CO129-313 - Governor Sir Blake - 1902 [10-12] — Page 571

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Enclosure No 1.

Your Axcellency

I deem it right to bring the following

facts to Youy Excellency's notice.

Doctor Hokai in conference with the Director of

Public Works and myself not long ago advised that the

water services to Chinese tenement houses in Victoria

should be disconnected.

That advice concurring as it did with Mr Chadwick's

and others was adopted Subsequently Doctor Hokai was

employed, unless I am entirely misinformed, to draw up a

Petition from a number of Chinese, who would be affected

dy the law, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies

against the law which he himself had advised.

I am not quite sure whether he received instruct-

ions to draw up the Petition before the Third Reading

came on but it is to be noted that he voted against the

Bill in the Third Reading.

I submit that when the Ordinance comes up for re-

discussion in Council Doctor Hokai should not be per-

mitted to take any part in the discussion or vote on the

measure if a new amending Ordinance is introduced.

Furthermore I am informed that in connection with

the present Health and Buildings Bill Doctor oka ihas

received a fee of $300 for drawing up the Petition of

the Chinese against the Bill.

Je should therefore be debarred from taking any

part in the further proceedings in Council on the Bill.

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