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hed received-from him since his arrival in the colony. ARY Jasley which there may have been in the Fuilding of the

sunorstructure of the engine and boiler house oxtoneions was due to a misunderstanding and the matter was speedily put right.

The engine house was completely roofed in and the boiler house was being roofed in by the middle of Deconher

1915.

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The Grection of the engines procooded very slowly and it was not until the 18th of September 1916 that Mr. Dvor

rota to mo enquiring the date the nor ongings more required For duty. I replied that the new engines were nosdod for Immedieto duty and detailed the arrengonents for running the How ongines in conjunction with the old ones. These arrango- ponts more that Govortment would pump with the old ongines forthwith but would stop running thon is poon as Mr. Dver wiehed to run either of his enginse, pumping to be rogured with the old onginos whenever Mr. Dver wished to close down' the now onGB. The Government engine drivers, etc., to take their ordore from Mr. Dyer. Ex. Dyer replied to this lottor stating that he appro¢i£toù +hoes arrangonante which gevo him great latitude and that his firm would ancrociato this consideration, but nevertheless progress with the engines 411 € not improve and by January the 24th 1917 although both engines had been run under etoam the counter of the first to he erected only stood et 11,530 rovolutions and the second 4,399 revolutions.

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In convoquence of this dolay I wrote Kr. Dvor on the 14th

of February 1917 tunt I must seriously drew hir attention to

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the necessity of maintaining regular pumping with his plant, to which lotter Mr. Dyer replied that ho was doing what he could to maintain pumping but that there rore difficulties of labour which ho was unable to overcoNG.

I then wrote him

that it was absolutely necessary for him to maintain a con- tinuous pumping out put and offered the ageistenca of the