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require establishments and appliances which are not at this moment procurable.
very anxious, however, to have the northern face of the Colony, from "Wish Point" to the location to the Eastward belonging to Mr. Burn, surveyed as soon as possible, that the streets and Squares and the sites for Public Buildings may be laid down and fixed upon so as to enable me to grant lots to the numerous applicants who have been long waiting to obtain lots.
Under these circumstances I have the honour to request Your Lordship to be so good as to place at my disposal Captain Clement Edwards, and to allow him to select two steady privates from one or other of the H.M. Regiments to be employed as Overseers.
As Captain Edwards's time will be solely occupied by the survey, I propose to pay him his salary from the Civil Department, which will enable Your Lordship to nominate another Officer to act as assistant Quarter Master pro tempore.
I have to
(Signed) Henry Pottinger