that the correspondence which has taken place on this subject, had quite disposed of the question, as far as related in discussion between the Governor and himself, -and he cannot refrain from
expressing his great Surprise, at the purport of your last communication.
I request you will draw the attention of H. E. The Governor to my letter addressed to the Colonial Secretary, 1/39, dated 24 December, 1860, from which the following is an extract
"Se inclosed copy of a Survey plan showing the exact limit of the proposed extension of, W. D. "Hunterice, which has been approved "by the Colonial Government, as "stated in the report signed by the "Acting Surveyor General on the 4th "July, 1855, must be held conclusive. "That the Colonial Government were "not without information as to the "exact nature of the plans, recommended "by the Military Authorities to the "Secretary of State."
It is quite true that there is no record of any Survey plan having been forwarded to the War Department by Colonel Yardley with his letter in 1857, but it is also an undoubted fact, that a clear and distinct plan of the...