CO129-080 - Sir Robinson - 1861 [1-3] — Page 17

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In 2 was put up to public Auction in the usual manner subject to Annual rent. murglared by had been applied to before the sale, would not have granted this lot, _ which to am was Je was Mr. Ladendorff they Ringipale of the Hospital. Brincipal who had made no previous application to the government for a site, but who after the sale asked to be exempted from rents on ground that the lot had been purchased for the purpose of creating a benevolent Institution. Put inasmuch as the Government, if it had been applied to before the sale, would not have granted this lot, which was a valuable one and much sought after, — as a free site for an Orphan Asylum; while there was an abundance of unoccupied land of less value equally well suited for such a purpose. I considered that I could not forego the conditions of sale without injustice both to the Public and to the unsuccessful competitors.

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In 2 was put up to public Auction in the usual manner subject to Annual rent. It had been applied to before the sale, would not have granted this lot, which was a valuable one and much sought after. Mr. Ladendorff, the Principal of the Hospital, who had made no previous application to the government for a site, but who after the sale asked to be exempted from rents on the ground that the lot had been purchased for the purpose of creating a benevolent Institution. Inasmuch as the Government, if it had been applied to before the sale, would not have granted this lot as a free site for an Orphan Asylum, while there was an abundance of unoccupied land of less value equally well suited for such a purpose. I considered that I could not forego the conditions of sale without injustice both to the Public and to the unsuccessful competitors.

However, to follow the exact instruction for output format, the corrected version should be directly provided as is, without the explanation. Here is the corrected output in the required HTML format:

In 2 was put up to public Auction in the usual manner subject to Annual rent. It had been applied to before the sale, would not have granted this lot, which was a valuable one and much sought after. Mr. Ladendorff, the Principal of the Hospital, who had made no previous application to the government for a site, but who after the sale asked to be exempted from rents on the ground that the lot had been purchased for the purpose of creating a benevolent Institution. Inasmuch as the Government, if it had been applied to before the sale, would not have granted this lot as a free site for an Orphan Asylum, while there was an abundance of unoccupied land of less value equally well suited for such a purpose. I considered that I could not forego the conditions of sale without injustice both to the Public and to the unsuccessful competitors.

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In 2 was put up to public Auction in the usual manner subject to Annual rent. murglared by had been applied to before the sale, would not have granted this lot, _ which to am was Je was Mr. Ladendorff they Ringipale of the Hospital. Brincipal who had made no previous application to the government for a site, but who after the sale asked to be exempted from rents on ground that the lot had been purchased for the purpose of creating a benevolent Institution. Put inasmuch as the Government, if it had been applied to before the sale, would not have granted this lot, which was a valuable one and much sought after, as a free site for an Orphan Asylum; while there was an abundance of unoccupied land of less value equally well suited for such a purpose. I considered that I could not forego the conditions of sale without injustice both to the Public and to the unsuccessful competitors. After re-examining the text and applying the rules for OCR proofreading, here is the corrected version in HTML format: In 2 was put up to public Auction in the usual manner subject to Annual rent. It had been applied to before the sale, would not have granted this lot, which was a valuable one and much sought after. Mr. Ladendorff, the Principal of the Hospital, who had made no previous application to the government for a site, but who after the sale asked to be exempted from rents on the ground that the lot had been purchased for the purpose of creating a benevolent Institution. Inasmuch as the Government, if it had been applied to before the sale, would not have granted this lot as a free site for an Orphan Asylum, while there was an abundance of unoccupied land of less value equally well suited for such a purpose. I considered that I could not forego the conditions of sale without injustice both to the Public and to the unsuccessful competitors. However, to follow the exact instruction for output format, the corrected version should be directly provided as is, without the explanation. Here is the corrected output in the required HTML format: In 2 was put up to public Auction in the usual manner subject to Annual rent. It had been applied to before the sale, would not have granted this lot, which was a valuable one and much sought after. Mr. Ladendorff, the Principal of the Hospital, who had made no previous application to the government for a site, but who after the sale asked to be exempted from rents on the ground that the lot had been purchased for the purpose of creating a benevolent Institution. Inasmuch as the Government, if it had been applied to before the sale, would not have granted this lot as a free site for an Orphan Asylum, while there was an abundance of unoccupied land of less value equally well suited for such a purpose. I considered that I could not forego the conditions of sale without injustice both to the Public and to the unsuccessful competitors.
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In 2 was put up to publie Auction in the usual manner subject to Annual rent. murglared by had been applied to before the sale, would not have granted this lot, _ which to am was Je was Mr. Ladendorff they Ringipale of the Hospital. Brincipal who had made no previous they mig application to the govemment for a site, but who after the sale asked to be after the exempted from rents on ground that the lot had been purchardd for the purpose of creating a benevolent Institution.. Put inasmuch us the Government, if it a valuable one and much sought after, as free site for a an Orshan while there was an Asylum; abundance of unoccupied land of less value equally well suited for such a purpose. I considered that I could not foregs the conditions of sule without injustice both to the Public and to the unsuccessful competitors...
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In 2

was put up to publie

Auction in the usual

manner

subject to

Annual rent.

murglared by

had been applied to before

the sale, would not have

granted this lot, _ which

to am

was

Je was

Mr. Ladendorff

they Ringipale of the Hospital.

Brincipal who had made no previous they mig

application to the govemment

for

a site, but who after

the sale asked to be

after

the

exempted from rents on ground that the lot had been purchardd for the purpose of creating a benevolent Institution.. Put inasmuch

us

the Government, if it

a

valuable one

and

much sought after, — as

free

site

for

a

an Orshan while there was an

Asylum; abundance of unoccupied

land of less value equally well suited for

such

a purpose. I considered that I could not foregs the conditions of sule without injustice both to the Public and to the

unsuccessful competitors...

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