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houses 17 Pottinger 8 30 Chiness Streets. Such particulars are set out in the Appendix No. 8. Appendix hereto (. Appendix. No 8.) and in reply he received a letter from the said
Acting Colonia békeretary stated the same day informing him that he was directed by the Goornor to acknowledge the receipt of his letter and in reply reforming Your Petitiourr to the Permanent Committee of the Sanitary Bourd. Such letter is Appendix. M.q. sebout in the Appendix hereto (Appendio M.G)
20. Your Irtitioner relying solely on the said letter to him from the
he acting Colonial keretary dated the 28th September 1844 (Appendix No27.) and that he would be compensated for the lesses he had sustained regarding houses 17 Pottinger and 30 chinese Streets took no steps as he would otherwise have done to oppose the passing of Ordinance No 14 of 1894 therein cited as "The closed houses and insanitary dwellings Cordinance 1894" under Section 14 of which Ordinance au attempt has been made to take away the right of your Ictitioner to compensation for the loss and damage he has sustainal by reason of the said houses 17 Pottinger and 30 Chinese Streets having been closed and which houses are included in the Second Schedule to the said Cordinance-
21. The Fermanent Commitke of the chinitary Board yourektitioner would point out was comprised of several Members of the Government, was a branch of having the entire sanction and approval of the Government and whatever steps were taken by such Permanent Committee were afterwards ratified and confirmed by such Government.
22. The recent Raque spedemie visitation arose as your Retitioner has reason to believe by reason of the choking of main drains in certain Chinese portions of the City of Victoria caused by the outfalls to such main drains having been Effectually closed by rubbish and debris bring banked against them under the Raya Reclamation Works coupled with the dirt and matter allowed to be accumulated in the Chinese portion of the City combined also with the habits of the Chinese in the misuse of the house drains recently laid down aud connichd. with Chinese hovers under the new drainage system-
are misusat
23. Your Setitiours who has almost daily visited the above mentioned forty-two houses both during the official notice of the exiskuce of the plague early.
in the mouth of May last and up to the present time has had opportuniti of observing
the manner fur which house drons in Chinese houses and he can but br impressed that the freesent syskm of house drains are not people He arranged adapted to the wages and habits of the Chinese as a
ad breaking has had many instruces of such misuser both in the removal and
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