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Q-Then if the staff as at present constituted is not capable of carrying out the work efficiently, and the sum in the 1901 Estimates is not so large as the sum in the 1902 Estimates, I take it the staff would be less capable of carrying out the works in the Estimates for 1902 ?
A-Quite so.
Q-Then have you ever drawn attention to that fact in any way?
A--I have applied for more overseers.
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you think it is purely a question of overseers?
A-Of course many of these works have come on quite lately, since Mr. ORMSBY went away. Just now I am doing, to some extent, overseer's work, in connection with the Gaol staff quarters; that takes up a lot of my time-time I could more use- fully employ in supervising other works.
Q-Then with regard to your time, how many hours a day do you calculate that you are employed?
A-From nine till five, on an average.
Q-Have you any suggestions, beyond what you have already stated, to make with regard to the staff that works under you?
A-None, except that we want more overseers.
ing on, and we will require more Assistant Engineers.
We have a lot of new work com-
Q-How many overseers will you require, do you think, for the work in the new Estimates?
A-I have not seen the new Estimates.
Q-Why not, they have been published for a long time?
A-I have not seen a copy yet.
Q--But your Department receives a copy?
A-I know that last year there was a copy for Mr. ORMSBY's private office, and I got a loan of it when I wanted it.
Q-But it was published in the local Press. Do you mean to inform me that you, the officer entrusted with the work, have not seen the list yet?
A-I have read it in the Gazette.
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Q-You had an opportunity of seeing it, then?
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A-Oh, yes.
Q-Then, with regard to that work, have you considered what extra staff would be necessary
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A-I have not done so.
Q-Well, the Commission would like to have your views on that point.
A-Yes.
By Colonel Brown.-How do you employ your Assistant Engineers, com- mencing, now, from the design of, say, the Police Station?
A-All these Police Stations I have designed and estimated, and I sign the con- tract. They are all nearly the same. As near as possible I have endeavoured to keep to a standard design.
Q-And you have taken out the quantities?
A--Yes.
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