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in the ordinary way.
Under the Crown Lands Department, the Government has consequently never had the use of the land, and therefore there can be no question of valuing them under the Circular.
4. W. Chamberlain accordingly proposes with his Lordship's concurrence, instead of instructing the Governor in the direction indicated in the 2nd paragraph of the letter from this Department of 21st Oct. 1895, to inform Sir W. Robinson, that the restrictions which are no longer required on military grounds will be removed, but that the unoccupied sites over these areas which are required on the hills must be handed over to the War Dept., the value of these latter sites under the Circular to be recorded and credited to the Colony against the value of any other Crown lands in military Kowloon or other parts of Hong Kong which may be surrendered to the Colonial Govt.
5. The misunderstanding which has arisen in this case appears to be due to the loose phrase "military reserve" applied to the land in question. When the
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