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Your Lordship
will observe, that there are three houses belonging to private individuals within the described limits.
One occupied at present by your Lordship. One by Major Grant, the Deputy Adjutant General, and the third has, I believe, been hired for the Survey Department.
I shall get rid of the difficulty occasioned by these houses to the proposed arrangement, by calling the owners of them to sell them to Government, and giving them locations in other places instead.
Should they decline to dispose of the houses (but I do not consider it at all likely) they will be obliged to remove them.
I have pointed out to Mr Gordon that this Cantonment is far back as the very base of the Mountains, and that it will have great roads leading into it from the "Queen's Road"; One on the extreme left looking towards the Harbour, one on the extreme right, a third through the "Canton Bazaar", and the fourth through Morgan's Bazaar.
I am aware that it was a part of the Executive Engineer's plan to have Officers' Quarters directly in the rear of the Barracks being built; but this plan would encroach on "Government Hill" which I wish to reserve for various Public Buildings.
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Your Lordship
will observe, that - there _ are three _ houses belonging to private. Individuals within the described limits.
One recupied at present by your Lordship. One by Major Grant, the Deperity Adjutant General, and the third has, I believe, been hired - for the Survey Department
I shall get rid of the difficutly
occasion to the
that these houses might proposed arrangement, by calling the Owners of them to sell them to
Government, and
them locations
giving instead in other places.
other places. Should
they decline to dispose of the Houded (but I do not consider et. all likely) they will be of
remove
them.
Courte
obliged on to
I
I have pointed out to Mr Gordon
that this Cantonment.
far back
as
the
very
extend as
may base of
the
Mountains, and that it will have Your great roads leading into it from. the "Quren's Road"; One on the extreme, left looking towards the Harber, one- on the extreme right,
a third through
the "Canton Bazaar, and the fowitte through Morgan's Bazaar.
I am
aware
that it was a.
part of the Executive Engineer's plan to have Officers Quarters direatly
in the rear
which are now
of the Barracks being built; but
on
this plan would encroach "Government Hill" which I with to resorve for various Public Buildings.
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