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great
increase in the analytical
work,
the
cause of which is
explained in a Memorandum by
Dr Ayres of the 22nd of October,
a copy of which is also enclosed, the
duties of the Government Analyst
and Apothecary, Mr. Crow, should
be confined to the
supervision
of the
Department
while
the
Dispensing
and the making of new
drugs, which the Assistant
Apothecary, Mr Lucas, should with
the assistance of the Student
Apothecaries do the dispensing.
works
of
Enclosure 2 22nd October 18-
of the Medical Department.
that
having
I
been informed
of the very inferior
quality of the
gas supplied by the local Gas Company, it was
proposed last Autumn by Surveyor General that the Gas should be regularly tested by
Government. It was at first
proposed that Mr. McCallum, the Secretary of the Sanitary Board
should do this work, but it was
found that his time was
fully occupied by
his duties