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the licences were
granted before or
after the date of the notification issued by Mr. Russell, (28th November 1882), but that Mr. Chi Kam Fong might be allowed to
continue to tender, until their client should
have had an opportunity of ascertaining
his legal position. To this letter a
reply was sent on his behalf,
stating that he had been allowed to
carry on business till the end of
the month. - Mr. Chi Kam Fong then petitioned to be allowed to remain in the Lan, but his request being refused, he put the matter in the
hands of a firm of Solicitors, Messrs. Wotton & Deason, who wrote to the
Acting Registrar General requesting that the Lan might not be put up
to tender.
A reply was sent
stating that the Lan had already been put up to tender, and a report
stating that the highest tender
amounted to $5,200. Further
communications were addressed
by Messrs. Wotton & Deason to Government and the Acting Registrar General; and Mr. Chi Kam Fong still remained
in possession of the Lan. On the 20th December the two persons whose
tender