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like this, built at the foot of a steep and high mountain, upon slope of about 40 degrees.

4.

It will be seen that the Acting Surveyor General at first estimated the cost of the repairs to public works roughly at 50,000 Dollars, but he was directed to send in detailed Estimates, and he has since furnished two Reports and Estimates for consideration. The first shows an outlay of nearly 70,000 Dollars would be required to make all the repairs and improvements which he considers necessary to prevent a recurrence of such Disasters. The second shows that about 9,000 dollars, exclusive of Convict labour, will be sufficient merely to put the various works into the condition they were in before the late Storm, without alteration, or improvement or any cost. In the event, however, of another such fall of rain they would then, he considers, suffer to as great if not greater extent than before.

5. The improvements suggested by Mr Wilson are no doubt desirable. They comprise chiefly the reconstruction...

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144 like this, built at the foot of a steep and high mountain, upon slope of about 40 degrees. 4. It will be seen that the Acting Surveyor General at first estimated the cost of the repairs to public works roughly at 50,000 Dollars, but he was directed to send in detailed Estimates, and he has since furnished two Reports and Estimates for consideration. The first shows an outlay of nearly 70,000 Dollars would be required to make all the repairs and improvements which he considers necessary to prevent a recurrence of such Disasters. The second shows that about 9,000 dollars, exclusive of Convict labour, will be sufficient merely to put the various works into the condition they were in before the late Storm, without alteration, or improvement or any cost. In the event, however, of another such fall of rain they would then, he considers, suffer to as great if not greater extent than before. 5. The improvements suggested by Mr Wilson are no doubt desirable. They comprise chiefly the reconstruction...
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144 like this, built at the foot of a steep and high mountain, upon slope of about 40 degrees. а 4. It will be seen that the reting Surveyor General at first estimated the cost of the repairs to public works roughly at 50,000 Dollars, but he was directed to send in detailed Istimates, and the has since furnished two Reports and Estimates for consideration. The first shows Ant an outlay of nearly 70,000 Follars would be required to make all the repairs and improvements which he considers necessary 1075 to prevent a recurrence of such Disasters. The second shows that about 9,000 dollars, exclusive of Convict labour, will be sufficient merely to put the various works into the condition they were in before the late Storm, without alteration, of improvement or any cost. In the event, however, 7 another such fall of rain they would then, the considers, suffer to as great if not greater extent than before a 5. The improvements suggested by Mr Wilson are no doubt desirable. They comprise chiefly the reconstructio.
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like this, built at the foot of a steep and high mountain, upon slope of about 40 degrees.

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4.

It will be seen that the reting Surveyor General at first estimated the cost of the repairs to public works roughly at

50,000 Dollars, but he

was directed to send in detailed Istimates,

and the has since furnished two Reports and Estimates for consideration. The first shows

Ant

an

outlay of nearly 70,000 Follars would be required to make all the repairs

and

improvements

which he considers necessary

1075

to prevent

a recurrence

of

such

Disasters. The second shows that

about

9,000 dollars, exclusive of Convict labour, will be sufficient

merely to put the various works

into the condition they

were in

before the late Storm, without alteration, of

improvement

or

any cost. In the event, however,

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another such fall of rain they would then, the considers,

suffer to as great if not greater extent than before

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5. The improvements suggested by Mr Wilson are no doubt desirable.

They comprise chiefly the reconstructio.

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