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and business capacity, as his Memorandum, which continues as 

 follows, abundantly shows : — 



I managed to get Mr. Parker (of Mortlock's Bank), and Mr. 

 W. W. Bouse Ball, of Trinity, to buy the Kennels from Mr. Burges at 

 a price of £170, including the cost of the walls, etc. Mr. Parker and 

 Mr. Eouse Ball are now our landlords, and hold the Kennels as 

 security for the money advanced, till we have paid off the debt. A 

 subscription was started to obtain part of the £170, and a certain 

 amount collected, and at the end of the 1897 season the Committee 

 paid some more money exclusive of the rent. As we pay 5 ^ on the 

 amount, it is obvious that the more money is paid off the smaller the 

 rent becomes, till at last the Kennels will be the property of T.F.B. 

 At that time the course I should propose would be that Mr. Parker 

 and Mr. Eouse Ball should continue to hold the Kennels, but merely 

 as trustees for T.F.B. If each Master were to take on the Kennels 

 as his own property, it would cause infinite trouble and be an endless 

 legal expense. 



(Signed) Nigel 0. Walker. 



On the opposite page of the Farmers' Book is the following 

 comment : — 



What Mr. N. 0. Walker says on the opposite page is quite 

 correct, but he omits to say that each year the Master of the T.F.B. 

 has to pay £10 of the Kennel purchase debt as well as 5 ^ on the 

 existing amount. It may at some time be feasible to raise a sub- 

 scription to pay off more than this sum, some years. If not, it would 

 appear that in fifteen years' time (a.d. 1914) the Kennels will be the 

 property of the then Master. At that period it would be advisable to 

 ask Messrs. Parker and Bouse Ball (or if dead their trustees) to hold 

 the land as trustees. 



(Signed) Hugh S. Gladstone. 



Dated February 2, 1899. 



So cumbrous an arrangement as conveying the freehold Jrom 

 Master to Master is manifestly absurd. The actual situation at the 



