CO129-538-3 Development of Government sites and rebuilding of Government buildings 17-12-1931 - 22-10-1932 — Page 3

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and in view of the large sums involved the period

required for completion may have to be extended.

5. Until the new Government Offices are

built, the Staff from the demolished offices

would be housed in a building to be erected

on the western end of Section A.

building would be so erected that it could be

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reconverted and sold when no longer required for

at first be homeless & would then temporary offices. The "City Hall" would be

temporarily housed in the present Government

House until the new accommodation was ready.

In case it should not be found desirable

6.

to carry through the whole scheme continuously a

halt could be called at a point where the

following items had be en completed:-

Credit:

Sale of City Hall site and part of Section A not required for temporary Government Buildings

Debit:

$4,563,260.

Resumption of T.L.580.

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I.L.564

Formation of Section A

Rebuilding of Government House

Temporary Government uffices

622,750 160,000

600,000

2,000,000

350,000

3.732.750.

An estimated credit balance at this point of

$830,510.

7. It appears from the reports of the

Retrenchment Commission and of the Director of

Public Works which form enclosures 3 and 4 to the

despatch that Government House is too small and is

out of date and expensive to maintain. I do not

think that we need quarrel with the proposed

removal to the Peak District especially as this

may result in the closing of the Governor's

summer residence.

The sale of the present site

for