CO129-272 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1896 [5-9] — Page 33

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Military assistance to aid_ in the work of House to House Visitation and cleansing, and

he was

good enough to detail

from

1. for that work 12 men - the Royal Engineers and sub-

sequently 17 Rifle Brigade and 3 Non-

men

from the

commissioned Officers, who

are

cheerfully performing their difficult work in a

manner.

most efficient. They are being remunerated

at the same rate as that.

fixed

·

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fixed in 1894.

The search party visits

12.

and inspects each Chinese house in the Colony about once in every ten days, and from the 25th February to the 21st April no fewer than 3,200 houses comprising 8,330 flows, each floor forming, with few exceptions, a separate dwelling

thoroughly cleansed, disinfected, and in many cases also limewashed by the "Whitewash Brigade." "The

were