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of lessees of Crown laudes in the out bying Fillages and in the

Country

have appropriated Ground Inormous,

In Decess

of

the area to which

they

Wre entitled by their title deeds, And A serious loss

is thereby

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revenue to the frown

Owing to want

Intailed.

I assistance . This office is utterly heipless to put an end to to disreputable a condition of things. A thorough a complete survey of all land boundaries

the Broup out the Island is

urgently reded

but the Department is too weak handed

& undertake it.

8. It seems impossible to conceive

- with the amount of work to be dove. What could be the pleasons

for abolishing the post of Assistant Surveyor feneral. From the records

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in the office I see that the Colonial Government has always been com pellent to Apply to the Rozal Expanien, Assistance. The laye proportion

for

these

of the Revenue of Stony Kong, which this office is called upon yearly, to disture should be borne in mind, And surely the provision of an Efficient staff to Supervise the proper disbursement of Large sums is a recessity, in the interests of prudence And Economy. Nothing could be more unsatisfactory hund dxtravagant than the present system, which boasts of a small mesepensive Staff Attending imperfectly

left to rule of

to works which are thumb workmen on dishonest com

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- hactors and which therefore cost double. 10. The proposal to dispense with