CO129-122 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [5-6] — Page 97

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General has movcidably fallen into a series of anticipated.

such as might have been

Thus he states, that in December last he had transmitted: a valuation of Fletcher's lots and assets it to be "an undoubted fact that a clear and distinct "plan of the proposed enlargement of the "Military Cantonments

... agreed to and "signed by the Surveyor General in 1865, who in conjunction with Mr Medhurst drew up "a valuation of Fletcher's Buildings for the "express purpose of rendering the property for "sale to the War Department.

16.

The unsafe nature of any argument built solely on a man's estimate of the extent of another man's information from any enclosure.

vide Enclosure 95

The subject is well exemplified by the fact that there are more errors direct and indirect than lines in the above paragraph, whilst each of them is fatal to the justification attempted by the General.

11.

It is clearly incorrect to state that any information however ample and complete of intended dealings with Fletcher's lots could amount to "a clear and distinct "plan of the proposed enlargement of the Military Cantonments, because (as the excluded plan shows) that "proposed enlargement comprehended a much more extensive scheme for including other Colonial property, viz: beyond the Harbor. In point of fact the acquisition of Fletcher's lots is but a small part of the plan. The proposed line of...

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General has movcidably fallen into a series of anticipated. such as might have been Thus he states, that in December last he had transmitted: a valuation of Fletcher's lots and assets it to be "an undoubted fact that a clear and distinct "plan of the proposed enlargement of the "Military Cantonments ... agreed to and "signed by the Surveyor General in 1865, who in conjunction with Mr Medhurst drew up "a valuation of Fletcher's Buildings for the "express purpose of rendering the property for "sale to the War Department. 16. The unsafe nature of any argument built solely on a man's estimate of the extent of another man's information from any enclosure. vide Enclosure 95 The subject is well exemplified by the fact that there are more errors direct and indirect than lines in the above paragraph, whilst each of them is fatal to the justification attempted by the General. 11. It is clearly incorrect to state that any information however ample and complete of intended dealings with Fletcher's lots could amount to "a clear and distinct "plan of the proposed enlargement of the Military Cantonments, because (as the excluded plan shows) that "proposed enlargement comprehended a much more extensive scheme for including other Colonial property, viz: beyond the Harbor. In point of fact the acquisition of Fletcher's lots is but a small part of the plan. The proposed line of...
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