CO129-005 - Sir Henry Pottinger - 1844 — Page 192

themselves signed.

the letter.

There is not time to do so by 5

this Mail, but I shall send by

!

another early opportunity to Your- Lordship an Estimate showing, in

round numbers, what sums

of mmey

in

- have been expended on building. this Colony since the publication of the intention. of Her Majesty's Government not to recognize. Grants or sales of land made previous to the exchange. of the Ratifications of the Treaty, and- what before such publication; also a statement showing the number of persons who strictly complied with the terms on which land was granted. to them by Captain Elliot, or Mr Johnston ; The

upset price of the Crown-

Lands sold at the last sales was in-

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round - numbers One Thousand- three Hundred. Pounds Sterling annual rent, and they fetched by Public Outery Two Thousand- Pounds Sterling which is of itself.

of itself a convincing proof

of the erroneous view-

of

the maller

taken in the letter which. I now

submit..

I must confess, that that letter

surprized me, for although I am decidedly of opinion, that the promise to which, allusion is made. in the

and

last passage of the reply, is politie. equitable, both as regards the Crown. and the individuals; yet, I do not hesitate to declare

my

conviction,

both from my personal observation_ and from

I have

the

inquiries

unviously instituted that in no Colony

round