CO129-375 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [1-2] — Page 86

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2.

On the 6th. of last October the

Executive Council advised that the land in question should

be resumed for a public purpose, and in accordance with

Section 3 (1) of Ordinance No. 10 of 1900 the Director of

Public Works was authorized to enter into private negotia-

-tion with the owners of the land, who intimated on the

10th. November through Messrs. Palmer and Turner, their

Architects, that they were prepared to accept the follow-

-ing offer:-

House No.

Inland Lot

No.

Area in Square

Price accepted

Feet.

11

537

495

15,200

13

536

450

13,800

15

535

420

12,900

17

534

442

13,600

Total.

.$55,500.

3.

I closed with this offer and, the

resumption having now been completed, I have the honour

to apply for your covering sanction. It was not possible

in this case to defer resumption pending your approval,

the Director of Public Works reported to me that the

Architects were already preparing plans for rebuilding

the collapsed houses and delay might have been fatal to

the

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