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and any surplus over the cost of
lands and buildings necessary for the
defence of the Colony, and ony surplus
would be a direct gain to Colonial
rovenues.
2. The Circular really proposed that
the value of all existing Colonial
Military Crown Lands and #
buildings
should be regarded as a capital sum
appropriated to defence purposes, and
that in future, whenever any such pro-
porties were surrendered, as no longer
suited to their purpose, the value
should be recorded, and, if necessary,
devoted, at the time, or subsequently,
to the provision of such other lands
or buildings as might be required for
the garrison. This course would entail
no ad-ditional charge on the revenues
of the Colony, as it would actually
receive the value it was required to
hold available for future use, and it
was pointed out in paragraph 6 that
if some such rule were not adopted, the
Colony on any change of properties
would gain the full value of those