the difference in the value with and without restriction,
is
just as much part of what may be called the capital fund
which the Colony has set apart for defence purposes, as the
value of land placed wholly at the disposal of the War Office.
It follows therefore that, in order to place the matter on an
equitable footing, the difference in the value of the land in
question, over which it is proposed that the War Office should
abandon its restrictive clearance rights, ought to be carefully assessed, and the amount regarded as available to meet
the cost of lands or buildings now required, or that may
hereafter be required, in the Colony.
6
Nor can it be admitted that there is any special
force in the contention that the clearance rights were only
originally intended to have effect as long as they were necessary for defence purposes; because all Colonial Military
Lands are held with that proviso, expressed or implied.
7
I am accordingly to request that the Secretary of
State for the Colonies will be good enough to take the above
points into his consideration and, if he sees no objection,
urge them upon the Colony with a view to an equitable
assessment of the value of the rights it is proposed to
abandon.
the difference in the value with and without restriction,
is
just as much part of what may be called the capital fund
which the Colony has set apart for defence purposes, as the
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value of land placed wholly at the disposal of the War Office.
It follows therefore that, in order to place the matter on an
equitable footing, the difference in the value of the land in
question, over which it is proposed that the War Office should
abandon its restrictive clearance rights, ought to be care-
fully assessed, and the amount regarded as available to meet
the cost of lands or buildings now required, or that may
hereafter be required, in the Colony.
6
Nor can it be admitted that there is any special
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force in the contention that the clearance rights were only
originally intended to have effect as long as they were noces-
sary for defence purposes;- because all Colonial Military
Lands are held with that proviso, expressed or implied.
7
I am accordingly to request that the Secretary of
State for the Colonies will be good enough to take the above
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points into his consideration and
if he sees no objection
urge them upon the Colony with a view to an equitable
assessment of the value of the rights it is proposed to
abandon.
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