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further information as he may deen desirable. The Secretary

shall submit the correspondence when complete to the Presid- -ent before circulating it to the Hembers of the Board

?

A: Kindly let me interrupt you for one minute in connection

with No9. In one or two cases lately the vote has been sent

up to the Colonial Secretary for an advance on the estimate.

Q: Was that done without reference to the Sanitary Board ↑

As That was not submitted to the Sanitary Board.

Q:

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All estimates are submitted to the Banitary Board, are they 1253

not ?

A3- Ies.

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Q:- And passed and recommended by then to the Government ?

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At They were adopted by the Board and recommended to the Gover-

-nment.

Qi- Thon for the sake of argument, because they apply to a 1255

certain head under which the grant has been made

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- the

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amount whether it is large or small - one is referral to the

Government by the President and the Sanitary Board is ignor-

-ød ? :

I understand the estimates are only submitted to the Board

as an act of courtesy.

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Oh, that is the Official view you have of the Sanitary

Department with regard to the Sanitary Board in connection

with the estimates ? Did you not think when the Members of

the Banitary Board were called together to consider the

estimates that they were simply called together to waste

their valuable time over them ?

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Ate As a matter of fact the estimates were submitted at Inst

meeting. Two resolutions were passed and the estimates were

adopted subject to those two resolutionn. The Estinston were

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