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include in its premises the encroachment referred to, the
Club has requested the Government to grant it a new Lease
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of all the premises now in its occupation for a period of
25 years from the 4th. January last.
4.
The occasion seemed an opportune
one to get rid of the clause in the present Lease by which
compensation was to be granted in the event of the resumpt-
-ion of the site by the Government.
5.
I accordingly caused the Golf
Club to be informed that I was prepared to recommend to
Your Lordship that the Golf Club should be granted a Lease
of the area shown on the accompanying plan on the follow-
-ing conditions:-
(a). Seventy-five years from the 26th.
March, 1895, the date of the existing
Lease which will be surrendered:
(b). No premium:
(c). Crown Rent of $1 a year except for the
sites in the South-West corner occupied
by two sheds which may be held on an
annual permit at $1 rent a year for
each shed:
(d). No compensation for either land or
buildings in the event of resumption
for any purpose:
(e). If the Membership shall fall below 50
resident