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Kimberley's despatch, 11265 of the 8th December 1882, from which any ordinary reader would infer that Her Majesty's Government desired that the urgent recommendations of Mr. Chadwick should be carried out as soon as possible, without regard to any formal regulations concerning the annual Estimates, which are obviously inapplicable to the present case.

Lord Palmerston is stated to have remarked with regard to a matter similar to that now under consideration, that "Regulations were made for men, and not men for Regulations." It is confidently believed by myself and the Executive Council that Your Lordship will not permit any obstruction from any quarter to the immediate commencement of the Sanitary works recommended by Mr. Chadwick as necessary for the preservation of the health, and indeed the life, of the inhabitants of this Colony; which works have been sanctioned by an unanimous vote of the Colonial Legislature; and for which there are ample...

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Kimberley's despatch, 11265 of the 8th December 1882, from which any ordinary reader would infer that Her Majesty's Government desired that the urgent recommendations of Mr. Chadwick should be carried out as soon as possible, without regard to any formal regulations concerning the annual Estimates, which are obviously inapplicable to the present case. Lord Palmerston is stated to have remarked with regard to a matter similar to that now under consideration, that "Regulations were made for men, and not men for Regulations." It is confidently believed by myself and the Executive Council that Your Lordship will not permit any obstruction from any quarter to the immediate commencement of the Sanitary works recommended by Mr. Chadwick as necessary for the preservation of the health, and indeed the life, of the inhabitants of this Colony; which works have been sanctioned by an unanimous vote of the Colonial Legislature; and for which there are ample...
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December 1882, from which any

ordinary reader would infer that ther Majesty's Government desired that the

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Mr. Chadwick should be carried out

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