met on the 11th inst. and had a very lengthy it tiny, when they discussed a great variety 1s. Some further recommendations Sanitary Improvements Committee for the improvement of the sanitary condition'of the Colony were submitted. These were adopted after an amendment and will resent 10 the Government. The report. of the Chinese Cemeteries Committee was next considered, and after some discussion it was resolved to refer it bick with a request that a more permanent site for the new cemetery be selected. It was announced that a telegram had been received by the Government from the Secretary of State stating that Dr. Atkinson, P. M. O., might be expected to arrive in Hongkong on or about the 4th of August, and that Dr. Pearse, Assistant Medical Officer of Health, was to leave England on the th of July for Hongkong. The Board decided that phon for improved Chinese houses mitted by the Director of ud forwarded to the chuen alone dissenting, as he said he considered his plan was the best,
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