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No. 169.
MESSRS. SUTTON, OMMANNEY, AND RENDALL to COLONIAL OFFICE.
SIR,
(Received July 6, 1905.)
3 and 4, Great Winchester Street, London, E.C., July 5, 1905.
Straits Settlements.
Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, Limited.
IN reference to your letter of yesterday's date, since we wrote you on the 28th ultimo,t we have reason to believe that the Company have drawn upon their funds to a considerable extent for the purpose of providing for their expenses of the Arbitration. We are making inquiries in this respect, and in due course we will inform you of our views as to the sum which should be paid to the Company on account of such expenses.
We have, &c.,
SUTTON, OMMANNEY, AND RENDALL.
SIR,
MR. J. C. INGLIS to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received July 8, 1905.)
General Manager's Office, Paddington Station, London, W.,
July 7, 1905. I DULY received your letter of the 5th instant,* advising me that the Govern- ment of the Straits Settlements propose to nominate me as a Member of the Court of Arbitration in connection with the expropriation of the undertaking of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company.
I am pleased to be able, with the concurrence of my Board of Directors, to accept the nomination, and shall be glad to hear from the Solicitors acting for the Colonial Government in the matter in due course.
I am, &c.,
JAMES C. INGLIS.
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No. 168.
MESSRS. SUTTON, OMMANNEY, AND RENDALL to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received July 7, 1905.)
[Copy to Governor, July 10, 1905. Confidential. L.F.]
3 and 4, Great Winchester Street, London, E.C., July 6, 1905.
Straits Settlements.
Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, Limited.
SIR,
We have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date,‡ and have communicated with Mr. Inglis with a view of obtaining from him a definite acceptance of the appointment of Arbitrator on behalf of the Government of the Straits Settlements, and an acknowledgment that the payment of a fee of 4,000 guineas (including all expenses) will be considered satisfactory by him for services to be rendered in connection with this Arbitration.
The Company's Solicitors write us this morning, informing us that they have nominated Sir Edward Boyle, K.C., as their Arbitrator, and intimating that they propose to ask Sir Edward Boyle to place himself at once in communication with Mr. Inglis with a view to the immediate appointment of an Umpire. When writing to Mr. Inglis we have pointed out the desirability of his favouring us with an appointment to confer respecting the appointment of an Umpire before placing himself in communication with Sir Edward Boyle. At the same time the Company's Solicitors inform us that they have arranged to give Sir Edward Boyle a fee of 6,500 guineas to include services to be rendered in attending any preliminary sittings of the Court, his journey to and from Singapore, and his attendances at the Arbitration proceedings, this fee to include his travelling and incidental expenses. As regards this fee and the fee which the Company's Solicitors have agreed to pay their Counsel, we have written them, notifying them that we do not acquiesce in the amount of the fees thus proposed to be paid, and that we reserve the Government's right of taxing the Company's costs in this respect under Section 21 of the Ordinance.
We note from the concluding paragraph of your letter, now under reply, that Mr. Trowell is expected to arrive in London at the end of the present month.
We have, &c., SUTTON, OMMANNEY, AND RENDALL.
(No. 254.)
SIR,
GOVERNOR SIR J. ANDERSON to MR. LYTTELTON.
No. 170.
(Received July 10, 1905.)
[Answered by No. 205.]
Government House, Singapore, June 15, 1905. I HAVE the honour to forward, for your consideration, the enclosed copy of correspondence on the subject of the valuation of the machinery, trade premises, and profits of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company in connection with the expropriation of the undertaking.
2. I concur in the recommendations made and, if you agree with me, I should be glad if you would cause Messrs. Wheatley, Kirke, Price and Company, or some other firm engaged in similar business, to be communicated with in order that the services of the expert required may be engaged with as little delay as possible.
SIR
I have, &c.,
Enclosure in No. 170.
JOHN ANDERSON.
Mr. L. M. WOODWARD to COLONIAL SECRETARY,
Singapore, June 7, 1905. I HAVE the honour to forward herewith a copy of a minute I have received from Mr. Tomlinson regarding the retaining of a valuer of machinery and trade premises and profits.
We do not as yet know on what basis of valuation the Company intend to found their claim, but it would appear to be advisable for the Government to endeavour, in valuing the undertaking, to separate the business connected with the wharves from that connected with the repair of ships, including the business of the machine shops, boiler shops, foundry, &c. The business connected with the wharves is, it may be argued, a fairly stable source of income, while the other business is merely a trade with uncertain profits and should be valued as such.
2. Under the circumstances I think it is essential to have some evidence of the kind suggested by Mr. Tomlinson. He is of opinion that such evidence cannot be obtained locally. In that case I think no time should be lost in taking steps to retain a witness from some firm at home. Mr. Tomlinson has suggested a firm in his minute.
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