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surrendered free to the Colony on the engagement
by the Colony that, in the event of lands and
buildings being required then, or in the future,
for the defence of the Colony, the Colony should
provide an equivalent for the lands and buildings
so surrendered, towards the
Apfis
sfaction of the
above mentioned requirements, and to that intent
the value of the lands and buildings surrendered
should be ascertained and recorded, and any
lands and buildings provided out of that value
should be held by H. M. G. on the same tenure as
those surrendered.
4. This decision was based on the
assumption that the Colonial Military lands in
question constituted a permanent capital
defence fund of the Colony, the integrity of
which ought to be preserved, in kind or value,
even though the original lands themselves might
be diverted to civil purposes.
Accordingly, when-
ever such lands which had been set apart for
defensive