the erection of a Bazaar,
granted, viz. for the within 6 months, for the expecial
of the troops,
Convenience
interval
and
an-
after. 8 months they had not been
built. He therefore
directed that the
original conditions should be strictly enforced,
- ground forfeited. to the
and the
Mr.
d. to the frown. Johniton moreover acted in-
direct violation of the instructions he had_
received
from
any steps
not to take
Sir Henry Pottinger, whatever as to the disposal of Lands during Sir Henry's absence, and this is a point- repeatedly advented to in the
despatches to Lord Aberdeen at the time :-
His acts were
therefore
not valid....
Mr. Webster's loss must be
in not
considered as the consequence of his imprudence and negligence- being awake to the particulars and liabilities of the grant. Various other
nun
parties
Land for parties have forfeited.
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non-fulfilment of the conditions under
• given...
which it was
As the six months
made,
was m
had not-expired when the transfer. Mr. Wobster might
still have fulfilled
the terms of the original - grant...
The conclusion... the
Mr. Webster has
in question,
no le
is, that
therefore is,
title to the ground
I
legal and Her Majesty's
Government-cannot- entertain the. demand for compensation. It is open him, if he chovies,
to
he chooses, to try his claims in the Supreme fourt of the felony -
It is surprising that faptain- Meit, holding as he did the_ responsible station of Land. Officer should have dispored of the ground undre the circumstances, and on his
own
account, just - previous to his quitting the Seland, having a full knowledge