in Vide Gove to Sec of Sta
1.56-77 June.
the paper been sufficiently large as in
this instance the Plan includes the
whole Island.
4. The dotted line showing
the
Western Boundary terminates precisely
on
the Spot marked B on the Plan of
Cantonments signed by the Governor,
the Royal Engineer and the Surveyor General in 1856 and a
Copy of which was
forwarded to Your Lordship's
predecessor with my Despatch N° 26
of 28th last April. The dotted Line
on the Ordnance Map showing
the
Eastern Boundary corresponds in a
similar manner
with the Boundary
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138
shown on the Plan above referred to.
5. It therefore appears that when
the Boundaries of the Cantonments were
defined, in 1856 there was no
intention
of changing those, which had existed
on the East and West of Cantonments
since 1845. Had such alteration been
contemplated the Old Boundary
Lines
would not have been simply Copied
on to the New Plan, which was intended
thenceforth to fix the limits of Cantonments: Therefore if the whole length of the Eastern and Western Boundaries be shown the utmost limit that can be assigned for a Southern boundary connecting
shown