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annual instalments until extinction by amortisation of loan
advanced for purchase within a period of 20 years,
amounting to an annual rental of 64 pounds, headrent
included, the titledeeds to remain in possession of the

lender or lenders with a saving clause envisaging forced
sale, foreclosure and mutual compensation in the event of
protracted failure to pay the terms assigned, otherwise the
messuage to become the absolute property of the tenant
occupier upon expiry of the period of years stipulated.
What rapid but insecure means to opulence might
facilitate immediate purchase?
A private wireless telegraph which would transmit by
dot and dash system the result of a national equine
handicap (flat or steeplechase) of I or more miles and
furlongs won by an outsider at odds of 50 to 1 at 3 hr 8 m
p.m. at Ascot (Greenwich time), the message being
received and available for betting purposes in Dublin at
2.59 p.m. (Dunsink time). The unexpected discovery of
an object of great monetary value (precious stone, valuable
adhesive or impressed postage stamps (7 schilling, mauve,
imperforate, Hamburg, 1866: 4 pence, rose, blue paper,
perforate, Great Britain, 1855: 1 franc, stone, official,
rouletted, diagonal surcharge, Luxemburg, 1878), antique
dynastical ring, unique relic) in unusual repositories or by

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