 283,905

28,695 | 195,541 |224,236

28,723

66,844 95,567 319,803

235

Table III.

EUROPEAN and AMERICAN POPULATION ACCORDING to RACE.

Resident Population.¦ Mercantile Marine.

Total.

Races.

Males.

Fe- males.

Total. Males.

Fe- males.

Fe-

Total. Males.

Total.

males.

English,.

1,454 1,038

2,492

180 11

191

1.634 1,049

2,683

Scotch,

379

188

567

102

2

104

481

190

671

Irish,.

188

125

313

26

26 214 125

339

Welsh...

31

12

43

4

35

12

47

Other Natives of the British Isles

173

121 294

62

1

63

not defined,

235 122 357

Total.

2,225

1,484 |3,709

374

14

388

2,599

1,498 4,097

American....

144 153 297

39

40

183 154

337

Armenian,

13

2

15

16

2

18

Austrian,

31

23

54

70

100

24

124

Belgian,.

4

1

5

5

Brazilian,

13

7

20

13

7

20

Bulgarian,

1

1

Chilian,

1

1

2

1

3

Danish,

18

3

21

1

Dutch,

23

14

37

30

::ཨེ

1

19

22

39

53

23

76

French,

81

54

135

13

15

94

56

150

German,

237

122

359

370

379

607

131

738

Greek,

3

3

2

2

3

5

Hungarian,

5

1

6

1

6

Italian,

20

32

52

32

60

Jewish,

88

67

155

67

156

Norwegian,

13

14

47

51

60

5

65

Peruvian,

1

8

9

1

8

9

Portuguese,

1,057 1,250 2,307

3

39

3 1,000

1,250

2,310

Roumanian,

6

6

12

6

6

12

Russian.....

10

12

22

7

7

17

12

...

29

Spanish,..

64

48

112

...

64

48

112

Swedish,

7

7

14

Swiss,

8

16 2

16

23

7

30

2

7

3

10

Total..

4,067 3,301

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.

Fe-

Total. Males.

Total.

males.

Afghans,

45

45

45

...

45

Africans,

9

12

3

9

12

...

Annamites,

6

6

Arabians,

I

7

8

Asiatics (not defined),

9

Burmese,

12

1

3

9

12

...

1

1

Egyptians,

1

1

1

Indians,

1,690

3782,068

92

92

1,782

378 2,160

Japanese,

478

379

857 259

261

737

381 1,118

Javanese,

17

17

17

...

17

Malays,

76

71

147

37

37

113

71

184

Persians,

2

4

2

2

Philippine Islanders,

110

88

198

14

::

4

14

124

88

212

Siamese,

1

1

1

Turks,

Ι

West Indians.

N

2

24

1

N

2

ON -H

2

3

8

Total,....

2,425

943 3,368

422

2

424

2,847

945 3,792

Eurasians, ...

94 133 227

1

:

1

95

133 228

Grand Total,...... 2,519 1,076 3,595 | 423

425

2,942 1,078 | 4,020

236 -

Americans and other

Europeans except

Portuguese.

Age.

Portuguese.

Table V.

THE AGES of the EUROPEAN, AMERICAN and the other NON-CHINESE RESIDENT CIVIL POPULATION.

British.

Indians.

The Rest of the Non-Chinese.

Total.

Fe-

Fe-

Males.

Fe-

Fe-

Total.

Males.

Males.

Total.

Fe-

Total.

males.

males.

Males.

Total.

Males.

Total.

Males.

males.

males.

males.

Fe-

males.

Total.

Under 1 year,

63 44

107

9

10

19

30 32

62

14

27

10

6

16

126 105

231

1 and under 5 years,

170

194 364

36

48

84

129

125

254

52

52

104

35

37

72

422

456

878

5

10

167

144

311

56

49

105

141

134

275

51

108

42

49

91

457

433

890

10

15

64

103

167

40

36

76

122

111

233

""

39

72

38

62

100

303

345

648

15

20

52

74

126

33

36

69

100

106

206

64

""

92

119

77

196

368

321

689

20

25

229

124

353

88

60

""

""

148

111

120

231

362

44

406

134

190

324

924

538

1,462

25

30

379

228

607

161

*

""

96

257

111 120

231

449

39

488

135

114

249

1,235

597

1,832

30

35

373

221

594

106

86

192

80

125

205

297

32

329

107

64

171

963

528

1,491

35

40

249 155

404

87

61

148

76

76

152

157

24

181

78

33

111

647

349

996

40

45

192

95

287

56

22

A

33

99

78

40

71

111

78

16

94

48

18

66

414

222

636

45

50

116

40

156

33

23

56

43

51

94

45

6

51

25

11

A

""

36

262

131

393

50

55

52

24

76

31

16

47

19

53

72

26

13

39

14

""

"3

39

153

120

273

55

60

22

9

31

16

7

23

20

38

58

20

28

10

18

86

72

158

>"

">

60

65

21

13

34

14

16

13

41

54

15

19

6

18

75

""

66

141

65

70

70

7

1

11

12

18

30

8

""

75

2

1

4

17

21

1

4

2

""

75

80

29

25

:

10

13

:

:

80

85

N

2

1

2

3

2

2

1

752

37

27

64

15

26

41

11

16

8

85

90

95 and over, Age not stated,

90

95

...

::

...

...

...

...

61

13

74

9

9

18

1

1

1

2

10

5

15

5

1

6

87

28

1

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.

237

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. I

Fe-

males.

Total.

Under 1

year,

336 300 636

14

24

1 year and under 5 years.

3,046 3,374 6,420

5

10

3,983| 4,667|8,650

KN

1

398

38

388! 786

53 90 1,283 1,504| 2,787

143

33 32

569

593

1,162

2

512

491 1,003 1,591

1,773 3,364

781

666

10

15

5,131 4,790 9,921

17

1

15

20

16,081 4,201 20,282

186

18 548 186 1,032 396

428

976 1,629 1,355 2,984

671

575

1,428 3,927 1,126 5,053 1,044

545

""

20

20,711 5,773 26,484

327

334 2,008

455

2,463 6,102 1,585 7,687 1,630

540

19

25

19,215 5,216 24,431

308

10

318 2,046

488 | 2,534

2,534 6,074 1,763 7,837 1,633

552

>>

30

35

17,125 5,370 22,495

""

243 26

35

40

12,872 3,843 16,715

210

15

40

45

9,988 3,458 13,446 |

106

24

269 1,795 451 225 1,332 368 130 936 338

2,246 5,428 1,731 7,159 1,568

551

1,700 3,820 1,210 5,030

1,127

437

1,564 1,976

1,274 2,644 1,014| 3,658

849

382

1,231

1,791

813

65 429 18 447 865 464 1,329 1,874 1,874 1,948 3,822 7,172 7,808 14,980 1,447 2,563 2,247 4,810 9,432 9,846 19,278 1,246 2,240 2,026 4,266 10,236 9,175 19,411 1,589 2,828 1,713 4,541 25,098 7,981 33,079 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 2,604 16,314 6,029 22,343

,

45

50

6,114 2,054 8,168

58

12

50

4,893 2,167 7,060

28

13

""

55

GO

2.631 1,171 3,802

|

24

60

65

""

1,724 1,053 2,777

65

644

389 1,033

70

""

75

75

80

""

*

33

284

253 537

...

:

242000 42

70 635 236

871 1,614

636 2,250 |

561

248

809

971

41

401 216

617 1,179

564 1,743

403

278

681

964

İ

1,342 9,953 3,557 13,510

596 1,560 7,868| 3,834 | 11,702

32

272: 183

455

676

417 1,093

317

257

574

501

339

840 4,421 2,375 6,796

14

157 175

332 455

377

832

190 228

418

432

433

865

2,967 2,271 5,238

3

96 79 175 151

192

343

133 154

287

159

183

342 1,186

997 2,183

27

51

78

85

103

188

50

105

155

124

175

299

570

687 1,257

83

109 192

1

15

16

31

24

47

71

20 46

66

47

66

113

190

284 474

80

85

72

""

15

62 134

10

17

16

27

43

18

30

48

19

49

68

135

175

310

85

90

20

21

41

7

7

13

10

12

18

37

52

89

...

""

90

95

24

14

38

45

49

7

10

33

72

105

95 and over,

Age not stated,

18

9

27

1

:

:

:

1

1

21

14

35

60

3

63

60

:

:

:

63

Total,

124,995 48,294 173,289 1,524

124 1,648 12,236 4,796 17,032 36,765 |15,566 52,331 11,601 6,235 17,836 26,611 16,133 42,744 213,78291,148 304 880

238

Table VII.

CHINESE POPULATION of the VILLAGES of HONGKONG.

Villages.

Males.

Females.

Total.

Pokfulam,

476

235

711

Aberdeen,

1,100

430

1,530

Tin Tsz Tong,

7

9

16

Tin Wan,

81

38

119

Aberdeen Garden,

37

6

43

Aplichau,

958

422

1.380

Fu Hiu.....

4

8

Wong Chuk Hang,

85

33

118

Little Hongkong, Old Village,

98

103

201

New Village, ..

110

44

154

Brick Works,

85

85

Total,

2,565

1,089

3,654

Wongmakok,.

To Li Wan,

Stanley,

Taitam,

Taitamtuk..

Hok-tsuiwan,

Deep Water Bay,.

Tong Po,

Lan Lai Wan,

28

28

241

207

448

22

13

35

21

34

55

554

49

603

19

32

51

7

7

10

10

16

21

Chung Hoa Bay,

6

6

Ma Kong,

12

12

Total..

936

340

1,276

Shek-0,

126

103

229

Chai-wan,

A Kung Ngam,

Shaukiwan,

Futau Fat...

56

58

114

183

68

251

3.227

1,720

4,947

71

51

122

Kau Kan Uk,

Ma Shan Ha, Chun Lung, Tsin Shui Matau, Sai Wan Ho,..............

Quarry Bay, Tsat Tsz Mui,

Sam Ka Tsün,

10

13

23

231

142

373

392

239

631

88

78

166

532

236

768

2,941

278

3,219

320

137

457

82

9

91

Total,

8,259

3,132

11,391

Grand Total,

12,236

4,796

17,032

..

239

Table VIII.

CHINESE POPULATION of BRITISH KOWLOON.

Fe-

Fe-

Villages.

Males.

Total.

males.

Villages.

Males.

Total.

males.

Kau Pui Shek,

12

4

16

Brought forward,..... 23,412 10,741 | 34,153

Ma Taú Wai,

153

179

332

Ma Taú Chung,

58

42

100

Unchaú,

164 106

270

Ma Taú Kok.

43

301

73 Wong Nai Ü,

201

83

284

Haú Pui Ling,

18

151 |

169

Fo Pang,.

81

61

142

San Shan,.

123

77

200

Mati,

93

63

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,

22

4

26

Hok Ün.

1.212

523 1,735

Ho Man Tin,

337

120

457

Tai Wan,

42

30 72

Mong Kok,

225

173

398

Lo Lung Hang,

194

68 262

Tai Kok Tsui,

2,371

705 3.076

Yaumati,

Hunghom,

Tso Pui Tsai,

76 11.679 6,133 17,812

Carried forward, ... 23,412 10,741 34,153

8,792 2,973 11,765

Fuk Ts'ün Heung,

742

191

933

51 127

Ho Púi, Tsimtsatsui,..

82

24

106

3,518

962

4,480

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 Saivingpun,

37,254

11,989

19,243

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

VII Wanchai,

11.094

4.673

15,767

""

IX Bowrington,.

940

370

1.310

X

Sokonpo,

3,522

1,435

4.957

Total,.....

123,977

47,880

171,857

240

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.

8,180

4,184

12,364

喃嘭

""

١١٠

III.

IV.

ར,

VI.

VII.

14,909

5,115

20.024

6,991

1,989

8.980

15,905

7,490

23.395

12,514

5,079

17,593

11,977

3,685

15,662

13,589

4,887

18,476

VIII,..

14.365

3.782

18,147

་་

IX,

17,773

7,097

24,870

X.

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.

Males.

Females.

Total,

989

160

1.149

2,645

817

3.462

11,807

6.592

18,399

喃喃

IV.

V.

VI,

VII, VIII

6,267

2,473

8,740

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

6 Years,

7

8

9

""

10

*

11

12

13

14

15

""

241

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

Southern

Shore.

Rest of

Harbour.

Total.

Population.

Males.

Fe- males.

Total.

Passenger Boats,

113

685

Cargo Boats,..

491 504 713

62

1,358

179

1.401

3,522 | 3,244 6,766 7.355 4,326 11,681

Steam Launches,

71

51

215

1,798 17 1,815

Lighters,

Harbour Boats,

33

17 5

50

58

236

156 198

43

691

1,977

478 55│ 533 1,629 3,606

Total.......

173

253

1,458 | 1,490

340

3,715 15,130 9,271 24,401

Fishing Boats,

789

94

496

Trading Junks,

3

32

752 246 103 72 124 33

2,480 9,361 6,478 15,839 264 2,120 384 2,504

Grand total,

965

95

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.

Males.

Females.

10000 1

1

""

2

"

Total.

Victoria.

Males.

Females.

Total.

60 52 112

62

983

117

52 58

110

72.52

124

54 60

114

45

89

61 52 113

45 50

95

54 4

95

1

43 36

79

Males.

476

British

Peak.

Total.

Kowloon.

Females.

Total.

Males.

Females.

Total.

Males.

Females.

Total.

6 10 23 18 41 87 76 4 11 21 12

==

9 10 14 24 68

163

33 90

71

161

143

12 27 39

167

12 17 29

148

7

11 18 52 56

108

ت:

11

25 72 69

141

16

24 61

119

6 10 16 60 52

:

13 9 22

112 56 45 101

Total..........

16

15

31 547 501 | 1,048

20 24 44 131 140 271 698 665 |1,363

?

6 Years,

7

8

10

59

*

11

*

12

13

14

15

242

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,

15

9

24

Kip Shek Húi,

52

27

79

Kau Lung Tong,

372

331

703

Kaú Lung Tong West,

78

41

119

Kau Lung Tsai,

586

175

761

Cheung Sha Wan,

760

71

831

Other Villages,

1,740

937

2,677

Total,......

11,601

6,235

17,836

No. 13.

DIEU

ET

SOIT QUEMA

MON DROITA"

SUPPLEMENT

ΤΟ

The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of FRIDAY, the 17th of MAY, 1907.

Published by Authority.

REPORT OF THE TYPHOON RELIEF FUND COMMITTEE.

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 Excellency'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.

244

 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 WEN.

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 ŎRME 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.

245

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.

The

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. 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, IIon. Secretary.

10 His Excellency Sir MATTHEW NATHAN, K.C.M.G.,

&c.,

&c.,

Government House.

C. P. CHATER,

Chairman.

246

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 KOM 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 Or 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 WEN (appointed 16th October, 1906).

Investigating Committee, Hongkong Typhoon Relief Fund.

Mr. FUNG WA CHUN (Chairman)

Mr. CHAN KENG WAN

Mr. CHAU YU TENG

Mr. LAC CHU PAK

Mr. LAU YAM TSUN

Mr. LEUNG PUI CHI

Mr. Ho KOM TONG

Mr. KU FAI SHAN

Mr. PUN YAN TSUN

Mr. TANG TSZ NGONG

Mr. FRANCISCO TSE YAT

Mr. U Hor CHAU.

بھیجو

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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, Chairman.

7th March, 1907.

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HONGKONG TYPHOON RELIEF FUND.

STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE BY

BY SUB-COMMITTEE.

I.

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.

A

Cargo Boats,

637

B

Sampans and Rowing Boats,

290

Fishing Sampans,

323

$ 96.785.00

17,503.00 21,676.00

D

Other Boats,

4

1,438.00

E

Fishing Junks,

143

28.110.00

F

Junks (Miscellaneous),.

203

32,290.00

1,600

197.802.00

European,

1

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

4

$ 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,

....S 17,985.30

$198,002.00 16.128.45

17,985.30

577.16

.S232,692.91.

577.16

250

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. (6.) Rice for Pengchau,

200.00

2.

3.

Repair of embankments and compensation for loss of crops, Small grants principally to women (35),

9,045.00

449.00

1.

Grants to women who lost relatives (27),........

5.

Repair of damaged houses (3),

1,750.00

110.00

$12,554.00

HONGKONG TYPHOON RELIEF FUND.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure.

RECEIPTS.

EXPENDITURE.

A

Collected by Committee,...$127,494.19

Expenditure by Sub-Committee,

Grants to buy, build or

Collected by Tung Wa

repair boats.

.$198,002.00

Hospital Authorities 152,408.77

...

Relief to Widows and

Orphans

16,128.45

Total Receipts as acknowledged in local

Cost of recovering and

papers

279,902.96

burying corpses and

maintaining destitutes

17,985.30

Interest at 4%, p. a. on account at Bauk

to date...

Clerks Salaries

577.16

1,487.30

232,692 91

Audited and found correct.

#6

Expenditure in New Territories.

Grants to inhabitants

of Pengchau to build

boats.....

Rice for Pengebau

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

lost relatives

1,750.00

Repair of damaged houses

110.00

281,390.26

Expenditure by Hon. Treasurer ac.

Relief

Balance of current a/c. in Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation

Hongkong, 11th April, 1907.

12,554.00

887.93

35,255.42

281,390.26

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.

3. I accept on behalf of the Government of the Colony the charge of the unexpended balance of the fund which will be held in trust 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.

4. With regard to the unanimous suggestion of your Committee that the Government Contribution of an amount equal to private subscriptions, promised by me to the fund, should be expended for commencing at the earliest possible date the new typhoon shelter which your Committee as well as the Public Works Committee have recommended should be at Mong-kok-tsui, I have to inform you that a number of borings have been taken to ascertain the nature of the bed of the harbour at this site and that as soon as the plans and particulars based on them have been prepared, tenders for the construction of the detached breakwater which 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.

I have, &c.,

The Honourable

Sir PAUL CHATER, Kt., C.M.G.,

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 $246,134.54 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 the 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. Fezo Wa Ch'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. The 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 Right Honourable

THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,

&c.,

&c.,

&c.

I have, etc.,

M. NATHAN,

Governor.

No. 14.

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The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of THURSDAY, the 23rd of MAY, 1907.

Published by Authority:

REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISON, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

To be 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,

Convicted by the Courts Martial,

.5,049

19

5,258

64

Convicted by the Land Courts,

1

Convicted by the Sanitary Commission,

1

Convicted by the Captain Superintendent of Police, Debtors,

2

71

49

Supreme Court, Shanghai,

3

On remand or in default of finding surety,.

653

856

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

year under review.

the

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 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,

19

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19

Sanitary Commission,

1

"

Captain Superintendent of Police,

2

Debtors,

71

Convicted under the Opium Ordinance,......

Gambling Ordinance,

1,108

529

Market Ordinance,

314

Arms Ordinance,...

27

"

""

Vehicle Ordinance,

62

**

Sanitary Bye-laws,

166

Harbour Regulations,

GO

for Drunkenness,

39

Trespassing.....

22

""

Disorderly Conduct,

187

Vagrancy,

34

""

Contempt of Courts,

14

Assault,

185

-

Obstruction.

146

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*

:)

Cutting trees,

21

:

Fighting,

44

11

Mendicancy

12

under the Post Office Ordinance,

for Rogue and Vagabond,..

125

under the Women and Girls' Protection

Ordinance,

32

Total..

3.224

The above figures show that 62% of the total admissions to prison were for non-crimi-

ual 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 month's imprisonment with hard labour.

5. The percentage of convicted prisoners admitted to prison with previous convictions recorded against them was 13.00 as compared with 8.50 for the year 1905, of these I find that 4 men represent 20 convictions.

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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 Conviets.

Percentage to Estimated Population.

1897,

51

.020

1902,

215

·054

1898.

55

.021

1903,

245

·059

1899,

96

.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

284,400

511

.200

344,323

432

.125

347,689

486

.139

385.67!

499

.129

396,835

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. 4 executions and 2 births. 11 prisoners were released on medical grounds.

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 the year.

15. There were 3,497,620 forms printed and issued and 15,672 books bound during the year under review.

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 16. The rules and regulations for the government of the prisons have been duly carried out. 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.

Table I.

Return of Offences punished by Flogging during the year 1906

Number of Floggings awarded.

Number of Strokes awarded in each Case.

Daily

average.

By Prison Authorities.

By the

Assistant

By Courts.

Super-

intendent.

By

Judge.

By

Magistrate.

Total.

Jannary,

570

3

February,

533

2

March,

504

April,

496

4

May.

491

June.

484

6

July,

August,

September,

507

4

4

542

14

14

525

}

6

7

October,

November,

December,

582

10

10

521

2

2

513

3

3

Total.

24

20

15

12

10

3

Total.

2

+

1

2

2

4

6

6

6

2

-1

12

14

3

4

6

1

10

2

3

2

63

70

2

2

49

14

70

260

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.

Mouths.

1902. Daily average number

in Prison, 576.

1903. Daily average number in Prison, 653.

1904. Daily average number in Prison, 725.

1905. Daily average number in Prison, 697.

1906. Daily average number

in Prison, 518.

January,

February.

March,.....

5

12

2

:

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April,

10

10

May,

3

5

4

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1

3

2

3

4

1

2

June,

x

2

5

2

July,

6

2

1

:

August,

8

4

Spetember,

8

2

8

5

October,

8

6

4

6

November,

1

3

2

December,

7

2

Total,

64

56

24

22

32

Table III.

Return of Offences of prisoners having Tobacco, for the years 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906.

Months,

1902.

Daily average number

1903. Daily average number

in Prison, 576. | in Prison, 653.

1904. Daily average number

in Prison, 725.

1905. Daily average number

in Prison, 697.

1906. Daily average

number in Prison, 518.

January,

February,

Marcb....

April,

May,

3

:

:

2

2

:

3

00

3

5

3

5

July,

August,

September,

I

June,

4

2)

5

:

1

I

I

1

6

:

3

October,

5

3

4

5

November,

1

O

2

December,

2

2

Total,

22

12

24

17

29

261

Table IV.

Return of Reports for talking, idling, short oakum picking, &c., for the

years 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906.

Month..

1902. Daily average number

1903. Daily average number

1904. Daily average number

1905. Daily average number

1906.

Daily average number

in Prison, 576. in Prison, 653.

in Prison, 725. | in Prison, 697.

in Prison, 518.

January,

117

89

49

80

38

February,

76

80

38

60

42

March,....

113

103

April,

134

87

38

61

59

35

33

88

63

May,

63

82

June,

88

今に

56

100

34

77

42

102

44

July,

105

100

Angust,

92

888

44

82

56

88

40

84

39

September,

114

108

44

October,

133

163

48

55

97

43

88

66

November,

IOL

142

30

70

68

=

December,

98

161

55

80

35

Total....

1,234

1,280

540

990

566

Table V.

Return showing the Expenditure and Income for the year 1906.

EXPENDITURE.

AMOUNT.

INCOME.

AMOUNT.

C.

('.

Pay and Allowance of Officers including

uniforms, &c..

Earnings of prisoners,

37,495.56

68,508.93

Victualling of prisoners,

14,506.43

Paid by Military for subsistence of Mili-

tary prisoners,..

315.60

Fuel, light, soup 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

Vagrants' subsistence,

25.20

Waste food sold,..

55.00

Actual cost of prisoners' maintenance,...... 56,588,82

Total....

96,202.08

Total,...

96,202.08

Average annual cost per prisoner, $109.24.

Table VI.

Return showing value of Industrial Labour for the year 1906.

I

Nature of Industry.

Value of Stock

Hand

Oakum,

Coir,

Net-making.

Tailoring,

Rattan-work,

Tin-smithing,

Carpentering,

Grass-matting,

Shoe-making,

Laundry,

Printing and Bookbinding,

2

3

On

Value of

Material

Jaunary 1st.

1906.

Total Dr.

purchased.

4

Value of Articles inanufactured or work done for payment.

5

Value of Articles manufactured or work done for Gaol or other Departments,

6

Value of Stock on Hand December 31st, 1906.

Total Cr.

Value of Earu-

ings (Difference between Co- lumns 3 and 7).

$

2,812.20

100.00

18.70

1,417.66

4,229.86

1,248.06

3,642.88

1,156.47

1,256.47

2,637.56

264.15

532.56

4,890.94

3,434.27

661.08

2,177.80

88.64

107.84

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

8.78

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

849.17

5.00

4,101.12

2,855.42

681.52

8.857.07

2.20

8.204.59

686.52

12.958.19

1.08

243.53

1.65

8,788.09

2.73

53

6,219.09

82.19

40

4,111.81

909.22

6,219.50

153.90

34,870.34

5,021.40

40,047.64

5,532.98

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

262

263

Table VII.

Return shonving value of articles manufactured or work done for which payment has been received

or for which accounts have been rendered during the

year

1906.

Department.

Description of Articles.

Amount.

Total.

('.

(.

Oakum,

By 5,385 lbs. Oakum at 10 cents per lb.,

538.50

""

7,884

at 9

709.56

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

Repairs and Extras,

lettered mats at 22 cents per lb.,

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

162.41

Rattan-work,

""

28 Chairs rattained,

11.20

"

Various,

4.25

15.45

Carpentering.

Articles made,

161.50

"}

repaired.

15.31

176.81

Tin-smithing,

Articles made,

7.86

**

repaired.

0.87

8.73

Grass-matting.

9 lbs, mats and matting at 12 cents per lb.,

1.08

1.08

Shoe-making,

14 pairs leather boots at av. $4.79 per pair,

67.06

12

shoes

"}

canvas boots

shoes

$2.59

$2.75

$2.41

31.08

8.25

9.64

*

Repairs,

127.50

243.53

Printing and Book- binding,..

>;

Printing,

Book-binding..

16.00

139.90

155.90

Paid into Bank during 1906, which sum includes

$540.40 for work executed in 1905,.............

Value of work executed during 1906 for which pay-

ment was deferred to 1907.

5,180.16

5,591.02

129.54

264

Table VIII.

Return showing the calue of articles manufactured or work done on account of the Gaol and other Departments during the year 1906.

Industry.

Department.

Value.

Remarks.

Coir,

Gaol,

30.95

Mats, matting and brusher at 20 ets, per lb.

Police,

63.60

Harbour,..

68.80

Treasury,

10.80

Medical,

34.40

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,

Carpentering,

Goal,

324.85

Public Works,

18.60

Gaol,

215.27

Police,

35.77

Articles made and repaired at fixed scale.

Articles made and repaired, partly fixed. Seale or Cost of material plus percentage.

1

Magistracy,

4.12

Registrar General,

67.73

Grass-matting, Shoe-making,

Gaol,

1.65

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 ets.

Gao!,

2,504.76

Medical,

1,248.06

Prisoners G. C. H.

"}

Police,

469.29

Police

-83,492 -41,602

*

27

- 15,643

""

"

לי

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.

265

Table IX.

Department.

No of forms No of books

printed.

bound.

Printing.

Bookbinding.

Total.

(.

$3

Government House,

1,300

8

21.00

5.50

('.

26.50

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,

Sanitary Board,

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

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,

25,139

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

10

29.75

5.30

35.05

Education Department,

26,450

126

268.50

94.10

362.60

Audit Department,

1,000

16.50

16.50

Stamp Office,

45,200

16

297.25

5.00

302.25

Assessor's Office,.

Magistracy, Tai Po...

Land Office, Tai Po,

16,490

15

156.00

18.05

174.05

23,000

41

219.00

15.50

234.50

52,200

294

909.50

346.40

1.255.90

Health Officer's Office,

Observatory,

Attorney General's Office,

Crown Solicitor's Office,....

3,500

28.25

28.25

22,080

139.25

139.25

587

14.00

2.00

16.00

1,450

Hongkong Volunteer Corps, Bacteriological Department,

6,618 3,880

201

24.50

2.00

26.50

10

85.75

8.45

94.20

21

69.75

15.10

84.85

Total,....

3,497,620

15,672

29,630.18

5,240.16

34,870.34

266

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,

11

11

71.28

Cleaning,...

29

30

162.00

Non-productive,

477

477

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

517

518

OTHER DAYS :-

Debtors, Remands, On punishment, Sick,

49

Crank, Shot, Shot and Stone,

51

49

51

:

:

:

33

1,539.45

41

1,912.65

18

559.80

2

31.10

147

9

156

970.32

30

30

933.00

14

:

14

522.48

21

12

559.80

22

22

342.10

In Manufactories

:

Bookbinding.

Printing,

33

41

Printing labourers,.....

18

Knitting,

Oakum Picking,.

Coir Matting,

Shoe-making,

Tailoring,

10

Net-making, String-making, and Shipst

fender making,

In Building :-

Carpentering and Fitting....

10

10

497.60

In Service of the Prison :

Laundry,...

30

9

39

1.819.35

Cooking,

[1

410.52

Cleaning,

28

I

29

901.90

White-washing, &e,

31.10

Total-...

495

23

518

11.264.45

267

Table XI.

Return showing the Basis upon which the Value of Earnings of Prisoners is calculated.

In Manufactories:

Bookbinding,.

Printing,

Printer's Labourers,

Knitting,

Oakum-picking,

Coir-matting,

Shoc-making,

Tailoring,

Net-making, string and fender-making,

In Building:

Bricklaying,

Carpentering and Fitting,

Painting,

In Service of the Prison:

Laundry,

Cooking,

Cleaning,

White-washing,

Europeans,

Indians,.......

RATE.

15 cents per

diem.

.. 15

"

10

5

""

10

"

12

""

15

""

""

15

.... 16

10

""

15

12

.... 10

10

Table XII.

Return showing the Changes in the Gaol Staff *, during the year 1906.

34

65

15

2

2

11

17

* This does not include the Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent or Clerical Staff.

No. 15.

DIEU

ET

MON DROIT

SUPPLEMENT

TO

The Hongkong Government Gazette

of THURSDAY, the 23rd of MAY, 1907.

Published by Authority.

REPORT ON THE EVENING CONTINUATION CLASSES.

To be 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

70

121

32

34

289

304

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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J

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. The 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.

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

271

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

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 serviccable 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 :-

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

Names of Supervisory Committee and Staff. Time Table.

Enrolment, Attendances, etc.

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,

272

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.

STAFF.

Class.

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,

French. English.

Book-keeping (Elementary).

Shorthand (Elementary).

Book-keeping (Advanced).

Physics.

English.

English,

Building Construction. German.

( Chemistry.

Hygiene.

Shorthand (Advanced). Japanese.

Machine Drawing.

Applied Mechanics. Commercial Arithmetic. Geometry.

TIME.

MONDAY.

Table II.

EVENING CONTINUATION CLASSES.

TUESDAY.

WEDNESDAY.

THURSDAY.

FRIDAY.

Shorthand, Class I

(15) Commercial Arithmetic (4) Shorthand Class I

(15) | Book-keeping, (Elem.)...(15)

Shorthand, Classes II & III ...(4)

6 P.M.

to

Building Construction

||

Shorthand Classes II & III ..(22) | Machine Drawing.........(22) Building Construction |

...( 4 ) | Book-keeping, (Adv.) ...(4)

|

.(22) Machine Drawing .......(22) Building Construction ....

7 P.M.

Hygiene

..(Lab.) Physics

(Lab.) | Physics.

.(Lab.) | Chemistry

..(Lab.) Chemistry

French, Class A....

.(9)

French, Class A (9)

Book-keeping, (Elem.).......(1;

Book-keeping, (Adv.) ...( 4 ) |

Japanese

.(15)

French, Class B ...... .(9)

German

(15) Japanese

4) German

7 P.M.

to

French, Class B

9)

8. P.M.

English, (Junior)

.(22)

(Lab.)

..(4)

|

| 8) English, (Junior).........( 8 ) | English, (Junior) ..............(8)| English, (Junior).........( 8 ) English, (Junior)....................................... ( 8 ) English. (Senior).........(9) English, (Senior)

·(9)

(9)

| | Practical Mathematics, Class A (22) | Applied Mechanics ......(22) Practical Mathematics, Class A (22) Applied Mechanics

English, (Senior)

22) Practical Mathematics, Class A (22)

Practical Mathematics, Class B ( 7 )

Practical Mathematics, Class B (7)

Practical Mathematics, Class B ( 7 )

273

Number on register,

274

Table III.

Enrolment, Attendance, etc.

Number of evenings the classes were open, Average nightly attendance,

October. November. December. January. The Term.

161

180

191

196

20

21

17

22

80

64

106

111

85

91

Table IV.

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE,

Expenditure.

Personal Emoluments,

·

Other Charges,

$2,165.00 565.68

Total,

$2,730.68

Fees,

Revenue.

.$645.00

275

Table V.

EVENING CONTINUATION CLASSES.

Attendance Returns: November 1st, 1906, to January 30th, 1907.

Number on Number on

Percentage of Average At-

CLASS.

Register Nov. 1st,

Register

Jan. 30th,

1906.

1907.

Number of Total

Class Number of Attendances Meetings.

Average Attendance.

tendance to

Enrolment on

Jan. 30th, 1907.

Shorthand (Elem.),

20

22

325

22

14.8

74

(Adv.),...................

9

11

177

23

7.7

86

Book-keeping (Elem.),

18

11

153

13

11.8

66

(Adv.),

7

7

63

13

4.9

70

English (Junior),

36

27

928

41

22.6

63

(Senior),

19

10

244

28

8.7

16

Arithmetic,

6

7

54

9

6:0

100

French, A,.....

24

19

386

23

16.7

70

B.

17

13

271

23

11.8

German,.

19

11

238

21

113

Japanese,

12

11

138

16

8.6

Geometry,

19

28. (Dec. 6th)

263

11

24.0

3 R N 2

69

59

72

86

Applied Mechanics,

24

24

498

23

21.7

90

Practical Mathematics,.

11

32

779

34

23:0

72

16

0

220

28

7.8

Building Construction,

Commenced!

23

357

18

19.8

83

Machine Drawing.....

Dec. 6th

14

160

13

128

88

Chemistry,

12

11

259

26

10:0

91

Physics,

18

18

343

23

14.9

83

Hygiene,.......

42

12

3.5

70

Note: (1) This Class was closed on this date.

276

Table. VI.

EVENING CONTINUATION CLASSES.

ATTENDANCE RETURNS.

October 4th, 1906-January 30th, 1907.

I. Numbers present at each lecture.

OCTOBER.

NOVEMBER.

DECEMBER.

JANUARY.

Commercial Section.

English (Junior),

33, 33, 33, 29, 26, 26, 22, 25.

53

24, 24, 22, 23, 23, 30, 28, 34, 31, 33, 32, 29, 26.

27, 27, 23, 24, 28, 22,

English (Senior),

8, 8.

French, A.

32, 34, 36, 36, 35, 37, 30.

3

>

>

10, 11, 7. 18, 22, 26, 24, 19,

24, 16, 20, 21. 11, 16.

