Note XXVIII-27 — Chapter XXVIII · THE PEOPLE OF COSTA RICA, NICARAGUA, AND SALVADOR. 1800-1887.
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The grant covered 54 square miles in the Reventazon Valley, between Cartago and the Atlantic Ocean; the company were to settle 7,000 adult colonists within 20 years. An additional absolute concession of 32 acres for each colonist was also made. But the principal grant was to be forfeited if the main condition was not fulfilled. Bülow, Nic., 124-39; Costa R., Boletin Ofic., March 9, 1854; Calvo, Memoria, 8; Costa R., Mem. Sec. Rel., 1851, 7-8; 1854, 8; Id., Informe Gobern. y Rel., 1853, 13-14; Id., Doc. Soc. Itin., 1-102; Wagner, Costa R., 181-3, 332-5; Marr, Cent. Am., ii. 172-3, 179-81, 218-19, 228-9.