CO129-291 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [5-6] — Page 747

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Proposed Re-organization of the Public Works Department, consequent on the retirement of Mr. Malsch, Superintendent of Crown Lands, and the proposed merging of the duties of that office in those of one of the Assistant Engineers, and also to provide additional staff in connection with the recent large extension of the Colony.

I recommend the appointment of Mr. R. F. Drury as "Executive Engineer in charge of all drainage and sewerage works in the Colony, on the same salary as he draws at present, namely $3,000 per annum, thus giving him an independent charge and relieving Mr. Crook, Executive Engineer, in charge of waterworks, of duties in connection with drainage, and leaving him free to prepare plans and Estimates for certain very important extensions of the waterworks both in Hong Kong and Kowloon. Mr. Drury has twelve years service and his salary was increased in 1898 to $3,000 per annum, or the same salary as that drawn by Mr. Crook.

I recommend that the important duties of Superintendent of Crown Lands and Surveys be entrusted to Mr. L. Gibbs, Assistant Engineer, and that his salary be increased from $2,328 per annum to $3,000 per annum, the latter salary being available.