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State
and
I
for War, to decide how far that right shall be retained or abandoned,
respectfully submit that the actual assertion of that right
is under the circumstances the only chance afforded of obtaining for it, fair consideration.
15.
pretext for annoyance or
to
any Military
are inconvenience
Imperial interests.
16. I must now add that although this discussion has come very unexpectedly on me, who merely suggested an arrangement much needed, thought by the Public, and suggested by the Surveyor General,
I have therefore directed a reply to be sent to the Major General stating my intention to leave the final adjustment of the question to the superior Authorities at home, and meantime have intimated that the General Public will not be admitted to the wharf. Moreover I shall otherwise be careful to leave no ...
might either have been avoided, or at once have been terminated without reference to Your Lordship, had the Military Authorities acting in the spirit of the Colonial Regulation 195-Cap VI. given this Government timely notice of the nature and extent