11, 11. 14, 16, 17, 18, 18, 13, 12, 10, 9, 10, 7, 9, 10, 8, 6, 7, 6.

18, 16, 16, 17. 7.7.

12, 10, 12, 11.

18, 23, 22, 26, 19, 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,

18, 19, 20, 17, 12, 11, 11, 15, 11, 12,

5

9, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10,

10, 10.

French, B,

German,

Japanese,

Shorthand, I,

Shorthand, II & III,

Book-keeping, (Elem.),

Book-keeping, (Adv.),

Commercial Arithmetic........

Engineering Section.

Geometry,

Building Construction,

Machine Drawing,

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.

9. 8. 9. 13, 13, 19, 11, 11. 18, 19, 19, 16, 14,

17, 16, 17.

>

17, 16, 17, 14, 14, 13, 11, 12, 15, 17,

15.

14,

14.

8, 8, 7, 7, 5, 7, 6, 7,

5, 9, 10, 16, 11. 9, 8, 9, 9, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 10, 9, 7, 5.

8.

11, 12, 12, 10.

7, 13, 13, 15.

18, 19, 20, 16.

15, 9, 12, 10.

7. 7, 7, 8, 6, 6.

15. 12, 8.

7. 5. 6. 6.

6, 10, 5.

5, 3, 6, 4.

5.7.7.

3

17, 16, 19, 17, 17, 20, 23, 25, 24, 25, 26, 22.

17.

Applied Mechanics.

Practical Mathematics, A,...... 25, 27, 29, 26, 26, 26, 26, 26, 18, 16, 15, 14.

25, 25, 23, 25.

...

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.

4, 4, 5, 3, 5.

4, 4, 4, 4.

"

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, 23, 24, 22, 25, 22,

26, 28, 30, 32. 21.

25, 24, 27, 24, 23, 23.

Science Section.

Physics,

Chemistry,

Hygiene,

S. 11.

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,

10, 9, 10. 5, 5, 5.

13, 13, 6. 10, 10, 9, 9, 8, 9.

8, 8, 9.

5, 4, 5, 1, 4.

OCTOBER.

NOVEMBER.

DECEMBER.

JANUARY,

II. Average nightly attendance, ... III. Number on admission register,..

64

106

111

85

TERM.

91

161

180

191

196

277

Table VII.

Nationality of Students on the register on 31st January, 1907.

Chinese....

Non-Chinese

95

.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

on

and

roll. Typists.

and Teachers.

and Assistants.

Engineers and Artisans.

Others.

4

Shorthand,

31

26

5

0

0

0

Book-keeping,

27

25

1

1

(

0

English,

54

45

3

=

French.

38

27

6

5

0

0

German,

17

13

I

B

0

Japanese,

12

9

3

0

0

0

Mathematics,

36

13

3

3

17

Mechanics,

27

7

4

16

Geometry,

27

0

16

0

Chemistry,

14

+

1

Physics,

18

6

5

1

Hygiene,

2

N

0

=

0

Total on roll of all classes. 303

184

41

24

52

2

No. 16.

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TO

The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of FRIDAY, the 31st of MAY, 1907.

Published by Authority.

REPORT ON THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

To be laid before the Legislative Conneil by Command of His 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 Shroff's, 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 1995. 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.

250

 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 by 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 Kiantschou is now under consideration.

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EXTENSION OF POSTAL FACILITIES.

 17. Pillar Boxes were erected and daily deliveries started at Pokfulam on 21st 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 48,119, 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 $890. 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. (Table 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. Hankowr.

L. A. M. JOHNSTON,

Postmaster General.

28th February, 1907.

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Table I.

MAH 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

Bags.

Bags.

Boxes.

Bags and Packets.

Boxes.

Arrivals. Departures

Received, 1906,.......

83 243

8.096

1,961

7.842

5.901

Received, 1905,....

71.127

3,053 1,842

6,741

4.959

12.891 12.039

Increase,

12.116

43

119

GOL

942

8532

Shanghai and British Postal

Agencies other than through

11,641

227

Hongkong,

Despatebed. 1906,

Despatched, 1905.

57,190 7,892 1,395 57,838 7,879 1,292

6.783 6.789

5,394 4.201

49.411 46,302

7.438

Increase,

9.852

13

83

46

1.193

3.109

13.977 13.705

272

Shanghai and British Postad

Agencies other than through Hongkong,

6,827

1,862

***

Table II.

STATISTICS OF INTERNATIONAL, LOCAL AND AGENCIES" REGISTERED

CORRESPONDENCE AND PARCELS FOR 1906.

International & Local,

Comparison with 1905.

Total

Total

Description of Correspondence.

1906.

1905.

Despatched. Received.

Increase. Decrease.

Insured Letters...

237

Registered Articles.

285,009

Insured Parcels ciò Gibraltar,

1.854

Insured Parcels cia Brindisi,

98

313 387,177 1.843 116

550 672,186 3.697

581 559,476 | 112.710

31

....

4,183

486

214

281

67

Insured Parcels cid Marseilles. Ordinary Parcels ein Gibraltar.

321

321

269

52

11,724

12,711

24.435

26.766

2,331

Ordinary Parcels vid Brindisi,

156

351

507

734

227

Ordinary Parcels rid Marseilles,

950

950

916

34

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

910

618

292

Insured Indian Parcels,

472

681

Ordinary Indian Parcels.

1,147

1.866

Australian Parcels.

959

Japanese Parcels,

2,265

847 60.252 40.129 20.123 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. Parcels, Shanghai and Agencies, Registered Articles, Shanghai, Registered Articles, Agencies.

2,410

2,410 4.366

1.956

13,001

17.806

30.807

26.773 4.034

76.136

41,999 | 118,135

72.384

45,751

2,716

1.999 4,715

790

3.925

91,853

64,214 | 156,067 | 101.313

53.710

1.956

Grand Total for 1906-926.887 increase of 183,597 against 1905.

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Table III.

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE,

Receipts.

1905.

1906.

Incrense. Decrease. Expenditure.

1905.

1906.

Increase. Decrease.

S

Sale of Stamps, Hongkong..........

267.242.02 275,158,77

7.916.75

Do..

at the t

104.246.92: 106.189.51 1.942.59

Transit Payment- to the United Kingdom.

21.822.84

17,656,15

1.166.41

Agencies,

Transit Payment

Unpaid i ostage,

Boxholders" Fecs, 6,143.40

6.487.82 6,768.24

7480.32

275.92

to other Coun- tries.

60.549.79

45.128.85

15.420 91

1.336,92

Commission ou{ Money Orders,

(14,759.36

14.613 16

146.20

Graunities

the conveyance of Mails..

to

Shipmasters for

3.799.99

587 83

Profit on Ex-

change on

Contribution to-

15.325.12

9.665.76

Money Order

5,659.30

Transactions.

wards P. & 0. Subsidy..

326,287,81116,418,94

209,868.87

Interest

Commission

Money Order

459.45

546.73

Money Orders, i

2,127.22

2.112.72

14,50

Fund,

Purchase

Void

Money

Steam Launch, í

13,363.00

13,363.00

Orders and

174.60

36.55

138 05

Postal Notes,

Working Expenses, 156,910,75 | 174,367.13 17.456,38

Total Receipts,

Deficit. 1905.

414,838,19420,454,04

170.611.06

Totals.............. $ 585,449 25|420.451.04

11,559.46

5.948.61

Total Expenditure, 585,449.25-359.484.08 Profit, 1986,

17,456.38 243,421,55

60,969.96

Totals,

$585.449.25 | 420,454.04

Table IV.

POSTAGE STAMPS, etc., issued for SALE in HongKong and at the Burtish POST OFFICES in CHINA during the years 1905 and 1906.

Denomination.

1905.

1906.

Postage Stamps,

1-cent.

**

417,119 1,572.719

2,165,519

501115 2,044,075 2,445,115

$12,599

71,999

816,673 85,195

10

1,034,399

1,036,555

12

32,879

27,835

20

142,319

149.275

30

61,199

64,795

50

62,039

62,935

I-dollar.

50,699

50,315

2

14,289

14,055

3

"

5,689

5,285

5

3,569

3,145

10

4,509

3,405

Books of Stamps,

4,910

5,994

Post Carbs,

1-cent.

28,099

22,695

"

474 19.699

240

17,140

871

60

Newspaper Wrappers,

939

2,405

729

905

Postage Envelopes, ...

478

1,020

245

1,848

2,340

5,248

6,590

348

240

573

390

"

Registration Envelopes,

"

9,995

10,925

284

Table V.

REVENUE from the SALE of POSTAGE STAMPS, etc., at the BRITISH Post OfficES in CHINA, 1905 and 1906.

1905.

$ 62,683.29

5,510.99

Shanghai,

Amoy,

Canton,

Chefoo,

Foochow

Hankow,

Hoihow,

Lin Kung Tan,

Ningpo,

Swatow,

Tientsin,

*

1906.

$ 65,718.97

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

5,728.34

5,660.96

1,773.92

Totals, ....

104,246.92

$ 106,189,51

Opened 1st October, 1906,

COUNTRIES,

IN STERLING.

Table VI.

STATEMENT OF MONEY ORDER TRANSACTIONS.

IN GOLD DOLLARS.

IN GOLD YEN.

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. Orders Issued. Orders Paid.

£ S. d. £

Yen. Sen. Yen. Sen.

$

Rs As. Rs As. Mks. Pfs. Mks. Pfs.

d.

United Kingdom,. Queensland,...

18,844 12 10|12,583 11

166

912,749 6 5

New South Wales,. Victoria,

890 17

2|| 3,213 8 5

427 10

Tasmania,

New Zealand,

South Australia,...

Western Australia,

Transvaal,

United States of America and Hawaii,.

Canada,

Japan,.....

Straits Settlements,

Federated Malay States,...

British North Borneo,

Siam,

Macao,.

134 11

112 2 I

320 + 8

1,637 15 4

1,452 6 9

458 8

1,077 9 11

78 12 0

2,223 11 6 47 12 0 1,244

Shanghai,

Agencies in China,..

(

6,032.82 | 18,592.57 1,436.28

...

5.372.16

198,694 09 44,034 89

6,907.40

8,241.53

214.07 9,528.81

...

195.89 11,811.70

501.54

1,593.73

1,400.32

53,197.86

539.65

20,243.62

39,180.77

876.51

Base Post Office,

India,

Ceylon,

...

278,715 4 156,724 6 5,333

4,213 13

Germany,

40,062 30 33,158 48

Total in 1906,.

21,022 4 8 36,640 0 1

7,469.10 | 23,964.73 198,694 09 44,034 89|62,417.08

92,016.32 284,048 11 160,938 3 40,062 30 33,158 48

Total in 1905,.

|22,541 16 10 29,552 14

}

5,837.95 19,913.20 163,627 31 64,157 50 52,615.63 126,432.91 258,836 8:147,897 13

285

286

STATEMENT OF BRITISH POSTAL ORDERS ISSUED AND PAID AT HONGKONG

AND AT THE AGENCIES IN China.

ORDERS ISSUED.

VALUES.

AMOUNT.

d. -16

s. d. s. d. 1/- 1/6

s. d. 2/6

s. d. S.

5/- 10/-

il.

s. d.

s. d.

£

d.

10/6 20/-

Total in 1906,

683

2,248 1,546 1,578 2,514 3,018

437

6,4389,24711 0

Total in 1905,

466

1,893 1,256 1,232 2,120 2,559

312

5,809 8,139 6.0

ORDERS PAID.

No.

Amount.

£

S. d.

Total in 1906,...........

3,082

2,208 0 8

Totul in 1905,.......

1,987

1,376 11

STATEMENT OF Local Postal Notes Issued At Hongkong AND AT THE AGENCIES IN CHINA.

1

VALUES.

AMOUNT.

25 ets. 50 cts. $1.00 | $2.00 | $3.00 | $4.00 | $5.00 $10.00 $ ets.

Total in 1906,

Total in 1903,

217

217 344 714 275 286 331

256 208 195 223 221

485 940

375

15,497 25

852 12,728 25

287

Table VII.

RETURN OF DEAD LETTERS RECEIVED AND DESPATCHED IN DEAD LETTER Braxch.

RETURNED TO Hongkong.

RETURNED BY HONGKONG,

Letters.

Post Cards.

Other Articles.

Letters.

Post Cards.

Other Articles.

United Kingdom,

2,744

905

383

2,358

374

India,

10.116

887

76

Straits Settlements,

103

2,422

409

705

1,714

43

Ceylon,

2,155

67

399

319

33

72

Batavia, N. I.

39

30

224

Egypt,

578

33

47

18

Continent of Europe,

94

23

85

U. S. of Americà,

881

393

1,364

2,394

106

156

Canada,

1,982

314

1,952

311

27

19

217

28

Mexico,

167

133

B

11

Japan,

455

108

212

China,

479

250

184

1,276

29

French Indo-China,

677

4,801

249

616

93

333

Macao,.......

26

91

22

114

Foreign Offices in China,

3

313

40

Siam,

59

450

57

13

Manila,

8

208

Honolulu,

339

28

110

142

3

Victoria,

106

18

New South Wales,.

13

52

93

36

South Australia,......

155

82

18

Western Australia,.

:

15

11

32

3

21

Queensland,

26

68

Tasmania,

28

"

New Zealand,

4

1

47

29

Natal (inclusive of all South Africa),

63

17

22

71

Other Places,

307

10

18

2,085

406

Shanghai,

1,145

55

5,116

761

9.250

B. P. O.s in China,

1,015

27

247

Total in 1906,

19,968

2,629

12,327

17,971

2.410

16,363

Total in 1905,.

16,814

2,045

11.112

16,042

2.813

15,159

No. 17.

SOIT

QUI

MA

DIEU

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MON DROITUA

SUPPLEMENT

TO

The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of FRIDAY, the 7th of JUNE, 1907.

Published by Authority:

REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

To be laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

1.-Revenue and Expenditure.

(See Tables I a to 1 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.

The increase of $3,976 in the revenue from the lease of market premises comes princi- ally 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 $104.50. 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 during the year was $36,947.46 compared with $31,761.32 in 1905. Of this increase $3,734.98 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 little 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 a 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

23

::

14th August, 1896.

17th July, 1897.

26th October, 1905.

5. Ku Fai-shan

"}

6. Chiu Chau-sam

23rd November, 1905.

""

7. Pun Yan-tsiin

"

27th March, 1906.

8. 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- gers to the Straits Settlements and have been successful in detecting a certain number of cases 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 ship 11 men-who were unwilling to proceed on their journey; the recruiter who had brought them down to Hongkong had disappeared, and the men had got scared.

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Hongkong is also directly interested 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,

49

18

2,615

250

47

2,714

29

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 Ordinance to be ex- 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,

1901.

1905.

1906.

21

13

8

17

15

11

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 NAM CHUNG Ho Fuk,

J

FUNG WA CHUN,

LI PAK,

U HOI CHAU,

""

>>

14th July, 1898.

""

*

30th May, 1900.

29th November, 1901.

LAU CHU PAK,

29

6th February, 1902.

The Hon. Mr. WEI YUK,

99

28th February, 1903.

TONG LAI CHUEN,

27th October, 1905.

19

CHAN CHUN CHUEN,

22nd November, 1905.

"}

CHOA LEEP CHEE,

7th May, 1996.

(iii.)-Permits.

The nature and number of permits issued during the year were as follows:-

To fire crackers for marriages,

225

""

"9

on other occasions,

85

310

To hold processions,

28

in other than permanent build-

To perform theatricals

ings,

40

in permanent buildings,

28

To hold religious ceremonies,

43

ito 10 +3

Total,

449

 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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www

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 solemini- 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:---

Year.

1897,...

Number of Births registered.

1898,

1899,.

1900,

1901,

.858

778

.684

.544

..663

.738

.550

.622

.605

.644

1902,. 1903,..

1904.

1905,...

1906,..

* 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

294

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 1995 and 1906 was:-

To the United States,

""

Hawaiian Islands, Philippines,.

1905.

1906.

J

1

...

6

7

3

 The issue of these certificates is now confined to Chinese who are British subjects resident 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.

CHO KWAI-NG of the Holland China Trading Co.

LAI WAI-TONG, Merchant.

LO KIT-PING of the Wang Hing Foreign Goods Firm.

I 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-SHER 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. Ho 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 done 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.

Cases.

:

1905........

440

176

614

160

28

1906........

530

266

796

611

133

Infants.

DUMPED BODIES.

Others.

KOWLOON.

Plague

Small-pox

Total.

Cases.

Cases.

1905.......

171

88

259

96

275

176

451

220

35

1906..

Table IX e 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 from 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 1907 as a grant-in-aid to these hospitals.

297

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 Yaunati 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.

Cars on the Electric

tive Council on this r General, the two

The Chinese took a great interest in the running of Workmen's Tramway

    and previous to the passing of the resolution of the subject on the 21st June, a small committee consisting of the 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.)

298

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

59

105

45

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 e necessities of merchants and ship-owners. Charges seven or eight times those paid he 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 Rent.

 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.

299

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. Lat 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.

8. Translator:---Mr. WONG PO SHAU was appointed temporarily from the beginning of the 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.

of the

The grading scheme for clerks' salaries was introduced in the Department at the close

year.

23rd February, 1907.

A. W. BREWIN,

Registrar General.

Heads of Revenne,

Details of Revenue.

Table I a.

Revenue for the years 1905 and 1906.

Licences and Internal Re- venue Hot 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,

Fees of Court or Office, Payments for Specific Purposes, and Reimbur- sements-in-aid.

Births and Deaths Registration,

Certificates to Chinese entering U. S. A. and Manila,

Chinese Gazette Sales,

Householders' Registration,

Re-registration,

Removals,

""

Extracts,

"

Rent of Government Pro- {. perty Land and Houses.

Miscellaneous,

Laundries,

Markets,

Refunds, &e..

Ordinance under which received.

Revenue in 1905. Revenue in 1996.

Decrease.

Increase.

No. 10 of 1899.

23,844.00

24,098.10

254.10

6 of 1990.

510.00

20.00

490.00

8 of 1887.

480.00

440.00

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

766.00

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

877.83

To

No. 7 of 1896.

561.10

559.60

3 of 1898.

200.00

100.00

1.50

100.00

26.00

30.00

4.00

5 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

""

No. 1 of 1903.

1,625.00

105,224.45

1,680.00

109,200.32

3.02

124.25

172,947.89

55.00

3,975.87

121.23

177,284.21

1.448.08

5,784.40

Deduct Decrease,

1,448.08

Total Increase in 1906,

4,336.32

300

301

Cargo Boats,.

Lighters,

Other Boats,

Table I b.

Fees from 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.

+2

3

Class.

Total. Duplicates.

5

Passenger Boats,

Passenger Village Boats,

Cargo Boats,

295

303

Lighters,

ི:༤༢

610

655

125

1,412

x

887

519

666

1,783

11

53

50

130

1

Cinder Boats, &c.,..

50

85

129

271

1

Water Boats,.

58

12

82

Fish-drying Hulks,

28

35

Other Boats,

138

70

190

38

466

2

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.

Reveune,

Occupied.

Unoccupied.

$

C.

Central,

50,762.42

305

Des Voeux Road,

Hung Hom,

979.10 2,890.27

14

28

55

2

Mong Kok Tsui,

849.43

39

1

Sai Ying Pun,

12,399.12

71

Shaukiwan,

868.70

35

Shek Tong Tsui,

569.60

30

So Kon-po,

1,332.00

51

Tai Kok Tsui,

413.00

21

11

Wan Chai,...

3,893.94

80

4

Western New, Western Old, Yaumati,

3,482.30

83

12

25,280.76

81

79

5,479.68

82

2

Total....

109,200.32

947

150

302

Table II a.

Number of women and girls admitted to the Po Leung Kuk during the year

and the arrangements made regarding them.

27

25

15

21

:

5

I

5014

19

3

:

:

10

S

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.

In the Po Leung

Kuk on 1st Jan- uary, 1906,

Admitted during 1299 110 36

the year,

Total,

Remaining in the

Po Leung Kuk on the 31st De- cember, 1906, ...

349 137

29

20

རེ། །རྨ

62

31 12

8

7299168 6 20 82 3 11 24 15

64

7 36

12

8

349 82 8 | 21

85

3 11

f

I

29

Married.

415

Died.

Total.

:

238 I 270

25

26

24

6 53

1 320

Table II b.

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,

7

36

43

under bond,

5

19

Restored to husband,

3

74

7

4

relatives..

10

12

"'"

Married,.

Adopted,

Sent to native place,

Sent to Refuge and Convent,

Placed in charge of Consul for Japan,..

Cases under consideration,

5

5

22

30

2

2

5

13

1

1

20

20

...

27

110

137

الا

303

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,.

7

"

under bond,

Restored to husband,

to relatives,..

Sent to native place,

I

1

5

7

5

1

13

I

1

7

7

Married,

1

5

10

15

Sent to Refuge and Convent,

1

Died,

Cases under consideration,

3

3

14

1

15

11

27

50

Table II d.

Particulars regarding girls who are required to report themselves to the Registrar General.

Brought forward.

Added during

Total.

Removed from list.

Total 31st Dec.,

1906.

1906.

Required to report themselves quarterly,

7

3

10

4

6

:

""

half-yearly,

14

5

19

6

13

once a year...............

8

1

9

7

Exempted from reporting,'..

Married,

Lost sight of,

29

9

38

12

26

... 6

2

Total,.

12

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.

Hongkong,

32

China and Macao,

94

Missing.

Recovered.

Missing.

CO

Recovered.

Missing.

Recovered.

Missing.

Recovered.

Missing.

Recovered.

47

00

79

6

46

3

140

10

22

20

2

66

9

86

11

73

I

26

99

2

Missing.

126

10

93

6

219

16

93

3

92

10

185

13

Recovered.

304

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 December, Refuge.

Probable

age

REMARKS.

1906.

In the Refuge 1st January, 1906.

12005

Chan Tsoi-fung.

37 05

Chan Wun-tsoi

21. 1.05

229 05

Wong Chau-lin

1. 7.05

19. 4.05 17. 5.05 15. 6.05 22. 7.05 19 years.

18 years.

...

230 05

251 05

252/05

301,05

170 05

Ip Lai Yung Wong Yun.. Ho Tai-tsoi

Yau Kwai-ho....

Chan Tai-hi

1. 7.05

22. 7.05

19. 7.05

19. 9.05

21. 7.05

29. 8.05

30. 5.05

14.10.05

345/05

Cheung Chiu-w

Wan

23. 9.05

24.10.05

292/05

Chan Sui-to

26. 8.05

29705

Chau Lan-fa

27. 8.05

2.12.05 2.12.05

...

18 years.

19. 9.05 | 19 years.

19. 9.05

15 years.

In Refuge. Married. In Refuge.

Ran away. Ran away.

Engaged to be married. Ran away. In Refuge. Married. Ran away. In Refuge.

Detained during 1906.

76 06 103:06 405 05

134,06 9/06

Lau Chui-ling

Ip Sing-tsoi.

Mak Ho.....

28. 3.06 29. 3.06 12. 4.06 12. 4.06 13.11.05

18 years.

16 years.

23. 4.06

Lo Kwai

10. 5.06

10. 5.06

18 years. 14 years.

Ran away. Rau away. In service.

In Refuge.

Fung Hung

10. 1.06

16. 5.06

12 years.

In Victoria Home.

216/03

Lam Su

28. 6.05

18. 7.06

8 years.

233 06

Leung Kwan Ying

16. 8.06

16. 8.06

In Victoria Home. Returned to Po Leung Kuk and

married.

Number.

Name.

SENT TO THE ITALIAN CONVÉNT.

Date Date of of entering detention. Convent.

Probable

age December, 1906.

REMARKS.

In Convent 1st January, 1906.

643.04

Wong Tsoi

17.11.04 10. 2.05

610 04

Chan Lin-ho

3.11.04

19. 2.05

83 05

Pun Han-yuk

50 05

Chan Kwai-sin

7. 3.05 28. 1.05

9. 3.05 15. 3.05

ོ༑-་

17

In Couvent.

17

In Convent.

17

In Convent.

20

will.

378'04

Wong Ngan

30. 6.06 22. 6.05

17

Remains in Convent of her own

Ju Convent.

Detained during 1906.

444/05 283/05

Ng Yan

15.12.05

13. 1.06

Chan Yüt-fung

19. 8.05

20. 2.06

381/05

Lo Yuk

23.10.05

115/06

Chan Sui-yung

25. 4.06

198.06

Li Tai-tsoi....

164.06

Lo Wong-tsoi

19. 7.06 9. 6.06

12. 5.06 25. 4.06 8. 8.06 30.11.06

36:58:

17

Restored to father.

Dead.

In Convent.

Restored to aunt.

15

In Convent.

15

In Convent.

305

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.

Whither Bound.

Women

Boys.

and Girls.

Total.

Callao,

92

10

102

Honolulu,

20

1

21

Japan,

1

3

4

London,

Mauritius,

31

25

56

Tacoma,

2

2

Salina Cruz,

55

11

66

San Francisco. U.S.A..

82

12

94

Straits Settlements,

1.766

8,867

10,633

Vancouver, B.C.,

72

72

Victoria, B.C.,

13

13

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

5

8

19

3

577

626

.2,619

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

.8.094

UNDER 16 YEARS.

783

52

Total,...

835

Grand total,..........

.8,929

306

Table IV a.

Number of Householders' Certificates, &c., issued during the

year 1906.

DISTRICTS.

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Total.

First Registration of House-

holders,

12

21

27

423

23

:

2

Re-registration of House-

holders,

137

100 411

169

181

258

123

76

Extract from Householders'

Register,

1

39

48

40

:

Removal of Householders,...

12

37

48

9

2

}

Duplicates of Householders'

Certificates,................

1

1

Total,

150

135

514

179 301 330

126

79

62

12

:

108

19

1,479

~

:

138

112

6

21 1,841

Table IV b.

Changes of Tenancy reported during the year 1906.

DISTRICTS.

1

Moved in,

65

Removed,.

6

93 401 199 144 375 155 148

10

Total.

126

114

1,820

67

81

433 212

112

359

126

114

96

112

1,712

Total,

132

174 834 411

256

784

281

262 222

226

3,532

307

Table V a.

Statment of the Revenue and Expenditure of the District Watchmen's Fund for the year 1906.

C.

$

C.

To Balance,

9,452 72

By Wages and Salaries :-

Grant by Government,

2,000 00

men, District Watchmen.

Chief District Watchmen, Assistant Chief District Watch-

$ 1,891.53

1,513.50 11.852.45

Contributions,

23,365 34

21

Cooks,

Coolies,

Fines.....

58 10

Collector,

";

Manager,

Writer,

Compensation,

00

432.00

384.00

240.00

96.00

60.00

16,469

48

Forfeiture,..

Interest,......

50 00

By Miscellaneous :-

Instructors' Allowance,

96.00

267

50

Coolie and Conveyance Hire....

105.90

دو

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.

Water Account,.

Crown Rent,

3.74

129.00

29.71

35,261 16

Disposal of Balance :→

On Fixed Deposit,

At Current Account,

Total,......

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

490.00

3.117.78

Watchmen's Quarters,

Sundries.

770.47

60.76

8,515 02

Total Expenditure,.... Balance,

24,984 50

10,276 66

Total,............$

35,261 16

.$ 9,000.00

1,276.66

$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,

52

8

11

5 Special District Watchmen,

from $276 to $360 a year.

216 to 240 a

19

at

180

a

""

150

a

12

19

120

a

""

180

a

22

1 Watchman receives

6 Watchmen receive ...

During the year 8 Watchmen resigned,

11 were dismissed,

22 entered the force.

4 a month Extra Pay.

2

""

""

Victoria,

Kowloon,.

Shankiwan,

Aberdeen,

Stanley,

Districts.

Total,

Table VI a.

Births and Deaths registered during the year 1906.

British and Foreign Community.

Births.

Deaths.

Births.

Chinese.

Boys.

Girls.

Total. Males. Females. Total. Boys.

Girls.

Total.

Males.

Deaths.

Sex

Females. Unknown. Total.

Grand Total.

Births.

Deaths.

130

111

241

193

75

268

464

180

644

3,201

2,395

60

5,656

885

5,924

31

21

52

19

24

163

132

295

1,063

649

18

1,730

347

1,754

32

12

44

319

148

467

44

467

15

13

28

115

82

197

28

197

:

:

10

:

7

17

23

14

37

17

37

161

132

*293

212

80

292

684

344 1,028

4,721 3,288

78 8,087

1,321

8,379

* Including 2 males and 1 female registered after the expiration of 12 months.

308

309

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,

Stauley,

Yaumati,

Kowloon City,

Shamshuipo,

Totol,...

Births.

Deaths.

TOTAL.

*

721

5,748

6,469

82

137

219

134

63

197

44

467

511

28

197

225

17

37

54

68

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.

8,379

9,700

Vaccinations performed during the year 1906, at the various hospitals and elsewhere.

Alice Memorial Hospital,

327

Government Civil Hospital,

1,060

Nethersole Hospital,

212

1,599

The Gaol,

.2,659

2,659

By the Tung Wah Hospital Vaccinators-

Tung Wa Hospital,

1,785

The Po Leung Kuk,

28

Aberdeen,

29

Hung Hom,

89

Shamshuipo,

Shaukiwan,..

Shek O, Stanley,

211

72

19

Yaumati,

215

2,448

By the Chinese Public Dispensary Doctors

Victoria,

531

Hung Hom,

3

Kowloon City,

104

Yaumati,

6

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.

310

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.

34

28

301

229

72

301

16

12

95

5

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

96

ཤུའ:

23

15

14 56

48

4

2

6

140

204

191

332

293

428

* Including 3 births registered after the expiration of 12 months.

311

M

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,

Invaccinated :-

Dead,

Left the Colony,..

Cannot be found,

Had Small-pox,

Certified unfit,.

Insusceptible,

Carried forward,.

Total unvaccinated,

Total,

3

23

5

Non-Chinese.

44

101

101

57

Table VII e.

Births and Vaccinations outside the City of Victoria.

15

55

113

6

Chinese,

196

294

1905.

1906.

District Office..

Number

Births registered.

registered as

vaccinated.

Unac- counted for.

Births registered.

Number registered as

Carried

vaccinated.

forward.

Aberdeen,

29

Kowloon City,

126

88

Shamshuipo,.

155

Shaukiwan,

45

Stanley,

15

2012

28

10

15

11

119

22

96

108

41

44

12

18

9

9

Yaumati,

66

18

34

70

19

32

Total, *

436

436

* Percentage of Vaccinations to births in 1905 (exclusive of Sham Shui Po),

Percentage of "Unaccounted for" to births in 1995 (exclusive of Sham-shui-po and Shaukiwan), 22

Patients.

Table VIII.

53

387

60

196

52

Number of Patients under treatment and other statistics concerning the

Tung Wah Hospital during the

year 1906.

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,

128

2,658

2,786 1,743

919

124

41,325

1,151

428 1,739

Female,

42

542

584

260

284

40 22,315 1.217

207

254

Total,....

170 3,200 3,370 2,003 1,203

164 63,640 2,358

635 1,993

Note.-Out-patients treated by European methods during the year 1906,...................

.1,948.

294

98

312

Table IX a.

Work done by the Chinese Public Dispensaries, Victoria, Old Kowloon and Kowloon City.

Victoria,

Old Kowloon.

East Point.

West Point.

Kowloon City.

Grand Total.

Total.

Yaumati. Hunghom.

Total.

1. New Patients visited at their

homes....

265

197

462

256

117

373

363

1.198

New Patients seen at the office,

1,649

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),..

55

74

129

105

30

135

87

351

":

(office),.

Total,

779

380

1,159

1,192

992

1,414

175

2,748

834

454

1.288

1,297

252

1,549

262

3.099

3. Certificates of nature of discase

issued.

12

13

(3A. Certifiates given to persons to

leave the Colony),

(4)

(13)

(17)

4. Certificatesof cause of death issued, 5. Patients sent to hospital,.......

31

22

89

69

* 983

25

48

71

119

687

831

(8)

(6)

(9)

53

66

153

SE

(26)

172

378

158

73

22

95

265

6.

removed to hospital in ambulance,

148

109

257

46

46

308

7. Corpses removed to hospital or

mortuary.

70

154

224

11

---

31

42

268

8. Plague cases sent out of the

Colony,

:

9. Houses cleansed in presence of

clerk,

10. Compensation claims sent in,.. 11. Applications for coffins,

12.

for midwives,

13. Infants brought to office (alive)...

Total,

14. Vaccinations at home,

office,

Total,

87

40

59

180

136

སྱཱ སྱཱམྨེ ཀ | སྐྱུ མྦ

267

49

50

67

107

6

194

21

21

JA

N

322

113

217

13

(dead).

9

9

13

22

2-

OD

15

1

3

3

26

80

210

290

293

137

104

241

101

351

217

314

531

6

B

9

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.

AGES.

Age.

Under 1 year,

1

year and under 2.

2 years

3,

"

3

4,

**

""

4

5,

""

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

99

251

159

Total,..

867

313

Table IX c.

CHINESE PUBLIC DISPENSARIES.

Statement of Account ending 31st December, 1906.

C.

C.

Receipts:

Balance,..

1,971.69

Subscriptions, Victoria,

14,264.75

Balance of subscriptions, Kowloon City,

877.87

Yaumati,.

2.000.00

""

Hunghom,

1,800.00

4,677.87

Refund of portion of premium on L. L. 1747,

35.00

Interest,

96.05

Expenditure:-

Victoria:

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

21,044.86

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

Miscellancous,

1,064.48

Loss on bad coin,

Kowloon City, (through Registrar General)

Yamunati,

25.45

12,015.97

2,300.00

1,131.82

27

Hunghom,

>>

"2

1,031.68

Total,.

16,479.47

Balance :-

At Current Account,.

Cash in hand,

Advance to dispensary clerks,

Bad coin,

Total,...

4,464.37

19.47

40.00

11.55

4,565,39

21,044.86

314

Table IX d.

YAUMATI DISPENSARY.

$

C.

Receipts:-

Subscriptions,

5,284.30

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

5,284.30

Expenditure:-

Through Registrar General's Office, Through Local Committee,

1,131.82

2,700.35

8,832.17

Balance :-

At Registrar General's Office,.

With Committee,

868.18 583.95

1,452.13

Total,..

5,284.30

Receipts :--

Subscriptions,

Expenditure:-

HUNGHOM DISPENSARY.

C.

Total,

3,787.92

3,787.92

1,031.68

1,533.30

2,564.98

768.32

454.62

1,222.94

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

3,787.92

Through Registrar General's Office, Through Local Committee,

Balance :-

At Registrar General's Office,.

With Committee,

Receipts:-

Subscriptions, &c.,

From Victoria Dispensaries,

KOWLOON CITY DISPENSARY.

C.

C.

