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and owing to the greatly increared correspondence and general business of the Office,

less than to the great amount of time that has to be devoted to the ordinary maintenance of roads, streeks, buildings and works in a __ chinate the most destructive under the

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it has been possible for

ine to

Keep pace with the work except by giving to it from ten to livelve hours of undivided attention daily. Until my health

Sundays had to be given up to office disties in order to bringsp

of the week.

broke down even

the arreard

As I was in possession of robust

a first

health when off

came to this

Colony

in 1873, I might under boo trying circumstanew have not unreasonably

looked to keeping my

retaining my post for many years

longer,

and

I fear

his

no

career in the public service if n change be introduced in the present conditions of the Office . It is in this Conviction, and with mo

wish to claim

for unpelf any special credit for industry

append in

that I touch on the matter.

at........

separate shoot some

enggestions for redistribution of the

work.

In subuni

mithing my resignation

of the bust which I have held for

so many years under eix vycessive.

Governors of Haughing, I desire to express my grateful acknowledgments for the confidence Your Excellency has - been plecised to re,

repose. in me, during the short time it has been my privilege.

From Your

serve under

you:

Excellency I have ruct nothing but

the performance

Kindly encouragement in the,

to

health and to

of my

sometimes

of his

that in the

Rane

may find hrinself prematurely at the end.

-way my successor.

times difficult dutico and

Kindlier forbearcence when through

sickness or other cause

these duties

have