in such an appalling state of arrear that I was glad to avail myself of the standing Colonial Regulations, by which sowants of the Provon are prohibited from sugaging in private business. This anost essential rule has been rigidly adhered to,
except in one or
for
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very particular
Cades
which, on special grounds, a special
granted in writing. In= permission was granted in bordow is therefore incorrect in stating that "the subordinate persons in his
are araw
office
now myjaying the bisings which The had, for,
were this the case, the public works' would be at a standstill.
a
Her Majesty's Governmentanay perhaps see fit to grant In Cordon private residence on special grounds, but I have adhered to the general rule that Civil servants of the Government shall pay for their own houses. Even
those
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those inhabiting the Government hiiling, or called the Albany, pay a pemunerating/
Comittent th
Gorda,
Lolice
pent. Ibelieve the only exceptions are the hiperintendent and Inspectors of I (by a special order from home ) the Harbor master, who lives in his office, and not Cloverly, the Acting Surveyor Conerul, who inhabits a half-ruïna hingalno
his office.
arear
Mr Gordon is incorrect in
are now
avare
stating that the Chorveyor Ceneral has the collection and charge of the Crown- pents. These
pard in directly to the Treasurer, as Your Lordship is
Mr Gordon, I apprehend, is also incorrect in stating that the sule of submitting the Estimates of the Shirveger teneral to the Commanding Engineer is unheard of in any Colorry, as I have enforced that pule
other,
only