in favor of
0
the Colonial
without receiving
"I might have to say
the supposed project of Government.
I infer that the result in my mind (after
some
familiarity
with Dockyards at home and abroad)
was
that the
the Naval
objection to this
was well founded, and
that on the one hand there would be
a real practical inconvenience to the Navy
in making a public road between their premises and the
on the other hand the advantage to the
Colony would consist only of the idle pleasure of symmetry,
of the scheme upon the symmetry, and of the
prettiness
of the map.
But still I would hardly
advise that
you
should send out
positive orders to the Governor until
you receive the
report which
you
required from him in a despatch of the 26th of August. It must be better to have to say is waste hardly seem fair
to know what he
may
And indeed it is better to begin by calling for a report, and
then to give
a
final decision
with it.
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Therefore I would recommend that this letter be suspended
for
the
until after the receipt of the next two mails. If they bring
no
report, we
could send out
peremptory
orders.
"I am of opinion that the plan should be given up.
You
are
of opinion that the plan should be given up.
Forward copies to Governor...
I do not observe that the despatch of August 26 called for a Report. It may be acted upon now.
XCR(85)72
...a report from the
Law Officers
on the miscellaneous clauses
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El 5.
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