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Thomas Paterson resigned as Chief Engineer of Roads (29 September 1864) and became Chief Railway Engineer (same date)  (OPGG, 1865, p. 150).



Responsible Minister

Secretary for Public Works  1864-1866
                    [custom2] => Otago Provincial Government Gazette, 1853-1876

Otago Provincial Council.  Ordinances, 1854-1876

Otago Provincial Council.  Votes and Proceedings, 1854-1876 - especially Departmental Reports etc, in Appendices 

New Zealand Statutes, 1854-1876
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            [history] => The Railway Engineer's Department was responsible for planning for the construction of railways in the Province of Otago. The Chief Railway Engineer (Thomas Paterson) found himself unable to do any work from October to mid December 1864 (following his appointment in September), "as assistants and offices for that purpose had not been provided". (Annual Report, 1865, Session 20, p. 43). On 16 December other officers in the department had been appointed: an Assistant Engineer, a Surveyor, a Draughtsman and a Clerk. Since then, Paterson reported, the staff had been employed in making surveys and taking trial sections for the Southern Trunk Railway between Dunedin and the Taieri Plains. 

The work of the Department appears to have ceased with that particular project. Paterson noted in February 1865 that the project was nearly complete and the report should be ready soon; and the Department did not appear in the appropriations from April 1866 on. 

(Source: Annual Report (Railway Department), Departmental Reports, p. 43, AOV&P, 1865, Session 20).
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