the Officer Commanding Am Troops wishing and with directing themselves
to conform
to the rules therein laid down as far as they may apply to their respective functions.
But before Lord Stanley adopting this course desires me to request for the consideration of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury the propriety of relaxing to some extent the rule laid down in some cases in respect to the commencement of public works without previous authority from home. That restriction if carried out in its literal sense would fetter
the discretion of Sir H Pottinger to a greater extent than has been done in the case of the Governors of other Colonies - owing during the distance frequently fought over from this and might in Lord Stanley's opinion be the length of time occupied in communicating with which very
be inconvenient for the public service. His Lordship would therefore propose that instead of absolutely prohibiting Sir H Pottinger from commencing any work without previous authority from home - he should be prohibited only from commencing any work not of the most pressing necessity and the delay of which would be prejudicial to public