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be lost labour to remove obstructions which the enterprising foreigner may ... many ... into ... at no distant day ... land.
convert ...
" If His Excellency, the Governor approve, ... specifying ... might ... memorandum ... the work to be loved ... be warranted ... by this office ... for transmission to the Secretary of State. The known Agents ... with ... data before them ... would be able to submit estimates ... of ... the prime cost of a suitable Steam dredger and of its annual expense.
7. Meanwhile owing to the importance of this service, I have inserted $3,000 in the Draft Estimates for Land dredging during 1881, the money ... would be devoted ... to keeping clear all sewer outlets, nullah mouths, and landing steps At present many are inaccessible during ... low tide.
I have te... the latter ... (et) M Price ... Surveyor General.