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GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, HILSEA.

TO be LET, with Immediate Possession,—The COACH AND HORSES PUBLIC HOUSE, situated on the London Road, about Three Miles from Portsmouth, with good stabling, skittle ground, large garden, and all necessary outbuildings.

Tenders to be delivered at Pall Mall, addressed to the “Director General of Contracts,” on or before the 30th November, 1856.

For further particulars as to the Property, application to be made to the Superintendent Government Property, Hilsea.

Hampshire Telegraph, Saturday 01 November 1856 source

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GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, HILSEA.

To be LET, with Immediate Possession,—The COACH AND HORSES PUBLIC HOUSE, situated on the London Road, about Three Miles from Portsmouth, with good stabling, skittle ground, large garden, and all necessary outbuildings.

Tenders to be delivered at Pall Mall, addressed to the Director General of Contracts,” on or before the 30th November, 1856.

For further particulars as to the Property, application to be made to the Superintendent Government Property Hilsea.

Superintendent’s Office, Hilsea,

1st November, 1856.

Hampshire Telegraph, Saturday 08 November 1856 source

Given that Lucy Neat continues to run the business for many years after the death of Samuel Neat, it seems likely that she continued as the lessee despite this attempt to let it to a new landlord.