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Jansdo me, which was contained in your letter

(HongKong 5/389) of the 16th October last.

4.

It is true that the new arrangerent

in regard to the Militry Contribution only

came into operation on the 1st January last,

appears to have been whereas the land required at West Point w

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provisionally transferred to the War Depart-

ment before that date; but, if it is con-

form to state that for the.

~ given at the beginning of the preseding para te

h. is not prepared to ask. the Col. Gout to fore go payment for the land in question : 5. I am to add that bett Mr. it will be

for

tended that for this reason the new arrange-

ment does not apply the War Department watźd this site

to pay for “ke Tænd”

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and not merely to credit the

amount to the Colon, in the Colonial Military

Lands Account since, as pointed out in para-

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graph 3 of the letter from this Department

of the 3rd November last, there was no ob-

ligation on the Colony under the circular

despatch of 30th December, 1894,to transfer

land to the War Department in anticipation of

any Military Land being surrendered to the

Colony. The Colonial Military Lands Account

has,