CO129-266 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [1-3] — Page 169

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to and received from you the 25th and 28th instant re-

spectively.

In accordance with

on

1477

the instructions contained in

Jen-

344. Oct. 1894.

Your Lordship's telegram I en- close for your consideration copies of letters from the Enest with manager of the Eastern Ex Wigany 1998 tension Telegraph Company applying for a site new Praya Reclamation occupy

ing

an area

on

the

of about 7000 square feet for the purpose

of

of creating offices.

The ground applied for

mark

is a portion of the plot n

the accompanying

ed Con

plan.

The Director of Public

Works reports that the cost

of reclaiming the lot applied. for will not exceed $1.66 per square foot, and that if put up to public auction, it might fetch from #5 to 76 per square foot, the stipulation as to rateable improvements

bring

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