made at the expense of the
I beg
mend
your
intimating your acquiescence
"in these terms to
"also apprising "already
done
20
your urgent,
if you
and
live not
of the price you
expect for it, should it be necessary to transfer it to the Public under the expected orders from Her-Majesty's Government ?".
On this quoted extract from Sir Henry Pottinger's letter, Mr Johnston has only to remark that in transfer having
of his home to the
been made
no
Public, it is to be presumed that no instructions affecting
it
were
received from home,
and that the Land
occupied like
all
other land
on
the Island, and in their
presumption
9.
219
is
borne out by
the
the fact that in Surveyor General's
office it will be
seen
that Colonel
Aldrich, the Commanding officer of
the Engineer
did not include
Mr Johnston's lot in the lands required by him for Military,
or
Ordnance purposes. Mr Johnston also state that this piece of
must
land with
deal more
a good adjoining was not included in the land reserved by himself for Civil purposes from the first occupation of
the Island
would never have thought of
selecting a lot there,
or
with the
permission of Sir Henry Pottinger, and for fear of Building upon it the costly house.
use of the structure
already
described, As the reservation
of land for Civil purposes