8.
locality, he appropriation of
As
all lands in the Colony necessarily rests with the Governor, His Excellency with a view to the complete arrangement of the ground as originally- intended for the comfort and
of
the inhabitants,
health
directed the excention of the now in progress.
progress, deciding
works
also that the Orduance
boundary should be defined by the extension of the Western wall of the Guard- house to
of the sea; this was intimated to Major General Staveley by letter from the Colonial Secretary.
addressed to the Assistant
Military Secretary dated 15th April, 1850. to which the
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Major General as well as Lieut. Coll Phillpotts then
Commanding Ingineer made objection, merely requesting that a road should be marked
no
f
as a means of communication with the ground North of the Guard-house, remarking also that it would be desirable to extend the Parade ground, and
that the sea
battery if built would not interfere with the ground ordered by Lord Stanley to be reserved for the use of the
inhabitants.
No
His Excellency has objection to the remaining- boundaries of the Ordnance Property with the exception of that portion extending - from the rear of Murray