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and more particularly define
the limits.
I have to,
(Signed) G. Duddell
To His Excellency
Samuel Bee. Bonham,
Governor in Council,
Copy
Memorandum
Surveyor General's Office 20th May 1849
These Cordy grounds were
finished in August
1848 and Cost £bl 1247 each they have never
been used for the purpose for which they were intended, and consequently are useless to
the Government. It is not likely any
other
person would purchase them, and if offered at auction, they would not produce one tenth their original cost. I therefore think M.Duddell's offer a very fair one and
as he proposes to rent the Land, Her Majesty's Government would derive advantage by the
proposed sale - although in the first instance the loss would be upwards of £30-
Mr Buddel does not state definitely how much land he requires, and therefore I cannot say what would be the annual ground rent but I should think the sum would be about £10 for that near the Lock House and £15 for the other...