(10 PY.
sir,
C. O.
133
18010
ENCLOSURE
3.
REP
22 UC.3
Public Works Office.
14th.March, 1889.
In acknowledging the receipt of your letter
dated 13th. instant informing me that His Excellency the Go-
vernor has been pleased to appoint me to be *Special Engineer
for the Praya Reclamation Scheme* ,I have the honour to acquaint
you that I have much pleasure in accepting that appointment,
at the salary named in your letter on condition that the time
I am employed on these important works shall reckon for Pen-
sion in the usual way, and I beg you will be pleased to convey
to the Governor my most sincere thanks for the honour His Ex-
cellency has been pleased to confer upon me, and that it will
be my constant endeavour to see that these works are carried
out with despatch, in an efficient and workmanlike manner, a
when completed, I trust they will be to the entire satisfaction
of His Excellency the Governor.
I have,&c.
(sd.) E BOWDLER.
and
Hon. Colonial Secretary.