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have given evidence since my arrival here, that my duties are
not performed in a perfunctory manner. I admit that I was dis-
appointed to find that I was pecunianly worse off here than
in the position I relinquished in Kandy, taking into conside- ration the depreciation of the dollar as compared with the depreciation of the Rupee, and the cost of living in this Co-
lony as compared with Ceylon.
5. I am quite aware that my whole time is at
the disposal of Government, in my past service of nearly 33
years this is the first time I have been reminded of the fact.
6. Work on the Praya Reclamation is now going
on smoothly and satisfactorily; in the present state of the
work, I think it unnecessary and undesirable to appoint a Spe-
cial Engineer, and I beg to ask that paragraph 12 of my letter
No.358 of the 18th.July may he considered cancelled.
I have, &c.,
(Sd.) R.D.ORMSBY.