CO129-037 - Sir Bonham - 1851 [6-9] — Page 208

Royal Engineer-

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2. Referring to the last paragraph of the above Despatch, I beg to enclose Copy of a letter N21- from the I wwveyor General on the subject, by which Your Lordship will perceive that his Estimate for clearing and preparing the ground in question amounted to £ 186. 4.10, whereas the actual. outlay for that service, including the erection of a rough stone~ retaining wall, has only cost £ 144. 3. 4, being £ 42 below the Estimate. I rather imagine that Lieutenant St John, when making his statement that the cost of levelling the area would not execud £100, did not enter into

nice calculations, and most

any

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probably never took into consideration the rough stone wall seawards of the ground which was actually

necessary

to

save encroachments of the sea, and indeed that he only referred to levelling the ground-

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I now enclose for Youn 122- Lordship's information

Memorandum showing the manner in which the expenditure has absolutely been made, which will shew that the work which Lieutenant St John estimated to cost £100- has amounted to £106.13.4 which, together with £37. 10... the cost of the Lea wall, completes the expenditure in terms of the retimate forming

enclosure in

my 1st March last

Despatch N. 15 of the

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