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res, Isle of Wight.
doves,
28th November 1905.
I have ow the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter No. 41413/1905 under date the 25th. instant, in reply
to my letter of the 20th. instant wherein is set forth the un- just manner in which our claim has been dealt with by the Governor of Hongkong .
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2.
You remind me that in your letter of the 9th. August 1904, I was informed that the Governor's decision must be taken to be a final settlement of the matter. You also informed me that the reference was for enquiry whether any further compensa- tion could justly be paid to us.
3. The enquiry has been made, but inasmuch as the decision is not based upon the facts in evidence, it is not just; never- theless you tell me that Mr. Secretary Lyttelton regrets that he cannot continue the discussion of the case.
4. The matter, however, is too serious to be dismissed
in such a summary manner, and seeing that the Compensation clause in the Ordinance, as interpreted by the Privy Council,
is ultra vires; and as the Chief Justice of HongKong has been
Bitting as Judicial Assessor in the recent Enquiry held in Hong-
Kong, I have to ask if Mr. Secretary Lyttelton will consent to
the question being raised in the English Courts of Law.
I have the honour to be
sir,
Your Obedient Servant,
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
The Howard