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debited to the Colonial Government.
In the
event of any new lands or buildings being
immediately required for defensive purposes,
the amounts of the above mentioned proceeds or
a sufficient portion of them, was paid out as
required for the purchase of the new sites and
for the construction of the new buildings, the
amounts so paid out being entered in the special
account to the credit of the Colonial Government.
If the new sites, instead of being purchased from
private owners, were located on frown lands
in the possession of the Colonial Government,
the necessary lands were given over to the
Military Authorities, and credit taken in the
special account for the market value of the
fee simple of the Crown lands so given over.
If new lands or buildings were not
immediately required for defen purposes,
the above mentioned proceeds stood in the special
account to the debit of the Colonial Government
to be paid out in the same way in the event of
funds