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shillings to the dollar, together with his out of pocket

travelling expenses and whatever hotel allowance may be

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customary, while he is on duty in this matter in England.

3.

I believe that the design sub-

-mitted with my Despatch No. 54 of the 7th. of last March

represents the cheapest form of shelter which in the

circumstances can be erected, and I have confidence in the

Engineer who prepared the plans and estimates. Mr. Boulton,

who was in charge of the Praya Reclamation, has a very

large and practical experience. In these circumstances and

looking to the extreme necessity for economy I replied to

Your Lordship's first telegram (in which it was suggested

by the Consulting Engineers that Mr. Boulton should go to

England to consult with them) in the sense that I deprecat-

-cd this additional cost and delay. In accordance, however,

with your instructions I am sending Ir. Boulton to England,

but I would request to be informed as to the precise

measure of responsibility which devolves upon the Consult-

-ing Engineers and the nature of the benefit which the

Colony receives for the additional expenditure incurred.

The work though a costly one does not present any very

difficult technical problems for solution, and is of an

almost precisely similar nature to other works already successfully