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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XI, Issue 45, 7 March 1884, Page 23

Tndh has the following:— "The reason which has induced the Earl of Portarhngton to negotiate for the sale of his ma-nifiVnt property at tmo and the house, which is called the 'Imh Art Treasury,' is not, as has beea stited. a rupture between bis lordshio and his tenants. The relations between Lord Portarlingfon and his tenants hnve ever been of the most friendly character His lord ship evince g the greatest desire for their welfare. He has aimulv determined to sell the estate because Mr. Dawson-Damer his heir at-law, has declared that he would not me Emo House for other purposes th< n a shooting lodge, and Lord Portarlington ha* too ereat a respect for art and for the memory of the late countess to pfrmit • f"} 8111 * 0611 * oome which she loved to be turned intoa mere shoot-