CO129-050 - Sir Bowring and Lieut Governor Caine - 1855 [5-6] — Page 45

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Westwards

range

a range

and

giving

Eastwards clear of

all buildings and which at

present it does not possess.

opinion

Such being

d

being my

supported

as it is by that of Captain Cowper I beg to propose

that this land be offered

for sale under the restriction

as

to height, that an

are a

sufficient for a

two

geen

Battery

Point

and

a

be left at the Weat

tangent

drawn from that at Edger's

there to and another from

the former to Ouchterlony's Battery and that

build

ings

ings be permitted beyoud

those limits, Such an

rangement G

Ar

arrar

convinced

would give adequate defence

to that locality and enable

the Civil Government to

provide for the wants of the

redundant and increasing

population; under these

circumstances I trust the

Military Authorities will not further

their request.

urge

which is so many

anifestly.

injurious to the best inte

rests of the Colony.

The present time is

most peculiarly suited for

canying

this scheme into

effect:

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