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Surveyor) and that the public

vare

put

to such great straits for professional __ assistance that the temptations and inducements to the members of the Public Works Department to secede and set

account are becoming

on their own de

up

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great, from the constant offers made to

them as to lead me to fear

we

-

two of

possibly yet lose one or two

men.

may

our best

I think it therefore all the more politie at the present moment that the 4 Government should not discontinue the

slight and harmless indulgences mentioned in preceding paragraph. With regard to the Surveyor General if : the holder of the posts

were allowed the

exercise of his profession for personal

emolument, his private sccupations would

be likely to attain such proportions

as to

injuriously interfere with his duties to Government and render him too independent

of the

the latter and I cannot therefore advise

any

concessions to him even in the shape

of arbitration fees. It would be affectation

mere

my part to pretend not...

to regret that circumstances should

necessitate such advice, but I have

never

nvas

two

held a different opinion and it

upon

this

years ago

that I ventured

ground that

to ask the Earl of Carnarvon to raise the Surveyor

General" "the position of the Attorney.

et

General, brown Solicitor and Colonial Surgeon who are in comparative