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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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