CO129-254 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1892 [1-4] — Page 478

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Island (now a Military Reserve) to be handed over to the War

Department. Major General Barker in describing the

reasons which rendered such

as

a transfer necessary regards the portion of the island lying west of the old gaol wall, said that

he

saw no reason.

why not

only the site of the old gaol should not be retained by the Colony, but also why the Military property to the

east

east of it, for which the Colonial Government made

469

application

Home

time

ago,

should not be handed over

to it also.

I consider that on

that understanding there would be

no

objection to the rest of the island viz : the portion west of the old gaol wall-being handed over to the War Department.

It was agreed that in

the event of that being done,

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