Report of the Finance Committee recommending that the thoroughfare opposite St Phillip's School in

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Unique IDA-00437424SeriesReports of the Finance Committee I, 1857-1898 [Municipal Council of Sydney]DateBetween 25th July 1889 and 15th December 1890FormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Finance Committee recommending that the thoroughfare opposite St Phillip's School in Grosvenor Square be planted with ornamental trees at a cost not to exceed £50. Appended: Memo from Richd W Richards, City Surveyor, costing the planting of seven trees but also noting that Sydney streets have not been laid out with provision for plantings and that Council would be incurring maintenance costs and in narrower streets might be dangerous and inconvenient and suggesting that the City Solicitor's opinion be obtained; Letter from the Board of Water Supply & Sewerage NSW, William Holmes for the Secretary, notifying that the intention of the City Council to cut down and reform Grosvenor Square will require lowering of the main and requesting Council pay cost; Memo from Richd W Richards, City Surveyor, describing work to be performed.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNo




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Source system ID22/38/14