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LONFIDENTIAL.
Hongkong.
H
sir,
C.O.
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The 4 001 05'
Government House,
230
Hongkong, 2nd. September, 1905
25574
I have the honour to inform you
that, having taken into consideration the two views ex-
-pressed in your Confidential Despatch of the 28th. July,
forwarding a copy of a letter from Mr. J. S. Harston rela-
-tive to the claim of Messrs. E. S. and Ellis Kelly for
compensation in connection with the Ho Lap-pun Land Case,
I have come to the conclusion that there is no sufficient
reason for granting any compensation to Messrs. Kelly,
-faction were actually incurred on the strength of the
other than for expenses which it may be proved to my satis-
1
Colonial Secretary's Letter of the 14th. July, 1902.
2.
You will remember that on the last
page but one of Messrs. Ewens and Harston's original appeal
36515 to you of the 22nd. September, 1904, in the sentence begin-
-ning "Our clients on learning from Messrs. Deacon and
Hastings of the Colonial Secretary's letter of the 14th.
RIGHT HONOURABLE
ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C.,
M.P.
80..
80. ›
800.
July"