10.
the Poll should be, which will have to be collected, I apprehend, under the circumstances of the case at this Port - the Port of arrival:
10.
By a later opportunity, after the sites have been carefully surveyed, I shall be in a position to submit estimates of the cost of the work, and of erecting the necessary buildings.
Meanwhile, I may express an opinion, based on the calculations made by the Engineer Austen who has 13 years of experience that the total cost of the three Lights, even if a First Order Light is selected for Cape d'Aguilar, will not exceed £8,000.
11.
For the present, I must leave the proposal to be dealt with as Your Lordship may consider advisable, but I would express a hope that the feeling existing in the Community to remedy a defect long complained of may meet with hearty support, and that Her Majesty's Government will approve of the Colony taking the necessary steps to raise the Funds required, and
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