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above alluded to c' have already

strongly.

recommended Mr Cooper

for the appointment.

Mt Cooper has for

considerable time past been

kuaou to me

ad

by reputation -able officer, and during

very the brief period that I have had

more intimate relations with

him in his capacity as Acting Surveyor General, I have formed the highest opinion of his ability and have been much stuck by his trustworthiness, energy, and

extraor

dinary

extraordinary industry.

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But apart from this

general capability, he possesses special qualifications which I

venture to thwick render fun.

- peculiarly fitted for the post, especially in the present position of the Public Works now in

progress.

Sie has a

more on

less intimate knowledge of all

of those works, and n

naturally of

the local conditions and

requirements, and is therefore &

a

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