البية الريم
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"Estimate till the next dession of Council (in next November), when the Surveyor-General will be in a better position than be can be at present to prepare a statement of the amounts he
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will require for the various
services which
may
be classed
under this heading! In fact, it was impossible for M. Price to calculate six months beforehand all the contingencies of these
nanifold works. Their cost may || be enhanced and their progress
may
may be delayed by a number of
unforeseen events; such as typhoons; a continuance of unfavourable weather; sickness among the English Engineers and Clerks of Works sent out by the Colonial Office; and strikes
among labourers. Moreover, I have not
the Chinese artisans and
yet received, even after a lapse of nearly eleven months, any intimation of the views of the Colonial Office respecting the junction of the Eastern and
Western