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The following is a short excerpt from the Minutes of the Bay of Plenty Hospital and Charitable Aid
Board demonstrating the laborious way minutes were recorded by hand at the beginning of the 20th
Century. It reads:

Proposed by the Chairman
That the report of the Committee be received and adopted and that the thanks
of the board to Mr Pratt be recorded for the trouble he has taken on the matter Seconded by Mr Howell & Carried
This concluded the business
Signed
Charles Jordan
Chairman
2/6/08

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