CO129-251 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [9-11] — Page 436

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Land Surveyor.

In June 1889 or after the late Mr Browns -_-

arrival in the

a shortly

Colony,

Mr

Sampson resigned and Mr Drury was appointed

to the valeant post with an increment of $50 per month to his salary.

Cr

return from

ABS

of the Department would be Engineer in charge of Survey

see S. G. letter & minuté

- attached to C.SO. 448 of 1890, and which litte Iufreed to accept; thereby not- engaging myself to perform field Hichnical duties belonging office of Land Surveyor.

tô

a

my few months leave in December 1889 Mr Brown asked me to take charge of the Land Survey Branch

more particular le

tebelarly

and

ж

the conduct of Land Sales &; which duty In cheerfully arranged to

Lattend to, MN Brown-

me that the

informing title of office proposed for

In the new organisation

me

of

duties and also

Since

my

return

from

my

leave in December 1889 -duties have been chiefly connected with writing reports on Land questions, preparing

ummary of Land Sales

20 years

for

the last 20

with descriptive

descriptive data, conducting Land Sales.com

As stated in correspondence I am not as Land Surveyor

and