 After losing all his possessions through gambling the members of the commune were helpless to save themselves.The agreement they had signed with Vandeleur regarding his possession of the land meant that the commune was seized and they were duly evicted.The members of the commune met for the last time on 23 November 1833 and placed on record a declaration of “the contentment, peace and happiness they had experienced for two years under the arrangements introduced by Mr. Vandeleur and Mr. Craig and which through no fault of the Association was now at an end”.