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your hundred houses, including the

temporary Civil Aspital, in the centre

Victoria. I was able

of the Town of Victorin

however to add that this

very

serious

Calamity had not been accompanied

by any lop of life

2.

I have not yet received

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houses destroyed armounts to three hundred and eighty-six

Mr Madar, the house valuator, who

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gone

through the ruined streets estimates the lofs at a smaller

nusuber - three hundred and thirty six,

with

total annual rental of

jany

formal reports from the

Superintendent of the Fire Brigade,

the other Officers concerned, as they are still engaged in taking

to prevent the smouldering

giving rise to

3.

measures

ruins from

any heck conflagration. Since forwarding the telegram, I received from the Surveyor Reveral

verbal report

that the actual number

$120,000.

4.

I enclose for your

information a serap of the City of Victoria showing the

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about

ten acres and a half-destroyed. I also enclose the newspaper reports on the subject

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I have already conveyed

to Major General Donovan and