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allotted to me resigned from the service and shortly after the
Clerk of Works who was supervising this work as well as the New
Government offices also resigned.
I would here state, that if I were not a man of personal
honour I should also have resigned, but realizing that matters
of vital importance in the interests of the Government were at
stake, I remained, other C.8.0's will shew the position the
Government
would have been placed in had I then left the servic
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I am compelled to state that this work as well as the New
Government offices has been considered just in the same way as
a small building where it may be usedl to adjust on completion
of work but in works of magnitude works extending over many
years, it is always usual to adjust accounts as the works pro-
ceed and certainly at every floor level and not leave matters
in abeyance until the end.
I would ask what Architect or Engineer in private practice
would allow such a system as the above ?
It is also usual on large works to employ a Quantity Sur-
veyor for the distinct purpose of measuring up work and adjust-
ing accounts.
It is also the practice of the Military Authority in the
Colony to deal with matters as above stated and many of their
works are of small magnitude as compared with the buildings
under review,
If the Government have any doubt as to my statements I
would ask His Excellency to permit me to submit the matter to
the Council of the Royal Institute of British Architects - I
have no hesitation in stating that never in the history of the
Universe have two buildings of magnitude such as the Government
have in hand been carried out on such a basis.
Having in view the foregoing remarks and the assistance al-
lotted to me when I needed it most; and also considering the