ITM846739 Colonial Secretary's Inwards Correspondence - 1860 Part 2

Queensland State Archives Colonial Secretary's Office Inwards Correspondence 01 Jan 1860 - 31 Dec 1860 S 5253 ITM846739 Dept No. 2458 The legibility of this item may be reduced due to the following factors: Minimal Impression Faded Ink Iron Gall ink halo and lacing Discoloured paper Torn or creased pages

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100/24[64?] 2458	31st January December

respecting erection of Buildings at Port Denison.

No 60/43 Tenders call'd for A. W. W

Colonial Architects Office Brisbane, 31 December 1860

[Text Left Side:]

61/1.D.

The Council deem it undesirable to accept the Tender submitted to them and advise that Tenders should be called for, in the usual way, stating the price at which contractors are willing to erect the buildings if the materials are conveyed to Port Denison at the expense of the Govt., and if the contractor conveys his own materials; the tenders to be sent in at a short date. The Council also advise that Tenders should be called for, for a vessel to carry stones [in?] to Port Denison.

John [Bramston?] Clerk of Council 11/1/61

Council [illegible]

[J.F.B?]

I think tenders shd. be advertised for, and the tenderers shd take their own materials in to Port Denison; - w. w. [?] [?] [?] The Principal Under Secretary

[S7B?]

[Text Right Side:]

Sir,

I have the honor to inform you that at the beginning of this month, Mr Dalrymple requested me to take preparatory steps for the erection of quarters for the various Government officers who were about to proceed to Port Denison;

2 Agreeably to Mr. Dalrymple's directions, I have prepared plans, and obtained a tender from Mr. Fitzalan to erect the whole of the buildings, viz. House for the Commissioner, containing, five Rooms and Kitchen; Stove and Office for Custom House

House business; House for Habor Master and Custom House Officer, containing three Rooms and Kitchen; House for the officers of Police similar to the last mentioned, and Two Cottages, one for the Boatmen, and one for the orderlies, of one room each with Kitchen.

3. My estimate for the whole is as follows;

	₤
[?] House-	300
Two Houses for Officers-	300
Two cottages for men -	200
Store -	140

4. I herewith enclose Mr. [Fitzalan's ?] in which he proposes to complete the whole work, if erected of slabs and the materials procured on the spot, exclusive of freight and cartage at Brisbane and Port.