CO129-485 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1924 [8-12] — Page 89

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Crown Aggiets

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very doubtful if we could get men from the Surveyors' Institute as their traning

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is chiefly for Quantity Surveyors and Land Surveyors and I doubt if many of them have ever handled a Theodolite. I suggest that the matter might be referred to the Colonial Survey Committee and their advice asked as to the best channels for obtaining such men.

If you would care to discuss the matter with me I would come over with Spiller and have a talk.

As the men complained of by the

Colony had originally been ob-

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tained through the Ordnance

Survey I arranged to send Mr.

Spiller, our Chief Engineer,

and Captain Feras on of our

Appointments Department down to

Southampton and see Colonel

Jack, Director General of the

Ordnance Survey, and discuss

the matter with him,

I enclose a copy of a joint

minute these two have drawn up

as a result of their visit.

From this you will see that

In tasching Robinson

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by ca but the requirements suggest that man

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Colonel Jack is of opinion that

the Ordnance Survey cannot

supply men with the qualifications

required by the Colony. We are

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agenda for mat C.S. Itu menting if you will let un know definitely that It is desired; but I anmagine that

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