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accompanied by an Estimate of the expense which would be involved in carrying the project into execution, but that his Lordship has considered the service of sufficient urgency to justify its being proceeded with immediately: provision will however be made for it in the next Estimates.
With respect to the correspondence, the Governor is to acquaint you that a previous proposal for the defence of the Harbour, involving the erection of a Battery on property belonging to the Colonial Government, had been sent home without reference to him. Lord Panmure will instruct the Officer commanding the Troops in no case to transmit or approve Estimates or projects of Defence, which shall not have been first submitted to and received the concurrence of the Governor.
This Lordship has however regretted the tone of the voluminous correspondence transmitted in this case, as indicating the existence of a want of understanding between the military and civil authorities on the spot, which cannot be otherwise than prejudicial to the public service. He has