At the meeting of the Sanitary Board, held on the th instant, the correspondence relating to the resignation of Dr. Hart gan was laid on the table. The reply from His Excellency the Governor pointed out that, in his opinion, the Doctor had under. estimated the services he had rendered to the community as a member of the Board, which is' untrammelled by the responsibility advocated by him in his published letter, and that the recommendations of the Board both as to the personnel of the department and as to the execution of sanitary works had been freely adopted. The Colonial Secretary then goes on to show that during the period of Sir Henry Blake's administration a sum, of $1,148,811 had been expended in carry ing out sanitary work recommended by the Board and a further sum of $302 is included in tne estimates for the current year. Legislation of a far-reaching nature had also been adopted at the suggestion of the Board.
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