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State
of letter from the Secretary of
for the Colonies, Honghong dated
265
Downing Street 8th December 1882.
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Three lots
of
Chinese inhabited ~~ buildings (supposed to be the most :remunerative house property here) have been already acquired by Government in pursuance of the general plan, but without the power of resumption being exercised, the Surveyor General's valuation having been accepted.
Mr. Sharp
Sharp the
owner
of
Marine Lots 20 and 21 however
has
Enclosure 2.
has refused the valuation of the Surveyor General and hence the action -now taken. We bases his refusal
the
on
general rise in house property and the greatly increased value of this particular property if converted
into Chinese tenements, and the
extension of the Braya takes place.
4.
With regard
to the two
latter contentions I attack copy of
communication to him on the part of this Government, which has the power of forbidding, as it has done
elsewhere, the introduction of
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Chinese