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drainage area,
and generally decide
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I therefore purposed that the work of
all au plans
and details showed be
preparing
Entrusted to Messrs Denison, Ram and Gibbs
the last named gentleman having, oppant Eleven years in the Public Works Dept, and being the officer
who with me originally projected the scheme, and made the preliminary
Surveys.
11. W Gibbs is an Engineer in whom, while in the Department, me Cooper, Chatham and I have complete confidence,
his loss was
a considerable one.
and
I considered it fortunate
that in
terms to
secure his services for three or four years. A special
Engineer
sent from England would have all the drawbacks regarding local conditions, prices of labour and materials &c, and possibly, could not stand the climate, to which Gibbs has become seasoned.
12.
It will thus be seen that the scheme is at present
in a
merely
preliminary
stage, neither plans, estimates, nor
specifications being ready.
13.