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" may be required to pull down his house at

" his own expense, all that the Government is prepared to do is to compensate the

" individual for the ground, taken from him

" to which he can show a proper title, and

" for the expense to which he is put in

" removing his habitation to the substituted.

I must also observe that transfers of land were merely by letter, and as the maps then in existence were very incorrect, a proper registry could not be kept.

Mr Gordon, on reporting on the case in No.64 of 6th June, 1844, says Mr. Burd "has built far beyond the limits of these Lots Nos. 8 and 9, and was repeatedly warned by my directions" and further for Colonial Secretary's letter No. 149 of July to Mr. Burd, he states, (in consequence of the knowledge that portions of the premises were encroachments on Government property), that "the compensation to be ultimately awarded to you will depend upon the question of title which is not referred to them (the arbitrators) for consideration.

By no means was Mr. Burd's title to the ground satisfactorily proved; there was no evidence that the whole of the land claimed was ever given over to him, Sir Henry Pottinger decided that Mr. Burd should be remunerated for so much of the ground to which he was entitled, which is more than half of what he now occupies."

To show this as clearly as possible, I overlayed the plan of the lots and the original streets as laid down by Lieutenant Sargent, and added my survey of the existing houses and boundaries in the neighbourhood, by which it appeared that in the first instance even Mr. Oswald

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" may be required to pull down his house at " his own expense, all that the Government is prepared to do is to compensate the " individual for the ground, taken from him " to which he can show a proper title, and " for the expense to which he is put in " removing his habitation to the substituted. I must also observe that transfers of land were merely by letter, and as the maps then in existence were very incorrect, a proper registry could not be kept. Mr Gordon, on reporting on the case in No.64 of 6th June, 1844, says Mr. Burd "has built far beyond the limits of these Lots Nos. 8 and 9, and was repeatedly warned by my directions" and further for Colonial Secretary's letter No. 149 of July to Mr. Burd, he states, (in consequence of the knowledge that portions of the premises were encroachments on Government property), that "the compensation to be ultimately awarded to you will depend upon the question of title which is not referred to them (the arbitrators) for consideration. By no means was Mr. Burd's title to the ground satisfactorily proved; there was no evidence that the whole of the land claimed was ever given over to him, Sir Henry Pottinger decided that Mr. Burd should be remunerated for so much of the ground to which he was entitled, which is more than half of what he now occupies." To show this as clearly as possible, I overlayed the plan of the lots and the original streets as laid down by Lieutenant Sargent, and added my survey of the existing houses and boundaries in the neighbourhood, by which it appeared that in the first instance even Mr. Oswald
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" may be required to pull down his house at

" his owne

expense, all that the Gover "prepared to do is to compensate the

ment.

are

" individual for the ground, taken from him

"

" to which he

CAN

show a proper title, and

" for the expence to which he is put-

"removing

"lok"

in

his habitation to the substituted.

I must also observe that

but at that time transfers

noted

in land

wvere

merely - by letter, and as the maks

then in existence - were

very

incorrect, a

proper registry could not be kept.

Mr Gordon on reporting, on the casey

in

No.64 of 6th June. 1844, kays

Mr. Burd.

" has built far beyond the limits of these

" Lots Mos. 8 and 9, and was re

directions

"

the

in

th 8

• warned by my and further

for

Colonial Secretary's letter Nr. 149 of July to Mr. Burd, he states, (in consequence of the knowledge that portions of the

es were encroar

premises

Ow

woachments

100

brown

property),

that "the

compensate.

tion to be

ultionately

awarded to

your

"the

- referred to

Copy

herewith enclosed.

گوگو

ou will depend upon

- question of title which is not

"theme (the arbitrators) for consideration.

by

Mr. Burd's title to the ground-

tva

no means satisfactorily proved; there was no evidence that the whole of the

land. claimed. was ever

ever given

over to him,

repeatedly

against to dring"," "Sr Henry Pottinger

"decided that Mr. Burd should be

remunerated

#

" as he

so much of the ground

was entitled to, which is more

"half of what he

now

To show the

Itran

occupies . "

clearly as

cale as

possible, I onlayed the plan of the lots

and the

original streets as laid down Lieutenant. Sargent, and added it to

by

my

survey of the existing houses and boundaries in the neighbourhood, by which it appeared that in the first .

instance even

Mr. Oswald

3.

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