2,499.29 1,359.03

3,858.32

Total,....

3,858.32

2,300.00 1,189.19

3,489.19

Expenditure:-

Through Registrar General's Office,

Through Local Committee,

Balance :-

At Registrar General's Office,.

With Committee,

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

none. 369.13

369.13

3,858.32

Receipts:

315

VICTORIA DISPENSARY.

Balance,

Subscriptions,

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.

#

C.

*A*

C.

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,

Total,

C.

1906.

5,949.96 1,290.17

By Salary of Collector,

3 District Watchmen, Scavenger,

Uniform for Watchmen,.. Water consumed at Cooking

Stalls,

C.

24.00

460.00

84.00 27.00

16.50

$ 7,240.13

Premium on Fire Insurance

Policy,... Repairs,

Oil,

Brooms, Sundries, Balance,

Total,

8.16

280.91

12.00

2.00

2.00

6,223.56

7,240.13

316

Table XI.

Statement of Account of Passage Money Fund.

To Balance on Fixed Deposit.... $3,500.00

1906

Jan.

C. 1906.

By Refund of Passage Money,

445.25

Current Account, Cash.

625.48 78.70

4.204.18

Gifts to 53 women on being married.... Assistance to kidnapped destitutes,

16 destitutes,

122.00

73.00

45.10

Hung Li Shi widowed by

Passage Money received,

1.459.25

Typhoon and 3 Child-

Amount deposited by Leung Tsoi

ren,

50.00

(female) as security for bond under Women and Girls' Protection Or- dinance No. 4 of 1897,

Subscription to Alice Memorial Hos-

pital,

50.00

500.00

to Miss Eyre's Refuge,

50.00

Interest on Fixed Deposit,

$86.42

Conveyance hire &c., to Tsang Tai Tsai, Tram fare

Li Sz Mui,

1.20

.30

Current Account, 48.98

135.40

Witness's Expenses to Wong Yung Mui, Hawkers' Licences, boards and photos

5.00

to Poor Hawkers,

8.92

Miscellaneous receipts Balance of subscription for sending destitute Manila Women and Child bome,................

Passage Money to destitutes,

93.20

Telegram to Singapore,

3.00

4.00

Stamp.

.10

Gift to Wong Chung Shi to buy coffin for her Mother-in-law Li Shing,

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

Total.

6,302.83

65.88

5,173.76

Balance on Fixed Deposit. ...$3,500.00 Current Account. 1,607.88 Cash,

Table XII.

Total.

6,302.83

Convicted. Discharged.

No. of Cases.

M.

F.

M.

F.

Prosecutions under Ordinances 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.

Bills-posting without permission

4

4

50

279

31

x 10 x

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 Honses

Neglecting to cuter names of boarders on register

Personating Emigrants

ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1890.

Contraventions of, and offences under, (failing to produce proper certi-

ficates of vaccination)..........

ORDINANCE No. 7 of 1896.

Failing to report Death

Unlawful removal of bodies

ORDINANCE No. 4 or 1897.

andre

4

10

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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Table XIII.

Student Interpreters.

Name.

Date of Appointment.

Where employed.

Remarks.

1st December, 1901.

.....

Resigned.

(1)

Police Department.

"

29

27

""

Resigned. Dismissed. (3)

(2)

"

Resigned. (4)

"

Dismissed.

GAON D

(5)

Reg. General's Office. Sauitary Department.

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 Chenk Ki Leung Tün Sheung Wong Man Pui... Ng Yuk Shü.... Wong Tai Kau

Chan Man Kwong Wong Li Kwong Lau King Tsing Chung Kam Chu Shin Chung Shang Fok Tung... Wong Ping Chin Lo In Nin

8th February, 1903.

14th

14th April,

""

22nd June,

10th July,

.....

The Magistracy. Police Department.

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9th September,

Police Department.

1904.

,1

>>

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1905.

27th July,

4th October,

6th March,

77

1st August,

17

"

77

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21st February, 1906.

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12th September,

"

22

(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.

(C) Charged with larceny and absconded.

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.

LÒ 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.

318

 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,....

ር.

15,000.00

1,732.66

.$ 16,732.66

LIABILITIES.

Nil.

招晝三

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.

319

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".

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招費三

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,

15,000.00

At current account,

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

320

Statement showing particulars of Expenditure by the Elected Committee from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1906.

RECEIPTS.

Balance from previous year,

Received from Permanent

Board,

Miscellaneous receipts,

Total,......

*

:

C.

C.

EXPENDITURE.

$

C.

$

3

90.48

Decorations, Food,

121.54

1,951.57

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

7,855.13,

Balance,

185.96

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.

Inmates in the Home 31st December, 1905,. Total admitted during the year 1906,

43

6

50

223

49

27

299

Total,......

266

55

28

349

Women.

Girls.

Boys.

Total.

Restored to parents or relatives or sent to Charitable

Institutions in China,

90

38

25

153

Sent to Missionary School,

4

11

15

Sent to Convent,

8

9

Married,

53

...

53

Adopted,

5

5

Died,..

I

Permitted to leave,

Still in charge of the Society,

Total,......

81

29

266

55

28

82

31

349

Male destitutes sent home,...

6

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.

321

Table showing Cases treated at Po Leung Kuk during the year 1906.

Malarial Fever, Tertian,

Dysentery,

Beri-beri,

Syphilis, Secondary,

Rheumatism,

3

1

9

2

1

New Growth, Non-Malignant,

Diseases of the Eve,

1

2

Circulatory System,

1

Respiratory

..10

Digestiv

6

""

""

Nervous,

3

"

"}

Generative

Cellular Tissue

3

2

Injuries,

Parasites,.

3

49

WILLIAM B. A. MOORE,

Inspecting Medical Officer.

*

322

Appendix B.

Statement of receipts and payments of the Tung Wa Hospital for the Peng Ng year (1906).

RECEIPTS.

PAYMENTS.

C.

C.

$

C.

Chi year,

Balance brought forward from Yuet

To Rent of Hospital property,.

By Food of Employees,

5,904.06

15.015.39T

Salaries,

13,501.11

17

30,079.17

""

Sick room expenses,

""

Annual subsciptions of Hongs, Subscriptions of various shops,

12,028.50

Drugs,

1,885.00

Sundries,

10,780.137 13,627.41% 6.648.4476

31

collected on steam-

Stationery,

"

19

ers,

4,545.65

19

Repairs,

collected and Dona-

11

Free cemetery,

1,022.04 10 1,966.96 5.412.95

TO

tions.......

3,088.16

Coffins.

6,954.36

;"

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Subscribed by Charitable persons

for the purpose of supplying medicine, quilted clothing and coffins,

Crown Rent,

1,036.77

·

Insurance.

944.57

:)

Quilted Clothing.

83.57

2,284.20

**

Furniture,

53.10

Refund of cost of maintenance of coolics returned from South Africa, Subscriptions from wealthy per-

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

1.092.73

Interest.

75,286.63%

5

Total,

90,302.02%

Total

90,302.024

Statement of Assets and Liabilities at the close of the year of Peng Ng (1906).

LIABILITIES.

AMOUNT.

ASSETS.

C.

C.

Loan from Relief Fund,

8,440.60%

By Bank's balance,

:

House property

(original

Cheap sale of Rice

Fund,

value) :-

29,681.33

Subscription for Hos-

pital Extension,

15,226.69

Man Mo Temple, Fund

5,860.4973

Balance.

59,209.11 84,855.55

11

**

2 houses in Bonham Strand and

Jervois Street,

1 house in Wing Lok Street (including cost of additions to buildings), 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

Total,

144,064.667

"

AMOUNT.

10,400.00

8,108.28

14,900.00

17.386 00

0.

17,782.387%

to buildings),

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%

No. 18.

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The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of FRIDAY, the 12th of JULY, 1907.

Published by Authority.

REPORTS ON THE HEALTH AND SANITARY CONDITION OF

THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

To be laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

Table of Contents:

Page.

GENERAL REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL CIVIL MEDICAL OFFICER

AND THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,

Table

327

I.-Return shewing the Number and Causes of Deaths registered

  during the year ended the 31st day of December, 1906,...... 346 Table II.-Cases of Notifiable Diseases recorded in each month of the year, 358 Table III.-List of Prosecutions during the year,

359

ANNEXE A.-REPORT ON PLAGUE IN 1906,

324

ANNEXE B.-REPORT ON THE RATS AND RAT-FLEAS FOUND IN HONGKONG,

Page.

360

367

ANNEXE C.-REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL, 370

Table

Table

Table

Table

Table

Table

I.--Admissions into and Deaths in the Government Civil Hospital

during each month of the year,......

374

375

377

H.-Diseases and Deaths in the Government Civil Hospital, III.-Operations performed in the Government Civil Hospital, IV-Monthly Admissions into and Deaths in the Maternity Hospital, 378

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,

Table VII.-Sick Rate and Mortality Rate in the different Sections of the

Police for the last eleven years....

379

379

..... 380

Table

Table

Table VIII-Admissions into and Deaths in the Government Civil Hospital

from the Police during each month of the year, IX.--- Admissions for Malarial Fever from the most important Police

Stations in the New Territories compared with Strength, ... 381 X.-Admissions for Malarial Fever from each Police Station

during each month of the year,

380

381

ANNEXE D.-REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE VICTORIA

HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN,

382

Table L.-Diseases and Deaths in the Victoria Hospital in 1906, .................... Table II. Average daily number of Inmates of the Victoria Hospital

during each month of the years 1905 and 1906,

384

335

ANNEXE E.--REPORT ON THE LUNATIC ASYLUMS.

386

Table

L.-Diseases and Deaths,

387

Table

II.-Birth-places and Diseases of those under treatment, Table III.-Occupation of those under treatment,

388

389

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

390

393

393

393

ANNEXE G.-REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER IN CHARGE OF VICTORIA GAOL,

Table

394

I.--Diseases and Deaths in Victoria Gaol Hospital,

395

Table II.-Rate of Sickness and Mortality in Victoria Gaol,......... Table III-Number and Results of Vaccinations in Victoria Gaol during

the past ten years,

395

396

Table IV.-General Statistics connected with Victoria Gaol and the Gaol

Hospital during the past ten years,

396

325

ANNEXE H.-REPORT OF THE RAILWAY MEDICAL OFFICER,

Pages.

397

ANNEXE I-REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER AT TAI PO,

399

Table

I-Police Cases treated in the Stations and sent to the Govern-

ment Civil Hospital,

400

401

Table II.--Diseases treated at the Dispensary,

ANNEXE J.-REPORT OF THE INSPECTING MEDICAL OFFICER TO THE TUNG WAH

HOSPITAL,

Table

Table

402

L.-Diseases and Deaths in the Tung Wah Hospital during the

year, 405 II.-Admissions and Mortality in the Tung Wah Hospital during the year with the proportion of cases treated by European and Chinese methods respectively, III.--General Statistics relating to the Tung Wah Hospital during

406

Table

the year,

407

Table

IV.----Vaccinations at, and in connection with, the Tung Wah

Hospital during the year,

407

REPORT ON THE OPHTHALMIC DEPARTMENT OF THE TUNG WAI HOSPITAL

BY DR. HARSTON.

408

ANNEXE K.-REPORT OF THE MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ALICE MEMORIAL

AND NETHERSOLE HOSPITALS,

Table L-Alice Memorial Hospital-Return of Diseases and Deaths, Table II. Alice Memorial Maternity Hospital-Return of Diseases and

Table

Deaths,

III.-Nethersole Hospital-Return of Diseases and Deaths,

411

... 411

... 412

413

ANNESE L.-REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT BACTERIOLOGIST,

General Statistics,

Notes on the Prevalance of Parasitic Worms in Hongkong, Varieties of Rats and Hat-Fleas in Hongkong,.

Outbreaks of Cattle Disease,

Observation on Hæmatozoa in Hongkong,

414

415

416

417

418

418

Bacteriological Examination of the Public Water Supplies, Bacteriological Examination of Water from Other Sources, Preparation of Vaccine Lymph,.

419

419

420

REPORT ON THE PUBLIC MORTUARY,

422

Table

I.-- Source of Bodies during each month,

423

Table

HI.-Epitomy of Causes of Death,

423

Table

III.-General Diseases,

423

Table

IV.-Local Diseases,

424

Table

V.-Injuries,

425

Table

VI.-Nationality of Bodies,

425

326

Page.

ANNEXE M.-REPORT ON THE PUBLIC MORTUARY, KOWLOON,

426

Table

1.-General Diseases,

426

Table II.-Local Discases,

427

Table

III.-Injuries,

428

Table

IV.-Nationality and Cause of Death of bodies other than Chinese,... 428 Table V.--Monthly Number of Post Mortems,

428

ANNEXE N.-REPORT OF THE GOVENMENT ANALYST,

429

Table

I. Results of the Monthly Analyses of Hongkong Public Water

Supplies,

434

Table

II.-Result of Analyses of Waters from Various Sources.

435

ANNEXE (.-Report of the Colonial VETERINARY SURGEON

ANNEXE P-REPORT OF THE SANITARY SURVEYOR,

Table

Table

A.- Drainage and Re-drainage, B.-Repairs or additions,

Table C-Plans received,

136

441

442

443

443

327

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 Kan 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 24 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 order of the Sanitary Board.

Month.

year:

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METEOROLOGICAL RETURN.

The following Table records the meteorological conditions which prevailed during the

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. b.

о

January,.

30.18 62.5 58.4

54.8

80

0.49

80

86.8

1.985

E by N

12.7

February,

30.01

64.0

60.4

56.6 87

0.47

91

41.3

2.250

E

17.0

March,.........

30.12

65.9

61.6

58.1

33

79

0.45

April,

29.94

72.5

69.0

66.1 88

0.63 89

May,

29.80

80.6

76.5

73.2 86

0.78

June,

29.79

87.2

82.4 78.9 79

July,

29.67

87.7 82.9

79.5 80

August,

September, 29.77

October,

29.98 81.0 75.6

November,

29.79

88.8 83.2

RGR

0.88

85.3

81.0

79.1 79 0.89 53

77.0 89

0.85 70

* 28 RAR

87

71.0

2.630

E by N

16.1

53.3

9.790

E

17 4

79 137.6

11.580

E

13.3

65 246.5

5.895

S by W

10.3

0.91 73 215.2

6.945

SSW

11.8

281.2

3.970

SW by S

6.7

171.2

30.595

E

16.7

71.1 62 0.56 45

233.4

1.320

NE by E

11.5

30.12

73.4 67.4

62.4 62 0.42 49

204.4

0.175

NE by E

10.8

December,

30.15 €8.9 63.5 59.6

2

70

0.42 49

194.4

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- sanitary property, which has been carried out by the Government during the past three years. Another interesting feature in connection with the population of the City of Victoria is the increase 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. At 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

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. 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,

12.174

175,070

16,745

Old Kowloon,

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), (

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. Ö.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

50

691

.2.480

264

6,439

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 726 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 526 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

Number of

persons per

Floors per Dwelling.

Dwelling.

Number of

persous per Floor.

161

2

3

341

425 214 551

32 Nil. 832 82 Nil. 977

1,781

2.1

14.8

6.9

2,666

2.7

20.5

7.5

Most of the Chinese of

3

Nil.

6

19

2

Nil.

27

2.8

this district live in quarters

attached to offices.

4

57

564 412

61,045

3,526

3.4

22:4

6.6

5

132

464

321

46

965

3,172

3.3

182

5.5

6

46

48

437

369

25

925

3,054

3.3

16:9

5.1

7

17

38

445 877

24

901

3,056

3.4

20:5

6:0

8

6

83 616 294

3

1,002

3,211

3.2

18.1

5.6

9

24

464 496

10

36

311 337

72

89 Nil. Nil.

1,073 2,796

756

2.6

23.2

8.9

1,957 2.6

18.2

7:0

Totals and

Averages.

- 301 1,905

1,905 4,143 2,050

104

8,503

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

     Total Districts. Acreage.

Built-over Areas in Acres.

Chinese Dwellings.

Non- Chinese Dwellings.

Chinese Non-Chinese Population. Population.

Person per Acre

(built-over).

1.

531

134

832

159

12,364

961

99

234

140

977

72

20,024 {

1,566

167

1,809 troops.

3

232

137

27

422

8,980

2,643

85

4.

56

53

1,045

165

23,395

1,111

462

5.......

29

27

965

62

17,593

366

665

6.......

30

27

925

15

15,662

327

592

7.

36

31

901

5

18,476

****

598

8.

49

47

1,002

3

18,147

202

390

9.......

44

44

1,073

19

24,870

140

568

10..

252

106

756

60

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.

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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.

One

storey

Dwellings

OML

storey

Dwellings

Three

storey

Non-Chinese.

Dwellings.

Xx

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.

1.

2.

3.......

4.......

:

:

319

176

17 70

2 37

57 1 319

181

376

2:0

1.149

108

:

73 6

166

560

:

:

3.4

3,462

242

6.9

126

91

791

5....... 20

155 13 11

6. 49

163 69292

22

7

595

446

10

5

:

:

:

:

2,127

2.7

18,399

283

8.7

198

384 | 1,101

2.9

8,740 22.8

7.9

163

199

389

109

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

8....... 940

219

:

1,159 1,378

14

7.869 6.8

49

2,063

9

636

48

O

686 786

4,438 6:5

6.1

732

2.248

1,407 285 1,067 | 8 193 6 | 5,214 9,653 18 70,167 14:3

78 :

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 1906 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.

The births registered during the year were as follows :

Chinese,

Non-Chinese,

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 33 per 1,000 in 1904.

The birth-rate amongst the Non-Chines community was 14:06 per 1,000 as with 17:03 per 1,000 in 1905 and 139 in 1904.

compared

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 Hankor.

The following Table gives the death-rates during the past five census years :-

Non-Chinese.

1881. 1891

18.22

18.20

1896 ...

19.91

1901

20.50

1906..

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 cach, Parsce 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,

4

Sprue,

Plague....

1

Pemphigus,

Hæmorrhage,

1

Phthisis,

Heart Disease,

1

Abscess of Liver,.

1

British Women and Children.

Heart Disease,

Dysentery,

Diarrhoea,.

Indian Women and Children.

00

8

Dysentery,

Inanition,

1

Cyanosis,

1

1

I

3

1

1

1

1

1

1.

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These deaths are classified in the Military Returns as follows:-

CORPS.

General Staff (Officers only),|

Garrison Staff (W. O., N. } C. Officers & Men), · ƒ

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,....

:

EUROPEAN

TROOPS.

Average Strength.

INDIAN TRoops,

Average

Strength.

Officers.

W. O., N. C.

1

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

Officers & Men.

Women.

Children.

Officers.

W. O., N. C.

Officers & Men.

Native Officers.

W. O., N. C.

:

:

:

6

19 664

11

243

9 419

75

27

Officers & Men.

:

Women.

Children.

Native Officers.

W. O., N. C.

Officers & Men. |

N. C. Officers

and Men.

Women.

Children.

CHINESE

TROOPS.

Average Strength.

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

19

:

:

:

:

:

:.

:

:

:

:

:

43

6 31

1

10 9

:

:

:

:

:

00

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

65

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:.

:

:

:

:

:

:.

:

:

7

405

15

750

15

753

:

9

2 95 1,525

2

37 1.912

3

65

 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,.

2

2

1

2

1

}

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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,

NNNNN

2

Phthisis,

1

Pneumonia,

2

Apoplexy,

2

Embolism,

Tuberculosis.

2

Beri-beri,

Fracture of skull,

1

Syphilis,

Rupture of urethra,

1

3

1

1

1

1

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

Africans.

East Indians.

Whites.

Chinese and Malays.

Mixed and Coloured

TOTAL.

Number of Inhabitants at 1906 Census

12,925

13

4,229 307,701

4,170

329,038

of Births

in

143

45

""

1,046

87

1,321

of Deaths

in

113

10

5

64

""

8,106

91

8,379

""

of Immigrants in

:

134,912

of Emigrants in

76,725

*

of Inhabitants in 1905,

(Estimated),.....

Increase,

or

Decrease...

10,835

20

3,907 360,228

2,860

377,850

2,090

:

322

1,810

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 5'1 per 1,000 as compared with 44 per 1,000 in the previous year and that for Phthisis alone was 26 per 1,009 as compared with 19 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 98 per cent. of the total deaths amongst that community.

Nereus 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 These deaths of Chinese infants comprise 329 deaths from Tetanus, Trismus and Convulsions and 116 deaths from Meningitis.

less.

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 1902-1906. The year 1906 has been an unfavourable one in regard to Malaria, as both cases and deaths 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.

Admissions.

Deaths.

336

Admissions to Hospital for Malaria,

Government Civil. Hospital.

Tung Wa

Case-mortal-

Totals.

Hospital.

ity per cent.

Admissions.

Deaths.

Admissions.

Deaths.

Govt. Civil

Hospital.

Tung Wa

Hospital.

1897,

450

6 571

191 1,021 197

1.3

33.4

1898,

344

1521 122 865

126

1.2

23.4

1893,

475

5

305

58 780

63

1.0 19.0

Average admissions

1,036.

Average deaths 136.

1900,

679

4

541

159 1,220

163

0.6

29.4

1901,

787

10

507

122 1.294

132

1.3

24.1

1902,

349

9

403

119 752

128

2.6

29.5

1993,

347

2

221

61

568

63

0.6 27.6

1904.

221

2

212

56

433

58

0.9 26.4

Average admissions 531. Average deaths 81.

1905.

266

153

48

419

54

2.2

31.4

1906,

233

7

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 reason 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

years.

past three

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.

337

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

25

1898,

121

630

19

1899,

239

770

31

1900,

167

223

390

929

42

1991,

243

164

407

920

44

1902,

121

55

176

919

19

1903,

83

84

167

921

18

1904,

40

67

107

993

11

1905,

42

85

127

1,018

12

1906,

37

37

74

1,047

7

Average

13

Average

32

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 that during the same time the population of the Colony has increased from 239,419 to 329,038.

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,

90

301

1905,

87

287

1906,

131

448

asuda y

zee

Average

354

Rainfall in inches.

Total number

of wet days.

100.0

172

57.0

152

72.7

128

78.7

155

55.8

152

97.5

142

936

142

80.4

144

70.9

156

77.8

159

338

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 upon 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.

1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905.

1906. Averages.

January,

23

40

28

87

37

30

30

24

10

24

28

February,

30

41

36

34

46

20

18

10

16

26

March,

23

46

13

34

20

20

23

14

11

27

April,

20

20

44

41

36

19

27

17

26

13

26

May,

44

26

A

73

26

52

31

16 21

29

27

35

June,

49

34

69

17

38

32

19

10

31

25

32

July,

56

45

27

32

30

2

28

14

August,

50

58

50

49

23

5188

27

55

22

35

31

32

21

58

44

September,

61

58

17

52

دون

30

34

28

25

October,

55

65

45

70

82

40

35

32

26

635

66

46

85

53

S

November,

73

48

60

95

48

27

36

44

52

December,

70

49

50

58

59

75

32

31

26

43

50

Totals,.

551

530

546

555

571

425 300

301 287 448

339

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.

ས།

3

4 5 6

7 8

9 10

Unknown.

Harbour.

Peak.

Kowloon.

Villages.

1904.

12

15

5

9

Xx

2 7

I-

7

13 7

7

63 129

1905,

24 12

8

62

4 14

5

10

1 102 83

1906,

22

19 10:

8

13

9

10

8

24 11

7

15

0176103

 To make the above figures tally with the Table of total deaths 12 deaths of Non-Chinese must be added for 1904, 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 1906 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 1995 the sum of $47,900 (approximately £5,000) on measures for the prevention of Malaria-- mainly the training of nullahs, 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 240 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 the 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.

340

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 $93 were of Plague. The following Table shows the nature and distribution of these diseases :---

CITY OF VICTORIA HEALTH DISTRICTS,

Peak.

Kowloon.

Harbour.

New

Territories.

Villages

2

Plague,

Typhoid,

19 81

12 57

8

10

5

Cholera,.

:

Small Pox,

6 7

8 9 10

69

52 10

46 184 60

194 28

25

3

2

20

:

I

-4 12

5 17 19

15

13

14 20

1

:

Diphtheria, ......'

Puerperal Fever,

I

21

of

Hongkong.

No

address.

Imported.

Totals.

13 19 893

15

66

2

36 23

1

4

192

2

13

:

:

13

Table II shows the number of cases of notifia'We diseases recorded in cach month of the year.

Typhoid Fever.

The number of cases of this discase 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 Chines? employed on ships in the Harbour. One of the patients died.

341

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. One was a Japanese case, and the remainder Chinese. Eight of the Chinese cases died.

   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 Parsec, 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 were considerably below the average.

Further particulars of the epidemic are given in Annexe A.

INTERMENTS.

year

   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,

Mahommedan Cemetery,

Jewish Cemetery,

Parsee Cemetery,

Sikh Cemetery,

124

1,355

59

6

4

10

1,558

342

Chinese Cemeteries.--Mount Caroline Cemetery,

Mount Davis

Tung Wa Hospital

Infectious Diseases

Protestant

"1

>>

Kennedy Town,

341

491

1,345

Cheung Sha Wan,.

891

15

38

Shaukiwan

Aberdeen

Stanley

390

190

""

38

""

Shek O

9

"

Ma Tau Wai

1,020

Shai Yü Shek

197

;)

Sham Shui Po

242

*:

Christian

""

Kowloon City

19

Eurasian

4

""

5,230

There were ten cremations of bodies during the year.

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

""

Kennedy Town Hospital,

894

1,

Tung Wa Hospital,

421

">

2)

Government Civil Hospital,

2,111

""

::

Police Stations and Gaol,

467

Military Hospital and Barracks,

347

Government Clothing lent to Contacts,

3,230

Clothing and Bedding of Staff,

1.702

76,629

The disinfecting apparatus was in use on 240 days.

Kowloon Station.

Articles from Private Houses,

3,756

Police Stations,

53

"

Government Clothing lent to Contacts,..

270

Clothing and Bedding of Staff,

8,721

12,800

The Disinfecting apparatus was in use on 73 days.

343

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 Road 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 Stauley 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 hand 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.

Health District.

1

The following Table shows the number of visits paid during the year and the number of houses found overcrowded :-

No. of floors jound overcrowded.

41

No. of night visits paid.

94

211

88

Nil

NII

City of Victoria

250

117

62

31

17

12

145

42

103

61

9

285

126

(10

74

29

54

11

Kowloon.

12

98

8

1,393

566

344

--

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

#1

Fourth

";

1905 First Quarter,

Second

Third

Fourth

1906 First Quarter,

Second

Third

"1

Fourth

9"

436

139

341

24

56

489

8.7

53

327

6.2

Total.

248

1,157

4.7

121

701

5.8

84

620

7.4

134

650

4.8

154

1,264

8.2

Total...

493

3,235

6.6

Total,.

95

594

6.2

224

1,222

5.4

118

762

6.4

75

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.

345

   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.H., Principal Civil Medical Officer.

FRANCIS CLARK, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.p.u., Medical Officer of Health.

346

TABLE I-RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND CAUSES OF DEATHS REGISTERED

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

CAUSES.

I. General Diseases.

A.-Specific Febrile Diseases.

a Zymotic.

Small-pox,

Measles,

Diphtheria,

Fever, Scarlet,..

**

73

Typho-Malarial,

Typhoid, (Enteric),

Relapsing,

Cholera,

Choleraie Diarrhœa,

Diarrhoea,.

Dysentery,

Plague,

Influenza,

BRITISH

AND

FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

Civil.

Army.

Navy.

No. 1.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

No. 5.

VICTORIA.

HEALTH District.

No. 6.

No. 7.

No. 8.

No. 9.

No. 10.

Unknown.

Peak.

Harbour.

10

13

12

1

8

2

6

18

15

:

:

22

:

Total,...... 53

4

: : ཋལྱེ :|ཎྜ

1

14 22 20

9

9 13 18

6

69

52 64

11

16 32

2:2::::མྦྷ :

21 11

23

3 16

50 156 102

::

15

...

50 116 48 78 95

72 70

73 204 128

47

1

64

B Malarial.

Malarial Fever,

9

Total.......! 9

y Septic.

Erysipelas,

Pyæmia,

Septicæmia,

Puerperal Fever,

Suppurative Parotitis

Cellulitis,

Femoral Abscess,..

Acute Necrosis of Femur,

& Venereal.

Syphilis (Acquired),

>>

(Congenital),

Total,......

Q

:

:

:

:

:

22

19

10

00

13

9

10

22

19 10 8

13 9

10

00

00

1

1

1

co

3

3

2

3

2

1

1

:

1

1

7

:

4

:

10

5

2

24

15

24

7

15

+--

4 6 7 11

21::

1

:

:

1

1

83

ة

::

Total,...... 1

1

84 5

1

2

2

...

...

Total Group A.,

65 8

77 226

74 90113

83 85 89 237 150 55

1 83

...

B.-Discases dependent on Specific

External Agents.

a Parasites.

Worms,

:

Total,......

Carried forward, Group A.,...... 65

Group B........

>>

...

:

00

8

:

:

:

1

:

1

:

:

:

:..

:..

:

:

:

:

...

77 226

74

90 113 83 $5

89 237 1150 55 1 83

1

...

:

...

:

...

495

I

...

:

96

95

-

...

...

x

:

3

00

::

495 37

96 67 27 43

4

9

:

...

:

:

:

:

...

4

...

:

:

...

:

:

:

321

181

• 2000

Kow- SHÁUKI- ABER-

LOON DIS-

WÁN Dis-

DEEN

STANLEY Dis-

Dis-

TRICT.

TRICT.

TRICT.

TRICT.

347-

DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1906.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

TOTAL AT THE DIFFERENT AGE PERIODS.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Non-Chinese.

0000 F

26

66

3

165

11

27

10

165

II

27

ΟΙ

1

...

:

:

...

:

:

:

21

40

24 40

༣།

2

2

2

00

3

2

1 12

14

CC

:

x

1 20

1 20

-IN

I

7 64

1

25

Under 1

month.

5 years and

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

1 month and

under 12

months.

under 5

1 year and

years.

Chinese.

1 12

178

است

1

C

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

under 15

years.

CC

Non-Chinese.

15

years and under 25

Chinese.

years.

Non-Chinese.

25 years and

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

under 45

years.

45 years and under 60

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

years.

60 years

and over.

Non-Chinese.

Age

Chinese.

Unknown.

1 59,

30

28

18

15

13

1

6| 76 7260

161

༣།

56 1174 5210

7217 4 25 1

187

7260 21451 8190 3 76

1. 491

x

N

17

87

87

:

1

9183 282 5311 11328 26655 9253 5101

:

་་

17 9183 7282 5311 11328 26655

:

...

:

1

...

:

:

92531

...

...

5101 1 21

2,205 2

2

4 59

3172

4 59 8172)

:

S

89

97

2,205

CS F

141

10

}

4

15

1

1

I

354

- NO

2 21

208

131

ここ

842

I

2

1,581

2 21

448

79

49

8

10

1

1

448

GRAND

TOTAL.

348

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........

7 Effects of Injuries.

Foreign body in Trachea,

Burns,

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,

Total.....................

3

3

x

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.

Peak.

Harbour.

:

:

Total,......

17

1

4

& Errors of Diet.

Alcoholism (Chronic),.........

(Acute),

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

2-

3

333

Total Group B.,...................... 23

C.-Developmental Diseases.

Immaturity at Birth,

Debility,

Marasmus and Atrophy,

Old Age,

Tabes Mesenterica,

Inanition,

Cyanosis,

2000

6

::

:

1

:

:

77 226

I

:

I

1

:

:

74

1

:

N

90 113

83

8:3

85 89 237 150 55 1 83

123

:

:

:

:

:

:

-:

:

:

2

10

1

1

1

18

30:

1

426

3

3 3

2

3

5 18 6 9 6

4

6 18 7

10 6

CO

2 4 12

3

11 22 1

19 230 169

4320

00-00 00

:

1

19

19

:

30

དཀ

00

3

456

8 7 4

::

10

5

:

456

3 3 6

1

10: එය

2

9

26

: : : : & ant

1

5

19

15

Total Group C 19

2

32 259 185 20

19 9 14 21

36

17

6

:

33

Carried forward, Groups A. to C.,

107

4 115 503 266 120 138

94 106 118 280 171 66

1572

Co

3

...

12

2- ∞ 24

I

I

1

13

1

:

:

...

N

349 -

DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1906,-Continued.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

TOTAL AT THE DIFFERENT AGE Periods.

Kow- SHÁUKI- ABER-

STANLEY

LOON DIS-

WÁN DIS-

DEEN

Dis-

DIS-

TRICT.

TRICT.

TRICT.

TRICT.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Non-Chinese.

495

1

5

ON

...

6

:

:

59 179

24

2

6

60 179

203

46

Co

забрати

758 262 153 124.

::

:

:

I

2

41

...

...

6

:

:

:

:

I'

:

:

...

...

:

00

3

7

150

521...

00

1

00

351

125

2

་ ་ ་

Under 1

month.

Chinese.

:

| Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

1 month and

under 12

months.

Non-Chinese. 1 year and

Chinese.

under 5

years.

Non-Chinese.

5 years and under 15

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

years.

15 years and under 25

years.

25 years and under 45

years.

9183 7282 5311 11328] 26655

:

N

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

45 years and under 60

years.

60 years

and over.

Non-Chinese.

Age

Unknown.

Chinese.

N

CO

10

:

N

11

2 13

3

N

40

86 2 67

4301

156

281

N

...

1

...

1

2 11

2 19

...

1

2

2

ลง

Co

...

:

...

...

...

48

...

·

-

:

~

35

1

639

20

47

I

13

1

3

1

6

1

14

4

48

100

2 98 16:368)

3 80 ...

35

68

829

:

N I

100 2103 19369

...

21

...

2

...

3

...

...

6 80 ...

35... 68

843

2

64

2 11

14

2 45

83

5316

330

592

...

3

- 00

15

41

:

7156 5355

2127...

14...

2 12...

22

7364

2

1,076

44

91 14 6

7176 14548 10459 5425 13432 441,036 15355 12500

172

4,124

م

GRAND

TOTAL.

2.205

2

6

7

1

1

350

RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND CAUSES OF DEATHS REGISTERED

BRITISH

AND

FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

VICTORIA.

HEALTH DISTRICT.

CAUSES.

Civil.

Army.

Navy.

No. 1.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

171

66 1 572

No. 5.

No. 6.

No. 7.

No. 8.

No. 9.

No. 10.

Unknown.

Peak.

Harbour.

Brought forward, (Groups A to C'),...... 107

General Diseases, Continued.

4 115 503 266 120 138 94 106 118 280

D.--Miscellaneous Discuses.

Rheumatic Fever,

Splenomedullary Cucosy Themia,

Cancer,

Scrofula,

General Tuberculosis,

1

Rickets,

Anæmia,

Goitre,

Beri-beri,

6

Total Group D.,

29

II.-Local Diseases.

