CO129-005 - Sir Henry Pottinger - 1844 — Page 130

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various letters of which the Nod and

Fates

are noted in Mr Woosnam's

Communication to Captain (as well as

many

9/

Aquilan

others connected

with the subject of them) and. I respectfully trust, that they will have satisfied Your Lordship of my

Constant

to

readiness

and anxiety to meet and study the wishes of the Naval and Military Commanders as to the appropriation of land in this Colony with the single exception of those points

on

it to be incumbent

which I deemed

on me, for

in the

the specific reasons I assigned in Despatches above named, to await the result of a reference to Her Majesty's Government.

my

In real truth, such has been my solicitude to act as I state

in that

respect,

127

that I actually have

_ as shown by the enclosed letter - sanctioned deviations from my

own

proposed plan relative to Military

and Naval ones. whilst as to Naval purposes,

even

I am

at this instant, in total

what the

ignorance of

Lords

Commissioners of the Admiralty refer to when Their Lordships

are

pleased to observe in their Secretary's Despatch to Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, of the 3rd of November, "that the " only site which appears from the " Said documents to have been eligible "for that important object has been " otherwise appropriated and disposed "of by the Governor."

I have had frequent

occasion

to mention that when I arrived in China in August 1841, I found

that

in

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various letters of which the Nod and Fates are noted in Mr Woosnam's Communication to Captain (as well as many 9/ Aquilan others connected with the subject of them) and. I respectfully trust, that they will have satisfied Your Lordship of my Constant to readiness and anxiety to meet and study the wishes of the Naval and Military Commanders as to the appropriation of land in this Colony with the single exception of those points on it to be incumbent which I deemed on me, for in the the specific reasons I assigned in Despatches above named, to await the result of a reference to Her Majesty's Government. my In real truth, such has been my solicitude to act as I state in that respect, 127 that I actually have _ as shown by the enclosed letter - sanctioned deviations from my own proposed plan relative to Military and Naval ones. whilst as to Naval purposes, even I am at this instant, in total what the ignorance of Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty refer to when Their Lordships are pleased to observe in their Secretary's Despatch to Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, of the 3rd of November, "that the " only site which appears from the " Said documents to have been eligible "for that important object has been " otherwise appropriated and disposed "of by the Governor." I have had frequent occasion to mention that when I arrived in China in August 1841, I found that in
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various letters of which the Nod and Fates are noted in Mr Woosnam's Communication to faptain_ (as well as many 9/ Aquilan others connected with the subject of them) and. I respectfully trust, that they will have satisfied. Your Lordship of my Constant to readiness and anxiety meet and study the wishes of the Naval and Military Commanders as to the appropriation of land in- this Colony with the single exception of those points on it to be incumbent which I deemed. on me, for in the the specific reasons I assigned- Despatches above named, to await_ the result of a reference to Ster Majesty's Government. my In real truth, such has been solicitude to act as I state in that respect, 127 that. I actually have. _ as shown by the enclosed. letter - sanctioned deviations from my own. proposed plan relative to Military Naval ones. whilst as to Naval purposes, even Jam at this instant, in total what the ignorance of Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty rofer to when Their Lordships are pleased Secretary's Despatch to observe in their to Nice - Admiral Sir Willians Parker, of the 3rd of November, "that the " only site which appears from the " Said documents to have been eligible "for that important object has been " otherwise appropriated and disposed "of by the Governor." I have had prequent occation to mention that when I arrived in China in August 1841, I found that in
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various letters of which the Nod and

Fates

are noted in Mr Woosnam's

Communication to faptain_ (as well as

many

9/

Aquilan

others connected

with the subject of them) and. I respectfully trust, that they will have satisfied. Your Lordship of my

Constant

to

readiness

and anxiety meet and study the wishes of the Naval and Military Commanders as to the appropriation of land in- this Colony with the single exception of those points

on

it to be incumbent

which I deemed.

on me, for

in the

the specific reasons I assigned- Despatches above named, to await_ the result of a reference to Ster Majesty's Government.

my

In real truth, such has been solicitude to act as I state

in that

respect,

127

that. I actually have.

_ as shown by the enclosed. letter - sanctioned deviations from my

own.

proposed plan relative to Military

Naval ones. whilst as to Naval

purposes,

even

Jam

at this instant, in total

what the

ignorance of

Lords

Commissioners of the Admiralty rofer to when Their Lordships

are

pleased Secretary's Despatch

to observe in their to Nice - Admiral Sir Willians Parker, of the 3rd of November, "that the " only site which appears from the " Said documents to have been eligible "for that important object has been " otherwise appropriated and disposed "of by the Governor."

I have had prequent

occation

to mention that when I arrived in China in August 1841, I found

that

in

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