Hill area, the Park Area, having hitherto been Mil. Reserve, the Col. Govt had no power to lease the land for building purposes, these areas represented in fact, Col. fort beyond the value of agricultural land subject to the War Dept. rights of user for rifle ranges freed exercises. I consider therefore that it was perfectly fair, as proposed in the above-mentioned memo., that the War Dept., in acquiring full building rights at Jun Club Hill, should only be debited with the value of which, the Col. fort, is deprived, in respect of the uses of agricultural land as those described;
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and that value is assessed by the Col. Sec., in the schedule enclosed in Mr. X. Blake's despatch 20297 at $1 per acre. On the other hand, I consider that it would be fair that in the case of the remainder of the Mil. Reserves over which the War Dept. surrender their rights, & thus become the property of the Col. free from all restrictions, the Colony should be debited with the difference between the value of the lands in the open market (for building purposes) and the value as garden lots or agricultural land subject to War Dept.