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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference:

C.O./133

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13 ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE

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upon according to such rates.

depth

I he regalcation of walls is in

many / cases quite in applicable in this Colony / where frequently the foundation, is solid rock. There is nothing in the Ordinance to compel the use of Chunam or mortar in building walls " solidly of bricks or stones"..

and I conceive that the Surveyor General could not legally insist upon its use.

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The duty of carrying. out the Nuisance Clauses of the Ordinance I found.

and the quantity. of correspondence which it entailed so great that veriff.

onerous and the

-

was

serious inconvenience wo

felt by every Officer in the Department and I was compelled to apply for the of an Inspector of

services

Nuisances which His is

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Excellency at once granted, and to have printed forms of Notices which the nopector might be able to fill up and submit for my signature.

This arrangement has, up to the present period worked admirably, Thaving been only in one case compelled to take out a summons, and

on going into Court I found that my requirements had been complied with in the

mean time.

This portion of my Report belongs alex properly

:therpar to the year 1857.

butt was

anxious to place my opinions with regard to the Ordinance in question on record and to express a hope that it may

never be abandoned but

that it may be speedily

amended.

At the latter end of