organisation of
the staff of the
Public Works Department. Among the proposed officials
was an Architect.
III made this proposal from the - consideration that however experienced. other officials of the Public Works Department uniight be as. regards :local buildings and methods of construction, it appeared to me desirable, taking into account the magnitude
ide and importance of
some of the new
buildings proposed,
that the Surveyor General shoula
have the assistance of
a trawied
architectural Assistant with a view.
to the miprovement of the designs from an artistic point of view. Subsequently, after some 18 months
had clapsed,
of
as
the
designs of some
had already been
wing of
these buildings prepared, and the new
Government House was
Corr
nearly
mpleted from the designs of Messrs
327
Palmer and Turner (who had been
called in to assist the
General) I suggested
economy,
Surveyor
with
view
that the experiment
should be made of dispensing with
the service of
suggestion
an Architect. This-
was however made too
late, as in the meanwhile the
Crown Agents had under an Agreement dated the 10th December
Mr Wills for 1890 engaged period of 3 years
ao
ta
Architectural
Assistant, the agreement expressly stating that he will be placed "under the orders of the Surveyor
"General of
the
3
Colorry. Accordingly.
ar
Adr
placed
Wills arrival I at once.
the
designs of
the Central Market un
ad
his hands, with a request that he would complete them as carly possible. As the
general design had received the approval of Government,
Palmer
and
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