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Dear M Arnold Forster

Colonial Office

26 January 1875

I fear I have promised you rather more than I can perform. I find that the Intelligence Department always decline to lay down Frontiers as they hold there are publications including blue books, and maps which give the information as it is known to the Government and which are accessible to all.

There is a natural reluctance to affix an official cachet to maps which may contain matter which might hereafter be quoted against such an instance has actually occurred and it would then be very inconvenient to find that it had been acknowledged as correct by a Government Department.

I have seen Colonel Everett on the subject and he has expressed his willingness to tell your compiler where he can get the information necessary to enable him to correct your maps.

I hope that in this way all that you really want may be secured.

Yours sincerely,

(Signed) RH Meade

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Dear M Arnold Forster Colonial Office 26 January 1875 I fear I have promised you rather more than I can perform. I find that the Intelligence Department always decline to lay down Frontiers as they hold there are publications including blue books, and maps which give the information as it is known to the Government and which are accessible to all. There is a natural reluctance to affix an official cachet to maps which may contain matter which might hereafter be quoted against such an instance has actually occurred and it would then be very inconvenient to find that it had been acknowledged as correct by a Government Department. I have seen Colonel Everett on the subject and he has expressed his willingness to tell your compiler where he can get the information necessary to enable him to correct your maps. I hope that in this way all that you really want may be secured. Yours sincerely, (Signed) RH Meade
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Dear M Amold Forster

Colonial Office

26 January 1875

I fear I

have promised you suther more than

I

can perform. I find that the Intelligence. Department always decline to lay down

they hold there are

Frontiers as

publications including blue books, and maps which give the information

far

Do

as it is known to the Government

and which are accessible to all.

to affixe

which

There is a natural reluctance.

an

may

official cachet to maps

conten' matter which

-muight hereafter be quotect against

Such an instunce has actually

M

occurred and it would then be very. inconvenient to find that it had been

acknowledged

Department

as correct by a Government

on

I have seen botonel Everett the subject and he has expressect

311

where he

can get

C

his willingnaw to tell your compiler

ruvessary to encible him to correct your

get the information

mape

I hope that in

this

way all that

be secured.

You really want may

Yours sincerely"

(Digned) RH. Meade":"

his

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