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have the force of a older members of

tradition

among.

the Public Worke

the

Department in Hongkong, orige that they appointed to perform certain duties

and

work

duties.

Carnot

be

expected:

to assist in the

nent outside those

of the Departmen

My

view is that every official of

the Department should be prepared

out onok work as

to

the Surveyor General carry way from time to time direct, provided he is qualified for the performance of the duties required of him. Should the Surveyor General require any official to

anything

do

unreasonable the matter

can at once be

referred

to His Excellency

the Governor, but it is not probable that any official appointed by the Deanetary

Itate as Surveyor I am

of Wate

so act.

Qu

Ap

General

would

therefore of spinion that for official to attempt to make conditions

to what duties he shall, and shall

not perform is opposed to the first. principles of discipline. Mr Malsch

objeck

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ld work

object to responsibility for field

in convection with land surveys. Now,

although

beast

greater part

at

as a rule, the

: work would necessarity

of the field.

devolve on the Avvistant Land Surveyor

it is clearly the duty of the Offiennes

the Land Survey locating y

charge of

hunnelf of the accuracy of

done, and in case

satisfy

the field

work

of need, i. e. should

fall in arrean, or the Assistant

the work fall in

Land Surveyor be invalided, it would

be neccesary for

take the

Mr. Maloch to under_

field work.

"As regrends the question of the

appointment of Assistant Surveyor

I submit that the surveyor

General,

General should be in better position

than

any

a

subordinate Official of

Department to

MI Con

the

mmend the

official

best qualified to fill that post.

As the transfer of

Mr. Bowdler.

from the appointment of Asistant Surveyor General to that of "Special Enginar " to

the