was written by the Land Inspector for the information of H. Johnston
atomimithing to Corremment.
them
Now if thes
it
offers
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that it was on the right of
this very both, which is dated 30th inst. H. Johnston, after duly considering its contents, wrote his official letter of date the following day (31st inst.) in which he stated that he finds the required terms had been duly complied with, and meant to lend
this icon to make over the
land
to the
officer
instructs
to me in the usual manner.
cunit to me
ground
Now that in order to find a pretense for this act of
to take for granted :-
for granted that I should disregard the plain terms of an official letter from the Acting Governor with instructions expressly for my information; and make
my self
acquainted
with the terms of a private
Note on which
this letter was founded - passing between that departmentary and the
1st Land officer.
this private Note is a
themselves!
And decorously-
different for it will be seen
that I should interpret
those functionaries
was held by Mr. Mercer (not Mr. Johnston) that the conditions set forth in this Note, are in no wise different from those publicly promulgated, which I had strictly conformed to.-
It is rather extraordinary that Sir John Davis should
matter
not have sought information regarding this matter from the formation staff (who is still, I believe, Lieutenant Governor of Hongkong) under whose authority it took place - rather than from the gentlemen -
the Govt.
whom arrived on the island long afterwards, and as appears from their Report knew nothing regarding the transaction then as they have been misinformed.
The above is the only
clause; but in
my
405
answer they have been able to find
"Memorial" I stated that even
there had been special conditions publicly recorded, which
would have rendered this ground liable to
forfeiture -
the
without a
Government could not have declared it to be so”,
breach of faith, and a direct repudiation of this agreement
A letter addressed to me of date November 26th (when my operations
were in active
progress, and
Press, and
then a month before I was
ordered to suspend them) in which letter I was called on to give up a portion of my ground so as to widen the public road - which I did at
my own expense - and in return I am permitted to recover an equal quantity of ground from my Cutting away
this this it the back an operation extending, alview! _
usual ideas of
right and wrong that a Government should "agreement with the lessee of its land - meaning to the latter, for the sake of a public expense
a formal agreement-
Circumstances
exvement - it when he is ordered to obey in consequence
Bu
this land having been transferred to
[in terms of forfeiture] "of this land having
the
You";
i füibet.
and that unless the operation cratered aried be "Completed _ the Government should confiscate the Ground- buildings, improvements agreed on, and all - in some, disastrous by mice when