products, but can
100 departure
of charge
find nothing to show
on
any
the part of this Office.
was made in 1882 in the
with their on his
or on
of issuing these permits, the Registrar General being directed to deal
responsibility after Consultation with the Surveyor General and Capt. Supt of Police, but this was at the suggestion of the Surveyor General, and not at that of the Registrar General. The Capt. Supt was duly notified of the change; so that, if this is what is referred to as a new
policy by him, he is not correct in saying that it was "adopted without the knowledge of the Head of the Police."
No permit has ever,
aware
that "it was
so far
as
I am
been issued without the Capt. Supt being consulted in the first instance: In August of last
was
year,
permit applied for through this Department, and referred to the Surveyor General and Capt. Supt of Police in the
usual
way. The latter Officer objected to its issue, and I submitted the matter to the
Government, as I thought it only right to call attention to his objection. I was instructed that the Capt. Supt, while recording his opinion, had signed "as on former occasions," so the permit was issued.
This is quoted to show that this Department
such
the Permit
as on
the
did not in any way desire to overlook objections from a responsible officer, the Head of the Police, and that, therefore, the statement that permits
were
granted without reference to the opposition of the Police is not in strict accordance with fact. Indeed,
so
far from thinking that the Police should
not be consulted,
I
as
early
as the 11th Nov last, suggested that the issue of permits "should be left entirely in the hands of the Police and this Department; and, in the event of any difference of opinion, it should be referred to H.E. the Governor for final decision."
The Capt. Supt complains of the
granting