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placed—very properly "count the cost" before any
outlay is incurred; unless, indeed, it happens to be
a matter where delay or dilatoriness would be
culpable. The result is that but little can be done
without an amount of deliberation at the time, and
such proper records retained, that render any recapitulation
of the same in the shape of a General
Report superfluous, as all the Members of the
Vestry, especially those who take upon themselves
the more important duties are perfectly "au fait,"
and intimately acquainted with the minutest detail
of all the transactions in connexion with the
execution of works; so much so that it would be
hardly an exaggeration to state, that they not only
satisfy themselves as to the necessity of the works
in the first instance, but also satisfy themselves that
they are actually carried out in a substantial and
thoroughly satisfactory manner; and the fact that
these details are seen to at the time is the best
guarantee that neither extravagance or neglect can
occur in works executed by the Vestry, or under the
superintendence of the Works Committee. The
responsibility of purely Professional—Technical or
Constructive—matters must of necessity fall upon
the Surveyor, and I am grateful and thankful to be