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State to request that will exhibit to the President
The following application
from the Secretary of State
for The Colonies.
2.
The attention
of
The Secretary of State has
been called in several
instances (not to mention the fatal visitation of the
West India Islands
by
Cholera in the last few
Years) to the disregard of
sanitary arrangements and want of wholesome laws on the
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subject which prevail in
Her Majesty's Colonial
Possessions
Rapid
increase
of population and commerce
in some
quarters tend to
aggravate the evil, resulting
The authorities
therefrom.
will no doubt be ready In many instances would be anxious to perform the duties which may be pointed
and
possess power to
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enforce with stringency the necessary
but they want
Measures:
practical knowledge, and have not the assistance
of experienced professional