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of the tights derived under the contract.
Under these conditions, I take the liberty to
submit to you an apro imate note of the lose and damages
suffered and of the compensation which is wue through the
resciaion of that contract, and which I have tried to form
in accordance with equity and the data found in our ac-
counts.
In that memorandum, I have also considered the
value represented by the life of the passengers who aled
on board by reason of their prolonged detention, and which
have given rise to other claims on the part of the families
who demand pecuniary compensation for those doathe in view
of the poverty in which thogɛe families are left.
For
a similar resson I set forth the amounts which are justly
due to the passengers by way of compensation for the time
lost, and also for the remuneration which they would have
obtained by their lawful work.
I do not trouble you with legal details or the
moral and economifal arguments which you well know, in or-
der to obtain a decision in my favour, but I must in any
case inform you that I am entirely disposed to give you the
details which you may desire, whenever you ask for them.
Awaiting your orders, I have the honour etc.
( signed ) Leung Fan King.