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especially as the Government is bound to continue the road until its completion round the island, but as the question has been submitted to you I think it better to forward with the duplicate Letter of the Committee all the correspondence and minutes in the case that you may have an opportunity of seeing it in all its bearings. And, as Major-General Gascoigne intimates the probability in his last minute that the construction of the road may probably necessitate some alteration in the scheme of defence you may consider it advisable to have the views of the Defence Committee on the subject. I may add that the statement in the letter of the Committee as to the position of the proposed road and the extremely rugged character of the shore is quite correct.
5th Sept. 1899.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your Most Obedient
Humble Servant,
Henry Arbuthnot
GOVERNOR &C.
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