CO129-329 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [7-12] — Page 725

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is ad ex,

sale independently of the Colonial Government would give

the War Department the power to vest in private individuals

perpetual ownership of land in the Colony without payment

of Crown Rent and that no such ownership has hitherto exist-

ed though of course both the War Department and Admiralty

have themselves rights of perpetual user free of Crown

rent over properties vested in the Secretary of State for

War and Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty respectively.

I have the honour to be,

sir,

Your most obedient

Humble servant,

Mathon

Governor, &c.