more immediate
proposed that the duties and powers appertaining to the Sanitary Board should be either brought by under the control of the_ Government or vested entirely in a Government department- proposals which are supported of the most influ. ential persons who signed petition_ including M2 Jackson, manager of the Bong Kong and Shanghai Bank.
by
the
the
some
As I understand the
petition
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petition has not yet been pre- sented to the House of Commone I deem it advisable to inform
Your Lordship of the feeling which at present exists in this Colony regarding a mu- nicipality, event of any question being
asked or
so that in the
any discussion
a
rising in Parliament on the subject of the Petition, Your Lordship, being acquainted
with the true circumstances.
the case, may
of the
be able to
prevent