CO129-285 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [9-10] — Page 335

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one

lot

(

As a fact only in the quarter named has

been put up

to auction, at

which the Reverend Mr

Hager purchased it for the American Board of Foreign Mission.

Nor was the

premium

reduced to half the amount

that could be obtained had

a

longer lease been granted. This lot was valued by the Director of Public Works at $2.50 a square foot if

sold

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sold on a 999 years' lease,

but was

put up at $2.00 a

square foot to induce com- petition which however did - not take place, with the re- sult that the lot setched a

trifle

foot.

over $2.00

$2.00 a square

Adjoining land was of fered for sale in January.

last at $3.50 a

square foot

on a 999 years' tenure but.

No

5.

bid

was made.

As regards the state

ment

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