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purchase upon some other assessment
whatever larger
of the valice and pay sum might be fixed thereby. I am of opriion that it could not...
I should point out that this question
touches a matter in which the interests
its action in
and the Was
of the Colonial Government Office may conflict. Whatever liabilities the Colonial Government incurs by
this matter at the request of the War Office will be in the first instance liabilities of that Government for which it should be careful not to assume responsibility without being
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by the War Office. This is important because under the
ondecumstances litigation is almost
Certain
certain to take place, and the
construction of the resumption power
is a new matter
If therefore my opinion is communicated to the Military authorikis I would suggest that the Colonial Government should make it clear that
it assumes
that opinion
no
responsibility for
and that if the War Office desires it to proceed with the
the
resumption it must do so on its oron responsibility and upon Understanding that for whatever.
liabilities
may
be incurred thereby it must hold the bolonial Government}
harmless. The War Office would
doubt obtain independent legal
no
adirce