THE RIDDLES. Answers to Riddless Published April 6.

Otago Witness, Issue 2356, 20 April 1899, Page 46

THE RIDDLES.

Answers to Riddless Published April 6.

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It is estimated that it would cost £7500 to alter tho Mount Cook Gaol at Wellington in order to fit it for the purposes of the Victoria College, and that a sum of £9000 would rover all contingencies. This expenditure wouid provide suitable buildings which otherwise would cost £35,000.

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