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"exist for meeting suurele needed military,
and
ad staval requirement, and that in
these circumstaves His Lordship cannot
assent to the proposition that the Colony
"/
" should pay for the whole cost
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of
reclaration which will place
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ics or
bitore
of very
six
valuable land or
space in the possession of the Imperial
"overnment,"
"It is true that, as General
" Sargent has pointed out, a vote tras
"
abready
been laken by the Finance
Committe
account
of the Local Goverment on
of the undertaking,
but he
omite to state that it has been taken m
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subject
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by
" subject to a fair share being contributed "the military and naval authorities, and
"Lord Derby
"
"neosary,
" come
whose
final
sanction is
will be unable to allow the
Commencement
of operations unless it : "Pas-bou previously arranged that hat
the cost of the work is to be borne by
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the Imperial Government either divcelty.
or in the fore of abatement of the Militong "contribution (tivo thirds having
"
the proportion which it was
been
originally
hoped by the Colony and by this Office
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" would be contributed by the Imperial.
"Treasury "")
Cord Derby hopes that Lord.
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