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May
at
oice
in any
see that I have
any way
countenanced
either the large expenditure that
has been already, or which will
be incurred
in
this Service,
before the end of the current
quarter, amounting to £1611, 15. 11,
I enclose copy of
the Correspondence has passed between the
Military Authorities and myself
on the subject.
From this Correspondence
it will
be
seen that I have
recommended that
Instructions can
from England, only
until
be received
me
Building,
the Officers' Quarters, should be
put into repair, and that the Field Officers' Quarters should
be at
me
abandoned.
4.
The Barrack that I
propose to
Maintain.
can
understand, accommodate 80 men
with
a proper proportion of Officers. – At present the forces stationed there is only
only 2 European and 1 Native Officer and 31 men;
and this is ample for the
are
there
object for which they placed, and the duty required
of them. Indeed, I should have suggested that a
less amount of accommodation be maintained at this Station, had there
been
a
smaller Building
available for
the
purpose
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It will of
course be
the duty of the Engineer Department here to make the necessary Report of the