CO129-426 - Public Offices - 1915 — Page 66

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minimum and have them under supervisión, as redomr ended

by the Director, we agree that underground cables

should be laid down and that the proposed new system

should be introduced.

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7. With regard to this new system we have drawn

up a complete llet with prices of the plant that will

be required, a copy of which we now enclose marked "Z"

for the information of the Colonial Government, in

order that practically correct figures may be at hand

on which to base future estimates and prepare indenta.

In this list we have embodied the minor modifications

referred to in paragraph (3) of this report, and the

items are grouped under the same sect ional headings as

in the statement marked "B" received from the Colony.

We have marked the points, referred to in this list

under the letters K to Z in red on the Colony's plan

B.II.

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8. The main features of difference between the

Colony's list B and the list prepared by us are as

follow:-

(a) 10 lbs. conductors are substituted for 20

lbs. conductors in the underground cables as the

circuits are all short.

(b) A spare operator's headgear, and a spare

hand set for use at slack periode, are included.

(a) The protector cabinet and distributing

frame are combined in one distribution and protector

frame under item 4. This frame would take the

full 350 pairs of wires in the leading-in cables,

so that all wires would be joined up for easy

cross-connection.

(a)

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