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OFFICE OF SURVEYOR GENERAL

ESTIMATE OF THE EXPENSE NECESSARY TO BE INCURRED

The following Contingencies are brought forward in a collective form as above:

A variety of services of a miscellaneous character, impossible to classify or charge to any specific item of expenditure in the Vote, are:

These services comprise the purchase of spades @ $1.50 each, shovels, wheelbarrows and such like articles required for Convict labour and for general use in the Survey Department for transfer duties, about his operations connected with the Survey and Marking out Roads.

Bamboos, flagging, Land sold, Temporary fencing, policing, watching men over stores and keepers of landing places.

$ Supply of sundry services, e.g., marking boundaries, Repair & painting the authority's carts, rollers &c. 36 36 84 12 50 200 160 350 100 300 Total 884 For miscellaneous services 143

The amount authorized by Council for this Vote is proposed for this and other charges made upon it, submitted to Her Excellency in the usual manner. As circumstances demand, with the extension of the city and its increasing water works, so must the number of works in progress, and miscellaneous services increase also.

Approved,

& Mercer

Governor

Estimate at $884

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OFFICE OF SURVEYOR GENERAL ESTIMATE OF THE EXPENSE NECESSARY TO BE INCURRED The following Contingencies are brought forward in a collective form as above: A variety of services of a miscellaneous character, impossible to classify or charge to any specific item of expenditure in the Vote, are: These services comprise the purchase of spades @ $1.50 each, shovels, wheelbarrows and such like articles required for Convict labour and for general use in the Survey Department for transfer duties, about his operations connected with the Survey and Marking out Roads. Bamboos, flagging, Land sold, Temporary fencing, policing, watching men over stores and keepers of landing places. $ Supply of sundry services, e.g., marking boundaries, Repair & painting the authority's carts, rollers &c. 36 36 84 12 50 200 160 350 100 300 Total 884 For miscellaneous services 143 The amount authorized by Council for this Vote is proposed for this and other charges made upon it, submitted to Her Excellency in the usual manner. As circumstances demand, with the extension of the city and its increasing water works, so must the number of works in progress, and miscellaneous services increase also. Approved, & Mercer Governor Estimate at $884
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OFFICE OF SURVEYOR GENERAL ESTIMATE OF THE EXPENSE NECESSARY TO BE INCURRED

Theet Contingencie

PLAN OR DESCRIPTION.

A variety of lervices of a mixcellancour character

unchase of impossible to classify or charge cellanouse? any specific item of expenditure in the to lose - 24 pickuce externates, are

brought forward in a college

form as above

edles

These services comprise the purchase of,

-spade @ 150 ages, shovels, wheelbations and such like artic

fans to plant required for Convict

on general. use in the pply of now Department for transfert duties, bout his operations connected with the Survey and Marking out Roads

Bamboos, play Land sold, Temporary veging poler. watching

men over stores and keepers of landin

pressore..

year various

~~

woads or

36

36

84

12

50

200

upply of Come

devices also.

sundry seure king boundaries. Repair & painting the authority ext, rollers &c.

160

350

100

The amount outhorized by Council

proposed for this

8 years charges made

upon

submitted to Her Cucellency in the usual muntransfer of

provided as cucumstances demand, cule, Cast tharres

and are with the extension.

of

the

city

and it's incres.com water Works

so must the it to above.

number of works in progress, miscellaneous services increase also. The pre-

Approved,

& Mercer

(Lignes ) a

Governor,

Estime

at

300

For

884

143

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