especially to my dispatch Nr 56 of the 7th last June I have the honor to state that it has since been brought to my
notice that the East and West Boundaries
of the Cantonments are
defined
distinctly
on the Ordnance Map of the Colony prepared by Lieut. Cottinson
of the Royal Engineers, and signed by Major Aldrich Commanding and Superintending Royal Engineer
the 30th October 1845.
On that Plan, a certified Copy
of part of which is herewith forwarded
the East and West Boundaries of
Cantonments are clearly shown -
terminating in the
one instance at the
100 foot Contour and in the other at
the 300 foot Contour, but
no Boundary
whatever is shown on the South,
whilst
on the North, the Sea forms
the Boundary.
It is clear that if there had
been a Boundary fixed for the South
side other than that
connecting
the
Boundary Stones at the East and Western Corners Colonel Lovell's former reason
for the absence of such Boundary line
on the document of October 1853 is
he cannot
inapplicable here
Day.
that it would have been shown had