CO129-165 - Sir Kennedy - 1873 [10-12] — Page 58

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has been

the Colony

compelled to leave

on sick bertificate

with the permission of the Military Authorities. Ste will probably be absent for one

month, but it is

doubtful

whether he will again be capable of

taking any

bivil Employment

in this Colony,

and there is

no other Engineer Offien whos

services

are available for duty

in the Su

urvey Department._-_

At the same time I

2.

have to

report

to

your

Sordship that mr alford,

Inspector of Buildings, has resigned the Public Service for

the

more

lucrative advantages

of private practice. _ Dinclose

26 sytoys copy of his letter of resignation.

3.

I found

on

consulting

Mr Price that unless I was

prepared

to almost close his

amy

rate for the

Department, for he was left

with an

inefficient bleak of

s absolutity

in Works only - it was ab

-necessary

Services at

present...

to retain Mr. Alford's

have, therefore, accepted

that gentleman's resignation, but have arranged that he shall give at least five home per diem to the Survey

A.

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