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paid. Mr. Belilios was willing to repeat this offer, but declined to come to any terms more favourable to the Government. The Acting Attorney General thereupon advised that the Crown Solicitor be given full power to come to a final settlement of the whole matter with the solicitor of A-Hok and Foo Sik on the one hand and with Mr. Belilios on the other.
The result of the Crown Solicitor's negotiations were these: A-Hok was prepared to waive his claim for interest and costs incurred since the trial of the case A-Hok v. Belilios, and received a cheque from the Government for the sum of $20,551.70 in final settlement of all claims; Foo Sik in like manner received a cheque for the $1,019.19 claimed by him; and the Government accepted Mr. Belilios's cheque for the sum of $1,485.
His Excellency asked whether Mr. Chatham had received any money payment from Mr. Belilios; as if such was the case it was now clear that such sums should be handed over to the Treasury. The Director of Public Works stated that Mr. Chatham had received no payment from Mr. Belilios, but that a sum of $50 was in Mr. Chatham's hands as the proceeds of the sale of old material in Beaconsfield, which Mr. Belilios had authorised Mr. Chatham to dispose of. His Excellency agreed with the Colonial Secretary that this sum should be paid into the Treasury, and this was accordingly done.