With reference to my No: 48 of the 26th of last month I am directed by His Excellency the Governor in Council to acquaint you that "final instructions have been received from England to make over immediately for Military purposes the ground on which
your three houses described in that letter are situated.
You are therefore further desired to acquaint you that should you wish to get other lots of ground in lieu of those that are now resumed the Land Officer will be authorized to allot to you three locations in some other part of the Colony of similar Classes and on the same terms as to rent, buildings &c that have been defined by the Land Committee in their classification of those Crown Lands, which were assigned previous to the ratification of the Treaty and which have been lately confirmed. With respect to your Houses, the Government are prepared to give you the option of removing them or having them valued by two sworn arbitrators (one on the part of the Government, and one on the part of the Owner - as the case may be) and the Public taking them off your hands at the prices that may be fixed.
In conclusion I am to add that the rent you are now receiving will cease at the end of this month.
I have &c,
(Signed) Richard Woomam
No: 76