CO129-344 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907 — Page 621

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province of Eupel. Por the supervision of these the Viceroy, consultation with the Syndicate, shall appoint a British congulting engineer of capacity and experience, who must be approved by the

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The salary and other terms of agreement of the consulting engineer shall be fixed in consultation with the Syndicate, and

The form of his sựree- his salary shall be paid by the Viceroy. ment shall conform to the usual practice.

If the services of the consulting engineer should proVO unsatisfactory to the Viceroy he shall be entitled to dispense with his services, ☛ ter die consultation with the Syndicate with regard to the appointment of a suitable suocessor: and in the event of the Syndicate desiring the removal of the consulting

a like procedure shall be observed. engineer for good cause,

It shall be the duty of the consulting engineer to advise the Viceroy with regard to all public works to be paid for out of the proceeds of this lean, and to see that the same are efficiently and economically carried out. Orders to pay or transfer any suM from the proceeds of the lean must be countersigned by the con- sulting engineer and be accompanied by his certificate stating

He shall examine tenders and the nature of the expenditure. contracts for materials and work and will advise the Viceroy

with regard to their selection.

Under the directions of the consulting engineer the Syndicate will superintend the purchase of all material of foreign origin

These shall be purchas- required for the carrying out of the work. ed on the open market at the lowest rate obtainable, it being understood that all such materials shall be of good and satis- factory quality. At equal rates, and provided the quality is the same, goods of British and Prench manufacture shall be given preference over other goods of foreign ori-in.

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