to be passed for the purpose sufficient sum
be obtained
to enable the Government to
contribute towards the erection
of a durable Sea Wall, Dam in hopes that the Marine Lot holders
immediately interested
interested in such
undertaking may be induced
to contribute a
moiety of the cost :
I am however,
embarrassed in conducting any negotiations for that purpose by
the difficulty
in which I find myself placed by Your Grace's
of
order to pay up all arrears the Military Contribution, though I presume these successive visitations
and heavy losses
occasioned
by
the
Act of God and not by any reluctance of the Colony to meet its obligations may be
do
greatly modifying
regarded
The decision
of Her Majesty's Government on
That subject.
8.
Acting
on this belief
and
impelled by the urgency of the case I shall endeavor to effect
some compromise with the Marine Lot holders and obtain,
if possible their
assistance to securing the damage done and completing substantial
work calculated to resist future
Typhoons.