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Department, or left clear for Defence purposes, much of it bring covered with

buildings which contribute nothing to the rates.

8.

I have directed an

estimate to be prepared of

the amount this lost to

the Colonial Exchequer, and

I hope

to be able in no

long time to forward it to Your Lordship. When this loss is

taken into account, as

in

my opinion it ought to be,

I

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" apprehend it will be found :that the Colony actually contributes for defensive

purposes a far larger

its

proportion of i

than

any

resources

other under the

Crown, and I venture to think that this fact deserves

to be taken into consideration

with reference to any

demand for the same

object.

9.

neu-

Nevertheless in the

conviction that Her Majesty's

Government

F

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