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in a deplorable condition; the houses in the latter case, in ruin and 
disrepair ; and the lands attatched to them, mmdrained, uncultivated, and 
neglected ; the means of internal communication most defective, and the 
uttermost disregard for all sanitary considerations. 
The result was that an ordinance was passed in 1866, providing for 
(a.) A Central Board of Villages composed of the Governor and Court 
of Policy, and such other persons as may be appointed from time to time 
by the Governor. 
(b.) Local Boards of Superintendence appointed by the Governor, one 
for each village, or one for a number of villages combined. 
This Ordinance proved unworkable, due in a great measure, as Sir 
John Carrington, a former Attorney General of this colony, says, 
“because the Governor and Court of Policy had got enough to do in 
other respects without attending to such matters of detail as village 
administration”. 
In 1872, another Commission consisting of Mr. J. Brumell, the 
Revs. F..J. Wyatt, W. J. Webber, J. Kinnison, W. G.G. Austin, J. Dalgliesh, 
and E. A. Wallbridge, and Messrs. H. C. Huggins, Benon Maxwell, N. 
Cox, P. C. Barlow, James Graigen, J. G. Gray, Andrew Hunter, and 
R. J. Kelly, was appointed to go into the whole question again. The 
result of this was the passing of Ordinance No. 10 of 1873. This 
Ordinance provided for : — 
(a) A Central Board of Villages. 
(6.) Village Councils, composed of three persons elected in each village. 
(e.) The District Commissary, or some person appointed in his stead, as 
superintendent of all villages in his district, and chairman of each village 
Council. 
(d.) The appointment of an Tnspector of Villages. 
(e.) The borrowing of money by the Central Board on behalf of the 
villages. 
Under this Ordinance the following 18 incorporated villages were 
administered :— 
Ann’s Grove Beterverwagting Bagotville. 
Two Friends Plaisance Stanleytown. 
Nabaclis Den Amstel Craig. 
Golden Grove Fellowship Queenstown. 
Friendship Sisters Danielstown. 
Buxton Good Intent Agricola. 
All endeavour to work the smaller un-incorporated villages was 
abandoned. 
This Ordinance suffered the fate of its predecessors, proving 
unworkable, due to the want of money in carrying on the villages. 
