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so and work had been progressing during this 5 1/2 months
it is possible, if not probable, that unnecessary cost
would have been incurred, and it is also probable that the
members of the Legislative Council would have pressed for
explanations and publicity which would have had a greater
effect in discrediting the Chief Resident Engineer in the
eyes of his subordinates.
4.
The memo. regarding Departmental
Railway construction to which reference has been made
states that "the direct intervention of the Government
should be limited to cases of urgent necessity
if
it believes that the progress or quality of the work is
unsatisfactory its intervention will be
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beneficial". It
is therefore for the Government on the spot to decide
whether the case is in its opinion one of urgency; whether
the quality of the work is unsatisfactory and whether there
is a probability of the estimates being exceeded to make
good the work. As the head of the Government I took such
steps in this matter as seemed to me my duty to take in
order to ascertain whether or not there was any adequate
ground for considering the quality of the work unsatis-
factory and whether on the other hand the matter was urgent.
Your Lordship is advised in the final words of your
despatch