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3.
"by the Government."
I caused a copy of this communication from the Chamber of Commeree to be forwarded to the Colonial Surgeon (D.Myres), who was requested to furnish explanations. In reply,
report was received
d re
from
him,
in which he stated that the
right of the Wealth Officer and himself to receive fees for the issue of Bills of Health belongs to them in their capacity -private Medical practitioners.
ad
Ho
4.
110
04s it appeared, however,
that the Bills of Health issued.
bove the Royal
Arms, were
stamped
with an
official seal, and were
cers in
signed by those two officers
their official capacity, I called for a return of the fees received
during the year
1883. This return
showed that the fees collected by the Colonial Surgeon during that
period amounted to only two
hundred and forty dollars (about
#240.
£48.
forty-eight pounds sterling), whereas
those received by the Health Officer
amounted