CIRCULA
sir,
!
DOWNING STREET,
30th June,
1903.10
I have the honour to acquaint you that I have been in
communication with the Secretary of State for War with regard
to the method of recording transfers or exchanges of land
effected between the War Department and a Colonial Government,
and with a view to dispensing as far as possible with the legal
charges involved on the execution of a formal deed of
conveyance, an arrangement has been agreed to under which such
a deed will not be necessary so long as the terms of the
arrangements in connection with the transfer are clearly
recorded ina formal memorandum, accompanied by a plan of the
lands in question, and signed in duplicate by the Governor and
the Officer Commanding the Troops in the Colony after being
approved by the Secretaries of State for the Colonies and for
War.
نسو
I have therefore to request that, whenever in future
it may be necessary to effect a transfer or exchange of land
with the War Department, a memorandum may be prepared
embodying the terms of transfer and forwarded, accompanied by
the necessary plan, for approval.
3. The memorandum and plan will be prepared by the War
Department when transferring property to the Colonial
Government, and by the Colonial Government when transferring
property to the War Department.
I have the honour to be,
THE OFFICER ADMINISTERING
sir,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
J. CHAMBERLAIN
THE GOVERNMENT OF
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