48.
Colonial Secretary who gave an opinion
in consequence of which
the subject,
the
application of. Altai
This is the only
I am
WAL
Refused
communication that
aware was made to the Colonial
Secretary in behalf of Attai either officially or privately. At this time a person named Garner in the service of Mr Shelley lived in this market,
trying to influence the tenants
and
wvar
not to
6 pay any
Eent to Attai, but to
pay it to Afoon ... This
held some
man Gamer
ground from Mr. Shelley,
himself that
and Mr Shelley told, me
he would get Attai out of the market,
because Afoon would then get possession
of it,
and
was
then to take his grounid
from him for a Garden. There
a great deal.
wae
of disputing between
the parties connected with the Market
at this time; and Attai and his
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49.
friende said that Mr. Shelley got money
out.
t of
the Market, and that
wat
the
reason why he interested himself & much about Afoon. Ongoing
00
to the
Lound office Mr Tarrant mentioned the subject of the dispute concerning
Market to me, and seemed to take
the
de great interest about it. Every time I went into the Loud office this
subject. was touched
upon by Mr Tarrant... He seemed to take Afven's interest, saying
that the
Deed to Attai would be set aside, the
consideration
theat
being insufficient and
had some
Afom had
parties who were
for
influential interesting themselves.
him . . I replied that I was aware
that Mr. Shelley
Moon's friend,
and that I was told by the Chinese that he got money out of Aform. The
people concerned in the Market never
told me
that Lo Een been had an
aley