that Sir G. M. Des loeux has not seen his way
to carrying out the resolution an Council, of his concurrence with which he officially informed the Major General in his letter of the 16th March last, with
a
view
to concurrent action being taken
ui recommen
mending it to the stamce
Authorities.
from your
that in so
that it is so clear
Letter and its enclosure
withdrawing from the
position which, as the result of
he had
exhaustive investigation, taken up His Excellency acting under an entire misunderstanding
erronceusly assuming, in fact, that the plan agreed upon had been altered by the Major General
when recommende
-
ronding.
it to the War
Office - that the Major General feels
assured he has only to explain this
maisunderstan
derstanding
to causl
Sir G. W.
Deo
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Des Voeux, if he were here; to write
Ich in the souse
arr
amended despatch
in which he had originally nitended
to write, after the matter had been
exhaustively gone
into en bork
LO
sides.
3
The first great mistake
is shown in paragraph 5 of the despatch - where it is assumed/ that a
"grant" of land, two miles
is asked for, and that
in length
serious interference with
graves,
will
houses and private property
•
result. Ho grant is asked for, 20
graves,
raves, houses or private property will be interfered with; all that is asked for is that the land word -
a
almost barren wilderness,
unterspersed with cultivated patches
and native huts -
Military
- may
be considered.
in which, while
Reserves in which,
all the present villages may.
undisturbed, fresh and
larger-
buildings
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