Noun
surveyor general (plural surveyors general or surveyor generals)
An official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory.
John Oxley was Surveyor General of New South Wales when, in the same year and under orders from Governor Brisbane, he sailed into Moreton Bay looking for a suitable new site for a convict settlement to be established. Source: Internet
Suffering greatly, the party had to row hundreds of kilometres back upstream for the return journey. citation Surveyor General Sir Thomas Mitchell conducted a series of expeditions from the 1830s to 'fill in the gaps' left by these previous expeditions. Source: Internet
Surveyor General for Rebuilding the Cathedral Church of St.Paul and the Parochial Churches & all other Public Buildings which he lived to finish 1669. Source: Internet