CO129-388 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1912 [1-2] — Page 126

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laid down & important

ent I

The agreement sonite in

(1) Land from which the putte is to be entirel excluded must belong saturily to the was Dept & be dealt with under the circulars of 1890 01894.

is desired (2) Land (which only a limited use

"as in the case of training ground, charane re" jush held by the war sept on nominal rental, the Colonial Evt.

Engaging to keep it ceas of building rother obstructions not approved by the War Dept.

(3) If land is havsfered from (2) to Win

the rammed as

if in the open market; (and the clue recorded in accordance with the

Crawlers.

Now if land which contains good hulding sites is to be kept permanently chess (Mildings to W.0. parposes the Colonial Ext. is obviously losing the building rakes (1 Land & gets in return nothing has the

nominal rentel (A per acre

гри is clearly unfair to the Colonial Eost.

the

This

There

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There are apparently two courses which If he adopted:

(a) that the W.D. and arguire the land

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"Mchtay hand. 16. Laufer it from category

(2) to category (1) at the market value.

(4) the loos Isabe

fact

in

the land owing to the

that the land cannot be hilt upon,

I can only be built on under stringent conditions in the debited to the to.0. mont

The Gibitary Lands Account.

I think the Ear is right in principle though

I am not sme that

any practical remalto

wt mise; since, though, as he pie by cheats,

The W.D. can

aly claim the user hand while actually regained for defence purposes, as a matter fact this rarely ifser suvender Land to the Col. Gut.

: Send a copy to the W.O. saying that the S.18.

concurs in the Jors whos.

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