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And was any notification ever made either to the

Sanitary Board or to the servants or officers of the

Department, that this change had been made

A.

I have just said that I was not in the Colony when the Ordinance was passed, nor for twelve months afterwards.

When you came back, did you ever satisfy yourself as to

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I assumed that an Ordinance which had been paused more

than fifteen months before I took charge, had been

acted upon.

And you never took any trouble to satisfy yourself that that was understood by your subordinates ?

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I took this trouble, that I conversed with the V. 0. K.

and the Secretary, to the effect that these standing

Crders were repealed by the Ordinance. They were aware

of that.

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But nothing was put in writing ?

Not in writing.

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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You never issued any Standing 0:ders which were enforced.

A verbal conversation batween yourself, and two of your

subordinates in nothing from a business point of view.

We dont recognise it. You never did anything more. You

never put it in writing ?

I never issued a memorandum to the officers, to the

effect that an Ordinance passed 16 months before I

took charge was to be enforced.

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No, but ou found Standing Orders were issued to the 5 bi Offiears and servants of the Department, and were ik

their hands. Did you ever take steps to ascertain

whether any such memorandum had ever been issued by the

P. C. M. 0. since the Ordinance No 23 of 1903 mua

Jannoi ?

No, I cant may I took any special steps.

RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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