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at $720 per annum.
11.
Crown Lands and Surveys. In this branch I would
propose to designate the office of Superintendent, Land Sur- veyor and requce the salary to $2500 per annu, and to fix
the salaries of the other two Surveyors at $2400 and $1320
per annum, and submit that the permanent basis for the sa-
4400 laries of Surveyors range from $1920 to $2500.
12.
On a vacancy occurring in the office of Corres -
pondence Clerk I would propose to designate the office sim-
ply Clerk and the salary of this office as well as the rest
of the clerical staff be subject to whatever scale may be
fixed for Government Clerks generally.
13.
Accountant and Stores. The abolition of the of-
who likes fice.of Correspondence Clerk I have recommended subject to
at
Set the approval of increasing
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the salary of the Accountant
under the title of office assistant and accountant who
would then be in charge of the office during my temporary
absence. I a of opinion a salary 01 $2760 per annum would
be sufficient to secure a capable English officer.
14.
I consider the possible absence from the office
on account of their auties of all the superior officers ne-
cessitates that I should have a thoroughly reliable English
officer to leave in charge of the office in my absence, and
I deem it inadvisable that any of the Executive Engineers
should be continually interrupted in the performance of their special duties by attending to the ordinary routine
work of the office outside their respective branches.
15.
The First Clerk, Mr. L. Gutierrez, is now over 65
years of age and on his retirement I would propose to re-
acce