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the land under notice, and
preparations are almost complete, although, I have most carefully considered the whole subject, I do not know
f any other place which would be
at all suitable to our requirements.
I therefore would most respectfully
bey to be allowed to ou
suggest
that if it is intended that this land should. be disposed of for other purposes than the public one to which it was devoted during Sir Richard G. Mac Donnell's administration, the pale
may be delayed until the question, could be further considered, and, if necessary, His lordship the Secretary of State's opinion be solicited.
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7. Knowing the great interest which His Excellency lis John Pope Hennessy has always had in furthering
and developing the usefulness of department I feel
this
l assured that
the question I now refer to if
properly laid before him, could
not fail to carry a
His Excellency's mind.
to this
conviction to
of the importance
the department, of retaining
land for garden purposes. I deeply
I
that in consequence
of a regret sence of the duty of my position I should be placed in apparent opposition to His Excellency's wishes in this particular, which position however, I feel convinced u