 Foott had previously secured a loan for £100 in 1848 under the Land Improvement Act.The house, offices and demesne of Carhue were offered for lease in March 1850, comprising 290 acres of pasture and tillage, with 50 acres suitable for oats or barley, having been cropped with turnips and carrots that season, and the lands described as highly cultivated and employed for dairy farming for years.That part held by Foott, comprising 140 acres, was available for lease separately.