CO129-019 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [1-4] — Page 242

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is Road Cvcrseer M. Bruce ; unfortunately, he is unacquainted with the details of the work which

I most require from him ; even if I could employ

never

him in the Office as a draughtsman during the hours he is not engaged on the works, it would bea

very great service to me, but although he professes to be an architect and civil engineer, I have been able to procure from him anything that would bear inspection. The whole assistance. I derive from him therefore consists in the general inspection of finished Roads and the direction of the convict labour which is also under the charge of Overseer Matheus, who receives his instructions from Mr. Brucel

It has been the duty of the bivil Engineer and black of Works to make a weekly report" " upon the progress of the works, but in future if it should meet the approval of His Excellency the Governor, I beg leave to propose that the Report be made monthly, satisfactory detail might be made of work

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executed during that period than for the short space. of six days,. as in the latter time, it occasionally

happens that the change in the work is hardly

perceptible . This monthly Report. I propose should include the state of repair of all the Public

Buildings, and Estimates be submitted at the same time of the cost of any services that

may

be

necessary for the improvement or repair of them, the same to be done with regard to Roads, &c, : this plan. I think would answer better than the

present one and would be

more sa

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· satisfactory as

showing at a glance the estimated repairs all Public Works for the month

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On forwarding the Report for the information of His Excellency the Governor, I further propose that the usual Requisitions

detail for each item of expenditure that I

in

may

consider necessary.

with reference to the

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Report, should be prepared by me and submitted for approval in the ordinary

During the year,

manner.

the number of