CO129-248 - Public Offices & Others - 1890 — Page 589

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Any reply to this letter should quote the above number, and be addressed to the Secretary.

be made under which one of the 586 Royal Engineer Officers quartered at Hong Kong could superintend the work during the remaining ... A certain number of the men would also labour after the first season.

Two reasons. I have not been able to go into the question of how far the triangulation made by Collinson could be utilized, but if the above scheme be approved, I would try to obtain the original documents, if they still exist.

The staff for the first season would be about 1 Officer & 20 men with 10 local labourers, for the second season about 1 Officer & 12 men under one of the Royal Engineer Officers quartered at Hong Kong; for the third season one Royal Engineer Officer's with half a dozen men.

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Any reply to this letter should quote the above number, and be addressed to the Secretary. be made under which one of the 586 Royal Engineer Officers quartered at Hong Kong could superintend the work during the remaining ... A certain number of the men would also labour after the first season. Two reasons. I have not been able to go into the question of how far the triangulation made by Collinson could be utilized, but if the above scheme be approved, I would try to obtain the original documents, if they still exist. The staff for the first season would be about 1 Officer & 20 men with 10 local labourers, for the second season about 1 Officer & 12 men under one of the Royal Engineer Officers quartered at Hong Kong; for the third season one Royal Engineer Officer's with half a dozen men. Page 586 appears three times at the top, and is not shown here, and appears three times at the bottom as shown below: Page 586 ... [content not shown] Page 586
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Any reply to this letter should

quote the above number, and be addressed to the Steketary.

be made under which

one of thee

586

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question of how far the triangulation made, L: (now allapor Yeu! / Collinson could be but if the above scheme be

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