that on the 9th Au-
appears gust last this Government
notified by the Director
was
of Public Works that it was the intention of the
owner
to sell the residence Known
as
Craigieburn", and that ~
the sum asked for the pro- perty
was
£7,000 sterling.
Sir W. Robinson ap- parently regarded that -
and nego.
as excessive, and
price
tiations were
opened
on the
14th August with Mr. Inchbald,
the
the
as
owner
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of a house known
"Craig Ryrie", which was
considered a suitable sum-
mer residence for the Govern Those negotiations, how=
کہو
ever, appear
appear to have fallen
through owing to the high
rental asked, and as
reported;
in Sir W. Robinson's despaton No974 A
14 of the 15th December last, the residence Known
as
"The Cliffs" was eventually,
rented on a 3 years lease.
I regret that I am
unable
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