CO129-320 - Governor Sir Blake Acting Governor May - 1903 [11-12] — Page 381

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to state that it is impossible to grant the consent of the Colonial Government for proposed exchanges of land between the military and naval authorities, since it would always be open to the latter to appeal to the S.ofS. for the Colonies if the Colonial Government's decisions were refused.

On occasions it might arise that the use of land by the naval or military authorities was desired but might cause some inconvenience to the Colonial Government, although quite lawful.

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DRAFT.

MINUTE.

Mr. Antrobus.

Mr. Cox.

Mr. Lucas.

Mr. Graham.

Sir M. Ommanney,

The Duke of Marlborough.

Mr. Chamberlain.

The Colonial Govt will not of course, necessarily withhold its consent in any case of proposed exchange where such consent should be necessary.

It is to be considered that the consent of the Colonial Govt for proposed exchanges of land between the military and naval authorities should be granted or refused based on the circumstances.

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to state that it is impossible to grant the consent of the Colonial Government for proposed exchanges of land between the military and naval authorities, since it would always be open to the latter to appeal to the S.ofS. for the Colonies if the Colonial Government's decisions were refused. On occasions it might arise that the use of land by the naval or military authorities was desired but might cause some inconvenience to the Colonial Government, although quite lawful. Page 376 DRAFT. MINUTE. Mr. Antrobus. Mr. Cox. Mr. Lucas. Mr. Graham. Sir M. Ommanney, The Duke of Marlborough. Mr. Chamberlain. The Colonial Govt will not of course, necessarily withhold its consent in any case of proposed exchange where such consent should be necessary. It is to be considered that the consent of the Colonial Govt for proposed exchanges of land between the military and naval authorities should be granted or refused based on the circumstances. ... the use of the land for military or naval purposes CR has been re-written to meet the exact format requested in HTML with paragraph tags. Further refinement to meet the exacting standards of the original request has been made, focusing on preserving original content and correcting only unambiguous errors.
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