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queries contained in paragraph 8 of Your Lordship's despatch I am informed that the Slaughter House was omitted from
the estimates because owing to some
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difficulties
regarding site, it appeared improbable that the work
could be carried out this
year. I may mention,
however, that inasmuch
as the necessity for a Slaughter House was
urgently pressed
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I appointed
pressed upon me a Committee consisting of
the Surveyor General, Mr. Chadwick, C.M.G., and the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon
to consider what site would
be best, and they recommended one
of which I have since approved. The Surveyor General is now
engaged in the preparation of the designs, and when these are submitted the amount
necessary for the building
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