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3.
Without more precise information than is at
present available, it is not possible to estimate with any
degree of accuracy the cost of thia preliminary work. It
is not likely to exceed $1000 and may be considerably less
than that sum. In any case the amount debited to Imperial
Funds will be the actual cost to this Government plus 10%
overhead charges.
4. With regard to the second paragraph of your
despatch under reference alluding to the three alternative
methode of carrying out the constructional work that have
been suggested, I forward herewith for the consideration
of the Office of Works an extract from a minute by the
Director of Public Works in which he recommends subjeot to
a reservation that the third alternative should be adopted
as being tho most economical and satisfactory. I entirely
concur in his views, but, while satisfied that the work
would be carried out in a thoroughly capable manner if
entrusted to the Public Works Departmont, I feel it my
duty to point out that the Department has already more work
then can be satisfactorily dealt with, and I should prefer
that this additional duty should not be laid upon it.
5. Mr. E.W. Carpenter, Executive Engineer, referred to in my telegram quotod above, is now on leave and could supply the office of Works personally with all the detailed information they require in connection with the proposed
sites in a more satisfactory and reliable form than the most careful filling up of schedules could ensure, and I would suggest that the Office of Works should be placed in
communication