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PH SO MAY OF
30
No.301.
sir,
Public Works Office.
Mong-Kong, 11th. April, 1901.
I have the honour to request that steps may now
be taken to obtain the services of a qualified officer to con-
duct the work of the Land Branch.
The present arrangement under which this work
is carried on, was described by Mr.Ormsby in his minute of the
3rd. April, 1900, (C.8.0.351/00) as 'only a temporary one, until
a better can be made*.
Twelve months have elapsed since then without
any change being made in the arrangement, except that Mr.Xavier
has been replaced by Mr. Jacob as Land Surveyor.
Judging from my own experience of the past
month, I can only describe the present arrangement as very un-
satisfactory and I therefore recommend that the services of a
thoroughly trained and competent Surveyor he obtained from
England at as early a date as possible.
Unfortunately, the designation of Land Surveyor
has laready been bestowed upon Mr.Jacob and Mr. Grey and the
only way in which to describe the appointment which I recom-
The Honourable
mend
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.
Rec. +
&C.,