CO129-294 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [10-12] — Page 91

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sed in the typhoon season. Moreover the building was not such

as would be designed by a professional architect of good taste,

I therefore considered it advisable to secure the services of

Messrs. Palmer and Turner, Local Architects, to prepare a new de-

sign, better arranged as to internal accommodation and of a

more attractive appearance.

Mr.Palmer who undertook the work is a Fellow of the

Royal Institute of British Architects and the designer of many

of the most important buildings in the Colony.

4. He furnished preliminary sketches which

metrith

with some modifications metwith my approval and has now com-

-pleted the designs, photographs of which I forward herewith.

5. The plans shew a building provided with

enclosed verandahs on all exposed faces, containing the requi-

* kas dLAN & site reception rooms and offices, and seven bed/rooms,besides

one for European servants and a school-room.

6. Messrs. Palmer and Turner are now engaged

in drawing up a specification on which tenders for the erection

of the building can be called for. Prices of all building

work, especially at the Peak have considerably advanced within

the past few years, but it is hoped by the Architects that a

contractor can be secured to erect this building as designed

for the amount already voted by the Legislative Council, name

$75,000.

mely,

7. A sum of $15,000 has been inserted in the

Estimates