of Superintendents General and manager to the Garden Committee, and it is a matter of considerable regret to me that I should not have been more fortunate than The Hardy R.C. in my relations with Mr. Ford.
4. The inconsistency of holding me responsible for the proper laying out of public moneys while I was excluded from the supervision of Garden works was brought to the notice of Sir Arthur Kennedy. His Excellency, upon looking into matters, discovered that the creation of a separate Department for the Gardens in January 1872 had also surprised him.
He was surprised to find that notwithstanding Macdonnell's decisive minute of the 9th of January 1872, relieving the Public Works Department from charge of Garden matters, the Government had found itself compelled to revert to that Department for the proper superintendence of the Garden work of 1872-3, and consequently Sir Arthur Kennedy had the less hesitation in cancelling a minute which practical experience had proved to be unsatisfactory.
In speaking of his predecessor's minute constituting the Gardens a separate Department, Sir Arthur Kennedy expressed his conviction that the arrangements under that minute could not have been intended to be permanent and that they had their origin in special causes.
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of Sucoups General and manager to the Garden Committee, and it of considerable re-
load a
matter
zgret to me that I should not have
been
any
Explaine relations with
more fortunate tham The Hardy R.C. in
Mr forb.
my
me
4. The inconsistency of holding responsible for the proper laying out of public moneys while I wast
Garden works
was excluded from
their
supervision, having been brought by to the notice of Sir Arthur i= Kennedy, His Excellency upon looking into matters, discovered that the creation of Department for M. Ford
of Famiary 1872.
-Government
Arthur Kennedy
537
also surprised.
Q
to find that notwithstanding Macdonnell's decisive minute of the
the
9th of January 18772, relieving the Public Works Department from charge of Garden matters, the Govern- :ment had found itself compelled to revent to that Department for
the
pro.
- per superintendence of the Farden
work of 1872 - 3, and conse
consequently
-
Sir Arthur Kennedy had the less
Cancelling
hesitation in cance
A minutes.
which practical experience hat provid insperation.
In
Q
peroking his predecessors
minute constituting the Gardens
7.
on
the geh
seven months after
that officer's arrival in the Colang had
not originated with Your Lordship,
for that it had even
been brought
to Your Lordship's Curwledge
Sir
separates Department Sir Arthur Ken-
*
-nedy expressed his conviction that
the arra
cals unde
under that minutes.
arrangements
could
peech
have been intended to
be permanent and that they
di
their origin to special causes which
Arthur.
had
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