and conviction, who save
recently arrived.
· from
England, and who have for the present, been comfortably settled in Houses, which I have had
to allow for them, at less than
a hundredth part of the Expense, which it would have cost to keep them to the detriment of their comfort and health, on board ship.
and
You are fully informed of the Roads Buildings which I have already
sanctioned and contracted
for, and which
are in progress of making and completing, and are authorized to disburse,
from time to time, the
sums required for their completion,
according to the original Agreements and
Contracts.
With regard to any new further building, only wanted for the Military and Naval Branches of the Service; and the proposals for their being built must necessarily originate in the Heads of those Departments, that is, the Officer Commanding the Troops, or
the Senior Officer of His Majesty's Navy at this station, but as past experience has
perfectly demonstrated, that it is far
more economical; to say nothing of other obvious
advantages as to health, discipline, &c. to
provide good quarters for
them on shore, in
preference to keeping them shut up in expensive
hired Transports, and that the
same principle of economy
and preservation extends; I give
you full authority to comply with any requisitions you may
receive from the
Authorities above named, and to give
effect to their wishes
regarding
the allotment of
Sites, and advances of Cash, for Buildings, whether for Barracks, Store Houses, Hospitals &c:
John Elphinstone, Main Colonial Secretary.