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interchange of property between the Army, Favy and

Colorry, which had received the provisional approval of the local Government and

local Military

of

the

and Naval Authorities,

and had been sent have

as

the-

schemes illustrated by plans A, BYC.

General object of schemes General

being as follows : - the Stavy require object of

considerable extension of the Sock and Naval Gard re. This must.

Jock yard

6 yard schemes in

cinterchan

of property

take place either at Kowloon,

Victoria. The

The Colony

ν

orat

do not wish it

to take place at Kowloon, on account

of

land there in

of probable value the near future; and there are

other important

against it;

therefore it must take place at Victoria. The Army having several barracks Hospi-

and other buildings, such as

tals etc, to build on various sites in

different

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different portions of the island, wish to help towards the part payment of the cost of these barracks etc, by the War Depart.

selling a portion of

ment land in Victoria, some

e of

which is not quite suitable to their

requirements, but they

willing

are

arly

to sell the portions of War Department land to the Navy,

is considered abs

absolutery.

as it

essential

one compact

blo

that the Army and Navy property : should form undivided by any private property. The local Military

Authorities are

therefore willing to seel, and the __ local taval Authorities to buy, those portions of War Department.

known as the Commissarial property Buildings,

and the West portion of Wellington Barracks, provided the

Colony effect the resumption of the sharp's Building property known as

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