CO129-185 - Acting Governor Marsh Governor Hennessy - 1879 [6-12] — Page 291

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4.

permanently said fire men

hould be curloyed.

a. That the castern of wring hydrants

seems to be

be well suited for the

"greater lavt of the town of Victoria.

As regard încuaring the

amount of Watu available for extinguishing fires, verious suggestions have been made such as having execial

vervoirs on the cores above the

Mere

of Victoria in which the

surface

Foron

water

would be stored, - forming tanks inte which the ten-water might be pumped, - enlarging the Soligorlum duccrosir_

and constructing

a reservoir at Tai Tamu.

Cowever, in a position to expres

I am not, nowever,

are opinion at present on any of there plass.

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5.

But entertain no doubt as to

competent

the desirability of placing a thoroughly

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and well paid Ifficer at the bead of the Fire Brigade departiment. _ I therefore

venture to ack

you

to sanction the

requisite additions to the Establishment charges to the extent of about one thousand a year

There

is no one in

Houghing that I could ask you to appoint to either of those offices, but I presume Captain Shaw of the London Fire Brignés,

if you thought proper to have him

the subject, wouth be able

consulted on

to recommend two well trained and capable officers.

6.

I refrain from entering

2.