despatch

a-

the result

the consideration

this report & the

Colonial you.

me an

3. In the

of

tive I desire to

point out that it would appear from

Mr. Boulton's evidence

(¶ 2151) that the

Praya

Reclamation is now

on the eve of completion,

if not actually finished.

Messrs. Boulton and Muche will then be in

a position to take up

their duties

as

Executive

the regular

staff of the Dept), and

this would

seem to must satisfy,

at any rate for the time

being,

the

recommendation

of the Commission that

two

new Executive Engineers should be appointed to the staff of the Dept.

4. You have doubtless already learned

that the

salaries

proposed for the Son of Executive and Assistant Engineers

in

Appendix 25 to the report are materially

below those which

are

suggested in my despatch No. 171 of the 13th inst.

at any rate

[with...]

Johnson... difficult, if not

impossible

to obtain

a man

of the class

required as

Overseer

at a salary of $400

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