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the base of t

the old work along

Praya's East and west shall

not be unduly

dangerously

- ispred, having regard to the rebound from "Reas during Exphoons; sufficient hard material being in all cares, left intact

above the base

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the importance

the wall; to

this the

Surveyor General will no doubt

bemmendations 6.

anite Din

be pillly alive.

5.

the above Extimal of not included in the

The execution

works was

stimates eiven in my Report of. 5th April 1849, because

the quantities could not be computed from the information available. To calculate here the cost of the intercepting severs and of raising the pide streets of would necessitate the transmission of such voluminous detailed documents from

the Colony as would not be justified having regard to the expenditure in quection. Ewould therefore recommend that, for these items, The amounts named be the Surveyor Feneral should, be accepted. With respect to the cat of dredging in front of the wall, the "quantity material to be removed ha been

given, and I am of

opinion

of

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named

opinion that the by the Surveyor feneral for. This portion

the work

sufficient for its execution._

Having regard to the

foregoing, Swould beg, et

works

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recommend that the referred to be sanctioned.

With reference to the

by

proposal to bridge over light deck, carried on

each

D

guilling

of apaces between the

the three granite piers

ends. and the

new wall

Ther

face of the

that 4 Tto be retained

would suggest

piers are

of the new endo

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j

[[relative to which there cam:

to be some doubt) the deck timber of the bridges should be ev brranged as to be capable of being lifted by the sex during Eypttoons, danlage to the wall then to ever deck. This arrangement

the jetties would would be preferable to attempting to secure the blecks of the bridges, with a view to their fermanence, would in my opinion, be impractically looking at their level

as ampared with that of the Hyphoons ceas. The Surveyor General has

3.

thus be avoided.

which

pointed out that no extimate or détails are sulmitted in

connection with there Pers

The

ouginal

documents

received