E.The Nervous System.

Meningitis,

Cerebral Thrombosis,

Abscess of Brain,

Apoplexy,

Paralysis (Undefined),

Hemiplegia,

Paraplegia,

Lateral Sclerosis,.

Infantile Convulsions,.

Tetanus Traumatic,.

Trismus,

Cerebral Softening,

Epilepsy,

Hemplegia,

Mania,

Melancholia,.

Dementia,

:: 1:|

:

:

2 147

1

62

38 56 10

40 204 73

9

2

Total Group E.,.............. 25

F-The Circulatory System.

Syncope......

Heart Disease,

Endocarditis,

Aneurysm,

Embolism,..

Pericarditis,

:

19

ེ::མ::::༤གླ

6 256

21::

3

26

12

:

10

:

1

6

21

34

33 81 15 44

50

34

29

38

31

44 93 21

46

:

57

3

1

2

-

14 519 65 11 14

14.

10 4

+

2

17

15

6

:

Total Group F.

23 2 1

Co

::

Ni Ni Ai

4

18 8 22 12 8 7 8

12

ན་

:

10

15

10

5

10

18

Carried forward, (Groups A to F),......184 13 51721,214 412 187 193 147 148 184 395 201 124

1 651

21

1

21

35

3

1

8

3 2

45

6

2

1,035 307 213 134

:

50

2

92

66

--

ΟΙ

:

211

:

:

:

38

:

:

00

8

10

F

こん

- 351 -

DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1906,-Continued.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

Kow- SHÁUKI- ABER-

STANLEY

LOON Dis-

TRICT.

WÁN DEEN DIS-

DIS-

DIS-

TRICT.

TRICT.

TRICT.

Under 1

month.

1 month and

TOTAL AT THE DIFFERENT AGE PERIODS.

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.

under 12

months.

under 5

1 year and

years.

5 years and

years.

25 years and under 45

years.

Chinese.

under 15

years.

Non-Chinese.

15 years and under 25

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

45 years and under 60

Chinese.

years.

758 262 153 124

3

1

7

4

I

7

23011

6148

4-t

91

4 23

20.00

5186

2114

N

...

14

:

6

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

and over. 60 years

Non-Chinese.

Age

Unknown.

Chinese.

GRAND

TOTAL.

7176 14548 10459 5425 18:432 441,036 15355 12500 172 4,124

2145

92

N

4 21

H

2 49

:

9

13 3118 1295 1 93

21

4 789 2155 71 10140 5386 7150 31

3164

24-

نت

3

...

N

}

:

~

1

10

3 211 4 20

5 20

22

49 2 31

21 6 11479 24771 17805 5 520 24585 641,516 33 582 22588

21 10 12 73

757

4 37

...

...

:

:

NON

نات

166

1

...

12

24

212

172

6,119

1

:

746

304

~ 21-

37

8

10

2

62 298

14

09 NO NO N

22

N

440 1

561

1,037

352

RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND CAUSES OF DEATHS REGISTERED

CHINESE COMMUNITY,

CAUSES.

Civil.

Brought forward, (Groups A to F), ....184

Local Diseases.--Continued.

G.- The Respiratory System.

Hæmoptysis..

Bronchitis,

Pneumonia,

Phthisis,

Collapse of Lung,

Pleurisy,

Laryngitis,

Empyema,

Haemopericardium,

Asthma,

Gangrene of Lung,

Atelectasis,

Total Group G.........

52

H.-The Digestive System.

Gastric Ulcer,

Intus-susception,

Appendicitis,

Gastritis,

Gangrene of Intestine,

Enteritis,

Acute Yellow Atrophy of Liver,

Ankylostomiasis,

Intestinal Irritation,

Cauerum Oris,.

Hepatic Abscess,..

Cirrhosis of Liver,

Intestinal Obstruction,

Peritonitis,

Hernia,

Distomiasis,

Sprue, Jaundice,

Total Group H.,..............| 14

J.--The Urinary System.

Uraemia,

Nephritis (Acute),

Bright's Disease,

Cystitis,

:

!

BRITISH

AND

FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

*

Army.

Navy.

No. 1.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

No.

5.

VICTORIA.

HEALTH DISTRICT.

No. 6.

No. 7.

No. 8.

No. 9.

No. 10.

Unknown.

Peak.

Harbour.

5 172 1,244 412 187 193 147 148 184 395 201 124 1 651

1

*

46

9

7

12

6

25

21

21

5:

46

35 59

24 13 50 69

15 15

35 35 39

:ོལ:

9 6 18

29

35

:

N

:

12

1

62 150

83 83 67

59

61

78 143

57

59

114

:: ོ2:::N

6 2 24

80

21 50

2:

...

1

13

18

81

~

:~

:

:2།

:

2

3

:-

9

:

:

00 10:

:m

*

1

2

O

:

:

6

6

6

:::

::

:

LO

:

2

3

I

2

:

:

Total Group J.,

:

00

3

5

10

3 2 1

1 1 1 2 1

1

Carried forward, (Groups A to J).

16 8242 1.408 503 278 267 213 211 268 551 261 184

1 775

10

I

20

12

3

1

1

1

...

13

3 2

...

1,379 358 291 199

:

74 128

co

:

CC 1.

39

J

:

~

:

12

4 1

"

2

311 45 63

[

:

:

:.

64

H

353

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

Population.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.!

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Kow- SHÁUKI- ABER-

LOON DIS-

WÁN

DEEN

STANLEY Dis-

DIS-

DIS-

TRICT.

TRICT.

TRICT.

TRICT.

Under 1

month.

1 month and

1

under 12

months.

year and

under 5

years.

under 15

5 years and

years.

15 yearsand under 25

years.

25 years and under 45

years.

45 years and under 60

years.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

and over. 60 years

Non-Chinese.

Age

Unknown.

1,035 307 213 134

50

92

21

6 11479 24771 17803 5520 24585 641,516 33582] 225881

1 72

6.119

1

62

24 36

17

6

2 13

13-2

:

ск

10

13

:::

...

1 33

142 5106

16 4157

51

56

37

801 11383

10

N

1 50 183

5 17

1218 2 95

2

1 21

264 6152 5189 2 90 12117 17479 7290 4191...

1

:

:

2

N

:

N

T

2 15

6 40 2 12 3 7

123

2

[

91

1

19

4

8

00 1

6

1

6...

..

13548 32931 241,010 9627 39723 912013 45890 30792

...

77

7,925

51

དྡྷ ོ༑

1

20

I

5

1,632

- 00 00 00

26

:

2

266

469

817

10

14

1

16

I

6

1

Chinese.

GRAND

TOTAL.

*

354

RETURN SHEWING THE NUMBER AND CAUSES OF DEATHS REGISTERED

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

CAUSES.

BRITISH

AND

FOREIGN COMMUNITY.

Civil.

VICTORIA.

HEALTH DISTRICT.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

No. 5.

No. 9.

No. 10.

Unknown.

Peak.

Harbour.

16 8 242 1.40s 506 278 267 213 211 268 551 261 184 1 775

Army.

Navy.

No. 1.

Brought forward, (Groups A to J), ...261

Local Diseases,-Continued.

M.-Affections connected with Pregnancy.

Abortion,

Total Group M.,................

N-Affections connected with

Parturition.

Post Partum Hoemorrhage,

........

Child Birth,

:

:

:

Total Group N,................

0. The Skin.

Pemphigus,

Boils,

Ulcer,

Carbuncle,

Total Group 0.................

P.-Diseases of Organs of Locomotion.

:

:

:

:

:

:

1

3

Hip Joint Disease,

1

Total Group P.......

III.-Undefined.

Dropsy

Tumour,

Abscess,

Gangrene,...

Undiagnosed,

:

:

:

1

4

:

~

1

1

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

::ཤ :

2

:

:

:

:

:

:-:212

:

33

36 19

6

5

9

16

62

Total Group III.,... 4

:

33 36 19 4

7 6 6

7

-1

9

16 1

1 65

TOTAL, ALL CAUSES,..

267 17 8276 1,444 529 283 278 221 218 276 562 277 185

2 842

3

نت

12

:

:

cc.

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

115

11

r

15

132

115

42

15

...

:

I

1 32

1.500 400 308 235

75 130

39

818:

TRICT.

TRICT.

TRICT.

KOW-SHÁUKI-

ABER-

STANLEY

LOON

WÁN

DEEN

DIS-

DIS-

DIS-

DIS-

TRICT.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

Boat

Population.

Land

Population.

1.379 358 291 199

74 128

:

: :

:

:

:

10

8

1

2

8

1

1

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

00

:

:

:

1458332994 24 1,110 10691 41762 922148 47916 30801

1 32

87

~N

18

1 34

1 89

1

19

...

་ ་ ་

6

00

་ ་ ་

:

39

:

:

:

:

355

DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1906,-Continued.

CHINESE COMMUNITY.

TOTAL AT THE DIFFERENT AGE PERIODS.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Under 1

month.

Non-Chinese. 1 month and!

- I

Boat

Population.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

under 12

months.

and

year

under 5

years.

years and under 15

years.

15 years and under 25

years.

25 years and under 45

years.

Non-Chinese. 45 years and

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

Non-Chinese.

Chinese.

under 60

years.

60 years

and over.

Age

Unknown.

13548 32931 241,000 9627 39723 912,043 45890 30792

177

7.925

:

:

:

:

1

3

409

61

415

8,379

1 83

...

1

12 ...

151...

:

11

3

:

:

...

:

:

:

:

:

3

:

1

-

GRAND

TOTAL.

356

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,

10

Beri-beri,

229

Hæmopericardium,

1

Typhoid Fever,

7

Tuberculosis,

13

Atelectasis,.

Small-pox,

1

Meningitis,

Empyæma,

Dysentery,

12

Apoplexy,

Peritonitis,

Diarrhoea,

2

Cerebral Softening,

Cirrhosis of Liver,

Malarial Fever,

Splenomedually Cocoey Themia,...

Ankylostomasis,

Septicæmia,

Epilepsy.....

Nephritis (acute),

Cellulitis,

Tetanus,

6

Bright's Disease,

Syphilis,

Melancholia,

1

Child-birth,

Rupture of Urethra,

Hemiplegia,

9

Ulcer,

Apoplexy,

1

Paraplegia,

1

Coltre,

Foreign body in Trachan,

Lateral Sclerosis,

1

Gangrene,

Burns,..

Heart Disease,

Undiagnosed,

1 6

Alcoholism,

3

Aneurysm,

Premature Birth,

Bronchitis,

30

Marasmus,

Phthisis,

323

Total,........ 889

Debility,

Pneumonia,

40

Cancer,

Gangrene of Lung,

1

Tuberculosis,

Canerumoris,

The Alice Memorial and

Anæmia,

Gastric Uleer,

1

Nethersole Hospitals.

Beri-beri,

Peritonitis,

5

Causes.

No.

Meningitis,

Cerebral Thrombosis,

Embolism,

Enterocolitis,

1

Diarrhoea,

1

Gastric Hæmorrhage,

Dysentery,

3

Enteritis,

2

Malarial Fever,

3

Infantile Convulsions,

Heart Disease,

Hernia,

Septicemia,

2

Intestinal Irritation,

Erysipelas,

Pneumonia,

Phthisis,

Bronchitis,

Pleurisy,.

15

Nephritis,

1

Hæmorrhage,

2

Bright's Disease,

3

Immaturity at Birth,

Prolonged Labour (Exhu.),

1

Marasmus,

Child Birth,

1

Debility,

Distomiasis,

Cirrhosis of Liver, .

Peritonitis,

Bright's Disease,

Nephritis (acute),

Undiagnosed,

3

Beri-beri,

Tuberculosis,

5

Tetanus,

3

Total

1,296

Infantile Convulsions,

Meningitis,

3

Heart Disease,

4

Phthisis,

1

Total,

122

Pneumonia,

4

Mortuary.

Peritonitis,

2

Ulceration of Stomach,.

I

Causes.

No.

Gastritis,

1

Bright's Disease,

1

The Tung Wa Hospital.

Plague,

110

Calculus,...

1

Cholera,

1

Nephritis (acute),

1

Causes,

No.

Small-pox,

1

Child Birth,

Dysentery,

5

Undiagnosed,

1

I

Plague,

234

Diarrhoea,

41

Diphtheria,

1

Relapsing Fever,

Total,....................... 54

Typhoid Fever,

3

Malarial Fever,

16

Diarrhoea,

110

Septicamia,

3

Choleraic Diarrhœa,

1

Abscess,

1

Dysentery,

63

Syphilis,.

2

Malarial Fever,

95

Concussion of Brain,

1

The Italian Convent. Causes.

Erysipelas,

4

Drowning,

269

Measles,

Cellulitis,

2

Shock,

2

Diarrhoea,

No.

1

5

Septicemia,

14

Burns,....

17

Erysipelas,.

Syphilis,

1

Immaturity at Birth,

14

Syphilis,

Burns,...

2

Debility,

Fracture of Skull,

1

Drowning,

Marasmus,

2

Tuberculosis.

47

Fracture of Skull,

2

Beri-beri,

117

Marasmus,

87

Multiple Injuries,

Tuberculosis,

9

Infantile Convulsions,

4

Shock,..

Apoplexy,

6

Tetanus,

23

Rupture of Spleen,

Infantile Convulsions,

13

Trismus,

12

Rupture of Bladder,

Tetanus,

I

Meningitis,

16

Immaturity at Birth,.

Heart Disease,

22

Bronchitis,

4

Debility,..

Aneurysm,

3

Pneumonia,

1

Marasmus,

Pneumonia,..

61

Enteritis,

3

Old Age,

Bronchitis,

34 Nephritis (acute),

1

Cancer,

Phthisis,

110

Boils,

3

Carried forward, 548

Carried forward,

865

Total,

214

357

RETURN OF DEATHS THAT OCCURRED IN THE UNDERMENTIONED INS

TIONS,-Continued.

L'Asile De La Ste. Enfance.

L'Asile De La Ste. En-

fance,--Continued.

Causes.

Νο.

Causes.

No.

Brought forward,...

314

L'Asile Le La Ste. En- fance, Continued. Causes.

No.

Brought forward,... 995

Diarrhoea,

Tuberculosis,

128

Pneumonia,

Dysentery,

Beri-beri,

1

Phthisis,

15

3

Malarial Fever,

Meningitis,

256

Atelectasis,

Septicemia,

Tetamus,

258

Janudice,

Cellulitis,

1

Infantile Convulsions,

2

Gangrene of Intestine,

Syphilis (congenital),

83

Hydrocephalus,

Nephritis,

1

Marasmus,

210

Apoplexy,

2

Undiagnosed,

17

Immaturity at Birth,.

3

Heart Disease,

3

Old Age,

6

Bronchitis,

30

Total.......... 1,035

Carried forward,

314

Curried 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.

Grand

Jan.

Feb. March. April. May. June. July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total.

Total.

European,

1

2

2

· Plague,

Chinese,

4

27

67

Others,

European,

163

2

392 167

40

Nil

I

1

870

17

893

...

:

2

2

+

2

5

6

43

Typhoid,

Chinese,

Others,

1

I

1

2

1

4

1

12

66

1

4

1

11

Cholera,

European,

Chinese,

Nil

...

1

2

ཉ།

2

Others,

Nil

...

:

...

:

European,

Small Pox,

Chinese,

13

34

55

བཟ ་རྱ

Others,

2

1

2

36

15

9

I

2

1

11

...

...

...

4

168

192

...

13

...

...

:

European,

2

...

Diphtheria,

Puerperal

Fever,

Chinese,

Others,

European,

Chinese,

Others,

...

...

A

1

B3

:

2

1

3

1

1

12

13

1

23

65

138

214

423

191

49

26

14

14

12

1,179

-358-

359

Table III.-List of Prosecutions during the year 1906.

Offence.

Sum- Con- monses, vietions.

Penalties.

Remarks.

Breaches of Bye-laws :-

Bake-houses,

Basements,

Dairies.

Dirty Premises.

Laundries,

Offensive trades, Opium Divans,

Dumping rubbish in harbour.

Depositing nightsoil in drains,

210

1 cautioned.

170

i cautioned, I withdrawn.

30

50

5 absconded.

70

40

I withdrawn.

33

550

1

Failing to provide a dust-bin,

3

proper fire-places,

3

3

26

cleanse and limewash,

100

90

764

I ordered to do work. 7 withdrawn. 4 dismissed.

repair concrete.

5

cement rendered kitchen walls,

9

15

provide hoods and flues,

20

5 ordered to do work, 1 cantioned, I withdrawn. I ordered to do the work.

provide window area.

35

21 ordered to provide, 2 cautioned, 1 withdrawn.

18

54

3

4 ordered to do work, 3 withdrawn.

I ordered to do work, 1 discharged. I withdrawn.

་་

,,

repair waste-pipes.

glaze windows,

cleause lavatory,

roof gutters.

provide open space,

kitchens.

notify infectious disease...

Illegal cubicles,

occupation of building,

""

latrines,

partitions.

matsheds,

·

show-case,

71

00 10 4 10 00 00 to et 2 ep on e

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 licenc.,

pork

fruit

"

:,

unwholesome provisions,

2:

Verandahs, using for cooking purposes,

discharging sullage water from,

Total,

60

2 ordered to provide, I withdrawn.

70

1 ordered to do the work.

3

3

64

3:3

6

122

14 ordered to remove, 2 cautioned, 6 dismissed, 2 withdrawn, 3 absconded.

I ordered to do the work.

I dismissed, 1 ordered to abute, 1 withdrawn,

1 cautioned.

2 ordered to remove.

29

474

411

3

10 10 10 00 00 01 10 men sen ta

10 10-2 DE S KO

100

15

1 ordered to remove.

76

1 dismissed.

631

3 absconded.

1.963

62 absconded, I cautioned.

162

1 absconded. I cautioned.

3 ordered to abate.

7

35

130

50

15

50

880

706

6.190

January February

March

April

May June

July

August

September

October

November

December....

360

Annexe A.

REPORT ON PLAGUE IN 1906.

CASES PER MONTH.

28

68

165

402

176

40

883

1

1

0

10

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

3

2

5

2

Chinese

536

334

870

826

Eurasians

1

()

1

Indians ...

9

0

9

6

Japanese

(

2

2

Malays

1

0

1

I

Portuguese

1

2

3

3

Parsees

1

()

Filipinos

1

1

Totals......

555

338

893

842

Bubonic.

817

Bubonic

Septic

Pneumonic

TYPES OF THE DISEASE,

Septic. 65

Expressed as Percentages.

..91.5

7.3

1.2

Pueumonie.

11

361

AGE AND SEX INCIDENCE.

Ages.

Under 1 year

Total Cases.

%

Sex.

Cases.

%

Im.

5

0.4

0010

2

40.0

3

60.0

ill.

23

39.0

1 to 5 years

59

6.6

36

61.0

in.

78

42.4

5 to 15 years

184

20.6

106

57.6

IN.

168

74.7

15 to 25 years

225

25.2

1.

57

25.3

m.

220

74.6

25 to 45 years

295

33.1

j.

75

25.4

m.

49

51.0

45 to 60 years

96

10.8

W

47

49.0

15

51.7

Over 60 years

29

3.3

1.

14

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.

40.

100.

39

66.6

100.

100.

100.

0.

100.

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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.

Week.

1

Temperature F.

Relative

Humidity.

Hours of Sunshine,

Inches of

Rain.

Plagne.

58.4

73

4.1

·000

0

2

59-2

85

13

·008

2

3 ....

57.7

77

40

·025

0

4

58.6

81

2.2

*065

1

5

56.6

79

1.9

220

2

6

60.7

$5

2.6

207

6

7

58.3

95

0:0

066

5

....

$ .....

67.9

93

1.7

·013

13

9....

53.9

67

17

·012

S

10.....

59.9

59

6.8

·002

14

11 ..

60.7

82

0·2

190

7

12

68.2

94

1.1

010

15

13....

61.5

88

04

163

27

14....

68.0

87

1·7

380

26

15

68.4

88

2.1

583

19

16

......

69.7

92

0.6

407

46

17

70.7

90

2.9

·024

58

18....

72.5

92

1.0

·393

61

19

74.7

90

34

001

95

20....

80.2

82

8.7

015

104

21

79.6

81

3.3

1·006

111

22

76.7

78

6.7

·290

72

23

83.1

79

8.3

·037

58

24

83.4

77

9-9

·070

40

25...

81.6

79

5.9

301

33

26.....

81.3

84

8.6

*450

20

27.....

82.6

83

5.5

305

17

28

84.2

77

104

·005

10

29

82.7

78

6.8

∙153

6

30.....

82.1

82

34

510

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TABLE OF HUMAN AND RAT PLAGUE. January to July, 1906,

City of Victoria.

1906.

1905.

W'eek.

Rats caught.

Rats infected.

Rat percentage.

Plague

cases,

Rat percentage.

Plague

cases,

1.....

389

7

1.8

()

2.1

1

487

9

1.8

14

-

3..

462

12

2.6

2.1

1

275

5

1.8

84

2

5.

391

17

4.3

2

2.2

1

6...

421

18

42

6

4.1

7..

239

17

7.1

5

3.8

2

8

531

31

5.8

9

3.7

1.

9.

489

26

5.3

7

44

10....

476

33

6.9

13

3.7

11.

518

30

5.8

5

40

12...

436

24

55

13

3.2

1

13......

517

34

6.5

26

5:0

14....

565

36

6.3

24

8.8

2

15.....

479

15

3.1

14

3.7

0

16......

500

24

4.8

38

3.8

1

17......

559

17

3:0

52

3.9

1

18....

535

22

4.1

46

5.2

19.....

489

16

3.2

55

5.1

8

20......

462

22

47

69

7.6

11

21.......

468

22

46

76

8.2

11

22..

432

18

4.1

45

6.5

14

23..

424

15

3.5

35

7.7

13

24..

374

11

2-9

21

7.7

15

25....

364

9

9.1

20

8.7

نا

26....

369

8

2.1

9

6:5

17

27....

380

3

0.79

5·1

16

28....

344

3

8:0

3.8

9

29..

368

2

0.5

1

5.7

11

30...

359

0'0

1

6.7

5

31..

321

1

0:3

2

5.6

364

TABLE OF RAT AND HUMAN PLAGUE. January to July, 1906.

Kourloon.

1905.

1906.

Rats

Week.

caught.

Rats infected.

Rat percentage.

Plague

Rut

Plague

cases.

percentage.

cases.

1

88

2

2.2

4.7

0

2...

174

11

6.3

6.9

3.....

180

9

5:0

)

6.2

4....

104

7

6.7

0

2.9

5...

136

9

6.6

0

37

6..

159

11.

6.9

9.3

7

183

11

6.0

7.6

-FN FN 00

3

2

1

2

1

0

8.

189

16

8.4

I

45

0

9.

160

12

7.5

6*7

0

10.....

182

15

8.2

5.6

11....

201

15

7.4

1

6.0

0

12.....

185

11

5.9

5.8

0

211

13

6.1

1

8.8

2

193

9

46

15......

157

16.......

125

17.....

143

18.

187

19.....

183

20..

123

21.

139

262 2010

1.2

3

30 10

2

8.5

6.2

5

40

G

7.1

14

5

5.8

1

10

8

6.9

1

0:0

18

5.4

9

0.8

29

8.5

0:0

28

7:0

ī

22.

152

1

0-6

25

8.7

9

23.

150

0

0:0

20

8.8

4

24..

140

0

0:0

18

7.7

7

25..

121

1

0.8

13

8.2

10

26..

137

2

14

S

7.7

6

27..

136

0:0

12

8.5

4

28...

130

0

00

ī

10:0

7

29....

146

0

0·0

5

8:3

3

30.........

165

0

0:0

4

6:3

6

31

171

0

0:0

2

10.7

3

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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 verandalı.

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 committce 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.

A.

SANITARY BOARD OFFICE,

190

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 owners. 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 course 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 tapers 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,

Taking an average

There is little to choose in colour between this and the black rat. 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 ani boly 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.

The common mouse: Mus musculus.

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 (i) 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 man 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 a 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, eg., the short thick tail of Mus decu- manus with the long cars 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,......

Brown rats: Mus decumanus,

Mice: Mus musculus,

Musk rats: Sorex giganteus,

12 % .18 %

.48 %

2 %

Undetermined rats, size of Mus rattus,

5 %

.15 %

Baby rats, undetermined,

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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 inen- 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.

are:

Ctenopsylla Musculi,

They

    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.

Pulee 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.

Puler 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.

370

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

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22

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. 189.. 1900.

1901. 1902. 1903. 1904.

1905. *1906.

Police,

Paying Patients,.

Government Servants,

Police Cases,

Free,

Board of Trade,

588 529 488 692 920 937 938 759 707 726 783 632 603 741 764 891 830 931 777 772 807 659 269 227 186 208 266 339 460 319 267 271 335 244 299 306 306 347 348 300 276 262 329 300 778

742 785 789 569 466 454 646 555 512 616 87 45 65 23 37 28 25 17 22 59

34

Total,

Total

aths,.

119

2,598 2,4452,571 2,784 |3,030 | 2,948 3,108 2,794 |2,585 2,704|2,677

143

138 114 155 153 140 142 128 150 167

* his 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 four-fifths, however, of the cases were admitted moribund or in an advanced and hopeless condition of illness. The following

35%.

details shew this:-

Death occurred within 12 hours of admission in 59 cases

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24

48

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3 days

13

24

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,

5

14

6

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19

longer periods

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21

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,

.239

Febricula, Typhoid,

188

80

Venereal Diseases,

109

Diseases of Respiratory System,

226

Digestive System,

244

Cellular Tissue,

..130

Rheumatism,

..120

Dysentery,

.101

Tuberculosis,

51

Beri-beri,....

35

Alcoholism, Injuries.

34

533

The largest number of Deaths occurred in the following diseases: ---

Tuberculosis,

Dysentery,

Plague,

Malaria,.

Diseases of Respiratory System,

Injuries,

.20

12

.10

7

.20

35

New Growths.-The following cases of Malignant Disease were under treatment :-

Sarcoma of Buttock-European Female,

of Orbit-Chinese Female,

of Testis-Chinese Males,

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of Arm-Chinese Female..

""

1

...

1

2

1

Epithelioma of Jaw-European Male,

Epithelioma of Infra-clavicular Glands-Portuguese Female, Epithelial Cancer of Liver-Portuguese Male,

1

1

...

1

372

Fractures.-The following were the principal Fractures:-

Spine,

Femur,

Leg,

Arin,

Skull.

Patella,

Ribs,

Forearm,

Fingers,

Multiple Fractures,

Pelvis,

Knee-joint,.

Fibula.

Tarsus,

Clavicle,

Jaw, lower, Radius.

1

14, Deaths 4.

11:

2.

5

18

12.

2

3.

2

1.

1

1

1

1

5

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 ent 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. Re-vaccinations

Total 458.

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 Dysentery the death of two Chinese constables,

373

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.

3

7

7.

0

10

37

44

16

1

20

13

60

71

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 75, 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 15 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 143 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 689 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

                                   Indian from Acute Colitis. Invaliding: three Indians were invalided, two for Tuberculosis, and one for Anæmnia, 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.

374

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.

Table I.

W. V. M. KOCH,

Superintendent.

EUROPEANS. INDIANS, &c. ASIATICS.

MONTH.

TOTAL ADMISSIONS.

TOTAL DEATHS.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

Remaining Dec. 31st, 1905,

19

January,

45

February,

42

March.

56

April,

48

May,

60

June,

64

July,

56

August,

57

10 10 2 4 10 4 19 001

17

64

43

56

47

75

63

82

65

September,

73

78

October,.

64

72

November,

62

30

December,

52

46

-+- 21.00.00 - N N

32

68

80

189

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4

48

133

95

207

9

106

201

9

79

6

214

18

113

10

240

16

123

13

261

16

133

255

[1

136

287

18

157

293

13

113

9

205

11

94

15

192

19

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

698

30

738

BB [1,309 104

2.745

167

DISEASES.

GENERAL DISEASES.

375

Table II.

Return of Diseases and Deaths.

Remain- ing in Hospital

Yearly Total.

Remain-

Total

Cases

ing in Hospital

at end of

Treated. at end of

Admissions. Deaths.

1905.

1906.

Small Pox,

Measles,

Chicken Pox,

Dengue.

Influenza,

Malta Fever,

I-NINE- -

7

1-2 2 3 1 - -

Febricula,

2

186

188

Enteric Fever,

1

39

40

Paratyphoid.

I

Dysentery,

96

12

Plague,

23

10

ER

101

23

Malarial Fever:-

1. Quartan,

5

2. Simple Tertian,

3. Malignant, ..

4. Mixed infection.

Beri-beri,

Vaccinia,

37

190

194

3

35

5

35

Mumps,

Septicamia,

Tubercie..

Leprosy,

51

20

:

^

Remarks.

Syphilis

(4.) Primary,

12

(b.) Secondary,

47

50

4

Gonorrhœa..........

45

47

Alcoholism,

34

34

Rheumatism,

119

120

Cyst,

I

1

New Growth, Non-malignant,

2

6

8

New Growth, Malignant,

Ânæmia,

Anæmia, Pernicious,

17

17

I

Debility,

101

103

~

LOCAL DISEASES.

SUB-SECTION 1.

Diseases of Nervous System.

Discases of the Nerves:--

Neuritis,

Meningitis,

SUB-SECTION 2.

Functional Nervous Disorders,--

Apoplexy,

Paralysis,

Thrombosis ofCerebral Arteries,

Hystero-Epilepsy,

Insomnia,

Neuralgia,

Nervous Debility,

Sunstroke,

Convulsions,

Shock,

SUB-SECTION 3.

2

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6

9

1

1

2

16

15

3

3

10

:

3

10

Mental Diseases :-

Mania,

Dementia,

Carried forward,

28

1,141

83 1,169

37

DISEASES.

376

Return of Diseases and Deaths,-Continued.

Brought forward,

LOCAL DISEASES,--Continued,

Remaining in

Hospital at

end of 1905.

28

Yearly Total.

Total Cases Treated.

Admissions Deaths.

Remaining in

Hospital at end of 1906.

83

1,169

37

Diseases of the Eye,

Ear,.

Nose,

Circulatory System.

55

58

:

13

13

21

5

23

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Respiratory System, Digestive System,..

Lymphatic System,

Male Organs,.

Female Organs,.

222

20

226

10

241

244

10

46

49

90

Organs of Locomotion, Cellular Tissue,

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Skin,

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Injuries, General,

Effects of Heat,

Immersion,

Malformations.

18

515

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17 12

CC 10

93

17

14

130

130

42

43

1

533

15

29

1

5

Poisous,..

Parasites,

Under Observation,

In Attendance,

Nil,

Parturition,

1

12

12

14

34

34

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

68

2,677

167

2,745

89

Remarks.

377

Table 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,

NUMBER.

DEATHS.

3

1

1

1

Setting (under anaesthetic) Fractured Thigh,

Leg,

1

Forearm.. Wrist.

1

(compound) Finger,

1

Reduction (under anaesthetic) of Dislocated Shoulder,

3

Elbow,

2

Wrist,

1

Knee,

4

Wiring Tibia,

Jaw.

Examination of Hip,

Knee,

Elbow.

3

1

2

1

Crushed Toe-plastic operation,..

Contracted Knee-breaking down adhesions,

REMOVAL OF TUMOURS, etc.:-

1

1

Sarcoma of side,

Cysts,

Scirrhus of Breast,

Fibroma,

1

3

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,

Haematocele Radical eure,

Circumcision,

For Paraphymosis,

Abscess of Penis,

For Phagædenie 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, Hernia-radical cure, inguinal,

17

3

2

3

3

1

1

I

1

2

20

4

:

2

2

1

1

3

1

Hepatic Abscess,

1

Hepatic Abscess, exploring for,

1

Splenectomy for Rupture,

3

Laparotomy for Tubercular Disease,

1

1

Laparotomy for Peritonitis...

1

Carried forward.

139

10

378

SURGICAL OPERATIONS.

NUMBER.

DEATHS.

OPERATIONS ON DIGESTIVE SYSTEM,-Continued.

Brought forward,......

139

10

Hæmorrhoids--ligature,

2

Hæmorrhoids-Whitehead's operation,

1

Fistula in Ano,.

Stricture of Rectum,

OPERATIONS ON CIRCULATORY SYSTEM :

Excision of Varicose Veins,

ABSCESSES-INCISIONS :

Thigh,

3

1

1

1

Neck,.....

Axilla,

Breast,

Tonsil,

1

1

1

1

8

Buboes.

For Cellulitis, GENERAL OPERATIONS:-

Necrosis of Bone

Erasion of Sinuses,

Removal of Needles,

Paracentesis Thoracis,

Empyæma,

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,....

15

10

1

2

...

1

1

1

1

1

3

1

1

2

Total,.......

215

14

Table IV.-Monthly Admissions and Deaths in the Maternity Hospital.

CHINESE.

EUROPEANS.

JAPANESE.

OTHER NATIONALITIES.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

Total Admis- sions.

Total Deaths.

Remaining Dec.

1

1

1

274

...

6

31st, 1906,...

January,...

February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December,

:

1

2

00 50 10

21 N

1

1

...

Total,......

14

10

31

17

72

1

379

Table V.Varieties of Malarial Fever met with monthly in the Government Civil Hospital.

Percentage to Patients

Month.

Quartan.

Simple

Tertian.

Malignant.

Mixed Infection.

Total.

admitted each Month.

January,

February,

March,

April,

May,

17

1

22

8.56

2

1.50

...

...

1

0.48

I

2.48

2

1.40

June, July,

4

4

3.33

5

30

35

13.41

August,

September,

October,

5

26

34

13.33

5

40

46

16.02

...

4

29

33

11.26

...

November,

December,

21

23

11.22

16

17

8.85

Total,

5

35

186

3

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,

94

370

124

588

1897,

99

320

107

526

14 7

1898.

87

279

122

488

19

1899,

117

421

151

692

16

1900,

183

522

215

920

4

1901,

202

521

214

937

1902,

150

479

307

936

1903.

130

-B31

198

759

1904,

118

342

247

707

4

1905.

109

416

201

726

10

1906,

106

381

190

677

3

380

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.

Sick Rate.

Mortality Rate.

Sick Rate.

Mortality 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,

115.01

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.

Remaining on 31st De-

Europeans.

Indians.

Chinese.

A.

D.

A.

D.

A.

D.

Total Admis- sions.

Total

Deaths.

cember, 1906.

January,

7

21

February, March.

April,

May,

June,

19

NX O

9

34

...

32

33

20

63

22

17

43

12

41

10

63

19

12

32

17

61

July,

17

25

$1

1

August.

39

20

68

September,

49

19

77

October.

40

19

67

November,

10

15

19

44

December.

