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Mr. Shelton Hooper.--They are printed forms that are circulated?
A.-They are practically an intimation to the householders that by a certain date, their houses have to be cleansed, it is impossible for an Inspector to issue all those personally, therefore some are delivered by the Foremen. These are not, as you will understand, legal notices, issued by the Board.
The Chairman.Then this is what you call a cleansing notice, is it?
A. Yes.
Dr. Atkinson hands in, as an exhibit, a cleansing notice, which is a printed form with blanks to be filled in.
Q-And you, as Head of the Department, do not authorise the issue of notices for quisances by foremen ?
A.—No.
Q.--Other than in this form?
A.—That is all, and these are not notices of nuisances at all. The nuisance notices are all issued by the Prosecuting Inspector, either the one in Kowloon for Kowloon, or the one in Hongkong for Hongkong.
Mr. Shelton Hooper.-Who fills in those blanks,--the foreman ?
A.-No, they are filled in by the Inspector.
The Chairman. The District Inspector, or the Senior Inspector, or the Prosecuting Inspector?
A. The District Inspecter.
Mr. Shelton Hooper. Then the District Inspector instructs the foreman at what house he is to leave this notice, having filled in the date for the foreman ?
A. Yes, that is right.
Page 2061. Question 16721: Dr Atkinson says "Yes, the date of the actual visit is left blank," and adds "The reason why that date has been left blank has been given by Dr. Clark."
Dr. Atkinson states "I always issue a separate notice for each house."
Dr. Atkinson produces the store book, and says "This is the general store book, which is kept at the Sanitary Board Office. This corresponds, I think, to what you would call a ledger, in business."
The Chairman.Where is this kept, Dr. Atkinson ?
A.-It is kept by the Secretary. It is in his charge,
Q. Where is the general summary? I see you have got boots and bird lime and helmets and so forth, but is there a summary kept of all this?
A.-I expect there is an index.
Q.-I see there are headings,-
A. The headings are the articles receivel, and on the other side is what is issued. These are all subinitte: to the Government Auditor every month, and they are checked by him.