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2.
In personal consultation with Major Scneral Bay I have decided against the employment of heavy Guns and the construction of a Battery for the present, is that Mortars or mine pounder Howitzers only will be used and the expenditure in this respect considerably lessened
3.
full
Desiring to know what the
sum to be spent
was likely
on
the timel
likely to be, beyond that originally contemplated when the plans were -unt from home, I directed the Wilson, Acting Surveyor General to
communicate with the master of the Mint, and embody the result
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N. 2.
in a Puport and Estimate.
4.
the
5.
This has been done and I sand
Peeport and Estimate 8:26 7/866. The Amount ($48,378.98) is large, but the rescription given
by Mr. Wilson in the Report and Estimate with I trust satisfactorily show that the work estimated is
actually and urgently required, that the particulars of it could
not have been
date.
6.
given
at
and
an earlier
As at such a distance from
the Military Barracks the Guard:
could not be a
daily
me
as in
other instances, it was necessary
to provide substantial quarters
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