CO129-325 - Public Offices & Others - 1904 — Page 288

to be converted into a

their

Park, she be valued value recorded in the Mil, Lands Account,, & expressly laid down in respect of this land that the value

to be recorded was the

k "difference

between the value

the

of the land in open

market (for building)

ao

agricultural land

sulyect

to the War Dept.

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rights of user aforesand

for rifle ranges

exercises

field

CB I think that the

arrangent.

now comett

the value of

to, under wh. the Colony is only debited with half the area in question, is a

fair

& reasonable compromise, to reconarder this point.

4 Dir Ky Blake observes

rs

in par 4. of his desp of 23rd Oct, last, that

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I am not prepared

"whereas that portion of

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the Mily. Reserves at

Kowloon wh. has been.

built upon by the war,

Dept. by evecting

the

Barracks at fun club

Kill, has by direction

been valued at $282,

the Colony is asked to

pay

$2,000,000 for the

portion of the Reserves

wh it is proposed not

to nae

for building

purposes but to devote to

Q

Public Park that will

benefit the farrison at

Kowloon more

than

other section of the

bommunity

any

#

As to

this I have to point out

that both the

Jun

Club