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Law Adviser. The Attorney General at first.

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quite clear that.

right to memorialist had no

the "Lan," and he was told

1

consequently that he must

and the Lan

"

was

- put up

to

auction and duly leased to others,

money

who paid the consideration to Government. Then the Attorney General seemed to entertain doubts, and suggested that a compromise should, if possible, be effected, taking care, in the meantime, that no new licence should be

issued

issued to memorialist, and that he should not be registered as lessee or

recognised.

in

any way

by Government as having a claim. Finally, Mr. Ackroyd, the Acting Attorney General advised that Memorialist had no claim, agreeing in this respect with the first opinion expressed by Mr. O'Malley: that there were no doubts in his mind as to the result of litigation; and that the Government was

bound

by its contract to put

the new lessee in possession. This

had

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