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That it is necessary that the p.s. " Peninsula" bo engaged at the rate of £5 per day whenever required. That a quarantine keeper and a storekeeper arc necessary, and be provided for the station at the Sand Spit. The Board then adjourned until Saturday next, at noon. A. C. Strode, Esq., E.M., Chairman. Superintendent's Office, Duncdin, 13th December, 1872. The Central Board of Health met this day, pursuant to proclamation. Present: His Honor James Macandrow, Superintendent, in the Chair ; Wm, Alexander Tolmie, George Turnbull, Horace Bastings, Hugh McDermid; His Worship Henry Smith Pish, Mayor of Duncdin ; Thomas Hill, Collector of Customs; and Eobert Burns, Surgeon. The Chairman read various communications and reports from the Health Officer (Captain Thompson), the Medical Officer (Dr. O'Donoghue), and the Surgeons of the "Palmerston" and " Christian McAusland." It was thereupon resolved, That the Board of Health shall meet at Port Chalmers at 11 o'clock to-morrow, and that the members of the former Health Board bo invited to be present, with a view of conferring as to what passengers should be admitted to pratique. James Macandeew, Superintendent, Chairman. At a meeting of the Central Board of Health, held at Port Chalmers, in the Court House, on Saturday, the 14th December, 1872 : — Present: His Honor James Macandrow, Esq., in the Chair ; Horace Bastings, George Turnbull, and Hugh McDermid, Esquires, Members of the Executive Council; H. S. Fish, junior, Esq., Mayor of Dunedin ; Thomas Hill, Esq.. Principal Officer of Customs; and Eobert Burns, Esq., Surgeon. The following members of the late Board were also present by invitation :—A. Chetham Strode, Esq., E.M. ; Drs. J. Drysdale and Alexander ; and J. A. Mansford, Esq., J.P. The minutes of the late Board of Health, and the minutes of the meeting of the Central Board held in Dunedin, having been read; also the reports of Captain Thompson, Health Officer, and Dr. O'Donoghue, Medical Officer ; the Board proceeded to consider the same. A letter from Dr. Concannon, of the ship " Christian McAusland," the surgeon-superintendent on the Quarantine Island, making certain representations as to his treatment there, was then taken into consideration, and it was unanimously resolved, — That the Board desire to express its regret, that in consequence of inadvertence he had not been suitably provided for, and request that ho may be adeqately provided for in future. The original reports of the ship " Christian McAusland " and " Palmerston," signed by the masters and medical officers, presented to the Health Officer on their respective arrivals, having been read and duly considered, It was moved by Mr. Fish, seconded by Mr. Bastings, and carried unanimously, That this Board desires to express its approval of the action of the late Health Board in reference to the ships " Christian McAusland " and " Palmerstou." Moved by Mr. Fish, seconded by Mr. Hill, and carried unanimously, That the single men in tho " Christian McAusland," also the ship and all on board, be admitted to pratique on Monday next, provided no fresh cases occur, and after proper medical inspection. Moved by Mr. Fish, seconded by Mr. Bastings, and carried, That the whole of the passengers ex " Christian McAusland," now on the island, with the exception of the infected families, be admitted to pratique on Saturday next proximo, after the medical inspection, and all going on well. Resolved, That all the passengers ex " Palmerston," who have been infected within the last six weeks, be at once removed to the island. Moved by Dr. Burns, seconded by Mr. Hill, and carried, That the remaining passengers by tho ship " Palmerston," be removed to lighters, to be moored off the small island, with a view to their being admitted to pratique on Monday, 23rd instant. Also, that the ship be admitted to pratique as soon as all fittings are removed and the ship fumigated. The Board then adjourned until this day week. James Macandeew, Superintendent, Chairman. The Central Board of Health met in the Provincial Government Buildings, Dunedin, on Thursday, 19th December, 1872. Present: H. Bastings, Esq., in the Chair, G. Turnbull, Esq., and Dr. Burns. A letter was read from Captain Thomson, Health Officer, reporting that the passengers on the " Palmerston " were all well, but three fresh cases had broken out on the island. Resolved, That the passengers on the island remain in quarantine eight days from tho removal of the last patient, and that Dr. Concannon be instructed to disinfect all wearing apparel, not destroying it. Hoeace Bastings, Chairman.

No. 46. Memorandum No. 33, 1873, for the Agent-Genebai,, London. Referring to Memorandum No. 15, 1873, of IStli January, 1873,1 herewith transmit schedule of further lists of nominated immigrants. Lands and Immigration Office, G. Maueice O'Eobke. Wellington, New Zealand, 15th February, 1873.