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proposed new

Kat

wing, and calculated a basement providing

a covered

playground for wet and hot weather and two stories, the lower to consist

of

schoolroome and the upper of

dormitories with rooms

for

one or

two Masters would cost about

$8,000. As in the

grant-in

wraid Scheme it is stated that "the grants

"

made by the Government for building, enlarging, improving or fitting up public Schools are not to exceed me half of the actual cost," the

Committee took for granted that at least half of the cost might be expected

from the

the Government.

An

- appeal was therefore made to the

Jublic

for

8

4,000, and the

Committee have nows in hand of $4,200. The Architect

t

has recently prepared the plans and drawn out the specifications, and funds that the sum he -

menhoned

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mentioned in the first wist an ce

will be excel de d

by

$1500 or more,

The Contractors who have sent in

Estimates and are the most.

worthy of confidence place the entire cost at from $9000 to $9600. The

only saving Architect could suggest was the verandaho an

omitting

upper storey facing

East, and se

and substit

North

the

the

!

awa

substituting inferior material for the floor. After much corisideration, the Committee,

-

consisting of the Anible I. d. leswick, His Aonour Sir James Russell, Hoss:

I Brown, Mr. Ackroyd, Acting

Prusine Judge,

Mr. Palmer and

myself, (Hon. C. R. Chater, Mr. Justice Friciding Clarke Mr. A. B.

umphreys

I. Jonson and Mr. J. B. Hun.

being absent)

absent) came to the

concliviar that the whole work

including absolutely necessary and

unhappily

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