CO129-190 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [10-12] — Page 23

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an

copy

isoused in auquest last. A

of that Report, and of the addendum containing the

land leeforce baun sel with

bus opinion thereon, they

I enclose for your

informations

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Lardolipo

With reference to the

of the ground upon which

value of the

the deity Hall stands this excellency

stated that it is valued at ins

$40,000 or

ah makk.

"The only remark

the beammittee would make as

to this is that the

ever

graund

Areas

claimed bath by the Imperial and lealarial authorities, and that if it were the sale precapanty of this latter they have precluded themselves by the Leas es granted to the holders of the adjoining lato to stres Westward from selling for ordinary building purposes Lot 1082 repron which the laity

Hall

stands; and

if

it

it could have we would in 1866 for

ordinary purposes it's marketable value would have been under

$10,000

At the conclusion of

His Excellen exp's speech at the_ Legislative banneil he said:

"The question nois quise...

pay

whether we are to proud thre "ratepayers' money

to thiser

"genstern on who have no legal " position whatever as far as the "leity Stall is concerned, who

are

" violating every engagement stuf made to the Government, but

"above all, who are ev deavour

deavouring

at this time in the nineteenth "century, to retain in bangking "the last little remnant of

" intolerance in the shape of

"their notice"

With reference to their

legul standing no your Lordship

will ace, the

the opinion of the

only Queen's banned in the

lealony

Dec.