Colonial Secretary, stated as follows :
"
"I am directed to inform you
that His Excellency the Lieutenant
Governor
sees
necessity to stop
building
on the low ground
about the Battery except perhaps
on the North side, where a
strip might
be
kept
clear for
purposes of defence. But on
other parts His Excellency considers that buildings need not be
interfered with as
long as they are not built on too elevated
ground."
The Government replied to that letter by asking
the Military Authorities to show the exact locality
which was to be kept clear of buildings
so as to prevent that particular portion
of the ground being parcelled out
into building allotments for auction
sale.
Then,
on the 7th March 1889,
Captain Somerville, by direction of The General Officer Commanding, wrote to the Colonial Secretary to state objection to buildings
to the West of the line A. B., marked
in red on the accompanying plan, and to the East of that line,
the ground being hilly and intersected by quarries,
it is not thought that building operations
would in any way
be likely
to take place in that quarter."
The plan enclosed in the above letter is worthy of note, because part of it is coloured yellow and marked War Department, while another portion is coloured green and marked "Proposed Reserve" thereby clearly showing the distinction between War Department and Reserve.
It is noteworthy too that General Barker, who was at that time both Officer Administering the Government and General Officer Commanding,
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