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Royal Engineers, to inspect the Theatre

and report

to

Mali

his views

a

The

before

accorded, and in due

conflicting opinions which come

me).

This

a. Co

11.

1100

1

I received Colonel Grain's report

copy of

which I endose.

It was

imposible to conceive

a-document more opposed to the alarming reports of Mr. Morsom. In Colonel Grain's opinion the building

with certain

additions

comparatively trivial pronounced to be

perfectly safe. As a consequence), cherefore, on the advice of Mr.

Morrison the Executive had most

mocesarily

the top of the

caused the Proprietor

the wee

of his Thrales from

Enclose No. 1.

the 26t

B

June to 3rd

Areguit (the date of Colonel Grain's report), alstrough, the Theatre had been opened with

the tacit approval of the Surveyor General. Further, the Colony has, aving to the incompetency of -professional adviser, had to

of its

pay

a

fee of $150 to Colonel Grain, which it had been contemplated would have been paid by the ther side who

readily agreed to the arbitrations. But the greatest

12.

complaint arives

during

source

of

that

from the fact the credion of the building.

a period of.

over sixdien monchs-

Mr Maonom, though he allege that bork he and the Imprector of Building