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that a person at a lover salary

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might be appointed in the place of the Afistant Surveyor General Arocher point I must raise, and it

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to

me to be the most important agreement s of all in favor of the retention of the

Office, is this. I flatter myself that,

withart reception, my

Department

is the

most important in the Colay. The fumaipal duty of the Qvil Enginen

of the Government

of marey

to see what

to be expended upon.

and Buildings

not

Workto

are economised and

ruchlefly squandered; and to see

work to

abc that the largest amount of oblamed for the least amount of money. A person to undertake this and the

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General must be one,

only had

training

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who has not

chorough professional.

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but must

also have had great practical

great practical experience

to enable him to understand the

branches

of his

profession,

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to which must

be added a good knowledge of

the

trades in order to be able to leach

ignorant workmen. This latter

where

mari

is

no

in China,

necessary than where it is obligatory to instruct

worttinen).

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essential to have

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person who is thoroughly

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