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Clinton,

1901.

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would be ultra viras.

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And you think the Standing Orders is a matter really to

be controoled by the P. C. M. 0. ↑

A.

You.

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78 Q.

And so the Sanitary Board have nothing to do with it ↑

A.

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79

A.

A.

87 2.

Mr Shelton Hooper:-

A.

Not with the details of administration.

What do you understand as the duties of the Sanitary

Board ?

I think I explained that in my earlier evidenar.

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NO

"

I dont think so,

•

with regard particularly to the

estimates ?

I dont think they have any function in connection with

the estimates, They are consulted.

As a matter of fact, one year they were not.

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The year they were not submitted to the Sanitary Board,

1905/1906, was that by instructions of the Government

I could not say offhand. When I took over, I suppose I

was to blame if I didnt submit them to the Board.

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The Chairman:-

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Q.

A.

A.

849.

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Do you know that every year previously they had been

aubmitted to the Board ?

I would not tell you. I consulted the Secretary, Mr

Harmer, at the time.

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Were you M. 0. H. in 1904, when the estimates for 1905

were considered ?

No, I was home on leavO.

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Well, it was either that year or the year before that.

Dr Atkinson was present. A Mosting was called. The

Sanitary Board were asked to pass the estimates, and I

objected. I said I was not prepared to pass estimates

involving expenditure of a qua ter of a million dollars

on five minutes notice, and I considered we should

have a week to consider them, and Dr Atkinson very

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