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and it must also be remembered that the rental

Sir Hercules Robinson has_

of Sot ble has

for

the last

प

or 10

been

years

>

lost to the Colony.

8.

shown that land in this Colony.

Can

given

only be held under tivo conditions (See letter

of 11 4 July 1863, enclosed in Despatch 15 of

27 January 1864); the latter of those conditions

embraces Crosby's Store or

the Ou

Original

Marino

Lot are 66, which

1000

purchased from a private

individual on the unexpired term of a Crown

Lease and this, as I have said,

Authorities require

I have said, the Military

no authority from

this

Government to dispose of; but the case of this

reclaimed ground is much stron

und is much stronger than that ground

funt forth in Sir Hercules Robison's first

condition, for not only was it not "appropriated by

6606163

"the Governor

"handed

as a

Military Reserve, and-

over to the charge of the war.

"Department", but it was

ground made by the

Colonial Government after the warm

Department had

ed to assist in a

refused

great public improvement, in which all the

Sot holders joined save the War Department

only, and

it Max

ground positively refused by the

War Department when offered on the sole

condition of repayment of the sum of $1260

Spent

9.

on reclamation.

On the whole then while I am

decidedly opposed to this application on the part of the Military Authorities, and while. I think that if for 66 (Crosby's Store) were put up to sale to morrow it would fetch far more than the Military Authorities gave for it,