CO129-084 - War Office & Others - 1861 — Page 48

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but what we are really dealing with now is the unauthorized & even defiant appropriation of Crown Land by the C.R.E. on the peninsula, which I rule. I did not now make, which I deem, a fair representation against the mode in which matters have for some time been conducted by the Government.

As it is sought to justify this encroachment on my authority, as I see in other matters a determined disposition to set aside the Civil power & jurisdiction, I should be wanting in my duty to myself, to my superiors, to the Colony over which I preside, and to the Military authorities here.

As regards Major Jam, I am not aware what were the actual measures adopted by him for carrying out his instructions, but if he has exceeded them, he is liable to correction. There was, however, an order for the stoppage of the works unofficially made through...

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Off 46but what we are really dealing with now is the unauthorized & even defiant appropriation of Crown Land by the C.R.E. on the peninsula, which I rule. I did not now make, which I deem, a fair representation against the mode in which matters have for some time been conducted by the Government.As it is sought to justify this encroachment on my authority, as I see in other matters a determined disposition to set aside the Civil power & jurisdiction, I should be wanting in my duty to myself, to my superiors, to the Colony over which I preside, and to the Military authorities here.As regards Major Jam, I am not aware what were the actual measures adopted by him for carrying out his instructions, but if he has exceeded them, he is liable to correction. There was, however, an order for the stoppage of the works unofficially made through...
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