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therefor.
Yet, when the land is no longer required
for military purposes, the Colony, in addition to
having lost the rent for the period of military occupa-
tion, has to credit the War Department in the account
with the full value of the property, or, roughly speak-
ing, the capitalized value of the rent obtainable.
It may be urged by the Colony that the Spring
Gardens property is not in the category of land to be
dealt with under the Colonial Office Circulars.
The
Army Council, however, consider that the case in question
is exactly analogous to the cases contemplated by the
Circulars, the only distinction being that the interest
of the Colony in Colonial Military Land proper is the
preniwn plus the Crown Rent whereas their interest in
! the Spring Gardens property is limited to the Crown
rent.
In view of the fuller explanation now given,
the Army Council will be glad to learn that the Barl of
Crewe is prepared to accept their opinion that, if in
the future the lease of the Spring Gardens property be
sold by the War Department and the Crown rent reimposed
on the purchaser by the Colony, the Colony should credit
the War Department in the Colonial Military Lands
Account with the capitalized value of the Crown rent.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
BB Brade