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3.

enclosed report from the Surveyor-

General on the

progress of

itam Waterworks.

Tytam

2.

am

the

This report being

Jurely technical, I do not offer any comments upon it, but I glad to testify to the general energy and activity

activity of the Surveyor-General, (Mr Price),

in the performance of his manifold

duties.

I addressed Your

length on the

Lordship at some

subject of the Tytam Waterworks in

my

Enclosure

Tracingne / to l (Dent separate!)

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my despatch W. 243 of July 1, 18874, to which I beg to refer . M. Price hopes that they

will

be

completed in 1887. His estimate of the cost being one hundred

and

sixty six thousand

four hundred and forty pounds sterling (£166,440), I would be glad to know whether Sir Robert Rawlinson considers this estimate excessive or otherwise,

as

compared with the average cost of water-supplies to European cities. I understand that for

this