482 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 17

for in that behalf, or as may be lawfully required of it, or in
its opinion may be necessary for the effective administration
of this Order or for the conservation of the public health :
(b.) To advise the Administration in Samoa on all matters relating
to the preservation, limitation, and suppression of diseases :
(c.) To promote or carry out researches and investigations in
relation to matters concerning the causation and prevention
of diseases;
(d.) To publish reports, information, and advice concerning the
public health :
(e.) To secure the appointment of such Native Inspectors and
other officers and servants as are in its opinion necessary
for the proper discharge of its duties under this Order :
(f.) Generally to take such steps by Ordinance of the Legislative
Council or otherwise as may be desirable to secure the
preparation, effective carrying-out, and co-ordination of
measures conducive to the public health.

10. (1.) The Board of Health may from time to time divide Western
    Samoa or any part thereof into districts (hereinafter referred to as medical
    districts), with such names and boundaries as it thinks fit.
    (2.) For the purposes of this Order each such district shall be in
    charge of a medical practitioner (to be called the District Medical Officer)
    appointed under this Order and assigned to that district by the Chief
    Medical Officer.
    (3.) Medical practitioners in the Samoan Public Service other than
    those otherwise specified in this Order shall be termed Assistant Medical
    Officers, and shall be assigned such duties as the Chief Medical Officer
    may specify.

11. The Chief Medical Officer shall be charged, subject to the
    control of the Administrator, with the administration of all laws and
    regulations relating to lunacy, hospitals, and medical aid, and shall be
    responsible for the efficiency of the hospital service and of the clinical,
    medical, and nursing services throughout Western Samoa, including
    such general measures for preventive treatment of disease as may be
    decided on by the Board of Health.

12. The Medical Officer of Health shall be charged, subject to the
    control of the Administrator, with the administration of all laws and
    regulations relating to sanitation, quarantine, and the purity of food
    and of drugs, and for that purpose he is hereby empowered and
    directed—
    (a.) To cause inspection of Western Samoa to be regularly made
    for the purpose of ascertaining if any nuisances or conditions
    likely to be dangerous to health, or offensive, exist, and to
    cause all proper steps to be taken to secure the abatement
    of such nuisance or the removal of such condition :
    (b.) To obtain such information as to births, deaths, and the
    incidence of disease as he may deem necessary for the effective
    carrying-out of his duties :
    (c.) To supervise and secure the efficiency of the work of the
    Inspectors of Health and any other officers and servants
    engaged in sanitary work.

13. The Pathologist shall be responsible to the Board of Health
    for the effective carrying-out of all pathological and bacteriological in-
    vestigations, and matters submitted to him by direction of the Chief
    Medical Officer, Medical Officer of Health, or Resident Medical Officer,
    and shall be charged with the administration of any regulations made
    in that behalf.

14. The Resident Medical Officer shall be responsible to the Chief
    Medical Officer for the efficient administration of the hospital at Apia,