CO129-172 - Public Offices & Others - 1875 — Page 17

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When it was proposed, some months since, that the whole work should be executed at the expense of the Colony, My Lords were unwilling to interfere with a local improvement to which great importance appeared to be attached, judging by the large expenditure which the Colonial Government was represented to be ready to incur in order to compensate the Navy for the loss of the whole of the sea pontage.

They cannot however consent to charge to Naval funds two thirds, or any portion, of the cost of an undertaking the benefit of which to the Naval Service...

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When it was proposed, some months since, that the whole work should be executed at the expense of the Colony, My Lords were unwilling to interfere with a local improvement to which great importance appeared to be attached, judging by the large expenditure which the Colonial Government was represented to be ready to incur in order to compensate the Navy for the loss of the whole of the sea pontage. They cannot however consent to charge to Naval funds two thirds, or any portion, of the cost of an undertaking the benefit of which to the Naval Service...
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When it • was

• proposed, some months since that the whole work

should be executed at the exhense of

the Colony, My Lords were unwilling

to interfere with a local improvement to which great importance appeared to be attached, judging by the large

expenditure which the Colonial Governmen

ament was represented to be

ready to incur in order to compensate the Navy for

the loss of the whole of !

the sea pontage.

They

to charge

cannot however consent

pund

to Naval two thirds,

portion, of the cost of an,

ov

any

undertaking

the benefit of which to the Naval

Sewrce

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