However, I desire that work...
on
should not be
Sundays carried out under government contracts, I should be glad to be advised of Your Lordship's decision as soon as possible, as early as possible, in order that the altered condition may be taken into account in framing the Estimates for Public Works for next year.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's Most Obedient, Humble Servant,
Barker
Enclosure
Extract from Surveyor General's letter of 31st January 1891.
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The present practice of the Public Works Department is to stop Sunday work carried out by labourers employed by Government, but to allow it to proceed with cases of work executed under contract, unless special grounds exist suspending work on that day.
If we were to introduce a change in the custom of the Colony, and stop Sunday labour on all future contracts, by thus placing Government work on an entirely different footing to all other work in the Colony, the immediate effect would undoubtedly be to...
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