CO129-354 - Public Offices & Others - 1908 — Page 172

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Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to---

The Secretary,

War Office,

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London, S.W.,

War Office,

and the following number quoted.

London, S.W.

Hong Kong 8/63

(L.B.)

2nd December, 1908.

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I am commanded by the Army Council to acknow-

ledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th October last, No. 33936/1908, on the subject of the amount with which the War Department should be credited in the Hong Kong Military Land Account on the disposal of the lease of a property in Spring Gardens, Hong Kong.

The Army Council agree with the Earl of Crewe that the War Department paid a less sum for the lease

because the property was subject to a Crown Rent and

that, for the same reason, they will receive a less sum

for the property, if the lease is sold. These facts,

which would be equally true if a private individual end not the War Department had bought or sold the lease, are entirely independent of the relations between the

War Department and the Colonial Government, and do not

in any way affect the Colonial revenue.

But, because the property was required for

military purposes, the Colonial Government agreed, as a

separate transaction, to waive the Crown rent of £150

e Under Secretary of State

for the Colonies.

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