CO129-237 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1888 [1-6] — Page 126

@XP 18 and 19 of the 24th ultimo) regarding the reservation

of

certain sites connected with

: the Colonial Defences, I have The honour to inform you that the Building Sites referred to were not reserved by the War Department,

because it would have

been

a most serious.

thing

for the Colony to have

up, for all time,

locked

property

so extensive and

so valuable, but it was —

understood

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understood that, whenever

came to be

such ground sold for building

--

other

purposes, a clause should

be inserted in the Crown

Leases to the effect that buildings in the line of _ fire might be pulled down without claim to compensation on the part of the owners, in : the event of the Officer. Commanding the droops

requiring

such demolition.

It was further understood

that