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The public buildings, Roads and Warbour
works are on a
The vast
-seale of unusual im
importance. ovements effected in this island by the present Surveyor General for the
improve
last four or five years, are spotten of by
merchants as
every intelligent traveller, and by the local
being
a credit to the Empire. Looking simply to the interests of the Colony
and the advantage of adequately-
remunerating
man,
a
hard worked and most able
I would ask
you.
to consider the
justice of giving Mr Price a personal allowance,
which would raise his
a.
year
salary
to £2,000
I have the honour to be,
Sir, Your most Obedient
humble servant,
Siv
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Mangstong
June 1878
beg to be allowed to call your attention to the
- practice which hao afrung up during the last tirs or three years of allowing the Officers of the Survey Department at this flade to lake farivate practice,
When our I kilson was in June 1865 affain- - ted Assistant Surveyor General
al of Hong Ron it was expressly stipulated by the Bute of Huvcastle Uthrough Siv Hercules Robinson that no frivate firactice would be allowed and for the sixs gears that he, held the afspointment of Surveyor General
the rule was not evaded in the bustânce in his
cose though numberless opporhinitis presented thesroilves.
That the same rule still holds good is shown by a note which In Milson recent? from Arskice
Sterice on 11 May 1875 in which
"No out door work or
superinten-
The says
a
dembe of a
of any kind other thane strictly Good one is permitted to
"The Defpartiment. "
any Officer of
any
Antheless it is a fact which His
the Governor vive lacellency if bricorrect
"overnor will doubtless contradict
That during the last 2 or 3 years tive Comans Leathstic Whapels have been built by Michael Arcsts-Beach Bart. Act
Right Honorable
I. Puncipal Secretary of State for the (donies