cannot be very prolongeds
two or three thousand a
year
: permanently taken out of
the Colonial revenue a
great
hardship will be done to the
other
rent
Apayers and
and nothing
will be gained in the long run for if the
colony is deficient
in revenue it must throw
in
itself on the mother country And what England will sav
Military dibrersements The will have to expend in folonial. Mere this Colony chiefly & Supported from: home it
would not
be
unreasonable.
that the Military should hold as much ground
as
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they want rent-free, but as the experiment is being tried of making this Colony support itself it will be rather hard
taken
if a large source of revenue is
away in this matter. I would not interfere in any
way with,
previous military knures but apply the uti possidetis principle wherever the military purchase property
payiz crown rent let the property
continue to pay
such rent. The same