Effeces Quarters, 2t The Officers quarters,
3th The Guard House
The 1th for the accommodation of Officers, and the 2t for that of non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers.
The Expense of repairing the Field Officers Quarters is estimated at £841.18.1, that of the officers quarter at £123.0.6.
Total £1754.18.7.
These repairs are required to prevent further damage. I return Cad Grey's Letter and Enclosure, and have
the honour to be
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble Servant,
(signed) W. Staveley,
Major General Commanding
"The Troops
True Copy.
- Colonial Secretary
Royal Engineers Office,
Victoria, Hongkong.
23
25 July 1849.
306
In returning the enclosures
which accompanied your
letter of this date. I have the honour to remark, for the information of the Major General commanding that by
some misconception on the part of Mr Byham of my Letter to the Inspector General of Fortifications, the temporary Barracks on Artillery Hill at this Post have been mistaken for the Barracks at Stanley, I cannot however account for this, because
in my letter to the Inspector General of Fortifications, dated Victoria, 10th September last. No: 128, I have stated with reference to
my report of the Typhoon which took place
The Brigade Major.
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