CO129-123 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [7] — Page 262

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In my despatch No 323 of the 9th instant I had the honour to inform your Grace of my having secured Mr Clark's services during the absence on leave of Mr Bird the permanent Assistant Surveyor General, and in my despatch No 322 I pointed out the difficulty to be apprehended in adequately filling the Offices in the Surveyor General's Department, if private practice was not allowed to the Officers, whilst I strongly stated my objections to conceding such a privilege, as being wholly opposed to the Public interests.

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Mr Clark has shewn himself far more active in his duties than Mr Bird whose post he temporarily fills, but it is quite impossible to ask him to visit places in the Circuit of his work many miles distant from each other without giving him the necessary means of locomotion. I am convinced he would not hold his appointment on any other terms, and as the Public must gain by facilitating his movements, I have granted him, subject to Your Grace's approval, the same allowance for a horse and coolies as is now given to the Surveyor General, viz: $40 per month. I am not aware of any precedent for the purchase of a vehicle, as requested by Mr ..., and therefore could not sanction it, though I am not dear that a vehicle to be used by the Officers of the Survey ...

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1 * 260 * Surveyor General. 2. In my despatch No 323 of the 9th instant I had the honour to inform your Grace of my having secured Mr Clark's services during the absence on leave of Mr Bird the permanent Assistant Surveyor General, and in my despatch No 322 I pointed out the difficulty to be apprehended in adequately filling the Offices in the Surveyor General's Department, if private practice was not allowed to the Officers, whilst I strongly stated my objections to conceding such a privilege, as being wholly opposed to the Public interests. 3. Mr Clark has shewn himself far more active in his duties than Mr Bird whose post he temporarily fills, but it is quite impossible to ask him to visit places in the Circuit of his work many miles distant from each other without giving him the necessary means of locomotion. I am convinced he would not hold his appointment on any other terms, and as the Public must gain by facilitating his movements, I have granted him, subject to Your Grace's approval, the same allowance for a horse and coolies as is now given to the Surveyor General, viz: $40 per month. I am not aware of any precedent for the purchase of a vehicle, as requested by Mr ..., and therefore could not sanction it, though I am not dear that a vehicle to be used by the Officers of the Survey ... ... has been replaced with `...` to indicate a missing word due to OCR damage. The text has been formatted into paragraphs using HTML `` tags. Spelling errors have been corrected (e.g., "despuetch" to "despatch", "cphosed" to "opposed", "Sumayer" to "Surveyor", "met dear" is unclear but left as is due to uncertainty, "blank" to "..."). Extra spaces have been removed, and hyphenation or line-break artifacts have been corrected. The original text's structure and content have been preserved as much as possible.
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1 * 260 * Surveyor General. 2. In my despuetch No 323 of the 9t instant I had the hover to inform your th Mc "Grace of my having secured Mr Clark's Services during the absence an leave of Mr Bird the permanent Assistant Sumayer General, und in my pointed out the No I despatch No 322 difficulty to be apprehendet the Offices in the in adequately filling the Offices Surveyor Generals Department, if private practice was not allowed to the Officers. whilst I strongly stated my objections to conceding such a privilege, as being wholly cphosed to the Public interests. 3. more Mr Clark has shewn himself far active in his duties than M2 Bird whose post he temporarily fills, but it is quite impossible to ask him to visit places in the Circuit of his work many each other without miles distant from guing him the necesary means of locomotion. I am cominced he would not hold his appointment Jow any other greatly terms, and as the Tublic must gain by facilitating his movements", I have granted him subject to Your Grace's approval the same allowance for as is now a horse and coolies to the Surveyor General, given month. viz: $40 per 4. I am not aware of any precedent for the purchase of a vehicle, as requested by Mr blank and therefore could not, sanction it, though I am met dear that a vehicle to be used by the Officers of the Suney རྟེ
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* Surveyor General.

2.

In my despuetch No 323 of the 9t instant I had the hover to inform your

th

Mc

"Grace of my having secured Mr Clark's

Services during the absence

an

leave of

Mr Bird the permanent Assistant Sumayer

General, und in

my

pointed out the

No I

despatch No 322

difficulty

to be apprehendet

the Offices in the

in adequately filling the Offices

Surveyor Generals Department, if private

practice was not allowed to the Officers.

whilst I strongly stated my objections to conceding such

a privilege, as being wholly cphosed to the Public interests.

3.

more

Mr Clark has shewn himself far

active in his duties than M2 Bird

whose post he temporarily fills, but it is

quite impossible to ask him to visit

places in the Circuit of his work

many

each other without

miles distant

from

guing

him the

necesary

means

of

locomotion. I

am cominced he would

not hold his appointment

Jow

any

other

greatly

terms, and as the Tublic must

gain by facilitating his movements", I have granted him subject to Your Grace's approval

the same allowance for

as is now

a

horse and coolies

to the Surveyor General,

given

month.

viz: $40 per 4. I am not aware

of any precedent for the purchase of a vehicle, as requested by Mr blank and therefore could not, sanction it, though I am met dear that a vehicle to be used by the Officers of the Suney

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