This is an important despatch
on the
Chamber of Commerce, 443 Britsite
1
Residents à Jood of the
ann
of ...
The views urged by the
Memorishite
are
reach analogous
rearly
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to those advanced by the H.R. dinson
& In Mercer.
The item of 20000 placed on the Estimates by the Casting vote of the Governor, but a resolution
8 to 1 was carried in the Council to import. Condensing advanced
The Arguments against the contribution
are
as follows.
1. That the troops
are
there for
Imperial & Colonial government,
& therefore that the charge is unjust.
2. That the troops
are
not necessary
for the protection of the community &
that they could
be withdrawn.
Then withdrawal it is said would
increase the Revenue by £10000 a year by rendering the Land held as Military Reserves available for Commercial purposes.
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