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such land is required for commercial purposes. Once the restric

tion is removed, the War Department cannot seek to make a bar-

gain out of land in which its right has determined.

10. I shall be glad therefore to receive your

instructions on the following points:-

(a) Whether the conclusions arrived at in para-

graphs 3 and 4 of this despatch are approved by you:

(b) Whether lands no longer required for Mili-

tary Reserve purposes come within the scope of the Mar-

quis of Ripon's Circular despatch of the 30th. December,

1894;

(c) Whether, apart from the question of the va-

lue of present Military Reserve Lands, I may refuse to en-

tertain any proposal from the Military Authorities which

either involves the exchange of such lands for fresh land

sought to be acquired by the Military Authorities or im-

poses conditions of transfer.

11. For the purpose of easier reference, I en-

close a marked copy of the Joint Report alluded to in this

despatch.

I have the honour to be,

sir,

Your most obedient

Humble Servant,

Hern, Arshake

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GOVERNOR,&C.

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