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that agreement for such a period as would be required
in order to give full effect to the decision of the Cabinet,
My Lords, however, are anxious that there should not
be difference between the Secretary of State and this
Board upon
Minor points and They are ready to make the
concession of naming three years, instead of two, as the
period for which the Contribution of £40,000 will be
binding.
2.
It is true that My Lords were satisfied with the des-
cription of the Committee of 1861 given by the Colonial
Office itself It is probable, from reference to Hansard,
that Sir P. Rogers based his description of the Committee
upon the proposals put forward by Mr Mills who moved for
the Committee in the House of Commons, and who justified
his proposals upon the plea of economy.
3.
My Lords will not follow the Secretary of State
al through his reasons for exempting the Coloni at the
expense of the Imperial Taxpayer. They expressed in their
letter of the 10th August their view of the duties and
obligations of Subjects of the Empire in whatever part of
the Empire such Subjects may have fixed their residence,
and They must abide by the opinion thus expressed.
4.
They are however anxious on all occasions to give the
inhabitants of distant parts of the Empire full credit for
works. which contribute towards Military defence, and pre-
suming that it is in the power of the Secretaryof State to
shew that the Waterworks mentioned in the 13th paragraph
of the letter under reply represent a substantial money
value acknowledged by the War Office and the Admiralty, Lords are prepared to balance that item against the charge
for submarine defence works.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
Rank Mowatt
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