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There remain two principal questions to be decided by the Court in relation to this Arbitration, namely (1) principle on which the lands of the Company are to be dealt with, and (2) the settlement of the question dealt with by the Governor's despatch, No. 450, of the 31st October last.*
As regards (1) the questions to be argued before the Court have been agreed with the Solicitors for the Company.
The dispute which has arisen as to (2) will by consent be dealt with by a sub- mission to the Court of Arbitration, the draft of which was submitted to us in the Colony, and will now be agreed with the Company's Solicitors.
The papers relating to both these matters will be received by us at the same time as the corrected transcript of the shorthand writer's notes, and we shall then be in a position to communicate with the legal advisers of the Company as to a resumption of the sittings of the Court.
We take this opportunity of acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 15th instant and its enclosure, and are pleased to note both Lord Elgin's and Sir John Anderson's appreciation of the manner in which the instructions received from you have been given effect to in the Colony by our junior partner.
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We have, &c.,
SUTTON, OMMANNEY, AND RENDALL.
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the documents consigned to us by s.s. "China" were not delivered here until the 29th ultimo, and, consequently, it has not been possible to complete our examination of the proof print of the shorthand writer's notes of the proceedings in this arbitration, with the exception of the appendices, until yesterday, when we sent a proof print, with our corrections and notes on such points as appeared to us to be inaccurately reported, to the Solicitors for the Company for their consideration and approval.
We have not yet received from our printers a proof of the appendices, which are very lengthy and are mostly tabular matter, though we anticipate that a proof print will be furnished to us in the early part of next week.
Pending the completion of the transcript of the shorthand writer's notes we have instructed our junior counsel to settle, for submission to the Court of Arbitration, the questions dealt with by the Governor's despatch, No. 450, of the 31st of October last, but as it is desirable that Mr Balfour Browne should approve of the form of such submission, we doubt being in a position to forward the same to the Company's solicitors, for their approval, till after the election.
Will you please inform us how many prints of the transcript of the shorthand writer's notes and appendices you would wish to be supplied with for your own reference and for transmission to the Colony? We understand that the Governor will expect to receive at least 12 prints.
We have, &c., SUTTON, OMMANNEY, AND RENDALL.
GENTLEMEN,
Downing Street, December 30, 1905. I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to request you to pay from Straits Settle- ments funds to Messrs. Sutton, Ommanney, and Rendall the sum of one thonsand guineas, the balance of the fee due to them for their services at Singapore in connec- tion with the Tanjong Pagar Dock Arbitration.
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No. 302.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
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No. 304.
COLONIAL OFFICE to MESSRS. SUTTON, OMMANNEY, AND RENDALL.
GENTLEMEN,
Downing Street, January 18, 1906.
I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant and to request you to be good enough to supply 25 copies of the shorthand writer's notes and appendices of the Tanjong Pagar Arbitration pro- ceedings for the use of this Department and for transmission to the Governor of the Straits Settlements.
No. 301:
COLONIAL OFFICE to CROWN AGENTS.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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COLONIAL OFFICE to MESSRS. SUTTON, OMMANNEY, AND RENDALL. GENTLEMEN,
Downing Street, December 30, 1905.
I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st instant, and to inform you that the Crown Agents have been instructed to pay you the sum of one thousand guineas as the balance of the fee due to you on account of your services at Singapore in connection with the Tanjong Pagar Dock Arbitration.
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No. 303.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
MESSRS. SUTTON, OMMANNEY, AND RENDALL to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received January 11, 1906.)
[Copy to Governor, January 18, 1906, Confidential. L.F.]
[Answered by No. 304.]
SIR,
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3 and 4, Great Winchester Street, London, E.C., January 10, 1906.
Straits Settlements.
Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, Limited.
REFERRING to our letter to you of the 21st ultimo, § we have to inform you that
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‡ No. 299.
§ No. 300.
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No. 305.
I am, &c.,
C. P. LUCAS.
MESSRS. SUTTON, OMMANNEY, AND RENDALL to COLONIAL OFFICE. (Received January 22, 1906.)
SIR,
[Answered by No. 311.]
3 and 4, Great Winchester Street, London, E.C.,
Straits Settlements.
Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, Limited.
January 20, 1906.
WITH reference to previous correspondence and interviews on the subject of the employment of Messrs. Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths and Company to investi- gate the books of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company and to give evidence in these Arbitration proceedings, and in particular to our Mr. Ommanney's letter to Mr. Fiddes of the 4th May last, we now hand you Messrs. Deloitte and Company's account § containing particulars of their professional charges and of their out-of- pocket expenses, from which it appears that after giving credit for the sums paid them on account, a balance of £2,085 7s. 8d. is due to that firm.
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