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to remove certain portions of the

main walls which were,

left in dangerous condition after the roof fell in . So far the only precaution taken has been to for bid the approuch of any __ person near the premises.

2. As

Is it appears to have been

decided long before the building was destroyed that it could not be converted to any public user I conclude that Heis Excellency has no intention of incurring fourther expenditiere in rebuilding

either of the tivo

or re

repairing

wings (coloured yellow in plan attached) which are

I are as reported

entirely roofless, and I would therefore recommend that after

Knocking down the more dangerous portions . they should be left as they stand, and the Ashlar granite, timbers, iron-work/and other valuable material which they contain used, as occasion may

Public buildings

require in any

to be erected in Victoria.

3 . In regard to the Chapel. (coloured red in the plan attached) both the Colonial Surgeon, and/ myself have officially submitted the advisability of converting it into a small pox hospital, as

there

•

appears

to be

no available