I have the honour to be,
My Lord, Your Lordship's Most Obedient,
Humble Servant,
J. Fleming
Shining
OX
Enclosure No: 1.
Minutes
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Minute by the Surveyor General.
Honble Colonial Secretary,
I beg respectfully to submit the following considerations with reference to the proposal for the Trigonometrical Survey contained in the Colonial Office despatch and enclosure.
I should in the first place explain that when advocating a Trigonometrical Survey of the Colony, it was my suggestion that the Ordnance Survey department should be asked to nominate a competent officer, who should have charge of the survey. I did not contemplate carrying out the work by the ordinary staff of the Public Works department. The