Long-term lease payments for 96-year leases equate to a permanent transfer, similar to a sale; considered capital expenditure.

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....Nature of Lease rents paid - there was no real distinction between mischief of such a transfer in perpetuity and a transfer for the long period of 96 years - a permanent lease is as much an alienation as a sale - expenditure is of capital in nature - HC....