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57

Shaving been adopted, - On Amendments introduced,

5 by the Attorney General comprising all works from retrospective operation that had heretofore been commenced with the

For Sanction of the

or knowledge Surveyor General, Department.

As regards the Department to which the superintendence of buildings and the abatement of Nuisances shall be committed, as the Resolutions do not even suggest that the Police (against whose action and inaction many deserved complaints have been made by the public at the meeting of the 11th Collector) should be charged with such functions, His Excellency deems they are most properly confided to the Department of the Surveyor General and would observe that it is not the inertness or inefficiency of that Department which is complained of, but its too great activity and too busy interference.

With reference to the statement that a number of Chinese were punished in consequence of the Ordinance, His Excellency desires simply to remark that though the Ordinance has been translated into Chinese and widely circulated among the native population -

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57 Shaving been adopted, - On Amendments introduced, 5 by the Attorney General comprising all works from retrospective operation that had heretofore been commenced with the For Sanction of the or knowledge Surveyor General, Department. As regards the Department to which the superintendence of buildings and the abatement of Nuisances shall be committed, as the Resolutions do not even suggest that the Police (against whose action and inaction many deserved complaints have been made by the public at the meeting of the 11th Collector) should be charged with such functions, His Excellency deems they are most properly confided to the Department of the Surveyor General and would observe that it is not the inertness or inefficiency of that Department which is complained of, but its too great activity and too busy interference. With reference to the statement that a number of Chinese were punished in consequence of the Ordinance, His Excellency desires simply to remark that though the Ordinance has been translated into Chinese and widely circulated among the native population - Page 60 Page 61
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57

an

Shaving

adopted, - On Amendments

been introduced,

5 by the Attorney General compting all works from ntrospective operation that had hextofore been commenced with the

For Sanction of the

or

knowledge Surveyor Generat, Department.

As nyords the Department to which the superintendence of buildings ut the abatement of Muisances shall be committeds, as the Resolutions de not even suggest that the Police (against whose action/ And inaction many deserved complaints have been made by the publicadal the meeting of the 11th Coletor ) should be charged with

such functions, His terellency dooms

they

are most property confided to the Department of the Surveyor General and would obsewer that it is not the inertness or inefficiency of that Department which is __ complamed " but its too great activity and too busy interference.

With reference to the statement

that a

as ponie pavait, auming

Chinese in consequence

the

the Ordinance, His Excellency

desires simplyf

گوشت

to remark that though

the Ordinance has koon translated

into Chinese and widely circulated the native poputation -

among

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