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mentions as reasons for reducing the amount below the
full value of the land.
This point has however been
brought to the notice of the General Officer
Commanding who will probably communicate with the
Governor in regard to it.
4.
I am to observe that paragraph 2 of the
memorandum accompanying your letter dated 9th June 1890,
which is quoted by the Governor in his letter dated 3rd January 1906, 8820/05/0.5.0./G, as applying to the case
of the land required for the proposed road may in the
opinion of the Army Council be held to apply with equal
force to that of the reclamation which is desired by the
General Officer Commanding and which is referred to by
him as a military need. So far as information available
in this Office shows there is no practical difficulty
which would prevent the colony from complying with the
General Officer Commanding's wishes, and no difficulty
is mentioned by the Governor.
The Army Council will be glad if the Earl of
Elgin will use his good offices to obtain the acceptance
by the Colony of condition III alluded to in paragraph 2
of the Governor's letter dated 19th December 1905 on the
understanding that the value of the area reclaimed shall
be regularly assessed and debited against the War
Department in the colonial Military Lands Account.
The plan which accompanied your letter dated 17th February 1906, 4832/1906, is returned herewith.
5.
I am,
Your obedient Servant
LM
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