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"made under Report and Estimate
"N26 of 1867
as
a
preliminary service" The principal portion of the
work such as stone drains, Boundary Walls, and slopes were undertaken
on
by contract, by measured work, a tender approved by His Excellency (Contract N. 20 of 1862.) The services
proposed for
the year, from various causes, principally arising from the exceeding rough and rocky nature
of the ground, it was impossible
nor
could
to finish, nor could any detailed measurements be made up to the
period of preparation of the Colonial Estimates of work finally completed,
or so far advanced
as
to enable me
to determine with
accuracy
or any degree of the sum which would
be necessary for the entire service. The Committee in their letter to Government dated the 6th February
1882.
as
exhibited in my Supplementary
Report and Estimate N. 4 of 1862 state,
in
the
concluding paragraph, after
suggesting the
general scheme for
laying out the grounds) as follows:-
"The foregoing proposals,
"preliminary to the complete development
"Of the
area
placed by His Excellency "The Governor under our management
"we trust will meet with approval,
"and that His Excellency may be
"pleased to sanction such
an
[AY.