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Remarks

The Estimate for

this Church

wad

framed by Mr Gordon, the late Surveyor General, but the prices for most of the items therein

fixed much too low, however the plan was

approved of by

Sir

John

Ordinance No. 2 of 1847.

Davis, and the

2 of 1847 was passed by the

Governor in Council,

lvere

and the sanction of Her

Majesty's Government, was obtained in due course,

for the outlay proposed.

Some trime after the departure of Mr Gordon, I received instructions to make,

& preparations

for the erection of the Building, and after

the Estimate in detail, I stated.

EXAM

ining

my fears that the Church could not be completed for the sum named, according to the terms set

in the Specification; however advertinmesits

forth

were

-issued for tenders, and ton were received, ranging from £41,250 to £2291.13.4, exclusive of fetting from England; under these

circumstances none

- of the tenders could be accepted, for

the lowest together with fittings and Oversuer's wages

would have exceeded the estimate by £3,000

"I therefore proposed to Six John Davis that arrangements

should be made to

work and execute the same

by that

commence

the

Ad

same by small contracts,

be built means it would most probably

in the cheapest manner, and the Estimate might= not. be exceeded by any large amount. Sir John in John

foundations, approved of; on the

was

approved of this plan, and the first contract, for the founda. Completion of this service, I proposed to erect the

1, roof, again

the tenders for

walls and

the work

were too high, and the present contractor required

for

was to curtail some

the whole work . $19,420, exclusive of certain timber valued at $2,000; the only plan therefore

of the work, and Sir John directed me to make a contract, leaving out the Tower above the main roof, this I arranged with the Contractor, who reduced his

tender, and consented to execute the

Service

for