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Surgeon who becomes Superintendent of the Government Civil

Hospital under the new scheme, and the Senior Medical Officer

of Health, should each receive an ultimate increase of salary

commensurate with their increased responsibilities. These

Officers will have more onerous duties to perform than the

other Assistant Surgeons and should in my opinion be paid at

a higher rate. I recommend that their salaries be allowed to

rise to $4,800 or £800 instead of only to $4,200 or £720 as

at present.

6.

With reference to paragraph 2 of Sir

William Gascoigne's Despatch No. 298 of July 9th.

last. I 99shall report at a later date whether a Chief Clerk to the

Medical Officer of Health will be required under the new

arrangement or not, and generally on the question of the

clerical Staff of the Sanitary Department.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient

Humble servant.

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Governor, &c..