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najpesty's Government tove enough in providing for the Defence of the Colony

in Iren and Imunitions of War, without being saddled with the additional Expenses, for Batteries

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Drong hond 14th Aug 163.

I have the honor to accenowledge your letter

of the 10th Instant enclosing account-

of the Batteries

recently crested here and xi- Howloon and intimating that has major Generai Commanding dealines

hereof as he

Ordering payment

foxyment hereof.

considers that

The Colonial Covernment ought to pay for these

defences.

In

retely

I'am to State

to state that Alis Excellency the rating Lovernor would willingly, if he saw his way to it, arrivi at a conclusion

him in agreement with The Inojor Kineral Commanding, and Save further trouble by a payment from the Colonial Treasury.

that would put

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But there is not and never has been

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any provisions made in the Colonial Estimates for such Expenditure,

has such expenditure been hitherto incurred by the Colony. In Pront of the practice as it is at-

present-

Col. Reeves C. 13.

Commandant-

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