CO129-113 - MacDonnell - 1866 [5-6] — Page 12

that Government House should be lit -

with

gas-

asid I

found

d the contractors

busy with the preparations for laying.

the various

pipes- causing a general noise, confusion, and accumulation of dirt throughout the house so great, that even the anticipated cheapness and increased comfort of gas could scarcely

for the great discomfort ~

one

repay

attending

3

the use

дао,

the change.

As personally I much prefer

of Oil and Wax lights to that of I would have preferred being left to

manage

before

me

Q.A

my predecessors

had done

especially

as the bil lustres

and lossips in the reception rooms

of

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Government House were in excellent

taste and most

4.

effective..

A vote however had been

passed for the alteration, and the principal

lamps and lustres were converted into

gas

burners. The result has been

a

digree of discomfort difficult to realize.

The

Gas

burners

generate smoke and

heat with

very

little

light comparatively

speaking and except in the popages

and some other

nuisance.

5.

places -

the

дао

is a positive

It is not likely however that

I should trouble

you

with such details-

if they did not involve a somewhat