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the excess of $28,200 on the revised estimate for the Law
Courts is due principally to the addition of a Third Court
and to the purchase of special materials in England. The
cost of providing further accommodation for the Public
Works Department was originally underestimated and has now
been increased by $2,000. Expenditure on a quarantine
station at Laichikok was anticipated in the final paragraph
of my Despatch No. 144 of 27th. May last. The erection of
a hospital and the renewal of approach paths will be the
chief items. I have included $12,000 for additions to No. 2
Police Station. The inadequate accommodation afforded by
the existing building has necessitated the leasing of
adjoining Chinese houses, an expedient which is both costly
and unsatisfactory. It was originally intended to re-
-construct this Station on the proposed Praya East Reclama-
➡tion, but this scheme, as Your Lordship is aware, has now
been indefinitely postponed. The District Officer and his
staff at Taipo are now housed in a single room in the
Police Station, which serves at once the purpose of Police
Court, Police Office and Collector's Office. The noise and
confusion resulting from this arrangement renders the
transaction of business most difficult and I have there-
-fore estimated $10,000 for the extension of the Land
Office