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Authorities appears to necessitate
their
dealing
direct with the Anon
Lessees, and if necessary to request the Colonial Government to introduce an Orduriance for compulsory
as is done ui
Bills.
27.
un
sale
England by Private
he
proposal contained
paragraph 11 of the enclosure
Military
seems to indicate that the Authorities would take the grou
now oc
ground
occupied by Queen's Road, and that the Government should purchase the land necessary for the proposed
-
A diversion this road - a somewhat
of
me sided
28.
arrangement.
His Excellency Sir William
Des Voeux ii his letter to the Admiral
dated 20th April 1891, distinctly - states that if the scheme nivolves
any expenditure Ais would not fill justified
The Colony
Excellency
Mi
618
in recommending it to the Secretary
of State.
29.
The proposed eat by the
War Department of the property known
"Spring Gardens" does not to
any
great extent affect the Colonial Govern.
ment, in view of its
its having
been-
purchased by that Department and not having been the subject of a free
grant for Military purposes. It must
however be borne in mind that on
the transfer of this property Military
Colonial
Authorities in
to the_
1887 the
it ceased to receive
Government
Craon rent on this property.
The Crawn rent paid by Mr. Ander.
son Macleod previous to this transfer
was
30.
$ 720 per annum.
It is difficult to under-
stand the object of inverting in this scheme the proposal to surrender Murray Battery to the Colony
in
1