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Q.-Is it as a matter of fact?
A.It is, to a certain extent.
Central Market has both.
Some of the Markets have no shops at all; the
Q.-The shops in the Central Market are larger ?
A. Yes.
Q. Any other difference-in the method of arrangement as to dividing one stall from another?
A. Yes, there is. place. But from what I
Of course we had nothing to do with the architecture of the have seen that seems to be the way.
Q. How is it they are not all stalls or not all shops?
A.-I cannot say.
They were divided up in that way originally. I suppose cer- tain men, like those who sell tinned provisions, prefer to have a shop, whilst others, such as those who sell meat or fish, prefer stalls.
Q. What is the authority for allowing persons who sell tinned provisions in the Market at all?
A.—I am not aware of any authority on that point. I should have to look it up. Q-Is it not a fact, Mr. Ball, that really and truly shops of that description have no business in the Market at all considering the original purpose for which the Market was built?
A. If you ask me my private opinion I should say they should be outside the Market, but I have never entered into the subject.
Q. Can you tell us how inany of these 288 are shops and how many are stalls ?
A. Pretty nearly half; I cannot remember the exact figures.
Q. Are there any shops on the lower floor?
A. -I cannot say ; but I think most of those on the lower floor are stalls.
Q.-Does the Registrar General's Department allocate the different stalls-say
where the meat stalls and vegetable stalls shall be- or who does ?
As a
A. That seems to have been done by the Sanitary Board some years ago. general rule the Market has been divided up and different shops and stalls set apart for the sale of certain articles.
Dr. Hartigan. Why do you say the Sanitary Board? When I was on the Board we tried to get certain alterations made, but we were not successful.
The Chairman.--I do not remember the details, but I remember that the Sanitary Board did make some allocation of different stalls for different purposes.
Dr. Hartigan. But I remember we recommended things and they were not accepted by the Public Works Department?
A. I do not say that this is so in every
Market.
The Chairman.--So far as you know the Registrar General does not exercise that function ?
A.-It has been done in some of the Markets-in one at least that I know of-but I think our department prefers to have this done by the Sanitary Board. If there is any dispute we at once try to get the Sanitary Board to take the matter up.
Q.-I suppose a number of stalls are told off as meat stalls, and a number as vegetable stalls, and a number as fish stalls; is there any special object or reason why