and I see no reason
Who is
MI Callum
why apparently recommended
recommended by all
authorities alike, should not be appointed provided he is not allowed
to do
or called upon to do
any work except that of
Sanitary Inspector.
The important point to settle is to whom
the Sanitary Inspector
is to be responsible:
it seems decided that he should not
be responsible to the
Surveyor General, but Mr. Callum adds that
he should be made an ex-officio member
of the Surveyor General's office.
Ld Kimbarley
in his despatch of
the 8th Dec. [17896] par 7. States
that he should be under the control
of the Col. Surgeon and Surveyor General
and form part of the Establishment
of Public Works Dept he adds.
in par. 9.
in other words should not be the head
of an independent department. Who then
is to be his superior officer?
Mr Chadwick
Says
that he will get instructions
from the Colonial Surgeon and
that the Inspector should
be in close relation with the Registrar
General. Mr Callum suggests
much in this despatch, that
the 3 offices in question should form a Sanitary Board to control
the Inspector and that