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No. 43.
SOUTHERN NIGERIA.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE to THE GOVERNOR.
[Answered by No. 44a.]
Downing Street, 19 April, 1910.
I HAVE the honour to transmit to you a copy of a letter from Major F. G. Guggisberg, Director of Surveys, enclosing a memorandum in which he outlines a scheme for the future organisation and work of the Survey Department.
2. These proposals will be submitted in due course to the Colonial Surveys Committee, but I have thought it desirable to communicate them to you without delay, especially in view of their financial aspect. You will observe that Major Guggisberg estimates that the adoption of his proposals would entail an additional expenditure of £2,700 during the current year, and of, roughly, £4,000 in 1911. It seems desirable, therefore, to consider without delay what arrangements could be made to meet such additional expenditure in the event of the proposals being approved in principle.
3. I shall be glad if you will furnish me, at an early date, preferably by telegraph, with your observations on the financial question and on the proposals generally.
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No. 44.
SOUTHERN NIGERIA.
I have, &c.,
CREWE.
COLONIAL OFFICE to MAJOR F. G. GUGGISBERG.
SIR,
Downing Street, 20 April, 1910. I AM directed by the Earl of Crewe to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th instant,* enclosing a memorandum containing the outlines of a scheme for the future organisation and work of the Survey Department of Southern Nigeria.
2. Your proposals will be submitted to the Colonial Surveys Committee at the first opportunity, and, in the meantime, copies of your letter and its enclosure have been forwarded to the Governor of Southern Nigeria in order that any observa- tions that he may desire to offer on the proposals, and especially on their financial aspect, may reach the Secretary of State at the earliest possible date.
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No. 44A.
SOUTHERN NIGERIA.
I am, &c.,
G. V. FIDDES.
THE GOVERNOR to THE SECRETARY OF STATE. (Received 8.3 p.m., 12th May, 1910.) TELEGRAM.
Your despatch, 19th April, No. 299.† Agree to proposals. My despatch, 26th April, No. 237, gave reasons (for) it is considered financial position need cause no anxiety though economy considered desirable. As to details, gather that only £977 additional asked for 1910. Corrections, calculations and addition
this to £800; it is understood that no addition to other charges will to reduce
required in 1910. Should be possible somewhat reduce proposed total other charges, 1911.— EGERTON.
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No. 45.
CYPRUS.
THE HIGH COMMISSIONER to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(No. 93.) MY LORD,
(Received 21 May, 1910.)
[Answered by No. 46.]
Government House, Nicosia, 11th May, 1910. I HAVE the honour to inform your Lordship that the Registrar-General, Mr. Ongley, who proceeding with the survey, registration, and valuation of properties under the new Law No. 12 of 1907, has reported that, in order to comply with the provisions of Section 13, sub-section (2) of that Law, which require that the valuation shall be completed within a period not exceeding twenty years from the date when the Law came into force, it will be necessary to strengthen the surveying staff of his Department.
2. Mr. Ongley points out that, the area of the island of Cyprus being 3,584 square miles, it will be necessary, in order to complete the survey within 20 years, that 180 square miles should be surveyed every year, and that the Chief Surveyor, Mr. Douglas, with the limited staff at his disposal could not accomplish this task. At the present time there is practically but one survey party, which, at its present rate of progress, cannot do much more than 45 square miles in the year.
3. Mr. Ongley requests, therefore, that he may be furnished, as soon as possible, with a skilled surveyor and an assistant from England, who should be engaged by the Crown Agents on agreements of three years each, renewable at the option of all parties concerned. The salary of the surveyor should be the same as that now paid to Mr. Douglas, viz., £175 per annum, with £60 subsistence allowance and one shilling a day for forage. The salary of the assistant should be £150 per annum; together with his removal expenses from one village to another. These salaries and emoluments would be a charge against the vote for general registration and revalua- tion, Head 10 B in the Estimates.
4. Mr. Ongley suggests, and I agree with him in recommending, that, in order to obtain the services of men really competent, suitable for the work required of them and adaptable to the conditions which obtain in Cyprus, application should be made to Colonel Grant, R.E., Director-General of the Ordnance Survey in England, to select the men required. Colonel Grant has done much survey work in Cyprus, and is thoroughly acquainted with the peculiar conditions of the island.
5. Should your Lordship be pleased to cause application to be made for the assistance of Colonel Grant in this matter, Mr. Ongley has prepared a memorandum, copy of which I enclose, in which he explains the nature of the work to be done, and sets out the requirements of the situation.
I have, &c..
Enclosure in No. 45. MEMORANDUM.
C. A. KING-HARMAN.
1. The Revenue Survey of the Island of Cyprus under Ordinance V. of 1880 commenced in the year 1884, under the then Director of Survey, Captain Grant.
2. The survey work then done consisted chiefly as follows:-
3. A surveyor went out to prepare a plan of the lands comprised within the village boundaries. For this purpose he was furnished with data as to the trigono- metrical stations and fixed points ascertained at Captain Kitchener's survey. These fixed points were taken as accurate, other points were fixed from these by the theodolite, and the rest of the work was done with the compass. On arrival in the village he determined the village boundaries, natural features being adopted as far as possible. He then prepared the plan, the scale of 4 inches to the mile in the plains and 2 inches to the mile in the hill villages being adopted. In this plan he showed all natural features as far as the scale would permit, and the lands of the village were divided into blocks, all natural features, e.g., roads, rivers, watercourses, important irrigation channels, being taken as the boundaries for blocks. His work
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