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latterly; he is very steady, very willing and obliging but cannot be expected to possess the scientific knowledge necessary to constitute him a witness to be depended upon in case of a dispute.

The remaining Officers of the Department, Mr. Power and Mr. Scott, I cannot speak too highly of, and indeed I deem it unnecessary to do so after the expressed opinions of the Surveyor General himself, who, from a longer acquaintance with their merits, is in a position to appreciate them so much better.

I feel it to be my duty to add that the department should have the assistance of a first-rate draughtsman who, from the Surveyor General's sketches, would be competent to make both General and Working Drawings, as I find that there is quite enough to occupy the time of the Surveyor General himself in those everyday duties which his title indicates, namely the general superintendence of the Department which, in a Colony, presides over Government Works, Roads, Sewers, Woods and Forests and even Burial Grounds; and to these have been superadded this year the Control of all Buildings and the abatement of all Nuisances. The drafting of the correspondence alone, including Reports and Estimates, imposes a very considerable tax on his official hours so as almost to preclude the possibility

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE Reference — COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH — NOT TO BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHICALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON latterly; he is very steady, very willing and obliging but cannot be expected to possess the scientific knowledge necessary to constitute him a witness to be depended upon in case of a dispute. The remaining Officers of the Department, Mr. Power and Mr. Scott, I cannot speak too highly of, and indeed I deem it unnecessary to do so after the expressed opinions of the Surveyor General himself, who, from a longer acquaintance with their merits, is in a position to appreciate them so much better. I feel it to be my duty to add that the department should have the assistance of a first-rate draughtsman who, from the Surveyor General's sketches, would be competent to make both General and Working Drawings, as I find that there is quite enough to occupy the time of the Surveyor General himself in those everyday duties which his title indicates, namely the general superintendence of the Department which, in a Colony, presides over Government Works, Roads, Sewers, Woods and Forests and even Burial Grounds; and to these have been superadded this year the Control of all Buildings and the abatement of all Nuisances. The drafting of the correspondence alone, including Reports and Estimates, imposes a very considerable tax on his official hours so as almost to preclude the possibility 65 cr

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TILTIC.O./133 13 ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

latterly; he is very steady, very willing and obliging but, cannot be expected to possess the scientific knowledge necessary to constitute him a witness to be depended upon in case of a dispute.

The remaining Officers Department, Mr. Power

of the

and Mr Scott, I cannot speak too highly of, and indeed c. deem it unnecessary to do so afterbexpressed opinions of the Surveyor "General himself, who, from. a longer acquaintance with their merits is in a position, to appreciate them po much

better.

I feel it to be my duty. to add that the department

hould have the assistance

of a firstpater Shaughtman's who from the Surveyor's General's Sketches, would

be competent to make booth General and

and Working Drawings, as I find that there to quite enough to occupy the time of ther surveyor General himself in those every day duties which his Title indicates, namely the general superintendence of the Department which, in a Colony, presides

over

Covernment Works, Roads,

Lewers, Woodsand Forests and even Burial Grounds; and to these have been superadded this year the Entroul of all Buildings and the abatement of all Arisances . The droughting of the correspondencalone, including Reports and Estimates imposes

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