Singapore received by the Sesostres, informes
that his official letters forwarded. by the "Acbar had been sent
me,
1 from Bombay
Overland to Calcutta to await His
Excellency's arrival there- consequently
commands he
any
amith on
This
от
any
may
honor
ane
other subjeck
Her
resulting prome directions from Majesty's lovernment, of the date of
November, must still be some weeks ( in reaching
ne.
по
In the mean time Sposass ne sort of authority to incur any expenditure beyond that which is absolutely and unavoidably necessary for the efficiency of the squadron under still less to enter upon
of erecting
new
Command.
my an undertaking
puzely
Storehouses for temporary
purposes, or the heavy expense of removing a great mass of valuable
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provisions and some thousand tons of Coal to places where they could not permanently hesitation in
remains - for I have saying, there is not single unoccupied spot upon this side of the bland fit for a haval Establishment ; and to the place
no
а
av
the South side, which I have been inclined to advocate, I gather from
the documents
you
have forwarded.
to me, the bevernment object
There is unquestionably
one
position upon this side of the Soland- where an Establishment is
-
arow
formning by the House of Messrs Jardine "Matheson of on the whole better calculated for a naval Establishment and at the same time reconciling completely military objects, than other spot in the
the Colony, buch
more
any
i
provisions
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