CO129-314 - Public Offices - 1902 — Page 665

refd, to in

yo. desp

of the 24th April last

mo 163

4 I have informed the D. of D. for War that I

was unable to concur

entirely with the views

expressed by Ir H Blake

in his dishs, no 489 of

28th Nov & no.

525 of 31st

Dec. last, since Jadhere

to the new expressed

in my deap 306 of 18th [on 21764/07]

Sep. last, that when the

War Dept, surrendero

the right which it possesses of controlling the exection of any portion of the Mil.

Reserve hands, it has a

daim, under the bare.

of 30th Dec 'ge, to be cred-

iated with the difference in

value between the lando,

when

buildings

658

when subject to the rights

in question & the value :

when freed from those

rights. You will observe

that this so

provided for in

the enclosed mem

5

I

was at first

disposed to press for the

settlement of the 3 exchanges

refd, to in dis. H. Blake's.

deap no

393 of

28th

Aug 08.

without having recourse to

valuation

any val

of

the lando

in question, but as no agree

ment had been arrived at

as to the actual areas vorvolved

in exchange

3

ao

further lands are required

by the War. Dept, at Devil's obtaining which

in

Peak, indeter

for