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Parramatta would exceed the original estimate, owing to the price of labour and material, 

 from ,218,240, as estimated in 1852, to ,320,000, besides ,97,000 for the Darling 

 Harbour Works. The capital was increased by ,100,000, and another loan of \ 50,000 





THE "ZIG-ZAG ON THE WESTERN LINE, NEW SOUTH WALES. 



was obtained from the State on the same terms as before. By January of the following 

 year, the estimate for the Parramatta line had risen to ,500,000, and the share-holders 

 were convinced at last that the prospect of a profit on their courageous enterprise had 



