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Inland Lots No 291, 292, 293, and 294
- ground artificially enclosed for agricultural purposes, comprising Six acres; the first improvements on this ground were made by myself, who
"interceded. I have acquired by purchase. I am at present occupied planting Vegetables, Peas, and Brassicas, and shortly intend building a Farm Store
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Bungalow on "Mitchell's Grove", so called; it is situated at the back of Victoria, higher up the Mountain than any other Land yet sold; it was
upset price at Public Auction in March 1846, there being no unsuccessful competitor, but why it, upset price should have been fixed at its present rental, I cannot infer, the Land being in Locality and surface far inferior to Farm Lots held by me and others at one Pound per acre, add to which its height, and declivity, rendering artificial irrigation indispensable, and most expensive; at the present moment, with only two Labourers and a Watchman, this Land, house included, is an expense to me of Six Shillings per diem
hitherto it has yielded nothing, in fact until the rent is reduced it is folly to attempt to grow anything for sale, for the cost of production will exceed the Market value of the article produced, tenfold. I beg to urge this Case on your consideration, as its merits deserve; in fact the promotion of agriculture within this Colony demands the most earnest attention of the Government, for with a few good Market-gardens in the vicinity, we should not be terror-stricken at the report of the Chinese having stopped supplies. "." The cultivation of Grasses for our Animals is most desirable, for Dry-
have none.
Inland Lot No 292.A. is the adjoining Lot to No 291 $( bought at the same sale ), of similar dimensions, and at an advance of about Fifty per cent on the upset rental. My statement relative to #291.A is applicable to this Lot, save and excepted that three shops in the