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Excerpt from Records of the Cape Colony, Vol. 22: From June to August 1825; Copied for the Cape Government, From the Manuscript Documents in the Public Record Office, London Sir, - Having laid before Earl Bathurst your letter of the 7th Instant requesting to be authorized to defray the expence of complying with Lord Charles Somerset's directions for procuring cast iron Pipes for the Water Works at the Cape of Good Hope, I am directed to convey to you his Lordship's authority for complying with Lord Charles Somerset's directions in this particular. I am &c. Lieut.-Col. Bird presents his compliments to the Commissioners of Inquiry, and in answer to their note of yesterday, he has the honor to inform them that he was not in the Colony when the transaction to which their note refers took place, and so many years have elapsed since he has seen the official documents on the subject of the seizure of the Public treasure by certain members of the Batavian Government, after the military authorities had proposed a capitulation in January 1806, that he is able to speak with a very imperfect recollection to the details. 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.