CO129-206 - Public Offices & Others - 1882 — Page 456

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slame & her dice

ford

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wyes his reasons in suffort of

advice.

The money

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in any

must be borrowed

case; Lord Carnarvon

did not decide how the

£50,

000

for the Maller scheme was to be found ant

Expressed

his ofercion against

raising in locally

in accordan

7. Julyan's afersion

with ohi d. July an

externed in the minutes.

externed

H

send copy to the Acting forense

Saying

to and Kimberley is

that Lord in

niclined to concur in Within: of Int. Chadwich's ofertionishat

be would be glad to receive

Mr Marsh

Linin

& also as

as to

how the money should be raised (viz£10,000). 450 And send copies of our Desf: to the Gents & Mat dien a copy of whome letter should

to the agents?

also fo

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M. Meade -

a.a.J.

10/4

The population as given in the CO List.f.98

has risen

is

from 139.144 in 1876 to 160n of ofthe course the great majority of

Census of 1881. α

& of cours

27 258

These are in the distuits & be supplive with this

water _ The partial scheme was calculated to gin

3 1⁄2 gals Jer head (Minimum dry astather saffly)

11520

76- (par. 10) the incuence ofpopulation (day) has already redrene this to 3 gals : & if the town

Contiimer to

to grow at the same rate the suppleguile

On the other hard the

be proportionally honeed

;

revenue is much larger than in 1875:

Inside the intrust & dinking can built

br

may

Fand

I is

I think of ace the question, which is

Mainly

one of funds _ Ipresume a loan of £100.000 is more Easily saime than one of £50.000 : & the money is

Sustably

Mon readily obtained nos Than it wonen More

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