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Hong Kong Reg: 26412.
4th May 1901.
10981
2nd Apr/01
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter No. 10981/1901 of the 2nd ultimo respecting the
new Law Courts in Hong Kong, and to inform you that we referred the Governor's despatch to the Consulting Archi-
tects who stated in reply that they consider that the speci-fication will be best prepared by Mr Mossop in the Colony,
but that the details for the internal architecture and
decorative finishings should be supplied by them.
2. I enclose a copy of a further letter from Messrs
Webb & Bell in which you will see that they suggest as the
best mode of proceeding that a contract should first be let
for the "carcase" only, for which everything necessary has
already been furnished, leaving the further work to be dealt
with in a later contract. The Architects have explained
to us that there is always a probability of considerable
modifications being made during construction, and that hence
they will, if they wait until the "carcase" is finished or
well advanced, be in a better position than now to furnish
the details for the joinery and screens &c. on which the
final contract and specification can be prepared.
3. If this course is adopted, the Architects should
be ...
Under Secretary of State
&C.
&c. &c.
Colonial Office.