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am not to

not to injure the same

(and unnecessarily

in

by unduly

my opinion)

cramping Colomal progress - such injury

is

directly re-actionary

interests, and

both.

ми

-

the Imperial

therefore injurious to

In the project I propose - I hope to

afford

the

with less

sund

Barrack

accommodation

final expense, and with the

following important results:

Cantonmeets

1.

those incalthy

2.

Affording the same

Military-

accommodation with

ночь

strategic

command and support of the bivil power in case of local disturbances, and - without cramping Comuncial progress. 3. More general ecocromy

in the

construction

of

the Cantonments - by

the facilities afforded for quick construction

when the scheme is decided on-and

having barracks that can be verrroved and reconstructed at a short notice Iscutere

if required, and also providing thus more marketable article of required to be disposed of eventually

In

your

letter

you apparently consider the SE. monsoon

nousoon favorable,

Q

rable for

the hot season. this I presume

me is an

oversight. I understand the monsoons

are in general called SW and NE

course

the winds

vary during

of

these

-monsoons, and from what I can

learns the S.E. ov

generally

are

Easterly Winds,

the most

sickly.

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