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3.
enclosed report from the Surveyor-
General on the
progress of
itam Waterworks.
Tytam
2.
am
the
This report being
Jurely technical, I do not offer any comments upon it, but I glad to testify to the general energy and activity
activity of the Surveyor-General, (Mr Price),
in the performance of his manifold
duties.
I addressed Your
length on the
Lordship at some
subject of the Tytam Waterworks in
my
Enclosure
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my despatch W. 243 of July 1, 18874, to which I beg to refer . M. Price hopes that they
will
be
completed in 1887. His estimate of the cost being one hundred
and
sixty six thousand
four hundred and forty pounds sterling (£166,440), I would be glad to know whether Sir Robert Rawlinson considers this estimate excessive or otherwise,
as
compared with the average cost of water-supplies to European cities. I understand that for
this