As the existing prohibition against further Grants of Land is to continue in full force, pending receipt of Commands from Her Majesty's Government, it will not even be necessary for you to bring any applications on that Subject to the notice of the Deputy Superintendent, who will be charged with the Civil Government of the Island.
During the absence of His Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger Bart:
You are to take the utmost care to prevent any encroachments on the unappropriated lands in any part of this Island, or on the Roads, whether completed, or now in progress: and, should any thing of the Kind come to your knowledge, you will, whatever may be the plea or pretence assigned, instantly stop the work, and report the circumstance to the Deputy Superintendent.
Ground will probably be required for the erection of Barracks, and other Military Buildings, in different parts of the Island, and regarding it you will receive directions from the Deputy Superintendent:
Your chief duty, and that of the Establishment placed under you, will be to see that the Roads, Bridges, and Drains, are kept in perfect order, that the unfinished Contracts regarding them are thickly and well fulfilled, that the public watering Places and Jetties, and likewise the Government Market Place, are preserved from damage, and are kept clean, and in a fit state for the uses for which they are designed, and that...
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