CO129-173 - Sir Kennedy - 1876 [1-3] — Page 466

and

not done harshly or without due notes, that I only followed in 1878; the procedure carried out in 1874 (in this latter year in presence of Police Inspector Northcott) laid down for the purpose by the

Colonial Government and the same

Officer as was present in 1875 at the burning of the Washermen's Nuts) and

h

my

in previous years before my arrival here, by my predecessors in Office.

4. In reference to the latter part of para. 1, I submit, this paragraph, similarly to para. 5, it answered

the latter portion of para.

4

6 by

seeking

For, if it is now necessary to seek instructions from the Secretary of State for War with a view to the

completion

of the cession, it was clearly premature in 1869 for the then

C.R.E. to concur in the

the final adjustment

of the Boundaries or alienation of the H.D. Land and the validity of the transaction is consequently inadmissible.

5. I need therefore scarcely discuss

the

propriety or finality of the definition of a very sinuous boundary (not a watercourse) of about 1400 yards length by one single Boundary Stone

at the extreme End of such line

- which stone is not in existence on the

that

ground, or defined on any plan

that

has been produced in

in that correspondence.

6. I submit a memorandum regarding the provisions and elucidation...