The time will no doubt come when the necessity for some change in the position of the town surveyor will be apparent, and adequate protection will be afforded him; in the meantime let him strive, by attention to work, and by daily advancement in scientific knowledge, and in courtesy to those with whom he is associated, to make the position and power of the town surveyor felt and honoured as it should be throughout the kingdom. [1] The section is as follows:--“The Commissioners shall appoint, subject to the prescribed approval, or where no approval is prescribed, subject to approval by one of Her Majesty’s principal Secretaries of State, a person duly qualified to act as a local surveyor of the paving, drainage, and other works authorized under the provisions of this and the special Act . . . . . . and the Commissioners with the like approval may remove any such surveyor.” [2] _Vide_ ‘Minutes of Proceedings of the Association of Municipal and Sanitary Engineers and Surveyors,’ vol. i. p. 18. CHAPTER II. THE APPOINTMENT OF SURVEYOR. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of surveyor to a town, or upon a sanitary authority determining to make such an appointment, the question is usually relegated to a committee or sub-committee to report upon the subject, to fix the amount of salary proposed to be given, and frame the duties of the office. The following report is one that has lately emanated from an important English borough, and is given in full as a specimen of such reports, and as a guide on which a report could be framed; altered, of course, to such requirements as may be locally necessary:-- _Report of the Special Sub-Committee as to the Surveyor._ (1.) Your sub-committee report that they have, in compliance with the resolution of the      day of     , carefully considered the steps to be taken with reference to the vacancy caused by Mr. ------’s resignation, and they have come to the unanimous conclusion that it is desirable that the office of surveyor should be continued. (2.) Your sub-committee have also considered the duties which were assigned to the office of Mr. ------’s appointment, and they beg now to submit them, revised in accordance with the present circumstances of the department, and with the recommendations contained in this report. (3.) Your sub-committee further recommend that the salary of the surveyor be fixed at £ . . per annum, and that advertisements be issued for candidates. _Duties of the Surveyor._ (1.) To have charge of the repairs of all highways, and to perform all duties devolving on the council as surveyors of highways. (2.) To report from time to time to the committee superintending the same, the state of the several highways and lines of tramway, and as to the materials wanted or works necessary.