that it had no little; merely

mention that the view was

held in their department,

I think there printed a

put forth considered the ti

Cellen for off in its mercantile

shape.

ES7

6.2.

90

Our position is that military authorities have only a right of occupation of such lands of

which they have not received a Crown grant & they now

Mauritius

admit it. See The Land is vested in the Queen

1865

like all other Crown Lands, the Governor by Letters Patent

"Surely

Wen

450

has a general authority from the Crown to dispose

Them for

of Crown Lands - and the Governor is the only

X

person who

+

Can

gir

a title & Com Lords. The

Governor's authority includes Militia Crown Lands

Stay Kny bags occupied by the Military, but as they have an inchoate right to occupy, he cannot Exercise his power of granting

Khin a title to them until vacated by the Military-

34 Coral

Statente.

Est

? is not " in burst.

# Leve

indefinh

Lands purchased with army funds stand in a

Different footing altogether: They

are not (as above) vested in the Crown Queen but in the Secy of State for War, & the Colony has no interest in them unless they become vested in the Governor by Order in Council under the Colonial Fortifications Act of 1877-

It is to this latter class of land that the second alternative in dut. 2 of 32 & 6 of 1860 refers_" land used by - A.B_

"'in trust for H. M =" is a description which does not apply to

Military occupation of Crown Lands used by the Military – "in trust for H. M." is a description

in this case, as

not the legal estate is in some person who holds it as

that the legal estate is in some person who holds it as

occupying is concerned H.M; but the lands in question (class above) are

already in H.M.

&

Funstor

- for a legal estate in fee simple, & The Military use them by permission from the Crown. Such lands are not alienable by the Military, for they

are mere squatters (i.e. occupiers) can not "squatt in theast" for Austin. 957

who has

Cannot alienate what is vested in the Queen, Only authorised the Crown & drdo - then for Section 4 the Ordinance does not apply-

M. 14/2/90

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