CO129-369 - Acting Governor May Governor Sir Lugard - 1910 [10-11] — Page 498

Extract from the Minutes of the Legislative

Council Meeting of 27th. October,

Statement by

The Director of Public Works:

sir,

1910.

436

Before proceeding with the order of the

day, and in accordance with Your

Excellency's instructiona, I beg to

inform members of this hon. Council

that a contract has been entered into

with Messrs. Him Tai for the construct-

-ion of the harbour of refuge at

The amount of the contract is $2,018,002. Mongkoktaui. The amount of the mr.

Boulton's estimate, based upon the

drewings finally prepared for inviting

tendera, is $1,765,407. The contract

exceeds the estimate by $252,595. This

large excess is chiefly due to one

item, namely, the rubble mound forming

the breakwater. The contract rate for

this item exceeds the rate estimated

by Mr. Boulton by 36 cents per yard,

and as there are over half a million

cubic yards of material in it, it alone is responsible for nearly $192,000 of

the excess. The balance, amounting to

about $60,000, is distributed over a

number of items in comparatively small

amounts.