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15
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of the
expressed doubts as to the expediency of the course hitherto pursued by Government. The whole of the papers were then referred to him, and he made a lengthy and exhaustive report, to which I would beg especially to refer. We considered
that the memorialist had no claim to the Land, and that the
two Chinese to whom it had been adjudged, had a valid claim, and he
recommended that the memorialist
should be ejected; that the land should be handed over to the
two men to whom it had been leased; that no further proceedings should be taken with the view of effecting a compromise; and that if Memorialist resisted, the case should be fought out in the Supreme Court. Before acting
on
this opinion, it will be observed that I took care to ascertain,
whether the Government was committed in any way by the proposal of a compromise, and
was bound to leave memorialist in undisturbed possession of the Land.