CO129-218 - Administrator Marsh Governor Sir Bowen & Others - 1884 [11-12] — Page 97

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"exist for meeting suurele needed military,

and

ad staval requirement, and that in

these circumstaves His Lordship cannot

assent to the proposition that the Colony

"/

" should pay for the whole cost

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of

reclaration which will place

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ics or

bitore

of very

six

valuable land or

space in the possession of the Imperial

"overnment,"

"It is true that, as General

" Sargent has pointed out, a vote tras

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abready

been laken by the Finance

Committe

account

of the Local Goverment on

of the undertaking,

but he

omite to state that it has been taken m

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subject

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5.

by

" subject to a fair share being contributed "the military and naval authorities, and

"Lord Derby

"

"neosary,

" come

whose

final

sanction is

will be unable to allow the

Commencement

of operations unless it : "Pas-bou previously arranged that hat

the cost of the work is to be borne by

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the Imperial Government either divcelty.

or in the fore of abatement of the Militong "contribution (tivo thirds having

"

the proportion which it was

been

originally

hoped by the Colony and by this Office

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" would be contributed by the Imperial.

"Treasury "")

Cord Derby hopes that Lord.

"Hartinzion