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more immediate

proposed that the duties and powers appertaining to the Sanitary Board should be either brought by under the control of the_ Government or vested entirely in a Government department- proposals which are supported of the most influ. ential persons who signed petition_ including M2 Jackson, manager of the Bong Kong and Shanghai Bank.

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the

the

some

As I understand the

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petition has not yet been pre- sented to the House of Commone I deem it advisable to inform

Your Lordship of the feeling which at present exists in this Colony regarding a mu- nicipality, event of any question being

asked or

so that in the

any discussion

a

rising in Parliament on the subject of the Petition, Your Lordship, being acquainted

with the true circumstances.

the case, may

of the

be able to

prevent