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In Pelliam itself we shall snow a sale in July, 1882, 

 of 4| acres for $4,635, and in December, 1882, a sale of 

 12 acres for $3,000. In December, 1883, 4 T VVo acres sold 

 for $6,500. In February, 1885, 4| acres sold for $3,000. 

 In September, 1885, 6 acres sold for $1,000. In 1882, 3 

 acres of salt meadow were sold for $200. And 1A acres on 

 the Boston Post road were sold for $1,758, or an average 

 of $150 an acre. We shall show in Pelham Manor a sale 

 of 17 acres in November, 1884, for $23,293 ; and in 

 December of that year, one of nearly 14 city lots for 

 $1,593. In February, L885, 4.', acres were sold for $3,000. 



Then we come to Westchester. We can show you there 

 sales of 5 acres of salt-meadow in 1882 for $300 ; in June, 

 1882, of nearly 26 acres for $10,000 ; in June, 1883, of 206 

 acres on the Boston road, for $32,000 ; in October, 1883, 

 of 18 acres near Williamsbridge, for $8,000: In Eastchester, 

 in December, 1882, 9} 2 acres were sold for $1,350 ; in 

 March, 1883, about 20 acres brought $10,000. 



In New Rochelle — and it should be premised that New 

 Rochelle is a place of some 6,000 inhabitants, and perhaps 

 the most progressive village or town in the County of 

 Westchester, and one of the most desirable places for 

 summer residences — we can show that in October, 1882, 

 there was a sale of L 2h acres at $600. And we shall call 

 your attention to sales in March 1882, of 31^ acres, for 

 $2,700; in December, 1883, of 2| acres, very desirably 

 located, leading to the steamboat landing, for $3,250 ; in 

 April, 1884, of 4 acres and a house for $5,000 ; in March, 

 1884, of 14 acres, for $550, and in September, 1884, of 

 11| acres for $1,738. Some of these sales in New 

 Rochelle are worth noticing to greater extent ; for 

 instance, take the sale from Prime to Leroy, in 

 June, 1885. The consideration there was $25,000. That 

 was for 31 acres, with a house and stable worth $20,000, 

 and a water-front on New Rochelle creek, and fine shade 

 trees. The average price for that land w r as $163 per acr. 

 Take the sale from the Manhattan Life Insurance Company 

 to Adrian Iselin, Jr., consideration $32,000 for 38 acres ; the 

 average price for that land w r as $781 an acre. This was in 



