CO129-064 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [8-10] — Page 138

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cannot be very prolongeds

two or three thousand a

year

: permanently taken out of

the Colonial revenue a

great

hardship will be done to the

other

rent

Apayers and

and nothing

will be gained in the long run for if the

colony is deficient

in revenue it must throw

in

itself on the mother country And what England will sav

Military dibrersements The will have to expend in folonial. Mere this Colony chiefly & Supported from: home it

would not

be

unreasonable.

that the Military should hold as much ground

as

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they want rent-free, but as the experiment is being tried of making this Colony support itself it will be rather hard

taken

if a large source of revenue is

away in this matter. I would not interfere in any

way with,

previous military knures but apply the uti possidetis principle wherever the military purchase property

payiz crown rent let the property

continue to pay

such rent. The same

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