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which latter event was to take place within two years from
the date of the Agreement, or so soon as the Vendors or either
of them should have established a title to or given possession
of the property to the Purchasers.
In addition, the Agreement provided that the Vendors
should use their best endeavours to prove their title to the
premises and that the expenses in connection with such proof
of title should be borne by the Purchasers, and further that
if the Vendors should fail to prove their title within two
years from the date of the Agreement, the Purchasers should at
any time thereafter have the option of cancelling such Agree-
ment.
In accordance with the procedure prescribed by the
Hong Kong Ordinance No.18 of 1900 a claim to the property in
question was laid before the Land Court in the name of the
Vendors.
On the 7th December 1901 the Land Court delivered
Judgment in the following terms:
"The Court finds that on the 26th day of the
"10th moon of the 17th year of Kwong Sui the
"Claimant Ho Lap Pun was granted by the San On
"Magistrate a concession having an area of 600
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