do furnished for Some 432 length of time, as the amount of building will be considerable and the plans will take a long time to prepare,- State for the Secretary of War does not conceive that it will be possible to bind himself absolutely that the estimate will not be exceeded, though every effort will be made to adhere strictly to the figures quoted.
The variations in prices and the necessary modifications of the plan in execution, render it impracticable to give an undertaking beyond this.
The plans, however, will be prepared and revised in this Office upon the information available at the latest date, and with due regard