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Marine Lot 21 and Commis-

sariat offices.

2.

an area

was

This strip which has

of 2569 square feet

acquired in 1866

by

the Government for #$5,138.

3.

I rece

recommend that

it be sold to the Admiralty

for the same sum in dollars paid for it, vir. $5188. This price is lower

as was

4.

than the rate vir $2.50 a

square foot at which Tharp's

property

was

acquired by

the

Endl. 9.

the Naval authorities, and is less than the present equiva- lent of the amount originally paid by this Government.

A plan showing the

مجھ

strip in question coloured

is enclosed.

pink is

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your Most Obedient Humble Servant,

Major-General, Administering the Govern