to the Secretary of State for the ies has been circulated ame ity and extensively si very few of the Kuropean residents Append their names, A county being circulated amens the Chinese, in which exception is taken to the other document because they consider it an i inst the to larger powers being given to the Sanitary Board. Not uana'uraily, the Chinese object to any measures which involve either Further outlay by property owners which will compel them to observe the virtue of cleanliness. However, we seem to be in for a tussle, and it is to ho hoped that the residents will insist that the colony shall be governed on civilised pri ciples.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.