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petition addressed to me, some
ago, by himself and
months
certain other holders of land at
the "Yeak", that is, on the
range
erhanging the city of
principal inhabitants have,
of hills over
Victoria, where m
many
of
the~~~
of
late years,
created summer
¡ residences.
Enclosure 2
Petition, with Correspondenel annexed.
12.
It will be seen that
the prayer of this petition is... practically that the leaser granted for seventy-five (75) years should
be extended to nine hundred and
ninety
Enclosure 3. 12th April, 1884.
ninety-nine (999) years without additional payment to the any Government.
3.
3r the first place,
I..
referred this petition to the "Surveyor-General, (the Honourable
I. M. Price); and I enclose his
- Report, which deserves careful m
consideration.
4:
I next laid the whole
case, with the necessar
necessary documents,
before the Executive Council, which advised that
(1) The Petition from the Peak Land-
holders
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