11

16

35

Total.

160

381

1

190

2

677

3

381

Table IX.-Admissions for Malarial Fever from the most important Police Stations in the New Territories compared with Strength.

Stations.

1901.

1902.

1903.

1904. 1905.

1906.

Sha Ta Kok,

30.7

15.38

13.3

57.1

7.7

Ping Shan,

62.2

7.1

45.45

13.3

20.0

Sai Kung,

San Tin,

Tai Po,

28.2

16.6

16.6

50.0

42.8

25.0

10.0

10.0

70.0

50.0

33.3

27.2

16.6

9.0

Tai 0,

10.0

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.

~K

Strength.

January,

February.

March.

April.

May.

June.

July.

August.

September.

October.

November.

December.

ON

:

10

Total.

Percentage to Strength (Malaria

only).

6.7

26.3

Central,

341

No. 1,

13

No. 2,

38

No. 5,

11

No. 6 (Peak),

2

...

No. 7,

63

No. 8,

35

Mt. Gough,

20

Bay View,

10

Tsat Tse Mui,

7

Quarry Bay,

2

Shan-ki-wan,

11

Shek O...................

2

Stanley,

11

Aberdeen,

17

Pokfulum,

6

Kennedy Town,

Tsim Tsat Tsoi,

180

Yaumati,

39

}

Hung Hom,

17

Sam Shui Po,

14

Kowloon City,

16

Ping Shan,

15

Au Tau,

14

San Tin,

10

Sheung Shui,

14

Tai Po,

11

Sha Ta Kok,

13

Tai 0,

Tung Chung,

Sha Tin,

Sha Tin Gap,

3

Sai Kung,

7

55775

:

3

H : SHOHRP

:

:

:

63

80.0

71.4 100·0

36.3

1.1

7.6

14.3

35.7

10.0

14.3

9.0

7.7

NOTE :-Malaria is represented by the numerators-Febricnla by the denominators. Total=34.

Ta Ku Leng, Lamma Island, Cheung Chau, Junk Bay,

Green Island Stn.,

28.5

382

Annexe D.

REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE VICTORIA HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

ADMISSIONS, DISEASES AND DEATHS.

There were 278 admissio.us 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,

65

107

42

171

241

37

13

41

134

90

Malarial Fever.-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),

2

19

1

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 5.3 per cent.

Operations.-The following operations were performed during the year :-

Curetting, Laparotomy,

Tuinour of Chest,

Fistula-in-ano,

Osteotomy,

Rectal Abscess,

Circumcision,

Hæmorrhoids,

Polypus,

Degenerating Mole,..

6

1

1

1

1

1

3

1

1

 Seven of the confinement cases had chloroform administered and three were instru- mental cases; one infant was still-born.

383

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.

2

384

Table I.

VICTORIA HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

GENERAL Diseases.

Measles,

Chicken Pox,

Whooping Cough,

Influenza,

Diphtheria,

Febricnla.

Typhoid Fever,

Dysentery,

Plague,

Malarial Fever :

1. Quartan.

2. Simple Tertian, 3. Malignant,

Septicemia,

Tubercle,

Syphilis :--

(a.) Secondary,

(b.) Inherited,

Scurvy,

Alcoholism,

Rheumatism,

New Growth, Malignant,

Anæmia,

Sunstroke,

Debility,

Return of Diseases and Deaths in 1906.

LOCAL DISEASES,

Discases of Nervous System :--

SUB-SECTION 1.

Diseases of the Nerves:-

Meningitis,

SUB-SECTION 2.

Functional Nervous Disorders :-

Apoplexy,

Remain- ing in Hospital

Remain-

Yearly Total.

Total

Cares

ing in Hospital

Remarks.

at end of 1905.

Treated. at end of

Admissions Deaths.

1906.

2

6 B3

2

2

LAKE

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I

4

2

3

1

15

3

1

.

:

I

Paralysis,

Neurasthenia,

Diseases of the Eye,

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Ear,.....

1

Nose,

J

-;

,

95

Respiratory System,

13

"

"

Digestive System,

25

:

Lymphatic Systeni,

3

13

25

I

3

N

~

12561

Urinary System,

"

Generative System,

Male Organs,.

99

Female Organs,

16

16

Organs of Locomotion,

3

3

Cellular Tissue,

19

19

22

29

Skin,

3

3

Poisons,..

1

Parasites,

Parturition,

1

I

21

22

In Attendance,

Under Observation,

30

30

31

:

32

Total....

271

15

278

22

385

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

March,

484

 April, May,

2 33

February, March, April,

5.90

9-36

5:47

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

386

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,

78

.109

90

.120

...155

...166

160

.162

The patients under treatment were divided under the following headings :---

Paying, Police,

Police Cases,

Free Patients,

Government Servant,

28

1

..109

45

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 III. 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.

2

()

1

95

32

15

5

1

9

6

2

1

0

2

0

1

(

4

0

1

(

2

1

1

Total,.

149

35

387

DEATHS.

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 (cne Chinese and one Indian). Dementia 2 (one Chinese and one European), Phthisis Pulmonalis supervening on the latter, and three deaths were due to causes other than mental. Of these, one Europe-in 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 Wardiasters. 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 Nervons System :--

Congestion of Brain,

SUB-SECTION III.

Mental Diseases :-

Remaining in Hospital

YEARLY TOTAL.

at end of

1905.

Total cases

treated.

Admissions.

Deaths.

21

32

34

I

1

Remaining in Hospital

at end of

1906.

Idiocy,

Mania...

12

Melancholia,

Dementia,

6

Delusional Insavity,

I

Plague,

Opium Habit,

Under Observation,

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3

58

70

16

16

18

10

3

20

21

Injuries,

3

3

I

- XN

Total.....

22

162

9

184

18

Table II.-Birth-places and Diseases of those under treatment,

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ACUTE

CHRONIC

MELANCHOLIA.

MANIA.

MANIA.

DELUSIONAL

INSANITY.

DEMENTIA.

IDIOCY.

ALCOHOLISM. OBSERVATION.

TOTAL.

NATIVE OF

M.

F.

M.

F.

M. F.

M.

F.

M.

F.

M.

F.

M.

F.

M.

F.

M. F.

England,

Scotland,

Ireland,

Germany,

Austria,

U S. A.,

China,

16

India,

Japan,

Hongkong,

Straits Settlements,.

Macao,

Manila,

Chili,

Greece,

Korea,

17

...

...

...

29

1

...

...

...

...

1

1

10

10

2

2

2

1

1

...

7

35

11

7

...

1.

7

10

15

...

...

6

15

4

2

1

24

95

32

6

9

I

I

2

1.

1

...

...

...

I

...

1

I

...

to

2

1

33

I

28

149

35

388

389

Table III.-Occupation of those under treatment.

Males.

Females.

Barber,

Boy (Servant),

Coolie, Housewife,

1

Carpenter,

Clerk,.

1

Unclassified (for the most part coolies,

housewifes, etc.),

33

Constable, Police, E.,

1

Coolie,

51

35

Draughtsman,

Engineer,

Fireman,

Foreman,

Gauger,

Hawker,..

Medical Practitioner,

Overseer,

Seaman,

Teacher,.

Stone Mason,

Tallyman,

Watchman,

Unclassified,

1

1

2

18

1

1

1

53

149

$

1

390

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., 959 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.

 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 be 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 Plagne Branch,

Total cases notified including the above,

Bubonic.

Septic.

Pneumonic.

40

0

3

117

18

1

810

68

14

All the cases of Pneumonie and Septic Plague treated 'in Kennedy Town and the Tung Wah Plagne 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.

391

4. Chinese M. Left Femoral Bubo. Small vesicle on inflamed base at apes 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 Baboes.

on thigh containing Plague Bacilli.

7. Chinese M. Left Cervical Bubo. Left Tonsil ulcerated.

were swarming with Plague Bacilli.

Treatment of Plague.

Remains of pustule

Smears from ulcer

   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 Cyllin, 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 34·0.

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 w riton. The emulsion was filtered through ordinary filter paper and on micro-copical 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 3) 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 1

Left Femoral Bubo. Plague Bacilli in blood. in 1,000. Died three hours later.

Intravenous injection

   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 I 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 Bubo.

         Left Femoral Bubo. 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.

           as a last resort. The post-mortem showed that in some the bib es 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 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.

392

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,

10

5

Chinese,

26

12

Indian,

5

1

Eurasian,

Cingalese,

Japanese,

Chilian,

1

45

20

Variety of Small Pox.

The usual varieties were present in the following proportion

Males-European,

Discrete.

9

Confluent.

Chinese,

24

Indian,

5

Eurasian,

2

Cingalese,

1

Chilian,

ONOC=-

Hæmorrhagic.

1

0

1

41

3

1

Females-European,

2

1

Chinese...

7

4

Indian, Japanese,

1

11

x

I

Total.

52

Deaths.

The Deaths numbered eight and were :-

European-Male.

11

2

Female.

Hæmorrhagic 1 Confluent

1

Chinese:

Male,

Do.

1

Female.

Do.

2

Japanese :- Do. Chilian :-

Do.

1

Male,

Do.

1

7

In the case of the European who died from Hæmorrhagic Small Pox the hæmorrhagic symptoms set in on the third day, with hæmaturia, haemoptysis 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).

393

Table I.

Diseases treated in Kennedy Town Hospital.

Admitted.

Discharged.

Died.

Remarks.

Diseases.

M.

F.

M.

F.

M.

F.

Plague,

Mumps,

Malignant Malaria,

36

13

4

2

33

10

2

2

18

18

Choleraic Diarrhoea,

Acute Lobar Pueumonia,

Syphilis,

Small Pox,

Chicken Pox,

N.A.D...

In Attendance,

1

Total,...

62

15

28

35

10

Table II.

Diseases treated on board the hulk " Hygeia".

Admitted.

Discharged.

Died.

Discases.

M.

F.

M.

F.

M.

F.

Small Pox,

45

20

42

16

B

Syphilis,

1

4

In Attendance,

Total,......

51

21

48

17

3

Table III.

Analysis of Plague Deaths,

Suspected Cholera.

Plague.

(4

Hygeia" under repairs. Remaining under treatment.

Remarks.

Suspected Small Pox.

Bubonic.

Pneumonic.

Total.

Remarks.

Died.

Males.

Females.

Males.

Females.

Males.

Females.

Within 6 hours,

4

12

30 21

4

3

2

18

24

**

2 days,

B

5

10

Total,.......

2

IWKO 10 CNA

12

29

11

3

32

11

394

Annexe G.

REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER IN CHARGE OF VICTORIA GAOL.

 There was ne 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 accommodate 1 in Belilios Reformatory, the daily population of the Gaol has been well below the full co nplement. 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 481 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 discase 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 treate:1 in hospital. This is the more remarkable as the disease was mor 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

98

63

93

59

52

22

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 Gonorrhœs. The total number of out-patients, including the foregoing, was 68'. 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, I 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 G:0',

 One prisoner was murdered, by a fellow workman, in the wind pipe and all the large vessels of the neck were completely a peculiarly shaped knife used for cutting leather. Death w The murderer was subsequently executed.

s

Shoemakers' shop. The verel by a blow from ially instantan ons,

There were 18 deaths from natural causes, I murder, and four e recutions,

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).

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Table I.-DISEASES and DEATHS in VICTORIA GAOL HOSPITAL.

Remain YEARLY TOTAL,

Remain-

DISEASES.

ing in Hospital at end of

Total

Cases

ing in Hospital

Remarks.

Treated. at end of

Admissions.

Deaths.

1905.

1906.

GENERAL DISEASES.

Anæmia,

Influcuza,

Euterie 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,

38

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1

1

3

38

22

22

23

1

Mental Diseases-

Paralysis,

Idiocy,

Melancholia,

Dementia,

1

1

2

Diseases of the Circulatory System,

30

31

??

25

,,. Respiratory

29

29

30

"2

""

Digestive

54

55

1

"

>>

"

وو

Lymphatic

1

1

"

71

29

Urinary

**

Cellular

8

"

79

Injuries, Local,.

Under Observation,

6 114

6 114

Total,

5

356

18

361

9

Table II.--RATE of SICKNESS and MORTALITY in VICTORIA GAOL.

Total Number of :

Prisoners admitted to Gaol.

Admis- Cases treated Deaths Prison-

as

sions to Hos- pital.

due to

      ers in Out-patients. Discase, Gaol.

Daily Average Number of :---

Sick Hospital

in Hospital.

Out- patients.

Admissions to Hospital to Total Admissions to Gaol.

Rate per cent. of :--

of All Sick

Daily Average Daily Average

of Sick in Hospital to Daily Average of Prisoners.

in Gaol to

Deaths due to Disease

to Total

Daily Average Admissions

of Prisoners.

to Giaol.

5,799 355

681

18 518

7.69

17.27

6.13

1.48

4.81

0.3

Years.

396

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,

2,830

1,678

1,016

136

1898.

4.507

2,875

1,252

380

1899.

3,378

2,004

1,063

311

1900,

2,638

1,765

666

207

1901,

J

2,880

2,150

337

393

1902.

3,973

2,552

872

549

1903,

2,887

1,781

611

495

1904,

2,578

1,667

357

554

1905,

2,984

2,106

288

590

1908,..

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

6

1899.

4,789

434

503

1,778

5

1900,

5,432

486

495

1,523

6

1901.

5,077

499

348

1,316

9

1902,

5,988

576

516

1,760

6

1903.

7,273

653

568

1,715

16

1904.

7.464

726

893

1,173

17

1905,

6.323

697.41

441

1,020

13

1906,

5,799

518

355

631

18

397

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-chin, 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 sceures prompt and expeditions 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.

398

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 Autumn 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 conditions. 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.

399

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,

Name

of

Nationality.

Station.

Cases of Malarial Fever treated in

the Station.

Ping Shan.

Aü Taü.

San Tin.

Sheung Shui.

Tai Pó.

400

Table I.

Cases of Malarial

Fever sent into the Government Civil Hospital.

Cases of other diseases treated in the Station.

Cases of other diseases sent into the Government Civil Hospital.

European,...

1

Nil.

Nil.

Nil.

Indian,

8

Nil.

1

4

Chinese,.

Nil.

Nil.

}

European, ...

Mil

Nil.

}

Nil.

Indian.......

B

2

Nil.

I

Chinese,.......

Nil.

Nil.

Nil.

Nil.

European,

Nil.

Nil.

Nil.

Indian,

Nil.

Nil.

I

1

Chinese........

Nil.

Nil.

Nil.

5

European, ...

Nil.

Nil.

Nil.

Nil.

Indian,

13

1

1

3

Chinese,......

6

2

2

European, ...

N.

Nil.

Nil.

Nil.

Indian,

1

1

6

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

Nil.

Nil.

Nil.

European,...

Nil.

Nil.

1

2

Indian,.......

1

I

Nil.

6

Chinese,....

Nil

Nil.

Nil.

Nil.

European,

1

Nil.

NII.

Nil.

Indian,

NI.

Nil.

4

Chinese,

Nil.

Nil.

NU.

Mil.

401

Table II.

Nature of Disease.

Disease of the Respiratory System,

Circulatory

25

""

:)

Digestive

D

Skin,

9)

Eye,

Malarial Fever,

Ear...

Ulcers and Injuries,

Syphilis,

Rheumatism,

No. of Cases.

141

110

266

125

160

14

799

275

25

89

Total,

2,004

402

No M

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

At the 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 were discharged; 1,203 died; leaving 164 in the Hospital at the close of the year.

The 2,003 discharges includes 194 cases, which were transferred for treatment to other institutions, as follows:-13 to the Government Civil Hospital, 50 to Kennedy Town Hospital, 128 to the Tung Wah Plague Branch Hospital at Kennedy Town and 3 to Canton.

Of the 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.

403

   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, i.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

1

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 them 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 exten- 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.

1898.......

173....

102..

.571.

191

...118.......

84...

..521..........

..122

1899,.

279....

123..

305....

... 58

1900......

361..............

.214.

541....

.159

1901,...

112..

219.

507.

.122

1902,..

217.

.403......

.119

1903,....

.277..

170.

.221

61

1904....

742..

329..............

212.........

56

1905,.....

731...

..344.

.153...........

48

1906,

..517..

.257.............

.248..

96

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.

404

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.P.C.S. (Irel.)

405

Table I.

DISEASES and DEATHS in the TUNG WAH HOSPITAL, during the year.

DISEASES.

Remain- ing in Hospital at end of

Yearly Total.

Total Cases

Remain- ing in Hospital

Remarks.

Treated. at end of

1905.

Admissions. Deaths.

1906.

GENERAL DISEASES.

Febricula,

Enteric Fever,

Small Pox,

*

Diphtheria,

Cholera,

Dysentery,

Plague,*

25

25

-1

4

10

10

1

2

2

132

66

132

277

110

277

Malarial Fever :-

I. Quartan,

2. Simple Tertian,

36

3. Malignant,

I

160

96

161

Malarial Cachexia,.

12

Beri-beri,.....

50

517

237

567

Erysipelas,

5

4

Septicemia,

17

17

Tetanus,

6

6

Tubercle,

17

12

2008

91

6

12

32

16

17

7

20

Leprosy :-

Tubercular,

2

O

Syphilis :-

Secondary,

6

55

3

61

Rheumatism,

3

48

New Growth, non-malignant,

5

New Growth, malignant,

2

12

Anæmia,

16

Debility,

3

36

39

Marasmus,

2

Exophthalmic goitre,.

11547921

LOCAL DISEASES.

Diseases of Nervous System.

SUB-SECTION 1.

Diseases of the Nerves

Neuritis,

Meningitis,

SUB-SECTION 2.

Functional Nervous Disorders :-

Apoplexy,

Paralysis,..

Epilepsy,

Neuralgia,

:-

SUB-SECTION 3.

Mental Diseases :

2

10

222

2

10

19

22

1

2880

1

I

Mania,......

Melancholia,

Dementia,

Diseases of the Eve,......

"

呼多

"

Ear,

Circulatory System,.

+2∞

2

131

50

137

9

Respiratory System,

28

658

417

716

19

Digestive System,

315

123

$19

Lymphatic System,

12

16

2

་་

Urinary System,

18

6

18

Generative System :-

Male Organs,

Female Organs,

Organs of Locomotion,

14

14

3

3

5

5

Cellular Tissue,

""

Skin,....

70

78

18

119

137

15

21-10

9

Injuries :

General,

20

3

20

Local,

Parasites,

Parturition,

Total,

237

6

249

23

5

5

}

2

S

170

3,200

1.203

3,370

164

* Transferred at once, unless moribund, to Kennedy Town.

406

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.

European Chinese Treatment. Treatment.

Total. European Chinese

Treatment. Treatment.

Total.

GENERAL DISEASES:-

Febricula,

Enteric Fever,

Small Pox, *

Diphtheria,

22

3

ོ=

10

Cholera,

Dysentery,

Plagne,

*

64

277

:

Malarial Fever :-

1. Quartan,

2. Simple Tertian,

62

24

3. Malignant,

88

72

160

41

Malarial Cachexia,

7

Beri-beri,

262

255

517

109

Erysipelas,

10

Septicemia,...

8

9

Tetanus,

1

5

68

132

277

1:|"2 - 2 སྱཱ ཤྲཱི ཀ ཡ ཀ ོ

00

I

I

1

:

1

20

46

66

110

110

55

96

128

237

1

4

9

17

1

5

6

Tubercle,

Leprosy, Tubercular,

Syphilis :--

10

02

17

6

12

Secondary,

39

Rheumatism,

24

25

16

24

185

55

N

48

:

New Growth :-

(a.) Non-malignant,

5

5

:

(b.) Malignant,

7

Anemia,

Debility,

I8

18

36

Marasmus,

Exophthalmic goitre,

ཨ ོ} ཀླ།ཤྲུ ོ| -

:

:

12

21

16

:

:

:

-21

O

10 00

3

:

LOCAL DISEASES :-

Diseases of the-

Nervous System,

46

30

76

14

16

30

Eye......

36

5

41

Ear,

2

2

Circulatory System,

57

74

131

23

27

50

Respiratory System,

316

352

668

183

234

417

Digestive System,

148

167

315

62

61

123

Lymphatic System,

10

2

12

:

Urinary System,

14

4

18

R

6

Generative System :-

(a.) Male Organs,

11

14

(b.) Female Organs,

2

1

3

Organs of Locomotions,

5

5

Cellular Tissue,

46

24

ΤΟ

Skin,

76

44

119

Injuries :-

General,

Local,

7

B

20

95

142

237

22

***

6

Parasites,

Parturition,

2

Less moribund cases,

1,815 199

1,385 120

3,200

599

604

1,203

319

199

120

319

1,616

1,265

2,881

400

484

884

Less transferred elsewhere, ...

194

194

Net Total treated,

1,422

1,265

2,687

400

484

884

Table III-GENERAL STATISTICS relating to the TUNG WAH HOSPITAL during the year.

Remaining in

Patients.

Hospital at end of 1905.

Admissions.

Total Cases

Treated.

Discharged.

Died.

Remaining in Hospital at

Out-patients, Vaccinations.

end of 1906.

Destitute

Persons

Sheltered.

Dead Bodies

brought to Hospital Mortuary

for Burial.

Males,

Females,

128

42

2,658

512

2.786

584

1,743

919

124

42,857

1,151

1,789

428

260

284

40

28,231

1.297

254

207

Free Burials provided for Poor Persons.

Total,

170

3,200

3,870

2,003

1,203

164

65,588

2,448

1,993

635

2,386

Victoria.

Shaukiwan

Table IV. VACCINATIONS at, and in connection with, the Tung Wan Hospital, during the year.

Aberdeen.

Stanley.

Yaumati.

Hunghom.

Samshuipo.

Po Leung Kok.

Total.

1,785

72

29

19

215

89

211

28

2,448

407

408

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 present date.

Hours of Attendance.

Originally patients were seen on Thursdays from 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 Tung 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.

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Causes of Blindness.

The main causes of blindness in the Chinese are Trachoma and birth ophthalmia. It is pitiful to see the ravages of these discases. In Hongkong of the two causes Trachoma is the more frequent. I have now under treatment 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 anaesthetic 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.

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 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

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 at end of

Remain-

Yearly Total.

Total

Cases

ing in Hospital.

Remarks.

Treated. at end of

Admissions]

Deaths.

1905.

1906.

Small Pox,

Dysentery,

GENERAL DISEASES,

Malarial Fever,

Malarial Cachexia,.

Tetanus,

Tubercle,.

Syphilis, Secondary,

Syphilis, Tertiary,

Opium Habit,

Scurvy,

New Growth, non-malignant,

New Growth, malignant,

Debility,..

LOCAL DISEASES,

1

4

1181 21 - 30 - 30 - 1-0 --

1

1

1

1

1

6

1

Diseases of Nervous System.

Functional Nervons Disorders :-

Paralysis,

Diseases of Eye,

4

110

:

Ear

}

5

114

1

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Nose,

Circulatory System,

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Respiratory System,

12

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Digestive System,

12

17

Lymphatic System,

10 10 10 00 10

2

3

12

13

2

1 10 20 10 20 10

3

Urinary System,

3

27

Male Organs,

11

**

Organs of Locomotion,

Cellular Tissue,

40

43

73

Skin,

1

35

36

Injuries, General, Injuries, Local,

Malformatious,

Snake Bite,.

36

39

1

Total,

24

317

17

341

15

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Table II.

ALICE MEMORIAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL.

RETURN of DISEASES and Deaths,

DISEASES.

Remain- ing in Hospital

Yearly Total.

at end of 1905.

Admissions Deaths.

Remain- Total

ing in Cases Hospital Treated. at end of

1906.

Remarks,

Labour,

LOCAL DISEASES,

87

4

91

Disenses of Female Organs,

Out-patients attended at their houses by Dr. SIBREE :--.

--Laboi cases, 45.

Out-patients attended at their houses by Government Midwives (Chinese) muder the s Labour cases. 188.

perintendence of Dr. SIBREE :--

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Table III.

NETHERSOLE HOSPITAI

RETURN of DISEASES and Deaths.

DISEASES.

Remain- ing in Hospital! at end of 1905.

Yearly Total.

Remain-

Total

Cases

ing in Hospital

Remarks.

Treated. at end of

Admissions Deaths.

1906.

Small Pox,

Plague,

Dysentery,

GENERAL DISEASES,

Malarial Fever,

Beri-beri,

Erysipelas,

Malarial Cachexia,

Tetanus,

Tuberele......

Syphilis, Tertiary,

Rheumatism,

New Growth, non-malignant, New Growth, malignant,

Anæmia.

Debility,

LOCAL DISEASES.

Diseases of Nervous System.

SUB-SECTION 1.

Discuses of the Nerves:

Meningitis,

SUB-SECTION 2.

Functional Nervous Disorders

Hysteria...

Diseases of the Eye,

Ear,

11

20

20

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Circulatory System,. Respiratory System,

Digestive System, Lymphatic System, Urinary System,

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19

19

27

29

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Generative System,

Male Organs.

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Female Organs,

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Organs of Locomotion,

10

11

Cellular Tissue,

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17

18

Skin,.

39

40

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Injuries, General

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Local,

Malformations,

Poisons :-

Opium,

Ol. Menth Pip,

1

Total,

16

319

35

335

22

R. MACLEAN GIBSON, M.D., C.M.

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Annexe L.

REPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT BACTERIOLOGIST.

(.) Staff.

I. THE BACTERIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.

(b.) Buildings.

(c.) General Statistics.

(d.) Notes on Parasitic Worms.

(e.) Rais 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. (.) The "Bacteria of Indication" in Water.

(7.) Preparation of Vaccine Lymph.

(a.) Staff.

(4.) Buildings.

IL-THE PUBLIC MORTUARY.

(.) General Statistics.

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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 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. 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.

At

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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.

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.

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

III. Examination of Disinfectants.

IV. Tumours Examined.

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V. Vaccine Statistics.

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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 We could fiad no evidence in favour of Korté's recent researches. No structures, suggestive of parasites could be found in any of the internal organs.

found.

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, eg., 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 tropies. 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.

Plaque.-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 Epinuic 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.-The 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 year. 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.

0-1 year,

1- 5 years,

5-10

11

10-20

")

20-30

""

Over 30

>>

8

13

5

2

3

..10

Total,

41

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 amaba were present or absent. In some cases the amæbæ 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, amaba were present along with bacilli which gave many of the reactions of the so-called B. dysen- 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.

teriæ.

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 300-100. It is more prevalent in adults than in children--ride 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 flake 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.

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   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,

5. Undetermined Rats-Size of Mus rattus,

6. Baby Rats-undetermined,

12 per cent.

.. 18

""

48

>>

2

5

....

15

    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 occurred 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 Disease", in 1903.

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"Cattle

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 commonest 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 motile, and granular. (T. granulosum.) They are found in eels, carp, tench, salmon, bream, and barbel.

Birds.-Protcosoma 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, eg., 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 describe 1. 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 examinations, 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 diseas?.

   These periodic bacteriological examinations are of consi lerable 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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that

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 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, de 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 Treasury.

The attebed Tables Nos. V and VI show the extent of the work done during the past. year. 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.

1902,

1903,

1904,

1905.

1906,

Table No. I.-Epimnic 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

27

Total No. of Hongkong Rats found infected,

511

168

679

....

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

Year.

No. of Rats examined.

No. of Rats found infected.

Percentage found infected.

117,839

2,015

101,056

3,744

1.7% 3.7

21,907

993

4.5

30,888

1,450

30.701

679

4.7% 2.2%

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Table No. III.-Examination of Disinfectants.

Carbolic Acid Co-efficiencies.

Name of Disinfectant.

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

3.--Snowdol,

2.--Hygienol,

4.-Camphorine,.....

5.-Creocide...

B. pestis.

B. typhosus.

B. coli.

16.

11

9

4

1

1

10

6

0

0

5

Table No. IV.-Tumours Examined.

Source of Tumour.

Nationality.

Nature of Growth.

1. Intra-uterine,

2.-Lip,

3.-Intra-uterine, 4.-Axilla.

5.- Do.,

European.

Do.

Blood clot. Carcinoma.

Eurasian.

Deciduoma.

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Chinese.

Do.

6.--Mammary Gland,

Do.

7.--Rectum,

European.

8.-Jaw,

Do.

9.-Nose,

Do.

10.-- Abdominal Wall,

Chinese.

Inflammatory.

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

Table No. V.-Vaccine Statistics.

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,

4,257

Value of Tubes paid for,

$ 1,430.50

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

Vaccine paid for,

4,257

The Victoria Gaol,

1,050

The Tung Wah Hospital,

1,840

The Civil Hospital,

656

The Alice Hospital,

482

The New Territories,...

The French Convent,

300

The Sanitary Department,

112

100

Total,

8,797

.

422

Table No. VII.-Age Incidence of Opisthorchis Sinensis in

140 Livers without selection.

AGE.

With Flukes.

Without Flukes.

Total Examined.

Percentage.

Under 1,

0

21

21

0

1- 5,

16

17

6

5-10.

1

11

12

8

10-20,

5

11

16

31

20--30,

12

18

30

40

30-40,

15

24

62

40-50,

9

2

11

81

Over 50,

1

9

89

Total,

51

89

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. Hankor.

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

Male cadavers examined,

Female

""

Sex undetermined,

Total,

1,259

837

44

2.140

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.

423

Table I.-Source of Bodies.

1906.

Found in No. of Bodies. House, Mat-

shed, Boat, etc.

Found in Street, vac. ground, etc.

Found

in Harbour.

Total Per Cent.

Dumped.

January,

99

55

44

44

Februay,

105

41

64

61

March,

188

101

87

46

April,

243

140

103

42

May,

346

215

128

3

37

June,

190

119

70

1

36

July,

159

93

65

1

40

August..

141

88

53

38

September,

172

65

44

63

25

October.

261

112

57

92

21

November.

115

60

51

4

44

December,

121

71

46

38

Table II-Epitomy of Causes of Death.

I. Total General Diseases,

.1.296

H. Local Diseases :-

(a.) Of the Nervous System,

6

(b.) (c.)

Circulatory System,

39

Respiratory System,

230

(d.)

19

Digestive System,

129

(e.) (4.)

Genito-Urinary System,

9

Other Systems,

III. Deaths from Violence,

5

418

246

IV. Decomposed Bodies,

180

Total,

2,140

Small Pox,

Plague,

Enteric Fever,

Cholera,

Diphtheria,

Beri-beri,

Malaria,

Septicæmia,

Syphilis,

General Tuberculosis

Table III-General Diseases.

Premature Birth.

Atelectasis,

Still-birth,

Injury during birth,

Marasmic conditions,

Opium Poisoning,

Poisoning by Hair Tonic,

Potassium Cyanide Poisoning,

Cellulitis,

Old Age,.

Pyæmia, Erysipelas,

93

498

5

2

145

82

22

3

37

35

35

82

1

226

4

1

1

12

2

Total,

.1,296

424

Table IV.- Local Diseases.

(a.) Of the Nervous System.

Acute Meningitis,

Cerebral Softening.. Cerebral Hæmorrhage,

Cerebral Abscess,

(b.) Of the Circulatory System.

Acute Pericarditis,.

Aneurism of Aorta,

Fatty Heart,

Cardiac Syne pe.

Aortic Valvular Disease,

Hydro-pericardium,

(c.) Of the Respiratory System.

Acute Bronchitis,

Croupous Pneumonia,

Gangrene of Lung,........ Catarrhal Pneumonia,

Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Acute Pleurisy,

Empyema,

(.) Digestive System.

Intus-susception,

Mesenteric Tuberculosis,

Strangulated Hernia,

Acute Peritonitis, .

Cancer of the Stomach,

Jaundice,.

";

Pylorus.

Sigmoid,

Cancrum Oris,...

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

Gastric Ulcer.

Suppurative Parotitis,

Abscess of Liver,

Cancer of Liver,

Dysentery,

Diarrhoea,

Enteritis...

Entero-colitis,

Complete Cleft Palate (starvation ), Duodenal Ulcer,

1

1

Total,

6

11

17

1

1

1

Total,

39

9 69

I

99.

34

6

12

Tora!,

230

2

}

3

13

2

1

2.

1

4

1

1

1

2

1

2

1

41

35

11

1

1

1

Total,....

129

__

425

(e.) Of the Genito-Urinary System.

Acute Nephritis,.

Rupture of Ulcerated Bladder,

Pelvic Abscess,

Placenta Prævia,

(F.) Of the Other Systems.

Goitre,

Acute Necrosis of Bone,.

Femoral Abscess,

Abdominal Abscess,

Gangrene of Leg,

6

1

1

1

Total,.....

9

1

1

1

1

Total,........

5

Table V.-Injuries (Deaths from Violence).

I-General.

Drowning,

Suffocation,

Multiple Injuries,

Hanging,

Strangulation,

165

21

17

2

3

1

1

Privation,

Burns,..

II.--Local.

Concussion,

Fracture of Skull, Scalp Wound,.

Laceration of Brain,

Cut Throat,..

2

16

1

1

1

Wound of Neck,

1

Rupture of Spleen,

7

Rupture of Liver and Spleen,

2

Fracture of Spine,

1

Injury of Heart,

2

Hæmo-peritoneum (traumatic),.

1

Fracture of Pelvis,.

1

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

.246

Table VI.-Nationality of Bodies.

Chinese,

European,

American,

Indian,

Papuan,

2,126 8

1

1

Negro,

1

Japanese,.

1

Total,

2,140

426

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 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:

....Lt. Femoral Bubo,

Rt. Femoral Bubo,

43.

Rt. Inguinal Bubo,

2...

Lt. Inguinal Bubo,....= 2

Rt. Axillary Bubo,

17...

...Lt. Axillary Bubo,

9

Double Femoral.

Cervical,

Mesenteric,

Double Injural,... .Submaxillary,

Return of Causes of Death.

1. Total General Diseases,.

2.

2

2..

1

... 460

2. Local Diseases,

(a.) of the Nervous

System,

2

(b.)

$1

Circulatory

34

(c.)

Digestive

17

11

(d.)

(e.)

:)

(f)

Respiratory Urinary Generative

176

"

6

31

D

""

3. Total Injuries

257

4. Total Decomposed Bodies,

199

Total,..

1,156

Table I.-GENERAL DISEASES.

Small Pox,

Plague:-Pneumonic,

Septic,

Bubonic,..

42

1

31

119

-151

Diarrhoea,

1

Dysentery-Amæbic,

Beri-beri,.

6

22

Malaria.....

100

Septicemia,

1

Syphilis,

I

Aente General Tuberculosis,

15

Premature Birth.

11

Still Born,.

11

Marasmus,

79

Distomiasis.

6

Raynaud's Disease,

Caries of Spine-Tubercular,

Infantile Convulsions,

Too decomposed,

1

1

5

Total,......

460

427

Table II.-LOCAL DISEASES.

