force the stiftway to the 10th of this month-
Robert Webster Esq
ir,
In
I have be
(Signed) Richard Woments
For future sy
-formally before the
when the case is brought
Victoria July 17 1840.
: forwarding to you the accompanying Original letter from the Earl of Aberdeen, I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor to :=
that the Instructions received
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inform you, from Lord Stanley with respect to the lots of ground claimed by yourself and Mr. Kinsley are to be guided by the General Rules, laid "down for all other lands, and which Rules will be promulgated framed and decided
In the
"
as soon as they can be
time, His Excellency
however, desires me to further inform you that
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the ground composing the lots that were granted to Captain Maclehose, and a great deal more in that quarter of the Colony is included in what the Officer Commanding the Royal Engineers has recommended shall be set apart exclusively for Ordnance (Military) purposes, and that it is therefore probable, that no part of it will be available in any way pending a reference to Her Majesty's Government, with whom the decision on the above recommendation, rests.
I have be
(Signed) Richard Wooman
Major Caine,
Chief Magistrate.
Victoria, 12 July 1842.
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I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter