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the Forces stationed here, which including all Branches does not ordinarily exceed 1100 Men.
respectability of my office, comfort, I should
3.
For the
and
for my
own
prefer
the Troops
4.
Should
An Officer-
the
of a
General
Services
Officer be considered
at present
necessary, the House
at
occupied by that officer might be
made over to the
of
an
Troops to be under the
command of an experienced officer, appointed with reference to his fitness, in
preference
to the Command devolving on the Senior officer present whoever he
May
be; nevertheless
on
Major General Commanding – £2,651.1907 Side-de-Camp Assistant. Military Secretary.
* At present, the outlay is as
follows:-
having reason
to
believe the last plan
will prove
an
annual
saving to the State to say that the extra staff
to
the extent of £3,000, is less, I think
it my duty to bring
the
subject to your Lordship's notice.
allowance to the Senior
Mi
the Island
officers including House Rent
be
saving therefore
The
would be
£4130.7.6
£4130.7.6
£3,478.14.7
£500.0.0
£2,978.14.7
Colony, and at
expense of about £5,000 be converted into a residence suitable
for
5.
the Governor.
Major General Staveley will not quit the Colony before March next, and the
repairs
and alterations
to the House could not be completed
under six months more,
that it
would not be available Government House before October. It is not improbable that I shall request your Lordship's sanction to resign my office in March 1852;
have little therefore
and
personal interest in the matter,