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or any

Constitutional energy.

Mr Gordon was

other cause,

wholly incapable of conducting the business of his office. It

is therefore my duty

to recommend

that an able and experienced

Architect and

Engineer should

be appointed from England by your Lordship to conduct

those public works which are indispensable, and which Major Aldrich in the Ordnance

Department executes with such remarkable ability. I can speak very highly in favor of the exertions of Mr Cleverly

Acting Surveyor, and

and of M. Pope

Clark of the Works; but

regular Architect is at present

greatly demanded, if it

only

as a

were

temporary appointment. Mr Mercer, my private

Secretary, in consequence of having received a regular University education at Oxford, where he took his degree, possesses considerable

advantages over ordinary Candidates for office in this place, in addition to his personal

readiness and

ability to

undertake responsible duties. The extreme difficulty of finding a fit and trustworthy person...

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255 or any Constitutional energy. Mr Gordon was other cause, wholly incapable of conducting the business of his office. It is therefore my duty to recommend that an able and experienced Architect and Engineer should be appointed from England by your Lordship to conduct 1 those public works which are indispensable, and which Major Aldrich in the Ordnance Department executes with such remarkable ability. I can speak very highly in favor of the exertions of Mr Cleverly Acting Surveyor, and and of M. Pope as as Clark of the Works; but a regular Architect is at present greatly demanded, if it only as a were temporary appointment. Mr Mercer, my private Secretary, in consequence of having received a regular University education at Oxford, where he took his degree, possesses considerable advantages over ordinary Candidates for office in this place, in addition to his personal readiness and ability to undertake responsible duties. The extreme difficulty of finding a fit and trustworthy person...

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255 or any Constitutional energy. Mr Gordon was other cause, wholly incapable of conducting the business of his office. It is therefore my duty to recommend that an able and experienced Architect and Engineer should be appointed from England by your Lordship to conduct 1 those public works which are indispensable, and which Major Aldrich in the Ordnance Department executes with such :remarkable ability. _ I can speake very highly in favor of the exertions of Mr Cleverly Acting Surveyor, and and of M. Pope as as Clark of the Works; but a regular Architect is at present greatly demanded, if it only as a were temporary appointment. Mr Mercer, my private Secretary, in consequence of having received a regular University education at Oxford, where he took his degree, posesses consid. - erable advantages over ordinary Candidates for office in this place, in addition to his personal readiness and ability to undertake responsible duties. The extreme difficulty of finding a fit and trustworthy person..

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