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the Military Authorities reserved to themselves all points which
it was necessary to hold for the above purpose.
5.
In paragraph 6, 7 and 8, His Excellency lays stress upon
the fact that the Colonial Government has received no money
payment for the land thus reserved, and that therefore the
Imperial Government has no rights over it.
If the War Department i.e. the British taxpayer, has paid nothing
still less has the Colonial Government.
6.
But this land having been taken as part payment of the
indemnity, surely all rights in it belong to the Imperial
Government.
7.
The Colonial Government appears to consider that the
War Department having met them in every possible way whenever
portions of this land were required for the legitimate expansion of the Colony, must still continue to do so, and also to hand over to the Colony a lump sum into the bargain.
8.
It also seems to consider that if the market value of
the ground had been paid in 1860, full rights would still remain
to the War Department.
The Military Reserve could scarcely have been worth £1 an acre
in 1860, so that the full rights could have been purchased for
£157.