Mr.
M: Stewart to Colonial Secretary.
Central School Victoria,
ar
With peference to the enclosed letter
from the Grown Agents for the Colonies and to stis Excellency's
Minute Theresa
I have the honor to reply.
1° That the prices given in enclosure
letter N. 43 of 9th Nov. 1866
si mey were taken
required
(as fare
as
were mentioned therein)
from M. Thom's "pruce "Colonial Schools"
the materials
list
for
2o That the prices of several of the
#
items, viz, Blacks Atlas
Johnson's charts and
Dictionary of
mentioned wi
I had
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accurately.
"
Hajde. Dates (specially
Errion frown Agents hells)
Letter
as one
of stating Living
from
does here at a distance
The Hon'ble
W. J. Mercer
Colonial Secretary
all
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obliged to give
all such information, I was what staking
all
J
conemmstances into account)
deemed night be the prices of
those item's.
3. I understood that the "Estimate
n in such cases,
of
Cost
given.
is
expected to be only a probable one
* I
was
under
the
given
was
impression
for
that the Estimate
the
quidance of the Audit office
of this Colony and not for that
of the Crown
Agents - the
the materials
as I thought,
indented for being,
described otherwise, with sufficient minuteness for that purpose.
The following is the arrange=
-ment I
propose.
If the Edition of Blacks Atlas at 7/6 publicatione price,
be had, our Thom
is n
longer to
may supply
the
T
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