CO129-356 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [4-6] — Page 509

Resident Engineer on the British section

has resigned his appointment, and that the

Consulting Engineers have recommended that he

should be replaced by an officer who can

combine the duties of Chief Resident Engineer

with that of adviser to the Hongkong Government

on questions of traffic and of the projected

working agreement.

3.

I am to enclose an extract from a

letter from the Consulting Engineers on the

question from which it will be seen that

r E.S.Lindsey of the South Indian Railway

has been sounded as to his willingness to

undertake the past, and that he would be

willing to do so for a salary of a:2,000

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if Viscount Marley see no accordingly to ask that inquiry may be made by

telegraph of the Government of India as to

whether Mr Lindsey is likely to fulfil Sir

F.Lugard's requirements and,

if so,

whether

they would be good enough to spare his ser-

vices for a period of two years from

September next at a salary of £2,000 per

annum and to undertake to give favourable

consideration

o a further extension of the

period of his engagement under the Hongkong

Government, if that should be considered

desirable.

per annum.

4. Lord Crewe understands that

r Lindsey has one year of furlough still to

run,

but that it will be necessary for him

to be seconded by the Indian Government if he

is absent from India for a longer period.

accordingly

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