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I think that the Military Authorities are right
In addition to the reason given in the letter of the O.C., A.S.C., of the 23rd. December, 1911, I would point out that the whole basis of the exemptions in S. 39 of Ordinance 6 of 1901 is the purposes for which the premises are occupied, and not the status of the owners.
Under the English Rating Act, which I refer to only by way of analogy, premises rented by the Government are exempt from the local rates e.g.e building rented as a post office (Smith v. Birmingham Union 7 E. and B. 483).
It may be that owners consider these buildings military occupiers as less desirable than civilians. They may be less careful occupiers, and they may lower the immediate locality.
I would suggest an amendment of the Ordinance,
a. 39 (2) (1), reading "Premises occupied by the Colonial Government" for the present sub-section (f), if the S. of S. will agree.
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8th. January, 1912.
(sd.) J. H. Kemp.
Crown Solicitor.