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Government. In any case it could not be acquired by a passing "obiter dictum" of Colonel Moody, who had no authority to settle the point. In all probability however such extension would in most cases be attended with mutual advantage to the general Public and the Military - provided a right of way along an extended Made ground in front of the reclaimed ground.
1. available at least for carriages and the European residents were conceded during certain hours of the day.
The War Department without the concurrence of this Government, their plan for such extension. Therefore I frankly avow my satisfaction at the fortunate circumstance which has enabled me, though accidentally, to compel full consideration of the feasibility of such concession before the public had been irrevocably shut out from the long line of beach occupied by the Naval and Military Buildings.
I strongly suspect however that it is a dislike of any such concession, which has induced the Military Authorities to transmit to ... All such questions nevertheless evidently beside the contents of Colonel Moody's letter of 1863. It alluded to no particular plan in contemplation except the appointment...