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had recently died. The duplicate license issued was accordingly issued immediately, report on the facts were submitted to Government.
2574 In this report it was stated that a result was obtained, and a person called So Yik him, the original lessee of the Lan, which is valuable, was issued a license in 1874 and a note in the market register, to the effect that on So Yik him leaving the business, the license would revert to Government; that in 1876 Kum Fong was admitted as a partner, when a duplicate license was issued, but there is nothing to show that his name was added to the list, and it cannot be produced by memorialist; that when Mr. Russell was Registrar General in 1882, a notification was issued stating that with regard to licensed stalls in the markets, the only person the Government recognised was the original holder of the license, and Kum Fong stated that he understood that notification.
In reply to a further query, the Acting Registrar General was informed that in all cases without exception, Stalls and Lanes in markets revert to Government on the death of the original lessee or lessees, whether the licenses were granted before or after the date of the notification issued by Russell (28 November 1882); but that Kum Fong might be allowed to carry on his business till the end of the month.
Kum Fong then petitioned to be allowed to remain in the Lan, but his request being refused, he put the matter in the hands of his Solicitors, Messrs. Wotton and Deacon, who wrote to the Acting Registrar General requesting that the Lan...