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(b) The Colonial Government watches and super-

vises the progress of the work but delegates

the technical control to the Consulting Engineer.

(c) The Consulting Engineer is responsible for

the conception and execution of the design in

accordance with the intentions of the Colonial

Government, prepares the estimates of cost and is responsible that they are adhered to, and that

the work is completed with due economy and expe-

dition.

(a) The Resident Engineer is entrusted with

the local execution of the work and acts under

the instructions of the Colonial Government,

conveyed either directly or (in all but excep-

tional cases) through the Consulting Engineer.

(•) The Crown Agents, as Agents for the

Colonial Government, do the commercial t business

connected with the work, they make the necessary

arrangements for its execution, purchase stores

and materials, engage men and conduct corres-

pondence between the Consulting Engineer and

the Secretary of State or Colonial Government.

and financial

Office of the Crown Agents for the Colonies,

Whitehall Gardens, London S.W.

February 1906.