23. and no doubt the Colonial world have proceeded to the actual suspension of
were it
Mr. Moorson on the then charges, not for Lord-Granville's despatch of the papil.
2.1. They held the language of
that despatch to be
an imperative
instruction if I continued "to see a
"necessity for procuring in Mr. Moorson's
"stead the services as
Surveyor General
"of a person possessing different qualifications." I certainly did and do see the necessity of finding
some other person with very different qualifications. I Therefore the Council thought I was bound to forward to Your Lordship" a "Statement of the Moorson's qualifications
h
"and services with references to professional
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"gentlemen in England in order that steps might be taken to effect a suitable "exchange between him and some other Office
22. That certainly
is not the
solution of the question which I think
desirable
for
this Colony or for that to
which Mr-Moorson
may be sent in
exchange. I forward, however, his statement of qualifications, from which it is manifest that he could not have been expected to be qualified for
his
present post, whatever he might be for constructing or laying
laying out Railways, there he is absolutely useless, and when
Lord Granville alludes to the
expense
of the Survey Department he loses sight of the fact that the business