amount, or in other words, the rent of the
ground actually occupied, would be fair
and
equitable.
Our object, however, in addressing the
Committee is less with a view to put
forward a claim to a reduction of rents (however
equitable it might be) than to
draw their attention to what, in our opinion,
is a most unjust mode of
measurement.
d) Blenkin Rawson & Co.
Signed I
Colonial
Secretary
£
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(Copy) (Letter 8.)
Hongkong.
30th Novr 1849.
"With reference to your Notification dated 1st inst.
I beg to lay before you the following particulars in connexion with the lease held by myself for Marine lot 44.
The lot of ground in question, tinted yellow on the
accompanying plan, containing as per measurement of Lease 42,527 square feet, was put up at the Land sale held the 9th July, 1844, at the upset price of £335, and knocked down to me at £337. 7. 3, one
other party only having bid for it against me).
At that time all the adjacent premises colored
pink in the plan were erected, and I therefore
could not place my house further in advance than where it is now situated, as per line A B, and, owing to the angular formation of the lot, not at a right angle with the eastern boundary BC, without making a still greater sacrifice of ground
From this circumstance, there is between my
house and the water, a space IDK B, upwards of 5,400