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" be to remedy, where and whenever possible, this abnormal state of things instead of
" endeavouring to gain still greater advantages: When the barracks held by the war Department in Victoria were built their site was not in the heart of the best quarter of that city ; but they have gradually been enveloped
the city,
the great growth of which is due to the security and prosperity enjoyed by the Colong under Imperial protection.
14. The proposal to vacate the barracks to in Victoria and to remove the troops to other barracks to be provided by the Colony, was one conceived entirely in the interests of the Colony, and from which it would have derived enormous.
enormous advantage, scheme offers no corresponding advantages to the Imperial Government,
The
but it was
willing