It appears that the arrangement is a very one-sided one. For while the Imperial Government would, under section 5, practically be credited with the value of all lands or buildings handed over to it in the past by the Colonial Government for military purposes, but no longer required for such, the latter would not be credited with the value of lands which may have been ceded to the Military Department in the interval between the first occupation and the abandonment of the lands no longer required. To make the arrangement seemingly fair, a record should be kept of all lands ceded to the War Department by the Colonial Government, and the value of the same noted. Then, when a piece of land was proposed...