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 If yes, state what they said, what were their names, when were these statements made, and in whose presence?

—I cannot particularly recollect whether any emigrant or emigrants expressly stated, after introduction into Texas, how much land they were to receive for a family, or for a single man. There was no opportunity to mention or to argue that point. Everybody understood and knew well that a family had to claim in the colony 320 acres only, and a single man 160 acres. Whether any alteration in the minds of some or all emigrants had taken place since they found out that they got their lands not as a donation from the Company, but as a consequence of contract, I have had no opportunity to test.

—Were the terms, conditions and inducements on which said emigrants came to Texas generally known and understood among the emigrants and other persons familiar with Fisher and Miller's colony to be equitable and binding?

—I believe that the terms, conditions and inducements on which the emigrants came to Texas, were generally known and understood to be equitable and binding.

—Were or were not the transfers of land or land certificates by the emigrants to said Company of lands in said colony made in pursuance of an agreement between said emigrants and said Company at the time of the introduction of said emigrants?

What generally was the consideration for which the said emigrants transferred an interest in their colony lands or land certificates (if in fact any of them did so transfer) to said Company?

—If any transfer of land or land certificates was made to the