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best endeavours, to explain to His Excellency

that the Huletary

or

could have

any

Authordies

hads

desire to withholds

information from the Colonial Government on any subject affecting the interesty - of both Depachneut and it will I think be sufficiently apparent fi from the accompanying letters addrefood by the Apistant Mulitary Sexy to the Colonicie Sexy that the folowie for possession of full information respecting the pigected plan of purchasing Flikkers Buildings and of reclamming from the Dow the ground in front of them.

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2.

Not

only was a full repent addressed to Colonel Moody Connn R.E to the War Department in 1843 (a copy of which was forwarded at the time to the Acting. Governess of Stong Kong) pouting out the advantage of reclamming from the seap

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the groundly in front of the way Department Buildings, but a survey plan theeving all the details of the p project and referring to the purchase

of

Fletchers and

Was Sig

Olephants Buildings by the Colonial Serveryor

These facts

General in July 1865

well doubtless explain the omission (if it be one) in not forwarding renewed report to the Colornal Soverunt at the tune Lent boll Levell, Commu&hl= hought the subject agam to the Notice of the Wen Department in July 1866

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under consideration-

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State for Wavy with this meation, and accompanying corresponden had Ianot been informed that copies

of