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The stone causeway is being made slowly owing to the
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soft bottom the settlement is considerable. thirty feet of silty mud which in places shows a tendency to spue up as the causeway is being made.
17. With reference to the reduction of staff referred
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to in my letter No 81, His Excellency has allowed me to withdraw the notice given to Mr Richards pending your report on the whole question of staff.
18. In continuation of what I reported in paragraph 20 of my General Letter No 80 dated 5th February I now have to report that on approaching several local firms with a view to asking them to tender I saw that with only one exception was any keenness shown for the workand that this firm was only proposing to order the iron work out from Home ready made up.
There was therefore no economy due to cheap local labour being used in the construction of the ironwork. I brought this matter up again at a monthly Railway Meeting on 2nd March and His Excellency agreed that there was no reason to diverge from the ordinary course and I am therefore sending you an indent to cover the supply and delivery of the whole of the iron work and roofing.
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19. In designing this shop I would ask you to adhere as closely as possible to the general design as it is very important to have the glazed portion facing the North. foundations are in the solid altogether and not in any made ground.
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I am also sending you an indent to cover the cost of the machinery. This indent can only be looked upon as an approximate estimate of what will be required. Some items
may be cut out and others added when locked into by a locomotive Engineer. The lifting capacity of the travelling cranes may
also require altering.
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I have included electric motors in the indent and
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