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Japanese Coal, as shown in paragraph 41 of Mr. Price's report and paragraph

2 of Ir Cook's report attached to appendices M., it would seem worth the Consideration the Colonial Government

of whether au experimental cargo of Welsh Steam Coal should not be Shipped by

us to the Colony if there is a prospect of further considerable quantities of Coal being required_

I return Mr Price's report for reference and beg to suggest that

Sir R. Rauwlinson's remarks

a copy of and

of

the

accompanying tracing

should be sent to the Governor

and that the Surveyor beneral should receive instructions that he is to adhere most strictly to the directions

of the Consulting Engineer

in

in all matters connected with the carrying out of the Lytam works, and that he should be required to seud home monthly progress reports and tracings of the work done

with

full particulars of any exceptional Circumstances which

arise.

may and that the monthly reports are to be sent home regularly even

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temporary suspension of the works should occur, a fact of which the Consulting Engineer Equally with

the Colonial Government should be acquainted.

As proving the recessity for the brausmission. of such full particulars I would beg to refer to the case of the Jamaica Frailway Extensions in which

very

disastrous results

have

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