CO129-215 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1884 [1-4] — Page 303

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Sargent adds the following- explanation :. "At present several

"works of utility and advantage to

are held in abeyance

"the Colony pending a

a decision as to defensive requirements; and I

am constantly

compelled to veto the creation of

buildings

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on

land embraced in

the scheme of defence, while at the

same time I am unable to give

any assurance, or

hope, that the

scheme approaches its realization".

The fact is that the loss to the

Colonial revenue

by the reservation

of

of lands on the more chance of their -being required hereafter for Works of Defense, (no definite plan having as yet been adopted by the Military ~~ "Authorities), is estimated at

Ishould considerably more than ten thousand

The tax pounds (£10,000) per

It i

ann L.

therefore, manifest that if a definite

plan

were

adopted, and if the lands

actually required for the carrying

out of that plan

the remainder

of

Livere

taken, while

the lands now-

reserved and kept waste,. were given. back to the Civil Government for

sale

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