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nothing to say
to the directions
you may
have
received from Messrs. Dent. & Co, and as it
is not usual in such cases, to adopt the style
you have seen
fit to do, your application
must be amended, as I now point out; before
the Marine Magistrate
can be instructed to comply with it.
I remain Hble
(Signed) Richard Wernam
No: 31.
His Excellency,
Vice Admiral, Sir William Parker, G.C.B.
Sir,
to
to
You
Victoria, July 26th, 1843.
In acknowledging the receipt of Your Excellency's letter N. 113 of the 24th Inst, I have the honor to acquaint you, that all the ground in the vicinity of Mr. Edger's Premises is still unappropriated and that even had it been granted, I should have had no difficulty under the instructions I have received from England, in assigning it for public uses.
Under these circumstances there can be no possible objection to the arrangement which Your Excellency's letter alludes to, for a site for a Naval Hospital being fixed upon in that quarter