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The Chairman:-
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Departments that I made my recommendation. In February 1903, if you recollect, Dr Clark went on leave, and I had to take double duty then. I had to arrange for the work of the Medical ɲepartment, and also the Sanitary
Department.
When you say the wedical Department, I presume you 16.249
mean the general Medical work of the whole of the Government Hospital, everything outside of the
Sanitary Department ?
Yes. You see Dr Clark was leaving on the 19th March 1903, and I had to make the necessary arrangements with
the different Kembers of the Department.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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Er Shelton Hooper:-
That brings us up to 19th March ?
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Were you made a Member of the Legislative Council on 16257
the 18th March that year?'
I was, for a very short tima.
How long did you remain a Member of the Legislative 1625
Council ?
I forget.
10th November. The dates are down here,(Civil Service/6253
List).
And why, Dr Atkinson, did you cease to be a Member?
What reason was there for not continuing to act as a
Member? Were you only locum tenens for someone?
I do not know at all.
It is rather important for what follows afterwards. 16254
I think the reason was that in this report which you refer to, Messrs Chadwick and Professor Simpson recunended that the P. C. M. 0. should be a Member of the Council, and the Government considered the matter, and they thought it would be most preferable for the
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