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And was any notification ever made either to the
Sanitary Board or to the servants or officers of the
Department, that this change had been made
A.
I have just said that I was not in the Colony when the Ordinance was passed, nor for twelve months afterwards.
When you came back, did you ever satisfy yourself as to
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A.
580.
A.
I assumed that an Ordinance which had been paused more
than fifteen months before I took charge, had been
acted upon.
And you never took any trouble to satisfy yourself that that was understood by your subordinates ?
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I took this trouble, that I conversed with the V. 0. K.
and the Secretary, to the effect that these standing
Crders were repealed by the Ordinance. They were aware
of that.
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But nothing was put in writing ?
Not in writing.
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You never issued any Standing 0:ders which were enforced.
A verbal conversation batween yourself, and two of your
subordinates in nothing from a business point of view.
We dont recognise it. You never did anything more. You
never put it in writing ?
I never issued a memorandum to the officers, to the
effect that an Ordinance passed 16 months before I
took charge was to be enforced.
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No, but ou found Standing Orders were issued to the 5 bi Offiears and servants of the Department, and were ik
their hands. Did you ever take steps to ascertain
whether any such memorandum had ever been issued by the
P. C. M. 0. since the Ordinance No 23 of 1903 mua
Jannoi ?
No, I cant may I took any special steps.
RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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