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"Hongkong with reference to & proposal that this Government should resume
a
a small piece of land at present in the
possession of the War department at Belchers Fort for the purpose of forming a right of way.
to a lot which has been
some
granted by the Government in compensation for private land resumed and to that department.
made The
over
Military authorities
state
state that the War department.
have
no
objection to the proposal
but that the actual transfer of the land
should stand over until the
general question, as to the
conditions under which
War department lands are to revert to the Colony, has
been settled, and in the meanwhile they have requested
ed that the value of
the plot required for the right of way
should be
noted
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