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But the fact remains that it was not bought outright, that the land remained Military Reserve and that the circumstances of its creation as Military Reserve have disappeared.
12. As regards paragraph 9 of the General Officer Commanding's letter, it was not to be expected that this Government would pay any consideration to the War Department in respect of lands over which the War Department had, in the view of the Colonial Government, no rights of any sort. If the Colonial Government has recovered any Reserve Land at Kowloon, it was either because the Military Authorities had no longer any use for the land or because the recovery was made the basis of an exchange for other Military Reserve Land, as for example when portions of the Kowloon hills and the land at their base were set apart as Military Reserve Land.
13. With respect to paragraph 11, I have already rebutted the assumption that troops are stationed here for the purpose of maintaining law and order.
14. With regard to paragraph 12, I cannot admit that Military Reserve Land may be used for any purposes to which the Military Authorities may wish to put it. The Report upon Military Reserve Lands at Kowloon drawn up by Messrs. Bruce Shepherd and A. Seth makes it clear that the object of creating the Military Reserve in Kowloon was to keep land free from buildings which might obstruct defence works. Such land was practically to be kept as a 'clearance' on Military grounds; but the necessity for maintaining such a clearance having passed, the Military Authorities, instead of restoring the land to this Government, either convert it into...
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But the fact remains that it was not bought outright, that
the land remained Military Reserve and that the circumstances
of its creation as Military Reserve have disappeared.
12.
As regards paragraph 9 of the General
Officer Commanding's letter, it was not to be expected that
this Goverment would pay any consideration to the War Depart-
ment in respect of lands over which the War Department had,
the
in
view of the Colonial Goverment, no rights of any sort.
If the Colonial Goverment has recovered any Reserve Land at
Kowloon, it was either because the Military Authorities had
no longer any use for the land or because the recovery was
made the basis of an exchange for other Military Reserve Land,
as for example when portions of the Kowloon hills and the
land at their base were set apart as Military Reserve Land.
13.
With respect to paragraph 11, I have already rebutted the assumption that troops are stationed here
for the purpose of maintaining law and order.
14.
With regard to paragraph 12, I cannot
admit that Military Reserve Land may be used for any purposes
to which the Military Authorities may wish to put it. The Report upon Military Reserve Lands at Kowloon drawn up by Messrs. Bruce Shepherd and A. Seth makes it clear that the
in Kowloon was to object of creating the Military Reserve keep land free from buildings which might obstruct defence works. Such land was practically to be kept as a 'clearance on Military grounds; but the necessity for maintaining such a clearance having passed, the Military Authorities, instead of restoring the land to this Goverment, either convert it
into
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