not have been forced upon me
had I had an
opportunity of
(
ventilating my
views More.
fully
before His Excellency's departure
from
the Colony.
The subject only
came before my notice the day
before the Governor look his departure.
8.
Should the sale
be
inevitable I would beg to be
the
allowed to respectfully suggest the modification which I had the
privilege of submitting to His
Excellency on Monday last, of
arrangements for
the
te and also that a
pale
of
the
the land
condition of
the sale be that the good purface soil should be removed for the
198
of the gardens.
I have
C.
(signed) Charles Ford.
Superintendent of Botanic
and Afforestation Department