furnished by the Dock Company to Captain Thomsett in C.S.C.
no 2030 of 1882 excessive and see a steam hopper
no reason
why
barge should not be built for $7,000 of 7,000. If the Administrator
decides to have the dredger,
will
with the Dock
negotiate with a
Company for a reasonable tender for the barges.
I have,
to
A Price.
Surveyor General
358
Surveyor General to Acting Colonial Secretary
Capy
S.O. No: 1640
No105.
RECD
2 JUL
7th July, 1880
In the Draft Estimates of Public
Works for the forthcoming year, I
have inserted, subject to the approval of the Governor,
a sum
of $3,000
for
dredging work along the water frontage of the city. On this subject I would submit the following observations
2.
The
harbour of Victoria on which hinges the commercial prosperity of the Colony is seriously shoaling year by year. Every rain wash reduces the surface of
the
Seccand by several inches and
elton: F. Stewart, LCD.
by several in
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Sweeps