CO129-113 - MacDonnell - 1866 [5-6] — Page 434

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Sonce itself is excrciucly well built House

extremely

aux convenient - but the painting-

-

varnishing, to, alliars to have

been very badly done - Nevertheless, During the recent long interregnura was make to put the House in proser order. All the

Mo

effort

inconvenience of

&

the breaking up floors, walls and ceiling to

introduce Sar fittings

to um

left

time - and I must hold myself in my turn cutifled to defer the painting and many ther epential matters till the next interregnum

I found the House singularly refective in the ordinary pantry,

Cellar and Stable firûures.

one

of

Of

the Public suite of rooms

the most epential in

Government House - viz.

room

was

C

the writing

altogether unfurnished.

having probably been recupied as a bed room formerly - Mincover, strange as it may apear, especially in this climate - there was not

even one

lofar in all the reception

rooms furnished

furnished by the Crion.

now a table in the principal reception Room.

Some of the Dunkahs which

the great heat of lase

year

Mas

frînnaley caused the residents

generally

to introduce more

than

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