CO129-067 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [1-4] — Page 357

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honies. This will perhaps bes

have

(me)

the most fitting plows for m to perall to your pemembrance

o the large amount of funds have beens provided exceeding £14,000) required) for these

otterations . The old market

as

system was perhaps se faulty

a one, as coulds have gristed.

Portions of Crow lands had beengranted to lessees on condition of their creatin markets thereon and paying a certain) annualrevitals. But it had not beer presided: that the whole of such land should be devoted to Market

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and consequently the Lessees

appropriated a considerable

houses

porters of it to building portion thereon totally unconnected with the Market but which

poid them very remunerative rents while the markets proper remained in a disques fuel state

"dilapidation were coved out

of dilapidat

into separate monopolies, and were but of secondary importance to the lessees . One of the leases folling in in September lost it

was resolved to take the whole, market system into the hands of the Government . It was further resolved, to sell such

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