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OFFICE OF SURVEYOR GENERAL

ESTIMATE OF THE EXPENSE NECESSARY TO BE INCURRED FOR

Two School houses in Victoria

PLAN OR DESCRIPTION.

The School Committee having obtained His Excellency the Acting Governor's sanction to the erection of two school houses for Districts in Victoria too far removed from the Central School in Gough Street for children in those localities to attend it, and the present temporary premises for such District schools being in every way insufficient and disreputable in appearance; the plans now have been arranged after consultation with the Committee and are now submitted with the accompanying estimate for His Excellency's approval.

One school is intended for the Taipingshan District, the other for East Point or Sookumpoo, the former to be placed on a vacant area in Hospital Road, the latter in the vicinity of the market, that being available land, and to effect this arrangement it will be necessary to level the site, clear the ground and retain the wall.

...

Excavation site, 500 cubic yards @ $1.10 $550.00 Construction of retaining wall of rough stone with unite bond and best quality 126.00 feet @ $0.20 $25.20 ... $167.04 ... $1927 ... $157.40 Forward $187.40 $1927 $64

Approved,

(signed) W. F. Mercer

Acting Governor.

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OFFICE OF SURVEYOR GENERAL ESTIMATE OF THE EXPENSE NECESSARY TO BE INCURRED FOR Two School houses in Victoria PLAN OR DESCRIPTION. The School Committee having obtained His Excellency the Acting Governor's sanction to the erection of two school houses for Districts in Victoria too far removed from the Central School in Gough Street for children in those localities to attend it, and the present temporary premises for such District schools being in every way insufficient and disreputable in appearance; the plans now have been arranged after consultation with the Committee and are now submitted with the accompanying estimate for His Excellency's approval. One school is intended for the Taipingshan District, the other for East Point or Sookumpoo, the former to be placed on a vacant area in Hospital Road, the latter in the vicinity of the market, that being available land, and to effect this arrangement it will be necessary to level the site, clear the ground and retain the wall. ... Excavation site, 500 cubic yards @ $1.10 $550.00 Construction of retaining wall of rough stone with unite bond and best quality 126.00 feet @ $0.20 $25.20 ... $167.04 ... $1927 ... $157.40 Forward $187.40 $1927 $64 Approved, (signed) W. F. Mercer Acting Governor.
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OFFICE OF SURVEYOR GENERAL

ESTIMATE OF THE EXPENSE NECESSARY TO BE INCURRED FO

Two School houses in Victoria

PLAN OR DESCRIPTION.

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the Acting

Governor's sanction to the erection of live sch excavation site, houses for Districts in Victoria too far removed from the atting

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for such District schools being in every way insuffice tuning wall of

disreputable in

table in appearance; the plans now

o preps gh stone with have been arranged after consultation with the Committee unite bond and are now submitted with the accompanying bestima ifo hight 12600 for this Exxcellency's approval.

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well as disre

fuft

110 cents

Courses

One school is intended for the chpingpin rough stone in District, the other for East Point or Sookumpoo, the for

I propose placing

on a vacant area in Hospital Nos

the

12

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us

388

the latter in the arcinity of the market, that being

available land, and to effect this arrangement it will be

our

by

recessary

to full and give

down som

Rome Com

to level of site theft & Scents dal for preparation

ground and retain-

wall.

of the Huts shown in the plane pensation to the owners, these people having plinch course in offices possession on the cession of the Islands. We boundary wall special proposition for this furthere as well. Wife @ 20 cento

in

Approved,

(signed) W. F. Mercer

actic, Governor.

500

1260

181

16704

1927

157 40

Forward.

187 40 1927

64

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