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Department, or left clear for Defence purposes, much of it bring covered with
buildings which contribute nothing to the rates.
8.
I have directed an
estimate to be prepared of
the amount this lost to
the Colonial Exchequer, and
I hope
to be able in no
long time to forward it to Your Lordship. When this loss is
taken into account, as
in
my opinion it ought to be,
I
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" apprehend it will be found :that the Colony actually contributes for defensive
purposes a far larger
its
proportion of i
than
any
resources
other under the
Crown, and I venture to think that this fact deserves
to be taken into consideration
with reference to any
demand for the same
object.
9.
neu-
Nevertheless in the
conviction that Her Majesty's
Government
F
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