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Mr.
Jack's appointment did not
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commend itself to me because there was no Officer avail-
able to act for him as Assistant Land Officer, and for the
fellowing considerations:-
Theware at present two heavy
actions pending against the Government: one in connection
with the cancellation of the contract of the Chinese Con-
-tractor for the construction of the Kowloon Reservoir on
which I will address you in due course in a separate
Despatch, the other arising out of the claim by the Coloni-
-al Government against the Electric Tramway Company for
interference with the Government Telephone system which has
formed the subject of previous correspondence.
Mr. F. B. L. Bowley has for some
time past been intimately connected with both these
matters which are of a complicated nature, and in view of
the large issues involved I have on the advice of the
Attorney-General deemed it desirable to retain the firm of
Dennys and Bowley in these two actions on the understanding
that they will be paid their ordinary solicitors' taxed
costs from the lat. January, 1911, and that they will also
be allowed any costs which may be recovered from the other
side for all work done by the Crown Solicitor in these
actions
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