hus at last departed, and quarantine restric tions have been removed both at Singapore and Shanghai. I trust we shall escape a jon next spring, at any rate of a more slight sporadic character. Meantime the Insanitary Dwellings Bill is coming on, and will, presumably, be introduced with a view to dealing with the slums. I trust, however, before any" very costly' innovations are introduced, such the resumption of large areas of tenements, that some reasonable hope may be eater: tained of such measures proving effective in banishing the unwelcome guest.
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