136

270
Govt House. Brisbane

Foreign Office |The following extract is from a despatch
______________ |wh I have received from His Grace The Duke of
13 June 1868| |Buckingham & Chandos.
|" I request that you will cause these documents
|" to be delivered to Christoph &Sebastian Pligher to
|"the case of C Hill Esq, Lake Elphinstone, & that you
|"will if possible procure their signatures to the form

	of receipt wch accompanied the papers"
I have therefore to request,that you will be
so good as to have these instructions carried into

	possible-

Nebo. (sgd) S .W. Blackall Governor.
via Rockhampton
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	Gov House Brisbane
12 Sept, 1868
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter No.f. 134/68 of the 1st of Sept
With reference to the detachment of the 38th

	I have brought this subject under the
notice of my Executive Council and have

	at an early date which will supersede any
necessity for rtaining a detachement at St
Helena
I have

Sir Trevor Chute Sig S W Blackall
K.C.B Gov
Comg. the Troops
Melbourne
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271
Gov House
24 Oct. 1868
|Sir,

	I have the honor to enclose to

|the Colonial Secretary's Office and to
|ask you, that if possible, you will be
|so good as to comply with the request
|therein contained.
I have re
Captn Bugshaw RN Sig S W Blackall
Deus Virago
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	Government House
October 1868
Sir,
I have th honor to acknowledge the recpt of

|regarding an arrangement which was supposed to have been
|entered into with all the Australian Colonies (except Tasmania)

	for a capitation payment of eleven shillings (11s/1 per man
by the Imperial Government to compensate the Colonial
Government for certain works required to be executed at
the Barracks.
Having laid your communication before
my Cabinet my attention has been drawn to a Despatch
No 60	written by my Predeccor on the 1oth of July, copy enclosed

10 July 1868| accede to the terms proposed and my advisers inform

	me that they adhere to the opinion already expressed
Under these circumstances I presume the
Imperial Government will continue to carry out this
Service as heretofore.
Major Genl	I have etc

Commanding the Troops Governor
Melbourne
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