proposed appointment of ~ Assistant Surveyor General, with the request that if. Your Lordship has decided to pappoint such an
officer, you will be good enough to selest a candidate for the post.
The deting Surveyor General does not consider that there is any officer
officer in the Service of this Government who is suited for the post, but has expressed the ~ opinion that probably
an
officer
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officer might be transferred
other Colony. I enclose a copy of
from
Engan 7.1899
hed in
some other
"Mr. Cooper's report on the 940 1939) Public Works Department for
Gov.
the year
1891, which will
furnish Your Lordship with
of forming
the sneans
an
estimate of the varied nature
of the duties devolving upon the Head of the Department,
in which it is desired that he should have the help of an assistant Surveyor General.