I-Of the Nervous System.

Cerebral Hæmorrhage,

Embolism of Brain,

1

1

Total..

II.-Of the Circulatory System.

Acute Fibrinous Pericarditis,

Septic Pericarditis,.

Aneurism of Aorta,

Fatty Degeneration of Heart,..

Aortic Valvular Disease,

Mitral Valvular Disease,

12

2

1

8

6

Total,............ 34

III-Of the Respiratory System.

Chronic Bronchitis,.

Acute Catarrhal Pneumonia,

Acute Fibrinous Pneumonia,

Phthisis,

Pulmonary Tuberculosis,

Acute Pleurisy,

Empyema,

Emphysema,

Hæmoptysis,

2

91

42

5

26

5

1

1

Total,.................................. 176

IV.-Of the Digestive System.

Appendicitis,

Abscess of Spleen,

Strangulated Inguinal Hernia,

Acute Yellow Atrophy of Liver,

1

1

1

1

Tubercular Peritonitis,

Septic Peritonitis,

Tabes Mesenterica,

Enteritis,

3

1

3

6

Total,...

17

V-Of the Urinary System.

Acute Parenchymatous Nephritis,.

3

Sub-Acute

do.,

do..

1

Chronic Nephritis,

1

Tubercular Nephritis,..

1

6

VI.--Of the Generative System.

Puerperal Septicemia,

Salpingo Oophoritis,

4

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

5

1. General:---

428

Table III.-INJURIES.

Shock by lightning,.

Multiple Injuries, .

,,

.....

(Typhoon),

Incised wounds-(Multiple),

3

11

4

Suffocation:

(a.) Submersion,

13

(Typhoon),

.203

(b.) By earth,

1.

c.) By cement,

1

2

2. Local :-

(d) Strangulation,.....

1. Of the Head :-

Fracture of Vault of Skull, Fracture of Base of Skull,

Bullet wound in Skull,

2. Of Abdomen :-

G

Rupture of Spleen

1

8

1

5

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:-

3

1

1

5

January 46

May

175

September

259

February

39

June

133

October

78

March

70

July

74

April

92

August

70.

November

December

67

52

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

Medical Officer in Charge.

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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:-

T-Chemico-legal.

No. of Articles

examined.

Toxicological (including 8 stomachs),

78

Articles for stains,

27

Articles for fire enquiries,

12

11-Potable Waters.

Public Supplies,

Wells, etc.,

48

20

III-Dangerous Goods Ordinance.

Petroleum Oil,

91

Liquid Fuel.

16

IV.-Food and Drugs Ordinance.

Vinegar,

1

Brandy

5

Flour, Milk, Whisky, Rum,

Port Wine,

10

37

22

Beer,

Butter,

NXN

V.--Building Materials.

Cement,...

12

Limestone,

I

Lime,......

VI-Prepared Opium Ordinance.

Liquid,

Opium Pills.

Powders,

I

*

3

25

VII-Mineralogical, etc.

Coins,

Metals,

Ores,

Coal,

ī

21

17

3

VIII-Miscellaneous.

Disinfecting powders,

10

Coal-tar disinfectants,

9

Oils,

Boiler deposits,..

Soft Soap,

3

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

wash, Liquid, Tobacco, one cach,

א

550

-430

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, i.e., 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, ainmonium oxalate, ferric chloride, silver nitrate and mercurie 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. liquid fuel flashed at temperatures exceeding 150° F.

All the samples of

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,

Rum. Whisky,.

Description.

No. of samples.

No. found genuine.

No. found adulterated.

8

8

1

I

28

28

2

8

12

12

 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.

At

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  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,

.7

.1

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,

1.

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.

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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 1 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.

81

Pounds.

91

79

63

99

85

111

41

52

81

92

25

29

28

32

Did not set.

6

After 28 days. After 56 days.

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

11.

Do..

do.,

44

61

57

58

* 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

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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 (1333lbs.). 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.

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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.

Month.

dried at 100° C.

Saline Chlorine. Ammo-

nia.

Albume- Oxygen

noid absorbed in Ammo- 4 hours

nia. at 80° F.

Nitrites.

in Nitrates.

Nitrogen Sugar Test for

the detection of Se wage.

Poi-

sonous Metals.

Pokfulum.

3.3

.6

Absent. Absent.

.007

Absent.

.012

No trace of

Absent.

Tytam

3.0

Sewage indicated.

.6

January...

Kowloon

3.3

.6

99

.00%

.008

*

"

.005

.016

"

Cheung

29

Sha Wan.

3.7

Pokfulum.

3.2

Tytam

3.3

February

Kowloon

3.5

abbla

.6

.007

.012

39

""

.6

.003

.008

""

"

.010

5

"

Absent.

99

.6

.003

.020

25

.་

Cheung

Sha Wan.

4.5

A

4

.002

*

.008

Pokfulum

3.3

Tytam

3.3

March'.

Kowloon.

3.0

999

.007

.008

29

.007

་་

.008

""

99

.008

.016

""

Chenug

Sha Wan.

4.2

+

.1

.006

.004

Pokfulum

5.2

.6

Tytam

4.3

April...

Kowloon

5.7

999

.0028

.023

.016

29

"

.6

.0014

.012

.004

"

99

""

Absent.

.012

.004

Cheung

Sha Wan.

5.3

.5

.012

.004

""

"

""

Pokfulum.

3.7

Tytam

4.3

.6

May

Kowloon

.

4.0

999

.6

.0014 Absent.

.017

.008

25

""

.012

.008

51

J

་་

.007

.008

爷爷

Cheung

Sha Wan.

3.8

10

.005

2016

*

::

Pokfulum.

5.2

Tytam

3.5

June

Kowloon

.....

3.3

195

.0014 .0014 Absent. Absent.

.025

.008

99

"

.014

.004

"

**

.003

A

.008

"

Cheung

Sha Wan.

4.3

.6

.0014 .0028

.009

.004

Pokfulum.

5.3

Tytam

3.8

.7

July

Kowloon

3.8

.7

977

.8 Absent. Absent.

.014

.003

.012 Absent.

་་

"

.003

.012

""

Cheung

Sha Wan.

4.2

Pokfulum

4.3

Tytam

3.0

.6

August

Kowloon

8.8

91-99

9*

.007

Absent.

وو

"

.7

.016

.008

"

""

**

"

.005

95

"

.008

""

"

.6

.005

.016

"

Cheung

Sha Wan.

3.8

.6

.005

.008

Pokfulum.

4.7

Tytam

3.3

September

Kowloon

4.5

9448

.9

.012

.་

27

"

.010

.་

**

.008 Absent.

.008

.016

31

""

Cheung

Sha Wan.

4.3

.5

.008

.008

""

Pokfulum

3.5

.9

Tytam

3.0

.7

October

Kowloon

3.5

.5

94-9

.010

.012

"

.0014 .0014

.008

.012

"

29

Absent. Absent.

.010

.016

Cheung

Sha Wan.!

3.3

5

.0014 .0014

.008

.008

99

Pokfulum

4.7

Tytam

3.5

.8

November

Kowloon

4.2

97818

.9 Absent. Absent.

.0014

.010

.012

.008

.018

Absent. .0014

.008

.008

"

"

Cheung

Sha Wan

4.0

.5

Absent.

.008

.008

وو

*

Pokfulum

4.3

.9

Tytam

3.5

.8

December

Kowloon

4.0

.6

206

.0014

.014

.029

""

"

Absent.

.007

.016

""

.0014 .0014

.005

.024

"

""

Cheung

Sha Wan.

4.2

.5

Absent. Absent.

.005

.012

""

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

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

Total

Solid

Albume-absorbed

Date.

Situation.

Depth.

Matter Chlorine.

Saline

Ammonia.

dried at

100° C'.

noid in 4 Ammonia. hours at 80° F.

Oxygen Nitrogen in

Nitrates Nitrites.

and

Nitrites.

Sugar Test for the Detection of Sewage.

Poisonous

Metals.

General Remarks.

435

1906.

Jan. 6

Water from a house in Conduit Road,

5.0

•6

Absent.

Absent.

.016

.008

Absent.

No Sewage indicated.

Absent.

13

Water from crook at Happy Valley,

Deposit of iron oxide.

9:0

.0028

.0028

.027

.041

April 20

""

Well at 6, Duddell Street,

16 feet.

7.2

·9

Absent.

·0014

.011

.383

May 15

23

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

3:3

*6

.0028

·0028

.022

.008

稀多

3.7

·6

·0014 Absent. .007

.008

July 12

Stream on the

??

Kowloon-Canton

Railway,

4:0

'6

Absent.

·0014

.022

.004

""

12

""

Stream on the Kowloon-Canton

3

Railway,

4·0

*6

Absent.

.015

""

.004

27

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

21

·0070

.007

,!

.147

་་

Water at Au Tan,

4:0

·0056

0·014

.094

.016

"

Dec.

4

Well at Tai Po below the Station,

13 fect.

41.0

210

·0028

·0028

.021

.024

3399

**

""

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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 Civi! 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:-

 Anthrax.-Five cases occurred, one each in January, June and October, and two in March. 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 anaemia 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.)

Hams (unwholesome),

Condemned Police Uniforms,

Coal used,...

899

219

495

4,739 lb.

60 lb.

22

480

............57,706 lb.

This figure

The average cost for fuel per head for cremating works out at 35.5 cents. 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.

last

SLAUGHTER HOUSES.

Kennedy Town-The

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 30

Export fees:-

""

28,503 50

27

**

.....$ 5,998.20

3,055.00 49.192.20

14,251.50

11,222 10

19,739 10

"

1,122.20

;

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 Aberleen.-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,

27

19

Blood and hair Contract at Kennedy Town,

Slaughtering Contract for Hung Hom, Aberdeen, and

Shaukiwan,.....

.$ 75,572.50

458.38

6,636.00

11,052.00

Total,

The total amount of animals slaughtered in the Colony were:-

Kennedy Town,

Hung Hom,...

Shaukiwan,

$ 93,718.88

Cattle.

Sheep and Goats.

Swine.

22,478

15,275

163,974

4,663

1,128

28.594

4,547

3,471

Total,

27,141

16.403

200,586

Aberdeen,......

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

3:

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

  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. 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."

  Stomo.rys (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 completed and handed over to the Sanitary Board. It is more than filled by fish and poultry dealers from 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 Haemorrhagic 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, 1996, 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.C.V.S.

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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 necessary work.

All of these have been complied with. 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. $8 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 Foremen.

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.),

2

1

Do.

B. & S.'s Office),

1

1

Pedder Street (Hotel Mansions),

Junk Bay (Milling Co.),

10

1

No. 16 Des Vœux Road Central,

Ice House Street (St. George's Club),

4

2

3

17

2

6

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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.

3

3

$120

Bye-law 32,.

1

4

$125

Table A.

DRAINAGE AND RE-DRAINAGE.

J. J. BRYAN.

Year.

No. of houses received.

No. of

No. of

houses

drained.

houses cancelled.

Total.

No. in hand.

Quarter.

Ist.....

60

Carried forward from 1905 ) 2nd, and dealt with in 1906) 3rd,

4th,

9658

I

15

10

67

36

189

30

219

152

ist,....

30

Received and dealt with in

1906,

2nd,

43

•4

3rd,

28

3

4th,

27

33

48

80

123

40

Total,......

342

192

40

232

110

Year.

443

Table B.

REPAIRS OR ADDITIONS.

No. of houses received.

No. of

houses

Quarter.

1st,

passed.

31

No. of houses cancelled.

༣།

2

Total.

No. in hand.

Carried forward from 1905) 2nd, and dealt with in 1906) 3rd,

13

8

4th,

57

12

136

109

14

123

18

Ist,.......

89

10

Received and dealt with in) 2nd,

31

48

B3

1906

3rd,

115

34

4th,

54

115

289

207

21

228

61

Total,....

125

316

35

351

71

Table C.

Year.

Plans received.

Houses drained.

Plans cancelled.

Houses carried

Certificates granted under

Sction 34 of

forward.

Ord. 1 of 1901.

799

573

226

175

1889,...

1890,..

500

529

191

409

1891,

681

643

80

198

475

693

597

106

208

228

1892,

1893,

1894,

1895,

847

699

104

252-

219

878

555

8

267

46

2,815

1,889

1,449

131

1896,

1,786

2.128

84

1,023

425

1897,..

803

1,201

35

599

400

1898,.

738

768

97

-463

367

1899,.

416

395

20

464

310

1900,.

643

323

43

741.

1901,...

...

1,051

715

56

1,021

796

1902,

432

726

14.

713

898

1903,...

263

415

350

211

407

$4

1904,

296

197

29

281

137

1905,...

152

189

25

219

20.

1906,.

123

192

40

110

87

13,916

12,714

1.091

5.800

No. 19.

SOIT

QUI M

DIEU

ISN

MON DROIT

SUPPLEMENT

TO

The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of FRIDAY, the 19th of JULY, 1907.

Published by Authority:

REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

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 ist 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, from 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, 1906.

   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 schools. 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. On 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 Fenlong 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 soon as this state of affairs was realised, punkahs for pupils were forthwith provided.

15. A playground is badly needed.

As

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 remediel.

 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 October.

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 I 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 Tanglungchan 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 enrol- 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. A second English: master was engaged early in the Mr. PARKIN.

year,

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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.

28. The average attendance shows only a very slight increase. The school is however overcrowded from a pedagogic, though not from a hygienic standpoint. It has been decided to house the Tanglungehau 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 convinced 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 sound 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 number 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 85 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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41. But while the weakest of the schools have thus been warned, encouragement has been given to the better, by offering free scholarships for 4 years from them into either the Belilios 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 Kowloon 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 much valuable information. It is generally agreed that they are too long for pupils who very 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 most interesting to the pupils and also to their who attended in considerable numbers. A very good course was given at St. Joseph's parents, 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 I hope to be present at the Conference which is to be held in London next May.

year.

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. managed by a Committee, under the Chairmanship of the Registrar General, who is sending They are 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 showing 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.

No.

DESCRIPTION.

Name and Nature.

Number of

Standards,

Classes or

Forms.

L'

SCHOOL STATISTICS.

Numbe Maximum Average of School Monthly At- Days. Eurolment. tendance.

Rate of

Fees.

Fees Gross Cost. Collected.

Not Cost

to Govern-

Ditto for

cach unit in

REMARKS,

ment.

average attendance.

- 158

196

57

7,149.25 1,979.00

}

2

Kowloon British School.-Children of European British Parentage. Boys under thirteen and Girls, Victoria British School.-Children of European British Parentage. Girls under thirteen and Boys,

198

55

$2 to 85

6,723.21

2,101.50

6,170.25 90.70 4,621.77 84.03

and Tofant Class,

1583

18

36

7,291.59

6

1945 !

51

$2 to $5

5.826.17

769.50

14,339.00

6,522.09 181.17 4,387.17 99.70

Belilios Public School.-English and Anglo-Chinese Side. Boys under twelve and Girls,.

195

113

98

6

192

101

82

50% to $1.50

11,008.01

8,076.34

1,248,00 9,760.01 104.94 1.098.50 6,977.84

85.09

195/

61

44

3.499.37

745.00

2,754.37

62.59

4 Salyingpan Anglo-Chinese School (Boys).

1863

119

92

$1 to $2

4.795.81

1,907.00

2.888.81

31.40

6

Wantsai

do.,

7

Anglo-Indian School (Boys),

do.,

Yaumati

do..

do..

1924

125

98

189

218

171

I to X2

8,119.26 1,832.00 6,287.26 8.729.78 3,555,00 5.174.78

64.15

30.26

303

228

162

140

231

185

146

xl to $2

4,015.39: 2,349.00 1,666.39 5,593.62: 3,022.00 2.571.62

11.90

17.61

192

44

33

758,71

485.00

273.71

8.29

1881

54

39

50c. to $1.50

1.432.96

572.50

860.46

22.06

170

32

24

613.32

123.00

490,32

20.43

Aberdeen Anglo-Chinese School (Boys),...

1863

27

23

50 cents.

680.02

112.00

568.02

24.69

do..

9

Tanglungchan

do.

· 10

11

Venlong

Taipo

do..

do.

do..

do.

12

Ping Shan

do..

do.

13

Belilios Public School,- Vernacular Side, (Girls),

14

Sheko Vernacular School (Boys),

1754

40

35

770.00

163,00

607.00

17.37

2

1883

11

BB

50r, to Sl

792.55

331.00

461.55

13.98

?

104%

99

1.316.95

90.00

1.226.95

68.16

1925

25

16

50 cents.

1,332.80

91.50

1,240.80

77.85

152

19

12

50 cents.

614.32

53.00

561,82

46.77

Opened in May, 1906.

1

108

29

16

50 cents.

305.40

58.00

248.40

15.52

Opened in Aug., 1906.

212

267

189

Free.

1,232.86

1,232.86

6.52

280

268

187

25 cents.

2,079.21

564.00

1.515.21

8.10

2:9

19

16

240

B3

11

108.00

150.00

108.00

7.20

150.00

13.63

1,001

783

45.882.71

9.783.50 36,099.21

46.17

1,281

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...

19. Taipo Anglo-Chinese School.... 11. Venlong Anglo-Chinese School...

12. Pingshan Anglo-Chinese School.

13. Belilios Public School (Chinese)........

1901.

1902.

1903. 1904. 1905.

1906.

(.

$

('.

$

C.

924 00:1,849.50 1,952,50: 1,979.00

2,101,50

769.50

1,439.00

3.50 34.00

1,182.50 1,452.50|1,604.00 1,278,50 1,248.00 118.50 587.50. 934.00 745.00 308.00 1,219.50 1,832.00 612.00 1,591.50 2,349.00 3022.00

1,098.50

1,90700.

3,555.00

201.50 485.00

572.50

123.00

112.00

163.03

33100

53.00

90.00

91.50

58.00

564.00

Total,

1,132.50|2,532.50 4,961.00 7,177,50 9,783.5) 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

455

Table IV.

TOTAL OF GOVERNMENT AND GRANT SCHOOLS (UPPER AND LOWER GRADIs).

UPPER GRADE.

LOWER GRADE.

TOTAL.

MANAGING Body.

Schools, Pupils. Schools. Pupils. Schools. Pupils.

Queen's College,

1

1.005

1

1.005

Education Department,

77

150

14

927

Roman Catholic Mission,

9

8

876

17

1,131

Secular,

319

39

358

Church of England,

275

275

Church Missionary Society, Rhenish Mission,

London Missionary Society, Basel Mission, Wesleyan Mission,

American Board Mission, Perlin Foundling House,

120

15

541

18

661

18

1

60

2

78

19

650

19

650

187

187

109

f

109

...

75

1

75

1

40

40

Total.

24

3 269

61

2,227

5,496

Girls,

Boys,

Girls,

Boys, ..

456

Table VI.

Proportion of Girls to Boys.

A

IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, INCLUDING QUEEN'S COLLEGF.

IN GRANT SCHOOLS.

TOTAL.

324

1.641

1.965

1,608

1,923

8.581

1,932

3.564

5,496

B

IN UPPER GRADE VERNACULAR SCHOOLS

IN LOWER GRADE VERNACULAR

TOTAL.

SCHOOLS.

278

1.046

1.324

822

822

278

1,868

2.146

Number of

Tupils (Average Attendance).

4,000

Table V.

CHART.

1895. 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. 1900. | 1901. 1902. 1903. | 1904. 1905. 1908.

3,900

3,800

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

1,200

1356

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 Queen's College). Government and Grant Schools, Vernacular.

Private Schools, English (Max. monthly enrolment).

Private Schools, Vernacular (Max. monthly enrolment.)

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Appendix A.

No. 1.-Kowloon British School.

Stuff'.-B. JAMES, M.A., Mrs MAIN, Mrs. MURRAY and Miss HOLMES.

  Discipline and Organization.-Very good. School, has been very weak numerically. On stronger than usual, numbering 15 pupils.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 230 pupils.

Apparatus.--Very satisfactory.

Form II, the lowest but one in the Upper the other hand the 3 highest Forms were

  English-Reading.-Good. Writing. Handwriting has considerably improved in the lower Forms. The compositions 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 examinations would permit the reading of standard authors in school. If this is impossible, the formation of a school library would, I feel sure, do much good.

Geography-Cosil. Some very good papers were written at examination in the Upper School.

History.-The lower 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. 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 good in the Upper School. The Lower School appear to me to be somewhat backward, and I noticed a distinct weakness in mental arithmetic.

  French. The following extracts with which I concur are from a report made by Mr. M. D.'AGOSTINI. The most advanced pupils had been studing for only 16 months :-

  "Considering the time they have studied I found the result "Satisfactory." Their pronunciation is very accurate, 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 story and the subject of a voyage. The students understood a great deal of what I said, and 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 students are rather weak in composition. I think the method by which they are learning is very 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 much as possible to the Junior one. When the students do not under- stand the row words and 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 relate 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, learn 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.-Excellent.

Needlework.-The Sub-Inspector of Needlework reports that while otherwise good, the sewing in the Upper 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. Jonx-

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. 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."

As

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 69 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 ; 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

                                  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.

accurate.

Written. The work is on the whole very neat and

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.

Geography-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 V and 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.

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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.

maps are very bad. Class IV have done very well.

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Arithemetic. Mental. Arithmetic needs more attention.

Written.-There is a lack

of £1. De-

of common-sense observable. Few boys can see at a glance that 12/6 is 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.

              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.

ment.

English.-Colloquial.-Very good, though the methods of Class VIII would bear improve- 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.

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 U-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-

An unauthorised and perfectly useless work on English Grammar is being studied. Geography.-Bad.

tion.

Arithmetic. Very good. A boy in Class VI correctly measured and found the area of a rice-field in my presence.

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Chinese.-Fair.

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No. 11.--Taipo.

Staff-MAK Ping-Fui.

Discipline and Organization.-A very gool start seems to have been made.

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 Organization.-Goo i. 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, 5 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.--Goo·l. The writing is rather slow. The work of the highest gir's 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. Poor in the 4 lowest Standards. Good in Standards V and VI.

Written.-

Hygiene.--The subject has been studie! 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 some 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 is now well

year,

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.

Grast.-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.

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In the

 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. 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. The local graphy is somewhat neglected in the lowest Stan lards.

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History.--The subject shews some improvement since last year. Questions at exa- mination should be more fully answered, 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 30|-

* 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.--Very satisfactory, so long as the inner room is not use as a class room, for which it is too dark.

good.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 49 pupils.

Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.

English.-Colloquial and Reading.-Very good. Writing -Handwriting is very omposition 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. Still a great deal has been taught and learned.

History.-Good.

Hy iene.-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 301-, and report that it is "thoroughly efficient ".

*No. 5.-Bridges Street.

Staf 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.

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Needlework.-Good. Patching and mending should be taught.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of 30/-.

* No. 6.--Sacred Heart.

Stuff-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 $8 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory.

English-Colloquial.-Good. 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 seems a need of a more fixed and better graded syllabus in several subjects, especially in Geography. The 3 highest Standards are taught together, which cannot but be disadvantageous for all of them.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 64 pupils.

Apparatus.--Satisfactory.

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 some very good com- position is done; it should receive more attention. The construction of sentences in the Upper Standards requires attention. 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 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 fair beginning has been made in the lowest Standards. Elsewhere the work continues to be extremely 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. -1 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 essays at the last examination of whom one, J. R. CROLIUS, did very well.

well. His

                                 His essay was the result of ordered thinking and not merely a series of vague sentences committed to paper in the 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.

Grammar. The work is fairly good. Analysis and Parsing are rather weak, and a number of mistakes are made in "Parts of Speech."

6.

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 inay be considered to be very good.

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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. 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 hand. 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 Grammar.

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 seem 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.

   Geography. The lower Standards are doing well. Standard V profess to have learned Asia and begin 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 questious 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 tanght in Standard III: iu 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 showed 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 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. lygiene 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 beat. 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.

   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 shown 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 be 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.

quires more supervision from the Headmistress.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 44 pupils.

Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.

The teaching of the lower Standards re-

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 metho Is 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.

-TANG CHI-KUN and 5 Assistant Masters.

Stay--

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' and accuracy of pronunciation must be aimed at, Standard I shewed a very good knowledge of the meaning of their reader. Composition.--Good.

Geography.--Local Geography requires more attention in the lower Standards. The upper Standards have been taught very painstakingly and the result is good.

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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".

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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.---Readling.-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.

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Discipline and Organization. The organization is unsatisfactory. The teacher

                                               appears 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.

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  Geography. Not taught at all to Standard I in contravention of paragraph 26 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, 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-SIII 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.-Mental.-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.

tion.- Fair.

Composi-

     Letter writing is now taught in Stanlard 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.

Chin se --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.

Grunt.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7.

* No. 24.-Holy Infancy.

Stuff.-Two Chinese Sisters of Charity.

Discipline and Organization.--It is a very great pi'y that a school otherwise so well. conducted should be one where connon 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.-Rading.-Fair. Composition.- Fair. Standard IV have done well it should be more practised in the lower Standards.

Geography.-Very good.

Arithme. ic. 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. Written.--Standard III are weak at pro- blems. Otherwise very good.

Needlework.-Good, especially in canvas work.

Grant. I recommend a Grant at the rate of $7.

* No. 26.-Yaumati.

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 alf 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.

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No. 29.-109 Second Street.

Staff.-LAI FUK-CHI,

Discipline and Organization.-Very good. The lower Standards 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,

Arithm tic.-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-SIII.

Discipline and Organization.-Good on the whole. The time table is not strictly

adhered to.

Sanitation.--Satisfactory.

Floor Spice.-Sufficient for 39 pupils.

Apparatus.-Satisfactory.

Chinese-Reading.-Fair. Composition.--Fair.

Geography-Fair and improving.

Arithmetic. Vental-Poor. The multiplication is not known. Written-Standard I

have done Wels.

Ther st pour.

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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.-SIU 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.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6. The school has improved.

* No. 35.-D'Aguilar Street.

Staff. YEUNG SIN-SIII.

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.

neglected.

Arithmetic.--Mental and Written.-Fair.

Needlework.-Poor.

The lower Standards have been

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.

Written.-Poor.

Grant.-- 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.

Georgraphy.-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-PUN CHI-TUNG and 1 Assistant Teacher.

Discipline and Organization.--Very good. There are 5 Standards.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient 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 Organ:ation.-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.

Standard I are very weak.

But the work im-

Chinese. Reading and Composition.-Standard I are very weak. 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. Written.-Poor in the lower, good in the higher Standards.

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.

Written.-Good.

Problems

Needlework.Good.

It would be better if the pupils were given something useful,

are now much better done.

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.

year.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6.

No. 46.-Wantsai Chapel.

Stuff-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

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* No. 47.-5 Bridges Street.

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.

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.-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.-1 recommend a Grant at the rate of $7.

No. 53.-218 Hollywood Road.

Staff-SHUM KWAN HING, and I 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.

('om-

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.

Grant-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. ·

     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.

Grant.-I recommend a Grant at the rate of $6.

noon.

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 I.

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.

Sanitation.-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.

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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.

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.

Needlework.-Good.

Written.---Very 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.

Grond. 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.

11. 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 imaginary 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 a

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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, enjoyed as much by the teachers as by the children.

I am sure,

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 Loudon 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? sketches of them.

Give rough

  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 London 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 had 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.

(4) 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 morning 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.

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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.

No. 20.

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The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of FRIDAY, the 19th of JULY, 1907.

Published by Authority.

REPORT ON THE HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS, FOR THE YEAR APRIL 1ST, 1906, TO MARCH 31ST, 1907.

To be 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.

more

with less than 30 than 30

drills.

Non-

Medi- On cal

Re-

drills.

cate.

cently Leave. Certi-

joined.

Absent with-

out

Effici- Total.

ents

Leave..

to pay fine.

:

10

:

:

:

Staff

Hongkong Vounteer Troop.................

30

6

:

:

15

13

10

Right Half No. 1 Co. H,K.V.A.

26

1

Left

No. 1

28

16

"

:

Right

No. 2

42

22

""

27

Left

No. 2

29

13

39

21

Hongkong Volunteer Engineer Co.

27

12

Total......

:

:

:

:

:

:

6

39

43

48

62

50

42

:

:

178

70

28

3

15

1 290

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 drills 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 have 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 ammunition, 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 shows the results obtained.

CAMPS OF INSTRUCTION.

16. 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,

508

(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 very 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 to 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.O.'s 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 assistance 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.

Present,

in Colony...

On leave,

Absent

Lout of Colony,

Without leave.......

Wanting to complete,

Establishment,

Supernumerary,

Total.

Table I.

CORPS.

STAFF.

HONGKONG

VOLUNTEER

Inspection State, 23rd March, 1907.

Nos. 1 & 2 ARTILLERY COMPANIES.

ENGINEERS.

BAND,

TROOP.

2❘ 10

11

12

1 4107

15

B

27

1 1

Commandant.

Major, 2nd in Com-

mand.

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.

Corporais.

Sappers.

Sergeant-Drummer.

Corporals.

Drummers.

Lieutenant.

Sergeant.

| Corporal.

Troopers.

:

...

I

6

2

2

15

14

1 141

1

2

3 91

6

00

7

8

2

16

16

4 282

***

...

***

...

13

:

*^

333

1

...

1

3

4

48

ลง

TOTAL.

26

226

2

20

X

43

1

}

]

36

200

20

+

153

20

1

1

40

443

602

510

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 II. 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. *Cumingham, 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.

Douglas, Captain J. Danby, W.

*Dow,

P.

Dawson, E. W. Daniel, W.

Dixon, Captain A. W. Dowley, W. A.

Douglas, J. P.

Denison, A.

Downing, T. Ĉ. David, A. J.

Edwards, W. T. Ezekiel, R. M. Egerton, T. S. Eves, G. W. Elwes, W. B.

Farell, U. A. Fraser, H. W.

*Fullerton, A. R.

Forsyth, G. G. S. Franklin, A. C. Fisher, H. G.

Glover, C. Gibbs, L. Gow, J. C.

Gompertz, H. II. Graham, W. D. Grist, E. J.

Grace, C. II.

*Goddard, Captain F. D.

Goldsmith, H. E.

Gubbay, A. S. Goldring, P. W. Gale, C. II. *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. H.

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. Jack, W. C. Jordan, E. G. Joseph, E. S.

Kadoorie, E. S. Kew, C. II. W. Koch, Dr. W. V. M. Kuyvett, P. K. King, R. H.

Kadooric, 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'.

Lemmn, J.

Macfarlane, Dr.

Moore, Dr. W. B. A. Mackenzie, A. Maitland, F. Master, G. C. C. May, Hon. F. II. May, C. W. Moses, E. J. *McCubbin, J. Martin, T. H. May, G. II. 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. II. Pidgeon, J. II. Phelips, H. R. Plummer, L. *Philpotts, E. J. Pemberton, C. Pile, A. G. *Pearse, Dr. W. W.

Perkins, T. L.

Pattendon, 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. Risland, H. F. L. Robinson, A. E. Rateliffe, A.

Scott, Chas. R. Skelton, A. H.

Stewart, W. M.

*Stewart, Hon. G. Shepherd, E. B. Sutton, W. D. Sykes, Heury.

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. 0). 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, II. T. Watt, A. W. J. Wright, E. J. Wodehouse, P. P. J. Watson, Malcolm. Watson, W. Willis, David.

White, H. P.

* Signifies absent.

Rank.

511

Table III.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER TROOP.

Roll of Efficients.

Name.

Rauk.

Name.

Lieutenant

Ross, C. II.

Trooper

Williams, A. J.

Sergeant

Murphy, L.

""

Master, R. F. C.

Corporal

Brutton, G. K. H.

"

Trooper

Forbes, D.

22

""

Hynes, A. C.

29

""

Looker, H. W.

22

Dupree, W. S.

Hankey, E. A. Morton Smith, G.

Hickman, H. F.

21

James, B.

"

Blason, C. H.

>>

Stewart, M.

};

Dowbiggin, H. B. L.

""

Mackie, C. G.

""

Leefe, L. N.

Melbourne, C. D.

21

Slade, M.

**

Howard, E.

""

Munro, R. F.

22

Clarke, W. G.

""

Buxton Forman, E.

"

Gresson, J. E.

Gresson, W. J.

Walker, A. T.

"

Roberts, A. G.

Rank.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

Roll of Efficients for the year ending 31st March, 1907.

STAFF.

Major C. G. Pritchard,

Major A. Chapman,

Lieutenant C. Forsyth,

Sergeant-Major W. Higby,

Staff Armourer G. W. Avenell,

..Commandant.

2nd in Command.

Surgeon.

...Corps Sergeant-Major.

..Corps Armourer Sergeant.

RIGHT HALF, No. 1 CompaNY, H. K. V. ARTILLERY.

Roll of Efficients.

Name.

Rank.

Name.

Captain

Macdonald, D.

Gunner

وو

Macdonald, D. (attached)

22

Humphreys, C. Humphreys, E.

Lieutenant

Plummer, J. A. T.

27

""

Kennett, II. W.

""

Sergeant

Hance, C. E. A.

""

Shaw, E.

Henderson, R.

""

Corporal

Mackie, A. J.

Haggard, II. E,

Pelling, W. M.

Sibbitt, J. T.

Alves, C. M. S.

""

Seth, S. A.

Herbst, C. E.

"}

Brett, L. E.

Bombardier

Craddock, H. E.

وو

"

Seth, H. A.

""

Spittles, B. A.

Leonard, J.

27

Bains, J. W.

Loureiro, F.

James, E. W. H.

Petley, H.

Peake, A. W. J.

Trumpeter

Witchell, G. B.

Gunner

Bain, H. M.

Delaney, L. T.

Pearman, II.

"7

""

Duncan, G.

"

Colvin, H. E.

"

Guy, L.

""

Watling, H. W.

Rank.

512

LEFT HALF, No. 1 COMPANY, H. K. V. ARTILLERY.

Roll of Efficients.

Name.

Rank.

Name.

Captain Lieutenant

Lammert, G. P.

Gumer

Gubbay, J. S.

**

Clothier, A. V. Wilkins, F. E.

Haytou, J. T.

Brown, F. A.

Co. Sgt.-Maj. Sergeant

Gloyn, J.

">

Coles, J. C.

Sayer, II. W.

Read, W.

""

Longstaff, J.

37

Corporal

Pellow, E.

22

Marshall, J.

"

Bombardier

"

*

Sayer, H. C.

Chapman, E. A.

>>

Quick, II. J.

Rogers, A. E.

""

"

Crapnell, A. E. Hayward, E. M.

Gauner

Hamet, A. II.

">

Hill, G.

وو

Penfold, J. II.

19

Brown, A.

יי

Broadbent, A.

Ellis, E. E.

"

>>

Hurlow, A.

""

27

Manuk, M.

11

Sanderson, W.

Boyd, J.

Brandt, W.

Evans, G.

"

29

Lewington, W. J.

