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and the Parade ground might be thrown into one area, and thereby be
sufficiently extensive, to enable the whole (when not required for Military purposes) to be made use of, as a place of recreation for the public generally.
So for as His Excellency is concerned, it affords him much pleasure in willingly placing the ground referred to, art your disposal, for the above mentioned purpose. "but as he could not interfere with the Parade Ground, he addressed The Honorable the Major General Commanding in China, subject, and is gratified to find that the General is most desirous to meet the wishes of the Community, and readily concedes the privilege to the
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Publie of using the Parade Ground for reeriation when not required for Military purposes, care taken in completing the proposed alterations to the Queen's Road that the Boundary of the Military property be distinctly marked, and that it should be fully understood that the present parade ground is, as heretofore, entirely at the disposal of the Military on all occasions of it's being required.-
the Respective Officers of Ordnance having however recently laid claim to the ground between the Queen's Road and the Sea, and thought it to make a reference
necessary
to the Master General of the Ordnance on the subject-