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vicinity of which the New Villa Residences would be laid out. It should however be inferred, because the Water Supply is beyond the reach of pollution from sewage that the latter will be allowed to escape into the water courses below the level of the Tanks. There is no intention of perpetrating an abuse so
and one which by the Statute Book of the Colony (Ordinance No. 14 of 1845) is a punishable offence. His Excellency the Governor
more completely to guard against any just complaint on this point from the Military Medical Officers it is
and has always been the intention to incorporate in the form of Crown Lease of Building Lots
grave
is also well aware that the more
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on the
to be sold clause specially providing against this will. If this be observed and the prohibition against cultivation continued as heretofore the objections raised by the Commanding Royal Engineer and Principal Medical Officer appear
to me to be at once met.
Risk of Danger to the Magazine from the proximity of the road
The stipulations upon which the road is
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allowed to pass near the Magazine,
were
after due deliberation clearly defined by General D'Aguilar and agreed to by Governor MacDonnell before receiving
conditions are now-
the ground from Colonel We Butts, and the matter is in the files closed. But as new conditions are now sought to be imposed, to the entire subversion of the Covenant of 1868-9 and which if supported by the Imperial Government must effectually put an end to the project of the road and the conversion of the ground into Villa residences it is of the last importance that the necessity, if any, for these new considerations should be closely inquired into. On this point Colonial and Military interests are identical since the explosion of the Magazine would affect both alike, consequently, opinions coming from this Department in regard to this matter are entitled to equal weight as those emanating from the Commanding Royal Engineer, and the solicitude of the Colonial Government for the preservation of the City from disaster be ranked second to that of the Military Authorities. Accordingly in dealing with the road and
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