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if it would not have been jeopardized by the non-assertion of the right of

the Colony to connect itself with an unappropriated part of the beach in

present case,

I would not now temporarily, press that sight, even though left without the information

which the Colonial Regulations entitled me to expect.

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Not to recapitulate, I refer to the enclosed letter of the Surveyor General, as completely proving the and immaterial nature true intent

of the grant to Fletcher's Trustees to extend their wharf seaward, of

the and fact that to this day the Military have not even rented the

Enclosure No 나. bea frontage or buildings thereon, which alone are

mew affected by the proposed wharf, I will also add in

explanation of the General's being at a loss to know what I meant by the Eastern termination of the Military Buildings that I might have more correctly conveyed my meaning by using the phrase the first breach to the Eastward in the line of Military and Admiralty buildings, which are clearly interrupted by the projection of private property viz: Fletcher's lots into that line, notwithstanding

hic Sovell's very incorrect assertion that the Military and Navy "either own or rent" the whole frontage.