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troduce modifications du_

the progress of the

ring

work, and (6) the natural

desire of the colonists that

the local architects should The build

be employed.

ings erected and in course erection on the Praya

of ere

prove their entire competen-

ey for this work.

4.

As regards the fi- :nancial side of the question Mr Ormsby estimates the

cost of the new Law Courts

at

라고

at $400,000, and that

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con

structing a three-storied building on the site

the site of the present Post Office and Su- | preme Court, as explained

above, at $130,000, or $530,000 in all. The cost of his atter

native scheme referred to

above, which provides for

the purchase of Beaconsfield

would be about $40,000 in.

excess of that sum, so that #600,000 would appear to be

a safe estimate of the total

cost.