of property held for raval purposes. Senclose also
for facility of reference
a copy of
and
7
that draft
tre Circular in
which it was sent out
to the Colories.
It will be seen that
property held for military
or naval purpo
Hong Kong is not
in
conveyed to the Admiralty
or to
any trustee, but
I as simply
is
:
Act
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reserveä,
by
the Executive;
in virtue
д
a clause
in the Sovernor's
Instructions Commission
of which
Circ. 20. Mare
h bz.
163
I
anne
a
copy,
and
placed
9
in the possession
the Admiralty or war.
office rent-free. Land
on the other hand which
is alienated to individu.
= als is not
oot (ao
in other
(olonies) granted or sold
in
fee,
but is let out.
to individuals on
long
leases subject to a
fround rent, the Crown
thus
"retaining it's reversionay
interest in the whole
land
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the bland.
It would seem.
to follow chat che
inconvenience which
the