CO129-227 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1886 [6] — Page 154

products, but can

100 departure

of charge

find nothing to show

on

any

the part of this Office.

was made in 1882 in the

with their on his

or on

of issuing these permits, the Registrar General being directed to deal

responsibility after Consultation with the Surveyor General and Capt. Supt of Police, but this was at the suggestion of the Surveyor General, and not at that of the Registrar General. The Capt. Supt was duly notified of the change; so that, if this is what is referred to as a new

policy by him, he is not correct in saying that it was "adopted without the knowledge of the Head of the Police."

No permit has ever,

aware

that "it was

so far

as

I am

been issued without the Capt. Supt being consulted in the first instance: In August of last

was

year,

permit applied for through this Department, and referred to the Surveyor General and Capt. Supt of Police in the

usual

way. The latter Officer objected to its issue, and I submitted the matter to the

Government, as I thought it only right to call attention to his objection. I was instructed that the Capt. Supt, while recording his opinion, had signed "as on former occasions," so the permit was issued.

This is quoted to show that this Department

such

the Permit

as on

the

did not in any way desire to overlook objections from a responsible officer, the Head of the Police, and that, therefore, the statement that permits

were

granted without reference to the opposition of the Police is not in strict accordance with fact. Indeed,

so

far from thinking that the Police should

not be consulted,

I

as

early

as the 11th Nov last, suggested that the issue of permits "should be left entirely in the hands of the Police and this Department; and, in the event of any difference of opinion, it should be referred to H.E. the Governor for final decision."

The Capt. Supt complains of the

granting