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Mr Shuck then exhibited Captain Meikit's authority in writing to sell the Land; and the sale was duly registered in the Land Office; and a certificate of the registry, of which the following is a copy, was delivered to me for six lots bought by me, and for which I immediately thereupon paid the purchase money.

"Land Office 4th Octo 1842

Sir,

I have the hour to inform you that the Bazar lots near Captain Morgan's Bazaar numbering from No 1 to No 6 have been transferred to your name and that they are subject to future regulations regarding Rent.

I have the honor to be Sir,

Your most obedient,

E.G. Reynolds

Inspector of Roads

signed

To R Webster Edge

While these events were in progress, I received an official communication from the Land Officer dated Government House 26th Nov. 1842- stating that by the terms of the grant of the Land.

I then immediately commenced the buildings; and for completing the public road; and as this ground has been transferred to me, I have to request that you will take immediate measures to remove the mass of soil &c then lying on the public road; I accordingly did so and at my own expense completed the public road in that vicinity.

On the 11th January 1842, upwards of a month after Sir Henry Pottinger's return from the North and by which time the Buildings I had in progress were in an advanced state without any previous communication whatever having been made to me on the subject, I received a Notification from Mr. Woosnam Acting Secretary to Sir Harry Pottinger stating that the transfer to me of these lots of Land would not be recognised:

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Foreign Office Mr Shuck then exhibited Captain Meikit's authority in writing to sell the Land; and the sale was duly registered in the Land Office; and a certificate of the registry, of which the following is a copy, was delivered to me for six lots bought by me, and for which I immediately thereupon paid the purchase money. "Land Office 4th Octo 1842 Sir, I have the hour to inform you that the Bazar lots near Captain Morgan's Bazaar numbering from No 1 to No 6 have been transferred to your name and that they are subject to future regulations regarding Rent. I have the honor to be Sir, Your most obedient, E.G. Reynolds Inspector of Roads signed To R Webster Edge While these events were in progress, I received an official communication from the Land Officer dated Government House 26th Nov. 1842- stating that by the terms of the grant of the Land. I then immediately commenced the buildings; and for completing the public road; and as this ground has been transferred to me, I have to request that you will take immediate measures to remove the mass of soil &c then lying on the public road; I accordingly did so and at my own expense completed the public road in that vicinity. On the 11th January 1842, upwards of a month after Sir Henry Pottinger's return from the North and by which time the Buildings I had in progress were in an advanced state without any previous communication whatever having been made to me on the subject, I received a Notification from Mr. Woosnam Acting Secretary to Sir Harry Pottinger stating that the transfer to me of these lots of Land would not be recognised:
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