CO129-050 - Sir Bowring and Lieut Governor Caine - 1855 [5-6] — Page 187

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This work has been satisfactorily performed and I have no doubt it will be found suitable and provides for all the present wants of the service. The Post office had a thorough repair during the year under the authority of Report and Estimate #22 of 1853 - payments on account amounting to £132.14.1 were made; the nature of this repair and the mode of carrying it into effect were explained in my last report.

Trivial repairs to sundry Government Buildings amounting to £8.4.4 were made under Report and Estimate #24.

At the town of Stanley the Police Station was repaired and the courtyard drained and the whole better ventilated and drained under the authority of Report and Estimate #21 of 1854 for an expenditure of £20.16.8.

Repairs to the Magistracy were effected under Report and Estimate #27 of 1853 amounting to £19.11.3.

Upon the Public Roads some Trees to a limited extent were planted, under Report and Estimate #187 of 1854 and payments made amounting to £15; this service is extended as circumstances appear to demand annually.

Upon the alteration which took place by placing a Police instead of...

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This work has been satisfactorily performed and I have no doubt it will be found suitable and provides for all the present wants of the service. The Post office had a thorough repair during the year under the authority of Report and Estimate #22 of 1853 - payments on account amounting to £132.14.1 were made; the nature of this repair and the mode of carrying it into effect were explained in my last report. Trivial repairs to sundry Government Buildings amounting to £8.4.4 were made under Report and Estimate #24. At the town of Stanley the Police Station was repaired and the courtyard drained and the whole better ventilated and drained under the authority of Report and Estimate #21 of 1854 for an expenditure of £20.16.8. Repairs to the Magistracy were effected under Report and Estimate #27 of 1853 amounting to £19.11.3. Upon the Public Roads some Trees to a limited extent were planted, under Report and Estimate #187 of 1854 and payments made amounting to £15; this service is extended as circumstances appear to demand annually. Upon the alteration which took place by placing a Police instead of... Page 73 has been kept as it signifies the original page number. However, the initial lines "14 72 no" do not form a coherent sentence or relate to the rest of the text; hence, they are omitted in the proofread version as they seem to be unrelated to the main content. Changes made include: 1. Correcting spelling errors (e.g., "satisfuctrily" to "satisfactorily", "throuh" to "thorough", "betimate" to "Estimate", "peport" to "Report", "cmenditure" to "expenditure", "corf" to "courtyard", "Annuarg" to "annually"). 2. Fixing spacing issues and hyphenation. 3. Rejoining broken sentences. 4. Standardizing the format using HTML paragraphs. 5. Correcting minor punctuation errors. 6. Ensuring that the file references are formatted correctly (though none were present in the given snippet). 7. Preserving the "Page 73" notation as it signifies the original page number, though it was not directly at the start or end.
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14 72 no This work has been satisfuctrily performed and I have is doubt it will be found suitable and provides for all the present wants of the service. The Post office had a through repair during the year under the authority of Report and betimate #22 of 1853- payruents on necont Bschich amounting to ₤132.141- were make; the same of this repair and the rode of carrying it into Effect were explained in my last report. Trivial repairs to sundry Government Buildings amounting to £8.4.4 were made under Peport and betimente M24.- Station 73 132 At the town of Starley the Police AVAI repaired and the corf raind and the whole better ventilated and drained under the authority of Perot and betimate A 2 1f 1954 fo an cmenditure & £20.16.8. Repairs to the Magistracy were effected under Report and betimate $27 19 1853 amounting to €19.11.3 of the Public Roads Thon some Trees to a limited extent were planted, jp Report and Estimate JP 187 1854 and payments made amounting to £15, this service is extended as circumita.co. appear to demand Annuarg Upon the alteration which took plaze by placing a Police instead of
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This work has been satisfuctrily performed and I have is doubt it will be found suitable and provides for all the present wants

of the service. The Post office had a through repair during the year under the authority of Report and betimate

#22 of 1853- payruents on necont

Bschich

amounting

to ₤132.141-

were make; the same of

this

repair

and the rode of carrying it into

Effect

were

explained in my

last

report.

Trivial repairs to sundry Government Buildings amounting to £8.4.4 were made under Peport

and betimente M24.-

Station

73

132

At the town of Starley the Police

AVAI

repaired and the corf raind and the whole better ventilated and drained under the authority of Perot and betimate A 2 1f 1954 fo

an cmenditure & £20.16.8.

Repairs to the Magistracy

were

effected under Report and betimate $27 19 1853 amounting to €19.11.3

of the Public Roads

Thon some

Trees to a limited extent were planted,

jp Report and Estimate JP 187 1854 and

payments made amounting to £15,

this service is extended

as circumita.co.

appear to demand Annuarg

Upon the alteration which took plaze by placing a Police instead of

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