CO129-183 - Public Offices & Others - 1878 — Page 20

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

that your Government will thoroughly satisfy themselves

1. to the efficiency of the

scheme in this respect before proceeding with its execution

4. I cannot but notice t

that there is a wide discrepancy between

in the eclimated outlay aspire-

by the Consulting Engineer & that contemplated by the Colonial Survey or General : "No" Price, in his letter ofth. 23rd of seister, has not five any details of his extimate nor Supplied any information which would mable me to account satisfactorily for this disporepancy, although my predecessor in his despatch of 17th=

September 1877 Espacially

Mor.

(Content)

MINUTE.

Fir S. Pauncefote. Mer. Malcolm.

Mr. Moende.

Mir Herbert

Mor. Lowther Lord Carnarvon

remarked on

necessity

of supplying detailed pasting

of the work togeiser

the plant-

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5. In the absence of

as to cast of labour timate-

A

Ximaterical

the necessary data, the Consulting engineer has

Jan informed tared his

ltimate on a schedule

for triennial Contracts in

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by the War Departhe... authentics at Hongkong; and with respect to Convict latour although

Mr Price states that he proposed to do all the unskilled work "by thei

means,

should you

Le

n

allow

M

it, that is nothing to shewn

А замяна

What number would be

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