93

""

Friend, J.

Brewer, H. E. Rodrigues, C. A.

Judab. J. J.

Catchick, G. G.

"

Crawford, F. M.

Arathoon, A.

Mulrooney, J. J.

Lock, II.

Joseph, J.

Hayward, C. B. Raymond, E.

Rank.

RIGHT HALF, No. 2 COMPANY, II. K. V. ARTILLERY.

Roll of Efficients.

Name.

Rank.

Name.

Captain Lieutenant

Armstrong, W.

Gunner

Nicholson, W.

""

Ramsey, A. Lester, H. W.

Northcote, M. S.

Warrack, A. F.

>>

Co. Sgt.-Mjr. Sergeant

Andrew, J. I.

""

Hagen, E. C.

Blood, G.

""

25

Rees, L. C.

Reed, E. B.

Darby, A. J.

""

Corporal

Day, F. O.

Jacks, P.

Wright, A. E.

29

>>

Hall, F. E.

""

Lang, E. P. H.

وو

Bombardier

Austin, F.

Gunner

Bissell, W. F.

وو

""

Aucott, E. F.

Gray, II. C.

Garrett, II. L.

Jackman, II. T.

Le Breton, L.

22

"g

وو

Brayn, R. F.

"

Biden, F. A.

Laing, A. H.

""

$9

Pugh, A. J.

""

""

Chapman, E. J.

Ironside, W.

Young, J. A.

22

""

Turner, W. C. D.

Blackburu, L. J.

""

""

Dermer, H. W.

"

"

* 3 3 3 3 3 3 99

25

Piercy, A.

Forbes, N. S.

Vernon, T. C.

McGillivray, J. P.

Chalmers, J. II.

Williams, W. II.

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.

5B

LEFT HALF, No. 2 Company, II. K, V. ARTILLERY.

Roll of Efficients.

Name.

Rank.

Name.

Captain

""

Co. Sgt.-Mjr. Sergeant

""

Skinner, T.

Gunner

Frith, C. E.

Wood, G. G. (attached)

**

Coysh, G. W.

Rodger, J.

Lochead, J.

McCorquodale, J. McKirdy, A.

Ward, C. W.

29

""

29

""

""

McIver, M.

Corporal

""

""

Bombardier

Grimshaw, T.

Kinnaird, J. D. Crosbie, J.

White, J. F. M.

Quinn, J.

""

Sorby, V.

19

Gunner

""

"?

Hast, W.

Watson, J. J. Bassford, W. F.

Durrance, W. H.

Davidson, H. Melutrye, J.

"7

22

Muir, J. G.

22

Bullen, J. A.

:

3

Duncan, R. Endic, J.

Dinning, II.

Hornibrook, E. L.

Johnston, J.

Boultou, S.

Scriven, H. E. Anderson, W.

Saunders, G. A,

Melutrye, W.

Arnold, C. E.

Peche, J.

Tillman, H.

McPherson, J. L.

Gibson, J. S.

O'Halloran, D. J. O).

Malden, J. F.

Evans, W. H.

Rank.

Name.

ENGINEER COMPANY,

Roll of Efficients,

Rank.

Name.

Captain Lieutenant

Crake, W. A.

Reynolds, F. O.

Co. Sgr -Mjr. Sergeant

Logan, J. D.

Bevan, H. S.

">

Crawford, J.

Sapper

Frost, B. L. Ross, J.

""

Corporal

Lapsley, R.

Lenfesty. F. P.

Hall, H. S.

Watkins, H.

Clements, II.

27

Witchell, J. II.

Pepper, S. G.

""

Logan, J. C.

2nd

""

Sapper

Kynoek, G. W.

Ross, W. E.

"

Dixon, E. W.

gy

Dillon, F. II.

Watson, V.

"

Barrington, J. II.

Cullen, W. F.

"

Ross, J.

Wolfe, W. II.

"2

Watson, G.

99

Hirst, J.

""

Lochead, H. W.

Pearson, II. J.

Simmons, A. J. W.

Knight, 11. J.

Moore, F.

Pryce, C. Kennedy, F. Lazarus, L.

Pestonji, R.

Haines, II. F. Souza, M. A. R.

Chunnett, O. R. Tomment, J. B. G.

514

Table IV.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

Report on Gun Practice carried out during the year ending 31st March, 1907.

Date on which

Nature of Practice.

Practice was carried out.

Number Number prosent

on

Parade.

of Rounds

fired.

Rauge.

Remarks.

Elementary Practice

15-pr. B.L.

2nd October, 1906.

115

61

27th October, 1996.

112

72

2nd February, 1907.

61

51

""

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,

Nature of

Practice.

Date on which Practice was carried out.

On

Number Number |

present of

Rounds

Range.

Parade.

fired.

·303 Maxim. | 17th October, 1906. 19th October, 1906.

32

368

70

445

命命

27

27th October, 1906.

112

650

"

1:5

2nd March, 1907.

83

2,740

:

1907.

Remarks.

Instructional Practice on Stonecutters Rifle

Range.

C. R. A.'s Inspection.

Competition for Shield presented by Sir W.

J. Gascoigne at Tai Hang.

Table VI.

HONGKONG

VOLUNTEER CORPS.

MUSKETRY RETURN:-HONGKONG VOLUNTEER TROOP.

-- 515

No. 1.

No. 2.

No. 3.

No. 4.

No. 5.

No. 6.

No. 7.

Remarks.

Rank.

Name.

200 Yards

Lying

200 Yards

Sitting

7 Rounds.

7 Rounds.

500 to 200

Yards

7 Rounds.

300 Yards

7 Rounds.

300 Yards

Lying

7 Rounds

Magazine.

500 Yards

Lying

7 Rounds.

500 Yards

Lying

7 Rounds

Magazine.

Total.

Marks-

meu.

1st

Class.

2nd

3rd.

Class. Class.

Trooper.

Munro, R. G.

24

22

29

25

21

19

23

163

1

-,

Slade, M..

25

23

26

25

20

21

22

162

1

Lieutenant.

Ross, C. II.

26

25

29

23

17

22

17

159

1

Sergeant.

Murphy, L......

22

21

25

22

20

24

13

147

1

Trooper.

Williams, A. J.

24

25

27

14

17

16

19

141

1

Brutton, G. K. H.†)

21

21

22

21

13

22

18

138

1

""

Blason, C. H.

23

22

23

19

18

14

15

134

1

"

Walker, A. T.

19

23

20

23

16

19

11

131

1

"

Melbourne, C. D.

22

21

23

16

10

23

10

125

1

Looker, H. W.

20

19

13

19

12

20

14

117

1

Hickman, II. F.

23

21

17

19

7

12

13

112

Hankey, E. A.

15

16

20

16

17

13

14

111

,,

Forbes, D...

20

24

20

16

8

16

6

110

1

Morrell, G. E.

17

20

18

18

19

12

6

110

1

Mackie, C. G.

21

20

18

22

8

2

12

103

1

.-

Paterson, T.

14

B

12

22

14

16

10

101

1

""

Stewart, M.

12

19

15

]}

12

15

11

95

">

Owen, E.

12

13

19

14

4

17

9

88

Dupree, W. S.

19

2

14

24

4

19

6

88

""

Hynes, A. C..

14

15

15

28

9

13

87

"

Master, R. F. C.

18

13

16

10

8

9

78

""

Dowbiggin, II.

5

18

14

2

14

9

00

70

Roberts, A. G.

16

19

8

7

16

66

""

Clarke, W. S.

13

18

6

17

6

Did not

fire.

60

"3

Leefe, L. N.

12

5

14

6

2

9

56

>>

Howard, E.

10

12

9

4

11

4

2

52

1

1

I

1

1

1

I

""

Potts, P. C.

10

7

11

12

5

6

51

""

Gresson, J. E.

1}

14

9

2

4

9

51

}

"

Rutherford, N.

13

20

11

6

50

...

""

James, B.

15

10

Leave.

2

6

Did not

fire.

33

::

"9

Kent, H. W.

5

7

5

4

30

Gresson, W. J.

12

15

:

Forman, E. B.

:

5

10

1

1

1

Corps.

No.

Rank.

Table VII.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

MUSKETRY RETURN:---.

·HONGKONG Volunteer ENGINEERS.

Name.

No. 1.

200 Yards

Lying.

No. 2.

200 Yards

No. 3.

200 Yards.

No. 4.

No. 5.

No. 6.

Remarks.

Sitting.

Kueeling

300 Yards

Lying.

300 Yards

Lying.

500 Yards

Lying.

Total.

Marks-

B. C.

B. C.

men.

1st

Class.

2nd

3rd

Class.

Class.

- 516 -

Captain.

Lieutenant.

Crake, W. A. Reynolds, F. O.

24

23

21

21

26

Co. Sgt.-Mir. Sergeant.

Logan, J.

Bevan, H. S.

22

Crawford, J.

20

Lapsley, R.

25

Corporal.

Witchell, J. H..

22

!

Logan, J. C.

2nd

Kynoch, G. W

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25

24

22

Did not fire.

28

18

21

21

15

10

24

20

4

20

22

20

20

21

7

18

Sapper.

Ross, W. E.

14

14

21

""

Dixon, E. W.

8

4

14

20

Dillon, F. H.

15

12

15

20

""

Ward, F.

Did not fire.

Watson, V.

Did

not fire.

Barrington, J. H.

11

2

Cullen, W. F.

17

20

19

Ross, J.

5

>>

Wolfe, W. H.

Did

"

not fire.

Watson, G.

14

9

6

Hirst, J.

18

15

14

Lochead, H. W.

23

16

17

Frost, B. L.

Did not fire.

Ross, J., Jr.

21

25

15

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21

ེ:

20

19

128

25

143

14

22

120

2

68

14

22

132

17

20

125

1

18

17

107

(

8

46

I

9

10

1

72

1

12

14

72

}

23

20

105

1

6

10

1

14

14

4

13

18

13

4

11

12

14

:+

Quark, F. W.

Sick Leave.

Lenfesty, F. P.

13

6

16

77

Hall, H. S.

18

26

16

16

2:5:2=

18

6

12

11

འཚེ་:ཀྱི་

1

1

1

98

1

62

I

20

107

Watkins, H.

11

16

15

14

B

א

ΤΟ

I

Clements, H.

16

18

22

14

84

Pepper, S. G.

ī

} }

2

19

13

54

Pearson, H.

16

14

4

19

19

*9

Simmons, A. J. W.

7

A

1

5

8

17

45

1

>>

Knight. II. J.

15

20

6

18

10

12

81

...

Moore, F.

21

23

17

16

6

9

92

,!

Pryce, C.

16

9

17

6

¿

9

62

}

I

Kennedy, F.

Todd, A. H.

14

9

21

8

10

62

1

azarus, L.

17

1

36

1

A

6.

12

1

517

Table VIII.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.

Revolver Practice Return, shewing percentage for the year ending 31st March, 1907.

Unit.

No. of

Number Firing.

Points

Percentage.

Remarks.

obtained.

Staff,

5

326

652

No. 1 Company Hongkong Volunteer Artillery,.

6

345

57.5

No. 2.

6

366

610

Engineer Company,.

172

57:3

Total,

28

1,209

Appendix A.

CAMP REPORT.*

VOLUNTEER HEADQUARTERS,

HONGKONG, 27th November, 1906.

From The Commandant, H.K.V.C.

:

www.

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 & inen, 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, on 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 :-

Date.

Strength deducting those on leave.

Attendance at Camp.

Average Daily Attendance.

Proportion

of Total Strength daily.

Officers.

N.CO.'s & men. Officers. |N. C'. O,s & men.

1901,

16

286

14

204

157

.52

1902,

16

231

11

175

142.1

.568

1903.

IS

204

17

159

121.6

548

1904,

16

210

14

170

135.5

.6

1905,

13

189

B

169

127.5

.631

1906,

15

189

15

178

136.75

.67

518

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 a 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.

two foot

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 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.

519

  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.

Tents to be arranged according to the authorized pattern in Camp.

4-45 p.m. Infantry Drill. All Units. Sergeants in charge of Sub-Divisions will be held H.K.V.E. Temporary E.L. Circuits.

responsible for this duty.

12 Noon. Camp Inspection by Com- mandant.

(See note to orders of October 14th.)

6a.m.

Monday 15th..

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, Officers to fall in as Gun numbers.

10 a.m.

Gun Laying

$ a.m.

Maxim Gun Drill, Officers to fall in as Gun numbers.

10 a.m.

6 a.m.

Squad and Company Drill.

10 a.m.

Do. Instruction by R.E. Instructors. | 5-30 p.m.

4-45 p.m.

4-45 p.m.

15-Pr. Gun Drill

Maxim Gun Drill

Instruction by R.E. Intructors. Defence Incandescent Lighting.

Tuesday 16th..

No. 1 Co. H.K.V.A.

No. 2 Co. H.E.V.

H.K.V.E.

6 a.m.

Maxim Gun Drill, Officers to fall in as Gun numbers.

10 a.m.

6 a.m.

Ga.m. Musketry

15-Pr. Gun Drill. Officers to fall in as Gun numbers,

10 a..

Instruction in Ammunition, 4-45 p.m. Fuze Setting, &c. Do.

Maxim Gun Drill

10 am.

Wiring E.L. and Cables

4-45 p.m.

7-30 pan.

15-Pr. Gun Drill

Manning Defence Lighting with R.E.

2 men from Right Half No. 1 H.K. V.A.. to Musketry.

Wednesday 17th.. No. 1 Co. H.K.V.A..

6 a.m.

15-Pr. Gun Drill

7 a.m.

Maxim Gun Drill and Practice

No 2 Co. H.K.V.A.

H.K V.E.

6 a..

7 a.m.

6 a.m.

Maxim Gun Drill and Practice 15-Pr. Gun Drill

Instruction by R.E. Instructo's in Con- structions of Dynamo Engines,

Instructions by R.A. Instruct-

10 a.m.

ors.

10 a.m. Command Telephones. Test- ing Oils.

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.

Thursday 18th

No. 1 Co. H.K.V.A...

No. 2 Co. H.K.V.

B.K.V.E.

6 a.m.

a.m.

Ga.m.

a.m.

a.in.

Maxim Gun Drill

15-Pr. Gun Drill

5-Pr. Cum Drill

Maxim Gun Drill

Musketry

4-45 p.m.

10 a.m.

Gun Laying

5-30 p.m.

10 a.m.

Do.

Lecture by Instructor in Gun- nery, R.G.A. E.L. Instructions. Theory of Oil Engines.

Ga.m.

Friday 19th

No. 1 Co. H.KV.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

6 a.m.

E.L. Connections.

10 a.m. Instruction by R.E. Instructors.

4-45 p.m. Infantry Drill, Skirmishing.

&c.

4 Officers and the Staff Sergeants Revolver Practice.

520

Saturday 20th

No. 1 Co. H.K.V.A.

No. 2 Co. II.K.V.A.

II.K.V.E.

All Units.

6 a.m.

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 Kent Regiment.

24 men from Left Half No. 1 Co. H.K. V.A. to Musketry.

Ga.m.

Instruction by R.E. Instructors Adjust-10 a.m. ment of Lamps & Starting Engines.

Musketry

Sunday 21st

No. 1 Co. H.K.V.A.

No. 2 Co. H.K.V.A.

H.K.V.E.

8.30 a.m.

Divine Service.

12 Noon. Camp Inspection by Com- mandant,

Instruction by R.A. Instruct-

Instruction by R.E. Instruct- 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.

Official Guest Night. Monday 22nd

No. 1 Co. H.K.V.A.

6 a.m.

15- Pr. B.L. Elemenary Tractice.

10 a.m.

OFS.

No. 2 Co. H.K.V.A. }

H.K.V.E.

Ga.m.

Musketry

10 a.m.

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.

10 a.m.

Fuze Setting and Gun Laying... 4-45 p.m. 4-45 p.m.

Do. Instruction by R.E. Instructors. 6-30 p.m.

15- Pr. B.L. Gun Drill Maxim Gun Drill

Working

Lights.

Defence Electric

Wednesday 24th.. No. 1 Co. U.K.V.A.... 6 a.m.

No. 2 Co. H.K.V.A.

H.K.V.E.

6 a.m.

Maxim Gun Drill

15-Pr. B.L. Gun Drill 6 a.m. Squad and Company Drill

10 a.m.

Range Finding

10 a.m.

Instruction by R.E. Instructors | 4-45 p.m.

4-45 p.m. Maxim Gun Dri|} 4-45 p.m. 15-Pr. B.L. Gun Driti Company Drill

Ġ a.m.

4-45 p.m.

Fire Discipline

Instruction by R.E. Instruct- | 6-30 p.m. Working Defence E.L. ors Dismantling Projectors, Drawing Piston.

Thursday 25th

No. 1 Co. H.K.V.A.

No. 2 Co. H.K.V.A.

H.K.V.E.

6 a.m.

Battery Drill and Fire Discipline March-10 a.m. ing past with Guns, &c., &c.

Gun Laying

10 a.m.

6 a.m. Musketry

Ga.m.

24 men from Right Half No. 2 Co. H.K. V.A. to Musketry.

Revolver Practice for all Officers and Staff Sergeants who have not fired the Course.

521

Friday 26th

No. 1 Co. H.K.V.A, j

6 a.m.

No. 2 Co. H.K.V.A.

H.K.V.E.

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

a.m. 24 men from Left Half No. 2 Co. H.K. V.A. to Musketry.

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.mi.

General Instructions by R.E. Instructors.

10 a.m.

Musketry

Men from H.K.V.A. who have not pre- viously fired Musketry.

*2-30 p.m. Technical Examination by * Every member of the Corps should be present O. i/e E.L. & Tele. at the 2-30 Parades.

Inspection by Com- Inspection by ILE. the G.0.0.

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.

Tent

7-30 a.m.

Rehearsal for Ceremonial Parade

II a.m.

and

Divine Service II.E. the G.0.C. | Camp Inspection by H.E. 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,

522

523

Diary of Work performed by the Electricians of the HI.K.V.E. during Camp, 1906.

TIME.

D'ATE.

From

Το

WORK DONE.

1906.

13th

Oct.

14th

5.00 p.m.

10.00 a.m.

6.00 p.m.

12 Noon.

Commecting up and wiring Camp for Incadescent Light.

99

14th

5.30 p.m.

7.00 p.m.

15th

10.00 a.m.

12 Noon.

16th

7.00 p.m.

9.00 p.m.

17th

6.09 a.m.

7.30 a.m.

17th

18th

6.00 p.m.

10.00 a.m.

9.00 p.m.

Making steps to Engine Room, and to upper part of Camp.

66

Lecture on Employment of Searchlights."

Wiring Camp for Arc Lamps.

Defence manning with R.E.'s working Cauturion group of Lights.

Lecture on 66

Dynamos."

Working Defence Lights, No. 19.

12 Noon.

Fitting up Lamps in Camp.

22

18th

19th

5.30 p.m.

6.00 a.m.

6.45 p.m.

7.15 a.m.

Working Defence Lights, Nos. 19 and 20.

Lecture ou "Cables and Instruments."

19th

10.00 a.m.

12 Noon.

Fixing and trimming Are Lights.

""

19th

22

5.30 p.m.

20th

6.00 a.m.

6.39 p.m.

7.00 a.m.

""

20th

""

21st

""

22nd

5.30 p.m.

10.00 a.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.

99

23rd

10.00 a.m.

12 Noon.

Work on Camp Lights.

""

24th

7.00 a.m.

8.00 a.m.

Lecture on "Electric Light Projection."

""

25th

25th

7.00 a.m.

10.00 a.m.

8.00 a.mi.

Lecture on 66

Dynamo faults."

12.30 p.m.

Dismantling automatic lamp.

"

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.

Working Defence Lights, Nos. 19 and 20.

Lecture on "Service telephones."

Working Defence Light, No. 19.

99

26th

"

8.00 p.m.

9.00 p.m.

Focussing beams,

27th

6.00 a.m.

7.30 a.m.

Lecture on 46 Reflectors."

""

27th

29th

2.30 p.m.

6.00 a.m. 12 Noon.

4.00 p.m.

Technical Examination by O.C.E.L. & Telephones.

Dismantling E.L. installation in Camp. Returning stores.

524

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.

16th

7.00

9.00

"

16th

6.00

11.00

17th

6.00 a.m.

7.30 a.m.

17th

6.00 p.m. 11.00 p.m.

18th

10.00 a.m.

12 Noon.

18th

5.30 p.m.

6.45 pm.

19th

6.00 a.m.

7.15 a.m.

19th

10.00

12 Noon.

19th

5.30 p.m.

20th

6.00 a.m.

6.30 p.m.

7.00 a.m.

20th

5.30 p.m.

21st

6.00

6.30 p.m.

11.00

""

22nd

10.00 a.m.

11.00 a.m.

22nd

6.00 p.m. 11.00 p.m.

23rd

7.00 a.m.

8.00 a.m.

23rd

10.00

""

23rd

6.00 p.m.

24th

7.00 a.m.

8.00 a.m.

24th

6.00 p.m.

11.00 p.m.

12 Noon.

11.00 p.m.

Running No. 19 for Camp Lights.

Running Nos. 12, 13, 14 for Defence Lights.

Running No. 19 for Camp Lights.

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 ou Nos. 19 and 20.

Running No. 19 for Defence Light.

Lecture on Vapouriser Valve box.

Running No. 19 for Defence Light.

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.

Running No. 19 for Camp Lights.

25th

7.00 a.m.

8.00 a.m.

Lecture on Lubrication.

25th

10.00

12 Noon.

Cleaned piston on No. 20.

>>

25th

8.00 p.m.

9.30 p.m.

Running Nos. 19 and 2. for Defence Lights.

26th

7.00 a.m.

8.00 a.m.

Starting and Stopping Oil Engines.

26th

10.00

12 Noon.

Lecture on Indicator Diagrams.

26th

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27th

6.00 a.m.

7.30 a..

""

27th

2.30 p.m.

27th

6.00

4.00 p.m.

11.00

6.00 p.m. 11.00 p.m. : Running No. 19 for Defence Lights.

Lecture on Oil Engines generally.

Technical Examination by 0. C. E. L. & T.

Running No. 19 for Camp Lights.

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28th

6.00

11.00

Do.

"

29th

6.00 a.m.

12 Noon.

Returned stores.

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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 markel 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 ri le. 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.

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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 re mark that only four pegs were issued 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, i.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

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.

No. 21.

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The Hongkong Government Gazette

1908.

Of FRIDAY, the 26th of JULY, 1907.

Published by Authority.

REPORT ON THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908.

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-

  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.

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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 ratcable,

Increase in the City of Victoria,.....

....$ 77,675

.$227,270

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In the Rest of the Colony.

66 New and/or rebuilt tenements, rateable value,

12 Tenements structurally altered,

$152,190

Replacing assessments amount to,

...$ 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,

...$ 16,700

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.

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 1907-1908 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.

S

$

$

A

%

1

Kennedy Town,

186,540

189,470

2,930

2

Shek Tong Tsui,

419,220 516,400

97,180

...

3

Sai Ying Pun,

2,115,130 1,957,585

f

Tai Ping Shan,

705,700 624,500

5 Sheung Wan,

1,168,890 1,022,155

157,545

81,200

146,735

6

Chung Wan,

3,595,145 3,608,290

13,145

...

...

7

Ha Wan,

343,715 321,410

...

Wan Tsai,

411,005 387,620

22,305

23,385

...

9

Bowrington,

103,335

102,220

1,115

3,640

...

10 Soo Kon Poo,

158,915 162,555

$ 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,

49,977 55,857

5,880

:

11.76

Hongkong Villages,

Total,...............$

508,029 537,586 29,557

205,892 220,659 14,767

7.17

5.81

$31

Table C.

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

District.

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

Increase.

Decrease. Percentage.

SE

S

$

S

%

Kowloon Point,

452,060 |

470,180

18,120

4.00

Yaumati,

Hung Hom,

250,770

236,585

14,185

5.65

220,445 230,715 10,270

4.65

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Mongkoktsui,

139,475 140,980

1,505

1.07

Kowloon Villages,

151,899 146,087

5,812

3.82

S 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.

Decrease. Percentage.

1906-1907.1907-1908.

$

%

A

The City of Victoria,

Hill District and Hongkong

Villages,

Kowloon Point and Kowloon

Villages,

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

9,207,595 8,892,205

315,390

3.42

508.029 537,586 29,557

5.81

...

0.81

10,930,273 10,654,338 39,455

315,390

Deduct increase

39,455

Total decrease,

275,935

2.52

...

District.

Kowloon City and Sham

Shui Po,...

Junk Bay, Nga Iu Tau

and Little Kowloon,...

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Table E.

NEW KOWLOON.

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

Increase.

Decrease. Percentage.

JA

S

f

%

38,930

61,835

22,905

Total,..........S

38,930

61,835 22,905

58.83

58.83

ARTHUR CHAPMAN,

Assessor.

No. 22.

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The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of FRIDAY, the 25th of OCTOBER, 1907.

Published by Authority;

REPORT BY THE EXAMINERS OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, FOR THE YEAR 1906-1907.

To be laid before the Legislative Council by Command of

His Excellency the Governor,

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. HONGKONG, 3rd October, 1907.

We visited and inspected the College in July.

GENERAL REMARKS.

  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!

10. Individual classes varied somewhat in their achievements. Class VII was poor, VI fair; VA 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. was poor and I was good.

Class II

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, But......; 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 I B 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.

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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 VA 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: "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.

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   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 C 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 3 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%.

        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 formula and rules, but they cannot prove these formulæ 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 III the results were much the same, division A got 59%, B 62% and C 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 use it. 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 IA 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 sent in by Ng Shuk-kon and Tso Chak-niin 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" is a constant form used by this class.

71. Class III did well only in two divisions. III A was fair and U Tsau 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 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

good paper

74. Classes IV and V did the same paper. Lo Ming-tat in IV A did a good 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 I are appended :-

1.*"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 manuer. A king does not a kindest, a king does not a

serious."

"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 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.

80. Class II A. The paper was done by 10 boys. Four boys did

                            very fair papers, the paper sent in by Li Chin Lung being particularly neat. Four boys understood the meaning 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.

class.

81. Class II B. The failure to understand the English was more emphasised in this 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,

Do.,

I & II

1

III

2

Do.,

IV

Do.,

V

4

English Grammar,

I

5

Do.,

II

6

Do.,

III

7

Do.,

IV

8

Shakspere, Geography,.

I

9

....

I A & B

10

Do.,

II

11

Do.,

III

12

Do.,

IV

13

Do.,

V

14

English History,

IA & B

15

....

Do,

II

16

Do.,

III

17

Hygiene,..

I

18

Do.,

II

19

Do.,

III

20

Do.,

IV

21

Do.,

V

22

Book-keeping,

I

23

Do.,

II

24

Arithmetic,.

I

25

Do.,

II

26

Do.,

III

27

Algebra, Do.,

I A

28

I B

29

Do.,

II

30

Do.,

III

31

Do.,

IV

32

Geometrical Drawing,

IV

33

Geometry,

IA & B

34

Do.,

II

35

Do.,

III

36

Do.,

Mensuration,

Do.,

Trigonometry,

English into Chinese,

I A & B

37

II

38

Senior

39

Junior

40

I, II & III

41

Do.,

TV & V

42

Chinese into English,

Do.,

I, II & III

43

....

IV & V

44

No. 1.

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COMPOSITION.

CLASSES I & II.

The value of Education.

Electricity.

or

or

Is Torture essential or beneficial to the Administration of Justice?

No. 2.

COMPOSITION.

CLASS III.

Are Newspapers a benefit to the Community?

or

Is exercise required to maintain bodily health?

No. 3.

COMPOSITION.

CLASS IV.

Compare electric cars with rickshas as means of locomotion.

or

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.

or

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 which is usually the older and why?

of a Latin word exist in English 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?

No. 6.

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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.

:-

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:

1.

:་་་

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

4.

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.

(c) the Giant's Causeway.

3. In what portions of England do the coal bearing rocks lie? Describe the coal producing districts in detail.

4. Compare (1)

the climate

(2)

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

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.

GEOGRAPHY.

1. Explain the terms :-

CLASS IL

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? ·

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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 them:

you know about

Malvern Hills, Chiltern Hills, Dartmoor, Ouse, Shoeburyness,

Anglesey, Flamborough Head, Fens, Weald, Snowdon.

10. Describe shortly the canal system of England.

No. 12.

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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.

you

3. What provinces are the following cities situated in and what do 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.

No. 14.

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GEOGRAPHY.

CLASS V.

1. Describe the following:-

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.]

J 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.)

William & Mary (Class I A.)

to the throne of England ?

2. What do you know of :-

(1.) 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, i.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?

No. 16.

550

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 Fendal 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.

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.

No. 18.

551

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?

every city to

4. Are sewers necessary in

(1) slop water.

(2) storm water.

carry off: +---

(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?

(c) 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?

Illustrate

4. How are refuse and sewage in towns best disposed of? 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. (@) 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................

5

22

*)

""

of J. Philip,

7 Sold goods to R. Carpenter,

£ S. d.

210 6

54 8

0970

for cash,

29

""

"?

55

13

Paid wages by cheque,

""

14

Bought goods for cash,

"

Paid expenses in cash,

94 5

48

9 4

24 0 0

23 2 6

10 10

0

94

5

0

***

0

150 0

0

15 10 0

16 Sent a draft to R. Carpenter at 2

months which he accepted,

Drew for private use by cheque, 10 0 Accepted W. Jones' Draft at 1

18

""

21

month,

30

Paid rent by cheque,

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.

Jan. Jan. 13,

1,

Balance in hand at this date,.............. Paid J. Cummings,

37 17 0

5 10 0

Received from T. James,

Jan. 15, Paid for House Expenses,.

Received from F. J. Smith,

Paid T. Manning,

Paid for Sundry Expenses,

......

17 5 3

2 14 6

14 17 6

6 3 6

1 5 0

Balance the Cash Book and bring down the amount in hand.

2. Write up the Capital Account of James Snodgrass.

Oct. Oct. 16, Nov. 30,

1,

£ S. d. Balance of Capital on this day,... 369 Paid in the further sum of,

2 10

Withdrew,

250 0 0 100 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,

£ 7

194

12

Mr. Hains owes me,

20

Houghton and Son owe me,

35

Dec. Dec.

3.

3,

Sold goods to W. Dick,..

Mr. Hains settles his account less 5%

discount.

Dec. 10,

Bought of W. Hardy,

14

Discount allowed,

2

Dec. 15,

Sold goods to Howell & Co.,

13

Dec. 31,

Monthly Cash Sales,

93

Trade Expenses,...

Personal Expenses,

Value of Stock,

124

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

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. Find to the nearest ton the weight of water which fell on a sq. mile.

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.

555

ARITHMETIC.

CLASS II.

1. Simplify

(1)

-

37-43 +212

936

719

6.375

(2) 7.5 + 3.75

3.75 + 2.3 4.25.

2. Find by Practice the value of 3 cwt. 3 qrs. 14 Hbs. 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 14d. 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)

34

936

4 3 + 21/2

7319/0

(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?

if the price of slabs is £5 per dozen.

What would be the cost

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.

556

ALGEBRA.

CLASS I A.

1. Find the factors of :-

:-

(1) 9a2 52xy + 35y2 (2) 32 +11 + 7

(3) 4a2b2 - (a2 + b2 + c2)2

2. Solve the equations :-

@

(1) +

+

y

Y

a

b

b

C

a

7

(2)

+

+

x-a

it' b

b

1.

a

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.

4.

(1) Prove that ao = 1.

(2) Reduce to its simplest form :-

am + bu

a-m

+6

a"

im

---- n a

-M

(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

3

S

1 2

6

(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.

1. Find the factors of :

(1) x2 + x

30.

(2) 92-52 xy + 35y2.

(3) 1

gas.

2. The H. C. F. of 2 expressions is (a-7), and their L. C. M. is 102+11 + 70. One of the expressions is 2 - 5æ - 14. a3 Find the other.

is a3

3. Simplify:-

1

24 - 3

æ ( x + 1) æ (x + 1) (x + 2)

+

a (x + 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 :--

a

(1)

(2)

У

it'

(

+

+

1.

b

a

a

b

a

b

+

=

X

M

a

X -

+ b

a

No. 30.

557

ALGEBRA.

CLASS II.

1. Simplify the following expression and re-arrange according to powers of e.

abe + 7a3 x3

3bx

-

4 [4ex 2 2 - 3bx3 + {4cx - 2cx")}]

4 (a2x2

2. Solve the equations :--

(1) 5 (2x+6)=7(x+4) +1.

(2)

(x + 1) (x + 2) + (x+3) (x+4)=2(x + 1).

3. Find the factors of :---

(1) x+y=xy". (2) x2

4x 32.

(3) 1 9a8.

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 :-

23

Four years ago the What is the age of

10x2 + 36x 8 and 3 9x2 + 23x and the L. C. M. of

12

No. 31.

x2

1 x3 + ì, x3 1, x + 1.

ALGEBRA.

CLASS III.

1. Multiply:---

a2 + ¿‚2 + c2

be

ca ab by a + b + c.

2. Simplify the following expression and re-arrange it according to powers of a.

abc7a-3br - 4 [4c2.x2 -3be3+ {4ca4 (a2x2 -

2cx3)}].

3. Solve the equation :

=

5 (26) 7 (+4) + 11.

4. Find the factors of :---

(1) ay ay2. (2) 2 4.

32.

(83) 1

9a2.

5. Trace the graph of the equation:-

+1:

3

No. 32.

ALGEBRA.

CLASS IV.

1. If a = 1, } = 2, c = 3, d = 0, find the value of the following expressions :-

(1)

4a2 + 362 + c2.

(2)

2a + b + c

a + 2r

(3)

2ab + be ac + 6bd.

2. What is the meaning of the following expressions :---

(1) a3.

(2) 73 (4.

(3) abe (a + b)2 (a + b + c).

3. Add together :-

(1) 3a‍+ 3b, 4a 67, ba

96 + 2c, 26 + 11c.

(2) x2

x2 + 2axy + a2y2; x2 - 2ax + а2y + a3; æ

a2 42 + ax.

4. Find the difference

between :

(1) a + (2) ab

62€

-

edad and ab + be2

3ed + Ged.

br, and a + §b - Zc.

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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 I is 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 CO respectively, show that BOC = 90° +

A

2

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, each 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 0, Prove:-

(1) Angle ABC=angle ADC.

(2) AC bisects each of angles BAD, BCD.

(3) BO=0D.

(4) AOB, AOD are right angles.

5. The earth makes 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°?

1

No. 37.

560

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

"/

21

D 9

16

13

7 F

00

10

B4

6

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 are.

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.

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)

1

sin B

(2.)

cos (2A−3B)+cos 3B

cot A

sin (2A-3B) + sin 3B

B

C

A

(3.) tan-

tan

+ tan

tan

2

2

2

A

B

+ tan

tan

= 1

2

2

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 + c cos C = 4R sin A sin B sin ('.

