CO129-237 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1888 [1-6] — Page 671

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concern

) it is now proposed to add the Inspection of Buildings, by merging in his present Office that of Government

of Inspector of Buildings.

3.

This amalgamation of offices

desirable in order to avoid the

very present extremely inconvenient procedure, which neccesitates the eubmission of private house plans in the first instance to the Inspector of Buildings for certifiente as to stability, the reference of those plans by the Inspector of Buildings to the Sanitary Inveyor for certificate as to sanitary fitues, the reliver of the plans by the latter with his sanitary notes to the Inspector of Buildings, and the final___ reference of the plans by this Officer to the Innveyor General who finally direct him

as to the action to be taken . By the proposed amalgamation,

I gamation, Mr Cooper, the precent Sanitary Surveyor, would at once deal with the plans and dispose

half an hour

of papare that now

in o

of

lake

take several days to run their course

office and office.

between office

4.

of offices

As the

"proposed amalgamation

would add en

ormondly to the

carce and labours of the Sanitary Surveyor, so much et as to make it.

eo as

impossible for him to attend to both

duties without that he shall have

help, it is proposed

Assistant Sanitary

Surveyor or Inspector of Ruildings,

capable of taking

his place in case

مجھے

sickness. An Assistant Sanitary Surveyor

could be engaged in England by the Crown Agent

and paid from

the

salary available by Mr Hayllar's

1 from Office.

retirement.

5.

It would not be right

eo

proper to add a new

office to the Sanitary Surveyor and inlarge

Considerably the sphere of his dution

without soure remuneration, Mr Cooper should receive at least $50 a month

for these notra duties.

6. Two

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