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N. 16, of 1844. –

Inclosure No/in-Despatch

to Sir Henry Pottinger

4th March, 1844.

From the Landholders

Gentlemen,

952. 146

Maçao,

17th June, 1841.

Having had under consideration the particulars of the first sales of lots in Hong Kong on the 14th Instant, I am of opinion, that I shall be consulting the best interests of the establishment in making immediate public declaration of my purpose to move Her Majesty's Government either to pass the lands in fee simple for one or two Years' purchase at the late rates, or to charge them in future with no more than a nominal quit rent if that tenure continues to obtain.

My object respecting the disposal of lands pending the pleasure – "Messrs Jardine Matheson & Dent, He…

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N. 16, of 1844. –

Inclosure No/in-Despatch

to Sir Henry Pottinger

4th March, 1844.

From the Landholders

Gentlemen,

952. 146

Maçao,

17th June, 1841.

Having had under consideration the particulars of the first sales of lots in Hong Kong on the 14th Instant, I am of opinion, that I shall be consulting the best interests of the establishment in making immediate public declaration of my purpose to move Her Majesty's Government either to pass the lands in fee simple for one or two Years' purchase at the late rates, or to charge them in future with no more than a nominal quit rent if that tenure continues to obtain.

My object respecting the disposal of lands pending the pleasure – "Messrs Jardine Matheson & Dent, He...

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N. 16, of 1844. Inclosure No/in-Despatch to Sir Henry Pottinger 4th March, 1844. From the Landholders Gentlemen, 952. 146 Maçao, 17th June, 1841. Having had under consideration the particulars of the first sales of lots in Hong Kong on the 14th Instant, I am of opinion, that I shall be consulting the best interests of the establishment in making immediate public declaration of my purpose to move Her Majesty's Government either to pass the lands in fee simple for one or two Years' purchase at the late rates, or to charge them in future with no more than a nominal quit rent if that tenure continues to obtain. My object respecting the disposal of lands pending the pleasure "Messrs Jardine Matheson & Dent, He… Corrected version in HTML format as per the instructions: 1. Corrected "Waving" to "Having" (spelling error). 2. Corrected "under. consideration." to "under consideration" (spacing issue). 3. Corrected "Iam." to "I am" (spacing and punctuation). 4. Corrected "Honghong" to "Hong Kong" (spelling error). 5. Corrected "Imm" to "I am" (spelling error). 6. Corrected "in. - diate" to "immediate" (spacing and hyphenation issue). 7. Corrected "public. declaration_" to "public declaration" (spacing and punctuation). 8. Corrected "Hon Majesty's" to "Her Majesty's" (spelling error, assuming 'Hon' is a typo for 'Her'). 9. Corrected "one or two Years purchase" to "one or two Years' purchase" (added apostrophe for possessive form). 10. Corrected "respeeling" to "respecting" (spelling error). 11. Added `...` after "Dent, He" to indicate missing words due to OCR damage. Here is the corrected output in HTML format: N. 16, of 1844. Inclosure No/in-Despatch to Sir Henry Pottinger 4th March, 1844. From the Landholders Gentlemen, 952. 146 Maçao, 17th June, 1841. Having had under consideration the particulars of the first sales of lots in Hong Kong on the 14th Instant, I am of opinion, that I shall be consulting the best interests of the establishment in making immediate public declaration of my purpose to move Her Majesty's Government either to pass the lands in fee simple for one or two Years' purchase at the late rates, or to charge them in future with no more than a nominal quit rent if that tenure continues to obtain. My object respecting the disposal of lands pending the pleasure "Messrs Jardine Matheson & Dent, He...
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N. 16, of 1844. Inclosure No/in-Despatch to Sir Henry Pottinger 4th March, 18444. From the Landholders Gentlemen, 952. 146 Maçao, 17th June, 1841. my Waving had under. consideration. the particulars of the first sales Iam. of lots in. Honghong 192 on the 14th Instant, Imm of opinion, that I shall be consulting the best interests of the establishment in. - diate public. immediate making of my purpose public. declaration_ Hon Majesty's to move. Her Government either to pass the lands in fee one or two Years purchase at the or to charge . them in future. "simple for late rates, with no more than a nominal quit rent if that tenure continues to obtain. My object respeeling the. disposal of lands ponding the pleasure- "Mess' Jardine Matheson of: Dent. He J.
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N. 16, of 1844. –

Inclosure No/in-Despatch

to Sir Henry Pottinger

4th March, 18444.

From the Landholders

Gentlemen,

952. 146

Maçao,

17th June, 1841.

my

Waving had under. consideration. the particulars of the first

sales

Iam.

of lots in.

Honghong

192

on the 14th Instant,

Imm of opinion, that I shall be consulting

the best interests

of the establishment in. - diate public.

immediate

making of my purpose

public. declaration_ Hon Majesty's

to move. Her

Government either to pass the lands in fee

one or two Years purchase at the or to charge . them in future.

"simple for

late rates,

with

no more –

than a nominal quit rent

if that tenure continues to obtain.

My

object respeeling

the.

disposal of lands ponding the pleasure-

"Mess' Jardine Matheson of:

Dent. He

J.

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