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Chief Resident Engineer's Office
Kowloon,
To Sir J.W. Barry & Partners,
Consulting Engineers.
Datel 20th July, 1909
Gentlenen,
1.
In continuation of what I reported in the first paragraph of
my last General Letter I send you copies of some letters bearing
on the subject (enclosure A and B)
2.
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I was greatly surprised at the method adopted by His Excellency,
as shown by the "Teras of Reference". I thought that the select
committee referred to in paragraph 5 General Letter No. 63, would
inclule myself, or in other words, that a couple engineers would be
appointed to consult with me, in much the same way as one doctor night
be brought into consultation with another doctor in a difficult case,
3.
From the wording of the letter you will see that I am not in
consultation with the committee, that the committee is to act inde-
pendently of me in the way of taking borings etc, or in other words,
that my statements of facts are open to doubt.
4.
I consider the procedure most objectionable, in the first place
it is contrary to the letter of instructions forwarded to me through
you from the Crown Agents at the commencement of the work, where it
clearly states, that for smooth working I should not be interfered with
in technical matters except through you.
5.
I also consider that a slight has been put upon as by having
other Engineers sent on to the Works to gain information which I am
quite mapable of giving.
In other words I consider the Director of
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.