the arbitration in order that it might be forwarded hence to the Colonial Secretary's letter informed him at the time it should be.
For the first time on 25th February 1867, in a letter from the Colonial Secretary addressed to Mr. Foluston, it was stated that the house was not in a sufficiently good condition to be purchased for a Court house, but it was added that it would be continued to be rented and that the question of purchase would be referred home for consideration by that Mail: the mail of February 1847.
and with confidence in the justice of H. M. Government, he awaited patiently an adjudication until the 8th September 1847, when he was informed, without any allusion being made to the reference home, that there was no probability that his house could be required after the expiration of the year - and the lease was terminated by Government on the last day of February 1848.
All these circumstances clearly show that Mr. Foluston has on every occasion conformed to the expressed wishes of the Government of Hong Kong. That this Government had the option of taking Mr. Foluston's house for the public use shortly after it was built. That this Government at a later date...