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The Chairman:-

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You think the regulations are too severe to be applied

tá all classes of houses ?

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Yes.

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They are unsuitable, in many places inapplicable ? (8724

Yes.

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Mr Shelton Hooper:-

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And you think that too much latitude is given to the i5-

officials in the administration of the law ?

Yes, and there is no loophole for them, and they

naturally stick to the letter of the law.

And you would go so far as to say that the Sanitary/16

Board did not exercise often enough their power which

is invested in them for granting exemptions?

From my point of view, I should say yes.

Speaking as a practical man ?

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Yes.

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The Chairman:-

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With regard to the passing of plans and inspection of

buildings, do you think it would be an improvemaht to amalgamate the Building Authority, or to let it merge

into the Sanitary Board, and to have only one Authority

as at home ?

I should think it would save time, certainly, to have

one Authority only.

At the present moment, you have to apply to two

Departments ?

We dont absolutely apply. We send in plans to one

Department, and they are handed over to the other.

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And by saving time to the buildings, naturally it 19:30

means saving money ?

Mr Shelton Hooper:-

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And saving money is for the benefit of the Colony ?(875)

The benefit of the owner

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because he gets his renta

sooner, for the capital he invests, and the benefit of

the Government, because the property becomes rateable

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