probably have sketched & plan resembling that transmitted by
Colonel Lovell..
7. One thing is certain that
now the
neither. His Excellency Survey General of the Colony hind the best idea of any definite plan for extension of the Military Cantonments having been forwarded last year.
It would appear certain that the Governor was entitled to receive a copy of the plan actually forwarded - and
therefore if the Major General still thinks the spirit of her Majesty's Regulations to have been sufficiently followed by reference to
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some vague, unsanctioned, and indefinite views of an Engineer officer several years previously. His Excellency thinks it would tend to a better understanding of the principles which should regulate the amount of information to be expected in such cases by this Government if he were to refer the question to the Secretary of State.
8. At the same time His Excellency cannot but hope that the Major General will see that in transmitting detailed plans like those of Colonel Lovell, embracing the purchase of private property, there should be complete and full explanation with