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Given at Government House, the three sappers attached to the department have [given] much satisfaction, and although the workmanship there has been executed in the most praiseworthy manner, I cannot accord my praise to the contractor. I believe he has had some pecuniary difficulties, and having been most inattentive, I was in consequence obliged to employ day laborers to construct a stone drain required by the contract, to guarantee payment of certain dues to stone masons and bricklayers, and make other arrangements for carrying on the contract, which by its terms I was empowered to do. By this means the men were induced to proceed with the work; a greater number have lately been placed on the building, and it is now progressing favorably. The assistance given by the sappers as overseers is entirely confined to Government House, and thus I have had the entire responsibility of all other supervision of work upon myself alone.
This has comprised, together with Government House, the works at the gaol, for guard house, residence for the bailer, debtor prison, treadwheel house, police station at Wong Nei Chung, boat houses for the Harbor Master and police, and those school houses for the Chinese, to which must be added the repairs to the several public buildings which have been executed during the year, the new road from Aberdeen Street to join the Queen's Road at the Naval Yard (which it is proposed to call Bonham Road), the constant attention demanded from me in the lower bazaar, not only for the examination of the public works being partially carried on in conjunction with the ground tenants, but for the ...
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Reference
C.O./133
COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC-
10 ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
given
at Government House the three sappers attached to the department have much satisfaction, and although the workmanship there has been executed in the most praiseworthy manner, I cannot accord my praise to the contractor, Ibelieve he has had some pecuniary difficulties, sand having been most inattentive, I was In consequence obliged to replay day laborers; to construct a stone drain
required by the contract, to quarantie payment of certain dues to Stone - Messous and bricklayers;
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House, and thus I have had the rutire. responsibility of all other supervision
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Į Call Bonham Road), the constant attention demanded from me in the lower Bayear, not only for the Examination of the public Works being partially carried on in
on in conjuncti with the brown tenants, but for the
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