CO129-127 - Public Offices - 1867 — Page 134

Mr.

M: Stewart to Colonial Secretary.

Central School Victoria,

ar

With peference to the enclosed letter

from the Grown Agents for the Colonies and to stis Excellency's

Minute Theresa

I have the honor to reply.

1° That the prices given in enclosure

letter N. 43 of 9th Nov. 1866

si mey were taken

required

(as fare

as

were mentioned therein)

from M. Thom's "pruce "Colonial Schools"

the materials

list

for

2o That the prices of several of the

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items, viz, Blacks Atlas

Johnson's charts and

Dictionary of

mentioned wi

I had

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accurately.

"

Hajde. Dates (specially

Errion frown Agents hells)

Letter

as one

of stating Living

from

does here at a distance

The Hon'ble

W. J. Mercer

Colonial Secretary

all

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obliged to give

all such information, I was what staking

all

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conemmstances into account)

deemed night be the prices of

those item's.

3. I understood that the "Estimate

n in such cases,

of

Cost

given.

is

expected to be only a probable one

* I

was

under

the

given

was

impression

for

that the Estimate

the

quidance of the Audit office

of this Colony and not for that

of the Crown

Agents - the

the materials

as I thought,

indented for being,

described otherwise, with sufficient minuteness for that purpose.

The following is the arrange=

-ment I

propose.

If the Edition of Blacks Atlas at 7/6 publicatione price,

be had, our Thom

is n

longer to

may supply

the

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