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R. Strachan, right for Messrs Gemmell the Sir..
546 Victoria, 22 November, 1843.
I have to acknowledge the receipt of Your letter of the 3rd Instant and in reply to it am directed by His Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger to say, he much regrets that circumstances beyond his control, place it out of his power to afford a satisfactory Answer to the query you have put on the part of Messrs Gemmell. If, as to the title under which they are to hold the ground on which they have built a House and other Premises in this Colony.
You are aware, a letter was addressed on the 22nd of July last to the Holders of Several lots of Land lying