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"leaves telling them that they
"would obtain Inland Leases
"if they accepted the Military
"clause. Several of them at once
applied and leases have been
granted to them; the particulars
"and plans having been supplied
"by Mr Price, who I presume before sending these plans had
obtained the consent of the Major
General. Others have been
promised their Leases. Mr. Cay
applied either verbally to Mr
"Bruce Shepherd or in writing
"to Mr Price that his five Garden
"Leases should be exchanged for
Inland Leases and he has
"obtained two of the Leases out
"of the five; the others he would,
"I think, have also obtained
had it not been for
"difficulty about a road which
"prevented the completion of the
"Lease plan. In the meantime
"the Military Authorities stepped
"in and the whole question
"having been looked into, it
"has been seen that the Secretary
"of