You will, however, feel yourself at full liberty to assign locations for any Barracks, or other Public Buildings, which it is probable will be found necessary for the accommodation of the Troops, large and unexpected influx of Women and Children who have recently arrived from England, and who have, for the present, been comfortably settled in houses which I have had it in my power to hire for them, at less than a hundredth part of the expense which it would cost to keep them, to the detriment of their comfort and health, on board ship.
You are fully informed of the Roads and Buildings which have been already sanctioned and contracted for, and which are now in progress of making and erecting; - and You are authorized to disburse, from time to time, the sums required for their completion according to the original agreements and Contracts.
With regard to any new or further Public Buildings, they can only be wanted for the Military or Naval branches of the Service, and proposals for their being built must necessarily emanate from the heads of those Departments; - that is, the Officer Commanding the Troops, or the Senior officer of Her Majesty's Navy, at this Station: for, as past experience has demonstrated, it is far more economical, to say nothing of the other obvious advantages,
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