Actual work on the building itself was started in March, 1915, after there had been some delay while the Council were deciding whether the building should be faced with artificial stone or granite, the latter being decided upon payers' meeting in March 1915. The foundations then had already been laid, work on the foundations having been begun early in November 1914. The architectural style is the English renaissance, the main plans being prepared by the Public Works Department. The estimated cost of the entire work is Tis, 800,000, of which sum about Tls. 300,000 were spent in 1914 and 1915. The appropriation for 1916 is Tis.
Nearly Tls. 300,000 were spent in 1915, but this expenditure covers
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