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by the Municipal Council: in particular the

expression "Public Works" is very wide and will need

closer definition.

(g) Appointment of a Comission to report on the

measures necessary for the delegation of functions to

the Municipal Council (para. 33). I agree that a

Commission should be appointed under the Commissioners

Powers Ordinance, 1886, to institute and conduct an

enquiry and to report on the measures necessary

to effect the delegation of functions to the

Municipal Council. I further agree with Sir Mark Young's

view that the appointment of the Commission should

be deferred until the Municipal Council has been

constituted and Councillors have been elected and

appointed, so that the Commission may include

Councillors amongst its members.

I would suggest that the Commission should be

inter alia,) asked to report)on the steps to be taken to avoid

wasteful duplication of services in the administration

of the Colony's urban and rural areas.

I should wish to be consulted on the

Commission's recommendations before any decisions are

taken on them.

(h) Financial powers of the Municipal Council (para. 34).

I would ask that the Commission, when appointed, be

reminded of the need for making specific provision, so far

as may be necessary, for the application to the Municipal

finances of that measure of external control which it is

necessary to exercise over the Colony's finances whilst

it is in receipt of financial assistance from H.M.G.

and

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