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praise is due for the establishment of a large general Hospital, 

 equipped in a highly creditable manner. The rapid development 

 of the maritime possibilities and the natural advantages of Dela- 

 goa Bay as a port, is also in active ])rogress, and the construction 

 of wharfs and equipment now under completion will undoubtedly 

 make this the most up-to-date and best-equipped shipping port in 

 Africa. 



One cannot but regret that the advantages which nature has 

 so bountifully given in regard to Delagoa Bay have not been more 

 generally utilised to develop and assist in the establishment of a 

 port of pre-eminence and health resort long ere this, but to its _ 

 future one can look with confidence. Such is bound eventually 

 to be prosperous, and, in spite of numerous obstacles which have 

 retarded the general progress of the locality, much is to be learnt 

 here by the Municipal Government of other towns within the 

 Union, more especially in the judicious investment of Municipal 

 enterprise with limited funds, and in the face of contentious 

 opposition. In turn, Delagoa Bay has benefited by lessons learnt 

 from the various Mimicipal undertakings in towns throughout 

 South Africa, and one cannot but believe that their lessons will 

 be even more utilised in the immediate future. The work of 

 development will steadily proceed, and amongst that of the first 

 importance an efficient drainage and sewerage system is being 

 seriously considered, the proper and adequate housing and locat- 

 ing of the large Native and Asiatic population, modern and up- 

 to-date equipment of abattoirs, crematoria, refuse destructors, the 

 paving of side-walks, and the develoi)ment of the marine resort 

 at Polana — these are matters of vital and far-reaching import- 

 ance, and will, when realised, effectually eliminate the fallacy and 

 prejudice that is still so common to those who have but a vague 

 knowledge of what has been, and is still to be, done to make 

 Delagoa Bay and Lourenco Marques the best equipped port and 

 town in South Africa. 



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