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is now composed of Captain Broughton, R. E., who only --

arrived here on the 11th Ultimo- and of Capitain Price, R.A., and Ws Chapman, Orduance Storekeeper, both of whom arrived on the 14th of the. preceding month in April: and it is therefore to their ignorance of the subject that

"attribute this unnecessary and uncalled for interference,

Lordship will observe that so long as Major General Staveley and Lieutenant Colonel Phillpotts, who were

for your

aware of were here,

the merits of the

no

of

case,

objection was made to the Civil Government taking possession of the ground, will fully appear from the

as

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Communications of these Officers bearing date 19th and 17th April 1850, respectively, forming -- Enclosure No1 in my Despatch N2 18 of the 215th March last.-

7. In my opinion it would be highly injudicious to build Batteries on this spot which would indeed be a useless

waste

a

of Public Money; - the erection of Buildings there would also entirely shut the Barracks out from the Sea Breege, and thus materially interfere with the circulation of air the vicinity- I cannot ernelive that Her Majesty's Government wile, seeing

the

air in

enormous

expenditure that has already taken place for the erection of