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The public buildings, Roads and Warbour

works are on a

The vast

-seale of unusual im

importance. ovements effected in this island by the present Surveyor General for the

improve

last four or five years, are spotten of by

merchants as

every intelligent traveller, and by the local

being

a credit to the Empire. Looking simply to the interests of the Colony

and the advantage of adequately-

remunerating

man,

a

hard worked and most able

I would ask

you.

to consider the

justice of giving Mr Price a personal allowance,

which would raise his

a.

year

salary

to £2,000

I have the honour to be,

Sir, Your most Obedient

humble servant,

Siv

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Mangstong

June 1878

beg to be allowed to call your attention to the

- practice which hao afrung up during the last tirs or three years of allowing the Officers of the Survey Department at this flade to lake farivate practice,

When our I kilson was in June 1865 affain- - ted Assistant Surveyor General

al of Hong Ron it was expressly stipulated by the Bute of Huvcastle Uthrough Siv Hercules Robinson that no frivate firactice would be allowed and for the sixs gears that he, held the afspointment of Surveyor General

the rule was not evaded in the bustânce in his

cose though numberless opporhinitis presented thesroilves.

That the same rule still holds good is shown by a note which In Milson recent? from Arskice

Sterice on 11 May 1875 in which

"No out door work or

superinten-

The says

a

dembe of a

of any kind other thane strictly Good one is permitted to

"The Defpartiment. "

any Officer of

any

Antheless it is a fact which His

the Governor vive lacellency if bricorrect

"overnor will doubtless contradict

That during the last 2 or 3 years tive Comans Leathstic Whapels have been built by Michael Arcsts-Beach Bart. Act

Right Honorable

I. Puncipal Secretary of State for the (donies