means wherewith to provide for myself.
any
How
I able therefore to pay the late Mr Pope's ground rent?
One
Hoping that your honour will free me from this trouble, I address this to
Charles Cleverly, Esq
25th March, 1848.
SG. Office,
1st of the April 1848. Submitted for the consideration of His Excellency the Governor.
"The petitioner has taken out leases for the ground in question, and I always understood he did so at the solicitation of Mr. Pope, who paid the necessary fees and expenses of the sale. The leases were found amongst Mr. Pope's papers after his death.
The petitioner is a poor man and the greater portion of his wages is paid monthly in arrears for the Petition.
35 of rent, as stated in the claim against Mr. Pope.
Mr. Pope died insolvent, and therefore the petitioner cannot be assisted in any way by the administratrix, who admitted the claim made upon the Estate, at the same time showing the impossibility of rendering the required advances to liquidate the debt.
I do not think it possible for the petitioner to pay the debt, as I do not think he has any property, and the only means of subsistence is that derived from the office.
6. He is a most useful and trustworthy person, and has been in the employ nearly five years.
(Signed) Chas. St. Ges. Cloverly,
Surveyor General.
I think Chang's case a hard one; he appears not to be the real owner of the ground.
d. Two thirds of his pay is at present retained to meet the Government claim
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