It appears that the lot in question was granted in the first instance to a Mur Holgates, by whom it was afterwards transferred to Mr Scott. The land as originally granted possessed a frontage of 60 feet and a calculated area of 5418 square feet, but when a Complete Survey was made of the Town in 1844, and the boundaries of this and the adjacent lots more accurately defined, it was found that the frontage was 81 feet and contained an area of 9,759 feet.
In Mr. Scott's letter he complains that while all the lots sold by Captain Elliot are charged at the original measurement, and some of them have nearly doubled in extent, their rentals are now the same, and his has been increased as measurement taken arbitrarily two years after its occupation.
To this I have only to observe that at the period when this ground was granted, the rate had been fixed at an annual payment of £1 for 129 square feet, which is not disputed. The ground sold by Captain Elliot and Mr Johnston were disposed of under totally different circumstances: - "those by Captain Elliot were sold on Public auction.