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that agreement for such a period as would be required

in order to give full effect to the decision of the Cabinet,

My Lords, however, are anxious that there should not

be difference between the Secretary of State and this

Board upon

Minor points and They are ready to make the

concession of naming three years, instead of two, as the

period for which the Contribution of £40,000 will be

binding.

2.

It is true that My Lords were satisfied with the des-

cription of the Committee of 1861 given by the Colonial

Office itself It is probable, from reference to Hansard,

that Sir P. Rogers based his description of the Committee

upon the proposals put forward by Mr Mills who moved for

the Committee in the House of Commons, and who justified

his proposals upon the plea of economy.

3.

My Lords will not follow the Secretary of State

al through his reasons for exempting the Coloni at the

expense of the Imperial Taxpayer. They expressed in their

letter of the 10th August their view of the duties and

obligations of Subjects of the Empire in whatever part of

the Empire such Subjects may have fixed their residence,

and They must abide by the opinion thus expressed.

4.

They are however anxious on all occasions to give the

inhabitants of distant parts of the Empire full credit for

works. which contribute towards Military defence, and pre-

suming that it is in the power of the Secretaryof State to

shew that the Waterworks mentioned in the 13th paragraph

of the letter under reply represent a substantial money

value acknowledged by the War Office and the Admiralty, Lords are prepared to balance that item against the charge

for submarine defence works.

I am, Sir,

Your obedient servant,

Rank Mowatt

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