CO129-130 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [4-5] — Page 447

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refficiently

do all his

own

duties and M?

441

Bird's littewise, His Excellency considered

the arrangement with M."blank a quat fimprovement and it

[ the Senetary of State

was

approved by

10. It uidently gave great umbrage, however, to Mr Wilson who, notwithstanding the warning given in His Excelencay's Meat

as above quoted, clearly

هه

of 25th May Sought to maintain a monopoly of the

1/2 Salary. of Mr Shearman Bird. He

therefore urged

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Excellency to impose

Me blank the snusual condition that instead of Six hours, he should devote eight exclusively to the Public duties of the Department, because, with

singular

intented

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forgetfulness of his

he

Owne

previous proposal,

now

maintained that

lefo

would not

suffice.

11. His Excellency observes that. The banncil would easily comprehend what he must have thought of Mr Milson's conduct in recommending himself with all his varied duties as head of the Department to take in addition thereto those of Apsistent Surveyor and apistant Engineer, when, as paan

as another Gotham

Goulleman

маю

Survey.

directed to relieve him of the latter

appointments, he at once turned round.

and said that

even

the usual office

hours would not suffice for discharge of

those duties but that extra hours should be stipulated for.

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