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contracts placed by Crown Agents.
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Hove. I
Relative position
of the parties
in the work.
cases or urgency sometimes be necessary to order
stores on the initiative of the consulting
Engineer without the authority of the Government;
but this should be quite exceptional as when once
the works are fairly started the Resident Engineer
should be able to forecast his requirements
sufficiently to order everything with the cog-
nisance of the Colonial government without
risking delay to the works.
18.
Indents for stores are upon receipt
by the Crown Agents sent to the Consulting Engineer
to prepare specifications or other particulars
necessary to a nable tenders to be invited. The work of inviting tenders is done by the Crown Agents by whom all contracts are placed and supervised and the inspection of materials arranged for. All arrangements for shipment and for the
payment of accounts are also made by the Crown
Agents who are held responsible by the Secretary of State for everything connected with the purchase
of stores for the Crown Colonies.
19. To sum up the relative position of the
parties to the construction of a large public
work is briefly as follows:-
(a) The work is in the first instance
subject to the approval of the Secretary of State
and the arrangements for their execution are also
subject to his general approval.
(b) The colonial Government watches
and supervises the progress of the work but
delegates
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