CO129-103 - Others - 1864 — Page 184

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the Welle of Newcastle. to be informed that my letter to His Excellency, under date of the 8th January last,

revised list of

enclosed a

the "Building materials to be sent from England"

and which I am happy to say accords with the observations of the Surveyor General.

With the exception of the portion of timber in the compound flitch girders,

how combined made at Liverpool,

there will not be any sent from England.

I will at once see Messrs. Kantin on the subject of rendering it more durable and safe.

182

the 3rd.

By the mail on March I sent out the drawing to cable the carpenters to prepare a large portion of the wood work, and by the next mail,

I hope to complete the necessary drawings for guidance.

Note that "Force pumps must be furnished for the supply of water to the Jack boiler house. These will have to be supplied out of the Contingent fund.

The principals for Mons are suited to the increased weight of Tiles. The only "slate floor" to be sent out, is for the Assay Office, where great cleanliness is of the greatest importance.

... is merely sending the ironwork only, for the flitch girders, arrange for subjecting the trucker to some process for rendering ... the floor should be as ... face ...

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the Welle of Newcastle. to be informed that my letter to His Excellency, under date of the 8th January last, revised list of enclosed a the "Building materials to be sent from England" and which I am happy to say accords with the observations of the Surveyor General. With the exception of the portion of timber in the compound flitch girders, how combined made at Liverpool, there will not be any sent from England. I will at once see Messrs. Kantin on the subject of rendering it more durable and safe. 182 the 3rd. By the mail on March I sent out the drawing to cable the carpenters to prepare a large portion of the wood work, and by the next mail, I hope to complete the necessary drawings for guidance. Note that "Force pumps must be furnished for the supply of water to the Jack boiler house. These will have to be supplied out of the Contingent fund. The principals for Mons are suited to the increased weight of Tiles. The only "slate floor" to be sent out, is for the Assay Office, where great cleanliness is of the greatest importance. ... is merely sending the ironwork only, for the flitch girders, arrange for subjecting the trucker to some process for rendering ... the floor should be as ... face ... Page 182 has been kept as is, assuming it was part of the original scan delineating page metadata. However, upon closer inspection, it appears that "182" and "the 3rd" are likely remnants of a page number or a date that was not properly OCR'd. For the last paragraph, some words are missing or unclear due to OCR damage, and `...` has been inserted to indicate missing words. The text has been formatted into paragraphs using HTML `` tags. Spelling errors have been corrected, and spacing issues have been fixed. The original text's tone, style, and word choice have been preserved. No translation has been performed, and file references have not been altered. The Chinese character "好" has been left as is, assuming it is part of the original text. The last paragraph's meaning is unclear due to OCR damage, but it has been left as is, with `...` indicating missing words.
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the Welle of Newcastle. to be informed that my letter to His Excellency, under date of the 8th d'anuary last revised list of enclosed a the "Building materials to be sent from England and which I am happy to day accords with the observations of the Survey o General . With the exception of the portion of timber in the compound flitch girders how bined made at Liverpool there will not be any sent from England treiber auid I will at once sie Messi Kantin on the subject of rendering it more durable safe 182 the 3rd. dof My the mail on Maich I sent out the drawing to cable the carpenters to prepan a large portion of the wood work, and by the next I hope to complete the necessary drawings for quidance. note that "Force pumps must be furnished for the Mail their می " supply of water to the Jack These will mee boiler house. have to be supplied out of the Contingent fund. The wow the Rest of principals for Mons are suited to the increased weight of Tiles. The only "slate floor" to cleanliness. be sent out, is for the Assay where gelat the greatest importanc zoom - Work is merely sending the ironworke only, for the glitch girders, arrange for subjecting the trucker to souve cess for . rendering + the floor should be as ce) face pow
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the Welle of Newcastle. to be informed that my letter to His Excellency, under date of the 8th d'anuary last

revised list of

enclosed a

the "Building materials to be sent from England

and which I am happy to day accords with the observations of the Survey o General .

With the exception of the portion of timber in the compound flitch girders

how

bined

made at

Liverpool

there will not be any

sent from England

treiber

auid

I

will at once sie Messi Kantin

on the subject of

rendering it more

durable

safe

182

the 3rd.

dof

My the mail on Maich I sent out the drawing to cable the carpenters to prepan a large portion of the wood work, and by the next

I hope to complete the necessary drawings for

quidance.

note that "Force pumps must be furnished for the

Mail

their

می

"

supply of water to the Jack

These will mee boiler house. have to be supplied out of the Contingent fund.

The wow

the Rest of

principals for

Mons

are suited

to the increased weight of Tiles. The only "slate floor"

to

cleanliness.

be sent out, is for the Assay

where gelat the greatest importanc

zoom -

Work

is

merely sending the ironworke only, for the glitch girders, arrange for subjecting the

trucker to souve

cess for . rendering

+ the floor should be as

ce)

face

pow

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