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from

Place in

194

in August 1861, and unfortunately the remarks on it were not pointedly brought-

whilst the tardy notice, whilst the

ctions

Her

to whom I trust

Your

Majesty's Government

Lordship will see

objections

fit to recommend a

Confirmation of the

to

sy

Establishments as now submitted.

Your Lordship will have likewise perceived from the Enclosures to

my Despatches Plenipotentiary No. 5 of the 7th of March, and No. 10 of the 8th of March, that I had seen the necessity, immediately

after my arrival from the Northward,

of altering the whole

System under

which the erection

of Barracks and

other Military Buildings had been provided for by the joint

of Sir Hugh Gough and myself.

That

System

item I had not time to inquire into, during the few hours I was at this

Place

and

irregular

Communication which took place for some

months after the Expedition sailed to the Northward prevented

me

from rectifying what

I now conceive to have been an

arrangement contrary to the usual practice in India

(to which alone my experience extends) and led to Major

General Burrell of the 7th of February (a

few days after my last arrival) subjected Her

Majesty's Government to an enormous Expense for the Hire of Transports. In demonstration of this assertion, I refer Your Lordship to the Memorandum marked No. 6 which has been furnished

to

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from Place in 194 in August 1861, and unfortunately the remarks on it were not pointedly brought- whilst the tardy notice, whilst the ctions Her to whom I trust Your Majesty's Government Lordship will see objections fit to recommend a Confirmation of the to sy Establishments as now submitted. Your Lordship will have likewise perceived from the Enclosures to my Despatches Plenipotentiary No. 5 of the 7th of March, and No. 10 of the 8th of March, that I had seen the necessity, immediately after my arrival from the Northward, of altering the whole System under which the erection of Barracks and other Military Buildings had been provided for by the joint of Sir Hugh Gough and myself. That System item I had not time to inquire into, during the few hours I was at this Place and irregular Communication which took place for some months after the Expedition sailed to the Northward prevented me from rectifying what I now conceive to have been an arrangement contrary to the usual practice in India (to which alone my experience extends) and led to Major General Burrell of the 7th of February (a few days after my last arrival) subjected Her Majesty's Government to an enormous Expense for the Hire of Transports. In demonstration of this assertion, I refer Your Lordship to the Memorandum marked No. 6 which has been furnished to
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Instructions

from

Place in

194

in August 1861, and unfortunately the to it were not pointedly brought-

whilst the tardy notice, whilst the

ctions

Her

to whom I trust

Your

Majesty's Government

Lordship will see

objections

fit to recommend a

Confirmation of the

to

sy

Establishments as now submitted.

Your Lordship will have likewise porecived from the Enclosures to

my Seepatched Plenipotentiary 1.5 of the 7th of Actuary, and N. 10 of the 8th of March, that. I had seen the necessity, immediately.

arrival from the Northward,

System under

after my of altering

the whole

which the erection

Barracks and

of

instructions.

other Military Buildings had been provided for by the joint of Sir Hugh Gough and haftam Mist-

That

System

item I had not time to inquire the few hours I was at this

into, during

Place

and

isreguler

Communication which took place for come

mouths after the Expedition sailed to the Northward prevented

me

from rectifying what

I now conceive to have been an

arrangement to the usual practice in India_

contrary (to which alone my experience extends) and letter to Major.

which has, as

I stated in

my

General Burrell of the 7th of February (a

Her

few days after my last arrival y ) subjected Majesty's Gnornment to an enormous Expence for the Hire of Transports. In Imonstration of this assertion, They refer Your Lordship to the Memorandum marked N. 6 which has been furnished

to

to

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