245
then
given to
The
was not until the 30th March that
the Legislative Council was asked
to vote the necessary expenditures. Full consideration was given to Mr. Moorsom's reports, and $10,000
was
placed at his disposal for construction of the roof, which
was to be carried out under his
immediate supervision without a
contract. This
followed
Moorsom had previously announced
a
notice to the Tenders, which, a matter of public notoriety, the Council had a few days previously set aside. When invited to explain this conduct he stated that he had not received
official notice
of
the resolution
of the
Council, though he admitted that he
was
aware
of it through the Gazette
and public journals.
29. Further delay naturally
ensued
as a result of this, which resulted in the
Tender
$12,000 Mr. work himself for $9,500.28. However
on the 19th April
Mr. Moorsom wrote officially to the
Colonial Secretary entirely ignoring the decision of the Council, and called
upon the
Council to rescind.
An amount
of more than $3,000
was
over the Surveyor General's estimate, which he had termed "high, but
made so
by my having specified
throughout for the best descriptions of