Excerpt from Records of the Cape Colony, Vol. 8: From March 1811 October 1812, Copied for the Cape Government, From the Manuscript Documents in the Public Record Office, London Sir, - I have the Honor to acknowledge the Receipt of your Letter of the 8th October last (and a duplicate thereof) conveying to me the directions of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to report my opinion of the Measure proposed by Commissioner Shield of having only one Naval Establishment at the Cape of Good Hope. Considering the proposed Measure as one which would accelerate the Equipment of His Majesty's Ships upon this Station, there can be no doubt of its propriety. The Expence of the removal of the whole naval Establishment, from Cape Town to Simon's Bay, and the Erection of the buildings at the latter place for their Reception, is calculated (though not with great Accuracy) at 50,000. In order to defray part of this sum, and in Compliance with their Lordships' directions contained in your Letter of the 13th October to cause an estimate to be made of the value of all the naval storehouses and premises, of every description now at Cape Town belonging to the Navy, supposing the same were sold at Auction, I applied to His Excellency the Earl of Caledon, and am informed by His Lordship that all the Buildings above referred to are public colonial Property. All such property being mortgaged as a security for the paper currency exclusively used in this Colony, the alienation of such property would of Course affect this circulating medium, and the sale of these buildings cannot therefore take place until other adequate security is pledged for the above purpose, which I am told cannot readily be procured. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

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Excerpt from Records of the Cape Colony, Vol. 36: Registers of the Contents of Volumes I to XXXV 2 1796 - 1799 8 1799 - 1801 4 1801-1803 5 1803 - 1806 Index 6 1806 - 1809 7 1809 - 1811 8 1811 - 1812 9 1812 - 1814 10 1814 - 4815 Index 11 1815 - 1818 12 1818 - 1820 13 1820 - 1821 14 1821 - 1822 15 1822 - 1823 Index 16 1823 - 1824 17 Jan. - June 1824 18 J une - Oct. 1824 19 Oct. 1824 - Feb. 1825 20 Feb. - April 1825 Index. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.