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of Public Works to draw up par ticulars and conditions of competition, of which, as a- mended and finally approv= ed by the Committee, I en- close copies for your

ation.

3.

consider.

Enclosure bcopies.

The Committee also-

considered at my request the financial aspect of the pro- posal, and expressed ito σ- pinion that, in view of the Acting Colonial Treasurer's confident anticipation that

the

692

the ordinary expenditure of

the current.

ent year will be

largely exsceded by the Revenue, and that the surplus

of revenue.

enue over

over expenditure

is likely

likely to be continued future years,

in

there is no ne.

cessity, at least for the present, to make any special arrange- ments for providing the funds required to meet the estimat_ ed cost of the works, vir. $70,000. The value of the present build_ ings which it is proposed to

replace