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statement. I enclose copy of a letter dated 9th. October, 1899,

from Commodore F. Powell together with copy of the plan

(marked A) to which it gave cover, and of my acknowledgment of the letter and plan dated the 13th. October in the same year. That plan shews the Eastern boundary that was accepted

Enclosure 1.

Enclosure 2

9th October, 1899.

Enclosure 3.

13th Dctober, 1899.

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by this Government.

In making the Reclamations it was, however,

not adhered to. Subsequently when by direction conveyed in

Mr. Secretary Chamberlain's Despatch No. 406 of the 5th. Decem- ber, 1901, the question of enacting an Ordinance legalizing

Of these Reclamations was taken into consideration, a plan (marked

,B), of which a copy is enclosed, was forwarded by the Secretary to the Commodore as the plan to be attached to the Bill. I attach copy of the letter and of the Colonial Secretary's reply dated the 27th. of February, 1902, in which the intima- tion was conveyed that this Government could not accept the Eastern boundary shewn on the plan.

Enclosure H

Enclosure 5. 5th February, 1902, Endlosure

27th February, 1902.

There the matter rested until, after pro-

tracted negotiations, the agreement submitted for approval in

20834 my Despatch No. 244 of the 8th. of May last was arrived at.

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Enclosure 7

4.

In order to show clearly how the matter

now stands I enclose a plan (marked C) prepared from one of

the Admiralty Charts on which are shewn:-

(a).

The extent of the old frontages of the Admiralty and War Department on the one hand and of the Marine

Lo tholders on the other.

(0).

The approved boundaries of the Naval Yard

C.

Extension.

(c)