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the services

of

Mer Gosset, Coming it did after the departure of that Faluable officer Mir Dukes has brought things to a crisis. And it is Min duty to bring under the notice

ostis Sxcellency the fourzor my

mability to carry on the

on the duties

es of

the Department with the present weak Staff.

.

11. I shall require an assistant

Surveyor General and too clerks of the works . It is immaterial by What sible the former is called, but If there Saisto any objection to the

Appellation of Assistant

=

Laweyor

General" he may be called "assistant Engineer " . It will not be possible to Obtain the services of the class of pro fessional

than required under a

Stipend of $700 per ann

The hum

Clerks of the works should be rated at

$500 per

annum Each, And they should be then Specially picked, as there with

be Continuous Arduous work for

them

to do in looking after the reparing Eighty public buildings - And the Com struction of the large Central School the built and the Still larger Cint Hospital.

12. I cannot recommend Lieutenant

Gosset or any other Royal Exgineer

officer for the Appointinent of Assistant Lunvigor feneral is the Military duti J Rozal Expineers Monopolice a great portion of

their trine.

-State that as

13. Ishould further State there are Extra-ordinary

Work

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