@XP 18 and 19 of the 24th ultimo) regarding the reservation
of
certain sites connected with
: the Colonial Defences, I have The honour to inform you that the Building Sites referred to were not reserved by the War Department,
because it would have
been
a most serious.
thing
for the Colony to have
up, for all time,
locked
property
so extensive and
so valuable, but it was —
understood
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understood that, whenever
came to be
such ground sold for building
--
other
purposes, a clause should
be inserted in the Crown
Leases to the effect that buildings in the line of _ fire might be pulled down without claim to compensation on the part of the owners, in : the event of the Officer. Commanding the droops
requiring
such demolition.
It was further understood
that