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from my retirement, for I am not likely to abandon the views I profess to hold on this point; whatever may be the temptation that way.
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It is often the duty of the Surveyor General to stimulate land sales for the legitimate purpose of opening out particular neighbourhoods, and at the present moment alone, I have before me proposals of the kind. One is from the Administrator for extensive land sales and the formation of a new suburb with a view to affording more building space to the European Community who are suffering great discomfort from the scarcity of houses; another is for the disposal by Leasehold of all the village lands in the Colony. Both of these projects would put a very handsome commission in the pocket of the Surveyor General. I think it therefore very inadvisable that the latter should be placed in any position so false as to be likely to expose his motives to misconstruction, and I have no doubt the Secretary of State will readily understand why I elect to relinquish a form of emolument that is open to objection.
8. J. M. Price
Surveyor General
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