CO129-577-3 Proposed transfer of military barracks to alternative site 30-1-1939 - 14-12-1939 — Page 4

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18.2.39.

See note by Mr. Howell attached. I agree

that the Governor might have given us more informa-

tion about this important scheme. Is the land to

be vacated by the War Department Crown land

originally lent to the War Department for military

purposes, or was it acquired by the War Department

by purchase? Is the land to be acquired by the

War Department Crown land, and, if so, what is to

become of it when no longer required for military

purposes? Debits and credits in the Colonial

Military Lands Account would have been the normal

procedure for a land deal of this nature. The

Governor does not explain the reasons for a special

procedure, but asks us to take it on trust that

he is making a good bargain.

J.

A. Calder

21.2.1939.