CO129-475 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1922 [5-7] — Page 441

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Hon. Colonial Secretary,

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Tenders should only be obtained locally for buildings or forming site. British Contractors could not compete.

Direct labour is never adopted here even by those most competent by years of experience in the Colony to deal with it. It should under no circumstances be adopted in this case.

This would be the most satisfactory and economical method subject to the one reservation that it is unnecessary for an officer of the Office of Works to be sent out to prepare additional drawings and co-ordinate work, &c. If the Office of Works sent out the necessary drawings, specifications & quantities and indented and arranged for the despatch of all structural iron & steel work, door and window fittings and sanitary and porcelain goods, this Department could arrange to carry their plans into effect to fit in with any modification in the plant after the original plans had been completed. No essential alterations would be made in the plans, but only such modification and amplifications as might be necessary to enable them to fit in with existing levels and local conditions.

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T. L.

Perkins,

Director of Public Works.