of Public Works to draw up par ticulars and conditions of competition, of which, as a- mended and finally approv= ed by the Committee, I en- close copies for your
ation.
3.
consider.
Enclosure bcopies.
The Committee also-
considered at my request the financial aspect of the pro- posal, and expressed ito σ- pinion that, in view of the Acting Colonial Treasurer's confident anticipation that
the
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the ordinary expenditure of
the current.
ent year will be
largely exsceded by the Revenue, and that the surplus
of revenue.
enue over
over expenditure
is likely
likely to be continued future years,
in
there is no ne.
cessity, at least for the present, to make any special arrange- ments for providing the funds required to meet the estimat_ ed cost of the works, vir. $70,000. The value of the present build_ ings which it is proposed to
replace