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[Letter marked 'Strictly Confidential'.] Hart writes to make a further comment regarding regulations [for botanical gardens, see also letter at folios 236 – 244]. It is his opinion that a distinction should be made between those gardens which surround a government house and those which are distinct. He thinks there is a tendency to turn the former kind of garden into an establishment merely for the ornamentation of the Government House, rather than one instituted for public benefit. He favours an arrangement such as that in Barbados, where the Governor is in the position of a tenant who can do nothing without his landlord's permission. Although, Hart states, he is avoiding controversy he fears the present arrangement in Trinidad will lead to trouble, and much inconvenience has already resulted. Pages 1 and 4 of 7.

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[Letter marked 'Strictly Confidential'.] Hart writes to make a further comment regarding regulations [for botanical gardens, see also letter at folios 236 – 244]. It is his opinion that a distinction should be made between those gardens which surround a government house and those which are distinct. He thinks there is a tendency to turn the former kind of garden into an establishment merely for the ornamentation of the Government House, rather than one instituted for public benefit. He favours an arrangement such as that in Barbados, where the Governor is in the position of a tenant who can do nothing without his landlord's permission. Although, Hart states, he is avoiding controversy he fears the present arrangement in Trinidad will lead to trouble, and much inconvenience has already resulted. Pages 1 and 4 of 7.