Journal entry – John Grey – 18 Nov 1834

Tuesday 18th November 1834



Had an interview with the Tenant of Longhope at an early hour, & at length brought him up to my valuation, which was £10 above his offer. As the same person holds a small farm near to Longhope, called Highside of which Lease there are 16 years to run, I think it right to grant him a Lease of Longhope for the same period.  Davison of Hartburngrainge came to know if he could not still be allowed to treat for his Farm, & seemed disappointed when I informed him, that his offer being so very low, the Board had directed it to be advertized.  Mr Hunt returned from Hartburngrainge, having with some difficulty persuaded Thomas & Samuel Brewis, to advance upon their former biddings, so as to meet the view of the Commissioners.   Having now come to Terms with the present Tenants, for all the Farms, except such as it had been ordered to let by public tender, I filled up the advertizement, and dispatched it to the Newspapers in Newcastle, Berwick and Kelso - the latter are in circulation in the Borders where the best farming prevails, having fixed on Monday 29th December, as the day by which the Offers are to be at Greenwich.  This done I set to work to prepare the Covenants for filling up the several Agreements for the Farms that have been let. I compared with Mr Hunt the offers he had received for clearing from Whins, and pitting two Parcels of Waste Land on Dilston New Town Farm, for planting.