The company leases containers to more than 400 shipping lines and other lessees. Ormond House was occupied from 1858 to 1884 by a number of lessees or tenants. The plaintiffs were lessees of Thomas Johnson's descendants, who had inherited the land. Private lessees were permitted to use prisoner labor with very little oversight. The lessees did not take up actual possession of the land. The first lessees included celebrities, executives and politicians. The history of the ground is coloured by references to its keepers, or lessees. The present lessees have converted the estate into a hotel. Lessees are not required to follow the retrospective application requirements of IAS 8. In 1863 few lessees paid their labor except in food and clothing. There was little trouble finding lessees for the plantations. According to some sources, hundreds of drivers wanted to but could not become EV1 lessees. Their action had the desired effect, and other lessees demanded similar sums. The bailiwick lessees promoted a much less regulated market than that found in boroughs elsewhere. The Club's proposed plans to become the lessees of Tyersall Palace (Istana Tyersall).