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overlooked in times of pressure but are in fact

matters of first importance. It will be noticed

that the Sanitary Board and its requirements have

been treated with considerable generosity in this

respect.

We were left then with a choice of a

number of very large and cxpensive works. The

Saiyingpun market has been for same years on the

list of urgencies and I think there will be none

to gainsay its importance. It has at lest beon

decided definitely to undertake the work and $200,000

out of a total estimated cost of $400,000 has been

entered for expenditure next year. If wo wish to

look beyond sanitary necessity for a justification of

the expenditure of this large sum, it can be found

in the fact that it becomes a revenue producing

investment. The increase of the Police Force has

resulted in an ever growing pressure on the accommo-

dation available, and the provision of now and

improved stations is a matter that has grown in

urgency. It is considered that the best beginning

can be made by providing a large modern Police

Station on the Praya East where a sufficiently roomy

site can be made readily available, for accommodation

which it is hoped will do for many years to come.

$150,000 of a total estimate of $300,000 is accordingly

ontored on pago 81, iton 8.

$70,000 item 44, page 82, has been allocated

to the trans for of Public Works Department Workshops

to Wood Road. The proscnt Public Works Department

Workshops are all more or less of a tanporary and

provisional nature. With the completion of the

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