CO129-355 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [1-3] — Page 132

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Enclosure 2.

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Minnte by Sir Henry Berkeley.

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o riqatnaraq .bas and mi bo-

Hon. Colonial Secretary,

Viamat, to .5-3

I have considered the question/ submitted by

ah

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His Excellency the Governor in his minute of 12th. December,

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and am of the following opinion:-

char conaten duenaproq azi of vnofen

1..

feteoro

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Spring Gardens is outside the scope and

intention of the Agreement relating to Colonial Military Crown

Lends based upon Colonel Lewis's '', emorandum inasmuch as that

Agreement embraces "Colonial Crown Lands" only and does not

include lands leased or purchased by the Var Department from

private persons.

2.

Spring Gardens is, so far as regards the

title of the War Department thereto, in the same caterory as

"Mount Austin Barracks" described by Colonel Lewis as "Lease-

-hold property" (page 2 statement of particulars) and should

have been similarly described.

"freehold

3.

The error in describing Spring Gardens as

1" (page 6 statement of particulars) is apparently due

to the fact that Colonel Lewis did not see the records relating

to its acquisition by the "ar Department and was under the

impression that there were none (page 6 statement of particulars)

whereas as a fact the original Crown Lease and the subsequent

assignment thereof to the War Department are both on the

register