from
Place in
194
in August 1861, and unfortunately the remarks on it were not pointedly brought-
whilst the tardy notice, whilst the
ctions
Her
to whom I trust
Your
Majesty's Government
Lordship will see
objections
fit to recommend a
Confirmation of the
to
sy
Establishments as now submitted.
Your Lordship will have likewise perceived from the Enclosures to
my Despatches Plenipotentiary No. 5 of the 7th of March, and No. 10 of the 8th of March, that I had seen the necessity, immediately
after my arrival from the Northward,
of altering the whole
System under
which the erection
of Barracks and
other Military Buildings had been provided for by the joint
of Sir Hugh Gough and myself.
That
System
item I had not time to inquire into, during the few hours I was at this
Place
and
irregular
Communication which took place for some
months after the Expedition sailed to the Northward prevented
me
from rectifying what
I now conceive to have been an
arrangement contrary to the usual practice in India
(to which alone my experience extends) and led to Major
General Burrell of the 7th of February (a
few days after my last arrival) subjected Her
Majesty's Government to an enormous Expense for the Hire of Transports. In demonstration of this assertion, I refer Your Lordship to the Memorandum marked No. 6 which has been furnished
to