CO129-017 - Sir John Davis - 1846 [7-12] — Page 447

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September. I recommended the immediate-

execution of that improvement of the_line_

& Maning which was prokazed

between

"ylam- by the Major General in his Letter.

January 8th, and is now repeated in

of

the-

deem-

enclosed Letter. Under the circumstances attending the present urgent application from the Military Department, I shall decon

to commence the work in myself authorized to commence. question., according to the Report- and Nelimate-

No. 2

33

2 forwarded in my Stepatch N.35 of - 7th April last, revised as it was by

.

the

Commanding Engineer. Major Aldrich

With regard to the small - Post-

regard

for a Serjeant and twelve-men- recommende in the Major General's letter, I have informed

that

officer-

that I will consent to the_

-

་

work" "being excected - on his representation of its necessity, but that it will-rest_with_ "Your Lordship to decide whether the cost-

cost of

423

K.

building for Military

ulls

should.

not.

be defrayed by the Ormance - Department_ rather than by the Civil Government - the Colony - I have the honor tabe,

of

With the highest respect,

Your Lordship's,

Most Obedient

Humble Servant,

Danis