CO129-019 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [1-4] — Page 238

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occupied by the Treasurer, Auditor, and myself, and I fear that they will not hold together another

wet season, or certainly not until the

are

new

- completed. The timbers of the roof-

Offices

are in

some places much decayed, and the Verandah

so much so that I think it must be taken down

immediately to prevent any

accident.

The guard-houses and Police Stations

occasionally require repairs to doors and windows

occupants are in general careless,

the

as

-

not sufficiently

Secure

and do

them during the strong

winds that sometimes prevail here, and for the

more.

perfect keeping in repair of these buildings in future, a careful examination will be made

once a

- month, and any necessary work bes

executed without delay. Marine Works Three landing piers were constructed under Report and Estimate 8: 10 of 1845, and the Contractor executed them in

They are very useful

a

very salitfactory

manner.

-

to the community, but a constant deposit of

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- silt occurring in that vicinity, will soon render it necessary to prolong them, or at least for this season clear that material away to enable bouts to

closer

come

At the Harbour Master's Peer, the

deposit, has been greater than at the three others,

I propose to remove by the Convicts of

this possible

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; and place the material upon the Roads

they are forming

in the picinity.

Convict Labour. I have now to allude to

the work executed by the Convicts. At the latter

year

end of the Excellency the Governor, a Report and Estimate

1845 according to the orders of His

was

in order that

• prepared for their future work, the value of their labour might be shown satisfactorily; this Report and Estimate M 7 of 1845

5 was accordingly submitted and approved of by His Excellency with the exception of two items N° : 5 and 6, which it was not considered safe to place: them upon, from the difficulty of quaeding them sufficiently, the beality,

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