CO129-024 - Bonham - 1848 [3-6] — Page 37

2.

means wherewith to provide for myself.

any

How

I able therefore to pay the late Mr Pope's ground rent ?

One

Hoping that

・your

honor with free-

e from this trouble, I address this to

Charles Cleverly, Esq

te.

25th March, 1848.

tej

SG. Office,

of the April 1848. Submitted for the consideration of His Excellency the Governor .

"The petitioner has taken out leases

for the ground in question, and I always understood he did so at the solicitation of Mr. Pope, who paid the necessary fees and.

the sale. The leases were found deposit after the sale . . The leases amongst Mr. Pope's papers after his death.

The petitioner is a

poor

man and the

greater portion of his wages is paid monthly

for the Petition.

arrears

3

m'

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of rent, as stated. in the

Mr. Pope. died insolvent, and therefore

in any way

the petitioner cannot be assisted in by the administratrixe, who admitted the claim made upon the Estate, at the same time showing the impossibility of rendering. the required advances to liquidate the debt-

I do not think it possible for the

pelitioner to pay

he has

the debt,

as I do not think

any property, and the only means subsistence is that, derived.

6. from the office..

q

He is a most useful and brustworthy person, and has been in the employ nearly five years.

(Signed) Chas. St. Ges. Cloverty.

I think Chang

Q

Surveyor General.

taon's case a

hard one;

he appears not to be the peak owner of the ground.

d. Two thirds of his pay is at,

4 present.

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retained to meet the Government claim

A