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or any
Constitutional energy.
Mr Gordon was
other cause,
wholly incapable of conducting the business of his office. It
is therefore my duty
to recommend
that an able and experienced
Architect and
Engineer should
be appointed from England by your Lordship to conduct
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those public works which are indispensable, and which Major Aldrich in the Ordnance
Department executes with such remarkable ability. I can speak very highly in favor of the exertions of Mr Cleverly
Acting Surveyor, and
and of M. Pope
as
as
Clark of the Works; but
a
regular Architect is at present
greatly demanded, if it
only
as a
were
temporary appointment. Mr Mercer, my private
Secretary, in consequence of having received a regular University education at Oxford, where he took his degree, possesses considerable
advantages over ordinary Candidates for office in this place, in addition to his personal
readiness and
ability to
undertake responsible duties. The extreme difficulty of finding a fit and trustworthy person...