CO129-020 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [5-8] — Page 13

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and that the highest of

the rents had not been

originally put up at their actical amount but had been

bid up to it, by open competin tion. Hilberts, the predictions of the Merchants have not heen fulfilled,

ad

the reals

have continued steadily to increase, and although they

are

even

undoubtedly very

vary ligh

when compared with

rents in this Country, get the Arguments inged by his Ko Davis, seem to negative

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tion that they exposed

land. At ays

aftertin the value of the

the

rab. it seems impossible to

better standard for

devise

any

ascertaining the real value of the lured, than was adapted in

this

Cade

and it would require

precise proof than has

yet been given to shew that

this standard is not a

I should resums

Carreet

these for that for the present,

no-

round had

sufficient groun

been shewed for a redunation

of the Rombs.

the

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