CO537-35 — Page 84

.1

$2.

84

We Clarke an ?

500

I know nothing officially of the Ordinance being amended

I mean nothing officially but from the Colonial Office or

At-

2:-

500

anyone?

A:-

Chairman

507

I may have had private letters.

From the Colonial Office or the Government ?

A:- No; from my friends.

Shelton Hooper:- And you knew of the anending of the Ordinance, you were

501

502

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference:-

C.O. 537

509

at Home when it was passed ?

A:-

I was at Rong when it was passed.

Q:

Now I would ask you, do you approve of that regulation as amended or do you think the old system was better of the two

503

103

I will put it in another way, Do you see any reason why the Board should not make Standing Orders for the regulation and conduct of its business between meetings ?

At- I don't think the deletion has made any difference whatever;

Q:-

504

A:-

if the Board has made any Standing Orders at all, ny memory

does not remind me that they did.

Do you know who suggested the amending Ordinance which

created the Sanitary Department and administrative head ?

I know nothing about it.

50*

Q: In that amending Ordinance there were several amendments 7 505

There were.

Are you aware that several of these amendments were recon-

-ended by the Sanitary Board ?

Q:-

5506

A2-

I cannot be if I was Home on leave.

9:-

If on Inave you got a lot of information ?

50% They were a surprise to me when I discovered they had been

506

507

35

RECORD OFFICE, LONDON OUT PERMISSION OF THE PUBLIC REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITH COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH NOT TO BE

passed.

91-

And you don't know who suggested the creation of the

508

5908

Sanitary Department ?

At- No, speaking generally.