CO129-034 - Sir Bonham - 1850 [9-12] — Page 16

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2.

parties have made Any

arc

bona fide outlay, and

unwilling to retain their lots on

"raised terms, you

"settle each case..

will of

course take

the

equitably and on its own

care

" merits, bearing in mind, such expectations

as it say

to

have been reasonable to form under

public notice issued, though without

4. sufficient powers, "Chief Authority

by the Officer. exercising the

spot!".

on the

I beg leave also to refer to Lord Stanley's Icspatch in additional support of certain claims I advanced against

over-measurement

of the Marine Lot now precessed by me, which I have paid in evror ever since 1843. His Freellency, I think, stated the Lot having been- granted by Mz Schuston_ did-not- come under "" the regulations affecting there cold at the sale by faptain hellist in June 18/61 with respect. to the last, Lnd Stanley says, Blue Book sage $92, that, "it would be only just to confirm the Marine. Lots at the prices they

lous

"fetched at Auction," which

neendingly done, and His Lordship further etates, Blue Book page 393, line 12, "With acepect to the Marine " Loto alienated by Mt. Johnston, the conditions "being the

same,

the

came decision must-

to them as to those sold under

"course apply to them

f

"faptain Elliot's notive.." My complaint. "that, while all the lots sold by faptain Sellist are

charged at the original

AJ

at the original measurement, although, shown to His Ineelleney

second Survey,

some

on a

of them have been found to have been nearly doubled in satent, and although my rent. has been fived at the average of there, I

measurement

am not charged at the original. but at an arbitrary one, taken nearly two years after its recupation.

I have thereface repectfully to solicit that His hucellency will be pleased to direct an~~ inspection of the original Diagram measurement of the

and

of the lot, and that the rents may

be equitably charged.

in terms of Mr. Johnston's