CO129-260 - Governor Sir Robinson Acting Governor O-Brien - 1893 [9-12] — Page 167

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Enclosure 25th Septbr.

I attach, at a meeting of the Gemelostn Legislative Council held on ~

that date, an

exceeding

expenditure not $96,000 for Gaol

unanimously

extension was un

agreed to. This amount will

suffice

to meet the cost,

including the requisition of

the necessary

land, of

providing detailed in Your Lordship's despatch N:53 of 24th March last. It also includes

all the accommodation

sum

of $2,500 for the

purposes

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purposes, already reported to Your Lordship, of a juvenile

reformatory.

The

2.

delay in taking the vote has been caused by

my compliance with the not unreasonable request of the Unofficial

:cial Members that

before it was introduced, the

the

cost of acquiring the necessary land, and the amount of t lowest procurable and satisfactory

tender

for the execution of the work, should be definitely

ascertained