of the Government of this Colony to the general position of these lands,
and as to the reason why, as I gather from Your Excellency's letter above quoted, they are not in the view of the Colonial Government to be considered as coming under the terms laid down in the Secretary of State's Circular of 30th December 1894, which deals with "lands the fee simple of which is vested in the Crown represented by the Colonial Government but of which the War Department has a right of perpetual user."
His Excellency have ve Str W. Black,
Major General,
Sir William Robinson, K.C.M.G.
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NGZG! 21 J 07
Governor of Hong Kong to General Officer Commanding
Nr. 45/G
Sir,
Government House, Hong Kong, 22 April, 1897.
In reply to Your Excellency's letter Nr. 239/18y of the 16th January, I have the honour to state that the view entertained by this Government is that in the case of lands the fee simple of which is vested in the Crown represented by the Colonial Government, it rests with those who claim a right of perpetual user to show how and when such right was acquired.
In the case of the land referred to as the Military Reserve...