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

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