CO129-080 - Sir Robinson - 1861 [1-3] — Page 375

better to erect the additional temporary accommodation required within the ground applied for, for the permanent location of the Troops - there being, I am assured ample space available there for this purpose.

As however the buildings on Napier's Range have been already Commenced, I am willing to leave it to Your Excellency to determine, after perusing M. le Breton's report, whether they shall be continued; or the accommodation sought for in the space indicated as more suitable by the Surveyor General - If the former, it must of course be understood that these temporary buildings will be removed at the end of the hot season, if the spot should not be selected by Her Majesty's Government for the permanent cantonment - If on the other hand Your Excellency should prefer the course recommended, I shall be prepared to take over on behalf of the Colony the two houses on Napier's Range which are nearly completed, at Cost price - And if you should think it desirable, more space might be made within the present lines, by the removal of the Civil encampment to some other place.

I have etc.,

(Signed) Hercules G. R. Robinson, Governor and Commander in Chief.

(True copy)

Wittmade Castro for the Colonial Secretary.

Page 3

was removed and the content was re-organised into proper paragraphs. The original text had some minor errors in spelling and spacing which have been corrected. "location" was corrected from "Iscation", "le Breton" from "le leverly", "continued" from "continned", "Your" from "your~~", and other minor corrections were made for spacing and punctuation. The signature block and the "True copy" line were kept as is, assuming they are part of the original document. The "Page 3" at the end indicates the end of the page, and it is kept as is.