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run of and

in the said demised premises.

and were vested in one

0.

Jung of Lok.

KOMARI

to

therein

Thirdly That afterwards to wit on the 14th day of September 1855 as

appears by a Memorial registered in the Land Office according to the provisions of Ordinance Nr 3 of 1844, the said Junget Lok assigned to a certain person described as Nonget Cheong all that portion of the said parcel or portion of land registered Marine Lot No 83 which is now,

now particularly described and registered in the Land Office Section I of the said Marine Lot N. 83. Fourthly That the person

described as

Honget Cheong

Do ad

as

Ex

aforesaid

to the said

and

as,

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Acting Attorney General unknown, asut so far as he the said Acting Attorney General was able to ascertain by inquiries from others there reason to believe that he the said Wong Acheong was either identical with Machow Nong a convict then undergoing sentence of fifteen years transportation in the Colony of Labuan, or with the son of Machow Hong. Fifthly That the said Machow & Wong convicted of confederating with Pirates on the day of September 185%, and the Acting Attorney General was unable to state who received the rent of the said premises from

5th

terme

the

of the Assignment to the said Wong et Cheong up to the 13th November 1860 when the rent was received by Government and paid into the Treasury to the credit

of

the

person who should substantiate his title to the same and that a sum of $2220 had been so received.

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Sixthly That the said rent had been so received for the double purpose of protecting Her Majesty's reversionary interest in the said premises and enabling the owner to come forward at any future time and substantiate his claim thereto.

Seventhly That no one having come forward for many years to claim the said premises thereof "Her Majesty was desirous of placing the same and all matters appertaining thereto within the Jurisdiction of the Court.

Eighthly That the person in possession of the said Chun Hung "Hon, and the said AVAJ OVA/ property Acting Attorney General thereupon asked the Court for an order and Decree as follows:

(a) That the Crown Solicitor should be directed to pay into Court to the credit of the said Information and suit the sum of $2220 so received as aforesaid for the rent of the said premises.

(b) That some person might be appointed to collect the rent and sale price of the said property.

(c) That an advertisement be inserted in the Government Gazette and such other newspaper as the Court should direct calling upon the person purporting to be the said Wong A Cheong his executors administrators or assigns to come forward within a time

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