under the notice of His Excellency I shall take the liberty of very briefly recapitulating the facts
The land
Mock, about
1 fine.
wel
.
granted to Capt
18/12 and be had
incurred considerable expense
outhing and building upon it, when,
being from
Sickness
obliged to leave.
it was bought by me for
the Colony, it
qbe dollars, under the sanction of
AM Johnston Esqre these acting
Governor, who in his
official
letter
of date Oct. 10 1842 stated that as it appears Capt Meik made every effort in
"his power to create Buildings
and as
"the lots alluded to; and
"the partially
"Ruined Walls likewise show the same,
"I have desired the Survey Inspector to
Register the Sale
"of these lots in
The transfer
live.
I
accordingly
made at the Survey office, and I hold the
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Land Inspector's Certificate thereof. I immediately commenced operations
to complete the buildings, and such
progress, I received official letter from the hand
of
Inspector of
date Nov. 26. to the
effect
that it was intended to alter the line
of
Road from that
originally contemplate- and that I must consequently remove the line of my buildings
further back; but was at
liberty
to supply the ground thus
by
Pt.2
additional
(
surrendered.
on the
at the back:
all of which I did and completed the
public Road in
the
vicinity.
about a month
the
time
afterwards - by which
my buildings
were
state - I was much surprised to receive
His Worship's
intimation from Mr. Woor
Acting Secretary.
that the transfer
which had taken place under
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