A rather important meeting of this now purely official body (Mr. Ede having left the Colony) was held on the 19th inst. Mr. Ormsby proposed that the attention of the Government be called to the necessity for the pom of at least two public latrines being made in the estimates. Ho said the cost would be about $3,600. He considered the non-removal of night-soil for several days a serious danger and wanted to see a beginning made for providing against it, The motion was adopted unanimously Two recommendations made by the Board to the Government, one for modification of the regulations for medical inspection of passengers by river steamer, and the other to prohibit immigration of Chinese from Macao for 14 days during the Vasco clu Gama celebrations were not adopted by the Go\ernment. An application from the Dairy Farm Ca. for compensation for the five cows slaughtered by order of the Board in February and March last was referred to the Government. A long report by the acting surveyor (Mr. R. F, Drury) on the desirable ity of completing the drains was read, and asuggestiou that a selected committee be appointed to took into the question was adopted. The Medical Officer of Health then trotted out an anonymous letter published by one of the papers about the plague in Kowloon, and proceeded to deny the statements categorically and said he mentioned it to show "what utter drivel" was seen over norns de plume in papers.
A. 8. WATSON AND CE. ID, Rather later than usual—it is necessarily late I believe owing to the number of accounts,—the report of the General Man branches and the difficulty of getting the agers to the shareholders of the above comuy has just been issued. After expressing great regret at having to record the death of the late General Manager (Mr. J. D. Humphreys) it sets out that the net profits (including $12,159.15 from last account) amount to $99,575.15. After declaring the same dividend as last year,.viz. 10 per cent on capital, they propose to write off $5,280.82 for depreciation of furniture, fittings, machinery, and building improvements, and $21,055.32' from the value of properly known as remaining portion of Inland Lot 19 and the buildings thereon and
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