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cenient opportunity for the determination of the Hongkong Government; which
should their decision be favourable, will enable me to complete the unfinished buildings, and thereby prevent
me from incurring any addition to the heavy loss which I have already sustained I bear making any
further remarks
on
the
extreme hardship of this case,
in addition to those contained
in the statement, which I lately transmitted to his Lordship; but I take the liberty
enclosing
a communication
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which I received from
Hong Kong Government
with Lord
acquainting Hanley's decision
on my
first Memorial on
the
subject, and from which I inferred that my claim to the land was admitted
on
the
same terms
as those
to be fixed for other lands similarly situated - should it not be required for the special Government's purposes therein stated. But although
the ground has not been required, I am refused