Head in proximity with the Lower Magazine, pending instructions from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies to whom the subject has been referred.
His Excellency is still, however, of opinion that the conditions and prescriptions laid down by, and approved of by General Brunker, Colonel de Berths and Sir John Burgoyne, are sufficient and were intended to be final, and the Colonial Govt. will be prepared to carry them out when the Major General withdraws his objections.
His Excellency will feel obliged for a copy of the Telegram sent to the Secretary of State for War by the Major General commanding the Troops to which that dated the 5th April 1876 is a reply.
I have, &c.,
(signed) J. Gardiner Austin, Colonial Secretary.
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