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"Mr. Bird, Assistant Surveyor General, was then in charge during Mr. Williams' temporary absence on leave. Captain Dary pointed out that the Chain Gang had at that time undermined the embankment, and requested that the overhanging portions should be brought down, and orders issued forbidding a recurrence of the act complained of.
"That twelve days after that letter was written His Excellency was walking past Scandal Point in company with Mr. Arch Smith, the Registrar General, and noticed that the Chain Gang were then busy undermining...