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no intention to sell
also that it was
that
any fully understood
any applications to build
within the area were to be
submitted to the G. O. C. before the
issue of any building leases and that in all cases demolition clauses were to be inserted!
Copies of correspondence as
Col. Secty to D. A. AG. 8-10, 90
per margin are annexed Col. Secty. 10. D. A. A. G. 30.6.90
confirmatory of the above
statements, and as he
A. M. I to Col. Secty. 22.10.90 B. A. A.G. to Col. Secty. 3.12.90
helping to GOC. 10 Dec. 20.12.90
throw light on the intricate
situation of affairs generally
the steps which have been taken-
to
bring about the present results.
If it is decided (as I trust
it will be) under all these
circumstances to give up the old
site and to adopt
the proposed
new hire of works it will only be
necessary to require from the
Colonial Government,
(a) an
agreement to hand over to the War Department or to Keep free from buildings a tract of land bounded on the N. by the frontier line, on the
E.
by a line drawn parallel
thereto, in rear of the line of
redricks, and on the S. and
W by the sea shore.
(b) an
agreement to reserve free from buildings, for purposes of Military exercises but subject to existing rights as to the ranges comprised in it - that portion of the present reserve now occupied by the Military Police and Association ranges; the boundaries of this ground
are shown on the accompanying plan, except to the N. of the
limits