CO129-233 - Acting Governor Cameron - 1887 [6-8] — Page 73

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amount to about £20,000, so

that for want of funds, the system of defence

which the Colony had set its heart

cannot be completed, and this from no fault of its own.

In justice then to the community (it can

hardly be called a Poor Colony

more than Malta or Gibraltar, for people reside here only for comparatively short time), I

trust we may be dealt with liberally, and that in the

interests of the Empire, which had so

large a stake here, the charge in question may

be remitted, and the works already approved of completed at Imperial expense, should the £116,000 fall a little short

of the sum required. Should this appeal be favourably received, there may then be better chance hereafter of Colonial assistance in regard

to other defensive works, such as the proposed breakwater, &c.

now

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69 amount to about £20,000, so that for want of funds, the system of defence which the Colony had set its heart cannot be completed, and this from no fault of its own. In justice then to the community (it can hardly be called a Poor Colony more than Malta or Gibraltar, for people reside here only for comparatively short time), I trust we may be dealt with liberally, and that in the interests of the Empire, which had so large a stake here, the charge in question may be remitted, and the works already approved of completed at Imperial expense, should the £116,000 fall a little short of the sum required. Should this appeal be favourably received, there may then be better chance hereafter of Colonial assistance in regard to other defensive works, such as the proposed breakwater, &c. now
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amount to about £20,000, so

that for

t for want of funds, the " system of defence

which

- the Colony had set its heart

cannot be completed, and this from no fault of its own.

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In justice then to

hardly

the community (it

be called a Po

Colony

more than

a.

Malta or Gibraltar, for people reside here only for comparatively short time), I

trust we may

be dealt with

liberally, and that in the

intereste

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interests of the Empire, which

had so

large a stake here, the charge in question may

be

remitted, and the works already

approved of completed at Imperial expense, should the £116,000 fall a little short

the sum

of

required. Should this appeal be favourably-

received, there

may

then be

better chance hereafter of Colonial assistance in regard

to other defensive works, such as the proposed

proposed breakwater, &e.

now

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