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required for military purposes; the word is obviously

used in contradistinction to requirements for a definite

period of short duration, and in this respect the case

of Spring Gardens is the same as that of Mr. Findlay

Smith's property and the Mount Austin Hotel, referred to

by the Governor in his 5th paragraph.

5. A reference to the 1895 correspondence relative

to Mr. Findlay Smith's property shows that Sir William

Robinson's despatch was written with a view to obtaining

a ruling as to whether Crown Rents should or should not

be claimed from the War Department in such cases: this

point having been settled, the case was not dealt with

by a "Special agreement", but the capitalised value of

the Crown Rent was credited to the Colony in the Colonial

Military Lands Account "following the spirit" (see Sir

William Robinson's despatch of 10th May 1895) of the

circular of 30th December 1894, the War Department

recognizing the right of the Colony, under the terms of

the circular, to take credit.

6. In this case, as in the case of Spring Gardens,

the Crown Rent will presumably be re-imposed by the

Colonial Government on the purchaser in the event of the

property being sold by the War Department, and a credit

given to the War Department on the basis of the

It will, therefore, be

capitalized value of that rent.

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