10
11.
182
to
was granted - from
the following
is an extract. The
" Committee will likewise definitely
" fix
the direction, breadth, &c &c.
"Queen's and all other existing
roads
within the settlement? Now the
walls as they were laid down by the Land Officer
Transferred to us
Caumiace
and the Police office, which caused the
detriment,
subsequently.
having
in connection
expense of Remedying
been.
justice the
the mistake should
have rested with the Government. An
I beg particularly to Refer to the great
additional expense
time which
this
arrangement devolved upon
the walls originally
used by Capt. Meik were of
material which does not
easily admit of alterations; and it
became necessary
consequently to Remove them entirely
and
reconstruct
from the foundation - But the
cutting at
the back, which I had to undertake in
order to supply
the grounds surrendered by
the Jest,
is the
more
affair to which I would beg
particularly to draw His Excellency's attention.
– It exists at the
present day and will stand for years. It is no ordinary undertaking - but a very precipitous Hill - the height of the cutting being sixty-six
feet; -
and this
in
material of
great hardness and
compactness - Here :
I
question whether the Government be undertake this cutting
at the present day- would perform
it in much less time than that occupied by me- especially as the material had
to be Removed
a long
distance in baskets