It felt necessary, and therefore, to lay down the general rule that if a charitable Association chose, without any reference to the government, to go into the market and purchase land at the land sales, the conditions of the sale would be enforced; but that I would, if applied to, grant sites in suitable localities free of premium for all Institutions of a deserving character.
This decision was communicated to Mr. Levendegraft in my letter of the 8th May, as you will observe, expressed on behalf of the society his warm acknowledgements for and acceptance of the offered grant. A site distant from the Town was accordingly agreed upon between him and the Surveyor General - It was arranged that he should