No. 40.

TRIGONOMETRY.

JUNIOR.

1. Prove geometrically the following identities:

(1) cos 2 A + sin 2 A = 1.

(2) cosec 2 A = 1 + cot2 A.

1

(3) tan 30°

=√ 3

2. Define a radian. Find the radian measure of a right angle.

Find the numerical value of :-

2 sin 11 + cos 1

11 // 4

4

3. If cot A=c, show that e+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°. Find the height 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.

tan (45° + A)

1 + tan 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.

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.

The

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.

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No. 43.

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青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君子之儒忠君愛國守正惡邪務使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熱而遠者凉乎孔子不能决

叙此曾欠酒賬未交請銷舊欸方能賒新賑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今月今日今時等君 六千年當還原一次則一萬六千年後今年4月今日我輩仍叙於此請暫記今日酒賬俟 妥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村建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)孔子東游見兩小兒辨圖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 need be attempted.)

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1〇 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

三〇 或曰以德報怨何如子曰何以報德以直報怨以德報德

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 電車傷人 初二日下午有桃夫被電車撞倒頭顱受傷舁往國家

六〇 扣留埶照 無牌小輪某號與全利小輪相撞一案經船政司審訊

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

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.

Class.

DR. G. H. BATESON WRIGHT, D.D., HEADMASTER.

Division.

Name of Master.

I.

A.B.

T. K. Dealy.

A. W. Grant.

II.

A.

B.

A. H. Crook, b.a. Ng In.

III.

A.

G. P. de Martin, B.A.

B.

Tse Chin-fong.

C.

Kong Ki-fai.

IV.

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

V.

A.

B.

C.

D.

H. L. Garrett, B.A.

Lenug Kwong-kun.

Lan Tsoi.

Li Ying-shiu. Fung Sz-chau.

A. R. Sutherland.

Ying Wing-chik. Chiu Yung-chi.

Wong Hoi-man.

E.

Chan Sz-yiu.

VI & VII.

E. Ralphs, F.R.G.S., Normal Master, and

five pupil teachers.

5 Pupil Teachers under Mr. Ralphs, Normal Master.

Lo Wai-boug.

Leung Wing-wai.

Chenng Ka-shing. Tang Tsok-san.

VI.

A.

B.

C.

D.

VII.

A.

Cheung Kit-shing.

B.

Lai Shin-kit,

Chan Tat-ming.

Chan Man-tsun.

Ho Mong.

5 Vernacular Masters.

Lo Po-tang. Ho Fung-cheung.

No. 23..

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SUPPLEMENT

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The Hongkong Government Gazette

Of FRIDAY, the 29th of NOVEMBER, 1907.

Published by Authority:

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-

Actual Expenditure.

ary Votes.

Total.

€9

$

(i.) Personal Emoluments and other Charges, (ii.) Annually Recurrent Works,.

(iii) Extraordinary Works,

283,022.00 409,200.00 1,561,700.00

283,022.00 203,068.43

3,050.00 327,824.11

412,250.00

379,797.77

1,889,524.11

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. 1ğd.

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  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.

1

were:

568

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 rende 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 :-

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"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).

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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

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   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 LOTS AREA IN SQUARE FEET. ANNUAL Rent.

PREMIUM.

Total.

Total.

Total.

Total.

Sales by Auction.

C.

$

C.

$ ር.

C.

Island of Hongkong,

Kowloon Peninsula,

N. T., Southern District,

17

320,046

2,622.00

57,235.00

4

225,582

1,842.00

$7,968.00

7

3,503,429

609.89

11,360.00

Northern

121

3,014,118

377.91

2,818.23

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""

149

7,063,175

5,451.80

159,381.23

Sales without Auction. Island of Hongkong, Kowloon Peninsula,

N. T., Southern District,

   Extensions Granted. Island of Hongkong, Kowloon Peninsula,

N. T., Southern District,

Grants on Nominal Terms.

Island of Hongkong,

1

8,800

12

70,976

138.00

71.41

21,5335.00

326.70

13

79,776

209.41

21,861.70

10 1-

8,355 104,272

1,242.00 4,473.00

6,653.25 26,617.41

...

12

112,627

5,715.00

33,270.66

4

897,950

4.00

Kowloon Peninsula,

...

N. T., Southern District,

4

12,000

CC

8

909,950

4.00

8.00

Grants on Short Leases.

Island of Hongkong,

Kowloon Peninsula,

N. T., Southern District,

2

188,462

31.65

2

188,462

31.65

:

Permits to occupy Land

for Short Periods, &c.

Island of Hongkong,

193

Kowloon Peninsula,

New Territories,..

***

49

3,468.76* 2,890.50*

34

176.29*

Do.,

let by

Not

available.

O., Northern District,

A. L. O., Southern District, 78 New Territories, let by A.L.

Extensions of Short Period

Leases to 75 Years'

Leases.

Kowloon Peninsula,

e

57.61*

82

436

332.95*

6,926.11

Total,

37

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

688.00

Shaukiwan I.L. 408 and M.L.'s 2 to 10,

214,263

1,728.00

17,682.00 34,482.00

$0.35 per square foot.

$0.16

Kowloon I L. 1,171,

19.032

152.00

10,200.00

$0.53

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L.L. 1,172,.

19,032

152.00

I.L. 1,178,.

27,018

248.00

7,633.00 33,823.00 $1.21

$0.40

་་

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160,500

1,290.00

22,500

194.00

36,312.00

6,020.00 $0.27

$0.223

99

Hung Hom M.L. 3,

New Kowloon I.L. 26,

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 Hongkong 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 Praya 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 83 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 3,780 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 School, 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 l'ang. 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 1905 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 Inland 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.

                                                       Two 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.

  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.

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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 Public 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,

35

14

21

Chinese

164

214

50

Buildings and Structures other than the above,.

150

131

19

Alterations and additions to existing buildings,..

1.744

2,068

324

Verandahs,

43

99

56

Balconies,

73

40

33

Sunshades,

41

45

4

Areas,

3

3

Piers,

6

25

19

...

Total,...

2,259

2,636

453

76

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.

17

Marine Lot 245

,,

House No. 1 Fung On Lane, Yee Wo Street, East Point.

KOWLOON.

Godown No. 15 Macdonnell Road.

House No. 88 Reclamation Street, Yaumati.

Houses Nos. 106-112 (even nos.) Reclamation Street, Yaumati.

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243-247 (odd 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.

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21 Yee Wo Street, East Point.

KOWLOON.

Godown on Marine Lot 34, Kowloon Point.

Houses Nos. 90 and 92 Reclamation Street South, Yaumati.

110 Station Street South,

48 and 50 Station Street South,

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""

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19

29-39 (odd nos.) Macdonnell Road, 116 Temple Street,

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Watchmen's Quarters on Marine Lot 39, Yaumati.

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.

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No. 29 West Street and 207 Hollywood Road.-Party wall.

19

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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,

Marine Lot 290, Shaukiwan Road,.

140,000

345,928

145,350

165,000

53,800

 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 beyond those stated have to be reclaimed for roads.

PUBLIC WORKS RECURRENT.

 23. Maintenance of Buildings.--The buildings upon which any expended were the following:-

considerable sum was

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

and internally....

3,383

3,206

Sheep and Swine Depôts-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-General repairs and doing up externally and

internally,

1.083

Victoria Gaol-Sundry repairs and supplying materials,..

888

Servants' Quarters, Government Civil Hospital-General repairs

and doing up externally and internally,

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

}

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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

Aberdeen Police Station-General repairs,

475

Government Pavilions-Sundry repairs and renewing decayed

timber,

429

Government Civil Hospital, B. Block--General repairs and doing

up internally,

419

Central Police Station,

401

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

47

37

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 typhoon 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

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.

year.

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.

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 howloon 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

as 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 Road sewer with theity 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-an increase of 10* over the previous year-and in the Hill District 110,-an increase of 4. The lighting of the Military Cantonment by 15 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 walls 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-

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* In last year's report, the number of lamps was erroneously statul as 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 The old replace it with a reinforced concrete structure, no repairs were undertaken. 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

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 44 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 1,00 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 dates:

Tytam, Tytam Byewash, Wongneichong,

Pokfulam,

16th September to 20th November.

.17th

16th

";

""

.29th May and

6th Sept.

20th October..

9th

""

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,

20th August to 12th September,

13th November to 31st December,

Total,

....

36,398,000 gallons.

7,817,000 28,960,000

""

"

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,

""

15.8 gallons. 18.2

99

......

15.7

..

9.7

""

during the application of intermittent supply to the Rider Main Districts only, during the application of universal intermit-

tent supply,

 Full details of the consumption, contents of the reservoirs, &c., will be found in Appendices C and D.

The Analyses made by the Government Analyst shew that the quality of the water throughout the year was excellent. Bacteriological examinations were begun in August and have been carried out regularly since. The results of these are also very satisfactory.

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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 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),

""

(Hill District),..

Unfiltered,

Total,

Gallons.

.112,075,000

.100,298,000

25,037,000

34,304,000

271,714,000

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 Wau 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.

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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 13,391,000 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.

The

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 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 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 foundations, 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. Mongkoktsui 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 construction 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 21,000 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 joists 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 Mongkoktsui, 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 Sigmalmen, 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.

585

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

17

(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

.

586

62. New Roads 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". 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,....

Retaining wall, North side of Middle Road and forming

and kerbing road,

.$16,505

(ii.)

(iii.) Widening of Des Voeux Road past Gun Club Hill, (iv.) Extension of Robinson Road between Middle and Salis- bury Roads and forming and kerbing part of old road South of Middle Road,

16,083

4,500

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

Roads,

3,189

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 53, 72 and 73, Hok Un,

1,111

(xiii) Forming and kerbing Station Street North past Kowloon

Inland Lot 1,079,

1,057

(xiv.) Filling in roads adjoining Kowloon Inland Lot 717,

(xv.) Altering Austin Road opposite Bowling Club's ground, (xvi.) Pathway from Austin Avenue to the Observatory grounds,

935

418

321

$63,576

Hongkong.

(xvii.) Excavating hill and forming Forbes and Cadogan Streets,

Kennedy Town,...

$7,086

(xviii.) Extension of Water Street to Pokfulam Road,

(xix.) Forming road along Southern boundary of Shaukiwan

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

587

Item (i.) completes the resumption undertaken last year for the future construction of a main direct thoroughfare to Hok Un and Kowloon City.

Item (ii.) 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 enable 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.

Item (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.

Items (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 formed condition for many years owing to the adjacent lots not being built upon.

un-

 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.

588

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 Station 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 :-

(1.) 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.

589

   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 nullabs 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

590

Hongkong.

(viii.) Barker Road-Extension of sewer,.

(ix.) Laying sewer in Connaught Road West,

$ 1,677

798

(x.) Extension of storm-water drain in lane at Leighton

Hill Road,...

592.

(xi.) Altering sewer near Bay View Police Station, (xii.) Extension of storm-water drain in Chater Road

for Hotel Mansions,

435

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 1" 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.

591

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 :

1

1

1

2

2

1

3

3

16

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,

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

1

1

2

14

2

1

2

3

2

4

3

18

10

5

13

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 Marks for Traverse Survey Points in New Territories.-It was not found possible to proceed with this work as no surveyor was available for it.

592

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,...

Wood Paving Experiments-Laying area at foot of

Ice House Street,

Granite Paving Experiments-Laying portion of Queen's Road West with large, squared blocks and portion with setts, 6" × 6′′ × 3",

.$ 1,634

...

1,587

1,497

1,230

1,105

Railing on North side of Po Hing Fong, Taipingshan,... Wanchai School-Raising boundary wall and improv-

935

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 Stair,

413

Additional Pillar Letter Boxes,.

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.

593

The following is a statement of the resumptions effected during the year:-

Scavenging Lanes obtained by

payment of Compensation.

In rear of No. 38 New Market Street (part),

""

""

""

houses on I.L. 679, High Street,

No. 36 New Market Street,

74 Wing Lok Street,

76

11

99

11

12

""

Do.,

houses on K.I.L. 412, Robinson Road, .3,465.00

Scavenging Lanes surrendered to Government

without payment of Compensation.

In rear of No. 282 Des Voeux Road Central,

...

Area. Sq. ft. 88.50 1,116.25

Compensation paid. $1,593.00

1.677.00

?

89.50

1,611.00

42.50

1,065.62

44.00

1,100.00

3,465.00

Area.

Sq. ft.

42.50

284

Do.,

44.00

""

A

""

38 New Market Street (part),

102.50

1 to 25 Centre Street,

1,029.00

""

""

">

7 & 8 A Chung's Lane,.

108.00

264.00

93

72

74

""

""

287.00

268.00

70 Bonham Strand,

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. had not been paid up to the end of the year.

This amount

  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 In precarious condition and were taken down and rebuilt by arrangement with the owners. 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.

594

-

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.

595

    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 5"

12

3,100 4"

11

י ,

Fire Hydrants to the number of 22 were fixed on the new mains.

77. Tytam Tuk Scheme-First Section.-Good progress was made with this work from January to May, but from June to October it was again much 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,..

Rubble masonry facework,

Ashlar masonry

""

8,500 cubic yards.

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.

(ii.) 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 Road.-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.

Mi

596

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 (i.) 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 (i.) 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.

597

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.

598

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.

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.

ADVANCE ACCOUNTS.

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.

599

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.

4"

3"

3"

21"

9"

14"

2,620

or 9.14 miles in all.

423

2,010

358

9.768

906

District No.

connected.

CONNECTIONS MADE, EXEMPTIONS GRANTED, &c.

No. of Tenements

No. of Tenements still to be connected.

No. of Exemptions granted.

5

1,192

10

81

6

1,362

22

61

7

17

Totals,.

2,571

32

The expenditure on the work during the year amounted to $85,937.82.

STAFF, &c.

142

  97.-Leave granted, Appointments, Resignations, &c.-The following Officers were granted leave exceeding one week's duration :-

Mr. J. F. BOULTON, Executive Engineer,

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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,

É. W. CARPENTER, Assistant Engineer,

H. E. HAGGARD, Assistant Engineer,

L. C. REES, Principal Land Surveyor,

..11 months & 8 days.

2

*

6 weeks.

2 months.

20 days.

...11

6 months & 11 days.

1 days.

8 months & 20 days.

5

3 months.

s days. 26

J. HUTCHINGS, Overseer (Buildings Ordinance, ...38

B. W. GREY, Land Surveyor,.

""

A. M. DE SOUZA, Clerk,

""

G. E. THOMAS, Clerk of Works,.

""

W. DOBBS, Overseer (Buildings Ordinance),

""

U. A. FARRELL, Overseer,

""

19

J. M. CRUZ, Tracer,..

""

""

V. DE P. PORTARIA, Foreman,

""

YAN PING, Foreman,

TAM TSUN, Tracer,

WONG KWONG YIU, Tracer,

19

& 20 ""

4 months & 3 days.

3 weeks.

.15 days.

1 month.

1

22

9 days.

600

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.

11

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 KÜN.

Do.

""

LI PING CHIU,

Do.

I. A. REMEDIOS, Do.

""

WONG KAI LEUNG, Do.

""

H. GOLDENBERG,

""

KANG CHO,

99

TAM TSUN,

Do.

Do.

Tracer.

99

LEUNG HING TONG, DO.

WONG WING IU, Do.

""

19

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.,

Do.

!

J. EDWARDS,

Do.

""

19

S. F. SANTOS, Do.

""

The following appointments were made :-

Mr. L. BOLTON, Assistant Land Surveyor.

H. W. SAYER, Assistant Land Surveyor.. ARTHUR CRANE, Överseer.

99

""

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A. R. A. BONE, Do.

W. G. JURY,

G. M. GIBBS, Meter Reader.

CHENG WA QUAN, Clerk.

(Transferred from Sanitary Board.)

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SIN TZE KONG, Do.

""

YUNG YCK TONG,

Do.

(Transferred from Treasury.)

CHAN TAK CHỊU,

Do.

19

KWAN SHAU Ku,

Do.

Do. Do.

CHAN TO SUI,

Do.

Do.

Government Civil Hospital.) Registrar General's Office.) Education Department.)

27

LAM FEW CHO,

Do.

??

Lo KA TSOB,

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

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34 telegraph workmen, survey coolies, &c., &c.

601

   The following Officers entered and left the service of the Department within the year-

Mr. R. H. B. CROUCHER, Meter Reader.

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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.

602

Appendix A.

ANNUALLY RECURRENT EXPENDITURE, 1906.

ESTABLISHMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS RECURRENT.

AMOUNTS IN ESTIMATES.

SUPPLE- MENTARY AMOUNTS VOTES. VOTED

TOTAL

EXPENDI-

TURE.

ESTABLISHMENT.

3

Personal Emoluments, including Exchange Compen-

sation,

263,486.00

Other Charges,

19,536.00

283,022.00

PUBLIC WORKS RECURRENT.

Buildings.

1. Maintenance of Buildings,

52,000.00

2.

29

in New Territories,

8,000.00

3.

Lighthouses,

Communications.

4,500.00

:

:

C.

$

263,486.00 186,674.27

19,536.00 16,394.16

283,022.00 203,068.43

52,000.00 51,998.00

8,000.00 7,130.00

4,500.00 4,074.70

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4. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City,

50,000.00

50,000.00 | 49,975.35

5.

6.

"

outside City, ... 25,000.00

25,000.00 21,311.19

15

in Kowloon,

...

20,000.00

20,000.00 12,336.05

7.

8.

25

in New Territories,.

8,000.00

8,000.00 7,878.40

Telegraphs,

8,000.00

250.00

8.250.00 8,243.68

9.

in New Territories, ......

4,000.00

4,000.00 3,751.68

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,

14. Electric

99

:

20,000.00 19,909.58

46,200.00 44,751.84

23,000.00

23,000.00 22,390.94

9,000.00

800.00

9,800.00 9,669.33

1,000.00

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

...

3,500.00 3,032.15

17.

Public Recreation Grounds,.

4,000.00

18. Dredging Foreshores,

12,000.00

19. Miscellaneous Services,

10,000.00

:

:

Water Works.

20. Maintenance of City and Hill District,

65,000.00

4,000.00

2,143.43

12,000.00 5,998.53

10,000.00 9,517.84

65,000.00 61,195.89

21.

"

22.

23.

""

Kowloon,

Shau-ki-wan,

Aberdeen,

12,000.00

2,000.00 14,000.00 13,971.03

1,000.00

1,000.00

1,000.00

385.50

1,000.00

311.57

24. Water Account (meters &c.),..

15,000.00

15,000.00 | 14,837.96

Total,....

.$49,200.00

3,050.00 | 412,250.00 379,797.77

603

Appendix B.

EXTRAORDINARY EXPENDITURE, 1906.

PUBLIC WORKS EXTRAORDINARY.

Buildings.

1. Govt. Civil Hospital, Extension to Staff Quarters,.

3. Law Courts,

2. Harbour Office,....

4. Mong-kok-tsui Market,

5. Western Market.

6. Post Office,

7.

Do.,

Shanghai,

8. Prison,

9. Public Latrines and Urinals,

10. School at Yaumati,

11. Tai-po Quarters for Officers,

12. Quarters for Signalmen, Green Island,

13. Mortuary at Kowloon,

14. Shelters for Dust Carts,

Communications.

AMOUNTS IN ESTIMATES.

SUPPLE-

MENTARY VOTES.

TOTAL AMOUNTS

VOTED.

EXPENDI

TURE.

$

$ C.

$ C.

5,000.00

5.164.00

31,500.00| 17,276.53

160,000.00

5,000.00

10,164.00 10,163.88 48,776.53 48,642.60

160,000.00 122,690.12

5.000.00 3,099.09

160,000.00

10,000.00

15,381.35

33,000.00 12.399.94 45,399.94 45,299.93 160.000.00 72,060.86

25,381.35 25,381.35

40,000.00

40,000.00

12,000.00

12,000.00

6,758.23

3.000.00

1,599.80 4,599.80

4.598.10

3,000.00 5,646.00

8,646.00

8,638.72

4.600.00

4,600.00 4,584.12

8,000.00

8,000.00

2,848.51

5,000.00

5,000.00

50,000.00 | 50,532.68|100,532.68 * 81,207.84

40,000.00 34,707.13

15. Railway to Canton, Survey and Preliminary Work, 16. New Roads in Victoria, Extension East and West)

of Conduit Road,

40,000.00

17. New Roads in Kowloon, Extension North of

Robinson Road,

30,000.00

18. New Roads in New Territories,

50,000.00

19. Forming and Kerbing Streets,

20. Communications between the Harbour Office and

Signalling Stations,

6,800.00

Drainage.

10,000.00

30,000.00

17,869.25

60,000.00 † 12,278.99

40,000.00 | 42,000.00 | 82,000.00 79,205.36

21. Gullies Reconstruction,

10,000.00

22. Training Nullahıs,.............

20,000.00

23. Large Flushing Tanks for Main Sewers and

substitution of Iron for Earthenware pipes,... § 24. Miscellaneous Drainage Works,.........

5,000.00

35.000.00

Lighting.

25. Extension of Gas Lighting,..

2,500.00

Carried forward........

:

:

6,800.00

5,623.75

10,000.00

9,998.75

20,000.00 16,190.58

5,000.00

2.971.42

35,000.00 33,785.14

2,500.00 1,569.00

.$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

$14.575.00

$ 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.

604

Appendix B,-Continued.

EXTRAORDINARY EXPENDITURE, 1906,--Continured.

:

PUBLIC WORKS EXTRAORDINARY.

AMOUNTS IN ESTIMATES.

SUPPLE-

MENTARY VOTES.

TOTAL AMOUNTS

VOTED.

EXPENDI

TURE.

$

$

$ C.

$

Brought forward. Miscellaneous.

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

2.500.00 2,455.00

11,000.00

25.000.00

25,000.00 6,218.93

29. Miscellaneous Works,

35.000.00

35,000.00 25,926.30

Public Health & Buildings Ordinance, 1993. 30. Compensation for Scavenging Lanes, &c.,................... 31. Insanitary Property Resumptions, .....

10,000.00

8.000.00 18,000.00 11,575.99

150,000.00

150,000.00 | 137,933.38

Water Works.

32. Albany Filter Beds, Reconstruction and Extension,

20.000.00

20,000.00| 19,948.60

33. Kowloon Water Works, Gravitation Scheme,....... 300,000.00

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

15,000.00

64.15

36. Water Supply, Tai-po,....

3,800.00

3.800.00

384.50

37. Miscellaneous Water Works,

20,000.00

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,

...

14,689.56

24.56

2,168.02

14,689.56

14,652.93

7,800.00

24.56

2.168.02

7,800.00

24.56

1,985.49

1,017.34

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

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,

49. Resumption of Land for Sai U Shek Cemetery

near Kowloon City,

50. Resumption of Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1112 at

Ma-tau-kok,

51. Reconstruction of Government Piers,......

52. Typhoon Damages,

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 1.969.74

2,000.00 2,000.00

2,000.00

...

450.66

450.66

450.66

* This sum

Total,.....

4,500.00 4,500.00 4.500.00

28,275.36 28,275.36

69.000.00 69,000.00 68,949.51

1,561,700.00 327,824.11 1,889,524.11 1,46,868.66

was transferred from the Praya Beclamation Fund to Public Works Extraordinary and was subsequently transferred again to "Deposits not Available". No expenditure was incurred in connection with it.

POKFULAM,

MONTH.

In Reser-

voir 1st of

month.

Delivered

over

BY-WASH.

gauge.

In Reservoir 1st of month.

Appendix C.

CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER-WORKS, 1906. Monthly Consumption and Contents of Reservoirs (gallons).

ΤΑΙΤΑΜ.

WONG-NEI-CHONG.

TOTAL CON-

MINT DAM

TENTS OF

MAIN.

In Reservoir Ist of month.

gauge.

Delivered

over

In Reser-

voir 1st of

inonth.

Delivered

over

guage.

IMPOUNDING

RESERVOIRS.

COLLECTED TOTAL CON- FROM SUMPTION STREAMS. (Filtered).

AND

GRAND

BLUE POOL

( Un-

filtered).

RAIN-

FALL AT

OBSER- TOTAL. VATORY (Inches).

January,

18,300,000 15,612,000

231,440,000 88,977,000

February,

7,100,000| 4,627,000

161,120,000 75,456,000

March,......

7,450,000 6,373,000

April,

6,920,000 10,138,000

107,320,000 71,771,000

55,380,000 53,159,000 127,000

May,

June,

48,590,000 18,413,000

| 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 1,788,000 115,478,000

July,

.... 64,920,000 26,666,000

1,269,000 278,470,000 84,066,000 6,548,000 |

August,

September, 49,260,000 26,654,000

442,000 268,660,000| 64,654,000 13,627,000

| ... 65,730,000 30,521,000 3,178,000 297,400,000 93,162,000 14,202,000 |

October, ... 70,220,000 36,303,000 25,842,000 *399,320,000 | 81,920,000 31,678,000 3,853,000 327,060,000 9,607,000 131,683,000 4,164,000 135,847,000

616,000 249,740,000 2,005,000 107,210,000 3,131,000 110,341,000 1.98 851,000 163,220,000 11,697,000 92,631,000 3,133,000 95,764,000 607,000 114,770,000 13,205,000 91,956,000 3,151,000 62,427,000 | 19,452,000| 82,749.000 1,784,000

2.25

95,107,000 2.63

84,533,000 9.79

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

5.89

351,207,000 11,603,000 122,335,000 1,985,000 124,320,000 | 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

6.94

3.97

1.32

| November, 59,980,000 22,584,000 December,. 50,550,000 | 19,599,000

8,138,000 402,300,000 68,723,000 27,762,000 8,138,000 402,300,000 68,722,000 27,762,000 | 372,550,000 76,866,000 22,178,000

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

.17

.66

43,484,000

Total,

240,462,000

860,899,000

""

Estimated average population for the whole year, 233,300. Consumption of filtered water per head per day for whole year,.. during Constant supply,.

..15.8 gallons. .18.2

173,918,000 1,318,763,000 34,304,000 1,353,067,000

REMARKS.

Intermittent supply in Bider-main and Eastern Districts.

,,

Intermittent supply in Rider- main and Eastern Districts up to 14th. General intermittent sup- ply from the 1th.

General intermittent supply up to 18th. Constant supply except in Rider-main Districts from the 19th.

Constant supply except

in Rider-main Districts.

""

""

33

Do. up to 17th. General constant supply in all Districts from the 18th. General constant sup- ply in all Districts. Intermittent supply in Rider-main Districts from the 1st.

""

Consumption of filtered water per head per day during universally Intermittent supply.... 9.7 gallons.

partially

...15.7

605

Appendix D.

CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER-WORKS, 1906. Particulars of Metered and Unmetered Supplies (gallons).

FILTERED SUPPLY.

606

UNMETERED.

METERED.

MONTH.

UNFILTERED

SUPPLY

METERED.

GRAND TOTAL.

CITY.

TOTAL.

CITY.

HILL DISTRICT.

Trade.

Domestic.

January,

February,

92,355,000

6,450,000

6,992,000

1,413,000

107,210,000

3,131,000

110,341,000

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

2,406,000

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.)

607

HIGH LEVELS OF CITY.

HILL DISTRICT.

GRAND

MONTH.

700′ TANK (Peak Road District).

600' & 650' TANKS (Robinson Road District).

TOTAL

COMBINED

PUMPED.

MOTORS.

ENGINE.

TOTALS.

TOTAL.

Motors.

Engine.

Total.

Motors.

Engine.

Total.

January,

224,000

1,189,000

1,413,000

698,000

February,

166,000

1,186,000

1,352,000

654,000

698,000

654,000

March,

234,000

1,559,000 1,793,000

384,000

384,000

1,133,000 754,000 2,472,000 3,226,000 961,000 1,455,000 2,416,000

2,792,000 3,925,000

4,623,000

6,036,000

3,880,000

5,232,000

April,

71,000 1,640,000

1,711,000

454,000

454,000

1,395,000

732,000

May,

282,000 2,029,000

2,311,000

802,000

802,000

918,000

1,494,000

2,128,000

2,412,000

2,800,000

2,582,000 4,293,000

4,593,000

3,214,000

5,525,000

June,

247,000 2,069,000

2,316,000

759,000

759,000

1,037,000

2,308,000

3,345,000

4,104,000 6,420,000

July,

218,000

1,905,000

2,123,000

939,000

939,000

1,385,000

August,

370,000

2,036,000 2,406,000

1,246,000

1,246,000

September,

202,000

October,...

November,

December,

2,295,000

253,000 2,322,000 2,575,000 139,000 2,079,000 2,218,000 18,000 2,304,000 2,322,000

2,497,000

963,000

1,228,000

1,145,000

912,000

3,023,000

945,000 3,197,000 963,000 1,479,000 2,315,000 3,794,000 1,228,000 1,575,000 2,586,000 4,161,000 991,000 3,187,000 4,332,000 2,196,000

1,145,000 912,000 1,481,000 2,188,000 3,669,000

4,408,000

5,347,000

7,470,000

4,142,000 5,388,000

7,794,000

4,757,000

7,254,000

5,389,000

7,964,000

6,550,000

4,581,000

6,903,000

Total,

2,424,000

22,613,000 25,037,000

10,184,000

10,184,000

14,054,000

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.

January,

February,

1,115,000

873,000

March,

1,138,000

April,.

1,093,000

May,

1,316,000

June,

1,409,000

July,

August,

September,

735,000

1,434,000

993,000

1,373,000 1,387,000 1,769,000 1,654,000 1,553,000 1,957,000 1,939,000

2,127,000

1,881,000

1,516,000

October,.....

November,.....

December,.

1,669,000 1,641,000 2,491,000

1,553,000 1,347,000 1,543,000 1,352,000

1,730,000 1,362,000 1,574,000 2,042,000 1,793,000

1,542,000 1,613,000 1,751,000 710,000 1,317,000 2,352,000 1,711,000 1.933,000 1,101,000 1,853,000 2,027,000 2,370,000 2,311,000 2,001,000 1,796,000 2,715,000 1,557,000 2,405,000 2,316,000

1,560,000 1,618,000 1,972,000 2,041,000 2,175,000 2,700,000 3,085,000 2,382,000 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 1,421.000 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 1,297,000 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

1,674,000

1,413,000

814,000

935,000

1,196,000

648,000

809,000

1,350,000

1,476,000

2,123,000

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

:

608

(

Appendix G.

CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER-WORKS, 1906.

Comparative Table showing Water Pumped tAigh Levels of the City during the last ten years (gallons).

Month.

1897.

1898.

-1899.

1900.

1901.

1902.

1903.

1904.

1905.

1906.

January,

1,358,000

February,

March,

100,000

1,352.000

1,436,000

April,

1,646,000

1,608,000

May,

1,473,000 1,502,000

June,

1,632,000 1,613,000

1,491,000

1,451,000

1,490,000

August,

1,638,000

1,578,000

1,569,000

September,

1,600,000

1,701,000

1,704,000

October,

1,653,000

November,

December,

1,478,000 1,951,000 2,221,000 2,433,000 1,700,000 2,265,000 1,135,000 1,644,000 1,845,000 1,960,000 1,076,000 1,772,000 2,063,000 3,453,000 3,880,000 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 1,355.000 1,097,000 2,022,000 2,063,000 824,000 2,230,000 1,860,000 1,835,000 1,869,000 1,460,000 1,264,000 2,555,000 2,015,000 2,727,000 3,598,000 4,624,000 3,285,000 5,061,000 4,104,000 1,939,000 2,732,000 4,070,000 1,920,000 4,962,000 5,625,000 5,347,000 2,320,000 3,258,000 3,909,000 1,780,000 5,874,000 2,173,000 3,065,000 4,342,000 1,728,000 6,066,000 1,699,000 2,192,000 2,383,000 3,776,000 4.168,000 6,481,000 5,716,000 1,526,000 1,641,000 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

3,364,000

5,261,000 4,623,000

4,077,000 2,582,000

4,826,000 3,214,000

5,862,000 5,388,000

6,127,000 4,757,000

6,142,000 5,389,000

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

}

609

Month.

7

610

Appendix H.

KOWLOON WATER-WORKS, 1906.

Supplies from Old and New Sources-Monthly Consumption (gallons).

From old sources

(Wells in Fo 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,

April,

May,

June,

8,332,000

July,

8,311,000

12,013,000 2,434,000 14,447,000

8,537,000 3,936,000 12,473,000

7,762,000 6,819,000 14,581,000

7,362,000 15,694,000

6,904,000 15,215,000

Catchwater to new reservoir made

available from 24th.

Catchwater available for 17 days.

7

""

""

6

29

""

25

""

"

August,

8,273,000

8,682,000 16,955,000

11

99

27

"

""

""

September,

7,948,000

October,

November,

December,

6,896,000 14,844,000

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

LO

5

""

7

""

"

"

99

,,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.

Unmetred

Trade.

Domestic.

Total. Suppies.

Grand Total.

January,

784.000

February,

March,

1,359,000 2,143,000 2,446,000 14,589,000

754,000 1,446,000 2,200,000 12,385,000

837,000 1,496,000 2,333,00' 12,114,000

14,585,000

14,447,000

April,

May,

June,

1,197,000 1,802,000 2,999.00 9,474,000

1,204,000 1,873,000 3,07,000 1,261,000 1,862,000 $23,000

12,473,000

11,504,000

14,581,000

12,571,000 15,694,000

July,

August,

1,455,000 1,862,000

1,617,000 1,974,000

3,317,000

3,591,000

11,898,000

15,215,000

13,364,000 16,955,000

September,

1,667,000

1,987,03 3,654,000

11,190,000 14,844,000

October,

November,

December,

1,264,000 1,96,000

1,154,000 £70,000 1,069,000 4,675,000

3,226,000

12,663,000 15,889,000

2,930,000

11,165,000 14,095,000

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

+

611

Appendix K.

ABERDEEN WATER-WORKS, 1906.

Monthly Comsumption (gallons).

Metered Unmetered

Month.

Supply.

Total.

Remarks.

Supply.

January,

February,

79,000

358,000

437,000

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,..

106,000

384,000

490.000

December,.

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

Metered

Unmetered

Month.

Total.

Supply.

Supply.

Battery

Grand Total.

Remarks.

Supply.

January,

46,000

731,000

777,000

11,000

788,000

February,

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,

63,000

1,280,000

1,343,000

382,000

1,725,000

September,

65,000

886,000

951,000

382,000

1,333,000

October,

49,000

1,004,000

1,053,000

151,000

1,204,000

November,

52,000

December,

54,000

Total, 583,000

877,000

962,000,

10,253,000 10,836,000

929,000

151,000

1,080,000

1,016,000

152,000

1,168,000

2,548,000 13,384,000


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