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and in return the Admiralty shall transfer to the War Department:-

Foreshore in front of Wellington Barracks to be reclaimed by and at the cost of the Admiralty.

Together with a deep water Quay 10 Feet Super. 171,500 and approach 150 feet wide to be made by the Admiralty.

Portion of Sharp's Buildings. 112,500 72,000 356,000

In addition to the above the Admiralty will reclaim 156,500 feet super in front of the Arsenal Yard to be used by the War Department for Naval Ordnance Store purposes, and will provide a Boat Camber, and pay the cost of replacing the accommodation now existing in the North Barracks and Commissariat Buildings, as well as the cost of such buildings and boundary walls as may have to be removed for widening the Queens Road.

In making these proposals My Lords acknowledge the principle of providing an equivalent for what they take so that the War Department, after the transfer, shall be in an equally good position as regards land and buildings, without

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and in return the Admiralty shall transfer to the War Department:- Foreshore in front of Wellington Barracks to be reclaimed by and at the cost of the Admiralty. Together with a deep water Quay 10 Feet Super. 171,500 and approach 150 feet wide to be made by the Admiralty. Portion of Sharp's Buildings. 112,500 72,000 356,000 In addition to the above the Admiralty will reclaim 156,500 feet super in front of the Arsenal Yard to be used by the War Department for Naval Ordnance Store purposes, and will provide a Boat Camber, and pay the cost of replacing the accommodation now existing in the North Barracks and Commissariat Buildings, as well as the cost of such buildings and boundary walls as may have to be removed for widening the Queens Road. In making these proposals My Lords acknowledge the principle of providing an equivalent for what they take so that the War Department, after the transfer, shall be in an equally good position as regards land and buildings, without
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and in return the Admiralty shall transfer to the War Department:- Foreshore in front of Wellington Barracks to be reclaimed by and at the cost of the Admiralty. Together with a deep water Quay 10 Feet Super. 171,500 and approach 150 feet wide to be made by the Admiralty. Portion of Sharp's Buildings. 112,500 72,000 356,000 In addition to the above the Admiralty will reclaim 156,500 feet super in front of the Arsenal Yard to be used by the War Department for Naval Ordnance Store purposes, and will provide a Boat Camber, and pay the cost of replacing the accommodation now existing in the North Barracks and Commissariat Buildings, as well as the cost of such buildings and boundary walls as may have to be removed for widening the Queens Road. In making these proposals My Lords acknowledge the principle of providing an equivalent for what they take so that the War Department, after the transfer, shall be in an equally good position as regards land and buildings, without
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and in return the Admiralty shall transfer to the War

Department:-

Foreshore in front of Wellington

Barracks to be reclaimed by

and at the cost of the Admiralty.

Together with a deep water Quay

10

Feet Super.

171,500

and approach 150 feet wide

to be made by the Admiralty.

Portion of Sharp's Buildings.

112,500

72,000

356,000

In addition to the above the Admiralty will

reclaim 156,500 feet super in front of the Arsenal Yard to

be used by the War Department for Naval Ordnance Store

purposes, and will provide a Boat Camber, and pay the cost

of replacing the accommodation now existing in the North

Barracks and Commissariat Buildings, as well as the cost of

such buildings and boundary walls as may have to be removed

for widening the Queens Road.

In making these proposals My Lords acknowledge

the principle of providing an equivalent for what they take

so that the War Department, after the transfer, shall be in

an equally good position as regards land and buildings,

without

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