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Circular despatch respecting Colonial Military lands and buildings dated 30th December,
1894, the circumstances under which the Military Authori- ties
acquire hold and dispose of properties have so com- pletely changed that the~ foregoing principle based on
the circumstance that the Military Authorities could not dispose of any land no longer required by them
applica
does not now seem
ble
C
ble.
Following the spirit_
of Your Lordship's Circular despatch above referred to I
am
of opinion that no cash payment should be required of the Military Authorities in respect of Crown rent but that in such cases as the Military
or Naval Authorities purchase lands or other pro- perty subject to crown rent, the amount of the Crown rent should be annually entered
to