The Customs Medical Reports for the half-year ended 3Uth September, 1885, 1 Loon published present i padded out wil translation, illustrated by diagram 22-pave paper by Dr. A. Lawrentjell, of St. Petersbury, ton the force and mode of action of the muscles which produce "bearing down." In calling it extra ordinary, we do not wish for " moment to reflect on the value of the paper itself, or the care with which the translation has been achieved or the diagrams reproduced our diticulty is to know whut it hae to do with the Customs Medical Reports, The Reports themselves are of most commendable brevity, Leas than a page suffices Dr, Henderson for a summary of the health of Chefoo, and convinces us that Chefvo is a very healthy place in the summer, there having huan only three deaths in the half-year among residents and visitors, Dr. Rennie gore more into detail in dealing with Fvochow, and his report covers whole year, during which period there were only two deaths among foreign re here was no epidemic among the natives during the year, though tifere were a few sporadic cases of cholera, and of typhoid fey Tuirty cares of oveurring among aul into the native hospital, and Dr. Rennie remarks that this ppearanice of the disease in Foochow. Dr. Ringer, in the report on Amoy for the half-year, notes that the port was far more unhealthy than usual, but he only records three oaths among for man brow occupies a page, cerned with the native health of the Customs' staff, which forms the eater part of the foreign population, having, according to Dr. Hemry, been very satisfactory, especially as regards immunity from malarial disas. For auother ut thy smaller ports, Pakhoi, De. Lowry la content with half' page; here also the health of the foreign community wes good, notwithstanding the unusual hat, and' there appear to have been Geatha in the bult-year. Dr. Jamieson, i report on the health sangha, notices that the prevalent diseases of the summer culled for mo epecinl remark, though cholera was very prevalent among the Chines. Much of Dr. Jamieson's report la taken up with a report on the outbreak of cholera on the French guubuat Agpic. We would specially draw the atten-flow of our legislators to one paragraph in Dr. Jamivson's report The number of un per cent.) or, what com thing, of deaths certified by persons who are, cally irreop demauils public at-jai 1 Council bec pitting buri rious crime will sooner find convenient shelter under the pol lity with which permits for burial We trust matters are better managed now, but we have known cases in former yours in whi predecessor of the pre-zant sexton buried people first and got certificate afterwards: a dangerous incentive to criminale, if they knew of the faci thus afforded them, The last of the regular papers is a report by Dr. Allen on the health of Seoul, the result of reading which is a fervent prayer that our lot may never be cast in the Capital of Cores, It © that ' foreigners live in native houses altered to suit their which make very pretty homes, with their large sodded' compounds and of trees, bushes flowery 'The climate too la yood there is nothing more good to be sai 'The streets are awful, and -'some people are killed every year by' fallin, their sleeping inmates," The dra or what passes for drainage, is in a very bad condi id the drains leak into the wells which supply the population with water. The foo! is bad; the people are uncleanly and afflicted with all the most unpleasant diseases. Small-pox is universal and epidemics of cholera well known. Delirium tremen is common, asthma is the burden of life with many Coreans, while skin diseases revel in unmolested glory. Through all of which, with one exception, there was no serious. illu among Europea Te will be sven that this fascicule only deals with a fow of the treaty-ports; 10 Feason for the omission of the remainder; la it to be supposed that they were too healthy to require comment adhesion of the mailbags, threatens again to become epidemic among our mud skippers. Lhe week before Inst there was w mild outbreak on board the Chungking, and uow a rather aggravated cate is reported on the Sin Nanzing, which was 48 hours within the limits of the port before her mails reached the Settlement. For the being the Captain of the i to have the eusiest mail the line to yet in with the malady. If the JVismar manage to make the round trip in days, the Tientsin and Poking communities wot to spank of Kaiping, Blongolia an Shanai, wou'd be quite happy about their correspondence.
The programme of the Seventh Prince's visit to the camps, arsenals and fleet according to the la Leave Peking 14th Mi 16th, reviews and Yientain and Taku occupy week, to Port Arthur and back three days, and return to Peking two days, The dates have been already changed once and my be again, French Syudieste had their audience of the Viceroy to-day.
German engineers returned from Kui ig Colliery where they made a minute inspec: tion of ey 6th A
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