He purchased the peninsula, 600,000 acres (2,400 km2) in extent, together with all the wild cattle on East Falkland, for a period of six years, for the sum of £10,000 down, and £20,000 in ten years from 1 January 1852.
Comprou a extensión da península (2.400 km2), xunto con todo o gando salvaxe da illa soidade, por un período de seis anos, pola suma de 10.000 £, e £ 20,000 en dez anos a partir do 1 de xaneiro de 1852.