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A-No.
Q-It did not rest upon them?
A-They confirmed it.
Q-Your Valuation No. 1 wanted some confirmation ?
A-Certainly.
Q-May I ask, did you make Valuation No. 1, or did Mr. Leigh?
A-We made it together.
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Q-Who worked out the price?
A-I cannot say; probably we did it together. I have no recollection.
Q Did you take into consideration the fact that these premises were used as godowns?
A-No. The valuation was on the basis of land only.
Q―This particular piece of land, or land generally?
A-The price of this particular land I would get by seeing what land along- side it was worth, and then I would look for a confirmation by the rate of rentals
Q-Do you mean by rentals coming in ?
A-No; by seeing what the total valuation was, and deducting the value of the buildings from the value of the land.
Q-And you were influenced partly by the fact of the Government having offered to pay $5 per foot for this small bit of land; that was one of the ingredients?
A-One of the facts.
Q-Is not Lot 95 nearer the centre of the Town than 184?
A-Yes.
Q-How far; can you tell us?
A-About a quarter of a mile.
Q-95 is East of the Sailors' Home?
A-Just.
Q-And the other Lots were just by the Sailors' Home, adjoining 95 ?
A-95 adjoins the Sailors' Home.
Q-What about 96 and 97?
A-They also adjoin the Sailors' Home; they are all East of the Sailors'
Home.
Q-They are all East, roughly, a quarter of a mile of Marine Lot 184 ?
A-Yes.
Q-Would you put any different value on Marine Lot 184 as between taking the year 1895 and, say the end of the year 1898, the date of your Report? You remember when you inade your Report, I think the filling-up was begun; access was not stopped at that time?
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