CO129-100 - Sir Robinson - 1864 [9] — Page 125

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also that irrespective of any other reason it has been made the mistaken impression that the Colony could readily bear an additional pecuniary burden; Whereas we would respectfully impress upon you our opinion, that it's inadequate to the defrayment of the contribution in question, whilst we consider farther that any supplies arising from its resources should of right be primarily devoted to the completion of the several public works, involving a great expenditure, which have not only been determined upon by the Colonial Government but are also imperatively necessary for the welfare progress & development of the Colony.

Your Memorialists adopt to the fullest extent the arguments which have been brought before Sir J. Rogers & His Grace the Duke of Newcastle by His Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson & Mr Mercer, then Acting Governor, in their respective despatches of 5th May & and of December 1843 in support of their assertion that the presence of troops here is unnecessary for any purely Colonial object : & the arguments remain to the present - unanswered, and Your Memorialists believe, unanswerable.

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also that irrespective of any other reason it has been made the mistaken impression that the Colony could readily bear an additional pecuniary burden; Whereas we would respectfully impress upon you our opinion, that it's inadequate to the defrayment of the contribution in question, whilst we consider farther that any supplies arising from its resources should of right be primarily devoted to the completion of the several public works, involving a great expenditure, which have not only been determined upon by the Colonial Government but are also imperatively necessary for the welfare progress & development of the Colony.

Your Memorialists adopt to the fullest extent the arguments which have been brought before Sir J. Rogers & His Grace the Duke of Newcastle by His Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson & Mr Mercer, then Acting Governor, in their respective despatches of 5th May & and of December 1843 in support of their assertion that the presence of troops here is unnecessary for any purely Colonial object : & the arguments remain to the present - unanswered, and Your Memorialists believe, unanswerable.

Spacious Barracks, Hospital.

The final answer is:

He has read are

2.

120

also that irrespective of any other reason it has been made the mistaken impression that the Colony could readily bear an additional pecuniary burden; Whereas we would respectfully impress upon you our opinion, that it's inadequate to the defrayment of the contribution in question, whilst we consider farther that any supplies arising from its resources should of right be primarily devoted to the completion of the several public works, involving a great expenditure, which have not only been determined upon by the Colonial Government but are also imperatively necessary for the welfare progress & development of the Colony.

Your Memorialists adopt to the fullest extent the arguments which have been brought before Sir J. Rogers & His Grace the Duke of Newcastle by His Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson & Mr Mercer, then Acting Governor, in their respective despatches of 5th May & and of December 1843 in support of their assertion that the presence of troops here is unnecessary for any purely Colonial object : & the arguments remain to the present - unanswered, and Your Memorialists believe, unanswerable.

Spacious Barracks, Hospital.

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He has read are 2. 120 also that irrespective of any other reason it has been made the mistaken impression that the Colony could readily bear an additional pecuniary burden; Whereas we would respectfully impress upon you our opinion, that it's inadequate to the defrayment of the contribution in question, whilst we consider farther that any supplies arising from its resources should of right be primarily devoted to the completion of the several public works, involving a great expenditure, which have not only been determined upon by the Colonial Government but are also imperatively necessary for the welfare progress & development of the Colony. Your Memorialists adopt to the fullest extent the arguments which have been brought before Sir J. Rogers & His Grace the Duke of Newcastle by His Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson & Mr Mercer, then Acting Governor, in their respective despatches of 5th May & and of December 1843 in support of their assertion that the presence of troops here is unnecessary for any purely Colonial object : & the arguments remain to the present - unanswered, and Your Memorialists believe, unanswerable. Spacious Barracks, Hospital. Page XX becomes He has read are 2. 120 also that irrespective of any other reason it has been made the mistaken impression that the Colony could readily bear an additional pecuniary burden; Whereas we would respectfully impress upon you our opinion, that it's inadequate to the defrayment of the contribution in question, whilst we consider farther that any supplies arising from its resources should of right be primarily devoted to the completion of the several public works, involving a great expenditure, which have not only been determined upon by the Colonial Government but are also imperatively necessary for the welfare progress & development of the Colony. Your Memorialists adopt to the fullest extent the arguments which have been brought before Sir J. Rogers & His Grace the Duke of Newcastle by His Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson & Mr Mercer, then Acting Governor, in their respective despatches of 5th May & and of December 1843 in support of their assertion that the presence of troops here is unnecessary for any purely Colonial object : & the arguments remain to the present - unanswered, and Your Memorialists believe, unanswerable. Spacious Barracks, Hospital. The final answer is: He has read are 2. 120 also that irrespective of any other reason it has been made the mistaken impression that the Colony could readily bear an additional pecuniary burden; Whereas we would respectfully impress upon you our opinion, that it's inadequate to the defrayment of the contribution in question, whilst we consider farther that any supplies arising from its resources should of right be primarily devoted to the completion of the several public works, involving a great expenditure, which have not only been determined upon by the Colonial Government but are also imperatively necessary for the welfare progress & development of the Colony. Your Memorialists adopt to the fullest extent the arguments which have been brought before Sir J. Rogers & His Grace the Duke of Newcastle by His Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson & Mr Mercer, then Acting Governor, in their respective despatches of 5th May & and of December 1843 in support of their assertion that the presence of troops here is unnecessary for any purely Colonial object : & the arguments remain to the present - unanswered, and Your Memorialists believe, unanswerable. Spacious Barracks, Hospital.
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