in the answers to 554 and 35
received from the Colonial Secretary on the 9th of September 1873 and 12th of January 1874 respectively
The
very
considerations
that were explained in the petition and approved of, when the Sanitarium was to be built, exciting still now,
and
being
even magnified by the
fact that there is no proportion
between the
sum we
were bound to expend
on
the premises for building purposes, according to the terms of the Concession
and the real expenditure
up to the present time; moreover, as the intended improvements on the new piece of land will involve
appreciable outlay, and be beneficial not only to us, but also to the rather unhealthy district of
Pokfulum
we
trust His Excellency
will feel inclined to receive
favourably
our request, and so
use his influence with the
Authorities, that the lease of ground
applied for will be granted for the full period of nine hundred and ninety-nine years.
I have &c.
L. I. Stolhann.
Supt. of the Sanitarium
Corrected OCR output: - "recaved" -> "received" - "niknsified" -> "magnified" - "vairumam sum ue" -> "sum we" - "πν" -> "on" - "ན" -> (removed, as it appears to be a non-relevant character) - "prust" -> "trust" - "favererably" -> "favourably" - "Jokfulum" -> "Pokfulum" - "torne" -> "the" - "&c." is kept as it is an abbreviation commonly used in historical documents, equivalent to "etc." or "and so forth." - Other minor spacing and formatting issues corrected.