CORRESPONDENCE.

Colonist, Volume XXII, Issue 2598, 9 September 1879, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

SURVEYORS WANTED. v;;)V! To the Editor of The Colonist. a|' o J3lß,|^H<>me time in March last, in tbe columns' a* j<>uVV«p«ir, and under the beading of " G-orernmerii advertisements," Surveyors were wanted for; the Nelson Surrey Department. The salaries were dii-f tinctly mentioned as were also the proofs of applii. I can't9''Bcqiiaintß'nce with the present survey Byitej|. j; Perhaps 1 you Wn find the adrertisement and eat v^tt'n rjght;if;l aiJ^iriTerror as to date. According t<J Mr,! <^ihbo,, ;; Bur,Teyprs are still wanted, as he stated at'a*' meeting of|the ; eiectora in Takaka that the Governrmeh!t'haye Bont ( 'to Melbourne for an addition to fhef J'%tk?£. i'' I ihoufd-'think it time to send away for iur^. reyors when they cannot be had in Now Zeal and, and they are still to be had. # u,l"' In accordance with the adrertisement alreadyl' i referred to5, aWunder the adrioe of the Chief jSor*H veyor of..No^(jn ( ,(the remit of a personal intertiejfy, !m This reqileat'concerning the surreys in the Takaka ; iandi'Aorsi'o^Vallej'sj, I made application for an ap-, pointmont inf. the;yCollingwood district; this wa^ '^aMittWtict of March. In May I reoeired a ah6rP , mompyirpm the bead of the Nelson departaebfc, 'sayiiig he was instructed by the Government to aski if I would acoept an appointment at one-half of the, adrertised salary, whioh would also be about pall. »tha||paid^{dts|tict surveyors. I declined to accept' it,(apd wrp^eioihe SurteyorGeneral, asking why sS^ ■grea}; a'differeiiOQ was made between the salary w^iefa! ■I Bacl-rrefused 1" 1 and that advertised, and enolosedt t^emqajjfr'om the Nelson department to my!sel.|j .relati,v,ejtpin)'akin^ some arrangement concerning [the surveys required in the district, to show that attar'what had passed I was entitled to some considerations I also asked for the return of these memos. \ao 1^ received an answer to the effect that the Q-orflVn^f 'inon't didi-not recognise arrangements made by jtlie;, Neleon department,-with myself, and my refusa. o\' ( itlle jafotidfnMn#Jffer put an end to further ri •' ceedings; but owing to Mr Browning's recomme )d»f. [atjijdi jiofumy^'prc/fefsional abilities, should a vaca loyji occur,- the Surve'yor-Q-eneral would bare giaat^ ple&ure'y^^c^mmending me for the office. JluT my enclosures were not. returned. I applied foe them on July 16tb, but received no answer. In ;b«? jneaatiiae norsarT|yor had come to the distriot; sttv 6), asking for the memos., i n^; ijifering to uncleffaKe the surveys in the place a a>| salary considerably lower than that paid to ■ aff surreyors, as I could afford to do the work for lisv having a house and laud and other advantages in i ay 1' favor. Up to date I have not. reoeired the soing! courtesy of an acknowledgment of one, ofjBLJSLtoI t&i x^t-boW^-dooßmen^wbieh^WftHßFfnlP^^ 07: ; La*ri%ib»Tiojpai«eil<aiiJ«x*iDii{«t;6tf, 'Ik^q'oaMd to' undertake surreys injaooordanoe with the system in): -A'BBJ9t»tiß Surveyor^ wenaral. and by Jnp,;8 f .Bro]|nii g^i Iwayitff V&k WWi^l^fiWa^oSe^Jw I Within a dayji walk of my house there Jirfc fro at*' «ioooiTi»^Mtfoto Baf%avMfti^iOT*]^^ in^ theiais\rl^ iWiner'a llly' tfbo?iVl6^qa tacfMfU »i dating years backhand in"many oSses for land whi h cannot ba s/se sse^ ?Hf\^?jiJißßi^aiußiCpß' acre, bit 0 when applied for ww elpwted to ba fronvßi toil )i" /p'erYadie; fchfere)iiiri6^ tio QiiTf»Me^h Il»W titf tl ,ej. ■suWeyitfg/fffla^ jricfease^pr^-ifl^nd i-,, Road Boards ard alsojosmg what would prove to I c a welcome addition to The r rates, .wera the 10,0(0' acres held under leMseHfi%Vel f6s pi* •ore. ( Parh»pv:.iu taking:iiplihisltuDJeitUtJso great ft. length, havingJnlfr ff |.i^ a^%#|awintment of i dutnetßortaM I miy noUppw,,lo.Ji ! » i thopro 4t\

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