It is within the Shire of Murchison and situated on pastoral lease no. 3114/406 (Crown lease 146/1966).

After the Restoration, the family was given numerous Crown leases to compensate for losses under the Commonwealth, and the post of Groom of the Bedchamber.

In 1416, it became part of Henry V's estate and still remains a Crown lease and now owned by the States of Guernsey.

The company owned some 250,000 hectares of forestry plantations, with a further 300,000 hectares under long-term Crown leases from the New Zealand Government.

In 1989, the club's Crown lease was extended until 2087, and major refurbishment of the accommodation was carried out in 1996.

In 1835 the decision was taken to build a new club in Pall Mall on a Crown lease.

After successfully opening the Hôtel Ritz in Paris the following year, Ritz agreed to take a 72-year Crown lease of the new hotel in London.

The loop line to St Kilda soon fell into disuse, and track duplication, a condition of the original Crown lease, was never completed.

It is still a Crown lease, and is owned by the States of Guernsey.

Humpback Bay continued to serve as a net storage facility until the 1980s, when the Crown lease was sold to private interests.