A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held yesterday and a great deal of discussion on various health measures took place, but nothing very practical was arrived at. A letter from the Chamber of Commerce to the Government suggesting modification or discontinuance of the medical inspection of the river steamboats at present carried on in a more or less perfunctory manner, owing to the impossibility of the doctor examining each passenger, was discussed, and after some debate it was agreed to recommend the Government to allow the steamboats to proceed to their wharf and there be medialy examined. This modification will no doubt be acceptable in the case of the day boats, but it is not feasible, I imagine, in the case of the night boats, as the passengers would have to be couped up in a stifling heat which would assuredly lead to some outbreak when the vessels were crowded, and the passengers were not per-and the Director of Public Works were both mitted to leave. The Capt-Supt. of Police in favour of discontinuing the inspection but were outvoted.
THE PLAGUE AT AfACAO, the meeting of the Hongkong Sanitary Board yesterday the mortality returns for Macao produced showed that there had been 80 deaths from plague in the two weeks ended 24th April. The President proposed that immigration from that colony should be stopped fora fortnight. He said on the 18th inst. there would be celebrated the fourth centenary of the discovery of the sea route to India by Vasco da Gama at Macao and that on that occasion there would be a great influx of Chinese from outlying districts to see the sights. Four extra large Chinese theatres have been erected to accommodate the crowds of pleasure-seekers expected. The Medical Officer of Health supported was adopted. this proposition, which after some discussion
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