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responsibility is a necessary adjunct to the office of
Executive Engineer.
Under the grouping of sub departments as advocated by the Commissioners the relative importance of executive engineers
will be greatly enhanced. To make the scheme workable they must
be entrusted with full control of their sub departments. The
directorate will dictate policy; the execution of the work
should be for the engineers in charge. The work of the contral
office can be further alleviated, without throwing any more
on to the sub departments, by requiring the public to
correspond direct with the head of the sub department concernod
and not through the directorate, as at prosent.
The sub
departmental head will only need to consult the Director
if some matter of policy is involved. Minuting, in cases winere
the sub departmental head is the origin of complete
information, should be done by the Executive Engineer
concerned, on the original C.S.0. file, which should then
pass through the Director or Deputy Director of Public Works,
who would merely initial the minute if he agreed with it,
otherwise he would write a following minute containing his
own observations and recommendations. Tis would save
duplication of minutes and files, would give the Colonial
Secretary fuller information, and would also give him an
insight into the capabilities of the Executive Engineers.
This system already obtains within the Socretariat.
Executive engineers should also be permitted to spend up to $250 on local purchases for works already approved by the Legislature, without having to obtain special authority. 42. The Commissioners while unable to go too closely into
the details of the subordinate staffs, foremen, messengers,
coolies etc. of the sub departments came to the conclusion
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