Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A principal surveyor: as, the surveyor-general of the king's manors, or of woods and parks in England.
- noun [capitalized] An officer of the Interior Department of the United States government, who, under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, supervises the surveys of public lands.
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That the offices of President, minister of foreign affairs, minister of the interior, minister of finance, minister of public instruction, auditor-general, deputy auditor-general, surveyor-general, marshal, and deputy marshal of the Republic of Hawaii are hereby abolished.
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That the offices of President, minister of foreign affairs, minister of the interior, minister of finance, minister of public instruction, auditor-general, deputy auditor-general, surveyor-general, marshal, and deputy marshal of the Republic of Hawaii are hereby abolished.
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The first surveyor-general of India, Edward Everest, also failed to map the entire topography of Aboojhmad in his survey conducted between 1872 and 1880.
State of War Abhay N 2007
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Years ago, in 1953, when the same Everest (named after a colonial surveyor-general in India) was first climbed, the splendid news broke over an imperial nation celebrating a coronation and a new life under a new monarch, in a changed world and a changing
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Phidias had the oversight of all the works, and was surveyor-general, though upon the various portions other great masters and workmen were employed.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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Lord Glenarvan, having introduced himself to the surveyor-general, entered into conversation with him and the inspector of police.
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He took courteous leave of the surveyor-general, and made a sign to the rest to follow him.
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However the deeds office and the office of the surveyor-general from the department of land affairs were not affected by the blaze.
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There would be a second payment upon approval of the plans by the surveyor-general, a third when infrastructure was built, a fourth when the title deeds were tansferred and a fifth and final payment when the houses were built.
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Unfortunately, in spite of numerous requests no information had been forthcoming from the Transkei surveyor-general.
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