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amounts in the gross cost for purposes of division.
But
in more than one instance the capitalized value of the Crown Rents on the land has been credited to the Colonial Government in the special lands account instituted in accordance with the Colonial Office circular of the 30th December 1894. This has been done in spite of the fact that practically no land of any value has been surrendered by the War Department, and there are consequently no debits against the Colony to be extinguished. The credits could only therefore become operative by being set off against the value of surrenders if ever made in the future by the War Department. It is probable that more sites will be required for buildings included in the joint scheme, and the question of the proper mode of treating these Crown rents requires settlement.
6. In addition however to the services included in this scheme there are other new barrack works which will have to be carried out shortly in the Colony, and for which sites may be required. Since the scheme was drawn up in 1894 there has been a further small increase in the strength of the garrison; and the need for small buildings of various kinds connected with the garrison may be expected to arise from time to time. The question of the cost of sites in these cases is one which should be settled, but at present it must be observed that the incidence of the cost of the buildings themselves is wholly unsettled. Their cost is not proposed to be covered by the general contribution of the Colony and no other