CO129-124 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [8-9] — Page 154

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must at once.

pet

hand, if the

Exxecutive Council. agree

as to the

urgent necessity for the proposed

repairs, all the work that

Carr

be

finished out of doors without entailing the actual abandonment of the

House

by

its present occupiers . At the same time it must

be understood that it is

quite

possible I may find myself for

Public reasons unable to leave

or the Colony

at the

the House

time specified.

must be thoroughly repaired

I

also

agree if

As eventually the Korf

the Executive Council

thinks it advisable to forward

a-

ruquisition for lead to form the

gutters, because

Mr. Clark is

unquestionally night in regarding

the present gutters as too small.

fact proved by every

heavy full of rain.

2

sudden

It would require correspondence

and arrangements spreading

nine

or ten months

کہ کیسے

20277.

over

year to get the lead to Hongtany,

therefore

and

it seems desirable

to have the lead as soon as

here,

00

posible.

as to be available whenever

a suitable opportunity, through

Borrie

subsequent Interregnum, might rocur for giving

giving up Government House to the Sowey.

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