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present relieving the surveyor General,
do
XX.
temporary expedient, of a heavy
portion of his duties, the latter
officer expresses his ability to remain
weeks
at his post for a few principally in order to
<
longer,
bring
to a
close the Public Works Accounts of
the current
2.
year?
I have been glad
avail myself of this offen,
account in question
a o
are nece
to
the
· necessarily
somewhat complex, rendering
personal reference to the Surveyor
General ind
indispensable,
more
expecially
}
copecially settlement of outstanding. claims.
in connexion with the
3.
Had it not been that
the invigorating cold season
now sett
is
setting in, it would not have -been prudent for the Surveyor General to have made this offer,
I have deemed it just
nor would
to him to have accepted it; but,
under the circumstances,
arrangement, white
of a
the
advantage
to the Government, will not, hope,
unduly tax Mr Price's powers,
I transmit to Your.
1.
Lordship
T