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Island, which is about to be sent to England.
"Copy of my letter No 20 of the 20th Inst to Vice Admiral Sir William Parker in reply to a letter and Enclosures which I had received from the Vice Admiral regarding the selection of a Naval Station.
3. Copy of No 22 of the 22nd Inst.
Copy of a letter No 23 of the 22nd addressed under My Authority to the Holders of Certain lots of Ground and..... which lots are included within the "Ordnance Ground" of Major Aldrich's plan.
4. Copy of a letter No 210 of the 22nd Instant - addressed under my Authority to Lieutenant Buckleton of the Madras Engineers regarding certain "Town Lots" now in his possession and also included in the Ordnance "ground" of Major Aldrich's plan, being eventually transferred to the List of Marine Lots.
I am told the Survey will certainly be ready to go to Your Lordship in charge of Lieut. Col. Malcolm, and I will accompany it with a short explanatory Memorandum, bearing reference to my despatch No... and to the present.
It is therefore only necessary, that I should repeat my unbiassed conviction, that giving effect either to Major Aldrich's plan as relates to land defences, or to that proposed by Captains Mitchell and Collinson in a Naval Station, and by which latter, Dock Yards, Store Houses, Coal Wharves, Forges and all the other noisy and dirty apparatus connected with ship building, and Repairing will be fixed in the very Centre of this City - must in every point of view, such as the Comfort