CO129-016 - Sir John Davis - 1846 [1-6] — Page 212

- should not be brought gradually to reach the- Annual amount of £30,000, and when the

Public Works incidental to a new

Colony shall

have been completed a judicious retrenchment-,

as opportunities occur, may

without affecting the

officiency of the Civil Retablishments, reduce them

to a

charge

not very meech exceeding the above sum.. I would suggest that as the required.

Public buildings

are to be erceted by the Ordnance-

Department, the Office of Surveyor General be

reduced to a Colonial. Surveyor,

lower Salary, without a

without a Deputy..

Thy

on a

somewhat

at the same time to add that I

have abolished the office of Clerk under the Clerk of

Councils, which was authorized at £260 per annum.

I have the honor to be,

Sir,

With the highest respect, Your most Obedient

Humble Servant, dani

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