the coment has fallen three places and
to decay; down in two
I fear
it will be
necessary
reconstruct all that
to
portion of
a
the defective part ; I have havever delayed mathing. full report of the particular
circumstances and the necessary
until I
the repairs an
expense of
have made some
further
examinations upon the effects
these parts by the
produced
ove
Zain a sufficiency of which not having fallen to show what
I require.
In the Lower Bazaar
time in the
was
s much of my early part of the your occupied in superintending, : the exection of the
new
houses
+
the fire. after
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327
and much
az
I desired to inutil into the
Chinese the great advantage
to be derived from.
careful
more
er of creating
their housee, the prevention
of
the contact of timbers, and "the benefit that would accrue to them in future
years by the substitution
place of
Stone in
wood
of
100¬
plentifully used, the creation
arches and other,
of wa "means of supporting floore
or walls, that although they appear to have been fully alive to these circune
circumstances
carry them
zvere
they would not carry into effect, as they such a hurry to finish the
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dwellings, that it
with.
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the actinost difficulty I could. compel them to build as directed, particularly avith
solid. Walls; indeed several. I had
imarily to
by to pull down
and throughout the whole
district every
"every means
tried to
deceive me and scamp work
which certainly it was surre to their advantage than to
to have properly constructie .. The want.
of moncy jealousies
mine to have
and other mattore have delayed
the construction of the proposed
Strand Road,
10
feature in
.
00
very
essential
-the new plow of
The district, as affording access
to the sea in case
Diviny
the Police
of five
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avore
and
effective: