Enclosure in Confidential despatch of the 5th of April 1870. 5.0. 8994 373
RECO
Major General to Admiralty.
Sir,
Major General's Office, 18 February 1890
In sending you a copy of my modified scheme for the technical staff of the Public Works Department, there are some points which I should bring under the notice of His Excellency the Governor, with a view to laying them before the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Although some of the points to which I refer affect me personally, I can honestly say that I do not look at them from a purely personal point of view, but rather in the interest of the appointment I have the honour to hold, and of the Profession to which I am proud to belong.
2. In the Colonial Office despatch, No. 243 of the 28th December last, reference is made to the danger of introducing...