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7. It will be noticed that the salaries recommended above for District Surveyors are practically those recommended by Major Hills for Senior Surveyors, while those recommended for heads of the cadastral and topographical parties are those recom- mended by him for District Surveyors. The reasons for reversing the salaries are: (1) that at present there can be no doubt that of the two the duties of the heads of the field parties are the more onerous and important; and (2) that the most suitable men to take charge of parties are those whom it is desirable to promote.

On the 8. As regards the financial aspect of the above recommendations. assumptions (1) that Mr. Fenning does not return, (2) that all three of the new appointments are filled by 1st August (which is very unlikely), (3) that six weeks are spent on half-pay, viz., three weeks at Southampton under instruction and three weeks on voyage, and (4) that the rates of salary are £250 per annum, there would be a net deficiency to be provided for for salaries of about £10. If the rates of salaries are £280 per annum, and I doubt whether suitable men can be had for less, there would be a deficiency of about £65 to be met. This provides for an additional assistant as recommended by Major Hills.

9. It will be noticed that no recommendations have been made as to the appointment of an Assistant Deputy Director of Surveys, as at present this appears hardly necessary. Neither have I dealt with the proposed increases of salary recom- mended by Major Hills for the Director and Deputy Director of Surveys. It is proposed to deal with the latter when submitting the annual estimates for 1908-9.

10. I would respectfully ask that the recommendations contained herein may be dealt with by His Excellency as promptly as possible, as the matter is urgent in the case of the Assistants who have left for England.

I have, &c.,

RAYMOND C. ALLEN, Land Officer and Chief Surveyor.

MEMORANDUM re letter No. 33 to Deputy Commissioner.

Salary to March 31, 1908.

Name.

Authorised.

Drawn.

Deficit.

Difference.

Saving.

£

£ 8. d.

£

d.

£ s. d.

£ s. d.

E. Richardson...

350

328 2 6

21 17 6

L. R. Fraser

350

350 0 0

E. G. Fenning...

350

74 0 0

276 0 0

H. E. Winckler

350

328 2 6 21 17 6

Captain Toppin

350

L. M. Seth Smith

300

228 10 0 121 10 0

293 15 0 6 5 0

170 0 0

170 0 0

170 0 0

170 0 0

170 0 0

2,112 10 0 447 10 0

510 0 0 62 10 0

New Assistant

Do.

Do.

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From Aug. 1, 1907,

to March 31, 1908, Į with six weeks at half-pay at £280

per annum.

170 0 0

2,050

NOTE. If new assistants are appointed at salaries of £250 per annum, and assuming all appointments to be made by 1st August, 1907, and, further, that six weeks is on half-pay, viz., three weeks under instruction at Southampton and three weeks on voyage, the net deficit would be about £10.

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No. 66.

UGANDA.

THE ACTING COMMISSIONER to THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

(Received July 19, 1907.)

[Answered by No. 73.]

(No. 95.) MY LORD,

Government House, Uganda, June 26, 1907. In accordance with the instructions contained in Your Lordship's telegram received through the British East Africa Protectorate, dated April 24th,* and your telegram of the 21st instant to this office, I have the honour to forward the Progress Report of the Survey Department from the 1st August, 1906, to the 30th April, 1907, together with a brief summary of the work done during the same period.

2. I would venture to draw Your Lordship's attention especially to the Chief Surveyor's allusion to the recurrent divergences of his officers' services from the main survey work to that more usually coming under Public Works. Although such occasions are quite unavoidable under present conditions, they must be disturbing to any well organised system of working by parties.

I have, &c.,

Enclosure in No. 66.

GEORGE WILSON,

Acting Commissioner.

Land and Survey Office, Entebbe, June 7, 1907.

REPORT on Survey work for period from 1st August, 1906, to 30th April, 1907.

1. As this summary of work done is specially intended for inclusion in the Annual Report of the Survey Committee it is essential to, in the first instance, correct certain figures given in the First Annual Report of that Committee. The discre- pancies are due to the fact that the Annual Report of the Department was for the period ended 31st March, 1906, whereas the figures given in the Report of the Survey Committee are for the period ended 31st July, and the approximate figures given were compiled by Major Close, R.E., C.M.G., in consultation with myself when home on leave. As, however, surveyors had meanwhile been taken off their ordinary survey work and put on road and other surveys, the actual figures naturally fell short of the estimate.

2. Corrected figures where required to 31st July, 1906, are as follows:-

(1) Area surveyed on 4-inch and 1-inch scale (to be reduced to 1/125000 scale)

2,837 square miles instead of 3,000 square miles.

(2) Area surveyed on 4 inches to a mile and 1/10000 scale 372 square miles

instead of 400 square miles.

The

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3. Up to 30th April, 1907, the area of main triangulation completed_is 7,622 square miles; the area of secondary triangulation is 5,968 square miles. main triangulation has now reached Lake Albert. The average triangular error of the former has not yet been checked, but it is under 5 seconds; the average triangular error of the latter for triangles observed during the period under review is 481 seconds; the general average error of all triangles has not yet been computed. The total area surveyed on 1-inch, 1-inch, or 1/125000 scale is 3,084 square miles. The area of the cadastral work completed is 408 square miles. In addition an area of approximately 6 square miles has been completed on a scale of 1/2500; this area comprises about 400 estates, and is that surrounding the native capital. As many of the estates comprised within this area are under an acre, and all are very small, it is clear that any scale less than 1/2500 would not show the necessary detail. The area beaconed for secondary triangulation remains the same as at date of previous report.

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