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of property held for raval purposes. Senclose also

for facility of reference

a copy of

and

7

that draft

tre Circular in

which it was sent out

to the Colories.

It will be seen that

property held for military

or naval purpo

Hong Kong is not

in

conveyed to the Admiralty

or to

any trustee, but

I as simply

is

:

Act

F

reserveä,

by

the Executive;

in virtue

д

a clause

in the Sovernor's

Instructions Commission

of which

Circ. 20. Mare

h bz.

163

I

anne

a

copy,

and

placed

9

in the possession

the Admiralty or war.

office rent-free. Land

on the other hand which

is alienated to individu.

= als is not

oot (ao

in other

(olonies) granted or sold

in

fee,

but is let out.

to individuals on

long

leases subject to a

fround rent, the Crown

thus

"retaining it's reversionay

interest in the whole

land

J

the bland.

It would seem.

to follow chat che

inconvenience which

the