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Island (now a Military Reserve) to be handed over to the War
Department. Major General Barker in describing the
reasons which rendered such
as
a transfer necessary regards the portion of the island lying west of the old gaol wall, said that
he
saw no reason.
why not
only the site of the old gaol should not be retained by the Colony, but also why the Military property to the
east
east of it, for which the Colonial Government made
469
application
Home
time
ago,
should not be handed over
to it also.
I consider that on
that understanding there would be
no
objection to the rest of the island viz : the portion west of the old gaol wall-being handed over to the War Department.
It was agreed that in
the event of that being done,
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