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in the mixed Commission is decided affecting

0. and NC.

being fully occupied, showed further -

modation be requisite, to carry out the view

accommo

I consider desirable even

that

for the temporary

location

of the troops, I would advise the removal of the

encampment; this however there is

present little necessity for, if only 200 men are to be hutted;

such

an

arrangement of the area would not

interfere with the permanent occupation of the

remainder of the available portion of the territory

either for

civil or Military purposes:

the present occupation of available areas in the hands of

the Military, and the occupation of areas by the

Military which

and

but be fraught with

in course of adjustment Cannot

be conceivable

every conceivable

at a future period.

difficulty

Settling the present difficulties - One that the Military be allowed to finish and occupy the buildings

Commenced on Napier's Range on the understanding that in the event of it not being fixed on by Her Majesty's Government for the permanent location of the Military, it be given up at the close of the hot season,

over

The second, that the huts now erected be taken

by the Civil Government.

and the Civil encampment removed thereto if necessary.

I am convinced however that the

simplest and wisest course to pursue, is

for Military to occupy the Points, I have referred to

especially II, which, subsequently with O, and the Civil encampment, would give

them

sufficient

Space for temporary purposes, while permanent works

Two Courses now suggest themselves for

were

being carried on,

either at Napier's range

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