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land exempted, and some arbitrary plan adopted for the adjustment of boundaries before it will be possible for any leases to be given to the various holders of the Deeds.
To execute services such as the above in Kowloon, and to carry into effect the Public Works contemplated the Surveyor General requires the assistance of Resident Engineer and a small staff of Chinese for the present year.
To build the Stone Cutters Island Gaol a competent Clerk of Works is required to be resident on the Island with one draftsman at least.
I have thus briefly alluded to several services, which the Surveyor General has to direct, and for the proper execution of which he is responsible; and I trust His Excellency will see the propriety of bringing them more prominently to his notice after the decision arrived at as expressed in your letter No. 1433 in answer to mine referred to above; for though the tenor of the Despatch from the Secretary of State in ordering the services of Mr. Carvalho to be dispensed with, clearly points to the reduction of the establishment, I respectfully submit that the Secretary of State cannot be aware of the amount and character...