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reply, on the 4th of January,
9th of January, and replied to it the:
next
day
these words:
I have
"Than the honor to acknowledge the &
"receipt of Your Lordship's letter No. 48 of the 7th Instant;
"and under the Explanation it affords, I do not
hesitate to
request that Your Lordship will at once
"instruct Lieut: Buchanlan, the Executive Engineer,
4
to
carry
out his
original plans and Estimates
"for Barracks be at the earliest possible period.
A
"party of fifty
I think it
very desirable,
that
should be sent to afford:
"protection from Pirates in the direction of Lye Moon,
"
4
"and
ad. I beg Your Lordship will arrange accordingly
placing them in Tents until a comfortable Barrack
for
the
hundred
new Com.
be built. I should
"imagine they could be most easily provisioned from "this side of the Island, by
water.
The latter passage and remark it is
to
to a Private letter I
to be explained,
have reference to
Jan 10/84.
3
1½ Years
My
1843.
wrote to Your Lordship recommending that: 100
Men
or
d
- should be stationed at Lymoon,
advised, in your
which Detachment
you
Official answer, should be limited to 50 men to be relieved weekly from Chuek Chu) until the new Barrack at Lysoon for the full number, could be completed.
Your Lordship's reply to my letter:
transcribed above.
was so
clear, and explicit, that
I think it right to here quote its in full,
h
I have the honor to acknowledge the
7th
"receipt of Your Excellency's letter to 20 of the 7-
"(10th 2) Indant and in reply to state, that I have
"given directions to Lieut. Buchlerboing to carry
out the original plans and Estimates for
possible, and I likewise beg
"Barracks as soon as
the
"leave to state that I have directed Captain Edwards
Assistant,