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it will now be necessary to appoint four wireless engineers, to replace the four officers loaned by the Imperial/Inter-

national Communications Company. The change over is shewn

under B Wireless on p.94. There is also a net increase

of 14 in Wireless Technicians and Mechanicians. It is not

proposed to fill all these posts immediately, but hitherto

our difficulty has been to keep good men after we have

trained them. By the new system of classes, which may

have to be modified in the light of experience, it is

hoped that this difficulty will be overcome.

The amount for Harbour Surveying under Special

Expenditure has been reduced to $15,000, as this is all

that will be required next year. The survey is proceeding

satisfactorily and it is hoped to complete it by the end

of 1935.

Public Works Extraordinary.

I have dealt with a number of items of Public

Works Extraordinary under the departments on whose behalf

the works arc being undertaken and as regards most of the

others the cxplanations given in the memorandum of the

Director will, I think, suffice, I will however add a

few words of further explanation regarding two items.

The first is No.32 of the Director's memorandum Tele-

phone Cable to Shaukiwan. It may be thought that if

Shaukiwa has waited all this time for a connection to

the Government system it could continue to wait till

finances improve. But that is not the true position

which is that Government has had the loan of certain

Military lines and they are now required for their