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Sir Richard added "In the normal course things as the cession of the ground transferred to the Colony is with the sanction of the War Department and the Imperial Government; and is a matter quite apart from the construction of the road, His Excellency is prepared to take steps for its formal transfer to the Colony whenever the General Officer Commanding may require it."
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be otherwise encountered by the Public Works Department of the Colony, the General would withdraw his objection to the scheme, provided that an interval of 20 feet clear be preserved between the nearest point of the Magazine and the nearest inside limit of the proposed Road; and provided that a Wall to shut off the Magazine from the Inchcolm end of the road be built at the expense of the Colony.
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"The General, however, declined to transfer the land until the instructions which he stated 'were probably on their way' had been received.
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