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will hold itself entitled:
to consider what contribution will really
cover the expense of
check that Military protection
which is really requisite
for the defence of
Colonial interests.
For Her Majesty's
Government understands
that all Forts and
Defensive Works other
than
Trincomalee will
be constructed and kept
up by
the Colony
and that Barracks
will be provided at the expense of the Colony for any
new Station to
which Troops may
be allotted at the desire
of the Colonial Government.
I observe that
the Commission are
of opinion that the Colony is
bound to pay
the fixed
annual
contribution of £160,000.
the expenses of transport
in
case it is necessary
to move troops from
their established quarters,
I
understand
this to
mean...