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Wills put o
a construction on it quite contrary to the clear meaning of the
terms of the Agreement,
and
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the strength of this assumption, and certain minutes which he quotes of stis / Excellency Governor (Sir G. V. Des Voeux) Mr.
the
Ad
thills submits that his position
Architectural Adviser of
the "Government " should be placed on
a
footing independent of the control of the surveyor General
and that unless this view is
upheld by the Government "his position becomes untenable."
7.
Ineed hardly
enter
I at length
in notes 6 2010 with regard to the : designs of the Central Market, as I have already recently entered fully into this question, except to state that note so does not convey a correct inipression of what took
place
on what Mr. Wills states.
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place between Mr. Wills and myself. I did not object to Mr. Wills' criticism of my designs in itself but I did, and do object, to the manner of such critician, bosh as regards the Central Market - designs and proposed amendment of the Building ordeiance. Mr Hills style,
as shown in these reports, as
well as mi interviews I have had
with him, is not in
my opinion consistent with the position of
an
may
Official serving under the Surveyor General, although I admit it possibly be justified from what appears to be Mr Hill's point of view, viz : _ that in technical matters he should be independent of and on an equality with the Surveyor General. It is nece
necessary
8.
that I
should refer at some length to note 11 which deals with the Governors Minutes of 3th April
3th April and 7th April.
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