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is in.
: every respect unsatisfactory. To effect
this two things propen stoves
are
necessary
(1)0 and buildings and
yard
( 2 ) a trained storekeeper . The first of these wont must be expplied before
any
for the
real change
can be made better. Whink it probable that the Chrief Accountant I have acked for may be able to undertake the general supervision of the stores with the
assistance
of a good
good sloveeman.
also
Few things have surprised
me more since my arrival in n
Hongkong than the fact that after nearly half or century of Writish occupation, while nearly every
other public and private requirement has been supplied, the Public Works Department is absolutely without workshops, and with no ~ stores accommodation except the - miserable makeshifts which recessity.
chance have provided, and this in a Colony where originally all the land
Avas
was
338
held by the Crown, and the Administration
the hands
not easy
of
now
of
28.
the estate has been in:
the Surveyor General. It is
to find
a suitable site for
public works stores and workshops, but the matter is
one
of pressing importance which should not be lost sight of .
I have not suggested any rate
oxed new
of alary for the proposed
officials.
tal changes
As the subjects referred to in this letter involve considerable departmental cha I would venture to request that I may
have
an
opportunity of conferring.
with His Excellency.
the
as to the details
of
proposed arrangements before any final decision is come to by the. Goverment.
I have vo
(Signed) S. Brown;
Surveyor General