CO129-157 - Sir MacDonnell Acting Governor Sir Kennedy - 1872 [4-5] — Page 242

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and having to consider what has been done, an still larger outlay must be before the Gardens the Public.

over a be @aw le of de nod to of Their Kept art ranging from 240 money for periods in me to Dine mants, and they have candidly stated that they would have charged more for the performance of works, had they been prompt in payment.

17. We have now to report the Delays in paying Contracting again wore that they examined find chore 1 : result of our investigations into the complaints made by Contractors and others employed to do Government work, we are not promptly paid. We have personally seen the Contractors, and have good reason to believe that the Government - and thereby the Public - have suffered from the dilatoriness practised by the Survey Department. The Contractors have been unnecessarily delayed.

18. The Surveyor General has been unable to give any satisfactory explanation of the delays in instances (one of which involved a payment of $220,000) though he has admitted that the Government has thus suffered.

19. We are satisfied that the Contractors are not dealt with in the way their class in land...

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JL. and having to consider what has been done, an still larger outlay must be before the Gardens the Public. over a be @aw le of de nod to of Their Kept art ranging from 240 money for periods in me to Dine mants, and they have candidly stated that they would have charged more for the performance of works, had they been prompt in payment. 17. We have now to report the Delays in paying Contracting again wore that they examined find chore 1 : result of our investigations into the complaints made by Contractors and others employed to do Government work, we are not promptly paid. We have personally seen the Contractors, and have good reason to believe that the Government - and thereby the Public - have suffered from the dilatoriness practised by the Survey Department. The Contractors have been unnecessarily delayed. 18. The Surveyor General has been unable to give any satisfactory explanation of the delays in instances (one of which involved a payment of $220,000) though he has admitted that the Government has thus suffered. 19. We are satisfied that the Contractors are not dealt with in the way their class in land...
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