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to the Colony, where they will be of assistance in getting

out the estimates.

3. Messrs Webb & Bell have not thought it necessary,

pending the final approval of the designs by the Colonial

Government, to get out the whole of the details of the

buildings. They inform us however that they have suffi-

cient information to prepare all the external architectural

details, and immediately on receipt of information that the

designs have been adopted we will request them to proceed

with this work. This information might be sent by tele-

graph if the matter is considered pressing.

4. They have not quite enough information to enable

them to work out the internal architectural details and

they have therefore at our request furnished us with a

4th Sept/99 memorandum setting out the information which should be sent

to them for this purpose. It is very desirable that all

these details, upon which the success of the building

largely depends, should be prepared by the Consulting

Architects. They have informed us in conversation that

this would take about two months to complete, but instal-

ments could, if desired, be sent out to the Colony from

time to time as they were completed. In the above pro-

posal we do not refer to constructional details which we

understand it is desired should be worked out by the local

staff.

5. After receiving the details from the Architects,

the Colonial Government will be in a position to indent

upon us for such portions of the work, especially the sanitary and heating apparatus, as are best obtained from

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