GROUNDS UPKEEP INCLUDED IN ORDERLY'S WAGE PARAFFIN FOR HEATING AND REFRIGERATOR 70 PAID PERSONALLY MAINTENANCE BUILDINGS FURNITURE FITTINGS AVERAGE £50 MAJOR RENOVATIONS REPLACEMENTS NOT REQUIRED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SINCE I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE VISIT TRISTAN } CANNOT ADEQUATELY COMMENT BUT NATURE OF SOCIETY AND OF OBLIGATIONS ON ADMINISTRATOR CLEARLY VERY DIFFERENT FROM ASCENSION OR ST HELENA, HIS TINY FRAGILE EQUAL SOCIETY WOULD FIND IT DIFFICULT TO PAY HIS RUNNING EXPENSES BUT THESE COULD BE MADE GOOD TO HIM BY ADJUSTMENTS TO OSAS PAYMENTS IF THIS IS NOT DONE ALREADY.
2. I HAVE LONG BELIEVED THERE IS CASE FOR MAINTENANCE OF GOVERNMENT HOUSES HOPECIALLY THOSE OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE LIKE ST HELEMA TO BE UPKEPT BY PSA AS ARE EMBASSIES AFFORDING ACCESS TO SKILLED REPAIR IMPORTANT ANTIQUE FURNITURE SUPPLY OF GOOD PICTURES ETC. THIS WOULD HAVE MERIT OF REMOVING OBLIGATIONS OF MAINTAINING BUILDINGS FROM LOCAL LEGISLATURES WHO WOULD BE LEFT WITH RUNNING COSTS SUCH AS STAFF WAGES UNIFORMS UTILITIES TRANSPORT CLEANING MATERIALS AND POSSIBLY GROUNDS.
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