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<p n="678">To Dr. Ingle Peter House College Cambridge.<lb></lb>
Sir. <lb></lb>
I would have answered your favour immediately but could not<lb></lb>
do it satisfactorely rental I had seen a Minute of a Resolution that<lb></lb>
I knew had been made by the Governors of the Hospital upon the subject<lb></lb>
of it, & I find that upon reading a Letter of Mr Marshall stating the<lb></lb>
Circumstances & expected Advantages to the Hospital of the proposed<lb></lb>
Inclosure, they approved the Measure & the proposed Appointment of Mr.<lb></lb>
Ingle of Mr. Pemberton to be the Solicitors, & Mr Marshall mentioned the<lb></lb>
Name of the Commissioner to be appointed by the Hospital respecting<lb></lb>
whom they were to enquire. you may therefore consider the Hospital<lb></lb>
as assenting to & appearing of the proposed Inclosure. I suppose Mr.<lb></lb>
Pemberton Name was joined will Me Inglis in Contemplation of<lb></lb>
that then intended joint Application of ParliamentI do not know<lb></lb>
the usage of the House of Commons in the united Application for Bells of<lb></lb>
Inclosure, but I doubt whether any Expence would be served by it, the<lb></lb>
Officer are very jealous of my Attempt to defeat them of their As ustage<lb></lb>
& would I think charge for three Bells, or so manage as to make them<lb></lb>
Charges equal to these Applications unless they be actually restrained<lb></lb>
by Order of the HousesUnless therefore considerable Expence is likely<lb></lb>
to be saved by a joint application it secures, circumstanced as you<lb></lb>
describe the other parishes to be, that a joint Act will not be desirable,<lb></lb>
& I much doubt whether the proceedings under the Act would be much<lb></lb>
lessened as the Number of the Mettings of the Commissioners would<lb></lb>
increased in proportion to the increased number of Clauses to their additional<lb></lb>
business. A great objection to Inclosures is the Expence of them; this<lb></lb>
is usually attributed to the legal part of the business, the Lawyers are<lb></lb>
the objects of concern, the Land Surveyors who are agricultural<lb></lb>
writers always are very free cut her cases of the legal part<lb></lb>
of the expenceAn the contrary I am satified from repeated expences<lb></lb>
that the great expence arises from the proceedings of the Commissioners<lb></lb>
An Inclosure of this Parish (Chestnut) is nearly finished; the Common<lb></lb>
was between 11 & 1200 Acres the Common meadows of commonfield laid<lb></lb>
between 15 &1600A the old Inclosure between 5 & 6000A. & I understand<lb></lb>
that more than £8000 has been raised & shamed; my preportion<lb></lb>
was more than £800 besides the subsequent expence of fencing &<lb></lb>
I do not impute to the Commissioners any improper management of<lb></lb>
the fees; they are respectable men, & have conducted themselves very<lb></lb>
handsomely & fairly towards the Proprietors. I only mention these Circum-<lb></lb>
stances to shew the necessity if considering whether some made mary<lb></lb>
not be thought of for keeping down the expenceI have he and of bargains<lb></lb>
with Commissioners for a Compensation of a certain seem per Acre & I<lb></lb>
think Mr. Marshall mentioned to me a Bargain of that Nature<lb></lb>
Our Commissioners were allowed by the Act but Guineas per day each &<lb></lb>
pay their own expences coming to, going from & attendg the meetings of<lb></lb>
the Commissioners, which I belive is the usual allowance, but no land<lb></lb>
surveyor of<obscured></obscured>
would think himself compensated by such an<lb></lb>
allowance & therefore they must have other mades of satisfying themselves,<lb></lb>
If any bargain be made other then the usual one of two guineas the<lb></lb>
day it must be made before that Bill goes into the House & inserted<lb></lb>
thereinI also<del>take the liberty</del>
of recommending that the Commissioners<lb></lb>
meetings be confined to the Parish, or as there may be event of</p>
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