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April 1903. If you various shell-dredging-boat-owners intend to come into our leased limited area and dredge for shells, within certain three limited days you must come to our company, read the regulations and apply for certificate for permitting to dredge, before you will be allowed to come into our limited area, for dredging. This
is to be sent to the shell-dredging-boat-owners for the perusal.
P. S. The Head Office of our company is established
on the second floor of No. 41
Quen
's Road, Victoria,
Hongkong, and our Branch Office at Piang-chau. It is right to have this to be notified here together with the (above)
notice.
18.
The above is a true Translation of the
Chinese document marked "A" made this
31st day of August 1903 by me
Wong Kwok U
Court Translator.
In consequence of the issue of the said circular and of
the rules and regulations therein contained your petitioners have been compelled to give up their occupation and are
prevented from earning their livelihood.
19.
Your petitioners humbly submit that His Excellency the
Governor in Council has no power to grant the aforesaid leases notwithstanding the objections of your petitioners on the
following grounds namely :-
1. That the said leases were given contrary to and to
defeat the ruling of the Full Court delivered in the suit
Chan Kwai Chiu and another versus Wong Shing.
2. That the said leases were given in violation of the
convention of the 9th June 1898 made between the British and
Chinese Governments.
Your petitioners therefore humbly pray
that you may be pleased to direct that
the said leases given to Chan Kwai Chiu and Lai Hok Tsun may be concelled and