54.
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"Report before transmission to Government."
I accordingly do so now, and am
enormous expense of carrying
some of them
out would be entertained by the Government,
sorry
I cannot
agree
to the
unanimous
conclusions of the Committee at their
meeting of the 5th October
I regret I was not present at this meeting - the Report elaborate as it is,
embracing 88 Paragraphs
and occupying
a period of upwards of 6 months in
preparation, must have
required careful study and Consideration by the sub-Committee. I am inclined to think
however that in unanimously adopting it
the remainder of the Committee have not considered whether
the whole of their recommendations are practical of execution or if so - if the
From
my
perfect knowledge
of the Colony, and
more
than
any other member of
the Committee in regard
to the peculiarly
irregular formation of the whole site, and the circumstances which induced the
present system of drainage to be
adopted
as explained by
me at the last sitting
on the 4th April, I am inclined to believe, I might, had I been present
on the 5th ultimo, have induced the Committee to
Modify, if not change
some
of the
paragraphs.
Consider as
I do
some of the
recommendations
for instance which I as a professional man consider impracticable
on
the nature of the
ground
and general circumstances
and others on
the score
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