CO129-251 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [9-11] — Page 435

In the early part of 1886 the late Surveyor

General I. M. Price induced me to leave the Treasury under the promise of ar appointment in my profession as Assistant Engineer of this Department. I accepted the

Dame

-and was

-duly appointed vide secretary

States Despatch 6asof my predecessor in office being Mr. H. R. Best:

$1886

At the time of accepting. office of Assistant - Enjincer-

"In St. John Hancock Mr

or and

was Land Surveyor

duties as assistant-

Eirgincer were entirely distinct and apart from Land Survey viz: the laying out and construction

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of Roads, Quarry Bay, Maint Parker, & Tytam Roader Causeway Bay sites for

Buildings,

Public Buil

Aberdeen

Police Station de, supervision

of Designs for Public Buildings be. Soundings for

reclamation

work calculations &c and I

would

beg to refer to Mr

Prices minute in C.S.C. 543

of 1889.

On the resignation of Mr Hancock (Land Surveys) Mr Price asked me to undertake duties of the two

until

offices viz : Assistent Engine and Land Surveyer an officer for latter post were appointed and after a few months Mr. I. Sampson was appointed Land Surveyor and Mr Drury Assistant-

Land