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of my private practices, that the hoo

should continue to devolve on the

same Medical Officer. So far I have been content to sacrifice my per- for those of the Public and no complaints have ever

been made by the Government, or have

been possible on this point.

15. In 1882 a commissioner was

appointed by the Earl of Kimberley to enquire into the sanitation of the Colony in consequence of medical Reports submitted by

There Reports, together with others, made in conjunction with the Surveyor General in 1874 and 1875, from inspections of the town made. Together subsequently more than confirmed by the Sanitary

Commissioner, and led to the Creation of the new Sanitary Department. My action in this

Connexion will, I trust, be some

Evidence to the Secretary of State

that working hard in the public interests, I have never

flinched

from

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bringing upon myself any increased accumulation of official work that might be deemed for the good of the Colony, such work being still further to the detriment of my private practice.

The Government however can hard-

ly continue to close its eyes to

the fact that this abnegation of

part

and the ever

my rapidly increas- ing accumulation of official work has reached a point when it must

be remedied.

16. This Colony has been of late years growing in population, wealth, and importance perhaps unexampled in any of Her Majesty's Crown Colonies. The Government Establishments in all Departments have had to follow,

in the wake of the public necessities = and have increased

very Considerably.

The

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