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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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TILHC.O. 133

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

12 ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE

I as the appearance of the City, and

= desirable as it is to add thereto a

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much as possible I regret that the : damage they sustain is still

s excessive, and the Police seldomor a never detect the

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rties who wilfully

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them by stripping the bask Under authority of Report an + Externate Nr. 7 of 1855. alterations

were made to the bourt House

you the lower floor, for the transfer e. 6fil

: the Harbour Master's office to

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& that building, and eveented for e the sum of £111. 13. 4.

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The supply of water to Government House, Report and Estrinate prepared "by the Royal Engineer, was effected a during the year by the addition of : brauch pipes to the main from

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the tankes to Government offices Barracks, two standard pipes for

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supply to kitchens and stables and supply pipes to four cisterns in the roof for the use of bath rooms, 7%, - the service was executed for the sum of £25. 5. 2, leaving a balance unappropriated of £269.15.7, the ssem, or a part of it however, may probably be required at a future period to effect a larger store of -water than at present wists, for in winter it is foured, ? wew with the greatest care (for which the

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Chinese are not remarkable) to be insufficient for the wants of the Government House and offices, the distributing tanks being frequently empty ; and sist only