Should be taken with regard
Reports of to Surveyor General the Commission
on this subject, & you will find that while Sir John
Corde in his letter of the (which might be the
11th of October best Lake, some valuable suggestions as to the character of the work required, he would be unable to give any final recommendations on the subject without having complete information,
and I cannot but feel that after full consideration
of the subject it appears to me a matter of very doubtful
benefit.
2. The General then letter
proposing for the Colonial Government
to undertake the
work of the
Apparent magnitude contemplated.
3. I am aware that
the finances of the
Colony are now in a
more prosperous condition than when this question
was first mooted, but you will perceive that neither the Admiralty nor the War Office consider that
it is a work to which
Imperial funds should contribute & you
will have carefully to consider
if any of the recommendations of the Commission
can reasonably be carried out within the resources of the Colony, the main string to be kept in view being