A hospital for small-pox patients has boon a long felt want in Shanghai, and the subject has been discussed at some of the recent ratepayers' meetings, the result being that the Municipal Council were authorized ty set apart Tis, 6,000 for the purpose of 2,500. These sums having been voted, the Governors of the General Hospital called for tenders for the erection of a Duilding that would suit the requirements of Shanghai, and the new small-pox wards have been built from plans furnished by Messrs. Waters & Dale, architects, and under thei superintendence. The new buildings were commenced Inst May and will be ready for occupation at the end of this month, though it there will be no patients requiring accommodation there. The uew wards are situated at the corner of the Tiendong and North Szechuen Roads at the western corner of the Shanghai General Hospital. The bui is 95 feet long on 'Tiendong Road with frontage of 52 feet on North Szechuen Road, and consists of two storeys. On the ground fluor is the convalescent room, Sisters' room, kitchen, cooks' and coolie and the disinfectant room. Through this latter, which is to belittled with de. Ransom's patent disinfecting stove, which was imported from England, all the linen, bedding, ete, of the patients will be passed before it goes to the wash. There are two firat-class wards on the upper fluor; each vg 20 feet by 12 feet and containing accommodation for one pati There is one second-class ward measur 14 feet by 26 feet and cental and appliances for two perso can be put in th 8 ward contains nine, or on an emergency, ten, beds, and measures 26 ft. by 42 ft. There are on this floor a bath-room for third class pal d their camp: establishment in the native City, at whi all the sales and purchases between the firm and Chinese are made j and in this exse the gold in question was delivered to the compradore in the City, over whi mont wasasign-board, in Chines David Sassoon, Sons' and Ca i by the compradore for Alleged defence to the action was that the gold had been sold to Ute compradore on hi own account, and not on account of 3 D. Sassvon, Sons and Cos, who maintained that the compradore was solely liable for the amount claimed. Mr. Consul Daven port decided in favour of the gold-'Messrs, Sas appealed agai thi the following grounds the judgment is contrary to the evidence.
2.—Pisnt the judgment is bared on evi-deuce insufficient in law. certain evidence on behalf of was improperly received or 4—That no evidence was before the Court, of called for, or produced, in sup: port of the said judgment with regard to the custom of the purt in regard to the matters the subject of the suit, or any of them, 5—That the plaintiff failed to prove that he had delivered the goods duimed for to the defendants, or that the defendants wore liable for the same.
6.—Vhat no proper vouchers were pro-ducod by the plaintiff to substantiate hi Me. Warwewarous, in o ning the and appellants, said the \firat class patient is 4,000 cubic foot, second class 2,500, and third class 1,700. There are verandahs both back front on both floors, The bull off from the General Hospital, Wo except "small door for the use of the Sister the ts being received at the main on! in North Szechuen Road. The rooms there being wid second class which are respectively at the East West ends of the buildings, while the third class ward, whi in the middle, has two fireplaces in it, that is one at each end. There are thirteen windows to the rooms on the downstairs floor, and seven-upstairs all fitted with iron bara, to delirious patients
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