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Memorandum on the system under which large Public Works
are carried out in the Crown Colonies.
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Reference to a Consulting Engineer.
Preliminary survoys and collection of information.
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The following is a brief outline of the
system under which large Public Works are
usually carried out in the Crown Colonies.
is intended only as a general statement of
the principles governing the system and the
main lines of responsibility, special circum-
stances froquently requiring modification of the
arrangements described.
2. When railways or other important works are
projected in a Colony the course usually follow-
od is for the Colonial Govermaent to lay down
their requirements and the various conditions
to be fulfilled. When the work is a very
or of a nature falling outside the
large one,
experience of the local officers, the next
step is to refer the matter to a Consulting
Engineer of high standing and specially qualified
to deal with the class of work contemplated, in
order that he may advise how the Government
requirements can best be met.
3.To enable a Consulting Engineer to advise,
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it is usually necessary that he should either
visit the Colony in person to collect information
and make the requisite surveys and. observations
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or that an engineer selected by hin and acting
on his instructions should be sent put for the
purpose. Or the Consulting Engineer, may taką
such
with him an engineer, leaving him in the
Colony as long as may be necessary to
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