to 18 of 1850.
Inclosure No 2 in Petn:
Report by
General
the
Surveyor
"Bard's Memorial to
Mr Johnn
Carl Grey.
16th March, 1830.
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To the Right Honorable The Earl Grey Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.
The Humble Memorial of John Burd of Victoria Merchant-
That in the year One thousand eight hundred and forty
the
Three your memorialist occupied a certain piece of Ground on the Island of Hong Kong, on what is now the site of the Queen's Road of the City of Victoria, and that he went to a very heavy outlay and expense in erecting buildings thereon.
That in the year aforesaid he occupied part of the said buildings as a dwelling house and Godowns, and that the remainder thereof were let at a favourable rental for twelve months certain to Messieurs Bush, Halsted and Company of Victoria.
That in the month of September One thousand eight hundred and forty four, memorialist in accordance with a demand to that effect furnished Her Majesty's Government for the said Colony of Hong Kong with a description of his said land and of his title thereto-
That on the fifteenth day of January in the following year he received a letter from Mr. Gordon, the then Land Officer of the said Colony, directing memorialist to move out of the said premises and surrender them to Government, and allowing him six months in which to effect such removal.
That your Memorialist both by letter and by a petition to the then Governor, Mr Davis, strongly protested and remonstrated against this proceeding, but without avail, the only result of his said remonstrances being the receipt of a letter dated the sixth July One thousand eight hundred and forty four, and sent to him by the then Colonial Secretary, and in which letter the following paragraph appears. "I am directed also to inform you that G. St George Cleverly, Lieutt Colonel, Surveyor General, has been appointed arbitrator in the part of Government to affix a value on the house and premises so...
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