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these houses. The

rains

this

year began early and there is no scarcity of water in the

now

Colony.

21.

With regard to the~ financial aspect of the situation

I will address a further

munication to

you

com.

at a later

date. In the meantime I will

content myself with remark- ing th

that, although the measures which I have described neces- sarily involve a considerable outlay all possible economy is

being.

in

being exercised, bearing mind the urgent necessity

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of complete and comprehensive action in suppressing at all hazards this fell disease, the annual recurrence of which

cannot fail to affect preju-

are

dicially the prosperity of this Colony. That those measured bearing good fruit may I think be fairly deduced. from the figures of the Return of cases which cannot be con- sidered alarmingly high when

it