CO129-038 - Sir Bonham - 1851 [10-12] & Public Offices - 1851 [10-12] — Page 241

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70

allowed to ourrender a

lot of land for which they

now bound to

are

pay

an annual rent of £33.11.3.

lana

2 This lot of (Ne 56) is stated by Messrs Turner not to be

built upon, or

other

any

to be in

way remunerative

to them, and

ao

a

they state,

ground for

the

indulgence they solicit that they have expended $50000 their buildings in the

Colony,

and that the

annual

annual

pay to

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rent that they

to the Crown,

the rent

including

of

the

Lot in question, is £193.6.6. The fovernor states that he brought this application before the Executive

was

Council, when it determined that it should be recommended for Lord Keep favorable consideration.

In the face of

3

such a recommendation

from the local fovernment,

it seems

scarcely possible

to