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petition addressed to me, some

ago, by himself and

months

certain other holders of land at

the "Yeak", that is, on the

range

erhanging the city of

principal inhabitants have,

of hills over

Victoria, where m

many

of

the~~~

of

late years,

created summer

¡ residences.

Enclosure 2

Petition, with Correspondenel annexed.

12.

It will be seen that

the prayer of this petition is... practically that the leaser granted for seventy-five (75) years should

be extended to nine hundred and

ninety

Enclosure 3. 12th April, 1884.

ninety-nine (999) years without additional payment to the any Government.

3.

3r the first place,

I..

referred this petition to the "Surveyor-General, (the Honourable

I. M. Price); and I enclose his

- Report, which deserves careful m

consideration.

4:

I next laid the whole

case, with the necessar

necessary documents,

before the Executive Council, which advised that

(1) The Petition from the Peak Land-

holders

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