Murray Battery in exchange has been rejected by the 6.0-|

the question appears to resolve itself into the two points

alove seferred-

to whith

I have

with regard to for it appears to ma that Mr Ormsly's

raluation of #26, 250 premium

#26, 250 premium and #30,000 capitalised value of Crown Reut

at twenty-five years purchase

is not at all extravagant, & I think we should tell

the

War Office so-

with regard to (2) I think in the first place that Mr Sercombe Smith is wrong in the assertion, which

he attempts to prove at

his

of his

the surrender of the site now in question I understand that she fonte deepling on t

equivalent for lacus

&

ሰ.

Our

Q

not regarded acticadaveicat ambafoming the already surrendund,

by the War Department”, & therefore

it seems to me

the present

to be paid in

carh

and

system on

not

SARLAR

ung or

It doe

importance one

when

4

The Cobaray

that it may fairly claim

not by the book account

decurion

be a

206

matter of great

(a)

the other, provided that the

land she is credited

book account system is fairly kept is provided that

the Colony surrenders aby with it's fair value, and (b) that the book account is periodically

settled up as Mr Smith proposes.

some length in parav 7-14 second memorandum, that a book account

This latter

is

4

propond to which I think

should specially urge

care

the W.O to agree.

not also of lands required for

See also 16088

J.C.M.

10/8

in

corr: with

regard.

to

should be kept only of lands required for defensive purposes and

military purposes; - suice

and

Buildings' it

Wand

the Circular of 9th June 1840 as to the Disposal of Colonial Military Lands agrind

between the War Office and this Dep't that " military purposes and "Defence puspores" were

synonymous

Troops being kept

in this connex In

terms

in Colonies for defensive purposes, and Military requirement in a Colony being therefore for defensive purposes"

See licular of 4th June 1840,

on 18685 9 para: 10

I am

a last para of.

485

9 para: 10 of 4.0 reply yos, -

kowever incháca

La

letter to 6.0

with Mr Sercombe Smith's argument

that the Circular of 1894 (see para 11 thereof, intritts only applies which Colonial Military Lands should be surren

Colonial Gov't,

to the trout c

dered to a

O

Au

equivalent.

+

and to Lands searrendered by the Colony

Die Lucas

I must apotoxin for having kept this paper folong. It Jshnim gan it to me. just be fore

he left, with a pencil minute, which Wt thucnaghte used in writing.

`oan above. I gathered from wrong.

WJohnson that Mr Foxcombe 3 mille was

in his attempt to descriminate betwem defensive

and military purposes, and the crews that their synonymone

in conformed by

the to be taken as the correspondence behore. Cod Wo

+705/91.

44

in 18855/50

aneceray logo. ngth into the clabouty

to the account grown by w sercan be "bwith as preson's negociation's

connection with this site The land to be surrendered by the Colonial Government to agreed upon, and the proposal that the Murray Battery Shored be exchanged fach has been rigseted by the Brilitary

authorities.

What dou not seen.

fair.

to me is that the special

Account between the Military authout and the Coherent foremment phone? Efferently be forced by payment

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