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reign of ground on which he has built a house.
2. From earlier Papers it appears that in 1842 Mr Johnston applied for a piece of Land on which to erect a House for his own residence, that his application was conceded by Sir H. Pottinger, the then Governor, that soon after he had built his House he was compelled by illness to leave the Colony, and then let his House to the Colonial Government for the residence of the Governor on moderate terms paying to the Government the ground rent originally agreed upon, but that no lease was issued to him, apparently because it was uncertain whether or not the Land would be required for Civil or Military purposes. It has now been finally decided that it will not be required for either the one or the other, and Mr Johnston requests that his Title Deeds may be made out.
3. It is proposed however by Lieut: Colonel Phillpotts, the Commanding Royal Engineer that although the property