for the officers and men
composing the mint Guard, and I do not think
that the Building proposed is more than sufficient for the purpose designed.
7.
I need hardly say
that
under the peculiar circumstances
F
this Colony I should not think of working the mint without
strong protection, and as the ~Military are available
for
this
object, and it is elsewhere customary to have a mint Military Guard, I have thought
its best to make the present farrangement,
which I hope will : prove to the advantage of
the
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Military in a
sanitary view, as
the locality of the mint is undoutedly healthy-
8.
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The Foreman's Residence
and Porter's Lodge with the other detailed items are, I am
I am satisfied,
also necessary.
9.
The Acting Surveyor General
has reported is favourably of, and Mr Kinder is so well satisfied with, the way in which the hint Building has been constructed that I have caused a sum of $2,000 to be included in this Estimate, as some compensation towards the heavy loss sustained by the Contractor in the fire
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