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Secretary, Sanitary Board.
I have the honour to recommend for the favour-
aple consideration of His Excellency the Governor, that the
tees paid oy certain of the Inspectors of this Department for
the certificate of the Sanitary institute and for any classes
they have bad necessarily to attend for that purpose, .be
refunded to them as an encouragement to the staff generally
to potain these certificates. I do not refer to the Senior
Inspectors who were engaged on the condition that they
possessed such a certificate out to lospectors Brett and
Fisher who have already obtained these certificates and to
the other Inspectors who are now studying with a view to
obtaining this certificate. Hitherto it has been necessary
for these officers to proceed to England on leave in order to
obtain the certificate of the Sanitary Institute and in fact
Inspector Fisher is at present in England, out I am endeavour-
ing to induce the Sanitary Institute to allow the examinations
to be conducted locally. In any case however fees will be
required by the Institute for the issue of these certificates
and I am strongly of the opinion that the opportunity of
obtaining an insight into the working of the Public Health
Departments in England is highly beneficial to our staff and
of even more value than the mere certificate.
The fee for the examination in London is
£8.3.0. put out of London a fee of £4.4.0. is charged, while
the fees for lectures in London and the provinces are small.
The privilege extended to officers of the Colonial Medical
service