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must therefore defer that work until another opportunity which I fear will not occur this

season as I must. necessa

from

necessarily attend the

Office

10 till 4 every day, and Mr Pope's time

will be fully occupied with the works to be executed

The want of efficient : Overseers for

the works has been much felt ;

I mean

aw men

who are

tradesmen, such as bricklayers, carpenters, &, to remain expon each separate work during its execution, for however strictly a specification

be worded, a Contractor will find. make the work appear in conformity therewith,

may

means to

and it is totally out of the power of the Clerk

are visited as

of

Works to detect bad workmanship without pulling it to pieces. The works often as possible both by myself and the black of Works, and in Town, Overseer Crawford had charge of all the works, which being at a considerable distance from each other, rendered the inspection

serviceable man,

very has

severe;

he is a very is given great satisfaction_

and

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The hardest work that we have to encounter in this climate, I find to be in

surveying

or levelling,

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as the person so engaged is necessarily

much exposed to the sun, and if the locality is far

removed.

1 from Victoria, the best portion of the day is taken up in going to and returning from work: It is hardly necessary for me to remark that, only have three months in the

year in which we have a chance of making a good day's work, and even

we

then it is dangerous at times to expose one's self to

the sun; the remainder of the

of the year.

we can

only

work in the mornings and evenings for two or three hours at the utmost, it is therefore apparent that the amount of work,

we can

-perform is very

small in comparison with that, which could be

Lone

in a more.

The

temperate climate.

- greatest share of this work necessarily

fall to the Civil Engineer and block of Works, Mr. Pope, as he is the only person in

Establishment, who

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give me

the

that assistance.

The next officer in the Establishment.

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