Copy. bircular
112
Colonial secretary's Office Victoria, Houghing, 30th May, 1854.
The exigencies of the
public service
service having compelled
His Excellency the Bear Admiral
to withdraw for
time the
protection afforded by a noval
force, The Ston
The Honorable The
Sientenant Governer has had
under his
anxious consideration
the defenceless state of the Colony and the calamaties that might
were it attacked in its
present condition.
condition by the Naval