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Are you aware that my of the genior Inspectors leave pencil notes for dealing with nuisanoss, which are

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I believe they do.

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By whose aut ority, considering they are not authorised by the Standing Order, do they do it? Do they do it by

your authority ?

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I dont know if they ever have any definite authority

for it.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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They did it when I came to the Colony to begin with,

and I never stopped them.

Therefore there was acquiescence on your part ? (3133

Except at a certain time.

Now, do you know that these notices that have been 13/34 issued have necessitated the spending by owners of same

thousands of dollars ?

I am quite prepared to say that many thousanda, even

lakhs, of dollars have been spent, owing to the notices

issued.

Which are informal ?

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Very likely.

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

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notices

I am speaking definitely about notices calling upon/3136 owners to reconstruct parts of their property served by Senior Inspectors, who had no auth ority from anyone that you are aware of, to do it. I mean to say a

superior officer.

I know for a fact that they have got authority from Dr

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Clark. The question only aropped up at one of our Inspectors' Meetings, the other day. Some of the Inspectors said they were not serving small notices, and some of the Inspectors have been serving small notices, in their Districts. There was no hard and fast