This has resulted in the incongruity of large and costly stables having been built at stations where neither now nor in anticipation is such extensive accommodation required.
Throughout the enquiry we find that there has not been that instant communication, before and during the progress of buildings, between the Department interested and the Survey Department, which would naturally alone produce beneficial results to the Colony.
The next subject which we have to report is the action taken regarding the new ground (known as Luddell's lot) ordered to be formed into Public Gardens. In May 1870 a Committee was appointed to act in conjunction with the Surveyor General and to superintend the laying out of the grounds. Steps to clear the land were taken, but the Committee finding that works were carried on by the Surveyor against their expressed wishes, without any plan or estimates, though the Lieutenant-Governor had approved that body requested the Executive to ... them from the Department. They further advised that nothing more should be done to ... the ...
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