CO129-284 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [7-8] — Page 236

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to be given to other works of construc tion in progress.

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regards this

My position, therefore, work is totally different from that

predecessors in this office. In their case

it was describes

and was

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"general supervision"

practically little beyond holding the position of Consulting Engineer

and the special of any diffiently arising

Engineer needing advice. Now it is a

"Direct supervision", and

f

fact

A

AJ

A

tado

matter of

considerable portion of my

must be devoted to this one I have personally arranged

tracts let this

*

year,

time

work, while

I all the con

and as

A

rule I

inspect the work in progress several

times

every

week.

3.

Acting for

A

brother officer in

order that he may obtain the full.

amount of privilage leave due to him is something whatever extra hours must be devoted to

more than a

merre

duty, and

I think

performing the double duties are invariably cheerfully, fiven, but, if on the expiry of

that officers

leave the ap

-pointment becomes vacant, and is not fill -ed up, a strong claim for some extora

remuneration

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