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Winging 13 March 1850
We beg leave to tender for sale by Govt.
A certain
Green Bank, being the House and detached Outbuilding situate on
the property known as Drilling Lot No.51.
We
were induced to make this offer upon the supposition that this property would with a few alterations and additions, make an Excellent Government House. – According to the original plan it was intended that the house should have had three storeys & the foundation was duly built of ample strength accordingly. The present resident, the Brigade Major, intended to have completed this addition & made sundry preparations for the purpose in the purchase of Materials, an attempt which in a beautiful form terraced the original extent of which was £1250 and which we should be prepared to hand over worth the property.
According to plans and estimates, drawn up by Mr Reveley, the additional work, with some other alterations might be completed for £...
Keller's estimate...
at the time of completion. For the
house, upon which work was to commence in Sept. & should be completed by next March, at the conclusion a commodious & handsome Government House will be in readiness within
...par for the present time. The property as your Excellency will perceive is most centrally situated being
on the
part of the Town of Victoria & has about three ...
Excellency L.M. Berkeley ...
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